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Vander: I've always liked the name Violet. Silco:Â *snorts a line* Hey, you know what I like?
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Happy Mother's Day to our Arcane Moms âĄ
#arcane#media: arcane#arcaneedit#arcane league of legends#league of legends arcane#ambessa#ambessa medarda#cassandra kiramman#cassandra#vi and powder's mom#ximena talis#anyways reasons for me choosing the scenes: 1) ximena looks so proud of jayce here its so cute#2) literally the only scene we got of vi and jinx's mom lol i aint using the one on the bridge skdjfksdf#3) honestly i couldnt find a scene of ambessa being MOTHER mode and the one where she was telling me that she weakened here didnt have tha#good scenes to gif/frame so skdfjskdfjs#4) ok so this is a lot to me bc cait is my fave character and this last scene she has with her mom just speaks a lot to how cassandra#accepts cait and vi and it being the very last scene of cait with her mom before she got jinx ulted makes me even more emotional lmfao#happy mother's day to you and your moms and whether you guys celebrate it or not#s1 ep4#s1 ep6#s1 ep8#ok goodnight skdjfsk goddamn it i forgot about the actual day yesterday lol
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Hereâs some nightmare fuel: Hex core Caitlyn.


was struck with inspiration at like 10 oâclock last night
guess the snatched waist is a hexcore specialty
#arcane#arcane fanart#arcane caitlyn#arcane caitlyn fanart#arcane au#ignore how she looks#i havent done a study on her yet#my art#ok so what im imagining is that caitlyn was much more into jayceâs inventions when she was younger#and when the explosion happened in his apartment she was a lot closer and got injured giving her a bad leg and a mysterious illness#meanwhile in the undercity vi got a lot more into powderâs inventions#and eventually she moved up to piltover to go to school for it (donât ask what happened in her past leading up idk)#and caitlyn also want to prove herself to her mom who always saw her as fragile and something to be protected after she was disabled#so she also snuck into the school and started attending classes#then the whole plot with hextech happens#and we get this#something something somewhat reserved ppl with dark hair getting changed by the hexcore blah blah blah
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Caitlyn and vi being overshadowed by the hypothetical het ship and the nonexistent white man ship is. As unfortunate as it is predictable
#arcane#arcane spoilers#arcane critical#even when we win. we lose#i know amanda lost a lot of writing power in s2 but man#the major shift in who got attention is unreal#i thought arcane was a show about family dynamics and the relationship between two sisters during a war#but turns out its about two guys that worked together and a fanfic about a situation that never happened#to be clear i wouldnt mind either if so much time hadnt been taken away from the main plot to do them#but s2 is like 10% actual relevant plot and 90% fanservice for jinx and viktor stans#and the writers ignoring how important vi was to both powder and ekko is. criminal#she was a big sibling to both of them#like essentially a parent to them#why were they so utterly unphased about her dying in that au
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powder keg (full under the cut)

#wip success story!!#for a bit there i expected it to be a wip failure but i think we turned it around boys#arcane#arcane jinx#isn't it kinda cool how vi and powder don't. have last names. do vander or silco have last names#this thing has 49 layers and 1 of them is completely unrelated#approximately 8 of them are lineart#so it took 40 layers to color this.......#most of them are hidden too it's cuz i am so indecisive and afraid of messing stuff up so i just duplicate the layers and keep going#this is not a great art philosophy but it is what it is#eyestrain#my eyes got fucking STRAINED while working on this#but i love bright colors </3#the evidence of duplicating layers is in one of my shading layers called Layer5-1-2-1-1-1-1-1-2-2-1 or something like that#i went into overdrive lowkey bc i was like this Has to be finished before arc 3 (uhh very mild act 3/trailer spoilers to follow ig)#bc i Know her look changes and god knows i was NOT gonna erase those braids i painstakingly outlined (over a year ago)#it's the principle of the thing. i basically redrew half of it anyways but only because i could not stand it if i did not#i was already feeling like euhhhhhhhhhh abt the whole composition bc when i originally drew it it was kinda half based#around her league personality#so working on it now felt like it was just. Quite ooc for our current moment in the canon timeline#well. whatever. i think she looks cool enough. character notwithstanding. i just hope she is happy after saturday </3#jinx#jinx league of legends#felt like i should tag that on bc the personality thing lol.... lol#i just went through the jinx tag and reblogged a whole stream of super sentimental and super angsty jinx stuff#and now i am posting what i post best. moderately cool poses and mildly affective expressions :)#my art
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ive rewatched bacons warden killing vod Too many times to count already. simply bc it has ro in it. and the amt of times bacon and hannah call jumper up to take responsibility for her dumbass teammate during the wemmbu.....bit is so funny. i think jumper swearing to remain loyal and dedicated to her teammates this season, only to get hit w dumbass roshambogames /aff is her punishment for her crimes last season.
#lifesteal#the sticklers#roshambogames#jumperwho#ro is soooo giggly bro#bacon and mapiccs disbelief and amusement at just how hard he was laughing đđđ#ALSO SMT I DIDNT NOTICE UNTIL AFTER RO POSTED HIS VIDEO IS THAT WHEN HE ASKS FOR AN ECHEST#he got purple concrete powder out of it#he was asking to get purple concrete from his echest which he had from the wemmbu heads#wild#oh yeah also cute and silly little mapicc commentary :#when ro asked for an echest and bacon asked what he could Possibly need. mapicc replied saying âto store his gigglesâ#this made me want 2 squish mapicc he is so very /aff#but yeah also rewatching. ro kept saying itd be funny to leave the wardens#and telling mapicc to bring MORE wardens to spawn#so well ig we know what he would think of mawn LMFAO#but yea its my fave vod to rewatch bc it has dualities and 2/3 sticklers#i also rly like bacon and ro's dynamic its pretty silly too ngl
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Everytime i talk to a relative whos not my age they reveal something so baffling about their beliefs that i cant even think about anything else
#nillas#Do you think earth is hell or something. ''Oh this has to happen because theyre bearing the burden of Human egoism#and we all know egotistical humans cant be stopped no matter what!'' Babygirl that small area is NOT ??????????#WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT ?????????????????#DO YOU THINK THE ENTIRETY OF THE EARTH IS SOME WELL CRAFTED STORY???????????#vanili powder#still wondering where my aunt got that from like okay. I can accept X being said in the bible or whatever even though i know thats not true.#But like??? How'd you go from That to acting like everyone should just give up on caring about That Country#because the leaders of That Country and The Other Country are like ??? Human Ego Personified?????#And that ties with how humans are inherently selfish and stubborn???? Dude??? I dont think some politicians & presidents are#that meaningful??????#Why is this like deifying them#That area isnt hellâ the news and ongoing opression isnt God making them into our scapegoatsâ theyre not jesus or Satan whhhat the fuckk
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-gives Mirko lil bunny teeth-
Perfect đ
#the pixie speaks#if her design purposfully diesnt have sharp canines iâm gonna give bunny teefs#fun fact my canines used to be sharp but both got chipped at some point#probably sounds weird bit Iâve considered doing an art study around my teeth#im self conscious about my smile and its why i dont open my mouth in selfies#kind of off topic i know#youâre the one still reading though#so hi? howâs your day going#want a coffee since youâre still here?#ran out of oatmilk but i got powder creamer and this mint creamer that says its dairy free#also got white and brown sugar#real maple syrup if youâre feeling crazy#wait where are you going i thought we were gonna have coffee and chat?
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???????? i just found a sugar crystal in my ear?????
#just a tiny little granule#but like. that's still. weird???#like it was a little tiny cube shaped granule of table sugar#definitely not salt bc the salt we buy is more flaky#no idea how that could have made its way. into my Ear#i do eat in bed sometimes but i haven't eaten a lot of sugary things lately especially not stuff with gritty sugar#i had a donut with POWDERED sugar on Saturday but that's about it#i hate the texture of granulated sugar especially when it gets sticky bc it got Slightly damp
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YAY, YOU'RE BACK TO WRITING FOR ARCANE. How would the arcane characters react (mainly vi, ekko, and jinx because i would marry, marry, and marry them all!!) to a reader who is sooo affectionate and finds every last thing they do so cute they get cuteness aggression and just jump at them like a cuddle bug often? thank you so much!!
Coming right up!
Arcane x Cuddle Bug! Reader
Characters: Powder/Jinx, Violet "Vi", Ekko, Caitlyn Kiramman, Viktor, Jayce Talis, Mel Medarda, Sevika and Ran.
Warning: None really. SFW.
A/N: Am I the only one who wants to snuggle into Caitlyn? Ugh, I love her so much.
Powder/Jinx

âOh! Hey there, sugar! You want to cuddle? Donât have to ask me twice! Iâll cuddle you so much that you get tired of me! But youâd never get tired of me, right?â
Jinx is a super clingy person, so for you to be as clingy as her itâs like you two are a match made in heaven. Thereâs barely any time that passes when you two are not touching each other and she lives for your cuddles. It doesnât matter if you hug her out of nowhere or she sees you about to embrace her, she is stopping everything she is doing and pulling you into the tightest of hugs.
Most of the time if she isnât causing mayhem in the streets of Zaun or busy with her inventions, she will spend her time just holding you so close and showering your face with the cutest but most childish of kisses. She doesnât care if itâs in private or public, she will make it known that you two canât keep your hands off each other. You are her cuddlebug and she is yours and that wonât ever change.
Violet âViâ

âWoah there, cuddle bug! Youâre gonna make me screw up my workout⌠Oh forget it. How can I say no to you?â
Because Violet is absolutely touch starved, she will never decline your cuddles, even if you take her by surprise a few times with how you hug her so suddenly. She finds it adorable how you fangirl around her and find everything she does to be awesome or cute. Granted she does wish youâd call her hot or sexy, but knows that isnât really in tune with your personality.
Regardless, she tries to make sure you know how adorable you are, always telling you while you two are cuddled up together how lucky she is to have you and how you are so adorable. Even when you visit her at work, sheâll try to drop everything and have you run into her arms to pick you up. And every time sheâs got time off work or is coming back from a job, sheâs automatically looking for you so she could hook you in her arms and never let go.
Ekko

âY/N, haha! You know we gotta keep this private, babe- The kids are gonna pounce on us any second now!â
Does Ekko love hugging you? Absolutely. The warmth of your arms around his body makes him stop everything heâs doing and just hug you while calling you his firelight or firefly. Unless heâs calling you an angel or lovebug, which never fails to make Scar either look at you two in awe or roll their eyes in mock annoyance. Unfortunately, Ekko does try his best to make sure you two donât get super affectionate around the children, especially when it comes to hugs.
Why? Because as soon as you hug him, the children find this as an invitation to gather around him and have him nearly die under a cuteness overload of a group hug. Itâs nice as a once in a while occurrence, but all the time? Maybe not. Outside of the reactions you two garnish and even the teasing of you being the firelight king/queen, Ekko lives for your cuddlebug energy, wanting to be in your arms after a long dayâs work. Itâs always the best way to end the nightâŚÂ
Caitlyn Kiramman

âAnd thatâs why if I am able to block this end of the road, Iâll- Oh!... Oh come here, sweetheart. If you wanted to cuddle so badly, you couldâve asked.â
Caitlyn has always been someone who was more subtle with her love, pulling you into brief kisses, cupping your cheek and holding you by your waist. She usually leaves the more out there gestures like hugging and cuddling for you to initiate. But when you do? It might be harder for you to get her off of you instead of the other way around. It can be at work, in her home, outside of work or at an event. As soon as she feels your arms wrap around her slender body, sheâs stopping for a second to hold you back and kiss your forehead.
She will continue working if you interrupt her during a briefing or in the middle of cracking a case, but the entire time, she will have at least one arm around your body and make sure you are comfortable. Her comrades tease her about it and sheâll scowl a bit, but she doesnât care. As far as she can tell, sheâs extremely lucky to have you as a lover.
Viktor

