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davishater · 6 months

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Guys, I am so sorry.... This post might just break Tumblr.... If you see my post and your Tumblr breaks, I apologize IMMENSELY! I have just written a Winter Moriarty X Reader that is 5,284 words..... Please forgive me..... 🙏 At the end, there is a part where Winter and the reader watch TV. I got that idea from @kawasemy I hope that I have been able to feed my fellow, starving, Winter simps. Again, please forgive me for everything and read the tags for more humor. Also, masterlist link in the beginning, cause it's too long to scroll....

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Winter shoves her pale hands into her pockets and watches the sky, as the heavens shed their tears on the city of London. She was never fond of the constant rainy weather, but it's where she's lived her entire life, so all she can do is accept the gloomy weather. At least, it was gloomy until she met a certain someone.

Winter exits the store she's in and runs towards a canopy in the park across the street. She watches her only friend jump in the puddles on the basketball court the rain created. Her laughter reaching Winter's cold ears, even from that distance.

"Y/n!"

Winter calls out to her friend and she waves with a bright smile on her face. Winter weakly waves back, but quickly returns her hand to her warmer pockets.

Y/n moved here for school, from a dry climate in America. They met in a cafe, when the clumsy girl tripped and dropped her books and computer on Winter, also spilling her coffee on her in the process. The coffee had also gotten all over Y/n's computer. Winter felt bad for what happened, and even though she doesn't make it a habit to help everyone who crosses her path, she offered to fix the girls computer. Y/n's outgoing personality had pushed the unwanted friendship onto her, but after sometime, Winter couldn't bother to avoid the strange girl. She finally accepted the friendship; the first one she's had since her younger sister died.

Winter calls out to her friend again and she comes running. She stands underneath the canopy with Winter and laughs from all the fun she was having.

"You've been out here forever, aren't you done?"

Winter slightly shivers as she shoves her hands deeper into her pockets.

"What? You're such a party pooper! Why don't you come join me? You'll have more fun."

Y/n pulls on Winter's arm.

"Hard pass. You know I'm not a fan of the rain."

"And yet, you're out here with me."

Winter goes quiet at her comment and looks back out at the rain. She then speaks up to divert from the topic.

"I can't believe you forgot your umbrella."

"Well, I didn't think it was going to rain." She replies.

"Y/n, it's London. It always rains here."

"Well, it's been sprinkling lately, so I didn't think it'd come down this hard..."

"Never trust the weather here." Winter advises.

She turns back to Y/n, wipes some wet hair off of her face and brushes it behind her ear.

"Did they look at your motorcycle?" Y/n asks, brushing the rest of her hair back with her fingers.

"Yeah, just some minor issues. I can pick it up tomorrow afternoon."

"That's good, it wasn't as bad as we thought."

Winter nods and shivers again.

"If we don't dry you off, you'll catch a cold." Winter says a little concerned.

"Nah, I'm sure I'll be fine!"

"What?" Winter smirks. "Cause 'idiots don't catch colds?'"

"What!? No!"

Y/n huffs and dramatically folds her arms across her chest. Winter chuckles at how naturally expressive she is. She's been surrounded for so long by people hiding their true feelings, it's refreshing seeing someone that's so easy to read.

"It's not that funny..." Y/n continues pouting.

Winter ignores her and grabs the back of her shoulders, pushing her towards the main road.

"Come on, let's get you something warm to drink."

Winter and Y/n walk alongside the sidewalk towards the cafe that's nearby. A truck drives by and Winter tries to shield Y/n from the large splash from the truck running over the puddle, but it drenched Winter and still got on Y/n.

"Oh my gosh, Winter! Are you ok?"

Winter sputters to try and get the muddy taste out of her mouth, but fails, and wipes the excess water from off her face with her hand.

"I'm fine. What about you?"

"I'm good, but most of the water got on you! Uhg, you're more soaked than I am! Man, what a jerk!" Y/n shouts, sounding annoyed.

Winter looks at her a little questioningly.

"It happens. Come on, let's head inside."

"Are they even gonna let us inside with how wet you are?"

"Yeah. It's normal to see people drenched walking into places to get dried off from the rain."

"I see."

The girls walk into the cafe and a hostess immediately runs up to them with two towels.

"I saw what happened through the window. Are you two alright?"

"Yeah." Winter replies, plainly.

She takes the towels and places one on her shoulders and the other on Y/n's head.

"Could we use your restroom to clean ourselves up?" Y/n asked the hostess.

"Of course! Follow me."

They followed the hostess to the restrooms meant for paying customers and unlocked the door for the drenched girls. They walk inside and Winter starts rubbing the towel over Y/n's head. She swats Winter's hand away and dries off her own hair.

"I'm fine, just take care of yourself."

Winter takes a step back and stares at Y/n out of the corner of her eye. She then goes to the sink and starts washing her mouth out from the dirt taste she had since earlier. Winter wipes her mouth on the towel around her shoulders and then slowly puts it over her head and starts drying off her hair. She glances at her friend again and sees the small pout on her face.

"Are you upset with me?" Winter asks quietly.

"What? Of course not! Why would you think that?"

"You're not you're usual happy self..."

"Oh... No, I'm upset with that truck driver... There's no way he didn't see us or the puddle! He should've slowed down! Driving through puddles like that can ruin your car and it gets people wet! It was so unnecessary and if I could, I'd definitely yell at him about it! I swear, some people are just so inconsiderate!"

"He really got you that upset?"

Winter looks a little surprised.

"Of course! Now there's a possibility of you getting sick! Oh, I swear, if you do, I'm going to hunt him down and give him a piece of my mind!"

Winter accidentally lets a chuckle escape her lips and she's shocked from her own reaction.

"What? I'm serious you know!"

"I know."

"Then why'd you laugh?"

"Well... I don't know myself... I guess, it's cause I'm seeing a new side of you. I don't think I've ever seen you get mad before. I almost thought you weren't capable of that kind of emotion."

"Huh? Well of course I get mad! That's a normal human reaction, so I wouldn't be a normal human otherwise."

"Oh, my bad! I didn't realize you were capable of being normal." Winter mocked.

"What? Hey! I can be normal!"

"I'd bet my life you can't be normal about anything."

"Now that's just mean!"

Y/n pouts and Winter chuckles again. She stares at Winter's face and sees black streaks running down her cheeks from her eyes.

"Oh dear, your makeup is running."

She grabs some toilet paper and wipes off the black streaks from Winter's cheeks. Winter stares into her eyes as she does so.

"I could've done that, you know."

"And I could've handled getting drenched, so we're even now."

Winter looks away and continues rubbing the towel over her head. She then frantically pulls out her wallet and phone from her pockets. The few bills and business cards she had in her wallet were far from saving and just made the wallet look like a mess. She puts her wallet on the sink and then tries turning on her phone, but it refuses to respond. Winter cusses underneath her breath.

"That bad?" Y/n asks.

"Well, I can't contact anyone, which isn't that big a deal, but I don't have access to money either."

"Oh... Yeah that's pretty bad."

"How's your phone?"

"Well, let's see."

She pulls out her phone, which has a heavy duty case on it, and tries turning it on.

"Oh yay! My phone works!"

"I bet the case is what saved it."

Y/n chuckles, a little embarrassed.

"Yeah, I tend to drop my phone often... I guess my clumsy nature helped us a little there?"

Winter smirks and shakes her head.

"Well we at least still have access to my money, if there's anything we need." Y/n says, hopeful.

"No, save your money. Use that for your school needs."

"But I want to help out, too."

"You don't have to worry about that."

"Ok, then have you figured out how we're going to get back to my apartment without using money? We came kinda far and it's too far to walk in the rain without an umbrella."

Winter goes silent and looks away. She takes off her leather jacket and hoodie and tosses them to the floor. She then starts pulling on her t-shirt that's sticking to her body and rings out some of the water. Y/n sighs and looks around the bathroom. She then grabs Winter's hand and leads her to the hand dryer.

"Come on, we can at least dry you off a little, while we come up with a plan."

Y/n turns on the hand dryer and it blows in Winter's face. She closes her eyes and winces from the sudden intensity. Winter takes the towel from off her head and shakes her head as the warm wind blows her hair dry. She then lifts up her shirt a little, showing her stomach and waist. Winter looks up and notices Y/n staring.

"Is there a problem?" Winter asks.

"Oh... No, it's nothing."

Y/n turns her head away and Winter notices her cheeks are slightly pinker than before. Winter pulls her friend closer to her as she looks surprised from the sudden notion.

"Dry yourself off with the hand dryer, too. I don't want you getting sick, either."

Y/n complies and starts to try and dry her clothes while they're still on. The feeling of her clothes slowly drying on her made them feel icky. She scrunches her nose from the feeling and feels awkward drying herself off with a small hand dryer and Winter standing closely next to her. She knows it was her idea, but didn't realize how awkward, or embarrassing, this situation would be. Lifting your arm up to dry your armpit, while someone you care about is standing so close to you, isn't the ideal situation...

"This isn't working. We'd be able to dry our clothes better if we took them off." Winter suggested, sounding a little annoyed.

She starts lifting her shirt even higher to take it off, but Y/n stops her.

"Wait, wait, wait!"

"What?"

"Well... I uh- I'm not exactly comfortable with that..."

"Oh..."

Winter put her shirt down, then picks both her jackets off the floor and starts ringing out the water in the sink.

"So? What should we do now?" Y/n asks.

"Well, this little hand dryer isn't going to be enough to dry us off. We're going to have to change into different clothes in order to get warmer."

"Well then, at least let me buy us some warm drinks as we come up with a plan."

Winter sighs and gives into the girls protests.

"Fine, but that's it! Nothing else."

"Deal."

Winter collects her things and they leave the bathroom and sit at one of the small tables next to the window. A waitress comes over and takes their orders. Y/n stares out the window as they sit in silence until their drinks come.

Once the waitress gives them their drinks, Y/n thanks her and drinks from her cup. Winter immediately puts her hands on her cup and keeps them there. Every so often, she sips from the mug.

"I swear, how does someone not bring an umbrella along when it's raining?" Winter mocks a second time.

"Hey! You don't have one, either!"

Winter sighs.

"Ok, that's fair."

"There's a hotel across the street there."

Y/n points out the building and Winter follows the direction she's pointing in.

"Why would we go to a hotel?"

"Well, we can shower, and they have a washing machine, and we can stay there until the weather lightens up. The forecast also says tomorrow won't have as much rain as today."

"And who's money are we going to use to stay there?"

Y/n goes silent and pouts again.

"I told you, you need to save your money for school. I'm sure the fees take up the majority of your allowance anyways."

"You don't know that." She says, still pouting.

"Ok, then how much do you usually have left after you've paid the fees?"

Y/n blows a bubble in her cheeks and pouts more.

"That's... None of your business."

"Which means it's not much."

She whines and turns her attention outside again as Winter shakes her head. After sometime, her friend starts chuckling.

"What's so funny?"

"No, sorry. I just realized, it's kind of like we're on a date and you're the guy who wants to pay for everything just to make a good impression."

Winter becomes flustered and rests her chin on her hand to hide her embarrassment and slightly pink cheeks. She looks out the window as she speaks quietly.

