#absolutely Astounding fic i adore it to bits

[raynavan]

a scene from chapter 19 and 20 in Always by Your Side by @ingo-ingoing-ingone!

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@hd-erised favorites ❄️ (so far)

Thank you so much to everyone who participated in this amazing fest and made it happen, the sheer talent on display was astounding. I can't wait to catch up on all the fics I haven't gotten to yet, and to find out who you all are. I adore you! [Now featuring reveals!]

All Things Go by @sorrybutblog (E, 32,826)

Draco’s back at Hogwarts by court order. Harry’s back for no particular reason at all. Some things change, some stay the same. Neither expects to spend eighth-year living in close quarters, playing rugby (poorly), staying up late, sneaking around, and finally figuring it all out.

This story absolutely knocked me off my feet. The layers of characterization are so rich; Draco is very funny but also humble and guilty and sad; Harry is very horny for Draco and it develops in a completely organic way from his initial animosity; Hermione and Ron are also excellent in the background. The pacing was one of my favorite details, from the way their relationship evolves in person to the shift of the narrative to epistolary and back. This is such a lovely exploration of growing up, an enchanting read if you want something beautiful, that’s sweet and comforting with a healthy dose of wry humor.

The Unknown Door by @amywaterwings (E, 60,979)

There is something wrong with the Bellcrest. The heart of the place beats rotten. Everyone says so. Where Draco is a magical property manager, Harry is a recluse, and they’re definitely not hiding from their problems in the run-down flats of the Bellcrest. Not at all. Not one bit.

One of my favorite things that fic can do is turn over the rocks of Harry Potter canon to reveal what lurks underneath. This story looks at the places left out of the light of the wizarding world, but asks the question: what if we treated the downtrodden and discriminated-against with empathy? What if instead of pushing them further down, we attempted to uplift them? It does this through the viewpoint of Draco, who is not fully reformed when we first meet him. His journey is the inverse of the mistreated beings of magical ability we encounter in this story: fallen from the highest echelons of a prejudiced world, he needs to find a way to see those with whom he now shares social status as people, and in doing so find a way to consider one more “dark” creature worthy of love and kindness – himself. And I haven’t even gotten to Harry, who has his own journey to undergo that’s deftly imagined through both character work and inventive magical systems. This fic is full of empathy and heart and humor; it’s sexy, it’s painful at times (I cried), but it’s so very worth the journey.

Historians by @oknowkiss (E, 29,987)

It’s the Dumbledore’s Army Reunion Holiday, and Harry’s found himself in hot water with his friends once again, after telling them he has a boyfriend he definitely does not have. In an attempt to fix things, he’s made it his colleague on Level Nine, Draco Malfoy’s problem too. Featuring a ski chalet in Switzerland, a pair of bunk beds, and an agreement that should’ve been simple, were it not for all the bloody feelings getting in the way.

This fic is such a damn delight. Harry and Draco are both amazingly rendered, the plot grabs you and does not let go, and there’s an impressive amount of emotional complexity hiding under the classic rom-com setups of fake dating and miscommunications. Oh and it doesn't hurt that the smut is top-tier, all-time favorite status; my brain pretty much short-circuited at the final scene. The setting is so well-depicted that you will feel the crisp air of the ski chalet in your lungs as you read. The banter is out-of-this-world. Pick up this fic for the perfect steamy, romantic, comfort-read (and because you simply must meet the hideously adorable Professor Monday).

Everything is Relative to You by @thehoneybeet (E, ​​43,111)

Potter was supposed to have lived. Draco is certain of this. That Potter would no longer walk the earth was tantamount to the sun moving west to east across the sky. If only he could have stopped this from happening, if he’d have known... It comes to him as ideas often did: too late. Or, Harry dreams of his past lives, and Draco is in every one.

The prose in this fic is just *sumptuous.* We travel to many different worlds with Harry and Draco, and each is given detailed description courtesy of some of the most gorgeous sentences I’ve read in ages. This will put your heart through the wringer and, if you are like me, you will say "thank you, more please?" This fic made me think about physics and love and magic and how they relate to each other in ways I never knew I could, it was an intellectual and emotional delicacy.

Draco Malfoy's Foolproof Guide to Reconciliation by @aprofessionalprotagonistonist (T, 5,807)

Narcissa Malfoy’s determined to reconcile with her sister, which means Draco’s stuck spending time with Teddy Lupin — and Harry Potter.

I had to include this fic that does a wonderful job imagining the Malfoy/Black family dynamic, with Teddy being an adorable menace who helps to bring Draco and Harry together. It was such a sweet read over the holidays when I, too, was surrounded by tiny terrors. This story will make your heart grow at least three sizes.

Heliotropic by @sharperthan [ART]

Draco does not approve of the new gardener his mother has hired. Not one bit.

I was blown away by this art – there’s so much emotion on display, it’s a subtle and captivating story told in words and pictures.

And shout out to some of the other faves that I would write a million more words about if I had more hours in the day!

Once Upon a (Wet) Dream by @innerlillith (E, ​​13,510) 

Service Bell by @shiftylinguini (E, 8,297) 

Contretemps by @moonflower-rose (T, 8,488) 

Meddling, Menswear, and Magic by @writcraft (M, 18,739) 

The Inconvenient Death(s) of Harry Potter by @nv-md (E, 33,105) 

Two Wizards, One Bed by dustmouth [ART] 

​​Trouble with your tie, Potter? by @tenthousandyearsx (E, 6,719)

A True Entanglement by @thebooktopus (E, 10,243) 

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Hello there! Unsure if you'll see this here since it's kind of an aesthetic blog more than anything but I wanted to leave an ask and tell you how much I absolutely adored Glory on AO3. Pictured below is what happened to me when I read the tower scene from the beginning of chapter 9.

I dunno if you've ever heard of the band before, but my girlfriend and I like to listen to Autoheart. They have a song called Factories that reminds me quite a bit of Glory. You should give it a listen, if you so desire. And keep up the astounding work. You're making me want to write again.

ahh hi!! no i am here haha, i have an aesthetic queue that runs on the hour but between those posts i'm usually here being a freak about gale, taking psychic damage over bloodweave, yapping about my fics, etc.

i ADORED your comments on Glory and i'm obsessed with this visual; that's exactly what i was going for!!

i'm listening to this song now and omg, it really is perfect?? i have never heard of this band before but now i think i'll be scoring my bloodweave psychic damage to them for the rest of the night. thank you for the rec!

as a counter-rec: Glory is named after the song Glory by Radical Face; i listened to this live recorded version a ton for inspo, especially the final verses, if you'd like to have more Glory feelings. 😌

thank you again for your comments and for reaching out here! i hope you do write again, and if you ever need someone to bounce ideas off of or cheerlead, let me know! ❤️

[edwinspaynes]

What do you think of the tlh girls?

