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"Percy villain arc", does Aglovale mean nothing to you people
You're right though, it would be funny to see Percy go truly evil. The fire association is super common in villains. Making it hot in several senses. You're completely valid
LIKE I SAID -- it's about a different type of villainy!! the brothers may look alike but they're not interchangeable!!!!
Aglovale's villainy came from an hatred of all of humanity, a desire to control people out of fear, and a desire to get his family back, including his mother.
Lamorak's villainy came from selflessness, a desire to help absolutely everyone who ever experienced massive heart pain that can only be solved by revenge, a savior complex so big he ends up helping the most dangerous of people, while putting himself in danger and therefore also keeping his family as far away as possible from him so he doesn't get swayed into going back on his words.
A Percival's villainy arc would never be like Aglovale's because Percival never let go of his desire to see good in people, and he wouldn't keep his family away like Lamorak.
Like i said i do think it's a bit hard to see a path to villainy Percival can take when his brothers went to both different extreme to start with. I think what makes Percival's arc strong is that he's not tempted by snapping, and that he is holding strong despite the fact he sees how his brothers are torn apart by the same trauma they all share.
I personally love the fact Percival doesn't seem to be in any situation to snap, but i like thinking about what if he did actually go apeshit. What if he got tired of fixing his brothers' shit. He's constantly having to clean up after them because they mishandled their trauma while he is trying so hard to make it something productive.
And it's not like Percival doesn't have a mean edge. Remember when he insulted Lancelot when they found him in a cell after he's been tortured, because Lancelot "only had himself to blame" for turning a blind eye to the wrongs of the King? and that it essentially came from how he's been hurt that Lancelot abandonned him during the Siegfried's debacle and the fact Lancelot blindly supporting people in position of power rather than getting to the bottom of something was something Percival found reprehensible. (i have many thoughts about this).
That's why i think two componants to break Percival is if the weight of his brothers' sins get lifted off his back, so he's less alert to his own shortcomings as he's no longer in this state of survival about holding his family together, and losing MC, which would set him in a situation of thinking "despite everything i do i still lose the people i care about." (especially, once again, because MC is the only person who never disappointed Percival, which is why Percival always was so unconditional in his way to be attached to MC, in ways even the Dragon Knights nor his Brothers can live up to.)
It's like "you can do everything right and still lose", in comparaison to his brothers who just did things wrong.
how do you deal? how do you cope? this grief was supposed to stay in the past, yet whatever you do it still comes back to catch up on you.
there's a potential there that is completely unlike what Aglovale and Lamorak went through in their own villain arcs, and it's what i'd personally explore if we give Percival an evil arc.
It'd be hot! especially if it's about MC which i have totally neutral reasons to want personally obviously.
But as it is i just really like the idea of him being the only one to keep things together while the familial trauma is destroying the rest of his family. Feels nice feels organic and i'm just genuinely invested in this storyline, is all!
#between you and me though there's also sort of the fact i relate to Percival's position in his family#as the youngest of three and the fact my siblings are a hot mess in term of the family's bagages and trauma we have#trying desperately to hold on together and take all of the responsibilities when your older siblings fall apart#while being in a position where you should be vulnerable// where your siblings see you as vulnerable and yet add more pain to your load#and this idea of how wanting so bad not to fuck up like your older siblings did#is already something that is its own weight on to itself#but one that can easily crush you down and make you wonder why even bother when in the end it's for nothing#and this is the feeling i'm canalizing for Percival's evil arc that i can't have just from his siblings arc#and like ofc this is not exactly what Percival goes through in the sense that he didn't expect having to clean up after them like that#but it's one that ends up resonating a lot once the stories are over and you see how much he has to deal with all of this#also don't mind me i'm being Super Normal about the Wales brothers#just one day a friend pointed out that there were similarities between my siblings and theirs and suddenly my world came crashing down#and i realized just why BFAF left such a huge impact on me despite predating the Very Well Written granblue events.#.... i'm very normal about Percival granblue and that's why i never talk about him#ichareply#ichafantalks gbf#anonymous#ichablogging 4kishi
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hunn1e-bunn1e · 4 months
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I'm sorry this took so long to post, Mystery anon! I've been super busy with personal stuff so I haven't had a lot of free time to work on this. I got pretty burned out at Idia's part and I couldn't be bothered to touch it up honestly; so, sorry about that. I hope this is what you wanted. — Benny🐰
                                                                                                   
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🌹 This hot headed boy was pretty surprised to find that the supposed magicless student from the orientation ceremony was not in fact magicless; seeing as you brought down a literal meteor and crushed the poor unsuspecting, feline resembling, monster. A meteor which appeared out of thin air and left no traces of damage behind after its impact. To say poor Riddle was confused and also fairly alarmed was an understatement. 
🌹 Your mannerisms were very strange to him. You're very well spoken and composed; yet you're seemingly wise beyond your years. Why are you speaking as if you're in your 80s? Riddle won't lie though; for an old man you're quite good looking. If he didn't have a reputation to uphold and examples to set, he could stare at you all day long.
🌹 A dragon? Well… that explains a lot. No wonder the Dark Mirror couldn't detect magic in you; or at least, that's what he reasons with himself. Please; he needs an explanation, he's so confused. Upon seeing your dragon form though… Riddle is once again confused. Are dragons supposed to be that long? Not that he's complaining though; the way you make a massive bed out of yourself is hard to contest.
🌹 T‐Treasure? Him? That's— Now look here; no amount of buttering him up will make you exempt from the rules, You— you scoundrel! Riddle is not easily tricked! Even if he is a tad bit more lenient with you, no he's not. You have no proof.
🌹 You have a son now too!? Just what else aren't you telling him!? Riddle doesn't mind Xiao at all actually. He thinks that they're both similar in how dedicated they are to their work. The adeptus seems to only tolerate him though; which, while disheartening, he completely understands.
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🦁 Right off the bat Leona could smell it and immediately he knew; that ain't a damn human. However, he couldn't seem to pinpoint just what you were exactly. You smelled similar to his one sided rival, Malleus, but it was different somehow. In the end, he just chalked it up to you being a fae of some kind. He did find it bizarre that the Dark Mirror claimed you to be magicless and directly after that you used magic. Whatever, he just wants a nap.
🦁 Why the hell are you talking like that? You sound like Diasomnia's Vice Dorm Head. Seriously, who in the world says ‘quite’ anymore. But, Leona doesn't mind you going off on one of your long winded story times about your past. Your deep voice is very smooth and soothing to his ears and has lulled him to sleep successfully every time.
🦁 HA! He knew it; his nose is never wrong after all. Well… maybe Leona was off by a little; but you're certainly not a human. A dragon though? No wonder you smelled similar to his nemesis; except your scent is more earthy than the dragon fae's. Your dragon form makes a very comfortable body pillow to cling onto. Yes, he is indeed speaking from experience. What was said experience, you ask? You were taking a nap in your dorm room while in your dragon form and woke up with a wild lion beastman clinging onto you.
🦁 Treasure, huh? Okay, be prepared for him to call you nicknames of his own. Noodle is one that Leona uses the most; a way to endearingly tease you about the foreign look of your dragon form. Another one he likes to use is old man/gramps; a tease on the strange way you speak.
🦁 Oh dear Seven; please not another Cheka, he doesn't think he can deal with another gremlin in this lifetime. Thankfully for Leona though, the avian adeptus is far older than his hyperactive nephew and awfully cold too. The lion beastman is pretty sure that Xiao doesn't like him, but you've continually assured him that your son actually really enjoys his presence.
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🐙 His immediate impression of you was actually very positive! You seemed incredibly knowledgeable and well spoken. But what really caught Azul's attention was your apparently unrecognizable magic. The Dark Mirror proclaimed you magicless and yet shortly after the proclamation you displayed an exceptional control over stone and earth when you suddenly summoned a large stone pillar to attack your rampaging familiar. Color him intrigued.
🐙 My, what a strange way of speaking you have; are you perhaps anything like Diasomnia's Vice Dorm Head where you're far older than you appear? Azul actually doesn't find your mannerisms all that strange to be honest, he thinks it just gives a certain charm to you.
🐙 Oh, so you're a dragon are you? Would you perhaps be interested in signing a contract with him? It's for your benefit, he swears. No? Damn. Your dragon form reminds him a bit of various aquatic animals that populate the Coral Sea. Don't mind him calling you any names of fish you've never heard of, okay. Sometimes, if he's tired enough, Azul will allow you to cuddle with him in your dragon form. It's quite comfortable, so he doesn't mind too much.
🐙 Azul doesn't mind giving nicknames to people, but he's not too used to receiving from anyone other than Floyd and sometimes Jade. So when you refer to him as your treasure, he's caught off guard and pretty flustered. He'll never not be red in the face when you call him by that pet name, but he has a few of his own for you. Oarfish is one that he uses often, mostly in a teasing sense. Another is Ropefish, this one is used sparingly, he never told you why though.
🐙 Xiao… does not like him. The adeptus made it very clear upon their first meeting when he held the blade of his polearm to the poor cecaelia's throat and fixed him with the sharpest glare Azul had ever seen. It would seem that you told him about the whole contract debacle that went down before his overblot and your son wasn't going to forgive him any time soon.
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🪲 Kalim thought that you were really cool when he first saw you at the entrance ceremony! Not only did you help him put the fire on his butt out, you also summoned a huge meteor out of nowhere! “‘I will have order!’” You sounded so cool! Ah… but wait– didn't the Dark Mirror say that you were magicless? Oh whatever, it doesn't matter anyway.
🪲 Why do you talk like you're old? You look way too young to talk like that; maybe around Professor Crewel's age but that in itself is a stretch. Expect a lot of questions from Kalim; like a lot. How old are you really? Are you a fae? Were you raised by your grandparents? What do you mean you don't know what omg means? How did you get your hair so shiny? Why do you wear clothes like that? Where are you from? Do you have a job? What do you do for work? Why are you looking at him like that? Huh… who's Hu Tao?
🪲 A Dragon!? That's so cool! Our precious boy was completely blindsided by the revelation that you were, in fact, not a human. When you reveal your dragon form to him Kalim is ecstatic, attempting to wrap his arms around your now massive form. Most times you'll be lounging on his massive bed while in your dragon form as he lays in the middle of your coiled body; running his fingers through the fur on your neck and pressing kisses to your snout.
🪲 While he certainly doesn't mind receiving nicknames and pet names, actually he loves it, it makes him happy, but Kalim isn't one to give nicknames himself, he prefers to use their birth names because it feels more intimate. However, he's not against it when you call him your treasure, he's very happy, it makes him feel all warm and bubbly inside. He might call you Cobra from time to time but it definitely won't be too often.
🪲 You have a kid? Can he meet them!? Please, please, please! Yes? Yay! Your poor emo son was immediately glomped by the eldest prince of the scorching sands as soon as he entered the room. Kalim was so excited that he didn't even let the adeptus speak before he vomited questions at him. Xiao actually didn't mind him at all, the golden retriever-like boy reminded him of a certain one he once met in the Casm in Liyue.
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👑 Vil actually had a very positive but slightly strained impression of you. You were very well put together; a foreign beauty from another land if you will. Well dressed, well spoken and dashingly handsome; it would be a lie to say that he felt a bit threatened by your arrival to the NRC. Not only were you undeniably attractive though, you possessed an unknown magic that the Dark Mirror couldn't even identify. You were marvelous but mysterious, beautiful yet dangerous. He couldn't help but find himself lost in those glowing amber eyes as you summoned a translucent shield around yourself.
👑 Goodness you're like that Lilia fellow from Diasomnia, only taller, far more charming and much less with the times. Truly, your lack of knowledge about modern technology and tendency to forget your wallet is astonishing. You're like an old man trapped in a young man's body. Don't worry though, Vil will do his best to lay it all out clearly for you.
👑 I'm sorry, you're a what? Could you repeat that darling, Vil doesn't quite think he heard you right. Oh, a dragon, well… okay. He's never seen a real dragon before but something about that form of yours seems a bit… off should he say? You actually resemble more of a snake in his opinion. He won't cuddle with you in your dragon form, unfortunately. His clothes are far too expensive to be covered in dragon fur; but he will give you a few pets from a good distance away. Take what you can get, man.
👑 I need you to know that Vil is the fairest of them all, he's heard it all by now. Well… he thought he did. It wasn't really the pet name but the sincerity in that loving tone you used when you called him your treasure. Oh, how it made him swoon! You rascal, flattery will get you everywhere with him.
👑 Xiao… is afraid of him. One time, you left the two of them alone for ten minutes and came back to a trashed room, a grinning Vil and a beautified yaksha that was trembling in embarrassment and rage. Your poor emo son was holding himself high up and far away from the beautiful man by hanging onto his winged jade spear that was stabbed into the wall. The Pomfiore prefect was right though, green really is Xiao's color.
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💀 He recognized you from somewhere; he was sure of it, but he couldn't quite put his finger on it. From his tablet, Idia watched as the Dark Mirror addressed you as magicless; though, shortly after, you summoned a pillar of dark brown and amber colored stone to subdue your fire spewing familiar. You were so familiar, yet he couldn't think of where from, it was like some divine intervention was preventing it. Weird….
💀 You… How are you so clueless about technology? Just where the hell are you from that you don't know what a phone is? Your young appearance betrays your age too… You're like an irl anime character! Idia is absolutely raving! Hold on; let him write down a couple catchphrases and design you a costume! Don't worry, he'll teach you all he knows about modern tech as long as you go to this upcoming cosplay convention with him. You can be his main shielding healer from ‘Outworld Collision’!
💀 A dragon? Okay… so? Diasomnia's Dorm Head is kind of a dragon, so what's there to be surprised about? Your dragon form is a bit strange looking, but it's not like he'd actually tell you that; then again he's seen a lot of weird fantasy shit in the media he consumes on the daily, so he has no real reason to comment. Idia enjoy sitting in the middle of your coiled up serpentine body as he plays his games and reads his light novels; enthusiastically explaining the plot as he goes.
💀 T‐teasure? Your treasure? This poor man just about died when you called him that pet name for the first time. You thought he was so valuable that you compared him to treasure? Hold on, give Idia a second so he can compose himself, he's absolutely blue screening right now. 
💀 Your son actually still has yet to meet Idia; he always psyches himself up to meet the yaksha but then chickens out at the last minute. He's just worried that if Xiao doesn't like him then you'll change your mind about being with him. It's not that he thinks the adeptus would purposely try and break the two of you up, he's just super paranoid.
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🐲 Malleus, of course, hadn't attended the orientation ceremony due to not receiving an invitation, however Lilia had told him all about you when he returned to Diasomnia. He was very intrigued to hear about how you didn't seem to be human despite your appearance. As well as how the Dark Mirror had mistakenly labeled you as magicless as you seemed to display expert control over stone and earth. You truly lived up to expectations when he finally met you during his midnight walk around Ramshackle. You were quite the beauty as well.
🐲 Your disposition didn't faze him in the slightest. If anything, it just confirmed Malleus’ assumptions that you certainly weren't a human. He and Lilia speak in the exact same way as you, so he has no reason to be concerned nor intrigued about it. However, your habit of forgetting your wallet is a bit vexing.
🐲 You're… a dragon? Really!? Oh, you have absolutely no idea just how extatic he is to meet another dragon! Er, well, he isn't exactly a dragon, but he is close to it. Whenever you show him your dragon form, he's even more in awe of you than he was before. Truly, you were the most majestic creature he has ever had the pleasure to bear witness to. He'll happily show you his own dragon form too; expect to set aside a few hours once every week so that you and Malleus can cuddle together in said forms.
🐲 Your Treasure, you say? My my, you're quite charming aren't you? Now, Malleus isn't one to be easily flustered, but knowing how important treasures are to dragons, you're practically getting down on one knee when you call him that. Of course, he's not cruel enough to leave the sentiment unreturned, so he's taken to calling you his jewel or his fallen star in reference to you coming from another world.
