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theycallme-thejackal · 2 years

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Pairing: Lenny Bruce & Midge Maisel Rated T

( @wonderlandleighleigh wanted me to continue this prompt, so here you go )

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“What’s with you?”

“Hm?” Midge asks as she chews politely.

“Why are you so relaxed?” Joel elaborates, annoyed.

“Why shouldn’t she be relaxed?” Shirley asks loudly.

“Yes, son, why shouldn’t she be relaxed?” Moishe pipes in.

“I don’t know,” Midge lies. Next to her, Lenny stifles a laugh, his hand covering his mouth.

“It’s been so long since we’ve had a nice, uneventful dinner all together,” Rose comments evenly.

“Yes,” adds Abe, glaring at his ex-son-in-law, “and Joel seems like he’s in the mood to ruin it.”

Midge shrugs. “I’m having a lovely dinner. I have a career and a wonderful family and a boyfriend who makes me very happy. What is there to be stressed about?” She asks, pointedly taking another bite while staring straight at her ex-husband.

“Joel,” Mei mutters, glaring at him. “You really want to do this here?”

“Four days ago you were screaming at me and now we’re sitting here making polite conversation?” Joel presses, his silverware clattering on his plate.

“Why were you screaming at Joely?” Shirley asks, looking offended.

“I don’t want to do this in front of the kids,” Midge explains.

“Esther’s asleep in her high chair, and Ethan’s hiding under the table with that toy car you let him bring. They’re not paying attention,” Moishe argues.

Midge exhales through her nose, her free hand moving under the table to rest on Lenny’s leg. He covers it with his own, giving it a supportive squeeze. “I was yelling at Joel because he punched Lenny.”

“What?” Shirley’s voice gets louder as she whips her head toward her son.

“Why would you punch Leonard?” Rose asks.

“He was coming into the club, and I didn’t want him there!” Joel proclaims.

“Yes, having a comedy legend in your club seems like a horrible business decision,” Abe drawls, waving his silverware slightly.

Midge makes brief eye contact with Mei, who looks as annoyed as Midge did with Joel’s actions.

Lenny laces his fingers with hers. “So I want to know how you can be so relaxed when this all happened only four days ago!” Joel asks Midge incredulously.

“Four days ago?” Shirley echoes.

“You must not have punched him very hard,” Moishe says.

“I punched him plenty hard!”

“He doesn’t even have a bruise!” Moishe gestures at Lenny.

“Midge?” Joel raises his eyebrows, looking at her expectantly.

Midge puts her fork down, releasing Lenny’s hand and folding hers on the table. “Joel, when was the last time you saw me this relaxed?” She asks sweetly.

“Never! I have never seen you this relaxed!”

Lenny can’t hold back the snort from behind his hand.

#midgelenny #midge x lenny #midgexlenny #tmmm fanfic #marvelous mrs. maisel fanfic #writing prompt #otp: more important than god #jackal fics #answers #we all know joel doesn't know how to please a woman #writing maisel family dinners is so difficult don't yell at me if this is bad #comedy #family

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nilesandcc · 1 year

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Hi! I was rewatching The Nanny and I wish they showed CC's reaction to Niles wearing that construction outfit in season 6. So my question is, from your pov, how do you think it played out?

(I think this is from the episode “Maggie’s Boyfriend” so I’m basing my answer off of this.)

CC sits in her director’s chair, white-knuckling the clipboard on her lap. If she doesn’t, she fears what her hands might do.

It isn’t a compulsion. It’s not a need. And it certainly isn’t a desire.

But.

Ever since their impromptu dinner after Yetta stayed at the manse, maybe ever since Max and Nanny Fine’s wedding, CC has felt a certain…urge.

She wants to touch him. Not as lascivious as it sounds (she certainly won’t let her thoughts go there, not in the middle of a shoot). She wants to gently lay her fingers on his forearm. She wants to wrap her hand in the crook of his elbow. She wants to stand close enough for their bodies to touch.

