#{but he’s definitely a fed up CEO so}

[kylo-wrecked]

I posted about this last night and deleted it as I wasn’t sure how relevant it would be but now I am.

The most likely outcome of CEO Matt:

A. Post-sabbatical Matt forgets about the blow-up and moves on.

B. CEO Matt pulls himself and his investors out of Tumblr and they sell it to an Open AI adjacent.

And trans people still get nothing because harassing Matt isn’t activism.

[buckybarnesslutshop]

Well, You’re Early

Alpha!Ceo!Bucky x Omega!Reader

CWs: SMUT, NSFW, MDNI 18+ Omegaverse, duh, breeding, nesting, Alpine mention, some teasing, the whole idea of scents, p in v, knotting, bit of cockwarming, overall kinda tame and sweet esp at the end

Nicknames used by Bucky: Omega, babygirl, baby, honey

Nicknames used by Reader: Buck, Alpha

A/N: Exam season is almost over so I cooked up a bit of self indulgence. That’s it that’s the fic. Probably not my best work but like I said this is for me so.

Summary: You wake up one morning feeling….. off. You think you’re coming down with a cold, maybe the flu, and decide to nest and rest while you wait for your Alpha to come home. But resting doesn’t go as planned, as it feels like the room suddenly gets hotter….

Bucky had already gone to work that morning by the time you woke up, something that wasn’t uncommon during the week. When you work up, you felt… off. You couldn’t put your finger on it, but you felt almost as if you were coming down with something. You wondered if you were just having some pre-heat symptoms, but it felt a bit more than that.

By the time you had made breakfast, taken a shower, and got dressed, you felt a bit more…. off. Something was definitely going on. You sighed, hoping it would be over by the time your heat started in about 5 days. Being sick on your heat was by far the worst experience a mated omega can experience short of losing their mate.

And so you started on some of the cleaning for the day, finishing the dishes from last night, vacuuming the floors, washing the sheets. You scooped Alpine’s litter and fed her breakfast. She looked at you curiously before eating it.

Fatigue started to hit you rapidly, and you decided to rebuild the nest so you would at least be cozy and content when sick. The fresh sheets were placed on the bed before you opened your closet to grab the blankets you set aside specifically for nesting. They always smelled like you and Bucky, and that was the point. You began to arrange them, fiddling the order of them here and there. You still felt rather… off, and you weren’t thinking much anymore.

You haphazardly dug through the laundry for a few of Bucky’s sweatshirts, and the ever-coveted red henley. You grabbed his blue one too. You grabbed your own sweatshirts, using them to further imbed the nest with your scents. By the time you were content, you curled up in the middle of the nest and decided to nap. Alpine padded in, jumping on the bed, and sniffing you. She gives you another look before leaving. That felt odd, you weren’t sure why she wasn’t lying with you as she normally would have, but you didn’t care. You just wanted to rest.

Less than an hour later, you woke up soaked in sweat, skin ablaze. “Must be a fever…” you muttered. You sat up abruptly, but immediately noticed the dehydration and vague feeling of dizziness. You crawled out of the next to grab water, but you barely made it out of the room before you stopped cold. There was a new sensation, of something warm, wet, and sticky running down your thigh. You panicked, immediately shoving a hand down your shorts and panties and running a finger along your slit. To your… horror? surprise?…. you felt a steady pool of slick forming. You stepped back, looking at the calendar by the bedroom door. 5 days. You weren’t due for 5 more days. What. The. Hell.

Bucky was in his office when he felt…. off. He sniffed around, thinking maybe someone new and imposing might’ve been around. There was no notable difference in the scents around the office. He continued clacking on his keyboard as his attention struggled to stay. He thought of his lovely wife back home, and decided to text her and check up on her.

He continued working, waiting for a reply, but it had been over half an hour. He assumed you were napping, until he felt heat begin to radiate from his mating mark under his button down. His brows furrowed. What was going on? It felt similar to your heat, but it wasn’t due for almost another week, and you were very regular with it. He sighed, checking his phone again. Still no reply. He got up, grabbing another cup of coffee. As he walks into his office again, though, he stops cold. He feels that sudden heat on his mark grow hotter as his skin begins to flush slightly. It’s barely noticeable, but he knows what it means. He needs to get home, now. He hoped he was wrong, because several clients were going to be pushing some events back if that were the case. His poor secretary.

You were lying in the nest, dildo in hand, trying to feel some sort of relief. Your phone was deposited somewhere on the floor with your clothes, never noticing Bucky’s text. You thrust it in and out rapidly. The air was thick, you could barely breathe, and your toy was barely doing anything. You sat up, deciding to change positions, but that didn’t help either. You decided to change again, back to your back, rubbing your clit, but nothing. You sighed, grabbing some more water. The heat rippled off of you, and the water did barely anything. You decided one last position was worth a try. You got on your knees, bending over to something akin to doggy, before reaching your arm under and thrusting the dildo in. It was your favorite way for Bucky to take you, save for a mating press, so it just had to work. And to a small degree, it was, as you hyper focused on reaching some sort of finish.

He unlocked the door, pushing it open. He got one foot in the door as the thick smell of you smacked him in the face: vanilla, peonies, and a thick layer of cherry, the biggest sign of your heat. He groaned softly to himself as he felt his cock harden. He quickly made his way inside and took his shoes and suit jacked off. He called out softly to you, but he never got a reply. His brows furrowed. He couldn’t hear anything until he made his way toward the bedroom where he heard your panting and muffled whines.

You suddenly felt the dildo pulled out of your hand, rapidly sitting up and turning, a growl making its way out of your throat before you realized who it was. You hadn’t even registered his scent, his voice calling for you when he walked in. Your eyes went wide as you whined.

“Oh babygirl…” he sighed, placing the soaked dildo on the bedside table. He grabbed the water bottle, handing it to you. You didn’t argue, sipping from it.

“Well….” he muttered, “You’re early.”

You sniffled, heat throbbing and skin burning. You looked up at him. He leaned down and kissed your forehead. You whined, grabbing at his shirt. He laughed, saying “it’s ok baby, I’ll give you what you need. But just one question for you, omega,” he said. He began to unbutton his pants, taking them off for dramatic pause. “Tell me. Is your little dildo better, or is my cock better?”You flushed, remembering how you were caught.

“You’re better, Alpha, so much better,” you said breathlessly. His shirt was now off too, joining the pile of clothes. He stepped closer to the bed, grabbing your hand, and placing it on the bulge in his boxers. You let out a breathy exhale as you palmed him lightly. You were entranced already, eyes a bit glassy, as Bucky watched you in awe. His perfect little omega.

He crawled into the nest before manhandling you to turning back around on your knees. “This what you want, ‘mega? Want me pound into you from behind? Breed you in doggy, all messy and depraved?” He teased, watching with clear view from behind as you clenched around nothing and whined. “Yes please, Alpha,” you mumbled. He gently pushed you forward onto your chest and pulled your ass up so you sat on your knees.

You wriggled your hips back into his clothed cock, whimpering and needy. The heat was only progressively getting more consuming and you needed him so bad. He chuckled, telling you to wait, as he discarded his underwear. They joined the pile of clothes imbedded in the nest.

You had heard the thwack of his heavy cock hitting his lower abdominal, and you tried to hold back a whine. “You’re so wet for me, ‘mega, so pretty. Such a pretty baby for me,” he murmured, running a thick finger up and down your slit. He could’ve sworn he saw a fresh gush come out of you. “Need prepped baby? Or are you ready?”

You turned your head to the side, and out of the pillows, before quickly nodding and saying “Ready!” You saw him smile at your eagerness.

You felt him like himself up, but instead of inserting himself, you felt him first slide the head of his cock up and down your folds. A small moan escaped each time he tapped your clit with the head of his cock as your eyes began to cloud over. You whined before grumbling out a “stop teasin’ Alpha.” He laughed quietly.

“Alright alright, my needy little omega. I’ll give you want you want now,” he said, voice gravelly and deep. He lined himself up again, slowly pushing in, and oh how the dildo never compares. Never quite gets that spot, never quite stretches you so good, and it certainly doesn’t whisper sweet little teases into your ear.

He began thrusting slowly, enjoying the soft, warm feeling of your cunt clenching around him. The sound of your breathy whimpers were like a melody, and he could smell the deeper change in your scent as it became even more cherry dominated. He began thrusting faster, gripping one metal arm on your hip and on flesh hand against your upper back, holding you down.

