#and stepped up when roman wasnt around

[vanityangel]

WWE SMACKDOWN (JUNE 30, 2023)

Bonus:

[bridgyrose]

Ruby x Weiss x Penny x Neo

(I promise there will be an actual romance going on, but I have to get some set up first for some fun enemies to lovers)

Neo frowned a bit as she peeked around the corner of the Atlas hallway, watching as Ruby and Weiss shared a kiss before parting ways as the alarm sounded. Her eyes stayed glued on Ruby as she watched her run past her, heart thumping in her chest as she kept her semblance up to keep out of sight. After weeks of watching Ruby and watching her go on dates with Weiss and Penny separately or together, it had all started to get to her. The feelings she had felt for Ruby started to surface up again after years of trying to push them down, a blush crossing her cheeks as she tried to remind herself of her mission. Neo was here for Weiss and Penny, the two huntresses that Atlas praised as the protectors of Mantle. 

With a deep breath and a quick look to make sure she was alone, Neo used her semblance to look like Ruby and stepped around the corner, running down the hall to follow Weiss as she made her way through Atlas Academy and to the hangers. A smile crossed her lips as she reached for the illusioned scythe on her back, just behind the heiress. One slice would be all it’d take to end Ruby’s career as a huntress, her life with Weiss, and one bring her one step closer to making her mine while taking Weiss out of the picture for Roman to move into Mantle. 

“Ruby, I thought you were meeting up with Penny to scout outside the wall.” 

Neo froze for a moment as the door to the hanger opened and Weiss turned around. She slowly moved her hand away from her weapon as she slowly spoke, using her semblance to manipulate the air around her to get Ruby’s voice right. “T-there was a change of plans. Penny wants me to help you out with Mantle.” 

Weiss pulled her scroll out of a pouch on her belt and sighed. “That doesnt seem like Penny-” 

“She wants me to make sure that you stay safe.” Neo put a hand on Weiss’s to stop her from using her scroll, smiling at her. “We can trust her judgment.” 

“Fine, we can split the streets to take care of the grimm. Though, it’d be quicker if you go with Penny.” 

Neo nodded and let go of Weiss. “I’ll follow your lead.” 

Weiss squinted at Ruby for a moment, then pulled away to make her way to the airship. “Dont slow me down.” 

Neo flashed a smile at her and followed Weiss to the airship, fingers tapping against the side of her leg as she walked. Her smile faded as she kept careful watch on Weiss in front of her, waiting for her opportunity to strike again. This was a change of plans that wasnt expected. Running into Penny or Ruby while her semblance was up? A doable change. Getting caught when attacking Weiss? Also something she could work around. But following Weiss and pretending to be Ruby until she could get her alone? It would only be a matter of time before she was caught. Still, this was something she couldnt back out on. 

She boarded the airship behind Weiss, her semblance started to flicker a moment as her mind started to wander. Her fingers gently tapped against her leg as she fingerspelled a few words to keep track of all the details she would need to keep track up, only stopping once she felt a hand on her shoulder. 

“Are you okay, Ruby?” Weiss asked. 

“I-I’m fine,” Neo said, the voice her semblance created starting to crack and reverberate with the syllables. She took a breath to try to calm herself as she watched the illusion of Ruby start to crack at the arm. “Pre-mission jitters, right?” 

Weiss shook her head and kissed Neo’s cheek. “We’ll be fine. It’ll be just like every other mission we’ve been on.” 

Neo smiled at Weiss and pulled away as the airship started to take off, her heart starting to pound as she kept Weiss in the corner of her eye as she got herself ready to land. All she had to do was get Weiss alone and leave her for the grimm to finish off before Penny and the real Ruby find her. But how gentle Weiss had been with her while thinking she was Ruby, the feeling of her soft lips on her cheek, the warmth she felt from her touch, it was enough to make her think that she could have her along with Ruby. 

Her thoughts were interrupted as she felt someone push her out of the airship as the door opened, immediately reaching for her parasol as she felt the wind rush through her hair. Neo quickly opened her parasol and drifted to the ground, only to get slammed by a summoned grimm as she landed. Her illusion shattered from the impact, knocking her back as she kept her parasol in front of her. 

“Ruby doesnt get nervous before a mission like this!” Weiss practically yelled as she used a glyph to launch herself forward at Neo. “What did you do to her?!” 

Neo quickly blocked Weiss’s strike with her parasol, using her semblance to create an image of herself to get behind Weiss and striking from behind. A smirk crossed her lips at the accusation of doing anything to Ruby as she unsheathed the blade from her parasol. Her eyes stayed on Weiss as she watched her stand back up, then rushed at her. 

Weiss quickly held up her rapier as she blocked strike from strike from Neo, feeling herself get pushed back on the ground. Before she could reach her rapier, she froze as she watched Neo point a blade to her neck. “It.. it doesnt have to be like this.” 

Neo quickly put up her Ruby illusion as the grimm sirens started to go off, her body freezing as she heard the howls of a pack of sabyrs coming closer down the streets. Her heart started to flutter as she looked down at Weiss, helpless in front of her. For a moment she thought about stealing Weiss right then and there, swiftly taking her away to use to bring Ruby to her. No one else had seen her and it wouldnt take but a moment to whisk her away. She struck Weiss once more, watching as her aura flickered, then knelt down in front of her. 

Weiss glared at her, panting between her words. “What are you-” 

Neo didnt let her finish, pulling her into a kiss and holding her still. All she needed was a few moments to create the illusion and pull Weiss away with her. Instead, she felt herself get ripped away from Weiss as a flurry of petals ran into her. She watched her illusion start to crack as the real Ruby made her way to Weiss. For a moment, all she could see was green as she ran towards Ruby and Weiss, slicing into Weiss’s side with her parasol as she ran past. 

“Get away from her!” 

Neo took a deep breath as just before her illusion shattered as a cold blade touched her skin. She tripped over the roof of the building she landed on, keeping out of sight as she watched Penny fly out overhead. Her body shook as she placed a hand to her heart, feeling the same fluttering in her chest anytime she saw Ruby. But this time, it was from something else. She looked over the edge of the rooftop, a blush crossing her cheeks as she watched Weiss. Things had just gotten a bit more complicated. 

[princeanxious]

Imagine this whole group on one of their first quests together to 'Save The World!' And the three formally educated know a bit abt the many trials they're all going to go up against(bc the powers that be had decided these three would help the chosen one due to his complete lack of magic experience at all), whilst Roman, Remus, and Virgil are off to the side having started bickering about some off-topic discussion and aren't really paying attention to the current discussion yet.

Janus, to Logan and Patton: "Okay, so. We need this relic that's locked behind this magic cave's entrance that requires its specific puzzle to be solved in a specific way in a specific part of this season on a new moon, we have about 3 months before that time comes until it lapses over and wont be available until next year, is *that* enough time for us to break down and delegate out all the necessary steps between all of us to opening this tedious stupid godforsaken gate?"

Logan and Patton: "err.. well.. maybe?"

Remus, who'd been listening in on the three who actually know what they're all supposed to be doing, and is one of the only people who knew Virgil before he became the chosen one bc theyve been bestfriends since they were toddlers(hense he knows that Virgil can and will overthink everything if given half a chance): "Pssst! V, betcha 1 of Patton's legendary cookies that u won't go in ahead of the others with me to go look at the puzzle inside."

Roman, catching on to his brother doing. Something. And just rolling with it by playing along and afterward going to play distraction with the other three: "Really? You're gonna raise our valiant chosen one to be reckless, going in ahead of us?"

Remus: "relaaax, I just wanna look! I'm bored out here, and I'm not allowed to destroy things to cure said boredom! And someone's gotta scout the place out for potential traps, right?"

Roman, sighing theatrically: "I suppose you're not wrong. Please be careful, though!"

Virgil, skeptical but spite driven to not be seen as weak, quietly: "we'd only be going to look around inside right? We won't touch anything that looks important?"

Remus, gently nudging Virgil: "yeah V, that's it really. I just need to stretch my legs. You and I both know we don't do well sitting still for too long."

Aka the three get about half way through their whole delegation of tasks before they realize Remus and Virgil are missing, looking around only to find the damn cave gate open(when it absolutely wasnt open like 10 minutes ago.) And familiar cackling remus laughter ringing out from inside.

Logan: "Remus?! Virgil?! How did you get inside?!"

Virgil: "...through the door?"

Logan: "The door that was Locked?!"

Virgil: "I mean, yeah? And I opened it? I had to use a little magic to convince the mechanism to unlock itself, but it was more tedious than anything. What are you freaking out about? Was I not supposed to???"

Janus, finding the relic and confirming with a quick once over before grabbing it and ushering everyone out of the cave immediately after: "You did a lovely job dear, absolutely unconventional."

Janus, quietly to Remus: "Remind me to consider magically brute forcing our way through first before we stick to the 'given way' of solving these trials. It's going to save us a lot of time if even half of these resolve under a bit of concentrated scrutiny from a powerhouse of a teenager with little to no concept of magic mastery scaling."

Au where Logan Patton and Janus are formally taught mages/magic users who learned from a young age to use ingredients, rituals, and spells to cast magic. Aka magic normies if u will

And Roman and Remus are informally taught mages/magic users who learned from a young age that their magic can be wild and trained but never fully contained. They cast with a constantly changing array of resources and are the kind of spellcasters that rarely ever cast magic spell the exact same way twice, regardless of the fact that it works regardless. Aka magic cowboys/hillbillies, if you will.

And then there's Virgil. The (begrudging) Chosen One. Bestowed with great magical power at like age 16.

One problem, Virgil was a normal kid before this, so. He's got No Training. At All. Somehow, This doesn't seem to interfere with just. Fucking casting magic at will. What are special casting ingredients? What are special spells? "What do you mean you can't just normally block a fire attack at will?? I have?? It's easy?? Your pulling my leg right Logan???" "I cannot express to you how much I am not even close to lying to you about that, Virgil."

Aka Virgils magic is close to broken levels of OP and his actual weaknesses involve teenage angst, spite, and hubris. The powers that be told him to go save the world, and he hunkered down in a bathtub, fully clothed, flipped the world the bird, and said "no." And. The powers that be cant actually revoke his powers now. Whoops.

The others are just glad to befriend this grumpy lump of shadowy teenage destruction with little pushback. (Virgil is a food motivated cat. No I will not elaborate.)

[like-rain-or-confetti]

You don't have to be afraid of me.

Your stomach dropped. You had been found.

Penguin: "They're here!" Someone opened the grate and grabbed you. You screeched and kicked as the hands picked you up like you weighed nothing. You struggled against Penguin's henchmen. "Hey! Hey! Cool it! We don't wanna hurt ya!" One said loudly. The moment Penguin arrived you were released and Oswald was quick to pull you into an embrace. "There, there. You're alright, you hear me? You gave me quite the scare. "Out with you boys! We need a moment alone." Penguin's hand rubbed your back. "Look at me," He leaned back to tilt your head to meet his eyes. "You really afraid of me?" He asked. You were reluctant to answer as tears built in your eyes. "Hm?" He pressed but seemed to get his answer as a tear ran down your face. He wiped it. "Don't be." He smiled at you gently. "You don't have to be afraid. You hear me? Don't you know how I feel about you by now?" You relaxed a little. "Okay?" He smiled and you nodded. "Okay. Excellent." He kissed your forehead. "You got me wrapped around your finger, sweetheart. You don't have to be afraid of me. I should be afraid of you and the power you have over me." He chuckled, an arm wrapped around your waist.

The Riddler: When the Riddler wasnt talking, he was surprisingly quiet. You screamed when he quickly came out of nowhere and pushed you into an office. He leaned up against the door and you had no chance of escape. "You! You and I need to talk." He began and you began to plead. "Please dont hurt me, im sorry, i didnt mean to ru-" He cut you, his tone seemingly upset...he was hurt. "Hey! Don't say that! I would never!" He insisted and moved closer to you, taking your wrists. "Come on, you know me! You know me better than anyone. I would never hurt you!" Edward was fast, faster than you when his hand shot out and grabbed you. He pulled you into him and you immediately thought this was the end. You remembered what he did to his ex. Yet the only thing that stopped your breathing was your panic. You sobbed and tried to break free from him but he didn't let go. "You know me. Better than anyone." He said lowly into your shoulder as you sobbed. You felt his fingers press into your back. Your legs gave way and he slowly lowered to the ground with you. "You don't need to be afraid of me." Edward said firmly. "Never."

Scarecrow: Before you could escape the warehouse you were grabbed from behind, a hand covered your mouth, muffling your scream. "Shh..." He said softly. "I need you to listen to me, (Y/N)." You trembled violently in his arms but Jonathan continued. "I know that I scared you. I've never wanted that." He said. "I need to take you somewhere. Somewhere we can be alone and talk in private. So you can understand...understand I won't hurt you. I've never wanted that." He said nothing else and you figured there was no other choice but to comply.

