#Merry Christmas in June/July

[idol-trickster]

Chapters: 2/2 Fandom: Dead by Daylight (Video Game), Dead by Daylight: Hooked on You (Visual Novel) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Asakawa Yoichi/Ji-Woon Hak | The Trickster Characters: Asakawa Yoichi, Ji-Woon Hak | The Trickster Additional Tags: in-universe, In the Fog, Entity's realm, Out of Trial, Event: Winter Solstice | Bone Chill (Dead by Daylight) 2022 Summary:

When the two people in the Entity's realm are left to brave the elements with just shorts, how will they choose to warm up? It might not be as easy as you think sitting by the campfire.

A festive Trickster gives in and moves closer to the campfire where he meets a semi-festive Yoichi alone. This is where a test of resolve is given. The brilliant Marine Biologist is left baffled, flustered, and mildly annoyed at the K-pop Idol's antics... and just a bit charmed. The two may just inevitably end up closer than expected.

================================================ Penned with @askyoichiasakawa​ An upload of an RP that took place. It’s one of our favorites so we decided to share for those who are into this rare-pair.

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[thal-ent]

Bastien belongs to @hel-phoenyx , warning of some suggestive content (nothing NSFW happens) and past violence

Virgil is not known for wearing few clothes on him at... Any time, really. Look under a shirt and you'll find a black turtleneck. A sweater has two long-sleeved shirts underneath. Dont ever think you'll ever see him in anything close to a short.

But in the comfort of his own home, this is one of the only places where he'll allow himself to collapse from the heat of the japanese summer. He grew up far from any kind of heat similar to that one, and it's a miracle he never fainted from heatstroke yet. But here he is, sprawled out on his bed in a tank top and leggings, the closest to naked he feels he feels comfortable in.

The fan is on, and he has plenty of water next to him as the sound of the door opening signifies the return of his boyfriend of years to their shared appartment.

"Virg' ?" The keys make a noise when they're put on the counter, and the blue haired man awnsers.

"Bedroom."

A laugh, and in just a few seconds Bastien is in the room too, taking off his shoes to get on the bed next to his boyfriend. Boyfriend who quickly decides to abandon some of the comfort of the bed to himself to instead get Bastien into his arms. He's not clingy, to say. If anything, he's tired, and maybe Bastien's too hot – in more ways than one – for him right now, but he'll accept it for the comforting rythm of his heatbeat against his ear.

It's not even mentionned, an habit by now. If Virgil wants cuddles, he'll get them. And Bastien rarely objects to that idea. They just get on the bed, Virgil on top with his ear to Bastien's chest with the fan directly to them to try and manage some of the heat. Bastien's hand finds itself on top of the other's head, softly brushing through his hair, most of it tied up in a loose ponytail, the usual style.

It quickly gets lost, tho, as his fingers find themselves softly brushing against Virgil's neck, light enough to barely tickle the other as the scar of a bite is felt on the side of his neck. Most people would assume it's a vampire bite, considering Virgil's past as a vampire hunter. But he had always been clear enough that a simple bite would turn anyone into a vampire, especially if bitten at the neck.

"Hey. Tell me if you dont wanna talk about it." A wordless anwser is all Virgil gives to him, eyes closed. "You never told me how you got your scars."

"You're curious now ?" it's a little groggy, his voice lower from lack of using.

"Was I supposed to be before ? I never saw most of them until we were litterally having sex together ! And even I knew it was a bit of a turn-off to ask someone about their scars during sex."

There's a laugh, small and soft, as Virgil slowly rises from his chest to get face to face. There's the faint mark of Bastien's shirt on his cheek, and his eyes are half closed. His weight shifts on top of Bastien, the dead weight slowly distributed in a way to avoid hurting him too much.

He's always pretty, but right now he's beautiful. That's not fair.

"I'm just surprised you only ask now. But okay. Which one are you curious about ?"

"Well, your neck one, for starters." His fingers go once again to the bite, tracing faint marks of teeth. He doesn't comment on how he feels Virgil's pulse skip a beat under his hand.

"If it can make you feel better, it's not a vampire's bite. I was fifteen, my neighboors had just gotten a dog. A small puppy, really, very sweet with everyone. Except me, because it went for my neck."

"Animals hate you that much uh."

Virgil shrugs, smile turning mischevious "It's a good workout, to run from Dog Master's dogs during sport's class."

They both laugh. It never happened, thankfully, the sport's teacher knowing his dogs better than to let them run after the students, but it is still a funny though to have.

Their foreheads are touching, one of Bastien's hand still on his boyfriend's neck, the other resting at the bottom of his spine. They share a soft kiss, and Bastien's left hand leaves Virgil's back to find his right cheek. The skin is raised by three claw marks here, things that would make him ugly to most people probably.

"Those ones ?" He doesn't care to raise how light his voice feels. Not when Virgil still has his eyes closed and their lips are so close.

"First hunt, I was fourteen I think." He presses his face into the warm palm, a kiss finding its way against his skin here. "Got too close to the vampire, thankfully it was only its claws, and I killed it before it got the chance to try again. Almost lost my eye, apparently."

"More like it's a miracle you didn't."

Virgil shrugs, and returns to kissing Bastien's skin, his hand holding his boyfriend's wrist in place. He doesn't have his prosthetic arm on, today, probably because the material to wear it correctly is too hot once he's home.

Bastien's hand on his neck goes lower, barely-there touch on the firm muscles of his shoulders, finding itself on his arm next. He stops maybe higher than Virgil would let him, his hand just barely under his elbow, far from the... "Scar" that was the stump of his once-here arm.

Bastien doesn't like thinking about it. Thinking about how he looked before, and how Virgil acted like the loss of an arm was nothing to worry about.

"You never told me either."

"I never though you'd like to hear it." He's not wrong and they both know it. "I told you it was necessary."

"How ?"

"... A vampire bit my hand. I was with two others. I just got lucky I looked good to it, I guess. But yea, it was that or becoming a vampire." There's a blush, growing on Virgil's face, barely there but noticable enough. "I had to get back home."

"Home, uh." Virgil hasn't called anywhere in Romania "Home" since 2023, a year before he lost his arm, and they both knew it. Still, Bastien didn't press. "At least you got a cool prosthetic out of it."

"At least yea."

There's silence for a bit, before Virgil's lips find Bastien's once again. A press, a silent reminder.

Their bodies move around slightly, ajust a bit to the weird position they ended up in, before they both sit up. Bastien's back is against the bed top's, and Virgil is sat firmly on his lap, his head finding its place on Bastien's shoulder.

Virgil's arms and hand find their way back around Bastien's waist easily, but Bastien's hesitate for a second before one getting back on Virgil's head, and the other softly tracing a pale mark on his right biceps.

It's one that he sees way less than the others. Virgil usually wears something that hides at least the upper half of his arms, not letting people know too much about him. Yet he sighs in contempt when Bastien's fingers trace the skin.

"What's the story ?"

"Summer break 2024. I guess I wasn't used to my arm for fighting yet, because a vampire managed to scratch me."

"That's a bit big for a "scratch"."

"Next to my other arm ? Not really." They laugh again, before Virgil presses a kiss to Bastien's pulse point. "It's just a scratch, and it healed quickly."

"Mmmmh..." It's distracting, to have your boyfriend kiss your neck like that, but Bastien manage, his hand falling on top of the tank top. It's an approximation, not exactly where Virgil's biggest scar is, but it's close enough. "And that one ?"

"Surprise attack while going back to the village. An adult killed the vampire, and the other carried me back to get patched up."

"How old were you ?"

"Seventeen, I think."

There's a second, and another were nothing happens. Then, without a word, Bastien's hand goes under the shirt, putting itself on top of the large scar that would kill most people. But not Virgil. Virgil was stronger than anyone Bastien knew, had seen worse than most. It wouldn't be something like that that would kill him easily.

Virgil says something in romanian, almost soft enough that Bastien thinks he imagined it. But he heard that word more than once from Virgil, and even if he doesn't know what it means, he also knows he's the only one that gets to hear it. Bastien's hand moves to the center of his back, bringing him closer to his own body, enough for another soft sound from Virgil. There's a light nip at his neck, and Bastien feels the heat rises some more.

"It's... Impressive."

"Yea, that's what the nurse said too. But I heal fast, you know me."

"Yea I saw you stop bleeding in seconds when Kate punched your nose in your second year."

"I deserved that one." He laughs a bit, his classmate always quick to get physical. "Anyways, I think that's my last vampire-related scar."

"Really ?" Bastien keeps his hand on Virgil's side, but the one on his arm goes to rest on his legs. "What about those ?"

"... Do you want me to get rid of my pants so you can show me which ones ?"

Bastien feels his face heat up. There's nothing sexual about it, really, Virgil can be a tease but it would be in a more physical way. Like how he's slowly moving his hand up and down Bastien's spine like it's nothing.

He nods anyway, and for a few instants Virgil gets off of him. For a few seconds, they both miss the warmth of the other despite the heat, but in just a few mouvements, Virgil is in his boxers and back on Bastien's lap. His scars are free to be seen. Bastien's hand fall on the one on his left shin, a thin line that goes around his whole leg horizontally.

"Oh that's the oldest one, I think." Virgil puts his head back on Bastien's shoulder, not caring about the risk of his hair getting stuck in the piercings on his lover's mouth. "I was like... Eight or nine. Got stuck in a trap, not far from the village."

"Sounds painful."

"Could be worse. I was lucky a hunter heard me cry."

"What, Virgil Vânator ? Crying ?" He gets showed a little, laugh filling the room.

"I'm going to bite you if you continue."

"Oh nooo, what a night- Hey !" Virgil laughs once more, pressing a sweet kiss to the skin he just bit. "And I was the vampire out of us ?!"

"You asked for it."

Bastien pinches right above the scar, but it only makes him giggle more. He rolls his eyes before moving around a bit, dragging Virgil with him to sit just slightly straighter.

Virgil presses another kiss on the pink mark, something that Bastien will struggle to hide in that heat in the coming days. His hand goes to rest on Virgil's other shin, tracing a scar with visible stitching on it.

"What's that one ?"

"Some kid cut me deep during training, when I was 16. He probably though that since I was the oldest and... You know, "a girl", it would be funny to strike me from behind."

"Urg. Kids."

"I agree." A soft laugh. "He cut deep too, I didn't walk for a while because it hurt to even put weight on my leg."

"I can figure that out yea." The hand on the sutured scar goes higher, from the back of his shin to the front of his thigh. A scar he kissed more than once before but never asked about. "That's the last one yea ?"

"Mmmh..." Virgil kisses him, brings his hand from his spine to his cheek and brushes his thumb under his eye. "Training too. Just a sword a bit too close for comfort."

"Why would you train with real swords ?"

"To get used to the weight." He kisses him again, softly. "Anyways, now you know them all."

"And you ?" Virgil just tilts his head slightly, and Bastien starts again. "And you, don't you want to know about mine ?"

"Do you want to tell me about them ?" There's only silence, and Virgil kisses him again, speaks against his lips. "Then dont tell me."

"You're..." Adorable. Sweet. So kind. The best boyfriend I could ever dream of. "So annoying."

"I know." They both smile, and they kiss again. "Now, can you put your hands back under my shirt ? They're cold and I'm overheating."

"You could also stop cuddling me."

"No."

Bastien laughs, and he goes to put his hands on the small of Virgil's back, holding him closer to him. The hand on Bastien's cheek goes to hold his shirt, as Virgil's head goes back to his chest.

[bucketbueckers]

I'D RATHER PRETEND

CHAPTER SEVEN

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‘Home for the Holidays’

November and December are hailed as the happiest times of the year. In November, families from all over reunite for Thanksgiving and toast to good times. December is home to Christmas and New Year’s Eve, where families bond over gift-giving and their shared hope for a successful year ahead. These two months are the most festive times of the year, but basketball fans are celebrating the holidays with new reasons to be thankful and joyous – Tess Kennedy and Paige Bueckers.

If you have been following us for a while, you may remember their long-awaited hard launch in June of 2023. They had a quiet few months between July and November, although those were incredibly busy times for the student athletes. Between summer practices, traveling, the start of the fall semester, and the start of the new basketball season, social media candids were far and between, although Bueckers and Kennedy certainly spoiled us during Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s.

Per their social medias, Kennedy spent Thanksgiving with the extended Bueckers family in Minnesota. She was only there for a few days, but the content was limitless – Bueckers’s sister, Lauren Fuller, shared a photo of Bueckers and Kennedy cuddled up in an armchair on Thanksgiving Day; similarly, Bueckers herself shared a family photo (which included Kennedy) where the entire family wore traditional, festive sweaters. Her caption was simple, only reading “Thankful 🙏”.

Throughout December, fans speculated if Bueckers and Kennedy would spend Christmas together. While it appears they spent Christmas Day separately with their families, Bueckers flew out to New York to spend the last three days of the year with Kennedy. They shared photos of their gifts – a sentimental bracelet charm for Kennedy and a rose thumb ring for Bueckers – then spent New Year’s Eve in New York City to watch the Times Square Ball Drop. A fan who was present in Times Square at the moment wrote to us and shared that Bueckers and Kennedy were each other’s New Year’s Kiss, although they disappeared shortly after midnight.

As the Gamecocks gear up to host the Huskies in early February, fans are eagerly awaiting the clash of the dynasties. Kennedy has not yet been cleared for play, but many supporters feel as though this matchup is a house divided. Critics question how Bueckers and Kennedy will be able to handle the pressure of competing against one another now that they are together, though a greater majority argue that they are mature enough to not let their relationship interfere with the game. Marriage politics aside, we are eagerly awaiting this thrilling match up between South Carolina and Connecticut, and cannot wait to see what February 11th has in store for us.

-Penelope Lancaster, Bleacher Report

FEBRUARY 2024

To no one’s surprise at all, Tess and Paige don’t talk about New Year’s.

