#Remy McGinnis

[nicopony79]

The worst thing about this drawing was having that dumb ‘90s song stuck in my head.

Based on the original poster by Robert McGinnis.

[hunnybadgerv]

Remy & Matt: 75. Speaks in a terrible Shakespearean/Elizabethan style to woo/make the other laugh

Hear My Soul Speak

Matt leaned in the bathroom doorway as he pulled a second towel over his lean, pale chest. His gaze lingered on Remy, who apparently dove right into a book as soon as she relinquished the shower to him. Her still wet, slicked back blonde hair took on a reddish hue from the warm light in the room.

“What are you reading?” he finally asked, ruffling his dark hair once more.

A smile bloomed on her lips when her eyes flicked up to and over him. Her eyes moving along the length of his body still sparked a blush, his pale skin could never hide—unless he kept himself permanently sunburnt.

She lifted the book. “Sonnets. Saw it on your nightstand. Got curious,” she admitted without a trance of suspicion that she might have been invading his personal space.

His smile widened. He didn’t mind at all. If he had, he would have put it in the drawer rather than leaving it in plain sight. She’d never go that far. She didn’t snoop, but if it was in plain sight, she would probably check it out.

“Do you have a favorite?” he asked. Matt knew how attractive a book was to Remy. She loved to read and would dive into anything.

She shrugged. “I think there might be too many to choose one.” Her eyes sparked with warmth and mischief.

Matt chuckled as he walked toward her, taking each step with great purpose and slow progress toward her. “Haply I think on thee, and then my state, / Like to the lark at break of day arising,” he said, his accent and tone shifting slightly from his normal voice. His electric blue eyes never moved from hers. “From sullen earth, sings hymns at heaven’s gate; / For thy sweet love,” he gestured toward her dramatically as a proper Shakespearean actor might with one hand on his heart and one extended to her, “remember’d such wealth of brings / That then I scorn to change my state with kings.”

Remy met him at the corner of the bed, her kneeling which made her a few inches taller than usual. She pushed one hand through his hair, trying to push his long bangs away from his eyes, which she contentedly gazed into. “My bounty is as boundless as the sea, / My love as deep; the more I give thee, / The more I have, for both are infinite,” she replied, minus any attempt at scoring a proper accent.

One hand slipping around her waist, the other went to her neck. He needed to feel her skin. “I love you with so much of my heart that none is left to protest,” he admitted quite happily, maintaining his performance style.

Remy smiled wide before repeating a line from the same play, Much Ado About Nothing. “I do love nothing in the world so much as you.”

Matt grinned again, bring his lips closer to hers. “I can express no kinder sign of love, that his kind kiss,” he told her before pressing his mouth to hers.

She pressed herself against him. Matt cherished it, while also despising the thick fluffiness of her after-shower robe.

“Love is a spirit,” she said between kisses, “all compact of fire.” Her voice bore a heady factor that pushed his pulse upward. Her hand skimmed down his side, dexterous fingers pressing against the towel around his waist.

He wasn’t the least bit surprised when it puddled around his feet to be replaced by the cool caress of the air. He could feel her impish grin against his mouth. Two could play this game, he thought.

The hand on her neck, fell with purpose, while he kissed her deeper. He guided her head so as to open up one side of her neck to him. Leaving her lips, he met her light blue gaze, then pressed his cheek against hers. Matt let his lips brush against that spot beneath her ear that always made her hum.

His voice and breath caressed her skin between tender wet kisses that he pressed against her neck. “Doubt though the stars are fire; / Doubt that the sun doth move; / Doubt truth to be a liar; / But never doubt I love.” His words were unrushed, steady despite the racing of his heart, as he pressed the terrycloth over her shoulder to give him more landscape to lavish attention upon.

“Matt,” she breathed. “Speak low if you speak love.” Her need clearly marked her voice, dipping it lower and giving it a reedy flutter.

“Love is a smoke and is made with the fume of sighs.” He punctuated his word with gentle nibbles to her collarbone as he crept toward her now bared shoulder.

He savored her touch as it explored his skin, along his spine and back and ribs, while her other hand cradled his head to her skin. Her fingers loosened and tightened in his damp hair with the sighs that broke from her lips at his actions. “Come what sorrow can, / It cannot countervail the exchange of joy, / That one short minute gives me in your sight,” she replies, shifting against him.

Pulling his lips away from her prickling skin, he met her gaze again, looming over her still, though not as much as usual. “I will live in thy heart, die in they lap, and be buried in thy eyes,” he told her in complete honesty. “Moreover …” He knew the rest of the words, but they weren’t what he wanted to say.

She blinked up at him, waiting. Finally, she saved him from his brain that was all wrapped up in her gaze at the moment. “Come to bed.”

He just nodded and kissed her hard. His hands went right to her robe’s belt and pulled it loose to bare her skin to his. He wanted to feel her in his arms, every bare inch of her short frame.

[iszapizza]

I think im hilarious by adding this song to terry’s playlist

[aimless-imagines-for-fun]

Characters I Write For

Requests :: l i n k

If you’d like to make a request, here’s a list of characters I write for/feel comfortable writing for(like, I think I would do a good job getting their personality down).

If you don’t see a character you like on the list, just message me and I’ll try giving it a go at writing him. I’ve watched A LOT of movies and tv shows, not every single one is included in this list.

Updated : 6/23

ACTORS

(if an actor has 4 or more charcters I write for, he gets put under this list)

Cillian Murphy’s Characters

- Jonathan Crane (The Dark Knight Trilogy)

- Thomas Shelby (Peaky Blinders, seasons 1-4 watched)

- Josef Gabcik (Anthropoid, 2016)

- Chris (Free Fire, 2016)

Alexander Skarsgard’s Characters

- Eric Northman (True Blood, seasons 1-7 watched)

- Tarzan (Tarzan, 2016)

- Leo Briler (Mute, 2018)

- Terry Monroe (War On Everyone, 2016)

- Lukas Matsson(Sucession, only episodes with Alexander watched)

Chris Evans’ Characters

- Steve Rogers (MCU)

- Ransom Drysdale (Knives Out, 2019)

- Ari Levinson (The Red Sea Diving Resort, 2019)

- Jake Jensen (The Losers, 2010)

Sebastain Stan’s Characters

- Bucky Barnes (MCU)

- Lee Bodecker (The Devil All The Time, 2020)

- Charles Blackwell (We Have Always Lived In The Castle, 2018)

- Jefferson (Once Upon A Time, season 1 & 2 watched)

Henry Cavill’s Characters

- Clark Kent (DCEU)

- Napoleon Solo (The Man From UNCLE, 2015)

- August Walker (Mission Impossible Fallout, 2018)

- Geralt of Rivia (The Witcher, season 1 & 2 watched)

Joel Kinnaman’s Characters

- Rick Flag (DCEU)

- Stephen Holder (The Killing, seasons 1-3 watched)

- Erik Heller (Hanna, season 1 watched)

- Takeshi Kovacs (Altered Carbon, season 1 & 2 watched)

Brad Pitt’s Characters

- Cliff Booth (Once Upon A Time... In Hollywood, 2019)

- Robert Charles ‘Rusty’ Ryan (Ocean’s Trilogy)

- Aldo Raine (Inglorious Basterds, 2009)

- Louis de Pointe du Lac (Interview With A Vampire, 1994)

- Ladybug (Bullet Train, 2022)

Charlie Hunnam’s Characters

- Jax Teller (Sons Of Anarchy, seasons 1-7 watched)

- William ‘Ironhead’ Miller (Triple Frontier, 2019)

- Raymond Smith (The Gentlemen, 2019)

- Arthur Pendragon (King Arthur: Legend Of The Sword, 2017)

-

DC COMICS

- Older/Adult Damian Wayne (Comics & Animated)

- Dick Greyson (Comics & Animated)

- Jason Todd (Comics & Animated)

- Conner Kent (Young Justice & 80′s/Animated Movie Universe)

- Ray Palmer (DC Legends Of Tomorrow, seasons 1-5 watched)

- John Constantine  (Comics, Animated, & DC Legends Of Tomorrow, seasons 1-5 watched )

- Nate Heywood  (DC Legends Of Tomorrow, seasons 1-5 watched )

- Behrad Tarazi  (DC Legends Of Tomorrow, seasons 1-5 watched )

- Oliver Queen (Comics & Animated)

- Jonah Hex  (Comics, Animated & DC Legends Of Tomorrow, seasons 1-5 watched)

- Arthur Curry (DCEU & Animated Movie Universe)

- Clark Kent (Cavill, Reeves, Wellings, Routh, Hoechlin, Animated &Comics)

- Rick Flag (DCEU)

- Jervis Tetch (Gotham, seasons 1-5 watched )

- Jonathan Crane (Dark Knight Trilogy & Gotham, seasons 1-5 watched )

- Terry McGinnis (Comics & Batman Beyond, seasons 1-3 watched)

-

MARVEL COMICS

- Bucky Barnes (MCU)

- Steve Rogers (MCU)

- Gambit/Remy Etienne LaBeau (Comics & Animated)

- Alex Summers (Animated & X-Men Movies)

- Peitro Maximoff (MCU)

- Peter Maximoff (X-Men Movies)

- Peter Parker (Garfield & Holland)

- Miguel O’Hara (Spiderverse)

- Thor (MCU)

