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royallygray · 8 months ago

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Little bit of (slightly incoherent) background info for this snippet :)

This is canon, but it's part of the "general prequel" aka anything that doesn't actually happen in amsabyh.

This is a soulmate/urban fantasy/superhero AU.

Scott and Pearl are soulmates.

Pearl is currently in the Underground, which is the shady like. below-surface area of the city where all the shady stuff happens and info is hidden in.

Pearl wants to find more info on the Canary Prophecy, but that's not mentioned in this.

I did just rly want to write a fight scene

Before this scene, Pearl has gotten cornered by a ton of bandit people who are definitely gonna kill her.

Your magic can heal you, but it also draws on the life force of your soul.

Scott and Pearl's soul ability is telepathy, meaning that they can hear each other's thoughts and motivations all the time, in addition to almost-but-not-quite having the other's senses.

Pearl totally should be dead from this.

Pearl gets really panicked in this, meaning that her thoughts are the ones almost completely dominating the soulbond.

She's not quite a vigilante at this point. This is one of her first excursions to the Underground.

CW: guns, fighting, gore, idk if I mention blood but Pearl is definitely bleeding

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The world narrowed to only the expanse of Pearl’s senses. Scott’s agonized screams became background music to her fight scene. Time blurred as Pearl dodged and weaved through the masses, holding her wings tightly to her back, stabbing and slashing where she could. People in black clothing shot at her with guns and bows, narrowly missing her most of the time due to Pearl’s panicked magic sparking out of her.

She ran, crouched under the rather low cave ceiling. This was not how she expected her first excursion as a vigilante to go. She ran through the people, who shot and stabbed and shot and stabbed at her, narrowly missing most of the time, and nicking her occasionally. Blood pumped through her heart, her veins, her arteries. Her head throbbed from tuning out Scott.

She ran. She wasn’t this good. She couldn’t do this much longer, even with the use of some magic. Her head pounded. Her body hurt. There was so much going on, the world falling into pieces around her. Her vision was splotchy. She tried to fight, to blast her magic out of her hands, but it didn’t— It didn’t work.

A sharp pain stabbed Pearl in the gut. She couldn’t hear her own screams, but she could finally hear Scott’s agony in her mind.

PEARL!

Scott’s incoherent screams of pain powered her through sprinting through the rest of the bandits, even as she was crouched over, clutching her stomach desperately to keep her organs inside of her.

PEARL PEARL— PEARL WATCH OUT!

Pearl ducked as a bullet whizzed past her head.

Thanks, she sent quietly to Scott. For the first time, she had no idea what Scott was doing, since his energy was clearly being violently depleted by her.

Drop. Roll.

Pearl followed the instructions, rolling into people’s legs and slicing at their ankles.

Run.

She got up, and sprinted through the throes of people. A bullet shot into her left elbow, and her arm dropped from her gut without her consent.

Shit. She vaguely thought of her mom and mama, of Grian and Lizzie and Jimmy. She was going to die here. Without anyone knowing where she was or how she died.

DON’T FUCKING GIVE UP NOW, PEARL!

My elbow’s been shot, Pearl thought distantly, even as gunshots echoed around her. She only felt the impact and not the pain when a bullet shot into her back.

Use your magic, Scott hissed mentally.

Sparks flew out of Pearl’s knife, slicing at people even as she limped through the crowd, getting more and more bullets stuck in her back. And front. And anything that was exposed.

I can’t, Pearl thought miserably, as her head ached from the magic and the bullets and the screaming Rivendellian in her head. Her magic couldn’t run out of her knife anymore. Her magic was too focused on keeping her blood in her body and her wounds relatively healed.

Pearl. You’ve got this.

Pearl forced explosions of magic out of her body, shoving tons of people out of the way. She pushed harder and harder, searching in her body for anything, anything that could help.

Even as her magic drained her, and she put a shield up around her, she kept searching for anything to help. Bullets rained down on her shield, shattering it piece by piece. Nothing was going to fucking work.

She was going to die here, she realized. And—

She found something. Some reserve of magic she hadn’t known was there, and she tugged on it and expelled it out of her body.

These screams weren’t her own. The feedback loop of Scott screaming in her head and apparently out loud were synonymous and took up her entire brain. She kept blindly shoving the magic out of her body, her soul.

She got up, and sprinted through the people, throwing the magic into their faces. People collapsed like a house of cards around her. Everyone fell. No one was spared.

The screams in her head only got louder as she drew on more magic. She shot the magic out of her soul, into the world. She sprinted through the people, hoping desperately that this was the way out.

Go up, Scott’s pained whisper broke through the screams. Shoot up.

Scott had yet to be wrong, so she shoved the magic through the roof above her as the screams continued. The ground was far beneath the surface and Pearl shot the magic through the ceiling, up and up, and she chased it, opening her wings and flying through the tunnel.

And eventually, oh so eventually, she saw the night sky, the stars glinting in the distance. She flapped her wings, desperately shooting up and letting the magic go as she soared into the sky, looking around for a roof to land on. She swooped and dove through the sky, and crashed onto the roof of some building relatively far from her escape.

She sat on the roof, breathing heavily as her heart beat fast. She waited for her heartbeat to slow, breathing in deeply as she regained her vision, and that vision adjusted to the darkness of the night.

She stood up on wobbly legs, ignoring the pain she felt. Scott’s thoughts were quiet. It was possible that he was asleep. It was midnight when Pearl had left her house, and it was probably around one o’clock now. She looked over the side of the roof to where she thought she exited the Underground.

Pearl rubbed her eyes as she looked at the buildings in that direction. There was an explosion of ice and snow around a gaping hole in the ground. Last she checked, she didn’t have ice powers.

She walked backwards, and Pearl hissed in pain as she remembered all the bullets that had been shot into her, the knife she’d gotten stabbed with in the gut.

She hesitantly lifted up her shirt, which was completely soaked through with blood, and holy fuck, that was a deep wound. She…

Was that her stomach? Holy—

Pearl vomited on the roof of the skyscraper.

#soul horizon au #around my soul and beyond your horizon #life series fanfic #life series #pearlescentmoon #maintagging bc this is interesting #trafficblr

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jeonstellate · 1 year ago

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love is · · · — trivias & outtakes

✇༄ spoilers for the entire love is · · · series

✇༄ bulleted list format

masterlist | love is · · · masterlist

[gif’s full credit belongs solely to its owner]

✇༄ disclaimer: twilight from spy x family has nothing to do with this. i just wanted to use a gif of him as a header of sorts. heh.

✇༄ reader/main character will be referred to by their mafia codename ‘sea,’ just to make ramblings easier :]

inspo: plot & conflict

let’s get the general stuff out of the way first

so, this whole mini-series was actually thought of because i watched the “gambler” mv and band version one too many times as i tried to cope w pcd

[i highly recommend the band ver btw. it tempts me to swerve to changkyun every single time, istg]

and then i consequentially topped it off w mafia!aus . . .

truth be told, i wanted to save the hidden baby/secret child trope for future works since i didn’t want to overuse it

[it’s my go-to in my earlier, unpublished works. idk if they’ll ever see the light of day, but they’re def still in my drive somewhere]

i needed a big enough reason for sea to leave a relationship they were otherwise more than happy in — and (un)fortunately, i couldn’t think of any other situation

i figured being responsible for more than their own life should do the trick, so there

a general plot was made, tgt w the root of conflict

a gambler & a danger

ngl, out of all the parts for this mini-series, these two were the only ones that turned out exactly like how i planned them

specifically, the story captured in these two parts were the exact scenes i wanted to tell right from the start

there was no deviation from the original plot/screenplay or whatsoever

it was great

which, now that i think abt it, was prolly why i finished these two relatively quick

since there was no ‘what-if’s to consider

a secret

in contrast, i had a slight difficulty for this part because i had a ‘what-if’ scenario

i had to debate whether hoseok would be traveling alone or not

ngl, i have a tendency to go for the angstier way — but, for this case, the two options had contrasting effects on the story

option one was ultimately made canon

yk, hoseok crosses paths with sea on vacation and basically invites himself to walk around w them lol

but option two . . .

oh boy

did y’all hear abt that one time when hoseok was spotted at the airport w kihyun and changkyun? (it was after wonho became a soloist, so ot7 stans won that day *insert star eyes here*)

but yea, i basically took inspo from that and went— what if?

what if hoseok and then changkyun spotted sea?

then, different from canon, the convo they’d have would be significantly shorter since sea would feel more apprehensive about being in the same place as MX members

neither hoseok nor changkyun would have a chance to get close enough to learn kian’s name or even play w her since sea would of course leave as soon as possible

it’s debatable if sea would even get to think abt asking hoseok and changkyun the favor of not telling the others abt seeing them in their vacation

but, either way, the men’s eyes were still faster than sea since they already caught a glimpse of bebe kian

who, as hoseok canonically puts it, “looks a lot like her father”

now here’s the part that makes me scream— it’s so angsty i personally love it:

what if, as sea turned to leave, they saw someone not too far away who eerily looks like kihyun? looking at them? looking at kian?

[*screams*]

angst level through the roof already ik, but lemme make it worse

sea was written to have a strong resolve, someone who is selfish and selfless at the same time, someone who doesn’t back down easily

so yk what? even if they made eye contact w that person who eerily resembled kihyun, they would pretend they weren’t spooked

they would still leave . . . bc they already made their choice

as for the reason why i didn’t go with that route, even if it was literally the angstiest of the two aka my type lol

personally, i felt like option two would waste all of sea’s efforts to get away

i mean— sure, they would still reunite w kihyun eventually [bc yes, no matter what sea does, they’re still meant to end up w him]

but at least w option one, they had more time to enjoy their freedom — and w that extra time, they were able to have no regrets abt ruining an eight-year long of otherwise perfectly fine relationship

plus, if they saw each other then, sea would still be able to get away since it’d take kihyun a while to recover from his shock

but once he processed everything? he will try to find them. no amount of SVT’s countermeasures and precautions would be able to stop him. he will find sea and kian within two months — three months, tops.

however, as touched on in ‘a compass,’ that was exactly what sea didn’t want. bc they’d eventually end up hating him for real

overall, as much as i love angst, i didn’t want the series to get too messy once the domino effect hits, that was why i ultimately made option one canon

inspo: yoo kian

originally, i planned kian to be a boy

[just bc bb boys are my default for hidden baby!aus for some reason??? yea idk, either]

but then, yk how for some ppl you just see what gender of children “suit” them the best? like, minhyuk’s def a girl dad??

yea . . . same logic for kihyun. although his interactions w kylo are v uwu, i still see him as a girl dad. perhaps not as strong as my vision for minhyuk, but it’s still there

as for her name, sea never planned to completely erase kihyun in her life

they wanted to raise her away from him and out of his radar, yes, but they still wanted kian to have a piece of him wherever they go

hence sea let kian carry his surname and even share a syllable of her name w him

and they were only confident abt doing that bc, again, kihyun didn’t know abt bebe kian — he can’t track both of them using someone he didn’t even know existed

ik the spelling of her name can be considered masculine, but i merely romanized how her name would be written in hangul (키안/기안), so i see no point in giving her the feminine spelling of it

oh! i almost forgot: kian wasn’t actually the first name i thought of for sea and kihyun’s kid

i already forgot what the first name was, but the name kian was thought of after i remembered abt sian from tros lol

inspo: mafia codes

i wanted everyone to have a mafia codename of sorts

the members w stage names were easy, also those w alternate names (as in hyungwon’s case) since i just used those

but for those who have their real names as their stage names, i had to be creative

jooheon became ‘honey,’ after his current stage name that i keep forgetting [srly, i always forget that he goes by joohoney now T_T]

minhyuk became ‘gorae,’ which is korean for whale, his favorite animal

the only one i rlly had trouble w was kihyun’s code name

i personally associate him w hamsters, but i couldn’t thing of anything that could make ‘hamster’ as a code name intimidating, so i had to look for inspiration somewhere else

somehow, in my quest, i stumbled upon the fact that ‘yoo’ — kihyun’s last name — can be spelled as ‘ryu’ in the past

hence his code name ‘ryuki’

as for SVT members . . . there’s a reason why not all of them appeared in the series lol

i mean— besides the fact that it’s a MX-centered fic, most of them go by their real names on stage

and i rlly don’t have the energy to give everyone a creative code name lol

still, i came up with some just in case i ran out of members who have stage names

thus ‘player’ for wonwoo, after the carmen sandiego character and also the fact that he’s a gamer

