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Rise and rise again, until lambs become lions.
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mrsalwayswrite · 1 day ago
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I miss Osferth so much 😭
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mrsalwayswrite · 2 days ago
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other people have said this before but I just received a message along these lines so it bears repeating: it is NOT AT ALL WEIRD for readers to comment on every chapter of a WIP fic!! in fact it is HUGELY ENCOURAGING to the author! PLEASE do so! you are being the OPPOSITE of annoying!!
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mrsalwayswrite · 3 days ago
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Ohhhhh......
Oh sir....
Tommy.....oh no....
He's so sneaky!!! Showing her a different side of himself. Being all poor stable boy.
WE SEE YOUR MANIPULATION, SIR!
And we're here for it. I've got my popcorn and I'm ready to watch the drama unfold.
The Perfect Girl (Part 3)
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dark!Tommy x female reader
Part 2
Summary: Hopes of a fairy tale life at Arrow House dashed, you push all thoughts of Tommy Shelby from your mind. However, he can't forget you as easily.
A/N: This is a queued post and I will respond to all comments when I return from my holiday.
Divider credit: @olenvasynyt
"You made a fine mess of that, my boy," Polly chided as she accepted her coat from the maid. Shaking her head disdainfully, she tugged on her leather gloves with a force meant to ring his ungrateful neck. "Why do you insist on misery?" she huffed, the harsh rebuke carried away by the howling winds.
Tommy stood with his back to her, oblivious to his surroundings as he focused on your retreat. Watching your graceful gait as you ran from him, he couldn't help but notice how your dress clung to your body like crumpled tissue, the white fabric rapidly turning sheer.
This vulnerability stirred a protectiveness in him he'd rarely known, concerned that the next gust might scatter you about like the fluffy blooms of a dandelion. It was then he decided he must find you, if only to keep your innocence safe.
As Polly crossed in front of Tommy, she quickly realized he hadn't heard a word, the intensity of his gaze telling her the afternoon might not have been a waste after all. She'd seen the same fascinated stare when Grace arrived, the tell tale sign of a budding obsession. She'd done everything in her power to discourage his feelings back then, but had no such plans to interfere this time.
Secretly thrilling at the notion of him fixating over a woman of her choosing, she swept past him without further discussion. A deep smirk of satisfaction crossed her lips as she dashed to her waiting car, pleased with her day's work.
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Tommy made his way to Charlie's yard the next day with a spring in his step. As he passed the stall where his dark stallion, Dangerous was kept, he settled on a white Arabian instead. "Yes, I think you'll do," he hummed to the gentle mare.
He took his time brushing her before saddling up for his ride and as he did so he allowed his mind to wander, thinking only of you. His thoughts were soon interrupted by Curly who called out, "Where ya headed, Tom?"
"I'm going to see about a piece of property, Curly!" Tommy shouted in reply.
"Good luck to ya!" Curly replied with a wide grin, unaware of the real intention.
Tommy was determined on claiming you this day, appealing to your background by presenting himself within the confines of his. Perhaps if you could see him for the poor stable boy he'd started as, you could find it in your heart to forgive the crass businessman who'd appeared at luncheon.
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As Tommy approached the village near Arrow House, he slowed the mare to a trot, eyes scanning the distance for any sign of you. To his great surprise he was rewarded moments later, finding you toiling in a nearby field.
The rain had subsided, but the mud left behind was causing you considerable effort. He watched as you wiped your brow with your apron, a small streak of brown earth coating your cheek. You wore your hair down on this day, the sweat soaked tendrils clinging to the back of your neck as you continued the back breaking labor required on a farm.
As he watched from afar, Tommy found he liked you better this way, a dirty coin to be polished and placed securely in his pocket. He could take you away from all of this and badly wanted to try so he approached slowly.
At first, you didn't realize he was tying his horse to your family's fence. But when he cleared his throat to be recognized, you instantly turned, cheeks burning with acknowledgement. "Mr. Shelby," you exclaimed, dropping the basket at your side.
"I'm sorry to bother," he quickly replied, ducking the fence to help you. Gathering the vegetables you'd dropped at your feet, he worked until the last of them was sitting snuggly in your basket once more.
Your eyes met as his hand passed the rough, wicker handle back to you, an expectant glance cast in both directions. "Thank you," you eventually replied as you remembered your manners.
Smoothing your apron, you asked, "Why are you here, Mr. Shelby?"
"Please, call me Tommy," he urged, quickly adding, "I hoped you would go for a ride with me."
"I...I should finish my chores," you demurred with downcast eyes.
However, Tommy wasn't in the habit of taking no for an answer and he didn't relent until he had you astride his horse, tugging your hips closer against his.
It was then that you asked of his plans. After all, wasn't he the one who had sent you running into the path of storm clouds days ago? You had to wonder what you were doing here now, lacing your fingers against his trim waist. Perhaps it was the simple attire he'd chosen or the mode of transportation, but you suddenly felt at ease in his presence.
Tommy relished the way you sat back in the saddle, pressing into his back with total coorperation. In that moment it was clear to him that you wanted this just as much as he did and he devoted all his energy to the pursuit of you.
Slowing his horse from a cantor to a trot, he pointed out the grove of apple trees lining his estate. "Shall we stop for a picnic?" he offered.
You dipped your chin demurely in response, hoping he hadn't heard the rumble in your belly. Apples were a favorite of yours, even if you didn't have much chance to sample the varieties so close to home.
As his horse carried you beneath the weighted limbs of the fruit trees, you stretched a hand out tentatively toward the enticing fruit, wanting nothing more than a single apple to satisfy your craving.
Tommy had seemingly read your mind, grasping not one, but two delicious apples from a nearby tree and trotting on into the clearing where he might share them with you.
As he helped you from his regal looking horse, you were mesmerized by the bright blue of his eyes. And soon you found yourself sitting opposite him in the shade of the small grove, munching happily on the perfect specimen he'd chosen for you.
"I want to apologize for the other day," he began in earnest, making your head snap to attention. "I'm sure you were expecting a perfect gentleman and there I stood in his place," he apologized with knit brow. "The man you see before you today is far more representative of my nature."
With the juicy nectar dribbling down your chin, you could only bob your head in agreement. Having witnessed his down to earth attitude first hand, how could you not? His roots ran far deeper than you'd imagined and you silently chastised yourself for rushing to judgement about him.
"Am I forgiven?" he asked, piercing sapphire eyes penetrating your soul.
Wiping the sticky remnants from your face, you nodded vigorously in agreement.
"Is that a yes?" Tommy asked, eyeing you carefully. "Will you agree to see me again?"
"Yes!" you replied emphatically, tossing the core to the side as you embraced him.
Tommy's heart thrilled, savoring the closeness of you if only for the briefest of moments.
"I'll come back for you," he promised as he returned you to the edge of the village and you had to admit that you were as eager as ever to find your happy ending with a man like him.
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mrsalwayswrite · 3 days ago
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Am i crying because this was so sweet or at the idea of going to war and how much it changes Tommy and he's leaving behind his sweetheart???
Both...its both.
This was a lovely nod for pre-war Tommy. He was so kind and gentle with her. Then reassuring her, he'll come back to her! *cue swooning*
Such a great blurb. Thanks for sharing this with us!
How about ❛ you’ve a place in my heart no one else ever could have.' for Tommy? So glad to see you've opened your requests again!! I'm so happy for you!!!
Thanks so much for sending this in, Radio! 🥰 I hope you like what I came up with…I couldn’t resist going prewar!Tommy with it!
Promise Me This
Prewar!Tommy Shelby x Reader
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Summary: (Y/N) has Tommy promise her something after he tells her he’s enlisted to fight in The Great War.
Warnings: talks of war
Word Count: 588
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“You’re being serious,” (Y/N) stated, disbelief present in her words. She still couldn’t wrap her head around the news that her boyfriend had just told her.
“I am,” Tommy affirmed, “me brothers and I…we have to do this.”
“You don’t necessarily have to do it. You’ve not been drafted yet. You’re willingly signing up for it,” she pointed out a technicality in his statement. She just couldn’t fathom the fact that he was making the choice to go to war.
“You know what I mean, love.”
“Gosh, Tommy, I just…” she paused, letting out a shaky breath as the tears welling up in her eyes finally spilled over. “I don’t want you to go,” she managed to choke out before she covered her face, not wanting him to see the fact that she was full on crying now.
Tommy watched her for a moment. Her body was shaking slightly from the emotions she was feeling. Seeing her this broken down panged at his heart. If there was a way that he could stay, he certainly would. No one was safe from the throngs of conscription though, and he and his brothers decided that they’d be the ones making the choice to fight instead of being forced into it. The papers had been signed and they were do to ship out to the frontlines come daybreak.
“Come here, (Y/N),” he said softly after a few moments had passed. When she didn’t move, he leaned closer to her so that he was able to pull her shaking frame flush against his body.
“I can’t lose you, Tommy,” she whispered as she pressed her face into the fabric of his waistcoat. It wasn’t the softest material, but she didn’t care in this moment.
“You won’t,” he spoke in an assured tone, his arms wrapped tightly around her frame as he rested his chin on her head.
“But what if I do?” she couldn’t quite take his word for it. “What if you’re killed in battle? What if you’re captured by the enemy? What if…what if some wartime nurse saves your life and you forget about me to go and be with her because you’re indebted to her for what she’s done?” she rambled off all of the scenarios that she was afraid could possibly come true.
“You read too many stories, love,” he chuckled, pressing a kiss to the top of her head.
“I’m being serious,” she insisted.
“So am I,” he returned the sentiment. “You’ve a place in my heart no one else could ever have, (Y/N). No one, no thing, is going to take me away from you.”
(Y/N) sighed, sniffling then as she tried to get ahold of her tears. She pulled away from his chest, sitting up straight so that she could look at him again. “Promise me this,” she began, taking a deep breath as she locked her eyes onto his. “You fight for your country and then you come right back home to me, Thomas Shelby,” she spoke with a seriousness, her voice wavering as she became welled up with emotion again.
“I promise,” he responded, his words filled with the utmost sincerity. “I’ll come home to you,” he assured her, his words making her fall against his frame again.
“I love you, Tommy,” she whispered as she held onto him tightly.
“I’ll always come home to you,” he told her, his hands finding her cheeks so that he could lift her head and press his lips to hers.
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EYSTEINN SIGURÐARSON as SIGTRYGGR THE LAST KINGDOM 4.07
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mrsalwayswrite · 7 days ago
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— FORBIDDEN FRUIT
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PAIRING — Na-Baron Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen x fem!Reader // Baron Vladimir Harkonnen x fem!Reader
SUMMARY — After your planet was conquered by The Harkonnens, you are sent to Giedi Prime as a war prize to marry one of The Baron's nephews. However, Baron Vladimir changes his plans at the sight of you and decides to take you as his wife. Feyd-Rautha does not give up easily, though.
REQUEST — (1) // (2)
AUTHOR’S NOTE — It's finally here! I got carried away, not gonna lie... Look at the word count! 🙈 I might have forgotten about some warnings, just keep in mind the fic is dark and twisted 😝 By creating the Reader's homeworld and its customs I was loosely inspired by the mediterranean and islamic cultures but of course her physical appearance is not being described. 🤍
WARNINGS — arranged/forced marriage, blood, death, Baron Harkonnen being an absolute and non-consensual creep, Feyd-Rautha being non-consensual as well in the beginning, SMUT, fingering, oral, breeding (artificial and natural), incest undertones (they're not related but he calls her Aunt and she calls him nephew) + Feyd's traumatic past briefly mentioned, Reader is a few years older than Feyd but he is aged up to 20
WORD COUNT — 13,560 (🤡)
🔞 THIS FIC IS 18+ 🔞
ENGLISH IS MY SECOND LANGUAGE.
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FORBIDDEN FRUIT
Your homeworld used to be a Paradise. The sky was always blue, the weather warm but not too hot due to the light breeze coming from the Ocean. Cypress trees, pistachio nuts, olive branches and fish were what Pairi Daêza was famous for in the past centuries. It was a small planet that remained unnoticed and neutral in most of the conflicts. The Imperial Family loved to spend their holidays on Pairi Daêza and import their goods in a form of a tribute.
That was history. And although you were born on this beautiful planet, in your teenage years the whole world crumbled down and you were exposed to the true reality of the war. When one of the Imperial geologists had found a huge spice deposit under your planet’s Ocean, the destructive war began.
Your parents tried their best to avoid the conflict. They offered the Emperor to dry a huge part of the Ocean to harvest spice from there. In fact, your father the Sultan saw an opportunity of getting wealth and influence in this situation. And that probably was his downfall. The Emperor wanted all the spice for himself.
But The Emperor was not the one to get his hands dirty. No, he hired the most fearsome warriors and assassins to teach your planet a lesson. The Harkonnens.
While the battles were taking place on the ground, their special machinery was drying out the Ocean and harvesting the spice hidden underneath the water surface. The whole planet began to die off due to the lack of water. The crops were evaporating in the heat, people were starving and their homes destroyed. The Harkonnens were kidnapping your citizens to be their slaves and your father and his army were too weak to protect them. The subjects of the Sultan started a rebellion with the help of The Harkonnens and after long years of the ongoing and destructive war, it was the final blow for your father’s weak reign.
