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[sopping-wet-cat-wizard]

party crashers sideblog :)

hi hi! i'm merlin | 20+ | autistic | any pronouns |

i finally caved and made a party crashers sideblog because i really need to talk about my hyperfixation LOL

i do engage in rpf posting and such so if you don't like that kindly block me or just ignore me, also please do not rat me out if you think you know my twitter/bluesky or follow my main blog and are like what tf are you up too

i ship polycrashers mainly but i dabble in all the ships, i love all the crashers equally so you'll probably see me cycle between insane posting about all of them

ask me question and stuff if you wanna talk (please please please no one else will talk to me about my interests)

also if you write party crashers fics just know you've been keeping me alive and also i am giving you a kith /platonic ASDFGHJK

[sopping-wet-cat-wizard]

Might I interest you in the term "tsunshun" for Sophist?

tcnick3 and sophist are both tsunderes but like in different fonts

[sopping-wet-cat-wizard]

I find really funny how there's a small part on this already small niche of the fandom that came for the horny fics and are staying only for the horny fics 😂. Nothing against it of course, even if there's sometimes that I find myself bluescreening whenever opening ao3😅. Just, something interesting that I've noticed.

Every and any community will always have a horny side. It's inevitable. Rule 34 and all that.

They are attractive men, and they have good chemistry between each other. Is there something called "the boy band effect"? I'm gonna dub it that.

I've been on Tumblr longer than some people on this site have been alive. (Main blog was made in 2010.) Every fandom involving content creators (back then they were all just called Let's Players) has always had shipping, and then of that group there's always a subgroup for mature stuff. It's an interesting combination of celebrity culture and yaoi/BL culture.

"What's better than one pretty person? Two pretty people!"

It's a little obsessive, sure, but it's ultimately harmless so long as firm boundaries are set and followed. RPF is already a very delicate line to walk, and I'm not interested in being parasocial. To me, the personas they have online and in videos are separate from the real people they are in their day to day lives, and I'm only interested in those personas.

That's not me saying that everyone has to follow the same guidelines I set for myself, but everyone I've talked to here seems to understand that RPF should stay in its little corner. Like my pinned post says, I'm not interested in making the guys uncomfortable.

RPF is inevitable. RPF smut is inevitable. They're just dominoes in the same line that were waiting to be knocked down. I can't fault whoever knocked down the first domino because if it wasn't them, it would've been someone else.

All I ask is to keep the dominoes in the playroom.

[sopping-wet-cat-wizard]

WOTC Timeskip -- A Loveless Marriage :

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"I do not ask much of you, as your wife, but truly. Is our child not even enough for you, Brent?"

And it is that name, that pierces through his heart like an arrow, eating away at him once more. How long had it been since she had called him by his name? It had always been mon amour, my dear, my love. Never Brent.

"My love-"

And she flinched. Oh. This evident pain in her eyes, listening to his fake affection and concern. The way her face twisted into a painful expression, her eyes dull and void of any real empathy or love.

It was the same way his son had looked at him when he had returned to the castle.

Oh. And wasn't this the result of his actions? The same result that had brought about his son's upbringing and distance, to be raised as a prince and not a child. It was the same actions that had driven this passionate, affectionate woman, his wife, to harbor no love for him anymore. Truly, truly, had he done even one thing right as a man? Not as a king, but as the man he wished to be, and ultimately, the man he would only ever be if he had sacrificed his kingdom. If he had cast aside his title and support for the one thing he'd truly ever wanted. It was a cruel realization, and one that had yet again, come far too late.

"..."

"Cherie, I..."

"You need not pretend like you care for me. It is my fault for believing that I could get you to love me back. And truly, it is my fault for brining our son into this world with this distant marriage and a lack of love needed to give him a good life."

Her voice shook, as she took an almost ragged breath, trying to control her emotions. She had always been an emotional lady, but back then, it was passionate and affectionate. Now, her null void and acceptance blocked off a wave of grief that had threatened to crush her with this realization. But not anymore. She had let herself mourn, but now she would let him know, if not for herself but their child. Even if he didn't care for her, how could he not care for their son? His son? Her poor child, that she, in her own right, had neglected over his father sometimes. But even if she could not change the mistakes of her past, she could try her best to make up for them in the way he never would.

"No matter how much I try, my love will never be enough for him. And my love for him has ultimately been wasted on my love for you, so I will, in all rights, never be enough for him. Never enough to his raise him as a child, but just enough to raise him as my son, as the queen."

