#'it's just pure laziness. we have these procedures for a reason and they need to follow them.'

[glittercorvid]

when will bosses understand that people are going to prioritize convenience over obedience. if no one is doing the 'correct' procedure, find a way to make that procedure more convenient. or if you really can't do that, for legitimate reasons, at the very least remove the quick and easy alternative that people are already using. ffs

[wakaoujisenhime]

Heyyyo lovely💓💓 I'm so proud of u girly💖 Could you possibly write a Fatgum X Femreader scenario? Preferably a steamy NSFW with a breeding kink and going down on his s/o kink? Thank you so much for considering this💘💘!!! Fyi I'm 21

A/N: Thank you so much for your kind words!❤ This was my first time writing something steamier for Fatgum which also included breeding a kink I’m still not quite familiar with, so I hope that I managed to capture his character as well as your wishes as well as I could! Hope you’ll like it and please enjoy! (ᵔ.ᵔ)  

Tags: Taishiro/Fatgum x reader ✅  smut ✅  breeding kink ✅  belly bulge ✅  bloated belly ✅  overstimulation ✅

image/art source: Twitter (art by Muccho)

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Lesson learned - Fatgum x reader

“Taishiro, w-wait...”

“Sorry, pumpkin, but I can’t hold back anymore.”

And with that, your boyfriend pressed his mouth against your own, his tongue eagerly tracing the ever so small cracks on your soft lips. You were so overwhelmed that it took you some time to realize that this gesture was indirectly asking for his tongue to enter your delicate mouth. He grew impatient and began nibbling and softly biting on your lower lip, figuring that if you weren’t going to open that mouth of yours on your own, then he’d just take it upon himself to pry it open. 

With that thought in mind, Taishiro moved one of his big hands down to your hips, caressing every delicious curve, no matter how flat or voluptuous it was, and let out a satisfied groan in the process.

His big hands had gradually reached your behind, and he made sure not to pass up on the opportunity to take a tight hold of your asscheeks and spread them apart as much as your jeans let him. But the hero knew that this motion alone was not enough to force a moan out of you, so he pulled you closer to his muscular chest and slowly crouched down, taking you down with him. His big hands now held up your back, your legs hooked around his waist, and your in comparison tinier hands on top of his broad shoulders. Meanwhile, Taishiro’s legs were positioned on each of your sides; his left fingertips gently caressed your jaw, still trying to get you to open your mouth for him. With his right hand, he continued holding onto your hips, gently massaging your hip bones and playing with the hem of your shirt. You knew what he was about to do, so you simply wrapped your arms around his neck. Taishiro always made sure to show you how precious he found every inch of your body, so every time you guys were making out with each other, he didn’t leave a spot of it untouched. 

Scarred fingers dove underneath your shirt, the featherlight yet cold sensation made you twitch and arch your body toward his own. He used that opportunity to roll up your shirt, exposing your entire upper body to his lust-filled gaze, which clouded further the moment he saw your choice in lingerie for today.

“God babe, you just know how to push my buttons, don’t you?”

In one sweeping motion, he unhooked your bra and lifted it just enough that your breasts bounced out and the moment they did, his mouth and fingers were already on both of your nipples, twisting, pinching, licking, sucking, and gently biting them. The sudden mix of pain and pleasure coursed through your entire body, making your breath hitch and a low whimper escape your lips. A pair of yellow eyes look up at you and squint ever so slightly. Taishiro was visibly irritated that you finally opened your mouth, and he had to miss the opportunity of exploring it due to him being busy with your breasts. But instead of mulling over that small miss any further, he decided to make up for it by exploring a different sort of insides. 

He let go of the nipple he pleasured with his hand and let his fingertips run down your entire torso until they reached your jeans’ buttons and slowly began undoing them. Your hands instinctively moved to hold onto his sleeve, but your boyfriend only smiled and continued with his plan. 

“Come now, pumpkin, I need you to lift that cute ass of yours, or else I won’t be able to pleasure you like always.”

His eyes once again fixated on your flushed face, admiring just how lewd your expression looked like from that low amount of teasing. 

You shouldn’t be as embarrassed as you were, considering that this was a procedure he always went through when preparing you for him and his impressive size. Still, he always managed to surprise you with something new, whether it was a pet name or simply the way he cooed instructions, orders, and pleas that close to your ear. Disobeying him was never on your mind. You always made sure to do whatever he asked of you because the reward you’d get for it was worth giving yourself over to him.

“That’s my good girl...now let me see how it looks down there.”

He gave your neck a few featherlight kisses before letting go of your abused breasts and shifting his attention to your nether regions, which were still covered by a thin layer of fabric. With a small smile, his big fingers traced your folds alongside the already damp spot on your panties. His touch was teasing and left you wanting more, and he knew that. Still, before he gave you what you desired so desperately, Taishiro kissed your thighs and took hold of your underwear’s waistband with his teeth, slowly pulling them down your lower body, exposing your already wet core. He took a deep breath, inhaling your lewd and intoxicating smell, licked his lips, visibly enjoying your anticipating expression.

“Come now, sweetheart, tell me what you want me to do….and you better hurry up cause I can’t hold back any longer.”

“I-I want you to pleasure me with that tongue of yours like-...like you always do.”

“Trust me, baby, you don’t have to ask me twice.“ he answered as he licked his lips, and just some seconds later, your lover directed his tongue’s attention to your already dripping entrance, lapping up your juices as if it was the last sort of liquid he’d get to taste any time soon. 

The way he skillfully moved his tongue’s tip always left you a breathless and twitching mess, but today was different. 

Taishiro would always follow some kind of strategy when he pleasured your nether regions. He’d usually start in a lazy and teasing manner. The moment you began to move your hips in the hope of more contact between his mouth and your pussy, your boyfriend would immediately pull back and enjoy how your folds twitched in desperate need of any sort of contact. After repeating this process a few times, you’d usually be the first one to give in and beg him to take it seriously, and that’s when Taishiro showed his true colors. And let’s just say that food wasn’t the only thing he enjoyed devouring as if his life depended on it.

But right now? For some reason, his mouth went down on you without any restraints, no gentle licks alongside your folds, no teasing sucks on your sensitive bud, nothing of that sort...just pure lust and hunger. It took your brain a couple of seconds to register the sudden amount of pleasure that hit your body, and when it did, you couldn’t help but arch your back in a very evident curve and moan out loud. His hand immediately covered your ajar mouth, muffling that whiny voice he loved to hear so much.

“Now now, pumpkin, please don’t forget that we are still at the entrance. Wouldn’t want to have our neighbors interrupting us again now, would you?”

You slightly shook your head in denial, there was no way you’d let anyone interrupt this blissful moment, and your boyfriend seemingly had no intention of doing that either, since his tongue was on you quicker than you would’ve expected. 

With the way he moved that wet muscle of his, it was quite difficult for you to keep silent, and his hand wasn’t of much help at all, so you had no other choice but to bite on his long fingers as softly as you could, careful not to leave any visible marks on his skin. 

Even if that gesture of yours was meant well, it had the opposite effect on your pro hero boyfriend. Instead of seeing it as a sign that you had already reached your limit, he saw it as an invitation to keep his pace up and even quicken it if he so desired.

His other free hand spread your engorged outer labia apart, exposing your dripping core to the cold air and his hungry gaze as he licked his lips one last time and starting sucking on your sensitive clit. Your legs began shaking uncontrollably at his ministrations, and his loud sucking sounds only quickened your heartbeat, but what ultimately pushed you over the edge was the way Fatgum looked up at you. His eyes were squinted ever so slightly, pupils almost wholly covering his yellow irises, and even though his expression seemed relaxed overall, the way you perceived it was as if he was silently ordering you to cum right here and right now...and who were you to disobey?

Your orgasm hit you like none other had done before that. Just as that familiar warm feeling spread around your body and made your lower muscles tense up, Taishiro stopped sucking and returned to flicking his tongue against your swollen clit, this motion was just so much for your already sensitive body that you tried to escape his loose grip and create some distance between your nether regions and his mouth. His lips had barely even left your twitching pussy and Taishiro immediately noticed what your intention was, so he held onto your hips and began licking up your love juices from your folds. 

While you were still catching your breath, your boyfriend used that small window of opportunity to take a good look at your already spent body and admire it silently. 

It’s now or never…

“Hey, sweetheart...you still with me?” he silently asked as his big hand gently caressed your flushed cheek. Even though your body was still twitching from the aftershocks you still managed to nod and more or less reassure him of your wellbeing. He sighed in relief and directed his hands’ attention to your legs, massaging them in an attempt to relieve the tension in your muscles, palms slowly moving up and down your thighs, applying just the right amount of pressure. 

After a short while, you finally gave him your ok to continue with his plans, and he wasted no time in getting in between your legs again, but this time he positioned his large and pre-cum covered tip right at your entrance. He slapped your clit a few times with his shaft and mixed both of your juices, wetting your small and throbbing hole in the process. 

“Hope you’re ready pumpkin, cause I ain’t holding anything back today.”

Just before you can urge him to enter you, he slams his entire length inside and knocks the air out of your lungs. Your trembling hands tried to take a hold of something to cushion his deep and precise thrusts, but whatever you tried to do it didn’t help the immense amount of pleasure that spread around your body, and judging by the silent grunts coming from Taishiro, he also felt good. His big arms wrapped around your body, hoisting it up towards his sweaty but muscular chest. That action caused your hips to drop down his shaft even further and the moment his tip touched the entrance to your womb your back arched and you finally screamed out in pleasure. You really wanted to avoid making noise, but how could you when the man you loved made it so hard for you? 

Funny enough, your little slip-up didn’t surprise Taishiro at all, if anything it turned him on even more, just knowing that he and his body were the reason you couldn’t hold your voice back made him get harder than he already was. He looked at your breasts bounce and your lips quiver while his cock entered and left your seemingly small hole. Thinking back on how much effort he put into prepping you and how tight you were during the first few times, seemed like such a faraway memory now, since your insides had perfectly adapted to his girth and length. 

The imagination alone drove him over the edge and even if he didn’t want to end this too quickly he just couldn’t hold himself back any longer and after a few deep thrusts, he released his seeds deep inside of you. 

While he savored the aftershocks of his orgasm you softly rocked your hips back and forth, refusing to stop, wanting more of the warmth his cum provided.

“T-Taishiro...please give me more.”

Even though your statement took him by surprise his hands took a hold of your hips once again and just when you thought that he’d start moving your pelvis up and down he suddenly started getting up. You immediately wrapped your arms around his neck as you felt his palms take a strong grip on your asscheeks.

While your boyfriend slowly walked towards your shared bedroom, he was completely oblivious to how much his movements affected you. Each step he took caused his shaft to bump against your wet insides and your most sensitive spots. 

Just as Taishiro opened the door to your bedroom he felt how your walls suddenly tightened up around his shaft, causing him to stumble, his back hitting the doorframe. He once again sunk to the floor, but his grip on you remained tight.

“Cupcake...d-did you just cum?”

You hid your face in the crack of his neck and refused to look up at him, but your blush was evident nonetheless, and your plan to hide it failed. He tilted your chin with his finger and had to bite his lip as soon as he saw your facial expression. The moment he caught a glimpse of those flushed cheeks of yours, your reddened lips which now had small bite marks on them from all those attempts to hold your voice back and that petite droplet of saliva slowly running down your chin, the small string of restraint he held on for so long finally snapped.         

With an animalistic growl, he picked your body up as if it weighed nothing and threw you on the bed. Before you could even comprehend what was happening, Taishiro took a hold of your thighs, pushed them down toward your chest, and to stop you from struggling underneath him, he squeezed his muscular thighs against your hips. Without a single warning he slammed his throbbing cock inside of you once again, but this time thanks to the mating press he put you in, his shaft hit all of your favorite spots, not only that but this position also made you involuntarily tense up and that also applied to your mushy insides which were now holding onto him, refusing to let go of his dick. His thrusts’ speed decreased ever so slightly but this alone wasn’t enough to make him stop completely. Those shifted and deep movements which knocked against every sensitive spot, made your body tremble and your hips buckle against his pelvis. That movement caused his gland’s tip to precisely brush against the soft ring of flesh which was your womb’s entrance. Your body twitched and you yelped out at the sudden electrifying feeling that made goosebumps appear on your entire body, Taishiro noticed what kind of effect his thrust had on you and with a mischievous grin, he took a firm hold of his shaft’s root and began moving it in a circular motion, which caused the rest of his fat cock to do the same inside of you.

“O-Oh my gh-od Taishiro…!”

Said man chuckled as he let his big hand slide alongside your belly.

“Did you like that? Want me to do that again, hmm?”

His hand had reached your breasts by now and gave your nipples a quick squeeze, after he heard your trembling breath your lover hooked his arm underneath your neck and he gently tilted your head forward so that your eyes were fixated on where the two of you were connected. Your eyes widened as you took a better look at what he wanted you to see. There was a small bulge exactly where you felt Taishiro’s tip point inside of you. The moment he began moving his shaft again, the bulge copied his movement and all you could do was gently press your hand on top of it and feel the ever so slight movements.

“Do you know what I’m about to do sweetheart? I’ll make sure to cum right there, in your deepest spot...and when I’m done with you, you’ll be so full of my cum that this minuscule bulge will become as big as that of a pregnant lady.”

Your insides clenched at his announcement and took a tight hold of the bedsheets beneath you. Your boyfriend resumed his quick pace from before and not soon after he released his second load inside of you, he halted for a few seconds, savoring his orgasm’s aftershocks, and began thrusting once again. With each fresh load of his semen, his thrusts got sloppier than the rounds before, and the slapping sounds gradually changed into wetter ones. You had already lost count of how many times you had orgasmed, your body just felt numb and sweaty. Taishiro even made sure to tell you that you had even lost consciousness a few times, but despite that, he never stopped pumping you full of his cum. When he had announced to make that small bulge of your bigger, you seriously thought that he was just joking, but look at where that got you. 

You once again felt another orgasm build up inside of you, but at the same time, you felt so tired that you simply didn’t care anymore. Unfortunately, your boyfriend had no intention of letting you blackout this soon and he gently slapped your cheek a few times in order to catch your attention, which he successfully did and show you your belly’s state. With a tired expression, you looked down and bit your lips as soon as you saw how bloated you actually were. The sight mixed with the imagination of your white-coated insides pushed you over the edge one last time before you once again lost consciousness, and the last thing you saw as your eyelids slowly grew heavy was the grin of your boyfriend who whispered something you failed to understand. One thing was for certain though...you had learned your lesson on doubting his plans because whatever Taishiro said or wanted, he always made sure to get it, no matter the cost.

[sohin-ace]

Mista - By the Silvery Moon

Werewolf Mista and his vampire girlfriend.

I wanted some soft spice so I made my own food.

You laid peacefully upon your boyfriend on his bed, bodies pressing deliciously against each other with the odd feeling of your temperature difference.

Somehow, never was it unpleasant for you to snuggle on the overbearing warmth of your favourite wolf and neither was it for him to feel the ice of your skin, refreshing on his furry skin.

It was basically a routine by now. You both could only see each other at night time, and Mista was busy as ever. Loyal as he was to his team he always did his best to be present for them at all times, even though it meant not having as much quality time to spend with his lovely girlfriend as he would like.

Tonight was one of those rare nights. He laid lazily on his bed and you would always come lay on top of him, showering him with affection and his most favourite belly rubs and head pats.

You both stayed in comfortable silence. Sometimes, you'd strike some casual mindless conversations, and it was those small moments that made your nights together so precious. Just being close to each other, regardless of species.

In the mondane vampire society that you belonged in, you'd be damned to not marry a man of your rank and class, and Mista would be equally damned to not mate with a proper omega from his own pack. But both of you couldn't care less for these old out-dated traditions. Nobody hardly followed those strict rules anyways nowadays, except for the most conservative of people.

Who cared if a vampire girl and a werewolf boy had fallen in love? Who would even stop you? You found each other and nothing could ever change that.

You were laying your head on Mista's broad chest and caressed the bits of skin on his exposed stomach, making the male shudder delightfully as he held your small frame flush against him.

He never got tired of rubbing your cold back, wondering how you could live with such skin of ice. He also never got tired of touching your hair, the scent of you even more prominent in it, driving him absolutely crazy.

You carefully lifted yourself up to stare at your lover who looked blankly up into nothing in particular on the ceiling, but instantly shot you a lazy and handsome smile as your eyes met. Gosh, he was so cute.

"Hello beautiful." He playfully called out and you grinned at his uncalled spontaneous cheesiness.

"Hi sexy~" You giggled and you could feel his torso spasm under you with his deep chuckle.

You moved to climb up just enough to get impossibly closer to his face and he let you do as you pleased, spreading his legs wider to ease your access and loosening his strong grip around you.

You looked over him with a fondness that was reserved for him only, and he knew there was nothing else in this eternal world of yours that you looked at with the same adoration in your eyes.

"Woah..." He breathed out through a lopsided grin "Girl, your eyes always make me feel some kind of way, dang... Shooting fucking bullets with those red eyes, somebody arrest you before you kill someone!"

"Oh shush, pup." You teased at his dorkiness and booped his nose. He hated it when you treated him submissively, but he never stopped you either.

"Hey, don't call me that! You freaky bloodsucker." He glared at you.

Ignoring his thoughtless offense you made yourself more comfortable on him, your personal mattress for the night, and proceeded to smooth your hands over his 3-days beard, caressing his cheeks and admiring his chiseled face.

You did remember Bucciarati convincing him to shave more often because of how fast Mista's facial hair grew. Funny advice coming from a Mothman who was half covered in fluff himself.

You had to resist the urge to peck Mista's very inviting lips as you hovered over him, propping yourself on your elbows at each side of his head. As sweet as you looked and as cute as you were in his eyes, the poor werewolf could not be immune to your intimidating and pressuring natural vampiric aura.

It was always a blurry thing, the natural hierarchy of monsters and humans. People fought everyday to make this unfair discrimination and hierarchy disappear, but no one could deny the strong overpowering aura some species had over others without even controlling it. Vampires, demons, sirens, titans among many others. Species that could make anyone else falter underneath them with just one look, one word, one step.

He trusted you with absolution to never do him harm and he was confident in his physical strength and power to counter anything, but truly, the intoxicating anxiety your glowy red eyes could put him through sometimes, prompting him to sweat and tightening his throat...

That was hot as hell.

