#and a splendid lil gift for me

[smidgen-of-hotboy]

TPP 36 Questions AU, Scrapped Content:

The nice, warm inviting fuzziness evaporates. Reality returns. Peter Ransom is dead. He was never real. And maybe neither was their marriage. It all comes crashing back in waves. Four years of the rest of their lives, the suits, the note, two weeks alone in a lighthouse. He came here for one thing, and that one thing still found its way back to him. That one thing is a thief. An actual con artist. And a stalker, a liar, a disillusioned washed up son-of-a–

-question six, "If you were able to live to the age of 90 and retain either the mind or body of a 30-year-old for the last 60 years of your life, which would you want?"

[mondaymelon]

— 𝐚 𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮! ♡

໒꒱ || :feat~ lyney, freminet, wriothesley, neuvillette x gn!reader:

໒꒱ || cw: fluff <3 maybe a lil ooc since i havent done the fontaine quests yet, wrio is whipped !!

⤷ giving your fontaine boyfriend flowers ♡

“Oh? For me?”

LYNEY’s expression is one of delight as he holds the bouquet of roses you’ve gifted him, smiling gratefully. The shining excitement in his vibrant eyes, however, doesn’t quite translate into how ecstatic he really is… because usually, he’s not used to being on the receiving end of affection, since the charmingly flirty magician is constantly the one to make you glow red.

“They reminded me of you…” You laugh sheepishly, watching his grin only grow.

“They’re beautiful. Thank you, love.” He moves the flowers to one hand as the other finds its way resting on the small of your back, giving you something to lean on as he moves forward and gives you a quick peck on your cheek, light and fleeting. “So I’ll show you my thanks, hm?” His voice is low as he stares at you, something earnest in his gaze as his violet irises twinkle. You nod, slowly, unsure of what he implies, but you know him well enough to not be startled as he swiftly moves forward and meets his lips to yours. You can feel his warmth… is it because he’s a pyro user? It’s hard to think about anything, especially when you’re pressed up against him like this, mind blank as his mouth moves against yours.

He speaks as he pulls away with a slight smile, and your hand instinctively latches onto the hem of his coat. “Not enough for you?” You can hear the smirk in his tone. “C’mon now, we can’t be too greedy, love~”

“What? No, I just-!” You hastily release your grasp on his clothes, face growing hot. “Lyney, you know I didn’t mean it like that!”

“I know, I know, it’s just so fun to tease you, y’know?” He lets out a laugh at your pouting expression. “I can’t help it, really.”

There’s no winning against this man. “Hah… alright, alright…” You glance up in surprise as Lyney gently moves you out of his arms and starts to stand up.

“Aw, don’t look so sad, I just have something for you too! Surely one kiss or two isn’t enough to repay the gift you’ve given me?” He smiles as he reaches for his signature hat, which dangles on the coat rack. You watch in awe. How come his every movement is still so graceful?

“Lyney, I don’t need repaym-” You’re cut off as the man flourishes his arms - You blink, and all of a sudden there’s a bouquet of his own in his hands, splendid yellow roses, fully in bloom. “Wh-”

“Tada!” He bows, looking pleased with himself as he stares at the flowers in your arms, then up at you. “Now we match~” He holds up his own bouquet with a beam.

“W-When did you-”

“Magic.”

“So you can create just about everything with magic, huh…” You stare at the roses in silent wonder.

“Ah ah, not everything!” Lyney bounces on his feet, watching the look of curiosity on your face with an air of amusement. One of his sparkling eyes closes in a wink.

“No magic could ever conjure up something as limitless as my love for you!” ♡

“H-Huh? Flowers? For… me?”

FREMINET’s eyes are wide as he hesitantly holds the flowers in his hands, looking rather anxious. “But… why?” The poor male glances from the roses in his hands back to your face nervously, studying your features. “Y-You should’ve told me so that I would’ve had flowers for you too…!”

“There’s no need for you to give me a gift, Min. I just got you a bouquet because I felt like it, no reason.” You beam at him as his face only grows redder. “There’s really no need to get embarrassed!”

“Ah… but I feel bad…” He shakes his head, lightly colored hair swaying with his movements. You can hear him mumble under his breath, quietly to himself: “...omorrow…ing…”

“What was that?” You blink at him, confused. “Sorry, I couldn’t hear you.”

“N-Nothing! Uhm… do you want to go somewhere today? You’ve put me in a good mood, so…” He smiles softly, and the air around him seems to glow with the sheer brilliance of it. You match his smile with one of your own, watching as he takes the flowers out of the bouquet and arranges them into an intricately decorated vase, half-filled with water. Gazing at him is like observing a masterpiece at work, although you know far too well that the male’s job certainly has nothing to with that of a florist, yet the movement of his skillful hands captures your attention anyhow.

“Is something wrong? You’ve been looking at me for quite a while… is there something on my face?” Upon noticing how your eyes are fixated on him, he flinches, ears flaring red. 

“No, you just look pretty today. You look pretty every day, Min.” It’s hard to restrain your laughter as you watch Freminet bury his face in his hands, his red ears visible from behind his hair. 

“Don’t tease me…!”

“But it’s true.”

“D-Do you want to go to town or not…?” He shifts a finger, hesitantly peeking an eye out between them. “We can go get something to eat… I’ll pay, but you’ll have to order…” His usual habits were the same as always, how he’d stutter over his words when faced with anyone except his siblings… and of course, you.

“That sounds great, Min. Come on, let’s go!”

The next morning, a soft knock jolts you awake, three light raps hitting the wood before the sound of footsteps quickly retreated away. You manage to crawl out of bed and open the door, only to be startled as a large bouquet - larger than the one you had gifted him - sat on your doorstep, mixed with Fontaine classics and even Romaritime flowers… had he dived underwater to pick these for you? Every petal was perfect, and the flowers were all fully in bloom, despite being out of water. What kind of magic was this?

A cream-colored card catches your attention, leaning against the bouquet. On it are finely crafted words, written in Freminet’s familiar small script:

“Thank you, love.” ♡

“Hm? What’s the occasion?”

WRIOTHESLEY’s usual professionalism fades as his chest tightens with a giddy sensation. He had been having a rather tedious afternoon in the Fortress of Meropide - time passed all too slowly whenever you weren’t present - but now that you were here, he knew his minutes with you were already slipping away like sand through his fingers, no matter how tightly or carefully he cupped the grains in his hands. You were a free soul, a rather unfitting lover for his occupation, coming and going like the wind. And while your presence may be as fleeting as the gale, at least the breeze you brought would leave in him a warm sensation. “I wasn’t aware you’d be visiting today.”

“I figured I might as well surprise you! Besides, you always come home with a scowl on your face, so I was just making sure you weren’t having a hard time here,” you smile at him, an expression that causes his heart to stutter. It takes him all he’s got in him to at least somewhat maintain his professional expression, knowing full well that if anyone else saw him at the moment, they would certainly be in for a shock. Your words are entertaining. Him? Having a hard time? That had long dissipated the moment you stepped foot into the building.

“Were you worried about me? I’m okay, so don’t concern yourself over such trivial matters.” Wriothesley lightly shakes his head. For someone as beautifully naive as you to exist in this world, he knew full well that your future would not be free of adversaries. He supposed that wasn’t exactly a problem, though. The male had already promised himself that he’d dispose of them all when you weren’t looking.

Your face scrunches up like you’ve eaten something bad. “Trivial?” you echo, your tone expressing your annoyance. “Wrio, how could you say that? Of course I should be worried about you, silly! What kind of lover would I be if I didn’t?”

