#I thought about the epilogue again so here we are 🥹🥹

[lenzimanotmoved]

important monty headcanon: post-nobleman‘s guide/post-wedding he will definitely use the name henry newton at any given opportunity where it’s safe to do so. I also feel like he will publish his newspaper stories as monty newton (specifically monty, bc he still hates henry & if he‘s using a pseudonym he might as well go all in)

[thelov3lybookworm]

I Didn't Ask For This (part twelve)

Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7 Part 8 Part 9 Part 10 Part 11

Summary: Marriage had always been something sacred to little Y/n, something dream like, where her husband would come and whisk her away to a fairyland. At least, that's what she had always thought.

All her dreams would be shattered.

But maybe she can salvage them?

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Tw: none that I can think of, so let me know if I need to add anything.

A/n: you did not think I would forget about my baby, did you? Yes, I am in fact, not dead. And yes, I didn't write anything for this fic for a long time because I had no idea what to do 😌

Also, thank you for all the love that you gave this one. I am soo glad I was able to write something for you to love. 🥹❣️

This is the last part in this series. But if there is something you want to see in a possible epilogue, please send in an ask or comment.

Enjoy!

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A loud knock on the door startled Y/n, who was trying not to get caught reading the very... not child friendly stuff Nesta had given her. Cauldron knew what else Nesta had in store for Y/n.

The knock was a little too loud to be Azriel, because most of the time Y/n didn't even realise someone had knocked when Azriel knocked. So it was definitely most probably Cassian, who was probably excited about something.

She got up to open the door, wondering if she should hide the book she was reading in case Cassian decided to barge in. For Cassian, it wouldn't be anything new.

She felt like it was the biggest shock in her life when she found Azriel standing outside the door, his hand poised to knock again as he grinned widely at her, panting.

Because, first of all, Azriel was a quiet person. Hell, even his wings made no sound when flying. If he knocked so loud, it was probably something huge. She didn't know if it was a good thing or not.

And second and more concerning thing was that Azriel was grinning. This was a man who would glare at people just for smiling in his direction.

Now she wondered if she really should have hidden the book.

"Azriel? Is everything alright?"

Impossibly, he somehow managed to grin wider. Once he had gained some semblance of control over his breathing, he spoke.

"Everything's fine. Perfect even."

Now Y/n was seriously concerned.

"Why are you grinning?"

"I need to show you something."

He offered her his hand, which she eyed suspiciously before taking. "What is it?"

"It wouldn't be fun if I told you about it." He pointed out, leading her to a nearby balcony.

That made sense.

He picked her up and began flying, the setting sun making the atmosphere beautiful. That was all Y/n tried to think about because if she didn't, she would continue to hound Azriel for answers, and he was too stubborn for his own good. He wouldn't tell her what it was, no matter what.

Soon, he was landing in front of a beautiful house, a beautiful lawn surrounding it. The area was quiet. There were similar looking houses nearby, a few shops. They were near the center of Velaris, but the pace was still quiet, tranquil even. Just like Azriel.

Y/n thought she knew what was going on, but still she asked. "Why are we here?"

Azriel grinned, a light blush dusting his cheeks. "I wanted to show you this place. Do you like it?"

"It's beautiful." She stretched out the word, searching his face.

"I brought that home. I thought now that we are... getting to know each other again and are comfortable, we might as well live somewhere far from Cassian and Nesta. Figured you might be just as tired of them as I am. Of course, I'm not saying you should live with me if you don't want to, but one day... maybe?" He looked at her when he finished rambling, his eyes hopeful.

She smiled. "I would love to live with you Azriel. So, when are we going to move in?"

Azriel's face lit up like a child who had recieved a gift on solstice. "As soon as possible. If you're okay with it." He paused for a moment, thinking. "Do you want to take a look inside?"

"Sure."

Azriel led her inside the mostly empty but clean house, a little jump in his steps. Y/n smiled and shook her head as he walked in front of her, opening all the doors and cupboards, a small grin on his blushing face.

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Azriel was cooking, having forced Y/n to sit and watch. Since there weren't many things in the house except for a couch, bed and a few cupboards, Azriel had flown back to the house of wind to get items for their dinner.

She had offered to cook, but he had refused. And since then, Y/n could tell he was trying really hard to impress her with his cooking skills.

They kept talking throughout, his focus equally divided.

Right now, he was seemingly about to flip the food in the pan, and he turned to her.

"Watch this." But then he realised she was already watching, and he faltered.

Unfortunately, he had already begun to move the pan. And because he wasn't paying attentiont to the pan, the food items in the pan scattered all around the kitchen, and Y/n hid her smile behind a hand.

Cauldron, Azriel was adorable.

He stared at the mess, his shoulders slumping. Y/n hopped down from the counter she was siting on and moved closer to him. "Go. Sit. I'll make us something."

Azriel shook his head. "No."

Y/n cocked her head. "Why not? I cooked all the time by myself before."

"I'll get something from a restaurant."

Her brows furrowed. "But why?"

"Because I want to treat you better than you have been treated before." He mumbled under his breath, barely audible. Maybe he was trying to not let her hear, but she did.

Her heart swelled, as if it tripped fell down the stairs and now had to rest in bed for its whole life.

"You are treating me good." She smiled at him when he looked at her with wide eyes. He blushed furiously when she placed a tender kiss on his cheek.

"What– what would you like to eat?"

Y/n sighed. "Anything. I don't really have something in mind."

Azriel nodded. "I'll be back soon."

And with that, he bounded off towards the door, leaving his shadows behind to clean up the mess he had made.

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Y/n watched as her husband moved his hand animatedly, his face filled with excitement.

The two of them sat on the couch, knees touching. Y/n wondered if in a few moments she'd be on his lap.

It had started out with her on the couch and him on the armchair near the fire, having finished their dinner sitting on the kitchen counter top because there was no table or chairs. After that, they had moved to hear the fireplace.

They had sat in silence, contemplating what to talk about when she found Azriel grinning.

When she asked him about it, he told her about how his shadows loved to be nosy and knew almost everyone's secret. How they had been telling him about the secret of the little boy passing by the house. It was that he had stolen a cookie without his mother's knowledge, and how he prayed to the cauldron that she never found out.

Since then, he had begun telling her of all the juicy secrets he gathered over the years, his shadows occasionally chiming in to add to the information. He had slowly begun shifting towards her as he spoke.

It wasn't long before he settled on the opposite end of the couch, a huge smile on his face as he told her of one of his favourite secrets that he found out, his body seemingly moving of its own accord.

Throughout the night after that, he had shifted closer anytime he got a little more excited, her scooting closer when she got more and more intrested in the story he was telling.

He finally stopped speaking, taking a deep breath, his cheeks flushed and a wide grinon his face.

Y/n sighed. "Well... that was a journey."

"I have better stories than that." He smirked smugly when her eyes widened in disbelief.

"Liar. I don't believe you. Even Nesta's books have less dramatic plot lines."

He grinned, shaking his head. "Speaking of Nesta's books... did you enjoy the book that you were you reading today?"

Y/n immediately tensed. "What do you mean?"

He gave her a sly smirk. "I'm the spymaster of the night court, Y/n, and I've been married to you for almost six months now. Do you really think I don't know what conspires between you and Nesta when me and Cassian aren't looking?"

A blush climbed up Y/n's neck. "I don't know what you're talking about."

"Sure. Let me help you with that–" And then, as if the damn book had been next to him this whole time, he pulled it out of between his shadows and flipped open to where she had been reading when he interrupted her that morning. She knew that because she found the candy wrapper she placed in between the pages to mark the her progress.

She gasped, but he was already beginning to read. "Where were you? I think it was here? He grinned up at her from between her thighs..." He paused for a moment, reading, before he clicked his tongue. "You are really interested in this?"

He was busy reading, and so he didn't see her reaching out to snatch the book until she had a firm grasp on the book. He looked at her in surprise, but she began tugging. Of course, he didn't let her pull it too far before he himself started tugging at it.

"Let go Azriel."

He gave a harsh tug, and Y/n was no match for his strength. She lurched forward, her hand landing on his shoulder. Her face was mere inches from his and he grinned up at her.

"Really? You like this–" He shook the book near her face. "–this thing so much? Honestly, you could choose better."

Her whole face flushed as she tried to keep herself from glancing at his lips. "Don't be mean. It's rude to judge people."

"Hard not to when you read childish things like these." She scowled at him, and he leaned closer to her as he whispered, "Honestly, I could show you better things. The male here is like a newborn child compared to me."

Y/n blinked in shock, his closeness doing nothing to help her slow brain. He huffed a laugh at her reaction, and the air on her face finally pulled her from her daze. She began to pull back, trying to retreat back into her original position, but he caught hold of the hand on his shoulder, his expression serious.

Azriel's eyes trailed down to her mouth, and his tongue flicked out to lick his lips. He glanced up at her eyes, his eyes swimming with question.

Y/n knew it would be pointless and stupid to pretend she didn't want what he was offering. She could not keep lying to herself when this was all she wanted since the two of them began spending more time together.

So she simply leaned back in, her eyes fluttering shut when his breath caressed her features again.

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Azriel didn't need anymore confirmation.

He was tired of waiting, and now that she was so close, it was too hard not to sink his teeth into her. Into those beautiful lips, that beautiful body.

So he surged up, and caught his lips with hers.

In that moment, it felt like he had found peace. Something he had been searching his whole life for. Like he had found the home he never had.

Not the house he was currently in, but home in her.

And when she gasped, he realised there were multiple reasons responsible for that feeling.

First obviously being that he loved her.

Second, she loved him.

And how did he know?

He felt it coming at him in waves.

Through the newly found golden string connecting their souls.

I love you. The emotions he felt from her seemed to tell him.

I love you more. The emotions he sent back to her.

And there, on that couch in their new house, tangled in each other's arms...

Azriel and Y/n were finally home.

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[kunimilktea]

This picture of kori in the last post is sending me

She looks so silly dkkskskdkd.

Speaking of kori (also hey I had an mc called cori that's cool!) when do her and cove get together? Is it in the step 2 epilogue with the confession or during the charity confession?

Also unrelated to Kori but what do you mind going more into depth on your thoughts for both Derek and Baxter dlcs? I love discussions around their dlcs I wish people would genuinely talk more about itz going into depth into the themes of the dlcs and how they affect Derek and Baxter as characters, but then again I'm someone who loves analyzing the media they consume so djdkdkjd. General discussions about these things drive me crazy (I think is worth mentioning that I'm autistic so djdkdk)

Your art is also very lovely I loved watching your doodles, you're one of the artists I always look forward to to get a notification from 🫶

THATS ALOT OF QUESTIONS YOU GOT THERE BUDDY,,,,

Im kidding tho it's appreciated nonetheless ^_^

SO FIRST OF ALL THANKS FOR LIKING MY ART 🥹🥹🥹 i try my best to make time for drawing my silly our life doodles despite being busy in college and i appreciate anyone who rlly enjoys my dumb doodles of my ol mc shenanigans

Answering the confession question, they confess at the end of step 3 cause i thought the slowburn was fun 😇

I actually drew their first kiss right here

Now with the derek and baxter dlc question,,,

So fun fact! With how i played the the dlcs over all me and my friend Lo (@/oiulse) would choose which boy to play the dlc and stream it on call, so Lo picked Baxter and i took Derek, it was really funny cause casual constantly played in our heads during the Baxter dlc (bless lo btw for gifting me both dlcs labyu oomf 🫰)