You were an adult woman now, standing proudly with a veil covering nearly your whole face with only eyes being on display like all unmarried women of Pairi Daêza traditionally wore. Surrounded from all sides by The Harkonnen army in your father’s throne room, holding your mother’s hand. The dignified and beautiful Sultana with the last piece of jewellery she had refused to give away – a majestic headpiece made of gold and sparkling gemstones of all the possible colours. They reflected the dim light creeping inside through the windows of the ruined Pairi Daêza Palace where you had been born and resided for your whole life. And where you would die with only a few the most loyal guards protecting you.
The front doors opened loudly and a huge, beastly looking Harkonnen man stormed inside with a few of his identical soldiers. You had heard of him, he was the terror of Pairi Daêza in the past few years. The Beast Rabban himself. He dealt with your guards completely on his own, feasting on their deaths with a psychotic smirk. You swallowed thickly at the size of his hands; so big and strong they could break you in half. You hoped for a swift and quick death – as a Shehzadi of Pairi Daêza you had your privileges and you counted that the mercy of Beast Rabban would be one of them.
He started to approach you confidently, his black armour stained with the blood of your guards, contrasting with his sickly pale skin. Your father stepped out to cover you and your mother with his own body as if it would stop the Beast. Rabban froze at the sight and let out a contemptuous laughter that echoed through the throne room.
“Your reign is over, Sultan (Y/L/N),” he announced. “Pairi Daêza and its spice is under The Harkonnen rule.”
“Pairi Daêza no longer exists. You have destroyed my world and you want to rule over the ruins,” your father drawled through the gritted teeth.
“We do not care about your world. We care about the spice. But you… You will be remembered as the Sultan whose reign was the last. The death of your world will forever be attached to your name,” Rabban pointed out and reached for his blade. “Come to me and fight like a man, I shall give you the privilege of defending yourself. Do not cling to the skirts of your wife and daughter. By doing so, you put them in the path of my blade.”
“Don’t hurt them,” your father approached him, despite your hands trying to stop him. “The planet and the spice are yours. You can kill me but spare my family,” he pleaded.
“Your wife will be given to the new Governor of Pairi Daêza and he will do as he pleases with her. Your daughter is our prize I will take with me to Giedi Prime,” Rabban laid his terrifying eyes on you and you froze out of fear. You’d rather die than be taken away to The Harkonnens. He could only see your eyes but it was enough for him to smirk and lick his lips in a disgusting manner.
This scenario was worse than the death you had been expecting.
“You will die,” he told your father and pointed at one of the deceased guards for your father to take his sword and be able to defend himself in a fair fight.
But you knew already it would be a slaughter you did not wish to see.
“Don’t kill him! Don’t kill my father!” You screamed and took a step ahead. Your mother sobbed behind your back.
“(Y/N), don’t…” your father shook his head.
“I will offer myself to you willingly if you spare his life and let him govern this planet in The Harkonnen name. He will obey your orders and so will I,” you promised.
It was common for parents to sacrifice themselves for their children. No one would ever question such an act. Why couldn’t it go both ways? You loved your parents just as much as they loved you. Especially in the last years of the war, you had grown very close having basically no one else by your side.
If you were all to die together, it was not a bad ending. But if they tried to kill your father, send you away and give your mother away to a stranger… you could not let that happen.
“What makes you think we care about women giving themselves to us willingly, Shehzadi?” Rabban snorted at you but he approached you slowly with his blade held up. “You’re confident to offer so little for wanting so much in return,” the tip of his blade lifting up the hem of your face veil as you trembled out of fear.
“There is no need for bloodshed. My father will bend his knee and I will go with you, my Lord,” you choked out, trying to hide your obvious fear.
Rabban tilted his head and laughed at you. Then, in one swift move he cut the veil open and you gasped as the fabric fell down on the floor, leaving you exposed in front of him and his Harkonnen soldiers. It was one of the greatest humiliations for the Pairi Daêza woman for her to reveal her face in front of a man outside her close family before her wedding. It was her husband who was supposed to lift the veil off of her face on their wedding day and see her first before every other man would. To take the veil off of an unmarried woman in an aggressive manner like this was the greatest disrespect that back in the day men had been punished for by the law.
Embarrassed and humbled down, you stood still, trying to stare back at the Beast Rabban with your shoulders straight and your lips pursed out of anger and determination.
“You are not mine for the taking. I am to take you to Giedi Prime and my uncle shall decide what to do with you. Most likely he will want you to be my younger brother’s bride because it is him who will inherit the title one day,” he told you and you felt a knot forming in your stomach.
You hated Rabban but he was the devil you knew from the stories and now personally as well. His brother was a new character in the story that you feared. What was he like? 
“Why is that not you?” You asked him. “You have just conquered a planet for your uncle, have you not, my Lord?”
“It is not I who argues with my uncle’s decisions,” Rabban snapped at you but you saw in his cruel eyes that you had touched a sensitive subject with your question. “Will you bend your knee, Sultan (Y/L/N)?” He asked your father.
He was staring at you with a terrified expression on his face. He couldn’t believe what you had just done. But you knew he wouldn’t throw a fist now. He would bend his knee because your father was a weak man.
Deep down, despite your love for him, you hated him for his weakness. Most of your problems, most of the failures in this war were caused by this trait of his. You couldn’t blame him, though. The Sultans of Pairi Daêza had never been trained to fight or lead military campaigns. There had been no need for that in the past.
“I, Sultan (Y/F/N) of The House (Y/L/N), pledge my allegiance to The House Harkonnen,” your father kneeled and bowed his head down.
You watched Rabban closely. He could accept this offer but he could also simply behead your father.
“In the name of Baron Vladimir Harkonnen, may your service be accepted, Sultan (Y/L/N),” he nodded his head. “We didn’t know who to make the Governor of this wasteland anyway,” he snorted. “I guess this is solved. However, you will be watched carefully,” he squinted his eyes at your father. “I will leave my guards here and you will be spied on every second of your pathetic life, Sultan.”
“Yes, my Lord,” your father nodded. “What about the rebellion you helped to start? The citizens of Pairi Daêza do not wish me to stay in this Palace anymore.”
“You have my army to command now. You can slay them,” Rabban shrugged his arms and your father stood up clumsily.
“You helped them to start the rebellion against me and now you’re giving me your army to slay the rebels?” He asked to make sure.
“All we care about is your spice,” Rabban’s voice sounded casual and then he turned around to look at you again. “And your daughter,” he added with a smirk before approaching you and grabbing you by your arm roughly. You squealed as he started to walk you out of the room.
“Let me go!” You protested.
“You’re already breaking our arrangement, woman. You promised to be obedient,” he barked at you.
“I want to say goodbye to my parents,” you told him.
“It’s not the last time you’re seeing them. That is, if they play nice and don’t start anything,” he threatened as he looked at your scared parents.
Your mother risked it, though, and she ran up to you. Her shaking hands grabbed yours as she sobbed. She couldn’t say much because of her state but she didn’t have to.
“I will be fine, mama. I will survive and you have to as well, do you hear me? Otherwise my sacrifice won’t matter,” you told her and she nodded her head, silently choking on her sobs.
“That’s enough,” Rabban threw you over his shoulder swiftly like you were a sack of potatoes and he took you out of the Palace – straight to the huge Harkonnen ship that was destined to go back on Giedi Prime.
You were a war prize.
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You didn’t know much about Giedi Prime except for scary legends and myths. The heavy industrial landscape was something you had not been used to nor was their black sun that was making everything on the planet black-and-white when you were spending time outside. Not that you had spent lots of time there. You were transported from the ship to the huge black fortress and into the chambers with a few female servants waiting for you. They bathed you carefully and put you in long black robes with a veil mimicking the ones that were traditional for the Pairi Daêza unmarried women. Only your eyes were visible when you looked at yourself in the mirror, but barely – the veil was decorated with dangling silver chains. They were making you look even more mysterious and kind of dangerous but the whole outfit felt like a mockery of the traditional robes of your people.
The unmarried women of Pairi Daêza were hiding their faces but their dresses were often made of a few layers of sheer and colourful materials. Just because they were under a cover, didn’t mean they were not cheerful and full of life. The dresses would be often decorated with lace, flowers or embroidery. They were flowy and ethereal when the women walked down the streets and all the married women who no longer had to hide their faces were envious as they remembered their younger days. On Giedi Prime you looked as if you were in a deep state of mourning. But perhaps you were. Your planet was destroyed, your family humiliated. And no one knew what would happen to you.
You were taken by the guards and followed by the servants to a huge throne room of The Baron Harkonnen. You had heard of him from your father so you expected the worst but his unnaturally huge and floating form still made the blood in your veins run cold. He was enormous and repulsing; sickly. Kept alive by the machinery behind him and the undying will to rule forever.
He was accompanied by Rabban who smirked at you when you walked inside. There was another man standing there, too. He was young; strong and muscular but also slim. Tall and proud in the way he stood. His face was full of cruelty and mockery but you had to admit he was rather attractive… at least for a Harkonnen male. His lips were full, his eyes reminded you of a snake but they were decorated with a long set of eyelashes. You hoped he was the younger brother that Beast Rabban had mentioned before.
You stood in front of the stairs leading to The Baron’s throne and you bowed down, waiting for his reaction.
“Shehzadi (Y/L/N),” he greeted you in a harsh, deep voice that sent shivers down your spine. “Finally I get to see you… Or not,” he added and you raised your head to lay your eyes on him. He was observing you carefully and so was the young man. “Take her veil off, Rabban, show me what you’ve brought here,” he snapped at his nephew and the Beast approached you. “She better be pretty enough for Feyd-Rautha if you decided to spare her father’s life for her,” The Baron teased him. 
“Who would have thought that women were your weakness,” the man named Feyd hissed at his brother and you got startled by the sound of his voice. It was identical to The Baron’s in a twisted and uncomfortable way that formed a knot in your stomach.
You felt oddly bad for the Beast Rabban. He was the one to conquer your planet and he was the one to take you. Yet, you were a prize that he had won not for himself but for his spoiled younger brother. You couldn’t quite understand the dynamic of this family yet.
He stood next to you and grabbed the fabric of your veil in his fist in his usual brutal manner. By the pace of his breath, you could hear that he was as nervous as you were. If The Baron would not like you, he would be punished for going soft on your father.
Rabban’s hand hesitated before tearing the veil off of your face. It caught his younger brother’s attention. He hissed and walked up to you with a short knife in his hands that he had been playing with as if out of boredom. He smirked at you and revealed black teeth that made you flinch at the sight. Your reaction only excited him.
“How long do I have to wait, brother?” He asked as he cut the veil open, impatiently. Rabban took a step back and allowed his brother to take a better look at you. The Baron tried to peek in but Feyd was standing right in front of you and covering your face completely from his uncle’s sight.
The young man hummed to himself and tilted his head both sides. He raised his hand up and grabbed your chin to squeeze it gently.
“How old is she?” He asked his brother as if you could not speak.
“Shehzadi (Y/N) is twenty years old like you are,” Rabban tried to recommend your virtues the best he could, like he was a slave seller.
“Five and twenty,” you corrected him confidently, not feeling any shame about your age. Rabban took a sharp breath in as Feyd gave him a scolding look.
“A bit old, isn’t it?” The Baron’s voice interrupted them.
Feyd looked you up and down with so much fire in his eyes that you started to feel your cheeks heating up. You had never been looked at this way not only because of the custom of covering your face but also because it was not a way that men on Pairi Daêza would court women in.
“I’ll take her,” Feyd shrugged his arms as he announced to his uncle. He turned around to look at him and you sighed out of relief. So did Rabban.
“Move aside, Feyd,” The Baron barked at his nephew, impatiently. “It is I who decide,” he added and Feyd took a step to the left, revealing your form to his uncle. You had both of the brothers standing on both sides and their hideous uncle looming over a few steps ahead of you.
In complete silence he was watching you for a long while, puffing on his pipe. Finally, he beckoned you over to come closer. You gathered the fabric of your skirt in your hands and took a few steps ahead with your heart pounding in your chest.
“I shall take her,” he stated as the whole room went dead silent.
“What are you talking about?!” Feyd protested and you chewed on the insides of your cheeks, trying not to burst into tears. “She is mine for the taking!”
The Baron was a disgusting creature but you were aware that being his wife would give you more power and influence than marrying any of his nephews. It would protect your family better, too.
And every power came with a sacrifice.
Still, your dignity wanted to join Feyd-Rautha’s tantrum. You had been expecting to be given in marriage to a young and healthy warrior. Not an old and sickly piece of greasy meat in front of you.
“Shut up, boy!” The Baron yelled at Feyd and you flinched. “Don’t startle, my Shehzadi,” he cooed to you in a malicious whisper. “As you can see, none of my nephews are worthy of you nor my throne one day. You shall give me an heir,” he told you and you nodded, obediently. Fighting him had no purpose.
Feyd was furious. You heard him walking out of the room angrily and slamming the door behind him.
“You have just made an enemy, my Shehzadi,” The Baron reached his swollen pale hand with the green and blue veins popping out. You gently took it and nearly gagged at the feeling of it.
“Me, my Lord?” You tried to bat your eyelashes at him. Your voice shivered out of fear and he smirked at you.
“Feyd-Rautha will no longer be the Na-Baron when our son is born. He will do everything to get rid of you and the child. You shall be careful, sweet Shehzadi,” he warned you. “I have my ways of keeping him obedient. When he’s not showing you proper respect, you will tell me, yes?”
