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KIᒪᒪEᖇᑕOOK - ᑕᕼᗩᑭTEᖇ 4

Welcome to Raven's Reading Nook - a small corner of this blog dedicated to cozy story times. Join us in the family room as we sit around and browse our phones, and eat some Girl Scout cookies as we begin tonight's story. Rated Mature for language. Minors DNI.

Special special special thank you to @basilisa-scorpii for beta reading; and thank you to my main squeeze @icy-spicy for dropping the best acronym I've ever heard in my life! If you're a fan of King of the Hill, you might find a familiar line🤭 And I cannot believe I actually forgot to include @quinloki who inspired Killer and Kid in swimsuits that sparked this chapter's theme - that insta reel is still in my bookmarks🤤🤤🤤

Killer directed and organized the tributes the crew had brought to his shared house with Kid, Wire and Heat. Today’s live stream was going to be a special one – the weather had finally gotten warmer for longer and their unused pool needed some TLC. So did Killer’s Summit E-470 propane powered grill.

His beloved cooking space.

Shaking his head excitedly, he finished typing up the recipe list he planned to pin on the live stream’s chat board. Everyone brought their own side dish, dessert, or drink specials. Killer only planned to show off cooking meat on the grill. That was easy enough to instruct on air compared to the delicious smorgasbord of food that was piling all over his kitchen.

Drooling at the overwhelming smells, he helped carry the food outside. Sneakily taking small bites out of the Hawaiian macaroni salad, watermelon feta salad, and a whole pollo asado taco, he began setting up the camera equipment.

“Alright is everyone set and comfortable? Starting the live stream in 5 minutes!”

The crew shouted out in acknowledgement before resuming their laid-back activities. A party’s a party after all. 

Rocking the, quite frankly, sluttiest pair of low-rise swim trunks that really only served to cover his goods. They were blue of course.  Killer pulled his hair into a high ponytail and waited on his housemates to bring out the meats and beer. A blue and white striped face mask was covering his lower face.

Kid brought out the steaks and burgers. He was wearing obnoxious yellow swim shorts that stopped at his lower thighs. In equally tacky theme, a cartoon rooster was displayed in the center of the shorts with dialogue off to the side. It read: Don’t stare at my cock.

God’s be damned, Killer wanted to beat him up.

Wire stepped out in a speedo that was entirely too natural looking on him, walking with grace that one wouldn’t have thought the tall man had at all. However, it wouldn’t be Wire if he wasn’t wearing some type of netting – a fishnet crop top covered his broad chest. 

Heat, always copying inspired by Wire’s fashion sense, was also wearing a fishnet crop top in blue with matching swim trunks.

The assignment was simple –look ridiculously ripped, as possibly allowable without violating TikTok’s guidelines and terms of service. So far they were all in line with the rules, but as always the risk lied with Kid. Killer glared at the text on swimsuit and considered kicking the redhead in the dick for always acting like one.

Heat handed the grill master his apron: a simple blue cover with pockets, with a custom jolly roger embroidered in the center. The symbol resembled Killer’s mask with two scythes crossing behind it. A small chef’s hat hung off the skull’s head.

“Thanks Heat you did an amazing job!”

Going Live In…

3…2…1!

LIVE

“Hey everyone, KillerCook here with a special episode of Faffaffaffa-Food with Killer. Today, we’re having a pool party~ And every good pool party is composed of three important elements: food, drink, and fun. Drop a ‘hey!’ in the chat to all of our co-workers and friends!”

The i-pad was going off with all the pinging notifications from viewers trying to say hello. In the background, the crew began cheering and hollering, pushing each other into the pool and going back to their conversations as Killer dived back into his show.

“For drinks, we’re knocking back classic beers while we stand over this grill.” Killer slapped the hull of the steel frame. “This gas-powered baby can grill so much food but she’s also hot to handle. Propane may be a clean burning fuel, but she can also be a dirty girl. Which makes beer the perfect accompaniment to keep cool.”

Killer took a step back from the heated grill and began to put on his apron. The notifications were going WILD and he didn’t need to check them to know why. Sweat was already beaded on his body, running between the grooves of his tanned and toned muscles. Cheeky smirk hidden behind the thin, fabric mask, Killer tied the apron off and stuck a steel straw in the beer can. Expertly tucking the straw under his mask without disrupting the way it sat on his face, Killer took a refreshing sip.

“Saturdays are for the crew, don’t you agree, guys?”

His housemates whooped and cheered behind him and again the notifications went off as the men moved their positions to be seen more clearly. Lavishing the attention and sounds of microtransactions tipping them, they clashed their beer koozies together and flexed for the camera.

“Wire, please pin the recipe note to the chat board. Since everyone contributed a little something to this party, I made a digital recipe book for you all to enjoy our favorite foods! While I grill the meat, Heat and Wire will take you all to the table to show off our spread, you’ll get to see the people we see on a near daily basis, and maybe get a glimpse at how intense pool volleyball can get!”

“Hey Killer, can I read off a comment?”

“Hng, yeah go for it.”

Wire grinned, “404errorbrainnotfound asks, ‘Will you be showing off your meats, my good sir?’”

Alas, Killer was not wearing his helmet so his flush was visible to the camera. From cheeks to chest.

Kid stepped up. 

“Oh yes, but not just his. I’ll be showing off mine, as will Wire and Heat. Lucky viewers today, ain’t that right, Kill?” He slapped Killer’s back forcefully.

“Yes, and since you’re so eager to talk about it, how about I turn it over to the reigning Boss of our enterprise, PunkNeverDied69?”

Kid gave Killer a confused look as he was pushed to camera center. Killer only walked away, turning his neck and face just enough to give him a ‘fuck around and find out’ look.

“’Kay. So.” He grinned, shaking it off. “Am I showing off the beef or sausage first? White or dark meat?”

The sound of notifications pinging aggravated Killer so he turned up the commercial-free summer playlist. Returning to his beloved grill, he exchanged his fabric mask for his helmet. So much for going casual, he thought . 

“So now that you know our set up, it’s time to grill. The beef and chicken wings were pre-marinated, the hamburger meat has the seasonings worked in, the shrimps are-” he waved his hand at the platter of raw shrimp- “shrimping. I’ll be rotating out different items to cook as efficiently and quickly as possible. Don’t want the other food to spoil, and I definitely don’t want to stand in the heat longer than I need to. Heat, Wire, I’m handing it off to you now. Kid, grab me a piña colada.”

The camera view became rocky and shaky as everyone moved around. Finally, Heat turned it face forward so he could address the audience. 

“Hey guys, look at this insane buffet! Comment which ones you wish you could be eating right now!” 

Panning the camera at each dish for 10 seconds, Heat hovered over the table while Wire gave a brief summary of the dishes, their components, and his own taste review as he and Heat sampled the plates.

When they reached the crew, they were asked to vote on everyone’s favorite dish and/or drink.

“Whoever made the piña coladas is on one, mate! Shit’s STRONG!” House giggled.

“The bruschetta’s real tasty,” Dive said as she dived back into her plate of said snack.

“We really like this cheese and bean dip!” Bubblegum held out the bowl he was sharing with Pomp, U.K., Reck, Hop, and Moai; purple corn chips falling from their hands as they eagerly snacked on the appetizer.

Jaguar bounded to the camera with a plate of salmon ceviche, “Nu-uh, this is by far the best dish on the table!”

“Are you all high?! The tzatziki potato salad is the best dish no contest,” Boogie had his nose upturned at the others, who all in turn deadpanned him back.

“Who the FUCK brought JUST BEANS?!” Disc-J yelled from the table.

A small argument broke out over the real best dish at the table, which quickly grew violent as shoving commenced. It took Kid yelling profanities across the yard to settle the dispute.

Wounded egos were quickly forgotten as Hip came out carrying a platter of homemade popsicles and Compo brought out a deep pan of tres leches rum cake.

Out of piña colada mix, Gig swapped out the double barrel drink dispenser with two new flavors: peach daquiri slushie, and strawberry margarita on the rocks.

Heat panned the camera to Killer who was hard at work grilling shrimp, chicken, and hamburgers; he was happily swaying to the music and occasionally taking a sip from his beer bottle with a lime wedge inside. His back muscles tensed every time he flipped and swapped out food, his hip flexors tightened for every bump his waist made to the beat of the playlist.

“OI! LET’S BREAK THE VOLLEYBALL TIE FINALLY!” Papas smacked the water ball into the pool as Emma secured the net.

“FUCK YEAH, LET’S GO!” Kid cried out, taking a running leap and cannon balling into the pool.

Wire took over filming since he’d been legally barred from playing pool volleyball anymore. A story he teased the audience with but ultimately did not spill how or why. 

Flipping the perspective from Killer’s grilling and gossiping to the quickly intensifying competitiveness of the volleyball game, Wire was having a hard time choosing a scene to focus the camera on: Killer’s hilarious quips of Kid’s top 10 blunders or rather filming Haikei spike the volleyball right into Oscar’s face.

Wire’s indecision was decided quickly as Killer’s excited shout grabbed his attention. The food was done! Calling Heat and Kid out of the pool, Killer began piling the last of the grilled veggies onto a separate platter. Noe and Mosh tagged in as the back-ups, got a STERN mini lecture about the pride of the team, and were pushed into the pool by Kid.

Killer sat the phone on the camera stand to finish off the live stream. With the help of his housemates, they held all the meat platters for the audience to see while Killer listed them off. Beef kebabs, cheeseburgers, loaded hotdogs, sweet and spicy ribs, Italian lamb chops, seven-spice pork chops, tri-tip with chimichurri, Hawaiian style ribeye, Harissa grilled chicken, grilled shrimp skewers, blackened shrimp, and grilled cauliflower steaks.

Kid, almost drooling eyed it all before a suspicious look came over his face, “Hey Kill, not that I’m complaining, but isn’t this a little too much food? We’re still not done with the dishes on the tables.”

“Hmmm, yes, I was wondering when you would notice that,” Killer mused. Tapping the phone’s screen so he could check the time, “Ah and they should be here in 3…2…”

“HEEEEEEYYYYYY KIIILLLLEEERRR!!! JAAAAAAAAAGGGGGYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY” A way too happy to be here sounding voice rang out off camera. Kid looked as if he got kicked in the balls.

“You invited THEM?” He hissed, a vein in his forehead threatened to burst.

Sanji called out, “I know you said not to bring too much so I only made pesto mozzarella chicken sliders, rotisserie chicken salad, crab cakes, and that creamy poolside pasta I know you like!”

“I brought tangerine creamsicle cake!” Nami smiled sweetly.

“I brought a barrel of tequila,” Zoro huffed, carrying the barrel over his shoulder as the Straw Hats came through the wooden fence gate that surrounded the property’s yard. 

“And I brought COLA!” Franky whooped, following right behind Zoro.

“I didn’t bring anything because I assumed Sanji or Killer would ensure to provide enough for everyone,” Robin said shamelessly, pulling back her wide brim hat to send both men a wink.

Sanji and Killer sighed happily.

Killer, Heat and Wire worked quickly to make room and place for all the cooked dishes over the tables, sending Kid to bring more furniture to accommodate the additional meals. Kid was cursing the entire time as Luffy hung off his back, trying to hold his attention to tell him about his latest adventures. Finally grappling the little freak off him by yeeting him into the pool, Kid sought refuge behind Killer who was removing his apron as he started the sign off.

“I hope you all enjoyed the live stream today; I know I had a lot of fun. Gonna go ahead and end it here because I’m FAMISHED! Tune in next time when I whip up a fun summer dessert – lemon blueberry cheesecake. It’s easy to prepare and like everything else I make, slays. This has been Faffaffaffa-Food with Killer.”

He moved to turn the live stream off when he was distracted by Kid clearing his throat and backing away from him.

Kid smirked daringly at Killer before turning that cocky look to the camera, “Little self-promo here, you can find me at my new OnlyFans account, KillerCoc —AUGH!” 

Killer tackled Kid into the pool before he could finish the sentence.

The camera fell off the stand as Heat tried to end the stream. The notifications were blaring frantically as comments poured in before he successfully closed the app and turned off the phone. Wire turned off the wi-fi for good measure too. 

Bonus: The comment section

BarbzisthatGorl:  WHAT DID HE SAY?! WHAT IS THE ONLYFANS?!?!?! WHAT IS HIS ONLYFANS PLEASE!!!!!!! KillerCook: His account was reported for spam and got locked down, sorry can’t help you! PunkNeverDied69: Judas😡

TheO-FaceisREAL:  I would purposely drown to have PunkNeverDied69 give me CPR (Clenched Pussy Resuscitation). Scream_Maim_Fire: He would purposely let you drown too.

Smokkadakush: Heat, you looked great out there! What was your favorite dish from the table? FlamingHot420: Aww. I loved the grilled watermelon with tajin seasoning, thanks for asking!

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[pingmedia11]

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[imsnhance]

5 Reasons Why Companies Are Outsourcing Their SEO Efforts to Offshore Experts

You know what they say, it’s the people working at the workplace, that make it an organisation. With more companies in the market, there is an increased competition in to stay at the top. And who likes to be at the last in the race? Of course, nobody!

Now, let’s be honest, SEO today is not what it was a few years ago. The days of inserting keywords into a website and seeing it on top of SERP are no longer present now. These days, it’s a complex mix of data analysis, strategic content creation, and constantly evolving algorithms. That’s why more and more businesses are waving goodbye to “DIY SEO” and hello to IMS nHance’s offshore digital marketing services.

But why all this fuss about outsourcing? And offshore especially? Well, grab a chair, and let’s sit through five reasons why companies are packing their SEO bags and heading overseas for expert help.

What’s SEO Outsourcing All About?

SEO outsourcing is assigning your optimisation work to qualified offshore digital marketing services��professionals. These specialists, who have the technical know-how and experience required to increase your website’s visibility on search engines like Google, might be agencies, independent contractors, or consultants.

By outsourcing SEO, you look into a plethora of experience and resources that might not be available in-house. Here are 5 main reasons why companies take this step:

SEO Isn’t Just Anyone’s Game

SEO is not only about finding the keywords and putting them into blogs and articles, it is also about having the proper H1 tags, alt tags, loading time, optimisation time and much more in place. Hiring an offshore SEO expert proves to be beneficial as they know what needs to be done for the page to rank higher.

Moreover, identifying your SEO requirements also plays a huge role here. For instance, if you require to improve your on-page SEO, and you hire a person who specialises in technical SEO, it will do more harm to you than good.

Constant Hustle, Since Internet Never Sleeps

The Internet is that friend who always remains awake. Pinging your notifications at 2 AM, updating while you’re sound asleep, and living its best life round-the-clock, knowing each happening throughout the globe. This means your SEO needs to be on point 24x7 too. But let’s face it, nobody wants to pull an all-nighter for an algorithm update that too, again!

This is the space where offshore teams come in like superheroes. When you think of outsourcing digital marketing solutions to a different time zone, you can have a team working while you’re enjoying your leisure time. Wake up the next morning, and boom — your SEO tasks are done, dusted, and delivered. It’s like having an SEO master working tirelessly in the background!

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Finding and hiring the right talent for SEO can feel like hunting for a needle in a digital haystack. The process is long, expensive, and let’s not forget — time-consuming. Then there’s onboarding, training, and keeping up with their professional development. Now that’s exhausting.

But with outsourcing digital marketing solutions, you skip all of that. Offshore SEO agencies have experts who breathe SEO. They’ve got years of experience under their name, working across multiple industries and markets. You don’t have to worry about keeping them updated, because they’re already there! It’s like walking into a bakery and picking the freshest loaf, without having to make the dough yourself.

Accessibility to Latest Tools and Technology

You know that feeling when you see the latest SEO tools and think, “Why don’t I have this?” Then you check the price and….. nope, some other time maybe. Staying on top of SEO trends and tools can get expensive fast.

