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seonghwaddict · 1 year ago

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the best of the best — jeong yunho

in which yunho didn’t expect his tiring shift to end with fucking the prettiest girl who’s ever walked into the clinic.

ripperdoc!jeong yunho x fem!reader. genre. smut. cyberpunk 2077 au. warnings. non-sexual use of daddy, explicit sexual content mdni, big dick!yunho but what else is new, fingering, BACKSHOTS, yunho is a tease, implied voice kink, creampie, he gets a little rough, nicknames (pretty, baby, princess). wc. 2.5k. rating. mature.

lilo’s notes. this is really REALLY rushed because i was hit with inspiration and started writing without actually stopping so like sorry if it’s ass lol. her cyberware is based on this.

DEFINITIONS. ripperdoc; medical practitioners that can install cybernetic prostheses, called cyberware // eddies; game currency. feel free to ask for any clarifications.

listening to. cyberpunk, ateez (duh).

masterlist.

yunho sighed as he threw a bloodied towel into the sink, hands finally clean after having installed some new cyberware on a customer. his day was spent operating edgerunners, never quite seeming to catch a break. but what else could he do as the best ripperdoc in the district, let alone this shithole of a clinic? besides, he somewhat liked his job and the pay was good, his way with words getting customers to give him a few more eddies than they were obliged to.

but, alas, it was finally closing time and he’d no longer have to deal with people until the next day. or at least that’s what he hoped.

the familiar sound of the clinic’s door rang through the lobby, singaling someone had entered before he could lock up and making him sigh in exasperation. he pinched the bride of his nose, calling out over his shoulder from the backroom, knowing whoever it was would still be able to hear him. “we’re closed, come back tomorrow!”

“please, it’s an emergency!” the person replied and he froze.

a desperate, feminine plea. yunho can’t say he’s used to hearing that tone in the clinic. with furrowed brows, he emerged from the backroom to the lobby, right behind the counter as he laid his eyes on you. he was obviously much taller than you, looking up at him with round doe eyes and softly flushed cheeks. you wore a short black skirt and a loose sweater; not a sight he was used to here either, not that he was complaining as his eyes momentarily flickered to the sliver of cleavage exposed by the low neckline. maybe he could make an exception… no. he wanted nothing more than to go home, and a pretty little thing like you couldn’t just magically change his mood.

“my ‘ware has been acting up and i heard this is the best clinic in the area,” you walked closer to the counter, one of the steps looking particularly painful as you winced mid-sentence and stumbled before continuing, “please, sir, i promise i’ll pay you well.”

he looked down at you with a raised eyebrow, letting a beat of silence wash over you before he finally answered with a sigh, “fine. go through that curtain and wait on the table. the metal one.”

you followed his hand to see him pointing at a curtain much like the ones separating beds in hospitals. with a quiet nod, you shuffled over as he ducked through the door he previously came out of. there was a small space behind the curtain and it reeked of hand sanitiser as you sat down, the table cold against your thighs. you smoothed your skirt down as he walked through the curtain and set down a tray of tools on a desk pushed against the wall.

“so, where’s the problem?” he asked, crossing his arms and giving you a once-over that had you feeling a little nervous.

“my back,” you muttered, looking down at your hands shyly as they played with the hem of your sweater, “i’ll have to take this off, if that’s okay.”

“oh, um…” he blinked before nodding and clearing his throat, moving to stand behind you. “yeah, it’s fine, go ahead.”

after a moment of hesitation, your body stretched lightly as you pulled the shirt over your head, his jaw nearly dropping at the sight. an intricately designed thin silver chrome spine merged with your skin and extending from between your shoulderblades down to just above your ass. instinctively, he reached out and brushed his fingers down the length of it, biting his bottom lip as he caught the way your back arched slightly.

“god, you’re a masterpiece.” he couldn’t help but sigh out as he let his fingertips explore the metal and the skin surrounding it. the clasp of your bra covered up just a little bit of it, but there was plenty more to see. after a moment, he caught a glimpse of a little spark in the metal on the small of your back, humming. “i see the problem… must be some sloppy wiring. i’ll take care of you, baby, just relax and stay still. you can do that for me, can’t you?”

“y-yeah.” you practically squeaked out, mentally slapping yourself for making it obvious how his words and touches made you feel.

he grinned but didn’t say anything, reaching for his tools and beginning to work. as he did, he deliberately brushed his fingertips or his wrist against your skin, against anywhere he could reach while fixing the wiring between the blades of the metal spine, just because he enjoyed messing wiht you. your waist seemed to get the most reactions out of you, unable to hold back your hitched breaths and your thighs pressing together. you were so sensitive and sweet, trying to hold back all your sounds as he riled you up with teasingly calculated touches.

“how’d you pay for this, anyway? a mod like this must’ve cost a fortune.”

“my daddy paid for it,” you explained with a shrug, “i’ve been wanting something like this for forever, so he let me get it done on my 18th birthday.”

he raised his eyebrows in surprise, nodding with a soft smile. “well, baby, you must be daddy’s pride and joy if he’s willing to drop so much on an implant like this that does nothing but make you look that much more appealing.”

“appealing?” you echoed his description of you, glancing back at him over your shoulder, “you think so?”

“of course, i’m not blind,” he roles his eyes playfully, licking eyes with you before going back to work, “in fact, i’m jealous i wasn’t the one to install all this ‘ware.”

it didn’t help that as he talked, his breath fanned over the back of your neck since he adjusted the table to raise you higher for him to work more comfortably. you learned each other’s names as he talked you through the procedure, trying to distract you from the occasional prods of a needle and sparks of the wires. he also liked to watch goosebumps form on your skin and the way your back arched just a little more as he responded to your words with low hums or muttered acknowledgments.

his hands feel a little colder than your skin as he barely runs them down your back, eyes trained on the gleaming metal. the tips of his fingers momentarily dipped below the back of your bra before slipping out again.

“does anything hurt?” he asked quietly, in a tone he noticed always made you stutter a little.

“n-no.” you shook your head before holding your breath, feeling his hands covers your waist and move down slowly, holding your hips lightly.

“good.” he hummed, nodding and removing his hands before stepping away from you completely.

the loss of his hands made your brows furrow as you looked at him, stepping into your line of vision with his back turned to you as he put away his tools.

“did you need something, princess?” he tilted his head at the sight of the pout you were trying so hard to hide, voice taking on a mocking tone.

your cheeks warmed and your brain short-circuited as he took a step toward the metal table he sat you on, standing a breath away from your knees and leaning down to your eye level. his hands braced on the table of either sides of your hips. if he wanted to, he could lean forward just a few inches and his lips would finally press against yours.

“you.” you blurted out without thinking, unable to process any thoughts in the flustered state he put you in.

“me, huh?” yunho chuckled, silky and low, fingertips brushing against the hem of your skirt as he pulled himself up to his full height and looked down at you. “a ripperdoc like me who works in heywood fixing cyberware? you need me, baby?”

flustered and a little speechless, you could only nod, lips parted as you left out soft breaths and looked up at him with eyes that begged him to kiss you. his hands left your skirt but found you again quickly, one on your waist and the other cupping the side of your face, half of his hand buried in your hair as he leaned down and finally pressed his lips against yours.

a whimper made it past you as his tongue swiped along your bottom lip before slipping into your mouth, mingling with yours and exploring. you felt him smile against your lips as you let out that sound, his fingers in your hair holding you a little tighter as his hand on your waist slid down your thigh. you, however, didn’t feel that hand moving until his fingers pressed against your soaked panties, somehow easily finding your clit through the fabric and eliciting a whine as he pulled his lips away from you.

“so wet and i’ve barely done anything.” he whispered, kissing you again as he nudged the fabric aside to run two digits through your folds, quiet squelching sounds mixing with your little moans and whimpers as he circled your clit excruciatingly slowly.

not expecting his hands to feel so good, you couldn’t stop your hips from squirming, unable to kiss back very skilfully. he circled your clit with just the right speed and pressure, keeping you restless as your pussy clenched around nothing and click slowly dripped out to smear against the table and inner thighs.

yunho gave your swollen nub a sudden pinch and you winced, your hands on his biceps clenching as he pulled away from you with a click of his tongue. “didn’t i tell you to stay still, princess?”

you parted your lips to respond but could only moan languidly as his fingers easily pushed themselves into you, crooking and perfectly prodding against your sweet spot.

“do my fingers feel too good? is it too much for you, pretty?” he mocked with a fake pout, drawing his fingers out before pushing back in. you felt his hand drop from your hair to reach for something and with a push of a button, the table lowered itself smoothly.

moments later you were on your knees, facing away from him, hips pulled up and chest pushed down. some time while he moved you to this position, he managed to remove your skirt and bra. your nipples brushed against the cold surface of the table, shuddering at the feeling combined with one of his hands kneading your ass intently while the other ran down the length of your spine. as he got to the small of your back, he pushed down a little harder, making your back arch.

“hm, so pretty and perfect,” he hummed as his clothes and very much erected cock pressed against your flushed core. you let out a broken whine, burying your face into your forearm comfortably, his fingers sliding through your folds again and spreading them apart. he groaned at the sight, your wetness glistening in the neon lighting of the clinic, spread between your thighs messily, needy hole fluttering.

when he finally pressed his tip into you and eased his way in, your breath hitched followed by a moan of his name, hands clenching as you pushed back against him. he steadied your hips with his hands, eyes rolling back from your tightness as he bottomed out and stilled to revel in the feeling if you wrapped around him for a moment.

butterflies roared in your stomach as he leaned down and kissed the top of your spine sloppily, pulling out before rolling his hips against yours. you weren’t used to this angle, especially not with someone as huge as him, but your embarrassing amount of arousal made it easy for him to move. you cursed softly, a string of whines and moans falling from your swollen lips as his fingers dug into your hips and his teeth explored your upper back, licking and sucking and biting marks into your skin.

“f-fuck, you feel s-so good.” he moaned, forehead dropped between your shoulder blades for a moment before he straightened up again, pulling your hips against his harshly as he thrusted into you, teeth sunk in his bottom lip.

not long after that you felt a knot quickly tightening in your abdomen, feeling your breath knocked out of your lungs with each snap of his hips. one of his arms wrapped around your waist before venturing lowers so he could rub at your clit quickly, the knot drawing tighter and tighter until you couldn’t take it anymore.

“y-yunho- i’m g-gonna-“

“let go, baby. go on, be a good girl and cum for me,” he cut you off, voice gentle despite his rough movements, snapping the waistband of your panties against you, “you’ll cum for me, won’t you? i’m making you– fuck, i’m making you feel so good, right? p-please cum, baby, just let go.”

his words egged you on and soon enough you did as he said, shuddering and clenching and squealing as you came all over his cock, your juices drooling down his length as he continued pounding into you. his hand left your clit to grab your hips tightly, chasing his own high now that you finished. knowing what he needed, you clenched around him rhythmically, whimpering softly because you knew he liked the sound.

without warning, he spilled himself inside you, filling you up with his hot release. your combined panting and shivers filled the area as he emptied himself. once he collected himself, he pulled out slowly, shuddering as he did so before tucking your panties back into place before his cum could seep out of you. he flipped you around easily and found your lips.

you kissed each other lazily for a while, mind foggy after your orgasms. you gasped against his lips softly as you felt his fingers press right on the fabric covering your hole.