âAh! Oh, it is just you, zolotse. Remember, you have to warn me of these cute little hugs of yours.â
At first, Viktor wasnât used to your physical affection and how you were in awe of everything he did. He actually thought you were mocking him at first or being silly. But after a while, especially when the two of you became a couple, he grew accustomed to your affections. He does get a bit startled when you hug him out of nowhere and he does have moments where you cheering him on does make him a bit bashful, but he enjoys your sweet gestures regardless.
He does find it difficult to be as outgoing with his love for you as you are with him, but he does try his best to make you realize he loves you, especially in the form of quality time and calling you by sweet pet names bound to make you blush. Viktor has a tendency to pass out from working too hard and waking up in your arms. And though heâd never say it out loud, you know based on the way he snuggles into you, he adores it and adores you.
Jayce Talis

âI know what you want and I want it too- So bring it in! Iâve waited all day to be in your arms!â
Because Jayce is always out at work, itâs kind of hard for you two to be around one another all the time. Thatâs why when he does reunite with you after hours or you two can be together on days off, heâs spending the majority of his free time with you or wrapped around you. He sort of craves for your praise and compliments as much as he craves your cuddles.
Many would compare the councilman to a needy dog wanting his ownerâs undivided attention and he definitely gets that through you. Though he may try to act all cool or play coy, everyone knows that you mean so much to him and that he becomes putty around you. Even if they donât, youâre not afraid to say it aloud. Just make sure Jayce isnât around or that man will become redder than a beet.
Mel Medarda

âWhatâs wrong?... I know that look. You want to- Ah! Well looks like you beat me to the punch, darling. How about we take this to the bed, hmm?â
Mel wasnât really given physical affection when she was younger. She was more someone who preferred verbal affection with words of affirmation. So when it came to you and how affectionate you are, she found herself adapting and loving physical affection as much as telling you how much she loved you.
Your cuddles and sweet gestures are her personal heaven she loves returning to after a long dayâs work, especially if she can spend an evening with you platonically in your shared bed. In your arms, she feels she can air out anything thatâs bothering her or interests her, especially when you admit how cute it is when she does. Though this kind of intimate affection is delegated to private quarters, anyone can know from the way Mel speaks of you outside of home and at events that you mean so much to her.
Sevika
âYeah! So then I was like screw you, I can do whatever- Hold on. Uh, Y/N. I thought we agreed to not do this at work?â
Sevika is considered the Right Hand of Zaun, a woman who is feared if not respected by her peers. And sheâd like to keep it that way. Which means that while you two are at work, she prefers it if you donât cuddle her around co-workers and give them something to tease her about. You two can only flirt and kiss and even then, it has to be sexyâŚ
But alone, when both of you are away from the public eye, Sevika is at your beck and call wishing for nothing else but to hear your sweet praises and melt into your arms and touch. Expect her to call you the cutest thing ever and tease you on occasion, but afterwards sheâs basically a big needy cat, or as she prefers to be called, a panther. Itâs moments like these where you can really consider yourself lucky to see a raw side of Sevika. And it was only preserved for you.
If you got any requests for Arcane or X-Men '97, send them my way!
Likes and retweets are always appreciated! I love you all, stay hydrated and have a good day! <3
#x reader#x female reader#x you#x male reader#arcane x reader#fluff headcanons#headcanons#jinx x reader#jinx x y/n#jinx x gender neutral reader#vi x you#vi x reader#vi x y/n#caitlyn x reader#caitlyn x y/n#ekko x reader#sevika x reader#sevika x you#sevika x y/n#viktor x you#viktor x oc#viktor x reader#viktor x y/n#jayce x reader#mel x reader#requests are open#requests are welcome#requests are still open btw
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One of the socialist things Iâd like to see ALONG WITH UBI (not instead of) is a government option for all basic neccesities. I am aware that the government option would -suck- and as long as itâs survivably functional, Iâm fine with that. When I was a kid, we got monthly commodity food boxes. Theyâd be filled with food that looked like this:

And in lean months, it would be that and whatever we could get from the garden, or forage/fish, or trade with friends and neighbors. My mom had this awesome recipe for peanut butter balls that utilized the powdered milk, shit-quality peanut butter, and maple-flavored corn syrup that we routinely got in our box and actually made it good.Â
I think that these things should be available for purchase at every supermarket, and that the prices should be fixed with relation to the minimum wage. All brands should have to compete with the government option - if SPAM is going to be more expensive than LUNCHEON MEAT in the silver can, then it needs to justify that cost by being better quality.
I want the same thing for housing. I want fucking Commie Blocks to be an option.
This would combat runaway inflation by putting a price cap on survival needs. It would guard against shrinkflation, because a consumers could compare the Government Standard portion to the brands. UBI ought to be such that it covers The Government Option for food, housing, clothing, transit etc. with generous wiggle room for emergency savings and little joys in life.Â
Everyone should get their own UBI account in their own name at birth, along with their social security number. It should follow the individual regardless of guardianship. Parents/guardians should have incrementally less and less control over said funds as the child gets older, and should have to provide itemized receipts of how money taken from a childâs account is spent (Similar to what you have to do if youâre in control of an elderâs social security money).
https://www.ssa.gov/ssi/text-repayee-ussi.htm
'Each year, we will ask certain representative payees to complete a Representative Payee Accounting Report showing how they spent and saved the money they received for you during the 12-month report period.'
These are steps that would could easily institute tomorrow be reallocating funding, and theyâd have a huge impact on cost of living for everyone. Â
This rant brought to you by the fact that store brand canned luncheon meat in my local grocery held fast at a dollar for the better part of two decades but now costs $2.18.
#I was my mom's representative payee while she was still living in the community#Now the memory care home she lives in recieves her SS directly
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Shen Yuan is a young demon prince from a rather unimportant kingdom; actually, his kingdom and his race of humanoid demon-snakes are actually so unimportant and unimpressive that not even Emperor Luo Binghe had been interested in getting the lands, or control of the kingdom... Or any of the princes! Of course they are loyal to the Emperor and serve under him, but... Luo Binghe hadn't tried anything!! Not even once!!!
Not that Shen Yuan is offended, though, the Emperor's HUGE harem is a crazy thing... He doesn't really want to be there nor anything like that. But it can't be a little hurt in his pride that the kingdom he grew up in and adores is so uninteresting to someone like the Emperor.
However, the final straw comes when Luo Binghe marries an Eastern Bird Demon Princess. Yes, she may be pretty as a painted doll, but the Eastern Bird Demons have shitty behavior! They are less interesting than Demon Snakes, much more flattering and fragile, conflictive and above all hypocritical! They don't even have their own venom or are capable of hunting their own prey!! They were just tasteless birds with huge tits and wings that shouldn't allow them to fly because of their anatomical inaccuracy!
"If you're so upset with Junshang's marriage decisions, why don't you marry him?" his younger sister says one day, fed up with Shen Yuan's ramblings. And Shen Yuan thinks, well, it's not a bad idea. Even if his sister didn't mean it at all...
But Shen Yuan KNOWS that he really needs to get the Emperor's attention before he just walks up and says "we have to get married, Junshang, because I find it disrespectful for you to marry with all the boring demons in the realms except my type. Which just happens to be me and not my older brothers or younger sister. I'm the only one willing to fix this."
... No, he would be dead before he even said Junshang correctly. So Shen Yuan must... Conquer the Emperor's heart!
Well, considering the huge harem, it's not a difficult task apparently. He will only have to pay for some rumors and stories of how some wives got to that place, prepare lots of court gifts and organize a big engagement party. After all Shen Yuan is very persistent and, above all, patient. He will obtain the Emperor's hand in marriage, and prove that his kingdom is not some insignificant little thing that can't even get the Emperor's attention!!
...
And one day, Luo Binghe starts to be attacked with stranges gifts.
They arrive at his office by confused royal assistants. And those gifts are the rarest and most expensive ones: swords made of crystal bone of an abyssal creature of the rarest kind, flowers with letters which explain all the effects on the cultivation of mixed-blood creatures, venom from a mythical beast thought to be extinct that can be consumed and used as a spice in recipes (which was accompanied by long letters containing strange cooking recipes that Luo Binghe had never heard of, and a more personal letter claiming that it would keep the Emperor entertained, since his mysterious penpal had heard that he enjoyed cooking).
The gifts keep coming, but they get stranger and stranger each time.
Crowns and hair jewelry of reverse reef corals, hairbrushes of mythical blue jade? Handmade perfume floral and exquisite that gave him peace just by smelling it? The essence of a flower that a single drop mixed with dry powder would work as the longest lasting eye paint?
Even silver scales of some demon presented with rubies and diamonds in the embroidery of a... wedding robe??? Exactly being the emperor's measurements????
Someone is... courting Luo Binghe? With useful and exquisite gifts, letters full of excessive details of someone erudite and chaotic, all with that strange air of mystery and power behind it? The servants who leave the gifts are mysterious, pale-featured and somewhat serpentine; Luo Binghe finds it strange to think that this kingdom is behind all this. Why would they do this if after of all, is the kingdom from which his cousin comes? Why would a kingdom that Luo Binghe is already a blood ally with want to deepen an alliance?
But that doesn't take away the absolute surprise that Luo Binghe feels with every gift, the way that every day he wait for something, even if it is a detail, a flower, a letter, anything. Luo Binghe, the Emperor of the Three Realms... is being courted for the first time.
He had courted all of his wives effortlessly some and with ease others. They had, of course, exchanged gifts with him in addition to the pleasures of their company⌠but none had even attempted to return the courtship. Luo Binghe had never considered it an offense, of course; before being an Emperor, he was a nobody. Now that he was an Emperor, he was just taking from the world what was his.
Being courted was not something Luo Binghe had given much thought to. Now, however, he is being courted by some anonymous suitor seeking his attention, and Luo Binghe doesn't understand why or how the hell he no longer has his future spouse at his desk, probably leaning on it, so Luo Binghe can lavish his attentions to thanks for every detail.
If it was his turn to be the sweet maiden who is courted and pays with his body and attentions, at that moment, even if he doesn't know who the hell his suitor is, Luo Binghe is definitely very interested.
#svsss#svsss au#svsss ideas#mxtx svsss#scum villain's self saving system#scumbag system#bingyuan#luo binghe#shen yuan#original luo binghe#the demon shen yuan#demon shen yuan#pidw luo binghe#pidw harem#pidw#snake demon shen yuan#will he have two cocks or not? binghe will find out#shen yuan has no idea that he has already won#he believes that the proud emperor is ignoring his court gifts#because according to him it is too obvious that he is a prince of his snakedemon kingdom#typical bingyuan lack of communication#wife rights for binghe!!!#let him be a wife!!!#if his destiny is to be a wife he will be the best!!!
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ONCE BITTEN, TWICE SHY
pairing: vi x fem!reader word count: 10.5k summary: after years away, vi returns home for the holidays and reunites with you, her ex-girlfriend. the universe (*cough cough* and your meddling families) push you together again, and neither of you can ignore the feelings that linger. (or: you, vi, and the ghosts of christmas past, present and future.) warnings: reader is ekko's older sister but not necessarily biological so appearance isn't specified; childhood friends to lovers + second chance romance; reader gets hit on by a creepy guy + gets into a fight (injury + blood mention), smut [strap mention (reader receiving), oral (both receiving), fingering (both receiving), biting, spitting, tribbing, sub!vi makes an appearance...kinda rough + possessive sex but there's aftercare too <33] (18+) ! a/n: HAPPY NEW YEAR GIRLS AND GAYS <33 tbh i debated whether to post this now bc xmas was like....3 weeks ago but figured i might as well. so pls enjoy what is essentially an x-rated sapphic hallmark holiday movie.
âŞ: âtis the damn season by taylor swift (sun); winterbreak by MUNA (moon); last christmas by wham! (rising)


