#afyer all hes done

[senseiwu]

Between the good doctor memes and the fallout from them that still makes me self concious to this day and people being awful about Lloyd's feelings towards his father and their interactions in crystalised, last year wqs not a good year on twitter for me

[sketchy-mf]

BITCH I WARNED YOU

LI KE I WARNED YOU FOR ARMADA

YOU SWEET SUMMER CHILD FULL OF HOPE LMFAOOOO

These are pretty much making themselves at this point

[maxineholtzmann]

Eddie was having the best night of his life on stage, jumping and whirling with his guitar, fingers flying over the frets as he pulled off solo afyer solo. It was the absolute best he had ever played and he had never felt so free. Then, one miscalculated landing was all it took for him to end up sprawled on the stage, completely unconcious.

The EMTs rushed up from where they were stationed on the wings of the stage, the crowd falling silent as they checked Eddie out.

Eddie slowly came to, looking up at the strong angular features and perfectly coiffed hair of the paramedic above him. Wow, he’s hot, Eddie thought. Still out of it and not sure what happened or where he was, Eddie burst out with “Wow it’s not my birthday is it? Why did you guys get me a stripper?”

“Eddie, that’s an actual paramedic oh my god,” Gareth said from where he was hovering behind hot paramedic guy.

Eddie scoffed, “No one this hot becomes an actual paramedic, Garebear. Now just help me sit up, big boy, and I’ll give you all the lap you can handle dancing in.”

The paramedic laughed, blushing a little as he pushed Eddie back down. “I’m flattered but I am an actual paramedic. You hit your head pretty hard here, Eddie. I’m going to need you to stay down while my partner gets the backboard and everything. We’re going to have to take you to the hospital.”

The paramedic’s partner arrived, a tall woman he called “Robin” and Eddie remembered where he was and what had happened. To say he was mortified was an understatement. He answered their questions and said nothing more as they brought him to the hospital.

It was just a concussion but they wanted to observe him overnight so Eddie was sat up in his hospital room, running over the embarassment in his head. He heard a knock on the door before it opened a little. The hot paramedic from earlier poked his head in.

“Hey, my shift is done and I just uh…wanted to check on how you were doing?” The guy seemed a bit sheepish.

“Oh, yeah, uh hi, come on in,” Eddie said, beckoning the hot paramedic in. He came to stand at the end of Eddie’s bed, large hands gripping the footboard.

“I just really want to apologize for earlier,” Eddie started to say.

At the same time, the paramedic said, “My name’s Steve and do you wanna go for coffee when you’re not concussed?”

“Wait, what? Really?” Eddie asked, worried he was halluncinating.

“I’m not promising a lap dance, big boy, but I’d like to take you for coffee if you’re interested,” hot paramedic—Steve—smiled.

“Definitely interested,” Eddie said, smiling back.

Even with the concussion, it had still turned out to be the best night of his life.

[xarrixii]

Chapter_53 : "Parasite"

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Alph wished they could’ve said they were looking out the window. That they knew where they were, knew the next highway they could cruise down without stopping for traffic.

They felt their hair scratch against their forehead. Could still see echoes of when everything had hit them like a brick, the recluse coming out of its shell.

The itch to call their dad formed a little too hard, and Alph turned their attention back to Afyer, who was humming the Kesha song playing on the radio and interrupted himself to cringe.

“You alright?” Alph lamented, hoping they could stop thinking for the next few hours at least.

Afyer turned the volume down as the song ended and an ad came on. “Yeah. Just this headache. Hasn’t let up yet.”

“You can pull over or park somewhere if you need to. We’re still near enough to the mall, right? We can always just have Mark walk some once he’s done and take over.”

“Nah, I’ll probably be fine. Think it’s just a pseudo-headache anyway.”

The first thing Alph thought of to say back was something they would’ve told Urban on one of his low days. But this was different. Alph wasn’t in the driver’s seat, and Afyer had a different tone.

Alph tried to squeeze out the thought. “What makes you think it’s fake?”

