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kateschi · 23 hours ago
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don't make it weird
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synopsis: you fix things. he breaks things. somehow, this feels like the beginning of a very complicated maintenance schedule.
pairing: timeskip!bakugou katsuki x f!support!reader
⊹ ࣪ ˖ notes: i CAN'T with this man i love him
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the door slams open hard enough to rattle the tools hanging on the wall.
you don’t look up right away.
mostly because you’re elbow-deep in the exposed wiring of a damaged support item, but also because you’ve worked in this repair shop long enough to recognize the type.
heavy boots thud against the worn floor. there’s the distinct scent of burnt fabric, metal, and something sharper—nitroglycerin.
it’s a pro hero. and a pissed-off one, by the sound of it.
“oi.”
you sigh, wiping your forehead with the back of your wrist before finally glancing up.
and there he is—bakugou katsuki, standing in the middle of your shop like he owns the place, shoulders squared, posture tense.
he’s still in his full hero gear, minus the gauntlets, which he holds in one hand.
they’re charred, the inner mechanisms partially exposed, the reinforced metal plating dented in places you’re not sure should even be possible.
he shoves them onto the counter with a thud, red eyes locked onto yours.
“can you fix ‘em?”
you lean back against your workbench, wiping grease-streaked hands on your coveralls as you take him in fully.
he’s scowling like someone just insulted his entire bloodline, arms tense, jaw set. there’s a thin cut just above his brow, a smear of soot along his cheekbone.
you doubt he even noticed.
you, on the other hand, are just exhausted.
“you’re bakugou, right?”
his eye twitches. “obviously.”
“then you should know your gauntlets aren’t exactly easy to repair.” you tilt your head, dragging your fingers over the jagged edges of the damage. “who worked on ‘em before?”
bakugou crosses his arms. “support team at my agency.”
“uh-huh. and they kicked you out, didn’t they?”
a muscle ticks in his jaw, which is all the confirmation you need.
you exhale sharply through your nose, finally pulling his gloves toward you for a closer look. the weight is familiar in your hands, but the extent of the damage isn’t something you see every day.
“gonna take a while,” you tell him, rolling your shoulders before reaching for your tools. “come back in a few days.”
bakugou scoffs, a sharp, irritated sound. “the hell kinda shop is this? don’t you people do rush orders?”
“I do if I like the customer.” you flash a too-sweet smile, tapping a finger against the metal casing. “you’re not there yet.”
his scowl deepens, fingers twitching at his sides. for a second, you think he’s going to argue, but then he just clicks his tongue and turns on his heel.
the door slams behind him.
you shrug and get to work.
two days later, the bell above the shop door jingles violently, more from force than necessity. the entrance swings open with enough momentum that it nearly slams against the wall.
you don’t bother looking up because you already know who it is.
heavy bootsteps echo across the floor, purposeful and impatient.
the smell of burnt fabric and faint nitroglycerin lingers in the air, mixing with the scent of oil and metal shavings.
you keep your eyes on your workbench.
“shop’s closed,” you say, voice even, fingers steady as you adjust the wiring on a half-repaired gauntlet.
“don’t care.”
of course he doesn’t.
you finally glance up, finding bakugou katsuki standing in the middle of your shop like he owns the place. his gauntlets—still charred, still in desperate need of repair—hang at his sides.
his eyes are locked onto you.
you nod toward the stool in the corner. “sit there and shut up.”
he grumbles something under his breath—probably about your damn attitude—but he listens, dropping onto the stool with a barely contained huff.
you feel him before you see him. it’s like sitting next to a live wire.
he’s not a man built for stillness, and it shows—the way his fingers drum impatiently against his thigh, the restless flex of his arms, the slight bounce of his knee.
minutes stretch between you, the only sounds filling the room being the quiet hum of machines and the precise clicks of your tools.
then—
“how the hell did you end up doin’ this anyway?”
you pause, fingers tightening around a wrench before shifting slightly to glance at him over your shoulder.
“you mean fixing broken things for stubborn heroes?”
his eye twitches. “s’not what I meant.”
a lazy shrug. “I like making things. always have. didn’t wanna be a hero, but I still wanted to help.”
bakugou hums lowly, head tilting slightly, like he’s actually thinking about it.
which is impressive, considering patience isn’t exactly his strong suit.
another stretch of silence follows, longer this time.
then—
“they done?”
you click your tongue. “you’re lucky you’re cute.”
the words spill out before your brain catches up.
and the moment they do—
you freeze.
across the room, bakugou stiffens like a live grenade, head snapping toward you so fast you half expect to hear a crack. his eyes widen, flickering with something unreadable—shock, maybe? amusement?
you’re not looking close enough to find out.
you clear your throat, face heating. “I meant your gloves are cute. functional. whatever.”
a slow shift.
his lips curve, the corners twitching upward into something dangerous, something smug.
“you think I’m cute?”
“no.”
he leans forward, elbows resting on his knees, amusement flickering behind his eyes. “you just said—”
“I said the gloves—”
“uh-huh.”
“shut up.”
his smirk widens, but—for once—he doesn’t push further.
and when you finally hand over his gloves, he flexes his fingers, testing the fit, and grunts.
“not bad.”
which, coming from him, might as well be high praise.
he keeps coming back after that.
sometimes his gauntlets are actually broken. other times, you’re almost positive he just finds an excuse to show up.
a busted strap here, a dent there—things that a hero like him could fix himself if he really wanted to. but he doesn’t. instead, he plants himself in your shop, arms crossed, shoulders squared like he belongs there.
you don’t call him out on it.
mostly because it’s kind of nice having him around.
not that you’d admit it.
one afternoon, he leans against your counter, his weight making it creak slightly under him.
his arms are crossed, biceps straining against the fabric of his black tee, and his gaze is unreadable—steady, but not as sharp as usual.
like he’s thinking too much about something.
“oi.” his voice cuts through the quiet hum of your workspace. “you ever take breaks?”
you blink up at him from behind the goggles perched on your head, adjusting the strap absentmindedly. “what?”
“you’re always here.” his brows pull together slightly, a crease forming between them. he looks almost… annoyed. “you ever get out?”
you snort, grabbing a screwdriver and turning back to your work. “and do what? go on a date?”
there’s a pause.
a long one.
the air shifts, charged in a way that makes your fingers tighten around the tool in your hand.
you frown, glancing up just in time to catch the way his jaw clenches.
his gaze flickers across your face, something unreadable swirling in his red eyes before he schools his expression again.
“…you got a problem with that?”
you arch a brow, waiting, watching. “you got a problem if I do?”
his scowl deepens, and his weight shifts slightly, like he’s uncomfortable. his fingers flex against his bicep, a sign of irritation—or hesitation, maybe.
“no. just figured you’d be too busy fixin’ shit for idiots heroes.”
you tilt your head, smirking slightly. “so you admit you’re an idiot?”
he clicks his tongue, sharp and quick. “I am not one of them. plus, that ain’t the damn point.”
“then what is the point, bakugou?”
his gaze snaps back to yours.
there’s something behind his eyes now—determined, stubborn, a little reckless. his lips part slightly, like he’s about to say something, but he hesitates, just for a fraction of a second.
and then—
“you got plans tonight?”
your brain short-circuits.
you open your mouth, then close it, blinking. “you asking me on a date?”
he exhales sharply, like he’s already regretting this, like you’re the one making things complicated. “I’m askin’ if you wanna grab dinner. don’t make it weird.”
you stare at him for a second, screwdriver still clutched in your hand, the weight of his words settling in the small space between you.
it’s not exactly romantic.
but, somehow, it’s so him.
your lips twitch, amusement bubbling up despite the way your heart has decided to trip over itself. “alright, dynamight. you’re paying.”
bakugou scoffs, rolling his eyes, but there’s something almost…relieved in the way his shoulders relax a fraction. “yeah, yeah. hurry up.”
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blackcandlesinwinter · 3 days ago
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Yeah, doing jury duty is good, actually. Intentionally getting yourself removed from a jury pool is not radical or admirable. It's a capitulation to our system of injustice. And it's alarming to me how often I hear "leftist" people encourage folks to say extreme and combative stuff during jury selection to get removed as if that's a good thing. The lives and future of people are on the line! You should WANT to be in the room if at all possible!
In the case that I was on, a cop lied during his testimony. It was obvious to me that he lied because we got to watch the body-cam footage afterwards. The lies weren't about anything that fundamentally changed the evidence for/against the crime in my case - he told a false story intended to make him look more proactive and competent than he actually was. But his testimony was still CLEARLY and BLATANTLY false, which totally discredited him as a witness in my mind. And when I brought it up in the jury room NO ONE ELSE HAD NOTICED. Literally not a single other person in the room had noticed that his testimony was completely contradicted by the footage in incredibly obvious ways. Because most people TRUST COPS. They might be open to scrutinizing other witnesses (though still not as much as they should) but it just didn't occur to any of them to be applying a critical eye to the testimony of the cops. And it required someone being in the room who didn't trust the cop to get them to notice the blatant contradictions between his testimony and the actual video footage.
Just... just think about that for a second. 12 people in the room and only 1 noticed that the cop lied. It's not that all other 11 were radical right-wing extremists. MOST people trust cops way more than they should, because that's the culture we live in. And if I had intentionally gotten myself removed from jury consideration, probably no one would have noticed.
Seriously, we NEED more people who are critical of the justice system and the cops to be on jury duty. The deck is stacked against us, since a lot of people with the most understanding of the failures of the justice system are not eligible to serve on juries (felons/former felons, homeless folks, people too poor to be able to take the time needed to attend a trial, etc). So those of us who CAN be in the room SHOULD be. It's our responsibility.
Also, you probably don't need to lie in order to pass the jury selection process. I was asked during jury selection "what are your thoughts about cops and are you able to impartially consider the testimony provided by cops?" And I could honestly answer that I am critical of the police system and I've participated in anti-police protests, but that I am still able to evaluate police testimony objectively and impartially, just like any other testimony. And I got on the jury. I didn't have to gush about how much I love cops or hide the fact that I've been critical of policing. Of course, every jury selection process is different - I can't promise that you will or won't be removed. But from my experience, it's expected and unavoidable that there will be a range of opinions and politics present in the jury room. That alone generally won't be enough to get you removed.
for no reason whatsoever here’s a reminder that if you consider yourself a leftist/punk/abolitionist/anarchist/radical in any sort of way and get called into jury duty, you are to become the most square person on earth during the jury questionnaire!!!
don’t be that guy who says fuck the police in the jury questionnaire! that just gets you sent home! if you want to generate change, interact with the case and use your jury vote for good! ESPECIALLY if it’s a high profile case!
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plutoslastwords · 1 day ago
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Obsessed with baby Norris!!! Do you think you could cook up some hurt comfort for us? Or even a sick baby Norris xx
sick day
lando norris x daughter!reader
summary: for the first time, baby norris picks up a bug, lando has to cope with his darling girl feeling under the weather
w/c: 1.2k
warnings: vomiting!!!! not super graphic but if you have emetophobia and feel like this may not be for you pls don't feel the need to read :)
a/n: on a writing spree atm, idk what's happening to me
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Generally, you were a pretty healthy child, much to Lando’s relief, he’s not sure if he could manage seeing you ill. It would probably be harder for him than you. You manage to charge through your first 18 months of life without having any major illnesses, maybe a cough or a snotty nose here and there, but all toddlers have a cough, it’s a rite of passage. 
When you turn about 1 and a half, Lando enrolls you in a playgroup, somewhere that you can go whilst he works, where there are people to look after you and play games with you. You can make new friends, and he can meet more parents, you both love it.
However, it doesn’t seem to occur to him that the playgroup is literally a walking germ fest. A room full of 1-3 year olds who’s favourite activity is to stick their grubby hands into anything and everything that they see. Therefore, it comes as a bit of a surprise to him when you fall ill, and he doesn’t really know how to cope.
You normally come to wake him up as soon as the sun has started to think about rising over the horizon, jumping on his bed with a ‘daddy!!!!’, and shaking him awake. This morning, however, Lando wakes up before he even hears a peep out of your room. He doesn’t think much of it, presuming that it’s probably because you stayed up a little later last night, and you had had a long day the day before. 
He goes to the kitchen to start making some breakfast, deciding to let you have a little lie in, maybe he’ll drop you off at playgroup a bit later today. Unfortunately, his plans are all halted when you finally come into the kitchen, pale and in tears.
“Daddy, I don’t feel good…” You mumble, rubbing your tear filled eyes. 
“Oh god baby… you don’t look super well… come here, let Daddy feel your forehead..”
You toddle over, slowly, the usual spring that you have in your step gone, your walk turning into more of a slump than anything. As soon as you get within reasonable distance of where he is at the kitchen counter he scoops you up into his arms, placing the back of his hand against your little forehead. 
He winces when he can immediately tell that you’re feverish, “God, you’re burning up angel…” he mumbles, “Do you feel like you’re gonna be sick?”
He curses in his mind when you reply with a weak nod, “Okay baby, we’re gonna get you nice and comfy on the sofa, not gonna go to playgroup today I don’t think…”
You rest your head on his shoulder as he carries your fragile form over to the big sofa, gently wrapping you up in a nice fuzzy blanket.
“Is there anything that you want, baby? Some water?”
You just shake your head, squeezing your eyes shut as if you were trying to will the illness out of your body. Lando’s heart hurts at your desperate form. 
“My poor angel…” He sighs, running a hand through your messy hair, “Daddy’s gonna stay with you all day, okay? You’re gonna start feeling better…”
That prompts a small smile from you, you like the idea of having a whole day with him, but it’s nothing compared to the normal grins that you flash at him when he suggests something like that. 
For a while you two just sit on the sofa, you going in and out of slumber whilst resting against his chest. At one point he decides that even though you’re not feeling great, you should probably eat something, if not your energy would collapse completely. 
Detaching himself from you, he places a kiss to the top of your head, heading into the kitchen, passing by the discarded breakfast from earlier, and grabbing you just a plain slice of toast, he didn’t want you having anything too flavourful, worried that it would just make you feel even more ill. 
He returns with a glass of water along with the toast, “Baby, can you try to eat this for me, please? It might make you feel a bit better…” he asks softly. 
“‘M not hungry daddy..” You mumble back in response, your little hands clutching tightly onto the blanket that you’re wrapped in.
“I know darling,” he sighs, “but you still gotta eat… just a few bites for me? Please?”
He comes over to sit back next to you, ripping off a small bite size portion of the toast, and coaxing it into your mouth. You reluctantly accept it, chewing it slowly and seeming to have a bit of a struggle to swallow, but you manage it in the end, which gives him a slight sense of relief. 
Although you manage a few more pieces of the toast, it doesn’t take long until your sick body decides that you can’t take it anymore. This leads to the first trip to the bathroom of the day, Lando’s heart breaking as your little body shakes with your retching. 
After cleaning you up, he takes you back into his arms, carrying you back over to the sofa, “Try to go to sleep, my darling… you might feel better for a nap…”
You give him a slight nod, snuggling into your plethora of blankets and pillows, starting to doze off. As you sleep, he rubs your hair, his chest aching with sympathy of how you must be feeling, his poor, darling, angel girl…
By lunchtime you seem to have improved, albeit only slightly, still feeling horrible, but you can stomach a couple bites of a plain biscuit without needing another trip to the bathroom. At this point, Lando is more worried about how hot you’re getting, even though you demand that you’re very cold. 
Much to your dismay, he grabs an ice pack to put on your head, to help and control your rapidly growing temperature. As much as you hate it, it does help to make you feel a bit better.
“That a bit better, my love?”
“‘S cold daddy…”
“I know my love… but the pesky bug has made your body all hot, we gotta cool you down, don’t want you going up in flames!”
You let a slight giggle out at that, giving hope to Lando that you’re feeling at least a little better, if you’re able to laugh at him. 
For the rest of the day, Lando stays by your side, letting you watch all the cartoons that your little heart desires on the TV, pretending to be just as interested in them as you are. 
When it reaches dinner time, you are definitely much perkier, giggling almost like you do when you’re fully healthy as Lando pulls funny faces at you.
“Daddy…”
“Yes, my angel?”
“Can I be sick everyday?”
“Everyday? My love, why would you wanna feel yucky all the time?”
“Cause I could be with you all day… watch cartoons…”
He nearly breaks down in tears right then and there.
“Oh, my angel, you’d get bored of me eventually… you wouldn’t get to go to playgroup! Wouldn’t be able to see all your friends!”
You hum, seeing his point, “But I like having a daddy day…”
“I like it too, baby…” He smiles, pressing numerous kisses to your forehead as he holds you close in his arms. “Daddy loves you, okay? You don’t go forgetting that…”
“Love you more, Daddy..”
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a/n: tysm for reading!!! requests are always open x
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sugarwarachan · 2 days ago
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hot for teacher
chapter three previous
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pairing: shouta aizawa x f!reader
synopsis: You’re not expecting your day to fall to pieces at 8:21 a.m., but life hasn’t really been going your way lately. A string of lackluster dates, followed by two dead vibrators (with missing cords!), and the only outlet left for your mounting sexual frustration—the smut blog you diligently update—has been discovered by the one person you never wanted to find it: fellow teacher Shouta Aizawa. Who might just be the inspiration behind most of the fantasies you post about.
chapter cws: just enough plot to keep the porn coming, hizashi and rumi being super obvious in their meddling, Shouta ‘talks you through it’ Aizawa, more dirty talk than is perhaps necessary, the filthiest fingering scene i've ever written, soft degradation, ("good little whore" 🤭) d/s elements but never explicitly stated
word count: 3k
andy's notes: AHHHHHH i know this is late thank you all for waiting so patiently!! AIZAWA IS DOWN SO BAD I AM GOING INSANE
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Rays of sunlight dance across Shouta’s face as his alarm clock blares. Scrubbing a hand over one eye, he hits the clock and rolls over, burying his face into the pillow.
Holy fuck. 
He’s imagined you before. Knew you would look gorgeous spread out for him on any surface, but the reality of watching you cum, your mouth hanging open in that soft o, brow furrowed tight... He rolls his hips into the mattress in memory. Jesus Christ. If he’s not careful, he’ll have to rub one out before he can even start the day.
Shouta grabs his phone in an attempt to distract himself and immediately regrets it when he sees the text notification on the screen.
Hiz(ass)hi: signed us up for something!!!
He groans and presses call. It’s always better to find out exactly what his best friend's up to as soon as possible. 
“What did you do?” he asks as soon as he picks up.
Hizashi doesn’t miss a beat. “Check your email yet?”
“I appreciate what little work-life balance I have.”