"O-oh, uh... Does it?"

Y/n sees through Winter's failed composure and continues chuckling.

"I'm sorry, maybe that was too much for me to say."

"No, you did nothing wrong."

Winter puts both her hands back on her cup and stares out the window, watching the rain fall as Y/n looks at her. She then turns her attention outside as well. After some time, Winter speaks up.

"If you let me pay you back, I'll let you use your money to at least pay for a taxi."

"Yes!"

Y/n's face brightens up.

"Let me use your phone to call a taxi." Winter says, putting her hand out.

"Why can't you use your phone?"

Winter's shoulders fall and she frowns at her friend.

"Oh right, I forgot."

Y/n pulls out her phone and gives it to Winter as she rolls her eyes and shakes her head, as she dials the number to order a taxi. After a few minutes of Winter talking on the phone and growing more annoyed, she scoffs and hangs up the phone.

"They're all gonna be busy for a while."

"Well should we wait until one is available? Or take the trains or bus?"

"Rather not be in a crowded place if I don't have to."

Winter replied, with her fist pushing into her cheek, and the way she spoke sounded silly. Y/n giggled and Winter paid her no mind.

"I remember you don't like crowds. If only your motorcycle could be ready in a few hours."

"We can't do anything about that. Why don't we just start walking? There's a small store around the corner from here. We can buy an umbrella there and dry off at your place."

"If you're ok with that."

"There's nothing else we can do and it won't be good if either of us get sick. Gotta do what we gotta do to get dried off as quickly as possible."

"Yeah, you got a point."

The two girls finish their drinks and Y/n goes up to the counter and pays. Winter holds both of her jackets and waits by the entrance. They walk out together and quickly head to the general store around the corner. Y/n grabs one umbrella, pays for it and then heads back to Winter, who's again waiting by the entrance.

"Give it to me."

Y/n gives the umbrella to Winter as they walk outside. She opens it up and holds it over both of their heads as they start walking towards her friends house.

"Why don't you let me walk on the outside of the road this time?"

"No, you stay on that side." Winter says, bluntly.

"But what if a car comes by and splashes you again?"

"I'm more aware of my surroundings, so I can move us out of the way faster if that happens."

"What about earlier? You didn't move out of the way then."

Winter sighs.

"I shielded you, didn't I?"

Y/n goes quiet and looks down at her feet as she walks. Winter notices her silence and mentally scolds herself for not being good at relaying exactly what she wants to say.

"Besides, I'd be more comfortable if I was the one next to the road." Winter continues.

"Alright fine. Guess I can't really say anything if that's the reason."

Winter pats her head and they continue walking down the street towards Y/n's apartment.

"What if you let me hold the umbrella?" Y/n ask after a minute of silence.

"No, I'll hold the umbrella."

"Well, I want to help with something, too."

"You've done enough."

Y/n huffs while Winter stares at her and sighs.

"You really want to do something more?"

"Obviously..."

"Here."

Winter hands her jackets over to her sulking friend.

"This helps me."

Y/n smiles a goofy grin and giggles contently as she holds Winter's jackets close to her. Winter looks away and scratches her cheek. Y/n looks up at her and swears she saw a light pink color dust Winter's cheeks, but it was too dark outside for her to tell. They walk in silence for a few minutes.

"So, what do you want to do once we get back to my place?" Y/n asks.

"I just want to get warm, I don't care about anything else."

Y/n hums in response.

"Are you gonna stay the night then?"

"No." Winter replies, furrowing her brow at her friend.

"How come?"

"I'm not going to intrude on you."

"But you won't be! Besides, how are you going to get home without your motorcycle?"

"I'll manage."

"What if I force you to stay?"

"Well, then I wouldn't have a choice now, would I?"

A wide grin is placed on Y/n's face and she hugs Winter's arm as they walk.

"Then I guess that's what I'm going to have to do! I'm forcing you to stay over!"

Y/n giggles with excitement and starts skipping.

"You're that happy to force me to stay over?"

"Of course! It means we get to hangout longer!"

Winter stares at Y/n.

"You're weird."

Y/n giggles again.

Winter looks out at the street, watches the cars drive by and the people traveling to their destinations. She sees the many different expressions and judges their thoughts accordingly. Some enjoy the rain, some aren't fond of the weather and some just accepts this as a part of their life. Winter remembers that she doesn't like the rain, but finds she doesn't mind the gloomy weather at this moment. She feels a shiver come on, but the feeling immediately goes away, and her body starts to warm up without the need to shiver.

She listens to her friend hum the chorus over and over from a popular song in London right now. It's a song Winter isn't fond of, but she finds herself fighting the urge to hum along to the stupid song. She hears splashing at her feet, along with the pitter patter of rain echoing all around her, and looks down. Y/n has continued to jump in each puddle they come across again today, but Winter pays her no mind. Her friend grips her arm, for support, as she jumps in ever puddle. Winter doesn't mind it when the water splashes up onto her shoes, or even the bottom of her pants. In fact, she finds it more comical, than anything.

"If you keep skipping like that, you're going to slip and fall."

"No I won't, cause you'll catch me!"

"Will I?"

"Mh hm!"

Winter stays silent and after a few seconds, she starts moving her body weight downwards. Y/n doesn't notice until she jumps in another puddle and her grip on Winter's arm becomes unstable, from her change in posture, causing her to slip. Y/n shrieks and Winter holds her up with her arm to keep her from falling to the ground. She smacks Winter's shoulder annoyed as she spots a small smile creep up on Winter's lips.

"You did that on purpose!" Y/n yells annoyed.

"Maybe that'll teach you to be more careful." Winter says, chuckling.

"You're so mean, betraying my trust like that!"

"Well, I never told you to trust me."

"I know, but I wanted to trust you."

"I don't know why."

"Well, obviously cause you're such a good person... Somewhere."

Winter chuckles again at the "somewhere" part.

Winter stops walking and pulls her friend back, before she walks out from underneath the umbrella.

"Where are you going?" Winter asks.

"Huh? What do you mean? Aren't we going to my apartment?"

"Yeah, it's right here."

"What?"

Y/n turns her head and sees they're standing right next to her apartment building.

"Oh, yeah, you're right! Wow, I thought we would have to walk further."

"Well, we have been walking for a while." Winter replied.

"Have we? I never noticed. I guess I was having so much fun with you, time had gone by much faster. Do you ever get that?"

Winter hesitates to speak, but decided to just say what's on her mind.

"Yeah. I wasn't expecting the walk to go by that quickly, either. I almost walked past your apartment building, too."

"You and I are just so silly, huh?" Y/n giggles.

"No, being with you just lowers my IQ."

"What!? You can't say that! That's so mean!"

Y/n hits Winter's shoulder again. She chuckles as she watches her friends reaction.

"Come on, let's head inside and dry off. I'm so done with being cold and wet."

"Ok, let's go!"

Y/n holds onto Winter's arm again and they walk to the front entrance. When they get to the door, Winter closes the umbrella and continues to walk up to her friends small apartment. When the girls walk in the entryway, Y/n shuts the door behind them. They both sigh loudly, in unison, and then look at each other chuckling.

"Why don't you take a shower first?" Y/n suggests.

"I can't do that. You go take the first one."

"I don't have the energy to argue with you. Give me your clothes to wash and hop in the shower, right now." Y/n says sternly.

"O-ok." Winter says a little surprised.

She starts lifting her shirt up and Y/n stares at the curves in her sides and back. Winter's pale skin, how curvy she is, the placement of her veins and the thickness of her spine, Y/n takes a mental note of all of it. She even becomes jealous of the few droplets of water sliding down her back and disappearing in the fabric of her jeans. She wishes her fingers could feel Winter's skin, just like the rain that soaked her today.

Y/n realizes she's staring and the kind of thoughts she's having, so she immediately covers her eyes with her hands. She hears the sounds of Winter stripping down and the wet fabric pulling away from her skin. Y/n feels a tap on her arm, and while keeping her eyes closed, she holds out her arms and Winter lays her clothes over her arms.

"I'll get you a towel and a change of clothes as soon as I start the laundry." Y/n says.

"K."

She hears Winter's bare feet walk across the floor towards the bathroom. When Y/n hears the door shut, she opens her eyes and sighs. She then goes to her laundry room, shoves Winter's clothes into the washing machine and strips down to put her own clothes in as well. After starting the machine, she grabs two towels and wraps herself in one. She goes to her kitchen and fills her kettle with water and puts it on the stove. Then, goes to her room and grabs some comfy clothes for Winter before knocking on the bathroom door.

"Winter, I'm coming in!"

"That's fine."

Y/n walks in the bathroom.

"I'm putting a towel and some clean clothes here on the counter. I'm also boiling some water, so you can come and make a hot drink for yourself while I shower."

"Alright."

"Is there anything else you need?"

"I'm probably fine. I'm almost done in here."

"Ok, I'll give you privacy, then."

Y/n leaves the bathroom and starts collecting clothes for her to change into once she's finished with her shower. She sits on her bed as she waits for Winter to finish up. Winter exits the bathroom and heads towards the kitchen with a towel wrapped around her shoulders and Y/n goes in the bathroom to shower.

When Y/n gets out of the bathroom, she's dressed in comfy clothes and heads towards the kitchen and living room area. She spots the back of Winter's head, tilted slightly to the side. She makes herself some tea and heads to the couch.

As she comes around the corner, she starts laughing. She spots Winter, curled up on the far end of the couch, mouth slightly a gaped, bowl of cereal in her hands resting in between her knees and chest, and one of Y/n's thin blankets wrapped around her legs. Winter breathes in deeply and sits up straight, rubbing her eyes. She starts to continue eating.

"Did you fall asleep?" Y/n asks, still laughing.

She's never had the opportunity to see Winter in such a vulnerable state.

"No... At least... Not completely..." Winter says quietly.

Y/n sets her cup down on the coffee table and takes the damp towel from around Winter's shoulders and puts it in the laundry. She comes back and relaxes on the opposite side of the couch.

"Did you want to sleep?"

"No, I'm fine."

"You sure? I don't mind if you do. We had a long day, after all."

Winter takes a few bites of her cereal before answering.

"Maybe."

She finishes up her cereal and then puts the bowl on the coffee table in front of her. She motions Y/n to move closer to her. Instead, Y/n picks up the bowl and takes it to the sink. Winter starts to untangle herself from the blanket to try and get up.

"That's not what I meant for you to do. I was going to take care of it later."

"I know, just stay there. Now you don't have to worry about it later."

Winter leans back on the couch when she sees Y/n coming back.

"Where's your phone?" Y/n asks.

Winter pulls out her phone, that had fallen in-between her and the couch cushion, and shows it to Y/n. She dramatically snatches it from Winter's grasp and Winter looks surprised as she watches her friend walk back to the kitchen.

"What are you-"

Y/n pulls out a bowl and a bag of rice. She then takes Winter's phone out of its case and places it in a bowl. She pours the rice over the phone, making sure it's completely surrounded by rice.

"And now we wait."

"Are you performing some kind of voodoo over there?"

"Um... No? Putting your phone in rice can actually get the water out and fix your phone. At least, it's supposed to do that. Doesn't always work, though."

