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polgara6 · 7 months

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Arcade

Carol Cox/Luxy Leroy Childhood AU

Sitting on a bench outside the arcade, leads to young Carol meeting a boy who makes her heart beat funny.

Carol was sitting outside the arcade waiting for her parents to pick her up. She’d never been inside the arcade but her parents had told her about all the horrible things that happened in there. Greed ran rampant and Carol was a good girl so she never went inside. She checked over her clothes as she sat. Her black Mary Janes were perfectly clean, her socks were perfectly white, her skirt didn’t have a wrinkle and lay perfectly flat, her sweater didn’t have a spot on it, and her most prized possession, her rosary, was perfectly polished and clean as a whistle.

She was about to start checking in her hair when the door to the arcade slammed open. A boy ran out like the hounds of hell were chasing him, his pockets overflowing with tickets. She’d heard other children bragging about them so she could only assume that’s what they were. The boy had long hair, far too long to be proper, and he was wearing a backwards baseball cap like she’d heard hooligans do. She wasn’t quite sure what a hooligan was honestly but she knew it was bad.

Other then that though he looked pretty normal. He had a nice polo shirt and some shorts. His freckles reminded her of the youth pastor who visited their church once. He’d made her cheeks feel hot when he’d smiled at her and she’d had to pray twice as hard that night. Suddenly the boy whipped around like he’d felt her staring at him.

“Hi I’m Luxy” he said cheerfully waving at her. She couldn’t help the small smile that appeared on her lips as she waved back. This boy seemed really nice and though she knows she’s not supposed to talk to boys outside of school and youth group maybe this boy wasn’t so bad.

“Hi I’m Carol” she introduced herself. The boy’s smile got even bigger as he walked over to her bench. She automatically scooted over so he could sit down as well. She’d never been this close to a boy she wasn’t related too; after all even in school they separated the boys and the girls and they did the same in youth group.

“Do you want some tickets?” He pulled some of the tickets out of his pocket revealing even more. Carol wasn’t sure whether to be horrified or impressed. He was clearly someone who spent a lot of time indulging greed but she’d overheard from the other children that it was particularly tricky to get tickets in this arcade compared to the other one across town.

“No thank you, I’m just waiting for my parents” Carol responded fiddling with her waist length hair. She wasn’t allowed to cut it beyond little trims and when she was an adult she knew she wanted it short. Her hair was far too much to handle. Luxy seemed disappointed at her response slumping slightly before promptly bouncing back.

“Aww are you sure, you can get some good stuff at the prize counter with these” he said shaking the tickets like that would somehow make them more enticing. Carol couldn’t have helped the giggle that came out of her if she tried. This boy was clearly covered in sin but he was so… something. Carol didn’t have a word for what he was but it made her heart beat faster and her cheeks flush.

Then her parents station wagon came around the corner. Carol immediately felt a mixture of sad and guilty. She knew that if her parents had come a second later she probably would’ve said yes to this charming boy then where would she be? Nowhere good that’s for sure.

“That’s my parents car I have to go, it was very nice to meet you Luxy” Carol said struggling to keep her tone even. The boy pouted visibly but still waved goodbye. Carol realized he was sad to see her go. A funny feeling emerged in her stomach that she wasn’t sure if she liked or not. She got in the car.

“Who was that Carol?” Her mother asked.

“His name is Luxy, he was waiting for his parents too I think” she responded. Her mom hummed a thoughtful note.

“You should stay away from him Carol, you know boys are bad news”

That was the end of it. Carol knew she was to never go near Luxy and by extension the arcade again. But she knew she would probably think of him later and the strange feelings he’d given her. He was full of sin and she had to remain sin free to get to heaven but the feelings were so nice. How could that be sin?

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End note: Hello all, so I’m obsessed if that wasn’t completely clear. I’m also working on two worstthrust fics over on ao3 so that’s fun. I will post about updates on here or at least I’ll try too. My beta’s are my sister who is equally obsessed but despises reading and my aunt who I see once a week who has no idea what we are talking about but is incredibly supportive. So if things take a hot minute you know what’s up. Now Carol and Luxy… they are so cute. They are so fucking cute I can’t. The dildo noir vid was incredible and I loved it. Although Luxy and Flint would also be very cute. The simultaneous joys and sorrows of being a multi shipper. Anyway everyone have a good choose your own adventure release day to those who celebrate! See you guys later!

#brandon rogers cinematic universe #brandon rogers #carol cox #luxy leroy #brcu #caroluxy

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5sosfanfictioncatalogue · 8 months

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(TW) Eating Disorder Masterlist

Bleeding heart (ao3) - exhiled_spirit luke/ashton M, 35k

Summary: Luke's past relationship haunts his ever waking moment and everything comes crashing down during the highly anticipated Meet You There Tour.

boys only want love if it's torture (ao3) - orphan_account luke/ashton, calum/ashton, michael/luke G, 805

Summary: don't say i didn't, say i didn't warn you.

Ashton had always thought Luke was beautiful. Pale, delicate, fragile - everything Ashton had been warned against.

Club of Misfits (ao3) - felixandtae luke/ashton, michael/calum T, 274k

Summary: ❝Everyone has flaws. You me, Michael and Ashton - we’re all just a club of misfits.❞

A club for those who need a friend created by two best friends.

Copper and Alcohol (ao3) - Zoe13 michael/luke, calum/ashton T, 3k

Summary: Michael messes up a guitar solo and feedback from fans makes him believe that the boys are going to kick him out of the band.

Eating Me Alive (ao3) - SinisterMind michael/luke

Summary: Michael watches Luke destroy himself

Face So Sunny (ao3) - Badass_iero michael/ashton, luke/calum M, 33k

Summary: Luke gets sad and doesn't eat sometimes, But he's brave and is a cuddly punk rock boyfriend. Michael is abused and is scared of everything but he is strong and is definitely a badass. Ashton cuts, cries and gets away from his problems but he makes adult decisions and is the cutest anyone has ever seen, and Calum holds them all together, sure, he breaks sometimes too but he's very smug and he's got a wicked adoration for puppies and can teach young ones a thing or two. All the 1D guys are in here, a mention of Nick Grimshaw and Lou and Tom and Luxy.

Okay just to be clear here I do not like 5 second of summer and I do not listen to their music, I wrote all the 5sos fanfic on this page for my girlfriend (who is now my ex) loved them and so I wrote these fr her and we broke up but these fic's are awesome so I'm not taking them down cause I worked hard on them. And I don't like 1D either I was just fucking committed to my girlfriend as hell.

I'll Wrap My Arms Around You Now (ao3) - nic_96 luke/ashton, michael/calum T, 13k

Summary: The one where Michael is very insecure about his body and stops letting Calum cuddle him but Calum like to cuddle, cuddling is very important to their relationship and Calum is cuddle deprived and frustrated and Luke knows too much and Ashton is adorable.

It's a hell of a feeling though (ao3) - thenewbrokenscene michael/luke M, 58k

Summary: [AU, actor/model Luke and musician Michael]

After a recent scandal and the subsequent publicity nightmare, Luke Hemmings doesn't need any more trouble. He's just trying to enjoy his best friend's birthday party. But who the fuck invited Michael Clifford?

Love Notes (ao3) - Zoe13 michael/luke, calum/ashton T, 7k

Summary: After a failed attempt at suicide Michael wants to get better. He really does. Why does it have to be so hard?

Or: the aftermath of Suicide [Love] Notes in which Michael is trying to get better for Luke.

Maelstrom (ao3) - merlypops luke/ashton, michael/calum E, 225k

Summary: Ashton is struggling, Luke is hiding, and Michael and Calum just want to make things work. (And maybe Ashton and Luke fall in love too. Maybe.)

"Not our fault Lukes fat." (ao3) - belle_bird66 OT4 N/R, 25k

Summary: "Not our fault lukes fat!" Ashton yells with a giggle, Michael and Calum laugh at the drummers choice of a joke, all of them glancing back to the laptop. What everyone misses though is the way Luke frowns slightly, and presses a hand over his tummy, he rubs an arm up and down his side for the rest of the twitcam, 'lukes fat..lukes fat...lukes fat' He chants over and over in his head. 'I'll be perfect, i won't stop until i am perfect.'

Resilience (ao3) - Abbypd calum/ashton T, 58k

Summary: Calum ends up in a mental institution after trying to kill himself, Ashton is scared of commitment, Michael needs to be perfect for Luke and Luke's already too far gone for Michael anyways.

Silence (ao3) - I_ReadTooMany_Fanfics OT4 M, 30k

Summary: He was silent. He didn't like talking.

Being abused could do that to a person. And having a lisp and a stutter didn't help. He hadn't said a word in so long, but no one cared. Everything was better in a world where he didn't talk.

He probably could've lived like this until the day he finally decided to kill himself. Until he meets three people who decide to change that...

Tempest (ao3) - merlypops michael/calum, luke/ashton E, 314k

Summary: Calum's best friends are falling apart, Mali is gone, and Calum just wants to be perfect.

The Gradual Decline (ao3) - yxungandreckless luke/ashton N/R, 8k

Summary: Ashton's been losing weight, and it's not a secret.

there's this ringing in my head (who said it was gonna be easy?) (ao3) - orphan_account luke/ashton T, 2k

Summary: ashton should've known he wasn't worth it.

throw on a jersey, no one gets hurt (ao3) - orphan_account luke/ashton T, 15k

Summary: Ashton knew he wasn't normal okay, he fucking knew it, he didn't need his father reminding him of that every goddamn day. He knew it wasn't normal to like wearing girl's clothes and makeup and just feeling pretty, but it was like an itch under his skin - he needed it, just like he needed the sharp blade in his drawer.

Maybe that was why he was close to just ending it all.

Wabi-Sabi (ao3) - merlypops michael/ashton T, 2k

Summary: 'Ashton remembers how his smile softened then and he pressed a gentle kiss to his boyfriend’s forehead, and Ashton remembers how the tiny, sad sigh that escaped Michael hurt him more than the hate online ever could.'

Michael can't see how wonderful he is and Ashton does his best to change his boyfriend's mind.

#5sosfanfictioncatalogue #5sos fanfic #tw #angst #eating disoder trigger warning #eatingdisorder tw #eatingdisorder #eatingdisorder masterlist #masterlists #suicide tw

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rinhaler · 1 month

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luxie what do you think would happen is in the AITA universe the reader fuck someone else? Like Ino or Megumi

also what would happen in the UF au if the reader just looks for too long (and maybe flirt a little bit) at UF! Todo who is as big as Sukuna?👀👀

I think it would depend on the circumstance! Either way I think Sukuna would be super irritated but if Yuuji was single he'd probably think like, "I can't control who she sees." Sukuna however is fucking u into submission like "do you think they can fuck you better or make you cum harder than I do?"

