#Fully Furnished Lofts

[theurbanloftco]

Want to learn more about the perfect blend of comfort, convenience, and modern amenities at The Urban Loft Co. Conway? Click the link to read the full article and explore how our fully furnished, pet-friendly lofts can enhance your lifestyle!

[moonwoodhollow]

Peony Drive 590 - a fully furnished lot for Oasis Springs (no CC)

With this build my birthday celebration is coming to a close and I hope you enjoyed the other houses I shared, but now onto the last one: This house is a mash-up of two mid-century house plans I found online. I originally did not plan on furnishing it, but as it turns out being sick motivated me enough to furnish this house. It was intended as a starter home, but keeping within a tight budget wasn't fun, so I didn't. The end result is a very cheerful and playtested home for your sims!

More info and interior shots + download link under the cut!

Peony Drive 590 is a 20x15 fully furnished lot placed in the Parched Prospect neighbourhood of Oasis Springs. It's perfect for either one sim or a couple. You could also fit a baby or an infant in there, but you'd have to add a room/floor for an older child. Peony Drive has a colourful interior that leans heavily into the mid-century (modern) style and also has a patio with a bar and a barbecue.

Uses items from the following packs: For Rent, Horse Ranch, Growing Together, High School Years, Cottage Living, Snowy Escape, Eco Lifestyle, Discover University, Island Living, Get Famous, Seasons, Cats and Dogs, City Living, Get Together, Get To Work, My Wedding Stories, Dreamhome Decorator, Strangerville, Jungle Adventure, Dine Out, Home Chef Hustle, Paranormal Stuff, Tiny Living, Backyard Stuff, Cool Kitchen Stuff, (Kits): Desert Luxe, Little Campers, Industriel Loft & Country Kitchen

Download: simfileshare | or up on the gallery: aeromantica

TOU: please don’t claim as your own or put behind paywalls etc. If you find any issues (wrong files, etc.) please let me know + tag me if you’ll use the house, I’d love to see it in your games.

[kazroze]

yes, it's another modern black&white restaurant build! but this time... in mt. komorebi! in my savegame it's a sushi place owned by the same chef that runs the crab and monkey in windenburg. but it isn't *just* another restaurant - the build comes with a fully furnished apartment for your own chef/restaurant owner of choice and a corner tea shop/bakery.

and all of this just works! the bakery can get a little cramped at times because it's so tiny, but i've playtested pretty thoroughly. so i hope you have fun & can't wait to see this place in your game! i do suggest using carl's dine out reloaded for a better dining experience.

6-4-1 hanamigawa in mt. komorebi NO CC restaurant/retail/residential 111,211 § 20x15 1 bed 1 bath

DOWNLOAD tray files: simfileshare | google drive gallery id: catwort

more info under the cut!

for this lot you will need the following:

eps - get to work, get together, city living, cats & dogs, seasons, get famous, island living*, discover university, eco lifestyle, snowy escape, cottage living, high school years;

gps - spa day, dine out, parenthood, jungle adventure, strangerville, dream home decorator, werewolves*;

sps: - cool kitchen*, backyard*, bowling night*, fitness*, laundry day, moschino*, tiny living, paranormal;

kits - industrial loft*, blooming rooms*, pastel pop*, everyday clutter*, bathroom clutter*.

dlc marked with (*) are definitely not mandatory, so feel free to download even if you don't have them!

@vanillafinds @public-ccfinds @maxismatchccworld @sssvitlanz thanks for sharing if you do! <3

[hometoursandotherstuff]

I don't know why, but since I started this blog, the converted Chapel on the Bay, in Palmetto, Florida has been on the market at least 4 or 5 times. And, here it is, for sale again. 2bds, 2ba, $699K. The original owner spend $1.3M to convert it.)

The floating chapel has served as a picturesque wedding venue and also as a short-term rental or Airbnb. The former Chapel is being sold fully furnished. It's ready for the next owner to live in at the marina or operate as a rental.

It's really nice inside and has a vaulted church ceiling.

Note the gothic doors and stained glass windows. I don't care for the black theater recliner seating, they're too bulky and casual for this lovely space.

In the corner of the living area is a nice round glass table.

A spiral staircase in the middle of the space toes up to a loft.

In the corner of the living area is a nice kitchen with granite counters.

Hallway to the primary bedroom and bath.

The downstairs bedroom and bath are good sizes.

The 2nd bedroom is in the loft.

Isn't this nice? It's so cozy.

There's even a sitting area up here.

And, this is the 2nd bath.

It's picturesque at night, but there doesn't seem to be many other homes, just lots of boats.

This is nice, they have fireworks on the water.

[theghostofashton]

that look on tk's face when he's looking around the fully furnished loft for the first time is just so. there's so much in it. later eps really contextualize how truly in awe he is, like there's this genuine shock that he gets to have this, that it's his. and it feels like it runs so deep, not just his love for the loft as a dream place to live with carlos, but also..... this is his home. this is a home he didn't think he'd ever get to have, a life he didn't think he'd ever get to live.

i just keep on thinking about 19 or 20 year old tk who was battling addiction and working as a firefighter and trying to feel close to his dad again, who probably thought that that was all there was. who didn't know what his future held but probably figured it wouldn't be good because he didn't deserve for it to be. and i can imagine him thinking about that tk too, as he's looking around the home that he now owns, the life he gets to build with someone who loves him deeper than he's ever been loved before. being so awed, so overwhelmed, that seven, eight years later, this is his. he gets to have this.

