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MC REMEMBRANCE DAY 6: Starship Promise Human MC
"When your home colony falls to enemy forces, you're forced to seek help from an unlikely crew of...space outlaws?! There's no shortage of danger as you fight with through the universe to save your colony. But the further you go, the more you come to realize that in space, love is limitless."
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Mammon Birthday Special 100 Fun Facts
1. Mammon states that he sleeps in the nude
2. Mammon despises witches and was nearly chopped into pieces by them once but Lucifer rescued him (although Lucifer was also the one to recommend they cut him into pieces)
3. When Levi tried attacking Mammon in his sleep, before he could even bring his foot down on Mammon, Mammon had him in a headlock
4. Mammon has a habit of stripping while drunk
5. Mammon does not like it when bath’s smell like flowers
6. Mammon’s dream for the future is having a carefree and playful life
7. Mammon starts his baths by washing his head
8. Mammon’s fear of ghosts and monsters originates a little after a year of living in the Devildom when he is possessed by a ghost
9. Mammon hates a Devildom song called “Corpse Rock”
10. Karasu refers to Mammon as noodle-boy
11. In earlier chats and Devilgrams Mammon is said to be a cat person, in later stories he is said to be a dog person, but his birthday information card again states he is more of a cat person
12. Mammon’s motto is “Money will makes the Devil turn millstones.”
13. Mammon’s daily activity is procrastinating in MC’s room
14. Mammon is obsessed with his shades and when he accidentally breaks them he’s devastated
15. According to Beelzebub, Mammon is bad at cooking and doesn’t make good peanut butter sandwiches
16. When Belphie and Beel helped Mammon pick out his human world outfit, he was so touched he bought them their human world clothes
17. Mammon states if the Devildom disappeared tomorrow he’d borrow as much money as he wanted to spend and not have to pay any of it back
18. Mammon’s favorite food in hell is Soy Sauce flavored cup ramen
19. In a love survey in B’s log, Mammin is said to be the active one pursuing love
20. Mammon is said to attract the “sassy and outgoing” types
21. The first thing Mammon does in the morning is check his stocks
22. In the love survey in B’s log when asked if he’d want to be bound by or bind his lover his response was “what do you want me to do? What did you say? Idiot!”
23. Mammon’s car is a Demonio 666 Lexura. The specific type was very rare and (unbeknownst to him originally) only with Lucifer and Diavolo’s help was he able to get it
24. Mammon easily forgets anniversaries and special dates of remembrance
25. Mammon is unable to express himself frankly
26. Mammon likes R&B music
27. Mammon is not a morning demon
28. One of the first things in the game said about Mammon by his brothers is that he’s a masochist
29. The results of a demon brain scanning app showed that Mammon’s thoughts are 90% money
30. Mammon’s worst RAD subject is Hexes and Curses
31. Mammon became Lucifer’s attendant in the Celestial Realm before Leviathan had even been born
32. Mammon was once almost roasted alive by hellfire
33. Mammon is a very bad liar and often admits exactly what he did when explaining that’s not what he did
34. Mammon was almost the one to tame Cerberus but Lucifer rushed in as he was about to confront the dog
35. Mammon is extremely protective of his little brothers
36. When forced to be honest, Mammon admits how much he admires and respects Lucifer
37. When Lucifer has a bad day, Mammon will bring him a drink and sandwich without being asked
38. Mammon was almost kicked out of the celestial realm thousands of years before the fall until Lucifer got through to him
39. Besides the people who were told what Simeon was going through in season 4, Mammon was the first one to notice something was wrong with him
40. Once Mammon was punished by Lucifer by being tickled until he laughed so hard he was humiliated
41. Mammon was given a serum with unknown results that caused him to tell MC he wanted to do many explicit things with them
42. Even Michael was unable to handle Mammon as an angel
43. Mammon is so fast that not even Diavolo and Lucifer can catch up to him
44. It’s been mentioned multiple times that Mammon uses crows as familiars
45. When Lucifer cannot trust Diavolo, he turns to Mammon
46. Mammon once called up Simeon to ask about significant lines in the TSL series so he could successfully hack into Leviathan’s akuzon account
47. Levi and Mammon sometimes perform standup comedy
48. When Mammon tried making a cake for Lucifer on his birthday in the Celestial Realm, he accidentally destroyed the kitchen, infuriating Michael
49. Mammon works as a model occasionally
50. In lesson 11 of the game Mammon claims he is well over 5,000 years old
51. In the celestial realm Mammon would often watch over the younger angels
52. Mammon once tried selling bird feathers to the lesser angels, claiming they were seraph feathers
53. In the celestial realm, Mammon once used the lesser angels to play a game of life-size chess
54. Mammon is said to have been the one who rallied and encouraged the angels in the Celestial war
55. Unlike his brothers, Mammon doesn’t often lose control of his powers
56. Whenever Mammon comes up with solutions to a crisis, they usually make things worse
57. Mammon struggles with math unless he thinks about it as calculating money
58. Mammon loves pandas because they’re profitable
59. Mammon always lets his brothers know about sales and deals going on
60. Mammon is the one who told Lucifer to always have pride and not regret his decision about the war
61. Mammon was cursed to speak like a cat during season 4 and Satan was unable to leave his side even getting Mammon to play with cat toys.
62. The first time Mammon lost control of his powers and transformed into a demon in the game is when he misunderstood a conversation between Levi and MC and assumed they had “relations”
63. Mammon is one of the only people who will indulge Asmodeus and watch his one-man fashion shows
64. When Mammon put too many meals on Satan’s tab, Satan called up Solomon and told him Mammon wanted to try his new recipe
65. Mammon has kidnapped MC multiple times
66. Mammon sometimes goes clubbing with Asmo after part time jobs
67. After Mammon sold all of their silverware he was fired from Ristorante Six
68. Mammon is sometimes referred to as MC’s pet
69. Mammon continues to insist he’s MC’s master not the other way around
70. Mammon sees Luke as his little brother
71. Student council members used to oversee detention until Mammon kept getting detention himself
72. Mammon once accidentally cast a spell on himself that made him burst into song
73. Mammon once accidentally turned himself into a dog
74. Mammon accidentally cursed himself and became extremely small. He was scared of how Beel was looking at him
75. When Mammon made the Miss’em dolls he became extremely wealthy but later blew it all on gambling
76. Mammon is too scared to watch horror movies alone and asks Lucifer to watch them with him
77. Mammon once attacked Lucifer with a three-prong pitch fork when he embarrassed him
78. Mammon has cried from fear of Simeon multiple times
79. Mammon was unable to even pretend to break up with MC
80. Mammon is one of the reasons you need a permit to get to the human world rather than do so freely
81. Mammon got a Mohawk once but his brothers teased him so much he immediately got rid of it
82. Mammon loves the Devildom version of Harry Potter
83. Mammon often threatens lesser/younger demons to hand over all their money
84. Mammon once stopped a bank robbery and demanded the money as compensation
85. Mammon accidentally cut down a Christmas tree gifted to Lucifer from Diavolo
86. Mammon was tricked by Lucifer to gamble against everyone he’d ever screwed over all at once
87. Mammon calls going to the horse races “seeing the horsies” to try and convince MC to tag along
88. When he was Lucifer’s attendant, Mammon sought for a rare Crystal Lily flower to gift him but got lost and Lucifer had to come find him
89. Mammon used Serenity Manor as collateral in gambling as soon as he got to the human world, almost forcing everyone to go right back to the Devildom
90. When coming up with proposal’s Mammon forced Simeon, Solomon, and Luke to participate in a flash mob
91. Mammon has a blood oath with MC and Leviathan
92. Mammon accidentally won Henry 1.0 while trying his first Devildom ice cream. He was nearly eaten.
93. Mammon owns an AK-47 after winning it over in a game against Leviathan
94. Mammon fees guilty that he didn’t have a grand reason to follow Lucifer to hell rather than just feeling like it
95. Mammon once lost a bet to a bunch of rabbits
96. Mammon prefers spicy foods to sweets
97. Mammon extorted Satan for 50,000 Grimm in exchange for throwing him a baseball
98. Mammon’s highest known rank in the celestial realm within the game is a Throne
99. When Mammon was turned into a Test Name box he got used to it immediately, disappointing Beelzebub
100. Mammon died in season 4 for a few minutes but was brought back by Barbatos
#obey me shall we date#obey me mammon#obey me fun facts#obey me lucifer#obey me diavolo#obey me simeon#obey me solomon#obey me leviathan#obey me asmodeus
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ok so maybe you're gonna get tired of the whole bodyparts academy au BUT I've been brainrotting so hard my brain is like melting out of my ears dawg... i gotta get this out of my system or it WILL consume me... you know aethers like outfit?? his abdomen area(? idk waht its called english hard lol) hasnt left my mind its just/?!?!?!?! THE WAIST????? (men and their slutty waists smh) it just looks sooo good I want to bite and like put my hands on him and just manhandle him grraravdjñ, SO LIKE just imagine academy au mc jus kind of like obsessed with his abdomen area (again sorry dont know what its called 😭) who just coincidentally has their hands on his waist like ALL the time, and im just so curious abt how aether would react, would he show off?? would he be shy??? would he be running laps and screaming??? (idk how to end this im sorry words aren't wording how they should lmaoo)
the unbelievably deep sigh i just had when I saw this ask. and yet here I am, the sucker and fool. ready to do anything for genshin men and their impeccable body measurements.