- Loki (MCU)

- Helmut Zemo (MCU)

- Sam Wilson (MCU)

- Ikaris (MCU)

- Druig (MCU)

- Kingo (MCU)

- Shang-Chi (MCU)

- Wenwu (MCU)

- Kraven (MCU)

-

TV SHOWS

True Blood (seasons 1-7 watched)

- Eric Northman

- Sam Merlotte

- Jason Stackhouse

- Alcide Herveaux

The Alienist (season 1 & 2 watched)

- Laszlo Kreizler

- John Moore

- Marcus Isaacson

Supernatural (seasons 1-15 watched)

- Sam Winchester

- Dean Winchester

- Jack Kline

- Michael 

Peaky Blinders (seasons 1-4 watched)

- Thomas Shelby

- Michael Grey

- Luca Changretta

- Bonnie Gold

Vikings (seasons 1-5 watched)

- Ragnar Lothbrok

- Rollo Lothbrok

- Bjorn Ironside

- Ivar The Boneless

- Harald Finehair

- Halfdan The Black

- King Alfred

- Prince Aethelred

Game Of Thrones (seasons 1-8 watched)

- Jon Snow

- Jamie Lannister

- Rob Stark

- Oberyn Martell

The Witcher (season 1 watched)

- Geralt of Rivia

- Jaskier

- Cahir 

Merlin (seasons 1-5 watched)

- Merlin

- Arthur

- Gwaine

- Percival

OTHER SHOWS (fandoms with 2 or less characters I write) :

- Aidan Waite (Being Human US, seasons 1-4 watched)

- John Mitchell (Being Human UK, season 1 watched)

- Stefan Salvator (Vampire Diaries, seasons 1 & 2 watched)

- Damon Salvator  (Vampire Diaries, seasons 1 & 2 watched)

- Roman Godfrey (Hemlock Grove, seasons 1-3 watched)

- Peter Rumaneck (Hemlock Grove, seasons 1-3 watched)

- Richie Gecko (From Dusk Till Dawn, seasons 1-3 watched)

- Seth Gecko (From Dusk Till Dawn, seasons 1-3 watched)

- Ezekiel ‘Ez’ Reyes (Mayans MC, seasons 1 & 2 watched)

- J Cody (Animal Kingdom, seasons 1-4 watched)

- Spencer Ried (Criminal Minds, seasons 1-15 watched)

- Will Graham (Hannibal, seasons 1-3 watched)

- Huck Finnigan (Ratched, season 1 watched)

- Billy Butcher (The Boys, season 1 & 2 watched)

- Kurt Wallander (Young Wallander, season 1 watched)

- Barry Berkman (Barry, season 1 & 2 watched)

- Richard Winters (Band Of Brothers, season 1 watched)

- Ronald Speirs (Band Of Brothers, season 1 watched)

- Djarin/Mandalorian (The Mandalorian, season 1 & 2 watched)

- Kit Walker (American Horror Story, seasons 1-8 watched)

- Michael Langdon (American Horror Story, seasons 1-8 watched)

- Bill Hickok (The Young Riders, seasons 1-3 watched)

- Buck Cross (The Young Riders, seasons 1-3 watched)

- Tom Hanson (Twenty One Jump Street, seasons 1-4 watched)

- Dennis Booker (Twenty One Jump Street, seasons 1-4 watched, & Booker, season 1 watched)

- Takeshi Kovacs (Anthony Mackie’s & Joel Kinnaman’s Portrayl : Altered Carbon, all seasons )

- Teddy Flood (Westworld, seasons 1 & 2)

- Hector Escaton (Westworld, seasons 1 & 2)

- Luke Roman (Surrealestate, season 1 watched)

- Michael Cutter (Law and Order, seasons 18, 19 & 20 watched)

- Cyrus Lupo (Law and Order, seasons 18, 19 & 20 watched)

- Angus MacGyver (MacGyver, 1985 & 2016 series completed)

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MOVIES

Tarantinoverse

- Cliff Booth (Once Upon A Time... In Hollywood, 2019)

- Rick Dalton (Once Upon A Time... In Hollywood, 2019)

- Aldo Raine (Inglorious Basterds, 2009)

- Donny Donowitz (Inglorious Basterds, 2009)

- Hugo Stiglitz (Inglorious Basterds, 2009)

- Wilhelm Wicki (Inglorious Basterds, 2009)

Kingsman Serise

- Gary ‘Eggsy’ Unwin

- Jack ‘Whiskey’ Daniels

- Tequila

Twilight Saga

- Jasper Hale

- Caius Volturi

- Marcus Volturi

- Benjamin

- Seth Clearwater

Ocean’s Trilogy

- Danny Ocean

- Robert Charles ‘Rusty’ Ryan

- Linus Caldwell

OTHER MOVIES (fandoms with 2 or less characters I write) :

- Jareth (Labyrinth, 1986)

- Kandomere (Bright, 2017)

- Lestat de Lioncourt (Interview With A Vampire, 1994)

- Prince Caspian (Narnia Serise)

- Tommy Lee (The Dirt, 2019)

- Dick Best (Midway, 2019)

- Ben Miller (Triple Frontier, 2019)

- Arvin Russell (The Devil All The Time, 2020)

- Miles Tuck (Tuck Everlasting, 2002)

- Jan Kubis (Anthropoid, 2016)

- Carlos ‘Cougar’ Alvarez (The Losers, 2010)

- Duncan Vizla (Polar, 2019)

- Samson Posey (Dirty Dozen, 1967)

- Sir Galahad (King Arthur, 2004)

- Sir Tristian (King Arthur, 2004)

- Tangerine (Bullet Train, 2022)

- Walt De Ville (The Invitation, 2022)

[triscribe]

TOO MANY BATS

LOOK AT THIS MONSTROSITY I HAVE SPENT THE PAST SIX HOURS ASSEMBLING - THERE ARE ONE HUNDRED AND ELEVEN NAMES

(Follows the current Batman and new family members in order of appearance, their alter egos, their years of operation and ages. The Ultra Bomb Disaster of 2050 killed off a lot of superheroes, including twenty six of the active Gotham crimefighters, and also meant the remaining Bats took in a lot of orphaned meta kids who bolstered their ranks further with the next generation. Asterix symbol refers to someone returning to a uniform they wore previously):

Bruce Wayne (1997-2012) (22-37 years old):

Selina Kyle, Catwoman (1998-2023), Madam Cat (2023-2056) (22-47-80)

Dick Grayson, Robin (2000-2007), Nightwing (2007-2012) (10-17-22)

Barbara Gordon, Batgirl (2002-2008), Oracle (2008-2067) (15-21-80)

Jason Todd, Robin (2007-2009), Red Hood (2011-2039) (13-15, 17-45)

Tim Drake, Robin (2010-2012), Redbird (2012-2027), Bird’s Eye (2027-2048) (13-15-30-51)

Stephanie Brown, Spoiler (2010-2012), Batgirl (2012-18), Blonde Bat (2018-46) (14-16-22-50)

Cassandra Cain, Batgirl (2010-2012), Black Bat (2012-2050) (12-14-52)

Dick Grayson (2012-2014) (22-24):

Damian Wayne, Robin (2012-2020), Renegade (2020-2024) (8-16-20)

Colin Wilkes, Abuse (2012-2022) (9-19)

Kate Kane, Batwoman (2013-2025) (22-40)

Renee Montoya, Question (2013-2016) (23-26)

*Bruce Wayne (2014-2024) (39-49):

*Dick Grayson, Nightwing (2014-2026), Old Wing (2050) (24-36, 60)

Luke Fox, Batwing (2014-2048) (25-59)

Harper Row, Bluebird (2014-2015, 2020-2050) (14-15, 20-50)

Duke Thomas, Signal (2016-2050) (15-49)

Nell Little, Snitch (2017-2019), Spoiler (2019-2026), Snooper (2026-50) (12-14-21-45)

Tiffany Fox, Batgirl (2018-2025), Batwoman (2025-2050) (15-22-47)

Cullen Row, Agent C (2020-2091) (19-90)

Helena Wayne, Robin (2020-24), Batgirl (2024-27), Nightwing (2027-38) (11-15-18-29)

Mar’iand’r Grayson, Nightstar (2023-2050) (9-36)

Damian Wayne (2024-2038) (20-33):

Maya Ducard, Nobody (2013-2033), Shadowbird (2033-2063) (10-30-60)

Jake Grayson, Robin (2024-2030), Nightfire (2030-2050) (8-14-34)

Augusta Young-Gordon, Snitch (2025-2030), Spook (2030-50) (10-15-35)

Marigold Cain/Wayne, Batgirl (2027-2032), Gold Bat (2032-2050) (10-15-33)

Jasmine Todd, Robin (2030-2033), Catgirl (2033-39), Red Hood (2039-50) (12-15-21-32)

Jeremy Todd, Hoodlum (2032-2033), Red Bat (2035-2050) (12-13, 15-30)

Tawny Fox, Batgirl (2032-2037), Foxbat (2037-2048), Batwing (2048-) (13-18-29-)

Jack Drake, Robin (2033-2037), Redbird (2037-2050) (12-16-29)

Anne Drake, Spoiler (2033-2037), Batgirl (2037-42), Bird’s Eye (2048-) (12-16-21, 27-)