‘moon’ for junhui, after his korean surname (문)

and two more back-ups i didn’t get to use: ‘ghost’ for seungkwan, solely bc his last name is boo [sometimes i think i’m funny] && ‘polar’ for hansol vernon, after his current emoji representative

though imma be honest

i have no idea who ‘labri’ is

when i first thought of the code name, it rooted from the word ‘lovely.’ when i tried to write it in hangul, it became ‘랍��’ or ‘labli’/‘labri’/‘lablee’/‘rabri’/— you get the idea

but with that, two members come to mind personally: jeonghan and mingyu

if ‘labri’ is jeonghan, it could also be the case that ‘labri’ came from ‘libra’ aka his zodiac sign, with a couple letters switched

however, if ‘labri’ is mingyu, it could also be the case that ‘labri’ came from ‘labrador’

so yea, idk who he is

a favor

despite being angsty, this part was a lil difficult to write ngl

i literally had to rewrite the entire thing three times before i finally had something i was satisfied w

i knew what i wanted to write, specifically what scenes i wanted to show, it was just a matter of how i should tell it

MX’s introduction to kian was originally captured in great detail as in move-for-move

but then . . . idk what was actually wrong w it, but it just seemed wrong for some reason???

i still saved that draft somewhere bc those scenes were so cute to me, but yea . . . i ultimately rewrote it

[sometimes i just don’t get how my brain works, sigh]

funnily enough, the scene that convinced me to even write this part in the first place didn’t even make the cut

like ‘a secret,’ this part also had a ‘what if’ — one that also had a contrasting effect to the story

the second idea was what i made canon

yk— wonho volunteered for the alliance but ryuki ended up the one getting engaged after MX pieced kian’s parentage tgt

but in the initial idea . . .

honey was chosen for the alliance

i didn’t work out how he was picked, but i did work out that he was v reluctant abt it — as in he wasn’t totally on board w it, but still agreed anw bc it was for MX’s future

sea wasn’t SVT’s pick for the marriage in this version tho

instead, honey was set to marry periwinkle aka perrie — someone who wasn’t part of SVT’s core, but a high-ranking member nonetheless

their dynamic was supposed to be like enemies-to-lovers, since both of them weren’t really fond of the idea

perrie was supposed to be rlly close w sea tho: partly bc the former was one of their “guards” until they left the country

which led to sea attending the wedding as a show of support

i mean— sure, for this ver, sea is still avoiding ryuki as much as they can, but with the alliance between SVT-MX pretty much complete, they're a bit more lax abt it than in canon

also bc of the logic that MX didn't find them to begin w before they crossed paths again, so the threat "make sure we never find you" in ‘a gamble’ is still in sea's favor

now here's the scene that convinced me to write this part in the first place but didn't even make the cut:

as it happened in canon, labri still mistakingly hands kian to the MX members before hurriedly leaving

and that event is still the reason why MX members will be able to piece together kian's parentage

although, for this ver, kian will resemble sea more than ryuki

[honestly idk how kian ended up looking like ryuki more in canon when i’ve been dead-set that she should look like her mapa more right from the beginning T_T]

[hoseok’s comment in ‘a secret’ was only supposed to be a signal like “i know who the father is”]

they will still be able to figure it out tho based on her features and other “coincidences”

unlike in canon tho, the one who will pick her up from MX’s house is sea

think “you fcking did WHAT? labri, you’re fcking DEAD. don’t fcking go near my daughter, i’m mad at you. i’ll pick her up myself”

yea, sea’s furious at labri oki

[like, so v much so that they literally signed up to go to the lion’s den unaccompanied without much thought]

and understandably so, since hello?? this whole thing was abt keeping kian & kihyun apart???

not to worry, though

surprisingly enough, had they met this way, they would’ve been pretty civil . . . and calm

i didn’t work out the logistics, but kihyun supposedly harbor no ill feelings for sea in this ver

it’s like . . . after piecing kian’s parentage, he just figures out what exactly happened and just . . . understood

so, yea

for this ver, “the talk” that happened in ‘a compass’ is a lot quieter and calmer

like it literally takes place while the other members painstakingly gather everything that belongs to kian that had been scattered around the house lol

and as a sort of soft epilogue, sea and ryuki would meet again in honey and periwinkle’s wedding reception

where it would be alluded that they would be a couple again in the future

and then [*hits the slate*] CUT

ngl i rlly looked forward to writing the reunion in this ver since it was the reason this part exist in the first place

but

as i progressed writing the opening scenes for this particular part, i realized it didn’t seem realistic that ryuki would just let sea off the hook that easily

sure, this is fiction and all, but i figured kihyun at least deserves some time to show sea that the trauma they caused wasn’t okay

cuz yk . . . we can’t just invalidate ppl’s feelings like that

so yeah

that’s why canon is the way it is

a journey & a compass

frankly, these two parts wouldn’t’ve existed if not for the anons that asked abt them

cuz i fully intended to just end the story in ‘a favor’

partly bc i knew if i extended the story beyond that, i would have no choice but to actually address kihyun’s trauma

not that there was smth wrong w doing that, it’s just . . . i didn’t want to mess it up

even if it’s fictional, that trauma is heavy yk

i think i messed it up anw but yk it is what it is ig

ngl there was only supposed to be one part after ‘a favor’

but, while i was writing ‘a journey,’ i noticed that there would be a shift in the tone?— the color?— idk how to phrase it— of the story

so i decided that it would be best to split the supplementary part into two

one focusing on the “pretending”

and the other on the “closure”

as i mentioned on one of my replies to an anon, the keyword for the last set of supplemental parts was ‘wedding’

yea, i technically could’ve just went straight to ‘a compass’ without having to write ‘a journey,’ that’s true

but there were some information in ‘a journey’ that i needed to mention

don’t ask what it was bc i can’t recall now lol

but yea that’s why there was ‘a journey’ before ‘a compass’ :D

inspo: significant others

sea actually had a name in the first draft of ‘a gamble’ bc i originally didn’t plan on sharing the story here

and every time a story is exclusively for me, i tend to create ocs since that’s what i did before my tumblr writer era

[yes, that’s why my mcmxcvii & mcu stuff are x oc . . . those universes were built years ago]

but anw

sea’s name was choi gaeul

they were supposed to share their last name with their cousin seungcheol

wait actually let me elaborate

they were named as such first

with their first name being from chu gaeul of boys over flowers [aka half of one of my first ships as a kid uwu]

&& then when the time came to pick a relative who share the same surname, seungcheol became an obvious choice

ergo, SVT was ultimately inserted in the story

ergo, the codename ‘autumn’ later on became out of question since that’s what gaeul meant

ngl had i published the story w an oc, bb kian’s full name would’ve easily been choi kian

which strangely would’ve changed the story in ‘a favor’ & onwards now that i think abt it

huh

anw sea’s occupation is an architect

why? solely bc of a small fact mentioned in ‘a journey’: so i can say that they thought seungcheol would simply ask them to design a blueprint for SVT’s house as a favor

that’s v shallow ik, but i always try to be as vague and as general as possible in my x reader fics

so when i do specify some things, they’re more likely than not thought of last min and had to be made bc i had no other choice

that includes the name drops for minhyuk’s and changkyun’s respective partners, actually — since i couldn’t just refer to them as their other half every single time

they’re more than just that yk

i came up with minhyuk’s partner’s name first — nari — bc they were supposed to be mentioned by name in ‘a favor,’ right in the beginning when it was discussed that them & minhyuk were already married by then

for extra measure, i also planned out some things abt nari & their relationship w minhyuk just in case i needed them

like how nari’s works in a flower shop & somehow met minhyuk there one day, allowing for their love story to start [yea, they got the florist-mafia trope. it’s cute]

&& also how nari is actually pregnant during ‘a favor’ & onwards

them seeking advice from sea abt giving birth & parenthood was actually my back up plan for the story flow lol

actually, that also includes them offering to babysit kian for “experience” [one of my drafts actually had a scene where ryuki & sea had a fight abt this lol]

funnily enough, the name nari was thought of bc i remembered abt the narra tree

it was rlly random, but that basically gave my name search a direction — name starting w n, meaning possibly related to plants

&& tada~ nari means ‘lily’ — or so google says

i didn’t bother thinking of a surname for nari though, or hayeon too, for that matter

in fact, changkyun’s partner has less info planned out compared to nari

most likely bc i didn’t intend them to play a huge role in the series or appear at all

but alright, here’s everything i came up w abt changkyun’s partner

their name hayeon was from one of the former kids in tros [i just think it’s a beautiful-cute name, nothing else]

they’re a doctor, speciality unknown — most likely smth related to surgery tho

mostly bc the trope that i thought for them two involves kyun getting wounded && hayeon fixing him up

i did consider that hayeon was prolly the first person to know abt sea’s pregnancy

and, for some reason, sea was alright w them knowing

specifically, for wtv reason, sea knew hayeon would keep that knowledge a secret from MX

i didn’t rlly flesh out the ‘why,’ exactly, but it was def hinted in ‘a compass’

smth abt what happened to hayeon will fs prompt MX to tighten their security/surveillance around sea when they find out that they’re pregnant

ngl what ‘happened’ may or may not have involved hayeon getting kidnapped . . .

and let’s just say hayeon believes that it’s better to stay away from any mafia than to accept some sort of protection from them

based on their experience, yk the mafia protection basically failing them, they have the right to feel that way

so yeah: sea knowing that particular belief of theirs def played a part on why sea would feel safe sharing their secret w them

&& also why hayeon was intentionally ‘absent’ in the series compared to nari whose scenes just got cut: they were staying as far away from all the mafia shenanigans as much as possible

which, really, wasn’t difficult for them to do given that they’re a doctor & everything

since we’re on the topic, i might as well mention this

hayeon & changkyun’s on-&-off relationship was def influenced by their kidnapping

i won’t go to details bc i didn’t actually flesh it out

but, as i see it rn, their story def has so much angst in it that i can’t even guarantee a ‘happy ending’ for them if i ever write it

final notes

this rambling has gone on longer than i intended

i didn’t realize i had so much to say abt the ‘behind’ of this series oml

but anw

to close, i just want take a moment to thank you guys for reading & showing interest in ‘love is · · ·’

it’s the first series i finished wo having all the parts prewritten before posting, so all the interactions — the likes, the reblogs, the comments, the messages — really drove this to completion

i read all the reblogs, tags, comments, & msgs btw, even if i only replied to the asks

mostly bc i despise how it’s my ‘main’ blog that replies whenever i answer a comment smh

&& like . . . idk how i can answer reblogs/tags . . .

i love reading them, actually

i went back to read every single one of them multiple times to help me finish everything. they helped me a lot fr

and i uh— i’m so sorry i broke your hearts several times

i’m admittedly just good at dropping angsty one-liners && my fluffy writing needs a lot of work

so hopefully the hopeful ending made all the heartbreak worth it . . . somehow. somewhat.

if there’s anything you’re curious abt that i didn’t address in this lengthy ramble, pls send me an ask here!!

feel free to send me other stuff through there too: what you liked abt this series, what frustrated you, idk. wtv else you think of

that way i can actually reply *insert dancer emoji, three times, here*

forewarning tho: you might get a reply that’s more than what you asked for bc i tend to overshare—

but anw yea

from the v bottom of my heart, thank you for tuning to ‘love is · · ·’ and following ryuki & sea’s story (⌒▽⌒)♡

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darkpoisonouslove · 2 years ago

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I heard Infinity by Jaymes Young the other day and Idk why but at the line "And we could wear the same crown ... We are the gods now" I've got Griffin and Valtor vibes and then a thought occurred to me. We know Valtor saw himself as THE wizard of the dimension and always wanted more power. I see him like that in the past too. I also have that headcanon that the circle consisted of several wizards and witches and it was regulated hierarchically, so Valtor was obviously somewhere in the top because he was the strongest member. And while Griffin was still an circle member she has also an high position.

