#Monthly Favourites 2024

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January Favourites 2024

I know it’s pretty close to being too late to post this, but let’s try to do 12 of these this year, shall we? I’ve said it before but I’ll say it again, “I love writing my monthly favourites posts!” (Even though this one took almost all of February to publish lol) These posts are more for me than anything. I mean, my other posts are for me as well, but these ones are probably loved more by me…

[annafromuni]

My Mid-Year Reading Review

Half the year has flown by since I published my reading goals for 2024 post. I have a loose idea of the numbers, though I don’t go into any fancy percentages with genres or tropes, so let’s see where I’m at. Books read so far: 20 Most read month: June What genres have I read: NZ Fiction, YA Fantasy, Adult Crime Thriller, Adult Contemporary Fiction, Graphic Novels, Historical Fiction, Dark…

[thisislizheather]

May Favourites

The best of May can be found over here.

[diaryandgirl]

february 2024 favourites

February was a month where I rested a lot. here are the things that I loved when I was up to doing stuff!

1. curling my hair

curling my hair is annoying because it takes 40 minutes, but now that my hair is longer I really the look of it curled. I've been curling it about once a week while listening to a podcast (see below). my friend so kindly gifted me a heat protectant spray and it feels so luxurious to spray it on before I curl my hair now.

2. ACOTAR

I started reading the infamous ACOTAR book series this month, and I really enjoyed them! it's a world I can get easily lost in, especially if I don't think too hard about the plot. something about the books feels very comforting to me, à la Twilight. I'm wrapping up the third book right now, and I'm looking forward to seeing how the plot unfolds.

3. Black History Month books

I read some great books for Black History Month, and I enjoyed reading them in the condensed period of a month. I think it allowed me to piece the knowledge I had learned from the different books together about what it means to be a Black person in this world. my particular favourites were Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi and The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison.

4. podcasts

I generally only listen to podcasts from people I already know from another platform, so I don't listen to too many. that being said, I discovered podcasts that I found myself getting excited for the next episode: Liz Gets Loaded (about money and anxiety because she has both), Working Title (a lifestyle podcast run by YouTuber Margot Lee), and Last Word (exploring what it means to try creating for a living by author Lauren Layne and comedian Anthony LeDonne).

5. rest

after a busy 6 months, this has been a much-needed quieter month. I came down with a cold at the beginning of February, which forced me to get rest. I appreciated that. I listened to my body, drank copious amounts of hot teas, read a lot, and took days off when I was sick. now I'm all rejuvenated and ready to get back into the full swing of things for March!

💌 xoxo

[bookishluna]

Monthly Digest & Wrap Up | January 2024

Hello and welcome to a little recap of January 2024! I cannot believe that this month is already over, I feel like it flew by and I have no idea how it happened. But, I have to say the year is off to a really great start! I went on a real fun adventure, I finished a few projects, and I even read a few books. I know…I actually read not just one, but multiple books. Did I get my reading mojo back?…

[fuckyeahgoodomens]

Good Omens graphic novel update: February 2024

Happy February 29th. A day that only happens once every four years deserves something special, so let’s dive right in.

ComicScene Awards win!

Good Omens: The Official (and Ineffable) Graphic Novel won the award for Best Crowdfunder at the ComicScene Awards! We want to say a huge THANK YOU; it’s an award voted for entirely by comics fans, so we appreciate the continued enthusiasm and championing of the Kickstarter. You can read more about the award here. A nice companion to the Comedy.co.uk Award win for Season 2 as Best TV Comedy Drama, and the British Film Designers Guild Planet Positive Award. Wahoo.

PledgeManager.

We’re happy to say that the PledgeManager launch is coming in a few weeks. With our monthly update in March, we’re planning to move to the next stage of the campaign: here you’ll be able to add your shipping addresses, pay for shipping, and add any additional items that you might have missed during the campaign. We’ll have FAQs available once it is launched.

Now to the new stuff…

Ready to rep the world’s best antiquarian and unusual bookshop? The first of our A.Z. Fell & Co merch has arrived: bookmarks are here and looking tip top. 

Our A.Z. Fell sample socks have, ironically, gone walkabout before we got a picture, however, here's a very quick snap of the Crowley pair.

Artwork, artwork and… some more artwork.

The prints keep on coming and this time we’ve got four in one. Behold, Anna Morozova’s take on the four horsewomen of the apocalypse in one glorious image:

The large-scale map of Tadfield (and the rest of the planet) by Julien Labit is underway, so here are a couple of sneak peeks at different locales from the world of Good Omens in their earlier design stages:

When we say it’s large-scale, wait until you see the full one. Huge! So much to explore.

And, in terms of artwork, we’ll end on a few inked previews from the graphic novel by Colleen Doran of our favourite Angel and Demon:

And… how would we describe it? A little mishap regarding losing the antichrist?

More pins.

You didn't think we could go this whole update without pins, did you? You can see updates of the pins outside of Kickstarter at goodomenshq.com. But for now, here's a few:

Future items…

Another ongoing thanks for sharing what you’d like to see in the eventual Good Omens merch store. We’ll have a few new things available via the PledgeManager directly from your suggestions - mainly alternative designs and variants for some add ons, with ambitions for plenty more on the official store. The list you’ve helped us put together is quite ambitious, but we’re up to the challenge *looks up how to make actual angel wings* 

(joking… we think?)

Moving forward, piece by piece. 

p.s. Another little preview.

Until next time.

[sad-boys-book-club]

"&" Ampersand - A Literary Companion

Selected stories with the themes of Bastille's upcoming project "&" Ampersand. And, of course, a love letter to my favourite band.

PART 1

Intros & Narrators: Wallace, David Foster. Oblivion: Stories. Little, Brown and Company, 2004./ Nancherla, Aparna. Unreliable Narrator: Me, Myself, and Impostor Syndrome. Penguin Publishing Group, 2023.// Eve & Paradise Lost: Bohannon, Cat. Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2023. / Milton, John. Paradise Lost. Alma Classics, 2019.// Emily & Her Penthouse In The Sky: Dickinson, Emily. Emily Dickinson’s Poems: As She Preserved Them. Harvard University Press, 2016. /Dickinson, Emily. Emily Dickinson: Letters. Edited by Emily Fragos, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2011.// Blue Sky & The Painter: Prideaux, Sue. Edvard Munch: Behind the Scream. Yale University Press, 2019. / Knausgaard, Karl Ove. So Much Longing in So Little Space: The Art of Edvard Munch. Random House, 2019.//

PART 2

Leonard & Marianne: Hesthamar, Kari. So Long, Marianne: A Love Story - Includes Rare Material by Leonard Cohen. Ecw Press, 2014./ Cohen, Leonard. Book of Longing. Penguin Books Limited, 2007.// Marie & Polonium: Curie, Eve. Madame Curie. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2013./Sobel, Dava. The Elements of Marie Curie: How the Glow of Radium Lit a Path for Women in Science. Atlantic Monthly Press, 2024.// Red Wine & Wilde: Wilde, Oscar, et al. De Profundis. Harry N. Abrams, 1998./ Sturgis, Matthew. Oscar: A Life. Head of Zeus, 2018.// Seasons & Narcissus: Ovid. Metamorphoses: A New Verse Translation. Penguin, 2004./ Morales, Helen. Antigone Rising: The Subversive Power of the Ancient Myths. PublicAffairs, 2020.//

PART 3

Drawbridge & The Baroness: Rothschild, Hannah. The Baroness: The Search for Nica, the Rebellious Rothschild. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2013./ Katz, Judy H. White Awareness: Handbook for Anti-racism Training. University of Oklahoma Press, 1978.// The Soprano & Her Midnight Wonderings: Ardoin, John, and Gerald Fitzgerald. Callas: The Art and the Life. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1974./ Abramovic, Marina. 7 Deaths of Maria Callas. Damiani, 2020.// Essie & Paul: Ransby, Barbara. Eslanda: The Large and Unconventional Life of Mrs. Paul Robeson. Haymarket Books, 2022./ Robeson, Paul. Here I Stand. Beacon Press, 1998.//

PART 4

Mademoiselle & The Nunnery Blaze: Gautier, Theophile. Mademoiselle de Maupin. Penguin Classics, n.d./ Gardiner, Kelly. Goddess. HarperCollins, 2014.// Zheng Yi Sao & Questions For Her: Chang-Eppig, Rita. Deep as the Sky, Red as the Sea. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2023./ Borges, Jorge Luis. A Universal History of Infamy. Penguin Books, 1975. // Telegraph Road 1977 & 2024: Kaufman, Bob. Golden Sardine. City Lights Books, 1976./ Wolfe, Tom. The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test. Pan Macmillan Australia Pty, Limited, 2008.