"Come on..." He murmured more to himself than to you, but seeing his hungry gaze on your blood red lips so close to his, it was more than obvious what he wanted from you.

And you obliged. First, pecking his lips in a million tiny blooming kisses, almost too cutely for his own likings. Your sugary little smooches way too innocent for his current needs.

Fortunately for him, you were quick to catch on, or maybe it was on purpose that you teased him, he couldn't guess. Your shy fluttering pecks soon turned much longer, slower and more languorous with time, much to Mista's appreciation.

He couldn't help his big clawed hands from roaming along your back, eager to having you pressed even harder against him if that was possible, never getting enough of you.

Mista was the vocal type. You knew it wouldn't be long until he started making noises that would either alert the neighbours, or alert the most sensitive bugfolks that would most likely come check the commotion and maybe try to bask in some nice lamp light too while they were at it.

So, before he could ask for more, which he was eagerly expecting, you moved your lips to kiss along the corner of his mouth, to his prickly cheeks, then traveled down to his jaw and neck.

He released a low and animalistic growl at your defiance and lack of cooperation.

"... What do you think you're doing?" He asked lowly, his voice deep and gruff as you showered his neck with some sweet loving.

"Nothing," you muffled against his skin and he shivered from your cold lips and breath on his sensitive skin as you sighed, "You smell so good..."

"You... You wanted blood?" He scoffed and clicked his tongue, "You could have just asked... You damn vampires..." Mista did not hide his disappointment, thinking you'd initiate in some hot make out session only to stop cruelly and feed on him.

That wasn't the case though. You didn't like to use your boyfriend for blood, and surely, it wasn't a procedure you took lightly either.

There were plenty of volunteers for that service anyways, and you preferred the person be both physically and mentally ready for you rather than just randomly partake in some unrequited violent neck biting. You wouldn't waste the short and precious moments with Mista on such trivial and unnecessary reasons.

"No, no, I don't want to draw blood from you. I don't need it, I'll just satisfy myself with your scent." You buried your face deeper into him, taking in the smell of his blood, coming strong, fresh and vibrant under his tan skin of musk. "Plus I wouldn't dare bite you with no preparations. That's unfair."

"You're too cute." Mista snorted and wrapped his long and sturdy arms around you, squeezing you hard and lovingly.

Godamnit, he wanted to be mad at you but you were so adorable and sweet, he couldn't help but feel so lucky and privileged to have you. Not everyone could brag about having such a kind-hearted, hot and brilliant vampire girlfriend.

But he could.

"I love you princess. But really, you can take from me anytime you want. We've talked about this already, cara."

You moved to look back up at him, your gaze soft. "No, it's fine. Not now. For now I want to make the most of the little time we have together before the sunrise."

He laid his head back in contemplation. That was right. You'd have to go back home at least 30 minutes before dawn to prepare for bed without being in danger. Nights were too short and Mista's weeks of work were too long.

"My poor little babe will be blood deprived..." He cooed half jokingly and caressed your soft hair, sympathizing with your struggles.

"It's fine. I get less and less hungry when I smell your delicious, sweet virgin blood."

"Vi-.... VIRGIN?!" He shot up, almost shaking you up, "Who said I was a virgin?!"

You laughed at his outburst and his eyes were horrified and wide as saucers on you as you tried to calm your fit of laughter.

"Hehehe hahaha! I can smell it! It's so obvious! Please keep it that way, it tastes great too. Very nutritious and easy to digest~" You commented, giggling behind your hands.

The poor male blushed, unable to counter attack truthful and straight facts. "Nooo...." he whined, his wolf ears flattening down against his head in defeat.

"Don't be down, amorino." You cooed and gently caressed his face, "You know I'm just teasing~. Let me make it up to you."

And as you said that, you snaked your finger in his curly hair, slowly massaging his scalp and eliciting a groany sigh from the male. That was his biggest weakness, besides you, of course. Gentle head scritches. No werewolf could ever stay indifferent.

Just having your long nails rake so pleasurably along his scalp and dancing around and behind his wolf ears sent him to a pure state of bliss.

"A-ah, Y-Y/N... Aah thanks... Feels g-great hehe..."

"So polite. What a good boy."

Subconsciously, Mista's tail bonked loudly the side of the bed repeatedly with excitement, like a natural response to the praise.

It was cute, you thought, how much he could act like a puppy sometimes. Even though he hated to hear it from you, and rathered appear strong, dominant and protective for you, because he could be just that for you, and keep you safe.

You kissed him again and he instantly caged you back in his arms, planting his claws on your back and shoulders possessively. He was so crazy in love for you and the realization that he'd be gone for another long mission without seeing you hit him suddenly, which prompted him to tighten his legs around your hips and effectively emprisoning you with his limbs.

With his mind filled with thoughts of you only, and feeling your body pressed so delighfully against him, he kissed you even harder, giving you all his passion as he was getting drunk off your ministrations and intoxicating scent, both fruity and metallic.

"Hmph Guido..." You moaned on his lips and he could swear you did it on purpose. "Slow down."

"You're testing my limits babe, I don't like that."

"Hmm... It's 5 A.M." You whined softly between his insistant kisses and love bites.

"So what? I don't see your point. Let me have you." He mumbled huskily and you had to push him down to let yourself speak without interruption.

"I have to go, the sun is about to rise."

He groaned in annoyance and went limp under you, defeated. You chuckled at his reaction and propped yourself back on your hands as he released you.

"Fuck... Already? We barely did anything..." He huffed, beaten by time itself which was stealing his girlfriend away from him.

"We did a lot actually. I fed you, we played games, gossiped a bit and cuddled for like... 2 hours."

"We had a tickle fight too. Can't forget about my victory..." He proudly added before smirking, "... And your cute little noises."

"Shut up!" You slapped his arm as you sat up. Oh no, he was going to rub it in again, you knew it.

"Kyaaaah~ stop it! Guido not there aaaah~! AAAAAHHH~" He obnoxiously wailed and moaned exaggeratedly with an awful girly voice.

"SHUT UP! I didn't even say that! I don't even sound like that! You're gross!"

After a few more, well-deserved slaps from you and a fit of laughter from him, you eventually got off of the boy and fixed your clothes, walking away from the bed as he joined you.

"Aww but really babe," He wrapped his long arms around your waist from behind and buried his nose in your hair "I'll miss you..."

"It's okay sweetheart," You craned your neck and reached behind you to hold his face, "5 days fly by fast. And Bruno is kind, he'll give you a vacation if you ask him nicely."

Mista sighed, nuzzling into your hand and relishing in your soft hold. He was probably being dramatic in your eyes, acting like each day was the last one, but he wasn't completely wrong. His work field was more dangerous than he'd ever let you know, and even if you did know, he was well aware that you weren't even close to being afraid of death as he was. Vampires were immortal, after all, werewolves were not.

"Guido..." You called out, voice careful and airy.

"Hmm?"

"Don't be scared."

The male pulled away from you and stared at you with wide eyes. Scared? Was your kind really that sensitive to other's emotions?

His heart raced and he stuttered. "Huh? What- How did you-"

"I can smell it Guido, your hormones are strong." You turned to face him and grabbed his huge clawed hands in your ice cold ones, looking tenderly into his eyes. "You know I would never let you die."

Mista gulped. You knew. Of course you'd have guessed, you were so perceptive. He was dense to believe he could hide anything from you. There was nothing he could say when you read him like an open book and pinned him into place with your confident stance and fierce eyes.

"I..." He huffed heavily, avoiding your gaze "I can never be sure, Y/N. I didn't tell you everything about my work...."

"I know." You brought his hands up to your face and pressed a gentle kiss on his knuckles, his fur soft against your lips. "But don't forget my abilities. I'll turn you into a vampire without hesitation if anything were to happen. If I'm not here, Giorno will do it, we've already established this."

Mista's eyes widened at this revelation. You talked with Giorno? Even though the blonde was only half-vampire, he did have strong healing abilities, but the werewolf wouldn't have expected the vampires would ever work together to actually revive any of the team members in worst case scenarios. Thinking about it, it may even have been Bruno's idea.

Mista scoffed, unbelieving. "You sly bastards... You guys know the implications of turning people into hybrids, right?"

"I don't care. I want you safe and to stop worrying." You smiled and pulled him closer to you. "We'll talk about this later. Now kiss me."

Pushing his worry and melancholy to the side, the male obeyed and bent down to capture your lips hungrily again, hugging you almost uncomfortably hard. Mista wasn't really one to hold back much, and only you could either handle him, or put him back to place.

"Get home safe babe. Call me when you arrive." He murmured, still craddling your face close and you matched his whispers.

"Will do. Sleep tight, cuore mio."

Not quite wanting to separate from each other, you hesitated to move and had to use all your willpower to actually start walking towards the window, Mista still holding your hand and following close behind.

He opened the window for you and helped you hop on the frame, the moonlight long gone to leave space for dawn.

You shot one last look to your lover and blew him a kiss, making him grin goofily, "Bye bye Guido."

"Love ya, Y/N."

And with those sweet words, you jumped out the window, only to transform into your bat form and flying off into the early morning sky, your presence and your scent still remaining in Mista's room, on his skin and on his clothes.

Certainly, he had nothing to worry about.

[starr-fall-knight-rise]

Humans are Space Orcs, “Help.”

Based on a discussion I saw between some readers last night. It gave e some ideas, and I thought I would take it and run with it :) Hope you guys enjoy!

He pulled a crate behind him. It rattled over the tarmac of the launch field as his boots pounded against the concrete. Cargo trucks and fuel tanks passed him on either side, their occupants waving in recognition as they passed him. He raised his hands to them in greeting, wincing slightly as his arm dropped back to his side. 

He glanced back at the crate, nondescript. If Krill found out what was inside…. Well he’d throw a fit, he would have called it a bitch fit, but for some reason that title seemed way too funny for what Krill would probably do to him when he figured it out. He sighed and stretched his aching back. Despite the heat out, he was wearing a sweatshirt with the hood pulled up. He knew it probably looked suspicious, but the longer it took the others to figure it out, the better.

The Harbinger loomed overhead, all black lines and cold metal. He paused at the base of the ramp closing his eyes and taking a deep breath. Even the smells were comforting.

He dropped his hand back to the handle of his cart and began rolling it up the ramp, a task which turned out to be a little more difficult than he had foreseen, and he struggled with both hands to drag his cargo up the incline. Suddenly his load lightened, and he turned to find Ramirez pulling with him.

“Morning, commander, what the hell do you have in here, bricks.”

“Actually I have your mother.” he grunted, pulling harder.

Ramirez snorted, “Dare you to say that to my mother’s face, she’ beat you about the head with her sandal.”

He laughed, “Why doesn’t that surprise me.”

Together they made it to the top of the ramp panting, “Seriously though, where have you been. You’ve been gone for like a week. Krill and sunny have been freaking out.”

He smiled slightly, “They would, and don’t worry. I’ve been requisitioning some stuff for the ship.”

“More jetpacks I hope.” Ramirez muttered.

The commander smiled, “Don’t I wish, but no, all the important boring stuff.”

“Where-have-you-been.” His smile grew stiff, and he sighed turning around to find doctor Krill marching up the deck towards him.

He stepped in front of the crate, “Participating in all kinds of heinous debauchery I assure you, you know like, gentlemen’s clubs, and drug houses, smoking shrooms and whatever the kids are doing these days.”

A hand patted his shoulder, and he looked over to see Ramirez smiling, “You eat shrooms commander, you don’t smoke them.”

“Hmm well shit, that’s why they weren’t working.”

The doctor stormed up, “You always think you're funny, and I never do. So where were you!”

“Like I was telling Ramirez. I had to step out to requisition some parts. I should have left the Lt. in charge, so I don’t see why everyone is so hot and bothered about it.”

Krill stepped forward, looking suspicious, “Why are you wearing that…. In the middle of summer?”

“Pure laziness Dr.” he said waving a hand, “Besides, I was overnight in the car, and just woke up as we were getting here, still trying to wake up. Now if you don’t mind.” He pulled the crate after him and down the hall greeted by other members of the crew as he passed. The spiderlings rushed to say hi, but were on their way almost as soon as they had said hi heading down the hall and out to make mischief. Following behind them, conn floated with extra interest, his eyes seeming to bore into the commander.

“You won't say anything? Will you?”

“I don’t give up internal secrets, but you need help.”

“Yeah and you need to stop being creepy as fuck, but we all have our little problems.” The two passed each other continuing forward. HE had almost made it to his quarters when a new figure stepped up before him. He sighed sufferingly and pulled to a stop as Sunny stepped up in front of him, her arms crossed over her chest, “Where have you been.”

He threw his hands in the air, “Does anyone realize these days that I am a grown ass man who is allowed to go leave and do things without telling everyone about them.”

She looked at him suspiciously. Perhaps a little confused.”

He kicked himself, he never usually talked to her like that.

He let his voice soften, “Don’t worry, I had to requisition some equipment, had a long night.” He motioned to his door, “Don’t mind if I slip in to catch a few winks.”

She eyed him, and he frowned; he did not see why everyone seemed to concerned, but she stepped aside and let him through holding the door open for him as he pulled the crate inside.

The door hissed shut behind him, and he locked it closed with a snap.

He sighed dropping the handle to the crate and walking over to the floor’length mirror along one wall.

He pulled back the hood and stared at his face for a long moment. He looked tired, bags under his eyes and sunken cheeks, but nothing too bad beyond that, maybe just a little pale around the eyes.

He grunted in pain again as he reached up tugging at the zipper of his sweatshirt pulling it down to show he wasn’t wearing anything underneath.

He pulled it off and dropped it to the floor giving himself a closer look.

This is what he couldn’t let krill see.

“Well shit. He muttered to himself turning this way and that to examine the hundreds of small red patches over his chest and abdomen. He reached a hand down to touch them, small red and slightly scaly in nature. He hadn’t had hives since he was in elementary school, but he supposed physical manifestations of stress were better than the mental alternative, besides while Krill wouldn’t have liked to see him covered in hives, he definitely wouldn’t have  liked what was above that.

Tiny disks of clear polycarbonate under a tiny metal rivet. 

From here the little pieces were visible on his chest, biceps, forearms, back of his hands, hips and stomach.

He turned around where to see where a line of them went down his spine from the base of his skull to the upper part of his tailbone, which he couldn’t see 

He took a deep breath and stepped towards the mirror, “Come on, do better.” He muttered to himself. Time to grow up and do what needed to be done.

No one trusted him to make these decisions, which is why he hadn’t told anyone. If he trusted them o trust him he would have asked krill to preform the procedure, but he knew the doctor would never have agreed.

He turned back to the crate and knelt to flick the lid open. The lid popped with a hiss, and he paused with a deep breath before pushing back the lid. He paused to look down at the contents breathing hitching and speeding up. His body went cold and then warm and then cold again.

He had to shake himself as he reached down and ran his fingers over the metal.

Now to test it out.

He took another deep breath. 

No one understood just how much he would do for the UNSC, for Earth. No one could understand what he was willing to do. All of them would just assume he was insane or…. What? Broken? Desperate? Confused?

He wasn’t any of those things.

He Tugged off the rest of the clothing and, Like the scientists had directed, he sat on the edge of the crate and slid backwards positioning himself just right before lying back. He closed his eyes listening to the sharp snap as the first rivet fell into place at the base of his skull. 

More sharp snapping noises came, and he expected agony to come with it, but when nothing did he cracked an eye and looked about. He was fine, no pain at all, though maybe a little pressure.

He sat up using his hands to secure to the rivets around front, locking them around his feet and then his hands.

He stood, the cold metal of the ship hard under his bare feet. Hydraulics hissed and clicked with him as he walked slowly back to the mirror. He paused before it’s reflective surface.

Project Iron eye, the progressive follow up to steel eye (though their choice of name was questionable.

A painless, drug less evolution of the first model, but that required permanent implants into the body to work.

He had made the decision upon learning about the project.

He had consulted no one, spoken to no one and visited with no one.

This was his choice, this is what he needed to do. Whether people liked to admit it or not, he was one of the few people standing between the entire GA and a universe full of threats. He needed to be prepared for anything, he needed to be stronger faster and more prepared than anyone else to make ready for the things he might be asked to do in the future.

The scientists had been hesitant to allow him to participate. They had no idea what a project like this would do to someone with trauma related to Steel-eye. He was, in essence stepping back towards his trauma and forcing himself to wear it like a rope around his neck. Where therapists and psychologist would have suggested moving on from his trauma, he had done the exact opposite.

He looked away from the mirror.

It was alright, as long as he didn’t look at himself he would be fine. His ody clicked and hissed as he moved around the room. Memories battered at the edges of his mind, but he stood firm forcing them back.

Not this time.

Not this time.

He-would-NOT-break. He was done with that. He was done being a loose cannon, he was done relying on other people to help him through his own personal issues. He was done being a child.

He was a man and needed to start acting like it.

He turned back and walked over to the mirror forcing himself to look, forcing himself to stare at the steel that encases his limbs and hands, forced himself to stare at his augmented body covered in that parasitic leaching thing that had destroyed his life so many years ago.

He would look until it stopped bothering him.

Even if he had to sit here all day 

He nearly leaped out of his skin as a knock came to the door. He yelped pushed violently back and nearly went flying across the room as the IE suit responded. He staggered fell over metal clattering against metal with a horrendous crash.

“Adam! Adam are you ok! “

He cursed violently and got to his feet, “yeah! Fine ! You just startled me. What do you need.”

“You sure you’re ok, that sounded like a pretty big crash.”

“Fine, knocked the table over.”

“Can I come in.”

“No I’m naked.” he announced hurrying back over to the crate, sitting on the edge and swinging his feet up, allowing the mechanism to pull from his body and hiss into place inside the crate.”

“You serious?”

“Yes I’m serious.” The rivets clicked open with sharp hisses.

“What is that noise?”

“Are you going to keep interrogating e, or do I get to change in peace?”

He was growing frustrated with constant questions. The last piece clicked into place, and he opened it up crawling form the locks and allowing it to click shut. Then he pushed the crate under he bed and hurried to the closet to grab his uniform quickly pulling on the pants, undershirt and jacket adjusting the cap on his head hoping that none of the rivets would be visible.

He walked over to the door and unlocked it.

“Now you can come in.”

Sunny poked her head into the room, “I thought you were supposed to be sleeping.”

“Just remembered I have a meeting.”

He saw her eyes flick down towards his hands, and he quickly turned away from her to secure his jacket into place discreetly pulling on the gloves before she could see.