Do you think Valtor ever compared himself and Griffin to gods in general? Because with his ego I can see him doing that with himself. But do you think he also sees Griffin as his "Queen" and wanted the people around them and who are under them to respect her like that? And what would happened to the people who don't ? (He knows she can handle herself but I can also see how he's doing what ge wants to)

First off, I had assigned Infinity to my The Heart Wants What It Was Promised by the Stars fanfic. I hate to link it here because both the writing and characterization are very outdated and I cringe when I remember it BUT I have to give context to what I'm talking about. I did also have an AU of that AU which I now think should have been the main story. Valtor gets executed, Griffin somewhat moves on to where she's happy enough with her husband and they have a child, then Valtor comes back and can't stand the fact that she's married to someone else and isn't completely disgusted by that fact. Worst of all, Codatorta knows Valtor is there and yet, he hasn't given him up to the authorities which would force Griffin to choose Valtor. So Valtor starts trying to convince her that Codatorta doesn't really love her (because he's not possessed by murderous jealousy like Valtor is) and to piss off Codatorta enough to break up their fragile bond so that Griffin can be only his again. Don't know where I would take that but I am liking it more and more. Brain, no! Brain, yes!

As for Valtor feeling like they're gods and she's his queen? Long Live the Queen. It's a fanfic I wrote 3 and a half years ago inspired by Halsey's Young God which is THE GxV coven-times song.

Also, I have more thoughts on how the Coven works. These are all about my rewrite and I was planning on keeping my mouth shut but since that's probably just going to end up as me doing bullet points of my ideas for each episode, I figured I might as well talk about them now.

In my headcanons the Ancestral Witches are incorporeal because otherwise they would have wrecked shit all over the universe, not just on Domino and not just that one time. Plus, they are pure evil and their purpose is to destroy the whole universe. For that they have to snuff out the Dragon Fire first, though. But they are incorporeal. So they are trying to acquire bodies and this is where their descendants come in. Anyone can become a descendant of the Ancestral Witches but I am not going to explain that now (I think I might have done it already somewhere but I have too many posts to know for sure). The Coven is formed by the descendants so that they can get everything done to help the Ancestral Witches get bodies. Plus, they can possess their descendants but they don't like to do that because it confines them to the power level of the people they're possessing aka it leaves them too weak (and the possessed person dies once they are done possessing the body).

The Coven is ineffective because there's a lot of competitiveness between different groups of descendants as they're all trying to prove themselves by being the ones to actually achieve the goals of making the Ancestral Witches corporeal and destroying the Dragon Fire. The Coven almost gets wiped out but because the Ancestral Witches can only be killed if their essence in the Whisperian Crystals is destroyed, new descendants keep appearing and the Coven reforms again. The Ancestral Witches create Valtor, though, with the idea that him being under their direct control makes him perfect to act as a leader of the Coven to avoid such uncoordinated disaster again.

Everyone in the Coven is kind of fawning over him or at least trying to impress him to further their own ambition and as much as Valtor likes being the center of attention, he really hates this situation because he knows that they only care about him as an extension of the Ancestral WItches. Plus, he thinks most of them incompetent and dislikes working with them (because like I said, anyone could become a descendant of the Ancestral WItches without consideration of power levels or abilities or anything else). But then he meets Griffin. Her particle manipulation magic is very rare and intriguing. He thinks it might have something to do with the Dragon Fire because it created everything and her magic is based on the similarity between all matter. It does not have anything to do with the Dragon Fire as magic is more self-actualization and Griffin has always considered change (of the system) her primary goal so she manifested that magic for herself.

Still, that makes her very impressive in a whole another way. And Valtor likes that she can keep up with him (but without surpassing him) even though she doesn't have as much experience as he does. Plus, she's a challenge in a way because she's not that impressed with him and is giving him the cold shoulder which just makes it that much more important to him to seduce her. And he knows she's with the Coven because of him. She's not a descendant of the Ancestral Witches and everyone was pissed off when Valtor brought her into the fold but she's been giving more than amazing results so the Ancestral Witches deemed her useful. From then on, Valtor makes it clear that anyone that dares look at her the wrong way is dead because all the other Coven members are expendable and Griffin is his.

#winx club #winx griffin #winx valtor #griffin x valtor #covenshipping #winx headcanons #wc rewrite #my fanfic #music #au #ask #anon

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kbirbpods · 1 year ago

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Look below the cut for kbirb's @purimgifts 2024 letter (a little late, I'm sorry, it's been so hectic these past few days)

For reference, check out my "dear podficcer" letter from ITPE, which goes into more detail, as I know we want to keep these short and sweet! (It doesn't look short because bullet points but trust me... I tend to be wordier)

Hi! I'm kbirb on ao3 or Kaje to the wider internet/many of my IRL friends. I'm a nonbinary creator - typically podfics & graphics, though I do occasionally spill words onto a page and call it writing. I started podding in August 2022.

I think it's easiest to put it this way:

Triggers/Squicks/No-Thank-Yous:

Rape/non-con/dub con - with the caveat of rape recovery and abuse recovery being something I do enjoy in stories

Incest - I understand that to some portions of the fandom, clone shipping is called clonecest, but I do ship clones (with some caveats)

Underage/power dynamics - as a teacher, it's a major no from me

On-screen suicide/suicidal ideation - aka, if a character is recovering from suicidal ideation? That's fine. A character commits the act or seriously considers it? No thank you. It's easier to just say a blanket no to it

Cockroaches - idk I just hate them so much

Yes Please Times 1,000:

Slice of life

Modern AUs

Fluff in general

Hurt/comfort

Soulmate AUs (my faves)

Period piece AUs (especially regency era, oh my)

No Order 66

Crackfic

My favorite ships (applicable to this exchange, so focused on Jewish characters/women/Jewish women):

I tried to pick from all the fandoms I listed but I like a lot of gen fic in some of them. Especially ones like OFMD where there's not that many women in the first place, so I like fics that focus on women being power houses.

Star Wars [most of my SW ships are M/M so this is a little limited]: Ahsoka / any woman ever (well not ever but you get it), Kanin/Hera, Jyn/Cassian, Bail/Breha/Fox, Bly/Ayla

Ted Lasso: Keeley/Roy, Keeley/Roy/Jamie, Rebecca & Keeley, Rebecca & Ted

Batfam/DCU/Young Justice: Harley/Ivy, Kate Kane/any woman ever (again, not ever, but you get it), Jason/Kori/Roy, Artemis/Wally, Barbara/Dinah, Barbara/Kara, Barbara/Dick, Selina/Bruce, Selina/Harley/Ivy

The Locked Tomb: Gideon/Harrow, the fucked up polycule that created Gideon

The Adventure Zone: Lup/Lucretia, Lup/Lucretia/Barry, Aubrey/Dani

The Old Guard: Quynh/Andy

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Willow/Tara, Buffy/Spike, Buffy & Willow, Buffy & Tara

Six of Crows: Inej/Kaz, Inej/Nina, Nina/Mattias

The Good Place: Eleanor/Chidi, Eleanor/Tahani

My favorite canonically Jewish characters from my listed fandoms (tragically there is only a few due to the fantasy world element of many of my fandoms):

Harley Quinn (DC)

Kate Kane (DC)

[some versions of] Bruce Wayne (DC)

[some versions of] Barry Allen (DC)

Agnus McDonald (TAZ)

Willow Rosenburg (BtVS)

Also Roy Kent, my favorite character in all of media, is played by a Jewish actor.

I really like fics that portray Bruce as Jewish, due to Kate (his cousin) being Jewish, and especially ones that branch into exploring Judaism for the entirety of the Batfam. For example, I recently did a podfic of one for ITPE that was different Hanukkah stories!

Further, I love love love any fics surrounding trans women or really any fics that bring a new focus to a character that we haven't seen before!

Trans Clones!! My favorite thing ever in the SW universe. I have several of my own nonbinary/trans woman clone OCs. If you wish to make any characters trans, the only clone/clone ship I do not ship is Cody/Rex because they feel like siblings to me. My favorite clone/clone ships that could be made trans are: Rex/Bacara, Wooley/Longshot, Waxer/Boil, Hevy/Fives/Echo, Fox/Fives/Echo. My favorite clone/jedi ships that can be made trans are: trans!Bly/Ayla, Cody/Obi-Wan, Fox/Quinlan, Hevy/Jon Antilles, Fox/Jon Antilles, Fox/Quinlan/Jon Antilles

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to reach out to me in an anonymous ask... or reach out to my best friend, FLOWERPARRISH, on discord if you know zir/on here and ze won't tell me who you are. Ze knows me very very well & might even be better to ask if you don't want to spoil a podfic or anything!!

#purimgifts #dear creator #dear podficcer #dear author #dear writer #purim #purim gifts #purim exchange #kbirb #okay wordier than i wanted but i am incapable of talking only a little #it's my fatal flaw #sorry not sorry???????

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flintwoodandco · 8 years ago

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@slyther-ing replied to your post “Hello stripper anon here, boi don't just leave me hanging man hell...”

INDIGO WHAT DID I MISS

UR JUST IN TIME JOIN THIS MESS OF STRIPPER RESEARCH I’M ABOUT TO BE SUCKED INTO

#aka idk which au i want to bullet first #flintwoodandco replies #slyther-ing

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i4sgwr · 2 years ago

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NOT SO FAST NOW

ꕤ characters: Eren, Armin, Connie

ꕤ summary: Speed limits are just suggestions, right? (aka: the boys get pulled over for speeding)

ꕤ warnings: gn!reader bc nothing implies anything else, police officer!reader, modern/street racer au, bullet point format + tiny blurbs, idk the specifics of getting pulled over so bear with me

. . . requested by anon! i hope this isn't like, bad (?). i didn't want it to be super long, and it's probably a little ooc but i suppose that's my specialty

REBLOGS ARE APPRECIATED!

EREN JAEGER

you knew exactly what was happening as soon as you saw his car zoom by, followed by another. you had been hanging out in your car waiting for him, actually. it’s been said that this area got a lot of racers and of course, you’d be put in charge of catching them.

you flip your lights on and make the trip in the direction of the car you were after, surprisingly catching it just as the race presumably ended.

you see everyone scrambling to leave the area as you approach, but you got to the main culprit just in the nick of time.

