#((I'll get to the twins after I wake up- hopefully))

[nether-twins]

((Geeeeeze, I really need to be on here more often, cause it feels like it's been ages since I last did anything with the twins. I'll try and get on here tomorrow, but we'll see how that goes. Might end up playing some games or drawing something if I don't end up coming here and getting to stuff.))

[factual-fantasy]

But what happened to Ingo that he got al bloody??? Was he attacked by something??? By someone??? And why was Elesa alone on the last panel, where Emmet go? To sleep maybe? To look for his brother yet again somewhere? Does Ingo has memory loss or he does not? If he does, does he remember everything when he gets back? And forget about the adventure he just had? How much time was he missing? He is still all bloody and his leg is still not looking great so I'd say not very much?? His leg is looking awfull I love it.

(Post in question)

XDD I'll take this ask as an opportunity to go into much more detail on the story and answer all your questions!

So for starters, in my AU The Wilds isn't some far off island as its seems to be in the game. My version of The Wilds is 100s upon 100s of acers of land somewhere on the far far range.

Also, Elesa has her own ranch separate from the twins. She has a big lab on her ranch with welding equipment and tools and what not.

ANYWAYS! So Ingo and Emmet had been out exploring when they happened upon The Wilds. Excited to see this uncharted land, they charged right in. They explored together to start, but at some point they split up. Neither of them really even remember why they split.. they both regret separating looking back..

Ingo found a big open field and began walking across it. considering there was literally nothing ahead of him he felt confident to take out his Rotom and type away on it while walking.

Suddenly he fell into a big gaping hole in the middle of the field. Looking at his Rotom he didn't see it coming..

He tumbled down several feet and crashed into the cave floor. The result was a mild concussion, blood pouring from his forehead and a nasty sprained ankle..

He laid there unconscious for a few minutes before waking up dazed and confused. Looking ahead of him he saw a dim light. So he just.. instinctively crawled towards it.

It turns out that dim light was an old teleporter that led him miles and miles into The Wilds. The teleporter deactivated behind him.

About an hour passed when Emmet started look for Ingo. When he couldn't find him right away he tracked him on his Rotom. Following the signal he found a hole in the ground leading to the enormous cave..

Carefully making his way down the hole he found Ingo's abandoned Rotom, a trail of blood leading to an old broken teleporter.. but no Ingo.

It was pretty clear what had happened. Ingo had gone through the teleporter. But it was deactivated so he couldn't follow him.

He called Elesa in a panic, and Elesa told him to bring the teleporter to her ranch. There she had welding supplies and tools to hopefully fix the old teleporter and bring Ingo home. Or maybe go through it themselves and find him..

While Elesa worked on the teleporter, Emmet still had a ranch to maintain and slimes to feed. At the moment there wasn't much else he could do to help in finding Ingo anyways.. So he went back to his ranch and maintaining it.

Now its at this point I should talk about Celebi.

I had this idea that Celebi is this mischievous slime that lives in The Moss Blanket. Ingo and Emmet have become obsessed with trying to capture this slime so that they can study it. Though this slime always escapes somehow. After months of failing to capture it, this cat and mouse routine has turned into a game for both parties.

Celebi will appear and temp the brothers into chasing after her. The dinguses always give in and make chase, only to tire themselves out and end up empty handed.

This routine has become so casual that there have been somedays where they go to The Moss Blanket and Celebi appears. The boys will shake their heads. "Sorry, no games today. We actually have chores to do.." Celebi will pout but then confidently approach them and help them with their chores and allow them to pet her. The next time they visit it'll be back to trying to catch her and her always slipping away. XD

So with that context, it had been about 3 days or so since Ingos disappearance. Emmet was back at his ranch waiting for any good news from Elesa.. At some point he had to stop by The Moss Blanket for his usual chores and to empty him and Ingos extractors.

Emmet had tried to stay calm through all this. He tried to tell himself that Ingo would be fine. he was tough, capable. Surly he would be fine.. though being in The Moss Blanket.. perhaps he saw something that reminded him of Ingo. And just thinking about how his brother was bleeding, and all alone out there..

It was just too much. He was so worried about Ingo and he missed him so much.. Emmet fell to his knees and started crying.

Celebi heard the crying and came to investigate. Only to find.. just one of the brothers.?

Celebi tried to comfort Emmet by nuzzling up against his arm. It helped some and he was able to compose himself.

"Sorry,, no games today.. Ingo's not here... maybe some other day.."

Celebi wouldn't leave his side though. Emmet couldn't help it and kind'a vented the situation to Celebi, even though he thought she couldn't understand him.

He talked about this new land they discovered. He talked about how he turned away for only a minute.. and then Ingo was gone.. But most importantly, he talked about the pink trees..

After Emmet left the Moss Blanket, Celebi turned around and went straight to The Wilds in search of Ingo.

Around 2 weeks give or take have gone by when Celebi finally finds Ingo. And by this time Elesa had fully repaired the teleporter and reactivated it.. but the teleporter didn't connect with another. Ingo did not appear..

Celebi began to try to lead Ingo home. It was tough considering how slow Ingo moved and all the dangers The Wilds presented.. but they managed.

A few days go by and its at this point that Emmet and Elesa are completely defeated. They don't even know where to begin looking for Ingo. They have no way of knowing where that teleporter took Ingo. Although Elesa tried to hack into it and find its last coordinates..

Emmet was back at his ranch, and to be honest.. he was falling apart. Each day that went by he spiraled more and more. There was talk about packing up a bunch of gear and supplies and venturing into The Wilds looking for Ingo.. though there were a lot of problems that presented..

Meanwhile Celebi, Ingo and Lady Sneasler saw a glint coming from a nearby cave..

It was another teleporter! And although it was currently shut off, it looked to be functioning! Ingo said a heartfelt goodbye to Celebi and Lady Sneasler. he thanked them for all their help and care. He activated the teleporter, and stepped through..

All in all Ingo was gone for about 3 weeks or so. He didn't suffer any memory loss or anything thankfully. His concussion and sprained ankle were generally mild and healed on their own over those 3 weeks. Although his leg was still pretty sore since he was constantly walking on it..

I have some ideas in mind for what happens after Ingo returns and what the reunion with Emmet is like. I plan to draw it sometime soon so stay tuned! :}}}

Also thank you for your interest in this Au and for your ask! It gave me a great excuse to ramble about the story and go into more detail! XDD

[secondratefiction]

That 70's Show Drabble request: It's your and your twin brother Eric's 16th birthday, kitty and red usually remember but they forget yours this year, your boyfriend Hyde notices and gives you one of the best birthdays ever, including you two both having sex for the first time. Hyde also does a little cussing at red And kitty for forgetting their youngest daughter's special day.

'ello my love, always nice to see you around 😁

Afraid I might have gone a little off the brief for this one, but hopefully it still hits at least most of what you wanted 💜

(Ok, yes, timeline wise, Hyde was living with the Foreman's before he got the car, but this is basically the fandom versions of "...who's like is it anyway?" where the stories are made up and canon events don't matter, so... just roll with it)

You're blaming Eric for this.

He was the one who decided he didn't want to share a birthday party with you any more

Now, granted, you had agreed, mostly out of anger and annoyance with him in the moment - "Fine! Why would I want another stupid Star Wars themed party anyway!" - But you hadn't thought it would end up here...

The decision had been made after the disastrous aftermath of your last combined party, and it was something that had slipped your mind over the last year.

Of course in the month before, Eric was sure to bring it up, and remind your parents that you were doing separate celebrations... although, you weren't expecting exactly how that ended up working out.

Your mother had seemed to pull out all the stops for this year "Sixteen is such a special age after all..."

There were pancakes and all of Eric's favorites at breakfast... only Eric's though

And you tried not to let that get to you, but you didn't even get so much as a happy birthday out of any of them... not even your Dad which stung quite a bit considering that it was no secret that he had a tendency to favor you over Eric and even Lori.

But you sucked it up, put on a brave face, and tried to act like it wasn't a big deal... which you were actually pretty good at -

At least until you got sent down to the basement to collect a few things for your mom. That's when Hyde spotted you...

He sat up from the couch looking like he was struggling to wake up. Which, in all fairness, he was, "Hey, little Foreman." You rolled your eyes at him, leaning on the ack of the couch, "Did you sleep here again?" "Yeah." He nodded, leaning into kiss you. "You're gonna get caught..." He only smirked up at you with a shrug, "We'll cross that bridge when we get there."

Standing up, he vaulted over the back of the couch to pull you into a proper kiss that honestly made you a little weak in the knees, leaning into him more as he pulled away, "Happy Birthday baby."

And just like that the damn broke...

You let out a strangled, broken laugh, quickly burying your face in his chest to try and hide the fact tears had immediately sprung up, and that you were losing the fight to keep them contained.

To say Hyde was caught off guard would be the under statement of the century. He almost panicked as he scrambled trying to figure out what was wrong, what he'd said to set you off.

All of this despite your poor attempts to assure him it was nothing. "Hey, no. Look at me," He pulled you back from him so you couldn't keep hiding, and waiting until you actually looked up to meet his eyes, "If you are this upset, it is not 'nothing'. Now, tell me what happened."

You tried to fight it, keep your mouth shut, but there was an intensity in his gaze that left no room for argument... he wasn't going to let this go until you told him, so you did, laying out all the events of the morning, "... I can't believe they fucking forgot my birthday."

For a moment Hyde's expression was unreadable and you had just started to ask what he was thinking when he grabbed you by your elbow and started walking you towards the door "Wait! Steven, what are you - I'm supposed to be grabbing a box for my mom." "Don't worry about it, I'll get it."

He walked you straight out of the garage, putting you in the Camino, still very confused before he turned around a disappeared back down the basement steps.

