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fandomlit · 4 years ago

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mistletoe (five hargreeves x reader)

requested by anon “can I request a 93 and 82 with five? Maybe with other friends (though I doubt five has any) or luter and allison, around Christmas and the whole charmed mistletoe thing where they cant get out till they kiss? I've been obsessed with your writing and now its four am here pls send sleep okthankyoubye. ily”

summary after agreeing to go on a “double date” with klaus and some guy, you and five find yourselves in a fake date situation. but as if the night couldn’t get any more tense with you two hiding your feelings for each other, you get stuck under some inescapable mistletoe. (au where there is no apocalypse, and they’re both aged up to 16-17ish)

a/n i hope u got some sleep anon

o hey i do writing prompts,, those used in this fic will be in bold

gif cred belongs to @whitehead

“...and so he won’t go unless another couple is with us,” klaus finished explaining, looking desperately to you and five sitting on his bed. “will you two do it?”

you both blushed at the accusation, not looking at each other. “we’re not a couple,” five offered, clearing his throat and glaring at his brother, who very much knew his infatuation with you.

“i know! i know,” klaus nodded, holding his hands up innocently. “you don’t have to think of it as a date! just doing me a favor!” he grinned hopefully at you two.

five finally glanced over at you. “what do you think?”

you tried to shrug as casually as you could. “i don’t think there’s any harm in it. you?”

five focused his hard gaze back on his brother. “you owe us.”

“yes!” klaus exclaimed. “yes, of course! and i promise you both, double dates aren’t bad. well, actually, i’ve only been in a foursome-”

“it’s not a double date,” five cut off. “we’re just third and fourth wheeling.”

you nodded, pointing at him. “i like that.” he offered you a quick smile, trying his best not to acknowledge his blush in hopes that it would go away.

“regardless, it’ll be fun!” klaus smiled. “meet us at griddy’s at eight!” he strutted out of the room.

“you sure you wanna do this?” you said, offering five a small laugh as you both stood.

he shrugged, tucking his hands in his pockets and avoiding your gaze. “i have nothing better to do. besides, now klaus owes us one.”

“true,” you giggled, starting to walk out of the room. “any idea what you’re gonna use that favor on?”

five watched you walk out and took a breath before following. “i have a few ideas.”

...

you stepped out of the snow and into the small donut shop, immediately looking up when you spotted a familiar herb in your peripheral vision. mistletoe was hung just before the entrance of the shop, and yet it was some kind of different. you weren’t sure what it was, but it gave you the same feeling you had whenever your witch friend worked her wonders.

“i wonder where that mistletoe came from..,” you muttered to yourself as you stepped away from it. you reminded yourself not to fall into whatever trap it was and walked over to sit at the counter.

the owner, agnes, came out, giving you a smile as she pulled out her pad and pen. “what can i get you, dear?”

you were about to respond when a voice spoke over yours, “two hot chocolates.”

you turned to see five standing behind you, looking unamused. your eyebrows raised as you took his appearance. instead of being adorned in his usual academy uniform, he had traded in for a pair of nice slacks and a sweater vest thrown over a nice shirt.

he took the seat next to you as you smiled at him. “you look nice,” you offered as agnes went to make your orders.

“i look like an idiot,” he grumbled.

you brushed his shoulder with your hand, picking off some fuzz. “you look like a normal teenage boy.”

“exactly.”

you giggled as agnes set your drinks in front of you, making him smirk. “are klaus and his date on their way?”

“yeah,” he sighed, taking a sip of the hot drink. “i think his date’s picking him up at the academy. i figured i’d skip out on that experience.”

you let out a laugh. “i would’ve, too.” five watched your smile as you sipped at your hot chocolate.

“you look lovely, by the way,” he complimented. you arched an eyebrow at him. “that wasn’t sarcasm.”

“you saying it wasn’t sarcasm sounded more like sarcasm,” you giggled. “but thank you, five.” he nodded, taking another drink to cover his rising blush.

“there they are!” you both turned to see klaus enter the shop dramatically, a guy you hadn’t seen before holding the door open from the outside. you watched the mistletoe cautiously, but nothing happened. the other guy trailed behind klaus as he trotted up to you two. “dave, this is y/n and five.”

dave took klaus’s hand and smiled at you two. “nice to meet you two.”

“you, too,” you said, giving him a polite smile. five simply nodded at him as he sipped down the rest of his hot chocolate. “so, how’d you two meet?”

dave blushed. “well-”

“we can talk about this on our way to the movie, can’t we?” klaus interrupted impatiently. “i wanna get specific seats..”

you and five exchanged a knowing glance as dave nodded. “sure thing. let’s go.”

you both stood from your seats and you all headed toward the door. dave rushed forward to hold the door open for klaus before taking his hand again, both of them beginning to walk ahead of you two. and that’s when it happened.

five had reached an arm out to catch the door before it closed and hold it open for you, but instead his arm bounced off of an invisible force. he stumbled back. giving you a confused look when you simply sighed, trying to move forward again. the same thing happened. he tried another time, even tried to jump out using his power. none of it worked.

“what’s happening?” he asked you, huffing out a frustrated breath.

you looked up, and he followed your gaze to the innocent looking mistletoe. “it’s been charmed, i think by a witch.”

“okay, what does that mean?” he prodded, running a hand through his hair.

you avoided his gaze as you explained, “we have to kiss to break it.”

five went silent, pursing his lips as he considered. it didn’t take long for him to sigh and say, “well. better make it good.”

you looked up to give him a curious look, but didn’t have to chance as five pulled you to him by your waist, wrapping his arms around you and dipping you down in the most cliche way possible, connecting your lips in the most passionate kiss you had ever experienced.

you placed your hands on his cheeks as you rushed to catch up with his fiercely moving lips, allowing yourself to relax into him as you finally satisfied the urge that screamed in your body every time you saw him. just a moment after you tilted your head to deepen the kiss even further, five pulled away and looked up. the mistletoe had disappeared.

he swung you both back up with ease, but didn’t let go of you yet. you were breathless, hands now resting on his chest as you stared into each other’s clouded eyes. without saying another word, you threw your arms over his shoulders and connected your lips again. he was ready, quickly taking control as you kissed him over and over and over again in the empty donut shop.

when you pulled away again, resting your foreheads against each other, his gaze burned into yours as your breaths mingled. you felt like you were on fire.

“think they’ve noticed we’re gone?” you breathed with a laugh. five shook his head, giving you a smirk.

“i think klaus took an edible before this, he has no idea what’s going on,” he offered. you laughed again.

“then we should just go back to the academy,” you drawled, “and watch a movie..” he pretended to consider. “.. and maybe find some more mistletoe.”

“i do like that.”

#tua #umbrella academy #tua x reader #umbrella academy x reader #tua fanfic #umbrella academy fanfic #five hargreeves #five hargreeves x reader #five hargreeves fanfic #klaus hargreeves #klaus x dave

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afaims100arrowversefavs · 3 years ago

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250 Favorite Arrowverse-Episodes: Part 8: 76-51

Picked from Arrow, Supergirl, Black Lighting, The Flash E1.1-8.5, Legends of Tomorrow E1.1-7.7, Batwoman S1 and Superman & Lois S1. Shows and Seasons that are not in here were either never seen by me or are not considered part of the Arrowverse but rather the DC-TV-Multiverse.

75. The Climb (Arrow 3x9)

55, Written by: Jake Coburn, Keto Shimizu, Directed by: Thor Freudenthal

Oliver fights Ra’s al Ghul.

74. Zari, Not Zari (Legends of Tomorrow 5x8)

76, Written by: Morgan Faust, Tyron B. Carter, Directed by: Kevin Mock

Zari meets Zari.

73. Freakshow (Legends of Tomorrow 3x2)

35, Written by: Keto Shimizu, Grainne Godfree, Directed by: Kevin Tancharoen

P. T. Barnum kidnaps the Legends.

72. The Magician (Arrow 3x4)

50, Written by: Wendy Mercile, Marc Guggenheim, Directed by: John Behring

Nyssa und Oliver go after Malcolm.

71. Crisis on Infinite Earths 1-5

Part 1: Supergirl Episode 5.9/96, Written by: Robert Rovner, Marc Guggenheim, Derek Simon, Jay Faerber, Directed by: Jesse Warn, Part 2: Batwoman Episode 1.9/9, Written by: Din Whitehead, Holly Henderson, Directed by: Laura Belsey, Part 3: The Flash Episode 6.9/123, Written By: Lauren Certo, Sterling Gates, Eric Wallace, Directed By: David McWhirter, Part 4: Arrow: Episode 8.8/168, Written by: Marv Wolfman, Marc Guggenheim; Directed by: Glen Winter, Part 5: Legends of Tomorrow Episode 5.0/68, Written by: Keto Shimizu, Ubah Mohamed, Directed by: Gregory Smith

Almost everyone in all the Multiverses dies.

70. The Getaway (Legends of Tomorrow 4x10)

61, Written by: Matthew Maala, Ubah Mohamed, Directed by: Viet Nguyen

The Legends kidnap Nixon.

69. Midvale (Supergirl 3x6)

48, Written by: Caitlin Parrish, Jess Kardos, Directed by: Rob Greenlea

It’s „Supergirl, the Teenage Years!“

68. For the Girl who has everything (Supergirl 1x13)

13, Written by: Andrew Kreisberg, Ted Sullivan, Derek Simon, Directed by: Dermott Downs

Kara gets a very special gift.

67. Aruba-Con (Legends of Tomorrow 3x1)

34, Written by: Phil Klemmer, Marx Guggenheim, Directed by: Rob Seidenglanz

The Legends loose their jobs and use Caesar to get it back.

66. Crisis on Earth X 1-4

Part 1: Supergirl 3.8/ 50, Written by: Robert Rovner, Jessica Queller, Andrew Kreisberg, Marc Guggenheim, Directed by: Larry Teng, Part 2: Arrow 6.8/ 123, Written by: Wendy Mercile, Ben Sokolowski, Marc Guggenheim, Andrew Kreisberg, Directed by: James Bamford, Part 3: The Flash4.8/77, Written by: Todd Helbing, Andrew Kreisberg, Marc Guggenheim, Directed by: Dermott Daniel Downs, Part 4: Legends of Tomorrow 3.8/21, Written by: Phil Klemmer, Keto Shimizu, Marc Guggenheim, Andrew Kreisberg, Directed by: Greogry Smith

Nazis from an Alternate Earth ruin the West-Allen Wedding in this one.

65. Here I go again (Legends of Tomorrow 3x11)

44, Written by: Ray Utarnachitt, Morgan Faust, Directed by: Ben Bray

Zari is stuck in a time-loop with an exploding Waverider.

64. Unthinkable (Arrow 2x23)

46, Written by: Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim, Andrew Kreisberg, Directed by: John Behring

The Season 2 Finale.

63. Luthors (Supergirl 2x12)

32, Written by: Robert Rovner, Cindy Lichtman, Directed by: Tawnia McKiernan

Lena is blamed for Cadmuses deeds, but Kara believes in her.

62. Checkmate (Arrow 5x16)

108, Written by: Beth Schwartz, Sarah Tarkoff, Directed by: Ken Shane

Prometheus unmasked.

61. The Virgin Gary (Legends of Tomororw 4x1)

52, Written by: Phil Klemmer und Grainee Godfree, Directed by: Gregory Smith

A Murder Unicorn.

60. The Man Under the Hood (Arrow 2x19)

42. Written by: Greg Berlanti, Geoff Johns, Andrew Kreisberg, Keto Shimizu, Directed by: Jesse Warn

Isabel levels up, Roy is in danger and we meet Caitlin and Cisco for the first time.

59. Welcome to Earth (Supergirl 2x3)

23, Written by: Jessica Queller, Derek Simon, Directed by: Rachel Talalay

Mon-El is confused and so are we.

58. Witch Hunt (Legends of Tomorrow 4x2)

53, Written by: Keto Shimizu und Matthew Maalaa, Directed by: Kevin Mock

A Fairy Godmother makes trouble.

57. Helen Hunt (Legends of Tomorrow 3x6)

39, Written by: Keto Shimizu und Ubah Mohamed, Directed by: David Geddes

Martin and Jax switch bodies, while Helen of Troy becomes a Movie Star.

56. Deathstroke (Arrow 2x18)

41, Written by: Marc Guggenheim, Drew Z. Greenberg, Directed by: Guy Bee

Slade kidnapps Thea.

55. Present Tense (Arrow 8x4)

164, Written by: Oscar Balderrama, Jeane Wong, Directed by: Kristin Windell

Adult Mia, William and Connor come to the Present.