Black Mask: It was his men that found you and then you were trapped in a room with Roman. "Listen to me, alright? I'm not gonna hurt you." He began. As he moved forward, you moved back, trying to maintain the space between you. To your horror, you had nowhere to go when you back hit the wall. Roman continued, slow steps but approaching nonetheless. "You keep me sane in this fucked up city. So it's in me..." Roman beat on his chest with a force that made you wince. It had to hurt yet Roman didn't show it. His gaze fixed on you. "...it's in me to wanna protect you. You get that?" "Why didn't you tell me?" You asked, tears burned in your eyes. "This is why, doll." Roman replied. "You'd get scared and run. It's unnecessary- I'm not gonna hurt you. You're completely safe."

Two-Face: He was quick to catch you, grabbing you by the arm. "Let me go!" You cried out. "Talk to me!" He demanded. You ripped your arm free and dived for the nearest door only to find it locked. Your chance was gone. You were backed into the wall and you slid down the wall begging him not to do anything. He crouched to your level, taking your hands. "Look at me." Harvey coaxed. "You don't have to be afraid of me..." He shook his head as he voice changed."...never us."

[lastthroes]

koikaze was a sibcest manga done right and im dying on that hill

it wasnt perfect, sure, but its drama certainly was the peak when it comes to animanga dealing with sibcest (recommending the manga over the anime however). its unfortunate that a work like this would never get published today, in a post-156 world. dare i say, the amount of creativity that abstract censorship law mustve killed is upsetting

in one side you have nanoka, a highschool student who is way too innocent and oblivious as to how the world works. in the other theres koushirou, a salaryman scratching his 30s who -something that becomes very ironic later- works in a company involved in omiais. their parents got a divorce when they were still very young, so they havent met since they were separated. this leads to them encountering each other at some point without recognizing who theyre really talking to, and their story gets established as a sort of love at first sight (what could be read as gsa, basically)

koushirou is in denial about his feelings long before learning nanoka is his sister (shes still in hs, so it is already taboo) but he still completely forgets he had just been dumped by his girlfriend thanks to her, an ex who had also threw him a "you were cold and didn't care, did you ever actually love me or anyone for that matter" bomb. he soon realizes he cant care about any woman as a woman except for nanoka, to the point rumors start that he is a closeted gay; a similar thing goes for nanoka who was subtly rejected by her crush before the story starts, and who stops feeling heartbroken about it after meeting koushirou, often mocked by her peers for "having a brother complex" - she will at some point gets pressured by them to try dating a classmate who confesses to her, but she discovers she cant do it

the idealization of the brother figure by nanoka, yuxtaposed with koushirou being self-aware of not being a proper role model; koushirous initial annoyance at this new disruption in his life, slowly melted away by nanokas efforts, and how at some point it stops being about "this girls appearance has changed my life and i dont like it, i preferred when it was just me and dad in the house" and becomes unwanted sexual desire... and everything neatly wrapped up with as much angst as you could come up with. this manga is packed with almost everything: theres koushirou proyecting his sexual desires onto any male who gets close to his sister and his subsequent jealousy; theres nanoka confessing and koushirou wondering how, if theres nothing likable about him; theres koushirou deciding he should move out and cut any contact to not make a move onto his own sister, while nanoka interprets this as her being a burden to him and being hated; you have the incest guilt from both sides, a last date+kiss as a farewell, the parallel of an unrequited love for an engaged person that a third character harbors being framed as more possible than their relationship; theres the people around them worrying about them feeling down when they cant say the truth, a character finding out and freaking out, the pressure of "becoming a proper man of society" through marriage, nanokas dream of having many kids and wearing a cute wedding dress... theres even a proposal of eloping at one point, and the negotiation of "lets not do anything beyond this line" that they cross eventually. even a shinju (lovers suicide) proposal with talks of reincarnation

(spoilers for the ending start here, if anyone might care to skip this paragraph)

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at the end, their relationship isnt a happily ever after. their relationship feels tragic, bittersweet, and filled with crushed dreams. even when theyre still together as a couple at the end, you dont feel fulfilled after finishing reading. koushirou is stepping onto a tragic future just like the coworker that found out told him he would. no one who knows about it supports them, and theyll have to lie to everyone until the very end of their lifes. its a romances "good ending" only in the surface. it has done more than enough to drive the point that everythings most probably doomed, and only a rough fate awaits them, though its still open-ended enough according to the author. if i had to compare the visuals and narration of the ending (both for the manga and the anime), id compare it to the american remake of a certain italian movie, where after a plot of infidelity the ending has two reads: she lets him enter the house to try to reconcile, or she does it for a farewell. similarly as like with koikaze, the relationship seems to have its days numbered albeit for different reasons. and the reason i liked koikaze was that it didnt hold much back, and it went all the way to shot the reality of "only if you give up on this love, youll be able to have a normal fulfilling life". no sugarcoating. they chose to stay together, and that would have consequences. even if their relationship ultimately goes well, and no one gets to know, in koushirous mind there might always exist the thought that nanoka was way too young and that she will eventually regret it and hate him

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koikaze really ruined me for animanga with this theme when i take a look at recent titles. even if it tries to approach the topic, its so diluted its meaningless. taking a good, popular example: eromanga-sensei

im going off by the manga, which is what i read. the two siblings became so, and met, only after their respective widowed parents got married a year prior (i will ignore the asspull about masamune making a tales of phantasia self-insert fanfic that sagiri casually read and loved, as its all a convenient excuse for them to have some sort of shared story). the parents then conveniently die for unknown reasons and the kids end up on their own, with their aunt becoming their legal tutor who also conveniently doesnt live in the same house despite them being minors. somehow, they can pull art and ranobes and even an anime at the young age of 13~ to keep afloat finantially

unfortunately, beyond how impossible it becomes to suspend your disbelief (i am aware that eromanga was published in dengeki daioh while koikaze in evening, thats most probably the reason the ages are that dumb: the audience), that isnt even the worst part. the worst part is how superfluous their relationship actually is, even when this is supposed to be the core of the story for a manga thats at least twice or even thrice the length of koikaze. it feels theres barely a genuine focus in their rship as a couple beyond dragging out the manga talking about their nebulous feeling of a "dream" once its established. the manga is almost one hundred chapters long, but its stretched to no end like a gum, and any the climax and "development" of their relationship ultimately amounts to a kiss in the cheek. its also forced with the most terribly executed miscommunication trope, something thats basically "she loves him too but she will lie and wont say it". whats worse, sagiri doesnt develop enough to ever stop being a hikikomori, and the take on it also feels nonsensical and filled with inconsistent rules (moreso if you ever experienced something like welcome to the nhk, a shounen)

ultimately, where koikaze takes its sweet time to establish the characters lifes (and from what i recall, flawed as it was, oreimo tried to as well), personalities and feelings, eromanga-sensei falls short, and several moments end up feeling as nothing but cheap filler. the characters arent interesting, acting more as caricatures made out of a bunch of tropes badly smashed together, to the point masamune ends up interested in sagiri as more than a sibling just because the plot demands it to. with a premise like eromanga-sensei, where the brother writes love comedy ranobes and the sister draws his illustrations in an erokawaii style, youd think itd go much more differently than it actually does. but the truth is that even the setting of their business is incredibly dull and childish. it feels even a mockery, as if anything could be sold as long as it has the blandest attempt at the sibcest theme and a few lolis, because fans would eat up anything anyway. theres no substance in anything it wants to express whatsoever, filling a good part of its last part with nothing but mindless fanservice shots of the girls

in the end, and of course, their last alive relative never finds out about the "change" in their relationship. somehow, all of their friends are all fine with their relationship too, never bringing up the reality that theyre step siblings, and even with the manga becoming another mediocre harem of the bunch for several volumes. as theyre not related (and sagiri didnt see masamune as an actual brother, she just went along with calling him so because that was what he wanted) theres never any guilt, nor any serious problem to overcome when its about their relationship. there are no stakes of any kind, because if there were, it would not be eromanga-sensei

ill say it in three words: eromanga-sensei was boring. it was a really boring manga. i like to feel things when i read something, but the only thing i felt was annoyance and relief i was finally done with it and could mark the "read" status. the addition of the harem only made it worse, as it was the most obvious trick to artifitially lenghten the story when since the first episode you knew that the endgame was going to be the stepsister because this was oreimos author. there was no need to spend almost an entire volume in one of the "fake" li. even worse, masamune not being able to reject anyone outright (yes, im aware thats a staple of the genre) was embarrassing. it felt it was going against its characterization just to keep the manga going - by that time he had already confessed to sagiri, so it ends up downplaying his supposed strong feelings

and why am i comparing both titles even when they have different demographies? frankly, because im tired of people clutching their pearls over all these most recent titles like eromanga-sensei and its "incest and pedo supporters", when its always just a bunch of nothing. because im never going to see a properly done story again after that tokio bill, and im bitter about how people will uselessly complain anyway - at least every month theres some new idiot trying to get free easy clout by claiming they "accidentally" stumbled upon a oh-so-terrible sibcest anime, often being racist in the process and claiming anime is filled with incest. thats ofc a lie or a blown-up statement, as its something you have to actively search for and in 18+ material

conclusion: read koikaze if you like sibcest, stay away from eromanga-sensei and similar titles people make a mountain of: you might as well look for a good fic in ao3 before that latter one if you want a good story with a sibcest thematic, or learn japanese to read eroge, because you will only get disappointed and waste your time otherwise

[firstknightss]

GWAINCELOT ESSAY THREE???

[commentary voice] ah yes and this gwaincelot essay.... which turned into a fic was inspired by @nextstopparis and @little-ligi

GWAINE TEACHING LANCELOT HOW TO READ. and thats how they actually CONFESS.

imagine gwaine seeing lancelot trip up reading leon’s plan for the day, seeing him trying to understand it. and gwaines, hes a little in love. Hes. Hes a little hit with feelings for this Noble (tm) knight. So OF COURSE he CANT EMOTION and he tries to show his affection for lancelot without yknow being in ‘loVE’

he comes over with his swishy hair and bantery tone like “oooOhHh LANCELOT! Lancey! Hey! Hello! Can’t read leon’s goddamn awful handwriting huh?”

And Lancelots embarrassed and flushes red and gwaine thinks hes Fucked Up (and he really doesn’t want to fuck this up, this is the first time he’s actually felt emotions this deep for someone) and tries to fix it panickedly, like the Anxiety Clown He Is.

He keeps on saying sorry and apologising, and Lancelot, the EVER CALM KNIGHT GUY, goes “it’s fine, it’s okay. It’s nothing to do with you...” and then he hesitates. He HESITATES. “....it’s just that...” and then he BITES HIS LIP and gwaine thinks he might just faint there and then, “...i cant read.”

and now it hits him, gwaine, gwaine, who thought literacy was something trash and something he didn’t really need, realises how important it is. and so, yknow because hes kind of wrapped in those Emotions (tm), he pulls lancelot’s sleeve after practice, when they’re alone in the changing room. (and if lancelot wasn’t so tired and miserable, he would have easily seen gwaine BLUSH)

And he, shyly asks if lancelot wouldnt mind being tutored by him.

Now Lancelot is OVERJOYED, and he’s borderline CRYING because lancelot, poor old village boy lancelot who’d been kicked out of the knights of camelot, and had to become a MERCENARY and fight for masters who didn’t care for him, has NEVER HAD someone literally CARE about him so much. (Apart from Merlin. He loves merlin <3)

so now imagine lancelot waking up an hour early the next morning, and showing up into gwaine’s room. He knows gwaine literally doesnt sleep with a lock, so he just barges in, and starts shaking gwaine.

Now GWAINE sleeps like a Log (had so much shit going on irl, time to sleep it away) and when he opens his bleary eyes, seeing lancelot in one of his stupid v neck shirts over him, hes like “....h...helo??”

and lancelot’s all like. “We- werent YOU gonna give me reading lessons.” And gwaine nods, yawning (and in that moment lancelot thinks gwaine looks unimaginably cute, so cute that he wants to literally ruffle gwaine’s hair and run his hands through how silky and brown it is.)

THEN gwaine pulls on the dont care-ish mask, and makes his arms into a pillow under his head, as he leans against the wall behind his bed, in some kind of somewhat???flirty??? manner??? [i dont...i dont know what hes trying to do. On the other hand! Not does Lancelot :) ]

Lancelot, does not realise this is gwaine’s poor attempt at flirting - since he’s seen gwaine ACTUALLY flirting and this is like. Nothing. And its also poorly executed. Which is NOTHING like gwaine.

So he pulls gwaine’s arm, and half hauls him out of bed.