"..."

"But there is nothing we can do about it now, is there?" Her voice was faint, quietly pitching upward in a question that she asked rather to the night's stars outside of the study's window. The soft moonlight pouring in was her only response.

"..."

A grim chuckle escaped her throat, squeezing her fan so hard that her hands shook and the engravings in the wooden sticks imprinted themselves into their flesh.

"I will not divorce you. That chance has long since escaped me, but for the sake of this kingdom, for the sake of this image that you wish our family to uphold ourselves to, and for the sake of our image, that you have so faithfully protected and feigned all these years, I will remain your loyal and loving wife."

The words are sharp, like blades cutting deeper and deeper into his skin. They pierce his heart in a way that, should they have before, maybe a few things would have changed. Maybe the would be a little happier in this deep rabbit hole that they had dug themselves into.

"Let us not meet unless necessary. It is irrelevant for us to uphold this image outside of the castle."

"... I'm sorry, mon cherie."

Her throat quivers, tears threatening to spill from her eyes. She is only grateful she has her back to him now, for he is not the man that would force someone to look at him. Even still, her shaking figure is almost enough to make him step forward and embrace her. But certainly, as they both knew it, that would only hurt her more. With a painful breath, she attempted to control her suddenly hoarse voice:

"I do not wish to talk with anyone more tonight. Good night, my king."

"... Goodnight, Cherie."

And as the silence swept over the room, the lack of a disappointed sigh or exhale as he turned away, the click of the door behind him, the sound of his boots against the floor becoming softer and softer. It was not until the silence returned and she could no longer hear her footsteps that she let herself collapse, a soft sob escaping her throat. She let her tears fall, and then, she stilled herself, commanding her heart to stop grieving. This was enough. She had let him know, and no longer would she let herself be overtaken by grief. No, if anything, she would to her best to make up for her lack of parenting, her inability as a mother to raise a child, her son, to normalcy and happiness. If it was anything she could do, maybe, just maybe, she could help heal her son. Shield him from any future pain and suffering, and do all she could to make up for the future that would continue to be his distant relationship.

... Anton reminded her just a bit too much of his father. But even still, it wasn't like she'd ever stopped loving him. Just accepted that he wouldn't love her back. And in any regard, if she could care for him, maybe he too would come to love her and provide the affection that she had always longed for in Brent. It would be solace, when the boy was older and taller, to feel his gaze upon her when she wrapped her arms around him. After all, the boy had his father's eyes.

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party crashers arcane au ⁉️⁉️ (more under cut below)

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literally crying thinking about this bc the identities eevee/sophist paralleling powder/jinx fucking KILLS ME BRO

also i saw another anon bring this up in one of crashing's reblogs but i really like platonic sophvern/see them as siblings (not bc they're both white- /j) so this makes for a pretty complete au-

i could TOTALLY see tcvern3 as caitvi and king of soph as timebomb. The funny thing with nick and caitlin specifically is that in multiple of my aus (and kinda like pen's analysis) i can see nick as someone who's easily manipulated bc of a desire for power and control, even/especially if he's doing it for "the better", similar to how caitlin took ambessa's offer due to her desire to protect piltover from any further chaos (i have no clue who ambessa would be tho, or any of parental figures for the matter aka. silco and vander)

omg TIMEBOMB king of soph is just kill me now bc timebomb in it of itself is also a "doomed in this universe and not any other", JUST LIKE WEIGHT OF THE CROWN LIKE HELLO?? there's no love triangle for timebomb but ekko/brent going to a different universe and being able to love powder/eevee while knowing that he'll never be able to have this relationship with jinx/sophist in his actual universe is just AUGHHH ITS TOO PERFECT??

ALSO, on the flipside, jayvik as king of soph bc bro.. the “In all timelines, in all possibilities, only you can show me this." ??? AUGHHH just the whole concept of them being doomed yaoi but also destined to be together, not only as partners, but being explicably linked in every timeline?? the way we make/analyze them in our spinoffs of weight of the crown but also just in every au we make they're always together and doomed?? i also say this bc mel being cherie?? bc of the jayce aka brent love triangle (unreciprocated </3) and bc i have grown very fond of cherie as a character and i want her to be happy/independent and powerful girl boss outside of weight of the crown??- /hj cherie originally being friends with but also falling in love with brent the way mel did with jayce (PLATONIC MON CHEROI AUGH) but also cherie being brent's coping mechanism as/while he misses his partner aka sophist is just too perfect for the three of them and parallels jayce, mel, and viktor's relationship too well-