“Such a good omega, lettin’ me breed you all pretty ‘n’ full of my pups. Is that what you wanted, honey?” He asks, tone teasing. You whine, nodding rapidly. “Yes please! Wanna be bred, Alpha, please!” you say as your hips were pushing back to meet his. He groans at your eager movements, feeling you flutter around him.

“Alpha, Alpha, Alpha!” you chanted, eyes fluttering back. He knew you were close, if not by the chanting then by the way your cunt gripped his cock so tight. He reached around to toy softly with your clit.

“Go on, ‘mega, cum for me pretty baby,” he muttered low and thick. You let out a choked sob, the feeling of your orgasm almost built to its peak.

“Cum- cum in me please Alpha! Knot me please?” You beg, words rolling out in a ramble of desperation and need. He groaned lowly, the grip on your hip tightening. “Gonna breed you, omega, don’t you worry. Just cum on my cock like a good girl, ok?” He said, mind going almost blank at the feeling of your warm, wet cunt.

You groaned, suddenly feeling yourself about to tip over the edge. “Fuck- fuck, fuck!” You screamed, “Bucky, Alpha!” And you felt your orgasm crash in, not far off the feeling of a tsunami crashing in, and your eyes rolled back so far you were seeing white. You heard Bucky say something along the lines of “Good omega, good girl, such a good girl,” as his groans grew louder and this thrusts sloppier.

You sure as HELL felt when he moaned as he came inside you, still recovering from your own orgasm, as you felt his knot inflate. Awareness creeped back in, and so did the ability to speak, but all that came out was a soft “fuck,” amongst all of your panting.

“You ok, ‘mega?” He asked, drawing soothing circles into your back. He was still inside you, still stretching you, still filling you, but these moments are the sweetest. You nodded, murmuring a quiet “Yes, Alpha,” as a small smile spread across your face.

He slowly maneuvers you so that you’re lying on his stomach, knot still filling you, as you sighed contentedly. It wouldn’t be the last time you had his knot in you over the next few days, and for that you’re excited, but for now, you were happy just to snuggle. He dozed off with you on his chest, half asleep yourself, flesh hand still in your hair from where he was petting you softly. You never noticed Alpine make her way to the edge of the nest and curl in, but she sure was there when you woke up.

[mrshowtimexo]

Wave 2 of Modern AU Genshin Headcanons - NSFW Ahead. Minors DNI.

Wave 2 will include all male characters with names starting with D-K. Please be patient, as all other characters including female and non-playable characters will be coming soon.

This is a modern/mafia AU list, and will include suggestive themes and explicit sexual acts, some now in more detail. All characters are over the age of 18, however not all headcanons will include NSFW themes.

Warnings: most characters are ooc, characters do not behave completely like they would in a canon-typical environment, mentions of drinking and smoking, mentions of blood, illegal activities mentioned and carried out, gang mentions, implied gang violence, marriage, yandere behavior, possessiveness, fake love, manipulation, implied emotional abuse, drugs mentioned, drugs used, addiction mentioned, rehab for said addiction, stalker behavior, kinich is a

fucking CREEP, that should be it for wave 2.

Other information: Most of these have a profession listed, if it says civilian for the S/O's profession, it is up to the decision of the reader.

This list of headcanons, including ones released after this could be a setup for future fics as well. Once the headcanons are all complete and up, I may begin accepting requests for this AU, just keep an

eye out!

Happy reading!

masterlist

Dainsleif: 

Adventurous! Dainsleif + Civilian! S/O

Dain likes to travel around the world, seeming cool and collected; just a guy that likes a good view. Despite this, he carries a certain anxiety you can’t put your finger on

He met you in your home country (honestly this is up to you, I won’t be picky for this one) while he was visiting a shopping center, you dropped a drink and it got on his shoes though he didn’t seem to mind, he even bought you a new one

The two of you talked over coffee and your drink of choice from a nearby cafe and actually ended up clicking very well, this is where he learned you weren’t exactly fond of the life you had here

On a whim he asked you to join in his travels around the seven nations, and with feeling like there was nothing left to lose you joined him, first as a friend

Traveling around for several months in his van, sleeping under the stars in the Sumeru desert, taking a roadside break in Springs City in Natlan, road tripping from there all the way to Mondstadt, the more distance passed the closer you got to him, leading to a mutual confession and a relationship blossoming.

He’s a very respectful lover, making sure you’re comfortable wherever your travels take you and that you’re well fed and rested every day. (on another note Dain isn’t even my favorite character but he’s the one I would want to be with the most out of all the ones I’ve written)

He opens doors for you, weather it be the door to the passenger seat for you or to shops or businesses you happen to be going to 

He’s definitely the type of guy to kiss your palms the most, he especially likes to do so when waking up. In the early mornings he’ll gently pull your hand to his face, kiss your palm, and then nuzzle his cheek into it. 

He seems to be hiding some secrets however, and he avoids the Khaenri’ah-Snezhnaya border like the plague for some reason, and when you asked he avoided the question entirely and you decided not to push it. (I am fully aware Khaenri’ah is underneath Sumeru but for the AU’s sake it is located on the surface)

When it comes to intimacy he takes his sweet time, both for your first time and in general. Foreplay is a big part of sex for him, so he puts a lot of focus into it. He’s definitely more for his partner’s pleasure than his own, that’s for certain.

Diluc:

CEO/Tycoon! Diluc + Citizen! S/O

Dependant on his S/O when they come into his life, won’t admit it

Wants them to never leave

Wants to take care of them no matter what because they took care of him, whether they knew it or not. He’ll do subtle things to express his love to them, like bringing their coffee to them in the mornings just how they like it or completing tasks that they normally would throughout the day to give them more time to rest, even through his busy life

He vents by having sex, depending on the situation, rough or loving. He can go either way. (This is mostly because he doesn’t drink or smoke.)

Can read his S/O like a book. Knows if they’re hiding something or if they’re lying about how they’re feeling. Most of the time he doesn’t pry, but he’ll hold their hand or pull them close if he knows they’re feeling down.

Reassuring when needed, he’s not good with words but he’ll stand by your side through anything

Kind of stiff, still doesn’t really know how to love but is trying because he finally found someone to care for.

Despite this, he definitely wants to marry you at some point in his life. He couldn’t ask for anyone better.

Gaming:

Lion Dancer/Event Manager! Gaming + Cosplayer S/O

Met at a festival and instantly clicked, had their first date that same night participating in fun games and eating good food together.

The second night of that same event, you got to watch him do a lion dance. Safe to say, it was entrancing.

Gaming in this AU is a bit of a nerd, so he helps to give you ideas for cosplays and plays video games with you. You both also learned about each other’s interests to talk about them with each other

He’s very sweet and loving, absolutely adores doing anything with his S/O

Bakes with you and helps you cook

Buys you cosplay gear, whether to make outfits or premade pieces

When it comes to intimacy he is very vanilla, but he’s so loving that it makes up for it even if you’re into a bit more. He’ll try anything once if you like it, however.

Overall just a very good lover. Not into that underground crime stuff, so you’ll never have to worry. Additionally he’ll protect you if anything dangerous happens nearby, so there’s nothing to fear.

Gorou:

Sniper! Gangster! Gorou + Citizen! S/O

Second in command of the Orobashi Gang (ran by Kokomi)

Scared of relationships, scared to fall in love. He worries that he won’t be able to take care of his S/O because of his duties or that he would make them sad by not spending enough time with them.

Ended up becoming friends with benefits with someone (S/O) to relieve stress of being second in command, he accidentally fell in love. He’s a mess, mostly because he swore he’d never do that with the fear of tainting a lover’s life with his dirty work.

He realized he actually really liked this person, and feels like they are a piece of him that he was missing.

Feels empty without his S/O, but keeps fighting so he’ll be able to see them again.

Easily jealous once they actually get together, not because he wants to, just because of natural instinct to feel that way.

Would do anything for his S/O to make them feel loved and accepted just the way they are.

Yes, he lets you pet his ears and tail. He also appreciates when you comb his fur out, especially after coming back from a mission. He caved pretty early on about what he does for work, and since you didn’t mind he would come home a mess sometimes. He really loves when you pamper him, but he’ll never admit it. If you’re stressed or unwell however, he will clean himself up and take care of you.

