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orangelemonart · 2 days ago
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The only thing Naruto is able to have is PTSD cause he heals like crazy so i don't think he can have any disabilities or chronic problems outside of that but what kind of problems do you think Sakura and Sasuke have? like i know Sasuke probably has eye problems from using his mangyeko sharingan like itachi was going blind. Do you think Sakura ever has muscle pain from lifting things that are really heavy? do you think Shikamaru ever developed something from being lazy like potato syndrome (this is not real im making this up hes a lazy ass man and i love him) do you think Ino has arthritis? any of the kids could have arthritis from the hand signs
i like to reflect my own problems onto the characters i like or just give them HC problems to make them feel more real do you have any of those you do for the characters? or do you not do stuff like that
That's interesting to consider. I don't think Sakura has pain issues because her healing seal would correct for any. While I do believe the Uchiha/sharingan users have eye issues (Itachi also apparently had some unrelated illness alongside the macular degeneration, that's what technically killed him), getting the EMS transplant means Sasuke doesn't have that problem anymore.
While I got plenty of headcanons, I'm not really the type to make headcanons that relate to me specifically (although I get accused of doing this anytime I draw a redhead lmao). I personally have more fun building headcanons out of the smallest canon things, like Naruto being bad with cats or Sasuke's favorite food actually being onigiri.
But! If you're looking for that kind of representation in Naruto, Gai-sensei canonically is disabled after the war. He completely lost the use of one foot and uses a wheelchair. While I don't read or watch Boruto/supplementary manga and novels, from what I understand there are episodes and arcs covering this!
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nightfallsystem · 2 years ago
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i think i may be mentally unwell
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el-cabroncito · 2 months ago
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Tik Tok decided to make me feel things today Pt1
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cardworksartblog · 2 years ago
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Their friendship is actually so special to me,.,,, fucked up bug and her Little Guy friend who may or may not be a fucking parasite. They make me go insane
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thelambthatkilledthewolf · 2 months ago
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Headcanon that after Hezekiah Wakely had a chronic pain disorder and after he stopped drinking, the only thing that helped his pain was the pressure of the Buried
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2boldlyqueer · 1 year ago
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I am doing real badly these days
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risetherivermoon · 7 months ago
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Bullshit Freaks - Bloody Lullaby
- Fandom: Stranger Things
- Status: Finished (Series Discontinued)
- Chapters: 40/40 (Word Count: 117k)
- Main Ships: Steve Harrington/Eddie Munson
- Minor Ships: Robin Buckley/Vickie, Nancy Wheeler/Jonathan Byers
- Archive Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence
- Desc: a steve has powers au + him meeting rob and eddie while still in highschool, (this is steddie centric)
- Link: Bullshit Freaks - moonriverrise
Boiling Point - Bloody Lullaby
- Fandom: Stranger Things
- Status: Finished (Series Discontinued)
- Chapters: 22/22 (Word Count: 88k)
- Main Ships: Steve Harrington/Eddie Munson
- Minor Ships: Robin Buckley/Vickie, Nancy Wheeler/Jonathan Byers
- Archive Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence
- Desc: the sequel to the steve has powers fic i finished a bit ago called Bullshit Freaks, enjoy
- Link: Boiling Point - moonriverrise
Thawing Of The Knife - Bloody Lullaby
- Fandom: Stranger Things
- Status: Discontinued
- Chapters: 3/3 (Word Count: 8k)
- Main Ships: Steve Harrington/Eddie Munson
- Minor Ships: Max Mayfield/Lucas Sinclair, Robin Buckley/Nancy Wheeler
- Archive Warnings: Graphic Depictions of Violence
- Desc: the next book of my steddie, steve harrington has powers fic, read bullshit freaks & boiling point b4 this!!
- Link: Thawing Of The Knife - moonriverrise
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How To Not Die Young
- Fandom: Harry Potter / Marauders Era
- Status: Discontinued
- Chapters: 43/43 (Word Count: 110k)
- Main Ships: Remus Lupin/Sirius Black, James Potter/Regulus Black, Barty Crouch Jr./Evan Rosier
- Minor Ships: Marlene Mckinnon/Dorcas Meadowes, Lily Evans/Mary Macdonald, Pandora Lovegood/Xenophilius Lovegood, Peter Pettigrew/Sybil Trelawney, Bellatrix Black Lestrange/Rita Skeeter, Narcissa Black Malfoy/Alice Longbottom, Andromeda Black Tonks/Ted Tonks
- Archive Warnings: None
- Desc: a wolfstar, jegulus/sunseeker, and rosekiller au feat. highschool drama, plants, licorice, and bands
- Link: How To Not Die Young - risetherivermoon
Just Different, Apparently
- Fandom: Harry Potter / Marauders Era
- Status: Finished
- Chapters: 4/4 (Word Count: 24k)
- Main Ships: James Potter/Regulus Black
- Minor Ships: Sirius Black/Remus Lupin, Lily Evans/Mary Macdonald, Marlene Mckinnon/Dorcas Meadowes, Barty Crouch Jr./Evan Rosier
- Archive Warnings: None
- Desc: a meet cute modern jegulus au w/ autistic james and trans reg. feat. orchestras, cafes, idiot brothers and shitty familes, theatre groups, football, social disasters, and woodland creatures
- Link: Just Different, Apparently - risetherivermoon
Like A Kick To My Face, Your Love
- Fandom: Harry Potter / Marauders Era
- Status: Finished
- Chapters: 1/1 (Word Count: 1k)
- Main Ships: Mary Macdonald/Lily Evans
- Minor Ships: James Potter/Regulus Black
- Archive Warnings: None
- Desc: a marylily oneshot + a (sorta) fame au
- Link: Like A Kick To My Face, Your Love - risetherivermoon
Can't Get The Words Out
- Fandom: Harry Potter / Marauders Era
- Status: Finished
- Chapters: 1/1 (Word Count: 1k)
- Main Ships: None
- Minor Ships: Sirius Black/Remus Lupin
- Archive Warnings: None
- Desc: Lily comes out to her friends after a loud Gryffindor party,
- Link: Can't Get The Words Out - risetherivermoon
Reaching From Arm's Length
- Fandom: Harry Potter / Marauders Era
- Status: Finished
- Chapters: 1/1 (Word Count: 2k)
- Main Ships: Sirius Black/Remus Lupin
- Minor Ships: None
- Archive Warnings: None
- Desc: Remus freaks out during a party because of a migraine, Sirius brings Remus away from the crowd and they talk, and Remus confesses and opens up to Sirius for the first time.