Richard Wayne, Impulse (2035-38), Dart (2038-45), Flash (2053-70) (10-13-20, 28-45)

Walter Brown, Spoiler (2037-43), Sparrow (2043-2050) (11-17-24)

Alf Wayne, Robin (2037-2045), Nightwing (2045-2050) (7-15-20)

Miguel Little-Reyes, Green Beetle (2037-2050) (13-26)

Helena Wayne (2038-2041) (29-32): (Yes, a girl can be Batman too)

Lyn Row, Harpy (2038-2050) (13-25)

Suze Bennett, Sphinx (2039-2050) (15-26)

Carmelita Little-Reyes, Snitch (2040-2043), Spoiler (2043-50), Snooper (2050-80) (10-13-20-50)

Sarah Wilkes, Ballpark (2040-2050) (16-26)

Louis Gibson, Flare (2040-2050), Signal (2050-70) (15-25-45)

*Damian Wayne (2041-2050) (36-46):

Helena Wayne, Catwoman (2041-2050) (32-41)

Melba Young-Gordon, Batgirl (2042-50), Batwoman (2050-70) (13-21-41)

Danny Wilkes, Cornerback (2043-2049) (15-21)

Tasha Teller Fox, Redwing (2043-2048), Foxbat (2048-2050) (19-24-26)

Luna Wayne, Robin (2045-2050), Batgirl (2050-60), Catwoman (2060-) (10-15-25-)

Alf Wayne (2050-2074) (20-44):

Haley~Harry Kent Grayson, Robin (2050-55), Nightwing (2055-65), Superman (2065-) (10-15-25-)

Corey Grayson, Nightfire (2051-) (10-)

Thyra Gardener, Black Ice (2051-) (13)

David Queen, Gold Bow (2052-2058), Green Arrow (2058-) (15-21-)

Sumi Brown, Spoiler (2052-2060), Batgirl (2060-63), Sparrow (2063-) (10-18-21-)

Cassidy Harper, Hawkgirl (2053-2063), Blackhawk (2063-) (10-20-)

Curt Batson, Superboy (2053-2063), Captain Marvel (2063-) (11-21-)

Sam Smith, Blue Tornado (2054-) (14-)

Mirabelle Hall, Snow Tiger (2054-) (15-)

Kelsey Todd, Robin (2055-2057), Catgirl (2057-2061), Catwoman (2061-) (14-16-20-)

Bethany Drake, Spook One (2055-2063), Redbird (2063-) (11-19-)

Beverly Drake, Spook Two (2055-2063), Batgirl (2063-2070), Batwoman (2070-) (11-19-26-)

Jett Todd, Street Rat (2056-2060), Red Hood (2060-) (13-17-)

Zaina Zatara, Stagehand (2056-2062), Zatara (2062-) (12-18-)

Rosa Reyes, Blue Beetle (2056-) (12-)

Robbie Hawkins, Spark (2057-2064), Static (2064-) (13-20-)

Terry McGinnis, Robin (2057-2061), Red Bat (2061-2074) (12-16-29)

Benjamin Drake, Kid Flash (2057-2070), Flash (2070-) (11-24-)

Joey Todd Allen, Kid Mercury (2058-2070), Mercury (2070-) (10-22-)

Vicky Logan, Menagerie (2059-) (16-)

Archie Bloomberg, Kid Devil (2059-2064), Red Devil (2064-) (13-18-)

Hanna Hawkins Wayne, Impulse (2059-2062), Silver Bat (2062-)(12-15-)

Ricardo Little-Reyes, Kid Lantern (2060-2062), Darklight (2062-) (13-15-)

Lucille Drake, Spoiler (2060-2065), Harpy (2065-) (15-20-)

June West, Spin (2060-) (11-)

Janus West, Twist (2060-) (11-)

Matt McGinnis, Robin (2061-2066), Redwing (2066-78) (12-17-29)

Dale Donovan, Animal Kid (2061-2065), Animal Man (2065-) (16-20-)

Liberty Free, Eve (2062-) (15-)

Angie Row, Sphinx (2062-) (15-)

Samantha Wilkes, Slamdunk (2064-) (15-)

Tom Wayne, Robin (2066-2070), Nightwing (2070-2085) (11-15-30)

Penny Wayne, Pigeon (2066-2070), Robin (2070-74), Greybird (2074-90) (6-10-14-30)

Maxine Gibson, Oracle (2067-) (21-)

Abby Brown, Spoiler (2069-2075), Batgirl (2075-2080), Snooper (2080-) (12-18-23-)

Maia Wayne-Queen, Speedy (2070-2076), Black Canary (2076-) (12-18-)

Terry McGinnis (2074-2078) (29-33):

Helen Kent-Grayson, Supergirl (2075-2085), Superwoman (2085-) (10-20-)

Sidney Hall-Smith, Blizzard (2075-) (14-)

Teddy Drake, Robin (2074-2076), Bluebird (2076-2090) (11-13-27)

Zeke Brown, Spoiler (2076-2085), Spook (2085-) (12-21-)

Iris McGinnis, Robin (2076-2078), Redwing (2078-) (9-11-)

*Alf Wayne (2078-2085) (48-55):

*Terry McGinnis, Red Bat (2078-) (33-)

Mason Todd, Robin (2078-2085), Stray (2085-) (11-18-)

Marisa Kent-Grayson, Nightstar (2078-) (10-)

Cici Batson, Gold Hawk (2079-) (13-)

Carson Batson, Marvel Kid (2079-2086), Olympian (2086-) (11-18-)

Toby Delmont, Roadrunner (2079-) (10-)

Darion Wayne-Queen, Gold Bow (2080-) (12-)

Bruce Kent-Grayson, Nightwing (2080-) (10-)

Riley Grayson, Starfire (2080-) (10-)

Finn Snart, Captain Cold (2080-) (19-)

Cera Little-Reyes, Green Beetle (2081-) (13-)

Vic Logan-Todd, Street Rat (2081-2085), Hybrid (2085-) (12-16-)

Scott Free Allen, Kid Mercury (2082-) (10-)

Tammy Row, Gryphon (2083-) (13-)

Remy Logan-Todd, Beast Boy (2084-2090), Beastial (2090-) (12-18-)

Tina Zatara, Conjure (2084-) (13-)

Sharise Hawkins, Spark (2084-) (15-)

Tom Wayne (2085-2090) (30-35):

Devin Wayne, Robin (2085-2090), Bluebird (2090-) (8-13-)

Shawn Wayne-Fox, Stopwatch (2085-) (12-)

Amara Drake, Red Beetle (2086-) (11-)

Kathy Row, Wyvern (2087-) (13-)

Ziva Zatara, Kid Devil (2088-) (12-)

Minnie Free Allen, Impulse (2088-) (10-)

Brian West, Kid Flash (2089-) (10-)

Penny Wayne (2090-) (30-): (Following in her great-aunt Helena’s example)

Martha “March” Snart-Wayne, Robin (2090-) (7-)

Valor McGinnis, Dart (2090-) (10-)

Selina Graysmith, Stormbird (2094-) (7-)

John Kent-Grayson, Superboy (2099-) (8-)

Joanna Todd, Cub (2100-) (10-)

Now, why did I put myself through this madness? Because I needed the full background prepared for my new story, HYPERTIME, starring March Wayne, Robin #26, and her cousin Lina Graysmith, the one and only Stormbird.

The multiverse is not prepared.

[paragonacademyrecruit]

𝗧𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗻 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗥𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿:

• Anna-Marie

• Barbara Gordon

• Billy Kaplan

• Bruce Wayne

• Bruce Banner

• Cindy Moon

• Dick Grayson

• Dinah Lance

• Damian Wayne

• Gwen Stacy

• Harleen Quinzel

• Jean Grey

• Jason Todd

• Jon Kent

• Johnny Storms

• Loki Laufeyson

• Matt Murdock

• Miles Morales

• Natalia Romanova

• Peter Parker

• Reed Richards

• Remy LeBeau

• Shayera Thal

• Terry McGinnis

• Tony Stark

• Thor Odinson

• Wally West

• Wanda Maximoff

• Zatanna Zatara

[books-in-a-storm]

Book Cover Love Master List

Book cover can be so pretty. They need love sometimes. These are all the book covers that I love. Complete series that have a the covers have a red heart beside the series name(❤).I hope you love them too.