He grabbed the box you had indicated and made his way up to the kitchen. Smiling tightly and nodding in greeting when Kitty noticed him. "I didn't realize you were here Steven." "I just came by to pick up Y/N... plans for her birthday, you know."

He took the moment of realization and shock on her face as a chance to drop the box on the table and make a quick exit out the sliding glass door.

He was sliding into the driver's seat by the time Kitty could be heard shouting for Red inside the house, throwing his arm behind your head as he looked to back the car out of the drive

"Ok..." You said slowly as he turned around to put the car in drive, pulling away from your house, "So what are we doing?"

"Don't know yet, that's up to you," He said, smirking at you, letting his hand come to rest on your knee, "Tell me what you want to do, and I'll make it happen."

You couldn't help but laugh a little bit, almost beaming at him as you put your own hand over his, "Anything I want?" "Anything."

[angrypizzaflowercolor]

Kara let out a huge sigh of relief as she finally landed on the balcony of their penthouse. It was quite late so the kids should be in bed already. Or so she thought.

She walked into the living room with a smile on her face as she saw her 3 year old daughter, Alexis, floating upside down and Lena reading a book, occasionally turning to look at their daughter.

"What's going on here?" Kara asked.

As soon as Alexis caught sight of her, she immediately flew to Kara, almost knocking her wind out. "Ieiu." The girl exclaimed

"Hey munchkin. Why are you not in bed? You giving mommy a hard time?"

Alexis flew in circles around Kara. "I not tired."

Kara immediately knew that they were in for a long night. Alexis was their wild child since birth. A little girl full of energy at all times.

"Can I have a moment with your mommy real quick?" Kara asked, catching her daughter and kissing her cheeks. "Is that okay with you."

"Okay." Alexis stated simply, rocketing to her bedroom

Kara cringed. "Probably should have asked her to walk.

"Would she have listened though." Lena chuckled. "Come here." She smiled.

"Hi babe." Kara said softly as she walked towards Lena. Lena got up and Kara pulled her into a kiss. "Do you know how long I've been thinking about kissing you." Kara chuckled.

"We did have quite a day at the tower. Didn't really get time alone. Plus, I had a whole lot of things to sort out with the foundation."

"And I had supergirl and Catco all day." Kara sighed, resting her forehead against Lena's. "Can't we just quit? Take the kids, move to Argo. Have a peaceful life there."

Lena pulled Kara in for another kiss, deeper this time. "Your day could not have been that bad." She chuckled

Kara kissed Lena's cheek then made her way past her to the kitchen. "No, it wasn't, but I miss you and the kids. Gabs and Nixon wake up after I've already left. When I come home they're in bed, and even though the twins are at the tower with us, I never really get to spend time with them because Supergirl has been very busy lately, and you...my lovely wife. We basicsply need to sneak in makeout sessions when no one is looking."

Lena giggled at the last part. "You make a fair point."

"So we can move to Argo?" Kara asked hopefully.

Of course she knew they wouldn't. Their family was on earth. All the people they cared about. Ontop of that, they've worked really hard to get where they are. This was their home, and it was the only home their kids knew.

"No. But... if you want...we can do other things." Lena smirked

"Oh." Kara said with a raised eyebrow. "Like what?"

She started to make her way closer to Lena, pulling her closer by the waist once she got to her. She kissed Lena's neck and she felt Lena put hand in her hair and lightly scratch at her scalp.

Just as Kara was starting to feel better about her day, she heard crying coming from Raven's room.

Lena sighed with a little giggle. "Now both the twins are up."

"Yeah. I'll wrangle the wild one, while you check on Ray Ray. It's probably a nightmare."

Kara kissed Lena one more time.

Lena was the only one who could calm Raven down when she had nightmares, which unfortunately she had often. So Kara went looking for Alexis, who clearly was trying to play a game of hide and seek. Kara listened for her heartbeat and went to get her.

"Got you." She said once she caught her daughter.

"You cheat." Alexis stated with crossed arms and a pout that resembled her own.

"How." Kara chuckled picking the young girl up.

"Super hearing." She said trying to wiggle out of Kara's arms, but giggling as Kara tickled her. "Ieiu stop."

"Okay." Kara said flipping her daughter up side down and carrying her to her room by her feet.

They got into the room and Kara put the girl into bed. They talked for almost an hour before the little girl finally gave in to sleep.

Kara made her way to Raven's room, where Lena sat sniffling, rubbing tears from her eyes.

"Babe." Kara whispered as she motioned for her to come to her.

Lena got up, kissing their daughter on the cheek, making sure she was tucked in properly before walking out of the room and closing the door.

Kara immediately pulled Lena into her arms.

"I just fucking hate that we can't do anything about these fucking nightmares she keeps getting." Lena sobbed in frustration.

Kara started to feel tears prick at her own eyes. Raven had always had awful nightmares. They traumatized her and caused some struggles in her everyday life. She lived in fear.

They tried speaking to specialists but they couldn't quite pin point what the problem was. So everytime she had a nightmare, all they could do is have Lena go in to sit with her until she falls asleep.

Kara led Lena towards their bedroom and the two sat down. Lena laid her head on Kara's shoulder. "I missed you." Lena whispered.

"Ditto."

"Bitch." Lena exclaimed lifting her head from Kara's shoulder and punching her.

"What." Kara chuckled.

"Ditto? Really?"

"Sorry." Kara shrugged

"...say it." Lena said with squinted eyes.

"What?" Kara smiled

"Say...it."

"Say what?"

Lena pushed Kara down into the bed and straddled her waist. "Tell me you missed me." She giggled

"I actually had such a peaceful few hours without you."

"Kara Zorel-Walsh...say it." Lena said as she hovered over Kara, their lips inches apart.

"Mom?" Came a voice.

Lena quickly jumped off Kara and straightened herself out, Kara doing the same.

"Come in." Kara said

Nixon walked in with a concerned expression on his face

"Hey, what's wrong baby?" Lena asked.

Nixon walked into the room and stood in front of them. "I heard you crying." He said softly

Lena sighed. "I forgot to turn on the power dampeners. Sorry darling."

"Don't apologize mom. Are you okay? Is LJ okay?"

"Yes. I'm fine. Raven is fine. You just know how I get sometimes." Lena reassured taking her son's hand. "I promise, I'm fine." She said after seeing that the expression hadn't left his face.

He smiled as her turned to look over at Kara. "Hey ieiu." He gave Kara a tight hug and she made sure to hold him tight.

"I'm here for mom and LJ, bubba, okay. Don't you worry too much."

"Okay." He smiled. "I love you moms."

"We love you too darling. Now go get some rest okay."

Nixon left the room and Kara and Lena fell back onto the bed. "Maybe we should quit our jobs." Lena chuckled. "Being moms is already a full time job, and ontop of that, I'm running L-Corp, the foundation and fight crime, and you fight crime and have to manage Catco."

"Yep. Lots to do and not much time to do it."

They sat in silence for a bit before Kara looked at the time. "Hey, I'm gonna go and take a shower. Do you wanna join me."

Lena smiled. "Absolutely."

"C'mon." She chuckled, pulling Lena up.

Kara pulled Lena into a kiss and she started backing  into the bathroom, not breaking the kiss and slowly pulling off their clothes.

They heard a door open. "For fucks sake. Why did we have so many kids." Lena sighed

"I can hear you." Gabriella called out as she came down the passage.

"The power dampeners." Kara groaned.

They walked out of their bathroom, into the bedroom where their eldest daughter stood, arms crossed over her chest.

"Sorry angel." Lena smiled. "You know we love you all."

Gabriella rolled her eyes but smiled. "Alexis is gonna sleep in my room tonight."

"She woke up again?" Kara asked in disbelief

"Yep. She's in my room playing with some of her toys."

Lena took a deep breath. "We'll take her to bed now."

"It's fine." Gabriella said. "I'm gonna be up for a while anyways. I'm working on some stuff for the foundation."

"New ideas?" Lena asked

"Yep. I'll show them to you tomorrow when you have time."

"I'll make time." Lena smiled

"Okay, well, that's all I wanted to tell you. Goodnight."

"Goodnight fruit loop." Kara called out.

Lena used the switch in their room that turned on the dampeners for the whole penthouse. Then walked to Kara again. "Surely there can't be more they need from us." She laughed

"I hope not." Kara chuckled. "But with them, you never know."

"Well...for now. Let's take the time we have and make good use of it."

"Get some sleep?"

"Exactly." Lena smiled. "Now, let's go shower so that I can get into my PJs and sleep." Lena groaned

Kara followed behind her. So much for other things

Firstly, I need someone who can write smut for me please😭 I can't do it, and I have stories that are basically ready to be put out, but I want to add smut, but can't write it. So if anybody wants to do that. Just send me a message

Anywaaaaaays. Wrote this real quick because I just wanted to post something. This is kind of an introduction to the Zorel-Walsh kids because I will be writing more stories with them in it. And it just shows some of how Kara and Lena handle thing with their family

[steventhusiast]

goldie!!!! i forgot to send you a prompt! 🍾🥳🤸🏼‍♀️

hmmmmm how do we feel about steddie lazy morning because I don’t want to get out of bed right now lol

Steve's alarm going off prompts twin groans from the bed. There's sunlight sneaking in through the gaps in the curtains, leaving a strip of light going across the bed and illuminating the pair snuggled up there. Eddie's on his back, arms firmly holding Steve against him as Steve uses his bare chest like a pillow.

As they both groan and squint their eyes open, Eddie tightens his grip on Steve and tilts his head to press a kiss to his head.

"Wassappenin." Eddie murmurs into Steve's hair afterward, prompting Steve to properly open his eyes (or attempt to) and stretch in place.