Ifa: 

Vet! Ifa + Animal caretaker! S/O

First meeting Ifa was an adventure. The lady you normally watched a dog for asked you to do only one task for her that day--take Sparky to the vet for his checkup, call her if anything was wrong (though Sparky is very healthy, so she’s not expecting that call) , and to bring him home afterward, where her son would take over sitting the dog. Simple enough right? Well everything went as wrong as it could--Sparky is usually contained so he wasn’t in the carrier, just on his leash but, little fucker got zoomies in the vet’s office. He knocked over Ifa, who was walking out of the back, sending Ifa falling face first over you. What an introduction.

Instead of moving, the two of you just stared at each other for a while. It was stupidly awkward, even more so when he piped up with a “Wow, you’re very attractive, bro.” in a whisper. Don’t worry, he’ll never live that down.

After getting up you finished the vet’s visit as intended, not before slipping him your number on a sheet of paper you got ahold of.

From there you went on a few dates and actually got to know each other. He was a very laid back guy, and it seems he just genuinely loved what he did. Over a few dinner dates and your mutual love for animals, the two of you made it official. 

Ifa is a very chill yet subtly protective lover. He doesn’t like prying eyes on what is his, but he’d never really say that out loud. 

He does enjoy buying you things and taking you out to eat or to look around shops you mentioned liking.

He found himself not being too fond of random strangers and how they’d look at you, or when they talked a bit too friendly, his obsession and jealousy leading him down a path nobody would expect. 

It’s not like he would get caught anyway, what’s one person disappearing every once in a while? If in the name of love, it shouldn’t really matter if he was wrong or not. 

When he fucks however, it is very clear how possessive he is. It’s like something takes over him, his eyes glaze with this darkness with his calloused hands gripping your hips like a vice. “You’re mine”s and “I love you”s are repeated over and over like a praise, but he hits all the right spots so it’s not bad at all.

Kaeya:

Womanizer! Kaeya + Unsuspecting S/O

Kaeya is somewhat of a “Man Whore,” we could say

Fuckboy

Basically immune to emotions, namely love

He doesn’t love S/O, but he’s still possessive

If he sees them with another, that person will somehow magically disappear!

Manipulative. Literally a force of nature he will make S/O believe they can’t live without him and that without his command they’d be nothing.

The way he fucks gets S/O addicted to him. Even if they hate him, surely this will keep them from leaving, right?

Diluc caught him killing someone, causing Diluc to leave and cut off all ties with him. Diluc did, however, pity S/O for being in Kaeya’s grasp.

Kazuha:

Drug addict! Stowaway! Kazuha + Citizen! S/O

I should mention for context here, Beidou and Ningguang are married and Kazuha’s adoptive parents and they all live in the Jade Chamber. Don't worry, they’ll still have their own headcanons for them, but this is what is at least canon in this AU. Kazuha has the most lore written for him in total so I’ll lore drop him in the next post I make.

S/O met Kazuha by chance on one of his usual “roaming around Liyue Port City and hoping for something interesting to happen” days. 

S/O managed to recognize that he at least didn’t have Liyuan features-- they guessed he was Inazuman and he would shyly tell them they’re right. 

We could say the rest is history, but their relationship going forward was insanely rocky. 

S/O discovering Kazuha’s disturbing habits and concerning drug dealing friends that has led to them doing everything in their power to help him. 

S/O is still his friend at this point, but through careful guidance in assisting him in recovering from his habits (while trying not to kill his reliant body), they did eventually end up in a relationship somehow. 

This was the result of, well, S/O and Kazuha ‘accidentally’ having sex in his lofty bedroom in the Jade Chamber… 

Besides that, Kazuha is a very attentive lover. He started off knowing his S/O with a lot of flaws in himself and an almost complete loss of faith so he wants to try hard and do his best to make sure they’re feeling their best. 

He will also handle them very gently, like a leaf floating atop water.

Kaveh:

Architect! Boss! Kaveh + Spouse S/O

Kaveh is the boss for all ‘underground’ activities in Sumeru City

He may look like a ray of sunshine and speak sweetly, but he’s a cold and harsh leader of all crime taking place in Sumeru. 

That shield, however, goes down when it comes to his S/O. 

You’re the most precious thing to him, so he’ll try his hardest to make sure his work doesn’t affect your life as much as possible. 

He’s so loving. He’s so fucking loving and doting. When it’s not strictly business, he’ll find ANY opportunity to introduce you into the conversation.

If you’re an artist for example, he’ll take pictures of everything you create just to show it off. “Look at what my spouse finished up recently! Doesn’t it look amazing, they’re so talented!”

Takes you out to fancy dinners and gives you gifts that he knows you’ll enjoy. He’s read up on all your hobbies and knows the things you like, so he gets you things related to those hobbies or things that he knows you will use every day.

With intimacy, he’s very attentive to your needs. He’s 100% a service dom in this AU. He does things the way that you like it; you set the pace, you control where his hands go, and he listens to every command. There are times where he will have his way, and you know him and his job well enough to mentally agree with yourself that it’s best not to protest in those times. He will apologize profusely after. 

He’s very attentive and very loving, so much that sometimes you even manage to forget how cruel and harsh of a leader that he is to the underground. If he were honest with himself, he’d rather it be that way. He never wants you to have to see his dark side, but he wanted you to be aware of it since he was making such a dedication as marriage. 

He’s so grateful to have you. He’s so happy you’re in his life, even through all of the crimes he committed and the blood you know is on his hands, he’s so glad you stuck around. He’s sure to let you know that every day, how truly dear you are to him.

Kinich:

Vigilante! Kinich + Night Owl! S/O

Kinich is only active at night, not for pleasure or the true nightlife, but for the thrill of the hunt. He hunts down criminal activity happening throughout The Canopies and the Natlan capital. Now he’s not supposed to be doing this, but being one of the only people alive with a vision, he figured he should do something to stop unruly activities throughout his homeland. (More on visions existing later, they are extremely rare in this AU and some characters I’ve already gone over have them but haven’t been relevant to what they do. I’ll add to this with actual canon lore drops for this AU.)

Swinging from rooftop to rooftop, surveying things below, that’s his typical night. While on your typical night, you were heading to a gas station that’s less than a block from your apartment to grab a snack and a drink to calm your nerves. His eyes landed on you, and at first he thought nothing of it; just someone going to a gas station. Okay, whatever.

Somehow he found himself going to that exact spot every night however, and each night he lucked out seeing you go to the gas station at your usual time. He thought it was silly at first, that it was trivial. But the more he watched, the more infatuated he would get. 

One night this surveyance did pay off, however. While he was watching you with a content smile, going about your normal routine, two men dressed in dark clothing stepped out of the alleyway between your apartment building and the gas station you were headed to. Clearly you didn’t notice them as they were behind you, but as soon as they ran towards you to pounce, they found themselves with a swift defeat facing them. You didn’t even notice they were there until one of them grunted in pain and the other started cursing. You turned around and saw your silent protector had scared off the men, yet still looked menacing, eyes and vision glowing with a bright green. 

After that he would go back to his routine, watching, waiting. You didn’t get attacked again. After a few weeks he decided to drop down and ask for your name, maybe even get a date. He told you it was just a coincidence he was there again, and that the first time was luck. 

He always had to play clueless and ask what your favourite snack and drink are, as if he didn’t already know. He had to pretend like he didn’t know anything about you, like how some nights you would dance while walking to the gas station, or others you would talk to yourself on the way there. 

Ever observant, even after you had become an item with him he continued to watch, sometimes even from a distance. He learned more and more about you, things that you never told him before he would know, things you had thought were private suddenly not. Did you know he knows how you touch yourself? He thinks you sound pretty saying his name. He knows what you eat from your fridge when you have night cravings, he doesn’t even have to be in your house to know that. He’ll just stand on the balcony, look inside. It’s hard to see him from the dark of the night.

If you do pick up on his behaviors, he'll just fuck you dumb on the spot and make you forget. Don't worry about it, he's just making sure you're doing well. He'll do anything to make sure you think highly of him.

Treats you like a princess when he’s around however. He’s an absolute fucking creep until you’re looking at him. All of that melts away and he plays dumb, just like always.

divider by reluctant-mandalore. writing is all by me. do not copy/translate/use. reblogs appreciated.

[judenostopwaitkeepgoing]

Cursed CEOs 😈

18+ | Suggestive Content | MDNI! | CEO!Crown x Secretary!Reader

Imagine the members of Crown as your CEOs... 👔 🤭

CW: suggestive content / power imbalances / Alfons's and Jude's sections mention sexual harassment because of course w/ those two 🙃

(EN-released Villains only)

William Rex

Boss energy! "Sir" energy!