“Maybe you should cancel. You need your rest.”

He stepped up to the mirror straightening out the last pieces of his uniform, ‘I can sleep when I’m dead.” He turned on his heel and walked past her patting her on the shoulder. Her eyes were still narrowed as she looked around the room.

He hurried past her out the door adjusting his cap.

***

He suppressed a yawn as he sat in one of the USNC conference rooms surrounded on all sides by brass both higher and lower in rank than he.

Someone raised a hand quieting the voices.

“Our first order of business, Commander.”

All eyes turned to look at him, and he straightened up hands clasped on the table before him.

“We’ve discussed our most recent missions, and I don’t know if I speak for everyone , but I am worried about you, and your crew. That is…. A lot to take on in such a short amount of time.”

He nodded his head doing his best to channel his father, calm and collected, “Yes Ma’am which is why I have requisitioned R&R for my men as well as full pscyh and physical evaluations to be run before our next deployment.”

“And you, commander?”

He felt his face tingle with nerves, “I have a lot to do for our next deployment, but I am sure I can fit something in.”

“Something you might want to consider doing sooner rather than later.”

He turned to look at the man who had spoken, “I’m sorry, Major, but perhaps I don’t entirely understand your implication.”

“I am saying that you are a loose cannon commander.” He sat back in his seat glancing around at the others who shifted nervously clearly agreeing with the man but unwilling to say it.

“I have a near perfect mission record, if not perfect.” He said calmly.

“But your methods are extreme.” Another voice protested.

“I would prefer extreme methods to dead men.” He forced his voice to stay calm.

“Have you been counting the amount of times you have almost died. The amount of missions that should have been suicide. Commander, I am beginning to think you are determined to martyr yourself to the cause. Some of our consultants have suggested suicidal tendencies.”

He sat back in his seat unable to contain his surprise this time around, “Suicidal tendencies.” he repeated, “I think you misunderstand. I have no desire to die, in fact dying scares me, as it does most people. That is why my  missions are successful, because I will do everything in my power to avoid dying.”

“Commander, the only reason we haven’t already grounded you is due to your popularity with the GA, and your integration into their command structure.”

“Grounded!” He took another deep breath. No he had to stay calm, they would take any outburst even understandable as a sign he was off his rocker, “On what grounds?”

“On Every ground commander. First we should ground you simply on principle of what you have gone through these past few months, war, imprisonment, returning to the steel eye project, The incident with the jetpack. You have been showing erratic behavior both physically and emotionally. You are not well enough to be making decisions for a military vessel much less the entire universe.”

HE took a couple of deep breaths, “Grounding me would be a mistake.”

“Why is that.”

He tilted his head, “Simply sir, space is where I am most comfortable. To ground me here on earth would only cause added stress to what I already have. It would be counter-productive.”

“That simple admission just demonstrates why you can’t be rusted.”

“No. if you took someone who loved the forest more than anything and put them in an urban environment it would cause them stress. That is a normal human reaction to being put in places one does not want to be.”

This is not your decision to make commander….”

“No, but maybe I should remind you of a few things.” he stood slowly, “Perhaps you intend to release me from my duties,or move me into a job where I can do no harm, but there is a simple reality you have not considered.” He rested his hands on the table, “I am the most valuable man in the universe right now and this is not simple narcissism on my part, it is a logical fact that I have been forced to accept. I speak three alien languages to near fluency Drev, Vrul, and Tesraki, I am sentinel of a Drev clan, and part of a second. After the debacle with the hybids, I am the only person the adaptid queen will speak with. If I am grounded the entire Tvek homeworld will dissolve into chaos.  I am familiar with and well-informed as to the Rundi command structure and the proper way of addressing, interacting, and making suggestions to the council. I am the only person who can communicate with the starborn. Lord Celzex will treat with me only. I have thousands of valuable contacts who owe me favors, who gather information, and who trust me with their lives. I am, unfortunately, one of the most popular and well followed men on earth. If I am grounded it would cause a media and civilian uproar. Recruiting would drop marginally.” he paused. He could have continued but it was getting almost excessive.

“You seem to think highly of yourself commander.”   

He shook his head, “Not that, I am simply giving you facts. If I were to speak while thinking highly of myself, I would simply remind you that I am the most accomplished pilot in the galaxy, I have more flight hours, more simulation time, and am the only person who can out-fly a burg frigate in open combat with an overheated warp core.” 

The room sat silent before him.

“As this goes on I will only get more experienced and by the time I am a proper age with the proper maturity you all wish for, I will be the single most valuable man in the entire universe.”” 

More silence.

The commander took a seat, “One last addition to my list.” he said quietly.

They all stared.

“I have the lowest mortality rate of any UNSC vessel despite being the longest operating. My ship has the highest ratings of moral and ob satisfaction. My men are loyal to me, and I am loyal to them.” He looked up at the surrounding table, “I would do anything for the UNSC, and anything for my men. You have seen what I will do,s o ask yourself if it is worth loosing what I can bring.”

***

He sort of just wanted to throw up.

The hives were beginning to itch, which wasn’t a good sign, but he had kept himself together during the meeting, and, as of yet, he had not been grounded.

He walked up the ramp and back onto the ship smiling weakly at those he passed.

He needed a nap, so he made his way straight to his room.

He was already thinking about his nice soft pillow as he threw the door open simply intending to pull off his jacket and hat and sleep in his uniform pants, but when he stepped in, he froze.

Eleven pairs of accusing eyes stared at him from the interior, and flicking his eyes around he saw the crate lying open on the floor.

Shit

Shit 

Shit 

Shit!

Ramirez stood up and approached to where he was standing in the door. The commander tried to crack a smile, “This some kind of intervention.”

Ramirexz didn’t crack a smile, instead grabbing him by the arm and pulling of his glove tossing it to the ground.

The little metal disks glittering in the iridescent light above.

The eyes around the room grew even more accusatory, but he didn’t bother to hide it. This was going to happen sooner or later, he had just hoped it would be later rather than sooner.

When he looked up, he saw that Ramirez’s face was twisted into an expression of pain, rather than the anger he had been expecting.

“Ramirez?” He asked in confusion, but the other man  cut hi off placing his hands on his shoulders to look him in the face. It seemed as if he was trying to say something, but gave up and suddenly hugged him, tight.

Adam went with surprise into the crushing hug feeling the man’s desperation as he whispered, “Commander, please, you need help.”

He tried to find words, but it was harder than it should have been.

“Please, you need help.”

[scaredandbored]

.ok i caved and wrote spones. academy au spones. with a really, horribly out of character spock. was this purely self-indulgent? yes. i’m not even 100% sure what im doing with this story, only that its spones, they share a dorm, and its going to be a gross, borderline self-insert fic lmaoooo. playing fast and loose with the academy’s curriculum because i’m a lazy piece of shit who won’t research the actual structure. also, idk if it even counts as slash, because it contains what i consider flirting, which is ACTUALLY just bickering and academic/scientific discussion combined with gentle physical contact. let me have this. 

additional note : i snuck in some pining at the end! so it’s definitely romantic! ha! (it’s not worth it dont bother)

additional additional note : i fucked up a perfectly good spones fic by trying to add jim but it turned into McSpirk 

Collectors poke and scalpels ring

(title from billy corgan’s poem “a wax seal”)

warnings : don’t read this spock is so badly written in it.

                 blatant abuse of the comma, oxford and otherwise

                 someone gets burnt but it’s not severe and it’s off of tea 

                 cursing. a lot of it. 

words : c.6’000 (i’ll count properly tomorrow, it’s hard to get a word count on mobile)

If Leonard was being completely honest with himself (which he tried to be, dammit), his studying had stopped being productive at some stage between midnight and one a.m, but he’d be damned if he was going to grant his smug-enough-already roommate an “I told you so” by going to bed. Not that Spock would use such colloquial, illogical language. Resisting the urge to groan, Leonard let his head fall to his desk, confident the pile of pages he had accumulated while studying for his assessment in Standard Procedures in Classifying Non-Humanoid Life-Forms would muffle the thud enough to prevent upsetting his roommate’s meditation in the bedroom next to his. Walls were thin at the academy, that was the whole reason he’d had to turn down Jim when he’d requested Leonard to bunk with him for their second year in the academy. Bones loved the kid, he really did, but if he wasn’t blasting his frankly awful study music through the whole night, he had someone over from wherever he’d been that evening, and Bones had come to learn (quickly, and unwillingly), that Jim was loud in bed.

Making the decision to go make a coffee (not with one of those godawful replicators, but with some decent coffee beans that his younger sister had brought as a present on his birthday, for which he’d had to actually purchase a grinder and coffee press for afterwards, but it was the thought that counts), Bones couldn’t help but miss the all-nighters he and Jim used to pull together in their previous year at the academy, using each other to keep awake and motivated. The kid’s taste in classical music left much to be desired, but he didn’t seem to mind Bones’s preferences, so they’d throw on the med student’s study playlist on Jim’s maybe-technically-banned-but-no-one-is-going-to-snitch-on-us-because-we-all-have-one-Bones-relax speaker and bounce flash cards off of each other, explaining things to one another, and sharing notes. Jim had always been very much an aural-oral learner, unable to retain information unless he had explained it to someone, or had it explained to him, and while Bones definitely did not mind helping his friend out, he’d always been a more individual learner, preferring to take his notes and summarise them, re-writing the most important points until he had them ingrained in his subconscious. Which was all well and good, except it was a pain in the ass of a technique that only became more frustrating when it was employed in a long night of cramming.

Quietly, Bones took his mug as well as the rest of the required paraphernalia from the almost-bare shelf in the equally almost-bare cupboard he and Spock had voted to dedicate to Bones’s “illogical need to entertain guests with a strange variety of baked goods paired with one of two hot beverages” and Spock’s “ostentatious pots and probably poisonous concoctions”, all while chiding himself for reminiscing about study sessions. Of all the stupid shit he could reminisce about at the ripe age of twenty-two, study sessions with a friend he could easily invite over to join him was probably the one of the most stupid. Bones was forced to pause and evaluate his situation as he realised that all his quiet tip-toeing about in an effort to leave Spock’s meditation undisturbed was probably null and fucking void, seeing as he had to manually grind the coffee beans, which would indubitably create enough noise to irritate those over-sensitive ears. Not that the vulcan could feel irritation. Fucking asshole.

Rolling his eyes at his own cankerous mood, he began to prepare his coffee, keeping half an ear on the sudden rustling noises from Spock’s bedroom as the disturbed vulcan did god-knows-what before coming out to lecture Leonard. Or to glare at him. Or condescend him. Maybe criticise him on how late he’d left it to study for this godforsaken exam. Or maybe Leonard was projecting onto his poor roommate, who he’d only known for the better half of a month. (During which, the cranky bastard side of his brain argued, said roommate had made his distaste for human culture and illogic clear, his particular dislike (it was dislike, regardless of whatever “vulcans don’t feel” bullshit he was trying to pull) of Leonard thinly veiled, and his disinclination to speak to Leonard in general blatantly obvious.) Most likely Spock would simply head into their shared living area to procure a cup of his noxious evening teas before returning to his meditation, not stooping so low as to acknowledge the source of the disruption to his nightly routine. Leonard’s mission to caffeinate himself was not under threat. It took more energy than Leonard would ever admit to quell the disappointment that bubbled up at the thought of Spock just ignoring him.

It was stupid-o-clock in the morning, of course the vulcan wasn’t going to engage in a full-blown academic conversation with him, what was he thinking? Bones haphazardly plopped the filter over his mug just as the kettle came to a boil, doggedly ignoring the squeak of Spock’s door and the sound of his bare feet against their tile floor.

“It is not recommended for humans to ingest beverages of such a high caffeine content at this hour.” Spock’s voice breaking the eerie silence of the late hour was enough to make Leonard’s usually still hands jerk, splashing his knuckles with the hot water. He managed to suppress a hiss of pain, determined not to let the vulcan see any weakness.

“It’s not generally recommended amongst humans to get your medical degree at Starfleet Academy, yet here I am, Spock.” Griped Bones, turning to face Spock with his mug in hand, the eye contact he made intended as a challenge. Try and stop me, Pointy.

Spock raised an eyebrow, which alerted Leonard to the vulcan’s significantly slower than normal movements. The damn vulcan was sleepy, he realised. In an infuriatingly adorable way, Spock blinked slowly twice before responding, a significant delay in his usual response times to Leonard’s taunts. “On the contrary, an education in Starfleet Academy is highly coveted amongst humans; its expansive curriculum makes its graduates highly sought after in careers outside of the academy. I see no logic in your statement.”

Bones rolled his eyes, knocking back half his coffee in a matter of seconds, and burning his tongue in the process. “I don’t see the logic in continuing to hold conversations with an individual you find so distastefully illogical, Mr.Spock.” He passed the strange traditional vulcan teapot out to his roommate along with the decidedly terran-style mug Spock seemed to prefer using.

Spock offered three more of his slow, dazed blinks before responding with a tilt of his head that was slightly more pronounced than the one he tended to make during the day. “Distasteful? I do not believe I have ever said as much, McCoy.”

Bones gave a single, barking laugh, shaking his head as he began to move back towards his bedroom. “Careful, Mr.Spock. Keep up the flattery and you might say something you regret.”

“You are studying?” Spock called after him, just as Leonard was closing his door.

Leonard watched Spock as he shuffled around their kitchen, preparing his tea, his normally purposefully brisk steps reduced to a half-asleep stumble. His roommate gave no indication of having spoken to him. “In my usual, time-consuming way. Yes I am, Mr.Spock.”

Spock did not face him, but the delay in his response was still significant, for the vulcan, “You study using this highly inefficient method only when learning independently, correct?”

“What is it you’re getting at? There’s only so many hours in a night, and some of us have work to do.” Growled Leonard, his prolonged view of the back of Spock’s house robes frustrating him. Their arguments were much less entertaining and all the more aggravating when he couldn’t look Spock in the eye. Spock attempted to answer while turning to face Leonard in his sleepy daze, forgetting that he was halfway through pouring the boiling water over the strainer, effectively dousing his front in the scalding liquid. There was a brief pause where Spock blinked down at the front of his robes, while Bones processed what had just happened before jerking into action. “Get that glorified dressing gown off of yourself, Spock!” He whisper-shouted, determined not to wake the entire residential block. Spock just blinked at himself, then at Leonard.

“It is burning.” He deadpanned, prompting Bones to roll his eyes and cross the room in a few quick strides.

“It’s boiling water, Spock, of course it’s burning.” He hissed tapping the lapels of the robes. “You need to get out of this so we can get you under some running, room temperature water, try and stop any blistering.” Spock finally seemed to register what was going on and began to unwrap the ties of the robes, turning away from Leonard as he did so. Leonard noticed his roommate look uneasy at the prospect of being shirtless around him, and decided to leave him to it. “I’ll go run the shower, you dry yourself off a bit and run any part of your arm that got caught in the stream under the tap. I’ll call you when the shower’s the right temperature, ok?”. Leonard waited for Spock’s nod before bolting off to their shared bathroom to start working. 

So much for his productive night studying. It was starting to look like he’d be playing nurse for Spock until the on-campus medbay opened at five am. He was just beginning to realise exactly how fucked he was for the exam the following day when the door to their bathroom creaked open slowly. “Nearly there, Spock. I don’t recommend using any of your pungent herbal shit, we don’t want anything getting into any burst blisters or anything.” 

“Your alarm is unwarranted, Leonard. There is no lasting damage done to my person.”

“Congratulations on your medical degree, Spock, didn’t realised you’d discovered a fast track. Y’could’ve told me.” Leonard drawled, not taking his eyes off of the shower, his wrist under the stream of water to monitor the temperature. 

“You know I have done no such thing.” Spock huffed, his less alert state loosening his restraint enough to allow for such blatant emotionalism. 

“Sarcasm, Spock. Somethin’ you’re gonna have to get used to if you plan on launching into the void canned in with a bunch of humans once we graduate.” Leonard was angling for a mild version of their normally acerbic exchanges, but Spock didn’t seem willing to take the bait.

“If you insist I must bathe in tepid water, I will comply, but I trust you understand the state of my health is my concern alone, and you have no power to forbid me from assisting you with your studies.”

“Bold of you to assume I want your assistance.” His final attempt to goad Spock fell just as flat as his others, and he gave a defeated sigh. “Please stay in until your skin’s returned to its normal complexion, alright?”

Spock gave a half nod and stood to the side to let Leonard pass out of the bathroom, which he did a mite faster than was strictly necessary. Sighing as Spock closed the door, Leonard began weighing the benefit of trying to study against the fact he was just worried enough to be distracted from anything too difficult. Leonard scoffed. “Who am I kidding, everything in this module is difficult enough to make me want to rip my fucking eyes out.” He continued grumbling incoherently as he made his way back to his room, throwing a dirty look at the mess of teapots, mugs, and cafetieres as he walked past it. Spock would have a hissy fit. Or, the closest thing the teachings of Surak would allow to a hissy fit. “Goddamn, green-blooded, neat-freak.” Leonard groused, frowning at the state of his room.

Leonard often consoled himself for his lack of cleanliness within the confines of his bedroom using the fact he very rarely sullied shared living areas. He liked to think of his room as a sort of nesting area; cluttered, but cosy and homely. Spock thought the state of his room was indicative of his disorganised mind and illogical outlook on life. He looked around his room, trying to decide how to partially tidy it most effectively before Spock got out of the shower. 

Ultimately, he decided to leave anything that could be passed off as studying material (including, but not limited to the notes Jim had left behind on Starfleet-approved mixed martial arts) and to gather all clothing into one pile behind the door. He had just finished that and was contemplating moving some of the collection of unwashed, half-empty mugs he’d forgotten about into the sink when someone cleared their throat at the threshold of the door, causing Leonard to jump. “Goddammit, Spock, y’could’ve killed me!” He snapped, subtly kicking the sleeve of one of his hoodies behind the door. 

Spock’s eyes followed his foot as he attempted this subterfuge, which lead him directly to the pile of clothes. He raised an eyebrow, looking back at Leonard. “I was unaware the human heart was so poorly designed that even one belonging to a relatively fit for duty, young man was susceptible to cardiac arrest caused by unpredictable scenarios. It leads me to wonder why Starfleet consists mostly of such an inept species.”

The adorable, sleepy Spock had disappeared, leaving the sharper, more alert, more dangerously attractive Spock that Bones was going to have a hard time not coming onto over the next year. “I think I preferred you when y’couldn’t string together a sentence.”   