🐲 Believe it or not, Xiao actually tried to kill him upon their first meeting. The yaksha had mistakenly thought that he was a demon that had somehow followed you all the way here. Thankfully though, you calmed your son down, explained the situation and introduced the two. Malleus actually took quite the liking to him despite the initial frosty reception; saying how the adeptus reminded him of a more quiet version of Sebek.
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m00nh1gh · 1 year
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Planet Girl
Han x Lee Know x fem reader
Han is ur bf and Minho is his best friend.
Contains: Masturbation, oral (m and f receiving), vaginal sex, degradation, praise, slapping, mentions of choking, teasing, spitting (porn with little to no plot).
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You were currently hanging out at your boyfriend's house, watching a movie. You were snuggled up to him under a big fluffy blanket and you had been cuddling like this for a while now.
It was hard for you to focus on the movie as it was boring and Jisung's phone was right up in your face, while he was texting his best friend Minho. 
You read the messages lazily, though quickly realizing he was coming over for another movie marathon. You didn't mind anyway, he was a chill guy and he could easily set a bright mood to anyone.
Jisung turned his phone off before throwing it somewhere on the couch and he gave you a kiss on your head. Once he was sure his phone was God knows where, he put his arm back around your waist, his thumb making circles on the fabric of his shirt (which you were wearing).
You stayed like this for a moment, until you heard an old man's voice yelling behind you.
You both screamed, definitely startled by the sound, also wondering if you were going to get killed tonight.
But no, as you turned around, you only saw Minho laughing his ass off. You heard Jisung sigh and he hit his best friend in the shoulder.
"That was pure evil!
- I just had to do it.
- You're unbelievable. What's up?"
As Minho made his way to the other couch, you three made conversation for a while. Nobody was paying attention to the movie that was playing, but when the credits started showing up you just turned the TV off. There was no way you'd stay watching movies for a few other hours.
"Is something wrong?
- I'm not watching any other movies for the next month," you dramatically sighed and laid back down, almost crushing Jisung under you.
"Get off of me!
- Why?
- You're taking way too much space on my couch.
- Minho, can I lay on you?
- Huh?
- What?
- Yeah, sure," he didn't seem bothered by your question, in contrary to Jisung, who had his mouth slightly opened and his brows were furrowed.
You patted your boyfriend's shoulder and kissed his cheek, sending him a closed mouth smile as you stood up, walking to Minho who was just watching the scene before his eyes.
You wrapped your arms around his neck before sitting on his lap, your legs were on the couch's armrest. You immediately smiled and laid your head on his shoulder when you felt him holding you.
"Bro, the fuck.
- Ji, come get your girlfriend.
- No, Ji, don't. Min's lap is way more comfortable than yours."
You knew what you were doing and Jisung did too, so you didn't have to worry about hurting his feelings. You both knew you were just horny and that was why you acted that way. As you both made long eye contact, none of you wanting to break it, the room suddenly fell silent and Minho just had the urge to know what was going on, feeling he was the only one not knowing.
"Is something going on?
- Are you up for a threesome?" Jisung asked, not taking his gaze away from yours.
"With who?
- Us," this time it was you answering. For a second, Minho forgot how to breathe and he thought about your suggestion while he tightened his hold around you.
"Sure," he simply said, not even having an ounce of emotion in his voice. 
If you two were both comfortable with it, why wouldn't he try? He had always thought having a threesome could be fun, so trying it out with his best friend and his best friend's girlfriend had to be the best people to do it with, as you knew each other very well and to be honest, he found the both of you pretty hot.
Minho didn't have the time to say or ask anything else, because you started planting little kisses along his jaw and his neck. Jisung stood up, also picking up his phone and he walked over to you two, giving a gentle squeeze to one of your thighs.
"I'll be waiting in the bedroom."
You nodded and waited for a kiss, he understood and gave you a quick one on the lips. As much as you wanted it to go on for longer, Jisung pulled away, gave you a wink and walked to his bedroom as he stated earlier.
You turned back to Minho, who was still holding you on his lap and he gave you a sweet smile, which clearly didn't match with the look in his eyes, but you couldn't decipher what it was.
"You sure you wanna do this?
- Are you?
- I'm more than sure. Jisung is, too. We've talked about this before, so no need to worry about doing anything wrong.
- Good," you felt him rub his hands on your hip, you felt how delicate they were and it gave you shivers, just as much as when Jisung did the same to you.
You slowly leaned in, unsure if it was okay for you to kiss him, but then right when you closed your eyes, you felt his lips on yours. You could tell he was as experienced as your boyfriend, he seemed highly relaxed as his hands kept travelling on your hip, then your thigh. His kiss was soft as first, then he gently bit your bottom lip and you let out a small whimper. He only scoffed and let you brush your tongue along his. Your arms made their way around his neck and you soon found yourself pulling him closer.
You didn't think he'd actually be into this threesome shit but his moves proved you wrong when he started tugging on the waistband of your shorts, teasing you and making you flustered. Right when you pulled away due to your confidence having completely went away, he planted kisses along your neck, his breath against your skin making you shiver. 
"Let's go to the bedroom," you managed to whisper, sliding your hands along his shoulders as your head tilted sideways to give his lips more space to cover.
He hummed in agreement, slowly pulled away and you took his hands as you stood up from your seat, making him follow your lead. Right when you stood in front of each other, it only took you a few seconds of eye contact before throwing yourself on him, making your lips connect once more but with even more hunger for each other than before. You were getting comfortable and it showed with every move you made on your way to the bedroom, in which Jisung was patiently waiting for you both.
Minho was the first one to enter the room, as he was walking backwards. You hadn't even realized he was the one leading you over to the bed before you both fell onto it, you landing on top of him.
You were still pretty much devouring each other, your hands were firmly holding onto his cheeks and your back arched while you slowly grinded on his lap. You then felt your hair being tossed to the side of your head, then hands going under your shirt and another pair of lips on your neck. You couldn't help but to pull away and let out a quiet moan when Jisung's hands found their way to your boobs and gently massaged them. His tongue against your neck made your skin go hot and Minho was now also exploring your whole body with his hands. You were at both their disposal and it made you need them even more.
Since your boyfriend was right behind you, it stopped you from moving your hips the same way you did before and you couldn't do anything to release the tension that was slowly becoming unbearable over time.
"Please just fuck me."
Jisung's lips left your neck at this resquest and you opened your eyes for the first time ever since you had landed on top of Minho. Your boyfriend's hands trailed down your upper body to stop on your hips and when you looked down, Minho was watching you with amusement. Although by only looking at his face you would've thought he was completely unphazed by this whole situation, his hard dick against your shorts betrayed his looks of relaxation.
"Just be patient, will you? Let us have some more fun first," Jisung said in a low voice, really close to your ear. You had the urge to do something - anything - to feel some friction, at least to feel closer to the both of them, but you stopped yourself from doing so. 
You could only whine at his response and Minho scoffed before lifting himself up so he would be face level with you. His hands were rested on your thighs right under Jisung's.
"How about we start with a little teasing, mmh? Wouldn't you like that?" You usually hated when people talked to you as if you were a little princess of some sort, but when Minho and Jisung did it, it made you incredibly horny. You wanted them to speak to you as if you were a mere object to them, or even just the most fragile woman ever. 
You wanted them to fully disrespect you, to call you names. No matter how embarrassed they would make you, it would only make you wetter and it made you ashamed to even think about it. 
But could you really control yourself when you're turned on? Absolutely not.
"No, just shove your dick in my mouth," you blurted out and they both immediately laughed at this.
"You're such a whore," Jisung stood next to you now, instead of behind you. "Come here."
You didn't wait to be asked twice and you were already on your feet in front of Jisung, right before being pushed back on the bed, but now you were the one laying on your back and Jisung was on top of you.
"You're not to decide what we'll do with you. The only thing your little bitchass mouth should do is obey to what we tell you to do. Understood?"
Oh how you loved seeing this side of him. You couldn't argue anymore and only nodded, squeezing your thighs together.
"Min, keep her legs open. I don't want her to pleasure herself yet.
- Jisung, please…
- Listen to your boyfriend and maybe we'll do something about all this," your whole body shivered when Minho slipped a finger in your panties to then slide his finger from around your hole up to your clit, spreading your lube all over your vulva. You moaned at this and then he immediately removed his finger.
He showed his now wet finger to the both of you and Jisung took it in his mouth to suck it off, making sure you could see how his tongue moved around Minho's finger. Once again, Minho didn't seem to react much to it, but you very much did. 
The view was so lewd to you, your boyfriend sucking off his best friend's finger which was under your panties right before that. You wanted to taste it too, but you were bound to only respond to what they told you, so you only watched and hoped they would touch you again.
When Minho took his finger out of Jisung's mouth, he made sure to drag it down Jisung's chin so that saliva was on it. You could see his head just above your boyfriend's shoulder, he was looking right at you with his eyes even darker than usually, if that was ever possible.
"Ji, let's let her take her shirt off. The poor girl looks like she's about to melt.
- Right, let's do that."
"Finally," you thought. You mentally cheered when Jisung took a hold of the hem of your shirt and he slowly lifted it up, until it was at your head and he waited for you to lift yourself up a little to completely take it off.
You weren't wearing a bra, so your boobs were at once exposed to them. Weirdly enough, you felt insecure. You guessed that was only what the effect having the both of them all over you did to you. You still hid them with your arms and they looked at you with fake pity.
"Aww, are we getting shy, now? Don't be, dear.
- You know we can't do anything if you don't make yourself completely at our disposal," Jisung pouted at you.
Taken over by embarrassment, you left your boobs to instead hide your face. Your eyes were tightly shut and you were breathing heavily. You heard some shuffling and you also felt Jisung getting up for a little moment before coming back to you and pressing his now bare chest on yours. You knew his face was less than inches away from yours, as you felt his slow and steady breathing hitting your arms.
There was some more shuffling from behind and then the matress sunk a little more. You guessed Minho was on the bed too, but you couldn't guess where.
"Please look at me, baby."
You did as told and slowly removed your arms from your face. Your eyes were still shut though and it took you some more courage to open them up. 
You didn't know why he had so much more effect on you tonight, but when you saw the familiarity of his brown and loving eyes, you remembered how attractive and affectionate your boyfriend was. There was no place for insecurity with him, and you knew it.
"Let me pleasure you first. Okay?"
You nodded and then he smiled at you sweetly before leaning in and kissing you. Of course you kissed back and wrapped your arms around his neck to bring him closer to you. His hands that were previously rested on your waist now started to lightly trail down your body and you felt one of them tug on the waistband of your shorts.
As Jisung kissed and teased you, Minho laid next to you two, one hand lifting his head up. Only observing you both satisfied him and he would occasionally stroke your curves. He would watch how your and Jisung's tongue sometimes brushed against each other, how your chests moved in sync. How your hips would slowly lift up and then go back down with Jisung's. You were almost one body and he felt hypnotized by it.
Jisung opened back his eyes to look at Minho while he was still kissing you. He gestured for him to come closer and so he did. Jisung stopped the kiss and looked at your now swollen lips with a satisfied grin.
"Relax for now, Y/n."
As Minho took Jisung's place above you, the latter went in between your legs after having sled your shorts and then your panties off. You were dripping wet, he could tell you had been like this for a while too.
He leaned in to kiss your clit and then he lightly brushed his tongue over it, making you react against Minho's mouth. It was obviously muffled, since you were already kissing Minho. Jisung continued a bit more teasing, only touching your clit for less than a second before pulling away each time. He decided to slide a finger across your vulva, getting as much lubricant as he could on it. He then looked at it and with his wet finger he spread it on his thumb to finally watch the sticky fluids connect together as he separated his fingers.
As Minho massaged your boobs and eventually started pinching your nipples, you were getting worked up and Jisung noticed that. He judged you'd waited enough already and finally but slowly started rubbing your clit with his thumb. You were already moaning due to Minho's hands, but now you got louder when your boyfriend touched you like that.
His thumb was quickly replaced with his tongue which slid down your lips and sometimes teased your hole. Then he'd come back up to draw circles on your clit. He'd also suck, his hands placing themselves on your hips to keep you still. If he didn't do that, you'd be moving too much and Jisung wanted to have control over you.
Minho broke the kiss and a string of saliva connected both your lips. It eventually also broke when he went a little more down your body to go fumble with your boobs. He took one of them in his mouth and used the tip of his tongue to tease your nipple, which combined with Jisung eating you out made you a mess.
You would say things like "Yes, just like that," "Please," or "Fuck" from time to time when the stimulation got even better and eventually Jisung inserted one finger in you. You hid your face once again with one of your arms and Minho got up from you, placing himself next to Jisung who was watching your reactions closely. Minho rubbed your clit gently as Jisung fingered you and they both got satisfied once you started breathing heavier and your back arched. 
Your free hand was stimulating your boobs as the two boys were occupied somewhere else. You didn't think how good it would feel to have a threesome, but now that you had a taste of it, you never wanted it to end. You loved how harsh and gentle they both could be and how incredibly hot it was to see them play with your body.
"Are you enjoying yourself?" They both intently looked at you as their hands kept ruining you.
You only nodded, arching your back again to physically show how great you felt under them. They both stopped in their movements and you finally looked at them.
"Use words, are you enjoying yourself?" Minho demanded, making you feel so humiliated. You wanted to cry due to his hard stare burning you, but you only obeyed and answered with a shy "Yes."
"My good girl," Jisung kissed your inner thigh and inserted a second finger in you. He knew it was hard for you to adjust to it, so it took a little while for him to slide it all in. Minho also waited for you to get accommodated to it and only restarted occupying you when Jisung pumped his fingers in and out of you a few times already.
Eventually, the sight of you squirming and moaning and panting, completely naked and ready to be destroyed made his cock hurt in his pants since he was growing harder and harder as time passed. Since it was getting tight in there, he stopped his movements and came closer to you.
"Sweetheart, I'm starting to get a bit impatient. Can you help me with that?" He guided your hands to his bulge and you felt his dick through the fabric. You also took the time to study his hand that was over yours. His veins showed so much at this time, they went all the way up to just above his wrist. You thought that if you happened to have a needle with you, they'd even pop only at the sight of it.
He had two rings on his fingers and his hand looked overall so soft but rough at the same time. You felt the need to touch his veins, but instead you massaged his dick which made him sigh and relax. His hand then left yours and he used it to pass it through his hair. 
"You heard him, Y/n. Be a good girl and jerk him off for us," Jisung curled his fingers in you and kept hitting something in you that felt incredibly good, though you couldn't tell what it was exactly.
You carefully undid the knot that was made on Minho's sweatpants and when it was done, he took them off along with his boxers. It did take him a while to take them off though, he saw how impatient you got and he knew you were anticipating. So when all his clothes were off and you could finally see all of it, it was enough to almost send you over the edge. The fact Jisung was still going hard with you made it difficult for you to concentrate any more, but you still traced your index finger along Minho's dick.
It wasn't abnormally big, maybe a little above average. You felt small veins on it when your fingers lightly stroked it, and then you approached yourself to spit on the tip. You first shyly licked his tip, then when you heard shaky breaths from him you took him all in your mouth.
You weren't used to deepthroating, but you wanted to do it for some reason. With the pleasure from Jisung's fingers all at once fingering you and rubbing on you, you moaned around Minho's dick, which sent vibrations to him.
"Fuck, please do this again," he took a hold of the back of your head, making you stay like this a little more. You moaned again, since Jisung went harder on you with Minho's request. You knew that after this, your pussy would be a whole lot swollen.
When he let go of your head to grab your hair, you started sucking his dick like you'd normally do with Jisung. You'd use your hand to jerk what you couldn't reach with your mouth and you also used your tongue, like a lot. Over time, you knew exactly what would make the best reactions out of your boyfriend and when you did the same things to Minho, he was soon throwing his head back and whimpering.