"Ugh. Late alarm." He grumbles, going to sit up to turn off the blaring sound. Eddie doesn't let him get up, though, just tightens his arms around him and tugs him back to his chest.

"Don't leave me." Eddie whines, always going for dramatics.

"I don't wanna listen to this any longer, Eds." Steve replies, voice equally whiny.

Eddie finally lets go with a grumble, and Steve leans over to shut it off with another very deep breath. God, he's so sleepy, even though that alarm was their 'oh shit, you slept the morning away' alarm.

Good thing Steve remembered to set it once they settled in bed after their movie night.

"Breakfast?" Steve asks, feeling a little more awake now that he's moved a bit.

"No," Eddie complains, reaching out to grab at Steve and pull him back to him, "Stay."

Eddie's clearly still half asleep, and once he has Steve's back to his chest again, he rolls them onto the side and fully wraps himself around Steve. As if him clinging to him like a koala will stop Steve from needing to get up.

"Eddie." Steve giggles, and Eddie grunts into the back of his neck. Steve gives him a few seconds to hopefully wake up some more, but after fifteen seconds he feels Eddie's grip slacken slightly, and a sigh of a breath tickles his hair.

"Eddie." He says again, louder. A fond smile is on his face just being here when Eddie's so sleepy. He's so cute.

"I'll make you breakfast in bed if you let me go." Steve tries, and suddenly Eddie's rolling off of him to snuggle into the blankets instead of him.

Steve blinks at him, not aware he's awake enough to move that fast. But clearly, he is. Eddie blinks innocently at him, sleepiness still clinging to the corners of his eyes.

"Go on then."

[sunnyie-eve]

4 | Checking In

Series: Calamity Within | House of the Dragon

Pairing: (Jacaerys Velaryon x Cousin! OFC Targaryen!) (Aegon II Targaryen x Cousin! OFC Targaryen!)

Word Count: 2k

Warnings: language, drinking, incest, smut, lost of virginity

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"Can you repeat that again to me, Father? You want me to what?" Lilibet follows her father around laughing at the idea he had.

"You will go to Kings Landing for my brother's birthday to see how they are treating him. I don't trust the Greens. You'll stay for a week before coming back telling me everything." He turns to face her.

"You want me to go alone?"

"You used to on the past. What's different now?" He asks her.

"I have nobody there, father. Rhaenyra and the boys are no longer there." She explains to him.

"You will go because your father commands it." He walks away from her so she groans walking the opposite direction.

As she walks around she comes across Jace, who noticed her grumpy mood, "What happened to you?" He laughs.

"What happened was my father is making me go to Kings Landing to see what's going on. I don't want to go but he commands it." She explains to him.

"For how long?"

"A week at best." She rolls her eyes, "The only person I'm fine with is Heleana. You just know Aemond is going to be thrilled to see me after these years. I'm sure he hates me for having you and Luke's backs."

"Time will fly by hopefully and you'll be back home." He playfully nudges her.

"I just hate how I have to go." She throws her head back.

"I know you do. Come on, let's go tell my mother the news as well." He drags her along with him.

Instead of going by ship to Kings Landing, Lilibet just takes her dragon Freya. As soon as she arrived the guards were surprised since they had no notice she was coming.

"Lady Lilibet, I didn't know you were arriving." Criston Cole walks over to her.

"I wanted to surprise my dear uncle, the King. May I see him?"

"He's resting at the moment but I'm sure the Queen would like to know you arrived." He says so she follows him and Alicent was surprised to see her.

"Lilibet, what a surprise seeing you here." Alicent walks over to her entering the room.

"I wanted to surprise the King but Ser Cole told me he is resting at the moment."

"He is, he's not the best as he once was. Time is getting to him. Whenever he wakes I'll let him know you're here." Alicent lets her know, "I'm sure Helaena would love to see you. She's with the twins Jaehaerys and Jaehaera."

As soon as Lilibet entered the chambers where Helaena was with her kids, she jumps up rushing over to her, "My gods, I thought I'd never see you here again. You look beautiful." She hugs her.

"I wanted to surprise the King but he's resting at the moment." She smiles then looks at the twins, "Aren't they adorable."

"Indeed they are." Helaena smiles going to pick up her son to let Lilibet hold him while she holds her daughter, "Any interest in having children soon?"

"Not anytime soon. I'm still very much alone. I'm not betrothed to anyone yet, which I'm very fine with." Lilibet laughs as Jaehaerys plays with her necklace.

"It's not so bad. Especially when they ignore you." Helaena goes to take a seat., "My husband likes to mind his own business so most of the time I have time to myself."

"How is Aegon been?" Lilibet takes a seat as well.

"Spends most of his day sleeping or dragging his feet around drunk."

Lilibet knew his drinking was going to get worse just like she told him it would, "And Aemond?"

"Spends time practicing with his sword."

"Excuse me, I'm going to just walk around for a bit." She says so one of the maids takes Jaehaerys from her.

As she walks around she mumbles to herself about being there. Everything felt so different than it used to be to her. It didn't take her long to notice how there was much more green shown around as well.

"Pathetic," She huffs.

"What's pathetic, Lili?" She hears Aegon approaching from behind.

"How did you know it was me?" She laughs turning around to face him and she was taken back at how he's grown.

"The hand on your hip stance when you're annoyed with the slight head shake." He smiles, "It's a surprise seeing you here." He eyes her taking in how she's grown as well.

"I wanted to surprise your father but he's resting at the moment." She lets him know, "I met the twins." She adds.

"Ah, yes." He nods his head, "One of my mother's many wishes she wanted from me."

"You didn't want any children?"

"Why do I need any? To be my heir?" He laughs, "I'm not even my father's heir. Honestly, I'm not even fit for the throne. I know you agree with that." 

Lilibet chuckles a bit, "Indeed I do."

"How have you been?" He asks her politely.

"Good," Was all she had to say.

"Nothing fun going on? Interesting?" He asks again.

"As I told Helaena, I'm still very much alone. I'm not betrothed to anyone yet, which I'm very fine with. If that's one of the things you were wondering about."

"Your father saving you to make a future deal to betroth you off?" He jokes with her then sees the look on her face, "Seriously? I thought he's always been protective of you wanting to keep you close?"

"I'd like not to talk about it, please." She sighs so he drops it.

"Have Aemond seen you yet?" He changes the topic.

"Not yet. I wonder if it's possible to avoid him while I'm here." She starts to laugh. 

"Most of the time he just practices with Ser Criston Cole in the yard." He lets her know, "You any better with a sword now?"

"I'd say I am. Wanna go test me?" She jokes so he shakes his head.

"I'm afraid I might fear you a bit." He makes her laugh.

"Good boy," She pats his back as Aegon sees his brother walking in their direction so he grabs Lilibet's hand dragging her away to hide from him, "Aegon?" She says confused by the sudden action.

"Aemond was heading our way and you said you want to avoid him."

"I say that but it will be impossible." She tells him as Aemond turns the corner hearing the two talking.

"Lilibet," He smiles seeing her.

"Um, Aemond, look at how you've grown. Taller than Aegon." She laughs hoping for things not to be awkward.

"Indeed." He looks over at his brother before looking back at her, "What brings you here?" 

"Just wanted to see my dear uncle. I'm waiting for him to wake up from his rest."

"You'll be waiting for some time due to his state." He says before walking off.

Lilibet watches him walk away, "Stealing a dragon made him into something different."

"And our nephew took his eye." Aegon laughs.

"He had it coming." 

Later in the day she finally got to see her uncle and he looked terrible. He kept telling her he wasn't too bad but she knew he was lying of course. He just didn't want her worrying about him too much.

For the first few days staying in Kings Landing wasn't too bad. She realized Otto and Alicent would run things keeping the king in her room even when he wanted out. Also she would spend time with Helaena and if not her she was around Aegon. Surprisingly he was quite nice to her and didn't act like a twat. It made her think back to when they were close.

"She's probably spying for the cunt." Criston Cole tells Aemond as they were walking the halls together then see Lilibet in front of them.

"The princess must have really hurt you for you to still be talking about her all these years." She tells him, finally speaking up, "And adding me as well when I was just a child because I chose her boys to be closer to." She takes a step closer, "Some man you are Ser Criston Cole." She walks past him.

As soon as she was out of their sight she curses more marching off to find a drink. As she was drinking alone, Aegon had just had Aemond tell him everything so he went off to find her and was surprised to see her drinking out of the bottle.

"Lili?"

"Wanna join me? Drink our anger out?" She holds out the bottle to him.

"Last time we saw each other this was the other way around." He walks over to her to take the bottle away from her so she can't drink out of it.

"How times have changed. Now give me the bottle." She reaches for it.

"No, out of a glass." He pours them each glass.

Hours later, Lilibet was drunk ranting about everything on her mind, "You know I didn't even want to come here? My father made me so I can tell him how things are going on here. And yes you were right, he is saving me to marry off to someone if needed in the future because he doesn't trust you Greens. To make deals with other families when it's time to pick sides if need be."

"Again, I don't want to be king. I tell my mother and she insists I will be and I need to try. I don't care like they do." He watches her get another drink, "LIli, slow down." He says since she was way more drunk than he was since he has been drinking slowly compared to her. 

"I'm fine." She stands up and trips over her dress causing him to jump up and catch her causing her to laugh, "Oops, stupid dress."

"How about you go lay down? Take a break." He walks her over to her bed.

She sits down letting out a sigh, "I hate my father. I don't think he truly loves me."

Aegon sits next to her, "He loves you trust me. I know what it's like not having a father who loves you." 

She looks over at him leaning over to kiss his cheek, "I'm sorry for everything." 