Cordelia is my special little sweetheart and I love her so much, easily one of my favourite TSC characters and I could go on about her for all eternity. Her bravery and humor and optimism are my Holy Roman Empire. I would die by her sword, I would live as her paladin, she occupies all my waking thoughts. 10/10

Grace is another character I adore, high-level fave, very wonderful. She was so interesting and morally gray but also she deserved the world. I wish she had a better, more fulfilling arc. 9/10 just because the story was botched, she's a 10/10 to me.

Ari is a character I solidly like, but I wish that she had more content outside of being Anna's love interest. Her backstory fascinates me, as does her relationship with her culture and her friends. But she's not developed very well, I just love her concept and potential. I'm going to write more fic about her and Anna soon, maybe just a oneshot but I want to see what I can do. 8/10

Anna is a fun one because I don't really love her in canon, but I also really love her in my headcanons that are based on her canon potential. I think that she had the potential for a lot of growth, and it maybe happened but wasn't shown well. I want to see her and Ari interact post-ChoT because I think that I will like her better then, if she proves that she can be a good partner to Ari and an okay mother to the child they're adopting. 6/10 but could easily have been 7/10 if she had just thrown the ledger in the coffin.

Lucie is complicated for me because I really like the idea of her but also really don't like her personally. She is incapable of grounding herself in reality and shows absolutely no growth in the series, and her naivete astounds me. Cordelia and her are also so terrible as friends and parabatai. But I do like her bubbliness and her 'dreamer' qualities if they'd been tampered down a bit, and I think that she has some of the coolest fucking powers in TSC and am going to give her a 5/10 as a result.

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I've binged this beautiful mess for several days and, by god, does it deliver! !!!SPOILERS AHEAD!!!

Let me try going chronologically:

Zack!Cloud is absolutely adorable and shows very good acting because you can hear the difference from Zack's dialogue from Cloud's reaction when learning it's Nibelheim where they are heading to.

Definitely see those SephirothxZack fics going on rise after unsettlingly sweet expressions on Sephiroth during Nibelheim. Also those subtle changes on his face in that iconic town in flames scene, just wow.

Rufus's parade was one of the highlights, but some new guy Glenn shenaningans were there like "hello, if you'd like to know more about this subplot please consider buying some spinoff mobile game you've never heard of", because even in the end all I got from this was - Glenn is a) some dude in Wutai working for a man we never saw and who might not even exist, b) has some bitter history with Rufus and c) also is a Sephiroth clone.

Speaking of Rufus, eng voice actor is on point. He is the english equivalent of japanese voice actor who unfortunately seems to have been affected by illness. I'm very sad about that. But good job, eng va and his casting director!

While I'm on this topic, Reno's orignal va loss also saddens me. New jp va is a bit too nasal for me, and there's no Quinton Flynn to soften the blow.

Morikawa Toshiyuki is perfect as always in his rendition of Sephiroth. His gentle speech to Jenova in Nibelheim reactor is just... You just have to hear it.

Ahem. So, Rufus' offer in Junon really surprised me.

Moving on to Costa Del Sol, was nice to see the reason why Hojo appeared there of all places and, oh dear, they made him so creepy it's astounding. The way he so offhandedly and casually offered those girls to "birth a hero" is something else.

I'll skip Corel immediately to Golden Saucer. It's everything I wanted. It's everything I didn't know I wanted. The entrance introduction is Honey Bee all over again but even more cringe. There are no words for this level of cringe. I felt vindicated for the loss of that Honey Bee's bathtub scene in the Remake, that's how cringe it is. I'm sorry, I can't stop staring at Dio's chest.

Now, Cait Sith deserves its own paragraph. It's the best, the cutest, the coolest Cait Sith ever. This "Aeris-ha~n", awww. Animation and design is top-notch, from Cait's small dance to the ears to the moogle's belly jiggle. Reeve has to be some kind of animatronics genius. Also in eng version it has scottish accent. Know why? Because of this

Also, Ghost Hotel's front desk employee is hilarious. He seems to genuinely love his job, goddamn it.

Poor Rude having to work with Elena, lol. Nice sea-salt ice cream, by the way.

Some sidequests are my type of morbid humour. Check out this:

New Gi lore was interesting. Finally I learned how Black Materia was made. Also made interesting possible insight into Sephiroth, with being unable to join lifestream and all.

Vincent va is so good and in jp version I sometimes can hear Rufus's va past timbre. Also, that drip is sick.

Loveless scene was astounding. I'm talking about animation quality here. Dance moves look so smooth and natural, especially cloth mechanics, just look at Jessie's skirt! I have no idea how many hours they put into these.

New Nibelheim also makes more sense than in original. No more "wdym, nothing happened here". Also, Cloud remembered Zack but his mind makes up some things.

It's nice to see Cloud's gradual descent into madness, especially with Roche becoming that. (Why SC tattoo though. I know it's probably Sephiroth Cells, but I just can't unsee SephirothxCloud, lmao). Cloud chasing Aerith for black materia sent chills down my spine.

As did Sephiroth's hysterical laugh when his sword broke but Aerith still died. Yeah, sorry, dude. This is fixed.

Those AU scenes and some unchanging points are interesting to explore for fics though.

[redrobin-detective]

ill be honest the first time i read The Long Way Around (which must have been in 2018 !) and for a while after i simply was not aware it was a series, even after i started following you? when you posted rise up i remember being very surprised and excited "oh there's MORE?" so i really have zero expectations lol

i absolutely adore it and it's a very wonderful series, thank you (and i am also very glad you are a fan of other things i am a fan of, so i can just hop fandoms and continue enjoying your fic)

Ahhhh you're gonna make me scream because I also am in love with your stories. I've adored them for years and now have been greedily reacquainting myself with all the excellent BNHA stories I've loved over the years. Your 30 minute fics still haunt me and are Astounding.

When I first wrote TLWA, the seeds of the hypothetical future were there but didn't really cement until I finished the story. Once done, I came up with what eventually became Rise Up and the finale story. I've had that finale story outlined down to the detail for years. It's always bothered me, having that ending live only in my head, to be incomplete. That coupled with a bit of a falling out with BNHA made it hard to get momentum going. I decided a few weeks ago to really make an honest effort at wrapping things up.

I decided to bridge the gap, to dip my feet back into the world, by writing a sort of set-up/in between piece that addresses things I've wanted to talk about but never had the space to. It's actually going well! I'm finally starting to get into the groove and have about 7000 words so far. My optimistic prediction is Feb/March but oh the more I write this fic the more I'm raring to go the finale fic. With it all plotted, I hope that comes out fairly quickly like TLWA/RU did.

This whole verse is still very important to me, Rise up remains one of my favorite fics I've written and I get teary eyed every time I reread it. I'm so genuinely excited to move forward with this, its like coming full circle even if I took the long way around.

