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shepscapades · 21 days
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aka Joel not knowing that he just prevented major docsuma moment from happenning (< destruction comic is the major docsuma moment in question)
Also Etho one more getting fixed in the worst ways possible, first superglue now this????
LMAOOOO EXAAAACTLY Joel just caused a huge fork in the timeline /absolutely not
ALSO NOT THE SUPERGLUE REFERENCE
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a-finnish-janitor · 7 months
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Poor Cynthia. Yes, a bit of sympathy for her for the whole unrequited love for Tom thing but it gets a lot worse. Like she's one of the few people who remembers about him and Barbara being taken by the dark presence in the lake, and then spends 40 years being known as the town crazy lady that's obsessed with light because she knows what happened to the man she loved. AND THEN, she tries to help someone who was in the same position as her Tom was in 40 years before he goes missing too and is presumed dead just like Tom. So she ends up moving into an old folks home. After all that, her lamp is stolen and is sent to the guy she tried to help in the lake, and she gets taken by the dark presence and ultimately dies in the end. This poor woman's life was completely and utterly messed up.
Exactly! I planned a post about her but you've said it all here. She spent so long helping to fight the dark presence, only to succumb to it in the end. And like, I can't even blame Rose for what happened. She was just told to get a lamp. So she looked at Cynthia's lamp and thought "this one will do", not even realizing she has just doomed her. Both of these poor woman having their lives twisted and used by men the men they idolized and loved.
Because like, exploring the nursing home for the first time, and seeing her standing by the window, I was like "is this who I think it is?" And I was excited! I was like yay I remember you Cynthia! And then 30 seconds into the interaction we get the jump scare screen and she disappears. And then reading her notes and journal entries in her room really bring the heartbreak home, especially the entries right after her lamp gets stolen, she is so confused and afraid 😭
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spooky-activity · 3 months
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local warlock drinks legendary potion of gigantification to save friend from eldritch horrors who live in The Mists
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I have found a beautiful perfect humble rock specimen that is light yellow with a weird dark yellowy brown lining, somewhat resembling a chunk of smoked gouda cheese... effervescent
#I am still very into trash collecting at the moment and even went out and got one of those grabby sticks for cheap and a little#bucket I can carry around and put trash in. so I am going on walks in nature a bit more (not really to enjoy nature but more to play the#very fun Real Life Hidden Object Point And Click Game that is 'hunt for bottle caps and cans' .. but eh.. whatever gets me out of the#house lol).. anyway.. some nature places near water will have cool rocks#Which I know you're not supposed to take them and I MOSTLY dont.. but every once in a while it's like... when else will I ever find a#gouda rock... I have cleaned up 4 buckets of trash today.. I have helped the environment.. mayhaps.. i could take a One Single Rocke as a#treate... ANYWAY. but yeah. I don't know the names of rocks but there's a rock that's a matte muted marigold yellow sort of#color and I call them 'cheese rock'. I'm pretty sure this one is of the 'cheese rock' species but it just has weird brown coloration#like maybe it got stained or something on one side of it. Most of the other cheese rocks have no markings. though sometimes there will be a#auburn reddish sort of hue on a corner or something.. hrmm.. curious. I also got a Beginner's Hobby rock tumbler and some supplies#so I might try polishing some of the rocks from my enormous rock collection. even though they're all street rocks I picked up from sidewalk#and stuff. I saw a video where someone put random gravel and stuff in a rock tumbler and none of them were Stunning Gems or whatver#but some still turned out cool enough that I would be pleased with the result... OUgh.. I want to post more I need to like do costumes and#sculptures and stuff and be Active On Social Media and think about my Future and Career and how it always benefits artists to keep an#active social media or etc. but I just feel so tired and bad lately. I think the summer heat waves have really exhausted me. I also have#been trying to make new friends + on a weird schedule so I've been socializing and also watching media too much. I notice I always start#to feel this kind of unsettled stress of not making any forward progress in my life if I do that for too long. like 'Okay this week I've#done nothing but meet up with two friends & watch like 10 episodes of tv and only worked on a few projects on the side.. this is HORRIBLE!'#(ppl who follow me here that I talk to on discord: this isn't about you! Im specifically just referencing being tired of introductory talks#with a new round of random strangers during my Friend Hunt. Just clarifying so it couldn't be misinterpreted as vaguepost implying that I'm#secretly bothered by talking to you or etc. lol.. anyway) . Which I know to MOST people 'I talked to a lot of friends and watched some cool#stuff!' sounds like a GOOD relaxing time but.. to me it is not ghhj.. Those are 'external' focuses on things outside myself which bothers#me if not moderated. Like.. i MUST retreat internally to work on my worldbuilding and my own thoughts and etc. at very regular intervals or#it will really start to bear on me too much. Brain Mandated Hermit Isolation lol. Just being too detached from my world and stuff for#too long feels increasingly bad. PLUS. every day I don't make tangible progress towards my goals is a day wasted that I could have been#investing in my future by working on novels/games/sculptures/actual career relevant stuff. Not even in a Capitalism way i just genuinely#enjoy Completing Tasks & feel miserable if I don't for too long. EVEN the media I'm watching I turn into A Task since I rank in a detailed#google doc list after viewing lol.. Like EW movie too boring on it's own. NEED to turn it into something I can categorize and analyze ghghj#LOVE to make things more complicated than they need to be. like YAAAY organizational tasks! yaay meticulous sorting!! BOO ''mindless fun''!
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thewillowoaklady · 5 days
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(via "Beautiful Orange Marigold Flower Photography" Tote Bag for Sale by CaytlinEPhotos)
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ask-impatient-samurott · 11 months
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Jean peeked past the plastic curtain, hoping to see Kappa awake.
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[Kappa]
“J-Jean!” Kappa choked. “I forgot you were headed here too...”
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[Jean]
“Yeah, I nearly fainted when I heard that you were knocked out. Are you doing okay?”
Jean spoke with a soft, caring voice that made Kappa’s whiskers shiver. Jean regarded her with a voice that said it has known her for a very long time. Like they weren’t complete strangers at all, but two people who knew and cared for each other deeply.
This was such a strange feeling to Kappa. Sure, Jean was very pretty and very kind... but, Kappa didn’t fall in love with strangers. She had met several Pokemon the she had found attractive, but she hadn’t felt as if every hair on her body was magnetizing toward them like they were to Jean.
Kappa flexed her claws. They were tingling.
She shook herself.
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[Kappa]
“Jean...” She said suddenly. “Who are- do I know..?”
Just as Jean opened her mouth, she cut off by soft giggling and the sound of Morelet and Nema failing to sneak behind Jean and out of the room.
“What are you doing?” Kappa asked, exasperated.
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Morelet and Nema scrambled out of the room and into the lobby, howling with laughter as they went.
Jean and Kappa were left alone in Kappa’s hospital room. Jean giggled.
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[Jean]
“Your friends are so silly.”
‘They’re something.’ Kappa said to herself.
Jean stared awkwardly at the floor while Kappa fiddled with her blanket. Neither of them really knew what to say.
“If I knew your anxiety was this bad,” Jean said. “I’d have forced you into the special car with me.”
Kappa laughs.
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[Kappa]
“It wasn’t always this bad. I didn’t think it had gotten to be so bad.” Kappa sighed. “I’ve always had anxiety- It’s just that something happened. And it got worse.”
Kappa looked up at Jean, hoping she wouldn’t ask her to elaborate. But, Jean regarded Kappa with a look that said she already knew. Or that she didn’t have to explain anything. A look that said ‘I know, honey.’
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[Jean]
“Do you remember anything new?”
Kappa froze.
“Like, have you gotten any of your memories back?”
Kappa didn’t remember ever letting it slip that she had amnesia. She remembers saying she was going to Lacunosa without any explanation. Jean was just a stranger, after all.