Tess knows how she feels about Paige. She’s not concerned about her feelings suddenly changing for Paige overnight, not after how nice New York was in general. It was the first time they’d truly spent romantic, alone time out in public without regard for the press. New York was crowded – they walked down the streets late at night and many didn’t care to bother them. They had sat in a secluded spot during dinner where they flirted all night, toeing the line between pretend and for real. When they watched the ball drop, they were in a pretty secluded place, too, and most of the crowd was full of a bunch of inebriated party-goers. Tess had an amazing time in New York, and if anything, her feelings for Paige only got worse and harder to hide.

The issue is Paige doesn’t mention anything. At all. It’s like it didn’t even happen. If Tess didn’t spend almost every minute of every day thinking about it, thinking about how Paige kissed her fucking scar and said she was beautiful, then she’d worry that she just imagined it all. It’s agonizing because she knows where she stands but she just can’t figure out how to ask Paige about it. She can’t just call her up and say something like, hey, remember how you fucked me within an inch of my life on New Year’s? Did that mean anything to you? That was not happening. So, here they are – back at square one.

Things are fine the first week of January. They text where they can. Coach Staley is slowly working Tess back into practice. Her past few months of PT have been full of insurmountable growth and Tess feels better than she has in ages. She’s so close to getting back on the court, and when she’s not stressing about her situation with Paige (which she stresses about pretty often), all she can think about is how quickly March is approaching and how soon she’ll be back playing. A new basketball redshirting rule had been finalized – an athlete would be able to play up to five games after suffering an early injury (whether it be offseason, preseason, or early in the regular season) that forces them to miss most of the season and still hold on to an extra year of eligibility if they healed completely before the end of the season. It seemed situational on paper, but Tess passed the board consideration with ease after she demonstrated that she was in good health and her doctor confirmed that she’d be fully healed and safe to play by March.

So with Tess getting busier, and knowing that Paige is incredibly busy, too, she doesn’t think too much of it when they text once or twice a day. A good morning here, a how’s practice? there. Things aren’t bad. They’re just…okay, which is strange. It’s like they don’t know how to act around each other. Tess is sure she knows why. She shouldn’t have been so sure that her relationship with Paige would stay the same after they had sex, because why would it? They could argue they were blurring the lines when they’d nap together and kiss, but now, the line isn’t even there and everything is just so confusing. 

Tess microdoses a crash out the entirety of January. She can tell that something is wrong but nothing is wrong at the same time. Paige pretends like nothing has changed. Maybe it hasn’t. Maybe this is what happens when you let yourself fall in love with someone you’re supposed to be in a fake relationship with. This is what happens when you agree to casual and then you can’t keep it casual. She let her feelings for Paige get out of hand and now she’s facing the repercussions of that. The worst part is that the only person Tess can actually be mad at is herself. It’s not Paige’s fault that she’s funny and kind and charming and beautiful and sarcastic and gentle and intense and magnetic and literally everything Tess didn’t even know she wanted in a partner until she allowed herself to yearn for something more. Bree and Kamilla warned her – they told her she needed to focus on recovery, not Paige; they told her she couldn’t get caught up in her, and against her better judgement, she did. Now, everything is messy, and the only person at fault is Tess.

Then February comes around. South Carolina was set to host Connecticut on the 11th. Maybe she and Paige would be able to talk after the game and finally get their minds straight.

Or so Tess hoped.

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Tess spends the entirety of warm-ups nervous as hell. Her shot is off, her handles weak. She’s thankful she’s not playing in this game because at the rate she’s bricking, she’d lose the game for South Carolina by the second quarter. Eventually, she gives up on shooting and decides to rebound for Raven and Bree. That doesn’t go well either. Standing under the basket puts Paige directly in her line of vision, and tearing her eyes off of her is a task easier said than done. The last time they saw each other in person was at the airport on New Year’s Day. Tess knows she’s standing only a court away from the same Paige who’d carried her into the bathroom when her legs didn’t work, though part of her wonders what happened in the month they were gone that would make her doubt that. Her hair is up in the same game day style that Tess knows so well by now, her face impassive, the gleam of sweat shining under the arena lights. Tess can’t look away. Part of her wants Paige to look at her, to give her something to work with, but Raven draws her out of her thoughts with an impatient ball to the ass.

“Ouch!” Tess exclaims, rubbing her cheek, although it didn’t really hurt. She watches Raven bend down to grab the ball with a smirk on her face.

“I know you ain’t playing, but some of us are, and we’d appreciate it if you stopped making bedroom eyes at your girl,” Raven sasses. She shoots the ball from the free throw line and it swishes in seamlessly. Tess catches it as it falls and passes it back her way.

“I am not making bedroom eyes,” Tess grumbles. Raven huffs out something akin to laughter, backing up to shoot the ball from the top of the key. It clangs off the rim and Tess smiles at her. “Karma,” she says as she passes it back. “That’s why we be nice to Tess Kennedy.”

“Tess Kennedy needs to be nice to us and lock the fuck in,” Raven states, shooting again. It goes in and Tess passes it back. “Y’all been together, what – eight months now, nine? This long and y’all actin’ like a middle school couple?”

Tess rolls her eyes, blushing, but she doesn’t entertain the conversation anymore. “I’m not playing. I don’t need to lock in. You need to worry about getting the ball through the net and not my love life.”

“Damn,” Raven says, kissing her teeth. “I get it now. You need to get laid.”

“Do you want a rebounder or not?”

Raven, blessedly, shuts up, but Tess casts one last glance across the court. Paige is sitting on the Huskies’ bench, her pant leg rolled up while a shorter woman kneels in front of her and prods at her knee. Tess almost thinks nothing of it until she watches a smile spread across Paige’s face, the way the woman’s hand lingers on her leg as she looks up, a beaming expression of her own on her face. Oh, Tess thinks. Okay.

Bree has been right about every single thing she’s ever said to Tess and Tess was stupid enough to sit there and think that Bree was overreacting. The humiliation burns low in her gut, but combined with anger, a deep sadness, and a thick terror, Tess feels like she’s going to be sick.

She barely pays attention to the game once it starts. She locks in for the first few possessions – South Carolina wins the tip-off, Te-Hina scores, then Paige scores, then Te-Hina with a three-pointer. South Carolina ends the first quarter in the lead, 19-11. It should make her happy, it’s her team, but the sudden tension between her and Paige makes her queasy. By halftime, South Carolina still holds a healthy lead, 44-30. Tess follows her team and her coach into the locker room, glancing once more at Paige as she regroups with her team, and she can’t help but feel like something’s wrong.

Tess doesn’t listen to anything Coach says while they’re in the locker room, lost in nervous thought. Halftime passes, then she’s back on the bench for the third quarter, her knee bouncing up and down. The quarter passes. 69-44 South Carolina. The fourth quarter starts. It ends. 83-65 South Carolina. When the final buzzer and her team celebrates, Tess can’t find it in herself to be happy about it. Bree and Raven jostle her, cheering, but her eyes are firmly locked on Paige, who stands from the bench to receive her teammates.

They line up for handshakes. When Tess and Paige reach each other, Paige doesn’t even glance at her, half-heartedly saying, “Good game,” and Tess scoffs loudly. That finally gathers Paige’s attention, whose head snaps back to look at Tess indignantly, but Tess is over it. She moves on, annoyance and fear simmering beneath her skin. If that’s the game that Paige wants to play, then Tess will play.

She gathers her belongings from the locker room in record time, telling Bree to not wait up for her as she walks through the halls briskly. Her phone has been blowing up ever since the pressers ended. Knowing that the countless text messages and missed calls are from Paige, she pays it no mind as she silences her phone so she can return to her apartment in peace. Paige had a month to suddenly remember she cared about her. She had the entirety of the afternoon – yes, they were opponents, and Tess would be content to leave it at that if she knew there wasn’t something else going on. She wasn’t born yesterday despite the fact that Paige seems to think so.

When Tess finally makes it back to her apartment, she leaves her duffle bag in her room as she makes her way into the kitchen to make some coffee. The caffeine will undoubtedly make sleep difficult, but Tess can’t find it within herself to care. She’s nearly shaking from rage because what the fuck is even going on? Things were weird – she made her peace with that, but this cold shoulder bullshit is getting old, fast, and Tess doesn’t even know where they went wrong.

The coffee trickles out of the Keurig and Tess stares at it numbly. It finishes, then she dumps sugar and creamer inside and stirs. It burns her tongue when she drinks it, but Paige has her so pissed off she barely registers it. She needs food, or a hot shower, or maybe a couple episodes of TV to get her mind off of the last few weeks of bullshit. Before she can sit down, there’s a few impatient knocks at the front door.

Tess sighs, thinking Bree had forgotten her keys, but when she opens it, she wishes she’d checked the peephole first. Paige stands outside with an obviously annoyed expression, and Tess is honestly tempted to shut the door on her. Paige beats her to the chase. “Let me in,” she says, her tone not indicative of a request. “I’m not havin’ this conversation out here.”

Tess laughs again, mostly in disbelief, but lets Paige inside and shuts the door. “Didn’t seem like you wanted to do a whole lot of talking earlier,” she points out.

Paige rolls her eyes, crossing her arms. “Is that really what you’re pissed about? I didn’t talk to you before the game?”

“Okay, this is what we’re doing?” Tess demands. “Don’t act so fucking naive. You sat there and pretended like I didn’t exist. The media is going to eat that shit up, Paige. They’re going to say that we’re fighting, or breaking up, or–”

“The media’s gonna eat it up anyway, Tess, that’s what they do!” Paige exclaims, exasperated. “They’re vultures. If I showed up and acted like I was in love with you or some shit, the media’s gonna say I’m too worried about you and not worried enough about my game. They’re going to say that I’m throwing the game to make you feel better about not playing. They’re already saying we’re not mature enough to compete against each other!”

“Are we?” Tess asks. “You act weird for a month, like I don’t even fucking matter to you, and you barge into my apartment like you suddenly care about me again?”

“I wasn’t acting weird,” Paige defends, though her entire demeanor shifts.

Tess scoffs. “You weren’t? God, Paige, I know you were busy, but you changed. Something changed, we changed, and you’re pretending like nothing happened. I feel like I’m losing my mind. I know something is wrong with us and you’re not giving me anything to work with! And then, you can’t even fucking look at me, but you can smile at that woman and you let her touch you?”

Paige blinks once before her gaze hardens. “You mean the trainer? If you have sum’ to say, then say it with your chest, Tess.”

Tess doesn’t even realize she’s crying until the tears burn her cheeks on the way down. She gestures wildly with her hands as she explains. “The only reason why your manager placed you with me was because you slept around and people started noticing.” Paige recoils, as if struck, like she immediately understands where Tess is going with this. “So what am I supposed to think? Fuck, you barely talk to me, you can’t even look at me, and another girl’s touching on you like that? When I told Bree about us, she said it looked like I was just your new flavor. She told me I’d end up being just another notch on your bedpost. She was right. I spent months defending you and looking like a fucking idiot because you told me it wasn’t true, and I believed you?” Tess hiccups, her chest constricting. “When you said you could do casual, I didn’t know that included cruel, too.”

Paige is silent for a moment before huffing. “You caught feelings, didn’t you?” she asks, suddenly looking terrified, and Tess feels her blood run cold.

“What?”

“You caught feelings,” Paige says, like it all makes sense. Her eyes are wide and panicked as they water. “You caught feelings and, what, you thought that changed things?” Paige’s voice cracks. Tess flinches. “We agreed we couldn’t let this get out of hand. You agreed. You couldn’t separate your feelings from the job we had to do and you’re pissed at me about that?”

Tess is breathing heavily by the time Paige finishes. Her nails are likely drawing blood from how hard they’re digging into her palms. She doesn’t care. She’s sure she could deny, deny, deny, but what good could it do either of them? Tess is fucking over it. Her reputation wasn’t worth it. She would give up all of her brand deals and her public image if only it’d hurt less.

“You know what?” Tess cries. “I did catch feelings for you! I’m in love with you, you asshole, is that what you wanted to hear? Yes, I broke our rules, but you broke them first when you kissed me in that fucking hotel room and told me that I didn’t have to be scared with you. Did that mean anything to you? Did it mean anything to you when you told me that we ‘didn’t have to label it’ and we could ‘just be us?’ You told me I didn’t have to be scared and I gave you everything, Paige, literally every-fucking-thing. I gave you my heart, my first kiss, my fucking virginity on New Year’s, and you just pretended like none of that happened. You pretended like you didn’t even care about me or what we did. And maybe I was just stupid enough to think that would have mattered to you.”

The apartment is agonizingly silent for a moment as Paige stares in near disbelief, looking as though Tess just pulled the rug out from under her. She looks shell-shocked, like she wasn’t expecting Tess to admit that she was in love with her, like she wasn’t expecting Tess to blame her for all of this. Then, in a weak voice, she says, “I was your first?”

The laugh that rips from Tess’s throat is watery, surprised despite herself. “That’s what you’re concerned about?”

“Tess–”

She raises her hands, backing away, her fingers shaking with rage. “No, you know what? I shouldn’t even be surprised.” Paige takes a cautionary step towards her, but Tess takes two more away from her, her gaze disappointed and somber. “God, you are such an asshole.” She opens the door, stepping out, but meets Paige’s eyes. “Lock my fucking door before you leave,” she says, then slams it shut behind her. Paige doesn’t chase after her. She’s not sure if that relieves her or distresses her.

Tess doesn’t even know where she’s going, but her legs do. She buries her hands in her hoodie pocket, the chill of the weather freezing the tears to her face. She doesn’t bother wiping them as she makes her way down the sidewalk, down to Senate street, and before she knows it, she’s walking into the Tin Roof, the bar she used to haunt before sobriety.

She knows she should leave. She’s surrounded by people of varying levels of drunkenness, and the stench of alcohol makes her nose wrinkle. She’s ten months sober – that’s a lot of progress down the drain, but she’s hardly thinking as she slides into a seat at the bar.

“Rough day?” the bartender asks kindly, wiping the inside of a glass.