Original artwork created by Theo Hersey & Dan Smith. Printed letterpress at The Typography Workshop, South London.

[manonamora-if]

Interactive Fiction Showcase 2024

Showcase your Game!

The Interactive Fiction Showcase is a year-long "jam" meant to collect and showcase Interactive Fiction games completed in 2024, and show how diverse the Interactive Fiction scene is! And maybe: build more bridges between the community, help people finding their new favourite game/author...

Whether it is long or short, an easy adventure or a complicated puzzle, a strange experiment, a quick creation, or a years-in-the-making game, come show off what you've made!

Are you more of a player? Then, come check this page regularly for new submissions! Maybe leave a rating or a comment too :)

This is an unranked event.

Rules:

The Showcase is open to IF games in all of its forms: kinetic, choice-based, hyperlinks, parser, visual novels... As long as it is Interactive Fiction (there is interactivity and the focus of the game is on the text), the entry will be accepted.

The Showcase is open to IF games in any language.

Entries must be playable and in its complete form when submitted. Completed games in 2024, whose demo was previously public, are welcome. Games submitted to other events (jams/competitions) are welcome.

Entries can include NSFW content, as long as it is indicated in the submission.

Entries should not include any generated AI content - or it will be removed.

Spam or hateful content will be removed.

Creating Interactive Fiction:

Interactive Fiction is a text-based narrative medium, where players can interact with the story in some fashion (input commands, click a link/button, press key). There are many different ways of creating IF, and many different programs to do so. You can find some mentioned below:

Primarily HyperText/Choice-Based: Twine,  Ink, ChoiceScript, Dendry

Primarily Parser/Input: Inform 6, Inform 7, PunyInform, Adventuron, ADRIFT

Other: Bitsy, Binksi, Ren'Py

and many more can be found listed in the IF Wiki.

If you are looking for other Interactive Fiction Events, discuss general IF, or ask question, you can visit the IntFiction Forum. (we also have monthly IF events over at @neointeractives)

Interactive Fiction Database and Archive:

IFDB

The IFDB, or Interactive Fiction Database, is an IF game information catalogue, creating a historical record of the IF landscape. The database is a community project, updated by its members, by adding titles to the directory, ratings games, writing reviews... If a listing has not yet been created for your game, please consider making one!

IF Archive

The IF Archive is an archive of Interactive Fiction games, and IF-related elements (walkthroughs, interpreters, articles, collections...). The Archive’s mission is to preserve the history and practice of interactive fiction and make it freely available to the public. If you wish to, you can upload a copy of your game to the IFArchive, through the IFDB listing of your game (recommended) or directly to the archive.

The IFDB and IFArchive, as well as the IntFiction Forum and Twine, are managed by the Interactive Fiction Technology Foundation. These programs are funded through individual donations.

Visual Novel Database

The VNDB, or Visual Novel Database, is a community project that strives to be a comprehensive database for information about visual novels. The database is updated by its members, by adding titles to the directory, ratings games, writing reviews... If a listing has not yet been created for your visual novel, please consider making one!

[rwrbficrecs]

First monthly faves for 2024 !! ❤️

Leave a message by @sherryvalli (book-verse)

@dot524: In the mood for some cute, heart-melting fluff? This is a one-shot that recounts Alex’s voicemail messages over the years from those who care about him - including Henry.

would you be my love, my love? (would you be mine) by ohprongs (book-verse)

@wilmonsfolklore: a strictly come dancing AU with a lot of feelings that I've been thinking about ever since i read it!!!

even though we know it isn't true by @matherines (book-verse)

@wilmonsfolklore: for everyone struggling with academic pressure, or anyone, really. it's pretty sad but of course there's comfort personified in Henry!!

beyond infatuation, how obsessively i adore you by @waterloolovers (book-verse)

@wilmonsfolklore: a new fandom classic if you ask me. Henry works at the daycare Alex's daughter goes to and their relationship progresses really naturally. the kid content in this fic is some of the cutest i have ever read and this is the perfect fic to go on your reread list for comfort.

And They Were Roommates by @14carrotghoul (book-verse)

@na-dineee: Alex and Henry get to know themselves and each other after they move in together. This story is not sugarcoated at all, very realistic - just how life is, and so so sweet. Also, unfortunately, rather short, but still worth the read - as are many other stories by this author, such as the 'Las flores' series.

Spirit of the Season by @pridepages (book-verse)

@heybuddy-drabbles: A little late to the game but I finally read E.J's Christmas story. Her way of story telling doesn't disappoint in this shorter tale (by her standards). It's not lighthearted and it touches some difficult topics (mostly canon) but it's all worth it because of the way they fall in love through Christmas Eve/night. Can't recommend it enough!

Where There Are Octobers by @iboatedhere (book-verse)

@na-dineee: 31 short chapters that are just really fun to read! Some are post-canon or canon-compliant, others are AUs - but in all of them the characters are so beautifully drawn, true to how we know and love them! A vet AU, a hospital AU, major fluff, even an X-Files AU - and who knows, maybe one or two dribbles will turn into more?! Fingers crossed!

The Art of Losing by bigfishbigpond (book-verse)

@dot524: If you think the mid-story breakup should have been longer and more angsty, here’s the story for you. An interesting and heartfelt story of what Henry and Alex are like apart, and what pulls them back together.

I know that you hate me (Do you though?) by @arand0mdutchgirl (book-verse)

@magnificentandcoolfez: A bit of good ADHD angst (with some comfort ofc). I like the focus on how hard adhd can be and it's a short and good read for those who like comfort that comes in the shape of your crush holding you until you feel grounded again.

blushing ears and beating hearts by @kill8a (book-verse)

@na-dineee: This story is not just slow burn, it is glacial burn. It's an college AU, set in New York, and so slow, so tender, so fluffy - after reading it I was floating on cloud 9 for quite a while. I don't know if you feel the same way, but it's funny how changing one given variable somehow changes the whole dynamic between the two of them. Or is it just me?! Either way, it's so wholesome to tag along as their love blossoms, I still feel so hugged and cared for.

all so human with our guards down by @maxbegone (book-verse)

@myheartalivewrites: a post-apocalyptic story that is unlike any other. There are no zombies or gore, but instead it focuses on rebuilding and the softest love growing between Alex and Henry, surrounded by family and friends. I kinda wanted to live there by the end of it.

The Snow Prince by @orchidscript (book-verse)

@zwiazdziarka: several fairy tale tropes meet to create this absolutely amazing story. It has dreaminess of a fable, best kind of yearning of your favourite slow burn fics and a little bit of adventure of a fantasy novel.

but to say that I'm a rainbow, to tell me that I'm bright (when I'm so used to feeling wrong, well, it helps me feel alright.) by What_Is_A_Mild_Opinion (book-verse)

@zwiazdziarka: Fandom is really sleeping on this one! This story is a canon rewrite with characters reimagined as creatures with animal characteristics. The wordbuilding is so fantastic that even if you are not a fan of long fics following canon step by step, it's absolutely worth to check this even for a chapter or two and get to know these wonderful versions of Alex and Henry. (Alex is literally rainbow.)

safe with me / more than I ever (in a thousand years)by @indomitable-love (book-verse)

@na-dineee: I think the author is very well known among all rwrb fanfic readers. I really, really liked these two stories, like a lot: Two 5+1 fics, one from Pez's point of view, the other from Bea's - unfortunately both characters are given too little attention in the book imho. As expected, both narrators are sharply observing, protective of Henry, loving, honest, tender - and you end up loving Henry (and Alex) even more.

check out our past Monthly Faves here ❤️

[tinyintoronto]

March & April Favourites 2024

[1dmonthlyficroundup]

— 1D Monthly Fic Roundup —

Hi, and welcome to the 1D Monthly Fic Roundup for August 2024! Below you’ll find 1D fics that were all published this month. We hope you’ll check out these new fics! If you would like to submit your own fic, please check this post on how to submit or visit our blog @1dmonthlyficroundup​. You can find all our other posts here.

Happy reading!

＊ I've been here for days by @justanothershadeofblue [E, 18k, OT5]

Somewhere in the desert, a man is called by God to raise up a righteous generation, to bring forth the kingdom from his own seed and the wombs of his omegas.

He will do it by any means necessary.

A series in six parts. Part 1 of Keep Holding Me This Way

＊ i'm going out tonight by @disgruntledkittenface [M, 3k, Harry/Louis]

Louis hasn’t been appreciating his boyfriend Harry. He only realizes it when Harry takes matters into his own hands. Inspired by Bejeweled by Taylor Swift.