54. Phone Home (Legends of Tomorrow 3x4)

37, Written by: Matthew Maala, Directed By: Kevin Mock

Little Ray adopts a Baby Dominator at Halloween.

53. Supergirl Lives (Supergirl 2x9)

29, Written by: Andrew Kreisberg, Eric Carrasco, Jess Kardos, Directed by: Kevin Smith

Kara goes to Slaver’s Moon.

52. Heir to the Demon (Arrow 2x13)

36, Written by: Jake Coburn, Directed by: Wendey Stanzler

Nyssa comes to Starling to get Sara back.

51. Tagumo Attacks!!! (Legends of Tomorrow 4x5)

56, Written by: Keto Simizu, Ubah Mohamend, Directed by: Alexandra LaRoche

While Nate and Ava suffer Thankgiving, the Japanese Filmbusiness spawns a Monster.

#Arrowverse #Favorite Episodes #Arrow #The Flash #Supergirl #legends of tomorrow #Batwoman #75-51

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booksociety · 4 years ago

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Book Society presents its September reading event! The members have chosen Back to School as the theme and The Henna Wars by Adiba Jaigirdar as the optional book of the month. For this event, we will be venturing into academic surroundings as we read books set in schools of all kinds. Whether you choose to solve a dark murder mystery, learn some magic, or follow a love story in the book of your choice, we invite you on this journey. This event is open to everyone, not just our members.

✧ how to participate:

optional: reblog this post; check out our network and members

read (or reread) either The Henna Wars (young adult, contemporary, romance, lgbt+; 400 pages) or a book of your choice that fits this month’s theme

share what book you’ve chosen, thoughts, reactions, and/or creations

use the tag #booksociety in your posts, and include “@booksociety’s Back to School Event: [insert book title here]” in the description of your creations

the event starts on 1 September and ends on 30 September

✧ reading recommendations (under the cut):

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder #1) by Holly Jackson (young adult, contemporary, thriller; 433 pages)

A List of Cages by Robin Roe (young adult, contemporary, mental health; 310 pages; trigger warning: abuse)

A Little Something Different by Sandy Hall (young adult, contemporary, romance; 272 pages)

A Study in Charlotte (Charlotte Holmes #1) by Brittany Cavallaro (young adult, retelling, contemporary; 321 pages)

Again, but Better by Christine Riccio (young adult, contemporary, romance; 373 pages)

Akata Witch (Akata Witch #1) by Nnedi Okorafor (middle grade, fantasy; 349 pages)

Autoboyography by Christina Lauren (young adult, contemporary, romance, lgbt+; 410 pages)

Before I Fall by Lauren Oliver (young adult, contemporary; 470 pages)

Bloodlines (Bloodlines #1) by Richelle Mead (young adult, fantasy, paranormal, romance; 421 pages)

Carry On (Simon Snow #1) by Rainbow Rowell (young adult, fantasy, romance, lgbt+; 522 pages)

Educated by Tara Westover (adult, autobiography; 334 pages)

Emergency Contact by Mary H.K. Choi (young adult, contemporary, romance; 394 pages)

Every Heart a Doorway (Wayward Children #1) by Seanan McGuire (young adult, fantasy, mystery; 173 pages)

Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell (young adult, contemporary, romance; 438 pages)

Girls With Sharp Sticks (Girls With Sharp Sticks #1) by Suzanne Young (young adult, scifi, dystopia; 400 pages)

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter #1) by J.K. Rowling (middle grade, fantasy; 309 pages)

Heartstopper: Volume One (Heartstopper #1) by Alice Oseman (young adult, contemporary, romance, graphic novel; 278 pages)

Her Royal Highness (Royals #2) by Rachel Hawkins (young adult, contemporary, romance, lgbt+; 274 pages)

Heretics Anonymous by Katie Henry (young adult, contemporary; 329 pages)

Hex Hall (Hex Hall #1) by Rachel Hawkins (young adult, fantasy, paranormal; 232 pages)

I Wish You All the Best by Mason Deaver (young adult, contemporary, romance, lgbt+; 329 pages)

If We Were Us by K.L. Walther (young adult, contemporary, romance, lgbt+; 368 pages)

If We Were Villains by M.L. Rio (adult, contemporary, thriller; 368 pages)

Loveboat, Taipei by Abigail Hing Wen (young adult, contemporary, romance; 432 pages)

Magic for Liars by Sarah Gailey (adult, fantasy, mystery; 336 pages)

Marked (House of Night #1) by P.C. Cast & Kristen Cast (young adult, fantasy, paranormal; 306 pages)

Moxie by Jennifer Mathieu (young adult, contemporary; 330 pages)

My Hero Academia, Vol. 1 (My Hero Academia #1) by Kohei Horikoshi (young adult, superheroes, manga; 192 pages)

Nevernight (The Nevernight Chronicle #1) by Jay Kristoff (adult, fantasy; 429 pages)

Ninth House (Alex Stern #1) by Leigh Bardugo (adult, fantasy, contemporary, dark academia; 459 pages)

Normal People by Sally Rooney (adult, contemporary, romance; 266 pages)

Of Curses and Kisses (St Rosetta’s Academy #1) by Sandhya Menon (young adult, fantasy, romance; 384 pages)

One of Us Is Lying (One of Us Is Lying #1) by Karen M. McManus (young adult, contemporary, thriller; 361 pages)

Only Mostly Devastated by Sophie Gonzales (young adult, contemporary, romance, lgbt+; 288 pages)

Openly Straight (Openly Straight #1) by Bill Konigsberg (young adult, contemporary, romance, lgbt+; 320 pages)

Parachutes by Kelly Yang (young adult, contemporary, romance, lgbt+; 496 pages)

Radio Silence by Alice Oseman (young adult, contemporary, lgbt+; 416 pages)

Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda (Creekwood #1) by Becky Albertalli (young adult, contemporary, romance, lgbt+; 303 pages)

Stay Gold by Tobly McSmith (young adult, contemporary, romancce, lgbt+; 368 pages)

Tempests and Slaughter (The Numair Chronicles) by Tamora Pierce (young adult, fantasy; 465 pages)

The Black Witch (The Black Witch Chronicles #1) by Laurie Forest (young adult, fantasy; 601 pages)

The DUFF: Designated Ugly Fat Friend (Hamilton High #1) by Kody Keplinger (young adult, contemporary, romance; 304 pages)

The Hate U Give (The Hate U Give #1) by Angie Thomas (young adult, contemporary; 444 pages; content warnings: racism, on-page character death)

The Chase (Briar U #1) by Elle Kennedy (new adult, contemporary, romance; 377 pages)

The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead (adult, historical; 213 pages)

The Novice (Summoner #1) by Taran Matharu (young adult, fantasy; 398 pages)

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky (young adult, contemporary, coming of age, mental health; 213 pages; trigger warnings: sexual assault, child sexual abuse, physical abuse, self-harm, suicide, eating disorder, drug and alcohol abuse)

The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo (poetry, young adult, contemporary; 368 pages)

The Poppy War (The Poppy War #1) by R.F. Kuang (adult, fantasy, 530 pages; content warnings: war, violence)

The Secret History by Donna Tart (adult, contemporary, dark academia; 559 pages)

The Year We Fell Down (The Ivy Years #1) by Sarina Bowen (new adult, contemporary, romance, sports; 274 pages)

To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before (To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before #1) by Jenny Han (young adult, contemporary, romance; 355 pages)

Truly Devious (Truly Devious #1) by Maureen Johnson (young adult, contemporary, thriller; 416 pages)

Vampire Academy (Vampire Academy #1) by Richelle Mead (young adult, fantasy, paranormal, romance; 332 pages)

When Dimple Met Rishi (Dimple and Rishi #1) by Sandhya Menon (young adult, contemporary, romance; 380 pages)

Wilder Girls by Rory Power (young adult, horror, mystery, lgbt+; 357 pages)

With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo (young adult, contemporary, lgbt+; 400 pages)

You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson (young adult, contemporary, lgbt+; 328 pages)

#booksociety #september 2020 event #*event

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eastermondays · 4 years ago

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Before it's too late, the best books I read in 2020

My favorites

Followers by Megan Angelo

Your House Will Pay by Steph Cha

How Do I Look? by Sennah Yee

Barn 8 by Deb Olin Unferth

Deacon King Kong by James McBride

the earthquake room by Davey Davis

My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell

We Wish You Luck by Caroline Zancan

Thick by Tressie McMillan Cottom

The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin

The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead

Good Talk by Mira Jacob

Scott Pilgrim the Complete Series by Bryan Lee O'Malley

Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga Tokarczuk

Where the Wild Ladies Are by Aoko Matsuda

The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi

Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse

Homie by Danez Smith

Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas

The Knockout Queen by Rufi Thorpe

Temporary by Hilary Leichter

The Office: The Untold Story of the Greatest Sitcom of the 2000s by Andy Greene

Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado Perez

Honorable mentions

Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid

The Witches are Coming by Lindy West

Red, White, & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

Uncanny Valley by Anna Wiener

Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong

Vernon Subutex 1 by Virginie Despentes

In the Land of Men by Adrienne Miller

Optic Nerve by Maria Gainza

A Year Without a Name by Cyrus Grace Dunham

Hex by Rebecca Dinerstein Knight

From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg

Flights by Olga Tokarczuk

Nothing to See Here by Kevin Wilson

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins

Sharks in the Time of Saviors by Kawai Strong Washburn

We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry

Long Bright River by Liz Moore

American Sherlock: Murder, Forensics, and the Birth of American CSI by Kate Winkler Dawson

Pizza Girl by Jean Kyoung Frazier

Saint X by Alexis Schaitkin

The Death of Vivek Oji by Akwaeke Emezi

How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi

Culture Warlords: My Journey into the Dark Web of White Supremacy by Talia Lavin

A Burning by Megha Mujumdar

Luster by Raven Leilani

How Much of These Hills Is Gold by C. Pam Zhang

Evolving Vegan by Mena Massoud

The Hole by Hiroko Oyamada

Sleeveless: Fashion, Image, Media, New York 2011-2019 by Natasha Stagg

Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

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tinygardenmirmir · 5 years ago

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I was tagged by @advena87 so here is my response

OTP Game!

Pick your top 10 OTPs without reading the questions.

1. Lambert x Keira

2. Geralt x Jaskier

3. Geralt x Essi Daven

4. Maleficent x Diaval

5. Steve x Tony

6. Rapunzel x Eugene (pol.ver. “Julek”)

7. Richie Tozier x Eddie Kakspbrak

8. Harry Hart x Eggsy

9. Squirrel Girl/Doreen Green x Nancy Whitehead

10. Sir Lazlo x Eskel (XD)

1. Do you remember the episode/scene/chapter that you first started shipping 6?

I was sure that they will end up together, c'mon it's Disney, but the cool montage where they do different activities around the city and both of them actually enjoyed the time they spend together was really cute.

2. Have you ever read a fanfic about 2?

Yes.

3. Has a picture of 4 ever been your screen saver/profile picture/tumblr screen saver?

Nope.

4. If 7 were to suddenly break up today, what would your reaction be?

Well, one of them is dead so...

5. Why is 1 so important?

I love Lambert. I love Keira. I love the idea about both of them together. They are good for each other. 100% gross, 100% sarcastic, 100% perfect couple.

6. Is 9 a funny ship or a serious ship?

Definitely serious. I even wrote one fanfiction about them, but that was years ago.

7. Out of all the ships listed, which ship has the most chemistry?

Richie and Eddie.

8. Out of all your ships listed, which ship has the strongest bond?

Steve and Tony.

9. How many times have your read/watched 10’s fandom

I made this ship. XD

10. Which ship has lasted the longest?

Steve and Tony.

11. How many times, if ever, has 6 broken up?

I'm not sure, I don't follow the Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure.

12. If the world was suddenly thrust into a zombie apocalypse, which ship would make it out alive, 2 or 8?

In first Kingsman movie, people because of the mind control behaved kinda like zombies so I guess Harry and Eggsy would survive. but both of the ships have a fair chance.

13. Did 7 ever have to hide their relationship for any reason?

This ship is not a canon. But Richie had a lot of internalized homophobia and was scared to show anyone his true feelings.

14. Is 4 still together?

Yes(kinda).

15. Is 10 canon?

Again. I made this ship.

16. If all 10 ships were put into a couple’s Hunger Games, which couple would win?

Squirrel Girl/Doreen and Nancy. Doreen killed Thanos. She is unbeatable.

17. Has anybody ever tried to sabotage 5’s ship?

They themself. Other people. Awful writing in MCU.

18. Which ship would you defend to the death and beyond?

1, 5 and 3 - but only because I genuinely think that Essi and Geralt could be a good couple.

