#ahhh.. poor leon

[custardkittyyy]

(NOTE: this particular ask is for when Leon and Diane are grown up, not teenagers or anything. Although some of the lighter asks of this post may apply across all ages, some more adult topics do not.) Is your OC romantic in the traditional sense? Do they enjoy giving or receiving gifts of flowers or confectionary? Or are there other courtship traditions from their culture of origin that are important to them? Leon is not romantic in the traditional sense. If he is/ever was, it's because he tailored his romance to what Diane most positively responded to. He has no framework of what true romantic actions are beside maybe innocent physical contact.

How important is sex to them in a relationship? Do they see it as something essential to their happiness? Would they be able to remain in a monogamous relationship with someone they loved without sex? I don't think Leon would be that down bad. What he's looking for the most is an emotional connection. That's what he's been after his whole life. He would be perfectly happy in a monogamous relationship with Diane with or without that level of physical intimacy.

How do they feel about public displays of romantic affection? Does it make them uncomfortable? How do they feel if a romantic partner kisses them in public? Leon hates PDA. Even with Diane, the most he'll do is hold her hand.

Do they believe in love at first sight? Have they ever developed a crush or romantic (or erotic) fixation upon a stranger based on their appearance alone? Unless it's toward Diane, then no.

How closely is their opinion of their own beauty (or lack thereof) linked to their confidence? Do they see themselves as more or less worthy of love or sex based on how attractive they feel? I think that since Leon already doesn't think too highly of himself, that it would bleed into this area of his life too. I think it's less about attractiveness and more of how he is as a person. He may not feel worthy of intimacy with Diane because of

Philia – Affectionate, Platonic Love.

Does your OC have a Best Friend? If they do then how long have they known each other and how did they meet? If they don't then do they have a close group of friends they love equally? Or are they more of a loner? Leon has never really had a 'best friend' outside of Diane. He's known her since they were both tweens, and they met at school for special children with superpowers (or the elite)

Does your OC find it easy to make friends? Or are there barriers to them doing so? If so then are these due to issues of inclination, communication, or something else entirely? Leon finds it hard to make friends with other people because not only is he quiet and 'weird' to other people, but also he doesn't really like other people.

What qualities does your OC most value in a friend? Loyalty? Shared sense of humour? Or something else? He absolutely values loyalty above all things.

Is your OC able to build close friendships with people very different from themselves? Perhaps in terms of culture, age or personality? No. Leon is an outcast in general.

What is their most fervent wish for their best friend(s)? How far would they go to make it happen? He wants Diane to love him. He would go so far to make it happen, even if he sacrificed what little personality he thinks he has.

Storge – Unconditional, Familial Love.

Did your OC's parents love them unconditionally? If so then has this helped them feel confident as an adult? If not then how has this affected them? What were the conditions their family attached to their relationship? Leon's foster parents don't even have a conditional love for him. What he is to them is something to show off; something to say 'look at how we took this poor child in, and turned him into a success'. As an adult, he carries part of this relationship over to his relationship with Diane. He wants to impress her, to make her proud of him. Even if they're already married and he does have her in a sense, he's afraid of losing that love.

Does your OC have children? If so then how fiercely do they love them? If they have more than one then do they love them all equally? If they do not have children then is this part of their future plans? Leon as an adult would have children with Diane. He loves them, yes, but not as much as his wife.

How far does parental approval (imagined or expressed) impact upon their current sense of self-worth? What might they sacrifice or attempt to achieve in order to ensure the approval of their parents?

Does your OC have any siblings? If so then did their parents have a favourite growing up? Has their relationship with their sibling changed in adulthood? If they don't have any siblings then do they perhaps feel they have missed out on an important relationship? Do they have any especially close friends who go some way towards filling that role? He does not have siblings, and he doesn't particularly care.

Ludus – Playful, Flirtatious Love.

Does your OC have any particular favourite chat up lines? If not for themselves then perhaps ones they have suggested to a friend? How effective do these tend to be? N/A, he doesn't know how to flirt.

Is your OC particularly skilled at flirting? Have they had to practice this or does it just happen naturally? Nope ☠️

How does your OC feel about one night stands? Have they ever enjoyed a night of passionate romance with a stranger? Is this something they are quite keen on recreationally? Or only something they might engage in under specific circumstances (such as the eve of a battle or after a difficult breakup)? Leon hates the idea of a one night stand. He wouldn't do it with anybody, but if he were to do that with Diane I think he would just feel empty. Maybe even kind of cheap for doing that. He would feel he had ruined everything and felt shame for going with base instincts.

Who was your OC's first crush? How do they feel about it now? Diane. And he's still obsessed with her.

What seduction techniques are most likely to be effective when it comes to your OC? Are there some things guaranteed to get them going? Or are they immune to such things? I can't think of anything because Diane isn't exactly a master at that stuff either. They would both just have to be frank with each other. Maybe Diane might be better at it (which isn't saying much. Leon is super awkward.)

Pragma – Committed, Long-Lasting Love.

Is your OC in a committed long-term relationship (or relationships)? If so then what has contributed to this relationship lasting so well? If they are not in such a relationship, then is this something that saddens them or which they regret? Depends on the Au. Sometimes he is, sometimes he isn't. When he gets lucky and he is, it's the highlight of his life and the reason why he does anything. When he gets *really* unlucky, he either takes out his anger on other people or takes his grief out on himself.

What is the biggest challenge that your OC has had to overcome in a long-term relationship or friendship? What helped them get through this? N/A

Are your OC's parents still together? To what degree do they look to their own parents as a model for their own ideal relationship? N/A ... (bio parents) his father is dead and he got taken away from his mother.

After the initial fires of passion cool to some degree, what would keep your OC engaged in a relationship? Shared goals? Similar values? Or contented companionship? N/A, he's always on fire.

What importance or value does your OC attach to marriage? Do they believe that it is important to make a public statement of commitment to another person (or persons)? Or are they more concerned about inheritance rights and security for their family? Or do they not see marriage as a necessary signifier of commitment and loyalty? Leon highly values marriage. The idea of becoming physically and spiritually bonded with Diane is something that holds him together as an adult. He would do mostly all he does now even if they weren't married, but then being married gives him an excuse. (I.e. "She's my wife, I have to.")

OC Questions on the Seven Forms of Love.

A little list of OC questions based on the seven types of love identified in Ancient Greek thought. Obviously this is a highly simplified presentation of some quite complex philosophical concepts from Classical History, intended more for the purposes of entertainment than education. I also left out Mania, which is arguably an eighth type of love (Obsessive), because I'm keeping it mostly positive in these tricky times!

Eros – Romantic, Passionate Love.

Is your OC romantic in the traditional sense? Do they enjoy giving or receiving gifts of flowers or confectionary? Or are there other courtship traditions from their culture of origin that are important to them?