AND OOOOO that's a fun one. I think uf!sukuna is way less insecure than plug!sukuna. He's older and more mature and I think he'd just watch from the sidelines with a little smirk like she's so cute but I know she's coming home with me.

#💌 — luxe mail #aita sukuna #uf!sukuna

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pagingdoctorbedlam · 3 years

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Hello again! Now that I know who you write for, I'm back with a request! Can I please suggest Sanji x Reader (if that's okay) with the following summer theme prompt? I'm actually really curious to see your take on Sanji. 😳

“some asshole left their dog in the car in the blistering heat and we both noticed and are debating on what to do” au

Thank you so much for doing this! 🥰

Hi Luxi, and thanks for bringing me my first-ever askbox fic prompt! (the prompt list is here for anyone interested)

The idea for this fic sprung into my head soon as I read the prompt, so I hope you enjoy...

"Dog Days: A Sanji x Reader Fic"

You hadn't even made it halfway to the store when you noticed the dog. Not that it was hard to ignore; the poor mutt surveyed the entire parking lot from the window of a jacked-up pickup, and its baleful barks escaped the tiniest crack in the window. The day was hot enough that you were sweltering soon as you stepped outside; you couldn't imagine how bad it must be for a fuzzy dog, much less one trapped in a truck.

Soon as you heard the mutt, all plans derailed. You couldn't just leave it there, and who knew how long the owner might be gone? You racked your brain for a plan, but you had to think fast. The dog's whimpers were already getting weaker.

When you strode up to the car, someone else had the same idea. A tall blond strode up to the opposite side of the truck, eyes so narrowed they looked about to shoot lasers. The truck was large enough that it had running boards to reach the doors, but he hopped right up with a water bottle. The dog shuffled over at the sight of a human, and as the stranger dripped cool water through the crack in the windows, the dog eagerly lapped it up. Its tail still barely wagged, even that exertion too much in this heat.

"This dog can't stay in here," you said as you stared at the locks. The truck didn't have a keypad, thank goodness...and as a matter of fact, it had one of those manual locks on the inside, the sort you pulled up to unlock the car. Which would've been perfect if you weren't wearing sandals. "Hey. Weird question, but are you wearing shoes with laces right now?"

The blond looked at you through the truck window. "Yeah. Why do you ask?"

"I think I can get the truck open, but I'll need to borrow a shoelace."

You figured the guy would refuse, or at least ask questions as to why you needed his darn shoes. Instead, he hopped down from his side of the truck and ambled over to you. He was a handsome guy, now that you got a good look at him. Tasteful button-down shirt and slacks even in this weather, slick blond hair with bangs that covered half his face in a way that looked more mysterious than old-school emo...the curly eyebrow was a little odd, but in a quirky way. Made him more handsome, in an odd way. Especially when he put one foot up on the running board and unlaced his shoe, sliding the string out and handing it to you with a determined nod.

You formed a small lasso with the shoestring, then slid it into the crack in the window. All you had to do was lower it onto the lock, tighten the loop, and pull.

"You happen to be a master thief or something?" The blond asked, simultaneously curious and impressed.

"Nothing so fancy. I'm just real bad about leaving my keys in my car. Keep an eye out in case the owner comes back, okay?"

The stranger nodded and hopped back onto the running board to peer over the top of the truck. Meanwhile, the mutt inside crawled up to the front seat, curious at this new development. It thankfully seemed smart enough to recognize that it was being saved, and didn't bat at the string. Just a little more, and...there! You tightened the loop and pulled the lock up with a satisfying click.

Three things happened at once.

You pulled the door open.

The mutt leapt into your arms with such force, you fell off the running board.

And the car alarm blared with the fury of a thousand hornets.

You clutched the mutt tight to your chest and prepared to hit the pavement, but you instead fell into a pair of sturdy arms. The wind hit your face as you opened your eyes; the blond was bolting full-tilt through the parking lot with you and the dog in his grasp.

"Where's your car?" He shouted.

"Left it home! I took the bus! Where's your car?"

"I walked!" His shoes slapped against the pavement, and you belatedly realized that the shoestring had been left behind in the chaos, still looped around the lock in the still-open door of the truck. Your imagination ran wild with cops somehow tracking down your prints from the shoestring and chasing you down for kidnapping a dog.

"Are we being chased?" You asked.

"Don't know! Not looking back. But if I ever see this dog's owner, I'm kicking his ass!" The blond took a sharp turn, narrowly avoiding a collision with a gaggle of college students. "I'm taking us to my work. There's food and A/C there for the dog, and we can figure out what we're doing from there."

You couldn't think of a better plan, and you wouldn't abandon the mutt at this rate, especially as it licked your face in appreciation. So you nodded and wondered where this bizarre day would take you next.

You'd heard of the Baratie, never had a chance to eat there. Not for lack of funds or interest; it just never came up. So imagine your surprise when you found yourself at the local favorite restaurant before opening, sitting next to a mutt happily lapping up water, the blond stranger humming nearby as he cooked up a meal in the kitchen. Because when he said "get the dog food", he didn't mean ordinary dog chow, but serving up the dog a homemade feast to make up for the ordeal it had just endured.

You had no idea what the dog's name was, or if it had one at all. It had no nametag, just a cheap metal choke-chain you'd swiftly removed. The dog seemed healthy enough, but there were patches in its fur and the scrapes of a rough life outdoors. You decided that, even on the off-chance that someone chased you down for dognapping, you'd refuse to give the mutt up. It deserved a far better home than the one it came from.

Still. "I can't believe I just stole a dog with a random stranger," you said aloud.

"Well then, let's fix that," the blond said as he wandered out with a pair of plates. "I'm Sanji, and here's lunch. Can't be strangers with a name and a meal together, huh?" He set one down in front of the dog, who happily immediately dug into a feast of meat, brown rice, and assorted canine-safe veggies. The other, he set on the table in front of you. You blinked; he'd asked you off-hand questions about your food preferences when you'd arrived, but you hadn't expected him to actually cook for you too.

"I...thank you. And nice to meet you, Sanji." You gave him your name, and his entire face brightened as if it were music to his ears. "Look, this is really sweet, but I don't have a huge amount of cash on hand."

"That's fine. This is on the house, for your heroism and quick-thinking." Sanji took the seat opposite you with a soft smile. "If you hadn't come along, I don't know what I would've done. My only plan was to break the window, but that might've hurt the dog."

You took a bite of your meal. A medley of flavor danced across your tongue. "You know, reasonable folks would've...I dunno, gone inside and had customer service call over the intercom. Or called the cops. Made it someone else's problem."

Sanji shrugged. "Maybe. Think I would've stuck around anyway, saw it through to the end. Had to know if the little guy was alright." There was a softness in Sanji's eye as he looked down at the dog, who chowed down on its meal as if it had never seen food in its life. It was a look of understanding, the sort that came with a history one didn't ask about lightly. Made you curious about this handsome stranger, one who'd drop all plans and leave behind his own shoelaces in order to help someone in need.

You said, "Thank goodness for the unreasonable people of the world, then. Speaking of which...what're we going to do with the dog? I could try to smuggle it into my apartment, but the owners don't allow pets, so I'd have to be careful."

Sanji's gaze flitted up to the ceiling. "My apartment's right over the restaurant. I can keep the dog here."

"Your landlord won't mind?"

"Not if he wants to keep his best chef around. Besides, he's a sucker for underdogs. If the old owner comes back for this little guy, Zeff will toss the guy out by his ears." Sanji winked and turned to the dog. "What do you say, huh? Wanna' stay here with me? Fresh food every day and no choke-chains." The mutt barked in approval, tail wagging at full speed.

Sanji turned to you again. "You're free to visit, if you'd like. I mean, I can't take the dog out during work hours...but like, on breaks, or before we open?"

You smiled at this handsome stranger, with his heart on his sleeve and a sparkle in his eyes. You realize that yes, you'd be more than happy to see him again. "I'd love that. Besides, I'm pretty sure I owe you a new pair of shoelaces..."

#bedlam writes #opfanfic #sanji #sanji x reader #black leg sanji #modern AU #summer au prompts

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koriikoi · 3 years

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Hello ! My name is Luxy but you can call me Author Lux or Cloud! I take anime requests/headcanons etc. I am new to Tumblr so feel free to correct me with something !

I make ;;

Fluff

Angst

X reader

Humor

Soulmates

Crossovers

Time travel AU

Head canons

Ship head canons

Girl x Girl

Boy x Boy

Female Reader

Gender Neutral Reader

What I don’t make ;;

Smut

Lemons

Limes

P*d0phillia

1ncest

Male reader (sorry, i don’t know how to write in male pov.. ╯︿╰ ) Fandoms that’ll be included ;; Jujutsu Kaisen // Jjk My Hero Academia // MHA / BNHA Danganronpa // DRV1, DRV2, DRV3 Demon Slayer // SNK Haikyuu! // HQ The Disastrous Life of Saiki // TDLOSK Mieruko Chan Attack on Titan // AOT Violet Evergarden Toilet-bound Hanako-kun // TBHK That Time I Got Reincarnated As A Slime // TTIGRAAS Sk8 the Infinity

I think thats about it ! Again feel free correct me if I made a mistake . And yes I take requests now heh ||ヽ(*￣▽￣*)ノミ|Ю Bye ! See you when I see you ! 🌺 (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧ My discord hehe ;; luxy!!#6702 Pronouns : He/they/xe

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akshverse · 3 years

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Professor Lux

[ NCT / SuperM Female Addition : Lux ✨ ]

[ post summary ] superm mid-term exam Lux edition.

[ circa ] 2020

[ warnings ] none

[ author's forenote ] first lux post. also note that in my au superm has three female members: heart from exo, reign and lux from nct/rosénoir.

“Hello, everyone!” Lux greeted as she sat on the high chair, set aside from the other chairs lined on her left. “We will begin the SuperM Mid-Term Exam soon. But before that, let me tell you the rules,”

“Yes, Luxie~” BaekHyun called cheekily, making the rest follow him.

“First off, how about we do this properly?” Lux looked at her members expectantly, “Since all of us are enacting a school setting, let’s us address each other as such, you call the person here,” She gestured to herself, “as Professor, you can talk among yourselves without honorifics.”