i actually wrote something like this already 😭but I wanted to cop a feel for academy aether's tummy too yknow? or maybe I just cannot control myself when it comes to the twins
you might like: teyvat! aether and his little tummy <;33
oh, please. aether knows he's pretty. he is lumine's twin brother, after all! even before coming to this school he's turned heads left and right, so surely he could use his good looks to seduce the person of his dreams, right?
wrong.
whenever you snatch him by the waist, it’s protectiveness and not the perverted fondling he’d rather you’d do to him. aether is, after all, cute and petite. he looks like he can be easily overpowered by any of the students here and you just have that natural urge to protect him! you don’t know that aether can easily oneshot most of your harem members, but even if you did, what exactly would change?
when aether skips over to your side, you smile fondly at him and hug him by the waist to your side. it gets his heart pumping whenever you do that, hiding his flushed face behind his textbooks so you won’t suspect a thing. disappointment always floods his insides when you look at him like a brother and not a potential love interest. your waist is so small! you say like a naggy mother. you have to eat more!
it’s frustrating! lumine has to watch his brother scream into his pillow every night from her side of the room. she rolls over and tries to drown out his screams with a pillow.
“aether!” you one day call out to him. your bright smile once again beckons him to your side. he yelps when you slide a firm hand around his waist and pull him to your lap. his cheeks flush when hug him closer to your chest, and it takes everything out of him not to squirm. “i’ve got something to show you!” your breath tickles his ear and sends tingles down his spine.
shuddering out a sigh, he forces a shaky grin as he tries his best to look enthusiastic. “is this about the anime you sent me last week?” you brighten up at his remembrance and chatter on and on to him. he makes his remarks too, fueling the conversation, and as it goes on your hands continue to rover about his abdomen. you’re such a mean senior, not even noticing the bright red blush on his face! was this on purpose? it has to be!
a single feather-like stroke of his abdomen sends him shuddering and keeling over. he gasps into your collarbone, hiding his blush and heart-eyed expression. “you’re so mean, senpai,” he whimpers into your skin. “teasing me like this...”
“i-i’m sorry...” the tension of the situation has now finally dawned on you, and you blush when you feel aether’s lips quivering on your skin. “i didn’t realize that...”
your words trail off as temptation seizes your hand to feel up his abdomen once more. toned as they were, the curves seemed so tiny and fragile as they fit into your hands. a lean and slender body, yet supple enough to serve as canvas for your marks...
ah, no! what kind of senior are you, teaching such lecherous thoughts of your junior! and yet... and yet...! your eyes dart to the corner, where the blonde student is currently shaking in your grasp. the cute and helpful transfer student who you viewed as a brother now looked more and more like prey in your hands. you gulp.
“i’m sorry, aether,” you whisper, sending an excited rush through his body. “but you look so pretty now...”
his tongue feels like lead as it quivers in his mouth, but when you settle him down on the couch and hover above him, he giggles like the closeted perverted maniac that he is.
“no worries, senpai ♡~” he laughs, bringing you closer by the neck. “make sure to appreciate me more okay?”
perhaps he’ll start rolling up his uniform after this, just to make the rest of your harem jealous ☆
#yandere genshin impact#genshin impact#yandere genshin impact x reader#genshin impact x reader#yandere x reader#yandere aether#genshin aether#yester.writes#yester.au — academy 📓
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Now I know no one wants to think about it or wishes it but....
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Mc grandfathers would definitely be petty for each other's deaths. I'm talking about having competitions on who's got the best grand exit from this mortal coil, I'm Talking about taking petty passive aggressive funerals. I can DEFINITELY see them if they are both hopefully taken in by the goddess by due time, them chilling wherever realm their sinful souls would take them. Watching over their loved ones especially mc and being like.
"Yeah my grandchild is still mourning after me, yeah I'm just that much loved than you. They even think about you a single day."
"Yeah I guess that just shows how much MORE Raven/Wolf they are."
"Oh they made a statue of you in remembrance? Yeah they made mine too
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It's in the town square
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It's ALOT bigger and TALLEr than your's too
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It's made with the rarest best materials
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It's got a giant wolf too so you can go suck it, old man."
Youre righting fire cause I can tots imagine it being a side chibi manga of the two fighting and out pettying each other lmao
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Court of Darkness: Master List
Headcanons
Dirty Pictures (All Consorts)
Fenn Offers Unsolicited Relationship Advice
Getting Caught in the Moment (Princes and Tino)
Handmade Gifts (Princes)
How the Princes Describe Sex
Princes as Mythical Creatures; Princes as Dogs; Princes as Cats
Prince Reactions to MC Being Cold/Shivering
The Art of the Massage (S:Rank Princes)
The Spray Bottle (Princes, Valets, Sherry)
You Look Good With
Short Stories
A Test of Kingcraft Part I; Part II; Part III
Bye Bye Anders (Princes, Lou, MC, Sherry, Violet)
Lessons in Love (Princes)
Love Letters (Toa, Guy, Fenn, Roy)
Picture Perfect (Princes, Lou)
Sleeping Places (Fenn and S Rank Princes)
The Battle for Facial Hair
The Moment (Guy, Lynn, Roy, Rio)
The Swear Jar (Princes, Lou, Valets, Sherry)
Lists
Betrayal Ranking (Who is Most Hurt by a Cheating MC)
Gently Roasting Halloween Demon Outfits
Getting Caught Between the Sheets - Who’s Most Embarrassed
How Consorts Would Live at Hogwarts Universe; Hogwarts Houses
How Princes Would Respond to a Booty Call
It’s all Fun and Games (Princes)
Spicy Gifts (All Consorts)
12 Days of Christmas
Guy’s Gambit
Satisfaction
Wedding Day
Roy’s Fantasy
Anxiety Ridden
Charred
Devour and Delight Part 1; Part 2
Enough; Nothing Else to Compare
Morning Delight; Passion Revealed; Lipstick Obsessed
Perfect Proposal
Seven Minutes of Heaven
Sleeping Beauty (Birthday Story); Wedding Day
Untamed
Lance’s Fables
Remembrance
The Prince of Ember and Flame (Character Analysis)
Toa’s Tales
Basket Full of Troubles (Knight and Toa)
Just Desserts
Puppy Love; Purfection
Warmth
Wedding Days
Tino’s Delight
Anxiety Ridden
You Are My Sunshine
#otome#masterlist#court of darkness#voltage romance games#court of darkness fanfiction#court of darkness voltage#voltage otome#voltage games
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The Role of Memories
(Valentine Extravangaza — Surtr's internal monologue)
My sweet child, and my irreplaceable seed of the future... If you truly wish to leave nothing and no-one by the wayside...
Then you must tread innumerable paths of tragedy, again, and again, and again.
In the end, the day will come when you remember it all, and on that day will you truly be tested.
On that day, you will turn your back on Paradise, with the weight of this world borne on your shoulders.
I pray that when it comes, your memories of this sweet paradise will steady your hands and guide your feet.
I find this prediction of Surtr's rather haunting. We know from the main quest what the cost of bearing memories is. We even know what the cost was to MC—not simply the forgetting of their own prior to their summoning, but Lil Salomon too, that feeling of loneliness and incompleteness that follows them even in events, where there should only be happiness.
What will it cost them to take in all of the memories they've lived? And would this include the memories of the Exiles too, the lives they've never lived, but that nonetheless belong to them?
But I also find this hopeful too. This remembrance will put them directly on par with WR and Pillars. And though that last sentence in this prediction is merely a hope, I think it will come true: though the burden will be heavy, it will also ultimately steady their hands and guide their feet. Despite the personal cost, MC will ultimately achieve their goal—save every single person in Tokyo and break through the loops. And I think "every single person" will include MC themself.
#housamo#events lore#main quest lore#lore trivia/speculation#mc trivia/speculation#valentine extravangaza#i love the 'turn your back on paradise' line#not only because fuck eden and utopia#but because paradise isn't paradise if suffering exists. paradise isn't paradise if one person has to bear it all.#(psst read 'the ones who walk away from omelas' by ursula k le guin)#paradise can't exist in a real livable world. there is no such thing as life without pain and sorrow#but a world of hope? a world where people are allowed to hope and their hopes may come to fruition?
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Challenge accepted!
Every year, I wobble into January, a little bit disorientated. The holidays are over, it's the heart of winter, it's too dark, and I'm a bit holiday-hungover and full of chocolate and cheese... and you know, that impacts everything, including my writing.
I love what @lilyoffandoms put together so much that I decided to write or create a little something for every day of this challenge. Kind of a mental warm-up to get to a normal place again.