When you outsource to an offshore digital marketing services company like IMS nHance, you’re not just getting their expertise; you’re also getting access to cutting-edge tools and technologies — at no extra cost. Most offshore agencies already have subscriptions to all the latest SEO software. So, you get the benefit of advanced analytics, keyword research tools, and optimisation platforms, without having to foot the bill. It’s like getting VIP access to a tech party you didn’t even know existed!

Helps You Focus on What Matters

If it is not everything about keywords, backlinks, and ranking factors, it can quickly become tiring. And as much as you want your website to get on top of Google’s search results, you’ve probably got other things on your palette — like running your business.

Outsourcing your SEO to IMS nHance’s offshore digital marketing services frees you up to focus on what you’re truly passionate about. Be it growing your business, launching a new product, or just getting back to the parts of your work that bring joy, outsourcing takes the SEO stress off your shoulders. You’ll be able to sleep at night knowing a team of OGs is taking care of everything behind the scenes.

Outsourcing & Offshore Digital Marketing Services: Elevating Your Technical SEO

By outsourcing technical SEO services, you can hire specialists or firms with a pool of experience and an in-depth understanding of search engine algorithms. This indicates that they have all the tools necessary to carry out an SEO assessment.

Additionally, this suggests that they are proficient at identifying and resolving any technical issues that may be preventing your website from performing well in search results. Their specialist knowledge guarantees they leave no detail overlooked during the audit process, whether it’s optimising your site for mobile devices, streamlining server configurations, or speeding up your website.

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So, if you’re tired of battling Google’s ever-changing algorithms on your own, maybe it’s time to explore outsourcing digital marketing solutions. With a little help from offshore SEO pros, you can take your digital presence to the next level — without breaking the bank or losing sleep. Outsourcing isn’t just a trend — it’s the future. So, what are you waiting for? Get out there, find your dream team, and watch your business soar in search rankings!

[unsteals-archived]

thoughts dump about episode 4 and i’m very serious, personal blogs, do not interact with this post, this is for my writing partners:

first of all, i want to address the kiss. it was so awkward, but honestly it needed to be. steven is out here living his best ( ? ) life, but layla is in a very confused position. 

she came when her husband needed her, even if he didn’t want her to, and she never understood why he was pushing her away! she’s been in this emotional ping pong state since she pulled up on her vespa! first he acts like he doesn’t even know her which can you imagine what that’s like, then she’s getting all these signals that he has a whole other life he wants back which implies he doesn’t want her at all. so she puts on this bravado, right? suddenly it’s “whatever, let’s get this over with”, “are we doing this or not”. i fully believe she’s absolutely mangled on the inside but she doesn’t want marc to see that. she doesn’t want anybody to see that. she needs to be strong, and have a handle on everything, not least bc she’s a woman and she’s probably had to deal with the incredibly misogynistic idea of “ugh so emotional” a lot. especially in the field of archaeology, especially on the streets of cairo. layla is a TOUGH WOMAN and she’ll front bravery through every hurt she has. i think that’s exactly why she’s all “well his suit was his best feature” bc when steven tells her that he and marc have a deal and marc’s going to leave, of course she’s like oh so he is just going to walk away from me bc that’s exactly what it sounds like he’s doing!!! marc can’t say shit about his wife seeking comfort in steven when he’s been actively driving a stake right through his marriage okay, but i think that layla... doesn’t really think the kiss was a good idea. she’s confused, but i know she still loves marc, and i know she knows that steven isn’t marc, and... i don’t know. she’s not being given a lot of time to really process any of those feelings. 

and then holy shit, how brave layla has been this ENTIRE EPISODE?!?! crouched behind that table, listening to someone being murdered and mutilated by something she cannot see, knowing that could be her in seconds flat. but she keeps her head and she tries her best to get out of that dangerous situation. and then, fighting the same kind of creature after inching across that ledge which did you see her face bc she was terrified of that ledge, almost going over and falling... i can’t tell you how satisfying it was when she screamed after that. she needed a release, she’s got so much in her head and after all that she almost died. and she thought she was alone, she thought she was safe to express how scared and angry she is, and it ripped my heart out of my chest and slammed it into the ground and danced an irish jig right on top of it. 

AND THEN THE REVEAL ABOUT MARC AND HER FATHER. i believe his story, i believe that he tried to save her father, and i think she does too if only because she wants to believe that. but also? she fucking knew. she knew the second harrow started implying it last episode but she didn’t want to know. she’s been fighting that nauseating my husband killed my father feeling this whole time, she’s been fighting that he’s fucking lying to me right now feeling this whole time, bc the world’s more important and she’s a master at masking her feelings when she wants to! and even though she’s so angry at him, and she doesn’t know if anything about their relationship was real to him or just his guilty conscience, she loves him so much and watching him get shot and die right in front of her while having to stay silent is probably the worst thing that’s happened to her since her father’s murder. 

i might have different thoughts after i’ve let this settle a bit but i’m... in such a state rn.

[adowbaldwin]

Bed pan horror

for @sazmags and @butternuggets-blog - an expansion from the RP series ‘ therapy’ with @begins-with-an-absence-of-desire

December 1880

“So much for promises” Eva hissed, storming into Philippe’s office “you lickspittled, Hornswoggling ASS” she bellowed, eyes filling with fury as she caught sight of Baldwin in his father’s office.

She caught wind he was following orders from Philippe to intervene in matters in the Transvaal Rebellion.

“Wrangle your strumpet Baldwin” Philippe lifted his head from the map he was pinning pegs into “Or I will do it for you” he growled, eyeing her with as much hate as she did

“Bastard come near me and ill-“ her idle threat was cut short, when Baldwin grabbed her arm, pulling her from the office

“How dare you” he hissed “I gave you orders-“

His jaw snapped loudly, the crack delivered by her punch sending his face sidewards “ORDERS?” she bellowed, and Ysabeau winced from the decibels, and she was out in the gardening preening her Cheery Crocuses’. “I am not merely some solider you can order about I’m your PARTNER”

His head turned back, thunderous. He shoved her up against the wall, grabbing her chin with such force she thought it might snap “You can either behave or leave. I will speak of this matter later” he growled as she wriggled under his constraint “stop moving” he gritted out

She gawked her throat, retching back and spat in his face “I piss on our grave” she wriggled more, and his hand smashed her wrists to the wall, making a slight dent. He slipped his hand from her jaw to her neck and squeezed, not till she couldn’t breathe but enough that she understood no matter how much she tried, she wasn’t going to win.

She was feisty, and he liked the pain but there was nothing on this earth that would make her stronger then he was. He was almost 1300 years her senior, and despite her own history of fighting in wars her strength dwindled in comparison to his own.

Tears flooded her face “you lied to me” she sobbed, unable to look at him “you said you were finished fighting. you are supposed to be in finance”

“I will speak of this matter later” he hissed back quietly “do not disturb mans work again. Am I understood” he jolted her chin to look back at him, and he bit her lip drawing a little blood “Am I understood” he snarled

“Yes master” she hissed back with as much venom as a poisonous snake

He pushed away from the wall lightly, though his hands were still on her throat. He took this moment of passiveness to pull his lips to hers, running his tongue over where he had bitten into her. She went dizzy, eyes still burning from tears but she couldn’t help melting into him. He finally let her go, lips delightfully swollen and she sulked off to his tower awaiting for their argument after his meeting

                      He launched a book at his fathers head when he re entered the office, who was almost wetting himself from laughter “If you do not marry that one Baldwin you are a fool” he grinned at his sons dismay

“I shall not marry a dead woman” he snarled “she is unruly, no lady of a house a far too opinionated” he slumped heavily back into his chair, eyes running over the map of South Africa.

“Ah yes. But she does put a twitch in your pants no” he grinned, as another book went flying. He dodged this one, launching it back towards his son “You accept your fate that you would not settle for a meek flower, and we can move on”

They resumed their talks, though Baldwins mind wondered back to the little temptress currently fuming in his towers.

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He found her taking quill to paper at her desk in his room, writing notes to her mother. He came behind her and planted a kiss to her head “I leave tomorrow morning” he whispered, knowing she would be displeased

“Yes Sir, would you like me to bend over now sir” she hissed, the quill snapping as she exerted too much pressure. She didn’t turn to face him, face ridden with fury

“Eva” he cooed “Don’t be angry with me, it shall only be a few short months” his hands smoothed over her sleeves, inching his way closer to her bodice.

“Yes sir, would you like me to spit and shine your shoes before you go?” her voice levelled into what she imagine a ‘good housewife’ would sound, to please his majesty whom clearly seeks the palatable lady

“we both know you have enough spit to go around” he growled “do you wish I leave without a goodbye” he was not intending on it, he was good at worming his way into her good books.

She folded her envelope, turning in her chair sideways to face him. They were nose to nose, and she lifted the envelope up to her mouth, darting her tongue out to lick the seal. Envelopes were still a rare commodity, especially those with the odd gum tacked to the seal but she took full advantage of the many perks it was to be in relations with a De Clermont. They always had the shiniest toys first.

He growled, a feral noise erupting from his throat as she licked the paper “Eva do not bate me”

She bit her lip slowly letting it fall from her mouth. She moved an inch, so she was straddling the chair facing him, leaning against the leather. She kept her eyes on him as she picked her bodice open, the hook eyes popping as she did “I lay on my back now, like a good lady to please her Lord” he words dripped with venom and condescension

He growled, nostrils starting to flare “For God sake Eva, I can’t refuse my father” he all but yelled “I have my orders”

She deadpanned him “so do I” her last button popped and his patience faltered  when she shimmied out of her skirts, leaving her clad in only a thin chemise and stays.

He grabbed her chin again, this time exerting so much force her jaw cracked under the pressure. She reared her head back, hand covering her mouth at the moment of searing pain that coursed through her body. He was absolutely mortified. He had never, and would never hurt her in a way she didn’t like. She was one for abit of roughness as he was, delighting in a good spanking but never that.

He paled, as much as he could for a vampire and dropped to his knees and actually kissed her feet “im so sorry Eva” he whispered

It took a moment for her vampire DNA to work the crack, mending whatever had snapped and she looked down to meet his horrified gaze. She was as much in shock as he was, and she was not thinking clearly.

She was a warrior like he had been, not having fought in as many battles, but never the less still a solider at heart. Her hand that was flat on the desk moved to grab her knife, and she clutched it between her fingers. A loud swoosh echoed the room as she battered him up side his head with the flat blunt of her knife.

Only it wasn’t her knife, it was the still warm bedpan that had been propped against the wall from the mornings linen change.

He thumped to the floor as soon as the connection was made, dazed and seeing stars. All he faintly heard was someone screaming for cold compress.

                       He woke up groggy, eye in slight pain. He remembered taking a good hit, and also remembered why. He peeped open his eyes to see Eva sat staring down at him on the bed and she was sniffling lightly. He reached up, wiping away her falling tears “Don’t cry doll, the blood will react with all the mercury on your face”

She tried to laugh but she couldn’t, her lip blubbered as she muttered a flurry of apologies “I didn’t mean – I thought it was my knife”

He pulled her down, and she curled ontop of his body “it is already forgiven, doll” his lips planted fluttered kisses along her head and she calmed

She peered up at him, with the most innocent doe eyed expression she could muster “However will I make it up to you, in the next six hours before you leave me”

He groaned, feeling her hips move to be flush with his own “Eva I have to leave, they need a commander not more soldiers. If it were bodies they needed, Matthew would be sent. Philippe needs someone to navigate both sides of the war”

She knew, she already knew. He would not disavow anything Philippe said. He could ask him to change his name to Nancy and he would “I know, you are following orders” her lips sought his, savouring his taste and the overwhelming scent of sandal leather and woodfire.

His hands crept up under her petticoats, the many layers ruffling as he did so. His hands found her sweet spot and he moaned into her mouth “no knee length draws today, doll?” he questioned, circling her in ways that made her toes curl

She bit her lip, groaning as he teased her “Are you going to please me properly” she shimmied her weight, flicking the covers from his body “or are you going to talk me to sleep”

He pinched her, jolting her alert “perhaps I am too dazed to love on you properly doll. Whom lies fault with that?”

She lifted herself out of her petticoats, hiking up her chemise. Her hands sought to free himself from his trousers, pinging his braces from his shoulders. He sprang free, ready as ever and she happily sunk onto him “then allow me” she moaned as they connected deeply for the last time they would in four long months till he returned home form the Boar War.

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Ben Solo X Reader: To Find the Light

Request: Hello! I really enjoyed "My Galaxy"! I was wondering if you could write a Kylo Ren oneshot where he's Ben Solo and he and his wife hold their newborn son for the first time. Have a good day!

Warnings: None

Word Count: 1342

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(I’m so glad you ended up enjoying the fic! As my own headcanon, I love to see him with a set of twins as his first babies rather than just one, so enjoy the twins that I imagine for him; Ashaiya and Anakin! I know that some people prefer to be able to name children in reader inserts, but I’ve got such a huge attachment to the names since I often use them in RPs with Kylo!)

The strong bond through the Force that both you and Ben had established with the twin babies growing inside of your womb for nearly an entire nine months had grown exponentially. Being of the Skywalker bloodline, they already had such a strong presence in the Force that was undeniable. With enough training from Ben, there was little that they would not be able to learn. 

At first, Ben was petrified at the news he would soon be a father, the worry escalating the moment the doctor confirmed it would be not a single baby, but rather two. There was a part of him that was euphoric toward knowing he had children on the way. Yet a small bit of him worried that he would turn out to be a neglectful parent much like Han and Leia were. What if they grew up to resent him? What if he didn’t give them all the love and support that they deserved? 

Your head rested against a mountain of pillows to support you, raised up to better hold your newborn son. Ben sat comfortably in the chair next to the hospital bed with the other twin - a healthy baby girl - in his arms protectively. Little raven black locks peeked out from under her pastel pink hat. It awed him how much hair that both of the twins were born with. Although they were no more than a few hours old, their resemblance to their father was astounding. 

“We still need to decide on their names, Ben,” you smiled in a muse, adjusting your son as he stirred in your arms. “we can’t keep calling them Baby Boy and Baby Girl.”

“I know, I know,” a muffled laugh escaped his plush lips. “I just… want to make sure that they’re perfect because they’ll have these names for the rest of their lives,”  With all of his worries, messing up their names was the least of them, but it still brought quite a bit of anxiety being the ones to name the pair. His anxiety went as far as to make him concerned if he’d brainstorm a name that would one day bring about criticism from their peers.

Ben reached down to caress her cheek gently with the back of his thumb just as she too began to stir. As she nearly erupted in a cry, he brought her closer to him and cradled the back of her head in his large hand. “You’re alright so good with her.” 

“Thanks,” his bright smile grew. The baby practically wiggled her away out of the coddle until Ben held her against his chest, shushing her “it’s going to be alright, little one.” 

Your son yawned exhaustively and dug his head into your inner elbow, closing his bright eyes. As your gaze returned to Ben, your heart melted as he cared for his daughter lovingly. Stars, despite his fears of being a bad father, he proved to be just about the most loving in all of the galaxy. “So I’ve been thinking… what if we named him after your grandfather?”

“Wait, Bail?” he raised an eyebrow as his gaze flickered up to you, focusing slightly on your son. 

“No,” you shook your head. “Anakin.” 

“Are you sure that you want to name him Anakin?”

“Even if for some time you may not have admired the best part of who he was, now you focus on the fact that despite everything he had been through, he could return to the light. You’ve done the same yourself, so I think it would be great to be able to name him after your grandfather.”

 “Anakin Solo…” he thought for a moment, a few tears pricking the corners of his honey brown eyes. “and Ashaiya? Are you alright with that name for our baby girl?” Ben came to wonder.

“Little Ani and Ash?” You questioned him curiously, getting a nod of confirmation from the man. “I think that it’s perfect. Anakin and Ashaiya Solo,” you repeated. It left you wondering if he had intentionally conceived a name with the same first initial as your son, or if it was a silly coincidence. Either way, it came from the bottom of his heart to make it all the more special. “

“Just born and you already have an adorable little nickname,” he cooed as he stared down at Ashaiya in his arms. 