“Well," Hizashi coughs, "then you might not entirely love the surprise I’ve got in store for you, but it involves a certain you-know-whoooooo.”
“Fucking hell.” Shouta swings out of bed and passes a hand through his hair, nerves shooting through his stomach. “I’m serious, did you do something weird?”
He logs into his email, half-listening to Hizashi's explanation that he volunteered them both as chaperones for the upcoming debate team competition and texted you straight after.
“Perfect opportunity to spend some more time together,” Hizashi sing-songs, just as Shouta clocks your 7:35 a.m. reply.
Count me in!
An image of you tucked into his side erupts in his head, hair tousled from sleep and sex, tired smile on your face. 
“You good, man?” Hizashi asks when Shouta lets the line stay silent. 
Hasn’t he been wanting this exactly? A chance to get to know you more?
Shouta heaves a long-suffering sigh. “Yeah, I’m good. Just really wish you’d sat next to someone else in high school.”
“Yeah, yeah. Be sure to include me in your wedding vows.”
Shouta huffs a laugh and clicks off the phone.
He doesn’t know much about the debate team, except that he can hear Bakugou and Midoriya arguing from clear down the hall. Toshinori acts as the team’s usual advisor, but he’s been in and out of the hospital lately.
He imagines the last thing that man needs is accompanying a rowdy group of teenagers on an overnight trip.
He scans the remaining names. Todoroki, Jiro, and Yaoyorozu should behave themselves, at least.
Shouta: How many of us are going?
Hiz(ass)hi: 4. You, me, Rumi, and Y/N. See you tomorrow, sucker!
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Shouta isn’t good in relationships.
That’s what he’s always told himself, but it’s not entirely true. He’s simply more deliberate, more exacting in what he wants than the typical person. He sees no point in dating frivolously.
Which is probably why he spent so much time deciding how to approach you.
When Hizashi came to him with his suspicions about your blog, Shouta gave himself an ultimatum.
One story. One glimpse into your head.
It wouldn’t be fair to you to form an opinion based on words alone; words he hasn’t yet confirmed aren’t simply fantasy.  But the minute he reads the story, it unlocks a hunger in him that can’t be smothered.
He knows in his bones that it’s you. The intonation, the cadence; he can hear the way you talk to Rumi, the way you speak to the students.
And you’re fantasizing about someone taking care of you and fucking you stupid in ways he’s only considered in his head.
He never stood a chance.
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It is a truth universally acknowledged that a last-minute, hastily-put-together trip will result in at least one disaster.
The minibus slowly rolling to a stop along a country road is precisely such an event.
“You’ve got to be fucking kidding me,” Shouta murmurs under his breath, resisting the urge to bang his hands in frustration on the steering wheel.
You peek over his shoulder. 
“Did we seriously run out of gas?”
He barely hears you; you smell like jasmine and vanilla, and if he’s not careful, he’ll turn around and haul you into his lap in front of everyone on this bus. 
Rumi laughs uproariously, rousing the students from their slumber. Jiro glares at her. “You had one job, Yamada, and you couldn’t manage filling up the tank?”
“It was full when we left, wasn’t it?” he shouts back at her.
Shouto, ever-dependable, is already typing into his phone. “There’s an inn up the road.”
Midoriya folds his body over the seat to get a look at the screen. “Oh! Do you think it’s close enough to this one temple I’ve been reading about?”
“Oi!” Bakugou barks, sweatshirt laid across his face. “Could we prioritize where to sleep and not whatever nerdy-ass thing you want to do?”
“Enough!” Aizawa bites out. “Watch your mouth, Bakugou, you’re still representing the school out here. All of you, go with Yamada and Usagiyama and book us rooms for the night. Y/N and I will stay here with the luggage.”
He ignores Hizashi’s smirk over your head.
“Some luck we have,” you say, digging a toe into the dirt as the two of you watch the group disappear into the fading light. “Do you imagine they’ll have enough rooms?”
For the sake of his sanity, they fucking will.
But as Shouta looks down the road at Hizashi’s retreating form, he knows for a fact that he sent the wrong pair of people ahead to deal with room arrangements.
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Hizashi and Rumi return in a borrowed car and a slapped-together reason for the teachers sleeping co-ed that nearly makes him want to punch Yamada in the head. 
“You want to catch up on One Piece together,” is all you say, an eyebrow raised in disbelief.
As you and Shouta pile into the back of the car, you nudge him with a shoulder. “Glad to know they’re both as subtle as a brick to the face.”
He nudges you back, not caring that he’s being just as subtle as his two conniving friends.
The backseat is small, and he’s by no means a small man. Even without the bumps in the road that keep jostling you close to him, you’re already practically in his lap. Excited anticipation sets loose in his belly. 
It’s been forever since he’s felt like this. Perhaps never, if he’s being honest. And by the time everyone is settled in for the night, he’s desperate to be alone with you.
“I hope you're clear that I’m not mad about this,” you say as soon as he shuts the door and faces the reality that it’s going to be very difficult fucking you in a way that doesn’t wake up the entire inn. 
He takes in your face and smiles. “Not mad about this, either.”
“Should we talk about, like, ground rules?”
He likes how direct you are, but he also knows that a part of you is asking to stall.
“I’m no expert, but the color system works for me if it works for you.”
You nod, foot tapping an anxious rhythm into the carpet. 
“Nothing has to happen. You know that, right?”
“Yeah, I know.” You smile softly, but there’s heat curling in the back of your eyes. “But I wanna feel what I felt the other night again. With you.”
He breathes out through his nose, and you grin like the little cocktease you are. 
Seriously, can he soundproof these rooms?
“You didn’t happen to bring that pleated skirt of yours, did you?"
 Your laugh is like honey. “I did happen to bring it. Should I wear it?”
“Please.”
“Got it, sir.”
The memory of your preferred words when you’ve acted out plays through his head as he suggests that you both wash up for the night. 
When you come back warm and soft from the bath, hair curling slightly at your temple, you stop straight in your tracks. 
Your eyes drop to his sweatpants and linger there.
“Eyes up here, sweetheart.”
“Sorry.” You smile sheepishly. “I was, umm. Noticing.”
His dick jumps.
“You are really big.” You’re suddenly in front of him, one hand on his chest, the other trailing down his belly. “You know, I think I’ve been wet since last night.”
Shouta’s not entirely sure what sound he makes.
“Yeah, baby?” He hitches your thigh up. “Been a little needy for me?”
You whimper your answer, faltering in your exploration of his happy trail as he rubs the pad of his fingers along your creamy slit. Your underwear is soaked through.
“I feel like I’m losing my mind a little. Like I can’t get enough.” 
“I can tell. You’re shakin’ just from this.” He pulls your panties to the side and sucks in a breath. “Oh, sweetheart. This little cunt of yours is practically drooling.”
Ignoring your little squeak, he scoops you in his arms and carries you to the bed, folding your legs on either side of his thighs. 
“Have you ever been this wet for someone else?” He doesn’t know where the question comes from, when the possession grabs hold. He cups your pussy, one hand tight on your waist. 
“No, never,” you breathe out, rolling your pelvis forward into the heel of his hand, and then you frown, bottom lip jutting out in what he knows is embarrassment. “I’ve never even cum while being fingered.” You lean forward, resting your arms around his neck. “I always thought there was something wrong with me.”
Oh.
He stills. “You trust me, sweetheart?”
You nod, a mixture of eagerness and apprehension that makes his chest squeeze. 
“Red for stop, yellow for slow down, green for good?”
You wave a hand. “Yes, yes, I know all that.”
He raises a brow, but decides he can address your tone later. One problem at a time. 
“Lay over my lap, y/n.” 
You arrange yourself accordingly, brushing your tits against his thigh as you do so. His palm twitches. 
“We’re gonna have a little lesson, sweetheart.” He caresses the back of your thighs. Your breath hitches. “Spread your knees wider, there you go. Lift your ass up for me, too, can you do that?”
Before he gives you time to think, he flips the fabric of your skirt over your hips and lands a crack on your ass. You squeal, fingers tight in the bedsheets.
“oh my fuck oh my fuck, harder,” you keen, thrusting your ass back at his palm.
Shouta bites down on his lip hard just to maintain some semblance of reason.
You’re fucking made for him.
“Did you say there was something wrong with you?”
Another smack makes the meat of your ass jiggle. You muffle the sound you make in the sheets beneath you and Shouta frowns.
“Nah ah, baby.” He lifts your chin up. “Let me hear you, huh? Can already tell you like being punished.”
“But our students might hear us, Shou,” you say, squirming in his lap. The nickname steals his breath. “I don’t want to be embarrassed like that.”
“Like that?” He raises an eyebrow and laughs softly when you rebury your face into the mattress. “We'll talk about that later, huh? But you’re right. Good thinking, sweetheart.”
Even that simple amount of praise makes your eyes glaze over. He doesn’t know if you fully understand how long he’s wanted someone to place their trust in him like this
“Grab the pillow, and use that to help stay quiet,” he directs you. “No one but me will hear you this time, okay?”
“Thank you.” You twist on your forearms to smile at him. “I know we do a lot of stopping and starting. Thanks for being cool about that, too.”
He has no idea what kind of scumbags have mistreated you before, but he’s happy to erase their influence on you however he can.
“Stopping and starting is par for the course.” He motions for you to sit up. “Should have done this first anyway.”
Shouta’s never been one to wax poetic, but the moment he presses his mouth to yours, he’s a goner. Your hands tangle in his hair and tug, demanding greater access. He grants it, grinning like a fool while you lick your way into his mouth.
“Stop smiling.” You pull away with a mock huff, but you’re smiling, too, and you don’t look annoyed in the slightest. “It makes it hard to kiss you.”
“We were in the middle of something.”
Your eyes gleam. “Are you gonna spank me again?”
He pulls you to him as a chuckle rumbles out of his chest. He cradles the back of your head and caresses the slim bit of skin exposed above your skirt. “Eager?”
You sigh and press your face into his neck. “Very.”
“Take your clothes off, then, and get back on my lap. Keep the skirt on.”
Shouta flips up the fabric again, massaging the exposed skin when you wriggle. The tips of his fingers brush dangerously close to your slit, and you drop your hips to chase the sensation.
“Ass up, sweetheart.” He jiggles his leg under you. “And answer my question.”
“Yes, yes.” A spark of irritation colors your tone. “I said there was something wrong with me.”
“Still believe that?” He finally touches you, knuckles sliding through your gummy folds, savoring the way your back bows at his touch. You’re soaking and trembling from this alone. “Your thighs are wet, honey. I’m pretty sure you’ll cum around my finger the second I slip it in.”
“Oh god.” Your voice is a reedy little gasp, high with embarrassment. 
He sees the mirror across from you on the wall, and an idea sparks. Rearranging you on his lap, he spreads your legs wide and grabs your chin, directing your gaze to where your cunt drools arousal all over his lap. 
“There’s nothing wrong with this slutty pussy of mine, is there, baby?”
The hitch in your breath is reward enough. A slow smile spreads across his face as you shake your head.
“That’s exactly right, honey. Nothing wrong with my girl.” 
He teases your hole with the tip of his fingers. You shudder in his arms, keeping your eyes locked on his in the mirror.
“You think I don’t like seeing how good I’m makin’ you feel?” 
This entire time his cock has been leaking pre and throbbing against the side of his leg. There’s no rush, he knows, because watching you like this will probably have him spilling in his briefs anyway.
He slides a finger up to the knuckle, plugging you up tight. Your eyes roll back in your head when he rolls his thumb over your swollen bud. 
"What’s wrong, sweetheart? That bratty tone from earlier gone already?” 
He adds another finger, the hand on your waist holding you still as you keep squirming. A feral part of him knows exactly how deep his cock is going to be inside you as he presses down on your lower belly.  
“Maybe you’ve never cum like this before because no one’s given you what you needed. Ever think of that, sweetheart?” His gaze scorches you in the reflection. “No one knows how much you like your cunt stuffed up tight. Little whore likes being used a bit roughly, doesn’t she?”
The sound you make is sinful, a shuddering sigh of happiness and arousal that momentarily stops his breath. 
“Please, Shouta.” You’re doing your best to be quiet, but he’s not making it easy on you. You fall into a prayer of pleas as he dangles you over the edge for just a little bit longer, the litany of praise and degradation sparking such headiness in your eyes he’s half-afraid he won’t be able to stop. 
“Keep your eyes on us. There’s my girl.” He ruts his dick against your ass, groaning into your neck. “Can’t wait to sink inside you, honey. Gonna remold this fucking pussy to the shape of me.”
He doesn’t even know what he’s saying at this point. He needs to see you cum, needs to feel your arousal drip all over his hands.
“Let me see it, baby, let me see how much you like being my good little whore.”
He slaps a hand over your mouth just as you shatter around him, swallowing the majority of your keening wail by pressing your face into the side of his neck.  
You go boneless and soft after you cum, limp in his arms and nuzzling into his chest like you belong there. 
“Gonna go clean us up,” he says, pressing a kiss to your temple. You hum in response, falling back on the mattress. 
He cleans you slowly, gently, and offers you one of his t-shirts to sleep in. You pat the space next to you, and he crawls in instantly, tucking you into his side. 
“I didn’t know it could feel like that.” You look up into his eyes, happiness radiating out of yours. “Thank you, Shouta.”
As your breathing slows and you fall asleep, Shouta realizes that, truthfully, he didn’t know it could feel like that, either. 
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I think a sagau! touch starved/needy childe, scara and zhongli feels very attractive, to have two powerful harbingers on their knees just for a shred of attention from their god makes me wanna pamper them
but also like zhongli?? That man is so touch-starved like poor dude has been worshipping for hundreds of years without a reward for his good work probably drives him insane. I cannot imagine how he hold it together and doesn’t ascend on the spot when he breathes the same air as his god because I genuinely think he’s THAT needy
also your writing really brought me a lot of comfort!! Thank you for running the blog and doing what you do💜💜
word count. 3.8k
୨୧ — ꒰ cw. yandere, unhealthy relationships, possessive & obsessive thoughts/behaviors, religious + cult themes, sagau + cult au, g/n reader. i do not condone yanderes irl.
୨୧ — ꒰ a/n. im so happy you like my writing!! im sorry i took forever to write this, but i still hope you like it !!!!
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childe
In the unfathomable dark of the abyss, you were the only thing Childe had to keep himself sane.
Without you, he would've lost himself; without you, he is nothing. He only survived because of your guidance. In his eyes, his ever consuming need of you is only right— he has no need of anything else, and sees no purpose to think otherwise. You've only ever proven how worthy you are of worship.
When light seeps through tree boughs, he sees you. He sees you in the way the leaves leave a shadow. He feels you in the cast of the wind's breath. Every breath he takes is inlaid with your name. The mere thought of the opposite makes him sick.
He's pathetic, but his pitiful appearance is only for your eyes.
Just breathing in your presence is enough for him to feel weak and fluttery, but your eyes on him leave him delirious; the sort of dizzy where he can’t bring himself to move at all. All you have to do is glance at him for his knees to tremble like they're about to buckle underneath his weight.
Somehow, he keeps himself standing each time. He should be ashamed, he knows, embarrassed— but drool pools quickly in his mouth as your eyes linger, and any sort of dignity is discarded in the light of your gaze.
As a Harbinger, he should have more pride than he does, but Childe's only arrogance is his belief that he's special to you. That belief was the only thing he had to ground himself in the abyss, and he clings to it as if to let go would mean death. In his mind, it would be no different.
You were the only thing he had, even if he only knew you in the form of whispers and imperceptible kisses of wind. He didn’t need to touch you, no matter how tortuous of an existence it may be, as long as he could feel you.
That was enough. He thought it would be enough.
Seeing you is an entirely different matter however, and quickly, he finds himself wondering what your skin would feel like under his calloused fingertips.
He wants you to touch him. It's a selfish want, but one he carries with him all the same.
He wants you to play with his hair and hold him close as if he's something precious. He wants you to run your fingers along his spine and see him as he reveals every dark, nasty part of himself. He wants you to look and still find something to love.
Childe doesn't speak a word of his desires. He sits with them in the dark and tries to will them away. He tries to withstand their passage, but only ends up choking on each thought.
He tries to hold himself at night, imagining his arms are yours, but it only makes the ache worse.
He imagines loving you, and you loving him.
When you summon him to your chambers, Childe has to hold every nerve in his body to keep himself from running to you. It’s with a clearly restrained gait that he reaches you, just barely, his knees still wobbly and the floor a shifting kaleidoscope of colors.
It doesn’t bother him. Childe feels weightless, alight with fervor, and it’s a struggle to stop himself from rushing forward just to breathe a little closer to you. He drops to his knees, bowing his head until his forehead sits against your marble flooring.
Touch me, he thinks.
He somehow manages to choke a greeting out of his throat, unable to stop the small shudder that runs through him when he feels your gaze settle on him.
It feels right, being beneath you. It feels right, the slight tension in his body as he waits for you to speak.
Childe doesn’t say anything else. You’re the only one he truly respects, the only one he’s ever felt so fervently for— in your name, he would burn the world and scorch the earth. For you, he’d stain his hands so terribly the waters turn red. He holds no desire to clean his hands with anything other than your forgiveness— and so he doesn't dare to speak out of turn, unable to bear the thought of you being upset with him.
"Come here," he hears you say, your voice gentle and cooing. Childe doesn't hesitate, taking your words as a command, crawling towards you like some sort of dog.
Despite how eager he is to be near you, his hands rest dumbly at his sides. His fingers twitch, aching to touch you for just a moment, but he sits still, trying to be good. Without your permission, all he can do is sit, no better than a well-trained hound.
Childe looks up at you with a dumb, dopey smile on his face. He knows he must look like a fool, dazed just by sitting so close to you— he can already feel heat spreading across his freckled cheeks, and he knows it must be obvious— but he can't find it in himself to care.
It’s you.
You're so close he could touch you if he dared. Your warmth is only a few inches away from him, and he inhales, trying to breathe you in. For a brief moment, he allows himself the blessing to imagine what it would be like to touch you.
He imagines running his fingers against your skin. He imagines brushing against your hand. He imagines his palms gliding across the length of your robe, pretending the silk is your flesh. The thoughts strike him dumb, and he lets out a small whine before he can reel himself back in.
It's a breathless noise, but one he's sure you heard.
Your hand reaches forward to cup his cheek, and he nuzzles into your palm, leaning into your warmth as if trying to drink you in.
"So cute," you say, and every dark, needy part of him lights up all at once.
Childe makes another sound, a soft whimper drawn from the back of his throat. His russet lashes flutter shut, and any sense of propriety is promptly thrown to the side.
Touch me.