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for @sopping-wet-cat-wizard you stinky bastard man- D:< /j /nsrs /ref :

(as per usual this shit got WAY too long on accident so here you go swizard, enjoy XD) (not but this fr got super long, lengthy ass shit under the cut below)

After you said this, I actually struggled to decide between which idea I liked more, bc I hadn't really thought about it too much but their dynamic was def one of the two that you had brought up-

HOWEVER, you know how I was talking about that "community" that Brent introduced Sophist too? That gave him the confidence that he could start a new life, even without a perfectly clean slate, and letting everything hang out because not all but some people would be willing to accept him despite his previous lies and hidden past? Vern is the main player in that-

I wanna say he works at the cafe (omg cafe au reference- /j) that Brent and Sophist frequented when they first started hanging out more casually, with Brent being on good terms with Vern having come to this cafe for so long. Vern is the first person to openly approach him with this pure kindness and the two become good friends, with Brent and Eevee continuing to come here after they break off their respective abusive/toxic relationships.

As for Nick, I'm still really torn. I like the idea of him being a close/the closest colleague of Brent's, working at the same company as him and also being the person to suggest Sophist to Brent.

In the company, he's known as a bit of a slacker, but is very charismatic and popular with everyone, esp the ladies, and he somehow always seems to have luck on his side regarding making business deals, known for his ability to smooth talk his way into lucrative deals that make him favorable to the company (and overwrite his idleness). Outside of work though, he is a frequent client to the "business" ran by Leo. He has hooked up with Sophist atleast once but said it wasn't his thing, and prefers girls over guys, although he doesnt care that much to be honest. He's also a lot nicer than most of the clients, who otherwise stereotypically demand that they get straight to business, and will get to know the workers a little bit. This is what led to his connection with Sophist, as they're good friends and he's one of the only people Sophist talks about his job to outside of the industry (Nick was fucking SHOCKED when he found out the "rich sheltered boy" Sophist was talking about was in fact, Brent, and not another one of his regular vip clients. He did NOT have high confidence in even Sophist to "woo" over Brent, neither did he believe that they had actually done nothing lustful until he asked Brent himself.)

Either this, or as I mentioned earlier, he's one of Sophist's coworkers, although I have less to work with because I don't know how he'd "get out" of the business too without it feeling like a repeated version of sophist's journey, literally start to end- I DO think it would be funnier conceptually though, and better for plot if I did want to make a part two to this au focusing around tcvern3's relationship and the conflict i.e Nick being similarly being trapped, albeit less than Sophist, in the escort business.

At the very least, I definitely see this version of Nick as somebody who's more carefree and lax about his clients, and has definitely pissed a few of them off enough (he's DEFINITELY laughed at someones dick size to the point that they left i don't even care you're never taking that hc away from me- /hj /silly) to receive "punishments" but honestly? Fuck does he care? He's been in the industry less than Sophist has, so he doesn't really know how bad it can really get, but Sophist takes care of his junior regardless. If anything, maybe he can get him out of this life, unlike himself, and while Nick does have some moments of insecurities, he's currently not popular enough to know just how debilitating it can be. In return, he helps Sophist get out a little more and enjoy his life when not with clients, as he's grown so dependant on them (explained in a drabble i have coming up). His client was probably also the one who recommended Brent to Sophist, courtesy of him.

With either version of Nick, I can imagine him pulling up to meet Sophist a few months after he's left the business, genuinely happy to see him all healed and comfortable, wearing casual clothing and a genuine smile.

"So.. It's Eevee now, right?" He asked with a smirk on his face, but there was pure and evident happiness for his friend in his eyes, and that was enough to make Sophist laugh.

"Yeah, it is." He chuckled, a genuine smile spreading across his face. It was nice to see a familiar face after the whole fiasco. He hoped Nick hadn't suffered Leo's wrath after he had left (as a client or a worker). While eyeing him up and down and making sure he was ok, Eevee heard the soft patter of footsteps against the ground behind him. He hadn't even managed to look over his shoulder when-

"Eeevee! It's so good to see you again! Oh, and you brought a friend? Hi!! Nice to meet you! My name is Carnig, but you can call me Vernias!" The man excitedly stuck out his hand, his personality as bright as his pink hair. There was a sparkle in his eyes and a sweet smile on his face that always made him pleasant to everyone else. Meanwhile?