Tess snorts, finally wiping her eyes with the sleeves of her hoodie. “You have no idea,” she jokes, and the bartender’s laugh makes her feel a little better about herself.

“What’ll it be?”

Tess pauses for a while, taking a deep breath. What is she doing? She doesn’t know the answer to that, but she just doesn’t want to hurt. Her knee, her mind, Paige. But she knows it’ll just hurt even more if she goes down that path again, so she says, “Can I just get a sprite, please? And like, a small cup of cherries, if that’s possible? I’ll pay.”

The bartender nods, already reaching for a clean glass and using the soda gun to fill it with sprite. “No worries, okay? On the house.” Tess opens her mouth to argue, but she figures she’s had enough of arguing today, so she just quietly thanks the bartender as she fills a small serving bowl with maraschino cherries. She slides both the drink and the cherries her way with a smile. Then she’s off to help someone at the other end of the bar.

Tess pops a cherry in her mouth, feeling a little more regulated, and takes a sip of her sprite. The TV in front of her is playing the Stanford-Washington State game. Cameron Brink is an incredible player. Tess might like to play with her someday.

They go into a media timeout when Tess feels someone slide into the stool next to her. She doesn’t have to look up from her sprite to know it’s Paige, the scent of her perfume filling her nose. Neither of them say anything for a while as Tess eats her cherries and drinks her sprite, but Paige finally breaks the silence when she says simply, “I’m sorry.”

Tess hardly reacts. “How’d you know I was here?”

“You still share your location with me,” Paige admits. “I’m sorry.”

Tess laughs humorlessly. “Yeah. I heard you the first time.”

“I mean it.”

Tess finally glances at Paige. She’s drawn into herself, her lips pursed, eyes guilty. Tess knows her well enough by now. She truly does mean it, and maybe that’s the worst part. She knew Paige better than she knew herself and still didn’t expect Paige to break her heart like this.

“I’m sorry for what I said. For ignorin’ you at the game today, for actin’ indifferent after New Year’s.” Paige swallows thickly. “I’m sorry for making you doubt how much I care about you. I’m sorry about the trainer situation – that did look weird as hell.” That makes Tess laugh quietly. “I’m sorry for accusing you of catching feelings. I was a dick.”

“Wasn’t an accusation,” Tess says. “It was the truth.”

“It was an accusation ‘cause I acted like I was blameless,” Paige clarifies, which confuses Tess. She’s silent for a beat, drumming her fingers on the bar. “Do you regret New Year’s?”

“No,” Tess answers without hesitation. That makes Paige smile a little bit. “I don’t think I ever could. Not when it was with you.”

“Why did you never tell me it was your first?” Paige asks quietly.

“Would you have done it if you’d known?”

Paige smiles somberly at her. “I woulda done it nicer. More romantic and shit. I defiled you and then you went home to your parents. I should send them an apology card.” Tess can’t help her burst of laughter. She buries her head in her hands, shaking her head, knowing that her response was so wholly Paige that it was kind of sickening.

“It was…intimidating,” Tess says slowly, lifting her head. “I’m not experienced. At all. You were my first in so many ways and none of it was even real. That’s embarrassing to admit because you’re the complete opposite of that.”

Paige scratches the back of her neck. “Not really.”

“No?” Tess inquiries.

Paige inhales deeply. “I know you have no reason to believe me, but I never…slept around. I slept with one girl before you and she was my first. We were together. Didn’t end well. I dated around for a bit and she spread the rumor that I was sleeping with them. Couldn’t really address the rumors, my brands were freaking the fuck out, my manager suggested a PR relationship… Rest is history.”

Tess suddenly feels like a complete idiot. She lays her head down on the bar as she groans, completely embarrassed. “You sat there and let me call you a whore?” she demands, her voice a silent hiss. “Oh my God. I’m literally such a jerk. Why did you never say anything?”

“Was embarrassing,” Paige says, shrugging a shoulder.

Tess huffs, quirking a smile. “Touche.”

“When did you realize?” Paige asks. “That you were in love with me.”

“In New York, when we were walking to Times Square,” Tess admits. Paige exhales sharply. “I’m sure I felt it for a while. I just couldn’t name it. But…we were walking, and you looked so pretty in the city lights, and I was thinking about when we first met, in Gampel. I wanted to get to know you then. Playing against you was unlike anything I’d ever experienced. But I missed my shot and it’s just…insane to think about the fact that almost three years after that, we’d be in New York together. And then you smiled at me and squeezed my hand and you were my New Year’s kiss. It was inevitable.”

Paige glances at her. “I realized I was in love with you after dinner, the day before.”

Tess can hear her heartbeat in her ears. She turns to stare at Paige, almost waiting for Paige to admit that it was just some sick joke, but the blonde is gazing at her fondly. “You what?”

“I realized I was in love with you after–”

“No, I heard you,” Tess says, laughing in disbelief. “There’s just no way you mean it. Not after you said ‘you caught feelings and thought that changed things.’”

Paige sinks into herself, looking guilty again. “I didn’t mean that,” she says. “I was scared. I know, stupid excuse, but it scares me, Tess. I’ve never loved anything or anyone like I love you. I’ve never really had anything permanent. My parents divorced when I was three. When I was old enough to realize what that meant, I felt like, I’on know, I wasn’t enough for them to stay together. I love my step-parents but… it was so easy for them to love someone else. It’s stupid–”

“It’s not stupid, Paige,” Tess interrupts, her heart hurting, suddenly understanding.

Paige’s smile is somber. “I dated around to find something that would last, but it never worked. It’s lonely being me. Nobody gets it – the pressure, the expectations, the sacrifice. I felt like I was searchin’ for something I couldn’t find until I got to know you and realized I was looking for someone like you. ...For you specifically.” Tess has no words for that, her pulse thrumming in her chest. Paige sighs. “When I said what I said to you, I thought I was protectin’ you. I’m not someone who lasts. I’ve never been good at long-term, but, fuck, Tess, I want long-term with you. I didn’t wanna hurt you. I was scared that I would, so I said all that ‘cause I thought you’d maybe move on from me and find someone you deserved. And I ended up hurting you, anyway.

“I realized I was in love with you after dinner,” Paige says again, undeterred. “You were wearin’ my sweater and you looked so fuckin’ beautiful. Then you fell asleep with me and I called Aubrey. I told her I thought I was in love with you – and you were layin’ there, jus’ soft, and happy, and I thought, ‘I can’t hurt her.’ But I’m selfish. I wanted to keep you. I meant it when I said you don’t gotta be afraid with me. And I only said we didn’t have to label anything ‘cause I didn’t want to lose you. I never thought we’d be here – never thought you’d love me, too, so I just wanted to enjoy it while nothin’ was wrong. It all mattered to me, Tess, everything mattered to me; every time you called me, when you trusted me, when you first held my hand, when you first kissed me, when you let me show you how much I loved you even though we didn’t have the words for it yet. It all mattered to me and I’m so fuckin’ sorry I acted like it didn’t.”

The two of them sit in contemplative silence for a while. Tess can hear – and feel – each and every one of her heartbeats. For a long time, this is all she’s wanted to hear from Paige, the apology, the explanation for the private parts of her she couldn’t ask about, the I’m in love with you, too. Now that she has it, she doesn’t want to fuck it up, but all of this is so scary. It was easy to deal with the emotions when they were in New York and nothing was wrong, when it was easy to pretend that they could have all of the love without the ugly parts. Now, they’re forced to see all of each other. They have so much more to lose now.

Tess has historically made a bad habit out of getting in her own way. She overthinks constantly. It’s Murphy’s Law – if it can go wrong, it will go wrong. She scares herself out of opportunities. But when she just stops thinking and lets things happen, she builds rickety foundations in her relationships. All of the times she thought she was saving herself heartache by avoiding the difficult conversations just so she can keep Paige have backfired on her. It led to their argument on Thanksgiving, to their argument now. Had she been a little more honest to Paige, to herself, about how she felt, then perhaps she could have saved the both of them months of anguish.

So, Tess meets Paige’s hopeful eyes, and she says carefully, “We can’t keep hurting each other like this.”

Paige exhales, not expecting that response, but she nods. “I know,” she agrees. “Whatever you want, I’ll do it – just… fuck, I don’t wanna get on that bus tonight and not be yours. For real. You’re all I want, Tess. I can’t let you slip away from me again.” Paige searches Tess’s expression, her eyes wide and yearning and pleading. Tess can’t help but soften. Haven’t they been through enough? Wondering what was real and what wasn’t, suffering through arguments when they could have easily fixed their problems with a conversation. Tess doesn’t want to go to sleep tonight and not be Paige’s, either. It’s all she’s wanted since June.

But Tess knows that they can’t pick up where they left off. They both have to heal, understand their relationship and its boundaries a little better, and for the love of God, get rid of those fucking rules (although the communicate one had some credence).

“I want to take this slow,” Tess says after a while. “We need to do this right.”

Paige relaxes, relief on her face as she nods in earnest. “I can do slow,” she promises. “Just want you.”

Tess cocks a smile, her gaze warm, and Paige’s expression is so full of love that it’s almost disarming. “Maybe we can start slow later?” she suggests, watching the gears turn in Paige brain.

Once it clicks, Paige doesn’t waste any time. She leans forward, one hand cupping Tess’s cheek, her kiss softer than anything Tess has ever felt before. She tastes like a promise, like the vow that they’re going to do right by each other from now on. The knowledge that this is real, that there’s no catch or stipulation or some stupid fucking rule, makes their collide sweeter. They were inevitable, tied together by one strand of fate; it’s taken them a while to get here, but Tess is Paige’s and Paige’s is hers, and that’s all Tess can ask for right now.

They eventually have to break away – Paige can’t stop smiling, which makes it difficult to do much of anything. Tess shoves her back with a hand to her chest, grinning softly. “You’re so fucking annoying,” Tess says, hopelessly endeared.

Paige just smirks proudly. “Not annoying. Just in love.”

Tess rolls her eyes fondly, drawing Paige in to murmur against her lips, “Same difference,” and in the same bar Tess almost threw her life away in, she kisses the woman she’s in love with, the woman who reminded her of its importance, and she knows everything is exactly as it should be.

[spencereidluver]

Spencer Reid A-Z Masterlist

these are written as a story with each letter being a new chapter. I recommend reading in chronological order for story purposes, but these could also work as one shots.

unless explicitly stated, all my fics ignore anything related to jeid, and in my universe, maeve simply does not exist. i do like the idea that spencer and ethan may have had a romance in college

the following events are removed from canon: anything related to a jeid romance, maeve (i just can't have reader and spencer break up for her character to have her moment)

the following events are what i believe to have happened before this timeline began: spencer and ethan had a small (non-sexual) romance in college which is the real reason why they hadn't spoken in years, spencer is a virgin, lila archer events did occur, however i do not believe he had real feelings for her, he was just doing his job (i do think he enjoyed the kiss though, because who wouldn't)

I’ve put them in a timeline and they are further categorized by emojis

Have recommendations? Visit my Spencer Reid A-Z Recommendations to submit your ideas!

key:

🧸- fluff

🔥- smut

❤️‍🩹- angst

🕰️- coming soon

2008

january

03: you join the BAU (age 24)

july

07: a is for About Time 🧸

23: b is for Boy Genius? 🧸

august

09: c is for Case by Case 🧸

25: d is for Diana🧸

september

12: e is for Even Guys Like Me? 🧸❤️‍🩹

15: f is for First Date 🧸

october

03: g is for Girlfriend 🧸

12: Spencer’s 27th Birthday

31: h is for Hold my Hand 🧸

november

07: i is for I knew it! 🧸

12: Henry LaMontagne is born

17: j is for Just So You Know… 🧸

december

05: k is for Kissing Isn’t Enough 🔥

14: l is for Lover Boy 🧸

22: m is for Merry Christmas 🧸

2009

january

01: n is for New Years 🕰️

26: o is for🕰️

february

02: p is for Pretty Boy 🕰️

11: jj returns from maternity leave

18: q is for Quiet 🕰️

march

09: r is for Reid? 🕰️

26: s is for Sitter 🕰️

april

10: t is for Two Time 🕰️

19: u is for

may

07: v is for

26: w is for

june

5: x is for

29: y is for

july

16: z is for

[dizzymisslizzie]

2024 Fic Round Up!

Inspired to do this by @caterpills's post!

Most of my fics were published in 2024! Going back, I realized how much writing I did this year! This is my first foray into writing in fandom and I've found it so soul-enriching.

So here's the list of my 2024 fics! Note: These are all RWRB❤️🤍💙

January

Model Behavior: Model!Alex AU, Words: 67,876

March

New Friend Silver, Old Friends Gold : PWP! Words: 4,683

May

May the Fourth be with You: Post-Canon Fluff!! Words: 1,764

June

Biscuit Land: Single Dad!Alex and Baker!Henry

Looking for Orion: RWRB x Star Trek: TNG AU! Doctor!Alex with cute kids and Commander!Henry. This one is angsty but as always a happy ending! Words: 32,245

July

Fireworks Reflecting on a Lake: Post-Canon Fluff! Words: 812

September

beautiful, curious, breathing, laughing flesh [fic & podfic] by esbielle, LK_42: This is my first collaboration!! Olympic diving AU! Words: 32,431, Podfic 4 hours

October

All, All Mine, Beloved: Omegaverse! Lawyer!Alex and Prince Henry in a rushed marriage. There's plenty of sex but LOTS of plot too!! Words: 69,193

November

Crystal Heart by LK_42 for magicmelinoe: Anywhere with You gift exchange! This story was going to be 3K words and ended up at 34,147!! Witch!Alex and Faerie!Henry quest to find answers to a magical bond.

Say My Name: Ok, this started out quick and dirty and has grown into a second chapter and likely a third at some point! A bathroom stall at a gay bar; Words: 3,964

December

Merry Christmas, Henry Fox: PWP!! Y'all, this is just some hot Writer!Henry and Lawyer!Alex sex. Words: 1,743

I have so many WIPs that I'm playing with! My Camping AU: Wildness & Artifice is very summer themed and the ending needs fleshing out so I think I'll keep that one for the Spring.