Aegon stares at her as she gets ready to stand up so he pulls her back down placing his lips onto hers. A look of shock was on her face but before she could say anything, Aegon tugs her closer for another kiss. He had leaned her to lay back as he hovered over, his tongue splitting her lips to deepen the kiss. Lilibet moaned against his lips when he sucked on her bottom lip. 

The more the two kissed their clothes had ended up on the floor while Lilbet ended up on top of Aegon. Deeming herself ready, she looked to Aegon. He held her cheek, urging her close for another kiss. It was deep, all-consuming. Aegon had lined himself upto entrance. They both moaned in delight when she began to sink onto his cock, it was an uncomfortable stretch, but once she started finding a deep satisfaction, Aegon gripped her waist tight when she began to bounce up and down at a steady pace. Seemingly eager to chase her release without needing the time to adjust.

Lilibet's hands planting on Aegon's stomach to steady herself. She rode him with an air of desperation like she had a point to prove. Aegon's mind was in the heavens. She was a sight to behold, with her glistening, bouncing breasts and head tilted back in delight. Your brows furrowed while her jaw fell slack, the sweet, sweet music of her pleasure filling his senses. 

Aegon started to buck his hips against hers, faster than he ever thought he could to help her chase her release. Gripping her waist tight his strong grip made her lean over with a yelp, holding onto the headboard above his head. 

Lilibet's thighs were starting to tremble under Aegon's palms, and he could only hold onto her plump rear to guide her to her release. With a thumb drawing tight circles on her pearl, it took little time for her walls to start squeezing his cock, signaling the start of her release. She came with a cry and he followed in a suit with a muffled grunt into her chest. 

[authorautumnbanks]

How To Tame A Sorcerer: Side Stories (17)

Main Story

Side Stories

"Shippo, what are you doing up?" Satoru stretches his arms over his head. He slid on a basic white top and some sweatpants after sliding out of bed. No need to get dressed up to deal with a couple of weaklings. Hopefully, Kagome stays asleep until he gets back.

"What are you doing up?" Shippo shoots back, crossing his arms as he leans against the wall. "Mama sleeping?"

Satoru frowns. "Yes, Kagome is sleeping." Satoru cracks his neck and gives Shippo a look. Why is he here? "What is it?"

Shippo inspects his claws. "You're up to something and I want in."

Satoru rolls his eyes. "I'm just heading out to take care of the higher-ups."

"Okay. I want to kill too."

Satoru opens his mouth and then closes it. "You all should be sleeping," he says, addressing his students.

"We're coming too," Yuta says.

Satoru waves them away. "No. You all are going back to bed. You don't need to see this." He glances at Shippo from the corner of his eye. Satoru doesn't need Shippo's help to handle the higher-ups, but he can't force him to stand down either. Shippo isn't his student, and he isn't a child either. "I would prefer if you didn't come either," he admits. "You don't need to see that side of me." And yet, he doesn't want Shippo to see this.

Shippo scoffs. "I'm a demon. Watched my dad get killed in front of me and the bastards wore his pelt." Shippo shrugs. "And I guess now I'm kinda seeing Souten. Maybe. Haven't decided."

"…Who?" Is that the name Kagome mentioned the other day?

"Souten? She's the sister of the brothers that killed my dad." Shippo smirks. "She challenged me once, wanting to avenge her brothers, and the rest is history."

"You're insane," Yuta comments. "What if she tries to kill you in your sleep?"

"That's half of the appeal. Thought you liked that stuff since you fuck curses."

Yuta sighs and slaps his face with his hand. "I can't with you." Maki pats Yuta's back awkwardly and glares at Shippo, who flashes a fang.

Satoru turns and walks away. He doesn't have time for this. He needs to take care of the higher-ups now and then he can crawl back into bed with Kagome. Besides, he's put it off for two days now already. That's two days too long. Yeah, he needed some time to get reoriented back in his world, but he's semi-back to normal now, and there are things he needs to handle. He stops and looks over his shoulder. "Already told you guys to go."

"We're coming with you."

"Salmon."

"I can do something," Panda squeaks, shaking a small fist in the air.

"And I," Shippo says, swaggering over. "Have elected myself as the new head."

"Sesshomaru-sama said no," Yuta says. "He said it was up to Gojo-sensei, with the exception of you not being anywhere near in charge."

Shippo gasps. "Slander I tell you. Papa don't listen. I'm ready."

Satoru blinks slowly. "I'll talk it over with your mother." Since when does Shippo want to run things? Should he be allowed to run things?

Shippo throws his hands in the air. "So that's a no." He blows out a breath. "I'm still coming with. Nothing like some bonding time."

Satoru presses his lips together. Yes, Shippo has taken missions from him before, but at the same time, he's having a hard time reconciling this adult Shippo with the much younger Shippo he met in the prison realm. "Fine," he accedes. "But Kagome doesn't need to know."

If she wakes up and finds him not in bed with her, she might rip him a new one. Satoru chews on the inside of his cheek. He needs to get moving now, so Kagome doesn't worry. She doesn't need the added stress. He'll go in, kill them, and then climb into bed with Kagome after taking a quick shower. Easy peasy.

"Oh…she already knows I was planning on doing some spring killing, though."

Satoru blinks again and spikes a hand through his hair. His stomach tightens. "Ah well, she can be bloodthirsty when she wants to be." He smiles. Maybe when things calm down and after the twins are born, she'll want to join him for some curse exorcising here and there.

"Gojo-sensei is weird," Panda says.

"Kagome-san is just as weird. She's head over heels for this man-child," Maki remarks.

"Sensei," Yuta says, "If it comes down to it, I'll have Rika eat fake Geto's body to get their cursed technique…. if it's okay with you, and switch to your body to finish Sukuna."

Satoru grimaces. "I don't plan on losing and I really don't care what happens to my body." He turns and looks at them fully. "But if it came down to it, that isn't something Kagome should see." What kind of plans did they come up with while he was gone? Hell, they don't even know where Sukuna is. Fucker is masking himself somehow. What he doesn't get is why.

"Time out," Shippo says. "The fuck?"

"Everyone is fine with Gojo-sensei shouldering the weight of jujutsu. I will step into that role if I have to. He shouldn't have to do it all."

"Yeah…I get that," Shippo says. "But gross?"

"Didn't you bite Naoya's junk off?" Maki questions.

"Meh." Shippo shrugs. "I'm not on board with this. Are we forgetting about Sesshomaru? Hell, did you forget about me? I don't give a rat's ass about jujutsu and whatever else humans like to scrabble about, but." He points a finger at Satoru. "That's family."

"I work better alone," Satoru says after a moment, though his heart feels a little lighter after Shippo's comments.

"Yeah? And how'd that work for you?"

Satoru squints at Shippo. "Fine."

Shippo nods. "You guys get some rest. We'll handle this. Yuta, Sesshomaru will probably want to train you bright and early."

Yuta groans.

"I'm coming," Panda squeaks.

"No way," Shippo remarks. "You don't wear pants."

Satoru stops and curls his lips back. "Shippo, what the hell does that have to do with anything?"

Shippo widens his eyes. "I'd rather not have Panda's booty juice on me. He'll need a ride down and no thank you."

"My what!"

Satoru's mouth pops open and all that comes out is a choked cough.

"You heard me," Shippo says, holding a hand to his chest. "Absolutely not."

"I do not get booty juice everywhere," Panda bites out.

"…Mustard leaf." Toge takes a step to the side, away from Panda.

"Oh, come on!" Panda tosses his hands up.

"It's kinda gross when you think about it," Maki remarks.

Panda gasps. "Yuta, surely not you, too!"

Yuta rubs the back of his neck. "I have seen you wear a scarf, but no pants."

"Gojo-sensei!"

Satoru snaps his mouth shut and turns his head away. Yeah, no. He is not commenting on booty juice. "Shippo, we need to go now."

"Yay! Father-son-killing-time!" Shippo frowns. "No, father-son spring-killing-bonding-time."

Satoru shakes his head. "You're not supposed to enjoy it."

"Who says?"

Satoru opens his mouth and then shrugs. "Guess no one." He waves a hand to the students and then grabs a hold of Shippo's shirt, before warping them away. "I want them to feel this," he says, cracking his neck.

Shippo smirks before changing his appearance. "I did some digging and emotional damage always hits harder than physical."

Satoru blinks. "Who are you supposed to be?"

"Ah, Ono's dead son. You know your uncle killed him."

"Ryu wasn't a curse user. He was just a dick," he adds the last part.

"Does it matter?"

Satoru presses his lips together. "No. I'm sure there are lots of things Ryu did in his life."

Shippo smooths out of the invisible wrinkles on his shirt. "He went after you. Happened before Ono became a higher-up. At least that's what his dying wife said."

"You killed his wife?"

"No, I let her see her darling son one last time."

Satoru sighs as he pushes open the door. "Question, so you are dating this Souten, then?"

Shippo balks right as the higher-ups rise from their places behind the screens. "No way, she's not my type."

Satoru gives Shippo a look of utter disbelief, but the fox demon skips into the room and goes straight for Ono, who turns sheet white at the sight of his dead son.

"Wait! Gojo, we can talk this—" The older man's body convulses as his limbs twist and twist until blood splatters on the floor.

Satoru turns his head to the side and pins the others with a glare. "Next."

***

A/N: Been laughing all day at 'booty juice' I'm so unserious, send help.

Hope this week has been kind to you. Someone should take my work computer away. I keep logging on at like 9 pm because one more email won't hurt when I should be sleep. I've been sharing some sneak peeks over on Tumblr. Saw a comment for Thousands Days about the guys all being stuck together and I decided to include the 'bathroom' scene in the next chapter. You can read the sneak peek if ya want to lol.