A stranger...
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[Kappa]
“How do you know that?”
Jean suddenly jerked back and started stuttering.
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Kappa knew who Jean was talking about, but she couldn’t believe it. Marigold hated Kappa, but they would never...
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Kappa glowered down at Jean’s nervous face. She was an obvious and very terrible liar. Marigold would never tell strangers what Kappa’s deal was, especially if he knew that it would make Nema upset.
So how did Jean know, and why was she hiding it from Kappa?
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[Kappa]
“Yeah, okay.” Kappa sighed. She decided to go along with it for now. If she was careful, she could get Jean to tell her on her own. Kappa couldn’t sense and danger or ulterior motives coming from the Sealeo. No matter how she looked at her, it seemed like Jean just genuinely cared about Kappa.
Jean sighed with relief.
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[Jean]
“Thank you.” She said. Before Kappa could speak, she cleared her throat, and added, “Would you like to go soak in the water out on the beach? We could talk more there?”
Kappa’s body shook unconciously. She hadn’t been in a body of water for nearly two days and she was feeling the effects, water types shouldn’t be away from water for so long. This would be good for her.
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[Kappa]
“That sounds wonderful, actually.”
(3/3)
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pearlcscent · 11 months
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the valverde legacy  — an update!
lina graduated highschool early and got into foxbury university. she studied biology! to pay for tuition lina was a barista for a little while, and later joined the conservationist career.
marigold also graduated with honors and enrolled at britechester university, studying drama. (didn’t last long, more on that in a later post). she was jobless for a hot second but soon joined the social media career.
olivia kim-lewis is lina’s childhood bestfriend turned girlfriend once they aged into young adults. her and lina wanted to live together and so the three girls got a dorm style apartment in san myshuno. olivia first started out in the law career but later resigned to become a botanist.
this is them in their early young adulthood, and some pics of the dorm! i’ll miss this apartment.
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thegreatbeyondmp3 · 11 months
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just got a new tattoo less than a week ago and im already itching so badly to get another one
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puppyeared · 2 years
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May we see the COOLER Billy and Mandy for the tag game? 👀❤
since you asked so nicely ^^
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they’re ocs in a story im making!! Their names are Oscar and marigold <3 the gist of it is that they see each other in dreams and one day they meet in real life and become best friends
Ask about my wips! >:o)
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oleanderandsalt · 1 year
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Currently contemplating setting up pay-what-you-want readings on my ko-fi for the couple of decks I'm less confident with (they're new and I haven't read with them much so I don't know The Vibes quite as well yet) so keep an eye out for a post about that sometime this week probably!
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ataliagold · 7 days
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Flowers In Your Hair
For @astrangersummer week 3 prompt 'flowers'. Title from Flowers In Your Hair by The Lumineers.
Pairing: Steve Harrington/Eddie Munson
Rating: General
W/C: 1249
Tags: Post Series 4 Volume 2, Everyone Lives, Established Steddie, Fluff, Soft Steve Harrington, Steve Loves Yellow Flowers, Eddie Loves Steve, El and Max are best friends, summer, this is just softness
Summary: Eddie enlists some help to find the perfect flowers for Steve. Despite his own insecurities, Eddie is learning that his boyfriend loves soft things.
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“Robin, what kind of flowers does Steve like?”
Eddie was draped over the Family Video counter, having stolen the barely-working desk fan air flow for himself.
Robin paused where she was rifling through the box of returned tapes to give him a confused look. “Flowers? Really?”
Eddie threw up a hand, then regretted it, because that had taken far too much effort in the stifling heat. “What? You think a man can’t buy flowers for another man? You judging me, Buckley?”
Robin scoffed. “No. Just…why flowers?”
“It’s romantic!” Eddie whined. “We have a date tonight and Steve loves that stuff. He might not say it, but he does. On Valentine’s Day I got him chocolates and roses and you should’ve seen his face, honestly if we hadn’t been in public I probably would’ve got on my knees there and then -”
Robin leaned over and slapped a hand across his mouth. “Jesus, enough.”
Eddie grinned behind her hand, and poked his tongue out to touch Robin’s palm.
She snatched it away with a shout, fake gagging behind the counter. “Munson, that was disgusting.”
Eddie shrugged. “You love me, though.”
“Steve loves you,” Robin corrected. “And so, by extension, I’m unfortunately forced to too.” She smiled a little, taking any sting out of her words. “Seriously though, the kids are over there, watch your mouth.” She dipped her head towards the sci-fi section, where Dustin and Mike were loudly arguing over which tape to rent for their next movie night. Max and El were hanging back, Max eagerly trying to explain a movie synopsis to El. Whatever it was, it sounded violent, and El looked confused.
Eddie leaned further over the counter, letting the weak breeze from the fan flick his hair around. “Help me?” he asked, batting his eyes at Robin.
She screwed up her nose a little before responding. “Honestly, I don’t know. You said you got him roses before, right? Did he like those?”
“Well, yeah, but I think he liked the gesture more than anything else.”
Robin shrugged. “Just get him anything, then. It’s from you, so he’ll love it.”
“But I want to get his favourite,” Eddie lamented. “He deserves the best.”
“Well, I agree with you there.”
“Eddie?”
A small voice sounded behind him, and Eddie summoned the energy to turn his head. El was standing behind him, looking a little shy.
“Yeah, supergirl?”
“You wanted to know Steve’s favourite flowers?”
Eddie slid off the counter a bit, straightening up. “Yeah, I do.”
El glanced between him and Robin for a moment. “Steve used to help me and Max with our hair. When mine was longer, we would make daisy chains and Steve braided them into my hair, he even let us put them in his sometimes. We tried to use other flowers sometimes but they did not stay together very well. But Steve’s favourites are yellow ones.”
And that…made sense, Eddie supposed. Yellow was Steve’s favourite colour, after all, but Eddie wasn’t sure where to find yellow flowers. He couldn’t afford much at the florist, and what flowers were yellow, anyway? Sunflowers? Where the hell would he get those?
Robin tugged his sleeve, pulled Eddie back to the counter so she could lean over and whisper, “The Klines have yellow roses growing by their fence.”
“The old Mayor?” Eddie asked with a frown.
“Yup.”
A smile slowly spread across his face.
“There are marigolds by the school field,” El added. “And yellow violas and tulips by the cabin. I can show you.”
And that was how, a short time later, Eddie was snapping off fragrant yellow roses at the stalk where they were poking out between the stark white pickets of Larry Kline’s fence. Max and El were standing further down the footpath, acting as lookouts while Eddie huddled by the fence and took his quarry as quickly as he could.
At the first surprised shout from inside the fence, he darted away, collecting the girls with a grin as he ran past them.
He threw back his head and laughed, roses clutched in his warm hand, Max beaming beside him.
“That guy’s an asshole,” she told Eddie as they jogged away from the house. “Serves him right.”
They couldn’t move too quickly – Max’s bones had healed, but she wasn’t exactly up to a sprint across town just yet. But they made it to Eddie’s van parked around the corner, and moved on to their next stop.
Just like that, Eddie spent the afternoon traipsing along with the two girls. El showed him where to find all sorts of different flowers, and Max went along because where El went, she went. It was hot, the sun baking them from above in a cloudless sky, but Eddie didn’t care – this was for Steve.
By the time they were finished, Eddie had gathered a large handful of flowers in all different shades of yellow and orange, and the girls had wrapped them in some plastic procured from Hopper’s cabin and poured some water into the bottom to keep them fresh in the summer heat.
“There,” El told him proudly, handing over the bouquet while Max tried to find some ribbon in a drawer to tie around it. “They’re pretty. Like Steve.”
Eddie spluttered a little at El’s directness. “Oh…yeah. Yeah, they are. He is.”
El nodded. “Max often says so, too.”
“Oh my god, shut up,” Max yelled from El’s room.
