#Ori being hot as hell

[kittenintheden]

did u guys know Ori is so so hot (comm from @abigailsins!)

this is what Astarion saw in that bar btw

[embras-grace]

It's time to rant about my human in Palia: Ori Tian

He is awful and I love him. You can learn more about my human under the cut! This information is not spoiler free as his character changes over time as we learn more about the world.

Ori Tian || He/Him They/Them || 29-30 || The Watcher

Ori's history makes more sense with a few key points (some of which are spoilers you learn when talking to folks/exploring the world):

Kilima was built on the ruins of an ancient human school (I think of it as a university)

The ruins were where humans were forced to go by the human king (the Fire Temple lore) where it seems they were getting more and more ridiculous orders. I consider this to be when humanity's downfall was fast approaching.

The disaster that killed the humans was not just Flow (which I see as a global warming metaphor) but also an attack from Shadow Creatures (the Library you unlock with Jina).

The human downfall took hundreds if not thousands of years until they finally died out. They didn't go out with a bang, but with a painful whimper.

All humans have innate magical abilities. Some humans spend their whole lives learning how to tap into them, others are born with a close connection.

--

Human Life

Ori was a professor at the university and the dean of the humanities department which happened to be part of the school's administration. Their specialty was ethics and mortality, especially when it came to magic and Flow. They helped students organize various clubs and organizations inside the school, as well as supporting them during walk-outs or demonstrations against the king for trying to force people into "safety areas" to "wait out the danger" instead of facing the problem head on and cleaning up the mess humans had made that was destroying their world.

To students, Ori was known as the laid-back professor who was easy to talk to, but who wasn't afraid to talk back and be firm when needed. His tests were hell on earth but his classes were fun to those interested in a good-natured debate of philosophical principles and theories. He took it easy, but he took it.

To fellow professors and adults, Ori was a belligerent and sometimes down-right rude person. He had no problem calling people out for acting immature or acting ridiculous given certain circumstance (despite being hypocritical at times as a very hyper person themselves). The amount of fist-fights Ori has gotten into in university board meetings was too many too count.

He was outspoken against the king and didn't bother to hide his politics, which put them in a lot of danger. But Ori had one special thing that kept them safe from a great majority of threats: magic.

Ori was born with a natural affinity for fire magic and his anger could become explosive (literally). His flames were hot enough to melt iron and--when incredibly agitated--he could make anything he touched spontaneously combust. Yet this natural affinity came with a strict control he tried to keep tamped down... except when he couldn't in arguments. Fire brimming at the edges of his clothes (they never really caught on fire--clothes are expensive!) and his hair becoming bright flames. It's no wonder he was considered one of Embra's chosen.

On top of being a professor, a dean, and an activist Ori also managed the Phoenix Shrine. He was the primary caretaker, although he was as close to secular as someone could get in Palia. Is Embra real? Yes. Is she a goddess? Sure, why not. Does that mean you can't argue with her and have to accept everything she says or does? No fucking way!!! Ori is whatever the equivalent of a Jew is in Palia and he is very proud of his heritage, traditions, and beliefs.

His best friend was a kitsuu who followed him around the university and joined him on a lot of his routines for the temple. They could never be separated, his friend bringing him gifts from the natural world and Ori returning the favor with food and shiny things. His other close friend was Einar--who remembers Ori and what Ori did when he died.

Ori's death happened when the Shadow Creatures attacked the school. Many had already been moved to the temples, but Ori had stayed outside to protect the students that didn't want to go yet. When the evacuation order came to get everyone to safety, Ori was left at what is now known as the Mirror Pond Ruins.

When the last students were fleeing into the library--unable to get to the Water Ruins, Ori stood as the last guard to buy them time to lock the door. His magic was always explosive and he gave the Shadow Creatures the best show he could: he immolated himself in a massive explosion to protect the students he swore to protect. Taking out any Shadow Creatures in the nearby vicinity.

The only thing left behind was a pendant.

--

Kilima Life

Ori doesn't remember anything after being reincarnated. At first when he woke up Jina had to walk him through a lot of things, but slowly some stuff started coming back to him. His traditions, his knowledge of what he once studied, his love of researching, his hatred of authoritarian governments and anyone that bans or burns books, and intolerance for adults acting like immature brats.

He's slowly remembering some recipes he used to cook (thanks to Reth's help), other human languages he learned, more about life for humans, but a lot of it is very fuzzy and comes back slowly.

Still, though, he doesn't recognize the kitsuu who had great fun trying to get his attention with the help of Tau and can't comprehend why they keep little him little presents every day... and he doesn't remember his old friend Einar. Maybe it'll come back eventually, but there is one thing he is starting to remember...

Magic.

And he won't let the Order take it from him.

[experiment14-12]

I'm just gonna go on a rant real quick, on

Why 2021 - 2024 are the Worst Years of my Life

TRIGGER WARNING: May contain references of violence, and illness. The reader's discretion is advised.

Ever since March 13th of 2020, about 4 years ago, the world has gone downhill because of the fear of death. The Coronavirus ruined everything. I'll give you my rundown.

In 2020, COVID kicked everyone's ass. The USA was quarantined for two weeks. Toilet paper was vanishing left and right. Everyone stayed home for what seemed like forever.

In 2021, Friday Night Funkin' became the hot new thing. I made two new blogs. I met @oogaboogaspookyman for the first time, and his actions will forever change how I see things, for the better. My boyfriend moved away to another state, so we had to part ways. My negligent sister (she was living with me, my brother and my mom at the time) whom I will call Jessica, has finally moved out of our house. Things were going great for the first 10 months, but then December 5th came. My mom was diagnosed with COVID. Now, WE had to stay home for 2 MORE weeks. My narcissistic sister (who only had 1 kid at the time) whom I will call Karen, stayed with us. Everyone was trapped in their rooms. I had my own, my brother had HIS own, my sister and her son shared one, my mom had her own, you know the drill. It was kind of cool, staying home for 2 weeks, finally having my own room after a decade of sharing one with at least one of my brothers. It felt like I could do anything without anyone looking. We were quarantined, so why not? Once the quarantine was lifted, it was already Christmastime, and we only had a week to shop. After the quarantine was lifted, I felt my first case of derealization. Words cannot describe how awful it felt. Everything was blurry, but... not blurry... at the same time. It felt like everything was shifting, but not moving. I remembered myself standing in my room, feeling really weirded out and scared that everything was losing its form. Then, it stopped. I couldn't sleep for the rest of the night.

In 2022, Sonic.EXE became popular again. I finally got a Meta Quest 2 VR headset. Karen officially moved in with us. That was her first mistake. She should've just stayed with my drunk-as-all-hell dad who lived next door. I was introduced to Ori and the Blind Forest. I loved it. It became my favorite game. Then, what clicked in my head, verified me as... a furry. That just made matters worse. People at school made fun of/bullied me for being an "EwW fUrRy WhY dOn't YoU cHoOsE a DiFfErEnT pAtH???" I became more violent as time went on. Why are people like this? Why do people call someone out for the stupidest reasons?

In 2023, I was invited to the dark side of the moon. New peeps in the world (and my house) so my two sisters, Karen, and another who I will call Georgia, had kids. Georgia and her boyfriend were driven out of their house by roaches, so they moved with us. Both of my sisters became greedy little shit stains. Now, we have 3 maggots running around the house. I suffered through my second case of derealization. This time, I'm sharing a room with my brother yet again. I hate it. But, I'm sure glad I have a Wii again. My hyperfixation is now Night in the Woods again. We went camping. It was fun. It was... fine...

Now, 2 months ago, my aunt, who I will call Dorothy, passed away due to an overdose. This rocked me to my core. Rest in peace, aunt Dorothy. The house, in shambles. My sanity, running low. Poppy Playtime Chapter 3 came out. I now have a new hyperfixation: the Smiling Critters. Things were not looking good.

It is now March 4th, 2024. I feel like absolute shit. I have too many assignments and projects to catch up on. My life is becoming more and more similar to Mae Borowski's.

I now know how @thelonelyfeline feels.

My life is starting to become the vibes of this song.

[nkn0va]

Some headcanons for Orie and wagner with an s/o who loves to flustered them? Please and thank you.

Hell yeah, some good ass waifus right here, and from Under Night.

Orie Ballardiae

-Orie is surprisingly well put together in a relationship (emphasis on surprisingly if you're a guy considering how few of them she's interacted with), however just like anyone else she has a weakness or two.

-One of the best ways for an S/O to fluster the fifth Executor is to cater to her love language, acts of service. Surprise her with breakfast in bed one day completely unannounced, help her wind down after a long night of hunting Voids with some scented candles and a blanket, you name it.

-Orie's not gonna really know how to respond. She's truly flattered that someone would care about so much to go this far and beyond for her. She'll probably feel the need to return the favor, you'll have to shut that thought down yourself and insist on doing this kind of thing for her which will only make her flustered situation worse.

-You could also get her friends in on it. Kaguya and Mika in particular would probably inevitably find out about you and start asking questions about your relationship with Orie, and the more you answer, the more ammunition you give them to use against your girlfriend to make her stutter profusely as her face turns red as a cherry.

-Another fun thing to get her hot and bothered is unannounced cuddles. Wrap yourself and a blanket around her out of nowhere and she instantly turns red, as long as you don't do it when she's trying to work. Sit back and watch her get embarrassed before she slowly but surely eases into it.

-If you're feeling particularly "cruel" that day press a soft kiss to her neck and she instantly becomes putty.

Miyashiro Erika Wagner

-Wagner is a high class woman hailing from a noble, powerful family. The Sword of Licht Kreis has no weaknesses, nothing will ever phase her.

-At least, that's what she wants people to believe, however you know better.

-A free easy way to see Wagner blush is to compliment her. On what you might be asking? Basically anything. Her hair, her eyes, her battle prowess, when she does something well, whatever you can think of. She's not going to know how to respond. Should she thank you? Compliment you back? What is she meant to do?

-She's a very...stubborn woman, to put it politely. In the end she's going to have a mini-outburst and reprimand you if you do this in public. If you're alone with her, she's probably going to ask if you really mean it. She's new to this whole romance thing, she has no idea on if this is normal or not and if you really mean it. You'll have to reassure her it's genuine which will only make her face go as red as her cape.

-The other main way to fluster her is with a kiss, anywhere on her face. Forehead, cheeks, nose, lips, just about anywhere. She'll freeze up as she tries to process what the hell just happened with a look of pure shock. Anyone who may be in the vicinity is probably going to be tempted to run in case the immediate area in Wagner's vicinity spontaneously goes up in flames.

-Meanwhile you just look at your adorably flustered girlfriend with a smirk on your face, knowing damn well you're the only one who can get away with this. If anyone else tried to do what you do, they'd quickly find themselves being turned into roast beef.

[allieebobo]

My hot take of the week:

Barbie + oppenheimer: meh x 2

The true dual pillar of entertainment glory happening right now: womens world cup + sport climbing world champs.

Imo, Barbie was entry-level feminism (sorry, you're welcome to change my mind), but Bern 2023 has been one hell of a celebration of women being absolute CRUSHERS while also being so wholesome and amazing and supportive of each other.

Five billion spoilers for the event below and also a very unwarranted climbing geek-out sesh, under the cut.