I'm going to post everything here (below the break) to keep track. I hope you'll find something you enjoy before the challenge is over! ❄️
Day 1 - Blizzard, New Beginnings, “The first snowflake fell, and with it, a new chapter began.”
It always starts somewhere... | Crimes of Passion - Trystan Thorne x Carolina Rose [fiction]
Day 2 - Reflection, Resolutions, Letter to future self, reflecting on aspirations for the years ahead.
New Perspective | Open Heart - Tobias x Casey Carrick
[fiction]
Day 3 - Sparkle, Winter Magic
Trystan's Holiday Recap 2023 | Crimes of Passion - Trystan Thorne x Carolina Rose, COP Friends & Family [Instagram Edits]
Day 4 - Sanctuary
Escape | Open Heart - Casey MacTavish (F!MC) x Jessica Philips (F!OC) COMING SOON!
Day 5 - Smile, Secrets
"I'll pour... Now tell me more!" | Open Heart - Bryce Lahela, Casey MacTavish (F!MC) [fiction]
Day 6 - Write about a character facing an extreme situation in a frozen wilderness, testing their endurance and determination.
Unnamed fic | Wake the Dead - Eli Sipes x Zoe Rivera (F!MC) [fiction] COMING SOON!!
Day 7 - Reflection
Different Destinations | Open Heart - Tobias x Casey, Jackie Varma [fiction]
Day 8 - Aurora, Dreams
Day 9 - Frostbite
A Tipsy Winter's Tale | Crimes of Passion - Trystan x Caronia [fiction]
Day 10 - Change
Twenty-Five | Wake the Dead - Troy Hassan & Zoe Rivera (F!MC) [fiction]
Day 11 - Starlight, Exploration
Day 12 - Transformation
If the cap fits... | Crimes of Passion - Trystan Thorne x Carolina Rose (F!MC) [art - @/artbyainna and fic]
Day 13 - Whispers, Mystery
Pietro & Azul | Open Heart - Tobias x Casey Carrick (F!MC), Jackie Varma [fiction]
Day 14 - Comfort
Stress Reduction | Open Heart - Tobias x Casey Carrick (F!MC) [fiction]
Day 15 - Illuminate, Journey
Day 16 - Harmony, Relationships, Write about a character’s quest for harmony in a complex or strained relationship.
Day 17 - Rest
PENsive | Open Heart - Ethan x Kaycee (F!MC) [fiction]
Day 18 - Forgiveness, Memory
Day 19 - Renewal, Rebirth
Day 20 - Constellation, Connection
Day 21 - Wanderlust, Adventure
Day 22 - Tomorrow
A Little Mess | Open Heart - Ethan Ramsey, Tobias x Casey (F!MC) [text fic]
Day 23 - Hope
A Different Fate: The Final Chapter | Open Heart - Ethan x Kaycee (F!MC) [fiction]
Day 24- Etheral, Fantasy
Day 25 - Remembrance, Nostalgia
Day 26 - Serendipity, Coincidence
Clucking Awesome! | Open Heart - Ethan Ramsey x Kaycee MacCleannan (F!MC) [text fic]
Day 27 - Luminous, Enlightenment
Day 28 - Reflection
Day 29 - Revival, Rebirth
Day 30 - Cascade, Flow
Day 31 - Beginnings, Starting Over
The Morning | Wake the Dead - Eli Sipes x Zoe Rivera (F!MC) [fic]
#January Challenge#writing challenge#choices fanfic#playchoices fanfic#crimes of passion#wake the dead#open heart
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Hi, author! A very classic RO ask I saw around and just now thought of sending you: how would the ROs react if a MC who usually kissed them good morning every day one day simply forgot to do so?
Hello! This scenario is so cute.
Welling: The MC wouldn’t make it far before Welling is catching them by the hand and pulling them close. And through a bombardment of kisses, they’d whisper teasingly against their skin: “Forget my morning kisses, will you?”
Venali: Busy gathering their things for the day, it’s likely the MC, in an effort not to distract them, thought to give them some space that morning. They hardly share a word, moving about in a comfortable silence. But as the MC utters a goodbye and heads for the door, they find their robe caught by a shimmer of magic. Venali clicks their tongue as they move closer. “Forgetting something?”
Trivelyn: They would wait patiently for the MC to take notice, finding reasons to draw close with an expectant look in their eyes. Once it became apparent that the MC isn’t catching on, they’d wrap their arms around the MC’s waist. “Aren’t you going to kiss me?”
Em: If the MC isn’t going to do it, then they will. Cupping the MC’s face they’ll pull them in for a long, languid kiss. And once the MC is left breathless, they’ll pull away with a look of satisfaction. “Good morning.”
Anle: They wouldn’t even realize how they’ve come to anticipate and enjoy the MC’s routine affections. So the day the MC finally forgets, Anle would be off-kilter. They have a meeting that morning, but for some reason their mind draws a blank when they consider the words they need to have. Something is missing, but what have they forgotten? Aggravation would underline their usual impassivity. And it’s only when the MC interrupts their half formed thoughts with a “Oh” of remembrance and a belated kiss that they’d suddenly feel as if all is right again.
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Happy STS! Can you tell me about your favorite religion from Pirate's Roost?
You ever get an ask in your inbox that’s exactly what you want to tell people about? Yeah. I most definitely can, thank you :)
My favourite religion in the Pirates’ Roost is the siren religion, which doesn’t actually have a name. The siren religion centers around the belief that the waves of the ocean are the guardians of the past and the stars are the guardians of the future. Living beings, occupying the space between, are meant to be the guardians of the present, and they can improve their lives and their stewardship by listening to what both the stars and the waves have to tell them.
All sirens learn as a part of their religion to listen to what the stars and the waves have to tell them. Any siren can listen to the water and tell how the currents and waves run and learn to interpret those as history, and any siren can ask simple questions and read answers from the stars.
Those who train to learn to listen and read these signals are called diviners, and they are the spiritual heart of any siren village. They provide spiritual guidance to the village and point the leaders and decision makers towards actions the stars indicate will benefit the village. They are also responsible for complex star readings, assigning guardian constellations, and overseeing events like marriages. In order to become a diviner, a siren must undergo significant training (including the memorization of every star and constellation in the sky) and must possess the divining magic necessary to read and project stars. Malcolm, one of the MCs of the Pirates’ Roost, wanted to be a diviner and trained as one for several years, but was unable to become one because he didn’t possess the proper divining magic.
Every siren has a guardian constellation, found by a diviner reading on the day of their birth (a complex magical reading process). This constellation watches over the siren for their entire life and typically indicates something about them as a person, although it’s not particularly prescriptive. Occasionally, a siren who feels significantly transformed by an event will choose to get their guardian constellation reread for the new date that they feel is a point of transformation. Important events, such as a marriage, are also given guardian constellations. Non-sirens can also get guardian constellations read by a diviner if the diviner agrees to do so.
The siren religion celebrates two major holidays, the two solstices. The summer solstice, the day when the sun is out the longest and the stars are most hidden, is a day of mourning and remembrance. It is observed with significant prayer and communing with the waves (a ritualistic prayer involving drawing water across the face with one’s fingers), and is a quiet, solemn holiday. The winter solstice, the day when the stars are nearest, is a day of celebration and also the day of the siren new year. It is an optimistic and forward-looking holiday where adherents typically dress in bright clothing and host parties. It is also typical to give small handmade gifts (usually wearable) to those one wants to continue their relationship with in the new year, whether romantic or platonic. Sirens will typically wear all solstice gifts they are given, as it’s considered a rejection if they do not. The evening and night of the winter solstice is spent stargazing and praying for the new year.
I haven’t figured out all of the constellations the sirens have since there are dozens, but I have a few and their associated meanings. The Flying Fish (division or drastic choice), the Diving Gull (change, quick decision, or strong action), the Roost (home and companionship), the Birds of Paradise (love, romance, and lust), the Peaks (stability or reaching for new heights), and the Singer (storytelling and myth) are a handful of their constellations. The Singer is a particularly revered constellation.
Occasionally, people are born with freckles or similar markings that resemble the pattern of a constellation. Those people are said to be blessed by the stars and to have the power of foresight, typically by way of prophetic dreams.
The pirates of the Brazen Coalition have created their own (highly corrupted) version of siren mythos with their own version of “guardian constellations” assigned by birthday as an entertainment piece, using their own constellations. This, among other corruptions of siren culture, is considered highly offensive by sirens, as they feel their sacred traditions are being used as cheap entertainment.
I kind of went on a long ramble there, I hope it was interesting. Thank you so much for the ask, I had a ton of fun with this one!
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MC REMEMBRANCE DAY 7: Havenfall is for Lovers MC
"Vampires, werewolves, and demons, oh my! Life in a small town seems so simple until your sister goes missing, and the only ones willing to help you are supernatural beings! Trusting a monster takes bravery and courage, and maybe just a little bit of...love?"