Ah, there you go again. Every time you refer to yourself by that title, he swears he can feel his heart skip a beat, the only evidence of his flusteredness is the burning of red dusting his ears. He had been refraining from holding you until he had gotten back home, but, naturally, you had broken his final sense of reason. You blink, and there he is, pressed up against you with both of his arms wrapped around your waist, your back leaning against his chest. He’s warm, startingly so despite him being the bearer of a Cryo vision, and you can hear the rapid thrum of his heartbeat.

“You’re cold,” he remarks offhandedly, pressing a kiss into your nape, then another.

“You’re warm,” you respond, smiling, only to hear the drumming of his heart quicken.

“You know exactly what you’re doing, don’t you?” Wriothesley’s face is flushed, just the tiniest bit, and once you blink, you could’ve sworn that it was never there.

“Do I?” You grin up at him cheekily. “Why don’t you care to elaborate?”

“Fuck, darling… you can’t keep doing this to me. I don’t think my heart will be able to take much more of this.” ♡

“They’re beautiful.”

NEUVILLETTE's fingers graze a petal and trace its outermost edge, studying the bouquet with a smile. The blooming assortment lays perfectly balanced in his hands as he cradles them gently. “Thank you, dearest.” His smile is serene, like an untouched expanse of water. Smooth, and glimmering, and when you lean over to peer into it, you can see your clear reflection staring up at you. His eyes mirrored it, pure and unsullied. His beauty stuns you for a moment. He had always been a man with an air of elegance, his magnificence simply inhumane, and it was likely a stroke of luck that Neuvillette had ever taken you as his partner.

Of course, those were merely your thoughts on the matter. His did not match your sentiment, not even in the slightest. For in his mind, he was the one who didn’t deserve you. No, it would be simply unreasonable to compare him to something as perfect as water. You were the only one in his eyes who deserved such a title. And he was the Romaritime flower, only able to thrive in your presence.

“You like them?” He loathes the surprise in your voice. Indubitably, he did. There was no other option. It was something that you had gifted him, and that enough made its value clear.

“Certainly,” his eyes are warm. “I will treasure everything and anything you bestow upon me.”

“Vil, there’s no need to go that far…” you laugh sheepishly, only for the sound to slowly cease as you realize he isn’t jesting. “...Why?”

His soft laughter fills the silence. “I love you. Have I not made that apparent?”

“Yes, but there’s certainly no need for-”

“Shh.” This interaction has made something painfully clear for the man. Perhaps he hasn’t been showing you enough affection? He is a busy man, but he always heads home, heads to you whenever he has a second to breathe. Yes, only in your arms would he finally feel content. Only with your fingers carding through his hair, whispering his name with a smile and closed eyes, only then. You knew how much he yearned for you, right? 

If not… well, that could be changed.

“You’ve given me such a precious gift, so I should show my thanks out of courtesy.” Wrapping his arms around your smaller frame and leaning your head against his chest, to hide the slightest flush on his cheeks. “Ah, but it should be a fair trade.” You tilt your head at his words, confused.

“Only one kiss won’t be justified, hm?” ♡

(a/n) help why do i actually like wriothesley's part this isn't supposed to happen ?! anyways yeah it was about time i wrote for fontaine men

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Borrowing The Chauffeur

Alastor x GN!Chauffeur!Reader

A/N: To the lovely @aboyscriminalrecord because I want to and I love Alastor being a sneaky lil shit.

TW:Alastor being Alastor

Of course Alastor remembered you, it was when you first started working for Vox all those years ago when they were still on good terms with one another. Such a quiet and frightful thing you were. But he could admit, you were the best driver around hell. Always made sure everything was orderly and the ride was smooth sailing. He’d be a liar if he said he didn’t miss you. Because truthfully, he did. He missed how you had that silent confidence about yourself and how your darling smile just lit up the room or well..car, he never really saw you outside of work. Like you were almost invisible to the wandering eyes of hell.

But now he found himself walking out of the hotel doors and waiting for you to appear with a car so you could drive him around. He missed you dearly. Maybe he could persuade Vox to let you drive for him. Or..he could persuade you. His smile grew wider at the thought, he’d just have to pay you a little visit, did you still live in those old apartments on the outskirts of the entertainment district? He’d just have to go take a look for himself, the other three wouldn’t mind you getting a little bit more cash especially with what Vox pays you.

When he arrived and knocked on the familiar apartment door, he looked down and saw the ‘Voxtech’ gift basket next to it he grimaced. He’s still sending you those stupid gifts even after all these years? It took two more knocks but you eventually opened the door and to his surprise, you were in Voxtech pajamas but the look on your face made it all worth it. The way your hair was messed up to the drool falling down your chin, he would’ve found it disgraceful for anyone to be in his presence looking like that but he knew you. “Hello, Deer~” You reached up, wiping at your eyes and then face before staring up at him. “Did you have a good nap?” He asked carefully, pushing past you walking into your apartment, looking around to see a few things that have moved ever since he saw you last.

You closed the door and turned to him, “I-I wasn’t expecting any visitors today, Sir.” You said not looking in his direction scared of what he might do to you. Would he kill you? Is this how he knocked Vox down one peg? A soft hum escaped him as he walked around before he walked back over to you, watching as you fidgeted with your pants. “Of course not, I’ve simply come by to ask you a favor.” He replied, watching as you finally looked up at him. “I simply miss having you as my chauffeur and I was wondering if you could do so? I’ll pay you every time of course.” He brushed fake dust off his chest as he watched your body relax.

You thought about it for a moment, it shouldn’t really mess with your schedule that much and he’s less likely to drive around the Vee’s tower..You looked up, “That’s it? Just want me to drive you around?” You asked hoping he wouldn’t bring you into a contract over this. While you sorta..know him, you know his games and you’d rather not be on a leash even now. Alastor nodded and leaned down closer to your face, “That won’t be a problem?” He asked, his voice dropping a few octaves, you silently shook your head and his smile grew before he stood back up to his full height. “Splendid~” You froze and cleared your throat, “There is a problem though, sir. I don’t know where you're staying and I frankly don't know if you have a car..” You smiled at him before he waved his hand away, dismissing your concerns.

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A little headcanons here cause I want to-

The only car he has (he summoned) is a 1933 Cadillac 355-C Town Sedan that’s a dark red in color. You are only allowed to drive it, anyone else is killed on sight if they so much as touch it. 

He enjoys sitting in the back reading the paper, listening to old jazz play and having you drive him around. He allows only a few people in the car with him that includes Nifty, Husk, Rosie and Mimzy. You of course but you're the driver so you don’t need to worry about him getting angry at you for such a thing!

Your outfit is a totally different one than the one you wear for the Vee’s. It’s a uniform from the 1930’s and once again it’s red and black with a few spots of gray here and there. It suits his color scheme better and he adores how the red looks on you.

He doesn’t call you often for you to pick him up from the hotel but when he does it’s usually because he either has a meeting to go to, he wants to go out on the town with Rosie or he’s rubbing it in Vox’s face. 

While Alastor is a dickhead to many, he’s less of a dickhead to you. He’s known you much longer than most of his acquaintances and he appreciates you. So if he knows how horrible your sleeping habits are? He’s marching you up to your apartment and making you stay home until you get enough sleep. He’ll beat the shit out of Vox if he bothers you.

He also pays you well like- sometimes better than the Vee’s combined. But if he can’t really give you the money? He’s paying you with food. He will pack it up for you like the good house husband he is and send you back home.

When you give him the tupperware back please give him some of your cooking or baking just nothing too overly sweet. He’ll be nice and tell you some ways you could add a little extra spice into your food or tips on how to cook something better. 

