#and depending on your Rook “He is also my boyfriend!”

[lunammoon]

Thinking about something goes screwy with time and the Veilguard all get knocked back about six months before Solas's ritual. Lucanis comes to the conclusion that the last year and a half or so were just his firing off random neurons trying to give him a little bit of, like, not hope, but something other than crushing despair and and tbh it might’ve worked if he had died at the end. Spite is mad because "YOU PROMISED! NOW WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR ROOK" and he doesn't listen when Lucanis tries to remind them that Rook is proballt doesn't exist and Spite keeps shouting but he's not making his nose bleed so that's something. Now that he's awake it's honestly crazy he believed any of it. Blighted Elven Gods? Him finding love? A best friend? Illario betraying him?

Anyway not super long after he "wakes" up there's a commotion due to the fact that there are eight people, a griffon, and a skeleton that have just broken intothe Ossuary Mad As Hell because he's not the only one to have suddenly woken up six months before things got weird but he is the ONLY one to have not had the thought "OH NO LUCANIS!"

Because again, it wasn't a dream. And none of the Veilguard is willing to let Lucanis stay stuck in that prison.

[honeyhonest]

No but being in Yuu's shoes and being in a relationship with Eric can be fun to torture Vil, of course depending on the relationship between you and Vil. Vil is your ex-boyfriend who treated you badly? Fuck his dad. Vil is being a little shit to you and your friends? Fuck his dad. Vil is your enemy? I think you know what to do. He'll hate you more. Also, you can break his heart if he has a crush on you. It seems like all those scenarios are the same but they have those little differences that make them all unique in their own way. Well, the only thing that remains is that Vil has to put up with seeing you at school while you're with his dad.

Also, can we have a sugar daddy fight? I think Eric has the potential to be one of the best sugar daddies. A great rival would be Crewel. He seems to appreciate Vil too.

(By the way, I love Vil. So this isn't hate propaganda against him.)

warning for intoxication in this post lolz minors dni etc

I love vil also but sometime you have to torture the blond man a little yk

orz the possibilities... I love revenge sex in stories, I love drama, etc, my favorite of these is definitely the first except this: vil was a really good (perfect) boyfriend, but he dumped you right before/after graduating NRC so he could focus on his career. he told you he just couldn't imagine finding the time for a relationship with his schedule, and school was one thing, but now he's an ~adult~ and he needs to get serious about his career. it wouldn't be fair to stress and burden you with his work, after all

and you let him because, well, it's vil. once his mind is made up on something, it's almost impossible to dissuade him. you have friends, and you try to talk to them, but nothing really helps. not even rook can cheer you up

and one night you're really feeling it, the sadness, the loneliness, the rejection, maybe you're scrolling through vil's magicam and looking at his perfect life, how your absence meant nothing to him, and you're desperate for his comfort but you can't have that, so you have the next best thing. next thing you know, your ex's middle-aged father is taking you out for a drink and a talk to ease your worries. in the blur of alcohol and laughter, you think he almost looks like vil, but not so strict, not so stressed

he's very charming, too. how have you never noticed? before tonight he was always so cordial, friendly but distant. perhaps it's only the alcohol, perhaps you had just been so wrapped up in vil's glamor you never gave erik a second thought. but he's really quite funny, isn't he? he keeps making jokes, teasing you, it's almost friendly. and he's a flatterer, too, you're sure he's never complimented you so much in your life

but he's only trying to cheer you up, right? this was the man who was going to be your father-in-law, you thought

...but now he's just a man, and one who happens to be buying you plenty of drinks and complimenting your smile, at that

you both end up a little more tipsy than you'd meant to, but you're having fun, and for the first time in weeks, you're not thinking about... what was his name, again? you can't even bring yourself to mope, everything is a little blurry, isn't it?

and you both end up in his house, somehow, and he tells you that vil is doing a shoot in fleur city this weekend, so don't worry too much about waking him, you can make as much noise as you want, it's just you and erik

and it's you that ends up on your back, or on your hands and knees, or bent over the marble counter in the stupidly expensive kitchen, or, more likely, all three over the course of the night, getting stretched out on his cock, his grunts in your ear and his breath on your neck, telling you how good and beautiful you are, how long he's wanted this-

I think he'd like to see you, your stomach or thighs or back, covered in his cum when he's done. such a lewd position you never should have been in

and you tell yourself, in the morning, that it was just a spur of the moment thing. you were just emotional, you were both drunk, and alone, and it won't happen again

it will. it does. vil is going to have a queen-sized meltdown when he finds out, of course, but for now, y'know, being a sugar baby isn't that bad

you still find it a little ironic how erik, who is just as, if not more career-oriented than vil, still has time in his busy schedule to see you >_>

[radiantlightxx]

Thinking about the way the threads of the Dragon Age protagonists' fate interweave, depending on your choices. Even in small ways!

The Warden's assassin boyfriend is pursued in Kirkwall, and, when she learns he's innocent of Nuncio's charges, Hawke helps Zevran escape to fly home to her.

Hawke comes to the Inquisition at Varric's behest, so the Inquisitor ensures she comes out of the Fade for Varric's sake (and Fenris's) (also I cannot leave her there, SORRY she's just a guy leave her be).

The Inquisitor meets with Rook to help her and lend an ear, having been in a similar leadership role before when she didn't feel prepared. And is perhaps the best equipped person to talk about Solas.

Not to mention all the little callbacks you get. "You traveled with the Hero of Ferelden? // You knew the Champion of Kirkwall // You were a part of the Inquisition, what was the Inquisitor like?" Like seeking out information and maybe even comfort in hearing about these people put into impossible situations, hoping maybe they too can come out the other side.

Thedas is held up by strong women in my cannon and it makes me emotional.

(Morrigan is also part of the squad in my mind, despite not being a playable character idc, she's good friends with my Warden and Inquisitor)

[magesforthedas]

Continue reading if you want to be SAD 😢

Okay, more updates + a couple photos! Honestly I got a few screen caps of the tragedies I just experienced, but idk if y'all really want to see those. I can post them if you want, just let me know, but also be warned!! I also can't post any more videos on this thread :P

Okay, notes!

Where you can go in and see the fallen, there's something placed over the sheet for big characters; ie Emmerich's staff, Taash's axes, Viper's hat, Strife's sword.

Talking with your remaining companions is terrible bc they'll mention (at least some of them) their grief at losing their friends :(

I tried leaving Lucanis to help the other forces at the begining of The Dread Wolf Rises, since he's a HotV, but he still dies. Possibly because it's the Dragon King that the companion faces, so either if that companion quest was completed, OR if any ally strength was higher, even if both things weren't true, he might have survived. Oh well, looks like everyone dies.

(I went back and left Harding bc if he's not going to survive anyways I wanted my boyfriend with me 🥺)

Said scene is HORRIBLE 😭 as in, super traumatic. There's the ogre, or the Dragon King if he's still alive, and your companion goes to protect Morrigan but gets knock down, and then it shows your companions face as their enemy delivers the final blow. Like, my hands flew up to my mouth in shock.

I could post some screenshots of these moments if people want, instead of suffering the actual video, but like.... Maybe you don't want to see.

I think the scene of (Bellara in my game) controlling the blight is the same? I couldn't remember the details from the last time, and then the blight covers her over. Difference is, at the end we don't see her breaking out of the blight again, so it just consumes her.

There was no decision to make once I got to Solas. It just auto played into attacking.... Your two remaining companions get turned to stone and Solas stabs Rook in the gut, though not before you manage to get him too. Then both of you get pulled into the tear while you are struggling over the knife. It shows the statues of your companions, left on the platform.

Morrigan says something ominous about the victory costing too much (I don't remember the exact words, which to be fair I'm already trying to block this whole thing out) over a black screen.

Then NO EPILOGUE ART CUTSCENE. It just shows this-

And then THIS

They're like.... Yeah, you f*d that pretty good, try again.

IM SO SAD 😭😭😭 it's kind of late but like.... I must start my next playthrough because I have to convince myself this was all a terrible dream 🥺 I had the thought that it'd be interesting to see what other companions say in between the last two missions, in the safe house; whichever three are still alive at that point.... Or if it's possible to have whatever last hero you leave survive, but you don't, and if that might give you any ending cutscene (I kinda doubt it, I think it depends on whether Rook makes it). But I CANNOT do that again, so those will remain unanswered 🙂‍↔️

Anyways I hope this benefits anyone else, and maybe keeps you from feeling the need to put yourself through this! ❤️

Mom I'm scared. Why oh why did I have to be curious about the bad ending 😭

NO IM NOT SURE.

NO IM NOT CONFIDENT. BUT WE'RE DOING THIS ANYWAYS.

I'm going to be so sad for the next few hours.

Update below the cut so y'all can see it (Beware)

Ooookay

I haven't finished bc I have to go to work, but I made it to the end of The Last Gambit... I'm in tears 😭 some things if you want to know but don't want to actually play it (why have I done this):

Whoever you send with the Veil Jumpers to take down the wards lives, but Strife dies.

Whoever you send to help the Crows & Lords dies. (Taash for me)

Whoever you send to help the Wardens and Mourn Watch dies. (Emmerich for me)

If the Shadow Dragons aren't strong enough, The Viper dies.

Haven't seen any sign of Anaris, and no Dragon King (though there was a letter right before Tearstone Island warning about him). No Red Lyrium Harding either, and Davrin is dead already in mine, but no blighted griffons or Gloom Howler. I finished Lucanis' quest bc I didn't romance him on a Crow the first time, and my next Crow will probably be romancing someone else, so wanted to see the Crow/Lucanis things during his quest line. But I wonder if Zara was still alive, if she might also make an appearance.

So far none of the other allies died: Irelin, Teia, Viago, Myrna, Vorgoth, Tarquin, Antoine, Evka, and Isabela are all still alive. So small mercies.

Irelin talks about Strife in the safe house, as does Isabela about Taash, and Tarquin about The Viper.

Some really terrible things thought of:

If Emmerich and Strife were in a relationship, and only one died? Even worse possibly, what if Emmerich was the one sent to help? But would Emmerich mention Strife, or Strife mention Emmerich if only one survived? Strife asks you to keep Emmerich safe in the good version.. Probably?

Also, if Manfred is still around and Emmerich dies... Worse if you didn't even do Emmerich's quest (like me) so he doesn't have magic or can talk or anything... What's going to happen to Manfred??? Did he even survive the battle, because he was in a cutscene but I haven't seen him at the safe house????

Didn't do enough content to have Harding and Taash in a relationship, so can't find out. But if they're in a relationship and Harding survives Tearstone Island, what happens if one of them dies here?