Still working on Wish I Could. That chapter will probably be pretty long at this rate.

Take care! Get plenty of rest (don't be like me lol). Drink lots of water and try to refill your well every day if you can.

[twice-inamillion]

Mina’s Breakdown

Agnst

*Mina has a break down due to her Sharon ego.

Chapter 125:

While Chaeyoung is in the bathroom, you get a text from Nayeon and Sana to help her carry some items from the garage to the kitchen. After you are done, you come back and see Mina feeding Ari in the living, but you notice that she is not mentally there, spaced out. 

Ari cries because Mina's nipple comes loose from Ari's mouth, and Mina hasn't done anything about it. 

It isn't until you go up here and tap her shoulder that she gets out of her spaced-out traces and says, "Aww, I'm so sorry, Ari, I wasn't paying attention," and adjusts her nipple so Ari can go back to drinking. 

You ask Mina if she's okay, and she says, "Yeah, I'm okay. Just have something on my mind." You know that Mina is not okay, but you don't know how to approach it at the moment. You so ask Sana to take watch of the twins when Mina seems a bit "busy." 

"Of course, no problem. I'm more than happy to take care of these bundles of joy."

You go to work to the office, and when you come back, Nayeon tells you that Mina when for a walk but took 2 hours to come back. "When Mina came back, she seemed out of it, as if she was here but only really here. She didn't even say hi to the babies, and Sana had to watch over them too. Even Dahyun said that when she went for her walk, she saw Mina sitting on a bench and called for her, but she didn't reply." 

This made you think that she was being too hard on herself. You try to talk to her, but she says she doesn't want to discuss it.

This continues for two days until you get a knock on the door, and it's Mina's mom. You are surprised that she is here; ask her, "Hello, Mom, what brings you here? Come to visit the kids?" "Yes, I came to visit and see Mina for a bit. Is it okay for you and the girls to watch over the babies for a week? I'm going to take Mina back to Japan for a bit."

Chapter 126:

You let her into the house, and she sees Hina and Ari being fed formula by Sana and Dahyun. Mina's mom approaches the babies and says, "Aww, my cute little grandbabies, I've missed both of you so much!" 

She holds them for a while, and you wonder if it's the right time to tell her about Mina. You make up your mind and say, "Mom, there is something I want to talk about. I don't know if you know, but Mina's been very distant lately. Could you help me talk to her? She's been constantly avoiding a certain topic." 

 "That is strange of Mina to avoid a topic or someone. What is issue is it about?" 

"We had a talk about "Sharon," and it's really been affecting her. I know she's hurting, and I feel horrible about it. Please, Mom, help me talk to Mina," you say as you are practically begging her at the end, "I just want Mina to be her usual self again." 

"Okay, I'll talk to her, but I also came because she didn't sound the same when she called me. She said she needed me, so I came to Korea to see her. Now that I know what this is about, I'll try to help." You thank her, and she heads to Mina's room. 

An hour passes by, and Mina's mom comes out. You ask her what happened. "I can't tell you exactly what happened, but I'll be taking her with me back to Japan. I really want to take the babies with me, but I feel that they will get more affected by Mina's lack of attention. Would you watch over them until she gets back?" 

You are shocked that you asked her for help, and she is going to take Mina back to Japan.

"I'll get her the help she needs; hopefully, she can return soon."

 An hour later, Mina and her mom are leaving, and Mina is walking down with her hair, covering her face with a hoodie. She walks past the babies looking at her and begins to cry. She leaves without saying goodbye to the babies or you. 

As Mina leaves, you hold onto Ari and Hina, "Don't cry, girls, Mommy will come back." You hold on to the girls for the rest of the day and have them sleep with you at night.

You wake up the next day and see that Dahyun and Sana are helping you change the babies' diapers. It was a rough night since the babies were used to sleeping with their mothers. Now that she is not here, the babies miss their mother's scent and milk.

[harpieisthecarpie]

What's pathologic about? It sounds cool and I might want to get into it

okay hell yeah now is my time to shine! thank you for the ask you're giving me the excuse to ramble about my new hyperfixation to not-just-a-brick-wall (tho sorry to all my orv followers and friends for having to deal with my patho bs).

(IF YOU ARE A PATHOLOGIC GUY READING THIS: BE MY FRIEND, DM ME, I NEED PATHO FRIENDS)

Take my words with a grain of salt because I'm playing through Pathologic 2 and reading Pathologic Classic HD's transcripts right now, so I don't have the full perspective, but I should be able to explain the essentials in a way that will (hopefully) intrigue you.

Essentially, at the very bare bones, Pathologic is a psychological survival horror game where you play as one of three healers stuck in an isolated town in the Russian Steppe (in the early 1900's iirc), struggling to keep its citizens alive even as your own fragile life is in the balance. Of course, there is a LOT more, but that is the most basic of the basics.

Each of the healers has a vastly different experience with the town and relationship with its inhabitants that colors their perspective and solution to the plague, though I will try to avoid going into spoilers here. The various factions in the Town-On-Gorkhon will treat each healer differently, actively hostile to one while being pleasantly manipulative to another.

The Bachelor, also known as Daniil Dankovsky, is a pathologist and bachelor of medicine who is part of Thanatica, an institution in the City determined to defeat Death itself. He comes to the town at the behest of Isidor Burakh in order to learn from him and Simon Kain, a man the locals claim to be immortal. Daniil's precious Thanatica is under threat of being destroyed unless he can provide substantial results. Rather unfortunate that the two men were both found to be brutally murdered right before he arrives...

Daniil is an outsider to the Town and is treated as such, often being manipulated by the most powerful and belittled by the rest because of his lack of knowledge about the Town and its traditions. This leads him to becoming alienated from many of them and their culture. He can also be a massive asshole depending on how you want to play him (though each healer can) and my favorite characteristic is his habit of sprinkling Latin phrases into his speech without translating them.

The Haruspex, Artemy Burakh, is a local of the Town who was sent away by his father, Isidor Burakh, to become a surgeon. He never completed his degree, entering into the front lines instead, but he still knows how to cut people open (and fix them up). He returns to the Town after receiving a mysterious letter from his father beckoning him home. When he arrives, he is immediately jumped by three men.

Why? They were hunting down Isidor Burakh's murderer, whom people believe is Artemy himself. Patricide is a harsh charge, and Artemy soon finds himself known as the Butcher. This sends his reputation plummeting and makes his life just that much harder. Guy has shit luck, what can I say.

A fascinating element of this route is Artemy's relationship with the Kin, the native people of the Steppe, whom he is related to on his father's side. Isidor was a menkhu, a spiritual leader and healer in Kin society who is the only one allowed to cut into human flesh. Menkhu are the ones that "know the lines", essentially meaning that they see the connections between all things.Now that Isidor is dead, that honor and duty fall upon Artemy.

There's a lot of lore surrounding the Kin but I'll stop here because I will go forever if I don't.

Clara is the Changeling. At the beginning of the game, she wakes up in a grave. She can heal the dangerously ill with her hands, but if they're not on the edge of death it just kills them instead. She also has an evil twin who she has to chase after and keep from committing atrocities every day. Clara is going through some shit, okay?

I love her but I don't know nearly as much about her as I do the other two. She's an elusive little gal who speaks like she knows more than you because she does.

There is also the whole meta framing of the game as a play. Before you pick a character in Pathologic Classic, there's a whole scene on a stage where they argue about who has a better solution to the plague. Every night during the game there is a performance about the coming day's strife. There are characters called Executors, bird masks, and Tragedians, blank masks, that often speak to the player rather than the player character. Artemy "knows the lines" (THE LINES OF THE PLAY THE LINES OF THE PL-).

It gets more meta as the game goes on but that's spoilers.

I'm not going over the basic mechanics right now because I am TIRED but I'll get to them in the morning so stay tuned for that.

Pathologic Classic HD is the original with all three routes. Pathologic 2 is a sequel/remaster/reexamination of the first game that goes over the same twelve days but with a few changes. I've heard it's a bit more accessible than Classic HD, but so far only the Haruspex route is out. You do not need to play Classic before you play Patho 2. They are both usually discounted very cheap on Steam!

PLEASE, PLAY THE GAME IF THIS HAS INTERESTED YOU AT ALL.

PATHOLOGIC CLASSIC HD

PATHOLOGIC 2

(If you want to get into the game but don't want to play, there are lots of analyses and a few playthroughs on Youtube. I'll link some in a reblog of this!)

[brightbeautifulthings]

What the Woods Took by Courtney Gould

"But just like every fight, every loss, every night spent lying awake in the dark, every half-baked escape plan, none of it ever leaves. She's made of every bad thing that has happened to her, just like she's made of every good thing."

Year Read: 2024

Rating: 4/5

About: Devin's foster parents have just had her abducted for fifty days of nature therapy where, along with several other troubled teens, a nature guide, and a counselor, she'll learn to survive in the wilderness and, hopefully, overcome her personal demons. When the campers wake one morning to find both counselors missing, they realize they'll have to work together to have any hope of getting back to civilization. But something is watching from the woods, and it doesn't want them to leave… I received a free e-ARC through NetGalley from the publishers at St. Martin's Press/Wednesday Books. Trigger warnings: character death, family/twin death, dead body, cancer, rape/pedophilia, abusive households, severe injury, burns, blood, violence, drugs/dealing, addiction.

Thoughts: I've read other books with a similar premise that didn't go well, so it was only on faith that Gould could do better with this story and my love for The Dead and the Dark that had me picking this up. I'm so glad I did. It's easily one of my favorite novels of the year so far, and Gould remains the uncontested queen of lesbians in YA horror. It's full of wonderfully drawn characters and scenery, and some of the creepiest paranormal elements in recent memory.