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Barbatos Birthday Special 100 Fun Facts
1. When Barbatos joined the fad of putting a sticker on the back of your DDD that portrayed your emotion his said “Finish your work”
2. Barbatos works for Diavolo because he was both lured in by Diavolo and Diavolo threatened him he wouldn’t become king if Barbatos didn’t work for him
3. Barbatos continues to smile even when angry which scares many people especially Little D No. 2
4. Barbatos can choose from any number of realities and make his choice the one true reality
5. Despite being perfect at almost everything, Barbatos has difficulty acting
6. Barbatos is an excellent dancer according to Asmodeus
7. Barbatos supervises fan club meetings for the student council members
8. Barbatos is a talented ice skater and won the first competition Diavolo held for it
9. Diavolo has forbidden Barbatos to use his powers freely and Barbatos tells Lucifer he will only look into the future when Diavolo explicitly asks him to
10. Despite being a butler Lucifer claims Barbatos has elite status
11. Barbatos is described as a walking tea encyclopedia
12. Barbatos has exceptionally good luck, including always winning the jackpot at the casinos
13. Barbatos and Lucifer’s chat name is “Tea Demons”
14. After being strangled by Belphegor, Barbatos saves MC by fusing the altered timeline and the original timeline together
15. Barbatos’ favorite teas are herbal teas
16. Barbatos appears to love herbs in general and not just in his tea
17. Barbatos mentions that he was never a child
18. Barbatos uses his powers by accessing realities, the past and the future through the doors in his room
19. Solomon once had to summon Barbatos to drive off a headless dragon
20. When Barbatos dresses as a dame to escort Queen Rose, his beauty caused an uproar and piles of fanmail were delivered to the demon lords castle so he decided to never dress as a dame again
21. Barbatos had a pact with Solomon before Asmodeus did
22. Barbatos recommends tea leaves grown in exceptionally low temperatures because it adds depth to the flavor
23. Barbatos enjoys walks at night
24. Barbatos prefers cats over dogs
25. Barbatos is so scared of rats he cannot even say their name
26. To summon Barbatos, Solomon had to use so much magic and energy he nearly died, Barbatos was impressed and decided to form a pact to save Solomon’s life
27. Barbatos once attempted to poison rats with Solomon’s food but instead the rat grew in size and Barbatos took the next few days off recovering
28. Barbatos likes the colors burgundy and indigo, he likes indigo specially because he feels he can wear it everyday
29. Barbatos expresses to MC that due to the nature of his job he’s never had any interest in wearing perfume
30. Solomon supposedly owns Barbatos’s grimoire a sign of absolute trust
31. Barbatos does not like it when people touch his tail
32. Barbatos describes himself as dismayed when he and Diavolo are left out of big events
33. Barbatos was once provoked into fighting a witch when she called him a cutie
34. Barbatos’s motto is “to be selfless and serve the people.”
35. Barbatos always puts together and double checks Diavolo’s schedule for the following day before he goes to bed
36. Barbatos starts his baths with his right arm
37. Barbatos’s dream is to see Diavolo become king
38. Barbatos says that if the Devildom were to disappear tomorrow he’d like to hear from Diavolo first
39. Barbatos is not the active one when it comes to a relationship and desires to be bound by his lover
40. Barbatos cherishes relationship anniversaries and special days of remembrance
41. Barbatos says that for a relationship with obstacles he’d rather give up
42. During a love survey, Barbatos chose "other" for the question "unable to express his feelings frankly." His explanation was that there might be situations where he might not necessarily tell a significant other his feelings.
43. Barbatos can see the past and the future
44. When Lucifer first fell to the Devildom and lashed out at Diavolo, Barbatos was the first one to point out to Lucifer that he had become a demon
45. Barbatos prefers traditional establishments that are quiet and easier to relax in
46. Diavolo considers Barbatos more of a drill Sargent and says he is too harsh
47. Barbatos refused Diavolo’s idea of a cleaning robot because he enjoys caring for Diavolo himself
48. Barbatos will sometimes inconvenience himself if it will make Diavolo happy. For example in a chat Barbatos explains that he would prefer to decline an invitation to appear on a quiz show in order to focus on his duties. However, he considers accepting the invitation just to see the look of delight on Diavolo's face.
49. Barbatos works hard to try and discreetly feed and sneak in ingredients into Diavolo’s food that Diavolo avoids like pickles
50. When the brothers get to rowdy at a meeting Barbatos is quick to use physical violence to stop them
51. Barbatos can utilize forks as weapons
52. Barbatos thinks he doesn’t work out enough
53. Barbatos is always overjoyed to receive Diavolo’s praise
54. Barbatos has been described as the greatest pastry chef in the three worlds
55. Barbatos nearly died in season 4 after rescuing the brothers from the Dark Crevasse
56. Barbatos often saves his left over sweets for MC
57. Barbatos once threw a fork at Mammon’s head for interrupting him
58. Barbatos likes Heavy Metal music
59. Barbatos can open portals the dream world
60. The brothers believe Barbatos is overprotective of Diavolo
61. Barbatos is the first demon Luke bonds with
62. Barbatos is always helping Luke with baking, giving recommendations, and spending time baking together
63. Barbatos’s human world look is meant to represent someone who works with tea
64. The necklace Barbatos wears in his human world look is from a shop recommended by Solomon and might be magical
65. Barabtos reminds MC they should be proud they represent the entire human world
66. Barbatos feels uncomfortable not serving and being served himself
67. Barbatos says he is pleased to see MC enjoying themself
68. In a Sweat-Result from surprise interaction, Barbatos tells MC not even they are safe from his wrath
69. Barbatos refers to MC as master to catch them off guard
70. Barbatos seems concerned about Asmodeus’s excess partying
71. When MC uses a whip on Barbatos he tells them they have a passing grade
72. Barbatos often has to stop Diavolo’s antics like preventing him from bringing a 300 foot Christmas tree into the castle
73. Barbatos likes matching with MC and describes the feeling as warm and fuzzy
74. Barbatos had to stop his duties once to prevent Diavolo from joining a public karaoke contest
75. Barbatos wishes to take MC to a music festival at Hell’s Dome
76. Barbatos often finds himself and Simeon going on outings together
77. Barbatos tells MC he wishes they could have tea together just the two of them more often
78. Barbatos heard MC talking in their sleep once. According to him Mc called his name many times among other things that made him smile which he won’t go into details about
79. Barbatos grew a black poinsettia for MC, the flower is meant to represent the bond between two people
80. To help Diavolo prepare for a pancake stacking contest, Barbatos baked 1,000 pancakes a day
81. Lucifer is confused as to how Barbatos keeps so clean while cooking and cleaning in formal wear
82. To avoid Asmodeus feeling him up, Barbatos dragged Satan to the dance floor instead
83. When MC and Mephistopheles illegally enter the student council library, he immediately reports it and is upset no one cares
84. Little D No. 2 once accidentally exploded the castle bathtub with bathbombs and fearing Barbatos’s reaction hid them with Beelzebub who was also scared of Barbatos’s reaction
85. Barbatos always has to stop Diavolo from eating revelation tomatoes as he believes Diavolo shouldn’t have to reveal anything
86. Barbatos was the first person Diavolo asked to pretend to be his date so he could get ice cream for couples but Barbatos refused
87. Barbatos rarely has dreams but when he does they’re of the future
88. Barabtos saved Luke from drowning when Luke tried to save Serun from drowning
89. When inviting others for tea, Barbatos requests they don’t bring Beelzebub for obvious reasons
90. Barabtos once made Leviathan dishes from various manga and anime he liked
91. Barbatos sometimes helps Luke with his crossword puzzles
92. When Luke is called a demon by Mammon and is stunned and horrified, Barbatos is the one to quickly reassure him that demons are much trickier and ruthless
93. Apparently there was a demon who looked so similar to Barbatos that both Luke and Diavolo were fooled
94. Barbatos once sneezed and accidentally teleported Diavolo to the wrong location, Diavolo used this to guilt trip him into staying in the human world
95. Barbatos has a more recent obsession of recreating buildings as desserts
96. Barbatos “looks on in amazement” whenever Diavolo accidentally sorts urgent and non-urgent documents into the same pile
97. Barbatos has an herb garden at the castle where he grows many herbs including Darkness Thyme which is difficult for even masters to cultivate
98. Barbatos used to have nightmares until he started picturing MC’s face before falling asleep
99. When Solomon accidentally created a potion that made everyone speak differently Barbatos describes it as dark days that will live on in his memory
100. Barbatos was so pleased with Mammon’s hard work at TTWF that he took Mammon to the casinos (Barbatos always hits the jackpot)
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🎭 Angst | 🦚 Angsty Fluff | 🛸 AU | ☁ Fluff | ♥ NSFW | 📚 Series | 📷 Edit | 📱 TextFic | Ⓜ Mature
Bryce x F!MC
It’s a date. - @hannabanana-6 ☁
Casey gets ready for her first official date with Bryce.
[Date]
It’s over - @hannabanana-6 🎭
Casey and Bryce argue over him pushing her away.
The hangover - @hannabanana-6 ☁
Just random hangover fluff.
Thunderstorm - @chocopeppermintcake 🦚
Casey has a bad day at work.
