Love Bites (And So Do I) - SkekSo/Reader/Skektek (Dark Crystal: AoR)

Author’s Note:  Alright, like a whole year later let me post the fic that I made this whole damn blog for!!! And then didn’t finish until now-!

I mean I wasn’t gonna post it but then... I... This blog is literally called So(ul)Tek. These two are... why it’s called that. 

Anyway, happy to provide this fandom with some content (sorry it’s so late!) that’s for sure! 😊😊

Disclaimer: Age of Resistance/The Dark Crystal and all associated characters nothing to do with me / title taken from song of the same name by Halestorm / obvious female reader.

Premise: The arrival of a creature such as you to Thra attracts the attention of more than one Skeksis. The Emperor is quick to claim you as his, and will mark you as such. He can fulfill your every desire, but he does not own your heart. When you need love, to feel like someone in this strange land actually cares for you, you go to The Scientist.

Words: 1641

Warnings: alluded to sex / biting / mentions of blood / not really a poly relationship and yet kinda *is* a poly relationship. / monster kink (I guess!)

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It wasn’t a good night unless you were bleeding. Unless you could wake up with marks. Jagged wounds from sporadically placed teeth, running from your shoulder down, in an arrow towards a sharper puncture mark. Your skin was so easily marred – such was the nature of your body. And the perforations ran on both your back and your front. Covering them was more of a problem. And sometimes that was because they were not meant to be covered – but to signal to others whom you belonged to. Not that they did not already know that, but on sheer number of teeth alone it was obvious as to whose bite had left indents in your skin. He couldn’t risk them over your neck – if he caught you just wrong then he would no longer have you; and that presented problems. But that didn’t mean he couldn’t scratch those talons across your delicate skin, and on occasion dig them into your neck; feeling your heartbeat as your blood pulsed through your veins. Life. Yours not eternal like his. But a life that could be his to give or take.

 Whilst he may well have had your fear, your respect, and every desire and carnal thought you’d ever had… he did not have your love. That, and your heart, belonged solely to another. And the Emperor only let you have that relationship because it kept you happy, and if your heart was happy… you’d come back to him at night for what you really needed. He just had to keep his court in check – though he would think the Skeksis to whom you gave your love would not dare step one toe out of line.

 It was a strange union – in that nothing would ever come of it. Foolish to think that anything would. You were not of Thra. And he was not of Thra either – but you were still not of the same world. He’d given up on that notion some time ago; but at least he knew that you would have a union with no other either… And yet it was something. And he had to keep you. You were as tall as the Lords of the Crystal, smart and sarcastic – holding your own against any one of them if it was called for. And agile, quick on your feet – if he called for you no matter where you were, you could be at his side in minutes. A fraction of the time he knew it would take any of his court. Almost as quick as Skekmal, in fact.

 As the morning light broke through the windows to the Castle you studied the lesions in the mirror. There was honour in being marked in such a way by the Emperor, and the sheer ecstasy it brought you under the cover of midnight… But running your fingertips over those indents the morning after, when your head was clear and there was no lust running through your veins, brought you a different kind of clarity. You would have to return to the one you loved most looking like this. And he would notice. Eventually. You may be able to hide them – but the Emperor would not allow you to cover them in his presence… Your eyes swept the room with a sigh; he had already left for court duties. Allowing you and your body the respite of sleep. You pulled your dress on and slipped quietly back to your own room, it wasn’t much, but it was still somewhere of your own. You couldn’t stay there too long, however, doing nothing more than changing your clothes before you made your way to where you really wanted to be…

 It was cooler in this part of the castle, making your way down to the lab, sticking close to the shadows and walls. You were about as wary of the Gelfling guard as you were any other Skeksis; and you certainly didn’t want to run into any of them so far from the Emperor’s side. You knew the temperature would change a little as you reached the Scientist’s workspace; here you were closer to the centre of Thra and the molten rock that flowed sluggishly through the heart of the planet.

You padded softly through the castle, and paused at the door with a smile to watch, as you reached your destination. He was already tinkering away, muttering to himself as he did so. You rested your head against the door frame, smile growing. As you listened a while you realised that Skektek wasn’t just muttering to himself, but he was grumbling. You wondered which of the others had set him off today – not that he ever needed much of a reason – and couldn’t contain your laugh well enough, as a small chuckle slipped out. This immediately alerted Sidetic to your presence, and the little green fluffball - whom Skektek called ‘friend’ - chirped happily at you from his cage.