Will would look so suave in a suit. 😮‍💨 You would be so attracted to his commanding presence. Just sitting behind his big desk, giving orders to his subordinates, making a fuck ton of money... Yeesh.

He has such a powerful aura as a CEO, you can't help but be entranced. He’d definitely send you on all kinds of tasks that seem like they’re for him but are really for you.

"I need you to make a reservation at this restaurant for two for this evening."

"Oh? Do you have an important client dinner? I'm sorry I don't have that in the calendar..."

"Mm, yes, a very important client..." 😉

Harrison Gray

The more subtle, quiet, brooding type who seems genuinely attached to his work. His air of mystery and the distant authority he wields inexplicably excite you, making you want to learn more about him and do more for him. He carries a lot on his shoulders in private, but keeps up a relaxed demeanor in front of everyone. But you notice this about him and go out of your way to be helpful! And frankly, he is so turned on by that lol.

One night, he would be working late and you’d knock lightly on his door to say goodbye for the evening but he would find some excuse to make you stay late with him, and... well... 😉

Liam Evans

Sweetie alert! Liam is a kind boss. His employees respect and admire his understanding attitude and don't want to disappoint him.

All he wants, though... is to reward his star employee: you! He gets so distracted by you that he had to shift your desk assignment to be further away from him. But then he missed you so he changed it back! He's always lingering by your desk and asking you about your life outside of work. Over time he starts to flirt with you more and more, almost crossing an HR boundary more than once.

May or may not use his power to disguise himself and follow you around, who knows! Lol.

Elbert Gretia

Elbie isn’t exactly comfortable in positions of authority, so he’d be a very low-key CEO. He is a very good boss in most ways because of this. You can't help but worry about him, so you'd be super attentive, anticipating every task that he would like completed.

You often catch him watching you, taking in your brilliant competence. Unbeknownst to you, he's actually considering demanding that you not leave his office because he doesn’t want the other employees to see how sexy you look in your work attire...

Alfons Sylvatica

Sexual harassment incoming! Haha. Alfons would be the biggest HR nightmare lol. He would be the most corrupt boss you could imagine. Blatantly making you uncomfortable, quid-pro-quo-ing left and right for sexual favors from you, ‘disciplining’ you for shoddy work... you’d get so fed up with him, but even more fed up with the fact that you can't stop thinking about him outside of work... All you want is to please him, to hear him praise you, to show him how good at your job you can be... 🫠

Roger Barel

Distractingly hot boss! Also cocky!

And what's even worse is that he can tell that you’re totally flustered by him! And he loves every second of it!

He’d call you into his office to “check something” and end up getting you to come over to his side of the desk. As you bend over to check, you feel something running up the back of your leg... it’s the brush of his fingertips...

"Keep checking," he'd say, without taking his eyes off of your face, "we don’t want to have any errors in this report.”

Things would devolve from there lol.

Victor

... Victor in a suit and tie? 😵‍💫

He would be so effusive and complimentary. It'd start out just as praising your work but then he'd start praising your appearance, too... Calling you the sexiest secretary he's ever had and what not. It's technically inappropriate, but he's so playful about it that it disarms your cautiousness. Plus, occasionally he'll be really stern about something, and you have to admit... it's kind of hot! Your flustered reaction makes him chuckle to himself. He loves his adorable little secretary! 😙

Jude Jazza

If Alfons was harassing, Jude is downright abusive lol. You thought you knew what you were getting into when you applied to be his secretary, but even you are shocked by how fucking evil he can be.

He’d call you into his office and berate you for making the tiniest mistake, demanding that you do the same menial task over and over until you can’t see straight from looking at the files for so long. Even after the tenth or twelfth re-do, he'd still be unsatisfied. He’d have no choice but to punish you for being such a bad secretary.

He’d threaten to fire you... unless you perform some other “work-related” tasks... 😈

Ellis Twilight

Sweetest boss award goes to Ellis!

He’d want all of his employees to be ‘happy’ and would make sure to praise you and thank you for your work a lot. You might end up making a move in this situation, because he’d be too proper and kind to be overt about his attraction to you. But once he knows you are into him, you best believe he’s going to fuck you stupid over his desk!

"This is what makes you happy, right? I can't have an unsatisfied employee."

[markhellyna]

okay more severance theorizing based on the last few shots from the trailers we haven’t seen in the show yet!

i think jame is going to attempt to finish cold harbor HIMSELF. e9 begins with jame and everyone else under the impression that mark will complete cold harbor that day and how momentous that will be and obviously that doesn’t happen. jame coming down to MDR and telling helly she tricked him could be him referring to the fact that he and helena thought cold harbor would be finished that day? regardless of his exact meaning there, there is a clip we haven’t seen yet of someone who looks like jame working on a computer

and the next shot is of one of the cold harbor buckets reaching 100% completion

despite mark’s connection to gemma making him so good at refining, if they need to finish cold harbor before the file expires for whatever reason, i could definitely see jame using his power as ceo/the fact that he’s an eagan and well-versed in the four tempers to take on the task of getting the file past the finish line himself if none of the refiners are left to work on it

based on the trailer clip voiceover of cobel saying “she’s still alive!” and just…the direction the entire season has been going it’s safe to say the finale will be a gemma breakout attempt. it’s gonna be mark and probably helly racing against the clock to save gemma before jame completes cold harbor himself…potentially aided by a fed up milchick? maybe he’ll just help them deal with drummond idk if he would go so far as to get gemma out…but these clips seem related

idk who knows but i love trying to piece this together even when my theories turn out to be 10000% wrong

[brucewaynehater101]

Yes! Yes yes yes!! Tim making a functional support network for younger heros! He also offers them opportunities that make being a hero easier, aka he sets up a program through DI that "hires" superheroesbut doesn't actually have them do anything for the company other than Good PR. He just goes up to these 16 to 25 year old heroes as Red Robin and says, "hey, I'm working with Drake Industries on a project to help young Superheroes like yourself. Would your Civilan Persona be interested in a word from home coding job that including coding lessons? The pay is 2,000 dollars every week, you make your own hours, and as long as you turn in your projects on time you get to do them whenever you have time between patrols and missions. Plus theres insurance that doesnt care how you got hurt."

It's a simple way to make sure all of them stay housed and fed without having to constantly worry about which shifts they can miss due to emergencies without loosing their job! And insurance so they don't have to sit at home stitching themselves up! Sure not everyone is cool with the idea of just telling Red Robin their secret identity (they don't know he already knows) but Tim offers them a form that they can sign up alongside 3 to 6 trusted friends and all of them will get jobs so that even if the list gets Leake the majority of it *are* civilians so it will be a lot safer. There are already hundreds of civilians with that exact job from DI and maybe a dozen heroes. Their identity will be safe, Tim swears it. He always adds on that if they do get found out, he'll take it up with the CEO himself, wink.

This, unfortunately, leads to rumors that Red Robin and Tim Drake have a Batman/Bruce thing going on. Why else is Red Robin so sure that Tim would listen to him?

Sure, Red could threaten the CEO. However, he's also closely working with D.I. Continually, didn't Red stop collaborating with the JL? Tim swears he's not funding them for the younger heroes, but what if it's cause of whatever happened to Red?

That could be a funny rumor to pop up that Tim would definitely feed into.

But yeah! I agree that juggling a job and being a vigilante would be rough. College and work at the same time was tough, and those had set schedules!!!! I can't imagine spontaneously trying to constantly save the city while attending a job/school with regular hours.

There's definitely some issues Tim needs to work out (pubicly providing financial support for vigilantes would get him arrested [the JL is somewhat government sanctioned]), but this hiring idea might solve some of that.

[gerec]

Hi Gerec! Sorry if this has been asked before - I know this is kind of a broad question, but can you recommend some of your favorite modern AU Cherik fanfics? I’d love to see them in any variety of professions or circumstances as long as it takes place in the modern day, whether one of them is a professor or a stripper or a corporate CEO or a barista or a bartender or an engineer or anything at all! One-shots and multichapters are both welcome as well, I don’t discriminate. Thanks in advance! :D

Hi Anon! Don't worry - I'm always happy to talk about my favourite au's (this fandom has the MOST amazing aus omg we're so lucky)!!!

