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the-blind-geisha · 9 months
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King Boo x Reader - You're the Inspiration Chapter 1
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It was always ill advised to go anywhere near the woodlands at night. The twisted, bare trees resembled a naked gallow support, ready to hang any and all who dared to walk so freely beneath them. 
Children were notorious for never taking warnings seriously, causing so many to become lost in the haunted forest just outside of town. There was a marketing billboard within Darkshire that now was full of nothing but lost children's descriptions.
For many, it was too depressing to dare to be near while others took it upon themselves to try and hunt for them—only to never be heard from again.
Even if it was hard for her to ever consider doing so, she did take quick glances at the listings pinned there upon the wooden board. Never did she want to see anybody she knew hanging there staring her in the face, as it felt like the woods did nothing but swallow the souls of the innocent.
Nobody new today , she thought to herself, tightening her grip upon the umbrella’s handle. Breathing in steadily and then out, she headed for her house only to be stopped by the sound of someone hammering away at something.
Her eyes caught sight of some Toads working with a few of the human villagers just outside of town. They were trying to repair part of the outer town’s wooden fence. It had collapsed from a dry bone’s attack a few months back.
She shivered a bit just recalling that moment.
“Careful, now,” a familiar old voice insisted. “We don't need any accidents to occur.”
Chapter 1
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skulls-soul · 8 months
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~He really doesn’t need to~
A Booigi fanfic
Words: 866
Note: just some docile Luigi X king boo, because of a little head cannon also there’s art
He really doesn’t need to join Luigi in his morning ritual, he truly doesn’t.
He’s a ghost, and a master of illusions.
If he wanted to he could just snap his fingers and either have his human form, completely ready for the day, or transform into his more ghostly form instead.
Hell! he doesn’t even need to snap his fingers! that part is just for dramatic affect.
…But still
The act of waking up next to the love of his not-so-alive life is just to precious  to give up. even as his lover scowls at him for waking him up early on there supposed to be day off.
But they have things to do today so the morning ritual must commence, so IF he has to DRAG him out of bed then so be it!
and if that extends to him, dragging Luigi all the way to the bathroom, then even better.
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The bathroom… it was never a place that king boo ever truly needed, after all, he’s a boo. Brushing his teeth is useless, it’s not like they can get any whiter than they already are Just like how his skin won’t tan from the sun. But he does it anyway.
Why?
He doesn’t really know. it’s a thing that Luigi does and has asked him to join him in because “ oh, I don’t care how pearly white your teeth are. I’m not kissing that morning breath.”
 So he brushes his teeth and even go as far as to dramatically smile (which is more like a grin) at Luigi to then blow a puff of minty air towards his direction. “ clean enough for you?” he asks, even though he already knows the answer.
It’s the same unimpressed look that he has been given many many times before. but just like all those times before Luigi’s expression shifts to a small smile as he gives a small aplaude to his beloved king.
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That alone is enough to motivate him to do this every morning no matter how tedious and (to his opinion) useless the task is.
After Luigi brushes his teeth, they head off to do the next thing in their morning ritual.
Which in all hindsight Luigi could do by himself but king boo can’t help it, he doesn’t know why but it just brings him so much satisfaction to help him get dressed.
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So what if he’s only allowed to help Luigi get out of his shirt most mornings mainly due because once Luigi’s shirt is off, he can’t help himself but to shower the other man in kisses “it’s not my fault that you have such kissable skin!!” He would say, as a half ass excuse.
No matter, luigi like always will as king boo if instead of helping him get dressed if he could go get the clothes instead. So that way it’s quicker to get ready for the day.
That’s another thing
the king made it a habit to instead of materializing the clothing he will wear on him, he materializes it nice and folded on top of the drawer next to Luigis prepped clothes.
Just another thing that does nothing but waste time.
it’s funny, because before he gets dressed like luigi he sits on the floor in front of the couch. like every other morning before, and allows luigi to brush his hair and put it in a low ponytail
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He knows that there is no need for this just like everything else but can you really blame him? The feeling of one’s lover brushing their fingers through your hair as they make sure to get every knot is just wonderful.
To bad it’s a quick process and there up and on to the next thing
In which his beloved luigi helps him in
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As luigi helps with the buttons on his dress shirt king boo goes on about their plans for the day to make sure their on the same page “dear we’ll need to head over to the next kingdom for the flowers you want”
“okie-dokie Amore stay still I can’t do the buttons with u moving so much” his love scolds
”oh nooo what ever will we do?”
As king boo smirk’s luigi shakes his head in exasperation.
With king boo’s button’s all done there is now only one thing to do.
Shoes
He hates them and wish that they didn’t cause such frustration but they do. So much so that king boo will faze his shoes on while he convinces luigi to allow him to let him put his shoes on for him
“darling please I’m sure that I’ve got it this time”
“ boo please you don’t need to do this”
“You did my hair and shirt it’s only fair that I do this for you”
King boo says as he sat on the floor to TRY and tie Luigi’s shoe lace’s
He knows that he doesn’t need to do this, especially since it isn’t even his own shoe.
He doesn’t need to do any of this
He could just be ready in an instant…
But…
Luigi would still need to get dressed..
So he might as well do the whole process with him.
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crabcantwrite · 2 months
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Cold
Words: 610
Fandom: MarioLore
Ships: King Boo/reader
Warnings: Alcohol mentions, injury
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It was a cold winter morning when you were walking with King Boo. He glared at the ground, grumbling about his hangover. You chuckled and took one of his hands, which was shoved in his pocket, lacing your fingers together.
He squeezed your hand, watching his breath in the cold air. His pale cheeks had turned pink from the biting air and light snow. You kept glancing over at him, worried that if your eyes stayed on his face, they'd never leave it.
"I'm gonna get sick..” He grumbled, glaring at you, though there was no real anger in his gaze.
"No, you’re not." You laughed, grinning at him. He rolled his eyes and sighed dramatically. "Yes, I am!!”
You rolled your eyes back at him. “You’re just hungover.”
King Boo grumbled something unintelligible back at you and glared at the gathering snow. He tried to step closer to you but ended up tripping and falling face-first into the snow. You laughed, listening to him grumble, “you okay?”
He sat up in the snow and opened his mouth to answer you. “I-“
He was cut off by a cough, which was followed by several more coughs. You frowned and kneeled down beside him. He gasped for air between coughs, his eyes widening.
“Boo?” You asked, wrapping an arm around him and rubbing his back. It was several more minutes of coughing until King Boo caught his breath. He gasped, pulling his jacket tighter around himself.
"Sorry,” he muttered, standing up. “The cold aggravates my lungs; the plague fucked them up.”
You got up along with him, wrapping your arm around his waist. “Oh, I’m sorry, baby.”
He brushed you away. “I’m fine”
“Come on, let’s just go back to the castle." You took his hand again, which was ice cold. He nodded, grumbling and coughing. King Boo leaned against you, "mmph.”
You helped him trudge back to the castle and up to his bedroom. He laid down on the bed, wrapping the blankets around himself. You poured him a glass of water, which he drank half of.
“You feel any better?” You asked as you took off your boots and put more wood on the dying fire.
“No..” He grumbled, pulling the blankets closer.
“Should I call for a doctor?”
King Boo shook his head, groaning as you sat down next to him. He cuddled up to you, trying to absorb your body heat.
“Are you gonna be okay?” You whispered, combing your fingers through his hair. The room grew dark, illuminated only by the fire. King Boo nodded, closing his eyes and laying his head in your lap.
“Mhm, happens every winter,” he rasped, coughing a bit. You frowned, tugging the blankets tighter around him. He muttered something incoherent and burrowed further into the blankets.
King Boo coughed violently, making you wince. He curled into himself, shaking as he choked and wheezed.
“Are you sure you don’t need a doctor?” You reached down to rub his back. “You don’t sound too good.”
He shook his head again, still wheezing, “Nothing they can do.”
You laid down next to him, and he cuddled up to you, clinging like a koala.
“You’re awfully affectionate tonight,” you teased, wrapping an arm around him.
“Shut up” King Boo snapped, not releasing you, “Don’t flatter yourself; it’s just ‘cause you’re warm."
“Suuure”
You grinned and leaned down to kiss him. He closed his eyes and rested his head against you. You watched as he fell into a fitful sleep, occasionally coughing or thrashing against you.
“Goodnight, Boo,” you whispered to his sleeping form. You kissed his forehead before closing your eyes and falling asleep.
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f1oricide · 7 months
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4/4💜👻
Taglist: @itsyagurlchip (if u want to be added, lmk in the inbox or comments)
KING BOO DONNIE!!! I kinda rushed this but I think it looks great :)) I am SO tempted to draw the tongue but I know better than to give y’all heart palpitations <3
Idea created by: @gal-with-pastels
And inspired by: @lexiechr @sweaterrat
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fanfics-and-bullshit · 11 months
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Mario: Do you have any dating advice?
Luigi, who has Bowser, Princess Daisy, King Boo, Prince Peasley, and the entirety of tumblr and the media in love with him: Why are you asking me??
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pumpkin-patch-cat · 4 months
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⸸ Savior ⸸
Satan x Fem! Reader (female presenting)
🔞 NSFW. Minors DNI.🔞
Warnings: rough penetration, semi-conciousness, language
AN: Just a little brainrot I've had cookin' in my head and decided to share with the class. As per usual, please pardon any grammatical errors.
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That familiar pain. The burning ache.
‘Not again’
You look to your side toward Satan in desperation as your stride slows, your lungs yearning to take unimpeded breaths of air but each time you breath in, it's as if you're inhaling needles and foreign ozone.
“S-satan..” You croak, hastily seeking his attention by reaching for his sleeve, but the attentive king had already noticed. With no Sitri and Ppyong present, the king couldn't be happier. But not so much knowing this phenomenon plagues you and causes you pain. Pain not inflicted by his own hands, that is.
“Your room. Now” He commands with a knowing smile.
He grabs your hand, you shut your eyes, desperately trying to conjure up the familiar space, but alas, your thoughts are repeatedly interrupted by panic. You simply can not take in a good enough breath to maintain your train of thought.
“Y/n, hurry” Satan's stern voice presses. He grips your shoulders, noting the tears pricking your eyes when you open them in panic once again.
“c-can’t” you inhale as sharply as you can to gather any air that would make it through.
You claw at your throat with one hand while holding his forearm with the other in a silent cry for help.
“Shit” Satan frowns, then scans the area quickly. Most buildings are dilapidated and have fallen to ruin. ‘Damn angels’ he thinks, dragging you further down the deserted street in hopes of finding a space untouched by violence. If he had it his way, he'd fuck you where you stood, but that was reckless.
You continue to take in short puffs of air, wheezing now, nearly losing your footing.
Satan steadies you with a protective grip on your forearm, and when you both come to a stop near a darkened alley, he makes an executive decision.
“Fuck it”
It'll have to do.
It's dark and dank. Musty with the smell of dry rotted wood and moldy, wet brick. A stark contrast to the evening's inviting and dusky setting sun outside of the alley. Satan drags you in deeper, avoiding a few leaky pipes, debris, and puddles, continuously on alert to be sure no angels are on your heels.
Once the man is satisfied with a spot closest to a dead-end, the king turns and graces you with one of his signature kisses without hesitation. In the back of his mind, he's unsure if the transfer of energy will work without the proper head space, but right now there's no time to hypothesize.
His kiss deepens when a pained whimper escapes your lips.
He needs to hurry, less he lose his favorite human.
Through your dazed expression you feel the cold chill and rough surface of something hard pressed to your back.
“I've got you…” He murmurs against your lips and presses you closer against the wall, quickly reaching down to undo and slip your bottoms from your hips, the tell tale sound of a belt buckle and zipper of his jumpsuit follows after. Fabric now left to pool at both your feet.
Even in dire times, his human was still beautiful.
With his boxers at his hips, the king hoists you up by the ass, pressing against you, his dick now free and already impossibly hard knowing your most precious space is currently his for the taking.
Using the wall to keep you sandwiched against his broad chest, Satan pistons your pussy without warm-up or warning; relishing in the tight squeeze and slowly moistening flesh fighting to adjust to the intrusion. He'll apologize later…maybe.
“Argh!” A strangled cry escapes your throat despite the innate lack of air, to which a hand comes down over your mouth to quickly muffle the sounds, forcing you to attempt harsh breaths through your nose.
“Easy, little lamb. You don't want those creatures to interrupt our fun, do you?” he offers quietly.
The only response he receives comes in the form of whimpers each time he re-enters, those red eyes keeping you locked in a dazed trance.
The demon thrusts harshly upward, forgoing a lazy pace and opting for one that's sure to leave your insides bruised. His large hand grips your ass, while his other moves from your mouth to hold your thigh, guiding you up and down.
While the blooming pleasure feels incredible, it's nearly drowned out by your lack of air supply. The energy isn't being absorbed fast enough and your vision starts to go dim. You claw at Satan's shoulder, breaking skin in an attempt to stay grounded and push through the fog, but the tightness in your chest is nearly unbearable.
“Stay with me, y/n. Fuck…you feel so good…That's right, abuse my flesh. Use me!” Satan muses through clenched teeth and pushes in deeper, digging his nails into the soft fat of your ass.
Your body feels like jello. You feel as though you're underwater. Your eyes begin to roll, practically a limp, play-thing in the demon's arms, and it only spurs him on.