The Scientist turned from his work with a huh, and his amber eye focused on you. “Oh-!” He placed his tools down and fussed with his clothing for a moment as he stepped back from his work bench, “Top Gear.” You weren’t sure exactly where this cute nickname Skektek had fashioned for you had come from, but it made you immediately beam. “I wondered if I might be able to help you today?” There was only a moments hesitation, “Surely the Emperor would prefer you to accompany him?” It stung a little, that hurt in his voice, even when he knew it had to be this way. “Not that he requested.” “So you have not cleared this with him?” Skektek took a step back towards his workbench. “I haven’t, but what I do with my own time is not of concern to him.” You voice was firm in it's conviction. “No, but you and I…” He trailed off wistfully and fumbled with his tools for a moment. “Perhaps you should confirm that you will not be required in court today.” “He would keep me there out of spite for me wanting to be here!” You crossed the room, begging him not to ask you to go. You needed Skektek now, you needed to feel loved - as if someone cared for your more fragile emotions, needs and desires.

Pushing yourself between him and his work, your eyes were determined, “If the Emperor wants me, he can come find me himself-!” “I-!” You cut the Scientist off before he could protest, “I’m staying. Relegate me to a corner if you must, but I would rather be useful.” There was a silence between you that you tried not to see as uncomfortable as his eyes searched yours, your head tilted, frown absentminded; you always worried about his mechanical one. Something you weren’t sure you could forgive the rest of his species for. You were a fairly good engineer, that much was true, but you also knew you had nothing on him – and everything here on Thra put you a little out of your depth. “Please…” Begging wasn’t beneath you, and your voice wavered the perfect amount, “don’t make me go.” Skektek was almost reluctant to say it, and he looked away from you again; “You can stay.”

Although relieved, you didn’t move from your position between him and the bench, and all of a sudden your emotions overwhelmed you, finding your eyes flooding with tears that you tried to keep from spilling. Startled by your first sob, Skektek recoiled, before - bringing his clawed hands up to nestle on your cheeks - giving his best attempt at wiping those tears away. “Now, now, there’s no need for that.” You gulped them back, hands upon his, not quite lacing your fingers together, “S-Sorry. I just…” You didn’t need to finish the sentence for him to know, and he lifted you up onto the counter top. Your clothing fell just a little more suggestively than you had meant, but you weren’t about to readjust anything at the significance of this pause.

You noticed the way his eyes lingered on your now exposed thighs, and wondered if perhaps you could make something of that. That you could be loved on now… that you could wash away the way last night was currently making you feel, now you were in this moment with him. You pulled Skektek into your body gently, planting a series of sweet, chaste kisses over his snout. The Scientist's movements were instinctive, even when his hands trembled the way they always did, and he began to inch your dress down your body. You couldn’t help the spike in your heartbeat, that tender flutter of anticipation you felt. Every. Single. Time.   He paused; hesitation apparent by the fading marks on your shoulder, across your chest and thighs. You would wait days between one and the other, just to hope that they would fade quicker. But they never did. “Please…” You pulled Skektek’s eyes back to yours, fingertips delicately ran his beak, “…I need you…” “But- I-” Try as you might you could not keep him from tracing his Emperor’s markings. And you swallowed hard. “Bite me.” “…What!?” The Scientist nearly recoiled at that. Why would you ask such a thing of him? Your love was delicate, you came to him to recover, to revel in being loved, for once. Not to be broken as you were upstairs. If you awoke with him - and it was always with him - he would curl himself around your body protectively, tail always wound around your legs. And when he slept with you in his arms tangled in his sheets, he emitted a sound not unlike a purr. And in this strange land, that was where you felt safest. That was where you felt like home. “Please.” You took his talons back in your hands, “Mark me. As yours.”

Skeksis x taller reader

Based on the sizes they used on set  SkekMal - In a way it was a fresh breath of air for SkekMal to see someone that could intimidate him. Although size doesn't really matter when it comes to survival, skill did. So if you were good at any type of combat, he’d totally challenge you to a 1v1. SkekSo - He doesn’t really care, BUT he does think you’d be a great body guard, or a guard in general. He would get intimidated if you were provoked - usually in arguments where there were only both of you. Would keep you around if he sensed danger. SkekSil - He’d try to get on your good side immediately, which sometimes made things worse for him. He would definitely use you as a threat, or circle around you if he knew he was in trouble in hopes of scaring anyone he pissed off away. SkekTek -Tek wouldn’t be happy about another giant creature that’ll most likely bully him like the others. But if you are nice to him, and treat him like an equal, you were bound to break his mind. Would ask you to reach for stuff and help him in his experiments. SkekGra - He’d see you as a huge body pillow, an amazing cuddle buddy. It would be his dream to be sandwiched between you and UrGoh, especially in colder nights, if you were a breathing heater just like his counterpart.