Jisung's erection hurt so much when he looked at the view of you sucking his best friend off. At that point he didn't even know who he wanted to be, since the both of you had as much effect on him. He inserted a third and last finger in you, once again making sure it doesn't hurt too much. He then continued using his tongue on your clit.
Maybe it was everything all at once, but you quickly came to your high after that third finger Jisung had slid into you. You pulled away from Minho, unable to function anymore and you threw your head back, the pleasure consuming you. You moaned Jisung's name as he helped you with your orgasm.
You thought he'd stop once you'd calm down, but as he kept on rubbing your clit, you quickly became overestimulated and tears filled up your eyes.
"Jisung, please…
- Don't leave Minho hanging like that, darling. Keep going."
You let out a sob of desperation and only continued pumping Minho's cock. He brushed some hair off your face as you did so and he watched as tears of overstimulation fell down your cheeks. He wished you had worn mascara at this moment, too bad you didn't have any makeup on.
"You're doing so good right now, sweetheart. Keep crying like this and I might have to cum on your face.
- Yes, fuck, please do that," you begged as you felt a second orgasm building up.  That was just how skilled Jisung was with both his hands and his mouth, he could make you cum however many times he'd wish. You went faster with jerking Minho off and you saw how his breathing went faster when you did so.
You kept going and he started whimpering out incoherent sentences. Maybe begs, maybe praise, you didn't exactly know but the sound of his voice sent you over the edge for the second time and you came around Jisung's fingers. At the sight of you, Minho reached his own high and came on your hand. He was a panting mess, his hair hid most of his eyes and his lips were parted. His cum wasn't so hot on your hand as your skin was burning already, but the sight of it made you want to lick it all off.
What you didn't expect was for Jisung to join you two and take your hand to his mouth to lick it off himself. He then brought his own hand to Minho's mouth, who opened it a little more to let Jisung's fingers in. They intensely made eye contact and you felt even hotter if that was even possible.
You took this free time to get behind Jisung and you slid his shorts off along with his underwear with one hand. Since he was on his knees, you couldn't take them completely off, but he helped you by raising his legs so you could do it as he was still tasting Minho's cum on your hand.
You knew that now there wasn't anything else on your fingers, so you took them out of his mouth to then start jerking him off with that hand from behind him. He immediately moaned and laid the back of his head on your shoulder. Minho took this opportunity to take Jisung's fingers out of his mouth and he went to kiss and lightly bite his neck. He also went up to his jawline and down to his collarbone, basically tasting every inch of free skin he had.
His hands explored his body and Jisung almost saw stars. Your hands worked wonders and Minho's mouth made him feel even hotter. His fingers burned his skin and he didn't think he would forget the way he touched him anytime soon. Oh how he loved being bisexual.
You turned Jisung's head towards yours and you kissed. You had never seen your boyfriend this submissive before, but it made you feel some type of way. His whimpers directly entered your mouth as you were kissing and you went faster at pumping his dick. Minho also helped you by playing with his balls, making him completely unable to function properly.
Your previously free hand went pinching one of his hard nipples and Minho went sucking the other one, making eye contact with you. They had some sort of sparkle in them and you somehow couldn't look away from him. 
"Plea…se, I'm gonna cum…" Jisung panted and arched his back. You went even faster, but right when he got worked up you suddenly let go of his dick. Minho figured out what you were doing and pulled away from your boyfriend, looking at him mockingly.
"Well well, would you look at that," Minho said with a hint of teasing in his voice.
"Who's the whore now, Ji?" You asked, sweetly whispering to his ear.
"Please make me cum, I'm begging. I can't take it anymore," he was bucking his hips to find any friction he could get.
"You look so pathetic right now," Minho ran his finger along Jisung's dick, making him whimper even more.
"Whose whore are you?
- Yours, I'm your whore," Jisung practically moaned out his answer and Minho put his hand around Jisung's base.
Minho went even faster than you at pumping Jisung, and soon Jisung was even more of a moaning and whimpering mess. He kept begging for you both and soon he came on his stomach and Minho's hand.
"That's a good boy," Minho praised, helping Jisung go down his orgasm.
Once he had calmed down, you stopped stroking his hair because it was now your turn to have fingers in your mouth. Although you didn't like the taste of cum, you made sure to swallow it all, since Minho was looking at you with expecting eyes and you didn't want to displease him.
When he took his fingers out of your mouth, you showed him you had swallowed every drop of cum he had wanted you to take. He sweetly tapped your cheek and sent you a praising smile.
"Now let's take care of you again," Minho announced, which made Jisung turn around and guide you down on the bed, suddenly regaining his confidence.
He went back up after having made you lay on your back and both men were looking at you from both sides.
"What should we do with her?" Jisung asked his friend, briefly looking at him.
"How about we tie her up?
- Sure, let me grab something for that."
As Jisung had regained his confidence, you had lost all of yours at that point. You knew that Jisung was going to get the same red ribbon you guys used sometimes when you felt like it and you subconsciously squeezed your thighs together. 
As you thought, he did come back with the ribbon and two condoms. You smiled at that and he threw one at Minho, who effortlessly caught it. As they both unwrapped it, they made sure they weren't perforated and when they saw they weren't, they put them on. Then Jisung went to tie your arms together above your head and Minho stretched two fingers into you to see if you were still loose or if they had to prepare you a little more.
"She's still loose and dripping, listen," Minho quickly fingered you, which made some wet sounds. That wasn't the only sound this produced, you also obviously started moaning, since it had been a few minutes already since you hadn't had anyone fingering you and you were still sensitive.
"Damn, I'm surprised you still want us after those two orgasms. Must be good to have two guys all over you, huh?" Jisung teased, as he made sure the knot he made with the ribbon would restrain you but would not be too painful. 
"I want both of you in me," you requested and Minho took his fingers out of you.
"Who's starting?" He asked.
"Do it, I'm gonna watch," Jisung said and came sitting behind you, placing your head on his stomach. Your tied hands rested on his shoulder.
"Hope you're ready for this, sweetheart."
He positioned himself so that his dick would be aligned with your hole and with his hand he pushed himself in, slowly. Only the tip made you react and you whimpered. Jisung reassuringly stroked your arms and said how well you were doing.
At some point Minho was all the way in you and he went over you so that he could make direct eye contact while he'd be fucking you. His necklace was hanging between you two and at first you focused on it, but then Minho lifted your chin up with his index.
"Look at me baby, I wanna see your pretty eyes."
And so you looked into his eyes and he started thrusting in you. At first he was slow, but as time passed he went faster and faster, to eventually become straight up rough with you. Jisung was occupying your boobs and Minho was still intensely looking at you as he destroyed your pussy.
Your moans quickly became Minho's name and it only made him go faster in you. From time to time he would slap your thighs and grip then harshly when you tried to squeeze them around him until he simply put one of your legs over his shoulder and lifted himself up so he would hit your g-spot better. You wanted to hold onto something, but the ribbon restrained you so you couldn't do anything to stop your oversensitivity. 
Minho was also pretty vocal, as he often grunted, whimpered or whispered some random curse word. Jisung occasionally would slap your tits when you were too agitated to his liking and it would make you let out desperate whines. 
"You take me so well, it shows you've been doing this often," Minho told you as he went faster into you. Maybe he didn't want to show it, but you could guess he was about to cum when he bit his lip and concentrated on where you two were connected.
His thrusts became sloppy and incoherent and soon he let out shaky breaths that almost sounded like some more whimpers. You felt his cum spilling in the condom and you guessed he was done with you. He slowed down and eventually pulled out of you, still panting and he brushed his hair out of his face, still looking at your pussy. He gave it a light slap that made you jump and with that he looked up to Jisung.
"Finish up for me, I'm gonna go take a shower," he announced, giving you a quick peck on the lips and winking at Jisung before grabbing his clothes from the floor and walking out of the room.
Jisung placed your head on a pillow and went between your legs, easily sliding into you and immediately going rough on you, wrapping a hand around your neck. He didn't press too hard, since he knew that would be dangerous. 
"You looked like you forgot I was your boyfriend earlier, that kind of made me upset. Sorry darling, but I'm not gonna go easy on you. Open up."
You opened your mouth and he spit on your tongue, some saliva dripping down your lips. When he did, you swallowed and rolled your eyes back. You loved how he was disrespecting you and if it meant he was going to do this each time, you would start making him jealous more often.
"It's not my fault Minho was so good with me. He's really skilled, you know," you dared say, knowing it would annoy him a little.
He slapped your cheek with the hand that was previously around your neck. He then thrusted deeper and harder into you, with a visible frown on his face.
"Say that again and I'm letting you finish alone. I knew you were a bitch but not that much. You're actually pathetic."
You moaned at that and the sting on your cheek felt better than it hurt. You already felt you were going to come soon, so you asked him to continue going fast.
"I'm gonna cum soon too, wait a little longer for me," Jisung commanded, his hands were on both sides of your head on the pillow and he leaned in to roughly kiss you. His chest pressed against yours and once again you became one. You were both moaning into the kiss and sometimes you couldn't even close your mouth, overtaken by pleasure.
"Ji, I'm gonna cum, please.
- Do it. Cum around me."
And so you did. Your whole body shook as he still went fast and hard in you, his orgasm coming soon after you. He moaned your name out and you both rode out of your orgasm. Once he pulled out of you and untied your hands, he laid his head on your chest and you played with his hair, trying to get your breath back.
You heard the door open and Minho came in all dressed. He sat on the edge of the bed, looking at both of you with soft eyes.
"Let's do this more often," you finally announced, and they both agreed to it before you and Jisung went to the bathroom, Minho waited for you in the living room.
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I'm sorry if this was badly written
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loveephia · 1 year
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TUTORING | kuroo tetsurō
sypnosis: in which you're falling behind in chemistry and kuroo offered to tutor you.
content: (🦷) tooth-rotting fluff, kuroo has a small crush on you, you're both third years, reader has round cheeks, reader with minor anemia hinted.
⚠ warning/s: none.
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kuroo tetsurō watched as your hair kept falling on your face while you tried to answer the seatwork he made. out of concentration, a small part of your tongue was seen sticking out.
you tried to recall the answer to a certain question as kuroo only stared at you with his palm underneath his chin for support. "were you always this cute?" he thought.
when you finally remembered, your face lit up temporarily before scribbling the answer down.
kuroo then takes notice of the shape of your round cheeks. from this angle, he could've easily mistaken them for baos if it weren't for the pink tint.
"done!" you exclaim gleefully, presenting kuroo your paper.
"wow, that was quick. you sure you didn't cheat?" he teases. "haha, very funny." you didn't bother hiding the faux amusement in your tone, "even if i did, wouldn't you have noticed? i mean— what have you been paying attention to for the past ten minutes." you say.
"you." kuroo is tempted to answer. he hums, "yeah, i see what you mean."
it takes him a minute, a very long minute, to check your paper. you sit there next to him, moving the seat around in circles to help keep your thoughts off your score.
you hear kuroo click his tongue, and you stop the chair abruptly, making you see black and white spots momentarily. "w- what is it? did i get everything wrong?" you stuttered out of pure nervousness.
kuroo shakes his head, "why don't you see for yourself?" he hands you your paper, and before you could let yourself dwell in sadness, you look at the score.
a full mark.
your eyes widen. "what can i say? i'm a pretty good tutor if i do say so myself." kuroo smirks. out of all the adrenaline, you reach over to hug kuroo. "oh, thank you, thank you, thank you, kuroo!" you repetitively expressed your appreciation while kuroo's mind has gone blank.
you were hugging him.
"y- yeah.. it's nothing." kuroo, with his cockiness long gone, mumbles against your chest.
if a hug is what he receives at a made-up seatwork, he wonders what more he could get from an exam.
time skip.
exam season has finally ended. you got your chemistry result back, and you're trying desperately to find kuroo, the one who helped you get this high score.
turning every corner, shuffling down flights of stairs (even almost tripping in the process), you finally find kuroo. "kuroo!" you called out. the male turns around to face the source of the voice.
kuroo sees the smile on your face, your cheeks lifting up adorably. "looks like someone's happy." he says. you show him your score, and there it is.
a 94% written in red ink.
kuroo's facial expression says it all. it shifted from surprise to happiness in miliseconds. "that's amazing, y/n! i'm so proud of you." he pats your head in a congratulatory manner, returning the paper back to you.
"oh, kuroo. i really can't thank you enough!" you say, and that gives him an idea. there's a mischevious glint in his eyes, "maybe there is a way you could thank me."
"really?!" you said. kuroo hummed, now feeling bold, "how about a kiss?" he said, "after all, i did help write down your revie—" your lips land on his cheek quickly, almost too quickly.
"i was planning on doing that anyway without you having to ask," you admitted, "i'll see you tomorrow!" you bid your short goodbye and left.
kuroo stood there, dazed, as his fingers gently grazed over the cheek you kissed. "what are you doing to me, y/n..?" he quietly mumbles.
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itjazzbicch · 1 year
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Beautiful Liar
Pairing:  Bruno Bucciarati x Fem Reader 
Summary: Trying to deny her true feelings about Bucciarati, Bucciarati decides to call the reader on her bluff after she avoids everyone, especially him, after he becomes capo...
Warnings:  Swearing, SMUT (18+ ONLY! MINORS DNI! oral f receiving, unprotected sex)
First time writing for JoJo's and Bucciarati, as he is my favorite JoJo's character! I hope I did well and you all enjoy!
Word Count: 2.1k 
I DO NOT OWN THIS GIF
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I couldn’t stand getting all dolled up just to be somewhere I didn’t feel like being.
Of course, Bucciarati became Capo, our crew was celebrating and at least I had a nice view. Italy was such a beautiful place, night sky filled of stars, city lights in the distance from this rooftop bar.
Sitting alone at the bar, a glass of wine in hand, I let my mind wonder, gazing at the view till I heard a soft voice:
“What are you doing sitting all alone?”
Bucciarati.
“What? Am I bothering you?” Finding him in the corner of my eye, he was never a fan of my attitude, leaning against the bar:
“Can’t even have some fun, can you?”
It wasn’t that I didn’t like Bucciarati. It was because I liked him. I couldn’t open up and face my own feelings. Any word and tone towards him came out as envy. Thankfully, I did get some amusement from it.
“Can a ragazza just enjoy a glass of wine?” Taking a sip, it amazed me how he dealt with me, still being kind:
“Nothing wrong with that. I just don’t think it’s fair that everyone else is having fun and you’re all alone with that scowl on your face.”
“I am just fine,” I smiled sarcastically at him, but he was persistent that I get out of that seat:
“Don’t be like that. How about a dance?”
“I’m not a dancer,” I lied, turning my head, but still listening as he assumed:
“Let me guess, you’re in one of your moods because I’m officially capo.”
“Don’t make me laugh,” I snickered softly, still not looking at him, even when he said:
“It wouldn’t surprise me. You’ve always envied me and why, may I ask?”
“Envy you?” This time I made sure I locked eyes, his blue eyes glimmering with his smile:
“You heard me.”
“I could care less that you are capo, now,” I wasn’t letting him win this little argument, going to leave it at that, but seizing when I felt his arm wrap around my hip, getting close enough to whisper:
“Then what is it, amore?”
I was never the type to be left speechless, getting lost in a void, feeling his warmth against me, even stronger in his hand that was on my hip, his scent filling me with a lust I’ve never experienced.
“I see now,” He always took the opportunity to laugh at me when it was presented, knowing exactly how I was feeling, “You are the type to run away from the truth.”
“And just what is that truth, hm?” I couldn’t keep sitting there looking dumb, making the mistake of looking into those blue eyes that sent me deeper into that void:
“Isn’t it obvious? Besides, Mista have told me more times than I can count.”
“That damn asshole,” I growled silently under my breath, trying to contain composure, speaking up this time, “And you believe that childish man?”
“There you, go running from the truth again,” Laughing at me again, he started to test me himself, voice growing to a deep whisper into my ear, “It doesn’t matter anyways. I already know the truth, amore.”