“Y-yes, my Lord,” you nodded.
“Good,” he squeezed our hand gently and you felt your stomach turning. “Go, prepare for the wedding,” he let go of you and raised his finger to touch your cheek. It was getting difficult to hide your repulsion but on the other hand it was oddly satisfying to know that you were chosen by The Baron himself.
You bowed down and walked out of the room with the guards and servants. They all were staring at you with widened eyes, as shocked with the outcome of this day as you were.
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You hadn’t seen The Baron for the past few weeks of the preparations for the wedding. In fact, you hadn't seen anyone. You had been kept a prisoner in one part of the fortress but you did not mind that at all because you had lots of servants and your chambers did not lack any luxury. The only thing you missed was nature – the greenery, the sound of birds, the feeling of the sun on your skin, the light breeze of the Ocean. But there was no way of coming back to it. Pairi Daêza had none of it anymore.
Spoiled as a child, you were harshened in your teenage years by the war taking place in your homeland. Despite your father’s weakness flowing in your blood, you had learnt how to adapt and survive. You would survive just well on Giedi Prime, you decided.
The only thing you dreaded about your marriage was the physical aspect of the union. However, you had been informed by the medic visiting you every morning about the nature of your future duties.
“These injections are supposed to prepare your body for carrying a son,” he told you after sticking a syringe with an odd liquid into your vein. “After the wedding you will be bred to carry The Baron’s heir, my Lady.”
“Bred?” You swallowed thickly.
“I will insert the seed during a swift and painless procedure, my Lady,” he assured you.
“So… I will not be…” You didn’t know how to say it without offending The Baron.
The medic knew, though. He looked up into your eyes as your face was covered with the black veil. The Baron had liked your homeworld’s tradition and allowed you to cover your face until the wedding.
“The Baron’s health does not allow such activities,” he informed you and you sighed out of relief. “Which does not mean he will not demand some… other duties.”
You nodded your head at him. Some other duties, whatever they meant, you could survive. It was the haunting image of him hovering over you or taking you from behind that was keeping you sleepless recently. You had come to Giedi Prime completely innocent in that subject but you made your Harkonnen servants tell you all about it. They were experienced, especially the ones who had been called late at night to Feyd-Rautha’s chambers. The young na-baron apparently liked sex a lot. The more you were finding out about him and his nature, the more glad you were that it was his uncle you were marrying. At least he was not so young; not so full of adrenaline and testosterone as his nephew.
Giedi Prime had not had a Baroness in a long time. The ceremony was about to be the grandest you had ever experienced. The leaders of the great houses had been invited – your parents amongst them. Even The Emperor himself had sent an envoy to take part in the event in his name. You had never expected to hold such importance in the Galaxy. After all, you were only a Shehzadi of a small and unimportant Pairi Daêza. The spice deposit had truly changed everything.
Your servant women worked on your huge wedding dress. It was black, too, of course. Everything was black. But there was some meaning behind it, in fact, since the wedding was an occasion to mourn your maidenhood and your previous life. The veil covering your face was decorated and attached to the upper part of your bodice, so when your face would be revealed and the veil taken off, your dress would stop being so modest and show off your breasts squeezed by a corset. You didn’t feel comfortable with that idea. Women on Pairi Daêza were not known for revealing their physical virtues in such a way. But Harkonnen women were their husbands’ prizes and trophies. You wanted to make The Baron proud because it would keep him happy. And keeping him happy meant the safety of you and your family. You didn’t want to play many games. You just wanted to survive.
You actually wanted to give him a son. Because giving him a son would seal your fate as The Baroness. Your position would be untouchable and that awful Feyd-Rautha could throw tantrums about it but it would be your son who would inherit the title of The Baron.
You were allowed to see your parents before the ceremony because they were supposed to leave early in the morning on the next day and in the evening there would be no occasion to be left alone with them like you were now. Alone in a room with your mother and father whose faces looked worried and exhausted. Their clothes were different than you remembered. Less colourful as if they were grieving, too.
“Are you alright?” Your mother asked you. She approached you and tried to lift the veil off but it refused to move.
“It is attached to the dress. I am fine,” you assured her. “Do not worry, my face is not bruised. You will see when he takes it off,” you nodded.
“It is an honour for you to marry The Baron himself,” your father smiled at you gently. “A great honour that he has liked you.”
“Don’t be ridiculous,” your mother scolded him. “It is awful, awful news. You know what he’s like. He’s destroyed our planet!”
“She can handle that for all the power she’s going to have now,” he shrugged his arms.
“How easy it is to say for a man,” your mother sighed. “You owe her your life.”
“I do and I am grateful,” your father nodded his head at you.
“And yet you demand more,” you whispered to him. He froze. “You demand of me to keep The Baron happy so he doesn’t get rid of you. But that is your part of the deal. You shall obey him and play nice as you promised. As long as you do that, there is no threat and my protection is not required.”
“If you think this way, why are you here, all dressed up to get married?” He raised his eyebrow.
“For mother,” you held her hands gently, “because you will not be able to protect her like me,” you added sternly.
Your father looked away, frustrated. He wanted to snap at you but he could not. Not when you were The Baron’s bride. You were no longer his daughter but almost another man’s wife. And the man was too powerful to disrespect.
The ownership of women. Once your father’s, then your husband’s. Freedom would come only in the case of a man’s death. And yet, men wondered why so many women were so angry and bloodthirsty.
“Time’s up,” one of the guards entered the room harshly. “Shehzadi (Y/N) is asked to attend the ceremony,” he announced and nodded at you. You nodded back and squeezed your mother’s hands for the last time before following the guard into the dark and cold corridor of the fortress, trying to keep your veiled head high.
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Out of the people gathered for the ceremony, one pair of eyes was locked on you the most intensely. The dark eyes of Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen were observing your every move, every gesture, every breath and every word. You felt suffocated by his gaze. It was full of fire like the first time he had seen you but also full of hatred and contempt. You couldn’t tell if he wanted to claim you or kill you. Perhaps both answers were true. You wouldn’t be surprised after hearing all the stories about him.
You feared him the most out of all The Harkonnens. Beast Rabban was the devil you knew and you were his weakness because you were the prize he had conquered himself. The Baron was terrifying and dangerous but he was rather calm and he treated you like a pet so as long as you were quiet and obedient, he did not take pleasure in tormenting you. Feyd-Rautha was different. He was psychotic and your wedding to his uncle was making him lose the greatest deal – his inheritance.
The worst part of the wedding ceremony was the kiss. Not that The Baron had been particularly passionate about it but something about his lips touching yours – even though briefly – was making your insides twist. Perhaps being married to him wouldn’t be as easy to survive as you had been hoping.
When The Wedding Games had begun, Feyd-Rautha joined them eagerly with all the fierceness a warrior could possess. It was an old and dreadful tradition full of blood and violence, a display of power and murderous Harkonnen nature. The men, usually gladiators, were fighting for life and death. Only one could remain and become the winner who would be forever remembered. When his nephew joined the fight, your new husband didn’t look very pleased and he followed every movement of his boy carefully, keeping his eye on the guard, too. He was scared of losing his heir after all.
You watched Feyd-Rautha fight as well. His moves were swift and confident. It was bringing him joy to both hurt and be hurt. He was playful in combat – smirking, winking, occasionally looking back to make sure you were watching. And whenever he was the one to take the blow, he would let out a laugh and hiss in pleasure. He was an odd, scary creature because he had no fear of any sort of pain. Not even death most likely.
Eventually, he killed the last opponent right in front of your eyes, wanting for you to flinch, you suspected. You did not give him such satisfaction. All the years of the war on your planet had made you immune to the sight of such violence and death.
He let out a triumphant yell and raised the bloody knife before bowing down and reaching his hands out with the blade towards you. You stood up and accepted his offering as you had been taught by your servants the past few weeks during your preparations.
“Thy display of power and bravery has been noticed, Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen,” you told him the words you had learnt by heart.
“For my Baroness I will shed the blood of my enemies,” he looked up intensely at you and you swallowed thickly. You hated when he was staring like this. You only nodded and turned around to hand the bloody blade to one of the guards who would secure it. The blade would later be on display in the Memory Room.
You sat back down and forced a small meal upon yourself. In the meantime, your husband had already left the party. Not that you minded.
Feyd and Rabban were sitting nearby. Both were staring at you but the older one actually looked as if he was sorry for you. He hadn’t spoken a word to you ever since his uncle had decided to be the one to marry you. It was nearly funny how back on Pairi Daêza everyone feared the Beast Rabban but here on Giedi Prime he was the least important pawn of the game.
Around midnight, one of The Baron’s servants leaned in to whisper into your ear to inform you that your husband had been waiting for you in his chambers. You swallowed thickly and nodded your head before standing up and leaving the dining room as fast as possible.
In the dark corridor you slowed down, though, not wanting to walk too fast and approach the dreaded room too soon. The guards were not following you but you knew the way, you had been taught it by your servants even though your chambers were in a different part of the fortress. Now, as The Baroness, you would get the new ones – even more splendid and luxurious. But you had been told you would not share them with your husband which was a great comfort.
Halfway there you heard footsteps behind you and you angered. Whatever humiliation was there to come, you did not want any witnesses. The corridor was dark and empty and yet some guard decided to follow you. You turned around furiously, ready to scold him. But it was no guard. It was Feyd-Rautha.
He leaned on the wall with a smirk and squinted his eyes at you.
“What do you want?” You asked him and clenched your jaw.
“Like a sheep for slaughter,” he snorted at you.
“That is none of your business, I believe,” you straightened yourself and raised your chin up.
He didn’t like your remark as he moved away from the wall and approached you quickly. In no time you felt his face looming over yours, mere inches away.
“I know what he’s going to do to you,” he whispered as you tried to remain cool but his words made you terrified. There was an odd sparkle in his eye, like he was enjoying your torment. He probably was.
“Fuck me?” You tried to pretend it didn’t bother you.
“Well, well, well, look at how dirty your mouth can be, Shehzadi,” Feyd-Rautha grabbed your cheeks to squeeze them and your eyes widened at his insolence.
“To you, I’m The Baroness,” you mumbled out.
“Sure you are, little snake. How else should I call you? An aunt?” He teased. “I shall,” he added. “No, he’s not going to fuck you. But he’s going to touch you and this reeking, slimy feeling won’t ever leave your skin. You will feel him always,” he moved even closer to you. You wondered how he could know such things. Then you felt how hard he was underneath his leather pants. You were scared he would hurt you now, which would make your husband furious and toss you aside, surely. 
“Sounds like you’d like to watch,” you drawled, regretting it instantly. He took a sharp breath in and pushed you against the wall, still holding your cheeks but now you were trapped between his body and the cold marble.
“Don’t be disgusting,” he warned you. It was surprising there were things he was finding gross. He didn’t look like the type. “You’ve no idea what’s waiting for you, aunt,” he hissed.
“Aw, you’re worried?” You cooed and he let go of your cheeks angrily. He remained close to you, though. You felt his hot breath on your face. He smelled like blood and leather.
Feyd’s hands dropped to your waist. Before you could stop him, he was pulling up all the layers of your dress, desperately trying to get the access between your legs. You grabbed his wrists, trying to stop him quietly.
“No, no, no, please, no,” you whispered in a panic. “Please, don’t hurt me.”
“I’m not going to hurt you, aunt. He’s going to do it,” Feyd snorted at your words and froze when all the layers of your dress that had been on the way were finally moved aside. A cold shiver went down your legs at the feeling of your exposed thighs. Feyd cupped your womanhood covered with black silky underwear. You gasped at the feeling as your eyes widened when you looked at his face. His lips curled into a smirk as you shook your head.
“Relax, Baroness, I’ll ease you for him,” he told you as his fingers hooked on the edge of your underwear. You felt his cold fingertips brushing your pussy softly and a set of shivers went down your spine at that sensation.
You didn’t know how to feel about it. Your heart was pounding in your chest and you were getting dizzy. Your mind wanted him to stop but your body did not. Despite the lack of experience, you knew that The Baron would not make you feel the same way as his young nephew would.
“I won’t fuck you,” he let out a raspy whisper, “he would kill us both for that.”
“He wouldn’t know,” you told him and Feyd tilted his head at you. “I’ve been examined by the medic this morning to prove my innocence. I doubt he will examine me now again.”
“Believe me, he would know,” Feyd let out a laugh as he moved your underwear aside and exposed your womanhood. It was too dark for you to feel ashamed of it but it still felt incredibly wrong. Yet, you didn’t ask him to stop. Not that it would change anything.
He raised his hand up to his full lips and licked them while staring deep into your widened eyes. Then he put his hand between your legs again and began to touch you in your most intimate place. You sighed at the feeling of his wet and cold fingers trying to get between your folds.
“Open your legs further,” he ordered and your body obeyed by moving the legs more apart before your mind could take over and make a responsible decision to run away. Not that you could run away because with his free hand he grabbed one of your wrists and pinned it to the wall above your head.
Once he got a better access to your pussy, Feyd focused on massaging your sweet spot that made your eyes roll to the back of your head, occasionally dipping his finger carefully inside of you to gather some of your wetness. You moaned softly and dug your fingernails into his bicep, feeling a close release. He was smirking at how fast he could make you reach your high but you didn’t care. You hated him but his fingers were skilled, making you stand on your toes as the muscles of your abdomen tensed, desperately wanting more friction.