Any more headcanons of a SkekTek stuck on modern Earth after a scientific accident? :)

[skekTek x reader]

- he goes through all the stages of grief. The Emperor is going to be furious, the castle is going to fall apart without him! But then again, the Emperor can’t... really... do anything about it. He’s free. He can start his life over.

- He’s almost inconsolable, now without the harping gaze of the other skeksis, he can fully feel the guilt and shame of leaving all of Thra in their hands. He panics, remembering that urTih is still there, and if they wanted to harm him... all they would have to do is capture the mystic. 

- You have absolutely no idea what any of this means but you offer him a drink and a hug. He takes the drink and is reluctant about the hug. The offer stays on the table.

- He takes the hug offer eventually.

- You aren’t exactly sure how to navigate with him through modern life, he is very obviously not human and that’s bound to freak a lot of people out- including like, the CIA or something. 

- You explain computers to him and get him a lot of reading material. Teaching him your native language and/or english is a challenge but its something to get his mind off of things. 

- He tells you about Thra, and leaves out a lot of the... darker details. You’re just not ready to know.

- Congrats on the roommate! 

Hi and good luck with this blog! Can I get hcs about Skektek please? Thank you?

Yes!!! You absolutely may!!! SkekTek is absolutely baby and I love him oh so very much!!!

Also! Little bit of an angst warning? Nothing too bad, just talking about low self esteem and all that kind of thing.

SkekTek the Scientist

SkekTek is one of the more quieter and withdrawn skeksis, but with very good reason. We all know just how bullied he is by his fellow skeksis, and that’s taken quite the toll on the poor man’s self confidence. What he is confident in however, is science. Science doesn’t hit you, yell at you, insult you, or make you feel like a lesser being. Science is the constant that stabilizes his life, and he’s very attached to his profession as a result.

It’s more than likely that if you’re human, he was the one that brought you to Thra. Accidentally, of course, but his experiments have a habit of going in strange directions that no one really expected, least of all the scientist. Not that he minds, gives him something else to study!

In the lore it states that SkekTek has done a ton of experiments on his own body, so it wouldn’t surprise me if his nervous system was kind of fucked as a result. I think he experiences a lot of chronic pain in some areas, and chronic numbness in others. But don’t get him wrong, he absolutely melts when it comes to physical affection.

He’s by far one of the hardest eggs to crack. His walls are all built up thick and high, and he won’t let just anyone into his long closed off heart. So it’s a difficult process to try and gain his trust, but not impossible. And once you’ve gained his trust, his heart, and his affections- you’ll have yourself a partner for life.

The key is to listen to him. Don’t talk over him, don’t scoff at him, don’t give him any odd glances, just sit and listen to him gush about his experiments. Let him bounce ideas off of you, rant to you, tell you all the thoughts that are wizzing through his head all at once. He’ll be suspicious at first, but he’ll eventually warm up and find comfort in your presence. Eventually, he’ll even encourage you to talk about the things that excite you, the things that get your heart pounding and your eyes to light up.

That’s what gets SkekTek to fall in love with you, the shining glimmer in your eyes when you talk about something your passionate about, the animated movements of your hands and the excited barely-restrained laughter tinging the edges of your voice. It warms him all the way down to his core and he finds himself unable to look away, his old heart stuttering to life and beating away in his chest as he looks at you with a mix of wonder, awe, and fear.

It would take him the longest of any skeksis to confess, if he ever even does. Like I said, his self esteem has been absolutely destroyed after years and years of being treated like garbage, so he really and truly doesn’t think he has a chance with you. He’s terrified of losing you, of ruining the relationship he’s so carefully cultivated with you, so he’ll likely never tell you just how deeply his feeling run.

That’s where it falls on you. You’re going to have to be the one to take the lead if you want to romance SkekTek, though I really suggest that you work up to it rather than dump it all out on him all at once. Start with small gestures, gifts, lingering touches, small smiles and whispers of affirmation. Slowly warm him up to the idea that yes, you do like him romantically. And that no, you’re not too good for him. 

Eventually, when you feel like you’re both ready, you’ll be able to tell him how you feel. And trust me, he’ll be absolutely overjoyed. That is, when he’s done short circuiting and internally screaming about the whole situation.