[Hurt/Comfort]
You are in love - @hannabanana-6 ☁
Bryce realises his feelings for Casey. An addition to the wedding in Open Heart book 3.
[3.11]
Bryce x M!MC
Halloween - @mydemonsdrivealimo 📚
[extended: wip] A collection of moments throughout Jensen’s life, focused on his struggles and accomplishments.
Part 1
Part 2
Ethan x F!MC
Dangerous Games - @zealouscanonindeer 📚♥
[extended: wip] If you win, good. If you lose, even better.
Part 6
I gave you my heart - @coffeeheartaddict2 ♥🎄
It is Christmas time and Ethan finds himself alone for the holidays. An unexpected visit leads to a change in status. Feat. F!OC
[Young Ethan]
Not a rookie anymore - @hannabanana-6 🎭
Ethan gets back from the Amazon.
[Broke Up]
Paws of Love - @amortentiaopenheart 🛸
Jenner takes a liking to a stranger.
Talk is Cheap - @cariantha 🎭
What would have been the outcome if Sawyer had discovered that she was pregnant whilst Ethan was in the Amazon?
Part 1
Turning Red: A Holiday Tale - @jerzwriter ☁🎄
The usual mayhem ensues when Kaycee and her friends head out to do some holiday shopping at a local mall. She finally finds the perfect gift for Ethan. Feat. OH Gang
Under The Mistletoe - @liaromancewriter ☁🎄
Ethan Ramsey is not one to kiss anyone under the mistletoe, but he’s willing to make an exception just once.
When life has other plans - @coffeeheartaddict2 📚🛸
[extended: wip] A competition has commenced for the interns at Edenbrook hospital. A horrid first day leads to an unexpected test of a new machine but what is Dr. Ethan Ramsey hiding?
CH 4: Crime and Punishment
Jenner Ramsey
Paws of Love - @amortentiaopenheart 🛸
Jenner takes a liking to a stranger.
Platonic / OH Gang
Turning Red: A Holiday Tale - @jerzwriter ☁🎄
The usual mayhem ensues when Kaycee and her friends head out to do some holiday shopping at a local mall. She finally finds the perfect gift for Ethan. Feat. OH Gang
Rafael x F!MC
We Belong Together - @rafasgirl23415 📚
[extended: wip] It’s the end of intern year. Casey and Rafael are ready to start the next phase of their relationship.
CH 25: A Blast From The Past
CH 26: Remembrance
Tobias x F!MC
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It's a month after the chemical attack at Edenbrook; Casey leaves her apartment for therapy, and her recently reunited friend, Tobias, has been playing chauffeur.
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The Original Gents MC, a biker club for transmasculine people
The Original Gents MC is a Kansas biker club where all members are transmasculine people.
Mark Van Streefkerk writes over at Vice:
[Dakota] Cole had always wanted to be part of a motorcycle club, but he wasn’t OK with the toxic masculinity biker culture is known for, and he didn’t like feeling that joining an MC meant he had to be stealth—not out about his trans experience. In 2020, he floated the idea of an all-transmasc MC on some local trans groups on Facebook, and his friend Ryan, who works at a local hospital, quickly got on board. Engineering technician Hunter Wills—now the OGMC Road Captain—and Ruben Castillo joined shortly after. Today, the club’s members come from different backgrounds and lived experiences, with an age range from 22 to early 50s. Some members are queer or nonbinary. Some are married, some are parents, and they all hold a wide variety of jobs.
The club leads an annual Trans Day of Remembrance (TDOR) ride. This year’s TDOR ride started and ended at the queer-owned Big Rip Brewing Company, with a group of over 50 allies and supporters taking part.
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Chapter Ten [Wesker]: Live Another Day
Pairing: Albert Wesker x GN!Cannibal Reader
Warnings: minor mentions of the experimentation on Cannibal MC and their relationship with Dr. Marcus and the U.S.S.
Summary: You and Wesker are in his office alone. Feelings are developing, things happen.
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After the eventful day of training, Wesker found himself with you alone in his office while the others were still out on their break, waiting for the Bravo team to switch shifts with them. The two of you were talking about how the day went, about how you felt about each of the training sessions. He couldn’t help but laugh remembering the way you took down Redfield with ease, pinning him on to the mat.
“I think you knocked down his ego a notch.” He commented, “That’s going to be hurting more than his back.”
“It wasn’t even my intention.” You chuckled, “I just wanted to see how easy it would be. That means if I do have to take him down, hand-to-hand combat is the way to go.”
He looked at you, happily surprised that you mentioned that.
“So you’ve been paying attention. Good.”
“Of course I have, it’s what you freed me to do, right?”
He slowly pinned you between the desk and his body, placing his arms on either side of you like he had in the chief's office. He turned his head to the side, now looking at you with curiosity after hearing that.
“Freed?”
“It’s like I said before, you can open doors that need to be unlocked for me, and that all started with freeing me from Umbrella, from Dr. Marcus’ clutches.” You reminded him.
He grinned, nodding in approval in remembrance of the night you said that.
“I guess you’re right.” He said, “Did you have a hate for James at all?”
“I wouldn’t go so far as to say I hated him. He ran his tests on me and of course I have bad memories associated with that, but he did more for me than I can say any of the others did…Well outside of Birkin now.”
“Like?”
“Feeding me, making sure the security or the other monster’s didn’t kill me. Which I mean, isn’t much, but considering how many of the other researchers just, didn’t care…”
He watched your eyes leave his, trailing down to the floor. Whatever just crossed your mind, he could see that it was bothering you. He knew you were the special case outside of the other monsters Umbrella created. He knew it was why they pushed you to the limit, trying to find out what exactly made you tick, what made the others tick, because you were the only one who could respond. There was nothing he could do to take any of that pain away from you, nor did he want to. It’s what you needed, the fire that kept you going, to not settle for less, even now. It was the only way that either of you would get what you wanted out of this life, to create what would be your own.
He brought his hand up to your chin, gently guiding your gaze back to him. He looked at you more seriously now, eyes staring into your own with all the care in the world.
“I know it hurt,having to endure that. I won’t let them do that to you again.” He reassured
“That place was my cage and they were a hell of a captor. You promise not to throw me back in there again?” You asked
“I promise. I told you that if you helped me, I would provide you with everything you will ever need for the rest of your life.” He reminded you, “And I’m not one to break my word.”
He could see your eyes darting around his face, looking for any sign of a lie. That’s when he saw the faintest grin cross your face, the light in your eyes again.
“Good.”
“Were you doubting me?” He asked
“Not necessarily. But the reassurance keeps that at bay.” You replied
“You're with me from now until the end. Wherever that may be.” He reassured
He grew closer to you, still holding onto your chin. He watched as your eyes fell from his, trailing down to his lips. He knew exactly what you were wanting from him, and to be honest, he wanted it just as much. He was about to pull you in closer, to press his lips against yours, but you were already on the move, like the eager pet you were. You were almost there before you stopped abruptly, both of you hearing the door to the S.T.A.R.S. office opening, and the sound of Alpha and Bravo team pouring into the room behind him.
He felt you push him away, forced to remove his hand from you. He didn’t expect it to hurt him as much as it did, hearing you mutter an “I’m sorry” under your breath, watching you leave the office completely. He wanted to chase after you, to stop you, but Enrico made his way in, discussing some other matters for the morning huddle meeting. He cursed in his mind, knowing he was going to have to go to the security cameras to find you again.
It irritated him that he couldn’t immediately chase after you, but so was the life of having to play his part as Captain.
He just hoped that wherever you ran off to, you would be safe.
Chapter Nine: Honey
Chapter Eleven: Bloodlust
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Tiny Wishes
Today is Qingming Festival in China, one of the 24 solar terms, whose theme is about death, remembrance and renewal. Chinese always go outside and breath the gentle breeze in spring, sweep the tombs of ancestors.
It's such a coincidence that Easter and Qingming Festival have somewhat similar themes, and both of them are in spring. It seems that we all need a day to hang out in spring!😉
That's the reason why I choose today to post this story. Tiny Wishes is the 3rd story in my Hogwarts Legacy fanwork A Counsel of the Grey Lady. This story is somewhat about death, remembrance and renewal, which is one of my favourite works.🥰
I used "祂" to be the third-person pronoun of MC, a word generally used for gods. When I translated it in English, I found no proper word, so I chose "Heo/Hie/Hire" instead of "He/Him/His".
Hope you enjoy this story well!😘
Words: 2000
Length: 13'24''
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Studying With my Girlfriend
When his roommate won’t leave him alone about it, Gary tells him he has a girlfriend. But when he claims it’s the quiet smart girl in his class, will he be able to keep from falling when he finds out she’s not what she seems?
Gary x MC
For @csmicletters
Part two
Regina had no idea who this boy was or why he had thrown his arm around her and called her his girlfriend, but the pitying part of her brain convinced her to play along for the time being.
Well that’s not entirely true.
She knew the Who. By name, if nothing else. Gary was in one of the engineering classes she took for her minor. His equations left a lot to be desired, but when it came to hands on work, he was top of the class, just ahead of her.