As gwaine’s head crashes into lancelot’s stomach, he can smell lancelot’s clothes. They smell of flowers, and cotton and everything so natural and gwaine, who literally smells of wine, and wood and Tavern. (And aftershave, or the 500AD equivalent)

[see here, see im trying to bring themes of dionysis okay. OkayyyyyyyyY. yours truly likes looking at greek mythology. And both these two complete dionysis]

Gwaine, in his sleepy stupor, nestles his head on Lancelot’s hip, who gives a sigh and stands there. One hand clutching gwaine’s, leaving the other free.....

....to rake through his soft, flowy brown hair. And twirl his fingers through its waves, and Gwaine cuddles in further.

And since Lancelot left the door open, Leon (the other bitch who wakes up at 4am to do idk nothing) sees them two...like that, illuminated by the SUNLIGHT behind them, and smiles a little.

And then he trips over the stairs, the moment is lost.

Gwaine and Lancelot pull away at the same time, and gwaine’s face turns back to “ha ha im a Jerk (tm)” and if he wasnt too busy trying to hide how flustered he was, he’d see Lancelot looking at him the way he used to look at GWEN.

They both blink and look at each other, understandingly, neither of them to speak of this again.

And then Gwaine drags himself out of bed, and Lancelot raises his eyebrows as he watches him (totally not checking him out) haul out a book from his cupboard.

Gwaine’s too sleepy for this, he keeps yawning and rubbing his eyes (looking like a cat, Lancelot notes) and Lancelot takes a deep breath, his eyes understanding.

“We don’t have to do this if you don’t want to.”

“Lancelot, I love..” he bites his tongue, cursing his half asleep mind “..doing this, and love hanging out with you...I just cant stay up this early.”

Reading lessons, from now on, are at 1:30am-whenever Gwaine and Lancelot stop rambling about Odysseus and Circe and Telemachus

[i dont know any other ancient books apart from like. Ancient greek/Roman ones. So i guess. Its not historically accurate,,,,BUUIT this is a fanfic for a pair who had like no scenes together SO i think i can take some ✨creative liberties✨]

Lancelot has heard of the journey of Aneas from travelling bards, singing songs in his native old english. Gwaine’s eyes are quick at latin, and he learnt the flaws of Romulus and Remus in his pure latin. Gwaine’s a good teacher, and lancelot is a quick study, and it’s not long before they’re arguing over which Goddess caused the most harm in the Illiad.

Gwaine’s never met someone who he could reveal that he loved reading to, he loved doing.

Lancelot’s never met someone who he could tell he couldn’t read, and ask if they could teach him, love learning.

They make it work.

The other knights notice, of course they notice. Percival notices how Lancelot stumbles into the Gwaine’s room at night, bright eyed. Elyan notices Lancelot and Gwaine’s voices from Gwaine’s room opposite him; sometimes slow, Gwaine speaking slowly and Lancelot following; sometimes heated and passionate.

(They’re arguing. They’re arguing about how to pronounce Minerva)

Merlin finds the two, in the early hours of the morning - when the birds are figuring what song they sing today - on Gwaine’s bed.

Gwaine leaned against the bedframe, his trousered legs splayed over the sheets. Loosely braided, long brown hair fell over his closed eyelids, his mouth in a small smile.

And Merlin follows his arm draped over Lancelot, snuggled beside him, his head on his broad shoulder, every breath of wind pushing against curly black hair, making it almost /bounce/. His eyes are covered by the other man’s hair, and he looks...content. More content than Merlin has ever seen him.

He slips out as quietly as he came in, and smirks, hes gotta tell arthur they finally got their shit together oh GOD

Its no surprise to anyone but them, when Arthur pulls Lancelot out of training, and into his chambers.

“I’m glad you’ve found someone Lancelot.” He starts, his face geniune, his voice giving away hints of relief. (He thought he was never going to see his knight smile again after all the ordeals that had happened to him)

“Oh...” Lancelot’s heart sinks, “...how did you find out, Sire?”

Arthur blinks, taking in the change of mood in Lancelot, maybe it wasn’t anything important, maybe they were trying to keep it casual, hell they didnt want the king knowing.

“I- uh, I just noticed...” Goddamnit Merlin, and Goddamn his need to tell him everything he saw. (Merlin had advised him not to do this, as they sat on his bed after a long night. This was really his fault.)

Lancelot pales, and he places his hands down on the table beside him, palms slapping stone as he did so.

“Well, I guess I should tell you the whole truth then,” his voice is quiet, and Arthur steps closer, “Sire I am not of Noble birth, and was born in a village - as you know.”

Arthur nods, his arms crossed, but his Kingly Bravado fell away at the sight of his knight, and one of his closest friends, being this vulnerable.

“Yes I know, but what does this ha-“

“And we children in the village we-“ he falters, “-we were never taught to read.”

“Yes, no I understand, I-“ he pauses, Lancelot’s words hitting him a bit too late, this was about literacy?

This, this whole conversation was about literacy?

Not being gay?

Merlin was going to have a field day

“Sire?”

“I understand Lancelot, and is this why you feel a little out of place with the other knights?” He carries it on, with a smile, he has a few questions to ask merlin.

“Yes, and that’s why I asked Gwaine to tutor me from time to time, although, the sessions carry through late into the night, which may have been affecting my performance at practice. I’ll have you know that this is a temporary th-“

“It’s fine Lancelot,” Arthur places a hand on his shoulder, “You are still exceptional at practice,”

“Thank you Sire,” Lancelot twinkles.

✨

“Theyre, theyre not together?” Merlin cant stop laughing, tears streaming down his face, “theyre not TOGETHER?? oh my God arthur what did you DO”

They sit together on Arthur’s bed, drinking wine from stemless cups together, with Arthur recounting the events of the day; red faced.

“I mean, it was your idea Merlin.”

“I just saw them, and I assumed...I didnt...I didnt think youd ASK them.”

“What do you think I’d do then?? Let them be on their merry way.”

“Yes!”

✨

“Do you like me?” Gwaine asks, unexpectedly, one night, the moon vibrant against the loud sea.

“You’re...tolerable...” Lancelot says, a smile tugging at his lips, as the silver moonlight falls against his hair, a halo around him.

✨

The knights give them the look every morning, as the two of them stumbled out of the same room, more frequently than ever.

Sometimes Lancelot would throw on Gwaine’s shirt, when he’d crumpled his own beyond repair. Sometimes Gwaine would put some of Lancelot’s hair oil on, when his hair was frizzy.

They gave each other knowing looks when Gwaine and Lancelot started whispering and giggling like a bunch of schoolgirls.

✨

And then Stupid gwaine had to go get fucking stabbed, and their delicate dance was like trying to waltz through a minefield.

Lancelot clutches onto Gwaine’s arm as Merlin feels his forehead with shaking hands.

“He’s burning up.”

“Infection...?” Lancelot sounds broken, and nods, fumbling with his pack to find some bandages.

It was just a simple quest; a save the day, get the girl, do various harmless shenanigans type of quest.

He’d half expected Gwaine to get the girl, and he cant help but give out a half choked laugh. Gwaine had no idea what hit him when she turned out to be the evil one all along.

He tries to forget that Gwaine showed no interest in her, he tries to forget that Gwaine’s been less frequent at the Tavern, he tries to forget that he hasn’t seen Gwaine with anyone since months now.

Gwaine, his beautiful Gwaine was lying on his lap, hot red blood rushing from his side, staining his polished chainmail with dark, sticky blood.

He’s been out for nearly an hour now, and Lancelot remembers carrying him, through the entire forest, forgetting his sword and his helmet and just grabbing Gwaine and getting the shit out of there.

Gwaine’s lack of self preservation was really rubbing off on Lancelot nowadays.

Merlin watches as Lancelot holds back tears, his own eyes stinging. Gwaine can’t die like this, he can’t die like this....

“hælan beorn adl”

Merlin’s eyes flashed gold, and Lancelot could feel warmth coming back into the fingers he was grabbing.

He was coming back.

And then the weight of everything hits him.

He was in Fucking Love.

✨

“Hey.” Gwaine’s voice is rough from disuse, but Lancelot nearly sobs when he hears the voice.

“Don’t fucking do that to me again, amor meus.” He puts his head down on Gwaine’s chest; finding the hammering of his heart calming.

He shimmies onto Merlin’s bed, which Gwaine had been lying in for the past few days.

“Did you mean, ami meus?” Gwaine sounds tired, too tired to be awake.

“Huh? Did i say something else?” Lancelot decides to play dumb, a sparkle in his eyes,

“I thought I heard amor meus,” Gwaine pushes his nose into Lancelot’s hair, taking in the wonderful smell of coconut.

“Well then, at least your hearing’s okay, amor meus.”

Gwaine gulped, and was sure Lancelot could hear his loud swallow.

“Lancelot, I hope this isnt a big joke with me teachin you latin and all,” Gwaine’s voice is a little wobbly from the slee deprivation and the magic and the pain numbers, “because I’ll have you know that I really love you, and I cant go on like this any longer,”

“Its okay Gwaine, I learnt latin from the man I love, of course it’s not a joke.”

“The man you love? Who’s tha-“

Realisation hits him like a brick.

Oh.

Oh.

“Me?” His voice cracks, and Lancelot looks up, a smirk on his face.

“Of course dumbass.”

“Like I’m meant to know that,” Gwaine tries to keep his dont care-ish aura, but they both know he’s too exhausted to keep that up.

“mmm?”

Gwaine kisses him on the nose, and he wraps himself around him.

And thats how Merlin finds them later that day, eyes blinking as he stood there.

✨

“I’m glad you’ve found someone, Lancelot.” Arthur coughs.

“Is that what that whole talk was about???”

“Answer the question.” His words sound harsh, but he’s barely hiding a smile.

“I’m glad too, I’m Glad I found Gwaine too.” Lancelot blushes, turning to gwaine.

“Why are you asking anyway, Princess?”

“Oh just, making sure this time.”

[adowbaldwin]

Baldwins secret - 22

Sienna folded her arms over her chest trying her hardest not to look into those fucking eyes that made her melt. Heavily focoused on the vase behind him she continued her harsh stance "I dont care for your apologies, ass nut we are done" she spat back tightly

He knew, she knew, the fucking chair leg on the table knew it was a lie but she kept going. She wasnt a little wallflower to be spoken down too

"Come on Si" she sucked in a breathe as he pushed her against the kitchen counter "you dont mean that"

"I wont tolerate the way you spoke to me" a small flicker of hurt crossed her face and he knew then sweet talk was not going to cut it "i understand this is awkward for you, me being here with your daughters in the house you shared with Antonia but it is what it is and there was no reason for you to go off at me the way you did over the phone. I wont accept it"

He sighed stepping back from her "can we please put a pin in it until tomorrow and we can talk properly? Please?"

She swallowed hard "Fine" she picked up the bowl of frissè salad and assortment of breads and made her way to the door "get the spam, apparantly Diana wants it on her sourdough crackers"

He looked at the odd tin, pulled and face and followed after his Sienna trailing behind like a kicked puppy.

"There you two are" Diana chirped happily "i thought you lost my spam"

Matthew groaned, his wifes endeavour to eat Rome out of house and home accomplished "Not to pass judgement Mon Coeur, but meat in a tin?" He pulled the same face as Baldwin had moments ago

She pulled the metal pull top, the smell wafting delightfully "mm because its perfection"

"It was made for War not dining in Rome" Boudicca grumbled "all these fine Roman meats and you choose that" she shook her head in distaste "Porchetta, Prosciutto shame on you, shame!"

Diana poked her tongue out "I want spam i will eat spam" blue sparks singed the table cloth "and i will not be taking food advice from a vampire whose favourite snack is a field mouse"

Diana ate the whole tin, half a box of crackers and was currently having Matthew feed her bits of camembert

"Sienna tell me more about you" Boudicca smiled warmly at her "how long have you known Diana?"

"years now, i came with my cousin for her to see Yale University but Diana ended up convincing me to transfer from Cambridge" nerves were not usually an issue for Sienna, but having your lovers daughter grill you on your life when she doesnt know you are fucking her father, is utterly nerve wracking

"So you are into history then?" She carried on her line of fire

"I am, to be completely transparent ive not a clue what i want to do with my life, always thought i would know but 28 and i still cannot decide on a field to work in" she shrugged "teaching, curator, grave robber. Who knows"

"Well we always need extra hands at the orphanage" Flo piped up "you could teach some history"

Sienna felt the nerves creep up, voice tight "I uhm - well"

"HEY" Diana launched a breadstick at her "You have another year left with me atleast you dare think about it!"

Sienna laughed, picked the crumbs out of her head and threw it back "dont behave as if im not moving on once you drop. Ill be around so much youll be forcing me into the job"

Matthew felt his soul leave his body "Oh no - no" he felt panicked "you two and three children? Absolutely not"

"Dont be so dramatic Matthew" Sarah rolled her eyes, cutting salami for Philip "what is the worst that could happen?" She knowingly smirked

"Am i the only one whom remembers the staircase sledding indicent?" He scoffed

"HEY" Sienna yelled in defence "the idea of sledding down stairs in a quilt is flawless, i blame shoddy workman ship for the banister breaking!"

