#and take the win that we have been right all along and FOX was the problem

[lovecolibri]

I feel like oliver is doing this to lead us on bc they won't do buddie anymore bc they replaced it with a cheap version and Ryan doesn't want to be gay on TV and what the fuck am I supposed to do with this info???? How do we take revenge on fox

Okay. Here's the thing. I don't have ANY room for negatively because I'm too busy celebrating being fucking RIGHT. And so normally I would ignore this or try to placate but the thing we are NOT going to do, is put words in Ryan's, namer of the Buddie ship, mouth. I believe he's already played a gay character before in a movie or something? And with Oliver out here flat out saying FOX shut down a storyline "a couple years ago" which is around the shooting that was filmed in Lovers Framing and so romantically coded?? Yeah, I refuse to let people spread misinformation and try and lay this at Ryan's feet when we all Been Knew it was a FOX call.

Also, they literally set Tommy up just like every other LI Buck has had! He falls into something unexpectedly, he makes a mistake off the bat, ye doubles down because his childhood trauma kicks in and he panics about being left. 🤷🏻‍♀️ Tommy is sweet, and might be here for a few more episodes, and might even stick around in some capacity if the audience likes him (Josh as a character eternally looking for love would be an easy way for the show to keep Lou on and accessible if needed), but there is NO WAY Oliver "I'm always careful what I say because I know people will read into it and I don't want to be accused of baiting" is just stringing people along.

I'm absolutely not saying you need to fully board the clown car, I totally get needing to manage your expectations for your own mental health and wellbeing. But in managing your expectations, don't go so far that you suck ALL the joy out of the information out there by catastrophizing worst-case scenarios in order to feel miserable instead of excited. You gotta find some middle ground in there.

[naomiarai]

lucky charm? — cyj.

summary : give your boyfriend another reason to win won't you?

genre : smut, fluff

wc : 2.2k

pairing : basketball player!yeonjun × afab! reader, established relationship

warnings : dom!jjun, sub!reader, kind of wall fucking?, creampie, ass slapping, praise, oral (m.rec), pet names (angel, pretty, princess), kind of exhibitionism

disclaimer : idk how i feel abt it

the fogg in the air moves to disappear as the you make the outline of your star player, his coloured hair so easily spottable. your eyes meet his fox ones as you wave with a big smile, clearly excited to see him.

yeonjun jogs up to you, removing his jacket in the process and draping it over your shoulders.

“i told you i’d pick you up, princess, it's freezing outside” he says with a slight frown.

you simply giggle at his gesture, taking a good look at his face. he seems to have caught you staring as he brings his face close to yours, placing a kiss on the tip of your nose.

“did practice go well?” you ask as you wrap your hands around his torso, pulling him closer.

“it was going well, until it started raining” he says with a chuckle, looking at you with endearing eyes.

the boys have been practicing endlessly; the semi-finals for the match was on the upcoming weekend, a perfect day for you since you had all the time in the world to watch them play. either way, if yeonjun feels like he accomplished something after a match, you feel like you accomplished something too.

you're his lucky charm as he says, whether it's a peck on the cheek or a really tight hug before a match, you're his complete motivation. “do you think i could steal you for a bit?” you ask hopefully.

he looks at you with a suspicious grin, tilting his head to the side, “i suppose..” he says and you visibly lighten up, but he starts again, “if i get a kiss?” he asks squinting his eyes.

you mirror the same expression, staring for a good minute before crashing your lips into his abruptly. he pulls you closer, leaning down to kiss you deeper before you pull away, “satiated enough? i wanna show you something” you say as you lace your fingers with his, dragging him out of the court.

“where are we going?” he asks abruptly as you run along with him, “my apartment, i wanna show you something plus we can stay there for tonight?” you say and look back for a moment to see if he'd agree, yeonjun simply smiles with a nod. reaching the entrance of your building, both of you slow down, going in to take the elevator.

it's empty, leaving you both to practically do whatever you wanted. you live pretty high up, it was always annoying to take the elevator that high with a bunch of people in it. but this time you have your dear boyfriend snd his antics of course.

you simply stare the mirror like ceiling, purposely not paying any attention to the very obviously staring at you yeonjun, smiling to yourself. he seems to notice it, his hands go to your jaw, about to turn it to kiss you, just when the doors open. you walk off with a proud scoff, trying to hold yourself from laughing.

you hear him laugh from irritatedly behind you, catching up to you before he stops you with a hand on your waist. “did you really try to run away?” he says with faux anger, before placing the much awaited kiss on your lips.

you chuckle as you push in the keys to your apartment, a creaking noise emitting as you push it open. it's been a while since yeonjun's been in your place since you're usually at his. he stares at certain things a little longer, taking in what he hasn't in a long time. “give me a minute jjun, i'll be right back” you say as you disappear inside your room.

∆∆∆—

you reappear as you carry a box in your hands, wrapped in red foil wrap as you walk your way to his figure on the couch, taking a seat beside him. he looks at you with wide eyes and a surprised expression on his face clearly not expecting it. before he could say anything, you speak up, “look, i know it's not really a gift for you, but it is something you've been wanting for me” you say with a pause in-between.

he eyes go up to the side for a moment, thinking all the possibilities on what it could be before he gives up. “you really didn't have to get anything in the first place, but seriously ____, thank you” he says genuinely

you watch with anticipation as he unravels the ribbon on top, nails clawing into the edge of the lid to pry it open. his eyes land on the bright jersey, embedded with his name and the number 13. you almost immediately see his lips curl up into his signature grin, throwing his head back with pure laughter.

“holy shit!, that looks amazing” he squeals with joy holding stretched out in the air, as you stare at him delightfully, this was probably the most memorable thing you thought of. “gon' go try it on for me?” he asks you, still staring at it.

“let me surprise you”, you say, “i’ll wear it on the day of the competition?”. his eyes finally look back at yours, smiling at the suggestion, it’d be a lovely surprise.

you watch him carefully fold it and put it back inside, fixing on the lid before placing it next to him.

it’s d-day, the sun seems to cover the whole court in its golden rays, you still haven't seen yeonjun yet, he’s probably getting ready  in the locker room.

you smoothen out the jersey, it fit you perfectly, and you just know he would too. the boys had about an hour before their match, they've been practicing steadily the last few days, you're sure they'll do well.

you decide not to waste any of the time you had left to see him, quickly sprinting to the locker room.

you enter slowly, eyes landing on yeonjun; the only one in the room. you don't question where the others ran off to, simply tip toeing your way towards him, in order to wrap your hands around him.

the closer you got to him, you realized he was checking his phone, his thumb about to hit the call button on your number. seeing this, you immediately wrap your arms around his waist, very obviously startling him.

“oh what the— oh my god!” he says as he takes a look at the your figure behind him, letting out a blissful giggle at your attire. your eyes sink into crescent moons, a silent smile plastered on your face, opening your mouth to ask, “do you like it? does it look good?” you say as you look down at yourself again. “you look good, so fucking good” he replies back almost instantly; you could tell the way his voice got a little hazy at the end. you were definitely doing something to him.

you wrap your arms around his neck, inching closer. yeonjun looks at you intently, his lips are curled into the prettiest grin you've seen and it makes you giggle at him. you go up to kiss him, lips melting into each other as he tightens his grip on your lower back. he propels his tongue inside your mouth, fostering a whine from you.

you pull back to catch your breath, but from his expression he clearly doesn't want that. “jjun- you have less than an hour left, keep it in your pants” you say half earnestly. he tilts his head to the side, tongue poking the inside of his cheek, “what? you think i can’t make you cum in less than an hour? i can double that” he says confidently.

you don't doubt his words, you gravely don't. you're simply making excuses that even you don't want, to keep you guys away from latently getting caught fucking before his game. but yeonjun has always had his way, if he wants it, he'll get.

“yeonjun.. what if someone walks in or..comes looking for you?” you say pleadingly, you're playing good girl right now, but you're so fucking wet. he gives you a kiss on your neck, “i’ll lock the door, who would come looking for me right now? no one has a reason to, and i can tell you're wet, baby” he says his voice deeper.

oh god, you really shouldn't, but it'll be quick right? its not like anyone would walk in without knocking anyways—, fuck it.

you don't say another word, turning your back on him to lock the door shut before coming back to slam your lips against his, you feel him smile into it. yeonjun loves it when you're just as eager as he is during sex, he finds it hot. his hands down to your thighs to hoist you up onto the bench, followed by spreading your legs to stand in-between them.

“you look so fucking good in this” he mumbles at your lips as your hands go down to pull his shorts down, rubbing his dick with the palm of your hand. he hisses at it, whispering a “fuck” to himself. “wan’ suck your cock, please-” you say breathily, a tone of pure begging in your words. and that works for yeonjun, he looks at you proudly, fucking yes, he'll give you his cock.

he drags out a chair as you quickly pull his shorts and boxers down to his knees, veiny cock in the open. if you weren't wet before, you were soaked now. getting on your knees, you grab at the base of his cock, giving kitten licks at his red tip. “don't fucking tease and get to it” he commands as you proceed to take half of it inside your mouth, sucking endlessly. one of the reasons you love sucking yeonjun off are the pornographic moans and whimpers he lets out, it just makes you want to do it more.

you circle your tongue around his base, your fingertips slightly squeezing it. “god, good girl— good fucking girl” he groans out, you feel him twitch inside your mouth and before you know it, his white seed fills up your mouth. he doesn't say anything but you're clearly expected to do something. you swallow every last drop, you've gone this too many times to not follow up with it.

yeonjun grabs your chin, kissing you passionately as he gets you to stand up and pushing your front towards the wall. he lifts up your jersey, staring with awe at how wet you were, “you're so wet angel, all for me? got you so worked up huh?” he says, giving your ass a slap.

“please— please fuck me, 'm so wet for you, need your cock” you babble, too horny for your own good as it is. he pulls your drenched lace panties to the side, cunt glistening in slick as he runs his calloused fingers over it, earning a whiny moan from you. you let out a sigh as he rubs his tip against your folds, smothering it in stickyness as he pushes it inside abruptly. your breath hitches, voice caught in your throat as you process the movement of his cock inside of you.

“ah..ah! faster! hnng-” you groan as your finger nails claw at the wall infront of you, thighs shaking as he picks up his speed. the room fills up with the lewd and wet noises of skin slapping against skin, your mind completely hazy. “you feels so good, so tight, shit-” he whines, slamming his hips harder against yours.

you feel the knot inside your stomach tighten, getting so, so close to bursting, just when you hear beomgyu's voice outside knocking on the door, hyung? are you inside? . your body halts for a moment, panic settling into your senses as you crane your neck to look at yeonjun with wide eyes. he looks completely calm, slowing down to answer beomgyu, “i’ll be out in a bit, go ahead” he says.

it seems to have him leave as yeonjun picks up his pace again, “look at you, clenching so hard, fuck did that turn you on?, you wished he walked in on us didn't you? dirty girl” he says with a smirk. you don't reply, the coil inside your stomach building up again, this time, seconds away from snapping. “wanna cum!– please, hah gonna cum-” you say, tears pricing at your eyes.

“yeah? fuck– gonna cum for me? do it, i'll fill you up” he says bending over to whisper inside your ear, kissing your earlobe. and that does it for you,; your vision goes into a blanket of white as you feel yeonjun pant behind you, his cum filling you up. after a couple minutes, he pulls out, grabbing a wet towel to clean you up, “i think i'll have to go now baby, you'll get back safely won't you?” he asks you solemnly.

“mhm, i'll be fine jjun, go ahead” you assure him as he heads out for the match.

<3

of course the boys won; they played incredibly, you watch with a genuine smile as they come together for a hug. you meet him after, running up to him to give him a tight hug, congratualting him immensely. “you did so well! good job” you say as he simply smiles at you,

“so what about a celebratory fuck?” he says grinning.

[ryulvrs]

switch ryujin first time with female reader please? and can you include lots of praise. thank you!!!

a first time (shin ryujin, smut)

summary: a night with your girlfriend trails off to a shared first experience

warnings: switch!ryujin, switch!f!reader, nipple play, praise, hair pulling, eating out (ryujin receiving)

word count: 1.7k

a/n: thank you for requesting anon!! and happy wednesday everyone! half way through the week :’)

you and your girlfriend have been dating for two years now, and you loved her very dearly. not for a second would you wish for it to be otherwise.

you’ve both talked about having sex for a bit now, but the mutually agreed upon idea is that “when the moment is right.” however, with ryujin, your girlfriend, being so busy due to work, the time was never right. she’d get home late from schedules, or would be overseas for a week at a time. however, you got to giggle over your girlfriend with all the videos posted of her online.

“baby!” you hear a voice calling out to you from the other side of the wall. you turn immediately and follow the sound to be greeted by the beautiful ryujin.

“you’re home!” you smiled warmly and hugged her tightly like you would never let go. “how did it go? did you win?” you ask. she was going to a music show today, and her group was projected to win the certain round. ryujin’s lips curl up quickly and you knew that look of hers. “im so proud of you!” you pull her in for a hug once more, squeezing her.

as you let go, you kiss her cheek softly, which only makes her smile grow bigger. “thank you,” she says with her voice full of endearment. she takes your hand and leads you to the kitchen of your house.

confused, you ask, “hm, baby?” she puts a finger on your lip to politely shush you and continues stringing you along.

“how about we make dinner together?” she suggests and leans back on the counter. you nod and smile and she immediately opens the fridge to find something for you two to make.

she pulls out what look to be a form of a cinnamon roll, and playfully tosses it to you. you take it, and begin cooking to her instructions.

ryujin was cute like this. she had her hair tied up messily, and her sweatshirt gracefully falling my off her left shoulder revealing a bit of her shoulder and striking collarbone. she could come home from the longest day of activities yet still look so effortlessly perfect.

“im so lucky to be your girlfriend, you know?” you say to her with your heart practically beating out of your chest in admiration. she turns to you and her face was lit up. she would never admit it, but her face was pretty red too.

“heyy, shush,” she joke’s turning back to the food. you nudge her arm and continue the preparation steps.

“really, i mean it.” slyly, she slips her arm around your waist, with her face turned into your neck.