What if Lucanis & Neve are in a relationship and one of them dies here? Like, if Bellara got captured and Lucanis dies fighting Aelia? I'm making myself sad just thinking about how Neve would feel.

anyways I'm sad and have to go to work, and then finish my no good, terrible, awful playthrough when I get home. Wish me luck and sanity 😭

(and then I must immediately start my fourth playthrough bc no, they must have as much of a happy ending as possible)

[hajimeshoe]

guess who's back and politely asking for a part 2 of my previous request but make it the vice housewardens. (Did I go to sleep? Fuck no)

Here ya go, Shiba! I loved writing this one too! Lilia especially, since I've recently gotten into a Lilia brain dump lol This one is a bit shorter tho

Trey

Trey canonically has little siblings, so someone who can consume sugar without getting super hyper? A refreshing break for him.

I did think about it for a bit and I don't think he'd instinctively treat you like one of his little siblings (like he does with Ace and Deuce lol)

Trey would recommend keeping low sugar intake, but he def wouldn't try to control it.

And I also can't see him being overly doting? Like, he wouldn't carry you to bed if he found you in a sugar coma, he'd just cover you with a blanket or something if it's cold.

Gives you forehead kissies and lets you sleep on his chest while he studies

He's so sweet, I love him

Ruggie

If he finds you in a sugar coma, you're waking up with drawings on your face #SleepoverRuleNumberOne

Like, you have no fangs or claws, tf are you gonna do to him?

Ruggie also does not give two fucks about your sugar intake. "I'm your boyfriend, not your dad"

May demand you share any with him tho

And if you get tired? Feel free to cuddle with him - for a price (which may or may not be kisses when you wake up...or helping handle his housewarden. depends on how exhausting Leona is that day)

"Ruggie Bucchi! You DREW A DICK ON MY FACE IN PERMANENT MARKER!"

"I love youuuuuu!"

Jade

Jade is a perfect gentleman, how dare you suggest otherwise

(cue a mischievous smirk)

You'll wake up from a sugar coma with a new pillow and blanket he gave you, go to get up...and fall in the pool inside the Octavinelle dorm.

He's such a caring and doting bf, ensuring you're comfortable and nobody will bother you

He does some reading, so he's definitely not as confused as Azul is about humans

But he still is a little confused at how tired you can get when you have sugar

Jamil

Can't Kalim be more like you?

Will get you pillows, blankets, anything you need

Also may just carry you to your room if Kalims more hyperactive that day

He'll try to diagnose you too, just not as over the top as Kalim

He does have some restraint, after all

Gives you a small kiss if you're just cuddled into his side

Rook

How beautiful!

You're so adorable when you're sleepy, mon cherie!

He's waking you up so that he can finish telling you how beautiful you are, then he'll let you go to sleep again

Unlike Vil, he won't give you a lecture (thank god) but this is somehow worse when you're tired and just want to sleep because of how much sugar you had?

"Rook, I love you, but if you don't shut up in the next five seconds, I'm throwing a textbook at you"

"...Bon nuit, mon cher!"

Aaaaand finally some peace and quite

Lilia

Draws on your face 2.0

Unlike Malleus, he knows there's nothing wrong with you

But he's just lowkey hoping drawing on your face will teach you to choose when you have sugar more carefully (sorry, daddy, not happening)

I feel like he'd tell you tales from some of his travels when you're sleepy

Or just tell you stories from his youth

But he will also carry you to either your room or his (whichever is closer) when you fall asleep

100% gives you a forehead kiss before he leaves

[xkotaro16w]

For the event can i have Argument, Rival, and Morning from the sfw prompts? Gn reader plz :)

—𝟻00+ 𝙵𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝙴𝚟𝚎𝚗𝚝—

Prompt: 26. Rival, 36. Morning.

Pairing: Leona Kingscholar x GN!S/O.

CW: Fluff, grammatical error, OOC.  

A/N: THX 4 THE REQ ANON EHEHE ( ๑ ˃̵ᴗ˂̵)و ♡ SOME1 HELP KJGEHSJEBGAKJGH MY WIFI IS STILL UNSTABLE TILL 2DAY & THAT’S WHY I COULDN’T SHARE MY REQ (ง ��ಥ_ಥ)ง I HOPE U LIKE THIS-

23. ARGUMENT

26. RIVAL

So… Does Leona have any LOVE RIVALS? No, seriously but does he have one? Oh, well, he DOES have a few. A few? Maybe. Do you recognize that famous lizard from Diasomnia? It counts as his love rival as well. Don’t know why, but that lizard became his love rival.

If a lot of students like you, oh screw that, because all of them will become his love rivals officially. On the outside, he probably acts like he’s the only one who can win your heart etc, deep down he’s afraid if one of them could treat you BETTER than him. If there’s only a student or a few students who like you, or maybe… Someone he knows (Ruggie? Jack? ADeuce? Or who else? Vil? ROOK HUNT?), now, let the battle begin! He won’t give his herbivore to them that easily.

If you have a love rival, WHO? JUST WHO? Let’s just say… Someone likes him as well, and suddenly that person becomes your love rival? Oh damn, good luck, because he won’t stop teasing you over it. Aren’t you jealous over them, herbivore?

Leona has a love rival or maybe… Love rivals. It looks lame and weird for him, but hey, you’re his mate, so he’ll make sure no one can take you away. Do you have a love rival?

You know well that he gets jealous easily with his rival. Love rival? Does he have one? It seems like… Yes. Divus assigned a team assignment with only 3 students in it. Hold on, 3? Well then, wish you luck, herbivore!

A particular person is about to approach you, yet a lion beastman approaches you first before them. It looks like they want to be in the same team with you, unfortunately for some unknown reasons, your boyfriend doesn’t let them be in your team.

“Oi, herbivore, let’s team up. C’mon, the two of us are enough to finish this.”

36. MORNING

Gosh, morning with Leona depends on what day it is and what kind of activity do you have in the morning. If there’s nothing to do, a free day, well, he won’t let you go for the rest of the day and cuddle with you. Also, he’s not a morning person, so he won’t wake up in the morning.

If you have something to do, now, good luck! He won’t let you go; he keeps hugging you and wait… It’s tighter than before. Anyway, good luck! If you need to go to the bathroom, well… He’ll let you go but he’ll frown like a grumpy cat. If you’re lying about going to the bathroom and go somewhere else, BE PREPARED! He’ll make sure you pay him back.

If he has something to do in the morning, oh gosh… You’re his new alarm now. It’s very hard to wake him up, he wakes up easily to be honest, but HOW to get him out off the bed. If you couldn’t do it alone, well… Ruggie will help you�� Poor lion beastman.

Morning with Leona could be comfortable and warm if the two of you don’t have anything to do in the morning, yet it could be pretty… Annoying if one of you have an activity in the morning because Leona won’t let you go from his arms.

A silent morning with him is the best time but also annoying, because he doesn’t get up easily, especially in weekend. You could feel a huge pair of big arms is locking you in a tight embrace, his tail is wrapping around one part of your body.

His sleeping face looks very tranquil, Savannaclaw’s morning breeze is perfect for napping as well. You couldn’t help but to adore his sleeping face and leaves a few kisses on his face that makes him wakes up from his deep slumber.

“Mmhm… ‘s too early… You have the nerve to wake me up, herbivore…”

I DO NOT OWN TWISTED WONDERLAND & DO NOT REPOST MY WORKS.

[chocodollxren]

I saw that you were accepting requests so I'm hope I'm not bothering you with this. Can i request on How would Leona and Rook act like if they're jealous? That's all for this request. Take your time with this request. Thanks^^

thank you for the order! here’s your gyokuro tea, enjoyed working on this. i love pomefiore in case people weren’t aware. hope you enjoy this. i threw in a small scenario, and just a general jealousy headcanon! ((: hope you enjoy.

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summary: after spending time with other people, your boyfriend gets jealous! you’d thought he’d never be capable of jealousy, but much to your surprise, he could be. no tws, gn!reader, established relationship.

❁ཻུ۪۪ ━ ❝ LEONA KINGSCHOLAR. ❞

“thanks for having me!” you smiled as you entered the Savanaclaw dorm, your partner for an assignment had offered you to head over to his dorm and study, and you’d thanked him for it, not thinking your own place was that suitable to conduct your experiment. what you didn’t expect was that the second you entered Savanaclaw was seeing your boyfriend lounging on the floor, waking up from his nap in the most random of places.

“huh, herbivore?” he called out, rubbing his eyes with a smug smile thinking you were there for him, only then did he see you wish a random student he didn’t care about. “Leona! i didn’t see you there. did you even attend classes today?” you huffed worried and explained why you were there, not noticing the other student begin to shrink down from his dorm leader’s attitude and body language. “you’re going to his room?” Leona asked, facepalming. you really trusted people too easily, he thought before getting up and growling at the student, taking you into his dorm. “do your project later in the lounge, or he can do it by himself.” he insisted, you tried to argue back. “Leona, I’m not going to disturb your dorm with an experiment which can very much be done without bothering others.”

as the two of you argued back and forth a bit, you noticed the slow sway of his tail and how he wouldn’t make eye contact with the smallest of blushes. he was jealous! you knew pretty easily when he was jealous despite him not vocally saying it, immediately taking to tease him. “oh, is my little lion upset i was doing an assignment with someone else?” you snickered, yelping in shock at his next move.

with a scowl, Leona tugged you into his arms and buried his face in your neck. “not moving.” he huffed, placing your hand atop of his head, a simple gesture for you to play with it and his ears as he went to sleep. not the most comfortable position, but you’d just have to get over it and the pins and needles when he wakes up from his jealousy nap. your partner would also have to apologize to you both, running extra laps during morning practice for even having the common sense of a fool to suggest you work in his room together.

in general, Leona actually does get jealous sometimes depending on his mood. he sometimes sees others as no competition, choosing to just pull you close and wrap a tail around you showing others you already have a boyfriend. however, sometimes he gets really annoyed by others who are pushy and annoying, or sometimes he really wants your attention so you’ll see his smugness disappear, instead replaced with a scowl. his arm is around your waist, pulling you close as he bares his fangs at the other person, growling for them to get lost as he walks you away. afterwards you will be cuddling him and running your fingers through his hair as he rests on your lap. you will not be allowed to leave until his jealousy has subsided, just let him have it for an hour and he’ll be good afterwards, where he insists he was never jealous in the first place, why would he be jealous over a herbivore?

❁ཻུ۪۪ ━ ❝ ROOK HUNT. ❞

 today was a rare occurrence. although you often spent your time with your beloved boyfriend, you ended up unable to find him and almost gave up. you figured he was probably trying to watch Leona from afar again, a miracle he had no lawsuits on his hand. making your way through the greenhouse, you found Leona napping but no Rook. you’d even tried searching the trees, but found nothing.

with all your rummaging you’d woken up Leona, making you internally groan. you had no idea why Rook even wanted to watch over him, he was the meanest person you’d ever met. “hey, herbivore! i’m talking to you. why are you here making a mess?” he growled, you thought of excuses in your head before settling with a glare. “have you seen Rook?” you asked as you tripped on his foot he may or may not have swept under your feet. stifling laughter, he noticed your nose bleed and picked you up with his tail, not apologizing but handing you a tissue Ruggie gave him earlier. as you snatched it, you scowled and attempted to push his tail off of you. only for him to coil it tighter and snicker at your reaction.