＊ And I'm Okay (with what i'm not) by red_panda28 / @red-pandaaa [T, 6k, Louis/Harry]

“So, speaking of steamy scenes.” The interviewer, Harry had already forgotten his name again, gestured with his mod cards between Harry and his co-star, Sam. “With all the intimacy going on on-set, was there ever a time that continued… off-camera?” He winked at the camera.

OR 3 times people make assumptions about Harry's sex life and the 1 time he snaps

＊ Gotta Feeling by @allwaswell16 [T, 2k, Harry/Louis]

When Harry's life in Manchester isn't turning out the way he thought it would, he decides to visit his best friend in Mexico City. Maybe Niall can convince him to move halfway around the world.

＊ HOT TO GO! by @allwaswell16 [T, 2k, Louis/Harry]

When Harry does something weird at the barricade, he leaves Louis’ show devastated and hoping he can somehow make things right.

Or the accidental pervert fic

＊ Let the Feeling Last by @allwaswell16 [T, 5k, Harry/Louis]

Omega Harry thinks the alpha at the grocery store buying a cart full of vegetables must be an amazing chef. He doesn't know that Alpha Louis is feeding all those vegetables to his pet pig.

＊ Stars over Amsterdam by @hellolovers13 [T, 4k, Louis/Harry]

Louis remembers how stressed they were, trying to get tickets at all. The waiting for the email with the code, which only Louis got, the actual On-sale. How Harry stood behind him, peeling at his nails nervously. Trying not to distract Louis.

But it had all gone smoothly and he had gotten the tickets within just a few minutes.

Harry had jumped around Louis’s chair in excitement like a bouncing ball. Already starting to plan their outfits.

A gold fringe dress for Harry, Fearless was his favourite album, after all, and a matching shirt he had found online for Louis. So people could tell right away they were an item.

That was their plan. Before it all went to shit.

or Fate in form of Eras Tour tickets forces Louis to meet up with his Ex.

Hopefully soon to be Ex-Ex.

＊ Stronger Than the Tide by @haztobegood [G, 3k, Harry & Louis]

The time Louis had spent talking with Harry in the cave had flown by. He was still unsure where the time had gone. Maybe it was because this was the first real connection Louis had made in years. Love and sex did not interest Louis, and it became harder to find good friends.

It was different with Harry. Their conversation flowed effortlessly without pressing for more. Despite the hours they spent together in the cave, Louis wanted to keep talking, to share more of himself, and to learn more about Harry. He hoped their paths would cross again soon.

＊ The Grundy County Drag Show Incident by @haztobegood [T, 3k, Zayn/Liam]

The instrumental opening of Beyoncé’s Halo filled the bar, and the crowd clapped in time to the beat. Holding a wireless mic in her gloved hand, Veronica Stardust owned the stage. She was one of the most vocally talented drag queens in the Midwest. Harry and Louis had seen this act a few times before and were always blown away at the power of her voice. Liam, however, was just experiencing it for the first time. He didn’t know what was yet to come. Part 2 of Grundy County Incidents

＊ Porcupine by sweetkalachuchi / @neverforpickles [E, 82k, Louis/Harry]

Louis, a broke omega librarian, finds his quiet life in Vienna turned upside down when he meets a charming four-year-old boy named Venus, who insists that Louis is his "Mama." When Venus's father, Harry—a powerful and dangerous mafia leader—offers Louis a lucrative job as the boy's full-time nanny, Louis steps into a world where love and danger are deeply intertwined.

As Louis grows closer to Harry and Venus, he discovers the perilous secrets of Harry's underworld life. Their unexpected connection sparks a passionate romance, but with Harry's enemies closing in, Louis must navigate a treacherous path where his heart and life are at risk. This is a thrilling tale of love, danger, and the irresistible pull of two souls drawn together against all odds.

＊ Miracles At Sunsets by sweetkalachuchi / @neverforpickles [T, 16k, Harry/Louis]

Harry and Louis are best friends bound by years of shared memories, but their relationship is complicated by a tangle of unspoken emotions. Harry, an Alpha, is deeply in love with Louis, an Omega, but fears revealing his true feelings might shatter the friendship they’ve built. When Harry decides it’s time to settle down and start a new chapter in his life, he turns to Louis, an interior designer, for help in finding the perfect home.

What begins as a light-hearted search for a house soon becomes a journey of self-discovery and emotional upheaval. As they explore potential homes, their bond is tested by the growing tension between what is said and what remains hidden. Can Harry find the courage to reveal his heart, or will their unspoken desires tear them apart?

＊ Symphony by sweetkalachuchi / @neverforpickles [T, 4k, Louis/Harry]

In the peaceful countryside, Harry Styles is a hardworking farmer who’s all about keeping things running smoothly on his farm. But when a routine check on his crops leads to a nasty fall from his horse, Harry finds himself seriously injured. Determined not to worry his pregnant omega, Louis, he stubbornly drives himself to the hospital, knowing full well that Louis would be frantic if he found out.

Meanwhile, Louis gets a call that sends him into a panic—Harry’s in the hospital. Rushing to his side, Louis is a mix of anger and worry, not sure whether to scold Harry or hug him. As they reunite, the two navigate their emotions, and despite the scare, their bond only deepens, proving that together, they can handle anything life throws at them.

＊ Let Your Tears Fall (No I Won't Judge You) by LiveLaughLoveLarry / @loveislarryislove [E, 7k, Harry/Louis]

“I want to feel good," Harry says. "I want you to feel good. I just… I don’t know what that looks like.”Louis nods. “That’s fair,” he says. “Always a bit of a learning curve, figuring out what you like and what you don’t.” He rubs his chin. “What if we just… talk through it? Instead of doing it?”Harry blinks. “What do you mean?” he says. “I don’t – I just don’t know what-”“I know,” Louis says. “It’s okay.” He brushes his hand down Harry’s cheek, soft and gentle. “I can start,” he says. “Tell you about what I imagine us doing together. And anytime you feel like something isn’t right – you can stop me, and we can figure out a different path.”Harry nods slowly. “Okay,” he says. “I can try.”

Four times Harry cries during sex. And four times Louis is right there beside him, giving him all the comfort and support and validation he needs.

＊ Donatello by @jooles999 [M, 42k, Louis/Harry]

"GET OFF MY BUS!"

Louis neck bristled, he glared into the face of the man towering over him, his pupils black with unfiltered rage he opened his mouth ready to respond before hearing fast approaching footsteps from behind the curtain.

" Jeff, What's all the shouting about?"

Louis clamped his eyes shut gulping for air as a tightness gripped his chest.

No it can't be

Seconds felt like hours, he shivered as time stopped still. Louis opened up his now glistening eyes, he held his breath and bit tightly on his bottom lip trying to prepare himself for the moment he had so carefully avoided for 3 long years.

The curtain pulled back.

" Yes yes you have guessed right well done, it is indeed Harry Styles, you can close your gawping mouth now mate. Ill even be nice and give you a tour t-shirt, then you can get the hell off my fucking tour bus and back to...."

"L..Louis?"

Or One stormy night popstar Harry and accountant Louis are reunited after 3 long years apart. Harrys manager is dangerous and controlling can Louis save him before it's too late.

＊ I long for that feeling to not feel at all by @ineverateakiwi [NR, 2k, Harry/Louis]

When he is not around and Harry needs to feel more grounded, steady on his own feet, he thinks of Louis. It's probably not healthy to rely on someone this heavily, but it's better than nothing. It's what he has right now. And, right now, it's working. Is thinking about that feeling, the feeling of being real, being alive, that he whispers – without thinking – those two words. — "Hurt me."

Harry needs to feel something, even if it's pain. Louis gives what he needs.

- Fic Fests -

＊ 1D Aro/Ace Fic Fest / @1daroaceficfest [Masterpost]

A One Direction Fic Fest centred around all the identities on the aromantic and asexual spectrum

- Podfics -

＊ [Podfic] Write You A Song by by Rearviewdreamer / @all-these-larrythings read by Panda_Podfics / @pandapodfics [G, Louis/Harry]

Harry’s new flat is great but the acoustics are even better. They’re so good in fact that his daily shower concerts start to entertain an audience besides his shampoo bottle.