“i love you,” she whispers, kissing your neck. your heartbeat only got faster. as you finish laying the cinnamon rolls out, you both put them in the oven and start it.

she backs up the counter and sits on it, with her hands overlapped in the spot between her legs. she looked at you with her amorous yet doe eyes. you loved it when she sat like this.

she takes your hand in hers, wrapping each of your fingers like strings tied together. her other hand follows up your face and gently pulls you closer for a kiss.

her lips were as soft as ever, they felt like honey. every time you parted lips, you desperately wished to kiss her again. she sees this, and kisses you once more gently. this time, smiling ever so slightly into the kiss, like a sly fox.

the oven dings twice signaling that they were finished. you couldn’t let go though from ryujin’s kiss. her lips entranced you so deeply that the world felt as if if stopped every time. “the cinnamon rolls can wait, yeah?” she asks giving you her sarcastic, playful face.

you smirk, pulling her in once more, this time letting your hands explore her lower back and waist. she wasn’t expecting your touch, so she slightly winced from the sudden feeling of cold fingers.

she didn’t mind it though, because she watched as your hands dragged farther down her, tugging ever so slightly at her sweatshirt.

her legs rub gently on your legs, and she wraps them around your waist so you’re practically holding her up.

kiss after kiss after kiss, you were lost in the romantic air of ryujin. you didn’t even fully realize you brought her into your shared bedroom.

she jumps down carefully from your arms, and kisses your lips once more before trailing them down to your neck.

she searched to find the spot that’d get the loudest reaction out of you. her tongue would barely breeze against your neck when she kissed you. sucking down onto you, you tilt your head back to make it easier for her.

maybe too easy though, because it took only a matter of seconds for her to earn a whimper from you. “you like that?” her lips pulled away briefly to smirk and look at you, but she didn’t have any haste from getting back to leaving love marks on you.

she’d suck down or lightly bite and that’s all it really took to get you to moan. she loved hearing you, it turned her on to know she was doing so well.

her kisses would go lower, to the point that she was bordering the rim of your bra. “can i?” she asks holding the hem of your shirt.

“yes,” you respond quietly but lovingly. you lift your arms up to make it easier for her to take your shirt off. she smiles endearingly looking at you in just your bra.

“you’re so beautiful,” she comments. your smile lingers a little longer than it normally does.

she places her lips on your boobs gently, making sure that you’re comfortable in the process. you reach to unclip your bra, and she pulls away awaiting you.

ryujin knows how to mix her sweeter side with her passionate side perfectly. she’s truly a lovergirl.

your hands wrap around her lower waist once more, with the tips of your fingers trailing a bit farther down her back. she takes one hand, and instead of holding you, she lightly sets it on your boob.

massaging ever so slightly, you have to bite down on your tongue from letting more noise out. “i want to hear you, y/n, you sound pretty,” she vocalizes.

your teeth slowly let go of your tongue, allowing yourself to fully be in her comforting handling. her finger tips playing with your nipple ever so carefully. instinctively, you whine from the unfamiliar touch. “good girl,” she smirks.

even if you’re not used to the feeling of someone holding and doing these things to you, you feel safe with ryujin.

she sucks down onto your other nipple whilst continuing to use her hand and play with the other one. “mmm.. ryu-“ you cut yourself off by a moan slipping out from ryujin’s tongue pressing onto you.

you tighten your grasp onto her to keep your balance, but she moves you to the bed to put you more at ease. you reach to unzip her sweatshirt which leaves her bare skin cold to the air with just a bra to cover.

she undoes it, and follows it up by pulling your shorts off swiftly as you remain on the bed. you remove her pants as well, and she smiles looking at your body up and down. “so pretty,” she says, taking your hand once more.

she sits down next to you, wrapping her hands around your head to make out with you once more. “ryu,” you whine.

“mhm, baby?” she backs her face up to look you in the eyes.

“can i uh,” you stutter looking down at her waist area. she smirks, moving your head down and forcing you to get on your knees for her.

“good girl,” she says, pulling you close to her core. she was practically dripping, but you were fucking soaked in comparison.

you’ve never been so exposed yet so comfortable in your life. even if your body was unclothed, you felt safe because it was with ryujin.

you hold her thighs, as your tongue touches the edges of her folds. it felt weird at first, the texture and sensation were unfamiliar to you. you continued although, brushing your tongue against her.

“mmph,” she whined out. the feeling was new for you both. further, you pushed your tongue into her pretty pussy, moving it at a slow pace to begin.

“oh fuck- keep going baby,” she groans. her grasp on your hair tightens, moving you closer to her clit. you go a little quicker, with only your girlfriend’s content in mind.

“mhm, you’re doing well, y/n,” she says, followed by a string of low moans. the sound of her pretty moans just made you want to do better.

so, you sucked on her pussy as best as you could for having no experience. ryujin throws her head back, and her finger tips pull on your hair more.

you took her fluids in gracefully, your lips pressed on her folds, completely taken in by her. ryujin’s moans sink right into your heart, making it beat even faster at the new situations.

“y/n- i’m close, i think,” she whines. you briefly pull away and say,

“you can cum ryu, whenever,” you say in attempt to make her feel comfortable. you continue although, and you feel her pussy clench around your tongue.

“mmph!” she whines, and you go slower for ease. only a moment later and her fluids spilled into your mouth.

out of breath, you both sit back and look at eachother. the same thought to just giggle at eachother lingered with you both.

“come here, princess,” she says placing both hands on the sides of your face. “you have uh,” she pauses, laughing a little before rubbing off a bit of her cum from your lip.

her lips plant on yours, fitting perfectly like they were made for eachothers. “i love you, y/n.” she smiles.

“i love you ryujin.” minutes of just pure love and hugging between you follows and it feels almost as if you could stay like this forever.

“isn’t it my turn to make you feel good now?” ryujin asks, smiling at you.

[sirfrogsworth]

These two pictures tell quite the story.

(Aside from my photography skill glow up.)

At first FrogDad was like, "I don't want a dog. I'm not helping take care of it. You all have to play with it. Leave me out of it."

Then he saw those big brown eyes and those oversized puppy paws and those floppy ears and he was all, "He is pretty cute, isn't he?"

Resistance is futile.

Slowly but surely, Dad started volunteering to take him for walks with the riding mower.

They'd drive all around the yard, making sure to stop at interesting sniffing zones.

Then he started throwing Otis's fox for him to fetch.

Then Otis started falling asleep on Dad's lap in the recliner.

And suddenly... *MY* dog loved HIM more than ME.

But I knew that would happen.

It was my evil plan all along.

My dad has that Steve Irwin spirit inside him. Animals are just magnetically drawn to him. Every single dog we've had ended up being Dad's best friend. I never minded because it was always so cute.

I remember one time we went to my friend Amanda's cool 100-year-old 3-story house for a tour. She had a very nervous cat that always hid whenever visitors arrived. Amanda promised she had a cat, but I wouldn't see her while I was there because of her ninja-like hiding skills. My dad couldn't do all the steps so he just sat on the couch while we checked out the domicile.

We went through all 3 floors of this ancient house and spent time in every room--no sign of any kitty. After an hour the tour ended and we descended to the living room where my father had been sitting.

There was ninja kitty... purring on Dad's lap.

Totally contented from the expert scritches only he could provide.

My friend yelled, "Are you frickin' serious right now? She doesn't even sit on *my* lap!"

Perhaps my dad missed his calling. Instead of an auto mechanic, he should have had a show on Animal Planet.

A game show called "Does Your Pet *Really* Love You?"

You would bring my dad your pet and see who the animal will love more after 30 minutes. If your pooch or puss can resist the FrogDad charms you win a nice prize.

I've always said I don't believe in heaven but I *do* believe in dog heaven.

It is my hope FrogDad gets special permission to go there and hang with Otis, MacGyver, Reggie, and Buttons.

All the dogs he didn't want... until he did.

[princessbettina]

Dance with The Stars-Stardust x Fem!Reader

(Summary-Getting to tag with the newly formed tag team P.C.B. aka Paige, Charlotte Flair, and Becky Lynch, has you up for plenty of fun and wild adventures. One night, PCB and you have an exciting and thrilling match against both the Bella Twins and Alicia Fox.

That’s where everyone slowly discovers your crush on Stardust (he suddenly interrupts during the match as one of the Bella twins try to be sneaky and cost you the win) until Stardust saves you and distracts your opponents as you get the win. Afterward, you find yourself in a surprising offer from the one who’s from the 5th dimension.

Warnings: None-This story takes place back in the year 2015 as that was when Stardust was still around, as was PCB in tag team form. Kind of a long story but I think it's worth the read :)

Divider Credit: saradika on Tumblr

After you got the offer to team up with Paige, Charlotte, and Becky, you knew your life would change in a good way. You had been a part of the company for a few years now and have been having everyone have their eyes on you when you made your entrance each night, including Paige. You and her became really great friends the moment you two were signed by the wwe around the same time. She was like your partner in crime.

One night on Raw, you were called by your closest friend Paige, as she wanted to put your skills to the test and take down the Bella Twins along with Charlotte Flair and Becky Lynch. The more help on her team, the better. You instantly accepted Paige's invitation, and it was made official.

"This just in, this has been made official by Stephanie McMahon moments ago. We are set to see PCB alongside Y/n in a tag match against the Bella Twins and Alicia Fox later tonight." Said Michael Cole as he spoke on commentary for those watching on television at home. You were ready.

You never teamed up with Charlotte or Becky before, but you enjoyed watching them in the ring plenty of times before and grew to be friends with them outside the ring, right next to Paige. Trust and loyalty grew and radiated between the four of you as you all stretched and waited backstage, talking amongst each other and watching the other matches on the TV screen that was next to you.

"We got this, ladies! We're going to take down those troll doll twins once and for all! " Paige exclaimed as you nodded and smiled. Charlotte and Becky squealed and clapped their hands which caused you all to laugh softly.

"Paigie Mack is right! We'll beat them so fast, they won't know what hit them!" Becky cheered as Charlotte laughed more and woohed like usual, again causing you all to laugh more.

Moments later, you glance away from the group for a moment, and as you turn your head to the side, you gasp softly to yourself as you begin to feel the blushing beating on your cheeks. Paige was quick to notice your sudden mood changes.

"Y/n? Baby girl, what's the matter? " Paige asked you calmly, gently resting her hand atop of your shoulder. Calmly collecting your thoughts and taking deep breaths, you turned your head back to face Paige and the others before smiling a blushy smile.

You glanced up at Paige and whispered towards her, hoping only she would hear and no one else. "Stardust just walked by a few minutes ago."

Paige widened her eyes and looked up and saw that Stardust was walking through the hallway and passed you and your gal pals. "Yeah, you're right, he's right down the hall now. Aiming for gorilla."

Or so she thought that's where he was going. Moments later, Stardust was seen walking back in the same direction where he came before moments ago in the same hallway. "Wait, Y/n! Do you have a crush on Stardust or something? " Paige questioned, a sly smile appeared on her face.

You continued to blush and then widen your eyes, playing it off and pretending that what she said wasn't true. Gently covering her mouth with your hand, the two of you laughed.

Somehow, both Charlotte and Becky heard about your little crush on the guy who wants everyone to forget about that so-called 'Cody Rhodes' fella and who literally hisses at almost everyone he comes into contact with.

"So, you have a thing for Stardust, don't ya, Y/n? " Becky asked, curiosity rolling off of her tongue. You widened your eyes again as you began to blush even more. You playfully denied what Becky said.

"Whaaat? No, I don't. You girls are so silly." You chirped, giggling nervously as you hid your face in your hair.

"I think you and Stardust would be so cute together, Y/n! " Charlotte said with a wink your way. Both her and Becky nodded in agreement. Soft giggles escaped from their lips.

"I ship it already! " Charlotte chirped quickly once more. You shook your head and took a breath.

You thought you were in the clear as you composed yourself and began to stand tall. That's when you stretched out your arms for a few minutes, as did the other three girls too.

Paige saw something that you didn't. She gently rested her hand on your shoulder and quickly whispered, "Girlfriend, here comes Stardust, five o'clock! "

Your eyes grew big, and it felt as if your breath was sucked out from inside you when you shot your head up and immediately saw Stardust walking towards you.

"Keep calm,Y/n," whispered Charlotte before she giggled softly with Becky. Paige bit her lip from anticipation as she watched Stardust walk up to you.

What was Stardust doing here?

"Greetings, Y/n. We finally meet each other at last." Stardust greeted you softly, that iconic smirk glowing on his face, causing your face to burn from blushing much harder now.

All you could do was smile back at him, your face almost as red as a tomato at this point. You couldn't wrap your mind around the fact that your crush was standing right in front of you and talking to you. "H-hi Stardust. "

Stardust found it cute how speechless you were. He smiled brightly at you before looking you up and down, starting from your feet all the way up to your face. Seeing that instantly made you flush that you felt like your face was on fire.

Who knew that one look, one stare even, could make you act wild?

Yeah, you knew it was for him to act mysteriously and flirty, but you never expected for him to do an act like that, especially for anyone he's rarely talked to.

"Wish we had more time to talk. I'm aware that you have a tag match soon. I've seen you around here and I must say that I've enjoyed seeing what you can do. I personally would like to get to know you better if you want to as well." Stardust said with a flirty smile.

You could instantly feel the smirks off of the faces of your team members in Paige, Charlotte, and Becky as they continued to stand by the both of you.

"I would be honored. It's a deal, Stardust!" You replied quickly as the smile on your face grew. He smirked and nodded his head at your response. The both of you wanted to keep this interaction going more, but it was Paige who snapped you out of your little love fit your mind was having.

Paige gently tapped your shoulder. You whipped your head around to face her for a moment. "Come on, babygirl! Our match is on next. We have to go now, bye Starboy!" Said Paige, as she waved quickly to the man and then motioned her arm to you, as both Charlotte and Becky began to walk towards gorilla.

Stardust playfully rolled his eyes as his smirk continued. He then made that tongue clicking sound softly, indicating that he didn't want you to leave so soon. "The name's Stardust, not that odd fella Starboy you speak of. "

You couldn't help but giggle at Stardust's remark. You smiled at him as you waved at him. "Sorry about her. I'll see you later, I promise."

Stardust liked the sound of everything that you said. You practically saw the smirk on his face grow by the minute. He was speechless as he quietly admired your beauty and glow.

All that the man that dances with the stars did next was simply nod as his smile continued.

You took a few steps forward and then looked back at Stardust briefly. You softly smile and then wave at him once more.

"Bye." You whispered with a smile before turning your back around and catching up with your friends in PCB.

You didn't see the wave that Stardust did as he continued to watch you exit and walk off in the distance.

He knew what he wanted to do next...

Your match against the Bella Twins and Alicia Fox had been underway. You and your team were dominant from the start, which was surprising because everyone thought of you to be the underdog. This dominance coming from you was one way to win over the crowd.