“Ben, so you want to hold him, too,” you offered, lifting Anakin up a bit more for his father to get a good glance at his features. “I’ve held both of them but you still haven’t gotten the chance to hold him.” 

“Of course,” he expressed. Been scooted the chair closer to the bed and stood up. Being mindful of Ashaiya in his left arm, he carefully reached over to allow you to transfer her twin brother into his free arm. He fell back down in the seat and relaxed into the cushioned chair, more tears flooding his dark orbs. “I still can’t believe that these are our babies,” he barely choked on his tears. 

“Well, they’re here now and this is our new life,” you came to remind him, resting your arm underneath the pillow so that you could watch him holding his twin babies affectionately. Anakin, still half asleep, cuddled against his broad body as Ashaiya stared up at him in wonderment as he hummed a soft toon to them. “as much as this all feels like a dream, we really are parents now.”

“I know, I know…” he assured you in a shaky breath. His lips quivered as he took in their energies. Although they were newborns, and this was his first chance to hold them close, the bond that he shared with them wsa exponential. Although you had been the one to carry them to full term, he strengthened their connection as he interacted with them. It was as if it grew just by him being around to allow for their energies to intertwine a bit with one another to bond.

They were both distinct, harnessing potential for so much in their futures, but their auras remained as delicate as a vibrant blue century flower petal. “I know that you might still be worried, but just seeing you know just reminds me how great of a father you’re going to be,” you praised Ben. “you’ve been here for me for so long, and I don’t know what I’d do without you. So if you do just half of what you do for me for them, I believe they will be the luckiest children in the galaxy. 

“I’ll only be able to with you by my side he;ping me…” 

“That’s why we’ll be in a team,” you added, sinking into the pillows upon your bed for comfort. 

Ben’s gance returned to you with both of the twins settled into his arms. “You should really let yourself rest,” he attempted to encourage you with an assuring smile upon his freckled features.  

“I think that I’ll be fine,” you insisted. “I just want to watch them for a while.” 

“(Y/N), you heard the doctor. She wants you to rest up as much as you can. I promise that I’ll let you hold Anakin and Ashaiya as soon as you wake up. How does that sound?” Now that their names were set and decided, he’d need to inform the hospital as well as let the nurse look over them once more to make sure that they were doing alright. “you did an amazing job today and deserve to sleep.”

“Fine, just making sure that you don’t get them mixed up with any other babies, alright?” you couldn’t help but tease the man.” 

“Don’t worry, I think that I can handle them just fine,” he joked back. Ben stood up once more, doing his best not to disturb Anakin and Ashaiya, and leaned in closer to place a warm kiss on your forehead. “rest  up so that we can go home tomorrow with them and start our lives together with them. Sweet dreams…”

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Mysme Fluff Week 2020 Day 3/ Household Chores

Hello everyone!! I know its been a loooong while, but I am wanting to dip my toes back into writing and reviving this blog! I thought the perfect way to do this is to contribute to the amazing fluff of @mmfluffweek. We all need this right now, right? So here is one of my contributions to this hella cool project! 

The fic is about Zen cleaning his apartment when MC is about to move in. Hope You guys like it! 

You can find my master list here! 

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Zen wore a large grin on his face as he stared at the time on his cell phone. It was almost midnight, early in the evening for him. A picture of MC and himself holding one another in a playful embrace let out a bright light among the dark space around him. He watched a minute pass before he turned his phone off and leaned back into his chair with a content sigh. 

Tomorrow was finally the day MC would be moving into his apartment. Not just staying the night, nor staying for a weekend, but actually living with him. She would never have to pry herself away from his too tight hugs when she would have to return home again. The thought made Zen feel giddy, almost like he was back in high school reading through theater scripts for the first time. 

His eyes scanned over the apartment, trying to imagine the little touches she would add as she made herself at home. How many of her paintings would she hang on the walls? How much of his and her stuff would have to be put in storage so the two could live in a harmonious space? Whatever the answer was, he knew it would be the best because MC would finally be living with him. This would become their home. 

However, the longer Zen inspected the apartment, he began to notice some aspects that would need to change when MC arrived. Has his place always been this messy? There were empty beer cans laying on the ground along with sheet mask wrappers from the nights before. Were those crumbs on the carpet always there when MC stayed over? Dust was on almost every surface, especially on his dinosaur of a computer. Would he finally be able to get rid of his outdated computer? MC had jokingly mentioned that she would be bringing her PC with her to replace Zen’s relic of a computer. He pouted playfully at the time but was secretly relieved because damn the thing was terribly slow. 

A rising feeling of urgency began to rush through him. Did he expect his jagiya to come live in this? This environment was no place for MC! MC deserved to arrive to a spotless apartment to create her new home with him. He called her his princess on a daily basis, but this new palace is definitely not worthy of her. As he pondered the thought longer, he came to wonder how in the hell MC dealt with this constantly cluttered space. He could use his busy lifestyle as an excuse, but MC was just as busy as he was and still managed to keep her apartment decent at least. 

Zen sprung to his feet in a slight panic as he realized just how little time he had to clean the apartment before her early morning arrival. If he worked efficiently and effectively, he could manage to make the apartment bearable. This meant Zen could not afford to find items he thought were lost and stand around to reminisce about them. He threw his ivory hair into a ponytail as he began to make a mental list of what to focus on first.

Thus, began the long evening of Zen’s cleaning journey. His journey consisted of and is not limited to: 

Making a valiant effort to avoid nostalgia but failing miserably every time he would find a lost photo or ticket stub 

Wondering how one man could consume so much beer in a short amount of time

Quickly throwing out cigarette boxes found in mysterious places

Being amazed at how much of his and MC’s hair was found lying around 

Throwing out all of his sauces because they were expired

Hastily washing, drying, and folding laundry 

Putting the dinosaur computer out of its misery 

Creating a coin jar for all of the loose change he found

Cursing Yoosung for the amount of potato chip bags and crumbs under the cushion of the couch

Sweeping, mopping, and vacuuming in a near sprint

Tripping over the vacuum cord multiple times 

The bathroom

By the time Zen considered his cleaning activities dealt with, he collapsed into clean bedsheets at 5:00 AM. He was startled awake by a loud knock on his apartment door. The sudden, loud noise caused him to jolt out of bed with a loud curse. “Hyun? Are you awake?” The familiar voice soothed the panic in Zen’s chest. It was his MC at the door, waiting to be let in one last time before she had a key of her very own. Just the thought of it brought a lopsided smile to Zen’s face. “Give me a moment, jagiya!” He had his teeth brushed, deodorant on, and a baseball cap on his head in record time before he greeted his jagiya. He laughed lightly when he heard the light pings of a mobile rhythm game MC had played around him a good bit. When he opened the door, he reveled in the sight of her angelic face scrunched up in determination. “Now you give me a moment, “She muttered in sheer concentration, “I’m about to beat this level.” He leaned against the doorway as he watched her. She looked ready to put in some work based on the outfit she chose for the day. Her hair was thrown under a baseball cap, an old paint stained T-shirt he’d seen her take naps in, and a pair of his old grey sweatpants she took from him early in their relationship had never looked so beautiful on her. MC let out a soft “yes” in victory then quickly put her phone in her pocket. Her eyes looked joyous when she lifted her head to speak with him, but they quickly turned concerned when she saw the dark circles under Zen’s eyes. “Zenny, did you get any sleep last night?” She brought her hand up to softly cup his cheek, “You look exhausted.” Zen was caught up peering deeply into the depths of her warm eyes before giving MC a sheepish smile, “I was too excited to sleep.” That was not a lie. He just didn’t want to tell her he spent the entire night frantically cleaning. Her face was slightly flushed in worry, but all of the cleaning he had done the night before was all worth it. Her being happy and comfortable was what mattered most to him. Losing a few hours of sleep was a small price to pay.

His eyes roamed over her face to memorize exactly how she looked before him. This was an important milestone for the two of them, he wanted to make sure he captured the moment. Maybe they could take a picture as a memento if she was not too tired after this.

Over the course of their relationship, Zen wondered if she could get anymore beautiful with each passing day. Today was not an exception. Her face was bare, probably because she knew she would be sweating during the day. She had always been self-conscious without make up, but he could not understand why. She was stunning regardless. He had always told her he would find his jagiya gorgeous whether she wore makeup or not. She looked at him with a glowering expression before standing on her tiptoes to give him a quick peck on the lips. The feeling of her soft lips caused him to lose his train of thought for a moment, so much so, he missed the bill of her baseball cap forcing his own to fall off of his head. She giggled as she leaned back to see his bed head. “I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to do that.” The timbre of her voice was playful as she picked up his hat for him. She handed it back with a content sigh. The look on her face was one he recognized from their time together. This relaxed expression was what she wore when she was curled up on the couch reading her favorite book with a lit candle on the nightstand beside her. This expression meant she felt comfortable. At home. 

He took the hat from her gently and placed it back on his head. A newfound energy was flowing through him as he looked down at her serene, beautiful face. He was ready to experience the scenarios he had imagined of her making a place in his home and it looked like she was too. “You ready to start our little adventure, jagiya?” He held out his hand to her as he pushed himself from the doorframe. She took his hand in hers and squeezed it lightly, almost in an unspoken promise. “I’ve been looking forward to this for months, Hyun.” 

Hearing his name from her lips filled his chest with pride as he began to lead them down the hallway. “Then let’s make it happen, jagiya.” 

With the combined determination of the couple, they were able to move all of her belongings into the apartment by late afternoon. Zen made a point to carry as many boxes as he could to show MC how strong her prince is. He also didn’t want her to overexert herself; his princess deserved to be taken care of. 

Now thoroughly exhausted, Zen sat on the couch as he watched MC unpack her belongings while humming to herself. Little trinkets she had collected over the years were piling up on Zen’s coffee table as she organized them by which room they would be in. She looked as if she was already at home. The domestic aura was enough for him to let his mind wander towards the future. Is this what having a family meant?

MC had always had this effect on him, no matter where they were or what they were doing. He didn’t feel the constant need to defend and fight for the right to be loved as he did when he lived with his parents. Since the beginning, MC had always supported Zen and made him feel valued. Hell, after one week she had made him feel more loved than he had ever felt in his life.

This milestone felt like a second chance at finding and building his own family with her. 

He was pulled from his thoughts when MC plopped on the couch beside him, pulled her legs underneath her, and leaned into his side. She rested her head on his shoulder as he immediately placed his arm around her. 

“Did you clean the apartment for me, Hyun?” Her voice was laced with appreciation as she lifted her head slightly so she could study his face. 

His cheeks flushed slightly in embarrassment as he pulled her closer to him. “Well of course, jagiya, my princess deserves the absolute best.” She kissed his cheek before nestling her head back on his shoulder. “It looks wonderful, Hyun. Thank you.” He felt her relax into his side as she looked around the apartment herself. There were still many boxes that needed to be unpacked and almost all of the rooms needed to be rearranged, but they both knew it would all be worth it in the end. 

She took his hand in hers and began to idly stroke the inside of his palm. The feeling of her fingers grazing against his skin brought him a sense of peace. He made a soft noise of approval and placed a small kiss on the top of her head. This was exactly what Zen imagined every day since the two had started dating. Just the two of them enjoying each other’s presence, not thinking of when one would have to leave the other. 

“Let’s have a relaxing night tonight, Hyun,” MC said in a tranquil voice, “The boxes will be here tomorrow.” Zen’s heart melted at her suggestion. “That sounds absolutely perfect, MC.” The evening consisted of face masks, take out, massages, and a movie marathon before the two dozed off in the each other’s arms on the couch. Just as Zen was dozing off, thoughts of MC feeling like home drifted through his mind.

[what-is-your-plan-today]

CSI: Rogers and Barnes Ch11- When You Gotta Blow...

Part 1

Co written with @icanfeelastormbrewing​

Episode Summary: It’s the day after their date and Steve is brought crashing down to Earth when Fury gives him some information about the case that shocks him to the core. Meanwhile, poor Bucky is left attempting to stop Katie from murdering Wanda, which is a lot harder than it looks.

Oh, and Captain Raymond Holt’s in this one too…

Episode Warnings: Bad Language words.

Episode Pairings:  Steve Rogers x OFC Katie Stark

Song for Episode:  Just The Way You Are by Billy Joel

A/N: This is another LONG chapter guys, but there’s a LOT going down, and we couldn’t miss out on the opportunity to see a Raymond Holt Vs Madeleine Wuntch showdown. I can’t claim credit for any of the wonderful insults that they trade, I just took them from the best eps of 99 and mashed them together for utter comedy purposes.

We’ve split into 2 parts for you to read either all at once or separately, however you wish.

As always we live for re-blogs and comments

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I said I love you, and that’s forever, and this I promise from the heart. I could not love you, any better, I love you just the way you are.

"You look tired. Have you seen those bags under your eyes?" Steve asked Bucky from his spot in the passenger seat. Seeing as both his and Katie’s cars were at the station as they had taken the subway to go on their first date the previous evening, Bucky was driving them in for a change.

"Yes, I have. Thanks for reminding me, punk." Bucky groaned, shooting a glare at Steve as Katie snorted from the back seat. Steve had at first suggested riding in the back with Katie, and whilst he had only been joking at first, he had then realised it would be a great way to spend every second he could before arriving at work clinging to his girl. Bucky, however, had fully refused stating he wasn't a fucking cab driver.

"You should stay in tonight. You've been out for what? Four? Five nights in a row?” Steve chastised.

"Just two" Bucky protested "I remind you I stayed in on Sunday listening to Carrie Bradshaw here." he added, jerking his head toward Katie in the backseat.

"Eat your plums and shut up, Buck. Your system needs vitamin C" Katie deadpanned, lifting her head from her phone. She leaned forward to squeeze Steve's left shoulder "Don't worry, Stevie. You're my Mr. Big." she said in an over the top soppy voice, smiling flirtatiously at him before turning to Bucky and giving him a playful stare "Pun intended." she added.

"Happy to comply, sweetheart." Steve said as he squeezed her hand which was still on his shoulder.

"You two are gross." Bucky scoffed, shaking his head.

"What can I say, he looks yummy in that uniform." Katie said, licking her lips.

Steve couldn't help but smile remembering the look in Katie's eyes as he had stepped out of the closet of his bedroom dressed in his Captain uniform as he was due to report to Fury that morning. He only wore it on special occasions and when being summoned to HQ or Police Plaza, and he didn't quite feel comfortable in it as it tended to attract a lot of attention but this morning he had developed a sudden fondness for it.  Of course, his sudden found affection for said uniform had absolutely nothing to do with the fact Katie had been clearly very appreciative of it as she had run her hands over his tight shirt... or the sparkle in her eyes along with the sight of her teeth grazing her lower lip while making sure his tie was well tied and straightened….or the fact that they had had to break a very heated kiss before things got a little more serious which would have resulted in them both being late for work…

Nope, nothing to do with any of that, at all.

With a grin Steve turned to look at his girl, and flashed her a wink "Thanks, doll." he said, pecking her lips.

"Anytime." Katie said grinning at him with loving eyes.

"Hello, I'm here. And I feel ignored." Bucky scoffed.

"Aww. Don't be like that, jerk." Steve said ruffling his best friend's hair.

Bucky groaned again as he slapped Steve's hand off his head. "Back off, punk."

"You're particularly grumpy this morning, Barnes." Katie noted and she smiled locking eyes with Steve before turning to Bucky and adding "Maybe you need to get an autopsy done."

There was silence for a couple of seconds before Steve and Katie burst into laughter seeing the expression of utter exasperation on Bucky's face at the mention of Sam.

"You two are hilarious." he scoffed.

"Yeah. Do Sam’s gloves tickle? That why you're so prickly?" Steve quipped.

At that Bucky couldn't help but laugh with them. He supposed he had it coming. He had been bad enough with them, even before they got together, constantly teasing the pair of them. And, to tell the truth, he was secretly enjoying it. He liked the good natured sniping and banter. The three of them had struck up a good friendship.