[maygrcnt]

just watched this tiktok and was like !!! upset that i don’t post 911 tiktoks anymore because i would have stitched right away but i need to speak on it anyway,

if you don’t have tiktok the video basically just notes that bucks loft has no personal touch and feels like a tv set more than a place someone lives

because like it’s ON PURPOSE !!!! she talks about how there’s no trinkets, how there’s nothing on his fridge, there’s no post cards. you know when there was those things in the loft? COMA DREAM. he had the little toys that gave him hints of real life, the cards from his school kids, a fully furnished living room, and just overall the framing and lighting of the scene made it feel much homier than the loft has ever felt before. when buck comes “home” in the coma dream the setting, in my opinion, has the same comfy vibes as any time the 118 and co has a big get together and is hanging out in someone’s house, it feels good!

and i think (i swear im not projecting my loft ashes hopes here) the loft has always supposed to have been a place devoid of emotion. when buck comes home to find taylor no where to be found they put extra emphasis on the high ceilings of the loft to show that when he’s alone there he’s alone there. they still don’t have a fucking couch in the damn thing for WHO KNOWS why (i know why but this isn’t the time or place, ill come back around at a different date).

if they wanted to make the loft personal and *buck* they would, we saw them gradually make the diaz house more lived in and real throughout the seasons so we know they can do it. the stagnancy of the loft (especially after the couch saga but again not the time) shows to me that it’s not where he’s supposed to land. regardless of what or how he gets out of the loft TRUST me when i say the character who’s entire life storyline and being is rooted in finding home— will find himself a home not in that dumbass stupid fucking loft

[candydarlings]

Darlings,

The Avedon House is officially available for those interested!

Apartments A and B are unfurnished LOFTS.

The Apartment C is a fully furnished DUPLEX.

The community zone includes a swimming pool, sauna, community locker room and a small outdoor area.

Remember, if you would like your sims to move into the fully furnished version as seen in pictures, be sure to turn on cheats and follow the instructions below

Hold CTRL + SHIFT + C Type in boolprop testingCheatsEnabled true Press enter Shift + Click the furnished apartment door Select Move In… Fully Furnished

IMPORTANT: In the .rar file you will find TS2 Clean Installer file. Make sure you use the Clean Installer - 99% is CC so USE WITH CARE!

Big thanks to all CC creators whose work I used for this lot! You rock!

DOWNLOAD the LOT with ONE FF OPTION:

SFS/MEDIAFIRE

xoxo, CD

[itsybitsybluesy]

OPEN WATER

ELUCIEN / EXPLICIT / WIP, 3 OF 6 CHAPTERS / CH1 CH2 CH3 Stuck in the Florida Keys and tired of letting her sisters make decisions for her, Elain ditches their group vacay plans and signs herself up for a scuba diving course on an impulse. The instructor Lucien tells her he’s never had to fail anyone after the four days she’ll spend with him. What’s the worst that could happen?

wow! this is, i kid you not, my first fanfic in over 10 years. i want you to dive right in (HAHAHA), but let me first say: i was having a really bad time earlier this year, and turned to the work of some fantastic, generous creators as a distraction from stuff going on.

you don't know me, but: @separatist-apologist and @the-lonelybarricade, thank you for the hours / nights / months i spent curling up to read your work and giggle, and really, converting me into a big big elucien stan. the elain and lucien living happily ever after in my head (or let's be real, living the 10,000 stupid idiots in love plots in my head) were born thanks to you.

p.s. i started posting this before @elucienweekofficial so let this be a fun little AU warmup while i get something else kicking around. i think i might??? actually finish this before the weekend so i'm going to ride the high of writing spicy fanfic for the first time ever(!) while it lasts and whip up something else next week if i can. i'm so happy to be here!

xoxo, and please, do NOT bother your dive instructors!!

[read a snippet under the cut]

It was a quick drive to Elain’s hotel, which looked out over the small, locals-only marina he’d been meaning to show her. Elain followed him trustingly down the dock as he led her towards the slip. “You know, I eat my breakfast out here,” she said, pointing to a swimming pier by the hotel restaurant. “Have you been following me?” 

“A coincidence,” Lucien promised, though his heart beat a little faster. “In fact, the question is, are you trying to steal my secret spot?” 

Elain gave him a confused look and Lucien grinned, turning from her to climb onto a small but newly-painted red sailboat. He extended a hand to help her get on. “Don’t worry, we’re not going anywhere,” he said. “I’m not much of a boat captain.” 

Elain stepped over to him, one hand on the rolled-up sail. “And yet, this boat,” she said. Her face said, why are we here? 

Lucien stretched his arms out. “This happens to be the most exclusive place to watch a sunset around here, I’ll have you know,” he said. Then he opened the cabin door, climbed down, and reached up a hand to her. “There’s more.” 

She followed him in, expression unreadable as she made her way down the ladder, then straightened and looked around. They were in a tiny, fully furnished apartment cabin. 

“Whoa,” Elain said as Lucien ducked to switch on the small A/C unit. “You are like, full of mysteries today.” Her voice was soft, leaving him room to fill in the blanks if he wanted to. Lucien reached into the minifridge he still kept plugged in, pulled out two Cokes, passing one to her as he fussed around the cabin to keep from looking at her. 

“When I graduated college, Jurian had this boat,” he started, and stopped for a moment. No one except Jurian and Vassa knew this about him. But she was so open and so lovely to him that he wanted to make up for rebuffing her attempts to get to know him, give her something real about himself even if she hated what she saw. 

“He had the shop, but I still had to get my instructor training, and pay for it too. My dad had died that senior year,” he said, “And my mom was figuring stuff out.” And he’d had no place to go, and not enough money in the bank to sign a lease, and nobody wanted him around. “It was temporary. I showered at the dive shop and ate a lot of microwave meals.” He shrugged. “When you’re 22 it’s like camping.”