Seconds later, it was the Bella twins who decided to be sneaky and cause a distraction on you when they used what they like to call, 'Twin Magic'-where the legal tagged person switches places with their twin by hiding from the ref, not getting caught.

Charlotte and Becky were busy taking down Alicia in the far corner of the ring on the right, as Paige was laying on the ground outside the ring by one of the barricades after being taken out by the Bella Twins before they started with Twin Magic.

You stood in the middle of the ring momentarily, confused as what to do next. You wanted to help both of your team members, but your attention was quickly on the outside of the ring in front of you. You knew that the Bella Twins were up to no good, and you had to put a stop to them and fast.

You raised an eyebrow as you got closer to them. The second you got even closer to them and stepped out of the ring ropes was when Nikki switched places with Brie by sliding under the ring, hiding as Brie began to grab hold of you.

Catching you off guard momentarily as she grabbed the base of your neck and almost began to throw you into the ring steps. Brie's plan was cut short when all of a sudden, Stardust's music began to play.

The crowd cheered as it seemed as though Brie had seen a ghost. Stardust immediately ran down the ramp as Brie continued to hold onto you before throwing you right in front of Stardust when he was a few feet in front of her.

Thankfully, what Brie did didn't cause any injuries to you and Stardust. He quickly kept you up by maintaining his balance, along with your own, his hands snaked around your shoulder and then to your waist as he smirked at Brie, who backed away from the two of you.

Her hands up in surrender as she then stopped walking when it was Paige who began to throw hits on her from behind the moment Brie turned around.

You, on the other hand, began to stand up straight again and finally caught your breath. Stardust never left your side. His arm was still around your shoulder. You slowly turned your head to face him and saw him flirtatiously smirking back at you, causing you to smile and blush.

"Hello, beautiful." Stardust chirped, winking your way. Causing you to giggle and cover your mouth with your hand as a way to relax your nerves, being that close to and with your crush was a big deal.

The only thing you could do was smile up at him and move the strand of hair away from your face before Stardust took control of that, gently replacing your hand with his.

Seconds later, you and Stardust watched as Paige tossed Brie into the ring as then Nikki came back into the frame and helped her sister from getting pinned by Paige. Nikki was the legal competitor in the match, after all.

Comforting Brie for moment was what Nikki did before Charlotte came back into the frame too, hitting Nikki with a boot to her face as soon as she stood on her feet, causing her to fall down on the mat.

Quickly, Charlotte went for the pin on Nikki as the crowd chanted, "One... two... three!" The sound of the bell ringing afterward had indicated that you and your team won.

The ref raised up Charlotte's hand in victory as Paige, Becky, and yourself quickly joined her in ring. Before, though, you quickly told Stardust that you'll be right back as you then slid into the ring with your teammates. Sharing hugs and squeals together, celebrating your well-earned victory.

"Here are your winners, Charlotte, Paige, Becky, and Y/n!" One of the ring announcers announced, the crowd continued to cheer and clap for you and your team.

"We did it! I'm so proud of us, ladies!" Paige squealed between hugs with the three of you. Both Charlotte and Becky mentioned how proud and happy they were of you and of the win. "Way to go, Y/n! You're one tough and spicy lass, you are!" Becky said with a giggle and a wink.

You laughed softly and playfully shook your head. "Awesome job, Champ! Paige made the right decision on bringing you on board with us. I think you could be the next member of PCB." Charlotte said to you with a bright smile.

Everything that you were hearing made you overwhelmed with happiness. You actually became speechless. You thanked all three girls for their extremely nice words. Paige turned to look at you with a smile and whispered,

"You proved that you can truly take down anyone, Y/n. As your bestie, I officially welcome and invite you to be a member of PCB anytime. We can all count on each other."

Tears began to fill up in your eyes. Happy tears at that. You nodded your head and gave Paige another hug as she hugged you back. "Thank you, Paigie! You're amazing, and I love you!" You whispered to her as the smile on her face and yours grew. Charlotte and Becky joined the hug as it became a group hug and then tapped your shoulders afterwards.

Paige noticed that Stardust was still standing outside of the ring. She knew that he probably had something planned for you. "Babygirl, Y/n! Stardust never left, he's right over there." Whispered Paige as turned you around and motioned her hand in his direction.

There he was, standing in the same spot that he was when he saved you from Brie. Only this time he was making it seem like he was 'hiding' behind the ring rope pole. As soon as you made eye contact with him was when he peeked through and came out of hiding again, hissing at Paige, which she didn't quite understand why but just laughed. "What is he doin'? Anyways, I'll leave you to figure him out. See you later, darling. Good luck!" She waved and giggled before exiting the ring as Charlotte and Becky followed behind her.

Stardust stepped up onto the ring steps and entered the ring before pausing in his tracks and bringing both his hands to his face, making that iconic star symbol on his gloves. Watching this happen right in front of you caused you to giggle and smirk playfully the more you watched.

Stardust then quickly removed both his hands away from his face, and smirked directly at you, causing you to blush once more. Moments later, the two of you found each other both listening to the crowd and smirking at them briefly before looking back at one another, signalling that you both were thinking the same thing somehow.

Without hesitation, Stardust held out his hand towards you. This gesture only meant one thing to you and you were beaming with excitement. "How's about you become my beautiful sidekick? Partner if you will where together we can dance with the stars and rule this wrestling galaxy as one?" He asked curiously,smirking your way.

You widened your eyes for a moment before grinning ear to ear. You then chuckled softly and found yourself connecting your hand with Stardust's, causing the crowd to cheer. You officially were on board with your crush, and that made you so happy.

You couldn't wait to see what adventures Stardust and yourself would get into. You hoped it started now.

-The End <3

I hope you enjoyed my first Stardust story. I know, I know Stardust isn't around and not a thing anymore, but as a new Cody Rhodes fan, I really enjoy watching old clips and stuff of Stardust back then, he was really an enjoyable and fun character. He will always have a special place in my heart &lt;3 I'll see you in the next one <3

[triforce-of-mischief]

Itty Bitty

Summary: Legend takes in an orphaned baby bunny.

Word count: 1655

AO3

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Based on this art by my awesome friend @socialc1imb! Happy Birthday, Sky! <3

It was supposed to be a completely normal search for wood. Time had stopped them early for the day in a relatively peaceful area and had sent Wind and Wild to blow off some extra steam. Legend tagged along, partly to keep an eye on them and partly to avoid as many Links as possible. As long as he could escape the majority of the group for even a few minutes, he could count that as a win.

Predictably, the younger two were not even pretending to focus on their task. They ran from tree to tree, investigating mushrooms and flowers and ignoring the sticks scattered on the ground. Legend sighed and scanned the area, resigned to being the sole wood-gatherer. He heard Wind shout something excitedly, then a smack as Wild lightly hit the kid’s arm. Wind quieted a little and Legend’s curiosity got the best of him. The sailor wouldn’t get that excited over some forest plant.

Legend turned around and saw the others crouched in front of a bush, concealing whatever it was they were looking at. “What are you two doing?” he asked, daring to hope that they weren’t about to get themselves into trouble.

“Champ found a lil’ bunny!” Wind said, and waved him over.

All rational thought immediately left Legend’s mind and he gasped, “Let me see!” He ran over and pushed past Wind- or rather, shoved Wind to the side via hand to the face. He ignored Wind’s protest, his sights set on the tiny form huddled on the ground a few feet in front of Wild.

It was a gray baby bunny, quivering in terror but not making any attempt to escape. Carefully, gently, Legend scooped it in his hands and lifted it up to get a good look at it. It looked at him with wide eyes full of cautious trust.

“Hello there, little one,” he cooed, continuing to ignore Wind and Wild’s confusion from behind him. The bunny relaxed at the sound of his voice and nuzzled its face into Legend’s scarf. “Well, look how sweet you are!” Supporting the bunny with one hand, Legend raised the other to stroke its ears. Its velvety-soft fur didn’t hide the fact that it was too frail and skinny, and Legend tutted in concern.

“What the hell?” Wind muttered.

Legend turned to speak to them, still cradling the bunny against his chest. Wind stared at him confusedly while Wild clasped his hands, delighted at the sight.

“We need to find his mother,” Legend said. “Wind, you keep looking for firewood. Wild, help me find the little one's den.”

Wind looked a little hesitant to leave the bunny, and Legend knew that he hadn’t forgiven him for shoving him aside, but the kid ran off readily enough. Wild didn’t begin his search right away, instead signing something with a fond expression on his face.

‘I didn’t know you were such a softy,’ Wild teased, and Legend guessed that it was taking some incredible self-restraint for the champion to resist pulling out his slate for a picture.

Legend’s ears flicked back in embarrassment. “He’s alone and hungry, okay? I can’t just leave him to suffer.” The bunny snuffled and he gave him a warm smile.

‘I won’t either. Let’s find his den, then.’

It only took them a few minutes of searching to discover a rabbit den nestled into the crook of a tree trunk. Legend was already worried; he knew that it would have taken dire circumstances for the kit to leave before he was ready. His hopes weren’t high, even as he asked Wild to check the den for the baby’s mother. He pet the kit as they watched Wild kneel in front of the den.

After a minute of investigation, Wild made a sad noise and sat up to sign to Legend. ‘No sign of a mother or other kits. The bedding is old and dry, and-’ he pointed at the ground. ‘Fox tracks. This kit was lucky to escape.’

“No…” Legend breathed, feeling a new surge of protectiveness for the bunny. Had it been too much to hope that the little one wasn’t completely alone? Well… “You’re not alone anymore,” he told him. “We’ll find you something to eat and a safe place to sleep… and we can figure it out from there.”

****

Legend learned very quickly that bringing an orphaned baby bunny to a camp of overprotective heroes was far from the easiest thing he had done. He knew how to handle a challenge, though, and managed to feed the little one with minimal interruptions. The others, for their part, weren’t being outright disruptive so Legend tried to ignore the barrage of staring and cooing.

“Are you sure that this is the best idea?” Warriors asked. “I’ve always been told that it’s best to leave wild animals where they belong.”

Legend glared at him. “If I left him where we found him, he’d be dead by nightfall. He’s too young to take care of himself, Wars. He doesn’t deserve that kind of fate.”

“You see some of yourself in him, don’t you?” Sky said softly.

Legend’s ears drooped and he stroked the bunny’s as he spoke. “How could I not?” The kit was young, alone, and scared, forced to navigate a new world that he couldn’t comprehend the dangers of. Legend knew how it felt to be a baby bunny in a big world. It hurt, and Legend would do anything to help soothe that pain.

“Y’know he’s gonna imprint on ya if ya keep touchin’ him,” Twilight pointed out. He was sitting the farthest from them; for some reason, the poor kit almost went into shock every time the rancher got close.

Legend’s ears twitched defensively. “So?” It wasn’t like the kit had a mother he could have imprinted on instead.

“We should name him!” Wind exclaimed. “Ooh, how about-”

“No,” Legend said firmly before Wind could even say whatever horrible idea had popped into his head.

“I’ve got one,” Twilight said with a smirk. “How ‘bout Better Legend?”

“What kind of name is that?!” Legend protested. “I can-”

“We could call him Bitty for short,” Four pointed out, gracing Legend with only a smug look as the vet glared at him.

“Bitty is a good name,” Time said, and Legend decided that he wasn’t in the mood to argue with the old man.

“Fine! His name is Bitty. Happy?”

“I love it! Bitty is such a cute name for the cutest bunny,” Hyrule said. He happily bounced in place as he looked at Bitty snuggled up in Legend’s lap, safely bundled in the vet’s purple scarf. Hyrule was sitting on his own hands and he had been gazing longingly at the bunny ever since Legend had brought him to the camp. Legend couldn’t stand to watch Hyrule’s fidgeting for much longer, and finally granted him mercy.

“Do you want to hold him?”

Hyrule froze. “Wait, really? I- I don’t know, I don’t want to hurt him or anything-”

“You’ll be fine, Rule. I trust you to be careful.”

Hyrule shook the circulation back into his hands as Legend slipped his own hands under the scarf. Keeping Bitty secure in his makeshift nest, Legend transferred the precious bundle to Hyrule’s lap.

Hyrule squealed delightedly and Spirit wandered over like a moth to a flame. The younger heroes gushed over the baby bunny, giving him sweet praises and reverent pets. Legend kept an eye on them, allowing himself a bittersweet smile. Bitty wouldn’t have to go through as much hardship as Legend had. He already had people to take care of him, to make sure that he was fed and safe and happy. It felt good to provide what he wished he had received so long ago. In many ways, it was too late for Legend. Bitty had his whole life ahead of him, and Legend would do anything to keep it that way.

****

A few days later, the group of heroes filed into Legend’s house for some much-needed rest. Ravio looked quizzically at Legend, eyeing the purple fabric that resembled a baby sling more than a scarf. Legend simply smiled at the merchant and pulled a half-asleep Bitty out of the sling.

“Is- is that what I think it is?” Ravio approached cautiously, staring at Bitty as if to assure himself that yes, Legend was holding a baby bunny in his hands.

Legend angled his hands so Ravio could see the bunny. “Come say hi, Ravi. He doesn’t bite.”

Ravio giggled and stepped closer, reaching out to give Bitty a hesitant pet. “I can’t believe you found a baby bunny and brought him home, Mr. Hero! What do you even expect to do with him while you’re out and about fighting evil? The battlefield isn’t safe for him, you know.”

“That’s why I brought him here. You can watch after him while I’m gone, right?”

Ravio squeaked, quickly pulling his hands away from the baby bunny. “M-me? Watch after this fragile little thing? I couldn’t possibly- far too much responsibility- why you would trust me is far beyond me-”

“Ravi, slow down.” Legend shifted Bitty to one hand so he could hold one of Ravio’s flapping, flustered hands with the other. “I hate to say it, but… you take better care of my items than even I do. And you love bunnies, almost as much as I do. I trust you to take care of Bitty. In fact, I wouldn’t trust anyone else with him.”

Ravio finally calmed down and held his hands out in a silent request to hold Bitty. Legend placed the bunny in Ravio’s hands, smiling as the merchant cradled him like it was second nature.

“We’re gonna take good care of you, okay?” Legend said, stroking Bitty until the kit was soothed to sleep. “Things were rough for a while but you’re home now. You’re safe with us, little one.”