I think the first fascinating twist on the nature therapy plot is that half these kids barely qualify as "troubled." Though their issues vary from drug abuse or dealing to fighting, one can't help feeling their parents are the ones who would benefit most from fifty days in the woods to talk about their feelings. I felt for all of them by the end of the book, and I like the way Gould is able to make them sympathetic and three-dimensional. (Which is obviously the end goal, because nobody deserves to suffer this sort of program, teenager or otherwise.) I like how far both Devin and Sheridan in particular come by the end of the book despite their initial hatred for each other. It is, after all, very hard to hate someone when we understand them.

It's the horror elements that really knocked this book out of the park for me though. Gould has a knack for the creative and the uncanny, and there are many spooky, wtf-type scenes while we try to figure out what exactly is stalking the group. I won't go into details to avoid spoilers (and, really, it's better to go into it blank), but they're some of the spookiest, most original "monsters" I've seen. If they have a counterpart, I've never seen it, and the lore seems to be entirely of Gould's own creation. I loved it. I'll be looking for a copy for my bookshelf.

[tinypinkmouse]

Wow, that's a truly dizzying number of WIPs!! I hope it's okay to ask about multiple. I tried narrowing it down, I really did, but I'm still left with 4... So! Please tell me more about:

Surviving

Parallel

Another AU

Imperial AU

Multiple is definitely okay! So, I'll do these in order.

Surviving: If they live through all that happens in canon, well, Shen Wei's body goes through some stuff and I thought surely there'd be some after effects. Mostly in this case I went with some kind of brain trauma, plus some physical side effects. So there are days when Shen Wei just... isn't all there. And even when he is he isn't quite what he used to be physically, emotionally, mentally. Hopefully the dark energy is slowly healing some of it, but he'll probably never be quite the same and in any case it's a long healing process and none of it is easy on either Shen Wei or Zhao Yunlan. Also, there's some side plot where Zhao Yunlan keeps thinking he's hallucinating Ye Zun, but it's a ghost or something because he keeps showing up because he feels guilty about Shen Wei and wants to do something to help (probably something stupid).

In the end, the reason I haven't touched this in ages is because it's a heavy sort of subject and not only hard to do in a way that feels right but also gets tangled up in a lot of personal stuff for me.

Parallel: Right, this one is a bit confusing. Post canon ZYL ends up kind of occasionally slipping into this parallel timeline or something. His mom is there, but he never sees Shen Wei. Anyway, since they've promised not to have secrets anymore, he tells SW and then they both try to figure out what's going on and angst about whether or not it's something they should try to stop or not. The explanation is very vague and handwave but basically ZYL while temporarily not alive post-canon (before they came back obviously) somehow (with the help of some hallows I'd assume) did a bit of timeline tampering that he now has no memory of and it's taking a while for things to... settle. I really might just have wanted to save Shen Xi, tbh.

Another AU: very imaginative name and all. Oh okay, so this is not that AU, it's mostly canon universe, with slight differences in flavour to make it fit the story. But Shen Wei wakes up from his long nap and doesn't like the situation in Dixing, possibly tries to do something. The Regent doesn't like that. And somehow handwavily the end result is Shen Wei in jail in Dixing (he gets to meet Chu Shuzhi at some point). The story mostly starts with the SID getting a notification of an escaped Dixingren, no name or anything, just a general description. It turns out to be Shen Wei. The story got away from me a bit at this point and I'm looking at a whole mass break out (cause the regent sucks and Shen Wei is going to get everyone out of there, I guess, but it's not like Dixing will tell the SID that "oh btw, everyone escaped") and then while everyone is distracted by the whole mass jail break Shen Wei goes and frees Ye Zun and... It gets very chaotic at this point and the SID doesn't really do anything in the end because by the time they're told anything it's all kind of over already. Poor guys. And the twins plus Chu Shuzhi go and bunk with Zhu Jiu in Haixing for a while as Ye Zun recuperates (and probably Shen Wei needs some time too, getting everyone out can't have been easy).

And then there might be a whole rebellion in Dixing at some point. And the SID just gets these bits and pieces from Dixingren they happen to interrogate. And they're still looking for Shen Wei. One day the Black Cloaked Envoy shows up at the SID...

Imperial AU: okay so this one is all new. So I'm not entirely sure where it's going yet. Zhao Xinci is emperor, Zhao Yunlan crown prince. There's a war with Dixing, because someone assassinated Zhao Yunlan's mom, probably while trying to kill Zhao Xinci and Zhao Xinci decided they need to kill all of Dicing or something. They kind of won, but by then they've pretty much exhausted their resources and they need peace post haste. So to stabilise things there's a marriage between Zhao Yunlan and a Dixing prince, Shen Wei of course.

Zhao Yunlan is not happy. He doesn't particularly like Dixingren. But he can't really say no to the emperor so marriage it is. Also, he realises they really need the peace.

The plan is that Dixingren still have powers, but they're suppressing Shen Wei's somehow while he's in Haixing. Otherwise it'd be too dangerous for the crown prince and all. Zhao Yunlan is aware of it, but he doesn't realise it's painful to Shen Wei. Because there's a lot of angst potential there. But I haven't actually gotten to any of this and I'm still in the process of getting them married. And them I need to actually start getting along.

Of course, there should also be some kind of secret plot going on where Dixing has a plan to get out of this whole situation and turn things around for all of Dixing. And Shen Wei definitely has some kind of secret identity. And Ye Zun is left in Fixing to make some kind of plans. But I might still need to work out what any of these things are. Oops. Maybe it'll come to me at some point.

[changingplumbob]

Villareal Household: Chapter 4, Part 2

More Villareal drama, Devin is an actress after all. The newborns are home but things start to get rocky for Luna when she has trouble producing milk. Devin does her best to be supportive and their families visit for Harvestfest. At the end the boys become infants.

Context: The magic of game code allowed my two female sims to have biological twins. Again gameplay in this part would not be possible without the Child Birth Mod by PandaSama, specifically the lactation for Luna.

Saturday evening and we're all back home. Rilian is in the left bassinet in a blue onesie. Alfred is on the right in a green onesie. Both were lovingly knitted by nonna Calista. The skintones are throwing me off a bit, they don't seem to match either parent. Hopefully this changes on age up.

Luna's milk production doesn't seem to have started yet so she takes a cookie meant to help lactation before her nap. Devin finishes her nap and is delighted to find it wasn't all a dream, her sons are here. She calls Callista to tell her, and confirm they will still host Harvestfest tomorrow

Devin: I hope I didn't wake you

Luna: I needed to eat, why is my milk not coming in?

Devin: Amore every woman is different

Luna: I'll try pumping, hopefully I'll get something

Devin: Well hello Rilian. Come here, mama will feed you some nice formula while mummy works on her milk

Luna: *sighs sadly*

Devin: Hi there Alfred. Do you want some yummy formula huh

Luna: Nothing from that one, I'll try the other side

Devin: We can have formula in the meantime, can't we boys

Rilian: *wails*

Luna: It's my fault, he's hungry

Devin: Lu I just fed him, he can't be hungry

Luna: *sadly* mummy is trying

Luna: I don't know what I'm doing wrong

Devin: You're not doing anything wrong, Rilian just inherited my drama skills

Luna: I feel bad

Devin: Lu they'll survive if you can't produce milk

Luna: But they said breast is best

Devin: They also said leeches were an infallible cure

Luna: How do you know that word

Devin: TV

Luna: I'll have another cookie and try again

Devin: Just remember, they wouldn't make baby formula if it wasn't safe for babies to have

Luna tries again. She doesn't mind having a small chest but worries that's part of the problem with her milk supply.

Luna: SCHATZ! I got some

Devin: Well done Lu

Rilian: *Wails*

Devin: OMW I know you're not hungry yet

Luna: I'll give him some cuddles. Hey buddy, mummy is here

Rilian: *sniffs*

Luna: Next feed you'll have real milk, I promise. And so will you Alfred

Alfred: *blinks*

Luna: They're so perfect

And far too soon

Rilian: *wails*

Devin: Yep, you're hungry, got it

Luna: I'll try get some more milk

Devin: Are you sure you don't want to feed them

Luna: You do it, I need to try get our stock up

Devin: Lu you're not failing as a mum if you can't get breast milk

Luna: I wish it felt like that

Devin: How can I help

Luna: Keep buying the cookies

Devin: Lu-

Luna: I just want to try for a bit longer, please

Devin: You're the boss of your body, but they'll love you whether you're feeding them milk or formula, I promise

Luna scoops up each boy before heading back to bed, waiting on her milk.

Harvestfest is here! When Devin wakes up Luna is already busy trying to pump so she decides to take care of the morning chores. Sleep seems to have done Luna good and she's able to get two bottles ready for when her sons wake up.

After appeasing a gnome Devin thinks she can fit in a run before the boys wake up. Like normal she streams it to keep her fame up.

Paparazzi: Mrs Villareal! How are your babies? Can you confirm names

Devin: Good morning Ali. No comment

Ali: Understood

Devin: Have a good Harvestfest Ali

Ali: You to

Luna appeases the other gnomes and gets stuck into her gardening. She enjoys looking after the plants, especially her flowers harvested from the romance festival. It's so much easier to weed now that she doesn't have a bowling ball belly. Hopefully the gnomes will bring new seeds.

Luna tells Devin she's happy gardening so Devin does the next feed.

Devin: Can you taste a difference Alfred? Mummy worked extra hard on this for you

Rilian: *wails*

Devin: Yes she got some for you to caro

After a few extra cuddles Devin goes to practice the lines for her next gig tomorrow night.