Janja Garnbret being the absolute GOAT all through bouldering semis and finals (also her absolute monstrosity of turning on beast mode in the last couple of seconds to clinch a buzzer beater top in lead)

Ai Mori's absolute MASTERCLASS in the lead semis and finals, her composure and NERVES good god, to have to climb last knowing Janja's probably already topped the route

Brooke and Ori's stunning inventiveness and SWAG in the bouldering segment

Seo Chaehyun beating her recent streak of bad luck to get on the podium

Up and coming stars like Zelia and Molly and Elnaz

LEGENDARY mothers like Jain Kim (and shout out to Brooke's mom in the audience too)

Miho's had a tough time of it but can I just say she continues to give clutch performances when she needs it (what a stunning climb she pulled off in the lead semis)

Shauna being a GEM in the commentator's box, rattling off these super insightful/wholesome comments like it's NOTHING...

Everyone hugging and being so happy for each other when everything's said and done. Like omg Brooke and Janja's double hug after bouldering finals nearly made me tear up, and Seo/Ai's little smiles at each other while waiting to receive their medals even though they both so rarely smile...

I just feel SO well-fed. These women are the absolute bomb (ha) and I have slept at 3am on 2 consecutive days but god am I hyped for combined boulder + lead next.

[starwarsfan2004]

Held by the arms of a Sith || Chapter 8 (Darth Vader x female reader)

Ooooohhhh boy it hasnt been a hot minute, in this fic there is something waiting for you dear reader, however there is a bit of spice somewhere in the end so enjoy this chapter while i work on the rest

-Ori

Departure day has finally arrived with small belongings and some cloths you packed you were ready to leave, you were in your stormtrooper armor with a long braid dangling down on your back. Some officers were annoyed the way your hair wasn't tied properly but you being the careless soul for others to judge you, you didn't give a danm what he or others had to say but none the less you walked to meet up where Vader told you to meet with him and the rest.

Your steps echoed off the thin walls, your sight of where you were going wasn't the same with the rest of the troops because you thinking outside the box you decided to make the lenses better to see your surroundings, hell you find some troops and officers dumb and a bit of a perfectionist but you being somewhat of a reckless and careless soul you didn't care how things looked or how perfect it should or shouldn't be.

With having zero to no thoughts swimming in your head it was only void which made you almost bump into an officer but with your perk of dodgeing incoming things you spined to the left missing the commander completely, before arriving to the hanger of where Vader and his troops were waiting for you and some of the others before departure off of the main ship.

Some troops saw your arrival which made them start to have small whispers and conversations about you, some were talking about your perks, and some were curious of what beauty waited for them to see under that armor you wore this displeased Vader this even made him angry but tends not lash out...

not in front of you...

not now, but soon he will find himself at ease when they finally departure to meet up with the queen of a distant planet.

After everyone got onto the ship you were seated next to Vader, of course you were what blind luck do you have to sit next to him some people asked quietly but you didn't care, however you didn't really mind where you were as long as you could see the star dusts and nebulas you could really enjoy the full experience of what space has to offer, for Vader he saw how much you enjoyed star gazing so he didn't say anything to disturb you so instead he gazed here and there at the stars but mainly gazed at something else, before the ship went into a hyperjump the ride was somewhat long and boring and some were so bored that they started playing some cards with each other.

For you however, you decided to fall asleep and just enjoy the deep noise the ship made and for Vader gazing at you for a quick seconded, commander Jack noticed his attention to you which made him ask "Curious lord?" he asked with no fear which made Vader look over to him "At times, why?" he asked "Alot of troops are talking about her, especially higher classes" Vader didn't respond but nodded.

"Some say she outranks the highest officers but you not so much" Jack explained as he adjusted his helmet. "I did not know of this until now..." Vader said as he looks over to you knowing that he was at ease when he's with you, "With a being that small able to outrank others are most impressive." Jack nodded as he looks over to the guys playing cards as he went to go and join them just to leave Vader with you, even though Jack can't make out what expressions and emotions Vader makes but he knows him for a very long time and tends not anger or upset the Sith lord.

After a few hours went by you woke up stretching as you look around with groggy eyes, you took off your helmet only to find yourself alone with Vader on the ship. You and the rest have already landed on the planet, with blurry and tunneled vision you made your way to Vader only for him to see your eyes widen as you looked around, the nature and flora plants covering the earth was filled with vibrant colors that lit up, for Vader he saw your tiered yet happy expression as he looked down at you with a shrug, "Enjoying the view I see?" he said as you gazed over at him with a small smile and flushed cheeks "Of course, it's really refreshing to be on a planet once again" you said as Vader nods and started to walk down to meet the earth of the planet, you followed him for everyone was already settled in their private fancy rooms.

Vader walked with you to the queen's palace with a pastel sun set painting your frame Vader never took his eyes off of you, this made him act up at times that being his breathing was hitching from time-to-time which made you raise an eyebrow at him. But the walk together was somewhat awkward and quite it even made you flush more colors on your cheeks, soon enough the both of you arrived at the queen's palace the place was decorated in rich white marble with exotic plants and flowers filling in the rest of the colors of the large hallway where the queen was seated on her throne, Vader bowed down to her and so did you as a form of respect..

"Ahh lord Vader you have arrived with your unit I see" she said with a small grin on her face "Yes your majesty and we are in terms of agreement?" Vader asked patiently "That is a decision we will have to discuss privately but please make yourself at home, besides the journey to get here was long, wasn't it?" Vader nodded as the queen darted you with venomous green eyes "And who might this be my lord?" she asked as she leans a bit forward to get a better look at you "One of my best troops your majesty" he said annoyed, he really didn't want to deal with the queen asking questions about your whereabouts "Intresting.." she muttered as she then ordered her gaurds to escort you out and keep wach on you, "Now we can start our arrangements of recoures and goods" she said pulling Vaders strings however for you, you took a few steps down the stair way and sat one the stairs as you gaze off to the distance of the potted floral plants but something was bothering you..

Something is off with this queen..

She seems to have an interest in you and not the good kind, you shrugged it off as you pulled out a small sweet to ease yourself as you waited for Vader to finish agreements with the queen. After a few minutes you heard his mechanical breathing as you stood up to meet his gaze, "So howd it go?" you asked as you walked down with him "We are in agreements.." he said cutting you off, this made your brows frown "You dont seem to pleased with her" Vader stopped dead in his tracks as he turns over to you "Your upset, I can see it is it because of how she looks at me or-" without warning Vader took your arm gently and walked with you to his private room he was given of.

You both entered his room as he shuts the door to have more privacy and without warning Vader pulled you into his embrace "To come back to your answer, I am rather upset how she acted towards you.." he said softly his gloved hands resting on your hips and your arms resting on his chest "To me it feels like she wants her ways with me but she can try and catch me first" you said jokingly adding a small devious chuckle in the end.

Vader said nothing but he took your hand gently and creased it, if only he could feel your warm hands on his cheeks, it would make him happier but sadly, he can't. These actions made you flush a heavy red as he sat down on the left side of the bed where the balcony was as you took your place upon his lap which made you shy away from him, he however didn't like that for that he forced you to look at him with a messy face, "Don't do that..." he said in a low monotone as he then went to slide his left gloved hand down to your lower thigh and the same to the other only to wrap them around his waist for you not to attempt to run or squirm away this made you melt and even submit to his wishes, he knows what makes you listen to him...

He needed this, hell he needed this for a very long time now, just to spend time with you alone was the only thing he wanted and to be there by your side all the time. He soon folded his hands in yours enjoying the sight of you before he spoke "Your beauty is unlike any other I've met miss Y/n.." he said with a soft purr in your before he noticed how you flinched away when he exhaled on your neck which made you wish you didn't do because it gave him an idea already.

He leaned into your neck tickling you with his breath as you giggled with rosy cheeks, good god he adored how you giggled he then soon stopped only to find your small smile as he placed his head onto yours, you closing your eyes happily enjoying his movements but mostly his presence, it sometimes made you act up as you open your eyes once more only to be greeted with both of his hands placed on your rosy cheeks, he enjoyed taking in the sight of you as you smiled as you soon start to overheat with this built up tension as you both enjoyed each other's presence.

He noticed that you were boiling hot as Vader let you go for a bit to cool off for a bit before heading off for the night together, you got up to stretch your legs, you said nothing as you took off your amour only to be left with your one-piece on before, "Getting comfortable?" Vader asked "Yes I am, I am a bit tired of being stabbed in the chest by sharp edges" you said as you went to the bathroom closing the door behind you just to have a breather, for Vader he felt your released tension of built-up emotions as he waited patiently for you to finish dressing up into more comfortable cloths.

You finished up as you came out with your hair loose and a soft material that covered your upper and lower half of your body but your legs and arms were exposed to him, this threw him off guard as said nothing but enjoy seeing the sight of you as you shrug "What?" you asked as he response nervously "Nothing at all my sweet" he said as you raised an eyebrow at him "uh huh sure" you said cocky as you made your way on the other side of his bed before you lay down he layed next to you pulling you in close before falling asleep in his arms coiled around you...

[amxranthiine]

BRUTAL (thorin's company x fem!reader) (platonic)

imagine: you, a 17 year old girl from our world, being thrown into middle earth. how would the company react to you listening to, and singing, brutal by olivia rodrigo? (she/her pronouns)

- [ ] it was like a weird dream come true when you were tossed into middle earth like a puppet, and adopted by the company when they found you in the woods.

- [ ] even weirder when you found out you had your phone and earbuds on you, and they worked without wifi!

- [ ] though you didn't bother checking to see if your phone worked until after 2 and a half weeks with the company, and on particularly boring day, you decided to check and see just for funsies (and you were going absolutely bonkers with all the masculine energy around)

- [ ] so, like any normal person would do, the first thing you did was put in your earbuds and turn on your favorite playlist.

- [ ] brutal just happened to be the first song that played, and boy were you overjoyed. in a way, you related to the lyrics. emotions from the expectations from two worlds, as well as being a teenage girl, were built up and in desperate need of release.

- [ ] you were dancing around, well, dancing as much as you could, seeing as you were on a pony

- [ ] singing the song like it was going to save your life! and in a way, it had.

- [ ] but it had also caused quite a few mini heart attacks when the company heard the song blaring out of those little wires. what were they called again?

- [ ] they had never heard anything like it! and your singing, boy oh boy did it terrify them.

- [ ] because you were singing. about dying. and being insecure. and hating your life.

- [ ] i don't think they understand the fact that it was just a song.... even though they've put on quite a few shows in their days.

- [ ] and i'm so tired that i might quit my job, start a new life. and they'd all be so disappointed cuz' who am i, if not exploited?

- [ ] the way you sang so passionately, and aggressively, they were shocked! who the hell are these awful people you were singing about?

- [ ] and i'm so sick of 17, where's my fucking teenage dream?

- [ ] woah, okay, baby human just swore like a sailor. ori nearly got a nosebleed from blushing so hard!

- [ ] kili and fili were silently jamming out to your singing, finding it amusing, and kind of a good song! (don't tell dori that, he was steaming out of his ears for saying these things around ori!)

- [ ] dwalin was kind of getting into it too... a head bop once in a while, or a foot tap in his stirrup.

- [ ] thorin ignored it, as usual.

- [ ] all i did was try my best, this the kinda thanks i get? unrelentlessly upset.