- Link: Reaching From Arm's Length - risetherivermoon
Feeling Overheated
- Fandom: Harry Potter / Marauders Era
- Status: Finished
- Chapters: 1/1 (Word Count: 1k
- Main Ships: Sirius Black/Remus Lupin
- Minor Ships: James Potter/Lily Evans
- Archive Warnings: None
- Desc: After Remus comes out a few months prior Sirius starts to realize things about himself and how he feels about his friend, he talks to James about it and then approaches Remus.
- Link: Feeling Overheated - risetherivermoon
Live Through My Scars and Blood, Live Through My Love
- Fandom: Harry Potter / Marauders Era
- Status: Finished
- Chapters: 1/1 (Word Count: 1k)
- Main Ships: Barty Crouch Jr./Evan Rosier (IMPLIED)
- Minor Ships: None
- Archive Warnings: Major Character Death
- Desc: A Barty Character Study
- Link: Live Through My Scars and Blood, Live Through My Love - risetherivermoon
Sing For The Damage We've Done
- Fandom: Harry Potter / Marauders Era
- Status: Ongoing
- Chapters: 2/?
- Main Ships: Barty Crouch Jr./James Potter
- Minor Ships: Regulus Black/Remus Lupin, Dorcas Meadows/Marlene Mckinnon
- Archive Warnings: None
- Desc: a childhood friends Darksun au
- Link: Sing For The Damage We've Done - risetherivermoon, queer70s
Go For The Throat
- Fandom: Harry Potter / Marauders Au
- Status: Discontinued
- Chapters: 1/1 (Word Count: 6k)
- Main Ships: Barty Crouch Jr./James Potter
- Minor Ships: Regulus Black/Remus Lupin/Evan Rosier, Lily Evans/Pandora Lovegood, Marlene Mckinnon/Dorcas Meadowes
- Archive Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence
- Desc: a detective darksun au where James is a detective and Barty is a lawyer who bothers the hell out of him and may be lying about his identity a little… (+ moonrosewater (remus x evan x regulus) dorlene and pandalily)
- Link: Go For The Throat - risetherivermoon
Foolish Embarrassment
- Fandom: Harry Potter / Marauders Era
- Status: Finished
- Chapters: 1/1 (Word Count: 2k)
- Main Ships: Barty Crouch Jr./Xenophilius Lovegood/Evan Rosier
- Minor Ships: None
- Archive Warnings: None
- Desc: a fluffy silverrosedagger (xenophilius x evan x barty) fic for my friend hag,
- Link: Foolish Embarassment - risetherivermoon for fallinginautumn
I'm Tired, I Hate It, It Hurts, But I Can't Stop.
- Fandom: Harry Potter / Marauders Era
- Status: Discontinued
- Chapters: 1/1 (Word Count: 6k)
- Main Ships: Barty Crouch Jr./James Potter
- Minor Ships: None
- Archive Warnings: Major Character Death
- Desc: an angsty Darksun au, where Barty is stubborn and sick, and James loves him anyway. ( b-day gift for leo :D )
- Link: I'm Tired, I Hate It, It Hurts, But I Can't Stop - risetherivermoon
If You Need To, Darling, Lean Your Weight On Me - Darlin, I Would Do It Again
- Fandom: Good Omens (TV)
- Status: Finished (Series Discontinued)
- Chapters: 1/1 (Word Count: 10k)
- Main Ships: Aziraphale/Crowley
- Minor Ships: Maggie/Nina
- Archive Warnings: None
- Desc: A post s2 ep6 fix it fic, with crowley coming into the bookstore after having a nightmare and aziracrow finally talk to eachother
- Link: If You Need To, Darling, Lean Your Weight On Me - risetherivermoon
So Someone With Your Eyes Might Come In Time - Darlin' I Would Do It Again
- Fandom: Good Omens (TV)
- Status: Finished (Series Discontinued)
- Chapters: 1/1 (Word Count: 9k)
- Main Ships: Aziraphale/Crowley
- Minor Ships: Maggie/Nina
- Archive Warnings: None
- Desc: the sequel to my other GO oneshot...from az's pov
- Link: So Someone With Your Eyes Might Come In Time - risetherivermoon
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Don't Look Now
- Fandom: Dungeons and Daddies
- Status: Ongoing
- Chapters: 2/?
- Main Ships: Veronica Stampler/Terry Jr. Stampler, Sparrow Oak-Swallows-Garcia/Rebecca Oak-Swallows-Garcia, Marco Li-Wilson/Grant Li-Wilson, Nicholas Close-Foster/Lark Oak-Garcia
- Minor Ships: Normal Oak-Swallows-Garcia/Hermie Unworthy, Lincoln Li-Wilson/Scary Marlowe
- Archive Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence
- Desc: a no realms (but very dark) dndads au! based mostly on the kiddads, + the teens too, where i make willy 10x worse and everyones a bit more fucked up bc i love psychological horror and stupid dnd podcasts
- Link: Don't Look Now - autumnl3av3s
Once Upon A FUCK FUCK FUCKITY FUCK
- Fandom: Dungeons and Daddies
- Status: Ongoing
- Chapters: 10/?