He thought he’d die if he saw pity in her eyes, but when he turned, Elain was standing leaned against the lofted bed, fingertips resting on the sheets, eyes closed. She opened them and looked at him. “I can feel the boat rocking,” she said, almost in a whisper, with a small smile. Lucien was so grateful for her kindness he could burst with it. 

“I used to turn off all the lights and A/C when it was cool enough and just lie here and listen to the water,” he said, taking a step towards her. Elain watched him but did not move. There were no windows except a tinted skylight. The sheets on the bed were the same ones he’d made neatly and desperately every morning that long year, as if willing the place into a home beneath his hands. 

“I can hear it,” Elain said, eyes fluttering closed once again. Lucien watched her for a beat as she stood there, trusting him, and then crossed the distance between them and kissed her.

[aisquaredchoco]

Getting back to my old habit I guess...

Yep, I'm building again. Though I intended this one to be a 'studio' lot, for playtesting cc, where my simself and her two kitties live. It's a fully furnished home with a huge outdoor space (intended for taking previews for build mode objects or any outdoorsy stuff). Inside meanwhile has a huge empty room for buy mode object previews. Upstairs is a loft bedroom leading to a stairway going to the attic and then to the rooftop balcony. And because I'm in love with industrial elements lately I decided to take a shot decorating in that style. I think I put a fair amount of cc on this one, including some of my own, of course lol..(note: there are some unreleased items shown, will I put them up for download? dunno yet but let's see 👀)

[meaganvondoom]

²⁶⁾ library books that’ll never be returned (writing prompt)

Stiles took a deep breath, and lifted up another plastic tote that was full of relics from...well, his entire fucking life up until now. It was heavy in more ways than one. First, he had packed way too many books in this one so physically he felt like his elbows and shoulder joints were stretched to their max with overburden.

Moving out of the house he grew up in was an entirely different kind of overburden. Knowing he wouldn't be dragged into the land of the living by his frustrated Father ever again, knowing he wouldn't know the sweet spot for the hot water in his new shower, and knowing that Scott wouldn't be in walking distance if he needed him had hit him in periodic freight train realizations over the last few days as he packed up everything.

He walked out of his room and down the stairs slowly, making sure to plant the soles of his shoes firmly on each stair, desperate to not relive the nightmare he had last night that had him tumbling out of bed and smacking his face directly onto the floor. Derek had grumbled quietly at the loss of contact, but was so used to the general commotion that was sharing a bed with Stiles that he hadn't even opened an eye. Stiles was not impressed, but he eventually pushed himself up off the ground and back into his single bed, which was mostly full of his very sleepy werewolf boyfriend.

The younger man scoffed at the memory and when he got to the bottom of the stairs, and laid the tote down with all the others. Derek was supposed to be back with the moving van shortly, and then they were leaving, driving across the country to the loft apartment that a realtor had picked out, and fully furnished for them at Derek's request. MIT was scary, but at least he would have a nice place to live.

"How many mortgages do you think I would be able to pay off with all the library books in there that the library will never see again?" His Dad snarked from the kitchen doorway. He was holding a bowl of cereal in one hand, and leaning against the door jam with a huge smile on his face.

"Listen, my learning is very important!" Stiles chuckled for a moment, and then stopped short. His face became visibly distressed. "Dad..I'm going to miss you so much."

"I know Son, but you can come back whenever you want. This will always be your home."

And Stiles believed him.

[honeyjars-sims]

Storytelling Set: Lot download

Lot Name: Storytelling Set Lot Type: Generic Lot Size: 50X40 Location: Built on Twin Oracle Point in Newcrest

I'm coming to you today with a special download. This lot is a labor of love that I'm excited to share with you all. It requires a bit of explanation, so please read this description!

I designed this lot to use as a catch-all for my story when I didn't want to create/download an entire lot for one scene. The buildings are mostly unfurnished, but there are 2 that are fully furnished: a generic office building and a hotel. There is a furnished rooftop bar and a party room in another building but the rest is up to you! The beauty of this lot is that it can be what you make it. One floor can be a salon, while another can be a daycare. The exterior can be one thing while the interior is another.

You can see how I've used this lot in this post (I added a deco building to the neighboring lot to add to the immersion). I've also used the basement area to plop down rooms from the gallery.

PACKS USED: High School Years, Cottage Living, Snowy Escape, Eco Lifestyle, Discover University, Island Living, Get Famous, Seasons, Cats and Dogs, City Living, Get Together, Get to Work, My Wedding Stories, Dream Home Decorator, Jungle Adventure, Parenthood, Dine Out, Spa Day, Outdoor Retreat, Moschino, Backyard, Perfect Patio, Kids Room, Luxury Party, Little Campers, Blooming Rooms, Industrial Loft, Courtyard Oasis, Desert Luxe

PLEASE NOTE this lot is CC Free but I used a lot of packs and many debug objects. If you are missing any packs that I have, the lot may look quite different. This was playtested, but please let me know if you have any issues.

Pics and download below!

DOWNLOAD: Sims File Share | Google Drive | Gallery: simstrashkingdom

TOU: Honestly, do whatever as long as you don't put it behind any paywall! Credit is appreciated. I would love to see what you've done so please tag me if you use this!

[theurbanloftco]

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Website: https://theurbanloftco.com/russellville 

[andibuilds-simblr]

Creator’s Corner Lofts · 30x30 · Residential Rental · CC

Took a break from my continued work on the safe file project to bring you some artistic industrial lofts! Description and download below the cut.

After watching this couple from Salem, NY beautifully renovate an old garment factory on one of the new Magnolia Network shows, I had to try my hand at this style...