Marcus took a laughing sharp intake of breathe "Oof he wont forget that easily Sienna"

Too much laughter, all the carbs and the children were done. Becca fell asleep dribling over Phoebe and Philip tucked neatly into the crook of Marcus shoulder listen to his tale about soldiers.

Baldwin checked his watch, pulled his phone free and furrowed his brows "have you heard from Augusta? She has been gone an awful while"

Flo shook her head "No, im sure she is just working Jack to the bone" she laughed "Probably started off painting the nursery and ended up re-tiling the kitchen"

It could impecible or terrible timing, but just as Baldwin was about to text his daughter, concern for her evident when she came into the dining area with Jack at her side.

Holding hands.

Scents mixed.

Listen closely, that sound you hear? Its the steam coming from Baldwins ears.

[badatjokezz]

Haikyuu!! Rare Pair Fic Recs

i’ve been so hype about some Hq rarepairs lately now imma list some of my fav fanfics, mostly OiSuga mwehehe.... 

(probably gonna add some more in the future)

Oisuga (Oikawa x Sugawara)

1. Stuck in the Middle With You by overlymetaromantic

It's not the kind of blossoming relationship either of them would expect, but maybe, just maybe, it could lead to something good.

1. In which Suga and Oikawa run into each other on a late night convenience store run.

2. In which Suga and Oikawa inadvertently switch bags and end up with the other’s uniform.

3. In which Suga gives Oikawa the lecture he doesn't want but probably needs, and Oikawa might accidentally be a little in love.

4. In which Oikawa won't shut up about Suga, and Iwaizumi plays matchmaker just to make him stop.

5. In which there is not a date, and Suga likes spicy things much more than sweet.

6. In which Karasuno and Aobajousai hold training camps in the same neck of the woods, and the trip back proves to be more revealing than it probably should.

7. In which there might just be a future to this after all.

(Dis is so fluffy i might die)

2. moving on (growing up) by _helios (neocitz)

‘I’ll do it,’ Suga says, walking into their prep school and dropping his bag on the floor next to Oikawa. He shoves the melon bun and drink forward into Oikawa’s hands, and stands there looking down at him because he knows that he needs to not chicken out.

‘You’ll do what?’ Oikawa looks up through his glasses, eyes wide and confused as the other students stream in around them.

‘The fake dating thing, I’ll do it.’

‘Fuck. Yes.’ Oikawa says with a fist pump.

(It’s been AGES since i read Fake/Pretend Relationship fic, this one is goood)

3. how strange, to be remembered by venusintwelfthFandoms

"He is not formed of the type of dust that makes up stars. Suga is not the type of person that stays in the mind of one like Oikawa Tooru, ten years later. He is formed of the type of dust you shake off, the type that settles into the ground."

Ten years after Suga last steps off a high-school court, Oikawa recollects a "Mr. Refreshing" in a post-game interview, and Suga is left scrambling.

(Cute one-shot, Oikawa still remember Mr. Refreshing from Karasuno)

4. all the small things by Authoress for lemedy

Sugawara Koushi.

Oikawa’s brain supplies the name of the person standing at the other end of the aisle before Oikawa can even register him, attuned to spitting out facts about other volleyball players on a second’s notice, even after all these years. Karasuno High vice-captain. 174 cm…no, more like 176 now. Skilled at raising morale and bringing an element of surprise to their strategy. Troublesome. Refreshing. Setter.

The enemy.

(Single Dad! Oikawa, cuuutee ugh)

5. Win Some by kingdra (aroceu) for Icie

Tooru does not have a problem, its name is certainly not Sugawara Koushi, and he is not going to the Karasuno practices just to watch him. Regardless of whatever Iwa-chan says.

(High school romane~)

6. Even as bright as you are? by BKAKCANON

That night when he goes to sleep, he includes "the safety of fairies" on his prayers, making a promise to whoever was listening him, that he'd protect all the fairies and keep their secret safe forever.

[Where Oikawa meets Suga when they are kids and Oikawa believes Suga is secretly a fairy and decides he has to protect his secret all costs.]

(This is basically matches my headcanon)

7. getting to know you by oisugasuga

Suga feels like he’s back on the court then, his heart thudding hard in his ears… so hard he almost misses what Oikawa says. Unfortunately, though, he doesn’t.

"My, my. What a surprise," Oikawa Tooru says. And then… "Hello, Mr. Refreshing."

(Haven’t finished yet but DAMN I LOVE OIKAWA AND SUGA IN HERE, single dad! oikawa, and Suga babysitting oikawa’s kid, def slow burn. Imma follow this fic till death)

8. Dear Reader by hyirule

No one seems to read the paper anymore. But Oikawa likes to for the sports section. One day he finds himself reading a section called "Dear Reader" and finds a submission he can relate to.

Basically messages sent through a page on a newspaper brings to unlikely souls together, who maybe have more in common than they first thought.

(Cannon compliant, simple and... refreshing(?))

9. rest by shicchaan

Tooru looks at the sleeping person beside him as he waits for the lights change into green. The growing fringe of his husband started to cover his eyes but he can still see the beautiful birthmark under the silver haired's left eye.

(Established relationship, fluff fluff!!!)

10. long is the road (that leads me home) by ichweissnichtauch

He thinks about himself, deleting contacts from his phone and throwing coffee cups away without even looking at the string of numbers scrawled in Sharpie ink underneath, and he’s tired of hiding, tired of carefully treading the lines he’d drawn for himself all those years ago.

Just this once, Tooru wants— he thinks he wants to be brave.

Oikawa Tooru is not a stranger to wanting.

(like... 20% Oisuga but i like the way this story follows the Cannon till he get to Argentina)

11. It's Always Been About You by mintycarrots

Every time Tooru had envisioned meeting his soulmate, it was a confession of love, filled with tears of happiness and a lot of making out. It would be a faceless petite girl that would support Tooru in whatever he chose to pursue and would understand when Tooru prioritized volleyball over all else.

It was never a boy on the rival team.

(Soulmate AU)

12. a play in three acts by venusintwelfth

"The first time Sugawara Koushi sees Oikawa Tooru play, he thinks that if he wasn’t so set on volleyball, he’d do well in theater."

the first seijoh x karasuno match through the eyes of suga.

(Kinda poetic i guess, well written af)

13. colors by dazeful

Sugawara Koushi's colorful life as an archer.

(this is like the perfect oisuga one shot ive ever read)

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IwaSuga (Iwaizumi x Sugawara)

1. And so the moon cried by iwriteinpenFandoms:

The hillocks are the domain of unearthly creatures. Creatures of rot and fog, of music and dance. Like ghosts in the night they travel without leaving footprints, they disappear in a flurry of long dresses and pale hair. Those who are fated to see them risk curses far worse than death. You may hear them, a giggle in the wind. You may smell them, the smell of the fog rolling in through the trees. You should pray you never see them. Iwaizumi Hajime is a simple man. He works a simple farm job and enjoys simple things. After one morning where he woke next to a perfect circle of death and only the memory of brown eyes and cold hands, he finds himself inexplicably drawn to the forest. Will the tales of his childhood play out with him at the center or will he have to disregard all reason?

(Danish Folklore AU)

2. Cry Just A Little by DreadfulMind

Suga was whistling a tune to himself as he opened the door to the bathroom, so he didn't hear the muffled crying through the door. But he could hear it clearly once he was inside. He heard the sharp sob of someone trying to stop.

"Iwaizumi?" He asked, "are you sure you're alright?"

(Simple but c u t e)

3. Generations by Karasuno Volleygays (ToBeOrNotToBeAGryffindor), mozaikmage

Professional sports blogger Sugawara Koushi writes an article about a volleyball match that bears special meaning to him and his former kouhai: a showdown between Kitagawa Daiichi and Yukigaoka Middle School, ten years after the teams faced off for the first time. He doesn't plan on capturing the attention of the world of sports journalism, and he certainly doesn't expect himself to end up having a thing for one of the coaches involved, one Iwaizumi Hajime.

(Time-Skip, I loved it)

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KuroTsuki (Kuroo x Tsukishima)

1. Invictus by Chiru

Kuroo T. » So let me get this straight (gay?) Kuroo T. » You want me to pretend to be your perfect and fabulous boyfriend, so that your little freckled friend will stop trying to set you up with cute little highschool girls? Tsukishima Kei » yes Kuroo T. » Aha. Tsukishima Kei » you'll do it? Kuroo T. » I don't know. I missed the part where I get something out of it. Tsukishima Kei » you get to annoy me. Unfortunately Kuroo T. » Tempting, Tsukki, very tempting indeed.

(Fake/Pretend Relationship, some fluff, some angst, i read this in the middle of the night and cried, fortunately happy ending)

2. hold onto hope if you got it by nekolyssi

"Now, in the beginning of their third year of high school, the obnoxious hollering and incessant spirit of his teammates became normalcy to Kei. And now, normalcy is this. Weekly psych meetings. Pharmacy waiting rooms. Prescriptions. Refusal of prescriptions. More prescriptions."

(Not finished yet but yep prolly gonna put this one to one of those best haikyuu fics ive ever read. I wasnt so interested at first but i really like the idea of mental ilness etc, this is g o o d!!)

3. [KuroTsuki Fest Week 2017] Traces by Heartythrills 

Kuroo’s disappeared for a little over a week now, and suddenly a 4 year old who looks like him appears before Tsukishima’s apartment.

(Age regression, fluff)

4. I swear by xArtemisx

Like the shadow that's by your side I'll be there

"What are you doing here, Tetsu? It's cold." Kei asked softly. Tetsurou smiled. Hearing his name came out of Kei's lips is always music to his ears.

"Nothing. I just came to think that whatever memory we make, may it be happy or sad memories, the bright moon and the starry night sky is always there to be the witness. Did you notice?" The alpha answered and Kei nodded. He also noticed it.

"Yes, I did noticed it."

(I love agony and sad ending....)

5. Honeybee by ClosetGoblin

Tsukishima has trouble sleeping one night during a Third Gym Camping Trip. So, he takes his acoustic guitar and passes the time with some music, and gets a visitor. Maybe he doesn't mind Kuroo's voice as he does the screeching that Lev and Hinata call singing.

(Simple but sweet)

6. Say You Like Me by the_madame21

It's been three months. And Tsukishima Kei is going to see Kuroo Tetsurou.

(light angst and.. s m u t. Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamic)

7. trying to get to you by mytsukkishine

Everything came crashing down on Kuroo when Kei had left him alone with nothing but the moon shining down on him.

Wherein, Kuroo was struggling to move on and decided that he wouldn't mind being with Kei again.

(sad beginning? yes. sad ending? y e s. you’re a masochist? come get your juice)

8. Please Hold by ThemooncatFandoms

Kei was expecting Kuroo to do one of two things; Send a text to the office saying that they will have to call back another time and continue what they started, or excuse himself from Kei to answer the call, which was most likely. He shouldn’t have been surprised when Kuroo does neither of those things.

(short but hot. what’s hotter than quiet sex?)

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Ushijima x Oikawa

1. This Insignificant Pride and Prejudice by Mysecretfanmoments, Pouler (poulerslashes)

Oikawa Tooru graduated high school with the burning desire to succeed in his college career. He'd hoped that might include taking down his arch-nemesis along the way, but when he finds that his college team hosts an offensively familiar face, he can't help but think that the universe might be conspiring against him. After all, what could be worse than playing on the same team as Ushijima?

(It was funny for me reading oikawa/ushijima fic with that “you should’ve come to Shiratorizawa” joke at first but somehow i found this one... endearing :3, cute poor ushiwaka)

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Atsumu x Nishinoya

1. All the things I love about Yuu by KilluCoulomb

Atsumu Miya is fixated in Nishinoya. The way the boy acts, talks, plays. He Carefully observes from afar, but he slowly warms up to the Libero. Friendship becomes more and more intimate. Atsumu realizes Nishinoya is not that simple guy he met three years ago. And he loves it.

(pro volleyball players AU)

2. i'll see you then by noyabeans (snowdrops)

Nishinoya Yuu and Miya Atsumu build a rivalry and something more.

“Oh, it's Karasuno’s libero,” he says, mildly surprised to see Nishinoya’s face staring back at him from the brochure, grinning wide with his arms folded over his chest.

Contains spoilers for the current manga arc, up to chapter 380.