The demon shifts his hips in a way that manages to prod against a more sensitive spot deep within your pussy, pushing out another strangled cry from your near empty lungs. His lips connect with yours again to swallow the sound.
“Look at my little human. At the presepist of death, yet drunk off the delicious burn of pleasure…” he coos near your jaw as it goes slack in a silent scream. Your head weightlessly pulls to the side just a bit, only to be yanked back upright abruptly by the chin.
“Look at me, y/n. Hey…HEY. Focus” he taps your cheek a bit rougher than intended, but it brings your fucked out, panicked eyes back to his face.
God, you were gorgeous.
Terror and bliss playing tug of war with your features, and his heart. Fervent groans of both pain and ecstacy continuously escaping your throat. He wished he could take a picture. To freeze the expression on your face in time.
To show you…to tease you…
To piss you off.
The thought of your rage upon seeing yourself in such a vulnerable state of disarray had the demon's eyes crossing slightly, tongue lapping out and dripping with saliva into the space between your bodies. His dick engorged further as he envisioned the twisted, raw anger in your words as you scolded him for his behavior.
A bit of liquid dripped down the side of his face and over his cheek. He licked it away greedily when it reached his lips; the taste salty and familiar - his horns were leaking. He felt heavy against your walls, his balls clapped rhythmically against your ass cheeks to the beat of each relentless plunge within. You were so wet around him, for him, and it only increased the faster he moved. That's a good thing. It meant you were still alive. You were still his.
Despite your slowly deteriorating state, the king could feel the needy squeeze of your pussy keeping him locked deep inside - you were close.
“Just like that.” he breathes, brows creased in concentration.
The muscles of Satan's ass flexed and relaxed, forcing you upward in his grip.
The darkness that licked at the edges of your vision remained, but the familiar burn in your core was smoldering - growing.
“S-satan” you manage to croak again, barely above a whisper. You held on to the wefts of hair on his shoulders like anchors with what little strength you had, managing to catch the glimmer of two crimson, half lidded eyes boring into your face through the glaze clouding your vision.
“Cum for me, little lamb. Let me be your savior. Pray to me. Let me be your God” He grinned above you, face flushed red and wild.
The feeling was damn near torture. Being tugged back and forth between consciousness and a mental, black void that threatened to swallow you whole, but it did not extinguish the growing flame in your gut, nay, it pushed you further; a feeling akin to a taut rubber band.
Satan set a punishing rhythm then, the sound of wet flesh colliding together bounced off the walls around you both. His hips began to sputter, his thrusts slowed to harsh grinding where the tight curls of his pubic hair rubbed deliciously against your throbbing clit.
“S-satan…I..cum-ing!”
The moment the proverbial rubber band snapped was the moment an orgasm so forceful--so earth shattering--rocked through your arched body, and set your senses alight.
Your only warning from the demon was a drawn-out grunt that reverberated deep in his chest and his teeth coming down to latch onto your shoulder to muffle his own sounds.
A rush of hot warmth coats your insides simultaneously, and color bursts forth into your vision; air once again floods your lungs with the deepest of breaths.
In the few moments following, the only thing you remembered was a gentle hand resting on your cheek and the words 'sleep now' being uttered before your world went black.
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“You did so well. But now you need rest” The king had you dressed, as best as he could anyways, and in his arms bridal style heading for home.
Although the transfer worked and he managed to save you, it was hard to ignore the small sense of dread that bottomed out in his stomach seeing you in distress.
The further he walked, cradling your body against his, your breaths now even, he contemplated.
In the beginning, the possessiveness he felt for you had been brought on by territorial instincts nurtured by your connection to Solomon, but the longer he spent time with you, his idea of who you were had started to change.
You were interesting for many reasons, reasons he couldn't quite put his finger on, and both Ppyong and Sitri had taken a liking to you as well, though in a way that felt completely different from Solomon's time in hell.
Did that make him…happy? It's been a long time since he felt an ounce of happiness, depression was unkind like that. But you. Your presence had started to fan those flames. The thought brought a small smile to his face.
“What are you doing to me, y/n?” He asks quietly, sweeping his eyes over your relaxed, sleeping face. An inkling of warmth tingling in his chest.
Satan wasn't sure what was going on, but in that moment, he vowed to be there when you needed him. To stay by your side and protect you.
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dragonwritersblog · 11 months
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I started this short bowuigi little mermaid au thing a few days ago as a little something to help me feel better cause my depression was basically being like ‘hey, wanna feel ten times worse than usual?’ It was to be a short little thing to self-indulge with, YET IT SOMEHOW IS OVER 5K WORDS, FUCKING HOW?!?!?!?!? Anyways, enjoy. (Edit, to the person who pointed out that Junior said Luigi's name before Bowser finds out, you're a real one and I just fixed it thanks xx).
In the surface land, Bowser is trying to get Princess Peach to marry him because he sees her as the ‘perfect bride’ for him to be happy but she’s not having it.
“Isn’t she lovely Kamek, her golden hair, the way she glides when she moves. Plus, she would be a perfect mother for Junior!”
“Sire, she threw a shoe at your head the last time you proposed to her.”
“…and?”
“Seriously Papa?”
Yeah, Kamek and Junior are starting to get sick of it.
Meanwhile, in the ocean, Mario and Luigi’s parents rule the seven seas. While Mario is more adventurous and outgoing, Luigi is more content to stay under the sea (you’re allowed to hate me for that terrible pun).
See, unlike Ariel, Luigi is deathly afraid of the surface land as he’s heard about all about the terrifying Bowser and what he’s willing to do to get what he wants to he wants to stay as far as possible from there.
“There’s nothing to be scared of Luigi, I’d be able to keep you safe if we were ever near the surface.”
“N-no way! W-what if B-Bowser’s there a-an-d-d gets mad a-at us f-or t-t-t-trespassing! I-I’ll be fine here with Ma and Pa.”
(Luigi also has long hair cause I’m a sucker for long-haired Luigi.)
Que King Boo, a ghostly underwater sea monster who wants to take over both the land and sea but isn’t powerful enough to do so. He knows that Luigi means a lot to his family, so he decides to pull a devious trick to distract them from their duties so he can take over the throne.
“Well, well, well, despite how much of a cowardly shrimp he is, this little prince could be of use to me.”
He uses Polterpup (a ghost sea-lion pup that is able to turn into a dog if he goes to the surface land) to distract Luigi, making him think that a dog had fallen into the sea and needs help. Luigi follows the sound of the distressed barking, hoping to help the innocent animal when suddenly, he’s captured by Boo’s minions and with the limited power that he has, he uses it to turn Luigi into a human to make him unable to return home. That way, while Luigi’s family will be looking for their son, he can try and take over the underwater kingdom and use that power to take over the surface land. Just to make sure that Luigi doesn’t tell anyone, King Boo steals Luigi’s voice and sends him to the edge of the Darklands.
“Bwa-ha-ha-ha-ha! Try going home and telling your mommy and daddy about this one princey! Oh wait, you can’t!”
However, since King Boo’s powers are still weak there is a way that the spell can be reserved so he purposely neglects to tell Luigi that the spell can be broken with true love’s kiss.
Luigi is distraught and terrified, already afraid of the surface land and is now forced to live there with no way of being able to ask for help.
Feeling guilty, Polterpup decides to help Luigi get used to his human legs and brings him a rag from a ship to help make into some makeshift clothes.
Meanwhile, Bowser and Junior are minding their own business at the shore of the Darklands when suddenly, Junior sees an unfamiliar human struggling to stand on his own two feet.
“Look Dad! There’s a human, like Peach!”
He gets a bit over excited and runs from his dad to go see Luigi.
Luigi, still frightened and wary of surface creatures (and the fact that this is Bowser’s son! So, if the king sees him with Junior, he could burn him to a crisp!) he gets spooked easily by the child and fumbles his way onto a rock. Polterpup stands in front of Luigi to create some distance with the overzealous child. Eventually, Bowser makes his way over to see what all the fuss is about.
“Junior, what have I told you about running off?!”
“But look Papa, it’s another human! I’ve never seen another human before apart from Peach!”
Bowser suddenly notices Luigi, who ducks behind Polterpup, trying to hide as much of himself as he can.
Bowser is taken aback, like Junior, Peach is the only human he’s seen so he’s never had the chance to formally get to know another one. He sees that the human is a bit skittish, so he tries to be as unintimidating as possible.
“Uh, hey there, sorry about Junior, he has the tendency to get overexcited sometimes.”
“Hey!”
Luigi is still unsure; he’s only ever heard tales about how the king of the koopas was able to be rid of his enemies just with one swipe of his claw. So, seeing him up close makes him want to piss himself.
Bowser can see that the human is still nervous, though he’s a little bit offended, he can’t really blame the human for being scared.
“Did you, uh, get in a shipwreck? Cause I can see that the only thing you’re dressed in is a sail.”
Luigi finally peaks his head out and nods a little bit, wondering why the koopa hasn’t done anything to him yet. Junior is suddenly asking him a lot of questions.
“Woah, you got in a shipwreck?! That’s so cool! Was there tons of thunder and lightning?! Did your ship light on fire?! Your dog is so cool! Is he a ghost?!”
Startled again, Luigi nearly falls off the rock until Bowser catches him. Luigi suddenly starts trembling both from fear and the cold. The king notices this and tries to ask him if he’s alright to try and loosen the tension, but the human is silent.
“What’s wrong? Can’t talk or something?”
He says that sarcastically and laughs a little to try and make the human do so as well, but he takes one look in the human’s eyes and realises that he actually can’t.
“Oh, I see.”
Luigi is hugging himself at this point, wanting to run and hide but he was getting colder and colder by the minute. Bowser then decides to take the human back to the castle to get him warmed up and a little bit less scared.
“Don’t worry, Kamek and Kammy will know how to help you. You’ll be feeling better soon.”
That gets Luigi to look up at the king with curiosity as Bowser carries him back to the castle with Junior and Polterpup by his side. The great ferocious king was holding him ever so gently and promising to help him, he doesn’t know how to feel at this point.
As soon as Kamek and Kammy see Luigi shivering and drenched, they are instantly ‘grandparents mode activated. They take Luigi from Bowser and lead the human into bathroom, (Bowser totally didn’t want to carry him there) Kamek makes him tea and gives Luigi a few biscuits while Kammy is drawing a warm bubble bath for him.
“Here you are now, its not much but it will help fill and warm you up a little bit.”
Luigi has never tasted land food before; he finds it to be quite nice. He even enjoys the bath, letting the water heat him up and blowing on the bubbles. Kammy finds the site adorable.
“The poor thing, washing up from a shipwreck must’ve been so terrifying for you, especially if you heard about the reputation of the Darklands. Don’t worry, we just want to help you feel better and feel comfortable here.”
Kamek comes into the room holding a few dresses and suits, asking the human which one he’d like to wear for dinner. Although Luigi didn’t need to wear clothes as a mermaid, he does know that land creatures wear them all the time. He instantly chooses one of the dresses (because gender norms don’t exist, and Luigi is allowed to wear whatever the fuck he wants!)
Later, Kammy is helping Luigi get changed while Kamek, Junior and Bowser are in the dining room talking about Peach again.
“All I’m saying sire is that it might be due time to stop pursuing the princess. She had already disagreed to your other proposals, and I don’t see her agreeing any time soon.”
“I can’t just give up on her Kamek, Peach makes me feel things that I’ve never felt for anyone. I will marry her, one day.”
As if right on time, Kammy and Luigi are there, the former ushering in the shy man.
“Don’t be so nervous darling, you look lovely!”
Luigi then steps into the room, wearing a beautiful green dress (a green version of Ariel’s pink dress) with Polterpup by his side to keep him company.
Bowser is starstruck, he’s never seen a human look this beautiful before.
“Y-you look amazing.”
Luigi blushes, still nervous but the compliment gives him butterflies.
“Come sit next to me human!”
Junior takes his hand and leads him next to his seat, which happens to also be next to Bowser’s at the head of the table. To try and take his mind off the fact that he’s sitting next to Bowser, Luigi starts focusing on the plates and cutlery, he’s never really seen that many human artefacts before so it’s all so intriguing to him (expect when Mario brings back some from his adventures, but he doesn’t really know what they are either.)
Bowser becomes amused at Luigi’s curiosity for the simple objects he had, his appreciation for things that seem to be mundane gives him a swell of pride.
“I guess my silverware is kinda nice, isn’t it?”
Luigi immediately puts the fork don’t and hides under his hair, afraid that he might have disrespected the king, but Bowser is quick to reassure him that he doesn’t mind.
“It’s just that no one else I know is fascinated by these types of things, so its nice to see someone that it.”
Luigi peers out from his hair, a small smile forming from the king’s praise. Kamek picks up on the tension and decides to do some *matchmaking*.
 “Since our guest will be staying for a while, perhaps we should help him feel more comfortable with a tour of the kingdom…Bowser?”
“Papa, are you listening?”
Bowser breaks out of his trance, not even realising he was staring at the human. He couldn’t help it; he’s not seen that many and this one was just so fascinating.
“Ah, yes, a tour sounds great! If you would like one?”
Luigi thinks for a bit and nods. If he was wrong about the king, then maybe he was wrong about the kingdom and surface land and should give it a chance.
Kamek nods at that, pleased with his work. Kammy shoots him a thumbs up for his work.