When the feeling strikes, it is so overwhelming and distracting and confusing that CC finds it easier to just walk away from him. It is far worse if he’s within range. Much easier to put him out of her sight.

So of course the man shows up to this shoot, likely in some misguided attempt to prove he’s still virile, but he isn’t wearing a suit or a sad cardigan. He’s dressed as a construction worker.

His surprisingly toned arms bared. His chest on display. She’s never been jealous of a tool belt before but she can’t deny she wouldn’t mind behind wrapped around his hips.

She can’t walk away. She’s in charge. She isn’t paying attention to anything that’s happening. She’s only hoping he turns around so she can see the view from behind.

It is only when a corner of the clipboard snaps off in her hand that she comes back to earth and decides to make an emergency appointment with Dr. Bort.

#of course she still can’t acknowledge anything but maybe this was the beginning #my headcanon is that after they have dinner niles can no longer deny his feelings for her #cc takes a bit longer #this was fun #send me more #otp: this one’s on me #the nanny

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me-myself-and-my-fos · 1 year

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Uther Pendragon has many, many, many flaws. But at least he drinks his “I love and respect my wife” juice and that’s very sexy of him

#Uther ‘I am romantic and will surprise my wife flowers on a near daily basis’ Pendragon #he also occasionally surprises me with breakfast or dinner alone in our chambers away from the kids so we be as sappy as we want #aka feeding each other pieces of fruit and being very flirty #Arthur and Reyna are constantly wondering how they don’t have multiple younger siblings from all the years of Uther and I being disgustingly #in love and physically affectionate #royal pain in the ass #otp: every king needs a queen

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canongf-archive · 2 years

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PLEEEASE @me-myself-and-my-fos

THIS IS EXACTLY IT. he goes back and forth on it in his head for several minutes and ultimately says yes anyway. i come into the living room to find them both eating straight out of their own cartons and eddie shamelessly blames the whole thing on dustin while shoveling ice cream into his mouth.

#'babe he basically forced me into it'#a couple days later dustin shows up and finds me and eddie eating ice cream for dinner #and he's like 'I THOUGHT YOU SAID WE WEREN'T ALLOWED TO EAT ICE CREAM FOR DINNER'#and i'm like 'no??? i said YOU weren't allowed to eat ice cream for dinner'#'me and eddie are grown ups. we can make whatever stupid decisions we want. you're a kid. you need vegetables'#replies #me-myself-and-my-fos #otp: semi-charmed

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supportingfire · 2 years

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the :D with :| trope is my bread and butter.

#( ( ooc #( ( tbd #my otps are usually this format and im not ashamed #gaalee is an all time fav #zokka #thomaluc #seamonkeys from rwby #it's just SO GOOD #anyway i wrote a lot today im proud of me #now imgonna go make dinner

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universal-kitty · 1 year

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Merry “Almost Christmas means it wasn’t Christmas” Day! Fun fact, once New Years rolls around, we have approximately 4 more years of Beanie Feenie before he becomes an attorney again. (July, 2027)

(This post will be reblogged again after New Years.)

#Aki speaks #y'know my SI probably marries him at some point #this JUST NOW occurred to me like??#they're the one of a few things keeping this man afloat #plus Trucy is basically patiently (somewhat) awaiting the day ANYWAYS....#can't tell who'd propose tho?? hmm...#W A I T!! sudden idea!?#they propose during the same damn dinner date like DORKS #honestly that's probs how it went down #they both laugh...and cried...and then all went out for ice cream #otp; our love is law

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dylanconrique · 1 year

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antsy tim poking around lucy's kitchen while she's cooking cause no one has cooked for him outside of genny who's only specialty is kraft macaroni & cheese and feels weird about sitting around not contributing to anything.