“It’s just a product of one of Storm’s experiments,” Afyer said without hesitation, sparkling with the same enthusiasm this music artist used talking about men and their fingers. “They’re trying to develop something more humane than the normal handcuffs used for kinetic users. You had a special name for them, right?”

“Hand binders?”

“Yeah, those.”

Alph’s heart panged. “What’s more human hand binders got to do with your headache?”

“Storm’s trying to make handcuffs, not binders. Maybe an ankle bracelet? I’m not sure, but they assured me it wouldn’t be like the rehab clinic I went to that one time. They handed me this metal block, and I immediately threw up when I touched it.” Afyer laughed at that, probably stealing a glance at Alph. Which only made Alph realize how agape they must look. “I don’t know what they did. Maybe it’s just a more concentrated version of the meds they give you after rehab when you keep touching the metal, maybe they found a new resource and have to tweak the alloy. Whatever it is, it seems, really cool, and the headache from not being able to connect to my pyrokinesis as long as I touched the metal is gonna be worth it in the long run.”

Alph was silent. Storm created something that blocked someone from their kinetic entirely? A physical thing?

“I thought kinetics were a genetic thing. Like, three genes involved in the process,” Alph said.

“That’s what I thought too. They haven’t told me how yet, probably because I talk too much, but they think they made the concentration too high on this first time, so they’re going to drastically lower it the next time I go in to help test it.” Afyer paused, listening to the radio for maybe five seconds. “Whoops, air quotes around concentration too high, there. I gotta start remembering that.”

“No, you’re good. But that’s…” Alph started thinking about all of the faces they could no longer see, the ones implanted in their brain for almost a decade. Children. Adults. Soup. The little boy who learned to stitch with his mouth. “That’s revolutionary, if they can get rid of the side effects but still have it work. Why wouldn’t Nacht tell me about that, because that’s—” Alph cut themselves off in their own bubbling excitement.

Afyer laughed with Alph. “Maybe he wanted to surprise you.”

Alph turned to stare at where Afyer would be sitting to the left, foot on the gas pedal and gazing forward into the colors Alph could barely make out. “You should probably pull over though. Headache and driving isn’t good.”

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taglist: @lychhiker-writes, @madeoforgansandtissues, @fins0up

[libelelle]

You said to send you asks about the time twins AU so you've removed my inhibitors.

We already know Shadow's in this AU. But what about Omega? Or, if you're feeling really weird, Metal Sonic?

-signed, your resident Badnik Enjoyer.

Ok i HAVE thought about Omega, but not metal

Good news!! Omegas been with Shadow! He and Shadow stuck together after rouge, and the rest of the group all had passed away and/or gone their seperate ways. They traveled together, keeping track of villains and the chaos emeralds and occasionally saving the world as the situation demanded it. I havent thought about individual events in detail though. Mostly theyve been seeing the sights though, theyre both always on the hunt for a challenge following Eggmans death and Sonics' disappearance. Shadows done a really good job of keeping Omega in peak condition, doing maintenance and all that, butttt the bad news is that a lot of the parts that Omega needs no longer exist. As of right now he's deactivated and Shadows been on the hunt for an essential part that he needs to replace. He'll come in officially sooner or later when i figure out whens a good time to bring him in

Metal is a different story i HAVENT thought about him. Probably went haywire afyer Eggman died and Sonic disappeared though

[azlovesem]

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[jdlopes777-blog]

THE CHAPTERS - piling up

The chapters on my life ,

Constantly piling up ,

Piling stories , experiences , moments

Good and bad , sad and happy ,

All sorts ,

New things , old things ,

Working so hard to leave the old and at the same time move in to new things , little by little , you notice as you write even now , people come and go , people have came and have gone.

I will not be subject to the technology that ever so rapid is destroying minds , the battle of peoples minds is so fierce , im sure whoever is reading this now , is thinking or can relate to always hearing comments from those who grew up from children to teens , they will always say thing were better in their time growing up , we , me , you will save when you grew up from child to teen , those were good old times , we wish we could go back to.