She knew he was on the football team, he played goalie because, again, he was better hands on than using his head.
That was the extent of what she knew about him. They had never spoken before, unless maybe he was one of the people that asked to borrow a pen and she passed it off without looking up from her own notebook.
But the Why of this situation was anyone’s fucking guess.
She was just trying to study for an exam in her astrophysics class the next day. The library was supposed to be good for that. She took a table away from the popular area, spread her stuff enough that no one would try to sit directly next to her, but could join her table if it got busy.
She should have been left relatively alone.
Until Gary, in all his blond and bulky muscled glory, dropped into the seat next to her, arm draped around her shoulders, and said, “Sorry mate, I’m studyin’ with my girlfriend here.”
Regina glanced between the two, meeting the eye of a curly haired brunette boy that looked like he belonged at Woodstock, before chiming in, “I must’ve forgot you were meeting me. Let me move some things.” She shifted the books in front of Gary out of the way, and could see his surprise that she’d played along before he laughed a little too forcefully.
“Naw, babe. I’m helping you study. How am I supposed to do that when you take your books away?” He picked the closest one up, brow furrowing heavily at the title- Astrophysics, Space Anomalies, and Their Mathematic Counterparts.
The brown haired boy cleared his throat, holding out his fist for her to bump, “Sorry about the intrusion, mate. Name’s Rocco, I’m Gary’s roommate- well, I was.”
She knocked her knuckles against his, pen clenched in her hand, “Cool, I guess. Is there a reason you’re joining us?”
She wasn’t usually this standoffish. But this exam was worth twenty five percent of her grade, and honestly she just wanted to study.
“Oh, uh, n-no, not particularly. Just catching up with him, but he was in a rush to meet you. His girlfriend.” Regina narrowed her eyes as she frowned, not liking the way his friend was clearly assuming he was lying. I mean, she knew he was, but his friend shouldn’t be assuming that.
“Well, you’ve met me now. I’m a real person. So, either pull up a chair and help quiz me, or pop out because this is a very important exam.” Gary’s eyes widened a bit at the bite in her tone. But before he could say anything, she turned to him, “Is this the one you told me about? Or was that a different arsehole you had to room with?”
Gary had never told her anything, but he didn’t miss a beat, “Babe, that was Jakub. I roomed with him at a team event and he kept me half the night re-ironing his socks.” She nodded, a fake look of remembrance on her face, as if recalling a memory. Damn, he didn’t know she could act like this.
Rocco awkwardly nodded his head, wishing her luck before scurrying away. Gary stayed in his seat, though he sagged in relief. She raised an eyebrow at him, “So. How long have we been dating?” Just like the tension was back. She snorted, “Relax. I didn’t sell you out then, I won’t sell you out now. But I’d like an explanation. Maybe the backstory here.”
Apparently, at the end of last semester, Gary’s girlfriend from back home had dumped him. Something about having a glow up and she realized he wasn’t the Prince Charming she had thought he was. Rocco had tried to help, set him on a blind date with a girl, but now she was looking to curse him, literally, because he’d never called her back. He’d told Rocco he met someone else when the new semester started, before said boy dropped out and started living out of a food truck he’d dumped the rest of his college money into and parked on campus, but since he wouldn’t take his word for it after a couple weeks, Gary approached the first girl he recognized. It just so happened to be the one he stared at in his engineering class, not that he told her that part. But he did tell her that he told Rocco instead of the girl directly because Rocco was a huge gossip and it would be more believable if the news didn’t come from the guy that was clearly avoiding her.
“Honestly, I thought you were gonna punch me as soon as I touched you.” Gary admitted when the story ended, “You’re rather scary in class.”
“Good.” She nodded once. “So how long have we been together? Since break or since the semester started?”
Gary blinked, confusion on his face, “You’d be willing to keep up the act?”
Regina shrugged, “My best friend says I need to stop spending all my time studying, and that other things than school matter, yada yada yada. I just want to get my degree and move as far from Chatham as I can, but I guess helping you wouldn’t hurt too much. But you’re not prepared for what you’ll hear about me.”
“You’re from Chatham?”
She raised her eyebrow, “Yes. Can’t you see I’m oozing hometown spirit over here?” She gestured to her attire, mostly black and grey, and Gary snorted with a grin.
“I’m from Chatham. Guess we could say we ran into each other over break and hit it off.”
“Bang on. So roughly three months together? Geez, take me on a date once in a while.” Gary rolled his eyes, but he couldn’t hide the mirth in them. She was a lot funnier than he’d imagined. “What’s the level of PDA I should be expecting with his exactly? Cause I can deal with hand holding and touching, but I am not about to make out in front of people.”
“That’s fine! I don’t you to be uncomfortable. I still can’t believe you’re willing to do this.”
“Okay,” She started to reach for the book he was still holding, “I really do need to study now. This exam is huge.”
Gary hugged the book to his chest. “Hey now! I’m here to help you study, remember?” He held the book out, but in a tight grip so she couldn’t try to take it. “Get me to whatever chapters you need quizzed on.”
Regina had expected him to be a huge distraction- and he was. He kept making her laugh by mispronouncing words on purpose so that she had to correct him- proving she knew exactly what he was quizzing her on. But he also took it seriously enough that she felt confident in her knowledge by the end of it.
When it was over, he took her bag and the books that didn’t fit inside.
“I can carry my own things, you know?”
Gary shrugged, “Can and should are different things.”
Regina grimaced, “One of my housemates has that sewn on a throw pillow.” He chuckled. “So. Where exactly are you taking my things?”
He shrugged again, “Your car or your dorm or whatever. I’m walking you.”
She tilted her head, “Am I a dog? You need to take me for a walk?”
“Yes.” He deadpanned, “I am merely walking you because otherwise you’ll get bored and chew on the furniture.”
She laughed, almost too loudly for the library, and god, her laugh was hideous. But Gary wanted to hear it more. “Alrighty then, boss man. I guess you can walk me back. But it’ll shock you and you’ll hate it, completely ruining whatever image you have of me in your head, so don’t say I didn’t warn you.”
On the walk, they told each other information someone would learn when they’d been dating someone for a while. She learned his favorite color- blue. He was raised by his nan- who she’d actually met at the community center back home a few times. He was only in university because it was what his nan wanted- he’d have been happy doing construction like his uncles had. She told him about dreaming of space all her life- wanting to help the world by assisting in its exploration. Told him about being raised by a single mother with the help of her best friend, Regina’s best friend’s mom, and he’d actually met them both. They bonded briefly over having absentee dads. She even told him about her irrational fear of ants after a mishap of sitting on ant hill as a child, and he only judged her a little bit for it.
By the time they made it to Greek Row, she almost didn’t want the walk to end. Stopping in front of the Kappa Sigma house, she grimaced. He looked confused.
“You…are a sorority girl?”
“Not by choice.” She defended. “Legacy and all that. Shannon was forced into it, too, so at least I like my roommate.”
“How have I never seen you at the parties?” Ah, yes. The parties. Her president may be a business major, but she preferred to spend her time with a cocktail in hand and her tongue down her boyfriend’s throat.
“Simple. I don’t attend them. I stay in my room.” He nodded like that made the most sense in the world.
Opening his mouth, he was interrupted by an unmistakable bubbly voice behind them, “Oh em gee! Regina, are you talking to a boy??”
Chelsea was loud as she always was, and suddenly Regina could see a whole mess of her ‘sisters’ peering out the first floor windows or around the front door she still held open. She sighed, “Chelsea. Good to see you. My boyfriend was just walking me back from the library.”
“Lolz, no seriously! How could you meet a boy when you live more at the library than you do the house?”
Gary could almost feel Regina’s eye twitch. “Nice to meet ya, Chelsea. I actually know Reg from home. Ya gotta love a smart girl, ya know?” He winked at her, she rolled her eyes.
As he said goodbye and handed her things over, she made the split second decision to kiss his cheek in farewell.
Just to make the lie believable.
The very next night the sorority house was throwing another one of its famous parties, and as Shannon stuffed her bag full of things to escape to her own boyfriend’s dorm for the night, the door of their room burst open. Without turning from her notebook, Regina called out, “Chelsea, we go through this every time. I am not coming down. I am only required to take part in one party a year, and I filled that at quota at the Rush party.”
Shannon glanced back and forth between her and the new individual that entered before she crossed her arms, “Listen knobhead, this room is off limits. You plan on hooking up with a sister, you do it in her own room. Not ours.
Regina were caught off guard by the voice she was familiarizing herself with answering, “Just thought I’d pop in and say hello to my girlfriend.”
She chuckled, still not turning around, “Gary, come in and shut the door.” As soon as she heard it click she continued, her highlighter still skimming over important phrases, “You can’t lie to Shannon.”
“This is the best friend? I guess you told her?” He didn’t sound annoyed or mad, just like he was looking for confirmation.
She shook her head, “She’ll keep the secret, but I mean you literally can’t lie to her. She’s like a human lie detector.”