The way he called me amore made my thighs squeeze together, the heat in my cheeks from my wine growing, naturally leaning into him.
He was almost hypnotic and it put me into a slight panic. Should I take the opportunity in this moment? Or do what exactly what he said, run from the truth?
“What do you know, Bucciarati?” I scoffed, something inside of me wouldn’t let him break me that easily, but I was pushed right to the edge.
“You are such a beautiful liar,” The tension just kept rising with every word he spoke, chills down my spine and that’s when something in me changed.
I was a mafioso! Some little crush wasn’t going to turn me into someone timid. Glancing to the guys, they were all distracted and so?
With a smack of my lips, I gulped down the rest of my wine, taking his hand and leaving my seat, guiding him to the elevator.
“Y/N?” Curious, but still following me, I let him know exactly what I was doing.
“You offered a dance. So,” I had the most confident smirk on my face that made his eyes light up while twirling into him inside of the elevator, making sure the door shut before I kissed, “Let’s dance.”
It became so clear how much tension the both of us had built up inside, shattering with the clash of our lips, every touch and move exceeding anything I ever fantasized about, pushing my chest against his, hand full of his suit jacket when his hand slid up my thigh, pulling our hips together to feel his hardening bulge.
Every time the elevator beeped, I grew more impatient, nearly dragging him out of the elevator when we finally got to the floor of my room.
I didn’t want to stop for a single second, tongues dancing all the way to the edge of my bed, ready to strip till he palmed my lower back, stroking my cheek:
“Slow down, amore. You’re so impatient.”
“Can you blame me?” I finally breathed in, breaking out in goosebumps at his fingertips sliding the strap of my dress off my shoulder:
“I understand, but there’s no need to move so quickly. Your capo just wants the time to adore you beauty.”
“Sí, capo,” I hummed softly at the kiss he left along my neck, unzipping my dress, eyes falling down to the floor with it, taking his good time to see me in just my heels and panties.
For a change, I followed his lead, moonlight peaking through the windows illuminating those gorgeous blue eyes when he took me by the chin, a kiss guiding me back onto the bed.
My heart was beating like normal, but so hard against my chest with his hand sliding down my neck and all over my breasts, nearly moaning already at his fingers rolling my nipple, licking along my ear:
“With all of this beauty, I’m taking my time.”
His words surely tamed my impatience. Just that alone prepared me to be in bed with him for some time.
Closing my eyes softly and submerging into a new world, letting out the soft moans that were building up as his kisses lead down my neck, finding my breasts and making sure to give each their fair share of attention, from soft bites to hard sucks on my nipples that made me squirm a little.
Every nerve was tingling more and more the further down he went, lace panties between his teeth and yanking them away, eyes locked on his physique as his suit jacket was thrown off, spreading my legs wide and upward, watching his tongue slide across his upper lip:
“I want to savor every single taste. Maybe this will take all that bad, sassy mood away.”
“B-Bruno,” One single, broad lick along my clit had me whining, swirling around it having my legs shake, throwing my head back into the pillows when he started sucking.
He formed a tighter grip on my thighs as I began to shake more, taking handfuls of the sheets at a swift lick downward, tongue pushing in and flicking at my walls, then taking me with a mouthful, the pressure at my clit making my legs fight his grip, starting to close his head in.
“R-Right there!” I let my body do as it wanted, beginning to grind against his face, arching at the groan that came from deep in his chest, whining as his strength pushed my legs back down to the mattress, keeping them pinned as he simply devoured me.
Needing no words, only staring throwing his bangs, knowing the blissful state I was in, making sure that I didn’t have even a second to catch a breath, instantly having me come undone, a smile visible even while buried between my legs, mouth wide open against me and licking up the slick from my orgasm.
“See all the good things you can get when your patient, hm?”
Of course, he had to take the time to poke at me, leaving a few kisses along my thighs, but my eyes were focused on what I couldn’t see, only seeing his hands go below his waist.
“Gonna make me wait more?” Not that I was even worried, taking deep breaths and silencing as he kneeled onto the bed, me being the one to admire his body.
Those sexy tattoos, abs so tone and defined, not to mention the impressiveness of his cock, all of the air I took in taken away from it.
“Why do you ask? Is there something else you want?”
I really wasn’t in the mood for the teasing now, especially with him between my legs, slapping his cock against my skin softly.
“You know exactly what I want,” My eyes shot off an intense glare, but I wasn’t getting what I wanted so easily.
“Oh, that?” He smirked, running his tip through my folds, slapping my clit and having my lip trapped between my teeth, “Is that what you want, amore?”
“Don’t be like that, Bruno,” I pouted, closing my eyes and taking in the pleasure that it did give off, hiding the moans from his tip circling my entrance, rubbing my folds softly.
“I Can’t give you what you want if you don’t tell me,” I could feel his smile again as he placed kisses at my neck and cheek, finally giving him what he wanted, voice so sweet as I told him:
“I want you, Bruno. I want you inside of me already. Please.”
“Good girl,” Nibbling on my ear and easing his cock into me at the same time made me gasp so hard, his girth a lot to take, walls spasming around him already.
“Merda!” Biting my lip again, I looked to see that I haven’t even taken half of him, soft thrusts helping me adjust.
“Shh, I have you,” I loved that he knew how to tend to me so well, guiding my arms around his neck, a hand running through his hair, whispering to him:
“I just never had someone like you.”
“And you’ll never have someone like me again,” His confidence wasn’t just for show, hooking my legs over the button of his inner elbows, pushing forward and with a quick thrust, feeding me all of his cock.
I never moaned in such a filthy way, panting at the quick thrusts he gave, hearing our wet skin every other thrust as he bottomed me out.
Those moans only grew more filthy and loud, pushing forward so our foreheads could meet, nose nuzzling so I could hear his coo:
“Only your capo.”
“Only you, Bruno!” All the mental blocks I had built were broken down to crumbles, finally letting go of every thought I’ve ever had about him, “I only want you, capo!”
“I always knew,” He chuckled softly, lifting his head some and somehow, I knew to find his eyes, teary from the searing burn of pleasure, but held our gaze, “Gonna let me feel you cuming all over me, amore?”
“Y-Yess!” I cried out, head suddenly snapping back, walls pulling him even deeper any time he pulled back a little, a ram of his hips smacking right into my sweet spot, keeping pressure against my clit and cervix, “I’m cuming!”
His forehead fell to mine with a groan rumbling in his chest, thrusts not stopping, but a bit languid as we both felt the death grip I had on his cock, entire body squirming, nails scratching at his back as my hips jerked upward, feeling the squelch of slick making a mess all over our thighs.
“Brava, ragazza,” He mumbled with a soft smile, kissing along with rolls of his hips, “So tight and wet, all for me.”
“You’re just so damn good,” I huffed, hugging his head and moaning at the throbs of his cock, damning him, “Cazzo, Bruno.”
He could only chuckle at that, releasing my legs and pulling me into a warm embrace, “See what you could’ve had sooner if you weren’t such a liar?”
“The beautiful liar that you mentioned earlier?” I shot back, meeting his gaze to see a pure smile this time, shining my own confidence, “There will be no lying about how I feel. You’re mine, capo.”
His smile showed that he proud that I finally owned up to my feelings, being my confident self again, even if I still had some sass, kissing softly, “Now that’s my, ragazza.”  
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jacksprostate · 3 months
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Tyler is hopping around on his pogo stick again. When he lands, it's with a mushy thump as he sinks into the rotting floorboards. Sometimes he gets stuck and just tips over instead of bouncing back up. It makes him stumble and jump ship. Moment of perfection ruined.
I need to renew my driver's license, I say.
"What are you telling me for?"
Thud.
Thud.
Thud.
If Tyler's bed had a backboard, this is how it would sound before he and Marla pounded through to the next room.
I am Jack's throat of bile.
"Fine," Tyler says. "We'll go."
I do not say, we? Questioning Tyler is an amateur move I've managed to avoid for two months now.
Getting to the DMV takes three buses and a thirty minute walk. Presumably, they've decided you'll be driving there. Sometimes I think about the Audi I had before my Dakapo halogen torchiere speared it. One of Zeus' modern day lightning bolts, making sure the debris from my exploded condo totaled my car.
I could've gotten the windshield replaced. Somewhere, in a junkyard filled with unloved 50s salvage, there's the crushed up cube remains of this year's luxury sedan.
Tyler spends the entire time walking one half step behind me, making me lead him around. It makes me feel blind, like I'm a thirty year old boy still trying to get his father to take him places. I am the world's most easily played instrument. Whenever I look back he's grinning, chipped teeth and split lips.
It's a Saturday and we've arrived two hours or so after opening. This means that when I get my ticket stub, it reads an obscenely high number. I will be sitting here for the next six hours. Give or take.
The thing about seating in a government building is they know you have no choice to be there for at least two hours, if you're lucky. Naturally, the chairs are cheap, yawning plastic bolted into the floor at a height most optimal for slightly tall seven year olds.
Tyler and I toss ourselves into the only two person gap we can find, between a large man giving Bob a run for his money on hormone reversal and a frail woman in her eighties. Both look like I'd see them on a weeknight. I wonder if this is where Marla lurks in the time between when she's fucking Tyler and fucking up my support groups.
"You don't need this shit," Tyler says.
He's slouching into the chair, arms crossed and legs long and in the way. If I were to look where his shirt is rucked up, I'd see his skin disappear into the dark gap between his chiseled hip and the beige slacks he puts on when he pretends he's pretending to be a nice person. It's an obvious farce, since he hasn't even bothered to put underwear on.
This is one of those things that I try not to think too hard about, but I have something like four hundred minutes left to wait around here. I should've brought a few National Geographics.
I need a driver's license for my job, Tyler, I say. The old woman gives me a look.
"Christ." Tyler spits on the floor. I try not to be jealous. My seat neighbor, she gets right up and goes to the other end of the building. "Just roll over, why don't you."
I can tell, this will be a lesson. He gets this huge sureness about himself, like his dick is so big it's slapped his face into that smug false contemplation.
I need some kind of ID, Tyler.
Tyler says, "No you don't. Your bank already has you by the balls with your social security number. You ride the bus around. You're at the airport so often the airline staff recognize you. You only drive when work sends you to a small town, which happens fuck all three times a year. Tell me, you get a good fake, you think the overworked and underpaid car rental employee writing down your information would notice it unless you crashed his car? You know if that happened it'd be because you did it to kill yourself, so where's the problem?"
You could be a perfect driver and die on the road at any second, I protest.
We're attracting attention. Not Bob shifts around. Our conversation is quiet but unnerving.
Tyler says, "Does it feel nice, signing yourself up like a feedlot steer?"
Fucking hell, Tyler. It's not like anyone wants to do this. No one wants to be here. Not everyone can work three night shifts and have no identity according to the government.
Tyler says, "The only thing stopping you is the little set of rules you've set up for yourself."
What does Tyler know about my ability to do things?
"More than you," Tyler says. "You didn't think you could fight. You didn't think you could live without your perfect IKEA nest."
He's right. I still want to kick him to the floor and introduce his teeth to the tile. I notice, Not Bob has cleared the area. Retreat to safety. Bomb detonation in five, four. We've got a three seat berth on each side with people standing packed against the walls of the place.
A lone security guard floats our way.
"I'm going to have to ask you to leave, sir."
It's not the way that the men at fight club have started calling me sir. The security guard is looking at me like he knows about my condo blowing up, and he feels awfully sure about the cause.
I need to renew my driver's license.
Tyler says, "If we pay taxes for this building, these workers, doesn't that mean we pay your salary? You're going to kick out your kindest boss?"
"If you don't leave, I'll have to call the police."
Tyler says, "Can't even do it yourself?"
I think, every second of this day has been excruciating, and I have been awake for 77 hours.
Tyler socks the security guard right in the jaw, and the crowd goes wild.
It happens like this: Tyler hits the security guard with all four knuckles, all the people start screaming, and the security guard goes for his gun. I am standing in the middle of this hurricane, calm like a baby that's just been left in the car in 90 degree weather. I start walking.
Behind me, Tyler wrestles for the gun. He tosses it towards the kiosk that spat out my waiting ticket. He lets the security guard hit him in the gut. The face. The face again. He's on the ground, bloody spit threading his rebroken smile, and the security guard is kicking him in the gut. Tyler curls into a ball, the security guard kicks him in the kidneys. This will give Tyler bruises like size thirteen boots and make him piss blood for three weeks.
I reach the door, and Tyler's crawling after me. The security guard has come out of his haze, and now the crowd is staring at him. The headline: local DMV worker brutally bludgeons mentally ill constituent. People stare at him, now aware of the violence he is capable of. They wonder. He wonders.
Tyler limps out the door. We get on the bus and the driver stares at us and does not make us pay when we walk past him to the seats. The driver had a black eye. We saw him at fight club last week.
We sit, and I tell Tyler, because of him I'm definitely on a list now. Like they had for all those communists, but now it's for schizophrenics who might bomb their local state Department of Motor Vehicles location. I tell him if I get a letter saying I have to show up in court because I beat up a government worker, I'm sending him, and he can have fun explaining that to whatever rancid old judge presides over our case.
He laughs, and laughs, and laughs.
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cinnbar-bun · 4 months
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Masochism Tango- Corazon x Reader
Summary: He loves how you can inflict such tortuous pain onto him.
Notes: Flowery, metaphorical, masochistic. Corazon just loves getting violent. Please avoid if these are not your cup of tea.
Words: 779 words
Rating: NSFW - it’s more metaphorical and flowery but it’s still lemony.
He loves. He loves you with all his heart. His heart that beats, quivers, jumps, aches, and bleeds for you. He loves you like you’re his lifeline. He loves you in a way that he cannot describe fully- only able to say that it’s painful.
To him, loving you is a pain. You kill him, beat down every last ounce of rebellion or argument within him. He’s your helpless victim, a willing volunteer to your ministrations.
He just can’t help it. You make his heart beat and go crazy. You make him desire the opportunity to be crushed at your feet. You make him wish for you to beat him black and blue, make him a bloody mess, make him beg for mercy as you break him to pieces.
“Mi corazon…” he breathlessly whimpers, tied up and bound by the leather belts restraining him to the bedpost. You both know he could easily snap them off, but he enjoys this too much. He enjoys how you can make him yearn for such carnal pleasure. He adores how you change from his loving spouse to his cruel muse, all because of his pleading.
“Dogs don’t speak,” you reply, and he grins widely at how much he loves when you degrade him like that.
On the outside, he acts uncaring. He plays the part of your silent guard dog. He hates children. Heck, he hates you. Despises you, in fact.
It’s obvious, with the way his eyes sternly lock with yours as you dance for the entertainment of others. Viola dances too- but he’s never looking at her in such a way. You bite down on a rose, and he clenches his fist. It’s clear he hates you. He can’t even fumble for his lighter properly when he looks at you. His eyes are glued to you, lighting with a fury of a thousand suns.
The others wonder why he bothers with you if he hates you this much.
Probably a masochist, that one, they think about you.
It’s clear that Corazon, for some reason, refuses to let you be with others despite his lack of love for you. That sadism and cruelty must run in the family.
But then he closes the door, sheds his fur mantle and drops to his knees to apologize, worship, and adorn you with his kisses. His eyes softly fluttering as they seem to beg once more for an encore of the performance you two played together yesterday.
It’s a pathetic display, one he’s shamefully reveling in as he pleads for another opportunity to be at your mercy. How he wishes you could devour his body and soul and have the two of you be connected forever- perhaps that would stop the enjoyable pain he gets from loving you. Perhaps it could make him reach the highest peaks of heaven, where he and you simply become one. One being. One thought. One heart.
How he wishes for it. The heavy ache he feels for you makes him struggle to breathe, along with your hand clamped around his throat. He knows you’re careful not to break his windpipe, having studied the correct position for this, but a thought in his mind drifts to how it would feel if you just crushed his voice, making him unable to scream again. Oh, how lovely it would be to have you take his breath and voice from him.