Another sharp shudder runs through him when you rub your thumb over his cheek. He almost falls limp against your hand, his breath locked in his throat, but he manages to steady himself in time.
His hands find your ornate robes within a second, and then he's clutching onto them until his knuckles are white. Childe can feel himself digging little crescents into his palms, but your touch means he's unable to focus on anything else, and the thought of lessening his grip makes him afraid you'll pull away.
Childe bites his lips, trying to stifle another noise. He never wants this to end. You could spit in his face, and he would thank you for it.
Just as he jerks forward, chest heaving as he struggles to catch his breath, overwhelmed by how good your touch feels— you're letting go, and pure, unbridled fear rushes over him.
"N-No!" Childe begs hoarsely, unable to realize that he's acting out of what he's allowed. "No, no, d-don't stop, please! Please, please…" he pleads weakly, fingers digging into your robes again, tighter this time.
Unshed tears wet his eyes. If it means having your attention on him, he would do anything. Nothing is too far beneath him. He’s already done unspeakable things in your name, hoping to garner your favor; if it means having your touch for one second longer, then there’s no low he wouldn’t fall too— no covenant he wouldn’t break, divine or mortal. 
As long as it means being by your side at the end of it, any agony would be worth it. No shame is too much for him to bear. 
"Oh, puppy," you murmur softly. One of your hands cups his cheek, while the other gently tugs at his hair. "How could I say no to you?"
The fear coalescing around his heart dissipates, and the fingers that were clutching onto you lessen their grip slightly.
"Mhm," Childe hums at too high of a pitch, but he's much too drunk on you to think about anything else, much less whether he's ruining your perception of him. He hides his face in your hand.
Your puppy, he wants to add, but his mind is too frazzled to get the words out.
Your fingers in his hair tighten, and Childe can't help the little bit of drool that falls from his lips.
scaramouche
He shouldn't be ecstatic with just this much.
All you’d done was look at him. You glanced at him out of the corner of your eye, and it was enough for him to feel every nerve bursting like stars all over, pin pricks dancing under his skin. It was enough for every ugly, horrible little part of himself to reveal themselves like he'd done nothing to hide them.
The sudden surge of emotion, an incessant and desperate need to please you— to give you no reason to give him away— breaches the surface far too quickly. His every move is then dictated by how it might affect you, whether it'll give him your favor or ire; and an ever increasing chittering spawns in the back of his mind, crying for you to touch him.
All you'd done was look at him.
Scaramouche tries to ignore it at first. He, very pointedly, does his best not to think of how his skin burns when a thought of you touching him enters his mind unbidden, nor how it simultaneously destroys whatever preconceived notions he had of himself.
He knows titles are meaningless in front of you, but that doesn't quite quell the petulance he feels when he crumbles each time you look at him. You don't have to touch him for every wall to burst like they were nothing. You don't even have to be near him. Your eyes meet his for a moment, and it's like everything he is shatters.
It makes him feel disgustingly weak and as insignificant as the day he was born.
Scaramouche is one out of many; one interaction you may have out of hundreds. He knows how many clamber for your affection, and how many more would ruin themselves for it.
You hold his gaze for a meaningless amount of time, and he knows it means nothing to you. His body still reacts like it does. He knows once you've turned, you'll have already found something else to capture your attention. His pulse still churns as if you’d just held his face in your hands.
It's nothing to you. It should mean nothing to him.
He hates the fact it bothers him.
He shouldn't care. It's not the same as you abandoning him. That you look at him at all should mean something. But it doesn't change the way fear bundles inside of him when you look away, nor does it change the disgust that rises at the very fact he feels that way at all.
He shouldn’t care. It shouldn’t bother him. But it does. It does.
It eats away at him like a festering wound. It hurts like nothing before it. He wonders if you’ll grace him with a look, and when you do, that’s the only thing that matters. When you turn away, he wonders how he ever got to this point. When you don’t, it’s like his breath’s been wrung from his lungs, and he wonders again, at what point did he let himself fall so far. 
It’s a point of irritability for him, and he ignores it like acknowledging it would be the death of his ego. Knowing that it would only serves to make him suffer more.
Whether you smiled or twitched your brow shouldn't feel the same as being reborn or having life torn from him. 
You haven't left him yet. He constantly feels like you're about too.
Scaramouche has to sit and watch when you interact with others. It feels like torture. You smile, and for some reason, it feels like fire washing over him. You laugh, and somehow, he hears it as vividly as he would if he was next to you; only it hurts because he's not the one you're sharing it with.
He could at least pretend he wasn't so pathetic before. He could hold himself up with some pride, even dignity— mask his emotions well enough they couldn't be used against him. Now, sitting in front of you like this, he can't even have that much.
It's piety, worship, love, or something in between or all of them at once. He's weak all over because of it, and it makes him furious at the same time it makes him euphoric.
He wishes he was stronger. Tempered by the abyss, and he still can't resist falling into you.
Your hand runs across the nape of his neck, and he shivers, skin burning where your fingers brush. A soft, shuddery breath escapes him, and his fingers curl where they're latched onto your robes.
If it was anyone else, maybe he would have mauled them for seeing him in such a state. People are perfidious; quick to betray, and even quicker to exploit whatever they've gleaned. Faster still to take away anything that makes him happy.
It's not just anyone, though. It's you. And despite how terribly he fears and how deeply he wishes to bury his emotions, his want of you runs deeper. If it means holding your attention, then you can have anything. If it means feeling your touch, then he'd let you use whatever you wanted against him.
If it meant having the assurance of your presence, then he'd kneel and discard his every title and name. He'd become nothing, if he knew he'd still have you.
“Good boy,” you whisper, and Scaramouche instinctively moves closer, rubbing his knees raw against marble, trying to breathe in your warmth.
He despises how fast he weakens at your beckoning; how he can't even will himself to resist, or fathom the thought of it— malleable to your every whim, and unable to be truly angered by it. He only shifts to be nearer to you, dreaming of your touch, hoping to share some of your eternity.
A whimper rises from his throat, trying to kill his desperation.
"Don't leave me," he says, the words wrenched from his throat. "Don't leave me."
Don’t betray me, he wants to say instead. Don’t abandon me.
It's a disgusting display of weakness. He wishes he could kill his voice so he wouldn't speak at all, but even without a heart, his emotions feel like they might choke him.
The things you do to him are terrible. Pleas for you to only look at him sit and die on his tongue. He reels himself back in before he can make a fool out of himself even further, but he knows you only have to look at him for a little bit longer for any sense of resistance to die alongside his pride. 
"I won't," you say softly, holding his cheek against your palm. "I'm here."
Scaramouche leans into your touch, hiding his face against your hand. He manages to keep himself from making an improper sound through sheer will, though he has to clench his jaw and close his eyes. 
Even just knowing he has all of your attention makes him feel dazed, and as you rub your thumb over his cheek, he can’t even muster any anger at being reduced to such a state. He hums, somehow leaning even further into your touch. 
“I’m here,” you say again, and Scaramouche whimpers into your palm.
zhongli
Zhongli dreams of you every night.
He knows he shouldn’t. It’s not proper of him, nor is it right for him to sully your image with his thoughts. Still, though, the thoughts come unbidden and leave him a wreck in their wake. 
What troubles him is what he knows to be the cause of them.
Zhongli has always been eternally grateful. He's sat with the love of you until it permeated every thought. He's lived beside the worship of you until it coated his every word and nerve. 
Being able to serve you past fantasies in his imagination brings him purpose, and that should be enough. And for a time, it was. 
He could see you and feel fulfilled. He could breathe your air and feel like the thousands of years spent waiting for you had been worth it. Even following you around like some sort of dog was more gratifying than splitting the earth apart. This, he thought, is enough.
This sense of greed, then, shouldn't exist.
Zhongli pretends it's not his own, but the truth is that every thought is painfully his. 
He imagines you running your fingers through his hair. He imagines touching your skin. He imagines you whispering praises against the pale column of his throat, and he imagines being yours in such a way that he knew he was special to you. He imagines you breathing his name and it feeling like rebirth. He imagines your touch. He imagines being able to worship you selfishly, entirely, in a way that no one but him could claim the honor of.
In a way, he thinks he deserves it. To be tortured with visions of things he knows he doesn't deserve and thoughts he knows you wouldn't approve of. 
Zhongli would think of you often before, when all he had of you were the prayers on his lips and promises of piety. It was difficult to imagine you as something physical, but still, his heart stirred. His most meaningful company was the thought of you beside him.
What he thinks of now is different.
He wouldn't have dared to imagine touching your skin. He wouldn't have let the thought escape the darkest of his subconscious. He wouldn't have dared to let himself the simple fantasy of you speaking his name like he's something precious to you. All he wanted, then, was to share the same plane of existence as you. A selfish want, but it was pure.
What pervades his mind now is some sort of sacrilege. He should know better, but he still sullies you every time he closes his eyes, unable to fight and equally unwilling too. 
His greatest arrogance. Even with thousands of mortal lifetimes lived, he still can't rid himself of it— even with his own self-hatred, his thoughts continue to defy him. 
Even when he knows he's failing you, he falls deeper. 
It's worse when you interact with others. Zhongli hugs your shadow and trails after you always, eager to please but always hiding behind a mask of propriety and decorum. He likes to pretend to have a semblance of control in your presence, though he knows that if you’d only ask, he would rid himself of it entirely and be thankful for it.
You're perfect, which is why you're kind even to those that don't deserve a modicum of your attention. You smile, and each time it's not directed at him, he tries to choke the indignance out of him. It’s selfish of him to expect that he be the only one to receive your affection, despite how his mind whispers it’s because he hasn’t done enough to prove himself to you. 
Why else, it supplies, would you waste your breath on those undeserving of it? 
He reminds himself of his place. It assuages him for only a moment.
Zhongli dreams of your breath. He dreams of you cracking him open and bearing witness to every depravity and every virtue and still whispering your love to him. He dreams of looking at you and knowing that he means something to you. He dreams and he wants so terribly, and he knows none of it is his to imagine.
He reminds himself of his place, repeating the words over and over in his mind. He whispers them to himself at night in hopes that maybe, it'll finally stick this time. 
Be pleased with this much.
He's meant to be. He tells himself that, maybe, if he perseveres well enough, he'll be rewarded. 
Maybe you'd let him touch you?
He wouldn't ask for much. Maybe you would be kind enough to let him hold your fingers in his. He wouldn't do so for long. Maybe, if he was good, you'd let him kiss your fingertips with the reverence you deserve. 
It’s an impossibility, he knows, but it's his sole comfort. If he withstands just for a while more, you'll be proud instead of disappointed that he's fallen so low. 
Then you ask for him to kneel, alone in your chambers, and he doesn't know what to do with himself.
Zhongli does as you say immediately. He falls to his knees so quickly that his mind doesn't have the chance to catch up. Vaguely, he understands that maybe he should be ashamed with how fast his body responds. He decides he doesn't care. All he knows is that you're looking at him, and that it feels sweet and good, and that he doesn't want you to stop. 
His breath is lodged in his throat. His heart sounds like a roar in his ears. Nothing exists but you and your words. All you have to do is whisper a word that could vaguely be understood as a command and he would be at your feet, ready to be used. 
He wants you to touch him. 
You smile, and his nerves feel alight with fervor. Zhongli’s hands stay clenched on his knees, trembling with the strength needed to resist touching you. 
You haven't given him permission, so he keeps himself still. 
You cradle his face in your hands. He can feel the warmth of your palms caressing his cheeks, and he wonders— how can there be anyone who doesn't worship you? 
“Good boy,” you say, and Zhongli inhales sharply. 
For you, he wants to say. Only for you.
He doesn't, afraid to speak; afraid that to murmur even the softest of praises would cause you to pull away. 
Does he tell you, he wonders, that he wants you to play with his hair? Does he tell you he wants you to love him completely, innocently, selfishly? Does he tell you he wants you to touch his skin, anywhere if it means having that small piece of contact? 
“Where do you want me to touch you?” you ask, and he can hear the small tint of mirth in your voice.
The question strikes him dumb. His body burns and his blood is singing. Zhongli doesn't care if you find him amusing. No, he delights in it. It doesn't matter as long as he means something at all to you.
His fingers twitch, and just barely does he manage to keep his hands to himself. 
“Everywhere,” he breathes.
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ladyfocalors · 3 days ago
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Rivalry
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summary: After Grim loudly claims that you’re "the only one allowed to be my hench-human forever" in front of Ace and Deuce. Deuce takes it very seriously. He’s suddenly determined to prove he’s the better choice to be your number one by showing it to you through various means. And now you have a love struck Heartslabyul student and a jealous cat monster fighting for your attention.
pairing: deuce spade x gn!reader
warnings: very dialogue heavy, the usual stupidity that comes with heartshackle.
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Lunch had started like any other day. You, Grim, Ace, and Deuce were crowded around a table, eating and chatting between bites. Grim, as usual, was stealing from your plate despite having his own food.
"Ugh," Ace groaned. "Pairing us up for alchemy project without even letting us choose? That's unfair!"
"It's Crewel," you said.
"Seriously, we're the ones who have to suffer." he huffed, "What if we get stuck with some lazy bum who expects us to do all the work?"
You wanted to comment that knowing Ace's grade in alchemy, he would be the one to drag his partner down but you instead settled on a shrug and said, "It's supposed to teach us teamwork."
Ace scoffed. "More like it's teaching me how to carry someone's dead weight. What about you guys? Who'd you get?"
"I got some guy from Pomefiore," you answered, poking at your food. "He seems nice enough."
"Eh, how lucky," Ace mused. Then, he turned to Deuce. "And you?"
Deuce, who had been oddly quiet, frowned slightly. "Some student from Ignihyde. He barely talks."
"Yikes." Ace shook his head. "Bet you wish you had a better partner, huh? If you could pick anyone, who would it be?"
Deuce hesitated. He looked at his plate, thinking for a long moment. Then, as if the answer had been obvious all along, he turned to you.
"The Prefect, probably."
You blinked in surprise. "Me?"
Deuce nodded.
"You're reliable. You actually try to get things done instead of slacking off. If I had to do a project with anyone, I'd want someone I can count on."
You laughed, a little flustered. "That's a nice compliment, thank you."
Before the conversation could continue, Grim suddenly slammed his paws onto the table, nearly knocking over your glass of water.
"NO WAY!" he barked, fur bristling. "No one gets to be their number one but me!"
Ace burst into laughter. "What!?"
Grim turned to you, puffing out his chest. "You're the only one allowed to be my hench-human forever!"
Silence followed his statement.
Ace recovered first, snorting. "Whoa, where's this coming from? Who's trying to steal your 'hench-human,' furball?"
Grim scoffs. "No one! I'm just sayin' you two dunces don't stand a chance."
"Grim. This is not a competition." you sighed.
"But we're a team!"
There was no arguing with him when he got like this. "Sure, Grim. Whatever you say."
Satisfied, Grim went back to eating, clearly believing the discussion was over.
But…
"So, you're saying anyone who wants to be their number one has to prove they're better than you?" Deuce asked, his expression serious. Something about the way he said it made the hairs on the back of your neck stand up.
Grim scoffed. "No one's gonna do that 'cause no one's better than me!"
Deuce frowned, but his expression quickly turned determined. You didn't like that look.
"Alright," he said, clenching a fist. "Challenge accepted."
You stared at him. "Excuse me?"
"I'll prove I'm the better choice to be your number one!" Deuce declared, eyes burning with conviction.
Grim shot up. "Hey! What's that supposed to mean?!"
"No! You two are not doing this!" you raised your hand to grab their attention, but your words fell into deaf ears as Grim and Deuce had a stare-down.
You let out a sigh for the nth time that day.
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Deuce and Grim were not lying when they took 'being your number one' as a competition. The very next morning you had to deal with them.
Deuce was already at your side, reaching for your bag.
"I'll carry that."
"Deuce, I can carry my own bag."
"But I should do it," he insisted. "A good partner helps out however they can."
Before you could protest, Grim leapt onto your shoulder.
"Well, I help out by keeping 'em company! Try beatin' that!"
Deuce frowned, considering something. Then, his eyes brightened with realization.
"I could walk them to class every day."
Grim gasped in offence. "I already do that!"
"Yeah, but I'll make sure they actually get there instead of wandering off and getting roped into trouble."
"Myah! No, I don't wander!"
"Okay!" You stepped between them before a fight broke out. "That's enough!"
The two of them turned to you expectantly.
You exhaled through your nose. "Look. I appreciate the thought, really. But I don't need to be walked to class. I don't need someone carrying my stuff. And I definitely don't need you two constantly trying to one-up each other!"
There was a long pause.
"... So what you're saying is," Deuce began, rubbing his chin, "I need to do more than just carrying things?"
Grim's ears flattened. "That's not what they said!"
Ace smirked, seemingly enjoying the scene. "Wow, Prefect, tough crowd today."
I need new friends, was the only thought that occupied your mind all the way to your class.
When lunchtime rolled around, you expected to enjoy a quiet meal. If anything went wrong, Riddle would definitely collar both Grim and Deuce. So, you were not worried about anything actually going wrong.
Unfortunately (well, fortunately, but Grim got involved) Deuce had gone ahead and brought you lunch.
"Here," he says, setting your food in front of you before sitting down. "You like this stuff, right?"
You blinked. "Yeah, but…"
"What do you think you're doin'?" Grim butt in.
"Just helping them out." Deuce frowned.
"Oh yeah?" Grim huffed. "Well, I always share my food with them!"
Which was the biggest lie anyone would ever hear from Grim. You had to fight him off every time his paw would reach for your food.
You turned to stare at Grim. "Grim. You literally steal food from my plate."
"Myah! It's called sharing!" he insisted, crossing his little arms, then turned to Deuce. "Besides, what makes you think the hench-human wants you buyin' their food, huh?"
Deuce stiffened, suddenly looking uncertain. "I mean… I just thought–"
"Hey, if you're bringing people lunch, I wouldn't mind one too," Ace cut in, grinning as he reached for your plate.
"This isn't for you," Deuce smacked his hand away without hesitation.
"Ooh, I see how it is," Ace snickered.
"There's nothing to see," Deuce said quickly, ears turning pink.
You sighed, shaking your head. "Deuce, I appreciate it, but you don't have to bring me lunch."
"I wanted to," he said, stubborn as ever. His eyes were set with the same determination he had when he swore to be your number one.
"Then I should be the one doin' it!" Grim declared, puffing out his chest.
You shot him a look. "Grim, you steal my food."
"You're missing the point!" he said, scrambling for some sort of rebuttal. "I don't need to bring lunch to be the best! I got charm! And loyalty! And–" He trailed off, ears flicking as he struggled to think of more reasons. Finally, he threw his paws up in frustration. "And I am the Great Grim! And I don't see you tryin' to be a better number one than me!"