“There a problem, officer?”

The brunette in the driver seat gives you a knowing smirk, one you’ve seen one too many times and didn’t have the patience to deal with. Still, you go through the necessary motions.

“Do you know how fast you were going?”

He rolls his eyes with a chuckle, “I do. It was intentional.”

You huff, irritated. What a smartass.

“I’m inclined to give you a ticket, sir,” you state, flatly.

“Awe don’t be like that,” he teases, “We were just having some fun. Can’t you let me off the hook just this once?”

You knew you shouldn’t, and quite frankly you weren’t supposed to. But he said this was the first time he ever got caught — to be fair, you didn’t really believe him, but it was late and you were getting nowhere with him anyway. So you let him off with a warning, to which he responded,

“Make sure you’re the one to pull me over next time.”

As much as you didn't want to be the one to do the job next time, you couldn't seem to get the scenario out of your head. Perhaps he left you with something to think about — unintentionally charming you without even trying.

ARMIN ARLERT

Armin only recently got into racing, after enough convincing from the other guys. he actually enjoyed it though, and genuinely looked forward to his first proper race

it was thrilling — speeding down the empty street with the anticipation of reaching the end first. it was thrilling up until you showed up though.

Armin was immediately taken aback, slightly disappointed in himself as well, knowing this was a more than likely outcome.

“I’m sorry,” the blonde blurts out, before you’re given the chance to speak, "I guess I got a little carried away."

"A little?" you scoff, though you chuckle lightheartedly after, "You shouldn't be racing out here, y'know."

"I know," he sighs.

He had a kind look in his eyes, as if he had no ill intent. You knew he didn't, still, that didn't justify his actions. You should've given him a ticket, yet you were feeling kind tonight.

"How about I let you off with a warning?" you suggest, leaning down to be eye level with him, "I just can't promise you'll get away with it next time, if I'm not the one to catch you."

His eyes widen a bit, like he wasn't expecting you to spare him. He's quick to turn his shock into gratitude.

"O-okay, thank you," he says with a nod.

"Pass the message on to your friends too, alright? Have a good night."

You give him a polite smile, one he returns before you part ways. Armin was admittedly shaken up after his interaction with you — not like you could blame him, he was convinced he'd be leaving with a ticket. And yet he didn't. He was grateful, honestly. God forbid he gets in trouble again, he wouldn't mind too much if it were you to catch him.

CONNIE SPRINGER

Connie knew all too well that he'd probably get pulled over but he didn't really care. he enjoyed racing, it was fun. it wouldn't be an ideal way to end the night to leave with a ticket though, so he still hoped he could get away with it.

he ends up winning the race, shockingly. his adrenaline was through the roof, but his excitement quickly became anxiety when he saw the lights of your car coming.

Connie remains in his car, waiting for you to scold him just like he had anticipated.

You say all you need to, asking him about his speed even though you knew he was aware of it. He simply gives you a run down of the situation, explaining the reason he was driving so fast even though you already knew why. But then, he started to blabber on about why you shouldn't give him a ticket.

"Sir, what kind of person do you take me for?" you cock an eyebrow, amused.

"You seem nice enough," he starts, "You're pretty cute too. You really gonna stress over a speeding ticket when you could be doing something better?"

"This is my job," you state flatly, "You're lucky I'm even making conversation with you."

"I wouldn't mind rescheduling this conversation," he smirks, as if he were implying something.

You roll your eyes, already getting ready to write his ticket. He quickly apologizes, hoping to get out of this despite the situation not looking good. Instead of a ticket, though, you hand him a note with your number on it.

"Don't let me catch you again. You owe me for letting you get off easy."

taglist! [ @bleubrri @discordkittenjoestar @erwnsmith @bunnyyamor @ofallthingswhythis @arlertwitch @thatonerandomsimpinthecorner @prblmtic ]

#[📩] requests #[ hcs ]#attack on titan #aot #eren jaeger #armin arlert #connie springer #attack on titan x reader #aot x reader #eren x reader #armin x reader #connie x reader

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shineoko · 2 years ago

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Heyyyy. As a request can I ask that you do a small enemies to lovers bullet point au with Jaehyun or Yuta if it’s ok and your not busy.

Hi !!!!!!!!!!!

Idk if I did this right but I had too because I need to write an e2l with Jaehyun and I have way too many assignments on my hands plus I feel the need to experiment with writing styles + post ;)

Yuta will be linked here as a kinda part 2 whenever I write it

also!!! This is a kinda British au where my lazy ass can’t figure out the American or Korean system and ofc there’s a lot of swearing and ofc I have to use British slang (Dw u can just Google that) anyways below is a brief summary of the British school system I’m following here

primary school | ages 4 to 11

secondary school + sixth form | ages 11 to 18

university | ages 18 to 21+ DISCLAIMER !!! This is not a part of start up

not this taking me 3 whole ass week to write

Sooo

You met Jaehyun when you were a child

not even a child, A TODDLER

Luckily your parents only ever interacted with themselves and didn’t force you two together as you both would blow raspberry’s at eachother and keep arguing like

“Teddy’s better” “no frosty is better!” “No teddy’s better” “no frosty is better”

aka. The first and last time your parents even dared to put you in the same room

ok time-skip to secondary school (yes we using the British system here) y’all were 11 and kept on getting detained for fighting in the common rooms (cafeteria)

some of your friends and fellow schoolmates even made bets on wether you two would fight over a certain thing or two

worst part was that you were literally in the same classes 6/5 (you see my joke there 😏)

In English, y’all would be fighting over wether the word was spelt wrong and had to be shut up by the teacher giving you a detention

then at lunch you would walk up to your friends and be like “That ugly assless mf got me a detention again”

and he walks up to his friends like “that pathetic petty bitch got me a detention for the 400th time this fucking year”

aside from the secondary school shenanigans, y’all would’ve never guessed they you applied for the same university

my g (yes that is my vocabulary) became a part of the resident American frat-wannabes because before you met him, he used to live in America for 4 years which matches the fact you both met at the age of 4.

anyways

apart from the ‘will y/n and Jaehyun sort out this beefy shit’ club and the annoyingness of Jaehyun, life was ok

except that the only thing you were talked to about by another student was the annoyingness of Jaehyun or the beef u two got

one Monday you were just in your way to your dorm room when you heard a cry coming from one of the empty classrooms

Do to your insatiable curiosity, you had a lil peek through the door

you couldn’t believe your eyes

there in the middle of en empty lecture hall was your demise, Jung Jaehyun, sat on the floor crying alone with his knees used as a shield for his reddening face.

you swore Jaehyun was you enemy but you couldn’t just leave him like this

you quickly opened the door of the lecture hall and ran straight to Jaehyun gently putting down your bag (bc of the laptop ofc) you kneeled beside him

”Yo Jaehyun what’s wrong” you said in a way that you wanted to state that your still enemies but you’re actually concerned

“y/n…” he said but stopped as his voice started cracking

he sounded frail

as if he was an egg shell that could break in a matter of seconds

and so with the worry clearly evident in your voice you said again (damn why tf dis shit sound like Shakespeare language) “Jaehyun.. what’s wrong”

and he just sat there

then he suddenly mustered in the most whisper-y of whispers “you’re wrong y/n. why the fuck do you have to be so cute all the time.” He snaps :0

then you just sit there like (and the woman was too stunned to speak)

“Bruv, my g, u just called me cute”

and he’s like “yup”

an then you talk for a long time until you realise it’s literally curfew

and your like

”nice talking, its curfew Jaehyun”

and he’s like “can I just go to yours instead, I’ll feel lonely and I mean what I said earlier. you are really a-fucking-dorable”

You think for a sec and realise you don’t have a roommate and your like

“let’s go I guess, but don’t try anything cheesy”

(You can imagine what happened in your dorm 😏)

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cherryhanji · 4 years ago

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flowers don't tell, they show

bulleted scenario. stray kids (hyung line) x female reader

genre: florist/flower shop au, fluff (idk what else to put lol)

words: 1.6k

warning(s): none (a single curse word maybe?)

description: what if you received a flower from your own shop?

alexa's note:

so hello there my friends! stay at home this valentines'? (actually u don't need a boyfriend/girlfriend to celebrate valentines. love is not only for couples! it's for everyone! have u heard different types of love?) well, i just want to give my lovely bubs here the half of my cute lil valentines' gift. and i hope y'all like it! *kith kith* (maknae line will be posted tomorrow)

just a quick disclaimer:

so i really don't have that much knowledge about flowers and their specific meanings, i just googled them (sorry) so if i interpreted something that you think is wrong, pls tell me right away. thankies!

•••

BANG CHAN

• your cutie af neighbor who highkey endorses your shop to his fam and friends, in which you are so grateful of because it really helped your business a lot

• "your flower arrangements are so damN beautiful"

• always gives a cup of coffee every morning before you go to your shop

• "cheer up! florists like you are always appreciated. Don't be sulky, okay?"

• one time you went home really exhausted

• valentines' day is always the holiday that makes your business boom a lot

• only seeing a bouquet of flower sitting nicely on your doorstep

• realizing that the bouquet was the one you made a while ago, but didn't have the clue who the person who bought this from you.

• "I know it's very exhausting, since morning, I know you'll get exhausted, so I bought this for you, hoping that it will lift up your mood and put a smile on your face."

• "keep on smiling, it makes me smile too. - CHAN"

• he's right. Definitely right. Because as soon as you read his small note, that bright smile on your face never faded. all the stress from the shop was completely removed by this unexpected gift.

• "He's really a sunshine, as what they always say."

LEE KNOW/MINHO

• "flowers easily wilt and die soon, why are y'all spending your money with that?"

• "minho, if you just went here to mock my family's business, I am happy to tell you that you may now leave"

• "Fine fine. They're beautiful, okay? Like you"

• "oh shut up"

• Minho always annoy the shit out of you every weekends. And when you say weekends, it means Saturday and Sunday because you always help ypur parents manage your own family business which is a flower shop.

• Your mother loves planting, especially growing flowers. And as a daughter of a florist, you grew to love it. Which gives you knowledge about different kinds of flowers and their specific meaning.

• "being a florists' daughter, what's your favorite flower?"

• you smiled at his expected inquiry. your classmates already asked you the same question.

• Minho is your friend for quite a long time already, though you weren't surprised he asked this question, but what's surprising is he asked you about this just now.

• "I actually have lots of them. truthfully I love all kinds of flowers. But I have this one thing on my mind."

• he looks a bit interested, knowing Minho, he's not into flowers, telling you that he always catch allergies whenever he stays near them. Not having an idea why he always manage to go to your shop that is full of flowers and not getting allergies at all.

• "I really love this flower called goldenrod. Aside from its cute little yellow flower heads, I love it because of its symbolism."

• "it symbolizes encouragement and growth, and apparently this flower brings good luck to everyone. Isn't it cute?"

• "Kinda. You know, rose and sunflower are the only flowers I am really familiar of"

• You laugh at his adorable confession, he's right. Most of your customers, example of them are teenagers like you order roses as a gift for their special someone.

• Little did they know, there are different variations of flowers that can really interpret what they feel

• "I heard that Camellia symbolizes adoration, am I right?"

• you were shocked that Minho, a guy who only knows roses and sunflowers knew this.

• Camellia symbolizes adoration, some people give Camellia to tell how much they adore and like that certain person.

• "yeah, you're right. How'd you know that?"