- Main Ships: Normal Oak-Swallows-Garcia/Hermie Unworthy
- Minor Ships: Lincoln Li-Wilson/Scary Marlowe/Taylor Swift, Nicholas Close-Foster/Lark Oak-Garcia
- Archive Warnings: None
- Desc: a canon divergence text fic for the goofs and giggles
- Link: Once Upon A FUCK FUCK FUCKITY FUCK - autumnl3av3s
Family Are The Ones You Love The Most
- Fandom: Dungeons and Daddies
- Status: Finished
- Chapters: 1/1 (Word Count: 5k)
- Main Ships: None
- Minor Ships: Normal Oak-Swallows-Garcia/Hermie Unworthy
- Archive Warnings: None
- Desc: Scary and the rest of the teens spend christmas together and she thinks about how much she loves her friends
- Link: Family Are The Ones You Love The Most - autumnl3av3s
5 Times Nick's Dad Didn't Notice Him And One Time He Did
- Fandom: Dungeons and Daddies
- Status: Finished
- Chapters: 6/6 (Word Count: 10k)
- Main Ships: None
- Minor Ships: None
- Archive Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence
- Desc: The one where people help and comfort Nick when Glenn should have, and one time where Glenn did show up for him
- Link: 5 Times Nick's Dad Didn't Notice Him And One Time He Did - autumnl3av3s
Get The Fuck Out Of My Head - He's Half Of My Soul As The Poet's Say
- Fandom: Dungeons and Daddies
- Status: Finished (Series Ongoing)
- Chapters: 6/6 (Word Count: 23k)
- Main Ships: Nicholas Close-Foster/Lark Oak-Garcia
- Minor Ships: Terry Jr. Stampler/Grant Wilson
- Archive Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence
- Desc: Lark gets hit with some kind of sleep spell that has him lost in his mind, Nicky is tasked with going into his head (via magic) and retrieving him. Once everything clears up, they notice a shift in their relationship and dynamic
- Link: Get The Fuck Out Of My Head - autumnl3av3s
I Wish You Were Far Away From Me - I Won't Ever Stop Hating You
- Fandom: Dungeons and Daddies
- Status: Finished (Series Ongoing)
- Chapters: 1/1 (Word Count: 3k)
- Main Ships: None
- Minor Ships: None
- Archive Warnings: None
- Desc: an au where Jodie is Glenn's older brother who he despises and argues with all the time, their relationship and Glenn being an angsty kid
- Link: I Wish You Were Far Away From Me - autumnl3av3s
Why Are You Here? - I Won't Ever Stop Hating You
- Fandom: Dungeons And Daddies
- Status: Finished (Series Ongoing)
- Chapters: 1/1 (Word Count: 2k)
- Main Ships: None
- Minor Ships: None
- Archive Warnings: None
- Desc: part 2 of the Jodie is Glenn's older brother au, Glenn gets sent home from school by the school nurse and Jodie is there to pick him up, Glenn isn't too thrilled about it
- Link: Why Are You Here? - autumnl3av3s
And Right Now I Just Wanna Grow Up
- Fandom: Dungeons and Daddies
- Status: Finished
- Chapters: 1/1
- Main Ships: None
- Minor Ships: None
- Archive Warnings: None
- Desc: Hero finally has a conversation with her Uncle and Dad about stopping her training, it goes better than she expects and honestly that makes it worse
- Link: And Right Now I Just Wanna Grow Up - autumnl3av3s
How Do I Get Angry? - I Won't Ever Stop Hating You
- Fandom: Dungeons and Daddies
- Status: Finished (Series Ongoing)
- Chapters: 1/1 (Word Count: 2k)
- Main Ships: None
- Minor Ships: None
- Archive Warnings: None
- Desc: part 3 of the Jodie is Glenn's older brother au, where Glenn makes an unexpected friend at the library
- Link: How Do I Get Angry? - autumnl3av3s
Dear Dad, Love Your Son
- Fandom: Dungeons and Daddies
- Status: Finished
- Chapters: 1/1 (Word Count: 1k)
- Main Ships: None
- Minor Ships: Marco Li-Wilson/Grant Li-Wilson, Darryl Wilson/Henry Oak
- Archive Warnings: Major Character Death
- Desc: A series of letters between Grant & Darryl as Grant grows up,
- Link: Dear Dad, Love Your Son - autumnl3av3s
Oh Universe I See Your Face
- Fandom: Dungeons And Daddies
- Status: Ongoing
- Chapters: 5/?
- Main Ships: Henry Oak-Garcia/Glenn Close
- Minor Ships: Henry Oak-Garcia/Mercedes Oak-Garcia, Henry Oak-Garcia/Darryl Wilson/Glenn Close
- Archive Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence
- Desc: A no realms au where Henry grew up in a cult on earth (Oakvale) and when the dads + their families goes on a three week vacation to the beach, Henry starts to remember his childhood, (plus some enemies to lovers esc glennry with a little polydads on the side as a treat)
- Link: Oh Universe I See Your Face - autumnl3av3s
Will We Ever Be Enough For Her? - I Won't Ever Stop Hating You
- Fandom: Dungeons and Daddies
- Status: Finished (Series Ongoing)
- Chapters: 1/1 (Word Count: 3k)
- Main Ships: None
- Minor Ships: None
- Archive Warnings: None
- Desc: the fourth part of a jodie is glenns older brother au, where the boys go to mcdonalds and nothing bad happens! ever! definitely nothing sad and terrible!
- Link: Will We Ever Be Enough For Her? - autumnl3av3s
Don't Fall Asleep Too Quickly - Swiftli Week 2024
- Fandom: Dungeons And Daddies
- Status: Finished
- Chapters: 1/1 (Word Count: 3k)
- Main Ships: Lincoln Li-Wilson/Taylor Swift
- Minor Ships: None
- Archive Warnings: None
- Desc: oneshot 4 day 1 of swiftli week 2024: Birthday / Sleepover / Movie Night
- Link: Don't Fall Asleep Too Quickly - autumnl3av3s
Fell From Heaven - Swiftli Week 2024 - Three Sinners And One Angel
- Fandom: Dungeons and Daddies
- Status: Finished
- Chapters: 1/1 (Word Count: 4k)
- Main Ships: Taylor Swift/Lincoln Li-Wilson
- Minor Ships: None
- Archive Warnings: None
- Desc: Lincoln, a fallen angel, falls from heaven into hell and is discovered by Taylor, a hell demon prince, and Scary, a sinner.
aka: a prequel to an au on tumblr that ive written and drawn for on the account: @3sinnrsn1angel go check it out for more content! (though this fic is canon to that universe this can be read as a stand-alone)
aka x2: : a oneshot 4 day 2 of Swiftli Week 2024: Angel+Demon
- Link: Fell From Heaven - autumnl3av3s
Makeup and Skirts - Swiftli Week 2024
- Fandom: Dungeons and Daddies
- Status: Finished
- Chapters: 1/1 (Word Count: 3k)
- Main Ships: Lincoln Li-Wilson/Taylor Swift
- Minor Ships: Hermie Unworthy/Normal Oak-Swallows-Garcia, Scary Marlowe/Erica Drippins
- Archive Warnings: None
- Desc: Transfem Linc gets dysphoric before going on a date with her boyfriend, Taylor, and some other shtuff happens
aka: fic for day 4 (albeit late) of Swiftli Week 2024: FREE DAY
- Link: Makeup and Skirts - autumnl3av3s
The (Not-So World Ending) Chaotic Life Of The Li-Wilson-Swifts - Swiftli Week 2024
- Fandom: Dungeons and Daddies
- Status: Discontinued
- Chapters: 1/1 (Word Count: 2k)
- Main Ships: Taylor Swift/Lincoln Li-Wilson
- Minor Ships: Scary Marlowe/Hermie Unworthy/Normal Oak-Swallows-Garcia
- Archive Warnings: None
- Desc: In a future Au, Lincoln and Taylor decide to adopt a child and start a family together, some things happen, problems and trouble but also happiness and love! yay!
aka: a fic for the last day of swiftli week 2024: Future Au!!