"Because I don't just say it. I prove it." Deuce said in a smug tone.
Grim slammed his paws on the table. "Fine! I'll prove it, too!"
Deuce met his challenge head-on, slamming his own hands on the table. "Fine!"
"Keep this up and Riddle will come here and collar both of you," you grumbled, which shut both of the idiots up.
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"What are you doing, Deuce?" you asked the boy with a toolbox in your dorm. Something always kept happening, and you were on your last straw.
He cleared his throat. "I noticed your door's been sticking out, so I thought I'd fix it."
You blinked at him. "Deuce. That's… actually really nice."
You barely had time to be touched by the gesture before a blur of gray fur shot past you.
"OH, NO YOU DON'T!"
Grim skidded to a halt in front of the door, standing his ground like a knight protecting their master.
"I already fixed it!"
Deuce frowned. "You did?"
"Yeah! Used my claws to pry it loose!"
You slapped a hand to your forehead. "Grim, that's not fixing it–"
"But I did it for you!"
Deuce narrowed his eyes. "I can actually fix it. Properly."
"Like I'd let you take my job!" Grim's fur stood on their end.
And then they started arguing again. Right outside the door.
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It took forever to separate them, and by the time you did, you had enough.
You planted your hands on your hips. "That's it! I am done with this stupid competition! Stop this nonsense!"
Deuce and Grim froze.
Grim blinked up at you. "Huh?"
You exhaled, dragging a hand down your face. "Look. I get it. You both want to be my 'number one', but you don't have to prove anything to me."
Deuce bit his lip, rubbing the back of his neck.
"You're both important to me," you continued. "And I don't need ridiculous competitions or going out of your way to do things for me to prove that. Just be yourselves."
There was a beat of silence. Then Grim huffed, crossing his little arms. "Fine. But I still say I'm your number one."
"Grim." You glared.
"What? You said I don't have to prove anything!"
Deuce let out a quiet chuckle.
You turned to him, exhausted. "And you. Are we done with this?"
A faint pink dusted his cheeks. "Yeah. Sorry about that."
"Good."
You closed the door behind you, rubbing your temples. You couldn’t help but think about how much energy had been wasted on this ridiculous competition. You had things to do. Assignments to finish, a half-broken dorm to manage, and you had to handle the biggest troublemaker in NRC.
As you sighed, relieved the ordeal was over, Deuce hesitated before speaking.
"But if I did have to prove something, it wouldn’t just be about being your number one." He swallowed, his usual determination wavering. "I… I like you." His face was burning now. "Not just as a friend. I– I wanted to show you that."
Grim gagged. You ignored Grim, meeting Deuce’s nervous gaze. Then, you smiled. "You didn’t have to prove anything for that, either."
His eyes widened, then softened, lips curving into a grin.
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sergeantbuckybarnes · 2 days ago
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i know love // joaquin torres
Summary: Having been raised in the Red Room, people would expect you to be ruthless and cold. Your vulnerability surfaces when a conversation topic is brought up during dinner, and you need to have a difficult conversation with Joaquín.  
Pairing: Joaquin Torres x Ex-Widow!Reader
Word count: 2k
Warnings: mentions of brainwashing and killing, mentions of reader having an involuntary hysterectomy in the red room, mentions of dreykov, reader doesn't know how to deal with her emotions, mentions of adoption, angst, hurt/comfort, but a happy ending!!
A/N: As always, remember English is not my first language. Also, thanks to @heybaynoot for proofreading this!
This is my first time writing for Joaquín, I probably got him OOC a bit, but hope you guys like this one! Oh, and I have more in store for Joaquín & BlackWidow!Reader so stay tuned!
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It was an offhand comment.
This wasn’t something you should be overthinking.
Any other woman in your situation would have been thrilled. And that was the problem—you weren't like other women. And no, this wasn't meant to be a compliment.
Your childhood and adolescence hadn’t been the most conventional. You knew it hadn’t been your fault; you never had a say in anything, yet it didn’t undo the knot in your stomach nor make the nightmares go away.
It had only been a few years since you'd begun to get your life back on track. Or, well, to build your own. One that actually felt like yours, where you were more than just the prisoner of a rich sadist.
When Yelena found you and freed your mind from their control, you were lost. Waking up was difficult. Facing the reality around you was puzzling, and you struggled with understanding your true identity. 
But that was ages ago. 
You have got your life on track since then.
And everything was going well. You could say you were happy for the first time in a long time. A fundamental pillar of that happiness was thanks to Joaquin.
When Sam introduced you, you never thought he would become such an important part of your life. Falling in love with him wasn't in your plans, but it had happened. And it was quite simple. That was one of the long list of special things about Joaquín—loving him was so easy.
From the first moment, you noticed the brightness he radiated. He was funny, kind, sweet, and smart. He had a charming personality, and it was literally impossible not to smile when he was around—and you weren't someone who was used to smiling, not before him at least.
He knew who you were and what you had done, and it had never been an issue for him. To be honest, his reaction when he met you was something you hadn't expected. He was thrilled and excited to officially meet an ex-widow. And, despite his obvious curiosity, he never asked anything about the Red Room. You assumed it was out of respect; perhaps he did not want you to remember Dreykov, the training, and the brainwashing.
And the killing.
And you had to admit you were delighted that the subject was never brought up.
He still complimented your fighting skills. Like, all the time. Looking like a proud boyfriend every time you kicked someone's ass. 
There was a moment, early in your relationship, when you realized it was him. You had never known love before—not that kind. And Joaquin's was the best first experience you could have asked for. You had been certain that he was going to be your first and last. You didn't want anyone else. Because no one would ever make you feel the way he did.
But now everything has crumbled.
Because of a single comment.
“We're going to have the cutest babies.”
The words had rolled off his tongue so easily.
And they had stabbed your heart in the same way.
Sarah had smiled at his words, Sam had rolled his eyes and made a witty remark, while you pressed your lips into a thin smile, and the conversation at the table just continued on.
But you couldn't shake off the feeling.
In all the time you had been dating Joaquín, the topic of having children had never been brought up. You thought it was because he knew. And he was being the considerate, thoughtful gentleman he was.
But now you were thinking that maybe Joaquín didn't know everything you went through in the Red Room.
You had the image of his happy face burned into your brain when he made the baby comment, and it only intensified the knotting in your stomach.
This happened two weeks ago, and since then, your mind has not stopped spinning in a whirlpool of thoughts and feelings. You didn't know how to deal with the situation. Well, technically, you did; you knew you had to talk to Joaquín. If the future he had planned for himself was to have a family, it was clear he was not going to have that with you.
You rubbed your eyes as you let out a grunt of resignation. You'd tried your best to leave the past behind you, just for it to come back, knocking on your door and hitting you with a harsh reminder that happiness was a luxury you couldn’t yet afford.
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Something was going on.
And Joaquin had noticed this. 
You'd been acting odd, distant even, and he couldn't figure out why.
Had he done something that irked you?
Despite living together, over the past two weeks, you’ve been coming up with excuses to avoid spending time together, skipping your regular morning coffee dates, and missing movie nights. Even during your training sessions, your conversations felt minimal and strained.
But what hurt him the most was that whenever he attempted to reach out for you, you recoiled from his touch—something you never did before. 
You had always loved his clinginess. He felt the need to have a hand on you constantly. While other people had considered it annoying in the past, it never seemed to bother you. On the contrary, it seemed like you yearned for his touch just almost as he longed for yours.
When he mentioned the situation to Sam, the reaction he got was that he was reading too much into it and that maybe you just needed to have some space.
“Have you talked to her about it?”
No. He hadn’t. Because he was afraid he would get the answer his brain was already conjuring up. 
And he wasn’t ready for it.
Not that it mattered, because you started the conversation yourself that afternoon.                               
A sense of relief washed over him as he noticed you standing in the living room of your shared apartment.
Everything may be okay after all. 
Perhaps Sam was right, and you just needed space. 
However, the happiness was wiped from his face when he noticed the expression on your face, followed by the dreadful words, “We need to talk.”
Joaquín felt the air escape from his lungs. A lump formed in his throat as your words echoed in his head.  
‘We need to talk’. 
Those words almost always came before terrible news.
He searched your face for clues, any hint that this time might be different, but the seriousness in your eyes revealed everything he feared. 
“Can we sit down, please?” 
Joaquín nodded, swallowing hard as he followed you to the couch. You sat across from him, your hands clasped tightly in your lap, a subtle sign of your own unease. The cushions felt too soft, and indulgent as if mocking the tension between the two of you.
“I’ve been thinking a lot these past few weeks…” You began, your voice quivering slightly, and he felt a surge of fear grip his heart. “I know you had noticed that I had pushed you away, and I—”
The words sent a shiver down his spine. A flicker of emotion crossed your eyes—a mix of determination and sadness—that sent a twist through his stomach.
You'd rehearsed this conversation in your head, every word, but now that you had your boyfriend in front of you, your mind had gone completely blank. Your eyes drank in how worried he was; you hated yourself for doing this to him.
You took a deep breath, the kind that tried to draw in all the courage you could muster. “Remember two weeks ago when we had dinner with Sam and Sarah?” 
He furrowed his brow in confusion. Of all the things his mind had conjured up, you mentioning the dinner at Sarah's was not among them. However, he nodded and gestured for you to go on. 
“Sarah said something about AJ and Cass and then you mentioned that we were gonna have the cutest babies, and I—” 
God, this hurt so much.
Each word you spoke felt like a dagger piercing his chest, and made his heart sink further. The lump in his throat seemed to grow even bigger. “Is that what this is about? You don’t want to build a family with me?”
His words hit you like a ton of bricks—of course, Joaquín would assume he was the problem. You swallowed hard, struggling to find the right words. “No, it's not that I don't want to.” You exhaled, forcing the words out, your heart racing. “It's just…”
Joaquin leaned forward, squinting in a fervent plea for clarity. The concern on his face was palpable.
“I thought you knew about this, and that’s why you never brought the subject up…” You took a deep breath and finally uttered the words weighing heavily inside you. “I can’t have kids, Joaquin.”
“In the Red Room, they had this graduation ceremony…They sterilized us. One less thing to worry about, I guess.” You grimaced, your hands fidgeting instinctively—a nervous habit you couldn't recall developing. “For Dreykov, that was what mattered even more than a mission. It made everything easier. Even the killing.”
He struggled with the truth of what you said, and the world around him dimmed for a minute. 
“I've fought to put that part of my life behind me, and I don't want to be the burden that holds you back from having the life you want.”
“You're not a burden to me.” He moved closer and took one of your hands in his own, his thumb softly stroking patterns on the back of your hand. “What I want is you—just as you are. A future without you holds no interest for me.”
Emotions you had suppressed for so long started to overwhelm you, and tears filled your eyes. “I don't want to put you in that position. I want you to be happy.”
“But I am happy with you,” he replied, with a resolute tone.
“What if one day you change your mind?”
Joaquín leaned in, his eyes blazing with a sharp intensity that sliced through the fog of doubt that shrouded you. “I swear to you, my mind is made up. And it starts and ends with you.”
He cupped your face gently, wiping away a tear. You closed your eyes in contentment, leaning into his touch. 
You had missed it so much.
You had missed him. 
“I love you.”
“I love you, too,” you murmured, gazing into his chocolate-brown eyes. “You’re the best thing that’s ever happened to me.”
For the first time in two weeks, Joaquín found himself smiling—truly smiling. 
He pulled you closer, draping his arms around your shoulders. You buried your face in his chest, inhaling in his familiar scent, while he tightened his embrace around you, afraid that you would slip away.
He had missed you.
“Please, don’t push me away again,” he pleaded softly, his voice muffled as his face rested against your head. “Those were the worst two weeks of my life.”
“I’m sorry.” You pulled back slightly. “I don’t know how to deal with my emotions well, but I’m trying, I promise.”
“I know you are. And I’m here for you if you need me. We’ll work through it together. We’re a team, remember?”
As you listened to him, you felt a weight lift off your shoulders. The fear that had gripped you for weeks started to fade.
“And we can always consider adoption,” he suggested, his eyes lighting up at the idea. “There are so many kids out there in need of a caring home. We can give them a shot at a better life.”
“I like that idea,” you said quietly, a timid smile emerging through the lingering traces of your tears.
“Good.” His hand found yours again, his fingers easily interlacing with yours. A wave of tranquility enveloped you, and for the first time in weeks, it felt as though you could breathe. You rested your head against his shoulder, settling into him and finding comfort in the calming thud of his heartbeat.
“Thank you for being so understanding. I don't deserve you.”
“Don't say that,” he said, lifting your chin, making you meet his eyes. “You deserve all the love and happiness in the world. And I'm not going anywhere.”
With that, he leaned into you, his lips softly brushing against yours, and in that instant, everything felt right again. The outside world faded, enveloping you in your warm little cocoon of comfort and understanding.
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kiyawritesforf1 · 2 days ago
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THE FAN-FICTION SAGA
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Pairing: Max Verstappen x Reader
It started innocently enough. Max had never been the type to pry too much into Y/N’s hobbies. She was always so effortless and easygoing, a balance of sweet and sassy, with a warmth that made him feel at ease. But as their relationship deepened, Max started noticing something peculiar: Y/N spent an unusual amount of time reading on her phone—almost obsessively, as if there was some hidden world he wasn’t a part of.
At first, Max didn’t think much of it. She was a reader, and he’d always admired how much she loved books. But it wasn’t long before he realized that the content of her reading material wasn’t exactly what he expected. It wasn’t literature in the traditional sense—there were no classic novels or even contemporary thrillers. No, what caught his eye was the number of tabs open on her phone, filled with websites he'd never heard of, and a very specific genre: **fanfiction.**
Now, Max was no stranger to fandoms—he'd heard stories from his friends about the deep, sometimes obsessive nature of fan communities. But he had never actually met someone who was so deeply immersed in it. His curiosity got the best of him, and one lazy Sunday afternoon, he finally decided to ask.
They were lounging on the couch, sipping on coffee, the soft hum of their playlist playing in the background. Y/N had her phone in her hand, her eyes glued to the screen, a wide grin spreading across her face as she scrolled through yet another chapter of something that seemed to hold her attention more than anything else in the room.
“Y/N…” Max began, leaning over the armrest and trying to get a peek at her phone. “What exactly are you reading?”
She glanced up, her face lighting up with a mischievous spark. “Oh, just a little something.”
Max raised an eyebrow, feeling a little more intrigued than he probably should. “A little something, huh? This has been going on for weeks now. What is it? Some kind of secret novel?”
Y/N giggled, her eyes flickering back to the screen. “No, not a novel. It’s… fanfiction.”
“Fanfiction?” Max repeated, unable to suppress the confusion in his voice. “As in, like, those stories people write about their favorite TV shows or movies?”
Y/N nodded enthusiastically. “Yep! It’s amazing! You’d be surprised at how much better some of these stories are than actual TV shows.”
Max blinked, trying to process this new information. “Wait, you’re telling me you’ve been reading stories written by fans? Like… not even official writers? That’s what you’ve been so hooked on?”
Y/N shrugged, a playful smile tugging at her lips. “What can I say? They’re creative. They’re fun. Plus, there’s a certain magic to them, you know?”
Max let out a small chuckle, his mind whirring. This was definitely not what he had expected when he asked Y/N about her hobbies. “Okay, but… what’s the appeal? I mean, I get the whole escapism thing, but isn’t it kind of… well, weird?”
Y/N shot him a teasing glance, her eyes dancing with amusement. “You’re just not *getting* it. It’s not about weirdness, Max. It’s about creativity, passion, and sometimes—just sometimes—a little bit of *delusion.*”
Max blinked at the word. “Delusion?”
She nodded, her grin widening. “Yeah, like the delusional shipping, the alternate universes where the characters do things they *never* would, and the wild romantic scenarios that leave you questioning your entire life. It’s fun! It’s… it’s just the world I get to immerse myself in, you know?”
Max couldn’t help but laugh. This was not the woman he thought he knew. “So, basically, you’re living in your own fanfiction world?”
“Exactly,” she said, looking back down at her phone. “And you’re part of it.”
“Wait, *I’m* part of it?” Max asked, raising an eyebrow in disbelief. “How?”
Y/N didn’t answer immediately. She just kept scrolling, her fingers tapping quickly across the screen. Then, she looked up at him, her eyes twinkling. “I’m reading a fic about this hot, mysterious guy who’s really into racing. I’m just saying, you might fit the role quite well.”
Max blinked, a deep blush creeping up his neck. “Wait, hold on. You’re reading fanfiction about me?” he asked incredulously.
Y/N shrugged again, her lips curling into a mischievous smile. “Maybe. Maybe not. You’ll never know.”
Max let out an exaggerated sigh, though part of him was secretly flattered. “This is… so weird. I had no idea this was such a big part of your life. I’m dating a *delusional* girl, huh?”
Y/N laughed, her voice sweet and light. “Normal girl, Max. Just a normal girl living her best delusional life. You should try it sometime.”
As Max tried to process this new layer to Y/N, he couldn’t help but feel more drawn to her. The way she embraced her passions, her quirks, without any shame or hesitation. It was charming in its own way, and honestly, kind of adorable.
But then, of course, Daniel—Max’s teammate and longtime friend—decided to pop into the conversation, his timing impeccable as always.
“Hey, I’m back from the track. What’s going on here?” Daniel asked, dropping his bag by the door and heading toward the kitchen.
Y/N grinned, clearly sensing an opportunity to tease Max. “Oh, just explaining to Max how *normal* I am. You know, reading fanfiction, living in my own little world, shipping people who don’t even exist.”
Daniel raised an eyebrow as he grabbed a water bottle from the fridge. “Fanfiction, huh? You really have him hooked on that, don’t you?”
Max, looking thoroughly exasperated, turned to Daniel. “Apparently, I’m part of some *delusional* shipping universe now. I had no idea what I was getting into.”
Y/N couldn’t help but laugh. “See, Daniel gets it! You’re just not ready for the wonderful world of *delulu* yet.”
Max groaned dramatically. “I feel like I need a crash course or something. This is all way too much for me.”
Daniel chuckled, sitting down next to Max. “So, wait, you’re telling me you’ve been reading *fanfiction* about Max?”
Y/N’s eyes twinkled. “Maybe I’ve written a few stories here and there.”
Max turned to her, raising both eyebrows. “You’ve written fanfiction about me?”
“Maybe,” she said, her voice dropping to a mock whisper. “You’ll never know. My writing skills are top secret.”
Max shook his head in disbelief, though part of him was secretly intrigued. “I never knew dating a girl could be this complicated.”