#*and this is icarly!#COOKING MEALS TOGETHER AND FOR EACH OTHER IS THEIR LOVE LANGUAGE #HOW CAN I MANIFEST LUCY MAKING DINNER FOR THEM AFTER SEEING THAT LIL CLIP??? HMMMM?????#he's gotten so used to having to cook for himself that he just doesn't understand the concept relaxing #ik isabel and ashley never cooked for him #rachel probably did here and there but nothing full and hearty like the meal lucy is cooking for him #evey time he tries to weasel his way over she playfully pushes him away like 'go away! sit down!!'#and when they're finished she tries to take over doing the dishes too #but tim will have none of that and swoops right in like 'now you go sit down. the least i can do is a few dishes.'#DOMESTIC CHENFORD IS TAKING OVER #the rookie #tim bradford #lucy chen #chenford #otp: you know me so well #s5 wishlist

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jelloooverse · 11 months

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in my yhk stupid era

[ID: An Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint comic. Kim Dokja says curiously, "I wonder how Lee Seolhwa and Yoo Joonghyuk are doing..." and Shin Yoosung perks up and exclaims, "Ah!" She pulls out her phone to show a picture of Seolhwa smiling and holding hands with a blank figure labeled Y/N and exclaims, "Ahjusshi! I heard that Seolhwa unnie is dating someone! they went on vacation. "I don’t know about Joonghyuk ahjusshi though...)"

Dokja, a shadow stretching from him, says, "Oh. I see." Behind him is a collage of imagined Dokjas looking despairing over a broken heart containing a smiling Joonghyuk and Seolhwa, overlaid with the all-caps text "OTP is dead?"

Shin Yoosung cheerily waves, "Bye ahjussi!" and Dokja pensively contemplates, "..but if Yoo Joonghyuk isn't with Lee Seolhwa then..." He imagines Joonghyuk surrounded by sparkles and with his chest bared and thinks, "Maybe his personality could use some work.. But with his looks he'd be dating someone by now, right..?"

He then looks with surprise over a corner to encounter a sparkle-surrounded scene of Joonghyuk and Han Sooyoung with their heads leaned together. Joonghyuk looks down at Sooyoung soulfully while she laughs with a hand on his chest. Dokja hides behind the wall and wonders with shock, "With... HAN SOOYOUNG?!" Behind him, the real Joonghyuk and Sooyoung are arguing, looking annoyed and aggravated.

Dokja, sweating, goes, "No, that's... hard to imagine working out.." and envisions Sooyoung crossing her arms and exclaiming "Yoo Joonghyuk! You're an annoying prick!" plus Joonghyuk glaring "Han Sooyoung. You are intolerable." to equal cartoony versions of them being "lovey dovey" and sharing a censored kiss. A cartoony, flustered Dokja waves the thought away.

Then he looks back and thinks, "Well, if they're happy then.. I'll be a little lenient on our company's no dating policy..." He later walks in behind them to catch Sooyoung saying, "Blah blah that's fucking dumb. Right, Kim Dokja?" Dokja, looking disinterested, replies, "ugh, leave me out of your lover's quarrel."

Sooyoung turns to him with incredulous disbelief and raises a middle finger. "Shut the hell up??" Dokja grins, laughs, and returns her middle finger while Joonghyuk emits a question mark.

Then Dokja looks at his phone before beginning to grin increasingly obnoxiously as he says, "Should I leave you two alone this time, haha. Am I your guys' third wheel again? It's okay, I don't wanna get between you two! (Get a room alreadyy.)"

Sooyoung and Joonghyuk look at each other silently, Sooyoung looking bewildered and exasperated and Joonghyuk with his eyes coolly raised. Sooyoung runs a hand through her hair and says, "..Kim Dokja, did you develop a new strain of idiot?" Joonghyuk, looking put-upon, says, "A common case for him." Dokja looks offended before they both move around him, and Dokja goes "What-" as Sooyoung takes hold of his coat.

Sooyoung kisses Dokja on the cheek, leaving him blank with shock. Joonghyuk takes Dokja's chin to kiss his other cheek. Dokja is left standing small and comically stunned against a white backdrop.