BUT! I have at least two more winter themed fics that will be coming out in the next month or so! There's also Gilmore Girls AU and Sugar Daddy Pez in the works!

I love RWRB and the whole MCQ universe. This fandom their books have relit a love of fiction (I read a lot of non-fiction history) in me that I thought was gone. This fandom and their words got me through a tough pregnancy and kept me sane during my first months as a new mom.

The words of the authors of this amazing fandom have made me weep, rage and laugh out loud. Thank you for your words and inspiring me to keep writing mine.

Open no pressure tags!

@miss-minnelli @tailsbeth-writes @firstprincehornyramblings @aforgottennymph @botaboxed @suseagull5914 @onthewaytosomewhere @marz-rm @magicmelinoe @cha-melodius @anincompletelist @fullsunsets @starrypiscesao3

[jade-green-butterfly]

~January~ - Poppy Playtime - Monstrous!DeerDelight ~February~ - Happy Valentine's Day 2024 ~March~ - Trolls TrollsTopia - JD's Space Bride, Amalthea~ ~April~ - Coossy, Three Years Together~! (~4th Anniversary~) ~May~ - MerMay Vanilla Nutmeg AU~ ~June~ - Lovely Vivian~ (Happy Pride Month 2024!) ~July~ - Trollsona Jussy - Harmonia's Successor + Vessel ~August~ - Happy 24th Birthday dA! (Hanging Around by Namtia) ~September~ - TFA Jadebutterfly 2024! ~October~ - Unicorn Trolls OCs - Xanos + Yvette Glimmergem ~November~ - Trolls TrollsTopia - SynKaa Moments~ ~December~ - Merry Christmas dA 2024 Main post can be found✨->here!<-✨

[how-to-t-u-m-b-l-r]

Chapter 3. Merry… *checks notes* Ides… of.. March?

A beginner’s guide to Tumblr holidays

These just happen sometimes:

DAY 15 GIVE IT UP FOR DAY 15

Thursday the 20th

The Fifth of Wednesday

Sometime in June: That One Halloween Post Starts Circulating

Sometime in July: Dancing Pumpkin Man Video/Gif

Every week these happen:

Every Monday: El Muchacho Monday

Every Tuesday: Tuesday Again? No Problem...

Every Wednesday: Wet Beast Wednesday

Every Thursday: Out of Touch Thursday

Every Friday: Flat Fuck Friday

Every Saturday: Don't @ Me, I'm Chilling/Caturday

Every Sunday: Fingers In His Ass Sunday

Every year these are holidays:

January 16: Appreciate a Dragon Day

January 29: Threshold Day

All of February: Funguary

February 14: Aromantic/Asexual Day

March 9: Miku Day

March 10: Mario Day

March 14: Pi Day

March 15: Ides of March

March 23: Ever Given Got Stuck Today

April 1: Mishapocalypse

April 2: Dashcon Announcement Anniversary

April 3: Dannypocalypse

April 8: Rex Manning Day

ALSO April 8: MARGARET THATCHER IS DEAD

April 13: Neil Banging Out The Tunes

ALSO April 13: Homestuck Day

April 20: haha 420 blaze it

April 25: The Perfect Date

April 28: Ed Balls Day

April 30: It's Gonna Be May

All of May: Mermay

May 3: Beginning of Dracula Daily

May 4: May the 4th Be With You

May 5: Revenge of the Fifth

May 25: The Glorious 25th of May

All of June: Pride Month

ALSO All of June: IT'S HALLOWEEN TIME TO GET SPOOKY

June 5: Barricade Day

June 16: Let Papyrus Say Fuck

July 20: Moon Landing

September 8: The Queen Is Dead and Sans Undertale Killed Her

September 21: DO YOU REMEMBER-

All of October: SKELETON WAR

ALSO All of October: Inktober

October 3: Mean Girls Day

ALSO October 3: Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood Day

October 20: Unnecessary Feelings Day

October 31: HALLOWEEN

November 5: honestly what didn't happen that day

November 19: Goncharov

All of December: Will the Gävle Goat Get Destroyed Again?

December 10: Please, It's Christmas

December 24: ALMOST CHRISTMAS MEANS IT WASN'T CHRISTMAS

More advice here!

[hamhamparadise]

OVA 4: Go for the Gold! Ham-Ham Games (revamped)

And finally, the last gift is the final OVA that needed a revamp!

This OVA was originally subbed in July 14th 2011, but that's the final edit of the .ass file; the original translation file as well as the karaoke files are dated for June 1st 2010.

Working on this OVA, we noticed an incredible amount of wrongly translated lines. Some were minor changes, some were completely changed. The plot doesn't change much, but it is way more accurate now so, as usual, we suggest rewatching the OVA if it's been a long time since you last watched it.

We hope you have a Merry Ham-Ham Christmas, and enjoy all these gifts! You can watch online or download Hamtaro OVA 4 clicking here.

[yakutarts]

✥ 2024 Art Summary ✥

2024 was… quite a year! It definitely wasn’t what I was expecting, my views on things changed drastically, I was a lot more productive and got over some of my weaknesses. I also met so many new amazing people in a new community, found so much support and love from friends.

But it was not just flowers sweets, throughout the year I faced a lot of challenges that I have yet to overcome, several I can’t do nothing about besides watch and hope for the best. 2024 brought a lot of new things but it was far from a easy or comfortable year. And despite all that, I’m glad that I’m alive.

Previous art summaries + each drawing individually under the cut ↓

2021, 2022 & 2023 Art Summaries

And now, for each month’s drawing!

January - Wacom Dragon

February - 20 Year Old Spike

March - 28/03 Birthday Art

April - Birthday/Gift art for Neox

May - MTT as TLK Hyenas

August - Furry Cross

June - Young Viserion

July - Human Bill Cipher

September - Light Ball NM & DM

October - True Form Apple Twins

November - Watercolor Dragons

December - First Comm Of The Year

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Thank you so much for supporting me and reading this far, the love you guys give me because of my work has been exponentially important in so many ways. I will share some of my plans for next year:

Draw more fully rendered artworks

Get into animaiton

Learn Blender again

Remake my commission sheet

Launch a Patreon page

Launch a Ko-Fi page

Try to do all that while studying

I know that 2025 will be a MAJOR year for me, for several reasons other then these plans above. It will be hard, challenging, chaotic, probably disappointing, but full of new experiences. By now I have learned not to raise my expectations so much, I did last year and got emotionally fucked, shot, and kicked in the head.

But now, I just want to enjoy the magic of holidays and rest after such a busy year. I wish you all a wonderful Christmas and New Year.

Merry Christmas

Happy New Year

See you next time

- Yakut Arts

[battyaboutbooksreviews]

🎀 Holiday Books Released in 2024

❓ Are you reading any holiday/seasonal books this December?

🎁 A Corpse in Christmas Close - Michelle Salter 🎁 Christmas Sweater Weather - Jaqueline Snowe 🎁 A Very Irish Christmas - Debbie Johnson 🎁 Christmas Crimes at the Mysterious Bookshop - Otto Penzler 🎁 Take Me Home for Christmas - Miranda Liasson 🎁 Tis the Season for Secrets - Kate Callaghan 🎁 Unromance - Erin Connor 🎁 A Jingle Bell Mingle - Julie Murphy 🎁 A Home for the Holidays - Taylor Hahn

❄ The Wood at Midwinter - Susanna Clarke ❄ Brightly Shining - Ingvild H. Rishøi ❄ A Winter Wish - Emily Stone ❄ Blue Christmas Bones - Carolyn Haines ❄ Love You a Latke - Amanda Elliot ❄ Christmas at Glitter Peak Lodge - Kjersti Herland Johnsen ❄ The Most Wonderful Time - Jayne Allen ❄ All the Jingle Ladies - Beth Garrod ❄ Death at a Scottish Christmas - Lucy Connelly

🎄 Make the Season Bright - Ashley Herring Blake 🎄 The Merriest Misters - Timothy Janovsky 🎄 The Merry Matchmaker - Sheila Roberts 🎄 The Wedding Witch - Erin Sterling 🎄 Most Wonderful - Georgia Clark 🎄 Rockin' Around the Chickadee - Donna Andrews 🎄 The Mistletoe Mystery - Nita Prose 🎄 One Big Happy Family - Susan Mallery 🎄 The Christmas Catch - Toni Shiloh

💜 Eight Nights to Win Her Heart - Miri White 💜 Christmas in Aspen - Anita Hughes 💜 The Holiday Honeymoon Switch - Julia McKay 💜 Christmas Ever After - Jaimie Admans 💜 Mistletoe Magic in the Highlands - Bella Osborne 💜 Snow is Falling - Sarah Bennett 💜 I'll Be Gone for Christmas -Georgia K. Boone 💜 Make My Wish Come True - Rachael Lippincott 💜 Flopping in a Winter Wonderland - Jason June

❄ Some Like It Cold - Elle McNicoll ❄ Snowed In - Catherine Walsh ❄ The Christmas Cookie Wars - Eliza Evans ❄ You Better Watch Out - James S. Murray ❄ Spectacular - Stephanie Garber ❄ A Merry Little Murder Plot - Jenn McKinlay ❄ Madrigals and Mayhem - Elizabeth Penney ❄ Holiday Wedding - Melissa Dymond ❄ Puppy Love at Mistletoe Junction - Shannon Richard

🎄 The Christmas Crush - Noelle Douglas 🎄 A Novel Christmas - Charity Shane 🎄 Christmas in Chestnut Ridge - Nancy Naigle 🎄 Kiss Me at Christmas - Jenny Bayliss 🎄 Everyone This Christmas Has a Secret - Benjamin Stevenson 🎄 I'll Get Back to You - Becca Grischow 🎄 The Knife Before Christmas - Kate Carlisle 🎄 The Nightmare Before Kissmas - Sara Raasch 🎄 Christmas with the Queen - Hazel Gaynor

❄ The Christmas Countdown - Holly Cassidy ❄ Christmas in Spite of You - K.C. Mills ❄ Christmas at Spruce Hill Farm - Kathryn Springer ❄ Christmas Is All Around - Martha Waters ❄ The Christmas Inn - Pamela M. Kelley ❄ All I Want Is You - Falon Ballard ❄ The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year - Ally Carter ❄ A Christmas Duet - Debbie Macomber ❄ The Christmas Tree Farm - Laurie Gilmore

[margotfonteyns]

At The Christmas Ball: A Vintage Xmas Anthology

01 - At The Christmas Ball - Bessie Smith (1925) 02 - Santa Claus, Bring My Man Back To Me - Ozie Ware (1928) 03 - Papa Ain't No Santa Claus - Butterbeans & Susie (1930) 04 - It's Winter Again - Isham Jones & His Orchestra (1932) 05 - Jingle Bells - Benny Goodman & His Orchestra (1935) 06 - There's Frost On The Moon - Artie Shaw & His Strings (1936) 07 - I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm - Mildred Bailey (1937) 08 - Christmas Morning The Rum Had Me Yawning - Lord Beginner (1939) 09 - Winter Weather - Fats Waller & His Rhythm (1941) 10 - Santa Claus Is Coming To Town - Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters (1943) 11 - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas - Judy Garland (1944) 12 - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! - Connee Boswell (1945) 13 - Boogie Woogie Santa Claus - Mabel Scott (1948) 14 - Baby, It's Cold Outside - Pearl Bailey & Hot Lips Page (1949) 15 - All I Want For Christmas - Nat King Cole Trio (1949) 16 - What Are You Doing New Year's Eve? - The Orioles (1949) 17 - Midnight Sleighride - Sauter-Finegan Orchestra (1952) 18 - Silent Night - Dinah Washington (1953) 19 - White Christmas - The Drifters (1954) 20 - Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer - The Cadillacs (1956) 21 - Warm December - Julie London (1956) 22 - Love Turns Winter To Spring - June Christy (1957) 23 - The Secret Of Christmas - Ella Fitzgerald (1959) 24 - The Christmas Song - Carmen McRae (1961) 25 - A Christmas Surprise - Lena Horne (1965) 26 - Santa Was Here - Lorez Alexandria (1968)

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[fonulyn]

so since I've now posted all of my @yearoftheotpevent fics, I figured I'd make one compilation post of them. here's my year of nivannedy!

January: good to be prepared

Leon gets stuck in a snow storm when his car breaks down, and a handsome stranger saves him from the roadside. Of course they hit it off, but only later they realize they actually do know of each other.

February: 'cause you know the love we have is always gonna be

Finally Piers and Leon get married, surrounded by their loved ones, in their very own home. It's been a long road, they've deserved their happy ending.

March: at the shore of the unknown

The end of the world comes quietly, almost secretly, despite them fighting it all these years. But even if the world is ending, Leon and Piers find each other, and their story is only beginning.

April: I crave therefore I am

Piers has been half in love with Leon for as long as he can remember, but no matter how much he's pining, he's not going to be the kind of a dick who tries to come between Leon's current relationship. Except that relationship is not exactly as real as he's been lead to believe.

May: as long as you'll have me

Leon gets infected on a mission, and although there is a known cure, the cure fucking sucks. At least, after Leon alarms him with a few incoherent texts, Piers is there to help him through the worst of it.

June: you're a dream

Piers has been dreaming of his soulmate ever since he was eleven years old, and not even the continuous stream of monsters can keep him from finding whoever that is. Of course, nothing in life can ever be that simple.

July: that heaven in your eyes

Piers and Leon have some honeymoon fun by the lake. It's exactly what they wanted.

August: light in the darkest place

Leon and Piers grew up together, and when at twenty-one they both got a job at the RPD they thought it was a giant stroke of luck. They had no idea their first day was going to be one hell of a long day.

September: all the tears and the fears and the lies and the cries of the past

Krauser kidnaps Leon on Wesker’s orders to use as bait. Things get messy.

October: before I even knew your name

Leon gets an accidental text sent into the wrong number and it ends up changing his life for the better. They might both suck at flirting, especially through text, but that doesn't matter when inexplicably they're still into each other.