Y/N leaned over and gave him a quick peck on the cheek. “But that’s the fun of it, Max. Every day is an adventure. Who knows what you'll find next?”
As if on cue, Daniel raised his bottle in mock salute. “Here’s to being part of the delusional world. I think I’ll stay out of it, though. But, you know, if you ever want to introduce me to any of your *fanfic* buddies, I’d be happy to take a look.”
Max laughed, shaking his head. “I’m not sure I’m ready to dive that deep into the madness.”
Y/N shot him a knowing look. “You’d be surprised, Max. Sometimes the madness is exactly what makes everything fun.”
As the night wore on, the three of them continued to laugh and chat, Max becoming more and more fascinated by Y/N’s love for fanfiction and her playful, quirky nature. Despite the absurdity of it all, there was something endearing about her willingness to embrace the weird, the wonderful, and the *delulu*.
Max realized that maybe, just maybe, he had been underestimating the complexity of his feelings for her. She wasn’t just the girl he thought he knew—she was layers upon layers of passion, quirks, and humor. And he couldn’t help but fall for her even more.
As they all settled down for the night, Max looked at Y/N with a soft smile. “You know, I might just start reading some fanfiction myself. But only if I can be the ‘mysterious racer guy’ in your stories.”
Y/N grinned, her eyes lighting up. “Deal. But no promises about how romantic it gets.”
Max leaned in close, his voice low and teasing. “I’m counting on it.”
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spiteful-opossum · 14 hours ago
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I’m gonna go with dead tired just cause that’s my favorite.
Tim was having a stressful day. He’d had a rough patrol the night before. He then woke up later than he should’ve, which was still really early for him because he had a virtual meeting with a team in a different time zone. The espresso machine at the only coffee shop that would give him 10 shots of espresso was broken. And to top it all off he had to deal with a new board member who was trying to convince him get rid of the company’s robust maternity/paternity leave program to increase “shareholder value”.
So to sum it up Tim’s day had been stressful but not unbearable. But that was all over now. He was finally done with work for the day and wasn’t scheduled to patrol for the night. He was gonna go home and have a nice, relaxing, entirely average evening where nothing big or important or unexpected was going to happen. The idea of spending the night relaxing with his boyfriend, Danny, was the main reason Tim didn’t try to kill the new board member.
When he finally got home and opened the door he was greeted by the most beautiful sight he’d ever seen, Danny. Danny was currently doing homework for one of his classes on the couch. Tim went to go take a quick shower and get changed into something more comfortable before making Danny take a break. He’d learned the hard way just how much Danny can get consumed by his astronomy homework. His passion for astronomy was something Tim loved about the guy, but sometimes he could lose track of time.
When he came back he was not expecting Danny to have finished whatever he was doing and moved to the kitchen table. He must’ve taken longer in the shower than he thought. But when he went over to his boyfriend to say hi he got concerned by the expression on his face. His usual relaxed and unserious expression that he even maintained while being kidnapped was gone and replaced by a very serious one. Tim was officially alarmed because in several years of dating he’d never seen him like that.
“Danny? What’s wrong? Is everything okay?” Tim couldn’t help but asking. Every worst case scenario in the world and how to deal with them was running through his head right now. It only got worse when Danny looked at him a bit concerned and had to take a deep breath. He was also fiddling with something that he couldn’t quite see as it was covered in a paper towel.
“Tim we need to talk.” Danny said “i have some big news, you should probably sit down for this.” And Tim did as he was told taking a seat next to Danny at the table.
When Tim sat down he put his hand on Danny’s arm and said “Whatever it is I can handle it.”
“I really hope you mean that,” Danny responded before taking another deep breath and continuing, “I know we’ve only been together for a couple years, but they’ve been the best years of my life. But I don’t know how you feel about this and I’m worried how you might take it.” Then he pushed whatever he was fidgeting with towards Tim. When he unwrapped the paper towel he was shocked. He didn’t know what he was expecting but it certainly wasn’t this. It was a pregnancy test, a positive pregnancy test. He picked it up and just stared at it for a few seconds, then back up to Danny wanting to confirm he was seeing this right.
“You’re pregnant?” He asked not bothering to hide the hope in his voice.
“Yeah,” Danny started, “And I get it if you’re not quite ready for this, I know I’m not, but I want to keep-”
Tim didn’t let him finish that thought before pulling him into a tight hug. “I love you, and I agree. I’m definitely not prepared to be a dad but I’m going to try to do my best to try anyway. This is great news and no matter what I’ll always be right beside you.”
Accidental Parenthood
DP x DC Prompt
Danny's life is pretty good right now. His parents have accepted him as Phantom. Vlad remains a Thorn in his side that won't go away. The Justice League had tried to put him on one of their young hero teams after his parents flagged them down about the GIW and the Anti Ecto Acts. He refused them because he's petty that they ignored the calls he and his friends made whenever they thought they needed help on something that looked out of their control. He's accepted to just being a person that they call on for help whenever they need it.
He's only in Gotham now, after he graduated high school and the whole business of the Justice League trying to get him to be part of their little group, because it has the only university that's crazy enough to enroll a Fenton.
He's found a balance between his university life, his Ghost King duties, and the Justice League needing his aid on a few occasions. He had to deal with a few unexpected instances where he was mistaken for a Wayne, but those were handled when he was, reluctantly, saved by the Batfam (he's still got the pettiness in him from being ignored for most of his high school years).
That might have been where his life started to change, as he soon found himself in a secret relationship with one of the Wayne boys, who even accepted him when he told them that he's Trans.
Near the end of his scholarship at Gotham University is when he learns of something that will definitely be a turning point in his life.
He's in the Far Frozen, having Frostbite check up on him because he's been feeling pretty weird the past couple of days. And it's here where he's told that he is pregnant.
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catssluvr · 17 hours ago
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wilderness nat scatorccio dating headcanons <3
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⭑.ᐟ Sleeps by your side since the beginning, holding you with a tight grip against her. You could practically share a sleeping bag from how close you sleep.
⭑.ᐟ Holds you extra tight after long days, as if afraid that if she lets go you might disappear. Fingers gripping your shirt while her nose buries into your hair, taking you in just like she’s done a million times before.
⭑.ᐟ Teaches you how to hunt so you get to spend more time together, anything to prevent you from being apart for long.
⭑.ᐟ Quite literally defends you against everyone else, doesn’t matter if you’re wrong or right. Will protect you with everything she has, even from the other or the wilderness if she has to.
⭑.ᐟ Sneaking out to go to the lake early in the warm mornings when everyone is asleep so you can wash each other and have a moment alone.
⭑.ᐟ Loves it when you braid her hair out of her face when it’s particularly hot, being happy that she can help you not feel bored while also getting her hair played with.
⭑.ᐟ You have an assigned tree that you both like to sit under. Nat has you laying across her chest while you two whisper about the future you’ll share when rescue comes.
⭑.ᐟ Still in the tree matter, it’s for sure her favorite spot to have a hot make out against. Will literally appear out of nowhere when you’re waiting for her and pin you against it just to smash her lips against yours, smiling against them when you gasp in surprise.
⭑.ᐟ Also takes you to the crashed plane often so you can both just hang out and be silly away from everyone else when it gets too much.
⭑.ᐟ Cuts you off multiple times when you’re rambling about something random just because she thinks you did something cute mid sentence like scrunching your nose.
“that’s *kiss* too *kiss* fucking *kiss* cute *kiss*, doll”
⭑.ᐟ Calls you sweetheart and baby with that raspy but gentle voice when it’s just the two of you. But you know she’s about to tease you as soon as she starts calling you doll or lover.
“Hey, lover. Looking smoking hot today ;)”
⭑.ᐟ Since there aren’t a lot of ways to entertain yourselves in the middle of nowhere, you’ll both re-tell the stories of books you’ve read or movies you’ve watched before the crash.
⭑.ᐟ Talks Travis’ ears off when they go on hunts with things about you, telling him every little detail that she adores about you (there’s quite a lot of them). He pretends to be annoyed but he’s secretly glad she finds a way to be happy with everything that’s happening.
⭑.ᐟ On spring, she will bring you flowers and berries that she catches on the way back from a hunt. There isn’t much she can give you from the lack of options so she puts effort into making you feel appreciated.
⭑.ᐟ On cold nights Nat enjoys sitting with you by the fireplace, both of you bundled up in the same blanket with arms linked and hands holding each other. Her cold nose will nuzzle your cheek as she presses her smile onto your jaw.
⭑.ᐟ Winter takes a tool on her and you’re the only one who’s helping to keep her sane, if she feels overwhelmed you are who she will seek immediately.
⭑.ᐟ When her and Travis start looking for Javi, spending full days away, she gives you one of her hair bands that you use as a necklace to fell closer to her.
“i think you should have this, i’ll feel protected by my very own angel. okay?”
⭑.ᐟ When she’s chosen to be a leader, she starts needing your comfort even more. Always listens carefully to your advice and sometimes can’t help herself but to crumble into tears into the comfort of your embrace.
⭑.ᐟ Nat probably cares more about your safety than her own and every night she catches herself praying that at least you get saved from the hell it is to live with the wilderness and everyone else as a matter of fact.
“Please, please, please, just spare her at least”. She whispers to herself with a deep breath.
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miaoua3 · 6 hours ago
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Ghost of Your Dreams
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Pairing: bf!scoups x f!reader
Genre: smut (MDNI), size kink, no protection (don’t be silly wrap the willy), dom!scoups, spanking, choking, spitting, degradation(slight), praise, cosplay! ghost
Description: all it took was one comment of your and here he was, embarrassed and shy but ready to commit to the fullest in order for him to fulfil your fantasy
Note: everyone went berserk last year when i posted on my tiktok as what characters id like to see svt as for halloween and put coups as ghost from cod so naturally i had to bring even more chaos and write a whole fanfic about it…enjoy hehe (post writing edit of the notes: i passionately hate this my bad guys i suck so bad. and again, not proof read so…yeah lmao)
you knew what you were getting into the very minute you first stepped a foot into your boyfriend’s s home and saw a whole professional pc set-up, with headphones and the kind of keyboard that lights up in rainbow light every time you press any key on it. you knew what to expect from him-late night gaming sessions between him and his friends, him yelling whenever he got annoyed, and a whole lot of cursing.
these are just some of the things you knew to expect.
cheol, on the other hand, never even thought what kind of an effect his hobby could have on you. he knew you would be supportive, and that you would probably use his gaming time to do and practice your own hobbies.
but now, several years into the relationship, he never even expected for you to take any special interest in his hobby, never mind for you to make such an…out-of-character comment like you did two weeks ago.
he was just starting a new game, concentrating on the plot and character dialogue so he knew what to do, when he felt you approach him from behind, carefully watching the screen right beside him.
after a few seconds, cheol sees your pretty pointer finger point at one of the characters from the screen and hears your sweet voice ask “who is that?”
cheol looks up at you with his pretty and big boba eyes, a bit of confusion visible in the way his eyebrows furrow.
“his name is simon riley, but they call him ‘ghost’.”
you only hum in response, tilting your head to the side as you carefully watch the character move around the screen. after a few seconds, you deliver a comment that will forever change seungcheol and who he is as a person.
“he’s hot.”
cheol looks at you, both in confusion and in offence, totally blindsided by the two words that have just left your mouth.
“what- why? how? you can’t even see his face because of the mask. plus, you have a boyfriend, miss. how dare you find another man other than me attractive?”
you finally look at the boyfriend in question, only to see his big cherry lips set in pout, making you smile in amusement. you bend down to hug him around his neck, softly kissing his cheek to comfort him. after you see the corner of his mouth twitch in weakness, you answer his questions.
“i don’t know, something about him is attractive, maybe the way he carries himself and the mysteriousness because of the whole mask thing.”, you muse as you go back to watching ghost on the screen.
cheol does the same, the pout still present as he looks at his favourite character, now with a bit of disdain due to your newfound attraction to him.
after a few seconds of silence, you chuckle before you add another comment that will play a big part in both your futures.
“plus, he kind of reminds me of you, baby. with all the dominance, confidence and that deep voice.”, letting another chuckle, you look him directly in the eyes, you faces only inches apart so he can see your eyes clearly as you add “who knows, maybe you should cosplay him sometime. i know i would love to see that.”
you smile at him before you let a brief kiss land on his lips before you part your body away from his and go back to laying on the bed.
you may have said it in the joking manner, but cheol knew. he saw that look in your eyes, the way your pupils were dilated, the way your smile hid something a bit darker, a bit more sinister in the corners of your lips.
he knew that you weren’t joking.
so here he is, two weeks later, on a saturday night, in the full cosplay, waiting for you to get back from work, his blushing and red face hidden behind the balaclava and mask.
he fondles with all the little belts around his body, namely his waist, chest and thighs. a bit uncomfortable, but nothing cheol couldn’t handle.
hey, anything for love, right?
cheol looks around the apartment as if it will give him an answer as to what he should do, what the plan to surprising you is, but to no avail. the nervousness and sort of excitement is getting more and more unbearable the closer your arrival is getting.
finally, he settles on hiding in the bathroom, knowing that your first move will be to check your shared bedroom to see if he’s there, making the bathroom the perfect place to hide, as it is directly across the bedroom and he can then quietly sneak up behind you.
just like he planned, cheol skilfully hides behind the bathroom door, leaving the light off and the door slightly open as to make you think he isn’t inside. he stills his movements the moment he hears the keys jingling behind the entrance door before the door click open.
you drop your keys into the little dish beside the door before hanging your bag and coat on the hanger right beside it. he hears you sigh deeply, probably meaning that you have had a long day and that you need some relaxation.
perfect.
after you take your shoes off, he hears you still for a moment, carefully listening to the sounds in your own home. after a second, he hears you call out “cheol? are you there? i’m home!”
but to no avail. because he doesn’t answer.
right in that moment, cheol's belief that he knows you better than anyone else was solidified.
because just like he predicted, he hears you take a few steps before you lightly open the door of your bedroom, peaking inside to see if your boyfriend is inside.
showtime.
ever so quietly, cheol moves until he’s standing right behind you, his eyes looking at the top of your head. he just had to smirk at your cluelessness, how you are so cutely looking for him while he’s standing directly behind you.
not being able to resist the temptation, cheol leans in until his covered lips are right by your ear before he utters in his deepest voice possible.
“looking for something, m’love?”
you gasp in shock, eyes wide as you quickly turn towards him, stumbling back so much that if it weren’t for his hand catching your arm, you would’ve fallen right onto your ass.
you gape at his tall and darkly clothed silhouette, being somewhere between shocked and in awe of your beautiful muscle-y boyfriend standing in front of you in a costume you never could’ve imagined seeing him in.
the shock lasts all but 5 seconds before the widest smile he has ever seen on you takes over your features, your pupils blown out, so much so that they appear almost completely black.
with excitement you start word-vomiting “oh my god, i can’t believe you really did this. i think this is the best day of my life. oh my god, are you gonna spank me and say that i’ve been a bad girl? or maybe-“
something about the way you look little too excited, like a kid on a christmas morning that can’t wait to open their presents, the way you smiled so wide, maybe even too widely. like cheol just walked right into your trap.
it rubbed him the wrong way, blood boiling slightly.
although that just might be the multiple layers of clothes that he’s wearing.
oh well.
wasting no time, seungcheol suddenly grabs you by your neck and pulls you towards him, making whatever words you wanted to say die on your tongue and a gasp slip out instead.
the moment your body collides with his, he uses his big and broad body to push you against the wall by your bedroom door, harshly.
your body slams against the cold white wall, and cheol has the oh shit- thought for all of half second that he might’ve pushed you too hard and that he might’ve hurt you.
that is before he hears you moan loudly at the action, throwing your head back.
little masochist.
cheol then immediately comes closer to you, crowding your space so much, until the only thing left to focus on is the mask that covers his face. his chest pushes into yours, making it that harder to breathe, and his knee finds its home right between your legs, pushing upwards until he can feel the warmth between your legs on his thigh.
your beautiful and cute eyes are already teary as you look upwards at him, desperation forming on your waterline in the form of tears.
you don’t have to see it to know that cheol is smirking at the effect he has on you, smugness dripping in his voice as he says.