Wao what a life , its only one , and we all have a set of cards we are dealt with , some of us have people in our lives who will either help us destroy it or make it the best , and we ultimately have to make choices we will make but more than likely will make the choice that will immediately gratify us rather than the one which will empower us to be the better version of ourselves.

Im nearing 40 , im 39 right now and i believe God has something so great for me , i will look back at my writtings and journaling and say GOD HAD MY BACK ALL ALONG. and all things i do not or ever may come to understand, i will learn its not about WHY its about HIM BEING GLORIFIED through miracles he is performing in my life , things i have no clue about that HE is setting up for me ,

I believe because i have tried to take myself out of this life with wreckless living but HE never let me go in my worst of moments , alot of people have gone into the night in their rebellious rampages , The Lord is not done with me and i believe HE will finish the work he has started in me.

I might not be where alot of people in my life think i should be bit GREAT THINGS from God take time.

Right now i shall wait patiently and continue striving to achieve great things and in the process experience the healing and wholeness i want to receive by HIS GRACE alone and believing HE will let me touch his garment so i may be healed from my problems.

I pray he sees my distress , i am like peter who doubted and sank but God Jesus saved me from drowning and picked me back up.

I will no longer beat myself up for how things have happened in will embrace the years that i used to live my own way knowing GOD always comes afyer me to redirect me in the right direction.

[princessdreamie]

DBH part 25

The following days Na kept to her word and ended her first task: babysitting her neighbors baby. The dad was on his wit's end and the mom was so overworked with their baby and her office job.

Na saw an application on the internet and as it so happened, she saw the couple a few times a week. So they technically werent strangers. They werent as rich or famous as the Stanton's or Ferguson's but they get by wth their salary.

Once she applied for the job, the mom, Tina (Ti), was skeptical. But since she was the only one who would take the job they had not much of a choice. The dad, Ronald (Ro), tried to scam er off her money that she would receive. But he didnt expect the lil girl to be smart about it. Ti secretly laughed at their exchange and both left Na to her dutie.

The small baby girl started to act rambunctious in the crib so the Stanton girl had to think fast. The usual things like diaper change or hunger wre off the table. The parents already told her that she had lunch and cleaned her afterwards.

So she figured she must be just tired. She put on a playlist on her electronic watch an connected it to the laptop nearby. Ti used it for her work but after buying a new one she kept it to play music on it or looking through mommy tips.

And by the looks of it Na's music worked. The bby slept around 4 hours, Ti & Ro already believed their kid died. But nope, just a bby sleeing while Na tried to clean up ome of the mess.

After the little one woke up, Na already had prepared everything for the baby to interact playfully while the ppl outside do their own things. The younger girl had agood time until she fell asleep again on her playmat.Ti & Ro came back upand praised the young babysitter for her hard work.

The grown ups were impressed by her job and asked if she could come again after her hours were done. She agreed to d so but they will have to ask a few days in advance for her schedule to work.After saying their goodbyes, na left content wit her earned money.

Her next side job will be a bit easier.

Few days after

Na finished cleaning the cage for Smol Cotton, the fm chinchilla, & Rowdy, ml chinchilla. They were pets from a elderly man who loved small fluffy things. His name was mister Fawnso.

He needed some help taking care of the small rodents after he broke his arm a week ago. The Reason isn't important but he appreciated her work. B4 her, the previous helpers were either to clumsy or hated the smell of their filth they left behind.But our girl came prepared. Just took some convincing on her dad's part to drive her with the stuff she needed for this task. Ad some hygienic gloves and face mask.

Just bc she needed the money doesnt mean she puts her heath on the line. And thats how it has bern few a couple of days. With that job done she would have enough for her share.

K still told her that he or her mom just could give her the momey but she revliened every time. She didn't want to end like her fm cousin, all entitled and snobby. So she rather wants to esrn it herself.