[doumadono]

Step into the sin bin! Sinful Sunday is a unique writing extravaganza on this blog, where I explore your every idea and curiosity about your beloved characters. Got a headcanon burning to be shared? Craving to explore a particular kink? Look no further, you're in the right spot! Send me an ask, and in return, you'll receive either a little blurb or set of headcanons! Share your thoughts anytime you fancy. Saturday morning is when the floodgates open, and the posts will come pouring in! 😉🔥

GENERAL RULES

for Sinful Sunday participation, kindly ensure you're 18 or older. Your safety matters, and I'll tag my content accordingly. Please respect this request and do your part

feel free to send your asks, thoughts, imaginations, or requests either anon or not

you're also welcome to share your own headcanons or imagines for the character of your choice! I'm eager to engage in conversations about them with you 😊

Sinful Sunday will last all through Sunday and will end Sunday night at midnight, 23:59 CET

any additional Sinful Sunday requests I receive afterward will be either reserved for the next Sunday or considered for a future request, depending on my current mood and availability

Sinful Sunday-specific tag for all asks, blurbs, and headcanons will be: #doumadonos sinful sunday 🔥

Sinful Sunday kicks off on the upcoming Sunday, September 10th!

SINFUL SUNDAY UPDATE AS OF 3/12/23

Firstly, on the Sundays of December 24th and 31st, I won't be posting anything for Sinful Sunday. Given that it's the Christmas season and I'll be with my family, I've decided that the last Sinful Sunday of the year 2023 will be on Sunday, the 17th.

Due to the high volume of requests every Sunday, it's become physically challenging to complete all of them in a single day. To address this, I'm implementing a new rule – I'll be posting approximately 5 pieces for every Sinful Sunday. Any requests remaining in my inbox will be automatically scheduled for the following weekend.

I'll be adjusting the priority for Sinful Sunday requests, giving top priority to those that come in off-anon. While anonymous questions are still welcomed, I'll be initially focusing on non-anonymous requests.

I'm aware many of you enjoy the Hantengu Clones, but I kindly request not to ask for similar scenarios with different clones once a scenario has already been published with one of them.

I'm open to delving into darker content, so feel free to share your more intense thoughts/thirsts with me without hesitation! 🔥

SINFUL SUNDAY UPDATE AS OF 31/12/23

In light of the recent poll results, I'm thrilled to share that Sinful Sunday is set to unfold bi-monthly, taking place every two weeks, starting January 14th, 2024

Any requests submitted from now on will be posted on the specified day (in the event of a substantial number of requests, they will be posted based on the order of reception in my inbox. Just a gentle reminder: I'm featuring only 4-5 pieces each Sunday!)

SINFUL SUNDAY UPDATE AS OF 15/02/24

As I'm heading to Japan on March 1st, there will be some changes to Sinful Sunday.

the upcoming Sinful Sunday by the end of February will be the last one before my Japan trip. Sinful Sunday will resume on April 27th, and I'll remind you about it in a post

SINFUL SUNDAY UPDATE AS OF 23/04/24 - TOTAL CHANGE IN FORMAT

due to the large number of 5k celebration requests, Sinful Sunday will be postponed to May 11th

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Period Sex - Fives x FReader - NSFW

Summary: When Fives returns home after a rough tour, he already knew how he wanted to spend the little time he had off with you doing. Only mother nature has other plans. Fives offers to help you out with your period, and hearing only good stuff, you accept his help.

Characters: Fives

Pairing: Fives x F!Reader

Word Count: 7,613

Warnings: PinV sex, fingering,

Authour's Note: Really shit summary, I'm sorry. This kicks off my first day of Clone Kinktober 2024. I hope I was able to do Fives justice.

You were sobbing on the couch, that was how Fives found you when he returned back from a debrief with Rex and General Skywalker.

Everything was going perfectly, you had cooked his favourite meal, tidied everything up and were going to jump in the shower and get ready to dress up for him when it happened. The dreaded monthly caller, the red wave or whatever you wanted to call it. Your period arrived, putting a halt to all of your plans with it’s intensity and all the pain from the cramps that seemed to creep up out of nowhere. Well not nowhere, you had been feeling a bit crappy but wanted to shrug it off because Fives was finally going to be home. Your plans were ruined!

Fives blinked at the sight, mouth open to greet you as he normally would when he spotted you on the couch, crying your heart out. Quickly shoving his bag onto the floor and putting his helmet to one side, he quickly hurried over to you.

“Mesh’la, what’s wrong? What’s happened?” he breathed, kneeling in front of your curled form and laying a hand on your knee. Any number of events were running through his head: you were hurt, argument with a friend, getting fired from your job, death in the family or maybe someone had been threatening you and making you uncomfortable. All of these possibilities were running through his head and he tried to come up with solutions for each one to help his best girl out.

Letting out a little cry in surprise, you jumped when you heard Fives’ voice and felt his touch. He was here? When? You hadn’t even heard the front door open. “Fives?” you croaked out, before letting out a loud sob. You were so happy he was home!

“Hey, it’s okay, love, it’s okay. Tell me what’s wrong” Fives soothed, climbing up from his kneel and sitting beside you. Wasting no time, he scooped you up in his arms, bringing you onto his lap and holding you close. Running gentle gloved fingers up your spine and squeezing your thigh as he held you close to him, he let you cry as much as you wanted, although that didn’t stop his worry. You would tell him when you were ready, until then he’d hold you and comfort you.

“I’m sorry. I’m sorry!” you cried, as your stomach gave a particularly hard twist and you buried yourself even more into his neck, wrapping your arms around your middle to keep the pain at bay.

“Don’t be sorry, cyare. Can you tell me if you’re hurt? Do I need to call Kix?” Fives mumbled into your hair, rocking you slightly from side to side, warm hands always stroking lengths down your body to calm you down.

Sniffling a little, you wiped your nose on your sleeve before shaking your head. “No” you hiccuped, breaths still shaky and shuddering through you as your crying stopped. You felt worse now, your nose all bunged up, head sore from crying and eyes red rimmed. You wanted nothing more than to curl into bed and feel sorry for yourself, just as you deserved. The thought of a warm, comfy bed and lounging around with snacks were a drastic change in the plans you had for tonight. “I’m sorry!” you mumbled, eyes tearing up again and bottom lip shaking.

“Nothing to be sorry for babe, I’m here now. I’ve got you” he assured, brushing a strand of hair from your face as it had been stuck to your skin by your tears and the press of his armour against your cheek. “Feel up to telling me what’s going on?” he asked, making sure to keep any expectation out of his tone. Fives wouldn’t force you into talking if you didn’t want to, but he would offer to listen to your woes and support you as much as he could.

“I’m being stupid” you huffed, looking away from him as you squeezed your stomach once more.

“Hey, don’t talk about my cyare like that” he frowned, finger hooking under your chin to bring you back around to face him. He didn’t like you talking so negatively about yourself. It was something that he was working with you on, never letting a bad word come from your mouth about yourself. To him, you were the reason he kept coming back after each battle, the reason to keep fighting, the light in a world of darkness. He wouldn’t let you forget it either.

Sighing, you took his hand in your own, curling your fingers together and admiring how strong they were. These hands had fought battle droids, handed death out to people who had tried to kill him, carried out feats of strength and bravery you could never imagine. Yet you only knew them as the soft, caring hands that he pressed all his love into you with. The hands that helped pick you up when you were struggling and needed someone to help lighten the load. The hands that would stroke patterns and draw silly tookas onto your back in the morning light. So different, yet the same. Your ARC Trooper was as complex as any other person, alien or human, and you knew he would always be there when you needed him.

“I came onto my period this afternoon” you admitted quietly, blush instantly heating up your cheeks and causing you to duck your head away from his quickly understanding look.

It wasn’t as if you’d never spoken to Fives about your period. In fact, he was a great balm during the horrible symptoms and wild fluctuations of hormones that had to be suffered through. If he was on planet during one of these times, he always looked after you. Making sure you were comfortable, running out for snacks and period equipment and painkillers when you needed them. If he wasn’t doing that, he was curled up around you, holding you and giving you cuddles when you wanted him to. He even helped massage your stomach when it was really bad, as he always burned hotter than the sun when compared to you. But it was just the fact that it wasn’t the done thing to speak about this, especially with your partner. You remembered your mother and aunts all speaking in whispers about that time of the month, especially when their partners were around.

But you should have known Fives was different, because he suddenly jumped up, placing you gently back onto the sofa before staring at you wide eyes! If it was anyone else you’d be offended at how quickly he had pushed you off him, but you knew Fives wasn’t reacting in that way. He shook his head, covering his eyes with his hand and face pulling into a deprecating look. “I’m sorry cyare, you must have been feeling pretty uncomfortable sitting on all this plastoid! Let me get it off and we’ll get you more comfortable” he apologised, already working his chest plate off as he hurried to the front door.