19. Do you spend hours a day going through 3’s tumblr page?

I think there is only 2 or 3 posts about them together.

20. If an evil witch descended from the sky and told you that you had to pick one of the ten ships to break up forever or else she’d break them all forever, which ship would you sink?

Sir Lazlo and Eskel - it’s not a canon and I made this ship up.

#lamber x keira #keira x lambert #geralt x essi #geralt x jaskier #maleficent x diaval #steve x tony #richie x eddie #rapunzel x eugene #harry hart x eggsy #sirl lazlo x eskel

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who-is-olivia · 5 years ago

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Track 9. Woman

Harry Styles x OC x Fionn Whitehead

Harry has a fit of jealousy during the Dunkirk premiere so Olivia teaches him how to share. [5.6k]

Genre: smut

Warnings: sexual language

July 2018

Harry’s getting ready for the Dunkirk premiere in his London flat, where Lou Teasdale and Harry Lambert made their HQ. When he’s finally done, he waits for Olivia. He had Harry design a custom gown specially for her, he hasn’t seen it yet so expectations are high.

First come the footsteps, heels clicking against the wooden floor. His eyes shoot up to the hallway and there she is. A deep red velvet gown contrasts with the clear pattern of the walls, bodice hugging her chest tightly as the skirt leaves a gap through which her leg shows. Her dark skin glistens on the ceiling lights, only her jewels shine brighter: a Cartier choker and bracelet, nothing more. Harry can’t stop that silly grin from showing, it’s inevitable.

“I know, I look so good!” she teases and they all laugh at her unbridled pride. “Really, I look like a skanky witch!”

“That’s what I was channeling for the dress” Lambert comments through his giggles.

“You can’t even tell I gave birth like... few months ago”

Harry can tell she’s still a bit insecure about her body but if not she looks even more gorgeous. The baby didn’t take as much of a toll on her as she thought it would. She did gain weight but she was way too skinny to begin with so if anything she looks an average size. Right now, little Rio is spending some quality time with her nana and Harry has to hold himself as to not keeping calling to check on her. Last time he checked, she was sleeping soundly and eating everything her crazy aunt Gemma was preparing.

“You look amazing” Harry hugs her waist and pecks her cheek, holding her possessively. Right on time, Jeff walks through the front door.

“The car is waiting outside, is everybody ready?”

“Yes, coming in a minute, go ahead” Olivia hurries to pick her bag and give Lou a warm and thankful hug.

After all the goodbyes are over, Harry rests a hand on her exposed back and leads her out, making sure she’s always at arm’s length. When they’re in the elevator, she adjusts her braids in front of the mirror and, on the corner of her eye, notices he’s staring. Instead of messing with him she just winks at his reflection.

He loves it, the whole outfit, but the dress makes him a bit uncomfortable. He can see it already, all those pretty young actors running their hands on her bare arms and hugging her bare back, their indiscreet glances towards her cleavage. Harry clenches his fist involuntarily. Calmness resurfaces naturally, but then he remembers Fionn.

Fionn Whitehead made very clear during the shootings of “Dunkirk” that he had eyes for Olivia. By that time they were not married yet but they were in a good moment, so she came over during her weekends off just to visit him and get to know a bit of France. It was a bit of a strike to his ego to know Fionn had the hots for her, not only because of the threat he supposedly was but because Harry also had the hots for him – and no shame of it. Now they’re about to meet again, and Oli looks impossible not to look.

“Earth to Harry” she waves at him when they arrive at the parking lot, “you okay?”

“Sure, love” he holds her hand and brings the back of it to his lips.

“How’s Rio? Everything alright?”

“Right as rain, mum’s loving it” he chuckles.

“I miss my baby” she pouts playfully and he mimics her, like two children mocking each other.

“We’ll pick her up first thing in the morning, until then we got a Christopher Nolan premiere, can you believe?”

“Still trying to process that... look, if I try to grab Cillian Murphy, please stop me”

“I promise I won’t” he mocks and she chuckles fondly. He does know her so well.

Harry rushes to greet the chauffeur with a handshake and open the door to Olivia, helping her inside. He then walks to the other side of the car, adjusting his fist cuffs before sitting beside her. She holds the excess of fabric so he can snuggle in and wrap an arm around her shoulders. The way she crosses her legs makes her knees and calf slip through a gap in the skirt, she doesn’t mind it but he does. It’s impossible not to stare in awe at how sexy she looks in this dress. When the soft material slips, it creeps to reveal her thigh, soft against the velvet like a jewel inside its box. It’s getting harder to focus elsewhere, so he gently rests his hand on her exposed knee making her turn.

“You look amazing in that dress” he whispers on her ear, biting just a bit of it. She chuckles darkly and gets more comfortable against his side, feeling the heat in the car rise instantly as he nuzzles the side of her neck. “Can’t wait to get it off-“

“You two, behave!” Jeff takes the front seat of the car and they part slightly, finally taking the streets.

Olivia clears her throat. “So, what’s the movie about again?”

“It’s about the evacuation of Dunkirk beach, when these small civilian ships went to rescue the English soldiers” he briefly explains.

“Why did they have to be rescued?”

“Because the Germans invaded France and surrounded them”

“Ok, but why the civilians? Where was the navy?” she shakes her head confusedly and he giggles.

“I thought you were good in history”

She takes a bit of distance and smugly claims: “I am, I know my history, thank you very much”

“Alright, fair enough” he quits arguing, knowing better than to step on her national pride.

“Who do you play in the movie?”

“He can’t disclaim that” Jeff interrupts and they turn their eyes to him.

“I think I can disclaim that to my wife” Harry shrugs in disbelief.

“No, that’d break the contract, you can’t disclaim that” he sticks a finger in front of his nose. “Don’t make me get you out of trouble”

“Alright, grandpa” he mocks and turns back to Oli who grins amusedly.

They arrive at the red carpet and leave the fancy car, Harry once more walking around adjusting his suit before opening the door for her and helping her out. The cameras follow them from their first step, capturing how he keeps a hand on her back at every move, making sure he’s the only one to touch her.

“If you get tired of the pictures, let me know” he says in her ear before laying a small kiss on her cheekbone.

“It’s ok, Haz” she smiles and follows him to the first step of the red carpet: the fans. His fans are not exactly fond of her, but she understands that nobody will ever be worthy of their idol so she doesn’t take it personally. But she also knows some of his fanbase follows her musical career as well and appreciate it, so is no surprise when they ask for pictures with her.

They go forward on the red carpet path paying attention to who calls their names, she reaches the end sooner than he, as she has less demands, and greets some of Harry’s co-stars.

“Hey Oli, remember me?” a young man with dark hair and fancy suit asks.

“Fionn, right?” she makes a fake guessing antic. She knows precisely who he is, as she hardly forgets someone so pretty and so devastatingly charming. They met when she visited the set in France, watching him from a distance and low-key hitting on him. She assumed Harry didn’t mind, after all he also had a huge crush on his co-star.

“Yes” he smiles and hugs her, pulling away a bit to chat but she holds his hand in a friendly manner.

“Sorry, you guys all look so alike, I’m still trying to figure it out” they laugh. From a distance, Harry divides his attention between the fans and their cameras, and Fionn placing a hand on Olivia’s bare back, leading her away to meet the cast.

When she meets Cillian Murphy, it’s hard to tell who’s more excited: Oli for meeting her idol or Cillian for meeting such a gorgeous woman. Harry thought he would enjoy the scene but it couldn’t be more of the contrary. When they part, he smiles and lays an earnest kiss on the back of her hand. Something inside him immediately ticks and he doesn’t like it. He rushes through the last pictures and autographs, keeping track of her hugging and laughing with the guys. He tries not to get cranky and maintain a soft smile, but it’s getting under his skin. When Fionn leans to whisper something in her ear, hands stroking her waist over the velvet and pulling her close, it’s the last drop.

Harry excuses himself and skips a whole section of fans to make his way to Olivia, putting on a mask of civility but internally burning Fionn with his eyes. He first takes Oli’s hand and kisses her forehead, then stares down at his co-stars, catching one of them staring down her cleavage.

“How you doing chap?” Harry offers a hand for him to shake and dragging his eyes away from her.

“Harry” he nods, shaking his hand.

“Think you all know my wife, I need to steal her for a moment” he tugs on her hand and urges her to follow.

“Nice to meet you, guys!” They get in the queue for the photographs and before they even stand in front of the cameras, he wraps an arm around her possessively. “Why are you jealous?” she whispers between them.

“I’m not jealous...?” he clumsily denies.

“You just used the W word like a dominant alpha male” she smiles vaguely amused while he chuckles embarrassedly. “I know you like the back of my hand, Edwards”

“So do I, Maria” she makes a mock betrayed face but laughs all along. “Let’s never use middle names again, please”

“Let'sr... but really, Haz, what’s under your skin? You’re acting weird”

He sighs, knowing better than to keep it inside. “I don’t like the way he’s touching you”

She turns her head to the cast gathering. “Who? Fionn? I thought you liked Fionn” she whispers between them, “like... really liked Fionn... what’s the word for that? When you got the hots for someone?”

“Fancy?”

“Yeah”

“Alright, I might fancy Fionn, but I fancy you even more and I don’t like it when he gets familiar” he explains candidly, making sure they’re the only ones listening to the conversation.

“What if I like it?”

He chuckles, not expecting that answer – although he should. “Then let me know” he smirks.

“Harry, you’re up” Jeff indicates, guiding both of them to the designated spot.

He poses in a relaxed manner, holding her close against his side like a proud peacock showing off his mate. In his mind, there’s hardly any woman as stunning as her in the red carpet, so when the cameras flash in their direction, he knows she’s glowing. He can’t help but look at her in awe and happily let the cameras capture every ounce of love pouring down his eyes as she smiles confidently to the photographers.

“Everything ok?” he asks discreetly.

“My irises are burning” she sings the last word and he chuckles, pulling her away from the blinking lights and to the movie theater’s doors where the last pictures are supposed to be taken. “Harry, where are you!? Gah, I can’t see anything!” she plays, blinking mockingly.

He laughs and pulls her against his back, her makeup staining his dark suit but they don’t mind. “Hold on, love” she envelops him by the waist, not so shy when it comes to public displays of affection. Holding on to his back, she tries to mimic his steps like a child until they have to pose again. “Last one, I promise”

They take few last pictures with her snuggling his side and him holding her embrace, both smiling wide and proud for the world to see. When they’re done, Fionn shows up again, straightening his front buttons like a classy gentleman.

“You doing any interviews now?” he asks Harry.

“Yeah, just a couple ones” he replies.

“‘Right, I’ll walk in and take a seat. I can take Oli if you want” for a moment, Harry’s brain almost fires a violent chain reaction, but she leans a hand discreetly on his chest to calm him down.

“I can take myself, thank you very much, but I’ll take the company” she nods charismatically then turns to give jealous-boy some attention. “I’ll wait inside, be nice!”

“I’m always nice” he steals a kiss from her lips and grins smugly, watching her take Fionn’s arm and walk inside the movie theater.

The movie is a tragically beautiful tale of patriotism and hope, and despite belonging to a completely different culture, Olivia gives credit to the pride and heroism of the British people. She stands up to clap at the end, turning to praise all the actors and specially Harry, whose narcissistic side doesn’t mind being pandered to. After the screening, the crew serves a flute of champagne for the guests as Chris Nolan makes a grand toast, extending the reception for a couple more hours of refined chattering.

“Fionn!” Harry laces the man’s shoulders, pressing him in a strangely intimate way. “You were bloody brilliant”

“You’re drunk” he laughs, feeling his alcoholic breath fan across his face.

“I’m not, I’m just a bit cheery. Listen, they’re almost wrapping up, do you wanna come over to my place?”

“Sure, I mean... is Oli okay with it?” he stutters a bit. Fionn is very fond of the couple, and they’ve been really friendly so far, he would dedicate a couple more hours of his life to spend some time with them.

“Of course”

“Alright then, but I can’t stay long, I’ve got a flight in the morning”

“We’ll just get some wine, it won’t take long. I’ll just say goodbye to everyone”

The three of them are thrown over the back seat of a limousine, a bit more giggly than usual but still able to hold a conversation. They struggle to get to the door and unlock it but eventually they make it and get comfortable on the living room. Olivia lays over the black fabric of the sofa, laughing at some witty commentary Fionn just made while Harry pulls her shoes off. He knows she’s really weak when it comes to alcohol, it’s better to just leave her light and jolly on the living room than to make her break things in the kitchen.

“Thanks sweetheart” she smiles endearingly to Harry as he turns to reach the kitchen and serve them some appetizers.

“Is he some kind of slave?” Fionn mocks, undressing his suit’s jacket.