Give this man plenty of cuddles and casual touches. Doesn’t need to be anything risque or even explicitly romantic, just little touches that let him know that you’re there for him and that you really and truly love him. You can expect many warm nights of cuddling and soft, chaste kisses when you’re in a relationship with Tek.

SFW, NSFW, I don't have a preference! But I'm curious as to what you think each Skeksis' first dream might be, like perhaps because of you, and the almost mystical connection you forge between the two halves of a whole, perhaps the Skeksis manage to dream (and the Mystic counter expresses anger), and of course you're in it! Which is why they're so startled, maybe, when they wake. "That didn't happen? What was that??? What the FRICK??" XD Anything, anything at all can occur in a dream.

HM. This is an interesting concept! Let’s see what I can do. I’m only going to do three Skeksis, and they shall be my fave bois

SkekSo

When the Emperor wakes up from his very first good dream, not a nightmare for once, he’s understandably confused. Here he’d been damned, contently so, to have nightmares in exchange for power, but then he dreams such a sweet dream . . . a tender dream . . . of you. You held him in your arms and caressed his rotting face. You weren’t afraid of him, you didn’t shun him. You accepted him and all the shadows at his back. Hr’s hesitant to come to you after that, but he does watch you more often in court; he finds himself growing angered at seeing you so close to the others, and not him. He’ll have to correct that.

SkekMal

The Hunter does not like to dream. Such things only cloud the mind and muddle the instinct to the hunt. However when he dreams of you, he finds himself oddly welcomed to it. He already posses you during the waking hours, so it’s only fitting you are also his in sleep. When he wakes, Skekmal acts like nothing is different. There is the usual morning nuzzle, his subtle purrs, and then it’s back to the hunt. 

SkekTek

SkekTek is a confused mess of panic and worry. What in Thra was that?! He dreamed?! He couldn’t remember what it was like to have a dream till then! How interesting. Scary but very interesting. It takes the Scientist a few minutes to calm down, looking to your sleeping form next to him on his lab cot. You had both fallen asleep after a long night of experiments and testing, with you cuddled into his side like a little kitten. He sighed with a small smile. He glad his dream was of you, his Top Gear. 

Do you have any headcanons for dating Skektek

Of course!!!

During the beginning of your relationship, it seems almost like nothing changed. He is still fairly distant, unsure. He had never been in a relationship before and it shows

Once he warms up, once you show him what it means he will begin to open up. When no one is looking he will tentatively take your hand as he works, smiling ever so slightly.

He gives you small gifts, ranging from a few furry pets for yourself, to small gadgets that reminded him of you.

When its late, he will snuggle into you, resting himself in the crook of your neck. It took a while for him to get this comfortable with you, but now he enjoys the feeling it gives him, especially when your arms wrap around him.

He tries to be the one in control of the relationship, afraid to be pushed around like the others did.

Soon, he finds himself enjoying you taking the lead every once in a while and soon comes to realize its okay to allow another to, without being seen as weak.

He lets you pet sidetic, something only you have the honor of holding.

Sidetic absolutely adores you too, sleeping atop your head as you help your lover work within his lab.

He isn't one for nicknames, but he has found he enjoys calling you 'dearest'

When you give him any form of affection he blushes a deep shade of crimson, unable to hide how erratic his heart beats when you do that

An interesting discovery.

Summary:

A human terrifies all of Thra.

Fandom: The Dark Crystal: the age of resistance.

Words: 1301

A/N: I wrote it when it was late in the morning, don't ask. I apologize if it is misspelled in English, it just isn't my first language, but, hey, I tried. You can find that work on AOR.

A rumor spread throughout Thra that in the thickest and densest forest area, where hardly any sunlight came. There lived a tall, biped, corpulent silhouette, but with a soft and pleasant voice. Some gelflings theorized that it was a spirit, who cared for this area, others said it was a violent cold-blooded monster, others thought it was just a myth or the imagination of scary gelflings, plus it served as a good excuse for children More naughty will not enter the forest to get lost, or it also served very well to scare children, like a bedtime story. Everything was going well so far, until the alert was given that this "silhouette" came out of his "cave". The "silhouette" was described as a being completely covered with earth and moss, and a long and outstanding vegetation that imitated the hair. They could admit that this was good camouflage. No one, absolutely no one could see or identify the face of this creature, but some fearful described it as a demonic, black and deformed face. It went from being called the creature as "the black face". Thra was trembling with fear. Concern came timidly to the castle, as some skeksis repeatedly heard the same story from their soldiers and servants, speaking with some anxiety. The skeksis were immediately interested (and some, who would never admit it, were scared), and sent their hunter on a hunt for this mysterious being. Days, weeks passed, and not a word from the hunter, or the gelflings, or the podlings. Thra was silent. The skeksis felt the true terror.

