#Darkfeather University

[kvalenagle]

Darkfeather University

Hear me out. Darkfeather University, a gryphon 'magic' school series with Sound of Snow, Marshmallow, and Squirrelbane as the main trio.

Professors like Askel (physics), Triddle (safety), Cherine (cooking), Biski (law/medicine), Kia (botany), Pip (chemistry), Ninox (self-defense & others-offense), and Henders (geology).

(Marshmallow art by Kartoniq.)

[writerblue275]

Mask of the Black Rose! Ezreal One-Shot

Inspiration: I’m fucking feral at this splash art oh my fucking god. I love formal attire on people. (Oh my god those are thigh high boots on him.) Also damn, Jarro Darkfeather confirmed? Lmaooo. (I cannot think of a title for this my brain is mush I’m so sorry.)

Champion: Ezreal (tying this into my FWB!Ezreal fic general universe because I can. But like it can be read on its own.)

Genre: One-shot

Type: Mostly fluff. A teeny bit of angst to start things off but it gets fluffier. And a little suggestive at the end.

Gender: Gender Neutral reader.

TW: SPOILERS for ARCANE S2 plot points (you have been warned!!!!). Slight angst (in form of worry for the well-being of a partner). Slightly suggestive at the end. Swearing.

“Ezreal, you what??” Your voice peaked with shock and you gaped at your now sheepish-looking boyfriend.

“Shhhh! Baby! Baby, I promise I was fine. I’m here now, right? Nothing to worry about!” He gestured to himself with his hands to emphasize his point.

You breath left you in a incredulous laugh. “Ezreal Lymere, what do you mean ‘nothing to worry about?’ You were dealing with the fucking Black Rose of Noxus?? You went to a Black Rose Masquerade?! They know about you? They know you’re Jarro Lightfeather?” You couldn’t help as a touch of panic entered your voice.

Ezreal realized he needed to shift things. He gave you a small pout. “Hey…come on…you know me…Are my talents not worth the recognition?”

You hummed and pouted back, but Ezreal could see you relax a little. “You know that’s not what I meant, baby. You do deserve recognition. But the Black Rose…” You stepped closer to him and hugged him tightly. “I know you can take care of yourself. As you said, you’re here now. But Ez, the Black Rose is so dangerous. You heard how easily they were able to infiltrate Piltovan society during Ambessa Medarda’s attempted takeover. And they weren’t even on her side. What do they want with you?”

Ez wrapped his arms around you and kissed your forehead softly, reassuring you he truly was there. “They didn’t say anything specific. So I guess it really was just an introduction to each other. I don’t mean to worry you, Angel, I promise that’s not my goal. They just made their interest in me clear throughout my time in Noxus, and it didn’t seem like the smartest move to ignore them when I got the invite to the Silken Danse. I do know they’re dangerous. That’s why I didn’t want to blow them off.”

You sighed and nodded, resting your head on his shoulder. “I suppose that makes sense. But the Silken Danse,” you murmured. “What an interesting name for a party. Did you at least have fun?” You looked up at him curiously.

Ez grinned down at you. “We thought the Piltovan society parties were stuffy…oh man you havn’t seen anything like a Noxian masquerade.”

“So is that a no?” You giggled.

“Well I for sure would have enjoyed it more if you were there. You make any event a million more times fun and enjoyable.” His grin morphed into a playful smirk.

You gently pushed his chest and laughed. “You’re such a charmer, oh Prodigal explorer. Now answer my question.”

“It was…interesting, I’ll give it that. Thank fuck for the cotillion lessons we had as kids. The dance floor in Noxus is just as much of a battlefield as a gladiator arena. Knowing how to navigate around society types at least allowed for some interesting people watching.” His voice grew thoughtful as he mused.

“Anyone I’d know? Wait that might be a silly question considering it was a masquerade.”

Ezreal chuckled. “Actually there was a familiar face. You know of Renata Glasc, yes?”

You stared at him with wide eyes. “Miss Glasc was there? Oh that’s interesting…and a little alarming but…I suppose it’s fine.”

He nodded. “Those were my thoughts as well.”

“Any interesting dance partners?” You can’t help as a little tiny twinge of jealousy slipped into your tone.

He immediately shook his head and pecked your lips softly. “Nope. None of them were you.” His voice and expression were sincere.

Your cheeks blushed the slightest pink as you grinned. “Good answer, Lymere.” You said, making his smirk return to his face.

“Thank fuck I wore reinforced shoes though, otherwise my feet would have been in a lot of pain. Turns out Noxians are very hit-or-miss when it comes to dancing abilities.” He let out on a chuckle.

“Oh really? Are you sure it was them and not you?” You gently teased, even though you knew from personal experience that Ez was a surprisingly divine dancer.

You continued. “Speaking of your shoes, what else did you wear? Will you describe it for me?” You loved when Ezreal wore more formal attire, and he definitely knew this.

One of his eyebrows arched. “Now how did I know you’d ask that? I can actually do you better than just telling you. I brought the entire outfit home with me, mask included. Would you like to see it?”

You can’t help but let out a happy little gasp. “Wait really? Of course I would!”

You helped Ezreal unpack the clothes, admiring them. “Oh wow…I’ve seen you in formal wear, but never something this…intricate! The vest especially is beautiful.” You picked up the gold mask and held it up to his face. “Oh! It seems like this wouldn’t work with your hair in front, Ez. Did you push your bangs back?”

He nodded and pecked your lips quickly. “I did. Give me a second in the bathroom while I change, and I can also show you how that worked. You’ll have to tell me what you think.”