[spacemagicandlaserswords]

Pass the happy! 🌻🌈 When you receive this, list 5 things that make you happy and send this to 10 of the last people in your notifications!

Thank you! This is the second one of these that I've received and I should probably do them. It feels like one of those things or exercises that are good for you that psychologists encourage you to do. At least it feels like one that I've been given in the past. Not much makes me happy anymore but hopefully I can find enough things to list.

The Bad Batch. This is my current hyperfixation and I cannot put into words how good/relieving/happy? it is to have something that your brain can actually focus on and be occupied and enraptured and consumed by and not feel like it's slowly decaying mush that is past its prime.

Watching The Clone Wars for the first time. It's a little project I've got going on for myself to document my thoughts and reactions as I watch The Clone Wars (and then Rebels) for the first time. For various reasons I never ended up watching TCW or Rebels when they first came out. I am deeply enjoying watching it now and I can literally feel myself falling more and more in love with the clones. I adore them. I just want to clutch them all to my chest and protect them from the world and their fate. I just finished watching 2x10 'The Deserter' and I have so many thoughts and reactions and opinions because omg was it such a good episode for a whole multitude of reasons, the very top being REX CHEST. Watching the TCW is the only thing that makes me laugh these days. Cackling and laughing at my laptop at 2am as I watch this ridiculousness (affectionate) are my only moments of actual joy and if that's all I can ever find now then fuck it I'll take it.

Being more involved in fandom again. I'm really enjoying interacting more on Tumblr again. I didn't realise how much I'd missed it. It took a bit of prodding from my psychologist and it wasn't the project I had actually talked about doing but finally starting this little side blog for my Star Wars nonsense has actually given me something worth existing for again, as ridiculous as it seems.

Reading fanfic. Everything for fanfic writers, they deserve the world and more. They make these intricately crafted universes or tiny moments and vignettes, give us a world to wholly immerse ourselves in and sink into, provide us with an escape from the miserable existence of our hellscape and then give it away FOR FREE?! This is one of the reasons I've always loved fandom and why it's one of the few places (possibly the only) where I feel I can be the real genuine me and like I belong. So much of fandom is based on the love and passion of something that we adore so much and the free exchange and gifting of things to each other and complete strangers and the whole fandom at large that express our love for our thing (eloquent, I know). Fics, fanart, gifs, gif sets, screenshots, remixes, deep dive analyses, thoughts, reactions, theories, everything. Fanfic has always been the one that that best typifies that to me. I'm currently reading The Prime Override by @yukipri and omg is it just absolutely truly astounding. It is such a good read! Go and read it. You must. It is an absolute Must Read. Put it at the top of your To Read list/pile and then start reading it immediately.

Writing fic. I didn't think I'd ever do this. I have voraciously inhaled fanfic for probably over half my life now but I didn't think I'd ever be good enough to actually write fanfic. I've always been stronger and had more experience in academic writing and wasn't quite as good at creative writing in school. Poor little teenage writer me must've internalised this and taken it to mean that I wasn't good enough at creative writing. I've always had ideas for scenarios/alternate realities/fantasies related to various fandoms I've been in over the years but that's what they remained, ideas stuck in my head. Until I kept having more and more of them about the The Bad Batch and they kept lodging their claws into my brain and refusing to leave. I think it all just built up to a point and then one particular idea pushed it all over the edge (along with a few other things). Before I realised what I was doing I had basically just keyboard vomited a whole bunch of words into a google doc in an actually passionate and motivated haze that I hadn't experienced in years, probably close to a decade. I haven't had that feeling of actually, genuinely enjoying something and being so passionate and deeply involved in it that it feels like you can't keep up with your own thoughts in so, so, so long. The kind where you look up at the clock and somehow it's 2:30am in the morning and you have no idea how time had passed that quickly and for how long you'd been so deeply consumed by and focused on what you were working on. I thought it had been lost to me and that I'd never experience it again after everything that's happened. But writing fanfic has given it back. It's not the same, it never will be, but it's something similar, if changed, and related and I will take it and cling on to it for dear life for as long as it stays.

Well that got a bit more long and involved than I intended. I've always had a habit of rambling and blithering on in my internet typings so that makes sense. I'll try to keep the next one a little shorter.

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some things from the ask game for you, my love!! <3 1. my favourite fic of yours: unholy eyes. not that i'm biased or anything... it astounds me every time i read it. dew's hesitancy and his undercurrent of self-loathing that rain slowly pushes away in favour of loving him?? impeccable. they/they rain??? amazing. URGH it's my favourite fic of all time. it's awe-inspiring. wonderful. fucking hot-

8. what i like most about your writing: i'm not sure of the best way to phrase it, but it's very artistic and descriptive!! i adore all the little bracket-paragraphs you throw in your fics for extra information. and your writing style is... flowy? artistic? i've always thought of it as quite metaphorical :) whatever the right descriptor for it is, i love your writing style <3

14. a fic i didn't expect to like so much: we dance once more (i feel your hands are cold) it's not that i didn't expect to like it, it's more that every time i reread it, i forget how much i love it!! something dewdrop being taken care of so lovingly is just very 🫠🫠🫠. i know the main 'plot' is kinda, uhm, porn, but it's one of my comfort fics for sure :)

i'd love to answer all of these, but i think i'll spare your poor ask box for now <3

my love, you do always know just how to spoil me :')

i really can't tell you how grateful i am to know that you enjoy unholy eyes. so much!!! i mean, it's your fic, ya know? :) i may or may not have been projecting onto both dew and rain quite a bit throughout the time i spent writing this fic, especially after that one conversation we had about feminizing clothing and our borderline catholic guilt, haha! oh! that's actually where that one line from rain came from; fun fact :) and they/them amab rain specifically will always have a special place in my heart! they're just so *feral screeching* you know? haha!!

whenever i see/read people telling me how much they enjoy my "flowery language", so to speak, i always get a little defensive, haha!! i enjoy writing, don't get me wrong! but there's something about when i read back my work to try and get a bit of editing in before posting it, and i just ready it... and read it, and read it, and i'm still reading and they haven't even boned yet???? haha!! i'm a little self-conscious about it actually, so if i ever say something like "oh my god i just posted smut and it's only 5k words???" and i'm very excited about it?? this is why, haha!! it's because of this that sun-kissed chocolate chips. is such a monument to me, almost. because it's under 10k words, haha!! but, needless to say, i'm more than overjoyed if a little apprehensive haha i'm so sorry when people tell me how much they enjoy my style of writing specifically!! it's definitely a bit of an insecurity of mine, haha. i mean, look at this response!! :'D

ah!! we dance once more (i feel your hands are cold). is such a guilty pleasure fic of mine, haha! it was something i had started casually after discovering the transfem sunshine headcanon, and i actually don't really remember writing the whole thing, haha! i just remember that this was as winter was just starting to roll in for me, and my fingers were fucking numb, haha!! hence the constant reminders of how chilly the abbey was! i also like the idea of dewdrop actively looking out for the siblings and abbey ghouls during this time, and his pack mates taking notice and caring for him in return :) i chose sunny, 'cause trans women are also very *more feral screeching* and rain just kinda wormed their way in there for the temperature difference :) i actually wasn't expecting a terribly lot of traction, especially considering how much of a guilty pleasure fic it was, haha!! but, to my surprise, it actually grew to become quite popular over time!!! :0

my love. NEVER SPARE MY ASK BOX. SLAUGHTER THAT THING BABY!!!! HAHAHA!!! i absolutely adore interacting with everyone!! and, as i'm sure you know, love, i always get so excited answering questions, haha!!