Eddie smirked, because the girl’s little crush on his boyfriend was no secret. “It’s ok Max, I agree with you.”
Max stomped back towards them, slapped a length of gold ribbon into Eddie’s hands, and then took El’s arm and pulled her back towards the room.
Effectively dismissed, Eddie returned to his trailer to rush through a shower and getting changed, barely with enough time left to get to Steve’s before their dinner plans.
Waiting in front of his boyfriend’s door, Eddie passed the bouquet from hand to hand, a little nervous.
This is stupid.
Steve Harrington, former jock supreme, once-captain of the basketball team, nail-bat wielding badass wasn’t going to appreciate some yellow flowers.
Eddie almost turned tail. Almost tossed the flowers into the back of his van to be dealt with later, almost gave in to the nerves in his stomach.
Almost.
Because there was a softness to Steve that Eddie was learning to know and love. It was in the way he treated the kids, the way he gently held Eddie’s hand, the way he baked cookies when his friends were coming over and apparently braided flowers into the girls’ hair.
Eddie took a deep breath, clutched his yellow flowers, and knocked on the door.
It opened after a moment.
“Eds, hey, sorry I just gotta get my shoes on -” Steve trailed off as he took in the sight of Eddie standing there, flowers gripped in shaky hands.
Eddie cleared his throat, held out the bouquet. “For you. If, um…if you want them. Sorry if it’s stupid, I wanted to get you something but I couldn’t afford much and El told me you liked yellow flowers so I spent the afternoon going around town and finding them, and the roses actually involved some petty theft but -”
Steve took the flowers with one hand, and pulled Eddie through the door with the other, lips seeking his mouth and swallowing the rest of his sentence.
When they finally pulled apart, Eddie smiled shyly. “You like them, then?”
“I love them, Eds.”
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captainfern · 11 months
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omg this thought instantly brought me here. what about dbf! price coming back from deployment to see you crying in your room, cause you missed him. fluffy as hell, just him cooing sweet stuff in ur ear !!!!
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Marigold pt. 2
dbf!Captain John Price x fem!reader
[“Marigold” by Nirvana]
[SFW]
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• summary - what the request says :) • rating - sfw • wordcount - 1.1k • warnings - fem!reader, dad’sbestfriend!price, established relationship?, age gap [whatever you want it to be as long as it's legal lmao], daddy issues probably but what's new, also your dad and price watch rugby together so sorry to americans or ppl from other countries where rugby isn't a huge thing 😭
another non-porn post from fern???? ikr i'm as surprised as you are lmao
uh anyway enjoy some more comfort/fluff/self-indulgence
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"Hey mate, I'm just popping to the shops, ya need anything?" Your dad asked as Price got out of his car, now parked in your driveway.
Price shook his head, a bag of groceries already tucked beneath his arm. "Nah mate, I'm all good. What are you off to get?"
Your dad sighed, leaning against his car, parked next to Price's.
"She's not feeling well," your dad said, nodding towards the house. "Holed herself in her room, crying and moping about god knows what. So I'm gonna head to the shops and pick her up something sweet."
Price smiled at your dad. "She's lucky to have you, mate."
Your dad smiled back. "Thanks, John. Now, make yourself at home. I'll be twenty minutes. We still have half an hour before kickoff, so I'm hoping to be back in time!"
He hopped into his car as Price waved him off, clambering up the steps and through the front door. He watched from the window as your dads car drove away, dumping his bag of groceries on the kitchen counter. Then, he waited a couple of minutes, hands in his pockets, day-dreaming while looking out the window.
Yeah, who was he trying to fool?
He hurried towards the staircase, bounding up two at a time. He immediately crossed towards your bedroom, and rapped his knuckles gently on the wooden panelling.
"Yeah?" Came your soft voice, and Price felt his heart lurch.
He carefully opened the door and slipped inside.
You were curled up beneath your plush duvet, facing away from the door. The room was dark, asides from the lamp on your bedside table, casting pinkish-gold light into the room. By the door, he could see the shape of you, and saw the way your body trembled and heaved with silent breaths.
"Aw, sweetheart." Price uttered lowly, voice sympathetic as he sunk down beside you.
You dragged yourself around, sitting up and letting the duvet fall, bunched, onto your lap. Your lip jutted in a slight pout, eyes glassy and hair dishevelled.
"Price?" You whispered.
"Come here." Price whispered in return, gathering you into his arms. You sobbed out as he pulled you into his lap so you were straddling him, face buried in his chest as he hugged you tightly to him.
He was warm, smelling of pine and tobacco and fresh linen. A large hand cupped the back of your head, pressing you close, making your ears burn. You sniffled into his chest as he held you, silence blooming through the room.
"I... I didn't know you were coming back today...?" You muttered, pulling yourself away from his chest.
He cupped your face in both hands, taking a moment to stare at your face. Dark eyes flitted across, from your eyes to your lips and back again. His thumb stroked your cheekbone, and you keened into the light touch.
"Your dad not tell you?" Price placed a kiss to your forehead. "Got home this morning. Slept for half the bloody day, and now your dad and I are watching the rugby."
You shook your head tiredly, and Price tutted. He then pressed numerous small kisses across your face, and you closed your eyes at the feeling; basking in the way his lips ghosted across your skin, over your cheeks and cheekbones, across your forehead, down your nose, stopping at your lips.
The kiss there was a bit heavier, and you found yourself whimpering into it, opening your mouth in an attempt to urge him further. But he pulled back, your head still cradled in his hands.
"What's got you so upset, sweetheart?"
"I..." You bit your lip. Frankly, the real reason was slightly embarrassing, and you knew that he'd make some kind of snide joke.
You averted your eyes. "Imissedyou," you rambled, lips barely moving.
"Slow down," Price breathed, laughing slightly.
You sighed, eyes still stinging with tears. "I missed you."
You waited for him to chuckle at you, to poke fun of you for sulking away in your bedroom like a little kid. You expected him to go real dad's best friend and joke about girls and their dramatics, something your dad would laugh at, too.
But, he didn't.
Price simply moved one large hand to the small of your back, pressing you impossibly closer to him, making you straddle him even further. His other hand shifted to your neck— a firm, warm presence— and angled your face to look at his.
"Aw, my poor baby," he muttered, tone dripping with sincerity. "I was only gone for two weeks this time 'round."
You whined, trying to press forward and kiss him, but he kept you in place. "S'just too long," you whined again, hands groping at his chest and arms.
"I know, I know, I'm sorry, sweetheart," He hushed and you gave up your desperate movements— instead opting to slouch further into his hold, something that he appreciated. The hand on the back of your neck moved to massage the base of your skull, then up to skim down your hairline, finally petting your hair towards the crown.
He did this for a long time. He punctuated the silence with soft bouts of praise, often spurred on when you hiccupped or took a shuddering breath, trying to prevent tears from spilling.
"S'alright, my darling, I'm here."
"It's okay, sweetheart, it's okay."
"I've got you, baby."
"Shh, shh, that's enough, pretty girl, no more tears, eh?"
Eventually, Price tuned his ears to the sound of a familiar engine rumbling into the driveway. He sighed, breathing in your comforting scent for just a moment longer, before he delicately placed you back on your bed.
He got to his feet. "You alright now, sweetheart?"
You nodded, feeling all warm inside. "Yeah, I'm alright."
Price nodded, reaching out a hand to cup your jaw, angling your face upwards. He leaned down, slotting his mouth to yours, and he hummed appreciatively when you kissed him back.
"Should probably go help your dad with the groceries," Price mumbled against your lips as you continued to try and kiss him, your hand already brushing his abdomen. "He'd be livid if we missed kickoff."
You grumbled at him, begrudgingly breaking the kiss.
He chuckled, kissing the top of your head before backing out of your room.
"I missed you too." He said, eyes soft and filled with adoration.