Mr.Fawnso thanked her one last time and hopes to see her again. Na like the old man. He was quiet most of the time until he could gosh over 'his perect darlings'. The guy has a strong affinity forwards chinchillas, that much she knew.

After her ast job was finished, it was only a few weeks till her bby cousin's bday. And as promised, Na transferred her money to the bank and right afyer to the website. Mi, Le & Lo already put theirs in. Only T had to put some more in.

The boy put every day some of his pocket money into it but shortly but surely made their way to their goal.

One week later

The kids finally got all the money they needed and purchased the console + game just in time. Most of the things on the wish list wrre already grayed out. Meaning they already got paid for by other guests. But luckily nobody seemed to be interested into the console (and some smaller stuff), which made it even easier for them to collect the money. They quickly wrote their best wishes on the mail and they started to celebrate their reached goal.

Now Na really couldnt wait for the week of the party to arrive.

[steaksex]

I need to think of my beautiful ocs having sex i simply must !!!! Scully needs to go down on a pretty girl and he stares at them through his eyelashes the whole time like they're his god and hes so gwntle and he has rough thick fingers and an eager tongue and pretty lips and hes sighing soooo happily, content with his place between someomes legs.

Teddy has such an awesome pussy its so wet and warm and his dicks all cute and big and pink and twitches so cute and hes got nipple piercings that are so sensitive and he gets so wet and he tears up when he cums because it feels so good and hes so cute and soft and he wants to tie you up and use you as a personal sex toy to get off over and over again until hes shaking and then afyer hes done he'll help you get off and its awesomeee

Ouuurggg sterling gay sex NEOW hes wearing pretty pink frilly panties and a bralette to work under his button up because hes a freak and he keeps lube in his desk drawer at the very back and hes going to ask you to see him in his office and be all touchy and flirty w that playsible deniability and hes going to have gay sex on his desk in the middle of the workday and then tidy up and send you off to get him a cup of coffee even thoigh your cum is still in his ass and hes smiling and talking like nothing happened

WOOO YAYYYYYYY YAYYY you all understand

[azlovesem]

What. Confused lookng??? Beautiful ywah that too. I really fo stick to my age limit. Inwish i didnt. She dont like me no like me anynore snywsy. Ill make dure of it. Bybthe time im done im gonna break yiu all skulls hearts evwrything. No no jo tv faggot yhats anyone on tv invludingvbarack insabe obsma. Coberts a bitcb wget s twet. Thwyee gonna kill himmeither asy. Ahh ya hotta watch your mouth if youre not actually tough that giys a pnazy hed ceybif i dkspprd hom. Hes dead snywsy. If trump wind thetes a lot of you eho dhpukd leavv the country. No joke you betta go niggas. You soff tou a parkdake ounlh ass nigga uou dont ge tv it we no lo gec require you gir snything. Extermonstion is ehere you live. Yeag yiyre a punk miyhef fucker bitch. Yoyd never fight ne lol one. Noo jam youreca clscsredt tupeni know thise types if i stomped my foot uouc jumpmJenna. Anericsbd and enhlish guy plagiarists we ee gonna kill that fckn lunie we re hunting him. You hear me Williywe?? ill kill any citizen you have inuding yiu. Fancy a duel said fancy boi. Pistols of sword yourecdead either wsy fool. Yhen ill be likd yo Catherine whats up. Hey at least i wouldnt ever burn her dprlk but id kill you eadily without even thinkng abouf it. I dont knw maybe i fong fuckn likf you. Emmas mone sorrad the word. Irs a curse dhe ll apogizd of bbe eith me of die eventuslky. Dont rell je rmmas stressed i am worse. I coild torch the doell but shes actually PRETTY innocent in this. Idikd to have dinner with her afyer i smoks you

God she’s so 😩😩😩🧎🏻‍♀️🧎🏻‍♀️🧎🏻‍♀️

[murizepng]

RADIOSTAR! ☆

the investigation team with a s/o who appeared on the midnight channel (all members, headcannons, seperate! + spoilers included.)

dududu, inspector gang is here!