“Roi de Leon, thank you for your friendliness with mon cheri, but this hunter would like his prey back.” Rook smiled, emphasizing on friendliness as he descended from the sky. he jumped from a tree branch so tall you were unsure how a human could climb it. nonetheless, you smiled and greeted your boyfriend who helped you escape Leona easily, you could tell by the tone of his voice he was upset or perhaps even jealous.

though you were a little unsure if Rook was jealous about your friendliness with Leona as he called it, or the fact you got to touch his tail if he was jealous. you’d known your loving boyfriend had been stalking him for quite a long time, even commenting on what a good carpet he’d be, but you did get to touch his tail without being yelled at. while contemplating which he was upset about, you failed to see him smiling and glaring at Leona, interlocking your hands together and dragging you away. “mon cheri,” Rook said, getting your attention. “your beaute is magnifique, but veuillez vous abstenir de parler avec Roi du Leon for now.”

in general, Rook doesn’t show he’s jealous often, and sometimes you’d think it’s almost impossible, but he has very slight tells. his gaze would sharpen on you or your surroundings, especially on the person you were talking with. he normally brags that you are indeed beautiful, but finds a way to throw in how you’re dating him. he’d also show a lot more pda, and very loudly announce to everyone who looked at you two how he was your boyfriend while singing praises. he normally won’t be jealous as an average beauty enjoyer, but as soon as someone tries to touch you or keeps hinting, he’s immediately there to stop it and gets upset. he never takes his jealousy out on you, though. he prefers to just smile it off and be way more affectionate afterwards. only he gets to appreciate your beauty so closely, and trust everyone when he says he loves all of you, imperfections or not, and he will tell you that through kisses and cuddling, and a lot of French he is suddenly completely fluent in.

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thank you for reading! another quick upload during my spree. thank you for your patience, and taking your time to read my works before my event. normally i don’t like spamming the tags;; but i’d like to post my shorter content! hopefully this doesn’t upset people who don’t care about reading my works in the tags.

[storiesforallfandoms]

asserting dominance ~ machine gun kelly

word count: 1074

request?: yes!

“I sadly can’t share links in an ask, but glitterqueen96 posted a gif (tagged #machine gun kelly) of Colson spitting alkohol in a fans mouth. This gif is doing things for me, could you maybe write something inspired by it? Idk, i would love smthg about him showing you/the power he has over you off in public (i have a thing for confident, dominant men). Would be awesome but i can understand if its too weird, thx for all your writing”

“Hey, just saw the other anon about dominant MGK or Rook and was reminded of a video i saw a few days ago here on tumblr, where Colson spit alcohol in a womans mouth and since then I kinda wish to read an imagine about that 🙈 I don’t know, that clip just showed sutch confidence that the woman just accepts his spit and stuff and idk, dominant men are just my type Thank you for writing such awesome fics for us!”

description: in which he likes to show everyone that she belongs to him and him only

pairing: machine gun kelly x female!reader

warnings: swearing

masterlist (one, two)

If there was one thing that everyone knew about Machine Gun Kelly, it was that he was very protective over his girlfriend.

Colson loved you and treated you like a queen. He basically worshipped the ground you walked on and his friends often joked about how whipped he was, but he could care less. In fact, he would agree to this assessment with a smile on his face.

Of course, you felt the same way for Colson. You loved him more than anything. You couldn’t imagine your life without him at this point. But, surprisingly enough, he was the jealous one of the relationship.

With how many groupies and female celebrities that were trying to get close to Colson, everyone thought that you’d be the one to get jealous. You did have some moments of jealously sometimes, but you trusted Colson. You knew he’d never do anything, and he trusted you, too, but he couldn’t help but feel some form of jealousy when other guys tried to hit on you. He would always make some display to guys who were getting a little to close to show them that you were his and his only.

You and Colson were invited to a party by one of Colson’s friends on one of their rare nights off. You were dressed in a short, tight dress, one that showed off your every curve and drove Colson absolutely wild. His eyes nearly popped out of his head when you walked down the stairs.

“Fuck baby,” he said, wasting no time in grabbing your ass once you reached him. “I wanna take this thing off you already.”

“You’ll have to wait,” you told him, making sure to rub against him in a way to tease him more. “I spent a lot on this dress and I wanna wear it.”

Colson sighed and reluctantly let you go. You smirked at him before leaving up to kiss him.

His eyes were on you constantly throughout the night. Even when you were talking to others or dancing with your friends, Colson’s eyes were scanning your body. The beautiful body that he was fortunate enough to make love to every night.

But Colson wasn’t the only attention you had. A handful of guys in attendance also had their eyes glued to you as you moved your hips to the music. Colson noticed these looks and tried his best not to get too upset over it, but it was hard when they were looking at you as if you were a piece of meat.

You stumbled off the dance floor towards the kitchen for another drink. The kitchen was so crowded that you basically had to shove everyone out of the way in order to get to the alcohol.

“Feisty little thing, aren’t you?” a guy you had shoved asked as you started pouring your drink.

“First, I’m not that little,” you retorted. “And second, if a bunch of assholes were surrounding the alcohol you were trying to get to, you’d be ‘feisty’ too.”

The guy chuckled and put up his hands in mock surrender. “Okay, fair enough! My bad, I’ll stop surrounding the alcohol then.”

“Good. Other people want to drink too you know.”

He shrugged and held his cup out to you. “On that note, mind pouring me a drink?”

You obliged and filled his cup before placing the bottle aside.

“Thanks. I’m Brad by the way.”

“(Y/N). Nice to meet you, Brad.”

“You too, (Y/N). Not to be too forward, but are you here with anyone?”

You chuckled to yourself and shook your head. You figured this would happen. “I am. I have a boyfriend, he’s in the other room actually.”

“Should I be afraid then?”

You raised an eyebrow. “Depends. Are you going to keep trying to flirt with me?”

“If you want me to, I’d certainly like to try.” He even winked! Then openly checked you out after you told him you were there with someone! This bastard has some balls.

Your eyes drifted behind Brad to see an angry looking Colson making his way towards the two of you. You tried not to smirk, knowing what was coming next.

“Hey babe,” Colson said, wrapping his arm around your waist. “Just wanted to see what was taking so long.”

“I was just talking to Brad here,” you responded, gesturing to your attempted flirt. “Brad, this is my boyfriend, Colson.”

You could see recognition cross Brad’s face as he looked over Colson. You cuddled into his side, feeling a sense of pride at Brad’s sudden deer in the headlights expression.

Colson reached out and grabbed the drink you had just poured for Brad out of his hand, glaring at him in the process. He didn’t break eye contact as he took a mouthful of the drink. He moved the hand that was around your waist to cup your face and turn it to face him. He squeezed it in a way that opened your mouth.

Your eyes widened as you felt the harsh liquid hit the back of your throat. You coughed a bit after swallowing it, the alcohol burning your throat as it went down. Colson dumped the rest of the contents and threw the empty plastic cup back at Brad. He took your arm and guided you out of the kitchen and into a mostly empty hallway.

“Spitting in my mouth,” you commented. “That’s a new one.”

“Yeah, I kinda came up with it on the spot,” he said. I’m sorry, was it too much?”

“It was unexpected, but it was kind of hot.” You shrugged. “I like the ways you show off that I’m yours.”

“It’s not too much? I’m not too much?”

You smirked and leaned forward to start kissing his neck. “Not at all. I want every guy who tries to hit on me to know that I’m yours.”

A breathy moan escaped Colson’s lips as you sucked on his neck. His hands gripped your waist, one of them slowly trailing to grab your ass.

“Do you still want to get me out of this dress?” you whispered in his ear, nipping at his earlobe.

“That’s all I’ve wanted all night,” he responded.

“Then find an empty room and fuck me so hard that everyone at this party will know who I belong to.”

You didn’t have to tell him twice. He grabbed your hand and yanked you into the nearest empty room.

[fairestwriting]

If requests are still open, could I please have some headcanons with Riddle, Jack, Azul, Jamil and Rook where their S/O is tired, sad and burnt out after a long and stressful day (or couple of days) and asks for cuddles to help them feel better?

yesyes! may the boys give us all the comfort we need...

+ if you like my writing, you can buy me a ko-fi to support me!

Riddle Rosehearts

Is shy with physical affection, but he won’t deny you at all. Lays or sits with you somewhere comfortable, tentatively putting his arms around you.

He starts off a little stiff and quiet because he’s worried, hearing that from you, but his tension goes down soon enough. Asks you carefully about what’s wrong, if you needed to talk or if you wanted for him to get you some tea or something like that.

Will listen to any ranting that you want to do, or just hold you in silence, nuzzling his face into your shoulder as he laces his fingers with yours. He really does hope that this makes you feel better.

Doesn’t let you get up too soon, you really do seem so tired and he wants you to rest. Will try to keep you there for enough time for a nap, at least, or just some time for you to clear your mind.

Jack Howl

Jack is such an attentive boyfriend, he’s on it the second you ask him for some love.

If you’re not at a very private or comfortable space, he’ll urge you to go back to your room or his so you could get some better rest, then lay on your bed next to you, putting his arms around you or holding you to his chest, whatever he thinks would make you feel safer at the time.

He asks you pretty quickly about what the issue was, and if he could do anything to help, assuring quietly that he’d do it for you, whatever it was. If you don’t want to talk about it, he won’t mind being in silence either.

Also the type who plays with your hair if you let him, it soothes him when you touch his so he hopes it feels nice and calming for you too.

Azul Ashengrotto

Unused to affection so he hesitates a bit, he’ll clear his schedule of whatever he had to do later, though, and attend to your wishes.

Azul is a big worrier, even before he gets close to you he’ll ask you what’s wrong, if you wanted him to do anything for you. Promises that if anyone’s giving you hell, he’ll give it back to them. If you don’t want to talk, though, he’ll drop it without a second thought.

He’s a little cool to the touch so if you’re the type who gets cold easily he’ll pull a blanket over the two of you to warm you up while he holds your hands -- That’s the only part of his that feels warmer, oddly enough, even without his gloves.

Good if you want a distraction from your daily life stress, since he has a lot of anecdotes about all the different people he meets through the week. He’ll tell all of them to you if you want.

Jamil Viper

Also a bit hesitant because of how reserved he is, but he complies. Like Jack, he’ll insist on taking you to either of your room’s if you aren’t there already.