[skyfcx]

" y'know, been meanin' to ask for a while, " hedgehog's uncharacteristic silence is finally broken, after spending chaos knows how long idly fidgeting with something of the fox's in the background. " but what'cha even make that fake emerald for anyway ? " / hi aaron :3

     It's one of those chill down-time sort of days. One where words are sparsely shared as space is co-owned with someone familiar. The presence of another is all that's necessary. Currently, a half-finished electrical project sat at the fox-kit's front, a phone instead being mindlessly scrolled to the well-acquainted sounds of an ever-restless hedgehog fussing with background accouterments.

     Once the rearview rustler speaks up, though, an ear is quick to turn towards the sound. All while hands continue to fuss with what's at their front.

     ...Oh yeah, that Fake Chaos Emerald of his. It came in handy on the ARK, but it was in development far before that point. To an outsider's view, it would seem like an oddly specific item to be carrying around and then suddenly pull out, but that fake emerald had been in the works for a while.

     Around would his computer chair spin, twirling the fox to face his brother. "Its original use-case?" he pondered. Sky-blue eyes flung themselves up into the corners of the room, thought lining the face. It had been a while since that artificial gem was a topic of discussion inside his head, please hold...

     "Let's see... The concept stemmed from the simple fact that it's always handy to have a Chaos Emerald around. So even if a fake one would never be as powerful as the real deal, it made for a good kick-off point in looking for the whole set." ...Deeper, dig deeper into the mind. What else did he have planned for that emerald? Its wavelength and properties were the same, but...

     "—Oh! Right, now I remember! Okay, I got it! So, you know how the original plan was to swap the fake Chaos Emerald out for the matching one to destroy the Eclipse Cannon? Well, that's because the phony I cooked up is made to reverse the energy fields inside the Chaos Emeralds proper. But I didn't even know the Eclipse Cannon existed when I started its production, that was just a moment of fortunate on-the-spot thinking.

     No, the original plan I had for the fake Chaos Emerald was to act as a rebuttal to a Super State! Super forms are one heck of a tool, and so far, I've only ever seen you and Shadow transform. But I'm sure that there are other things out there that could theoretically abuse the power of the Chaos Emeralds and go Super themselves. And if we were barred from using the emeralds ourselves to fight back, then... I worried that was a battle we wouldn't be able to win."

     Uh-oh. Now you've got him started. Shoes kick an idle body from its seat, steps now pacing to and fro as an active mind engages like there was no tomorrow.

     "But my plan was that, with the fake Chaos Emerald I was tinkering with, I'd eventually be able to make a tool that could disrupt the flow state of a Super Form by introducing a rogue element.

     "Chaos Energy is chaotic, it's in the name. The reason it takes seven emeralds to go Super isn't because it requires the collective power of the whole set to achieve that state. The emeralds have limitless energy, one could theoretically do the trick. But the reason that we can't is because it would be a statistical wonder to do so. I'm not even sure divine intervention could make something so improbable occur.

     "No, we need the whole set because each emerald acts as a seperate point of guidance for the energy being used!" It all felt like a dream, but what was that prayer he had heard Tikal speaking? 'There are 7 servers to Chaos... Chaos is Power, Power enriches the heart.'

     —Or something along those lines. But those portions aren't what the mind focuses on. Crisp is a memory for the last line: the controller is the one that unifies the Chaos. It could be argued that the meaning resides in the Master Emerald owning control over the Chaos Emeralds, but after extensive research, the fox could show ample evidence that such a result wasn't the only one worth noting.

     "Unifying the Chaos Emeralds is how you gain proper control of them. They're made to go with one another! Having one is nice, but you really should have the entire collection to see the whole picture. Having all of them together is what allows control. Then, with that control, a Super State can be achieved.

     "It's like... It's like the Chaos Emeralds put up the bumpers of a bowling lane for you! With only a few, trying to achieve a Super State would be a strenuous activity for even the most Chaos-sensitive person in the world. It would be the equivalent of trying to surf down white-water rapids with nothing but a dream and a boogie board.

     "...In the dark. With your feet tied together. Also you're in the middle of a tornado. Get the whole collection, though, and it's a smooth river of energy you can coast yourself down."

     ...Whew. Talk about a lore dump. Sights scan back over to Sonic. Did he regret asking the question yet? The fox was never good at captivating an audience with his long-winded ranting. Probably best to wrap this up before he bored Sonic to death.

     "With all of that said, I believe reversing the energy fields inside a Super State would make the connection between the Chaos Emeralds sever, thus interrupting the Super form. I'm not sure if it would weaken the foe and remove their invulnerability or completely deactivate their form. I was never able to test my hypothesis with the prototype. But it's safe to say that either or would've given us the fighting chance we would've needed in a scenario where the enemy got all of the Chaos Emeralds before us.

     So... yeah! It was mostly just a backup plan in case things ever went south. You know me, better safe than sorry!"

[priestess-of-yuri]

welcome to The Sacred Forest, where all is well, hope is an energy, and love blossoms everywhere.

PAC: WHAT DOES THE COLLECTIVE NEED TO KNOW RIGHT NOW?

your practitioner for the day, alice the witch, reminds you that you are always encouraged to choose your own path. free will exists and it is your birthright, so you can own it. these cards are simply meant to serve as messages along your journey, so heed them and take what resonates but leave what doesn't.

i use my intuitive abilities, life experience and writing skills to delicately weave these interpretations into tapestries for you to view. i hope you find something here worthwhile!

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pile one.

Earth Spirit for stability. it's a warm, sunny afternoon, and you recline on the soft moss underneath the shade of the trees. you feel the deep cadence of the Earth flow through up from the soil and into your body, and it's soothing, relaxing. you are safe. the Earth Spirit is reminding you of the way she nurtures the trees, valleys, mountains, oceans, animals, skies and even us. she is reminding you to stay grounded during this time, and remember your roots. remember to stabilise yourself before taking any action. it might not be best to make any big decisions just now, but instead to thoroughly plan and contemplate and invest in the future. if you have been wanting to make a financial decision that could assist you in the long term, this is a message of potential for that endeavour.

Unicorn for purity. you wander through the Forest, and you come to a clearing that seems to sparkle with radiance. the air starts to shimmer, and as if appearing out of thin air, a Unicorn stands before you. this beautiful creature approaches you with every bit of trust and warmth in the Universe. Unicorn reminds you that your past does not define you. sometimes things get hazy in our everyday lives, due to our pain and suffering. and that's perfectly normal, but our pain does not have to define us. we can feel it, validate it, accept it, and then remember to see the world through the eyes of a Unicorn. with wonder, awe, and innocence. when we do this, we bloom. we dramatically shift our trajectory from more challenges, to uplifting and radiant and blessed. remember that this planet is whole, loving and kind. remember that it's never wrong to hope. remember that the problems we have are caused by people, not by any divine forces. you are not being divinely punished. you are on Earth to experience what it means to be human, and your purpose as a soul is to be happy.

Mystic Meadow for sanctuary. you come across a Mystic Meadow that is so serene, you start to feel a bit sleepy yourself! the creatures here are all resting. foxes and rabbits lay nestled together in pairs. deer and bears lay curled up together as well. the air is soft, smells sweet and earthy, and you lay down amongst all the Forest creatures to take a nap with them. right now, it might be a good idea to take some time to find places and be with people that make you feel at home. you've been working hard, but everyone needs some downtime. if you have no time to have downtime, ask for help. you may need to lessen your load, and there's nothing wrong with that. remember that we are not machines, we are people, and you deserve to not have to hurt yourself just to be able to exist. bottomline you deserve to make things as manageable as you can for yourself. take the time to reach out to loved ones and mend relationships, situations and clutter-clear. practice extreme self-care as much as possible. you are deserving of and worth it.

Wise Woman of the Grove for grace. you enter a grove and between the trees, almost blending into the bark in a mysterious way, emerges a Wise Woman. she carries a treasure trove, and when she reaches you, she opens it up. inside is a sparkling red ruby. she says, "this is a Joy Activator. carry it with you, let it work its magic, and your life will be filled with grace." joy is alchemy. it has the capacity to drastically shift someone's life into a kinder, more beautiful ideal. when you feel joy, it spreads like wildfire, and it heals. so ask yourself, what makes you happy? pursuing your happiness and living your truth will heal you, and it will heal others too. all that doesn't serve you will fall away as you seek your truth and happiness, and life will take you places you never imagined you could get to on your own.

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pile two.

Wise Woman of the Grove for grace. you enter a grove and between the trees, almost blending into the bark in a mysterious way, emerges a Wise Woman. she carries a treasure trove, and when she reaches you, she opens it up. inside is a sparkling red ruby. she says, "this is a Joy Activator. carry it with you, let it work its magic, and your life will be filled with grace." joy is alchemy. it has the capacity to drastically shift someone's life into a kinder, more beautiful ideal. when you feel joy, it spreads like wildfire, and it heals. so ask yourself, what makes you happy? pursuing your happiness and living your truth will heal you, and it will heal others too. all that doesn't serve you will fall away as you seek your truth and happiness, and life will take you places you never imagined you could get to on your own. (psst... this card turned up for pile one, and i copy/pasted this interpretation. if you felt called to pile one too, maybe both piles are for you)

Toadstools for growth. you come across a mossy area covered in Toadstools. they weren't here the last time you wandered past, you're sure of it! and yet they've grown so fast, bursting forth from the ground in dizzying speeds so beautiful you marvel at it. Toadstools remind you that growth takes time. it does! it's a slow, ongoing process, and intricate weavings are always underway beneath the surface. but when the time is right, growth happens. you burst forth from the ground and you show up to the light, a new person, a new head on your shoulders. this is a time for growth. you are in the process of it, coming out of a growth spurt, or entering on right now. during this time, remember to have patience with yourself. you deserve and are worth every single bit of patience and gentleness as you nurture yourself into a new phase of your life.

Dragonfly Spirit for change. you wander near a pond in the Forest, and you spot a dragonfly. it darts over the water and wondrous speeds, but not just that -- it changes direction! it even flies backwards and in circles. it's always doing the unexpected, and it's so free. Dragonfly Spirit is reminding you that you don't have to follow anyone else's expectations just so you can be unhappy. break free of those expectations. be unpredictable. be free like the dragonfly! fly around in all directions and pursue only your heart, your instincts, your change of mind. you are allowed to change your mind. allow yourself to do that. give yourself the permission to. own your agency and autonomy to choose whatever you want in life.

Enchanted Fern Grotto for refuge. you enter an Enchanted Fern Grotto that is so rich in plants, animals, and magical Forest creatures. this is your safe place. you can rest here. right now, you're being called to enter a sacred place, a place where you can recharge and relax and rest. you might be burnt out and hurting, and you need to take care of yourself, or maybe even let others take care of you. remember that you're deserving and worth self-care. tend to your heart, your feelings, your body, your mind, your everything. treat yourself like royalty, like you're sacred. you are.

Maple Spirit for generosity. the maple tree stands tall and and joyous before you. it is surrounded by animals playing or resting. a rabbit bounds along on its merry way, a fox lays curled up in the shade, a bird chirps from the boughs. you come to sit underneath the tree, and soak in its vibrancy. Maple Spirit reminds you that when you give freely, the Universe showers you in prosperity. it might not happen immediately, and it might even take years! but whatever you give of the heart, in joy and in love, you will receive. when you give, you enter the flow of the Universe and tap into the sweet syrup of life. the syrup of the maple tree is a delicacy, and the tree itself is known to weather just about any climate. you can be just like the Maple Spirit, and nurture love, hope and joy as you give and give and give.

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pile three.

Foggy Bog for patience. you find yourself in a Foggy Bog, with your feet planted firmly in the waters. you watch a crane nearby, who stands with inherent grace as it waits for the opportune moment to move. Foggy Bog is here to remind you that patience at this time is key. whatever the situation at hand, it will be resolved. your time will come. maybe you're restless, afraid, lost -- maybe you're the kind of person who needs to always be doing something to feel like things are progressing. right now, you are being asked to have faith. everything is as it is meant to be, and there are workings underway. you need to be ready, alert and aware of your moment. you need to trust your moment will come. timing right now is important, and it's real. it's a way of doing things that ensures you don't stress yourself out or sink further into the mud. it's too foggy to move right now, after all!

Pegasus for transcending. Pegasus arrives, and you climb onto his back. he takes to the skies, and before long you're soaring above the Sacred Forest with everything in clear view, in a way you hadn't thought possible before! Pegasus is reminding you that you need to take a more transcendental perspective right now. step back from any situation that may be filled with drama or manipulation, and take on a kind, loving perspective that can heal yourself and others. rather than getting involved and troubleshooting, you can simply let the Universe help. you can always take action when you feel ready.

Wood Nymph for beauty. you come across a lake where three wood nymphs frolick happily and laugh like tinkling bells. they're gorgeous, and you join them in their radiant joy. Wood Nymph is reminding you to see the beauty in everyday life, in the simple things. life is made up of little moments, moments that make you feel human, and when you live while in the moment, you live in beauty. in a practical sense, you can bring flowers into your home, or have a bubble bath, or clean up around the place. you deserve to live in beauty, so embrace it. feel it. know the the Universe loves you unconditionally and wants you to succeed, because this is the true source of feeling like everything shines.

Stag Spirit for leadership. as you step around a bend in the Forest, you come across a stag illuminated by the moon. it turns to look at you, and you feel awareness of its grace, power and strength thrum through you. it doesn't announce its presence, it simply is. Stag Spirit is reminding you that "leader" is not a title granted to you. leaders are leaders irrespective of age, status, income, body type, etc. being a leader is who you are, woven into your very soul. you are shaped into a leader by life itself, not by society. you don't need to announce your presence, because as a leader, you shape your life. you can make decisions with clarity and strength and grace, and that is the true definition of a leader. you may be called into a role of leadership, or you may have been already, and this is a message that you are worthy and deserving.

Wolf Spirit for family. the winter feels crisp, but you are not worried. you come across a pack of wolves, and they surround you, sniffing at you curiously. they're not regular wolves, they're huge, and they stand at your eye level. they peer into your soul from all around you, and you feel inherently safe and cherished under their watchful, protective gazes. wolves are highly misunderstood creatures, because despite the stereotypes they are loyal and extremely social. every member of the pack has their place, and wolves even mourn losses. Wolf Spirit is reminding you to be with your family right now, whoever they may be. for some people, their true family is in Spirit. for others, it's their friends. for others, their partner. for others, their blood relatives. remember that no one family type is superior, and what makes a family, a family, is trust, unconditional love and respect.