This lowkey turned into me talking about house husband Alastor and I need more of that. Anyways. He loves driving around with you and whenever he can, he’ll steal you from the Vee’s which pisses them off so much.

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# t. fushiguro — eighth world wonder.

word count: 0.8 k

tooth rotting fluff; thoughts about having a kid (toji); reader is referred to as sweet girl and it’s implied she’s mamagumi <3; this is so fucking sappy.

he thought he let it go

he was sure he had left it, everything, behind.

his pride, his feelings, they had been left to die in that wretched childhood house of his.

so why?

why was his heart racing in his chest as he laid beside her, unable to sleep?

—

lay beside me

let’s share the gloominess

hand in hand in the darkness

i feel like i’m holding my life in my fist

her face was smushed in his chest, limbs tangled in an endless knot, skin to skin. disheveled hair framed those angelic features of hers he had grown accustomed to staring at, long eyelashes gently laid on her cheeks in her apparently dreamless slumber.

her chest rose and fell steadily, soft breaths hitting his pecs, penetrating his skin and flesh, going straight to warm his battered heart.

these devils around my bed

are waiting for me to fall asleep

the room was swallowed by darkness, thoughts swirling around his tired mind. toji was never the one to ponder much about his feelings; he acted, he didn’t waste time thinking.

during some particularly silent nights though, he allowed his brain to wander, he allowed his heart to be ripped out of his chest by his own consciousness.

the reality of my nightmares scares me

a knife rips my chest apart

it’s an open heart surgery

he had promised himself to never let the muscle between his ribcage feel again, the mere thought too painful to handle. yet, here he was, cradling her body like it was made of the most precious and fragile porcelain, expertly crafted to look flawless. just for him.

with the door and windows closed

the light can’t get through

but if your caress me i can reopen my eyes

tears dry

every wound stitches itself back together

he had honestly forgotten what comfort felt like for a long time, his body and mind getting accostumed to constant stress, anxiety and loneliness, all self inflicted. but then.. she stepped into his life.

with her soft giggles, lighthearted jokes and sunny smile, and she messed everything up. every wall he’d worked so hard to put up crumbling helplessly under the weight of her gentle voice.

i promise you, i’ll learn

to not hate everything i have

both in good and bad

wether it’s rain or snow

for your name, i’ll kill.

his merciless hands had ended many lives, cold and heartless in the process, but it never came from something personal, at least that’s what he liked telling himself. he was the one who left it all behind, the small satisfaction that came with eliminating a gifted one was just a small figment of his imagination.

so why did his entire body shake in pure fury only imagining someone bringing harm to the little slice of heaven he held in his strong arms?

lay down beside me

let’s share the sun

me and you, hand in hand in the desert

but when you smile, suddenly it pours.

i know who you are

you’re splendid, like your name

such a sweet girl she was, and that’s what he always called her. his sweet girl. if toji had to be frank, it was only fitting.

saccharine voice pulling him out from far more nightmares than he liked to admit, dainty hands pulling him back to slumber, running through his unruly locks.

she was so sweet, the sweetest.

suddenly, he felt her stir in his arms, his eyes quickly darting to the digital clock on her nightstand. 3:45 am. fuck, did he wake her? were his thoughts that fucking loud?

“mhmm.. ‘ji, why aren’t you sleeping?” she said, nuzzling her face into his chest, voice still heavy with sleep.

us, a monster and a little girl

hand in hand, navigating the world

towards a new life, i’m ready

this is the ascent from rock bottom

“don’t worry your pretty lil’ head ‘bout that, sweet girl, go back to sleep” he replied, voice gruff and husky, while caressing her back in an attempt to lull her back to sleep.

“why don’t you join me, mh?” she readjusted her body, face now in the crook of his neck, trailing chaste kisses all the way up to his jawline.

“don’t wanna you bein’ all grumpy in the morning" she chuckled in a whisper.

my god, what are you?

the eighth world wonder

the gods’ daughter

you who made the impossible happen

gave me my will to live back.

god she was just so fucking perfect.

his hands trailed from her back down to her waist, pulling her into him more. he needed her impossibly close, bodies melting together, never wanting to let go.

that night toji realized he’d marry her, even give her a kid. maybe he could be selfish for once, and make another little blessing for them to share.

and if the world is too small for us

we’ll redefine space and time,

us.

“yeah.. sorry for wakin’ ya doll, let’s go back to sleep, ‘aight?” he squeezed her hips gently.

i love you.

☆

this was inspired by one of my favourite songs!

listen to it here !!

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[ell0ra-br3kk3r-writes]

The Phoenix and the Crow

part twenty-three

pairing: kaz brekker x fem!reader

genre: neutral, kinda sorta fluff

el's thoughts: finally some one on one interaction with kaz and y/n! and a lil surprise at the end hehe

series masterlist

It took two days after she emerged from the surgeon’s cabin for Kaz to make himself approach Y/N. She was sitting by herself, legs crossed, back to the hull of the ship, sipping a cup of tea. The view before him reminded him of their last conversation on a ship.

Y/N turned to look up at him as he leaned on the railing beside her. The silence that settled over them wasn’t heavy as Kaz wracked his mind for something to say. 

“The Darkling. That’s who I saw.” Her voice almost startled him as he realized what she was sharing. “Reminding me of everything I could never have despite my childish wishes and dreams.” 

“From where we stood it looked like he reminded you just how powerful you are as well,” said Kaz. 

She shook her head, “He reminded me of the monster he made me.”

“The Phoenix is hardly viewed as a monster. From what I’ve heard you’re just as much a Saint as the sun summoner. The most powerful inferni to walk the earth.” Kaz couldn’t brign h imsefl to look at her as he spoke, only kept his eyes trained on the sea below them.

“Yeah, but I don’t want to be known as powerful because of my gift or- or because of the Darkling, or because of fear. I… I want to be powerful because I moved forward despite the odds. If people were to fear me, I want them to fear the name I built for myself.” She squeezed the rail under her hand. “I envy you for that reason… if I were to speak honestly.”

It still confused him how anyone could be jealous of the life he built himself. Yet alone how Y/N L/N ex-Lieutenant General of the second army. She lived in a palace with full meals everyday and nice clothes on her back. How could she be jealous of a barrel rat who was a scavanger of food most of his youth. 

Kaz tilted his head as if to dump his thoughts out as he limped over to her. “I want to show you something.”

“I’m well, thank you for asking,” she said, looking up at him. “How are you?”

He felt his lips twist. “Splendid.” Awkwardly, he lowered himself down beside her and set aside his cane.

“Is your leg bad?”

“It’s fine. Here.” He spread Wylan’s drawing of the prison sctor between tem. Most of Wylan’s plans showed the Ice Court from above, but the prison elevation was a side view, a cross section showing the building’s floors stacked on top of one another.

“I’ve seen it.” Y/N said. She ran her finger from the basement up to the roof in a straight line. Six stories up a chimney.” 

“Can you do it?”

“I’m a heavy footed soldier, not your Wraith. Is there another option?”

“No.”

“So if I say I can’t make the climb, will you tell Spect to turn the boat around and take us back to Ketterdam?”

“I’ll find another option,” said Kaz. “I don’t know what, but I’m not giving up on that haul.”

“You know I’ll at least try it, Kaz, and you know I’m not going to refuse. I’ll find a way to get us out of there. So why ask?”

‘Because I’ve been looking for an excuse to talk to you for two days.’ 

“I want to make sure you know what you’ll be dealing with and that you’re studying the plans.”

“Will there be a test?”