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Any title ideas guys? Ch.9 - Allspark abilities p.2

Chapter Summary: An outsider's perspective to Sam displaying her Allspark abilities. These powers do play an important role in the future of this fic. I wouldn't recommend skipping these chapters. Despite everything, these one-shots are usually related points in the timeline. I do blame watching a little bit of the first Avatar and gaining inspiration from it.

The other bots only saw the femme who got along with everyone that you couldn’t help but like - in nearly all the meanings and innuendos of the word. (Her frame - stunning, anatomy (for those more into the medical sciences) - astounding especially with being a tri-former with two alt modes and the ability to warp, her personality was easy for everyone to get along with, and always returned teasing with like, her interactions with Ellie were adorable and stirred dreams all thought were left long ago as a pipe dream of a conjux and/or blessed with a sparkling(s) of their own.)

Then she pulled out the things thought to be fantastical. With…everything about her, it was far too easy to forget your initial meetings with her and the obvious Allspark energy radiating from her. But, the light show happened and no one would be able to forget how the entire battle ceased, no one was able to move while she was attractively glowing with the telltale power of the Allspark radiating from within her. The snarl shook them to their sparks. The puling of the spark forcefully outside of the Decepticons frame to just…fiddling with it. The mechs closer to Sam swore that she said something about the parasite virus. They were released from whatever hold Sam had on everyone, but still, no one moved far. Even the humans were mostly stuck there in awe and confusion. They weren’t even stuck by the large bodies blocking their pathways.

The first time she spoke was practically cooing at Optimus who followed without complaint before he too backed away. Ratchet was rooted to the spot he could get close to her. It appeared without her say so no one would be able to get close or leave. The spark never left Sam’s servos. Energon was dispensed at the usual times. Sam never looked up from playing with the spark. Hours passed with little change. The second energon dispersing happened and Ratchet put his foot down about Sam missing another take of energon. Reasoning her energy levels were greatly lowering with the power she was radiating and who knew what would happen should she crash.

Through comms, there was a poll for volunteers to get close to try and get her to have some energon. Unsurprisingly Bumblebee ended up being the one to get the short straw. Entering the serene bubble surrounding her, it looked as if Bee merely was suicidal to sit behind her. Apparently, it was the right thing to do as Sam made the first movements for hours by relaxing a bit into Bee. She still ignored the energon cube next to her. Ratchet and Optimus did relax a little bit at whatever they heard back from Bee, so it couldn’t be too bad.

A few more hours passed, and even the bots with a shorter attention span were riveted by what they could see from the light show and whatever readings they were getting from Sam. The energon cube was finally acknowledged and passed to Bee.

At least he had the good sense to not drink it. Never mind, he absolutely chugged it. It was back to watching and waiting.

No one was sure what to do when the immobile Decepticon body was touched only for some of it to morph into a small body and the blue spark to be placed into the new spark chamber created. Nor did they know what happened during the super-secret meeting where Ratchet enforced an immediate mandatory check-up.

Even more unusual was the base going on lockdown for the next week. Bots were coming into the medical centre, then coming out hours later as if they'd been through hell. Only a few bots were able to get to the medical personnel. Namely Bee, Ironhide, and Optimus. Those released from the medical tent were sequestered to one side of the island and the other was on the opposite side. They were isolated from each other.

The humans had no idea other than the discovery of a dangerous virus. They doubted this was standard procedure based purely on the exhaustion of Sam and Ratchet and the rest of the bots' anxiousness.

As another little note: I read a fic where Shockwave and the fallen uploaded the deception ranks with a slow acting virus leading them to act irrationally and increase their anger and aggression. I've loved that idea.

Also, fellow tumblr authors, HOW DO YOU ATTACH SO MANY LINKS IN ONE FIC?

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Hi!

I messaged you a bit ago about NRIACC and my intense love for it (I'm the playlist girl who kept saying she hoped you didn't think this was weird) and you were the absolute sweetest human being ever so that gave me the guts to message again.

So anyway back to the point, I absolutely adored the endings!! They were both so lovely written and how you can describe things with such detail truly astounds me. I have to thank you so much for writing this fic and for continuing to share your work, your incredibly brave to do it and it truly warms my heart when I see you've posted. So I just wanted to let you know how much NRIACC has meant to me. This fic has been a huge comfort and it's been kind of like getting a hug even if sometimes that hug is unbearable angst (chapter 13) its been a consolation. This is the only fic that I have actually cried, laughed, smiled and gotten attached to EVER. So all that to say a huge thank you. I love you lots!!! And the ending where the best I could have ever imagined, I made a NRIACC mood board too because it just got me so inspired. Anyway I wanted to let you know hoping that you can see how much someone appreciates it.

So thank you soooo much and I love you loads and I hope that you get your Wheels happy ending because you deserve it!

P.S. Cant wait for George ending or whatever it is you do next <3

Heyyyy! Bless you I love your reccomendations, thank you so much for them! And please message me anytime, I’m friendly I promise😂💜

So so so thrilled you enjoyed the endings! Thank you so much for sticking with the fic and I’m so happy you enjoyed the endings. Really glad you enjoyed the detail I put in there and it’s so nice seeing reactions from someone who loves NRIACC seemingly as much as I do so thank you for sending this🥹 so sorry about chapter 13 I cried a lot writing that one back in the day 😭 but I hope the fluffy bits made up for it😂 thank you so so much for reading and omg if you’re comfortable sharing I would love to see what you came up with. Literally anything NRIACC related I would no doubt love, and I bloody love a moodboard hahaha 😂💜 no worries if not though💜 and awh🥹🥹🥹 thank you so so so so much 🥹💜🥹💜🥹💜

Ps, I’m excited for George’s ending too! It’s certainly going to be a lottttt of funnnn 😂💜💜💜 thank you again, sending lots and lots of love to you x

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top 5 archie sonic characters (yes this includes archie iterations of any of the normal game cast + preboot/postboot) & top 5 ninjago seasons (as far as you have gotten, obviously)

ah the Hard Questions… love them all for varying reasons and very much need to do my own reread (so this is basically a ‘who i’m looking forward to most (definitely not influenced by your commentary)’ list) but as of now:

1. antoine. i have no good justification for this but i adore the arc postreboot was setting him up for and have a very different perspective on his early sucky bits now. he’s fun. he’s funny. he’s lame and i like him a lot. bunnie ily2 but you’re objectively a Good Character and i am legally only allowed to become unreasonably attached to bad ones. sorry queen

2. shard. expected. i am not original. mvp. i am sitting in approximately 4k of fic outlines about this guy no matter what fandom i’m in he has his own corner of my brain

3. sonic himself. all of him but especially those last few arcs pre reboot. i have ages of stuff to say about that era of sonic and far too much investment in the fact that he’s the only one who fully remembers everything… mr the hedgehog i miss you.