Willow Spirit for flexibility. you wander into a riverside where you see willow tree bending and swaying in the whipping breeze. as you watch, you start to feel moved. the winds are so fierce, yet the trees are moving along with it, no damage to them at all! sometimes the best thing to do in a situation isn't to stand firm. Willow Spirit reminds you that sometimes, it's best to go around a situation, or sway with the breeze. try to be flexible right now! an ancient oak tree would bend and snap in winds too fierce, whereas the willow tree knows to move with the currents. embody this spirit right now, and seek to trust your instincts as you navigate tricky situations.

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pile four.

Wood Nymph for beauty. you come across a lake where three wood nymphs frolick happily and laugh like tinkling bells. they're gorgeous, and you join them in their radiant joy. Wood Nymph is reminding you to see the beauty in everyday life, in the simple things. life is made up of little moments, moments that make you feel human, and when you live while in the moment, you live in beauty. in a practical sense, you can bring flowers into your home, or have a bubble bath, or clean up around the place. you deserve to live in beauty, so embrace it. feel it. know the the Universe loves you unconditionally and wants you to succeed, because this is the true source of feeling like everything shines. (psst... this card turned up for pile three, and i copy/pasted this interpretation. if you felt called to pile three too, maybe both piles are for you)

Fire Spirit for energy. you wander the Sacred Forest during a mighty storm. it's raining, but the lightning strikes trees and lights them on fire. you catch a lightning strike in your hands, and marvel at the flame that erupts from your palms. Fire Spirit for energy is here to give you the message that now is the time to take action. there's no need to hesitate! have faith in yourself and the Universe. fire signifies willpower, energy and Creation itself. you have the power within you to create, so go for it! remember as well that as you express yourself spontaneously, you will gain energy. this is the secret to Fire Spirit.

Crystal Cave for trust. you come across a cave hidden deep in the Forest. it beckons you, and you enter. it's very dark inside, but you feel safe. comfortable. aware. Crystal Cave is reminding you to trust your intuition and let it guide you. you have a potentially untapped wealth of wisdom inside your soul, and you can access it by tuning into your intuition. remember that intuition whispers, and anxiety yells. so whenever you're unsure which is which, take a moment and ask yourself if you feel safe in your conclusions, even if it's hard to accept. if it feels right, that's your intuition.

Spirit Guardian of Autumn for letting go. autumn has arrived, and with it, the leaves are drifting to the ground. the Forest is coloured in warm, inviting browns, reds and golds. you kick the piles of leaves up and let them drift along the breeze in a dance, watching them go. Spirit Guardian of Autumn is here to remind you that right now is a good time to let go of mindsets, situations, places and people that do not serve you. you don't have to do anything drastic that you don't want to do, but heal yourself by setting up and communicating boundaries, needs and wants. you deserve a happy, healthy and stress-free life. stress won't be eliminated entirely, because that's the nature of life, but you deserve to take measures to lessen it anyway. any improvement is still an improvement.

Hummingbird Spirit for joy. you come across a field of flowers, and see a hummingbird visiting so many different flowers very quickly. you watch it flutter past, its wings a blur. you chase after it, laughing in delight. Hummingbird Spirit for joy is here to remind you that when you spread joy, you can touch the lives of so many people. joy is alchemy and can heal the world. but this is also a reminder to rest and recuperate! because the hummingbird visits thousands of flowers a day, it also needs to recharge and rest every night. when you're taking care of others, you need to be taking care of yourself too.

[babygirl-riley]

No Strings Attached*

Task Force 141, Los vaqueros Special Forces, and Shadow Company found El Sin Nombre. How he is related to the missiles. However they are going to be able to catch him for another day, which leaves them down time. Catching up they play some Black Jack however with everyone else doing bets Ghost and Fox have their own bet.

Warnings: Swearing, violence, SMUUUT SMUUT SMUUUUT

Never had Simon in his life doze off planning an infiltration mission. Hell he is an expert at them, however for some fucking reason any time Allison would mention something he would stare at her lips. Which would lead him into thinking how her mouth was around his cock.

He would be still and quiet like usual until Allison would ask for advice. A quick glance at the map and he was good, he know she wouldn’t fuck anything up. It should be an easy mission. El Nombre was located at a large house, where he does his meetings. We would be a couple blocks away from where it was located and scout out.

Allison stated that she would be our eyes on the other side of the house making sure we have each side covered. Just in case Nombre makes a break for it. “We honestly don’t know the layout that well, once we get there we can be able to fully know what we will be getting ourselves into.” Allison finished looking up at Simon.

“Right, once we are on this meeting spot, we will take our positions and get Nombre out of there then find where those bloody missiles are.” Simon explained looking around at Graves, Alejandro, and Soap.

Graves nodded. “Alright, we will leave here at 2100 tomorrow.”

Allison gave a questioning look at Graves. “Tomorrow?”

Alejandro nodded. “Yeah that’s when El Nombre will be there,” He put his hands on his hips. “It’s the night where you have information he will see you in a personal type of situation. He isn’t there tonight basically.”

Allison nodded and looked at Soap then at Simon. “Well you guys up for a card game?”

Soap nodded and slapped Alejandro back. “You and Rodolfo wanna join?”

Rodolfo shook his head. “Nada, I promised some of the men I would join for drinks.”

Alejandro nodded to him. “No worries amigo, just sad that I won’t see you get beat.”

Rodolfo shook his head and walked out. We all followed behind. Simon waited till Allison moved and they were more behind the group. He walked along side her. “You gonna join,” She said looking up at him. Simon nodded. “Good, let’s make a bet then.”

“A bet?” He questioned looking back at her. Simon won’t say or show it but he was damn happy she was back. He missed her voice. Stop. He cursed himself.

He cannot be doing this. Not now. He doesn’t deserve it. Simon will always think he is a monster, he has killed times and times again. He has been taught by his father that he isn’t good enough. He wasn’t good enough to save his…

“Ghost,” Her voice rang through his ears. Bliss. He blinked a couple of times. She was smiling at him and also a glint that he saw once. Last night. “Did you hear my bet?”

“No, will you repeat that?” He said stopping in his tracks.

She laughed, fuck that laugh that smile. Those eyes. He could take a…no. Simon stop. “I said,” She walked closer to him and looked around to make sure no one was looking. “If I win, I get to have a say on what other night activities that you and I should do or…”

He could feel his dick twitch for thinking of what she had in mind for them. “Or?” He lowerred his voice and little more breathy then he intended to be.

“Or if you win you can have a say on it.” She said walking a bit backwards from him once she heard voices coming towards them.

Simon walked into that space got close enough to her ear. “What if you can’t take what I have in mind love?”

Allison took in a big breath before saying. “You underestimate me Lieutenant?”

Fuck how she uses his rank drives him nuts. Her saying yes sir last night had him going over and over again but the rank god forbid how he would love for you to say that again. He chuckled before stepping away. “You are on.” He said walking towards where the rest of them went.

Simon couldn’t stop thinking what he would do to her and all the pretty sounds she would make. He had to keep thinking of how it has to stay flirty and sex nothing more. Maybe that’s what he needs to bring to her attention. Maybe if he said it out loud that it will convince him too.

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I watched as everyone started to gather around a plastic table with makeshift seats. There was a big tool box that I dragged to the table. “Took you two long enough.” Soap teased sitting on a stool shuffling the cards.

I looked over at him and shrugged. “We were making sure everything we said was correct on both parts.”

Soap just nodded and Alejandro shot a look over at Ghost. Ghost found a box and set it next to me. “Mind if I join?”

We all looked at the entrance and Graves strolled in. “Sure, more the merrier.” I said finally settling in.

Graves grabbed a tote and sat next to me. “Wanna get to know Task Force 141 and you Alejandro.”

Alejandro smiled and nodded. “Oh?”

Soap started to pass out the cards sliding each one’s towards their temporary owners. “Yeah,” Graves said, picking up his cards. “I mean I know my Shadow team perfectly but not y’all.”

I nodded looking at my cards. “What would you like to know, Commander?”

I didn’t trust him, something about how he basically is butt buddies with Shepard. Or at least how lap dog he was with him. He would know things that none of us would know and be correct. His attitude was off, he would be giving the good vibes but occasionally there was a shift. I didn’t trust the shift. Here and now wanting to get to know us. Just felt off, maybe I am being protective.

I was basically by myself in Russia for a while not being able to trust nobody. Maybe that followed. “Nothing crazy Lieutenant,” He started out before placing his cards down. “What are we playing?”

“Black Jack.” Alejandro answered. “What are we betting on?”

We all looked at each other. “Well if we don’t hit 21 or go over we can just take a swig of beer?” Alejandro said getting up to a fridge in the back pulling out a pack of Coronas. “Not the best beer but it works.” He stated handing everyone one.

“Aye,” Soap mumbled before putting the cap against the table popping it open then taking a quick swig. He made a sour face. “You are not wrong brother.”

Alejandro looked at Ghost smirking. “You in Ghost?”

Ghost looked at the beer before shaking his head. “I will put pacos in.” He said grabbing out of his pocket couple of paco bills.

Alejandro had a disbelief on his face. “Vaya fantasma,” (Wow Ghost) “When did you get those?”

“He never tells those secrets.” I mumbled but enough for everyone to hear.

“I see that,” Alejandro said sliding one to me. “You?”

I nodded grabbing it and doing the same thing that Soap did taking a swig before making a gag noise. “Fuck wish it was tequila.”

“I hear ya.” Graves said taking a swig of it as well.

“You mean dog piss.” Soap quipped, snapping my head up.

“Dog piss?” I questioned glaring at him.

“He isn’t wrong.” Ghost said before placing his cards face down.

I shook my head. “I am wondering how you both know what dog piss taste like,” I looked at my cards. 6 and 7. “Hit me.”

Soap nodded while chucking and handed me a card. A 6. 18. “I will stay.”

We played for a moment, making the worst jokes that could possibly be mustered into existence. Ghost didn’t say a lot just nodded and placed money down. I lost a couple of rounds. But won at least once between Ghost’s and I’s bet. It was quiet while we looked at out cards before Graves spoke up. “Where you from Allison?”

“United States.” I stated side glancing before looking back at my cards.

“I knew that,” Graves set his cards down. “What state?”

No one asked about that in Task Force 141, we don’t really talk about home. Sometimes we mention family we’ll never Ghost really. “I am from Washington.”

Graves eyebrows raised. “DC?”

I chuckled. “No Commander the state.”

“Hm,” He nodded looking back down at his cards. “Family?”

I side, glanced at Ghost who was watching him intently. “Yes,” I answered quickly. “One sister and my mom.”

“No dad?”

I shook my head. “No, he died when I was 17.”

“I’m sorry to hear that Lieutenant.” Graves said sound apologetic.

“No worries, what about you?” I asked, looking over at him.

“Negative,” He answered quickly. “My parents died a couple years ago and apart. And only child.”

Ghost glanced up and Soap, which Soap made a frown face before placing his cards down. I smiled a bit knowing damn well these bastards bet on if he was an only child. “How old is your sister?” He asked looking over at me.

“24,” I said leaning back and shifting my weight towards him. “She joined the air force two years ago.”

“The air force?” Alejandro asked looking up at me.

I nodded. “Yep, my mom wasn’t too happy about it since both of her daughters would be out on deployment but she didn’t mind after a while.”

“Did she join the military?” Ghost asked looking over at me.

“No, she never did. Just my sister and I are the only ones in my family, my dad and his side couldn’t really hear so that was out of the question for them and my mom and her side never really joined.” I explained in small detail.

“The first in the family then?” Soap said almost proudly.

I chuckled. “Yep.”

“Damn,” Graves whispered before throwing his cards on the table. “21.”

Soap cursed in Scottish before placing his down. “15.”

Alejandro smirked. “Good job Tumbas. 20.”

I looked at my cards. Fuck. “10.” I rolled my eyes tossing mine.

We all glanced at Ghost who looked at all of us before placing his down. “21.”

“Shiit,” Alejandro hissed out. “Looks like we have a tie winners.”

Graves smirked and looked over at Ghost. “How you wanna play this?”

Ghost looked down at the table. Thinking his options. “Arm wrestle?” Soap suggested.

I rolled my eyes. “Really? That is the most man thing you could come up with.”

Soap shot me a hurt look. “Well what ya thinking?”

I smirked and looked down. “I was going to say rock paper scissors.” I whispered.

Ghost huffed. “That’s any better?”

I glared at him. “What? It’s the simplest, quickest way to end a tie breaker.”

“She has a point.” Graves intervened.

Ghost rolled his eyes. “Fine,” He placed his hand out in the air and balled it into a fist. “Ya ready?”

Graves smiled. “You’re going down, Ghost.”

I stood up out of the way so they both could see each other's hands fully. I stood up. “Alright, best two out of three.” I said looking at both of them.

“Rock paper scissors. Shoot.” Ghost said having scissors and Graves paper.

“Shit. Alright,” Graves prepared himself. “Rock paper scissors. Shoot.”

Ghost had rock and Graves had scissors. I looked up at Graves and raised an eyebrow. “You suck ass at this game.”

Graves straightened himself up and rolled his shoulders. “Fair is fair,” He reached for his beer and chugged the rest. He placed the empty bottle on the table. “I am gonna hit the hay. We have a lot to prepare for tomorrow.”

We all nodded and watched him leave. I turned to Soap. “What the hell Soap.”

Soap snapped his head at me. “What is it Lass?”

“When did you become shit at black jack. Graves was running circles around you.” I said grabbing my beer and taking sips.

“Ayyye,” Soap said, longing the word. “I am just stressed about those bloody missiles.”

Ghost nodded and hummed. “We will hermano,” Alejandro said standing up. “Just need to get El Nombre and we will be set.”

I nodded and started to walk out. “We will get him tomorrow. Good night gents.”

“Night Fox.” Soap called out and continued talking to Ghost and Alejandro.

As walking out I knew the bet was lost. The only thing I could think of is what was going to happen and what Ghost had in mind.

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Simon stayed for a while talking with Alejandro and Soap. He didn’t want to make it suspicious when Fox left. Simon knew if anyone found out there would be attention and hell he didn’t want attention. Especially Soap, it would be a never ending question after question. Everyone on Task Force 141 heard of the bantering and flirting between Allison and him.

Simon was trying to get away fast but efficiently. Simon was always good at disappearing. Being able to place himself with the shadows. He was taking his time to get to Allison’s room but he couldn’t help but notice the pace was a bit faster than normal. Simon won the bet. He beat her at least twice more than she did with him.