track 1: thank god itâs christmas by queen
(winter â age 17)
âokay, just relax your fingers â no, but keep some tension, apply a bit of pressure on the stringâŚ.yep, thatâs better. now, straighten your backâŚ.â
itâs dark and snowing outside, and the coldâs seeping in through the window of her attic bedroom, but vi still almost melts into the floor when you follow her advice and press against her chest. she worries that you can feel how fast her heart is beating â faster than it maybe should for someone sheâd been calling friend ever since she could remember.Â
you shift in her lap, her arms still wrapped around yours from when she offered to guide you through an instrumental version of whamâs âlast christmas.â you tilt your head towards her, nose almost brushing against hers.Â
âvi?â
â....yes?â
âmaybe we should finish our lesson another time. we better hurry up, anyways. i bet ekko and powder are already arguing over whether we should watch home alone or home alone two.â
vi snorts. itâs practically a tradition at this point, along with the annual post-christmas-dinner pyjama movie night.
you try to hand her the bright pink guitar pick, but vi shakes her head.
âitâs yours. youâre gonna need it if you want more lessons.âÂ
âhm, or maybe i could sell it for a billion dollars once youâre a big rockstar,â you tease. âi can picture thousands of fangirls painting your portrait and writing mrs. violet lanes in their notebooks.âÂ
you get up, shoot her a wink, and leave vi on the bed, clutching her guitar and trying to get her pulse under control.Â
neither of you say anything as you both get changed. the stereo plays the mixtape youâd made for her â you got her for secret santa this year.
âmy mom loved this song,â vi hums, a warm ache growing in her chest when the next song plays. this is the second christmas without her, but vi is still not used to using past tense. âshe thought freddie mercury was the best rockstar of all time.â
âi remember. youâŚyou must miss her.âÂ
of course she does, and she could run through a million reasons why.
âvander says youâll be spending new yearâs at your dadâs,â is what she says instead.
you let out something between a scoff and a laugh. âyeah.â
âyour mom going, too?â
âjust me and ekko. i swear, itâs like heâs trying to be this perfect dad to his new stepkids, meanwhile heâs the one who left us here to deal with his mess, the one who just ran away, andâŚ.whatever.â this time, you do scoff. âhey â do you have a shirt i could borrow?â
vi looks over to find that youâve switched from the velvet dress you wore during dinner into a pair of flannel plaid pants; her cheeks flush when she sees that youâre only wearing a black lacy bralette on top.Â
she clears her throat and pulls a clean jersey from her dresser, tosses it over to you.Â
âthatâs a shame. i was looking forward to spending new yearâs eve together.â
you hum and slip the shirt over your shoulders. the only sources of light are the moon and the stars and the multicoloured christmas lights strung along viâs walls, but she swore that your eyes flick down to her lips.Â
âwhyâs that?â you ask.Â
thereâs something absolutely dizzying about being this close to you, the way your sparkly eyes wait patiently for her to respond. joni mitchell sings about skating away on a river, and vi wishes she could skate away from this conversation, but thereâs nowhere to go.Â
vi blinks away from your gaze and fixates on one of the many things sheâs pinned up on her bedroom walls throughout the years. itâs a page torn from an old notebook of yours, something from seventh grade math class, but vi always loved your little drawings in the margins.Â
vi?â you prompt, never one to let go easily.
âi want to kiss you at midnight,â she confesses.
âyeah?âÂ
vi nods. sheâs tempted to walk out of her room, down the stairs and out into the winter night, until you weave your fingers through hers and squeeze her hand. she looks up â and youâre beaming, a smile that brightens viâs entire being.Â
âi want that too.â
vi finally, finally crashes her mouth onto yours, lips sticky with marshmallow fluff.
you taste like vanilla and gingerbread and hot chocolate that is definitely not spiked with irish cream that vi slipped into your mugs while you distracted the adults.Â
you taste like home.
âŚ.
so, slight change of plansâŚ.iâm gonna stay here in london with the rest of the band. apparently the kirammans throw a super fancy holiday party with super fancy people every year, and cait convinced her parents to let us perform. fingers crossed someone important discovers us.
merry christmas, baby. and, if i donât get the chance to say it: happy new year.
âŚ.
track 2: winter wonderland by darlene love
(winter â age 12)
youâre supposed to be looking after ekko while your parents are at work, but all that really means is making a big bowl of kraft dinner and stove-top sâmores for lunch and watching old christmas specials on the worn-out living room couch while you draw in your sketchbook and your brother, only 7 years old, programs the doorbell to play âjingle bells.âÂ
when someone rings the doorbell, the tune floats through the house and wakes up your dog who starts barking like itâs the end of the world.Â
âeasy, ziggy.â you click a marker closed and run a hand through the huskyâs fur, attempting to calm him down. âletâs go see who it is.â
you open the door, and thereâs vi: snowflakes sparkling on her eyelashes, pink hair hidden under a knitted hat, and a toothy grin that brings out the dimple in her flushed cheeks. sheâs also got a split lip and crooked nose from her last hockey game.
âweâre building a fort,â she tells you. she shuffles to the side so that you can see powder, whoâs making a snow angel. âwell, weâre going to. wanna join?â
you nod, smiling. âekko!âÂ
your brotherâs already behind you, slipping on his chunky boots and oversized coat that used to be yours before running outside and collapsing onto the fluffy snow next to powder. ziggy bolts outside, too, running circles around them.Â
you stumble to get your winter gear on as fast as possible, the cold air rushing inside your front hallway as vi waits for you, kicking her snowy boot against the concrete entryway step. not even a heartbeat after shutting the door behind you, vi takes your gloved hand in hers and pulls you forward, the two of you a flurry of laughter.
âŚ..
hey, pretty girl. i was at this party and one of your songs came on! every time i hear it, iâm in awe of how amazing it isâŚ.how amazing you are. iâm basically walking home in a snowstorm, so iâm gonna go before my fingers freeze off, but i just wanted to say that iâm so proud of my rockstar girlfriend.
i was also wondering: are you coming home any time soon? the holidays are coming up, and i really miss you. we all do. Â
âŚ..
track 3: last christmas by wham!
(winter â now)
vi should have learned from sonic youth and fleetwood mac:Â
no sex or romance between bandmates. it never ends well.
it was bad enough giving into the rumors and fooling around with cait, but itâs another layer of messiness now that cait and maddie dating. meanwhile, cait is very much still bitter towards vi, vi is very much pining after someone whom sheâs pretty sure never wants to see her again, and steb and lorris are very much caught in the middle. itâs no wonder the bandâs manager suggested everyone take some time apart to ease the tension. frankly, while others protested, vi was almost relieved at the suggestion.
so caitâs off to london, maddieâs off to glasgow, the boys are going god knows where, and vi â
viâs heading back home, back to you.
she wakes up in the bed of her childhood for the first time in a long time. her dad put on fresh sheets, but theyâre still the same ones from back then â worn flannel with cartoon penguins. it takes a lot of willpower to untangle herself from the warmth and cloud-like softness, but eventually she heads downstairs to the kitchen.
powder still has exams so sheâs not home from college until tomorrow, and vanderâs gone to work. itâs just vi in her too-small christmas pyjamas (she has yet to unpack), eating a box of stale cinnamon pop-tarts for breakfast even though itâs well past noon. curiosity gets the best of her, so she peers through the window to see if anyone is next door.
your momâs car is in the driveway, completely snowed in. there had only been a dusting of snow while vi was devouring the first pastry, but four pop-tarts in and itâs about doubled. she waits until the snow stops falling; with nothing better to do and a sugar rush to burn off, vi pulls on her old winter coat and snow boots she hasnât worn since she was 18, grabs a shovel from the garage, and gets to work.Â
it doesnât take her long to clear the driveway, and she has some adrenaline to spare, so she decides to be a good neighbor.Â
viâs heaving one last shovelful of snow over her shoulder when she hears:
âviolet? is that you?âÂ
she turns around. and, okay the first thing she registers is ziggy running towards her, the husky toppling her over into the snow.
âi missed you too, zig,â vi laughs.Â
she gets up as ziggyâs still bounding around in the snow, and sees your mom standing in the doorway, looking a little more tired and a little more gray. but the smile on her face when she sees that it is, in fact, vi â itâs so bright that the snow might not exactly melt away, but the years sure do.Â
vi remembers making snow angels with you while your moms gossiped over tea, how the two of you would stomp inside with a mess of slush and snow while laughter echoed from the living room. vi remembers your mom keeping a comforting arm around her shoulder through her momâs funeral while you held her hand. she remembers your mom helping her pick out the perfect corsage to match your suit at prom, making a joke about how next time it might be an engagement ring, and telling vi how proud her mother would have been of her at your high school graduation party.Â
with the golden glow of nostalgia comes a crashing wave of guilt at what vi said to you last time you spoke.Â
âcome inside, sweetheart. iâll make you some hot cocoa as a thank you.â
vi is tempted to reject the offer, but your mom looks so hopeful and viâs fingers are about to freeze off, anyways.Â
so your mom makes hot cocoa as vi defrosts, the two of them chatting in the familiar yellow kitchen that you and vi once almost burnt down while trying to bake a cake for powderâs birthday. even the magnets and paper memories decorating the fridge are the same, with the addition of an article about viâs band that was featured in the rolling stone, pinned up by a ceramic cow.Â
âsheâs an art teacher now,â your mom tells vi after giving an update on ekko. she glances at the oven clock. âspeaking of which â i know you just finished shoveling our driveway, but do you mind helping me with another favor?â
âafter the worldâs best hot chocolate? anything.â
âi told my daughter that iâd pick her up from work, and iâm wondering if you would be able to take care of that.â your mom smiles. âiâm sensing a bad migraine coming on.â
the last sip of hot chocolate trickles down viâs throat like cement. she knew sheâd be seeing you, but didnât quite plan for how thatâŚ.reunion might go.
âof course,â vi says.Â
vi puts both of their mugs in the dishwasher, about to grab the car keys from the hook by the door when your mom calls out:Â
âoh, and violet?â vi turns around. âiâm so glad youâre home.â
youâre talking to a student when vi enters the art room of your old high school. nothing else in the building had changed â same boring concrete, same scratched up lockers, same graffiti immortalizing whom hooked up with whom. this room is the exception, vibrant with how studentsâ art is displayed all around, paintings and drawings and collages, and youâve strung up multicolored christmas lights that give the whole space a cozy ambiance. you look the part of a cool, young art teacher: wearing a simple dark purple turtleneck tucked into black jeans and the same combat boots youâve had since tenth grade, paint stains on your skin that is exposed by rolled up sleeves, and a marker behind your ear. youâre standing in front of an easel, talking to the student who happens to notice vi before you do.
âholy shit. is that violet lanes?â
vi watches as your face scrunches up in confusion, and then falls into shock when you see her standing there.
âit seems that it is violet lanes,â you state coolly while the student squeals. âwhat are you doing here?â
âoh, i, uh,â vi clears her throat, her palms sweaty. why is her body reacting like sheâs a teenager about to ask out her crush for the first time? âyour mom wasnât feeling great, asked if i could pick you up from work.â
âyou guys are friends?â the student asks, eyes wide as they flick between you and vi.Â
âwe used to date, actually,â vi clarifies. wrong move, she realizes, because you canât help but glare at her.
âoh my god.â the student squeals again and reaches in their pocket to whip out their phone. âi need to tell alyssa that ms. l/n was in a relationship with the violet lanes. are you guys gonna get back together? oh my god, have you come to win her back ââ
âlayla,â you clip, and by the furrow of laylaâs brow, it seems like youâre not usually so stern. you smile at layla, but it doesnât quite reach your eyes. âyouâve done some great work today, but youâll have to finish this when weâre back from winter break. do you mind giving ms. lanes and i a minute?â
layla nods once, gathers her things. when she walks past vi, she canât help but ask for an autograph. vi complies, of course, even lets her take a selfie. a fan is a fan, after all.
and, quite frankly this is the only part of being in the band that she still enjoys: hearing how excited young girls are at the music she writes, the music that vi wished she had growing up, about girls liking girls, about girls falling in and out of love with each other. everything else is just an occupational hazard that viâs getting more and more fed up with.Â
when vi turns her attention back to you, youâre finished putting all the material away, wiping your hands with an already paint-stained towel.
âi meant what youâre doing back in town,â you explain, not quite meeting viâs eyes. you pack away some books and your laptop into a supple leather briefcase, and slip on your coat. viâs cheeks flush when you catch her watching you.Â
âitâŚit doesnât matter. iâm here for a while, though.âÂ
you sigh. âokay.â and you donât say anything more. vi keeps up with you as you switch off the lights, lock the door, and stride to the parking lot in silence. when you get to the car, you extend your hand.
âiâm driving,â you say, gesturing at her to give you the keys. âwe both know that youâre a terrible driver.â
âiâm not a terrible driver,â vi guffaws.Â