“Sure, he’s my white slave. It’s historical justice” she fires back, sitting up straight to look at him. “You can sit down”

“I should help Harry in the kitchen”

“Nonsense, you’re our guest” she holds him and pulls him by the hand to sit beside her, while she supports her arm on the backboard and turns her body towards him.

“I don’t know, I think he’s mad at me or something. Don’t you think he’s acting weird?”

“I’ll tell you a secret” she leans very close to his ear. “He’s jealous”

“Why would he be jealous?” he asks with a curious grin.

Her dozy eyes look at him amusedly as she bites her bottom lip, like a child boasting about something. “He doesn’t like other men touching me”

“That’s silly”

“I know, but he can’t help it. He just needs to learn how to share...” his words die on his throat as his drunken brain works through the meaning of her words. Now he’s excited to know how this night is going to end.

Finally Harry walks in with a plate of snacks and three glasses. Fionn attempts to put some distance between him and Oli, but she holds him back with a playful look. “Here we go, I’ll get some wine. Do you like rosé, Fionn?”

“Uh- sure”

“Great, it’s all we’ve got” Harry reaches the nearby wine rack, turning back to the two of them in the sofa. “Oli doesn’t like red wine, so it’s either that or white”

“I don’t mind, mate” he helps himself with a handful of nuts while Harry pours the rosé in their glasses.

“Shall we make a toast?” Olivia gets up and takes her glass, raising it to both the men. “Here’s to your brilliant performances and to the beautiful mastermind of Christopher Nolan”

“I wanna raise a toast” Fionn interrupts, “to the two of you, one of the loveliest couples I’ve ever met. Cheers guys”

“Cheers mate” they clink their glasses and down the contents in few sips, falling back on the couch right after. The way they seat has Oli in the middle, her back thrown over Harry’s chest and Fionn right beside her.

“Did you like the premiere?” he asks.

“I did, it was really fancy... I would’ve enjoyed more if Harry wasn’t so moody”

“I’m not moody” he defends himself, making a nonsensical antic to Fionn.

“I can’t greet a couple of handsome young men that you immediately put on a pout”

“One of these young men was staring at your tits”

“Who was it?” the gossipy bitch inside Fionn begs to know.

“Jack, that creepy pervert”

“Don’t be so harsh on him, he just went through puberty” Harry laughs, “he’s still nervous around pretty girls”

“Why thank you Fionn” she regards his implicit compliment.

“My pleasure, Oli” he shoots her a charming grin and hold her eyes for ransom, making the air heavy with tension.

“Get a room, you two” they laugh at Harry’s taunting until Olivia decides to spice up the game.

“Why a room” she crawls to straddle Fionn’s lap, keeping a respectful distance in a disrespectful position. “You know I like it better in the sofa”

“Is that so?” Fionn raises a brow, deciding to tag along. Instead of breaking the act in on itself, Harry decides to push it as far as it goes and flex the stiff attitude that bugged him all afternoon.

“Go on then, don’t mind me” he pours some rosé in his glass before returning to a comfortable position in his seat.

Olivia smirks at him before looking down at Fionn, brushing her lips against his teasingly, making him reach up for her, only then does she concede for theirs lips to touch. It starts like an innocent kiss, but then she slowly runs her hips up and down Fionn’s, testing his restrained control. Harry bites the inside of his cheek, determined not to be consumed by jealousy but entertained by his cheeky wife’s little game, even as Fionn runs his hands over her velvet covered ass. She pull his hair down, exposing his neck to her tender sensual kisses and Fionn basks in her affection, all worries about taking it too far are gone from his mind as long as she takes the first steps. She runs her lips over his jaw, smudging it with lipstick until she finds his mouth again and kisses it through a grin, she’s loving it. But it can get better.

Still straddling Fionn, she turns to Harry with a tempting smirk. “You’re just gonna watch?”

“If you insist” he gets up, leaving his suit jacket on the sofa’s armrest. He stands behind Olivia, gathering her braids and resting them over a shoulder, exposing the other one for him. He lets her dress strip slide down her arm, grasping her waist as his lips lay waste to her shoulder and neck, leaving little love bites on her dark skin. Fionn makes himself useful leaning over her and running his lips over the whole extent of her cleavage, savoring the salty taste of her skin comparing to the bittersweetness of her wine flavored lips.

At some point, Fionn nuzzles in Harry’s cheek and he presses a kiss to it, giving Harry the queue he was waiting for. He licks Fionn’s lips unapologetically before they share a steamy kiss against the shell of Oli’s ear. She smiles to herself, proud of accomplishing a little treat for herself and also for her husband, whom she knows takes great pleasure in the company of both men and women. They never thought their marriage should be restrictive, little games like this just prove the point.

“This is what happens when you share, Styles” she laughs to herself and the men stop the kiss to join her.

“As usual you were right, love” he pecks her cheek, “now why don’t we take this to the bedroom?”

“Yeah, that’s better” Fionn agrees and supports Oli while she straddles out of him, walking towards the hallway in a nearby corner of the flat. Harry and Fionn look at each other with lust before following her and shutting the door.

“Before we start, a few rules” Harry walks to his bedside table while Fionn crawls over Oli on the bed. Before he can kiss her sweet lips again, a small pack hits his head. “If you’re gonna fuck my wife, wear a rubber”

“Such a drama queen” she chuckles at her theatrical life-long partner.

“Also- look at me” he cups Fionn’s jaw and pull his attention, “If anyone wants to stop, we all stop”

“Fine by me” he reaches and bites Harry’s lip teasingly. They both start to undress their formal buttons shirt, standing shirtless over a gasping Olivia who is still dressed in a fancy gown. Fionn leans over Oli and rolls her over to straddle him now without any concern for a respectful distance, so she unapologetically rubs her panties against his growing bulge, he shuts his eyes and sighs, imagining how her cunt would feel around him. Harry drops his pants to the floor, crawling on his boxers until he reaches the close of her dress, sliding down the zipper so the fabric pools on her waist revealing her round breasts. He cups them from behind and they fit perfectly in his hand, specially when he traps her nipples between his fingers making them hard as rock.

Oli stands over the bed, letting the velvet slip to her feet before discarding it on the ground. On her absence, Harry reaches for Fionn, climbing him and ravishing his body from his chest up to his lips with tantalizing kisses and love bites. In return he cups his ass cheeks, reaching under the waistband to creep between them and sliding a slim finger in there, something Harry didn’t get in a long time. With his moaning consent, Fionn sticks said finger in his entrance, playing in and out as he cries in pleasure only with a small teasing, sparking his curiosity to explore his body as well as Olivia’s. For a moment she doesn’t participate, just sits on a bed corner pleasing herself at the sight of her gorgeous husband being finger fucked by a really handsome and charming man.

“Look at that” Fionn nods in her direction and Harry turns to look, finding his wife reaching inside her panties to touch herself away from them. “Fuck Harry, you’re wife is so hot” he whispers, turned on by her quiet moans.

“I know” he holds Fionn’s hand away for a moment just so he can pull Olivia closer, snatching her hand out of her pants and laying her on the duvet, joining her in a sandwich between her and Fionn, allowing him to tease his ass while he pays attention to his wife. Harry slides a finger inside her mouth and she sucks on it sensually, running the texture of her tongue against his salty skin before it leaves her lips with a pop. She makes herself more comfortable in his arms while he takes his slick fingers where her hand previously was to stroke her folds and flick the swollen nub between them. The sensation of her on his finger tips isn’t enough, he needs to taste her, but at the same time Fionn replaces his finger with the head of his cock, pressing its entrance on the difficult spot until the muscle relaxes and he buries his length inside Harry. “Mhmm fuck...”

The wave of pleasure that hits him distracts him from the finger work he was doing on her. “Hey, don’t stop” she whispers cupping his cheek. Still a bit dazed, he sticks two fingers inside her and do the best he can to please her, alternating between languid teasing strokes and fast hard stocks. Fionn thrusts mercilessly into Harry, holding up a thigh to get a better angle while he comes undone in his arms, but at one point he has to take a break, leaning across Harry to kiss Olivia. She smiles through the kiss, giving him those big brown lustful eyes before they shut in a spasm of pleasure. If he wasn’t so tucked inside Harry, he’d fuck her right now.

“Fuck, you’re so good” he whispers on the shell of his ear before thrusting hard and deep, wrenching a groan from him before returning to a faster pace. The quicker Fionn gets, the more Harry works his fingers in Olivia, to the point her walls clutch him throbbing in pleasure and she cries out one last time finally reaching the first orgasm of the night. Harry comes right after, pressing his head on her chest and moaning one long note of ecstasy while Fionn kisses his back and Olivia his lips. Fionn doesn’t want to cum inside Harry, so he pulls himself out and do so in his hand, looking down on the other two immersed in their embrace. He already pleased Harry enough, now he wants Olivia. Fionn crawls back in bed beside her, cupping her other cheek so she can face him. “May I?”

“Absolutely” she leans to kiss him while Harry stands to his elbows.

“Oi... you didn’t ask before you fucked me” he complains with a hint of mockery and Fionn clumsily breaks the kiss to answer.

“Sorry mate, I’ll ask next time” he smirks, pulling her panties down while staring at Harry. He reaches down to kiss her hip, throwing the piece of lace on the ground before placing himself between her thighs. Fionn can feel her cunt still throbbing from her previous orgasm, it won’t take much for her to cum again. He tries to look at her before he kisses her folds, but Harry covers his view as they make out right in front of him, so he carries on giving her one long teasing lick savoring her sweetness, then flicking his tongue against her pulsing clit. She hums against Harry’s mouth, kissing him harder when Fionn traps the nub on his lips and suck on it, letting go with a plop. The soft pad of his tongue against her sensitive bundle of nerves is driving Oli insane, that and having Fionn trapped between her thighs. She’s about to cum for the second time when he keeps flicking on her, she’s so close, she can feel his warm mouth humming in pleasure as he tastes her, her hips twitch and her muscles tense, wanting to press him harder then physically possible. Harry notices her spurring and looks down at Fionn ravishing his wife. A spike of jealousy hits him as she comes undone beneath him, he wants to make her cry in pleasure like this, coming so hard she’s a bumbling mess after.

“You like that?” he asks while Fionn wipes her cum from his chin.

“Fuck yes” she gasps as he lays closer, making her sandwich between the two. Harry pulls him for a quick kiss, tasting his wife from another man’s lips is strangely sensual to him. But Fionn doesn’t indulge Harry for long, he has other things in mind regarding Olivia.

Fionn runs his touch up her chest until he cups her jaw and kisses her lips teasingly, licking her bottom lip before sliding his tongue on her mouth. He rolls over parting her legs to better accommodate himself not breaking the kiss, then runs a finger between her crease feeling how wet she still is from his mouth. She feels so warm under his touch, so eager, he’s aching hard to fuck her ever since she walked in the red carpet in that sinful velvet dress, now that she’s under him legs wide spread, he’s already on edge. Harry helps Oli to lay her head on his shoulder as he watches the whole thing go down. Fionn reaches the silver pack and slides the rubber carefully before finally burying himself deep inside her throbbing cunt until his base hits her clit, and he has to keep the instinct of immediately bobbing his hips, just a bit of friction will end him. So instead he swirls his hips, taking just a bit of his length out before sliding back in languidly.

“Oh fuck... Fionn...” she whimpers at his tortuous delicious pace.

“You want more?” he thrusts harder causing her to gasp each time their hips collide. Where before she was wet now she’s dripping, so tight he even struggles to pull out, not on his wildest dreams did her pussy feel so fucking good. “You like that, huh? Finally a different cock to make you cum” she moans, feeling him pick up the pace and almost hit her tender spot. The anticipation for him to hit makes her toes curl, nonetheless his size feels incredible rubbing in and out of her, specially when he spreads her legs wider making him reach even deeper. He loses his pace for a moment, holding a knee under his arm and thrusting a little slower, giving her the chance to breath because she knows the moment he picks up that pace she’ll cum. “You feel so good, taking me cock like that, do you want more?” he thrusts harder and her orgasm starts to build, "you want more huh?” somehow he goes even faster, burying his entire length violently and clashing their hips with a dirty sound, but not as dirty as her gasps of pleasure, building up to a point when she clutches him even tighter and screams, her orgasm eminent.

“Right there... oh fuck! Yes! Right- oh!” she cries, the spasms taking her on a high that ends with an exhausted sigh and the unclenching of her cunt right after he also cums inside his rubber. “That was amazing” she struggles to say as he falls over her chest, stealing a kiss from her. The last thing he wants is to remove himself from her warm pussy, but then he notices Harry’s not so amused face.