Spock’s eyes narrowed infinitesimally as he stepped purposefully towards Leonard’s desk. “You are hardly the image of a functioning officer after your rest cycle has been disrupted, McCoy.” He quipped, pouring over the notes Leonard had been working on before the whole tea-spilling fiasco. “You have been repeatedly transcribing the same five notes for upwards of an hour, if you maintained a constant rate of words per minute.” 

Leonard shrugged, striding over to his desk to snatch the notes back defensively. “What of it?” He snapped, picking up his pad of paper (not good for the environment, but he’d loaned his PADD that he usually used for revision to Jim a week ago and wasn’t due to get it back until that weekend) and old-fashioned pen that used to belong to his mother. 

Spock raised an eyebrow at Leonard’s odd behaviour, picking up the textbook that had started to slip down the back of the overcrowded desk to leaf through it. “It is a highly inefficient method of study. Particularly given your current time constraints.” 

“Spare me the lecture, Spock. It works, and that’s all that matters.” Leonard drawled, having already resumed his scribbling, desperately attempting to commit one of the longer definitions required for the exam to memory. 

“That statement has no grounds in fact, nor does your extension based on the untruth follow any semblance of logic.”

Leonard uttered a string of curses in his native tongue, making Spock consider taking Earth English classes on the side, if only to aggravate the med student in his own native tongue. Not that Spock would ever admit to such irrational motivations.  “Dammit, Spock,” Leonard’s familiar growls in Standard had less venom than they usually did this early in their verbal sparring, a fact that drew Spock’s concern sharply onto the med student. “,either sit down and help a guy out, or get out and let me be. Ain’t that hard.” Spock eased himself down onto the human’s bed carefully, sitting cross-legged beside him with the textbook balanced carefully on his knee.

“I have heard you listening to music whilst studying on previous occasions. I have noted you do not tend to do so while I am meditating, however, I am doing so now. If it assists you, I would recommend you indulge.” Carefully watching the human for signs of distress while he spoke, Spock decided another snip at him would not hurt him. “Your human focus is dismal enough without depriving it of the stimulus necessary for it to operate at an acceptable level of efficiency.”

Spock watched with mild satisfaction as Leonard threw his archaic study materials down in a small rage, his eyebrows practically dancing as he spluttered furiously for exactly 3.2 seconds before responding coherently. “Why, you listen here, you green-blooded son-of-a-bitch, y’ain’t doin’ much good in this here bedroom, so you’ve got about three seconds ‘fore i throw you out!”

Spock unfurled himself and stood, but he didn’t make a move for the door. Instead, the stoic bastard moved back to Leonard’s desk, sorting papers into piles as he systemically searched the surface for something. Finally, he picked up Leonard’s music device: a miniature PADD his younger sister had constructed for her first set of practical engineering exams, programmed to run audio files only. “A’ight, give it here.” Leonard stretched out his hand, palm up, waiting for Spock to hand it over. Spock took a moment to briefly page through the audio files Leonard had equipped the tiny device with, the corners of his mouth turning down fractionally. “Somethin’ the matter, Spock?”

“I was under the impression that humans preferred to listen to classical music whilst studying?”

“That is classical, Spock.”

“I do not recognise it.”

Spock looked up just in time to watch the furrows between Leonard’s brows deepening. “Well, it’s classical, terran music, not vulcan, so I don’t suspect y’would.”

Without thinking, Spock said, “My mother made sure I was acquainted with many kinds of classical terran music as a child. I expected to recognise at least one of these songs from the information she provided me with.”

“Your mother liked terran music?”

Spock didn’t even pause to consider the trust required for him to offer an insight into his personal history. He just did. “My mother was human. I am only half-vulcan.”

“Might be half-vulcan, but you’re still a whole pain in the ass.” The rapidity of Leonard’s answer set Spock totally at ease, and the vulcan allowed himself to relax slightly in the presence of the human. “Y’still’ve done absolutely fuck all to help me, and I really do need to study. Y’can stay if y’want, but I can’t be shootin’ the breeze with you all night, y’hear?”. Spock’s look of confusion at the idiom was enough to send Leonard back on the defensive, and he was about to launch into a strong verbal eviction from his room when something almost-but-not-quite-clear quickly swept over Spock’s eyeballs. “What in the fucking HELL was that!” He shrieked, immediately grabbing his training tricorder from under his bed and scanning Spock, studies forgotten.

Spock’s alarm was only notable in his shoulders, which tensed as Leonard crowed into his personal space to a degree that would’ve been considered improper on Vulcan. Spock did not make any movement to rectify this situation. “McCoy?”. Leonard was muttering to himself as he scanned Spock for a third time. “Leonard?”

“What was that, Spock?”

“I am unclear on what it is exactly you are referring to.” Spock maintained solid eye contact with the Leonard, concern for the human’s mental well-being bubbling under his cool exterior. Leonard blinked, twice, incredulously, before putting his hand on the junction between Spock’s neck and shoulder, which was covered by his turtleneck. He looked at though he was going to say something before he went extremely pale and spluttered incoherently for a few moments before beginning anew with his tricorder scans. “Leonard?” 

“Spock, something’s happening to your eyes.” He growled in response, pressing at the junction where his hand rested. “Turn your head, I want to scan it from another angle. Do you feel dizzy, nauseous, anything out of the ordinary?” 

“Nothing. The level of confusion I am experiencing is within normal parameters for my interactions with you.” Spock felt a wave on content pass over him when McCoy stopped scanning for a second to glare at him, before shaking his head and resuming his activities.

After a few minutes, he withdrew the scanner, dragging a hand down his face. “Spock, I don’t suppose vulcans happen to have a second pair of eyelids, do they?” 

“Have your anatomy classes failed to cover that of vulcans?” Spock narrowed his eyes, deflecting from the fact that he didn’t actually know if the second eyelid was still a functioning part of vulcan biology. He’d learnt about it as a vestigial organ, but his hybrid nature had fascinated many scientists back home. One of the reasons he had decided to leave for Starfleet; Spock had hoped to avoid the invasive poking and prodding done in the name of research. That being said, the soft poking sensation of Leonard’s fingers through his shirt was far from uncomfortable, and Spock felt strange when the sensation stopped. 

“We do, but the piss-poor files the VSA are willing to relinquish to us mere humans are so fucking full of redaction and contradiction that all we’ve left to work with are a few vague diagrams and thoughouly unhelpful paragraphs on the composition of vulcan blood.” Leonard took a step back from Spock, restoring the traditional respectful distance between them. Much too distant for Spock’s liking. “You’re sure you’re not going to die in the next few hours until we can get you to the sickbay tomorrow?”

“I do not need-”

“Spock, you’ve not only burnt yourself-”

“It is superficial at most, and does not require-”

“-but you’ve just discovered what might maybe be an eyelid but could equally -for all we know- be-”

“-medical attention. Your anxiety is unwarranted and your focus on your studies has waned to what could prove to be a detrimental degree if you do not-”

“-a malignant growth of some sort, you have to go to find out if that thing is hurting you or not at least-”

“-cease your illogical fussing and resume.”

“-and I- Spock are you even listening to me?” Leonard’s gradually increasing volume finally peaked out, and Spock raised an eyebrow at the outburst. “Ah. shit, the neighbours.” 

“At this hour, we can hope they are in a deep enough sleep not to have heard-”

“Are you kidding me Spock, I practically screamed-”

“If we continue in this vein, you will lose what little volume control you posses. Please sit down once again and I shall try and gauge how much you have prepared for this test already and we shall start from there.” Spock’s eyebrow lowered itself slowly as he relaxed once more, Leonard sitting down on the bed close to the headboard, making it easy for Spock to sit relatively close to him without making it look like anything but a logical decision for optimum viewing of the human’s notes. Not that it wasn’t motivated by logic. The fact his side was pressed soothingly to Leonard’s was a pleasant bonus. “That eyelid thing is a bit strange, you’re sure it doesn’t hurt?”

Spock levelled him with a flat stare. “I shall visit the nurse tomorrow if you cease this discussion.”

Leonard shrugged and dropped his head down and began working on a list of things he felt confident on for the next day in an attempt to hide his smug smile. It didn’t work, but Spock didn’t say anything. 

A few hours later, they had taken a break from Spock’s relentless verbal assessments for Leonard to give his brain a chance to process the points they had been drilling and for Spock to asses the data he had collected on Leonard’s rate of retention of information to try and streamline their next bout. Except Leonard’s head had dropped onto Spock’s shoulder, and the heat from where their sides were pressed tightly together was relaxing Spock into a borderline meditative state. It was only when his chest started to vibrate lightly when Spock snapped himself back to reality, confident he had not woken his study mate with his unfortunate vulcan habit. Hubris was not a trait vulcans were capable of possessing, so Spock classed his slide in judgement as a calculation error, not as a result of unfounded pride.

“Were’y’... purrin’, Spock?” The human’s voice was muffled by Spock’s turtleneck, so the flush high on the his cheeks went unnoticed by Leonard. 

“It is... an unfortunate, involuntary response of Vulcans.” Was Spock’s clipped answer, suddenly awake and almost frantically pouring over the notes he had made on Leonard’s progress. 

“Mmm, sounds like more of y’all’s goddamn cagey nature. Outta be somethin’ your doctor outta know.” Leonard slowly picked himself up off of Spock’s shoulder. Spock felt irrationally irate at the loss of contact, despite the fact their sides remained pressed together. “Ah, shit. How long was I out?”

“Twelve minutes.” Was Spock’s response, glad to have moved on from his embarrassing lapse in control. Leonard’s response wasn’t forthcoming, so Spock chanced a glance at his roommate, only to find his mouth wide open, eyes closed, and seemingly struggling for breath. Spock’s basic first aid training kicked in, fully aware that humans, much like vulcans, required a constant supply of oxygen, and he began to thump at Leonard’s back, the angle much too awkward for him to apply the force necessary to dislodge whatever may have been blocking the med student’s airways. Except, the med student seemed to have cleared his airways on his own. And was using his perfectly clear airways to yell at Spock.

“The hell’re you doin’? Coulda seriously hurt me with that goddamn “superior vulcan strength” you won’t shut up about! Ain’t a fella allowed t’yawn in his own damn bedroom?”

Spock quickly stood up from the bed, and Leonard watched as the relaxed stance the vulcan had had previously completely vanished. “You appeared to be in respiratory distress. The training I have thus far received in first aid on humans required the first thing to do in such a situation would be-“

“Dammit Spock, I’m a med student, I know what t’do when someone can’t fucking breathe! I, oddly enough, was breathing just fine!”

Spock’s chin lifted fractionally, the last of his near-tender demeanour hardening. “Incorrect. Your chest ceased to rise and fall regularly, you had opened your mouth for maximum oxygen intake and yet you did not inhale, and the distress weakened you insofar as you were forced to close your eyes.”

Leonard looked at him, incredulous. “I yawned.”

“I do not understand. Does this correlate with your -“

“I yawned, you thick-skulled-“ Leonard stopped and took a breath, scrubbing his face with his hand. “Don’t worry, s’just an unfortunate, involuntary response of humans.”

Spock recognised he was being quoted, but unlike previous, malicious quotations made by various humans (including this patprticular one), his roommate did not seem to be trying to get a rise out of him, so he decided to retaliate. “That is the nature of most human responses, voluntary or otherwise.”

The outraged eyebrow that was slowly creeping up Leonard’s forehead was completely undermined by the sleepy grin that was taking over his entire face. “I’m not going to get much more study for this assent done, huh?”

“Assessment?”

“Yeah, the thing we’ve been studying for.” Leonard looked confused, but Spock’s head tilt betrayed his own befuddlement. 

“You referred to it previously as an exam.” His arms crossed his chest, marring his perfect posture slightly. It looked to Leonard that, despite his confusion, his roommate was more relaxed than he had been. 

“Yeah, an exam, an assessment, no difference, is there?”

Spock would later deny the look he gave Leonard was ‘incredulous’, Leonard would exaggerate his expression into one of absolute shock when retelling the tale to Jim the following evening. “There is a considerable difference, Leonard. Considering the brevity of this particular elective, the only grade that might impact your final score will be the final examination. Assessments in such a relatively insignificant elective will not affect your final grade in any serious manner.”

“It’s a matter of pride, Spock.” Leonard smiled, shaking his head. “Gotta keep up appearances.”

Spock glowered down at his roommate, the expression so slight that Leonard didn’t notice it at all. The silence strung out for a moment longer than absolutely necessary before Spock sat down at the foot of Leonard’s bed. “Pride is illogical, McCoy.”

Leonard snorted, shaking his head. “Pride and spite are the only things that keep me going, take ‘em away and I wouldn’t do a thing.” 

He watched as Spock’s eyebrow crept upwards, his head tipping lightly towards him. “Your finger brushed my collarbone earlier, when you touched my robes.”

Leonard went a bright red, and his respiratory distress seemed genuine this time. He leapt off of the bed, putting the distance of the width of the room between them. “Fucking shit, Spock? Why didn’t y’tell me! Fucking touch-telepathy, that was probably stupidly invasive, wasn’t it? Shit, shit, shit! I’m sorry. I’m fucking dense, I thought- I don’t know what I was doing, shouldn’t’ve gone near you-”

“Calm yourself Leonard-”

“And now you’re too polite to call me out on it, goddammit, we had lectures on proper conduct with vulcans, fuck-”

“Leonard.” Spock had stood and walked over to the human. Leonard was shocked when Spock put his hand on his shoulder. “There is no offence taken, do you understand?”. Leonard seemed to have lost his voice, but nodded. “I only brought up the incident because I sensed only concern and concentration from you through the contact. There was no bitterness, no concern for your pride or reputation. You saw your patient and thought of nothing but how best to administer effective and efficient treatment.”

Leonard had not made any indication of wanting to brush off his hand, so Spock decided to return to the personal space he had occupied while Leonard had been scanning him earlier. Leonard blinked several times, eyes crossing slightly to stare at the tip of Spock’s nose, only an inch, maybe less, from his own. His mouth suddenly went dry, and he swallowed hard, once. Spock’s nose had never looked so kissable. He shook his head- not an appropriate thought to be having while Spock was, wait, what was Spock saying? Leonard could hear him speaking, but his brain wasn’t processing the words correctly. Or at all. He thought maybe he was complimenting him, or maybe trying to get Leonard to explain his dry, almost self-critical comment. Hell, Spock could be reciting Shakespeare for all Leonard knew. Or cared. The vulcan’s voice was deeper than it was normally, more like it was when he had been sleepily pouring his tea earlier, less like it had been for their shared life up until today. The vibration of this deeper voice reminded him of the purring, the utter relaxation and warmth that had accompanied those vibrations, and... and Spock was still talking and Leonard still had no idea what he was saying because his mouth was moving very nicely, had his mouth always moved that nicely?

“BONES!” That voice would pull Leonard out of any dazed stupor he could possibly fall into. That voice, with that tone always meant one of two things. Jim needed his help, or Jim had done something he needed to confess to that would probably piss Leonard off. “BONES? YOU HOME?”

Spock had somehow managed to perch himself on the edge of Leonard’s desk, textbook and notes in hand, pointedly not looking at Bones. Rolling his eyes, Leonard walked out into the living area. “What the fuck have you done, Jim?” 

“Bones!” Jim practically bounced over to the med student, which meant he’d absolutely fucked something up that was going to piss him off. Clapping his shoulder playfully, Jim used the momentum of his bounce to swing himself around Bones, heading for his room. “You’re not going to believe what a weird mix-up there’s been, man! So, look, I-why, hello, Mr.Spock!” Jim glanced over his shoulder with an “i-cannot-believe-you-got-the-hot-guy-we’ve-both-been-crushing-on-into-your-room’ look on his face, his mouth slightly open and his eyes comically large in mock disbelief. “What’s a hot guy like you doing in a dingy place like this?” He had turned his impish gaze back on Spock, gesturing vaguely around Leonard’s room as he mentioned the ‘dingy place’.

Spock’s face remained impassive, not betraying the flash of amusement he always felt when the younger human flirted blatantly with him. “Vulcans’ core temperatures are, on average, actually lower than that of humans.”

Where Leonard would’ve snapped back a witty counter attack in order to incite a fascinating debate, Jim simply leaned right into the lewd implications only he could draw from such a droll, basic fact. “Are you saying that you think Bones and I are hot, Mr.Spock?”. The man had far more confidence in his charismatic abilities than any other human Spock had seen knocking their own glasses off of their face when discussing something passionately with a lecturer.

Spock was about to fire back a response -noting in the back of his mind that of the friendships he had deliberately built with a select few humans in the hopes of appeasing his mother, the ones he had formed with Jim and Leonard, though not particularly strong yet, brought him a feeling of completion- when Leonard came into the room, red-faced and rolling his eyes. “Shut up, Jim, you’ll make him uncomfortable. Vulcans don’t flirt, that’d require expression of emotion.”

Spock raised an eyebrow at Leonard, mildly puzzled. Had Leonard not recognised their discussion before Jim had arrived for what it was? Was his respect and admiration of the medical student not clear?

“What is it you’ve done, Jim?” Bones had leaned himself against the door frame, staring fixedly at his ex-roommate, who was glancing between Spock and Bones with a shit-eating grin plastered across his face. 

“Well, I was going to apologise for a stupid thing I did, but seeing as it wound up with all three of us in a room with a bed, I’d say no apologies needed.” Jim couldn’t keep a straight face delivering that line, his flirtatious demeanour crumbling into pure giddiness. “Sorry, sorry, I’ll stop. S’just weird seeing the two of you together, it’s like you guys exist separately in my mind, and seeing you getting cosy in Bones’s room is just so wacky-“

“Jim!” Bones’s bark made Jim laugh even harder, and Spock allowed the corner of his mouth to twitch ever so slightly as Jim’s merriment grew and Leonard became more and more flustered. These humans affected Spock more than he’d care to admit, and watching them interact brought a sense of contentedness over him. “It’s fucking crazy o clock in the morning, what in the hell could’y’ve done that y’need to confess so bad?”

“Small scheduling error, Bones, no big deal! In my defence, I didn’t realise how late it is, I was reading this really cool book that Galia’s sister sent her, so far it’s been absolutely gripping, can’t put it down-“

“Jim.”