“Yo! Friends!” Lucas exclaimed, moving to hug TaeMin and BaekHyun sitting next to him.

“I didn’t talk to my teacher politely in my school days, ” BaekHyun said, looking petulant.

“No wonder,” Heart commented, “You always sounded like a rulebreaking simpleton to me.”

“Yah!” BaekHyun sounded offended but before he could say much, Lux had stopped him.

“You’ll be thrown out then!” Lux grinned, “My class, my rules, BaekHyun-ah!” She added, when she saw him try to say something.

“Moving on, ” She laughed at him, “I don’t want you guys cheating, no writing rubbish, please don’t embarrass yourself, and I expect each and everyone of you to do well! You’ve known me long enough to all that is in here, okay?”

“I haven’t known you for that long though~” Lucas said, raising his hand.

“Except Lucas, maybe, the rest of you!” She pointed to each one.

“Yah, pointing at your elders is rude, ” BaekHyun said, in a matter of fact tone.

“I’m the elder here, BaekHyun-ah, ” She told him calmly, and continued to point at each one, “I’m watching all of you, you fail to answer this, you are doomed!”

“Omo, the teacher is a little scary, ” Kai said, acting like he had shivers.

“You fail the test and I’ll be scarier!” She added, with a fake look of anger, but soon burst into her gummy smile.

“Okay, BaekHyun-ah, come on,” She told him casually, “Help me hand out these papers, ”

“Aigoo, our teacher’s lazy too~” BaekHyun said loudly, making everyone laugh. He nevertheless took the sheets of paper and passed them around.

“Do I get extra credit for this?” BaekHyun asked as he sat back.

“You would’ve,” Lux nodded, making the others whine, “But you called me lazy, so no.” She shook her head. The members laughed. Lux bullying BaekHyun and him letting her do it was the sweetest thing according to them. BaekHyun cursed at himself, laughing.

“Take your time,” Lux told them reassuringly, “but finish if you don’t finish in three minutes all of you are failed,”

“Yah,” They complained but it didn’t affect her.

“Your time starts now!” She said and everyone started to write, Lux too focused on writing her paper.

“This is difficult!” Ten said, looking at the questions.

“Does everyone’s friends know all of this?” Lucas asked Reign, trying to look at what she was scribbling away.

“Don’t copy mine, you fantong!” Reign said, using her folder to better hide her answer.

“Lucas, keep your butt on the chair,” Lux looked at Lucas standing up trying to look at Reign’s paper, “Or I’ll be deducting marks from your already less-marked paper!”

“Do you think we wouldn’t know this?” BaekHyun asked, incredulously.

“Do you know the answers, BaekHyun-ah? ” Lux challenged.

“Of course not,” He said, making her laugh.

“There’s so many answers to these questions, ” Heart said, making TaeYong nod.

“Will you consider it if we write any one?” TaeYong asked, looking innocent.

“Write what you know, SaRang-ie, TaeYong-ie,” Lux smiled at him, “I’ll see when we mark your paper, ”

“TaeYong-ie? ” BaekHyun looked at her eyes wide, “You have favorites!”

“Shut up, BaekHyun-ie,” She smiled at him sweetly. She looked back to her paper but looked back up after a question.

“I want to be disappointed to see you struggling, but, ” The members looked at her, “…this is hard! I don’t know answers to some of it too.” Lux said, looking sorry for them.

“I’m worried about what I’ll write on your exams!” She added, “I barely know mine!” She laughed causing the others you laugh too.

“Time’s up, kids!” Lux put her pencil down, “Pencil down!” She swung her legs back and forth, excited about the rubbish answers she’s about to get.

“Mark your papers on your own, I’ll let you know the answers,” Lux said, “Let’s begin!”

“When is Lux’s birthday?” She looked expectantly at the members.

“October 27!” Heart, Reign, TaeYong, Ten and Mark said, having celebrated her birthday together too many times for them to forget.

“December 25!” Kai screamed, looking excited.

“Do I look like I was born on Christmas?” Lux deadpanned at Kai.

“You always give gifts on Christmas though!”

“That’s because it’s Christmas, Kai-yah!” Lux whined at him, “How could you forget my birthday? You were there to celebrate my birthday since I was five!”

“Sorry!” Was all Kai said.

“November 27!” TaeMin screamed.

“TaeMin-ah, ” Lux sighed, “If you get this wrong, what about the rest?”

“February 29!” BaekHyun screamed, knowing very well his answer was wrong.

“Yah, BaekHyun! 1999 did not have a February 29!” Lux laughed in disbelief.

“Uh-huh,” He said to himself, inciting laughter from everyone.

“It’s October 27!” Heart, Reign, Ten, TaeYong and Mark cheered while the rest sulked.

“Lucas, ” She called him, as he tried to hide from her. “What did you write?”

“October,” He said.

“The date?” Lux looked at him expectantly.

“I forgot,” Lux laughed at the answer.

“Okay, take 0.5 for getting the month right!” Lux said, making him stand up and cheer.

“Yeay!” Lucas screamed as he happily sat back down.

“Teacher! I got the date right though!” TaeMin make his dumpling hands, trying to get at least half a point.

“There are 12 27s in a year, TaeMin-ah!” Lux said, whining, “You should know my birthday, ”

“Okay, next question! What is Lux’s nickname?”

“The Red Sky!” Ten screamed as soon as Lux finished her question.

“It’s my pseudonym, Ten-ah!” Ten looked disappointed, but read the next name. “Baby Tigress!”

“Actually, I don’t know what my nickname is,” Lux revealed, “so, tell me your answers, we’ll see if it’s okay or not. Baby Tigress or simply Tigress is acceptable!”

“Our teacher’s useless!” BaekHyun said, SuperM laughed.

“Yah, Byun BaekHyun!” She tried to stay stern, but laughed anyway.

“Human Chanel!” Lucas said, making the others scream, impressed. “Ooooooh~”

“Fancy!” Lucas laughed louder.

“I acknowledge that, next, Kai-yah,” She called Kai, “What did you write?”

“Luxie!”

“Okay, one point!” Kai cheered on having got a point.

“Mandu! ” TaeMin said, excitedly making his dumpling hands.

“Okay~” Lux copied his gestures.

“Mochi!” BaekHyun said, raising his eyebrows.

“You started it!” She accused him, having hated that name when he initially called her that. He always pinched her cheeks too hard whenever he called her that. “But okay, one point for Mochi too, ”

“Kitten!” TaeYong tried this time, “Nyang Nyang-ie” He repeated in a cute way.

“Accepted, ” Lux said, moving to Heart, who grinned, “NoEul-ie! ”

“Agreed, next!”

“Ell-ie!” Mark raised his hand, “Accepted!”

“Last, Reign-ah!” She called Reign, “What have you written?”

“Lil Lux! Munchkin! Baby Doll! Pixie!” Reign recited, looking proud of herself.

“No need to show off, you!” Lux laughed at the obvious attempt to show-off, “Accepted!”

“What is Lux’s real name?” Lux asked, looking hopeful.

“Lee NoEul!” Every one screamed, except Kai, who shouted, “Chu NoEul!”

“Yah!” Lux looked absolutely done with Kai, “You are hopeless! How do you not know my name?”

“Is it not Chu NoEul?”

“Of course not,” Lux whined, “it’s Lee NoEul, you fool! Why will it be Chu NoEul?”

“Teacher, but Chu NoEul makes more sense!” Kai argued, “Vermillion Red Red Sky makes, more sense than a plum tree red sky!”

Everyone present laughed, the staff including.

“Say that to my parents!” Lux rolled her eyes.

“What is Lux’s blood type?” They had moved to the next question.

“B!” Heart and Reign exclaimed at her, but the rest shouted “AB.”

“It’s B, ” Lux said, “I didn’t expect you guys to get this anyway, I’m a blood type B!”

“Teacher, you aren’t AB?” TaeMin looked at her in shock.

“I thought you were a genius, aren’t you AB?” Kai laughed.

“Why, can’t other blood types be geniuses?” Lux challenged, knowing they didn’t have an AB blood type among them.

“Wah,” TaeMin said, “that’s unexpected!”

“How tall is Lux?” She sighed, after reading the question. “This answer need not be factual, okay!” Lux tried, making them laugh because they already knew they was going to mock her. “What makes me happy as an answer will get a point, you can change it if you want too,” She offered them, but most declined.

“Let’s hear it, ” Lux said.

“160 cms!” Kai screamed happily, Lux rolled her eyes at him.

“How do you get this factually correct?”

“Any shorter and she’ll fade out of existence,” Laughed Lucas.

“183 cms!” BaekHyun said smugly, knowing his answer was subjectively good.

“One point!” Lux gave him a thumbs-up.

“Anyone who has written less than that,” Lux pointed to BaekHyun’s paper, “Minus one!”

“Teacher!”

“The right answer is 183 cms because I don’t want BaekHyun-ie to fail, ” BaekHyun laughed in truimph.

“What is Lux’s weight?” She asked, swinging her legs back and forth. “It’s 45 kg last time I checked, ”

“Next, What is her shoe size?” Lux looked at them, “230 mm”

“What?” BaekHyun deadpanned, “Should we be getting her a booster car seat?”

“How can you walk with those baby feet?” Kai looked at her like he was staring at a hurt animal, “Omo, she’s a baby, tiny little baby!”

“Moving on,” Lux continued, not wanting to be dissed more, “What is her hobby?”

She gave them a look, “You guys complained that I was getting too involved with this hobby of mine, I expect you to get this right! It’s gaming.”

“Is it not Mukbang?” TaeYong asked her, putting an X on his paper.

“TaeYong-ah, you confiscated my switch a few days ago, complaining I wasn’t getting involved in 127 Squad meeting! How could you forget?”

“I thought it was watching YouTube!” TaeMin said.

“I thought you were learning drums?” Heart pouted, Reign nodded.

“BaekHyun-ah?” She looked at the male, “You got it right?”

“Yep!” He gave her a smug look, “I know you that well.” He bragged, causing Lux to scoff.

“You nearly got everything before this wrong!” She reminded him.

“Teacher, I remember the important stuff.”

“Sure, sure BaekHyun-ah” Lux teased him, “My hobby is more important than my birthday, and blood type after all...Another tricky question, What is her favorite food?” Lux smiled, “…let’s hear it!”