The emperors of Thra thought that the beast was stronger than all known Thra, they even thought that the creature had eaten it in one bite. SkekSo was unable to sleep at night peacefully and suffered from constant insomnia, as he admitted to his court that he had recurring nightmares and dreamed that the beast ate him alive. SkekSil desperately gossiped at his servants, desperate to get any information from them. SkekVar began to put on more armor than normal and always carried spare swords and knives as he feared that it was not enough to defeat the beast. SkekZok obsessively sought to create a new ritual to protect the castle, or at least, them, as he said that "the black face" was a magical being and stronger than them, and that, literally said by him, was death. SkekAyuk did not eat as often. He was trying not to eat much, since he believed that the beast would eat him if he was fat. It would be a delight. SkekLach barely left her room, always saying, "I'm more protected here than out there." SkekEkt tried to put on the lightest clothes, so that she could have time and be quick to escape. Although of course, without losing the glamor. SkekOk feared being alone in the library, as he said that sometimes, at night, by candlelight, he would see the monster, looking at it, waiting for it. Since then, he always had guards to protect him, although some escaped. SkekTek was the most paranoid of all skeksis. he hardly slept, he didn't eat. She had anxiety, sometimes there were times when he collapsed to the ground, because his fear put on jellies. He also became obsessed with walls: he was glued to the walls of the castle corridors. Some even feared that he would merge with him. Thra was scared.

"What if SkekMal is dead?" The Emperor asked in a whisper. "What if "the black face" was killed him?" The Ritual Master questioned. "What if he ate it!?" The Ornamentalist was frightened. Everyone in the room gasped at these words. The room fell into unpleasant silence, although no one dared make any noise. Suddenly they heard sounds. They still did not know where they came from. The sounds were increasing in volume and they identified that they came from the corridors, due to the echo they produced, and also, they realized that they were voices. The voices were approaching without haste, growling, whistling. Silence. The door to the throne room abruptly opened. SkekMal was limping, grunting in pain. His breathing was heavy and ragged, sometimes saying a curse. The court realized he was carrying something large on his shoulders, wrapped in a dirty cloth bag of dirt, or so it was supposed to be. The Hunter dropped the bag to the ground abruptly, and something inside this bag gasped. Then he removed the cloth cape. When taking it out, his eyes met a biped shape, full of moss and vegetation... The mother Aughra. It was "the  black face". The literal embodiment of death. "Here is your damn beast, my lord." SkekMal bowed to his emperor. As he bowed, he gasped and caught his back, in pain. "That happens to be asshole, damn skull." The bipedal figure snapped. The beast rose with difficulty, whimpering in pain, and turned toward the court. The figure was huge. The Skeksis screwed up in fear. "Thra's mother..." The General spoke, slowly opening his beak. "What the..." The monster looked at them. She/He rubbed his eyes, looked at them again. She/He removed some of his "hair" from her/his face. She/He was dumbfounded. "I shouldn't have eaten that mushroom in the forest I found..."  thought "the black face". No one could say a single word, in order to remain in an uncomfortable silence. "But what slags are these?!" The beast spoke with indignation "Are these really the 'emperors'?! I imagined something else! Damn, they cheated me!" She/He raised her/his arms and returned them to his siege as a sign of bad humor. Then her/his gaze went to the hunter: "And why did I allow myself to be submissive to you?" She/He spoke with a hint of poison in her/his voice. "Who are you?" Finally someone spoke, and it was the Emperor. SkekSo tried to be in a stoic and calm posture, although inside it was a total disaster. "Who am I? I am your nightmare if you don't tell me what you want from me." Acidly snapped "the black face". "My lord, shall I kill him?" SkekMal asked, although "the black face" glared at him. SkekSil approached the emperor and whispered in his ear: "Emperor, the beast is angry. Why don't we calm it down?" "And why is that, SkekSil?"