With how i feel with BOTH dlcs

For my boy Derek Suarez

When i played the first moment from dereks dlc my voice started like acting up from how long THAT specific moment was, maybe its just me but the first moment in particular felt really long, I get it though its the first time ur meeting the suarez family and in no way did i NOT enjoy it, but there were indeed moments where im like DAMN ITS STILL NOT OVER cause of how tired my voice was getting LMFAO, all the other moments were rlly fun my favorite one from the dlc was where u hang out with liz on daddy day and there was an option to gift a card to cliff 🥹, his step 4 was also a bunch of fun i loved the family bonding get to do with the suarez brothers (u can just tell that i love family aus) and getting to hang out with derek made me love him more as a chr, HIS STEP 4 VOICE IS STILL A JUMPSCARE TO ME FROM HOW DRASTICALLY DIFFERENT IT IS (no hate to the va btw) STILL VERY FUNNY THOUGH HAHAHA, i made it so that Derek, kori and cove get to be neighbors before the both of them get married so now they hang out LOTS

With THE Baxter FUCKING Alexander Ward

I heard from another friend that the baxter's dlc was gonna be angsty and i was like oh hell fuckin yeah i love angst! AND THERE CERTAINLY WAS ANGST ILL TELL U THAT MUCH, since i was watching lo play through the Baxter dlc i will admit there were a few times where i spaced out cause ANOTHER fun fact, we played the dlcs like really late on my timezone so i was either drawing while Lo was playing or i was in the brink of conking the fuck out, i was able to know what was going on overall i think the ONLY moment i like fully spaced out on was when the mc and baxter were like out drinking or smth and there was this entire thing with the bartender and the singer, that specific scene in particular i was fully focusing on smth else and it wasnt till later that when i played the baxter dlc for myself that i knew what was finally going on, since me and lo have our castaways au to think abt while playing these dlcs we were building aus upon aus of what lo's mc would do when meeting with baxter again after 5 years its fun lo has never been the same since and neither have i, the angst was good soup and i can see why baxter's dlc was more expensive than derek's LMFAO

But ironically enough the dlc that made me cry was DEREKS DLC,,, that moment on the step 4 epilogue with the brothers having a heart to heart is going to be MY ROMAN EMPIRE, I FUCKING LOVE FAMILIES BRO GAUGHHHH

Anyways sorry that was unnecessarily long i could have organized my thoughts more but i dont have the patience for that so i hope u dont mind that all my thoughts and feelings were all over the place hahaha

In conclusion the dlcs was a nice content buffet 👍

[canirove]

Granada | Epilogue

Author's note: And we've made it to the end 🙁 This story is one of my favourites I've written so far, and seeing so many of you liking it is just 🥹 So thank you very much for reading it and supporting it, it means a lot 💜 And to anyone who may have seen this story on the tags and has had doubts about reading it or not because it is a period drama, give it a go! People who who also felt like that have told me that they gave it a chance and found themselves really enjoying it 😉

Previous chapter

Masterlist

"Do you have a darker shade of red?"

"Umm… something like this, my prince?"

"Yes, that's perfect" Rúben smiled. "This swimming pool has to be perfect. I want her to look at it the same way she looks at the ceilings in the palace."

"We'll do our best, my prince" the builder said. 

"Rúben! Rúben!" someone called behind him.

"Anne? What is it?"

"It's time" she said, trying to catch her breath.

"Now?"

"Yes, now. Come" she urged him before starting to run again towards the palace. 

"Is that normal?" Rúben asked as they got closer to his room.

"I'm pretty sure I was louder" Anne chuckled as another scream was heard.

"Make it stop!" Rowena yelled when Rúben and Anne walked into the room.

"It'll be over soon, princess."

"Rowena, I'm here" he said, kneeling next to the bed. "I'm here, my love."

"Rúben… Rúben, it hurts so much" she cried.

"I know it does."

"No, you don't! You men know nothing!"

"We actually don't, no" he chuckled. "But you can do this."

"I can't. I am so tired, Rúben. I just want to…" but she wasn't able to finish her sentence, only scream. 

"Can you do something to help with the pain?" he asked the midwife.

"She's already taken as much as it is allowed."

"But it isn't enough!" Rowena complained, squeezing Rúben's hand with such strength he thought she may break it.

"It'll be over soon, you'll see" Lady Rice said.

"How did you do it, mother? How did you do this five times?" she cried.

"We women are stronger than we think."

"I'm not."

"You are, Rowena. You are the strongest woman I know."

"Rúben, this isn't the moment to get chee… bloody hell!" she screamed.

"Princess, it's time to push" the midwife said.

"No, no, no. I can't. I'm not ready. Mother…"

"You are ready. Isn't she, Rúben?"

"I…" he mumbled, flashbacks from his dream coming back. 

"Rúben. Rúben" Rowena said, caressing his cheek and forgetting about her pain for a brief moment. "This isn't your nightmare. I may be hurting like hell, but I'm not going anywhere."

"He is the one who should leave."

"What?" both Rowena and Rúben said at the same time, looking at the midwife.

"This is no place for a man, my prince."

"I don't care. I'm not leaving her" he said.

"My prince…" 

"He is staying!" Rowena yelled as she felt another contraction coming.

"Alright, then" the woman sighed.

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"And? What is it?" Rúben asked. Rowena had been pushing for a while, getting more and more tired as time passed, and the baby still wasn´t with them.

"I think… I think the baby is stuck."

"What?" he said, feeling his heart beating even faster than it already was.

"What can we do?" Lady Rice asked.

"Changing her position may be enough. My prince, I'm going to need you to sit behind the princess."

"Me?"

"Yes, you. Sit her between your legs and hold hers open. I think it will make the pushing easier for her, and the angle will help the baby too."

"Are you sure?"

"I've done it before, though never with the help of a man."

"Lady Rice?"

"Just do it, Rúben!" Rowena yelled again. "I want this baby out of me, and I want it now!"

"You heard her" Lady Rice chuckled.

"Oh, that's perfect. Push, princess. Push!" the midwife said.

"Is it working?" Rúben asked.

"It is. Come on, princess. Another big push!"

"That's it, Rowena. You are doing great" Lady Rice encouraged her.

"I can't… I can't…" she cried.

"The head is almost here, princess. Another push and it'll be out."

"That's our baby, Rowena. You can do it" Rúben said to her ear.

"No… I can't."

"Now, princess. Push!"

"The head, Rowena! I see the head!" Lady Rice said, tears already falling down her cheeks.

"One more push, princess."

"No… Rúben, no. I'm too tired."

"Just one more. You can do it, cupcake."

"Don't… call me… that!" she screamed as she pushed again. 

"You did it, princess! You did it!" the midwife said, a baby with dark hair on her arms. A baby who was moving… and crying. Loudly.

"Those are some nice lungs" Rúben chuckled.

"He is a strong one. Just like his parents" the midwife said, putting the baby in Rowena's arms.

"A boy. It's a boy, Rúben. A healthy boy with his ten fingers and toes. Look at… Rúben, are you crying?"

"I am, yes" he said, trying to wipe away his tears. "I just… You know how scared this made me. And to see you both here, and that everything is alright… because they are alright, aren't they?" he asked the midwife.

"They are, my prince. She now will need to rest, but they both are alright."

"Good, good" he smiled while still crying.

"Why don't you hold him while they finish cleaning her up?" Lady Rice said.

"Me?"

"You are his father, aren't you?" she chuckled.

"Yes, of course" he said, carefully moving from the bed to not hurt Rowena and letting the nurses do their job.

"He looks so tiny on those arms of yours" Rowena laughed. 

"But he wasn't tiny" the midwife chuckled.

"Oh, I know" she laughed again. "Rúben… Rúben, are you sure you are alright?"

"Better than ever" he said as he kissed the baby's head. His son. 

"Mother… Is this why you got pregnant so many times? Because seeing father with us just made you want to make more babies?"

"It may have been one of the reasons, yes" Lady Rice laughed. "Do you have a name yet?"

"We don't. But we thought about something with an R. It's like our letter. Rowena, Rúben, Rice, ruby…" she said, touching the little stone hanging around her neck.

"Rafael."

"What?

"Rafael. He looks like a Rafael, don't you think?" Rúben said, not lifting his eyes from the baby. He still couldn't believe he was real. 

"Prince Rafael sounds lovely" Lady Rice said. "And he seems to like it" she chuckled when the baby started crying again.

"Is that a cry of liking it?" Rúben asked with a worried look.

"And of mother, I'm hungry."

"Oh, I see. Umm…"

"Give him to me" Rowena said, stretching her arms. "Let's just hope he didn't get your appetite."

"Mine? Who is the one who could eat a whole tray of cupcakes in one go… cupcake?" he asked with a teasing smile.

"Shh!" 

"Don't shush me, Romina."

"Mother, I will retract myself from what I said earlier. I don't want to have more babies anymore. I hate men."

"Oh, I also said that so many times, Rowena" Lady Rice laughed. "It didn't work, tho. When you've met the one, there is nothing you can do about it."

"Not even running away?"

"Nothing" she repeated. 

"We are stuck together, Rowena. You said it yourself" Rúben smiled. That smile.

"I guess we are, yes" she sighed, trying to hide her smile and thinking about the girl who had arrived at that same palace a few years ago. 

A girl who could have never imagined that she would enjoy living in that new country as much as she did. That she would risk her life for it and its people. That she would end up falling crazy in love with the stupid handsome boy who couldn't get her name right. A boy who was now a man. Her husband. The father of her son. Her home. The one. Rúben.

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[pedroscurls]

Third Time’s A Charm (Part 15).

Character(s): Frankie “Catfish” Morales, Santiago “Pope” Garcia, Benny Miller, Will “Ironhead” Miller, Reader (female, second person POV)  Summary: Santiago tells the guys what he knows about Victoria and her threats towards you, which isn’t well received, especially by Frankie. Word Count: 4,488 Author's Note: We’re in for a rollercoaster of emotions in this one... Thanks everyone for sticking around (I know I keep saying it but still, it really does mean a lot). We’ve got a couple of chapters left + an epilogue, so stay tuned! Oh, happy Frankie Friday🥹 Warning: language (lots of cursing)

“W– What?” you were sitting across the dean of your department, the news hitting you like a freight train. Victoria made sure that she kept her promise, that she was going to make sure you were no longer going to be working at the university. Truly, you didn’t think she would actually follow through with it, but as you were sitting in the dean’s office, hearing him say that it’s no longer working out, you were bubbling with so many emotions: anger, regret, sadness. How could you face the rest of the guys for dinner tonight when now you were without a job? 

“I’m sorry,” the dean said. “We wish you the best of luck.” 

You didn’t even respond. You just stood up and left his office, mindlessly walking out of the building. You looked around the university, your heart breaking to know that you were no longer going to work here anymore. What were you going to do now? Your phone was ringing, but you couldn’t even bother to check who it might be. You were sure it was Frankie, maybe even Santiago, but right now, you needed to be alone, to figure out what you were going to do next and what you were going to tell Frankie. 

You walked towards your car and sat inside, staring at your steering wheel as your mind drifted. Mostly, though, you felt anger and frustration settle in the pit of your stomach. You wanted to scream, to hit something, to go to Victoria and tell her how hateful and conniving she was, but instead, you took a deep breath and pulled out of the parking lot. Your phone rang again and you let it go to voicemail again, option to go to a nearby beach instead of going back home. You needed enough time to calm down before you had to face Frankie and the rest of the guys tonight. 

Once at the beach, you removed your blazer, now clad in a white spaghetti-strapped bodysuit that was tucked into a pair of tan-colored trousers. Removing your heels, you grabbed your phone and keys and walked towards the sandy beach. You didn’t know why you were sad; in fact, you already had everything you needed. You had Frankie. You had the guys. So, why were you upset? 

Maybe it was the fact that you had worked so hard to get to where you were that all it took was for one jealous woman to end it. You were conflicted with your emotions. In fact, you had even taunted Victoria, telling her that you didn’t care if you had lost your job as long as it meant that you still had Frankie by your side. But now that it actually happened? You weren’t sure how to feel. Part of you didn’t know how you were going to tell Frankie without admitting to him what Victoria had said, that the reason why you lost your job was because of her. You had seen him angry, even jealous-angry a couple of weeks ago, but this was different.

You were sure Frankie was going to be livid. 