The way he holds you is very tentative, he’ll be treading carefully for a while because he doesn’t want to risk overwhelming you when you’re upset. He gets warmer slowly, first his arms are around you, a couple minutes later he laces his fingers with yours, then maybe he nuzzles his face onto your back a bit.

Mostly quiet. He’s worried, but you haven’t started any rantings yet, so he’ll just assume you want peace, not asking much besides a standard “What’s wrong?”

A very good listener if you need to vent. He just adjusts everything to your pace, responding only when you seem to want a response, paying attention to what you say or look like you need. It’s the best way of improving your mood, in his mind.

Rook Hunt

Is open for cuddles whenever and wherever, as soon as you ask for them he gives you a big hug, though that might be toned down depending on how upset you look.

Rook... has a lot of energy, always, so comfort may not be the department he’s the best at, but his wish to see you feeling better really shows through how he cuddles you. He takes you into his arms so openly, holding you close like he wants to protect you from the whole world, and even though he might start chattering about whatever, you can feel your worries melt away while you cling to him.

Depending on how your mood is, he might do some silly things to try and get you to smile, like talk about things he’s seen when he was out hunting, rivers and flowers and sceneries he thinks are almost as gorgeous as you. You probably don’t hear much, he feels really warm and you’re likely to just doze off as he holds you.

[gayoperatorgunclub]

For the ultimate ship meme, Lion and Doc? I'm sorry, I'm LionDoc trash-

it’s all good!! whenever someone sends in an ask, i get an excuse to talk/write about one of my interests! really, it makes me so happy to be able to create content that people hopefully enjoy!! 💝💝💝

General:

Rate the Ship -   Awful | Ew | No pics pls | I’m not comfortable | Alright | I like it! | Got Pics? | Let’s do it! | Why is this not getting more attention?! | The OTP to rule all other OTPs

How long will they last? - until the end of time, babey

How quickly did/will they fall in love? - it was love at first sight but then they started talking i do think it was some form of ~interest~ in one another at first sight, but then all that drama and lack of communication happened so they didn’t really allow themselves to even dream about the possibility of a relationship. HOWEVER! once lion joined rainbow and they talked their shit out like people who know how to cope, there was a period of a few months that is now referred to as The Four Months of Pining™, during which glaz did a lot of paintings where the subject (who usually bears an uncanny resemblance to doc or lion) is staring at something (or someone) longingly. he calls it his french period. when they finally get together, a LOT of money changes hands. and goes straight into sledge’s pocket (he was the only one who bet that it would take them this long). diana gets a brand new collar (handmade), bed (handmade), dish (handmade), and many new toys (some handmade, some store-bought. sledge’s craftsmanship can only get him so far) 

How was their first kiss? - you know how the french are supposed to be super suave and confident??? and how gay people are trying their hardest but they’re just Not Good at things????? (i know these are stereotypes but stay with me). well, with their 5/8 french blood (i hc one of doc’s parents is fully algerian while the other is half french, half algerian), and their 4/4 gay blood, they have an 81.25% chance of success in matters of the heart. sadly, that 18.75% chance of failure came into play during this situation. picture it. doc and lion. romantic, home-cooked dinner. le festin is playing in the background. they’re holding hands over the table. suddenly, doc’s cat goes into labour. all hell breaks loose. lion is getting flashbacks to his son’s birth, so now he’s hyperventilating. doc carries him to the couch and turns on the fan so he can cool off and catch his breath, before carefully moving his cat, Rayie (arabic for gorgeous, pronounced rye-ah) to the living room in his handmade Birthing Box, then grabs a pile of blankets and a heat lamp and situates himself on the ground nearby so he can help her if she needs it. once the kittens are born (they’re twins!! Sadiqi is the boy, and Amirti is the girl!!!) doc makes sure they’re nice and warm and that Rayie is recovering, and gives her pets while she cleans her babies. once the happy family is all settled in for the night, doc walks over to the couch and just. lays down on top of lion. once he’s gotten over the adrenaline of the birth, he takes lion’s face in his hands and says “promise me you’ll be more calm if we ever decide to have kids” and gives him a BIG smooch while lion’s just short-circuiting like “does he know i have a son???? did i forget to mention my son?????? also what about these kittens??? are they not sufficiently childish to count as children????? DOES HE WANT KIDS????? does he want to marry me??????? wait why is he getting so clo-”

Wedding:

Who proposed? - lion. it was the day of their two year anniversary (yes i AM saying they got together the august after outbreak don’t @ me) and they were on vacation at doc’s family’s Secret Beach House. they were vibing on the balcony, watching the sunset, when lion suddenly clears his throat. doc turns to look at him and finds his boyfriend down on one knee, looking like he might flee to Bermuda. he’s reaching for something in his pocket. doc starts laughing. lion, completely misunderstanding his reaction, flushes and stammers out an apology. doc sees this, and immediately stops, though he’s still smiling gleefully as he catches lion by the biceps, then reaches into his own pocket and pulls the ring he was going to give olivier. they exchange rings, giggling like little kids, and spend the rest of the night making out on whatever surfaces are available. 

Who is the best man/men? - for lion? montagne. (his son is the ring bearer and doc’s niece is the flower girl). for doc? rook. he’s so happy he gets to participate in his dad’s wedding

Who is the bride’s maid(s)? - for lion: finka. for doc: twitch

Who did the most planning? - both of them!! do you know how hard they worked to ensure the ceremony was valid in the eyes of both of their religions

Who stressed the most? - s e e  a b o v e

How fancy was the ceremony? - Back of a pickup truck | 2 | 3 | 4 | Normal Church Wedding | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Kate and William wish they were this big.

Who was specifically not invited to the wedding? - lion’s parents. they tried to call him during the reception but doc’s grandma grabbed his phone and started cussing them out, talking about dishonor and how they tried to disown him so they’re not his parents anymore, and besides, his new family absolutely adores him, so really, it’s their loss. once she hangs up, she pulls lion into a hug and he calls her his favorite, if only, grand-mère

Sex:

Who is on top? - who’s topping? lion. but sometimes doc gets bitchy so he gets to set the pace if you know what i mean

Who is the one to instigate things? - they are both lowkey horny 24/7 so 👀👀👀

How healthy is their sex life? - Barely touch themselves let alone each other | 2 | 3 | 4 | Once a couple weeks, nothing overboard | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | They are humping each other on the couch right now (only because they do get to see each other fairly often. if one goes on a long mission without the other, once they get back they will bump it up to a 10 real quick)

How kinky are they? - Straight missionary with the lights off | 2 | 3 | 4 | Might try some butt stuff and toys | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Don’t go into the sex dungeon without a horse’s head

How long do they normally last? - idk long enough ig. maybe longer if someone feels they’ve been left ~unsatisfied~ they might go a few more rounds ;))

Do they make sure each person gets an equal amount of orgasms? - ok it depends on what they’re doing but usually it’s one or two each, but on ~special~ occasions it’s either doc getting edged and denied for hours, OR doc getting forced to come over and over again until he’s begging for something, whether it be more or a goddamn break even he isn’t really sure. either way he’s crying and lion is consistently asking if he needs to safeword and otherwise checking in because they may like it rough but that doesn’t mean he doesn’t care

How rough are they in bed? - Softer than a butterfly on the back of a bunny | 2 | 3 | 4 | The bed’s shaking and squeaking every time | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Their dirty talk is so vulgar it’d make Dwayne Johnson blush. Also, the wall’s so weak it could collapse the next time they do it.

How much cuddling/snuggling do they do? - No touching after sex | 2 | 3 | 4 | A little spooning at night, or on the couch, but not in public | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | They snuggle and kiss more often than a teen couple on their fifth date to a pillow factory.

Children:

How many children will they have naturally? - unless someone’s hormones and organs get fucked, zero

How many children will they adopt? - probably none?? idk they’ve already got lion’s son and they’re both busy enough with work so

Who gets stuck with the most diapers? - NEITHER!!!!! DISGUSTANG!!!!!!!!!

Who is the stricter parent? - god i wanna say both. like lion and his attachment to rules??? but doc and his Mom Friend energy????? but ig lion BUT HE’S NOT STRICT TO THE POINT HE’S A BUZZKILL OR ANYTHING HE’S JUST RESPONSIBLE (he will NOT allow his husband and son to go vandalize the property of some islamaphobic brits, as much as he agrees with the sentiment) 

Who stops the kid(s) from doing dangerous stunts after school? - doc will only allow vandalism if it’s in the name of righteousness. meaning, he’ll allow their son to spray paint the walls of a goddamn walmart with shit like “eat the rich” and a portrait of robespierre and a guillotine, but it is a HARD NO on defacing places like the library or community center (unless he has a good reason to do so). lion spends his time praying and making sure his son knows which acts of civil disobedience are acceptable and which are distorting their goal 

Who remembers to pack the lunch(es)? - doc. he (privately) dreams of retiring (eventually) and living out his lifelong dreams of being a househusband. so

Who is the more loved parent? - SHUT THE FUCK UP RIGHT NOW GET OUT OF MY HOUSE IM GONNA BEAT YOUR ASS. but ig lion??? BUT ONLY BECAUSE THEIR SON HAS KNOWN HIM LONGER. doc is half Dad and half Cool Uncle Who Gives Me Spray Paint And Tells Me To Make Myself Heard (to clarify, i know doc is a pacifist, but im kinda projecting my own sentiment of “we’ve tried to be peaceful but you wouldn’t give us the time of day. now that we’ve “acted out” we’ve gotten your attention, and rest assured, things are going to change.” he won’t hurt anybody, he’s just tired of having to be everyone’s “muslim friend” and educating people on things they could google themselves)

Who is more likely to attend the PTA meetings? - it used to be lion out of necessity, but when people started asking about his “wife” he was really torn between telling them that he and his son’s mother separated, but now he has a partner and his son seems very happy about it. when doc finally attends a meeting with lion, people really struggle to hide their shock. a few clunky but well-meaning “we support you”’s and “we’re sorry for everything that’s been going on”’s later, doc has used his charm to make friends with literally everyone. from then on, he is on pta duty on behalf of lion and his ex

Who cried the most at graduation? - lion! his parents purposefully didn’t show at his, so it’s a big deal for him to show his son just how proud he is. doc tears up a little too, but manages to mostly keep it together so he can support lion, who spends most of the day heave-crying about how proud he is into his husband’s shoulder. gustave just pats him on the back and tells him that they’ll run out of donuts if they don’t get to the concession stand soon

Who is more likely to bail the child(ren) out of trouble with the law? - doc. civil disobedience, baby!! he has never been caught. lion fears the law after his youth, so he tries to avoid any visits to law enforcement. he also can’t stand to see his son behind bars

Cooking:

Who does the most cooking? - doc. househusband, remember?