"All right, doll face. This is your stop." Bucky announced as he pulled over at the curb a couple of blocks from the station.

"See you in a minute, boys." she said grabbing her purse and leaning forward to kiss Steve softly before opening the door and stepping outside.

"See you, doll." Steve whispered.

Both of them watched her walk away mingling with the people that crowded Brooklyn's sidewalks that morning. Bucky glanced at Steve and saw his head tilt to one side.

"Are you checking your girl's ass, Punk?" Bucky asked Steve as he moved the car again.

"Are you?" Steve asked back frowning at him.

Bucky just laughed and shook his head. "Jerk."

With that Bucky swung the car into the entrance of the parking lot and into a spare space a few down from Katie’s BMW.  Together they headed up to the elevator and Steve selected their floor.

“Ready for another day of pretending you don’t wanna jump Stark’s bones every 5 minutes?” Bucky looked at Steve who gave a roll of his eyes, but didn’t respond.

The doors pinged open and Clint's wolf whistle could be heard all through the main office as Steve and Bucky made their entrance.

"Whoa Rogers. You look great in that uniform. Has Stark seen you yet?" Natasha asked Steve.

Bucky scoffed at Natasha's teasing. She wouldn't let the opportunity pass to pry some information out of anyone or anything, and she was determined to discover if Steve and Katie were a thing or not. If she didn't know already, which Bucky suspected, despite all his efforts to not to give in to her constant questionings and traps.

"Why would Stark have seen me?" Steve replied not taking the bait, but blushing visibly.

"You tell me, Rogers." she replied, slurring her words

Damned, Romanoff. Bucky cursed in his mind as Wanda's expression changed from utter adoration to boiling anger at Natasha's mention of Katie. But as quick as it had soured, it reverted back and she began strutting towards Steve.

"Wait. Your tie isn't straight." she said. Steve frowned and looked down at his tie to check it was impeccably arranged, just as Katie had left it an hour prior.

Don't bother, punk. It's perfectly straight, just Wanda being a hoe. Bucky thought to himself.

"My ears burning? What exactly should I have seen?” Katie asked as she entered the main office, startling everyone. Especially Steve who looked like a deer caught in headlights.

"You look like you're being strangled, Rogers" Natasha deadpanned.

Uh oh Bucky thought when he heard Katie. But he was surprised, as he observed her take her jacket off and switch her computer on. She was playing it pretty cool and doing particularly well in hiding her rage against Wanda when he was sure she was plotting a hundred different ways to kill her and dispose of her body. And yet she was still able to fake surprise when her eyes set on Steve, admiring him in his uniform.

"Looking good, Captain. Meeting someone important, are we?" Katie said smiling at him.

Bucky had to look away, the woman deserved a damned Oscar. She knew exactly where he was going.

"Thanks." Steve smiled swiftly, "And yes, I'm meeting Fury today so..." he cleared his throat before continuing "... no briefing this morning. Just keep on working on what you were doing and we'll catch up later in the day or tomorrow depending on how my meeting goes."

They all nodded in agreement and started organizing their own work as Steve went into his office to check his mail before leaving for HQ. As he emerged from his office 20 minutes or so later, he was met with Wanda who immediately proceeded to brush his shoulder pads to make sure his jacket was neat and tidy.

"It's ok Wanda, thanks." he said stopping her as cordially as possible so as not to spike her. Out of the corner of his eye he caught Katie’s expression, and his heart sank. She was upset, he could tell, even though she was doing her best to hide it as her eyes hastily diverted away from him and she went back to examining something on her computer.

"Do you remember where your car is, Rogers?" Natasha asked as Steve moved away from Wanda and passed by the detective’s desk.

"What?" Steve stopped and asked, not understanding.

"I mean, it was already in the parking lot when I arrived this morning. Curiously it wasn't the only one." she explained with a side smile, her eyes flicking to Katie.

"The early bird catches the worm, Cap." Clint added.

Steve looked at his watch while he shook his head and sighed, ignoring them, although if the burning in his cheeks was anything to go by he was redder than a glass of fucking tomato juice.

"I'm leaving or I'll be late. Barnes, you're in charge!" he shouted for everyone to hear before he crossed the doors of the main office, heading into the elevator without a backwards glance.

Bucky watched him go before he turned back to his emails as Clint and Natasha struck up some conversation about something on TV. Katie, at her desk opposite him, was stoic and still focussed on her screen although he could see her eyes weren’t moving. She wasn’t reading anything, simply pretending. Bucky could see. But before he could say anything she stood up and started to grab some files, sorting them into a pile. Then, her phone went and she reached for it absentmindedly, glancing down at it and Bucky saw the smile spread across her face.

And he wasn’t the only one…

"Storm?" Nat asked Katie who continued to grin her phone's screen while typing a text back.

"No" she replied, not lifting her eyes from the phone.

"Jensen?" Wanda insisted but Katie just blanked her as she put the phone in the back pocket of her jeans.

"Ok. Who moved Dot out of her spot?" Bucky asked in an attempt to divert attention towards him.

Not that he really needed to, Katie was behaving impeccably, too much so if you asked him, and simply picked up the pile she had organised on her desk and announced she would be in the incident room if anyone needed her.

"Good try, Barnes" Clint said looking at Dot who obviously was in the same spot she had always been.

******

Steve maintained his indifferent Captain appearance until the doors to the elevator shut, at which point he let out a loud groan. That was all he needed, Katie to walk in at the exact moment Wanda was straightening his tie, especially after what they had talked about on their date. He wasn't stupid, he knew Wanda was overstepping the mark. There was nothing wrong with his tie and he didn't appreciate Wanda invading his space that way. But the worst thing had been the look on Katie's face. He would have been happier to see anger or jealousy but the look of pure upset, almost resignation she had been sporting had almost crippled him, and he knew it was because she was powerless to stop it for fear of blowing their cover. Deciding to give her a little bit of comfort, reassurance maybe, he pulled out his phone and sent her a simple message: "Love you, Doll.", before he stuck his phone back in the inside pocket of his jacket, his foot tapping on the floor as he continued his previous train of thought. Steve knew Wanda had gone too far now. He was going to have to tell her to back off one way or another, and made a mental note to ask Bucky later about the best way to do so.

The elevator hit the ground floor he stepped out and headed towards the parking lot, nodding to the other officers that were arriving as he went, and as his phone vibrated against his chest he smiled to himself, the smile growing even bigger as he read Katie’s response: "Love you too, and you do look incredibly handsome in that uniform…”

By the time he had arrived at HQ his mind had switched to why Fury wanted to see him in person. He'd called his boss the day before to inform him that he needed to discuss a few things on the Cereal Serial Killer case with him, but hadn't gone into details...and then a message had arrived early that morning to tell him to report at 10-hundred sharp. He flashed his ID badge to security, went through the usual process of stripping down to pass through the metal detectors and scanners, before he headed up to the 20th floor where the Commissioners' Offices were. He walked down the corridor and headed straight to the two offices at the end, greeting the secretary at the desk outside, who told him to take a seat as Fury was in with Deputy Commissioner Wuntch but wouldn't be long. Steve nodded, and turned to do just that, smiling as a familiar face greeted him.

"Captain Rogers..." Raymond Holt nodded, standing up as he stuck out his hand towards him "It's been a while." "It sure has Ray." Steve smiled, "How you been?"

"How have I been...hmm, let's see. I'm here to see Wuntch who is circling me like a shark frenzied by chum. The task force is turning into a career-threatening quagmire. An Internal Affairs investigation has been casting doubt upon my integrity. I, a Captain, am no longer able to command my vessel, my precinct, from my customary helm, my office. I've worked the better part of my years on earth overcoming every prejudice and fighting for the position I hold, and now I feel it being ripped from my grasp, and with it the very essence of what defines me as a man. But other than that, I've been fine..."

Steve eyed the captain, not quite sure if he was joking or being facetious. But then again, there were only 2 people he knew that could read Holt fully, Peralta and Katie. And the line about Wuntch was probably true. It was a well-known fact across the entire NYPD that Raymond Holt and Madeleine Wuntch had beef. Big beef, and now she had made Deputy Commissioner, Steve had no doubts in his mind she would be making Holt's life hell at every given opportunity. He knew only too well from personal experience that the woman could be a nasty piece of work when she didn't get her own way. She'd made life very difficult for Steve himself at one point after he had turned down her advances at one Christmas Party. She'd set out to block his promotion to Lieutenant, that is until Howard had stepped in and pushed it through. Another reason he would be eternally grateful to his late mentor.

"Sounds exhausting... “ Steve replied with what he thought was an appropriate comment. "Yes, it is." Holt nodded "You know she was apparently supposed to take a position up in the Boston PD...but it's so close to Salem, and we know what they do to Witches up there so she turned it down..."

Steve let out a snort and he could have sworn he saw the corner of Holt's mouth twitch slightly but as he looked again his fellow Captain's face was as grave as ever.

"So what are you doing here?" Holt asked and Steve took a breath.

"Fury called me in. Think he wants a detailed briefing on the Cereal Serial Killer case." "Ahh, yes..." Holt dropped his voice "How is it going on that?" "Well..." Steve looked around "Can't say too much but we're working on something, well, Stark is should I say..." At the mention of Katie's name there was a definite flicker of a smile on Holt's face as her one time boss asked after her "How is she doing?" "Oh, good...” Steve smiled, unable to stop himself "She's great. You know, professionally...well deserved promotion and all..." "She's one of the best." Holt nodded, "I told you that when she moved. She left a big hole in the team..." At that point the door to Fury's office opened and Madeleine Wuntch walked out, immaculately presented as always.

"Speaking of holes..." Holt turned his attention to the woman "It’s a shame we would never find one deep enough to hold you Madeleine..."

"Hello, Raymond. How do you like my new office?" She asked, gesturing to the door at the opposite side of the room to Fury's "Twentieth floor"

"Yes, I never thought I'd see you this high without a broom under you..."

Steve cast his eyes down, a smile on his face as he desperately tried not to laugh. Unlike Steve, who merely kept his head down and ignored Wuntch as much as he could, Holt enjoyed baiting her, because he didn't give a shit. He was too well respected and thought of for her to even try and get rid of him, not whilst Fury was in charge anyway. And it was funny as fuck. His attempt to remain inconspicuous, however, failed as Wuntch’s gaze turned to Steve and he met her eyes for a second before she blatantly looked him up and down. Steve shifted slightly, his hands falling to the buckle of his belt, his stance changing from open to challenging, but before he had chance to say anything Holt was there again.

"My God..." he said, shaking his head "He's half your age you shrivelled up old prune...have some dignity before the Flying Monkeys turn up to drag you away."

"Sticks and stones Raymond..." Wuntch sang.

"Describing your breakfast?" Holt looked at her, his face completely deadpan.

"How's the Internal Affairs investigation going?" Wuntch shot bac

"You tell me. You spend so much time with your ear to the ground...it's a pity a truck hasn't run over your head." Holt said simply

"You can fight with me all you want..." "I'm not fighting you. I learned a long time ago not to dance with the Devil for fear of getting burned. Also, in your case, you have no rhythm and your hands are like little rat claws" Holt held his hands up and contracted them slightly, curling his fingers into his palms slightly to illustrate his point.

"Keep going and soon I'll have you demoted." "Or perhaps you could transfer me to the swamps of New Jersey so I can patrol the sinkhole where you were spawned..."

"I actually called you here to give you some important news." Wuntch said, gesturing to her office "Shall we?" "Of course." Hold said, and with a nod to Steve he began to follow her to her office "Wait, are you going to inform me you're a Cheuksin?" "A what?" Wuntch frowned and stopped, turning to face him.

"A Cheuksin." Holt repeated "A Korean toilet ghost, lives in an outhouse, wraps her hair around your throat and chokes you to death whilst you move your bowels." "Don’t you find this exhausting?" Wuntch sighed, walking into her office

"Thinking of fresh insults?" Holt asked following her "Not at all you coffin cave mould beetle...now tell me, what revenge do you intend on taking on Dorothy for killing your sister?" Wuntch closed the door behind them, leaving Steve unable to hear the rest of the argument which he had no doubt was continuing inside the office, and he snorted, shaking his head. Looking up he saw Fury stood in his door, a smirk on his place.

"If I didn't know Holt was gay I'd swear he was in love with her. It's like watching two school children with a crush, both being mean to one another to hide their true feelings." Fury said, as Steve stepped towards him, shaking his hand. “Nice uniform, not seen you in it for a while.” “Funnily enough the team said the same thing.” Steve said, with a good humoured sigh as he dropped into the seat Fury was directing him to take.

“Soo you must be wondering why I called you here…” Fury looked at him as he closed the door behind him, and Steve nodded.

“Well, I wanted to dig into what you said on your call yesterday.” Fury looked at him, sitting down in his chair at the opposite side of the desk “You’re having trouble locating Rumlow?”

“Sir.” Steve nodded “As I told you at the last update, we know the alleged rape case has links to both Sitwell and Schmidt, and we can link Ross to both of them too. Our next step was to go and speak to Rumlow, see if we could get anything out of him but…well, he seems to have disappeared.” Fury took a deep breath and looked at him “From Prison? That’s…inconvenient.” Steve snorted “Stark seems to think there’s some kind of conspiracy, higher up…”

“Prisoners sometimes get moved Captain…” Fury looked at him and Steve nodded.

“I appreciate that Sir, but it doesn’t explain why there’s no record of him ever being in Cedar Junction in the first place…”

“Shoddy organisation, paperwork losses…could be a number of things…” Fury said, before he dropped his voice “And if you believe that you’ll believe anything.”

Steve frowned “What exactly are you implying Nick?”

“When you called me yesterday, I did a bit of digging of my own. I was curious. And you’re right. No records of him serving time…anywhere. Ever. No records of him ever being convicted of a crime. Ever. No record of any allegations either. Ever.”

“But…how…” Steve frowned

“You mentioned Stark said something about a conspiracy…” Fury looked at him, “Let me guess who she fingered for it… Ross.”

“Yeah…” Steve looked at him, his brow furrowing even more.

“And she thinks that because of the suspected blackmail you told me about.”  Fury continued, “And as crazy as that is, Rogers, it’s crazy enough to make sense, because whoever is protecting Brock has to have the power, the sway, to be able to do something like this…”

“Nick, if you’re saying what I think you’re saying…” “The way that little shit weaselled out of that rape allegation never sat well with me…nor did what happened to Stark.” Nick frowned, “I always suspected some kind of foul play. What’s more is I don’t think Ross was acting alone, I think someone in the force is involved too.”

“What makes you think that?” “Whoever coached Sitwell on that alibi did a damned good job, told him exactly what to say…and it wasn’t Rumlow because he was in a cell being questioned.” Fury looked at Steve.

“So you’re telling me the NYPD is compromised?” Steve frowned “And no one noticed?” “Why do you think we’re meeting in here?” Fury looked at him, gesturing around his office. “I noticed. And what’s more…for some reason, I believe it somehow involves Stark…” “Katie?” Steve frowned

“Howard.” Fury said.

At that Steve’s mouth fell open. He stumbled for words a little before he shook his head furiously “No, I mean…Howard’s been dead for years!”

“Yes. An unfortunate accident…whereby he choked on something…sound familiar?” Fury looked at him and Steve felt his blood run cold, was he seriously implying

“You think…you think Howard and Maria were murdered?” Steve whispered, his eyes wide.

Fury nodded.

“By our current killer?” “That, I don’t know for sure…but I’m not a huge fan of coincidences.” Fury said, looking at Steve for a moment.

“No, I can’t…” Steve shook his head, furiously, his mind whirling “That…I mean…”

He trailed off, searching for something to say, but he was utterly dumfounded. Instead he turned his eyes back onto his boss, and Fury met his stare before he looked down and reached into his desk drawer. He pulled out a silver pen drive and placed it on the desk, sliding it over to Steve.