"... Oh!- Uh- Nice to meet you too Vernias, uh.. yeah.."

Sophist had to hold back his giggle at the faint flush that had appeared on his friend's cheeks, clearly more than surprised by Vern's bright personality, not to say that it was a bad thing. He instead settled for giving Nick a comical wink, his smile morphing into a smirk as Nick gave him a dirty side eye, for just a second, before snapping back into his normal self (or as normal as he could find himself) and began to chat up Vern. In no time, he'd put his charismatic personality to use, making Vern let out a bubbly laugh that turned the tips of his ears warm at the sound.

Also/In fact, with either version of the au, I think Nick's struggle would parallel either Brent's or Sophist's respectively struggle in his relationship with Vern/plot conflict. I could imagine for Office-Nick, that he was also born with a rather well off/rich family who has been in good kahoots with Brent's family (actually yes, i now decree that in this version, they're family friends but not in a childhood friends kind of way bc Brent was prevented him from even playing with the son of a well off family as a child bc damn his parents-). They run their own business but have let Nick work with Brent's family's company due to it's success, their animosity as family friends, and their desire for him to get more experience in the working world. However, they meet up with him one day and tell him to quit his job, as seeing his success, they've decided he's finally ready to take over their own company. This would also result in his parents engaging him with somebody, aka Nicole (YOOO STARRY FINALLY REFS NICOLE /hj) who's family also well off/has a high status, for the sake of public image (and MORE company optimization babyyy-/srs /lh), leaving him distraught about his blooming relationship with Vern because he can't just leave. His parents have treated him well his whole life, nothing like Brent's parents (whose toxicity he finally understood to the fullest extent after the whole fiasco), and they haven't given him a reason to actively break everything off to go chase this- this cafe worker. It's painful to admit, but he doesn't have the heart nor the right to just do so just like Brent has. It drives him into this state of turmoil, maddening and insane.

I'm also so fucking tired that I can't conceptually think of Escort-Nick's struggle in detail rn (also bc of what i said and it being repetitive of sophist's struggle-) uhm yeah thats all i can give you lmao im so genuinely burnt out rn- /srs /gen

this got so fucking long bro even for my standards istg- ╥﹏╥

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You know me so well. xD

"One cappuccino, extra foam!" a familiar voice chirped out, taking a second to brush his pink bangs from his eyes before smiling once more. "Thanks! Come again!"

A slender hand curls around the warm drink, carefully bringing the cup to his lips and testing the warm liquid against his lips to make sure it wasn't quite scalding before taking a generous sip.

Perfect, as always. Those five-star dining establishments had nothing on this.

The man discreetly drops his generous tip in the jar, turning and gliding towards the exit as the bell rings. He makes way, allowing the couple to pass by.

Behind him, he hears the man behind the register perk up. "Oh, hey guys! You want your usual?"

It's then he notices an extended silence as he continues walking, only for it to be broken by the man who previously held the door. "Sophist? Are you alright? You've gone quiet."

Ah, so that was the name of the man who seemed to be watching him. Not a couple, then.

The man, Sophist, snapped his attention back to the other man he'd entered beside. "I-yeah." He laughs nervously. "Just tired. Guess I needed the coffee more than I thought."

"Pardon me, gentlemen," the man smoothly excuses himself, making his way out the door, pretending to ignore the discrete way Sophist kept trying to glance at him.

As he made his way out of the quaint cafe, he hummed in amusement. For someone to recognize him all the way out here meant he had to be in the business, and judging by the fear along with the discreet make-up definitely hiding some bruises, he was most likely one of Leo's pets.

His hair was even dyed purple, and yet he was still recognized. A small price to pay for a good drink, though.

He lightly drummed his fingers against the drink in his other hand. How interesting, to meet one of Leo's stars. Perhaps he'll have to frequent this cafe more often.

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As he returns to work, he discards his drink on his desk, moving to get the attention of one of the assistants. "Send Margarito to my office when he has a moment. I'd like to speak to him."

It's then he finally takes a moment to sit in his chair and enjoy his beverage, letting the heat flow through him. He knew things were going to get interesting, so he'd better be awake for it all.

Not long after the request is given, a knock comes to his door before it swings open. In walks a man in an orange robe with a single flower in his hair, grinning with his hands behind his head. "You wanted to see me, sir?"