“I’m gonna…” You gasped and that was when he took his hand away, fixed your underwear and took a step back, letting the folds of your dress fall down to their place. It took you a moment to collect yourself and realise that he had left you without a release but with a deep and urgent need. “What was that?” You asked.
“Now it won’t hurt when my uncle does the same to you, aunt. Maybe you’ll even cum with his fingers inside you as you remember my fingers on your cunt,” Feyd chuckled contemptuously and licked his fingers clean as you watched with terror in your eyes. “Sweet. Like I’ve imagined a cunt from Paradise to be,” he commented and turned around to walk back to the party, leaving you breathless and dizzy with an ache between your legs.
For a while you forgot where to go. You kept taking wrong turns before finally approaching the doors leading to The Baron’s chambers. At your state you weren’t even scared anymore. Feyd-Rautha had eased your mind indeed and reduced your body functions to one primal need.
You pushed the door open softly and entered your husband’s chambers. They were nearly empty and very cold. In the middle of it, there was a big bathtub full of a black substance. He was bathing in it and puffing on his pipe as he squinted his eyes at you.
“What took you so long, Baroness?” He asked and you cleared your throat, trying not to sound too shook up. The sight of him in that bathtub made your desire much lesser, though. Even the memory of Feyd-Rautha’s cold fingertips brushing your clit lightly and teasing you with pleasure could not make you feel the same excitement again.
“I’m sorry. I got lost,” you answered, which had been only half a lie.
“Don’t worry, Baroness, you will soon remember the way,” he wasn’t angry and he beckoned you over with a move of his wrist.
You approached him obediently although your limbs were getting numb. You were left completely alone with him and you had no idea what he would want now from you. As your husband he could demand anything and you’d have to follow.
“Undress yourself,” his voice was softer than when he would address his nephews but it was still an order as he watched carefully with squinted eyes.
You nodded shyly at his words and began to clumsily take your gown off. It was a complicated piece of fashion and you did not have any servants to assist you. However, your husband was not rushing you, he simply watched and he was visibly content.
When you were naked, you covered yourself with your hands as you stood in front of him. He looked up from his bathtub and puffed on his pipe with a smirk.
“No, no, don’t hide,” he shook his head. “Come, join me,” he invited you in and you swallowed thickly at the black slime he had been bathing in. You doubted it was harmful but you didn’t want to sit in the same substance as him. “Join me,” he repeated, more sternly this time and you bit on your lower lip as you nodded and entered the bathtub.
Your body was shaking but the odd liquid was nicely warm and relaxing. The feeling of it helped you ease a bit. You sat as far away as possible from him.
“Come closer, Baroness. You see, I’m old now and not of the best health. I sadly cannot perform my marital duties and satisfy you like a husband would,” he pretended to feel sorry for you. “But I want to play with you a little and admire my new wife,” he reached out his hand and you took a deep breath in before holding it and letting him pull you closer. “Do you know why I took you for myself?” He whispered and you shook your head. “Because he wanted you so much.”
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When you left The Baron’s chambers, there were two scared female servants waiting already behind the doors. At the sight of you leaving in a hurry, they entered – most likely to finish what you had started. You hurried to the rooms that were supposed to be yours now. They were empty since your own servants would come in the morning.
You had been barely dressed because you wanted to leave his room as fast as possible. This time taking your dress off took you a few seconds and you jumped into the bathtub in the bathroom and filled it with warm water. With a sponge laying on the counter you started to scrub your body harshly, causing the skin to bleed in a few places. You wanted to get the black slime off of you and – most importantly – your husband’s touch.
Feyd had been right. What his uncle had done to you was not the worst – he had been touching and teasing, sniffing your scent and caressing your skin as he had whispered about the beauty of youth and innocence. But the fact that it had been him doing so, it made it the most disgusting thing you had ever experienced. You gagged at the very memory of it and now, after your wedding night, you no longer felt comfortable with the idea of being bred with his son even if it would be an artificial conception.
You started to sob uncontrollably. You hated The Harkonnens. They had destroyed your planet and your childhood. Now they destroyed your innocence and womanhood. You would never get free of them.
But death was not an option. It would be an easy way out. You had to be strong.
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The medic’s procedure had truly been quick and painless but you felt disgusting leaving the medical wing of the fortress knowing that The Baron’s seed might be already growing in you. To make it worse, on your way back to your chambers, you spotted Feyd-Rautha coming back from the training yards. He smirked at the sight of you as you froze, still remembering the last night’s blasphemous act of intimacy that he had performed.
“Aunt,” he greeted you with a nod of his head.
“Nephew,” you answered in a similar manner as you looked him up and down.
Sweaty from the combat and still wielding a blade, he looked incredibly magnetic at that moment. His youthful and fearless energy was unfortunately drawing you in. The way he was staring at you made you remember how good his fingers had felt on your pussy and it brought the heat up to your cheeks. You wished he would stay away from you because his very presence was a torment.
“How was it?” He leaned in when he spoke to you, his eyes carefully watching your figure. You did not give him an answer. “Did you cum?”
“You’re an insolent brat, Feyd-Rautha,” you told him sternly and he straightened himself. You spoiled his fun by not being scared nor disgusted. “I want you to stay away from me since I might already be carrying your uncle’s true heir,” you added.
The playfulness of his eyes turned into anger very quickly. He pointed at your abdomen with his blade and you flinched. The guards standing a few steps behind you, hurried to your side immediately.
“You will soon realise, aunt,” Feyd drawled, “that he is your enemy – not me. He will destroy you like he destroys everything he ever lays his hands on.”
“Like he destroyed you?” You raised your eyebrow curiously and he lowered the blade. His jaw clenched but there was a shadow of hurt in his eyes at that moment, which surprised you. You didn’t expect a man like him to ever feel hurt.
Feyd-Rautha did not reply to that. He walked away without a word, followed by your guards’ eyes.
“Are you alright, my Lady?” One of them asked you and you nodded. “Shall we tell The Baron about the incident?”
“Yes,” you nodded. “His nephew’s antics must be tempered.”
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Six months had passed since your wedding day and you still were not carrying The Baron’s heir. Your husband was growing impatient and the only thing stopping him from getting angry at you was the medic’s declaration that it had not been your fault but the seed’s quality was weak due to your husband’s age and condition. Even enhanced artificially with the Harkonnen science, it could not settle well in your womb. At this point you were so drugged with their injections to the point that you wouldn’t be surprised if a simple touch of any other man than your husband would put a son in you. How ironic.
You had no idea what The Baron had done to Feyd-Rautha but after the corridor’s incident the young man had been avoiding you. He had been watching you carefully from afar with eyes full of hatred like an ominous shadow following you behind wherever you would go. But he would not approach you nor talk to you unless he had to in an official situation. He would always address you with respect as The Baroness or Aunt. You had noticed that it brought him a twisted pleasure to call you by that name.
Your husband hadn’t been spending much more time with you either. He would be next to you during the official events and he would ask you to join him in his chambers about once or twice a week but other than that you had been spending your days alone with nobody but your female servants and male guards, occasionally with the medic. It was a lonely life but at least you weren’t exposed too much to the dreadful Harkonnens… except for the nights you were expected to perform some sort of marital duties.
No amount of time had made you used to The Baron’s touch. You would flinch every time he caressed your body or admired it while whispering the filthiest things. But after the first month your body had developed a defence mechanism of dissociation during those acts.
Technically speaking, though, after six months of being The Baroness Harkonnen, you remained a virgin. The marriage had not been consummated properly so The Baron could divorce you without consequences any day. Giving him a son was the only thing that would legitimise your union. And as much as you dreaded his spawn growing inside of you, you wanted to secure your position. The frustration of not getting pregnant had brought you to tears many times before.
It did now as well. An hour after finding out that the last week’s procedure had failed and the seed had not settled in your womb. The medic had been both sorry for you and himself because he had known that The Baron’s rage would mostly be aimed at him for not doing enough. Soon, though, you were sure, it would reach you as well.
Your chambers were being cleaned at the moment and you wanted to be alone so you wandered to a different part of the fortress and hid in one of the empty study rooms. You kicked your shoes off and sat on a black leather armchair by the wall as you sobbed into your hands, curling up with your feet up on the seat. You felt so small and unimportant at that moment; you missed home and you missed your mother’s embrace. You missed any sort of affection.
Focused on self-pity you did not hear the doors opening. You only startled at the sound of them closing loudly and you froze at the sight of Feyd-Rautha who had just entered the study room. At first, he stiffened seeing you as well.
“What are you doing here, aunt?” He asked, carefully.
“It is none of your business, go away,” you ordered, trying for your voice not to break and reveal your crying state.
“You cannot command that,” he snorted at you.
“I am your Baroness. I can and I will,” you sniffled your tears back and you hugged yourself tighter as if you wanted to protect yourself from him.
Feyd ignored your words, though. He approached you confidently and smirked after realising what you had been doing.
“Yes, feast on the sight of me crying,” you snapped. “What a pleasure it must be for you. Let me please you further, dear nephew. I am still not expecting an heir that would take your place. Happy now?” Your voice trembled.
“Look at you, you’re glowing,” he crouched down to be on your level as he whispered in an oddly seductive way. You furrowed your brows at his words and he reached his hand out to brush your cheek stained with tears. “They’ve injected so many hormones into you, Baroness, you’re practically begging to be fucked. You’ve no idea what the smell of you does to men around you…” He brought his finger to his mouth and licked the tip softly. “The taste… Even your tears are an aphrodisiac,” he looked up at you and you swallowed thickly. It was making you uncomfortable but for the first time in a long time you felt seen. “What a torment it must be. Do you touch yourself, aunt?” He asked and the insolent question snapped you back to reality.
“I’ve no idea how he punishes you but you’re asking to be punished again,” you warned him.
“I can show you how he punishes me,” Feyd did not wait for your answer as he took his black shirt off, revealing his pale and strong chest. His hard muscles were simply beautiful, you had to admit it. But when he turned around to show you his back, he revealed dozens of thin scars scattered all over. Some were white and bumpy, visibly old. But some were more fresh and still reddened. You hissed at the sight and he turned his head around to look at your face.
“I’m sorry, I did not know…” You admitted and reached your hand out to touch some of them gently. You let your finger follow the lines and he smirked.
“Don’t be sorry, aunt. I enjoy the whipping,” he grabbed your wrist and turned his body in your direction again.
“It is hard to believe, Feyd-Rautha,” you admitted. “I thought his punishment was based on threats.”
“His methods are more sophisticated,” Feyd sneered. “Now, I’ve revealed myself to you, Baroness. Will you reveal yourself to me?” He asked and you furrowed your brow. “Do you touch yourself?” He repeated the question that caused your cheeks to heat up.
“Sometimes,” you answered. “I start but I never finish because somewhere in the middle I get haunted by the visions of his hands touching me and they make me sick,” you whispered your secret.
“Poor aunt, you must be so tense,” Feyd cooed to you and let go of your wrist. “So ready and eager to welcome a child in her womb and yet so unsatisfied.”
You hated to admit that he was right. The amount of hormones that had been injected made your breasts and womanhood sensitive, a single brush of your servant’s hand during the bathtime was enough to fill you with desire. Most of the time you were walking around with an itch deep between your legs, a heavy burden that could not be removed by any means.
Now, Feyd-Rautha being so close to you and talking to you in such a manner was not helping. In fact, it was making your condition worse.
“What do you care?” You asked. “I thought you don’t want me to carry him a son. If he tossed me aside or even killed me, it would be your victory,” you pointed out.
“My greatest victory would be humiliating him by putting my son in your womb,” Feyd watched your reaction carefully but you didn’t even flinch at the sound of that.
He was young and so full of life. You were sure he’d succeed during the first try. It would secure your position and keep The Baron Happy.
“What if he finds out? He’d kill us both,” you bit on your lower lip.
“And you think I would allow that?” He snorted at you, revealing his black teeth. You were so shook up that in this state you even found them attractive. The fact they were so black, so different, so extraordinary, symbolising his brutality. You wanted to kiss him. You wanted his toxic saliva to poison your innocence. You wanted to be trapped under him as he ravages you.
He had to notice the shift of your gaze, the way you face changed its expression. He smirked triumphantly, already knowing that you craved him.
“The medic… He will see I was deflowered,” your last hesitation made you speak up your concerns.
“The medic?” Feyd-Rautha chuckled contemptuously. “The same one who is working for me? The same one who is making sure that my uncle’s seed is not succeeding?”
“Wh-what?” You choked out but he only smirked as he shushed you.
“Don’t forget you were supposed to be mine, little snake. I do not give up easily,” he admitted and with one rapid movement of his strong hands he pushed your legs apart as your thin silky dress pulled up, revealing you to him. “Let’s give you a quick release before I properly breed you. You must be in such pain and torment,” he cooed.
Your eyes widened at his actions but you did not protest. Your limbs were getting numb out of the overwhelming desire and feeling his breath on your pussy was nearly enough to make you cum on spot.
Feyd dropped to his knees and leaned in even closer, biting the soft flesh of your thighs gently with his black teeth and leaving trails of saliva. You felt your womanhood pulsating, begging for his attention. He had to notice the twitching muscles underneath your underwear as well as he chuckled and took it off of you greedily. He froze for a moment with his eyes fixed on his prize and he slowly licked his lips.