The last panel simply shows icons of their heads. Sooyoung asks, "Hey, can we just order chicken for dinner this time?" and Joonghyuk frowns, "No. I already prepared for tonights dinner." Sooyoung shouts an incoherent "UGHGGH" of frustration. Dokja still looks shellshocked. End ID]

#orv #yoohankim #jello.png #honestly no idea what this is i just miss them #also dont listen to kim dokja. yoohan is my lesbian yaoi forever<3

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marvelmaniac715 · 5 months

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My own get to know you game:

Who was your first fictional crush?:

What’s the first colour you think of when I tell you to think of a colour?:

Which fanfiction emotionally scarred you and still makes you shudder to this day?:

I’m coming to your house for dinner, non-negotiable, what are you making me?:

Do you prefer lions or kangaroos?:

Which fictional villain do you brush past the glaringly obvious issues for because you really like them?:

What would accompany your picture in the Burn Book in Mean Girls?:

How many days would you last in the universe of your favourite fandom?:

Have you heard of Mischief Theatre?:

Do you feel sorry for Medusa?:

Which song makes you think of your OTP?:

Which song makes you disassociate and daydream the fastest?:

Tags: @weltato, @snarky-wallflower, @feathertru, @barclaysangel, @fanficwriter284, @silvershewolf247, @shadowbrightshine, @luxury-nightmare and anyone else who wants to have a go, feel free!

#get to know you #tagging game

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littlewhispersofsolitude · 7 months

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OTP Prompts: Children (Part 2)

[Part 1]

When B is feeling stressed or worn out, A always their child out for a couple of hours to let their partner rest, spoiling them with ice cream and park visits, and vice versa.

Once a week, their child gets to pick what they have for dinner. It can be take-out, a home cooked meal, food from the freezer - whatever they want, and they always pick the same meal.

Your OTP taking their child camping for the first time. They get to do all their favourite activities, like swimming in the ocean and cooking marshmallows over the fire. Perhaps they even get to invite one of their friends from school and their parents to come with them.

B comforts their child after a nightmare. Perhaps they sit up late and watch their favourite show, or B makes them a warm cup of milk to help calm them down again. Maybe they sleep with them in their bed for the rest of the night, or invite them to sleep in bed with A as well. Whatever it takes to put the kid's mind at ease again.

Your OTP take their child to buy clothing for their first day of school. They're excitedly running around the store greeting everyone they see and telling them all about why they're here, with A and B hurrying after them.

Their child has always wanted to go to Disney Land, so your OTP takes them for their birthday and they get to do everything they've ever wanted, including riding a plane for the first time if they're from overseas.

They excitedly celebrate their child losing their first tooth, as well as taking them to the store to spend the money they received from the tooth fairy. They end up spending more than they got, but their parents are more than happy to pay for the rest.

B teaching their child to read. Sitting on the couch with them on their lap, slowly flicking through each page as the kid sounds each word out as best they can. Maybe A is watching from the kitchen/other side of the room, smiling at how wonderful their little family is.

Your OTP cooking with their child, letting them crack the eggs or mix the mixture together. After, they may get to lick the spoon, and they all eat the yummy food together on the couch with a movie playing and a blanket on them all.

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#person a #person b #imagine your otp #otp #otp prompts #writing prompts #fanfic prompts #fanfiction prompts #drabble prompts #one shot prompts

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cheshiresense · 9 months

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Hi Cheshire! Thank you so much for the Yuzu snippet! It was SO great. I LOVE how fucked up the Kurosaki family is (wonder what Isshin thinks of this? We saw a glimpse but like... Is he an outsider and tolerated because he's the Only Adult Around?). I! LOVE! Poison!Yuzu! It's so great, makes so much sense. Also the easy way everybody was like "Ah, yes, OF COURSE the bowls are poisoned." So Neat. So Fucked Up. Being real I came for the ShinIchi but the UraShinIchi is The Best Trio and I am SO here for it. The fact Ichigo has NO idea he likes Urahara? Amazing. The fact that Shinji is SO LONG the favorite? ALSO amazing. Usuallly with the trio it's almost always the other way around or UraShin incorporating Ichigo later, so It'd be nice to see how this mechanic develops.