“what do we have here, hm? your pussy already desperate for me, baby? but we haven’t even started.” he pauses for a second to press his covered forehead against yours before he continues “is this all it took to reduce you to what you really are? a desperate, cock-hungry little bitch? so hungry for my cock hm? can’t even wait for it to enter that little pussy of yours, already rubbing yourself on me.”
it is only when his glove-clothed hand suddenly runs over your front, right where your pussy is desperately rubbing on his thigh, that you even notice what you’ve unconsciously started doing, his fingertips digging until he finds the slit of your pussy lips, pressing hard until he reaches your clit, despite two layers of clothes being in his way.
you moan at the contact, hands grabbing at his wrist, somewhere between pushing his hand away and closer to where you need him the most.
seungcheol won’t let you have any control tonight, he wants you to completely surrender to him, to let him use you and move you however he wants, to just accept whatever he gives you with a fucked out smile on your face.
hence why he grabs both your hands into his before slamming them onto the wall above your head, quickly switching his hold onto your wrists.
with a purposefully made angry face, he looks into your teary eyes. something dark and far more sinister than he thought he could ever feel awakens inside of him, the feeling of giddiness overcoming him as he watches your eyelashes get wet by the tears gathering in your eyes, neediness and desperation swimming in them.
with a deep voice overflowing with warning, he says “no touching tonight, are we clear pretty girl? you are at my mercy tonight. everything i want to give you…”, he pause for a few seconds so he can remove the skull mask from his face and reveal the identical balaclava beneath it, before he pushes his face closer until his cloth-covered nose meets your own and continues “…you will take like a good girl i know you are. understood?”
you watch his dark eyes, purposefully covered in black paint, as you process his words. your mouth are agape, shaky breaths leaving the opening until the sound hits cheol’s ears. his free hand that isn’t holding your wrists comes to hold your cheek gently, a touch of love to show you that this isn’t real, that this is just a bit of a fun game to both of you, that he still loves you despite his harsh words.
with wide eyes, you slowly nod your head to his demand, showing him that you understand.
contrary to his tone just a few seconds ago, cheol gently whispers in the little space between you two “use your words baby, i need to hear you say ‘yes’ before we continue.”
you heart squeezes in love that you have for this man. the fact that he basically interrupted his own fantasy in the name of having you consent to him with your own words makes you love him that much more. sure, it may be the bare minimum to the rest of the world, but to you, who never experienced such gentle love by the previous partners? it means the whole world.
with hoarse voice, you whisper “yes. i understand.”
cheol looks at your eyes for a second, looking for doubt and fear, only to find excitement and trust instead. nodding his head, he pushes his balaclava until his lips are freed, and using the newfound freedom to lay a gentle and light kiss to your mouth, letting them linger just for a second before he pushes the balaclava back in place, now fully ready to push you to the point of tears of pleasure.
within a second, that old flame of desire returns to his eyes. for a second you could’ve sworn that his eyes had a tinge of redness in them, almost like they were literally set on fire.
his hand slowly but firmly wraps around your neck, the leather material making the squeaky sound as he repositions his hand so his fingers are only squeezing the sides of your slender neck. the last bit of air leaves your lungs as cheol squeezes your neck, making you feel lightheaded within seconds.
your boyfriend uses your distraction and hazy mind to just observe you-the way your eyes flutter shut and how tears gather at your water line, how your hands try to grasp onto something to no avail because he’s holding the hostage above your head, how your mouth can’t decide if you want to bite your lip and keep the gasps and moans from escaping or opening them as wide as possible and letting all those pretty sounds flow like a river straight out.
he watches how your hair is already messy, a complete opposite to how you usually style it for work. then to how your pretty neck bobs in an effort to take in more air. the way his black leather glove wraps prettily around it.
his eyes fall onto your chest, and the way your button up shirt gives him a peak of your cleavage, as well as the necklace with his initials engraved on the back of the pendant hanging from the chain. the way your chest raise and fall at rapid speed, the way your tits move with every exhale.
his pupils follow the curvature of your waist, and the way your pants hug your hips-the hips he loves to hold, grab, squeeze and use as his anchor while he’s fucking you from behind.
lastly, cheol observes the movement of your hips, how you slowly roll your hips in slow and small circles on his leg that is pushed between your legs in an effort to relieve the uncomfortable tingle on your clit, the warmth from between your legs making his mouth water in need to taste you, in need to have your tight pussy wrap around his cock.
fuck, he needs to fuck you. right now.
his head drops beside yours, a groan hitting the shell of your ear before he demands “take your pants off, need to have that needy pussy around my cock right now.”
no sooner than when his hand lets go of your hands that were hanging above your head that you immediately got to work, unzipping your pants and missing the zipper a few times. the minute it was unzipped enough, you pulled your pants down, along with your panties, before you kicked them to the side.
while you were preoccupied by taking your pants off, cheol did the same to his. well, he couldn’t really take them off due to insane amount of tiny belts hugging his big thighs. instead, he just unzipped them and pulled them down just enough to free his aching cock from his boxers, precum leaking from the tip the moment it bounces upon being taken out.
your eyes immediately get drawn to the sight, how big he looks, the tip the slight pinkish colour due to lack of stimulation.
but it’s not just his dick-cheol as a whole, right at this moment, looks like something straight out of your wet dreams, like a desire or a kink you can’t talk about, keeping it locked inside a box instead, hidden deeply inside your closet.
the black balaclava with the skull printed on it hugging his head and currently hiding his beautiful face, the black turtleneck that is covered with the fake black military vest, with tons of tiny pockets. the way his big biceps bulge out, protruding even with the longs sleeves trying to keep them hidden.
the black leather gloves that are trying to keep his pants below his cock, kind of frustratedly fumbling with the material because it’s not obeying to his orders. the black pants that hug his legs, the black boots-simply everything.
it makes your whole body feel hot, so hot like somebody poured hot lava all over it.
fuck, i need to suck him off dry right. now.
just as cheol was about to grab you, you let your knees drop, kind of painfully hitting the floor, and as gently as possible due to the hunger grabbing his dick.
cheol confusedly looks down at you, mouth open to say “wha-“ but gets cut off with a moan the moment your warm mouth wraps around his cock.
normally, you would go slow, paying attention to his tip for a minute or so before trying to swallow his whole length.
normally. but not now.
the moment you open your mouth and lean in towards his dick, you start bobbing your head up and down his cock, you hand working on the base that you can’t reach with your mouth just yet. you other hand pulls on his pants, trying to keep them in place while you suck his length.
feeling overwhelmed by your sudden actions, cheol gasps a moan and slams a hand onto the wall to keep him balanced, knees buckling due to the sheer force of your movements.
your mouth haven’t even been around his dick for a minute and he can already feel his balls ready to burst, breathing deep and looking towards to the ceiling (or the heavens, whichever way you want to interpret it), praying that he doesn’t cum so quickly.
you continue with your movements, tongue wrapping around and licking his cock as you drag your mouth back before you suck his length back in, his tip hitting the back of your throat.
cheol watches you in awe and fascination, the way your eyebrows furrow not in concentration, but due to the neediness to have yourself choking on his big cock, moaning every few seconds in pure enjoyment.
never thought sucking a dick could be so good and so…sexually full filling.
you look up through your eyelashes at your boyfriend. even with the balaclava you can tell that his mouth is opened, letting those beautiful and loud moans flow freely out of them, that his eyebrows are furrowed because he’s trying to contain himself and not fuck your face.
which is exactly what you want.
you pull away, both to let yourself and himself breathe, though you keep the eye contact going.
and cheol sees it. that look in your eyes that is begging him to fuck your mouth.
how could he ever deny his baby anything?
just as you were about to go back to sucking his dick, cheol grabs your hair and pulls you away, and keeps pulling on it, making you move your body with it. he only stops once your whole body is back to leaning against the wall, legs kind of awkwardly bent before you readjust them.
your glossy eyes look up at him, needy and demanding for him to fuck your mouth, now.
tapping your cheek with two fingers, he's only able to rasp out "open your mouth."
your lips fall open without a second thought, poking your tongue out as you wait for him to give it to you hard and fast, just like how you like it.
cheol wishes that he could take a mental picture of you like this-eyes glossy, face littered with sweat and mouth calling his name. this right here, how you like right now.
this is everything cheol has ever dreamt about.
ever so slowly, cheol pushes his pelvis foward, his cock held tightly in his hand as he guides it straight to your mouth. he smears the head a bit on your tongue, letting you taste him yet again, but immediately pulling away once you try closing your mouth around it, a sound of disapprovement escaping his lips. once you look at him confusedly, eyebrows furrowed, he's adds "don't move. let me fuck that pretty mouth of yours like i know you want me to, like a good slut i know you are. just relax and enjoy, hm?"
you nod your head quickly before opening your mouth again, an amused chuckle echoing in cheol’s mouth.
very carefully, cheol pushes his cock back into your mouth. his eyes are fully trained to follow your every move, eyes cloudy with desire as he watches you close your mouth around his girth, pretty eyes looking right back into his. he continues pushing his pelvis until he feels the back of your throat close against the head, pearly precum falling down your throat, before he pulls back.
he continues repeatedly doing this a few times, getting you used to the motion and pace, before he speeds up slightly.
your fists are clenched against your thighs, desperate to touch him but resisting the urge to touch him, to pull him closer until you feel yourself choking on his thick cock. instead, you focus that energy to let all the little sounds that you know cheol definitely loves, your humming and moaning creating vibrations on his length.
cheol moans right back, throwing his head back every so often because it just feels so good. the warmth of your mouth as he rocks his hips, the way you try swirling your tongue around the head, the way you’re looking at him, like he’s the only man ever for you.
it all messes with his head.
naturally, he loses himself in the pleasure, unconsciously speeding up his movement until his cock is repeatedly hitting the back of your throat, choking sounds hitting the shell of his ear every time he pushes his cock back in.
after another few minutes of him fucking your pretty mouth, of him letting little comments like “fuck, just like that pretty girl” and “yeah chock on my cock, just like that”, cheol feels himself being so so close, almost a second away from cumming. and although he would like nothing more to paint your pretty face with his cum, to smear it around, almost like he’s marking his territory, to see tears spill from your eyes and mix with his fluids, he would much rather cum inside of you. now.
harshly, he pulls all the way out, hissing once the cold air meets his wet length, before grabbing your jaw harshly with one hand. using that hold, he quickly picks you up, dragging you up to meet him.
you gasp at the action and the way it cuts your airway off, hands quickly grabbing his forearm as he drags you to your feet.
the moment you are close enough, he pulls his balaclava all the way off and clashes your mouths together, tongue swirling around your own, stealing yet another breath away from you.
just as quickly as he kissed you, he pulls away, lips swollen from both the kiss and biting on his lips while fucking your mouth, eyes dark and cloudy like a stormy night.
you’re still gasping because he still has a hold on your cheeks with one hand, nails digging into your skin in a painful yet delicious way, your own hand squeezing his wrist in indecisiveness, unsure if you want him to squeeze it even more or to let you breathe.
pushing his forehead against your own, you can clearly see him struggling to control himself by the way he’s harshly breathing. in a dangerously low and warning tone, he just says “i’m gonna fuck you so hard, just like you want me to. gonna fuck you like a slut i know you are. gonna make you beg me to let you cum. now jump.” before he bends down and grabs you by your legs, picking you up like you weigh nothing and wrapping your legs around his waist.
your heart jumps to your throat in excitement, everything about this so new and so unfamiliar-the face fucking, the cosplay, the degradation. you previously told him it was something you’d like to try, just to see if you would like it more than when he praises you and worships you, and although you like how every time he called you ‘slut’ a shiver went down your back, his praise and calling you his love and baby while he’s fucking you will always be number one place.
cheol quickly grabs his dick and slaps it a few times against your clit before he pushes it inside of you, gliding much easier due to your arousal. you both moan loudly at the contact, cheols eyebrows furrowing almost like he’s in pain. his eyes focused entirely on how your pussy is swallowing his big cock.
you feel heat on your cheeks at the sound your cunt makes every time cheol pushes back inside you and pulls back, it’s all wet and loud, and it makes you want to hide your face in embarrassment. you can’t remember the last you were this aroused, so much so that the slick was staining cheol’s pants that were still just pushed right under his dick.
in the matter of seconds, cheol starts fucking you hard and fast, your loud moans echoing in the hallway, probably making it a show for the neighbours to hear. head thrown back against the wall, you focus on gripping cheol’s shoulders like your life depends on it.
his hands are harshly gripping your thighs, both to hold you up and keep you in place so you don’t slip due to sheer force of his movements, but also because he adores your thighs-if it were up to him, his face would be permanently squished between them while eating you out, all day, every day.
you can quickly tell that neither of you will last much longer, the long foreplay already getting you close to the finish line. for yourself you can tell by that funny feeling in your tummy and in the quiver of your legs that are wrapped around cheol’s hips. for cheol, you can tell by how his movements have lost the rhythm, only focusing on fucking you as fast as possible, desperate to cum inside of you and make you cum on his dick.
cheol presses his sweaty forehead against your own, his glassy eyes looking directly into your own. despite how dirty this all feels, you can still feel love pouring from his eyes into your own. you feel his adoration for you, you feel that his heart is beating for you and for you only. al of that is enough to make the knot inside of your tummy slowly start to unravel, your pussy squeezing around cheol’s dick stronger than ever before.
at the feeling of you milking him dry, he moans loudly, his movements sloppier than ever, holding out his orgasm and stopping himself from cumming just so you can cum together with him.
“that’s it, baby, cum around me. take it, take what’s yours. lemme feel that pussy-“
the rest of his words don’t register in your brain because cheol lets go one of your thighs so he can rub your clit, thumb pressing harshly into it as he moves it side to side in quick movements, and in a few seconds you are cumming.
cheol moans as he feels you cumming around him, his own finish following your own immediately. he tries to ride your orgasms as long as possible, but then he feels liquid drench his pants, only to see you squirting on him, his brain short-circuiting at the sensation.
he successful holds you up through your orgasms despite his legs shaking like crazy from how hard he has come. using the fact that you are leaning on the wall, cheol pushes you further into it in the name of getting closer to you, dropping his forehead onto your shoulder as he feels the last of your orgasm drenching him, his own dick pulsating almost painfully inside of you.
for a minute or so, you two just stand there, hugging each other as you breathe heavily, trying desperately to regain your vision. you pat his hair slowly, just like how he likes it. cheol, in return, hugs you impossibly close to himself, whispering beautiful nothings into your ear like “good girl” and “i love you so much baby”, just how you like it.
after another moment or so, he finally pulls back, his big brown eyes looking you over to see if everything is good, only to be met with your spent but satisfied expression, eyes unfocused as you try to look back into him.
he uses one hand to slowly move your hair away from your face, grimacing a little at the feeling of sweat that sticks to his hand as he wipes your forehead.
he watches you for a few seconds, eyes so gentle and full of love, he can’t resist kissing you slowly, his lips a bit chapped from continuously biting it, but still somehow so soft.
you close your eyes and just enjoy the feeling of his love, arms lazily wrapped around his shoulders, fingers twirling his hair at the back of his head.
he slowly pulls away, eyes searching your own. once he sees you finally being able to focus on him, the first thing he says to you is
“i love you so much baby.”
and for some reason, probably due to all the adrenaline and because of how gentle he is being, you feel your eyes prickling with tears, quickly hiding your face in his shoulder and hugging him closer than ever, seeking out his comfort.
cheol tries prying a bit worriedly, gently asking things like ‘what’s wrong baby? hm? tell me so i can make it better’ but all you have strength for is to whisper quietly to him “i love you too. so much…bedroom, please.”
cheol gets the hint, quickly pulling out of you so he can carry you to your bedroom so he can cuddle you and take care of you, lips kissing your temple as he kicks the door open and walks to your bed.
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you stir awake, eyes blurry as you try to find your boyfriend.
only to see his side of the bed empty.
you quickly get up in panic, still a bit needy and in need of his touch, looking around with furrowed eyebrows.
only to see the bathroom door open, cheol standing in front of the mirror as he’s trying to take off the black paint from his eye area, softly and quietly cursing at how stubborn the paint is, only smudging around instead of getting off his face.
you immediately stop panicking, observing his half naked form, his soft muscles and little tummy getting all of your attention.
he’s so effortlessly beautiful, it makes you wonder how he is even yours. he’s just standing there, only in his black towel, yet he looks like a god, wet hair falling into his eyes as he’s still trying to take the makeup off, pouting at how unsuccessful he is at getting it off.
slowly, you get out of the bed and walk towards him, arms immediately wrapping around his waist from behind the moment you are close enough to him, nuzzling your face into the soft skin of his back.
he smells fresh, like his body gel. luckily your boyfriend isn’t one of those people who uses 36 in 1 shower gels, instead of opting for the regular one, this time having grabbed the one that smells like…cucumbers maybe? nevertheless, he’s clean and smells great, and you enjoy every second of it.
cheol drops one hand across your own that are rubbing his tummy, still trying to take the paint off.
you watch him across his shoulder, smiling in amusement for a few second before you use your hands to slowly turn him around so he’s facing you.
he immediately starts pouting at you, hands quickly finding your waist under his shirt that is hanging from your frame.
in whiny voice, he starts complaining “it won’t come off baby. what am i supposed to do? i have an important meeting tomorrow morning.”
you smile as you take the cotton pad from his hand and take your own micellar water, dabbing the pad a bit with it before you gently start rubbing his eyes.
you feel his thumbs rubbing slow circles on your hip bones in comfort, enjoying the sensation and his touch to the fullest.
“you need to use a micellar water that has some oil in it as well, so the oil can break off the paint particles. your micellar water isn’t strong enough for it apparently.”
cheol just hums in response, fully taking advantage of you taking care of him, eyes closed in enjoyment.
after a minute or so, you pull your hands away to see if everything has come off successfully, nodding your head as you see his open eyes clear of paint. you tell him that he can wash his face now, but before you can pull away and let him get back to it, cheol uses his hold on your hips to pull you into a hug. his lips immediately find yours, tongue slowly entering your mouth so he can deepen the kiss. you kiss him right back, melting in his arms because of how gently he’s kissing you.
your hands rub his chest as he’s kissing you, his own hands travelling up your back, pulling your (his) shirt with it, cold air greeting your ass that is only in a pair of panties.
slowly pulling away, cheol again looks at you with those eyes, making you feel something catch in your throat at the look he’s giving you.
smiling gently, he bends down a little so he can kiss your forehead, the whole action performed slowly and gently.
pulling away yet again, he smiles again as he uses one hand to cup your cheek, thumb slowly rubbing your skin as he looks at you.
seconds go buy as he just watches you before he lightly says in the little space between you “i am so in love with you. you don’t even know it but you own my whole being. i want to give you the world. i want to spend eternity with you, if you would let me.” he pauses so he can push his forehead against your own. almost inaudibly, he adds “in this world, it’s just you and me, love. i don’t need anybody else as long as i have you.”
and as you kiss him to shut him up before he says something else and makes you cry yet again, you think to yourself.
if only you knew, choi seungcheol. if only you knew.
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oddlylovingaddiction · 14 hours ago
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; Coming Full Circle.
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CLEARLY you all are desperate for an actual story on this blurb I quickly wrote up, so if this part 1 does well, I’ll make it into a series! I also can’t decide who I should ship reader with… Conner Kent maybe?? Let me know if that sounds good ♡
CW: Reader is pregnant BUT is gender neutral only being referred to as you, if you don’t have the ability to get pregnant you do now (in this potential series). Neglected reader x (platonic.) bat family. reader is somewhat introverted and is describe loosely as attractive. Reader is probably around in your 20s (21 - 25) and is the 5th(??) oldest. READER ALSO HAS NO IDEA THAT THE WAYNE FAMILY ARE SUPERHEROS (for now…)
TW: Abuse in the form of emotional neglect, Reader’s mom is dead, Pregnancy and rich people.
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You weren’t a kid anymore. Part of you wonders if you ever got the chance to be one. Your mom died when you were pretty young, barely 6 at the time, you don’t remember much about her. She was pretty though, maybe that’s where you got your looks from?
You spent 4 years at an orphanage after her passing, until one day a car came and picked you up and took you to a big manor. Apparently Bruce Wayne was your father, but not just an adoptive one, your biological father. That was definitely shocking, You looked so much like your mother that you really couldn’t see the resemblance, maybe if you really focused you could see some aspects of the new father you suddenly gained.
You only met Bruce a handful of times, the first time was to greet you. He seemed particularly disinterested, you were only just a bit younger than Jason which he was currently focused on at the time. Bruce showed you to your room it was way bigger than your room in the orphanage then promptly disappeared, Alfred (who you came later to learn was the butler and NOT your new grandfather.) showed you around the rest of the Manor, claiming that Bruce had paperwork that needed more attention than his newly gained child, okay, he didn’t put it like that but that’s basically what he ment.