“What’s this?” Steve asked.

“It arrived yesterday.

“What’s on it?”

“No idea.” Fury said. “It arrived simply with a note which instructed me to plug it in and key in a 4 digit number. When I did so I got a timed message. It stated that the drive contained key information that with regards to Howard, the Cereal Serial Killer, and that it was to be passed to Katie Stark only…and that she would know the passcode. When that message disappeared it simply began to run a jumble of numbers, the same numbers over and over again in different sequences. My guess is it will be a date or a combination that means something to Stark…”

“Why didn’t you just get tech to crack it?” Steve asked.

“Because whatever is on there concerns Katie.” Fury said, “And most likely her brother too, for that matter. They deserve to see it first.” “This is…this is big, Nick.” Steve sighed, and Fury nodded. At that point there was a knock on the door and his secretary poked her head in, telling Fury that his next appointment was here.

“Thanks Eva, we’re done now anyway.” Fury said, standing up. Steve looked at him, before he reached out for the pen drive.

“Trust no one Rogers…” Fury said simply as Steve picked it up of the desk, turning it over in his hands. **** Katie came back from the incident room her mind whirling over something, Bucky could tell by the way she seemed to be biting the inside of her cheek.  Clint raised his head from his computer and sighed with frustration as he checked his phone once more.

"Anything on tracking down Rumlow, yet?" she asked him.

"No, he said. It's a dead end on this side. You got something?"

"Not yet..." Katie mused, “But maybe…”

"What's on your mind, Stark?" Clint asked.

"Maybe that’s why Fury’s called Steve in…” she trailed off “I know Steve called Fury yesterday before we went…before we all went home.” she corrected herself and gestured to Bucky to include him in the ‘we’. He smiled and nodded. “Maybe he has some information…” "I'm surprised you don't know where Rumlow is, Stark." Wanda quipped, earning a murderous glare from Katie. “Wasn’t he another one of you various flings?”

Clint and Natasha exchanged a glance before looking at Wanda.

"Wanda" Clint warned.

"Shut up." Natasha added.

Bucky scoffed. All right, now he was pissed. But he decided on not biting at Wanda's taunting and kept watch on Katie instead

"Ignorance is reckless. Shut up your fucking mouth, you don’t know what you're talking about." Katie hissed between gritted teeth.

"What?" Wanda asked surprised and with fake concern.

"We know exactly where he should be. In prison. For robbery. Mind you, he should actually be serving time for..." Clint started to explain was cut off by Natasha.

"Rape."

"And sexual assault." Bucky added angrily.

Clint and Natasha looked at Bucky who nodded slightly confirming what they were suspecting. Steve had told him about Rumlow and Katie.

"Who? I mean, who did he rape and...?" Wanda asked hesitantly.

"Does it matter? Why are you so fucking interested?" Katie asked back visibly angry at this point.

Bucky decided then to handle the question himself, Katie was angry enough as it was and the situation could go south any moment.

"He raped a woman called Sara Klein." he offered

"Who?" Wanda asked again.

"A translator at the German Embassy, she worked for Schmidt" Bucky explained, keeping an eye on Katie who was starting to get fed up with so much curiosity on Wanda's part, he could tell.  "And assaulted..."

"Me." Katie said not letting Bucky finish.

There was silence for a minute, everyone could hear the ticking of the clock on the left wall of the main office, until Katie sighed.

"So, we can drop it now?" she asked looking at Wanda, her voice faltering a little.

"Ok. I'm going to grab a coffee from the kitchen." Clint announced. "Want some?" he asked looking at Natasha, who refused it with a shake of her head, her eyes never leaving Wanda.

There was silence for a while, Katie dropping into her chair as she bit her lip, looking down at her keyboard. No one said anything for a while, and eventually Natasha’s eyes flicked back to the pile of paper on her desk, and they all continued with their work. But Bucky had a feeling Wanda wasn't going to let it go, encouraged as she was by her advances, or so she thought on Steve and Katie receiving what she supposed to be love text messages from Storm or Jensen she surely wasn’t going to miss a chance to dig deeper into this, anything to make Katie feel uncomfortable…

And he was right as a few minutes later when Clint returned with his drink, Wanda sighed and leaned back in her chair.

“Sorry, but…didn’t you report it?” she asked, frowning.

"Of course I did." Katie raised her voice, her head not looking up from her computer. "They dropped it.” “Dropped it?” Wanda asked. “Why?”

Katie took a deep breath, but it was Natasha who answered for her. “They said there wasn't enough evidence. It was her word versus his. Same as the rape case, well, until his supposed alibi anyways." Nat explained to Wanda, shrugging at the last part.

"If Cap had gotten his way there wouldn’t have been anything left of him to go to trial anyway.” Clint mused, leaning back in his chair. “When he found out he was apoplectic, kicked the shit out of Rumlow. Both Peralta and I tried to stop him but it took Sergeant Jeffords to pull him off …”

Bucky snorted, remembering how big Jeffords was from the time he met him a few weeks back. It didn’t surprise him in the slightest, he’d seen Steve in a few fights and even before he had bulked out at University he never backed down. Throw Katie into the equation and, well…

"We should have let him break his neck, not just his nose." Clint finished, stirring his coffee.

There was a brief moment of silence everyone pondering Clint's words. Bucky saw Wanda furrow her brow at the mention of Steve beating Rumlow on account of Katie and didn't like the look in her eyes. His attention then turned to Katie and he saw she was shaking. Feeling a spike of protectiveness towards her, he decided he wasn't going to let Wanda exert more pressure on her. Over his dead body. The little bitch was starting to piss him off big time as well, and he was willing to bet Clint and Natasha felt the same way.

"Hey, why don't you take 5?" he said, standing up whilst he searched for some coins in his jeans pocket. "Here. Take this and grab us both some coffee from the machine in the lobby." he added handing her the money which she took nodding and giving Bucky a quick sad smile.

But as she passed Wanda, the assistant snapped again.

"Well, there must not be much evidence if they said it was simply your word against his…"

Katie stopped dead in her tracks and Bucky groaned.

"What are you implying?" Katie hissed turning to look at Wanda, her eyes blazing with rage.

"Oh Oh" Nat warned standing up.

"Serge, do something." Clint demanded at Bucky as he too rose from his seat.

But it was too late.

"I mean... Are you sure you didn't lead him on? Because that's what you do." Wanda delivered the final strike.

"Excuse me?" Katie snarled back. “That’s what I do?”

"Yeah to make Steve jealous. Or try anyway."

"Listen you little bitch..." Katie began to say approaching Wanda but Bucky quickly moved towards her and grabbed hold of her by her arm.

"Hey. Don't" he warned Katie.

"What?" Wanda scoffed, looking up at her "It's true. You parade all your fucking latest conquests around in some pathetic attempt to rile him in the hope that he comes crawling back to you."

At that Katie let out a bark of a laugh and Bucky saw her eyes flash as she shook her head. "I don’t need him to come crawling back, honey.”

Bucky smiled proudly at Katie's comeback and softened the hold on her arm, expecting her to stop there, leaving Wanda as confused as ever over her love life, but then Katie leaned down, placing her palms flat on Wanda’s desk and gave her a smug smile.

“Because he’s already there…”

Bucky inwardly let out a groan. Ok, she said it…way to go, you just outed yourself...

“What?” Wanda’s mouth dropped open and Katie smirked at her, raising an eyebrow.

“You’re late to the party, sweetheart…mind you, you always were a bit slow on the uptake.” Katie snorted and at that point Wanda made a noise in her throat and pushed her chair back, standing up.

Natasha made an attempt to go grab Wanda only to be stopped by Clint's hand on her shoulder.

"Don't. Let her. She deserves what’s coming…" Bucky heard Clint mutter as Wanda stepped towards Katie.

“You’re lying…” Wanda’s face slid into a smirk. “Lying so that I’ll back off because you know he’s interested in me. God, how pathetic!”

"Last weekend, you thought I was with Storm? Well breaking news. I was with Steve." Katie said coldly looking straight into Wanda's eyes letting her words sink in and erase the smirk on the other woman’s face before continuing, a grin of her own crossing her face "Actually, I was more underneath him than with him, then on top of him, then back underneath. And I would continue but I don't think you want to hear the extended version. Because, believe me, it is extended. As. Fuck." she added making a little pause between the last three words.

Wanda looked like she had been slapped and Bucky thought that was it. He could see Wanda’s body language was shifting and he didn’t trust her not to snap and lunge at Katie, so he made a smooth movement of his body to try and place himself in between them, but Katie wasn't done.

"So next time I catch you touching my boyfriend's fucking tie or any other part of him for that matter, I will rip your hand off." she continued her rant against Wanda. “Because he isn’t interested in you. He is mine…”

"When hasn't he been?" Clint mumbled, and Bucky let out a soft groan.

"In fact, if you so much as look at him in a way I don't like, I'll scratch your eyes out too.” Katie said, smiling sweetly at Wanda.

Great… Katie, not only have you just outed your relationship to the poisonous little witch, you threatened her. Twice…

At that, Bucky decided to put an end to it there and then so he moved directly in between the pair of them, turning to look at Katie.

"Ok, that's enough doll face. You made your point clear." Bucky said gently, pushing her out of Wanda's reach.

Katie held her hands up, palms open, and glared at Wanda who took a deep breath, before she turned and stormed out of the office leaving everyone else stood frozen in place. Nobody moved for a good 20 seconds until Natasha turned to look at Clint.

"Nope. I'm not going after her, you go if you wish.” He shook his head “It's not like we didn’t warn her a thousand times" he shrugged. As the two of them began to bitch, Bucky turned back to Katie and saw the realization wash over her face.

“I just…oh shit! Steve’s gonna…” she began to panic, her voice quiet. “"Oh fuck... Bucky…what did I just do?"

“Hey…” Bucky looked at her as she started to hyperventilate slightly "It's all right, doll. Just...breathe…”

"I need....I need to go." she looked at him, her eyes wide, wet with tears “I can’t be here…”

“Want me to come with you?" he asked concerned.

"No. I'm ok... or I will be. I need... I need to think, I guess.” she barely managed to say as she grabbed her purse and jacket from where they had left them, hanging on the back of her chair.

"Ok, but call me if you need anything. You hear me?" he asked and she nodded before leaving the office in a hurry.

"Shit" Bucky cursed as headed for his desk.

“Serge, she ok?” Clint asked, rising from his chair.

“No, not really…” Bucky said, snatching his phone from it, scanning through to Steve's number.

“Well, should one of us go and…”

“No.” Bucky said, shaking his head as he raised the phone to his ear “She won’t be hanging around…just leave her…”

A couple of minutes later Bucky was still, frustratedly, trying to get hold of Steve on the phone but to no avail. He must have still been with Fury. He decided he would try again after a few minutes or leave a message on his voicemail if he still didn't answer. Just as he lifted his head from the phone he saw Natasha taking $20 off Clint.

"Did you bet on them being together?" Bucky asked the pair of detectives.

"Nope." Clint answered and he wasn't lying but Bucky didn't seem to believe him as he tilted his head at him.

"We bet on who would blow cover first." Natasha quipped "I went Stark, coz ... well, coz of her…” she nodded to Wanda’s desk “and he went Cap, because he can't lie for shit."

Natasha then paused watching Bucky.

"Take it you knew." she asked.

Bucky just sighed and nodded, relieved to not having to put up with Clintasha’s scrutiny anymore. Something good had come out of all this mess.

"For fuck sake." Bucky heard Clint groan as he fished another $10 note out of his pocket and handed it to Natasha who was now sporting a smug smile.

"Told ya. Pleasure doing business with you, Francis."

Part 2

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Animation Night 28 - Masaaki Yuasa... two!

hey animation friends! for various reasons (mostly consisting of My Brain), i haven’t been able to research some corner of the animation world today...

so for this week’s Animation Night, we’re going to revisit an old friend from Animation Night 12: Masaaki Yuasa!

Last time we visited Masaaki Yuasa we checked out his early and kind of troubling Madhouse projects such Mind Game, his absurdly delightful Night Is Short, Walk on Girl, and various shorter projects such as my eternal fave Eizouken, and the showcase of international sakuga that was Ping Pong.

Well, it’s been a good sixteen weeks, and while we’re certainly not out of new material by any means, he seems like a good bet for something creative, weird, and charming. In this case, our two main features are two water-themed films from his days at Science Saru (now ending!): Lu Over The Wall (2017) and Ride Your Wave (2019).

These films seem to have a few themes in common: boats, gorgeous water animation, a central het romance.

Lu is a mermaid ningyo romance story, with some beats you might recognise from other stories like The Little Mermaid or even Ponyo, but with something of a more modern attitude (the mermaid, who can gain legs through the power of music, goes viral on social media), and there’s a whole mermaid persecution subplot? In any case, it’s described as being beautiful but a little hard to follow, which suits me perfectly :p

Ride Your Wave dares to ask “what if your hot firefighter boyfriend became an underwater ghost”, a pressing question with which we all struggle at some point in our lives. The MC, Hinako, discovers that said boyfriend shows up in water when she plays a certain song. It’s about, you know, coming to terms with grief and moving on.

Of course it’s a Masaaki Yuasa production, so it’s also about god tier creative direction and visuals. Science Saru is known for having a much more diverse, international team than most anime studios, for giving a lot of young animators chances to jump up the ladder, and also for being ahead of the curve in using labour-saving tools like digital inbetweening.

As usual for any recent anime film, kVin of sakuga blog has a thorough review of Ride Your Wave; he has some interesting comments on the effects this digital approach has had visually, and for working conditions:

Rather than keep looking at it from Yuasa’s lens though, it feels more appropriate to end by discussing the film as the result of Science Saru’s efforts. Years ago, I admitted my worries about the studio embracing their non-standard Flash production pipeline because of the effects the vectorization of the animation had on the idiosyncratic artists who often work with Yuasa. Rather than try and hide the downsides, this is something the director himself has been pretty open in talking about, even as it has cost him some working relationships. Was it worth it then?

Despite my initial fears, the answer I’d give you right now is absolutely yes. Artistically things haven’t always worked out the best, leading to some unnervingly clinical results here and there, but they’ve gradually mastered this method to the point of it becoming a non-issue with movies like this; Ride Your Wave being Yuasa’s most standard offering to boot meant that he didn’t even try to rely with on his most unique acquaintances in the first place, and the mastery of the tech has gotten rid of the unnaturally even movement that plagued acting scenes in some prior Science Saru efforts. While you’d still be able to tell it’s a Flash-based production very quick, that’s mostly due to harmless quirks of the tools — Yuasa’s having so much fun with extreme zooming in and out of scenes, now that scenes like that are feasible for his team, that there’s no way he’ll quit.

Above everything else though, there’s the matter of efficiency. That’s a scary term to hear about in regards to working conditions, since it’s one of the excuses that executives love to use to explain why exploiting their workers is the way forward, but in this case it’s a much more humane matter. By embracing this path and gradually improving their usage of Flash for over 5 years (before Science Saru was even founded) they’ve managed to establish a tremendously efficient pipeline that allows their small team to produce a large number of titles. All of them polished productions, and yet allowing their staff to lead healthier work lives without obscene overwork; obviously it’s no panacea as everything their small crew can’t handle themselves still gets processed through the rest of the industry’s rotten bowels, but it’s undeniably positive for Yuasa and Eunyoung Choi‘s team.

Naturally it doesn’t look exactly like your old-school 80s anime, but I personally find a huge amount of appeal in Science Saru’s style - they really seem to have found the way to get the best out of their pipeline. The peril of digital inbetweening is that your animation loses character, and that the too-smooth morphs can dissolve the general sense of 3D solidity that you get from manually inbetweening. But the way they’ve learned to use it - presumably with a lot of careful fine-tuning lol - is perfect for Yuasa’s bouncy flexible style.

Meanwhile, for Lu, they have translated a couple of interviews with the director himself - part 1, part 2. Yuasa highlights the work of character designer Yoko Nemu:

This adolescent tale is told through a cast of characters who are cute in a way that’s a little unexpected for a Yuasa work.