Once a crumbling factory, this historic brick building in the heart of San Myshuno’s Spice Market neighborhood has taken on a new life. Boasting 2 separate units (1 and 2 bedrooms with ensuite baths), this co-op is the perfect space for artists looking to live and work in one cohesive space. The first floor boasts a large shared art studio, including a kiln and personal storage. Residents also have access to the rooftop lounge space with a grill, hot tub, and stunning views of the bay.

Note: Shared spaces are fully furnished; units are unfurnished and ready for your personal touch. CC is included. Unfortunately the walk-in kiln is decorative only, but it sure was fun to make!

Packs used/recommended:

Download Here (GoogleDrive)

[maxfaiden]

my bff, @superfreshcreativejuices, posted a couple of algorithmically derived images (blegh!), noting that they would be great tiny houses in ts4. the above is obviously not a tiny house, but even being conservative about the collective footprint, the one I chose to render came in at 102. so I gave up on trying to make it tiny and just tried to make it make sense (a too careful look at the images hurt my brain, so just take a glance, if you look at all).

if it weren't for the arches, it would be a nocc build, but alas...

update: lot has now been playtested and uploaded to the gallery.

ID: greighish Name: The Old Church Notes: Fully furnished; 20x20; 1bd/1ba; Requires: Lofte Living collection by @peacemaker-ic; cheat: bb.moveobjects on before placing lot.

[pudding-parade]

Rusalem by AnnetStore

Welcome to the inaugural World Overview Wednesday, wherein I have a look at some of the nice, mostly old, and perhaps obscure worlds I have tucked away in a massive archive of them. My purpose is to give these worlds a little love, to give as much info about them as I can, and to give you a link to them, both to the original upload if it still works and to a re-upload in case the original vanishes into the ether. That way, you can download them if you want to. I have almost 900 worlds in said archive, so we could be here for the next 17 years. Literally. I did the math.

Anyway! My first victim is Rusalem by AnnetStore. I really like this world, though I've never played in it. Think "Jerusalem" without the "Je," and it really does look a lot like that part of the world. I mean, look at that thing! It's beautiful in its stark desert-ness. It's a big world, beautifully terrain-painted, decorated with a nod toward authenticity with date palms, olive, and cypress trees, fully built/furnished, has a distant terrain, and it's populated. It is what I think Al Simhara should have been, except that it'd need pyramids for that, I guess.

This world was uploaded to the Exchange in December of 2011, and you can download it here, in case you missed that the title of this post is also a link. :) And if you do not wish to deal with the Exchange and/or sims3packs and you don't feel like converting it yourself, I have also uploaded the .world file I made here. You just plop that in your install files in the folder at GameData > Shared > NonPackaged > Worlds. No need to screw around with the launcher.

But before you do all that...more pics and info behind the cut.

Aside from the fact that it's 2048x2048 and comes with 45 residents (which I'm assuming is correct; I certainly didn't count them), there is zero info about this world. That said, I am pretty certain that it needs all of the EPs that had been released when this world was made, which means up to Pets. I noticed objects from all of the EPs up to Generations, and the world does generate minor pets, which I think means that it needs Pets, too, but I'm not sure about that. I take pics of these worlds in a save that has no store content installed, and I have only the High End Loft stuff pack, and I didn't notice anything missing on any of the lots, so I think it only needs the EP stuff. It neither comes with nor requires CC.

This world has basement rabbitholes on all of the rabbithole lots. Of course you can edit them and use rugs instead if you don't like the basement rabbitholes thing.

The world has all spawners (other than the Island Paradise and Into the Future ones, of course), and they are placed in a well-distributed way throughout the world.

Older worlds sometimes have weird issues because, for instance, EA breaks shit with patches. While taking pics of this world, it ran for five simdays. During that time, I sent my sim all over the place and the pre-made population was running around, too. I noticed no weird issues (like sims walking on water), had no notifications about stuck sims (except for a wild horse once, but they always get stuck), and generally saw no issues or lag. So, I think this one's OK in an up-to-date game.

Now let's take a look at the lots and stuff.

This is the main area of the world. It's up on a rise, and it's where the majority of the rabbitholes are as well as a good number of residential lots, many of which are unoccupied so you can move in plenty of your own sims even if you keep the pre-made population. Here's the Edit Town view, so you can see what's what with that:

Now let's take a look at some of these individual lots. Can't look at all of them because we'd be here until next Wednesday, but some of them.

This is the science lot. The building is mostly empty, but it does have an inventing station, and though you can't see them in the pic there are also scrap piles to collect scrap from on the lot. If you've got an inventor sim, this is where they'll need to go to get scrap if you don't want them to buy it because there isn't a dedicated junkyard in the world. There are also harvestables on the lot so that science-career sims can work on their Gardening skill before or after work, if they don't have a home garden. I would add the science objects from University Life, too, because of course that EP didn't exist when this world was created.

This is the city hall, which is quite fancy outside but almost entirely empty inside. So, there's three stories of space to add stuff, if you want to.

This is the fire station, which is nice but, oddly, doesn't come with a fire truck, so you'll need to add one. Or two, since there's two parking spaces of appropriate size.

This is the ziggurat-like library, and this...

...is part of the town's big park (and there are numerous smaller ones scattered throughout the world). It is not a seasonal festival lot because Seasons didn't yet exist when this world was made, but it would be easy to make it so, if you wanted to. You can also see the lot at one end of this park, which is set up as a wedding venue, with the arch and guest seating on the rooftop and a buffet table, bars, and tables/chairs inside the building.