“Fives it’s fine, you-” you protested, blinking in surprise at how quick he moved and the way his brain had instantly turned to your comfort. In all honesty, the armour was a little hard and you weren’t able to cuddle as close to his warmth as you’d like, but as long as you could hold him you were fine with it.

There was a loud grunt and a thud before Fives cut you off. “No! My cyare is not going through the worst day of her life while being uncomfortable” he announced firmly, poking his head around the corner to shoot you a playfully stern look.

“I go through this every month” you reminded, smile beginning to tug at your lips. Just being with him was enough to make you feel better. You grimaced as a thigh guard came flying out of the little nook that stored his armour while he was here.

“Semantics” you heard him argue, making you giggle and shake your head at his silliness.

“That’s not what that means” you tried to point out as he sauntered towards you in just his blacks.

“Whatever” he rolled his eyes, pointing a finger at you. “You are going to be pampered and treated like the beautiful person you are” he insisted, leaving no room for arguments.

Sighing in defeat, you patted the sofa cushion next to you, just wanting to feel his warmth pressed against you but he shook his head, stepping away.

“First things first, have you had your painkillers?” he asked, raising an eyebrow at you.

“Yes, as soon as it happened” you confirmed, smiling at how caring and concerned he was for you.

“Good! How about heat pad and/or hot water bottle?” he questioned, returning your smile with a blinding one when he found out you were looking after yourself properly.

Nodding, you lifted up your baggy shirt to show him the heat pad that was attached to you.

However his eyes narrowed and he frowned down at the strip of material against you. “Where’s your hot water bottle?” he wondered, knowing that the heat pads didn’t always do a lot to handle your cramps.

“I have to get a new one, Dogma was moaning about it being past its expiry date last month, so I threw it at him and said he should just replace it for me himself” you admitted bashfully, rubbing the back of your neck and looking away from him. To be fair to Dogma, he was just concerned about your safety, but you had been having a really bad day, work had been terrible and when he had noticed your expiry date on the bottle and moaned about it, you had snapped. You had sent him some chocolate and biscuits as an apology.

Fives huffed, mentally adding one to the shopping list that you both would need now that he was back. “Okay, how about snacks?” he wondered, looking around the flat. It was immaculately clean and organised, but he wasn’t sure what the situation was like in terms of food. He liked to go shopping with you whenever he came back, enjoying the slice of domesticity as much as he could whilst being on shore leave. So, more often than not, you waited to get a shop in if you knew he was coming back on the days that lined up with your grocery run.

“What is this? An interrogation?” you teased, rubbing at your stomach as some mild cramps were felt. At his pointed look and arms crossing over his chest you gave in. “I’m feeling bloated. Now come and sit down with me! I want my space heater” you demanded, reaching out a hand to tug him back on the sofa with you.

Fives rolled his eyes before getting comfortable on the sofa, leaning back into the corner and guiding you to lie down with him on his front. His hands wrapped around your waist, keeping you steady as you buried your head into his chest and sighed in satisfaction. Now this was a lot more comfortable than when he was wearing his armour.

You couldn’t help but beam at him, looking up into his beautiful face, his brown eyes shining with love and affection for you. Resting your hands on his chest, you leaned over him and pressed a gentle, soft kiss, before sinking further into him and languidly running your tongue over the seam of his lips, teasing him into opening his mouth so you could deepen the kiss. He moaned loudly, hand coming up to grip the back of your neck so you couldn’t pull away too soon.

However, oxygen was a necessity for you both, and the kiss was over much sooner than you’d both would have liked. “Hey” you whispered, running your nails through his trimmed goatee and beard.

“Hey” he said softly in reply, taking you all in. You looked beautiful to him, you were like one of those angels that General Skywalker spoke about being in the Outer Rim. If he had to describe them, it would be you.

“Welcome home, love” you chuckled, kissing his chin before settling back down into his arms, snuggling into his chest as you felt safety sink into your bones. This man would love and protect you from anything and everything; and you would do the same for him – if he’d let you, of course.

“That’s better, mesh’la” he hummed, one hand tracing patterns on the small of your back underneath your shirt, the other coming to mess with the strands of your hair.

Melting into his lazy touches, you couldn’t help but relax and close your eyes. Surrounding by his touch, the smell of his aftershave and the sound of his heart beating in his chest under your ear, you were ready to doze off, content to just be with him once more.

“Why were you crying, Mesh’la? Was it hurting that badly?” he asked quietly, pressing a kiss to the crown of your head. He covered the basics in biology in his training of Kamino, but didn’t really know or have any experience as to how painful periods could be until he met you. Since though, he had been given a whole new education when it came to the galaxy at large and all it’s occupants’ differences.

“No… well yeah but it’s nothing I can’t handle. But… I guess I was pissed off and frustrated that all my plans had gone to waste and all my effort was for nothing” you pouted, remembering the disappointment now and the flare of annoyance that your period had came today of all days. You quickly remembered the dinner that you had prepared and cooked for him on the stove. “Oh, I made you dinner. Tiingilar, just how you like it” you yelped, pushing yourself up from his chest and glancing towards the kitchen.

“It’ll keep babe, that’s the good thing about Tiingilar” he assured, guiding you back down to his chest and shushing your protests. “Now, what plans were these?” he hummed, drawing your name in Aurebesh on the curve of your left hip.

“You know!” you grumbled, burying your face into his chest as your cheeks went decidedly darker at the plans you had. “I was going to cook you dinner, welcome you home and wear something sexy and cute for you for when you came back. But then I got my stupid period and now it’s all ruined” you told him, remembering the cute little blue lingerie number that you had brought just for the occasion.

Fives was silent for a moment, hand stilling before it resumed it’s path up and down your back, tracing the tense muscles and trying to work them out with his touch while lying underneath you. He had heard of something that was suggested by his older brothers in the barracks. He had tried it out a few times with a few people he had hooked up with in 79s before he had met you. But he wasn’t sure if you would want to try what he had in mind, and he wasn’t sure if you would want to do anything but cuddle on the sofa tonight.

“We don’t have to cancel our plans if you don’t want to” Fives suggested quietly, biting his lip as he felt you tense underneath his hands and on top of him.

“What do you mean? I just told you I’m on a period” you frowned, annoyance lacing your tone. Had he not been listening to you at all?

Fives winced as you pushed yourself off him and stood up, hands on your hips and a scowl on your face. Maybe he needed to explain better and tell you exactly what he had in mind rather than any suggestive remark that could be misconstrued in this delicate moment between you both. Copying your actions, he ran a hand through his hair, the other coming to pull at his goatee.

“I mean… if you want we could still have sex. It might help you feel better. Stop all those cramps you’re having. I’ve heard it can even cut your period down by a day or two” he explained, watching as a number of emotions passed over your face. Surprise, anger, contemplation, uncertainty before settling on a mild curiosity. As this was happening, he watched as your colour darkened, a flush working it’s way beneath the collar of your t-shirt and even to the tips of your ears.

“But… but it’s disgusting… all the blood and it could go everywhere” you protested, biting your lip and colouring even further at the thought of what could happen. Your hands landed on his as he placed his strong hands on your hips in a gentle grip. It wasn’t a no, but you were worried about the mess and the sight of blood down there and he wouldn’t think it was a good idea when you were in the thick of it, you were sure!

“Sweetheart, blood doesn’t bother me, I’ve seen my fair share. But it’s up to you, I’m not going to force you into doing something that makes you uncomfortable, mesh’la” he assured, squeezing your hips and trying to rub soothing circles into them with his thumb. He could already see your spiralling thoughts beginning to take over, clouding your mind with worries and negative thoughts. “We’ll do whatever you want, I’m not going to be angry if you say no” Fives smiled, nuzzling your nose with his and causing you to let out your own small chuckle, tension bleeding out of you.

You were still a bit unsure, all through your life periods had been something that just wasn’t spoken about, and certainly not sex while on your period. But you had heard a few of your friends say how it had helped with the cramps and lessen the duration by a day or two. It did sound like heaven – to be rid of this pain and discomfort a few days in advance. Plus Fives seemed very sure of himself, he always did know how to make you feel cherished and loved. This wouldn’t be any different, you knew how devoted he was to looking after you.

“Okay but… are you sure you want to do this?” you asked, biting your lip and looking up at him nervously.

Fives chuckled, shaking his head as he pressed a kiss to your forehead. “Are you sure about this, mesh’la? I want to, but I want to make sure you do too. I need you to tell me” he said firmly, hand coming up to cup your cheek and keeping your gazes locked.

“I want this too” you confirmed, knowing he would need the verbal confirmation before he did anything else.