The waves hit your feet repeatedly as you continued to walk along the beach, thoughts going in rapid different directions. It wasn’t until you heard your phone ring again that you finally decided to look who was calling. It was Santiago and you felt slight relief to know that it wasn’t Frankie, but only because you knew that he could tell something was wrong the moment he heard your voice.

With a heavy sigh, you noticed the handful of missed calls and text messages from Frankie, from Santiago, from Benny and Will. You knew that they were probably worried, especially since you hadn’t come home or answered any of their calls. It was unlike you to not check in, to let them know where you were at, so you were sure that Frankie and the rest of the guys were probably going crazy at the lack of communication.

With a heavy sigh, you answered the call and immediately heard Santiago. “She answered!” 

“Santi,” you replied quietly.

“What the hell? Are you okay?” Santiago said, hearing the chatter distantly from behind him.

“I’m fine. I’m just at the beach.”

“Why?”

“Santiago…”

You heard shuffling at his end of the call before you heard a quiet door shut. Then, you heard him take a deep breath, already knowing that Santiago had an idea of what was going on.

“She did it, didn’t she?”

“I lost my job,” you whispered, tears stinging your eyes. 

“Fuck,” you heard him say. “Are you– How do you feel?”

“I don’t know,” you replied honestly. “I feel like I can’t even be upset because I have Frankie, but that job– I worked so hard for it.”

You heard Santiago sigh. “You still haven’t told him about what Vic said, did you?”

“You know I can’t,” you answered. 

“Why do you still feel the need to protect her?”

“I’m not! I just– What’s the point of it anyway? I have Frankie. I have you guys. She’s got nothing.”

“She took your job away,” Santiago replied. “A job that you worked your ass for.”

Before you could reply, you heard Santiago mutter something before you heard Frankie’s voice. You cleared your throat and looked out in the water, his voice immediately calming you in a way that you needed.

“Hermosa,” he said. “Are you okay?”

“I’m okay, Frankie. Just took a detour.”

“Where are you? I’ll come meet you.”

“It’s okay, baby. I’m just– I’m gonna head to the store and grab the stuff for dinner tonight. See you soon?”

You heard him sigh. “Just come home. We can order pizza.”

“But–”

“Just come home, baby. Please?”

“Okay,” you sighed. “Okay, I’ll see you in a bit.”

—

Frankie handed Santiago back his phone once you ended the call. Benny and Will were leaning against the wall, looking over between Santiago and Frankie.

“What happened?” Benny asked. “Is she okay?”

“She’s coming home,” Frankie said. “So, we should get some pizza. One less thing for her to worry about when she gets here.”

Will looked over at Santiago, locking eyes with the other man momentarily. He knew that Santiago knew something that the rest of them didn’t and part of him had to wonder why he was hiding it. How bad could it be? 

Frankie excused himself and grabbed his phone, walking towards the patio to have the pizza delivered. His mind drifted, wondering if maybe you were beginning to have doubts with your relationship. While it had happened a couple of weeks ago, maybe you were thinking that it was unfair of him to be jealous about Jack when he was already taken. 

But the sound of your voice didn’t sound like you were questioning your relationship with him. There was something else to it and Frankie didn’t know what. Nothing was out of the ordinary, nothing stood out to him, so he wasn’t sure what could be wrong. 

After placing the order for the pizzas to be delivered in half an hour, he joined the rest of the guys back in the living room. Will and Santiago had walked to the kitchen to refill their glasses of water while Benny was sitting on the loveseat, flipping through channels. 

“Pizza will be here in about half an hour,” Frankie said, sitting across from Benny. He wasn’t wearing his hat, so he ran his hand through his disheveled curls, pushing them away from his face.

“You okay, Fish?”

“Just thinking, Benny.”

“You worried?”

“About her?” Frankie sighed. “Yeah, I think I am. I mean, what if she’s second guessing all of this?”

Benny chuckled, which caused Frankie to furrow a brow in response. “I’m sorry, I don’t mean to laugh, but come on, Fish.”

“What? I’m being serious, Ben.”

“And so am I,” he said with a sigh. “That girl fuckin’ loves you, man.”

“No, you’re right, I’m just–”

“In your head, like always?”

Frankie chuckled. “Yeah. I just don’t want to lose her again.”

“You won’t. Believe me, she sees something in you that we don’t even see.”

“Ha ha,” Frankie smiled, tossing a pillow in Benny’s direction. 

“You’re fine, Fish,” Benny reassured. “Maybe she just had a bad day and needed some alone time.” 

Frankie bit the inside of his cheek. It was definitely possible, but you always looked forward to going to work and you had always been the type of person to see the positive side of things. Always. So even if you did have a bad day, he knew you would try to look at it from a different perspective. 

“So, what’s going on?” Will asked, leaning against the counter. 

“What do you mean?” Santiago replied. 

“You know something that we don’t.” Will said. “You’ve always been a terrible liar, Pope.” 

“I’m not hiding anything,” he lied. 

“And you wanna stick with that?” 

Santiago tightened his jaw and narrowed his eyes. “Yeah, I think I will.”

Will sighed, grabbing his glass of water. “Whatever it is you’re hiding, man, I hope it’s worth it.” Then, he turned on his heel and walked towards the living room where Frankie and Benny were sitting. Santiago sighed to himself; he knew it was bound to come out anyway, but he figured that it was something you needed to tell them. 

Fifteen minutes later, you walked into your apartment and were welcomed to the sounds of laughter coming from your living room. You felt yourself lighten up momentarily, setting your keys and bag on the counter of the kitchen island. You then removed your heels and walked towards the living room, smiling at the sight of the four men laughing to themselves, probably reminiscing about their times in the military or about times shared with Tom.

It was Frankie that noticed you first. He searched your face for any signs of sadness, of anxiousness, but couldn’t find any. So, he stood up from the couch and walked in your direction. Instantly, he cupped your cheek gently and placed a soft kiss on your forehead.

“Hi, baby,” he whispered. “We ordered the food. It’ll be here in a few.” 

“Sounds good. I’m just gonna change.” You said, pulling back and motioning towards the hallway to the bedroom. 

“Okay, we’ll be out here, hermosa.” 

As Frankie was walking away though, you grabbed his hand and pulled him into you. You immediately buried your face against his chest, arms coming up to wrap around his frame. It was then that Frankie knew something was wrong and when he wrapped his arms around your waist, he could feel you melting into him, your breath slow and shaky. 

“Are you okay?” he whispered. 

You nodded against him and pulled back enough to look up at him. “I love you,” you blurted. 

Frankie smiled. “I love you too, baby. You sure you’re okay? We can send the guys home, make it just dinner for you and me.” 

“No, no, it’s okay. I want to hear all about this girl that Benny’s been seeing anyway,” you said, forcing a smile. 

He nodded and pecked your lips, brushing his thumb across your cheek. “You need anything, I’m right here.”

“I know,” you whispered. “I’m just gonna get cleaned up and I’ll be right out.”

Frankie watched you walk away, seeing you enter the bedroom that you now both shared. He had been thinking a lot in the last few weeks. He meant it when he told the guys a couple of weeks ago that if he had his way, he’d marry you right away. He had been looking at rings and even looking at a few houses that were on the market; sure, Frankie was looking way into the future, but he had never been more certain of the life he wanted. 

He wanted to spend the rest of his life with you and he didn’t want to waste anymore time. 

While he knew that he had to finalize his divorce first, Frankie was hopeful, excited even for what was to come. He didn’t know what he did to deserve another chance with you, but he was grateful nonetheless. 

Once he saw the door shut to your bedroom, Frankie joined the rest of the guys back in the living room, opting for beers now instead of water. 

“She okay?” Will asked, sparing Santiago a quick glance.

“Yeah, I think so,” Frankie replied, grabbing his beer and taking a quick swig from it. “She’s gonna get changed and she’ll be out.” 

Santiago was about to say something, but was interrupted at the sound of a couple of knocks. Frankie stood and grabbed his wallet, opening the front door and handing the delivery man the necessary amount plus tip. Once he thanked him, he grabbed the couple boxes of pizza and shut the door, setting them on the counter. 

Frankie was clearing the counter space when he noticed your bag, some of the contents spilling out from it. He chuckled to himself at how messy you were before he began placing your things back inside until a certain name caught his attention. 

It was from Victoria and Santiago’s name was mentioned.

Frankie knew he shouldn’t read it, knew that it was a violation of your privacy, but why would Victoria be texting you and why would Santiago’s name come up? 

Just as he was about to open the message to see what the rest of the message said, he heard the door from the bedroom open, followed by soft footsteps. Quickly, Frankie shoved your phone into your bag and made a mental note to ask Santiago about what could be going on later. He met you halfway and kissed your forehead, handing you your bag.

“You’re messy,” he teased. 

“What?” you smiled. “That counter space is big enough for my bag.” 

Frankie smiled to himself, looking down at you as he noticed that you had changed into an oversized cardigan that was draped over a black tank-top with cropped, wide-leg pants. You were definitely comfy and he wrapped his arms around you for a moment, inhaling your scent and letting out a contented sigh. 

“Food’s here,” he said. 

“I know, I smell it.” you replied, resting your cheek against him. “I’m hungry.” 

“Let’s eat then.”

Frankie led you back to the kitchen, seeing you place your bag neatly against the counter before you went to say hi to the rest of the guys. 

“You okay?” Will asked.

“I’m okay,” you said, giving him a hug. 

“You sure? We were worried,” Benny added, moving to wrap his arms around you. 

“I can handle my own,” you teased, pulling back to look up at him. “I know how to throw a punch thanks to you.”

He grinned. “You do have a mean hook.” 

Then, you looked over at Santiago and you noticed his soft eyes. He was the only one who knew what was going on and so, you wrapped your arms around him tightly and buried your face against him. Frankie watched with a furrowed brow; there was something that you both weren’t telling him and a part of him felt upset by it. 

“Okay, don’t steal my girl now,” Frankie teased, watching you pull away. 

Santiago chuckled, looking over at him. “I could never. She belongs to one man only.”

“That’s right,” you smiled, walking over to Frankie and leaning against him. His arm wrapped around your shoulders, holding you tightly against his side. “Let’s eat,” you said. “Or else the pizza is gonna get cold.”

“We all know you don’t mind cold pizza,” Benny teased. 

“Yeah, but then I don’t want to have to hear all of you complain that it’s cold,” you smiled, gently nudging his side. “Tell me all about this girl, Ben.”

You and Benny were walking towards the pizza, but Frankie had pulled Santiago aside with Will trailing behind. The three of them stepped out onto the patio for a moment and when you looked over your shoulder at Frankie, he gave you a small smile and motioned for you and Benny to start eating. 

Benny didn’t even notice that the rest of the guys decided to hang back, all too excited to tell you about this girl that he had been seeing for a couple of weeks now. 

“Okay, what’s going on, Pope?” Frankie asked. 

Will leaned against the wall, hands in pockets as he tilted his head. “So, you noticed something too.”

Frankie crossed his arms over his chest, staring at the other man. “Only because I saw Victoria text her and she mentioned your name.” 

“I told you. I bumped into her–”

“Pope, please,” Frankie sighed. 

Santiago tightened his jaw, looking between Will and Frankie. He didn’t know what to say, didn’t know if he should even tell them what was going on or what even happened. Part of him didn’t want to break his promise to you that he wouldn’t say a word, but a part of him also didn’t want to continue hiding things from the guys.

“I can’t,” Santiago sighed. “I promised her.”

Will and Frankie looked at each other with furrowed brows before they turned their attention back to Santiago.

“What do you mean you promised her? What in the hell is going on, Pope?” Frankie said, jaw tightening. 

“It’s not my place, Fish…” Santiago sighed.

“She obviously told you something that she doesn’t want any of us to know,” Will said with a sigh. “How bad is it?”

Santiago let out a heavy sigh and glanced over at Frankie. “Bad enough that this one here will lose his shit.”