Later, while Luigi is getting ready for bed, he watches Bowser with Junior as they play in the courtyard. Bowser notices him watching and waves at him. Embarrassed that he was caught, Luigi shyly waves back and backs away from the balcony. He’s wearing a cotton nightgown that Kammy had given him, as well as a glass of water from Kamek in case he gets thirsty during the night. This is also his first time laying in a bed, he’s never felt anything so soft in his life! He falls asleep as soon as he puts his head on the pillow, feeling a bit more hopeful after today.
Back in the ocean, Mario and his family are frantically searching for his brother, terrified that something bad happened to him. He decides to go to the surface land, specifically from the Mushroom Kingdom, and ask their princess for help and if he’s washed up there. It also helps that he’s heard so much about her kindness and beauty and…wake up Mario, focus on the mission at hand.
Back on the surface lands, Bowser takes Luigi on a tour of his kingdom, Polterpup by his feet through the all thing. At first, Luigi is still a bit unsure about the koopas, but soon he becomes a bit more curious. He goes up to some of the food stand giving away free sample and decides to try a little bit of fruit, it’s a bit tangy but still pretty good. He even sees a puppet show for the first time, not knowing how the little puppets are moving, he pulls one of a koopa’s hand, fascinated with how it works. A few koopa children then come up to him and ask to do his hair, having never seen another human before with his like his. He agrees and let the children tie up his hair in a French braid along with a few faux white flowers to go with the new dress he’s wearing. Bowser is watching from afar, his jaw dropping when Luigi’s hairstyle is revealed, his heart skipping a beat when Luigi does a twirl.
“Wow, you…you look beautiful greenie.”
Luigi blushes at the compliment.
The two suddenly hear music and see a few performers starting to play on their instruments as koopas, goombas and shy guys join in. Bowser takes Luigi’s hand and asks him to dance, the man nods his head, feeling a bit more at ease with the king now.
Soon the two join the crowd, laughing and having the time of their lives as they dance away to the music, Polterpup occasionally runs through some of the koopas legs.
When it ends, Bowser guides Luigi to a hidden river, the only place with water in the Darklands (apart from the shore). They share a little boat ride together as they share some of the food they bought at the market, while Polterpup takes a nap. Bowser then remembers that despite the time they shared together, he still doesn’t even know Luigi’s name.
“I feel terrible not knowing your name, and we don’t have anything that you can write with…Oh I know, how about I go down the alphabet and you pick out the letters of your name?”
Luigi nods and though it takes a while, the king manages to spell out his name.
“Luigi huh? A beautiful name for a beautiful human.”
Its Luigi’s turn for his heart to skip a beat. All his life he’d heard about the koopa kingdom and their dreaded king, now it turns out that he’s actually a gentleman who’s been showing him nothing but respect. Ever since this man washed up at his kingdom, Bowser has been feeling things that he’s never felt for anyone. Flustered, vulnerable and a need to protect and love. He’s never even felt this for Peach. The two start to lean in when their boat suddenly tips over, the two falling out. Bowser is quick to pick up Luigi, who begins to wring out his dress while Polterpup begins to shake his non-existent coat. As Bowser carries Luigi back as Polterpup floats beside them, the two fail to see two boos that were the ones who knocked over their boat.
Back in his lair, King Boo is seething!
“That blasted little shrimp! At this rate, these two will end up snogging all over the place and my plans will be ruined!”
He decides to go to his last resort, a mind control crown that he had hoped to use on one of the rulers to conquer the sea and surface, however this crown also held many of his other spells (including Luigi’s) and he wasn’t strong enough to use it more than once to use a spell as powerful as mind control. It was always extremely fragile, though he would still have some power, if it broke then all of his previous spells from over the years would be released, so he held it off for as long as he could, and it seems that now he has no other choice.
Meanwhile, Mario has finally arrived at the Mushroom Kingdom, hoping to find help with the princess. She’s just as beautiful in the rumours he’s heard about her. The princess is shocked to find an adorable red merman in a river near her palace, but she can’t deny his plea for help when he looked just so sweet.
“My brother, he’s gone missing! Is there any chance he’s been around here lately?”
“I’m sorry, you’re the only mer-person we’ve seen here. But don’t worry, we’ll keep a look out and help you find him!”
“Really?! Thank you, princess!”
“Y-you’re welcome.”
Back at the Darklands, Bowser is thinking about his new feelings for Luigi, not knowing if he should act on them since he didn’t want to betray his love for Peach. Kamek, fed up at this point, goes up to give Bowser his thoughts on the matter.
“If I may say sire, some people spend most of their time chasing after treasure on a map that leads them in circles, that they neglect that the diamond in the rough is right in front of them. Just a thought from a silly old koopa.”
As Kamek leaves, Bowser ponders over his surrogate father’s words. For years he’s yearned for Peach so the point that he became blinded by what he thought he wanted and put her on a pedestal. Now, there’s someone that doesn’t see him as a monster and might love him back. He makes his decision and starts to go to Luigi to tell him how he feels when he suddenly feels a weight on his head, and everything goes dark.
The next morning, Luigi wakes up feeling more refreshed and happier than he has since he first turned human. He’s been thinking all night about the maybe-kiss that he and Bowser were about to share and had been contemplating his feelings on the matter. He soon found himself realising that he would mind kissing Bowser, in fact, he would really like to kiss him and spend every day with him, Junior, Kammy and Kamek. Besides, there was nothing stopping him from travelling to see his brother and family, maybe it could all work out? He fell asleep last night with a smile on his face and butterflies in his stomach.
He’s about to run down the stairs to meet Bowser when he hides behind a pillar when he sees the king speaking with Kamek, wearing a strange crown.  
“Y-your highness, are you sure this is the best idea?”
“Peach castle is currently unprotected; it would be a good opportunity to strike and take her as my bride.”
“I see that, but after the last few days and our past with the Mushroom Kingdom, shouldn’t we think this through a little bit and-”
“-It has always been my intention to make Peach mine, no matter what and I won’t let anyone get in my way. Especially some scrawny human who washed up at my sure. Once the invasion is complete, the wedding will start immediately.”
“…very well sire.”
Luigi, heartbroken and betrayed, flees to his room, not knowing that King Boo was there the whole having used his ghostly-ness to remain invisible while controlling Bowser with the crown.
As Bowser takes off with his army and airship, Luigi stays behind at the port to cry as Polterpup tries to comfort him, having to face the truth that he was right in the first place, Bowser was just a heartless monster.
Junior is on the airship per his father’s orders to be at the wedding. He searches for his dad, wondering why he had the sudden change of heart about Luigi and his invasion. He creaks open the door to his father’s room when he sees King Boo in Bowser’s mirror, cackling to himself at the fact that his plans are nearly complete.
Realising his dad is being mind controlled by the strange ghost thing, he makes his way down to the clown cars and sneaks away in his own small one to get to Luigi as quickly as possible.
The Mushroom Kingdom is taken aback when Bowser suddenly arrives, not fully prepared for battle since he would usually leave some type of indication that he was coming, but here, he was just blasting through with every intention of not leaving until he gets what he wants. Mario wants to help but Peach tells him to stay hidden. Unable to just do nothing, Mario rushed as fast as he can to get back home to get his father.
As soon as Peach sees Bowser, there’s something different about his atmosphere, something way more menacing and demanding. As usual, he wants Peach to marry him, but this time he doesn’t ask.
“One way or another, you will marry me Peach and we’ll watch your kingdom turn to ash.”
“You’re not even going to bargain.”
“It’s not like you can do anything about it.”
A pit forms in Peach’s stomach, something’s wrong, very wrong.
Junior makes it back to, running to the sobbing man as fast as he can.
“Luigi! Luigi! There’s some weird ghost thing that was in my dad’s mirror! I think that’s why he’s attacking the Mushroom Kingdom so soon! What do we do?!”
Luigi’s eyes widen in horror. King Boo! He had to be behind all this. Without any second thoughts, Luigi climbs in Junior’s clown car, along with Polterpup, and the two head to the Mushroom Kingdom as fast as they can.
While Bowser/Boo is adamant about the wedding, the koopas there are a little less comfortable about it due to how strange and intimidating the king was acting. As the service starts, Peach pulls out an ice flower from her bouquet and attacks Bowser, she lands a few hits, but Bowser uses his fire to melt the ice. Peach keeps trying to fight though, at least to distract him while she thinks of a plan. The koopas also help, agreeing that their King was not himself and didn’t want anyone in the Mushroom Kingdom getting severely injured.
Luigi finally arrives with Junior, jumps out of the vehicle and lands on Bowser’s shoulders while he’s fighting Peach. Seeing a crown that wasn’t on Bowser’s head before, Luigi grabs it and smashes it to the ground, falling off Bowser’s shoulder from the impact of the throw.
Suddenly, Bowser sees himself at the Mushroom Kingdom, not knowing how he got there since the last place he remembered being was back home. Princess Peach and the koopas stop, sensing that Bowser’s atmosphere was back to normal as he looks towards Luigi.
“Luigi, are you alright?”
“Yeah, I’m fine…wait…I can talk!”
“You can finally speak again!”
“My voice its back!”
“I don’t understand, what’s happening?”
“It’s King Boo, he-aahhh!”
Before he can get another word out, there’s a sharp pain in his legs. He fells his bones bending and breaking in the most painful way and King Boo suddenly appears, turning him back into a merman before he can get another word out. Luigi looks to Bowser, afraid of what he’ll think of the man once he realises what he really is. But Bowser is too wrapped up in shock of what its happening and worry for the man that he loves.
King Boo grabs Luigi and drags him back into the ocean, the latter screaming for Bowser as the koopa tries to grab him as Luigi is forced back into the water, Polterpup chasing after his new owner. The king turns to Princess Peach.
“Princess, I know this may be confusing, but I really need your help, please, I love him!”
“Don’t worry, I think I might know his brother and what’s going on.”
Back in the ocean, Luigi is struggling against King Boo, trying to escape his grasp but somehow, the ghost’s grip is tighter than he though. Polterpup tries to fight his old master but a few Boos that had been hiding easily grab him.
“Oh, don’t worry little shrimp, it ain’t you that I’m after.”
“KING BOO THAT IS ENOUGH!”
The pair stop when they see Luigi’s father, the King of the ocean along with Mario stop them in their path.
“Well, well, well. If it isn’t the red prince and the ruler of the seven seas.”
“Let my brother go!”
“No can do princey, precious little Lulu is all mine until you give me what I want.”
Luigi’s father growls at that.
“My son does not belong to you!”
He goes to use his magical trident, but a few boos grab Luigi and use some type of electricity on him, making the youngest prince scream out in pain.
“You see, the thing is your majesty, one wrong move and your precious little boy won’t be, how do I put this? Part of your world anymore.” (I am so sorry for that awful pun.)
The sea king was at a loss, he knew he would be putting everyone at risk by handing the trident and the throne to this made ghost but…he couldn’t lose his youngest son, from the corner of his eye, he could see Mario agree. He hands the trident over to King Boo, begging him not to hurt his son. With a mad gleam in his eye, he grabs the trident and lets Luigi go. To the green merman’s horror, the poltergeist points the artifact to his father and brother, watching in devastation as he turns them into dust.
With a strangled scream, he goes to attack King Boo, though surprised at Luigi’s reaction, manages to throw him to the ground. He’s about to use the trident on him when he suddenly feels something hit him. He looks up to see Bowser under the water, who had thrown a spear at him and raises the trident to him. In a moment of panic, Luigi grabs King Boo, making him point the trident at his boos instead and disintegrates them. Not wanting to witness King Boo’s anger, Luigi swims up to Bowser and guides him above the water, not witnessing the Boo’s fury with his new powers below him.
The koopa and merman reach the surface of the water, Bowser trying to reach out to Luigi.
“Bowser you have to go, now! Before King Boo gets you!”
“No, I’m not leaving you behind again!”
They feel a rumbling all around them. Suddenly, King Boo rises from the sea as a giant with the two on his head, cackling like a mad man. Bowser and Luigi jump back into the water, trying to escape until King Boo starts to form a whirlpool, separating them. Luigi falls into the whirlpool, landing at the bottom as Polterpup rushes over to him as King Boo taunts him.
Bowser is still paddling in the water, trying to get to Luigi when a ship comes up beside it. Inside was Princess Peach, some toads, koopas and Kamek. They throw a rope down to Bowser and help him up. Kamek looks to the king.
“I used my magic to help steer that boat but I’m barely holding on! I need you to guide the bowsprit and drive it into that mad boo!”
“But’s a ghost, he’s already dead!”
“I’ve managed to enchant so that I can trap him in this!”
Kamek holds up a pale purple gem, sparkling with some type of magic that the magikoopa used. Princess Peach then speaks up.
“I’m managing the sails while the toads and koopas are defending us! Bowser, are you able to guide the ship!”
“You can count on me Princess, take this as the beginning of a massive apology to you!”
Peach nods and everyone gets to work. King Boo is shooting at Luigi in the whirlpool, the merman trying to dodge as much as he can but knows that he is not strong enough to do anything. Enraged by what the Boo is doing to his love, Bowser drives the bowsprit into King Boo. The poltergeist screams with both pain and fear, knowing that if he can feel that then somehow, he has been defeated.
The seas calm down as the boo disappears into the gem. Bowser tries to look for Luigi, but the whirlpool is gone, and the merman is nowhere in sight. Kamek keeps him from jumping out as the princess guides the ship back to shore.