"You don't have to do that. I can always get a new phone."

"But then you'll lose the silly messages I've sent you! I know if it was me, I'd be sad if that happened. This way, we can say we did all we could to fix your phone."

Y/n goes back over to the couch, picks up her and Winter's cup of tea, which was also on the coffee table, and brings the two cups with her as she sits next to Winter. She gives Winter her cup and Winter moved the blanket so it's covering Y/n as well.

"You don't have to do things for me. I'm capable of doing them myself." Winter says, a little irritated.

"Oh, don't be like that. You always help me out, so I wanna help you, too. Besides, if I didn't try to help fix your phone, I'd feel somewhat responsible that it broke."

Winter purses her lips together and then takes a sip of her tea.

"Thanks." She says quietly.

Y/n smiles wide. Winter then picks up the TV remote next to her and tosses it into Y/n's lap.

"Why don't you turn on that show you like?"

Y/n thinks for a bit.

"The baking one?"

"Yeah."

"Well, why don't we watch what you want to watch?"

"Cause I don't care. Just turn it on."

"Ok, ok." Y/n chuckles.

She turns on the TV and starts playing The Great British Bake Off.

"These people are so stupid."

Y/n laughs at Winter's comment.

"That's why I like it."

"Oh, that's right, they're your people."

Y/n looks at Winter confused.

"But I'm American?"

"No, it's cause you're not the smartest person."

"Wha-! You are so mean to me, and for what?"

"Are you saying you're smarter than these people?"

"Obviously."

Winter looks at Y/n questioningly and sips from her mug.

"You think these people are smart enough to stick a wet phone in rice to fix it?"

Winter starts laughing as she sips from her mug and almost chokes on her tea.

"Please, do not die on me, I would literally cry."

"You don't want a crime scene here?"

"No! I do not!"

Winter giggles and buries her forehead into Y/n's shoulder.

"What in the world is wrong with you?" Y/n laughs.

"I don't know. I never stay awake when I'm this tired!"

"Then sleep! I literally do not mind!"

"No."

Winter starts giggling again.

"Oh my gosh."

Y/n shakes her head.

"Uhg! Why am I like this!?" Winter leans her head back and whines.

"I like this side of you. It's fun watching you act in a way you usually don't."

Winter buries her face into Y/n's lap and groans. Y/n giggles and runs her fingers through Winter's hair.

"That's nice."

"You like it when I run my fingers through your hair?"

"Mmh."

Winter reaches over and puts her cup on the coffee table and then points at it.

"Stay."

Winter then rolls over and points up at Y/n as she giggles.

"Ok, I'll make sure the cup stays." Y/n says as if she's talking to a child.

Winter's arm falls onto Y/n's lap, next to her head and then positions her legs so they're hanging over the side of the couch. Y/n fixes the blanket so it covers Winter and continues playing with her hair.

Winter stares into Y/n's face curiously.

"It's a shame that you don't know how pretty you are..."

Y/n immediately stops playing with Winter's hair and feels her cheeks heat up. She watches as Winter starts to relax down and her eyes fight to stay open. Y/n recomposes herself and turns off the TV, then continues to play with Winter's hair to help her fall asleep. Her breathing slows and her finger wraps around the hem of Y/n's shirt. She smiles and watches Winter for a while, before she starts falling asleep herself. One hand entangled in Winter's hair, other hand resting on the cup at her side. She couldn't have asked for a better day.

Later, Winter wakes up and crouches on the bathroom floor, cursing herself for acting the way she did before she fell asleep. She decided to pretend as if she never acted all 'cute' like that and swears to force herself to never act that way again for as long as she lives. She'll never speak a word of that moment to anyone and hopes Y/n will forget all about it. Although, Y/n will probably only want to talk about that one moment as soon as she wakes up....

#I'm so sorry for the length 💀#i just kept writing and it wouldn't stop #might come back and edit a little more later #it was only supposed to be a little more than 2000 #then 4000 #the end product is now more than 5000 #again I'm so sorry #i hope all y'all Winter simps can be fed by this 🙏#definitely self indulgent here #so glad it didn't come off as cringey #I've been told I'm good at writing dialogue lololol #bruh my writing app says it takes between 22 and 42 minutes to read #guys i am extremely sorry for the length i have no idea why it's so long #my friend asked me what the plot was and i literally didn't know how to explain 💀#lolol uhhhhh this is so long tumblr keeps lagging 💀#what do i even name this story when i don't even know how to explain the plot #guess I'm naming it I'm Terribly Sorry 💀 cause y'all know i am #was writing almost the entire day and now I'm pooped #10am to sometime after midnight man that's a lot of hours #in order to finish this story today i literally lived off of half a pack of peanut butter Oreos #and two english muffins covered in cream cheese #guys was my sacrifice worth it #did i give yall the story of a life time #is it really that good of a story #anyways sorry again for the length uhhhh lololol #idk why Winter's personality changed at the end there but it did #kinda cute though not gonna lie #maybe I'll write a bonus part where Winter just acts like that cause of how tired she is #ron kamonohashi deranged detective #winter moriarty

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THE MONSTER AND THE BUTTERFLY to be deleted SUNDAY, JAN. 14.

Hey peeps n' poops!! so this has been a long-time coming but i thought i'd make a more 'formal' announcement about it.

I've been posting drafts of my victorian gothic romance novel 'the monster and the butterfly' on ao3 and Tapas, and as I start working towards (most likely self) publishing, I will be deleting it from both websites on SUNDAY JANUARY 14TH.

But yeah!! I am moving forward in publishing this novel (under the potential new title of 'GHOSTS PLAGUE THESE HALLS'), and am now working on Draft III and will be looking for beta readers come springtime!^^

I'm sorry it's such short notice but the longer I have it posted freely online the more paranoid I get about it being 'stolen', and I've just come to feel general discomfort sharing drafts of stories freely in online spaces. I hope y'all understand!

For more updates regarding the (hopeful) publication of this novel, please follow this blog (theboarsbride), my art instagram @/jojo.penguin.writes and/or my 'professional' author insta account @/josephine.taylor.author!

Feel free to DM me with any questions, concerns, etc!

#jojo rambles #WIP : the monster and the butterfly

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tarisilmarwen · 8 months

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Ahsoka "The Jedi, The Witch, and The Warlord" Liveblog

Woo boy, there were certainly some Choices in this.

Yeah yeah, I'm late and spoilered to hell I know, look, I have been Going Through It out in realspace and my priority has been finishing Whumptober fics, cut me some slack.

Anyway.

Lars Mikkelson continuing to crush it as Thrawn.

"Even I fell victim to the... heroics of a single Jedi." Looooooool another bit for my collection of Pissy!Thrawn moments.

We're not going to get an explanation for why the Nightsisters and Thrawn are so tight, are we?

Morgan looks a little bit trepidacious about all of this ha ha.

All right, a point in this show's favor, this look at Nightsister rituals and culture is interesting.

And the flaming sword is cool, I'll admit.

Ngl, the editing really needs to be tightened up in this scene, we really only needed the one or two establishing shots before cutting into the interior.

Eman continues to be the perfect Ezra. I love him. 10/10 no complaints.

Ngl, this is sweet on the surface that Ezra's new saber has pieces of Kanan's buuuuuuuut *waves Green Saber Ezra Supremacy flag*.

Sabine, let him borrow y'all's lightsaber and YOU build a new one.

Ah goody, an Exposition Reveal.

-_-

This... doesn't actually explain Baylan's "Your family is dead because your Master didn't trust you." line btw. JUST SAYING.

I don't even know what the narrative wants anymore re. Sabine's choice to gamble Thrawn's return for Ezra.

Aaaand please not to be reminding me of the Wrong Jedi arc kthnx.

Oh good an action scene.

Ezra and Ahsoka being cool Jedi together, nice. Could be more emphasized and staged even more coolly tho.

Well poop, I guess that's the reason why we had to risk stowing away on Thrawn's ship.

Oh good! This holomap thing is exactly the kind of plot device I actually needed for one of my Sabezra Week fills.

Lol Thrawn be taking NO chances lololol.

Oh hello finally some of Thrawn's theme in the score here. Thrawn using the men's loyalty and fanaticism towards him personally to achieve his goals, fits the culty vibes, sure.

I am liiiiiviiiiiiiiiiiing for the subtle nervousness in Ezra's voice when talking about Thrawn finding the Dathomir castle and waking the witches. PLEASE CAN I HAVE A THOUSAND WHUMP AND ANGST FICS ABOUT THE IN-BETWEEN BEFORE EZRA'S ESCAPE FROM THE CHIMAERA?

His arms are so comfortably around Sabine awwwwww.

Thrawn be all srs bznss and I'm loving it.

Yeah no, Jedi!Sabine is REJECTED, she did not have any kind of necessary mental or emotional breakthrough, she wasn't shown calming her mind properly, sorry Dave THE LEGWORK AIN'T THERE, Imma fix this to be Ahsoka in the inevitable rewrite/fixfic that I've apparently decided I'm doing.

Oh Ahsoka is helping too, well I'm still not having Sabine be able to do it.

HAAAAAAAAAA THAT PISSED LOOK OF THRAWN'S OH MAN THE SNARLING LIP CURL, THE RAGE, YES PLEASE MORE.

The struggle to recompose himself OH MAN.

This is peak Mirrorverse!Thrawn and I'm here for it. I love seeing my headcanons playing out onscreen.

Aaaaaand this would have been the perfect scene to have Ezra and Sabine sharing the Our Lightsaber, meanwhile Sabine should be fully kitted out Mando style.

*simmers*

STAGE THIS DIFFERENTLY SO THAT SABINE'S BESKAR IS NOT CONSTANTLY LITERAL PLOT ARMOR PLEASE.

Aahhhhhhh Ezra my love! <3

Should have either let him use the Our Lightsaber or continued with the Force martial arts though, pick a lane. Or have a conversation about why they need to actually get him another saber.

Eman is... waaaaaaay better at this than Rosario, sad to say, lol.

Look at him GO THERE'S MY BOY.

I love him.

Oh what are we doing now?

Ohhhhh the zombie!troopers!

Lol Ezra must have left before the Nightsisters could show Thrawn their zombie techniques.

Eman makes this look flawless, I am in love.

Battle Couple Sabezra moment, awww.

"I missed you."

FAKSJHFAKJFHHKKHHHFHFH OKAY DEAD.

DEAD AND DECEASED.

LIKE THE ZOMBIES LOL.

Aaaaaaaaand I'm gonna adjust this in the fixfic, because right now it looks like they were waiting to actually dock.

And my typing is being slowed down hang on a second.

Still dumb.

Okay back.

Thrawn basically telling Morgan, "Right, so you're going to have to go fight the Rebels and stall die for me, mmkay?"

She's looking like she might regret all of this now lolol.

I do like how the finale is making it very very easy for me to fix later lol.

Like here. Morgan should have attempted to stop Ezra and Sabine. Just a small attempt, and then blocked by Ahsoka, and Ezra and Sabine run around and outmaneuver them.

BATTLE COUPLE SABEZRA. :D

Aaaaand final trailer shot accounted for.

Okay, can there be a little more effort on the choreography there please?