Definitely check out this post that has my Top 5 X-Men Favourites (Canon & AU)! Truly, it's impossible to share every fic I love, or even make a tiny dent in the number of incredible aus out there but I am happy to share some of my all-time favourites. I hope you enjoy them all :D

When the Spell Breaks by kianspo Erik, a high-profile lawyer with a successful career, meets a 21-year-old grad student in a bar, and within a few short months marries him. He and Charles are blissfully happy, until Erik's boss runs a background check on Charles and discovers he's been cheating on Erik. Charles denies everything, as there was no affair, but Erik doesn't believe him and throws him out. As Charles tries to figure out how to survive and stay at school that he can no longer afford and makes a lot of bad if not plain dangerous choices, Erik has to fight his own battle of discovering the truth and winning Charles back.

(Note: Read EVERYTHING by Kianspo! They mostly write AUs which is perfect for what you're looking for, but their canon fics are amazing too :D)

Not So Much the Teacup by thehoyden

“Charles is basically the bride whisperer. It’s like he can read their minds.” (wedding planner AU)

rooms/shares by pocky_slash 

Erik is single, working a cube job he hates, letting his master's degree in mutant studies collect dust, and living on his best friend's couch. When she kicks him out, he's forced to trawl Craigslist for the least-offensive rooming option within his meagre budget. He never expects a response from the persnickety, high maintenance ad he replies to as a joke, but it's possible this too-nice apartment and mysteriously absent roommate might be the answer to all four of his problems.

Love Runs Out by ikeracity

Hammer Bay, one of the most mutant-friendly apartment buildings in all of Manhattan and affectionately nicknamed the Hub by its residents, is home to an eclectic mix of families, broke college students, scientists, artists, and high school dropouts. Charles Xavier, new arrival to apartment 3K, catches the attention of everyone on the third floor but he only has eyes for one: cranky author Erik Lehnsherr who lives directly across the hall in 3B.

A Nice Boy (The Family Matters Edition) by pocky_slash

Erik's not sure whether the problem is that he doesn't want his parents to meet Charles or that he doesn't want Charles to meet his parents. Either way, he never invites Charles to brunch. Why should he? It's not like they're dating.

Politico by cygnaut

Modern Genosha Politics AU. In which Erik is l'enfant terrible of the mutant National Assembly, and his staff just wants to get him laid.

Daycare 'Verse by orphan_account, pocky_slash (series)

A modern AU in which Charles runs a mutant daycare and Erik is his long-suffering engineer boyfriend.

Charles Xavier's A+ Guide to Management (or, How to Completely Destroy Your Life Without Even Trying) by fro_baby

In which Charles and Erik run a newspaper, wrangle interns, outrun the feds, outwit a multinational crime lord, get royally fucked over (twice), eat prawns, argue over comma errors, dodge (and fail to dodge) airborne projectiles, make many snarky remarks, drive around in the desert, fight, make up, fight again, and slowly (but surely) fall in love.

Strict Machine by euphorbic

When Professor Charles F Xavier accepted a visiting professor position in Arizona, he did so in order to be geographically closer to his sister. What he did not expect to find was the living, breathing specter of the sportbike gang-oriented past he’d been trying to put to rest.

A tale of sport bikes, consequences, and sacrifice.

The Last Love Song & Testament of Charles F. Xavier by midrashic

When Erik is accused of domestic terrorism, Charles has no choice but to marry him to keep him out of jail.

Scenes from the Wild by nekosmuse

Erik Lehnsherr, world renowned wilderness survivalist, alongside his husband, Charles Xavier, survive the perils of the wild in order to bring you, Two Men, One Knife, an award winning reality survival series, available only on the Discovery Channel. Follow Erik and Charles as they travel to the world's most remote locations with only the most basic of supplies. Pitted against nature, this husband-husband team struggle to survive in some of the world's harshest climates while battling the planet's fiercest predators. Can they survive the Canadian North? Find out next season, on Two Men, One Knife

August by Red

For the XMFC kinkmeme, in response to a prompt asking for an mpreg story with some genetics thrown in the mix. While non-mutant couples may be able to conceive a mutant or a non-mutant child, for a couple with two mutants, there's a twenty-five percent chance of a third option: a fatal presentation of the mutant gene. Erik found out years ago that he was one of a number of (relatively cisgendered? this is an odd thing for me to be typing) mutant guys who have the secondary mutation of A Uterus. He'd also been told--years ago, but less so than the last statement--that he was infertile. He and Charles have been on the waiting list for adopting a mutant kid, but when morning sickness sets in, Erik can't exactly celebrate his sudden ability to get pregnant until he's ruled out that twenty-five percent chance.

Cue hiding a pregnancy from a telepath husband, dealing with Dr. MacTaggert's meddling, and trying to avoid the relentless well-wishing of the police department's esteemed Mutant Affairs Division.

this is only now (where do we go from here) by thebodyeclectic (series)

From this prompt on the 1stclass_kink meme: Modern AU, where an older Alex (in his mid twenties?) somehow figures out/recieves the news that, no, his younger brother didn't die in the crash like he'd been told, and then sets out to find him. The catch is, Scott's been adopted and adores his 'dad', who is incidentally the adorkable Hank McCoy.

Deep Cover by Subtilior 

Omegas in heat? The perfect whores. Sebastian Shaw? The bastard who kidnaps them for his Hellfire Club. Erik Lehnsherr? A hard-boiled detective who's been on the Hellfire case for months. The catastrophe that unfolds when he goes in on retrieval and finds Charles Xavier still writhing in a Hellfire bed? .... Deep Cover.

Protect, Serve, Troll by keire_ke

Erik's fire department has a special relationship with the local university. They visit often. Sometimes, there even is a fire.

Spy Games by manic_intent

Prompt: Burn Notice AU, with Erik Lehnsherr as the spy and Charles as the trigger-happy ex boyfriend. Erik is burned for unknown reasons in Mexico and wakes up in New York City. Somehow, he needs to raise $500,000, in order to find out -why-.

Playing With Fire by professor

Charles is a detective determined to catch a serial killer.

If the serial killer doesn't catch him first.

The Associates by ikeracity, Pangea (series)

Being a mob boss' associate has its ups and downs. Having sex in the back of a limo on Valentine's Day is definitely one of the ups.

On a side note (and if you haven't already), try sorting fics by kudos for Cherik fics on Ao3, and under Additional Tags select 'Alternate Universe - Modern Setting'. Anything on the first say, 10 pages, is probably a good bet to start with as they are obviously beloved by the fandom :D

Rampage by wallhaditcoming (uvcatastrophe)

When police uncover evidence that notorious serial killer Magneto is obsessed with Professor Charles Xavier, they immediately move to put him into Witness Security. Only Xavier refuses. The police come up with trumped up charges to arrest him and thus keep him safe until they can apprehend the killer. Erik is not happy that the police have chosen to drag Charles into this and are now trying to keep him from him, and shows his displeasure the best way he knows how -- an increased body count.

One Summer's End by furius, motleystitches (furius)

Erik Lehnsherr, successful businessman, has been the muse to the artist Charles Xavier for the last twenty years. They'll readily confess to loving each other through art, but at the last show Charles Xavier is holding in New York before he heads over to England, everyone else around them realises that it's not enough.

Talk, Baby, Talk by lyonet

“Enough,” Erik said furiously. “It’s over. Let it die.”

“Be fair, sugar,” Emma said. “We made good music. It was your choice to wear magenta armour and a cape.”

On a Beach, With You (The Tel Aviv Remix) by niniblack

Charles Xavier meets Erik Lehnsherr on a beach in Israel.

Growing Up Lehnsherr by DeerstalkerDeathFrisbee (series) For someone who hates feelings, Erik gets dragged into an alarming number of conversations about them. In which there are confessions, declarations, awkward first meetings, accidents, explanations, endings and beginnings.

Wednesday by Red

Getting confined to a nursing facility for a six-week course of iv antibiotics would have been dreadfully dull, had Charles not found a way to "occupy his time."

In which Erik Lehnsherr, retired nazi hunter, becomes the latest victim of Charles Xavier's charms.

One big family by ximeria

There is a house in New York (no, only Charles calls it a house, and his perception of such is a little warped, so let's try that again)...

... There's a building in New York, owned by XavierMedCorp that caters to mutant tenants, their families and a handful of humans. You need to know someone who knows someone who knows someone to get an apartment there. Or maybe just be very lucky. Or have a mutant son who has the tenacity of a pit bull. Anyway, Edie Lehnsherr has moved in and she is slowly getting to know the other tenants, the superintendent and the owner.