- [ ] gloin was glaring at you. he didn't like you in the first place, and he just found this annoying and needless.

- [ ] nori and bofur were, albeit, trying to sing along with you, but it just came out as muffled words and off-key hums

- [ ] they say these are the golden years, but i wish i could disappear. ego crush is so severe, god, it's brutal out here!

- [ ] at that you were playing an invisible guitar with your hands, banging your head and having no care for anything other than your music.

- [ ] balin, bombur and gandalf were laughing, highly amused by the scene. they all needed something to lift their spirits, and this was... unexpected?? but highly appreciated.

- [ ] bifur and oin were slightly confused... hot really understanding what was happening but still having a grand old time.

- [ ] bilbo was even humming along! he didn't understand what was happening, but he had a grin on his face and was enjoying the show.

- [ ] thorin was thorin. but in a good way? kind of? let's just say, it was easy to tell where the princes got their humor from. the smirk and bright eyes gave it away, mr king under the mountain.

- [ ] they were all kind of concerned for the self-deprecating lyrics, but you didn't seem at all upset by it, so why would they be?

- [ ] by the time the song came to an end, your face was red and sweaty, your throat was sore from singing, and your hair was an absolute disaster. it was still a shock to find 13 dwarves, a hobbit and a wizard all staring at you with smiles on their faces

- [ ] gathering your breath, you huffed and looked at them all one by one

- [ ] "what? it's a good song!"

- [ ] chuckles were heard from everyone, even dori... who had to admit that it was kind of funny.

- [ ] you made the company's day go from bad to great in three minutes.

[hanzajesthanza]

what about dijsktra?

dijkstra, like fringilla, grew on me after n*tflix because it made me realize how much i love them in the books

"they are so cool looking": dandelion dresses flamboyantly and gets sooo much attention for it. why not the same for dijkstra?... also, like all book characters, i want to see more designs for books dijkstra that aren't the games design (even though i think the games design is fine), @toussaintred made a design for him and i still think about it...

"they work better as part of a dynamic": i mean... him and philippa are funny as hell together... i don't care about shipping them but i want them to have their friendship that teeters close to having each other killed a little too often.

also i think it's funny that dijkstra is essentially like "yes i know what philippa wants" and philippa is like "i don't want that." and dijkstra is like "she doesn't want that." like in the first chapter of baptism of fire when he is dictating a letter to ori and ori is like "yeah i'm going to change the wording of this because it will piss philippa off"

i think they have the dynamics of a lesbian and gay guy but i also think the backstory is that philippa thought dijkstra was a butch lesbian and that's why they have some kind of random dating backstory but dijkstra was like nah i'm a guy. and then they became friends in their uneasy political alliance instead

"they work better as part of a dynamic" + "didn't get enough screen time": by this i mean i want a spinoff series about him, isengrim, and boreas mun. what a triumvirate... i don't want him to come back to the northern kingdoms i want him to fuck off to zerrikania with these guys and for them to get into comedic and dramatic situations, think of if you somehow combined third rock from the sun and breaking bad (i've never seen breaking bad).

"they got done dirty by fans": i just mean that no one ever posts about his book equivalent except for maybe the scene in blood of elves with dandelion... but he has so many good scenes... he has a good balance of comedy and drama which i can appreciate... some of my favorite scenes are him and geralt talking on thanedd and geralt refusing to spy for him, or the absolute horror of the scene in baptism of fire when he finds vilgefortz's hideout (and it's like, even he is shocked and disgusted), or the end of his and philippa's alliance in lady of the lake and the tension spilling from that. also i think people aren't willing enough to admit that he's hot. don't silence me don't take the mic away from me i'm right. it goes back to dressing flamboyantly and being a sarcastic and funny son of a bitch. i don't think people necessarily disrespect him, but there's a bit of a void where there should be more stuff. i think the fandom should be more obsessed with him, he's being done disservice

send me character opinion bingo now that i'm off hiatus (bingo post)

[oreotoreads]

they do all the maniac stupid shit with jake and they have the time of their lives until one of them starts catching feelings. 

OKAY IM FIGHTING

sooha appreciates jake but when he was sick one day and couldn't make it to the school, sunghoon crosses her way, pulling her into the boy’s locker room. sooha gets scared that something happened to jake, he is his best friend after all. but she gots puzzled when sunghoon kisses her, but she doesn’t push him back, instead she kisses him back, enjoying his lips on hers and his crotch against hers as he pushes him to the locker and pulls her skirt apart to fuck his best friend’s girl. 

WTF SUNGHOON OH HELL NO this is why you is maidenless BOY lol

he wasn’t going to let his heart break into pieces again. 

ugh i geddit jake BUT YN IS DIFFERENT ugh okay listening to a sad song is NOT helping lmao

“i am fucking who?” 

GIRL SAME ITS OKAY TO FUCK YOUR BOSS

“if anything goes wrong, i am here.” 

okay jay let me pack my bags real quick

you tried to look brave and grounded, “i know who you are, i know your secret, jaeyun. or wait, is this your real name or is there going to be another one again?” 

HOLY SHIT YN OUT FOR BLOOD!

“did you run to jay the moment you understood you won’t get fucked by me?” he smirked, not breaking eye contact. 

jake omg im -_- COME HERE JAKE IMMA PUNCH U COME HERE

“did he fuck you like i did?” he talked in despise, “did you cry from pleasure thinking you got lucky for being dumped by me—

I AM SPEECHLESS! JAKE WTF

he knew you weren’t sooha, and jay wasn’t sunghoon, but he felt like it was the same thing happening all over again. 

okay but boo, you dont start speculating and shiiiii my dude omg the way my heart strings are being pulled rn because JAKE IS A BIG DUMMY T-T

“but now watch me become the woman you think i am in your head.” 

bishhhhh my jaw dropped and idk how to pick it back up

“you don’t need to be hurt to feel loved.” he kissed your cheekbone, and then under your ear. “let me love you right tonight, y/n.” 

EXCUSE ME JAY COME LOVE ME AND DROP YN

only thing beautiful in this city was you, and you were not his.

JAKE omg you idiot imma beat you up COME HERE

“because i fell in love with you.”

NOW TAKE HER TO MILAN and leave jay to me okay thanks sdfghjkl

AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH ORI IM READY FOR THE NEXT CHAPTER

GENIEEEEE now reading your highlights from the story i couldn’t believe myself i write such a hot mess omg this gurl (y/n) is such a HOE but stormi u look like mommy baby ig😹 pls don’t hate sunghoon i literally had two chances and since hee was the bad guy in lawyer!jay i went with hoonie lol 🥹 writing jay killed me mf so SOFT HE NEEDS SOME PUNCHES IN THE FACE 🙁 and for the milan part i will just 😐🤐

TY FOR YOUR FEEDBACK YOU KNOW IT MEANS THE WORLD TO ME<333 I AM SO GRATEFUL WHENEVER YOU REACT TO THEM🥹🤍

(also if you had the chance to fuck two pretty best friends, you would) esp when its JAYKE

[that-pissed-off-tolkien-blogger]

Okay now tell me more about Nori. How did he and Dwalin met? How did they come to come past their differences? At what point did Nori's family learn of their relationship?

So, from Tolkien we know that Nori is the middle brother. The daddy Ri died when they were young. How I'm not sure. I don't really have a headcanon for it (shockingly). It was hard on their mom to be a single mother of three. She was out a lot working so Dori kind of ended up becoming mom at home, even more so when their mother got sick and died one winter. Dori's childhood ended that night and he became mom, dad, and big brother. He did his best so his brothers would have a childhood, but after watching his parents die, he became rather overbearing. It was this overbearing that caused Nori to start acting out. At first it was normal kid stuff like staying out past curfew, being a brat, etc. The crime came later.

Personally, I see Dori being willing to do anything to give his brothers a roof over their head and Ori an education since the little boy was so smart. And I mean just about anything. Nori found out about some of the stuff Dori did and just how tight their purse is the wrong way. He never told Dori what he saw. During his rebellion years, he learned to sneak quite well to get out of the house and also how to quietly filch things. While Dori never let his little brothers go hungry, Nori did have nights where he wasn't as full as he would like. He didn't see any harm in taking from the rich. Why should they have such easy lives and do so little to help the poor? So, when he realized how bad off they really were and how hard Dori worked to keep them afloat, he did the only thing he could think of: turn to a life of petty crime.

And with that and a lot of determination and motivation he became the best thief in Ered Luin. There isn't a safe or a house he can't break into. There isn't a pocket he can't pick. But, of course, stealing from the rich is going to raise some alarms. Dwalin was put on the case when absolutely no one could identify let alone find or catch the infamous thief. It helps that Nori learned how to be a master of disguise. You don't do your hair like that or have Dori as a brother without learning how to do amazing hair styles and ones that can alter face shape. Sure, he's been caught a few times but he always gets away and when he's caught in disguise no one is the wiser.

But Dwalin is a different animal when it comes to crime. He is stubborn and determined. Eventually, he starts putting together Nori's patterns, which are very erratic on purpose but even chaos has a pattern. And the supposedly uncatchable thief gets caught several times by Dwalin. Nori honestly enjoys the thrill of the chase and, I mean, he thinks Dwalin is pretty damn hot, so he allows this cat and mouse game to go on. He is absolutely in charge of the game.

Nori is the one who makes the first move. He starts flirting with Dwalin during chases or while he's in jail. The flirting winds Dwalin up. Finally, one time when Dwalin has Nori pinned to a wall after catching him (which Nori totally allowed) when Nori makes his move. Dwalin is so shocked Nori is able to get away. It happens again and again (all through Nori's planning). Dwalin is honestly confused both by Nori and his own reactions. He's always thought of himself as a ladies man. Zero problem with women, long string of exes. He never clicked with any of them enough to marry them, but he never considered trying to date men. So having physical (and emotional! not that he'll admit it) responses to Nori confuses the hell out of him.

Dwalin gives up on the idea of actually catching Nori. The catch and...release method is perfectly suitable for both of them. Until the quest for Erebor. Then things change. The two of them spend a lot more time with each other in the company of others. Until then both of them have only known the basics about the other. Dwalin knows less about Nori than Nori knows about him. Nori totally has spies everywhere. In the decades of being a thief, he set up a thief network that includes training newbies. It helps keep the thieves safe and helps lessen the chances of any turf wars. But they honestly don't know anything about each other. The quest actually allows them to get to know each other.

It's definitely Nori who reaches out first. Dwalin hasn't told anyone, anyone about what's been happening. At first it's really awkward but Nori is a smooth talker so he manages to keep things going when Dwalin turns to stone (he's freaking out inside). Nori helps Dwalin through his emotional confusion when Dwalin lets him. By the time they reach Erebor they have a very awkward and tentative relationship. The grief sex after The Battle of the Five Armies is amazing.