Frankie rolled his eyes. “I can handle it.”

“Can you, Frankie?” Santiago quickly replied.

“What the fuck is that supposed to mean?”

“Nothing,” he sighed. “I just mean that you already have a lot to deal with. This isn’t going to help it.”

“Pope,” Will sighed. “If it has something to do with Fish, or with any of us, I think we have the right to know.”

Frankie nodded, pointing in Will’s direction as a motion to agree with him.

Santiago sighed, feeling defeated. “Victoria threatened her.”

“What?” Frankie said, eyes wide. “What the hell do you mean she threatened her?”

Will sighed, shaking his head. “Is that why–”

“Yeah,” Santiago interrupted. “Victoria threatened that if she didn’t… If she didn’t keep her distance from you, Fish, and the rest of the guys, she would pull some strings to get her fired.”

“Fuck,” Will said. “Did she–”

“Yeah,” Santiago replied, not needing Will to finish his sentence to know what he was going to ask. “She lost her job. Got fired today.”

“So, that whole year without her…” Frankie said quietly. “...was because of Victoria? Because she listened to Victoria?”

“Fish,” Santiago said softly. “She didn’t want any of us, especially you, to view Victoria any differently.”

“Fuck that,” Frankie said. “And fuck you for keeping that to yourself.” Quickly, he brushed past both Will and Santiago and stormed back inside the apartment. He was livid, anger bubbling within him. Part of that anger was directed towards you, towards the fact that you had chosen to listen to Victoria than be by his side like you had promised all those years ago. 

“Fish,” Benny said, his smile faltering for a moment. “What’s going on?”

“Did you know?” Frankie asked, pointing at Benny.

You furrowed your brows together, watching Frankie walk past you and towards Benny. Will and Santiago came rushing into the apartment, looking over at Frankie and knowing full well that he was upset, that he was frustrated.

“Did I know what?”

“That the reason why she wasn’t around this past year or so was because of Victoria!” Frankie spat, glancing over at you with pain in his eyes.

Your lips parted, eyes flitting over to Santiago, but you couldn’t even be angry at him. It wasn’t fair to have put him in a position to keep secrets from his closest friends, especially when it involved them. 

“Frankie…” you whispered.

“What?” Benny asked, arching a brow. “You just said you were busy and–”

“Okay, fuck!” you yelled, tossing your hands in the air. “S– She threatened me in the bathroom, told me to– to stay away from Frankie, stay away from you guys–”

“And you listened?” Will chimed in. “Why in the hell would you listen?”

“Because!” you replied, biting your lower lip nervously. “Because I had nothing but that job and she said if I didn’t– If I didn’t keep my distance, I’d lose it… It was all I had at the moment,” you whispered, tears stinging your eyes. “She had Frankie, she had you guys and–”

“You shouldn’t have listened to her,” Frankie interrupted. “Goddammit, you should’ve fought back!” 

“What choice did I have?!” You exclaimed, voice raising now that the rest of the guys, especially Frankie, couldn’t see where you were coming from. 

“You could have told her no,” Benny replied quietly. “You could have–”

“You guys still don’t get it, do you?” you said, taking a step back and grabbing your bag from the counter. “I wanted to be respectful,” you whispered, voice shaking. “She was married to you, Frankie, and she was trying to be part of this group and–”

“Why are you still defending her?!” Frankie’s voice raised, staring down at you with hurt in his eyes. 

“Fish,” Santiago sighed, resting a hand over the man’s shoulder. 

Frankie brushed Santiago’s hand off of him, anger blurring the lines of what was right and what was wrong. He was hurt and it was obvious that he was taking it out on you and on Santiago. 

“Did Pope know?” Benny asked.

“Yeah, I did,” Santiago replied. “But only because–”

“You weren’t around,” he said. “So of course you can’t understand why we’re angry.” 

“Angry?” Santiago said. “How selfish do you guys have to be to make this about you all? I’m upset, yeah, but this isn’t about me, damn it. This isn’t about any of us, except her.”

“Santi,” you sighed, shaking your head. “Stop, please.” 

“She lost her job today because Victoria made good on her promise and you guys have the audacity to fucking yell at her? Especially you, Fish?” Santiago added, ignoring your pleas. “That job that she worked her ass for? Gone, like that,” he said, snapping his fingers. 

Benny and Will’s anger slowly dissipated, staring at you with soft eyes. 

“We’re just– You could have told us,” Will said softly.

“I didn’t want your judgment of her to change,” you admitted honestly. “And I wanted Frankie to be happy, to not have to choose between me or her–”

“That entire year without you was hell,” Frankie interrupted. “I was far from happy.”

“I know that me being away hurt you guys, especially you Frankie, but I just–” you whispered, lower lip quivering. “I wish you could see how much it hurt me too.” You grabbed your keys from your bag and slipped into your sandals, making your way to the front door. 

“Wait,” Santiago and Will said. “Where are you going?”

“I just need some space right now. This is– It’s too much.” 

You spared a glance at Frankie, only to see him turn his back to you to walk away. Part of you hoped that he would say something, tell you to just stay, but you knew that this was hurting him, just as much as it was hurting you. So, instead of you deciding to stay on your own, you needed to just leave for a few hours. You and Frankie both needed to calm down before you two spoke to each other again. 

When you left your apartment, Santiago looked between Benny, Will, and Frankie with a tightened jaw and narrowed eyes. 

“You all are fucking idiots.”

“Shut up,” Benny said. “How dare you not tell us sooner…” 

“She made me promise–”

“Fuck your promise,” Frankie said. “I had every right to know.”

“Hate to break it to you, Fish, but we probably wouldn’t even be here if you never married Victoria,” Santiago spat. 

“Oh, so it’s my fault?” 

“Pope,” Will sighed, warning him not to continue, not to bait Frankie. 

“We all know that your heart was somewhere else when you walked down that aisle, Fish. Stop lying to yourself,” Santiago said, ignoring Will. 

“Fuck you.”

“Me?” Santiago shook his head. “Open your fucking eyes, Fish! Look around! Your girl lost her fucking job because of that wife of yours and you’re angry with her? For protecting you, protecting all of you guys?”

Frankie stared at Santiago with narrowed eyes and his hands in fists. He and Santiago have had a handful of arguments like this: a yelling match that turned physical, but always would make up at the end of it. 

“Pope–”

“No, Ben,” Santiago interrupted. “You guys need to understand where she was coming from. She’s right. All she had was that job. If she lost it before today, what else would she have had?” 

“Me,” Frankie said. “I would still be here–”

“You were married, Fish!” Santiago yelled. “It’s like Tom said, you can’t have both.”

Frankie tightened his jaw. “My year was hell without her,” he admitted. “I needed her and– and she wasn’t there,” Frankie whispered quietly.

“I’m sorry, hermano,” Santiago sighed, taking a deep breath. “You guys know, as well as I do, how she is… How she puts everyone else before herself, even if it fucking hurts her.” 

“She really lost her job?” Benny asked.

Santiago nodded. “Yeah.”

“Fucking bitch,” Benny said with a tightened jaw. “How could Victoria–”

“Because she’s a bitch,” Will replied. 

Frankie bit his lower lip and looked over at Santiago, reaching out for his hand. “Lo siento–”

Santiago took Frankie’s hand, tugging on it and pulling him into a hug. “Está bien.” 

“Can you guys be here when she gets back?” Frankie said, pulling away from Santiago. 

“Where are you going to go?” Will asked.

“Gonna talk to Victoria.” 

“I’ll come with,” Santiago said. 

Frankie nodded. “Probably a good idea.” 

“We’ll be here. We’ll let her know,” Will said. “And hey?” 

Frankie arched his brow. “Hm?”

“Deep breaths, Fish.” 

Frankie sighed. “I’ll try.” 

“Just remember that you’ve still got the one person that matters most,” Benny said. 

“Make sure he gets home,” Will told Santiago. “And try not to yell at each other.”

“Yes, sir,” Santiago teased, saluting Will. 

“We’ll be back in a bit.” 

Once Santiago and Frankie were out of the apartment, Frankie looked over at Santiago and sighed quietly. “I don’t know what got into me. She must be hurting…”

“Give her some space, Fish. She’ll come back. She always does.” 

“I yelled at her–”

“Because you were hurt.”

“But she is too.”

Santiago sighed. “Then I suppose we better get this over with so that we can get you back home to her, huh?”

---

Part 16.

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[bromeoanddudeliet]

8 and 12!

Thank you for responding!! 😭💖 I love your art btw!! You’re such a big inspiration!!

#8: After Act 3, what does their life look like? What are they talking about at the reunion party?

(This might come as a surprise but I haven’t actually played the epilogue yet 😭)

I’d like to think Tesni would go on a pilgrimage of sorts trying to reconnect with nature and her mentor’s Druidic teachings. After her personal quest, she becomes the chosen of Selûne, I think she’d try and reconnect with her Godess as well, after so many years apart. She also works with the council? Whoever’s in charge of Baldur’s Gate, after the whole mess with The Absolute, to help reconstruction efforts throughout the city.

And when that’s said and done she settles down, gets married to Astarion, and they live comfortably off of the significant amount of gold they found throughout their adventures. She researches cures for Astarion’s vampirism too (and for Karlach cuz I’m delusional and I refuse to accept that she dies or goes back to Avernus forever), I mean who better than a Druid to fix and otherwise permanent affliction lol 😌💅✨ Tesni and Astarion also have a daughter named Moon who is a sorcerer being trained in magic by Gale. 😜

Here’s a lil doodle of what her end game outfit looks like (it’s supposed to look like her mentor’s outfit but a little bit different) 🌝:

#12: Does your Tav have any tattoos or scars? Why?

// TRIGGER WARNING: I’m gonna talk a little bit about self-harm so if you struggle with self-harm I just want to warn you now before you read!! It’s not too serious but I want to make sure everyone stays comfortable!! //

Tesni has a variety of scars, a lot of them stem from her background as a Druid. Scars from animals, from when she was a kid running around in the woods, and one time she got shot in the shoulder by a magic arrow (I’m not gonna name names but we can all guess who missed mid battle 😒🦇) She also has panther spots, because I thought it would be cool, but also because her main wildshape animal is a panther.

Her other scars come from periods in her life where she felt hopeless or otherwise in bad straights. A little tidbit into her lore, when Tesni was young she had quite a few of her close family and friends pass away (in unfortunate ways). She’s always blamed herself for not being smart enough, brave enough, or strong enough to stop the circumstances leading up to their deaths (a part of why Tesni had a difficult relationship with her patron, Selûne. Tesni partly blames the gods, mainly Selûne, for not stepping in. Tesni’s mother was also a Selûnite, and when she died, Tesni’s inner conflict as well as her conflict with the Gods spiraled downwards from there).

Tesni spent a lot of her adolescence on the streets scrounging for food and money, many of those nights, she went cold or hungry. Eventually she became numb to her own comfort, and took jobs no one else would, leading into her being kidnapped by Mindflayers at the beginning of Bg3. That’s why Tesni wears sleeves on her arms, to hide her scars. Partly because she doesn’t want people to pity her, partly because she still feels their sting, and hiding them helps her move past those memories.

Eventually Tesni comes to the realization that beyond her numbness, she cares and feels deeply for the world and the people that live in it. After Act 1, she decides to start her healing journey, she becomes more honest with her companions and in turn they help her heal from her tumultuous past. Over time as Tesni heals, she mends her relationship with Selûne and eventually becomes her chosen.