- Link: The (Not-So World Ending) Chaotic Life Of The Li-Wilson-Swifts - autumnl3av3s
Home Is Whenever I'm With You - He's Half Of My Soul As The Poet's Say
- Fandom: Dungeons and Daddies
- Status: Finished (Series Ongoing)
- Chapters: 1/1 (Word Count: 3k)
- Main Ships: Nicholas Close-Foster/Lark Oak-Garcia
- Minor Ships: Terry Jr. Stampler/Grant Wilson
- Archive Warnings: None
- Desc: a oneshot/part 2 of the telepathy nark au! (aka Get The Fuck Out Of My Head) where Lark helps Nicky unpack boxes in his new apartment and some other shtuff happens ;)
- Link: Home Is Whenever I'm With You - autumnl3av3s
Happy Birthday! Why Are You Crying? - autumnl3av3s
- Fandom: Dungeons and Daddies
- Status: Finished (Series Ongoing
- Chapters: 3/3 (Word Count: 6k)
- Main Ships: Nicholas Close-Foster/Lark Oak-Garcia
- Minor Ships: None
- Archive Warnings: None
- Desc: part 3 of the telepathy nark au / Get The Fuck Out Of My Head, where it's Nicky's birthday and he has a bad time!!
- Link: Happy Birthday! Why Are You Crying? - autumnl3av3s
I Say Your Name, In Hopes You'll Hear It In The Stars
- Fandom: Dungeons and Daddies
- Status: Finished
- Chapters: 1/1 (Word Count: 1k)
- Main Ships: None
- Minor Ships: Veronica Stampler/Terry Jr. Stampler
- Archive Warnings: Major Character Death
- Desc: In another universe where Scary doesn't get to see Terry in hell again, she goes home to her Mom alone.
- Link: I Say Your Name, In Hopes You'll Hear It In the Stars - autumnl3aves
The World Rots At Our Finger Tips, We Are Not Safe
- Fandom: Dungeons and Daddies
- Status: Discontinued
- Chapters: 3/3 (Word Count: 8k)
- Main Ships: Glenn Close/Henry Oak/Darryl Wilson
- Minor Ships: Henry Oak/Mercedes Oak-Garcia, Glenn Close/Morgan Freeman, Darryl Wilson/Carol Wilson, Ron Stampler/Samantha Stampler
- Archive Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence
- Desc: an apocalyptic take on what happened between s1 and s2, plus some polydads for fun weeee
- Link: The World Rots At Our Finger Tips We Are Not Safe - autumnl3av3s
And We're Not Out Of The Tunnel, I Bet You Though There's An End
- Fandom: Dungeons and Daddies
- Status: Finished
- Chapters: 1/1 (Word Count: 8k)
- Main Ships: None
- Minor Ships: Henry Oak-Garcoa/Mercedes Oak-Garcia, Rebecca Swallows/Sparrow Oak-Garcia
- Archive Warnings: None
- Desc: Lark wakes up sick one morning, Henry is left to take care of a teenage boy who wants nothing to do with him and won't let himself be helped... hurt and comfort ensues
- Link: And We're Not Out Of The Tunnel, I Bet You Though There's An End - autumnl3av3s
Put Down Your Guns, The War Is Over
- Fandom: Dungeons and Daddies
- Status: Finished
- Chapters: 1/1 (Word Count: 3k)
- Main Ships: None
- Minor Ships: None
- Archive Warnings: None
- Desc: post-s2 epilogue, Lark and Normal have a conversation
- Link: Put Down Your Guns, The War Is Over - autumnl3av3s
Our Own Lives - I Won't Ever Stop Hating You
- Fandom: Dungeons and Daddies
- Status: Ongoing
- Chapters: 2/?
- Main Ships: None
- Minor Ships: Jodie Foster/Scam Likely, Carol Wilson/Darryl Wilson
- Archive Warnings: None
- Desc: the fifth part of the Jodie is Glenn's older brother au, (as well as no faerun) a multichapter update with a jodie pov + some scamster on the side!
- Link: Our Own Lives - autumnl3av3s
Good Luck, Babe!
- Fandom: Dungeons and Daddies
- Status: Ongoing
- Chapters: 2/?
- Main Ships: Sparrow Oak-Garcia/Nicholas Close-Foster
- Minor Ships: None
- Archive Warnings: None
- Desc: after a wild misunderstanding, and a few secrets falling loose, Sparrow decides that Nicky deserves to go on a real date for once,
aka: sapphic ace-spec lovesong because i'm sooo freakishly self indulgent,
- Link: Good Luck, Babe! - autumnl3av3s
See, I've Come To Burn Your Kingdom Down - That's The Last Song You'll Ever Sing
- Fandom: Dungeons and Daddies
- Status: Finished (Series Ongoing)
- Chapters: 4/4 (Word Count: 15k)
- Main Ships: Sparrow Oak-Garcia/Rebecca Swallows
- Minor Ships: None
- Archive Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence
- Desc: a canon divergent au where Lark opens the obsidian door and joins Willy. Seven years later, Lark's missing, and time has taken it's toll on Sparrow, his love for his brother practically nonexistent. Sparrow's able to cope with this until Lark makes contact for the first time since he released Willy.
Aka: a preteen Lark gets fucking Scary Marlowe-ed
- Link: See, I've Come To Burn Your Kingdom Down - autumnl3av3s
We All Have A Hunger - That's The Last Song You'll Ever Sing
- Fandom: Dungeons and Daddies
- Status: Ongoing
- Chapters: 2/?
- Main Ships: Sparrow Oak-Garcia/Rebecca Swallows
- Minor Ships: None
- Archive Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence
- Desc: The Sequel to a Lark releases Willy as a preteen Au featuring a shit ton of oak twins angst and Willy being a manipulative piece of shit
aka: Lark continues to get fkin Scary Marlowe-ed (it gets worse)
- Link: We All Have A Hunger - autumnl3av3s
Sweet Tooth
- Fandom: Dungeons and Daddies
- Status: Finished
- Chapters: 1/1, (Word Count: 2k)
- Main Ships: Hermie Unworthy/Normal Oak-Swallows-Garcia
- Minor Ships: None
- Archive Warnings: None
- Desc: Normal doesn't show up to school so Hermie goes looking for him
- Link: Sweet Tooth - autumnl3av3s
There When You Need Us
- Fandom: Dungeons and Daddies
- Status: Finished
- Chapters: 1/1 (Word Count: 7k)
- Main Ships: Henry Oak-Garcia/Darryl Wilson/Glenn Close,
- Minor Ships: Henry Oak-Garcia/Mercedes Oak-Garcia
- Archive Warnings: None
- Desc:Henry doesn't like his birthday because of the bad memories and feelings it brings up...luckily for him his lovers are there for him
aka: my birthday post for henry since today is the 23rd! happy birthday to that fictional hippy man!