The man can only chuckle at how casual his worker has gotten addressing him, but at least he still greets him with respect, and that's all he cares about at this point. He leans forward on his desk, lacing his fingers together and letting a smile paint his face. "Tell me. What do you know about a worker called 'Sophist'?"

You know what I think Leo needs? Competition. >:3 - @sopping-wet-cat-wizard

.. SWIZARD. WE'RE NOT INTRODUCING ANOTHER NEW EVIL MAN IN HERE. I'M NOT WRITING OUT TWO BASTARDS- /hj /silly

[sopping-wet-cat-wizard]

My actual reaction to reading that sentence.

And the universe jumping. The universe jumping idea just opens up a complex web of intricacies. Like, imagine 'weight of the crown' Brent meeting 'sugar au' Sophist. Imagine slowly trying to settle in the role of CEO and not quite know what's going on but Sophist is here and he's still calling him "King".

And yeah, he can tell that Sophist is still damaged, but at least he's not leading a rebellion. Instead, he's the one under someone else's thumb, and you can bet your ass Brent's not wasting a single minute to try and figure out how to take down Leo. He'll save him even if he has to go back, even if it's the last thing he ever does.

And that's just one example.

party crashers arcane au ⁉️⁉️ (more under cut below)

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literally crying thinking about this bc the identities eevee/sophist paralleling powder/jinx fucking KILLS ME BRO

also i saw another anon bring this up in one of crashing's reblogs but i really like platonic sophvern/see them as siblings (not bc they're both white- /j) so this makes for a pretty complete au-

i could TOTALLY see tcvern3 as caitvi and king of soph as timebomb. The funny thing with nick and caitlin specifically is that in multiple of my aus (and kinda like pen's analysis) i can see nick as someone who's easily manipulated bc of a desire for power and control, even/especially if he's doing it for "the better", similar to how caitlin took ambessa's offer due to her desire to protect piltover from any further chaos (i have no clue who ambessa would be tho, or any of parental figures for the matter aka. silco and vander)

omg TIMEBOMB king of soph is just kill me now bc timebomb in it of itself is also a "doomed in this universe and not any other", JUST LIKE WEIGHT OF THE CROWN LIKE HELLO?? there's no love triangle for timebomb but ekko/brent going to a different universe and being able to love powder/eevee while knowing that he'll never be able to have this relationship with jinx/sophist in his actual universe is just AUGHHH ITS TOO PERFECT??

ALSO, on the flipside, jayvik as king of soph bc bro.. the “In all timelines, in all possibilities, only you can show me this." ??? AUGHHH just the whole concept of them being doomed yaoi but also destined to be together, not only as partners, but being explicably linked in every timeline?? the way we make/analyze them in our spinoffs of weight of the crown but also just in every au we make they're always together and doomed?? i also say this bc mel being cherie?? bc of the jayce aka brent love triangle (unreciprocated </3) and bc i have grown very fond of cherie as a character and i want her to be happy/independent and powerful girl boss outside of weight of the crown??- /hj cherie originally being friends with but also falling in love with brent the way mel did with jayce (PLATONIC MON CHEROI AUGH) but also cherie being brent's coping mechanism as/while he misses his partner aka sophist is just too perfect for the three of them and parallels jayce, mel, and viktor's relationship too well-

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I am this close to trying to figure out how to make an MV/fancam of Sophist with the song Insane by Black Gryph0n & Baasik.

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okay chat what if healer (cleric?) Vernias and wizard Sophist teaching eachother spells when they're bored

what if Sophist learns to heal and to revive and Vern learns fire spell and thunder spell n stuff that's more on the offensive

what if them, Nick, and Brent were on a journey together but didn't know eachother very well, like this is a sort of found family type trope or smth, and as they start like getting used to eachother and trusting eachother, Sophist and Vern stay up late at night and talk about everything and nothing, and one night they talk about their magic and like how they learned to cast their spells, and it evolves into them sneaking away from camp (they were probs supposed to be on guard but like the others will be finee) to find someplace where they won't disturb the others while they show eachother exactly how to do each spell

what if the other two only find out after Vernias recieves a critical blow in battle, taking the last of his hearts, and they see Sophist rush over and perform a revive, in the exact same way they had seen Vern do it over and over again, with an unsure look on his face as he recalls each step in his head and prays that he doesn't somehow mess this up

Vernias waking up, a huge smile on his face, exclaiming a cheerful "you did it!" and practically tackling him to the ground with a hug

what if all that?