“One of you prats better explain something.” She interjected impatiently, and so Gary told her the same story he told Regina. She nodded almost imperceptibly when he finished, “Sounds like you’re living a fan fiction. Good luck with that, losers.”
“Just get outta here.” Regina rolled her eyes, “Tell Rahim I said hi.” She could see the name spark recognition in Gary’s eyes, but he wisely didn’t comment.
“Will do, babes. Gary…” She narrowed her eyes at him, clearly sizing him up, “Even if it’s fake, you better treat her right. I’m not dealing with a repeat. I’ll kill you first.”
“Shannon!” Regina snapped. He didn’t need to know about her ex. She rolled her eyes at the glare, grabbing her bag without another word and disappearing out the door. “Ignore her. The important thing is she won’t rat you out.”
Gary nodded, but she realized he was focused more on looking around. She could guess her room was a surprise. The sorority painted all the rooms the same pale pink, but the two of them had practically covered every inch in photos and movie or band posters. He pointed to the large Arctic Monkeys poster that hung above her desk, “You listen to them?”
She was not about to listen to someone shit talk her favorite band. “Yes. And if you start talking smack, I will defenestrate you.”
He held his hands up with a chuckle, “No, I actually went to their show last year. Frontman really knows how to give a performance.”
Her jaw fell slack, staring up at him, “Please tell me it was as magical as I’ve always imagined.”
“Even more!” The giddy look overtook his face as he started ranting about all the different things the band did as they performed, like he was coming alive talking about it. She’d seen him like this when he talked about his constructions in class, but never when she’d seen him around campus.
Before she even realized it, the two of them had been talking music for nearly two and a half hours. Clearing her throat, she switched off the small speaker she’d been using to show him a new artist she’d found, “You could probably head to the party now, if you wanted.” For once she didn’t actually care about kicking out the uninvited guest to get back to studying, “I’m sure the whole…gotta visit the girlfriend first thing would be believable now, it’s been a while.”
Gary seemed to deflate a bit, “Yeah, uh, I guess I could.” He seemed to be chewing his lip, trying to figure out how to say something, “Would you mind coming with me? I get parties aren’t your thing, but just like twenty minutes.”
She tossed the idea around. She honestly had no idea what made her even agree to this whole thing, it’s not like he really needed her to, and it’s not like she was getting anything out of it. She couldn’t really blame the pitying part of your brain anymore. But still, she found herself nodding. “Fine. Step outside so I can change.”
He shrugged, “You look fine to me but you’re the boss here.”
When she joined the sorority, after being sought out because even as a legacy she had no intentions of doing it, Chelsea had made her and the other new sisters sit through a four hour presentation she’d made on proper make up application. But because of it, and the ensuing days of practice she forced on everyone, Regina was made up and dressed in under ten minutes. The soft white material cling to her body, and the smokey eye she was able to master made her eyes pop even in the dark and neon lighting that illuminated the party. Gary rubbed at his eyes three times, before literally looking in her room behind her. “Stop being weird.”
“Holy shit. I knew you were a bird, but I didn’t know you were so…” he trailed off as he gestured to the entirety of her as she leaned into her shoulder into the doorframe.
She snorted, “No, please, continue.”
He stuck his tongue out and she laughed, “Come on, gotta show you off and all that jazz.” Regina moved to step forward and immediately stumbled, but he caught he against his chest, “God, have you been pregaming and just pretending to study or something?”
She had to focus on something other than the way his firm chest felt under her hands, “N-no. I just…never wear heels.”
His arm anchored around her waist the next moment, “Just lean on me. People might assume things, seeing as we just left your room and now you can’t walk, but if we get a drink in your hand quick enough they’ll just think that you’ve had more than they would’ve guessed.”
Parties were not her thing. But Gary never left her side. He knew more of the people here than she did even though she lived here, and every time someone called his name, his hand would press into the small of her back to lead her to join him. He never let her be alone in the loud mess of chaos. He never let his friends talk over her, even if he was the only one that could understand what she was saying, and he somehow always understood.
Gary was going to lose his mind. He wasn’t sure why he chose her. He thought it was because she happened to be nearby in the library when Rocco cornered him, but now he’s seen her music tastes- his tastes. He’s heard her awful jokes that match his terrible sense of humor. She’s brilliant, and in the gaudy almost nightclub lights the sorority house has on, she looked nearly ethereal. He thought she was gorgeous in the laid back t shirts and jeans he’d seen her wear to class, even the sweats she’d been studying in a bit ago, but this was an entirely different level. He was going to fall, and he wondered if it wouldn’t be worth it even if he fell on his face.
The two of them were actually having a great time, even when people couldn’t hide their surprise that they were together. Though it filled her with the same annoyance she felt at Rocco, her party mood was even bordering on enthusiastic.
Until Shannon came crashing through the front door, scowl on her face but eyes still puffy.
What shocked her more was that Gary made the first move, gently pulling her through the crowd until Regina could reach her, and then immediately ushering the two of them out the sliding glass door off the kitchen. He slid it shut, facing the party with his arms crossed over his chest, as if daring anyone to try to interrupt.
Shannon didn’t even ask him to stand guard from the inside before she exploded, so Regina knew she was upset. She never let anyone see her be vulnerable but her. “He cheated on me!”
Regina’s entire body went rigid as Gary’s eyes blew wide. Voice was even when she spoke, not angry, not sad, just even, “With who?”
She threw her hands up, “Some girl on the school cycling team! Joanna or some shite. She was still there when I stormed out.”
Regina shouldered past Gary without a word, and Shannon was hot on her heels trying to talk her out of something- what it was, Gary wasn’t sure, but he was definitely interested enough to follow. She stomped up to the bubbly blonde he’d met the day before, an edge in her voice that made her eyes widen, “Chelsea. My bat. Where is it?”
Shannon was adamantly telling Chelsea not to answer, but as the blonde bounced between each of their faces, she whimpered, “I’m sorry, Shannon. She scares me more. It’s this way!” She scampered off down the hall, returning a few minutes later with a baseball bat, barbed wire wrapped around the end. Gary’s eyes widened as Regina took it, stomping up to her room. He stood in the hall as Shannon argued with her, becoming more and more sober as she stomped out again in what were definitely steel toed boots, jeans, with a leather jacket thrown over her tank top and the bat clenched in her grip.
Gary had one thought. She looked fucking banging hot.
The night air nipped at their skin as she stomped her way across campus, and Gary was aware he should’ve definitely stepped in, tried to talk her out of it, but Shannon seemed resigned to the fact that there was no stopping her.
Approaching the dorm confirmed what Gary had suspected, he knew Rahim from the gym.
The RA intercepted them. “Reggie, please. I can’t keep calling maintenance to replace doors.” This has happened more than once?? Gary’s mind was reeling.
Regina wasn’t phased, simply holding out her hand and waiting until he sighed, digging into his pocket and setting a key in her palm. She clapped him on the shoulder, “We never saw you, Lucas. You were too busy studying for that physiology exam you have on Tuesday.”
“How do you- no, nevermind. I don’t care how you knew. Just remember it’s late. Try not to get security called.” Gary watched the dark haired man disappear back into his own dorm.
“What. The. Bloody. Hell.”
Shannon shrugged, “Ya get used to it, mate. Reggie has skills and tenacity that scare the average person.”
By the time they turned back to her, she already had the door unlocked and unlatched, kicking it the rest of the way open so it smacked off the wall behind it, “Hellooooooooo!”
“Oh fu- Reggie, please!” The man of the hour was a good foot taller than the woman in front of him, but he scurried to the furthest corner of the room away, “I tried to tell Shannon, it wasn’t what it looked like!”
“Reggie is for my friends, Ibrahim.” The bat sat hefted onto her shoulder as she watched him, and Gary was fairly concerned he was going to pass out on his own without it being involved, “You think I’m gonna believe you over my best mate? She saw you kiss her.”
Ibrahim looked like he was going to throw up, eyes darting to the Irish girl that leaned against the open door, “You saw that?”
“Aha!” Regina snapped, “I lied. She never told me anything. But you just admitted it happened.” Shannon turned out the door, and Gary followed her. He was still entirely unsure what the fuck happened tonight, but he didn’t think she should be alone.
Nearly twenty minutes later, Regina joined them outside, bat still poised in her shoulder and a cardboard box full of things tucked under her other arm, “Babes! Is this all your stuff?”
Shannon peered into it, just to laugh, “Reggie, you know damn well none of that is mine. I never left things over there when I stayed.”
“It’s not?” She hummed, “What a shame.” Regina chucks the box over her shoulder, and Gary’s mouth drops open as he recognizes Ibrahim’s laptop skidding out of it across the ground.
“Holy shit, mate,” he says breathily, “You might the craziest bird I’ve ever met.”
“You haven’t seen anything yet.” Shannon smirked.
Gary was stunned. He’d always seen you throughout your years of shared engineering classes and assumed she was just a pretty nerd. Clearly that wasn’t right. “What was that? Why was he so afraid of you?”
She looks thoughtful, “You ever seen a show called Wayne?”