#yosuke hanamura

losing his mind

hes expecting like a classmate or his batchmate he dint really know

and then you appear on the tv showing you twirling around the area and he drops his mouth open 💀💀

"WHWTA TEH HELL???"

around you 24/7 doesnt wanna let u go 🥺

going to get groceries? he’s coming with you. going to buy tofu? he’s coming with with you. going to the bathroom? …he’ll wait outside.

if you tell him you need space, he’ll watch you from a safe distance.

invites you to places that dont have a tv with them. suspicous of everyone except the investigation gang

he fails his job when he gets you a shake he turns for one sec and ur now gone 💀💀💀 he is so shocked he dropped the shake.

the shake dint spill (thankfully)

he’s rushing the investigation gang to find his s/o even teddie is sick of his ushering

and when he does he IMMEDIATELY hugs you or like pinches your cheek to make sure you arent the shadow

that or he would punch you.

depends on his mood wether hes silly or not.

"Thank god you're back..I was so worried. Don't go missing again, please. got that?"

#naoto shirogane

worried but keeps calm

they dont necessarily follow you where you go

but they do try to keep a track on where you go, stay and come to.

constantly messages you !!! formal as HELL though like dawg..

"Good morning/evening. I'm just checking up on you, how are you doing? Anything going on lately?"

TBF they get to know where you are + HOW you are so its a win win in their book they love listening to you

gets really disappointed in themselves if you do end up getting caught.

"I could have done better.." "I should have done better."

poor bb its ok its not ur fault :((

AND WHEN THEY DO GET YOU BACK HOMES BROO THEY'LL STAY AT UR SIDE AT 24/7 AFTER A FEW DAYS OF THE INCIDENT

not really obvious at it btw, its REALLY subtle.

Like the ocassional, "I made extras for dinner. Mind joining in?"

"I need someone to help me with these files. You're the perfect help."

"My bed needs someone to sleep in it. Care to?"

... Okay maybe not really obvious. They're trying though

#yu narukami

Everything was going so good.

He spent time with you and nanako, no one in the town collapsed and he got some money.

It was doing so good.

His world came crushing down when he opened the tv.

Greeted with your apperance, smiling mischeviously and telling the investigation crew to come find him.

bro is enough w this bs . who even decided to kidnap YOU dawg

hed be very invested in finding you instantly

HE WILL NOT STOP UNTIL HE FINDS YOU!!!

And before you kenw it this was by far the fastest case he ever oslved with the imvestigation gang

He treats u like a gentleman afyer eveyrthing !!<3

#rise kijikawa

"huhhh?? is that who i think it is?"

shed call you once the clip ended.

shes so worried :((( she doesnt want you to be in danger!!

rise does actively try to make sure youre with her at all time like yosuke. she walks with you, has frequent hangs out with you, and lots more!!

Whenever she sees someone/something sketchy she INSTANTLY makes a beeline and makes you go towards the other direction.

"Ohhh, look here!! Look at this cute keychain<3 Its cuter than that fox."

"But Rise! You don't normally see such a cute fox!"

ABSOLUTELY HEART BROKEN WHEN YOU DISAPPEAR 😞😞💔💔

She keeps INSISTING that she fights in the battle knowing damn well her persona isnt up for that kind of thing.

"Let me at them senpai! I need to fight these shadows!-"

"Rise we need you to guide us for gods sake PLEASE"

When u get back she gets all giddy and excited!! <3<3

"Ahh!!~ You're back, you're back! You're for real backk!"

She kisses ur cheek in happiness mwa mwa

"Dude, are we all technically the third wheel?"

"... Yeah. Definetly."

#teddie

dawg i gotta be fr with you on this one i think he might be the most calmest 🤷🤷

like yeah hes worried and stuff but

you are like...

where he was born.

I dont think hes worried that much haha!!

He finds out when hes like, "Oh where are you s/o!!!<;3"

and yosukes like "dude did you not watch the midnight channel? uh yeah so aum ur s/o got kidnapped"

his mouth is dropped

bamboozled

flabbergasted

WHAT.