He can’t imagine how that must feel: having your best friend buried deep inside your wife, someone with whom you have so much experience and a love so intense you choose to spend your life together. He knows Harry is easily jealous, he also knows he’a overly indulgent to his wife, so of course he’d play a sex game just to entertain her – and take bit of enjoyment for himself as he did love being fucked on the ass. But maybe fucking her so hard was too much. Harry would never say so, again, doing his best to indulge his wife, but he wasn’t ok with that. So he pulls out and decides it’s time to go.

He climbs over Oli to kiss her delicious pump lips one last time. “You guys are amazing” he pants, leaning to kiss Harry as well, “I’ll never forget this”

“Neither will we” he replies.

“I better go now, I’ve got a flight to catch in the morning” he excuses, looking for the missing parts of his suit.

“So soon?” she asks sitting up.

“Yeah, I’m sorry guys”

“No problem man, I’ll take you to the door” Harry dresses a house robe and waits for Fionn to properly collect himself. He kisses Oli on the cheek to say goodbye and follows Harry out.

“You know we have a lot of interviews together this week?” Fionn comments to lighten the mood, although Harry doesn’t seem moody, on the contrary, he’s grinning.

“That’ll be interesting” he opens the door and hugs him goodbye.

“Thank you for that... I hope I didn’t overstep or anything-“

“You didn’t, you were great” Harry smiles and kisses the crook of his neck playfully. “Right, off you go now”

“See you around, Harold” he winks walking out the door and leaving the events of the night behind. When he walks inside the uber, he closes his eyes and let them all come crashing in with a boyish smile.

Olivia walks to the kitchen on her house robe, watching Harry close the door and walk up to her. She serves both of them a rosé glass with a tiny smirk creeping on her cheeks. “So... is he as good in the back as he is in the front?” he laughs at her spontaneous commentary, “Welcome to my TedTalk”

“You’re crazy” he hugs her back tightly, “crazy and deranged... and brilliant”

“Why thank you” she hands him a glass of rosé and they clink, no need to verbalize what they’re toasting before drinking the wine.

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It has been a long hiatus, though to me it didn’t seem to be one. Time flies. June and July have flied by so fast, and I can’t keep up, shit things happening one after the other, and I’m still coping… But it’s a process. I’m functioning now enough to write and interact on this blog.

As I promised, this first post is a list of June releases (from June 3rd) and the reviews I found about them until now. You’re all welcome to let me know if you have a review that I forgot to add.

Since July is also over, I’m also sharing this month’s books and reviews.

As always, updating is constantly happening, if you know about a book or have a review, just let me know! 😉

Welcome back on Swift Coffee, everyone!

For the newbies (welcome 😘): if you don’t yet know what this is all about: I’m posting a list every Monday of the books that get released during the current week. I also include other people’s reviews about them! I try to do a blog hop from time to time and spread the word about this feature, but I obviously can’t find every review that’s related, so a sign that you have one would be very much appreciated! Every review is eligible that is written about a book published on the week in question, even if it was written before said week!

So… one question remains:

Would you like to join the ride?

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These are the rules:

To be featured, you don’t have to do anything else, but to leave a comment below this post, or contact me by any other way, and let me know you have a review. A link to it makes it easier, but if you only say your review comes out on x day of the week, that’s okay as well, I’ll watch out for it! Following me is not a must, but I appreciate it very much, if you do! 🙂

I continuously update this post according to your infos/comments, and I share it again every time I’ve made an update.

The book you reviewed don’t have to be from the list here, if it’s not listed, but published this week, I’ll add the book, too!

You can also send me a review for next week, because these posts are scheduled! 😉

Books Published in June:

‘After the End’ by Clare Mackintosh mystery/thriller

‘All the Missing Girls’ by Megan Miranda mystery

‘A Merciful Promise’ by Kendra Elliot mystery/romantic suspense

‘A Nearly Normal Family’ by M.T. Edvardsson, Rachel Willson-Broyles (Translation) mystery/thriller

‘Ayesha at Last’ by Uzma Jalaluddin romance

‘Beyond Āsanas: The Myths and Legends behind Yogic Postures’ by Pragya Bhatt, Joel Koechlin (Photographer)

‘Bound to the Battle God’ by Ruby Dixon fantasy/romance

‘Briar and Rose and Jack’ by Katherine Coville middle grade

‘Bunny’ by Mona Awad horror

‘City of Girls’ by Elizabeth Gilbert historical fiction

‘Close to Home’ by Cate Ashwood M M romance

‘Dear Wife’ by Kimberly Belle mystery/thriller

‘Dissenter on the Bench: Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Life and Work’ by Victoria Ortiz non-fiction/middle grade

‘Fleishman Is in Trouble’ by Taffy Brodesser-Akner contemporary

‘Five Midnights’ by Ann Dávila Cardinal horror

‘Fix Her Up’ by Tessa Bailey romance

‘Fixing the Fates: A Memoir’ by Diane Dewey non-fiction

‘Ghosts of the Shadow Market’ YA fantasy

‘Gun Island’ by Amitav Ghosh cultural/India/historical fiction

‘If Only’ by Melanie Murphy

‘Just One Bite’ by Jack Heath mystery/thriller

‘Like a Love Story’ by Abdi Nazemian YA/LGBT

‘Magic for Liars’ by Sarah Gailey fantasy/mystery

‘More Than Enough: Claiming Space for Who You Are (No Matter What They Say)’ by Elaine Welteroth non-fiction

‘Mrs. Everything’ by Jennifer Weiner historical fiction

‘Mostly Dead Things’ by Kristen Arnett contemporary/LGBT

‘Natalie Tan’s Book of Luck and Fortune’ by Roselle Lim contemporary/romance

‘On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous’ by Ocean Vuong poetry

‘Rapture’ by Lauren Kate YA fantasy

‘Recursion’ by Blake Crouch science fiction

‘Searching for Sylvie Lee’ by Jean Kwok mystery

‘Somewhere Close to Happy’ by Lia Louis romance

‘Sorcery of Thorns’ by Margaret Rogerson fantasy

‘Storm and Fury’ by Jennifer L. Armentrout fantasy

‘Summer of ’69’ by Elin Hilderbrand historical fiction

‘Sweet Tea and Secrets’ by Joy Avon cozy mystery

‘Teeth in the Mist’ by Dawn Kurtagich horror

‘The Accidental Girlfriend’ by Emma Hart romance

‘The Bookshop on the Shore’ by Jenny Colgan contemporary/women’s fiction

‘The First Mistake’ by Sandie Jones thriller

‘The Friends We Keep’ by Jane Green women’s fiction

‘The Friend Zone’ by Abby Jimenez contemporary/romance

‘The Girl in Red’ by Christina Henry fantasy/horror

‘The Haunted’ by Danielle Vega horror

‘The Holiday’ by T.M. Logan

‘The July Girls’ by Phoebe Locke mystery/thriller

‘The Last House Guest’ by Megan Miranda mystery/thriller

‘The Most Fun We Ever Had’ by Claire Lombardo contemporary/literary fiction

‘The New Achilles’ by Christian Cameron historical fiction

‘The Red Labyrinth’ by Meredith Tate fantasy

‘The Resurrectionists’ by Michael Patrick Hicks horror

‘The Rest of the Story’ by Sarah Dessen YA contemporary/romance

‘Ollie Oxley and the Ghost: The Search for Lost Gold’ by Lisa Schmid middle grade

‘The Space Between Time’ by Charlie Laidlaw

‘The Stationery Shop’ by Marjan Kamali historical fiction

‘The Summer Country’ by Lauren Willig historical fiction

‘They Called Me Wyatt’ by Natasha Tynes mystery

‘This Might Hurt a Bit’ by Doogie Horner YA

‘Time After Time’ by Lisa Grunwald historical/science fiction

‘Waiting for Tom Hanks’ by Kerry Winfrey contemporary/romance

‘We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir’ by Samra Habib non-fiction

‘We Were Killers Once’ by Becky Masterman mystery/thriller

‘Where The Story Starts’ by Imogen Clark women’s fiction

‘Wicked Fox’ by Kat Cho YA fantasy

‘Wild and Crooked’ by Leah Thomas YA contemporary/LGBT

‘Wolf Rain’ by Nalini Singh paranormal romance

Reviews:

‘Sorcery of Thorns’ by Stephanie at Between Folded Pages

‘The Rapture’ at Book Bound

‘The Resurrectionists’ by Jen at Shit Reviews of Books

‘The Haunted’ by Kris at Boston Book Reader

‘The Friends We Keep’ by Vicky at Women in Trouble Book Blog

‘This Might Hurt a Bit’ by Amanda at Between the Shelves

‘Wild and Crooked’ by Amanda at Between the Shelves

‘The Haunted’ by Mandy at Book Princess Reviews

‘We Were Killers Once’ by Vicky at Women in Trouble Book Blog

‘Five Midnights’ by Sian at Sci-fi & Scary

‘Wolf Rain’ by Corina at Book Twins Reviews

‘Just One Bite’ by Berit at Audio Killed the Bookmark

‘Where the Story Starts’ by Anjana at Superfluous Reading

‘The Red Labyrinth’ by Anjana at Superfluous Reading

‘Fixing the Fates’ by Anjana at Superfluous Reading

‘Gun Island’ by Anjana at Superfluous Reading

‘If Only’ by Anjana at Superfluous Reading

‘Sweet Tea and Secrets’ by Rekha at The Book Decoder

‘Storm and Fury’ by Claire at bookscoffeeandrepeat

‘The New Achilles’ by Zoé at Zooloo’s Book Diary

‘Time After Time’ by Ashley at Ashes Books and Bobs

‘Recursion’ by Lilyn G at Sci-fi & Scary

‘The Space Between Time’ by Rekha at The Book Decoder

‘The Rumor’ by Vicky at Women in Trouble Book Blog

‘The Search for the Lost Gold’ by Lilyn G at Sci-fi & Scary

‘They Call Me Wyatt’ by Jen at Shit Reviews of Books

‘After the End’ by Linda at Linda’s Book Bag

‘Beyond Asanas’ by Shashank at Wonder’s Book Blog

‘The July Girls’ by Nicola at Short Book and Scribes

‘We Have Always Been Here’ by Kristin at Kristin Kraves Books

‘Close to Home’ by T. J. Fox

‘Dissenter on the Bench’ by Taylor at Tays Infinite Thoughts

‘Bound to the Battle God’ by Corina at Book Twins Reviews

‘Briar and Rose and Jack’ by Briana at Pages Unbound

‘Teeth in the Mist’ at Lori’s Bookshelf Reads

‘All the Missing Girls’ by Celine at Celinelingg

‘The Holiday’ by Zoe at Zooloo’s Book Diary

‘The July Girls’ by Joanna at Over the Rainbow Book Blog

‘More Than Enough’ by Jessica at Jess Just Reads

‘Somewhere Close to Happy’ at Jess Just Reads

‘The Accidental Girlfriend’ by Tijuana at Book Twins Reviews

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Books Published in July:

‘Along the Broken Bay’ by Flora J. Solomon historical fiction

‘A Stranger on the Beach’ by Michele Campbell mystery/thriller

‘A Whisker In The Dark’ by Leighann Dobbs cozy mystery

‘Dark Age’ by Pierce Brown science fiction

‘Depraved’ by Trilina Pucci romance/erotica

‘Deserve to Die’ by Miranda Rijks thriller

‘Drummer Girl’ by Ginger Scott YA romance

‘False Step’ by Victoria Helen Stone mystery/thriller

‘Girls Like Us’ by Cristina Alger mystery/thriller

‘Gods of Jade and Shadow’ by Silvia Moreno-Garcia fantasy/historical fiction

‘Good Guy’ by Kate Meader romance

‘Gore in the Garden’ by Colleen J. Shogan cozy mystery

‘How to Hack a Heartbreak’ by Kristin Rockaway romance

‘Last Summer’ by Kerry Lonsdale contemporary

‘Life Ruins’ by Danuta Kot audiobook/mystery

‘Lock Every Door’ by Riley Sager mystery/thriller

‘Maybe This Time’ by Kasie West contemporary

‘Never Have I Ever’ by Joshilyn Jackson mystery/thriller

‘Never Look Back’ by Alison Gaylin mystery/thriller

‘Nightingale Point’ by Luan Goldie

‘Reclaimed by Her Rebel Knight’ by Jenni Fletcher historical romance

‘Resist’ by K. Bromberg romance

‘Salvation Day’ by Kali Wallace science fiction

‘Season of the Witch’ by Sarah Rees Brennan YA fantasy

‘Sisters of Willow House’ by Susanne O’Leary

‘Spin the Dawn’ by Elizabeth Lim fantasy

‘That Long Lost Summer’ by Minna Howard

‘The Betrayed Wife’ by Kevin O’Brien mystery/thriller

‘The Bookish Life of Nina Hill’ by Abbi Waxman contemporary/romance

‘The Chain’ by Adrian McKinty thriller

‘The Gifted School’ by Bruce Holsinger contemporary fiction

‘The Golden Hour’ by Beatriz Williams historical fiction

‘The Guy on the Right’ by Kate Stewart NA romance

‘The Last Book Party’ by Karen Dukess historical fiction

‘The Marriage Trap’ by Sheryl Browne thriller

‘The Merciful Crow’ by Margaret Owen fantasy

‘The Miraculous’ by Jess Redman middle grade

‘The Need’ by Helen Phillips horror/thriller

‘The Nickel Boys’ by Colson Whitehead historical fiction

‘The Rogue King’ by Abigail Owen paranormal romance

‘The Seekers’ by Heather Graham mystery

‘The Silent Ones’ by K.L. Slater thriller

‘The Storm Crow’ by Kalyn Josephson fantasy

‘The Wedding Party’ by Jasmine Guillory romance

‘Three Women’ by Lisa Taddeo non-fiction/feminism

‘To Be Devoured’ by Sara Tantlinger horror

‘Truly Madly Royally’ by Debbie Rigaud YA romance

‘Under Currents’ by Nora Roberts romance

‘War’ by Laura Thalassa fantasy/romance

‘Whisper Network’ by Chandler Baker mystery/thriller

‘Wilder Girls’ by Rory Power YA horror/mystery

A fantastic review of…

‘Reclaimed by her Rebel Knight’ by Demetra at Demi Reads

‘The Merciful Crow’ by Clarissa at Clarissa Reads It All

‘The Bookish Life of Nina Hill’ at Flavia the Bibliophile

‘The Merciful Crow’ by Kaleena at Reader Voracious

‘The Guy On the Right’ by Astrid at The Bookish Sweet Tooth

‘False Step’ by Jordann at The Book Blog Life

‘The Guy On the Right’ by Angela at Reading Frenzy Book Blog

‘Reclaimed by Her Rebel Knight’ by Joules at Northern Reader

‘Depraved’ by Demetra at Demi Reads

‘Never Have I Ever’ by Steph AT Steph’s Book Blog

‘Reclaimed by Her Rebel Knight’ by Jennifer C. Wilson

‘That Long Lost Summer’ by Shalini at Shalini’s Books and Reviews

‘Sisters of Willow House’ by Joanne at Portobello Book Blog

‘A Whisker in the Dark’ by Berit at Audio Killed the Bookmark

‘The Rouge King’ by Ashley at Falling Down the Book Hole

‘Good Guy’ by Astrid at The Bookish Sweet Tooth

‘Drummer Girl’ by Astrid at The Bookish Sweet Tooth

‘The Need’ by T. J. Fox

‘The Seekers’ by Shalini at Shalini’s Books and Reviews

‘The Silent Ones’ by Steph at StefLoz Book Blog

‘Resist’ by Tijuana at Book Twins Reviews

‘Reclaimed by Her Rebel Knight’ by Jess Bookish Life

‘Sisters of Willow House’ by Joanna at Over the Rainbow Book Blog

‘How To Hack a Heartbreak’ by Corina at Book Twins Reviews

‘Somebody Else’s Baby’ by Shalini at Shalini’s Books and Reviews

‘Life Ruins’ by Amanda at mybookishblogspot

‘The Miraculous’ by Chris at Plucked from the Stacks

‘The Betrayed Wife’ by Shalini at Shalini’s Books and Reviews

‘Salvation Day’ by Lilyn G at Sci-fi & Scary

‘The Marriage Trap’ by Shalini at Shalini’s Books and Reviews

‘The Chain’ at Jess Just Reads

‘To Be Devoured’ by Sam and Gracie at Sci-fi & Scary

‘Truly Madly Royally’ by Olivia at The Candid Cover

‘Season of the Witch’ by Jill at Jill’s Book Blog

‘Gore in the Garden’ by Rekha at The Book Decoder

‘Never Look Back’ by Berit at Audio Killed the Bookmark

‘Wilder Girls’ by Kathy at Pages Below the Vaulted Sky

‘Deserve to Die’ by Shalini at Shalini’s Books and Reviews

‘Sisters of Willow House’ by Shalini at Shalini’s Books and Reviews

‘Sisters of Willow House’ by Berit at Audio Killed the Bookmark

‘Nightingale Point’ by Amanda at mybookishblogspot

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Which are your favorites?

I’m so happy to be here with you bookish guys again!!

Don’t forget to let me know if you have a review!

Oh, and in the near future comes another post with the releases of the beginning of August! You can send me reviews for that post, as well.

Have a wonderful time!

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I’m back! – A Master List of Book Releases of June and July + Reviews! It has been a long hiatus, though to me it didn't seem to be one. Time flies.

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whatisthiswitchcraft · 6 years ago

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books I read in 2018! (not including rereads, favorites are bolded!)

Shortcomings - Adrian Tomine

Skim - Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki

Tina’s Mouth: An Existential Comic Diary - Keshni Kashyap

Turning Japanese: A Graphic Memoir - Marinaomi

Killing and Dying - Adrian Tomine

Take What You Can Carry - Kevin C. Pyle

The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue - Mackenzi Lee

Riotous Flesh: Women, Physiology, and the Solitary Vice in Nineteenth-Century America - April R. Haynes

Finder: Voice - Carla Speed McNeil

Witches Abroad - Terry Pratchett

Interpreter of Maladies - Jhumpa Lahiri

The Hate U Give - Angie Thomas

We Are Never Meeting In Real Life - Samantha Irby

Priestdaddy - Patricia Lockwood

What We Lose - Zinzi Clemmons

What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours - Helen Oyeyemi

Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard: The Ship of the Dead - Rick Riordan

Strange Practice - Vivian Shaw

The Best We Could Do - Thi Bui

Kindred: A Graphic Novel - Octavia Butler, Damian Duffy, John Jennings

Will Do Magic for Small Change - Andrea Hairston

Pachinko - Min Jin Lee

Her Body and Other Parties - Carmen Maria Machado

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil - John Berendt

Salt Houses - Hala Alyan

March: Book One - John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell

March: Book Two - John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell

March: Book Three - John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell

Sing, Unburied, Sing - Jesmyn Ward

The Power - Naomi Alderman

Darkroom: A Memoir in Black and White - Lila Quintero Weaver

Blood Justice: The Lynching of Mack Charles Parker - Howard Smead

Warriors Don’t Cry - Melba Pattillo Beals

Moonshot: The Indigenous Comics Collection - ed. Hope Nicholson

Monstress: Awakening - Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda

Boundless - Jillian Tamaki

The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South - Michael W. Twitty

Speak: The Graphic Novel - Laurie Halse Anderson and Emily Carroll

A Raisin in the Sun - Lorraine Hansberry

Surpassing Certainty: What My Twenties Taught Me - Janet Mock

Bingo Love - Tee Franklin, Jenn St-Onge, Joy San

Vietnamerica - G.B. Tran

Incognegro: A Graphic Mystery - Mat Johnson and Warren Pleece

Arab in America - Toufic El Rassi

Diary of a Reluctant Dreamer: Undocumented Vignettes from a Pre-American Life - Alberto Ledesma

Tell the Wolves I’m Home - Carol Rifka Brunt

The Immortalists - Chloe Benjamin

The Argonauts - Maggie Nelson

Little Fires Everywhere - Celeste Ng

The Autobiography of Malcolm X: As Told to Alex Haley - Malcolm X and Alex Haley

All God’s Children Need Traveling Shoes - Maya Angelou

The Fire Next Time - James Baldwin

Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body - Roxane Gay

Deer Woman: An Anthology - ed. Elizabeth LaPensée and Weshoyot Alvitre

Bloods: Black Veterans of the Vietnam War - Wallace Terry

The Merry Spinster: Tales of Everyday Horror - [Daniel] Mallory Ortberg

It’s All Absolutely Fine: Life Is Complicated So I’ve Drawn It Instead - Ruby Elliot

The Book of Unknown Americans - Cristina Henríquez

Through the Woods - Emily Carroll

The World Only Spins Forward: The Ascent of Angels in America - Isaac Butler and Dan Kois

Tributaries - Laura Da’

On the Bus With Rosa Parks - Rita Dove

Full-Metal Indigiqueer - Joshua Whitehead

Whereas: Poems - Layli Long Soldier

Not Your Villain - C.B. Lee

My Body is a Book of Rules - Elissa Washuta

Mis(h)adra - Iasmin Omar Ata

All Out: The No-Longer-Secret Stories of Queer Teens Throughout the Ages - ed. Saundra Mitchell

This is Just My Face: Try Not to Stare - Gabourey Sidibe

Crazy Brave - Joy Harjo

Harriet the Spy - Louise Fitzhugh

The Lesser Blessed - Richard Van Camp

A Burst of Light: and Other Essays - Audre Lorde

The Mysterious Benedict Society - Trenton Lee Stewart

My Brother’s Husband, Vol. I - Gengoroh Tagame

When You Reach Me - Rebecca Stead

The Wicked and the Divine: Imperial Phase (Part 1) - Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie

Honor Girl - Maggie Thrash

The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho

The Prince and the Dressmaker - Jen Wang

Leah on the Offbeat - Becky Albertalli

The Summer of Jordi Perez (and the Best Burger in Los Angeles) - Amy Spalding

How to be Black - Baratunde Thurston

Bury What We Cannot Take - Kirstin Chen

No Reservations: Around the World on an Empty Stomach - Anthony Bourdain

Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook - Anthony Bourdain

Our Dead Behind Us - Audre Lorde

The Wicked and the Divine: Imperial Phase (Part 2) - Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie

The Awkward Thoughts of W. Kamau Bell: Tales of a 6'4, African American, Heterosexual, Cisgender, Left-Leaning, Asthmatic, Black and Proud Blerd, Mama's Boy, Dad, and Stand-Up Comedian - W. Kamau Bell

There There - Tommy Orange

Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl - Andrea Lawlor

Jonny Appleseed - Joshua Whitehead

Just the Funny Parts: ... And a Few Hard Truths About Sneaking Into the Hollywood Boys’ Club - Nell Scovell

Perma Red - Debra Magpie Earling

Toil and Trouble - Mairghread Scott

Kissing God Goodbye - June Jordan

Wade in the Water - Tracy K. Smith

Reincarnation Blues - Michael Poore

Nepantla: An Anthology [Queer Poets of Color] - ed. Christopher Soto

Not Here: Poems - Hieu Minh Nguyen

Dead Girls: Essays on Surviving an American Obsession - Alice Bolin

Trail of Lightning - Rebecca Roanhorse

Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars: A Dangerous Trans Girl’s Confabulous Memoir - Kai Cheng Thom

Taproot: A Story about a Gardener and a Ghost - Keezy Young

The Witch Boy - Molly Knox Ostertag

The Haunting of Hill House - Shirley Jackson

Don’t Call Us Dead - Danez Smith

Bright Dead Things - Ada Limon

The Poet X - Elizabeth Acevedo

Citizen Illegal - Jose Olivarez

American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin - Terrance Hayes

for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf - Ntozake Shange

The Carrying - Ada Limon

Mercury: An Intimate Biography of Freddie Mercury - Lesley-Ann Jones

Unclaimed Baggage - Jen Doll

A River of Stars - Vanessa Hua

We Have Always Lived in the Castle - Shirley Jackson

Spinning Silver - Naomi Novik

Barbie Chang - Victoria Chang

Corazon - Yesika Salgado

Chemistry - Weike Wang

Number One Chinese Restaurant - Lillian Li

Lucy and Linh - Alice Pung

My Favorite Thing is Monsters - Emil Ferris

The Plant Messiah: Adventures in Search of the World's Rarest Species - Carlos Magdalena

The Incendiaries - R.O. Kwon

Dirty River: A Queer Femme of Color Dreaming Her Way Home - Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

Dumplin’ - Julie Murphy

How Long ‘Til Black Future Month? - N.K. Jemisin

My Sister, the Serial Killer - Oyinkan Braithwaite

Unapologetic: a Black, Queer, and Feminist Mandate for Radical Movements - Charlene Carruthers

#books #2018 #year in books #my lists

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kpopduckjill · 7 years ago

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BTS x Mediheal Rundown: Where and What to Get

BTS x Mediheal is landing in a few days (12/19)- here's a quick rundown of what's what, where to get it, and shipping options!

Each set will have 10 masks and 14 photo cards and cost KRW 25,000 (about $23 dollars). For reference, a 10-pack of Mediheal masks on Amazon go for about $10-$14 dollars so the photo cards are adding about an extra $10.