“Yes,” said Kaz. “If you fail, we’ll all end up stuck inside a Fjerdan prison.”

“Mmm,” she said and took a sip of her tea. “And I’ll end up dead one way or another.” She closed her eyes and leaned her head back against the hull. “I’m worried about the escape route to the harbor. I don’t like that there’s only one way out.”

Kaz settled back against the hull, too. “Me neither,” he conceded, stretching out his bad leg. “But that’s why the Fjerdan’s built it that way.”

“Do you trust Specht?

Kaz cast her a sideways glance. “Is there a reason I shouldn’t?”

“I’m not one in a place to judge your crew, Brekker, but if the Ferolind isn’t waiting for us in the harbor…”

“I trust him enough.” He could feel her staring at the side of his face. He didn’t turn to look at her while he willed himself to keep his breathing even and his face to heat up. 

“He owes you then?”

Kaz nodded. He glanced around then said, “The navy threw him out for insubordinstion and refused him his pension. He has a sister to support near Belendt. I got him his money.”

“That was good of you.”

Kaz felt his eyes narrow. “I’m not some character out of a children’s story who plays harmless pranks and steals from teh rich to give to the poor. There was money to be made and information to be had. Specht knows the navy’s routes like the back of his hand.”

“Never something for nothing, Kaz,” she said, her gaze steady. “I know. Still, if the Ferolind is intercepted, we’ll have no way out of Djerholm.”

“I’ll get us out. You know that.”

‘Tell me you know that.’ He needed her to say it. This job wasn’t like anything he’d attempted before. Every doubt she’d raised was a legitimate one, and only echoed the fears in his own head. He’d snapped at her before they’d left Ketterdam, told her he’d be able to replace her is she didn’t think he could pull it off. He needed to know that she believed he could do this, that he could take them into the Ice Court and bring them out feeling whole and righteous the way he’d done with the other crews on jobs. He needed to know she believed in him.

“I trust you, Kaz,” she said as she ran her finger over the rim of her cup. “I hear Pekka Rollins was the one gunning for us in the harbor.”

“So?”

“Don’t think I’ve forgotten your personal tiff with him.”

“He’s just another boss, one more Barrel thug.”

“Kaz Brekker, don’t you start lying to me now.”

Later, he wasn’t sure why he’d said it. He’d never told anyone, never spoken the words aloud. But now Kaz kept his eyes on the sails above them and said, “Pekka Rollins killed my brother.”

He didn’t have to see Y/N’s face to sense her shock. “You had a brother?”

“I had a lot of things,” he muttered.

“I’m sorry.” He saw her stretch her hand out to him then quickly pull it back. “I know what it’s like to lose a brother. I can promise you that Pekka will get the suffering he deserves.”

Had he wanted her sympathy? Was that why he’d told her?

“I’ll pray for him,” Y/N said. “For peace in the next world if not in this one.”

He turned his head. They were sitting close together, their shoulders were touching. He stared into the deep y/e/c of her eyes and noticed that once again her hair was down. She typically wore it tied back in a messy coil. Even the idea of being this near to someone should have set his skin crawling. Instead he thought, ‘What happens if I move closer?’

“I don’t want your prayers.”

Y/N swallowed hard before speaking, “I know this won’t mean much to you… but I pray for him. For the person who you once were. And you.”

“I don’t want your prayers.”

“What do you want then?” 

The old answers came easily back to  mind. Money. Vengeance. Jordie’s voice in my head silenced forever. But a different reply roared to life inside him, loud, insistent, and unwelcome. ‘You, Y/N. You.’

He shrugged and turned away. “To die buried under the weight of my own gold.”

“Again,” Y/N sighed. “Then I’ll pray you get all you ask for.”

“More prayers?” he asked. “And what do you want, L/N?”

He could almost hear her mind racing and he couldn’t help but hope the same thoughts were running through her head as it did his. 

“To turn my back on Ketterdam and never hear that name again. It’s only brought me troubles.”

‘Good.’ He’d finally be rid of this distraction.

“Your four million kruge can grant that wish.” He pushed to his feet. “Save your prayers for good weather and stupid guards. Just leave me out of it.”

He could hear her faint call of his name but ignored it and continued to walk belowdeck. He needed to get away from the overwhelming feeling of her.

~

By the time they bid their goodbyes to the ship’s crew, the sky had turned from pink to gold.

“See you in Djerholm harbor,” called Specht. “No mouners.”

“No funerals.” Y/N suprised herself when she called the reply back. She really had spent too much time with these people. 

The group began their hike from the rocky shore up the cliff side, but Y/N waited behind with her eyes trained on the horizon. No one else had picked up on her absence yet and she was grateful. 

She only had to stay a few minutes longer before the familiar sails of the Volkvolny came into view. A warm wave of relief and hope washed over her as she saw the familiar figure of her leading hope. 

Inej Ghafa walked off the ship and quickly made her way to the inferni’s side, wrapping the pair wrapping their arms around each other.

“Saint’s, Inej.” Y/N chuckled. “Thank you.”

“Always.” The Suli girl smiled kindly. “Now, catch me up.”

Y/N and Inej spent their hike catching each other up on all their affairs, but the majority was talking about the plans for this heist.

“Climbing six floors up a chimney?”

“Yeah… You think you can do it?”

“Of course I can.”

The two girls saw the group of five up ahead and sped up their pace. Once they caught up Nina and Jesper rushed to embrace Inej in a suffocating hug. Y/N felt Kaz’s eyes burning holes in the side of her face but chose to ignore him.

“How did you make it here?” asked Jesper.

“I sent a letter back home,” Y/N spoke up. “And just to my luck, Stumhound and his crew had docked back at the palace.”

Kaz stepped forward. “You didn’t think to tell me this?”

“You didn’t think to tell me about Van Eck?” She challenged. “I thought it through, Inej would make the climb. I told you I had it handled.”

“You just added one extra member to our crew. That changes everything.”

“Don’t make it bigger than it is, Kaz. It only changes the part of us getting in. Once we get past that, everything else will fall into place.”

“You undermined me.”

“You hid the truth from me.”

The rest of the group backed away slowly, giving the two a bit more space and none of them wanted to get involved.

Y/N took a deep breath, the cold air stinging her lungs and throat. “Kaz, I brought more help. Take it or leave it.”

Kaz stared at her for a long moment, multiple emotions fluttering through his eyes. He hummed to himself and turned around to keep walking. 

“Saints,” said Inej. “We’re actually doing this.”

“I’ve spent every minute of every miserable day wishing to be off that ship,” said Jesper. “So why do I suddenly miss it?

Wylan stamped his boots. “Maybe because it already feels like our feet are going to freeze off.”

“When we get out money, you can burn kruge to keep you warm,” said Kaz. “Let’s go.” He’d left his crow’s head cane aboard the Ferolind and substituted a less conspicuous walking stick. Jesper had mournfully left behind his prized pearl-handled revolvers in favor of a pair of unor-namented guns.

Jesper consulted his compass, and they turned south, seeking a path that would lead them to the main trading road. “I’m going to pay someone to burn my kruge for me.”

Kaz fell into step beside him. “Why don’t you pay someone else to pay someone to burn your kurge for you? That’s what the big players do.”

“You know what the really big bosses do? They pay someone to pay someone to…”

Their voices trailed off as they tramped ahead, and Y/N and the others followed after.

~*~

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[wraenata]

Saw you weren't feeling well :( so here's a lil gift of the silly blue guy holding a silly "blue" bird for the most passionate bird lover I've seen <3

Feel better soon wren!!