"HUH?????? DONT WORRY I'LL SAVE YOU MY DEAR S/O-"

"OH MY GOD SHUT UP STOP SAYING THAT TEDDIE WE LITREALLY SAVED THEM ALREADY."

Oh 🧍🧍🧍🧍

Anyways after the fight hed cling unto you

Like he clutches unto your arms, hugs you from behind, etc. etc.

its going to be a while for him to stop LMAOOO

[ihni]

I just woke up, and tonight my brain gifted me with a dream that was a whole-ass mini-movie/fic plot.

Billy and Steve were living in the city (some city), in an apartment of their own, and they were adults with jobs and stuff. Will was visiting them - he was 19 now, and taller than everyone. They were all hanging out and drinking beer (not to get drunk, but just to be social), and anyway, Will admitted that he used to have a crush on Billy when Billy first came to Hawkins. They had a laugh, and talked about their first embarrassing crushes.

Then, later on, Will also admits that he's never done anything with anyone, not even kissed. And Billy asks if he wants a kiss, just to get it over with. 'For old times sake', or whatever, because he was his first crush like six years ago. Will thinks about it and looks between Billy and Steve and eventually is like, okay. So Billy and Will kiss ... and as soon as there's the tiniest hint of tongue, Will rears back and makes a face and is like "Ew, no, blah, I mean, thanks for offering and all but uh, no, that's not for me, definitely not, ewww." And he's like shuddering and is visibly very disgusted. Steve laughs, and Billy's sitting there speechless with his mouth open like "...that's not usually the reaction I get ..."

Later (not that night), Will comes out as aro/ace, and there is a LOT of teasing. No one is teasing WILL though, no, they're all teasing Billy for turning someone off so bad afyer one kiss that they'd rather not do anything with anyone for the rest of their lives. (Don't worry, it was the kind of teasing where they were trying to make Will understand that he was loved and accepted, and Billy knew this and played along too: called himself an 'aquired taste' and made out with Steve in front of everyone to prove a point).

[pokecraftking]

Something I just thought of afyer watching Technoblade's last stream:

Does Technoblade know about what Dream did to Tommy? Or anything Dream's done other than what he was there to see?

We've never seen ANYONE talk to techno about it at all, and all Techno has mentioned is his attack on l'manburg and all that. I don't think he even KNOWS what dream's done. For alk we know, Techno just thinks people jate Dream for attacking l'manburg and imprisoned him for Doomsday and nothing more.

(Also with how Techno is always close to or protective of Tommy, I highly doubt he would have joined dream so easily in the past.)

[thefoulbeast]

Here's a quick drawing... and perhaps something akin to a drabble...

--

It's awkward, kind of. Dan - coming at the wrong time, seeing the wrong thing-

It's too quick to react to, Herbert thinks in admonishion.

Dan knocking and immediately going to open the door - as if that's enough of a warning. As if that's enough time for Herbert to hide what he's doing.

"Herbert, I wanted to ask you about-" Dan's voice cuts off in the middle of the question as he looks and sees.

There's a second of awful pause there. A hesitancy so thick one can feel it rub against their skin as they move.

"What is that?" Dan asks, eyeing the vial and the disinfectant wipes and the individual-packed syringe next to Herbert's hip on the bed. He's more confused than anything, and Herbert - well, Herbert feels defensive in all the worst ways.

He hates to be outed like this. But he might as well say it. (Dan would have realized sooner or later, anyways.)

"Testosterone," Herbert answers, tone clipped, almost provocative. He sits up straighter, eyes blazing, challenging Dan to try and pull something from behind the lenses of his glasses.

This will either go down smooth or messy. Herbert's ready for either, coiled to jump up like a tensed muscle.

He feels under-dressed - severely so in just an undershirt and briefs - all while Dan stands, comfy sweater and long pants. Proper and perfect, if not for his expression.

Dan's mouth drops open soundlessly - his gaze flits to the rectangular scar on Herbert's forearm and a light bulb goes off in his head, points connecting to make the bigger picture.