I also love "Mizuiro-niisan." Cute and terrifying. I wanna know what you have prepared regarding Mizuiro, he was always one of the most fascinating characters in Bleach taht wasn't 'part of the plot' so to speak (c'mon, dude knows how to make a fucking Pipe Bomb and has a harem of older women. There's A Story. (Also does he still have the 'harem' here or...?))

Anyway thank you for the chapter

Thank you, I'm glad you liked it! Lol Isshin is very much the outsider to his own family after Ichigo neutralized him, they're basically like two strangers who happen to live in the same house, and even then, Ichigo went and got his own apartment once he had the contacts for it. I wouldn't say he set out to alienate his sisters from Isshin, so long as Isshin wasn't hitting them too, he doesn't really care what their relationship is like, but considering Ichigo's also been pretty much raising them single-handedly for the past 6+ years, they're bound to learn from him when it comes to Isshin too. Plus they do remember the way Isshin used to smack Ichigo around before Ichigo put a stop to it. So anyway, the twins still talk to Isshin and let him be his loud dramatic self around them but there isn't really any love coming from their end when it comes down to it, and they live with their brother at the apartment half the time anyway. As for Ichigo, he actually doesn't hate Isshin or anything either after the man left him to his own devices and doesn't bother him anymore. And yeah, the fact that he's the nominal adult of the house is still useful since Ichigo's still underage. It's just that he also very much wouldn't care if Isshin kicked the bucket tomorrow.

The Urahara/Ichigo/Shinji is also a surprise to me lol. Tbh, I didn't really have a ship in mind when I first started this AU, but UraIchi is my otp so naturally if there is a ship, I'd go for that. But then I wrote Shinji, and suddenly ShinIchi became a lot more probable, and then I wrote the Yuzu POV and Urahara elbowed his way back into the race. So the most likely ship now would be UraIchiShin lol.

The UraIchi dynamic actually turned out pretty interesting in this 'verse cuz this Ichigo is the type to get rid of anything that irritates him. If it's annoying and cuts into his time, he's not the sort to put up with it. And yeah, Kisuke's strong enough with enough connections that if Ichigo wanted to off him or even just threaten him like he did Isshin, it would be really difficult at the moment, but at the very least, he'd still work towards it, and he wouldn't spend any time with the guy. But here he is inviting him over for dinner and letting him properly meet the twins and just generally tolerating his presence, something he's never done with anyone else before, and it's a toss-up whether he's even really aware of the exception he's making. And on Kisuke's part, he doesn't know Ichigo well enough yet to realize how much leeway Ichigo's given him.

This Ichigo is just Grudgingly Fascinatedᵀᴹ by this cryptic bastard making his life a lot more complicated than he'd like, but is also strong and smart and offered his life up on a platter the moment Ichigo asked for it like it's tradeable currency so whatever he wants Ichigo to do in exchange has to be something even Urahara can't do himself, and Ichigo has just enough curiosity for that to add to the fascination pile just as much as it adds to the annoying asshole pile. Meanwhile, Shinji's just chilling with his poison rice, and Sakanade thinks Ichigo is yum with an adorable kitten for a sister. TLDR they're a trainwreck in the making but a pretty entertaining one.

I'm not sure what I really want to do with Mizuiro here yet but I'm definitely giving him a powerup in the future, he's Ichigo's best friend here, as much as Ichigo or even Mizuiro can have friends, and Mizuiro is absolutely ride or die enough to invade Soul Society with him. Plus I'd like to see what I can do with a character who's not exactly a frontline fighter but not a healer either like Ichigo's canon friends.

#msg #the-blue-eyed-fallen-angel #stunted empathy verse #headcanon

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me-myself-and-my-fos · 2 years

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giles deserves to be malewifed, and is very happy to be! good job, and congratulations ^_^

HE DOES!!! THANK YOU!!!