OHMIGOSH! This is so sweet! How quickly did you did this because it looks amazing! And you did a splendid fairy wren! He looks so perfect and adorable! Lil blue bird for a lil blue fella thank you so much. I feel all the love and healing wishes. I will treasure this always <3

You are too nice to me TuT

Truly deeply from my heart this brightens me day so much! Thank you <3

[dollivication]

aah I'm good thank uuu <33

alsooo ur post abt cannibalism inspired me a little. thoughts on siren user saving leon from drowning after he fell off his ship or smt. u take him to some secluded cave w the intention to just eat him the fuck up!! but...then u notice how pretty he is, like he's the prettiest human you've ever seen!! you obv can't kill him, at least not yet. it would be such a waste!

so you just kidnapp him for now, waiting for him to wake up and bringing him little trinkets and food that u think he'll like, you've never had a human pet before but ur so exited to learn ♡.

—💌

UWAA IM GLAD !!! and ohmygosd… I PERKED UP I CANNOT LIE i love anything that includes sirens they’re so fucking fascinating…. methinks anyway,,,, THIS IS SPLENDID! cw cw cw

if we’re talking re2r leon… he thinks he made a new friend when he wakes up! laik uhh.. sure lil bro ❤️ most humans don’t ever live to tell the tale ,, so it’s honestly just a matter of time until he actually becomes food LMFAO but he believes he’s a siren whisperer or something he’s pretty fuckign Dumb (◞‸◟)

he doesn’t even think of the possibility that you’re kinda just experimenting with him,, you’re being way too nice to be thinking of such a thing is what he tells himself! ouugggh if only yew knew you poor Critter LHELPLF

you might even be able to manipulate him into letting you take bites of him :3!! he’ll probably feel like he owes you for all the time you’ve taken out of your days hunting food for him and gifting him trinkets.. surely you wouldn’t eat too much??…. feeding a siren gone wrong or right depending on your patience i fear ,,.;; (＞人＜;) !!!!

[wqnwoos]

HANA !!! happy birthday u pretty beautiful amazing human being i hope u have the most wonderful day ever 🥹🎂 and since u rbed my jeonghan fic abt it being a gift to urself... i shall dedicate to u as a lil gift from me 💞 I LOVE U SM HAVE A SPLENDID DAY

AHH rania thank u sm!! 💗💗 can’t wait to read it omg. love u sm thank u again 🫂💌

[genshinimpactlife]

Hihi! I was wondering if I could get a matchup? Ofc if that would be alright with you! (Romantic)

Appearance!

I’d say I have very dark brown hair and eyes (to the point they look black but really it’s just very very dark brown until I go to the sun and then it’ll show off a lil bit more brown, I have light brown skin (but in the winter my skin gets pale) and a few beauty marks on my left upper lip, two tiny ones at the bottom right lip, and one on my neck AND lastly I have thin almond shaped eyes.

Personality!

I don’t think I’m shy but more in the quiet side at first but overtime I get to know someone I start talking a lot more and voicing my opinions more often and I can carry and conversation without any effort, tho despite this I am on the introvert side so someone will have to crack me out of my shell first. I am a very helpful person (or well I try to be) and giving out advice, I also try to look at the positive side of things more often than the negative and have a good amount of confidence.

Hobbies!

I like being inside the house often but I also LOVE doing things outside the house if that’s be the pool, mall, walking around the city, hanging out at some cafe, anything! I also love hanging out with close relatives / friends and talking about life and what we have going on or we can just sit in silence while enjoying each other company!.

Dislikes!

I don’t really like hanging out with rude people so if someone is just outright rude and obnoxious then I’d definitely have to step down from the friendship / relationship, I also don’t really like judgmental people, or if I had did something wrong they won’t talk to me until they figure out what I did wrong so it really wouldn’t work out at my end.

Fun facts!!

My love language giving quality time and communication and my love language receiving is quality time and gifts! But I don’t mind physical touch at all it’s just something I’d have to work since I’m not really use to with physical touch as a way for someone to show affection.

I am a huge cat lover!

My pronouns she/they and I’m Omnisexual with a pref towards men.

I also love reading! I think it’s a good pass timing in case you’re ever bored and there’s nothing to do.

But most of all I ABSOLUTELY LOVE listening to music!! I honestly can’t go a day without music.

I also love fashion!! And lastly I love baking sweets for those to are close to me!.

Now you have a LOVELY December and a splendid Christmas!!

I would match you with...

Thoma would be the perfect person to break you out of your shell. He's so talkative and charismatic. You two would get close quickly.

Whenever he gets time off, he loves going out with you, especially going to malls and walking around the city.

Your friends and relatives absolutely adore him. He's become part of the family within a few months of dating.

He's also okay with just relaxing at home. As long as he's with you, he's happy to spend his days off any way you want.

He would understand your troubles with physical touch and would respect your boundaries. He would take things at the pace that you want them.

Dates where the two of you go to the animal shelter and play with the cats are a must.

Anytime you two are relaxing or hanging out at home, you have music playing. It doesn't feel right without it.

He gets so excited when you bake him something, his love baking him something? It's the best gift.

He's always making you little gifts or buying things that remind him of you.

I hope you have a wonderful December and Christmas as well! <3 Enjoy!

[mrswagtastic]

Okay here's yet another attempt at me trying to convince the masses to vote Craig via organized list as I have seen many do:

1) he has the silliest hat in the entire show

2) very nice colour palette

3) he has the cutest pet in the whole show like cmon stans dog hasn't got SHIT on Stripe

4) He has the healthiest relationship in the entire show, being willing to communicate and CHANGE FOR THE BETTER(unlike a certain other boy...cough..)

5) He is a good friend, such as giving Jimmy good advice on how to deal with THE Cartman

6) His family loves him very much and would be sad :(

7) He's very thoughtful of others and romantic, doing things such as giving Tweek gifts and taking him places to try help!

8) His voice is silly, and still remains so to this day and doesn't sound off!!

9) He has some of the coolest cards from phone destroyer like LOOK AT THESE

10) He knows how to keep a routine, such as watching red racer at the same time every day

11) he had to go through the whole Peru ordeal, and I feel letting him win is the LEAST the boys can do for compensation. They stole his birthday money, got him taken to a foreign internment camp, sent off to another country, AND suddenly discover he's part of an Incan prophecy and shoot lasers out of his eyes. I think he deserves it after all that.

12) Craig canonically uses emoticons, as seen in a test video for TFBW. This adds to his silliness and whimsy.

13) Craig canonically picks his nose, which I feel adds more to his realism as a child and makes him even SILLIER.

14) Spaceman Craig is ADORABLE

15) he's unironically some of the best gay and autistic (I know it's not canon but it's almost universally agreed at this point) representation I've seen in any media.

16) he always has some of the silliest Halloween costumes, such as gangham style Craig or Fortnite gingerbread man craig. Very current and caught up in pop culture!

17) He is a film-making visionary, with his successful show "animals in hats with a wide-angke lense" being super popular!

18) he can play the viola

19) he's the funniest one. Like any scene becomes better with Craig.

20) he is a man of science, such as being the one to run tests in the lab or get mad at Dr Mephesto for wasting his resources on useless scientific endeavours.

21) when he smiles or giggles it is GENUINALLY the cutest shit ever

22) he was part of one of the craziest things to ever happen in fandom

23) he likes Star Trek that's pretty neat

24) he has this monkey plush in a spacesuit and I think that's really cute of him.

25) look at how NOT GREASY and neat his hair is :3 (unlike the marshes...christ they all need help...)

26) he's very helpful, offering to do laundry for Thomas for example!!