Yuasa: It’s true that up until now, my works didn’t have an art style that followed popular trends (laughs). In fact, I often get comments that say, “it was hard to look at.” This being the case, and wanting to challenge myself as much as I could, I asked Yoko Nemu, whose work has a shojo manga feel to it, to do the original designs. We had considered other possible artists, but I think she’s the only one who could have brought this movie’s sense of world to life.

What would you say the appeal of Nemu’s art style is?

Yuasa: It’s simple and not overly detailed, but you can still feel a sense of realism in its construction. She’s never short on ideas as well. She’s actually the one who designed Lu’s clothes made out of kelp, and I never would have thought to make it so that fish are swimming inside Lu’s head. On the animation side, it was a lot of work to have those fish constantly moving, but we ended up with a fresh new take on the mermaid.

He also discusses influences on the setting, and a little context for his interpretation as themes - it’s a fairly light touch interview but it adds some nice detail to the production.

So those are our main features! The others are the remaining Yuasa projects I couldn’t give a taste of last time. One I discussed last time, but didn’t get a chance to show, is his hardcore Netflix-funded series Devilman Crybaby (2018), which is essentially a tale of apocalypse, but taking many turns along the way: nightclub orgy turned supernatural massacre one episode, devilishly augmented running race in another, with a throughline of a small group of teenagers including rappers and fashion models who are variously caught up in the Biblical mayhem.

The central character, Akira Fudo, is a soft-hearted boy who is drawn into the orbit of his mysterious, loaded cousin Ryu, and through his machinations gets the power to become a ‘Devilman’, retaining more control over his transformed faculties than most of the human-possessing devils invading Earth. Of course, Ryu is not exactly up to good here, and the increasing devil manifestations are causing untold social chaos and prejudice.

Crybaby is apparently a more faithful adaptation of the original Devilman manga, and despite the plot being kinda wobbly at times, the imagery never stops hitting really hard - especially in the harrowing ending episodes. If you’re ok with the content (and it is a lot), it’s definitely proof that Yuasa still has that properly creative avant-garde side going.

The other one I want to show was hot off the anime presses last time around: Japan Sinks: 2020 (you can guess what year :p), continuing the disaster theme by adapting a 1973 novel. Here, an earthquake precipitates an ongoing crisis as the Japanese archipelago sinks into the ocean. Not because of climate change (much faster!), but you can probably guess what inspired adaptation of a novel with that premise.

I have yet to watch Japan Sinks, but a quick look through the episode summaries suggests this one doesn’t hold back much either in terms of disaster imagery (think corpses falling out of helicopters and main characters dying to land mines). Japan Sinks has the weird quality of unexpectedly becoming an alternate history during its production - obviously the underwater-sinking disaster is fictional, but in fact so are the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, which were cancelled because, you know, COVID.

Obviously not everyone will find heavier things like Devilman Crybaby and Japan Sinks as appealing as I do (>_< total chuuni edgelord i know), so I’m going to make pretty clear when that block begins and ends!

So! Let’s go back and watch one of my fave directors for another night ^_^

Animation Night 28 will be starting... pretty much now (7pm UK time) at twitch.tv/canmom

[theangrypokemaniac]

Then Ambipom showed up, and the little miss wasn't half so bad in retrospect.

I never felt too keen on Aipom. It was okay but that inane grin possessed a sinister edge, like Tony Blair after the '97 election.

Bloody hell, what's that?

Yer tail's got more fingers than you!

Nasty thing this freak:

• Teeth like bathroom tiles.

• Grimace about as reassuring as an escaped mental patient peering in the window.

• Chevron nose implying a porcine snout.

• Tail ends like silicon knockers, each sporting a trio of red-raw teats.

• Screechy, gurgling cackle.

• Bobbing up and down, heaving, like a Steamboat Willie reject.

It's the voice mainly. The cheap attempt rolled out by The Pokémon Company ruins much of it for me.

Aipom began Sinnoh as Ash's Pokémon, but so enamoured was she of the whole Contest palaver, and with no chance of joining whilst still in his custody, the decision was made to trade her for Buizel.

I repeat: she left Ash, whom she clearly cared about, given the hat antics, because Contests were a wondrous jewel in her eyes.

It did then anyway. The boss-eyed ugliness is more of an issue now.

It was all going so swimmingly. Dawn and Ambipom made a grand team, sticking it to Ursula and Gabite good and proper.

That is, until she made the mistake of entering a table tennis event.

Really? To this we are reduced?

Remember that. It's important for later.

His name is O.

It is not. That's blatantly an alias for ulterior motives.

What's he up to, sneaking about under a pseudonym of evident fabrication?

O? Yer couldn't even think up a proper sobriquet for this devilish creep?

It's all Barry's fault, the bitch.

I consider folk who fanny hither and thither, referring to themselves by initials only, to be insufferably pretentious.

T.A.P. won't have it on this blog.

Dawn progresses with ease, thoroughly thrashing opponents, for Ambipom reveals herself to be quite the skilled operator.

With no fingers, no wrists, and no joints. Just the palms.

As if!

How can Shiftry be a champion? Look at it, man!

Alright, it's not so severe a drawback as Oddish, who had No Bloody Arms, but it ain't much of an improvement.

It's got no bloody hands!

Yet they come up against real competition at the close, for O and Shiftry are legends of the art.

It's a master ping-pong player... with No Bloody Hands?!

You're 'avin me on here!

What's it meant to do, slap away with a frond?

How?! There's no bloody bones in them there leaves!

Can't have a cup of tea with them, can yer?!

What a surprise, Dawn loses in the final.

Something else to fail at then?

Oh come on love, can't you do anything right?

Then O guilt trips her. Apparently the shrieking simian is a natural talent, but her deadweight presence is cramping its style.

Charming.

Ambipom is given the choice: spotlight and seals or bats and balls. She picks the latter.

Each time the ball approaches, either it'll just bend the foliage, or, when aflame, burn a hole right through, and Shiftry would go up like a woollen nightgown!

Of course she does. The compelling story arc of twenty minutes could lead only to this conclusion.

Aipom gives up entering Contests, a career she adored, in preference for a thing no one knew existed before this single episode, even if it means parting from all of her friends forever.

Perfectly logical thought process there.

Two options:

1. Contests are crap. They look all flash at a distance but it's a soulless procedure.

Ambipom twigged this early on, jumping ship at the first opportunity to escape a lifetime of feudal drudgery under Dawn's baronial whip hand.

O claims to run his own ping-pong school, because in these parts that's how people fill the empty hours waiting for death.

Bizarrely it's situated in Vermilion City.

I know. It's on a entirely different continent to Dawn, as if they don't want her visiting.

Back in day Ash and Brock almost died trying to reach said settlement. It ain't easy even for them.

Oh Vermilion City! Of course it is! I remember it so well now from Electric Shock Showdown.

Lieutenant Surge loves a game of ping-pong! Him and Raichu batter fragile Pidgey and Rattata all day then unwind with a bit of back-and-forth paddle-whacking.

He's at every hour under the sun with the Fishing Guru and Fan Club Chairman.

2. The writers responsible are baggy-arsed oafs and this is the most inept exit in the show.

Yeah, and I bet O's vehicle is the one hiding Mew.

Ah! That's the explanation I've waited for!

Disembarking from the Saint Anne? It's the first place you go when in town.

Captain, calm thy sick, and Sailors, put down those women of ill repute. There's pongs to be pinged.

A likely scenario as ever I did see.

Or is it?

Well, well, well. This tissue of lies is unravelling before me.

• Calls himself O?

• Has such a mundane, yet ludicrous profession?

• Works with a disabled Pokémon incapable of the very action for which it is famed?

• Professes to own an establishment we know from past experience isn't there?

• Enters the aforesaid competition, immediately targeting his favoured prey?

• Grooms Ambipom with flattery, adding a reduction in status by beating her, inspiring a useful hunger for better?

• Emotionally manipulates a young girl into surrendering her Pokémon?

• Shows no remorse in removing an animal from her family?

• Travels thousands of miles from home, keen to avoid recognition by fellow countrymen?

• Supposed base happens to be in a city difficult to access for Dawn?

• Oh, and a port town to boot, stamping ground of smugglers passing illegal goods, like exotic pets and contraband?

• Disappears on a bus, never to be seen again?

The evidence is piling up!

He ain't no ping-pong player! He's scouting for specimens for his animal research lab!

Ambipom's gonna get stuffed and placed in a cabinet for snotty students to study!

Hey, science man. Anything's justified in its name. The future's now thanks to it.

Thumbs up from Pope Clemont.

Could be worse. Could be talentless twat Damien Hirst picking up creatures to bisect in a vat of formaldehyde for the pleasure of a lot of beard-stroking bourgeoisie.

If I were Ash I'd be well aggrieved at the entire situation.

You give away yer best chimp, assuming it'll be safe with a friend, and she gifts it to the vivisectionist!

Oi bitch, yer wanna take the shirt off his back too?

You should've handed it to Jessie when asked. She never would've done such a thing.

She cares.

She just dumps all hers in the tender embrace of H.Q. and forgets.

Might be dead now. Much better.

What is it about Sinnoh? Chimchar gets grief, and Aipom's headed for China's cruelty-free wet markets.

From Poffin to coffin: aye-aye-aye.

Mmm-mmm: Mashed Ape coming to a dinner plate near you.

I tell yer, shameless spanking of monkeys going on all over.

But lo, the somewhat misnamed Galar region is set in Vermilion City!

Obviously Ambipom will be at Chloë's for a cup of tea and a banana on a regular basis.

Yep, definitely will happen. No doubt about it. We're due a remake of Diamond and Pearl after all.

Should that come to fruition, any old excuse to promote it on screen will do.

I'm handing yer that loose story strand, Game Freak!

Any time now. The first day Ash was in town he raced to the famous ping-pong school round the corner.

He couldn't resist, not when he hadn't bothered to visit in three previous generations.

It's coming. It will. Just wait a minute.

...

That's right, you wave goodbye. That's the last we'll be seeing of 'er outside of a packed lunch with mustard.

No? Again I give you two options:

1. What choo expecting canon coherence from this shower for?

I keep telling yer: when a new era begins it erases all that has gone before. That's why they explain the concept of Pokémon EVERY SINGLE BLOODY TIME.

2. It is consistent, and Ambipom can't return as her skin's decorating a fine Gucci handbag.

Plus the rest of her made a top-notch tin of dog food.

[typewriterghcst]

Title: In the Case of No Ransom Fandom: Kung Fu Panda Rating: idk, like a hard G? Summary:  Notes: also originally a prompt sent in by a fellow RP blog a million years ago. honestly, i’m still kind of happy with this one thinking emoji

Admittedly, he had expected to be rescued by now, but he wasn’t going to complain. He’d already done quite enough of that with his captors, which he suspected was at least part of the reason why they had tied his beak shut and left him all alone in this room.

He stood by those complaints, though: the very least they could have done was sweep the cell’s floor before tossing him onto it. For crying out loud, he was covered in dust.

…And of course, standing at the cell door with a glare and endless insults hadn’t been exactly the best plan he’d ever had, either.

Honestly, these bandits were clueless. He’d assumed, of course, that he’d been targeted because of his connection to the Dragon Warrior, but the four hadn’t had a clue what he was talking about. Which meant his threats and warnings about Po also fell on deaf ears. Go figure.

But it doubly meant that they had looked at an unassuming, elderly goose cheerfully taking vegetables into his restaurant and thought he looked like the perfect hostage to get them whatever they wanted.

Mr. Ping was not about to be quiet about how idiotic he found that idea.

He wouldn’t call himself insignificant, of course, but as far as he was concerned, there was only one person who would go to such lengths to save him, and that was not a someone to be casually or (worse) ignorantly challenged.

And then there was the abrupt realization that the bars of his cell were far enough apart for him to slip through… or at least, mostly just his rib cage. (He was surprised they hadn’t just left him there, but he guessed that the sound of his voice plaintively echoing across the building was just grating enough for them to reconsider.)

So, he was here, alone in this dark room with his captors on the other side of the door, probably trying to figure out who to contact to meet their demands. Mr. Ping was certain his absence had already been noticed- he just hoped it wouldn’t be too much longer before he was rescued: he was running out of insults.

He’d heard the commotion outside the door, the sound (he guessed) of a door being kicked open and the subsequent startled, pained noises from his idiot captors.

Then suddenly, silence. And in that silence, a very soft, revelatory, “…oh.”

It wasn’t Po’s voice. It took just a moment for Mr. Ping to realize his rescuer apparently didn’t know for sure he was in the building, and that he’d just knocked the only ones who would know into unconsciousness. So the goose kicked at the soft door to his dusty prison until he lost his balance and had to stop.

Monkey threw the door open so quickly Mr. Ping would have squawked could he open his mouth, hopping back in confused shock.

The master’s expression was a little odd, too closed and stiff with concern as he hastily undid the bindings. Mr. Ping found himself self-consciously dusting off his clothes and feathers when his hands were freed, avoiding the master’s face. He guessed he probably did look kind of roughed up-- where the rope had been wrapped tight around his beak was stinging a little.

“S-So, what kind of dumb demands did they make..?” He meant this question to break the tension, but if anything, this seemed to make Monkey even more uneasy.

“…They didn’t have any demands,” the master answered eventually, soft. “I told Po we shouldn’t wait for them.”

Mr. Ping hadn’t expected that. He glanced between the heap of bandits and Monkey’s drawn face, a slow light of realization dawning, and decided to focus again on his dusty clothes.

“…did they hurt you?”

“Will you hit them harder if I say yes?” He shot back.

Monkey relaxed with a small laugh, glancing down to his feet as he did. When he looked back to Mr. Ping, it was with his usual half-smile and slouched posture.

“I think they’re already down for the count, but, yeah. Just for you, I would.”

[kaitycole]

The Secret (My Best Friend’s Wedding: Part Five)

This is the fifth installment to My Best Friend’s Wedding which you can read or catch up on here. 

Summary: Whispers are going around the Brooks-Walker wedding about a secret kept from Drake by Riley and Liam. Here’s a flashback to all those years ago, before Riley and Drake left Cordonia during the middle of Liam’s engagement tour.

Word Count: 1913

I am so sorry that I have been MIA. Life has been hectic and a whirlwind between graduating with a BS, to starting graduate school as well as running my own business! I hope this makes up for the radio silence!

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“Liam, you know I couldn’t accept this.”

           “Yes, you could. You’d be a fine duchess, maybe Olivia could give you a crash course.”

           Riley rolls her eyes, “They’d be just as painless as Bertrand’s.”            Liam laughs at the sarcasm lacing her voice. He loves this woman with all his heart and he knows she feels the same.

           The limo finally arrives in front of the dutchy and when the door opens, Riley can’t help but gasp. “Liam, it’s beautiful.”

           “Just like the future duchess.” He smirks.

           “We’ll see. Before I decide I think I need a tour.” She smiles flirtatiously. The two seem lost in each other until Riley’s phone breaks it.

           “Hana or Maxwell?” Liam laughs.

           She smiles as she checks it – DRAKE – her cheeks redden, “Just Hana asking if we made it okay.”

           “I do love how much she cares for you. Glad you could make a friend while here.”

           “As do I.” She quickly opens the text message.

                       Miss you, Brooks

           She smiles before replying.

                       I’ll be home before you know it!

           *ping*

                       Still don’t know why you went in the first place.

           She knew that Drake knows she had to make it appear she was still interested in Liam until she could talk to Liam about it and away from court was her best option.

                       I’ll make it up to you when I get home.

           *ping*

                       Oh?                        What did you have in mind?

           Riley tries to conceal the devilish smirk on her face from Liam as she hurries a reply.                        Wouldn’t you like to know ;)

                       I have to go, talk soon!

           “Ready for your tour?” Liam asks.

           Quickly she turns her phone off and tucks it away, “I think so!”