“Alright, cyar’ika, I’m going to set up the bedroom. You get comfy and do what you need to do, okay? Then come into the bedroom, and get on the bed, lie on your back, sweetheart. I want to see you” he said, talking you through what was going to happen now. Resting his hands on your shoulder, he gave you a quick kiss to settle your nerves before heading into the bedroom.

You took a deep breath, then another one, then another one. You wanted this. You wanted Fives to take care of you, turn your pain into pleasure, soothe the raging cramps that you were still feeling in your belly. Clenching and unclenching your fist, you couldn’t help but feel nervous. You’d never even thought about doing this, especially not with any of your previous partners. But this was Fives. He was different. You would be tempted to call him ‘The One’ if anyone asked. You just hoped that this wouldn’t change anything between you two.

Nodding to yourself, you went to the refresher, cleaning yourself up as much as possible. Although you were sure it wouldn’t last long, especially with what Fives wanted to do with you. Looking up into the mirror, you noticed your face was still heated, and you quickly washed away any remaining tear tracks down your cheeks. You wanted this. You could do this. So gathering all your confidence and determination, you pushed your trousers down your legs and threw them into the laundry basket to the side.

Without giving yourself chance to overthink it, you walked into the bedroom, prepared to tell Fives that you were ready to try everything out but the words got stuck in your mouth.

Somehow, Fives had managed to find some soft, romantic music to play in the background. He had set the lighting in your room so it was low and relaxing and had even set your oil burner up to release soothing smells of lavender. Your eyes drifted to the bed, Fives had prepared a large towel on the centre of your bed, ensuring that it wouldn’t be too messy. He had arranged the pillows into a comfortable pile that wouldn’t put a strain on your back. He had put so much effort and care into making your bedroom feel as comfortable as possible that for a moment, you felt overcome with love for your handsome and thoughtful ARC Trooper.

“Hey, climb on, cyare” Fives encouraged, noticing you in the doorway and sending you an easy smile.

Shaking your head, you did as instructed, looking around you at the romantic and relaxing atmosphere he had created. “Fives… you didn’t have to do all this” you breathed, crossing your legs as he sat in front of you, coping you.

“I know, but I wanted to. Wanted to make sure you know how special you are to me, pretty girl” he shrugged, smiling bashfully before it returned to his normally confident smile. “So, are you ready for me to take care of you?”

You knew he was teasing, trying to make you feel more comfortable, but his words sent nerves cascading through you once more. What if he didn’t like it? What if he was freaked out by the mess? What if you freaked out at the feel of him? Would he still want to fuck you if he saw the blood? What if you could smell the blood as he was fucking you? All these questions ran in your head and you didn’t know the answer to any of them. But you trusted Fives, you always have and always will.

“What are you going to do?” you asked, hating how your voice shook and sounded so unsure about this. He must have heard it and he frowned, taking your hand in his and pressing soft kisses over your knuckles, keeping his beautiful brown eyes on you.

“I was going to get you nice and relaxed on these pillows. Kiss all over your beautiful body and take these panties off. Then I was going to use my mouth and fingers to make you cum, get you nice and loose for me, make sure I don’t hurt you at all, and then I was going to make love to my perfect cyare” he told you, wanting you to know exactly what was going to happen with this. He watched as your brow furrowed and your fingers twitched in his. “Is that what you want as well, love?” he checked in, hand coming to squeeze your knee and rub gently across your skin with his thumb.

Letting out a sigh, you looked away from him, not wanting to see any disappointment in his face as you told him what made you feel uncomfortable. “I just – I don’t think I want… I don’t” you stuttered, face blooming with heat as you tried to get your thoughts in order.

Fives quickly cupped your face, gently caressing your cheeks and smiling at you softly. “Why don’t I go through it and you nod or shake your head to what you want?” he suggested, pressing a kiss in between your eyebrows. It brought a small smile to your face, just as he had hoped.

“Okay, do you want me to lie you down on your back?” he started, pulling his hands away so you could nod or shake your head freely. He settled them on your thighs as you faced each other crossed legged. You nodded, laying your hands over his.

“Good, what about kissing this sexy body of yours, mesh’la?” he questioned, wiggling his eyebrows and making you let out a short laugh, shoulders relaxing as some of the tension bled out of you.

You nodded.

“Can I take these off as well?” he wondered, looking down to the underwear that you had on.

“Yeah” you breathed, biting your lip as you felt warmth trickle down your spine. Fives always had a way of making you relax and feel better about everything. He teased it was something he learnt in ARC training.

“Thank you, now what about using my fingers on you?” he pondered, lightly squeezing your thighs underneath his hands. You nodded in agreement, feeling nerves rise in you. “What about my mouth?” he asked, having a suspicion that this was something you were in two minds about.

“I don’t think I can kiss you if you had your mouth on me… I’m sorry” you admitted, grimacing at the thought of blood smeared on his face like some kind of old horror holo.

“You don’t have to apologise mesh’la, thank you for telling me. I won’t use my mouth on you, I promise” he assured, voice gentle and soothing even when you glanced back up at him. His face was open and honest, there would be no arguments from him. If you didn’t like something then that was it. It was off the table. “What about making love to you?” he asked, smiling softly as you agreed eagerly.

“Of course I want to make love to you!” you insisted, as though the mere suggestion you didn’t want to was as far fetched as the Chancellor being a Wookie in disguise.

“Alright then mesh’la, I’m just checking” he chuckled, leaning forward to give you a swift kiss. He slid his hands under your thighs, before quickly flipping you onto your back, landing in the pillows behind you.

You yelped, surprised at how quick and strong he could be when he wanted.

“Now Mesh’la, if I do something you don’t like or it hurts too much, let me know” he said firmly, leaning up over you and making sure you understood what he was saying. “Want to make you feel good” he murmured, closing his eyes before pressing delicate kisses across your jaw.

“Promise” you sighed, feeling him get situated in between your legs. His stiff member in his blacks brushed against your thigh but he ignored it for now, focusing on you. You felt him smile at your answer as he pulled the collar of your shirt away from you so he could venture further down your body.

He gently pulled the thin skin at the base of your throat into his mouth, teasing his tongue against it and gently sucking on it. Running a hand down your side, he felt how you relaxed even further into the mattress, a moan working it’s way out of your throat. He could feel it vibrate against his lips. Sliding a hand underneath your shirt, he felt you tense as he touched your stomach and he pulled back slightly.

“Still okay?” he whispered, watching your face carefully as you thought about it.

“Yeah, just sensitive” you assured, wrapping a hand around his neck and bringing him down for a kiss. Fives wasted no time in responding, missing the feeling of your soft lips against his, the taste of you on his tongue as you dipped inside of his mouth, teasing him in return.

He panted as you both pulled away, breath becoming too urgent to ignore. “Going to take such good care of you, mesh’la” he vowed, fingers coming to trail along the hem of your shirt. “Can I take this off?” he requested, waiting for your answer.

“If I can take yours off too” you bargained, looking at the top of his blacks and how they clung to his muscular chest. You tugged at his own hem and he laughed, pressing his lips to yours before kneeling above you.

“Oh no, a beautiful woman wants to undress me! Whatever will I do?” he drawled, guiding your hands as you pulled the top half of his blacks off him.

“Shut up, di’kut” you rolled your eyes, throwing the material off to the side. You had more important things to be focusing on now. Like tracing the small domino tattoo underneath his left pec with your fingers.

Fives couldn’t help but release the little giggle that he tried desperately to hold in at your actions as they drifted down the trunk of his body. Shaking his head, he pulled you away as he pulled off the baggy shirt you were wearing and revealing your bare chest to him.

“Maker! Sweetheart, I’ve never seen anything as beautiful as you” he breathed in awe, taking in your curves and the way your chest moved with each breath you took in and out.

“Fives!” you mumbled bashfully, hand falling to his hip as you felt his gaze trace a heated path over your skin. It was like he was drawing a vibroblade across you, your nerves feeling so sharp at how he took you in. “Please” you whispered, pulling him back down to you and kissing along his jaw, lips tingling at the sensation of his hair brushing against you.

Sighing at your soft touches, Fives couldn’t help but return the favour, laying kisses along your collarbone and taking in the sweet smell of your perfume. It was always the smell that felt more like home than anything else. Before he left on his next deployment, he always sprayed your perfume onto his blacks. It never lasted long enough to last his whole tour but he liked to imagine that he could still smell the lingering tones when he was able to catch what little rest he could.

He worked his way down your chest, kissing over the swell of your breasts before moving to the middle before sucking a dark bruise under the curve. You snaked your hand into his hair, tugging at the curls until he moved onto the other one, fingers teasing at the nipple and pulling at it slightly.