[sopping-wet-cat-wizard]

Some king of nick content for yall

Brent teleports every player in a specific region but it was just Nick

'Everyone? Am I the world to you?'

[sopping-wet-cat-wizard]

୭ ˚. NICK X SCHLATT STIMBOARD

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I should've posted about this fic earlier but if you want an amazing Poly Crashers fic READ THIS RIGHT NOW!!

It explored all of the Crashers dynamics perfectly and portrays their relationship(s) like they truly are: A mess! A good kind of mess!

https://archiveofourown.org/works/63782563

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୭ ˚. BRENT CODE THEME STIMBOARD

[sopping-wet-cat-wizard]

♡ local brent enthusiast ♡

hi, i'm travis/travvy! ^-^ i am an adult (20s), i use any pronouns, and i do not have a dni. feel free to send me asks or messages, though as a heads up, i have an active life so it might take a bit for me to respond

(i made this image. you have full permission to steal it. no nick did not say this its a bit)

this is an rpf zone!! my belief is that boundaries apply to what creators are shown, not what is created, and also you just shouldnt send shipping fanfiction to creators unprompted. that's weird

i use "pc rpf" for most of my posts, "party crashers rpf" if i want people to see it. any nsfw will be tagged as such. i also tag all ships, and posts i make are tagged as "mine"

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I might... or might not made a picrew with how I envision Leo (a.k.a Leonidas lol) to look like. Too bad it didn't have any options for beard/stubble, bc I see him having stubble lmao. Also, thank you for make him (more) of an asshat lmfao, I see everyone calling dibs on hunting him down lol.

-🖋️

@pen--anon WHAT AN EXTRA ASS NAME IM CRYING??? actually giggling rn- ALSO PLEASEEE SEND ME THE PICREW bc i lowkey had my own visions of him too and idk if they align w/ urs lmao- (the tables have turned XD instead of me naming and envisioned a look for a character in ur au, you've named and envisioned a look for a character in my au lol /silly /pos)

and no problem lmao, i fucking HATE that bitch already, i hated that asshole from the moment i saw him in your drabble- (ভ_ ভ) (also thank you for giving him a name bc my perfectionist ass could never LMAO- /hj ( ´﹀` )' )

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for @sopping-wet-cat-wizard you stinky bastard man- D:< /j /nsrs /ref :

(as per usual this shit got WAY too long on accident so here you go swizard, enjoy XD) (not but this fr got super long, lengthy ass shit under the cut below)

After you said this, I actually struggled to decide between which idea I liked more, bc I hadn't really thought about it too much but their dynamic was def one of the two that you had brought up-

HOWEVER, you know how I was talking about that "community" that Brent introduced Sophist too? That gave him the confidence that he could start a new life, even without a perfectly clean slate, and letting everything hang out because not all but some people would be willing to accept him despite his previous lies and hidden past? Vern is the main player in that-

I wanna say he works at the cafe (omg cafe au reference- /j) that Brent and Sophist frequented when they first started hanging out more casually, with Brent being on good terms with Vern having come to this cafe for so long. Vern is the first person to openly approach him with this pure kindness and the two become good friends, with Brent and Eevee continuing to come here after they break off their respective abusive/toxic relationships.

As for Nick, I'm still really torn. I like the idea of him being a close/the closest colleague of Brent's, working at the same company as him and also being the person to suggest Sophist to Brent.

In the company, he's known as a bit of a slacker, but is very charismatic and popular with everyone, esp the ladies, and he somehow always seems to have luck on his side regarding making business deals, known for his ability to smooth talk his way into lucrative deals that make him favorable to the company (and overwrite his idleness). Outside of work though, he is a frequent client to the "business" ran by Leo. He has hooked up with Sophist atleast once but said it wasn't his thing, and prefers girls over guys, although he doesnt care that much to be honest. He's also a lot nicer than most of the clients, who otherwise stereotypically demand that they get straight to business, and will get to know the workers a little bit. This is what led to his connection with Sophist, as they're good friends and he's one of the only people Sophist talks about his job to outside of the industry (Nick was fucking SHOCKED when he found out the "rich sheltered boy" Sophist was talking about was in fact, Brent, and not another one of his regular vip clients. He did NOT have high confidence in even Sophist to "woo" over Brent, neither did he believe that they had actually done nothing lustful until he asked Brent himself.)