“So swollen and eager. The smell is enough to put only one thought in my head,” he admitted. “Make you swell with my seed. Come here,” he crooned in his coarse voice that sent shivers down your spine as he grabbed your ankles and pulled you closer to the edge of the armchair’s seat. He threw your feet over his muscular shoulders and opened his mouth to stick out his long and slim tongue to show it off for you as you took a deep and shaky breath in.
Feyd leaned in and buried his face between your wet folds that had been anticipating any sort of release for weeks now. You gasped loudly at the sensation of the tip of his tongue tickling your sensitive sweet spot. His mouth was so skilled that he did not require the assistance of his hands as he placed them flat on your thighs to keep steady. He would gather your wetness with his tongue and then dip it all inside of you, making your back arch and hips rise slightly for more friction. There were times when his whole face was buried deep into you but he did not even flinch from the lack of air as he was devouring you, licking you completely clean like a starving dog and then focusing again on your swollen clit. Whenever he teased it, you were sure you’d cum now but then he would move his tongue away over and over, keeping you on the edge.
Your gasps and soft moans filled the room. You were trying to hold yourself back a little, ashamed of being so displayed for him but on the other hand it was him kneeling down to lick your pussy like a servant. It was you who was in control and the thought of that alone was enough to turn you on even more.
Your hands had been squeezing the armchair’s leather fabric but you dared to place them on the back of Feyd’s bald head and he did not protest. In fact, he moaned at the feeling as a pleasurable vibration went down your body. Your toes curled when you pushed his face even deeper and you felt the pressure of his nose on your clit when he was fucking you with his long tongue.
The overwhelming desire stripped you out of shame as you began to move his head up and down, rubbing your pussy all over his face while your moans grew higher and louder. Fuck it, you thought, you deserved it. After months of such a sad and awful marriage, being The Baron’s trophy wife, unsatisfied and yet violated by his repulsing touch, you deserved to cum on his handsome nephew’s face. It was the least Feyd-Rautha could do to make it up for you.
With a loud moan, shaky breath and trembling legs you finally reached your peak. Although the movements of your hips came to a halt and your hands stopped pushing his face, he was relentlessly sucking on your clit throughout your high, until you begged him to stop and he hesitantly let go of your glistening pussy with your sticky juices vulgarly dripping down his chin as you looked down at him with hazy eyes.
“I could feast on you for days, Baroness, you’re as sweet as a ripe fruit from your homeworld,” Feyd did not bother with wiping his face. He took your limp feet and calves from his shoulders and threw them back on the floor before placing one last kiss upon your wet mound as your pussy twitched uncontrollably in an aftershock.
You didn’t know what to say. You could see the hunger in him, he expected more and you wanted it, too. You wanted to feel his cock inside of you, you wanted him to fuck you like The Baron could never do.
“Claim me, Feyd-Rautha,” you ordered in a weak voice. “I want to remember with satisfaction each time he asks for me that it is you who have claimed me and fucked me. Put your son in me and smile every time you see me walking swollen with your seed as you know that it is yours and not his. If you’re a good boy now, I might reward you and let you feast on my fruit every night in my chambers,” you promised, like it would bring him more pleasure than you, which was not true at all. You craved it as much as him, if not more.
Your words elicited even greater hunger inside of him as he grabbed you by your ankles and pulled you down on the cold marble floor. The coolness of the stone brought some relief to your feverish body, your dress was still pulled up and you watched Feyd positioning himself above you as you bit on your lower lip and realised he would truly claim you now, on the floor of an empty room in secret. There was something barbaric about it and the fact you were an innocent lady from a planet known as Paradise who would be taken by such a brute warrior was making you go dizzy. You didn’t even fear the pain that would come with it because you wanted it – you wanted him to stretch you out and fill you.
When such thoughts were invading your mind and exciting you all over again, Feyd got his cock out of his leather pants and stroked it at the sight of you waiting for him with your legs open. With his free hand he gathered the wetness of your pussy and coated his length with it before hovering over you with his face inches away from yours.
“It’s going to hurt, my Lady,” he warned you with a smirk, there was absolutely no worry in his voice.
“I want you to hurt me,” you nodded and grabbed his biceps, ready to dig your nails in them as he’d slide inside.
Your spent and overstimulated pussy was relaxed enough to welcome him but the burning sensation made your back arch and your eyes roll, you were sure your fingernails made his shoulders bleed but you did not care. The pain was overwhelming and mixed with pleasure, you felt as full as you could and yet he still had more and more to give you, sliding it inside slowly, inch by inch, with a raspy moan and his forehead pressed to yours.
“You’re so tight,” Feyd breathed out, “open your eyes,” he commanded and your eyes fluttered open to stare into his cold and intense gaze. “I want you to look at me when I fill you up with my son,” he added and you nodded, still too overwhelmed to speak but already getting used to his size as if your pussy was made for his cock.
Once you nodded, he started rutting into you with all his force without any warning. You dug your fingernails even deeper into his flesh and moaned out of pleasure as the spasms of pain travelled through your body. His moves were fast and rough, relentless; nearly automatic like he was a machine and not a human. With each stroke he was hitting a spot inside of you that was making you gasp and writhe underneath him, leaving you a drooling and whimpering mess. Feyd used one of his hands to grab your cheeks and squeeze them gently to shut you up before joining his lips with yours in a sloppy and possessive kiss. You could taste yourself on him and you moaned at the taste – it was sweet indeed from all the hormones you had been injected with. It was no wonder he got addicted already, you would get, too. In fact, you explored his mouth with the tip of your tongue in order to clean it off of your juices completely, greedily licking them away from him as you were letting out muffled moans into his mouth.
His hips were brutal and his mouth was aggressive but you wanted nothing else but this. Hearing the stories about his sexual appetite you had been scared but now you wanted to laugh at your old self. It was nothing to fear, it was something to anticipate.
The fact that the act was forbidden, that he was your husband’s young nephew and a rival of some sort, was making it even better. You were welcoming each of his rough thrusts with eagerness, hoping it would fill your already swollen womb. Your whole body was ready to take the seed and as much as you dreaded the idea of carrying your husband’s son under your heart, you found the idea of carrying Feyd-Rautha’s heir much more appealing. If he would be like his biological father, he’d be handsome and fearsome, psychotic and depraved. You’d see your lover in him – not your husband – and it was giving you satisfaction.
Feyd’s hands dropped to your breasts as he tore the fabric of your dress open to expose them for himself to squeeze and pull on your hard nipples. You broke the kiss and cupped his face to push it down to your neck where you needed his open-mouthed sloppy kisses and soft bites of his black teeth. He obeyed and then he moved his head even lower to give the same treatment to your breasts, occasionally accompanying your moans with his low grunts.
You could feel that your second peak was coming close and you wanted to make him finish, too, so you spoke up in a shaky, hazy voice.
“Fill me up, give me a son,” you pleaded in a raspy whisper. “I want it so bad, I want to swell with your baby.”
Feyd moved his head up once again and joined your lips in another kiss – this time it was messy with teeth clashing and uncontrollable moans as the movement of his hips became less steady. In a few short spasmodic thrusts he spilled his thick black cum inside of your pussy. The feeling of his hard cock filling you deep inside straight into your womb was enough to bring you to your second peak as well.
Once he was definitely finished, he broke the kiss between you two and moved up to slide out of you and hide his cock back into his pants. You whined at the empty feeling and watched him put his shirt back on while breathing heavily, still laying on the floor, exposed with your dress torn up and your hair a mess. Feeling like a whore and absolutely loving it.
“You will go to the medic tomorrow and tell him that he had to be mistaken and the seed had made its way inside of you,” he informed you oh-so-formally.
“You’re so sure of your success?” You asked.
“I am,” he leaned in to look at you. “Don’t worry, I shall still visit you at night whenever you invite me. I’m a dog at your command now,” he admitted shamelessly and you sat up, resting on your elbows to take a better look at him.
That fearsome warrior was completely under your spell and all you had to do was to let him taste your pussy. You laughed at him. He had so many other women, yet it was you who made him this way. You knew why. It was because you were a war prize, because you were from Paradise and because you were an off-world Shehzadi. But most importantly he wanted you because you were his uncle’s Baroness. He craved you to spite him.
“And if I command you to never touch me nor speak to me again? I have already used you for my own gain,” you teased and raised one of your feet to caress his thigh with it.
Feyd angrily grabbed your ankle and looked into your eyes intensely.
“Don’t think I will allow my child to be called his heir and watch myself being tossed aside as my son is remembered as Vladimir Harkonnen’s spawn,” he threatened.
You didn’t answer that, unsure about the meaning of his words. He gave you one last angry gaze and pushed your foot away before walking out of the room as if nothing had just happened.
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Of course the medic did not believe your words but he pretended that he had. He couldn’t know that Feyd had told you about the fact that he was working for him so he just played along and informed the Baron that he had been mistaken and you were, in fact, finally pregnant with his son.
You had been hoping that once you’d be pregnant, your husband would leave you alone. But no, how wrong you had been. He was now keeping you around him nearly all the time as if you were a precious cargo. He invited many great leaders for official banquets and showed you off. He would sit you on his lap and keep his huge hand on your swollen abdomen proudly.
But you did not even mind that much – not when you knew that the child was not his. You would often catch Feyd-Rautha’s gaze somewhere in the room and give him a mysterious smile as he would give you a smirk. It was your secret, your revenge on The Baron Harkonnen.
And late at night he would creep inside your room and please you however you wanted him to, only to disappear before the first rays of the black sun would hit you, as if he was only a dream or a ghost. You would recognise his smell now everywhere, though. The feeling of his touch differed so much from others. There was nothing but pure and raw desire bonding you two together and yet, when you watched him in the gladiator arena next to your husband, you feared for his life and you would startle at the sight of his opponents attacking him.
You knew that if something or someone threatened your life, Feyd-Rautha would protect you and he was more physically capable of it than his uncle. You needed him alive to keep you and your son safe.
You admired his body and his strength, the amount of his devotion to you and his little revenge plan. He was magnetic and you almost felt lucky to be chosen by him even though it was you having the upper hand in this relationship.
Some nights he was not coming to you, too busy with other things or perhaps too exhausted after the training. You didn’t mind since your body needed a rest as well, especially now when you were six months pregnant already. That night was one of those lonely nights and you had problems with falling asleep, so when you were woken up abruptly in the early morning by your servants, you didn’t hide your annoyance.
“What is it?” You snapped and rubbed your eyes.
“It’s… It’s The Baron, my Lady,” the girl’s black Harkonnen eyes were widened out of fear.
“What about him?” You yawned and sat up, squinting your eyes at the sun creeping inside through the windows. Another servant was already opening the curtains.
“He… He drowned last night, my Lady,” the girl informed you and you froze.
“What?” You asked, blinking slowly, not sure if it wasn’t a dream. “What are you talking about? What do you mean drowned? My husband is dead?”
“Yes, Baroness… He drowned in his bathtub. My condolences,” she bowed down. “You are awaited by the lords for the council,” she informed you.
You were speechless as you allowed them to dress you up in a humble black dress of mourning. They did your hair up and put a light make up on your face to hide the dark bags underneath your eyes. Your mind was spinning with an endless train of thoughts.
One thing was certain – it had been no accident. It had to be Feyd-Rautha’s doing.
And as much as you were relieved to hear about The Baron’s death since he would never touch nor hurt you ever again… you were scared of what would happen now. There was no way the lords would allow you to rule as the widow. You were an off-world woman who had been married to their Baron as a war prize. You were a pet, nothing more. You only hoped to convince them to let your son be an heir as they call someone else a regent in his name. You couldn’t hope even for the regent title.
You were escorted to the council room by the guards and when you entered it, every man inside went silent. They bowed down and gave you their condolences but their eyes held no sympathy. Feyd-Rautha was not amongst them.
“Thank you, my lords,” you took a seat at the end of the long, black table. “It is a great tragedy but thankfully before his death, my husband has managed to produce an heir,” you brought up the topic immediately as the men looked at each other. “What is it?” You asked.
“The boy is not even born yet, my Lady,” one of the lords spoke up and pointed at Rabban. “If we announce Count Rabban the next Baron… or Feyd-Rautha as the late Baron wanted… Well, then they might produce their own heirs in the future. They are both young and capable.”
You got dizzy at those words and the reactions of other men. They seemed to hum in approval.
“So, I am to be tossed aside?” You asked, angrily. “I am carrying your late Baron’s son and you’re tossing me aside? The child inside me is a rightful heir,” you protested.
“And what would you want?” A different lord asked without even addressing you properly. You realised you had already lost. “Perhaps you want to be The Baroness Regent? Over my dead body I will let a woman – let alone from Pairi Daêza – to command me.”
“Enough!” The doors opened and Feyd-Rautha walked inside with his head held high and a playful smirk on his face. The way he confidently walked and scanned the room with his eyes was enough proof for you to know that it was him who had killed your husband. “The child is not yet born, that is a fair point,” he looked at the lord who had addressed the matter, “therefore at the time of my uncle’s death I was still the Na-Baron,” he added and you gasped softly. You couldn’t believe that he betrayed you. You chewed on the inside of your cheek at the realisation how stupid you had been to think you were playing on the same side.