“Samgyetang!” TaeYong screamed, having cooked it nearly every day for all these years. Lux laughed remembering the memories behind the dish. “One point, ”

“Sweet things,” Ten raised his hand, “Correct!” Lux gave him a thumbs-up.

“Mala HotPot,” Reign said, smiling. Lux grinned back, “One point,”

“Mochi!” BaekHyun said.

“Accepted!” Came the answer.

“Dim Sum! ” Heart stood up to answer.

“Agreed!”

“Meat!” Lucas said and got one point.

“Buffet!” Mark said, remembering how she said she loves Buffet when they visited Bali.

“I love buffets, Markie,” She said in English, “…but it’s a collection of many foods, not a single dish.”

“Buddae Jiggae!” Kai shouted.

“You really couldn’t have gotten a wrong answer. Accepted.” Lux nodded, turning to TaeMin.

“Mandu,” TaeMin did his dumpling hands at her again.

“Accepted!”

“Now, I want the specifics!” She slammed her hands on the table, “What is her least favorite food?”

“I can’t eat anything that too pungent,” Lux told them, “Fermented Skate, it’s my least favorite,”

“Yeay,” Reign did her little dance, getting her answer right.

“Mine’s right too, ” Heart mumbled, smiling at the camera. “I copied off Reign,”

“It’s not stinky tofu?” Kai asked, making Lux shake her head.

“I got sick the last time I tried to eat Skate, Kai-yah,” Lux told him, shuddering at the thought of the pungent scent of the food. “Tried, that’s the key word.”

“What is her favorite color?” Lux asked, shooting a smile at BaekHyun.

“Red, ” He smiled back at her, “I sacrificed my mic for her during our promotions!” He told the others, though they already knew.

“BaekHyun-ie, my mic’s red too.” Lux scoffed, and reminded him about the epic match they had. She had won the first round itself. “Besides, I won rock-paper-scissors, fair and square!”

“I let you win,” BaekHyun argued, shrugged.

“You looked like you would cry for losing,” Lux challenged again.

“Let’s move on,” He said, admitting defeat. Lux smiled, reading the next question. “I’m still hurt over my loss, ” He faked crying.

“Who is Lux’s role model?” Lux asked, shaking her head to herself, “I don’t really have a role model, but I do get inspired by a lot of people, so any one of my inspirations will do.”

“Coco Chanel,” Heart grinned, and Reign added, “She can’t technically say this is wrong,”

“True, accepted!” Lux turned to the boys, “Lucas!”

“Me!” He laughed, pointing at himself.

“Wrong,” She grinned back, “BaekHyun-ie?”

“Heart!” He told her, “You’ll be breaking Heart’s heart if you say this answer is wrong, ” He reminded her, making the rest laugh.

“Okay,” Lux nodded, “I’ll accept it!”

“Kai!” Kai looked proud of hself, “I’m your role model!”

“It would’ve been accepted, but you are being cocky,” Lux told him, “…so no!”

Kai looked offended, but marked his paper as an ‘X’.

“Rihanna!” Mark told loudly, “Rihanna!”

“Okay, accepted!” Lux nodded, “I do love Rihanna!”

“TaeMin!”

“You guys are getting too cocky, ” Lux told TaeMin at his happy expression. “But accepted, because I love you, ”

“Ten-Ten-ie?” Lux looked at Ten, “What’s your answer, I swear, if you wrote your name…”

“Michael Jackson?”

“Accepted, ” Lux said in an assuring tone, “TaeYong-ie, what about you?”

“Eminem, ” He looked at her with puppy eyes, remembering all the times, Lux covered his songs during the trainee assessments. The multiple months they spent, trying to analyze the artist’s works.

“Accepted!” She gave him a smile, “Moving on, What is Lux afraid of? ”

“I get scared of unexpected sounds and actions,” Lux told them, “Nothing else can be accepted,”

The members scribbled on their papers, when Lux read the next question, “What is Lux’s most coveted part on 'Super One’s album?”

“I like my part the best in Tiger Inside,” She told them, making the boys go, 'Vroom Vroom,’ teasing her lines in Tiger Inside. Lux laughed, “…but, I would love to sing the high notes in any song,”

“What is the first thing she does when she wakes up?” Lux read the next question.

“Checking her phone,” Ten said, making TaeYong go, “Ordering food!”

“Stretch!” Heart and Reign said, having seen her stretch early mornings when they promoted in the US.

“I drink water and journal!” Lux said, spinning her pen around in her hands, “I don’t use my phone till I’ve had a breakfast and I’m trying to eat homemade food these days, at least for breakfast, ”

“What is Lux’s charm?” She looked at the members, looking back at her, “I’m sorry, kids, I really don’t know,” She couldn’t help but laughter at herself, “…you could write my style, or..”

“Style!” Kai gave her a fist bump, “I knew you would give this as an answer!” Lux bumped his fist.

“Finally, you get something right!” Lux told him, “I was worried you’d fail!”

“Is Height okay?” Lucas asked teasingly.

Lux glared at him, “Yes Lucas, me being a vertically challenged person in a group of giants is a charm. ”

SuperM laughed at her timing at the tall boy.

“Dimple!” Heart said.

Lux agreed to that, “Cheeks is okay too!”

“Cheeks!” Ten and BaekHyun shouted, raising their hands.

“Body lines!” Reign said, looking amused.

“I’ll take that too!”

“Appetite!” TaeYong said and Lux laughed, “Only TaeYong-ie will find it a charm!”

“TaeMin-ie?”

“Aegyo?” He asked, eyes shining with hope.

“I don’t have aegyo though, ” Lux said in a matter of fact tone, smiling when she saw TaeMin cheer. “But it doesn’t hurt to think I do, right?”

“Show your affection towards Lux then and now through a graph.” Was the last question.

“Show me your graphs, kiddos!” She stood up, walking behingt thr chairs looking at everyone’s graphs.

“I like Kai’s the best, a parallel line above the highest number,” She said, “Wait, TaeMin-ah, your graph starts from 0?”

[ author's endnote ] hello, guys! please let me know your thoughts on this! you can send in requests or asks or anything really, give feedback or your thoughts and just interact with me! it will make my day!

#nct female addition #nct female member #kpop oc #kpop member addition #kpop oc addition #kpop female addition #nct lux #superm mid-term exam

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fanfic year in review: 2020

thanks for the tag @gabriel-agreste-has-no-rights and @peachcitt !!

this is lowkey embarrassing tho bc both of you wrote so much and i only wrote like 2 words alksdfjsf

1. List of fics completed this year in the order they were finished:

1/1: XYZ — marichat. also happy bday 2 this fic lol

2/3: Second Chance — lukagami

2/13: lucky (we’re in love in every way) — love square (onesided adrien reveal and then full reveal)

5/24: Right Now and Always — PRPR

5/25: Why Are You Like This? — time travel shenanigans, adrienette date

7/31: you’re stuck with me (no homo) — luxy (luka x xy)

10/8: Pizza and Orange — lukagami

10/11: Dirt-y Little Secret — marichat

12/2: it’s a small world after all — adrienette

12/14: holding hands (and stuff) — marichat

total: 10

2. Number of words written:

68,218

3. Your most popular fic:

Why Are You Like This?

4. Your personal fav:

lucky (we’re in love in every way) cause it was just 3000% self-indulgence :) and i enjoyed the disaster energy haha

5. Your fav scene:

the kwami argument/embarrass-your-holder contest in lucky was a blast to write!

7. A line of writing you’re proud of:

from tell me something i don’t know (marichat soulmate au). i really like how this whole scene turned out so it’s another fav, heh

It was the same thing she’d said to him years ago, on a night like this one, in the glow of the candles, with his rose-shaped love wilting in his hands.

8. A comment that touched you:

omgsh so many 😭😭😭 people are so kind and i appreciate it so much!

shout out to @deadlycosmetix for binge reading my multichaps as well some oneshots and leaving lovely comments on every chapter aaaa that made my day 🥺

also someone told me they would buy a physical copy of “lucky” and asked me if they could print it out kslfjaslkdfajks that blew me away

9. Something that inspired your writing:

i’m inspired by so many writers and artists in the fandom every day! but a few of my fics this year had direct inspiration :)

@gabriel-agreste-has-no-rights fic Tastes Like Dirt inspired Dirt-y Little Secret

@yunyin art here inspired Why Are You Like This?

@gabriel-agreste-has-no-rights, @bugaboo-n-bananoir, and @janaikam’s amazing luxy content inspired you’re stuck with me (no homo)

and @shishitsunari’s animation here partially inspired the click scene from ch. 2 of tell me something i don’t know. i pictured his reaction exactly like this :’)

10. Your proudest accomplishment (that one scene; finally finishing that one fic; posting your first fic; etc):

it’s still a wip so idk if it counts as an accomplishment but i’m proud of the progress i’ve made so far on tell me something bc i’m usually too much of a coward to commit to a multichap haha

also, i got to write something for the Kagami Zine and the ML Writer Zine, which was really cool! i’d never been in a zine before

11. Do you have any writing goals for the next year?

write more in general lol. and finish tell me something 😤

Tagging: @botherkupo, @jattendschaton, @amiraculousplatypus, @jarl-deathwolf, @bugabisous —if you feel like it :)

#long post #mine #about me #writing things #my fics

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FAVORITE FANFICS OF 2019

HAPPY NEW YEAR’S EVE & HAPPY 2020 TO YOU ALL.

So this was a fun post I did last year, inspired by the dozens of Favorite Books of 2018 by the booktubers I followed and I thought to myself: why not do a little something something for the fanfics that stood out to me, stuck me with throughout the year.

Last year I read insanely amazing reads, and if you’re interested to see what were my favorite fanfics of 2018, here’s the link: past favs

For this year, I read sooooooo many incredible fanfics that it was hard to narrow it down to just 10. And the funny thing is, a good portion were from the same author, so it was insanely hard picking the top one.

I implore all of you reading and following me to try the tag-and please tag me. Always on the hunt for fanfic recs. I also am curious to hear the favorites from the following people: @kila09, @sebbies, @bookstakeyoutootherworlds, @scarlet47, @fleetofshippyships, @eyelashesandentropy, @tired-luxis, @dreamydrarry, @mothermalfoy, @profoundfelicity & @goldentruth813

Without any further ado, here are my top 10 favorite fanfics for 2019:

1). Soup-pocalypse and The Great Curry Cataclysm by SqaudOfCats/ @norelationtoatticus (drarry)

Summary: Eleven years after the war, Draco Malfoy leads a quiet, boring, and perfectly respectable life, thanks very much. Or, at least he does, until a sudden and very unexpected veela awakening causes him to throw soup all over Harry Potter in the middle of the Ministry cafeteria.