[babysizedfics]

hey! i just wanted to pop by and say that i love your blog loads 🥺🥺 also, i have a question! does roman ever give vee tickles? when they’re big OR small? 💗

aaawW thank u so much for saying so !!

heads up i accidentally made this a ficlet halfway through lol

warning for tickling and teasing

and YES roman tickles vee a lot hsjshdhs you see it on the ic blog quite a lot - if they're hanging out they are actually pretty touchy feely. even when big vee usually ends up in romans lap and he will purposefully be cheeky because he knows roman ends up tickling him as revenge jdhds

just yesterday roman was holding the video game controller out of reach of virgil and fondly teasing him abt being too short to reach it, so vee twisted his septum piercing with his tongue to freak roman out. roman is very grossed out by things easily and dropped the controller to get vee to stop

vee started playing the video game, still sitting in romans lap with a smug smile on his little face... but he was kinda disappointed roman didn't put up more of a (tickle) fight.

so he licked romans cheek

roman freaked out, went to scrub his cheek withm soap, compained on the blog about vee being gross and 'baby snot on his face', then vee just denied it all (purposefully being cheeky to try to get roman to retaliate) until roman started chasing him for revenge

they ended up in virgils room with roman pinning him to the floor. virgil THOUGHT roman was going to lick his cheeks back, but instead roman asked him to admit he did it. virgil denied it and roman started wiggling a finger under his ear

vee squeaked and a giggle escaped

"admit it!" roman demanded

of cours vee knew what would happen if he didnt. so: "no, im innocent!"

then romans other hand circled a finger around the side of his ribs. virgil gasped and started giggling constantly and wriggling under roman

"Last chance, vee-vee!" roman warns with eyebrows raised and a big smile

virgils gigges are squeaky and breathless already, he really is too sensitive for a lot of tickling. but he meets romans eyes for a brief second before they fall shut with another gasp when romans finger brushes a particularly bad tickle spot. "n-no-ho" virgil protests... then he licks his deptum piercing again just to add fuel to the fire

roman cries out in disgust then immediately starts scribbling both his hands quickly over the sides of virgils.

virgil screams and bucks and gasps and blushes so hard

at this point logan appears in the doorway to check what is happening

"h-help, lo-ho" virgil pleads, eyes watering and cheeks aching from laughing so much

"no, don't help Lo!" roman argues, chuckling at vee and kindly slowing his fingers enough to give vee room to breathe between giggles "this is justice for a heinous act!"

logan sniffs in amusement, "well i am not one to stand in the way of justice"

virgils eyes fly open and land on logan "no! pl-hee-he-ease, M-ha-Mama!"

hearing vee call logan mama immediately makes roman stop his fingers, because if vee is starting to regress theres no way he would enjoy such intense tickling

logan steps closer and leans down to better speak to vee. "are you alright, little one?" he asks in a very babytalk voice, then roman stops pinning him and pinches his cheek a little

"hi vee-vee, do you feel tiny?"

and virgil goess BRIGHT RED because he isnt regressing at all, he just used the Mama card to try to get logan to feel sorry for him. he covers his face with his hands and shakes his head and mumbles through his fingers "not little, sorry... just wanted.."

the other two frown. "wanted what, virgil" logan asks.

"do you want me to stop?" roman asks sincerely

virgil wriggles on the floor a little and pulls his hand down from his face enough to chew his thumbnail and reveal one eye and one very pink cheek "no.. just wanted, um... attention" he admits quietly

roman immediately lights up "Ohhhhhh-"

vee whines and covers his face again. roman takes his hands and pulls them away. "let me get this right... did you want more teases?"

vee's silence speaks loudly

"oh my god youre insatiable" roman laughs, but before virgil has time to feel insecure about it roman's fingers start teasing at his ribs again

"i think you have this under control," logan chuckles, then leaves.

"so teasing how tiny you are earier wasn't enough?" roman muses, his fingernails tracing lightly over each individual rib. virgil holds his lips tight to contain a squeal, but it just comes out as a highpitched whimper. "its not enough to just tease how your little arms can't reach when i hold a controller above my head?"

virgil cant respond because one of romans fingers is back under his ear and tickling right under his earlobe and making him titter and squirm

"and i dont think its enough to tease what an itty bitty widdle baby you are, either," roman says in a babytalk voice, laughing when vee whines and tries to hide his red cheeks but then roman pokes his tummy teasingly and vee immediately drops his hands to his tummy protectively. "because we all know what a tiny little cutie you are, with your baby bottles and pacis and your diapers"

"ro-ah!" virgil tried to protest but romans fingers went for the sides of his tummy and all he can do is gasp and wriggle and giggle and hope his cheeks dont catch fire with how much theyre burning

"so i think we'll just stick with teasing you... for how much you love being teased" roman says confidently

"nooo" virgil whines between breathless laughter

"yes, vee-vee" roman laughs. he's drawing little spirals over vee's sides now and it's making vee writhe and squeal

"you love the teases sooo much, how adorable is that, huh?" romans fingers slow down and atart tiptoeing over vee's ribs one by one like theyre stepping stones

vee gasps in a deep breath and lets himself calm down, all while squeaking and smiling so hard

"you pretend to not like it when we tease you for being the shortest, but everytime you get the biggest smile!" romans fingers go up so one wriggles under his ear again and one scribbles at his cheek. vee squeals and shakes his head

"no?!" roman gasps dramatically, "aw, but it's true vee! youre tiny and you love it! and you cant hide it anymore with those cute dimples popping out and your squeaky laughter whenever i hold something out of reach..."

virgils far gone from talking now. he's a flustered giggly mess

"hm and what about how much you love tickles? thats pretty adorable too you know" romans fingers go back to his ribs to circle around slowly and vee instantly curls up, legs bent up to his chest and accidentally trapping romans fingers there

"see!" roman laughs "you love being tickle tickle tickled so much you wont let me take my hands away!" he scribbles his fingers quickly now and vee squeals and rocks on the floor and gasps but his legs still hold romans hands there.

"n-n-no d-doh-ho--"

"no you don't?" roman guesses and virgil nods, eyes squint shut tight with laughter. "yes you do~" roman teases with a sing song babytalk voice. it makes virgils chest feel melty. "you love the tickles vee! Little vee is a little tickly cutie, aren't you?~"

virgil squeaks and gasps. romans fingers slow down and vee breathes through his giggles for a few moments. he's getting to his limit now

"cmon, vee~" roman sings and wiggles his hand sout from between virgils chest and knees. virgil squeals even tho roman wasnt trying to tickle him. roman laughs "if you admit you love teases and tickles then i'll stop"

it takes a couple of minutes for vee to be ready - both because he is so breathless and he keeps getting interrupted by giggle fits even though roman isnt touching him anymore, which just makes roman laugh too - but eventually virgil opens his eyes, squinting past tears of laughter and not bothering to hide his hot cheeks anymore and admits under his breath "i- i um i like being... teased and - and tickled"

"yeah you do" roman agrees with a big smug smile, then he gets up and helps pull vee up from the floor - vee's knees are wobbly and he collapses a little into roman when he is standing and they both laugh and roman keeps an arm around vee's shoulders when they go back to his room to carry on with the video game.

"that wasnt too much, was it?" roman asks a bit meekly after several minute of gameplay.

virgil looks iver to him and sees he refuses to take his eyes off the screen. romans fingers are fidgeting a bit with the controller even though its a cutscene on the screen.

"no," vee whispers, then lets himself wiggle back into romans lap like they'd been before. he looks at the screen as well and breathes deeply when romans arms circle around him. he feels secure and safe in his big brothers lap. "it was perfect" he admits quietly, stroking his fingers over romans arms

[witchcraft-in-wonderland]

Chaos Rising (Pt.2)

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Virgil wasnt entirely sure how long he'd been out, only that when he woke up it was almost scorching hot, and he still felt exhausted.

"Where- what did-" Virgil sat up to concentrate and see how much he could remember, which was, unfortunately, very little.

"Oh good, you woke up, I was beginning to think we'd have a body to dispose of," Virgil froze as a voice reached his ears, a very familiar voice.

"You." Virgil snarled, jumping out of the bed and storming over towards Janus.

"Where did you take me. What are you planning? Huh? Gonna steal my organs and sell them to your little demon friends? Is that it? Trying to make me think I'm safe so you can kill me in my sleep?" Virgil said, searching the room for an escape as he spoke, while still keeping an eye trained on Janus.

"If I were going to kill you I wouldve done it hours ago while you were unconscious, I'm actually trying to accomplish the direct opposite thank you very much." Janus said, half annoyed. Virgil glared at him for a few seconds before attempting to pry open a window, only to be dragged away from it in the next second.

"Have you ever actually tried to escape something before. You dont go for a window when the person trying to keep you inside is standing right behind you." Janus said, rolling his eyes.

"So you admit you kidnapped me," Virgil responded.

"Tell me, would you rather have your entire body turned inside out as all your vital organs and your skeleton are removed and replaced with a demon," Virgil flinched "or spend two weeks in a bedroom until you can rejoin the mini-society of protected humans being developed until the invasion is under control," Janus finished.

Virgil stood there for a moment, pouting slightly "The second one," he mumbled.

"That's what I thought, and theres plenty in here for you to do, video games, board games, wifi, flat screen, I highly doubt you'll get bored, even if it's only this room," Janus said.

"Jannnnyyyy- is he up yet? Hes not as pretty when hes unconcious," Virgil froze and raised an eyebrow while he tried to work out the second voice.

"Hes awake, and very pissy." Janus said, smirking, Virgil glared at him.

Remus popped up over his shoulder, resting his head on it and grinning broadly.

"Oh he does look angry doesnt he? Still doesnt get why we're keeping him here huh?" Remus said with a laugh.

"Oh I understand alright. But that doesnt mean I have to enjoy it." Virgil growled.

"Oooohhh! I'm shaking in my boots!" Remus said, feigning a terrified expression.

"Why even bother sticking around if all you're going to do is patronize me." Virgil snarled, scrunching his nose up in the process.

"Alright alright, we'll leave you be, theres a mini-fridge and a microwave if you get hungry," Janus said, pointing before walking out the door with Remus.

"Great! So I'm some glorified demon pet now! Fun!" Virgil complained, collapsing back onto the bed with a groan.

He rolled over and stared around for a while before choosing to mess with the television at the front of the room.

"Virgil? Are you hungry at all? We have dinner if you need it," Janus' voice sounded from behind the door.

"Screw off." Virgil said, hoping he was louder than his stomach.

"Fair enough, but I will warn you that the snacks arent always as filling as they look, they're from the Gluttony circle," said Janus.

Virgil waited for a while before he heard Janus' footsteps move away from the door, he then opened it to see a plate set out for him. He rolled his eyes and picked it up before shutting the door again and going to eat it.

Maybe he was just hungry, but it had to be one of the best things he'd ever tasted in his life, and all to soon, the plate was clean, but he felt completely full.

He opened the door slightly to slip the plate back onto the floor, hoping silently that maybe one of his captors would step on it.

This routine carried on for several days before Virgil saw the man in the black cape face to face again.

"What do you want now." Virgil snarled.

"Its been fourteen days, I'm here to show you around so you dont get lost," Janus said calmly.

"Go away." Virgil growled, burying his face in a nearby pillow.

"You cant possibly want to stay in here forever can you?" Janus said.

"I'm an introvert, I'd rather die in my room than talk to people," Virgil replied.

"Well to bad, you're coming with us!" Remus cackled, dragging Virgil out of the bed by his leg. Virgil hissed and turned to pry Remus off of him, only to find himself hoisted into the air.

"Hey!" Virgil snarled, latching onto Remus against his will as the ground got further away.

"Aaaaaaawwww, hes scared," Remus said with a snicker.

"I can and will bite you. And now that I'm right up next to your neck I dont think you want that." Virgil snarled.

"Its like raising hellhounds all over again," Remus said, giving a fake sniffle and snickering.

"Yes only this one cant spit fire," Janus replied.

"But he sure sheds doesnt he?" Remus said, gesturing to Virgil's bed, which did in fact have some strands of lilac hair throughout it.

"Oh screw you!" Virgil said angrily.

"Well as cute as you are I dont think we're close enough for that," Remus said, smirking, Virgil growled at him again.

"Alright Remus,let's introduce him to the others," Janus said, rolling his eyes yet again.

A few moments later he was standing in a town square by an ornate fountain, with several people conversing around him, some human, some demons.

"This is my brother Roman, his boyfriend Remy, and their other boyfriend Emile," Remus said, pointing to a group of boys, two demons, and one human.

"Its really nice here, I promise," said Emile, grinning. Virgil merely shrugged.

"Oh my gosh you must be the newbie! I'm Patton- I created this whole safe haven!" Virgil braced himself as a rather short demon rushed at him with all the force of a rabid bear.

"Do you like it here? Are the rooms alright? The twon looks normal enough doesnt it? I've never interacted with this many humans before!" Patton said excitedly, another human came up behind him and placed a hand on his shoulder.