4. nicole <3 <3 <3 <3

5. tie in no particular order: bunnie and sally (so interesting and poorly treated but awesome they’re unrankable) mina. honey. hope kintobor my beloved. silver. espio. fiona x1,000,000. scourge. julie-su. post enerjak arc knuckles. finitevus. i could go one for ages just listing people. elias sneaking on the list in a revolutionary shake up. hello Guy

ninjago seasons… once again i am Bad At Ranking bc i love them all for different reasons but as of partway-through-s9:

1. season 4. fave since the beginning. this season has had multiple lines stand the test of time as a injoke with my brothers despite not watching the show for years and it’s still solid and fun and ridiculous. perfect combination of ninjago traits. the metric for which i compare most of the series to

2. season 1. i adore the season 1 ninja and their arcs and am notoriously annoyingly canon compliant and thus i love origin stories to much. none of this is surprising considering how the time travel shuffle au works agshdjdn. caveat being that i like s1 more and more taking into account later retcons but still

3. season 5 and 6 are tied for being the most polished and interesting ones and both of which i could talk about for HOURS despite neither being about my faves. astounding. messy. ninjago finally hit its sweet spot and then immediately lost its mind and i cannot choose between them bc skybound’s appeal lies most in how much it shakes up the status quo that possession absolutely nailed. both absolutely fascinating character wise even if they didn’t explore them to their fullest and i stand by that.

4. season 2. it’s a sitcom. it’s painfully obvious how much garmadon Does Not Want To Do This. it’s infuriating. i like the zx armor. peak ninjago experience

5. see the problem is all the other seasons have pieces i like and pieces i want to tear apart and figure out why the hell they thought that was a good idea. however if i need to pick one i think the most about season 3: pixal. space. absolutely terrible pacing. even more ridiculous worldbuilding. death. what more do you need (pixal to get a full arc pixal to get to be plot relevant pixal to get to explore morality pixal pixal more space ngl there’s a lot of cool dumb stuff they could do there and you know who could be there? pixal. i rest my case)

[aspenwritesstuff]

I am shook. Floored. Amazed. So many emotions flowing through me right now.

The flashback was a perfect addition. I feel as though it helped me understand the version of Hyunjin you’re portraying on a deeper level, allowing each word from/about him to resonate harder than they already did. (Which was a lot. I have, in fact, cried reading this fic. On multiple occasions.)

Bringing to light that he, too, was enamored with y/n from the get-go simultaneously made me smile and sigh. How bittersweet that both halves of this ill-fated couple could only have a brief taste of what could be.

The two of them acknowledging that they should absolutely not be continuing to bring up the heated moments in the midst of doing it anyway. W O W. These unassuming interactions give impeccable perspective into the painfully beautiful yearning the two of them are fighting against.

I love the smaller ways you show how much the two of them care for eachother. Hyun insisting on walking y/n - at the very least - to the exit, y/n calling Hyunjin when overwhelmed and upset at the party - and Hyunjin actually showing up, despite the delivery of his words.

The bigger, cheesier moments gave me a tightness in my chest. My heartstrings were thoroughly plucked by Hyunjin’s list, and his genuine admission that y/n was his favorite artist. The way he described her work style was so delicate and true, it honestly made me wanna pick up my own sketchbook and add on to things I’d deemed unfit to continue. (Which I did. It was amazing. Thank you for the inspiration.)

The PHONE SCENE. I typically find myself a bit put off by conversations held over the phone in written works. Perhaps this is due to my own struggles writing them, or maybe it’s just a preference. Let alone smut - but I’ll get back to that in a bit.

But you, dear author? You deliver each part of these conversations in such a genuine and believable way. It never feels stuffy or difficult to get through - in fact, I adore these bits of your writing.

Now addressing the phone sex scene. I had been laying down whilst reading, and SAT THE FUCK UP. So well written, such an intimate moment - especially with the two involved admitted they were getting carried away, but simply not caring enough to stop.

A part of me feels as though their lack of caution was brought to a halt - the multiple interruptions discouraging the arrival of y/n to Hyunjin’s waiting arms - is, though discouraging, a current blessing in disguise for the two love-struck darlings.

I’m so glad you’re back and have graced us with another update. As always, very much worth the wait. Thank you, author. Your talent is astounding.

xo Aspen🌹

star lost with you | hyunjin au | part 13

synopsis: working in a quaint little art store, you’ve had the honor of meeting all kinds of people, but you’ve never met somebody like him.

there were many reasons hyunjin returned to his hometown; a getaway from the ephemeral and fast-paced life of the city, so he could fall in love with life again. he thought he was prepared for everything, to study art in the way that he’s always wanted to, but what he didn’t anticipate was meeting you.

hwang hyunjin realises that sometimes, the best things in life happen unplanned.

series: star lost with you

pairing:idol! hyunjin x artist! reader

genre: friends to lovers, angst, smut, fluff, set in the idolverse, mutual pining, unrequited love, forbidden (?) romance, slowburn (!), soulmate au (kind of)

word count: 39K… ( :] )

warnings: cursing, lots of angst and confrontations, drinking, jealousy, mutual pining, sexual tension, mentions of blood (minimal), mature content, forbidden romance angst, dirty talk, mentions of fingering, dom! hyunjin, edging, mentions of the word cock, references to a sex shop, phone sex…, mutual masturbation, arguments, way too much cheesy fluff, flashbacks (?)

a/n:so sorry for the delay, but so much in my life was happening, and i was finally able to put out this chapter. there’s a lot of plot developments…and i hope you like it. i loved exploring more of hyun, and i hope you love it too! didn’t sleep for five days editing this, but there still may be some stuff i missed, or overlooked. it’s almost 40,000 words so i hope you have a good time reading it <3

you can listen to my star lost playlist here! thank you @ortali for this gif<3 

masterlist

The baby blue mirror on Hyunjin’s bedroom wall did little to conceal his state of distress. 

His eyes were still puffy from last night, a striking red that couldn’t be ignored. He had always been terrible at pretending, but on a day like today, it was obvious that he hadn’t slept. 

It was obvious that he’d cried.