You had never discussed any details of his plan with him. But you were carrying his son and you hoped he would protect you and the child. Apparently, he only tormented you for his own fun. You wanted to cry. You had lost everything.
Then he looked at you and his face softened a little at the sight of your trembling lip and sad eyes.
“I will wed my uncle’s widow to be my Baroness as the old levirate law says,” he announced and you froze out of shock. Levirate was a law about brothers but you guessed an uncle with such an important title counted as that, too.
“Respecting that law is not expected from you, my Lord Baron,” one of the lords informed him. “You can choose any other bride.”
“I can,” Feyd nodded and stood behind your chair as he rested his hand on your shoulder, “but I will not. I’m choosing Baroness (Y/N) Harkonnen to be my bride,” he announced as the lords looked at each other, as surprised as you were. Out of relief you reached your hand up to hold his and squeeze it in a grateful manner. “I also want to make it known,” Feyd raised his voice and everyone went silent as they looked at him, “that the child she is carrying is mine and not my late uncle’s, therefore her son is my heir.”
Your heart started to pound in your chest. The eyes of the lords were staring at you with such intensity that you were afraid they would make a hole inside of you. You swallowed thickly, knowing perfectly well that you just had to admit to your sins now.
“I confirm,” you nodded and they began to whisper between each other. Feyd’s hand squeezed yours.
“If you do not believe me nor The Baroness, the medic might make a public announcement of the paternity test but I do hope you will not humiliate your Baroness like that,” Feyd told them and they all went silent again.
“N-no, my lord Baron,” one of the lords stood up and bowed down in your direction. “We accept the child as yours and we will let others know.”
“I do not want this matter to be discussed nor questioned,” Feyd stated harshly.
“With all respect, brother,” Rabban spoke up suddenly and you laid your eyes on him, curious about what he was going to say, “the matter that has been discussed and questioned so far was our uncle’s fatherhood. The only thing we have found out today was the identity of the man our Baroness has laid with.”
“Rabban,” Feyd barked at him.
“It is quite alright,” you said. “I am rather relieved that I do not have to lie about it anymore as I am proud to carry Feyd-Rautha’s son under my heart,” you smiled at the lords. Some of them rolled their eyes but they still nodded their heads at you.
“Then it’s settled,” Feyd announced. “Go back to your chambers as we settle the details about my uncle’s funeral and the rest of the upcoming ceremonies, my Lady,” he looked down at you and you nodded. He helped you to stand up and placed a kiss upon the palm of your hand before taking your seat by the table.
You were taken back to your chambers accompanied by the guard as you caressed your womb gently, very content with the outcome of that council.
The excitement made you less tired so you just ordered breakfast. Once you were finishing it, the doors to your bedroom opened and Feyd-Rautha entered your chamber. For the first time by daylight, without making it a secret. You stood up from the table and approached him with a smile before you threw your hands around his neck.
“My darling,” you greeted him. “I have doubted you for a short while this morning, you know that?”
“Have I not told you that I would not allow my son to be remembered as his heir?” Feyd smiled at you and pulled you closer by your hips – as close as he could with your swollen womb between you two.
“But the lords were right. You do not have to marry me. I can give you a son, he can be your heir. There is no need to wed me,” you pointed out.
“Don’t you want it?” Feyd tilted his head.
“I’m asking do you want it,” you pointed out.
“I wanted to marry you a year ago when you came here, after I lifted up that veil. Why would I change my mind?” He put his hand on your abdomen and caressed it possessively. “You were supposed to be mine. You would have been mine if he hadn’t wanted to spite me.”
“Why do you want me?” You asked. “As a Baron you could have anyone. One of the Imperial Princesses even.”
“You’ve got what it takes, my Lady. You’re stubborn and strong. I’ve claimed you, you are mine,” he insisted.
You cupped his face and caressed his cheeks with your fingertips. It was hard to believe that he was yours now. Your husband. You would no longer dread these words.
“I will be a good wife to you, Feyd-Rautha,” you promised, genuinely. You did not want any games nor conflict. “I want only one thing from you.”
“And what is it?” He squinted his eyes at you, curiously.
“Safety,” you pleaded. “Of me and my family.”
“Your family is now my family,” he nodded and you sighed with relief. “I want a few things from you, too,” he added and you bit on your lower lip.
“What is it?” You asked.
“You will share your chambers with me,” he started and you nodded, “you will give me more heirs,” he added and you smiled at that, “and you will never mention him again,” he finished sternly.
“Never mention who?” You asked softly and leaned in to place a gentle kiss upon his lips. “There is only you and I.”
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THIS WAS THE MOST PERFECTLY PERFECT PERFECTION!!!
The fluff! The sheer sweetness of their interactions! The love they are both learning to accept from one another! And when she asked Seb to walk her down the aisle....😭😭😭
Absolutely loved this series and I can't wait to reread it!! Thanks for all your dedication to writing this. It made me look forward to Fridays and squeal whenever I saw you updated!
I'm so excited to see what you write next. ❤️
(It Is) What It Is
Epilogue
Plot Summary : When Billy Russo realises that there is a certain class of wealthy clients who refuse to contract with Anvil because of his playboy reputation, he decides to alter their perception of him. You’re just a down on your luck PA, just trying to get by so when Billy offers to pay you to pretend to date him, you can’t refuse. But the last thing you expect is for Billy to pull you into his secret world of lust and debauchery.
Pairing : Billy Russo x Reader
Story Rating : R 
Warnings : [This is a fic for 18+ only, minors DNI] Smut. There will be smutty themes throughout the story. Please check the warnings on each chapter if you choose to follow this story. 
Word Count : 4.5k
A/N : 😭 one last little bit of cuteness
CHAPTER ONE | CHAPTER TWO | CHAPTER THREE | CHAPTER FOUR | CHAPTER FIVE | CHAPTER SIX | CHAPTER SEVEN | CHAPTER EIGHT | CHAPTER NINE | CHAPTER TEN | CHAPTER ELEVEN | CHAPTER TWELVE | CHAPTER THIRTEEN | CHAPTER FOURTEEN | CHAPTER FIFTEEN | CHAPTER SIXTEEN | CHAPTER SEVENTEEN | CHAPTER EIGHTEEN | CHAPTER NINETEEN | CHAPTER TWENTY | CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE | CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO | CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE | CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR | CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE | CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX | CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN
Master List
Epilogue
He woke you with his tongue.
You had no idea how he managed to slip from your arms and make his way down beneath the sheets without waking you, but you were roused by the wet heat of his tongue slipping between your folds. A contented grumble left you and you almost closed your eyes and went back to sleep, back arching as you stretched before dropping your head back onto the pillow.
“Wakey wakey, little dove,” he muttered against your skin.
A lazy smile pulled at your lips but you didn’t move.
“Five more minutes,” you said.
His tongue lapped against you again, this time applying more pressure and pulling a moan from you. If nothing else, it was a very pleasant welcome to the rest of your life.
You reached down, wanting to slide your fingers through his hair. Instead his hand found yours and you felt his thumb brushing against your engagement ring, as if he still needed to remind himself that you had said yes, that it was real and he was free to love you as he saw fit.
His other hand slipped up your thigh and a finger slipped inside of you. There was something slow and gentle about it, something that you loved. There was no need to rush anything anymore, you had all the time in the world to enjoy each other.
“Billy,” you moaned softly, your toes curling.
You heard a muffled laugh from between your thighs as his tongue and finger worked in tandem to bring you pleasure. It built slowly but Billy already knew exactly how to drive you crazy, so it wasn’t long before your hips were awkwardly stuttering, grinding against his lips, his tongue, his finger.
Your whole body started to shudder as you fell apart for him, moaning his name and telling him how much you loved him.
Billy stayed between your legs until you started to pull at him, urging him back up your body so you could kiss him.
“I hope you’re planning on waking me up like that every morning,” you murmured against his lips.
He smiled and returned to kissing you for a few moments. When he pulled back he had a playful smile on his lips. “I thought you wanted pancakes and waffles every morning?”
“Pancakes, waffles, and my fiance's tongue between my legs,” you said, barely holding back a laugh. “Sorry, but you’ve turned me into an insatiable monster.”
His hips pressed to yours and you felt his cock against you, hard and ready. “If you’re insatiable, what does that make me?”
For a split-second, you hesitated to consider the question, to consider everything that you’d been through with him. Honestly, after everything, you couldn’t decide which of you wanted and needed more. Even when Billy was the instigator, you still wanted. So, if anything, you were just as bad as each other.
“It makes you mine,” you said, hitching your thigh on his hip.
Billy’s throat bobbed as he swallowed, and there was a flicker of something on his face, some surprised and happy emotion that he wasn’t ready to put voice to just yet. And, that was okay. You were going to spend the rest of your life showing him that you loved him and that he was worthy of that love. And, one day, he’d finally accept it.
You lazily made love, enjoying each other’s lips and bodies, and you found yourself thinking of the future. This was what you wanted; lazy Sunday mornings in bed with him, loving him and being loved in return. It was perfect.
But, no matter how slow you took things, it wasn’t long before you felt another orgasm crashing over you. Billy just had that affect on you, and you couldn’t have stopped it even if you wanted to. He followed moments later, stilling inside of you.
“We should shower and get breakfast,” he said as he held you. “I want to take you out for lunch to celebrate.”
Your head lifted off his shoulder. “It’s Sunday, I need to go see Seb.”
“I can meet you when you’re done and take you for -”
“No,” you stopped him, shaking your head. “I want you to come with me. I - I want you to get to know him.”
He blinked and, for a second, you thought you saw tears in the corners of his eyes. Billy understood what you were saying, what you were offering. It was huge for you to let anyone into that part of your life, to trust anyone with your brother.
“Are you sure?” He asked.
You assured him that you were and that you wanted the two most important people in your life to know each other. You understood that any reluctance he felt was because he wanted to make sure you were certain that you wanted to tell Seb about him, and not because he didn’t want to.
Eventually, you slipped from his arms and headed to the bathroom to shower while he took care of ordering breakfast for you. You would have preferred to have showered with him, but Billy made it very clear that if you showered together, there was no way you’d be leaving the penthouse for the rest of the day. It made your blood heat in your veins to know that he wanted you and that, no matter how many times he had you, he’d never stop.
Once you were done in the shower, you ate breakfast together and made silly small talk.
“I’ll help you move your things into my room tonight,” he said as he sipped his coffee. “Or, I guess it’s our room now.”
The comment caught you off-guard and had you smiling over your pancakes.
“Is there space or are all of your drawers filled with sex toys?” You asked, trying to sound serious despite your grin.
“There’s only one full drawer,” he shrugged and took a sip of coffee, “everything else is in a case under the bed.”
Your cheeks warmed and you didn’t dare ask if he was being serious because you knew you’d end up being dragged back into the bedroom, but you made a mental note to check under the bed later.
Since waking up, you’d been so preoccupied with everything Billy that you didn’t even notice that the storm had passed until you were in Billy’s car and you’d left the building’s underground parking lot. It made you feel optimistic, like the universe was trying to tell you something - or maybe you just appreciated it all the more because you were just so happy.
When you got to Saint Martin’s, you took Billy’s hand in yours and held on tight as you led him inside. You knew the way like the back of your hand and smiled fondly at the staff that you recognised. Seb wasn’t in his room but you soon found him in his favourite spot; the little courtyard garden, sitting on a bench in the sun.
Your hand left Billy’s as you went to your brother and threw your arms around him. He held you tight and pulled you down onto the bench next to him.
“Hi,” you said, smiling widely.
Seb smiled back, though that smile quickly turned to a frown when he noticed Billy lingering nearby.
“You remember my friend Billy, right?” You asked. “He was with me the night you broke your arm.”
(That reminded you - you needed to ask when the cast would be coming off his arm, so you could go to the hospital with him.)
Your brother gave a nod, shifting his attention back to you. 
You felt your cheeks warm a fraction as you tried to find the words to explain everything that had happened recently. “Well... I kind of lied. Billy isn’t just my friend, he’s my boyfriend. And last night he asked me to marry him... and I said yes.”
Lifting your hand, you showed your brother the ring.
Seb took your hand, looking at the ring, then at you. Despite knowing your brother better than anyone, you weren’t sure what the look on his face meant and, for a moment, you worried that he wasn’t happy, that he didn’t approve. You struggled to find the words to ask him, some part of you knowing that you could never be fully happy with Billy if Seb didn’t accept him. 
Before you could find the words, Billy spoke.
“I love your sister,” he said, speaking directly to Seb. “I love her with my whole heart, and I promise you that I’ll always keep her safe, and I’ll never do anything to hurt her.”
Seb held Billy’s gaze for a long moment, taking a measure of the man who was going to be your husband, then he smiled and nodded. You threw your arms around your brother again and held him tight.
“Thank you for understanding,” you muttered just to Seb. “I love him so much.”
There were tears on your cheeks when you pulled back, and he took your face in his hands to wipe them away - a sweet gesture made a little bit awkward by the cast on his arm.
“And,” you said after a slight pause, “since it’s just me and you, I was wondering if you’d walk me down the aisle.”
His enthusiastic nodding was enough to cause a few more tears to spill.
Billy came to sit beside you, still looking like he felt out of place, but you knew he was making an effort.
“I’ll have to get you a suit,” you told Seb. And, suddenly, you realised that there were a million little things you’d need to take care of.