"Oh," Dan says dumbly.

"Yes," Herbert confirms, sure that Dan's come to the right conclusion. He's rather smart, after all, even if he has certain airhead tendencies.

There's a flush spreading over Dan's cheeks now, embarrassment and shyness all at once. His hands come up, fiddling. "Do you- ah- do you want some help with that?"

Herbert's brow furrows as his lip curls back meanly, "What?" it comes out a bit more biting than he was going for.

But no one can blame him for his nerves, given the situation.

Dan moves forward, his countenance shaky, "Help- with the shot," he says. He drops to his knees in front of Herbert, and the scientist almost draws back at such a display. Almost.

"I'm good at intramuscular shots," Dan says like an explanation, nervous and obviously trying to pretend he isn't, "Done hundreds of them and never had a haematom or abscess develop afterwards."

"Dan," Herbert starts, ready to ask the man to leave- But he stops. This is too much at once. He's finding it hard to judge Dan's reaction beyomd his words.

"I'm more than capable of doing this myself," Herbert ends up saying snidely, finding the sharp words more comfortable than anything else he could've said, "I've been doing it for years by myself."

Dan's expression falls, suddenly hesitant where before he'd been open and mirthful. "Sorry, I- it's just-" he pauses, takes a deep breath.

"Meg is- too- you know. I know it's- it's a lot to tell someone else. Sorry I rushed in. I wasn't thinking, and I've forgotten what I even wanted to ask..."

It takes Herbert a long moment to grasp the meaning of Dan's first-half-of-statement, but when he does... there's a certain amount of apprehension. But mostly - a calm that washes over him.

Dan is safe. Herbert feels something guarded deflate within himself with an audible exhale.

Which means...

"Okay," Herbert says, quiet. Still cautious, but a different kind of it.

Dan's brow furrows, "okay?"

Herbert nods, left hand briefly white-knuckling the sheets- "You can do the shot."

Herbert closes his eyes afyer saying this, too afraid of what he might see if he looked.

He's counting down the seconds until he changes his mind. Dan has exactly half a minute to act. After that - Herbert will usher him out, regardless of what he might say or think.

"Oh shit-" Dan curses softly. Herbert hears him fumble with the objects on the bed. "I mean, yeah. Okay."

Twenty-five second left. He hears the rip of the package of the desinfectant wipe, followed by the cool sensation of Dan rubbing the injection site down in preparation - his movement a gentle outwards swirl over the anterolateral surface of Herbert's thigh.

Herbert breathes, feeling something thick in his throat.

Already he thinks - he shouldn't have given Dan permission. This is too intimate, too real. He feels like Dan has too much power over him right now.

(on the other hand... it is quite nice, being seen and not looked down on.)

A pause, the exposition time for the ethanol passing. Herbert recognizes the soft rubbery sound of the needle breaching the vial's seal.

He takes a shaky breath. Dan's hand is splayed out over his thigh, holding the skin taut gently. His hand is warm but clammy. He's nervous too, just like Herbert.

(That's comforting)

The second of waiting - Dan emptying the chamber of air so that only the praeparat remains.

The actual injection is all but painless. Daniel certainly has a deft hand at this. Herbert can hardly feel it as he plunges the syringe.

"There," Dan says, and Herbert opens his eyes to see him holding a wad of sterile cotton against the injection site firmly, the other hand holding the syringe aloft and away from either of their bodies safely.

Dan's eyes are shining, kind, as he looks up at Herbert from his kneeling position.

It makes Herbert a little nauseous. He reaches for the band-aid, and Dan obediently moves his hand so that Herbert can apply it.

"Thanks," he says gruffly, a weird heat in his cheeks.

"You're welcome," Daniel responds, his smile a bit mysterious. "If you ever need - just ask, and I'll help."

Herbert's smile is tense and uncomfortable. He needs more time to regroup. He needs to stomach this. "I'll remember that, Daniel."