November: right from the start

Leon gets some unexpected backup on his rogue mission in the Eastern Slav Republic. Later, he might just have to thank Chris for sending Piers in. Especially as he learns he and Piers work together well in more ways than one.

December: a merry little christmas (make the yuletide gay)

Piers and Leon and their first holidays as a married couple in their own home. Of course with a visit from the Redfields.

I am both incredibly content that I managed to write something for all of the months (even though two of these fics are still technically unfinished, for the Damnation au I haven't posted the last chapter and for the RE2 au I still need to write the rest of it) and really really happy with how they turned out :3

[thisisyourdriverspeaking]

In honour of Le Mans today, here's a little soundtrack for you. This is motorsport number twos, the edition for all the drivers. Enjoy 😊

Sebastien Loeb (26th February 1974) - Alvin Stardust - Jealous Mind

Tony Kanaan (31st December 1974) - Wombles - Wombling Merry Christmas

Juan Pablo Montoya (20th September 1975) - Leo Sayer - Moonlighting

Mark Webber (27th August 1976) - Wings - Let 'Em In

Kimi Raikkonen (17th October 1979) - The Police - Message In A Bottle

Jenson Button (19th January 1980) - Billy Preston & Syreeta - With You I'm Born Again

Felipe Massa (25th April 1981) - Ennio Morricone - Chi Mai

Heikki Kovalainen (19th October 1981) - Laurie Anderson - O Superman

Andre Lotteter (19th November 1981) - The Police - Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic

Pippa Mann (11th August 1983) - Paul Young - Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home)

Simon Pagenaud (18th May 1984) - The Pointer Sisters - Automatic

Robert Kubica (7th December 1984) - Jim Diamond - I Should Have Known Better

Nico Rosberg (27th June 1985) - Madonna - Crazy For You

Jerome D'Ambrosio (27th December 1985) - Whitney Houston - Saving All My Love For You

Rahel Frey (23rd February 1986) - Diana Ross - Chain Reaction

Kamui Kobayashi (13th September 1986) - Boris Gardiner - I Want To Wake Up With You

Rene Rast (26th October 1986) - Status Quo - In The Army Now

James Hinchcliffe (5th December 1986) - Berlin - Take My Breath Away

Oliver Turvey (1st April 1987) - Mel and Kim - Respectable

Sebastian Vettel (3rd July 1987) - The Firm - Star Trekkin'

Alexander Sims (15th March 1988) - Rick Astley - Together Forever

Molly Taylor (6th May 1988) - Fairground Attraction - Perfect

Simona De Silvestro (1st September 1988) - Brother Beyond - The Harder I Try

Sarah Bovy (15th May 1989) - Kylie Minogue - Hand On Your Heart

James Calado (13th June 1989) - Cliff Richard - The Best Of Me

Brendon Hartley (10th November 1989) - Milli Vanilli - Girl I'm Gonna Miss You

Earl Bamber (9th July 1990) - Luciano Pavarotti - Nessun Dorma

Cristina Gutierrez (24th July 1991) - Heavy D & The Boyz - Now That We've Found Love

Abbie Eaton (2nd January 1992) - Michael Jackson - Heal The World

Timmy Hansen (21st May 1992) - Guns 'N' Roses - Knockin' On Heaven's Door

Daniel Abt (3rd December 1992) - Charles & Eddie - Would I Lie To You?

Alice Powell (26th January 1993) - Exterminate ft Niki Harris - Snap!

Tatiana Calderon (10th March 1993) - Shaggy - Oh Carolina

Christine GZ (22nd July 1993) - 4 Non Blondes - What's Up?

Alex Lynn (17th September 1993) - Pet Shop Boys - Go West

Bubba Wallace (8th October 1993) - DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - Boom! Shake The Room

Michelle Gatting (31st December 1993) - Take That - babe

Naomi Schiff (18th May 1994) - Stiltskin - Inside

Jessica Hawkins (16th February 1995) & Luca Ghiotto (24th February 1995) - Annie Lennox - No More I Love Yous

Beitske Visser (10th March 1995) - Alex Party - Don't Give Me Your Life

Nicholas Latifi (29th June 1995) - Outhere Brothers - Boom Boom Boom

Jack Aitken (23rd September 1995) - Michael Jackson - You Are Not Alone

Oliver Askew (12th December 1996) - The Prodigy - Breathe

Louis Deletraz (22nd April 1997) - Robbie Williams - Old Before I Die

Catie Munnings (15th November 1997) - Natalie Imbruglia - Torn

Cem Bolukbasi (9th February 1998) - Backstreet Boys - All I Have To Give

Jamie Chadwick (20th May 1998) - Aqua - Turn Back Time

Kevin Hansen (28th May 1998) - All Saints - Under The Bridge

Mick Schumacher (22nd March 1999) - Boyzone - When The Going Gets Tough

Toni Breidinger (14th July 1999) - ATB - 9pm (Till I Come)

Max Fewtrell (29th July 1999) - Five - If Ya Gettin' Down

Robert Shwartzman (16th September 1999) & Bent Viscaal (18th September 1999) - Lou Bega - Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit Of...)

Felipe Drugovich (23rd May 2000) - Madison Avenue - Don't Call Me Baby

Marta Garcia (9th August 2000) - Craig David - 7 Days

Arthur Leclerc (14th October 2000) - Mariah Carey ft Westlife - Against All Odds

Sophia Florsch (1st December 2000) - Leann Rimes - Can't Fight The Moonlight

Clement Novalak (23rd December 2000) - Eminem - Stan

Frederik Vesti (13th January 2002) - Puretone - Addicted To Bass

Luke Browning (31st January 2002) - A1 - Caught In The Middle

Liam Lawson (11th February 2002) - No Doubt - Hey Baby

Olli Caldwell (11th June 2002) - Eminem - Without Me

Jack Doohan (20th January 2003) - Busted - Year 3000

All added to this playlist 😊😊

[viceofdionysus]

Temptations in the Dark

Krampus!Harbour!Santa xF!Elf!Reader

WC: 4.3k Rating: 18+

When whispered warnings of a door in the dark pique your curiosity, you can't help exploring the forgotten parts of the workshop until you find it. What, or who, lies beyond is a mystery, but the temption is too much to resist.

Contains: Teasing, bondage, dirty talk, begging, size kink, cock riding, praise, clit play, possessivness, marking, multiple orgasms, overstimulation, bratting, gagging, spanking

A/N: Merry Christmas! The divider is from @/saradika-graphics

In the middle of the cold and snow, resides a shining spot, the North Pole. Bright lights reflect off the snow, cheerful voices raised on song. It's a happy place, and happier still since Santa found his Christmas spirit. But even the brightest places have shadows. Deep below the workshop floor, beneath the storage rooms, and beyond rooms even Nick's forgotten about, there's a hallway. Lanterns flicker weakly along the stone walls, unable to beat back the shadows. At the end of the hall, there's a door, black as pitch, wrapped in golden chains and silver bells. A padlock hangs from the chains, rusted and ancient.

Every elf is warned to avoid the black door, warned that something terrible lay beyond. And every elf listens, most forget the black door exists, except for you. Curiosity has always been your downfall and with so many hushed whispers telling you to leave it alone, to stay away, it had only made you more curious about what could be behind the door.

March

As the high from the holidays burns off, you find yourself feeling listless, bored. Your thoughts turn to the forbidden black door and you're moving before you realize it.

You'll just take a look, you tell yourself, a little peak. That will be enough to satisfy your curiosity. Then you find yourself at the end of the hallway, straining to see the outline of the door. You pull down one of the lanterns, its flame flickering, and take those first fateful steps down the hallway. The shadows barely bend around you, long, jagged, reaching things. Your heart beats faster, your breathing matches it. You only made it a few steps before turning and abandoning the shadows. Back in the light, you pressed a hand to your racing heart, willing yourself to calm, and admonishing yourself for being so skittish. You leave, thinking of all the things you needed to get done, but you can't resist another look.

The next day you're back at the hallway. The days pass and you manage to creep close enough to make out the door in all its dark glory.

June

You press a hand to the door, the wood cool to the touch. You swallow hard, forcing the encroaching sense of dread away. Beneath your hand the door almost seems to breathe.

You try to pull your hand away, but it doesn't move. Trying not to panic, you grip your wrist tightly and tug. After a moment, you finally manage to stumble away, landing hard at the base of the short set of stairs. In the dark wood is a perfect imprint of your hand. You look down at your hand, almost expecting to find something terrible, but it's just your hand, same as always. You gulp and back away, never taking your eyes off the door. Dark laughter rumbles out of the room, following you down the hall.

July

You glare determinedly at the door. Weeks have passed since your last encounter with it, but you're not going to let it get the better of you.

Before you can think about it, you set the lantern down and press both hands to the door. You press forward, flexing your elf magic, and you feel something give. You stumble forward, through the door.

You weren't prepared for what you find on the other side.

The figure is bound to a chair, his head bowed, a heavy red robe and his massive, curling horns obscuring what little you can see. You gasp, pressing a hand to your mouth. He lifts his head, his burning eyes landing on you. His mouth curls into a sneer as you step back. But the door greets you, reminding you there's no place to go.

“Is Santa getting his elves to do his dirty work now?” His voice is low, rough, guttural.

Krampus.

Your voice has fled you, leaving you speechless. The man, monster, raises an eyebrow. It surprises you how much he looks like Santa.

“Mirror inverses.” Krampus drawls, "Did you just come to enjoy the freak show?”

You flee at that, following your missing voice. His dark laughter follows you, all the way back to your bedroom. The sound haunts you, dark and tempting, making it hard to focus on the Christmas preparations. Until you can't take it anymore and find yourself standing outside the black door.

“Back again?” He asks, bored, when you slip through the locks.

“Why are you locked in here?”

He sneers at you, “C’mon little elf, you already know the answer to that.”

It should have been enough, you should have been satisfied enough to stay away.

August

Time passes and he remains bound. You start to wonder what it must be like for him. Tied down, unable to go anywhere. Unable to touch. Your fingers begin to wonder over your skin as you think of him.

Every day, you slip down the hall and through the door, into his room of shadows and snow. You're content to stand on the threshold, back pressed against the door, examining him from afar. Until he finally puts a voice to your thoughts.

“You've been having naughty thoughts little elf.” He rumbles, “Why don’t you follow through?”

You're moving before you really think about it. He watches as you cross to him, footsteps crunchy in the thin layer of frost. His eyes are intent on you as you toss one leg over his expansive lap and take a seat. There's something in those burning eyes, something heated as you slide your hands up his broad chest. You feel the rumbling in his chest beneath your hands.

“Little elf.”

“All tied up.” You say softly. “I could do whatever I want to you.”

He growls, his hips shifting beneath you. You feel yourself smirk down at him, feeling powerful.

You rock your hips, feeling the thick length of him. He growls, fighting his bonds. The temptation to keep going is so strong, to find out where this goes. But you make yourself stop and get to your feet. He growls, eyes narrowing, nostrils flaring. You lean down, cupping his chin.

“I have to go now. Think of me.”

October

There's so much to do before Christmas, and yet you frequently find yourself sprawled out across his lap, finger dancing over the fur of his robes.

And then, on Halloween, a wicked thought occurs to you.

When you show up that night, he lifts his head, his nose flaring as he scents the air.

“All that for me, little elf?”

Heat coursed through you, leaving you breathless. Something snaps tight between the two of you, pulling you towards him.

“Show me.” He demands.

“Ask nicely.” You smile, fluttering your lashes at him.

He snarls, bucking against his bonds. You wait until he calms before sinking down in his lap. His lap is broad beneath you, the cool air dancing over your exposed core. His cock seems to pulse beneath you, seeking the warmth of your core. His chest rumbles beneath your hands as he growls.

“Little elf.”

You smile sweetly down at him, “Something wrong?”

He frowns up at you. His frown deepens as you lift your hand to his horns.

“Oh.” You gasp when he shivers at your touch.

November

You spend a lot of time thinking about him, his hands fighting against the chains that bind him, desperate to touch as you tease him, leaving his robes a mess.

You're easily distracted, thinking about the way he feels beneath you, those fiery eyes watching every move you make. The way his robes feel beneath your hands as you rock along his cock. Your fellow elves have taken to asking if you're alright, suggesting you might need to lie down. You even feel Nick's heavy gaze on you sometimes and you can't help thinking he knows what you've been doing.

Your fingers dance over your body with increasing regularity, the desire never quite quenched without him. His laughter haunts your dreams, reminding you of him even in your sleep.

You'd told yourself you would stay away, it was much too hectic to go see him. And yet, night after night, you find yourself crossing into his small realm. He greets you with that same crooked smile, as if he knows the lies you tell yourself.

December

You and the other elves send Nick off with jaunty waves and happy cheers. As the other elves turn to relaxing and merriment, your thoughts turn elsewhere. It's easy to slip away as the party starts, hidden in the chaos. The halls are quieter tonight than they ever have been. You think briefly about turning back, rejoining the others, but something irresistible pulls you forward.

“Little elf.” He greets you, something simmering in those fiery eyes.

There's that irresistible tug towards him again.

“Do you feel it, little elf?”

“Feel what?”

But he just grins at you, his fangs glinting in the scant light. Your steps seem to ring out as you cross to him. Even halfway to him, you can already see his cock hardening, tenting his red robes. When you reach him, you take a moment to run a hand over those robes, enjoying the plush feeling. He grumbles, more of a purr than a growl. Something compels you to slide your hand beneath the heavy robe, freeing his heavy cock. As it springs free, you lick your lips, feeling heat already gathering in your core.

“Something you want?”

There's a heat swirling through your head, making it hard to think. His eyes never leave your face, even as you shake your head. Finally you throw your leg over his lap, taking your customary seat. You feel the press of his hot cock against your core, desire pounding through you. Slowly you rock your hips along his length. He growls now, a demanding sound.

“Krampus.” He stills at his name, enjoying the way it sounds from your lips.