Oh no Sabine, EZRA SAVE HER.

Or we could retcon Sabine into actually legitimately being Force Sensitive and have her pull the Our Lightsaber.

SIIIIIIIIGHHHHHHH.

*grumbles, takes down notes about how to fix this in my rewrite*

Oh come on Ezra, you can jump that.

Catch me melting at the sheer and utter trust Ezra has in Sabine's abilities.

(But also, screw this, she's getting a jetpack in the rewrite.)

Aaaaaaaaaand I do hate that they got separated again, screwing alllllll of that.

Nice of the troopers to just politely stop shooting.

Yeah so, this is basically gonna be a 1 v 100 for Ahsoka when I rewrite it, let my girl have a hard fought climactic battle, she can take it.

"Your friends are dead." Uhhhh nah they ain't what does this bit of dialogue even connect to?

Lol Ezra gets to put on the big boy stormtrooper armor.

The vaaaaaaaaaguely panicky twitches that Thrawn has here. A+, excellent, no notes.

No kill like overkill LOLOLOL.

Thrawn, internally: Shitshitshitshitshitshitshiiiiiiiiiiiiit.

Ah Thrawn is going to try Break Them By Talking. Ezra tanked this let's see if Ahsoka can do the same.

Nope, she's Affected.

Aaaaaand he out.

Bye Thrawn!

Hmmmmgh, yeah no, because in my rewrite I'm axing the entirety of Sabine actually becoming a Jedi it's going to be better that she goes with Ezra on the Eye of Sion instead of stays with Ahsoka, if she stayed a Jedi then yes that's what the conclusion should have been that makes narrative sense now that I see it.

But also again, I Do Not Like That Plot Point so--*grumblegrumble mumble*

Hi Morai!

Bandit queen Shin? I could dig it.

Baylan chilling with Mortis god statues.

I STILL DO NOT SEE ANY SOLID EVIDENCE THEY'RE GONNA DO ABELOTH GUYS, SORRY.

And Thrawn is setting up base on Dathomir. Lol wait til he finds out that there's basically nothing there anymore lololol.

Those uh... those be a lotta dead troopers. Probably most of the Chimaera crew.

...Cripes did they die naturally, did Ezra kill them, or did Thrawn pull some kind of Jonestown thing in order to enact his eventual revenge?

Oh maaaaan what if it's that last one, that would fit with the cult-like chanting in his intro omgghghhhggkajsfkjh.

Frick man, Thrawn fixing to unleash an undead army on the GFFA that can really only be taken out by lightsabers.

Oh come on, you're telling me Ezra was on the Eye and didn't pull some last minute shenanigans before he left?

Didn't screw Thrawn over one last time for nostalgia's sake?

(He and Sabine are blowing up some engines before they skedaddle, in the fixfic.)

HERA AND EZRA SHOULD HAVE BEEN ALLOWED A HUG, FILONI.

The attempt at bookends here is cute but no. LET HERA HUG HER SON.

THIS DOESN'T EVEN REALLY WORK AS A BOOKEND.

YES THE PART WHERE CHOPPER RECOGNIZES HIM IS CUTE BUT THIS IS WASTED DRAMA. THERE'S NO REASON FOR THIS.

LET HERA HUG HER SOOOOOOONNNN.

This whole scene just doesn't work because we're trying to shoehorn it into being a bookend for the opening, it doesn't wooooooooooorrrrrk.

THEY SHOULD HAVE HUGGED.

*furiously taking down notes on how to rewrite this scene*

*grumbling*

Blah blah Sabine can feel Anakin there but Ahsoka can't? blah blah blah.

Aaaaaaand closing us out with "As The Sun Sails And The Moon Walks"

Well.

Where do I begin?

Okay so... final verdict... I DO actually like this show.

THAT BEING SAID.

There was soooooooo much about the execution and so many of the narrative choices that I just NEEDED to be better and it frustrates me. Because this show by all rights should have been a spectacular emotional thrill ride like Kenobi and it just wasn't.

A lot of the problems and nitpicks I had with Kenobi are exacerbated here, especially under Filoni's brand of, "I didn't care for what Lucas did with the Prequels, here let me fix it." NO FILONI IT DIDN'T NEED FIXING IT WAS FINE! HOW THE FORCE WORKED WAS FINE! THE JEDI WERE FINE!

But there's such GOOD STUFF in here that I can't discount it all fully like I can with the Sequel Trilogy. (Which, believe me, I have attempted to workshop and fixfic but ultimately gave up on.) The purrgil lore! The Ancient Dathomiri! Another galaxy! Whatever Baylan was up to! Sabezra being adorable! Thrawn!

Soooooo yeah, basically join me sometime in the future for when I inevitably create a fixfic AU for this show like I did for Aldnoah.Zero because unfortunately I can't give up on this show I need to fix it, just hand me the characters and story and I can fix it.

Can't do much for the camerawork, choreography, and occasional stiff acting (Not you Eman, Natasha, Ray, Evan, and Lars, you're all great.) but I can at least salvage that part lol.

Ultimately... mid. Excellent premise and cool concepts brought down by subpar execution and some frankly baffling narrative decisions. But gimme like a week and I will workshop a Fanon AU that I can be completely happy with.

Hopefully we get a Season Two? Maybe? Or resolve everything in the Mandoverse movie?

Peace out, y'all.

#star wars #sabezra #ahsoka show #spoilers #liveblog #i don't have a generic writing woes tag ah man #ezra bridger #grand admiral thrawn #you know what imma shove this under #TLJ salt #because i blame that film for deciding a lot of the direction of this bullshit #and i guess i should tag #filoni critical #i don't have a lot in that tag granted but this fits

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jkoningen · 2 years

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[SapnapxFem!Reader] "If I was your boyfriend, I would pepper you with kisses and gifts and spoil you so bad."

Pairing: Sapnap x Fem!Reader

Genre: Romance, Cute, SFW

Warnings: None

Prompt: “If I was your boyfriend, I would pepper you with kisses and gifts and spoil you so bad.”

A/N: since y'all liked the first one, I figured I'd make another. Hehe

[ Narrator’s POV ]

Nick sat in his chair after finishing a stream, leaning back and sighing heavily. He ended his call with the group and took his headset off. That was a long stream. I’m pooped. He thought to himself before standing and stretching. He had just gamed for 10 hrs, with no breaks. It was a great stream, but he was exhausted and starving. He walked downstairs into the kitchen and opened the fridge to see what he had to drink and eat, soon hearing a knock on the door, a rapid pace knock.

Quirking an eyebrow, he shut the fridge door and walked to the front door, opening to see you standing there, looking as if you were crying. “Hey? Are you okay?” Nick mentioned as he moved out of the way so you could step in. You shook your head as you stepped in, taking your shoes off and walking into the living room. Nick followed suit, walking behind you as you sat on the couch; he did the same.

“I broke up with Y/B/N,” you started, wanting to get it off your chest as soon as possible. You leaned against the back of the couch, head back slightly. Nick turned his body parallel with yours, one arm draping off the back of the sofa, the other reaching out and placing it on top of yours.

“Y/N, I am so sorry; what happened?”

“There just wasn’t a spark anymore. I couldn’t handle seeing his name pop up on my phone anymore. Besides, with the lack of affection and communication between us, I think he’s been seeing someone else.” You looked at Nick, seeing his expression complete. It looked like he wanted to say something but wasn’t. “What’s going on in that brain of yours?”

“If I’m going, to be honest,” he grinned slightly, chuckling, “I didn’t think he was the best match for you. I mean, come on. He wouldn’t do anything you wanted to do, he didn’t associate with your friends as he made you with his, and he wasn’t all that affectionate, with or without anyone around you guys.” Nick took his hand back to adjust his sitting position with his shorts.

Rolling your eyes, you crossed your arms over your chest with a soft chuckle, still keeping your eyes with Nick. “Well, you studied my relationship, huh.”

“No, I just catch everything that happens,” he chuckled once more, resting his head on his hand against the back of the couch, “how did he take it?”

“He kind of just agreed we should part ways.”

“Oh my Lord,” Nick shut his eyes with an exhale, “you know, if I were your boyfriend, I would pepper you with kisses and gifts and spoil you so bad.” Your eyes widened, and soon you felt your face flush. You turned your face away from his, shocked at what he just said. Does he like me, like, like-like me? Your thoughts were interrupted by Nick’s free hand on your head, stroking.

You moved your face to look at his, which had a massive smile. You couldn't help but form a smile on your lips as well. “Nick, what are you saying?”

“I wish I had the guts to have asked you out before you chose him. I wished I was yours, then maybe you wouldn’t have had to feel the way you are.” Your mind and body weren’t communicating as your body lunged forward and placed your hands on either side of his face and lips pressed against his.

“Y/N?” Your name was muffled as your lips were pressed together. With that, he pressed his lips against yours and wrapped both arms around your waist, pulling you close. Soon, you both pulled back and stared into each other's eyes.

“So, something you were saying, if you were my boyfriend, you’d shower me with kisses?” You chuckled before Nick, whose lips had a massive smile on them.

“And you heard right.” He pushed you back onto the couch and soon gave as he promised.

#sapnap #sapnapxreader #short story #dreamsmp #dream smp #dream #dreamsmp short story #sapnap story #romance #jksquad

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farfrompleasant · 2 years

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Friend! Sorry I missed last week!! I have been running around like a bald chicken!!! (Like all my hair has fallen out but my head's not chopped off, yet! 😂) I'm going back to Utah this month! Holy Ghost help 😭

Speaking of hair, your new profile picture!!! 😍😍😍 The coils! The definition! The xlxmf$8_!'jrkfd my God, and am I crazy or does Miss Freyja KNOW how to Pose?! Speaking of the top of your page, did you have a birthday recently??? If so, why didn't you tell me! I would've gotten you something ❤️ it was just Tia's birthday this week too & I got her a book of poetry by one of my favs, which, 🤓

Okay alright, ahem, Happy Freyja Friday!!! I'm very early 😂 I hope it partway makes up for missing last week 😉 how are y'all doing? You still taking her out for getting used to being outside with you? Once you said she used to go out places with your partner I've felt pretty confident that you'll get there with her. I don't know anything about building a bond with reptiles or how they accumulate affection but I feel like y'all must be on your way!

She shedding this week? (I hope not, poor thing, the overachiever 😂) also I Just remembered you said shedding is kinda stinky so bless you mom too for constantly putting up with it ❤️

What has she been liking to eat nowadays? Any late summer fruit treats??? I vaguely remember you mentioning this but she doesn't eat everyday right? No frozen treats in this heat either big oof

Side note last time I went to the pet store, the box that had the peach throated monitor had a couple of turtles inside. Wonder what happened to peachy friend... You like turtles??? We had two when I was very young but they were pretty neglected in retrospect 😢 I think lizards are the perfect reptile pets, snakes have no legs which is 👎 and turtles have shells which is kind of meh lol

Oh ANOTHER heat wave in CA 💀 y'all stay cool and hydrated as much as you can!!!