Luna: Three, four- how many do we need

Devin: Uh my parents, my siblings, Deanna will probably bring Paris, your brothers, and your sister in law, oh and us, 11, may as well do the whole table

Rilian: *wails*

Luna: Sounds like a, change me now cry, I got him

*Doorbell*

Devin: I'll get that

Devin: Come and eat! Joey made this meal for us earlier

Joey: Because I'm the best brother

Kelly: And you wonder why I'm evil

Aaron: Where's Luna

Devin: Diaper emergency

Calista: I remember those

Paris: How are the- bambinos? Is that the right word

Deanna: *nods*

Devin: They're so small but lovely

Luna: They have Devin's eyes

Aaron: The hero returns

Joey: I knew you could push them out

Devin: She was amazing, it was such hard work

Hugo: Hard work sounds like my sister

Luna: I've missed you

Hugo: Sorry, work's hectic

Luna: Where's Max

Hugo: Where do you think, eating inside with Miriam

Hugo: Anything you need me to do

Luna: Can you produce milk

Hugo: Nope

Calista: Are you having trouble

Luna: I shouldn't complain really

Aaron: You should complain. When we had our kids I always told Calista-

Calista: Tell me everything even if I can't help

Hugo: I'll take these dishes

Luna: Thanks

Luna: I only get milk about half the time

Calista: Don't believe those blogger mums, substituting with formula is fine

Aaron: Joey got mostly formula

Joey: And I'm a genius remember

Luna: Think you'll have kids Miriam?

Miriam: Why would I want to be pregnant, looks shit

Devin: Ma, pa, you ready

Calista: We're coming

Devin: This is Alfred, he was born first. Alfred this is your nonna

Calista: Hello bambino

Luna: Then we have Rilian. Rilian this is your nonno

Aaron: Deanna and Kelly are pretty pale but these two might have them beat

Luna: We'll see when they're infants

Once everyone has left it's time. Luna and Devin get in position and manage to start the age up on the boys at the same time. Will I ever get sick of this animation? No, no I will not.

They're looking pretty identical. Quick makeover. Alfred is on the left. Since he had a green shirt on, green is his first favourite colour. He'll also have green socks for identification. Rilian had a yellow shirt so yellow will be his colour. He has blue socks for identification.

Alfred rolled the sensitive trait while Rilian rolled the cautious trait. Both boys have already unlocked their first smile milestone, smiling at their parents as soon as they aged up. First things first, some tummy time. The boys have to learn how to work their necks.

Alfred: *cries*

Devin: I feel so bad

Luna: Please stop crying boys

Devin: Mama is right here caro

Rilian: *lifts head*

Luna: Well done baby

Devin: Did you hear that Alfred. Don't you want to learn like your brother

Alfred: *lifts head*

Devin: Thank you, see you survived

Luna: We better get them down

Rilian sleeps easy enough but he gets sad about being put down. Turns out he has the Loves Being Held quirk. Alfred has more trouble. He has the Gassy quirk which makes his poor tummy sore. He also has the Frequently Hiccups quirk. Luckily Devin soothes him to sleep and kisses Rilian goodnight.

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[theresawritesstuff]

“Don’t look at me like that, I wasn’t the one who got us in this mess.”

I kind of went off the rails with this one.

Contains season 5 spoilers and a lot of Joel but he's getting a talking to so hopefully you won't mind... I dunno I liked the idea. Hopefully you will too.

"Joel…"

A woman's voice called softly to him through the darkness of sleep.

"Joooooeeelll…"

A pillow hit him abruptly across the head. 

"Hey! Wake up dummy or I swear I'll smother you. See how you like it," the voice demanded much less sweetly.

Joel sat up with a start, batting the attack away. 

"What the fuck?!"

"There he is!" 

The unfamiliar woman the voice belonged to beamed brightly, sitting at the edge of his bed.

"Wha– who are you?" he asked, blinking at her bleary-eyed.

She rolled her eyes at the comment. "Oof. A little advice, that's not what a gal wants to hear, generally speaking."

She waved her hand around, loosely gesturing to his bedroom as she flopped back against his pillow.

Joel blinked at her dumbly, trying to make sense of it. 

He had had his share of drunken one night stands but this chick was not his type and they were both fully clothed.

He didn't even remember drinking anything…

"I'm sorry. Did I–did we…?"

"Ew, no," she responded instantly, making a face in disgust for good measure.

"Well excuse me, strange woman in my bedroom, for making assumptions," he spat back at the insult.

She exhaled a sigh, some of the impishness draining from her demeanor.

"Okay, you're right, that's on me. I just figured the twin thing would kick in and you'd catch on right away but I can see now you're a little slow on the uptake."

"What?"

 She stuck out a hand in introduction. "Josephine Maisel. We shared a womb briefly."

"Excuse me?" 

He stood from the bed, shocked by the claim.

"Or maybe would they have called me Jolene?" she mused to herself, paying him no attention. "Nah, that would have been a nightmare. We'd never know which of us was in trouble. Probably you."

She looked up at him with a smirk.

"I don't have a sister," Joel asserted.

"Well no, not technically, because you absorbed me in utero. Ya big jerk," she batted back lightly.

"What?"

She waved him off. "Oh, don't worry about it! We were just cell clusters when it happened. Water under the bridge."

"I need to sit down…"

He sank back down on the end of his bed, rubbing his temples.

"Ma doesn't know, so don't bring it up."

"Who are you really?" he demanded, glancing over his shoulder.

"I told you, I'm your sister. Josie Maisel. And you, baby bro, are in need of some serious sisterly guidance. So here I am!"

"I thought you said we were twins."

She shrugged. "Well, yeah, but we both know I would have come out first if you hadn't cheated before the starting shot on the race down the ol' birthing canal."

"Ew…" Joel grimaced at the imagery.

"How's this? I'm a manifestation of your psyche here to call you out and set you straight because apparently no one else is going to do it," Josie explained. "Better? Easier to wrap your head around?"

"So you're my conscience?" he wondered, looking over at her more fully.

She nodded her head noncommittally. "I was sort of getting attached to Josie but sure, if it makes it easier I can be your Jimminy Cricket."

"Fine…" he huffed, shaking his head. "So why are you here?"

"Because you fucked up big time, Joel. Or you're about to, rather."

"Look I know I screwed up with Midge before–"

Josie shook her head. "Oh Joely, you have got to let that woman go."

"What do you mean? We just kissed the other night after Zelda's wedding. We're, I dunno, we still could…"

"Yeah, I know all that," she informed him flatly. "And I don't care what you keep trying to tell yourself, that ship has sailed. Stop trying to retread those waters. You're only going to drown the both of you."

"She kissed me back," Joel insisted.

"Well, her brother should talk some sense into her too," she quipped.

He glared at her sourly, prompting another exhale from the figment of…whatever she was supposed to be.

"Look Joel, I know you care about her–"

"Of course I do! She was my wife! She's the mother of my children, she–"

"And because of that you'll always love her?" Josie finished.

"Exactly."

"But that's the thing Joel. You care about her. In some ways, because of who she's been as a figure in your life you love her. But you don't love her love her. You get what I'm saying?"

He exhaled, scrubbing at his face and flopping back against the bed to stare up at the ceiling.

"Yeah…"

"It's okay that you two aren't meant to be like you thought," she replied comfortingly.

"So what? You think I should just write her off?" Joel grouched.

"No."

"Ignore the fact Susie's got her tangled in mob contracts?"

"Joel."

"Because I can't do that! This isn't her fault and I'm not going to let it drag her down. I can't…"

He covered his face in his hands, getting choked up.

He couldn't let her down again…

"So you're just going to fall on your sword and take her place instead. Get your own hands dirty so that it's you that your kids have to see get dragged off by the feds, if not worse."

He shot her another tired glare.

Josie shrugged, “Hey man, don’t look at me like that, I wasn’t the one who got us in this mess.”

He heaved a tired sigh. "I don't know what else to do…"

"Have you forgotten about the very scary Chinese men in suits who hang out in your basement?"

"That's Mei's family. I'm pretty sure they hate me," he reminded her.

"Maybe. But they'd probably hate you more if you invited a different gang in on a cut of their turf," she conceded.

"So I'll sell the Button Club."

She let out an incredulous snort. "You love that club. And furthermore you loved Mei."

"Mei and I are done."

"Still wouldn't hurt to talk to her."

"Yes it would," he muttered.

"Joel..."

"I can't forgive her for what she did! If she was going to do that she shouldn't have said anything. She–"

"You fall in love with the ideas in your head so fast, you know."

Joel blinked at the statement, finally turning over to look at her. "What?"

"It makes you a great businessman," she replied gently. "But you can't try to make a person from an idea. You've already tried that."

"I–"

Josie held up a hand.

"Look. I know you're trying to be noble and your heart is actually in the right place for once. But you're being a real dumb dumb about this plan of yours and it's going to come back to bite you. Work smarter, baby bro."

"How do I do that?"

Josie moved herself over to lay down next to him."Stop trying to go it alone. Use your resources. You're good at that. You'll figure this out. Ask Pop for advice if you really get stuck."

She placed a kiss to his forehead, ruffling his hair.

"And call Mei when you wake up, if for nothing more than the closure."

"When I wake u–"

"Bye Joel," she said, giving him a shove.

He woke up as he fell off the bed onto the hard floor of his bedroom.

As if by fate, the scrap of paper with Mei's number on it stared back at him from the trash.