In the ocean, Luigi grabs the trident and rushes back over to where his father and brother were with Polterpup following him and sees the two have been returned to normal. Overjoyed, he hugs them both, all three of them crying now that Luigi is safe and home.
“I missed you so much Lu. I’m so sorry I wasn’t here when you went missing.”
“It’s okay Mario, I’m safe now, It’s okay.”
He gives the trident back to his father and the three mermen return home.
A few days later, Luigi is hiding behind a rock, Polterpup beside him as he watches Bowser from the shore of the Darklands, pining to see the merman again. Mario and his father watch from afar.
“You know, a while ago, Luigi would have fainted at the thought of going to the Darklands. Now, seeing how he looks at that koopa king, he’s gotten more braver than I ever imagined.”
“Peach told me that he jumped on Bowser’s shoulder’s just to get the crown off him.”
“Oh yes, how are you and that princess getting along?”
“Ah-I-wha-Dad!”
“I’m just teasing. Though, he hasn’t been truly himself since he came home.”
“I guess he left a part of himself since leaving the Darklands. After all, when you love someone, you give a piece of yourself to them, and in return, they grant you something even more freeing.”
“Then I guess there’s only one problem left.”
“And what’s that Dad?”
“…How much I’m going to miss him.” Mario raises an eyebrow in confusion for a moment before his father points his trident at Luigi.
Luigi feels a tingling sensation on his fins, looking down to see that there are no fins at all, his legs had returned! He turns to his father and brother, his smile beaming as the two nod to him.
Bowser is staring off into the distance, thinking about Luigi when he sees brown hair peeking out of the water. His heart stops when he sees Luigi emerging from the water in a sparkling green dress and his hair flowing in the wind. Bowser runs to him, picking him up and spinning him around in his arms and holds him as the two finally share a kiss.
A year later, the two are finally married on a giant ship, Luigi wearing a poofy wedding dress while Bowser is dressed in his finest suit. Luigi’s family and kingdom are watching from the ocean while toads and koopa finally come together as one. Princess Peach hugs Luigi, glad to have another human companion and blows a kiss to Mario in the ocean, who blushes at the gesture and waves back. Junior is also glad Luigi is back and is going to be his stepdad. He and Polterpup have also become close friends, the two playing together when they can. Kamek and Kammy are finally happy that Bowser has found love after all this time.
Mario asks his father to use to powers to lift him with the water to see his brother one more time. Luigi smiles softly and gives his brother a hug.
“Don’t cry big bro, I’ll see you after the honeymoon, you’re acting as if I’ll never see you again.”
“I’m sorry, its just, I’m so happy for you.”
“I love you, Mario.”
“I love you too Lu.”
He gives Bowser a menacing glare along the lines of ‘hurt my bro and I’ll end you’ before Peach comes over and kisses him on the cheek, making the red merman faint into the ocean. Luigi laughs at his brother’s antics as he waves goodbye to all the other mer-folk as the ship sails away to its next destination.
Bowser and Luigi give one another a soft look and share one more kiss.
The end.
You're allowed to yell at me for the shitty puns.
(Edit: also I love that you guys enjoyed it and you’re free to write something for this as it was only meant to be a drabble after having a bad day. As long as you credit and tag me, y’all can use this idea and write your own Bowuigi little mermaid fic ☺️)
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gracebethartacc · 7 months
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A jesters lament is the most fanfic ever forever
@dappledpaintbrush hiiiiii 💜
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Flat vers,,
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tooth-enthusiast · 1 year
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I have too many fic ideas.
1. The economy is shit and Bowser’s son is a secret
2. Luigi is trans FTM
3. Luigi realises the red flags in a relationship too late
4. Luigi is approached by various royalty
5. King Boo and King Bowser fight over a lanky green Italian
Guess which one is published.
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itsamenickname · 10 months
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To the Bowuigi fans who are suffering from Ao3 withdraw (including myself):
I present you with this very long post (that I will break down into 3-4 different posts) I have luckily kept in my computer files that I hope will ease you in these hard times.
Enjoy. :)
To Break the Bonds Within Two Kingdoms
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Chapter 1
For as long as he could remember, King Boo wanted to become the greatest villain the Mushroom Kingdom has ever seen. From the heroes dying right in front of him to the damsel pleading for their very life, King Boo fantasized hundreds and thousands of plans all with the same end goal of him becoming the new king of the Mushroom Kingdom. So naturally, when King Boo was given an opportunity to defeat Mario, the said hero of the Mushroom Kingdom, at Isle Delfino, he was ecstatic. This, he thought, was the first step in conquering the Mushroom Kingdom and possibly the entire world. If King Boo could defeat Mario, nothing could stop him from achieving his life-long dream.
Except Mario did stop him.
Now yes, King Boo was frustrated at his and Bowser’s ultimate loss, but the ghost king knew that he would be given a second opportunity to defeat Mario. He just needed a new and different angle to work with, but what new angle would allow him to have the advantage over that annoying red plumber?
The answer to that question was Luigi.
After his defeat at Isle Delfino, King Boo was informed that Mario had a younger twin brother named Luigi. This new piece of information allowed King Boo to come up with a new perfect plan that would surely stop Mario once and for all. All the ghost king had to do was kidnap Luigi and Mario would come crawling on his knees and beg him to spare his little brother’s life. Surely, nothing would go wrong with that plan, right?
Wrong. That so-called “perfect” plan backfired on King Boo.
Three times.
To say King Boo was angry after his third defeat is an understatement.
While his hotel plan ended in a total disaster, the one good thing that came out of it was that Luigi didn’t capture all 16 Boos with that Poltergust he hated so very much. King Boo was grateful that the uncaught Boos were loyal enough to distract the professor long enough for him to break out of the canister.  
But the ghost king knew that it wouldn’t matter in the long run.
As long as Luigi and Professor E. Gadd were around, King Boo knew it would only be a matter of time before he would get captured and be put back in that infuriating prison again. 
And that thought alone fueled him with nothing but anger.
“ARGGH!”
In a fit of rage, King Boo threw his crown at a nearby mirror. As his anger slowly started to simmer back down, he realized that he was essentially powerless without his crown, so he quickly placed his crown back on his head before staring at his reflection in the now-broken mirror.
He hated, no, loathed, Luigi. If King Boo ever saw his face again, he would make sure that scaredy-cat plumber wished he didn’t defeat him in that first mansion all those years ago. If only he had a new angle to work with, he could-
“Um, Sir?”
King Boo swiftly turned around to see a Boo watching him with a worrisome expressions. Boos who served under King Boo for a long time were used to seeing him frustrated and angry, so the fact that this Boo seemed nervous to be anywhere near him told King Boo that he was one of the Boos they recently recruited.
At least that small piece of information reassured King Boo that he could still fear into the young Boo.
“What reason do you have to interrupt me?!” King Boo shouted. He was fuming with rage and he felt that he had every right to be. This Boo interrupted his loathing of Luigi and he should’ve known better than to barged into the room like this.
The Boo nervously gulped before speaking.
“I-I think y-you should see this,” the Boo stammered while holding out an object with a shaky hand.
It took King Boo a moment to realize that the Boo was holding out a newspaper. He yanked the newspaper right out of the young Boo’s hand, without even muttering a thank you, and read the front page headline.
PEACE TREATY AND ALLIANCE BETWEEN THE MUSHROOM KINGDOM AND THE DARK LANDS!
A peace treaty between Peach and Bowser?
This peaked King Boo’s interest.
Upon further reading the article, King Boo learned that Queen Peach and King Mario are willing to sign a peace treaty with King Bowser and King Luigi, despite everything Bowser did to the Mushroom Kingdom in the past. King Boo wasn’t sure why Mario would agree to sign a peace treaty with his sworn arch-nemesis, but he figured that the red king didn’t have that many options since Bowser and Luigi are a married couple.
Speaking of Luigi…
“Remind me of the relationship status between Luigi and Bowser as well as the relationship between Mario and Bowser,” King Boo ordered while staring at a picture on the front page. It was a picture of Mario, Luigi, Peach, and Bowser with jubilant and cheerful expressions surrounded with all kinds of different decorations. King Boo could tell that the picture was taken on Luigi and Bowser’s wedding day due to the fact that all four of the royals were wearing the most extravagant clothes he had ever seen in addition that Bowser was also kissing an embarrassed, but overjoyed, Luigi on the cheek while carrying him bridal style.
Grambi, King Boo despised every single thing about the picture. 
“Luigi and Bowser were officially married almost three months ago and their coronation took place three days after the wedding,” the Boo informed. “While Mario gave his public approval to the wedding, multiple spies from both the Mushroom Kingdom and the Dark Lands have confirmed that Mario and Bowser still don’t like each other.”
It was quiet as King Boo continued to read the rest of the article. It wasn’t until he started to read an article about a Toad explaining the disadvantages of the peace treaty that King Boo realized what the Boo actually said.
They still don’t like each other.
Despite the wedding and the peace treaty they’ll soon sign together, Mario and Bowser still hate each other.
King Boo couldn’t help but laugh at the situation that was now presented in front of him.
This didn’t just peak his interest anymore.
This was fantastic news.
No, this was absolutely perfect.
King Boo instantly tossed the newspaper aside as he gave the young Boo his full attention for the first time since he entered the room. Hundreds of ideas started to swarm in the ghost king’s head, but they were all easily pushed to the side as one thought consumed his mind. 
This was his new angle.
“Gather all the Boos to the corridor immediately!” King Boo exclaimed to the Boo. He stared at his reflection with the biggest grin he ever had while brainstorming his brand new master plan. “We are going to pay a visit to our dearest friend!”
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Chapter 2
One week later…
If there was one thing Luigi could change about himself, he would like to be much more confident. For their entire lives, Luigi always admired the enormous amount of confidence Mario had in any situation he was put into and wish he could have half the courage his older brother had. From battling villains without hesitation to being the spotlight of a party, Luigi wondered how it was all so easy for Mario when he would have the most difficult time talking to even one person.
Even if that said person, or rather, Koopa, was his husband.
Luigi watched the interaction between Bowser and the airship crew as he twiddled his thumbs in an anxious manner. While he couldn’t hear the conversation, Luigi could tell that Bowser was demanding the Shy Guys to finish the airship preparations based on the authoritative body language Bowser was using and the nervous posture the Shy Guys had.
He understood why Bowser was so eager to leave. A heavy thunderstorm was expected to hit the Dark Lands for the first time in weeks and both he and Bowser knew that flying an enormous wooden airship in the middle of a thunderstorm would certainly lead to disaster. The Koopa King wanted to leave before the thunderstorm could have a chance to hit them and Luigi didn’t blame him one bit.
But just because Luigi understood Bowser’s reasoning didn’t mean he agreed with his husband’s decision.
Now that the Shy Guys were working at a satisfying pace, Bowser faced Luigi and immediately noticed how anxious the green king was. Hating to see his spouse so distressed, Bowser walked back to his husband’s side and wrapped his arm around Luigi’s shoulders.
“I’m sorry about that, love,” Bowser apologized before kissing the top of Luigi’s head. He turned to watch the now-frantic Shy Guys making the final preparations as he gently squeezed Luigi closer to him. “I know you hate it when I yell at the minions, but every once in a while, they need to get it through their heads, you know? It’s like I need to babysit these idiots in order for them to actually do their job.” 
Luigi was quiet. He knew he should’ve responded, or, at the very least, acknowledged Bowser’s statement, but his mind was too preoccupied with something far more pressing.
He wasn’t the only one who noticed that Bowser’s statement was met with silence.
“Are you alright?” Bowser asked worriedly. While keeping his right arm around Luigi’s shoulder, he used his left hand to gently turn Luigi’s head in order for him to see how concern the Koopa King was for him. “You’ve hardly said a word all morning and I can tell that you’re thinking about something serious. What’s going on?”
Luigi needed to tell him. He already voiced his concerns to Bowser ever since they received the letter two days ago, but they would always get pulled away by their royal duties before they could finish the conversation.
Maybe Bowser would listen to him this time. It was just the two of them in front of the airship and Luigi didn’t think the Shy Guys would be brave enough to interrupt their conversation. Would Bowser take his words to heart?
Luigi desperately hoped so.
“I-I don’t think this is a good idea,�� Luigi confessed while staring at Bowser.
Neither of them spoke for a minute, although it felt much longer to Luigi, as Bowser processed his words. Once Bowser fully realized what Luigi was referring to, he took his arm off of Luigi’s shoulders and carefully held his husband’s hands.
“There’s no reason for you to worry about this,” Bowser responded. He started rubbing Luigi’s hands with his thumbs in a circular motion in hopes of easing his husband’s worries. While he noticed a visible change in Luigi’s nervousness, Bowser could tell that his actions weren’t enough to completely calm the green king down just yet. “It’s just a meeting with your brother and Peach. I don’t see anything wrong with that.”
“The problem isn’t about the meeting,” Luigi explained as he looked down at his hands. “The problem is that Mario and Peach want to meet with you alone.”
Luigi looked back up at Bowser as the Koopa King tried to think of a response to his statement. When he saw that Bowser was struggling to find the right words to comfort his anxiousness, Luigi continued.
“I know Mario wasn’t…thrilled about our wedding,” Luigi hesitated. “But even still, Mario and I have been very close our entire lives. I’m just confused on why Mario wants you to visit the Mushroom Kingdom by yourself. I know he already gave you the protective big brother lecture at our wedding and when we all signed the peace treaty last week, so what other topic does Mario want to discuss with you that I can’t or shouldn’t know about?”