One Hundred One Night Stands. by Sophia_Bee

Charles has a rule. Never fuck the same guy twice. When he refuses to see Erik again after a one night stand, Erik goes about trying to get Charles to violate that rule using accents and disguises.

to put the world between us by populuxe

Erik Lehnsherr is one of the hottest actors in Hollywood: fresh off an Academy Award nomination, he’s about to star in HBO’s most anticipated show of the year. And even though online chatter about his recent string of queer roles keeps getting louder, his personal life remains personal—just as it always has, and just as his manager and publicist continue to advise.

But when he winds up at the same wedding as his college best friend, Charles Xavier—and when they quickly fall into bed together—he’s forced to revisit the past he’s been trying to get away from for years. The pull between them has always been magnetic, but so has the weight of secrecy. Can they keep from repeating the same mistakes, or will the price of the truth be too high?

Every Song I Know by clarasteam 

“Erik,” Janos says wearily, “you had amazing sex with this guy. He obviously really likes you. You have, what, a month, six weeks left? You can spend it moping and hiding and worrying you're going to run into him. Or you can call him, have a good time, and figure out where you go from there.”

Erik groans. It's what he wants to do, so much it scares him.

In the Weeds by not_who_we_are

Erik works at one of the largest, busiest, most hectic restaurants in Times Square. Years of serving tourists has left him jaded and generally grumpy. But new transfer Charles Xavier seems determined to change his outlook.

Drama! 5% tips! Eating dead food! Confusing-when-taken-out-of-context restaurant slang!

The Precipice by TurtleTotem

Prince Erik of Genosha must marry before he can take the throne. But Charles must be mad to even think of accepting the proposal of someone he met less than an hour ago...

With Abandon by sunryder

The best part about Charles' favorite bakery isn't the location, and it isn't the lovely smell, or even the Earl Grey cupcakes. It's the Baker.

Erik Lehnsherr is a beautiful specimen of a man, particularly when his fussing over Charles takes the form of pastry.

Such a pity Charles doesn't know Erik is an assassin.

[xxavengingangelxx]

Graves Defragged 1/?

As promised, here is the first part of deconstructing Graves. This part touches on the first half of the psychopath traits I want to discuss. Below is my take! I am NOT licensed to make these decisions. This is just for fun. It also touches on why I write Graves like a heartless mf'er in my longer fics. Because Graves is a heartless motherfucker.

Not proofread. I'm posting this before going to bed cause it's the only time I got between working 60+ hours a week, house chores, keeping hubby fed, etc.

To touch on my sociopath vs. psychopath post earlier, there are some in the field who argue that a sociopath is made and a psychopath is born. We don’t have enough information on Graves’s background to see whether or not he’s shown the same callous disregard for human life, disregard for rules, and narcissism earlier on. But he certainly shows those traits now.

And we do have this:

Graves: "That uniform was a limitation. I shed that skin..." Soap: "Like a fuckin' snake-" Graves: "Like a fucking soldier, son." — Soap confronts Graves about his past.

Let’s assume Graves was born a psychopath. It’s certainly possible. And if Adler is his father, then he’s got the genes for killing, anyway. Yes there are theories that say there are genes for criminality but I can post more on that later if y’all are interested.

How many traits of a psychopath does he actually have? Based on the behavior, we’ve seen, quite a bit!

Robert Hare, a Canadian psychologist, created the Hare Psychopathy Checklist (known today as the Hare Psychopathy Checklist Revised). Let’s go through the items with our crush man Graves in mind. Each of these items is rated a 0 if it does not apply, a 1 if it kind of applies, and a 2 if it definitely applies. They are added up at the end. Max score is a 40.

Item 1: Glibness and superficial charm = 2

You’re kidding me, right? Graves is the man of charm and glib. His good fuckin’ looks certainly help him out.

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Remember Dark Water? Yeah…they trusted each other like brothers. Soap even hugged Graves! Graves had them  (and us) fooled because not much later he betrayed them like they were enemies.

Item 2: Grandiose sense of self-worth = 1

Graves is narcissistic. We can all agree on that, right? He thought he was too good for the Marines, that the Marines were not good enough for such a special person like himself. And I could be wrong here, but he is massively successful, likely a billionaire so doesn’t he get to be a little narcissistic?

Item 3: Need for stimulation/proneness to boredom = 2

Graves was so bored in the Marines, one of the toughest branches of the military, that he saw his uniform as a limitation and sought out to make his own company of mercenaries who don’t really answer to anyone. Also, how many CEOs do you see in the field like Graves is? Close to none. He lives for getting shot at and chased. He has a scar on his face to prove it!

Item 4: Pathological lying = 2

Is this even a question? Graves lied so well to 141 that they trusted him and saw him as a brother in arms. Also, remember the scene from Congress?

Image credit: BabyZone on YouTube.

Which leads me to…

Item 5: Conning/manipulative = 2

Phillip Graves is a conman. If you look up conman in the dictionary there’d be a picture of Graves or there should…it’d make the dictionary less boring. According to Google’s dictionary, the definition of conman is, “a man who cheats or tricks someone by gaining their trust and persuading them to believe something that is not true.” I can think of a few examples. Again, Dark Water

Image credit: Wallpaper Cave

Also, the Congress scene where he lies (about WAR CRIMES) like he’s talking about the weather.

And when he pulled the rug out from under 141 in Las Almas.

Which in turn takes us to…

Item 6: Lack of remorse/guilt = 2

Graves betrayed 141, the men he had fought next to, defended, befriended all while gaining their trust.

All while smiling about it!

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Look!

Image credit: Call of Duty Wiki

Which also reminds me of the war crimes Graves committed in Las Almas. Some argue that Graves cleaned house by killing off people who were supporting the cartels but based on what I’ve been told there were children in this town as well.

This also brings me to the topic of Graves’s Shadows. These men are okay with war crimes. Shadows are okay with killing people just because Graves said to. In one (or more?) of my fics I portray Shadows as I see them: callous and even sadistic with how they agree to torture a prisoner of war (POW), going so far as using rape as a weapon if Graves gives the word.

Are there some Shadows who can’t engage in this kind of behavior? Perhaps. So Graves knows which men to pick to carry out war crimes. At least that’s how I see it.

Psychopaths have physical differences in the make up of their brain that make them UNABLE to feel guilty, remorse, or fear. So when I hear people asking how serial killers and other criminals deal with their guilt, I say they do not because it doesn't exist to them. They have no idea what guilt is.

Remember: It’s not that psychopaths choose not to feel/ignore guilt. It’s that their brain is completely INCAPABLE of this emotion.

You might be asking why/how: Psychopaths think the same thing about you…how can you feel guilt? Why would you want to?

Item 7: Shallow affect = 1

Only because we are unable to see how Graves functions emotionally away from the battlefield. My forensic psychology professor said that psychopaths have 2 emotions: rage and joy. Have you seen Graves portray anything else, really? In another fic, Graves supposedly says he loves OC. Like he even knows what that means. He doesn’t. He loves controlling her and abusing her, yes.

If Graves had a kid like he does in the same fic, he doesn’t feel much affection towards him. He just likely sees him as an extension of his partner. A future soldier, someone Graves can start training from young. Something he can use to control and keep his partner in line.  That child, from the moment he was born is seen as an asset by Graves. Plus, there are some good chances that kiddo might have inherited Graves’s genes that pass on his psychopathy. And even if that child does not, there’s a good chance he could develop as a sociopath because he’s not likely to see much more other than Graves continuing to abuse and control his partner and battlefield conditions.

Item 8: Callousness/lack of empathy = 2

This relates to a lack of remorse. You might ask how can Graves not feel empathy for how 141 must feel after he betrayed them? Because, like the shallow emotions and lack of remorse, Graves’s brain cannot do it. He doesn’t have the neurons for it. He doesn’t have the brain structure for it. It’s not that Graves chooses not to feel or ignore empathy. He CANNOT. It’s almost like asking someone with very low math ability to do a PhD in physics. It’s not that they’re lazy. They do not have the aptitude for it.

Graves does not have the aptitude for remorse or empathy because he doesn’t have the brain structure that makes that happen.

He think's it's funny.

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Item 9: Parasitic lifestyle = 0

Finally, one that does NOT apply to Graves. This man refuses to depend on anyone. He’s a fucking billionare that can get whatever the hell he wants whenever he wants it.

Item 10: Poor behavioral controls = 0

Hear me out! Graves is not impulsive. Lots of psychopaths are due to limitations in a part of the brain called the prefrontal cortex as well as other parts to include the limbic system. Graves is not limited in that manner. He plans, he’s meticulous, he’s detailed, and he gets away with a lot of shit because of it. Graves is not impulsive. Get him mad and he might smack the shit out of you (more than once if you make him mad enough) but when it comes to important decisions, he takes his painstaking time.