He’s faced demons and vampires and helped save the world multiple times but now he faces his biggest challenge yet: PTA meetings and after school activities

#I like the idea that I own a bakery in England and make enough that we’re able to live comfortably off it so he never saw the need for a job #especially when the kids are born. I think sometimes he’d like volunteer to lecture at universities about certain mythologies and demonology #but it’s sort of something he just does and doesn’t get paid for. he’s more content to be the kids and take care of the house #and the moms on the PTA love him and think it’s so sweet he takes care of the house while I work and ‘it’s so nice to see an involved dad’#I’m of course super involved with the kids and take over childcare once I get home from work and make dinner so he can relax. but he’s #malewife’d so hard in the ship #Giles rocking up to the school’s bake sale with cookies his professional baker wife made the night before #also him packing me lunch for work everyday and eventually making lunches for the kids to take to school #sorry I went on a whole ass rant but I have feelings about this #Giles deserves peace #my librarian #anon #otp: how to love a werewolf #bad for crow

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twisted-wonderland-shenanigans · 1 year

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Hey so I just found your account and omg?? it's literally so amazing 😭✋

Anyways-I was just looking through a bunch of the twist monster au headcannons/stories, and I thought of a scenario that could be done!

Basically the cast reacting to gender neutral or female reader/yuu acting stuff out in their book they are reading like poses, dialogue, just genuine reactions to the text itself

ex. Throwing the book across the room and them being genuinely concerned that something happened bc reader is just staring off into space or cursing but what actually happened was either a character died/did something embarrassing/the mc and love interest finally kiss

Anyways that's all I had in mind hope you have a good day/night! <3

Omg thank you! I’m so glad you’re enjoying the content! QvQ

Ah, books. Such a wonderful creation humans made to fill us with raw, pure emotion or shattering our hearts and souls into a million tiny pieces—only for us to read it again and again! Don’t you just love those moments as a reader? UvU

Except for cliffhangers. Readers have a love/hate relationship with it, writers adore cliffhangers! ÒvÓ

So, what happens if we take a bookreader!Yuu (they/them) and throw them into Twisted Monsterland where even the history books read like a world guide/omnibus to a game or TV series? Oh, and I took a bit of inspiration from a Disney princess comic and a Bill Watterson “Calvin and Hobbes” comic for two of these scenarios. 😂

/-----------/

“Jeez, you sure you’ve got enough books, Yuu?”

“The librarian wouldn’t let me check out more than ten at a time,” Yuu replied, their backpack and arms filled with thick books. “Wish I could’ve gotten ten more at least, but this’ll do for now.”

“Are you sure you can even read all those before next semester?” Deuce asked in concern. “Those look pretty…dense.”

“Oh, I’ll be done in a week. Maybe a week and a half if we get a lot of homework.”

“Funya?! You gotta be kidding me!” Grim said. “Can humans read that fast?”

“Not everyone. Some people are slow readers, but that’s okay since they enjoy it at their own pace while I enjoy it at mine. Only problem for me is choosing which one of these I want to read first!”

/Later that night/

“Yuu? It’s time to eat!” Grim called out. Silence greeted him as he stared at Yuu, who was sitting on the couch with their face practically buried in a book. Frowning, the chimera padded over to the couch and repeated, “Yuu! I’m hungry!”

Still the human didn’t seem to respond, their shoulders hunching as they turned the page.

“Yuu? Yuu!” Huffing, Grim crossed his arms as he glared up at them. “You’ve been reading for the past three hours! How much longer are you gonna read that book?”

“What’s going on, pal?” one of the ghosts asked as the trio appeared.

Gesturing his paws at Yuu, he said, “They’ve been reading ever since we got back from the library today, and now they’re not reactin’ to me. It’s dinner time and they haven’t made any food yet!”

Before anyone could even think of what to say, a loud, shrill squeal filled the dorm.