Then, he was gone, just as the front door opened and your father's vibrant voice filled the house. You assumed Price made it to the door, as your dad was immediately talking about rugby.
You smiled, insides made of ichor, warm and cozy. Your skin still tingled from where he kissed you, and you flopped backwards, burying your face into your pillow, resisting the urge to scream in delight.
Price was home.
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studioghibelli · 5 months
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hungry eyes- a joel miller x reader
summary: it had been a long, hard, horrible week, and you are all alone, reminiscing of the man who always made you feel better.
warnings: post outbreak!au, female reader, a tiny itty bit of the good ole’ angst (apocalypse sort of stuff), flashbacks to better times, smut (piv sex, f receiving oral, dirty talk, creampie, unprotected sex, daddy kink) age gap (20s/40s, you can decide ;) ) reader has hair, pet names, slightly emotionally closed off joel (what’s new lmao).
rating: explicit, 18+ mdni
word count: 5k….ish
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The marigold caramel of the rising sun bathed the room in comfortable serenity, casting shadows across the wall that danced like ballerinas. If you hadn’t known any better, you would have called it a beautiful morning.
The mattress in the corner of the tiny apartment was torn and old, stained by years of neglect and stiff with the smell of mildew, but it was the first mattress you had come across in weeks. You had a peaceful nights sleep, about as peaceful as you could given the circumstances.
You were unsure how long the apocalypse had been going on for. Five years, ten years, one hundred years- it was all the same to you. It had brought nothing but pain to your life, and that included Joel Miller.
Joel.
Cripplingly handsome, extraordinarily strong, silently austere, mysteriously reserved. You had fallen for him as quickly as you had lost him. Quite literally lost him.
He was there one morning, and then he was gone. Like a leaf flying in the breeze, a grain of sand travelling through a current, a stray piece of grass floating in a valley. He had just….. vanished. Nothing to remember him by except a worn Longhorn shirt that smelled like him. Whether he left that piece of himself on purpose or simply forgot, you weren’t quite sure.
Despite his absence, his betrayal, his abandonment- you still yearned for him, you still loved him, you still craved him.
The week had not been kind to you.
Four near death experiences, consistently water soaked socks, and the most important and arguably the worst of them all- the last stash of your favorite granola bars. Sometimes you would have weeks like this with Joel, when nothing in the world was going right, and he always managed to make it feel better. He was gifted like that.
“Joel.” You whimpered, stopping in your tracks. The forest was alive with chirping birds, rattling leaves. The hot sun filtered in through the thick canopy of forest above, no respite from the thick, chewable humidity.
Tears were pricking your eyes.
“Almost there baby.” He already knew what was upsetting you, and he hadn’t even turned around. He could tell what was up with a simple glance, a simple inflection in your voice, a simple sigh.
You both had been up since dawn, on your feet the past 13 hours, trying to make your way to Boston. You had heard of a quarantined zone out that way. It was tiring, hard, tumultuous work.
“I’m tired. We haven’t eaten in three days. I don’t… I can’t keep this up.” Your voice was less of a whine, more of a deflated statement of abandon. You were genuinely on the edge. Was any of this even worth it?
He turned to you, his face emotionless. His beard had grown out from its usual scruff, eyes deepened by dark eye bags. You had been asking him to get more sleep, but he always insisted on taking watch while you slept.
Joel walked to where you were, a few long strides behind him, and gently grabbed your shoulders. His large hands were warm and well worked, and after years of contracting and fighting, his palms were left rough and calloused. Nonetheless, they were familiar, and warm, and inviting.
“You can keep this up. Because you’re strong. You’re a fighter, have been since I met you.” He pushed a stray piece of hair that had fallen into your face out of the way, his thumb rubbing against your cheek, helping swipe away the piece of mud that had dried beside your chin. “Come night fall, I’ll have found us a good, safe place to stay. We can rest for a few days, relax a bit.”
You nodded your head slowly, knowing he was a man of his word. Joel gave you the ghost of a smile, pressing a hot kiss to your forehead, before grabbing your hand and helping you along the rocky path.
The air was cold and stale, drying out your nostrils with every deep inhale you took. You looked to your left, the sunlight hitting your eyes.
No Joel.
It didn’t surprise you, you knew what to expect. But some mornings you wish you could squeeze your eyes shut and open them, to find yourself transported to a different world entirely.
One where Joel was there, tracing his fingers along the middle of your back, the way he always did to wake you up. One where he was pressing hot kisses on your shoulder blades, the way he knew you liked best. One where he was still dragging his fingers through your hair so he could get a better look at you, even though it always made your stomach flutter with butterflies.
Your chest felt tight as you inhaled a sharp gasp of air.
You’d give anything, just to feel him one more time. Just to know his love so intimately and dearly once again.
“Such a good fuckin’ girl.” He groaned in your hair, his sweaty body sticking against yours. His chest was hot and flushed, beads of sweat gathering beside the crows feet at his temples.
Your legs has been wrapped around his middle, and your arms had been thrown around his neck, quietly chanting his name as he took you, your back against the soft, dewy morning grass.
“Yeah?” You asked, your voice tantalizing and soft.
Joel groaned, looking down at you. A picture of perfection. Radiant, gorgeous, inspiring perfection. In a world so chaotic and constantly changing, you were the one constant he always had, the one constant he always wished to know.
“Joel?” You whispered, your bottom lip gathering between your teeth.
He had been on top of you, thrusting deep inside you for only a few minutes by then, the Summer sun beating down, cascading you both in thick golden light. His shoulder blades flexed just right beneath the waves of sunny radiation, the age in his face showing more clearly, yet not taking away any of his solemn, sturdy attractiveness.
He was focusing on your pussy, his fingers slowly rubbing at your clit. He could always tell when you were getting close to orgasm, like he knew your body just as well as you did. Perhaps even better. He knew when you were being pushed to your limits, when you needed to stop for a rest on the road, when you were being so stubborn you couldn’t realize how hungry you were- Joel just knew it all. He knew you. The way a man in love was supposed to know his woman.
At least that’s how Joel saw it.
He’d never admit it though. He wrestled with how young you were, how many years he had on you, and a part of him wondered if he had ever made you feel forced. If you had, a part of his heart ached for you, and a part of his soul hated himself. But you were smart, and Joel trusted you more than those unwanted, dark thoughts often pestered. You would tell him, if he had ever hurt you. He knew you would. Because although you were young, by God were you smart, witty, headstrong. No one could control you.
He loved you deeply for those aspects that so many would be intimated by, and Joel knew he was done for. He knew you were all that was left in this decaying, decrepit world, all that could ever make him feel content once again. You brought a sense of normality into his life that he had been craving for so long.
His fingers were dragging circles across your clit, his cock twitching deep inside of you. You were whimpering beneath him, snapping him back to reality. He remembered you had said his name.
“Yes, darlin’?”
“I-I-” Your voice was cut short as his eyes met your own. His eyes. Oh, how you adored them. Dark and alluring and sweet and welcoming and- you felt your stomach tightening with an orgasm, groaning as your nails dug into his shoulders.
This next part. Well, you didn’t mean to, you swore you’d keep it to yourself until the day you died. But as your orgasm washed over you, all you could do was cry out: “I fucking love you, Joel.”
You pushed yourself up on your elbows, swinging your legs off the side of the bed. This tiny apartment would have to do, at least for now. You had pushed a book shelf over the door, and you were three stories off the ground, offering you some sense of protection. If that was even possible.
You knew nothing was getting inside, and you’d have a hard time getting out, considering that wooden bookshelf took you a considerable amount of strength to push over. Your stomach churned at the thought. Could you even get out?
Boston wasn’t far now. About a three hour walk or so. You could see the outline of the city outside the grimy window, its buildings slowly collapsing, covered in blankets of destruction.