Abbie is resting her chin on the sun baked stone tabletop, don't ask me why she ain't bright 😅

Omg nooo, you’re losing hair or are you speaking figuratively? I hope it’s the latter because that sounds very stressful 🥺 and oh man, you are ping-ponging from Utah to Philly at this point! Bless you 🥲 and there’s no need to stress missing last week, Freyja Fridays are to be fun and flexible c;

Dhdjkskd not you gassing meee 🥰🥰🥰 but thank you❤️ I’ve been using blue magic as a sealant and styler and it’s be going well c: and our Freyby pie knows how to pose! I think she enjoys a little camera time, especially since she’s mega photogenic 🤭 ah, idk how to uhm bring up my birthday but you would be correct it was on the 29th c: and you didn’t have to gift me anything! I’m grateful for another year well spent tbh but I appreciate you getting me something and I’m looking forward to reading it 😆 I actually teared up when I got that email… you’re the sweetest, friend ❤️

Lololol, without further ado~ Happy Freyja Friday!!! We’re doing good, Freyja’s been a tad reclusive as of late but I’ve managed to take her out onto the porch c: since schools back in session, it’s been a little challenging for me to spend more quality time with her… so it’s imperative that I handle her sometime throughout my day. But I think it’ll take more time than I’d though ;p I think it has a lot to do with them raising her throughout her juvenile life? I’m unsure but I think we’re well on our way to her being more comfortable with me and traveling 🥰

Surprisingly, she hasn’t had any shedding and I’m so happy for her 😆 like, Miss Girl is always shedding!! So you can imagine how astonishing it was to realize that there was no signs of shedding whatsoever 😭 I think it has a lot to do with me not having time to bathe her last week (which means she pooped in her enclosure… it’s been a while since that happened 🥲) but I think she needed a break or something…

Freyja’s been really into worms and surprisingly diced apples. But they HAVE to be Granny Smith’s apples; she refuses to indulge in any other ones 😂 the girl is major picky when it comes to the color of food! She typically hates green food choices, and will opt for vibrant colors like red or yellow so I was taken aback. She hasn’t been in the mood for dandelion greens or collard greens so I’m thinking of trying out basil? I know she it’s edible for her buuut she hasn’t tried it yet ;p

I’ve always wanted turtles, but I also consider caring for them to be high-maintenance. I mean, I already back bend and more to cater to Freyja so I would assume I’d be doing the most for the little lovelies… still want them though 😭 I’ve always looked at snakes to be tails with a face but they’re kinda cute 🥰 and surprisingly, they’re rather shy c:

I would say we’re trying, but I’m the one that’s trying!💀 but I will make sure that we will stay hydrated ❤️ and I’m unsure of the weather in Utah, but make sure to stay cool and hydrated, friend 🥰

ABBIE!!! She’s sooo cute 🥰 bathing in the sun, basking on the stone top 🥺 you know what, dogs and beardies are too similar because Freyja would definitely pancake in this situation 😂

#freyja friday #badatwritingstuff💓#farfrompleasant #beardies i love #dogs i love #cats i love

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gigagasp · 3 years

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#mfw I'm the one who makes all the calls to the vet the oncologist cleans my cats pee and poop around the house like #i love and appreciate my family #i need them to work with me a little more tho LOL #me: can you call the oncologist :') bro: i could but like... idk what the vet said or a b c d e f g #i TOLD you what the vet said #and don't go complaining to me that they it's ******** what do they mean #do not come to me with that I am too TIRED to play that game with you #vent to your therapist!! I don't have the energy to commiserate!!#my mom does what she can it's not her fault I have to explain things to her after I explain things to my brother lmao #bless them tbh but 💀 being their emotional support while also taking the lead on Shadow's treatment is just a little tiring ❤#they cuddle with him when he's chill and when he's sleep but w h e r e are they when he's fussing 💀 I've spent like q third of the time I #usually do behind my desk doing work and like I said before my semester is essentially set I have my future locked down but like. i would #also like to succeed in my responsibilities LMAO #can you imagine if I had to take care of a sick pet alone like... how do single parents do it. things about parenthood and independence #that make me sweat #vent #personal #i should start tagging these so y'all can blacklist them LMAO sorry 4.5 active mutuals and followers 💕

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the-chicken-or-the-banana · 3 years

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I always wondered how the foxes would react to finding out that it was andrew that "hit on" neil first (specially Kevin, since he was just standing right there while that happened)

(now, i don't think they would willing just talk about it but if one of them slip up...)

Btw: i absolutely adored the goodbye kisses series

AHHH sorry for being so MIA lately but i'm absolutely loving this! also i'm realizing that i'm very bad at actually getting to the point so enjoy a shit ton of irrelevant exposition :)

read it on ao3 here

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Kevin didn't understand why they had to come to the zoo. It was smelly, there were kids screaming everywhere, and he'd nearly been stepped on three times in the past 10 minutes. He much rather preferred exy to this.

Team bonding sucked.

He trudged along beside Aaron as Dan, Matt, and Nicky actually tried socializing with the new Foxes. Normally, Kevin would jump at the chance to talk about exy with these recruits, but also, normally he didn't feel like he'd just just rolled through a flaming dumpster filled with screeching, pooping monkeys.

Kevin let out a sigh as they passed some sort of mildly interesting snake exhibit. He nudged Aaron, who was on his phone with a red face, which meant he was either texting lovey-dovey things to Katelyn or blasting an idiot in his Ochem class. You never really knew with him.

"Aaron."

Aaron just scowled at him. Kevin sighed again. Conversing was always so much more exhausting than he anticipated.

"Snakes."

"What."

"Do you want to... see the snakes?"

Aaron blinked in confusion. "Okay?"

Kevin led them to the snakes.

There, they shoved past some families and made it to the front of the glass enclosure.

"Well?" Aaron asked. "Now what do we do?"

Valid question, Kevin thought. He hadn't really considered what they were doing. He just wanted to see snakes.

He told Aaron as much, who rolled his eyes aggressively and went back to his phone.

Kevin felt a tap on his shoulder and twisted around, coming face-to-face (well, more like chest-to-face) with some sort of tour or information guide.

"Hi!" she smiled all too brightly. Kevin wanted to cover his eyes. "How are you enjoying the exhibition?"

"Um," Kevin gulped eloquently, then remembered his media training. "Oh yeah, it's great!"

"Awesome," she beamed. "You know, there's a snake feeding session in about 5 minutes if you and your son are interested."

Kevin's face contorted in confusion. He whirled around, assuming some tiny, lost child was latched near him, but when he turned back, the lady — Sandy — had her gaze intensely focused on the only other small person near him: Aaron.

Oh dear.

Aaron seemed to come to the same conclusion as Kevin did because his eyes widened comically and he hissed "I. am. not. his. son."

Sandy blinked owlishly. "Little brother then?"

Aaron threw his hands up. "I am 21! Leave me alone." He then proceeded to stomp out of the enclosure, dragging Kevin along and leaving a very flummoxed old lady behind them.

"I can't believe it," Aaron kept muttering. "Your son. Your son! I hate life."

Kevin was a bit miffed that he hadn't actually been able to see the snakes, but he figured Aaron's plight was slightly more significant than that.

After a few moments of silent walking (Kevin) and angry grumbing (Aaron), Kevin realized he couldn't see any of the Foxes anymore. He glanced around, instinctively searching for Andrew.

"Hey, do you know where Andrew and Neil went?" Kevin asked.

Aaron scoffed. "They're probably making out somewhere."

"Who's making out?"

Aaron and Kevin both gave unholy screeches as they turned around to find Nicky standing between them, a wide, innocent grin on his face.

"What the fuck," Aaron complained. "Don't do that again, you bitch."

Nicky waved him off. "Shut up. Who's making out? Might be able to close some bets."

Kevin rolled his eyes. "We just can't find Andrew and Neil anywhere. Aaron seems to believe they're off deflowering a zoo Port-A-Potty or something."

"Well then, we wouldn't want to interrupt them, right?" Nicky winked. "Anyways, we're all going to the butterfly exhibit right now so y'all have to join us. I'm not taking no for an answer."

It seemed that they had no choice, so after sharing a resigned glance, Kevin and Aaron trudged behind an overly enthusiastic Nicky while he babbled on about some parrots that he saw. It really didn't seem as interesting as Nicky was making it out to be, but Kevin didn't want to say anything lest he was expected to participate in the conversation too.

They finally reached the butterfly exhibit where the other Foxes were waiting for them. They entered as a mass of loud, mildy buff, smelly athletes and got more than a few glares from the parents of young children who moved out of the way.

But in all this movement, the path cleared and Kevin found... Andrew and Neil? He was about to turn to Aaron and tell him that they evidently not making out, until he noticed how still Andrew was standing and the glee on Neil's face.

Nicky's gaze caught onto them a second later, because he squealed and grabbed Kevin's arm, jabbing his finger at the sight.

"Oh my God," he whispered. "Is that a butterfly on Andrew's nose? That is adorable."

Kevin squinted, and yes, that's exactly what it appeared to be. Nicky's outburst had caught Allison's attention, and she began marching over to Neil and Andrew, the rest of the Foxes in tow.

Kevin could already tell this was going to be a mess.

When they finally reached Andrew, Aaron was the first to speak. "What the fuck?" he asked flatly. Andrew glared at him. Slowly, as to not move the butterfly, he raised his hand to gently flip off his brother.

Nicky immediately started cooing. "Aww, don't worry Andrew! I think you look adorable."

Andrew began slipping out a knife.

On Allison's left, Kevin saw Dan practically shaking with laughter as she pulled out her camera and snapped a picture.

Neil opened his mouth, probably to tell off Dan but Nicky rushed in to talk to him.

"Soooo," he waggled his eyebrows. "I didn't know you could see the future, Neil."

Neil stared at him blankly and turned back to Andrew as he pulled out a map, but Nicky rallied on.

"Like, you must have been able to predict that one day Andrew was going to be this adorable. That's why you asked him out, right?"

"What?" Neil asked distractedly. "I never asked him out."

Kevin blinked in surprise. After a moment's consideration, he realized that considering how utterly oblivious Neil could be, it really was no shocker that Andrew had to ask him out first.

"Wait wait wait," Matt shook his head. "So Andrew asked you out?"

Neil waved them off as he continued squinting at the map he was holding. "Yes yes, just go ask Kevin, he was there."

All eyes turned to Kevin. Kevin was very lost.

"What the fuck," Aaron repeated. "I'm so confused."

"Me too," Kevin muttered. "Me too."

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After their long day at the zoo was over, the Foxes finally began the trudge back up to their respective dorms. The younger Foxes dozed off immediately, but the older Foxes gathered in the girls' room to drop off the bags they had borrowed for the trip.

In all the commotion, no one really noticed Andrew and Neil leaving together. But right before they slipped out the door, Renee caught sight of them.

"Good night, you two!" she called. Neil turned around and gave her a tired wave, his body slumped on Andrew.

"Wait!" Nicky scrambled off the sofa. "Before I forget: Neil, how did Andrew ask you out?"

Neil blinked sleepily. "Well," he slurred. "He asked if he could blow me."

The room went silent.

Andrew heaved a sigh and dragged Neil out the door, leaving seven wide-eyed, very much awake athletes in their wake. Slowly, everyone turned to Kevin.

"You!" Allison weakly jabbed a finger in his direction. "You knew about this!"