“Eeeeeee!!!” Yuu squealed, a huge grin on their face as they flopped to the side and kicked their legs like a nervous rabbit while holding the book against their chest. “Omg it happened, it happened!!”

“Mrah!? What?! What happened?!” Grim yelled, wings flared out defensively while his fur bristled. “Why are you yelling!”

“My new OTP!! They finally kissed!!” Yuu said, their eyes wide as they rocked from side to side. “They kissed!! Yes!! Yesyesyesyesyessssss!!!”

“OTP? What’s an OTP??” one of the other ghosts asked.

“It’s what we like to call the ‘one true pairing’ in a story,” Yuu explained, a positively giddy expression on their face with eyes shining brighter than the stars as they struck a dramatic pose. “It’s two characters who vibe with each other on a level that you just can’t help but want them to be together—and the author brought these two together!! Yeeeeeeeee, I’m so happy!!”

“And loud,” Grim grumbled, paws clamped over his ears. “Why are you standing like that?”

“It’s how the main character professed their love for the other!”

“…are all humans as weird as you?”

“Trust me, there are people out there that are way crazier in their excitement than I am right now.”

“Really?!”

“Oh yeah. Don’t even get me started on the fanfics people write.”

“Fan…fics?”

“Oh, you sweet summer child…”

/Two days later/

“Heeeey, lil’ Shrimpy~!”

“Mm…”

“Eh…? Hey, Shrimp…why are you ignorin’ us? It’s not very nice.”

“Now, now, Floyd. One mustn’t interrupt a reader when they’re indulging in such a riveting story.”

“Shh,” Yuu muttered, their brow furrowed as they hunched closer to the book. “I’m at the best part!”

Floyd frowned as he laid his head on his arms, the basilisk slumping against the table. “Man, this is lame,” he said. “You promised to come play basketball with me today!”

“Once I finish this part, we can go do whatever you want, okay, Floyd?”

Jade hummed in amusement as he said, “A rather daring proposition you just offered, Yuu.”

“We have to do a buncha reading for class anyway,” Floyd said with a bored expression. “And Crabby and Mackerel said you finished two other books already, so what’s the point of thi-”

“AAAAIIIIIEEEEE!!?!?” Yuu shrieked, leaping out of their chair as Jade and Floyd recoiled in shock. Before the twins could react, Yuu had ducked back into their chair and pressed the book even closer to their face than before.

“…lemmie see that,” Floyd said, leaning over the table to grab it.

“No, no! It’s fine, go do something else!” Yuu said all too quickly, sinking even lower and turning away from Floyd’s reaching claws. “I think I heard Riddle in the hallway.”

“Lemmie see it!”

“No! You can’t read it!” Yuu cried out, bolting away from the table holding the book tight to their chest.

“Get back here, Shrimpy!”

“Noooo!!”

“Oh my,” Jade uttered, eyes wide for a moment before he chuckled. “Perhaps I should look into this book when they’ve finished it.”

/The next day/

“Oh no…oooh noooooo, I hate this so much!”

“Then why are you reading it?” Jamil asked, the naga curled around them. “If you don’t like it, just take it back to the library.”

“I can’t! It’s soooooo good!” Yuu said, practically throwing themselves backwards onto Jamil’s snake half with the book pressed against their face.

“Eh? But wait, you just said you hated it,” Kalim said in confusion.

“I hate it, but I love it so much,” Yuu told them with a whine, their head now touching the floor on the other side of Jamil’s snake body yet still draped over him like a cat. “This book will ruin your heart and shatter your soul into a million pieces!...you should read it too!”

“Given how dramatic you’re being, it might not be wise,” Jamil said with a sigh.

“Read it!”

“It’s okay, Yuu. We can read together! It’ll be more fun that way!”

“Kalim, no. You still need to study for the next potions exam.”

“Augh, I need someone to talk about this story with so we can lament in solidarity!”

“…have you been taking lessons from Rook lately?”

/Three days later/

“Um…is Yuu okay? They’re looking a little…tense.”