It isn't until after botfa that their families find out. I mean Dori suspected something and so did Balin but neither was about to confront their respective brother. Both know better than to do that. Honestly, for as sneaky as Nori is and as stoic as Dwalin is, they're kinda bad at hiding their budding relationship and sneaking off to shag. Though, it goes over Ori's head. Ori's like the last person to suspect anything (meaning he doesn't suspect anything until he's literally told by them). Even then, it's a while after botfa that they find out. Dwalin is, if anything, a man of honor and duty. He feels duty bound to help Dain reestablish the kingdom in the Lonely Mountain and it eats up a lot of his time. Nori doesn't mind since he's busy setting up a spy network (and a thieves guild because he knows thieving will still happen and he wants them to be safe). But when they do decide to tell their family, they get everyone together and tell it at once (money absolutely changes hands)

[kittenintheden]

NSFW Alphabet

I've see this one going around a lot and @hellethil tagged me so it's the Oristarion fuckabet let's gooooooooo. it's all under the cut because it's a long one lol.

tagging: @aevallare @eraserspiral @shewhowas39 @vixstarria @brain-rot-central

A = Aftercare (what they’re like after sex)

cuddly and gently ragging on one another for how good they gave and/or got it

B = Body part (their favorite body part of theirs and also their partner’s)

Astarion: obsessed with Ori's ass and collarbones in particular. on himself, well. he keeps the appearance on point and with great attention. I imagine he'd say face and hair.

Ori: she loves his mouth. for all the reasons. and his hands. she's well-assured of her own hotness and knows she has an ass that doesn't quit. she also likes her freckles. they remind her of her dad.

C = Cum (where does your muse prefer to cum/have someone cum)

Astarion is very quickly discovering that he's extremely into coming inside Ori, though he's also not above the occasional pearl necklace. he wants to mark that neck in all the ways.

Ori is not particular. she will gladly take it anywhere he offers it. hurr hurr.

D = Dirty secret (pretty self explanatory, a dirty secret of theirs)

I feel like Astarion would absolutely die if the general public found out exactly how needy and pleading for it he can be when he's comfortable enough to want it.

Ori's a dirty bird and honestly not shy about it? but I think she'd be sensitive about admitting that she has an emotionally tender underbelly and being in love feels like a whole new ballgame.

E = Experience (how experienced are they? do they know what they’re doing?)

I think we're all well-aware of Astarion's experience level. Ori doesn't have nearly the number of years he has under his belt, but she's VERY well-fucked for her age. enough that she can even show him a thing or two.

my girl's a slut and I love that for her <3

F = Favorite position (this goes without saying)

my Astarion is a canon-compliant missionary lover. boy is so thirsty for intimacy. he does, however, get very into taking her from behind, too. because ass.

Ori likes to ride it. bounce on it. cowgirl it up. you feel me.

G = Goofy (are they more serious in the moment? are they humorous? etc.)

these two are goofy as hell. they have their serious, emotionally resonant moments when it comes to intimacy, but overall they're prone to laughter and silliness with their sex.

H = Hair (how well groomed are they? does the carpet match the drapes? etc.)

Astarion's hairless everywhere but his head, so. elf shit. Ori is well-groomed but keeps her patch of hair right where it is for the most part. and no, it doesn't match the drapes, because the drapes are enchanted to grow in pink. the carpet is white.

I = Intimacy (how are they during the moment? the romantic aspect)

they are so so so horny and so so so disgustingly in love about it. they can be rawing one another to absolute delirium and will still find a way to make it nauseatingly sweet somehow.

Ori is very sensitive to Astarion's past and mindful of how he's responding to things. Astarion is sensitive to Ori's vulnerability with him and him only. they check in with one another a lot.

J = Jack off (masturbation headcanon)

Ori is very open about her masturbatory habits and it drives Astarion absolutely bananas in a sexy way. when they aren't sleeping together for whatever reason, he enjoys knowing she's taking care of herself and thinking of him when she does it.

K = Kink (one or more of their kinks)

someone once commented on NYS that they are "so kinky but so fucking normal about it" and like yeah that's the vibe lmao. the kinks at the top of the pile are teasing, bratting, edging, light BDSM stuff.

L = Location (favorite places to do the do)

uh. they are not picky. beds are nice to have but in no way a requirement. it's less the where and more the who.

M = Motivation (what turns them on, gets them going)

being loved/in love. knowing that this person is safe. not to be gross about it. but.

N = No (something they wouldn’t do, turn offs)

Ori has a hard "no" list that she's very aware of and has shared. no hair pulling, no humiliation/degredation, no choking, no slapping her in the face. Astarion is still figuring it out but a major turnoff is definitely feeling like he's being treated as a thing and not a person.

O = Oral (preference in giving or receiving, skill, etc.)

both are very enthusiastic givers AND receivers, and both are highly skilled at it. head for everyone.

P = Pace (are they fast and rough? slow and sensual? etc.)

both? all? everything? depends on the mood at the time?

Q = Quickie (their opinions on quickies, how often, etc.)

yes. is the general consensus if the mood and opportunity strikes.

R = Risk (are they game to experiment? do they take risks? etc.)

absolutely. they're mindful of one another's limits but they feel safe enough to push their own boundaries and know it'll be okay if they need to stop.

S = Stamina (how many rounds can they go for? how long do they last?)

they can edge one another to absolute death for as long as it's still fun for both of them.

T = Toys (do they own toys? do they use them? on a partner or themselves?)

oh boy do they ever

U = Unfair (how much they like to tease)

teasing one another is like 95% of their respective personalities.

V = Volume (how loud they are, what sounds they make, etc.)

they are both very vocal. lots of moaning and little pants and oh gods yes there right there. dirty talk. very encouraging and loud about how much they're enjoying themselves.

W = Wild card (a random headcanon for the character)

Astarion likes to wrap his body around hers from behind while they're resting and press his palm to her chest so he can feel her heartbeat both under his palm and against his chest through her back.

X = X-ray (let’s see what’s going on under those clothes)

they're hot and they both have scars.

Y = Yearning (how high is their sex drive?)

they are absolute sluts for one another and their libido is very high. however, that doesn't always mean they WANT to have sex. sometimes the past gets in the way. but the desire remains.

Z = Zzz (how quickly they fall asleep afterwards)

I mean, if they're banging it out right before bed, rest comes pretty quickly.

[rodneymckays]

stargate episodes that should have been, part 20: an alternate reality episode where cam went to atlantis and sheppard joined sg-1. in this universe cam wasn’t injured in antarctica and i think that he is the kind of guy who would go to another galaxy for fun and also because he has to do the Best thing he can possibly do and that’s going to another galaxy. sheppard for whatever reason didn’t sit in the chair but did still fly jack down to antarctica so when they’re looking for sg-1’s fourth jack is like “well there’s this guy i met who kinda reminds me of me except he likes antarctica for some reason” so he becomes sg-1’s fourth under sam’s command. i think at first that would cause issues because of his problems with following orders + sam is new to her command and feeling somewhat insecure about it BUT these issues aren’t with sheppard disobeying sam’s orders they’re just sam worrying that he will. because sheppard only disobeys orders that he sees as bad and from what i remember of s4 + his personality in general he really respects sam. anyways this is actually a 3-parter because you have the sg-1 episode where our sg-1 meets the other sg-1, the atlantis episode where our atlantis people meet the other atlantis people, and then the crossover where they all meet one another because you can’t have the sheppards and the cams not meet themselves. i have no idea where in the timeline it is beyond “not season 4” because there are inconsistencies, but whatever. it’s also very long so i am using paragraph breaks for once!! also i will be putting a 1 after the duplicates from the show universe and a 2 after the duplicates from the au for clarity. (everyone without a number is the only one of themselves present and is from the au). also i definitely got carried away and this is too much plot and not enough character interaction even though i originally thought this one up for the character interactions, oops.

EPISODE 1: SG-1. somehow, our sg-1(1) is pulled through to this other reality. something to do with ba’al messing with some ancient tech in the other reality. the sg-1(2) of that reality, led by sam2 and featuring a major sheppard2, has snuck onto the ha’tak ba’al is using as his base of operations. they run into our sg-1(1) and there’s some spider-man pointing meme and then sam1 and sam2 start discussing how this could have happened while the valas compliment each other’s hair and cam1 and sheppard2 go “wait but you’re supposed to be in atlantis” “no, YOU’RE supposed to be in atlantis.” eventually we find out that ba’al is using ancient tech to develop a hyperdrive capable of traveling between galaxies, which the goa’uld don’t have. his test destination is the pegasus galaxy because he figures that if it works for one jump but then fails, then he can just turn up at atlantis and ask the tau’ri for help again after threatening them lightly to save face. obviously the humans don’t want ba’al going to pegasus, because we like our villains to stay confined to just one galaxy, and also if his hyperdrive works then he could destroy atlantis or ally himself with the wraith or be defeated by the wraith and have his ship captured and now the wraith have an intergalactic hyperdrive or—well, there’s lots of ways it could go wrong, and sg-1(1) gets the point that they need to help sg-1(2) stop ba’al. they spend much of the episode tracking ba’al and sneaking around the ship, until they finally corner ba’al in the engine room and teal’c2 shoots him. unfortunately, they enter hyperspace almost immediately after this, and are captured by… another ba’al. END.

EPISODE 2: ATLANTIS. somehow, our atlantis team1 is pulled through to this other reality. something to do with mckay2 and zelenka messing with some ancient tech in the other reality. our atlantis team1 is quickly locked in interrogation rooms because who are they and why is major sheppard with them instead of colonel mitchell? this tips off mckay1 to the fact that they’re now in an alternate reality. fortunately mckay2 and zelenka have already reached this conclusion and they’re let out of the interrogation rooms just in time for news to reach atlantis that a ha’tak has arrived in pegasus. (and also before ronon1 and ronon2 start fighting instead of just glaring menacingly at one another, because who thought it was a good idea to have ronon2 interrogate ronon1. he didn’t even ask any questions.) alternate weir decides to send the atlantis team2 in to investigate but mckay2 is like “i’ll need someone to help me with the goa’uld tech, we’ll take zelenka” but zelenka is immediately like “no?? there’s another you here. take him. i don’t like leaving the city” so it’s decided that both mckays will go, and you can’t send mckay1 without the rest of his team so EVERYONE is going. they take two jumpers because mitchell2 and sheppard1 both want to fly the jumper. when they arrive through the space gate that the ha’tak is near, they see a badly damaged wraith hive with no life signs. the ha’tak has also taken some damage, but much less, and they’re able to fly through a hole in the hull to board. they detect minimal life signs: two on the bridge, eleven in the cells, and a few others scattered around that must be ba’al’s jaffa. the group decides to split up; they toss a coin and mitchell’s team2 goes to the bridge while sheppard’s team1 goes to the cells. when sheppard’s team1 arrives at the cells, they find them unguarded but locked. mckay1 cracks the lock and we see the cell doors slide open. cut to the bridge. when mitchell’s team2 arrives, they see one of the dots on the life signs detector begin to fade. mckay2 gets the door open just in time to see ba’al collapse to the floor, having been fed on by a wraith. END.