Some odd sense, which danced between relief and grief, overtook you. A dream to get to Boston that you had shared with a man no longer there. A dream that felt so unobtainable, all those years ago. Somehow, by God, by the universe, by fate, whatever it was, you somehow managed to get here.
You wondered if Joel had, too.
Your stomach jolted at the thought of his name.
“Joel.” You murmured to yourself, your hand resting on the window. The thought of seeing him again, his eyes meeting yours, his skin on yours, filled you with a bundle of nerves. To have him, the way you once did, lit some fire within you. What if…?
You knew he was a capable and smart man. If anyone could make it on their own, it would be him.
Hell, you did. You figured he must have, too.
You dug through your bag, finding some deodorant and toothpaste that you had miraculously looted while out on the road, getting ready for a day you’d inevitably spend inside, lounging and thinking, day dreaming and yearning.
But that was before you heard the gun shots from down below, the heavy hum of an armored truck driving through the road. Clickers shrieked at the sudden noise in the distance, and you ducked behind your window, eyeing the outside world
Faceless people dressed in heavy armor, about a dozen or so of them, jumped out of their vehicles, heavy guns in their hands as they started breaking off into pairs.
“I want all this looted. Every bit of it.” Someone shouted, a man’s voice muffled by his mask as he waved his fingers in the air, sending them off into pairs with the simple motion. “Whatever you find, report it back to me. Two hours tops.”
They scurried off, three groups heading for the building you were currently in. Surely it would take some time for them to reach the third floor. Surely.
You slid down the wall, legs to your chest, staring in front of you. Well, that man didn’t sound very nice, and you weren’t sure what your fate would be if he found you.
Then again, was anyone really nice anymore? Were you nice? Even Joel Miller, who certainly had his soft spot for you, could have been a major dick sometimes. You had your moments too.
But it seemed like the good had always outweighed the bad, at least with the two of you.
“I could probably eat pie every day. I miss it so much.” You groaned, swinging your head back. Your feet were shuffling against the falling leaves, too lazy to pick them up. Fall was coming, spreading its beautiful oranges and reds throughout the street, coating the earth with a special atmosphere that only came around autumn. It had been your favorite, before the world turned. When you were much younger, much cleaner, much sweeter.
Joel was quiet beside you, jaw clenched tightly, eyes focused on the road ahead. It was nothing new. You had been with him for two months now, and he rarely talked. He listened to you rant, cry, laugh. He grunted, shrugged, nodded- but rarely talked. When he did, he always had something good to say. Or he snapped at you. There was no in between with him.
“What was your favorite?” He asked quietly.
You glanced at him, a bit surprised he gave in to your mindless conversation. It made your heart beat quicker, your stomach rolling up to your throat. It made you feel special when he asked you questions. Like he actually wanted to know, he wasn’t just filling in the silence.
“Hard question. My nana made a killer coconut cream pie. French silk was good. Pecan too.”
“Pecan.” Joel basically moaned the word, his stomach growling lowly. “God, I loved pecan.”
You giggled, looking at him, the flickering shine of adoration clouding your orbs. “I wish I could make you some.” Your voice had dropped to a whisper, and he stopped walking, glancing at you.
“Don’t start lookin’ at me like that.” He warned, after a long look at you. Your eyes had been dancing a silent dance with one another, an odd feeling of… care…shadowing over the two of you.
“Like what?” You really had no clue, but the look on your face betrayed your obliviousness.
“Like you’re fallin’ in love with me.”
Shaking your head quickly, you felt embarrassment heating up your cheeks. “N-no…. I’m not.”
“Mhm. I know women, I know that look y’all get on your faces, when you’re startin’ to fall. The eyes, Chico. They never lie.”
Your eyebrows furrowed, lips twisting with perplexion. He noticed, and cleared his throat before explaining.
“From a movie my brother ‘n I used to watch. Called Scarface.”
“Never heard of it.”
A sweet, honeyed chuckle escaped Joel, and he shook his head, adjusting the strap of his gun across his shoulder. His eyes flashed with something, a feeling you had never seen him omit before. If you were foolish enough, you reckoned it could be grief, mixed with a little bit of sadness, a little bit of guilt. “Yeah, you definitely ain’t gettin’ no lovin’ from me, girl. You’re too young.”
Your stomach dropped at his brutal honesty, and you continued shuffling along, thinking about pecan pie and the handsome man beside you.
Your thoughts were snapped by the handle of the apartment door rattling, trying to budge against the book shelf. That was quick. You looked around for somewhere to hide, grabbing your gun and settling on a spot beneath the bed.
It was going to be a tight squeeze, but you managed to crawl your way beneath it.
The door finally broke open, the bookshelf falling with a mighty thud, and you heard heavy, labored breathing. Yeah. Heavy bookshelf. You thought to yourself, a bit stoked you somehow managed to get it there yourself.
I mean it didn’t really do anything in the end, seeing as someone had managed to make it inside but…. well, whatever.
You placed your hand over your mouth to hide your breathing, hearing the mysterious person begin walking around. You heard the window open.
“Dammit.” A husky groan escaped the person that you now recognized as a man, his voice barely above a coherent whisper.
You closed your eyes, tight.
“Dammit!” Joel snapped, slamming his fist against the tree trunk. Pieces of bark broke off beneath him, crumbling against his leather boots.
“Whoa there, cowboy! Look- now your knuckles are bleeding. Just calm down.” You shuffled through your bag, finding some gauze and rubbing alcohol.
“Those fuckin’ liars. I can’t stand liars. Said there was a car here, said they swore they saw one!”
You picked up Joel’s hand, gently pouring the alcohol over it. He barely winced. For some reason, that turned you on. You shook your head slightly. Now was not the time! “It’s okay. We’ll figure something out, we always do, don’t we?” Joel ignored you, sulking for a bit.
“You got pretty hands.” He whispered after a long moment of silence. “They’re soft.” Joel’s thumb brushed across your knuckles, bloodless and smooth.
You looked down at him, gently brushing a piece of hair off his face. The hint of anger still sat in his eyes, although they were softening ever so slightly. “What happened to not loving me?” Your voice was barely above a whisper.
Joel chuckled. “I didn’t say I loved ya.” His voice was gruff. Tired from a long day. Exhausted from his rage.
You gently cupped his cheek before dropping it, all in the same movement. “The eyes, Chico. They never lie.”
He sat there quietly and reserved, letting you bandage his hands up. You were unsure if he was annoyed, his face void of any emotion, but you could have sworn a smirk swept across his lips.
The heavy footed man shuffled, opening drawers and pushing through shelves, grunting and huffing to himself. That’s when a pair of boots caught your eye. Dark brown leather, embellished with a black sole and darker embroidery. Shoes that you had known well, many moons ago.
Joel.
If it wasn’t him, you risked losing your life. If it was him, you risked falling apart. It was a loss either way. So you finally spoke. “Joel?” You croaked out, tears welling in your eyes.
The man stopped walking, and you heard the floorboards creak as he turned his head. His jeans stretched tight against his thighs as he squatted down, lifting up the bed sheet that was hanging off the side, masking you from view.
And there he was.
A little bit older. A little bit rougher. A little bit dirtier.
His hair was curling around the sides of his face, grayer than it had been, and the wrinkles were more evident in his forehead, deep lines beside his mouth. The end of the world definitely aged the man. Yet still, despite it all, he was so handsome.
Inside your chest, anger was brewing, clawing at your rib cage, screaming to be let out. You were stuck in a maelstrom of love, anger, and a whole lot of curiosity. You wanted to hit him, you wanted to kiss him. You wanted him to apologize, you wanted him to fuck you, you wanted him to hate you, to love you. You were stuck in a pit of emotion, not knowing what your next move would be.
Everything was happening so quickly. Blood was rushing to your head, white noise filling your ears.