“if you can keep everything in while i close up, i’ll take you to my place for another round… or maybe a few more,” he kissed your cheek, reaching to the side and giving you your clothes before tucking himself back into his pants, “if you’re up for it, of course.”

you giggled, also kissing his cheek in return. “i’d like that, actually. you have a really good dick.”

“is that so? good thing a pretty girl like you only deserves the best.”

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thatdammchickennugget · 4 months ago

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A Shop Apart

pairing - theodore nott x fem!reader

summary - of course, neither of you would admit the stolen glances—theo, catching moments of your infectious laughter as you chatted with customers; you, secretly admiring the precision with which he handled his craft. these thoughts remained buried, drowned out by the day-to-day chaos of running rival businesses

warnings - rival shop owners who are not so secretly into each other, teasing, theo is really type a in this, kinda whimsical!reader

wordcount - 2.9k

Diagon Alley was as alive as ever, a magical artery of commerce where enchantments hung in the air as tangibly as the smells of freshly baked pumpkin pasties and brewing potions. The cobblestone streets thrummed underfoot, lined with vibrant shopfronts that called out to the passing crowd. Among the kaleidoscope of stores, two stood shoulder to shoulder, their stark differences impossible to ignore.

To the left stood "Nott’s Enchantments and Potions," a haven of precision and order. The display windows gleamed with carefully curated items: neatly labeled potions, sleek enchanted tools, and a sign in bold, no-nonsense lettering that read: Efficiency Without Extravagance. Behind the counter, Theodore Nott presided like a general overseeing his army, his sharp eyes darting over every detail to ensure perfection. His world was structured, predictable, and above all, logical.

Next door was "Whimsy & Wonder," a riot of imagination come to life. The shop practically glittered with charm, from its ornate, swinging sign to the window displays bursting with enchanted trinkets and shimmering fairy lights. Inside, the atmosphere buzzed with unrestrained energy. Shelves overflowed with colorful potions, dancing figurines, and glittering baubles. You, the shop’s owner, swept through the space like a living embodiment of your brand—a flowing robe adorned with embroidered stars trailing behind you as you greeted customers with a radiant smile.

The contrast couldn’t have been starker. And neither could the tension.

From the moment Theo and you became neighbors, the clash of styles had been inevitable. Your first disagreement—over a garland of enchanted flowers draped across your awning—had been as small as it was explosive. Theo had accused you of obstructing his display. You’d countered with a suggestion to brighten his shop up a bit. That had only been the beginning.

“Your nonsense is distracting my customers,” Theo had declared one busy afternoon, glaring at a flock of animated butterflies that had dared to flutter into his territory.

“And your brooding is dulling the magic out of Diagon Alley,” you had shot back, arms crossed in defiance. “Honestly, it’s a miracle anyone even notices your shop.”

Thus began a rivalry that had become as much a fixture of the alley as the cobblestones. Customers, drawn to both shops for entirely different reasons, found themselves entertained by the ongoing battle of barbs. More than one shopper had walked away with their purchases and a knowing smile, whispering about the unspoken tension beneath the snipes.

Of course, neither of you would admit the stolen glances—Theo, catching moments of your infectious laughter as you chatted with customers; you, secretly admiring the precision with which he handled his craft. These thoughts remained buried, drowned out by the day-to-day chaos of running rival businesses.

.・。.・゜✭・.

It started with the smell of cinnamon buns.

Theo had barely unlocked the doors of "Nott’s Enchantments and Potions" when the rich, sugary aroma drifted in from next door. He paused, his fingers tightening around the sign he was flipping to Open.

Inside "Whimsy & Wonder," you were cheerfully setting out a tray of enchanted pastries—warm, golden buns that floated gently above their plate. A sign hanging beside them read, Cinnamon Wishes: A Treat to Sweeten Your Day! Customers gathered, drawn by the smell and the soft hum of magic that made the pastries glimmer faintly.

Theo watched from the corner of his eye as a witch with a shopping list as long as her arm stopped mid-stride, sniffed the air, and made a beeline for your shop. He scowled. Another potential customer lured away by glitter and nonsense.

He stormed to his counter, muttering under his breath as he adjusted the neatly stacked jars of ready-to-brew potion kits. By the time the third customer wandered past his door to join the growing crowd in your shop, he couldn’t take it anymore.

He strode out of his shop, his footsteps clipped and precise against the cobblestones. He appeared in your doorway, the bell jingling sharply as he entered.

“Pastries?” Theo said, his tone dry and unimpressed. “Really?”

You looked up from arranging your display of charm bracelets, a bright smile already forming on your lips as you spotted him. “Good morning to you too, Theo.”

“Cinnamon buns, enchanted glitter, butterflies—do you ever stop trying to turn this alley into a carnival?”

“Do you ever stop scowling?” you countered, leaning one hand against the counter. “Besides, I think my customers appreciate a little sweetnes with their morning shopping. You might want to try it sometime. Merlin knows your shop could use some cheering up.”

Theo’s expression darkened, but before he could retort, an elderly wizard wandered in, drawn by the smell of the pastries. He looked between the two of you, his eyes twinkling.

“Ah, young love,” the wizard said, chuckling as he picked up a pastry. “You remind me of my wife and me back in the day. Always bickering.”

Theo stiffened, his face turning an alarming shade of red. “It’s not—she’s not—”

“Oh, don’t mind him,” you said smoothly, your smile widening as you handed the wizard his pastry. “He’s just cranky before he’s had his tea.”

The wizard laughed, shuffling out of the shop as he carefully cradled the sweet treat in his hands. Theo, now thoroughly flustered, muttered something unintelligible under his breath before turning sharply on his heel.

The bell jingled as he left, but not before you caught the tiniest twitch of a smile on his lips.

.・。.・゜✭・.

The next confrontation began when Theo caught sight of your newest addition to the shop—a sign so large and flamboyant it seemed to radiate its own personality. Hung high over your entrance, the sign proclaimed in glittering, color-shifting letters: Whimsy & Wonder: Brighten Your Day, One Charm at a Time!. Each letter sparkled with enchantment, the colors shifting as they caught in sunlight. Worse yet, it played a jaunty jingle whenever someone walked by.

Theo, standing in front of his own impeccably tidy storefront, clenched his jaw as the cheerful tune reached his ears for the fifth time in as many minutes. The noise carried into his shop, muffling the sound of his steady cauldron stirrer, and he could feel his meticulously controlled world unraveling at the edges.

With a sharp inhale, he crossed the cobblestone threshold into your shop once again without hesitation. The bell above the door gave an almost delighted chime as if thrilled by his arrival. He stopped a few steps in, arms crossed tightly, his gaze sharp as a freshly whetted blade.

“What,” he began, his tone low and measured, “is that?”

You glanced up from a table near the center of the shop, where you were adjusting a display of snow globes that occasionally sang lullabies. The twinkle of mischief in your eyes told Theo you already knew exactly what he was talking about.

“Good afternoon,” you said, straightening up and brushing your hands together with a cheerful smile, as if you were greeting your favorite customer. “To what do I owe the pleasure?”

Theo gestured sharply toward the door. “The sign.”

You tilted your head. “Oh, you mean the fabulous sign? Isn’t it delightful? Took me ages to find just the right jingle charm to go with it.”

“‘Delightful’ isn’t the word I’d use,” Theo said, his voice edging toward exasperation. “Obnoxious, overbearing, and excessive are all closer to the mark.”

You crossed your arms, mirroring his stance but with an air of mockery that made his teeth grit. “Really? I thought it was perfectly eye-catching. Customers seem to love it.” You nodded toward the street, where a young witch was instructing her husband to snap a photograph of her under the sign.

Theo followed your gaze and then pinched the bridge of his nose, his patience wearing thinner by the second. “It’s overhanging my shop,” he said flatly. “And worse, I had three customers ask if they’d walked into the wrong place because of your ridiculous jingle.”

You laughed—a soft, musical sound that only deepened the crease in Theo’s brow. “Well, that just means you’re not doing enough to make your shop memorable. Maybe a little jingle is exactly what you need.”

“Memorable doesn’t mean gaudy,” Theo shot back. “I’ll thank you to remove it—or at the very least, silence the tune.”

“Silence it?” you repeated, pretending to be horrified. “Absolutely not. It’s part of the charm!”

Theo opened his mouth to argue further, but the conversation was interrupted by a cluster of children who scampered into your shop. They were chasing after one of your enchanted stars—a tiny glowing orb with trailing golden sparkles. It zipped through the air, weaving around Theo’s head before landing in your outstretched palm.

“There you go, darlings,” you said, handing it back to one of the children with a warm smile. They all giggled in delight and darted back out into the street.

Theo stood there, momentarily thrown off by the scene. He watched as you returned to the counter, your expression now smug and triumphant. “See? People love it here,” you said, gesturing broadly to your shop. “You might want to loosen up a little. Maybe even—dare I say it—have some fun.”

Theo scowled, but the sharp retort he’d been preparing fizzled away as he caught the way you were looking at him—bright-eyed and unapologetically challenging, like you thrived on provoking him. He tightened his arms across his chest.

“This isn’t over,” he muttered, turning on his heel.

As he strode back to his shop, the cheerful jingle of your sign trailed behind him. By the time he reached his door, it was already stuck in his head.

.・。.・゜✭・.

It started innocently enough—or so Theo would later claim.

Mid-morning sunlight streamed over Diagon Alley, and a steady stream of customers bustled between the shops. Theo had spent the better part of the morning reorganizing his shelves after an unusually busy rush. His meticulous attention to detail meant every label was aligned and every potion bottle gleamed.

But the sound of delighted laughter drifting through the open door of Whimsy & Wonder grated on his nerves. You had enchanted your bell to chime a cheerful little tune whenever a customer entered, and every time it went off, Theo felt his eye twitch. Wasn’t the jingle of your sign already too much?

Enough was enough.

Theo didn’t consider himself a prankster, but he was no stranger to cleverness. He grabbed a jar from his workbench—one of his most efficient creations: Silent Snuff. The enchantment inside was harmless, designed to suppress minor magical disturbances like unruly sparks or fizzling potions.

With a flick of his wand, Theo set the jar hovering discreetly at the edge of your shop’s awning. It pulsed faintly as it activated, the glittering lights and floating charms in the vicinity dimming slightly. To Theo’s satisfaction, the jaunty music from your enchanted sign faltered, the cheerful melody turning sluggish before sputtering out entirely.

He didn’t expect the immediate effect. You appeared in your doorway not five minutes later, your hands on your hips and your eyes blazing.

“Theodore!” you called, your voice carrying over the chatter of the street. Several shoppers turned to watch the unfolding drama, eager for what they likely assumed was another spat between the famously feuding shopkeepers.

Theo stepped out of his shop, the picture of calm indifference. “Yes?” he replied, a hint of smugness lacing his tone.

“What did you do to my sign?” you demanded, gesturing toward the now dim and silent display. “Half the charms on it stopped working, and my butterflies won’t stay afloat!”

Theo shrugged. “No idea what you’re talking about. Maybe your enchantments aren’t as robust as you thought.”

You narrowed your eyes at him, stepping closer until you were nearly toe-to-toe. “You’re awfully smug for someone who ‘has no idea.’”

“I’m always this smug,” he said, his voice cool. “But perhaps this is the universe’s way of telling you to tone it down. Simplicity can be... refreshing.”

“Refreshing?” you repeated, incredulous. “I’ll show you refreshing, Nott.”