The Manor was big and rather empty, you wonder what the point of all this space was as a child. As you grew older you grew to understand and appreciate its big and emptiness, because then you couldn’t run into any of your other siblings. Whenever you meet them, it’s awkward, like you’re an outsider. Which you suppose you are, but it’s different because you later learn that all of your siblings were adopted, minus Damian but you only gained him as your sibling towards the end of your stay in the Manor. So why did they treat you like you were the odd when out, when they all should know perfectly how that feels since they were also outsiders at one point? To this day you have no clue.
You quickly grew adjusted to not being around your family. The first the phew years was difficult, you craved their attention like any normal child. You remember you used to cry at night as a kid wondering what you did wrong for them to barely even glance your way, to not even love you… but after the third birthday with the exact same gift you got on previous birthdays from Bruce, continually getting rejected by all your siblings on your offers to hang out and occasionally catching wholesome moments between your siblings and Bruce where they were chatting and laughing without you, You naturally gave up on trying.
You instead grew as a person without them, you made friends at school, developed your own personal fashion taste, you discovered your hobbies and your personality. You occasionally heard news about your family from Alfred (You never got used to only hearing news from him), like how Jason died, Tim was brought in, turns out Jason was alive and at some point Damian was also brought in. The timeline was messy. Honestly you didn’t think much about why Bruce adopted so many damn kids nor did you bother to concern yourself with their affairs.
Instead you discovered somethings more important. Number one is your huge allowance, you knew Bruce was a billionaire and filthy, disgustingly rich, but not to the point your allowance was in the MILLIONS. The second thing is nobody cares about you, to the point one time when you were around 17 you stayed at a friend’s house for two days without telling anyone, came back and apparently no one had any idea you even left when you asked Alfred.
Those two things got you to where you were now, a stunning and safe apartment with the most beautiful view in the whole of Gotham, a loving husband who would do practically anything for you, heavily pregnant in your 20s and currently surrounded by your shocked family.
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You had a fight with your husband and you were livid at him deciding to spend some time at the Wayne Manor just to cool off (and to somewhat teach him a lesson), You honestly thought that nobody would care when you came waltzing back. Since nobody cared any other time.
However you were sorely mistaken. To the point you regret not just staying at a hotel or something. When you first walked through the door, Alfred greeted you. You were occasionally in contact with him, but you neglected to tell him about the pregnancy, let alone the fact you were married mainly because you knew he’d run and tell the entire family and you’d rather keep your life private from them. Which is probably why he stopped mid greeting to stare at your belly. It looked like he was buffering as he let you in and led you to the kitchen, you texted him on the ride there that you were a bit thirsty, so he prepared you some tea.
“My word, you’re really pregnant?” Alfred finally said once you sat down at one of the counters, which earned a chuckle from you as he slid your tea over to you.
“Last time I checked… which was in a mirror and when I felt the little gremlin kicking around in me on the drive here, I am.” You say with a smile before proceeding to chug your tea. “May I ask-” Alfred starts but before he can finish he’s interrupted by Damian, who entered the kitchen to grab some snacks at some point but instead noticed you.
“What on earth is that.” Damian hissed, he looked disturbed and disgusted as he pointed at your belly, like he just discovered a bug. Which ticked you off.
“An Alien, no use your head what does it look like?” You sarcastically reply. Normally Damian would’ve retorted however you quickly decide that you want to relax in the living room where you could continue your conversation with Alfred. As you and Alfred quickly leave, abandoning your empty tea cup, and finally settling in the living room. However you suddenly hear a STORM of footsteps from inside the house. You turn around and realize Damian followed you to the living room, phone in hand and clearly had texted the entire family about his new discovery.
“Fuck me…” you mutter softly, your peaceful days of being ignored were probably officially over. All thanks to your one dumb decision to come here. While you silently regretted your choices, almost the entire Wayne family had run into the living room, Tim was the first to run in shouting “WHO’S PREGNANT?”
You only really snap out of it when you notice the entire Wayne family staring at you, they got here faster than expected. Not all of them were here but most of them.
‘Maybe I really am carrying an Alien’ You ponder momentarily before you begin to speak, “Listen I’m only here momentarily because I had a small disagreement with my husband—” “HUSBAND?” Dick squeaks out his voice breaking in shock. “Yes— wait why are you all here anyways?” You say as it dawns on you how ridiculous this whole reaction was. Hell even BRUCE WAYNE, the supposed father you were under the care of, that you never saw for the majority of your life was even here.
“Well cause you know Bruce is always bringing home kids it’s the first time someone other than him is bringing home one, let alone an unborn one.” Cassandra pointed out, which you promptly agreed nodding your head. That explains it, to this damn family it must be pretty alien.
“Okay, well I���m pregnant. I get it shocking and stuff but there’s no need to—“ You say trying to calm down the situation when you are interrupted by Damian who’s pointing at your belly where your baby, as if sensing the crowd of spectators, decided to do its own acrobatic routine.
“Ew why is it moving….” Damian said, You’re starting to wonder why you even talk. “Don’t say ew. It’s just kicking, if you want you can touch my belly—” you regret those words instantly as around 20 hands immediately fly to touch your belly where the baby continues to kick. You’d almost find the whole situation adorable if it weren’t for the fact they were your family who previously didn’t give a flying fuck about you.
All of a sudden Bruce, noticing your uncomfort, clears his throat. When he does the 20 hands resend from touching your belly, “How far along are you?” He asks calmly but you can clearly hear his voice shake slightly. “7 months.” You reply calmly to which Damian opens his mouth again.
“Jesus when is it going to come out— wait how does it come out…” He still look horrified to which you suppressed a laugh. “Did no one teach you where babies come from?” You laugh and then pause when the room goes silent.
“Oh my god…” you mutter, no wonder he’s so disturbed. You hear Bruce quickly whisper to Selina “I thought you told him!” To which Selina fires back, “Me?! It’s your job!”
That’s your cue to leave before you have to witness a very uncomfortable conversation. “Okay, I’m going to go to my room, I’m tired.” To which everyone nods giving you space to leave.
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Phew hours had gone by and you were relaxing in bed on your phone, when you heard a knock on your door.
“Come in!” You call, assuming it was Alfred but instead the one who came waltzing in was Damian. He looked awkward and you definitely felt that as well.
“Hello.” He said as he walked over to you staring at you where you were lying down.
“Uh… Hi Damian… how can I help you?” You ask praying he just going to briefly insult you and walk away like he did in the past. Instead he looks curious.
“I have been educated on where kids come from. It is very disturbing.” You chuckle at his statement and at his face full of regret while putting your phone away.
“It’s not too bad, at least you learned from your parents and not your friends half way into high school.” You say smiling reaching out and patting his small shoulder at your own memory of your shocked friends as they held your hand in the bathroom and slowly explained it to the poor naive you.
“Yes that sounds way worse.” He admits as you laugh at his sentiment, to which he scowls a bit before snapping out of it. “Anyways, like I said, I have been educated and although it’s very disturbing I commend your bravery for creating life.”
Damn it, he made it awkward again. You resend your hand awkwardly and place it back on your chest, Damian continues speaking though. “I also did some research and apparently the fetus can hear around the 5th month, and since you said it’s in the 7 month stage it can hear. Which means it heard me insulting it.”
You nod at his words, encouraging him to get whatever he’s planning on doing over with already. When he sees your nod, he removes his hands from behind his back, he’s holding a book.
“So to replace my negative words I have brought an educational book, normally I know perhaps the other parent my read so the baby gets used to both your voices, however since your a single parent—“
you give him an incredulous look “no… I have a husband.” To which he stares at you like your pants are on fire, that’s how much of a liar he thinks you are.
“Yes… right.. well since this supposed husband isn’t here to read to your child I shall.” He plops himself beside you, not accepting any protests from you about how you really do have a husband, he begins to read, you give in closing your eyes, clearly you’re going to be here awhile. “Law 1. Always make those above you feel comfortably superior…” you scrunch your face at his words as he reads. Half way into chapter one your eyes fly open and realize that he’s actually reading.
“Are you reading 48 laws of power right now?” You say staring at the book he’s holding as you prop yourself up on your elbows. He gives you a look like you just said the sky was blue.
“Yes of course? It needs to come out smart. Now please lie back down.” He says pushing you to lie back down. You give in once again, you’re too tired to protest against Damian anyways…
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At some point both you and Damian passed out, the book could only hold both your interests long enough and the warmth of your room was just perfect for a nap. You stare down at the still sleeping Damian, whose head is currently resting on your belly, contemplatively. In someways you were jealous he fit in perfectly with the Wayne family and was actually treated like their sibling and child. However on the other hand you were honestly glad you were not loved like he was, because if you were you would’ve never met your husband (that you are now starting to miss…) and you also would’ve never been given the opportunity to create your own family, one that will love you truly.
You didn’t like the fact that Damian used to insult you occasionally in the past, but it’s not like you held it against him and you also don’t regret making fun of him back. Although he was a brat at times, he was still a child. A child in a huge messy family that just happened to be your little brother. Perhaps that was the gnawing feeling in your heart. The knowledge such a small kid like him will probably struggle in someways you used to is weighing heavy on you. He was earnest, and clearly tried his best from the fact alone he came to your room to read a book that he knew would help the baby… even if that book was the laws of power and was incredibly boring (in your opinion.)
He was just like you when you were smaller. That thought made you gently reach down and stroke his head. “I hope you’ll only make smart choices, but even if you don’t I’ll still love you, my dear. Just remember, don’t hold onto people who will never hold you gently and lovingly. After all, You are the most precious thing to me and you will be precious to so many others. You are worth your weight in gold.” You whisper to the sleeping boy, the same words your mother said at her passing. You feel yourself getting chocked up, after all this day was full of emotions for you. And you aren’t quite ready to face those emotions so you close your eyes.
After saying all those words and remembering the things you’d almost rather forget you find yourself pulled back into sleep. This time though, Damian had a small smile etched on his face as he slept..
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slytherinsimp12 · 2 days ago
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⋆౨ৎ˚⟡˖ 𝐼𝓃𝓀 𝓈𝓉𝒶𝒾𝓃𝑒𝒹 𝓈𝑒𝒸𝓇𝑒𝓉𝓈 ౨ৎ˚⟡˖
Pairing: James Potter x fem!reader
Summary: You and James have been friends since first year. You both would spend majority of your time together due to quidditch practice. Somewhere along the way, you started to develop feelings for him. You would never assume he felt the same way towards you, even though he flirted with you mindlessly and came up with clever excuses to be around you, you never assumed he would like you any other way than as a friend. All that changes one night, when James finds your diary.
Warnings: Fluff and Kissing.
Author’s note: Hey lovelies, this was originally supposed to be a smutty fanfic but I decided to write the clean version first. If this does well, I’ll write the ‘spicy’ version 🤭. Comment if you want the other version and to be added to the tag list💌Happy reading <3
The Gryffindor common room was buzzing with energy after a Quidditch match victory. James Potter, sweaty and exhilarated, looked more beautiful than usual. You watched him slip away from the crowd to grab a Butterbeer, joining you at the snack table.
“That was a nice save towards the end, Potter. I thought you were going to fall off your broom for a second.” You said.
“Fall off? Please, I had it completely under control. The dramatic dive was for effect. You know, to impress certain players” He smirked.
“Oh? And did it work?” You laughed.
“Depends… were you impressed?” He said, leaning in closer to you. A shiver ran down your spine, this is how James was. Friendly flirting until the other person was completely flustered. You should have gotten used to it by now, but you didn’t. You were anything but used to it.
“Maybe a little. But I was mostly impressed you didn’t hit your head again. That’d be, what, the third time this term?” You said, brushing him off.
“Ouch.” He groaned, dramatically clutching his chest.
The celebration continued till 1 am that night, at some point, you, James, Sirius, Marlene and Mary ended up in Sirius and James’ dorm.
“Right, it’s getting late. Me and Mary are gonna head back to our dorm, coming y/n?” Marlene asked.
“Yea. James, is it alright if I leave my bag here? I promise to take it first thing tomorrow.” You said, little did you know that was going to change your entire relationship with James Potter.
The next morning, you woke up with a horrible migraine. Still, holding up your promise, you made your way to James’ dorm, half asleep, to collect your things.
“James?” You called, before entering the room.
“Come in.” He said from inside.
His hair was messier than usual, his face a mix of surprise and sleep. He was sitting on a chair with his legs on the bed, holding up a diary, grinning like he had just found gold.
Oh for Merlin’s sake. Your diary. How could you be so stupid? You had totally forgotten your diary was in your bag, but you didn’t expect him to go through your things.
“What the hell, James?” You said, anger edging in your voice.
You marched over to him, trying to snatch the diary away, but he pulled it out of your reach.
“James Fleamont Potter, you give that back right now!” You screamed.
James laughed, “Relax, I only read… like, two sentences. Three tops. One might’ve mentioned someone with ‘wild hair and a hopeless ego.’ Ring any bells?” He said coyly.
A red blush crept up your face and made its way to your neck.
“You. Are. Utterly. Unbelievable.” You spat.
“Oh, come on, it’s kind of flattering. You wrote about me! That’s practically a love letter in diary terms.” He joked.
“It is not! Now give it back!” You demanded.
“Nuh uh” he teased, childishly.
“I also called you ‘a walking disaster in Quidditch robes.’ Did you read that part?” You asked, annoyed.
“I knew you noticed my robes! You do like me.” James said, gasping dramatically.
“James” you groaned, getting more and more embarrassed now.
“Hey—don’t be embarrassed. If I had a diary, you’d be in it. Probably underlined. With little stars and everything.” He joked, stepping closer.
He handed you your diary back, his fingers brushing yours just a second longer than they needed to.
“I didn’t read anything else, promise.” He said.
“Thanks…” you whispered.
There was a pause, neither of you moved. The room was quiet, except for the crackle of the fireplace. You could hear James’ heartbeat, his breath and you could feel his closeness.
“You know…. I was half- hoping it was about me, when I found it.” His voice was quieter, as he took a small step closer.
Your eyes searched his, looking for truth.
“Why?” You asked.
“Because I’ve been walking around pretending not to feel what I feel. And it’s exhausting, honestly. I’m James Potter—I’m not built for subtle.” He answered.
“That is definitely true.” You said, smiling and rolling your eyes.
“So if you’re pretending too… I don’t know. Maybe we can stop. Just for a minute.” He pleaded, taking your palms in his.
He was so close now. Close enough for you to see the freckles under his eyes, close enough for you to feel his breath on your cheeks, close enough for you to smell his scent.
His voice dropped lower, barely a breath.
“Is it so terrible? Liking me?”
“No. It’s terrifying.” You admitted.
James’ hand slips up to your cheek, his thumb brushing your jaw, you lean into him instinctively. He closed the space between the two of you, placing a warm kiss on your lips. It was soft, but a little hesitant at first, like the both of you were trying to memorise this feeling. His lips move against yours gently, like a question being answered with every second you didn’t pull away.
You break apart, just barely, your foreheads rest together, and he’s smiling like he’s completely undone.
“Took you long enough.” You smiled, breathless.
“Oi—I was being respectful. Chivalrous. Noble Gryffindor and all that.” He countered.
“You read my diary, James.” You defended.
“And I’d do it again if it brought me here.” He grinned, wrapping his arms around you.
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story-box · 1 day ago
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STATIC ON THE LINE
Pairing: Eddie Munson x Reader | Eddie Munson x Y/N
Summary: Eddie ghosted you to “set you free”—so you came home to ruin his pity party and remind him you're nobody's damsel.
You should have set his trailer on fire.
Okay, maybe not literally — arson was still technically illegal — but metaphorically?
Oh, absolutely.
Because if Eddie Munson thought he could ghost you like some coward in a metal band who suddenly decided he was too emotionally fragile to answer a letter, then he clearly forgot who he was dating.
You had written twenty-one letters. Twenty-one. Plus, three postcards you thought were charming and a freaking cassette mix you made with actual effort and very questionable transitions. ("Careless Whisper" into Black Sabbath — sue you, you were emotional.)
And what did you get in return?
Silence.
Avoidance.
The occasional 'your letter was received' from Wayne when you called the Munson trailer, followed by an uncomfortable pause like the old man wanted to say more but wouldn’t.
You had tried to be patient. Really. You reminded yourself that Eddie wasn’t exactly known for healthy coping mechanisms.
But there’s only so much you can take before you start imagining exactly how hard youmee going to throw that shoebox full of unsent letters at his stupid, beautiful, stubborn head.
Because here’s the thing: You didn’t fall in love with him because he had perfect grades or a five-year plan. You fell in love with the idiot who played Dio songs like they were sacred texts, who gave voices to dungeon monsters and talked about fate like it was something he could fight.
And now? Now he was playing tragic martyr like it was some noble sacrifice.
You stared at your phone, hanging up on the wall. Again. Like it might magically spring to life with his voice on the other end.
It didn’t.
Instead, you whispered to no one, "If you think you're protecting me, Eddie Munson, you're dumber than that time you tried to climb my dorm window and got stuck halfway like a stray cat."
Maybe it was time to come home for a weekend.
And maybe it was time to make some noise…
. . .
The trailer looks smaller than you remember. Maybe it’s the winter light — flat and grey, like everything’s been dulled down without you here. Or maybe it’s just Eddie.
Because he’s standing in the doorway, sleep-creased and shoeless, hair a mess, looking like regret and cheap weed had a baby and named it "avoidant behavior."
You cross your arms and lean against your car, giving him the kind of look that says: Go ahead. Explain yourself. I’ll wait. Probably won’t believe you, but I’ll wait.
He blinks like he thinks you’re a hallucination. Which, fair. You did show up unannounced, in your Friday jeans and a pissed-off aura that could probably kill a small god.
“Holy shit,” he says.
“That’s all you’ve got?” you ask. “‘Holy shit’? After ignoring me for three months?”
He rubs the back of his neck. Classic. You’d almost missed that stupid nervous tic.
Almost.
“I thought you were… I don’t know. Gone.”
You laugh — sharp, not sweet. “Yeah. That tends to happen when someone stops answering your letters, calls, telepathic pleas—should I go on?”
His mouth opens like he wants to defend himself. Then closes again, like he realizes there is no defense. And honestly? Good. Let him stew. Let him feel the way your chest has felt every time you checked the mailbox and found nothing but silence.
“I didn’t know what to say,” he finally mutters.
You throw your hands up. “Try anything. ‘Hey, I suck at feelings, give me a minute’? ‘Sorry I’m an emotionally constipated disaster’? Even a postcard that just says ‘still alive’ would’ve been better than radio silence.”
He flinches. You almost feel bad.
Almost.
But then he says, voice low and stupidly sincere, “I thought if I let you go, you’d move on. Meet someone better. Someone who doesn’t live in a trailer and get held back and—”
“Oh my god, shut up,” you groan. “You don’t get to martyr yourself and act like you’re doing me a favor. I’m not some romcom character who blossoms without the sad boy weighing her down. I chose you, you idiot.”