- Link: There When You Need Us - autumnl3av3s
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halo--hall · 7 months ago
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can't decide if the headache i have had for days is a gum thing or a sinus thing or both but it's pairing really well with the shoulder pain i've had for weeks lmao. mystery chronic illness is awesome
#i mean i'm pretty sure it is a combo of pots and heds and long covid but#i don't have money to pursue a real diagnosis or treatment of any of these things#so i just keep self medicating & going to my multiple manual labor jobs that will make all of my mystery illnesses worse before they kill me#mwah! <3333 i don't want to live like this anymore!#my chronic pain keeps getting worse bc of the manual labor & that pain stacked on the psychic pain of being in constant ptsd flashbacks for#the last month is making it impossible for me to get anything done & it's also turning me into a much meaner person than i even am as#a baseline lol#sorry to be vulnerable on main but i'm in excruciating pain emotionally and physically at all times and i can't cope w it anymore#i literally do not want to live like this anymore 😎 but i gotta go to the candy store in a couple hours so#time to load up on pot and ibuprofen!#i owe so many people texts and am behind on so much admin work for the salon and my bitch ass theatre company#but i just have to lay in bed and save my spoons so i can drag my bloated carcass into either of my jobs so i can be a good wage slave#anyway thanks for reading lets all manifest me making lots of money this weekend!#i've been short on bills every month since i got hurt despite how much i work & i can't fucking catch up on anything bc of that so like#would be very sexy if i made enough money before the first to cover my basic living expenses teehee#i prob won't tho lmao womp womp
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andromedasummer · 1 year ago
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having a bit of a shit day. going to read dnd books abt it.
#my reserved book (adulthood rites) is here and the trilogy anthology of the first Drizzt books are on their way as well#someone in the library has realized someone (me) is getting Louise Erdrich books out. i got out the sentence and returned it#so they put out plague of doves. i got that out and began reading it. they put out the roundhouse (ive already read that one)#and when they recognised i havent taken it they mustve gone for another because today i found the night watchmen!#which is a recent one by her and about her own grandfather#i also found tales from the yawning portal which i wanna go through cos forgotten realms#and baldurs gate descent into avernus which also forgotten realms#i was hoping to get waterdeep dragon heist but they didnt have it :(#they do have dungeon of the mad mage which is the sequel and i will take a look through but i doubt it will be for me#its essentially one giant dungeon crawl and i need a balance of roleplay/exploration/battle in my campaigns. esp as a dm#so i would have to heavily rework it if i wanted to run it. which sucks because im REALLY enjoying the waterdeep dragon heist#campaign arcane arcade did and knowing they wont follow it up with the sequel book because its so grindy is a shame.#god dragon heist is a fantastic adventure its tied for the campaign i want to run the most with icewind dale#i have icewind dale and its fucking AMAZING absolutely would recommend it#i started the arcane arcade campaign of it this morning and i am so jealous that they have the beedle and grimms set#i would fucking KILL for a beedle and grimms box set. look them up theyre sick as hell#like their platinum curse of strahd box? i dont have curse of strahd which makes me wish i had 500 usd to drop on it so bad GOD#anyway shit day with the jack news and i have period pain and chronic pain and took a hard fall walking to the library#but the books are helping me :)
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shadowed-yet-vibrant · 1 year ago
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I have had severe, anaphylactic-level peanut and tree nut allergies my entire life. Allergies are absolutely disabling. I agree with every point in the OP, and have some of my own (particularly based on nuts, but these apply to many other allergies as well).
It limits job opportunities, because it eliminates all food service jobs as possibilities. Even a local neighborhood cafe will almost certainly have those allergens on hand.
It makes transit risky. A friend's vehicle, a public train or bus, and especially airplanes, all become terrifying mobile prisons that could have your allergens lurking on any handle, seat, pole, or the shared air.
It limits how you can interact with your pets. Dogs love peanut butter, and it's crammed into tons of treats and toys. It makes dog parks and the vet dangerous, and means you can't give your dog something they'd love. It also makes interacting with friend's and stranger's dogs risky.
It limits what you can drink. The USA does not require allergen labels on alcoholic beverages, and between the popularity of "peanut butter" brews for beer and the longtime use of almond liqueurs, any shared facility or packaging line can be a fatal crossover. There is also no requirement to label wheat or gluten, and it can be found even in liquors that don't traditionally use it.
This may be the same routine I've had since I was 6 years old, but that doesn't make it any less terrifying or any less disabling. I will live with my allergies for the rest of my life, and they will continue to put my life at risk. How I interact with my friends, my family, and the public, will forever be dictated by my allergies. They are absolutely a disability, and deserve to be taken seriously.
you know what. i've always been hesitant to describe my anaphylactic food allergies as a disability because "it's just allergies" but if you look at the numerous ways this has affected my life as an adult (because everybody only talks about kids having anaphylactic allergies):
no restaurants or fast food
no store-bought food from small companies (less accountability/resources to prevent cross-contamination)
no candy or desserts (unless they are 100% homemade, which takes a lot of time and energy if you have other disabilities like i do)
no hand-washing dishes (every place i live in has to have a well-functioning dishwasher)
no kissing people on the mouth/lower half of the face
other people cannot kiss me/put their mouth on me
no allergens in the house (really difficult to enforce with non- immediate family members!!)
always having to cook my own meals/bake my own treats/desserts
no sharing drinks/food with other people
no food cooked in other people's houses/kitchens
always having to bring my own "lunchbox" to family events, work or school, all-day events, or any other situation in which i could THEORETICALLY need to eat or drink something other than bottled water
calling food manufacturers to verify label information on new/changed foods
and none of this is counting the avoidance behaviors i developed with obsessive-compulsive disorder around age 13 in response to the panic attacks i'd have remembering about the anaphylactic shock i experienced at age 10.