This is the house where I placed the sim that I move into these worlds when I'm taking pics of them:

I have to say, the residential lots in this world are quite cute and match the theme very well. They are also all different, ranging in size from small starters, to moderate family homes, to expensive villas, to one honest-to-pie palace. They are all fully, albeit usually basically, furnished. Here's the furnishing in one of the starter-priced homes, which is suitable for a family of four:

And here is one of the expensive villas:

And here's the freakin' palace, which has a curtain wall with four towers and comes with two sports cars:

It's occupied by one of the pre-made families, but if you want to have your sims live in it, just annihilate/evict them. :)

Here's Edit Town views of the other smaller neighborhoods in the world:

Here's one of them in regular gameplay:

Most of them have their own little park/playground for the kids, and the one that's fairly far from "downtown" has its own grocery store and diner.

Here's one of the moderate family homes in one of the smaller neighborhoods:

Many of the homes in the world have outdoor living spaces, both covered patios as well as rooftop space. This particular house has both.

Now, about the pre-made population...Ehhhhh, I don't think they fit very well for the theme. Here are two of them:

Me, I'd nuke them and make my own families that would fit the theme better. But, I guess that's up to the player

The only other thing that might be a problem with this world is that the creator of it is Russian, so unless your game is also in Russian, you'll have a lot of dialogues and lot names/addresses/descriptions and such that look like this:

It's easy to change sims' names with Master Controller, but I don't think it's possible to change lot addresses. So, there's that. But, it's pretty easy to figure out what's what.

And we'll finish off with some more scenery, including sunset pics plus a nighttime one of the "downtown" area.

[xtaketwox]

It Looks As Though You're Letting Go - Chapter 2

Summary: Everyone is born with an arrow on the back of their hand which points to their soulmate at midnight on their eighteenth birthday. After her parents' disastrous marriage and her father's subsequent depression following her mother's death, Nesta realized a soulmate is nothing more than guaranteed heartache and ruination. On the eve of her eighteenth birthday, she packs up her car and leaves her family and life behind forever. What she doesn't count on, however, is having a soulmate like Cassian, who may be the one to prove to her that a soulmate is what she needs.

Fic Rating: Explicit

Warnings: None

Chapter Word Count: 4514

Based on this prompt

Read on AO3, Fic Masterlist

@nessianweek

Chapter 2

Cassian had returned to work the day after that disastrous dinner, figuring it was best to give Nesta some time to cool off. He supposed he had sort of ambushed her when she was both sleep and food deprived. Based on her sudden temper, he must have hit a sore spot for her. She likely wasn’t used to anyone taking care of her. 

Given his own background—living in poverty with his mother while his father ignored Cassian’s very existence until her death forced him to provide a home for his son—he could understand the hesitancy to accept help. He’d give her a couple days to orient herself in her new life and then he’d send her a text. Perhaps he had simply overstepped and moved too quickly. 

Not contacting her for two days proved more difficult than he expected, but when forty-eight hours had finally passed, he sent her a text.

C: Hey Nes. Just wanted to say sorry for overstepping. I hope you’re ok.

He held his breath, waiting for her to reply, but after several minutes he set his phone down. She was probably busy. He didn’t really know her work schedule. Maybe she worked the evening shift sometimes. 

Several hours later, when his phone pinged during his workout, he hastily dropped his weights and grabbed his phone. 

N: It’s fine.

He chuckled. 

C: That’s all the response I get? N: What, do you want a medal for apologizing? C: Not a medal, but maybe something more than “it’s fine.” N: Sorry to disappoint, but that’s all you get.

Cassian smiled, waving away the guy who asked if he was done with the weights as he walked over to a bench and sat down.

C: I can see I’m going to have to work hard to get back into your good graces. N: Who said you were in my good graces to begin with? C: I saw you making heart eyes at me.

He could practically hear her snort from here.

N: You’re delusional if you think I look at you with anything but contempt. C: If I had to guess, I’d say contempt is your love language, so I’ll take that as a compliment. N: 🙄 C: 😘

She didn’t respond after that, but Cassian still couldn’t keep the smile off his face. At least she was talking to him again. 

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Over the following couple of weeks Cassian and Nesta kept up a steady stream of texts. Cassian tried to force himself to keep from visiting her again, to simply text her, but by the end of the second week, he was itching to see her again. Deciding it was best to warn her he was coming, he shot her a text as he got into his car, not waiting for a response before he headed to her. 

When he reached her apartment, he texted that he was there. 

N: The door’s unlocked.

He frowned as he walked through the door, locking it behind him, and headed up the stairs. He knocked lightly before entering. 

“You really shouldn’t leave your door unlocked—” His reprimand died on his lips when he looked around at the now fully furnished loft. The furniture was all clearly second hand, but also seemed to be good quality. 

He looked over at her where she sat at a table drinking something hot from a mug. “You’ve clearly been busy. Where’d you get all this?”

He walked over to sit opposite her as she shrugged. “I figured I might as well put your tip money to good use.”

He chuckled, looking around. “This is definitely more than my tip money.”

“I’m a good waitress.”

His heart skipped a beat at the smirk on her face. God she was beautiful. “I know you are.”

After a beat, she set down her mug. “To what do I owe the pleasure?”

He swallowed, feeling his face heat. He couldn’t very well tell her he was desperate to see her. She would probably take it as a sign that their bargain was broken and make him leave. 

“Friends hang out.”

She tilted her head. “Are we friends?”

He leaned back in his chair. “I text you more than most of my friends, so yeah, we’re friends.”

She just hmm’d and picked up her mug again. Cassian looked around the room, trying to think of something to say, something to do to keep him here. If he played his cards right, maybe he wouldn’t have to drive home that night. He wasn’t opposed to sleeping on the couch, although it was definitely too short for him to sleep comfortably.

His eyes snagged on a tv. “How about a movie?”

He looked back at her. She gave nothing away as she drank from her mug. 

Just when he was about to rescind the suggestion, she shrugged. “Sure, why not?”

He stood. “Great. Any movie in particular you wanna watch?”