A cold puff of his breath coated the reflection, and he hurriedly ran a hand through his hair. A feeble attempt to somehow tame it. There was little time to spare before he had to leave, so he brushed it back, not wanting it in his face, but all that did was draw even more attention to the tiredness in his gaze. 

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[hotxcheeto]

tlou request🙆‍♀️; reader suffers a TBI (sorry for the sciencey research aspect of this prompt) and Abby takes care of her and helps her to walk and eat etc. just fluff with Anderson pls

━ 𝐀𝐁𝐁𝐘'𝐒 𝐒/𝐎 𝐇𝐀𝐒 𝐀 𝐓𝐁𝐈

𝙥𝙖𝙞𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜(𝙨) - Abby Anderson x G/N!Reader 𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 - Mentions of anxiety, migraines, pain, mood swings, sadness, there is fluff don't worrY! There's a lot of it

𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙤𝙛𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙? - Yeah/Nope

𝙖𝙪𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙧'𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙚 - As of my understanding TBI means Traumatic Brain Injury from my research so I did my absolute best! Could not figure out how to make this into a full fic so here's a nice list of headcanons! Let me know if you do want a full fic and I'll definetely try, just send me in a prompt or idea or something :)

Honestly it makes her feel strong, that you rely on her and trust her so much in taking care of you

Especially in the apocalypse, that takes a lot of trust

She also feels strong when you ask her for help

You find it adorable

Abby will often sit with you, watching you do certain things

She likes when you read to her, even when you mess up the words or slur them a bit

She doesn't mind, stays patient and listens to you either correct yourself or directly skip over the word

Sometimes she'll tease you just to see you smile because she knows that it can frustrate you

She'll read to you as well, especially when you're really upset

Or your having a bad day with what's happening

Not being able to walk fully on your own sometimes, especially with having such a shaky balance

Abby makes sure to hold your hand a lot, especially walking through crowded areas, her arms around your waist or upper back holding onto you

If the injury causes you to be more emotionally attached Abby is literally your guard dog

Like, the lady already hovers over you to make your okay, but knowing that she's your safe space and you get anxiety when she isn't around

It intensifies by an astounding amount

Abby also knows you can get some pretty bad headaches, even migraines

She'll sit with you for hours and some points if she can

She'll also try to get pain killers from Mel

She'll just lay there will you in the dark with her hand massaging your scalp or rubbing your back

Or the times you have a really hard time paying attention to things, she knows you'll get frustrated but she's right there to help you the entire time

She knows how much the mood changes affect you, along with other things like the not being able to sit down and watch a movie without getting distracted constantly

Abby is extremely patient

She likes the days you both just lay around, cuddling and talking

Because she knows that when you feel your best, and your safest

It's a lot to deal with, especially in your circumstances, but it becomes so much smaller when you lay your head on her chest as she reads to you when the light gets a bit too bright and your body isn't cooperating

A/n: I gotta present tomorrow and there's this competition thing and my God I can't wait for the weekend

[wolfstarhaven]

Hi, thank you for all the recs, i’ve found so many new amazing fics!!!!

Do you happen to have any texting/social media fics to recommend? I’ve recently become obsessed with them for reasons my brain won’t tell me, and would love it if you could share your favs (if you have any).

Thanks ❤️❤️

Hi Anon🌸 Here you have a few!

Text Talk, by merlywhirls [141k]

Sirius is in boarding school, Remus is in hospital, and they don't know each other until Sirius texts the wrong number.

General themes/feeling: texting; muggle!au; boarding school; chronic illness!remus; some angst, a lot of fluff; funny!

If you like texting fics, then I’m sure you’ve already read this masterpiece. If you haven’t, read this classic now!

Crude and Proud, by beesandjam [25k]

Remus and Sirius are soulmates and whatever they write on their arms appears on the other person's.

General themes/feeling: soulmate!au; strangers to lovers; insecure!remus; slight angst; fluff.

This is a soulmate au, with the definite feeling of a texting fic (they kinda text through writing on their skin… sounds a bit weird but it’s brilliant, promise!). Also, Instagram is an important feature to of this fic: the author has made Instagram accounts for the characters, which are SPOT ON!

Staying Strangers, by 3amAndCounting [>170k, WIP]

Sirius get's given a wrong number, Remus definitely isn't being sarcastic, and they should probably agree to stay strangers...

General themes/feeling: texting; strangers to friends to lovers; slow burn; artist!Sirius; remus+lily friendship; demisexual!remus; hilarious; fluff.

A WIP that I absolutely adore! A perfect texting fic, in the way it portrays the boys slowly getting to know each other and then falling without meeting in person. (The amount of pining and flirting is astounding!) Sirius is silly, Remus is the king of sarcasm; oh how this fic has made me laugh!

The PB to my J, by aqua_myosotis [63k]

A Modern AU Marauders texting with prose fic set at University.

General themes/feeling: texting; group chats; friends to lovers; slow burn; pining; misunderstandings; smut; fluff.

A widely popular texting fic, for a reason! This fic of pure fluff and comedy is definitely a must-read if you like texting fics. This is basically a marauders gang romcom, and it’s hilarious. Also, it features some serious (don’t!) misunderstandings—it’s almost painful (I love it).

Did You Miss Me?, by Fantismal, Krethes [641k]

Though the new boy at Hogwarts University, James Potter, appears to be an adorable himbo with deep pockets, Remus Lupin and his friends instead find a horrifically dark past on Google. Did he really attack that boy and leave him for dead? Why won't he talk about his mysterious childhood best friend, "Pups"? Would it kill him to stop messing with his hair?

At least Remus got his phone back after losing it, but now he can't stop texting the mysterious number of the man who had sent it back. Padfoot is funny and charming, and Remus is NOT going to fall in love with him.

General themes/feeling: texting; group chats; strangers to lovers; famous!sirius; pop star!sirius; secret identities, kinda; smutty!; fluff; referenced SA and child abuse; read the tags!!

Another popular one that is now finished! And it’s MASSIVE (I think it’s the longest fic I’ve ever read??). Honestly, I don’t even know how to summarise this fic… Let me just say that it’s a fic with a very ‘dramatic’ plot (for lack of a better word). A lot happens, a lot that isn’t really centred around r/s. It’s also very (very) smutty!

Texts, Hugs and Rock & Roll, by All_write_now [>139k, WIP]

A new anonymous social media app 'Seekers' has everyone buzzing like their phones. Some people use it for quick hook ups or playing games. Some people use it to make new friends and find new hobbies.

Some people find a lot more than they were seeking.

General themes/feeling: texting; friends to lovers; slow burn; accidentally falling for each other anonymously (it makes sense, I promise); smut; fluff.

Another WIP, sorry! But this fic is currently giving me a lot of joy, so I think you should read it too (; This fic is also very romcom-y, with so much drama and many hilarious misunderstandings. It’s light-hearted and so funny!

keysmash, by AllThisAndLoveTooWillRuinUs [45k]

Unknown number (sun, 9:03 am): hey settle an argument chocolate milk in cereal is innovative and cool, right?