If Bowser was completely honest, he had no idea what the meeting with Mario and Peach was going to be about and that terrified him. Ever since he and Luigi announced their relationship to the royal couple, Bowser never felt like he actually got Mario’s approval. He couldn’t blame the red king, especially after all the hell he used to put the Mushroom Kingdom through, but he and Luigi have been together for almost 18 months now. Surely, Mario would at least realize that Bowser loved Luigi just as much as he did, right?
Then again, judging by the tone in the letter, Bowser highly doubted he was going to get Mario’s approval anytime soon.
“Your Majesties,” a Shy Guy announced as he interrupted the couple’s conversation. With the dark blue jacket and the captain’s cap the Shy Guy was wearing, both Luigi and Bowser could tell that this particular Shy Guy was the Captain of the airship crew, or, at the very least, a Shy Guy with a very high rank. “The airship is ready for departure. If we want to reach the Mushroom Kingdom before the thunderstorms hits, I suggest we leave immediately.”
“Excellent work, Captain!” Bowser exclaimed, not realizing Luigi’s question was left unanswered. He gave the Captain one unexpected, hard pat on the back before wrapping his arm back around Luigi’s shoulders. “Prepare for takeoff while I have another minute with my husband.”
Luigi watched the Captain as he bowed to Bowser and left them alone to notify the airship crew. Once the Captain was out of their sight, Bowser took his arm off Luigi’s shoulders and gently grabbed his husband’s shoulders to make sure he had Luigi’s full attention.
“I should be back by tomorrow night at the absolute latest,” Bowser informed. “The only thing you’ll need to focus on is the meeting with the royal court later today, but both Kamek and Kammy will be there to help you with that as well as anything else you’ll need while I’m gone. You’ll be okay handling the royal stuff without me, right?”
Luigi had never felt more like two completely different people than at that moment. On the inside, he was begging, pleading, and doing anything else he could desperately think of to stop Bowser from entering that airship.
But on the outside, all he could do was silently nod.
“Good,” Bowser responded with a smile. He gave Luigi one last kiss on the head before he let go of his shoulders. “I love you and I’ll see you tomorrow night.”
As Bowser started to make his way to the airship entrance, Luigi’s world instantly started to crumble right in front of him. He had no idea why his brother wanted to meet with Bowser in private or why his husband didn’t find Mario’s letter suspicious, but there was one thing Luigi knew with absolute certainty.
He can’t let him go.
He cannot let Bowser get onto the airship.
“STOP!”
Luigi was surprised and relieved when Bowser stopped in his tracks and turned around to face him. Luigi noticed Bowser’s bewildered facial expression, but he couldn’t dwell on his husband’s emotions. He had to be brave.
“You can’t get on that airship,” Luigi demanded. He was fully aware that he sounded like a parent ordering a child to not do something, but it didn’t matter to him. The only thing he could think about was preventing Bowser from entering that airship.
“Luigi, I’ll only be gone until tomorrow night,” Bowser reassured. He started to take a few steps towards Luigi in hopes of calming him down. “It’s going to be-,”
“No!”
Bowser immediately stopped walking after Luigi interrupted him. By now, the entire airship crew was watching the conversation unfold, but neither Luigi nor Bowser noticed. They were too busy focusing on their significant other to realize that they now had an audience.
“Every time we try to talk about this, something always interrupts us to where we can’t finish the conversation,” Luigi explained. “But I’m not going to let that happen this time. This trip is a bad idea Bowser and I won’t let you get on that airship.”
Wait, what?
He had to be joking. 
There was no way Luigi would try to prevent him, the King of the Koopas, from entering the airship, right? 
But as Bowser looked at his husband, he realized that Luigi’s nervousness and anxiousness from before was now completely replace with something that almost resembled confidence and determination.
Oh yes, Luigi was actually being sincere.
Now Bowser just couldn’t help but laugh at that.
“You won’t let me?” Bowser scoffed. He took a few intimidating steps towards Luigi with the goal of scaring him a little bit. Even though Bowser noticed a small change in his husband’s demeanor, it didn’t stop Luigi from keeping his ground. “How do you intend to stop me? It may have been a while, but we both know I can defeat you in a fight.”
“The Shy Guys will listen to me,” Luigi responded. He inwardly knew that Bowser could very well easily crush him like a bug, if he really wanted to, but Luigi couldn’t let that thought break his confidence. “And if they decide to follow your orders over mine, I learned my way around an airship and I know the parts that can prevent it from flying for days or even weeks.”
“Are you seriously trying to blackmail me right now?!” Bowser screamed while running a hand through his hair. If he wasn’t so frustrated with how stubborn Luigi was being, Bowser would’ve honestly been proud to see his husband standing up to him for something he truly believed in. “It’s just a stupid meeting with Mario and Peach! Why are you so hung up over this?!”
“It’s not just about the meeting!” Luigi argued. He felt the tears welling up in his eyes, but he refused to let himself cry in front of Bowser. “Ever since you got the letter, I’ve been having this really bad feeling that something terrible is going to happen if you enter that airship and visit the Mushroom Kingdom! And besides, if it’s just a ridiculous meeting, then why are you so obsessed about it?!”
When Luigi and Bowser first started dating, the Koopa King made a promise to himself to not take his anger out on Luigi whenever he was frustrated about something, even if Luigi was the cause of his anger. Bowser knew how sensitive and emotional his husband was and the Koopa King especially didn’t want to do or say anything that would greatly upset the man he vowed to love and protect.
But this time, Bowser let his anger get the best of him.
“Do you really want to know why I want to go to this meeting so badly?!” Bowser snapped. “Fine! I want to go to this meeting because I want to get Mario’s blessing! You may have a fantastic relationship with your brother and Peach, but incase your idiotic brain didn’t realize it, Mario despises my guts and ignoring him certainly isn’t going to get him to like me! I’m going to this damn meeting whether you like it or not, so you can either suck it up and accept it or cry about it like the fucking disgrace you are to everyone!” 
No one uttered a sound after Bowser’s emotional outburst. The Shy Guys have worked with Bowser for many years, but to see Bowser so livid and enraged terrified them to the point where they were too paralyzed with fear to even move. 
It was beyond horrifying to witness the Koopa King like this.
But the Shy Guys and Bowser were especially surprised when it was Luigi who finally broke the silence.
“S-So that’s how y-you really feel about m-me?”
When he heard Luigi’s quiet and brittle voice, Bowser instantly realized the harsh words he said to his husband. Bowser was very hesitant to look at Luigi, but he knew he needed to see just how much of an impact his words had on the green king if he wanted to apologize for his outburst.
But what he saw shattered his heart.
Luigi was visibly shaking so much that Bowser couldn’t help but wonder how he was even able to stand. The tears the green king desperately tried to hold in during the argument were now pouring down his face and he was hugging himself so tightly that Bowser had a feeling that bruises were going to form on Luigi’s arms within the next few days.
It was a gut-wrenching sight to see.
But what devastated Bowser the most was that he was the reason for it.
“Luigi,” Bowser whispered. He had no idea what to do, but he knew he needed to do something. Bowser carefully took one step towards Luigi as a way to show that he wanted to apologize for his outburst and help comfort his distressed husband.
Luigi took one step back in response.
“I-If that’s how y-you really feel about me, then I-I won’t stop you from l-leaving,” Luigi stammered while taking a few more steps away from Bowser. “E-Enjoy you t-time away from a d-disgrace like m-me.”
Luigi hastily ran back to the castle before Bowser could utter a response. Every part of the Koopa King’s mind wanted to follow, call out, or literally anything else he could think of to let Luigi know that he was sorry and that he didn’t mean to take his anger out on him.
But his body just simply wouldn’t let him. All Bowser could do was watch Luigi as the green king ran farther and farther away from him.
“K-King B-Bowser?”
Bowser turned to see the Captain watching him with fear and terror. He completely forgot that the Shy Guys were waiting for his orders and considering that he now no doubt knew that the entire airship crew saw his and Luigi’s fight unfold was especially a nail to the coffin.
“W-We really need to g-go if want to m-make it b-before,-”
“I hear you loud and clear,” Bowser interrupted with a sigh. He gave the castle one last look before walking towards the entrance of the airship. “I’m ready to go.”
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Chapter 3
When Luigi and Bowser revealed their relationship to Mario and Peach, the Mushroom couple had mixed feelings. At first, Peach was very hesitant about the relationship, but her opinion soon changed when she saw how happy Luigi and Bowser were together. From putting the other one’s needs above his own to supporting each other through all the hardships, Peach noticed all the little interactions between the odd couple during their stays at the Mushroom Kingdom and it warmed her heart to see that Bowser was a truly changed Koopa.
For Mario…, it was really difficult for him to give Luigi and Bowser his blessing. Sure, he announced his approval of the relationship to the public eye, but Peach, Bowser, and even Luigi knew that it would take time for the Mushroom King to fully accept Luigi and Bowser’s relationship.
Bowser couldn’t blame Mario for his reluctance. Up until two years ago, he considered both Mario and Luigi as his arch-enemies, so it made sense to the Koopa King that he would need to gain Mario’s trust in order for the red king to truly accept his relationship with his brother.
But the last thing Bowser expected was for Mario to antagonize him.
Constantly.
You see, every time Luigi and Bowser visited the Mushroom Kingdom, Mario sort of made it a goal of his to anger Bowser to the point where the Koopa King would cause a massive scene and prove to everyone, especially Luigi and Peach, that he was the same Koopa he used to be all those years ago. Whether it was criticism or complaints, Mario would try every tactic he could think of to push Bowser over the limit.
I don’t understand how your minions are still loyal to you after all you put them through.
This is not how you should rule a kingdom.
You don’t deserve to be with Luigi.
Bowser had considered telling Luigi and Peach about Mario’s behavior on multiple occasions, but he decided long ago that it wasn’t worth mentioning to either of them. Mario was Peach’s entire world and Bowser was smart enough to know that Peach would easily take her husband’s words over his.
As for Luigi…
The green king had been through so much ever since they announced their relationship to the public. From the Mushroom Kingdom treating him like a traitor to the Dark Lands still seeing him as an enemy, it pained Bowser to see all the battles Luigi faced just to live the life he wanted to have.
If Luigi ever found out about Mario’s behavior towards the Koopa King, it would break the green Italian’s heart.
Although with everything that happened today, Luigi finding out about his brother��s behavior was honestly the least of Bowser’s worries.
“What the hell have I gotten myself into?” Bowser sighed as he rubbed his face with his hands.
Three hours have gone by since the airship left the Dark Lands, but to Bowser, it was three hours since his huge fight with Luigi. As soon as he entered the airship, Bowser ordered anyone within earshot to not disturb him until they landed. He didn’t wait to hear any of the Shy Guys’ responses (but he knew that none of them would risk angering him) and took the most direct route to his quarters. The Koopa King didn’t even acknowledge the Shy Guys who stopped and bowed to him, although the minions were sort of used to it at this point.
But as soon as Bowser was alone in his room, he broke down.
Why? Why did he lose control like that? All Luigi wanted was to voice his concerns about Bowser’s trip to the Mushroom Kingdom. It was a simple request that Bowser could’ve easily agreed to, but instead, he essentially destroyed his entire marriage all because he was so determined in getting Mario’s stupid approval.
Was this ridiculous meeting with Mario and Peach really that important to him?
Bowser heard a knock on the door before he had time to consider the question.
“Enter,” Bowser grumbled as he ran a hand through his hair.
The door opened to reveal the Captain, but with the way his hands were fidgeting and his whole body was rocking back and forth, it was obvious that the Shy Guy was terrified to interrupt whatever Bowser was doing.
“I-I’m here to inform y-you that the a-airship just l-landed,” the Captain nervously announced.
Bowser was hesitant. As much as he didn’t want to, he would need to figure out his situation with Luigi later. Right now, he had to prioritize this meeting with Mario and Peach.
Sighing one last time, Bowser looked at the Captain and spoke with an aggressive tone.
“Let’s just get this over with.”
King Mario felt a headache coming on as he listened to the argument between Peach, Toadsworth, and the royal court. If it was purely up to him, he would’ve ended the meeting hours ago, but ever since he and Peach signed the peace treaty, his days were filled to the brim with all kinds of different meetings with the royal court explaining their reasons on why signing the peace treaty was a terrible idea.
It’s not like he could blame them for being such nervous wrecks. Luigi and Bowser have been together for almost 18 months and Mario still hates Bowser with every fiber of his being.
Not that he would admit that to anyone.
“Your Majesties, we cannot trust King Bowser on keeping his promises,” a male Toad insisted, interrupting Mario’s thoughts. With the white spots on his black cap, Mario recognized the Toad as one of the higher-ranking members of the royal court. “He has caused nothing but trouble to our kingdom for years and he expects us to pretend that his actions never happened?”
“By boogity, that’s exactly what he wants us to do!” Toadbert explained before adjusting his glasses. Mario watched Toadbert as the longtime serving Toad looked through the dozens of papers scattered in front of him. “King Bowser hopes to gain our trust with the peace treaty, and once he sees us letting our guard down, he’ll use that opportunity to attack us, by boogity!”