Alphabetical Covers:

A:

A Madness So Discreet-Mindy McGinnis 

All The Bright Places-Jennifer Niven

A Court Of Thorns And Roses

A Court Of Thorns And Roses(A Court Of Thorns And Roses #1)-Sarah J Maas

Anna 

Anna Dressed In Blood(Anna #1)-Kendare Blake 

Abby Sinclair 

A Brush of Darkness(Abby Sinclair #1)-Allison Page 

Asylum❤

Asylum (Asylum #1)-Madeleine Roux 

Sanctum(Asylum #2)-Madeleine Roux 

Catacomb(Asylum #3)-Madeleine Roux 

Arcadia Bell 

Kindling The Moon(Arcadia Bell #1)-Jenn Bennett 

Summoning the Night(Arcadia Bell #2)-Jenn Bennett

B:

Beneath The Scars-Melanie Moreland 

Blood Sinister-Celia Rees

Beau Rivage

Kill Me Softly( Beau Rivage #1)-Sarah Cross 

Blackwell Pages 

Loki’s Wolves(The Blackwell Pages #1)-K.L.Armstrong &M.A.Marr 

C:

The Cold King-Amber Jaeger 

Coraline-Neil Gaiman

The Coldest Girl In Cold Town-Holly Black

The Conqueror’s Saga

And I Darken(The Conqueror’s Saga #1)-Kiersten White

Now I Rise(The Conqueror’s Saga #2)-Kiersten White

Bright We Burn(The Conqueror’s Saga #3)-Kiersten White

Callaghan Brothers 

Dangerous Secrets(Callaghan Brothers #1)-Abbie Zanders

First and Only(Callaghan Brothers #2)-Abbie Zanders

House Calls(Callaghan Brothers #3)-Abbie Zanders

Seeking Vengeance(Callaghan Brothers #4)-Abbie Zanders

Cruel Beauty Universe

Cruel Beauty(Cruel Beauty Universe #1)- Rosamund Hodge

Chicagoland Vampires

Some Girls Bite(Chicagoland Vampires #1)-Chloe Neill

Friday Nights Bites(Chicagoland Vampires #2)-Chloe Neill

Twice Bitten(Chicagoland Vampires #3)-Chloe Neill

Hard Bitten(Chicagoland Vampires #4)-Chloe Neill

Drink Deep(Chicagoland Vampires #5)-Chloe Neill

The Curiosity House

The Shrunken Head(The Curiosity House #1)- Lauren Oliver & H.C. Chester

Code 11-KPD SWAT

Center Mass(Code 11-KPD SWAT #1)-Lani Lynn Vale

D:

Dangerous Lies-Becca Fitzpatrick

Don’t Look Back-Jennifer L. Armentrout

Daughter of Deep Silence By Carrie Ryan

Daughter Of Smoke And Bone❤

Daughter of Smoke & Bone(Daughter of Smoke & Bone #1)-Laini Taylor

Days of Blood & Starlight(Daughter of Smoke & Bone #2)-Laini Taylor

Dreams Of Gods And Monsters(Daughter of Smoke & Bone #3)-Laini Taylor

Darkest Powers

The Summoning( Darkest Powers #1)-Kelley Armstrong 

Dark Guardian

Moonlight(Dark Guardian #1)-Rachel Hawthorne

Full Moon(Dark Guardian #2)-Rachel Hawthorne

Dust Lands❤

Blood Red Road(Dust Lands #1) By Moira Young

Rebel Heart(Dust Lands #2)-Moira Young

Raging Star(Dust Lands #3)-Moira Young

E:

English❤

Dirty English(English #1)-Ilsa Madden-Mills

Filthy English(English #2)-Ilsa Madden-Mills

F:

Flame In The Mist- Renne Ahdieh

Furthermore-Tahereh Mafi

Fangirl-Rainbow Rowell

J:

H:

Heartless-Marissa Meyer 

The Hurricane ❤

The Hurricane(The Hurricane #1)-R.J.Prescott 

The Aftermath( The Hurricane #2)-R.J.Prescott

The Heroes of Olympus

The Lost Hero(The Heroes of Olympus #1)-Rick Riordan 

The Son Of Neptune(The Heroes of Olympus #2)-Rick Riordan

Hidden Legacy

Burn for Me (Hidden Legacy #1)-Ilona Andrews 

Hudson Valley❤

Nuts(Hudson Valley #1)- Alice Clayton 

Cream Of The Crop(Hudson Valley #2)-Alice Clayton

Buns(Hudson Valley #3)-Alice Clayton

Hex Hall

Hex Hall(Hex Hall #1) By Rachel Hawkins 

Harry Potter-J.K.Rowling

The Philosopher’s Stone 20th Anniversary Edition Paperback

I:

I Was Here-Gayle Forman

The Infernal Devices❤

Clockwork Angel(The Infernal Devices #1)- Cassandra Clare

Clockwork Prince (The Infernal Devices #2)-Cassandra Clare

Clockwork Princess(The Infernal Devices #3)-Cassandra Clare

Indexing

Indexing(Indexing #1)- Seanan McGuire

G:

The Grisha ❤

Shadow And Bone(The Grisha #1)-Leigh Bardugo

Siege and Storm(The Grisha #2) By Leigh Bardugo

Ruin And Rising(The Grisha #3) By Leigh Bardugo

Guild Hunter 

Angels’ Blood(Guild Hunter #1)-Nalini Singh

Archangel’s Kiss(Guild Hunter #2)-Nalini Singh

K:

The Killing Jar-Jennifer Bosworth 

Kate Daniels

Magic Bites(Kate Daniels #1)-Ilona Andrews

Magic Burns (Kate Daniels #2)-Ilona Andrews

Magic Strikes(Kate Daniels #3)-Ilona Andrews

Magic Bleeds(Kate Daniels #4)-Ilona Andrews

Magic Slays(Kate Daniels #5)-Ilona Andrews

L:

Long May She Reign- Rhiannon Thomas 

Leave A Mark-Stephanie Fournet 

Let It Snow- John Green, Maureen Johnson & Lauren Myracle

Life And Death-Stephenie Meyer

The Lunar Chronicles 

Cinder(The Lunar Chronicles #1)-Marissa Meyer

Scarlet(The Lunar Chronicles #2)-Marissa Meyer

Cress(The Lunar Chronicles #3)-Marissa Meyer

Legend

Legend (Legend #1)-Marie Lu

M:

Missing- Kelley Armstrong 

Made for You-Melissa Marr

My True Love Gave To Me

Magisterium

The Iron Trial(Magisterium #1) By Holly Black & Cassandra Clare

The Copper Gauntlet(Magisterium #2) By Holly Black & Cassandra Clare

Mayhem❤

Mayhem(Mayhem #1)-Jamie Shaw

Riot(Mayhem #2)-Jamie Shaw

Chaos(Mayhem #3)-Jamie Shaw

Havoc(Mayhem #4)-Jamie Shaw

The Mortal Instruments❤

City of Bones(The Mortal Instruments #1)-Cassandra Clare

City Of Ashes(The Mortal Instruments # 2)- Cassandra Clare

City Of Glass(The Mortal Instruments # 3)- Cassandra Clare

City of Fallen Angels(The Mortal Instruments #4)-Cassandra Clare

City Of Lost Souls(The Mortal Instruments #5)-Cassandra Clare

City Of Heavenly Fire(The Mortal Instruments #6)-Cassandra Clare

Mythos Academy

Touch of Frost(Mythos Academy #1)-Jennifer Estep

Kiss Of Frost(Mythos Academy #2)-Jennifer Estep

Magonia❤   

Magonia(Magonia #1)-Maria Dahvana Headley

Aerie(Magonia #2)-Maria Dahvana Headley

Man Hands

Man Hands(Man Hands #1)-Sarina Bowen & Tanya Eby

Monsters of Verity❤

This Savage Song(Monsters of Verity #1)-Victoria Schwab

Our Dark Duet(Monsters of Verity #2)-Victoria Schwab

N:

November 9- Colleen Hoover 

O:

Of Beast And Beauty-Stacey Jay

Our Chemical Hearts-Krystal Sutherland

P:

Poles Apart-Kirsty Moseley 

Passenger

Passenger-Alexandra Bracken 

Percy Jackson And The Olympians

The Lightning Thief(Percy Jackson And The Olympians #1)- Rick Riordan

The Sea Of Monsters(Percy Jackson And The Olympians #2)- Rick Riordan

The Titan’s Curse(Percy Jackson and the Olympians #3)-Rick Riordan

Poison Study 

Poison Study(Poison Study #1)-Maria V. Snyder

Assassin Study(Poison Study #1.5)-Maria V. Snyder

Magic Study(Poison Study #2)-Maria V. Snyder

Fire Study(Poison Study #3)- Maria V. Snyder

Power Study (Poison Study #3.5) by Maria V. Snyder 

Shadow Study(Poison Study #4)- Maria V. Snyder

Night Study(Poison Study #5)- Maria V. Snyder

Dawn Study(Poison Study #6)- Maria V. Snyder 

Q:

R:

Roseblood-A.G.Howard

Real

Real(Real #1)-Katy Evans 

Mine(Real #2)-Katy Evans

Remy(Real #3)-Katy Evans

Rogue(Real #4)-Katy Evans

Real Love

Eye Candy(Real Love #1)-Jessica Lemmon 

The Rule Breakers ❤

The Rule Book(The Rule Breakers #1) -Jennifer Blackwood

The Rule Maker(The Rule Breakers #2)-Jennifer Blackwood

The Raven Cycle ❤

The Raven Boys(The Raven Cycle #1)-Maggie Stiefvater

The Dream Thieves(The Raven Cycle #2)-Maggie Stiefvater

Blue Lily, Lily Blue(The Raven Cycle #3)-Maggie Stiefvater

The Raven King(The Raven Cycle #4)-Maggie Stiefvater 

Reawakened

Reignited(Reawakened 0.5)-Colleen Houck

Reawakened(Reawakened #1)- Colleen Houck

S:

Spinning Starlight-R.C.Lewis

Simon Vs. The Homo Sapiens Agenda-Becky Albertalli

Suspicion-Alexandra Monir

Stitching Snow-R.C.Lewis

The School For Good And Evil

The School For Good And Evil(The School For Good And Evil #1)-Soman Chainani

Simon Snow

Carry On(Simon Snow #1)- Rainbow Rowell 

Wayward Son(Simon Snow #2)-Rainbow Rowell

Shatter Me

Shatter Me(Shatter Me #1)-Tahereh Mafi

Slater Brothers

Dominic(Slater Brothers #1)-L.A.Casey

Bronagh(Slater Brothers #1.5)-L.A.Casey

Alec(Slater Brothers #2)-L.A.Casey

Keela(Slater Brothers #2.5)-L.A.Casey

Kane (Slater Brothers #3)-L.A. Casey

The Storymakers❤ 

Spelled(The Storymakers #1)-Betsy Schow

Wanted(The Storymakers #2)-Betsy Schow

Banished(The Storymakers #3)-Betsy Schow

Six of Crows❤  

Six of Crows(Six of Crows #1)-Leigh Bardugo

Crooked Kingdom(Six of Crows #2)-Leigh Bardugo

Stalking Jack the Ripper

Stalking Jack the Ripper(Stalking Jack the Ripper #1)-Kerri Maniscalco

Stage Dive

Lick(Stage Dive #1)-Kylie Scott

Play(Stage Dive #2)-Kylie Scott

Lead(Stage Dive #3)-Kylie Scott

T:

Trick-Natalia Jaster

It Ends With Us-Colleen Hoover

Twilight Saga

Twilight(Twilight #1)-Stephenie Meyer 

New Moon(Twilight #2)- Stephenie Meyer

The Tiger Saga❤

Tiger’s Promise(The Tiger Saga 0.5) by Colleen Houck

Tiger’s Curse(The Tiger Saga #1)-Colleen Houck

Tiger’s Quest(The Tiger Saga #2)-Colleen Houck

Tiger’s Voyage(The Tiger’s Curse #3)-Colleen Houck

Tiger’s Destiny(The Tiger Saga #4)-Colleen Houck

Tiger’s Dream(The Tiger Saga #5)-Colleen Houck

To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before

To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before(To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before #1)-Jenny Han

Tales of Beauty & Madness❤

Nameless(Tales of Beauty & Madness #1)-Lili St.Crow

Wayfarer(Tales of Beauty & Madness #2)-Lili St.Crow

Kin(Tales of Beauty & Madness #3)-Lili St. Crow

Throne of Glass

The Assassin’s Blade(Throne of Glass 0.5) by Sarah J. Maas

U:

Uprooted-Naomi Novik

Unexpected Reality-Kaylee Ryan

Until Harry-L.A.Casey

Ugly Love- Colleen Hoover

Unfinished Fairy Tales

The Ugly Stepsister(Unfinished Fairy Tales #1)-Aya Ling

Twice Upon A Time(Unfinished Fairy Tales #2)-Aya Ling

V:

V is for Virgin❤  

V is for Virgin(V is for Virgin #1)-Kelly Oram

A Is For Abstinence(V is for Virgin #2)-Kelly Oram

W:

Wintersong

Wintersong(Wintersong #1) -S.Jae-Jones

Shadowsong(Wintersong #2)-S. Jae-Jones

Women of the Otherworld

Bitten (Women of the Otherworld #1) -Kelley Armstrong

Stolen(Women of the Otherworld #2)-Kelley Armstrong

Dime Store Magic(Women of the Otherworld #3)-Kelley Armstrong

Industrial Magic(Women of the Otherworld #4)-Kelley Armstrong

Haunted(Otherworld #5)-Kelley Armstrong

White House❤

Mr. President(White House #1) - Katy Evans

Commander in Chief(White House #2- Katy Evans

X:

Y:

Z:

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Lux and Remy would have been besties. I know it. The two of them would have been scuffed up little terrors. Remy was the same way; she and Johnny would get all rough and tumble from time to time, as well. When they were little, Johnny usually came out on top, but later it got more even. I really think that Remy and Lux could have gotten into a lot of wonderful trouble together.

TuT My tired old heart is so warmed by this oh my god, the image of these two being besties has completely made my day.

One daring the other to do a Thing™, only for the Thing™  to go pear-shaped pretty quickly and onlookers get treated to the sight of them both laughing as they run away from the resulting explosion. Getting into scuffles, then grinning over a couple of beers later as they chat and unwind, covered in various cuts and bruises and scrapes.

TuT

[hunnybadgerv]

Remy & Matt: “Why did you choose me?”

From Prompt List I

Bonus: Spots to Kiss Prompts: a kiss on the space between the eyebrows for Matt & Remy

Leaning back on the pillow, the blonde woman shifted her hand slightly behind her neck, but not enough to move the rest of her body. Remy never minded the quiet, and there was something about the weight of Matt’s head on her stomach and the rhythm of his breathing that relaxed her. Her fingers threaded through his black hair; it was still damp from the shower and his body was warm, at least the parts of it against her side and the arm draped over her hips.

She couldn’t tell if he was actually awake still, but the movement of his long cool fingers along the waistband of her panties suggested he wasn’t asleep quite yet. He sighed deeply, his breath playing against her skin, while she continued to comb her fingers through his fine hair.

“Rem?”

“Hmm?” she answered. She’d expected him to break the silence when she felt the breath. It tended to signal that his active mind had settled on something it needed to share.

His hand stilled and moved over her belly button so that when he picked his head up and rested his chin against her it wasn’t digging into her gut. “Why’d you choose me?” he asked.

“Matt,” she started to say, her fingers still in her hair.

“Don’t Matt me,” he argued, dramaticizing the tone she’d used as he sat up in the center of the bed. “I’m not a child.”

It was through his reaction that she realized the condescension in her tone, which she’d not intended at all. Remy scooted across the bed to sit beside him. “I know you’re not,” she agreed, leaned her shoulder against his arm. “I’m sorry for the tone. I didn’t do it on purpose.”

He pushed his hair over his ear and peeked at her from the corner of his eye. “I hate it when you say my name like that.”

Remy gave him a gentle smile. “That’s why I apologized,” she reminded him leaning her cheek on his shoulder. She wanted to wipe the grimace from his face, wanted him to smile at her. “And I know you are very much not a kid.” Though she couldn’t stop the thought from dashing through her mind, she did keep her realization that they’d known one another since he was seventeen to herself. Sometimes it still felt strange when she thought about how long she’d known him.

But that hacker kid with the ego was not quite the same man she’d met several years later. Maybe it was the multiple near death experiences that matured him faster than most guys in their twenties. Either way, that’s the person she became interested in. The man he was now.

“Truth be told I thought you were kind of a twit back in Stilwater.”

He actually turned her head to look at her when she admitted that.

“I mean you emptied my bank account, bugged my place—”

“It was actually the DeWynter’s place, at least when the mics and cameras were installed,” he said with a smirk.

“Fair enough,” she chuckled. “Still, you were kind of an annoying dick.”

Matt’s grin welcomed his laugh. His reaction widened her smile as well. “To be fair, you have a reputation.”

“You shouldn’t believe everything you hear,” Remy chided.

“There was video, too.”

She shrugged up her other shoulder as she looked up at him. “Don’t believe everything you see?”

He shook his head at her, but leaned over and pressed a kiss on her forehead at that space right between her eyebrows. She tipped her head and, holding his cheek, pressed her mouth to his. She still hadn’t answered his question and a part of her wasn’t quite sure how to. They traded lighter and light kisses until she was looking up at him once more.

“Not sure I chose it at first. Falling for you,” she clarified. “I just … I wouldn’t have picked it. I think because in some ways even though I know you’re not that scraggly teenager from Steelport that memory of you is still prevalent from time to time. Like when I say your name like your child about to be reprimanded.”

Matt didn’t interrupt her. He was listening, intently. It bordered on intimidating to have someone’s full attention the way he gave it.

“There was this feeling that just kind of cropped up. And even right this second, when you look at me I can feel that same butterfly stampede in my gut that sparks a tingle under my skin. For a long time I quashed it. Hid from it. I thought it wasn’t fair to you. But I wanted it—you, us,” she said.

“Eventually you did choose,” he reminded her.

“Yeah,” she smiled. “I like how you make me feel, the way I am when I’m with you. And I don’t want that feeling to go away. So, I chose you. Choose you,” she told him. “Every morning, every night,” a smirk played over her lips, widening her smile. “I choose you, Pikachu.”

“Oi!” he crooned, his hands going straight for her ribs.

Remy collapsed against him, giggling wildly. Breathless in seconds, she tried to push herself across the sheets to escape, but Matt grabbed her and pulled her back toward him and tucked her beneath him into his embrace.

“And people call me a dork,” he teased.

“I don’t know all the ins and outs of it, I just know I love you. I want you in my life.” She brushed her hand over the side of his face. Heaven help her, she’d fallen hard, but she found contentment there for the first time since she could remember. Matt had become her safe place.

“I love you, too,” he told her, brushing the backs of his fingers against her neck. “Just wanted to make sure you weren’t just using me for my body.”

Remy grinned. “Oh, I am, but that’s only part of it.”

Matt seemed to consider that statement for a moment. “Okay, I can live with that.” He pressed a kiss to her lips and the boss wrapped her arms tight around his neck.

Yep, this is home.

[hunnybadgerv]

Remy: What was your OC’s childhood like?, What subjects did your OC excel at?, How does your OC handle grief?, What secrets does your OC have?, How does your OC display love?, What is your OC’s favorite book?