Who is the most picky in their food choice? - doc, but only because he can be a bit of a spice supremacist. he has to get his ingredients from these very specific farms and markets or else his great grandmother will begin manifesting in their house to curse them

Who does the grocery shopping? - doc, bc he does NOT trust lion to not just sweep all of the microwave ramen and kraft mac n cheese into the cart then sprint to self-checkout

How often do they bake desserts? - whenever possible. doc and maestro live by the philosophy “don’t do anything halfway” if they’re going to go through the trouble of making a meal, it will have multiple courses. 

Are they more of a meat lover or a salad eater? - doc is more of a salad eater but only for ease of consumption with halal laws. he adores filet mignon

Who is more likely to surprise the other(s) with an anniversary dinner? - lion! maestro enlists himself as assistant head chef after walking into the base’s kitchen one day to find lion covered in flour and lying facedown on the floor, crying

Who is more likely to suggest going out? - also lion! though he’s memorized doc’s order at all of their favorite restaurants, so he usually just gets take out and puts on a big show of being a “tired housewife who works in the kitchen all day just for this one meal” and setting up the table so it’s all nice and romantic

Who is more likely to burn the house down accidently while cooking? - lion. he tried crème brûlée once. never again 

Chores:

Who cleans the room? - lion. organization is everything to this man. doc helps with laundry and such, but for the most part he leaves organization to lion and his systems (think leslie knope levels of planning and organization)

Who is really against chores? - neither! they both understand that teamwork makes the dream work, baby!!

Who cleans up after the pets? - doc, since lion’s already asked him which color hanger should represent “clothes i can tear off my husband before we fuck” and he needs a Moment

Who is more likely to sweep everything under the rug? - neither. they don’t own a broom

Who stresses the most when guests are coming over? - lion because of the deep-seated catholic urge to appear perfect in front of others, and doc because people will gossip, olivier!

Who found a dollar between the couch cushions while cleaning? - lion. he immediately called doc into the room and asked “is this your stash of drug money?” doc, who had been asleep because it was 3 in the morning on a saturday, just stares at him

Misc:

Who takes the longer showers/baths? - it is so bold to assume they don’t shower together to “cut costs”

Who takes the dog out for a walk? - lion is known in their neighborhood as the man who walks cats. there is a facebook page where people post pictures of him walking his cats. vigil is an admin

How often do they decorate the room/house for the holidays? - LITERALLY EVERY HOLIDAY GETS DECORATIONS. lion makes his own for the muslim holidays since there really aren’t many “of good quality” in stores. when they first started dating, doc came home to find his house covered in ramadan decorations, and lion standing precariously on a ladder, trying to string up fairy lights while learning how to pronounce important arabic words. needless to say, doc cries

What are their goals for the relationship? - mutual joy and contentment!!!! 

Who is most likely to sleep till noon? - doc. he’s sleepy

Who plays the most pranks? - lion, but they’re stupid ones like replacing certain pictures with danny devito. doc gets back at him by replacing pictures of jesus with ewan mcgregor, and putting yoda into his nativity scene. lion doesn’t notice

[r6s-imagines]

Hello! Is it alright that I request for the kinks of the gign? Please and thank you! :D

this has been requested a few times now, so here we go!

also, kink lists are getting a little tiring, so i may stop writing them for a bit, but i’ll keep the requests in my drafts!

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gign preference >> kinks

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MASTERLIST

warnings: SMUT, cursing

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summary: what are the members of gign’s nastiest kinks?

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rook

feet.

listen, you knew i had to say it at one point, someone’s gotta like the feet.

to him, there’s something so arousing about the thought of it

especially yours

perhaps it’s how soft your soles are

or maybe it’s how you wrap your toes around his cock just right

it’s not like he’ll stick his nose in your sock drawer, but sometimes, on your off days, he can’t take his eyes away from your feet as you lay on the couch

other than that, he’s a relatively vanilla man when it comes to sex

missionary, little foreplay, he’s about as textbook as you can get

except for his little fascination

i’m so sorry i didn’t know what to write for rook

montagne

size difference

more specifically, cock-stuffing

he’s a big guy, let’s be real

he adores anyone smaller than him, which is a pretty common occurrence.

regardless, he really enjoys being able to pound so far into your guts that he can see a slight bulge in your abdomen

gilles places his hand on your stomach, feeling his movements through your skin

“look at how much i’m filling you.”

he also gets a kick out of being able to carry you around; over the shoulder, bridal, even playfully dangling you by the ankles

the most awkward part is having people assume he’s your father

but nope

that’s your boyfriend

and your boyfriend loves manipulating your body with his dick.

twitch

massages

chances are that she’s sore from work and stress

and she loves physical affection

so some nights, she’ll come home exhausted, you’ve already run a bath and planned on joining her.

she’ll rest her head on your shoulder, with you holding her weight on your chest.

run your hands over her shoulders, trailing down to her hips

hold one there while the other gets to work below

you’ve got to be careful with your touches during work, she gets heated oddly quick.

just to fuck with her, you’d brush your hand against her thigh at the end of a successful mission

emmanuelle gives you a knowing look, as if to ask if you knew what you were doing

you always knew what you were doing

she melts at your touch

just looking at your hands...

doc

post-orgasm torture

the experience goes either way, depending on his mood

some days, he wants nothing more than to be held down by you as you endlessly jerk him off

his abdomen flexes as he’s squirming, begging to cum

once he begs, he knows he’s fucked, because you don’t stop

as his fluids are leaking out, you’re running your hand along his cock faster

he whines and giggles from the overstimulation

his favorite finish is when you’re riding him, semen leaking from your hole as you keep grinding

if it keeps the climax going, he’ll love it

“pl—please stop! no — keep g—going—“

he sounds like he’s on the fence, but he really can’t get enough of the pleasure

gustave has a stressful life, and to feel those moments of bliss means everything

[zuffer-weird-girl]

overhaul asks his s/o to bake alot of desserts for a event that will take place (a meet up of alot of different yasukas ) his s/o agrees but before they can leave overhaul requests desserts for him and only him, his s/o is done a presents him with his desserts and he trys them, he melts in delightfullness and bliss and trys to hide the fact hes in bliss because of a dessert ,when the meetup starts he brings in the desserts and brags about how his so is so amazing at baking but s/o is listening

😻💜💙

"You're actually serious?" You asked with mouth agape at Chisaki whose only seemed irritated at your question.

"I will not repeat the same thing more than twice... Honestly, you aren't deaf so you did understand me on the firt time." He sighed while crossing his arms and closing his eyes to contain his annoyance quieted down.

You smiled widely before throwing your hands up in the air in extremely happiness while shouting a small 'yay!' While you twirled around, not noticing the smile that had grow on your face stoic boyfriend.

What? You were cute, let him be...

You knew how important were the meetings and gatherings where involved the yakusa in general, and the ones whose were invited; or forced if they didn't comperate; were considered extremely lucky on the underground.

As much as you wasn't from there, you knew how important the yakusa was to your Chisaki, so imagine how were you feeling at the moment?

Him. Chisaki Kai. Overhaul himself. Asked, aka demanded, you to make some of your sweets for the event that was soon coming.

"Wait-!" You paused on your glee and immediately went to worry "Kai oh my god, what if something bad happens? What if they don't like it and you only get embarrassed by it? Or even if Pops-"

"Shut it." He said sternly making you lower your head while muttering 'okay, sorry'.

He sighed out loud while pinching his nose, soon looking at you with serious eyes.

"If I even mentioned this with you is because you're aren't a conplete lost cause in my eyes so just ignore it my demand or accept it."

That was a compliment... in his language... so it was already enough to ease your nerves while you breath out in relief.

"Thank you. Don't worry I will do it." You smiled sweetly at him, receiving only a nod.

"Good. This way we don't expend much money at least."

"Hey. Who said it was going to be for free? Those things take quite a work to do, you know? Not even speaking on the ingredients..." you crossed your arms and looked at him seriously in the eyes.

He looked at you, surprised for a moment, before his face turned into one of deep thought while he uncrossed his arms and tapped a finger of his in his chin.

Suddently he murmured a small 'oh' before he lowered his mask down his chin while with the other hand he picked one of yours and placed a kiss on your palm gently.

You widened your eyes in surprise while he lifted his gaze up at you again, still holding your hand in his much bigger and gloved one.

"Does this count?"

"Will I get more of those?" You tried to ignore the furious blush in your face while you still remained your tone of voice neutral.

"Probably."

"Then that's enough of payment. Shower of kisses here I come baby!" You said happily making your way to the kitchen while your boyfriend chuckled dryly as he shooked his head hopeless.

"To get the ingredients is only write on a paper and give it to Chrono, understood?"

"Poor Kurono... honestly, he deserves a break." You giggled while you were preparing your territory to start to make your creations.

"He doesn't." Chisaki growled before he made his way slowly to you, putting his mask back as he walked, while he was trying to form the right words to this... stupid request of his...

"Kai? Something wrong?" You asked, noticing the way he was looking at... nowhere, in deep in thought.

He took a big breath before looking you dead in the eye and just dropped the words without a care.

"There are some... sweets that I would be interested on, how can I say, taste... exclusively. If its not a problem angel. Just to make sure they are plausible."

You wanted to laugh so badly at that one but you still remained strong and nodded with a trembling smile before he left the room... leaving you to giggle and laugh as you wanted.

You always knew Chisaki had a sweet tooth but ever since the 'event' with your cake you discovered that he was slightly... obsessed and had a weak spot for sweets.

No wonder he asked for those to his meeting, but asking for EXCLUSIVE ones for only him to taste was knew.

He was so cute and he didn't even know it!

~

"I see you quite work fast... I'm impressed." Chisaki said in pure amusement as he saw already a bunch of sweets ready to the gathering tommorow... you had woken up in the morning to start all of this.

He cursed how his mouth had watered in mere seconds...

"Your meeting is tommorow so I have to be fast! Especially when there are some... specific requests." You smirked as you placed carefully one cherry at the top of one of many decorated pieces of white fancy chocolate.

You picked one carefully between your fingers and asked for Chisaki to come closer.

"These are one of the many you say it it would be on your preference handsome." You offered to him the little sweet which Kai eyed in curiosity.

"Simple yet plausible for many eyes. Congrats." He lowered his mask to his chin as he grabbed and rook a tentative bite of it.

Curse you... those things were delicious dear god, how?

He sighed in bliss subsconciously before he noticed your pleased smile, he immediately regain his compusture and regained his tone of voice back.

"It's... decent for the event. Rather interesting if I dare say so myself." You lift your fist up on the air and brought close to your face while murmuring a 'yes!' In victory as Chisaki took your distraction as a opportunity to enjoy this little piece of heaven in peace as he placed the rest on his mouth.

Ah shit. He wanted more.