“Well I’ll be damned.” He smiled, a real, genuine smile, and extended his hands for you.
You wasted no time. “Where the fucking hell did you go?” You snarled, pushing away his hand as you belly crawled out from underneath your hiding space. You didn’t want to think about how stupid you probably looked right now, crawling on your stomach, grunting and sweating from the heat.
“Well, darlin’, I’m sorry I got caught up with the wrong people.” He raised his hands, leaving you just as confused as before. “Was expecting a warmer welcome.”
There was a long moment of silence. “Huh?!” You finally cried out, throwing your arms up.
“I went out that mornin’ lookin’ for some….” Joel groaned softly, rubbing the back of his neck. “Some flowers.” He snarled through gritted teeth, almost embarrassed. “And there was a group of these…. I don’t know what to call ‘em. Scouts? Held a gun to my head, asked if I was with anyone. I said no, y’know. Saved you from a whole world of hurt.”
You stood there, in disbelief that he was actually there. Your anger soon dissipated. Now you were left with a terrible, awful, horrible pit in your stomach. Guilt. Sadness. Love.
“I can’t believe…. I-I- you’re here. In front of me.” Tears were pooling in your eyes, threatening to spill. Your heart was beating ten times faster than usual, your chest hurting from the sudden influx of emotion
Joel took a step towards you. “In the flesh, darlin’.”
“I didn’t know if you were dead or…. or alive or….” You groaned, burying your face in the palms of your hands as a sob shook through you. “It was so hard. Being-being alone, without you.”
Joel grabbed your waist tightly, and you slowly looked up at him. “You won’t be alone without me, ever again. I promise you. You hear?” He gripped ahold of your chin, tilting your head upwards. You looked up at him with those big doe like eyes of yours, and his thumb slowly brushed across your bottom lip. “As much as I would love to show you how much I’ve been missin’ you, we got some fuckin’ asshats barrelin’ through the place. I was lookin’ for a place to leave, that’s how I found this room.”
“Where you in this building?”
He nodded. “Stopped here a couple nights ago. Was on the top floor.”
“We were here, in the same building, and neither of us even….. even knew.” You muttered, eyebrows furrowing. Life was a curious thing.
“Must’ve been fate, huh?” Joel grinned, walking back over to the window. He put a hand on his hip as he leaned the other against the wall, straining his neck. “By now they’ll still be on the first floor. Our best bet is either sneakin’ out, or jumping from the second floor.”
“Jumping?” You repeated.
“Mhm.” Joel was chewing on the inside of his cheek as he turned to face you. “You’re the lady. You make the choice.”
You stood there for a moment, weighing over the two rather atrocious options. “Second floor.” You finally said. “A hurt leg is better than getting shot down.”
“Then we jump. Together.”
Joel grabbed your hand, before stopping abruptly. He looked you over, staring at your chest with narrowed eyes. “Is that my Longhorns shirt?”
“Yeah. You left it, that morning.”
He shook his head, a smile on his mouth. “I was wonderin’ where that went. It looks much better on you.”
“Nah.” You shook your head, your mind wandering to the way his broad shoulders had once looked beneath it, the way his strong arms flexed under the sleeves. Your knees were starting to go weak.
You both made your way towards the stairwell, quietly creeping down until you reached the next floor. You saw a door ajar in the back of the hallway, walking towards it. Joel stepped in first, making sure it was clear, before grabbing your hand and leading you inside.
It was a simple apartment, but what the most appealing part of it was, was a made bed. A fluffy comforter, four pillows, and a knitted throw blanket. It was tempting. It looked soft. It looked like the world had somehow managed to miss it entirely, not once touching it.
It looked like it was calling your name.
How you missed it your first scan through, you had no clue.
You and Joel shared a look.
“As much as I want too….”
“What are the odds they’ll hear?” You whispered, a smile cracking at your mouth.
Joel tossed it around in his head, groaning. “I don’t think it’s a good idea. Hearin’ or not.”
Your hand grabbed his collar. “I do. I think it’s a good idea.”
“You’ve always been a trouble maker. Of course you think it’s a good idea.” He snorted.
“Me?” You feigned a gasp, your eyes innocent behind batting eyelashes.
Joel groaned, giving in, before tugging at the hem of your shirt. “Off.”
You obeyed, tossing it off your body as he began undoing his belt. “So damn pretty.” He murmured, his hand tracing down your bare stomach. He didn’t say it, but you knew behind his eyes, he had missed you deeply.
“Been with anyone prettier since we’ve been apart?” You asked teasingly. A part of you was actually curious, morbidly so.
“Wouldn’t even dream of it, baby.”
Your heart fluttered, and he took a step forward, taking your body in his hands. “I’m gonna fuck you on that bed, then we’re jumpin’ out that window. Nothin’ else for now.” You opened your mouth to protest, and he cut you off. “Now I know you want to lay with me, talk about pie and shit, but we can do that somewhere else. Somewhere safer. Got it?”
You giggled softly and nodded. “I promise that next time, I’ll take real good care of you. Okay?” You nodded once more in agreement. “Now that’s a good girl.”
Joel’s fingers went to the zipper of your pants, tugging them off until they pooled at your ankles, quickly discarding your bra. Wetness had been pooling in your red cotton underwear since you first saw him, a throbbing deep within your stomach. But now, with his roughed up hands on your skin, the smooth richness of his voice- all of it just added to your arousal, making your head spin with excitement.
And Joel knew this. He knew you like the back of his hand.
All the time you’d been apart, all those lonely nights and long days without you, he thought of you. Embarrassingly more than he’d like to admit. Joel was a tough man, he knew he was intimidating to most, but you had always seen right through him. You had always known that deep, deep, deep down, behind all the violence and rage, there was a kind heart, and a gentle, understanding man. Although that was reserved for your eyes only.
“Kiss me, Joel.” You whispered, looking up at him.
“Joel?”
“Oh, sorry. I meant…. daddy.” You purred softly, grinning up at him mischievously.
“That’s better.” He pushed you back on the bed, climbing over you. Joel leaned down, pressing a searing kiss to your mouth. It was a hungry kiss. The kind that made you forget everything going on around. The kind that consumed your entire being. In this moment you were him, and he was you.
A shiver ran down your spine.
“Need you.” You groaned against his lips. “Need you so bad.”
“Yeah? You want daddy to make you feel good?” Joel asked quietly, his hand creeping down behind your underwear, fingers rubbing against the slick of your folds.
The tip of his index finger traced a line down your clit, swollen and throbbing with the promise of soon coming pleasure. A mewl escaped you, finger nails digging into his bare shoulders as his fingers explored you. He groaned into your shoulder blade, plunging two finger inside your tight, wet cunt.
“Jus’ like I remembered. Nice and tight for me. She’s real wet, too.” His mouth was watering, teeth gently nipping against the lobe of your ear. “Can’t wait to taste you.”
“I thought we were just fucking then jumping-”
“Changed my mind.” He fired out quickly. “You got a pussy worth dying for.”
You both shared a laugh. A real, genuine laugh. The kind that was only ever shared between two bonded people, between those who knew each other deeply, intimately, intensely.
He pushed your legs back as he slid down, hooking his rough arms around your thighs. Your legs rested on his broad shoulders, and you watched with eagle eyes as he leaned forward, his tongue extending towards your clit.
That first lick made your eyes roll back, your neck falling into the pillows behind you. A sigh of relief, a sigh of love, escaped you.
Joel hummed against your pussy, savoring the way you tasted. He knew how to make you cum in under five minutes, he had done it many, many times before, but there was something about lapping you all up, taking his sweet, precious time with you, that turned him on more than anything.
He was the one making you feel good. He was the one causing you to come undone.
Nothing in the world felt better than that.
You ran your fingers through his hair, staring at him through your eyelashes. “So handsome.” You whispered, a whimper coming soon after.