You waited on his bed as he went into the bathroom to change. After what felt like a half hour, (but was really only 10 minutes) he walked out of the bathroom. “So? What do you think?”

You could only blink at him with wide eyes and pink cheeks, rendered speechless as you take in the site of your usually handsome boyfriend looking downright dashing in this new outfit.

It was tailored to perfection on him. While Ezreal wasn’t buff, he was certainly in shape, and this outfit showed that off. The coloring on the outfit also fit his coloring very well. The gold mask covering the top half of his face was striking. And his hair! His normally slightly messy hair was brushed up and neatly slicked back away from his forehead. You felt your heart flutter and race as you studied him, and you took a deep breath to try and steady yourself.

Your reaction brought a smirk to his lips as he slowly walked closer to you. “Well well…normally I have to work a lot harder to render you speechless.” His smirk widened as his words flustered you further and you let out a soft squeak.

Ezreal stopped directly in front of you and gave a practiced bow. “Now, may I please have this dance?”

Despite your brain currently short-circuiting, you managed to whisper, “Y-yes…fuck yes,” in response, taking his hand and allowing him to pull you to your feet.

Once you were on your feet, you seemed to snap back to reality. Almost without thinking, you gripped the collar of his jacket and eagerly kissed him, the gold of his mask surprisingly warm against your face as it absorbed his body heat.

Ezreal chuckled softly once you pulled back for air, beginning to sway with you. “So your reaction tells me I should wear this again. Is that correct?”

You allowed him to lead you, grinning widely and smoothing out his collar. You ran your hands down his chest to feel the luxurious material of the vest beneath your fingertips. “I certainly have no qualms if you break this outfit, or any elements of this outfit, out the next time we’re required to get a little fancy. I should commission an outfit to match.”

Ezreal pecked the tip of your nose softly. “Two steps ahead of you. It’s already paid for, you just need to go get measured and tell the tailors what you want.”

You laughed. “I should have known. I’m sure you knew exactly what my reaction to this outfit would be, hrm?”

Ez smirked and kissed your neck softly, causing you to gently shiver in his arms. “I had an idea. But now I have an even better idea.”

Your voice became breathier as he continued to nibble along your jaw. “Oh? And what might that be?”

Ezreal’s voice was like silk as he whispered in your ear. “Now I want to see your reaction as I take it off~…”

AHHHH. I haven’t felt so inspired to write like this in a while lmao. I wrote this same day (apologies for any typos). Thank you for reading and I hope you enjoyed!! 💙

[everything-chlorine-grown-roses]

spoilers under the cut for those that haven’t read the new flw chapter

I love how this is barely connected to the last chapter. Like it’s been a while since I read it and only roughly remember it bc of the april fools chapter; so like. chapter 3: Chillin’ at some restaurant when detective kimmy informs us there’s a hitlist with Azusa’s name on it. Chapter 4: Azusa wakes up at home and goes hanging out with her friends.

Really hope it’s gonna come back as a gut punch like, you thought I forgot that hitlist? Oh no, this is gonna be full on Makoto-said-she’s-alive-but-you-couldn’t-hear-that

I like that there’s some fuel for my ShatterCon brotp, like sure it’s a rarepair but! Bros! I still do have to get used to Conchita's dyed hair tho lol

“Dark Angel” is no name. Like with Nymphnight and Darkfeather I’m literally not thinking of their surnames, but. A character who’s first name is “Dark Angel”? I was waiting for him to reveal himself as a Chunibyou but I’m still waiting for that sike-

On an aside I wonder how important Kiryu will end up being because Dark is Kurai which you know, Akamatsu connection, and Angel is, well, you know something’s up when a character shares their name with the author in some way hey I might be interpreting too much into it but all the Kims we got so far were protagonists

It’s interesting that they are from Samezuka, but is Mabel from there too? It was a pretty big deal that Chiriko was the first (and probably only?) female student there and even then she had yakuza connections.

the “sophomore” author note confused me a little bc I only know the term from manga translations (where they use ‘freshman’ for the first years and ‘sophomore’ for the second years) so.

Conchita: “We’re seniors!” Conchita is a second-year. I also just realized that Shatter and Esther were third years in cgr (going by their bow color at least), so. Did they graduate or repeat a year bc of their mental hospital stay. I can’t remember if this had been addressed before.

can’t believe Hitomi reinstates that she got a shitton of money from L’eau de Rose and gotten her own danganronpa mansion. I’m so expecting them to just shut themselves there and do murder games (and for the new characters to be the first victims)

pretty sure the halloween special was explicitly an alternate universe though, because Chiriko was alive (presumably)´and Chiasa and Masahiko were friends of Azusa and the gang.

dunno how much I like the maid not having a name. I’m just thinking of Anzu and Belle (though it’d make no sense for them to be here, Anzu is dead and Belle is probably traumatized from that murder) so idk if I should expect the maid to get more fleshed out in the future, remain an irrelevant aside or turn out to be in some way related to the Tachibana murder. Like. What if she used to be one of Azusa’s maids? What if she knew Anzu or Belle? This is a random faceless character and I’m already thinking about a plot twist that makes her important hrngh

I do like that we got description about what the renovated mansion looks like on the inside. It’s a nice break from only the clothes getting a paragraph description. It just makes it seem that much more like Hitomi got a Murder Mystery Mansion tho lol

love how we get the backstory of Oliver through a truth or dare. like. I like how it’s more interwoven into a casual conversation and not like “taking azusa aside bc sudden urge to tell the readers backstory”

and last but not least

I’m sorry her pose just reminded me of that-