Before Theo could react, you flicked your wand. A puff of bright pink smoke erupted from the nearest flowerpot outside his shop, transforming it into an enormous, glitter-covered daisy. It loomed like a whimsical sentinel, completely out of place against the austere backdrop of Nott’s Enchantments and Potions.

Theo stared at the flower, his expression blank. “Very mature,” he said dryly.

“Oh, I’m just getting started,” you replied sweetly, giving him a saccharine smile.

The tension between you was palpable, drawing curious onlookers. Some whispered bets on who would win this particular round, while others simply enjoyed the spectacle. A witch passing by muttered something about how the chemistry was “so obvious, it’s painful.”

Theo caught the comment and felt his cheeks heat, but he refused to look away from your determined gaze. He tipped his head slightly, his tone deceptively casual. “Careful, or I might start to think you actually like me.”

The remark caught you off guard, your expression flickering for just a moment. But you recovered quickly, tossing your hair with a laugh that was just a bit too loud. “Don’t flatter yourself.”

“Oh, I wouldn’t dream of it,” he replied, turning sharply and retreating to his shop.

As he closed the door behind him, he allowed himself the faintest smirk. You, meanwhile, were left staring at the glittering daisy, already plotting your next move.

.・。.・゜✭・.

After Theo’s stunt with your sign and butterflies, you decided it was time to hit back. Subtlety was for amateurs; you wanted something with flair, something that would be impossible for him to ignore.

The plan was simple: an enchanted banner that would unfurl above Theo’s shop with a playful, mocking slogan. Something like “Efficiency: Where Fun Goes to Die.” You spent the better part of the evening crafting the perfect enchantment. The banner would hang just long enough to catch everyone’s attention before vanishing in a harmless puff of glitter.

At dawn, when Diagon Alley was still quiet, you crept outside with your wand in hand. You whispered the incantation, watching as the banner fluttered to life, rising like a mischievous phoenix. But as it reached the apex of its ascent, the enchantment wobbled. A thread of magic sparked and fizzled, and suddenly, the banner wrapped itself around you like a determined snake.

“Really?!” you groaned, struggling against the enchanted fabric. It tightened, pinning your arms and tangling around your legs until you toppled backward into a stack of flowerpots. The clatter echoed down the street, shattering the quiet morning.

From the corner of your eye, you saw the door to Theo’s shop swing open.

“What in Merlin’s name—?” His sharp voice cut through the air as he stepped outside, his eyes landing on your predicament. A slow smirk spread across his face. “Well, well. What have we here?”

You glared up at him, thoroughly ensnared in your own creation. “Don’t just stand there, Nott. Help me.”

He crossed his arms, clearly savoring the moment. “Help you? Oh, I wouldn’t dream of depriving you of this... creative experience. Seems very on-brand for Whimsy & Wonder.”

You wriggled against the banner, which only tightened further. “I swear, if you don’t—”

“Alright, alright,” he said, stepping closer. “Hold still, or this will take even longer.”

Theo knelt beside you, his wand outstretched as he murmured a counter-spell. The banner loosened its grip, but as he worked, his hands brushed against your arm, sending an unexpected shiver down your spine. You caught the faint scent of his cologne—clean, sharp, and surprisingly pleasant.

“Do you always get yourself into these messes?” he asked, his tone teasing but not unkind.

“Do you always enjoy watching people suffer?” you shot back, but the edge in your voice had softened.

He glanced up, and for a moment, your eyes met. The banter dissolved into silence as the proximity between you became impossible to ignore. His face was closer than you’d realized, his expression unreadable but intent.

You both stilled, the world around you fading into nothing but the sound of your breathing. His hand brushed yours as he untangled the last of the banner, and your heart stuttered in your chest.

For a second, it felt inevitable—the pull between you, the way his gaze flicked to your lips and back again. Then—

“Oi! What’s going on here?”

A vendor’s voice rang out, shattering the moment. You jerked back, breaking eye contact as Theo stood abruptly, the banner now limp in his hands.

“Nothing to see here,” he said coolly, tossing the banner onto your stoop.

You scrambled to your feet, brushing dirt off your robes and refusing to look at him. “Thanks,” you muttered, your cheeks burning.

He lingered for a second longer, his expression unreadable, before turning and walking back to his shop without another word.

As you watched him go, you couldn’t decide what burned hotter—the embarrassment of being caught or the way your pulse still raced from how close you’d been.

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for trope requests-- carcar as chefs in a high-pressure kitchen?

ok so I kinda ignored the high-pressure part here, sorry. I pretty much just used this request as an excuse to write burger carcar content...

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"PIASTRI!"

Oscar was grateful for his well-trained mask of calm, which, after many years, had learned to endure American tourists, small explosions, country music blaring in their kitchen 24/7 – despite this being an Australian burger joint – and overly passionate co-workers bursting through the door, yelling his name in a pitch that could probably summon an entire flock of seagulls to terrorize their customers.

Otherwise, he might have sliced right through his fingers instead of the carrots he was chopping.

“Oh, happy days,” he muttered without looking up. “You’re back.”

“Yes, and I immediately need another holiday!” Carlos was fuming, waving a flyer in his hand. Slamming it down on the counter next to Oscar’s cutting board, he squawked, “What is this?”

“Our new bestseller,” Oscar said. He didn’t need to look at the flyer to know exactly what had Carlos so worked up. He’d been looking forward to this reaction for the past two weeks.

“Oscar!” Carlos cried. “Why is it black?”

“Activated charcoal, Carlos. I’m surprised you’ve never heard of it. It’s been a thing for years.”

“I know what–” Carlos started, but gave up his attempt at a reasonable argument halfway through, opting to whine instead. “You cannot possibly expect me to cook this abomination!”

“I don’t,” Oscar said with a shrug. “But Zak sure does. He loves it! It’s got Wagyu beef.”

“It’s got carrots!” Carlos screeched.

“Exactly. Which means we can advertise it as healthy. Low sugar, high protein, detox benefits thanks to the charcoal… So many buzzwords for the menu boards.”

Carlos looked about ready to tear at his very pretty hair – hair that should have been covered by a hairnet, considering he was standing in the kitchen. He must have seen the flyer and immediately lost it.

“Of course it is high in protein!” he cried now, flailing his arms so wildly that he almost took out Lando, who was trying to squeeze past him with a tray of finished orders balanced in his arms. “It is a burger! It has two different types of meat! Who is falling for this crap?”

“Paying customers,” Oscar offered helpfully.

“Because paying customers are idiots!” Carlos yelled, flailing even harder.

“Mate!” Lando ducked underneath Carlos’s swinging hands again, this time freed from the plates he’d been carrying. “Look, just be glad you managed to talk Zak out of that Hawaiian burger idea last time and call it a win.”

Oscar took advantage of the distraction as Carlos shot his best mate a betrayed look and pulled an extra hairnet out of the pocket of his apron.

“Lando’s right,” he said as he tugged the net over Carlos’s head until he looked less like a movie star and more like someone’s cranky granny, just like the rest of them. “Now stop yelling about our customers being idiots when they’re only a door away, and start chopping some carrots, yeah? Otherwise, Zak might just send you on a permanent holiday next time.”

Carlos just blinked at him, wide-eyed, his jaw still unhinged. Oscar was pretty sure he’d managed to make him so angry that a fuse had blown in his brain.

He had kind of missed that look these past two weeks.

“Oscar,” Carlos finally growled, snapping out of it. He jabbed his index finger into Oscar’s chest, glaring. “After work, I will make you a burger. A normal, classic burger. And it will be so good, you never want to eat anything else again.”

“Hm,” Oscar said, turning back to his carrots. “Reckon we’ll see.”

****

Oscar sat at a table in the empty restaurant while Lando shook his arse to a country song he, unfortunately, knew the lyrics to from start to finish, using the broom in his hands more as a stiff dance partner than the cleaning tool it was supposed to be.

His stomach was growling, but Carlos was deliberately taking his time, insisting that perfection couldn’t be rushed.

Which was ridiculous because burgers were literally fast food. And Carlos was making the simplest one of them all.

Finally, the kitchen door swung open, and Carlos stepped in with a plated cheeseburger, carrying a mouth-watering, delicious smell along with it.

“Here you go,” he said, setting the plate down in front of Oscar with a flourish. “Perfection!”

It actually did look like perfection. Greasy, slightly soggy, and definitely not instagram-worthy, cheese melting off the sides and pooling onto the plate. Oscar gave him a polite smile, then brought his fingers to his mouth for a sharp whistle.

A moment later, the kitchen doors swung open again, and Danny strolled in. He must have found a sparkler somewhere because the black-bunned burger on his plate was adorned with one, making his grand entrance even more dramatic. He was grinning from ear to ear, more than happy to assist in Oscar’s mission to be an absolute menace to their co-worker.

“What is this?” Carlos groaned as Danny reached him, setting the burger down on the table before promptly forcing Carlos into the chair in front of it.

“One Piastri burger, extra carrots,” Danny announced, pulling a paper bib from his pocket and tying it around Carlos’s neck like he was an uncooperative toddler. Which, to be fair, wasn’t far from the truth right now.

“There is no way I will ever eat this monstrosity!” Carlos protested.

“Well, that’s not really fair, is it?” Oscar pointed out. “You keep critiquing my creations, but on what basis? You’ve never even tried one.” He gestured toward the burger sitting on his own plate. “I mean, I agreed to try yours, didn’t I?”

“Because mine is a perfect, classic burger!” Carlos argued, flailing his hands again. “And yours is a representation of everything wrong with the world!”

“Mate,” Danny said, patting Carlos on the back, though not very soothingly. “Come on. One bite won’t kill ya!”

“I’m not so sure,” Carlos muttered, scowling down at the burger like it had personally wronged him.

Lando, glad for the distraction, tossed his broom aside and joined them at the table, eyes sparkling with mischief.

“Carlitos!” he snickered. “Come on, it’s time for you to grow up! Time to try a Piastri special!”

Carlos shot him a dangerous look from beneath his thick eyebrows.

“If you do it,” Lando continued, “I’ll take your opening shift tomorrow.”

That actually made Carlos pause in thoughtful consideration. He lifted his head to look at Oscar, who raised a challenging eyebrow, and finally, Carlos groaned.

“One bite!” he declared, putting the burnt-out sparkler away and gingerly lifting the burger off the plate. Oscar did the same with his own. They shared one last look before simultaneously biting into their respective burgers.

Oscar barely managed to suppress a moan. Because, obviously, Carlos’s burger was heaven. It practically melted on his tongue, the perfect balance of bun, meat, and sauce. The pickles and cheddar complemented each other flawlessly. He felt like he might float right out of his seat and into another plane of existence.

Next to him, Carlos was making actual gagging noises, only barely managing not to spit the burger back out. Danny crouched beside him, phone in hand, capturing the moment on video, while Lando was doubling over, making his signature dying-seal noises.

“Mate,” Oscar said, maintaining his outward calm despite wanting to laugh along with them. “You are such a drama queen.”

“I think I’ve been poisoned,” Carlos wailed, grabbing Danny’s hand and pressing it against his forehead. “Do I have a fever? Please, call Triple Zero!”

Oscar rolled his eyes, then set his own delicious burger back on his plate, swapping it with Carlos’s.

“There,” he said as Carlos suddenly fell silent. “It’d be a shame to waste it.”