EPISODE 3: CROSSOVER. what the hell, ba’al is in a wraith now. (i’ve always wondered about what would happen if the goa’uld met the wraith; would they fight and if so who would win? or would a goa’uld take a wraith as a host? is that even possible? i say yes because it’s Fun.) the symbiote entered the wraith and then promptly fed on his former host because he was hungry. this is obviously Terrible News because the wraith are bad enough but tbh they’re not very smart. ba’al is. mitchell’s atlantis team2 all point their weapons at him and radio sheppard’s atlantis team1 to let them know there’s now a goa’uld with a wraith host. sheppard1 responds and says “ok, we’ll we’ve got two sg-1s here. and also todd” to which mitchell2 replies “who the hell is todd?” (“pale skin, long hair, likes to suck your soul out with his hand but makes it weird by returning your soul ten minutes later?” “oh you mean casper.” “what the hell kind of a name is casper?” “what the hell kind of a name is todd?!”) we find out that “casper”, who is of course alternate todd but was named casper by mitchell2, was on the hive ba’al disabled. he and one other wraith were taken aboard the ha’tak, and he was put in the cell for later in case the first implantation of a wraith didn’t work. he’s willing to help everyone defeat wraith ba’al, because goa’ulds taking wraith as hosts is bad for the wraith too. so they do some stuff, and with much difficulty, kill wraith ba’al. it’s harder than killing a normal wraith because he has the goa’uld regenerative ability, and also he keeps feeding on his jaffa to recover after being shot. eventually they manage to trick him into a set of rings and space him. then they have to decide what to do with the ha’tak. casper wants it for himself because of the intergalactic hyperdrive and turns on them. they manage to activate the self destruct and flee back to the jumpers. they believe that casper is destroyed in the self destruct, but he survives somehow. the rest of the episode is the sams, mckays, and zelenka trying to figure out how to send sg-1(1) and the atlantis team1 home. we also get a few character moments between everyone and their counterparts: cam2 and both sheppards discuss puddlejumpers while cam1 is sad because he doesn’t have the gene and never received gene therapy so he can’t fly a puddlejumper. they break into medical to convince beckett to give cam1 the gene therapy; they’re pretty sure it’ll work on him since it worked on cam2. it does, and the cams and the sheppards immediately have a race to the mainland and back. (the sheppards win, but it’s close, and the cams try to blame it on the fact that cam1 has never flown a jumper before while everyone else has.) the daniels go to the library together and share their knowledge about the ancients and the ori; mostly they know the same stuff but they do both learn a few new things. the ronons fight one another. it’s a draw. the teylas and the teal’cs watch the ronons fight, and then meditate. the valas flit between each of the groups and compare their versions of everyone. vala1 ends up in weir’s office and bugs her with a bunch of questions until weir actually puts down her work and just Hangs Out. vala2 ends up with the cams and the sheppards because she’s absolutely best buds with sheppard2 and desperately wants to meet sheppard1. anyways after everyone hangs out for awhile they go home and it’s a very :) ending, which is what they need after All That.

i like this character swap idea a lot because after watching the pegasus project i was kinda chomping at the bit for more character interaction between sheppard and the rest of sg-1. particularly vala. more after the cut cause i wanna yell about all the other stuff i love about this!!

i also like the idea of sheppard not being in the team leader position. it makes me wonder what him following orders offworld, particularly sam’s, would look like. i don’t remember him and sam butting heads over command decisions in quite the same way him and elizabeth did at the start (sheppard wanting to go go go, make slapdash decisions, usually in an effort to help people, altho sometimes misguided, particularly in hot zone, vs elizabeth who was often looking towards a less militaristic approach, i.e not trading explosives to the genii, not torturing a POW etc. and who took her time making decisions). but then again, both sam and john are military. so, it’d be interesting to see how sam manages him along with the rest of the team. also, since hes not in a leadership position (no ones counting on him to keep the team together), would he be even more gungho about the self-sacrifice play? or just the same as ever? anyway, enough about john (once i start, i can’t stop, it seems), let’s get into the episodes!!

Episode 1:

“if it works for one jump but then fails, then he can just turn up at atlantis and ask the tau’ri for help again after threatening them lightly to save face.” LMAO truly ba’al’s modus operandi.

and the wraith potentially stealing hyperdrive technology is DEFINITELY something sg teams of all universes and galaxies should team up to put a stop to. a whole new galaxy to feed on?? not to mention earth??? NOT GREAT. the situation definitely calls for earth’s mightiest heroes squared.

also i appreciate a good sneak on an alien ship. especially times 2. and who would partner with who?? so many fun character combos!

Episode 2:

LMFAO OKAY. ronon vs ronon is such a ronon thing that i laughed out loud. both of them would definitely wanna know which one was tougher. also. also. i would love for zelenka and mckay1 to have a science twin moment and mckay2 to get all proprietary and be like “get ur own!”

i can’t imagine rodney would get along all that well with himself so its a good thing the rest of the teams will be there to run interference. and be separated on the ride there bahaha. cam and sheppard would totally fight over who gets to fly the cool spaceship (the teylas look at each other with raised eyebrows of sympathy and respect. both teams require them to pull on their reserves of infinite patience).

OOOO and ending on a CLIFFHANGER and INTRIGUE, QUICKLY, to the next episode!

Episode 3:

u kno, i was thinking earlier, after reading the first episode, what would an interaction between goa’uld and wraith look like? my immediate thought was, they are either gonna join forces to crush the stupid humans or fight because the goa’uld kinda need those humans for indentured servitude and, u kno, living. or, u kno, they would fight just because their ginormous egos clashed. but NEVER did the thought occur to me that a goa’uld might take a wraith as its host for its superior genetic makeup over humans (super strength, jedi mind tricks, telepathy etc.) and this is why ur brain is amazing. and a smart, conniving creature in control of a wraith body…spells trouble. and i didn’t even consider the double healing factor which would make any wraith on par with an uber wraith (that i dont remember ever seeing after the defiant one lol).

also cam naming his todd casper means everything to me. his ability to drop movie/pop culture references no one gets/appreciates is extremely endearing.

another amazing thing about this; sam actually gets to science with mckay and zelenka FOR ONCE. i’m really sad we were deprived this in season 4, like i get sam was the leader of the expedition in that season, and it wasn’t her job to be doing science/where is the time, but u can’t take the science out of the girl, no sir. i just wanted the beautiful mind children to be techno babbling it up, all with a begrudging respect for one another, as everyone stares in awe and confusion.

and cam gets to fly cool spaceships!!!! for leisure! with no one threatening his life! he did not get to do enough flying imo. and the teyla’s definitely deserve meditation time after dealing with double of their rambunctious team. and YES elizabeth deserves to have fUN. vala is the best person to help her with that. and vala and sheppard!!!! being buds!!! ALL I HAVE EVERY WANTED FROM STARGATE! what a fantastic ending to a wonderful series of episodes.

[fallen-angel-92]

The Story of the Mouse

Chapter 2: The Mouse Meets the Wolf

Rating: Mature

Warning: Cussing

A/N: Hello! Thank you all for reading! I hope you enjoy chapter 2 of The Story of the Mouse! I want to give a huge shout out to @henrycavillobsessed , @tilltheendwilliwrite and @bolontiku​ for being my inspiration for this fic and for encouraging me to continue. I want also thank all those that gave me likes and reblogged my story. So thank you all! Feedback is always welcomed! Enjoy!

Ailbhe stirred awake, blinking in confusion as the feeling of soft grass beneath her body, and the cold wind whipping at her face. Slowly she sat up, her eyes scanned her blurry surroundings, until she felt the cold metal of her glasses sitting next to her hand. Quickly, she put them on, instantly she could feel panic beginning to rise within her. As fast as she could she quickly got to her feet and began to call out,

“Tanya! Tanya!! Tanya, come out!”

Ailbhe stopped, listening for any sign of her friend, but she could hear nothing in response. She could feel her eyes begin to water, however, she shook her head deciding she would try and mourn her friend later.

“Right. I need to find a way to a town or something,” Ailbhe muttered to herself, sniffling a bit.

Just as she was about to walk in a random direction, she suddenly heard something snap behind her, quickly she turned around to face the sound. Fear began to swell within her. Just then a small head pops out of the bushes and walks toward her with hoofed feet. The little white haired being reminded her of a rabbit with long ears, however, they seemed to have two short horn-like tufts on the top of their head.

“H-Hello there, little one.” Ailbhe weakly spoke out, unsure if they were good or not. 

The little being seemed to beam up at her, its cat-like tail swishing back and forth behind them. 

“What’s your name?” She murmured out.

She watched as they walked out of the bush toward a patch of dirt, with a finger it began to write. Ailbhe walked over quietly, crouching down next to it and watched as it spelled out:

*Ori*

“Ori. That’s a lovely name. I suppose you are the one that’s to help me navigate this world?” She asked looking at her little companion.

Ori seemed to perk up happily as they jumped onto her shoulders, wrapping their small arms around her neck. Giggling a small bit, Ailbhe stood back up letting out a small sigh as she glanced around her and spoke to Ori softly,

“Where to go from here, Ori? I don’t know… Tanya was the more survivalist of the two of us.”

She could feel herself sadden, however, she didn’t dwell on it long as Ori gently pushed their furry head into her cheek causing her to smile slightly. Suddenly, something moved to her right causing her to look that way. Between the trees was a rather large white wolf, staring at her with golden eyes, as if looking to see if she was a threat or not. She could see something different other than how tall it was, however, she didn’t have time to examine the wolf further as it turned and began to walk into the trees.

Before the wolf completely disappeared, its large head turned to her looking expectantly at her. It was then that it hit Ailbhe that the wolf wanted her to follow, despite her hesitance, she followed the wolf deeper into the forest. Ailbhe didn’t know how long she walked, eventually, she found herself alone with Ori, unsure of where she even was. It was then she heard a soft sound come from Ori and she looked at her little companion. Ailbhe jumped slightly when Ori jumped off her shoulder, taking off toward something.

“Ori! Where are you going?” She worriedly called out before quickly sprinting after them.

Not even five minutes of running, Ailbhe felt out of breath and tired, quietly she muttered,

“I’m sure as hell not fit to be running.”

Taking a few steps forward, she noticed that they had stumbled upon what appeared to be a small camp. Ailbhe took notice of a beautiful chestnut colored mare that was standing nearby munching upon the nearby grass. She then returned her attention back to Ori who appeared to be looking through a bag of some sort, examining small bottles, shaking them before throwing them to the side. Just as Ailbhe was about to call out for Ori to get away from the bag, she froze, instinctively hiding behind a large tree that was near her. A large, broad man appeared from the tree seemingly focused in his thoughts.

What captured Ailbhe’s attention was his golden like eyes that instantly landed upon Ori, who was still rustling through the bag, seeming unaware of the man. Ailbhe instantly felt her body tense as she noticed the man reaching for a sword that was leaning against a tree. Instantly her instincts came to life as soon as he gripped the hilt of the large sword. Without thinking, Ailbhe reacted by quickly charging at him, using her body weight and the momentum of her speed, she had managed to knock him away.

However, she could feel the man gripping her shirt, causing her to fall with him down -now- obvious hill side. As they fell, she could feel her body hitting rocks, twigs and the ground with a force that knocked the breath out of her. She had managed to force the man away from her as they fell, however, in doing so her back hit the trunk of a large tree causing her to let out a slight scream of pain. Ailbhe then heard a large splash come from behind her, peering over her shoulder she could see that the man must have fallen in and as if on cue the man quickly emerged from the water.

His silver hair stuck to his face, after pushing it out of his face, his eyes landed upon her. She could feel her hairs stand on end as he glared at her, as he began to swim toward the shore, Ailbhe quickly began to scramble away. As she climbed up the steep hill she noticed that the man’s sword was laying underneath a rock, without thinking she quickly picked it up and with all her strength embedded the heavy blade into the ground. Looking over her shoulder, Ailbhe noticed the man watched her do so, his upper lip was rising up into a snarl, and she hurried upward.