Too late, Kevin realized what Neil's statement meant. Andrew had asked out Neil in front of Kevin. By offering sex. Nothing could have possibly ruined Kevin's night as much as this information had.

He met the Foxes' eyes slowly. Even Renee looked a bit surprised at Neil's admission, but she was clearly biting back a smile. "Trust me," Kevin groaned. "If I had known this had happened, I would have won myself so many bets."

"Damn," Nicky sighed. "I wish Erik and I had such an iconic story. Who knew the quiet, stabby cousin was such a horny gay bastard?"

"I," Aaron announced hotly. "have never wanted to forget a conversation more than this one."

"But Aaron. Andrew asked to blow him."

"Nicky, I swear— "

"OH MY GOD. They're probably having sex right now! Kevin, could you— "

Aaron put his head in his hands. "Please shut up now."

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noroviruses · 3 years

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OKAY SO I'M TUMBLR INCOMPETENT and I have notifications turned off bc... i only use this hellsite for gross kink reasons and didn't want ppl seeing notifs and i like... assumed it would pop up in the app if i got an ask. but APPARENTLY NOT. so uh. wow I'm tremendously sorry that I'm just seeing these now, i promise I'm just a doofus and not actually an asshole. pls don't feel discouraged about sending me asks. and also holy shit i have over 300 followers, i love all you kinksters and i will try to post more.

boba anon: more like pooping boba amirite i mean. hot.

single anon: i am not single!

tummy rumbling anon: aaaah yes Good Shit. i looooove a long buildup of nausea, but I'm also weak for sudden puking. i can never decide which is my fave.

cj & dani anons: AAAAA wtf y'all are so lovely. I write so sporadically because my adhd brain is Uncooperative, so I don't want to promise anything, but I am feeling very flattered and also inspired. i have IDEAS for where the story should go, with pleeeeenty of scat, plus puking, plus smut. stomach viruses are contagious, u know.

also re: pre-approved substances, cj and dani have an arrangement that, as long as it's not a terribly inconvenient time (like a work night), and not too often, they can give the other person laxatives or something that upsets their stomach secretly. as like a sexy surprise. honestly the practicalities of this are probably way too complicated to work irl, but in Horny Fantasy Land it totally makes sense, ok.

i also rly am craving some kink content with trans men. i might try and do something around that if there's interest? idk hmu. i need direction.

#i need an ask tag #also like. do feel free to send me spicy asks #I'm cool with it #and difficult to offend or gross out #posting more today than i have in the past year

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hoodharlow · 4 years

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Firsts

AN: shout out to @calumhoodaf and @cherryxwildflower for letting me bounce around ideas with them. As always shout out to @d-oaks for editing. I love y'all.

Summary: Y'all Cal and Claudia get married well now get ready for their first date. As always these two don’t know how to so as always shit happens. But fortunately, they realize that all that matter is that their with each other.

Requested: yes, "6. “Please just kiss me already” & 12. “Am I your lockscreen? You weren’t supposed to see that.” From the fluff prompt list with Cal please? xxx"

Warnings: mentions of blood through menstruation, mentions of sex (somewhat dirty jokes???) some fluff and cuddling

Word Count: 3.4k words

Claudia pushed back her curls. She sighed in annoyance because her hair wasn't cooperating with the silk headband. A few minutes ago Calum texted her informing her that he was on his way. He was supposed to have picked her up an hour ago, but Duke decided to poop on a cushion from his white couch, so he had to clean up the mess first. Claudia was relieved because she had taken a nap and was barely out of the shower when he texted.

Claudia was scared shitless to be completely honest. This was nothing like going out to get lunch together or stopping by at his house with Roscoe’s to have a movie night. This was a date. On Monday afternoon when Calum dropped her off, he had made it clear that he was taking her out on a date this weekend.

Claudia looked at herself in the mirror again. The light khaki-like color made her brown skin glow, bringing a smile to her face. She loved wearing light shades because of that.

The dress was a spaghetti strapped with yellow flowers going along her body in neat columns. She had bought the dress at Tillys a few days ago after her Chicano literature class. She had driven to the outlet mall and it immediately caught her eye when she wandered into the RVCA section of the store.

From her window she spotted Calum’s Range Rover pull up to the front of her place. She grabbed her small bag and phone and went to the front door, stopping at the living room.

“Cal’s here.” She told Sara, who waved her off as she played with Ale’s hair. Claudia smiled at the girls; they were the cutest. Dulce was out on a dinner with her mentor to discuss an upcoming research convention, which sounded weird to Sara and Claudia because a few days ago she had mentioned she was all set. Still Claudia sent out a text that she was gonna be out with Calum.

Claudia was locking the door when she backed up into a muscular figure. Calum.

She almost missed the last step, but Calum was quick to hold on to her hips.

“Hi,” she said breathlessly when Calum turned her around.

“Hi,” He smiled and gently squeezed her hips before letting go. "We should get going."

She nodded and followed him back to his car. Calum cursed as he tried to unlock the passenger door. So he went around and tried opening it from his side. The door kept getting jammed. Eventually he reached over and opened the door from the inside.

The car ride was even more awkward. Calum had reached over for her hand, but Claudia wasn't paying attention. She was too distracted with trying to figure out where they were going, so he pretended to look for something in the center compartment.

Calum was nervous as fuck. He really didn't want to fuck this up. He knew that he only had one chance to impress someone like Claudia. At Coachella he didn't have a chance to show her the kind of guy he is.

He planned on taking her to the Griffith Observatory. The idea came to him a few weeks ago when he found her laying on a lawn chair by his pool. At first he thought she was asleep, but she was looking at the sky. She told him of the summers when she would climb on the roof of her house and lay there for hours watching the sky. At Long Beach it was rare for her to see all the stars at night.

***

Calum and Claudia could be the most oblivious and awkward pair to ever exist. They haven't really talked other than asking the other if they were ready to move on to the next exhibit.

Their hands brushed against each other as they made their way to the planetarium. Claudia reached over at the same time Calum slipped his hands in his pockets.

"It's a bit chilly, no?" She commented when they were on the outdoor walkway. She tucked her hands in her armpits in hopes to keep warm. "Should've brought a jacket" he said, oblivious to what Claudia was implying.

She furrowed her eyebrows and went inside. She was hoping he'd put his arm around her or at least keep her close to him.

As he followed her inside, Calum noticed a change in her demeanour. She looked pouty and slightly annoyed. He regretted bringing her here. She probably thought this was boring or a stupid idea for a date.

"I'll be right back. I'm going to the restroom." She mumbled. She walked away, not waiting for a reply.

Calum waited for about ten minutes before he pulled his phone out and texted Luke. He had given Luke a quick rundown of his date the night before.

This is a fucking mess.

😂😂😂 of course it is. What did you do? Luke replied.

Nothing. We have barely talked at all. She mentioned about it being cold here, and I told her she should've brought a jacket.

You fucking idiot. That was your cue to give her your jacket or to put an arm around her.

Fucking hell.

😂😂😂

Calum put his phone back when he noticed Claudia approach him. There was a black long sleeve tied at her hips. If she was cold, wouldn't she be wearing it? He thought to himself.

Then he noticed how her eyes were bloodshot like she had just been crying. "Can you take me home? My stomach hurts." she said quietly.

Claudia got her period. She had felt a sharp pain on her abdomen when they got to the observatory. She ignored it, thinking she still had a few more days for her period, but then she felt a dampness in her panties, followed by another stabbing pain. She covered herself with her bag as she made her way to the store. She got the first black long sleeve and bought it. Once in the bathroom she let out her tears. She had to go home. She couldn't walk around with a stain on her ass.

She didn't have the dress for a week and she had already ruined it. Luckily she had put her emergency kit in her bag and found a pad, so she was able to stop from staining her dress even more.

"Yeah." Calum nodded. He noticed her wince like she was in pain as they made their way to his car.

Once at his car, he saw her place her bag on the car seat before sitting on top of it. Again confused, he didn't say anything.

The drive back to her place was quiet. Every so often Calum would look over to Claudia, but she was staring off into the distance. She wiped some tears away and sniffled. She looked uncomfortable and annoyed. Calum was kicking himself for not knowing how to make her feel better.

When they arrived at her house, Claudia nearly jumped out of the car.

“Thank you for tonight.” Claudia said. She held onto the window of his car. "Could you text me when you get home? I wanna know you made it home safe."

"Yeah, of course. Bye, Claudia."

"Bye."

Claudia saw Calum drive off through the window of her door. She let out a sigh and went to the kitchen. She heard giggling and soft moans.

Claudia quickly covered her eyes. "Please don't be naked."

It wouldn't be the first time she's accidentally walked in on Sara while Ale was on her knees.

"We aren't...yet." Sara wiggled her eyebrows at Ale. She hopped off the counter. "Aren't you supposed to be on a date?"

"I got my period and asked Cal to bring me back." Claudia sighed.

"Aw baby, I'm sorry to hear that." Ale said. "Wanna hang out with us? We have some time before going to my brother's. His frat is having a party."

"I think I'm going to shower and just wallow in my room because I just ruined my chance with Cal." Claudia said softly. She grabbed her black Hydro Flask from the cabinet and filled it with water from the water dispenser.

"Well, you know where to find us if you change your mind." Ale smiled.

Claudia nodded and went to her room. She stripped off her clothes and hopped in the shower.

After her shower, she changed into sweats and her old Saint Teresa’s Academy girl’s soccer zip up hoodie. She put on fuzzy socks and made her way to the laundry room.

She grabbed her jabón Zote and used some to soak the stain on her dress. While she was at it, she did the load of laundry she had planned on doing tomorrow.

Her phone rang. "¿Bueno?"

"Hey, it's Calum. Just calling to let you know I got home. There was some traffic, that's why I'm barely calling." Calum said on the other side.

"Oh, I'm glad you're home." She said. She silently smacked her head on the door frame. This is even more awkward than her talking to her doctor.

"Hey, er, I wanted to apologize. I'm sorry if the date wasn't what you expected. I get if you don't want to ever go out with me."

"It's not your fault, Cal," Claudia said. She slid down the and backed against the washing machine. She took a deep breath. "I got my period, and I stained my dress."

"Oh… Oh. I'm sorry. I should've been more focused on you than on me being so fucking awkward."

"It's okay Cal. I was being an idiot, and—"

"Have you eaten?" Cal asked her.

"No. I was gonna make some maruchan and—"

"Can you wait forty minutes?"

"Yeah?"

"Okay, bye." With that he hung up.

Claudia called his name a few times to make sure, but he really did hang up.

***

Calum was finishing his order to San Miguel's, one of Claudia's favorite restaurants in Long Beach, when Duke jumped on the couch and laid on him. He snuggled on his chest and gave him puppy eyes.

"Seriously, man? I have to go." Calum said. He gently nudged him, but Duke wouldn't budge. So Calum quickly gave in. "Fucks sake. Fine, I'm taking you, but please behave."

Duke jumped off him and barked in agreement. Calum quickly ran up to his room to retrieve his wallet and keys from the pants he wore earlier. Duke was already at the door waiting for him.