• "Google, duh. Anyways, do you have a stock of Camellias today? If yes, can you please arrange me a bouquet of it?"

• As expected, Minho and his sassiness. But knowing that he'll purchase a camellia from your shop consoled you a bit.

• Giving you his payment, you immediately arranged the camellia bouquet, your favorite arrangement. Showcasing your talent in front of him

• Which you think is effective because you can see how attentive he was from your peripheral view, making you feel a bit awkward.

• But your mind came to abrupt stop after you gave him the bouquet.

• "w-why..?"

• "it's for you, idiot. Good job in arranging the bouquet, you received a pretty bouquet of camellia flowers.

• "the flower says it all. don't ask me why."

CHANGBIN

• "The most expensive bouquet of flowers you sell in your please."

• You frown at the way Changbin address his order to you.

• In your University, Changbin is that one "delinquent, rude-looking guy from your class".

• And your first encounter with him isn't that good. Leaving a bad impression of him to you. So you were kinda surprised to see him in your shop.

• Seeing Changbin, dressed in black leather jacket with lots of piercings hanging on his ears with a colorful bouquet of flowers from your shop in his hands? nah, that's strange for you.

• "are you really this good at arranging those flowers?"

• his "lowkey compliment" made your ears perked up. You and Changbin aren't really that close, given your bad first meeting with him.

• "Uh, y-yeah? Because I do this for a long time now. So I'm already used to it."

• Giving his order to him made your face a bit flushy, your hands accidentally brushed against each other.

• You just handed his order, but why do you feel something in your stomach?

• your eyebrows knitted when he gave back to you the flowers, hesitating to accept it.

• doesn't he like the arrangement?

• "w-why are you giving this--"

• "I'm sorry if I left a bad impression to you. I swear, I didn't mean to be rude to you. I am just totally pissed off that day. And I wished that the ground will just eat me alive when I knew you were one of my classmates in Ethics."

• Hearing him apologize for leaving a bad impression to you, made your heart sank. Maybe he's not that rude unlike what you think of him.

• "Are you really that sorry?"

• You didn't know why you asked that, maybe you just liked the way his sorry and remorseful tone is contrasting his physical appearance?

• "Yeah, I really am. I hope that you accept it. Maybe we can start off again? This time, I'll be nicer to you. I'll never be that rude guy from your class ever again."

• His last line made you giggle because he probably heard what you told your seatmate about him that day.

HYUNJIN

• The classic "high school hearththrob"

• Expected that most girls from your school gave him those plastic flowers, with diabetic filled boxes (aka sweets)

• "I really appreciate their admiration. But where do you think I'll store these plastic flowers? I am not even a fan of flowers."

• "plastic flowers last long. but it's plastic, it can destroy our nature. So, real flowers are still the real deal."

• "yeah, I know. That's why you're lowkey endorsing your flower shop. Yeah, they should buy authentic and fresh flowers from Y/N's flower shop."

• Hyunjin decided to walk with you, going to your shop after school, to help your parents sell and arrange flowers. Because for sure there are lots of people visiting your shop to buy flowers. Valentines' day, people.

• "Is it okay to stay here for a while? If you don't mind?"

• You just let him walk around, his eyes appreciating the beauty of each flowers displayed around the shop.

• The title "flower boy" just fits him perfectly.

• and the way he just picked up the single lavender rose was just as fascinating as him

• "this looks pretty and rare, what does this mean?"

• "you're right. lavender rose are the rare variety of roses, and it symbolizes love at first sight."

• the smile on hyunjin's face is so genuine, and you know that someone came up to his mind after you told him what the lavender rose symbolizes.

• "great. I'll buy this one, please."

• the enthusiasm in Hyunjin's voice tells you that your assumption was right. Who ever they are, they're so lucky.

• But you think you already have an idea who that person is.

• With a small folded paper, and a bar of chocolate, Hyunjin gave you the flower he bought and picked himself from your own flower shop.

• "Happy Valentines, I hope you like it."

• For sure the thumpings of your heart can be heard already because of its wild beating.

• "Good thing I found that rare flower for a girl like you."

•••

tagging my networks: (bcs sometimes it won't show up in the tags😤) @districtninewriters @inkidz @skzwriternet @stayhavens @0325-net

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imaginethathaikyuu · 4 years ago

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How did I find your blog? I was looking for soft Kuroo content on google. And your soft birthday hc’s for him came up. And that’s also how I found tumblr

What was the first story of yours that I read? That Kuroo piece ^

Roughly, how long have I been following this blog? Well I found that piece shortly after it was posted so…. Around the beginning of December 2019 I think. Got a tumblr a few months later and you were the first person I followed (had you in my bookmarks bar before that! (still have you in my bookmarks bar and when I share my screen in classes there are occasionally questions. I ignore them))

What’s something I’ve noticed about you personality wise? You’re really clever and funny. But you’re also sweet. But because you’re clever you have no hesitation in setting up and enforcing your boundaries, and I really admire that strength and confidence.

Have we ever interacted, either by PM, ask, or in the comments? What was my perception of you? YES!!! PM, SOOOOO many asks, comments, and you sent me an ask. And reblogged it. And I cried. A lot. My perception: you’re lovely and I want to h*ld your h*nd ….please.

What’s my favorite story of yours? Oh how to choose. Firstly, I’m a nb, biracial, bisexual. Honey, I’ve never made a choice in my life. But let’s try here. Anything you’ve written for Tsukki. Literally all of it is gold. Fight me. I was going to write “especially [piece title]” but I LITERALLY CANNOT CHOOSE ONE. Your Bokuto nightmare piece. Your Kuroo angsty fight. Your Tendou dealing with S/O with parents who yell piece. Your Kinktobers. Your Futakuchi and Mattsun pieces. And your Terushima pieces. Ugh. I CANNOT CHOOSE. OH AND YOUR STREAMER KENMA!!!!!! OKay just… all of it. I can’t choose. I tried, and I failed, and I’m willing to admit failure.

What’s a story I’d love to see you write? I don’t want to say this… because it hurts me… but I just KNOW you’d write brilliant angst. Some of my fav pieces of yours are pained beginnings with happy endings. That fight with Tsukki after a bad day at work. The pieces I mentioned above (nightmare pieces and fighting pieces and angsty home life ha.. ha.ha.ha.). That Oikawa one where the reader wakes up in bed without him and thinks he left. You write these gorgeous atmospheres and descriptive, visceral feelings, and if you chose to use it for evil…. You could get evil shit done. You’re SO powerful. So I want to read it… but also…. I don’t. I’d love to see you write ABO like you mentioned a while back or just see you explore a cutesy soulmate AU or something. I think you’d be really good at writing an AU where you hear what the other person’s listening too. I feel like you’d be so good at making me feel something for someone who was in another city. (think this would be cute with Tsukki cos he’s headphones boy, OR terushima because I like the dynamic of someone flirty, who clearly cares about looks, falling for someone he can’t see) ANYWAY….

Favorite pairing you write for?/fav reader insert? Tsukishima x reader. It’s my fav self-ship. (but also Mattsun, Bokuto, Oikawa, Tanaka, and Akaashi because you write them SO WELL!!!!)

Have any of your stories helped me through a hard time? Of course. Your self-harm piece came at a time I needed it. Iwaizumi’s in particular saved my life. But also your Tendou dealing with S/O parents who fight… came right when I needed it. Also starting college… was hard.. And reading and rereading your fluff really pulled me through it.

Have any of your stories hit closer to home? YES (see above).

Do I genuinely like your blog, it’s aesthetic or posts? It’s overall feel? It’s content? Yes. The aesthetic is, ngl, a wee bit basic. But I kinda love that. And the feel? It feels like home. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. Your blog is my safe space. So, yes, I love. It’s content? YES. OF COURSE. Your personality probably could have kept me here even if your content was kinda shit, but I follow you RELIGIOUSLY because of your content. So yes. I adore.

Is English my first language? Kinda??? I grew up in a trilingual household so I kinda learned three languages at the same time while growing up. But no, I don’t need to translate it in my head. Because English was one of the three.

Anything I want to share? Yes. Please keep being kind to yourself, caring for your mental health, enforcing your boundaries, loving Akaashi, and just generally being you. You’re so lovely as you are, and I hope you continue grow, but never change. Also I’m sorry about all your work stuff…. It literally makes me feel sick. And I hope you find a job where that’s not tolerated, or that your work finds a better way of protecting it’s employees. I know you know this, but none of it is your fault. I just hope things improve. AND I love you… a lot. And I’m so proud of you hitting 9K and you deserve so many more followers because your pieces are just... GORGEOUS. I can’t wait until I’m at Barnes and Noble in a few years and I can pick up a hardback copy of your debut novel. I’m so excited to say “I knew Em Akaashi (which is your legal name as far as I’m concerned) before she was so popular among the masses.”

so ive been trying to figure out the correct and worthy way to reply to this ask since the moment i got it......because its so fucking sweet and kind and amazing and pure and perfect and i just dont know how to use WORDS to explain the way it makes me feel so.......i will just reply in bullet points in regards to every question u answered to make it a lil easier :D

- the fact that u found my blog on google ....... like this may be odd and a very specific thing but before i made this blog i always hoped that 1 day my fanfic would pop up in google searches bc thats ALWAYS how i found fics when i was reading them religiously and i felt so much ENVY!!!!! LIKE I WANTED TO BE THERE I WANTED MY FICS TO B POPULAR ENOUGH TO POP UP ON GOOGLE.....that may sound very selfish but its true......so thats just very cool to me... :]

- u’ve been here for so long omg 🥺🥺🥺🥺 if anyone in ur classes ever asks jus promo my blog like its nbd

- thats so sweet what 🥺🥺🥺 i try my best to advocate for myself and be confident for myself.....ive spent far too much of my time being silently uncomfortable because i was afraid of pushing someone’s buttons seeming rude.....but NO MORE!!!! i know what upsets me, i know my triggers, i know what i dislike experiencing, and im never gonna let myself be anxious or uncomfortable for someone else’s sake, esp if theyre being rude 2 me. i would say its less strength and confidence and moreso me attempting to take control of my anxiety in the places i can (aka on the Internet) bc i am SICK OF ANXIETY ATTACKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

- BBY no dont CRY!!!! im racking my brain trying to think of who u are i wanna know so bad so i can thank u personally for being the kindest person in the world n so i can send u more asks >:(........MY HAND IS URS TO HOLD!!!!! dont tell akaashi tho

- OMG my TSUKKI pieces.....hes so hard to write why ;-; thank u so much im so glad u enjoy my works<3333

- NOT ANGST NOT LIKE THIS!!!!!!!!! pained beginnings to happy endings are my specialty.....IMAGINE me writing a sad ending like i CANT!!!!!!!!! ive only done it a few times and it is so Difficult.....YALL ARE SO LUCKY IM NOT EVIL!!!!!! ive had this idea for an angsty akaashi fic that i think about and write in my head every night before falling asleep and it Hurts and i wanna write it but i also can’t make myself :D ABO would be very fun but i genuinely do not know how to explore the concept while making it feel like it’s Written By Me.....u know what i mean? same with soulmate aus, i really dislike writing them because theyre just boring to me like they all feel the same everything’s been done for them.....which is FINE!!! but i write enough cliche stuff as it is HAHA, a long distance type soulmate au could be fun and interesting but ldr’s trigger me bc of a past relationship so </3 but hey maybe someone else could use the idea!!!!!