“What do you suppose we do then?” a female Toad with red spots on her white cap explained. Based on the way the Toad was rubbing her forehead, as if she was stressed, Mario could tell that she was likely a newer member of the royal court. “His armies have always been, and still are, much more powerful than ours. If we attack him now, he’ll surely destroy us, but we can’t just sit back and wait for him to make the first move.
“King Bowser is not going to betray us!” Toadsworth exclaimed while slamming his cane on the floor. He took a few deep breaths before looking at each member of the royal court. “Have you all forgotten that he is married to King Luigi, one of the heroes of the Mushroom Kingdom? He would never allow King Koopa to attack our kingdom.”
A male Toad with white spots on his orange cap slammed his fist on the table before anyone could have a chance to respond.
“King Luigi betrayed us the moment he started a romantic relationship with that vile Koopa,” the Toad stated. “For all we know, he could be plotting with King Bowser to conquer the Mushroom Kingdom. We cannot trust either of them.”
Mario was grateful that Peach chimed into the conversation at that moment because he would’ve gone off on the idiotic Toad for even considering Luigi as a traitor had she not intervened.
“That is enough!” Peach shouted while shooting up from her chair. The entire royal court turned stiff upon hearing the queen’s sudden outburst, but Peach paid no attention. “We have been in an official alliance with the Dark Lands for less than a week and no one is even willing to give Bowser a chance! Yes, he has done nothing but terrible things to the Mushroom Kingdom in the past, but he wants to be a better Koopa now. Need I remind you all that the peace treaty was entirely his idea, not ours, and not to mention that he went through a lot just to have a public relationship with Luigi? That right there proves to me that Bowser is not the Koopa he used to be all those years ago and it greatly disappoints me that none of you can see that.”
It was a huge relief to Mario when a maid announced her presence with a knock on the conference room door right then and there. He didn’t have to look at the royal court to know that the meeting would’ve instantly turned into a verbal bloodbath if the maid arrived even one second later.
“Your Majesties, you have a visitor in the throne room,” the maid informed.
“Who’s the visitor?” Mario asked, speaking for the first time since the meeting started. He and Peach weren’t expecting any visitors today, but it was also entirely possible that the visitor could’ve just slipped from their minds, especially given that this past week had been exhausting for the royal couple.
The entire throne room noticed the stutter in the maid’s voice.
“I-I think it’s best if y-you see for yourself, Your M-Majesty,” the maid answered with an anxious tone.
Mario and Peach exchanged a worried glance before following the maid to the throne room. Usually, the maids or guards would announce the visitor to the royal couple, but considering the fact that the maid refused to provide the visitor’s name, in addition to that she was reluctant to respond to Mario’s question was rather alarming.
Who was the mysterious visitor?
Upon entering the throne room, Mario and Peach were relieved to find that the mysterious visitor was just Bowser. Mario now understood why the maid was nervous in answering his question and couldn’t blame her for the way she reacted.
But Mario’s relief melted away when he noticed two important pieces of information.
Luigi wasn’t with Bowser in the throne room.
And Bowser didn’t have his usual confidence.
“King Bowser.”
“Your Majesties.”
The throne room was painfully quiet for what felt like an eternity. None of the three royals knew how to break the silence.
It was only when Mario finally spoke that the atmosphere of the room took a 180˚ turn.
“What are you doing here?”
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Chapter 4
Wait, what?
This wasn’t at all where Bowser thought the conversation would be going.
Okay, sure, the actual purpose of this meeting had honestly been a mystery to the Koopa King ever since he received the letter, but he did have a few ideas on what the royal couple wanted to discuss with him. Between his relationship with Luigi and the peace treaty they all recently signed together, it would make sense for Mario and Peach to check in on him and make sure that he wasn’t going to back down on the promises he made to them.
But for Mario to ask why he was in his throne room when this entire meeting was his and Peach’s idea?
That was the last thing Bowser expected to hear.
“You wrote a letter that said you two wanted to speak with me in private,” Bowser answered while keeping his temper in check. He wasn’t sure how they could forget about a meeting, much less a meeting with him of all people, but with everything the four royals had to deal with since the signing of the peace treaty, Bowser figured that this meeting was likely not a high priority for the royal couple.
That hopefulness was thrown out the window when Mario spoke again.
“I never wrote you a letter.”
Okay, now that just didn’t make any sense to Bowser. It was one thing for Mario and Peach to forget about a meeting, but for them to have the audacity to act like they didn’t plan this meeting in the first place?
That started to anger the Koopa King.
“What do you mean ‘you never wrote me a letter?’” Bowser bellowed in a mocking tone. “Two days ago, I received a letter from you saying that you and Peach wanted to have a private meeting with me. You didn’t provide any purpose or reason for the meeting, but considering the fact that you don’t think too highly of me, I figured that you two wanted to do another ridiculous check up on me.”
Bowser could tell he struck a nerve when he saw Mario clenching his fists and momentarily conjuring up his Firebrand. While he was able to keep his composure in front of the Mushroom couple, Bowser couldn’t help but inwardly smirk at his small unintentional victory.
“You better watch what you say, King Koopa,” Mario threateningly demanded while ruining Bowser’s little victory. “I don’t know how it works in your kingdom, but here in the Mushroom Kingdom, you are expected to treat me and Peach with respect.”
It was a miracle that Peach interrupted the small argument right then and there because if she hadn’t, Bowser would’ve instantly dropped the formalities and used his fire breath to burn Mario to a crisp.
That would’ve been an interesting way to tell Luigi that he broke the peace treaty and started a war against his brother’s kingdom.
“Mario, sweetie, calm down,” Peach pleaded as she placed her hands on her husband’s shoulders. Bowser was amazed by how calm she was despite the amount of tension that was now hanging in the throne room. “Can you please show us the letter we allegedly wrote so that we can clear this matter up?”
It took a few moments for Bowser to realize that the question was directed at him and not Mario, but once he noticed that Peach was looking directly at him, the Koopa King immediately grabbed the letter out of his shell. He held the paper out to the royal couple, but Mario was quick to yank it out of Bowser’s hand, without even muttering a thank you, and start reading.
It was quiet as Peach and Bowser waited for Mario to finish reading the letter. Every part of Bowser wanted to tap his foot or sigh in annoyance, but he forced himself to take a few deep breaths because he knew that his impatience would only fuel Mario’s happiness. When five minutes have passed, Mario handed the letter to Peach before giving Bowser his utmost attention.
“We didn’t send this letter.”
Now that.
That statement made Bowser furious.
“Bullshit!” Bowser fumed. “I have seen the letters you two wrote to me and Luigi after we became an official couple and I know for a fact that those seals are real and official!”
“Yes, that is true, but this is neither mine nor Peach’s handwriting,” Mario explained. “Plus, we have a few Toads who are authorized to write letters on our behalf, but Peach and I always review the letter before we give the approval to mail it out to the recipient. This is the first time we’re seeing this letter and I can guarantee you that none of the Toads have this kind of handwriting.”
“Okay, so if none of you guys wrote the letter, then who the hell did?” Bowser inquired with a frustrated tone.
Before the royal couple could have a chance to think about Bowser’s question, a Hammer Brother suddenly barged into the throne room. Mario and Peach quickly went into a battle stance, but Bowser immediately shot his arm out to prevent any conflict from breaking out as he recognized the now-exhausted minion as one of Luigi’s personal guards.
“Jerry, what the hell are you doing here?” Bowser asked. “And why are you so out of breath?”
It took far too long, in Bowser’s opinion, for Jerry to catch his breath. Come to think of it, he wasn’t even sure why the minion was so out of breath to begin with. Jerry’s devoted loyalty to the royal family and high status in the Koopa Troop gave him the privilege to use the Koopa Clown Car Kamek and Kammy specifically made for the highest ranking minions.
But what Jerry said next made the three royals’ blood run cold.
“King Boo has taken over the Dark Lands!”
2 hours ago…
Luigi sighed as he stared at his reflection in the master bathroom mirror. With his red face and puffy eyes, it was easy to tell that he had been crying for quite some time and Luigi knew the minions well enough to know that it wouldn’t take long for the entire castle to find out that the green king sprinted to his and Bowser’s room with tears in his eyes.
And considering that his fight with Bowser was loud enough for even the Comet Observatory to hear them, Luigi knew it would only be a matter of time until everyone put two and two together.
It was such a relief that the master bathroom was directly connected to the master bedroom.
Luigi decided to give up on trying to look presentable, so he exited the master bathroom and collapsed on his and Bowser’s king-sized bed. He grabbed one of the pillows on his husband’s side of the bed before giving it a tight squeeze as a way to comfort himself from everything that happened in the past hour.
“How could this have happened?” Luigi whispered to himself while staring at the ceiling.
Why? Why did Bowser have to yell at him like that? All Luigi wanted was an actual conversation with Bowser about his private meeting with Mario and Peach. Granted, it probably wasn’t the best idea to express his concerns to the Koopa King right before he was scheduled to leave the Dark Lands, but Luigi didn’t think he was asking for too much. Was it really that difficult for Bowser to stop and listen to him for ten minutes?
Judging by the way their conversation ended, it apparently was.
Luigi didn’t want to think about Bowser or the argument anymore, so he forced himself to sit up on the bed and look around the room for something to distract himself with. It wasn’t until he saw the balcony entrance that he remembered the entire reason for Bowser’s early departure.
The thunderstorm was going to start soon.
And despite all the alarms that were running through his head, Luigi suddenly wanted nothing more than to take a walk in the rain.
With his mind now made up, Luigi got off the bed and walked to the bedroom door with a sense of urgency.
But he only took a few steps before the door was instantly sealed off with a purple gate.
A purple gate? He hadn’t seen that since-
Luigi could’ve sworn he felt his heart stop upon remembering the last time a purple gate blocked the exit.
“N-no,” Luigi trembled as he frantically looked around the room for any possible exit. He quickly realized that the rest of the exits were sealed off with the same purple gates, so he started to hysterically knock on the wall next to the bedroom door in hopes of making enough noise for any minion to hear him. “No, no, no!” 
He talked to E. Gadd two weeks ago. He reassured Luigi that his arch-nemesis was still trapped in that canister along with all the other ghosts he captured after that horrendous hotel adventure.
It was impossible for him to escape again.
But horror struck Luigi as soon as he heard the all-too-familiar and low chuckle he heard so many times in his nightmares.
And even though his mind was begging him not to, Luigi forced himself to turn around to face the one Boo he never wanted to see again.
“Well, well, well, if it isn’t my dear friend, Luigi,” King Boo taunted. “How long has it been since our last little reunion? One year? Two years? It’s hard to tell since I’ve been trapped in that canister for quite some time.”
Luigi couldn’t respond. He wasn’t sure if King Boo’s questions were rhetorical or actually genuine, but Luigi honestly didn’t care one way or the another because his mind was pleading him to scream, run, or do anything else he could think of to get away from the Boo who caused so much trouble for him and his brother.
But he was far too petrified to do anything.
And it didn’t take King Boo that long to notice this.
“Not in the mood to talk, huh?” King Boo asked upon noticing Luigi’s terrified expression. “That’s fine. I figured we would have a short reunion before I start my ultimate plan.”
Ultimate plan? What did that mean?
Luigi’s questions were immediately answered when he saw King Boo summoning a painting frame. The green king didn’t even realized he was screaming in terror as thunder rumbled in the distance at that exact moment.
But by the time the thunder stopped, he was already gone.
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the-blind-geisha · 8 months
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You're the Inspiration - Chapter 2
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The mansion soon swallowed her up as she followed behind the king of the boos.
Every shadow that stretched eerily upon the floor felt as though it could come alive at any second. Twisted barren tree branch limbs took on the shape of mighty claws in her mind as she struggled to find peace in this new arrangement.
Knowing the other boos were following them, King Boo waved them away. Not a single one stayed, making her curious as to how all of these boos were merely subjects and not one of them had a higher ranking to assist the king.
It didn't hurt to ask. “Are all these ghosts merely your people…?”
King Boo’s eyes glanced briefly to the side to show he acknowledged her, his tongue sliding back into his mouth as he appeared to grimace at something she said. “They are more my friends than my subjects. And if anybody were to harm them, I would be furious.”
The way he placed such a warning on the table, she couldn't help but feel he was directing that at her. “I-I would never, King Boo…!”