Here’s a doodle of her without her sleeves:

Oof that was a lot of writing thank you for bearing with me lol 😪

And thank you again for responding!! I super appreciate it!! 🥹💖

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[ja3yun]

okay i woke up an hour ago but GOD BE DAMNNED i won’t give you the best reactions or as much as i can of them BUT AH OKAY HERE WE GO

“All you get from Heeseung is knowing stares and a sly smile plastered on his face.” now me kinda needs evil!heeseung 🧌🧌🧌🧌 LIKE JUST IMAGINE man🫠 i shouldn’t imGine..

im gonna be so sad abt yn and jaeyun 😭 (ive been feeling emotional abt jake lately too and hearing well reading this makes me sad helpp but anyway jaeyun doll is mine)

naur ure so stupid yn 😭 what r u doing in his room

“His room is dull, his curtains remaining shut despite the summer weather outside. Come to think of it, you haven’t ever seen him sit out the front with the others, only ever being in their presence when he has to be.” A VAMPIRE ?

😥😥soonyeol barely in this fic and idk she gives me the ick is it bad lmaoo

🧌 now . angels and demons . ? I WAS EXPECTING SOMETHING THAT SAYS BEYONCE U HAD ME FOOOOLEEED (im not disappointed i just thought u were inventing some new supernatural creature out there by how u were saying we were nothing of sort close)

HELP THE SUPERNATURAL REFERENCE SJSKDKSKS love that

JAEYUN AN ANGEL SO RIGHTT hes so 🥹😭🥹😭🥹 woah . let me get a grip (ill steal jaeyun doll)

“If Jaeyun was an evil spirit, that would have destroyed any perception you had of him,” that would’ve been fun 😭💀 HELP

wait . guardian angel . they feel a connection. jake was supposed to be her guardian angel . mystery solved.

SUNGHOON DEMON OMG OK “Honestly, you should have known, he fucks you like he was part of the incubus club” real ! we need more sunghoon!tdh now i have barely seen anything of that !! (jk)

WHAT TBE FUCK HEESEUNG THE THREATNING BROO GTFO

Heeseung flashing eyes ermm AJ did u write heeseung with crowley in mind 🤣

aw jay is a guardian angel too :( or was 🧌

wait but if hes a guardian angel why he called hell 😥 oh for fuck sake why is everything ABOUT THIS SONNY BITCH

(can i pls have a jaeyun!guardian angel fic now bc 🥲🥲 im deprived)

gorl. gIRL . GIRL . PRINce oF HELL NAUR BC I WAS KINDA CLOSE TO IT WHEN I ME TIONED CAIN 😭😭😭😭😭 BUT THATS A MF PRINCE OF HEAVEN BUT IN SUPERNATURAL HE WAS A MF PRINCE OF HELL I CANT I WANT TO DIE but holy fuck kskakdkekdnelxe

oh god yn how can u be horny when u found out all of this odlwlfkwlf

“Don’t you see it? How you took Soonyeol’s place so easily, falling into her role like you were born to be ours, like we were made for you.” i mean that was kinda the plot yn had to take over bc she was looking for someone to take care of yall its ur fault u guys got exposed 🕴️

“Are you going to fuck a Prince from Hell?” girl if he was heeseung me too get on with it !

NO BUT JAEYUN URE NOT RUINING JAEYUN FOR ME MF !!! i am so serious give me doll jaeyun rn wtf

"I am your God now." im sat 🧎🏻‍♀️

This might only be for tonight but he will try and make it last an eternity. oh🤣OH CMON lets just kill the sonny bitch

“I’d love to rip that soul from your body and stuff you in a doll suit so I can fuck you forever.” is this foreshadowing 🧌😥

“look at you baptising me” IM SORRY I SNORTED 😭😭😭😭

“Say the word and she's gone, baby," WELL PERSONALLY . im saying the word . please . please . please give me doll jaeyun

I KNEW IT JAKSKDLALD I KNEW IT HE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE YN GUARDING DMKSCKLWKFLE JAEYUN SOULMATE SMSKSL i hope u know u implemented smth in my mind rn and im gonna expect a soulmate!jake epilogue or smth 🧌🥲

okay i love the ending but i still think we should kill the bitch and have yn go back !

ok seriously this was REALLY AMAZING SJSKD im so happy 😭😭😭😭 my jaeyun 😭😭😭😭 i was in a heeseung brainrot which quickly changed to jaeyun im so serious i need myself jaeyun doll will u give him to me plz 👉🏻👈🏻

OKAY AJ ! YOU OUTDID AGAIN !! im really serious when i say that this whole fic was really REALLY amazing !! 🙂‍↕️ i loved it and i don’t usually read like supernatural fics unless its a vampire one SO reading this was like a new door opening to me too 🧌

SKDKD ANYWAY SLAY ! jake endgame 🩷🩷🩷☺️☺️☺️🩷☺️ i love a jake endgame . please epilogue with jake!soulmate endgame 🫶🏻🩷🎀

soonyeol still giving you the ick 😭 i even tried to make her nice sjdhkashd

if i had the mental capacity, it would have written og demons or whatever but the research i was doing let me just tell you, there is a demon and angel for everything like literally everything so it was so difficult

when you mentioned cain it had me sweating! (also yes i was thinking about crowley bc you know thats my man and i love him 😘)

the amount of people that love the 'baptising me' dialogue is so funny bc i was wondering if it was too cringy but personally i find it hot idk

baby ilysm for enjoying this series with me! i can grant you the jake doll but you'll have competition so just be aware (i'll start manufacturing them) <3

[imaginespazzi]

Niviii, bestie, how are you? Hope life’s treating you well, and especially as well as you treated us with part 6!

As always, my thoughts:

Was waiting on when Katie would make an appearance again and you did not disappoint! Someone needed to finally talk some sense cause god knows we were getting nowhere leaving it all to those two dumb gay idiots (affectionate) to figure it out.

But for real, I loved this scene between mother and daughter and hearing others acknowledge that the bond between them was always just different. More. Katie’s like “honey please, it was too obvious”.

As always, I love when real events bleed into the story so absolutely loved draft night getting incorporated here. I could feel the tension as Paige inched closer and closer to Azzi on the carpet like oof the writing was- *chef’s kiss*.

Then them escaping to finally get that moment alone together again and Azzi finally giving in 🥹. Also, their dramatic ass goodbye being only two weeks or so prior to this LOL. Were just absolutely kidding themselves thinking they could really survive staying away from each other.

You already know how I feel about a Drew cameo!! Pleassseee, the whole “you are gonna get married right?” killed me in the best way. He will accept no other outcome, that’s his pookie for life and P will absolutely not mess that up for him again!

The UCLA team finally welcoming P with open arms- we really have come so far.

But omg this whole scene – them finally getting to have the date. What dreams are made of. But P was so done with Azzi here lmao, the NBA quip (tbh, Azzi definitely has a case cause like how is she meant to know that games start late October and not early October?! Like ntm on pookie now 😩). And then the stray that P’s Lebron posters caught – very valid.

For real though, that scene was so healing after everything we’ve all been through with this fic 😌. And P flying all the way to Cali during school – DOWN BAD.

And then just when I thought you’d written my favourite fluff scene, you go ahead and write the dancing in the snow scene.

I don’t even really have much more to add for that specific scene because I wouldn’t be able to do it justice. Just know that dancing in the snow/kissing in the rain scenes have my whole heart and this was no exception.

Then the final scene. I was actually wondering whether you would have Azzi winning the natty because I didn’t know if you could do that to UConn, even if just in a fic, but I appreciate you doing it for the plot (I know it must have killed you a lil writing them losing- and NOT EVEN MAKING IT TO THE NATTY GAME) 😭.

But it was only fitting that we got Paige in Azzi’s jersey this time around (side note: something I badly need to see irl at some point).

And the ending – THE ENDING – look, that may also be how I’ve imagined next season panning out irl (the kiss) but obviously with them both on the court… and since I know there’s almost no chance it would actually happen, I’m glad we got to live it out here.

What’s next?

First of all, I can’t believe we’re coming to the end, like from one offhanded comment about “what if Azzi had chosen UCLA?” being my roman empire to this? Insane.

Not that I had a single doubt but whatever expectations I had coming into this, trust, you more than exceeded every. single. one.

I’ll prolly go on a much longer thank you after the last chapter or epilogue so I’ll save it for then!

But yeah, in terms of what’s next, imma leave it to you, Nivi.

The “or so she hopes” at the end has me a little worried, but remember “everything changes, except the ending” and you did promise us a happy ending 😌.

Favourite lines:

Taking the picture is a task, both of them bickering about angles and lights. It’s unnecessary arguing, in true Paige and Azzi fashion really but there’s something so mundanely domestic about it that Azzi finds herself wanting to memorise this moment too. They finally get the frame just right, somewhere in between what they both wanted. Azzi smiles at the camera, her Paige smile, as the blonde in question presses her lips against her cheeks.

Bonus (also because this is how I want it to play out irl next season when they win the natty lmao): 

“On a scale of one to ten, how bad would kissing you right now be?” Azzi asks, still a little breathless. 

A myriad of emotions flicker through Paige’s face before settling on a mischievous smirk, “probably pretty bad but you should do it anyways.”

Alternate lyric/song (I fucking love arms tho, that song just fits this entire fic so perfectly):

In the darkest night hour, I search through the crowd. Your face is all that I see, I’ll give you (I've given you) everything, baby, love me lights out.

Side note: I was a little high when I first read part 6, and it was an experience (in the best way)!!!

As always, thank you. You already know.

Much love,

-🙋‍♀️

Bestieeeee, I'm good love, thanks for asking and I hope you're good too! Can you believe I finally wrote a chapter without breaking your heart?

If we left it up to Paige and Azzi, this fic would end up running in circles for another 10 chapters but thank god for Katie and common sense. I really love Katie and Azzi's relationship and she felt the perfect person to make Azzi see sense

The draft scene is probably my favorite scene to have written throughout this whole series, an accumulation of everything else and I'm so glad you liked it because I wanted to do the confession justice and I hope I did

LMAO okay so I was fully gonna drag it out a little longer cause 2 weeks is so short but a) I wanted to include the draft and b) let's be honest these idiots definitely are the kind people to only make a dramatic goodbye last barely 2 weeks

I love Drew so much so you know I had to add him in here but yeah that's their no.1 supporter and you best believe he will drag them to the aisle if he needs too

I threw in that UCLA team line for you, I knew you'd appreciate the growth!

Even though I've been teasing my anons with sadness for most of this fic, the date recreation was always gonna happen from the minute I wrote the call lol.

Honestly as much as I love writing angst!Pazzi and fluff!Pazzi, bickering!Pazzi is my favorite and I just had to add that in

I'M SO GLAD YOU LIKED THE SNOW SCENE. It truly adds nothing to the plot but it popped into my head and I was like fuck it, the people deserve their dance in the snow moment lol

You know me too well. It physically hurt to write UConn losing (at least they'd already won in this universe) but for the plot, and because it's Azzi, with a heavy heart, I wrote another team winning it all.

I put all my hopes and dreams for next season into that ending and yeah look it's not happening, but life imitates art right? Why not manifest?

I have to go back and find your ask because man I can't believe we've come this far. WE DID IT BESTIE! We lived your roman empire out just a little bit and there's just a little bit left to go!

Alright, there's maybe just a little bit more turbulence to come but I think you're gonna like the actual ending I have planned (you have to or I will actually cry)

XO!! Fantastic song choice!