i was taught to read labels at age 5. i was taught how to use my own epi-pen at age 6. my parents and i have always been careful and responsible about my allergies. it's not "i just don't like this food", it's "if i eat this my throat will swell up and block my trachea AND i'll go into shock from low blood pressure." as inconvenient as it might be for YOU, you can learn these things too and save a life. happy disability pride month; stop being a dickhead
i don't usually talk about my allergies because it gives me a LOT of anxiety but i felt this was important to share, because most people have no idea what being an adult with allergies is like. life went from "everyone at the birthday party gets a cupcake but me and i'm sad" to to "if i want to kiss someone i like, i have to make sure she hasn't eaten anything i'm allergic to in the past few days" (which is like. hugely awkward to ask of someone holy shit) or "i have to turn down the meal from my friend's mom even though she has the best of intentions and now she thinks i'm an asshole"
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shadow-bender · 3 months ago
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#genuinely though i think i need to try and get (back) on medication for my chronic pain#the only reaso. i didnt when it was offered is bc the trwatment they wnated to use involved and ssri and i cant be#on an ssri without being on a mood stabilizer unless we want me to go into a mania#and the last time i was on a mood stabilizer i lost 15% of my body weight bc of how sick it made me and my gastrointestinal tract still#hasnt recovered from that even though its been 7 years atleast at this point#and 15% of your body mass is alot to fucking lose when you only weigh 112 pounds in the first place#ive also STILL not gained that weight back btw#i only weigh like 105#i feel like i look like a fucking victorian waif who needs to be sent to the seaside for their health#but atleast i dont weight 98 pounds anymore bc that was really scary actually#also and the main point of this all is that if i dont do something im going A flunk out of grad school and B possibly killmyself#bc my mental health is actially so bad right now. my suicidal ideation is the worst its been since my early 20s#lile there is a part of my brain that actively wants to die bc then everything would stop hurting and bc im so tired and i just want to rest#but also i dont want to die actually im just tired and afraid#but my brain is trying to kill me#and ive had the strong urge to start self harming again after being clean of it again since my early 20s#like ive caught myself ruminating on it on how much i want it#both selfharm and death and thats so fucking scary bc ive fought so hard to not do either of those things#ive been clean of self harm since i was 21 thats 7 years and the last time i caught myself actively thinking about sucide or selfharm#was in 2020 during covid lockdown bc i was fucking trapped in a house with my ex who didnt give a shit about my psychosis or its triggers#or even my life apparently bc i begged him to lock up his guns during one of the worst episodes i had during lockdown bc my brain was#telling me to kill myself and he didnt just moved them to a shelf kinda out of the way but still easily accessible
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indiegame · 4 months ago
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i refuse to text out i can't
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fragglerockopinions · 5 months ago
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cursed-tm · 5 months ago
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getting older is really unfortunate because things are closed off to you the older you get. that's not a like litany against aging or something it's just an observation like literally you can never go back. literally you will never be this age again. it will be impossible for you to tell if you made the right choice or not until it's too late for you to go back and change it. things will simply continue happening on whatever course they're on and there's nothing you can do about it. all of your problems are aging with you. etc
#this is about the queer issue but also it's about everything else#i cant disentangle my problems from each other#queerness is like chronic pain to me in that it's simply a problem that will affect me everyday that i will never be rid of.#chronic pain is like my mental nonsense in that it's this personal world that cocoons me in that no one else will ever fully understand.#my mental nonsense is like queerness in that it's kind of a constructed web of anxieties and problems that are simultaneously real and fake#and then they loop around and feed on each other again#thinking about transition again i feel similar to how i felt about deciding about college. none of these options feel right i dread every#second of this future. yet it's coming anyway. i tried to kill myself like at least eight times in college#i regret going yet i also would have regretted not going. which i knew at the time. so i picked one#i will probably regret transitioning i will also regret not transitioning. the future is coming regardless i have to pick one#how many times will i try to kill myself after transitioning? how many times will i try to kill myself before/instead of transitioning?#if the self is dysfunctional if the self is wrong the solution is killing the self not putting a different outfit on it. you know?#what i would like is peace and i don't think anything is offering me that besides dying. it would be nice to be at peace#idk i am aging and i am in feelings about it i suppose. i have called it aging out of an age of plausible deniability. aging out of options#just me whining again
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butnobodycame627 · 11 months ago
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brb gotta go murder god with my bare hands
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cressidagrey · 6 days ago
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Holy Ground - Chapter 2
Summary:
Nobody knew that Azriel found his mate. Until she nearly died. This is the aftermath.
Warning:
Rhys Bashing (as usual), Inner Circle Bashing (kinda), Referenced/Implied Sexual Assault, Referenced/Implied Domestic Violence, Discussion of Religion(?), Chronic Injury/Pain/Illness, Minor Character Death (It's probably nobody you love), Magical Work Accidents, Explosions, Injuries
If any of this triggers you or makes you uncomfortable, please take care of your own mental health and don't read it.
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Azriel’s shadows liked to spoil his mate rotten.
Not that Azriel could find anything wrong with that.
She deserved more for putting up with him. 
More than new tea from the Dawn Court and her favourite chocolate covered, wafer thin cookies from a small bakery near the Sidra…more than the occasional embroidery thread they snuck her…More than whatever animal he went to go hunt, to cover his bed in even more furs just for her. 
He nearly had enough Sable furs to have a blanket made for her for Winter Solstice…
Azriel also had half a mind to go sneak in her office later that day. 
Just as a treat for not killing either of his brothers. For being civil. 
Rhys had come over for sparring, unnannounced. 
Azriel had hoped to have some peace and quiet today, but it seemed like Rhys had other plans. 
Currently Cassian and Rhys were wrestling with less sense than they had had when they were just kids, and Azriel was cleaning his weapons, watching from the sidelines.
Azriel couldn't help but roll his eyes at the sight of his brothers roughhousing. It was typical of them to turn a simple sparring session into some kind of ridiculous competition. He focused on sharpening his knives, trying to ignore their antics.
"You know, we could also actually train properly," he called out, his tone dry. "Instead of wrestling like a bunch of children."
Cassian looked up from his grappling with Rhys, grinning. "Oh, come on Az. Don't be such a stick in the mud. Loosen up, have a little fun for once."
Azriel's expression remained impassive. "I'm perfectly capable of having fun, Cassian. But I prefer to do so without rolling around in the dirt like a wild animal."
Rhysand chuckled, standing up and clapping Cassian on the back. "It's good to let loose every now and then, Az. You should try it sometime. It might make your brooding sessions a little less depressing."
Azriel just grunted in response, not willing to engage in a verbal sparring match with Rhys. He continued to clean his weapons, hoping that the training session would end soon so he could escape his brothers' teasing.
“When did you even come home yesterday?” Cassian asked him.
Azriel looked up from his work, his expression neutral. "Around 11," he said simply.
“You didn’t come to dinner,” Rhys pointed out. “You were missed.”
He highly doubted that.
And maybe he had made that mission in Dawn just a little while longer, so that he knew that dinner would be over and when he came home, he wouldn’t need to be alone.
Azriel just shrugged. "I was busy," he said, offering no further explanation. He knew his brothers were just trying to rile him up, and he wasn't about to give them the satisfaction of a reaction.
*Are you still pissed of at me?* Rhys asked him mentally with a sigh. *I get it. But you don’t need to avoid everybody else, just because…*
*I’m not avoiding anyone,* Azriel replied, his mental voice tight. *I’m simply choosing to spend my time how I see fit.*
“I was busy,” he repeated aloud.