He wonders how he feels about that sounding like a promise. He hates that his thigh tingles where Dan touched him for the rest of the day.

It's a long day.

[The end.]

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I think... there is something very intimate in an injection outside of a fully medical setting, especially if the two know each other.

Dan might've jumped the gun by being his eager-to-help self, and West jumped right with him...

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hello!! for your OCs 👀👀 Novhen, Pavle and Helga: 👊 [fighting] 🍼 [taking care of children] 🍀 [luck] ⌛️ [time management]

hello yourself!!! thanks for the ask!

👊 Fighting

Obviously, they're all at least a little capable in a fight, but none are warriors. In a fair one-on-one fight, no magic, they are all significantly less likely to win

Novhen is more trained on crowd control and stealth, so while he can and does hold his own in a fight, he's not the one dealing most of the damage and certainly not the one absorbing it. It's a bit odd for a hero of the land type, but he is thoroughly a support build

Helga has won her fair share of bar fights. She is similarly capable in a fight but relies on tricks of her own to take the heat off of her. As I'm waiting to finish my Novhen replay and current da2 playthrough before starting her, idk exactly how she fights, but she's for sure a rogue and sticks to the fringes of the battle

Pavle, in a standard fight, is probably the most immediately dangerous of the three. Blood magic will do that to a guy. But without his magic, he is by far the weakest. He becomes just a guy. At least Novhen and Helga have muscles

🍼 Taking Care of Children

Novhen loves kids, and they love him. He's very family-oriented and has spent a lot of time minding the younger children of the alienage, and it really shines through whenever he's left with a little one. There's probably been at least one case of a visiting child at Vigil's Keep being seperated from their entourage that he would've successfully calmed and reunited. The kid probably even learned a new folk tale out of the experience

Tying in to the next segment, naturally, he's absolutely devastated when first being a Warden leaves him unable to build his family in Denerim then later when Morrigan does not let him take part in the raising of the only child he will ever have

Taking care of children was definitely a skill Helga had to work to develop, but she ended up pretty good at it after the scariest possible trial and error experiment. She's at least better at it than her piece of shit baby daddy, and the Carta makes for interesting childrearing shenanigans

I don't think Pavle has ever interacted with a child under 5. Even then, he prefers to leave them to someone else to watch. He's absolutely terrible with children and worse with babies. They're gross and loud and unable to take care of themselves. Don't make him babysit ever

🍀 Luck

I've already answered this question for Helga [here] plus my fake deep pontification on Luck being an option on this list at all

In terms of luck as a matter of preparation, Novhen's incredibly lucky. In terms of luck as a narrative tool, this guy gets a hard lot. The first three hours of the game is just L after L

Afyer that, the rest of the game mostly goes with him turning luck in his favor with general success. Most of the "unlucky" things that happen to him (mostly losing Alistair for Loghain) he acknowledges as appropriate consequences for his actions

Lady Luck comes back around to kick him hard for his two big finales though. He takes a heavy beating at the Battle of Denerim which permanently disables him. Then, even when he finds Morrigan, when he asks to accompany her and their child or (preferably) for her to stay with him, she declines him

Also, just being a Grey Warden in and if itself could widely be considered greatly unlucky

Pavle is surprisingly good at evading the consequences for his actions, so he gets off relatively lucky for a mage and an Amell. A Warden's life may be short, but it's still a better life than what he was offered in the Circle. Hell, in my canon, he's not even a Warden; he's a companion! The best life would've been if he could've inherited the Amell fortune, but you can't win them all

⌛️ Time Management

As long as you don't look too closely at his sleep schedule, Novhen has pretty good time management. He gets his work done as quickly as possible and waits to ship it off so that it arrives just when it needs to. If he gets in the habit of sending reports the moment he finishes, people might start to expect early, and we can't have that

Pavle is the type of guy to tell people an overestimate of how long he'll be and still goes over

Like Pavle, Helga overestimates the time she'll need, but unlike him, she doesn't need to. She doesn't like to leave room for error and is frighteningly efficient with her time

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