You roll your hips, teasing the tip of his cock with your opening. Something comes over you, watching as his eyes go hazy. You smirk down at him, linking your hands behind his head.

You work your hips, teasing and tormenting him. When you feel him start to get worked up, breathing heavier, you slow and then still. When he calms down, you do it all over again, until he's a panting, growling mess.

When you still again, you cup his face, thumbs tracing over the line of his cheekbones. His hands flex, tugging against his bonds, a low growl starting in his throat. His eyes glint in the darkened room, a warning that you gladly ignore.

“What's wrong?” You coo at him, “Something you want?”

He growls, teeth gnashing together.

“Oh, big boy, you need to use your words.”

He throws his head back, his chest heaving. You roll your hips, dragging his throbbing length through your soaked folds.

“Please.” He manages to gasp out.

You pout at him, “Please what?”

“Wanna feel you. Please.”

You put a finger to your lips and pretend to consider.

“Oh, I'm sorry, that just wasn't good enough. If you want to feel me, you're going to have to beg.”

You take his chin and angle his head so you can bite his throat. He groans at the twin sensations of pain and pleasure. Your other hand wanders up to stroke along his horns, eliciting another long groan from him.

You're so caught up in toying with him, that the clatter of his cuffs against the floor goes unnoticed. It's not until he chuckles, that you notice something is wrong. You pause, finally realizing your mistake.

“Merry Christmas, little elf.” His grin is wicked.

Krampus’ broad hands grip your waist tightly. He lifts you easily, maneuvering you to press the tip of his cock to your opening.

“My turn to play.”

But he pauses, pressing his cock up against you. He raises an eyebrow at you, those burning eyes holding a question. At your frantic nod, he grins.

“Is this what you want? Want me to fuck you, little elf?”

“Yes!”

“You’ve wanted this the whole time. I know you’ve been dreaming about it.”

“Yes,” You gasp, head falling back as he starts to press into you.

He slides in slowly, reveling in the way your pussy grips him. Your hands tighten in the robes, tugging them tight against his shoulders.

“You feel so much better than I’ve imagined.” He purrs.

He stops, just partly inside you, taking a moment to breathe. Your pussy is clenching around him, needy and desperate.

“Have you let anyone else touch you like this?” He murmurs, running his broad hands up your thighs and over your back.

You swallow hard, “Not since I started coming here.”

“No?” He croons the word, “No illicit meetings in the dark? You saved this all for me?”

“I,” You gasp as he grinds his hips against you, rocking his cock deeper, “I tried, but they…weren’t you.”

His thoughts run wild and dark at that, a sense of possessiveness swirling through him. His hands are more gentle than you would have expected as he cups your chin, forcing your gaze to meet his.

“Do you think of me often?”

“All the time.” Your admission feels freeing, something loosening inside your chest.

He grins up at you, the sight of his fangs sending a jolt of lust through you.

“Little elf.” He says softly, “You’re mine.”

“Yes.” He still hasn’t moved, leaving you desperate for more. You think that if he doesn’t start moving soon, you might start crying. “Krampus.”

“Needy thing, aren’t you.” He purrs, “So desperate for me to fuck you. Is that what you want? Big, bad Krampus to fuck you?” He punctuates each word with a roll of his hips.

“Yes!”

His grin turns a sharp at the edges, “Oh, I'm sorry, that just wasn't good enough. If you want to feel me, you're going to have to beg.” He throws your earlier words at you.

He pulls his hips back sliding out of you slowly. He lets his cock rest against your stomach, showing you how deep he could be inside you. You feel yourself clench at the thought.

“Please.” You gasp, “Please, Krampus.”

“Keep going.” His gaze is intent, unrelenting. You can see the vertical slit of his pupils, so focused on you.

“I need to feel you. Need to be fucked by you. Fuck me until the only thing I can think about is your cock.” You realize you’re grinding against him, “Please.”

Your last pleading word holds a desperation he’s only dreamed of. “Oh, pretty little present.”

He runs one hand down your body, with enough pressure you can feel his claws, but he’s gentle with them. Finally he slides his hand between your legs, ghosting his fingertips over your clit in a tease that has you whining. He chuckles and leans in to nip at your throat. His fingers slide through your folds and he smiles approvingly at how wet you are.

He anchors his hands on your hips again, lifting you until you're aligned with his cock. Slowly he presses you down. As he slides in, your hands scrabble at his shoulders, finding a grip in his robes. Stars dance in your vision as his cock starts to stretch you out. He pauses, lifting a hand to cup your chin. He tilts your face, pulling you into him. He kisses you as he starts pressing up again, pulling you down. He grins as you whine into his mouth. You can feel his long tongue pressing against your lips.

“Krampus!” You moan as he stretches you out. You're not sure how much more of him you can take.

“You can take it.” He growls, answering your unspoken thought, but he eases his relentless pace.

He looks up at you, watching the way your chest heaves and your eyes flutter. He can’t say he’s never thought about it, but he hadn’t thought it would happen. No matter how many times you’d come back, he’d never thought he’d get to have this. At your questioning noise, he realizes that he’s stopped pressing you down.

“Don’t worry, little elf.” He smirks, trying to shove any other thoughts away, “You’ll have it all.”

He tightens his grip on your hips, claws digging into your soft flesh. Inch by inch he slides in until you’re a whiny mess.

“Oh, little elf,” He says, “You can’t be too full yet. There’s more to take.”

At your soft sob, he lets go of your hip with one hand, sliding it between your legs. He groans when he feels where his cock meets your core. Carefully, he gathers up some of your slick, coating his fingertips. Then he starts an intricate dance with his fingertips on your clit.

“Oh!”

“You can be as loud as you want here.” He nips at you, letting his fangs just barely graze the skin of your throat.

You answer him with a soft shout. As he works you clit, your pretty noises increase in volume, until the air is filled with you.

“Doing so good for me.” He says softly. “Come for me. Now.”

The order sends a sharp snap through you, the tension in your core shattering. Your scream raises to the exposed wooden beams above you, ringing through the room like the bells Krampus carries.

“That’s it, good girl.”

His slides further into you, groaning at the way you grip him. He continues to circle your clit, crooning praises to you, as he sinks further in. And then all at once, he’s fully hilted inside you and you’ve never felt so full.

“Oh,” He pulls you down and runs his nose along your neck, “Good fucking girl.”

“Oh, fuck.”

He slips his hand out from between your legs and sets it on your stomach. He presses down gently, feeling where his cock fucks deep inside you.

“Look at that. Taking me so well.”

“Oh,” You feel yourself quiver at the sight, “Krampus.”

“You feel so good wrapped around my cock.” Your hips rock in response, grinding your clit against the base of his cock. He groans, head falling back, “I’m not going to last long if you keep doing that.”

“How long?” Your question is unfinished, but he understands.

“Centuries.” He answers, “But even then, no one has felt as good as you.”

It’s a sweeter sentiment than you would have expected from him.

“Krampus.” There’s a thousand things you want to say to him, but none of them are quite right.

He knows anyway and nuzzles into your neck, “I’m going to mark you, claim you.”

“Yes! Please!”

This time when he bites down, he sucks hard. Pain and pleasure swirl together, leaving you gasping. When he breaks away, he soothes the area with his tongue, gathering up the small beads of blood that had pebbled to the surface. He shifts and tugs you down into an open mouthed kiss as he grinds his hips. His long tongue slips inside your mouth, exploring. Your moan vibrates through you and he can feel himself nearing his edge. Without breaking the kiss, he slides one hand between your legs and presses his thumb to your clit. He circles hard and fast, demanding another orgasm from you.

“Going to fill you up.” He pants into your mouth, “Make you mine.”

“Yes!” You chant in answer.

The tightening in his core is answered by the way you tighten around his cock.

“That’s it. Be good for me, come again.”

Pleasure rises through you in an inescapable wave. With a cry, you shatter apart again. You feel his cock pulse, filling you.

When you finally come back to your senses, you realize he’s pulled you into him, tucking your face against his shoulder. His cock is still buried deep within you, still achingly hard. Experimentally, you tighten around him and hear his answer laugh. The world still feels soft and far away, but he’s real and firm beneath you. It’s nearly peaceful.

He rocks his hips again, dragging his cock along your walls. You whine, but he just laughs.

“This,” He whispers in your ear “Is what you get for all those deliciously naughty thoughts.”

You feel his hands roam over your curves, committing every inch of you to memory.

“Little elf. My little elf.”

His thrusts are more insistent now. You tuck your face into his neck, nodding. He chuckles, the sound just a little mean.

“Worn out already? I haven't even gotten started.”

“Krampus.” You gasp.

“You've been teasing me all year. Did you think you could just get away with it?”

There's a quick smack to your ass, muffled by your skirt. He frowns.

“Now that won't do.”

His long fingers slip under your skirt, caressing the softness of your ass. You relax into his touch.

“I hope you don't mind the cold.”

You make a questioning noise, but he ignores you. He grips the fabric at your back and pulls. The back of your dress gives way with little resistance, the cold air rushing over the exposed skin. He laughs at your gasp, feeling you clench tightly around his cock.

“Now,” He smirks, forcing your head up to meet his gaze, “Where were we?”

His hand finds your ass again, claws slowly trailing over your skin. Goosebumps race up your spine, leaving you squirming.

“For being such a tease this year,” He muses, “A spank for every month you came to see me.”

“Five?” You could do that.

“Ten.” He corrects, his gaze smug.

“Ten? But I've only been seeing you since July!”

“Did you think I didn't know you were outside the door all those months?”

“But that's not fair!”

“Fair?” He growls, “Punishments don't have to be fair, little elf.”

You can see the stern set of his jaw, the unyielding look in his eyes. Your own stubborn streak flashes to life.

“Nine, then, since I'm taking your cock so nicely this month.”

A grin slides over his face, “Ten. And I'll fuck you through them.”

“Eight, and I'll cockwarm you whenever you want.”

He laughs, “You're already going to do that, my greedy little elf. Twelve and no more arguing.”

You open your mouth to do just that and he snaps his fingers. Something small and cool appears in your mouth, forcing your jaw open. The bell jingles as you shake your head and his mouth curves into a satisfied smirk. You try to push against him, but another snap of his fingers leaves yours arms wrapped tightly behind you in soft velvet ribbon.

“Next time, I'll let you brat some more, it'll make the punishment all the sweeter.” He leans forward, gathering you close. He lowers his voice, “Just be glad I'm not using the lash on that pretty ass this time.”

You gasp, sending the bell ringing, clenching around his cock. He raises one dark eyebrow, already plotting your next punishment. But first, he needs to met this one out.

“Ready, little elf?”

You whine softly, but nod. He smiles widely, pulling you into a kiss, feeling the cool metal of the bell against his lips. After a moment, he breaks this kiss and brings his hand down. You sob as he gently rubs the already throbbing spot.

Quickly, he spanks you again and again, varying the intensity and location just enough so you can't get comfortable. Tears form at the corners of your eyes, trailing down your cheeks. His long tongue flicks up, catching them before they can fall all the way. He takes a moment to enjoy the salty flavor, watching you closely.

“Two more, little elf. You're doing it so well.”

Gently he caresses the globes of your ass, feeling the heat from the spanks. Slowly he rolls his hips, until you're whiney for him for a different reason. He brings you up slowly, watching pleasure move across your face. Then he brings his hand down, fast and hard. You cry out, the noise lost in the cheerful chiming of the bell. He anchors you with one hand on your hip, fucking up into you harder, faster.

Your breathing starts to change, he can feel you clenching tighter and tighter around him. He already has the last spanking spot picked out, but he's biding his time. Waiting for the perfect moment. His gaze is intent on you, the way your face goes soft with pleasure even as the rest of you winds tightly. There.

He brings his hand down for the last strike as you meet your edge. The bell disappears from your lips, letting your scream fill the air. His cock pulses, filling you again.

“Krampus!”

“I know. I know what you need.” The bindings on your arms disappear as he gathers you against him.

His hands are cool against the heat of your ass. He's gentle as he strokes over the abused areas, soothing the aches. He can feel your pussy still fluttering gently around him as he goes.

“All that and you're still greedy for more.” He chuckles, gently pressing a kiss to your temple.

“Krampus.” You whine softly.

“Awe,” He coos, faux sympathy coating his words, “or is my little elf fucked out already?”

You nod, tucking your face into his neck. You feel his laughter rumbling through you. He carefully lifts your head to be able to meet your eyes.

“Do you want to stay here awhile?”

You nod, feeling soft and loose. He tucks you back into his chest.

A sudden worry zips through you, jerking you up. He meets your wide eyed gaze with a raised eyebrow.

“You're going to punish the children!” You gasp, trying to push away from him.

He grasps your wrists in one large hand, looking at you sternly.

“Quite the dilemma, don't you think little elf,” He purrs, “I guess you'll just have to stay here and let me punish you instead.”

He laughs when you tighten around him.

“Would…would that work?”

He cups your face in his other hand, “I could spend a century punishing you, unwrapping you one layer at a time, and I'd still want to do it for centuries more.” He kisses you firmly, tilting his head to sink you deep into the kiss. “I already told you, little elf. You're mine now.”

No pressure tags: @eupheme

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Didn't Wanna Feel Older in 2024? TOO LATE!

So long, 2023! You have been a weird-@$$ year to say the least. Between by having to repair old thumb drives, purchase a new printer, finding out I'm susceptible to anxiety attacks, trying out dating for the first time, getting my Discord and Steam account hacked, starting a new Discord server since said account was never unhacked, opened myself up to commissions, managed to post art for Halloween, got Covid, summoned more Kaijus to play an elaborate game of poker, and had a merry enough Christmas. Here's hoping 2024 will prove better. At the moment I have no new goals, since I just want to relax after four months of constantly being active. There's a mile of books, movies, and TV shows I need to get caught up on! My opinions on all of them will be given in future Giraffe's Eye Views, but for now let's get to what you all came here for: yet another unnecessarily long list of things celebrating major milestones this year!