âsays the lesbian who gives the rest of us a bad name,â you quip, a hint of a smile dancing across your lips, like the first bout of sun after a winter storm. âcâmon, pretty girl. iâm not giving up, so unless you wanna freeze to deathâŚ.âÂ
the nickname slips effortlessly from your tongue, so much so that you donât even seem to realize it, but viâs breath hitches and sheâs more than happy to fold to your every whim if it means hearing you call her pretty one more time.Â
âsoâŚ.â vi glances over at you from the passenger seat. a snowy landscape passes outside the window, and you tap on the steering wheel to a generic christmas song that plays through the stereo. âyouâre teaching high school now?âÂ
she wonders if you remember the last fight you had, almost two years ago to the day.
you keep your eyes on the road. âyeah. guess i graduated from finger-painting with kindergarteners.â
vi feels her cheeks heat up all over again.Â
so, you do remember.Â
she wonders if youâve replayed it over and over again and hoped for a different ending like she did. she should have thought more about what to actually say to you â
âyou know, i never understood why you liked this song so much,â you suddenly say when the radio starts playing dolly partonâs cover of âiâll be home for christmas.âÂ
vi can read between the lines, but sheâs waiting for you to point out the irony in her preference for a song thatâs about someone wanting to go home for christmas, something vi has deliberately avoided at all costs these past few years.Â
âit just seems kinda sad,â you continue.Â
âyou love âlast christmas,â and that oneâs pretty sad,â vi points out.
âsure, but it ends hopefully.â
âoh?â vi tilts her head towards you. âhowâd you figure?Â
âsure, itâs someone singing about heartbreak and how much it sucks during christmastime, but then thereâs this hope that they still find true love down the line. itâs a maybe that isnât hopeless.â you shrug. âmeanwhile, your song ends with the lyric âif only in my dreams,â which just seems too accepting of the fact that going home for christmas, being with the person they love â it might just be a dream.â
âi donât know. some dreams do come true,â vi muses.Â
by now, youâve made it home. you put the car in park but keep the engine going, presumably to avoid becoming icicles. neither of you make a move to leave.Â
you glance over at vi. âyour dreams sure came true, ms. violet lanes,â you joke, but thereâs an air of sadness to it.
ânot all of them.â
âyeah? which ones havenât?â
vi swallows the lump in her throat and hopes that you understand the look in her eyes. âletâs just say iâm working on them.â
you blink away and cut the engine.
âŚ.
youâre still dealing with the shock of seeing vi back in town when your brother, freshly home from college, suggests going skating.Â
he can be fairly convincing, especially when he mentions that itâs a christmas season tradition, so, you prepare for what is essentially a double date with your brother, his girlfriend/your ex-girlfriendâs sister, and your ex-girlfriend, with isha as a fifth wheel.
should be fun.Â
it turns out, despite all her past hockey experience, vi really cannot skate. in fact, skating seems to be the complete opposite of riding a bike: sheâs terrible at it after years off the ice, essentially reenacting that scene from bambi. itâs easier to ignore viâs presence when sheâs sitting next to the snack bar, by herself, but then powder skates up next to you and asks if youâd be kind enough to please help her sister have a good time. you roll your eyes at her shit-eating grin, but it is a bit sad, watching vi on the sidelines. sheâs wearing a beanie and a pair of sunglasses to hide her identity, and now she kinda looks like a divorced dad watching his grown kids pass him by while heâs stuck in a midlife crisis.
you convince vi to give skating another shot â itâs tradition after all â and pull her out onto the rink. you start by holding her from behind, keeping her hips steady until she gets the hang of it. you try to let go, but vi stumbles and reaches out for your gloved hand, and you melt into the familiarity of her fingers curled around yours. the two of you fall into a comfortable rhythm, first with you pulling vi along, then with her taking the lead, until vi almost knocks into a small child.
âsee what i mean by you being a bad driver?â you jest, successfully maneuvering to avoid collision.Â
then, you follow where viâs eyes have settled â on powder and isha laughing and chasing each other around the rink. vi had asked earlier when isha had dyed her hair blue; you still have some residue under your nails from last weekend, when powder came for a study break and the three of you ended up helping isha achieve a new look sheâd apparently been itching to try.Â
âyou know powderâs graduating this year?âÂ
âshe overloaded her credits so she could get out of there as soon as possible,â you explain, having had many conversations with powder leading up to the decision.Â
vi nods, her jaw clenched. you already know what sheâs thinking, and frankly, you agree: that vi hasnât been here, literally and figuratively. you also feel the warmth of viâs skin radiating through her glove to yours, notice the slight flush to her freckled cheeks, how chapped her lips are from the cold, so much so that youâre tempted to share the vanilla chapstick youâve got on your own lips, to kiss her deeply like you did last time you were here, together.
itâs only been three days since viâs been back home. this is only the second time youâve seen her, and youâre already falling back into old patterns, tempted to ask her to stay, to try again, even though you already know the answer.
exceptâŚ.not staying isnât the deal breaker it used to be, so maybe trying again isnât as hopeless as you think it is.
vi squeezes your hand, and you realize that youâve stopped skating entirely.Â
âhey. you still with me?â
you nod, decide to enjoy this moment for as long as you can, and the two of you glide across the ice.
âŚ..
when you suggest making stove-top sâmores, itâs another item on the list of things sheâd missed.Â
a list thatâs been growing a lot these past few days.
vi offers to make more once youâve all run out, and ekko follows her into their kitchen while you, powder, and isha keep watching christmas specials in the living room. she turns on the gas stove, stabs a marshmallow through a wooden skewer and waits for it to roast â and, for ekko to say something.
âi donât know what happened between you and my sister, but i need you to promise me that the tabloids arenât true. that you and that kiramman chick didnât hook upâŚat least until after yâall broke up.âÂ
âor, what, youâre gonna challenge me to an arm wrestle? think you can finally beat me?â
âoh, i know it.â
a pause. the marshmallow catches on fire and vi blows on it to quell the damage.
âi didnât cheat on her.â she throws out the burnt marshmallow and gives it another shot. âi would never. doesâŚ.does she think i did?â
ekko shrugs. ânot sure. some of those articles are pretty convincing. but, since youâre promising me that you didnâtâŚâ
âi didnât.â
âthen that saves me from kicking your ass.â ekko nods once and uncrosses his arms, handing vi some graham crackers and chocolate. âactually, i could use your help with something.â
âsure.â
âshe applied to this great art residency in new york, like, on whim. the only people sheâs told are me, powder, and vanderâŚ.i think sheâs nervous to tell mom, at least until she knows for sure sheâs gotten in, but this is the most excited iâve seen her be about something in a while, and she worked really hard on her applicationâŚâÂ
âiâm sure she did,â vi states. âwhat do you need my help with?â
âconvincing her to go.âÂ
âiâd love to help, but iâm not sure iâm someone sheâd wanna hear from, especially about this. she was never a fan of me leaving to pursue my dreams.â
âshe was never a fan of you leaving,â ekko corrects. âsheâs still a fan of you pursuing your dreams.â he juts his chin out at the article stuck to the fridge.Â
vi had just assumed that your mom had pinned that up.
âokay.â vi says. âiâll talk to her.âÂ
a plateful of semi-burnt sâmores later, and vi and ekko return to the living room with the rest of you.Â
vi forgot how nice this felt, all of you cuddled on the couch, ziggy included, watching how the grinch stole christmas. she half expects her mom to walk in through the door without even knocking, shake the snow off her hair, and hold up a batch of pre-baked gingerbread people sheâd gotten for the kids to decorate.
but thatâs not happening. other than isha, none of you are kids anymore and things can never be the same.
and yet â you glance over at vi and give her a sticky marshmallow smile, and she feels her heart grow three sizes.
âŚ.
baby, i swear itâs not what it looks like. the record label thought it would be good promo to get a picture of me kissing under the mistletoeâŚâtis the season and all thatâŚ..cait and i were both really drunk and things got a bit out of handâŚ.but it looks worse than it is. i swear on my motherâs grave that nothing happened.
please call me back, babyâŚ..iâm so fucking sorryâŚ.please.Â
itâs not christmas without at least hearing your voice.Â
âŚ.
track 4: river by joni mitchell
(winter â age 23)
itâs hard to believe that hours ago, you were kissing vi backstage and showering her with praise after the concert. she was happy to indulge in your excitement, even though she was all sweaty and her ears were still ringing from the crowd.Â
more than happy, in fact. phone sex can only go so far, and itâd been too long since vi had seen you writhe and heard you whimper for her firsthand.Â
âi missed you so fucking much,â you groan, tightening your grip on viâs hair. itâs now an inky black instead of fuschia â the bandâs starting to lean more punk rock.Â
a particularly hard thrust is her way of telling you that she missed you too. so fucking much. she throws your legs over her shoulders, pushing the strap deeper inside you and digging her knees into the mattress as she coaxes you through another orgasm. you pull her down for one last searing kiss, your tongue searching each crevice of her mouth.Â
âi canât believe youâre here,â vi continues a few moments later, after youâre both cleaned up and getting dressed. she wants to add something along the lines of i love you, but she bites back the sentiment. sheâll save that sappy shit for later tonight, when she finally gets down on one knee for you.Â
you glance back at her from where youâre pulling out a sparkly silver dress from your side of the closet (and isnât that such a slip of the mind? your side, as if itâs a shared closet and a shared bedroom and a shared home; if she thought about it more, though, she would realize that, though she has no problem asking you to marry her, sheâs still terrified at the thought of staying in one place for more than a few months).
âme neither,â you smile.Â
vi walks over to you, presses her half-dressed body against your lingerie-clad form (viâs sure you wore this fuschia set just to drive her insane; itâs working). she lodges her hand behind your ear and pulls you in closer, kisses you deeply because youâre here and she missed you so fucking much and sheâs so ready to make you her wife.
she could write a whole record just about the taste of your lips: the sweetness of vanilla chapstick, the saltiness of sweat and the headiness lingering from the wetness you lapped up from between her legs.
you pull away first. vi tries not to stare at how your chest heaves, your breasts straining against intricate lace.Â
âwe, um.â you clear your throat. you slip your hand underneath viâs blazer, and she groans when you make contact with the exposed, burning skin of her abdomen. vi thinks youâre about to suggest another round, or two, or ten, but instead you untangle yourself from her and say: âwe should probably get ready.â
the after party is going well. the clubâs busy, the musicâs good, and the drinks are flowing.
you seem to be having a great time until someone (probably cait or maddie, on caitâs behalf) lets it slip that the bandâs heading to london later in the month to start recording their new album before the end of the yearâŚ.something vi decidedly did not want to tell you until later tonight, after the high of the proposal, after sheâs promised you that sheâs dedicated to this relationship, that sheâs always been dedicated to you.Â
instead, viâs trailing behind you as you angrily stomp towards the bathroom, her mind scrambling to come up with a way out of this argument.
thereâs a line, but you cut in front and slip inside as soon as someone walks out.Â
âwait, what the fu ââ
you slam the door and lock it behind you once youâre both inside, ignoring the subsequent banging and jiggling of the handle.
âplease, baby, let me explain ââ
âi canât fucking believe you,â your voice is steady, measured, and for some reason that makes vi even more nervous. âyou give empty promise after empty promise that youâll be more present, but something always gets in the way, is always more important than ââ
âdonât you dare say that youâre not important to me. i offer to fly you out anywhere to be with me, but youâve only taken me up on the offer once. twice, now.â
âitâs been five years, vi. five years of us staying together becauseâŚ.god, at this point i donât even know why â â
âdo you not understand how much i love you?â vi raises her voice over the sound of the club music outside. âi was gonna propose tonight.â
you stare at her, then start to laugh.
âplease tell me youâre joking.â
âiâm not.â
âif you think marriage will save us, then youâre delusional. what was your plan â call me your wife while weâre thousands of miles apart, but not even have the time to answer my calls? weâre barely in a relationship now, vi. all thatâs left between us are missed calls and voicemails ââÂ
âoh thatâs really all thatâs left between us?âÂ
âi love you, violet. i have since we were kids. but, now, thereâs also all this â the parties, the crowds, the fameâŚ.youâve gone all over the world, and you canât even be bothered to visit your family during the holidays.â
âwell iâm sorry that my ambitions are bigger than that nothing town we grew up in,â vi snaps. âi canât believe youâre throwing a tantrum because iâm not making it home for christmas. for what? so we can all reminisce by the fireplace, pretend that we can be kids again, even though things can ââ vi chokes back a sob, soothes it with a healthy dose of anger. âthings can never be the same. you need to grow the fuck up.â
âmaybe you should be the one to grow up!â you finally yell. âconvincing yourself that this relationship is working, meanwhile youâre running away from everything and everyone you grew up with because it reminds you of your ââ