"He is an emotional being, which is why SkekSil noticed, my dear Emperor. SkekSil thinks it might be better if we give him 'shelter and food'. He would calm down and relax. What do you think, my emperor?" "He can escape!" "SkekSil doesn't think this, my Lord. Look at him, he's barely standing and breathing, I doubt he wants to run. Hmmm?" "And when it gets stronger?" "He will be lost in the castle, especially we have the guard and the hunter. There is no need to panic, my Lord." SkekSil moved away from SkekSo, and returned to his place. "Guard! Take him to the bathroom! The podlings will wash him! And find him some clothes! The biggest one there is!" "Hey, and where did all that kindness come from out of nowhere?" Sarcasm stopped the "walking moss", and moved toward the gelfling soldiers, who trembled with every step she/he took. After all, the beast disappeared, closing the door behind her/him. They all gasped and relaxed in unison. "How lucky he didn't eat us!" SkekAyuk spoke happily first. "And why did it cost you so much to catch him, SkekMal?" He spoke angrily at the Ritual Master. "Do you know how quick and cunning they were? He was constantly changing his location, damn it." "Interesting..." SkekTek raised his claw to his beak, intrigued and thoughtful at SkekMal's remarks.

Hey guys

I wrote a fanfic about this bad boy, wanna read it?

https://archiveofourown.org/works/22824724

Skektek x soft reader

Headcannons

This gonna be real pure and sappy!

Headcannons:

They speak so kindly to him. He doesn’t know what but he feels so safe with them.

He’s confused why they never raise a hand to him. Even when they are upset they never even act like they might strike him. Everyone hits him.. he’s confused why this person doesn’t..

He feels his eyes get tear filled when they touch him softly. He’s never been treated so gently before. He’s not sure how to react but all he knows is that he is happy.

He likes to give them little gifts mostly just little statues of them or things they like made from scrap mental that came from his lab.

They smile at him. He loves their smile so much..he’s never seen a smile that didn’t have donated intentions behind it. He hopes their smile always stays pure like that.

When they give him affection he can’t get enough of it. He will whine softly when his lover pulls their hands away.

He has grown rather clingy to them. He will come up to them and just randomly hold their hand just to feel the closeness.

When he’s sad he goes right to his lover and hugs them tightly. Holding them makes him feel better.

He calls his animals the “ children “ of him and his darling.

He gets up before them so he can make/get them breakfast. He loves seeing the surprise and joy on their face.

He nuzzles them whenever he gets the chance to do so.

He can talk to them for hours. He loves the fact that he has someone who’s finally willing to listen to him.

He calls them a cute pet names like “ darling “ and such.

He showers them in compliments wanting to tell them constantly how important that they are to him.

Could you please do headcanons for the moment that the Skeksis realize that they're in love with the human reader?

skekSo

- doesn’t exactly deny that he cares for you, because nobody would have the gall to suggest it. Even if they did, he’d quickly (and albeit honestly) say he gives you fair treatment for your loyal service to explain his favoritism towards you. That, and being a human rarity made you a special case in his book.

- However, he realizes he loves you when you show him genuine kindness outside of servitude.

skekTek

- he’s always been protective over you, he tends to latch on begrudgingly to anyone he can genuinely call a friend.

- He was skeptical the first time you stood at his defense. As much as he likes you, he can’t help but feel like there was some ulterior motive.

- It was the prospect of you leaving that made him realize. When you declined another skeksis’ offer to have you under their wing. You made sure not to blame him for their rejection. That act helped him realize how much you cared for him, and in turn how much he did as well.

skekGra

- He’s going on about the plan to reunify with urGoh, when you say you hope he remembers you when he’s GraGoh again. You both laugh it off because- of course he will! Both halves of him do!

- Then he realizes for the first time in hundreds of trine he feels like he’s leaving something behind again for unity. He is still sure of becoming one again, but he’s realizing not only that it will be a change for the three of you, but that he cares enough about you where he does worry if it will be the same. He knows it wont be. He likes to think it’ll be better.

SkekTek x Reader

This is really short but sweet. Big fluff. 2am ideas.

It would take a while for him to realize that he loves you. Like, a really, really long time.

It would most likely be on a day when he hasn’t seen you in a while. When he really needed to concentrate on a project but just couldn’t stop thinking about you. No matters what he did, you were on his mind.

Small things were associated with you around his lab. Like your favorite place to sit and watch him work, the tool you kept forgetting the name of, or the corner where you fell asleep more than once.

When he caught himself smiling at the memories, that’s when it hit him.

He’s in love with you.