“The kid that would fuck people up when someone crossed him?” He was confused, but if she meant what he thought she did…
Regina nodded, “No one knew who he was unless he went after them or defended them. I’m like that. I don’t associate with most people because I really do just want to get good grades and get gone. When I approach someone, they make an ally for life, or an enemy. They have to be a pretty special case. Lucas is used to me, a lot of them happen to live in this dorm building.”
Gary grinned playfully, “So you’re saying I’m pretty special.”
“You approached me, knobhead. Not the other way around.” She smirked back.
For two months, Reggie- he’d earned the right to call her that- and Gary fell into an easy rhythm. When they were in class together, they were sharing a table. He was walking her to and from class, arm tossed around her shoulders, as they talked about any number of things. She helped him study the equations he had trouble with, and now she was fighting him the top spot in their joint class. Regina had even realized that the Jakub Gary had mentioned was already afraid of her, after he had tried to destroy her sorority president’s relationship and she’d targeted him out of principle. A girl approached Regina out of nowhere two weeks ago, she thinks her name was Dottie or something, and said that she was giving up on Gary and wanted her to know that- she didn’t want Regina coming after her for a stupid crush. When she mentioned the interaction to him, he recognized her as the one trying to curse him, but he’d almost forgotten entirely.
And then it struck him with whiplash, they were faking this relationship. They had only been doing it to get a witchy girl off his back. Would Regina go back to never acknowledging him?
As more days went on, he kept up the ‘relationship’ type behavior. Holding her, studying with her, walking her home to the sorority house, kissing her cheek or crown of her head. He was waiting for her to tell him to get lost- just soaking up as much of her attention as he could get. The relationship might’ve been fake, but the friendship was real. And so were the feelings he was cautiously releasing in every ‘boyfriend’ move he made.
Four months into their friendship, he was walking her home when a voice called his name.
Regina watched as the redhead screamed Gary’s name again and again, jumping on his back before he could even turn around and pressing a loud kiss to his cheek. Gary’s eyes blew wide as shocked recognition swept over his features, “Han? Hannah, what are you doing here?”
Her chest seized. This absolutely stunning girl- this was Hannah? The ‘one-that-got-away’ broke up with him through text ex girlfriend Hannah? Oh.
She didn’t even seem to notice Regina. “Nan called me! You haven’t rang her in days!”
“Oh,” Gary sheepishly rubbed the back of his neck, “We’ve been busy studying.”
Hannah laughed, head thrown back as she put her hand on his arm, speaking in a sultry tone, “Since when do you study anything but anatomy.”
He coughed out an awkward laugh, “Hannah, this is Reggie. My girlfriend.”
Hannah’s bugged out, and Reggie’s almost did the same, but she recovered faster, “It’s so good to meet you, Hannah! I’ve heard a lot of things.”
Hannah smirked at her, “Probably all good, I’d hope.”
Regina made a considering face, “Mostly just about the way you dumped him. A text after three years?”
Hannah squeaked, and Gary let out a low whistle. He was almost tempted to defend Hannah, purely by instinct, but he wasn’t the same guy she dumped nearly a year ago. Back when he would broadcast the dumb jock affectation to get people to like him, when she would tell him to tone down the science talk because no one could follow. Regina and Shannon had beaten that out of him- sometimes even literally. Yeah, he played football. But he was a lot more than that, and they helped him remember it. So he settled for pressing a kiss to Reggie’s temple, “Play nice, love.”
Hannah smiled at them, though it was plenty more forced now, “We’ll have to double date sometime. The two of us could catch up and I could learn about Reggie.”
“It’s Regina.” Gary said without thinking about, “She’ll let you know when you’ve earned the right to call her Reggie. It’s a friend thing.”
“Did you have to earn it, too? I was unaware you needed permission to call your girlfriend something.” Hannah raised an eyebrow.
“It’s called respect, Hannah.” Gary sighed. He knew she wouldn’t get it, she gave everyone a nickname. All the different pet names he called her. Half of them didn’t even make sense. “Who are you seeing now? Do I know ‘im?” Reggie could see it for what it was, a way to change the subject. But from the brief look of triumph Hannah sent her way, she knew the other girl took it as a sign of interest in her romantic life- like he wanted to be a part of it again.
“He should be coming right about- There!” Hannah waved at a boy with tattoos walking over, and Reggie couldn’t tell if she wanted to die of laughter, or fear he’d run his mouth. “Guys, this is Graham.”
Graham raised his hand in greeting, looking at Gary friendlier than most men would when they have his ex on their arm.
But then his eyes skidded over to her, and they blew wide before recovering. “Pleasure to meet ya both. Hannah told me how close you two still are and I had to meet the man of legend.”
Gary’s brow furrowed, and Reggie knew why. He hadn’t spoken to Hannah in months. Sure, some could argue he talked to her secretly, but he spent all his free time outside of class and practice with Shannon and Reggie. And the latter didn’t want to bear this awkward situation any longer.
“Well, um, I have class in a couple minutes, so Gare, I’ll meet you later? Leave you to catch up?”
“Don’t be ridiculous,” he said right away, “I’m walking you. I do it every day. We’ll have to catch you guys later.”
Graham nodded, “Of course. Can’t be missing lectures if she wants to see the stars, right?”
Reggie froze, and she knew Gary did too, knowing that Graham should’ve had no way of knowing what she wanted to achieve. Or maybe the condescension in his voice. But instead of questioning it, Gary tightened his arm around for a second before nodding once and steering her away.
They found themselves drifting toward the sorority house- seeing as neither of them actually had class right now. They had been released from a lecture just before Hannah found them. Shannon was sitting at her desk when they got there, half paying attention to the essay she was typing when they caught her eye and she raised a brow, prompting.
“Do ya know a Graham?” Gary asked, because honestly he was still just confused. But the pale girl’s face blanched before she was tossing her chair aside and rushing to Regina.
“Did he try something? Say anything? How’d he find you?”
“Whoa, whoa, Shan, he didn’t do anything.” Reggie laughed humorlessly, “It was actually Gary’s ex that found us.”
“The blonde? I thought we were done with her already.”
“No- Hannah.”
“Oh.” Shannon blinked, “But what- how-“
“Hannah is seeing this Graham now.” Gary filled in, “But who is he?”
“Isn’t it obvious?” Reggie raised her hands uselessly.
And that’s when Gary remembered the first time he had been in your room. The way Shannon threatened him. “He’s your ex.” The words left him more like a puff of air, hanging there even as the girls nodded. “So, what’s the backstory?”
Shannon made a protesting noise at the question, but Reggie laughed, remembering how she’d asked him questions the first day they actually met. “Not much of a story, I’m afraid. Girl in high school. Girl meets boy who talks big about the world. Girl falls for boy. Turns out boy’s version of talking big about the world is actually just manning a fishing boat for months on end.”
“Boy tried to convince girl that refusing to give up her dreams to follow him meant that she didn’t know what love was.”
Reggie opened her mouth to protest, but resigned herself to Shannon’s words, “Yeah, pretty much. Then girl’s best friend reminds her that their mothers didn’t settle for toxicity and they didn’t have to either.”
Gary was irritated now. Not with her, but with this guy that thought she should have to choose, and then treated her like that because he thought she chose wrong. “Well fuck that guy.” Shannon snorted but Gary wasn’t done, “And fuck Hannah, too, to be honest. I saw the way she was trying to work you up out there. And I know damn well nan wouldnta called her after she dumped me. So we’re gonna do what we been doing, and acting like they ain’t phased us.”
Reggie blinked at him, before a question didn’t seem like it could hold itself back anymore, “What exactly have we been doing?”
Gary knew there were a lot of ways he could play that question. He could act like he meant friendship, act like he didn’t know all the casual touching and spending time together they did meant nothing. Or he could take a bigger risk. “We’ve been dating, haven’t we?”
“We’ve been-“
Gary waved her off, “Sure, lie to all three of us and say it’s been fake.”
Shannon snorted again, “Damn, the audacity. I’m here for it. Keep telling her like it is, Gary.”
Gary turned to face Reggie, look her in the eye, “I liked you long before that day in the library, and I like ya a bloody hell of a lot more now. I know you don’t plan to stick around in Chatham, but we’re almost graduated. Just a couple more months. Maybe I can prove to ya that…I can just follow you out of it. I’ll get a place wherever you wanna take that stand to help the world by searching the skies.”
Regina could’ve cried. The feelings she kept locked in her chest were growing every day, but he had always seemed like a routine guys. She had thought that he kept up the act because it was a routine of things he grew used to doing around her. But it was because he actually felt the same.
“Okay.” She agreed quietly, the shyest smile he’d ever seen on her face. “Let’s try it, if we can make it to graduation, you can tag along.”
Shannon wiped away a fake tear, “I’m so proud.”
But then Reggie smirked, “We’ve been together like seven months now? Take me on a date once in a while.”
Gary couldn’t help but laugh before he pulled her in and finally pressed a kiss where he’s wanted to this whole time, but resisted because it felt like too far.
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