Lifting the black-bunned burger to his mouth, he took a big bite right from the spot where Carlos had nibbled and chewed with exaggerated satisfaction. It was… well, truth be told, it had never been good to begin with, but after tasting Carlos’s masterpiece, it was downright miserable. Still, Oscar chewed like it was the best thing he’d ever eaten – carrots and all.

Carlos was staring at him again, dumbfounded.

“Honestly think mine’s better,” Oscar lied through his teeth.

Carlos didn’t even take the bait – just kept staring, which, unfortunately, meant Oscar had to take another bite.

“Are you gonna eat that?” Lando piped up, already reaching toward the cheeseburger sitting in front of Carlos.

Carlos snapped out of his stupor just in time to smack Lando’s hand away, hard enough to make him screech.

Then he grabbed his burger, looked Oscar right in the eye, and brought his mouth down to where Oscar’s bite mark was.

****

“You know, there are so many better ways to flirt with him,” Lando chattered as they unloaded the dishwasher the next morning. “Just ask him for a round of golf. He’d never say no to that.”

“I hate golf,” Oscar said flatly. “And it’s not like I want to date him.”

“Yeah, right. Keep telling yourself that,” Lando said, rolling his eyes.

Oscar shrugged. “It’s not like you have to understand. We have our own dynamic, and it’s rooted in unfounded dislike and competitiveness. I think it’s exciting.”

“You think a walk along the pier is exciting!” Lando pointed out.

“So would you if you’d ever been chased straight into the sea by a flock of seagulls!”

“Everybody’s been chased straight into the sea by a flock of seagulls, mate! This is Melbourne!”

Oscar let out a noncommittal grunt, hoping that would be the end of it. He wouldn’t even have minded if Lando went and put on some country music again. Ever since last night, when he’d had his little burger date with Carlos while Lando and Danny danced through the background belting old Taylor Swift songs, he’d kind of opened up to the genre.

Unfortunately, a conversation about Oscar’s weird crush on Carlos was to Lando what an open bag of chips was to the common Melburnian seagull.

“I just think coming up with dodgy burger ideas specifically to piss him off is a little much,” Lando continued, taking a stack of clean plates out of Oscar’s hands. “I mean, I get it – he’s very pretty when he’s pouting, but–”

“Lando,” Oscar interrupted. “Remember that one burger idea I had a few months ago? The one I didn’t take to Zak because you got on your knees and begged?”

Lando blanched immediately.

“The salmon burger?” he asked, gulping.

“Right,” Oscar said. ““Reckon it’s time to bring it back? Maybe we could even do an Aussie breakfast burger with poached eggs and smoked salmon. Think those’d fly right off the shelf. We’ll just use the slimy, raw fish so you don’t have to cook any of it.”

“Osc!” Lando squeaked in horror. “Please! I’m shutting up! I’m so shutting up!”

“On the other hand,” Oscar continued, stroking his chin as if deep in thought. “Picture this: a Spanish burger. We could do a chorizo patty, some Manchego cheese, pair it with aioli and olives… Call it the ‘Sainz Special.’ He’d love that, wouldn’t he?”

“Oscah…” Lando wheezed. There were actual tears in his eyes, and the stack of plates in his hands wobbled dangerously.

“He’d love that, wouldn’t he?” Oscar repeated, unfazed.

“Fuck,” Lando snorted, barely managing to set the plates down on the counter before they toppled over. “I can’t believe I ever thought you were shy. Or nice!”

“He’d–”

“–love that,” Lando finished, mirroring the small, slightly evil grin on Oscar’s face. “I think he’d be absolutely gassed!”

#oscar piastri #carlos sainz #carlos sainz jr #f1 rpf #carcar #oscarlos #carloscar #my fics

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nowimjustastranger · 2 months ago

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Hello, if you want to, for your gilded cage au, could we see the exact moment Liam realized Stan and Ford were obsessed with him in a way that was more then just using him as a tool? Like, that they see him as a younger brother? Would he be kinda touched or would he be like 'this might be worse for me'

In order to answer this ask, I decided to split it into two parts. One for each brother. Enjoy!

Part 2

Liam popped into existence in a familiar lab, stifling the overwhelming urge to sigh. Ford had been summoning him more often than usual as of late. Liam found himself in Ford’s vicinity at least once a day for the past month, the madman always preoccupied with some unethical experiment or another. Ford wouldn’t even spare him a glance either, just directing him to a nearby pile of books.

The subject matter varied from history to cuisine and it was actually enjoyable to consume knowledge about this strange planet he found himself bound to for the duration of the Pines twin’s lives. Of course, Liam could only read the books under the one condition that they didn’t leave the lab, so Liam had to stick around for longer than he’d like. But it was worth it because humans were fascinating.

Liam’s slit pupil lazily searched for Ford among the several jars and trays of specimens that were in various stages of dismemberment, having long since grown used to seeing the aftermath of such clinical cruelty. The human responsible wouldn’t be far, the summoning symbol branded smack dab in the middle of the madman’s chest ensuring that Liam appeared within a certain radius of him.

Stan had the same summoning symbol of course, although it was burned onto his back near the right shoulder. Liam had been there when they had done it, the twins taking turns pressing the glowing brand to the other’s skin. Oddly enough, the one doing the branding needed more comfort and reassurance than the one being branded. Liam hadn’t understood then because he didn’t know them well enough, but he thinks he does now.

“Ah, Liam! There you are!” Ford exclaimed, his sophisticated appearance a direct contrast to his manic nature. Ford wore pretty much the same thing every day with little to no deviation, which he achieved by buying a lot of duplicates. Admittedly, the white vest and black undershirt combo –the sleeves almost always rolled up to his elbows– complimented his fit physique.

And fortunately, for the sake of his wardrobe if nothing else, Ford covered up with a black leather butcher’s apron when he was in the lab. If the sheer amount of times Liam showed up only to see Ford elbows deep in some poor anomaly was any indication, the utter madman didn’t mind getting his hands dirty and he certainly wasn’t squeamish.

Stan, on the other hand, wore a white undershirt with a black jacket and slacks; no vest or tie. However, Stan did own a fluffy white monstrosity of a coat that he was quite fond of, insisting that it made him look the part of a mafia boss. Truthfully, Stan didn’t look terrible when he wore that hideous coat, but Liam was skeptical that anyone other than Stan could pull the look off.

“Ford.” Liam greeted blandly, eyeing the various fluids that were splattered on Ford’s apron with distaste. If Ford noticed or cared about the sorry state of his apron and custom made black leather gloves, he made no outward indication of it.

“I have something for you, Liam. Come, come!” Ford gushed with a worrying gleam in his eyes, gesturing toward the depths of the lab with a flourish since he knew better than to make a grab for Liam. Ford had been electrocuted many times due to forgetting himself and attempting to manhandle Liam like he often did with his brother, getting thrown a good six feet away from Liam’s corporeal form as a result.

“For me?” Liam asked, no small amount of wariness in his tone. This was Stanford Pines after all. The madman’s idea of a gift was almost guaranteed to be deadly, or at the very least completely unnerving. Liam didn’t like surprises in the first place, but this took that dislike to a whole other level, leaning closer to paranoia and maybe even an inkling of fear if he was being completely honest.

“Yes. I had noticed a need and promptly got to work fulfilling it.” Ford confirmed with a decidedly vigorous nod, his vague answer only serving to confuse Liam further. Liam himself hadn’t noticed anything off with his form or internal structure, so what need could Ford possibly be fulfilling? Maybe this was yet another ploy meant to convince Liam to let Ford examine him?

“A need?” Liam impatiently prompted when it didn’t seem like Ford was going to be forthcoming about what the fuck he was talking about.

“Here.” Ford said instead of answering, grabbing a golf-ball sized sphere off of one of his cluttered workstations, the glowing blue liquid inside the sphere churning as Ford thrust it toward Liam with a huge grin that spelled nothing but trouble. Liam made no move to take it, leveling Ford’s obnoxiously giddy expression with a flat stare.

“What is it?” Liam demanded, pupil drifting between Ford and the sphere a few times. He had to admit, there was a flicker of curiosity, but it was lost under an extremely warranted surge of apprehension.

“A pill of sorts. Meant to be taken orally.” Ford explained, as if that was the part that Liam had an issue with. Leave it to Ford to completely miss the point. Liam was half-convinced that he did it on purpose because surely he wasn’t this socially incompetent.

“Real enlightening.” Liam deadpanned, reluctantly reaching out to pluck the sphere from Ford’s hand. He would have to figure out what it was himself, and the only way to do that was get a closer look at the damn thing.

The first thing Liam noticed was that the sphere felt… strange. It was cold to the touch but it was almost pulsing with energy, the mystery liquid inside glowing even brighter where it came into contact with his hand. The color was familiar somehow, as if he had seen this particular shade somewhere before. If he had more time, he would dig the memory up to examine it properly. But Ford, for all his determination, wasn’t a patient man by any means.

Liam hesitantly drew his eye back and out of the way so his tongue could unfurl from the opening to scoop up the sphere, painfully aware of Ford’s intense staring as his tongue retreated back into the cavern so his corrosive saliva could weaken the outer shell. Liam’s teeth broke the sphere with a loud crack, the liquid so cold that it burned as it spilled into his oral cavity.

Liam could feel it eating away at him from the inside, rushing through his internal structure with such ferocity that it almost seemed intentional; as if the liquid was alive. Had Ford designed this in an attempt to hurt him? To kill him? To erase him completely? Unfortunately, those thoughts were gone almost as soon as they crossed his mind, burning up like the rest of him.

Minutes or hours could’ve passed by the time Liam returned to himself, feeling both jittery and numb at the same time. He blinked sluggishly, the lab’s high ceiling coming into focus. Off in the distance, Liam could hear two distinct and familiar voices speaking with obvious urgency. Although it took him a long moment to actually recognize the garbled gibberish as words.

“–still unresponsive. And I’ve tried everything, Stanley!” Ford bemoaned, the rapid tap of his pristine dress shoes against tile a telltale sign of his anxious pacing. When Ford spoke again, he sounded small and terrified: “What if I killed him?”

“Give ‘im a minute ta recover, Ford. Ya gave ‘im the cosmic equivalent of an adrenaline shot combined with steroids for fuck’s sake.” Stan drawled, his accent noticeably thicker than usual. He also sounded a little strained, like he was in pain. Liam would have to pay the personified headache a visit and make sure he hadn’t done anything reckless again. The conman had a knack for finding trouble.

“What else was I supposed to do? Unlike others of his ilk, his power isn’t limitless; using it so frequently for such a prolonged period of time was clearly affecting him negatively!” Ford snapped and Liam was struck dumb because even he himself hadn’t noticed that something was wrong, the change had been so gradual that he didn’t suspect a thing. Boiling frog syndrome. “He’d grown worryingly lethargic and started dissociating more and more often.”

“‘M not sayin’ that what ya did was wrong, Ford. ‘M sayin’ that he might need a damn minute. Panic in like… another hour.” Stan huffed, weathering the storm that was Ford’s rampant anxiety with an ease only borne from years of practice.

Liam figured it was high time to put Ford’s fears to rest before they could fester and the absolute madman did something ill-advised, gingerly climbing to his feet. He rocked back on his heels as he made sure that he was still in one piece, pleasantly surprised to find that he actually did feel better. Whatever Ford put in that sphere had worked.