“Gonna make me blush.” He grinned, sucking your clit into his mouth. He swirled his tongue against your button, fingers digging in to your soft thighs, leaving his imprint against them.
“Oh, Joel. Oh, baby. Right there.” Your back arched against the covers as he sucked harder on your clit, introducing his fingers to your opening once more.
Joel pushed them in to the knuckle, his ring and index finger slowly pumping, stretching you out, before they sought after that soft spot he knew made you crazy. The spot he knew made you lose your mind. All because of him.
The thought made Joel moan against you.
“Taste so damn good, babydoll. So fuckin’ good for me. So perfect.” Joel muttered against your wet pussy, lapping you up like a man who hadn’t tasted water in weeks.
“Oh. Oh, so close. Gonna cum for you.”
Joel continued fingering you, hitting your g-spot with every pump of his fingers. “Yeah? Gonna cum all over daddy’s tongue?”
“Mhm.” You were panting now, grinding your cunt against his face, bucking your hips- he had turned you in to a wild animal, panting and clawing, hungry for him and only him. No one else had ever seen you like this, and no one ever would.
You were pulling so hard at his graying curls his scalp was aching, but Joel didn’t mind. As long as he got to taste his girls’ cum in the end.
“Gonna-gonna… fuck, Joel. I’m cumming!” You cried out, perhaps a bit too loudly, pulling his face closer to your pussy as he sucked and licked, not wasting any drop of the wetness dripping out of you.
When you came to, Joel had gotten on top of you, his fingers still gingerly rubbing your pussy, bringing you back to the real world.
“God I missed you.” You groaned, wrapping your arms around his neck, bringing him closer.
“I missed you too.” He whispered, gently rubbing his nose into yours. “I thought about you. A lot.” His voice was serious, quiet, and a little bit embarrassed. Joel wasn’t good at talking about these things, but he would make an effort for you.
You gently cupped his face, rubbing your thumb over his sharp cheekbone. “Now go on and fuck me, Miller. We don’t have all day.”
You gently reached down, wrapping your hand around his hard cock. You felt it throb. He placed his hand over yours, slowly guiding it to your wet entrance. “‘M gonna fuck you real good. Real hard. The way you deserve.”
Butterflies erupted in your stomach, and all you could do was nod.
Joel ran his hands down your side, eliciting a giggle. The tip of his dick slowly pushed inside of you, stretching you slowly. He pulled back, gently thumbing your clit as he watched himself slowly enter in to you. “Jus’ perfect. Perfect girl for me. A dream.” He murmured to no one in particular.
You gently grabbed hold of his thick biceps, feeling the sticky sensation of his sweat. You clenched yourself around him, and his head snapped towards you. “Not gonna last long if you keep that up. Hope you know.”
“You just started!” You teased breathlessly.
Joel chuckled, leaning forward. He had pushed himself fully inside, before pulling all the way out and slamming back in. You gasped at the sudden movement, quickly becoming acquainted with this pattern.
“So big. So good.”
He smirked an arrogant, cocky smirk, pounding deeper, harder, yet keeping the same pace, never getting sloppy or impatient. He was good at controlling himself, good at keeping his eye on the prize. And you were most certainly the prize he wanted most in this life.
“God, Joel. Jesus Christ.” You gritted your teeth, your stomach tightening as he hit deep inside you, hitting that spot once again, now over sensitive from your previous orgasm.
“Think you can cum for me again?” He grunted. “Think I can get that pretty pussy to gush for me?”
“Ohhh, God. Yes! Yes. Please, make me cum, daddy. Please.” You were begging now, overwhelmed with the feeling of being full of him, being so close to him.
It had been a long, long time. And yet, like an apparition, a god, a ghost, he had appeared once again. Just as perfect and handsome as the last time you ever saw him. You knew in your heart of hearts it happened for a reason. You belonged together.
“Yeah, I’ll make you cum.” He reached down, slowly circling your clit. It was soft and wet against his finger, just begging to be touched.
You looked up into his eyes. His deep, dark, gorgeous eyes, darkened by desire, full of you. They softened once they caught glimpse of you, but they were still glossed over with hunger.
His fingers tangled themselves in to the tresses of your hair, inhaling you. All of you. Devouring you with his mind, body, soul as he took you. Hard. Deep. Passionately.
Joel gently bit down onto your neck, sucking and kissing, marking you as his. Only his.
“Gonna cum, Joel.” You mumbled into his cheek, his fingers keeping the same pace and motions as before against your clit.
You clenched against him as your orgasm rushed over you, white hot pleasure soaking in to your senses, blinding you to the world around. Everything was Joel. Everything was him. As you came, the only thought on your mind was Joel.
Joel, Joel, Joel.
Like a prayer. A chant. A song.
He grunted into your skin, his hips slapping into your body. Over, and over. “Gonna cum in you.” He mumbled. He didn’t care if it was a bad decision. He didn’t care. All he knew was he needed you, the way a dying plant needed water, the way the ocean needed the moon.
“Yeah? Go on, baby. Fill me up.” You begged, running your hands down his back.
Joel moaned, an animalistic growl escaping him as his cock twitched, filling you with his cum, his own orgasm washing over him in droves. In that moment all you knew was him, the way his skin felt, the way he smelled, the way his mouth tasted.
And in turn all he knew was you. The sweetness of your voice, the thickness of your hair. You. You. You.
Joel collapsed in to you, catching his breath as his face rested on your neck. You rubbed his back, fingers massaging in to his shoulders, coaxing him back to life.
“Missed you.” You whispered. “So much.”
He nodded slowly, holding you close to him. “I missed you.”
There wasn’t much time to dilly dally. You heard footsteps coming up the stairs down the hall, and both of you stood up, reaching for your clothes. You watched him dress as you mindlessly clipped your bra, eyes full of love, full of contentment.
His fingers slowly buttoned up his flannel, a lazy smile hanging on his face. You knew he was content, just like you. Lacing up his boots, he made his way to the window.
“When you jump, aim for that.” He said, pointing to the pile of thrown out couch pillows, moss covered and stained with mud. “It’s our best bet. Make sure your legs are tucked as close to your chest as possible.”
“Are we going to die?” You asked, perhaps a bit too casually. A painful attempt to mask your nerves.
“Someday. But not today. I promise.”
You nodded, slinging your backpack over your shoulders. “Well jump together?” You whispered.
Joel nodded. “Always, darlin’.”
You gulped thickly. “I know you love me. You always have.”
He scoffed. “Says who?”
A smirk crossed your face as you propped your leg up on the window, staring at the earth beneath you. It didn’t seem so far from this angle, didn’t look too bad. “The eyes.” You whispered, turning to face him. “They never lie.” You pulled him in for one more kiss, deep and passionate. He reciprocated, chuckling against your lips as he kissed you back, holding you close to him.
When he pulled away he looked at you like you were the only thing in this world that mattered.
“I never should have told you about that damned movie.” Joel gently brushed his thumb against your cheek, kissing you once more. “On the count of three, got it?”
You nodded.
One
Two
Three
When you jumped, hand in hand, neither of you were too sure what would come next. But both of you knew, although it was unspoken, that whatever came next would be much easier together.
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A HH Lucifer-centric AU 22/22
PART 1, PART 2, PART 3, PART 4, PART 5, PART 6, PART 7, PART 8, PART 9, PART 10, PART 11, PART 12, PART 13, PART 14, PART 15, PART 16, PART 17, PART 18, PART 19, PART 20, PART 21
STORY 2 - Sequel
I can't believe it?? I made it, Ma!
Luci's General Suit inspired by this FANART on twt by @kajina_97
This is the COMIC that inspired me to write the whole thing because I wanted this ending so bad klajdklsa it's by @Sandranetta_13 on twt
Dk what tomorrow might entai. Might be the first chapter for the sequel?