It had been several days since Yuu borrowed a stack of books, and already they had gone through nearly half of their hoard. Between classes and on breaks or after finishing tests, it wasn’t hard for students to notice the lone human with their nose between the pages of one book after the other. Even the researchers had taken note of Yuu’s behavior in between tests, making note of their expressions and how their body changes with each scene depicting their emotions. It was noteworthy how they reacted when a character in the story did something “cringeworthy and stupid” (as Yuu would explain when asked), it looked as though the human had swallowed a lemon.

At the moment they were sitting in Heartslabyul, yet another book in their arms as they sat on one side of the lounge. Cater had taken progression snapshots of Yuu’s body slowly curling into itself, eyes steadily growing wider and wider to the point it looked as though they’d bolt away in panic.

“They’re fine,” Grim told Trey as he munched on a snack. “They’ve been like this since they got all those books. That’s the pose they had last time when their Ohteevee smooched or somethin’.”

“Oh, you mean ‘OTP’, Grimmy,” Cater corrected with a smile. “That’s so cute! Our human has an OTP already~!”

“I’ve heard of hitting the books, but this is ridiculous,” Ace commented with a sigh. “They’ve been reading so long that I forgot what half their face looks li-”

“GRAAAAH!!!!”

SLAM! Fwump!!

“Gyah!?” the boys yelped, everyone staring at Yuu as they sat on the couch with a dark scowl.

“Yo, what the heck? Why’d you throw the book like that?” Ace asked, pointing at the large tome on the other side of the couch now.

“Um…Yuu?” Deuce began when they didn’t respond. “Are…you okay?”

“……I’m mad,” came the response, Yuu’s expression growing more annoyed as they stared off into space.

“About what?” Riddle asked in surprise.

Yuu’s gaze turned to the discarded book, their expression as though they had been betrayed by a trusted friend as they said, “Because my favorite character died, and I refuse to read how the book ends when there’s literally two freaking pages left! That’s not enough space to bring them back in a satisfying way!!”

“Y…you’ve gotta be kidding me,” Ace grumbled with a sigh. “That big of a reaction just because a fictional character was killed off?”

“You weren’t there to see the struggles they went through! I saw them change from an annoying bully into a fully developed and vulnerable character who wanted to take charge of their life—and the author killed them off!” Jumping to their feet, Yuu marched towards Ace and Deuce’s room where they’d left their stuff and said, “Where’s my notebook? I need to fix this!”

“What are you gonna do?” Grim called out.

“Write a fanfic, because my scrunkly deserves to be happy!”

“Huh? Scrunkly??”

/Final day/

“Oh, Great Seven…what happened in your book this time?” Vil asked with a sigh.

Yuu sniffled as they tried to dry their tears, though it was difficult as more continued to flow down their cheeks. “I…I just finished my last book,” they said, their voice cracking a little with emotion as Grim pat their arm reassuringly.

“All ten books in a week?” Vil said in surprise. “That’s…impressive. Even so, why are you so upset? Was the story that horrible?”

“No…it…it…it was too good!” Yuu cried out, clutching the book so tight that their knuckles turned white as the tears flowed freely now.

“Ah…such pure, raw human emotion,” Rook crooned. “To express it so freely without fear…beaute!”

“Was the book really that good?” Epel asked.

“Yes!” Yuu wailed. “Now that it’s over, I…I don’t know what to do with myself now…”

Peering at the title, Vil gave a thoughtful hum and said, “Oh, that story. I hear there is supposed to be a spin-off book series. The first one should have released just the other day.”

“Really?!”

“Mrrr…now you’ve done it,” Grim grumbled with a sigh. “Here we go again.”

#twisted wonderland #twst #twisted wonderland monster au #twst monster au #ace trappola #deuce spade #trey clover #riddle rosehearts #cater diamond #jamil viper #kalim al asim #jade leech #floyd leech #vil schoenheit #rook hunt #epel felmier #i had a lot of fun with this once i figured out where to go with it!

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