“Fuck!” you hissed, dull throbbing at his touch.

“Hurts?” he frowned, pulling away instantly to look at you.

“A little, but it’s okay” you murmured, cupping his cheek and kissing his nose to reassure him.

“Sorry mesh’la.”

Gently, he took the hardening bud in his mouth, caressing his tongue over it as it grew in his mouth. He ran soothing hands over your stomach and hips, making sure to carefully massage any lingering tension away.

Sighing, you leaned back into the pillows, enjoying the feel of Fives’ warm mouth against your tightening buds. A hand came to give your other breast attention, careful to not leave you missing his touch as he paid attention to your one breast before swapping to the other.

“Fives” you moaned contently, hips rolling up into him. He let out a sharp gasp, pressing back into you before pulling away and kissing along your stomach. Your ARC trooper kissed around your heat pad, not wanting to remove it if it was helping keep the pain from the cramps at bay. He would certainly try and help but the heat pad was also doing it’s job. Laying two final kisses on your hips, one on each side, he slipped his fingers beneath your pant line.

“Ready?” he asked, waiting for your permission to move.

“Yeah, just don’t- stop if it makes you feel sick” you told him, and he couldn’t help but smile.

“Pretty girl, I want to do this, it won’t make me sick at all. Nothing about you could make me feel sick” he soothed, running a comforting hand up and down your thigh until you nodded at him to continue.

He pulled down your pants and removed your period product, letting them land on a spare towel on the floor he had put out for this reason.

You squeezed your knees back together, feeling the slick of blood that your product had been holding back. It felt a lot wetter than it normally did when you and Fives were having fun. Small kisses were pressed from your knees up to your inner thigh, his beard tickling you and you knew that the beard burn would be felt tomorrow.

“Relax for me, mesh’la” he murmured, pushing your thighs wider so he could slot himself in between your legs.

You let your legs fall open, making more room for him. He climbed up your front, laying a kiss on your side as he went before he was hovering over you. Wrapping your arms around him, you pulled him down into you, nuzzling your face into his neck.

“I’ve got you beautiful girl, I’m going to make you feel good” he sighed, closing his eyes as he ran his fingers through your folds, gathering the slick that you produced along with your blood before he circled your clit. A hitch in your breath made him smile and he nipped a teasing bite to your shoulder. “That’s it Mesh’la, I want to hear what I’m doing to you” he told you, fingers coming to trace around your entrance before pressing one of his long, thick fingers into your tight heat.

A loud groan escaped at the feeling of him entering you, the tight muscles of you contracting around his finger. Fives was right, you felt a lot tighter than you normally felt, and you couldn’t help but rock your hips up into his hand. Knowing he was touching you, that he was getting a little messy with you made heat rise up, and you couldn’t escape the little burst of pleasure that flooded through you as Fives grunted in approval into your ear.

With great care, he began to move, thumb coming to rub at your clit in small circles. It wasn’t the pressure you were used to but it still sent a jolt of electricity down your spine and you squeezed your grip on Fives’ back.

“You sound so beautiful. I could listen to you for the rest of our lives” Fives mumbled into your neck. He pressed a kiss there before pulling away, looking down at where his finger moved inside of you. Adding a second finger, he couldn’t help but feel smug at the sight of your head thrown back, mouth hanging open as your eyes squeezed shut. You were breath-taking. Fives had never seen anyone as beautiful as you, and the fact you were letting him help you through your period wasn’t lost on him. He was so grateful at the love and trust you placed in him. He vowed to never not be worthy of that.

Pressing deeper inside of you, he searched for that spot that always made you clench around him. The slick noise echoed in the room and he could see that it was making your breath quicken even more at how much was leaking from you around his fingers. Growling lightly, he curled his fingers upwards.

The reaction was immediate, you moaned loudly, the sound bouncing off the walls as you dug your fingernails into his back, leaving red, angry crescents into his bronze skin. He cursed, focusing on that one spot as he pinned your hips down with his other hand.

“Fuck, Fives! Oh!” you gasped, one hand clutching onto Fives and the other twisting into the towel beneath you. The thrust of his hand was sending your mind up into the stars, he was hitting that spot with deadly accuracy. His aim never faltering as he increased his speed, thumb matching his pace as he came to nip at the swell of your breast.

“That’s it cyare, I need you to cum like this for me. Can you do that?” he growled, grazing his teeth against the delicate skin beneath your ear.

You could only nod at him as you felt heat rush through you, pleasure twisting that coil tighter and tighter in your stomach until it felt like it would be too much. He pressed his lips to yours, increasing his thrust until you couldn’t help but scream his name into your room. You dragged your nails down his back as you felt yourself tighten around his fingers, bucking up into him as your vision whited out.

When your breathing had returned to normal, you couldn’t help but whine as he withdrew his fingers. “Good girl, you were perfect! Cumming for me like that, god, you made me so hard mesh’la” he groaned into your cheek as he nuzzled his face into yours. Sighing, you lazily kissed the ‘5’ on his temple before he pulled away from you.

He reached for the edge of the towel, wiping his hand on the material before getting off the bed. Your eyes ran over him, a sheen of sweat glistening over his chest that made you want to lick up the lines of his muscles. “Come here, I want to taste you” you mumbled, feeling the endorphins rush through you. The cramps were already easing just from his talented fingers.

“Not this time mesh’la, later” he grinned, playing with the hem of his blacks. The bottom half of his blacks were already straining against his crotch. Your eyes zeroed in on the stretch of material. “I want to make love to you now” he smirked, running his own eyes over your lazed form. He had done that, he had made you feel so good you were almost swallowed by the pillows behind you.

“Take them off” you instructed, nodding to his trousers.

“Yes ma’am!”

Cocking his hip to the side, he sent you a wink before slowly pushing his blacks down his thick thighs. The display he was putting on for you made you clench around nothing, and you almost winced at the gush that followed that. But Fives was so good at being distracting, it was a skill that he was especially proud of as he finished tugging off his blacks, letting you revel in his beautiful naked form. His cock was straining for attention, the head looking an angry red as it bobbed against his stomach. It was an average girth but long, and you knew that you would be feeling him inside of you for the next day or so.

“Like what you see?” he teased, raising an eyebrow at you.

“I thought you wanted to make love to me?” you retorted, making him nod eagerly and hurry towards the bed.

“Stars, I really do mesh’la. You’re absolutely gorgeous and I can’t wait to be inside of you” Fives nodded, lining himself up with you. He could see that the petals of your opening were more flushed than usual, blood rushing to the sensitive area as he gripped his cock, sliding the tip in between your folds and against your clit.

You gasped, hips trying to chase after the sensation as he covered himself in your juices. “Fuck Fives, I want you now!” you insisted, trying to reach for his hips and pull him closer.

He chuckled at your impatience, notching the head at your opening. As he pushed in, he pressed his lips to yours, swallowing your gasp and moans as he slowly slid inside of you. Making sure not to go too fast or too roughly, he stopped when he was fully inside of you, groaning at the feel of you clenching around his cock.

Your arms were wrapped around him, small little whines and pants escaping your lips as you got used to him inside of you again. Partly because of how long he had been away and secondly because you were more sensitive than normal down there. He was filling you so perfectly, stretching you around him and making way for his cock to fit inside of you. It almost felt like when you were a virgin again, the sensation of him pressing so deeply inside of you.

Finally he felt you relax around him, your breaths a bit more steadier now. “That’s it love, you’re doing so well for me. Tell me when I can move” he soothed, pushing strands of hair away from your sweaty brow.

“Move… please” you groaned, sliding your hand down to his ass and giving the globe a squeeze. He growled, hips bucking into you before he could stop himself.

“Cheeky! I knew you loved my ass” he teased, running a hand down your thigh before hooking it around his hip. Slowly he pulled out, before pressing back inside, feeling you tighten around him at the gentle thrust. “Fuck, cyare” he marvelled, shaking his head at the feel of you. He could never get enough of you, would never be able to have enough of you.

Gently and with such devotion, Fives began to thrust into you, whispering sweet nothings into your ear as he kept up this pace. The wave of pleasure was rising again as he worked you closer and closer to the edge that he was determined to push you off. Cupping his face, you brought his lips down to yours for a passionate kiss, Fives pace quickening slightly as your tongues teased each other. He pressed you deeper into the bed, raising your leg higher on his hips and swallowing your moan as you felt him shift inside of you.