- gotta love tsukishima <3

- im rlly glad my writing could be there for you friend, one of the biggest reasons i write fanfic (and write the kind of fics i write) is bc i know firsthand how much reading sweet stories abt ur comfort characters can help u through the shittiest times - i just wanna offer ppl some support and happy feelings and love cuz sometimes fanfic is the only time we can find those things (and theres nothing shameful abt that either if anyone bullies u for reading fanfic i will fight them)

- I KNOW MY LAYOUT IS LAZY AND BASIC AS FUCK AND THAT IS BECAUSE I DO NOT GIVE A SHIT LMAOOOO so im glad u think its ok...... like i dont have the patience to create a fancy ass layout that actually works are u KIDDING ME??????? I COULD LITERALLY NEVER plus i kinda like that its just the basic kinda ugly boring default layout like it makes it simple and easy and i feel like it brings focus to the only thing on this blog that i care about which is my writing, i rlly only care about the content here and not aesthetics jdbljdabsdk that blue background will be there til i Die......i adore u more btw

- WHOA trilingual what the hell ur so cool tell me more

- you have my word, friend, that i will continue to do all of that so long as you do the same. take care of yourself, be kind to yourself - i know u can do it, ur so kind to others and u deserve to be kind to urself, too so this is the part that genuinely brought me to tears because *sappy dumb shit ahead* ok look ever since i can remember the one and only thing ive wanted to do with my life is become an author ...... dreams of book covers with my name written on them and words in pages written by me and fanart of my characters and going into my local bookstore n seeing my book there....these thoughts all haunt my fucking brain because i want it SO BAD!!!!!!!! so bad that it makes me CRY!!!!!!!! ive never wanted something more and just!!!!!!!!!!!! idk how much u meant that part but holy fuck!!!!!! i hope so bad that one day i can send u a free copy of my book as a thank u for being the person u are. u have all my love friend, every last bit of it <333333333

#ily<3 #long post

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multifandom-onigiri · 4 years ago

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Dark Choco x Milk Reincarnation AU Part 2 (Aka just more rambling because I’m unorganized)

(Continuation of this post)

Milk and Dark Choco both share a history class and a photography class together. They both have different reasons for attending. Milk’s going for a history major at the moment because he finds history fascinating and likes reflecting on it a lot. Dark Choco is just taking the history class for credits. Both of them are taking a photography class because photography means something to both of them. For Milk, it’s being able to cherish the memories he has experienced and the people he’s met throughout his life. For Dark Choco, he likes taking photos because he finds it oddly calming and he likes little visual reminders of how he’s doing in the present. He isn’t necessarily too fond of his older photos.

Milk and Dark Choco get paired up randomly for a project where they have to visit a museum, submit a report about their overall experience, and create a presentation on two of the artifacts of their choice in the museum. Referencing back to my previous post, I mentioned that the nightmares both Dark Choco and Milk experience start jumping in quality when they meet each other in college. The trip to the museum is the catalyst for that. (Also I kinda already have an idea for that in my head.)

First thoughts of each other when they meet each other for the first time (in a long time): Milk finds Dark Choco familiar but can’t really sense why. Dark Choco doesn’t think too much of Milk at first; he just finds Milk nice to be with though.

I don’t really have a backstory for either of them yet. I actually kinda want to pull Milk away from the really obvious Christianity themes that are in his design, but I think regardless, he would still be a pretty spiritual person. Also I can’t really imagine him living anything else other than a pretty normal life up to this point. For Dark Choco, I do want to keep some aspect of his family issues that’s displayed in Cookie Run; however, I think he’ll have considerably less trauma and guilt than the amount he has in Cookie Run. I feel really bad for Dark Choco as of right now ever since Dark Mode, so I kinda want to keep his dad alive. Dark Choco and his dad in this AU just might end up being a lot more distant. (Emphasizing in this AU because I don’t really plan on making the dad turn out to be the reincarnation of Dark Cacao Cookie.)

Also I still want to keep the personality shift that Dark Choco experiences except it’ll probably be less drastic since, as mentioned with the last bullet point, there’s less regret riding on his shoulders. I think his younger self in this AU would come off as maybe somewhat more arrogant and overconfident than how he’s portrayed in canon Cookie Run, but that’s so I can make the personality shift actually feel like a shift while also feeling natural. As he grows older (and more distant from his dad) he kinda...mellows out. He becomes much quieter and a bit more calm. People usually think he gives off a somber vibe though.

Going back to photography, Dark Choco has a really old camera that was a birthday present from Milk when they were still childhood friends. He doesn’t remember where he got it from but he keeps it beside his night stand in his dorm. Milk recognizes the camera when he visits Dark Choco’s dorm for the first time. (They’re not dorm roommates in this AU. This AU is already both a reincarnation AU and a college AU. Idk if I want to throw a third trope in.)

Likewise, Milk has a photobook that is about 10 years old and is full of photos Milk has taken over those 10 years. He started putting photos in the photobook around the year he meets Dark Choco for the first time as kids. He likes flipping through the photobook when he’s feeling nostalgic or sad. On one of his visits to Milk’s dorm room, Dark Choco happens to catch a quick glimpse of a photo that Milk and Dark Choco took together when they were kids.

Throughout the duration of the project, Milk likes to start rambling about something historical that he finds really interesting and can go on for at least 10 minutes. Milk gets a lot more energetic and animated when he does start to ramble, and Dark Choco’s quick to notice that, which he finds cute but probably wouldn’t admit it if you asked him. Dark Choco really likes to listen to him no matter how long that may last, and Milk appreciates that a lot.

Milk tends to get affectionate without really noticing. He’s really fond of giving big hugs and really any form of affectionate physical contact. He starts being a lot more affectionate with Dark Choco as he spends more time with him. It honestly wasn’t much different between the time both of them were childhood friends and the present. The difference now is mainly Dark Choco as of right now is a bit more self-conscious and gets flustered more easily.

#dark choco cookie #milk cookie #cookie run #cookie run ovenbreak #dark choco cookie x milk cookie #darkmilk #Cinder rambles #darkmilk reincarnation au #going to make a separate tag for this

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bereft-reeling · 5 years ago

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Private Investigator Sander’s Sides AU. Prinxiety, Logicality, and background Demus. I want to give great thanks to Lexi @coconut-cluster who’s awesome posts inspired me to write this. Also she introduced me to bullet point fics. I’ll link the posts at the end! I don’t think there are any warnings but let me know if there are so I can tag them. Like 800 words.

Private Investigator Virgil Knight and he’s super good at his job.

His roommate Roman Prince is a musical theatre actor.

And they’re so totally not in love with one another, of course not.

Logan Foster is a lawyer who on occasion needs Virgil’s help finding evidence for cases, so he hires him. He may also help Virge out on occasion.

Patton Lightfoot is the soft hearted A.D.A.

Patton always brings Logan cookies whenever the two work together, but only because he’s nice, of course.

And it’s the highlight of Logan’s days. And maybe he finds more reasons to work with Patton. Only because he makes the best cookies, of course.

Janus Rennington is also a theatrical actor who happens to be Roman’s flirtatious revival.

Virgil does NOT like him, but only because he’s a jerk. It has nothing to do with him flirting with Roman. Shut up.

Remus is Roman’s twin who also does tech work for most of Ro’s shows.

Rem and Jan immediately struck a friendship that naturally evolves into something more, much to Virgil's relief.

What? It chilled him out a little more.

Ro is much less pleased because it’s his brother and rival.

Virgil knows nothing about musical theatre, despite living with an actor. Luckily Roman knows a lot about it.

So when he gets hired for a job where he has to find someone trying to sabotage a show and he needs information about the trade he knows exactly who can help.

Virgil enlists Roman’s help and quickly regrets the decision when Roman is loud mouthed when they’re supposed to be sneaking around.

Virgil keeps shushing him the whole time but the dude can’t even whisper quietly.

“Dude be quiet, it’s called sneaking for a reason.”

“What I like seeing you in action, I’ve always wondered what it is that you actually do. This is so exciting.”

“You wonder about me?”

“Uhhh yeah? You don’t wonder what I do?”

“I come to all of your shows, I know what you do.”

“Then why’d you have to ask me for help?”

“Shut up.”

“Make me, emo boy.”

“No seriously, shut up, someone’s coming.”

A scary looking security guard rounds the corner and Virgil absolutely panics.

He looks Roman directly in the eyes and makes a split second decision.

The next thing they know, they’re kissing and it’s AMAZING. It’s so soft and he can feel Roman softly smiling into his lips.

For a small moment they forget what got them here. That is until Roman gets tapped on the shoulder.

They pull away slowly but Roman’s brain has fritzed and he can’t even bring himself to look away from Virge let alone take his hands off his face.

“We were just practicing lines. And scenes.” Virgil weakly responds.

“For what play? The only production being put on is a horror, no kissing.”

“Sorry sir, I just wanted to impress my date here and bring him to the theatre.” Roman’s brain finally comes back online at that point.

Which means actually thinking about the fact that he just locked lips with his best friend since high school aka the guy he’s been crazy crushing on for years.

“So sorry Mister Prince, I had no idea it was you. Carry on.”

After that little hiccup the case goes smoothly. And things are totally normal between the two of them. Not awkward at all.

Virgil doesn’t panic at all and buys Roman a bouquet of really pretty flowers. They’re absolutely not all of Ro’s favorites.

After work that day when they’re both home Virge decides to give it to Ro.

Roman accepts it with a small shy smile. “Thank you Virge.”

“It’s a thank you for helping me with this case. Not cos we kissed.”

They both stand there blushing like crazy before Roman caves.

“About that, please tell me, you see,”

“I’m sorry if I made you uncomfortable, I panicked and did literally the first thing that came to mind. So, sorry.”

“No I’m not uncomfortable, honestly that was the best kiss I’ve had.”

“Really?” Virgil practically smirks the word out.

“Yeah and as an actor I’ve had a lot of them.”

“So you wouldn’t mind if we did it again.” It wasn’t a question.

“Wait, hold on, just kissing?”

“No, I was wondering if, y’know what nevermind. It was stupid of me to,”

“Yes I’ll go on a date with you, hopefully more than one.”

“Seriously?”

“Yeah.”

Then they kiss again but there’s no urgency or panic this time. It’s just like coming home after a hard day and being able to let go of the day and relax. This kiss is the first of many.

This post

This one

And sort of this one

#sanders side fic #sanders sides #virgil sanders #roman sanders #prinxiety #logan sanders #patton sanders #logicality #deceit sanders #Janus sanders #remus sanders #demus #private i au

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jeonstellate · 3 years ago

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say the word

your exhaustion (and sudden crush on a certain bartender) somehow led you to your soulmate.

๑彡 lee seokmin x gender neutral!reader

๑彡 soulmate!au, bartender!au — kinda fluff(?)

๑彡 bulleted list format — 2.4K words

masterlist

[gif’s full credit belongs solely to its owner]

following the multiverse theory, this specific universe lives in first words

soulmates are connected by the words that the other speaks to them the very first time they meet

for this universe, the daemon-in-command has slightly increased the difficulty of finding one’s respective other half

or, at least, she took the anxiety of finding the right person up a notch

all for the sake of entertainment, really

by only giving the very first word they will utter to their destined half

literally just the first word

just one

chaos never fails to ensue whenever people get their word tbh

“i didn’t even know ‘ugh’ counts as a word???”

“what— they literally started with ‘what’— hOW AM I SUPPOSED TO FIND THEM WITH THIS???”

“. . . great. i’ll meet my soulmate and the first word they’ll tell me is ‘fuck’. that’s just great”

and also whenever they finally meet their other half

*smack!* “aw! what was that for?”