Remus (sun, 9:07 am): it absolutely is not who tf are u

Unknown number (sun, 9:08 am): first of all, fuck u and second of all i told james u said yes anyway that’s what u get for living in my phone

General themes/feeling: texting; strangers to lovers; referenced child abuse; anxiety and depression; fluff; funny.

Although this fic features some dark themes, it’s mainly pure fluff! I definitely recommend this if you need some cheering up—it’s so cute!

the memerauders chat, by hue, reachthetree [15k]

bantlers: this is the part where u go “ya wow sorry prongs thank u for saving my pathetic pining arse w a nicely timed nude”

fknserious: its starting to occur to me that maybe sending out mass nudes was not the best way to seduce moony

bantlers: yea bc you sent them to everYONE EXCEPT HIM

-

Modern texting au with magic featuring puns, a betting pool, crop tops, and too many nudes, aka all the good things in life.

General themes: texting; friends to lovers; pining; jealous!sirius; this is also a jily fic; fluff; funny!

I think you can gather from the summary that this fic is hilarious! Pure comedy, fluff and idiocy, in true marauder fashion. Also features Peter the meme-king, which might actually be one of the best things about this fic.

real life has no appeal, (orphaned) [8k]

In which Remus is Lily's roommate and Sirius, James and Peter break into places.

General themes/feeling: texting; strangers to lovers; YouTuber!au; fluff.

A texting and YouTuber fic on the shorter side. Cute and funny!

xx Elliot

[amjustagirl]

Broken Compass: Sakusa’s allergic reaction to Iwaizumi 

pairing: sakusa x f! reader  genre: parenthood fluff, romance  wc: 964

a/n: part of the broken compass fic, set in the storm chaser universe

“Iwaizumi called - Kiyoomi, don’t sneer when I say his name.”

Sakusa tries his utmost best to pull his features into something a little more neutral, but it can’t be helped. Hearing Iwaizumi’s name being uttered makes his body react involuntarily - much like an allergic reaction, but instead of rashes or hives, his face just contorts into a deep, dark scowl. Never mind that it’s you, his precious wife who brings him up. Anyone who even dreams of hurting you will have to deal with him. 

“What does he want”, he manages to say with a passable amount of civility. 

“He’s asking me out for lunch since he’s got a bit of time before the season starts again. I was thinking of meeting him at Shimbashi, they’ve got a pretty decent sushi set lunch that I was thinking of trying.” 

He shrugs. He knows full well that Iwaizumi Hajime poses no threat to his marriage, never mind that he’s an ex-boyfriend of yours, but it rankles that you’re so quick to forgive the man that smashed your heart beneath his feet. Still, that’s also one of the countless reasons he loves you, your kindness, your empathy making him fall in love with you anew every single day, so he doesn’t begrudge Iwaizumi this small part of you that still harbours some affection for him. 

“Go ahead. Have fun.”

You smile at him. Someone should really learn to bottle up your smile - it makes him, an incurable grump, feel as if he could burst with happiness and contentment, like the sun rising and birds singing and nice things that normal people appreciate - 

“I was thinking of bringing Sachiko along to meet him too - ”

His thoughts screech to a stop. 

“Absolutely not”, he replies shortly, gathering up said toddler to his chest. Sachiko gnaws and drools on the child friendly chew toy that he spent hours researching to make sure there’s absolutely no choking hazards, no strange chemicals involved, completely unaware of the staring match conducted above her dark, downy head. 

You sigh heavily. “Kiyoomi - “

“I’ll take care of her when you go out for lunch.“ 

“You have a work trip with Kuroo, remember?” 

“I’ll cancel with him, he’ll understand - right my little firefly?” Sachiko gurgles, giggling as Kiyoomi boops her nose ever so gently. “You don’t want to meet mean, Iwaizumi-san who hurt your mama - ”

“Kiyoomi”, you sigh. “We’ve talked about this before. Yes, Iwaizumi hurt me very badly, but things happen for a reason. If it weren’t for him, we’d never have had the chance to meet, let alone fall in love, get married, have a baby - ”

Sachiko dribbles on his shoulder. He wipes it away, more bothered by the thought of your ex-boyfriend coming anywhere close to his precious firefly than a minute amount of baby spit. Motoya would be astounded. “While that’s true, I’d like to attribute our current state of happiness to Miya Kaiyo for her matchmaking attempts than Iwaizumi Hajime, considering she didn’t break your heart, unlike him - ”

“Oh Kiyoomi”, you wrap your arms around your loveable, overprotective grump of a husband. “You know there’s no downside to Hajime meeting Sachiko - he’s just an old friend now. Remember he sent those lovely baby clothes for our baby shower, and that adorable volleyball anklet for her one month celebration -   

“Sachiko didn’t like it - ”

“Kiyoomi, you thought they were absolutely precious until you found out Hajime sent them, you silly thing.” 

Your husband just curls around your baby girl as if he’s intent on shielding her from some unknown threat, all six foot four of him. You laugh affectionately, leaning onto your toes to press a light kiss to the nape of his neck.       

“Kiyoomi, Hajime wouldn’t ever think about harming a single hair on Sachiko’s head. You know that, you’re just being obstinate about it. And if I don’t bring her for lunch, who’s going to babysit? You want me to leave her with Bokuto, when they’re just figuring out how to wean Kousuke so Mitsuki can go back to work - ”

“Bokuto might be the better choice”, Kiyoomi mutters beneath his breath. 

“Sorry”, you say sweetly. “Would you like to repeat that so I can record it and send it to Bo?”

He grumbles, incoherent. “Fine”, he mumbles, though he’s still clinging to Sachiko, who’s starting tugging on his curly hair. 

“What’s that?” 

“Bring Sachiko to meet Iwaizumi.” He waves the white flag, recognises that he is being ridiculous, but he’ll do anything to keep his little family from any shadow of threat - more so when Sachiko, his precious little firefly is so tiny and helpless, when she depends wholly on him - oh gods his little baby girl is going to grow up one day and not need him anymore, that thought just haunts him - 

“Kiyoomi”, you say his name, grasp his attention immediately. Warm palms cup his cheeks, and the familiar scent of vanilla and sugar settles him, making his fears recede. “You’re a really good dad.” 

He snuffles into your hair, breathing deeply. “I’m trying my best.” 

You smile again at him. It beats any sunrise in the sky, any bird song in the air. “That’s all that matters.”   

Sachiko babbles, bumps her fist against her papa’s cheek like a drum. He accepts her violence with equanimity. 

“Firefly, do that but harder when you meet Iwaizumi, okay? Papa gives you full permission to pull out his hair too.”

“Sakusa Kiyoomi!”  