So fear we are up to the score of 14! He has scored positive on 14/20 possible points.

More to come!

[magknightidv]

Hi! I was just wondering if I could request a handsome jack x awkward reader headcannons, if that's okay?

YESSS thank you so much! I tend to keep head canons short and sweet so this is very much appreciated with my currently tired self. I'll put this in the fluff section cause I don't want this to be anything angsty as of right now.

Borderlands #1 - Imagine (? Kinda?)

Character/s: Handsome Jack, Awkward! Reader

Warnings: Well it's Borderlands so you should prob be prepared for anything relating to that, but it's not focused on all that. Fluff (I know the Horror!)

Masterlist

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First off let's start with how you met. He, the show off big boss of Hyperion, and you, a low level worker just minding your own business, just happened to cross paths. Him being absolutely shameless just had to say something as he passed by you, "You're hot."

I know, he's so elegant with his words..

From then on, he kept noticing you pop up in communal areas. His eyes often scanned over crowds to find your face. You on the other hand, we're trying to avoid him. Assuming he was messing with you.

He got so fed up with looking for you, that oh! Look at you go, you suddenly got a huge promotion to the CEO's secretary.

From then on he's always trying to get your attention. Anything just for you to look at him. You, however, struggle to keep your eyes on his when he's talking to you.

He's the star of the show and you hide from the spotlight, and surprisingly he let's you stay in your shadows. He doesn't push you after a while and he actually treats you like a person, a friend.

He's secretly a nerd (as in its not part of his whole persona) so he will have an hour or two around lunch time ish and nerd out about some cool designs that he's gonna take credit for or some adjustments to the Loader bots.

You get a different Jack to everyone else.

You get Jack. The programmer, the space nerd, the hero. Whereas everyone else gets Handsome Jack, a massive jagoff.

(But we love him either way)

He's definitely been scary to you once or thrice. When he's screaming his head off with idiots that don't understand his 'genius', he's definitely snapped at you. Your shocked face usually snaps him out of it.

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That ended up going a bit longer than I originally expected but I wanted to try and not make it too long but not too short either. :)

Hope that was fine!

[worriedvision]

ooh i'd love to see a character x reader where the reader has a really busy job and maybe like the CEO of a company, and recently they've been coming home at ungodly hours compared to before, (maybe like b4 it was 9-10pm, but now its 2-3am)

and now the character is getting suspicious of them, so they wait for them one night and confront them. reader tries to reassure them but...

you can decide if its a fluffy ending or maybe angst~~ CHARACTERS: any of your choice, i'd like to see multiple but if you can only do some i'd definitely want to see: tighnari, cyno, alhaitham, zhongli, tartaglia, kazuha, (GOROU PLEASE)

this is kinda long sorry for that! have a nice day!

Okay so angst with no happy ending here - going with Gorou. If anyone wants another character with this idea please do ask, I really love the idea! Gender neutral reader, when I say this is an unhappy ending I really mean it. Modern AU

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You knew your relationship with Gorou was going through the ringer with the demands at your work increasing. People slacking off and making it difficult to just sack them when they suddenly decide to get their act together after a disciplinary, only to go back to their old selves. People getting fed up with these individuals and understandably leaving, dealing with the press.

Everything was just so stress inducing, and due to being a manager you had to seal with it. You were under the process of getting more people, but in the meantime you needed to pick up more and more work.

Gorou had understood this at first, knowing he'd still see you at home. When it got to the point of only returning after 9pm at the earliest, that's when the cracks start to form. He hears from friends how you had been talking to someone who was so obviously interested in you, someone who you were speaking to for a good 30 minutes undisturbed.

His friends were truly horrid, planting the idea in Grouse mind that this interviewee was flirting with you when they were just engaging in a potential job offer. Gorou never had the chest to raise this with you, however, opting to be silent when mentally leaving your relationship.

When you got to the point of only returning home at 1am, the relationship was really hanging on the cliff. You love Gorou, so when you saw him being so...awkward with you returning to your shared home, you knew you needed to get your act together. Maybe bring your wok home to spend time with him, or better yet arrange for a day off to treat him.

One day, you manage to get out of work at 5pm, and you get a bouquet that was freshly made (lucky you!) And your boyfriends favourite luxury sweets (you found out during an anniversary date). Driving home, you tell yourself you fully plan on showering Gorou in love.

Opening the door with the gifts you could pick up quickly, your face drops when you hear two voices - one familiar and one not.

"What about your partner?" You hear the stranger ask. "I can be so much better for you."

That's absurd, you think as you begin to walk towards the room the noise was coming from.

"I know, it's just that I'm scared of being hurt again." Gorou sighs, you dropping your gifts at that moment. Hearing gasps coming from the room, you run away like a coward before you could put a face to Gorou's new lover.

--

"Hey boss! I got your...oh..." Yoimiya calls out, realising your night was cut very short. "...I thought you were going to rest tonight. Why not come back tomorrow, after you get some sleep, a meal, a shower."

Shaking your head, you walk right to your office, slamming the door behind you before getting back to work.

[pettyprocrastination]

i can't focus with you standing in the corner like a fucking halloween decoration is so Roy coded I love it

Now which Roy is this CEO’s kid? I feel like that could really inform how Skeletor reacts to them

I would probably say some sort of semi-mix of kendall and shiv? My reasoning is because you're the only child your dad has, you've grown up in your father's shadow for so long it became a security blanket to you- slipping from the watching eye of nanny after nanny when they brought you to visit your father at work so you can poke youre face through the window of his office during important meetings and conference calls and dream that one day you'll be sitting at the head of that big table, casting your own shadow over everybody seated before you.

But you're still a woman, afterall. And this big beast of a business built by your father had been run by men for men, even as they post pictures with their smiling employees for diversity and welcoming in a new era of "acceptance".

You did internships and business studies and got your degree with every intention of someday taking over from your father- with every gray hair and wrinkle he gained over the years and praise given to you as you found your own place within the company but all surface level- any sort of conversation of what will come next was placated with a well meaning chuckle and a "let's slow down, yeah? Still plenty of ground to cover right now" and a new task for you to scurry off with.

Please this group of investors.

Eat this company.

Go do this interview for me.

Attend this gala.

Have dinner with this man, he'll be taking over his father's company one day.

Every single one done with poise and perfection from years of practice.

It was enough to make you scream into your coat in a rented out meeting room with nobody else to hear.

And well, if that big brooding jackass in the skull mask happened to hear from the other side of the door, he had the courtesy not to say anything when the woman who signed his paychecks walks out with tear-stained eyes and trembling hands when you ask what the fuck he thinks he's looking at.

In the beginning, simon definitely resents you. You're some spoiled nepo baby who thinks the deserves the world on a platter just because daddy says so. He's a man who has quite literally crawled himself out of hell itself until his fingers bled and now he has to babysit you?

If the pay wasn't such a pretty penny he'd go back to being a butcher.

But then he sees your little tics.

The nervous twitching. The deep inhale as your father's praise but paired with a forced smile. There are times in the day where your eyes just. glaze over. the brief glimpses into the traumatic childhood of a lonely little girl with a revolving doors of nannies and stepmothers who never stayed long enough to braid your hair or teach you the type of men to stay away from- all slowly fed to him in bitesized pieces in little jokes told over the sandwiches you scarf down on your lunchbreak.

He begins to realize there's more to you than he thinks.

[lemonandpie]

Any headcanons as to what Loumand's day to day life was like in Dubai (prior to the Daniel Molloy marriage wrecking ball)?

I feel like Loumand has three distinct phrases: post-Paris, post-SanFran, and pre-Interview.

In the immediate aftermath of SanFran, there seems to have been a lot of walking listlessly through the world. Louis is severely depressed and has the feeling of constantly being on eggshells, even if he doesn't remember why. Armand is the one guiding Louis with a hand around his wrist like a vice, just as afraid but unlike Louis he knows exactly why.

(My headcanon is that post the disaster telepathic zoom call, Lestat tries to track them down, and that's when Armand pushes him off a tower. Or skyscraper)

Louis said his last kill was 2002. Who or why we don't know, but that gives us a date for the end of the turmoil and an idea of when the truce like period between Armand and Louis began.

Dubai is very much home for them-- they have servants (which is basically a Talamasca bat signal, they must have figured they would at least attempt to infiltrate), decorations, specialized accomodations. Dubai would have taken a long time to set up and not be worth it just for a short time, so Dubai must have been their home base.