“I don’t really care,” she said, taking her mug to the sink. 

She was acting so aloof, he didn’t know what to make of it. Had he been reading into their banter? Maybe she hadn’t been flirting back. Maybe he was just a colossal dumb fuck for thinking she was in any way interested in him. After all, she had made it perfectly clear she wanted nothing to do with a soulmate. 

He turned on the tv, ignoring the anxious thump of his heart, and scrolled through the movie selection before picking one at random. The couch was only a two-seater and he wasn’t a small guy, but Nesta still managed to lean as far away from him as possible. 

He crossed his ankle over his knee, trying to pay attention to the movie and failing miserably. He glanced at Nesta, finding her looking unbothered and bored as she watched the screen.

She turned her head and caught him looking at her. “What?”

Cassian looked back at the tv. “Nothing.”

He could feel her watching him for a few moments before turning back to the movie. He wanted to touch her so badly. He had been thinking of the brush of her skin so often it was a wonder his cock wasn’t chafed.

Knowing he was being neither subtle nor smooth, he put his arm across the back of the couch. His fingers brushed against Nesta’s hair and he grit his teeth to keep from playing with it. He forced himself to keep staring at the screen as he felt the couch shift, waiting for Nesta to tell him to keep his hands to himself. When she said nothing, he exhaled.

By the time the movie was over, Cassian had no idea what it was even about. It had taken all his mental energy not to lean towards Nesta, to hold her hand, to play with her hair. If she hadn’t seemed completely unaffected he might have given in. As it was, however, he didn’t want to risk losing her, so he forced himself to remain still. 

They sat in silence as the credits rolled. He didn’t know how to broach the idea of staying the night without it looking like he was expecting something from her. 

He turned to suggest another movie when Nesta leaned towards him, her hands on his thigh as she pressed her lips to his. He froze as his mind attempted to catch up with what was happening. 

After a second, Nesta pulled away.

“Sorry—”

Before she could say more, Cassian, grabbed the back of her head, pulling her back towards him. He tangled his fingers in her hair, holding back a groan when she opened her mouth and slid her tongue against his. He reached his other hand towards her waist, pulling gently. She swung her leg over his, straddling him and grasping onto his hair. 

A voice in the back of his mind worried about whether this was a bad idea, about how Nesta would react given her rules, but he quickly shoved it away as his cock hardened. He groaned as her nails scratched along his scalp. He let go of her hair in favor of sliding his hands along her waist under her shirt. 

He thought he might die when she groaned lightly into his mouth as he traced his fingers up her spine. She broke the kiss to inhale when he brushed his knuckles along the side of her breast. He nipped lightly at her lips before kissing his way along her jaw as he gently kneaded her breast. Her sharp inhale emboldened him to kiss his way down the column of her throat, gently leaning her back. He sucked lightly at the juncture between her neck and shoulder, smiling against her skin at her sharp inhale before continuing downward. 

When he reached the collar of her t-shirt, she pulled away long enough to yank it off, tossing it to the side. Cassian’s breath was ragged as he looked at her. Nesta was the most beautiful woman he’d ever seen. 

He glanced up, finding her watching him with a vulnerable look in her eyes. “You’re so beautiful,” he breathed. 

When she visibly relaxed, he returned his gaze to her chest. He reached behind for the clasp of her bra, pausing to wait for Nesta’s nod before he unclasped it and pulled it away. 

His throat ran dry and he swallowed hard, his heart pounding in his chest. He curled his hands over her shoulders, his thumbs lightly tracing across her collarbones as he bent his head, groaning when he sucked her nipple into his mouth. He swirled his tongue, listening to Nesta’s breaths to discover what she did and didn’t like. 

He moved to the next breast, repeating the process as Nesta’s breathing turned to near gasping, her chest heaving as her hips started shifting on his lap. He let go of her breast with a pop, sloppily kissing his way back up her neck to her lips. 

She whined in the back of her throat when her nipples brushed against his still-clothed chest. Her hands dropped to his shirt, pulling it up. He pulled away long enough to toss his shirt next to hers before he returned his lips to hers. He would never tire of kissing her, of feeling the slide of her tongue against his. He groaned when she lightly scratched her nails up his spine, shuddering. 

Cassian jerked when she rolled her hips sliding over his very hard cock, an inelegant whimper leaving his lips. He felt Nesta smile against his lips and decided he’d whimper as much as she wanted if it made her happy. 

He traced a hand along the edge of her pants, dipping his hand into the back of her underwear to squeeze at her ass, pushing her harder against him. Now it was Nesta’s turn to whimper. 

He pulled away, both of them breathing hard as he looked between Nesta’s eyes, trying to decide if he should take things further.

Nesta swallowed hard. “Um. You should know I’ve never done this before.”

Cassian stilled. “Ok.” He willed some blood to return to his brain so he could think. “Do you want to stop?”

Nesta shook her head. “No. I just thought that was something you should probably know.”

“Are you sure? Nothing has to happen.” He meant it. Cassian wouldn’t dream of forcing a woman, but more than that, Nesta was his soulmate. This was important. She was important, and he would rather cut his own heart out than have her first time ruined by not being ready.

She smirked. “I know nothing has to happen. I just thought it might be some useful information for you to have.”

He huffed a laugh. “It certainly cements what I plan to do to you.” He brushed a hand along her spine. “With your permission of course.” He looked around. “Maybe we should do this on your bed.”

Nesta raised an eyebrow. “Getting ahead of yourself aren’t you.”

Cassian laughed. “No. You can tell me to stop at any time, no questions ask and no bitching from me. I just figured it might be easier to…move around on the bed.”