"Patty darling I'm quite sure everything is fine," said the man.

"I know Lolo I'm just worried is all- i want them all to like it!" Patton replied.

"Its uh- fine-" Virgil said, practically begging for an escape route.

"Well uh- heres your house keys! And your new address! And dont worry about your other house, you'll be back soon enough!" Patton said, dropping a few things in Virgil's hands.

Virgil merely shrugged and walked to where the sudden trail of glowing purple sparks beckoned him. Virgil was used to weird occurrences, but a demon city was something he hadnt quite prepared for.

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[handonshipper]

If I Knew Then What I Know Now: Chapter Three

Hope headed downstairs after putting her father to sleep. The voices in her head caused by the Hollow were getting to her. It was getting harder and harder to manage. The most relief she had gotten since she took in the Hollow's magic again was when she was spending time with the waiter from the Mystic Grill, Landon Kirby, yesterday. Something about being around him was different. A little distracting at least. But she was dangerous to be around right now, and she knew it. Which was why she did not consider going to find him.

The tribrid wondered what exactly the waiter was doing in New Orleans, her home town. Was it merely a coincidence or something more? She felt drawn to trust Landon and felt comfortable around him, but she had also recently been betrayed by Roman, her ex boyfriend, which resulted in her mother's death. At the thought of this, the voices grew, and she struggled to ignore them. She breathed out slowly and entered Rousseau's bar. "Declan, hey, I need a favor from the bar." Suddenly her body froze as she spotted a familiar face, her anger flaring up again. Elijah Mikaelson. Her uncle. "What are you doing here? Killing my mom wasn't enough? Now you've come for Declan?"

"That's not what I'm here for." Elijah disagreed, but Hope didn't care. She just wanted to be angry at him. To not let her own guilt sink in. It was painful enough the brief moment it had while she was with Landon. It was easier for her to be angry with Elijah instead of facing all of it. And the voices in her head certainly weren't helping.

"He killed her" Declan said, stunned.

"That's not what happened." Elijah defended

"No, but if you weren't there, she'd still be alive." Hope said, and her rage fueled the voices, causing then only to get louder and louder. She clutched her head. "Stop! God, stop!"

"What's going on with you?" Declan asked, confused and concerned at what was happening to her. He moved to go towards her but stopped as Elijah grabbed his arm.

"Stop! Shut up! Shut up!" Hope shouted. Their voices certainly weren't helping the situation.

"What did you do?" Declan interrogated Elijah. Elijah grabbed him by the neck and pinned him up against the bar.

"Hey, don't hurt him!" Hope said, moving closer, momentarily distracted from the voices by the scene before her.

"I won't. We can't do this in front of him."

"Okay, fine." She waved her hand and put Declan to sleep. The human then fell to the floor. "Now it's just the two of us."

"My memory was gone. I didn't know who she was."

Considering everything the tribrid was feeling at the moment, that wasn't a good enough excuse. "Well, now you do. How does it feel?"

"Like the worst pain I've ever experienced."

The whispers got more intense in her head, and she put her hands on her head and looked around a little, trying to force away the voices. She lowered her hands and looked at her uncle. "I hate you."

"I hate me, too." Elijah said, self loathing obvious in his eyes.

Hope knew she shouldn't blame him, but right now she needed to be angry with someone, and it was easy to be angry with him. "You let her die." In a flash of rage, consumed by emotions and the hollow's magic, Hope waved a hand, cutting him magically repeatedly as though she was clawing into him until he collapsed

"Hope" spoke a familiar voice, but the tribrid didn't give herself a chance to process who the voice belonged to. In a flash of rage, she waved her hand back and caused a deep gash across the person that entered. "Hope" the voice repeated, though now it had a groan, and the tribrid suddenly realized who the voice belonged to.

Landon Kirby.

Landon was walking down the street as he thought about everything that happened. He wanted to make sure Hope was alright. He hadn't seen her since the day before. But he also did not want to interact with her, no matter how much he wanted to. He knew that he was no longer the same Landon Kirby he had been before he melted into a pile of goo. Before he had been sent to Malivore and lived what felt like years in complete isolation, Before he had to fight monsters in the prison world to survive.

He knew he was darker, fought with both brawn and brain. He attacked first and didn't let himself worry about the consequences. He just needed to fight and kill. That had been his mindset for the past several weeks since he got out of Malivore. And now he was here, surrounded by people.... It was a lot, and he wasn't sure that he could manage it well enough not to end up being a burden on Hope or anyone else.

Suddenly, he heard Hope's voice from inside Rousseau's as he neared it. "Stop! Shut up! Shut up! Hey, don't hurt him!" There was a little bit of a pause "You let her die!"

A concerned Landon Kirby stepped into Rousseau's and called out her name to get her attention. "Hope" Suddenly, without really paying attention to who it was, Hope waved a hand back. Suddenly, a large gash cut across Landon's chest magically, and he stumbled back a bit, leaning against the wall as blood started soaking his shirt. "Hope" he repeated, groaning a little in pain. This wasn't a wound he could exactly stitch up.

"Landon?" Hope questioned,   her eyes widening in horror at what she had done. "Oh god" she said as Landon slowly slid to the ground, putting pressure to his own wound. She grabbed something sharp from nearby and cut her palm. "Here, drink this", she said, putting it near his mouth but not on it.

Landon shook his head, not wanting to risk being sent back to Malivore. He wasnt sure what exactly happened. But he also didn't want to take any chances.

"It can heal you. Drink" Hope said, looking at him, her eyes wide in concern.

Landon shook his head again. "Not you" he said, forcing back a groan of pain

A hurt expression flickered across her face, and she moved her hand away. He could see her wound closing up. Her uncle, Elijah, was healing from his own wounds at the moment.

"Hope. What happened?" Klaus questioned, walking inside the bar.

"I uh. I attacked Elijah, and Landon came in. And I accidentally hurt him too" Hope said. "And he's refusing to drink my blood. I don't know why. I told him it would help"

Klaus walked over and bit his own wrist before feeding it to Landon forcefully. Landon drank some of the hybrid's blood. He coughed some of it up, anxious about how vampire blood would affect him.  But the blood already started to heal him. His eyes drifted shut and Landon lost consciousness.

Hope was pacing downstairs in the Mikaelson home, trying to keep herself calm and have as much control over the whispers as she could. It had died down after she hurt Elijah. The pain wasn't as bad as it had been before. But she knew it was only temporary. She looked up as her father came downstairs after putting Landon.

"How is he?" She asked immediately.

"He's alright, just sleeping. He's getting a bit feverish, but it's mild." Klaus said, looking at his daughter. "Who is he?"

"His name is Landon, and he's human. He, uh, he used to serve me milkshakes at the Mystic Grill. He took a trip here. I'm not sure how long he is staying. He says it depends on if he has reasons to stay."

"What was that? You won't take my help, you reject the bracelet, you're throwing Elijah around" Klaus said, looking at his daughter with worry.

"It stopped the voices." the tribrid admitted, trying not to sound as vulnerable as she felt.. She had all of this power and she knew it was killing her. And the voices were so intense, part of her wanted to scream and take out all of New Orleans to feel better.. But she didn't want to hurt people. She never wanted that. It was why she worked hard to control her magic so she never used too much. Never used more than necessary for a given occasion. Though she hadn't exactly been following her own rules lately.

Her father looked at her, stunned "What?"

"Ever since I took the power back, the whispers... I can't think, I can't sleep, I can't even breathe. But right now, it's silent. Is this the rest of my life? A rage that can only be quieted by violence?"

"Hope, if violence is what you need to feel better, then you have the perfect father. We'll handle this. In the meantime, you should probably keep your distance from your friend. Landon"

"I was thinking the same thing." Hope said, looking at him. "Thank you for bringing him here and making sure he was alright."

"You're welcome" Klaus said.

"I saw Landon yesterday" she said, trying to talk to him before the voices grew too loud again. "We talked for a bit, and I showed him around New Orleans"

"You could manage it? The voices?"

"It was... I don't know, easier around him. I can't explain it. It was still there and bothersome but it wasn't as bad. I have no idea why" Hope said as she followed her father upstairs to her room. "I thought I could handle it. I really did."

"You're handling it as best you can, and I'm gonna be here with you every step of the way." Klaus promised as he looked at his daughter.

"Will you stay with me awhile?"

"Of course I will. So do you like this boy?"

Hope was silent for a moment, but she was grateful for the focus on Landon instead of the voices constantly in her head. "Even if I did, it doesn't matter"

"What makes you say that?" Klaus questioned curiously.

"My last love interest betrayed me. I dont think I am exactly the right person to be dating"

"The first person I was truly involved with is currently under a sleeping spell in this very building." Klaus pointed out with a slight smile. "Do you like this boy"

"Yes. But I can't think about a relationship" Hope said. She never would be able to. She could feel herself dying. It wasnt fair to him. It wouldn't be fair to get involved with anyone while she was dying. Though she couldnt exactly say that to her father. "He's human. Our family gets ourselves involved in a lot of dangerous situations. And mom just-" She shook her head

"Your mother would want you to be happy"

"I know she would." the tribrid said simply but she had already made up her mind. She wanted Landon to be safe. Not be killed like Camille, Hayley, Jackson, and many others had been while close to their family. If he was genuinely as nice of a guy as he seemed, then she definitely didn't want to ruin his life, which is probably exactly what she would do if her family got involved with him. Invaded his life. He already got hurt because of her. Hope wasn't sure she could avoid that happening again if he didn't leave.

Hope was confused on why he was pushing her to be in a relationship, especially after how he reacted whenever anyone else got in a relationship. However, after looking at him for a moment, she recognized the reasoning from his expression. He wanted her to have hope. To find something to live for and to look forward to. Something to fight for besides family.

[remromloceit]

Requested-The day they acted suspicious

Summary: Janus wants to cuddle his boyfriends but they are too busy doing other stuff without him.

Prompt: Why are you covered in soot?!?! + remromloceit

As stated, I'm so sorry it took me so long to post.

Characters: Remus, Roman, Logan, Janus, Patton (mentioned)

Tags: Fluff

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Janus pulled out his keys to unlock the big white door that  would lead him into the entryway of the dark side household. He was looking for his lovely boyfriends. His boyfriends being Roman Logan and Remus. According to Patton they were “going to go make cool thingies” whatever that meant. Patton wasnt really paying janus any attention when he had ask him where his boyfriends had ran off to. Patton was too busy unscrewing the cookie jar open to get the cookie out. 

So here he was across the street from the light sides house and inside his own home. He walked in and sat down his keys and walked into the living room and saw no one. All the lights were on though. The living room looked exactly like Thomas's actual living room except the walls were a bit gray. Oh and not to mention Remus’s random “creations” just laying everywhere. 

Janus rolled his eyes. He was gonna get Remus to clean up this living room soon. 

“Go get the bigger hammer. It might be big enough,” he heard come from up the steps. It was Remus.

But he wasn't talking to Janus. A door then slammed shut which was followed by heavy footsteps. 

“Oh and don't forget about the head peace. It's in Remus’s room, top drawer,” Logans voice also came out.

“Yeah yeah, I know-” Roman answered. The door closed again but not as loud as the first time.

Janus walked up the steps. And their standing in the middle of the hallway was roman. 

“Roman?” he questioned. 

“Oh!” he turns around hiding whatever that was in his hand behind his back. Suspicious.

“Janus! Honey… how are you?”

“I'm doing pretty good. How are you?”

“Um..” Roman trailed off. His mind not creating a fast enough lie to prosent to Janus. Not like it mattered.

Janus got a good look around the hallway. And by good looks I mean, there were thick heavy clouds of smoke seeping from remus’s room. How the fire alarm haven't gone off is beyond Janus. 

They stood in an awkward silence. 

“So what are you guys up to?” Janus asks waiting for the other to say anything.

“Nothing really” Roman says slowly. Janus nods his head.

“Ok” 

He watches as Roman makes carefully calculated steps toward Remus’s room. As if moving slowly was going to make Janus like disappear or something. 

There was the sound of something falling in Remus’s room. And then Logan came out of the room.

“Roman we need some- oh”

“Hi babe” Janus greets the logical side. He was covered in black powder. Best described as soot. Why? Janus didn't know.

“Wasn’t expecting for you to come back so soon”

“Yeah well… I’m back. What are you guys doing?” Janus asks as he gets on his toes to try to look over Logans shoulders. He was unsuccessful. Maybe it was because Logan was very tall compared to Janus.

“Well, stuff”

Janus squints at the logical side. Logan has never been one to not be specific about what he was doing.

“You must be tired” Roman says, grabbing Janus' hand and pulling him away from the door before Janus could ask any more questions. They were definitely doing something he wouldn't approve of. What it could be, Janus didn't know.

The door opened from the office once more and out came remus. He was also covered with the same black powder as the rest. Except he his pants were wet. However that didn't stop him from running full force into Janus’s arms.