If the summary alone doesn’t get you to immediately click on the link and read, I don’t know what to say. But I can say this. SqaudofCats has become my new drarry favorite author period. I read all of her drarry stories, loved them all, and am hoping she does more.

This story, in one word, was a GEM. A FUCKING GEM. It was so so so good.There were so many good elements: Veela Draco, Dad Harry raising Teddy, Draco learning how to cook, a strang but HILARIOUS courtship involving food that I didn’t realize how much I needed until this story. It was also a perfect blend of fluff with so many cute moments and angst, which thankfully didn’t involve the couple but had to do with Harry’s mental health and PTSD post-war.

I read this story back in May and I still think about it. Have to stop myself from reading because I have so many fanfic tabs. But it is so good. It’s so addicting. Highly recommend.

Honorable mentions from this writer:

*Gift for Draco

*Nearly Lost Things, Carefully Tended

2). Cinderfella by @goldentruth813 (sheith)

Summary: Takashi Shirogane is exactly the kind of man Keith likes; built like a brick house with a smile sweet enough to rot teeth and a heart of gold. Of course he’s also YouTube famous and worlds out of Keith’s league. The closest he can get to his pseudo-celebrity crush is when he watches Shiro’s videos from the safety of his bed. Or so he thinks.

This incredible bean of a human being, this incredible writer is the reason I was pulled into the sheith ship long before I finally got into the show-and then had me drag @kila09 into the incredible maddness that is Shiro and Keith and the crew....and the disappointing season 8 that I am still pissed about. But yes @goldentruth813 is the reason why I got pulled into this ship, and this fanfic is the story that sealed my love for sheith and made them my 3rd favorite ship of all time.

This story is a fun, hilarious modern twist of Cinderella that obviously involves two guys, one is who a popular Youtuber and the other who is a hardcore super fan who meet in the most surprising circumstances and come back together in the most hilarious of ways. With our classic glass slipper being a beloved leather jacket.

It’s so stinking cute. It’s so hilarious. And it’s so weird since, while I do appreciate the fairytale, Cinderella isn’t one of my favorites but I’m a sucker for a good retelling of it. And this was so good.

Honorable mention by this writer:

*Safe Haven

3). Burn the Witch by @lettersbyelise (drarry)

Summary: When Harry Potter is sent in to investigate Draco Malfoy’s successful potions company, posing as Draco’s bodyguard, he doesn’t know the case will launch a series of events that will change his life — and Draco’s. A story about choices, scars, Chopin piano pieces, and finding all kinds of love in the most unexpected places.

Let’s be honest here. At this point, are we really surprise to see this story here , featured in a favorites/rec list? Are we honestly surprise? At this point, I feel every drarry-shipping reader has read it. Devoured it. And praised it.

This story pretty much took over the drarry community the way Red, White & Royal Blue took over the book world. There wasn’t a day when I didn’t see Burn the Witch featured in a drarry fanfic recs post, saw posts praising it. Fanart of it, edits for it, and several mood-boards. It was THAT STORY. And I am proud to say it was worth THE HYPE.

Because it’s so well-known, I’m not going into too much detail but I can say it involves Daddy Draco and Scorpius who is precious, Harry in an undercover mission, and has one of the BEST post-war, slow-burn to the point of excruciating drarry relationship I’ve read all year. READ IT.

Honorable mention by this writer:

*Draco Malfoy’s Stupendous Seduction Seminar

*Love Me (Four Times)

4). Evitative by Vichan (drarry)

Summary: In the summer before his fifth year at Hogwarts, Harry is drawn to a room in Grimmauld Place. Like the Gryffindor he is, he enters the room without fear. The room is a library, and Harry is surprised to find that he’s eager to learn.Then he gets the bad news: he’s been accidentally expelled from Hogwarts, and he needs to be sorted again. Everyone is confident that he’ll go straight back to Gryffindor, but with what he's been learning, Harry’s not so sure.

Out of all the stories I have in my list, this is the only one that is currently a WIP. I know some are hesitant with WIPs but this one is so worth it. Another hidden jewel found by chance. This story has to be one of the best slytherin-Harry ever and that shows the Slytherin House and the Slytherins in a positive light while still remaining true to their cunning ways.

5). Up We Go by Oh_Hey_Tae (BTS: Taehyung x Jimin x Yoongi)

Summary: “If you’re a witch that works with plants, then why are all of yours dead? That can’t be good for business.”

The room dims again, and Jimin lifts a hand to flip off the ceiling. Taehyung knows he’s sad and that’s why the shop darkens and he shouldn’t find it funny—but he can’t help it. Because this is ridiculous. The good kind of ridiculous. The amazing kind.

(Or: Taehyung has a green thumb, Jimin runs a magical store, and Yoongi can kind of see dead people.)

Oh my goodness, where on earth do I even begin with this one? I am loss for words. It’s been months since I read it and I am still lost for words on how incredible it is. This story reads like a fairytale. Who am I kidding? This is a fairytale. A beautiful fairytale that is of loss, grief, friendship, family, love, and magic. And a beautiful fairytale that features a poly relationship

I was broken at the last word of the last chapter. Broken. Broken and put back together again.This story was so heartbreaking and heartwarming and I couldn’t think of anything else the whole damn week after I finished it. It was that good.

Honorable mention by this writer:

* Tell Me Again

6). Silence by the Night by @parkkate (drarry)

Summary: After a spell goes horribly wrong, Harry has to deal with the loss of his eyesight. It’s such terrible timing, too, because how is he supposed to find out what Malfoy has been up to in the Room of Requirement? It’s not like he can ask the git, not only because it’s Malfoy, but also because the Slytherin has suddenly lost his voice. While they’re both trapped in the hospital wing, however, Harry discovers there’s so much he didn’t know about Malfoy, and it’s highly intriguing, but also a bit alarming. Where did all these confusing feelings come from all of a sudden? And what is Harry going to do about them?

See no evil. Hear no evil. Speak no evil. That is the best way to sum up this story. The themes of it certainly tie with the story. This story....there is a certain chapter and @parkkate knows what I mean if she remembers my reviews that shattered me. That made me sit down with a gasp because the angst just cut through me in a way that no other drarry fanfic had do to me. @parkkate I hope you know what I mean.

Funny thing is about this fanfic is that it took my lazy butt forever to read it, like months after it was done. And mind you, I’ve seen so much praise and incredible fanart for this fanfic as well. So yeah, I was cursing myself for not getting to it sooner. And it was so so so so damn good that I literally said to @parkkate THIS IS CANON. This is canon. This happened 6th year after the bathroom scene and no one can tell otherwise.

7). You only Live Once by @dreaming-fireflies (viktuuri/victuuri)

Summary: It's when the man is soaring in mid-air under the full moon that Victor gets a good look at him: he's Japanese, with black hair slicked back in a styled look, and a lithe body covered in tight, tight, leather under a navy blue coat.

And when the man lands on the ground again, Victor sees the final piece that captures his heart absolutely and thoroughly – a pair of brilliant, golden eyes.

Victuuri supernatural AU in which Victor is a Western demon hunter and Yuuri is a Japanese half-youkai exterminator.A cross-cultural romantic comedy/drama, with Japanese mythology, shounen action, and slice of life elements.

Literally the summary itself said everything you needed to know, everything that should AND MUST intrigue you enough into reading, that I don’t know if I really have anything to add. But I’ll try to add some of my own input.

Like the summary said, this is a Supernatural-au YOI story, infused with Japanese mythology. Two different shows that shouldn’t work together but somehow did, creating such a fantastic read. I loved it. From beginning to end. I even knew first chapter it was going to be an ultimate favorite of mine. This fanfic just reminded me of my great love for Vikor and Yuuri-and my need for a fucking season two. As well as reminded of the glorious prime days of Supernatural, which in my opinion were seasons 4 & 5. There was action, there was angst, there was mutual and insane pining from both sides, and so many incredible moments to put into words. Seriously, what more could you want?

@dreaming-fireflies, you seriously did the damn thing with this story.

Honorable mentions by this writer:

*Entwining Fates

*Zanka

8). your sharp and glorious thorn by @arahir (sheith)

Summary: To end the war they inherited, Keith marries the King he lead an army against.

“You know, we met once,” the king continues, voice closer, and Keith almost turns. They met many times on the field—but then the king clarifies with a single word. “Before.”

Before he was a king. Maybe before he was a general. Keith has traced his rise like the growth of a seed he planted in clay and never expected to see again for how poorly he sowed it. None of this would have been possible without Keith—not the war, not a line soldier's battlefield promotion, not the end of it all, tied up so neatly by all Keith’s best mistakes. Not the killing, either. The king is right about that much, at least.

This is an arranged-marriage AU story, a trope I don’t love too much unless it’s really well done, and had very strong Game of Thrones vibes. And please note when I said Game of Thrones, I mean Game of Thrones back in its incredible prime, not the shitty season 8 we all agree was a nightmare never to be thought of again. But yes, this story was so good. Arranged marriage, enemies-to-lovers, slowburn. Please read.

9). Your Constellation Prize by rosegardenlake aka @whoalookingcooljoker (sheith)

Summary: Akira is Hollywood's biggest celebrity. He sings, he acts, he models, he does it all and he does it perfectly. That's what Shiro thinks at least, but what would he know? He's just a tired office worker whose dreams fell through years ago. ...But when he sees Akira, oh god, when he sees him - Shiro's world fills with light again.

When Shiro lands an interview to be an assistant at Akira's company, he has a hard time believing it's reality. Though Akira's rarely around, meeting everyone is like a dream. Especially meeting Keith, Akira's shy sweet dorky cousin (OR IS HE?!)

I didn’t realize how much I would liked-love in fact-or needed a celebrity-AU until I read this story. And that’s about all I will say since I feel anything else will probably make things spoilery. But I will this say: these two can be such idiots, but they’re our lovable idiots and they’re so sweet, so soft. Also that this story definitely well-portrayed the dark side of fame.

10). That Old Black Magic by @bixgirl1 (drarry)

Summary: Centuries ago, marriage contracts were the norm — ready-made alliances between families, expected and complied with, without complaint. But norms have a way of changing, and when a long-dormant contract flares to life, Harry has to navigate an unexpected splintering of the path he'd thought would be easy after the war... with Draco Malfoy.