"This one I'm a bit aprehensive though... stuffed chocolate pots with a bit of strawberry... do you think is too much nauseous?"

"Well, I do know some of them who are a bit... obsessed with chocolate. It depends really, they aren't ridiculous childs who will stuff their faces like pigs angel." He said already picking one, admiring the little details that you putted in each one.

"Ah! I almost forgot!" You said sudden before you went to the fridge and took off one piece of a tiny cherry cake... seing that your stubborn boyfriend was already munching on one of the pots.

"Seriously?" You asked giggling while offering the tiny plate to him, receiving a scowl of his.

"Can't exactly blame me when they are surprisingly good... what is this?"

"Decided to spoil a bit since you're always doing the same with me, so~" you poijted at the little piece "Here's one of your favorites! I knew you like cherry!"

He widened his eyes for a little in genuine surprise before returning them to his normal boredom.

"I see. Thank you my angel." He placed it down, making you confused a bit before he picked your hand and kissed gently your palm again.

"Payment." He murmured, the vibration kf his voice in your palm sending shivers to your whole body.

"The best I ever had and ever will in my whole life so far..." you whispered to yourself and immediately regret it whem Chisaki lifted his jead up staring you dead in the eye... smirking.

This man was going to kill you someday with his beauty... you could bet already.

"You need assistance? I can call-"

"Let Chrono rest." You giggled nervously "Come on Kai he also is going to that meeting tomorrow Isn't he? Let him have his break."

Yeah... of course... he was having a break, surely. Definitely not working.

"Right then." He went to leave before he suddenly stoped on his steps, returned to the kitchen balcon and grabbed his plate with a nod and left.

Dear god Chisaki...

~

"I must say mister Overhaul, those these sweet snacks are definitely awesome." Kai had to contain the urge of smirking at that while many others guests agreed.

"My boy, from which one you ordered those? Never saw then at least in the area that at least accept making rhose things for the yakusa." Pops asked curiously while he wiped his hand on a napkin.

"My partner made it. I simply asked if it was a interested of them on working for such a important event and they accepted, saying it was a honor." He talked while he pointed at the already famous table in the center.

"Ah sure, (Y/N)." Pops chuckled behind his glass of champagne.

He wouldn't embarrass Chisaki today... not today at least.

"Hum, is really impressive, do they owj a bakery or something if I may ask master?"

"No. They don't even need a shop to show their glorious talent. It's like they were born woth it or somethings related."

Everyone on that place who knew Chisaki for years could catch the glint of shiny in his golden eyes whenever he mentiomed your name or talents.

"Although I haven't see him trying nothing until now." Mimic muttred to Chrono whose was munching on something.

"(Y/N) said he eat what he had to yesterday..." mimic snickered at the explanation.

[alighted-willow]

A Few Quick Things...

Alright, so, in the beginning, I had intended on making an A//N blog for an AU of Ben Tennyson, who I dubbed Split!Ben due to the premise of him having DID. I have scrapped this idea. I meditated on it, I contemplated it, and it was a bad idea that would not have lasted long.

Since then, the idea of Split!Ben has blossomed into a character (another AU) called Cayden, who was a Ben until a chronic head injury caused him to [almost die] get amnesia, while being simltaneously separated from his friends and family, leading to him being taken in to a few other individuals (I don't want to spoilt anything...and it would take too long to explain) named Elkan and Taima.

Elkan basically raises him back from the ground up and renames him, until he begins to remember his previous life. Elkan sends him back to his former family (with the protection of two others who are soon employed to be his babysitter) but Cayden's personality stuck, leading to a vast divergence in the timeline.

Cayden is a friendly character, but I don't think he would be all too interested with Kevin. It isn't set in stone yet, but I think the two would have a bit of an issue with partnering up, and, thus, Cayden (under the guise of Ben) would have stopped hanging out with Gwen, too.

Cayden would live a double life no matter when in the timeline I would start the story.

As a preteen, he was a bit of a goody-two shoes with above average grades and decent citizenship in school by day, and would go out to kick butt with, study with, or hang out with Gwen (the two would grow apart later).

As a young teen, he was moody (and had an issue with his identity, was a bit angsty) and would sneek out to hang out with his at-the-time boyfriend, or he would go out to a rave, or go downtown for a street brawl.

As an older teen, around sixteen, Gwen would begin to spend more time with Kevin, the two forming a formidable duo (name pending?), and Ben was adverse to "third wheel" them, opting to go out alone on missions (leading to an increased fighting capability and a lessened dependence of the Omnitrix). When Gwen moved away for college, taking Kevin in tow, Ben didn't find out until after the move when he had been trying to unearth why his work load had increased so noticeably (the duo left a power vacuum).

Mid sixteen, Max decides that he doesn't like how isolated Cayden has become, and is worried of his safety should injury occur. This leads to him assigning Rook Blonko to be Ben's partner. Relationship between these two are pending.

Notible Relationships:

Zak Saturday/Enki: Zak and Ben had been long-distance friends since they were quite young, a relationship that Zak was determined to rekindle with Cayden upon finding out that Cayden had lost all feelings for him (the memories returned, but not the attached emotions. This is important, because it effects Cayden's ability to empathize with a lot of the people he grew up with, including his parents). The two grow into a sort of a bromance in which they will jokingly flirt with one another, tease each other, or go all mama bear on the other. These two conversing is also often like two gossiping school girls, leading to long Skype calls.

Dan Reaper: Dan is one of the people Elkan and Taima assigned to protect and advise Cayden. Dan is a bit of a lazy person and ambitious fighter, though he has a deep respect for life and strives to teaching Cayden restraint and said respect. Dan is a person Cayden typically goes to when he has an issue, and a person for whom Cayden has a deepest respect.

Oku Aku: Is a bit more of a brawler and is very spontaneous. Oku is easily more of an hands-on sort of person, and he is proud whenever Cayden demonstrates a sort of combat-specific quality, such as when he begins to through knives (much to Dan's horror). Paradoxically, Oku is a mama bear on stilts and will brutalize anyone who dares wound or otherwise harass either Cayden or Vare (Vare is his adopted son). Oku also strives to teach Cayden everything he knows, such as sword fighting and cooking (again, much to Dan's horror).

Vare Aku: Cayden and Vare are close friends. Vare also likes to create things (weaponry, salves) and will gladly give his creations to Cayden for him to test out in battle (sometimes, this is disasterous, othertimes, useful).

Kevin E. Levin: When averse animals stroll along each other, they typically will pass on by without much thought. This is how these two will act. Ben, originally, was extremely distrusting of Kevin (and still is) and would ask Gwen to not bring him with when the need to group together ever arises. Kevin and Ben/Cayden will "pass" the other by, they will ignore each other, and they will avoid each other. They don't like each other, at all. Kevin tolerates Ben because Ben is Gwen's cousin, Be tolerates Kevin because Kevin is with Gwen, and Cayden tolerates Kevin because murder is illegal.

Gwendolyn Tennyson: Ben and Gwen have gotten along swellingly ever since 'Ben' returned home after disappearing for over a month, and the two grew very close. When Ben became a moody teenager (and gave up the hero business), Gwen decided to give him space. Then she hooked up with Kevin, and Ben sort of fell to the background.

Albido: The two hate each other, plain and simple, but in a strange way. Albido is envious of Ben's possession of the Ultimatrix-then-Omnitrix, and Ben doesn't like that someone else had stolen his identity specifically to besmirch his name. He eventually grows amused to Albido's ridiculousness, and plays along. Occasionally, Ben will find himself alone with Albido, and he will mentally torment him to a degree. Albido is secretly a coward, and Cayden finds it unfathomably hilarious when Albido's plans backfire on himself.

Rex Salazar: These two partnered up once in Rex's dimension, but they never lost contact. They meet up a few times over, and grow to have an attraction to each other. Eventually, they two 'date' (is more like a booty call) until Rex realizes that some of his coworkers and friends ahad been catching on to the two's relationship. He then begins to cheat on Ben with Circe, and Ben is not happy when he finds out. Ever since then, the two have not gotten along very well, Ben being extremely passive aggressive and Rex being willfully blind to his doing anything wrong and wanting them to become friends again.

Taima Kura: Taima is one of my favorite creations. He's just...the worst. Taima likes to send 'gifts' to Cayden, but these are often in the form of amulets which he allowed to fall into the wrong hands for Cayden to deal with and various other such things. Taima loves chaos, and he loves disaster, and-while he also loves his elder brother's creation-everything he does for Cayden has a tendency to cause some variation of devastation, in the short-term if nothing else.

Elkan Kura: Elkan is kind and benevolent, and he adores his creation similarly. Cayden typically calls Elkan "Master", and is wholeheartedly devoted to his Master. Elkan will ask Cayden to "run an errand" on occasion, which Cayden will typically jump for and agree to, and Elkan is a very loving person, but he refuses to smother or swaddle Cayden. Elkan will always refer to Cayden by "my child", "Cayden", or so,etching of the like. Their relationship is like if your teacher was royalty and also your adoptive parent.

I could go on, but this has turned to borderline babbling and is already too long.

[cc-kouga-blog]

These Are The Days 1/9

This is my fic for @quietrook as part of the Pynch Secret Santa moderated by @pynchsecretsanta .

It’s a bit late because a) I had to visit the dentist and b) this fic grew legs and ran away from me at the last minute. Also, I forgot my AO3 password so I have to do this on tumblr.. sorry

I don’t know if I succesfully incorporated any of the prompts, but hopefully it’s close enough. I will upload more parts soon-ish

Hope you enjoy this one Rook 😊😊😊😊

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These Are The Days

Three days after his Aglionby graduation, Adam Parrish moved in to The Barns.

It wasn’t an easy decision to make for Adam. His apartment above St. Agnes was small and sad, but it was all his. It was the symbol of his independence. (He tried not to think too much about that one instance where Ronan secretly helped with the rent so he could pay his tuition). Moving in with Ronan felt like he gave up part of that independence, and one thing Adam Parrish hated as much as pity, was to be dependent on someone else.

But Ronan had approached him without his usual barb and instead presented two sheets of paper. On top of one, written in Ronan’s hand were the word ‘PROS’. There were only 4 items listed there.

- No rent = more money for text books.

- Excellent living conditions including but not limited to : decent mattress, decent pillows, air conditioner, fridge, TV.

- More time to spend with Opal and Chainsaw. (Ronan’s name was glaringly missing).

And the last one was written in a much smaller size than the rest. Adam had to squint to be able to read it.

- More time to make out with your boyfriend. If you want.

The other paper had ‘CONS’ on top and nothing else.

Ronan tried to act nonchalant as Adam read the short list, but he couldn’t quite mask his anxiousness. Adam re-read the list again and had to bite his lips to stop the grin threatening to take over his face.

“Are you sure there’s no con to this?” He asked.