When you whip him, stab him, cut him, slice him, use him as your ashtray, he can’t help but moan and groan through the pain- nowhere near as excruciating as the way his heart pounds for you.
Your nails claw his back and he shivers at the fact these marks will reflect back when he looks in the mirror. Your voice hurls insult after insult, degrading term after degrading term, and pure venom. His ears can’t help but be entranced with how your voice is louder, harder, and dangerous.
You two are so different in public, and he loves when he’s alone with you, how he can simply remove those faux lies about himself and just submit to your ruling completely. How he can love you the way he’s always wanted to have been loved- painfully. And you’re his perfect partner in this bloody dance the two of you have decided to partake in.
There’s no one else he’d rather have been stepped on, shaken, or dragged by, other than you. His heart weeps and screams for you, the only one worthy of it in this damn hell. He can only heave happily as you remove the gag from his mouth and kiss his cheek, softly apologizing for the rough treatment.
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nhl-stories · 1 year
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. – Quinn Hughes
Summary: Ignoring the pain of a break up is a lot easier when you're not best friend's with your ex's brother
Author’s Note: A song title being a period is very annoying for writing, prepare for angst below
Word Count: 4.4k​
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It's been so hard Ever since you broke my heart But I'll never tell Honey, I'm not doing so well
It’s like a rite of passage to get a crush on your friend’s older sibling. There’s some sort of forbidden love chemical that goes off in your brain and you just can’t help it.
You never expect anything to happen with it, maybe some embarrassing moments of staring or a few ridiculous confessions in a diary, but nothing more.
Lux wishes her crush could have been more aptly named, and the puppy love had been squashed before anything actually happened.
“Can I get into my house and wash the car off of me before you start bothering me,” Lux tries to sidestep Jack who’s sitting on her porch.
After a five-hour drive, the last thing she needs is to deal with a needy Jack. She’s physically exhausted and doesn’t feel like becoming emotionally exhausted on top of it.
“No, you ignored my texts.”
“Gee, I wonder why,” she rolls her eyes.
She tries using her suitcase to box him out and make it to the door, but of course he’s faster than her and grabs her ankle pulling her down onto the porch into a heap. She sits up with a huff, but can’t help but notice how serious Jack looks.
“Are you gonna ignore me all summer? Because you graduate next year and you may never get a summer off again!”
“You can’t expect me to just happily go hang out at the lake all summer.”
“She’s only gonna be there for like two weeks, she has a job to go back to,” he says it like it’s a selling point.
“You know it’s not just about her, but since I can already see you’re not going to stop unless I say yes, I’ll see you in two weeks,” she tries to escape again, but Jack grabs her wrist.
“Luxy, please come to the party this weekend, my mom would love to see you,” she wants to kick him for playing the mom card, “and I’ll even drive you home so you don’t have to spend the night.”
She narrows her eyes, “Yeah right, you’ll get drunk and then I’ll be held captive in the house of testosterone.”
Jack’s eyes dart around because he can’t deny the possibility of that happening.
“Don’t let Quinn ruin our summer fun,” he settles on that dagger.
“Fine,” she caves and Jack does a fist pump in response, “but you have to stay here for dinner because my mom keeps peeking through the curtain and she’ll be pissed if you leave.”
Lux wouldn’t be in the position if she had never befriended Jack in the first place. Or as she usually referred to it, Jack begrudgingly endeared himself to her.
It had started in middle school, when Jack had chosen drama class as his art elective and of course Lux had gotten assigned as his scene partner for the semester. It was the classic partnering of the ‘class disruption’ with the ‘class delight’ in hopes they’d balance each other out.
Jack was loud and brash and loved to rile up Lux, making fun of the way her cheeks would burn red in exasperation. Lux was the quiet girl in class, but one on one she could hold her own with an acid tongue that could easily rattle Jack’s demeanor. Their teacher thought she couldn’t have made a better pair.
The first time Lux went to Hughes’ house to practice lines, she fell in love.
Quinn was only a couple years older but with her tween brain rotting with hormones; Lux thought she was seeing a man for the first time, when she was always surrounded by mere boys.
Lux decided being Jack’s friend was something she needed in her life, if only for the proximity to her new crush. And when Ellen learned Lux was good in science, she recruited her to tutor Jack and the girl became ingrained in the family’s life.
For Lux and Jack their friendship grew to be a nice escape from usual social circles; a comfortable space where there were no expectations to act or talk or think a certain way.
And Lux got the extra benefit of secretly glancing at Quinn. Sure, her mouth turned to sand when he would merely say hi, or her face cherry red when she had even the slightest physical contact with him. Even if was just ruffling her hair in an older brother sort of way. But it all felt worth it for those miniscule interactions.
It was the one thing Jack never made fun of her for, maybe he thought it would fade away over time, like all of his crushes. But it never fully disappeared, even when she dated boys in her own grade, her heart held a special place for Quinn.
And against the odds something happened.
Lux went to Michigan for a college visit and Quinn offered to show her around a little.
“I can even give you a non-parent approved tour,” he had joked.
It was the first time they had spent any time alone, and something just clicked. They laughed at the same jokes, especially at Jack’s expense, talked about their futures even when Quinn’s was clearly more set in stone than Lux’s. By the end of the visit, they didn’t want to stop talking. So, they didn’t.
Texting went from occasionally, to daily. Texting turned to phone calls. Phone calls turned into visits to Quinn’s dorm to hang out and help him study.
Neither made a move for a long time. Lux, because she was worried that she might be reading too much into it. Quinn because she was still in high school and one of Jack’s friends.
Nothing happened until Jack’s graduation party. Jack was preoccupied with his other friends from hockey as they talked about the upcoming draft. And Lux was about to duck out to go to another friend’s party after she finished a piece of cake.
“Congrats valedictorian,” Quinn says, of course, while Lux has a mouthful of cake.
“Congrats on dropping out of college,” she laughs, hoping her wit covers up her nerves.
“Ouch.”
“Sorry, I spend too much time with Jack and that means keeping his ego in check.”
“The world thanks you for that,” they both laugh.
There’s a long silence, Lux fills it with finishing her cake before she gathers some courage.
“I was going to head out to another party, want to come with?”
They never made it to the party; they ended up pulling into a parking lot and making out. It was a start of a summer romance, something to enjoy before Quinn went to Vancouver and Lux to Northwestern. It was a bonus making Jack constantly annoyed by their PDA.
The summer ended and they didn’t, a long distant relationship tided over by games in Chicago, spring breaks, and summers off.
Things were great. And then they weren’t. And then they were over.
It’s been months since the breakup, but the wound is still fresh for Lux. Her grades started slipping in the last semester, she began losing weight in the bad kind of way, she stopped going out with her friends as much.
Lux wishes she was doing better. Not to show Quinn, who already had a new girlfriend, up.  Rather, to prove to him (or maybe herself) that her world didn’t end when he ended things. Most days it felt like it had.
She checks her rearview mirror for the thousandth time to make sure she looks well-rested and her eyes aren’t puffy and red from crying on the way over.
“You can do this, there will be other people and you don’t have to talk to him more than hello,” she gives herself a pep talk.
After another deep breath she gets out of her car, grabbing her overnight bag because deep down she knows she’ll end up staying.
She lets herself into the house like normal, and is surprised by how quiet it is. She walks further into the house and finds Ellen in the kitchen chopping fruit.
“Lux, it’s so good to see you!” She puts down the knife and engulfs the girl in hug, “I’m glad someone’s here to help keep them out of trouble.”
Lux follows her eyes to where a group of man-children are outside.
“That’s a lot to ask of one person,” she chuckles before meandering around the kitchen island to avoid going outside, “do you need any help?”
Ellen’s eyes soften giving Lux a sad smile before pulling her into another hug.
“I know it’s hard sweetie, but it’s going to be okay,” she squeezes her once more, “and there’s some veggies you can cut.”
Lux can’t help but notice how at home she feels here, she knows where everything is like it’s her own place, which last summer it sort of had been. She had helped the boys move in and decorate and organize.
“How’s school? Your mom tells me you’re taking the MCATs next?”
“I’m taking them, but I don’t know if I want medical school or grad school or what,” she doesn’t mention that her breakup with Quinn has her second guessing every life choice.
 “My dad thinks I should take a year off to figure it out."
"That’s not a terrible idea, you work too hard.”
“Luxy!”
“Lukey!” She laughs at the lanky teen and pulls him into a hug, “Do they feed not feed you at college? You’re all bones.”
She thinks she hears Luke mumble under his breath, “I could say the same about you,” but Ellen speaks up before she can dwell.
“He’s like a bottomless pit, we’re banishing him to Jack and Quinn’s cause he’s eating us out of house and home,” Ellen laughs from the counter.
“Good call, they got that NHL money now.”
“Why didn’t you come out and say hi?” Jack calls out when he and the boys start entering the house.
“Because I’m a polite house guest and I'm helping your mom with food,” she stabs the knife in the air to make her point.
Jack comes over and gives her a hug and a spin.
“Glad you actually came,” he whispers as he sets her down.
Some of the other boys from the National program come and give her hugs, they were never close friends but friends by proximity.
The back door opens again and Quinn comes in, hair wet from the lake and leading an equally wet girl by the waist. She knew she would see them but it doesn’t stop her heart from deflating a bit.
Lux can already picture how Quinn picked her up and jumped in the lake with her, then kissing her when they resurfaced until she wasn't mad anymore. Maybe they'd gotten more handsy under the water, until one of the guys called them out and they separated a little flustered but not enough to completely detach.
Lux knows from experience.
She feels a pinch on her side removing her from conjuring her own nightmares, “Lux, I said why didn’t I see you at my last game in Chicago?”
She looks over and blushes, embarrassed she’s been caught, she tries to pull it together before she gets any sad eyes. She’s sick of the pity everyone has been giving her.
“I had finals Z,” she rolls her eyes at Trevor.
Lux knows Z only invites her with hopes she’ll bring a cute friend with her.
“And this goes for all of you stop giving me tickets to Chicago games, I don’t care about hockey or you guys enough to go every time. I barely want to go see Jack and he only plays the Hawks like twice a year.”
She tries to ignore the fact that Quinn is standing by the island now, wrapping a towel around the new girl's shoulders while looking towards Lux.
“What about me? We went to prom together!” Cole says with fake offense.
“You only asked me because I make you look tall!”
She hates how comfortable she feels, laughing with the boys and making fun of them. Then she makes the mistake of making eye contact with Quinn’s new girl.
“Hi we haven’t met, I’m Samantha. I’m Quinn’s girlfriend,” she gives a shy wave.
To everyone’s credit they act remarkably chill about the moment, pretending there’s nothing out of the ordinary.
“I’m Lux.”
“Oh, you’re Jack’s girlfriend, he won’t shut up about you,” she smiles brightly.
Lux and Jack can’t help but let out loud, awkward laughs at the same time. Nothing has ever sounded more ridiculous.
“Jack and Lux no way,” Trevor starts to open his big mouth, “it’s Lux and–“
Lux elbows him in the ribs.
“It’s Lux and me all the way,” he puts an arm around her shoulder, “Or at least it will be when she moves to LA.”
“LA?” Quinn speaks up for the first time.
“I looked at some schools down there, it’s a maybe.”
She shrugs like it’s no big deal but feels a little smug that Quinn is so curious.
“I’m still lobbying for Princeton or Columbia,” Jack says.
“Just what Lux needs, you within driving distance all year round,” Ellen chides her middle son, “Quinn why don’t you start grilling the hamburgers.”
Quinn and Ellen head outside carrying some food supplies. Samantha thinks about staying for a second but everyone else must have a weird fake smile like Lux, because she mirrors the smile before following her boyfriend outside.
As soon as the door shuts behind her, Lux pinches Trevor on the shoulder where she can tell a sunburn is coming in.
“Ow fuck!”
“What the hell was that?”
“I wanted to help out, make Quinny jealous,” Lux furrows her brows at him, “It was working for a bit.”
“Did I ask for your help?”
“No, but you looked like you could use a win,” he shrugs.
She looks around at the other guys, they aren’t really making eye contact. She realizes she doesn’t just feel like a pathetic loser, she must look like one too.
She picks up the vegetables she sliced and carries them outside, determined to show them that she’s not broken. Even if that’s not true.
People start trickling in and it starts to become a real party. She mingles with some girls she’s met in previous summers who live in cabins nearby. She even talks to Samantha when she looks a little lost as people start interrogating Quinn about hockey.
In another life Lux and Samantha would be great friends. Lux hates her a little for that. And she drinks a little too much in response.
A haze fills her peripherals, she’s wobbly on her feet but not quite to the level of falling over or getting sick.
“Quinny!” Lux and Samantha say in the same tone when he comes by with a cup of water handing it over to his girlfriend like he used to do for Lux.
“Why didn’t you tell me how great Lux was?” Samantha says a bit too loud and too fast, “I would have made my plans to overlap with her more.”
Quinn awkwardly laughs and raises an eyebrow to Lux.
“What can I say? I’m very lovable. You know that Q,” she feels herself try to wink, but it’s not quite right.
“Luxy come be my pong partner, I need someone to drink for me,” Luke helps the girl out of the chair, he’s not allowed to heavily drink while his parents are around.
“I don’t think she needs to drink more,” Quinn warns.
“That’s none of your business anymore Quinn,” Lux says with a sharper tone than she realizes she’s capable of.
Luke is extra good at pong because he’s practically sober, while their opponents are on par with Lux. Which means there’s not much drinking to be done on Lux’s part. She can feel herself sobering up and she hates it. She hates it even more when she sees Quinn and Samantha making out by the fire pit.
“I don’t feel well,” she mumbles but Luke hears her.
“Want me to take you home?”
She looks over to see Jack didn’t hold up his end of the bargain and is too drunk to drive her home. She’s probably good to drive herself but she thinks she might drive herself into the lake on purpose.
“Um– no. I drove so it will be a whole thing with my car. I’m– I’ll just– I’ll find somewhere to lie down.”
“You can sleep in my room if you want.”
She’s silent for too long thinking about what to do, she should just go home. Ask Ellen for a ride. Anything to get away from here. She could just sleep in her car.
Instead of doing anything she pulls Luke into a hug, he wraps his arms around her. It’s like he’s holding her together.
“Whoa, are you trying to collect Hughes brothers?” Jack says loudly from across the lawn, he’s too drunk to realize it’s not exactly a funny joke.
Everyone knows what he means, Lux whips her head towards Quinn and Samantha.  She looks thoroughly clueless, but Quinn is fuming.
Lux runs into the house, she doesn’t care if she cockblocks Jack or makes him sleep on the couch, she takes his room and buries herself under the covers and sobs.
She didn’t prove to anyone that she’s doing well.
The next morning her head hurts and she can’t tell if it’s from drinking or crying too much. Jack is snoring in a makeshift bed he made on the floor, she thinks about kicking him in the ribs on her way out.
No one is up when she makes her getaway.
The next time she goes to the lake house is by accident.
She’s out with some friends from high school who go to Michigan. They start out with brunch and it spirals out of control from there.
They’re out getting pizza, all on wobbly, baby deer legs, and deciding where to go next when her friend Kylie’s fiancé comes to pick her up.
“Refueling for round two?” He laughs at the group and tries to gather Kylie.
“More like round three,” Kylie giggles and tries to plant a kiss and misses leaving a sloppy, wet kiss on his neck.
Lux and her other friends ‘aww’ at that even though it’s definitely not cute and more embarrassing.
“And you’re you sure you guys want to continue on?”
“Yeah, we’re good,” Lux gives him a thumbs up.
She isn’t entirely wrong, they make it to the next bar with little issue, though maybe the bartender shouldn’t serve them at this point.
They’re talking about planning Kylie’s bachelorette party in the way drunk girls do, too elaborate to actually be executed.
The conversation switches to their current love lives, which is not exactly the topic Lux wants to broach. At least when it comes to herself. She tries to keep the spotlight off her and that works for the most part, it’s nice to hear about her friends falling in love and their bad hookups.