âat least iâm not afraid to actually go after my dreams,â vi cuts you off before you can finish that sentence, uses the broken shards of your words against you. âdonât you want more for your life than finger-painting with a bunch of kindergarteners? youâre gonna end up just like your deadbeat mom, going nowhere, drinking yourself to sleep, all alone, with nothing to show for the life youâve lived.â
as soon as the words leave her mouth, vi wishes she could take them back. you donât bother swallowing your tears, letting them rush down your cheeks. vi digs her nails into her palms to prevent herself from reaching out and wiping them. it wouldnât make sense, anyways. sheâs the reason youâre crying.Â
you take a deep, shaky breath.
âyeah, well, iâm glad that your mom isnât alive to see what a selfish asshole youâve become.â thereâs a pause, and vi feels her stomach turn at your casual cruelty, your quiet anger. âiâm gonna pack up my stuff and catch the first flight out of here. merry fucking christmas and happy fucking new year. have a nice life.â
vi screams and throws the velvet box against the door youâve slammed shut behind you. the hot tears that were building in her throat finally boil over. the engagement ring clatters onto the floor.
âŚ..
vi? itâs me. not sure if youâve blocked my number. i wouldnât blame you. i know itâs been, like, a year, but it feels weird not hearing your voice for this long, especially around the holidays. well, i guess i could just turn on the radioâŚ.itâs not the same, though. anyways, merry christmas. happy new year, too. andâŚ.and iâm sorry.Â
please come home.
âŚ..
track 5: iâll be home for christmas by dolly partonÂ
(winter â now)
karaoke at the last drop used to be one of viâs favorite christmas traditions, so you decidedly avoided it at all cost since the breakup. vander always tried to convince you to join, but he understood and even made sure to not give you a shift during that time after you started working there at 21.Â
you kept the job because, evidently, high school art teachers donât make a ton of money, and you would one day like to move out of your motherâs house.Â
which, as it turns out, might happen sooner rather than later. you applied for this artist residency in new york, and, yeah, you put time and effort and heart into your application, but you were sure that youâd be rejected. while you got your acceptance email this morning, and you were so fucking overjoyed at first, the thought of leaving still terrifies you, so youâll postpone worrying about that until after the holidays. thatâs what theyâre for, anyways: a break from reality, a peek into a cozy snow-covered world where everyone is festive and joyous and worry-free.  Â
right now though, youâre feeling neither festive nor joyous. gert called in sick, and no one else is able to cover for them, so youâre stuck at the last drop on christmas eve, listening to one of your old high school classmates drunkenly fumble the lyrics of darlene loveâs âchristmas (baby, please come home).â
about three verses in, vi walks into the bar with mylo and claggor, flakes of fluffy snow melting into her grayish pink hair. youâre already pouring their drinks before they reach the counter. mylo and claggor offer their sincere appreciation, chattering away as they leave to snag a booth in the corner. vi stares at her drink before grabbing the beer glass.Â
âyou remember.âÂ
âare you surprised?â
vi smiles. âno. itâs just nice. cait keeps insisting i order gin martinis instead. says itâs classier.âÂ
something sour curdles in your stomach. âyeah, well. iâve always liked you the way you are.â
that probably ended up sounding like youâre still pining after vi (which youâreâŚ.not) rather than the bitter comment you intended it to be.Â
viâs soft blue eyes search yours.Â
âi better get back to the boys,â she finally says. âmaybe sign up for a song or two.â
youâre busy clearing a table when you hear her voice again. actually â a silence fills the bar, and itâs replaced by the lush rumble of vi singing âlast christmas.â
you watch her as she performs, eyes locked on yours, and itâs over before you know it. you feel like you should go say something to her, but then there are a bunch of excited fans that she has to attend to, signing autographs, taking photos.
as you swallow your disappointment, the normal chatter of the bar resumes. youâre walking back to the kitchen when you feel someone pinch the back of your thigh, right under your ass. you whip around to find that old classmate who butchered a christmas classic an hour or so before (james, you think his name is, from ninth grade science), with the most arrogant smirk.
âhey, gorgeous. my friends and i were just arguing over who should take you home tonight.â he gestures towards a table of guys who look like equally preppy assholes. âi won the chugging contest.â
âgood for you,â you say, balancing a tray of empty glasses. âgrope someone in here again, and youâll be sorry you did.â you turn around to get back to work, but james grabs your wrist and stands up abruptly so youâre chest-to-chest.
âi donât think you understand what iâm offering, baby.â you gag at the nickname and the stench of beer on his breath. youâre a bartender, youâre used to getting hit on, but creeps like this are the worst.
you rip away from his grasp.Â
âiâm not interested,â you snap. âand iâm not your baby.â
âlisten.â james puts his hands on your shoulders, and if both of your hands were free, you would promptly push him away. everyoneâs having a good time and you donât wanna cause a scene, so you try to think of ways to get this asshole out of the bar and into the snow without much of a fight. âyou know, santa might come down your chimney on christmas eve, but if youâve been a good girl this year iâll come down your ââÂ
âthere you are!â powderâs voice is loud over the sound of someone singing another generic christmas carol. she knocks into your side, breathless. âsorry weâre late. had some car trouble.â
âwell, hello.â he removes his hands from your shoulders, shifts his predatory gaze from you to powder.Â
oh, fuck no.
âpowder,â you keep your voice steady even if your heart is racing. âgo back to the table. iâll be there in a sec.â
james reaches out for powder, but you punch him square in the jaw before he can so much as touch her, the tray of glasses crashing on the floor.Â
jamesâ flirtatious smile is long gone, replaced with the kind of anger only egotistical, self-important jerks have when they donât get what they want and theyâve taken a blow to their ego.Â
in fact, heâs angry enough to deliver a punch right back to your face.
you hear a crack upon impact, and pain radiates from your nose. you stumble, but powder manages to catch you before you tumble into the broken glass. she holds you as people start yelling. you think that vander rushes over, too, shouting at james to get the fuck out of his bar and never step foot in it again.Â
you lick your lips, tasting blood. your ears are ringing, and everything is all a bit fuzzy. powder tries her best, but you slump your body weight into hers and she almost topples over.
âiâve got her.â viâs surprisingly calm voice cuts through the chaos. you feel a strong, familiar arm wrap around your waist to steady you.Â
somehow, you find yourself in the bathroom, sitting on the counter as vi stands between your legs. she carefully examines your injury, but you notice how she avoids making eye contact.Â
you feel your head spinning all over again. maybe itâs the adrenaline, or the fact that the two of you havenât been this close in a while.
âremember teaching me how to throw a punch?â the question slips past your lips before you can stop it.
vi looks slightly amused, and she finally meets your gaze. ââcourse i do,â she hums. âyou tried to convince me to help you start an all-female fight club at school.â
a smile creeps onto your face, despite the pain from your nose.
she remembers.Â
somewhere within her, vi holds on to fragments of you.
âthank god the principal vetoed it. wouldâve been a disaster,â she continues.
vi wipes the blood off your face, the sleeve of her silk red button-down now stained a darker crimson. âhowâs your hand?â she asks.Â
you flex your fingers. âitâs been better,â you answer, your knuckles slightly aching. âtotally worth it.â
vi smiles sadly. âi guess youâve been the one protecting my sister while iâve been away.â
while iâve been away.Â
the reminder feels like a stab to the heart.Â
viâs back home, sure, but only for a limited time.Â
her fingers graze your cheek, and the breath hitches in your throat.
âyou know, i only wanted to start that fight club as an elaborate plan to spend more time together,â you confess, opting to preserve the delicate bubble of nostalgia youâd stumbled into together. âwe were each so busyâŚ.i had studio, and you were always away at hockey games. it wasnât realistic in the end, though.â
âi wouldâve stayed if you asked,â she tells you, and you wonder exactly what she might be referring to.Â
you swallow the lump in your throat. âitâs what you loved, though.â
âbut i - i loved you, more. you had to have known that.â
âyeah, well. i loved you, too,â you explain, and itâs clear that neither of you are talking about a lesbian fight club. âwhether it was hockey, or musicâŚ.as long your heart was in it, it was more worth it to let you go, to not stand in the way of your dreams.âÂ
âyou were my dream.â
you scoff, cheeks heating up, and look away. âyou probably say that to all the girls.â
âno.â vi guides your chin towards her. âjust the one.â
itâs hard to determine who leans in first, but soon enough your lips are on viâsâ messy, urgent. noses bumping together, teeth clacking against each other. she cradles your face in her hands, and you wrap your legs around her waist to bring her closer. you taste beer on her tongue, and maybe a hint of lime, but itâs overwhelmed by the salty, metallic taste of blood stained on your lips. when you run out of air, you pull away. itâs clearer now: youâre not dizzy from the adrenaline, but dizzy from her. viâs gaze is heavy on yours as she traces your top lip with her thumb.
âvi,â you whimper, itching to kiss her again.Â
âyouâre still bleeding.â
vi wipes away the blood with the sleeve of her shirt. before either of you can do or say anything more, thereâs a knock on the door. vander, wondering if youâre okay and if maybe you could hurry up and get back to work.Â
you canât sleep that night. before, staying up on christmas eve was an elaborate operation to catch santa. now, itâs overthinking a very hot kiss and all the unresolved tension between you and your ex-girlfriend next door.Â
logically, you knew that you missed vi, everything about her and who she is, the way you would laugh and argue and make love. but the rush of feeling her tongue licking into your mouth, her body melding into yours after being apart for so longâŚ.
youâre scared that she wonât feel the same, but youâre even more terrified of letting the moment slip through both your fingers without at least trying.Â
so, you grab your phone, deciding to finally reach out to her, when by some christmas miracle you get a text from her.
she climbs through your window not long after, wearing plaid boxer shorts and a zaun university sweatshirt youâve been looking for, for about five years. you didnât bother to change, either, only wearing an oversized shirt. you sit cross-legged on your bed as she waits by the window. vi stares at your chest for a good few seconds, and you remember that youâre wearing one of her bandâs concert tees, faded from years of wear.Â
âso, um,â vi starts, her voice as soft as the well-worn cotton of your shirt. âwe have so much shit to talk about and figure out, but, i, uh, canât stop thinking about early tonight ââ
âvi.â the swarm of butterflies in your stomach is replaced by something more delicate, more urgent. âdo you wanna come sit?â
vi swallows thickly, looking between you and the still open window. a winter breeze rushes through. you shiver, thinking she might just turn around and disappear into the cold night. instead, she shuts the window, removes her snow-covered boots, and settles onto the bed next to you.
you place a tentative hand on her cheek, still cold and slightly flushed. she shudders when you run your thumb over the tattoo under her eye.
âi know thereâs a lot we have to work through.â you take a deep breath as she shifts closer, suddenly dizzy from the familiar scent of her winter pine old-spice body wash. âright nowâŚ.right now, i just want you.â
âyeah?â vi smirks, her shyness melting away. she settles a warm hand on your bare thigh. âhow do you want me?â
you exhale sharply when her hand travels higher, dull nails scraping at the fabric of your underwear.Â
âitâs cute that youâre flustered,â she quips, leaning in even closer. her breath is warm and heavy against your lips. âbecause iâve spent so many night replaying all the dirty, nasty things we used to ââ
you tug her sweatshirt and pull her back onto the bed, feeling her body solid against yours. the vibration of her groan shudders through your body when you crash your lips onto hers with such hunger, youâd think you had been starving without her.Â
âhowâs about an encore, superstar?â you drawl.Â
you bite your lip hard at how vi nods at you desperately, eyes all dark and lustful.
âyou read my mind,â she breathes. by now, her hand has reached the hem of your shirt, and she pushes up the cotton to reveal the supple skin of your stomach. you give her permission to remove it, leaving your top half exposed.
her lips nip and suck down your body until she reaches the waistband of your panties. she pulls it up with her teeth, the elastic snapping back when she lets go. you whine her name, and she looks up at you with dark eyes.Â
âcan i?â her breath fans over your navel, her nails digging into your hips as she waits for your answer. Â
âyes. please.â
you hadnât meant to sound so desperate, but you could feel vi smirk against your inner thigh before sinking her teeth into it. you whimper, and vi salves her tongue over the area to ease the sting before removing your underwear. she positions your legs over her shoulders for better access to where you need her most.
vi moves her tongue and fingers in all the ways she remembers makes you shake, curl your toes, and grind down on her face. in return, you grip her pink hair, tightly, and utter praise in all the ways you remember makes her shake.Â
âjust like that, pretty girl,â you encourage, practically melting into the mattress. it feels so good â dangerously good, intoxicating, even â to be devoured by vi. âkeep doing a good job and iâll return the favor later.â
viâs moan vibrates throughout your body and she becomes faster, reaches her tongue deeper, bringing you over the edge. she leaves a few more bites on your body on her way up to meet you and when she does, viâs lips and chin are shining with your release.
you lean forward slightly to lick it up. you ghost your mouth over hers.