27) his lil jamies

28) he goes bald later on so let him enjoy life whilst he can :(

29) he gave us old man YAOI in post covid

30) possibly an actual god?

31) stands his ground unlike...yknow...

32) has SPLENDID vocals

33) amazing investigative work when he and Clyde found out slash isn't real

34) SUIT CRAIG!!!

35)

36) has the best intro ever (the scene with him and Mr Mackey and rainforest schmainforest is still very funny and iconic)

37) if you don't he may flip you off

38) HUGE NERD (infodumps in TFBW)

39) gives amazing life advice ("sure, life sucks sometimes, but it'll pass")

Will add more if needed :3

Reblog for a bigger sample size.

[happy-tori-friends]

I shall come up with another question then! ^-^

What are the main characters' love languages?

ive mentioned that i rp a lot last time, and this is actually something that has been thrown around in the question of the day channels we have. but bc of ny Crippling OC Making Addiction™️ it was hard to answer bc i had so many to think about. so although i did mention some of them recently when writing blurbs for romance pairings, i havent really thought about them that much. i dont even think i've really thought about it for my main ocs either surprisingly (in february i wrote 14 different confession scenarios for my main pair of comfort ocs but i still dont have concrete love languages decided for them) but this is a much more managable amount!

Shifty: shifty enjoys physical affection and gifts, i think he favors words of affirmation. it might catch him a little off guard at first, since it was very rare to give any sort of praise or anything after their mother died and their father shut down, but it does help with any ligering insecurities. if one were to get him or lifty cash or anything sparkly, they'd be overjoyed.

Lifty: while i think the twins do have similar preferences, their favored langauges are different. lifty's main love language is physical affection. he liked those headpats. the affection makes him feel safe in a way, reminds him that he isn't alone. he does like being told he's loved as well, for the same reasons as shifty, and as previously stated he likes sparkly things and money.

sort of a side note but i hc the twins as being very persistent and annoying, even going as far as to kiss and hang off splendont, when they want attention. i see this happening for lifty more often, though when it does happen with shifty, he is a lot more annoying and persistent. once they're together, splendont will be happy to come spoil them with affection whenever.

Splendont: he's a tough one because he's very good at expressing his love in all different languages, and has sort of done a mix of all of them even pre-relationship, but i think the one he prefers for himself is quality time, with acts of service as a second. he enjoys spending time with the twins, even b4 he realizes he has any feelings. he has a soft spot for them and he genuinely likes helping them.

Flippy: flippy expresses it with physical touch a lot, as a means to ground himself to reality when he needs to, and he does like words of affirmation. of the two i think physical affection is the favored. like lifty, it makes him feel safe and reminds him he isn't alone.

Fliqpy: i'm gonna say quality time, especially because of him wanting did's full attention on him in the latest chapter. he isn't really used to affection or emotions atm but as time goes on, he'll get more comfortable with giving and recieving affection and being more open emotionally.

Splendid: the way he expresses love is probably words of affirmation with some acts of service, and he definitely likes words of affirmation. flippy sends him a really sweet text and he gets all giddy. he's rolling around and kicking his feet on the bed and splendont comes in to ask whats for dinner and he just stares at him. just the thought of this usually cool composed hero being all silly like that makes me laugh a lil

i hope this fully answered your question! ik this is a lil all over the place, i'm sorry sjhshdjdn, but its very hard to just choose 1 (i saw something that said there were like 8 now but i only looked at the original 5. i sure hope similar meme literacy is one of those 8 /j)

[slytherclawwhor]

Am in I the only one who gets pleasantly surprised when the lil writing icon starts to make a rainbow when I accidentally move it?

A gift? For me?

Thank you sire, I shall make the most splendid of shapes with it for thirty seconds and then start to stalk my fandoms again :)

[lawliet-ryuzaki-ryuga]

chapter 2

 HXH ( illumi Zoldyck)

Control 

Word Count: 1648

TW: mention of injuries acquired from abuse ( that comes from training), just sad lil babies who want to be loved. 

 Chapter 1 

Masterlist

A/N: If I’m crying .. you’re going to cry too because this video is what inspired this chapter. I know this chapter might sound very corny and just eh but keep in mind these kids are enduring things that are unbelievable. So emotional understanding and ways on communication is a mess.

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It had been 3 months since the last time the two children had seen one another. Every day since the last time they met, Noa always kept the small crystal in her pocket. And would sit after training in her room and just admire the green crystal. 

Illumi on the other hand kept the flowers under his bed and would watch the flowers wither away. But no matter what he always kept the flowers with him.

Today was illumi’s birthday, and he requested that Noa be invited. Noa was delighted and ever so excited to hear that illumi invited her to his birthday party! But when told the news she kept a blank expression to appease her family and not raise any questions on why she would want to see Illumi. Her parents insisted on buying him a dagger that he could use later on. But Noa wanted to get him something of her own. She had begun her first official mission ever, to find Illumi a crystal. 

She had finally found one, it wasn’t as pretty as the one he had given her but it was purple and he wore purple. She had gotten ready and was sure to put her gift in her pocket to hide it from her family. 

Once they had arrived at the Zoldyck estate and greeted the family. The family was informed to wait for the birthday boy as he was in training.

“ How splendid, I’m sure your son Illumi will be a strong assassin!” Noa’s mother chimes in on the conversation. 

Noa listens as the adults discuss Illumi’s future and what they expect of him. The conversation sounded all too familiar to her, deep inside she wished she had control of her future.  

“ How is your training going Noa, you don’t have a scratch on you. I guess your family is taking it easy on you.” Illumi’s grandfather speaks.

“ No Mr. Zoldyck, For today's training my parents had my ribs broken while I trained. It was painful at first to breath and move, but pain is an illusion that our brain tricks us into believing. It will make me a better assassin. I know I’m ready for harder training too.” 

Zeno Nods his head and turns back to the parents. Noa was in fact in a lot of pain, but her excitement to see illumi concealed the pain. 

Around An hour later Illumi walks through the doors with blood running down his nose, and a bruised body. Any skin that was exposed was covered in blue and purple marks. 

When illumi saw that Noa had indeed come, his attention was only on her. His ally had come to his invitation! He apologized for his delay and was quick to take Noa outside to the garden. While the two were walking, Noa would notice Illumi trying to wipe the blood that would keep running down his nose. But she didn’t want to embarrass him, so she kept quiet.

The two children finally made it deep enough in the woods and sat on the floor with their backs to a tree trunk. 

“ Happy birthday Illumi”

Illumi quickly turns his head to face Noa and gives a slight nod to acknowledge Noa’s words. They sat in silence until illumi asked her if she got him a gift. 

“ I did! It took me forever but I thought you’d like this! You wear purple a lot!” With that Noa’s pulls out the crystal and puts it on Illumi’s lap.

He stares at the crystal and wonders why it took her forever to find the crystal. He was a pro and could find crystals like they were the targets he’s meant to assassinate. 

“ Finding crystals are easy” illumi states.

“ Maybe for you! I never went crystal hunting” 

“ I collect them”

“ that’s good”

“ yeah” 

Noa notices that Illumi’s nose hasn’t stopped bleeding and the blood begins staining his clothing as it drips down his chin. 

“ your nose is still bleeding Illumi”

“ I know, it won’t stop”

“ Was training hard today?”

“ Yeah, Father said now that I’m older I can’t be training like a baby” 

“ oh, does that make me a baby?”

“ yeah” Illumi nods and tries to wipe his nose with his sleeve. 

“ Can I train with you?” Noa asks with hope in her voice. Hoping he’d say yes and they can train together.