You all loved it when I did this last year. In fact it got more attention that anything else I posted, including the original art I put way more effort and time into. Nah, that didn't sting at all. Seeing my sketches get ignored is so much fun. Passive-aggressive joking aside, I do still love making these lists, so let's get started with some major stuff this year.

Thanksgiving wasn't too long ago, so why not mention that the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade turns 100 this year? I know, that's insane! Watching this festive event has become a seasonal staple in my house and is the only reason I've ever signed up for Peacock. Thank goodness in all those years it hasn't been smashed by a giant monster.

Godzilla turns 70 freak'n years old this year! How crazy insane is that? Here's hoping his old age won't slow him down when he teams up with King Kong this April. Even if it does, Gojira will continue being cinema's coolest character!

Contrasting with the King of the Monsters, Mary Poppins turns 60 years old this year. This movie, considered to be Walt's last masterpiece, has aged considerably well even after all this time.

Oh yeah, and Mickey Mouse enters the public domain this year. Still not entirely sure how that works, but whatever. What I do know is...

Anything from 1974 turns 50 this year. That includes-

The Fort Wilderness Resort (January 1st)

Happy Days (January 15th)

Blazing Saddles (February 7th)

"Waterloo" by ABBA (March 4th)

“Sundown” by Gordon Lightfoot (March 25th)

"Rikki Don't Lose That Number" by Steely Dan (April 25th)

Herbie Rides Again (June 6th)

"Sweet Home Alabama" by Lynyrd Skynyrd (June 24th)

America Sings (June 29th)

Gone in 60 Seconds (July 28th)

Hong Kong Phooey (September 7th)

Shazam! (TV series) (September 7th)

Little House on the Prairie (September 11th)

Wolverine debuted in The Incredible Hulk #180 (October)

Arkham Asylum makes its first appearance in Batman #258 (October)

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (October 11th)

Phantom of the Paradise (October 31st)

Earthquake (November 15th)

The Year Without a Santa Claus (December 10th)

Young Frankenstein (December 15th)

The Godfather Part II (December 20th)

Winnie the Pooh and Tigger, Too! (December 20th)

The Island at the Top of the World (December 20th)

An Adaptation of Dickens' Christmas Carol, Performed by The Walt Disney Players

“Bennie and the Jets” by Elton John

"Hooked On A Feeling" by Blue Swede

“The Loco-Motion” by Grand Funk Railroad

Anything from 1979 turns 45 this year. That includes-

Captain America (The TV movie) (January 19th)

The Dukes of Hazzard (January 26th)

The Warriors (February 9th)

John Carpenter's Elvis (February 11th)

Hair (March 14th)

"In the Navy" by the Village People (March 17th)

The Bad News Bears (March 24th)

Phantasm (March 28th)

"We Are Family" by Sister Sledge (April)

Nickelodeon (April 1st)

"Boogie Wonderland" by Earth, Wind, & Fire (May 6th)

Alien (May 25th)

Rocky II (June 15th)

"My Sharona" by The Knacks (June 18th)

The Muppet Movie (June 22nd) - THIS MOVIE SLAPS!

The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again (June 27th)

The Amityville Horror (July 27th)

"Highway to Hell" by AC/DC (July 27th)

Apocalypse Now (August 15th)

"Don't Bring Me Down" by Electric Light Orchestra (August 24th)

Big Thunder Mountain Railroad (September 2nd)

The Bugs Bunny / Road Runner Movie (September 14th)

Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo (September 22nd)

Spider-Woman (TV show) (September 22nd)

The Black Stallion (October 17th)

Atari's Asteroids (November)

The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh (November 6th)

Pink Floyd's The Wall (November 30th)

Star Trek: The Motion Picture (December 7th)

1971 (December 14th)

The Jerk (December 14th)

The Black Hole (December 20th)

Mickey Mouse Disco

Anything from 1984 turns 40 this year. That includes-

The Kid Who Collects Spider-Man (January)

Night Court (January 4th)

"Rock You Like a Hurricane" by Scorpions (February 3rd)

Footloose (February 17th)

Nintendo's Punch-Out!! (February 17th)

"Eat It" by Weird Al Yankovic (February 28th)

Splash (March 9th)

Children of the Corn (March 9th)

Run DMC (March 27th)

Romancing the Stone (March 30th)

The Toxic Avenger (April 11th)

Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (April 13th)

My Little Pony: Rescue at Midnight Castle (April 14th)

"We're Not Gonna Take It" by Twisted Sister (April 27th)

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Franchise (May)

Marvel's Secret Wars (May)

Spider-Man's Black Suit debuted in The Amazing Spider-Man #252 (May)

"What's Love Got to Do with It" by Tina Turner (May 1st)

WHAM!'s Make It Big (May 14th)

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (May 23rd)

Once Upon a Time in America (June 1st)

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (June 1st)

Bruce Springsteen's Born in the U.S.A. (June 4th)

Ghostbusters (June 8th)

Gremlins (June 8th)

The Karate Kid (June 22nd)

Prince's Purple Rain (June 25th)

Conan the Destroyer (June 29th)

The Last Starfighter (July 13th)

The Muppets Take Manhattan (July 13th)

The NeverEnding Story (July 20th)

The Adventures of Andre & Wally B. (July 25th)

Dragon's Lair (TV show) (September 8th)

Voltron (September 10th)

Muppet Babies (September 15th)

Miami Vice (September 16th)

The Transformers Franchise (September 17th)

Murder, She Wrote (September 30th)

Thomas & Friends (October 9th)

Fist of the North Star (anime) (October 11th)

"We Belong" by Pat Benatar (October 16th)

The Terminator (October 26th)

"Like a Virgin" by Madonna (October 31st)

A Nightmare on Elm Street (November 16th)

Supergirl (movie) (November 21st)

Beverly Hills Cop (December 5th)

Hydlide (December 13th)

Starman (December 14th)

Frankenweenie (December 14th)

Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo (December 19th)

The Country Bear Christmas Special (December 19th)

Anything from 1989 turns 35 this year. That includes-

The Arsenio Hall Show (January 3rd)

Gotham by Gaslight (February)

SimCity (February)

LJN's Friday the 13th for NES (February)

Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (February 17th)

The Toxic Avenger Part II (February 24th)

"Like a Prayer" by Madonna (March 3rd)

Quantum Leap (March 26th)

The Jim Henson Hour (April 14th)

Ranma 1/2 (April 15th)

Pet Sematary (April 21st)

Nintendo's Super Mario Land (April 21st)

Tom Petty's Full Moon Fever (April 24th)

Dragon Ball Z (April 26th)

Disney's Hollywood Studios (formally Disney-MGM Studios) (May 1st)

Disney's Pleasure Island (May 1st)

The Trial of the Incredible Hulk (May 7th)

Konami's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles for NES (May 12th)

Road House (May 19th)

"Bust a Move" by Young MC (May 22nd)

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (May 24th)

Typhoon Lagoon (June 1st)

Dead Poets Society (June 9th)

Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (June 9th)

Tales from the Crypt (June 10th)

Ghostbusters II (June 16th)

Roger Rabbit in Tummy Trouble (June 23rd)

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (June 23rd)

Tim Burton's Batman (June 23rd)

The Karate Kid Part III (June 30th)

Do the Right Thing (June 30th)

Weekend at Bernie's (July 5th)

Seinfeld (July 5th)

Lethal Weapon 2 (July 7th)

When Harry Met Sally… (July 14th)

Splash Mountain (July 17th)

UHF (July 21st)

Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (July 28th)

Kiki's Delivery Service (July 29th)

A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child (August 11th)

"Pump Up the Jam" by Technotronic (August 18th)

Saved by the Bell (August 20th)

"The Best" by Tina Turner (August 21st)

Little Monsters (August 25th)

LJN's Back to the Future on NES (September)

G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (September 4th)

The Super Mario Bros. Super Show! (September 4th)

American Gladiators (September 9th)

Captain N: The Game Master (September 9th)

Beetlejuice: The Animated Series (September 9th)

LJN's Who Framed Roger Rabbit for NES (September 14th)

Capcom's DuckTales for NES (September 14th)

Doogie Howser, M.D (September 19th)

Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 (September 19th)

Baywatch (September 22nd)

Family Matters (September 22nd)

Penn & Teller Get Killed (September 22nd)

Capcom's DuckTales for NES (October)

Neil Young's Freedom (October 2nd)

Prince of Persia for Apple II (October 3rd)

Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers (October 13th)

The Little Mermaid (November 17th)

All Dogs Go to Heaven (November 17th)

Prancer (November 17th)

Back to the Future Part II (November 22nd)

The Toxic Avenger Part III: The Last Temptation of Toxie (November 24th)

America's Funniest Home Videos (November 26th)

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (December 1st)

The Wizard (December 15th)

The Simpsons (December 17th)

Konami's Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse on NES (December 22nd)

Fester's Quest for NES

Anything from 1994 turns 30 this year. That includes-

You're in the Super Bowl, Charlie Brown (January 18th)

The Critic (January 26th)

Roger Rabbit's Cartoon Spin (January 26th)

"Baby, I Love Your Way" by Big Mountain (February 1st)

Green Day's Dookie (February 1st)

Sega's Sonic the Hedgehog 3 for Genesis (February 2nd)

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (February 4th)

Where on Earth Is Carmen Sandiego? (February 5th)

Aladdin: The Series (February 6th)

The Busy World of Richard Scarry (March 9th)

Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (March 18th)

Nintendo's Super Metroid for SNES (March 19th)

Food Rocks (March 26th)

Thumbelina (March 30th)

Final Fantasy VI (April 2nd)

Space Ghost Coast to Coast (April 15th)

All That (April 16th)

Doom II for MS-DOS (May 5th)

The Stand (May 8th)

Weezer's Blue Album (May 10th)

The Crow (May 13th)

The Return of Jafar and Disney Direct-to-Home Sequels as a whole (May 20th)

Beverly Hills Cop III (May 25th)

The Flintstones (May 27th)

Speed (June 10th)

The Lion King (June 15th)

Forrest Gump (July 6th)

Angels in the Outfield (July 15th)

True Lies (July 15th)

Black Beauty (July 29th)

The Mask (July 29th)

The Little Rascals (August 5th)

"Cotton Eye Joe" by Rednex (August 12th)

EarthBound for SNES (August 27th)

VR Troopers (September 3rd)

Street Sharks (September 7th)

The Magic School Bus (September 10th)

The Tick (September 10th)

Quiz Show (September 14th)

Léon: The Professional (September 14th)

Tekken (September 21st)

Friends (September 22nd)

The Shawshank Redemption (September 23rd)

Ed Wood (September 27th)

Earthworm Jim (October)

Spider-Man's Infamous Clone Saga (October)

A Troll in Central Park (October 7th)

Pulp Fiction (October 14th)

Wes Craven's New Nightmare (October 14th)

Sega's Sonic & Knuckles for Genesis (October 18th)

Clerks (October 19th)

Aaahh!!! Real Monsters (October 22nd)

Gargoyles (October 24th)

Gullah Gullah Island (October 24th)

Killer Instinct (October 28th)

Mortal Kombat II (November)

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (November 4th)

In Search of Dr. Seuss (November 6th)

The Santa Clause (November 11th)

Rare's Donkey Kong Country for SNES (November 18th)

Miracle on 34th Street remake (November 18th)

Star Trek Generations (November 18th)

The Swan Princess (November 18th)

Spider-Man: The Animated Series (November 19th)

Disney's Greatest Hits on Ice (November 25th)

Wing Commander III: Heart of the Tiger (December 12th)

The Land Before Time II: The Great Valley Adventure (December 13th)

Dumb and Dumber (December 16th)

Richie Rich (December 21st)

Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book (December 25th)

Anything from 1999 turns 25 this year. That includes-

Ed, Edd n Eddy (January 4th)

Batman Beyond (January 10th)

The Sopranos (January 10th)

Jon Stewart becomes host of The Daily Show (January 11th)

Disney's All-Star Movies Resort (January 15th)

Nintendo's Super Smash Bros. for N64 (January 21st)

Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century (and a crap load of other Disney Channel Original movies for that matter) (January 23rd)

Zoboomafoo (January 25th)

"My Name Is" by Eminem (January 25th)

Family Guy (January 31st)

Square's Final Fantasy VIII for PS1 (February 11th)

The Planet's Funniest Animals (February 17th)

October Sky (February 19th)

Office Space (February 19th)

Konami's Silent Hill for PS1 (February 23rd)

Batman: No Man's Land (March)

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (March)

Pepsiman for PS1 (March 4th)

Test Trak (March 17th)

RollerCoaster Tycoon (March 22nd)

Doug's 1st (and only) Movie (March 26th)

"Livin' la Vida Loca" by Ricky Martin (March 27th)

The Matrix (March 31st)

"I Want It That Way" by The Backstreet Boys (April 12th)

"What's My Age Again?" by blink-182 (April 13th)

Mickey Mouse Works (May 1st)

SpongeBob SquarePants (May 1st)

The Mummy (May 7th)

"Genie in a Bottle" by Christina Aguilera (May 11th)

Aliens Versus Predator (game) (May 13th)

Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (May 19th)

The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (ride) (June 4th)

Disney Sing Along Songs: Flik's Musical Adventure at Disney's Animal Kingdom (June 8th)

Smash Mouth's Astro Lounge and their hit "All Star" (June 8th)

Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (June 11th)

Tarzan (June 18th)

South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (June 30th)

Wild Wild West (June 30th)

American Pie (July 9th)

The Blair Witch Project (July 14th)

Muppets from Space (July 14th)

Eyes Wide Shut (July 16th)

Inspector Gadget (July 23rd)

Deep Blue Sea (July 28th)

Rock 'n' Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith (July 29th)

The Iron Giant (August 6th)

The Sixth Sense (August 6th)

Rocket Power (August 16th)

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (the American version) (August 16th)

Dragon Tales (September 6th)

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (September 20th)

The West Wing (September 22nd)

Capcom's Resident Evil 3: Nemesis for PS1 (September 22nd)

Freaks and Geeks (September 25th)

Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein (September 28th)

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater (September 29th)

Journey into YOUR Imagination (October 1st)

The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland (October 1st)

Spider-Man Unlimited (October 2nd)

Scooby-Doo! and the Witch's Ghost (October 5th)

Fight Club (October 15th)

Namco's Pac-Man World (October 15th)

The Amanda Show (October 16th)

The Nuttiest Nutcracker (October 19th)

Grand Theft Auto 2 (October 22nd)

Ubisoft's Rayman 2: The Great Escape (October 29th)

Insomniac's Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage! for PS1 (November 2nd)

Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas (November 9th)

Courage the Cowardly Dog (November 12th)

Square's Chrono Cross for PS1 (November 18th)

Tim Burton's Sleepy Hollow (November 19th)

Nintendo's Pokémon Gold and Silver for Gameboy Advance (November 21st)

Toy Story 2 (November 24th)

Fantasia 2000 (December 17th)

Stuart Little (December 17th)

Wakko's Wish (December 21st)

Man on the Moon (December 22nd)

Galaxy Quest (December 25th)

Asia at Disney's Animal Kingdom

Anything from 2004 turns 20 this year. That includes-

Winnie the Pooh: Un-Valentine's Day (January 6th)

Teacher's Pet: The Movie (January 16th)

The Butterfly Effect (January 23rd)

The Lion King 1 1/2 (February 9th)

50 First Dates (February 13th)

Power Rangers Dino Thunder (February 14th)

"Somewhere Only We Know" by Keane (February 16th)

Clifford's Really Big Movie (February 20th)

Nintendo's The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventures for Gamecube (March 18th)

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (March 19th)

Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (March 26th)

Home on the Range (April 2nd)

Danny Phantom (April 3rd) - Screw Butch Hartman, but this show still rocks!