Cassian rolled his eyes. "You're always busy, Az. You know, there's such thing as taking a break once in a while. Spending time with your family."
Or he could spent time with his mate. He could spent time with his mate, who let him brush her hair and even braid it …who pressed kisses to his horrible scarred hands and smiled at him. 
If it was a choice between Irena or a family dinner where he didn’t want to stay longer than an hour or two, because he was still too fucking pissed off at Rhys…the choice was easy. 
“Or is there a special somebody?” Cassian teased him.
Azriel glowered at him. "It’s none of your business." He went back to working on his weapons, his expression tense.
*You can’t keep panting after Elain for the rest of your life,* Rhys said mentally. *Look, I know I didn’t…I am sorry. But she’s happy with Lucien and…*
*Don’t worry, I’ll go to a pleasure hall and pay for it if I want to fuck somebody,* Azriel shot back viciously.
Or his own hand would suffice. More than suffice, especially if…especially if Irena had let him kiss her the evening before…sometimes he waited until she disappeared into her room, and he buried his face in the pillows that smelled like her, fisted his cock and rutted like an untried boy for seconds before he came all over himself. 
It was still better than any other sex he ever had had before.
Cassian raised an eyebrow at him. "It sounds like you need to get laid," he said, chuckling. "Maybe that'll help with your bad mood."
Azriel shot him a glare. "Mind your own business, Cassian. My love life is none of your concern."
Rhysand gave him a sympathetic look. *We just want you to be happy, Az. You deserve happiness.*
“Ohhh, touchy,” Cassian said with a snort.
Azriel just gritted his teeth, his temper rising. "Cassian, if you don’t shut your mouth right now, I swear to the Mother, I’ll shut it for you."
Cassian just grinned at him. "Come on, Az. I’m just teasing you. Lighten up."
Azriel's grip on his weapons tightened. "I don't like your teasing, Cassian. And I certainly don't appreciate you making assumptions about my personal life.”
Mostly he just wanted his brothers to leave him the hell alone.
And then...then before he could say another thing...he felt the shaking.
And then the sound came. An eardrum shattering explosion, the very foundation of the House of Wind shaking. It was terrifying him.
Irena was down there in her office. Nesta was in there. 
He was moving before he was even thinking. 
*Merrill's office, Master!* the shadows screeched.
Azriel was already running.
Cassian hot on his heels, so was Rhys.
Azriel was faster, heaving shadows around his limbs as he rocketed down the spiral stairs of the House of Wind.
Level Two, Straight to the right. Clearly...Clearly the epicenter of the blast. Of the explosion…of whatever had happened.
He pushed as hard as he could, legs burning as he hurtled down the hallway to Merrill's office.
He wasn't the only one. "Merrill!" He could hear Gwyn's shrill voice screaming, coming to a stop in a hallway of what had once been Merrill's office but now was just...
It was a mass of wood and rubble.
He barely slowed down, scrambling into action. Gwyn was already digging through it, so where Nesta and Emerie. Cassian landed behind him, immediately moving some of the debris.
His shadows swarmed as he and the others quickly dug at the rubble. Looking, desperately looking.
He moved another piece of rubble out of the way...a piece of blue cloths. The same blue cloth that he knew covered Irena's body, the scent of poppies clinging to her...Without a thought, he grasped and then dragged, a hoarse shout that was her, that was her...
He felt as if he were choking, as if he were drowning as he dragged out her body. Bloody, bruised, broken but still...still there was a faint flicker, a faint, thready heartbeat.
His heartbeat pounding in his ears, he tried to pick up on her heart. There was barely a flicker. Too fast, too faint, she was barely holding on. Barely hanging by a thread.
There was blood pooling on her abdomen, dying the blue dress she wore bright scarlet red, He put pressure on that wound immediately, leaning on her with nearly all his weight, his fingers slick with blood. "Damn it, stay with me, love," he demanded sharply.
Azriel felt like he could barely breath. Like he was falling, tumbling down as he tried to will her to stay with him. Stay. Stay. Stay. Please stay. Stay...
Rhys was there suddenly, checking her pulse. "Breathing is erratic. She's in shock," he told Azriel with a grimace. "Mor is getting Madja..."
"Az..." her voice was so weak, but he turned to see dark brown eyes watching him, brows furrowing.
"Just keep breathing, Love," he told her, trying to stop his voice from shaking.
He could barely hear what was going on around him. It was as if he were in a bubble, a world of just himself and her and the desperate beat of her heart under his fingers.
"I am sorry," she whispered.
"There is nothing you need to apologise for her, Irena," he promised her sharply. "Absolutely nothing."
Irena's eyes drifted shut. Azriel felt like something was dying inside him as her heartbeat fluttered against his fingertips. His world was collapsing, shattering into pieces as her breath stuttered.
"Stay. Just stay..." he was barely aware of what he was saying, his eyes frantically searching hers. She had to stay. He would do anything to keep her here. Anything.
"I am still owing you that flight," he told her. She hadn't let him take her flying yet. They had snuck away in the library...in the rooftop garden...in her office. But he had never gotten to take her flying. He had never gotten to take her out into Velaris. They had never had a date at a fancy restaurant, had never gone to see the symphony. There were thousands of things that he hadn't yet gotten to do with his mate, because they had all the time in the world.
Irena just stared at him, her eyes pleading, as her heartbeat slowed, fluttering weaker and weaker. Azriel felt a sharp pain in his chest as fear clawed at his spine. "Just hold on a little longer, love," he whispered. "Please."
And then there Madja. Thank the cauldron. There she was.
Azriel could barely manage to let go of her, his mind consumed with the singular thought of Irena's laboured, erratic heartbeat as he moved back. Madja immediately set to work.
He lunged for her head, lunged to pull it on his lap, to touch her with blood slick fingertips, her normally rosy red lips pale, her skin even whiter than usual.
"Hurts," she whispered, as Madja set to work, barking orders.
"I know, I know, love," he whispered, touching her cheek with his fingertips as Madja got to work.
His eyes searched hers as he murmured those words over and over, as if he could somehow hold her in this world through sheer force of will alone.
"We haven't had enough time," he whispered desperately, leaning his forehead against hers.
She was slipping away. He could feel it. Feel her slipping, feel her heartbeat slow. Feel the thread that tethered her to this world fray, fray, fray...
No. He couldn't lose her. Would not let her leave him. He had waited far too long for her. Far, far too long to let her slip through his fingers.
"Stay with me," he pleaded. "Please stay with me."