You stayed there with your brother for a couple of hours, just talking and gently encouraging Billy to join the conversation until both men seemed more at ease with each other. It was a good start. No, it was a great start and you were so proud of both of them. But when Seb started to get tired, you and Billy left to get lunch.
Before you could get back into the car, you found yourself pulled against Billy, his arms holding you tight.
“Thank you,” he said softly. “For trusting me and -”
“We’re a team,” you said, pressing a kiss to his cheek, “and I do trust you. With everything.”
It had taken a long time to get to that point but, despite some of the lies he’d told, you did trust him, and you understood him well enough to know that his lies had never really been about deceiving you, only protecting himself.
“Now, you promised to take me for lunch?” You said, smiling.
Without another word you were ushered back into the car and, soon enough, you found yourself outside the little Thai place that you’d come to love so much.
“I hope this is okay,” he said as he took your hand.
“Of course it is, I love it here.”
Less than two minutes later, you were seated at a quiet little table towards the back of the restaurant. Billy smiled across the table at you, your hands clasped across the table, his thumb brushing against your ring again. 
“You’re going to wear the diamonds out if you keep doing that,” you joked.
“Then I’ll buy you a new one,” he said, shrugging. 
“Don’t even joke about that. I don’t even want to think about how much this one cost...”
“It was worth every single dollar,” Billy said. “But, since we’re on the subject, we’re going to have to pick out wedding rings.”
“You make it sound like there’s some big rush.”
“Well, you wanted a winter wedding - there’s only a few months to go.”
You hadn’t thought about it. Honestly, why would you have thought about it? You’d only gotten engaged last night.
“You want to get married that soon?”
Billy shrugged. “Why wait?”
You didn’t have an answer for him. There was no reason to wait, not when you knew in your heart that you loved him.
“You’ve given this a lot of thought already,” you said.
“I have,” he admitted, barely holding back a sigh. “I didn’t really sleep much last night.”
You frowned, turning your hand over in his so you could hold it and give it a squeeze. “Why not?”
He shrugged again. “I was just thinking... about us, about the future. I - I spent all that time carrying the ring around, but I don’t think I ever really believed that you’d actually say yes.”
“Billy...” you said softly.
There were so many things you wanted to tell him, so many different ways you wanted to show him that you loved him, but you knew it wasn’t that simple. He wasn’t that simple. Billy was complicated and frustrating, and so caught up in his low opinion of himself. It wasn’t something you could fix in one conversation. It was something you would have to work at.
You shook your head. “One day, I’m going to prove to you that you are the most amazing man alive and that you completely deserve every ounce of love I have for you.”
He smiled in response and your heart melted. He didn’t say anything but that was okay, he didn’t have to. You would show him how loved he was, and you would keep showing him for the rest of your life.
He let go of your hand to eat, but you found his gaze occasionally flitting to the ring. You didn’t mention it. There was nothing in the world that would make you take that ring off your finger, and if looking at it settled something in him, then you wouldn’t complain.
Not long after you’d finished dessert, as you were lounging and leisurely drinking your wine, Billy’s phone buzzed. You watched as he unlocked it and grinned.
“What?” You asked.
He didn’t answer, instead, he handed the phone to you.
It took you a moment to realise what you were looking at; sketches, designs for wedding dresses. Big wedding dresses, just like you had joked about with Billy while you’d been in the hospital.
“Are these from Sophie?” You asked and Billy nodded. “You told her we got engaged?”
“I didn’t have to tell anyone. Everyone already knows.”
Your stomach knotted. Of course everyone knew, it was probably all over the gossip blogs by now.
“I’m sorry,” Billy said.
You shook your head. “It’s not your fault. And anyway... hopefully they’ll get bored soon?”
“Bored?”
“Well, we’re going to be a boring married couple,” you said, shrugging. “We’re going to have a perfect life and they’re not going to be able to accuse me of being a gold digger, and they’re not going to be constantly wondering who you’re going to sleep with next.”
His gaze darkened a fraction and he reached across the table for your hand again. “There is no ‘next’. There’s never going to be a ‘next’. You’re everything and I’m never going to let you go.”
Your thighs squeezed together beneath the table, not just at his voice but the way he was looking at you. He looked like he wanted to pull you across the table onto his lap and fuck you right there and then. And -
“Let’s go home, Billy.”
As desperately as you had been trying to enjoy the day, to sit and have a nice lunch with him, to spend the day with him, you wanted more. And, hearing him talk like that about you had you wanting to tear his clothes off. Maybe you’d prematurely reached the honeymoon period of your relationship, or maybe you were making up for all those weeks you’d been scared to tell him what you wanted.
It didn’t matter.
You wanted him to take you home.
Billy didn’t say anything, he just got to his feet, dropped more than enough cash to cover the check and led you to the door.
You were both silent on the way home and that only made the tension between you worse. It became a game of seeing who would break first. 
And, of course, it was Billy.
He was on you the moment the elevator doors shut. Your arms instinctively wrapped around his waist, holding him tight as he kissed you.
“I don’t know how I’m going to survive work tomorrow knowing you’re just outside my office,” he murmured against your lips, pressing you back against the elevator wall.
You hadn’t even dared to think about work, about how everything was going to change, not just because of the engagement but because you’d both finally given into your urges.
“You’ll behave and be perfectly professional,” you said in a teasing but warning tone.
“And if I’m not?” He asked between kisses. “What if I don’t want to behave?”
“Then I’ll have to use my secret weapon,” you answered, grinning against his lips.
“What secret -”
Before he could finish, your hand moved on his waist, fingertips pressing through the fabric of his shirt, attacking the ticklish spot you had discovered weeks ago. Billy’s body tensed, then tried to squirm away from your touch.
“No fair,” he said as you followed after him, assaulting that sensitive place on his side. He laughed, continuing to squirm. “I’m going to punish you for this.”
When the elevator dinged and the doors opened, you ducked past him, heading into the penthouse. 
“You’ll have to catch me first.”
You didn’t wait for a response and didn’t turn until you were by the sofa. Billy chased after you, feinting left before heading right, chasing you around the furniture, then across the penthouse to the kitchen. You looped the table twice, giggling the whole time before darting into the bedroom.
The whole while you were being mindful of your lungs and, judging from how fast Billy was giving chase, so was he. 
You ran around the bed and watched as he prowled into the bedroom behind you. 
“Nowhere left to run, little dove,” he remarked.
Slowly, like a predator stalking its prey, he started to round the bed. 
(He was enjoying it - he liked it, liked the chase. You were going to have to play this game again.)
You waited until the last moment to fling yourself across the bed, crawling to the other side and drawing out the chase, but instead of running for the door again, you dropped to your knees.
“What are you -” He didn’t have to finish the question. Not when you reached under the bed and pulled out a large case.
The grin on his lips only grew wider, not a hint of embarrassment to be found. Billy threw himself onto the bed and watched you as you pulled the box open and your eyes went wide. He scooted down the bed a little, propping himself up on his elbows at the edge so he could get a better view of you.
Your cheeks started to burn as you took in the contents of the box. You knew what some things were, but others left you wondering.
“Aren’t you a little old to have a toy box, Mr Russo?” You asked as you pulled something that looked like a ping-pong paddle from the box.
“Did you just call me old?” He asked, trying to feign upset despite the grin on his lips.
He hadn’t stopped smiling since the elevator and, looking at him now, you hoped that he never did. There was nothing you loved more than seeing him smile.
You shrugged. “What can I say, I prefer the classics.”
Billy started laughing, a deep rich laugh that had your chest feeling like it might burst open. It was the way he’d laughed in the car after your very first date, and it had been the first silly little joke he’d made. And, if you were honest, it was the moment you’d started to warm to him, the moment you’d realised that there was more to him than what he showed the world.
While he laughed you reached into the box again and pulled out a metal bar that had leather cuffs attached to each end.
“I don’t even know what half of these things are,” you said.
“That’s a spreader bar,” Billy explained, a hint of laughter remaining in his voice. “It holds your legs apart.”
“Why would you need to hold my legs apart?”
Billy started to laugh again. He reached for you and cupped your cheek. “Because you squirm around like a needy little thing when I deny you.”
You leaned into his touch as your cheeks burned hotter. “I do not.”
“Oh?” His eyebrow quirked and arousal started to pool between your thighs. “Do I need to prove it?”
His thumb slipped across your jaw and urged your bottom lip from between your teeth.
As much as you wanted to rise to the challenge and say something blase and effortlessly sexy, the way he was looking at you had your heart threatening to beat right out of your head. All you managed was a nod. 
And that was how you came to find yourself on your back with Billy between your legs again. The speed in which he’d moved and stripped you both of your clothes had you both in fits of laughter, and you found yourself hoping that he’d always want you like that. But things became serious the moment your back hit the mattress. You had a point to prove.
So did Billy.
He started slowly, teasing you in a way that caused the heat in your body to build and build. First it was just his fingers tracing teasing circles around your clit, then his tongue joined in. Your toes curled and it wasn’t long before your fingers were twisted in the sheets, anchoring yourself. No matter what you did, nothing could stop the climax that started to build. He knew exactly what he was doing and what effect he was having on you.
Billy had spent months studying you, learning every little thing that he could, and he was treating this like his final exam.
Your body tensed, though you did everything you could not to squirm and the moment before climax, as expected, Billy pulled back.
He lifted his head and grinned at you, and you weren’t sure whether you wanted to kiss him or slap him.
“You’re looking tense, little dove,” he teased. 
Your eyes narrowed and, for reasons you didn’t understand, you stuck your tongue out at him. That had him laughing and dipping between your legs again, fingers and tongue going back to work.
Moans and gasps soon started to slip from your lips and, on more than one occasion, you heard Billy laugh. At some point between the third and fourth denied orgasms, your fingers ended up in his hair, gripping tightly.
You put forth a valiant effort but the fifth time his lips pulled away from your throbbing clit and his fingers slipped your trembling pussy, you knew you had to surrender.
“No,” you whined, “Billy, please.”
Your body shifted beneath him, hips lifting, desperate to find any friction.
He grinned up at you again, his dark eyes seeming to spark with delight at your desperation. He waited a beat before lifting himself and slowly climbing up your body, dragging his lips and tongue over sweat-slicked skin. He paused at your breasts, like he so often did and spent a few minutes trailing kisses around your nipples, worshiping you. Then he continued upwards, over your neck and jaw until, finally, his lips were on yours.
“So needy.” He smirked against your lips.
His cock slid inside you as you kissed and you moaned into his mouth, no longer caring about how needy you might sound. The only thing you cared about was the orgasm building inside of you, the desperate tension that had coiled so tight inside of you that you feared something was going to snap.
Your fingers fisted his hair as he moved, driving you to the brink of insanity and then -
“No...” you whined again as he slipped out at the last second, denying you again. “Billy!”
Billy laughed and, if the sound hadn’t brought you so much joy, you might have contemplated killing him.
“Have I proved my point?” He asked, sounding a little out of breath himself.
While some stubborn part of you wanted to deny it, to act as if you weren’t some needy, squirming mess beneath him, the look in his eyes told you that he was just as desperate and that, by denying you, he was also denying himself.
And you never wanted to deny Billy anything.
“Yes,” you said, letting your fingers run through his hair. “You’ve proved your point. Now make love to me.”
The request had his expression softening and his throat bobbing. He wasn’t used to anyone wanting that, wanting him to love them.
“You want me to make love to you?” He asked, voice little more than a whisper.
“Every day for the rest of my life.”
He gave you what you wanted, sinking inside of you and making love to you with slow, measured thrusts until both of you fell apart. And, when you were done, he collapsed on top of you, his head on your chest while you fingers lazily ran through his hair. 
“I love you,” he muttered softly, holding you tight.
“I know you do. And I love you too,” you said, and felt his body shudder as he took a breath.
After a few long, lazy minutes, he lifted his head and looked at you.
“What’s that smile for?” He asked.
You hadn’t even realised you were smiling and, after a few seconds, you found yourself laughing. You’d spent so many years hiding behind fake smiles and acting like a background character in your own story but, now, you were smiling because you meant it, because you really were happy.
“It’s for you, Billy,” you said as tears slipped down your cheeks. “You make me so happy. I never thought I’d ever feel this happy.”
He moved over you again, pressing his lips to your cheek, kissing away the tears. 
“I’ll do anything to make you happy,” he said. “Anything to keep you happy.”
And you knew he meant it, you knew that Billy Russo would move heaven and earth if it meant seeing you smile because you’d do exactly the same for him. You captured his lips and kissed him deeply, knowing that you’d never get tired of these moments with him.
“Anything?” You asked when the kiss broke.
Billy’s eyebrow raised and let out a forced groan. “Don’t tell me you want to make love again, already.”
A laugh spilled from you and you tightened your arms around him, holding him like he was the most precious thing in the world.
“No, but I’d love to take a nice hot, soapy bath with my fiance.”
His smile widened and the bridge of his nose scrunched in the most adorable way. “That sounds perfect.”
“And, maybe after I’ll let you show me what some of those toys are for...”