“Ford?” Liam called out as he rose into the air, floating at eyeline. There was a crash from deeper in the lab, presumably because of Ford. A suspicion that was only proven correct when the madman stumbled out of the depths, a cord coiled around his ankle. The substantial length of it was dragging behind him, whatever had been attached to the other end missing due to the cord being severed.

Ford’s vest was nowhere to be seen, his shirt unbuttoned just enough to reveal the brand on his chest. It looked awful, the raised skin blackened. Liam had only seen it turn that color when Ford toed the line when it came to studying him. Ford mostly kept his questions uninvasive, but sometimes he did try to pry into the intricacies of Liam’s species or even outright study him without consent.

The brand –the deal– swiftly corrected his behavior with crippling pain.

Liam had an inkling that Ford’s actions had violated their binding contract, resulting in punishment. What Ford did could be construed as an experiment after all, which Liam didn’t verbally permit before proceeding. Such a grievous offence would’ve affected Stan too, which explained why he had sounded pained during the phone call. And, based on Liam’s observations, Ford was able to block out sensory input more effectively than Stan.

“How do you feel?” Ford asked breathlessly, his hands warm as his fingers closed around Liam, unceremoniously jolting him out of his thoughts. Liam’s first instinct was to shock the shit out of him for the audacity, but he graciously withheld since he wasn’t exactly keen on kicking Ford while he was down.

“Better.” Liam admitted, fighting a losing battle against his own nonsensical emotions when Ford’s expression visibly crumpled with relief.

“Good. That’s good.” Ford mumbled, listing forward to rest his forehead against Liam’s front, his ridiculously fluffy hair getting in Liam’s eye. The irritation was easy enough to ignore, especially when Ford adjusted his grip in order to cling to Liam like a limpet. Actually, it was Ford’s pathetic state that ultimately led Liam to concede defeat and stiffly pat Ford’s head, providing genuine –albeit clumsy– comfort.

Liam knew that if he wasn’t careful, this apparently not so one-sided attachment would eventually be his undoing.

#gravity falls #a gilded cage au #ford pines #stan pines #stan and ford #stan twins #bill cipher #liam cipher #billsona #writing #ask box

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kybercrystals94 · 9 months ago

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Summer of Bad Batch | Week 8 | Swimming Lessons

Rated: G | Words: 1000 | Summary: Omega faces a bully on Kamino.

Omega tugs at the collar of her wetsuit. It is a little tight and small, her wrists and ankles exposed. Biologically, she is the same age as the cadets standing next to her against the wall facing the training pool; however, she is slightly taller physically. Nala Se didn’t think it was necessary to have a custom wetsuit made to fit since Omega will only be taking swimming basics, the lessons extensive and lasting less than a week.

“Where’d you come from?” the cadet on her left asks, eyeing Omega suspiciously.

Omega smiles and avoids the question. “I’m Omega,” she says instead.

The cadet frowns at her. “Why are you here?”

“Same reason you are,” Omega says, shrugging.

“You don’t belong here,” the cadet sneers, “You’re not a soldier.”

Now Omega feels annoyed. She’s being friendly, so why is he being so rude? “Well, you’re not one either,” she tells him. “You’re only three cycles. You can’t be a trooper until you’re nine.”

The cadet sticks his tongue out at her, crosses his arms, and turns to face the water again.

Omega learns that the cadet’s name is Racket, which suits him. He is loud and annoying. And bossy. And a bully.

Omega loses count of the number of times he shoves her underwater. While he never holds her there, it is always unexpected, causing Omega to sputter and gasp when she comes back up.

He takes her floatation device and throws it out into the middle of the training pool. The instructor gets it, scolding Omega for letting it get away from her. She tries to explain what happened, but the instructor interrupts, “I don’t want to hear your excuses.”

When they’re swimming laps, Racket grabs at Omega’s legs or arms as he passes her to throw off her strokes, leaving her floundering to recover.

When the lesson is finally over, Omega finds Nala Se waiting for her with a towel and change of clothes. “How was your lesson, Omega?” she asks.

It is all Omega can do not to cry when she asks, “Do I have to come back?”

“That is the intention,” Nala Se replies, guiding Omega to the private changing room usually reserved for the instructors. “Why? Did something happen?”

Omega glances across the room and sees Racket watching her, a cruel smirk on his round, young face. He might be a bully, but Omega is not a tattletale. “No. I just didn’t like it.”

“Hmm,” Nala Se hums. “I thought you would benefit from interacting with individuals your age; however, if you feel it is not a positive experience, perhaps private lessons would be more beneficial.”

***

“Oh, look, a little lab scrabber,” Racket sneers when Omega walks into the infirmary with AZI.

Omega ignores him, keeping her pace to show she doesn’t care. However, AZI stops to look at the clone sitting on the edge of a medical cot holding an ice pack to a developing black eye. “I must correct you, CT-1051811. Omega is not a lab scrabber. She is a medical assistant.”

“Ignore him, AZI,” Omega calls over her shoulder, putting the tray of sanitized medical tools on the counter and beginning to sort them into their proper drawers.

“It’s so sad that your only friend in the galaxy is a medical droid,” Racket croons and then laughs.

Omega rolls her eyes. “Yep. Almost as sad as ending up in medical because you lost a fight against a seven year cadet in a training module.”

“My medical records are classified, you little brat,” Racket growls.

Omega finishes sorting the tools and turns. “I’m a medical assistant,” she tells him sweetly. “So I have access to all your embarrassing records. I hope your cracked rib is healing up okay after that tumble from the Star Destroyer ramp. You really should be more careful.”

“Why you–” Racket begins, but Omega flees the room, AZI whirring behind her.

***

She’s done it. She’s finally found her brothers. And she’s sitting with them for a meal. They don’t seem to know what to make of her yet; however, Omega knows they’ll warm up to her. She’s their sister after all. They just don’t remember.

“Check it out,” a voice says behind her. Omega would know that awful voice anywhere. “The defect squad’s got themselves a new recruit. Another member added to the Sad Batch.”

Omega feels her blood begin to boil under her skin, anger bubbling up so fast she doesn’t really think about it when she climbs up on the table and picks up her bowl of soup. No one talks about her little brothers that way. Not on her watch. The bowl of soup hits its mark stunningly: the back of Racket’s stupid head.

“What the…” Racket whirls around, expression twisted with rage muted by the sludge of soup dribbling down his face and armor. “Who threw that?”

Omega already has her next projectile in hand. “I did. Now apologize to my friends.”

“I like this kid!” Wrecker’s voice sounds delighted, but Omega doesn’t let the warmth that fills her distract from the task at hand as Racket makes his way back to the table.

“What did you say to me?” he demands.

Hunter steps in, moving between Omega and her target. “Whoa, whoa, whoa. Back off,” he tells Racket, “I suggest you keep moving.”

Racket glares down Hunter, shifts his gaze to Omega, and then to something behind her. Omega knows it must be Wrecker looming at her back. She keeps her expression firm.

Wisely, he deflates, scoffing. He starts to turn around, but not without having the final word. “Know your place, lab scrabber,” he tells Omega, smirking.

Omega glares after him. She can take him calling her names.

But apparently, Wrecker can’t. A tray of food flies past Omega’s head, hitting Racket hard, nearly toppling him. Omega grins as the cafeteria begins to erupt into chaos. This will be a good bonding experience with her brothers.

And they already have her back.

END

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veronicasvanitycc · 2 years ago

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[Veronica's Vanity] 7 Eleven / Check Cashing / Liquor Store || FUNCTIONAL LOT

Lot Size: 30x20 Lot Location: Willow Creek Lot Type: Retail

All of my lots use the TOOL Mod. Please note that all builds require this to look identical. Anything NOT placed on the lot will NOT be included in the build and was created for my game using the TOOL mod.

Fully Functional Lot with autonomy.

Functional food, atm, alcohol. cigarette machine, medications, personal items etc.

And as always, there are easter egg surprises in this lot as well! Happy Hunting :)

You MUST have these objects installed for this build to work correctly in your game.

Insimnia's Food [I recommend EVERYTHING. I use tf out of their content.]

Srsly’s Complete Cooking Overhaul

Realistic Cooking Mod V 6.2

RAVASHEEN - Shop Chef Consumables

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Step 1. Download and extract the Tray Files into the "TRAY" folder. Extract the CC into your "MODS" folder.

Step 2. Open the Gallery and make sure "include custom content" is selected. Select the installed build.

Step 3. Please make sure these cheats are enabled BEFORE placing the lot in your world. If you have TwistedMexi's BetterBuildBuy and moveobjects mods, skip this step.

bb.moveobjects on

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rogersideup · 2 years ago

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Nice to be Kneaded

Chapter 6:

Sunflower

Series Masterlist

previous part: Absdoughlutely next part: Beautifully Natured

Word Count: 5,150

Warnings: My blog is 18+ only. All minors or blogs without an age in bio will be blocked. Minors DNI. Descriptions of injuries, mentions of blood, anxiety, and domestic abuse.

"Hello!" Your favorite voice bounced off the walls all throughout the quiet and empty bakery after the sound of the bells above the door chimed.

"Hey, honey! I'm in the kitchen!" You called out, a sickeningly delightful smile smeared across your face as you could hear his foot steps quickly approaching.

Since you we're facing away from the doorway, busy peeling and chopping apples on the big stainless steel countertops, you felt him before you saw him.

Steve's big arms engulfed you from behind as he peeped at what you were up to from above your head. "What's cookin' good lookin'?"

You laughed at his question before setting the big, freshly sharpened knife on the cutting board and ripping off your vinyl gloves. "Well for now it's just apples, but hopefully in an hour or two it'll be a whole tray of apple crisp bars ready to go for morning rush."

"Well it already looks delicious" He commented with a lopsided grin as you tossed the gloves into the trash for an opportunity to give him a proper hug.

You wrapped your arms around each other and lingered there for longer than an average hug, but who could blame you when he smelled so nice and held you so close and snug against his built chest. "They're just green apples, Honey"

"I love green apples" He stated as a matter of fact.

"Well today is your lucky day, because we have far too many so eat away" You released Steve from the hug and finally got to admire him.

It seemed as though every t-shirt he owned was one wrong move away from bursting at the seams, all while his legs just went on for miles and miles an-

"Soooooo, how can I help?" He asked, running his hand through his hair to pull it off his face.

"However you want" You smiled knowing that was his favorite answer.

If there was nothing blatantly obvious that needed to be done, he always found tasks that he loved to do. From organizing the cookie cutter bins by category in alphabetical order, to rearranging all the spools of ribbon on the long hanger to be in order of the color wheel, he always did it with a smile on his face.

At first you found it a little unnerving as if he felt pressured into needing to do something rather than just hang out with you, but after a few weeks of insisting, you finally understood he really did enjoy keeping busy any way he could. Anything that could occupy his hands and mind kept him one step closer to sanity.

"Ohh!" He lit up. "Can I finally fix that light in the bake case?"

He's quite literally been begging to fix it ever since he noticed one of the tiny lights in the bake case had been out. It wasn't enough for a customer to notice, nor was it a dire issue so it kept getting pushed to the back burner. It also wasn't as simple as just replacing the bulb, there were screws and wires and some weird metal pieces attached to weird plastic pieces...

"Be my guest, I know that would make you so happy"

"Just think of how beautiful your apple crisps will be in the morning under all of the lights, rather than all of the lights except for that one that's been out for weeks!"