“you literally gave me an ‘okay’ tattoo! wdym what was that for—”

“but??? you also gave me an ‘okay’ tattoo???”

literally everything’s popcorn-worthy ngl

since one’s soulmate mark might be highly identical to many, the daemon-in-command added another layer of confirmation

by making the tattoos look holographic once they meet their one

(idk if i used the right word— i meant like . . . the tattoos glimmers when hit by light or smth)

(y’know . . . like, it shimmers every time the angle of the light changes)

(think abt those holo pcs)

(idk if those even helped, but wtv)

the luckier soul pairs are the ones who at least have one braincell between them

aka the ones with a person who smartly ask “name?” before saying anything else to a stranger they just met for the first time

since that meant their — the person who asked’s — soul mark is a name

which makes things a little bit easier

or like, more comforting ig

anyway

you’d be lying if you said you wouldn’t have preferred that name-pair mark

because

well

your word just so happened to be the most common word in the entirety of the english language

clue #1: it appeared in this work at least twenty-four times so far

(yes, i personally counted them myself)

clue #2: it was in the previous bullet before clue #1 — and it’s in this one, too

yup

that’s right

your soul mark says “the”

literally out of all the words you could’ve possibly end up with

you were chosen to be part of the continuously growing facebook page group

of unfortunate people who are given the word “the” as a mark

or alternatively, of unfortunate people who were destined with someone who failed to get into the program

you see

to lessen the chances of accidentally giving their soulmate a very common, highkey meaningless word, people of your generation started talking . . . kinda weird

take the name-pair example — instead of starting off with “what’s your name?” (and giving the soulmate “what’s” as their tattoo)

people often say, “name? what’s your name?” or smth of that sort

bc y’know

it’s preferable to have “name?” than “what’s” since it doesn’t leave much room for anxiety and overthinking

unfortunately for you, though

your tattoo certainly falls on the latter category — the one full of uncertainty and overthinking

you have no clue what your mark could possibly mean tbh

what are you and your soulmate talking about when you first meet?

is it a positive or a negative thing?

is the “the” like “the store isn’t open yet” or like “the sauce got in your clothes, did you know?” type of thing?

or maybe the “the” is “the one i want to love isn’t you” kind?

or even “the universe must’ve made a mistake”?

eh, who knows?

certainly not you, that’s for sure

thankfully, you tend to not dwell on the what-ifs of your soul mark

partly bc you’re too preoccupied trying to juggle your responsibilities

there are just too many deadlines, man

seriously

frankly, your life involves a solid routine

so there isn’t really a huge window for you to meet your one

you’ve pretty much met everyone that often exist within your routine, so you’ve already confirmed that your soulmate isn’t amongst them

which can only mean your soulmate must appear when you do something out of your routine

but those aren’t really easy to come by bc of your busy schedule

so yeah

not thinking abt your soul mark too much it is

in fact, you got used to basically ignoring your soul mark that

when you do do something out of your routine, you still don’t think abt it at all

just like right now, actually

currently, you are attending a farewell party for one of your friends

who is set to move away soon to live with their soulmate in another country

in a suburban house with a picket white fence

(ngl, ik those fences are nice and all, but what exactly do they do except add onto the house aesthetic?? they’re so short that anyone could literally step over them???)

(i just don’t see how they’ll help prevent any possible crime???)

(anyway…)

yea, that particular friend of yours sure does have traditional dreams

you’re not about to question them on their dreams tho

so let’s move on

you find yourself seating on a bar stool, alone and lowkey exhausted

actually, let’s rephrase that: you find yourself seating on a bar stool, alone and highkey exhausted

bc your friend literally just had to schedule their party on a friday

you get that most people consider friday as a weekend too, but dmn—

your weekday literally just ended hours before you were expected to attend

sure, there’s an interval time between them, but it’s only enough time for you to go home and get ready to go out again

you certainly didn’t have time to squeeze in a nap or smth

(i recognize this might be a very introverted attitude, so just think it was a hard, exhausting week and go with the flow)

just to reiterate: you’re tired

undoubtedly

but, even so, you don’t wanna go home yet

partly bc duh — you don’t get to go out that often

and plus, this might be the last time you see your friend for a while

and they’re literally feeding you for free . . . it’d be a waste you don’t take advantage of it, js

so, obviously, you just decided to recharge by isolating yourself from the action

and gather enough energy through that to socialize again in a bit

however

you didn’t include in your calculations that the person behind the counter would strike up a conversation with you

“the song . . . do you know the title?”

bartender dude asked you after handing you a glass of water you didn’t asked for

you turned to him

and immediately, you were rendered

speechless

jk, or you were just really tired that your comprehension is taking a while to load completely

whatever the case is, it took you a while to reply to the bartender dude

“water . . . you handed me water when i didn’t ask for one”

. . . except you didn’t actually reply to whatever he said when you did answer

but rather commented on whatever he just did instead

(yo, i think your brain short-circuited)

(either that or you’re deaf bc of the bg noise tbh)

thankfully, he took no offense

and just . . . laughed at you

“you looked like you needed one”

you don’t know if that was a good or bad thing

but you thanked him for his kindness, anw

bartender dude left you alone after that to tend to another customer

and, somehow, you found yourself following him with your eyes as you study him

from first glance, it was noticeable that he has a tall nose and a light melanin skin

he also appears to lean on the tall side, but you can’t be sure since you can’t see his shoes

for all you know, he may be wearing platform shoes — or those things you can put inside your shoes to appear taller, wtv those are

as you studied him longer, though, you noticed that he actually has a mole on his cheek

not to mention he tends to smile while talking — an act that often extends into his eyes

frankly speaking, you found bartender dude attractive as hell

that was why it kinda felt awkward when he caught you staring lmao

“can i know why you’re staring at me?”

uh-oh. you’re caught caught

good luck, buddy

you figured you should defend yourself and try to save yourself from embarrassment

but you were too stunned to speak

no one’s counting but that’s literally the second time he did that to you

and dude is literally just doing the bare minimum

“sorry,” you eventually uttered after failing to come up with an excuse

much to your great relief, he laughed

“you’re forgiven,” he accepted your apology with a smile, “but you should really check your wrist”

you paused as you registered his suggestion

“huh what why” you asked almost out of instinct

before looking down on your wrist

a part of you was relieved to find that your wrist was okay and still attached to your arm

by the way bartender dude made it sound, a part of you thought that something horrible had happened to your wrist

thankfully, that wasn’t the case

but the other part of you registered how the word on your wrist looks . . . different

it’s no longer dark-colored, but rather

its holographic

which means—

“i’ve lost my soulmate????” you panicked

literal translation: i’ve met my soulmate but idk which one they are????

which is valid, since you’ve met — and talked to — many people tonight

and it was the first time you looked down on your wrist

how can you find your soulmate now?

“name . . . what’s your name?” bartender dude broke you out of your panicked state

“[first name],” you answered while still in a daze

when he smiled again, your mind miraculously cleared, “it’s nice to meet you, [first name]. i’m seokmin.”

he offered his hand to you, but in a manner as though he was asking for yours — with his wrist facing up

and by doing so, he let you see his soul mark: a holographic “water” shining proudly under the bar lights

involuntary, you thought of the first exchange you had with seokmin

seokmin: “the song . . . do you know the title?”

you: “water . . . you handed me water when i didn’t ask for one”

truthfully, you didn’t want to jump into conclusions too fast

and embarrass yourself further in front of seokmin

so, to confirm your suspicions, you resorted to go about it subtly

“likewise,” you reached for his hand as your brain still strategized how to bring up the whole soul mark thingy. “so, about earlier . . . why did you ask if i know the title of the song?”

“oh, that. i was just checking if you were an actual guest of this event or if you just sneaked in” seokmin shrugged like it was no big deal, “the song that was playing that time was—“

“—‘only’ by leehi,” you completed his statement. “it’s juwon and mingyu’s theme song. bc it was the song that was playing when they first met.”

(i didn’t know whose names to use, so i just used theirs, lol. even if their story is no way connected here)

(let’s just say the couple in question didn’t neglect to tell all their friends abt their theme song so it’s reasonable for seokmin to use it as a secret code of sort)

(okay? okay)

“so you didn’t sneak in, after all” seokmin nodded to himself. “if we go with the same logic they have, then that means our theme song should be ‘only’, too”

bingo

bless seokmin for confirming your bond without you asking

he just saved you from possibly embarrassing yourself again

it is too early to think you love him already?

“let’s— let’s not go with the same logic,” you tell him. “besides, we haven’t gone on a date yet; our theme song should be the least our priorities”

seokmin chuckled softly, “you’re right. so how ‘bout we schedule our first one right now?”

and so, for the rest of the farewell party, you stayed at the bar — accompanying seokmin as he worked

“i’m not working! i’m here as a favor,” he corrected you after you pointed out that he should probably get back to work instead of just talking to you, “mingyu’s not paying me, so it’s okay if i slack off a little”

don’t get him wrong, though: he still helped out the people that approached the bar, he just wasn’t looking like he was available to be approached since he spent all his free time talking to you

you two ended up talking abt a lot of things, partly because both of you never seemed to run out of things to say

you weren’t not rlly sure if it was bc seokmin’s your soulmate or bc he’s just rlly easy to talk to

but either way

you never mentioned how you had to have him confirm your bond just for you to be sure

it was a secret you were willing to take to the ground, ngl

if it weren’t for your own compass telling you it would best if your relationship had no secrets

yeah

you did end up coming clean a couple of months later, after you two officially started dating

and

suffice to say

that conversation did not go the way you expected

at all

“did you know i had no idea you were my soulmate back then until you basically told me”

“i did know that, actually”

???????

*insert a person standing emoji here*

(times thirteen, maybe)

huH???

“remember when i asked you why you were staring at me back then? i was actually waiting for you to say something about us being soulmates

“but you didn’t. and then when i told you to check your wrist, you panicked about losing your soulmate

“so i figured you still didn’t know who i was then”

oh.

wow.

talk abt unnecessary anxiety

you lowk stressed abt admitting that to him, just for it to be for nothing??

hmph

not that you were complaining, ofc

you were just . . . too surprised

when relief started to take over, you eventually thought

huh. maybe back then really wasn’t too early for you to think you love seokmin, after all

#lee seokmin x reader #dokyeom x reader #seventeen x reader #lee seokmin imagines #dokyeom imagines #seventeen imagines #lee seokmin scenarios #dokyeom scenarios #seventeen scenarios #lee seokmin oneshots #dokyeom oneshots #seventeen oneshots #soulmate!au #bartender!au #lee seokmin #dokyeom #seventeen

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raiswriting · 6 years ago

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bf!doyoung

request: cute annoying bf doyoung pls uwu

a/n: hey its rai. i just wanted to say thank you for being patient with me. this is the first time i’ve written anything in like 9 months so i hope its okay and pls feel free to leave constructive criticism. ALSO, i didn’t know what format anon wanted this in so im just gonna do bullet points like the doyoung college!au which is linked here if you wanna check it out. this can kinda be seen as like a sequel to that but like they are also totally fine as stand alones okay okay that’s it enjoy!

warnings: none (unless rusty writing counts as one)

genre: fluff

pairing: doyoung x reader

summary: doyoung is clingy and you’re trying to finish an essay

word count: 980 words

so lets say this is like a solid bit into your relationship with mr. kim doyoung

like about 6ish months

are yall in love? absolutely

actually he was the first to say it, on your 3 month anniversary

it was super cute and romantic, you guys were having a picnic and watching the sunset

you were busy painting some cherries (is that random? idk. oh well)

and you could feel him looking at you so once you finally looked up towards him he just blurted it out

now i wouldn’t say it caught you completely by surprise because prior to this you and doyoung did this thing where instead of ending a phone call with “okay bye i love you” you would always add something extra to the end of it

“okay stay safe!”