All the things he thought about doing to her, having him between her legs, tasting the sweet juices from her core. Or having him face fuck her. Or just plain fucking her. Hard. Fast. Behind. On top. Bottom. As long as those pornographic noises came out of her from last night.

Once he got to her door he knocked twice. It took a minute before she was standing in the doorway. Naked. He looked around and gently pushed her in and closed the door with his boot. “You are crazy ya know that,” He said, placing both hands on her side. “What if that wasn’t me?”

She giggled and put her hands on his chest. “That would be an interesting interaction,” She shivered when Simon moved his hands up her sides and on the side of her breasts. “But you are the only one that knocks twice, Ghost.” She was already breathing heavy.

He smirked underneath his mask. “Oh yeah,” He squeezed her right breast while his other hand went to her neck. “So you know I won our little bet.” He leaned in more to her making a quick squeeze of her neck.

Allison gasped a bit and nodded. “Yeah I did and when I make promises, I keep them.”

“Good,” He pushed her and picked her up to place her on the desk in the room. “I can do whatever I want?”

She wrapped her legs around his waist. “Whatever your thoughts desire.”

He growled a bit, rubbing her legs with his hands. “Alright,” he pulls her closer as he started to go down on his knees and took his gloves off, placing them beside her. “If it ever gets too much you let me know.”

Allison watched him closely as he rubbed the inside of her thighs. “Okay, should we do a safe word?” She asked as he drew closer to her cunt.

“Sure.” He mustered out trying his hardest not to sound like he was gasping for air. Fuck she was beautiful. Her cunt out for him like this. She was already wet and god only knew how that made him feel.

“Blue.” She whispered when one of his fingers slid over her folds. She moaned and moved forward.

He chuckled a bit. “Eager aren’t we?”

She nodded. “Yes, haven't stopped thinking about how you made me feel last ni…” He put a finger in her cunt and she gasped arching her back. “Fuck.” She whispered.

Simon moaned at the way her moan came out. He started pumping slow and soft. Then using he other hand to widen her legs, to get a better view. The noise that her wetness made as his finger pumped in and out. It was blissful sound with her moans and gasps. He put another finger in her and she squirmed a bit moving with his fingers. “Faster please.” She begged.

He made tsking sounds before curling his fingers. “I am going to make this last a while love.” He said finding that sponge spot that oh she desired.

She gasped loudly and arched her back once more, lifting her hips a bit. “Fuck Ghost.”

He started to pump his fingers faster, her gasps and moans became louder and shorter. “There you go sweetheart.” Simon said, listening to all the noises she was making.

He felt her walls clench, fuck how he wanted his dick to feel that. “I-Im almost there,” She whined, bucking her hips. He smirked and pulled his fingers out. She snapped her head at him. “What the fuck.” She whispered.

He looked up at her, lifting his mask to his nose. “Ghost you don’t need to…”

Simon just blew on her cunt to stop her sentence. He just wanted a taste. She choked on her words and replaced it with a soft groan. “Fuck Allison,” He licked from her hole up to her clit. Allison gripped his mask. “You taste amazing.” His voice was more husky, filled with lust.

He started licking her clit and sucking on it hard. She whined and laid on her forearms, he wrapped his arms underneath her legs and pressed her core more to his mouth. Fuck she tasted amazing, sweet. He moaned he couldn’t help it, he loved the sounds, the taste. He could feel his cock pressed hard against his pants, begging to be free.

Allison moans turned into whines and gasps. He inserted his tongue in her hole. “Fuck,” she whispered and then he sucked his clit. “Just like that,” He looked up and seeing she was almost there, he unsnaked his arm and inserted his two fingers hitting her g-spot. She arched her back and squeezed his face into her core.

He moaned and pumped his fingers harder. “I’m going..” She didn’t finish with words but with a choked moan and his name. Not Ghost. Simon. Fuck how that made him feel things. Ghost made him excited but Simon how it rolled off her tongue was like a beautiful prayer.

She slumped a bit gasping for air. He made one more long like before sitting back and looked at her. Bloody hell she was a mess. Beautiful mess. Sweat glistening off her body as her chest raising up and down quickly. He stood up and walked over to her. “You ready for more, love.”

Allison came up and wrapped her legs around his waist. “Yes sir.” She whispered. He stared into her eyes the hazel green looking at him. Caramel apple, that’s what reminds him of. Just the brown melting around the green of her eyes.

He unwrapped her legs and pulled his mask down licking the reminder of her juices on his lips. She watched carefully, he undid his belt, and the button his pants. He pulled out his cock and groaned from the release. Fuck that felt much better. Allison looked at his cock and back up at him. “I don’t have a condom.” She whispered looking disappointed.

He smirked and walked towards her, he grabbed her throat and had her face really close to his. “Do you want one?”

She carefully watched his eyes, searching for a moment, before shaking her head. “We don’t need one.”

“Good girl.” He whispered then lifting his hand to her mouth. “Now spit.”

She looked at his hand before spitting into his hand, ge gripped his length before pumping the saliva over his cock. He looked back at her. “You follow orders well.” He groaned and grabbed her neck pulling her towards him. “Put your legs around me love.”

She did just that, he felt her warmth on his cock. He had to bite back the moan, he guided his cock towards her entrance. He leaned in more to her, having his forehead touch hers. Too intimate he thought but he felt her head on his and left it there. It felt right.

He put his tip in and watched as her mouth opened, he sighed having her adjust before pushing more in. “Fuck more Simon.” She whispered and he went all the way in. They stayed there for a moment, having each other adjust. “Move please.” She whispered, smiling at him.

He felt his heart sputter for a moment. Bloody hell she truly is beautiful. The shimmer of sweat on her body the way the moonlight hitting inside the room on her. He could stay like this forever. He pulled out and slammed right back into her. She gasped wrapping her legs tighter as he did it again.

It was slow but harsh as he pounded into her, he gripped her thighs knowing damn well they were going to bruise later. Marking her. His marks. Thinking about that made him even more hard. He grunted as he picked up the pace. She cursed and wrapped her arms around his neck as she moaned and screamed into his ear.

Fuck those beautiful sounds. He kept repeating in his head. “Harder Simon,” She begged “Please please.”

How could he say no to that? He pulled her arms off of him before grabbing her throat and pushing her down. She moaned loudly and whispered just like that. Don’t stop. God the pornographic sounds they both were making, the breathing getting harder and faster, the slap from skin to skin contact, the moans, it all sounded like a fever dream.

He felt her walls flutter as he squeezed his hand around her throat. Making him roll his eyes and head for a moment. “Fuck you dirty girl.” He whispered. “Taking me so fucking good.” He grunted out.

All she could do was nod as his pace was faltering, he felt the walls about to burst. “Where?” Was all he mustered and he released her throat a bit.

“Inside please please.” She begged, whined, and gasped.

Her walls clenched around him, she was there and so was he. Both of them gasped as he pushed all the way in. He stayed in gasping, sweating, he looked down at Allison. Her eyes were shut and she was gasping for air. He watched her breast move up and down, he moved a piece of her hair out of her face then pulled out. He hissed as he did from how sensitive he was, watching her and his cum coming out. He looked at it for a moment admiring before he looked at her. “Stay here.” It came out as an order.

He walked back, noticing his pants were dropped, he pulled them up and buckled his belt. He walked to her bathroom grabbing a towel that was hanging off the door. She was still laying on the desk, having her breath back. She turned her head towards him. “What is this Ghost?”

He froze from the inside as he strode over to her, wiping her up before grabbing her hands, lifting her to sitting position. “What do ya mean?” He whispered helping her off the desk.

She walked to her crate and grabbed out underwear and sports bra. “This,” She motioned her hand out waving it a bit in the air. “The sex.”

Fuck. “Just sex,” He replied. He wanted more. He did but… “No strings attached yeah?”

She turned to him and half smiled. Her eyes shifting emotions for a brief moment. “Yeah,” She agreed. “No strings attached.”

They talked a bit about the upcoming mission, all he could repeat in his head was how her eyes said the opposite of what she agreed with. He wasn’t mad no. Cause deep down he wanted her to be his.

[airasora]

Now I have to ask this out of curiosity - what would it be like if Hollina, Thraxette and Charmine sat together at a table at, lets say, a wedding or some social event where theyre forced to be? I'm sure each would think "we're the most normal couple here" or something like that. I can imagine an exchange betwern Jasmine and Odette going "I've been shackled to this dummy, whats your excuse for dating a literal monster?" "Well at least he's got a brain in there" "how DARE you!!! No one insults Henry but me!!" And lina trying to calm them down and holli going "no, no, i want to see this"

Sorry this took so long to answer. I wanted to spend some time writing this... thing I wound up writing 😂 I've never done a POV YOU type of writing before, so I hope I managed to make it entertaining 🤣

You're at an annual convention for the ships and OTPs of AiraSora, a (non)Disney crossover editor and fanfiction authors. You see mostly Disney characters, but also characters from similar animation. Some take up a lot of space at the convention and others are out in the corners. The ones in the corners are ships AiraSora only shipped for a short time or have almost forgotten she used to ship. Most of them are human, but there are one or two anthros and one ship that looks like a fox and some yellow jungle animal that kinda looks like a bear... but you instinctively know it's not a bear.

In the middle of the room are the biggest ships aka the OTPs. It's ships Aira has shipped for a long time or only for a little while, but still intensely nevertheless.

The main table of OTPs consists of Hollina, Thraxette, Charmine and Sinric: the big 4. Close to them are Fresme, Rolfmaine, Bakerhood, Jariel Porkins and Tareek along with a few ships from the same franchise, one of them being two blonde kids from a kids show and another from an adult cartoon show with an imp and an owl. The two others are from an anime with a cat girl and an alien with pigtails and lastly, one also from an adult cartoon with a fat, racist kid with a Jewish redhead.

You sneak between the outer circle of AiraSora's OTPs, ignoring the imp and owl making out like there's no tomorrow and the kids both from the child's cartoon and adult cartoon fighting amongst themselves. The anime couple are surprisingly quiet compared to the others, but something tells you it's because the girl is mortified by her position while the alien is enjoying every second sitting next to her.

Curious how The Tetralogy get along, you get close enough to overhear their conversation:

"So, how did AiraSora start shipping you all?" Thumbelina, mostly referred to as Lina by AiraSora, asks the group. "Holli and I met by chance when Aira made a video where she cast us as a hardcore lesbian and a shy, closeted girl. She started shipping us after that."

Holli laughs: "No shit. She's made 50 videos just with us. If this was a contest we'd win."

"Oh, I don't know about that." Thrax interferes and pulls Odette further up on his lap. "Aira might have shipped you two specifically for longer, but she's shipped OUR dynamic since she was 12! Kishigo over there is just another version of us."

Looking over your shoulder, you see the anime couple. It's not just their dynamic that's similar. You'd argue Ichigo also canonically chose a boy who was dull as dirt, much like Odette did with Derek in her movie.

"She might not have shipped us for as long as you have." Jasmine interfered. "But we got a lot of attention when she first started making videos of us. Our first video on her TikTok is her most watched video of all time. Right now, we have almost 900k views!"

Sinbad laughs: "Yeah, your video is also the one with the most hate on it. The video with Eric and me--"

"Has only 3 comments, one that's about Ariel, another that's just tagging two other people and the last is just some emojis." Odette interrupts with a smirk.

"She's only shipped us for 2 months and we're already sitting with you guys. That says a lot." Eric argues and lifts a fist to which Sinbad bumps.

"She's shipped us for over 6 years!" Lina says as she leans on Holli's shoulder. "And we're still going strong. We have the most AUs, stories, videos and she has a whole document just with ideas for us--"

"And when was the last time she made a video with you two?" Jasmine interrupts, smirking. The girls are silent. "That's what I thought. Some people also got really sick of you."

"That's not our fault. It was just overexposure." Holli says to which Lina nods. "You can't blame Aira for being addicted to a couple as likeable as us."

Eric and Sinbad snort. "Sure, but we have received no hate at all yet. And we're a gay ship, so even Aira was positively surprised."

"You get no hate because you're boring." Odette insists. "Your angst is just cause you're gay. My and Thrax' angst though has more layers than ogres do."

"You're also her most toxic ship ever. And she ships Fresme!" Christopher argues and points Frollo and Esmeralda. Frollo is currently, literally, chasing Esmeralda through the room who has a giant smile on her face.

"I WILL GET YOUR ASS!" Frollo yells, not remotely out of breath despite being older than the hellfire that claimed him.

The Tetralogy shiver for a second at the display, but then turn their attention to each other again.

"People love some angst, pretty boy. I don't know what to tell you." Thrax chuckles, sneaking his entire arm around Odette's torso as if afraid she'd try to run off.

"We got angst!" Christopher insists and starts rambling. "What's more angsty than a couple who are clearly meant to be together, but don't get along at first because society is trying to force them together, but then they have to try and fall in love on their own and--"

"Oh, please." Sinbad groans. "You're every 90s RomCom. They always start out hating each other and then magically fall in love."

"Oh, like you and Marina?" Holli asks.

"Nuh-uh. Don't bring canon into this."

"Agreed." Odette sighs, getting a head pat from Thrax.

"At least OUR relationship is based off love and respect." Jasmine says. "What's your excuse for dating a literal monster, Odette?"

"At least mine is hot and has a brain!"

"How dare you! Only I get to insult Kit like that--"

"Um, I think Aira ships us all equally in her own way. There'd no need to fight--" Lina tries to interrupt, but Holli grabs her and brings her back down to her chair.

"Shhh, babe. I want to see this."

"Wait, didn't Aira ship you two at some point?" Eric asks, pointing at Christopher and Odette.

"Briefly. This was before she made Thraxette." Lina explains.

"Yeah, and she only shipped them because she thinks both of them married beneath them in canon."

The Tetralogy look up at you, finally noticing your presence.

"But nothing of that changes that you eight are the Top OTPs for Aira right now. Yeah, some of you have been here longer and some of you are more popular in the fandom than others, but she loves you all for different reasons. And you've helped her shape her story telling and kept inspiring her to create more stories and challenging her. That's something you all have in common. Sure, you all might not stay part of the Tetralogy because people change. But that doesn't erase all the happy memories she's already made with you. And she's not done with any of you yet. There's plenty of angst, sadness, comedy and happiness she can make with all of you."

The Tetralogy smile at each other, realizing you're right.