“What the fuck Lux? I’ve been waiting outside for 10 minutes.”
Jack is standing over the table trying his best to look mad, but having a hard time with the four girls staring up at him in a drunken stupor.
“This a is girls’ night, you’re not invited!” Lux slurs and takes a sip through her straw, going back to her friends.
“You texted me an SOS,” he thinks for a second, “or it seemed like it cause you texted me gibberish followed by your location pin, so I thought you needed rescuing.”
“Well, you can see I’m fine so see you later,” she waves him off and her friends laugh.
“Not happening, I haven’t seen you in weeks and I drove all the way here, you’re coming with me.”
He leans forward to grab her arm only to be assaulted by a chorus of ‘nos,’ so he backs off for a bit, reaching for his wallet and taking out a few bills.
“Next round is on me.”
“She’s all yours Jacky boy,” her friend Ashley winks and grabs the cash.
“Traitor,” Lux sticks out her tongue as Jack helps her out of the booth.
“If a Hughes is gonna take you home, we’re glad it’s him,” Ashley makes a stern face, “tell Q he sucks for us.”
“Quinn doesn’t suck,” Lux says protectively, like he’s hers to protect.
“I’ll happily tell him Ash,” Jack cuts in before anyone picks at that scab anymore, “C’mon Luxy I’ll buy you some pizza.”
She reluctantly goes, blowing kisses to her friends. Jack helps her get into the car and she splays out in her seat.
And that’s how she accidentally ends up at the lake house.
“This isn’t my house?” She mumbles through a mouthful of pizza that she snuck during the drive.
“Obviously, if I have to kidnap you to hang out,so be it.”
Lux rolls her eyes, she’s too hungry and getting too sleepy to argue so she just gets out of the car, carefully because she can’t lose any precious pizza.
“Pizza delivery!” Lux yells out and makes a beeline to the fridge taking out a drink.
“Should you really be drinking more?”
“My knight and shining armor brought me to safety,” she ungracefully rubs a hand across Jack’s face, “so I might as well stay this drunk until I fall asleep.”
Jack jokingly puts a hand on her face and grabs the drink out of her hand, “then let me catch up with you a bit first.”
That’s when Quinn and Luke come into the kitchen, with Jack and Lux awkwardly holding each other’s faces.
“Girls’ night?” Quinn smirks, having been on the other side of that hand many times.
“Oh, I thought Lux was settling for the worst Hughes brother,” Luke laughs and Quinn kicks his shin.
“Lux would be so lucky,” Jack grabs a piece of pizza.
“And there would be a murder-suicide,” Quinn rolls his eyes.
If Lux was sober, she would be able to appreciate the normalcy of this moment.
“Lux can hear you and Lux,” she forgets her point for a moment, ”Lux is drunk and over Hughes brothers. Do the Tkachuks need a new friend? They even have a sister it’d be a better fit.”
“I can put a good word in for you with Brady,” Quinn snickers at the drunken rambling.
Lux grins at him and even through her drunken haze her heart does a little flip, this is what it feels like to be with her Quinn.
“Let’s get you to bed before you really embarrass yourself.”
Jack hooks an arm around her shoulder. Lux is smart enough to know what he’s implying, that’s not her Quinn anymore and she’s inebriated enough to say something she regrets. Jack won’t let that happen on his watch.
“There’s even a guest room with your name on it.”
Jack gives her some clothes to wear and tucks her into her bed.
“I know I’m your favorite Hughes,” he kisses her forehead.
“Yeah, but don’t tell anyone, it’s really embarrassing.”
Lux wakes up an hour later desperately needing to pee, she scrambles out of bed only to realize she’s still heavily under the influence. She tries to wanders the hallway in the dark, pretty sure she’s familiar enough with the layout to find her way.
She’s wrong.
Opening a door she walks into Quinn’s room, who’s just walking out of his ensuite bathroom toweling his hair, naked.
“Oh god, I’m sorry,” she slaps a hand over her eyes, “I was looking for the bathroom and this is the one I’ve used the most.”
He lightly chuckles, “it’s nothing you haven’t seen before.”
“That’s true,” she opens a crack between her fingers and peeks through.
“That wasn’t an invitation to look Lux,” he tinges pink before thumbing towards the open door, “bathroom’s free.”
“Oh right, I’ll be a second then out of your hair.”
When she comes back out, Quinn is sitting on his bed, the side that used to be hers. She can feel hot tears boiling in her eyes and tries to make a quick exit.
She trips over nothing, her faculties still not her own, and finds herself flopping her legs out and leaning against his dresser. Admitting defeat and letting herself cry.
“You okay?” Quinn gets up and takes a seat on the floor next to her.
“I’m sorry.”
“For falling down?”
“No for us. I’m sorry I cut you out and didn’t tell you how I felt and was just a shitty girlfriend.”
“You weren’t a shitty girlfriend.”
He wraps an arm around her shoulder, Lux flinches at the contact before relaxing into the familiar warmth.
“I didn’t know what I wanted and I let get in the way of a good thing,” she kicks her legs like a kid having a tantrum.
“You’re 21, unlike the weirdo Hughes brothers it’s pretty normal to not know what you want Lux.”
He gives her a little squeeze, “I also think us not being in the same city or even country for almost our whole relationship didn’t really help either.”
They sit in silence after that, they’ve always been good at reveling in a quiet moment.
But his hand is so warm on her arm and Lux can’t revel, she can’t hope, she can’t pretend that there’s more to this than just Quinn being nice. And that means fighting her drunken thoughts that are telling her to kiss him or tell him she loves him.
“Samantha seems nice.”
“Yeah?” He looks towards her, trying to hold back a smile as they make eye contact for the first time.
“And it’s nice to see you so happy, I like happy Quinn.”
“I like happy Lux; I have a feeling she hasn’t been around much.”
“No,” she squeaks out, trying to keep the dam of tears together, it doesn’t work for long.
“I’m not dealing with the breakup as well as you.”
“It’s okay,” he pulls her into his chest and lets her cry.
“I’m dealing with it a lot better than I thought I would, and I’m the one who broke up with you,” his voice sounds pinched but Lux doesn’t dare look, “and you’re gonna be okay, I’m not that great.”
Lux gives him a little slap at that comment.
“When you do finally figure out what you want, there’s going to be no stopping you.”
Lux pulls back and kisses the corner of his mouth. There’s no romance in it; it’s a goodbye to what they were.
“I wish we could have worked out, but I guess I’m dodging a bullet by not becoming a Hughes,” she lets out a laugh.
“There’s the Lux, I know,” they’re both grinning like idiots.
He gives her hand one last squeeze as she leaves, hands slowly parting until they’re too far away to touch. It doesn’t fix everything, her heart isn’t completely welded back together, but it’s a start.
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sparkypantaloons · 2 years
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Grubs Up
Tim is no cook. He's not an idiot. He can make a meal. A decent one at that. But decent as in it will keep him alive. Not decent as in anyone would want to purposefully eat it.
He doesn't care. He learnt survival skills to survive. Not live. That was the whole point.
But after only two days of boiled ready-ramen, with sad flavour packs that expired at least nine months ago and some slightly tragic vitamin supplements crushed into the broth, he's wondering if his training has been sufficient. He'd kill for a cheeseburger right about now.
It's raining. He, Dick and Jason have been holed up in some awful cabin for two nights now. Waiting for an all clear on their extraction. The go ahead for their own rescue.
They're tired and irritable. And hungry.
They could leave. They could. They don't owe this mission anything. They've given up their own cases and their own commitments to be here. It's a long and boring story, but the crux of it is that Bruce asked. Bruce asked them to fight and then he asked them to stay, too. So here they are.
They could fight their way out. Easily enough probably. But Bruce asked them not to do that either. So instead they wait.
Each of them are dealing with the decision in their own way.
Dick is angry. Angry in that quiet, calm way he is. When he thinks he's let himself down. So quick to question his own judgement when it comes to Bruce. But still adamant the others are right in their choice.
Jason is playing at indifference. It's a poor show, if Tim is honest. The middle brother failing at nonchalance, as he sits hunched and irritated in the corner.
Tim made his decision long ago. His loyalty is to Bruce. Always. Since before Robin and long after. But damn is he hungry.
The three of them have just split their last protein bar. A grimly bland concoction of nuts and oats and little else.
Jason, of all people, is the one to put a positive spin on it. Unnaturally cheery and grateful for the meager nourishment.
Dick scowls, his eyes and mood dark, as Jason pretends the mouthful of beige is something worth remarking on.
Tim is... christ, he's just so hungry man. He'd eat just about anything right now.
Which is why, when the door opens, not moments later, and Duke stands there, dressed in his stealth black version of his uniform, with a giant tupperware of chilli con carne in his hands, Tim thinks he could kiss him.
"Sup losers?" Duke says cheerily.
Dick scowls as he rises, just as Jason fully body checks him, shoving the older man out of the way.
"Narrows!" Jason breathes, eyes widening at the large tupperware in Duke's hands.
"Alfred sent me." Duke says, pulling off his helmet.
"Ohmygodisthishischilli?" Jason slurs, almost salivating at the thought. He tries to pry the lid off the box in Duke's hands.
Duke scowls. "No, bro." He moves the tupperware out of Jason's reach. "I made this, you ungrateful swine."
"Did you bring forks?" Dick asks. He barely looks at the teenager, eyes fixed on the parcel of delicious food.
Duke rolls eyes. "Hi Dickie, how are you? Oh, hungry? Good job I brought forks."
"Gimme a fork." Tim says, crowding the youngest Bat.
"You guys are acting like you haven't eaten for weeks." Duke scowls, prying open the tupperware in his hand. He jerks away from the Red Hood, as the older man shoves his nose towards the smell of stewed and spiced meat. "Didn't Bruce ever teach you any manners?" Duke grumbles. He fishes some forks out of his utility belt.
Tim grabs them out of Duke's hand. Doesn't even bother to respond before he digs into the delicious, tender stew. Holds the spare forks out of Dick and Jason's reach as he shovels the food into his mouth.
"Replacement you frickin a hole" Jason growls, grabbing at Tim's spare hand and barging past Duke.
Dick scowls. "You're being douche bags! Tim!" He snaps.
Tim is giggling. Part hysteria, part pure joy at earing something that isn't survivalist gourmet. "Okay, okay." He laughs, half hysterical. "Forks you animals." He holds the cutlery out to his brothers.
Duke watches them frowning. "It's barely been two days guys. This is a bit sad, you can't be this hungry already?"
"You try living off Timmy's 'Bat-belt Ramen'" Jason mutters, through a mouthful of chilli.
Dick shoves him out the way. Shovels another mouthful of chilli into his mouth from the tupperware. "Sunny-D you're my favourite brother." He chomps.
Duke rolls his eyes. "Until Damian brings you breakfast in bed again." He mutters.
Tim snorts, chilli comes up through his sinuses, threatens to come out his nose.
Duke smirks, holds a hand to his ear. Listens for a moment. "Batman's two minutes out for extraction." He says. "Eat up."
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I had a dream that I was a ghost and the only person who could see me was my crush so... this but SaruMi.
Imagine this post-betrayal but pre-reconciliation, and neither one has any clue why only the other person can see them. Like imagine Yata’s out chasing a Strain causing issues in Homra’s territory. Kamamoto is helping him and they manage to corner the Strain but then Yata gets hit, Kamamoto is also knocked down for a moment. When he looks up Yata’s nowhere to be seen and Kamamoto looks around worriedly, yelling Yata’s name. Yata meanwhile slowly sits up, shaking his head and sweating because what the hell was that. He tells Kamamoto to stop yelling, he’s right here, but Kamamoto completely ignores him. Yata’s like hey shut up I’m here you know, standing right in front of Kamamoto, and Kamamoto worriedly yells ‘Yata-san! Where are you?’ as he walks right through Yata. Yata just freezes all ‘eh?’ and looks down at his hands, which are translucent, and promptly screams.
Poor Yata is just freaking out now, like did that asshole Strain kill me and now I’m a g-g-ghost. He shakes his head like no I gotta be cool about this, I can’t be a ghost right. He does at least realize that there’s no body and that makes him relax a little, he was chasing a Strain after all so this must just be a Strain’s power. He figures well Kamamoto can’t see him but he’ll just go back to Homra and Mikoto-san will definitely recognize him, or at least Anna will. Yata follows Kamamoto back to the bar, where Kamamoto tells everyone what happened. Kusanagi looks worried and says he’ll look into what the Strain power is, all while Yata’s waving his arms and yelling that he’s right here. Anna looks like something is bothering her but then she shakes her head, looking right through Yata like everyone else. Yata’s immediately deflated, he has no idea what to do now.
It’s weird having people walk through him at the bar so he decides to go try and find the Strain on his own, like maybe he can haunt that asshole into fixing him. As he’s walking down the street he passes a S4 blockade and decides to check it out, thinking maybe they’re after the same Strain. The S4 guys of course can’t see him either and Yata easily walks through them, thinking maybe there’s one good thing about being a ghost. That’s when a knife hits the ground by his feet. Yata falls backward and a couple of the S4 boys ask Fushimi what happened, Fushimi ignores them as he grins and says it’s awfully bold of Yata to walk right through a S4 blockade. Yata’s all you guys don’t own the street you know before cutting off as he realizes that Fushimi can see him. Yata’s like wait you really see me Saruhiko and Fushimi clicks his tongue all of course I do, you’re right there idiot. Hidaka nervously asks Fushimi if he’s okay, it sounds like he’s talking to someone but no one’s there. Fushimi raises an eyebrow all confused and Yata laughs weakly as he says it’s a long story. 
Fushimi tries to drag Yata over away from everyone but imagine even though he can see Yata he can’t touch Yata either and his hand passes right through. Fushimi’s face goes pale and his breath hitches for just a moment before he recovers himself and grumbles at Yata to follow him. Once they’re alone Fushimi asks Yata what’s going on, Yata laughs weakly and says he ran into a Strain and somehow only Fushimi can see him. He wonders why that is, grumbling that it’s just his luck that the only one who can see him is a dirty traitor. Fushimi says he doesn’t want to be the only one who sees Yata either, telling Yata to go away. Yata’s like wait you can’t just leave me like this, help me out. Fushimi’s all why should I, we’re enemies remember, and Yata’s like well this a Strain thing right, it’s your job to handle this shit isn’t it. Fushimi says Yata isn’t his boss and Yata’s all come on Saruhiko please, Fushimi scoffs that of course Yata’s asking for his help only when there’s no one else. Yata groans and is like fine, I’ll just be like this forever. 
He’s ready to walk away when Fushimi mutters ‘one day.’ Yata’s all ‘huh?’ and Fushimi matter-of-factly says S4 has been chasing the Strain that attacked Yata and the power wears off in a day, he just needs to wait it out. Yata’s immediately relieved all so I’m not gonna be stuck as a ghost. Fushimi’s all good, you have your answer now leave me alone. Yata hesitates and then awkwardly says well, thanks for the help and Fushimi just snaps at him to go so Fushimi can get back to his work. Once Yata’s gone Fushimi goes back to the alphabet squad, Akiyama has the information about the Strain up on a screen and is giving a debriefing. He mentions that his Strain can turn someone into a ghost and the only person who can see you is the person you’re in love with and Fushimi’s face is totally blank as he says what a stupid power, that can’t be the reason at all.
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hi athy!! it's been a while but i woke up knackered and dehydrated and chose violence i'm so sorry
He doesn’t tell Charles it’s the last time they see each other. He suspects Charles knows anyway: he’s always been able to read Seb easily, a quick once-over and he’s flailed before him, all of his secrets at Charles’s disposal. He sees him off, he picks up some groceries on his way back, he locks the door and he gives himself a week to grieve.
In hindsight, expecting to get over killing the love of his life in a week might have been overly optimistic.