Ronan scoffed. “It’s a fucking perfect plan Parrish.”

“I don’t know. You might snore.”

Ronan gave him a peculiar stare. “You know I don’t sleep much.”

Adam had to backtrack on that one. That way lied terrible memories he rather not discuss just yet, so he just shrugged. The offer bruised his pride a bit, but Adam had learned to bend. He was smart enough to realize that compromise was the key when dealing with Ronan.

In few short months he would be leaving for college, that meant leaving Ronan. He could finally admit to himself that he wanted Ronan, and it was obvious Ronan wanted him back. So he let himself be selfish and took whatever Ronan offered him. Adam needed to hoard the memories, the feels, and the taste of Ronan for those days they would spend apart.

“I don’t know, I might need a bit more convincing.” He finally said while rubbing his chin in mock seriousness.

“Oh?”

“Yeah. Especially the parts about the mattress and the making out part.” Adam’s eyes glinted mischievously.

The tip of Ronan’s ear pinked nicely, but he didn’t hesitate to grab Adam’s hand.

“If you’ll follow me. I can be persuaded to convince you.”

Later, when they were curled up shirtless on Ronan’s bed, Adam nuzzled at Ronan’s neck.

“Okay, I’ll move in.” He whispered.

Ronan kissed the top of Adam’s head. “Fucking perfect.”

***

Adam Parrish’s summer days used to be something like this.

Woke up early for work. Worked until lunch break. Ate half a sandwich for lunch. Worked until afternoon. Took a one hour break to rest his weary bones before going back to work. Came home late at night to do his summer reading while eating the last half of the sandwich. A quick shower and then sleep. Repeat.

But since he moved in with Ronan, his schedule changed quite a bit. It went more like this.

Woke up early for work. Ronan was already downstair with two stack of pancakes and two glasses of orange juice. A thermos of coffee, ready to go, was inconspicuously left on the counter. 7 minutes of breakfast and a short kiss later, he went out the door.

Adam worked until lunch break. When he walked out of his workplace, Ronan and Opal would be waiting outside with a bag of takeout food, usually burger, fries and milkshake. They would sit at the curb, with Opal in the middle, munching on the burger wrappers and the milkshake lids. Sometimes Chainsaw would flew in and joined them. Ronan would feed him his fries and they would get looks from passerby. Adam knew they made quite the spectacle, and for once he didn’t care.

After lunch, Adam worked until afternoon. Ronan and Opal would be off to do some mischiefs but they would return just in time to pick Adam up for his one hour break. Though it stretched to two hours now and used for grocery runs, or a short library visit, or a quick peruse at the local music store or a drive around Henrietta, where Adam would take a nap in the passenger seat while Opal pointed at various things outside the windows, saying “Kerah! What is that?”.

When the two hours were up, Ronan would drop Adam at his next workplace. After another short kiss, Adam would exit the BMW and returned to work. He came home just in time for dinner. After dinner was bonding time with Opal over TV, with Ronan keeping a running commentary in the background. Then it was bedtime, which meant making sure Opal brushed her teeth before tucking her in.

A quick shower later, Adam was ready for bed. Ronan would be waiting in bed for him, all soft smile and warm eyes. A few minutes of just kissing and touching, before Adam sighed and burrowed into Ronan’s embrace.

“Good night.”

A kiss on top of Adam’s head.

“Good night.”

Lights out.

Repeat.

Oh, except on Sunday.

On Sunday, Ronan woke up early for church. Adam had taken the day off and he would be downstair waiting with bacon and eggs and coffee. Ronan would leave after they exchanged a kiss. Then it was laundry time. Opal would ran circles around Adam while he hung the clothes.

When it was done, he and Opal would go on a small adventure; traipsing in the woods surrounding the Barns, digging around in the fields, or petting baby mice in the barns. Sometimes they would collect pebbles or pick up wild flowers to bring home. The pebbles went to an empty fishbowl sitting at the kitchen’s window sill. The flowers would go in a green vase to be put on Ronan’s bedside table. Then Adam would cook something up for lunch while Opal cleaned herself up.

Around mid-morning, the Lynch brothers would arrived. Declan would shake Adam’s hand and Matthew would twirl Opal around. Then the brothers would have some bonding time which included lots of swearing (Declan and Ronan), protesting (Ronan and Matthew), and laughing (all three) while Opal helped Adam prepared lunch. After, they all sat down for lunch and catch up on each other lives. It was nice, it was homey. Once lunch was finished, Declan would help Ronan with the dishes while Matthew read a storybook for Opal. Declan and Matthew stayed until afternoon, before they drove back to D.C.

Then it was Ronan helping Adam fold the laundry while Opal played with the crayons; Declan bought her a coloring book and Adam had showed her how to color, but she mostly ended up nibbling the crayons instead. It was a relaxing time for Adam. He and Ronan would talk about nothing and everything, trading bad jokes and funny stories.

They would have a bit of time before dinner. Adam usually used it to research college stuff or just lounging on the couch, reading. Ronan spent it watching shows about cars, with his head lying on Adam’s lap. This was Adam’s favorite time. Where everything was quiet and warm and right. Sometimes Opal would worm her way between Adam and Ronan. Ronan would curse because her hooves kicked him in the shins, or Adam would yelped because her elbows dug painfully into his side. In the end all three would end up snickering in a tangle of limbs on the too small couch while Chainsaw observed from her perch on the back of the couch.

And Adam would be overtaken by awe, because this was his life now. This was his family. This brilliant boy and magical girl and beautiful bird. They were his as much as he was theirs. Adam had found a place where he belonged. He was known, and he didn’t mind at all.

[thegloober]

How To Improve Yourself In 6 Months

You can’t. It’s really hard to change. I’ve been an addict. When you’re addicted to a drug you can’t just say, “Well, this is bad for me. I’m going to stop.”

Just give up now or be ready to go through a world of pain.

Or…

You can. But it’s really hard and few people do it.

You can’t say, “I’m out of shape and I don’t exercise so I’m going to start exercising every day now for an hour a day.”

I started exercising three times a week. Some weeks two. Some weeks one. I knew that if I overdid it, then I would simply lose interest.

In any case, I lost interest. I hated it .

I stopped even though I knew that stopping would hurt me and not help me.

It’s really hard to change.

But…

Here’s how you can improve in the next six months.

Remember this line: The way you do Anything is the way you do Everything.

Remember it.

I’ve had to improve at lots of things. Sometimes to survive and feed my family. Sometimes to stay healthy and LIVE. Sometimes because I simply wanted to.

Learning to improve at ONE thing gives you the ability to improve at everything.

I read the other day there are three aspects of “well-being”:

Connection with community or friends or family or partners

Freedom (every day you make more decisions for yourself instead of relying or being dependent on the decisions of others)

IMPROVEMENT

It doesn’t say “Improve yourself”. It just says “Improvement”.

Because if you improve at anything, you are improving yourself.

And the way you do anything is the way you do everything.

I’ve had to improve at investing, interviewing, writing, selling, negotiating, creativity, public speaking, leadership, programming — all just to survive.

I’ve had to improve at chess, comedy, poker, parenting, being a good husband/boyfriend, reading, friendship, charisma, authenticity — all because I wanted to.

I realized quickly that the “language” of getting good at one thing taught me the basic grammar to get good at everything.

The way you do anything is the way you do everything.

FIND ONE THING TO IMPROVE:

You can’t improve without passion and obsession.

After interviewing on my podcast 400 of the most successful people in recent history, there’s one thing I know: all of them were obsessed.

They were obsessed with their ONE THING.

But improving at their one thing meant they were improving at everything.

You can’t be great at golf without weight lifting.

You can’t be great at physics without having the charisma to get across your ideas.

You can’t be great at inventing the light bulb without knowing marketing.

HOW TO FIND YOUR ONE THING:

Some basics:

A) There will be many “one things” in your life. I’ve been obsessed with chess, computers, writing, TV, business, investing, speaking, podcasting, marketing, stand-up comedy, etc.

Each thing feeds the other.

B) Go to a bookstore: which section could you see yourself reading every single book?

C) List what you LOVED at the age of 13. How did it age?

For instance, Matthew Berry loved sports at age 13. He later was an unhappy Hollywood screenwriter. Miserable.

But he wasn’t going to be an athlete. He was too old. Not in the right shape for professional athleticism.

But he quit Hollywood. Got divorced. Went broke.

And for $100 a post he started writing blog posts about fantasy sports.

He improved every day.

And now he’s the ESPN anchor for fantasy sports. I can’t walk down the street with him without people going up to him constantly and thanking him.

D) Try lots of things.

E) What are you a little good at? Usually what you have some talent at could easily grow into an obsession.

I asked Sasha Cohen, a former world champion of figure skating, what was the one most important ingredient of being the best in the world at something. Anything.

“Obsession,” she said. And so did the other 399 people I’ve interviewed.

And once you find your obsession, how do you improve?

And remember two things:

When you improve at any one thing, you… IMPROVE.

The way you do ANYTHING is the way you do EVERYTHING.

PLUS, MINUS, EQUAL:

When I was 17 I barely knew how to play chess. But I was a geeky, lonely kid and I wanted to be popular and I wanted to be good at something.

I wasn’t an athlete and girls didn’t like a pimply scrawny kid like me with no confidence.

I knew the rules to chess and they asked me to play on the bottom board of the school team. They gave me a book of rules to read while we are on the bus to the match. I won my game.

I don’t know why, but I became obsessed with getting better. People liked me when I won! I wanted to be liked.

Within three months or so I was the best on the team. A year after that I was the best high school student in the state and one of the best people in the country for my age group at chess. A game that millions of people played.

Here’s what I did:

I found my PLUS:

I took lessons from Sammy Reshevsky (once the best player in the world) and Michael Wilder (the US Champion). I took lessons up to three times a week.

Not everyone lives near a mentor they could take lessons from.

But I also read one-two chess books a week. And I studied the games of all the top grandmasters. For instance, Bobby Fischer’s book “My 60 Memorable Games”. I went through each game and his analysis over and over.

I had real mentors and virtual mentors.

I found my EQUALS:

I found other people my level who were striving to be better. We would study the same books and try to analyze different positions. We would play against each other and this was a way to see how I was improving relative to my equals who were just as obsessed as me.

I found my MINUS:

After I became better than everyone else on my school’s chess team I started giving them lessons.

If you can’t explain a concept to a three year old then you don’t fully understand that concept. Which means I’d have to go back to my PLUS (real or virtual) to understand more.

30+ years later I’m a nationally ranked master. I play every day. It’s something I’ll enjoy for the rest of my life.

(Frank Shamrock, the best MMA fighter in history, explained to me his Plus, Minus, Equal theory)

I had to get better at investing to survive.

It was 2001 and I had lost all my money I had made by selling a business for $15, million. I was struggling to raise a family, pay my mortgage, and nobody would give me a job.