"Oh, another thing. This is a really weird way of letting you guys know this, buuuut Aira has been trying to find a way to tell you guys about this headcanon, and she hasn't found anything yet, so she's just gonna make me tell you... Christopher and Eric are brothers. OK, bye!"

And with that piece of random information thrown at them, you turn around and leave The Tetralogy to discuss what the hell all of this was even about. And how a random anonymous ask on tumblr resulted in all of this.

[chibi-pix]

Chibi watches V3D 01

Heyo, lovelies! Been a while since my last "Chibi watches", huh? Well, I'm back. And we'll see how long I can do this because I've got Voltron: The Third Dimension to get through. And. Well. It may be an episode at a time thing. Now, as a preface to this, here's a couple things. I have seen an episode for certain courtesy of @lion-time suggesting one to me. And it's possible that I may have seen an episode or so as a kid with my little brother; but I've been hit in the head way too many times over the years, I can't be sure. There were a handful of CGI shows we would catch on weekends visiting Grammy. Anyway, without further ado, let's see if I remember how to do these watches.

Anyway. Episode 1. Something about Bastille-12.

I don't have much to say about the intro and battle. Sorry 'bout that. And by not having much, I mean I have absolutely nothing.

And. Seeing Zarkon? I just don't trust him being good. Something feels off. And if I'm right or wrong, please do not spoil it. And watching him move and sway. Like, dude? You acting like you're all that and a bag of chips with swagger. What the hell, man? Well, whatever. You do you. But it is nice seeing him move around instead of just sitting on his throne for the most part in DotU. Good on you for finally getting up. It's good for you.

And Lotor. Didn't miss you, man. "But he's not gonna win any beauty contests." Damn, Zarkon, I knew you were a jerk to your son, but still. "If you don't wanna talk to me, I brought someone who is a lot prettier." Ooh, self burn? But he's not wrong. Though, I gotta admit, I'm not too used to/big on this CGI style, but I do like how he looks in it.

Allura speaking and offering friendship and peace. Feels forced. Honey, I like to think there's good in folks, but... this is Lotor. A toxic bastard. There's no helping him.

And hearing Lotor speak. I'm just... Look. Don't get me wrong, I love the actor. But I for the life of me cannot hear Lotor. I only hear Tim Curry.

With the team retired, it feels nice seeing Lance doing stunt shows. And his piloting through the course, it reminds me of my childhood of playing Star Fox on the Super Nintendo (yeah, I'm getting old, I know). Except he's good at it. I always crashed. Of course, I spoke too soon with that one when he got ballsy and crashed. I'm actually not surprised. And I appreciate his sass. Gotta love that attitude a bit.

Poor Pidge feeling old. Buddy, wait until VF, then you can feel a little old. Not that you being 24 there is old. "Will you sign my jpeg?" Gods, that comment. I was gonna ask, "What is this, the 90s?" because that felt like a 90s comment and... uh... this came out late 90s, didn't it?

But, overall? I did enjoy seeing Hunk and Pidge. But poor Hunk didn't have his headband. C'mon, creators! Why'd you take his headband!?

Ah, Keith on his little solo mission. And I love Lance sneaking on. Also, watching Lance, does he have a tiny ponytail? Awww! And Keith giving in and letting Lance join. “Alright Lance, I’ll take you along. I don’t know what I’m gonna tell the high command.” “Tell them I’m your little brother. Mom said you have to take me along.” This dialogue made me giggle. I love it.

And seeing the portal open, my first thought is a wormhole. Okay, that may be my VLD coming in.

“What?! You brought me out here on a ship with no blasters?” “I didn’t bring you out here; you snuck onto my ship.” Ah, more sassy dialogue. I love it. And Keith calling it a "vector jump", I just wanna call it a hyper jump.

What is with Coran's appearance? Go figure. And it's almost amusing at how ready he is to shoot the others down. Not that I blame him. He just wants to protect the castle. "It's changing course! As if some power is guiding it." Ah, welcome to the 90s, with cheesy yet oddly amusing dialogue.

"Still crashing into everything. "You really ought to let me give you a flying lesson." Damn, Allura. But perfect.

"Cut the trip down memory lane, Pidge." Awww! C'mon, Lance! Let Pidge have his memories! He deserves to have memories and be happy about them. Or maybe that's just the part of me who loves stories and memories. I love Hunk just yeeting the equipment to the side. "We'd go to the end of the universe for you, Princess." Hunk, you're adorable.

"You always were kind of a bucket head, Lotor." Okay, look, I'm a Pidge supporter. But. That tone and comment. He's a bit of a little shit, isn't he? And his actions and teasing to get a reaction out of Lotor. I mean... Hmm. Well, in time I'll get more about this Pidge.

And seeing Lotor escaped? That doesn't surprise me.

"Ah gee, we'd love to stay and help you panic, but we better go catch up with our friends. See ya!" Hunk wasting no time. I love it.

Lance calling that robot dude a glorified calculator made me grin. That's the sort of thing I'd say, too. I love it. And I support him going off. Yeah, man! Screw the orders! You do you, man! His team better go and help him. They're a team. They shouldn't listen to orders telling them to stand down. They're the defenders of the universe for a reason.

Well, how about that. Going through the episode. Twice. I turned it on for my initial watch and for notes, and turned it on again while writing this. Go figure how I survived watching the episode twice in a row. But, here I am.

Anyway, that is the first Chibi Watches for this series. Hopefully I can get myself to watch more episodes over time. It'll be slow going, but I've got this. Hopefully. Wish me luck. Until next time!

[nintendouniverse2023]

If The Super Mario Bros Movie becomes a box offices success alongside other Nintendo movies, I figure this could look like if Super Smash Bros gets a movie and based on Smash 64.

(Something is definitely not right in the multiverse as a mysterious hand was messing with the Multiverse. It sends our faves like Mario, DK, Yoshi and Pikachu along with the others multiverse after multiverse, that hand needs to be stopped but it wasn’t easy.)

Plot: Once Upon a time, A Hand called the Master Hand was watching through the heroes and their heroic duties for saving the day. The Hand decided to mess them up as he laugheds.

Here in the Mushroom Kingdom, Here we have Mario, Luigi, Yoshi and Donkey Kong we’re hanging out at a park and just settling down for a bit. Luigi stood up and shows how much he cared for his pals and bro. Then Mario decided to do some training for by fighting training. Here we have Mario vs Luigi and Yoshi vs Donkey Kong. Their battle suddenness came to an end as The Master Hand came out of nowhere and banished them to another world to make sure they don’t go through with his plans as he goes after the rest.

The 4 of them crashed into a middle of nowhere and that place was Hyrule. They we’re confused on what just happened but that hand must to be stopped. They have to go through some challenges along the way and go through the first castle with surviving the death traps. They go over to the Hand again along with a Warrior teen surrounded by Master Hands Minions and soon involved fighting the Hand and his minions, the battle ended as the hand escapes after the ship blowed but and shooting at the minions by a bounty hunter named Samus. The others first don’t trust her at first along with Link but all of them, She explains to the heroes that she been experimenting with the multiverse for a while and knows The Master Hand was an extreme threat. They all agreed but they need more warriors.

They Go to Popstar, we’re fascinating characters and cute ones as well looking for a hero. Then Some Monsters came out of know where but out matched. The only one to stopped them was Kirby. After dealing with the beast, DK was happy to see Kirby as they leave and King Dedede watching them the whole time.

Then they go to the year 2560, The Master Hand sabotage the race. As the heroes fought through them all, including Captain Falcon with his sick Falcon moves and then agrees to help as well.

They go to Cornelia city to meet the space air pilots forces. They go over to Team Star Fox. Samus explains that they need Fox’s help to stop it. Fox was convinced and agrees to help the team.

Then they go to the world where Human and Pokémon live in peace, where they discover a Pickahu that was the true hero. They go over to Ash they they need to brrow Pickahu, but has to win the fight for it. This leads to Kirby vs Pikachu. Kirby wins and the Pokémon goes to the final world for the hero, but not long before Jigglypuff came out of no where in the ship.

Final the go to Eagleland where it was already in chaos by Master Hand. They fought off the minions where a magical boy named Ness was mind control. After snapping him out of it, Master Hand escaped but Ness agreed to help and use magic to hold the portal, giving the 12 hero’s a chance to jump in.

They all reached to the Final Dimension where they have to fight Master Hand. In the middle of the might, Kirby, Yoshi and Pikachu grabbed one of the Smash Balls, which gives them all the fighting spirits to defeat Master Hand and causing the stage and balls to explode and spread everywhere into a different universes. The Multiverse was now in peace and where given a special device in case something like this happens again.

Plot Credits: One of the big pieces of the Smash Balls were now crystals was in each of the Mushroom Kingdom and Hyrules arch enemies which gives the a perfect idea.

The sequel of the Movie should have Bowser and Ganondorf teams up to take the crystals along with other hero’s priced possessions and rule the multiverse. The original 12 must stopped them along with new heroes join the fight.

Thanks for reading the Plot and Don’t forget to Join my new DeviantArt group: www.deviantart.com/smashtendo

[bllsbailey]

Sen. Graham to GOP Who Back Harris: 'What the Hell Are You Doing?'

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., Sunday asked members of his party who are supporting Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign over former President Donald Trump's "what the hell" they are doing by "supporting the most radical nominee in the history of American politics."

Harris, Graham told NBC's "Meet the Press," not only supports the Green New Deal and Medicare for all, but she was the "last person in the room before [President Joe] Biden decided to withdraw from Afghanistan."

"She was the border czar," he added. "She cast the tie-breaking vote for an Inflation Reduction Act that gives you high prices."

"What are you doing?" Graham continued. "You are trying to convince me that Donald Trump's rhetoric is the danger to this country? The danger to this country is the policies of Biden and Harris. Her fingerprints are all over this disaster."

Graham further declared that he "can't take four more years of this crap."

"When you support her, you are supporting four more years of garbage politics," he said. 

There have been several high-profile Republicans who have endorsed the vice president in recent weeks, including former GOP Reps. Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger, along with former members of Trump's administration.

Graham's comments came after he was asked about Trump's growing rhetoric as the election comes near, including last week when he referred to Democrats as "the enemy from within" several times. 

He made the enemy comment at his rally in Coachella, California, using the phrase to refer to Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif.

He also called Schiff "the enemy from within" again in a pretaped Fox News interview, also using the phrases to describe "radical-left lunatics."

Trump further repeated the phrase on the "OutKick" podcast, saying that we "have a bigger problem from within and they hate it."

But Graham dismissed Trump's comments, insisting that "we're winning and going to win, not because of what Donald Trump’s saying, but because of what they’ve done for four years."

Graham also argued that Americans want a change from the policies over the past four years, commenting that when Harris is asked if she'd do anything different, she responded in an interview, "Nothing comes to mind."

Sandy Fitzgerald ✉

Sandy Fitzgerald has more than three decades in journalism and serves as a general assignment writer for Newsmax covering news, media, and politics. 

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[casspurrjoybell-25]

Skating on Thin Ice - Chapter 14 - Part 1

*Warning - Adult Content*

Elijah Ellis

The week went by quickly with the team winning our hockey game on Thursday night.

Luckily for us, we had the weekend off and although I loved the game, I was happy to have a weekend to not have to worry about hockey or school.

Joshua and I still hadn't spoken much but I was able to get the car from him for the weekend, so that I was able to pick up Fox from his house on Saturday afternoon, him insisting the two of us hang out.

I wasn't complaining, I was just glad to be able to be around someone who didn't annoy me the whole time.

"I think I understand why you don't usually drive," Fox commented, holding onto the handle above his seat.

I didn't think I was a bad driver but apparently Fox had other ideas about my driving.

"What do you mean?"

"There's a pot hole right there," he warned instead of answering me, pointing toward an area in the road.

Before I had the chance to dodge the pot hole, I hit it straight on, causing the car to shake.

I let a timid, embarrassed smile creep on my face as I glanced at Fox briefly who wore a slightly irritated but also frightened expression.

"Keep your eyes on the road," he commanded, causing me to turn my gaze away from him.

"I guess it's true that gays can't drive," he mumbled.

"Does that mean you can't drive either?" I asked him with a teasing smile as I pulled into the parking lot of our destination.

He gave me a deadpanned look before morphing it into a sarcastic smile and exaggeratedly nodding his head.

"Funny," he bitterly replied, opening the car door and getting out.

I chuckled, following him out of the car and into the restaurant.

It was just a casual place, nothing special.

Fox decided he wanted to eat here today and invited me to go with him.

At first I didn't realize he meant just the two of us but when he clarified that it would be just me and him, I was pleasantly surprised.

We sat down at a table near the back of the restaurant and began to look through the menus.

The food was fairly cheap and the options were typical of what you would expect at a diner.

The waiter came to us quickly and took our orders before leaving Fox and I alone.

"Wanna go to my place after this?" Fox asked, sipping his water through his straw.

"Sure," I nonchalantly replied, hiding my excitement.

I couldn't let it show that I was overly excited to be spending time with Fox, that would surely scare him off.

When the food came out, Fox immediately dove right into his big juicy burger and practically moaned at the taste of it.

"Don't tell anyone how I've been eating," he warned with his mouth full. I chuckled, taking a bite of my own sandwich.

"You keep eating like this and I'll be faster than you on the ice."

Fox scoffed, rolling his eyes.

"Please, you skate like you have lead in your shoes."

I sent him an offended look, my mouth agape.

"That's rude and not true at all."

"Whatever you say."

I shook my head at him, about to argue with him further but my words were caught in my throat when I caught sight of someone I thought I'd never have to see again.

My mother's husband, Dave, along with some other men from church.

They were probably grabbing lunch together after having volunteered to clean the church today.

People from the church all rotated Saturdays that they would volunteer.

"Shit," I cursed, tilting my head down so I could shield my face.

"What?" Fox asked through a muffled voice.

"Nothing, nothing," I muttered, continuing to look down at my plate.

Fox turned to look behind him to see what had grabbed my attention and I cursed at him, hitting his hand that was resting on the table.

"Don't look, idiot," I forcefully whispered.

"Don't look at the guy that's walking over here?" Fox asked in an amused tone, causing my head to shoot up to see that Dave was in fact walking over to us and he didn't look happy.

"Elijah," Dave said as if my name was cursed.

To him, it probably was.

"Your mother has been trying to contact you and she is not happy that you haven't been responding."

Dave stood in front of us with his arms crossed over his chest, looking as if he was chastising me as if he had any business doing so.

My mouth was dry and I made no move to respond to him.

I wouldn't have been able to even if I tried.