Least but certainly not least: an incredible, incredible drarry story done by the impeccable @bixgirl1.

I know I said that I’m not the biggest fan of the arranged marriage trope since I’ve been let down by so stories that started out promising but disappointed in the end. However, there are a few authors who I can always count on to make this trope into a great story. Such as @beatitudinembty, and also @bixgirl1.

This being is pretty much....I wanna say Sarah J Maas, one of my fav authors, in the drarry community. Everyone knows her. Everyone loves her. Everything she writes always turns into gold, and this latest story by hers was no except. Arranged marriage brings Harry and Draco together in the most infuriating, excruciating, incredibly-done slowburn.

Honorable mentions that I seriously wanted to add to the list but this post is already lengthy. All amazing, all greats reads by various writers y’all should check out:

*Moon-Eyed by @l0vegl0wsinthedark (Veela Draco, werewolf Harry, done by another star in the drarry community

*Expectant by @l0vegl0wsinthedark (drarry mpreg with Veela-Draco & werewolf-Harry)

*Where There is Tea by @bafflinghaze (drarry + bookstore+ tea=goodness)

*The Rules of Matchbreaking @nerdherderette ( drarry: match-maker Draco, oblivious Harry, what more could you want?)

* Come For Me by Frayach (drarry; STEAMY STEAMY smut and disabled rep)

*I Want Your Touch (And I Want Your Love) by @awjiminie (yoonmin with bad boy Jimin, good boy yoongi. What more could you want?)

*Seasons of Love by mucha (BTS; Jimin x Tae x Yoongi; incredibly well-done poly relationship)

Lovely people, that concludes my favorites of 2019. So many fantastic fanfics that I could spend hours gushing over them. To the writers who created these incredible stories. I applaud you. I thank you for creating and sharing these wonderful stories. Anyone interested in doing the tag, please do.

HAPPY NEW YEAR, GUYS.

#favorite fanfics of the year #best fanfics of the year #although they were many #drarry #drarry fanfic recs #drarry recs #sheith #sheith fanfic recs #BTS #BTS fanfic recs #harry potter #voltron #bangtan boys #fanfic recs #fanfics #yoonmin #vmin

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B, E, X

B - A pairing you initially didn’t consider but someone changed your mind

Hmmmm maybe luxy (luka/XY)?? It wasn’t that I was against them I just. never would have thought of them on my own lol (i tend not to think about luka in general unless it’s in a luxy context lol). Also currently sans/toriel from undertale which grew on my after i realized that most of the better-written undertale fics on ao3 ship them

E - Have you added anything cracky/hilarious to your fandom, if so, what

DIRT AU BABEY!! admittedly this is not a huge thing BUT some people made really cute/funny fics & art of marichat eating dirt which is all I ever wanted. (People being @chatnoirinette and @landturtlealyce who i love)

X - top 5-10 characters who are yoUR PRECIOUS BABIES AND YOU WILL DIE DEFENDING THEM

Vanitas kingdom hearts, my problematic gremlin son, u will always be #1 in my heart

Demyx kingdom hearts, you’re #2 if only because you don’t want the pressure and responsibility of being number one, and I love that for u

Frisk undertale, my new precious baby who has never done anything wrong, ever, in their life and i would die for them

Adrien Agreste who must be protected at all costs. And lumping in Marinette who i love as well. they are a package deal u cant protect one without the other. Do not separate them

I know i have more characters than this. where are they my head is empty wow. Too many of my favorite characters arent babies i guess?? shout out to aqua kingdom hearts and sans undertale. wish i could protect asriel dreemurr but. its too late ;;

#no you didn't ask for undertale rambles but that's what you're getting #i know you know kh at least lol #fandom ask game #fandom asks #flightfoot

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luxyweek · 4 years

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LUXY WEEK 2020 Prompts

Here it is! The prompts for the first ever Luxy Week!

Prompts:

May 24th: Eye Contact

May 25th: Heroics

May 26th: Style Swap

May 27th: Collaboration

May 28th: Kwami Swap (”Swap”)

May 29th: Serenade

May 30th: AU

Rules:

When posting, you can either tag @luxyweek or post on #luxyweek2k20

If you don’t see your work on this blog, just sent an ask. It’s completely possible that I just miss your work.

You can include other characters and ships, but just make sure that the focus is Luxy

This isn’t hate on other ships, but they get their own weeks/months as well and we don’t want to take appreciation from Luxy

No ship hating or salt allowed

This is supposed to be a fun event with a crack ship, so please keep hate an salt AWAY from whatever you decide to contribute

NSFW.....

You can create NSFW works, but just know if it’s not under a cut then it will not be reblogged. If you do include it please age up the characters, sothey are at least 18.

If you have any questions about anything, feel free to send an ask to this blog.

Special thanks to @chatnoirinette for letting me use her glitter Luka picture!

#luxyweek2k20 #luxyweek #luxy #luxury ship #luka #xy #luka couffaine #xy roth #xavier yves #xavier yves roth #ship week #my prompts

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limonium-anemos · 4 years

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Tag Meme / Summoning Circle

Question: If one could put five fanfics/books in a pentagram to summon you, what would they be?

Tagged by: @being-luminous and @queerofthedagger thank you aster!!! mona!!! 😘😭💕 i hope you both are doing well! 🌟

This took me so long I'm sorry! I couldn't decide if I want to put in books so I limited it to fics. 😩😂 Here we go!!!

Nose to the Wind by Batsutousai (hp)

- this fic just tickles everything that I loved with Voldemort and Harry as a ship! This is my go-to fic for reccing, for comfort, for fluff and slow burn and angst, if i want to cry, if i want to smile. I open and reread this fic for an endless number of times since Bats posted the first chapter. All my favorite tropes 🥰 I love this fic with my whole heart!!!

Ichor series by Nocturnememory (hp)

- this fic single-handledly brought me back to try writing again! I wrote they will burn in one-sitting because I was so overwhelmed with feelings after reading!!!! Nocturne's Harrie is also the loveliest fem!harry I've ever read. 😭😊❤️

love is touching souls (surely you touched mine) by ToAStranger (hp)

- ❤️❤️❤️❤️ THIS FIC!!! THIS FIC!!!! I DONT THINK I NEED TO EXPLAIN!!!!

The Emperor and the Star by wynnebat (hp)

- i love everything wynne writes, but this one is my favorite😭 seer harry? same age au?? marriage??? FLUFF!!!???? This fic also forced my hand to slip and draw in full color while crying in happiness and turned me into a full-time fluff enthusiast.

Giving Up the Ghost by zhedang (snk)

- last!!!! I cannot put into words all the emotions and thoughts and realizations this fic put me through, but what I can tell you is that this fic saved me 💕

“I don’t have any answers for you,” Eren said. “But if that’s what you want, don’t you have to keep living? Every day you are alive is a new chance that things might change. If you die, you lose that.”

I memorized this line the first time. This is also one of the reasons I read so much, and rec, and comment. There are always WORDS that would reach someone who needs to hear it the most. 😉💕

Tagging: (if in case the tag makes you uncomfortable, please let me know and I'll remove it! i'm so sorry to disturb you 🙇‍♀️) @oneoftheoddones @oneoftheoddones-art @exarite @wuxian-chalory @penmanner @moonlight-modoki @tired-luxis @bewds @wynnefic @sarcasmick @r-iddlemethis @tomarryherewewhoaagain @duplicitywrites @treacleteacups @scarlettlimps @chamberofarts @jadejabberwock @iaminvisibleaminot @k-s-morgan @tomriddleswearjar @nocturnememory @mendacia-dulcia @purplewitch156 @alittlebitofharrypotterinmylife1 @greenbriars @fhimechan @ladybirdsparrow @tannin-tele @cheeedddaaarrr @amyrallis @lit-hp @nylffn @sakuraganesan

#tag meme #this was fun but formatting on mobile took me almost an hour 😂😂😂😂😂#why is the app so wonky lately #also i tagged ppl who i often remember seeing on my tl amd activity #limonium

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janaikam · 4 years

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Janai’s Fic Master List

List of all my works that I have posted since October 2019. All of these are posted on my AO3 j_majka. Works towards the bottom of each category are my earlier works and are probably not of the best quality. All stories can be found by searching the tags on my tumblr page! Some have the full thing while others don’t, which is why I didn’t put the tumblr links here.

* - complete

italics - one-shot

bold - Multi chapter

Miraculous Ladybug:

*Hamster Time - 979, Adrien, Ladybug, In which, Ladybug decides to cheer Adrien up by helping him adopt a hamster.

*Adventures in Paris - 2238, Kagami, Luka, Juleka, Kagami's trip with her mother took an unexpected turn when she decided to ditch her tutor and have fun with an interesting pair of siblings.

*Team Bonding - 852, Marinette, Alya, Nino, Adrien, After a night out, Marinette and Alya try to sneak back home quietly, but things don't go quite as planned.

Soulmate Update - 828, Marinette, Adrien, After almost a year of thinking that Adrien was her soulmate, Marinette is presented with proof that maybe she got it wrong. What if her feline partner is actually her soulmate?

Chat’s Playpen - 1401, Luka, XY, Adrien, Marinette, A series of continuous chat conversations on the discord server, Chat's Playpen. Follow along with the miraculous friends!

*Double Date Fiasco - 3027, Nino, Alya, Marinette, Chat Noir, Walking back home one night, Alya spots Marinette letting Chat Noir into her room. Alya and Nino accidentally uncover a bit more than expected when confronting their friend about the situation.

*3 Superheroes and An XY - 3110, XY, Luka, Nino, Alya, About two months into dating, XY decides that it's time for him to meet some of Luka's friends. Now all Luka has to do is find someone who won't instantly kill XY on sight.

*The Chalya Escapades - 3294, Chat Noir, Alya, Ladybug, Ladybug catches Alya and Chat sneaking around one night. What on earth are her kitty and best friend up to? (Note: This is a one-shot with a bonus scene added as a chapter)

*Melody? Too Cliche! - 909, Luka, XY, Harper Couffaine-Roth absolutely loves the story of how she came into her parent's lives.

*Adrien Protection Squad - 1089, Adrien, Alya, Nino, Marinette, Alya discovers a fun little website and decides that she wants to share it with her friends.

*I Can’t Help Falling in Love With You- 12406, Luka, XY, All XY wanted was a little revenge. That’s all. Why couldn’t things just go as planned?