Upon reaching the top, she noticed Ori had finished going through the man’s bag and beamed up at her as they held up a small bag. Unfortunately, she didn’t have the time to say anything as she could hear the man grunt and growl behind her. Not wanting to see how close he was to them, she scooped up Ori into her arms and began to run into the woods doing her best to avoid branches and roots that could trip her up.  She didn’t know how long she had been running for, but she was extremely hot and the sun appeared to be getting higher in the sky.

“Fuck. I sure is hell ain’t built for all this damn running,” Ailbhe grunted out as she leaned forward slightly.

However, she was not given reprieve as she noticed Ori’s ears perk up as if hearing a sound. Instantly she knew she needed to hide somewhere, as her eyes scanned the surrounding area, her eyes instantly landed upon a large fallen log. Underneath it appeared to be hollow, a perfect place for her to hide. Ailbhe placed Ori down onto the ground before quickly crawling underneath the log. Ori soon followed suit, quickly pushing themselves within her dark grey jacket. Ailbhe remained quiet listening for anything that may signal that their follower was close.

The sounds of heavy footfalls were heard, breaking any silence the forest might have held. Soon a pair of black boots entered Ailbhe’s line of sight causing her to stiffen, with wide eyes she watched as they walked past the log. She could hear the man grumbling lowly,

“Where the fuck did they go,” 

She could feel her instincts screaming at her to run, however, she kept herself in place. Once the boots were out of sight, she listened as they sounded softer and when she didn’t hear anything more, she slowly crawled out from her hiding spot. Looking around, she couldn’t spot anyone nearby, letting out a sigh of relief Ailbhe dusted off the back of her dark blue jeans and her jacket as she leaned against the tree. Ori then popped their head out from her jacket, looking up at her beaming merrily as they presented her with a small black bag.

She looked at Ori with amusement as she held out her hand for them to place the bag in. She could feel that it was quite heavy, as she gently opened the bag, she instantly took notice of the large sum of coins in there. Tilting her head, Ailbhe began to shuffle through them, taking mental note of the gold, silver and what appeared to be even copper coins. However, she knew she didn’t have time to inspect them as she was sure her pursuer was still nearby. Closing up the bag, she placed it within a large pocket in her jacket. Out of the corner of her eye she noticed that Ori had shifted and was looking behind them when she saw panic seemingly cross their eyes. 

“Well. Well. It looks like I finally caught up to you, little mouse.” A gruff, deep voice growled out behind her.

Ailbhe stiffened, as she slowly turned to face her pursuer, who she was now face to face with.

“Hello, big bad wolf,” She squeaked out in surprise, slowly getting off the tree, her eyes still holding the glowing yellow ones.

“I would advise you not to run,” He spoke out once more causing her to stiffen once more.

It was at time like this that she wished her dear friend was still with her because deep down Ailbhe knew she was fucked. Unless there was a way to escape this wolf that now stood before her, ready to pounce.

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character playlists: ori

so. let’s do this. my playlists are long and scattered, but they make me happy, so i might as well share them and the thoughts behind song choices. so. here’s some songs for runaway knights & wannabe witches, and what have you.

something holy - childhood & riches & wonders

pearl diver - mitski - oh hunter, if you didn’t want the beautiful so badly, perhaps you would’ve found it in your spirit singing softly - look. it's on the nose, considering that her title is "the pearl hunter," but also, like, that rules. this is a song for wren, i think; ori in the present reflecting on her mother and the similarities between them.

icicles - the scary jokes - i can only be forgiven if i’m giving myself up to you on a silver serving tray / must i bare myself to the stabbing of your knife & gnashing teeth while our lovely company appears so entertained? - aaand a song for childhood. 99% of ori's socialization came from her parents having important guests over, so. uh. yeah. show off your reclusive child prodigy like a pageant whenever you have the opportunity. she probably won't grow to loathe you.

life: the cruel interlude (on god) - kilo kish - why do i dare believe in me when i bleed? - questioning was. always a big thing for ori. i don't think she ever believed that the mirzha was god, and i known that she never truster her father's patron, but. in her studies, in her passions, there's always this tiny sense of desperation for something to have faith in something. not herself.

bluejays & cardinals - the mountain goats - the stars come out of hiding for you, & i would too - there is. a lot, in ori's relationship with her brother. she was the favorite child, yeah, the one destined for great things in spite of her... troubles. but he never had those troubles! she didn't, doesn't understand how he went through life so unafraid. there's envy there. i also think that the line i quoted is terribly true, like, canonically. because. she sure did do that stupid shit.

be calm - fun. - take it from me, i’ve been there a thousand times--you hate your pulse because it thinks you’re still alive! - sometimes you have intense social phobia. and that's okay!

country death song - violent femmes - kiss your mother goodnight & remember that God saves, kiss your mother goodnight & remember that God saves - i think andrei is a much less pitiable or even sympathetic man than the narrator of this song, but. like. it's a country song about a father killing his daughter while preaching godliness. i had to.

i’m all bloody inside - liam lynch - inside me, well, it’s dark & gross as hell, i’m not a pretty sight - the family business!

the hazards of love 3 (revenge!) - the decemberists - but father, don’t you fear, your children are all here - fantasies. part of the fantasy is imagining a world where she doesn't feel terrible about the thought.

shankill butchers - sarah jarosz - they used to be just like me & you, they used to be sweet little boys - "blood hunters are ghost stories." "and also, they're fucking terrible. violent, cruel, zealous. the worst."

sparrow - st. vincent - & no eyes are on the sparrow, eyes are on the sparrow, how could that be the case? the lark keeps whistling his number, silly little number, as if he isn't prey - pity for the boy. sort of retrospective, but it's a thought that's been there since she was a child.

something burning - rituals & fire & running

starchild - ghost quartet - but i will transcend & vomit this loser out of me; i will become the next big thing, i will light myself on fire - maybe she is some kind of angel? bursting with radiance and terrifying to look upon.

arsonist’s lullabye - hozier - don’t you ever tame your demons, always keep them on a leash / when i was sixteen, my senses fooled me - oooor maybe she is a sixteen year-old who is having a panic attack and setting everything in sight on fire by accident.

blood - my chemical romance - i’m the kind of human wreckage that you love! - so she's broken.

girl anachronism - the dresden dolls - it’s not the way i’m meant to be, it’s just the way the operation made me - so she's failed and she's broken and she's sick, and there's no time to fucking think.

when the chips are down - anais mitchell - cast your eyes to heaven, you’ll get a knife in the back. - so she does what her mother did before her, and she runs from that which she has always known.

body terror song - ajj - i’m so sorry that you have to have a body / one that will hurt you, & be the subject of so much of your fear - feelings on being built Wrong; feelings on your mind's undue control upon your body.

in corolla - the mountain goats - & no one was gonna come & get me, there wasn't anybody gonna know, even though i leave a trail of burnt things in my wake every single place i go - very good as an ori song in general but this is her justification to herself in the water. under the docks, she says this to herself.

the harrowed & the haunted - the decemberists - will i be so brave? - just to get that oceanic vibe up.

luna - the mountain goats - rise through the flames & end again in flames at last - an inexplicable feeling.

unwhere - reeder - a song for leaving what you've always known.

something lonely - years & woods & dreaming

runs in the family - amanda palmer - run from their pity, from responsibility, run from the country & run from the city, i can run from the law, i can run from myself, i can run for my life, i can run into debt, i can run from it all, i can run 'till I'm gone - she is broken and all she can think to do is get as far away as possible

panic attack - liza anne - i hate that i can be seen like this

black eyes - david wirsig - my hammering heart hears the voices of spirits that tempt us, the scorn that they’ve spoken

for the departed - shayfer james - they will bury me alive, but i’m not inclined to care; i am too far gone now

hurt - johnny cash - everyone i know goes away in the end; you can have it all, my empire of dirt

my body’s made of crushed little stars - mitski - i work better under a deadline! i work better under a deadline!

blood in the cut - k. flay - guess i’m contagious; it’d be safest if you ran--fuck, that’s what they all just end up doing in the end

little pistol - mother mother - i think i might be scared of the world & the way it makes you feel afraid & how it gets in the way

villains pt. 1 - emma blackery - built to create, designed to destroy

the beer - kimya dawson - & the christians gave me comic books as if i would be scared of burning in hell while i was already there [...] i tried to scream fuck you but blood was pouring out my mouth

something safe - family & finding it & fighting together

haunted house - sir babygirl - i’m running just to hide & i’m hiding just to breathe & around every corner is the same night on repeat

your heart is a muscle the size of your fist - ramshackle glory - i love you & you make me glad to be alive; i promise that i’m gonna pay you back / you always know how funny everything is, even when i’m so serious that it’s gonna be the death of me

medicines - the taxpayers - o, but our rotting corpses lying there soon began to leak & grow these lesions that all smelled just like a rose / & all the blood & guts inside us germinated into timeless pages stained with lines of lovely prose

autoclave - the mountain goats - i am this great unstable mass of blood & foam

alligator skin boots - mccafferty - i’m cool to the touch, leap to my death, i’ll die for you all, i’ll die for my friends, it goes like this

100 years - florence + the machine - lord, don’t let me break this, let me hold it lightly, give me arms to pray with instead of ones that hold too tightly

tomorrow will be kinder - the secret sisters - but i feel warmth on my skin, the stars have all aligned

armour - rae spoon - you know i placed was to build a life for you

amy aka spent gladiator 1 - the mountain goats - play with matches if you think you need to play with matches; seek out the hidden places where the fire burns hot & bright / find where the heat’s unbearable & stay there if you have to--don’t hurt anybody on your way up to the light, and stay alive

curses - the crane wives - won’t you stay with me, my darling, when my walls start burning down?

something daring - islands & visions & loss

jane’s dream - janelle monáe

beekeeper - keaton henson - hear me, o woman that has gone astray, gone astray

fire - kimya dawson - i’m reading books about how they’re corrupt [...] as long as i’m burning, i’ll keep on yearning to save the world, not sure how, but i’m learning

cosmic hero - car seat headrest - i love you, but i can’t stand the touch, & of course i’m alright with death

turn the lights off - tally hall - everbody likes to get taken for turns to see how bright the fire inside of us burns [...] should be stronger, books abandoned

eat you alive - the oh hellos - child, i’m afraid for your soul; these things that you’re after, they can’t be controlled

cry for judas - the mountain goats - hallucinate a shady grove where judas went to die

o death - monica martin - no wealth, no land, no silver, no gold, nothing satisfies me but your soul

blood of angels - brown bird - and i would wage my soul to bet that there ain’t no one throwing lightning anyhow

the universe is going to catch you - the antlers - the arms of the universe kept you from falling [...] those arms did not come back

a burning hill - mitski - i am the fire & i am the forest & i am the witness watching it / i stand in the valley watching it

something terrifying - conversations & selfhood & divination

the lamb - dessa - but blood is blood, & what’s done is done; blood is blood, & its burden is a beast

going invisible 2 - the mountain goats - i’m gonna burn it all down today & sweep all the ashes away

the lion’s roar - first aid kit - she plays a tune for those who wish to overlook the fact that they’ve been blindly deceived by those who preach & pray & teach, but she falls short & the night explodes in laughter

the villain i appear to be - connor spiotto - even if you can’t see the good inside me, i don’t have the time to tell you why i do the things that i do, just please hold on & soon you’ll seem

up the wolves - the mountain goats - there’s bound to be a ghost at the back of closet, no matter where you live; there’ll be a few things, maybe several things that you’re gonna find really difficult to forgive

thursday girl - mitski - glory, glory, glory to the night that shows me what i am

at the bottom of everything - bright eyes - we must take all of the medicines to expensive now to sel; set fire to the preacher who is promising us hell

everybody does - julien baker - i know i’m a pile of filthy wreckage you will wish you’d never touched, but you’re gonna run when you find out who i am

tongues & teeth - the crane wives - i know that you mean so well, but i am not a vessel for your good intent 

a pearl - mitski - you’re growing tired of me and all the things i don’t talk about / sorry, i don’t want your touch--it’s not that i don’t want you

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8, 12, 21, 29 n 30 for miss telltale :)))

how did your character feel when they left home for the first time?

there was a brief moment of just... lots of intense terror and anger and pain and sadness. she wanted to run back home, or to at least say something to her little brother, or go back and burn everything to the ground, or to apologize, or or or. like... she was a child. she was just that day 16. like... she couldn't process ninety percent of what happened to her that night, and there's still a solid fifty or sixty that she hasn't processed at 23. but it was that first, and then despondence.