"What would I ever do without you, Stevie?" You giggled as you snapped on a new pair of gloves to continue your apple chopping. "The bake case would be so dull... much as every passing day"

"Ugh, you're so lucky to have me." He joked with a sigh. "Screw driver?"

"Tool box is in the supply closet, very top shelf, back left corner." Your smile prevailed. "Did you lock the door?"

"Yes ma'am, and closed the blinds."

"Wow, at this point you're my best employee."

"And don't you forget it" Steve threw you a casual wink before disappearing into the lobby.

The light was an easy 15 minute fix, well, it would've been about five had he not lost a screw that took 10 minutes to find but he would never admit that. As he was finishing up, he heard what was almost a hissing sound coming from you in the kitchen, followed by clanking as if something had been dropped onto the metal countertops.

The sounds piqued Steve's concern, so he closed the case back up. But as he was walking back to the kitchen, he heard your little voice call out to him.

"Steve?" It was shaky and scared, something he had never heard from you before. Needless to say his walking pace turned into a jog, and when he made it through the doorway he saw you holding your hand in the other.

Your face was white as a ghost and your eyes were spacey, but the closer he got he noticed you were squeezing a bunched up paper towel to your hand and slowly swaying. He looked over to your apples to see a red puddle and the knife where it shouldn't be.

He recognized that glossy facial expression, he had seen it millions of times before on battlefield and training rooms. So he offered you a comforting smile as he approached to keep a hand on you. If you were about to pass out, he would be there to catch you.

"I um..." You started, but you couldn't quite get the words out without your internalized panic becoming very, very external. "Was cutting- then the knife slipped and I...caught it..."

"Are you okay?" He rubbed your arm as all his extensive first aid training from his days as an Avenger came flooding back to him.

"Bleeding" You stated, blinking your eyes as fuzzy darkness started to overtake your vision in invasive swirls. "A lot."

"Feelin' dizzy?" He questioned gently.

"Very." You nodded.

"Alright sweet girl, let's get you sitting down." He encouraged. You took one wobbly step before Steve stopped you in your tracks. There was no way you were going to make it to a chair by the will of your own two feet. "Okay I'm just going to pick you up."

You nodded in agreement and he swooped you into his arms like a rag-doll. You didn't even feel the need to hang on in case he dropped you, you just focused on keeping firm pressure on your hand as he took you to the front and set you down on a padded booth.

"Can I see it?" Steve questioned as he squat down in front of you. Once again you nodded and slowly pulled the paper towel away from your hand to reveal a nice slice right in the cushioned part of your palm beneath your thumb.

He inspected it the best he could but there was too much blood to even see what was going on beneath it, and when you curiously took a peak at your own hand, the black fuzzies invaded more of your vision.

"I think- I think I'm going to pass out." You mumbled.

Steve's eyes met yours in an instant when you admitted that, and he saw your ghostly white complexion had turned into bright pink cheeks and your head barely standing still. He pressed the paper towel back into your palm to block your injury from your eyesight.

"It's okay, lay down. Deep breaths." He reminded you, and assisted you on a slow and careful journey downwards on the booth. He reached over and grabbed a throw pillow from one of the lounge chairs and slipped it under your head. "Where's the first aid kit?"

"B-bathroom." You mumbled.

"Keep putting pressure on this, I'll be right back." He told you, guiding one of your hands to the other so you could firmly press them together.

You tried your best to stay awake even though you had to fight through the tunneled ringing in your ears and you lack of ability to see anything beyond the dizziness. However, you did hear his feet moving quickly around the store and the hand washing sink running.

Less than a minute later he was back and sitting on the floor in front of you, and setting down everything he had grabbed. You looked down to see him snapping on some gloves that barely fit his big hands, along with a whole roll of paper towels and both first aid kits. The calm expression on his face reminded you of exactly who he was, and what he did for most of the years of his life before he even met you.

"Here, take a few sips of water." He instructed you, cracking open a cold plastic bottle he took from the drink fridge. You did as you were told before placing the cold bottle against your hot cheeks as he sandwiched your injured hand between his two. "I'm going to see what I can do with what I have here, okay?"

"Do I need stitches?" You asked.

"I don't know yet, but I'll try my best to avoid that." He grinned before pulling the bloody paper towel off your hand. "Did you wash this already?"

"Ran it under water" You sucked in a breath as you felt gushes of thick warm liquid as he left it uncovered. Having not learned your lesson the first time, you looked again. "Oh my god..."

"Don't look at your hand, look at me." He advised you as he wiped away at the blood. It really wasn't stopping or slowing down at all, so he sandwiched your hand between his again and held it with firm pressure from both sides. "We're just going to hold hands for a while."

His reassuring smile as his eyes met yours made you feel like you could breathe again. "Well this is nice."

"Walk in the park" He agreed. "Does it hurt or can I squeeze harder?"

"Harder is okay" You agreed, so he did. It was just enough to feel your hand throbbing in his hold but not enough to cause more pain than you were already in.

"So, how was your day?" He questioned nonchalantly, trying to pull your mind away from your hand in attempts to calm you down. Plus he knew he needed a good amount of pressure to stay there for a little while.

"It was fine-busy." You answered shortly wanting to cut to the chase. "You're like, medically trained? You can give me stitches?"

"I'm trained enough to stop bullet wounds from bleeding out, and I've given stitches more times than I even remember." He reassured you. "But I have nothing here to work with, and I don't know enough to medically decide what kind of stitches would be best for this. If you need them, the best hands to be in will be a doctor's" He explained.

"Does it hurt?"

You worried eyes were killing him, but setting realistic expectations for what was to come seemed to be the best way you knew how to deal with your own fears, so he was happy to answer. "Another benefit of a doctor is that they'll numb you before. A few little shots around your hand and you'll barely feel a thing. It definitely doesn't hurt more than catching a falling knife."

You nodded with a gulp before an anxious, almost guilty admission slipped past your lips. "I'm really scared of the hospital. I know that probably sounds stupid to you but-"

"That's not stupid." He shook his head. "Most people only find themselves in a hospital when a bad thing happened to them or someone they loved. It's easy to be scared of a place like that."

"I'd rather you sew my hand together with a needle and thread and no pain killers then have a panic attack by myself in the emergency room." You continued to express your fears.

It was apparent to him now that the panic in your voice wasn't necessarily over the injury itself, but the thought of having to seek medical treatment. His first words without much thought would've been 'you won't be alone, I'll go with you', but you were smarter and more thoughtful than him. Stepping into a hospital with cameras around every square inch of the building and high security would be like locking himself in a cell.

You could see his wheels turning, trying desperately to find a solution to ease your mind before he let go of the pressure on your hand to check in on the cut. "It does actually seem to be slowing down a bit, but it looks pretty deep. Even if it closes on its own it's going to keep ripping open." He sighed.

You could tell he was contemplating the most morally correct option. He could do this himself and it would be fine, or he could encourage you to seek medical help and you'd have a not so fun night in the emergency room by yourself.

"Please" You pleaded, tears pooling in your lash line. "Georgia hates me, I have no family here, and I don't feel comfortable going with any of my other friends. We both know you can't step foot into a hospital."

"Can I ask what exactly you're afraid of?" Steve questioned gently, one of his hands still squeezing yours while the other rubbed up and down your arm to try and comfort you.

"I had a lot of really bad nights by myself at Greenwood medical." You started, unsure of how much you actually wanted to confess because you hated the way people looked at you when they found out. But Steve, maybe he would be different. Maybe he wouldn't look at you that way. "My ex-boyfriend he... wasn't very nice. And going there just reminds me of all of those times I was there alone because of him and I just- I can't go there."

His eyes softened, and his eyebrows tried hard to hide his inward emotion but he was still sympathetic. There was not much detail, but he got it now. He was done asking questions until you were ready to tell him more, and he was going to make sure you didn't have to step one single foot anywhere alone tonight.

"I'm sorry you had to go through that." He sympathized, still rubbing your arm. "I have a lot of first aid supplies at home, I think I can make it work. I have a few things we can try before I sew it up, but just in case I do have a sterile needle."

You quickly nodded, accepting his offer to play doctor for you. "I'll just clean up the kitchen really quick-"

"No" He giggled as you started sitting up. "You stay here and keep putting pressure on it , I'll clean up the kitchen then take you to my house."

"I'll be fine" you insisted, but as you fully sat up a whole new wave of dizziness hit you once more.

"Just stay here." He smiled, wrapping your hand up with lots of gauze and tying cotton wrap around it as tightly as he could. "I'll be right back."

He disappeared through the kitchen door way, leaving you to lean your head back against the wall and take in some deep breaths to calm yourself down. You could hear the fridge opening and closing, the three compartment sink running, and the contents of the sanitizer bucket being dumped out before he came back to you.

He handled you with such tenderness and care as he helped get you into the car and back to his place. You didn't really even have a chance to process the new environment you were in as he urgently rushed you up the stairs and sat you on top of the en suite bathroom counter with your hand dripping blood over the sink.

He started rummaging through the cabinet and advising you to look away once more before he snapped on a new pair of gloves and aided the best way he knew he could.

Through the whole ordeal he told you exactly what he was doing before he did it, let you squeeze his hand as he sanitized it as you both knew the stinging was going to hurt like hell, then at the very end he was just as happy as you were that a bit of super glue and some butterfly closure bandages saved you from that sterile needle he told you about.

When all was said and done, it was nearing 10pm and he could just see the emotional and physical exhaustion dripping off of you. So the second the final wrapping was secured on you hand and he knew you were on the road to a smooth recovery, he gently raised the back of it to his mouth and gave it an exaggerated kiss just to make you smile.

"All better?" He asked, your eyes opening to look at him when you felt his mustache tickle your skin.

"Thank you, Doctor Rogers" You softly smiled, not having much energy left. "Your services are greatly appreciated."

"It's easy to be a great doctor when you have a great patient" He admitted. "I'm sorry, I know that hurt. On a scale of one to ten, how much of an asshole do you think I am now?"

"Zero" Your smile stretched beyond what you thought was possible. "Far less painful than the alternative."

"Good, that's all I could've hoped for." He let go of your hand. "Are you okay?"

Though the question was played off as surface level, you knew what he was really asking. Instead of answering the question with a lie, or forcing yourself into the emotional intimacy of telling the truth, you simply stuck your arms out for a hug.

He didn't hesitate to step between your legs and let you lean forward onto him before he protectively wrapped his arms around you.

The two of you stayed there for a while, but he didn't mind one bit. He ate up every second of it considering human contact in the past year of his life was few and far in between before meeting you.

"Why do you have so much first aid?" You questioned with your chin resting on his shoulder, arms happily keeping him close.

"Nat, Wanda, Sam... they all know exactly where I am. If they need a place to hide away I just want to be prepared." He explained. "Just in case something happens."

"You're a good man, Steve." You told him confidently. Somehow, talking about your hard realities felt easier like this. Being so close yet not having to see the worried facial expressions of each other as you talk about it. "Does Tony know?"

"Yeah" his voice broke, almost as if he was whispering. "He knows Bucky is in Wakanda too. He knows I broke everyone out of the raft, and didn't do anything about it when he got the call. Even if he hates me, I think there's a part of him that understands why I had to do what I did."

"How is Bucky doing?" You questioned.

"They cured him" Steve told you. "I got to talk to him yesterday. He's doing good, but even though the winter soldier is gone he has a lot of healing to do."

"Does it make you happy when you get to talk to them?" You asked knowing how much guilt he held onto.