*Roommates - 2601, Ladynoir, When the new mayor of Paris offers an apartment to Paris' heroes, Ladybug and Chat Noir couldn't pass up on the chance.

*Enemies to Lover Trope - 1338, DJWifi, Ladrien, Alya has some suspicions about Paris' heroes and Nino's just hoping that everything doesn't blow up in his face.

*They’re Not Dolls - 1498, Ladrien, Marichat, Who knew a couple of dolls could cause so much trouble?

*Jarring Journey To Jubilation - 1360, Adrinette, Adrichat, Somehow an innocent comment spiraled into something Adrien couldn't control.

Excerpts From the Paris Needs a Hero Memoir - 14513, Adrinette, Passages from Marinette and Adrien’s diary of memories, also known as Paris Needs a Hero. Made in the off chance Marinette loses her memories at some point in life.

*Wonderwall - 671, Luxy, XY feels like he hasn't made his feelings clear to Luka. He needs to remedy that and quickly.

*See You Again - 2577, Lukagami, After a little encouragement, Kagami decides to go to speed dating. There she meets someone who piques her interest, but her blunt nature may have ruined everything.

*Attempted Chat Burglar - 1697, Marichat, Chat makes a bet with Marinette on whether he can be a thief like her.

*Midnight Date - 981, Ladynoir, Adrien plans a surprise date for Marinette on the rooftops of Paris.

*A Trail of Rose Petals - 1947, Ladynoir, Adrien plans a little scavenger hunt for Marinette around Paris.

*Before I Fall - 1431, Marichat, After a rough day at school, Chat Noir pays Marinette a visit and they have some fun doing trust exercises.

*The Next Right Thing - 1677, Hawkmoth has defeated Ladybug and Chat Noir. Now what?

*Oxes, Kwamis, and Universes. Oh My! - 3204, An akuma attack leaves Adrien feeling a little different. More cranky and mean. But he's not exactly sure what is wrong.

*What Happened? - 2596, AU of an AU where Marinette believes that Adrien is really her enemy. (Side piece to It’s Just the Start)

I Know What You Did Last Year - 2798, Adrientte, When a new girl from Lila's past starts attending Dupont, secrets get revealed that could change the class dynamic.

*A Bun - 851, Adrinette, Marinette finds out that she and Adrien are going to have a baby, so what better way to tell him.

*It’s Just the Start - 4103, Adrinette, DJWifi, Tattoo Soulmate AU where people are born with soulmate tattoos that dictate who their romantic, platonic, and enemy soulmate are. Most people have at most three, but Marinette and Adrien are a little different.

No Good Nick:

*Just Us - 670, Nick/Will, Maybe in another universe we could be something. No Harbaughs. No Thompsons. Just Us. AU where Nick's dad and Will's mom were never arrested.

#my fics #my writing #just doing a little organizing with my blog #just ignore this lol #or dont #miraculous Ladybug #no good nick

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mikauzoran · 4 years

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LuXY/Lukadrien/Lukadrienette: Welcome to La-La Land: Chapter Seven

@luxyweek

Welcome to La-La Land: Chapter Seven: AU

XY was having a suck-tastic day.

Most of the fans seemed to be satisfied with Kitty Section appearing at the end of the show to perform their version of the song, but some people were making a big fuss because that guy had gotten akumatized.

No one seemed to care about XY and how he still didn’t have a new song to perform or how the akuma had attacked him, stolen his voice, and tied him up.

His dad was too busy performing damage control to tell XY what the plan was now, so XY was feeling a little anxious and unmoored, uncertain of what he should be doing besides waiting in the dressing room.

The worst part was that his father had called him an idiot on camera.

My imbecile son.

The words kept echoing in XY’s mind.

All of Paris had heard.

XY knew he was dumb, but he didn’t like other people thinking it or saying it out loud. He knew he was a little slow. He just couldn’t stand when it was pointed out.

It reminded him of when he’d started school in France and how all the other kids, younger kids who had actually grown up speaking French, rubbed in how stupid he was. He didn’t always understand the colloquial speech, but he knew the other kids were badmouthing him. When he looked up the words at home, he was ashamed that he’d been too dumb to understand that they were talking about how dumb he was.

His father’s words, “imbecile son”, cut deep, dragging up old hurts along with it.

He wished he could come up with something good, a new song, something original and unique like the fun, catchy unicorn song that Kitty Section had made. Maybe then his father would say something nice, not think XY was quite so stupid.

XY sighed heavily and pushed himself off the countertop so that his roller chair spun again. He closed his eyes, spinning, letting himself get dizzy.

Twelve minutes later when that ceased to be amusing, he let the chair slow to a stop and sat there for a second before he tried to get up.

He was tired and wanted to go home, but no one had come to get him yet. He was kind of hungry too. Akuma attacks always made him hungry, but there weren’t any snacks in the dressing room. He decided to go out in the hall and look for a vending machine, maybe get a soda or something.

He opened the door just in time to see the Kitty Section members pass—three girls and that giant guy—their backs to him.

XY wondered where that other guy was.

Luka. That was what his friend (girlfriend?) had called him.

Luka with the blazing blue eyes that lit a flame low in XY’s gut.

When Luka and his friend had first confronted XY and his father and Luka had reached out for the mask on the side of XY’s head, XY’s heart had done a double backflip. He’d thought for a second that Luka was reaching out to cup XY’s cheek.

In the moment before Luka had ripped the mask off, making the elastic snap painfully against XY’s skin, XY had stared into Luka’s smoldering, storm-like eyes, and it had been three kinds of magic.

XY had had crushes on guys before, but never that intense that quickly.

After the akuma had been taken care of, XY found the cheap, discarded mask where Ladybug’s magical ladybug swarm had put it back together after Chat Noir destroyed it. XY secreted the mask away, hiding it with his things to take home and save.

Luka was kind of terrifying but also incredibly attractive.

XY had watched him interacting with that girl he’d come with and the rest of his band, and Luka had a nice smile, a melodic laugh, a soft-spoken, sweet voice. It was clear that Luka could be a kind, fun person when he wasn’t angry.

XY kind of wished they’d met under better circumstances so that XY could have a chance at getting Luka to smile and laugh like that with him.

With a sigh, he shut the dressing room door and turned to head the opposite direction from Kitty Section.

He nearly ran right into Luka trailing behind his bandmates.

“Hey. Watch where you’re going,” Luka hissed, glaring XY down.

XY jumped, putting his hands up in self-defence as he flashed back to Silence finding him cowering in the storage closet, calling out to him with his own disembodied voice, tying him up, and then throwing XY over his shoulder to cart him off to the recording studio where Alec was already similarly bound.

Luka’s glare quickly dissipated into an uncertain, uncomfortable frown. He shook his head as if trying to shake his preceding thoughts loose and then turned, continuing on his way, putting XY and Bob Roth and this entire day behind him.

XY watched him go, noting the perfection that was the tight fit of his skinny jeans. He sighed again, lamenting the futility of his love life.

But then Luka slowed to a stop, fingers balling into fists, back muscles going taut as he seemed to struggle with something internal. Finally, with a huff, letting the tension go, Luka turned back around and tentatively approached.

His expression was shamefaced, his tone hesitant.

“Hey,” he breathed. “Sorry.”

XY blinked, mind scrambling to come up with an adequate response. “Oh. Uh. No. I wasn’t paying attention, so…”

Luka grimaced, fair skin easily showing a blush. “No. I meant…” He bit his lip, drawing XY’s gaze. “I meant sorry for more than just snapping at you right then. I meant…I’m sorry for today in general.”

Luka looked up, fighting off his shame and forcing himself to meet XY’s gaze and own up to his own shortcomings. “Yes, you and your father were in the wrong for plagiarizing, but I completely lost my cool when he threatened Marinette, and I shouldn’t have. I shouldn’t have let my anger get the better of me, but I did, and I’m sorry I lashed out at you.”

XY kept blinking as he stared into those cool blue eyes, sparkling like aquamarines even in the unflattering fluorescent light of the hallway. “Oh. Uh…thanks.”

A pained expression took over Luka’s face. “I don’t remember what happened, so I don’t know what I said, what I did to you, but I’m sorry for that too. I wasn’t in control, and I never would have done or said any of that if I had been, so I just want you to know that I’m sorry.”

“It wasn’t that bad,” XY admitted, trying to make Luka feel better and make himself out to be brave. “I mean, sure, I was a little uncomfortable when you tied me up and slung me over your shoulder—” XY would never admit that he’d kind of liked being carried and that the angle afforded him a splendid view of Luka’s tush in whatever skintight material the evil suit had been made out of. “—but it wasn’t anything compared to when Jagged’s akuma tied me up and made me stand out on a plank at the top of the Eiffel Tower.”

XY shrugged, pretending to be aloof and composed, hoping Luka would pick up on how cool XY was.

Luka’s mouth dropped open as he attempted to process himself slinging Xavier-Yves Roth over his shoulder and Jagged Stone dangling the pop star off the side of the Eiffel Tower.

“Oh,” Luka finally responded. “Wow. Okay. Well…sorry again. I’m glad it wasn’t that bad.”

XY smirked, voice full of bravado as he declared. “It was no sweat, really, so don’t worry about it.” Luka didn’t need to know that if XY had had his voice at the time, he would have been emitting high-pitched shrieks. “The worst part was losing an hour out of my day.”

“Uh… Well… Sorry for the inconvenience, then,” Luka offered, feeling conflicted about the way this conversation was going.

There was a beat, and it looked like Luka was turning to go when he abruptly stopped mid-rotation and asked, “Purely out of curiosity, why did you steal Kitty Section’s song and Marinette’s costumes? You’re a professional musician with your own established style. Why poach amateur work?”

XY crossed his arms defensively, looking away. “It wasn’t stealing.”

Luka’s eyes narrowed, and his fingers began to coil once more in indignance that even now XY refused to admit he’d done anything wrong.

“It was just inspiration,” XY corrected petulantly. “I couldn’t come up with anything that Dad thought would sell, so he said all we needed to do was let someone else do the work for us, so we went through the entries, and I made the song based off of yours…and Dad said it was good, that it would sell.” XY shrugged, wishing Luka would drop it.

Hadn’t Luka gotten to perform his version of the song on TV? Wasn’t that good enough? Why did he want to make XY’s day worse? Hadn’t enough bad things happened to XY already?

“You had writer’s block?” Luka inquired in exasperation. “So you decided to rip off somebody else?”