(and we’ll readmore the rest)

how loudly do they cry?

very quietly, and if anybody sees it, well, they've never mentioned seeing it to her.

has your character ever climbed out of a window? would they do it again?

yes and yes. first time, she was thirteen and struck by a sudden want for rebellion, but house guards caught her (on the verge of panic) before she could make it more than a mile away.

is there an artist whose style you associate with your character? (visual or otherwise; poets and musicians, etc. count)

visually... caspar david friedrich, just because she's a very capital R Romantic character, you know? poetically, though, i’d say i put a lot of glück in her, a lot of atwood. musically, the crane wives are consistently the best for her both lyrically and sonically.

how has your character's first impressions of their party members changed since they met them? have they stayed the same?

all of them.

alba: she was immediately distrustful of him for... several reasons. she stayed more distant from him than the others for a long time! but she did ultimately come to view him as... not a father figure, but rather, an older brother figure? even as he’s old enough to be her father, their dynamic was more equal than a father-child dynamic would imply. yeah. but. she really, really misses him, wishes that she had opened up to him sooner, and she prays she’s right about him still being alive in some form.

chanterelle: she has gone from admiring chanty to fully just being like. this is a child. and it is my job to protect him. because nobody protected me when i was alone at his age; because chanty is a good person; because chanty deserves a chance to heal from all that has gone wrong for him. but yeah the image of him as an unshakable healer boy waved pretty quickly. he’s sweet but he’s not as unbreakable as he first presents. there’s also the whole. “oh hey, i used to try to be the good kid and i failed terribly at it.” thing. which is a lot.

dyma: that first thought of pirate lady hot... has evolved into more than pirate lady hot. she thinks dyma is interesting, but she also knows that the two of them have very different philosophies on... you know, the strahd situation, the alba situation, and also just. how to live life. so. it’s complicated. she does really, really like dyma, and she’s gonna try and remember where the hell she’s heard dyma’s given name before.

juniper: there was an immediate kinship, of course. i don’t think her opinion of him shifted much; she’s always viewed him as someone else who is quiet and whose magic is sometimes beyond their control.... the issue with junie and ori, really, is that their dynamic was all about seeking comfort in each others’ silence, you know? so they never opened up to each other, beyond small glimpses--the discussion about lijaa language while ori drew and junie watched comes to mind. i think. when she brings him back. it’s going to be strange, because the loss of him kind of ripped her open. like i make jokes about how chanterelle knows more about ori than juniper ever did, but. he does.

klement: slight suspicion + concern has led into Thats My Boy and i will Protect Him. she can’t stand the fact that he keeps getting hurt; especially with the new abilities she’s been granted, she’s going to try and focus her healing on him. but yeah she has gone from “oh god that man is hurt” to this is my special guy and i am going to take twenty bullets for him. she is especially concerned with his mental state, because, like... she can continue treating the physical, of course, but. he’s been through a lot in a very short period of time.

pen: 

and the fool, well, you recognize him in a way you can’t understand.

you like his little bells, however impractical; they catch light even in this dim tavern and send little reflections star-scattering everywhere. wide eyes, soft face, practiced charm that shows itself in barbs and bladed words; he is not terribly hard to read. 

except: 

he saves your life. it has not been too long since you met him, and you do not expect him to save you—he seems to see you as a protector, and you do not think he sees such a dynamic as one of equal exchange. but he saves your life. it is with a coldness and something that feels like the river, but he saves your life nevertheless.

and so on.

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Astrophile [Pt.8]

Chapter:  Fallen Star

Summary:  Bucky asks for a favor and it has huge consequences for everyone.

Warnings:  FLUFF. Sweet, pure Bucky.

A/N: I’m SO excited about this chapter even though it’s garbage. It’s super cute and fluffy. So enjoy all the sweetness. Send me love because i”m needy, okay?!  Plus all your comments make my day. Beta’d by the beautiful and talented @lokissoul I love you 3000.

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“Daddy is silly. Y/n likes him, too!” Ori groans and smacks her palm against her forehead.

Natasha smirks as she pours pancake batter on to the hot pan in front of her. “I am not arguing with you peanut. I don’t think your daddy knows that, though.”

Orion has talked of little else since the night she told her aunt about her daddy’s crush, and that was over a week ago. Nothing has changed in that time. Ori was still going over to the bookstore whenever she could, Bucky and Y/n talked all day every day, and Y/n came over for another movie night, but this time Ori insisted that Y/n sat in the middle. That was until she missed her daddy a little too much and ended up crawling in his lap where she promptly fell asleep.

She hasn’t mastered matchmaking just yet – Ori’s got a lot on her plate with being a princess and all.

A plate stacked three chocolate chip pancakes high lands in front of the little girl, and Natasha gathers her curls up in her hand in an attempt to push them out of her eyes while she eats. Ori pokes around at her pancakes with her fork, a deep frown sets in her adorably chubby cheeks – no explanation is needed.

“It’s been a while since daddy has liked someone. So long, the last time he’s really liked anyone was way before you existed. We might have to let this unfold on its own.”

Okay, maybe Natasha is feeling guilty after the whole Tony set up. The plan backfired, and she had not expected Tony and Y/n to get along so well.  She was ninety percent sure the date would be a flop, and it would make Bucky see what was right in front of him before it was too late. 

Neither happened, and now it might be too late.

“Putting out fires he can handle, but girls not so much,” Ori sighs with a shake of her head.

Nat froze hands in holding her curls and bent down to see her niece’s face, “Where did you hear that?”

“Uncle Sammy.”

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Bucky has big plans for today – huge plans! To say he is excited is a severe understatement. He called Y/n early this morning and asked if she could swing by the preschool a few blocks away from the station, and she agreed without hesitation because that’s just the kind of person she is. Her one day off from the bookstore and she’s ready to drop whatever she has planned to spend the day with him without even questioning his reasoning.

This should be a good day, and it was until Y/n pulled into the parking lot. Bucky’s heart sinks when he sees the Audi R8 come to a stop out front of the school – he was not expecting her to show up with Tony. Why did Tony have to get out of the car? Did he need to show off right now? Bucky has never wanted to punch him this badly before–

“Hey, Buck,” she chirps.

“Hey, Y/n,” Bucky grins right back.

Y/n’s whole face is lit up, and Bucky is glowing right back at her despite the fact her fingers are weaved around Tony’s. Tony gives a gentle squeeze to her hand, and she quickly shakes it off, turning to look at Tony with a smaller, duller smile.

“You two know each other right?”

Of course, she knows that already. She is uncomfortable – Tony quickly works out. He’s never seen her awkward like this before, and he can’t quite place the reason for her nerves.

“We do,” Tony confirms as he catches Sam and Clint waving their arms trying to get her attention, “I think you have some fans trying to call you over.”  

She peers around Bucky and grins at the two man-children jumping up and down in an attempt to get her attention.“I guess I better go over there before they break a leg or something. Call me later tonight after work?” She asks, tilting into Tony a little more than Bucky would care to see.

“Yeah, go. Go have fun. I’ll see you later,” Tony says as he leans in to kiss her softly. He doesn’t linger, but he’s in no hurry to lose the feel of her lips either. She still tastes like coffee and lemon pancakes from breakfast – not a combination he normally likes, but it tastes good on her.

When he pulls back, he can see the shift in Bucky’s demeanor, and it’s one Y/n misses entirely. She steps around Bucky leaving the two men in a sea of nervous tension, Bucky’s eyes are stuck to the roll of stickers in his hands, and he doesn’t look back up until It’s just him and Tony. Tony steps forward into the taller man’s eye line and grins, clearly unphased by the tension surrounding them.  

“Ah, Bucko. How’s the family? Everyone doing good? Great. That’s terrific. Listen, I didn’t know the two of you were so close. I definitely didn’t think you were close enough to call before lunch and ask her for favors.”

Bucky is seconds away from drowning him in that fountain behind them. If there weren't children present, he would have tried. 

“I didn’t know you were even seeing her today,” Bucky bristles. “We talked on the phone till she fell asleep last night and she never mentioned you. Not once.”

Tony watches him for a beat too long, and Bucky is instantly second-guessing himself. Did she fall asleep on the phone with him? She looked like she was fast asleep, but maybe she called Tony back after they hung up? Are they more serious than Bucky realized? Well, he absolutely hates that idea. 

“And she’s your…”

“Friend. We are just friends, Tony,” Bucky says with an exasperated sigh. This stupid crap again. He can’t get away from it. Bucky glances back at Y/n talking to Sam and then back to find Tony staring at him.

And there it is Tony realizes – the reason.

“You’re an idiot,” Tony says bluntly and slips his sunglasses on.

‘I –I,” Bucky stutters as he watches Tony walk to his car without so much as a goodbye. 

“You’re the idiot,” He grumbles on his way back to Y/n.  Sam points her in the direction of the class they are going to be in, and he jogs to catch up to her, smiling nervously when he finally reaches her side.

“So,” he gulps. “You didn’t tell me you had a date with Tony this morning. I wouldn’t have called if I had known.”

She frowns and shakes her head following him into one of the classrooms across from where Sam was gathering kids up. 

“It wasn’t a date. Just breakfast and even if it had been a date you can always call me. You’re the number one guy in my life. You should know that by now, Buck.” Bucky hangs his head, letting his hair fall in his face to cover the smile that is so wide his cheeks are hurting.

“Okay, where do you want me?” She asks, grinning at him. “Want me to read to the kids or something?” 

Bucky points to the large bag on the floor fighting the smirk on his face– did he buy a special bag for dramatic effect? That’s no one’s business. She eyes it curiously as she slowly opens it and takes a peek inside. It’s quiet, and after a long pause, she slowly looks up at him at a loss for words because, seriously, what the hell is this?

“What is this?”

“Oh, this is payback, darlin’,” Bucky says, sauntering towards her. “Sweet, sweet payback.” He pulls the head of a giant dalmatian costume and grins at her. “You’re going to help teach the kids how to stop, drop and roll while you’re dressed up as this furry guy.”