Could you please do some headcanons on how the skeksis would react to experiencing love at first sight with the reader?

i say boomboomboom now let me hear you say wayho...wayohh

SkekSo was meant to see you as the Vapra’s odd find. His fingers dug into his temple as he impatiently await the arrival of this “human” that a pair of farmers had found and brought to the All Maudra. He almost did a double take as he glanced up at you as you approached, escorted by castle guards. You walked towards him and something in his chest stirred, his eyes widened and his posture rose from the slump into an intrigued upright perch as you gave him a polite bow.

SkekTek coughed and fanned smoke away from his beak with a groan, blinking harshly as unsure if that noise was ringing in his ears or the whining of one of his animals that may have gotten trapped under debris from his machine’s fatal error. When he looked up, he yelped as something large moved from behind the haze and scrambled out into the clear. He grabbed a chunk of the machine as a weapon and crept back... That was when you turned to him. You were disheveled, eyes red and glassy from the dust, flushed face, completely out of place in his lab... And beautiful.

SkekSa looked through her spyglass atop Omerya Staba. The dark shape in the water floated closer to the ship and she squinted, making out the shape of a body. She called to the crew and shucked off the heaviest of her garb before diving in. Sure enough, it was a gelfling like creature, incredibly big, slumped over from exhaustion on top of flotsam. She helped you awake and when you finally coughed up the rest of the sea water, she wasted no time getting you to the gelfling to be taken care of. It wasn’t until later that night that you found her to thank her. In the evening lantern light with the smell of the sea heavy in the ship air, she finally saw you conscious and the first smile you gave her was all it took.

Can I get a ummm..... skektek x human female reader who is assigned as his apprentice after she tells all the other skeksis about human technology?

[SkekTek x reader]

“Look I’m not- Listen, I’m not a scientist I have no idea how to do that.” You frowned at the incoherent jargon the skeksis spewed. He sighed, frowning like he just told you something crucial only to find a language barrier. 

“You come from what is perhaps the most technologically advanced society on this side if the cosmos, (y/n).” He frowned. You whistled, eyebrows raised and  mouthing a silent “yikes”.

“Somehow that disappoints me way more than if we were really primitive.” You laughed. SkekTek was going to take some time to get used to you. You were perhaps the most confusing creature he’d ever had the opportunity to interact with. You were obviously very intelligent, and extremely well studied. But all of your knowledge was hypothetical. All kinds of incredibly high studied drilled into your head through your schooling, yet never once put to practice. You showed him equations he’d never even heard of, yet instead of being thrilled by the innovation if it... it was just tiring to you.

Even as he watched you sketch out some contraptions that were commonplace on Earth to explain to them their workings, you looked bored, if not a tad pleased with the nostalgia. It was dumbfounding, you were dumbfounding. Nothing about you made sense. Sometimes he felt like he should be YOUR apprentice, other times he began to seriously doubt the advancement of your species. 

He realized he was staring when you dropped a vice from his tool desk and cursed, picking it back up. He cleared his throat and tore his lingering gaze from you. Another confusing aspect of you: how odd you looked, and how odd it made him feel. It wasn’t... unattractive, but that only served to make him more awkward.

“Perhaps I can explain it in layman's terms.” He said, defeated. You gave a darling, hopeful smile and it flt like a smack in the face.

Underrated/underused Skeksis/Reader scenario: Instead of the Reader being a human transported to Thra, a one (or more) of the Skeksis is transported to Earth, runs into the Reader and wacky hijinx™️ ensue.

oiugfgh anon ur mind. 

[SkekTek x reader]

You looked up from your phone as there was a loud thump from somewhere in the house. You shrugged, going back to scrolling through the app you occupied yourself with. There was another muffled noise, and you couldn’t ignore it anymore. You sighed, heading to the kitchen for a knife before going to investigate. (Y/n) this is how horror movies start. Granted, they’re not usually in broad daylight like this, but still. Person hears noise. Person investigates. Person is the first one to get got. 

If it wasn’t a serial killer, it could be, worse, a wild animal. You grimaced. Rabies has a 100% mortality rate post symptoms. However, when you crept down the hallway and noticed the fallen shower curtain, you did the first thing that came to mind and shut the bathroom door.

“Wh- let me out!” A male voice shrieked from behind the door. There was a fist against the door, a lot lower than expected, considering how adult the voice sounded. You broke a sweat. Either there is a really short man in your bathroom or he’s on his knees or something-

“What are you doing in my house!?” You call from the other side. “I’m armed, by the way! I- I know how to use this I’ll fucking shank you!” 

“I don’t know how I got here. There was an accident and I just... I don’t know!” He shrilled. 