Either this, or as I mentioned earlier, he's one of Sophist's coworkers, although I have less to work with because I don't know how he'd "get out" of the business too without it feeling like a repeated version of sophist's journey, literally start to end- I DO think it would be funnier conceptually though, and better for plot if I did want to make a part two to this au focusing around tcvern3's relationship and the conflict i.e Nick being similarly being trapped, albeit less than Sophist, in the escort business.

At the very least, I definitely see this version of Nick as somebody who's more carefree and lax about his clients, and has definitely pissed a few of them off enough (he's DEFINITELY laughed at someones dick size to the point that they left i don't even care you're never taking that hc away from me- /hj /silly) to receive "punishments" but honestly? Fuck does he care? He's been in the industry less than Sophist has, so he doesn't really know how bad it can really get, but Sophist takes care of his junior regardless. If anything, maybe he can get him out of this life, unlike himself, and while Nick does have some moments of insecurities, he's currently not popular enough to know just how debilitating it can be. In return, he helps Sophist get out a little more and enjoy his life when not with clients, as he's grown so dependant on them (explained in a drabble i have coming up). His client was probably also the one who recommended Brent to Sophist, courtesy of him.

With either version of Nick, I can imagine him pulling up to meet Sophist a few months after he's left the business, genuinely happy to see him all healed and comfortable, wearing casual clothing and a genuine smile.

"So.. It's Eevee now, right?" He asked with a smirk on his face, but there was pure and evident happiness for his friend in his eyes, and that was enough to make Sophist laugh.

"Yeah, it is." He chuckled, a genuine smile spreading across his face. It was nice to see a familiar face after the whole fiasco. He hoped Nick hadn't suffered Leo's wrath after he had left (as a client or a worker). While eyeing him up and down and making sure he was ok, Eevee heard the soft patter of footsteps against the ground behind him. He hadn't even managed to look over his shoulder when-

"Eeevee! It's so good to see you again! Oh, and you brought a friend? Hi!! Nice to meet you! My name is Carnig, but you can call me Vernias!" The man excitedly stuck out his hand, his personality as bright as his pink hair. There was a sparkle in his eyes and a sweet smile on his face that always made him pleasant to everyone else. Meanwhile?

"... Oh!- Uh- Nice to meet you too Vernias, uh.. yeah.."

Sophist had to hold back his giggle at the faint flush that had appeared on his friend's cheeks, clearly more than surprised by Vern's bright personality, not to say that it was a bad thing. He instead settled for giving Nick a comical wink, his smile morphing into a smirk as Nick gave him a dirty side eye, for just a second, before snapping back into his normal self (or as normal as he could find himself) and began to chat up Vern. In no time, he'd put his charismatic personality to use, making Vern let out a bubbly laugh that turned the tips of his ears warm at the sound.

Also/In fact, with either version of the au, I think Nick's struggle would parallel either Brent's or Sophist's respectively struggle in his relationship with Vern/plot conflict. I could imagine for Office-Nick, that he was also born with a rather well off/rich family who has been in good kahoots with Brent's family (actually yes, i now decree that in this version, they're family friends but not in a childhood friends kind of way bc Brent was prevented him from even playing with the son of a well off family as a child bc damn his parents-). They run their own business but have let Nick work with Brent's family's company due to it's success, their animosity as family friends, and their desire for him to get more experience in the working world. However, they meet up with him one day and tell him to quit his job, as seeing his success, they've decided he's finally ready to take over their own company. This would also result in his parents engaging him with somebody, aka Nicole (YOOO STARRY FINALLY REFS NICOLE /hj) who's family also well off/has a high status, for the sake of public image (and MORE company optimization babyyy-/srs /lh), leaving him distraught about his blooming relationship with Vern because he can't just leave. His parents have treated him well his whole life, nothing like Brent's parents (whose toxicity he finally understood to the fullest extent after the whole fiasco), and they haven't given him a reason to actively break everything off to go chase this- this cafe worker. It's painful to admit, but he doesn't have the heart nor the right to just do so just like Brent has. It drives him into this state of turmoil, maddening and insane.

I'm also so fucking tired that I can't conceptually think of Escort-Nick's struggle in detail rn (also bc of what i said and it being repetitive of sophist's struggle-) uhm yeah thats all i can give you lmao im so genuinely burnt out rn- /srs /gen

this got so fucking long bro even for my standards istg- ╥﹏╥