How important is sex to them in a relationship? Do they see it as something essential to their happiness? Would they be able to remain in a monogamous relationship with someone they loved without sex?

How do they feel about public displays of romantic affection? Does it make them uncomfortable? How do they feel if a romantic partner kisses them in public?

Do they believe in love at first sight? Have they ever developed a crush or romantic (or erotic) fixation upon a stranger based on their appearance alone?

How closely is their opinion of their own beauty (or lack thereof) linked to their confidence? Do they see themselves as more or less worthy of love or sex based on how attractive they feel?

Philia – Affectionate, Platonic Love.

Does your OC have a Best Friend? If they do then how long have they known each other and how did they meet? If they don't then do they have a close group of friends they love equally? Or are they more of a loner?

Does your OC find it easy to make friends? Or are there barriers to them doing so? If so then are these due to issues of inclination, communication, or something else entirely?

What qualities does your OC most value in a friend? Loyalty? Shared sense of humour? Or something else?

Is your OC able to build close friendships with people very different from themselves? Perhaps in terms of culture, age or personality?

What is their most fervent wish for their best friend(s)? How far would they go to make it happen?

Storge – Unconditional, Familial Love.

Did your OC's parents love them unconditionally? If so then has this helped them feel confident as an adult? If not then how has this affected them? What were the conditions their family attached to their relationship?

Does your OC have children? If so then how fiercely do they love them? If they have more than one then do they love them all equally? If they do not have children then is this part of their future plans?

How far does parental approval (imagined or expressed) impact upon their current sense of self-worth? What might they sacrifice or attempt to achieve in order to ensure the approval of their parents?

Does your OC have any siblings? If so then did their parents have a favourite growing up? Has their relationship with their sibling changed in adulthood? If they don't have any siblings then do they perhaps feel they have missed out on an important relationship? Do they have any especially close friends who go some way towards filling that role?

Is your OC able to love without necessarily needing or expecting reciprocation or reward? Or are all their relationships to some extent transactional? Have they ever loved another person unconditionally, whether a child or another adult?

Agape – Selfless, Universal Love.

Does your OC wish to make the world a better place? How far do they see that as being their responsibility? What lengths would they go to in order to help achieve this?

Does your OC feel a spiritual connection to the world around them? Do they have a particular love for nature or living things?

To what extent does your OC believe in the value (or even existence) of true altruism? Do they see an unselfish concern for the welfare of others as being naïve or foolish? Or as a moral quality to which people should aspire?

Does your OC have a religious faith which emphasises the importance of a love for all people? If so then do they try to follow these teachings authentically? Or do they just pay lip-service to them? If not then do they follow a more martial or mercantile faith? Or none at all?

Does your OC find it easy to empathise with their enemies? Or do they see it as important to dehumanise them in order to combat them with sufficient determination?

Ludus – Playful, Flirtatious Love.

Does your OC have any particular favourite chat up lines? If not for themselves then perhaps ones they have suggested to a friend? How effective do these tend to be?

Is your OC particularly skilled at flirting? Have they had to practice this or does it just happen naturally?

How does your OC feel about one night stands? Have they ever enjoyed a night of passionate romance with a stranger? Is this something they are quite keen on recreationally? Or only something they might engage in under specific circumstances (such as the eve of a battle or after a difficult breakup)?

Who was your OC's first crush? How do they feel about it now?

What seduction techniques are most likely to be effective when it comes to your OC? Are there some things guaranteed to get them going? Or are they immune to such things?

Pragma – Committed, Long-Lasting Love.

Is your OC in a committed long-term relationship (or relationships)? If so then what has contributed to this relationship lasting so well? If they are not in such a relationship, then is this something that saddens them or which they regret?

What is the biggest challenge that your OC has had to overcome in a long-term relationship or friendship? What helped them get through this?

Are your OC's parents still together? To what degree do they look to their own parents as a model for their own ideal relationship?

After the initial fires of passion cool to some degree, what would keep your OC engaged in a relationship? Shared goals? Similar values? Or contented companionship?

What importance or value does your OC attach to marriage? Do they believe that it is important to make a public statement of commitment to another person (or persons)? Or are they more concerned about inheritance rights and security for their family? Or do they not see marriage as a necessary signifier of commitment and loyalty?

Philautia – Self Love.

Does your OC have a healthy sense of their own worth and value? Or do they see themselves as failing to live up to their original potential? Perhaps they are convinced of their own sinful or inadequate nature?

Does your OC believe that it is important to love themselves in the first instance? Perhaps in order to be able to give and receive love authentically? Or because they believe first and foremost in "looking after number one"?

Does your OC judge themselves by the same standards as they apply to others? Or are they sometimes hypocritical in condemning others for faults they also possess? Or perhaps they find it easier to forgive others for things that they cannot abide in themselves?

Which of your OC's qualities makes them the most proud? Do they think more people should be like them in this regard? Or do they quite like being rare in possessing it?

Has your OC always had the same opinion of themselves or has this changed over time? Have they learned to love themselves - perhaps with the help of others - as their journey progressed? Or have the consequences of their actions only served to erode their sense of self-worth?

[moonrisecoeur]

Hi moon! Hope you're doing well!

Just wanted to send in a little question in hopes of getting some brain-dumping from you. But, if you want, can you talk more about Leon being needy and touch-deprived? Could be in any context (fluff or smutty) or any version of Leon (because let's face it, he's a pathetic baby across the board) but just wanted to hear your thoughts about that! <3

nicyyyy omg hi :3 i love seeing u on my dash and especially in my inbox heh !! hope you're well and work is good !! i'm doing awesome actually i got a 92 on my midterm that i could have sworn i should have failed. haha anyway!!

mostly fluff but theres a little bit of smutty thoughts too <3

hmm fluffy touchy leon is always such a favorite topic of mine ahhh i love re4r leon being touchy because like c'mon you're like his romantic second partner ever and, not even in like a romantic context, he doesn't get touched a lot!! i mean who is out here giving him hugs and giving him comfort when he's a literal killing machine? he doesn't really even feel worthy of comfort and touch, so he doesn't like asking for it. you gotta disguise it as you wanting comfort or else he'll try to push you away.