He stares at you, like maybe he didn’t quite believe it until you said it out loud. Like he’s terrified hope might be real.
You step closer. Close enough that he can see the tear line in your eyeliner and the months of unsent anger burning just behind your eyes.
“If you ever ghost me again,” you whisper, “I will break into your room, steal your favorite guitar, and replace all your good vinyls with Barry Manilow."
He chokes on a laugh.
You almost kiss him right then. Almost. But he has to earn that.
So instead, you say, “Now let me in before I freeze out here. We’re not done talking.”
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meolia · 2 days ago
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. *. ⋆ twisted wonderland: how dateable are they? (heartslabyul ver.)
a/n: so. back in 2022/2023 i vaguely remember doing this on an old blog i had and i thought, since im obsessed with this game again i should redo it with newfound knowledge el oh el / oh and feel free to debate me on this i just need people to talk to 💔 . also i apologize that the cons have more words than the pros because i have a lot to say about them BYEHEYE
cw: profanity, troubled teenage boys, no sugarcoating, involves content from the vignettes, main story & events from the eng server, involves SOME headcanons.
1 (extremely undateable), 10 (extremely dateable); im also kind of biased but i swear to remain neutral💔💔💔
other parts tba.
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HEARTSLABYUL
Riddle Rosehearts
PROS: hardworking, determined and adaptable. we've seen this guy study so hard ever since he popped out of the womb and it resulting in him coming out on top, and he could've easily skipped a few grades because of how smart he is academically and magically. he's also able to remain coolheaded in stressful situations, oftentimes coming up with (usually) rational solutions. he's also really cute when it comes to cakes/tarts. he'd get mad on your behalf, he'd also be kinder towards you, he'd offer to tutor you on subjects you don't understand and tries to be patient, just for you. chronically offline (thats a good thing yes)
CONS: well. first, he's got some serious anger issues he needs to work on; it's not his fault per se, but with how unpredictable the bursts of angers are will probably be tiring. he takes offense to a lot of things and admittedly, he's better post OB but he's still got a long way to go. second, his obsession with the queen of hearts' rules are INsane. there's been instances where he expects outsiders that aren't even in heartslabyul to abide by her rules which is,,, haha lol ermmmmm. he'd probably expect you to do the same. just because youre his partner doesn't mean he'd let you go scot-free if you break any one of them...! again, he's better post OB but still. third, his mother and overall tense family relationship. he's probably this way because of his mother's influence and insane expectations of him, so it won't be very surprising if his mother has a LOT of opinions on you. lastly, he lacks joy and whimsy. he literally never watches movies or play games etc., deeming them unnecessary which is insane????????? HOLY crap im surprised hes still intact
MY FINAL VERDICT: 7/10 — he would make a decent boyfriend. me personally i probably wouldnt date him people like him stress me out but each to their own! he needs to sort himself out before even thinking of dating though
Trey Clover
PROS: he's very big brother like, the kind that's reassuring and makes you feel safe whenever he's near. he rarely gets mad, and if he does, he wouldn't resort to yelling or act irrational. mature, maybe overly so for a guy his age and surrounded by the people he's around, but that's a plus for him. CAN COOK AND CAN BAKE. his family owns a bakery too so you'd probably get discounts because you're dating him. also, his love language is probably acts of service so you can probably expect him to carry most of your stuff, help you with organizing spaces etc. gives in easily... could be both a pro and con. soft-spoken teeheeHEE... he didn't make it into the top 30 of male characters japanese women want to date for no reason.
CONS: that god awful fucking obsession he has with cleaning teeth. OH my god the way he was all like "im the only normal one here omfgggg" during twisted halloween part 2 and then when sebek mentions that his father is a dentist he immediately starts smiling WIDELY and kept pressing him for more info about his dad's dental work like that scene of shrek signing a contract by that little man. whenever he mentions "brushing your teeth" it's going to sound like a threat even when he doesn't mean it that way. going back to gives in easily; it'll become a problem because you know damn well he'd go "umm... nevermind" very often.
MY FINAL VERDICT: 8/10. deducted two points because im genuinely terrified of his cleaning teeth HOBBY. otherwise id say he'd make a really sweet boyfriend. would date, probably.
Cater Diamond
PROS: he's chill, laid-back and easygoing (are there any differences between those three words im sobbing). he plays mediator during tense situations, and he offers peaceful resolutions (most of the time). perceptive, and he's got some nice intuitions. his psychic abilities are cray craaay... I just stared at what I typed for a full minute. I'm never doing that EVER again. he's usually optimistic, and he's also really cheerful so if you like some rainbows in your life, he's your guy. i KNOW he's good at photography since he posts on magicam so much & probably has a decent following. he would take the most godly pictures of you if you wanted. i think he'd break his back and knees to get that angle for you.
CONS: The way he incorporates hashtags in almost every single conversation will kill me. youd be talking about something horrid that happened to you that day and he'd say some shit like "oh no! that's hashtag #diabolical!" (double hashtags since the game does that... ik they dont mean it like that but i just feel like that'd be funny). apparently has a death glare so terrifying it'd kill a man on the spot? you'd either be wetting your pants or be more attracted to him. either way, if you guys ever get into a heated argument and he pulls that out umm bless you i think? and he maybe posts on magicam. too much. it'd be something insignificant and not very worth journalling but he'd take a picture anyways and post it online with some long stupid hashtags like #DelightfulFurry #HotPinkBangin #OneWithTheCrowd with an image of heartslabyul freshmen wearing pink and feeding the flamingoes. but i guess that's part of his charm...?
MY FINAL VERDICT: 7/10. he's handsome and he's a cool guy but the way he talks in hashtags and how he lives on magicam will be a big fat turnoff for me. if you like it, good for you! cay-cay would make me decay-cay!
Ace Trappola
PROS: he'd get mad on your behalf (see to when he punched riddle in the face because he insulted mc). cares for you even if he doesn't admit it outwardly, but will do stuff in the background to help you, even if just a little bit like that time in the halloween event where he and deuce personally went to ask the ghosts to make a costume for mc and grim so they wouldn't have to miss out. playful, there wouldn't be a day that's boring when with him.
CONS: got an extremely loose tongue that got him into trouble loads of times. can't really shut up which is very bad...! he sometimes doesn't think before speaking so ahaha. SO irresponsible sometimes he can fight grim on that. remember when he ran from his punishment at the start of the game? yeah. also is really embarrassing sometimes i have to turn my phone off to ponder about life whenever he says some stupid crap that WILL come back and bite him in the ass later on. also will probably get bored of you? like that one time he ghosted his middle school girlfriend because he doesn't wanna do it anymore... eeeeyikes.
MY FINAL VERDICT: 6/10. the honeymoon phase will be the best, and the rest you just gotta hope he doesn't pull an average teenage boy.
Deuce Spade
PROS: so so so extremely sweet. is willing to do almost anything to make it up to you if he ever wronged you. is willing to change, like how he decided to try and become a model student because he saw his mom crying about him being a delinquent, so if he has any flaws/bad habits that make you uncomfortable he'd try to be better. brave, like stupidly so. was ready to fight malleus in malleus's sr lab coat vignette even if it meant he'd die LMFAOOO. he's also someone who'd get mad on your behalf, but even more than ace. dude WILL get into a brawl with ten people for you. passionate. he'd also be so gentle and kind towards you like how he treats mc in game, never raising his voice at you and if he inadvertently does it he'd apologize immediately. his determination is amazing too. his love for eggs is also really cute... sorry im just rambling now i just really love him bye
CONS: oblivious and very gullible. there's been SO many times where he agrees too fast or just believed everything without a fact check. like in glorious masquerade where azul was talking to him about taking his UM he just went "okay!" without asking why. would probably get into a lot of unneeded trouble for this fact alone.
MY FINAL VERDICT: 10/10. this is a bias on my part but he'd make the sweetest and most amazing boyfriend EVER. he's trying!!! he really is!!! i think he's charmingly idiotic gahahahha hhahaa
HEARTSLABYUL MOST DATEABLE TO LEAST DATEABLE:
DEUCE > TREY > CATER > RIDDLE > ACE
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dreamsatsunrise · 2 days ago
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remus lupin x reader ⊹ strangers to lovers / fluff ⊹ 2.2k
The man stood in the doorway like he wasn’t quite sure he was allowed inside, one hand gripping the worn wooden frame, the other clutching a bundle of fabric to his chest. The late afternoon sunlight streaming through the front window caught in his tawny hair, illuminating strands of silver and gold, and for a moment, you forgot to breathe.
He was tall, lean, dressed in a tweed jacket that had clearly seen better decades. His eyes - golden, warm, wrinkled - held an apology before he even spoke.
“Hullo,” he said, “I’m afraid I’ve done something terrible to my favourite jumper.”
You set aside your work and wiped your hands on your apron, the familiar scent of lavender starch and cedar filling your nose as you moved toward the counter. "Let’s see the damage, then."
He unfolded the sweater with careful hands, as though it were something precious, and your heart gave an unexpected twinge at the sight. It was clearly well-loved - the kind of knit that had been worn through countless winters, its cables slightly stretched from years of use.
You took the jumper from him, turning it over in your hands. Right along the left sleeve was a rip the size of a sickle. "Hand-knit?"
His smile was small but genuine, crinkling the corners of his eyes. "My mother made it for me when I started at Hogwarts. It’s survived at least three encounters with the Whomping Willow, but apparently a rusty fence in Hogsmeade was its match."
You raised an eyebrow. “That sounds like a story.”
“Fell into a fence. Or - well, the fence fell on me, technically,” he admitted sheepishly, rubbing the back of his neck. “It involves a poorly timed Apparition, a very angry Kneazle, and my complete lack of spatial awareness.”
You laughed before you could stop yourself. “Well, the good news is, this is an easy fix. The bad news is, I’m backlogged until next Tuesday.”
His face fell just enough to make your chest tighten. “Ah. Right. Of course.”
You found yourself speaking again before you could stop yourself. "Unless you don’t mind waiting while I finish this hem?" You nodded toward the lace-trimmed robe on your table. "I could patch this up for you now if you’ve got time to spare."
The way his entire demeanour brightened made something warm boom in your chest. "I’ve got all the time in the world."
He settled onto the worn oak stool by your counter while you worked, his long legs folding awkwardly in the small space. You tried to focus on your stitching - tiny, even threads that would make the repair nearly invisible - but you were acutely aware of his presence. The way he watched your hands with quiet fascination, the occasional hum of approval when you did something particularly clever with the thread.
Your shop had never felt so small.
The space was cluttered but cozy, every inch filled with the evidence of your craft. Bolts of fabric leaned against the walls, rich velvets in jewel tones, crisp linens waiting to be transformed, the occasional shimmering swath of enchanted silk that shifted colours in the light. Spools of thread filled repurposed jam jars on the shelves, organised in a gradient that pleased you more than it probably should.
"This place is really nice," he said after a while.
You glanced up, surprised. "It’s just a shop."
He shook his head, his gaze tracing the quilt that hung on your back wall. your first completed project at nine years old, its seams uneven but its heart undeniable. "No. It’s a home."
Your needle stilled. No one had ever put it that way before.
"How long have you been sewing?" he asked, mercifully changing the subject when he saw your expression.
You resumed your work, the familiar rhythm of the needle steadying you. "Since I could hold a needle. My gran taught me. Said every witch should know how to mend her own robes, especially if she insisted on climbing every tree in the county."
He chuckled. “A rebel.”
“A menace, according to her.” You looked at him. “What about you? What do you do when you’re not getting into fights with fences?”
“Oh, a bit of this and that.” He shifted, and you caught a glimpse of scars along his knuckles. Old, faded. His hands were elegant, you noticed, despite them - the hands of someone who spent more time with books than bludgers. “Mostly teaching, these days. Defence Against the Dark Arts. At Hogwarts."
Your needle slipped, and you realised with a start, that this man - with his frayed cuffs and gentle voice - was Professor Lupin.
“Well,” you said, recovering, “at least now I know why you’re so calm about getting attacked by inanimate objects.”
He laughed, bright and surprised, and you decided right then that you wanted to hear that sound as often as possible.
When you finally handed back his mended jumper, the tear now invisible, the cables restored to their original glory, his fingers brushed against yours.
“Thank you,” he said softly. “It’s perfect.”
You smiled. “Anytime.”
The second time he appeared in your shop, it was raining - the kind of relentless Scottish downpour that seeped into your bones. He stood on the threshold, water dripping from his hair, clutching a cloak that looked like it had been through a war.
You didn’t even wait for him to speak. "Let me guess. Another fence?"
He grinned, shaking water from his sleeves like a dog. "Pixies, actually. First-year prank gone horribly right."
You took the cloak from him, your nose wrinkling at the distinct smell of burnt fabric. "They set your cloak on fire?"
"Only a little." He held up thumb and forefinger, indicating a tiny space between them. "Mostly they just charmed it to attack me."
You held up the garment, revealing singe marks along the hem and a torn lining that flapped like a wounded bird. "This is a twelve-stitch repair at least," you murmured, more to yourself than to him.
He leaned against your counter, close enough that you could smell the rain on his skin. "How long will it take?"
You looked over your shoulder at your overflowing workbasket, then back at his hopeful expression. "I could have it done by Monday.."
His face fell.
"Or," you continued, unable to resist, "if you’ve got another free period to waste, I could do it now."
And so he sat, again, on that rickety stool, while you stitched and pinned and pressed. He asked about your shop, about how you’d started it, about the quilt hanging on the back wall (your first project, aged nine, full of crooked seams and love).
"You don’t have to keep me company, you know," you said as you threaded your needle. "I’m sure you’ve got papers to grade or first-years to terrify."
He smiled, pulling a book from his coat pocket. "I’ll be quiet as a church mouse."
You snorted. "Somehow I doubt that."
True to his word, though, he read quietly while you worked, the only sounds the rustle of pages and the occasional hiss of your steam iron. Every so often, you’d glance up to find him watching you over the top of his book, his gaze warm and curious.
"What?" you finally asked, when the weight of his attention became too much to ignore.
He marked his page with a finger. "You’re very good at that."
You looked down at your hands, at the nearly invisible stitches you’d been making without conscious thought. "It’s just practice. Meditative, I suppose. The rhythm of it." You demonstrated a quick backstitch. "In, out, pull. Repeat. No room for other thoughts."
He watched your hands, his expression unreadable. "I envy you that."
Before you could ask what he meant, the shop bell jingled again, and a harried-looking witch rushed in with a torn beaded bag. Your quiet moment shattered, but when you glanced back at Remus, he simply smiled and returned to his book, giving you space to work.
The third time he visited, you were starting to suspect foul play.
He entered like a man trying very hard not to seem eager - shoulders relaxed, hands tucked into pockets, but his eyes gave him away. They always did. Those amber-flecked eyes that caught the light like stained glass, fracturing it into something warmer, softer.
The shirt he presented was missing exactly one button. One. Singular. You rolled it between two fingers, giving him your most unimpressed look.
"Really?"
He had the decency to look sheepish. "It's my only one." He adjusted his sleeves, a nervous habit you were already beginning to recognise.
You took the fabric between your fingers. It still carried the scent of him, parchment and Earl Grey, the crisp bite of October air clinging to the fibres. The threads where the button had been were clean-cut, not frayed. Surgical.
"Mm." You ran your thumb along the collar. "Funny. This looks like it was removed with scissors."
A second passed. Then two. The clock on the wall ticked like a metronome keeping time with your pulse.
Then -
A laugh startled out of him, bright as the brass bell above your door. "Caught."
"You could’ve sewn this back on in two minutes."
"I could’ve," he agreed, leaning against your counter. "But then I wouldn’t have an excuse to see you." The admission hovered between you, fragile as a cobweb strung with dew.
A spool of emerald thread on your counter gave a sudden, suspicious wobble and rolled straight off the edge. You bent to retrieve it, using the moment to collect yourself.
When you straightened, you met his gaze squarely. "You don’t need an excuse."
The fourth time, twilight had already begun to spill across the shop floor like ink in water, pooling in the spaces between bolts of fabric and tracing the edges of your scissors with liquid silver. You were hunched over the ledger when the bell chimed, a single, clear note that trembled in the silence of the store.
Your head snapped up, the automatic refusal already forming on your lips, but the words dissolved like sugar in tea when you saw him.
Remus stood framed in the doorway, backlit by the dying sun so that his silhouette burned at the edges, a figure cut from paper and flame. His hands were buried deep in his pockets, shoulders slightly hunched, as if bracing against a wind only he could feel.
The absence of any fabric in his grasp struck you first. No torn cloaks, no moth-eaten sweaters, not even a sock in need of darning. Just him - Remus Lupin, slightly rumpled, slightly breathless, standing in your shop with nothing to offer but himself.
"No repairs today?" you finally managed, setting the quill down with deliberate care. The ledger page fluttered as if sighing in relief.
He shook his head, and the motion sent a shaft of light skittering across his cheekbones. "No." A pause. "But I was hoping.." His voice dipped, roughened, then steadied. "I was hoping you might let me take you to dinner."
Your heart performed a peculiar manoeuvre beneath your ribs, something between a stumble and a somersault. "As in.." You traced the grain of the wooden counter with your fingertip, suddenly fascinated by its whorls and knots. "A date?"
The corner of his mouth lifted, just slightly, just enough to make the scar across his lip crinkle. "Yes. As in a date."
He stepped forward then, crossing the boundary where the floorboards changed from sun-warmed to shadow-cool, and with him came the faintest whisper of peppermint.
Because the moment demanded it, because the air between you had grown thick with possibility, because you wanted to watch the way his eyes would close when he smiled for real, you let the answer slip free on an exhale.
"I'd like that very much."
The transformation was instantaneous. The tension in his shoulders melted away, the careful neutrality of his expression giving way to something open and unbearably tender.
"Good," he murmured, and the word was a promise, a beginning. "Though I should warn you -"
You arched a brow.
His smile turned wry. "I'll probably still bring you clothes to fix."
The laugh that escaped you was as bright and clear as the evening sky outside your windows. "I'd be disappointed if you didn't."
A few days later, he kissed you between the bolts of velvet and the rack of thread, his hands careful but sure as they framed your face. His lips were softer than you’d imagined, his touch hesitant at first, then more confident when you sighed into him.
When you pulled away, breathless, he rested his forehead against yours. "I should’ve done that weeks ago."
You grinned, plucking a loose thread from his sweater. "You were too busy destroying your wardrobe for attention."
He laughed, the sound vibrating through you where your hands rested against his chest. "Worth every rip and tear."
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