What was your OC’s childhood like? Remy’s childhood was a little strange. Her mother was killed when she was very young, shot when they were walking down the street to her dance lesson. The most vivid memory Remy really has from that experience is the red blood seeping into the fabric of her ballet shoes and the way it spidered through the silk. After that, she was raised by her father and in part her older brother.

She was six or seven at the above point, so she already knew Johnny and Dex (they’d met when she started school and become an early childhood educator’s nightmare). Her father’s work kept him rather busy--a fair number of business trips. A few years after, she was moved across town to a private school mainly because she and Dex and Johnny proved entirely unable to not get themselves suspended on the regular. They still got up to nonsense in the neighborhood, but that her dad could better deal with. 

When her dad died, her life took on a whole other shift. At about 14, if I recall her timeline correctly, she leaves Stilwater and is sent to live with family overseas. This is the end of her “formal” education. 

What subjects did your OC excel at? In grade school, she prefers the ones that keep her active and she’s partial to English because she likes stories. 

Once she leaves Stilwater, her education takes a whole different direction and she excels at marksmanship and hand-to-hand, despite her size.

How does your OC handle grief? She handles it a little better than most of my bosses. She knows that you’re bound to lose everyone. And it sucks, but you have to keep hold of the good parts and let the other go away. She realizes that grief can be torture or it can be remembrance. She prefers the latter. It doesn’t keep her from occasionally having nightmares or concerns for the people around her. But she actually will talk when she needs it, even if it is to some random drunk guy on the corner (which has happened before).

What secrets does your OC have?  Oh gosh. I’m not even sure I know them all. I don’t think Matt realizes that her childhood kind of took a turn along the lines of the film The Professional. She just assumes he’s dug up all the skeletons that even the press couldn’t find. Stories that aren’t hers to tell, she keeps to herself, but I wouldn’t call those secrets. 

I’m finding that going through the things I consider secrets, aren’t really that way for her. If someone asked about it, she would probably tell them. Her childhood, however, is tougher for her to talk about, even the good parts. But even that isn’t really a secret. 

I think one of the things she did keep secret for a long time was her budding interest in Matt. She couldn’t explain it and she went back and forth about how she felt about it, especially given the age difference between them. 

How does your OC display love?  Remy tends to be rather open with her platonic feelings of love, though her way of showing it might be a little on the unhealthy side. She teases and taunts the people she’s closest too. There’s playful, good-natured teasing. Though if she were to do these things with a stranger, they could be viewed as offensive or derisive. Remy never means them that way. 

With romantic relationships, it is a little different. She’s well aware that sex is a thing that’s meant to display love, and while she’s long been used to not getting much out of sex she will jump into bed with someone she’s got a romantic attraction to. But for her the ways she really displays her feelings are in the little tiny ways--grabbing an extra apple because Matt has probably forgotten to eat, making a mug of tea when she’s getting coffee, knowing how someone takes their drink of choice, touching people, even if it is just pressing her leg up against his or brushing her fingers against his when they are standing close. 

Even with friends, you’ll see that need for touch, though it is not always as gentle. She has a tendency to punch Johnny and Pierce in the shoulders, bruisingly hard, just to say hi. 

What is your OC’s favorite book?  Remy is a bit of a romantic, so it really shouldn’t be surprising that she’s as big a fan of Jane Austen as Zinyak was. She’s never really gotten tongue-tied around “celebrities” until they found Austen on the Zin ship. If she was forced to pick a favorite it would probably be Persuasion. When she was younger she was a fan of Northanger Abbey, mainly because she went through what she calls a Gothic stage, where she voraciously consumed a lot of Gothic literature like Castle of Otranto, Carmilla, Dracula, Frankenstein, etc.

[hunnybadgerv]

Whump! Remy: 2, 10, 11, 18, 29, 31

Seven Dimensions of Whumpness: OC Asks

~Physical~

2. What is their pain tolerance? Do they close their eyes and block it out, or go into a full-blown panic?Remy has an otherworldly high pain tolerance. She can block the pain out when she has to, as she does when Matt ends up stitching up her shoulder.

~Emotional~

10. How stable do they consider themselves? How stable are they really?Remy would say she’s extremely unstable, but then she, Johnny, and Dex have known one another since the first day of Kindergarten. So, she assumes that by association she’s at least as unstable as Johnny Gat. In reality, she’s extremely level-headed about 80% of the time. 

~Social~

11. Within their group, where do they fall during emergencies? The leader, the support, the cause of the emergency, etc.?She’s the boss. Of course, she’s the leader. It is also at least a 40% chance that she is the cause of the emergency (50% chance it’s Johnny and 10% Dex). When someone else decides to take the lead on a situation, she’ll also easily fall into the supportive role. Regardless of the emergency or the situation around it, Remy is going to be there in some way, shape, or form. 

~Spiritual~

18. Is there a situation that might make it impossible for them to relax?Most of their entire life? Moving on. I think at the point that I write her most often, during the SRIV timeline, the thing that makes it most difficult for her to relax is not knowing what Matt is thinking when he might not just come out with it. It makes her tense when he seems stressed, worried, or exhausted, especially if he’s not talking about it. 

~Occupational~

29. When they do come into work sick, do they strive to remain professional or let everyone know how miserable they are?Always. They don’t take days off when they are sick. The last time it happened Matt had to literally spend the entire day draped across her lap to keep her in bed. (Thing cat rules, if the Matt’s in your lap, you’re unable to disturb him. Just pet and be loved.)

She won’t ever let anyone know how miserable she is. That’s something they just see in her tired face, off coloring, and general demeanor. She gets a little on the grouchy side when she’s sit. Her fuse shortens dramatically.

~Intellectual~

31. What’s one skill or aspect of themselves that they feel self-conscious of?I’m struggling to find one of these for Remy, because really, she doesn’t give a damn about people’s perception of her at least physically. If someone makes fun of her height, she’s as likely to ignore them as she is to kick them in the junk so hard that they choke on a testicle. She has scars, but she owns them just as much as the runic style tattoos that dot her tiny frame. She doesn’t care that she’s kind of flat chested, because at least they aren’t in her way. 

As for skills, I think she might be self-conscious about the fact that her skill set is mainly murderous rather than practical. She’s not a great cook, she can destroy a perfectly good cup of tea. Hell, she can even destroy an apple if given the chance. 

[hunnybadgerv]

Cuddles: Troy & Furia: 2, 8; Remy & Matt: 7, 9; Ravi & Gat & Matt: 4, 6; Cinq & Shaundi: 11, 14; Wei Sheng & Lin: 5, 13

OTP Questions - Cuddling

Furia & Troy

2. Where do they to cuddle the most?For most of their relationship, their cuddles were contained to private spaces—bed mostly. Sofas, on movie nights, sometimes their cars. They spent at least half of their relationship hiding it from everyone around them for various reasons. Only later did they develop a tendency for PDA. Once they brought it out in the open, Furia and Troy would steal slight touches and cuddles anywhere and everywhere at any time.

8. Do they cuddle with others around or are they too shy?Early on. NO! At first, it was both of them trying to keep their relationship under wraps because of the opinions of others—Furia didn’t want to be labeled as anyone’s girl, least of all one of the lieutenants of the gang. She felt that everyone would just assume anything she managed to accomplish or any notoriety would be because she was fucking her way up the ladder. She wanted to earn her own bones. Troy’s motives to keep the relationship under wraps were a little different—her younger brother was a massive man with a protective streak so there was a little concern over that, Julius also had a curious and vested interest in Furia and it concerned him a bit, and then there was his position as a deep-cover officer. He should NOT be getting that invested in any member of the gang, and he should definitely not be sleeping with her. The lack of cuddling in public was not about shyness, but secretiveness.

Later, they are completely unperturbed about stealing cuddles with one another, no matter who might be around at the time. In fact, the number of times people suggest that the two of them get a room launches through the roof. Once their relationship is out in the open, ever stitch of it brought out in public.

Remy & Matt

7. Who likes to run their fingers through the other person’s hair?They both do. Remy loves playing in Matt’s hair. Whenever he falls asleep on her chest, she’ll just lay there reading and toying in his hair until she eventually beats out her insomnia. Matt also likes to play in her hair, but many times it is more attached to sex—specifically to when she’s going down on him. He just has to pull her hair away from her face so that he can watch. 

Since Remy keeps her hair up mostly, Matt doesn’t have a whole lot of opportunity to just toy in her hair, though he wouldn’t mind it. Because she actually really enjoys it. He’s given her a few scalp massages when they’ve showered and bathed together, and Remy loves them. She’s repaid the favor for him to similarly relaxing results. Remy has far more freedom and opportunity to run her fingers through Matt’s hair and use it to manipulate his head for stolen kisses, or just to make him purr.

9. Who traces hearts onto the other’s skin?This is all Matt. He’s very tactile. He traces hearts on her skin and the different “runes” and signs of her life story all the time. He’ll do it on her leg, stomach, shoulder, and onto the palm of her hand. Matt is into petting, and he tries to pull Remy into it every chance he can. She has a different view of affection, one that’s warped by her life experience. Matt doesn’t want to be one of her conquests. He wants to be more. Remy wants that too, so she tries to follow his lead and slow things down for him. 