"no, sweetheart, i don't need you to baby me. really, it's fine, i don't even like it that much to begin with, it's fine," he says, but then if you say that you want a hug and you want comfort then of course he'll oblige!! and he won't notice it but the way you're rubbing his back in soothing circles as you hold him is definitely a sign that you're doing this for him!!

but also even in circumstances where he doesn't 'need' comfort, he still likes touch. you putting your hand on his arm or resting your cheek on his shoulder is enough to satisfy him in little moments like this.

i can also see every single version of leon being big fan of running his fingers through his partner's hair (or like just patting n petting their head if u got curly hair haha). like!! it's so close and soft and intimate, and he likes making you feel comfy. even if it's a brief hand on the back of your neck, scratching the base of your scalp gently as he leans in to kiss you, he can't get over it.

i also see all leons but especially re2r and re4r being especially fond of his partner cupping his cheek and holding his jaw as you look for little wounds or scratches. you know what i mean? do we see the vision? you're all worried for him, looking at him with such care and gentleness and he's looking right back at you with heart eyes good BYE !!

omggg he loves brushing a piece of hair behind your ear absentmindedly as you're talking. gawd especially like id or re6 good lord, like you're rambling about something and he just sits there listening to you, smiling because he thinks you're the most beautiful thing on this planet, and he reaches out to tuck of a piece of hair away and brushing his thumb against your cheek in the process. god my brain would stop i'd lose any thoughts in my head i would be contractually obligated to suck this man's dick im SORRY OMG

omg you know those guys who say their love language is physical touch but you know its just because they want sex like leon ACTUALLY feels love with touch both giving and receiving. like when he comes home from a mission and just collapses into your arms, poor thing!! you rub his back and press kisses to his temple and he just breaks down crying cux he misses you !! he hates being away from you but for your safety and for his too (because he knows the government would hold your life over his head too) he has to keep going on these missions even though they're literally killing him.

i think he learns to be better about accepting touch and affection overall with age. especially like di leon like he's always giving you hugs and kisses but like he just cannot get enough of you!! he gets less touch deprived and needy the longer he spends in a healthy, committed relationship. he still wants to touch you but he doesn't need it so intensely like he was younger.

also like we sometimes think of di leon like the conclusion, the ending, where he's completely or mostly healed of all his trauma. just because he's not as emo doesn't mean he's full gotten past everything. he's still trapped to some extent. sure, he's not the worn down, pathetic alcoholic old man that he was in re6 or vd and he's got friends he can rely on and he's doing better, but i still think he struggles with feeling worthy of the attention and care of others. he's probably not the best communicator of that either!! so just like with re4r leon, you might have to disguise it as for you as opposed to for him. he recognizes this but doesn't say anything or stop you.

as for smuttyyy hmm i like the idea of leon being touchy and affectionate during sex. like if he's single and it's just a one night stand he met at the bar, then no. absolutely not. he probably won't kiss them on the lips, mostly because he's deprived of that affectionate stuff and will definitely get attached. (edit: actually the more i think about it... maybe he would be overly touchy with some stranger because he's desperate and needs it soooo bad.. what if that scares them away and he gets all sad.. dawg now i'm sad) but if it's his long term partner then he absolutely wants to hold your hand, let you touch him however you like.

on days where he's more needy and touch deprived, i can see him leaning a bit more dominant, just taking what he wants. of course ur not gonna fight him because it's the one time he'll actually seek physical comfort without it having to be a battle between you and his own insecurities. he holds you tightly and possessively, claiming you as his, and gawd i mean what else do you do besides go along with it?

cuz like i don't see him as a total sub (sub leaning switch men x dom leaning switch women representation) but i do also see his neediness manifesting in him poorly communicating his needs. i mean, let's be real. he's not the coolest guy. he's shy and awkward and canonically not good with women (and i'm sure men too). but if you coax him into voicing what he wants from you... he gives in and lets you take care of him.

couple extra random notes:

re2r leon after the events of raccoon city finds it hard to be touchy feely and everything. tries to keep his distance cuz he's so in his head and upset about what happened.

re4r leon struggles a lot emotionally and mentally and thus is very in the most in need of comfort yet the least likely to get it as he can't communicate it very well :( plus he doesn't have a lot of agency/free will in his life so as much as i wanna say "you just gotta give him love!! he deserves it!!" it also feels like he would push away anyone who is too affectionate and loving with him. as bad as it sounds it feels like just another burden being forced onto him.

id leon i would say gives me the least touch starved needy vibes. i also feel like they made him a little too cool in id, he's not loser-y enough to be leon kennedy you know ?? but he's keeping himself busy in order to not have to think about his traumas and problems, and trying to ignore his obvious need for attention and companionship.

re6 leon is struggglinggggg he is barely able to keep himself together and just some gentle touches and love breaks him down to an emotionally needy mess. this is the man that would accidentally be overly loving and affectionate with a stranger he met at the bar.

[lipglossanon]

Imagine stepdad! or dad!Leon spending whole morning at the kitchen and asking you to pass him the sugar from the top shelf as he's making the cheesecake batter. The shelf is high enough for you to stand on your toes to get it. As you raise your hand you can feel him ogling your ass in these tiny shorts you wear, maybe even he grabs one of your ass cheeks🤭 as soon as your mother leaves you end up making sweet sweet (literally sweet) love on the kitchen counter. For the rest of the day he keeps sneaking the french kisses and teases your thighs when your mother's not looking. Poor woman, she probably thinks you just have a very close bond hihi🤭🤭. It's the dream way to spend holidays.

Also happy Easter Lippie! I hope you're doing great.

~🐸 @froggy-anon

🐸 @froggy-anon hiii!!! 👋

Thank you!! And Happy late Easter!! I hope you had a good one!! 💜

Ahhh 🙈 (why am I getting sweet stepdad vibes from this??)

All day he keeps sneaking kisses and groping you when he can (cause aren’t you looking so cute in your little Easter outfit? 🤭). He’s just constantly teasing you 😩 and the mom is totally oblivious 👀 lol

[mad-hunts]

hello, and good afternoon, y'all :D i've been seeing some of my mutuals on here post about what their muse is going to be for halloween and i thought that sounded fun so... this year, barton is going to be a zombified version of leon kennedy from resident evil because he secretly likes the games (poor leon though in this scenario AHHH)

[artemisia-black]

Hi I wanna know whatever you can/wanna tell us about your Dog and Deer AU ? (That’s the Jily lives no Voldemort Au right)? HC, missing moment you wish you could have added,etc :D

Thanks anon :D

Yes it is.

Oh I wish I had added in some scenes of the Aeliana's and Rabastan's marriage. Poor Rabastan had to be killed off to make space for Sirius, but it would have been interesting to show a marriage that was ok but lacked passion. I would have also liked some Aeliana and Leone sibling scenes.

I have a few HCs for the epilogue:

Jily have a daughter called Emma and she and Marcella (Siriana's eldest daughter) are besties.