           The pair follows the caretaker around as they get a tour of the dutchy. Riley is in awe at the different rooms and the immaculate decoration that covered the walls.

           “And this is the master suite.” She opens the door and motions her arm for the two to walk further in. There’s a King size poster bed with a lavish canopy hanging above it, giving the room a regal look. Liam exchanges a look with Riley, whose face is bright red.

           “I think this is our stop,” he politely smiles at her.

           “But there’s…oh…” The caretaker quickly excuses herself and hurries out.

           “Why’s this the stop? I was promised to see a stable.” She smirks as Liam’s lips crash with hers.

           “We can finish the tour later, I’d rather show you something only I can.” They back up until Riley falls back on the bed. Liam quickly slides her up, kissing down her neck as he unbuttons his shirt.

           She lets out small moans as his hands trail up her legs, stopping at her hip before raising a brow.

           “I got tired of always acting like a lady,” she bites her bottom lip mischievously.

           “You’re going to be the death of me, you know that?” Liam says as he pulls off her skirt.

           “At least you could die a happy man.” She goes to smirk but lets out a quick moan when she feels his tongue lick her clit.

           Liam quickly pulls her legs to his shoulders and spread them wider and his tongue begins to explore the lips below her waist. As he drives his tongue inside her, Riley responds in a string of moans and he begins to softly rub her clit.

           Her hands grip the sheet tightly, her hips lift off of the bed as each stroke of the tongue brings her deeper pleasure. He can feel her getting wetter and lets her legs slowly slide down his arms as he slides his right hand up her leg. She shivers with desire and lets out a deep moan while thrusting her hips as he pushes two fingers into her.

           He slides them in and out a few times before places a finger on her lips which she quickly opens and sucks her own cum off of it.

           Liam lets out a deep moan, “I love when you taste yourself.”

           She raises a brow and winks at him while he pulls her legs, bringing her to the edge of the bed. He gently taps her hip twice, commanding her to roll over on her stomach.

           She can feel the plush carpet beneath her feet, standing tippy-toed, she wiggles her toes into the carpet.

           He runs his hands down her sides, stopping at her hips. He presses firmly on her hip bones as he grabs ahold of them, pulling them up slightly. The pressure of his palms causes her to gasps.

           Riley feels him reaching behind her before he slides inside her.

           Drake…She thinks to herself, immediately she begins feeling guilt. They had talked about telling Liam, that’s why she was here, yet there wasn’t much talking going on.

           He thrusts into her soaking wet core while he spits on his fingers, rubbing them between her cheeks, peaking her interest.  She instantly loses her breath, moaning into the bed sheet as she feels dual pleasure.

           She can feel the sheets under her are completed wet from her pussy which just adds to her deep moans. Liam grabs one of her hips and starts violently thrusting into her, causing her to groan but it wasn’t until he slid a finger to her ass, that she begins screaming his name.

           She’s never felt this pleasure before, it wasn’t entirely her first time but it was the first time he went complete in. He alternated his thrusts, hardly giving her time to recover after each one.

           He pulls his finger out, causing her to suck air through her teeth and he begins to pound into her as hard as he can, pounding out any guilty thoughts she may have had. Her screams, mixed with his quickening thrusts cause them both to reach the edge. She moves her hand underneath her and begins to rub her clit, “Oh god, fuck.”

           He can feel himself losing control, his thrusts become sloppier and he can feel her begin to lose her footing, her legs becoming weaker as he pounds his cock into her. He thrusts deep and hard into her, causing a scream before he feels her juices spill down his cock her body going limp beneath him. Liam thrusts up into her once more, filling her with his cum before gently pulling his cock out and lying next to her.

           Riley rolls over and cuddles up to his side before the two end up falling asleep.

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           The pair finally emerges from the bedroom after an hour-long nap and a quick round two in the shower. They are escorted to the dining hall for an early dinner, at Liam’s request.

           “This is lovely, King Liam.” She winks as the servers’ finish placing the meal in front of them.

           “I’m glad you like it Duchess Riley.”

           Her lips curl into a smile, “I haven’t accepted that title just yet.”

           “Just trying to show you what you could have is all.”

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           “Drake stop pacing please, you’re making me dizzy!” Maxwell pleads.

           “I just don’t understand why she isn’t replying.” He finally stops and flops down on the couch.

           “Maybe the cell service is bad up there?” Maxwell offers.

           Drake glares at him, “I’m sure the king wouldn’t go anywhere they couldn’t reach him.”

           “Look at me, she loves you. I’m sure she’s just busy.” Hana places her hand comfortingly on his shoulder.

           “What if…”

           “Don’t even finish that thought, Drake. You know Riley, she wouldn’t do that to you.” Hana says with a sympathetic smile.

           “It’s just…” His voice breaks.

           “She’s slept with him but not you. That doesn’t mean that’s what she’s doing now.” Maxwell says, slightly inconvincibly.

           Drake stands up quickly and marches out of the room before either can change his mind. Stomping to the stables, his whole body relaxes when he sees Jameson, his prized horse.

           He pulls out the velvet box from his pocket, rubbing his thumb over the lid, “I guess it’s still just going be you and me for a while.”

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           The crisp evening air wraps around them as they stand on the balcony, looking across the land of Valtoria. Riley drapes her shawl over her shoulders as Liam takes her hand into his.

           “You look beautiful tonight.”

           Riley blushes, “Thank you.”

           “I had an alternative motive to bring you here, it wasn’t just to try to convince you to take it.”

           Her eyes widen and her smile stretches across her face, “And what would that be?” Her face slightly drops when she sees him get down on one knee.

           “Riley, will you marry me?” Liam asks, kneeling on one knee.

           “I can't marry you. I'm in love with someone else.”

           “…What?” He takes a step back from her, unsure he heard her correctly.

           “I came here for you…but found someone else along the way. I’m in love with Drake.”

           “…Drake?”

           “I know it’s probably a lot to take in…He’s your best friend.”

           Liam’s face turns red, “What exactly can he offer you?”

           Riley knits her eyebrows together in confusion, “…I’m sorry?”

           Liam’s face continues to turn red, “I can give you a whole kingdom, a duchy, a really good life, basically everything you could ever want. He can give you, what, a stable and a worn-down cabin?”

           “I honestly can’t believe you’re saying these things! He’s your best friend!”

           “You claim to love him, but look at what’s happened today!”

           “I..I..can’t…” She’s unable to make a complete sentence.

           “That’s what I thought.” Liam walks away, bumping his shoulder into her as he passes.

Six Weeks Later

           Riley slams her hands on the sink, I can’t believe this.

           “Ri? Where are – there you are!” Drake pops his head in the doorframe, kissing her on the forehead.

           “Oh uh, hi.” She places the hand towel over a box on the sink.

           “Are you ready? We are supposed to go to the palace for an engagement tour dinner.”

           “Yes, I’m ready.” She smirks, “I had a pretty great idea.”

           Drake stops in his tracks, “Oh yeah? Well I think all your ideas are great, what’s this one?”

           It’s now or never Riley. Now or never. “I was thinking that we should move to New York and start a life there.”

           “Silly, we are moving to New York. After the engagement tour is over, we already talked about this.”

           “I know, I just think it would be better to go now. You know, the sooner the better.” She shrugs, “Plus this whole tour is really taking its toll on me, Drake.”

           He scrunches her face in confusion, “What’s the difference in another three months, Ri?”

           Everything, she thought. “Please Drake, I wouldn’t suggest this if I thought I could wait. Plus, I think it would be better for us to get a jump start on everything.”            “Oh…well I mean, I guess it wouldn’t hurt.” He rubs the back of his neck, “When were you thinking? Next month?”

           “Actually, at the end of the week. I already have an apartment lined up as well as a few job offers for you along with the tickets purchased!”

           “Did I even really have a say?” Drake says with a chuckle trying to mask his annoyance.

           She kisses him as she walks passed him, “Trust me, it’s what’s best.”

           Best for who? Drake wonders.

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The Daily Anna - Chapter 5

I’m sorry that this one has taken so long (I say that every time, I know) but a massive shout out has to go to @lovesmelikebrandnewstarlight who is an absolute angel and helps me out when I get stuck. 

Please let me know your thoughts 

Master Post 

June 20th New York.

 “Central Park please” Harry said to the driver who did a double take when he saw Harry’s face as they climbed into the yellow taxi.

“Are you sure this is a good idea Harry?” Anna asked as she stared out the window at the buildings that towered around them.

“It’s an awful idea,” he said looking at her with a smirk plastered onto his face “but you can’t go to New York without going to Central Park.”

“What happened to not getting seen together?” She questioned. Not that she cared that much about being linked to him, but she understood why he wanted to keep it quiet for now.

“We can’t live our lives under a rock, sooner or later,they’re going to find out.” The park appeared in their view and Harry picked up Anna’s bag before she had the chance to fight him on it, “and I want to take you to Central Park, so I guess it will be sooner” he placed a kiss on her forehead and paid the taxi driver using his card.

They stepped out of the cab and Anna felt her stomach drop as she realised how many young girls were hanging around the area. It didn’t seem to phase Harry though, he simply held onto Anna’s hand, without a care who saw it. They walked along in silence for a while, until they got to the spot where they were meant to meet Mitch and Sarah and much to Anna’s surprise, not one person stopped them, she did catch a few people doing the same double take that the taxi driver had when they got into the car, but no one seemed to care that he was with her.

“This seems like a nice spot,” Harry said, sitting himself down on an open patch of grass, basking in the sunlight.

Anna joined him, sitting cross legged by his side. “How late are we thinking Mitch and Sarah will be?”

“If Mitch has any say in it, they’ll be on time, but I don’t think Mitch gets a say” Harry laughed

Anna nodded “I think you might be wrong there”, she pointed towards the two figures walking towards them.

“Don’t tell Mitch I said that!” he whispered into her ear as he stood up to greet them. Anna was nervous not only about getting spotted and ambushed by Harry’s fans, but also about spending this much time with Sarah. It wasn’t that she didn’t like her, it was quite the opposite actually, she really wanted to be friends with her, but she found her intimidating and even more so when Mitch was around. In the three weeks that Anna had spent on tour with Harry so far, she had gotten close with Clare and even Helene, but she hadn’t been able to talk to Sarah.

“There’s an amazing hotdog stand not far from here” Mitch said as Anna tuned back into the conversation.“They even have vegan options,” he looked at Sarah knowing there was no way she’d be eating a hot dog, or letting him for that matter.

“Well I did promise Anna the full New York experience” Harry said looking at Anna

“I’m not that hungry,” she admitted “I’ll just have some of yours”

Harry looked at her, a little concerned by the lack of food she’d eaten over the last few days.

“Are you alright?”

“Yeah” she smiled “I’m fine, just can’t eat a hot dog that big”

A smile stretched across Mitch's face “You sure about that Anna?”

Anna’s cheeks flushed red and she rolled her eyes at him as Harry cackled at the joke.

“Should we go then?” Sarah interrupted looking at Anna with a smile. The boys nodded and Harry grabbed Anna’s hand once again. Jokes like that didn’t usually bother Anna, but her and Harry were yet to sleep together, in fact, it had been almost a year since Anna had slept with anyone, and the last thing she wanted was for it to be awkward when it finally happened with Harry.

 The hotdog stand sat near a bridge and more open grass, but there were a lot more people around and one of them, just happened to recognise Harry.

“Harry?” the girl said as she got closer to them.

He held onto Anna’s hand a little tighter, which is the last thing she expected him to do, she figured if any fan even looked at them then he would drop her hand.

“Hi,” he said softly, not wanting to be rude, but suddenly very aware that this was the first time he’d ever been out in public with Anna.

“Oh my god it is you, I wasn’t sure if it was, didn’t think you’d be in Central Park”

“When in town..” he smiled “What’s your name love?”

“Jessica,” she said, tears forming in her eyes “I’ve been a fan since the beginning, shit I never thought I’d get to meet  you”

“Thank you” Harry smiled and dropped Anna’s hand, opening his arms to hug the girl “bring it in” he said and she did, she hugged him as the tears spilled out of her eyes and he wouldn’t let go until she did.

“Can I get a photo?” she asked as she pulled away, carelessly shoving her phone into Anna’s hand. She was a little taken aback by the gesture, but she took the shots anyway, as both Harry and the girl smiled for the camera. Sarah and Mitch had ducked away to avoid taking photos too and were already busy getting their food, so Anna stood awkwardly as Harry said goodbye.

“See,” he said once she was out of earshot “She didn’t even notice”

“People are going to care eventually Harry” Anna took his hand again

“That’s fine by me” he leant down and kissed her cheek “now are you sure you don’t want anything?”

“Yeah” she nodded “I’m not hungry”

“We don’t have to get hot dogs, we can get something else if you’d prefer?” He knew she hadn’t eaten much breakfast this morning and he was starting to get worried about her.

“Hot dogs are fine Haz, I’ll have a bite of yours but I’m really not hungry”

“You didn’t eat breakfast” he said looking concerned

“I had a banana”

“Doesn’t count, what’s going on love?”

“Apparently I don’t deal well with jetlag”

He nodded “We can go home and nap if you want?”

“Get your food first” she smiled.

 If she was honest, she was over the jetlag, it had been three weeks, but the constant travel was getting to her and now that her and Harry were sharing a room, she was having trouble sleeping, she wasn’t used to having someone sleeping next to her and Harry snored louder than she thought humanly possible. She wasn’t hungry because she was tired and she was tired because she needed her space, but she didn’t want to be away from Harry.

Mitch and Sarah had already sat down in a shady spot under a tree and were quite content with each other. Harry looked at Anna and then at his two bandmates and back to Anna.

“They’re happy over there, let’s go home and we’ll order something in”

 ***

Anna had woken up feeling wonderful this morning, but by the time 6pm rolled around she was feeling ill again and she had no idea why. She slept like a baby last night and she’d even eaten breakfast, which isn’t something she did when she was home, she usually skipped straight to lunch but this morning Harry had insisted on cooking her breakfast and she had to admit he was a pretty good cook.  

But it was 6:30 pm now and she was sitting backstage at Madison Square Garden, her laptop open to a blank document, sipping on a green tea, hoping that it would make her feel better, or at least inspire her to write something. Since being on tour with Harry her blog had taken a backseat, she had a lot to write about and things she’d love to share with her followers, but she couldn’t because no one knew there was anything going on with her and Harry. Of course there were the few fans that had their suspicions, but no one believed that they were actually dating, as far as his fandom was concerned, he was still with Camille and Anna was happy to leave it at that for a little while longer but that did make it hard for her to write blog posts about her travels. She didn’t doubt that those with suspicions would compare her itinerary to Harry’s and realise that it was exactly the same.

“Clarrrre” Anna moaned as Clare sat down next to her

“Annnnna” she mimicked Anna’s tone and rested her head on the table.

“I don’t have anything to write about!”

Clare sat up and looked around the room “Ping Pong,” she laughed and  pointed at the rather intense ping pong competition that Harry had organised.

Anna thought for a minute, “I think too many Harry fans know about the ping pong thing”

“And?” Clare said. “They also think he was dating Camille”

“I like that it’s our secret for now,” she admitted.

“He really likes you Anna” Clare said, lowering her voice so that no one could hear them “I’ve only known him for two years, but I’ve never seen him act the way he does around you.”

 “Don’t you find it strange that he had Camille on the first half of the tour and now I’m here?” This was something that Anna hadn’t really been able to let go of, as much as she liked Harry, she couldn’t help but see Ronnie’s point, she was just a tour buddy, once it all ends and he can go back to his normal life Anna would be forgotten about.

“I don’t know much about what happened between them” Clare admitted “but I know that for most of the European leg, he did whatever he could to avoid being alone with her and after that she disappeared.”

“He told me it was all sex”

“Exactly. I don’t think it’s weird that you’re here now An, I think he likes you enough to try and make it work, but he had the next few months of his life already set out for him and the only way he could make it work with you is to have you here”

“You might be right”

“I don’t want to be invasive or anything, but have you two had sex yet?”