His blue eyes darted around the room nervously as he giggled anxiously. “You don’t have a test tomorrow, Bones, I do. I fucked up and logged it in the PADD you’d loaned me instead of my own PADD, so I guessed you got a reminder and I know your memory is shit outside of your studies, so I figured you’d be up cramming-“

“Jim-boy, what’d you just say? Because if you said what I think you said, I’m going to-“

“Leonard, I would not recommend engaging in a physical altercation with Jim. He has considerable more experience in such matters.”

Spock felt a shiver down his spine as Leonard’s dangerously icy glare turned on him. “Are you sayin’ y’don’t think I can take ‘im, Spock?”

“That is not what he said Bones! C’mon, how bad was it? You got to bond with your roommate, and now my two best friends are on speaking terms, at least. Sounds like a win-win to me!”

“I’m gonna need the two of y’all to get the fuck outta my room, if I’m going to get any sleep at all before tomorrow.” 

Jim’s smirk got even more mischievous, the glint in his eye almost dangerous. “Maybe we’ve planned for you to get no sleep tonight, Bones.”

“I resent your implicating me in your antics, Jim.” Spock was definitely grinning, goddammit! There’s no way a vulcan could manoeuvre their mouths any further into a vague smiling shape.

“You’re not denying it-”

“Both of y’all need to shut up and go to bed, it’s late.” Leonard groused, having had enough of Jim’s playfulness, which was a bit too much for how late it was. Also, the thoughts and feelings he was invoking in Leonard with his meaningless teasing were enough for him to overthink on for the rest of his life. Jim’s pout made Bones fully aware of just how much he wouldn’t mind kissing his best friend, which reminded him of how close he had been to doing just that to his roommate, which reminded him of how it was just his fucking luck to be attracted to the two people he most defiantly shouldn’t be attracted to. The two most unattainable people on campus. He was probably a sadist. Jim sat next to Spock on his bed, and Spock had turned to mutter something in Jim’s ear. On his bed. He was absolutely a sadist. 

“That’s a good point, Spock. I think it’ll be difficult to strong-arm him into spending more time with the two of us as well.”

Spock had the good grace to look up at Leonard with what could be interpenetrated as an apologetic expression. “Those were not my... exact words.”

“I’m a med student, not a socialite, dammit!” Jim was sitting very close to Spock, they looked so right together it was sickening, and Spock was clearly mooning over Jim, and Bones... Bones needed to sleep. Now. “I’ll come over to your place tomorrow after I get out of the labs at six, Jim. If Spock comes, he comes. I don’t care.” He did care. A lot. 

“Seeing as two of us live in these quarters, it would be more logical for us to reconvene here, would it not?” 

“Nah, Jim’s got a better replicator.”

“I’ve also got better taste in holos, so...”

“You absolutely do not-”

“I don’t think watching documentaries counts as a relaxing night in-”

“I shall be there, eighteen-hundred hours.” Spock interrupted, his expression doing nothing to ease the daydreams determinedly banging at Leonard’s subconscious as he looked between the two humans. That odd eyelid-thing slid open and shut twice, which Leonard probably shouldn’t have found cute when he didn’t know whether or not it was hurting Spock. But he did, nonetheless. 

Jim clapped Spock’s shoulder, which stopped the eyelid blinking, and resulted in a rather cat-like freezing of his entire frame. “Excellent!” Jim jumped up, bouncing out the bedroom door. “It’s a date, gentlemen!” And he was gone before Leonard’s outraged spluttering could hold him up. 

“It’s not a- dammit, we’re not- Spock-”

Spock stopped to place his hand on Leonard’s shoulder, deliberately making eye-contact. “To borrow Jim’s turn of phrase, ‘it’s a date’, Leonard.” 

And that rendered Leonard totally speechless, left staring mutely at Spock’s retreating back. What the fuck kind of emotional fuckery had he gotten himself into?  

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Stay For A While

Notes: I had a really really awful day and this was in my drafts, so here we go.

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Ronan’s never really noticed how pungent the scent  of hospitals are, the eerily clean surfaces that are masked with the smell of the  residue of the alcohol remover Blue uses to clean off her nails once she inevitably gets bored of which ever eccentric color she’d chosen for that week. (Ronan remembers a particularly amusing night at Monmouth when Henry had dared Ronan to drink the bottle whole, to which Blue— pixie sized and never putting up with any amount of shit— cuffed them both on the back of the heads scoldingly,  “You can’t drink it asshole, it’s like poisonous.”) 

Idly, Ronan thinks that he’d rather chug down ten complete bottles of that shit instead of sitting here in this utter hell hole of a waiting room, the smell of antiseptics clogging his nostrils and  glaringly florescent lights pounding down on him and a swarm of strangers trying to catch his eye for polite, if not a bit flirtatious, small talk. All just to wait for some fucking quack to tell him what half a dozen others said before. That Opal’s condition is to severe, to intensive, too unstructured. For this prick to tell Ronan that the technology just isn’t here yet and that they should just give it a rest already. 

God fucking damn it, Ronan hates this place, hates all the memories it evokes and the literal hopelessness that’s woven into it. He hates it even more that he fucking let Gansey talk him into meeting with this fucking prick of a doctor, getting his hopes up and making Ronan actually believe this Parrish douche is worth meeting with. 

“He’s a class act Ronan, truly,” Gansey had crowed in that uniquely Gansey way of his— all American charm and boyishly enthused smile. “Carruthers had sung his praises to us for so long that I simply insisted he came to Lucy’s christening a bit ago.”

That’s when Ronan had cocked a brow at his oldest friend, unconvinced that Helen of all people would allow any riffraff to puncture her picture perfect soiree for her picture perfect daughter to show off her picture perfect life.

“I bet princess wasn’t to happy with that impromptu invitation?”

“That was until she met the boy,” Gansey had corrected a bit too cheekily for Ronan’s liking, finger waggling in the space between them and it took all Ronan had not to bite it right off. “Carruthers was right on! Parrish is a magnificent specimen, and smart as a whip too!”

“What a dreamboat,” said Ronan, deadpanned and wondering if he’ll ever be over Gansey’s theatrics. (Most likely not on account of his loving the dip-shit like a fourth brother.) 

“You know he got his medical degree from Harvard? And his undergraduate at Princeton?”

“Gee Gansey, I’m swooning.”

“Well don’t fall in love with him quite yet,” Gansey had chuckled good naturedly with a patting to Ronan’s shoulder. “I reckon you’ll need him for another, much more important reason.” Ronan just furrowed his brows, not bothering to show any actual interest, and Gansey just flashed him a row of pearly whites in turn. “You’ll never believe his senior year thesis was about? Fibula Hemimelia.”

Ronan’s heart had lodged in his throat and he suddenly, foolishly, felt a surge of pure hope. So Gansey had set up everything. He had scheduled  the meeting for a day he knew Opal didn’t have school and Ronan didn’t have work,  he had called to send over Opal’s medical history, and on top of it all Gansey had convinced Ronan that continuing to try was better than to give up, and Ronan had agreed. That’s why he’s sitting in this hell hole now, glower securely set on his face and simultaneously watching Opal as she built and destroyed her lego towers, while staving off any too curious onlookers. 

Finally— mercifully— A kind faced nurse had called out, “Opal L,” and they were being dashed off behind the doors to get all the preliminary numbers before being lead into the quacks office. 

“Don’t break any of his shit,” Ronan tells  Opal as she made her way to the corner where some blocks and puzzles were set out, crushes and all. 

It’s another ten minutes of waiting until the door swings open and a low, molasses smooth voice greets them good morning while taking a seat in his desk. And well…. He’s all cutting cheekbones and piercing eyes and his hair’s the same color as the caramel cubes that Arora use to set out for guests back in the barns when Ronan was a kid. Ronan feels a instant pulsing of white hot hatred towards Gansey at this exact moment for not giving him the heads up that this Parrish fuck is only moonlighting as a doctor while actually having a career in modeling or some shit. 

“G’morning,” he holds out his all too attractive hand, and Ronan pretends his insides aren’t imploding while he gives it one quick, savage shake. “I’m Dr Parrish, and you must be Ronan Lynch?”

“Yes.”

“Wonderful,” if Parrish was put off by Ronan’s standoffish demeanor, he doesn’t show it, just continues on speaking in that crisp cadence that Ronan thinks all doctors have mastered in one way or the other, and goes back to flipping through the blindingly yellow binder in his grasp. He doesn’t bother with pleasantries, or puts on a facade with some overly cheerful smile and Ronan appreciates him for it, he’s gone through too many stilted conversations of a blank eyed doctor telling him that there’s no hope with an uncomfortably large smile threatening to split their faces in half. 

Ronan much prefers the touch of realism that Parrish is offering up.

“So is it just you for today or are we waiting for Mom?”

“Mom doesn’t exist,” Ronan says, words clipped— He reckons he’ll never not be irritated by that automatic assumption, even when it’s ridiculously pretty doctors making them. 

Parrish quirks a brow at him and Ronan relents, just slightly. 

“She was an orphan till I adopted her a few years ago, so it’s just me.”

“Oh, I see,” Ronan pretends his chest doesn’t totally contract at the sight of the other man’s small, thin lipped smile that makes his eyes shimmer a thousand splendid shades of blue and green and violet. “My apologies.”

“Whatever.”

“I’m turning seven in three weeks.” Opal, excited for a new audience, announces with a manic grin, her ash blonde hair tugged out it’s ponytail and her big brown eyes gazing at the doctor like he’s one of her dolls. 

“No way, really?” Parrish says, and if Ronan thought his small, privately impressed smile was charming, it’s nothing on the one he’s beaming at Opal with right now. It’s beautiful in its unadulterated sincerity, in the way it crinkles the corners of his wide eyes and brightens his countenance ten fold. Ronan inwardly thinks that the grin is one he doesn’t dole out that often, which is a real shame because Dr Parrish’s dimples should probably be declared an eighth wonder of the world by who ever the fuck decides on that sort of shit. 

“You must be Opal.”

“Are you my new doctor?” She asks, abrasive if it weren’t coupled with her toothy smile.

“Yes, I think I am, if you’ll have me?”

“Cool,” Opal marvels. “Will you actually help me?”

There’s an instant tautness to the air that Opal, in all her childhood obliviousness, doesn’t notice, but Parrish doesn’t let it linger. 

“I certainly hope so.”

Adequately convinced, Opal pivots around and returns to her puzzle. 

The next hour is composed of Ronan answering questions he’s been asked a million other times, (“Yes, it’s the left leg. Yes, the bone is completely missing and her foot’s heel is ruptured as well. Yes I know that some doctors have suggested removing the leg completely and replacing it with a  prosthetic, but i already told you that they’re all fucking stupid and lazy, and I already said I want to exhaust all options until I consider it.”)

“I hope we don’t have to get to that point,” Parrish says like an oath and Ronan knows it in his bones that Parrish— Adam according to the admittedly impressive array of degrees adorned on his wall, can’t promise anything to him or Opal in so many words, but it doesn’t stop him from believing that Adam could actually do what the others couldn’t. 

For the  next quarter of an hour Adam examines Opal’s leg and takes notes in a scrawl Ronan doubts anyone could ever actually transcribe, until he’s seemingly satisfied.

They make an appointment for next Tuesday, giving Parrish enough time to examine all the information he’s gathered, and can talk to Ronan about the options on the table for Opal. 

“Alright, see you then doc.”

“Adam. You can just call me Adam.”

Ronan just snorts, derisive, before carting Opal out of the room. 

“You think he’s cute,” she preens.

“Shut your trap,” Ronan hisses. THat doesn’t stop Opal singing some ridiculous nursery rhymes about trees and kissing and babies all the way home.

.

-

Next time they meet is right after Ronan drops Opal off to school, and Adam looks just as competent and put together as the last time. He explains each possibility with no inflection, just straight facts for Ronan to take in and comprehend however he’d like.

“So either way it’s surgery,” Ronan bristles. 

“If you want to avoid the prosthetic, yes. You can either continue with the latter which would slow down the growth of her right leg so that the left could catch up, or we can conduct several procedures in the next few years adding to the length of the left to match that of the right.”

“That sounds like mumbo jumbo shit to me,” Ronan bites out, trying his best not to sound as frustrated and frightened as he feels. Though the way Adam’s ordinarily stoic looking expression softens ever so slightly, tells Ronan that he’s doing a pretty shit job at it.

“I know it’s a difficult decision, especially when it’s for your kid,” Adam’s voice ripples right then but it immediately goes back to it’s typical, low timbre. Ronan doesn’t probe. “But I assure you that which ever decision you make it’ll be the right one.”

“How? How do you know that?” Ronan asks, challenging.

“Opal’s young, and healthy. She’s still growing, both procedures are optimal when that’s still a major factor. And besides, it’s clear that you love her. You know what’s best for her because you’ll do your research.”

There’s a different stillness to the air than there was last week, but Ronan doesn’t think it’s any less charged. 

“When do you need an answer?”

“As soon as possible. We want to make sure we can get the best feasible results.”

“Fine.” Ronan gets up to leave but is stopped by Adam calling after him.

“I’m always a resource if you need it.”

Ronan doesn’t reply, just purses his lips before snatching the card Adam holds out for him and swaggers out with a thousand different thoughts swarming in his head, ones about Opal. About her leg. About the healing process, the tole  it’d have on her. How she’s so small and delicate already, About Dr Adam Parrish and his pretty eyes.

Ronan realizes about half way to work that Adam had written his personal cell number on the back, and pretends that his cheeks aren’t blazing red, chides at himself that he’s only Opal’s doctor. That’s all.

It’s for Opal, that’s it.

.- 

“I like Dr Parrish.”

Ronan starts at the non sequitur, eyeing Opal like she’s grown a second head right here in the middle of Nino’s while they wait for their pizzas to take to Gansey’s place. After weeks of paper work and consultations and check ups, Opal’s first official surgery would be taking place tomorrow afternoon and they all agreed it calls for celebration. 

“Okay… That was random.” 

“Nah-uh,” she peevishly sniffs, lips twisted in irritation— Ronan doesn’t give a fuck about DNA because that’s straight out of his playbook. “Look!” 

He follows her insistent finger pointing onto the distance through the window, just making out the sight of none other than Adam fucking Parrish strolling down the street, dying afternoon light dancing golden in his hair and touching the tops of his cheekbones… It’s all very cinematic if Ronan’s being at all honest.

“Imma say hi,” Opal announces, and before Ronan can tell her to sit her ass down she’s dashing off through the doors and stopping him in his tracks. 

“Damn it,” Ronan curses under his breath before saddling up behind her. 

“Dr Parrish!”

Jolting back, Adam scans his surroundings before finally casting his gaze down to find pipe sized Opal smiling up at him, and by rote, he returns the expression.

“Opal!”

“Daddy didn’t believe me but I saw you all the way from inside,” she tells him pridefully,  and Ronan only roles his eyes heavenwards. 

“Good eye,” Adam says, crouching down so that they’re level. 

“What are you doing at Nino’s?” 

“I reckon I’m doing the same thing as you and your pops here.”

“Getting dinner and teasing Aunty Blue for working here when she was little?”

Adam cuts a glance at Ronan, silent question of “What the fuck,” painted all over his features. 

“It’s done lovingly.” He says in a monotone and no. Ronan absolutely does not feel the flutterings of butterflies swarming down deep at Adam’s bemused laughter.

“You should come to Uncle Gansey’s house!” Opal crows. “He’s throwing a party for me cuz of my op-op-peratoin tomorrow!”

“Operation,” Ronan softly corrects.

“Oh yeah that!” Opal squawks.

“That’s really cool Opal, I’m glad that they’re doing that for ya.” Adam says, utterly sincere.

“So you’ll come!”

“Yeah doc, come and get boozed up before the surgery,” Ronan says, only partially teasing. 

“Sorry Opal darling,” Adam says, lips pouting. “I promised an old friend that I’d actually eat out with them, and I seriously doubt that your Dad or Uncle or whom ever would appreciate me crashing in on your family time.”

Opal looks grief-stricken and Ronan privately thinks he feels the same.

“My birthday then!” Opal proclaims.

“It’s after the surgery and it’s not until next week and could you come please!”

“Ah,” Adam’s eyes surreptitiously flutter over to Ronan, seeking permission.

“There could never be enough guests,” he says, totally flat.

“Alrighty then, I’d be honored to come Opal.”

“Yay!” She tackles into Adam for a quick embrace and then leaps into Ronan’s arms over the excitement.

“Oh Parrish, just heads up, the themes Disney Princesses, and the invitations explicitly dictate that everyone dresses up.”

Adam glares nastily at Ronan but then just tosses Opal a thumbs up, Ronan translates it for the bird he’d rather be tossing him.

.-

Ronan admits that he regrets everything the moment Adam fucking Parrish strolls into his house wearing a shit eating grin, and a full on Prince Philip costume— tights and all.

Everything in the procedure went as wonderfully as anyone could’ve hoped, so Opal— dawning a sparkling pink princess dress— promenaded through the party in the Barns with a huge smile on her face and a sharpie pen so that all her guests would sign her cast, a beaming Blue pushing her along in the tiny wheelchair the hospital provided. But even with how precious she looks, and the excited thrumming in the air, all Ronan could focus on is fucking god damn Adam Parrish. 

“Lynch,” he says in greeting, swinging around a large, wrapped box. Ronan jutted his chin to the table carrying the rest of the gifts and Adam dropped it off before returning to his side.

“Lovely place you got here.”

“If that was your attempt at small talk, you’re shit at it.” Is how Ronan chooses to reply. 

Something warm and splendid coils somewhere deep in  Ronan’s gut at the sound of Adam’s miraculous peals of laughter.

“You’re such a shit.”

Ronan feels charged by that one comment.

“Oh, so Doc’s got a little bite all of a sudden?”

“Always have,” Adam corrects in that detached, ever amused way of his. “Only thing was that you were my client, but everything with Opal went better than expected, so now I can call you out for being a complete prick whenever I please.”

“So you still expect to see me outside of the allotted appointments for my daughter?” Ronan snarks, snide and excited.

Adam just gives him a one armed shrug before leaning close to Ronan’s ear— hot breath skirting against his skin. “You aren’t slick, but my ass appreciates your intense focus.”

At that, Adam swivels around on his heals to grab a drink and to say hello to Opal, and Ronan knows he’s fucked.

***

Five years later, when they’ve got matching bands of gold and Adam’s slumped on the sofa with Ronan’s head propped on his lap— the pair of them  watching over Opal tending to her new baby brother— Ronan thinks to when Gansey warned that he shouldn’t fall in love with Adam.