Let me know what you guys think! Please, I'm very desperate.
I'm willing to do a Q&A regarding your thoughts. DMs and Asks are OPEN! <3
Will link the sequel here once posted
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Everything was relatively normal the following week. His and Charlie's long overdue moment with no more miscommunication made Lucifer feel a whole lot better. He couldn't ask for a better daughter.
Dressing himself in one of his battle suits, he felt like he could take on the world. Nothing says King of Hell like your best warrior outfit and a badass sword in full display.
Lucifer: Looking pretty dapper there, me.
Lucifer doesn't even bother to style his hair- it now flows animatedly like that of Lilith's.
Flowers were still being sent to him especially when he was first spotted roaming around the hotel after a week-ish long recovery. Charlie had the amazing idea of making a greenhouse or some sort of garden to put all the flowers and keep them alive as long as possible.
They got rid of any red ones after someone sent a buttload of them which then caused him to have a mini panic attack. Alastor is subtly trying to take that moment off his mind by leaving Marigolds everywhere. It's sweet but soon they're going to need a separate greenhouse for just the Marigolds. Where'd he even get these??
Finding his first Marigold of the day, in the bathroom of all places really Alastor??, he makes his way to the lobby. Everyone was there doing their own thing.
Husk and Angel are at the bar as usual, with the latter talking animatedly about something that puts an endearing expression on Husk's face. Nifty is putting on roach puppet shows for Alastor. The radio demon notices him and conveys his most 'help me' face but he just chuckled and gives him a thumbs up. The cyclops named Cherri is today's gift screener, grumbling about the pollen and the shitty taste some demons have.
Charlie and Vaggie were talking to a small group of demons by the entrance. As soon as his daughter sees him, she said something to the group then walked over to him.
Charlie: Good morning, dad!
Lucifer: You look busy.
Charlie: They're sinners who are asking about the hotel! I'm so happy that people are at least coming here to check it out. Did you have a good sleep?
Lucifer: Well, I don't feel like passing out today. So pretty good!
Charlie: That's great, dad!
Angel: Short king! Looking good in that fit!
Cherri: Yeah! Do a spin, hot stuff!
He blushes at the sudden attention. Everyone is looking at him in awe- maybe it was too much?
Alastor: Nonsense, dear.
Alastor appeared beside him in a flurry of shadows, seemingly reading his mind. He bends down at Lucifer's level to whisper in his ear. He plucked the Marigold Lucifer was holding, putting it behind the King's hair.
Alastor: I, for one, think you never looked so.. raveshing~
Damn him.
Lucifer: Shut up.
Lucifer hisses in response. Like, seriously? In front of his daughter? Thank Father, Charlie didn't hear that.
Charlie: Yeah! You look so cool. I don't think I've seen you wear that except for when there's a banquet.
Lucifer: Yeah, well, I wanted to look put together after everything.
Charlie softens at his words.
Alastor: No need for that, sire. I'm sure no one is foolish enough to comment negatively on what the King of Hell chooses to look like.
Lucifer: What does that make you then?
Alastor: Privileged, my King~
Lucifer rolls his eyes at the audacity but he can't help but smile. Man, he never thought he'd miss their constant banter.
Charlie: You look awesome, dad, okay? Al, please slow down with the Marigolds, Nifty's going crazy. Oh! Dad, right, Aunt Bel called said that the Sloth Ring is making incredible progress and that she'll visit again soon. I think Aunt Bee is planning a party with the other Sins and would like it to be held here in Pride! At the hotel! It would be so cool and of course if you're not ready I can tell them and maybe a little get together would be better. I'll even invite Sev! He gave flowers for you too and Vaggie was so jealous when I said he was my ex and thought the flowers were for me, she was so cute-
Lucifer tried, but he stopped listening halfway through his daughter's talk. It was a bit of an information overload but he kept a small, genuine smile on his face for her.
Then something caught his eye that made him stopped smiling altogether.
Charlie notices this causing her to stop talking.
Charlie: Dad?
He should answer but his eyes were locked on the wall behind Charlie. Plastered on the higher part of the lobby's wall was a glowing mark- gold wings with a dot on the center.
Lucifer turns around so fast to look outside the hotel's window. Heaven looks so out of place up there, sticking out like a sore thumb upon Hell's red skies.
A glint in the distance made him act. Without warning, he took off with such force that those inside the hotel were knocked down by the gust of his wings.
He breaks the window on his way out and pulls out Lightbringer. Lucifer brings the sword up and-
A powerful explosion lit up the sky. The sky split in two and fire appeared high and wide over Pride. At that moment, everyone became so hot that they couldn't bear it, as if their whole body was on fire. They wanted to rip their skin off just to get a sense of relief but then the sky shut closed. A strong thump was heard by every demon in the vicinity and then they were all thrown a few meters.
It felt like an eternity before Charlie and the others could get their bearings. Those that didn't get knocked out went outside, once there, they see Lucifer far up in the sky, holding up a flaming sword. The signature pentagram of the city has been fractured by whatever happened and demons all around were either hurt or unconscious.
Charlie: Dad!
Charlie calls out to her dad but he doesn't acknowledge her. His gaze never leaving Heaven, as if he's seeing something that no one else can.
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A screen locked on Hell zooms out as the machine's voice rang out 'target disengaged'.
An angel looking similarly to Lucifer, except there's blue tints on the spots where Lucifer had reds, was looking down at Hell pulling back a large, golden gun. They blew the smoke residue and sighed.
Michael: Hello, Lucifer... Still causing trouble, I see.
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it's done??
cliffhanger but don't worry, there's a sequel!
I spent 30 minutes looking for that comic that inspired this ending.
Did y'all catch that Lemmino reference? I'd have that description in my head rent free ever since I watched Grazed by the Apocalypse
Again, I'd love to hear your thoughts on this! This was my first published baby and I'm so proud !
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nionom-art · 2 years
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I’ve just been in this weird mood to draw all t he time this week, so I guess we’ll see when that wears off.
For now, this is something I started working on after I saw @zoe-oneesama ‘s Tokyo Mew Mew version of Scarlet Lady in that one post- I just had to draw it. Uh, I also drew Mew Marigold. Yup. So this is like, Tokyo Mew Mew x Scarlet Lady now I guess.
It’s probably cuz I’ve been rewatching Tokyo Mew Mew again while working on things, but I’ve been doing a lot of Tokyo Mew Mew crossover stuff. I guess you could say I’m obsessed now, haha.
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hahskeleton · 3 months
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New dca oc, Cyrus!! He’s a solar-themed animatronic who works in the daycare. (Yes his mouth only shows up on one side of his face)
~fun facts about Cyrus down below~
Here’s some things about Cyrus!
Important stuff:
Birthday: April 19th
Job: Daycare Assistant (replaces Sun in the future(?))
Age Determination: around 20
Personality: Blunt, Sarcastic at times, Quiet, Hates Kids, Intimidating, Kind (if you get close to him), Soft-toned, Gentle, Intelligent, Introverted/Ambivert
Extra: Virus infestation one time, half of his body (the completely black part) acts as a screen allowing it to change his expression and the stars on his chest and stomach to anything else
Not Really Important Stuff:
Favorite things
Colors: Red, Yellow, Blue Animals: [no info] Hobbies: Write in a journal, go outside, help the daycare attendants, spends time in his room (not clear what he does when he’s alone) Gifts: Flowers (specifically roses, marigolds, and calendulas), art (given by most of the time), yarn, scarves Games: Hide n’ Seek
Least favorite things:
Colors he despises: Purple Animals he dislikes: Rats, rabbits Hobbies he hates: sleeping Gifts he doesn’t enjoy: food (he can’t eat), notes (romantic or platonic) Games he avoids: Chase People + Animatronics he loathes: Vanessa, Bonnie (when he was alive), Mapbot,
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