Chapter 2
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skulls-soul · 5 months
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~ ⚠️Luigi breaks☣️ ~
these are just a couple of seeds to it idea of a version of Luigi that becomes a villain (attended but is optional), because I love the idea of Luigi becoming a villain, but I want to reason of him being villain to be probable
And of course, my little hopeless, romantic heart is gone make it bowuigi/Booigi related
C/W bad boy luigi, Mario is hurt, I think this is Angsty? Emotional break. And maybe more idk
Ok now that that’s out the way injoy :3
in general, how it basically all starts is that Luigi was only ever appreciated by Mario and didn’t have that much of an emotional support group. Daisy was constantly traveling Dr. E.Gadd dealt with ghosts and isn’t really the type for emotions most of the time while peach, she mainly focused on Mario
So, when Mario gets extremely hurt and hospitalized, (or even loses his life) due to all of the hero work that was being pushed onto him Luigi suddenly finds the same hero work starts stacking on his plate of responsibilities
Like, if no one learned their lesson
Bowuigi~
When Bowser next attacks the mushroom kingdom 
 The toads only concern was getting Enough time in where princess peach can run away finding a safe spot for her and Mario
So the toads put Luigi into one of peaches spare dresses and metaphorically, but also quite literally threw him to the wolves
Luigi tried to tell Bowser that he got the wrong person but he was to busy reviling in his victory to notice
By the time bowser finally took notice he was furious and would’ve gone on a rampage if it wasn’t for how empty Luigi looked
Bowser poking and prodding at him ask him what’s wrong with him and if he’s gonna puke
But their was nothing
not a single responds
Not a single retaliation when he was put into his Bird like cage
Only eating half of his meals
He’s only spoken a few words to the guards, and even then it was only thank you’s and sorry’s for not finishing his food
After a week of nothing not even a single report of a guard coming back with injuries bowser finally goes to talk to Luigi
And the answer that he finds is bone chilling
Luigi goes on to tell him the toads half ass plan as well as why they did it 
Luigi after a week of having this, all bottled up, starts to scream and rage and heartbreak 
When Luigi is done, he was shocked to see the sympathy on Bowser’s face and is even more shocked when he is moved to a spare room instead of back to his cage
Bowser, on the other hand is shocked, as well as appalled by the behavior of the mushroom kingdom
Ever since adopting the Koopalings and having junior family has been the upmost importance, so he understands the heartache that Luigi must be going through he doesn’t understand is how a hero can be so alone
Either way the Italian man clearly is in no state to be a threat and no one is coming for him, so there is no point in keeping him in the cage
 bowser finds himself checking up on Luigi frequently as well as keeping the poor plumber updates a Mushroom Kingdom until at some point he asks for the updates to stop “ they never cared about me, so why should I care about them especially what they did to Mario”
Thankfully, with time and a certain little Bowser, Junior Luigi gained a little bit of his spunk back, but not without some poison
Luigi doesn’t want to go for lives, but he does want to ruin them
Let’s see if they ignore him now, when he helps Bowser take as much as they have token from him and more
Bowser is shocked, but more than delighted to have a new partner in crime (and a bit more with time)
Booigi~
Luigi never really liked ghosts, but when the probability of his brother going to the other side started to look sooner rather than later he went to Dr. E.Gadd for help
But the doctor is not good with death, with the dead? yes, but with the death not so much
And he has a habit of getting engulfed into his work, so when Luigi came to him while he was in the middle of working on the poltergeist, he didn’t notice Luigi’s desperation, his fear, his heartache,his anger…
His exhaustion
No… the doctor was too focused on his stupid machines to give him a single moment
 Luigi has been working day in and day out to find a way to help his brother while also trying to fill in his shoes
He always wanted to be just like his brother
A hero
And in every form of the definition he is, he was just never recognized as such
Crazy how people change when you’re the only option left
Him and his brother needed to help anyone and everyone
yet when he was the one who was reaching for a hand he was left in the air
So he’s not all that sorry when that hand finds its place on the release hatch to the ghosts in containment
one by one he lets every ghost that he’s ever caught free till he finds himself in front of king boo’s containment cell
King boo was shocked which says a lot sense he’s the king of all ghost’s and boo’s
But there was no other way to put it
He’s been hearing the alarm system go on for the past 32 minutes
And when he finally finds out what’s happening, it’s only to see Luigi‘s release the others.. erasing all of his hard work
This is odd
for the many years the king boo has been fighting him for the many years that king boo has been (upsettingly) pining over him never once did Luigi seem to be the type of person to do something like this
Well, not entirely he’s a very forgiving person, but something is off. he’s not releasing everyone out of forgiveness or for a new leaf no…theirs something else
 When Luigi finally drags not step, drags his feet over to his prison cell KB noticed something.
He looked…
Tired
 just utterly exhausted
And even though his face lacks emotion, he can tell with the slight redness around his eyes that he’s been crying and can tell by the messiness of his hair that has been stressed
 king boo, changes himself into his human form in hopes to take away some of that stress after all in this form he’s a bit more vulnerable since some of his magic is now being used to keep its shape and luigi know that he which made king boo happy as he saw the tenseness of his shoulders, fade slightly, not all of it was gone, but it was better than before
After a moment of just looking at each other, king boo steps up and placed a hand on the door he mentions how exhausted Luigi looks and for a split moment his face showed a hint of surprise.
But it quickly fleeted as king boos words were pushed to the side for the plumber, to ask a favor
“don’t go after E. Gadd I want him to live with the consequences”
 a shiver of excitement goes down K.B’s spine  at the cruel words it is quickly snuffed out by concern when Luigi doesn’t even wait for a response instead, he just opens the door and steps to the side 
Walking out KB notices all of the other doors left, wide-open, and empty frames scattered about 
King boo askes, if he’s the last one, only to receive a nod from the other occupant in the room
“Good”
Luigi doesn’t put up a fight when he gets picked up by king boo, he doesn’t even let out a squeak. after all, he figured this might happen since he’s sure that king boo still wants him in a painting, yet Luigi still just doesn’t have the energy to stop it from happening
he finds that he didn’t need to
no, instead for the next few days king boo has kept a careful watch on him, aswell as some odd ghosts and regular boo’s seeing if he needs anything like food, water, blankets?
All the while king boo kept poking around for answers on why he did what he did and what was going on to make his usually perfect green personality so blue
And so at some point, he breaks, hiccuping and sobbing as he explained to the king all that happened, and all that has burdened him
Pain covered him entirely but His sorrow soon stepped aside as his rage took centerstage. king boo’s heart ached as he saw Luigi falling apart but when a sinister more vile look was placed upon his features Curiosity was mixed into the emotions that KB had
 Luigi was tired of being the underdog and ignored. He never needed to be centerstage, but he has a plan to make sure that everyone knows how badly they fucked up.
And king boo was more than willing to lend a helping hand
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Parties, flirting, & monsters
Words: 2.8k
Fandom: MarioLore
Ships: Bowser/reader, King Boo/reader
Warnings: Possessiveness, Male reader, injury, VERY light implied sex mentions (like two sentences, nothing remotely explicit), fighting, yelling
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You stood off to the side and watched King Boo, your secret lover, and Bowser argue. You winced at the insults being thrown back and forth. You opened your mouth to calm your lover, but closed it a second later. Careful not to reveal your relationship.
You stayed off to the side until the fight ended, and Bowser came up to you.
He turned and walked up to you, scowling, but he looked you up and down, which made you blush.
“Ooh, hey there~” He giggled, his breath smelling like alcohol. “You’re kinda cute~”
“Oh, uhm, thank you.” You blushed. You knew Boo would be mad, but you still wanted to be polite to his brother.
"Hey... Do you wanna... I don't know. Go somewhere else? Do you wanna... Talk alone, without Boo and everyone else here?" He seemed to be trying to be subtle, but he's obvious.
“O-okay” You agreed, following him into the garden. You hoped that Boo wouldn’t be mad before trying to put the worry out of your mind.
Bowser took you to a corner of the courtyard and placed you on a wall, facing him. His face was close to yours, and you could smell wine on his breath. “Hey, what’s your name~?”
“Y-Y/N” You stuttered, blushing furiously.
"Ah, Y/N... It's a nice name, but I'll call you baby~" He said, he got closer to you, his hands wrapped around yours.
"You know, you're kinda cute. You got those big eyes...Your hands...so soft." He whispered, his hands rubbing against yours. He laced your fingers together.
“O-oh! Uhm..” You looked down at him from where you’re sitting. Suddenly, King Boo drunkenly stormed into the garden, stumbling and tripping over himself.
“Get off of him, Bowser! He’s mine!” He shouted.
You startled and looked over to him, a wave of relief and anxiety washing over you.
"Calm down, Boo, I'm just talking to this cute guy... No reason to get so angry..." Bowser said, he turned to you and winked.
“Hey! He’s MY cute guy! Get away from him or else!” King Boo glared at his brother, his expression livid.
"Your cute guy? He doesn’t belong to you." Bowser held you closer; he's quite a bit bigger than his brother. Boo looked furious, he took out a flask and took a big swig.
You gently pushed yourself away from Bowser “Uhm, actually…”
King Boo was visibly drunk, glaring at the two of you and grumbling.
You stepped away from Bowser “I’m sorry, I’m- I’m actually King Boo’s secret lover”
"Really? That explains a lot." He chuckled. Boo storms over to you, stumbling.
You chuckled “Yeah, sorry to lead you on”
“That explains why he has no wife” Bowser laughed a little, his eyes still on the approaching Boo.
King Boo was drunker than usual and extremely disheveled. He stepped closer to you, but before he said anything, he tripped.You rushed over to him, helping him up “Are you alright?”
"Oh, it's alright, he'll be fine." Bowser chuckled. Boo is stumbling, but he seemed to be drunk and still angry. He turned his head toward you, glaring. You helped hold Boo steady, making sure he’s not hurt.
Boo pushed you away, still glaring. He said something unintelligible to Bowser and then turned around, storming inside the manor and away from you two.
Bowser chuckled again. “And here I thought you might have liked me... But you’re in love with Boo.”
You gave him an apologetic look “I should go check on him”
"What's the point? He's just gonna get mad at you again. Let him sulk." He shrugged.
You shook your head “It was nice talking to you." You walked off in search of King Boo.
Bowser watched for a moment before sitting against the wall and finishing his wine.
It took a little bit of searching, but you find Boo in the kitchen, eating some food, and drunk out of his mind. The room is empty, save for the few toad servants.
You rushed over to him, he had a dark look on his face and was glaring at the counter “Are you alright?”
He looked up and grumbled, "Yes, yes, I'm fine."
"What do you want?" He had a half-finished muffin in his hand. He took a bite, crumbs falling to the floor. A maid rushed over as Boo growled.
“I’m sorry, I wasn’t gonna let Bowser..." You looked up at him through large, guilty eyes.
He looked over at you, his eyes filled with disdain.
"What? You weren’t gonna let Bowser what? Sleep with you? Cause he sure seemed to want to."
“I wouldn’t do that!” You protested, ignoring the toad maids watching from behind you.
"Oh really!? Then why did he have his hands all over you? Why were you two talking alone in the garden?" He glared at you in his drunken fury and took another bite of his muffin.
“I didn’t want him to get suspicious of our relationship!" You crossed your arms, “but he knows now anyway”
Boo growled, still glaring, as he shoved the muffin into his mouth and chugged some of his wine.
“Cmon, Boo,” you gave him a pleading look.
"Oh, don't give me that look! I know you and Bowser had something going on behind my back!" He threw his plate on the ground, shattering it.
"No, we didn’t!” You argued, ignoring the broken plate, “We didn’t, I promise.”
King Boo turned, his eyes wide. He seemed to have completely lost it; his hands clenched so hard you’re worried he’ll hurt himself.
“You two had something, didn’t you? Didn’t you, Y/N?!” He roared.
“Why can’t you trust me!?” You yell back.
"WHY DON’T YOU JUST RUN BACK TO BOWSER SINCE YOU CLEARLY LOVE HIM SO MUCH?!" Boo yelled with drunken fury.
“I don’t!” You gave him a pleading look, “Please, you have to believe me!”
Boo’s anger is visible. His face is red, his claws sharp as he started to transform into his monster form.
“I hope you enjoy Bowser and his large...” he grumbled, his words slurred.
“Not this again." You sighed “Boo, I’m not cheating on you! I don’t want anyone else!”
"Hah, sure, you don't. Not like I'm good for anything. Maybe I should've never trusted you." Boo tensed, his eyes glazed over with tears. His claws curled up against his palms.
Boo didn’t seem to be listening; his sharp teeth are visible as he snarls.
“He didn’t know; I didn’t want to tell him we were together!” You reached out for him.
"Leave me alone; I don't need your sympathy. I don't even need your love; in fact, the less, the better, so I don't get my hopes up." He said as he walked away from you.
You could hear him yelling to himself as he stormed outside, but that's nothing compared to what you saw. He continued to transform into his monstrous form. He seemed even bigger now, his eyes glowing a bright purple.
You rushed over to him, putting a hand on his back. You looked up at him and his ghostly monster form.
King Boo looked down at you, his eyes filled with anger.
"Just leave me alone! Go back to Bowser, since you love him more.” There was no reasoning with him; he was pissed off.
One of his hands came down and pushed you, knocking you to the ground. A few of his claws scraped your cheek. You could hear the maids yelling in the background.
You put your hand on your cheek before getting up and putting your hands on the sides of his face “Darling, cmere.”
He resisted, looking away. He didn’t want to be treated like a child. He looked down at you, trying to get your hands off of his face.
You gently pulled his head down and pressed your forehead against his “I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to upset you.”
King Boo looked a little surprised. He looked back at you, his emotions visible. You could almost feel his anger melt away as he relaxed into your touch. Boo’s face softened as he became calm and returned to his true form.
His eyes drooped, and he sighed, “Sorry about that... I lost control there.”
“It’s alright, baby,” you took his hand, “Let’s get to bed.”
At a sudden clap of thunder, King Boo looked up at the sky, tense and wide-eyed. He squeezed your hand.
"That... is never a good omen."
“It’s just thunder,” you tease, squeezing his hand as you walk upstairs.
“Not in the Mushroom Kingdom... especially not at Boo Mansion. Something bad is coming.” He said as he walked up to his room and let out a loud groan as he fell onto his bed.
You chuckled and closed the blinds “That’s just a superstition.”
“I don’t take superstitions lightly. Go ahead, sleep; I’ll stand guard tonight.” He got under the covers but didn't sleep. You could hear the rain pound against the window.