Sirius buys Harry his first pint

Regulus is a Quidditch uncle and forms a team of his nibling

ahhh anon, I'm feeling a spark of enthusiasm coming back xxx

[bigyikes97]

Leon's eyebrows lost like 8 shades of color in RE4?

they got like 3 shades lighter in RE4 for real like, did he bleach them post-raccoon city?? i mean

RE 2 ^

RE 4 ^

Wahhh I feel so bad imho he looks pale and jaded ㅠㅠ I think that's the thematic intention but still...he's so drained even his eyebrows lost their color?? Faded eyebrows = faded sense of justice?? Grayed lips = grayed morality?? Bleaker colors = bleaker outlook? Ahhh our poor boy!! He's still awesome in RE4 but I miss him from RE2, he looks so sickly here ㅠㅠ

(but not too sickly to PARRY A CHAINSAW??? YESSSS. our king still beautiful just in more of a shredded pale brooding sickly victorian child kind of way)

[kingflups]

Howdy howdy! 8, 14, and 30 for the WIP ask game, if you feel so inclined <333

AHHH YES THANK YOU SOME MUCH <333

Posting this under a read more since 14 is a requested rewrite of a scene <3

8) What’s the fastest time you’ve finished a fic?

oooh it was definitely Old and Guiltridden. That series aired November 11th and I posted the completed one-shot the 24th.... there wasn't even a tag for Transformers:E on Ao3 yet 😭 I think I crunched it out in under a week? Even for a one-shot that was fucking FAST jesums christmas

14) Rewrite a scene from your WIP from another character’s perspective.

A little sneak peak for chapter 5 of "Nights aren't so bad with you"....

Luis shot straight up, and before he could fully processes it, was on his feet. He ran into the hall.

Someone had screamed his name. Leon did.

There was something wrong; If Leon was calling for his help, of all people… His heart thundered in his ears. Shit, should he have grabbed the knife under his bed? Luis didn’t have time to ponder it further as his legs rushed his out the door.

He nearly tripped around the corner going into the living room.

Everything was normal. With the glaring exception of Leon.

Leon was still on the couch, in the same place he had fallen asleep that afternoon.

Without his glasses, Leon was a blurr of pale white in the dark, but the sounds he was making were on mistakable. He was sobbing, uncontrollably so. He was nearly coughing over himself, getting his breath caught between hiccups.

“Leon?!” Luis yelled it, but he didn’t mean to.

Leon buried his head in his arms about as fast as Luis had ran into the room. He tried to force some sound together, but all Leon managed was a string of hiccups.

Another nightmare.

As terrible as it was, Luis let himself sigh. This was something he could at least attempt handling.

“Hey. Hey, you’re okay,” Luis said. He sat next to Leon and wrapped an arm around his shoulder. Leon didn’t pull away, which was a probably good sign.

“I’m fine.” Leon managed this time around. He said it slow, like he had to force his mouth to make all of the right sounds. He immediately got caught on another sob.

“Yes you are.” Luis agreed. “Everything’s okay.”

Under the arm Luis had around him, Leon was shaking. His back was tense, as if he was trying to physically restrain his body out of crying. It wasn’t going to work. Whatever this was, Leon was overflowing with it. Christ, Leon’s open mouth was pressed into his forearm in some poor attempt to muffle the sound he was making.

The thought to carry Leon to the bedroom he just left crossed his mind, or maybe to spend the night in Leon’s bed instead. Being in the same room seemed to help last time. But he couldn’t. Even if his back allowed it, there was no way he could lift a man as dense as Leon off the ground, let alone into another room.

So much for Luis the romantic.

Still, Luis couldn’t keep his hands to himself. He had to help somehow.

With his open hand, Luis cupped Leon’s face. He was hot, almost burning to the touch. Whether it was exhaustion or something else, Leon didn’t recoil. He just shook and continued to sob. That was all the sign he needed. Just once, Luis wiped at the stream of tears pouring from Leon with his thumb. This earned him Leon fully revealing his face; a pair of blue eyes stared back at him now.

Leon’s eyes were saturated with tears. They were red; both from crying and from rubbing them in an attempt to make it all stop. At this point, Leon’s sobbing was still nowhere near done. Leon couldn’t even close his mouth. His jaw hung open as his chin and lower lip trembled. He was still coughing on his own noises, and was too focused on trying to make them stop to notice the tears or mucus leaking from his face. But he noticed Luis’s hand. Leon pressed into it. Leon pressed in Luis’s palm and he whimpered.

It was the saddest, weakest little whimper Luis had ever heard. Luis barely even registered it. But the little whimper was distinctly a break from the choking sobs Leon had been making. Shit. Luis blinked a few times. Was he going to cry now? No. No! Luis bit his lower lip and forced a bit a resolve.

Something like a little noise and head twitch meant nothing in a moment like this. Tears and sad sounds went hand in hand. But Luis felt his chest flutter nonetheless.

“You’re okay big guy,” Luis soothed. “Just let it out.”

He continued to clean Leon’s face, keeping his hand on the man’s cheek, but letting his thumb wander. Luis found he favored the soft skin under Leon’s cheek bone-- that’s where the tears liked to fall, following the curve of his nose.

“Everything’s okay.” Luis promised.

This was really fun, I might come back to this at another time. I just really wanted to answer this ask in a decent time frame, but fuck!!! Rewriting this scene from Luis's POV fucking rocked. I think I need to bounce over the the OG with Leon and retool a few things....I had a fucking blast, 10/10 recommend doing this to your own WIPS.

30) Share a fun fact you’ve learned while writing your WIP.

This one is also for Nights aren't so bad with you! I"m doing some research for a potential creature and was collecting some photos for some inspiration. One of the pictures I was searching out was the Amarok from the Secret Saturdays, which was a cartoon I was obsessed with as a kid (I actually have a decent sized WIP I go to every once in a while with that's an OC ship with the uncle Doyle, who I had a huge fucking crush on because he's a punk beefcake but I digress) This was the image I was searching for!

But! On my journey, I discovered the Amarok was not in fact a cool wolf cryptid made up for a children's TV show! Maybe it was a folk story used in poor taste (I don't remeber, it's been a good over ten years since I've touched this show) I'm struggling to find sources outside of a single few sentences most websites seem to share from a Dutch man's initial book about the topic, but Amarok seems to be an amalgamation of several different Inuit community's translations of "wolf". Sometimes it translates plain out to the word wolf, other times it is a wolf-like creature. When I have a chance, I want to dig into this futher if I can. Folk stories are a favorite of mine and it *appears* that the Amarok as the internet understands it is in fact a Frakenstein's monster of stolen stories, mistranlations, and possibly religious beliefs being told as legend in poor taste. I don't know if anyone else is as interested as I am. but this is the kind of rabbit hole I love falling down

Thanks again for the ask! This was an absolute blast <33

Link to the OG post if anyone else wants to play! Link Here &lt;3

[eat-your-god]

Regarding this docs in RE6 game: 

Game tries to make us to see Leon and Claire like passionate and good surrogate parents for Sherry... 

But this file is so lazy and poor. Claire flu to another continent and assaulted Umbrella's facility to find her brother but she is okey to leaving Sherry jailed for years with the condition she can visit her like "hey Sherry, take this tupper, bye Sherry" while Sherry feels jailed for years and Claire does nothing about this.