Calum quickly packed some food for him. He also grabbed a few baggies and a training pad in case Duke made a mess. On their way out Calum spotted the 'Friends of Friends' merch box he got for Claudia. He placed all of Duke's things on top of the box, and he made his way to his car.

Duke took his designated place in the middle seat in the back and fell asleep once Calum was out of the neighborhood.

Calum got to Miguel's and quickly picked up his order. A group of girls recognised him while he was filling up drinks. He waved them off as he left, earning a squeal from the group.

Luckily the drive to Claudia's was quick. In less than ten minutes he was parking in the same spot from earlier.

When Calum got out of the car, he scratched his head unsure how he was going to carry everything he brought. He opened the back door and Duke jumped out of the car and sprinted to the porch. He barked and scratched at the front door.

"Hey, what did we agree on?" Calum hissed at him. Duke ran back to him only to run to the porch again. He happily barked. "Seriously, Duke, get over here." Calum said sternly. Duke’s ears drooped and walked back to him with his tail tucked between his legs.

He decided on leaving the box and first dropping off their food and Duke. In one hand he carried the drink tray while in the other he had their food and Duke’s leash. He knocked twice and waited for Claudia to answer. Nothing happened. He checked Snapchat and saw that she was still home, so he called her. After two rings she answered.

“Bueno?” She answered.

“Hey, it’s Cal. Could you open your front door?”

“Yeah.” She hung up.

The door opened shortly after, and Duke nearly knocked down Calum. Duke got on his hind legs and gently nudged Claudia, wanting to get cuddles from her.

"Hey, babas! What are you doing here?" She said holding Duke in her arms. She turned to Calum and smiled. "Hi."

"Hey," He smiled back. After a few seconds he blinked and handed her the drinks and food. “Here, I’ll be right back.”

Uhh how’s she holding the food and Duke at the same time? Did she put him down and receive the food?

He quickly ran back to his car and grabbed the box. He came back and heard Claudia baby talk Duke while Duke's paws tapped on the hardwood floor in the kitchen, so he went over there.

“What’s all this?” She asked him, gesturing to the box and the food.

“Oh this,” he patted the box, “is the ‘Friends of Friends’ merch. I remember you said you missed out on the sale. But luckily I know a few people, I got you the whole collection."

Claudia's smile faltered and became a straight line. Her eyes pooled with tears. She truly doesn't deserve him. Calum is the sweetest and most thoughtful person she's ever met.

"Claudia, what's wrong?" He asked. He put the box on the floor and pulled her to his chest. She wrapped her arms around his body.

"I didn't want you to see me like this," she said into his chest.

"Like what, Claudia?"

"I'm on my period and I feel embarrassed," she grumbled.

"I know, and I'm sorry you have to go through that. But you shouldn't feel embarrassed for something your body is supposed to do. Especially around me." Calum said. He kissed her forehead. "Now let's eat because your fries are gonna get cold."

Calum sat her down on a stool and handed her carne asada fries. He also gave her all the toppings that she usually asked to be on the side.

A timer dinged.

"My cookies!" Claudia exclaimed. She jumped out of her seat and grabbed an oven mit. She went to the oven and took out a tray of chocolate and peanut butter chip cookies. She had been feeling anxious, so she stress baked. She had been in the middle of combining the sugar and cinnamon to roll the other cookie dough when Calum and Duke came over. Now she set them on the side for them to cool down. She reached for the other bowl, but Calum pulled it away from her.

"Eat. The rest of your cookies can wait," Calum said.

Claudia held up her hands in surrender and sat back down on her stool. Calum slid her horchata and the spicy cream, which was just some hot sauce with sour cream and mayo. It was similar to the one her dad had at the restaurant, except his recipe has more spices and seasoning.

Calum sat next to her with his tray of potato flautas. He gave a piece to Duke, who caught it and took it back to his bed that Claudia bought for him a while back for when he visited.

Calum looked over at Claudia, who was busy admiring Duke to notice. Maybe things are gonna realign again.

***

"Your balls are huge." Claudia giggled. She laughed even louder after repeating what she said in her head. They were rolling up the cookie dough into small balls for the sugar and cinnamon mix.

"You never complained before," Calum said. He wiggled his eyebrows at her, making her playfully roll her eyes at him.

"How could I? My mouth was occupied." Claudia giggled again.

At some point while they ate, all the awkwardness and tension had faded away. They gained back their momentum and became more comfortable with each other.

"Aver," Claudia said. She held her hand out for him to give her the cookie dough.

Calum watched her attentively. She split the ball in half, making two smaller ones. She grabbed a spoon and used it to roll the ball in the cinnamon and sugar mix and placed it on the cookie tray. Then Claudia placed the tray in the oven.

"Can you hand me my phone please?" Claudia asked.

Calum grabbed it and accidentally pressed the home button, revealing her lock screen. It was them sitting in front of the pool on Day 2 of Coachella. Claudia was on his lap with her arms around his neck as he lazily rested his arms around her waist. That day she had changed out of her white crop top and shorts to a dark teal cut out romper with her Doc Martens. All which surprisingly matched Calum's black button down and teal pants outfit.

"Am I your lock screen?" He asked.

"You weren’t supposed to see that,” Claudia said embarrassed. She snatched her phone to quickly set a nine minute timer and locked her phone again. She placed it in her sweatpants' pocket.

"So it was me?" He smirked. There's a teasing tone in his voice.

"Yes." She mumbled.

"As you should, you know, have your boyfriend on your lock screen."

"Boyfriend?" Claudia quirked. She crossed her arms at her chest, tilting her head.

"I mean, yeah… that is how you introduced me to your friend at Coachella.” He cleared his throat and imitated her. “Felix this my boyfriend Calum."

"I do not sound like a Kardashian." Claudia cringed.

"That's what you like to think." He said sipping his drink.

"You know what? No cookies for you." She scoffed.

***

Calum munched on his fifth cookie as Claudia played with his hair while they binged 'Santa Clarita Diet'. She switched between twisting the blonde locks and head scratches. Duke was by her desk sleeping. He had a paw protectively over his duck stuffed toy.

"Shit, I got crumbs on you." Calum said. He tried rising from her chest to wipe off some crumbs, but he was stuck. His hair got tangled with Claudia's hoodie.

"Aver," She said. She slowly unzipped her hoodie, releasing Calum's hair from the zipper.

"Thanks, I—"

His eyes zone focus on her bare chest. All evening he hadn’t noticed that Claudia wasn't wearing anything under her hoodie. He subconsciously licked his lips at the sight, making her nipples pebble.

His eyes traced her breasts. From the peaks of her nipples to the swells of her under boob. Claudia's chest rose quickly in anticipation, waiting for Calum's next move.

"Please just kiss me already." She panted.

So he did.

Calum kissed the small tattoos sprinkled all over her body. He pinched her pert nipple, lightly biting her breast. He continued to lick and nip, leaving love bites. He moved on to her other breast.

Claudia squirmed at his touch. Silently cursing at mother nature or whoever thought of giving people with vaginas periods. She was willing to do anything just to have Calum buried inside of her.

She pulled his face to hers. She impatiently pressed his mouth in hers. The kiss was erratic and messy. Teeth clanked against each other, moans and grunts filled the room. Teasing touches here and there except where they wanted the other the most.

"Want you so bad…" Claudia sighed. She pushed Calum slightly off her.

"But what, pretty girl?" He asked. He rolled off her. She settled down with her head on his chest. Somehow in all of this, he ended up without his shirt. His chest rose as he controlled his breathing.

"I'm on my period," she said. She made her fingers walk around his tummy.

"Well as they say 'swords are meant to get bloody.'" He said.

Claudia lifted her head off his chest and gave him a disgusted look. "Wait a few months then we'll talk." She said. She laid her head back on his chest. Her eyes caught the prominent hard on he had. She smiled to herself and crawled over so she was kneeling in front of him. She toyed with the drawstrings of his sweats.

"What are you up to?" He asked her. He watched her pull her hair back into a ponytail and remove her hoodie.

"I wanna see you sword." She smiled innocently.

Taglist: @calumscalm @cherryxwildflower @hoodschick @myloverboyash @idontneedanyone @findingliam-o @sos-empty-wallets @sexgodashton @calumhoodaf @5-secondsofcolor

#calum hood #el novio series #calum hood imagine #calum hood fanfiction #calum hood fluff #calum hood story #idk what this is but enjoy :)

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finnskeeper · 4 years

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Critical Role - Campaign 1 (Thoughts Machina): Episodes 34 - 44

AKA: HERE BE DRAGONS, Y’ALL BE FUCKED

I am really gonna like this next part of the story, me thinks. I think it’s pretty obvious by now, but beware spoilers ahead:

Seriously guys? Another door?

Aww...Kiki trying to break Vax's mind-control by appealing to him was sweet.

One of my favorite things about CR: *someone asks Pike a question* *Ashley turns to Matt* *Matt explains a thing in full earshot of everyone* *Pike relays (almost word for word) what Matt has just said*

Is Keyleth fucking bloodbending?

I am living for the twins rolling Nat 20′s to aid the other after something catastrophic happens. Laura did it (twice in a row) after Vax was dropped by the Briarwoods at the palace, and Liam rolls one to parkour to her side after Vex falls at the Ziggurat. Twins giving me life.

Vecna? Aww hell no

Scanlan tosses Percy's gun into the acid, severing his connection with Orthax *me, remembering C2* Huh

Much needed R&R

GROG YOU SHOULD BE RAGING

It’s so surreal to hear the entire cast chanting my name, but I'll take it Note to self: Make that an audio clip for my phone notifications

LOL Scanlan forgetting he bet his purse against the rival flutist and then letting her win is classic Sam.

CALLED IT. Kaylie dropping some bombs

ROFL Scanlan gets caught in a force cage...Travis immediately: "He's a dick in a box." Instant fist bump from Liam

This entire stockade scene is giving me life

I'M SORRY HOW MANY ANCIENT DRAGONS?? Emon is fucked

WHY ARE WE NOT RUNNING??

Emperor Uriel: Hey, everyone. I'm gonna abdicate my throne. Chroma Conclave: LOL what throne

Awww...Vex multiclassed into Rogue. That'll be nice for the next hour or so until the TPK if they keep trying to fight these dragons head on

LOL "Are we running?" YES THAT IS WHAT I'VE BEEN YELLING AT YOU ABOUT FOR THE LAST HALF HOUR

STOP TALKING TO UNKNOWN SHADOW ENTITIES, PERCY

Oh man, that lore drop

"I want to kill that dragon or die trying."

Vax storming the looters at Gilmore's furiously...YASS

GILMORE NO

Oh thank Sarenrae

Gilmore: "I've never dueled a dragon before." Vex: "You fared pretty well." Gilmore: *laughs* "No, I did not."

If Matt had killed Gilmore, Liam would have left the table.

Also, as much as Vaxleth is tugging at my heart strings, Vax has two hands, y'all. All I'm saying is we're missing out on the opportunity for Percy to introduce them in his own wonderful way. "This is my best friend, Keyleth, and Keyleth's boyfriend, Vax, and Vax's boyfriend, Gilmore."

Sending refugees to Whitestone is a great idea

VAX: "There's definitely no vampires there." NOT HELPING VAX

Vex's limerick though...