"It does, I get a lot of peace of mind. It seems like everyone is making the time to work on themselves. Do things they've always wanted to do but haven't gotten to yet because avenging got in the way." He explained as he relaxed into you once more.

With each honest answer, you found yourself wanting to be more honest with him too.

"How about you?"

"I'm doing better. I slept through the night last night- anxiety levels are starting to creep down. I feel like I'm starting to accept that Captain America isn't who I am anymore, and that's okay." His answer sounded genuine to you. "So, I ask you again. Are you okay?"

"I wasn't." You confessed. "For a very long time, I was in a very bad place. I thought I was doomed to a lifetime of never being able to move on from how he hurt me. But I got there, and I'm doing a lot better. It's just sometimes things happen that remind me of how bad it really was, and it makes me panic out of fear of feeling how I used to. But I'm okay now."

"Where is he now?" Steve tightened his grip on you, nestling the side of his head into yours.

“Arizona"

"Do you want me to drive to Arizona and cut off his dick?" Steve offered, earning a heavenly laugh from you.

"It's okay, all that drive time isn't worth three inches." You smiled.

He laughed right in your ear before letting out a sigh. "You're right, three inches is more embarrassing than nothing at all."

You slowly let go of him and leaned back against the mirror, though Steve didn't feel ready to stop touching you yet so his hands make their way to the sides of your thighs.

"You're so sleepy" He grinned, being unable to hide how adorable he truly thought it was.

"I've been up since 4 this morning, of course I'm sleepy." You agreed.

"I'm mad at you, by the way." He stated with a sigh, mischievously raising an eyebrow.

"Oh yeah? What'd I do?" You questioned, hyper-aware of his warm hands squeezing your legs.

"You make me enjoy your company so much that no matter how much time we spend together it's never enough." Steve explained. "And when you leave? I miss you. Why did you do that to me?"

"M'sorry." You apologized disingenuously. "What are you going to do about it? Call the police?"

"Mhm, report you for harboring a fugitive." He joked.

"How dare you?" Your eyebrows playfully furrowed and your lips tugged upwards. "Then what would happen to my stupidity handsome fugitive? I'm pretty sure he survives off of chocolate chips and almond croissants. He'd wither away without the bakery"

"He'd have to run far, far away. Find a new bakery in a different town and cry over how lame the almond croissants are compared to yours."

"How do I keep you from dialing 911?" You asked. "How could I possibly spare you from a dull life full of mediocre pastry?"

"It's simple, just stop making me miss you so much." He shrugged.

"I think that's something you'll have to work on within yourself, sweet cheeks."

"Bucky did always say I have quite the knack for becoming far too attached to the people around me." Steve explained. "But this? This was never supposed to happen. Not when I told myself I wouldn't trust anyone until I could figure out how to absolve my criminal status."

"Well told myself I'd never let another man sneak his way into my heart, but here we are." You shrugged, cheeks warming at your own words.

"Is that what's happening?" Steve asked.

"We're either living in a cloudy bubble of naïveté, or maybe we were both supposed to end up right here, right now." You sleepily let your thoughts spew out of your mouth.

You watched the well oiled gears in his brain turn and crank until he deflated. "I really care about you."

"But?" You asked, feeling your heart sink to your stomach.

"I'm going to have to leave one day." He reminded you. "I don't want to hurt you like that."

"I know that." You nodded as you took his hand into your non injured one. "But you've been on the run for almost a year now, Steve. That's a whole year of your life that you'll never get back just because you don't know where you'll have to go or what you'll have to do next. Tell me, how much longer do you think you'll have until you leave Greenwood?"

"I don't know." He whispered, trying to understand your point.

"How long until you're forgiven?"

"I don't know."

"How long until the world needs their Steve Rogers back?"

"I don't know."

"How long has it been since we've been dancing around whatever is going on here just because time is so uncertain?" You laced your fingers with his, and his thumb nervously traced stripes into the back of your hand.

"Since the moment I saw you." He admitted, cheeks glowing pink.

"It's been a long time. A really long time. Months" You reminded him. "Whether we have a whole life time ahead of us, or only five more minutes, I'd rather spend the rest of my time with you being genuinely happy instead of dully dancing around the inevitable."

"Are you going to hate me when I go?" He questioned softly. You could see the concern smeared across his face. The fear flooded his eyes and sunk his eyebrows, he really couldn't handle one more person he loves hating him.

"Nothing could make me hate you." You denied. "I understand that this can't be forever, and that's okay. I just want it for now."

His free hand made its way up to your hair before gently pulling the strands that didn't quite make it into your ponytail away from your face and behind your ear.

Thoughts were firing out of every corner of his mind and ricocheting off every surface they could. It caused a chaotic sea of emotions, and paralyzed him with lack of words as the only outcome he could think of in this moment was closing his eyes and leaning forward hoping you'd meet him halfway.

And you did. His hand traveled along with your movements, caressing the side of your face as your soft lips met his.

The kiss was long, gentle, and sweet. Both of you couldn't remember the last time butterflies filled your stomach that didn't involve cutting it really close in hand to hand combat or just barely escaping a man that wanted to do you harm.

Most people loved to offer unsolicited advice when they learned of the situation with your ex. They all advised you, butterflies aren't some romantic feeling that was meant to sweep you off your feet, it was anxiety warning you to run.

But this, this was different. They were calm, slow flutters that made you feel so warm and relaxed that running wasn't even an option. You were more so melting into his hands like a popsicle on a hot summer day, you felt like the chunks of butter atop a crumble in the oven; slowly melting and turning a good thing even better.

When you mutually pulled away because the unfortunate human need to breathe was just too much, your foreheads and noses stayed pressed together.

"I think you're braver than me." Steve admitted, thou could hear the sadness in his voice.

"Why is that?"

"You've already accepted that this can't be forever, yet I already miss you even when you're right in front of me." His throat felt like it was closing, and his heart was slowly being ripped apart in his chest.

You kissed his lips once more, then again, and again. "I'll miss you too, but we shouldn't keep wasting such a good thing while it's right in front of us. Our time together is so precious, we have a chance right now to make the most out of it." He kissed you this time, then you continued. "Sunflowers still grow when the moon is out."

"I don't know if I would still be surviving this without you." The confessions wouldn't stop flowing passed his lips at this point. "I guess that makes you my sunflower in the dark."

"You'll make it home one day." You pulled your forehead off of his. "You'll be forgiven, you'll get your family back, and when it happens I'll still be cheering you on."

"I'll tell them all about Greenwood, and how I risked everything for a sweet little baker that catches falling knifes and hides away criminals." His sadness started to dissolve when he saw how yours never arrived.

It did, but you did a good job hiding it for the sake of his own mind.

"I'm not hiding away a criminal, I'm hiding away my best friend. Big difference."

His smile stretched impossibly wide. "They'll never believe me, by the way. All of them will make jokes about it until I find my way back to you and they see it with their own eyes."

"If that's the case, you'll need to fill me in on what kind of desserts Avengers like to eat because I'll have to win them over somehow." A yawn took over the end of your words.

"Do you want me to walk you home?" Steve questioned.

You shook your head. "Don't want to miss you that much."

"Okay, then how does Cars 2 and some real cuddles this time sound?"

"Like a dream come true." You smiled before taking another opportunity to steal a kiss.

"Come on, let's get you cozy." He offered you a hand to help you off the counter.

You both changed into some cozier clothes after he found you a shirt and some sweatpants of his that might've had a fighting chance at staying on your body. It earned a good laugh when you had to roll up the waistband a few times and tie the drawstring tight, but your efforts to still look a little cute in a super soldiers clothes were diminished when his shirt swallowed you whole.

Although Steve's clothes looked much better on him, you couldn't even begin to deny how comfortable you were as you slipped into his bed in his surprisingly well decorated bedroom and found yourself wrapped up in him once more.

"Tomorrow I'll help you change the bandages on your hand and drive you to work." He exclaimed while running his fingers through your hair that was now out of its ponytail and flowing freely.

"That's some real princess treatment." You drowsily mumbled, soaking in his body heat.

"I'm pretty sure that's the bare minimum of human decency." Steve challenged.

"I told the girls that I got injured at work and that I'll be going in late." You informed. "We can sleep in."

"Good, you deserve more than 12 hours between workdays."

"Nobody in the entire world would be able to wake me up before the sun if this is what I'm falling asleep to." You smiled as your eyelids were forcing you to keep them shut.

"I'm happy to have you here" Steve kissed the top of your head.

"I'm so happy to be here." You reaffirmed. "Goodnight, honey."

"Sweet dreams, Sunflower."

Next Part: Beautifully Natured

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toolcasefoam · 6 months ago

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rarespawnwrites · 10 months ago

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WIP Wednesday

A loud clatter and an ominous change in the room’s orientation brought Danny’s attention back to his surroundings. His body had been harshly throwing itself against its bindings, and the gurney had knocked into a mobile medical cart placed too close to it. Something had fallen on him—a tray, spilling medical tools as it fell—and the way his body had thrown its weight, the bed he was strapped to was now tilting in the opposite direction from where the tray had come from.

Danny had better not be about to die ag—WHOA!

One hand had twisted in its restraint to catch a scalpel as everything fell. After his rough landing, Danny found himself hanging sideways from his restraints. He stared at the scattered tools and fallen tray in front of him while the hand with the scalpel worked to cut through the wrist cuff.

Was… was that intentional? Was this body really just working off instincts? What the hell were these instincts?!

Of course it chose to be hypercompetent now instead of earlier, in the middle of traffic, in the scenario that would have prevented any of this. Well… at least his body was taking care of the restraints; Danny just had to figure out things on his end.

After scanning his system for options, he saw that he’d missed system messages. One was from a sender he’d never seen before. These names were all overlapping, though. Nothing about this afterlife game could be convenient. “System Support,” huh? Right.

So, there was a “Transmigrator Support System”, which he accessed with his screen. That seemed automated by comparison to the email-looking message he’d gotten from Peerless Cucumber. This “System Support” was probably… like customer service? Support for users having issues with the system itself. That was promising.

Danny read the message. His account was no longer under review, so he could actually buy things from the system store now! He really needed to find something that could remove the debuff.

【System Message】 Your preferences have context-sensitive advertisements set to “off”. You can change this setting in the options menu.

And now the system was giving him attitude. Great. Well, it was also hinting that it had a solution, which would be actually great. Since his body was doggedly sawing through his restraints, he should probably find something sooner rather than later.

Actually… why had no one come to check on him? That had made an incredible amount of noise. Why was everything so quiet? Someone had strapped him down and just… left him here? With a bunch of tools?

Danny was pretty sure you didn’t need restraints on people you thought were dead. If most dead people were in his place, the restraints would do nothing because their corpse wouldn’t try to escape. In Danny’s case, the restraints would have done nothing because he was dead. Well. If this irritating system weren’t so fixated on nerfing him, anyway.

Danny’s body thumped to the floor as his mind browsed through pages of items in the system store. His body finished freeing itself and stood. It shivered in his hospital scrubs, and his eyes fixed on the sheet covering the table on the other side of the room. He found himself ambling toward it, and refocused his attention on the world around him.

‘No,’ he thought at his body. ‘Bad! Do NOT take the sheet off a corpse! I don’t care how cold we are!’

The good news was that Danny did not have to wear a sheet plucked off a corpse in the morgue.

The bad news was that it was because whatever was under the sheet started moving before he could get all the way across the room.