But her eyes were slipping shut, her head lolling to the side. He gently patted her cheek, trying to urge her back to consciousness, but he didn't think he was even really aware of what he was doing, where he was. The world had boiled down to a desperate litany, in his head. Stay...stay...please...don't you dare...
“I am going to be so furious with you if you die. We may have our first fight,” he told her fiercely.
He needed her to know that he would be there to be furious with her if she dared to die, that she couldn't die. Couldn't. That she had to stay. Had to keep fighting. There were too many things ahead of them...a wedding to plan, children to have, years and years of life to live.
“Az,” she breathed his name, her eyes not even open anymore.
“Open your eyes, Irena,” he demanded. “Look at me, love,”
Her eyes finally fluttered open at his command. It was barely more than a slither of brown, but he latched onto it, taking it for what it was. A chance. A moment to get through to her.
He wasn't sure what he was saying, but the words spilled forth from him, a litany, a desperate prayer. "Please," he breathed, "don't go...don't you dare..."
He was dimly aware that the others had gathered, but he didn't dare look away. Didn't dare look away from her as he cradled her head, trying to pour all of his prayers into those words. All of his hope and desperation.
"You can't go." A statement. An order. An absolute certainty in his voice. "I will not let you go."
He wouldn't. Would never, ever let her go. Would drag her back from the Cauldron's grasp with bloodied and broken hands if thats what had to be.
She didn't speak. Didn't need to. He could read her answer in her eyes, the determination in those brown eyes as she tried so, so hard to stay.
It was as if she were holding on for him, because he had asked her to. Because it was him there with her. Like she would fight until her last breath because he told her too. He didn't deserve this beautiful creature, who was willing to fight for him, willing to live for him.
It was something primal, something desperate, something fierce as he whispered those words over and over, like a prayer. "Fight. Fight. Fight."
And she listened. She did. He could feel her hold on, just barely grasp hold of that tether that kept her in this world. Just barely keep her eyes open.
Just look at him.
And she did, those dark eyes unfocused but open, staring up at him, watching him. Trying so, so hard. It nearly made his heart stop in the most terrible way that she was struggling for him.
And he was so proud of her. Of the way she was fighting like she was. Of the way she was grasping, hanging on to life like she was.
The seconds stretched too thin, feeling like eternities and only the slightest of moments. But her eyes were open, if only barely. She hadn't given up. Hadn't let go.
He was dimly aware of the others, Gwyn hovering with a worried expression, Madja murmuring quiet instructions to the others, Rhys kneeling not far away. But he barely glanced at them, barely dared to take his eyes off Irena.
He was certain that if he looked away, if he let this tenuous thread sever, that she would die. That as long as he kept her here, she wouldn't slip, wouldn't let go.
He had one hand on her cheek, her skin still clammy and pale, as her eyes slipped open and shut. But everytime, they would find his face. His eyes, like he was the only thing tethering her to the world. It hurt. Hurt so much to see her barely holding on, only that last sliver of determination keeping her here.
"Please," he pleaded, whispering those words like a prayer, like he would be praying to a vengeful god. Those moments felt like eternities, stretching on and on with only his desperate whispers. "Please..."
The world felt so still, so silent as if the world was holding its breath. Azriel's eyes locked on Irena, silently begging her, asking her to please, please...
Live, live live... he whispered those words over and over, a desperate plea to the Mother, the Cauldron, to anyone who would listen. To Irena, the only person in the entire world who truly mattered in that moment.
Her eyes were growing glassy, slipping closed only to jerk open again. Stay he demanded. Keep looking at me. Please.
She tried. Mother, she tried. Her eyes drifted to him, the smallest hint of life, of a spark there in those dark brown eyes.
He hardly dared to breathe, hardly dared to move. Afraid that any wrong move could tip her over the edge, could pull her into that chasm of non-existence that she was desperately clinging too.
He felt something pricking at his eyes, felt something in his chest cracking, breaking at the sheer intensity of emotions thrumming through him. It hurt. Hurt so much to see her like this, so pale, barely holding on, barely conscious...
“Alright,” Madja said quietly. “Good girl. You were so very brave.”
"Will...will she be alright?" He asked, voice hoarse.
He didn't let his eyes drift from Irena's face, her half lidded eyes staring at him. It filled him with such an intense pang of relief and fear at the same time. Relief, because she was alive...and fear, because they had been so close to losing her.
"She's not out of the woods yet," Madja warned. "But she'll make it. She lost a lot of blood. It will take some time to get her vitals stable again."
He felt like he could breathe for the first time. It was almost dizzying, the sheer, intense relief that flooded through him. Irena was here. Irena would live. It filled his veins with an almost drug like euphoria, that made him light headed, a smile twitching at the corners of his lips.
He barely managed to keep that feeling in, the pure euphoria from showing as he smoothed a strand of hair back from her face. "Thank you," he whispered, voice hoarse, eyes finally dragging away from Irena's face to look at Madja. "Just...thank you."
He looked back at Irena, taking in her face. Alive. Still alive. Still here with him, not gone. The tension seeped from his shoulders, a strange sort of exhaustion taking over. As if all the adrenaline that had fueled him, the fear, was slowly draining out of him like water.
“Merrill,” Irena whispered, her voice near silent.
Azriel felt his fingers brush her cheek, just the gentlest touch as he tried to keep it together. It had been too close. Too, too close. He couldn't stop the overwhelming feelings flowing through him of elation and fear as he looked down at her as he looked down at her, alive. Alive and breathing and whispering soft words. "Shhh," he whispered softly. "Save your strength. Don't strain yourself."
He looked up finding Cassians gaze who just shook his head. Merrill was dead.
Azriel couldn't quite process that information, not in that moment. His eyes were still drawn to Irena, still unable to take his eyes off of her for more than a moment. His fingers brushed her cheek again, just the faintest touch as he pressed a small kiss to her forehead. "Rest," he instructed softly. "I'll be right there.” He promised.
“Being here to her room,” Madja said quietly.
“My room,” he corrected.
The priestesses dormitory was locked from males. If he even tried to get in there it would’ve end well for him. And he wouldn’t leave her side.
“Your room?” Gwyn asked sharply.
“Gwyn,” Rhys said quietly.Azriel didn't even acknowledge Gwyn's words, didn't have the energy. All he could focus on was the way Irena's eyes had drifted shut, the steady rise and fall of her chest. She would be alright. She was going to be alright. She was alive. Right now, in that moment, thats all that mattered.
“Az, how long have the two of you…” Cassian asked hesitantly.
Azriel just shrugged, his hand resting on Irena's hair, smoothing back from her face. “Two years. She’s my mate,” he said flatly as he gathered her up. 
“Mate,” she rasped. “Mine.”
“Yours,” he agreed softly.
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