âyour turn,â you taunt and run your thumb over her tattooed cheek.Â
you twist your calf around viâs leg and flip your positions. she lets out a yelp when her back hits the mattress. once youâre hovering over her, legs and arms on either side of her body, you do what youâre sure youâd never get tired of doing: you kiss her, passionately, deeply. you bite her lip as you pull away.Â
there was always a bit of jealousy that gnawed at you, became your very-own shoulder devil that you just couldnât shake when you were together, no matter how hard you tried. it was no secret that vi was admired by many, that girls around the world were crushing on her, hoping theyâd catch her eye, get their chance with her. you never felt like she was yours, and yours alone.Â
but you do get a deep satisfaction knowing that right here, right now, youâre the only person who gets to see her like this â pink hair splayed across the pillows like her very own halo, but the rest of her telling a much less-angelic, much more sinister story: her lips swollen and kiss-bitten, her cheeks a devilish shade of red, her eyes dark and lustful and waiting for you to make the next move.Â
"you want me to have my way with you?" you whisper, voice honeyed with desire.
vi whimpers, a sound that fuels the fire in your abdomen. "yes."
you practically rip off her sweatshirt, kiss down her jaw, her neck, her exposed chest and sternum down to her stomach. vi lifts her hips from the bed so that you can remove her boxers, and youâre delighted to find nothing else underneath.Â
youâre greeted by her glistening pussy. blowing onto her folds, you run your tongue from her hole to her clit, loving how you already feel her slick coating your lips. vi spread her legs even wider, and you take the opportunity to sink two fingers into her cunt. you know her body, as well as you know your own, as well as she knows yours. you flick your gaze up, view slightly blocked by the pink curls of her bush, but you can still picture it â how her eyes roll back, how her mouth opens to release a perfectly delicious gasp.
"god, i've barely touched you and you're already about to cum. did you miss me that much?" you tease, feeling her clench around your fingers. as if you arenât subtly rutting your hips against the mattress, eager to ease the throbbing between your legs.Â
all you get in response is whine. itâs muffled, and you crane your neck upward to see her biting down on her knuckles, so hard youâre worried she might break skin.Â
unacceptable.
the rest of the world gets to hear her every day, any time they please. you want to be serenaded by the lyrics of her want, the notes of her desire. all for you and you alone.
with your other hand, you reach up to pinch one of her pierced nipples, always so sensitive. "answer me, violet."
vi props herself up on her elbows to look at you, just as you remove your mouth from her.
"yes!" she sings, practically sobbing. you'd be lying if you said you didn't feel the throbbing between your thighs intensify, hearing the frantic lilt of her voice â like she needs you and only you. "i missed you so fucking much. please, just do something."
at her request, you move up the bed so that the two of you are face to face, one of your hands holding her chin while the other is two fingers deep in her cunt. you add another, just to reveal in the timber of her sultry moan. she tries to bring her hand back, to quiet herself, but you shake your head.Â
with your thumb, you trace over her lips, uneven and scarred and imperfectly beautiful. "open."Â
vi obeys you instantly. you spit in her mouth, heart racing as you watch her swallow the combination of your saliva and her cum without question.
you continue fucking her with your fingers until she moans, louder and louder as she reaches her peak.
removing your fingers from her pussy, you lock eyes with her as you bring your syrupy fingers to your mouth and suck off her juices. then, you kiss underneath her ear, lips sticking slightly to her skin, and you whisper: "now i know why they say you have the voice of an angel.â
âfuck,â she exhales, the breath turning into a chuckle as you kiss underneath her chin, where you know sheâs ticklish.
"one more time for me, okay, pretty girl? i want to feel you against me," you whisper. "i want to watch you fall apart, knowing that i'm the one who makes you feel this good."
vi nods, allowing you to adjust your positions so that your cunts are touching. you start fucking her down into the mattress and she sits up slightly so that your nipples brush against each other, the cold metal of her piercings encouraging the roll of your hips, her nails digging into the curve of your ass to bring you impossibly closer.Â
âi missed you too. so fucking much,â you finally admit. Â you flick one of the silver rings before leaning down and wrapping your lips around her nipple.Â
âi missed these, too,â you add as you release her nipple with a pop, and vi moans. youâre grinning from ear to ear because, holy shit, vi is here and youâre together and youâre both happy, if only at the ecstasy of your silken cunts gliding against each other, at the taste of the other slicking your tongues, as thick as nectar and twice as sweet.
she laughs â love and magic and everlasting bliss â and you have to capture her lips now if you want to swallow the sound. you feel it bounce through your ribcage, awaken something deep within you that you feared was lost to time.
vi thrusts her hips upwards, presses harder against the seam of your cunt until youâre gushing against each other, not quite sure whoâs making what mess.Â
strings of cum connect you as you remove your body from hers. for a few seconds, you both lay on your backs, staring up at the ceiling and trying to catch your breath. vi drapes an arm over her eyes, chest heaving.Â
you throw on some clothes and leave the room, hoping that viâs still there when you get back.
âŚ.
vi worries that if she opens her eyes, sheâll wake up from this dream.Â
sheâll be in some uncomfortable bed in london or tokyo or los angeles. the dull ache between her legs would be thanks to some girl whoâd be eager to text all her friends and spill all the details about what vi likes in bed, or caitlyn who would tell vi to shave next time, darling, or i wonât let you fuck me again anytime soon.
instead, vi hears the creak of a door opening, feet tiptoeing along the floorboards. the mattress shifts with the weight of someone between her legs, though their body is not touching hers.Â
âvi, baby,â a gentle coaxing, a familiar voice, pulling towards something she forgot she needed. her heart soars when she finds you kneeling on the bed, holding a damp towel in one hand and a glass of water in another.Â
âyeah?â her voice is hoarse, but her throat doesnât sting in the same way it does after a concert. it feels tender, well-used, well-loved.
you hold out the cup of water, watch vi eagerly gulp down half of it before she realizes what sheâs done.
âshit, i â did you want some?â
you smile and shake your head. âi had some downstairs after my shower.â itâs then that vi registers the water dripping from the ends of your hair, soaking the fabric of her (fine, your) sweatshirt. âiâm gonna clean you up. is that okay?â
vi nods.
okay? okay? vi thinks she might have whiplash.Â
itâs been a while since someone has fucked her so well sheâd be satisfied for years and then touched her so tenderly afterwards. you run the damp cloth over viâs sticky, sweaty skin, occasionally leaning down to press soft lips where youâd left teeth marks and bruises before.Â
âthere.â you throw the cloth on the floor. âso, um. do you wanna stayâŚ.?âÂ
you bite your lip as you wait for vi to answer. you start picking at your nail polish, too. vi sits up and grabs your hand.Â
âi do,â she soothes. âdo you want me to?â
your smile brightens the entire room and you kiss vi before muttering:
âi do.â
vi slips on her boxers as you settle into the bed next to her, leaving her top half bare. she notices the sketchbook on your bedside table, and she lifts it up at you, a silent question if she can flip through. you take it from her as you shift to sit between her legs, her chest warm against your back. the roomâs only illuminated by the string of multicolored christmas lights youâd left on, but vi can see the talent, the passion behind your work as you walk her through your sketchbook. you tell her about the techniques youâve been working on and new mediums you want to explore, about how you want to make the kind of art that makes people appreciate the beauty in the everyday.Â
âi always loved your art,â she muses. vi cranes her neck slightly, places a kiss on your shoulder then one on your cheek. âthe world would be more beautiful if you shared it.â
you hum and place the sketchbook on your bedside table. you each shift to your sides, facing each other; vi notches a leg around your hips, and you throw an arm around her waist, fingers trailing down her tattooed back.Â
âekko talked to you, huh?â
âi would have said that even if he hadnât,â vi promises. âsoâŚ.have you heard anything yet?â
âwellâŚ.yeah,â you sigh, smiling shyly. âi got in, actually.âÂ
âreally? thatâs amazing, baby.â she beams at you, excitedly cupping your face in her hands, leaving small kisses across your cheeks until youâre giggling.Â
âokay, okay,â you laugh. âi donât know if iâm gonna go yet.â
vi hums knowingly. she presses her forehead against yours.Â
âi know youâre scared, baby,â she says softly. âbut sometimes itâs just a leap of faith.âÂ
âi know.â you pause, gnawing at your bottom lip while your eyes fixate on the scar on her upper lip. âcan i ask you something?
âanything.â
âwhen you proposed to meâŚ.â her body tenses up, but you brush your hand over her bicep and the tension in her muscles dissipates. âwas that a leap of faith? like, were you scared?â
âwell, not at first.â she takes a shuddery breath, her voice suddenly small. âi always thought that weâd be togetherâŚ.i just didnât think through how weâd make it work, i guess. i didnât mean to mess things up, though.â
âhey.â vi leans into the hand you cup around her cheek. âwe both messed up. we never actually talked, you know? butâŚ.iâm glad we are, now.â you swallow. âi still love you, vi.â
vi exhales. âyou know, girls tell me that they love me pretty much every day.âÂ
you canât help it â you roll your eyes, and vi laughs. because, truthfully, her heart has felt more full at your admission of love just now than it ever has for an area of screaming fans.
âthereâs a point to this, i promise,â she says, nudging her nose against yours. âi used to get such a thrill from itâŚ.but then i think about what you said earlier. my heart â itâs just not in it anymore. all the band is now is drama and gossip and compromises of fame over art, andâŚ. i donât know. itâs not really what i want anymore. i want to be with you. for real, this time.â
you blink at her; she can feel your chest pulsing against hers like a hummingbird.
âwould you, um, if i were to take that leap of faith and do that artist residency, would you ââ
âanywhere you wanna go,â vi promises. she thinks about it a bit moreâŚ.how nice itâs been to be home for the holidays, how nice it would be to come home year round. âpreferably close enough so we can have dinner at home on the weekends.âÂ
âsounds like a plan,â you smile.
the two of you twist closer underneath the flannel sheets, sink into the mattress, and gaze up at the faded glow-in-the-dark stars stuck to your ceiling until you fall asleep in each otherâs arms.
you jolt awake a few hours later, several firm knocks on the door and ekko shouting:
âitâs christmas! get the fuck up before ziggy eats all the bacon!â
beside you, vi protects you from the frosty winter morning. her body radiates warmth, and her eyes flutter open, ever so slightly, as you gently shake her shoulder.Â
she groans, turning on her back, rubbing sleep from her eye.Â
âi better go.âÂ
â....yeah.â
you flush when you glance over as viâs slipping on her sweatshirt, rose-petal bruises delicate across her skin. she opens the window, hair still mussed up, and a gust of frigid air rushes into the room.Â
the image is so familiar: vi, one leg in your room and another out the window. you feel like a teenager again, scrambling to get dressed and avoid anyone hearing that youâd snuck your girlfriend into your room late at night. but thereâs something else now, too â you imagine this becoming routine: waking up next to each other every day, swapping clothes, kissing over coffee and pancakes at breakfast. a place where the two of you might create some new memories, build a shared life together. and much more, so much more that feels like it could be your reality, sooner rather than later.Â
youâre so deep in thought that you donât notice vi rushing back towards you. she kisses you and kisses you, until your lungs are burning.
"merry christmas, baby,â she mumbles against your lips.
you grin back at her. âmerry christmas, vi.â
....
hi baby, i know youâre at studio right now, but i forgot to ask you this morning: how do you feel about sending out holiday cards this year? i know theyâre kind of cheesy, but it seems like the type of thing married couples might doâŚ..
anyways, weâll talk about it when you get home. iâm test-driving this new recipe for brussel sprouts to bring to dinner at my dadâs.Â
iâll see you later. love you!
#hope y'all had great holidays + + happy new year!!!#again i wasn't sure if i should post this bc it is VERY late#but i guess better late than never!!#my plan is to either work on that werewolf!vi au or spiderverse!vi au now#except rockstar vi still has a chokehold on me#so i think i might just write something along those lines but we'll see#saf writes#arcane#vi arcane smut#vi arcane#vi arcane x reader#arcane x reader#arcane smut#vi smut#vi x reader#vi fanfic#vi#vi league of legends#lesbian#wlw smut#wlw fanfic#vi fluff
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Mel is alive, but at what cost
Mel was nearly killed TWICE, her mother began being a struggle, she'd been thrown aside and trying her best to stop her, her boyfriend is not doing well, neither is anyone else (can't blame them) and the fact that she hadn't cried or spoke much about this situation to anyone a single time?? She IS upset about every single thing, yet she stays strong and enduring every bit of torture. The most she did was tell Jayce that Ambessa put her palm on the table, and let him know that she is going to push for hextech. That's it, nothing remotely related to her feelings.
The fact that she was constantly looking at Caitlyn, being able to understand her grief and knew she was in pain?? Mel knows this feeling. She'd went through it.
And in the end SHE has to pay the price of her mothers incompetence.
The intro is very much foreshadowing, we know the hands represent black rose/LeBlanc.