I found my PLUS: 200 or so books about investing. I also found real mentors by trading for various hedge fund managers, although I had to gain knowledge from the virtual mentors before real mentors would even talk to me.

I found my EQUALS: many message boards of investors, everyone trying to figure out the right strategies that gave good, consistent results. Was it value investing? Momentum? Arbitrage? Etc.

I found my MINUS: I started writing about investing to people who understood far less than me. The MINUS was critical because it helped me understand how the masses invested and what they were doing wrong that I could model via computer software.

I became a good investor and made a lot of money and pulled myself out of the hole at the exact moment I was about to be buried alive.

TEN A DAY:

In the summer of 2002 I was so depressed. I had about four months before I would lose my house.

I was scared. One thing made me happy.

I would write down ten ideas a day. Somehow being creative just a little bit made me happier. Made me have hope. Made me think I would make it. That no matter what I could make it.

I could climb. I could improve I could wish and hope and live and love. Just ten ideas a day and maybe one would be good or okay or something I could grab onto and it would pull me out.

And it did.

MICRO-SKILLS:

I wanted to get good at stand-up comedy. It’s scary to go onto a stage with a room full of strangers.

It’s like public speaking but it’s not. I could go up and speak about Donald Trump and everyone could nod their heads and then my job is done.

But in stand-up comedy you go up to a room full of people who have no idea who you are and you have to make them LAUGH every fifteen seconds, more or less.

It’s HARD to make people laugh.

Do you know how many times the average child laughs per day? 300 times!

Do you know how many times the average adult laughs per day? FIVE TIMES!

So if I’m doing stand-up comedy for 15 minutes I have to make the people in the crowd laugh roughly sixty times. 12x more than they normally do in a 24 hour period.

(Dave Chappelle has all of the comedy micro-skills: storytelling, likability, crowd work, punchlines, point of view, etc.)

I did the PLUS, MINUS, EQUAL. I did the ten a day. And still do.

BUT… “stand-up comedy” is not one thing. Just like “investing” is not one thing. And “chess” or “tennis” or “piano” or “business” is not just one thing.

Comedy is a collection of micro-skills where each skill has nothing to do with the other skills.

You have to master each micro-skill in order to improve.

Here are some of the stand-up comedy micro-skills: likability, crowd work, crowd control, humor, delivery, dealing with hecklers, stage work, act-outs, writing, voice work, etc.

Here are business micro-skills: ideas, execution, leadership, sales, negotiating, fundraising, marketing, customer relations, etc.

Here are chess micro-skills: openings, endgames, attacking, defending, tactics, positional ability, and each of those are broken into micro-skills (king and rook endgames, king and two bishops endgames, king pawn openings, queen pawn openings, tactics in closed positions, tactics in open positions, etc.).

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Divide your passion into micro-skills. Pick one each day. Get a little better at it.

Last night, for the first time, I did a full hour of comedy in front of a full house of people.

I had a blast.

Did they? The key skill of comedy is to know that if you are having a party, then they are also.

BORROW HOURS:

Malcolm Gladwell says that the Beatles practiced for 10,000 hours before they became the best in the world.

(The last time the Beatles performed together)

I’m 50. I don’t have that many 10,000 hours left in me.

But the good thing is: we’ve all done many things in life. You can borrow hours from other things you got good at.

I’ve put in my 20,000 hours writing. I’ve put in my 10,000 hours public speaking.

I was able to “borrow” hours from the time I’ve spent doing humor writing and public speaking when I started to get interested in stand-up comedy.

I had put in my 10,000 hours running businesses when I needed to get good at investing.

Investing means: “investing in businesses”. Too many people treat investing like a game. It’s not.

When I buy a share of Apple, I’m owning a piece of a real company with products, management, employees, investors, etc.

I borrowed from my hours running companies in order to understand how to value the companies I was investing in.

The other day someone said to me, “You can’t skip the line.”

Shut the F up.

I can do what I want.

FAIL FAST:

When I was 17 I was playing chess for my high school team. I was in the #1 spot after playing for just a few months.

I lost.

I threw the pieces on the board and ran out. I heard everyone laughing.

I didn’t go back to school for a week. I hated myself. I hated life. I judged my life by my ability to be good at something and now I was “bad”.

I was a sore loser.

I stayed at the same level for years. But then, I don’t know why, I stopped being a sore loser.

I loved chess but maybe it was because I had other things in my life. I had a business. I was married. I was creative in other ways.

So I took lessons again (plus minus equal) and I quickly hit the Master level.

How did I improve so quickly then?

By losing a lot of games and then studying them.

Where did I go wrong? What micro-skills did I need to learn? What was I missing?

I studied with my PLUS. I asked my EQUALS. I taught it to my chess students.

I got better.

At comedy I was heckled when I first started. I was telling an extremely crude joke.

A father had taken his two sons. He started yelling at me, “Get off the stage!” I was so new I didn’t know what was happening so I kept telling my jokes while he was yelling

Afterwards, the MC came on and said, “Sir, do you need a drink?”

And the heckler said, “That guy was weird.”

I didn’t know what I did wrong.

So I asked my PLUSses.

“Videotape yourself,” one said. So I started doing that and, now, several years later, I still do it. I videotape each set and watch myself with both the mute and un-mute buttons.

Another PLUS said, “Likability is more important than humor.” I went too fast into my crude humor without focusing on likability.

Another PLUS said, “Work on setup/act-out/absurd-ism/punchline.”

Another PLUS said, “Work on crowd work”.

One of my EQUALS said, “You didn’t show enough confidence on stage so the audience knew they could overpower you.”

Another EQUAL said, “Find things that the audience can relate to first.”

I had to fail and bomb and die before I could kill and destroy and murder.

SAY YES:

People always say, “Say no”. This is true. I even wrote the WSJ bestselling book, “The Power of NO”.

Well…

Say yes.

When you first start improving, say yes to everything. You need to learn.

I didn’t know what to say “no” to at first.

When I started my first business, “Can you design a logo for us?” Yes. “Can you write this software for us?” Yes. “Can you help us develop a new kind of tea?” Yes. “Can you come to LA for a meeting?” Yes.

I learned what to say Yes to and what to say No to. But I had to say a lot of Yesses.

With stand-up comedy, “Can you do one-liner jokes on a subway?” Yes. “Can you go up for 15 minutes even though you never have done that before?” Yes. “Can you go up tonight without any notice?” Yes.

“Yes” gives you the opportunity to build out the map of your comfort zone.

GO WHERE IT’S LEAST CROWDED:

I asked Peter Thiel, the first investor in Facebook, what made Facebook so special.

“It’s the tenth social media network out there. It wasn’t unique.”

“No,” he said. “It was the first.”

“The first what?”

“The first social network with verified identity.”

Every other one prior to it: MySpace, Friendster, GeoCities, Tribes.com, etc allowed anonymity.

Facebook went to the place least crowded and became a $500 trillion company while the others went out of business.

Warren Buffett worked at 40 Wall Street for Benjamin Graham. He could’ve stayed there. That’s where all the Wall Street investors were. That’s where all the information was.

No.

He moved to Omaha. There were no investors there.

(A very young Warren Buffett learning public speaking in Omaha because he had the foresight to know he needed that micro-skill to raise money)

By himself, he studied every company report. He read all day long.

He’d find small companies in the middle of nowhere that he thought were undervalued.

He would drive to those towns and put up signs: if any employee has shares they want to sell, you can find me at this motel.

And then he’d buy up all the shares he could. He didn’t buy them on a Wall Street exchange, competing with everyone else. He went to people’s homes.

He was the only person who did this. Everyone else stayed on one little block in one city.

He became the most successful investor in history.

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Everyone wants to stay in their comfort zone for a very good reason: It’s comfortable!

Of course it’s good and fun and easy to stay in the comfort zone. I HATE being uncomfortable.

But since EVERYONE is in the comfort zone, the comfort zone is where it’s most crowded. Everyone does the same thing, shares the same ideas, believes the same rumors, loves the same people, pursues the same dreams.

Right outside the comfort zone is a friendly neighbor: Opportunity.

Opportunity is just sitting there, waiting for someone to find it. But nobody wants to be uncomfortable.

Practice being a little bit uncomfortable each day. Practice getting outside the comfort zone.

Take a cold shower, tell jokes in a subway. Pitch an idea to your hero. Say sorry to your mother.

TALENT SEX:

Scott Adams, the creator of the most syndicated cartoon strip in history (Dilbert), told me:

“I was not the best drawer, but I was pretty good. I was not the funniest guy but I was pretty funny. I was not the best at business, but I was pretty good. But when I combined them all, I was the best.”

And that’s how he created Dilbert.

POINT OF VIEW:

When I look at social media, it seems like there are only two point of view: pro-Trump and anti-Trump.

One side screaming at the other. Nobody listening to anyone. Oh, and if you need to scream louder, find out what the latest viewpoint of your “team” is and shout it out loud.

Everyone in their air-conditioned suburban homes yelling how they’ve “lost faith in humanity” because of the other side.

Whatever I do, I try to have a unique point of view. Else I’m just replaying someone else’s thoughts.

Point of view on publishing: don’t beg an agent or publisher to publish your book. Self publish a book! And here’s why X, Y, and Z.

Then I self-published my most successful books, helped Amazon advertise their self-publishing, and even created a course on self-publishing.

I do a podcast. I don’t just interview people to get facts. I have a point of view: I want to know how people survived their darkest moments. How they climbed out of the hole.

Selfishly, I wanted to learn this so I could get better.

I didn’t ask Kareem Abdul-Jabbar how to get better at basketball. I could care less. I asked him why I couldn’t find any photographs of him smiling.

I didn’t ask Sara Blakely how to sew underwear (which made her a billionaire). I asked her how she avoided doubting herself when she had never been in the fashion business.

I didn’t ask Jewel how to be a better singer. I asked her why she turned down a million dollar deal when she was homeless and sleeping in a car. I wanted to know how I could have such authenticity.

(Arguing with Jewel)

I had a point of view that created my “question compass”.

In stand-up comedy, point of view is critical. Else you just tell fart jokes. I have insecurities about relationships. I’m afraid to lose all of my money. I think most of society is hypocritical. I think people are 100% irrational 100% of the time.

Jerry Seinfeld looks for the absurd in everything. Then he makes a joke.

Point of view is funny when it’s unique.

BACK TO BASICS:

Whenever I bomb on a 15 minute set in a professional lineup in a crowded room, the next day I do an open mic with beginners.

Whenever I make a bad investment, I get back to my basic formula (invest with people smarter than me).

Whenever I have a bad relationship, I try to meet people who I can just be friends with. Restore my faith that there are good people in the world.

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There are good people in the world.

Connect with them.

That’s how you improve.

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