You chuckled and laid down, so you’re the little spoon “Get some rest, darling, it’s been a long day.”
"Fine." Boo snuggled into bed. He buried his head into your hair, "If we die, I love you."
You could feel him transform back into his monster form.
“We’re not going to die” You teased as he wrapped his arms tightly around you, “But I love you too.”
King Boo seemed to calm a little; he held you tight. “Goodnight, My Love."
You fell asleep quickly in his monster arms, King Boo watched you sleep until he couldn’t stay awake anymore.
King Boo began to growl as the thunder and rain continued outside. He thrashed around in his drunken sleep, growling and whimpering. You could feel his claws digging into your skin, leaving small dents across your arms.
He could hear the sound of whispering and scurrying outside the door, causing him to growl louder.
King Boo’s eyes snapped open. He looked down at you, checking that you’re alright. His eyes widened as he listened to the noise outside the door. Boo tensed, pulling you to his chest.
“My little Y/N.. Please get up.. Something’s wrong..” He shook you awake, his voice wavering.
You sleepily opened your eyes. “Go back to sleep, sweetheart.”
He gave you a dirty look, and the pressure from his claws intensified. “There’s someone at the door; there’s something going on!"
King Boo got up to investigate the noise, kissing your forehead before slipping out of the room. You laid alone for several more minutes until there’s a knock on the door. You opened the door and saw a couple toad servants.
"My lord, we have some... troubling news..." One of the toads said as she walked inside.
“What is it?”
“My lord, we- there were reports of King Boo transforming into his monster form a few minutes ago..” One of the other servants said.
You rushed out of the room, pulling on a coat “Where is he? Where’s King Boo?”
"He walked out of the mansion. To where? We do not know." She shivered, her eyes filled with fear. Everyone in the mansion is nervous; they are all talking and whispering.
“I’ll handle it” You buttoned the coat and rushed out of the castle into the storm.
The servant looked scared for you, but she nodded. “Be careful..” 
King Boo was nowhere to be seen in the rain. You heard thunder and saw lightning overhead as the rain soaked your jacket. You heard some strange noises.
You rushed towards the sound “King Boo!?”
You turned the corner of the mansion and found King Boo grumbling to himself and pacing.
“Get out of here, Y/N!” King Boo hissed.
“Come back inside, darling” you reached up and put your hand on his cheek.
“Do you not understand?! Get inside, Y/N!” He yelled, his voice was louder, deeper in his monster form. He grabbed you by your arm and tried to drag you back to the mansion.
“Not unless you come in with me!” You protested, clinging to his arm.
King Boo seemed to fight against your grasp, but he can't pull away. He turned you to face him, looking down at you with his angry, wide-eyed gaze.
“Please. For me? Go inside.” He had deep bags under his eyes, and he was practically begging you.
“Come with me,” you pleaded, “You shouldn’t be out here in the cold.”
His grip on you became tighter. He dragged you into the mansion, scolding you as he did so. You held onto his arm as he dragged you inside, “You’re staying with me!”
He looked around and saw everyone whispering and talking about what happened. He scowled before he turned to the servant who spoke to you earlier.
“What happened?! Why is everyone making such a fuss?!” He was louder than ever in his monster form.
“You did disappear, love” You wrapped your hands around his arm, trying to keep him calm.
“You all need to relax!” King Boo said, clearly annoyed. He’s not used to all this panicking.
“I do not appreciate being dragged back into my mansion like a prisoner, where I can’t even go out for a stroll”
King Boo crossed his arms and scowled at everyone. He looked down at you and grabbed your hand. “Let’s go to our room; we can talk there.”
In his bedroom, King Boo closed the door, and the servants scattered downstairs. He looked at you and took off his dripping crown. “Sit by the fire while I get out of this wet coat.”
He walked over to the corner of the room. He tried to take off his coat, but it was too tight, sticking to him. He pulled at it frantically, scratching his skin in the process.
You walked over and helped him out of the coat “What did you need to talk about, love?”
King Boo was soaked through his clothes after taking off his coat, his shirt is stuck on his skin. He seemed cold, you could see he’s shivering, but he’s trying not to show it.
“I just wanted to talk. But now I’m cold” King Boo scowled. He walked over to the fire and laid down in front of it. He scooted over so you could sit down too. You laid a towel over him and sat down next to him, leaning against his legs.
King Boo scooted closer to the fire and closed his eyes. He relaxed in front of the fire while he was wrapped in his towel.
He crossed his arms over his chest, staring into the fire.
“What’s wrong, sweetheart?”
He laid his head on your shoulder and clung onto you. He’s shivering, soaking wet, and his shirt is still stuck to his skin.
“I don’t want to bother you, my love, but can you undress me?” He sighed. Your eyes widened in surprise. You’ve learned to respect his privacy and his boundaries around the idea of “private time.”
“Of course” You helped him out of his wet clothes despite your surprise “Better?”
He wrapped himself around you, his arms around your hips and stomach. You could feel his worry from how hard he’s holding onto you “What’s wrong, baby? Is this about Bowser?”
King Boo chuckled, you’ve figured it out.
"Yeah...that bastard.” He huffed; it’s clear he’s not used to having competition “I don’t appreciate him trying to get with you; you’re mine.”
You chuckled, “Yes, darling, I’m yours.”
“My little Y/N” King Boo smiled. He pulled you into his body as he wrapped his huge arms around you. He pressed his face against your hair, kissing the back of your head.
”All mine..” His voice was quiet and possessive. Several toad servants stood outside the door, quietly listening to your conversation.
“All yours,” you agreed, letting him pull you against his ghostly chest.
“I’m sick of everyone trying to take you away from me” Boo sighed, resting his head on yours “I wish we didn’t have to keep our relationship a secret.”
“No one's gonna take me away from you, baby,” you nuzzled your head underneath his chin.
King Boo sighed, his breath warm against your head.
“I wish I didn’t have to worry like this. You’re mine…You love me and not anybody else, right?”
His voice was quiet, you could hear the servants whispering from behind the door. “Promise me, Y/N. Promise me you’re mine and nobody else’s.”
“I promise, sweetheart” you laid down against him “No need to worry.”
King Boo smiled, satisfied. He closed his eyes and relaxed.
"It's been a long time since I've had someone to hold." King Boo smiled sadly. He yawned and cuddled up to you.
“I’m here now,” you closed your
King Boo yawned again, and you could feel his claws retract slightly. His grip on you relaxed, and you both laid together for a while.
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f1oricide · 6 months
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“Happy halloween~”
@itsyagurlchip @rottmntsimp @moontail13
Wanted to do all the boys but I got really busy so I only did one, maybe next halloween right?
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twilight house fic ch. 1
[A/N: hello! i just wanted to put my writing out into the tumblr world and hopefully reach other fanfic writers!! plz enjoy this first chapter of my ongoing super mario fic, which is currently untitled, but there's ghosts, intrigue, cultist stuff, the works!!!]
It was just a house in the woods.
Unlike the haunted mansion he’d recently cleansed and fixed up, Luigi had known of the Twilight House since before he’d lived in the Mushroom Kingdom. Back in Brooklyn, New York, the Twilight House was the thing of children’s storybooks—not unlike the Mushroom Kingdom itself. But Luigi had seen the Kingdom, knew the castle’s corridors like the veins in his pale hands—and now, towering above him, stood the Twilight House. Most of the windows were shattered and vines twisted through its wooden frame. Various mosses grew along the foundation.
“Ready?” a delicate voice asked him from his side.
“Jesus—” Luigi jumped, already feeling spooked by the House’s atmosphere. The woman beside him chuckled and placed a reassuring hand on his arm. Dressed in leggings and a baggy T-shirt, she didn’t look like the Princess, but rather she looked like Sapphire—like her true self. Luigi felt soothed by her touch and her presence and allowed his shoulders to relax.
“Sorry,” he said. “Y-yeah, I think I’m ready.”
“Ready as we’ll ever be, right?” Sapphire winked at him, a smile on her lips. 
Every conceivable terrifying assumption about what was in the house flooded Luigi’s mind. 
“Right,” he said, doing his best to return Sapphire’s smile.
Luigi and Sapphire both grabbed their flashlights from their utility belts and clicked them on. They exchanged a glance tinged with nerves.
“All right,” Sapphire said, stepping ahead of Luigi onto the first porch step. It groaned under her weight—Luigi wondered when the last time was that anyone had stepped there. 
Sapphire reached the porch and motioned for Luigi to follow her; he quickly ascended the steps and crept closely behind her, his head on a swivel.
The porch had once wrapped around the entire house, Luigi could tell, but termites or some other critters had eaten away most of it, so that the other part of the porch was inaccessible from both sides. Luigi supposed they were lucky the front door wasn’t blocked, somehow, though he felt rather the opposite of lucky in that moment. The hand holding the flashlight trembled; Luigi fought to keep it to a minimum. 
In front of him, Sapphire took in a breath. 
“Okay,” she said through the exhale, and nudged the front door with her shoulder. The rusty hinges clattered to the ground in pieces and the door fell to the ground with a thud! 
Luigi caught Sapphire’s arm just in time to save her from falling inside with the door. 
“Are you okay?” he asked her, his voice unsteady.
Sapphire grunted and squared her shoulders, wincing.
“Yeah, but the arm you caught is gonna be sore tomorrow, I bet,” she said. “But I’d rather that than a face full of splinters from the damn door.”
Luigi chuckled softly, unable to hide the lump of fear in his throat.
Sapphire turned to him, placing a hand on his shoulder. “Lu, you really don’t have to come with me—I mean, I still wouldn’t go alone, but I could ask Mario or—”
Luigi thought of losing his brother again, let alone in another spooky house, and his spine straightened.
“No,” he said. “No, I…really need to do this.”
Sapphire hummed sympathetically, then let go of his shoulder.
“Just say the word, though, and we can leave. Promise.”
Luigi nodded, and she smiled. She turned back to the doorframe, peering into the blackness of the Twilight House.
“Right, then,” Sapphire said, aiming her flashlight inside. “Let’s get going.”
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Luigi frowned as he inspected the bookshelf before him, holding his breath as he dusted off the spines with his gloved fingers. Each book appeared to be leather-bound, the words on each spine inked in a script Luigi didn’t recognize.
“Saph?” Luigi called over his shoulder. He didn’t move his gaze from the shelf; a floor-to-ceiling piece, each shelf filled to bursting with knowledge.
Sapphire appeared beside him within seconds, eyes sparkling. “Oh! Books? Hell yes! What language?”
“Not sure.” Luigi pulled one volume out from the shelf at his eye level and handed it to her. “What do you think?”
“Hmm.” Sapphire took the book and shone her flashlight on it, carefully turning it over in her grasp to catch different angles in the light. 
“Something about this seems familiar,” she murmured. “Do you think I could open it if I’m careful?”
Luigi shook his head. “Remember, we’re here to collect. We’ll analyze what we collect when we get back to the lab.”
Sapphire huffed. “You’re right,” she said, kneeling to place the volume in her backpack. “Damn you and your overactive left brain…”
Luigi chuckled, his shoulders relaxing a little. Exploring and collecting with Sapphire always felt like something akin to coming home. 
Sapphire had just stood up when she furrowed her brow. “It’s…brighter in here.” 
Luigi looked around the room—sure enough, he could see parts of it that he wasn’t shining his flashlight on. “What…”
“Look!” Sapphire whispered.
Luigi followed her finger’s direction until his gaze landed on…
“The bookshelf?” Luigi said, perplexed. Either he had lost his mind, or there was a soft glow emitting from the old wood, from the aged books. He’d been staring at it for a long moment when he noticed it was getting tough to look at without squinting—was it getting brighter?
“Lu, shield your eyes!” Sapphire confirmed his fear with her command.
Luigi closed his eyes and buried his face in the crook of his elbow. Was this the end, somehow? Was this bookshelf going to bury them both in light so bright it became thick and tangible, like gelatin in the oxygen, to be choked and gagged on until they just…died? Luigi’s throat tightened and he squeezed his eyes shut tighter.
“Okay.” Sapphire’s calm tone directly juxtaposed Luigi’s own internal dialogue. “Okay. You can open your eyes.”
“What?” Luigi asked. He didn’t move.
“I’m serious, open your eyes.”
Luigi reluctantly removed his arm from his face and obliged, expecting to see Sapphire and reeling at what he saw instead.
A ghost. More specifically, a Boo—and not just any. A being Luigi believed to be King Boo hovered before him, its glowing gaze cast downward at him. A crown forged from dark metal floated above the King, a large purple gemstone seated in its center.
Before he could react, Luigi felt a cold sensation creep up behind him, and when he tried to whirl around, his entire body was stuck in place. A wave of exhaustion hit Luigi like a punch in the stomach. He felt his body relax; he still couldn’t move, but instead of being stuck upright, he fell to the ground in a heap. Luigi didn’t register that he’d hit his head on the way down; everything just went black, all at once.
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alelathedragon · 6 months
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lil comic thing
i have a Youtube that is begging for content bc i work slow and steady. Not to mention how busy ive been and how not always in the mood to make my lil King Bio shitposting Comic Dub videos
But i was in the mood to draw the king today. I have my own Headcannon Universe design for him now so that's swag 👉👉
Anyway enjoy this comic with no context for the next big shitpost comic dub i plan to make Bc im fucking proud of the cool panel transition I did and i just love drawing my boy again 💘
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