"Elijah..." Dave trailed in a warning tone, looking angrier by the second.

"I won't have you disrespect me or your mother."

Still, I said nothing.

I just blankly stared at him.

"You're the one being disrespectful," Fox spoke up in an offensive tone, his expression challenging and defiant.

"Excuse me, young man, what did you just say to me?" Dave retorted, shifting his gaze to Fox.

"You heard me," Fox replied, his eyebrows raised in a confrontational manner.

"Coming over here and interrupting our lunch is rude, old man."

I looked at Fox in shock with a hint of dread.

Dave wasn't a particularly easy going guy and I was worried this would cause a scene.

"That is not how you talk to your elders," Dave scolded, glaring down at Fox who just rolled his eyes and crossed his arms over his chest.

"Fuck off," Fox spat, shaking his head and picking up his burger to take a bite.

Dave's eyes bugged out of his head at Fox's vulgar language but before he could blow up, one of his church friends came up behind him.

He was my best-friend, Micah's, father.

He came up behind Dave and placed a hand on his shoulder to calm him down.

"Let's just go, Dave. Our food is ready," he urged him.

Dave listened and wordlessly walked away from our table.

Micah's father looked at me with an unreadable expression before saying...

"I'll continue praying for you, Elijah."

The words sent a jolt in my chest because I knew what they meant.

He would continue praying that I would somehow end up straight because in his eyes, I was a walking sin.

Fox loudly scoffed and glared at the man.

"You can fuck off too," and with that, Micah's father walked away.

Fox and I didn't discuss the incident for the rest of the afternoon.

[applebandito]

100% Kingdom Hearts 1 (Day 1)

Current Targets: Speedster Unchanging Armor Undefeated My nostalgia got slapped in the taint the moment the remix for Simple and Clean played. Watching that opening cinematic was a bit emotional admittedly. It reminded me of the halcyon days of my late teens. Sat in front of the warm glow of a CRT television, soda cans stacked high, and buttocks firmly planted in a comfortable green chair.

Now I’m sat in front of a much larger television bought with adult money, a bottle of water near by because sometimes my tummy gets upset, and my buttocks planted in a rather comfortable modestly priced couch. My first venture into reminding myself of the controls had me also remembering that this game had relatively decent combat. I don’t remember bouncing off of enemies as often as I did, but it was a pleasant surprise to feel how responsive the controls were overall.

The camera, however, is another matter. I feel like this is the strongest enemy in the game as it waffles around trying to get me the best view of Sora’s inseam. It certainly was quite the formidable foe when I got to Destiny Island and decided to 3v1 the first few Final Fantasy characters that were introduced. I was able to win first try, however, but most likely because I am playing on easy and took multiple steroids before the fight.

I beat Riku 2-0 all while very convinced of a friend’s theory that this is the worlds most circuitous love triangle. Soon the Island was under attack by heartless and I got the one and only keyblade I’d be handling for this run. I also skipped all of the cutscenes since I’m attempting to speedrun. Most of the dialogue can be diluted down into friendship, hearts, friendship, darkness, smiling, darkness, hearts, friendship however.

Coming into Traverse Town and hearing the theme was another breath of fresh air.Seeing Cid, Leon, Yuffie, and Aerith was like coming home to old mates you hadn’t been around in ages. Goofy and Donald were there too. I quickly set them to do as little as possible when it involved items, and stripped them of their item privileges just to be double sure.

The gummi ship sequences are just as boring as I remember. Given I’m speedrunning, I also don’t wish to spend time making a ship. I’m sure I could make the one that’s recommended in the guide, but the tedium would probably kill me. Instead I just cruise along in the low rent Star Fox game, barely touching the thumbsticks and opting instead to have my left hand set to more important tasks like water and scratching. Meanwhile my right is on fire button duty.

I lazily made my way to Wonderland, plowing through many of the enemies there and mostly running past several. I forgot that the keyhole is deep within the doors throat so it felt a bit dirty locking this place up. Nevertheless I cleared the keyhole and soon set off to Deep Jungle.

I forgot how much I utterly abhor this place. Confusing layout, the vines sometimes don’t function right, but we get Brian Blessed and that’s fine by me. The boss gave me no trouble, nor did most of the enemies, but the amount of backtracking to areas and confusion left me taking more time than necessary to get out of here. Most of this being my fault as I’m not watching the cutscenes and googling a guide or looking up what to do next is a large ask with all this scratching to be done.

I finally sprang loose the of the jungle’s traps and found myself once again Traverse Town bound. I wouldn’t be stopping at the colesseum. That’s an optional bit and I’m a busy boy. Speaking to Cid, I discover he’s got a lot to say about gummi ships and Leon has a lot to say about holes.

So far, I can’t say if we’re on a good track for the run, but we’re under three hours, so I suppose we can count this a win. My lack of knowledge is certainly a hindrance, but I am confident I’ll be able to make it to the end. And so, we spring forward to Agrabah. Tomorrow. I need a nap.

Completed 3 of 56: The Rabbit Hole Member of the Tribe| Test Pilot

[stillchasingfairies]

✨ Peter Pan's Cold ✨

Here’s a fun little story about what happens when Peter Pan catches a cold. @chaosgremlin95 put the thought in my head & I just had to write it. Peter's the cutest. I hope you enjoy it! It’s all under the cut, for the sake of everyone’s dashboard.

✨

The Fallen King of Hide-and-Seek

“Hk-choo!” Peter sneezed for what felt like the billionth time that day. “Rats!” He cursed under his breath. Sneezing in the middle of a game of hide-and-seek was always a dead giveaway. And Peter prided himself on being the king of hide-and-seek, per the general consensus.

    A rustle, and then… “A-ha!” In one quick motion, Cubby brushed away the branches that were providing a good hiding place for Peter Pan. His smug expression turned to one of total surprise. “Whoa! Peter! I didn’t think I’d find you this fast! Or at all!”

    Peter almost didn’t know how to take that. “Yeah… well… You got lucky this time,” he decided. The redhead swiped his runny nose along his arm, barbarically.

    Cubby was delighted, he’d gladly take all the luck he was entitled to. “You wanna help me find the others?”

    “Okay,” Peter nodded. “I’ll cover the sky, you cover the ground.” And with that, he hovered above the trees and started scanning the area. As Peter flew, however, he realized he was feeling kind of funny, almost like he was seasick, like he’d been floating on a raft a little too long. “Ugh–” he shook his head and swallowed thickly, hoping to get rid of the feeling. He was sure it would go away sooner or later.

    “Slightly! Got you too!” Cubby exclaimed down below. The boy laughed out loud. “It really is my lucky day!”

    “Aw man!” The fox-eared boy snapped his fingers in defeat. “I heard you found Pan already too?!”

    “I sure did!” Cubby’s smug smile reappeared. He was quite proud of his work today. Maybe there was a new hide-and-seek king in town.

Up above, Peter frowned indignantly. It wasn’t fair that his nose had given him away. If he hadn’t had this cold, he was sure he’d still be stealthily hidden behind those branches right now, silently giggling at the others.

Peter landed by Cubby and Slightly to join their conversation. But also to get away from the woozy feeling that flying was giving him. “Aaaehh, I think that’s enough hide-and-seek for today. Cubby wins.” He didn’t want him to rub it in any further. 

“Okay, but we have to get Tinker Bell, Tootles, Nibs, and the Twins out somehow,” Cubby reminded them.

Slightly, the self-appointed doctor of Never Land, was studying Peter with an ounce of doctorly concern. “Say, Pan, you look a little green around the gills.” Where’d he learn that term anyway. “Are ya sick?”

“I dunno,” Peter shrugged, snorting up a big sniffle. “Maybe a little,” he conceded. 

“I think we oughta go home so I can give you a checkup. I’m no good without my tools,” Slightly said. 

The bear-eared boy nodded eagerly. “Okay then, how about you two go back, and I’ll finish looking for the others!” Cubby suggested. 

“Even though the game is over?” Peter asked, although it was more of a demand.

“Yeah yeah,” Cubby said, to appease Peter.

With that, Peter and Slightly headed back to the Lost Boys’ hideout at Hangman’s Tree, while Cubby happily continued his search for the other boys.

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Dr. Slightly Is In

Back at the hideout, Peter was miserably sitting on the bed with a thermometer in his mouth and a bearskin blanket draped over his shoulders. Slightly stood watch, wearing his head mirror as any good doctor should, which, to be honest, he didn’t quite understand how to use.

“Am I done yet?” Peter asked softly, careful to keep the thermometer from falling out of his mouth. 

Slightly looked at the wall clock and decided that it had been just long enough for him to get an accurate reading. Peter was pretty antsy. “Yup!” He popped the thermometer out of Peter’s mouth and studied it, squinting at the little words etched into the glass. Peter’s temperature fell into the definitely-sick territory. “Says here you’re not very good.” 

Peter moaned in distress and coughed into the air. When he doesn’t have parents reminding him to cover his mouth, who can really blame him? 

Luckily for Peter, he couldn’t have found a better time to get sick, as Wendy was here on one of her “spring cleaning” visits, which Peter had so politely gotten Mrs. Darling to agree to.

Wendy appeared with a little cup in her dainty hands. “Oh Peter, it’s alright. You’ll be well in no time!” She knelt by him and put the cup in his hands. “It’s lavender chamomile tea. Go on, it won’t hurt. I’ve sweetened it with honey for you, too.” 

“Thanks, Wendy…” Peter eyed the tea with an ounce of hesitation, swirling its contents around before taking a sip. It wasn’t as sweet as something like pineapple juice, which he really loved to drink, but it was better than he expected. Peter did love the smell of lavender, and now he realized that the taste was quite pleasant too. Before he knew it, he’d drunk the cup dry. 

“I’ll get you some more,” Wendy declared, delighted. She was so happy to be able to take care of Peter. She took the cup from him. “Oh! I almost forgot to give you your medicine.” Wendy reached for the little bottle of medicine, and took a spoonful out.

Obediently, Peter opened his mouth and took the medicine. He was always very good for Wendy, and he liked the way she looked after him. She kissed the top of his head and disappeared with the cup, to fix him some more tea. It was a good thing Tinker Bell was still hiding with the boys for the game of hide-and-seek.

Or… maybe not! Tinker Bell rushed into the room, pixie dust dashing around everywhere in her frenzy!

“Tink? What’s the matter?” Peter furrowed his brows in concern. He watched and listened intently as Tinker Bell explained that Captain Hook had captured Cubby, Tootles, Nibs, and the Twins, and was demanding that Peter Pan come to battle him for their release. Apparently they had stumbled upon some treasure he had buried for safekeeping.

“Let’s go.” Peter stood up quickly, grabbing his dagger and putting it safely in his holster. “Wendy?” He couldn’t leave without letting the lovely girl know where he was going. “I’ve gotta go get the Lost Boys back from Hook. Be back in a jiffy!” And with that, he took off with Tink before Wendy could protest.

“What are we going to do with him?” Wendy sighed, shaking her head at Slightly, who was packing up his doctor bag. 

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A Losing Battle

By the time they had reached the Jolly Roger, Peter was feeling dizzy and sick to his stomach from flying. He landed up on a high mast out of Hook’s view, to give himself a moment to breathe. Tinker Bell pouted in concern and brushed Peter’s bangs away from his forehead. The heat nearly burned her tiny hand. 

Once Peter felt a little less nauseous, he stood and announced his presence with a crow– “Coo-ka-roo-ka-roo!” Which he followed up with a wheezy cough. 

“Pan!!!” The boys cheered for joy.

Hook turned and snarled, looking up at the boy. Excellent, he was here not a moment too soon. Actually, he figured he would have been here before now. “Come down here boy, and fight me like a man!”

“With pleasure, Captain!” Peter retorted, flying down to come head-to-head with Hook, and drawing his dagger on the way.

As steel met steel, the fight was quickly underway, with each getting a chance at having the upper hand. But at this close range, Captain Hook could tell that the boy wasn’t feeling well. His nose was running, all the colour had drained from his face, and he looked exhausted. Peter sniffled in a desperate attempt to keep his nose from running, but it was a losing battle, hopefully unlike the one he was fighting against Hook.

Peter coughed into the air and Hook recoiled. “Eww!” He snarled at Peter in disgust, giving the boy a once-over. Somehow, fighting a sick boy felt like bad form. Peter looked miserable, and it sparked some form of… pity? in the captain. He couldn’t continue the fight.

“… You know what? … Go home, Pan.” With one fell swoop, Hook cut the ropes loose, freeing the Lost Boys. “And take your germs with you! We’ll continue this another day.” 

Peter was shocked, but relieved. He really just wanted to go to sleep right now. The boy searched Captain Hook’s face for any hint of trickery. “Honest?” He asked, to be sure.

“I insist. Go on boy, before I change my mind.” Hook replied, although of course, this was just to keep up the fear of himself. 

Springing into action, Tinker Bell sprinkled the five Lost Boys with pixie dust, and they began to fly. The Twins each took Peter by an arm, helping him home. “C’mon Peter!” one of them said, tugging him along.

Peter, too sick at this point to keep up appearances, could only smile gratefully at their kindness. Tinker Bell sprinkled him with a little extra pixie dust to help his sick self home. 

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Goodnight, Peter

As nighttime fell upon Never Land, Peter Pan was tucked into his hammock, with the warm bearskin blanket over top of him again. His fever had broken, and the Lost Boys and Tink were all happily tucked into their beds as well. Only Wendy was up and about. Peter watched Wendy, the only mother he ever cared to have, with so much love in his warm brown eyes. He felt so grateful to have her, although he didn’t know how to express it, or even how to acknowledge it. 

“You’ve had quite a day, Peter,” Wendy spoke softly, warmly, as she brushed her fingers through his fluffy, red hair. He loved when she did this. “And you’ve been very brave.” Wendy administered one more dose of medicine to him, which he took with a little hum. Wendy’s medicine was really only water blended with some berries, for real nutritional value. She screwed the cap back on the bottle and set it on the little table nearby. 

“Wendy?” Peter’s hoarse voice croaked softly.

She turned to him, smiling gently. “Yes Peter?” 

“Will you come lay with me?” He asked simply.

Wendy’s heart fluttered with joy. “I’ll be glad to.”

And so, Wendy crawled into bed with Peter, and rested her head on his chest. He wrapped his arms around her and held her tight. He wouldn’t dream of letting her go, and she was happy this way.

“Goodnight, Wendy…”

“Goodnight, Peter. Feel better, sweet boy.” 

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