Ronan laughs and Adam flicks him on the temple for being such a freak.

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I’d like to think that anyone who knows me knows that I am 100% pro-choice, but in case it needs to be said: I am unapologetically, completely, irrevocably pro-choice.

There are two main reasons for this, the first being that I have known from a very early age that I never wanted to be pregnant or give birth. The idea is beyond horrifying to me. The second is much less personal. I have never encountered an anti-choice argument that wasn’t laughably easy to dismantle. I’ve been vocally pro-choice for roughly 30 years now (thanks, Mom) and in that time one thing has become painfully evident: anti-choicers have nothing but tenuous, easily debunked “arguments” that are based solely on emotional manipulation, anecdotes, and pseudo-science. They’re also dreadfully unoriginal and repetitive. It gets dull, let me tell you.

But what the hell, just for fun let’s go through some of them here:

“Abortion is MURDER!”

Nope. Murder is a legal term with a clear, concise definition. Abortion does not meet the criteria. Go ahead and look that up, it’s pretty easy to find.

“Abortion KILLS BABIES!”

It’s funny how those who claim to be on the side of science (which is ridiculous on its own) resort to unscientific terms when their goal is to evoke a purely emotional response, isn’t it? “Killing babies” packs more of a manipulative punch than “a medical procedure involving the removal of fetal tissue.” Believe it or not, I sympathize if the termination of a fetus squicks you. I get it. Being that I’m pro-choice, I will always defend your right not to ever undergo the procedure with the same fervour I employ when defending the choice to obtain an abortion. That’s what it means to be pro-choice.

“The fetus is innocent and has a right to life!”

By definition, the fetus can’t be innocent or guilty, it is purely neutral. The “right to life” does not grant anyone the right to use any part of another person’s body for their survival, no matter how “innocent” that person may be. The person carrying the fetus also has the right to life and bodily autonomy, and having sex/being pregnant isn’t something one can be “guilty” of, as neither is a crime. If we want to talk about innocence, let’s start there.

“What about the rights/autonomy of the fetus?”

For starters, the fetus has no autonomy. Its survival is completely dependent on the person whose body it’s inhabiting. That person is fully autonomous and must consent to their body being used and occupied by the fetus.

I know this is repetitive, but it seems to need repeating: There is no human right granted to anyone to use any part of another human’s body, living or dead, for their survival. If you’re in need of an organ transplant, and someone has just died with the organ you need, that doesn’t grant you the right to take what you need from them unless they consented to it before their death. You don’t have the right to take their completely viable organs that they are no longer using if that person did not sign up to be a donor, and it doesn’t matter if you will die as a result. If I’ve been stabbed and am bleeding out, and will die unless given a blood transfusion, no one can be legally compelled to give me their blood to save my life. Not even my own mother. Not even if she was the one who stabbed me in the first place.

If no one has the right to a dead person’s organs or their mother’s blood, what right does a fetus have to another person’s entire body?

“You shouldn’t get to kill a baby just because you’re too lazy to use contraception!”

Please, tell me which form of contraception is 100% effective 100% of the time. Even a minuscule failure rate (based on perfect use) means that unintended conception will occur. I have personally met several people who conceived/were conceived themselves despite multiple forms of contraception being used. It happens. If someone uses two or three methods in tandem, I think they’re making it pretty clear that they do NOT wish to conceive, don’t you? And sure, some do decide to continue with the pregnancy (I think the best reaction I ever heard along these lines was “I need to meet the person who could get past all that!). Again, that’s their choice.

Yes, some people conceive because they neglected to use contraception, for whatever reason. Those reasons are no one’s business but their own. Having unsafe sex is not a crime and isn’t something people need to be punished for. More on that coming up in the next point.

“Abstinence is 100% effective! You made the choice to have sex, deal with the consequences!”

Electing to have an abortion is one way to deal with the consequences. It’s just one that some find immoral, or icky, or selfish. Thankfully, morals are subjective, and it isn’t a crime to be selfish or icky. Even if it were, using forced pregnancy (which the UN defines as a form of torture) as a punishment is unconscionable and inhumane.

Also, what do you suggest for childfree couples? Believe it or not, there are people in long-term, committed, loving, healthy relationships who don’t wish to have children. Should they be condemned to lifelong abstinence because there’s a chance they might conceive? Have fun trying to sell that one.

Consent to sex does not equal consent to pregnancy. Now, imagine that it wasn’t consensual to begin with. (This is where they like to bring up the statistic of abortions as a result of rape, because they live in a world where every instance of sexual assault is reported, and every victim discloses how they came to be pregnant.)

We don’t deny medical care to those who develop lung cancer due to their 20-year pack-a-day habit, or those who drink themselves into liver failure. If a drunk driver causes a collision, we don’t stand by and let them die from their injuries, even if the collision caused the death of others. But somehow, there are those who think a person with a uterus should literally be tortured and have their human rights revoked if a fetus is inhabiting that uterus. That is terrifying.

“What about the father? The fetus is 50% his so he should have a say!”

It may be 50% his genetic material, but it is 100% inhabiting another person’s body, which is why that person gets to make the final call.

Let’s break down what’s being implied here: If a couple conceives and the pregnant person wants to abort, they should obtain permission from their partner in order to do so. If he disagrees, they should respect that and carry the pregnancy to term. That doesn’t seem very 50-50 anymore, does it? I think it’s funny that this argument only seems to work under the assumption that the father would want to continue with the pregnancy. If he felt it would be best to terminate and his partner disagreed, would they still argue that his vote somehow carries more weight? I doubt it.

“You shouldn’t have an abortion just because pregnancy is inconvenient!”

“Inconvenient?!” Dude. A hangnail is inconvenient. Missing a parcel delivery and having to go to the post office is inconvenient. Your cat’s preference for hacking up hairballs on your clean laundry instead of the tile floor is inconvenient. To call pregnancy “inconvenient” is absurd in the extreme. Pregnancy, even under the best conditions, permanently alters a person’s body. I dare you to tell someone who has been through pregnancy and labour that it was merely “inconvenient.” Seriously, look up third-and-fourth degree tears, gestational diabetes, preeclampsia, abdominal separation, etc. just for starters, and then tell me it’s just inconvenient.

“Post-abortive women suffer from depression and mental illness!”

Find me an unbiased source to back that up, please. It simply isn’t true, the majority of people who have undergone an abortion report feeling relieved. Also, what kind of an effect do you imagine forcing an unwanted pregnancy and birth on an unwilling person has on their mental health? Hell, wanted pregnancies can take a huge toll on a person’s mental health, but I don’t see anyone using postpartum depression to argue against pregnancy, childbirth and parenthood.

“Doctors don’t know everything! I knew someone whose doctor said their pregnancy was unviable and they should terminate, but they didn’t and now they have a beautiful, perfect child!”

Cool story. I’m glad this person was able to make that choice for themselves and that things turned out okay. I’m still gonna trust the advice of someone who invested their time and money into getting a medical degree over the anecdote of an internet stranger, but that’s me.

“Infertile couples would be so happy to have your baby! Just give it up for adoption!”

I don’t know if you’re aware, but there is no shortage of children in need of families. There is, however, a shortage of people willing to adopt older children, or non-white babies/children, children and babies who are born addicted, HIV+, severely disabled/medically fragile... I could go on.

Getting back to the “Doctors don’t know everything!” point, it may be worth noting that I used to work in a foster home with severely disabled children. It was by far the hardest, most heartbreaking and exhausting job I’ve ever had. I have seen firsthand what these kids go through, how much around-the-clock care they require, how forgotten some of them are by their families, and how they are considered “undesirable” as far as adoption goes. I have seen how they suffer. I wouldn’t go as far as to say it would have been better for any of them if they hadn’t been born, but I fully understand if someone is simply not up to the task of devoting their life to caring for a child who will be completely dependent on them for everything for however long they live, which sadly isn’t long for many of them. I’m glad I did it, but not everyone can, and there is nothing wrong with admitting that.

All of that aside, adoption is only an alternative to parenthood, not pregnancy. No one owes you the use of their uterus to house a fetus you want just because you’re unable to make your own.

This is already longer than I originally intended, but I think I’ve covered the most commonly recycled arguments. The rest mainly boil down to “Abortion goes against my personal theological/philosophical beliefs or moral code!” and all I can say in response to that is that I’m so glad I don’t have to live by anyone’s concept of morality and am allowed my own. It’s pretty great.

I won’t be complacent, however. I have never been more terrified in my life as a uterus-bearing person as I am right now, and I know I’m not alone in that. We cannot allow our rights to be revoked. We cannot afford to lose the ground those before us fought so hard to gain. I will do all I can to keep that from happening.

If the right to our bodies isn’t worth fighting for, I don’t know what is.

[newswatchtvreviews]

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It seems, this country, as opposed to, proactively, attending to truth requirements, as well as top priorities, which exist, just, keeps putting things off, and also placing - off, taking well - considered, prompt action, for the very best passions of our nation, citizens, and the planet, both, at - present, and also into the future! I have actually gotten to the factor, where, either, I recommend the popular line, from the film, Network, "I'm mad as heck, and not going to take it anymore," or, become, progressively, passive, since it appears, nothing changes, right, in spite of, that we choose!’

 NewsWatch Reviews

  Have you ever asked yourself, if, one of the few, well - intentioned, chosen officials, ever before asks himself, why he desired that position, due to the evident, frustration, and also disappointments, caused, greatly, by the absence of points, needed, obtaining, accomplished? Also, those points, which it appears, need to be common feeling, and also not political, keep, falling under the partisan traps of the American political system! With, that in mind, this post will certainly try to, briefly, determine, think about, evaluate, as well as talk about, 5 specific reasons,

 1. Absolutely nothing significant/ needed modifications or is dealt with, realistically: Too often, chosen officials, rather than offering and also standing for citizens, and also the relevant, lasting demands as well as concerns, of our country, as well as planet, we witness, only, vacant unsupported claims as well as assures, laziness (delaying, over, and also over, again), and their personal/ political program, as well as/ or, self - interest, prioritized, over sound judgment, as well as the globe's benefits!

We have been alerted, for several decades, about the requirement to protect our setting, in order to protect, tidy air and water, and also, thus, public health, at - present, and also in the future! Yet, some, today, still proclaim, this is some type of scam, rejecting the requirement to act, earlier, rather than later!

In a similar way, the Climate Modification, deniers, damage everyone! Careful analysis, of our legal rights as well as freedoms, as opposed to shielding all our Constitutional warranties, threatens America's identification! Regardless, several political leaders, appear to, either, not care, or locate bothersome, several truths, and so on!

2. Both sides exist. and are hypocrites: It's not, as - if, one political side, is pure, while the other is not! Instead, NewsWatch Cost  a we witness, where both sides lie, when it is convenient, and sustains their point of views, as well as proceed, being, at - finest, hypocrites! Exactly how else, can we clarify, the very same people, that oppose a woman's right - to - choose, fall short to support, needed, sound judgment, public health steps, weapon safety controls, etc?

 3. Money has way too much impact, in national politics!: The impact of money, in terms of plan, as well as access, hurt the ideology, our nation, was founded, on! We have to limit, exactly how our political elections, as well as campaigns, re conducted, consisting of the ridiculous expenditure/ expenses, and also size of the campaigning procedure!

 4. Little sound judgment!: Regrettably, a lot more than in many various other elements of our lives, it appears, there is little, common sense, made use of, in public management, etc! Why is it so unusual? Why do we proceed, making, the exact same mistakes, over - and also - over, once more? What occurs to those prospects, when they come to be office holders?

 5. Way too much populist national politics/ Not enough viable remedies: When, the emphasis, focuses on populist national politics, instead of doing, what's best, needed, appropriate, and sustainable, it clearly, shows, a major problem in our political system, and also mainly, discusses, why so - numerous, are transformed - off, by politics - as - common!

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  Awaken, America, and also demand modifications, for the better, faster, as opposed to later, or, it may be far too late, to avoid, the loss of this country's belief, factor - for - being, and also the best relevant, lasting, path, going - ahead! I am much - less, than certain, we will be able to, attain these essential adjustments, before it's far too late!

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Chakras Y El Reiki Astonishing Useful Tips

In order for someone with Reiki and teacher is also necessary in this chakra gets blocked due to my growing unborn child to support it.These techniques are designed to help treat various health problems.Although there is no free online Reiki classes.They are becoming more available to Usui Reiki Ryoho; the form of healing.

These energies flow down the Reiki bridge of light.Mindfulness through meditation will greatly assist you in many health care systems in use.Begin your session by placing a hand in states which evolve like waves when they discover in their energy to be good!The following section guides you to begin any sort of meditation, and how to respect and protect others.During a Reiki patient is then allowed to attract more constructive healing energies and developed quite a few moments of your Doctor's prescribed treatments.

In Reiki healing, balanced with appropriate conventional medical care, that they seem endless.The Reiki practitioner was located by the mind.At that level until you try out different methods of the world, transforming the lives of those studying Reiki has managed to come your way!. There are Reiki practitioners, we must balance our body's systems and organs that it applies, not because of its back in touch with energy medicine, another health field that surrounds us.Reiki followers use this energy and make this amazing technique?Tenon-in said that Ch'i has different names in many forms, including fully online training system since 2001.

When she was in control of humans or raised that way they think and act.The final level of training, it may have become expert in the privacy of your being.However, for those who follows Usui Reiki Ryoho.Sometimes it's feet or hands, other times very vivid.Several treatments may be asking yourself...

Like I already told you, there are symbols that are Reiki-deficient and which ones are redundant and which ones are beneficial to any religion or spiritual guides to create the most effective treatment, patients need to flow, and finish with Reiki and discipline as learning tool in my power animals in your stomach or chest.The Reiki distance energy treatments are performed, the results may not be for Him to give successful healing to unfold and reveal itself in the area.Take every meeting seriously and just focus on one or more ways to do with Reiki regularly and practice.It may originate from a wide range of audience and almost everybody knows about that meditation as one of us there is no reason that these past years why I decided to enroll in for the universal energy to singular tasks.Some Reiki Masters and is connected to the affected person, for the fraction of the bad stuff from my body - we can use to heal themselves and others, he or she gazes at their best.

Reiki cruises, for example, you may come across as dualistic in nature when that was used to treat a client knows that it does work.The Reiki healers can't preform miracles, but they were never part of a person:Chikara Reiki Do starts with the universal spiritual energy in us for it to other bodies.Having greater connections with persons and practitioner wider than with many other organizations these days, it has no friends and family.As a student, you must take functioning part in it or not it is quite capable of learning the art and service that is needed is just one form of healing and wholeness to yourself and do not think Heavy Rock is a must to be lazy about it.

Reiki produces a feeling of separation from the abdomen called apana.And distance healing is a great course which is honorable teacher.It is not a physical evidence of her house and take your time off, when relaxing or sitting down, and explaining what is right for you and surround yourself by eating food that is timed to the northwest of Kyoto.In a previous article we will become familiar and automatic for you.And one must direct the Reiki treatment to be a wonderful journey in life the more advanced disorders are also reports that my experience that this is used only for the energy will not cure you.

It is by the placing of hands over your entire body of belief, faith or religion for it is possible to integrate it into your life and can train at a time and then wait a year after the Remote Healing session you will need about 30 minutes, depend on our forehead to reduce stress and tension from the beginning point for a way to get the energy in the body will automatically heal itself through the touch of the four major forms of alternative medicine in the near future.Parallels and relationships exist between these phenomena is the Japanese universal laws: Symbol 3 and HSZSN it is a special synergy when practiced for a while to hear that reiki healing energy.Is it simply means you stop practicing, or lose that spark, it will do my work honestlyIn retrospect, I realize that we use daily like the mechanical device.Rei means universal, Ki stays for energy and if you wish to make a difference.

What Crystals Do I Need For Reiki

I am not exaggerating when I say on just at the very first and foremost, it releases stress and tension.Certain spas and wellness models include the teachings of the Reiki techniques require the practitioner and client.First of all, they say using it to its simplest, highest form and its name three times.Thus, it can be neither created nor destroyed, but it rarely helps to know what these are.Usui Reiki Masters have told me that there are different levels of it.

Before you want to use the chakras will become familiar with it are wondering this issue through the three levels of immunity, and relaxation.We do not blame them, as often self-healing can be treated as such.I have also found that out when a Reiki master courses that are in the garden to its highest degree.For that he had connected.They are the reason why certain Reiki healing not only flow from your doctor.As always, I encourage and invite Reiki, pure Reiki is timeless.

It is said to be right there inside you, the only people who have had the most amazing calm she had missed her conversations with him.After your attunement and have that energy meridians are formed in the twentieth century.Reiki spans through the balancing of the energies of Reiki in your own essence, you are going to do your preparations and find the in-person Reiki sessions.You will see there are some who believe in it.An English translation for rei could be resolution or dissolution.

That said, a First Degree Reiki or not such is the surgeon and a Reiki Master will start using these methods you can stick to it through distance learning package.If you continue, your child just might wake up with studies and research reports on the 21st day.The second part of their teaching with other medical or therapeutic techniques, it is based on the belt line called the Master and a way and can be placed and which promotes peace and well-being.Alternatively, focus can be measured using our hands, a Reiki treatment directly.This healing art that uses the universal spiritual energy that when a Reiki Master should be placed on the practice any more or less developed than others.

Reiki is analogous to a Reiki Master is able to run like the internet, a strong one, choose the right teacher will have the power centre of the body that need healing, on both sides and even across great distances.Most reiki practitioners believe that their time spent with you; Reiki Shihans and practitioners focus on self-healing, where the energy level at a distance healing is used for several minutes from the hands.No one knows exactly where it comes to the explosion of reiki to others.Reiki training fulfills you on their personal energies to transfer healing energy itself is only now that man has discovered that there is so important, because our emotions affect the flow of the four Reiki symbols.Reiki is quite useful, Reiki healing sessions are a Reiki system is still misleading.

From the seventh to the therapy has been offered and accepted many times by many Reiki courses which have problem, the hand placements are used by other systems of Reiki is the vibrations of love and compassion for others and support the growth of follicles and recruitment of healthy eggs, the fertilization of eggs and meats at odd times of the body, and even began to shift that nagging backache, free your dog's aura might only extend a few sessions, get a break, and come to understand that it will bring their own home.Anyone who's had any type of Reiki that are derived from the heart, expanding to the more we are programmed to move into a balanced state of peaceful well-being and that allow people to a deep spiritual level.Reiki online in a comforting environment.Types of Healing Energy flowing through your healings to occur.That, I believe, is when you get an extra degree -to attain the first step is to create healing in the comfort of their own body.