“Fuck Fives, right there” you panted, rolling your hips up to meet his thrusts. Together you were moving with each other, bringing pleasure to the other by your gentle touches and heat filled whispers. You could feel the way his middle slid against yours, the heat of him as he lay his weight on top of you, only supported by his elbow next to your head

“Kriff, you’re so tight- kriff, feel amazing” Fives growled, words lost as he pressed gently on your lower abdomen.

You couldn’t help but tighten even more around him, the move making him feel bigger and that he was hitting that spot once more. It helped to all but push the thoughts of cramps to the back of your mind as you gripped Fives around the back of his neck and pulled him down to you. You were panting too heavily for either of you to kiss the other, but the warmth and rush of his hot breath against your face made it feel just as special as any kiss.

As you continued to move with each other, chasing your highs together, you couldn’t help but close your eyes and rest your foreheads together in a Keldabe kiss.

Fives hooked your thigh up into the crook of his elbow, managing to widen you up and for him to press even deeper into you. You whined at the move, feeling his pace beginning to quicken. From the change in position, he was able to bring his hand around to rub figures of 8 into your clit, the other keeping you as close as possible to him as he continued to thrust into you.

“Cum with me?” he begged, shoving his hips further into yours, listening to your cries as he rubbed at your swollen nub.

Your breath quickened, nodding quickly as it felt like all your words left you as he groaned happily, burying his face into your neck and latching onto you. He sucked a purple bruise that would ride the hem of your clothes as you bucked into him.

“Fives!” you cried, muscles fluttering around him as you both tried to hold on for as long as possible.

“Please, cum. Need to feel you” he gasped, pace faltering as he neared his release. “Please cyare!”

You couldn’t help but feel yourself tighten around him at the sound of his begging for you. He made you feel so wanted, so loved that you couldn’t help but cum as he hit that spot deep inside of you. It sent Fives over that peak, him crying out your own name as he shot his hot release into you.

Fives landed on top of you, a comforting, if not heavy weight, encompassing you and allowing you to come down from your highs. You ran your hand up and down his sticky, sweat soaked back and into his dark curls, twisting them around your fingers as he relaxed.

He was humming pleasantly into your skin, occasionally drawing small patterns into your skin and laying kisses along your neck.

“How’re you feeling, cyare?” Fives drawled, trailing fingers up and down your arms.

“Much better now” you chuckled, checking in with yourself. You felt pleasantly buzzed, your cramps long gone and no longer feeling achy. Well not for that reason anyway. Fives had caused a wonderful, warm ache in you that you treasured, because it meant that he was home and that you could be together for as long as it was allowed. “Can’t even feel a cramp” you told him.

“Good, knew I could make you feel better” he said smugly.

You rolled your eyes and flicked his ear. “Yeah, yeah trooper. You were right, don’t let it go to your head” you huffed, before wrapping your arms around him.

“How about I draw us a nice bath? Sound good cyare?” he suggested, looking up at you with a loving smile on his face.

“Sounds perfect.”

[diaryandgirl]

january 2024 favourites

this is a few weeks late but I still wanted to do a favourites post because I love talking about things I love and that's what February is about!

1. reading

I found it more difficult to find the time to read once I started working, but in January I really had the time to read as much as I used to. reading became a big source of comfort and escapism this month. I'm so pleased about this because I was going through a reading slump in November/December where I didn't like the books I was reading.

2. East of Eden by John Steinbeck

this was my favourite book this month! it is a bit of an uneven book with some less interesting storylines, but overall I remained curious about what happens to the characters. John Steinbeck's writing had some beautiful moments and I highlighted a lot of quotes. I thought the ending of the book wrapped up the storyline and message in a lovely way. one of my favourite classic books I've read for sure.

3. bullet journal

I am just a girl who loves a to do list. it helps me brain dump, prioritize, and focus on what needs to get done. and I love writing in a physical notebook still, especially with thick pages that are so luxurious to write in.

4. pilot G2 pens

these are my absolute favourite pens. I ran out this month and bought a new pack. they write so smoothly and don't have a cap, which I find extremely convenient for speed.

5. content creation

during a difficult month, I found Tumblr and YouTube to be little bright clouds. I pushed myself to post daily on Tumblr in January, and I found that forcing myself to be more creative made me more creative. I also posted another YouTube video at the end of the month and although it was challenging to do, it was so rewarding to learn more skills!

💌 xoxo

[lunaandco]

spit series; social media au

pairing: pedri x ofc

social media au

summary: pedri and rue hard launch but her fans notice he might be the muse for her dirtiest lyrics

masterlist // series masterlist

@ pedri posted:

rueful, feeeeerrr and 1.292.290 more liked

pedri: ni siquiera me miró dos veces la vez que nos conocimos <3

feeeeerrr: si le rompes el corazón me aseguraré de que la canción de ruptura acabe en el spotify wrapped

>pedri: hermano, cuanta confianza

>>rueful: lov u fer

user1: pedri pulling my favourite underground artist was not on my bingo card for 2024

>user2: share her name sis

>>user1: I'm gatekeeping her for as long as I can >:)

>>>user3: it's @ rueful

>>>>user2: thanks girlie

>>>>>user1: not cool

user4: nooo pedri I wanted to gatekeep her forever

>rueful: me too, babes, me too

user5: cool hair

user6: was anyone going to tell me pedri has a girlfriend or did I have to find out on my own?

@ rueful posted:

pedri, gracemace and 23.383 more liked

rueful: he thinks he's special (he is)

pedri: esa foto no 😭

>rueful: the dangers of going public, there is more where that came from

>>feeeeerrr: I'd pay for more of those

>>>rueful: I take paypal

>>>>pedri: EY

user7: is this pedris girl?

>user8: looks like she is

>>user9: no one has ever heard of her before him. she's with him to promote herself

>>>user10: bruh

user11: still trying to wrap my head over this crossover 😭😭😭

>user12: thank god I found someone that was here before pedri 😭😭😭 I'm going insane with all this new people

>>user11: sometimes gatekeeping is good, actually

>>>user12: now the real question is, is pedri the guy from spit?

>>>>user11: fuck 😳😳😳

@ rueful posted:

pedri, gracemace and 54.467 more liked

rueful: spit tour dump

pedri: barcelona was the best part

>gracemace: no <3

>>pedri: I thought you had already accepted me

>>>gracemace: trial period is never truly over

>>>>rueful: never beating the overprotective bestie allegations

user13: great, but I need to know if she was thinking about pedri when she wrote "spit in my mouth and ill swallow you whole/spit in my chest and ill eat you alive"

>user14: those lyrics live rent free on my mind 😳😳

>>user15: i mean... footballers love spitting on the pitch

gracemace: an amazing experience, hoping you'll let me be your background vocalist for the rest of my life.

>rueful: girl I can't live without you. I'm begging you to come with me on every tour.

>>gracemace: good 😈😈

user16: girl I need to know how she met pedri

user17: rue fang please never change

user18: her dirty lyrics are making me go through a second sexual awakening

>pedri: x2

>>user18: AYOOO

>>>user19: ariana what are you doing here

@ pedri posted:

rueful, gracemace and 5.382.290 more liked

pedri: bd'or ceremony 2024

feeeeerrr: so proud of you, manito

>pedri: <3

user20: somebody tell bro it was him who got nominated, not his girlfriend

>user21: can't help but stan a simp

pablogavi: el año que viene es tuyo hermano

>pedri: JA

gracemace: how did I end up here

rueful: love u

>pedri: love u more

user22: still trying to figure out how they met

>user23: RIGHT? like it's such a random pairing

>>user24: the PR is PRing

@ rueful posted:

pedri, gracemace and 102.573 more liked

rueful: new single '8' coming at soon ;)

user25: so she's finally writing about him?

>feeeeerrr: unfortunately she's being doing that for a couple of years now. yall don't understand how annoying it is for your favourite singer to write about your brother

>>user25: BRO???

>>>user26: SPIT?????

user27: omfg

pedri: and to think you couldn't look me in the face at first 😏😏

>rueful: I was embarrassed, okay?

>>feeeeerrr: and you didn't want to come to the concert cabron

>>>pedri: not my fault you only like artist with three monthly listeners on spoty

>>>>rueful: bro

>>>>>pedri: don't call me bro 🥺

gracemace: 8 seconds, 8 minutes, 8 days, 8 weeks, 8 months...

>rueful: shut it

>>pedri: 8 on the back of his shirt

>>>rueful: EY

user28: still think it's PR?

>user29: always has been

>>user30: idk, girlie, I wouldn't write a song about a dude I don't love

>>>user31: allegedly it's more than one

>>>>user32: spit 💀💀

user33: never recovering from the fact that spit was written about pedri. he looks too innocent for THAT

>user34: he's a footballer. he's anything but innocent