Also the reasons to have her jailed was because "she knows to much" (a little girl knows to much, but an adult woman who was actually IN Umbrellas's lab in Raccoon City seems to not be important if she knows or not, it's okey if Claire goes and leaves Sherrys jail despite all she knows… gov is not interested in Claire's dangerous position about telling stuff), later said is because her virus, but then we have in this stupid game, Jake being free while he is Wesker f*king son (and, in general, character seems to be freed after the games, despite their virus, like Ethan). Later they said in re6 file it was because Wesker wanted to find her, like HOW gov knew about Wesker intentions so concretely? You know, you ONLY KNOW about his intentiones because his report, in where he already got her. But gov magically knows so they can put her in a jail so she can stay in the game with the goods ones.

All this game about Sherry's future is lazy, vague and poor written.

Leon made a deal with gov and the deal was "leave Sherry alone" in re3 epilogue, while in re6 turned into "Ah I will work for gov and gov will get Sherry jailed ANYWAY" very good deal, my boy. You are seeing how gov uses girl and turns her into soldier risking her life and both of you are okey. Leon in re6 even told her "ah, I've heard you become agent" like "ahhh yeah I hear this but I didnt visit her nor I confronted gov for this decission"

All this because they were to afraid to make Sherry in Wesker hands as said the original report. And please, do not come to me to say "Wesker got her but prefer to let her in gov" because even re6 files said he wanted to find her. (and I just don't see Wesker leaving a f*ing important virus/person in gov when he can have in his own hands, also I don't believe Wesker is unable to find her, like cmon… Is Wesker).

So for me, Claire and Leon turned into a resigned persons who accepted a girl being imprisoned for many years, and this girl is okey with that as long is helps to move the plot.

Re6 and its poor written stuff. Jake was gonna be Wesker in re6. They changed because it was repetitive bringing Wesker again, but this means Jake campaign was gonna be "Sherry and Wesker campaign", looks more close to the report, (besides always looked strange the campaing was "LEON campaing, CHRIS campaing" while Sherry was "JAKE, THIS CHARACTER YOU DONT KNOW campaing instead her). The changed this in the last time and turned into a son from nowhere so is obvious they changed all the plot about Sherry in jail / in Wesker hands. So everything about Claire, Leon and Sherry being a super happy family was fast written and adapted and of course, it feels rushed.

And please, not, is not like I dont want Sherry to be happy with Leon and Claire, is just the written of all this is so lazy, like when in re2r she just saw her mother dying like 4 hours ago and she is like "can I have a puppy?" this scene should be more bittersweet, doesnt means Claire doesnt care about her, but you cannot just sweeten a orphan girl, traumatized with a virus and with the violent death of both parents like that. And that is not PTSD or shock, she is genuine happy and capcom wanted the scene feels happy and right.

What it bothers me to much is for years capcom, Leon and Claire just ignored Sherry in games (im not blaming characters, im blaming capcom to make them in this way), never speak about her, never let a comment about their relation ship and suddenly is all built off camera in a game, right after you have a official report who contradicts that and for years, fans though she was with Wesker, like Steve. If you are gonna change that, you cannot do rush in the last game and say "ah yeyeye, in all these years they were very friends". SHOW IT. I just dont believe the scene when Sherry talks about them because I dont feel it.

[crossover-enthusiast]

Soooo.. when Leon finally gets out of the basement, he walks out of the house for some reason as Ethan. But he ends up running into Robert on the sidewalk. Robert seems distraught this time. And when Leon asks what's wrong, he explains that he can't find Ross who has been gone for a few hours now.

....yeahhhh ya know what this leads to

It cuts to the whole scene where Streber, Ethan and Kevin try to investigate Robert's house after both are found missing. And yada yada yada, nothing much else happens since its about the same. So I'll skip to what happens after this.

Leon then heads back home, and heads into his basement. As soon as he heads downstairs.. Robert is down there, tied to a pole with both of his arms laid out freely but tied down. Robert, upon noticing him, grows horrified. "E—Ethan?! What.. what the hell are you doing this for, dude?! This—this isn't cool! Why.. why did you kill them?! Did you kill Ross too?!"

Leon arches a brow, before coldly laughing. "Ahhh.. you found out that quickly, huh? Yeah.. I did. Don't worry though. Your friend was trying to kill me. I only did what I had to." Robert grows a bit defensive at this, and yells, "No, he didn't! I know he wouldn't! You're a murderer!"

Leon pauses, before laughing softly. "Oh well.. it doesn't matter. Don't worry. I'm doing this for your own good, you know.. because..."

With a manic grin on his face, Leon says, "I'm gonna let you see Radford again!"

(Stopping so ya can read)

Poor Robert :<

[lipglossanon]

It’s me! Hi!

I come bearing my silly little scenario, which is not smutty for once!

My brains been flooded by the thoughts of Leon (as usual) and im specifically thinking of the og stepbro.

Imagine a reader who likes to just casually bite his love interest, and the Leon who has no idea what’s going on. I think I remember you doing hcs of reader biting all the Leons but this is a specific one 😋

The first time you do it is in early stages of your relationship; you’re both laying on the bed and scrolling on your phones, just enjoying each other’s company. And then you bite his arm out of nowhere. Not hard enough to hurt him, but hard enough to feel it. And then you turn your attention back to your phone, as if NOTHING HAPPENED and the poor boy is so confused 😭

Like his thoughts are racing 100mph and first he’s basically like ‘the fuck? 🤨’ cause he thought you just were horny and this was your way of initiating sex but then you just get back to your phone???? Then he thinks you got mad at him and the bite was just your idea of a physical attack on him. But you don’t seem angry either.

It takes him a while to gather his thoughts and finally ask you.

“Why did you bite me?”

“Why not?” You reply with a shrug.

And then he just kinda goes along with it and lets you bite him??? He even finds it cute and starts to like it.

(though maybe he’ll later give you some bites in the bedroom hehe)

- 🦭

Howdy 🦭 anon!

Ahhh 🙈 I did have a biting hc post but I don’t know where it is now lmao

But yes! I’m all for random biting 🤭 and he’d definitely be confused at first but then just chalks it up to being similar to how a cat likes to bite a person just cause 😝

[palliateclaw]

This just BROKE MY HEART, Jesus Chirst 😭 My poor Leon babe. He just deserves all of the love and support, and hugs, and kisses, and AHHH!

Why do we have to be a stupid royal? Can't we run away together?! I know he would never leave his post and his duties defending the king, but the thought persists

Gotta send a gif of my favorite, handsome boy!

And I’m so glad you did! He looks kind of sad in this one, so this will have a little bit of angst. Hope you like it!