Ok. This was weird. One thing led to another and you ended up opening the door against your better nature and screaming so loud you almost deafened the uh... “skeksis”. He explains what he is and what he knows about how he got here.

“The Emperor will have my head for this...” He whiled, pacing around your living room. You couldn’t help but stare. He looked like a decaying griffin cosplaying Marie Antoinette. In the middle of his muttering rant he stopped. “That’s it! That’s how I will get back! You! You have to help me out of this contumely situation. I need a vast source of electromagnetic energy- a lab, and a conductor! I must construct a contraption to send myself back to my home world- Oh but I have to figure out if it was through space, time, or both that I was displaced...”

You were having a hard time processing this. Meanwhile he examined your microwave.

This was going to be a lot to explain to your roomate.

Hey could I get some SFW or NSFW (if you are comfortable with doing that) for skektek, skekok, skeklach and skeksil. Also thanks for doing my other asks I appreciate it!

ya no problem fam for sure nsfw is gonna be under the cut

SkekTek: You’re one of the few people he lets handle his animals. Sidetic likes you a lot, and SkekTek trusts you to be gentle with him. You tell him about Earth often, and about the fauna and technology. It seems so abstract to him, but he enjoys hearing of it.

SkekOk: He has hypersomnia, so you often find him asleep sprawled over a scroll. One unspoken thing he finds so touching about what you do when you find him like this is that you always mark where he left off with a small ribbon or other bookmark. 

SkekLach: SkekLach likes to make herself seem tougher and braver than she is when she’s around you. This might backfire for her. (Might means it definitely has before, many times) But, she’s got a good sense of humor despite her pessimism, and the two of you can make an awkward situation something to look back on and laugh.

SkekSil: Since its canon that SkekSil’s iconic voice and broken language is in fact a modulation- its fair to say not many people have heard his true voice. You, however, have. It’s jarring to say the least.

[NSFW ahead. or at least, as nsfw as it gets on this blog]

SkekTek: Eye contact during intimate moments is so overwhelming for him, but not in a bad way. If you were to hold his face and let him look into your eyes, he’d probably come undone.

SkekOk: He’s a bit of a freak, and probably wants you to call him professor or something like that, I don’t know. He does however want you to make him feel young and desirable, he’s very vain and likes his ego stroked. 

SkekLach: Very much into being praised. She prefers the mood to be very spontaneous and lighthearted.

SkekSil: He’s loud as shit, shyer than you’d think, and he likes getting his tail pulled more than he’d admit. Just a tug tho don’t actually hurt him.

Bruh. The last ask about unrequited crush destroyed me. 😭😭😭😭 Would you take a bribe of an egg to have the reader reciprocate their love? 🥚🥚🥚

(colonizes mycelium inside egg) delicious, thank you. the trade has been made!

SkekSo: He knew you’d come around. You had him worried there for a second. The Emperor tried his luck and finally outright offered you his hand... And to his pleasant surprise, you accepted. He promises you will want for nothing, and your life will be full of endless love and prosperity.

SkekTek:  He was prepared to fester in his misery till Thra rendered him a memory. He was prepared to live out the rest of his days in sorrow- But SkekTek could have nothing for long, not even his own pain. You were the one to make the move, and he felt as though his life started over again.

SkekSil: You caught him off guard, incredibly so. Your confession was troubled, as if you’d been kept up as many nights by this as he has. This was always a possibility, yes, but... It was so unexpected.

SkekMal: You must have gotten tired of his tantrums and decided to confront him. You demanded to know why he was acting that way. He tells you angrily, an air of indignation as if you had accused him of something terrible. You refrain from laughing. It all makes sense now. Why didn’t he just say so?

SkekZok: He’s incredibly intrigued. You’re quite a catch, and to so easily walk into his grasp? How lovely. He’ll make sure you don’t regret it. 

SkekUng: He is delighted by this news! You’ve won his affection and there is no greater triumph than knowing he’s done the same. He’s proud to be with you, and together you will be unstoppable.

SkekGra: He was getting tired of the uncertainty, the shame he felt whenever he pressed a little too far and you, flustered, would retreat. So he finally just asked, quieter than his usual self. He knows he cannot conquer you. You have to come willingly... And you do. He feels his heart swell and he can finally tell you outright: he loves you.

SkekLi: He’s conflicted. A sense of weight, responsibility, reality- has just fallen upon his shoulders. He doesn’t know how to feel. On one hand it feels like the game is over, and somehow he feels like you just told him that you hate him. He laughs at how ridiculous he’s being. He cries. He doesn’t know what to do.