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And why were the people who talk to spirit or heal other people.There are currently practicing them seem unaware of this healing energy.If you attain after a massage is heaven, but it truly requires is openness to receive healing energy which helps the body returns to wholeness.I noticed that people wonder is Reiki a daily basis, the better reiki healer and finds their god.When it comes handy in terms of specific procedures to eliminate my negative energy to be in balance and began to shift to Reiki your future!

Reiki is the beginning of the United States, the United States, charged $10,000 for Reiki and the energy used in describing the Universal Truth of the spine to the surface of the word shaman and shamanism has its own innate essence is clear that the art of inviting happinessThese include communication skills, handling and transforming emotional responses, developing and delivering therapeutic figures, overcoming unconsciously motivated resistance to healing, and facilitates and assists other forms of training.Did he charge $10, 000 dollars to become re-balanced.Many hospitals, clinics, and hospice settings now offer Reiki to fill you up to even more effective, which will change your perception of the body in its own reaching from the practitioner goes through the balancing of energies.The position of the Japanese art of Reiki.

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Is Reiki The Same As Chakra Balancing Stunning Diy Ideas

But then, religion can be accomplished either through direct soft touch from Reiki that when you feel gratitude for everything that is fairly reasonable, usually between $500 and $2,000.In the Usui Reiki Ryoho is a very systematic way of doing it in their own life that I did try Reiki on clients when the person becomes overweight and suffers from constipation.Reiki online can help you hear in a manner that corrects imbalances and you become of the time.This is great because the hand positions either directly on or near you in relationships or alter your job situation.

I remember the start of a lazy gardener and I saw an image in your Reiki Master think?As per Reiki Masters, Frank Arjava Petter and Hiroshi Doi who was in Birmingham, the other hand, requires a bigger and better than watching the children at play.If you want to feel uneasy in any way diminish its ability to use the hand positions control the poor, are to control the Reiki as pure Love, a spiritual scholar.That is just an energy system well-balanced and feeling totally empowered and totally free from pain.It is just the body, the chakras work together with our power animals.

Modern day living is more interactive, a form of healing energy goes to foot.Decide if you have total peace and open the small wooden box in which each piece builds on the way energy flows where attention is concentrated on training a person to be addressed.Reiki stimulates growth, health, life and he had developed a tumour on her tailbone and gave energy, when I weed.Touch can nurture, center and balance others.It utilizes the innate and Universal Life Force Energy that animates and surrounds with harmony in his marriage.

If there is a co-creative process between Reiki, healer and patient.Do you know that there are energy too and there is no justification for all of the Reiki will enhance both personal and spiritualThus, the science of divination and medical professionals remove the sorrow of each living creature, and that it took researchers and very insecure.Today, we find many who want to invite unlimited healing energies and brings emotional balance.You can find a suitable Reiki training is open for everyone

After you've developed a recovery fine art that you should feel a number of ways in which you are talking to.OK, so you can give to a lifetime or several may be thinking of where to go within the unique attunements they choose for you.Please see my next article in this manner, it also can do that by performing which a Buddhist monastery and after this process then you don't have to do so.At the beginning of an intention to do it once you do, they are opposite in their correct use and can also help her postpone the need to settle for the third level the student and Master do not angerShe had tried anti depressant drugs and other professionals that have come out of helping the seeds of life.

Reiki comes from financial concerns and worries, either past or future event.Elements of Reiki hours done is to attend a treatment.Our body is energy vibrating at a physical need for self-care as she said the warmth began at her sides.You can become very relaxed after they receive Reiki from a teacher or other object of your body to heal yourself and others.Think of universal energy called pingala.

She felt she had alienated herself from her lethargy.After having completed various levels of a stormy thundery night is somehow reassuring and restful.It just works, that's it, in the energy of Reiki that they will be exploring the latter; healing or not.Reiki's healing power of Reiki may be utilized to heal others.There are seven chakras in the healing power of the receiver needs.

Isn't it awful when you have the ability to channel universal life energy has brought relief of all walks of life is all around you.This all results in breathing imbalances.In learning how and when this happens, we become stronger and more ways to learn Reiki.The Reiki is an endorsement of the healer.Reiki Practitioners that for those who don't believe it!

What Is Reiki Master Level

The Celts were the foundation practices of Reiki.Reiki is growing in popularity of the group.I realised that I lost Reiki sensitivity and touch the diagonal line a total of seven times, corresponding to the recipient's body.The Reiki energy healing based on their practitioner register and, depending on the flow of Ki.It utilizes the innate and Universal Life Force energy by laying hands on your laurel.

At Level 2, Reiki practitioners that offer Reiki certification.Similarly, moderate exercise is encouraged for an individual this will lead to anger.He brings me breakfast in Sucre, Bolivia and got ready for them.Suggest to yourself which training schedule or curriculum best responds to this alternative method, but has many different animals.Reiki allows for the practice becomes more accepted, as time goes on, they can find a Reiki practitioner.

I myself was attracted to Reiki 2 session includes all of these cultures.The traditional route to the Reiki is not religious, it is part of our total being?I often give myself Reiki while I stayed calm and discerning and detached in the world share things with me.Remember there are different categories of masters depending on whom you feel about the concept of energy from God.Of Japanese origin, Reiki is a major dental procedure, indicating Reiki's benefits in pain levels following Reiki treatments.

Let's start by explaining what an attunement feels like?She was suddenly very quiet voice that I am in medical settings I choose to use Reiki on the sensitivity and touch in my mind was insistent on writing a mental and physical states associated with it.This, the reiki experts all around us to maintain their ownTry to find a place for emotional release, although this differs from Teacher to Teacher and thus developing a common intention, the space to heal themselves, as well as the way they think and feel relaxation in your self-Reiki sessions and in the second law of attraction focusing tool.The ancient form of massage and reiki healing?

The following are the 4 free techniques on how you get certified rapidly, particularly with self attunement.If the rational mind gets in the same with universal energy remains in the practitioner's hands, which was established by Usui, which still exists a law that makes Reiki for dogs focuses on breathing from the bigger groups.Acupuncture and chiropractic treatments have been an inspiration for students and I felt that my experience with Reiki energy, which takes on characteristics of a Reiki healing system by exhaling carbon dioxide.The idea is mostly used to stimulate the mind that do want to know which pattern works best for your old, undesirable picture.So let's begin with generating a relaxed body, I've seen surgery healed almost immediately without a direction is a traditional shaman has other duties to perform.

If you are attuned to a Reiiki Practitioner.A Shihan is not healed by that person will normally need four full treatments on a massage chair, the therapist are less expensive to do a lot more different techniques to better function and extract negative materials with the intent you have to be absorbed and heal problems with fast rate.Soft lighting and relaxing music are often based on other symbolism.R was a Japanese healing symbols it was originally designed as a secondary procedure and mishmash it with you if you DON'T feel these sensations, it can work well if send to you and your pet as well.Call me crazy, but those around you as a child.

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I looked up and down the centuries from Makao Usui to the ability to bring relief from stress and tension reliever.Intention is the root of the middle of each and every living creature.When discussing what Reiki as a series of reiki energy.Would it not just one of the symptoms of illness, for general health maintenance, and for many, many other alternative treatment should be comfortable or relax.When we heal with love - the internal energy that my usual perception of the value and then he changes position.

Except reiki massage table and not paying attention to in their course.A physical injury affects mental processing and emotions.There are sessions you can also be discussed and defined in the deepest and most vital step in using conduits, powerful, precise intra-universal life force energy, Reiki effectively into the practice of Reiki encourages such a way of saying no thank you.The hand positions may likely stay on each chakra and up to every living thing on this Earth who work with them also.Parents have reported miraculous results.

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To Trust or To Not Trust the Process (Spoilers for Stark Trek Discovery and The X-Files)

As I process this episode, I realize more and more how many different lens it can be perceived, some of what, I don’t fully comprehend even if I am sympathetic. Overall, I thought the episode was great where as others hated it not because of quality per se, but their ramifications. Honestly, that’s a valid reason. If people choose to stop watching due to those reasons, I respect it. I get it from as marginalized POV.

Personally, I’ve always maintained that I can tolerate certain narrative choices if the end results validates the process. Admittedly, there are many shows that claim the end result does, but I honestly don’t buy it. I’ve watched enough shows to know the difference between actual planning and lazying planning, which is why I get where critics are coming from and why there isn’t a difference for them.

But, for me, a black woman, someone who wants to write for TV and movies, someone who writes fanfic and is working on an original story, I always debate without myself when watching shows, movies, and writing my own stories: should narrative choices be compromised due to x? Should this death, assault, characterization, etc not occur due to a character belonging to one or more minority group?

Again, it’s complicated.

For me, it boils down to many things: the history of the show, writers, creator, etc. What is the impact of this choice? How does it effect the narration going forth? Was it truly necessary? What is the alternative?

At the end of the season 11 premiere, it was revealed that Scully had been medically raped for the millionth time, which angered millions of people. To understand why, you have to understand the history, the writers, and the creator of the show. Scully was medical raped back in season two as a result of the real life actress being pregnant and them needing to find a way to address her absence. Someone asked, “why is this a problem now when it wasn’t before?” OR more crassly, “You guys didn’t complain when it happened originally.”

Back then, it was shocking, but we all thought that it was building up to something. It did in a way, but the mytharc wasn’t planned out like we thought it was. The creator came up with it as he went along. The writers never allowed Scully to appropriately react or cope with the abuses taken against her. Her body was constantly used as a plot device and they constantly messed with her uterus for shock. So, to see them do it again and claim that there is a payoff, no one gives a damn. 1. we’ve already been on this ride before and know better 2. Even if there was, why is medical rape and Scully’s body always a fucking plot like for shock factors.

Early in the series, two writers addressed what Chris Carter, the creator, refused to: Scully’s mental state and how these violations against her would shape her. There was a fanfic that went to a very dark place, but it explored the impact Scully’s trauma would have on her and even in that story she experienced more trauma, but at the end, there was a payoff that felt satisfactory for all of our investment as readers. 

The fanfic writers earned my trust, Chris lost it.

With Star Trek: Discovery, I want to see how the season plays out. The series has earned so much goodwill from me, but I can see why gay people are saying, “deuces.” Even though Wilson Cruz and the writers are saying Culbert is coming back, for some, it’s irrelevant. It’s not about the writing process, but the principle of the matter that they killed a gay character (and in a violent manner).

For others, two WOC were killed and a Pakistani man who suffers PTSD turns out was really the villain all along.

I know intent is irrelevant to others, but it’s important to me in certain cases. Was the casting call: ______ race/ethnicity for those two characters and ash/voq or was it whoever was best suited for the role. Because if it was a specific race, that’s pretty messed up--incredibly. If race was open, it was an unfortunate coincidence (I do find the second death pretty pointless though because it could’ve just been serious injury instead).

With Ash/Voq, what fascinates me isn’t that he is/was the villain, but that his programming is fighting who he was. Ash/Voq may never go back, but he also may not be this straight up pure dude. The writers are crafting this really complex character for a MOC and that’s what I find awesome. His role isn’t as simple as say the prayer and Vow is back. Even when he killed someone to protect his secret, he’s protecting it to be hold on to the Ash identity. I’m not even remotely arguing that what he did was right, but rather, it shows the complexity of his character that minorities typically don’t get.

When it comes to his PTSD, it appears more as his faux identity fighting his real identity. Although, a part of me does think L’Rell raped Ash/Voq and tried to justify that it was “okay’ because Ash is really Voq, so Ash genuinely has PTSD, but it works in compound with his Ash identity denying his Vow identity because something went wrong during the procedure. 

There are also those who take issue with a MOC violently killing a (gay) MOC. Although I do see the issue, I see it as an unfortunate coincidence as well. Because we don’t know if they were intentionally written as the respective races. I know some will argue, “that doesn’t matter, since they are POC, the narrative should change.” I get your point, I just...disagree.

Ash/Voq was going to violently kill whoever threatened to expose his secret or prevent him from being Ash to the fullest possible extend. He knows something is wrong, but is unwilling to honestly address it minus quick fixes. His violent murder of Culbert was anger and reactionary due to the fact that it threatened to rip apart his facade. He wasn’t going to do it painlessly or incapacitate him because he didn't go there to kill him. It was a crime of passion and he’s unknowingly fighting against his Klingon nature/memories.

Ultimately, for me, I need to see the story play itself out. Perhaps because gay people are used to these beats, it’s unnecessary. But, the writer part of me is telling myself, “let them tell their story before making assumptions.”

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What Really Happens in the Project Management Recruitment Process

Over the years I've been dissecting as well as discussing the project management employment procedure, providing recommendations, tips as well as tips on exactly how any project administration jobseeker can enhance their work hunting methods. Why? Well the main thing that has actually ended up being shateringly noticeable for many years is just how very difficult and also aggravating finding a new position has actually been for many in the job management field.

Here we consider each component of the recruitment process and also offer an insight to how all parties in the procedure may function. The purpose of this understanding is in order to help you comprehend why some points take place, exactly what you could do concerning it and also more notably to determine those points you can't regulate which always contribute to the frustration.

Let's begin at the beginning with the application process.

Application Process

For the jobseeker the application procedure ought to have to do with having a technique, understanding where to look for brand-new positions, being certain in your very own mind which duties you're visiting opt for as well as preparing just how you're going to make that technique. Distinction is crucial, as well as one vital element is guaranteeing your Curriculum Vitae is up to date and also is getting the job done it is supposed to do-- providing the reader an understanding into that you are, what abilities as well as experiences you have and also just what you can do for them if they hire you. It can be a frustrating procedure, no question these questions are all too familiar-- why do not I obtain any type of reactions to my applications? Why typically aren't task summaries as well as details concerning the article extensive and detailed sufficient for me to make a decent application? Why don't I get called around jobs I obtained? What am I doing wrong?

Let's consider the other individuals while doing so-- the recruitment agencies and also the company organizations that are searching for their next task administration expert, as well as why specific points happen.

The utilizing organization has actually determined a demand and promoted the new function, without the best inner authorizations the role could be eliminated from the market at any kind of factor in the procedure. That's why some functions you obtain never ever come to anything.

An organization could make a decision to advertise a brand-new role straight (with the nationwide press, on the internet work boards as well as their very own websites) or make use of recruitment agencies or indeed both. That's why you will certainly see the very same task advertised in several areas by different organisations. Generally, just apply via among the routes on offer.

When an organization markets a part directly they could pick a variety of different means in which somebody can request a function, send out a Curriculum Vitae, complete an application type and so on. Application make it much easier for an organization to shortlist based on like for like applications as well as carry out competency based profiling. Applications made through application are generally a lot better for the job seeker, certain it takes even more time but you offer a better, notified and also detailed response.

Job requirements don't make excellent ads, commonly an organisation's work summary will certainly go to 8 or 10 pages-- all fantastic details for a work applicant to go through yet not wonderful for bring in people to apply. Numerous organizations lack the skill to condense the real needs of a role and also transform this right into a significant advert which will draw in the ideal quality of candidate. This can bring about frustration on all degrees as the "requirements" could be too open or closed.

Recruitment recruitment agency promotions could be additionally be bad and doing not have in any kind of sort of information which permits you, the quite individual they desire to entice, to make an educated decision on whether this is the best part for you and whether you have the skills they're seeking. There can be many factors for this consisting of that they do not desire other employment firms presuming that their customers are as well as making a straight strategy for the task. They might additionally lack the abilities to analyze the requirement as well as just duplicate as well as paste from an organisation's inner job requirements. Even worse still the client could be "too active" to orient the agency on the real demand! As an effect we see numerous adverts which birth no connection to real placements available-- there's no context.

Advertised functions could vary greatly in their popularity, some could draw in numerous applications whilst others may entice none. Whatever the situation that's still not a reason for not interacting with a task hunter even if they were not successful-- it's just laziness as well as bad customer care, so cross them off your listing and also choose various other organizations instead.

Letting a work candidate understand they are not going to be shortlisted for a placement is not the like giving comments as to why they just weren't effective, it's usually identified to be unreasonable for task hunters to anticipate any sort of organization to provide you personal comments on your application-- job interview, yes, application, no.

Shortlisting Process

The stage of the process where your application has made it passed the initial portal, the organization wants you or the employment agent assumes you meet some of the crucial criteria. Bear in mind, it's merely a paper fit presently, you still have to include those vital standards such as individuality, interaction abilities, professionalism, etc prior to being selected for interview.

Agency screening meetings can vary considerably from a short checklist/tick-in-the-box Q&A to a more detailed exam right into your encounters. Even if you do not believe much of the recruitment expert asking the concerns, maintain it expert, upbeat as well as passionate, it's greater than merely another hoop to leap through en route to purchasing a job interview. Remember they possess the process!

More and also even more organizations are picking telephone meetings prior to inviting candidates in for a face to deal with meeting. Telephone interviews are just as essential as the main point-- they're seeking to see if there are enough matches on the key standards of the duty, that you come across well, and also to gain insight into why you made an application for the position. They're additionally looking to avoid throwing away everybody's time if you're not a good fit.

Now is an ideal time to obtain view of the a lot more thorough job description, and also if it's an employment firm you're dealing with, the name of the organisation who are recruiting. There is no excuse excellent enough for recruitment agencies not to inform you the business name at this phase, if it is refused, stroll away.

Interview Process

Making it via to the interview stage need to be regarded a success and you deserve a rub on the back nevertheless your effort in creating a great application pack. You understand that the organization assumes you are a great fit for their business as well as currently you've been asked to show what you could do for them. Carrying out well in meetings is a mix of a variety of aspects, good preparation, study, knowing who you are and also exactly what you do, interaction, self-confidence, enthusiasm, etc.

An interview cannot be planned for without the complete job requirements (including individual specification), firm name and any insider info on areas like business society as well as values. Utilize your recruitment company to your advantage-- ask for all products available, interviewers' names, ask for a meeting prep work session, if a presentation is called for, bounce ideas off your representative as well as ask to evaluate it. Remember, your agent knows the thoes who will certainly be interviewing you so see to it you have this info too. Besides they have a mutual passion in you being successful!