“What?!”

[catcze]

hi I've read some of your work and <33 i adore it, if that's okay, can i request a kaeya x gn reader with cryo vision fic? I don't mind hc tho :D

so basically: reader is living in a woods in their little wooden house, away from mondstads people, they're not often seen in public. reader is coming to the city of freedom only to borrow books with spells, because of that some people r saying that they're a witch.

which is pretty accurate, but reader prefer calling themselves magician. they cast a spell by writing a symbol on a small piece of paper and then throwing it at enemy causing dmg, or just use it to shield themselves or to heal. (ndjdbsfhjd if u watched owl house,, there's this human who draws spells on piece of paper so that's something like this)

of course they're using cryo vision to fight enemies too!!

oh ny god sjsbsjah i wrote so much sorry if that's unclear,, so my point is; Kaeya with witch cryo vision wielder reader who spends most of their time in woods but they're not razor goodnight 🏃🏿‍♀️💨💨💨

Reblogs are greatly appreciated !!

「 FEAT : 」 Kaeya x GN! Reader

「 ### : 」 Fluff, some slice of life? bit of banter, Reader uses a cryo vision, mentions of Eula

oh hUN you've got my creative brain working with this! Thanks so much for sending it it, I hope you like it! I haven’t written Kaeya in some time so if I butchered his character I am so, so sorry lmao 💞 I really loved the concept of this omg 💞

”Really,” is the first thing Kaeya’s said to you today, “Sometimes I wonder how you could spend so much time all the way out here on your own. Don’t you ever get lonely?”

You chuckled and stepped to the side, giving him room to enter your cozy cottage. “It’s not as bad as you might think. The woods are relaxing, and sometimes a dashing knight from the nearby city comes for a visit.”

”Oh? A dashing knight you say?” Kaeya’s grin was wide as he pressed a kiss to your temple, then proceeded to wipe his shoes on your mat. He stepped into your living room to deposited the rucksack he’s been carrying on your table, then settled himself on your sofa. “And pray tell, what is it about this ‘dashing knight’ that makes visits so memorable?”

There’s a warmth that grew in your chest at the familiar sight of the Cavalry captain relaxing back into your comfy couch. You approached and nudged his long legs to give you some space to sit. “Well,” you drawled as you dug through the pack, pulling out the various books and examining them. You made a pleased noise. “Well, absolute grace and poise for one.”

In the corner of your eye, you saw Kaeya smirk to himself, resting his hands behind his head as he got comfortable. The cheeky little shit. You nudged his calf with an elbow. 

“Incredible mastery over their weapon, astounding skill with their Cryo vision,” You continued to list off, grinning to yourself as you watched Kaeya’s smirk grow with every word. It was adorable, really.

”The romantic speech. Oh, and let me not forget the stunningly good looks that I’m ever so blessed to be around.”

Kaeya waved a hand between you two, his eye closed as he basked in your praise. “Please,” he tried to say in a humble tone that was not very humble. “You embarrass me, dear. And I thought I was the flirt between us—“

”Oh, I do miss the Reconnaissance captain,” you cut him off with a cheeky smile that turned his smile upside down in an instant. “I hope Eula will visit me again soon.”

His eye narrowed at you, arms crossing on his chest as you tried to stifle your laughter. His expression was comparable to a cat who had just been dunked in water and who had not appreciated it. “How comedic of you,” Kaeya said flatly, though you knew he was not really upset. He frowned and gestured to the books on your table with a wide, sweeping gesture. “And after I braved the treacherous path to deliver these books to you, this is how I am repaid? How shameful of the witch of Wolvendom.”

”Magician,” you corrected, poking his leg. “You’ve heard my spiel before. And really, you brought the trickery upon yourself.”

”I take offense to that, I’ll have you know.” No, you’re sure he didn’t. ”You can’t say the citizens of Mondstadt are entirely wrong, though.”

Noncommittally, you shrug. You stood and piled some of the tomes in your hand, bringing them to your shelf on the opposite wall. The stack in your hands was rather large, and Kaeya wondered how you were able to comfortably carry the whole thing. “Perhaps not, but I do prefer to be called a magician either way.” You looked at him from over your shoulder, one book halfway shelved between two other books. “I trust Lisa had no complaint of the books I borrowed last week?”

”Nothing but the highest praise,” Kaeya assured. Then, as if he had remembered something, he snapped his fingers. “She told me to tell you that she wants you over for tea tomorrow, and that she wouldn’t take no for an answer.”

The thought of it made you groan, and you huffed. “I already went for supplies this week, though,” you complained, but behind your back Kaeya just shrugged.

”I’m just the messenger. Wouldn’t want to upset her, now would you?”

”…no,” You agreed, remembering the last time you had upset her.

”Glad we could come to an accord.” The cavalry captain smiled mischievously at your obvious displeasure. The conversation stalled for a minute or two as you focused on placing the books where they had to go. When you had finished organizing, you turned around and were met with Kaeya’s thoughtful stare. 

”She worries about you, you know. So do I. You can’t argue that it’s dangerous out here on your own.”

”I thought we established that a dashing knight comes to check up on me every now and again?” You asked, raising a brow playfully. You crossed your arms. “Besides, I can hold my own. There’s no need to worry.”

”I know you can hold your own,” Kaeya laughed, but there was a tinge of seriousness to it now. “Those written symbols of yours are no joke. I can still remember how tiring it was to get through your Cryo shield. “

”See?”

”And yet, can you blame me for wanting you to be safe?”

You soften at that. Kaeya’s still got a smile on his face, but you’ve known him long enough to spot the fabrication in it. There’s worry there. With soft steps you approach him, taking his hands into yours. With as even of an expression as you can, you meet his gaze. “No, I cannot blame you for it. But I feel alive here in the woods, even though it’s dangerous. I have my vision and my skills for a reason, you know? You helped me master it, you know how formidable I am.”

”I do,” he agrees. 

”And I’ve been learning to draw symbols of healing, too, so I can do more than just fight and defend. I can’t dispel your worries, though I appreciate that you care for me as much. I can tell you that I will do my best to stay safe, though.”

”Do you promise?” He asks, searching your eyes for any doubt, any indication you were saying all this just for him.

His eye was a lovely shade of blue, you realized. Leaning more on the side of periwinkle in this light, and contrasting with those strange, diamond-shaped pupils. You wondered if it was the same under his eyepatch.

”I promise.” Then the furrow of your brow relaxed and you grinned. “Though I wouldn’t mind a certain Cryo-wielding captain from the knights showing up on my doorstep every now and then. Y’know, just to check up on me.”

Kaeya’s smile changed, just enough for you to notice. He didn’t let go of your hand just yet, but his shoulders had lost some of their tension. 

”I’ll be sure to pass the message to Eula, then.”

You laughed, smacking his shoulder with a strength you doubted he could feel. “You ass!”