“Janus!” He ran excitedly toward Janus, practically tackling the self caring side to the ground.

The air knocked out of him Janus didn't have time to reply before Remus kept going. “I'm so happy to see you. You're gonna shit yourself from pure happiness when you see what we-”

Roman kicked him in the side stopping him mid sentence. Except he also got Janus in the crossfire. 

“Ow!”

“Whoops, I’m so sorry Jan I didn’t mean to- it was for Remus.”

Remus giggled and kissed Janus’s cheek. Well more like he gave him a quick peck and then licked were he had just kissed.

“Ew! Get off me”Remus climbed off of the other and stood up before extending his hand out to help the other up.

Janus began to brush off the black powder that fell on him and looked around at his boyfriends.

“We love you but come back later babe” Remus says as he tries to usher Janus away from the door and towards the steps. 

“Will you at least tell me why you guys are covered in,” he pauses and collects the bit of black powder that had landed on him from the football tackle he had encountered with remus just minutes beforehand. “Wait is this soot?”

“Yes, it is and no we won't. Now if you would excuse us, we should be getting back to what we were doing”

Janus went back downstairs and stared at his phone as he listened to the random bumping and what not coming from up the steps. 

He hears the door open as he scrolls through youtube's recommended videos. 

“Janus?” Logan calls out from the top of the stairs.

“Yeah?”

“Are you busy?”

Janus rolls his eyes. Busy? Of course not. He’s waiting for his boyfriends to stop avoiding him and come and join him. But since Logan asked, he decided to not give a sarcastic answer.

“No, hun”

“Ok close your eyes”

That was an odd request. But Janus did it. He listened careful as he heard a collection of footsteps begin their journey down the steps.

“Keep your eyes close until we tell you to open” Logan instructs

“Janus we made you something from our love-” Roman starts his voice as if he was in front of a crowd, on a stage. Never a dull moment with him.

“Also sweat and tears” Remus buts in.

“Yes that's because you decided to touch a hot surface! Not the point. Janus we appreciate you very much so we wanted to make something that reciprocated that love. You can open your eyes now” Roman finishes.

Janus opened his eyes and in front of him was a metal pole. Well no. It was a staff. A nice shiny silver a majority of it with. It was shaped as a sheapereads bow with a nice round curve at the top with the shape of a Backwards S. The backwards S was the shape of a snake with its tail end wrapped tightly around the rod. Its tongue was out as well making the end of the S with a split tongue.

Janus didn't have any words to say.

He felt the tears swell up in the corner of his eyes.

“Guys” is all he says. He jumps up off the couch, the rod falling to the floor, forgotten as he pulls his lovers into a hug.

“I love it” he says as he snuggles in their warm touch.

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I realized the description of the staff is weird but I'm not an artists so I tried really hard to describe it to y'all. Anyway have a good day

[bridgyrose]

(Ever After AU) Neo didn't actually want to kill Ruby. She honestly just wanted to have a tea party with Ruby and had no idea the tea was poisoned.

(I still dont think the tea itself was actually poison, but... I think this will suffice for now.)

Ruby panted as she leaned against a tree, a few tears running down her cheek. Nothing had gone to plan, she and her team were lost in the Ever After, and now, she wasnt sure if she wanted to go back to Remnant and be the hero everyone wanted her to be. Not that she was a hero, afterall, Atlas had fallen and two relics had gotten into Salem’s hands and she still had no idea what she was doing anymore.

She took a few breaths to try to calm herself as she looked around the forest she found herself in, more lost than when she started. “Guess… guess I ran a bit too far,” Ruby said as she wiped away a tear. 

“We can still go back,” Little said as they climbed up to her shoulder. “I think I remember the turns we took.  And I’m sure I can follow your scent if we get too far off trail.” 

“I… I cant go back. Not now.” 

“Why not? All you have to do is apologize.” 

“Its… its not that simple.” Ruby sighed and leaned against the paper tree and slowly slid down until she was sitting on the ground. “If I go back, then I’ll have to be the hero again and keep a smile on my face while the pressure of everything I have to do weighs me down. And I… I cant do that anymore.” 

Little nodded and hid in Ruby’s hood. “Dont stray too far. Its easy to get lost in the Ever After and with the Jabberwalker out here-” 

“I’ll be fine, Little.” Ruby stood up and looked around the forest of paper trees, already more lost than she wanted to admit. “I think.” 

 After a few moments, she finally picked a direction to walk and started to make her way forward. She paused after an hour of walking when she saw a mansion in the forest, one that reminded her of Vale. Nothing about the placement felt right, but she was a lot more lost than she wanted to admit and at least having shelter was a start until she was ready to make her way back to her friends. With a deep breath, she opened the door and stepped inside. “Hello? Anyone home?” 

Her voice echoed through the empty halls, the air grew cold as the door shut and left the halls dimly lit with wall lights. Her footsteps echoed as she made her way through the hallways, a shiver ran down her spine as she heard another set of footsteps echoing along with hers. Ruby stopped and tried to listen to the footsteps as she heard them echo around her. Then, the footsteps stopped. 

Ruby unfurled her scythe and kept watch down the hallway as she waited for the footsteps once more. Seconds turned to minutes as she kept herself still and her breathing quiet as she waited for any sign of movement. Once she was sure nothing was coming, she folded up her scythe again and sighed. “Guess my imagination is getting-” 

Her words were interrupted as she felt the point of a blade in the small of her back. Her legs shook from walking with no rest, her aura was still mostly depleted, and while she could still hold her scythe without too much issue, she wasnt sure just how much of a fight she could really put up. “I just want to-” she paused once she recognized the person behind her. “Neo?!” 

Neo glared at her and pressed her blade a bit more into her back, not quite breaking skin. “What are you doing here?” she signed with her free hand. 

“I-I wanted to ask you the same thing. Last I saw you, you were in Vale. How… how did you get here?” 

“I… I dont know.” Neo lowered her parasol and took a step back. “I.. It was like I fell through the world. One moment I was on Remnant, the next I was here. I thought I had died, but I havent seen Roman so I dont think this is an afterlife. Why are you here?” 

“Its a long story, but I fell too.” Ruby sighed and put her scythe on her back. “Its been a long day, I… I need somewhere to stay. Can I stay here?” 

“You… want to stay?” 

“Just for a bit if its okay. I… I need to clear my head.” 

“Then you should at least have something to eat. Follow me.” 

Ruby nodded and followed Neo down that hall, glancing towards the walls and pictures periodically. Each picture seemed to be a glimpse into who Neo was in the past, pictures of her as a child with parents and the schooling she had, which then abruptly turned into pictures of her and Neo until it was Neo alone kneeling down at a grave for Roman. “What is this place?” 

“Its her old home,” a familiar  voice answered as they rounded a corner and went through a doorway to what looked like a dining hall filled with people. “At least something similar to it.” 

Ruby paused as she saw Roman setting down a tray with two tea cups and a kettle of hot water on the table in front of them as everyone in the room sat down. Most of the people she didnt know, but a few stood out to her as she took her place. Near the end of the table sat Emerald, Mercury, and Cinder, near the other sat two people she assumed were Neo’s parents, though they seemed to be much more quiet than the others as voices overlapped. “What’s going on?” 

“Its a tea party,” Neo answered as she signed quietly before offering a teacup to Ruby. “Roman may be gone, but that doesnt mean I cant still have him here.” 

Roman smiled and sat down next to Neo. “And now its like I never died.” 

“I’m sorry about him.” Ruby took a teacup and looked inside to see a few crushed up leaves in an infuser. “I tried to stop him-” 

Neo put a finger to Ruby’s lips, and then slowly signed. “I’ve come to terms about it. He’s gone, but… still here.” 

Ruby nodded as she watched the people in the room start to disappear, leaving only her, Neo, and Roman in the room. She reached for the kettle as Neo moved to put herself into Roman’s lap and poured some water into her teacup. Steam left the cup as the water turned from clear to a rainbow of colors similar to how the leaves looked. “Maybe we can get you out of here with the rest of us.” 

“The rest of you?” Neo asked as she cocked her head. 

“My team and Jaune.” Ruby swirled the water around in her cup and pulled the infuser out. “We… we were fighting Cinder in a space that wasnt really remnant. A bridge we had created to get everyone out of Atlas before it fell. But Cinder overpowered us and… we fell.” 

“You really think there’s a way out?” 

Ruby nodded and took a sip of her tea. “There should be. We’re in the Ever After, the same place as the *Girl Who Fell Through the World*-” Ruby froze for a moment as her words stopped and the world around her started to spin. Her fingers shook as she lost her grip on the teacup, hearing it shatter as it hit the table. 

“Ruby?!” Little called out. “Are you okay?” 

Ruby fell out of her chair, all sense of feeling leaving her as she tried to stand up. “We will… we have to…” her words slurred as she lost the little strength she had and fell to the ground. Her eyes closed as she heard a voice call out to her. 

“Ruby!” 

And then silence as she felt herself begin to fall.

[sablesides-writing-corner]

Can You Do “How Do I Look?” “Amazing..” With Intrulogical?

Logan didnt like to look at himself in the mirror, he never had, though when he was younger it was for completely different reasons. He liked wearing dresses and skirts and suits, but never in public. For him, life was hoodies and sweatpants and coffee mugs. It was torture, most of the time the only light in the house when he had to shower or do anything that required visibility of his body was a small candle next to the sink.

He'd grown used to it, practically learned to move in the dark, like a cat in a vast woodland.

Logan didnt work outside, he had a youtube channel, and he never showed his face. He did voice overs of books and broke down lessons for students who's teachers wouldn't help them. He gave out tips for younger members of the lgbt+ community on safety and relationships. It was rewarding to see the comments, sometimes followed up by stories of how he'd helped.

But Logan was lonely. He may not have wanted to look at himself, but he was desperate for someone to look at him and see someone worthwhile, someone he could dress up in front of without wanting to break down in tears. He wanted someone who would laugh at his jokes and cry at his favorite movies and read books with him. But every time he tried to crowd source an answer, he was met with dating websites and apps and events for blind dates, but he didnt want those. He wanted something realistic.

There he was, sitting in the library, hood pulled over head and face buried in a book in an attempt to block out the world.

"Hey uh- can I borrow that when you're done?" Logan lifted his head up to be met with a pair of bright red eyes.

"Oh um- sure- you can have it-" Logan said, awkwardly shoving the book in the boys direction.

"I like your hoodie," he said, pointing. Logan froze slightly.

"Th-thanks, uh- I guess," he said, rubbing the back of his neck.

"Remus," the boy said plainly.

"Oh uh- L-Logan," Logan responded quietly.

"Wanna hang at my place? You seem a little lonely," Logan blinked for a few seconds, how had he guess so easily? Surely he wasnt that obvious?

Remus smirked slightly "I'm a psychology major," he said smugly. Logan laughed a little, he noticed a small shimmer in Remus' eyes.

"I guess it wouldnt hurt," Logan said, though there was still a slight edge to his voice.

Soon enough he was walking with Remus to his apartment, inside of which was a man in a white sweater and a red skirt, rushing around and looking panicked.

"Woahwoahwoahwoah- Ro- what's going on-" Remus said, wrapping his arms around the boy to trap his arms to his sides.

"Date in thirty minutes- cant find my heels-" Roman said.

"You set them downstairs in the guest room," Remus said before setting Roman back on the ground. Roman ran past Logan without even acknowledging him, fleeing down the hall. Logan stepped up the stairs next to Remus, rubbing his arm slightly.

"Sorry about him," Remus said with a laugh.

"Its alright-" Logan said, a small smile crossing his face.

Logan had found an unlikely companion in Remus, but still he didnt feel good enough about himself to confess anything.

Today Remus had decided to bring a few outfits over to Logan's for him to try on. Logan had never been more nervous in his life, trying on outfits alone was one thing, but in front of someone like Remus was a completely different story.

Logan heard the doorbell ring and sucked in a breath before running to open it.

"Logie!" Remus lifted Logan off the ground, arms wrapped around his waist, the outfits hanging loosely in both hands.

"Alright- show time," said Remus, grinning.

The first outfit was a blue shirt with silver detailing along the sleeves and black pants. This one didnt feel quite so bad, though Remus' constant yips and whistles may have helped that.

About three outfits in they'd reached the moment Logan had been afraid of most. A long flowing blue dress with gold and silver details on the skirt. Logan crossed his arms over the top of it, looking away slightly.

The room was quiet for a while, and that was bothering Logan more than the dress. "How do I look?" He said, looking over at Remus slightly.

Remus exhaled, eyes wide as he surveyed the man in front of him. "Amazing. . ." Logan felt his face go red with blush. He heard footsteps, and felt Remus take Logan's hands in his own.