It was the day you had been dreading ever since your father had told you of your soon to be engagement. You had always known this day would come. Your duty to Camelot would always come before your own heart. A fact that your father made sure to remind you and your brother of every chance he got. With a sigh, you moved away from the window and towards the door. Someone was meant to collect you, but you couldn’t sit by yourself for another second. You had to get out of there.

A knocking at your door halted your footsteps. Well, at least you didn’t have to be alone in your walk now. You made your way over to the door, pulling it open, “Thank you for gracing me with your presence, Arthur…” You stopped as you noticed that it was not your brother on the other side of the door. With wide eyes, your lips parted, “Leon.”

He gave you a small smile as he bowed his head, “Your grace.” Your heart sunk as your grip on the door tightened. That was what you were to him now. What you had to be. He noticed your demeanor change and he frowned, “I’ve been sent to escort you. He’s here.” You nodded as Leon stepped back and motioned you into the corridor. Stepping next to him, you kept your eyes on the floor as you moved slowly towards the main hall. Leon walked next you, keeping his distance as best he could.

The pair of you walked in silence as the pain in your chest grew, knowing this was likely to be the last time the two of you would ever be alone together. Your head snapped over to the knight next to you, “I’m sorry.” Shaking your head, you willed your tears not to fall.

Leon stopped, turning to you and gently cupping your face in his hands, “You have nothing to be sorry for.” His thumbs ran over your cheeks and you leaned further into his touch.

You pulled away from him as the doors to the hall opened and Merlin poked his head out. He smiled at you sadly, but you only shook your head. Standing up straight and taking a deep breath, you relaxed your face and stepped over to the doors. Merlin pushed them open for you and you walked in slowly as your presence was announced.

Your father clapped his hands, motioning you over. Stepping over you took his hand as he pulled you over to your betrothed. The man was handsome and he looked nice enough, but he wasn’t Leon. He smiled at you as he took your hand bowed his head. You nodded back to him, trying not to think of how unnatural his touch felt. As gently as you could, you pulled your hand away, clasping your two together as your betrothed stood next to you.

With another clap, your father began to speak of the joining of two kingdoms which was met with thunderous applause. You ignored it all though as you looked over to your knight. His eyes met yours from across the room and you could see the sadness swimming in them. You felt a tear start to roll down your cheek and you moved quickly to wipe it away before anyone noticed. He saw it though and his heart clenched at the knowledge that it was no longer possible for him to comfort you.

[480pfootage]

Rivals

“Raihan..” Leon mumbled into the other man’s back, his hold around him becoming just a little bit tighter, “I think.. I think I was born to battle with you.. To be your rival, I mean.” Raihan could feel the other letting out a sigh of relief, smooshing his face more into him, muffling his voice in turn, “It always felt like- I don’t know- Destiny? .. Like whenever we’re on the battlefield together, it just feels perfect..” The man paused, “I don’t think I ever wanna stop being your rival..”

“You.. You what?” It wasn’t like Raihan didn’t hear him, he was just a little.. dumbfounded. Leon was never one to be good with words, intimately at least. He could play it up while he was the champion, riling everyone up with his pre-match speeches, but with Raihan he.. He doesn’t like to admit it, but he does get a little shy. Maybe that’s why the dragon tamer felt his throat tighten so suddenly at his words, not expecting the sudden barrage of emotions.

“I think that I was born to battle- no wait.. Ahh, let me reword this..”

“N- No wait ‘s fine.” A smile made its way upon his lips, turning around to meet Leon face to face, finding it cute how flustered the chairman looked. “I heard you the first time.. Just had to compute it a little, y’know?”

“I-I didn’t mean to ruin the- uh- soft morning vibes! I just blurted it out! Ahhh, this is so embarrassing!” Leon whined, hiding his face in his hands to which Raihan couldn’t help but laugh at.

“We’ve been married for a year, Lee. Don’t think I can find you anymore embarrasin’ than when you-”

“Aghhh- Shut up- Don’t speak-”

Raihan snickered when the chairman pressed a finger up to his lips, deciding to slip his tongue out, quickly licking the single digit, making the man yelp and wipe it off on Raihan's his hoodie. “Fifteen years together and yet you never learn not to put things near my mouth.”

Leon sighed, rubbing the back of his neck, “At least you didn’t bite it.”

“Hm, hm glad you learned your lesson.” Wrapping his arms around Leon’s waist, the dragon tamer pulled the other closer, slotting their lips together. “Love you.” He said, in between kisses. Enjoying the moment before playfully swatting the other away after he felt a hand tap his arse.

“Breakfast will be done soon. Just warmin’ up some oatmeal to be honest.”

“How soon?”

“Two minutes soon.”

“... I bet we could finish a battle in two minutes-” Leon laughed as Raihan flicked his forehead, his smile almost competing with the sun in lighting up the room.

“And wake up poor Charizard? Let the pokemon sleep, Lee.” Raihan scoffed, leaning down to steal another kiss to Leon's delight.

“Okay okay.. My bad.” The chairman said, still smiling, “.. We’re gonna have a battle after breakfast though, right?”

[1bootyyyshaker9000]

Rottmnt

Leo and y/n. G/n rock star becomes friends with Leo via discord part 1 Platonic or romantic up to the reader. 

Leo wouldn’t stop stealing Donnie's game set so Donnie created/bought a switch lite (the cyan one) for him

“There, Nardo, now leave me the hell alone”

It took 2 days for Donnie to regret that decision because Leon is completely sucked into it, not only that, he’s joined a discord group chat- A DISCORD GROUP CHAT. 

Y/n uses a switch to relax after a big show, being a rockstar is exhausting but hey at least you have DaVinc1 to make you laugh on the more stressful days. 

Does Leo treat you like a noob despite the fact he’s had that switch for less than a week? Absolutely. 

Do you kick him to the zombies in minecraft for his disrespect? OBVIOUSLY. 

Homeboy once got kicked out of the sewers cause of how harshly he cursed your mario kart skills. 

He still won though.

Your trash talk could use work though bc it’s basically: “Your mom” “>:O” 

But don’t worry because the Champion of joking at the worst times is here to teach you.

Leo once got Mikey to play with you both but kicked him fast when he realised how quick you two would gang up on poor leo. 

Mikey and Y/n are merciless. For the sake of the world you two will never meet. 

Leo is the king of verbal key smashing and your band mates are begging you to wear headphones

They love that Leo is helping you relieve stress and that you’re making friends but do you have to play at 4am?????

basic things that can be heard from your gaming sessions:

"Do you think the demon baby can actually feel pain?" [chucking the thing in the oven] "I don’t think babies are real."

"I know you cheated, you fuck, I will find you…and I will kill you." [in the comfort and safety of the actual fucking sewers] "I’ll roll out the welcome mat, Liam Neesan." 

You’re??? only one to understand??? and laugh at his jokes????

He is floored when you send him the most cursed memes out of nowhere at the most random times. 