But hey, there was more good news! Danny couldn’t control his body, so he didn’t let loose with a high-pitched squeal of terror when presented with this horror movie development! You really had to appreciate the little things when the big things were all terrible.

For instance: his human body was always cold from the way his unreleased ice powers cooled his core temperature, and it wasn’t helped by the cool air of the morgue. That was a terrible, big part of his reality. The small bright spot? Apparently, the chill that ran down his spine at the unexpected movement was even worse than the overall cold, because instead of continuing toward the sheet to warm him up, his body instantly changed course to sprint for the exit.

He couldn’t see whatever was going on behind him, but from the scrabbling noises and soft thumps, he didn’t think that whoever that was had been restrained. Because of course they hadn’t. Why would you put restraints on a corpse?

Danny wished he could punch just like, one thing. For, uh… survival purposes.

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comfys · 2 years ago

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View House - Part 1, Exterior

Whew. I'm finally ready to share ‘View House’, my latest build on Windeburg's Crumbling Isle. Putting this together was definitely a process. I tried to build two completely different homes on this lot before settling on this one. It is inspired by 'lake two' by McClellan Architects, located in Seattle, Washington. Interestingly, the real life location of this house is not too far from the real life location of my previous build, which is in Tofino, Canada. This makes sense since I always imagined Windenburg as Canada or the Pacific Northwest.

Perhaps the most fun part of building on this lot was its elevation. The original build here was only slightly raised, but I wanted to make it much higher to optimize the view. Hence the name View House. This is my first time successfully building an elevated house using terrain tools and I really enjoyed the process of figuring out how to make it seamlessly fit in the environment using landscaping and debug rocks. Stay tuned for part 2 of this post which will explore the interior. And yes, I will be completing my rebuild of the island.

You can find this lot on the gallery by searching my EA id 'comfysims4' or by searching 'View House'. Please remember to search including custom content. I am not currently making cc lists or tray files, but check out my frequently used creators post and hmu me for WCIFS.

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rheya28 · 1 year ago

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Lucio's Market [Restaurant, Grocery, Teaching Kitchen] ♥ The Sims 4: Speed Build // CC

Lucio's Market is where culinary passion meets community connection! Nestled in the heart of Anchorpoint Wharf, this venue seamlessly blends a fully stocked grocery store, a dynamic teaching kitchen, and a cozy restaurant—all under one roof. [Lot Can be set as a restaurant, generic, or retail]

➽ Speed Build Video

➽ Rheya's Notes:

♥This lot has been semi play-tested. ♥To make the Grocery part of the build functional, you can turn this into a retail lot. There are also grocery mods available such as SS realistic cooking mod and the Bulk Grocery Mod. Please keep in mind that I did not follow any requirements for these two mods as the grocery part of the build was made simply for aesthetics and storytelling. You are welcome to make adjustments! ♥We do not have a teaching kitchen venue option in the sims 4, however, the gameplay can be achieve with some imagination! You can turn this into a generic lot and simply have your sims cook/bake together on different stoves simultaneously. ♥Lastly if you want this lot to function as a restaurant, simply change the venue lot type in build mode. I would recommend downloading LittleMsSam's lock mod to lock the testing kitchen's door. This will prevent customers from using the kitchen appliances!

➽ Important Notes:

● Please make sure to turn bb.moveobjects on! ● Please DO NOT reupload or claim as your own. ● Feel free to tag me if you are using it, I love seeing my build in other peoples save file ● Feel free to edit/tweak my builds, but please make sure to credit me as the original creator! ● Thank you to all CC Creators ● Please let me know if there's any problem with the build

♥ Sim Featured in video Courtney Ajak & Tiara Robinson by @aashwarr Emi Grey by @jaxplaysthesims

➽Lot Details

Lot Name: Lucio's Market Lot type: Restaurant + Generic lot + Can be retail Lot size: 30x20 Location: Archorpoint Wharf, San Sequioa

♥ MODS:

TOOL MOD by TwistedMexi

♥ CC LIST:

Note: I reuse a lot of the same cc in all my builds, specifically cc's from felixandre, HeyHarrie, tuds, and Pierisim so if you're interested in downloading past, present, future build from me i suggest getting all their cc sets to make life a little easier! other creators include Sooky, Charlypancakes, Sixam, Thecluttercat, Myshunosun, awingedllama, peacemaker.

Awingedllama: Blooming Room plants

Lilis Palace: folklore (only deco jars)

Severinka: Grocery Store pt 1 (cash desk, display island only), Grocery Store pt 2 (all), Grocery store pt 3 (Shopping cart and basket only), Grocery store pt 4 (all)

Around the sims 4: Bulk grocery

FelixAndre x Harrie: Baysic, Harluxe, Orjanic, Kichen

Bbygyal123: Abstract Prints

FelixAndre: Berlin pt 3, Chateau, Fayun , Kyoto , Florence , Grove, Shop the look, Soho

Charlypancakes: Chalk

Thecluttercat: Dandydiary pt 2, Helloo horse, Sunny Sundays

Harrie: Brownstone, Brutalist, Coastal, Klean, Kwatei, Octave, Spoons

LittleDica: Rise & Grind, Delicious kitchen

Myshunosun: Harbalist Kitchen

Peacemaker: Pointless Renovation

Pierisim: Auntie Vera, Coldbrew, David Apartment, Domaine Du clos, Mcm, Oak House, Winter Garden, Woodland Ranch

Max20: Poolside lounge pack (floor pattern only)

S-imagination: Cottage kitchen (Decorative bag with scoop only)

Sixam: Home Improvement, Hote Bedroom

Syboullette: Boulangerie (chalk board only)

Taurus Design: Lilith Chilling Area (sul sul sign only)

Tuds: Cross, IND, NCTR, SHKR

● DOWNLOAD Tray File and CC list: Patreon Page ● Origin ID: anrheya [previous name: applez] ● Twitter: Rheya28__ ● Tiktok: Rheya28__ ● Youtube: Rheya28__

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june-gdprototyping · 2 months ago

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Top 8 Applications of 3D Printing in Medical Industry

3D printing technology, with its highly customizable, responsive and material-saving features, is triggering profound changes in the medical field. Especially in the application of medical models, 3D printing technology shows unparalleled advantages and potential.

Furthermore, 3D printing technology, as an emerging additive manufacturing technology, has made breakthroughs in its application in the medical field in recent years. The application of 3D printing technology in the medical field is becoming more and more widespread. Through the layer-by-layer stacking of digital models, a variety of medical devices, prosthetics, orthotics and other aids, and even human organs, can be accurately printed.

1.Surgical preview model

With 3D printing technology, doctors can create surgical preview models to help them simulate operations before surgery, improving accuracy and safety.

It is important for medical workers to conduct preoperative planning for risky and difficult procedures. In the previous surgical preview process, medical workers often need to obtain the patient's data through CT, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and other imaging equipment, and then the two-dimensional medical image using software to convert into realistic three-dimensional data. Today, medical workers can use devices such as 3D printers to print 3D models directly. In this way, it not only can assist the doctor to carry out accurate surgical planning, improve the success rate of surgery, but also to facilitate the communication and exchange between medical workers and patients on the surgical program plan.

2.Surgical guide

Surgical guides can help the surgeon to accurately position and operate during surgery, reducing surgical errors and improving surgical outcomes.

As an auxiliary surgical tool during surgery, surgical guides can help medical workers to accurately implement surgical programmes. Currently, the types of surgical guides have included joint guides, spinal guides, oral implant guides, etc. With the help of 3D printed surgical guides, firstly, the 3D scanning technology can produce three-dimensional data on the patient's affected area, which allows the doctor to obtain the most realistic information, so as to better plan the surgery. Secondly, while making up for the shortcomings of the traditional surgical guide manufacturing process, the size and shape of the guide can also be adjusted as needed.In this way, different patients can have a guide plate that meets their real needs.

3.Dental applications

3D printing technology is also widely used in the field of dentistry to print personalized trays, moulds, etc., to help patients have better dental treatment.

The application of 3D printing in the dental field mainly focuses on the design and production of metal teeth, invisible braces, etc. The emergence of cutting-edge technology of 3D printing creates more possibilities for those who need orthodontic treatment to achieve personalized and customized braces. At different stages of orthodontic treatment, orthodontists need different sets of braces. With the help of 3D printing to create multiple sets of braces needed for orthodontic treatment, it not only helps the healthy development of teeth, but also reduces the cost of braces production. The significance of these digital technologies is that they are gradually making it less necessary for doctors to make models, dentures, etc. by hand, and returning more of their efforts to the diagnosis of oral diseases and the performance of oral surgery itself.

4.Rehabilitation medical equipment

Through 3D printing technology, a variety of rehabilitation medical devices, such as prosthetics and orthotics, can be created to help patients regain function.

The real value of 3D printing for orthopaedic insoles, bionic hands, hearing aids and other rehabilitation devices is not only to achieve accurate customization, but also to allow accurate and efficient digital manufacturing technology to replace the traditional production methods, reducing the cost of individual customized rehabilitation medical devices and shortening the production cycle. 3D printing process is diversified, and there is a wide range of 3D printing materials. SLA light-curing 3D printing technology has the advantage of being able to provide the most efficient and cost-effective 3D printing technology. SLA light-curing 3D printing technology is widely used in rapid prototyping by the medical device industry due to its advantages of fast processing speed, high precision, good surface quality of photosensitive resin material moulding and moderate cost.

5.Medical Equipment Cases

3D printing technology can also be used to create a variety of medical devices, such as surgical instruments and medical equipment, to improve the personalization and accuracy of medical devices.

Take the example of 3D printing for mass customized production in the hearing aid shell industry. In the traditional way, injection moulds need to be made from a model of the patient's ear canal. The final shape of the hearing aid is obtained by drilling sound holes and manually processing the plastic product. If a mistake is made during the process, the mould needs to be recreated. The process of making a hearing aid using a 3D printer, on the other hand, begins with the design of a silicone mould or impression of the patient's ear canal, a step that is done using a 3D scanner. CAD software is then used to convert the scanned data into a design file that can be read by the 3D printer. The designer can then use the software to modify the 3D image and create the final product shape.

6.Precision replication and personalization

3D printing technology is able to accurately restore a patient's anatomy and produce full-size, high-fidelity medical models based on the patient's CT, MRI and other imaging data. These models not only have extremely high geometric accuracy and surface quality, but also reflect the unique physiological characteristics of the patient, providing doctors with real and reliable references.

7.Teaching and training

3D printed medical models also play an important role in medical education and training. By printing out models of various typical cases, medical students can perform practical operations in a simulated surgical environment to enhance their surgical skills and resilience. At the same time, these models can also be used as teaching tools to help students better understand human anatomy and disease principles.

8.Scientific research and experimentation

In the field of medical research, 3D printed medical models also have important applications. Researchers can use these models to conduct experimental studies such as drug screening and biomechanical testing to explore new treatment methods and technologies. In addition, by printing tissue or organ models with specific physiological functions, they can also provide strong support for research in cutting-edge fields such as organ transplantation and regenerative medicine.

In summary, 3D printing technology has a wide and far-reaching significance in the application of medical models. It not only improves the accuracy and efficiency of medical services, but also promotes the innovative development of medical education, research and clinical practice. With the continuous progress of technology and the expansion of application scope, we have reason to believe that 3D printing will play a more important role in the future medical field.

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