Ravi, Gat, & Matt

4. Who likes to give butterfly kisses to their partner when they are cuddling?Ravi. Always. She can be a bit of a brat when she wants to be and soft little butterfly kisses are just the perfect distraction. Or instigation that can lead to other things. She love to brush her lips over any inch of both of them. 

Matt does it, too, but not to the extent that Ravi will. He does it only to show affection. Usually, he doesn’t have the same ulterior motives that Ravi sometimes carries.

6. How do they hold hands?It is rather rare that all three of them are holding hands together. Usually, it is a pair of them with fingers laced while one or the other of them brushes a thumb over the other’s skin. They might pepper gentle kisses on the other’s knuckles, or lean into one another, just to get a little closer. Sometimes, the hand holding is the precursor to one of them pulling the other away from whatever they are currently doing for a little stolen moment, a kiss or something more. 

Johnny is not usually a hand holder though. Despite how tactile he is with both of them, he is not too keen on holding hands. He will when one of the others instigates it, but he won’t usually prompt it. But when he does, he always holds on tight, not too tight, but tight enough to be reassuring to remind them that he is theirs, that he is with them, and that he will protect them. 

Cinq & Shaundi

11. Who gets as close as possible to their partner?I think this would apply to the two of them. Shaundi likes to be close to him, but Cinq does too. He’ll lean over her and bury his face in her neck, or just stand right behind her and let his fingers barely graze her waist or her hip or maybe her wrist. He likes being close to her, likes pulling her against him, feeling her skin on his, her body against his. 

Shaundi won’t balk at the closeness. She craves it, too. And she’ll instigate intimate proximity with him as well—brushing up against him, her fingers grazing his, a featherlight teasing touch. 

Even when they still see each other only as fuck buddies, they don’t shy away from being close to one another. 

14. Do they cuddle before they fall asleep together?Oh yes! They do. Cinq will always wrap himself around her, or pull her against him so that she can rest her head on his chest or shoulder. They both find comfort in one another’s proximity.

Wei Sheng & Lin

5. Who nudges their nose against the other’s neck?Wei Sheng will do this all the time. Just walk up behind her and nuzzle at her neck. Sometimes it earns him a shooing away, other times he wins his goal—a kiss, a snuggle, maybe more.

When they are already cuddling, Lin is just as likely as Wei Sheng to nuzzle at his neck. She knows that he likes it when she nips, kisses, or just breathes warmly against his neck. 

13. Who sits in who’s lap?In this case, it is almost always Lin. Though once or twice, she’s managed to pull him into her lap. But typically it is always the other way around—Wei Sheng pulling Lin into his lap, or in some other way encouraging her to perch on his lap. Though it is not a common thing between them. Usually, it tends to be tied toward foreplay ... or sex outright. It’s not usually something that they do just to get a snuggle.

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Catching Matt | Free To Be | Remy McGinnis/Matt Miller

Summary: Remy returns from a mission more quickly than anyone anticipated, especially Matt.

a/n: So this prompt has been only partially finished for a long time. I drafted something earlier today and then wandered through my drafts folder and stumbled on this little piece. I realized it was mostly done and then started a revision where I wound up rewriting almost every single word in this fic. It is based on the image at the following link, which is very, very NSFW: http://31.media.tumblr.com/a69afe5c7ea9924ef083de2f15403377/tumblr_mur07iD1QF1s7qh9to1_400.gif

AO3

NSFW Under the cut (Yep, from the very first line.)

Catching Matt

The whoosh of the door was quieter than the music on the other side. When Remy saw his head pressed hard against the back of the sofa, she halted. Matt’s lips parted with a breathy sigh that reminded her of how he reacted anytime she went down on him. He made the exact same sound whenever she finally stopped teasing him and took him into her mouth for the first time.

“Ah, fuck,” he groaned.

The way his head moved, she could tell this wasn’t just one of those quick shower moments everyone had. A smirk curled across her lips as she tiptoed toward the back of the sofa to sneak a peek.

Matt had pulled his suit completely off, which left him nude as far as she could see. And his whole body rolled like a lurid wave as his hand stroked the length of his erection.

For a moment, her eyes fixed on the fading bite mark she’d left on his shoulder a day or so earlier. Then Remy licked her lips and bit the bottom one as she peeked on her lover, becoming the unintended audience for a very private show. She was certain she knew the reason behind it. They’d talked about it.

Though she didn’t really understand why, it drove Matt to irritation that he still regularly beat her to the finish when they had sex. His impatience with himself only seemed to get worse, the more he tried not to climax first. Some of the time when it happened, it would downright piss him off, which he knew was just the wrong way to feel after making love to the woman he cared about. What seemed to just make it worse was the fact that Remy seemed unperturbed by it.

Of course, in her experience, that was just the way sex was. For her, it wasn’t the peak she was looking for, at least not with Matt. She craved the closeness, the intimacy of it, and even if he came first, she found what she was looking for from the moment—him. Orgasms were something she could handle easily if and when she needed one. But being in his arms, feeling his body against hers, kissing him with wanton abandon, those were some of the things that mattered most to her. Honestly, she could have been perfectly content most of the time to just kiss and cuddle him in the nude; of course that always kind of led them both to arousal. And she’d never turn down the chance to feel him inside her.

He’d asked her once how he could increase his stamina. She, noting being the owner of her own penis, was not sure and made a quick survey of the crew. Of course, when she broke that news to Matt he’d turned a shockingly vibrant shade of red.

After assuring him, no one would care, she shared her findings. It all boiled down to the idea of practicing how you plan to play. If he wanted to pop at the sight of her, he should just keep up with the 2-3 minute shower jerk off. To change things, he’d have to handle himself the way he wanted to handle his lover, slow and teasing, and unafraid to edge himself.

Until walking in on him, she wasn’t completely certain if he’d been taking that advice. He didn’t really touch himself around her unless he was trying to taunt her into sex. She wasn’t sure if it was inspired by his ego or not—his desire to match her longevity in bed—but it was endearing none the less.

The ebb and flow of his body always ended in the shimmy of his shoulders against the cushion. Sometimes a low groan punctuated each wave. His eyes were pressed closed, and she spared a momentary thought for what might be inspiring that decadent shift of lean muscle. His entire body flowed like water into the motion of his hand. Muscles tightened as his hips lifted and pressed into that touch that slid gracefully and greedily from base to tip. She could not fight off a smug smile at the way the motion mimmicked the manner in which she touched his cock—a firm grip tightening and closing around the tip before gliding back down the shaft.

She just couldn’t resist it, finding some way to join in. "Fuck, you're beautiful, Matt," she whispered in his ear.

He jolted upright, snapping his head to stare at her over his shoulder. She could tell he was trying to find something to say, something to excuse what she’d walked in on.

"Don't stop." She leaned on the back of the sofa and smiled at him. "I'm rather enjoying the show." She reached out for his shoulder and tried to help ease him back into that lovely pose.

His attention never left her, and even as he leaned against the couch, she could still read the tension in his body. Remy pressed a kiss against his temple, her fingers lightly brushing away the hair that fell over his forehead. “Please,” she whispered, dropping a kiss near his ear. “It really want to watch.”

Matt let out a tiny, throaty groan and seemed to relax a little more. When he reached back between his legs, and gave himself a teasingly slow pump, Remy licked her lips and pressed a kiss to the shell of his ear. With the next, a hint of that roll entered his movement, starting in his hips.

She took care to touch his neck lightly, drawing her fingers down over his chest and back up in a way that wouldn’t interfere with the tidal way his body moved. “Fuck, Matt.”

His eyes were on her every time her gaze met his, there was no doubt now what he was thinking about.

When she pressed a sucking kiss to his neck, his free hand tangled in her hair and brought her mouth to his. Everything about the way the got himself off worked to turn her on, even down to the heavy way he breathed in her ear. Her hips shifted as she pressed her thighs together. She wanted to interfere so badly.

The kiss broke and her blue-gray eyes darted downward again. Matt had lost that stroke of bashfulness, though his pale skin still burned with a rosy pink hue. There wasn’t a trace of that uncertainty he’d shot her way when she surprised him.

“You’re so goddamn gorgeous,” she whispered, moving her head to the other side of his. Her fingertips traced down his upturned chin then along the length of his neck.

He hummed, a grin parting his lips.

“Are you thinking of me?”

“Who else?” he challenged.

“Is it my hand on you? Or are you thinking about one of the many times I’ve ridden you on this very sofa?”

A hoarse laugh left his throat. “You tell me.”

“Mmm,” she hummed. She pressed her lips to his forehead, just at his hairline. “Maybe you’re thinking of that first time. After you’d watched me stretch through a yoga routine. Nothing but those tiny shorts and that sports bra.

Matt’s freehand wrapped around one of hers and brought it to his lips. He greedily kissed her, eyes closing lightly as his blue-tinged lips brushed the fleshy part of her hand near her thumb. “I still remember how fast you tore that t-shirt off.”

“Your skin was so warm,” he breathed, looking up at her.

Remy shifted in order to kiss him. The light brush of lips, got more firm when his free hand slipped behind her neck. His tongue traced the seam of her lips. She parted them and moaned around it when Matt’s tongue plunged into her mouth.