This is what happens in act one, she gets kidnapped by them. The lyrics do correspond to the characters as well (not just Mel, everyone.)
"Tell you you're the greatest" plays as a petal of the black rose floats down the screen, I think it adds significance to the power this organization holds, possibly the Medardas greatest foe.
"But once you turn, they hate us" both Ambessa and Mel were present in this line, I think its foreshadowing for when Ambessa switches up for whatever reason and goes against both Piltover AND Zaun. And Mel WILL go through change as well, a change that could hurt her relationship with others, and receive interest from others too.
"They hate us" could be read individually too, I feel like its a sort of "realization" ?? Perhaps Ambessa WASN'T the one that switched up, maybe Piltover switched up on them, and maybe Mel JUST got out of wherever she's taken to, and saw the mess Ambessa had done to her city??

I think this represents ACT TWO.
The hands pull away and it sort of looks like Mel is fighting back, a "get away from me" type of scream. you know what this reminds me of??

Don't mind me just pushing my Jinx/powder-Mel parallel agenda


Here is when i think Mel truly learns about LeBlanc/BR, she curiously and slowly goes to grab the rose, she learns about the history between her Mother and them, Kinos death, and most of all, learns about HERSELF. The lyrics speak otherwise.
"Pray away, I swear
I'll never be a saint, no way"
This feels like a parallel to caitlyn of sorts if that makes sense. Caitlyn had done everything to try and stop the council from attacking the Undercity, she kept her mouth shut when Jayce asked about Jinxs grenade, she was willing to protect Vi and the undercity, but how many times has she been tossed around? She'd been burned, exploded, kidnapped (god knows what happened during that time) and hit in the face by the same person, her MOTHER died because of the same person. She has every right to go insane. And she is hunting ONE person, which is Jinx. Although she is harming the people around her along the way.
What if Mel goes through a similar situation? Her mother pushed for war in her city, she dragged the enemy along with her even if she didn't mean to, she manipulated everyone around her INCLUDING Jayce, she LITERALLY got Mel hurt from the chembarons attack and killed so many people during a MEMORIAL to get her hextech weapons, Elora is most likely DEAD, not to mention whatever happened in the past between them. And the thing is, this will NEVER end throughout the entire season.
And what if she learns what she is? That she's 'blessed' by Kindred? The fact that the wolf is quite literally in her blood?
I feel like the "ill never be a saint, no way" also sort of indicates Mel will realize she'll never be able to push for peace and mercy like she always hoped for no matter what, and she comes to accept that as much as it hurts. But not like how ambessa accepted the wolf, but she sort of realizes she needs to push a little violence, towards nobody but the one and only, Ambessa "fine, if you want me to be like you, I guess I'll be like you towards YOU." Type of acceptance.
I think its also related to Mels new outfit too, she's dressed like her mother, in red and all of that. I will still stand by the idea that she has plans to decieve, but she will do something she doesn't want to do.
Mel was left with no choice, that lyric sounds like realization, acceptance, but also like a plea at the same time, an "I'll never be who I wanted to be" because in the end, she's still a Medarda, she's still her mothers daughter, she still has violence in her veins, she will never not suffer from the weight her name holds, and she will never escape it either, its like a shadow.
The Characters won't be themselves at their core this season. And those vital parts of their characters that represent them are no longer there in the intro, they all have given up what makes them, THEM design wise. (e.g.) Vi without her tattoo, Viktor hiding his identity with the mask. And the thing is, they did that to themselves because they do self-harm, they're changing themselves because THEY want to, they're forcing themselves to do that, they think they're undeserving and they're erasing their past selves.
But Mel? Mel doesn't have her gold accessories, Jewelry, or her Armor, she'd been stripped bare and hidden away because of the brutality of her name. She pays the price her mother brought to HER city. She's forced to change herself against her will, because nobody is giving her a chance to push for her ideals.
This entire theory never ends, and with all of this? I kinda do see Mel actually committing Matricide, it lifts the "Ambessa will die" theory further.
#arcane#mel medarda#mel arcane#arcane s2#arcane league of legends#ambessa medarda#ambessa arcane#arcane mel#arcane season two#arcane season 2#Arcane theory#arcane analysis#arcane spoilers#arcane series#arcane s2 spoilers#arcane intro#matricide#analysis#character analysis#leblanc lol#black rose#mel and ambessa#ambessa#arcane ambessa#ambessa league of legends#lol ambessa#league of legends#Mel needs a hug#And a break#And a blanket
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WISH ft. Giselle
giselle x male reader smut
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"It's a Christmas miracle!" âis how Giselle chooses to make her grand entrance, swinging open the door to your bar, a fresh powder of snow dusting her shoulders. She shrugs it off. "My favourite person in all of Seoul."
You deadpan, "That's very concerning."
She laughs off your quip with the same ease that she does everything else. Sways her hips, saunters over to you, fire engine-red heels clacking against wood as she rushes to take her usual stool. Not like she'd have to fight anyone for it, there's no one else here.
Besides, even if there wereâit's always been hers.
You're sliding over her drink before she can even open her mouth to order, because that's what you do for her. Anticipate. Your job in a nutshell, really. Knowing what she wants.
Her thanks is in the blush colouring her cheeks, flushing them a rosy pink, matching her hair in hue.
Just so immediately pretty.
She raises the drink, grinning at you through the glass. Gets a little too dramatic with her gasp.
"Exactly what I wished for! How did you know?"
"Made a list, checked it twice."
That earns you a giggle, has Giselle leaning forward, propping an elbow on the bar, chin in her palm. Her usual routineâjust sitting there, all beautiful and flirty and really, really fucking out of place amongst the dim lighting and worn-out leather.
And yeah, youâve committed it all to memory, seen it in every light and shadow; the smoky liner ringing around her eyes, the gloss that makes her lips look shiny and sweet and oh so soft. The absolutely devastating smile that never seems to leave herâonly gets wider, warmer, parting when she laughs and slaps a hand on the table, or lands it on your forearm.
Accidentally, of course.
"Does that mean I get to sit on your lap later?"
Itâs a touch early for her to throw out bait so blatantly. Thatâs more of a three-drinks-in kind of thing.
Still, your mouth answers for you before your brain can catch up, âDepends if you've been naughty or nice.â
âI think we both know the answer to that one,â she says, far too casually for you to handle, daring you to let that thought linger. Let it rattle around your head with all the other loaded thoughts involving her in various states of undress and in all sorts of compromising positionsâunderneath, on-top, kneeling. Thoughts that are better kept on a tight leash.
Because you know what would happen if you were to give in to them.
How youâd reach over the bar separating the two of you, pull her onto the counter. Send all the glasses, the bottles, crashing to the floor, and just kiss that smile right off her face, right here, right now. Tear off her clothes and leave her bare and exposed to the cold December air, make her yours, fuck her absolutely senseless. Render her nothing but a victim to your fingers, your lips, your cock, to all the need thatâs been boiling inside you over the past months andâfuck.
She's got you good.
There's no point in pretending like it hasn't been this way since the first time she found youâat the end of an alley that's at the end of another alley, down the stairs and into the underground proper. Waltzing her way into the hovel that is your whiskey bar; all for reasons that youâre yet to fully untangle.
Months of performing this same danceâit's late, she walks in, typically perfect and bouncy, like some half-remembered fantasy or a libido-driven hallucination. Only, she must be real, because thereâs no way you could ever conjure up someone like her.
It's embarrassing, you really should be far more used to it now, built up at least a partial immunity to her brand of charm. But somehow, she still finds a way under your skin. Youâre only human, after all. And sheâs⌠sheâs Giselle.
Undeniably, in-your-face gorgeous, Giselle.
Dead-set and determined to throw herself at you until you break. Â
"Perfect," is her evaluation when she's taken her first sip. It plays out like itâs been choreographed: she licks her lips, flashes that million-dollar smile, lets loose a sigh of pure joy. Looks at you all wide-eyed and impressed; like you're the only person in the world who's ever given her exactly what she wants. Like she doesn't already live in a reality where everyone else falls flat on their faces to ensure that the needs of Aeri Uchinaga are met. âAlways perfect.â
And you have your own steps to follow. You're glued to the pulse in the curve of her neck, the gentle slope of her shoulders, the naked collarbone when she shirks off her coat to reveal tits that are much too ample for her dress to contain. All these little things that make her so fucking distracting.
She says, surreptitiously, "You know, I didn't think you'd be open today."
"And yet you came anyway."
"And yet I did."
There's the loaded insinuation stacked on top of her words like a teasing question mark:
('I came looking for you.'
'I was waiting.')
"Like I said, a Christmas miracle," Giselle repeats, softly this time. Barely audible over the Christmas tunes youâve got on a loop, some self-inflicted torture youâre wreaking on yourself for purposes unknown. Maybe to get into the spirit of things. Maybe to keep the silence at bay. Maybe to make Giselle's efforts feel less effective.
It doesn't work.
It does, however, have you leaning in just to hear her better, and that's a mistake right there. Getting too close that you can follow the lines of the dress she's picked out for the night. A sheer black, strapless number that hugs her figure close, dipping at her chest, giving you just enough of a glimpse to send the alarm bells ringing.
Ending short of the tops of her thighs, because of course she's wearing stockings, and of course they have tiny little bows holding them up, and you're already thinking about how easy it would be to get your teeth in them and pull them apart, and the walls are starting to feel closer and closer with each passing second.
But you don't say anything. You just try to remember to breathe. You chance a look back at her face, aiming for unaffected.
Her eyes instantly undo you.
Giselle uncrosses and crosses her legs. The stockings stretch.
"Like what you see?"
Now seems like an optimal time to pour yourself a drink. Something strong to fortify the weakness in your knees, to maybe bolster the resolve that's threatening to crack like the ice frosting over the windows outside.
You grab a glass, pour a good measure of whiskey and throw it back without even bothering with the usual ritual. You need it. The burn is a good distraction.
You turn her question back on her. Shame on her for asking something so obvious. "What do you think?"
"I think," Giselle smiles, tilts her head, that curtain of bubblegum-pink cascading over her collarbone and down onto the bar, "That it appears that all the effort I put getting into this tight fucking dress was worth it."
You're unable to stop yourself from saying, "Donât need the dress if that was the intention." It slips out of you, like an idiot, and you decide to busy yourself by pouring two more drinks, because you really don't know what the fuck else to do at this point.