VAX TO KEYLETH: "I don't want to be alone tonight, do you?" Everyone immediately: 😲

If the Chroma Conclave kills Victor the black powder salesman I'm gonna fucking riot. As a matter of fact, move his entire operation to Whitestone please.

MATT: "You are met with a large...double set of doors." LIAM: "We should just leave."

First 3D map!

ROFL. Matt just threw another beholder at them and they all lost their shit

Oh no...Percy what did you do!

Oh no, Laura...and Liam plays that moment so well climbing up out of the pit

LIAM STAHP WITH THE FACES I CANNOT

Vax with a fucking power move! I mean, I know what happens but this is still fucking amazing. I cannot wait for this to unfold in the future.

Character Rankings (As of Episode 44):

1) Vax (Pulling away from the pack now. Gonna be real hard to catch him now, truthfully. I love one angsty stabby boi)

2) Percy (The end of that Briarwood arc was satisfying, and it’s nice to see him finally free from Orthax’s influence. Let’s see if he makes better decisions [as of episode 44 that is a definite no LOL])

3) Vex (I love how Laura is all in on this greed thing, even to the detriment of her own well-being. And her and Liam are just too adorable for words)

4) Scanlan (Fatherhood has mellowed him [thankfully] and now we are getting far more poop jokes than anything else. But that’s okay. Those songs slap.)

5) Keyleth (That wind walk thing in the worm cave worked itself out, but hoo boy it could have been bad.)

6) Pike (truthfully, this rank is solely because she hasn’t been present for most of the current arc, but I love her)

7) Grog (Oh, how the mighty have fallen. I still love you, NotPhillip, but you gotta ditch that sword)

#critical role #campaign 1 #vox machina #thoughts machina #vax'ildan #percy de rolo #vex'ahlia #scanlan shorthalt #keyleth #pike trickfoot #grog

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hms-chill · 4 years

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The Long Way

A nice fun Liam/Spencer fic, because these boys deserve the world.

Summary: (Alternately titled “SOMEONE GIVE LIAM A HUG” or “Stronk Farm Boyfriends”)Liam’s just finishing up vet school, and he’s a month shy of achieving the thing he’s been working for since he was a kid. When he gets called out to a farm to witness a calf birth and notices something wrong, under-researched, and curable, it’s the perfect thing to treat and document so he can write a paper that will jump-start his career. Of course, the fact that the calf is owned by a cute dairy farmer doesn’t hurt, either.

Chapter one // Chapter two // Chapter 3 // Chapter 4 // On AO3

Chapter 5

They climb out of the truck, and the sun is out, and Liam feels like a different person than he was when they got in. Somehow, it's like he's let all his questions, fears, and doubts fall away, shutting them up as he shuts the truck's door. Hopefully, they'll disappear into whatever void exists under and between car seats and never be seen again. Spencer and the picnic basket lead the way to a table, and Liam follows with his backpack slung over a shoulder. It's only once Spencer starts unpacking the picnic basket and urging him to eat that Liam realizes how hungry he is.

"Dude, have you eaten anything today?" Spencer asks. There's a hint of joke in his tone, but the foundation is worried.

"I... had breakfast, I think. One of the side effects of withdrawal was nausea, so I... it wasn't exactly motivating to eat, especially when it's just ramen again." That's supposed to be a joke, sort of, a play on the starving student stereotype. But Spencer just looks worried, and Liam scrambles to reassure him. "I'm fine. It's... it's not a big deal or anything; now that I'm back on the meds I should be fine. Just a week of your mom's food spoiled me. Before y'all, I hadn't had a real home-cooked meal in... god, eight years I think? I mean, my friends and I made stuff, but nothing with the same effort and love baked in."

It's not a big deal, but Spencer looks even more concerned. "Oh no. That’s... my mom is going to make you so much food when she finds out; you have no idea.”

“Don’t... you don’t have to tell her." Liam says quickly, trying not to think about how much he already owes Spencer's mom. "I... I’d really rather she didn’t worry; she seems sweet but I don’t need... I’m okay. I’m doing fine, and it’s not for much longer if I pass, and you all got me so much already.”

Spencer's quiet for a moment, then he says, "Why don't you come out to the farm after you're done with the test? We can celebrate with more homemade food. They could be there if you want to meet them, or it could be just us and whoever else you want. Up to you."

"I'd like that. Maybe... I don't know if your parents would like me all that much; I'm not exactly... parents don't tend to like me, and I don't want to butt in or anything, but if you want them there then I don't mind."

"Alright; it'll be us and Annie, and I'll make sure to have something home cooked. Anyone else you want to come? We could do a little celebration."

"You... we don't have to make it a thing; it--"

"If you're going to say it isn't a big deal, after how much we both know it's been stressing you out, I'm going to riot. It matters. This is a big thing, and it deserves to be celebrated. And so do you." Spencer looks so confident, and so sure of himself and the absolute fact of what he's just said that Liam can't find anything to say in response. He just looks down at the food in front of him, but even that is a sign of Spencer's kindness, and he's almost overwhelmed with it all.

"Thank you," he says after a moment. "For... everything, not just wanting to celebrate the NAVLE with me. I'm sorry if I'm weird about it; this is... new. For me. But I do appreciate it. So thank you."

“Of course. And I mean it, you do deserve to be celebrated. You’re a really great guy, and you worked so hard for this. We’ll do a special dinner next week, and if you want Bell or anyone there, we’ll have them.”

“I’d like that, but she... she lives a few hours away with my sister, and I wouldn’t want to have to pick her up after the test or take her back between that night and work the next morning. Thank you, though, for thinking of her. If she was closer, I'd definitely want her there."

"Of course." If Spencer's honest with himself, he's always thinking of Bell. Somewhere, in the back of his mind, he's always worried about her and what she'd say. Liam's love for her is as clear as day. He lights up when he talks about her, how she's his girl and he'd do anything to make her happy. He talks about wanting to look after her when she gets old, how they'd grown up together and she'd been there with him through everything. Once, he'd said that she's the only girl he'll ever really love. He is so, so in love with her, and every now and then when he mentions her, Spencer can tell it breaks Liam's heart that they can't be together.

He’s constantly offering to show Spencer pictures of how cute she is, or how gorgeous and regal, but Spencer's always said no. Because if Bell is as stunning and wonderful as Liam says, and if they're really as in love as they seem, then no matter how much of a crush he has, Spencer doesn't stand a chance. At least if he doesn't have to see her, it makes it easier somehow. He can pretend she's not real, or that he and Liam have a shot. If nothing else, he at least doesn't have to see the person Liam's so close to.

"I... I was about to thank you again," Liam says, laughing a bit and pulling Spencer out of his head. "I really don't... it's been a long time since I had someone who'd look out for me like this. I appreciate it a lot."

"Well, you've got me and my parents and our neighbors now; that's at least five people who'd be willing to fight for and love you. And Bell would, too, or at least I hope she would. For how much you love her, I hope she's loving you back."

"Oh, yeah, I mean, she would if she could. She did, back when we were staying together; she helped so much then. I... I swear she's the only reason I'm doing as well as I am today, which isn't saying much, but it... it could be worse, I suppose. It's just harder now, since we're not in the same place."

Spencer nods, and Liam asks about Annie after a moment, so they watch the video of her playing again, then Spencer rambles about things at the farm so Liam can eat. When he's finished, they get his flash cards and study guide, and Spencer listens while he talks about cow poop and horse bacteria and rabbit parasites as the sun sets.

It's more obvious than ever how ready for this test he is. Spencer's known he's smart for a while, but something about the way he answers questions now, the quiet assurance as they flip through flash cards and practice questions, solidifies the fact in Spencer's mind. Liam's going to do well.

"Hey, you're... you're really smart," he says as they come to a break, looking at Liam with a bit of a smile. "I know I've said to before, and I know you don't really believe me, but you're going to crush this test."

"Thanks. I... I hope I'm ready. I just don't want to let anyone down."

"Well, I don't know who else you're talking about, but I'm already really proud of you. And you're working so hard, I bet anyone else would be proud, too."

"Thanks, but it's more... I had to crowdfund this entry fee. That's... that's part of why I'm taking it now instead of in the fall when everyone else did; I had to raise enough. So I just... I don't want to let down the people who helped me out. I couldn't have taken it otherwise, so I... I feel like if I don't do well, it'll be a waste of their money and belief in me."

He's looking down at the notes in front of him, chewing on his bottom lip, but he looks up as Spencer gets up to come around behind him and rub his shoulders. He seems surprised for a second, then leans into it, letting his head fall back onto Spencer's chest as Spencer rubs the tension out of his shoulders.

"I'm sorry I can't make any of this easier, but I can tell you that anyone who helped you get here should and would be so, so proud of you. You're doing your best, and that's all anyone could ask for."

"Thank you," Liam says, letting his eyes close for a second as Spencer works through a particularly tense knot in his shoulder. "That's... I'm trying to believe that."

"If you want, you could come out to the farm tomorrow. I've got some work, but if you wanted to study in the house or a barn, we could find you a place. I might even put you to work when that big brain of yours needs a break."

"I don't want to be in the way," Liam says, but Spencer just shakes his head.

"Nonsense. I mean, you don't have to, obviously, but if you want, it would be nice not to have to eat meals alone. The farm feels empty."

"If you're sure I wouldn't be in the way, I'd like that," Liam says. He's still got his head leaned on Spencer's chest, but despite being upside down, his smile looks almost normal. It's miles better than it was when they'd first met up.

A bit of hair flops down into his face as he and Spencer make eye contact, and he blows at it a bit. It lands in the exact same place, and he blows at it again, going cross-eyed as he stares at it and almost smiling as it flutters above him for a moment. When it falls right back where it was, Spencer takes one hand off Liam's shoulder and brushes it away. As he does, his fingers barely skimming Liam's forehead, their eyes catch again, and for a split second, Spencer can't breathe. He's sure that Liam can hear his heart thumping against his chest, but he can't remember how to make himself care. He can't remember how to do anything but look at Liam's face, taking in the bags under his eyes and the stubble on his chin, the flop of hair on his forehead and the way his lashes fan out when he blinks. But no matter what else he looks at, he keeps being drawn back to Liam's eyes. They're stunning. There's something about them, a fierceness and a light that captivates Spencer. He's aware that he's been looking at Liam for too long, and that he should look away, but somewhere, he realizes that it takes two people to make eye contact, and Liam isn't looking away, either.

Then a crow caws, a little too close to the food, and Spencer looks over to make sure he's not stealing anything important, breaking the spell.

"It's, uh, is it getting late?" Liam asks, moving his head off Spencer's chest to rub the back of his neck as he checks his phone. Spencer gives his shoulders a last squeeze and steps back; they're still tense but better than they were.

"It might feel that way; when did you get up?"

"Oh, definitely way too early. And, you know, it's... it's been a long one. I should probably head home, but, um, if you're sure I won't be in the way, I'll see you tomorrow?"

"That sounds good." They finalize plans as they pack the picnic basket, and Spencer insists that Liam take home the leftovers, so the picnic basket ends up in the back seat of Liam's car next to two care packages and a little cooler of fresh milk and veggies.

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