She knew this kind of kiss well; usually, only two things inspired it—either her doing something entirely too dangerous after which he would kiss her in this same kind of claiming way to reassert just how he felt about her or when he was close to orgasm. With the latter, he would kiss her that way, thrusting his tongue deeply into her mouth, sometimes matching the motion to the rhythm of his hips. The second way she assumed was for the same reason as the first, a reminder of their developing connection.

“Fuck,” he grunted. A deep moan resonated through him with the seismic shuddering of his body. His smooth motion turned spasmodic and a gasp quivered past his lips. The boss smiled at him softly, her hands soothing along his cheeks as he blinked back up at her.

"I thought you were going to be awhile," he murmured, leaning his head against hers.

"I got bored," she replied with a one-shouldered shrug. "I'm kind of glad I did." When she smiled, he grinned shyly and looked away for a moment.

"I… umm …"

Remy hopped over the back of the couch and knelt on the cushion beside him. "You are beautiful and thoughtful and considerate." Her lips met his lightly after each adjective. "And that was hot." Another kiss, this one deeper. "And you have no idea how gorgeous you looked. How enticing."

Matt leaned back before she could peck him again. The question he could not seem to find the words for were etched on his face.

She leaned a little closer, her index finger ghosting along his collarbone to the hollow at the base of his throat. "You know what makes it even better?" She let her eyes travel his body in clear appreciation. "The context."

At that, Matt smiled with a little more confidence.

Her fingers traced down his chest then back up to his chin. Pressing at it, she urged him a little closer to her. "Now, my only question is whether you can do that again? Because you got me all wet."

His responded in haste in a manner that left no doubt in her mind. Pulling her body tightly against his he kissed her deeply, his hands pressing against her back as he pulled her onto his lap. Matt sucked on her bottom lip as he unzipped her suit. His hands were warm and gentle, and his touches slow and determined, a combination that kindled the spark of fire in her belly into a raging blaze that threated to consume her. By the time he finally undressed her entirely, she felt like she was on the edge of coming apart.

Matt was figuring her out. Most of the time she did not think about it and just enjoyed how their time together unfolded between them. Though when she thought about that fact that another person was getting to know her and her secrets, when she realized that he cared enough to pick up on the motes of her personality, the shreds that made her come apart; it often terrified her and made her head spin.

Strangely, this was not one of those times. Instead, Remy allowed herself to remain oblivious to the whispers in the back of her mind and instead concentrated on her lover and his strikingly blue eyes. When he entered her, a tiny electric shock seemed to radiate through her body, and he smiled as she sighed against his mouth.

Arms tight around her, he kept her close, kissing her neck, her shoulders, her chest, her jaw, and her lips as they moved at a deliberately slow pace. His measured stroke just seemed to draw it out into an exquisite brand of torture Remy savored. This time, she was the one who came in record time, and more than once as Matt let go of his focus of trying to outlast her for once. This time he just savored her, cradled her body tight against his, and took a hint of pride in every sound he wrenched free from her throat.

Spent, they held one another close, faces buried in each other’s necks. They breathed heavily recovering in one another’s embrace, without losing even an inch of contact. Remy pressed a gentle kiss against his neck.

“If I can sneak into a show like this, I’m definitely going to have to over estimate how long I’ll be gone more often,” she chuckled against his neck.

Matt laughed as well, squeezing his arms around her. “How about you just give me ten minutes warning and I’ll start without you?”

Remy leaned away enough to look him in the eyes. She brushed his hair away from his forehead, and kissed his chin. “Or not.”

Matt grinned at her. “Not sure I could keep my hands off you though.”

“Who said you’d have to?”

He pulled her lips back to hers with a hum. “Sounds like a plan.”

“Indeed,” Remy agreed, her imagination already running away with her. She shifted against him with a hint of need.

“I think you’re over estimating my refractory recovery.”

“I thought guys your age were always ready for anything.”

“We are,” he teased, grabbing her ass and squeezing, “but in this case, biology says no. Besides, you came twice.”

“So did you.” Remy kissed him deeply, perfectly content right where she was.

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Remy & Matt: What movie do they watch when they both had a bad day and just want to turn off their brains for a little while?

For Remy, it’s definitely action movies, specifically she’d grab something borderline horror like Alien, Aliens, or the Resident Evil movies. Matt’s a Studio Ghibli guy. 

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Replaying the Past | Saints Row

Summary: Remy’s not a maven of style. Her inauguration gown, however, is beautiful and turns many heads while muddling Matt’s.

a/n: This has been in the drafting stages since 2015. I’m pleased to have finally finished this to my satisfaction.

Links: AO3 | FFnet

Replaying the Past

"Oh my god I think I see the president's nipples."

Matt choked on the mouthful of champagne he'd sipped just prior to the gasped statement made by an older woman not more than a few feet from him. Yes, indeed you did, Miller thought as his eyes darted toward the entry way where President Remy McGinnis stood between Ben King and her good friend Shaundi. Ben was scowling, but Shaundi seemed unperturbed. And the president either didn't know or didn't care how sheer the fabric was. The golden skirt made from a light, eye-catching shade of gold was set off perfectly by the top that seemed made up only of a precisely-draped chain creation. She looked amazing, and he would not have noticed the exposure at first glance if the women, who were now chittering about the implications of presidential nudity, had not been so quick to hone in on Remy's rosy pink areolas.

When his eyes found what he considered her most fascinating feature, those big steel blue eyes he thought she looked about as thrilled to be in that ballroom as he was. Though if pressed he might admit the night improved slightly with her arrival. Of course, to get him to admit that verbally would take some intense interrogation. Matt hated formal functions. He typically just found a quiet place where he could dig out his phone and entertain himself, which was precisely what he did on this occasion, mostly.

"Tell me that you're at least watching porn."

The voice startled him. When the MI-6 agent leaned back, turned, and came eye to nipple with the president, quite more literally than he ever intended, his mouth ran dry and his eyes darted upward as quickly as possible.

"No, just … reruns," he said, blanking the screen and pocketing the device.

She shrugged and sat down in an empty chair beside him, glad that she draped one arm across the table before propping her chin in her other hand. With her unintentional modesty, Matt found it a little easier to think and breathe normally. Remy's gesture camouflaged the most comment worthy feature of her gown, at least if the whispers of several of the more conservative attendees at the ball were any indication. There were, however, a few, creepy politicos who expressed their desire help her out of the dress after the evening was said and done.

"Enjoying yourself?" she asked, glancing at him out of the corner of her eye.

"Not really, the internet speed in this part of the White House seems to be bottlenecked."

"Kinzie," Remy said, toying absently with an empty glass.

"Of course," Matt replied with a twisted scowl.

She groaned when Pierce stopped and looked right at her. He was, as he had been for years, in charge of public relations. "There you are. C'mon."

"I'm not doing it. Seriously, it is not going to happen." Remy leaned back in the chair and crossed her arms over her chest.

"Yes, you are."

"You dance for shit. These are designer shoes. Not happening. Shaundi will skin me."

Pierce narrowed her eyes at her. "You can dance, right? I think Asha mentioned something," Washington said, dropping a hand on Matt's shoulder.

The programmer looked up at him. "I … uh … kind of," he managed to stammer.

"There you go. Now, take the little geek out there and give the damn press one photo that they are expecting from tonight."

"Oh, fine. I swear." She stood and stalked off. She stopped at the edge of the open expanse of wood in the center of the room and glanced back at Matt expectantly.

"Don't screw this up, Miller. And for God's sake don't comment on the top. She kneed a congressman so hard earlier that I think he choked on his own ball. And I really don't need any more photos of our president kicking men in the groin tonight," Pierce sighed tiredly.

"I'll try to keep that in mind." Matt was not that stupid, though again his mind was drawn to an attribute he should avoid accentuating. When he reached her, the MI-6 agent merely offered her his hand and said, "Shall we?"

Remy gave him a rather sweet grin when she laid her hand in his. As if on cue, the music started. The strings were light and playful, and Matt played the role of escort in a manner he was certain would have made his mother proud. Once in the center of the parquet floor, he stepped in front of her, his hand sliding over her waist and fingers fanning over her bare back. Her other hand rested gently on his shoulder. A moment later, he took the first step.

A part of him wished it hadn’t been a tango. A waltz allowed him to leave a safe distance between them. Or so, he told himself. The steps were simple enough and when he leaned away, her body draped across his with a quiet laugh. Its warmth thrummed his pulse. She moved with the same smoothness she did the last time they’d been on a dance floor. It was so easy and fluid that everything else seemed to drift away, everything except the smile that lit her eyes and the weight of her hand in his.

The longer the song played, the closer she got and stayed to him. Spins and twirls were his only reprieve. The song slowed as it concluded. Matt twirled her once more, lifting her arm in the air as she coiled back into him. The song ended with her leg draped delicately over his knee. Her breathing came in short gasps like his own and he didn’t know how to respond to her blown wide pupils. His pulse pounded in his ears as he stared at her.

Something in his brain remained in working order thankfully because he lowered his hand, spinning her once again to separate them. He offered her his arm, and retreated from the floor.

“Thanks, Matt,” she said at the edge of the floor as Pierce approached.

He nodded at first. Then finally said, “Anytime.”

Pierce slipped his arm around her shoulders and led her off to a table where several people wearing sashes sat. He assumed they must be diplomats. If his brain weren’t teeming with endorphins the agent would have recognized them all, but his mind scattered. Still somewhere in that tango with her.