Hellboy (April 2nd)

Ella Enchanted (April 9th)

Kill Bill: Volume 2 (April 16th)

Nintendo's Pikmin 2 for Gamecube (April 29th)

Super Size Me (May 7th)

Van Helsing (May 7th)

Shrek 2 (May 19th)

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (May 31st)

Marvel Knights: Spider-Man (June)

DC's Identity Crisis (June)

Garfield: The Movie (June 11th)

Napoleon Dynamite (June 11th)

"My Happy Ending" by Avril Lavigne (June 14th)

Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (June 18th)

Phil of the Future (June 18th)

The Notebook (June 25th)

Spider-Man 2 (June 30th)

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (July 9th)

"Breakaway" by Kelly Clarkson (July 19th)

Nintendo's Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door for Gamecube (July 22nd)

Catwoman (July 23rd)

The Bourne Supremacy (July 23rd)

Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (July 30th)

Justice League Unlimited (July 31st)

Blue's Room (August 2nd)

Alien vs. Predator (film) (August 13th)

Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends (August 13th)

Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers (August 17th)

Brandy & Mr. Whiskers (August 21st)

The Batman (show) (September 11th)

Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide (September 12th)

Higglytown Heroes (September 13th)

Sly 2: Band of Thieves for PS2 (September 14th)

Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go! (September 18th)

Star Wars: Battlefront (September 21st)

Green Day's American Idiot (September 21st)

Lost (September 22nd)

Shark Tale (October 1st)

Drew Carey's Green Screen Show (October 7th)

Surviving Christmas (October 22nd)

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (October 26th)

Saw (October 29th)

Insomniac's Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal for PS2 (November 2nd)

The Incredibles (November 5th)

Mickey's Twice Upon a Christmas (November 9th)

Halo 2 (November 9th)

Naughty Dog's Jak 3 for PS2 (November 9th)

The Polar Express (November 10th)

The Sims 2 (November 14th)

Stitch's Great Escape (November 16th)

Turtle Talk with Crush (November 16th)

Kangaroo Jack: G'Day U.S.A.! (November 16th)

Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines (November 16th)

Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater (November 17th)

Half-Life 2 (November 18th)

National Treasure (November 19th)

Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi (November 19th)

The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (November 19th)

Howl's Moving Castle (November 20th)

Nintendo DS (November 21st)

World of Warcraft (November 23rd)

Christmas with the Kranks (November 24th)

Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic II (December 6th)

Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories for Gameboy Advance (December 7th)

PlayStation Portable (PSP) (December 12th)

Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events (December 17th)

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (December 25th)

Shaun of the Dead

Anything from 2009 turns 15 this year. That includes-

Hotel for Dogs (January 16th)

Wolverine and the X-Men (January 23rd)

Paul Blart: Mall Cop (January 16th)

Coraline (February 6th)

Friday the 13th (remake) (February 13th)

Halo Wars (February 26th)

Sega's Sonic and the Black Knight for Wii (March 3th)

Capcom's Resident Evil 5 (March 5th)

Zack Snyder's Watchmen (March 6th)

Power Rangers RPM (March 7th)

Race to Witch Mountain (March 13th)

The Secret of Kells (March 19th)

Monsters vs. Aliens (March 27th)

Batman: Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader? (April 2009)

Special Agent Oso (April 4th)

Parks and Recreation (April 9th)

Dragonball Evolution (April 10th)

Iron Man: Armored Adventures (April 24th)

X-Men Origins: Wolverine (May 1st)

Plants vs. Zombies (May 5th)

Star Trek (remake) (May 8th)

Terminator Salvation (May 21st)

The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story (May 22nd)

Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (May 22nd)

Up (May 29th)

The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien (June 1st)

The Sims 3 (June 2nd)

The Hangover (June 5th)

Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings (June 9th)

"I Gotta Feeling" by Black Eyed Peas (June 15th)

Ghostbusters: The Video Game (June 16th)

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (June 24th)

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (July 1st)

"Fireflies" by Owl City (July 14th)

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (July 15th)

G-Force (July 24th)

(500) Days of Summer (August 7th)

District 9 (August 14th)

The Time Traveler's Wife (August 14th)

Inglourious Basterds (August 21st)

Batman: Arkham Asylum (August 25th)

Rob Zombie's Halloween II (August 28th)

Disney buys Marvel for $4 billion (August 3st)

Waking Sleeping Beauty (September 6th)

Dinosaur Train (September 7th)

Walt & El Grupo (September 9th)

9 (September 9th)

The Vampire Diaries (September 10th)

Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2 (September 15th)

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (September 18th)

Jennifer's Body (September 18th)

Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days (September 29th) - Still the dumbest name ever 15 years later.

Zombieland (October 2nd)

Where the Wild Things Are (October 16th)

Borderlands (October 20th)

DJ Hero (October 27th)

A Christmas Carol (November 6th)

Fanboy & Chum Chum (November 6th) - BOO! This show was the actual worst!

Fantastic Mr. Fox (November 13th)

Lego Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues (November 17th)

Left 4 Dead 2 (November 17th)

Assassin's Creed II (November 17th)

Planet 51 (November 20th)

The Twilight Saga: New Moon (November 20th) - YUK!

Turtles Forever (November 21st)

Big Time Rush (November 28th)

Phineas and Ferb Christmas Vacation! (December 6th)

Prep & Landing (December 8th)

The Princess and the Frog (December 11th)

Avatar (December 18th)

Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (December 23rd)

RuPaul's Drag Race

Minecraft

New Super Mario Bros. Wii

Anything from 2014 turns 10 this year. That includes-

True Detective (January 12th)

The Lego Movie (February 7th)

South Park: The Stick of Truth (March 4th)

Mr. Peabody & Sherman (March 7th)

The Grand Budapest Hotel (March 7th)

Dark Souls II (March 11th)

Muppets Most Wanted (March 21st)

Jim Henson's Creature Shop Challenge (March 25th)

Captain America: The Winter Soldier (April 4th)

Rio 2 (April 11th)

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (April 26th)

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (May 2nd)

Chef (May 9th)

Godzilla (May 16th)

X-Men: Days of Future Past (May 23rd)

Seven Dwarfs Mine Train (May 28th)

Maleficent (May 30th)

Edge of Tomorrow (June 6th)

The Fault in Our Stars (June 6th)

Phineas and Ferb Save Summer (June 9th)

How to Train Your Dragon 2 (June 13th)

Shovel Knight (June 26th)

Transformers: Age of Extinction (June 27th)

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (July 11th)

Angry Video Game Nerd: The Movie (July 21st)

Phineas and Ferb: Star Wars (July 26th)

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers's Hypnotic Eye (July 28th)

Guardians of the Galaxy (August 1st)

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (movie) (August 8th)

Five Nights at Freddy's (August 8th)

P.T. (August 12th)

BoJack Horseman (August 22nd)

Destiny (September 9th)

Gotham (September 22nd)

Disney Infinity: 2.0 Edition (September 23rd)

Black-ish (September 24th)

How to Get Away with Murder (September 25th)

My Little Pony: Equestria Girls – Rainbow Rocks (September 27th)

Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor (September 20th)

Star Wars Rebels (October 3rd)

Annabelle (October 3rd)

Gone Girl (October 3rd)

Alien: Isolation (October 6th)

The Flash (October 7th)

BİRDMAN or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (October 17th)

The Book of Life (October 17th)

John Wick (October 24th)

Taylor Swift's 1989 (October 27th)

Sunset Overdrive (October 28th)

Interstellar (November 5th)

Big Hero 6 (November 7th)

Assassin's Creed Unity (November 11th)

Far Cry 4 (November 18th)

Penguins of Madagascar (November 28th)

Toy Story That Time Forgot (December 2nd)

Peter Pan Live! (December 4th)

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (December 17th)

Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb (December 19th)

Wow, that took forever to type. Chances are I missed something, so if something you enjoy is hitting a major milestone this year, leave it in the comments below!

MAY THE GLASSES BE WITH YOU!

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Happy new year! Here’s what some whalers were thinking about on this day past.

William Abbe, Atkins Adams, 1859

During our middle night watch the new year came in the man at the wheel struck one bell at 12 o clock - when M + I had a little aquadiente + switchel — We furled the M t. g. sl, M. Sh. + I going aloft to do it — + stowed the f.j. saw a large ship just abeam faintly defined against the sky in the night gloom — Had roast pork for dinner but not enough hardly for one man — Old woman sent me 5 cigars as a New Years present. Cap this morning asked the Mate + 3rd Mate down to the Cabin — saw them spit out quids and clean their mouths — very suspicious + extraordinary circumstance this. I think they went down to Splice Main Brace — especially as immediately afterwards the cabin boy carried down a pitcher of water. What are the dear friends at home doing to day? Very pleasantly—I hope—celebrating the infant year with due festivities — I smoke my cigar and content myself with this degree of jubilee.

Charles Brown, Parker, 1834

“We thus see the beginning of the year who may see the End we know not. I wish for helth and Prosperity [hain?] wish I know not what is most propper for me to have but the giver of all noeth and therefore I shal have whatever is most Propper”

William Stetson, Arab, 1856.

“The old year has now been swallowed up in the unfathomable vortex of the past, another year of promise has pleasantly dawned upon us, and another week has passed away as quietly as its immediate predecessor. But little cruising about on shore has been done by any of us.”

J.T. Langdon St. Peter 1851

“This year we have taken 13 whales which stowed us 430 bbls Have spoken 11 Barques and 1 ship and have been gamming 18 times. Have lost 1 man by drowning and 1 discharged on account of sickness. The health of the crew has been generally good. So far myself I have not been sick a single day. Another year has drawn to its close and still we are preserved from danger + sickness and are all fondly hoping that before another year rolls around we shall be enjoying ourselves at home”

Silliman Ives, Sunbeam, 1870

“The old year is numbered among the things that were, the death knell has been rung and today the joy bells are pealing for the birth of 1870. But peal they ever so joyfully, the music of their merry chiming is unheard by us, as we hold on the “even tenor of our way” down here in the Malay Archipelago. It is a sad fact that there are no holidays for sailors. One day is not regarded above another on ship-board, and we wear away the weary weeks of our treadmill existence with but little to break the dull monotony of the recurring days, as they bring to us the same round of duty and discipline. If the Almanac were not referred to, we would never know that there was such a day as the “glorious” Forth of July. The day supposed to be observed by our friends at home as Thanksigiving, is never noticed at sea. Christmas, the dearest and best of all festival seasons, is utterly and entirely ignored. And so far as specially observing New Years, it might just as well be June 1st as January 1st.”

Allen Newman (and his wife Abby Newman), Edward, 1849

Newman’s sick. I would give all my old shoes to trade situations  with the poorest Devel I can think of I am home sick, sea sick, and love sick, and sick of the sea without A remedy. There is no Balm for healing heare. [it appears Abby was annotating this old logbook of his a year later while he was away again at sea, penning her own entries in response to his] O dear what A [Time?] A nobody see it of all kind of sickness home sick is the worst Abby P. Newman

William H. Chappell, Saratoga, 1855

“150 days out. Ten years ago I hardly daired to think of seeing this year but God has ordained it I do not know why. Perhaps there is a work for me to do and I must do it “by the patience of hope and and the labor of Love” that I may be able to say at His coming “I have fought my way through I have finished the work thou didst give me to do” I am glad to hear others make becoming resolutions for the New year and I should not do my Wife justice if I did not think she had formed some before this time and I wish them all a happy New Year. One year from this we should be half way home and our feelings will contrast wonderfully with those of the present time.”

Samuel Wood, Bowditch, 1852

“2 sail in Sight to the Westward the weather is fine nothing doing but comon ship duty Easy times & a hapy new year with uss + a hearty wish & a good kiss to all the mery girls of the American Stars & Stripes that floats in the breeze at our mast heads.”

Keeper Unknown, Bartholomew Gosnold, 1843

“The old year is past and gone and A new one has begun, and yet we are blessed with the comforts of this wourld, for as the sun in all her splendor rises above the towering hills of Owhyhee, sends forth her rays, in that fullness of a devine being, as though it were the first of her appearance on this our globe, non yet altering her cours, but with all her celetial power, still pursues her way along in an uninterupted state, what wonders power does she display.”