"Can I like- kiss you- or would that be weird-" Logan's face flushed even more at the statement, all he could do was give a small nod. Remus held a hand under his chin, lifted his head up, and placed a kiss directly on his lips.

Logan had always wanted someone who made him feel loved, and finally, he had someone who made him feel like there was no greater love in the world.

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@noodle---doodle

@nerosdayinhell

@softestpatton

@a-deceit-salad

[the-sunshine-dims]

amnesia rewrite! (chapter 6)

ch 1 | ch 2 | ch 3 | ch 4 | ch 5 | ch 7 | ch 8 |

original fic

words: 1692

ao3

contents and warnings: amnesia, deaged Janus, food, fluff, weeping angel mention, pranks, 

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Patton knew individually both Virgil and Janus were very strong spirits, and he had learned over the past couple weeks that together they were.. well, chaotic, but surely

surely.

It wouldn’t be normal for them to do- well whatever they did, Patton could only guess as roman chased them, covered in a sparkly goop, and yelling a couple of nonsense phrases as well as what Patton could only make out as “undo it!” 

He really hoped it wouldn’t be normal.

Patton pinched the bridge of his nose, sighing to himself, before taking pity on both poor Roman and the flooring which was ever so slowly being fully covered with the goop as well, he loudly coughed to get their attention, having the intended effect of having them all halt in there running, “did you two do this?” He asked in his practiced and patented dad voice, already pretty certain he knew the answer but still asking anyway.

Janus immediately piped up, taking the attention from Virgil who had actually not fully stopped and had kept slowly side-stepping away from roman “No!” He told him insistently, not wanting him or Virgil to get in trouble and have the invite of movie night be rescinded, it was the first time it was calm enough and no one was too busy for one, which meant it was his first movie night, he didn’t want to miss it! still despite his very best attempt it was very very, abundently clear to Patton that he was lying, which wasn’t as big a surprise as Janus wished it would be, after all, he was a very shifty character.

the effort made Patton make sure to be soft with his tone however before he was just about to reply Virgil spoke up to talk to Janus, “dee patt’s smart enough to know we did it- and even if he didn’t would you really wanna not take credit for the awesome prank?” He asked vaguely motioning to Roman who was halfway across the room from him now.

Janus pouted- actually pouted and Patton couldn’t help but silently chuckle to himself, thankfully unnoticed by all other parties, and once he had stopped pouting he just turned around to face patton and immediately looked down to fiddle with his sleeves as he quietly went “okay.. we did, ‘m sorry” he said, focusing his attention on Patton.

“You don’t need to apologize to me, Roman’s the one who’s affected and deserves an apology.” he told him, and speaking of Roman, “Roman when you’re ready the bathroom should be free why don’t you take a shower, it doesn’t appear that the goo was made with just a snap,” Roman sighed loudly before nodding and Patton smiled at him before turning his attention once again to the two chaos bringers “now, you two clean the mess from when he was chasing after you and later you’ll have to help me with movie night preparation, sound relatively Fair?” 

Virgil, Janus, and Roman mumbled a chorus of yes’s, Romans more prominent as he was happy to get some retribution for their crimes. Patton nodded- mostly to himself, “good.” 

It would be days before he ended up admitting to the two that he actually found the prank kind of funny, because by then Roman, while still acting offended by the pure mention of it, everyone could tell that it was purely lighthearted and he was in no way mad.

It would be only hours though until he admitted it was adorable and so very sweet how much Janus had latched and pretty much imprinted onto Virgil, following him around like a little duckling, (and when Virgil was truly busy Roman was a close second, however, it didn’t seem to save him.)

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“..Roman why are you sparkly?” 

“I don’t wanna talk about it.” roman grumbled back.

Patton chuckled as he listened to the short-lived conversation of the two from the kitchen, Virgil and Janus had been helping him with prepping everything for the movie night but as making popcorn was the last thing they needed to do (and they and Roman had gotten banned from the kitchen because while one of them had tried to make pasta while waiting for the plain water to heat up it somehow caught on fire) so he let them go, to do what they wanted to do until everyone gathered for the movie.

After a bit he was finally done popping it so he then sifted popcorn into the two bowls, one for just melted butter and salt for Logan and Virgil and one bowl with sugar and melted butter for Roman and himself and maybe Remus if he joined them, and Janus was welcome to both as Patton hadn’t really been able to memorize his favorite yet.

He smiled as walked out, quickly setting the popcorn bowls down onto the coffee table, before happily sitting and leaning into Roman’s side, he hummed quietly to himself as he waited for Virgil to come back down before he noticed that Janus was just standing there, near the tv not really doing something, barely even moving.

He took worry-filled moment to take a breath before just going “hey dee? You wanna sit down kiddo?” And Patting the spot next to him, he didn’t want him to feel like the odd one out and feel too awkward to sit down, so he wanted to offer a clear invitation just incase, logan had said he occasionally needed that.

Janus glanced at Patton momentarily, before shaking his head insistently “no, waiting,” He explained, well it might’ve been explaining to him but it gave much more questions than answers, and honestly it was kind of scaring Patton especially as he immediately went back to staring at a specific spot, and a long while back Virgil had introduced him to what weeping angels were, so now he was scared to look away when his kiddos stared at either him or a very specific spot that didn’t ever vary for a prolonged time.

After a bit Virgil came down and sat right next to Logan, who had been silently reading a book against the armrest,

Then the moment Virgil sat down and everybody got situated- not even a second later, Janus ran full force at the couch and threw himself onto them, eliciting a variety of startled yelps and shrieks from them, and after a moment of him just happily using all of theirs legs as pillows as they remained completely stunned, Roman, Logan, and Paton just started to make noises of both bewilderment and dramatic alarm, however, the former was more of Romans doing, despite the only Part of Janus that was even touching him was his arms, extended like a stretching cat, though honestly despite the earlier prank Patton felt like if it had been anyone else and not Janus who had done that Roman would make much more fanfare about the throwing themself at them at all, Patton smiled to himself at the notion before grabbing the remote and stretching to hand it to Logan, absentmindedly starting to card his fingers through Janus’s hair.

Janus smiled contently as he got comfortable, happy with just being so close to his family. 

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It had been maybe two and a half movies before Patton looked around, about to tell them another movie-based pun before he realized that They all had fallen fast asleep, Roman’s head lulled to the side and leaning on him much more than patton realized, Virgil cuddling Logan closely, and Janus holding patton’s arm captive, close to his chest, Patton barely suppressed an adoring coo with just how adorable the scene was before he realized that one of them wasn’t asleep, though he wasn’t that far away from it.

He looked over to focus more on Logan, who was trying so hard to watch the movie, blinking his eyes open after they started drooping more than three times in a single minute. 

Patton smiled fondly before quietly going “lo, dear, you should go to sleep,”

Logan paused as he processed his words before he gave Patton a sheepish- and very groggy- smile, then he looked down to his lap, doing his best to avoid eye contact, and Patton realized a very important thing as Logan mumbled “‘mm don’ wanna move,” because while Virgil was very cuddly currently, Logan was equally cuddly, and he appeared very content to be so.

Patton chuckled softly as he understood, before going to shake his head lovingly, “lo-lo you don’t have to go upstairs to go to bed, you can just go to sleep in the cuddle pile with us, I was just saying if you're sleepy it’d be good to go to sleep.”

Logan made a small little “oh” sound, making it abundantly obvious even if it wasnt already that he was too tired to of even considered that, before grinning so brightly and so groggily and happily collapsing into Virgil’s chest.

And Patton couldn’t see exactly but he wouldn’t be surprised if Logan instantly fell asleep, he gave a small chuckle before doing his best to cover everybody with the blankets they had gradually grabbed and brought over to the couch to make sure no one got cold in the middle of the night.

After he was done he grabbed the remote from where Logan had put it and turned the tv off, soon continuing to card his fingers through Janus’s hair with his non-stolen hand.

And as Janus just melted even more at the contact Patton’s heart just melted once. 

It didnt take long for patton to start getting drowsy now that he didnt have something to pay attention to and soon Janus and Patton started to Have incoherent conversations, Patton didn't even know if he had partially awoken or if it was just mid-sleep mumbles, but it didn't matter because he wasn’t even forming real or coherent words either, suddenly too tired to even realize it.

And not long after he could only yawn as he tried to keep his eyes open, before just collapsing against Roman’s shoulder and being the final one to quickly doze off.

[is-that-another-soulmate-au]

Alright so now that Im done looking up pictures of Hakoda and Bato while simultaneously screaming about these two DILFS im gonna get down to business and write this Soulmate AU

Okay so this if going to be an eye color AU mixed with a Pain AU. So let me lay the groundwork, firstly Bato's eyes are much more pale that Hakoda's, sort of a grayish blue. While Hakoda's are a bright blue. Okay, and for the timing? After you turn 17. And when you lock eyes with your soulmate at that point it feels like the wind is knocked out of you for a good bit. Your eyes will change to mirror eachother and if there is a third soulmate you'll get a small mark underneath the eye that stayed the same.

Bato and Hakoda both share Kya is what I'm saying, and under their eyes is a small 8 pointed star outline with a blue dot inside.

Alright now onto the story.

It was a cold day when Hakoda turned 17 and locked eyes with Bato. He knows it was could because the two of them felt all their air taken from them before they fell into the snow and stared into eachothers mirrored eyes, it was colder when they fell the second time when Kya looked at them both, her right eye now matching Bato and left eye matching Hakoda. They all had a little star under their right eyes. And were catching their breaths in the cold snow before laughing. It wasn't unheard of for three people to match, but it wasnt very common.

Still they soon married at 18 and Kya had Sokka, then two years later she had Katara. They couldn't be happier. The felt like they could take on the world. But then the day of the southern raiders attack came. And Katara came screaming "Dad! Papa! I think Mom's in trouble! There's a man in our house!!" The two only glanced at eachother for a moment before running to their home screaming "Kya!" As they made it.

Noone was there, all that was left was some hair and a splatter of her blood on the snow ground where she must have taken her last breath. Hakoda and Bato looked at eachother and saw the mark fade to a pale grey with the blue dot in the center turning red. She was gone.

The attack ended as soon as it had started, and the snow settled on the fact that Kya was gone. Nothing in the world could have prepared them for this, But they still had eachother, so they had to keep fighting.

"Sprout, look I'll be fine, the sisters are going to take care of me"

"Ugh, I wish you'd stop calling me that" Hakoda groaned "all because you had bean sprouts one day"

Bato laughed whole heartedly "yeah, hah, youre small like the sprouts"

Hakoda huffed and rolled his eyes "har har"

"And your my little sprout," he paused and smiled "but you really need to get going, get to the point you're needed at and send for me"

Hakoda hesitantly agreed, but not without saying goodbye with a nice spicy snogging. When he did leave he had to fix his wolftail and his men all just snickered at him.

The wait after sending the letter was far too long for his liking, but he tried not to let it show. His men however noticed, each of them taking turns to sit next to him at the fire during meals, making sure to occupy his time with small talk so he'd have less time to worry and stress over Bato. Each of them snickering when he'd yelp at an invisible flick to his ear and then flick it back.

When Hakoda walked to the campfire the morning Bato Arrived it took a moment for his eyes to adjust and realize that it really was him. He took off running at him but slowed just in time for Bato to lift him up and swing him around. Bato held him in the air and kissed him while slowly losing him back down to his feet. When they broke for air he smirked "missed me little sprout?"

"More than anything," hakoda flicked his own ear and laughed when Bato held his ear with a yelp "I also did not appreciate you pinching me each night, that sir was very rude"

"Oh, I"m sorry Mr. Walking around barefoot knowing my husband will feel the pain when I step on a pesky acorn"

They laughed on their way back to their men.

When at the air temple Hakoda would often yelp quietly from a random flick to his nose that happened to be unseen. He'd then flick his wrist and huff when his ear was flicked

"Okay, Cheif Hakoda, I dont mean any disrespect but wtf are you doing and why do you keep flicking youself?" Zuko piped up one morning

"Yeah, no offense, but its a little weird" Toph added

"Oh... uh... Its Bato, you two don't know him, its my soulmate. He's still in prison and likes to flick my ear or nose to get my attention." He laughed to himself

"Oh, wait, can he feel this" Tiph said before going to punch him, but he managed to dodge

"Woah there, yes he would and he'd feel it in his bad arm, please don't do that" this response got a cackle out of Toph.

After the war and the prisoners were released Hakoda felt a flick at his ear but this time it wasn't invisible. Instead it was Bato behind him giving a small warning before hoisting him up into a backwards off the ground hug. "Bato!" He said in surprise as he was then spun in a circle and then let down so he could spin around to look up at his Husband and soulmate.

"Hello my love"

>here we go, some more soft husbands<

@chaoticidiott @transzukostanblog @roman-does-nothing @idkhowbutimgayer

>hope yall enjoyed it<