LMAO I love that for you babes! And thank you for always, always having such a detailed review for me. They mean the world to me and I appreciate it so much. Til next time my love <3

[khaleesiofalicante]

Okay, after I read the epilogue around for approximately thirty times (yes I am being literal) I think I have started processing:

David and Max going on road trips, oh my god, Dani I know I said a while back in an ask that I van see this being a safe place for both but IALS was definitely not the fanfic I expected them to do this on but when I tell you I screamed when I read this--

Max using email just for David is something so personal, our man's got game

David being a part of this beautiful and chaotic family my heart🥹 (I remember in one the earlier chapters when David first met Jaden's family and maybe in some way he was trying to take back what he lost with that too but of course it wasn't the same because no one does it like the Lightwood Banes)

Of course, everybody knew there was something going on with Mavid again. These two are glowing next to each other, I mean, everybody knew they're in love with each other even when they themselves didn't know

"It’s been a long time since…since he had any kind of, erm, sexual relief. After the divorce. Before Jaden. After Jaden.Even during Jaden." I don't know what that part means exactly but I like it

Arthur as the son of Apollo gets mentioned a lot and in LBAF he was mentioned as the child of Raziel and this connection my brain made worries me

Jackson and Max brotp alert ⚠️ I swear I love those two talking about David, Jackson being so done with both of them and I love the fact that even though Jackson doesn't particularly like neither Max or Jaden but he recognises how much Mavid mean to each other and how crazily in love they are but he couldn't even bother with Jaden. How did Jaden feel about the fact that he never won Jackson over ( I'm being petty I'm aware, I just really don't like that guy)

David not sharing other Max with anyone, not even Jackson, in IALS really worries me with the LBAF drama, this will hurt like a bitch I can already tell

Okay I really loved the therapy scene, it was really intense and even though those two are better when they do things together, I really feel like this is something they shouldn't do together. Because David loves Max so much that he can't focus just on himself and that's not good during this, he shouldn't worry about how Max feels during this but it's David so of course he cares. And also, we shouldn't forget that Max also has trauma and could also get triggered. I mean the man had depression and got panic attacks about Lance, I can easily see him having a panic attack with Dacid begging him to let him go. So I think them not doing this together was for the best.

What kind of sadist would write this, you're calling yourself out and I'm so here for it, self-awareness is very important😂 But also, fake dating, bed sharing, pool scene, unhinged David, you're pulling all the stops huh, can't waitt

Why hasn't Arthur told Max about Kincaid? And hasn't David mentioned something to him?

Alec giving the ring back to David, I called it! How did Max feel about David getting the ring back and where does he keep it?

Okay, in one of the earliest chapters we saw Jaden running a bath for David and making him a candle lit dinner and now we saw it with Mavid and the difference between David in those two scenes made me tear up that man really lights up around Max my Mavid heart🥹

MAX GOING ON A SAFARI WITH ARTHUR even thought when Arthur was little he said Jaden was going to take him and Max was so sad, JUSTICE WAS SERVED

Also David spending millions of dollars to take the whole Lightwood Bane family to a place he doesn't even like just to make Max happy is the best thing ever, how could we ever doubt this man's feeling, he is simply whipped

I just love the Rafael/David brotp just as much as the Max/Jackson brotp and hey the first two actually like one another, I would love to see those two talking about Max, Rafael telling David he was an idiot for ever doubting Max's love the same way Jackson did it do Max, those two know what they're about

Oh yes I have more thoughts, I told you once I'm done processing I'll spam you, you had been warned🌷

*screams in nerd* ANOTHER LIST!

When I got that ask you sent me before the epilogue I was cackling because most of what you mentioned/wanted was gonna be there so I knew you'd like it :))

I can totally imagine Jaden's parents being really nice to David and being super polite and kind and David being like 'nah, i need my in laws to be unhinged thanks'.

Jaden is no Max LB in bed. (that's why Jaden got super angry when Max made fun of it) David's standards are high. That is all, your honour.

JACKSON RIGHTS ONLY

I totally agree. The therapy is something David needs to do alone. Because it's his own way of fighting and it's ugly and it's hard and it's also his safe space. But David seemed to realize that it was something Max had to 'see for himself' to get that.

Max doesn't know about Kincaid because Arthur is worried Max wouldn't approve (especially if he finds out Arthur stayed back in a toxic school for Kincaid). Also, it's mostly to stay in the same line as lbaf, where Max has a deep hatred for the Knightstorm family - and Kincaid by extension.

Max doesn't know David has the ring now (yet!!)

Rafael and David scenes are high in serotonin

I wanted to write a whole chapter about South Africa just because I know Max and Arthur must have had the time of their lives there ahhhhh

Thank you for all the love and especially your thoughts. THEY MEAN EVERYTHING TO ME!!!!!

[luminousbeings-crudematter]

Ahhhh!! It’s me again!! To scream at you in your inbox about your own writing!!! I fucking loved it, I know, I know, I say that about all your writing but I FR FR loved this!! I’m proposing to it and we’ve set a wedding date for October!! It was beautiful!! I’ve never wanted to fuck next to a deep fryer so bad in my damn life!! Notes, because you know I have some things to say:

1) Simon laughs and leans back against the seat.  “Alright mate, no making sex in your taxi,” he calls out to the driver.  He turns to you with mock seriousness, trying very hard to hide a smile of his own. “No making sex.”

In his taxi,” you murmur, looking straight at him, and fuck.  You say it like a promise.

In his taxi,” Simon repeats, dumbstruck.  There is no ground under his feet, and free-falling has never felt so effortless.

This!! This this!! I loved it!! It was so cute!! It was so Simon and I could picture it in my head perfectly!! I was giggling and blushing the whole time I read it!!

2) He groans into your kiss and you gasp when he smacks your ass, then squeezes it.  “Infuriating,” he repeats without any real heat behind his words.

If I could describe in a small paragraph the theme of this whole series it would be this. It’s summed up perfectly and I absolutely loved this little two sentence paragraph and every word in it!! 💕💕

3) You don’t realise it but—six months from this exact moment, when Simon proposes, in this very kitchen, by this very deep fat fryer—you’ll think back to this moment.  You’ll think about how all your life, you thought you knew what sex was, what love was, and the difference between the two. 

And then this!! This was amazing!! I love love love this paragraph right here!! It is just so well written, I love that we find out he proposes!! Like my heart physically warmed at this!! Magnificent writing!! Superb!!

All in all, I have adored this series!! It was so cute!! I loved everything about it and you characterized Simon so well. It was just a marvelous job through and through. You never fail to amaze with your writing and I can’t wait to see what you cook up next!! Thank you so much for sharing this!! I absolutely adored it!! ❤️❤️❤️

PLEASE PLEASE LET ME OFFICIATE YOUR WEDDING I WILL BE ON MY BEST BEHAVIOUR I PROMISE

Thank you so so so SO much and I'm so glad you enjoyed Alford Plea. fr fr I always look forward to your messages and you never fail to make me smile 🥹

The epilogue was pure fluff tbh (which is soooo not my usual jam) so ofc there had to be some screwing next to dangerous kitchen equipment to balance things out 💕

thank you and ily and thank you and have a wonderful Sunday and ily

[vertiny]

top three eras styling 💖

bec ilysm 🫶 okay so styling is so so fun in some eras so imma... not cheat, but ! break it up into two sections, hope you don't mind ! (one of these might just be purely bc of a hair colour but technically hair is a part of the stylings 👀 (i could do a whole top for hairstyles but that's not what we're here for) + these are gonna be a mix of mv stylings, stage stylings, etc.)

sorry this took so long getting out, i thnk i put Too Much thought into it KSJDGH

under the cut bc pictures are involved and i feel like i talked too much 🥹

SECTION ONE: BY MEMBER

1. yongseung - series ‘o’ [round 3 : whole]. i swear it’s not JUST his hair that puts him here but like . THIS HAIR COLOUR !!!!! wine red / burgundy yongs so dear to my heart, but other than that, the outfit choices made for him were such good ones. we always love a suit look, and there's smth about the copper(?) silk shirt that sits lovely against him, with a pop of a different pattern thanks to the collar, and then the silk shirts in general were just good choices, sarah stickered and seal of approval-ed, the whole works dskjgh, and then ig i just have a thing for yongs being in the orange / brown colour-wheel (especially with this hair) bc it just Suits Him, idk what else to say

2. hwanwoong - pygmalion. a mutual of mine got a real-time view into me, who was a singular leedo bias with a fondness for hwanwoong, who had also already seen the solo concept pics, completely disregard leedo in the group concept pics and zoomed right into hwanwoong with a caption of "HELLOOOO SAILOR 🤩🥰" so he was welcomed into the bias line officially... i think that speaks for itself SKDJGH and if it doesn't, look at the photos. they speak for themselves 🤭 (we also got yongseung & hwanwoong interactions again this era so many pluses in my book ! debut besties (oneus + vrvr debuted same day !) near and dear to me<3)

3. seonghwa - fever: epilogue. look at the material, need i say more? DKDKS no but fr, the pink hair is def a top reason this era of styling lives on in my head. we also got pink-haired vampire!seonghwa so… that’s worth all the hype 😌 also probs has smth to do with pink being my fave colour when i was younger, but either way, it's the colouring of everything together that really makes this era a fave. like, okay, hwa's got pink hair, but they didn't make it a hot pink that ran many possibilities of clashing with everything, and it's not a washed-out distant breath of the colour pink but a nice middle ground, and like i said before, look at the material. the brightness of the pink works with the dark blue and grey jacket, the pink goes up against the blue / green (teal?) of the overcoat and only serves to (imo) heighten the pop the coat brings - the clothes under the coat and the background are all monotone and yet, despite the pink, your eyes are instantly drawn to the coat. the third photo . well. that hwa might just live rent free in my head so i'm incredibly biased on it, and imma sound like a broken record but his pink hair is tied in with the pops of pink on the jacket, and there's spots of different patterns that draw your eye, but none that overwhelm you. and as for the fourth pic... pink (cat) hwa is so beloved to me and that's all i gotta say

(honourable mentions: seonghwa - halazia / seonghwa - crazy form / seonghwa - wonderland (bc sword<3) / yeosang - bouncy (esp this look & special mentions to these two hair stylings) / yeonho - undercover (esp this look) / gyehyeon - undercover (specifically 220508 & 220503) / wooyoung - bouncy (for this hair accessory & this styling alone lol idk i like it a lot) / seonghwa - deja vu / yongseung - crazy like that - and imma stop here bc i could apparently keep adding more :starcry:)

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SECTION TWO: BY GROUP

1. verivery - tag tag tag. look, you know me, you know what my favourite colour is (red) lol BUT EVEN THEN there’s smth about the styling for this era that just hits so well. idk, it’s a mix of casual, of flowy, of literally “just some dudes” kinda looks that just work so well. i looooove the mix of fabrics and patterns and how cohesive they are while all being strong outfits all in their own. this set of stage outfits (pictured below) are, imo, great, like . giving dongheon (1) and yeonho (5) “red heavy” fits, giving hoyoung (2) and yongseung (6) black jackets to break up the monotonous of the singular colour, having gyehyeon (4) in a complete red look BUT using a deeper red and blue / black plaid overshirt to make him stand out AND THEN putting minchan (3) and kangmin (7) in black and white fits with a red accent belt? (even tho you can't really see the belt on minchan lol) SO GOOD 🤩 and even after all that, they've all got bits of silver jewelry that ties them all together too

2. p1harmony - killin' it. okay, so we aren't even in this era YET!! but like . the stuff i've seen... yeah, she deserves it. keeho (1) looks so good i'm 😭, theo (2) looks dark and edgy, jiung (3) looks - in the best way - like he's about to start a fight (and win) idk how to explain it but its so good, intak (4) i want his shirt rn plsnthx it looks like someone grabbed the stars and made it into a shirt 🤩, soul (5) is a son and batshit insane (affectionate) and i'm like so ?!?!? about his hair this era !! i don't think i could do it but it's so sick and suits him so well and jongseob (6) i lowkey expected a nosebleed in the styling? SDJKGH I KNOW THAT SOUNDS STUPID but i feel like it'd fit for his styling alone? not in the overall styling but if it was just him? piwon generally always has solid stylings !

3. victon - voice: the future is now. the era has 3 stylings but these two are so 🫶 !!!! to me lol (it's also my first victon era so it's v dear to me) the left side's styling gives off aristocratic vampires and i didn't know i needed this kind of styling in my life until i laid eyes on it ! the shirts all look like they're velvet and soft so that's always a plus in my books. and then the right side's styling !! i'd describe it as "casual royal" lmao it's the mix of them all in a simple pant, and then the jackets / coats are all bedazzled (and all different styles of bedazzlements !!!) making them the true statement pieces, and we both know that means they're sparkly and . well . gimme, i want them 🤲 SKDKD

(honourable mentions: verivery - get away / verivery - trigger / ateez - bouncy / ateez - crazy form / p1harmony - harmony: all in / oneus - pygmalion / oneus - baila conmigo / verivery - tap tap / verivery - undercover)

[not-so-mundane-after-all]

Hi my love

💝💌💘

Z, my darling!