He caught the flash of uncertainty in her eyes. “Hey.” He cupped her jaw, willing her to see that he was serious. “I mean it. You can say stop at any time. I don’t expect anything from you.” When she didn’t say anything he added, “We can stop right now, if you want. I don’t want you to feel pressured at all. I can—”

He stopped rambling when Nesta placed a finger on his lips. “Stop talking,” she said. “I want to do this. I just—needed a moment.”

She stood up, walking to the bed at the other end of the loft, hidden behind a folding screen. Cassian followed behind her, his mouth going dry when she shucked off her pants and underwear and sat on the bed, leaning back against her elbows. 

When he made no move to get closer, she raised her eyebrows. “Are you going to stare all night?”

He swallowed, his gaze roving over her body. “I just might.”

She sat up and reached for his belt, pulling him towards her. She looked up at him as she unbuckled the belt, sliding it off and tossing it away before slipping the button of his jeans open. His breathing grew shallow when she slid the zipper down, hooking her fingers into the waist of his boxers and sliding his clothes down. He took over when she paused, her eyes growing wide when his cock sprang free. 

Kicking his remaining clothes away, he hooked a finger under her chin, tilting her head so that her wide eyes met his. “Remember, nothing has to happen. I want you to promise me you’ll tell me if you don’t like something or if you want to stop.”

She stared at him a moment, the vulnerability behind her eyes tugging at his heart. Just when he was about to grab his clothes and call the whole thing off, she nodded. 

He rubbed his thumb over her bottom lip. “I need to hear the words from your mouth.”

“I promise,” she whispered.

He nodded. “Ok. Lay back.”

She hesitated for a moment before doing as he asked, but propped herself up on her elbows again as he knelt in front of her. “What are you doing?”

He forced himself to look away from her tantalizing flesh and into her eyes. “I want to eat you out…if that’s ok.”

Nesta’s eyes widened before the corner of her mouth lifted and she laid back down. “Go ahead.”

Cassian smiled at her attempt at nonchalance as he lowered his head. He licked a stripe up and swirled his tongue around her clit, feeling immensely satisfied when she sucked in a breath and gripped her comforter with both hands. 

He grabbed her legs and threw them over his shoulder to give him better access to her. He tried not to let the fact that this was her first time get into his head. Instead, he listened intently to every noise Nesta made, to the what caused her to gasp, to groan, to bow off the bed. 

He slid a finger inside her, groaning against her skin as her heat wrapped around him. He was going to have to go slow to make sure he didn’t hurt her. He pumped in and out, taking his time as she relaxed around him before he curled his finger as he again sucked her clit into his mouth. She bowed off the bed as she orgasmed, her legs wrapping around his ears like a vice as she screamed.

As she pulsed around him, Cassian slid a second finger in, pumping her through the orgasm. He turned his head to kiss the inside of her thigh as her body relaxed around his fingers. She whined when he slid a third finger inside, pumping slowly. 

“Does this hurt?” he asked, his voice gruff as he palmed himself to take the edge off. 

“No,” Nesta gasped. “It feels amazing.” Her hands scrabbled to grab his hair, tugging him towards her. “Please. I want to kiss you.”

He slid his fingers out, watching her as he licked each one clean before kissing his way up her body. She scooted backwards until she was fully on the bed. When he leaned down to kiss her, his stomach flipped at the sweetness behind it. 

He wasn’t sure how long they made out for, him in no hurry, before she wrapped both legs around his back and pulled away just enough to ask if he had a condom.

Cassian swallowed, mouth suddenly dry. “Will you hate me if I say yes?”

Nesta smirked up at him. “Only a little.”

He laughed, pulling back to grab the condom he had stuck in his wallet as a just-in-case, never expecting to use it. He tore the foil wrapper open and rolled the condom quickly up his cock before returning to Nesta.

She opened her arms and wrapped her legs back around him as he settle between them. “Are you sure you want to do this?” he asked, cupping her face with one hand. 

“Stop asking me if I want to stop and fuck me already,” was her reply.

He leaned down to kiss her, grasping his cock in one hand to guide it toward her entrance. He caught her gasp between his lips when he slid in slowly. Pulling away, he held himself still, trying to calm his breathing as he gasped out “Tell me if I hurt you.”

He opened his eyes at her hand on his face. “It doesn’t hurt,” she whispered.

He swallowed, pulled out and pushed back in, a little further this time. Nesta’s head tilted up as she groaned, using her heels to push him in even further. 

“Fuck!” 

His head fell to her collarbone as she chuckled in his ear. “I’m not going to break.”

Cassian pulled out slowly, both of them groaning at the slide as he pushed back in. He continued the slow slide in and out until he was fully seated inside her. He lifted his head from her collarbone, not caring if she could see the utter devastation in his eyes. He had never experienced sex like this. It felt overwhelming, knowing she was his soulmate and he was her first. He wouldn’t have cared if he wasn’t, but to know he was did something strange to his heart. 

He leaned down to kiss her again as he started moving, Nesta tilting her hips up to meet him. He groaned against her lips, willing himself to last when the feel of her was driving him out of his mind. He kissed his way along her jaw, sucking her earlobe into his mouth and biting gently. She bowed against him, whining softly. He brushed his hands along her shoulders, leaning on his elbows. Her hands fell to either side of her head, and he trailed his fingers from her elbow down her wrist, threading his fingers into her.

He pulled back, staring down at her. Her wide eyes stared back at him, the moment so intimate, it felt as if his soul was being knit to hers. She bit her lip as he snapped his hips harder, now sliding easily in and out. 

Eventually, he knew he wasn’t lasting much longer and he desperately wanted her to come on his cock. He pulled away to sit back on his knees, trailing his thumb along her jaw and over her lips, pushing it inside for her to suck on. She swirled her tongue around it, sucking gently until he pulled it back out and began swirling it around her clit, one hand on her hip as he resumed snapping his hips. 