XY changed the cross of his arms and looked at Luka defiantly. “Dad said to. I was just doing what Dad said. He’s the best in the business—he has been for years—so I just trusted that he knew what he was talking about. I didn’t do anything wrong.”

Luka pursed his lips, trying to understand how a person could have their head so firmly in the sand to the point where they couldn’t acknowledge that they’d made a mistake. “But didn’t it feel wrong playing someone else’s music? I put a lot of myself into my songs, little bits of life experience, the things that happen to me, the things I feel. I couldn’t imagine playing someone else’s music with the same intimacy that I play my own. Didn’t it feel wrong to play something that wasn’t yours?”

Deep trenches formed in XY’s forehead as he tried to comprehend Luka’s meaning. “No,” he answered bluntly. “I just…you know. I make music that’s catchy, sure to be popular. Repetitive. I don’t ‘put myself into the music’, so…it’s just…whatever, you know?”

Slowly, Luka began to nod as he started to understand where the disconnect was coming from. “I always thought your music sounded soulless.” He didn’t say it in a mean way. It didn’t sound like an insult, more like a realization, an epiphany.

XY still didn’t like it.

He crossed his arms harder and shifted his weight so that it rested on his right leg, making his hip jut out. “Okay, well, tell me how to ‘put myself into the music’, then, if you’re so great.”

Luka’s expression softened. “I’d hardly call myself great, but…if you really want to make authentic music, the first step is to stop caring so much about what sells.”

XY visibly recoiled.

Making marketable music was the catechism Bob Roth had drilled into his son from an early age, so Luka’s first step sounded like downright heresy.

“Seriously,” Luka chuckled (making XY’s body stand at attention because Luka was laughing, and that laughter was directed at him). “You’re an established musician with hundreds of thousands of fans. There are people who will buy whatever you put out, so it’s not like you have to be so rigid. You have some wiggle room to experiment, so stop thinking about what sells and think instead about what you like.”

“What I like,” XY repeated, feeling clueless.

Luka nodded. “Sure. What kind of music do you like?”

XY bit his lip. “I don’t…I don’t really know.”

Luka’s eyebrows started to inch together. “Well…maybe figure that out first.”

“How?” XY challenged. If Luka was giving XY instructions, he wanted concert steps he could follow, none of this “figure it out” crap. XY was not much of a thinker. He couldn’t “figure it out” unless someone else explained it to him.

“Listen to a wide variety of music. Listen to classical, listen to folk music, rap, jazz, gamelan music, traditional Japanese shamisen and koto…listen to everything. Professionals, people busking in parks and in the subway, birdsong, the sound a bottle makes when you blow into it, children playing, passing cars, the wind in the trees, the sound of dropped coins, water splashing in a fountain. Listen until you find something that resonates with you,” Luka advised.

XY pursed his lips, furrowing his brow in confusion. “How will I know when it resonates with me?”

“You’ll know,” Luka assured. “You’ll feel it through your whole body. You’ll get really excited and want to share it with someone. You’ll know, and when you do, try to make something like it—Not a copy,” Luka was quick to clarify.

“Don’t copy it note for note if it’s another piece of music. Just create whatever it inspires you to make. After you’ve done that the first time, you’ll understand the process better, and then you’ll be able to keep your ears open as you go about your day,” he insisted, seeing the skeptical look on XY’s face.

Luka smiled encouragingly. “Inspiration will come if you just keep your ears open. Maybe it will be a snatch of something someone in the street is humming or the sound of someone’s laughter or the buzz of cicadas or an intricate display in a shop window. It can be anything so long as it strikes a chord in you. Just be open to the sounds and sights around you, how they make you feel. Feelings can be inspiration too. Sometimes you need to throw in a tritone or a two to get across the tension and unease.”

“Triton?” XY repeated, feeling lost.

Luka shook his head. “Don’t worry about it. The important thing is to try to incorporate your feelings and the things you come across in your daily life that strike a chord with you into your music. Don’t worry about if it sells. Just use your experiences to make something that you’re happy with. That’s what it means to ‘put yourself into the music’.”

XY’s fingers tightened around his bicep. “I don’t know. I don’t think I can do that. I’m not…” He looked away, mumbling, “I’m not very talented like that. I don’t have good ideas.”

Luka frowned. “I think your fans would disagree.”

XY blinked, surprised at the gentleness in Luka’s tone. He was so used to his father laughing and agreeing when XY commented upon how stupid or talentless he was. It had turned into a kind of sick inside joke, so it was jarring for the conversation to veer from the script he’d grown so accustomed to.

“It might be hard at first, but if you really want to make music that you yourself are happy with, you can do it. You’re already a professional musician with an eager audience. You don’t have to fight to get your music heard. Take the opportunity to experiment a little. Everyone has a song inside of them. You can find yours,” Luka encouraged.

XY’s insides melted.

He couldn’t remember the last time someone had cheered him on like that, telling him that he could do something. Luka made it sound so simple, made him think he could actually do it, create music for himself. Luka had XY believing that he really could find his own song if he dug down deep for it, the music reverberating inside of him even before he decided to go into the music business to connect with his father and make Bob Roth happy.

XY’s heart fluttered. He wanted to get to know this guy better. He wanted to hear Luka talk more, watch Luka’s eyebrows and the corners of his mouth as they made the most interesting microexpressions, injecting so much unspoken meaning into the exchange.

The words, “Can I take you out for coffee?” were on the tip of XY’s tongue when a dressing room door down the hall opened, and the giant guy from Luka’s band stuck his head out, calling, “Hey, Luka, you coming?”

“Just a minute!” Luka replied and then turned back to XY with a smile XY wouldn’t soon forget.

“I’ve got to go, but good luck.” Luka visibly hesitated, biting his lip and crinkling his brow, before adding, “And maybe don’t listen to your dad all the time. You might one day regret the person he’s turned you into.”

Luka patted XY on the arm and turned to go. “I hope you find your song.”

XY’s skin burned through his signature jacket in the shape of Luka’s hand. On the inside, his brain was exploding into fireworks in the loveliest shades of blue and green. Luka’s eyes were indelibly stamped on the back of XY’s eyelids, their delicate blue glowing in a way XY knew he’d be seeing in his dreams.

Bob Roth ranted all during the long drive back to Le Grand Paris on the other side of town. Mostly it was a torrent of abuse directed toward Luka, Kitty Section, Chat Noir, and Ladybug, but there were some barbed comments about XY’s musical abilities and IQ as well.

XY sank down low in his seat, feeling miserable…until he thought of Luka.

Luka’s kind words, gentle smile…his expressive eyes, lyrical laugh.

I hope you find your song.

For the first time in a long time, XY really wanted to. He wanted to make music for the sake of fun and not have to worry about whether it would stick in people’s ears and sell copies.

XY wanted Luka to hear the music he made and think it was good. He wanted to put himself in the music and have Luka think it was good…think XY was good.

As soon as they made it back to their suite of rooms at the hotel, XY headed straight for the shower to avoid a further tirade from his father as well as to wash all of the product out of his hair.

He changed into less conspicuous skinny jeans, purple converse, and a white baseball shirt with purple, three-quarter length sleeves. He lost the blinged-out necklace advertising his identity, added oversized movie star sunglasses, and piled his long, blonde hair into a bun at the top of his head.

“I’m going out incognito, Dad,” he called as he made his way towards the door. “Back in a bit.”

Bob scoffed at his son’s appearance. “You look like Man Bun Ken. Didn’t I tell you never to style your hair like that? What if someone sees you? It’ll ruin your image.”

XY shrugged. “They won’t recognize me. I’m not wearing my bling or my signature jacket. No one will know it’s me without the tall hair,” he assured, hustling out the door.

He ended up in the Place des Vosges, sitting in the shade of the trees at the base of the Louis XIII statue with the weird tree trunk coming up through the middle of the horse.

Children were shrieking with joy as they played on the playground at the south-east corner of the park. The fountains were burbling, and XY could hear the indistinct, hypnotic murmur of people picnicking out on the grass. Birds sang, and someone was playing something jazzy on a saxophone under one of the arches of the brick underpass leading into the plaza. The notes echoed, reverberating out into the world.

The sun was slowly sinking, evening coming on with a vanguard of soft orange and yellow and rose-tinted light. The sky overhead was still blue. Blue, like Luka’s eyes, Luka’s hair, Luka’s clothing.

Blue.

Luka’s laugh, soft and self-conscious, bounced around inside of XY’s head like a song playing on repeat.

XY frowned, recalling Luka’s advice for creating authentic music. Hadn’t he said that XY could take inspiration from anywhere? Birdsong or dropped coins or someone’s laughter?

A melody started forming in XY’s mind, bouncing along to the cadence of Luka’s chuckle.

He hurried home and worked long into the dim hours of the dawn twilight on his song. It was nothing like when he’d made pieces focusing only on what would sell. That was formulaic and could be done, not in the five minutes he’d bragged to Alec about, but at least in one sitting. This, what he was doing now, making authentic music, was uncharted territory, and it took days of tweaking to get the song just right.

He called it Blue and presented it to his father the following weekend.

Bob Roth scoffed at it, saying that it was too obscure, too niche to sell to the masses, but that was okay with XY. He was happy with his song…and he thought Luka might be too.

It had been hard but fun and satisfying to create something heartfelt, to put himself into the music. He decided, after that first song, to walk around with his ears open and create more authentic music.

He thought about trying to get in contact with Luka, but every time he was on the cusp of actually doing something about his crush, he lost his nerve. Luka was probably dating that Marinette girl. Besides, what would Luka and XY have in common? Luka was really smart; what would he see in XY? What would XY’s dad say? Bob Roth had told XY that he could only date women and that he wasn’t allowed to tell anyone that he liked guys, so what was the point?

Time stretched on, and it eventually started to feel too random to go up to a guy he’d met once a year ago (two years ago, five years ago, seven years ago) and tell him what a difference he’d made in XY’s life, how XY had feelings for him, wanted to know him better.

XY settled for working on his music, creating something Luka would enjoy and respect. He secretly followed Kitty Section’s career and then Luka’s when he went solo. He attended almost every concert he could, incognito so as not to cause a scene. In private, he devoured Luka’s interviews, the photos posted on Instagram, the blog posts, the tweets.

He let his feelings smolder in secret for years until one night, ten years after they’d first met, XY and Luka attended the same party. He saw Luka’s name on the confirmed guestlist and put his plan into motion. His heart fluttered when he saw Luka there, standing off on his own. It was the opportunity of a lifetime, and XY couldn’t help but take it.

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