💝what is a fic that got a different response than you were expecting?

I have to talk about My Hand Was The One You Reached For here, my first ever TLOU fic. The response to it? INSANE. I came here from a fandom where, especially recently, stuff about a father-daughter relationship wasn't getting much traction, so since I was used to a small response, I wasn't really expecting anything. I first made a Tumblr post about it, again, not expecting more than a handful of notes. After all I'm a fandom newbie who only came here because of the show, I knew close to nothing about the game. And then the post got thousands of notes in a matter of hours. People were dropping their own fics in the reblogs!!! I dropped mine on ao3 and it got more kudos & comments in a single day than my most recent Titans fics got in months!!! That never happened to me before. I've had popular fics but never to this extent, never so fast. So I was absolutely blown away. Thank you guys for welcoming me so kindly 🥹

💌share something with us about an up-and-coming work (WIP) that has you excited!

Since I'm currently splitting my writing time between two fandoms, right now I don't have anything started for The Last of Us, but I can list the ideas I will be working on once I'm done working on my Titans ideas.

Ellie forgives Joel by writing a song about it, based on Back to December by Taylor Swift - but before I get to that I want to watch the gameplay of tlou2 and torture myself since I don't know the full story. For science.

Ellie overhears the word "adoption" at school and asks Joel to explain it to her.

Another dancing fic, something based in Jackson, though I don't have a clear picture of it yet. Although I'm thinking about the kitchen. You know, another T Swift lyrics, dancing in the refrigerator light.

As for Titans, I'm currently in the process of writing the last two chapters of my newest multi-chapter Acrida, which is a time travel fic that can cause you a baby fever 🤭 but come on, which fictional father we all know and love would pass on a chance to go back in time and get to know his adopted kid when they were just a tiny little baby? There's some angst though, I actually wrote the heaviest scene today and I spent a good ten minutes crying. But I'll be keeping that under wraps and instead share something sweet.

The snowflakes falling around them became bigger. Few of them settled on his hair, one dropping right onto his nose and that was a game changer; Rachel's eyes grew round like dinner plates, lips forming a tiny ooh as she swatted at it with her hand.

"What's that?" Dick gasped, his eyes as wide as hers. "Snow? You like snow?"

She blinked at him a few times, entranced by the sound of his voice. Then she broke into a giggle, twisting in his arms as she laughed.

Dick tucked her closer to himself, laughing as well. She was the sweetest child, her sparkling personality already shining through, and her baby laugh could easily have the power to clear the sky off the heaviest clouds.

💘Is there any posted fic you want to rework/re-edit/re-write?

I once had this thought to rewrite my earliest fics because reading them made me cringe and I know I would have done them better now when I'm more experienced. But I decided against it because it shows the progress I've made as a writer, how much I've actually learned. So they'll stay cringe. If y'all want to binge my fics, start from the bottom so they get better instead of getting worse lol 😂

There's one though, where I only realized the issue recently. There's this collab AU fic for Titans I wrote with a friend. Huge thing, our best work to date, HIGHLY RECOMMEND READING (shameless self promo but fuck it we ballin) it's called Wicked Game. Recently, we started developing a sequel. Nothing written yet, only brainstorming and exchanging notes for now, but I realized recently that damn we really fucking put ourselves into a corner with that epilogue 🫣🤭

[surrealsunday]

helloo! wow it’s been a little while ngl! but when when chap10 was posted i was like “do i read it now or wait till the epilogue is posted? 🤔” and i ended up waiting for the epilogue, idk in my head it’s as logic sjsbdb. meanwhile i decided to rewatch stranger things + skamfr kinda at the same time bc it’s been way too long (for the latter). then the epilogue was posted and haven’t found the time or energy to settle and read the last two chapters (we love uni for that). till tonight!! so here’s my not so little review of the chap10 + the epilogue 😅

-> chap10

woaaah im at loss for words for how cute and beautiful that chapter was omg! the vulnerable moment right after the intensity of their love scene hit me right in the feels, lucas’ “please don’t hurt me (again)” and then eliott hugging him tight saying “i promise” 🥺MY HEART🥺

also these little acts had me giggling and kicking my feet

gosh i’m just so giddy when it comes to them like- THEY. ARE. IN. LOVE. 🥹

OH YEAH the moment when idriss came back home and said “I swear, if you fucked in the kitchen, Eliott -" made me think of that one scene in tempo (i think) when he discovers they did it on the counter and there was like evidences or sth and i just burst out laughing 😭 like i imagined him being so done already with them (/affectionate of course)

-> epilogue

MY HEEAART!! i know i’ve said it like a million times already but i’m so soft for theeem 🥺

i really loved how eliott reassured lucas during the moving, how they once more opened a little to one another. then lucas asking him to say something true abt himself, eliott’s little story was very cute despite starting kinda sad :(( but that little parallel to the minute par minute scene but this time it’s eliott calming lucas down ☹️

but goosh i’m in love with their love, in every universe istg 🥰 like i smiled SO BIG here!

now real thing: i cant believe it’s over now :/ i’m gonna miss them so much, these version of elu is definitely one of my favorite! i wanna thank you for writing this fic that, i’m sure, helped a lot of people (including me) escape their boring ass work/uni life ahah. every time it truly has been an amazing time, even when pain was dominent sometimes. but as always i’d say sjsbsb

wishing you a wonderful friday and weekend, i’m gonna spend mine mourning elu!10things and thinking of how much their love is incredible in every universe 😭💞

gosh i just realized i forgot about to say some more things in my previous message 😭 in my defense it’s 1am so- anyways

i’m also very thankful you listened to the little voice in your brain and wrote that little epilogue, the quote of kat is one of my favorite and it’s really well included! would have been such a waste not having lucas saying this tbh.

also the last pic of chap10, eliott’s post with the shadows…wow i literally stared at it for 10 good minutes it was so well done! especially lucas’ wild hair sbsjsb (also i see you have been generous for some parts 👀)

finally, i thanked you for the fic but i also wanna be grateful to your friend julie for pressing you making this fic alive ahah, bc yeah your elu fic are really one of the most emotionally amazing and still being able to read elu content in, now, 2023 is truly incredible ♥️

Oh my gosh I somehow completely missed the notification for these messages in my inbox. I'm so sorry! I was not ignoring you, I just am a useless human 😂

As always I absolutely love hearing your thoughts. I'm so glad you liked chapter 10 🥹. It was interesting pairing smexy times with some super raw emotional nakedness. I liked it tho. It felt right and natural in the moment.

Your memes btw aldfkjalsdfkja. They kill me 😂😂😂

I thought about Idriss in Tempo too at that moment! I truly don't know why I keep doing these things to poor Idriss lmao. But I make it up to him with Manon. So I don't feel too bad 😌.

Ok, so I very much got minute-by-minute vibes in that moment of the epilogue too, but it wasn't pre-planned that way. I kinda love that you had the same reaction. It just sort of happened and as I was writing it occurred to me that it very subtly nodded to that classic Skam moment. It seems they're determined to be that way in every universe.

Ahhhh the shadow pic! It's one of my faves! I get obsessive about most things (this is not news lmao) so it wasn't surprising that I obsessed over getting those shadows right, but in the end when it did look like them I was sooooo satisfied. And yes, satisfied with the very lovely booty on Lucas too 😌. It makes me so happy you liked it too!

Really it was my absolute pleasure to share this fic, most especially because I seriously do have the best readers in the world, and you all are so generous in leaving me your thoughts and feelings about the story (there is really nothing better than that as a writer). It's a big part of me coming back to Elu over and over, I think. I love reconnecting with all of you. And of course I'm more than happy to provide distraction from real life!

P.S. I told Julie what you said and lemme tell you... the way she got all proud and puffed up on herself 😂😂😂. I told her to take it down a notch but she's already kicking into high gear on harassing me for new stories lol.

Anyways, all the love to you. Thank you again so much for sending me your thoughts as you read the story. 💖💗💞💝

[whostheblondegirlwriting]

Hi!!!!!

Weird question, but between Brock and Jack who is more committed in a relationship? I know this is difficult to answer since I’m asking you to compare three different pairings in different stories (Brock/Addy in Echo, Jack/Ally in Echo, and Jack/Ally in Delta). Based on the very short scenes we got from the movies, I always felt like Brock and Jack are one of those guys who is not interested in serious relationships, like at all😂 But since reading your stories I can’t get the image of Brock who is so sweet with Addy (Echo), Jack who is cursed by regs but can’t stop loving Ally (Echo), and Jack who kept gaslighting Ally about how much he cares about her (Delta)……although Jack never got the chance to be with Ally in Echo, I feel like he would choose hydra over her, even if they got together? I think he is very different in that sense from Brock who basically did everything he could to keep her alive and safe (but he’s been fucking lying the entire time 🥰). But, Jack in Delta is sooo committed but would he choose her over his career if he had to make a choice? 🤔

Anyways, I’m curious about your thoughts and I miss Brock and Addy so much 🥹🥹🥹

Who is more committed in a relationship? Jack

I know, you wouldn’t think that at first, because Brock was all about taking down the establishment and whatnot for Addy…but remember, Jack is a man of principles. Excusing his deep cover assignment (bc hey, the man’s got bills to pay like we all do), he believes in being honest. Jack will weather all storms, as long as you don’t betray his trust. Respect and honor are not throw around words for him. When he finds someone he deems worthy of putting in the time for, he’s all in.

Before Addy, Brock was not a settle down guy. He doesn’t do long term (ex. see the on and off againing it with Evy). Underneath it all, his devotion to Addy is a bit about possessiveness. Yes, Brock loves that girl. But he knew he couldn’t keep Addy if she knew about HYDRA. His motivation for his wanting to change (and doing it) and exposing HYDRA was so that she wouldn’t leave him. For all that, Brock actually is more selfishly motivated than selflessly.

Funny you should have those other thoughts about Jack and his loyalty to HYDRA. There’s a part two to The Banker that never saw the light of day that had me thinking about it, many words down for an epilogue or alt ending of Echo that considered just that, and just many thoughts about the subject all together that no one really ever asked for. And I unfortunately won’t say here so that it doesn’t influence the way anyone reads Delta so they don’t guess at the ending or guess the whys for anything that may happen in Delta.

[iu-jjang]

[FANCAFE] 220923 From.IU - To uaenas returning to their daily lives

Hello uaenas,

I’m on the plane now.

I woke up from a nap and everyone else is sleeping. There’s still four hours left for the flight. I had a pretty good sleep on the plane so my condition is good and perhaps because I’m in mid-air, I’m feeling emotional and opened my memo pad (T/L note: notepad app) to write a letter to uaenas.

Including myself, our uaenas would have returned to their one-two (T/L note: routine) daily lives after a very festival-like weekend.. (some of us may still have our souls wandering about Jamsil 😌)

How is IU doing? What’s she thinking about now that the concert is over? Is she happy? Sad?

I thought some of you might be curious about that keke so I decided to share with uaenas my epilogue for a concert after 3 years.

What I regretted the most was that I wasn’t able to talk to uaenas much because the concert runtime was a bit shorter than my usual concerts. I wanted to see the audiences’ faces a bit more and take my time to ask everyone how things are, but it felt short compared to the long wait right? 🥲 ( I even thought it would be fun to have a talk concert to just exchange conversations with uaenas for 2 hours.)

Despite the hot weather, everyone cheered hard beneath their masks and sang along and even if they looked a little tired, made eye contact with me with smiling expressions like they were about to cry, as if we made a promise and that was very very very veryyyyy beautiful to me, I was so so so touched and even now, I really really really want to see that again!!