He’s promised himself when the time came he’d never do it. There is no point: it won’t make him feel better, and it won’t change the outcome, and he has a high chance of messing up Charles of all people, which makes it not just worthless but outright dangerous, and yet—
And yet when Seb brings out his coloured pencils and charts a course, he finds it’s the first thing he’s been able to accomplish in a month. 
He wonders if there is a moral difference, if sneaking into his past like a thief is made any better by the fact that he seems unable to do anything else. Then he forbids himself to think at all.
In the first safe-house he uses he walks into the bedroom on autopilot and slumps against the wall; it’s never occurred to him, before, that he hasn’t been alone in here for over a decade. It’s one of the stupidest reasons not to use a bed when you have one, and so he puts down his bag, and he washes up, and he gets under the covers.
In the next ones he doesn’t bother trying, collapsing straight onto the couch instead.
He doesn’t let himself think, and he moves, and inverts, and he swallows food to keep himself going, and so when his feet bring him down a corridor he’s been in once already, he finds himself utterly unprepared.
“Did you forget something?” Charles asks, opening the door. He is chewing something; his hair is wet. He is here.
He is here.
He is here.
He is here—
Charles frowns, squinting at him, and plants himself in the gap of the ajar door, his hand firm on the handle.
“When are you from?” he asks.
“Ahead,” Seb says quietly. It’s the first time he’s heard his own voice in weeks. It barely works; he still has to swallow against it, trying to keep it in. It feels like every last part of him is trying to jump out of his body and reach touch feel feel feel
Charles is looking at him; it feels like stepping into the sun after an eternity of living underground.  
“What are you doing here?” Charles asks, and cranes his neck to look into the corridor, confused. “Where is he? I mean, me?”
He doesn’t even need to give Seb a once-over, not with how hard he has to bite into his lip to keep it from trembling.
“Oh, fuck,” Charles says. All this time dreaming of this, and suddenly Seb can’t bear to look at him. 
Charles cups his face in both hands, swipes his thumbs over his cheeks, and Seb melts into it immediately, presses urgently against the touch, trying to drink it in before it disappears. It’s heaven; it’s torture; he can barely breathe.
Charles’s hand is wet on his neck when he guides him into the room, and he realises he is crying. Crap. He thought, somehow, that he might be able to hide why he’s there, might be able to spare him knowing it happens at all, but it’s obvious now; of course it is. Stupid. Idiot.
“It’s okay,” Charles murmurs gently, and Seb is tucked safely against his shoulder, cradled closer like he is precious, when he—he—when it’s his—“It’s okay, I got you, I’m here.”
For now.
Seb wants to scream.
He doesn’t know how long they stand there by the door, Charles practically crushing him against himself, until finally the tension dissipates and he feels as drained as he’s been for the past few months.
There’s nothing quite as exhausting as grief.
Charles makes him tea, and holds him some more, and talks to him and jokes and makes him laugh—a terrible, wet sound, clumsy and alien; Charles still beams at him like he’s never heard anything better.
“I’m so sorry,” Seb says, even though he told himself multiple times not to burden Charles with it. It rips out of him anyway, too strong to hold it in.
“It’s not your fault,” Charles shrugs, and it takes all Seb still has not to curl in on himself.
You don’t understand. I knew. I knew you would go with me, and I knew you would love me, and I knew it would kill you, and I did it anyway. 
“I dragged you into this,” he offers instead, and Charles shrugs again, with baffling levity. 
“It’s not like I didn’t know.” Seb stares for a few long seconds. Then he realises what part is missing: of course Charles knows what they do is dangerous. If only it were all there was—“You’re not subtle, you know.”
“I—” he is what “I don’t—”
“I don’t know all of it,” Charles says, and he rolls his eyes, and if Seb didn’t love him so much he would’ve yelled at him for being so flippant about this. “But I know there is something. So.” He looks away, fiddling with the label of his tea packet, and Seb deflates, recognising his brave front for what it is. He swallows.
“Then I’m sorry,” he says again. Charles, unbelievably, laughs.
“Oh, yeah, I’m very sorry I met you,” he says, shaking his head. “Tragedy.”
“But it doesn’t end well!” Seb implores, forgetting he is not supposed to say it, as if it could help, as if it could save him, as if he could persuade Charles to walk out and live—
“Of course it doesn’t!” Charles snaps. He sighs, rubbing his face, and takes Seb’s hand. “I think, when it’s like this, it always ends bad.” Seb closes his eyes and feels himself shrink, trying to hide and disappear. He knows he tends to ruin everything he touches; it still hurts to hear it put like this.
Charles strokes his knuckles carefully.
“It’s just—” he sighs. “When it ends, I have to be without you, or you have to be without me. So it’s always bad. It doesn’t mean we shouldn’t have it at all.”
“So the only way out is if we die simultaneously,” Seb tries to joke; Charles makes a face.
“I’d rather know you are okay.”
“You can’t know that if you’re dead,” Seb points out, and Charles hums, balancing his chair on the back legs.
“I think I will always know,” he says with a smirk, aiming for light-hearted, but his eyes are tender on Seb’s face. Seb swallows.
I’m not. I’ll try.
“Take care of yourself,” Charles says as he sees him out.
“You take care of yourself,” Seb says, smacking him on the shoulder, feigning affront. Charles gives him a cheeky smile.
“I have you for that,” he says.
Seb bites his lip.
“I’m not doing a very good job,” he confesses, and Charles cups his face, runs his hand through his hair with a gentle smile. Seb tries not to think about how this is the last time Charles will ever touch him.
“I think you are.”
Seb lets it wash over him, settle warmly in his chest.
He chose this Charles because he thought he could handle it, now. He also chose this Charles because if he couldn’t, he would have his Seb back in a couple of hours, in one piece and wanting nothing more than to hold him and make him feel loved and cherished and adored. 
At least this time around, maybe, maybe, he managed to love him right.
When he gets to the safe-house, he locks the door, crawls into bed, and doesn’t dream.
its so long and ive just realised i ripped off your martian time travel au as well im sorry :'( woe be me
knackered tenet anon are you trying to make me cry??? are you. are you trying to make me curl up on the floor and never get up again???
listen. listen there's something just so tragic about. time. always working against them. i'm forwards but you're backwards. my beginning is your end. did you love me because i set this torturous circle up? would you love me if you knew? how would i ever know? was it worth it?
but charles says, yeah, it's always going to be bad. you send me on my death and at the other edge of the mobius strip i see you die. but does that mean we shouldn't have it? does that mean i'd give this up? no! if the middle is all we have, then the middle it is. i'd rather have all this pain than to not have you at all.
that's the basis of your entire tenet au there are two people willing to walk the loneliest journey just to have pockets of time where they meet i'm going to cry! knackered tenet anon jail for you!!! jail!!!
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Sparks Once Again
Pairing : Joshua Hong x Reader
Genre : Fluff
Warnings : Intentional lower casing
You agree to go on a blind date instead of your friend only to meet your high school crush whom you never confessed to. Unexpectedly, something sparks between you two.
"hyeji, even if it's the millionth time you're asking, the answer is still no," you tell your best friend, who's been pleading you for the past one hour.
you were talking with her on the phone and she wanted you to go on a blind date instead of her.
"please, y/n. you're my best friend. my parents are forcing me into this. i don't really want to go"
"cut the act, darling. who did you meet?"
"how did yo- ," hyeji sounds surprised.
"i've been your friend for years. now, spill the tea"
"it's seokmin. he's really nice. we've kind of been going on some dates and stuff. i really like him y/n. i don't think i want to date anyone else"
"if that's the case, then you should just cancel it with your date," you suggest.
"i thought about it but this guy is just too nice. i don't have the heart to say no. plus, it might be your chance to get a boyfriend yourself. how long are you going to stay single?"
"i've been single my entire life. for 25 years. it's no big deal. i can go on for another 30 before i die," you say, making her let out an exaggerate sigh.
"that's it, y/n. you're going. i don't care what you're saying. i'll inform that guy that you're coming instead of me"
"okay, fine. just text me the address of the restaurant. i'll go over and tell him that i'm not interested or whatever"
"don't. i'll kick your ass if that happens. be nice to him. he's a nice guy."
"whatever," you reply.
"i'm expecting a full report on whatever happens, you get that?"
"yes, princess hyeji," you say in a teasing manner.
"i'll murder you"
↶*ೃ✧˚. ❃ ↷ ˊ- ↶*ೃ✧˚. ❃ ↷ ˊ-
so basically that's how you ended up in this fancy restaurant, currently busy texting hyeji because your date hadn't arrived yet. you didn't even bother to ask hyeji his name. i mean why would you? it's not like you're going to be interested in him anyways.
how wrong you were.
a guy enters the restaurant and your attention goes to him immediately. with his suit and charming smile, he could have easily passed as a modern day prince or something. his doe eyes glinting under the restaurant's light and he looked around as he was searching for someone.
you freeze for a second. you've seen him before. you feel like you should know him but your brain just couldn't process.
as you were busily thinking, his eyes lands on you and his smile brightens. he walks over to you.
"hyeji???"
"i'm not hyeji, i'm her friend. hyeji told you about me right?"
"yeah. but i forgot to ask her your name. i'm joshua, by the way," he introduces himself as he sits down and then you realize.
joshua hong. your first and only crush in your entire 25 years of living. no wonder you felt like you knew him.
"joshua? you went to miran arts high school right? i'm y/n, remember? junhui's friend"
his face scrunches for a brief moment but he seems to recognize you as well.
"of course, y/n. how could i forget? i had like the biggest crush on you back then," he says, making your eyes widen in shock. your heart skips a beat.
"you liked me?"
"yeah. no one really knew about it. i'm good at keeping secrets"
"why didn't you tell me though?"
"i was just afraid of rejection, you know," he smiles and brushes it off. you still couldn't believe it. your crush since middle school to high school actually liked you back. talk about good luck.
"i liked you too. i didn't confess because lots of people told me that i didn't have a chance"
"seriously?"
"why would i lie about that?"
"i guess you're right. but it's fine now. it was all in the past. let's just talk about what's happening in the present"
"sure. but, should we order first?"
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you didn't think that you would enjoy the night as much as you actually did. joshua was the same as you remember. slightly shy yet kind and friendly. before you knew you were talking until the restaurant was about to close and only the both of you were left.
you leave the restaurant and joshua insists in walking you home. you walk as the night sky's beauty mesmerised the both of you. a gentle breeze kissed your skin and you shiver from the chillness which doesn't go unnoticed by joshua.
"cold?" he asks to which you reply by gently nodding. he takes off his suit jacket and wraps it around your shoulder. you thank him and continue to walk in the silence.
"to be honest, i learnt a lot about you today, y/n," joshua finally says, like he's been wanting to say it the entire night.
"really? like what?"
"you want to join a publishing company after college, you do a lot of matchmaking for your friends, you hate people who lie and you don't have any plans to date which is too bad if you ask me"
"why is it a bad thing?"
"i was planning to ask you on another date next week. i don't think you're going to agree,"he replies and your heart flutters for the millionth time that night.
"joshua i-"
"it's okay, y/n. just leave it"
"i would love to go"
"i wasn't expe- wait. what? seriously?" he looks shocked but to be honest, today was full of surprises for the both of you.
"if it's you then i would love to go," you say. his smile brightens and you feel butterflies in your stomach. it was just like the old times. only he had that effect on you.
"that's great"
"so text me the place and time?"
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"see! i told you that you would like him. but honestly, that was joshua hong? thank goodness i asked you to go" hyeji says, but you don't pay attention. your mind drifts off to the memory of joshua. honestly, you never thought you would get a second chance with him.
"so tell me. what made you agree to that second date?" hyeji asks and you snap back to reality.
"I just felt sparks once again"
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still thinking about grief and recovery and support on this show because oh boy did the shows airing this weekend put me in my dead parent feelings i said before i was concerned about how porjai is dealing with her own grief, and this episode we saw her easily talking about rung, and even casually yelling to rung that she misses her! maybe this is me projecting, because i can't do that, but this seems like a pretty healthy place to be, especially contrasted with mhok's relative silence, and i'm glad!
and mhok's silence doesn't come from anger or resentment (which are valid ofc, but i did wonder if imprisonment gave him time to work through this to some degree) but out of protectiveness. i fucking loved this, because it felt so realistic and lived-in. i lost a parent to intimate partner violence, and i NEVER open up about it; people sure have Opinions, and it makes me insane
but day finding out about rung offscreen wasn't on my bingo card, tbh. because we've been with mhok through everything he's found out about day
it doesn't bother me, exactly, but it feels slightly unbalanced, and i suppose what i'm thinking is: knowing what happened to someone doesn't actually tell you how they feel about it, or how it affects them, or how you can support them
mhok found out from that lady sharing personal medical info she had no business sharing about day losing his eyesight in the accident, but he put in the work to understand what it actually meant for day. and in most cases, we've seen day telling mhok about what troubles him in his own words (his crush on auggy, why he was avoiding his friends, etc)
bereavement is probably statistically more common, so i suppose it may not need to be spelled out for an audience? but i am wary, because there have been so many shows where characters are visibly — to me! — struggling with grief and everything else matryoshka-ed in it, but audience reaction simply doesn't factor this in
i'm also thinking about how often mhok tells day a story about himself with the intent of making him smile ("i bought two bracelets just because i had money to spend" "i found this rooftop when i needed to sober up" "my sister called this false rice". i'm certain there are more!). because this is what a caretaker does, or because this is what mhok does, or both?
because this always made me wonder what it would take for mhok to talk about something that wouldn't make day smile, or because he wanted to share. in the former case, it'd have to be something pretty bad!
of course, talking isn't the only way to recovery or intimacy. and mhok going from "i'm breaking up with my devoted gf because i don't want to drag her down with me" to "i'm going to ask you to be my bf" is pretty significant!
but as they navigate the journey from being caretaker and client to being boyfies, the balance has to shift around a bit to them supporting each other, consciously choosing to be there for each other
in this episode what we got was: you only want money to buy that car. and i'm not even mad about this, because this kind of comment is very in line with day's character. but wow. day, i know you're feeling big feelings, but throwing one of the few things you know about mhok's life in his face is. not it!
#last twilight the series#i know this is a “trustworthy” director. and i will happily eat my words! but#it's always bothered me when couples fall into this pattern of ONE person doing the bulk of the supporting and caring and accommodating#and i am HOPING WISHING PRAYING this show doesn't do the same you know?#also like the imbalance makes sense if they're only caretaker and client of course! i'm just SO curious how this will be addressed#thinking a lot lately about characters society puts into a certain box because social status or because they're Manly or Tough or some shit#and there isn't a space for them to be soft and goofy and playful and tender. and people assume they don't need to be cared for#ten from cooking crush and babe from pit babe and top from only friends. for example.#and “there's zero tenderness in you” mhok#and i desperately want to see these characters get to be more than they're “allowed” to be#patriarchy is a curse#oh also i suspect mhok's “healing journey” will come to a head once he buys the car or whatever ends up happening there#ALSO GOD how many people would move the fuck out of that house afterward IF THEY HAVE THE MONEY TO DO SO#and maybe it doesn't feel like this for mhok and porjai but living in the same place afterward can be intensely suffocating#but they can't just move and start over like moneyed individuals might be able to!#recovery and healing simply looks different for the rich#anyway next ep will probably foreground mhok caring for day. and there are not many eps left!! i am wary but still fairly optimistic
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retirement fic tidbits please?
of course! not sure how much i have left or what i've already talked about, but i think this might be the last large scene i've written out fully and i'm like 80% sure i haven't posted it here yet. this is kind of the driving force for a lot of the conflict, about a week after jack first comes to visit nico.
An incoming call wakes Nico, first, then the whistle of the kettle going off in the kitchen forces his brain to get with the program. He fumbles around for his phone. “Hello?”
“Hey, cap,” says Dawson. “Just calling to see if you want to meet up for lunch tomorrow. I texted a few hours ago but you didn’t reply.”