His favourite is the kwispy one.

Leo will pay you to stop sending him sonic memes. 

Donnie will pay you to keep sending the sonic memes and even supply a few he’s been saving.

After months and months of chatting, killing zombies, killing each other and tormenting virtual babies, you both start wishing you could meet in real life.  

I don’t want him to be intimidated by who I am :( What if they’re  a l l e r g i c  to turtles!!!!!!

both the mad dogs and your band mates are tired of hearing this

Ahhh but fate moves in cunning cold bitch ways. 

Touring to New York City proves difficult when fans break into your room for reasons beyond comprehension, and Leo just happens to be patrolling near the hotel. 

Takes him a second to recognise you in your pj’s and hoodie, and Holy fucking shit balls- Y/N FUCKIN L/N crawling out a window on the 55th floor!!!!!!!!

inching towards the window of the room your manager’s in, and you’re doing a good enough job of it that Leo considers leaving you to your escape, which is too bad he really would have liked to meet-

-your foot slips 

Leo portals to you so fucking fast you have no idea what happened. “Don't freak out, don't freak out” panic-whispers a familiar voice, his hand covering your eyes while he leads you somewhere.

When you do open your eyes you’re on the roof of some pizza restaurant. “What the actual fuck????” 

Your manager was nice enough not to ask why you ran away to get pizza instead of hiding with them.

the restaurant owners were nice enough to get you a ladder.

your manager also upped the security.

[chxckandmxte]

Drinking Starters || Accepting

@kemikorosu​ sent:  "Easy there. Try to sit up."    —    sachi

No longer an active DSO agent in the field, Leon’s life was nothing but the same harsh cycle all over again, his life didn’t change much after his leave, the only real difference, was that he wasn’t involved in the fight again bioterrorism anymore, after the last mission he had done with them, all his experiences he had witnessed over the years finally caught up to him, and the last mission was the icing on the cake that had pushed him well over the limit. The former agent had seen several people he was friends with turn over the years, before his former platoonmates saw the barrel of his gun, it had been former president Adam Benford that had seen it, one of the many losses he still dealt with over the years, and there were still more a laundry list

The years that followed, after the global terror attacks of 2013, it seemed like his life began a downward spiral without even knowing it, there had been a handful of other successful missions until the aforementioned one, watching his entire team get slaughtered thanks to a rat blowing their cover, and that was what did it. Even though he had been spared from any further experiences like that with his paid leave of the DSO, while that did give him a slight sense of relief, at the same time, it also made him feel worse about where he was in his life. An agent who used to be at the top of his field, now a drunken mess trying to deal with the train wreck of a life he was living. Nothing mattered anymore, no one cared about him or his situation anymore, he was pretty much a ghost without a reason.

Raising up his arm, he grabs the waitresses attention. [{ ☣ }] - “Hey, another bottle here. The vodka was good, but I’ll take whiskey this time.”

People only wanted him whenever they needed something, help on a mission and nothing further. All he could do these days, was sit at a bar drinking as a way to cope with everything, the old life he threw away, the fact that he had been fighting for a cause that felt meaningless now, that fire he used to have for justice had long since dwindled and faded just like his will to stay alive. The only sense of comfort he found. Being a cold drink on the rocks, anything to make him forget about it all, his wasted life, crippling loneliness he felt after spending most of his life for chasing a ghost in a red dress -- and with no further contact for well over a decade, at this point, that’s all she was to him, a ghost of someone he had wrongfully given his heart to, and now here was here, alone and suffering for it. She wasn’t worth it, why did it take him so long to see that? It was probably all a game to her, she never felt anything real for him, and frankly, he was tired of waiting.

What the hell was the point of anything anymore? This, was rock bottom, the lowest he’d ever fallen in the poor excuse of what could barely be called a way of living. Many hours later and several bottles down, Leon was absolutely hammered, he was so drunk, that he was seeing double-vision and was beginning to slur his words a bit, it was the most drunk he’d been in a very long time, with no reason to care about his wellbeing, he figured he may as well enjoy his drinks.

After finishing the bottle within minutes, Leon was far gone, the room was starting to spin and he could feel his balance starting to become off-kilter. A relieved and satisfied ‘ahhh’ as he downs his final shot, nothing felt better than the burn of alcohol stinging his throat, the best and only way to numb all his pain. Feeling the booze start to kick in, Leon slowly got up out of his chair and wobbled over to the men’s restroom and did his business, despite being utterly trashed, he still remembered to wash his hands and turned to exit after drying them with a paper towel. 

The moment he walked out of the bathroom, he felt his legs buckle and he suddenly lost his balance and fell over flat on his back with a thud and a pained groan, not long after, he feels slender fingers pull him up along with a voice, a voice he didn’t recognize, whoever these two young woman were(due to his double-vision) they helped him up. The necxt thing he knew, he was being helped to sit up before slowly rising to his feet, standing back up, he pulls his arm back from her, unable to appreciate the help right now due to how heavily drunk he was.

[{ ☣ }] - “Huh? Whoooo th’aaa hell are youuu and whattaya want withee me?” He tries to speak, but his words slur a bit making some of his words tough to catch and hard to clearly understand if one wasn’t closely listening. 

He was undoubtedly going to make a fool out of himself here, and didn’t know it, intelligent thought in his state was tough due to how inebriated he was.

[ashiemochi]

Hello!! How are you doing today? I'm a little late with this ask bc I've been busy and I kinda forgot but here I am djsjsj

Let's start with just the beginning of the chapter omg just the first sentence hooked me in, we're seeing more about so ah's condition and how it might soon take over her, poor baby :( and that thing with her leg healing super fast!!! I'd be freaking out tbh but she's just taking it so well 😭 (and it shows that there's something going on with her ahhh can't wait to learn more about her)

And the note from her dad!!! I feel like we're so close to discovering why all of this happened but at the same time I feel lost bc there's one piece of the puzzle missing and it must be so important?? But like I said before. I do have the feeling that green life was all about good stuff like finding vaccines etc but bc of Frederic it went wrong, and I think he was actually hiding his true goal to them? Like telling them he's working on a vaccine so that they don't mingle with his business so he's free to do as he wishes. (anyways I'm glad so ah is getting suspicious of him lmaooo) and same with her mom's note. You can see that she was getting kinda suspicious bc tbh why would he make a vaccine if there's not outbreak??

And the note leon found!!! The EN-0X!!! This is absolutely what they were injecting so ah with right!! Like the side effects, even when it's said that there's only one subject that made it through, it's her!!! Though in wondering what's the end goal with this omg

And that scene where so ah's phone has no battery anymore lmao I actually thought that it was super cliché but super fitting 😭 (kinda wanna be barricaded with leon too btw)

I really hope so ah is gonna be safe and won't run into chris and piers omg I have a bad feeling about them meeting again </3 we want leon!!! We want them to reunite!!! (and I hope she won't do anything dumb djsjsj like ok going to frederic's office is a good idea to get answers but if she runs into him I have a bad feeling!!!)