In general, Mediheal masks have a really great reputation! The essence used in their masks is thicker and more abundant than most masks. They are typically on the more pricier end of the spectrum, but the effects tend to last longer- even showing results the next morning. A lot of armys have commented that they buy Mediheal masks anyway so it's a win-win 😃

Hydrating Care Set: comes with 5 N.M.F masks and 5 tea tree masks

Tea Tree Mask - Featured in each of the 4 different sets - Used by Hobi in this skincare VLive with Hobi and Suga ♡

> What's In It - centella asiatica extract: historically used in India for skin conditions and known in China as one of the “miracle elixirs of life”. known to boost collagen synthesis and improve strength of skin. - Portulaca Oleracea Extract: improves inflammatory skin, contains antioxidants and omega-3 fatty acids. - Pinus Palustris Leaf Extract: also known as pine tree leaf extract. Has anti-microbial and anti-inflammatory properties. - Melaleuca alternifolia leaf oil: also known as tea tree oil. Has antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory properties as well.

> Who's It For - Irritated and dry skin that needs to calm down - Redness and acne-prone skin

N.M.F Mask - stands for natural moisturizing factor - "Active water system of moisturizing ingredients (N.M.F) recharges moisturizing energy." > What's In It - witch hazel: removes excess oil from skin.- rose water: antibacterial and antioxidant properties. also smells damn good (if you like roses) - hyaluronic acid: creates moisture barrier for skin.- ceramide 3: maintain water barrier level in skin keeping skin moisturized. > Who's It For - skin that needs more moisture and firmness - skin that's on either end of the spectrum- too dry or too oily

Brightening Care Set: comes with 5 W.H.P masks and 5 tea tree masks (will skip the tea tree explanation since it's explained above!)

W.H.P Mask - stands for Whitening And Hydrating Power Mask - whitening = brightening in korean beauty speak

> What's In It - niacinamide: improve appearance of skin tone, pores, fine lines, dullness. - Euterpe Oleracea Fruit Extract: also known as acai berry. antioxidant and fatty acids rich.

> Who's It For - skin that is dull and needs brightening - people looking for anti-aging properties - need an extra boost in reviving dull and damaged skin

Moisturizing Care Set: comes with 5 D.NA masks and 5 tea tree masks (will skip the tea tree explanation since it's explained above!)

D.NA Mask - stands for defense natural aquaring proatin mask - a collab was meant to happen with a product named DNA - described as "moisturizing, whitening, wrinkle care effect" > What's In It - niacinamide: improve appearance of skin tone, pores, fine lines, dullness. - rapeseed oil: moisturize and vitamin E (antioxidant). regenerates skin > Who's It For - skin in need of moisture - skin with an uneven tone and surface - skin that is dull, damaged, developing fine lines

Soothing Care Set: comes with 5 PDF masks and 5 tea tree masks (will skip the tea tree explanation since it's explained above!)

PDF Mask - stands for pure derma factor - "A medicated face mask specifically formulated to heal and soothe irritated, troubled skin." > What's In It - centella asiatica extract: historically used in India for skin conditions and known in China as one of the “miracle elixirs of life”. known to boost collagen synthesis and improve strength of skin - salicylic acid: works to dissolve skin-clogging oils and debris. great for whiteheads and blackheads. > Who's It For - people with acne trouble - people who want to improve skin elasticity

Where To Buy:

1. Amazon - Offers Prime shipping (free for Prime members) - International shipping - Buy On Amazon

2. Mediheal KR - KR shipping only 3. Official BTS Shop - Credit Card, Paypal or Alipay - EMS shipping fees start at $31 for 1kg which is the minimum. 4. Global GMarket - Credit Card and Paypal. - Shipping for 1kg is about $22.

If you just want to purchase the masks on their own (about $10-$14), you can do so from Amazon here: Tea Tree Masks (Set of 10) Buy on Amazon Read more about Mediheal Tea Tree masks

N.M.F Masks (Set of 10) Buy on Amazon Read more about the Mediheal N.M.F masks

W.H.P Masks (Set of 10) Buy on Amazon Read more about the Mediheal W.H.P masks

D.NA Masks (Set of 10) Buy on Amazon Read more about the Mediheal D.NA masks

PDF Masks (Set of 10) Buy on Amazon Read more about the Mediheal PDF Masks

#bts #bangtan #bangtan boys #jhope #mediheal #bts x mediheal #face masks #kbeauty

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beyondmistland · 7 years ago

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Hidden History of the Stormlands: Lost Lore

 Letter #1: Durran the Devout's return of the Rainwood did not lack for consequences however given that it led to a long, bloody rebellion by Houses Wylde and Mertyns, both of which had been granted choice lands there by his father, the Godsgrief, himself. In the face of this threat the pious but ineffective king was forced to seek the aid of the Children themselves, an act which made the already deeply unpopular king even more hated and nearly cost him his life as well as his throne when the rebellion culminated in a great battle just outside the walls of Storm's End called by the singers the First Storm given that the battle allegedly turned in the king's favor when a great storm sent by the Old Gods broke out.

 Letter #2: Small wonder then that upon the reconquest of the Rainwood a century later by Durran Bronze-Axe few mourned when he put to the sword (or in this case axe) so many captured Children, that Greenpool, where the last battle had been fought, forever became known thereafter as Redpool for all the blood spilled that day though neither House Mertyns nor House Wylde were granted the lost lands they coveted. (As an aside Redpool's former name should not be confused with Greenpools in the Reach.)

 Letter #3: Durran the Dour (either as Durran V or VI) slew Lun the Last, King of the Giants, in the great Battle of Crookwater, putting an end to nearly a generation of war between the two races for control of the Red Mountains and its foothills, from which the Giants were forced to flee, leaving behind so many bones that the main pass was said to still be bleached white decades later. Thus, did the Boneway earn its name. As for Durran the Dour himself if the singers are to be believed he did not long enjoy his victory, dying of his wounds shortly afterwards with a familiar scowl on his face, half his body broken and maimed.

 Letter #4: Durran the Ravenfriend, who was said to spy on his subjects through the eyes of two ravens, one black, one white, oversaw the founding of Stonedance but his motives in this matter as well as those of his good-father, Lord Maldon Massey, himself, including the question of whether the latter was convinced or coerced to take up ownership of what would then become known as Massey's Hook, remain in dispute to this day.

 Letter #5: Durran the Young at the age of fourteen turned back a Dornish invasion led by King Yoren Yronwood and the warrior maid Wylla of Wyl in the Battle by the Bloody Pool, killing so many that the river Slayne was dammed with the corpses of the Dornishmen, a feat which earned him the sobriquet "Butcher Boy" as well as the fealty of House Swann...But was he also the very same King Durran who later in life became besotted with his own niece and died at the hands of his brother, Erich Kin-Killer, at a drunken feast inside Storm's End? This question, and many more (such as whether Morden I, Qarlton I, or Maldon I was the first Storm King to face the Gardeners in battle at Nightsong) will likely never be answered with any definitive proof sadly.

 Letter #6: More certainty exists for later monarchs though. We can say with little hesitation that the great island kingdom of Tarth fell under the sway of the Durrandons when the daughter of Edwyn Evenstar, Jocelyn Tarth, was taken to wife by Durran the Fair, so known not for his appearance, which, according to the singers, made death (later identified with the Stranger) itself flee in terror when he was born during a plague that claimed the rest of the royal family, but rather to his love of law and peace. Alas, that good king later perished in a grotesque mishap whilst attending a ball in his honor on Tarth, which, depending on whether he was Durran VIII or Durran IX, might have been murder though no source gives us a culprit or a clear motive as to why.

 Letter #7: Certainly, his son and successor, Erich I or II Durrandon, saw it that way however, given the fact he is said to have sacked Tarth in response despite the protests of his mother, the dowager queen, who he had confined to a tower cell for the remainder of her days after she attempted to depose him in favor of his younger sister, Mary of the Sad Smile, when he conscripted under penalty of death half the remaining people of Tarth for the construction of what is now called the Weeping Town after Garse II declared the Stormlands to be "a kingdom without cities and culture" at a ball the Red Stag unexpectedly attended. (Once the only city in the Stormlands the Weeping Town lost its charter following its implication in the Andali Pauper's Plot against Ormund II and though Maldon III would later grant it a new one the Weeping Town has never regained its former status.)

 Letter #8: His son, also named Erich (most likely thus Erich III), would in turn follow his father's example, building up a great fleet with which to claim Estermont as well as the lesser isles further south, thus earning the title "Sailmaker", though it is one he would come to rue in his old age for the rest of his reign was thereafter one of constant war as he was forced to sail from one battle to another against both rebels as well as pirates out of the Stepstones and Dorne.

 Letter #9: The height of the Durrandons' power prior to the coming of the Andals then followed with the reigns of Durran X, who extended his writ to the southern shores of the Blackwater Rush after turning back an invasion from the Reach by King Perceon I Gardener at the Battle of Nightsong after convincing Lord Roland Caron to change his allegiance in exchange for recognition of his claim to be Lord of the Marches, and his son, Monfryd I, known as "the Mighty" after marching north of the Blackwater to conquer the prosperous port towns of Duskendale and Maidenpool, the latter of which's fall brought the Storm King into conflict with the Fisher King of the Trident and culminated in the supposedly magical Battle of the Misty Isle, sometimes called the Battle in the Gods Eye, where Monfryd I himself slew both Jon IV Fisher as well as his boon companion, Harry Bracken and his twin, Benedict Bracken.

 Letter #10: With the strange death of Monfryd I a decade later whilst hunting in the Rainwood (which some took as proof that he had indeed been cursed by his last foe as he lay dying at the Storm King's feet) however a terrible decline began for Monfryd I's only son and child, another Durran (XI), was lackwit (if his being called "the Dim" is to be believed) and thus all his father's gains were undone during his reign as the Storm King's regents quarreled for control of his royal person.

 Letter #11: Worse, his son in turn would lose even more lands his grandfather had fought for though in the case of Barron the Beautiful it was not for a lack of trying. A genial and handsome young man by all accounts Barron had since childhood been betrothed by the formidable dowager queen, Joy Whitehead, to a daughter of Lord Royce Connington. As a result his abduction (and later seduction) by the wild Dornish princess, Arianne Fowler, who is said to have become smitten with him at first glance whilst on a raid that left a quarter of the Rainwood in flames, lead to a complete collapse of all order within the Stormlands, with King Garse III Gardener overrunning the Marches, all of which culminated in the long, sad reign of Durwald I (the Fat), who presided over the nadir of Durrandon power and would witness before his death from a burst belly the Masseys break away, Tarth thrice revolt, and the Rainwood rise in rebellion for the better part of a generation under the command of a charismatic woods witch known to us only as the Green Queen.

 Letter #12: For this reason, thousands of years later, many and more of the smallfolk of the Stormlands, even the meanest and humblest amongst them, still boast of royal blood, a fact which troubled the Storm Kings of old more than once in the form of rebellions whenever they sought to raise taxes or invent new ones, as Durwald II, Morden III, Durran XIV, and Maldon II, together known as the Trade Kings, learned to their great frustration in the years following the reign of Ronard the Bastard, the first of three such men to sit the throne, though of those only Ronard was legitimated in his lifetime (by his predecessor, Morden II).

 Letter #13: What then occurred has been termed by the Maesters the Time of Erich for the next four Storm Kings all bore that name though none of these men were similar to one another in any regard. Thus, we have Erich IV, a half-mad warrior with one eye who was said to fight outlaws with a magic weirwood spear and (allegedly) no armor. Erich V, who ruled for a century and struggled (in vain) all that time to bring his fractious people together. Erich VI, a bawdy eccentric who supposedly sired an army of tax collectors out of his breeches on no less than two dozen wives and finally, Erich (VII) the Unready, who paid no heed to the landing of the Andals in the Vale, caught up as he was in his wars with the Dornish king Olyvar Yronwood as well as the infamous pirate king Justin (Milk-Eye) Massey, whose father, Adrian, had made a fortune ruining trade between the Weeping Town, Lys, and Tyrosh.

 Letter #14: Though the Storm Kings won half a dozen major battles--the greatest of these being the Battle of Bronzegate (called by some Maesters the First Battle of Bronzegate on account of the Last Storm) in which Monfryd V Durrandon defeated the Holy Brotherhood of the Andals, an alliance of seven petty kings and war lords, at the cost of his own life--the longships kept coming.

 Letter #15: An even more unlikely alliance, between King Cleoden I and three Dornish kings, following a lengthy series of betrothals, minor border adjustments, and a rejected missive to Highgarden, won an even more telling victory over Drox the Corpse-Maker on the river Slayne near Stonehelm a generation later.