I felt like your expressions were telling me, “I’m just here to see you. It’s great for us to be here together. You don’t need to try too hard,”

so I really did my best 🔥🔥😡🔥🔥keke

That’s something I wanted to tell the audience too. Ah as I’m writing this, is this the reason why all of you cheered so hard? 🫢 Trying to be considerate towards each other actually stimulated (me) further?? 🫢🫢kekeke It was the best, seriously. Thank you for showing the best audience manners. Also, I’m not just saying for the sake of saying this, but all of you sing so well… it’s crazy… That’s really the pride of my concert! Perfect gender ratio, perfect audience sing-along.. You’re going to even harmonise with each other next time right.. 🥹

Ah shall I tell you something really amazing? Among all my concerts, I suffered the least!! backlash from this concert.

There’s almost no feeling of emptiness or loneliness. Rare, isn’t it? It was the biggest scale concert that I had prepared for the longest time. But it’s not like I feel refreshed or relieved either.. It just feels like I came back from a really exciting amusement park last weekend? “I’ve got to go there again next time~~ My friends enjoyed it too, ah it was really fun😙” that sort of feeling keke Of course, from Monday to Tuesday, I was totally drained. 🫠

I spent two days in a dreamy state no matter how much I slept and it felt like I wasn’t getting hydrated enough no matter how much I drank. On Wednesday, I came back to my senses and read some concert reviews and news articles that felt awesome, the fancams that some people risked being thrown out of the concert venue to film.. actually filming is not allowed, though honestly I had a look at some of the very well-taken fancams (But Edam is working hard to edit some video.. coughcoughclipbeuraycough nexxxxtttweektheysaidsomethingwouldbeoutclipcough..

The Good Day stage looks honestly stunning in 4K video though… I hope it survives (the editing process) 🥺)

For this concert in particular, I saw many reviews saying, “I was really happy.” Seeing the traces one by one left behind from the most magnificent weekend in my life, rather than feeling empty and sad, I myself was surprised by how I was honestly feeling happy, that’s how absolutely happy I felt!! 🥹

I was glad that my family (especially my dad), people close to me and the staff who have been there with me throughout almost all my concerts were very satisfied with the outcome and many people said the fanchants, audience singing and lightsticks were amazing too, which made me feel very!! proud🐥

As I was preparing for the concert, it made me feel particularly small, so I was really worried that I would feel empty after the concert.. but I felt like all the gaps were filled up after that instead. The same goes for my confidence!

I’ve mentioned it a few times, but this concert is really a concert that really a lot of people worked hard for.

During the wrap-up party after the concert, many people cried.

Those who believed in me and suggested the Seoul Olympic Stadium concert venue at the start, the production team with a greater ambition than me and turned many wishes into reality, my band, dancers and orchestra members that I exchange support with by eye contact, without moving our lips, Edamies who worked overtime for two months without complaint to prepare the greatest concert atmosphere of all time, our music director and console team who find ways no matter what to protect my self-esteem whenever I lose confidence, my talented hair makeup and styling team lightning quick fingers and magic touch, my security team that breaks into a sweat to give their full material and emotional support beyond their duties and the concert staff running around to ensure that the show goes smoothly whether in the rain or sun..

Perhaps they even felt more pressure than me as they made preparations. Everyone else was crying except me..🥹

It was not just the love I received from the audience on the concert day, but as I was preparing for the concert that I really felt the consideration and love that I have been receiving, which made me feel sorry and grateful and emotional.

That’s why even after the concert, there’s no way for emptiness to make it’s way into me, I’m in a densely filled and fulfilled state!! 🔥

Ah I spent two hours typing this..!

I’ll continue after having some of the inflight meal!!

(I had the braised mackerel.

And I had some ramen just now too!

My appetite is coming back!!🔥🔥🔥)

Ah now that I’ve had my meal, we’re almost reaching Italy.

I’m lucky that my schedule allows me to spend a few more days in Italy with my family after my activities in Italy. I’ll share any pretty pictures I manage to take while in Italy!!

I’ve got to upload this post the moment I reach. It’s late at night now in Korea, so most of you are asleep, so have a good sleep and I hope you enjoy reading this post later on your way to work or to school. Those who are still awake, please go to bed after reading this post. 😌😌

During my 30th anniversary concert in future, we would gather and be like, “Back then! We were crazy~”, “I mean, 40,000 people sang Love Poem together then keke” and I think we made some great memories there.

Our heroic exploits and love stories

We’re collecting them well right? 🔥

I think many uaenas would be having post concert withdrawal symptoms, meeting for a short time after such a long wait.

As promised during the concert, our next meeting won’t take as long, so don’t feel too sad. Until the day we meet again, take care of yourself ok?!

Thanks so much, uaena

I’ll be back soon!!

I’m going into transit now.

My fireflies, please have a peaceful night ❤️

Translated by IUteamstarcandy

[abysscronica]

Hey! Saw your update and wish you are doing okay🥹 A little off track, but I am so excited to read your blogs on your trip! But please take your time tho Also saw that you would like to visit Seoul and it made me so happy as my fam’s from there 😭 If you do get to go soon, I’d love to hear what you thought of it. Not to give suggestions unasked, but I totally recommend Jeju-do if you can go while there. It’s gorgeous ❤️ And if I can ask, if you could recommend only one place a tourist should see in Italy, what would be your recommendation?

Not a spoiler but, what are you loving about HxH so far?? Literally was so so excited when I saw you post that 🤩

And did not mean for this to get so long, but if you would care to humor me, I have some headcanons/questions about both your Kidd story and OP in general pertaining to some characters 😅 Soo, here we go: 1. We saw Law ask Jean-Barte to join his crew at Sabaody, and so, do you think Kidd would ever allow an almost or ex-slave to join his nakama or would they be forever seen as weak to him for getting in that situation in the first place? 2. Thoughts on Buggy being a Yonko? And/or what you think he did to get it?? 3. Do you headcanon that Shanks may be evil as he has seemed kinda shady since meeting the Gorosei? Captive questions here! -mostly just wondering how you pictured or headcanoned specific scenes- 1. In the Dressrosa epilogue following birdie returning to the marines, when Kidd read the paper, was that scene supposed to show that Kidd assumed it was all pathological and not real; and confirmed to him she wasn’t going to try and come back? 2. When they were resting in the basement of the ship and Kidd says that he’d understand if she’d wanna leave, would he actually have let her go, if she wanted to in that moment; or more like empty kind of words? 3. So, Kidd did the right thing by letting her go at the end, but did he realize that this was once again taking away her choice if she wanted to stay? In a sense, just like taking her captive against her will, he also abandoned her against her will, and made this choice for her. Although I am curious to see where you are going with birdie’s unwillingness to make choices for herself. 4. Personally, both in your story and in canon, I don’t see Kidd as being very insecure, but do you think he’d ever wonder or worry that his behavior might push away either his nakama or birdie lest he ever go past their limits or make them hate him?

Sorry again for this complete word dump and I totally don’t mind if you decide you’d rather not engage. It’s a lot 😅 Also wanted to say thank you, as a looong time ago I submitted the question you answered concerning how Kidd would react to both birdie’s death to the fishmen and being executed, and Killer’s death. Meant to say thanks back then, but didn’t have much time to check. So, thanks a bunch! Also, do you prefer to have asks sent in as anons, or is it ok if we send in ones without ‘anon’ switched on? Thank you again, and I hope you are feeling better ❤️

You're from Korean origin? That is so cool! I'll definitely keep your suggestion in mind! I really hope I get to go there next year. 🤞

It's hard to recommend ONE Italian place to visit, Italy is such a diverse country, there are so many gorgeous things to see... I guess it depends how much time you got and what things you're into (nature? history? food? cultural vibes?). For a one-day trip, I would recommend something typical like Venice, Matera, Alberobello, Volterra... If instead you have like a week, I would suggest you focus on a region. My personal recommendation would be something like Cinque Terre (more or less the area where the Disney movie "Luca" is set), Tuscany or Sicily. These suggestions are for people who are mostly into sightseeing and landmarks, but there's a ton of stuff for nature, sport, foodie and festivals as well.

Also, never apologize for sending asks in, i always have a lot of fun with them and it's cool to see what you guys think about my stories. ♥️ It may take some time for me to get to longer asks, but I'll post them eventually.

You can send them in anon or with your name, I don't mind either way!

Now coming to your questions!

Hunter x Hunter

As a shōnen, it has something unique about it, and I think it's the unpredictability of the plot. You never know which direction the story may take, and it's amazing. It's a fantasy world, and yet many things feel extremely real. The lore is also amazing. There are also flaws of course, but they pale in front of the master crafting of certain arcs. I may make a post about it when I finish the anime/manga.

Kid and ex slaves

I do not see any problem with Kid accepting former slaves in his crew. Kid is no stranger to defeat and captivity, so why would he judge someone else as too weak for this reasons? He'd only do so for people who gave up. Even Killer was basically enslaved for a while, he followed Orochi's orders. Probably the whole crew was forced to work for Kaido. So I don't think this would pose a problem to join the KP.

Buggy as a Yonko

I love it. I have no idea what he did, it was probably an accident/misunderstanding that got out of control. I can't wait to find out.

Shanks

I don't think he's necessarily evil, but I think he's shady af. And he's not really a *good* person, he's 100% a pirate. Just because he liked Foosha Village and he got close to the people there (he probably had something going on with Makino), it doesn't mean that he can't be ruthless if needed. When Ace first met him, Shanks was hungover and quite threatening until he got to know he was dealing with Luffy's brother. He maimed Kid. He showed his fangs quite a bit to the Marines. (he possibly abandoned his adopted daughter?). There's also the possibility that he knew what Luffy's fruit was from the beginning and now he may... use Luffy in a way? I do not fully believe it, but I think we'll get something in this regard.

Kid reading about birdie re-joining the Marines

This scene with Kid just implies that there was a small, hidden part of him that hoped birdie would go back to him after he set her free. He would deny it, he tried to suffocate the little hope, but it was there. When he read that she was back with the Marines, he realized that she had chosen to move on with her life as it was before.

Was Kid going to let birdie go?

This is a difficult question. Kid's words were not empty promises, I feel he's not the kind of person who would do that. It's just that his ideas on the topic were very instable and they changed depending on his mood. There are a couple of moments in Captive were he really would have let birdie go if she wanted to (after the battle with Daifuku, or that night in the basement). But then the moments passed and he reverted to the possessive captor-prisoner dynamic. We see in canon that his moods and the situation can change Kid's course of action: in Wano he seems hellbent on being the one taking Kaido out, but then he willingly leaves the battle against him to deal with Big Mom. Similarly, at first he doesn't want to team up with Law, but then he's the one suggesting combining their awakening to defeat her. So it's not that he doesn't believe what he says, it's just that the heath of the moment is very prominent for Kid's actions.

Kid letting her go

Making the choice for her was kinda the whole point of letting birdie go at the end of Captive. Kid deemed she wasn't able to lucidly make a choice, any choice, and the only way to break their toxic dynamic was to set her free. According to Kid, she was so messed up she couldn't know what she truly felt/wanted. Sure, he could've sat down with her and talk, but he's Eustass Kid, that's not what he does (and, given their personalities, it wouldn't have worked anyway). So once the decision was taken, there was only one possible way to follow through.

Kid dreading pushing people away

I think he's not worried about his nakama leaving him in this sense. They know what they got into when choosing him as a captain. If they don't like it, they can leave. The core members that he trusts with his life have been with him for such a long time that they would have left already if they weren't good with him as he is.

Birdie is a different story though, because she didn't exactly choose to be with him at the beginning, and because she's not much of a nakama as she is a love interest. This is something new to Kid, and he doesn't quite know how to handle it. In a way, he tries to push her away, because a part of him is terrified. Then he goes back to her because he wants her. It doesn't help that birdie kinda does the same.