And I wish hunnigan would have told leon earlier about the bsaa's involvement like at least they could have been prepared yk </3 and it's so annoying to me how everyone is so quick to think that so ah is involved in all this omg give the girl a break she doesn't know anything djsjsj I'm curious to see all this evidence mh!!!

This chapter was super super great I liked it a lot <3 I might have missed some things bc I'm tired tbh djsjsj but really excited to discover more with the next chapter!!!

omg hi again!! Great to see you again in my inbox💕

I love seeing your POV to this considering I know exactly what's going to happen and such👀 makes me giddy to know what the reader is thinking is happening/going to happen so far!

I was a bit worried about this chapter because it was mostly reading notes but the next chapter should be better and I'm super happy you enjoyed the recent chapter! Tomorrow's chapter reveals a BIG thing so please look forward to it! 💕💕

(Leon and So Ah are going to be reuniting very soon👀 on saturday)

link to fic!💕

[emiefaunwrites]

hm…Leon celebrating Ishimaru's birthday or vice versa?

Hi anon! Ahhh thank you for this! I've done Leon's birthday earlier this year - which is below:

But not Taka yet! Wasn't expecting this til August but really happy to do it now!

I decided to go with their first celebration as a couple (which was like a month after they got together). Because everyone wants a happy Taka, right?

I hope this is what you're after! Thank you so much for the ask!!

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• Taka doesn't do birthdays.

• Well, he does OTHER people'a birthdays of course. They're important.

• But his own? Nah. No point - too much hassle for everyone.

• His dad has always bought him a gift and tried to take time off to be with him. Which Taka appreciates.

• But after a traumatic sixth birthday party where no one showed up and the only present he got from a school kid was a dead mouse, his parents decided not to make a huge deal anymore because it just hurt too much to see their little boy cry on his birthday.

• Fortunately for Taka, he has friends now. Friends who actually want to see him happy.

• And a new boyfriend who wants to spoil him rotten.

• After a bit of prying before they leave for the summer holidays, Leon figures out that Taka is doing nothing for his birthday.

• The thought makes him sad but the idea he has in his head makes it all better again.

• He enlists the help of Mondo, Chi and Hiro (of all people) - asking them to gather up the other people that Taka considers good friends ready for the 31st August.

• This being Hina, Sakura, Makoto (and therefore Kyoko) and Hifumi.

• He asks his dad to pull some strings at Taka's favourite museum and get them an afternoon there with food and balloons and everything.

• And OF COURSE he goes all out to get a present for him.

• Over the holidays, he and Taka don't see each other in person - having video chats whenever they can.

• That is, until Leon asks what he's doing for his birthday.

• 'Packing to go back to school most likely.'

• 'Great. Then we can meet up in the city for a few hours, yeah?'

• Taka wells up at this. He gets to spend HIS birthday with HIS BOYFRIEND!

• 'Yes of course! Thank you!'

• The plan is set into motion and the day before, Leon makes sure that everyone is still on. Which they are.

• He gets up SUPER early to decorate - hiding his present out of sight before everyone arrives and gets themselves ready to suprise Taka.

• He's super nervous when heading to the train station to meet Taka, suddenly worried that his boyfriend will hate it all.

• But Taka's smile has him melting, all worries disappearing into a warm hug.

• They chatter on the way, hand in hand as Leon pretends they're aimlessly wandering but in fact carefully leading them to the museum.

• And as planned, Tska's eyes light up at the sight.

• 'You wanna go in?'

• 'Can we?'

• 'It's your birthday. We'll do whatever you want.'

• Of course they go in. And it takes Taka far too long to realise how quiet it is (because he's totally distracted staring at Leon).

• 'Wait a minute. It's very quiet. Where is every...'

• 'SURPRISE!'

• Taka yelps in shock, grabbing onto Leon's arm at the sound of cheers and party poppers.

• But at the sight of all his friends smiling at him, the balloons that say HAPPY BIRTHDAY and Leon's soft yet nervous smile, he bursts out crying happy tears.

• The boy can't stop smiling as everyone gathers around him, treating him like the VIP he so totally deserves to be.

• There's silly little games that everyone gets into - pass the parcel, pin the tail on the dino...

• And of course there's cake - rich chocolate baked by Hina and Sakura.

• It's finally time for presents. Taka takes a seat as everyone proudly hands over their gifts.

• There's a range of practical (stationary from Sakura and a few hoodies from Makoto and Kyoko) to tasty (chocolate donuts from Hina) to creative (a custom art piece from Hifumi) to downright weird (some strange voodoo things from Hiro).

• When he recieves a personal tablet from Chi and a custom hemlet from Mondo, he barely thinks he can take anymore.

• But there's still Leon to go. Best til last, after all.

• 'Close your eyes, okay?'

• Taka does as he's told, trying to figure out what on earth Leon could have got him.

• But of course he has no clue and is thrown even more when he hears Hina and Chi start cooing happily about 'romantic'.

• 'Alright, open your eyes.'

• The first thing Taka sees is a lot of grey and white. Then as he looks up, there's a splodge of red in the middle.

• It takes a while for him to realise that he's looking at a giant plushie holding a heart - big enough that it's probably as tall as he is when stood up.

• And it takes even longer to realise that it's Totoro - the first film he and Leon watched together.

• 'Happy birthday, beautiful.'

• Peeking around the side is a very anxious Leon, only grinning when Taka smiles wetly and launches himself into a hug that encompasses both him and Totoro.

• 'You like him?'

• 'He's perfect. Just like you.'

• And that's the cue for everyone else to filter out, quickly saying goodbye before leaving the lovebirds to have a tender moment.

• Well. Everyone but Hiro, who Leon roped into giving them a lift back home.

• Poor Hiro has to deal with being a proper third wheel - which he's cool with since he's pretty chill about nearly everything.

• The dude even gets out the car when they stop outside Taka's house to give them some private time - opting to help carry Taka's presents to the door while they makeout in the back seat for a few minutes.

• And oh man, is Takaaki confused when Taka comes into the kitchen with a giant plushie.

• But as he hears about his son's first successful birthday party, organised by his first ever romantic partner, Takaaki's opinion of Leon goes up tenfold.

• (Bonus scene that didn't quite make the cut: Takaaki opens the door to Hiro holding the giant Totoro and gets the COMPLETE wrong idea. Only for Hiro to laugh, say he's just a friend and Taka's making out with Leon in the back of his car.

• 'But hey - don't interrupt them, man. They're REALLY going for it, you know?'

• Inner freakout of the year takes place in Takaaki's mind of his pure, innocent boy becoming a man.)