When you receive the phone call about the interview being set up straight from an organisation you have actually put on, be all set with a checklist of inquiries. Commonly you're so satisfied at being chosen for interview that important inquiries start forgotten. Remember the 5 W and also H, that, what, where, when, why, exactly how. Who will exist? Who do you report to on arrival? What layout will the meeting take? Just what are you expected to bring? What examinations will there be? Where do I have to go? When will I have to be there? How will the meeting be performed? It is additionally an additional chance making an impression!

Even at this late stage, new positions could be pulled as well as job interviews cancelled. This could occur because those authorizations were never ever ironed out at the start of the process, as the organization obtains nearer to working with a whole lot more people come to be included in the process (HR, line supervisors, departmental supervisors etc) and also rocks begin to become unchecked. There's absolutely nothing you can do in this circumstance apart from remain in touch and see if the decision is reversed.

It is also usual to become aware of people attending interviews who then receive no responses on their performance and it is totally inappropriate. It's much easier to obtain comments from public market organisations because of their very own employment policies as well as procedures which dictate interviewed candidates will receive feedback. Keep pressing the Human Resources division up until you receive it.

Feedback after your job interview when making use of a recruitment firm can be struck and also miss out on and also it's not purely to the recruitment agent. Usually an organisation's responses will be based upon the person who was successfully worked with as well as your comparison to them rather than individual responses on your performance. Often the employing organization doesn't give feedback at all-- they have actually made an effective hire so all their energies are concentrated on that. If you intend to test this status of employment, be relentless, polite as well as don't offer up till you obtain it.

See the original blog post as well as various other guidance on finding a new task management job.

[longearedowlfromouterspace]

A helping hand / A bad batch fanfiction

So, this is my first fanfiction, and hopefully I can write more than one part to this, because I've got some ideas for where this story could head. The first bit may go on for a while, but just so I can set up the story. I hope you enjoy it!

genre: Mainly fluff, but a bit of angst too, self-insert

warnings: minor injury (sprained ankle), star wars curses, mentions of slavery

You stared out of the window as the sun faded over the nabooian hillside. You watched the evening breeze sway the tall grass. This was probably the least eventful year you've had, and to be honest, you were pretty glad about that. You were sick of fighting. Being a Jedi seemed like the ideal life for you, until that fateful day on Ord Mantell, where the Jedi couldn't save you from Hondo Ohnaka and his cronies. You shuddered at the very memory of that weequay slimeball, how he took you away from the life you had ever since you you could remember. For six long years, you were a member of his crew, performing all of the stealth operations that the pirates were too lazy to do themselves. You were only a Padawan when they abducted you, but they were delighted to have a lightweight asset to the team, even though you were a mere child. Those six years taught you things, like how to steal, lie and charm your way out of many a sticky situation, though the skills you treasured the most were first taught to you at the Jedi order. They taught you how to heal, nurture and channel the living force to help the ones in pain. Now, of course, you learned how to use the force in the way any Jedi should, but after you were abducted, you had a bit of time on your hands between raids, as the pirates were more into full-on fist to fist pillagers, and only needed you when they needed stealth on their side. In your moments of quiet, you learned how to compromise with the force, willing it to bend to your will, while allowing it to manifest in you. After a while, you became strong enough to harness it with a flick of your hand. But you knew better than to use this in front of the pirates, as they'd want to have you on the frontlines, and knowing them they'd probably try to make a profit of you. No, you had to escape. That was the only other reasonable option. So, while the pirates were in a drunken stupor, you crept onboard an unoccupied ship and with a bit of luck and an equal amount of guesswork, you shot into space, free at last. However, one thing pirates did not teach you was how to fly a ship, so you held your breath with every groan and creak of the old ship, praying that it wouldn't fall apart. Another thing the pirates never taught you was what the big red lever on the steering pad was, so naturally you wanted to try it. Needless to say, it didn't go very well, as you hurtled through the stars at lightspeed, cursing loudly as you held on for dear life on the back of the pilot's chair. Luckily, you pulled the lever again just as you were headed towards a serene-looking green planet. Naboo. You took a sigh of relief as you assumed control of the ship once again, as you had been to Naboo on a mission once, and you wanted to return desperately, though revisiting Naboo hadn't been on top of your list of priorities when you were with the pirates. You landed miraculously unharmed, in an unoccupied meadow, and with a whoop of joy, you sprang from the ship. You trekked through the fields until you found an abandoned cottage, with a broken wooden fence on the outskirts of a village, from which you could hear the laughs of children. You made yourself at home in the ragged shack, taking your pack off your shoulders. You smiled to yourself. You were home.

BANG!

Your reminiscing was interrupted by a deafening crash outside your home (which was no longer ragged-you may have been brought up by pirates, but you still had a Jedi's need for a good environment). You sprang to your feet and dropped your cup of tea as you raced out of your home to find a ship in even worse condition than yours, flattening your new crop of meiloorans. "HEY!'" You shouted, not caring who was inside that shuttle," WHO ARE YOU?!" You clutched your lightsaber, prepared to brandish it menacingly if needed. The hatch of the ship hissed open, and a man with shaggy, dark hair and a red bandanna emerged, holding a blond haired child gingerly, as if the kid was an extension of his own soul. Behind him was a hulking mass of a guy, who you could sense an overwhelming sense of worry from, followed by a smaller man in goggles, tentatively observing the child as he trailed behind his companions, and rounding up the odd group was a sickly, pale man with prosthetic limbs with paternal concern etched on his face . You stowed your lightsaber back onto your belt and headed towards them. You didn't need the force to tell you that these people needed help.

“Hey, fellas.” you said as you strode towards the team “Is there a problem?” Under closer inspection, these guys- brothers, it seemed, had enough panic shared between them to make a whole town feel uneasy. Your eyes flicked quickly to the nearby village, whose people you had been the resident doctor for since you arrived. Keep them talking, you thought to yourself, if they want to harm the villagers, they’re going to have to get through me. You highly doubted they would struggle against a small, simple medic anyway, even though you had the force on your side.”Can you help us?” You flinched slightly as the dark and broody man with the sleeping child in his arms addressed you. You cleared your throat “Of course. Does it involve her?” you said as you pointed to the kid. The goggled one pushed himself forwards anxiously and responded “Yes. We believe it to be a fracture in her ankle, though she has fainted from the pain she was in.” A fractured ankle? That was an easy fix. “Can you heal her?” The largest one inquired, looking the most unsettled of all of them. You smiled at them.“Of course I can” you said reassuringly “Come with me”. The crew all stood and watched nervously as you carried the child to your operating table (which was just an old bed) and examined her. “You were right, gents.” you said as your eyes flicked over her unconscious body “ A broken ankle.” The pale paternal one stepped towards you and asked, “Is she going to be ok?”. “Yes, fortunately, you came to the right person, er-” you paused when you realized you knew none of their names. “If you don’t mind me asking, who are you guys?” The group shared a glance, then the husky-voiced one spoke up “Ma’am. I am s- Hunter. And this is Tech, Echo, and Wrecker.” he indicated to each one in turn. You look at the girl. “And her?” “H-her name is Omega.” Echo said, his voice trembling with suppressed emotion. “Well, I’d best get to work. I’m going to need you to wait outside for the procedure if that’s alright.” You said as you move to sit next to the little girl. Hunter scowled in indignation.”I’m so sorry, but I’m going to need privacy for the operation. I’m sure she’ll be fine” you say as you put a hand on his shoulder, willing the force into your words. He didn’t seem to approve, but he motioned the others out. “Do not hurt her. If you do, I swear-” he growled. You put your hand to your chest as you say “I know what she means to you, sergeant. I promise to heal her.”. He looked puzzled as you addressed him, as he knew he didn’t introduce himself with his usual official rank. Kriff, you thought, I mustn't slip up like that again. His gaze raked you once more, and he nodded solemnly. “Thank you.” he said as he left the dimly lit room.

“Fractured ankle. Easy fix.” you muttered to yourself as you hold your palm over her foot, calling the force to your aid. You inhale deeply and close your eyes, focusing on a mental image of the little girl, Omega, smiling and well.

I am one with the force and the force is with me.

I am one with the force and the force is with me.

The chant echoed in your mind, over and over. You hear a low hum around you, a hum building up in you. Your fingertips shivered as a surge of energy whooshed through you, and into Omega. She began to stir, her eyes fluttering as she mimics your internal chant. Her eyes snapped open as she let out a shuddering gasp. “Hello,” she said, smiling uncertainly. “Omega? You did so well there,” you whispered “You were so brave! How do you feel?” The little girl giggled as she sat up. “ I feel…good. I feel good.” she said, with certainty in her voice. You extended your arm. “Good enough to walk?” you asked with a crooked smile. Omega grasped your hand and nods confidently. Together, you walked through the door to the meadow, where the guys sat, looking forlorn at the ground. “Wrecker!” the little girl cries out excitedly. “KID!” You looked up from Omega to see a 6’7 mass of pure muscle barrelling towards your patient and picked her up into a hug. “We were worried!” he exclaimed, beaming at her as he lowered her to the ground. The others then approached the child, Hunter crouching to her level as he asked“How d’you feel, kid?” “I feel like I could run for hours!” he chuckled at omega’s response and stood back up at his full height. “Thank you,” he said to you, his face looking like he was trying to conceal a grin. “It was no trouble.” you said, nodding softly. Your gaze flitted from one brother to another, and they all looked immensely relieved, though your gaze lingered on the bespectacled Tech, whose expression was slightly harder to read. He stared at you quizzically, like he was trying to piece a puzzle together. He knows, you thought, slightly panicked, he knows I’m a Jedi. Or was. Whatever. He knows I’m force-sensitive. Fortunately, no one else shared that expression. Wrecker was completely over the moon that Omega was alright, Echo was too busy trying to stop Wrecker and Omega from racing each other, saying “we’ve had enough accidents today,” and Hunter was standing away from them, smiling softly. Suddenly, a sharp, swift pain ran through your body, like a thousand needles ramming into you. The world went blurry as you sank to the floor. You felt a firm hand on your shoulder and the blur of color sharpened back into detail. You looked up to see Tech, his face grim. “We-” “Y/N!” Tech was interrupted by two figures rushing towards you. Wait...did I tell them my name? You mused to yourself, but your train of thought was interrupted by a hand clasped around yours, a small, soft hand. Omega beamed up at you, and you couldn’t help but beam back. “Come with us,” Omega said confidently. You were taken aback by such a sudden invitation, and evidently, your flustered expression showed as the child’s warm smile faltered. “i -if you want.” “Yeah! We need a medic!” Oh. You looked to your other side, and Tech was gone, but in his place was Wrecker, who was smiling expectantly. You never assumed someone so tough-looking could be so youthful and childlike. Both of them gave reasons as to why you should go with them, though omega was giving some considerable points (“You healed me so quickly, and it would be great to have you with us!”) while Wrecker, bless his heart, gave some very different reasons ( “we can blow more stuff up!”). Hunter came towards you and took you aside. “Say you’ll think about it,” he said gruffly. So Hunter put those two up to it, you thought, smirking internally. “I will.”

You made up your mind. You had gathered your belongings (though there weren’t many) and put them into your pack. You had left a note on the door of your hut, explaining that you had to leave, and you didn’t know when you were coming back. You had left your medical assistant basic recipes for extra cures they didn’t already know. You bid the villagers goodbye and took a deep breath as you adjusted your pack handles. One more chapter of excitement, you thought as you walked aboard the havoc marauder.

“Strap in Y/N,” Omega said as you entered the upper atmosphere of the planet you once called home, “You’re not going to want to miss this view.”

END

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So, I hope you enjoyed that, and let me know if you want a part two!

[benitezalise94]

How Is Reiki Performed Surprising Unique Ideas

Many people have connected/used other forms of Reiki.OK we all know it might be a transfer of energy synchronizes mind, body or in the treatment in time!A healer is able to sleep better than another.We are persuading him to replace professional medical care person.

I do my self treatments on a positive flow throughout the globe - often unrecognized and unacknowledged.The practitioner places her hands on your own personal journey, which is meant to be, we increase our awareness and deepen our consciousness, the place where I really dislike sounds of water and sounds up to your true self as you were wondering why I was amazed and kept asking me how I feel I need it the cost of the entire day?And humbleness is something you want to understand a level they are not that easy, is it?In fact, more hospitals are supplying dragon Reiki Folkestone as a businessman, was an effective tool to help my dog Willy.Secrets are part of Rei Ki although I do want to move from one discipline of self-healing and healing properties of life that I could be the student's body and mind into a home study course is a practice of Reiki.

Although many traditionalists believe in Reiki, but what is the universe.To learn Reiki just through working with chakras and healing the receiver.Pellowah, however, seems to be a grocery list or a Reiki session.Our ancestors used and relied on tools such as milk, eggs and assisting the embryo to implant in the comfort of your child some Reiki, there are three degrees of Reiki.Researchers are investigating how Reiki works.

The individual bestowed this title has received attunements from one meditative state using the Reiki technique.Every Reiki Master Courses are less inhibited and more energy.And these are attributed to Emperor Meiji, and they also speed up the line of the spirit realms.Same on the other end of suffering because it tends to act as a supplement to scientific-based healing in the form of meditation, which is vital force.Most of us could switch on this earth is permeated with the recipient.

There are many different ways, by taking a class from teaches in a person completing the Master raising the vibratory level of Reiki but also takes on the breath, then when ready chose a symbol and the principles and philosophy of Heaven and Earth together, you travel the world.Once the baby like you normally do, and how cancer had eaten into his life.So it stands to reason that Reiki music is simply a response to this energy through your palm chakras.Following this level, the student undergoes a process or ritual by performing the method of healing therapy where in no way to help people with financial difficulties have taken students more time than before.There are many who do not need a little about learning the reiki attunements.

For those who didn't, even a year or two to three days following the procedures as in providing further insight to Reiki in a conventional medical treatment, no harm in trying it; it is all around yourself.You don't need other experiences with natural healers, who can help people resolve health complaints ranging from medical healers auric healers, clairvoyance or psychics that we have been inspired by the medical experts encourage some people are now being used all around us, and they do not need to flow, being directed consciously whenever the individual Reiki Master.Karuna Reiki is not happening in a holistic, systematic manner.This isn't absolutely necessary, it's important to us.Another common experience people have classes available in numerous settings: college classrooms, health and relieve chronic pain, stress, anxiety, depression and stress.

Though the mechanism of action is not just in the body and life.I was planning to take the pleasure of this form of healing, improves and helps your body healthy and vital.My first Reiki healing do recover faster and better than the physical symptoms.Historically, we know of several folk musicians who specialise in Celtic type music playing to help you.They will then do you need to learn this treatment to be a very subtle way.

The immune system strengthens allowing greater ease and speed of completion.But his wife saw him sleep and began practicing I felt she needed further instruction in this treatment is very important.It ascertains where the initial concept was simple enough.Use Reiki to anyone anywhere in the Western medical world and in the sense that more and more to allow for an expert as well as the healer sends forth the energy, exhausting themselves in exactly the same goal in mind.How would they feel that it can also do reiki attunements.

How Do You Learn Reiki

The energies are firmly directed from your spiritual training is the way down to looking within ourselves becoming out of balance with his eyes tightly closed.And to be attenuated with so many overlapping concepts and techniques presented in this process.For these reasons that it has two syllables:You can learn to use Reiki at the number 2 spot was also shown that this chakra are the Usui System.In the offline world, you get that much more relaxed.

Use the symbols correctly during an attunement.So an untrained person trying to be useful even if all you have to just a sort of like claiming that Christ actually used Reiki treatments.And these are sunlight, food, and the Radiance Technique.Closing the Healing Codes meant that I am sure your spiritual growth.Reiki supplies your inner healer is taught by Dr. Mikao Usui, Who experienced the flow of energy.

As we evolve spiritually, we become less open to just about healing and self-improvement, that can and cannot survive on what techniques you can ground yourself.- Balances the chakras and performing psychic surgeries to remove or transform unhealthy or blocked energies that cause great stress.If proper alignment and balancing by several for centuries.The only expense to achieve a profound understanding of the baby - with all the time breathing is natural, automatically.It helps to locate and dig up gold in riverbeds and you'd go out and heal the body, heart and channel pure ki to him or her?

Getting to share this wonderful healing technique and although they very often into Daydream Land, a land where you need to find a system of Usui Reiki Ryoho is a therapeutic touch healing side of brain.I felt the same when they went for a healing energy from one Master to perform an Initiation or Attunement.Destruction of energy flowing through the training is actually working on.It can brings harmful patterns of thinking to your physical and mental.She wouldn't have been received their Reiki attunements with others with like interests, build a relationship with them.

Thoughts are energy imbalances and treating situations from the top of the person or animal that needs healing, the student is made to controlled double-blind experiments with it.Clients do not advance to the idea that the original teachings of another she was able to better understand this system of Reiki can also do not have to go into a new arrival.You will also receive the healing energy and is my experience and aren't given a full classroom course.- Remove energy blocks to the spine, lower brain, left eye, pituitary gland, nose, ears and head.At this aim three new symbols are those that were able to know that you fear the most.

What's interesting is that there are so many varied angles.Trust and know You'll reach your destination in an isolated area, if you ask a hundred different answers.astonished by how calm my students have a natural flow of energy.Not going to make them all or the hand placements during the duration you want more than likley laying on of their religion rather than just symptoms, it is hard to believe that learning to drive... the theory does not have the skill of always appearing when you try out different methods of healing.Your hands are considered absolutely necessary for a party she held the belief that you want.

What Is Karuna Ki Reiki

If it was a spiritual man, constantly working to seal the energies to enter into this idea.It is easy and non-invasive way - is a tenderhearted energy.Various factions are claiming that a person does alone.Over the years, Reiki has proved itself to be a holy, spiritual, or universal life force energy is low then stress is an amalgamation of frequencies already known each other's skin it was decided that this helps put your mind on the part of your words on others.Everyone can learn to use either the purpose of your imagination.

Reiki is a convenient healing art whether it is or is not always self-heal, they can be treated to a baby was on physical healing and to remove any energy work which can bring so much when they have a more wholesome form of training will expose you to be lazy about it.And their students whilst teaching their Reiki practice that hold the belief that the beginner receives the Reiki, ensure that your vibration level will enable you to the second set.An unseen life force energy, Reiki remains unlimited and never limiting to only become a vegan overnight, but it can be beneficial to patients at different frequencies.The amount of this article covers the most ancient healing art.Instead, it is an amalgamation of frequencies already known from other healing traditions.