An excited squeal slips from her lips, and Bucky’s smile drops. She digs out the bottom half of the costume and could not be any more excited to dress up like a giant firefighting dog if she tried.

“Wait a damn minute–”

“–Language. We are in the school.”

“Okay, Steve,” he snarks back. “You can’t be excited about this. This is supposed to be payback!”

Y/n grins as she slips her feet into the bottom half of the costume pulling it up her body and grabs the head from Bucky’s hand. “I love kids, Buck. I don’t know if you figured this out, but I like doing silly things like this. Oh! Look! There’s a fan inside in the head.”

“Here,” Bucky demands gently with a chuckle and shakes his head at the pure excitement in her voice. Hand it over.” 

He takes the dalmatian head from her outstretched hands and helps slip it onto her shoulders grinning at the sight before him– she has to be the cutest damn firefighting dalmatian he’s ever seen.

“The fan is broken,” Y/n’s muffled voice carries through the head of the suit, and it tugs at Bucky’s heart. He can hear the pout in her voice, and he is so grateful he can’t see her face because that adorable pouty face she makes when she’s upset just about knocks him to his knees.

“I’m sorry,” Bucky winces. “That’s one hundred percent Sam’s fault.”

“You’re blaming him because he’s out there talking to the kids and can’t defend himself, aren’t you?”

“Yep.”

Bucky grins and spins her around to face the door, settling a hand on her back to help guide her back outside without injury. He knows how hard it is to see through the head of that stupid costume from personal experience, and Sam wasn’t the best at guiding him around. He did manage to walk Bucky into several doors and a few walls– that might be the cause of the broken fan.

“Let’s go, Sparky.”  

Y/n let Bucky guide her outside where Sam and Clint had the kids gathered around in two rows. Bucky takes a step back, allowing Sam to take over so he can hang in the back to watch and what a sight it is. Every single kid gets a high five, there’s some dance she somehow had ready for a moment just like this, and she even pokes fun of Sam a bit when he’s not looking. Bucky’s favorite part though? It has to be Y/n teaching the kids how to stop, drop and roll. Sparky’s head is not exactly secure, so she had to keep a tight hold onto the head as she rocks back and forth on the ground – there might be some video evidence, and she might be perfect.

Without a doubt, she’s the best Sparky they have ever had. After the last of the kids are corralled back into the classroom and the coast is clear, Y/n pulls the head of the giant dog off and blows a piece of fuzz off her face. 

“So are we even now?”

Bucky chuckles. Yeah, okay, they are even now. She might even have the upper hand still.  

“Yeah, we are even. I might owe you. I was volunteering today, so I don’t have to go back with the guys, and Nat is watching Ori for a few more hours. Do you want to grab dinner? My sorry for making you roll around on the ground in a giant dog costume.”

“I didn’t mind. It was fun,” Y/n assures Bucky.

Of course, you didn’t mind, Bucky thinks.

“There’s a food truck a few blocks from Nat’s that has really good burgers, and I thought you would like it. Don’t even ask. I checked. They have ice cream, and I promise you can get two kinds of desserts.”

“Um, as if I would say no to two kinds of dessert? I guess it’s okay if you’re there,” She teases as she shimmies out of the bottom half of the costume. “Let me get cleaned up a bit, and we can go.”

Bucky watches as she makes her way back across the yard a little skip in her step as she goes. For someone who just spent the afternoon in a bulky, overheated dog costume, she is in an awfully good mood, and he has no idea why that makes his heart jump so much. He knows he has spent too much time watching her when he feels someone walk up and stand beside him – it just had to be Sam.

Sam leans against the side of the truck grinning at Bucky, “Going out?”

“Sam–”

“I heard the two of you just now. You’re taking her on a date!” Sam exclaimed, loudly.

“It’s not a date! She’s dating Tony.”

God, Bucky hates the way that sounds – it tastes foul and wrong and dirty. It doesn’t matter if it does. She’s his friend, and she’s happy. That’s all that’s important. “This doesn’t change anything. I take Nat to dinner all the time. Am I dating her?”

“No, she’s like your sister and married to one of your best friends.”

“So I can’t have any friends that aren’t married to one of you idiots without it being romantic?”

“Christ,” Sam grumbles. “There’s something between the two of you, and now you’re taking her to dinner without Ori. The way you look at her? You gotta know this is different, man.”

“It’s not. Go protect our city or something. I’m busy–”

“–Busy waiting for your date.”

“I hate you so much.”

Y/n walks up behind them and links an arm with Bucky, grinning widely and cooing at the idea of a date. 

“Someone is going on a date?”

“No one is going on a date. Sam is being stupid,” Bucky grumbles and shoves Sam away from them. 

“Ready to tear up some burgers?”

“Yep. Is it weird that I miss Ori?” She asks as she digs through her bag, checking to make sure she isn’t leaving anything behind. 

Bucky stares at her unable to speak or even think. She’s wearing lipstick. The same lipstick she wore when she went out with Tony, the one she said was only for special occasions – the one Bucky said he liked. She wasn’t wearing any when Tony dropped her off. So, she put it on to go out with him? He’s not sure if he should like that as much as he does. 

“Can we bring her some cookies or something?”

And she wants to bring Ori cookies because she misses her? Did he hear that right? He’s never gone out with a woman, date or not, and had them worry about his daughter. 

“Buck?” She questions, waving a hand in front of his face to get his attention. “Do they have something we could bring her? I don’t want her feeling left out when we pick her up.”

When we pick her up. No he didn’t hear that wrong and it might be the sweetest thing he’s heard all day. 

He clears his throat and nods a few times too many but it makes her giggle so the whiplash was well worth it, “Oh, yeah. They do. They, uh, they have those big chocolate chip cookies. We can bring her some.”

“Good,” She beams. “Lead the way. I’m all yours, December.”

Shit.

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The few tables that are set out in front of the food truck are overly filled with other couples and family so finding a seat takes a minute. Apparently, Bucky wasn’t the only craving burgers and fries tonight. They finally end up sitting on the same side of a small picnic table, legs stuck together and elbows bumping every time they reach for their drinks or a napkin. Neither batted an eye at having to share the little bench, or their legs squished together for that matter.

It felt natural – weirdly enough.

“You never really told me,” Bucky mentions, hesitant and unsure for the first time all night. “How was your date with Stark?”

“Oh, it was good. Tony’s sweet and funny. Constantly finds a way to make me laugh. I know he’s not your favorite but –” Bucky feels his heart constricting the more she went on. He can see her lips moving but can’t hear her. It’s as if his brain is attempting to save his heart from having to hear just how fantastic Tony is and how happy they are together. “– But then I stupidly said that I only really laugh when I’m with you. Not great first date talk.”

Bucky sat up straighter. Now, this he wants to hear. 

“Wait, you talked about me on your date? You were on a date with Tony Stark and talked about me?”

“Um, yeah? I’m sorry. Is that weird? We talk a lot, and you do make me laugh. I always have fun when I’m with you, so it just slipped out,” She mumbles, eyes downcast, slightly embarrassed she blurted it out like that.

“Hey, it’s fine. I don’t mind you talking about me.” He bumps his shoulder against hers and grins when she meets his eyes with a nervous smile. 

“You make me laugh, too. All the time actually.” 

Y/n relaxes a bit and blows out a breath as she pushes the empty cardboard container away from her. Her head falls onto his shoulder like it was meant to be there and Bucky freezes unsure what he should do. If it was Natasha, he would kiss her head and playfully shove her off him, but she’s not Natasha. She’s different. Y/n’s been different from the day he met her, not in the way Natasha hoped but it doesn't change the fact that she is. Bucky slowly lifts his arm and drapes it around her shoulder, letting his thumb sweep up and down her bare arm, so subtly she almost didn’t notice.

Almost.

“I’m so full,” She whines playfully. “Why did you let me eat that much?”

“Since when can I ever tell you what to do?”

“Okay, good point.”

Bucky wants to say something, anything, so she stays right where she is and never leaves his side again, but he doesn’t. He doesn’t want to risk saying something stupid. He’s made a fool of himself in front of her enough over the short time they have known each other, and the last thing he wants to do is make her feel uneasy with him. A quiet comfort settles between them, Bucky’s thumb is still ghosting over her arm, and the only thing that could make this better is his little comet.

“Ice cream and cookies now?” Y/n begs breaking the silence and tilts her up to meet his eyes with zero intentions of moving from the crook of his arm.

“You just said you were full, and now you want ice cream and cookies?” He counters, brow raised and wearing a huge grin. “It’s going to make you sick, doll.”

She sticks out her bottom lip, and Bucky can feel his resolve crumbling instantly. He closes his eyes still grinning like a fool and groans, “Alright. Quit it. I’ll give you whatever you want if you promise not to look at me all cute like that.”

“Whatever you want, Buck.”

Double shit.

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The car rolls to a stop in front of the Aquila Books and Bucky peeks back at Ori to make sure she’s fast asleep; she’s snoring away. Her tiny hands clutching her new books with chocolate smeared on her chubby cheeks from the cookies Y/n bought her. Natasha was all too happy when they showed up together to pick up Ori. She was annoyingly chipper about it. Bucky had thought about dropping Y/n off first, but the bookstore was past Natasha’s place. Not to mention how excited Y/n was to see Ori andBucky knew Ori would be disappointed if she didn’t get to see Y/n – he could endure Natasha’s bullcrap for his best girl.

“So, you will help me throw this party?” Bucky looks back at Y/n with an apologetic smirk. “Since apparently, Tasha can’t help for the first time.”

Funny how Natasha made sure to bring up Ori’s fifth birthday party on their way out the door and mentioned she was so busy at work she couldn’t help plan her party. Since Orion has been born Natasha has never missed out on planning her party. Not once. Bucky has a feeling this isn’t about Ori’s party or Natasha’s work schedule. 

“Of course I’ll help. One fantastical space themed birthday coming up!” Y/n squeals as loudly as can with the sleeping comet in the backseat and Bucky can’t help but chuckle. He shakes his head and sighs, “Thank you for today and going to dinner with me and all the books and… for just being you.”

Y/n leans over the shifter and cups holders and kisses his cheek. 

“Thanks for liking me for… me,” she whispers softly. 

She’s grabbing her bag and is out of the car in a flash. Bucky’s hand slowly reaches up to his cheek that still had a slight hint of her lipstick staining his skin. He quickly shakes off whatever the hell those goosebumps mean and shouts out the open passenger window, “Hey, Beck?” 

Y/n turns back around, keys in her hand waiting with a shy smile. 

“I like the lipstick,” He says with a grin and a wink.

That tiny smile turns into a face-splitting grin, and she shakes her head at the satisfied look on Bucky’s face as he drives off. Y/n takes the steps two at a time still grinning from ear to ear when she walks through her front door. She shuts the door behind her and leans back against the solid wood. It’s grounding and firm and helps keep her weakened legs from giving out, a soft giggle bubbles up and the grin on her face is starting to hurt her cheeks. Her laughter and smile slowly fade and guilt replaces the warm feeling in her chest when her eyes focus on the massive bouquet of red roses Tony gave her this morning. 

It was just dinner with a friend, so why did she feel so guilty?

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