“No” Anna blushed “there’s been a few times when it could have happened but we both made excuses”

“That’s good” Clare nodded “means there’s more to the relationship, but don’t let it go to long”

“It’s mostly my fault, I keep chickening out” as close as she’d gotten to Clare over the last few weeks, this was the first time they’d spoken about anything like this and she felt a little weird about it considering Harry was technically Clare’s boss.

“Why?” she didn’t seem phased by the conversation.

“It’s been almost a year” Anna hid her face in her hands “what if they’ve changed it?”

Clare giggled and put her hand on Anna’s back, “I assure you, it hasn’t changed”

 “Oi Elliot”, Harry called across the room bringing their conversation to an end as Anna turned around to face him.

“Oi Styles” Anna called back, a grin on her face

“You’re up love,” he twisted the ping pong bat in his hand and picked up the other one,holding it out to her

She shut her laptop and stood up, making her way towards him.

“I don’t think I’ve played ping pong since I was about 10,” she said taking the bat off him

“I’ll be gentle,” he winked at her and Clare started giggling from the sidelines “What’s gotten into her?” he asked

“Oh, we were just having a chat”, Anna smiled “Now it’s game on Styles.”

Harry had his game face on, and so did Anna, even though she’s avoided ping pong at all costs since the beginning of the tour. Sports had never been her thing and she didn’t want to embarrass herself in front of him but today was different. She knew how nervous he was about this show and she thought that maybe this would keep him distracted before he had to go on stage.

“You call that a trick shot Styles?” Anna said as she hit the ball back to him

“No”, he smirked “I’m being gentle” and with that he used all the power in his right hand to hit the ball back to Anna. She hadn’t been expecting it to be going so fast so when she swung her arm, she missed, the little orange ball sped right past her and Harry burst out laughing.

“What happened to being gentle?” she pouted as she turned around to fetch the ball.

“Well I’m not going to just let you win love” he shrugged “so are we going to play properly? Or are you forfeiting now?”

“I don’t give up that easily”

“Don’t you?” he laughed “I seem to remember you giving up on uni pretty easily”

Anna gritted her teeth through a giggle “Oh it’s on Styles”

She threw the ball up to serve but missed on the swing. Harry raised his eyebrows and held back a laugh but he didn’t say anything, he simply put his bat down and walked around the table so that he was standing behind Anna.

“Let me show you” he wrapped his arms around her and adjusted her hands on the paddle. “Line the ball up with your paddle” he said,picking the ball up and placing it directly on the paddle “and then when you throw it up, don’t take your eyes off it, the rest will just happen”  He took a step back and watched as Anna did what he told her. It worked and Anna hit the ball across the room.

“Ayy” he smiled “That’s it love. Now” he picked up his own paddle again “It’s game on”

He picked the ball up again and threw it back to her so that she could serve it.

Harry wasn’t going easy on her, his competitive side was definitely shining as the crew all gathered around to watch.

“Come on Anna,” Clare called when the score was even. “Finish him off!”

“Absolutely not,” Harry smirked and hit the ball to Anna’s left, so hard that she missed it and it fell to the floor.

“Sorry,” he shrugged

“No you’re not” she moved around to his side of the table and wrapped her arms around him.

“You’re right” he placed a kiss onto her forehead “I have to go get ready now, you coming?”

“Yeah” she nodded “I’ll have a nap on that couch while you do your thing”

“You feeling ok?” he asked taking her hand and heading towards the dressing rooms

“Not wonderful, but I’m ok”

 ***

Madison Square Garden, night two. Anna was standing in the crew area near the b-stage, with Anne right next to her and they were both emotional. Anne had been crying pretty much all night and Anna couldn’t help but smile up at Harry on the stage.

“We’re going to do an extra one for you tonight” Harry said into the mic and the crowd went wild. Anna knew exactly what was coming, one of her favourites parts about this tour was watching the soundcheck every night. It reminded her of the night they met and the way that he’d smile at her from up there still gave her butterflies, and she guessed that was a good thing.

“This was the first song he knew all the words to” Anne smiled, placing her hand over her heart as he began singing Shania Twain’s ‘Still the One’ “and now look at him”

“Looks like he made it Anne,” Anna wrapped her arm around Anne’s shoulder and they both started swaying along to the music. As she watched Harry up on the stage she couldn’t help but picture him as a three or four year old sitting in the back of his mum’s car mumbling along to the song, making up his own phrases for the ones that he couldn't quite make out or understand and she felt an enormous sense of pride. She’d only known him for a few months, but she couldn’t help but see how far he’d come, from being that little boy that sang along to his mum's favourite songs in the back of the car, to standing on stage at Madison Square Garden singing not only the entirety of his album but also the songs that got him there to a sold out room with just about every person singing those lyrics back.

Harry wasn’t looking out into the crowd much but when he did, he was looking for Anna, but he couldn’t see her because of the stage lights.

Ain't nothin' better

We beat the odds together

I'm glad we didn't listen

Look at what we would be missin'

Anna stewed on those lyrics for a second. She still didn’t really know what Harry was to her, but he wouldn’t be anything if she listened to Ronnie. Imagine if she did, she would be sleeping alone in her London flat, without ever having experienced Harry on tour and that wasn’t something she wanted to think about.  In some ways, Anna was glad that it took as long as it did for their paths to cross, but it baffled her that it didn’t happen before then. Her and Harry grew up parallel to each other, in opposite towns, doing the same things with their time but Anna spent all her time with Ronnie and maybe she shouldn’t have.

The final notes of the song echoed around the arena and Anne turned and hugged Anna.

“Thank you dear,” she said trying to choke back tears “it’s been a long time since I’ve seen him this happy”

“It’s all him Anne” Anna really didn’t think that Anne should be thanking her, she hadn’t really done anything.

“No” she wiped a tear away “no love, you’ve helped.”  

“Well I’m having the best time being on tour with him” Anna smiled, and it was true, these last few weeks had been the most fun she’d had in years.

“You’re a wonderful girl Anna, your mum must be so proud”

 Anna smiled at Anne but she didn’t say anything, because if she was honest, she didn’t know if her mum was proud of  her, she was supportive as hell and allowed her to do what she thought was best, but she wasn’t sure that proud was an emotion her mother felt towards her.

“We should go backstage now dear” Anne put her hand on Anna’s shoulder while Harry introduced Kiwi, pulling her away from her thoughts. They ducked out of the booth and snuck backstage together while the crowd was distracted enough not to notice and as the made their way through the hallways it dawned on Anna that she hadn’t checked her phone all day, she couldn’t even remember where she put it but she guessed that it was somewhere in Harry’s dressing room.

“I’m going to wait near the stage dear, to meet him when he comes off” Anne said, turning down the hallway that lead to the stage area.

“I’m just going to find my phone and I’ll meet you there” Anna turned on her heel and opened the door to Harry’s dressing room.

Her phone was sitting on the table buzzing like crazy, which was odd because it was the early hours of the morning in the UK and she didn’t have anyone in the US that would be trying to contact her. She picked it up and saw thousands of twitter notifications and furrowed her brow as she unlocked her phone. No one ever tweeted her, she got the occasional mention from one of her blogger friends, but other than that it was pretty quiet, her followers mostly interacted on instagram or directly on her blog.

“No. Fuck” she breathed when she saw what it was. Pictures of her and Harry, snuggled up in Central Park. This is exactly what she was trying to avoid, it would get her attention for all of the wrong reasons and the last thing she wanted was for Harry’s fans to get the wrong idea about her. Her name was trending at #3 and she’d gained thousands of new followers across all of her social media but she refused to check the comments, she didn't want to know what people were saying about her.

Her head was spinning, she felt ill again and she had to find Harry. She pushed the door open and the hallway was crowded again which she knew meant the show was over and she maneuvered herself through the crew members without looking up.

“Whoa” an unfamiliar voice sounded and someone grabbed her shoulder “slow down, you’re going to run into someone”

Anna looked up to see Camille Rowe standing in front of her, holding onto her shoulder, a smile spread across her face.

“I haven’t met you, are you new to the crew?” she said, her tone overly sweet

“No” Anna said bluntly “Harry and I are dating.” This wasn’t entirely true, they’d been on a few dates, but nothing was official yet

“Oh” Camille seemed shocked by this and that made Anna wonder if Harry had really broken up with her like he said he did on their first date. Before she had a chance to say anything more though, Jeff stepped past them on his way to see Harry and Anna pulled him aside.

“Jeffy” she said and Camille scoffed at the nickname. “Have you seen this?”

Anna handed him her phone and his face fell the minute he saw the pictures.

“Does H know?”

“No” Anna shook her head “they must have come out while he was on stage”

“Do you want to tell him or should I?” he handed her the phone back

“Together?” Anna smiled hopefully at him.

“Let’s go then” he smiled and then pointed to Camille “How did you get back here?”

“The door” she said sarcastically.

“Joe” Jeff said the the security guard that was standing within ear shot “she’s not on the list anymore”

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51 Activities To Do With Pre-schoolers That Will Keep Them Creatively Engaged

51 Activities To Do With Pre-schoolers

51 Activities to do with pre-schoolers

Are you looking forward for some fun activities to do with pre-schoolers so that you can help them grow better,  smarter and keep them engaged?

Here we bring you some of the activities to organize:

51 Activities to do with pre-schoolers

Create a Bubble Painting: For this idea, make your kid paint a bubble sheet and then draw paintings on cardboard or a t – shirt.

Craft a Story Together: Help your child to craft a story through imaginations.

Create a Marble Painting: Help your preschooler to create paintings on a metal box or a shoe box with marbles and poster paint.

 Cook Together: Cooking offers many choices from baking to teaching how to butter a slice of bread and cut or peal a fruit without knife. Be ready for the mess but happy faces.

 Draw Pictures on the Walls: Give your kids some coloured but washable chalks and let them draw their imaginations on the wall. Kids love this one :)!

Family Tree: Help them making a family tree on a sheet of paper or on a computer using templates and let them go back to as many generations as possible.

Leaf Hunt: Pick an outdoor green area and collect leaves, fill them up in different containers and hand over to your kids and ask them to match the leaves they have with those which are growing on the plants.

Travel Alphabet: Play the game while you are travelling, especially long trips. Ask your kids to spot the letters that you give them and then the kid who spots the maximum of these wins. You can play several rounds of these.

Car Racing Track: Use a colored tape to make roads on the floor along with signals and stop signs and some special zones for the parking.

Hand made stuffs: Ask them to draw on a plain muslin cloth and colour with fabric pens and then you can bring their creation to life by cutting and making handmade stuffies of these.

Swimming games: Take them swimming and play find the coin by placing a coin in the bottom of the pool or just throw the ball game is fun too.

Room Cleaning Race: Get a timer for this activity, sit back and let your kid do the work. Give them small cleaning challenges Reward later for all the hard work.

Bowling Track: Use a wooden board on a flat surface. For bowling pins, use pencil erasers or fat crayon stubs and marble or a ping pong ball for the bowling ball. Keep scoring and have fun.

Hold a Car Wash: A perfect way to cool off on a hot day. Just park the car in the drive way and let your kids give it a good scrub with water and sponges.

Life Size Selfie: Making a life size portrait is a beautiful way to express. It helps kids to explore who they are and what they would like to become.                                                                                                                                   Activities to do with pre-schoolers

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16. My Turn, My Task: Divide groups in tow or more teams and start a relay game by keeping things ready on a table and dividing them amongst the players.

17. Spinning Top: Take your kids down to 90’s and let them play with spinning tops which are popularly known as ‘Lattu’ then.

18. Picnic: Take your kids to a picnic and enjoy fun activities outdoor.

19. Play UNO: UNO is one of the most famous card game which is played by people of all ages. Help your kids with the rules and teach them how to play.

20. Fly a Kite: A traditional Indian game which is liked by all. Help your kids in learning how to fly a kite.

21. DIY Paper Bracelet: It is a 2 for 1 activity because it involves painting poppy abstract shapes with watercolours and then cut it into strips and fold them in to wearable bracelet.

22. DIY Tie – Dye Art: Transform the salad spinner in the carnival style spin art machine. Fill the squeeze bottles with washable paint.

23. Window Art: Give your kids some coloured transparent sheets and let them cut different shapes and stick them to the wall.

24. Foam Paint: The 3 ingredient recipe is both art and science. Use paintable foam which hardens overnight into puffed master pieces.

25. Musical Chair: The best game to play with a group. Do not forget to reward. Best game to improve the listening skill and discern between sound and silence.

26. Sock Puppets Show: Let your kids make hand puppets with socks and put up a show with other kids.

27. Information Game: Preschoolers must know few basic personal information when heading into preschool. Help them learn full names, address and contact numbers. Use small cards and ask your kid to arrange it.

28. Notice Seasons: Share details of the seasons with your kids as it is an important subject.

29.Sensory Toys: It is an important and a messy learning technique. Use Play Doh for the help.

30. Grocery Shopping: Take your kids out for grocery shopping and teach them about various names of fruits and vegetables.

31.  Funny Face Flip Book: DIY Funny Face Flip Book is not only fun to put together but it keeps kids creatively entertained for an entire afternoon. Use markers for sketching and clip the cards.

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32. Plan a treasure hunt: Go the old fashioned way. Hide goodies in different corners of the house. Give them clues when they reach a particular point to reach to the next.

33. Fireworks in a Glass: Use food colouring, olive oil and water mix to create a mesmerising result.

34. Gardening: Teach your kids about soil, water and plants and help them plant more trees and seeds.

35. Play Hide and Seek: In this idea, hide an object and give instructions to the kids to lead them to the hidden object.

36. Freeze Dance: Play the music, ask your kids to dance. Stop the music and let your kids freeze with funny faces and fun poses.

37. Indoor Obstacle Course: Push your furniture aside and practice motor skills like running, jumping and hopping without breaking anything.

38. Scavenger Hunt: Use patterns, colours and letters and hunt around the house.

39. Yoga for Kids: A perfect activity to increase their stamina, concentration and growth.

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40. Ice Cube Sorting and Pattern Making: Mix art, math and fine motor skills. Watch this  video to know more.

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41. Playdough: Playing with Playdough your preschooler will learn to use their imagination and have an open-ended playtime.

42. Collage: Provide few items and let your kid arrange and re arrange to make a collage.

43. Music: Fix a time of the day and play music to which you and your kids can dance to. It’s great exercise and bonding.

44. Build a House of Cups: Help kids in making a house with the help of paper cups.

45. Go on a Walking Tour of the City: Take a tour of the city and help your kid learn the names of the areas and also the famous places.

46. Do a Puzzle: Play puzzle games like jigsaw puzzles to enable your kids gain fine motor skills. Puzzle games teaches patience. Use puzzle games having pegs to make it easy for little hands to use.

47. Crunch Snack: A delicious snack which you can make with your kids and always leave it out in various occasions. For example, you can prepare a reindeer crunch snack for Christmas Eve’s.

48. Drive a Train: Enjoy a rail ride in your city’s park for an outing with your kid. You can also visit National Rail Museum in Chanakyapuri in Delhi where a train ride around the place will serve as a cherry on the cake.

49. Spark Creativity: Hang out with your little ones to see, touch and understand the wider world of handicrafts, our country prides in. You can visit The Handicrafts Museum in Delhi, Delhi Haat or Chaukidhani in Mumbai to see and experience the impressive culture, embroidery, weaving and pottery.

50. Learn Phonics Basics: It is one of the most wonderful gifts you can give to your kids. Getting informed about the basics of phonics will prepare your kids for reading readiness and spelling.

51. Try Science Experiments: You might get visions of a chemistry lab while talking about a science experiment and the explosions related to it but now you need not fear of it. Try the basic volcano experiment. Your preschoolers can enjoy simple science experiments that don’t require much of an effort yet are jam packed with fun learning opportunities.

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Hope this list has given you many ideas to keep them busy. Use these ideas and watch your kids grow smart and sharp.

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