[maddiehu7]

Chapter 3

After dinner I headed to my common room but ended up getting lost along the way thankfully someone decided to help me

"Hey are you lost" I hear someone saying as I turn around and see a cute looking black haired boy

"Um yeah actually would you mind helping me to Gryffindor common room" I say hopefully

"Yeah of course thats actually where I was heading, sorry I forgot to introduce myself I'm Neville Longbottom" he says with a dorky smile

"Oh ok great and hello Neville I'm Alexis I'm new if you couldn't tell" I say laughing as we start to walk together, he smiles

"Yeah I heard about you from the twins they seem to be really captivated by you" I blush thinking that they've been talking about me

"Well what can I say those boys were extremely welcoming they make me feel like I could belong here" he smiles bigger

"Yeah that's Fred and George for you always welcoming" I smile back we settle into a comfortable silence as we walk down the halls of Hogwarts, finally we get to a portrait of a lady

"Well this is it the entrance to Gryffindor common room the password changes every week to make sure its safe" I nod looking at the painting curiously, Neville whisperers the password to the portrait and it opens we both head inside

"Home sweet home" Neville says looking around smiling with his arms raised as to show off the room

"Its magnificent" I say astonished with just how amazing this castle is

"It is isn't it" he says looking back at me lowering his arms I look over at him smiling

"the girls dorms are to the right boys to the left down here is the common area, well I guess I'll see you tomorrow yeah?"

"Yeah see ya, and thank you for everything" I say smiling at him he smiles back and nods and heads up to the boys dorm, before I go up to the girls dorm I decide to sit on the couch by the fireplace its quite cozy so much so I end up falling asleep on accident I'm awoken to the girl I saw with the Weasleys earlier Hermione I think it was

"Sorry to wake you I'm your roommate Hermione and got worried when it hit midnight and you didn't show" I sit up smiling embarrassedly

"Oh gosh I'm sorry this place is just so cozy I must have accidentally fell asleep Im sorry again to have worried you" she smiles and assures me its ok we both head up to our room, I'm so surprised I fell asleep I'm normally a night owl, once we get to our room Hermione opens the door and I see all my luggage already in my room I was wondering where it went

"Oh yeah the house elfs bring our luggage to our room they also cook and clean the castle which I down think is right we should clean up after ourselves a lot of house elfs are used as slaves to powerful wizards which is bullocks in my opinion" she huffs annoyed

"Ive heard of house elfs never meant one though I've always been interested in them sense I was a kid when my parents told me they get used as slaves I thought it was awful" Hermione smiles at me

"I like you already" I smile back blushing, after I unpack a bit we both say goodnight and Hermione heads to sleep well I get my night light and a book to read for a bit, it must be all the changes lately because I can barely read a few pages before feeling sluggish and deciding to call it a night I put my book to the side and start to fall into a deep sleep

( Dream )

Im in a black room I feel eyes on me it feels familiar I look around to see professor Snape starring at me I stare back into his onyx colored eyes he dosent break eye contact I get a shiver up my spine as he starts to walk towards me his cape bellowing behind him he gets inches away from my face as I stare up into his eyes I see something unidentifiable in them suddenly I feel his hands on my hips pulling me into him I gasp when I feel his lips on mine kissing me hard I'm so surprised I don't even react at first but then I'm kissing him back with vigor he pushes his tongue in my mouth and I moan which gives him full access to my mouth I run my hands through his hair gripping the ends suddenly he pulls away and whispers in my ear

"Wake up" I look at him confused

"Wake up" he says again in a girlier voice

( End of dream )

"Alexis wake up come on were gonna be late!" Hermione says shaking me awake I groan

"Uh ok ok I'm up I'm up" I say blinking the tiredness away from my eyes seeing the time I rush to get ready putting my uniform on Hermione had already left when I discovered a problem a don't know how to tie a tie so I just put it in my pocket till I run into the twins or Hermione and ask them to do it for me, I start rushing out the door and head to my first class potions as I speed walk there not to get in trouble I think about my dream its insane right to have a crush on your professor let alone have a sex dream about them I mean gosh I feel disgusted with myself ill just try to avoid Snape as much as I can, I get to the door of the potions classroom and walk in quietly everyone stares as I'm late I feel embarrassed with the eyes on me I look around for a seat when I see neville he waves me to an empty seat next to him I thank him quietly and wonder where the professor is

"And you are late why" I hear a deep voice behind me and I jump around in my seat and am meant with those same deep onyx eyes I saw in my dream

Oh I'm so fucked I think to myself

[vixletserenity]

There was a knock on Celeste's door. Upon opening it, an Iron Bundle not only appeared, but after it let out a cry, it suddenly Terastallized into the Stellar Type! What was going on?

....

...

....?

After it Terastallized, the "bird" attempted to mimic some type of chuckle. It had a gift for the girl. While it can't give her its apparatus, it had a proper bag on its other fin that it gave to Celeste before waddling away.

The bag contained a holiday card, a hand-made plush of Miraidon, and a fun drawing of Meowscarada, Iron Leaves and Walking Wake. Inside the card, there was a note written on it!

Happy holidays, Celeste Hope that Bon Bon hasn't scared you too much. The Terastallization thing was Bin Bin's idea. I wasn't sure what to get you, so I had a friend make a plushie so I can gift to you. I hope you like it! ~ Kathy

There was also a paper note that fell out.

P.S. Didn't wanna ruin the holiday card with this, but you still have Terapagos, right? I'm doing some investigation and may need your help with something later on. I'll text you when I'm ready, though.

"No, no, no, no!!!" Celeste nearly screamed as she tried to pull the Iron Bundle into the room. "You can't just go walking around like that!" While most people would assume that the Paradox Pokemon was just a mechanic Delibird, the Stellar Tera Type it was using would make people question it.

Celeste would get in big trouble by Rika or someone else that knew about Iron Bundle or even this new Tera Type.

She managed to close the door as Charlotte was coming to see what the commotion was about.

"Celeste, what's up?" Charlotte asked before noticing the Iron Bundle. "Aw!!! How cute! Looks like DeliClaus or a helper is visiting early!"

The elder twin had taken out the items that were in the bag and the note. "From one of your friends Sis?" Charlotte looked over and took a quick read from the card. That was when Celeste saw the note hidden.

She can't let her sister see this. It seems that Kathy needs help with something; and Alexandrite was needed for it.

That feeling of a pit being in your stomach started to come in. Hopefully this wouldn't be too bad.

[the-night-writer1]

can we get red boy sick as a prompt pls pls pls 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

It was a Saturday morning as Red son made his way to the kitchen. Expecting to see his brother Red boy already up making coffee like Red boy did every morning. Yet there was no sign of Red boy. Which was very unusual.

Red boy was never one to sleep in so he went to check on him.

To Red son's horror he heard puking as soon as he approached Red boy's door. Was his brother sick?! Red son slammed the door open to see Red boy barely pushing himself off the floor as he puked. At least he wasn't in his bed but still the sight wasn't pretty.

"Mother! Father! Red boy is ill and I need help to bathe him!" Red son yelled down the hallway before entering his brother's room. He grabbed the trash can RB must have tried to get to before this began. Then brought it over propping his brother on to it.

Red boy wouldn't be happy with him calling his parents for assistance but it was needed. Red son couldn't just let his brother suffer because RB wasn't a fan of their parents. Surprisingly their mother was the first to rush to the room. He figured father be first due to Red boy's refusal for mother's touch all waking moments of the day.

"your Father's getting the doctor" Iron fan said as she rushed over to help get hair out of her oldest's face," darling why didn't you call out for help?"

Red boy didn't respond but Red son knew the answer better than their mother did. RB didn't want help, he never wanted assistance from anyone and he most likely misjudged how sick he truly was. It was just how Red boy was.

"hopefully the doctor can stop the vomiting mother" Red son said as he took his hair tye out to pull RB's hair back," so we can give him a bath."

"certainly they will. Please find some new clothes for your brother" Iron fan directed as she checked Red boy's temperature. Her worry only growing when he didn't try to stop her. She hadn't been able to touch him in many years due to his refusal. Definitely her boy was very ill.

"yes mother" Red son said after Red boy's hair was in a ponytail. It wasn't much longer before the doctor and Dbk appeared. Red boy had a very bad case of the stomach flu according to the doctor.

Iron fan refused to leave him alone with how out of it her baby boy was. The last time Red boy gotten this sick they'd nearly lost him. Red son was forced to stay away so he wouldn't catch it. Didn't mean he didn't sneak in to check on his twin.

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"... someone needs...to warn flea brain..." Red boy mumbled softly barely awake as Iron fan was gently running her fingers through his hair. He was still out of it as he was laying on her," he could...get ... could..."

"shh... I'll send your brother to warn them... rest my darling" Iron fan spoke softly as a bull bot changed the IV bag. She found it sweet that her son was worried about his lil rival. It was the first coherent thing Red boy said all day. The rest had been dribble no one could understand.

She missed holding Red boy like this, his head in her lap and running her fingers through his soft hair. Red son's hair carried more heat, even when he was calm it still leaves her hand lightly burned. Red boy's hair however was much cooler and closer to her own hair. He never had the elemental power Red son did. Her lil boy had his father's endurance rather than her elemental fortitude. He could still use it but it wasn't his core being unlike Red son and herself. That endurance had been just as difficult to manage as Red son's flame but they couldn't reduce it like they could their youngest's unstable flame.

She had taken the wrong actions trying too Iron fan though as she glanced at the scars on his arms. Scars from when he was much younger, and her foolishly cruel attempt to contain Red boy. Red son was not with them at the time and Red boy had been grieving so was rebellious. She had chained him up when he refused to listen to her. It forever changed their relationship and she didn't know if it could ever be repaired even with the chains gone the damage remained.

Dbk was hopeful it would repair with time but she lacked the same hope. Red boy had to be very ill just for her to comfort him. He hadn't called her mother in centuries. If Red son wasn't still wanting to impress them Red boy surely never be around. Thus she had to enjoy the comfort she could give in the moment as she wouldn't get to later.