A/N : 😭 😭I think I said pretty much everything last week about this finishing, but I wanted this one last little bit of cuteness for them that sets them up nicely for their happily ever after. Maybe one day I'll come back to this, or maybe I'll do some one-shots for it. I don't know, I'm honestly pretty happy with how it ended; they're both happy but they both still have a ways to go to full be able to accept that happiness. Either tonight or tomorrow I'll make a little post detailing what I'm going to do next, but I think I'm definitely going to take next week as a week off from posting because 165k+ words in 28 weeks was exhausting 😅 but I've loved every minute of it! Thank you so much for making this fic so much fun to write and I'll catch you in the next one!
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mrsalwayswrite · 8 days ago
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My contribution to the @tlkafterparty because there's been a lot of beautiful but angsty edits/moodboards and I thought we could use something humorous.
Prompt was: inspired by song lyrics
The song is Wildest Dreams by Taylor Swift (which ironically I've never actually heard but for some reason I just know these two lines?)
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mrsalwayswrite · 8 days ago
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MAISIE WILLIAMS as ARYA STARK and JOE DEMPSIE as GENDRY GAME OF THRONES // 2.02 The Night Lands
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mrsalwayswrite · 9 days ago
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Fourth Wing, Xaden and Violet relationship
Violet: *recitates historical facts while in death situations*
Violet: *holds homicidal Jack’s balls at dagger aim right after crossing the parapet*
Violet: *tosses daggers at milimetres to Xaden’s head*
Violet: *poisons her opponents before the mat fights*
Violet: *outsmart the Wingleaders to complete the gauntlet*
Violet: *defends single-handedly a small dragon against three stronger men”
Violet: *gets in sassy battles with the most dangerous and powerful dragon to exist*
Violet: *befriends literally everyone who wanted to kill her*
Violet: *sees a ‘hunt the flag’ quest as the perfect excuse to break in her mom’s office for some thieving and vandalism*
Violet: *wants to fight a war to protect her sister*
Violet: *chanels lightning when in stress meltdown*
Violet: *murders a venin in the backs of a flying dragon*
Violet: *joins a rebellion at an eye blink*
Violet: *eventually commands said rebellion she just joined*
Xaden:
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mrsalwayswrite · 11 days ago
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LOVE THIS MOODBOARD!!! ❤️
The Perfect Girl
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Dark!Tommy Shelby x female reader
Summary: In the wake of Grace's abrupt departure, Polly attempts to settle her troubled nephew in the perfect home with the perfect wife. When she visits the nearby village, she decides you're the one and places you in the crosshairs of Tommy's dangerous desires.
Divider credit: @olenvasynyt
Part 1, Part 2 ongoing
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mrsalwayswrite · 12 days ago
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Return To Sender
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Summary: Letter after letter had been sent out, each one returning with no response. And with your editor breathing down your neck to finish your article on the notorious Birmingham gang and its imprisoned leader, drastic times called for drastic measures. But when Tommy Shelby finally agrees to the interview, you don’t only get his undivided attention, you earn his watchful eye from behind the iron bars of his prison cell. As each visit burns hotter than the last, blurring every line you swore you wouldn’t cross, you become fearful of not only losing your job, but your slipping control over the situation. What a fool you were to think you could just walk away from a man infatuated. A man in...love. Or at least, Tommy Shelby’s version of it.
Warnings: Dark!Tommy, language, violence, psychological mind games, controlling behaviour, delusional take on love, manipulative behaviour, smut, psychological abuse, stalking.
Authors Note: This is a Dark!Tommy series that some readers may find triggering. Please review the warnings before continuing.
Teaser Trailer
Part One
Part Two
Part Three
Part Four
Part Five coming soon!
Gif credit: @benson-shelby.
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The Perfect Girl (Part 2)
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dark!Tommy x female reader
Part 1
Summary: Polly convinces Tommy to see his new home for the first time and takes the opportunity to introduce him to you one stormy afternoon.
A/N: A huge ty to @littlepeakydevil for helping me navigate this chapter!
"What, might I ask, is so unacceptable about Arrow House?" Polly demanded with a sharp insistence Tommy knew better than to ignore.
He turned in his plush leather seat, leaning forward to deposit the ash from his cigarette with great care. As he did so, he exhaled a thick smoke screen between them. But Polly saw it for what it was, a childish attempt to hide, prolonged by his feigned ignorance.
"Where?" he asked with raised brow.
"Exactly!" Polly shouted, pounding the desk with her palm. "You haven't even been there!"
Tommy rolled his eyes in exasperation as he huffed, "Fucking ridiculous!"
"Your behavior? Yes, it is!," Polly declared, crossing her arms over her chest. "You're a respected businessman now and soon you'll be standing for Parliament. You need something more than a tiny bedsit to be taken seriously. What if you should need to entertain or..."
Tommy pinched the bridge of his nose as his eyes closed to her shrill voice, then raised a hand to stop her rant. "That's why I bought the Midland," he reminded her.
"Tommy, you have to start thinking more strategically about your future," Polly warned, taking a seat across from him to hold his gaze. "You need a proper home," she stressed.
"I suppose you'd choose a wife to go with it," he scoffed.
It was Polly's turn to look away, not wanting Tommy to see through the elaborate scheme to bring him the perfect girl... tomorrow no less. "You're a grown man capable of making your own decisions," she placated him, knowing how important it was to stroke his ego. If he thought he'd chosen you for himself he might be more willing to accept the match.
"Come with me tomorrow for a tour. You can meet the staff and eat lunch prepared by your new chef," she enticed him, realizing moments later how little that probably meant to her nephew. She quickly added, "there are beautiful stables with enough room to house as many race horses as you wish to buy." Much to her delight, Tommy perked up at the last bit, a sudden spark igniting his interest.
"I could drop in at lunchtime tomorrow," he remarked, making Polly smirk with deep satisfaction.
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Standing before the small oval mirror in your bedroom, you pressed onto your tip toes as you struggled to see as much of yourself as possible. You frowned when you realized your best dress didn't seem smart enough for such an important moment. As you tugged at the waist of the plain ivory frock, your older sister walked past with an amused giggle. "Off to meet Prince Charming?" she taunted with more than a hint of malice.
Inwardly chiding yourself for having confided in her during your initial excitement, you merely nodded.
"Well, good luck wearing that potato sack!" she snorted, attempting to hid her own jealousy. You could wear anything and look beautiful, but she wasn't about to bolster your ego with that information.
"It's my best," you exclaimed, defending your choice.
Your sister nodded sympathetically before delivering one last crushing blow, "Then I hope he likes peasant girls!"
Prince Charming fell in love with Cinderella, didn't he?, you thought, resorting to the consolation of your treasured fairy tales. As though on cue the clock downstairs chimed twelve. You raced from the house without any thought to the storm clouds drawing near, intent on locking eyes with your mysterious prince.
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Polly retrieved a third cigarette from her bag, fumbling with her lighter impatiently as she watched the rain fall in torrents outside. She paced the empty drawing room, wondering if you'd show in this weather. It had been her decision not to send a car for you, unwilling to draw attention to today's affair. However, now she was feeling rather foolish for all the subterfuge. She mumbled incoherently about her bad fortune until the butler appeared to announce the arrival of a Bentley in the drive.
Of all days for him to be so punctual, Polly thought. "Bloody hell!" she hissed, crushing the butt of her cigarette into the crystal ashtray until it began to wobble precariously on the edge of the table.
Making her way to the front door, her heels clicked against the cherry hardwood in time with her heart beat and she inhaled deeply to regain control of herself. Clasping her hands at her waist, she anxiously waited beyond the threshold to save her expensive Parisian shoes from the damp, a forced smile painted on her face.
"Something wrong?" Tommy asked as he shook the water from his coat and hat before the butler appeared to take them from his hands.
"No," Polly lied as she leaned in to kiss his cheek, the unfamiliar show of affection halting Tommy long enough for her hazel eyes to dart past his shoulder. Squinting through the haze of the rain and fog, she searched for you, relinquishing her hold on her nephew only when she was certain the drive was empty.
"Let's get on with the tour, ey?" Tommy muttered, shoving his hands into his pockets as he began to wander down the corridor. He used two fingers to push a door ajar, surveying the space designated as an office. Missing the careful touches of equestrian decor and serene pastoral landscapes, he sighed, "Is there whisky?"
"You have nothing but the finest whisky, rum and brandy stocked in the cellar," Polly offered sweetly.
"Just the whisky for now," Tommy muttered, glancing at a nearby maid with a small nod. This wasn't a world he'd inhabited previously and yet, he was learning rather quickly.
As he crossed the hall to explore the sitting room, Polly remained rooted to the spot, eyes fixed upon the front door. Much to her relief, she was rewarded with the outline of your form just beyond the frosted glass and she nodded vigorously for the butler to open the door.
Though soaked to the skin, your youthful charm was apparent in the bright smile you flashed in her direction. "Tommy, you have a visitor," Polly called in cheerful sing song.
"Who would be visiting me here?" Tommy wondered aloud as he marched down the hall.
But before he could make his way to the door, the butler declared, “If you’re here about the position listed in the paper, it’s already been filled.”
You probably should have taken the opportunity to introduce yourself as a guest of Mrs. Gray, but the words escaped you, frozen lips trembling helplessly. With rainwater dripping onto the polished floor below, your heart began thudding against your rib cage, suddenly very afraid you'd be turned away.
However, your wide eyed stare was like a beacon to Tommy who instantly became enchanted with the subtle beauty of your wet hair clinging to your skin in tiny curled tendrils.
"Shall I dismiss her, Mr. Shelby?" the butler asked in emotionless monotone, gazing reproachfully at the water puddling beneath you.
"Of course not," Tommy chided, casting a stern look in his direction that dared him to make you leave. "Fetch her warm blankets immediately," he instructed as you looked on in disbelief of his chivalrous command.
Tommy offered his hand to you and you accepted, all thoughts of your disheveled appearance slipping from your mind as you stared into the vast ocean of his deep blue eyes.
However, the spell was broken the moment Polly greeted you, the brightness of his eyes diminishing as she called you by name from further down the corridor.
"You...you know each other?" Tommy asked in confusion, the tone of his voice bordering on outright accusation.
Not knowing how to respond, you only nodded in reply, casting your eyes to the floor.
Tommy's head jerked toward his aunt, an unreadable expression crossing his face as he allowed your hands to drop from his. "What's this about, Pol?" he asked.
"She's a neighbor I invited for luncheon," Polly shrugged nonchalantly, coming to gather you in her arms protectively. "Come with me, dear and we'll have you warm and dry in no time," she promised with a gentle squeeze.
Tommy lingered behind you a moment before deciding to follow, brow furrowed in deep thought. However, if he'd guessed Polly's scheme he didn't let on during the luncheon, peppering you with questions about the area.
Somewhere between the various courses, you'd managed to regain your confidence, speaking to him candidly about your family and your upbringing. It felt comfortable and easy with Polly there, smiling at you, and the notions of your Prince Charming come to life soon reignited when Tommy engaged you in further conversation.
You seemed to please him with your idle chatter, his laughter echoing through the nearly empty dining room as you regaled him with amusing tales of the village. It was only when you began to inquire about his past that he began to bristle slightly, a strange charge to the air as he struggled to respond in kind. However, it was an offhand remark about his new home that seemed to sour his mood most.
"Have you always lived in such exquisite homes?" you asked, eyes darting about the grand space with absolute awe.
"No," he admitted ruefully with slow, calculated movement toward his whisky glass. "In fact, I was raised on a long boat called the January. Until we moved to Watery Lane."
"Birmingham?" you asked, somewhat familiar with the town, considering the close proximity.
"Yes," he agreed. "So you see, I'm no lord, nor am I a gentleman," he admitted gruffly.
"Tommy's a businessman," Polly interjected, cutting off whatever melancholy rant Tommy was about to unleash and ruin his chances with you.
However, Tommy didn't take kindly to the interruption, his ire rising as he added spitefully, "It's true that I am a businessman, but not a noble one." Casting a sinister glance at Polly he added, "To answer your question, this home was gained through extortion. Me brother told me he witnessed a young lord lose his life to gambling and heroin, making me most fortunate in this recent acquisition."
You gulped as he laid bare the truth of his fortune, an unsavory detail Polly had yet to confess. The rich food you'd consumed turned in your belly, making you feel ill. As you lurched from the table, Tommy stood to offer an arm, which you quickly dismissed. "I....I can manage," you stuttered as you excused yourself back to the village.
Polly dropped her head into her hands as you fled the dining room, wondering if she'd ever see your lovely face again. "Oh, Tommy," she murmured into her napkin wishing he'd tried a bit harder.
However, she failed to realize the effect you'd had on her wayward nephew. As he watched you flee from his new home, he stood tall in the shadow of the doorway, utterly fixated on your delicate form. "Scurry off into the darkness, darling. But I will find you," he promised before closing the door against the chill of the night air.
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mrsalwayswrite · 14 days ago
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elizabeth swan and will turner are actually SO romance in the first movie and not enough people acknowledged this because the early 2000s were the age of the edgelords who only valued jack sparrow’s moral ambiguity and that is the TRUTH
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mrsalwayswrite · 14 days ago
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MASTERS OF THE AIR · PART 1 and PART 9
BUCK: Last few years would have been a lot rougher without you, John. BUCKY: Mmm. Same.
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mrsalwayswrite · 17 days ago
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Garrick: Uh-oh. Xaden: Don't tell me— we're about to go over a huge waterfall. Garrick: Yup. Xaden: Sharp rocks at the bottom? Garrick: Most likely. Xaden: Bring it on.
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