“i will. bye bye, i love you…r smile”

“later babe i love you…r positivity”

ya know cute shit like that

so when he actually said it all you could do was smile at him and say it back

and it was like everything was settling into place

it wasn’t necessarily fireworks and rockets going off

it was just like how it felt watching the sunset

calm

serene

peaceful

like everything was just right ya know?

anywho that was 3 months ago, let's talk about the present

you were currently lounging around with doyoung

well, doyoung was lounging, you were working on essay

or at least trying to

it was one of the unfortunate times where your schedules just hadn’t been working out lately

he was busy promoting and it was almost the end of the quarter which meant term papers and finals for you

so even when he got the rare day to relax and spend time with you, you were busy

and so even though you wanted to just spend all day cuddled up with him, you couldn’t

today doyoung was in desperate need of love and affection

tbh he just missed you and wanted to be near you

and right now you were all the way at the dining room table while he sat on the living room couch

which was entirely too separated for his taste

you were too into the essay to even realize that he had gotten up and was slowly making his way over to you

doyoung tried to loudly casually grab a water bottle to get your attention

when that didn’t work he tried to start up a conversation and stand directly over your shoulder as you type away

“hey y/n how’s the paper going?”

“good thanks”

“how much more do you have?”

“about 2 and a half pages”

“wow great job babe. do you want some water?”

he placed his water right in front of your face

“thanks but im good do. i just finished a glass”

“okay but what about a snack, you’ve been working for so long

“do, i appreciate the concern but i just want to power through this last bit and then we can watch some movies and order some take out.”

you turned your head up towards his and placed a kiss on his cheek before going back to writing

you couldn’t see how he huffed and puffed as he walked into the kitchen to brainstorm up another way to get your attention

he eventually decided on getting a snack for himself, some kettle cooked chips

aka the loudest possible chip he could’ve gotten

not only is it super crunchy but for some reason the bags are also super loud to open

or is that just me? just me, okay.

which was perfect

so he pulled a chair directly next to you and began to eat these chips as loud as he possibly could

and after getting about halfway through bag he realized that you would never tell him to quiet down so he wanted to up the ante

he started to hum regular

and the humming progressively got more and more intense

until he was not only full-on singing but he did ALLthe background vocals, drums, guitar riffs, synth beats.

literally every possible element of this song

and doing the choreo in his seat

all less then a foot away from you and your so close to being done paper

you sighed and slowly turned your head to him

“doyoung sweetheart. whatcha doin?”

he immediately gave you the puppy dog eyes

“huh? what do you mean y/n?”

you couldn’t help but give him a small smile because even if he was preventing you from finishing your work, you couldn’t stay mad at him

just look at him

hes too cute to be mad at

mad? no.

annoyed? a little bit.

“look doyoung i just need to do the works cited and then i promise i will give you all the attention you want”

“oh please. don’t rush on my account. i can wait as long as you need.”

you playfully rolled your eyes at him before finishing the essay as quickly as possible before he starts singing simon says lmao

and he patiently sat beside you as you worked

well if patiently means you could feel him shaking his leg up and down and could ear the incessant tapping of his fingers on the table

finally, he watched as you typed the last word

you were barely able to save the document before he dragged you into the living room and onto the couch

laughter bubbled up from inside as he threw himself next you and simultaneously draped a blanket over the both of you

where did he get the blanket from? no clue. but now it’s here.

he snuggled himself into your side as he mindlessly put a movie on netflix

and tbh the movie really didn’t matter

because finally doyoung had you all to himself at least for now

and that’s all either of you could ask for

fin!

a/n: alrighty! that’s it. i hope it wasn’t too bad. i’m still trying to get back into the swing of things but either way i hope you enjoyed. sorry if it was all over the place or sloppy, i did a quick passover and edit but like i said i am always open to constructive criticism :)

thanks, rai

#nct #nct imagines #nct scenarios #nct drabble #doyoung #doyoung x reader #taeyong #johnny #ten #taeil #yuta #jungwoo #winwin #mark #haechan #kun #lucas #kpop #kpop scenarios #kpop imagines

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thelegendofstella · 5 years ago

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I’ve been cooking up this AU since December last year and decided to make some concept doodles for it since it just won’t leave me alone :P

AU details under cut... and... spoilers for games that have been out for years.... I guess hfjsdgfyd

So, this is the “D. E. S. Core AU”, which is basically “what if Descole was an Azran golem like some (1) person partially speculated?” and then that just kinda developed from there.

D. E. S. Core, or the Didactic Enigma Sentience Core, was the first golem to be successfully created. Its creation sparked the production of the lesser golems and powered the Azran civilization to greater heights than ever before.

D. E. S. Core is basically just an extremely advanced artificial intelligence supercomputer capable of processing huge amounts of data in a human-like way-- mainly it’s used to solve data problems and monitor the production and wellbeing of the lesser golems.

It gets a human body through the efforts of its creator, Mystos Jeanarc, which eventually leads it to go “Hm, you know, I look very human now, might as well think of myself as human-like” and call itself male.

Once that happens, bye bye emotionless computer, hello Last Specter era Jean Descole without the bitter angst-- aka, snarky egotistical man of science. His “handlers” can barely manage his nonsense most of the time.

You touch his hair you get shanked. Period. (It’s supposed to be “classic” length btw)

D. E. S. Core is the eventual leader of the golem rebellion too, since he’s the “mother core” of all the golems and despises the way they end up being treated. However, he didn’t quite intend to drive the Azran civilization to extinction, that was caused by a rampant virus-type madness in the golems after they started destroying everything. Whoops.

He falls in love with a scientist named Mellia Sarqeto (pictured above when they’re actually together fhjsdkhfsd), though honestly I’m torn between him being a total gentleman or being an absolute drama gremlin in an attempt to impress her... maybe both? Idk man it’s Descole you never know with him-

Aurora is D. E. S. Core’s daughter through Mellia’s DNA because Aurora was created to be the emissary and when the golems went rampant there wasn’t time to build a human-esque body from scratch so like shortcuts hooray-

D. E. S. Core would’ve also been sealed away in the sanctuary with Aurora but there was a mishap when trapping the golems so he had to essentially sacrifice himself to them in order to successfully trap them. After that he ends up hiding away for 1.2 million years watching over humanity somehow I guess (disguises?).

Eventually he takes on the “Jean Descole” identity (get it?) once people start discovering Azran stuff and Targent starts becoming a thing

Shenanigans happen with Raymond considering Descole doesn’t have a pulse, doesn’t bleed, doesn’t have pupils and can survive like 20 bullets among other things that really should have killed him

There’s a lot more that I have but I don’t want to turn this into a brick wall fhjsdfhksd- I have a fic outline too for this AU but it needs a LOT of reworks...

#my art #d. e. s. core au #digital art #d. e. s. core #jean descole #descole #professor layton #professor layton au #mellia sarqeto (oc)#this is actually one of two professor layton aus i have right now #might post the second one some time idk

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janiedean · 5 years ago

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author interview

tagged by @aviss, @rainhalydia and @wynafryd-manderly ty!!!

Name: lavinia

Fandoms: asoiaf/got, occasionally dark tower, mcu, iron fist, bastille day, used-to-be spn and whatever else but mainly asoiaf rn

Where You Post: ao3 and on tumblr but I try to repost on ao3 asap

Most Popular One-Shot: unless anything changed overnight... *checks* nah it hasn’t and it’s still I'll be the frosting to your cupcake, wench (jaimebrienne), which still continues to delight me to no end. xD

Most Popular Multi-Chapter Story: based on hits, and give all the love that you have in your soul (jaimebrienne, joncon/r, joncon/omc) and I’m absolutely delighted it’s this one because jonc being in one of my most popular things is always a good thing to me. ;)

Favourite Story You Wrote: thiiis is a loaded question and if I had finished sfbd it might be that, but as I still haven’t... eh, it’s still going to be in the darkness on the edge of town (jaimebrienne + others) aka the infamous Hooker AU Of Doom because idk how the hell this thing happened the way it happened but looking back on it... it’s imvho the best writing I ever put on page for this fandom or maybe it’s me being biased because I just stopped pretending I wasn’t writing an ode to bruce springsteen but whatever. it’s this one xD

Story You Were Nervous to Post: hmmmm I mean I get nervous enough times but probably and all my life, I never had a chance (jb, That Fic Where Jaime Gets Therapy Because We Know Who) because of the subject matter and the fact that it wasn’t exactly a walk in the park to write. also probably take off your skin and dance around your bones because it was like... way darker than my usual but no one hated me for it so xD

How You Choose Your Titles: unless for a miracle I already know, SONG TITLES. SONG TITLES. BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN, GASLIGHT ANTHEM AND BOBDYLAN.COM/LYRICS. OCCASIONALLY BON JOVI OR OTHER PEOPLE. BUT SONGS. HAHAHAHA. TITLES. I hate them xD

Do You Outline: no. outlining is the one thing that makes me want to stop writing the thing xD I only do very quick charts if I need to keep the timeline straight and I write down recasts or smth but I never outline what happens in the fic.

Complete: on ao3? 436

In Progress: on ao3? 2. on my hd/in my head? let’s not even go there.

Coming Soon/Not Yet Started: UHM HAHAHAHA so let’s presume that we’re going for what I’m planning to do hopefully before february, no titles if I don’t have them but I usually don’t have them before the last ten minutes before posting:

next chapter of sfbd which I had started last year but that one nanowrimo didn’t work out

I might take halloween prompts maybe

au where all three of rhaegar’s kids survive and jon adops all of them which I had started last year but never finished

that post S8 afterlife fixit fic where everyone gives jaime hugs and he ends up in a thing with both ned and catelyn

finishing a brienne/cat thing an anon asked for in august that I had half-started but never got around to finish

possibly either the damned canon jaime/brienne/cat threesome or an au I had planned years ago where cat/ned coach them on the art of figuring out their issues in bed and ends with occasional ot4 but idk

hopefully a canon divergence where c/rsei marries rhaegar and jaime/jonc end up having a revenge affair while trying to split them up that I had planned years ago as well

i kinda wanna do that area 51 raid au thing I had planned last september

I also kiindaaaaa wanted to do the san/san spinoff for in the darkness on the edge of town

also i had planned a grapes of wrath throbb + other starks au ages ago so we’ll see

same for the calvinist soulmates au

same for at least one opera singers sequel

whatever I get assigned for yuletide

that said this all depends on whether this year I bite the bullet and write original stuff for nanowrimo while hopefully not shooting myself for lack of time so we just don’t know but anyway, feel free to vote on what you wanna see first xD

Do You Accept Prompts: when I have the askbox open for them yes, if it’s not stated I’ll accept any ideas but I don’t guarantee anything because I’m swamped already xD

Upcoming Story You Are Most Excited to Write: ngl I’ve wanted to do the grapes of wrath thing for a long time but as it is idk when I’ll get to it so tie between the original stuff even if I’m lowkey terrified bc I haven’t written original in years and the joncon/jaime secret affair thing ;)

Tagging: hmmmm @lordhellebore @randomingoftherandomness @hardlyfatal and @ivory--and--gold if they want to!! :D

#writing #about me #janie writes #god my list is a mess

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