“ No”

“ why?”

“ because it hurts”

“ but it’s okay, my training hurts too”

“ you’re a girl, my training his harder”

“ no it’s not, I can handle it” Noa argues as he stands hoping it makes her look tougher. 

Illumi disregards her and stands too, he towers over her a bit. Illumi stares at the girl in front of him and waits for her to say something. But she does nothing but stares at him back. Illumi isn’t used to this type of interaction but nonetheless, he maintains his eye contact and his power stance. 

When the awkward silence gets too much Noa leans forward and gives him a hug. illumi freezes and wonders what she’s trying to do. Is she trying to kill him? she’s suffocating him? No she’s, trying to crush his organs. 

Illumi thinking she’s going to crush him, he warps his arms around her too and squeezes very hard. Noa’s rib area has been bandaged but they were very much broken still.

“ illumi stop! Please I- my ribs they’re broken”

Illumi not falling for her tactics holds her in place and continues to squeeze harder. Eventually Noa’s pain becomes excruciate and before she can think she pulls illumi by his hair from the back. Illumi, not prepared, lets go of Noa and falls back. Noa falls to her knees and holds her rib area as she cries silently. 

Anger fills illumi and he begins stomping towards Noa until he hears small cries and hiccups. He notices that she’s holding her rib area and takes in shallow shaky breaths. 

His anger quickly fades, “ Noa are you okay?” Internally he feels some type of worry, but his tone fails to portray that emotion. 

Noa shakes her head and cries out a small “ no.”

Illumi gets on his knees to see what’s wrong, he lowers his head lower to see her face and sees tears stream down her face.

“ you hurt me first, why are you crying?” He asks, dumbfound by her reaction.. She did attack him and tried to crush him.

“ No I didn’t, I was giving you a hug”

“ What's a hug?”

“ I- I don’t k-know I saw in a-a movie that you-u-u give them t-to someone if they’re sa-ad.” 

Illumi understanding now, he leans in to give Noa a hug. Noa afraid he might hurt her again, tries to back away, but due to the pain she stays in her place. Illumi just holds her in a more gentle manner and just keeps his arms around her, unsure how long he should keep “ hugging” her. 

Eventually Noa tells Illumi she need to get up, and asks for his help. 

Illumi, just looks at her unsure of how to help. Once Noa is up, she asks if she can lean on him and he helps walk her. Simple enough for Illumi, he helps. 

Once they reach back into the building, Noa straightens up and pushes all the pain away. illumi stares in confusion wondering why she was faking being hurt.

“ why did you lie about being hurt”

“ I’m not lying?”

“ you look okay now.”

“ I can’t show pain in front of my family, or they’ll hurt me more”

“ So they'll train you harder?”

“ No they put me in a torture room, please don’t tell my parents I’m hurt. I don’t want them to hurt me.”

“ okay.”

The two children walk into the room with expressionless faces and wait till food is served. Once food is served and the family walk to the dining room all taking their spot. Illumi notices that Noa struggles besides him to move the heavy chair due to the lack of mobility and upper strength she has.. He wants to keep his promise, and make sure her parents don’t find out and hurt her.. Without much thought he pulls the chair out for her and instructs her to sit. 

Both families exchange looks as they watch the small interaction. Silva approves of his sons actions while Kikyo internally boils over with rage and jealousy.

“ What a gentleman” Noa’s mother praises.

Illumi is confused by the praise but doesn’t give it a second thought. The dinner passes by quickly and the cake is brought out for illumi. Noa watches illumi blow out his candle and watches as the butlers cut everyone a slice.

“ illumi, what did you wish for” Noa whispers 

“ Nothing,” Illumi whispers back. 

“ Can I make a wish for you?”

“ what will you wish for?”

“ I can’t tell you”

Illumi confused on why she wouldn’t tell him the wish.. it was his wish after all?

When the night came to an end and Noa had to go, illumi and Noa walked side by side behind their parents. 

“ Can you tell me what my wish was?” Illumi asks 

“ why do you want to know,” Noa questions.

“ it’s my birthday and wish” 

“ but it won’t come true if you say it out loud“ Noa argues stating her facts. 

“ but I’m not the one saying it out loud, so what was it.”

With a sigh Noa gives in since his argument made sense to her, and she whispers; “I wished that you get more hugs.” 

“ that’s a stupid wish Noa”

“ No it’s not! Everyone needs hugs.”

“ Do you get hugs?” Illumi wonders. 

“ No, you were my first hug”

“ Then how do you know everyone needs hugs if you just had your first hug?”

“ Because you hugged me until I was better, so you need hugs until you feel better too.”

Illumi does not understand how a hug can make you feel better, but to save himself the argument he stays silent. They bid one another goodbye and illumi is back in his room. 

While he lays in bed that night, he turns to his pillow and wonders if hugging his pillow will feel like a hug. That night Illumi hugged his pillow all night hoping that the pillow will grow arms and hug him back.

[jade-parcels]

🎄 Christmas moments with the Genshin Men 🎄

❤️ Little moments with your lover that make Christmas even more memorable ❤️ with Diluc, Scara, Zhongli, Ajax and Kazuha ❤️ part 1 of 3 ❤️

Christmas Eve with Diluc

Diluc used to hate the holidays. He’d pretend he didn’t even see the colored lights decorating his neighbors houses or the blow up Grinch at the house across the street from his. But since you’ve stepped into his life, he’s grateful that he can once again see the beauty of the holidays

When his father was around, it was tradition to open gifts on Christmas Eve. That’s the German way after all. So naturally, after you two have a splendid dinner together, he gently takes your hand and leads you to the living room where tons of gifts sit beneath the tree. It hadn’t been like this an hour ago! You suspect that when he ‘went to the bathroom’ in the middle of dinner, he sneakily set this all up. He even brought the gifts you wrapped for him downstairs too!! (That jerk figured out your gift hiding spot!!! Darn it!!!)

Diluc smiles as he motions for you to sit on the ground with him and he hands you your first gift, taking one for himself too so you can open them together! But you look so pretty in the glow of the tree’s lights and the fireplace. And your smile brightens up the room when you unwrap a soft, white sweater with the price on the tag strategically scribbled out

You take turns opening gifts, laughing and explaining them to each other ‘Ah, well I looked over your shoulder while you were looking at that online and figured you wanted it’ ‘That was very observant of you darling, thank you’

Halfway through, when you two just chat as you take a break from the excitement, he tugs you in for a few sweet kisses while you talk

🎄(Everyone else beneath the cut)🎄

Opening gifts with Scaramouche

‘Tsk… I told you not to get me anything’ your grouch of a boyfriend mumbles, rolling his eyes as you push a gift into his hands anyways

He looks a bit silly with his pajamas on, disheveled hair and a huge, glittery gift box in his lap. But he’s so cute <3 even if he is a grouch

You sit on your bed beside him, watching him excitedly as he unravels the bow holding the box shut. He takes the top off, wiping glitter on you as revenge before digging into the gift box. He’s elbow deep in, frowning when he doesn’t feel anything in it

‘Is this some sort of prank? You woke me up to give me an empty box?’ When you start laughing he only becomes more annoyed, his face flushing red in embarrassment as you sit there laughing as his frustration. Finally taking pity on him, you reach in the box too, guiding his hand to where a small ball of fluff sits

His mouth falls open in silent shock as he hurriedly scoops up the kitten, his eyes wide. You push the empty box off of the bed, giving him room to set the lil guy down in his lap

‘You know… this is a bit awkward’ he tells you with a small, amused smile ‘I have a friend dropping off your gift this afternoon. You will never believe what it is’ spoiler alert: it’s another kitten :’) <3 (ps there are holes in the box I repeat there are holes in the box!!! The kitty is safe dw!!!)