 Letter #16: During the reign of Durran XXII House Dondarrion was founded following a great victory in the aftermath of an attempted renewal of the Dornish Alliance as well as the Weirwood Alliance, both of which met with failure as by this point the Andals had also begun to make landfall in the south and the Children were so few in number that they could not risk open battle once again. His son and heir, Durran XXIII, meanwhile, would die during one of the Seven Sieges (and Stormings) of Storm's End, though which one is still an issue of much debate given the chaos of those times.

 Letter #17: History tell us however that ultimately it would not be the meaningless victories and alliances of House Durrandon that would prevent the fall of the Stormlands to the Andals but rather the tenacity of its proud smallfolk, who took it upon themselves to drive off the invaders when it became clear that the Father-King (as they called Durran's Heir) could not though the price they paid in blood and gold was so high that some Maesters today wonder whether it would have been better had they simply yielded to the fair-haired invaders instead, a question the Dornish would later ask too when Aegon the Conqueror and his descendants made war upon them from atop the back of dragons.

 Letter #18: In the end the two war-weary sides simply came together, albeit in a rather fitful and violent manner. Indeed, given the differences in tongue and faith as well as the fact that the Andals outnumbered the First Men six to four (not to mention the legendary stubbornness of the Stormlanders themselves) it is hardly surprising that many on both sides at the time saw these unions as treason more often than not though over the course of generations they would prove their worth by producing such renowned houses as Cafferen, Staedmon, Morrigen, and Toyne to name but a small few.

 Letter #19: Durwald III and Morden IV continued the (unpopular) policies of their father, Durran XXIV (Half-Blood), encouraging intermarriage with the Andals, sponsoring the construction of septs, and taking Andals into their service, leading later to Cleoden II, the son of Ormund III, to sever the Stormlands' last ties to First Men culture during his reign by adopting the Common Tongue as the language of his court and kingdom and in so doing rekindled conflict, with the Wars of Faith, as these are known in the Stormlands, lasting for centuries, leaving the kingdom dangerously weakened when Gyles III Gardener sought to conquer it from Durran XXV, who, being quite old already, did not long outlive his foe, and so the throne passed to his great-grandson, Morden V, whose ascension would mark the beginning of a slow, painful recovery of the Stormlands following which the Durrandons became the most active of the Seven Kingdoms in seeking to expand its borders albeit without ever making many alliances to that end for the memory of Garth Goldenhand’s victory over Durran (XII) the Defeated and Jaime (I) “Hotspur” Lannister lived long in the minds of men.

 Letter #20: In the era that followed prior to the reign of Arlan I, Durran the Third (in truth Durran XXVIII), seized power during the civil war known as the Year of the Three Durrans and died trying twice to invade Dorne upon its unification under Nymeria, wars which went so badly that thereafter for centuries the Durrandons kept their eyes only on their own lands (with the exception of Monfryd VII and his son, Qarlton IV's intervention in Martell attempts to seize control of the Stepstones in alliance with Tyrosh) until the reign of Cleoden III, great-grandfather of Arlan I (the Avenger), who ended this practice and died in a chaotic melee against a combined Reach-Dorne army led by the brave Lord Perwyn Peake on the Stormway (built by Baldric II to connect Storm's End to the Weeping Town as well as Stonehelm) shortly after he established the Order of the Stag in response to the Gardener's Order of the Green Hand, half of whom would later perish fighting the imperialist "tigers" of Volantis under Argilac the Arrogant and the other half alongside that selfsame monarch at the battle known to history as the Last Storm.

 Letter #21: His son and heir, Erich VIII, in the aftermath of this, surprised all by convincing Highgarden to forsake its alliance with Sunspear and espouse him instead but even the combined might of the Stormlands and the Reach could not break the will of the Dornish though so much blood was shed on the southern sands that they became forever known as the Red Dunes, which had the unforeseen consequence of driving the then-Prince of Dorne, Mors V, so mad with grief that he threw himself from the top of the Spear Tower to his death, leaving behind such a mess that it took his son, Morgan II, three generations to restore Dorne to its pre-war prosperity.

 Letter #22: As a result of this failure, which each side blamed the other for, the Stormlands and the Reach both set aside their quarrel with Dorne so as to go to war with one another instead in a conflict that would last a generation and a half before ending at Cider Hall with the Battle of Three Kings, where King Garse VI Gardener slew Ormund IV Durrandon with the Valyrian steel sword, Thorn, only to be slain in turn by the Storm King's son, Ormund V, who then died at the hands of the Red Fox, Ser Andrew Florent, Lord Commander of the Order of the Green Hand, who was known in his lifetime as much for his skill with sword and lance as for his unusually big ears (even by the standards of his house).

 Letter #23: Arlan II, following in his father's footsteps, attempted an invasion of the Reach after spending a season pacifying the Red Mountains and another moon the Sea of Dorne, putting Highgarden itself under siege for a year's time before dying suddenly of an arrow through the throat while inspecting a siege engine. A subsequent attempt by House Gardener to take advantage of the confusion and dismay this caused met a bloody end however at the Battle of Ashford, where the newly-crowned Cleoden IV threw them back with heavy losses and saved his grandfather's victories, after which he received an annual tribute of ten thousand gold pieces for the rest of his reign as well as the hand of a Gardener princess in exchange for peace. (Perhaps here would be the best place to mention that the identity of the one who shot the arrow that killed Arlan II remains unknown. Some sources attribute it to a nameless lowborn archer, others to Lord Edwyn Fossoway or Lady Bethany Caswell, who, in her time, was said to be feared from Stoney Sept to the Twins as the Black Centaur.)

 Letter #24: With the death of Arlan III as well as the loss of his Valyrian steel sword, Stormbreaker, however, an inevitable decline began, the worst part of which started a century and a half later with the death of Arlan IV in a sea battle outside the walls of Gulltown after his predecessor, Erich IX, had failed to conquer the Bloody Gate and subsequently all three of his sons (Erich X, Baldric III, Maldon V) dying within seven years of each other. This was in turn followed two generations later by the deaths of Kings Durran XXX in a battle with the Reach and Durran XXXI in a battle with Dorne on the same day, known in the Stormlands as the Day of Disaster. In such a manner did the Kingdom of the Storm diminish, year by year, battle by battle, king by king, with no end or hope in sight for the once-proud Lords of Durran's Defiance until a fierce warrior prince, Argliac, donned the Stag's Crown but even a man as mighty as he could not turn the tide, only hold it back. This, Argilac, last of the Durrandon, last of the Storm Kings, did for a time...

#the stormlands #hidden history #asoiaf #worldbuilding #house durrandon #lost lore

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May, what products are you currently using for facial care? I'm really looking to expand my arsenal of skincare products! Right now, I'm using an activated charcoal mask, an alcohol-free toner, and a clarisonic face cleansing device.

Waddup sunshine, I’ll put this under the cut because the list is loooooong

(Disclaimer, what works for me may not necessarily work for you)

Alright, I’ve got an AM/PM care. Usually in the morning my routine is a lot quicker since I tend to always run late everywhere.

I’ll make a list of all the products that I use interchangeably and I’ll write a lil bit about them, hopefully this helps

Cleansers

I go for cleansers that are slightly acidic and thus are similar to the natural’s skin’s PH which is around 5-5.5 or so. By doing so, I don’t “strip” the skin of it’s natural skin barrier.

KOSE Softy Mo Facial Cleansing Oil Speedy(x) - I use this in the evening. It’s an oil that I slap on my face and let it sit, before I massage it in and wash away. It leaves my skin really soft, doesn’t tug and takes away the most stubborn waterproof mascara. A little goes a long way. (PM)

Tea Tree Skin Clearing Facial Wash by the Body Shop(x) - This I use when I have breakouts on my skin (which lately has decreased dramatically, so I don’t use it often). I will work some between my hands and make it into a foam, which I’ll gently glide over my skin (NO RUBBING OR TUGGING!) (AM/PM)

Micellar Cleansing Waterby SkinLab (x) - I use this in the morning, right when I wake up. Dab some on a cotton pad, pass it on the face to take away any sweat, grime or residue from the night before (AM)

Actives

Some of the most common actives are chemical exfoliants such as BHA (Beta Hydroxy Acid) and AHA (Alpha Hydroxy Acid) which help remove dead skin to stimulate skin renewal. Common AHAs include glycolic acid, lactic acid and mandelic acid. BHAs, on the other hand, are anti-inflammatory and used in the prevention and treatment of acne, and thus can sometimes cause dryness and irritation for those with sensitive or dehydrated skin.

It may sound scary, but most “chemical exoliants” are found in things such as yogurt (lactic acid). But because they exfoliate the skin, they will make it more sensitive to sun. SO USE A DAMN SUNSCREEN OR I’LL BEAT YOUR ASS.

Anyways here’s the ones I use

Vitamic C serum - you can find these practically anywhere. Helps with scarring, esp with acne scars. I use a couple drops every evening (PM)

Cosrx Bha Blackhead Power Liquid (x) - I have pores the size of Russia. This has been helping them from making them massive tiny black dots. I use this only twice a week, otherwise my skin will dry out like cray cray (PM)

Cosrx AHA 7 Whitehead Power Liquid (x) - FAM, YOU USE THIS ON A WITEHEAD, AND IT FLATTENS OVERNIGHT I KID YOU NOT. I use this as a spot treatment anytime I need help with bringing down an inflamed pimple (those angry, red, nasty ones) and twice a week on my whole face to keep everything under control (PM)

Toners

CLINIQUE Clarifying Lotion 1(x) - It helps with the appearance of pores. It also has witch hazel with helps whenever you have a dry irritated face. (AM/PM)

Cosrx Aha/bha Clarifying Treatment Toner(x) - I use this before I slap on any BHA/AHA active. (PM)

Moisturize

Mizon Snail Recovery Gel Cream (x) - I love love LOVE this. A little goes a long way to moisturize your skin. It’s jelly like, but it literally glides on your skin, so I use a penny sized amount for the whole face. (AM/PM)

Rosehip oil - can find this at any drug store. Make sure that it is organic and cold pressed. I pat that in on my eyelids and around the eyes as well (does wonders for your eyelashes!) (AM/PM)

Overnight cream

Cosrx Ultimate Moisturizing Honey Overnight Mask(x) - I’ve been using this for the past few days AND IT’S AWESOME. It’s literally all honey and smells delicious. It leaves your skin so soft, it’s crazy. I just wipe any residue left with micellar water in the morning. I love it. And you need so little of it! (PM)

Goat’s Milk Night Cream - Face Cream(x) - I got this for like 4 dollars at some shady polish shop and OH MY GOD, IT HAS SAVED MY POOR SKIN. I NO LONGER HAVE FLAKES BECAUSE OF IT. I am literally going to buy 5 more if I ever go back to that store, I love it THAT much. My skin is severely dehydrated, and this has been a godsend. (AM/PM/In between/With breakfast/Honestly all the time)

Mix and match

For my eyes, I have the same Mizon Snail product in a thicker cream. It helps immensely, especially since I work in a really dehydrated environment and I rub at my eyes due to wearing glasses.

Pimples - wanna make a massive pimple dissapear overnight? Or at least flatten it so you can use concealer? Hydro-colloid patches aka blister bandaids. They are usually medicated with antibiotics that will help with not making them infected. Slap one on (I cut them to fit) on the pimple, remove in the morning. You’ll see the white shit attached to it. It’s disgusting (yet oddly satisfying?)

Sheet masks - all of them haha!

Sunscreen

Avene High Protection Mineral Cream SPF50+- It’s odd, I’m allergic to mineral oils but this and the Speedy cleanser do not seem to affect me. Phenomenal sunscreen, I use it as a primer. The only downside is that it leaves a white cast (which is fine for me because I am pale as fuck but some people may find that not so pleasant)

So these are the products that I use. My skin is dehydrated/combo. You can’t expect one item to address just one issue, that’s why I have so many. My main concern was dehydration of the skin, so a lot of moisturizing products. Once I fixed that, the inflammation of my skin started to subside. I still had pimples and acne issues, particularly cystic acne, so I used products to address that and has been helping immensely.

My suggestion to you? Research, research, research. Find products that may help you and your concerns. In the past three months, my skin has improved to the point that I am confident enough to go out without make up on some days.

I’m still looking for a lotion with a good amount of hyaluronic acid. I’m seeing a lot of hype over Hada Labo, so that may be my next purchase.

Also I need to find something for my cracked, bleeding lips. No success so far.

Anyways, sorry for the long post! I hope this helps :) I linked places where you can buy them or at least read more about the product mentioned.

Any questions? Just ask.

#silwehrleining #q&a #skincare

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