Nesta threw an arm over her eyes as she started gasping, her knees tightening around his hips. He picked up the pace of both his finger and his cock, all but pounding into her as he twirled his finger around her clit. When she opened her mouth in a silent scream, her legs shaking around him as she pulsed around his cock, he grabbed both her hips, his own orgasm rushing through him. He pumped a few more times before collapsing on top of Nesta, barely remembering to throw his arms out so he didn’t crush her.

She wrapped her arms around him, hugging him to her as they both gasped. 

“That was—”

“Yeah.” He leaned his head against her collarbone, trying to gather himself back together after what could only be described as a life-altering experience. 

When he felt like he had some semblance of control over his emotions, he pulled away and gently tugged Nesta to her feet. He pulled back the covers of her bed, sliding in and pulling her down next to him. He tucked her into his side, his legs twining with hers as her head rested against his bicep. 

It was on the tip of his tongue to say something stupid, like I love you. He just barely restrained himself with the reminder that they’d technically only been talking for a few weeks and Nesta likely wouldn’t respond well to a hastily murmured love confession.

Neither of them seemed to know what to say, or perhaps neither of them wanted to break the spell between them. After several minutes, Nesta’s breathing evened out, and Cassian allowed himself to relax, drifting away shortly afterward.

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Nesta woke the next morning momentarily confused about why there was someone else in her bed. She looked up and the night before came crashing back to her, making her toes curl. 

She wondered if sex was always like that or if Cassian was just really good at it. Her face was mushed into his chest as Cassian had both arms wrapped around her, hugging her close in his sleep. She basked in the feel of his arms around her for several minutes before the reality of her situation crashed into her. 

She closed her eyes, dread dropping like a stone in her stomach. She was going to have to end it. Block his number. Tell him to leave. 

Tears pricked at her eyes, angry at herself for letting it get so far. She had known the minute she agreed to be friends with him that it was a bad idea, but she was so lonely out here with no friends or family, and Cassian was so sweet to her. She had known in her heart that sleeping with him would mean she’d have to break it off, but she had wanted him to be her first. She wanted at least one good memory before he hated her forever.

A small voice in the back of her head told her she didn’t have to do it. She could just take her chances with her soulmate, take the risk that things wouldn’t turn out badly. 

She quashed it. She couldn’t afford to take the risk. She had made up her mind years ago, and she had to hold firm. She could not let herself be that vulnerable, to take the risk that she and Cassian wouldn’t fight every day of their lives together like her parents, that she wouldn’t end up a heartbroken shell like her father. 

No. It was better that she end it now and keep the previous night as a fond memory. 

“Cassian.” She started to pull away but his arms tightened on her as he groaned in his sleep. She pushed against him. “Cassian,” she said louder. 

His arms relaxed as he blinked open his eyes. She swallowed at the open happiness there, hating herself for being the one to take it away. “You have to go.”

Cassian’s arms dropped from her entirely as he frowned. “What?”

Her heart thumped in her chest as she forced herself to look at him with steel in her expression. “This was a mistake.”

The color drained from Cassian’s face as he sat up. “What?”

She rolled over, swinging her legs over the edge of the bed and pressing her lips together, willing herself to keep it together. She looked around. Her clothes were strewn in a trail across her apartment. Without looking back at him, she walked over to her pants and pulled them on. 

“You broke my rules.”

There was silence as she grabbed her shirt and pulled it over her head, turning to cross her arms and stare at him with what she hoped was a stern expression. 

“I broke your rules?”

She nodded. “I said no kissing, and I think we can agree that we did a lot more than that.”

She averted her gaze when he scrambled out of the bed, reaching her in two strides. 

“You kissed me first,” he reminded her. 

She couldn’t stop her wince in time. “And it was a mistake.”

“How can you say that?” he breathed. She couldn’t help but look at him, her heart breaking at the utter devastation in her eyes. She forced herself to continue.

“Because it was. We never should have done anything. This just proves that we can’t work as friends.” She squared her shoulders. “I think it’s best we end things now.”

“You don’t mean that,” he said, his voice hollow.

“I do.” 

“Nesta, I don’t know what happened to make you want to avoid a soulmate, but—”

“Get out.” She pressed her lips together hard in what she hoped looked like anger, willing the tears pricking in her eyes to go away.

Cassian froze at her tone, imbued with as much frostiness as she could muster. “Nesta,” he said, his voice cracking with emotion, “Please, lets talk about this.”

“There’s nothing to talk about.” She pointed towards her door. “Go.”

“Nesta—”

“Go!”

Cassian flinched and then nodded, turning to put his clothes back on, his shoulders tight. Nesta willed herself to uphold her cold exterior, to not give in and tell him she was sorry. When he was dressed, she walked to the door, opening it and gesturing for him to move through.

He stopped at the door. “I’ll text you later?”

Nesta swallowed and shook her head. “We can’t do that anymore. I’m blocking your number as soon as you leave.”

His already pale expression grew paler. “You can’t mean that.”

She forced herself to look directly at him. “We’re done. I don’t want to see you or hear from you ever again.”

Before he could respond, she shut the door in his face, locking it to prevent him from coming back in. She expected him to bang on her door, but she was greeted with silence. She didn’t know which was worse, that he didn’t fight back or that she wanted him to. 

When she heard him plodding down the steps, she walked to her bed, flopping back down on it. She grabbed her phone, the screen blurring in front of her as she navigated to Cassian’s number and hit block.

Tossing her phone aside, she curled up, hugging her knees to her chest as the tears fell silently down her face.

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A/N: This was brutal. This is the worst of the angst (although there is still more to come...just not as brutal.) I'll be updating again on Monday so stay tuned.