Nico tries to comb out his hair with his fingers; sucks a breath in through his teeth when he sees that it’s past nine PM. “Yeah, sorry. I took a nap and slept way too long.”
“No worries,” Dawson replies easily. “Are you busy tomorrow? I was thinking we could get lunch—bring Jack along, introduce him to some of the younger kids. I know they’d love to meet him.”
“Sure,” he answers. “Jack might like that.” And Nico’s mad at him, sure—less mad than ‘what the fuck are we doing,’ really, but he doesn’t begrudge the kids a chance to meet their childhood idols.
Playing in the same league as his heroes was strange when Nico was young, but it’s stranger now, knowing that he’s the one his teammates watched growing up—or that if he wasn’t, somebody he knows was. 
Jack was the star of both their Cup runs, so Nico being asked to pass messages on to Jack or for a stick trade by proxy is inevitable. Nobody outside the Devils would know that Jack hadn’t replied to Nico’s texts for so long that Nico would wonder whether Jack had blocked his number if not for the texts still going through. 
Nico had to get his new number from Bratter because Jack couldn’t be bothered to send it to Nico himself. Nico added it to his contacts, texted it occasionally before it became clear that Jack wanted nothing to do with Nico and even less to do with what they had—or hadn’t—been.
It’s hard to believe the players who will be carrying the Devils on their backs grew up with Jack’s jerseys in their closet and posters on their walls, his Stanley Cup game-winner blown up and plastered on the ceiling. The Jack that Nico remembers best is twenty, twenty-five, twenty-eight: fresh-faced and bright-eyed and too young to know what kind of world was waiting for him. Not the one half the league had a childhood crush on. Not the one Nico couldn’t afford to lose until he did, the one who built an empire out of nothing: just a stick and a rink and the need to win. 
Everything from thirty onwards is a blank spot in Nico’s head. It was never of his own volition.
“How is he?” asks Dawson. “Did he tell you why he’s here?”
Nico says, sharp, “He won’t say. I’ve asked, but. Nothing.”
“I didn’t get much out of him either,” Dawson replies. “He’s good with the kids, though. Way more patient than he used to be.”
“That’s good.” Nico pushes down the ache in his chest. “I think I should be angry at him,” he says. “I wish I were.” He wishes that what he was feeling made any sense.
Dawson is silent. “Has he brought it up?”
“No,” Nico snaps. “He doesn’t. He won’t. He can’t, maybe. I just—” he presses his fingers into his eyes, rubbing away the sleep dust until sparks dance behind his eyelids. “I don’t know how he can just show up here and pretend we’re best friends,” he says thickly, through the choking feeling in his ribcage. “I don’t know how I’m supposed to act.”
Dawson makes a sound, pitying. “He’ll leave, if you ask him to.” His voice is so gentle it cuts to the rawest parts of Nico and stings every wound. “You know he will.”
“I couldn’t,” he says. He rubs a hand over his face. He’s about three days behind on shaving, and he can feel it, the softening of the stubble on his upper lip, brushing across the pads of his fingers. “I can’t do that to him.”
“I’m sorry,” says Dawson, soft. “Listen, cap—oh, shit. Hold on.” The microphone picks up the muffled sound of crying. “Ellie just woke up.”
“You should go,” Nico tells him. “This isn’t that important. I’ll call you back another time.”
“Are you sure?”
He laughs—unsteady, but still a laugh. “Yes, I’m sure your daughter is more important than my midlife crisis. I’ll call you back, promise.”
Dawson sighs. “Fine. See you tomorrow.”
Nico shoves his phone in his pocket. In the living room, Jack is curled up in the armchair with a cup of tea. “Slept well?” asks Jack.
“Fine,” says Nico. “Dawson was wondering if you want to get lunch with some of the younger guys tomorrow. Apparently they want to meet you.”
Jack grins. “Well, if they insist.” Then he looks at Nico and the smile slips. “And if you’re okay with it.”
Schooling his face back into neutrality, Nico leans against the kitchen counter. “Jack, I’m not—” he breathes out, long and slow. “I don’t. I don’t know why it suddenly matters, whether I’m okay with it. Because it didn’t exactly matter to you before. Not when it did to me.”
The smile drops off Jack’s face. “Guess I deserved that one,” he says, a little rueful. “Look, Nico, I don’t—I’m trying.” He stares at his hands. “I know that’s probably not what you want to hear.”
“Trying to do what?” Nico presses. “You won’t tell me what you’re trying to do and you won’t say enough for me to guess.” He fumbles around for a glass in the cabinet, fills it up with water. There hasn’t been a second since he opened the door to see Jack two days ago that he hasn’t felt like he’s in the middle of a game he never learned the rules to, like he’s missing half the pieces to a puzzle he never saw a picture of. “You don’t have to tell me, that’s fine, but I’m not—”
“You won’t want to hear it,” says Jack, barely audible. He twists his hands together. His knee is shaking, and he pushes the tea away, unfinished.
Nico doesn’t say we don’t always get what we want, but it’s a close thing. “I can decide that, thanks.” Then, when Jack doesn’t speak, he says, “I’m going to bed. Turn the lights off when you’re—”
“I think I love you,” says Jack, unflinching, then nods to himself, as if confirming the statement. “I, uh. Have for years, probably.” 
Nico swallows. Jack Hughes is in his apartment, sitting on his couch, drinking his tea like he didn’t just turn Nico’s life upside-down. Five years without contact could never be enough to prepare him for this. 
“What.”
“I love you. I'm in love with you,” Jack repeats, the set of his mouth flat and unhappy. He stares at the tiling on the floor. He has the bluest eyes Nico’s ever seen, and Nico can’t even bear to look into them. “I had to come and tell you. And you don’t—have to say anything. I just, uh. I needed to, I couldn’t—I couldn’t not.”
Dully, Nico wonders if there’s anything in the rulebook about this. Any guidelines at all. But he imagines that “ex-teammate who I was—am in love with—came back after five years and confessed his love to me, what do I do?” isn’t the most common question.
“Okay,” says Nico, for lack of anything better to say. His voice sounds like he’s underwater, like he’s seeing it all through the underside of a fishbowl. He sets the glass of water down. “Sure.”
Jack tugs at the sleeves of his hoodie. “So?”
“I don’t…” he trails off. “I don’t know.” 
Features carefully expressionless, Jack asks, “Don’t know if it’s true, or if you feel the same?”
Nico says, “The first one.” He’s thought too much about the second one not to have an answer. He just doesn’t want to confront the fact that it’s the same answer he would have had five years ago.
“You don’t think it’s true?”
“I don’t know what to think,” he answers, as truthfully as he can. “I don’t know if.” He pauses. “I believe that you think it’s true,” he says, deliberate. “I don’t know if it’s the truth.”
“You think I don’t know how I feel,” Jack echoes.
He shrugs. It says enough. 
“Fine,” says Jack. He doesn’t move to get up.
Nico frowns. “So…”
“I don’t get it,” Jack tells him, redness creeping up his cheeks. He’s talking faster, frustrated. “I mean, I’m not a fucking kid, I know what I feel and why, I came here just to tell you and you still don’t think I know what I’m talking about?”
Nico grits his teeth. He refuses to yell, or cry, both of which feel close to bubbling to the surface and both of which he cannot afford to do. “Jack,” he starts. “In case you forgot, I haven’t known who you are for years, and I’m still trying to figure it out, so maybe that’s why.” He squeezes his eyes shut, the pressure of Jack’s gaze on him too much to confront head-on.
Jack catches his lower lip in his teeth. “That’s not…” he waves his hands in the air, but he doesn’t finish the sentence. It slides away like water in his hands.
“Forget it,” says Nico, too much bitterness leaking out of his voice, slipping onto the kitchen tile and staining it red. “I’m not—” he scrubs a hand over his eyes. “I can’t talk about this. Not right now.”
Jack stays silent, watches Nico move around the kitchen. Nico rinses out his glass in the sink and puts it back, then he turns away from Jack, goes to his room, and waits until the light from the hallway flicks off and he hears Jack close the guest room door.
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Benjamin X Reader Forbidden love with angst mixed with fluff prompt
Benjamin noticed you sitting on your bed, and he thought you looked down, so he tried to speak to you, sitting on the space beside you. “What’s wrong?” Benjamin inquired, placing his hand on your’s.
“I’m tired of being your secret,” you answered, and he frowned, nodding gravely.
“Hopefully this won’t go on for too long,” he responded, “you won’t have to be my secret anymore, I promise.” You tried to believe him, wrapping your arms around him, and he smiled softly, returning the hug.
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“Come over here and make me!” Tia challenged after she’d insulted you in front of Benjamin, and he had dangerously told her to take what she said back. Benjamin, frustrated, knew he couldn’t hurt Tia, so he ran out of the cabin, intending to go and see you.
You’d allowed him to stay with you for the night; he’d been practically pleading with you to let him, and you assumed that things with Tia must be bad still. During the night, Benjamin noticed that you seemed nervous when it began to rain heavily outside, and occasionally thunder rumbled threateningly. Benjamin wrapped his arms around your waist slowly, startling you as you tried to escape his hold. “It’s okay, Y/n! It’s just me,” he spoke gently, and you began to calm down. Benjamin got an idea, and he smiled softly; he used to read bedtime stories to you when you were both younger, before he became a vampire. “Do you want me to read you a story?” Benjamin asked, and you nodded, giggling.
As he was coming to the end of the story, you grew more exhausted, and he smiled softly down at you. “Please shut up,” you whispered, shuffling closer to him so you could hug his waist, “I can’t stand how appealing your voice is.” Benjamin chuckled, flattered. You looked up at him, shyly smiling back. “Kiss me, B,” you requested, and Benjamin nodded, leaning down to kiss you delicately, as if you were a flower that could be crushed easily.
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You were wondering what to wear as you and Benjamin were planning to go ice skating, and you wanted to look the best you could for him, but all the outfits you tried on made you feel uglier; you felt as if you could never be as pretty as Tia. “Are you okay, Y/n?” Benjamin inquired, and you winced. “You’ve been in there for a while,” he pointed out, “what’s going on?”
You hesitantly opened the door, and he would be concerned when he noticed that you had been crying. “Am I ugly, Benjamin?” You asked, and Benjamin wore a pained expression on his face, shaking his head.
“You’re beautiful, Y/n,” he answered, holding your hand, “and I’m not the only one that thinks that.”
You sighed, bowing your head. “Why - Why are you so good to me?” You inquired; you thought he should stop bothering at this point.
Benjamin scoffed; he couldn’t believe that you were asking him these questions. “I’m so good to you because I love you, Y/n,” he claimed, and you tried to believe him, but you struggled after everything that was going on. Benjamin guessed that you were acting this way because of Tia, and he stepped closer to you, a pained expression on his face. “I need your forgiveness for what happened, Y/n,” he stated, “I can see that you haven’t properly forgiven me yet.”
“I don’t know if I should, because - I forgive a lot, but I never forget what’s said and done,” you murmured, and he nodded gravely, looking away from you; he felt awful for letting this all happen, and he wished he could take back the time to stop it from happening. “A-Anyway, shut up,” you concluded the conversation, “just shut up. We have ice-skating to get to.”
Unfortunately, you’d had an accident whilst you were on the rink, and Benjamin had to take you back home as you couldn’t even walk properly without hurting yourself more. Benjamin felt uncomfortable about taking you to a hospital, so he hoped Carlisle could help you, instead. After Carlisle had treated you, Benjamin stayed at your side for practically the rest of the day; he didn’t want to leave you alone after you’d hurt yourself. “Can I please get out of bed, now?” You begged Benjamin, and he shook his head.
“If you don’t rest your ankle, it won’t heal,” he answered softly, and you groaned, letting your head drop back onto the pillow.
You remembered how he was panicking when you fell and appeared to be in a lot of pain, and you smiled softly; he really did care about you. “You seemed pretty scared when I fell over,” you mused, and he nodded gravely, a pained expression on his face as he remembered the last few hours.
“I was scared because I don’t want anything to take you away from me,” he admitted, placing his hand on your’s, “I’ve loved you my entire life, and I always want you by my side.”
A soft smile tugged at your lips, and you shuffled closer to him. “I always want you by mine,” you whispered, and he let you rest your head in his lap.
The next morning, Tia woke up to find Benjamin already out of bed, getting dressed. “Where are you going?” Tia questioned, but she already knew the answer.
“I just need to check on Y/n-” Tia rolled her eyes when she heard your name - with Benjamin, he’d only talk about Y/n this or Y/n that, “she had an accident yesterday and-”
“Stop thinking about her,” Tia interrupted, annoyed and hurt by how he wouldn’t even consider her feelings, at all. Benjamin grunted, looking back at her. “Maybe if you did, things wouldn’t be so bad,” she mused, “I feel like you’re the only one I can trust around here, B, and-” Benjamin winced again, looking away, “if you stopped rushing off to see her all the time, we could spend time together.”
“Why would you want to?” Benjamin uttered, and Tia frowned, looking away.
“Because we’re married, and I love you, Benjamin,” she answered, and Benjamin scowled, moving away before she could get too close to him.
“I told you not to fall in love with me,” he reminded her, and she grimaced, glaring at him; she couldn’t believe he was treating her like this. “I’ll be back later,” he mumbled, before he turned and walked out after grabbing the sleeveless brown jacket he normally wears.
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Enjoy! ❤️
Further information: Benjamin and Tia’s marriage was arranged by Amun to bring two covens together after they were fighting.
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god fucking damn, that clip you just linked, holy shit. A little while later, Marisha is like "btw matt I barely heard your answer I was just thinkin about who dorian is crushing on" like girl YOU'RE the one that interrupted him. Travis is like "Should we just guess?" no bitch all you had to do was stfu. Who do they think they're fooling? Well they're fooling the entire fandom, apparently, who just gobbled that shit up mindlessly. "Here's how imodna can still win" babes the writing is on the fucking wall, use your brains, it's not gonna happen.
During that whole sequence there's SO MUCH uncomfortable body language, from Marisha especially. Not just the weird lunge thing, but the weird half-jog with fake energy she does to sit down. She's panicking and trying to hide it, you can tell. And you can tell Robbie is genuinely shocked, too. Matt is openly stunned.
But it's the fact that Robbie was potentially going to talk about Orym, a gay character, and tone-deaf-marisha just HAS to swoop in like "how can I kill two gay ships at once? I know, I'll just throw imogen under the bus and simultaneously kill the main mlm ship and main wlw ship for this campaign in one awkward interaction. Oh but don't forget to love each other!"
Honestly makes me fucking nauseous how blatant and corporate it is.
They probably realized how much the fandom analyzes (rightfully so) what they would say on TM and compare it (also rightfully) to what they were doing at the table. So I guess their logic now is to not unintentionally back themselves into a proverbial corner so they won’t have to own up to anything they said and can easily drop something in the future without having to address it.
But that logic falls apart when you wonder: why have a talk show at all? If you got rid of TM, why not just leave it alone?
I had no idea they had a new talk show. Since TM disappeared, I figured we wouldn’t have to deal with these out-of-game convos that may or may not have an impact on what happens in the campaign. I thought maybe (if they did see all the fandom discourse) they would’ve been smart enough to not bring back a slightly different version of this nonsense.
If they’re now so sensitive about what they’re asked, then why even bother putting yourself in a position where you’re forced to answer questions? 
Now I haven’t watched any of these things. The first I’ve seen of this show is the clip that the previous anon sent me. I don’t know what Dani’s role is anymore. Is she just off to the side like she always was? Does she take part in the conversations? Since they don’t seem to have a host and pull questions out of a bowl, exactly why is her presence necessary?
I hope she’s not still picking questions for them. Her obvious bias towards certain pairings or events was most people’s main gripe about TM. With this new set-up, were the questions in that bowl ALL of the questions that were asked? Or is she still sifting through them and picking the ones SHE likes the most? If it’s the latter, then they haven’t learned shit.
What even is the point of this show?
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