Secret Santa with Zhongli

It’s a tradition for you and your friends to have a secret Santa exchange every Christmas Eve. Naturally, Zhongli gets to join since you two are together. You all write your names, drop them in a bowl and take turns picking a name.

You’re pretty proud of yourself!! You have to admit, you did a great job shopping for the friend you picked! They’ll be so surprised! You aren’t supposed to tell anyone who you got but you can’t help but brag to Zhongli about the deal you got on your friend’s gift, how cute it is and how excited you are to give it to them!! Out of curiosity, you ask him who he got.

Of course, Mr. ‘Rule Follower’ Zhongli refuses to tell you who he got. No matter how many times you get him to crack, he shakes his head, smiling in amusement as you make a game of trying to figure it out

On Christmas Eve, you can’t wait for the activities planned. Between the secret Santa exchange, dinner, card games and socializing, you just feel that holiday joy. You’re excited to have Zhongli there too, there’s never a dull moment when he’s around

Everyone places their gifts on the table and takes turns opening them. One friend gets a cute sweater, another gets a huge scented candle! Zhongli gets two silly patterned ties. He laughs and holds them up, expressing his gratitude as he swaps out his current tie for the pink flamingo printed tie he received. Then it’s your turn to open your gift

It’s a small box, not that you mind! You pull off the bow, tear through the paper and pop the lid of the gift box, gasping when you see what’s inside. Two first class plane tickets…

Zhongli leans in, looking at you expectantly ‘I have had this idea for a long time and finally decided to act on it. Things have been hectic lately, I have not been able to go home to see my family in a long time. I would love if you would join me’ he tells you, sighing in relief when you throw your arms around him. This is such a lovely surprise :’) of course you want to go with him :’) you never would have expected this in a million years!! So sweet :’)

Christmas dinner with Ajax

Ajax’s family always goes all out for Christmas dinner. Ajax has five(?) other siblings, two who are older than him. They’re married with kids so that’s about 15 people meeting up for dinner all together.

It’s loud, cheerful and exciting to be there with his family. His father is always telling funny stories, his older brother’s children love to play the piano in the living room, Tonia is excited to show you the cookies she decorated allll by herself <3 there’s so many people who love you and are happy to have you there

And don’t forget Ajax’s mother who loves you like you’re her own child <3 she excitedly pulls you aside when you first arrive to hug you and tell you about what she got Ajax for Christmas cause she just can’t keep it to herself anymore lmao

When everyone has sat down for the huge Russian feast and plates are full, Ajax looks around at his family, a warm smile coming to his face. Especially as he sees how you interact with his beloved brothers and sisters.

He reaches over and takes your hand into his warm one, bringing it up to his lips to kiss your knuckles. He’s basking in the domestic bliss of a traditional, loving family Christmas <3 this is all he’s ever wanted. And he can’t wait until you two have a little big family of your own too :)

Cleaning up after the party with Kazuha

You just got done putting dishes away, packing up leftovers and un-setting the dining room table while Kazuha ran around getting family members coats from the closet and carrying gifts out to everyone’s cars

After a long night of entertaining guests, you sigh and flop down onto your couch, groaning as you finally get to sit down after hours of standing around and chatting

Kazuha chuckles and joins you in the sitting room, kissing the top of your head as he walks by with a garbage bag in hand. You tell him you’ll get it later but he ignores you, smiling as he tosses balls of wrapping paper and tissue paper into the bag. You’ve done enough tonight, he doesn’t want to make more work for you.

Your eyes slip closed and when they open again, the room is all clean. There isn’t a speck of wrapping paper left behind on the rug and everything is back in it’s place the way things were before company came over. Picture frames are straightened, decorative pillows are back in their spots and the sweet scented candles are blown out for the night

Kazuha finally comes to sit. He presses his chilly hands to your neck (he must have just been taking out the trash, he’s so cold!!), laughing softly as you try to wriggle away.

‘Thank you for tonight, dear’ he takes his hands away, opting to rest your foreheads together ‘You truly outdid yourself with this party. Merry Christmas~”

[bflanddaddy]

Yandere!TK: “....Heh, heh, heh. Oh uh, hello, darling. I didn’t see you there. What was I doing? Oh nothing, nothing~. I was just uh...preparing something special. Yes, yes, that’s it! ...Something special, just for the two of us. Come, allow me to take you to the dining room. So..do you like the meal I’ve managed to cook up? Good. I made sure that things would go ever so splendid for us. Oh! I almost forgot...heh, heh. One moment~!. ...Here we go, I managed to bring a lil’ ‘special guest’ to attend our lil’ romantic dinner. ..It’s none other than the man that you’ve been sleeping around with behind my back! Doesn’t he look rather stunning with all of the bruises and cuts I’ve created on him? Hmm? Oh don’t look so surprised, babe. You knew fully well what would happen if you so much as dared to fuck around with another man. For fuck’s sake! I...I’ve done so much for you! I’ve treated you with the upmost respect, I always remember to gift you some adorable things from time to time during our relationship together; I’ve treated you like a damn princess!! And...what do I get in return? All I get...is nothing more than a CHEATING WHORE!! I thought you were only interested in me! Someone whom you’ve sworn to stick by his side from beginning to end! But I guess this guy here---this piece of dog shit---is far better than me?! Oh...I bet you like him because he’s got a big dick. Is that it?! Huh?! Is that the only reason you slept with this guy?! ...Well then...maybe I should not only neuter him...but also get rid of the unwanted package he’s got. Here, my good man...allow me to...take care of you. Oh darling...hope you don’t move from that spot of yours. I took care of hiding your phone when you weren’t fully aware of the situation I put both of you in. Might as well make sure that this kind of entertainment doesn’t get ruined by the damn pigs. ...Now hold still, buddy. You will definitely suffer some external bleeding for awhile. But hey, it’s what you get for taking my girl, hmm, hmm~.”

[coldmorte]

Howdy! I hate when awesome people feel down so just popping in to tell you that you are awesome (don't ever forget that, write it down or something, idc 😝), and that my favourite moment is the one where Dutch adds Arthur to his drawing of him. That melted my little, cold, black heart 💖

I got a lil gift too, heh

Bye bye 🖤

AHHHHHHHH

I got this right before I went to bed last night, and I would be a liar if I didn’t say it made me tear up a little bit. This is legitimately so sweet, thank you so much 🥺🥺🥺

I spent the weekend out in the countryside taking it easy and doing some hobbies I enjoy, so that certainly helped! Also, I did a little planning and writing for some future work here, which I currently look forward to finishing!!! I ain’t going anywhere anytime soon, I can assure you that 😁

Nonetheless, YOU melted MY heart with your lovely words. I do believe there is a genuinely romantic and tender side to Dutch, and it doesn’t get enough attention! Sometimes, I feel guilty about the way I sexualize him a lot because he is so so sooooo much more than that. Sure, that can be fun and all, but it’s those softer moments that I love best (by far). It makes me happy to hear that one of them is what stands out to you!! ❤️🖤

Also, I have to give credit to @arthur-boah again because I cannot possibly thank her enough for bringing one of those journal drawings to life!!! 💜💜💜

Lastly, YOU ARE AWESOME for such a splendid message. I have a special folder where I keep all the nice things people send for when I need cheering up 🥰 I think the picture you shared will serve as a good reminder for me!!!

(PS - have one for yourself in return!)

🥭 KEEP THE FAITH 🥭