Armand seems to be the one in charge of the day to day running of things. He's the contact for buyers, for dealers; he is the directing the staff. I've seen so many takes (comedic and otherwise) about Armand being unemployed and I think those people need to rewatch the show 😅. Louis seems to take the CEO position. His word is the final say, he is the one making the wider decisions. I do not doubt he is the one charming the prospective clients. But Armand seems to be doing the legwork (head of household, shows submission by dominating everyone else, master's favorite, etc etc).

To get to the point where he wanted to do the interview again, Louis probably was growing increasingly introspective, and from what we've seen that means spending a lot of his time alone. In the interview, Louis seems to have been withdrawn while Armand was still very heavily revolving around him. So Louis retreats to be on his own, and Armand busies himself with running their company.

I doubt Louis would be the one to suggest hiring people to drink from, so I'm going to guess that was Armand's idea. The staff know they are vampires, so being snack food is probably part of the job description (unless, of course, Armand was trying to keep Louis from fucking the help. Though Assad Zaman said Armand's having orgies with all the Rashids, so maybe that's Armand's job instead). Armand hires and vets the "donors", then it's probably supplemented by animal blood, staff donations, and of course, the weekly feed from Armand.

Louis said "Rashid" has a very regemented routine, and I like to pretend that is Armand's routine as well (even if Armand's got more tasks). In general, I think life in Dubai is very ordered.

Armand needs less sleep, so he gets up first. Does all of the necessary business work, (swims, prays), showers, dresses. Once Louis wakes up, Armand helps him get up. Gets Louis' clothes, helps him dress, puts on his shoes, (the good nurse who kisses Louis' feet).

Louis has less an orderly routine and more of a depressed routine. Floats through life, eats because he's fed, sits with his feet in the rocks and remembers. His sex drive remains but he's disengaged from it. Only when he and Armand fight does he feel that spark of genuine passion again, and while the sex is always good it's those times when Louis remembers he and Armand are in love.

It's definitely Louis' idea to do the interview. Armand tries to change his mind, over and over again. Reminds him about Paris, about the Children of Darkness, about all of the horrific things vampires to do people who break the great laws (which they have already done, repeatedly). Armand knows that if Louis does this, he's going to die, and Armand is not going to be able to prevent it from happening.

But they're trapped in a stalement, slowly decaying in their endless monotony. Maybe Louis just wants people to know his story. Maybe he misses Claudia, and is dreaming of a second chance. Daniel, the 'symbol of their love', is dying, and maybe Louis wants to keep that symbol alive.

(I'm not actually sure whether Louis was planning to turn Daniel or not. It could go either way. If so, then the interview is a test to ensure they are compatible. If not, then Armand's weighing up if Louis' wrath is more important than his life. Either way, Armand's spending the entire time deciding if he's going to kill Daniel or not).

Eventually, Armand caves, probably in an "are you asking or making me" moment. So for the both of them, the interview is essentually the end of their relationship as they know it. Either Daniel will join them, or Louis will die after the book's publication. And Armand is too preoccupied about those two outcomes to worry about what other relationship destroying secrets could be revealed

[user-without-a-cool-acronym]

Going through the new trailer/2

follow up to this post

Cinder, CEO of „punch a child™️“

Glaciershippers are getting fed

the kids look confused, Riyu is just happy to be here

Now that is a teacher‘s seekout. it also looks like it is located in the mountains, looking at the sides there

on the one hand, Egalt looks very pretty. On the other hand, he looks bald without his hat

Beyblade let it rip

Why does Sora look so annoyed here?

These kids went way too long without trauma by ninjago standard. Time for some existential dread and fears

Is she running with or after the wolf warriors

Obstacles in the smoke are closer than they appear

hey look, Arin‘s doing involuntary sideways spinjitzu aka. being punted into the ground

Kai‘s hook looks pretty neat as well

So Sora is now officially the Ninja‘s gadget builder in residence. I mean it makes sense

Spider man, Spider man …

that is the baldest dragon i have ever seen

EUPHRASIA!!!

that wolf warrior better run

best looking mech of the season in my opinion

Wyldfyre definitely broke something in that battle

Why are they running up a hanging Chain? and why is Bonzel with them?

Now That is a cool dragon

[kaesaaurelia]

An employer would absolutely go to jail for hiring an assassin to kill somebody. A ton of very wealthy mobsters have gone down for murder.

[Context, I assume, is this post I reblogged and added to about the Boeing CEO confessing to workplace retaliation, which is being widely interpreted on Tumblr as being a straight-up murder confession.]

Sorry, anon, I'm laughing a little because you are sending these asks to someone whose hyperfixation (and thus the inexplicable setting of many a fanfic not actually about a canon set there) is late 19th and early 20th century Chicago history, so I am pretty familiar.

I do agree that generally if you make a habit of doing or contracting murders the Feds will probably try to get you on something, but I don't have a ton of faith in the justice system for a number of reasons, and I'm not willing to concede with absolute certainty that the CEO of a large corporation would get prison time if they participated in a conspiracy to commit murder, depending on how well they had their shit together. But even habitually corrupt politicians and public figures seem to fuck up and get caught because they forgot about fucking phone taps (my old boss and I used to make fun of these guys for not doing their negotiations in-person like sensible people, and I had a job interview recently with a guy who was convicted of ripping up his competitor's election yard signs, which is like... buddy you could have paid someone cash to do that and probably had a 100% less embarrassing wikipedia page, or just.... not done it???), so yeah, I do think your average murderous CEO would probably fuck up and get caught.

It's still safe to say that barring extraordinary circumstances a CEO would still get prison time if he confessed to this under oath, to Congress. Don't get me wrong, I can think of half a dozen CEOs dumb enough to do this either shamelessly or by accident, but a. yeah, it would definitely mean jail and b. Dave "The Boeing Guy" Calhoun is not one of those guys.

[warningsine]

United Auto Workers president Shawn Fain said Sunday that the union is rejecting an offer from one of the Big Three automakers for a 21% wage increase as autoworkers for Ford, General Motors and Chrysler parent company Stellantis went on strike Friday. 

UAW leaders have been bargaining for a four-day work week, substantial pay raises, more paid time off and pension benefits, among other demands.

"Our demands are just," Fain told "Face the Nation" on Sunday. "We're asking for our fair share in this economy and the fruits of our labor." 

Chrysler parent Stellantis said Saturday it had put a cumulative 21% wage increase on the table, with an immediate 10% increase upon a formal agreement. Fain said the union has asked for 40% pay increases to match the average pay increases of the CEOs at the three companies in recent years. 

"It's definitely a no-go," Fain said about the 21% pay hike offered. "We've made that very clear to the companies. 

Fain said the autoworkers are "fed up with falling behind," arguing that the companies have seen massive profits in the last decade while the workers "went backwards." 

"Our wages went backwards," he said. "Our benefits have went backwards. The majority of our members have zero retirement security now. 

"Face the Nation" moderator Margaret Brennan asked Fain if autoworkers would be walking out at other plants, Fain said they are "prepared to do whatever we have to do, so the membership is ready, the membership is fed up, we're fed up with falling behind."

Brennan asked Fain how he makes the case that automakers need to invest more in union workers when the labor costs of competitors who don't use union labor, such as Tesla and Toyota, are significantly lower. 

"First off, labor costs are about 5% of the cost of the vehicle," Fain said. "They could double our wages and not raise the price of the vehicles and still make billions in profits. It's a choice. And the fact that they want to compare it to how pitiful Tesla pays their workers and other companies pay their workers — that's what this whole argument is about. Workers in this country got to decide if they want a better life for themselves, instead of scraping to get by paycheck to paycheck, while everybody else walks away with the loot." 

President Biden, who has referred to himself as the most pro-union president in recent history, weighed in on the strike on Friday. 

"Companies have made some significant offers, but I believe it should go further — to ensure record corporate profits mean record contracts," Mr. Biden said.

Mr. Biden is deploying two of his top administration officials — acting Labor Secretary Julie Su and senior adviser Gene Sperling — to Detroit as negotiations continue. A senior administration official said Sunday that Su and Sperling will not be acting as mediators, but are going "to help support the negotiations in any way the parties feel is constructive." 

Rep. Debbie Dingell, a Michigan Democrat, told "Face the Nation" that the president should not "intervene or be at the negotiating table." 

"I don't think they've got a role at the negotiating table," she said.