âDuly noted,â she says, likely adding it to some mental file she keeps on you. Ways to get you to drop your guard. Ways to get under your skin. âBut donât you think unwrapping presents are half the fun?â
Youâre rolling your eyes, itâs too much, but Giselleâs too good at this whole thing. Got the two of you sliding deep into the easy rhythm of conversation you've found yourselves in many, many times before; when it's just you and her in the waning hours of the night and you're finding excuses not to close up and she's finding excuses to stay.
And the drinks just compound on it even more. All the alcohol really seems to do is blunt her filter and dull your better instincts, bringing you both to that tipsy point where everything that comes out of your mouths canât help but sound like shameless innuendos; all terrible ideas that you both absolutely must indulge in.
Talking and flirting and drinking until youâre finally crossing that invisible line drawn over the counter of your bar, forgetting about that ethereal wall of separation that keeps you on the straight and narrow; that would normally stop you from doing things like reaching over and brushing a strand of pink out of her face and over her ear.
You keep your hand there, your thumb padding the soft skin of her cheek. She leans into your palm.
âSo,â she says, and itâs accompanied by the kind of pause that holds a whole universe of possibility. She takes a sip of her third drink of the night, her eyes fixated on you, studying the lines on your face. Trying to find the cracks.
âSo.â
âWhy havenât you made a move on me?â
She might as well have gathered snow from outside your door and thrown it right at your face. You blink, the warmth of the whiskey in your cheeks fading fast. âVery confident of you to think that I would want to.â
âDonât dodge,â she chides. âWe both know you didnât open tonight for the amazing business rush. So. Spill. Why?"
Youâre about to spout off an excuseâsomething about a Hippocratic oath, or bartender-customer privilege, but Giselle cuts your lie short before it can even leave your throat.
âYouâve been staring at me like you want to eat me alive every night Iâve been here, and you expect me to believe youâre not interested?â Giselle leans closer, her breath warm on your hand. Her eyes piercing through, stripping away every defence youâve ever had. âYouâre barely hiding it you know? How badly you want me.â
Thereâs an implicit challenge underneath her words. You get the message loud and clear:
Donât you know how badly I want you too?
"It'sâ" you start, before course correcting when you catch the smirk tugging at the corner of her lips. You swirl the whiskey around in your own glass, watching the amber liquid catch the light and dance. "Complicated."
"Oh really?" Giselle's eyes light up at that, and you're beginning to feel like you're falling into some trap she's set up. It just hasnât revealed itself to you yet. "I like complicated. I live off complicated."
"I'll bet," you reply, not missing the fact that she's now taken your hand into hers, threading her fingers through yours. "Probably why you're here so often."
Giselle clicks her tongue, runs it across her lips. You'd die for a taste. "I thought I asked you to stop dodging. But, if you really want to know, I come here because I like the company," she explains, before ending her thought with, "and the attention."
"Because being an idol doesn't give you enough?"
"Not in the way I want it."
"And I do?"
"Not yet," she says, with an air of finality. "But give it time."
The silence stretches between you, thick with the weight of the unspoken. The air in the bar feels charged, like the moment before a storm hits. You're reading her, acutely aware of the things running through her mind, because you can see it in her eyes, because they're the exact same thoughts thatâs never left yours.
You want her.
You need her.
Sheâll give herself to you.
Giselleâs the first to break the pause. âAsk me.â
âAsk you what?â
The corners of eyes crinkle ever so slightly, and that's about where you realise your fate's been sealed from the start. She takes a deep breath, her chest rising and falling. Youâre aching already. "What I really want for Christmas."
You don't need a map to know where this is headed. But you still ask anyway. "And what is that?"
"You."
You set down your glass with a clink. "Look, Giselleâ"
"Let me finish," she interrupts, and now her hand's sliding up your arm, leaving a trail of static wherever she touches. "For Christmas this year, all I want is for you to do whatever you want to me."
A second attempt, "Giselleâ"
"I know you want to. You know I want you to. We've danced around this for too long and I'm running out of ways to subtly tell you that if I donât get my hands on that perfect cock that I know you're hiding, I just might burn this place to the ground. So," she says carefully, intentionally. Making sure you feel each word coursing through your every nerve ending, winding their way down to your cock, until youâre throbbing in your pants.
Giselle bats her eyelashes. Bites her lip. Leans even closer. Her tits get very close to winning the war against her dress.
"Don't you want to make my Christmas wish come true?"
You never stood a chance. "I do quite like my bar in one piece."
"I do too." Giselle's smile turns devilish. âBut I like the idea of having your cum inside me more.â
"Then we better get you out of your clothes."
Only, a slight amendment.
"But keep the stockings on."
â
Giselle kisses you like a woman starved. Messy, sloppy crashes that has her nose bumping into yours and her teeth finding purchase in your lip. She seems determined to leave her mark. Youâre more than happy to let her.
Itâs a far cry from what youâre used toâthe build-up, the slow crescendo where you both pretend that you donât immediately want to jump to the inevitableâbut Giselle clearly doesnât give a fuck about any of that.
The moment youâve dragged her over the bar, fulfilled your fantasy and cleared the countertop so the only thing standing between you and her body is the crumpled mess of her dress, she's on you. Moaning, whining into your mouth, desperate. Tongue hunting down yours, pressing into it, trying to wrestle it into submission.
Taking your cheeks into her hands, holding firm, the only thing keeping her steady as you match her hunger, heat against heat. Her taste is everything you've ever wantedâsweet and sharp, like the whiskey burning through your veins, warming you from the inside out.
"God, I needed this," she whispers in the breaths between your kisses, as your hands get adventurous and run down the length of her spine, pulling her closer into you.
You make good on your promise, finding the zip, peeling it down, leaving the fabric to sag off her shoulders. Her skin is cold underneath your fingertips, the curve of her back breaking out in goosebumps. Your touch makes her arch, her back bow, her breasts push up against her dress until it can't hang on any longer and the whole thing pools around her waist.
âMerry Christmas to me,â comes tumbling out of your mouth when you finally get to appreciate Giselle.
The full, round tits, naked and begging for your hands. The smooth curve of her waist, the dip of her stomach. The way her hips flare out, giving way to thighs that you know, just know, will be the perfect grip. And the stockings. Holding up the suspension of your disbeliefâsheâs so ridiculously out of your league and yet so, so needy for you.
âFucking gorgeous, Giselle,â youâre telling her, making her sigh, her eyes closing shut as you reach out to fill your hand with her chest. Your touch makes her nipples pebble, stiffen underneath your thumb. She leans back, pushing her chest out even more, giving you as much of herself as she can for you to touch, to tweak, to worship.
And sheâs so much smaller than you, so much softer than youâve ever allowed yourself to believe. The reality of her in your arms is far more intense than any fantasy youâve ever concocted in the quiet of the night after sheâs long gone and left you with nothing but her memory. But sheâs giving herself to you now, wanting you to do it all.
Letting you push into her, kiss the skin between her neck and her clavicle, press into her a brand that will linger long after youâve both unwinded and unraveled each other.
âJust like that,â Giselle whispers in your ear, hands finding your neck, needing you even closer still. âDonât stop, just keep touching me. You can do whatever you wantâtell me what you want, and Iâll do it. Just donât stop.â
Nothing else to do but oblige, to give in to your baser instincts, to bring every fantasy, every lurid thought to life. Giselleâs been living in your mind rent-free. Filled it with thoughts of fucking her into oblivion again and againâso you already know exactly where to go, what to do next.
You know to trace the edge of her stocking with your thumb, pressing down on the bow, watching as the skin around it flushes from your touch.
You know to drag your hand up, higher up her thighs, push the hem of her dress to her waist, slip under the elastic of her panties and hold itself there. Leave her trembling in anticipation of your touch.
âPlease,â youâve barely started and sheâs already begging, breathless. Needing for you to explore her.
But first, you need to tell her how.
âIâm going to touch you,â you say, voice gruff, and she shudders, her hands tightening around your neck. âIâm going to get my fingers into your cunt, Iâm going to squeeze your tits, Iâm going to make you scream my name, and you will, because youâre going to be such a good girl for me. Understood?â
Her eyes flash open, meeting yours. Not an ounce of doubt. Just pure need.
âYes,â she says. A single word thatâs more a plea than a response. âPlease. Do whatever you want. Make me feel good.â
She just about collapses when you yank her panties down and push your hands between her thighs.
âGodâfuckââ and sheâs sobbing already.
âYouâre so drenched,â youâre remarking, sliding your fingers higher, feeling the wetness thatâs been gathering there for who knows how long.
âFor you,â sheâs gasping, repeating herself, âFor you.â
Itâs so easy to find the heat of her, to push in and down on the top her mound. Give just the right amount of pressure on her clit that makes her jerk. Makes the muscles in her face twitch, her mouth open wide and moan. Itâs a melody in your ears, and you press down harder, swirling now, and youâre beginning to think youâve found your true calling.
Fuck making her drinks; making her fall apart is why you were put on this planet in the first place.
Her breasts jiggle with every tremble that runs through her, flickering in reach of you, taunting you with their bounce. You canât help but lean down. Not when theyâre calling to you like that.
You lick a path from the base of her neck to her collarbone, and then lower, to one of those perfect peaks thatâs been begging for your attention.
Giselle inhales sharp through her teeth, her chest heaving as you start to suck on her nipple. You work your tongue around it, roll it in your mouth until her knuckles turn white against the edge of the bar, her nails digging into surface. The sounds sheâs making, these choked gasps that are so raw, so needy.
Showing how good she feels with every part of her bodyâpushing her breasts up and into your face, her hands tangling in your hair, legs spreading wider, thighs shaking at the effort of staying upright.
You donât let up, keep goingâtongue swirling, fingers moving at double-time over her cunt, her other tit.
Listening to her turn your name into something filthy, something that sounds like a curse.
You pull back off her, cool air kissing the wetness you leave behind, making her quiver, her high, fuck-me heels knocking against wood.
âGiselle,â you say, taking in this look of bliss on her face. The teary eyes, the trembling lip, her cheeks now so very red. âGonna make you cum now.â
You donât wait for permission. You already have it. You step forward, lifting her legs up and trapping her atop the bar, spreading her wide open.
Two fingers at first, all at once, no hesitation. Giselleâs pupils blow wide, shocked, teeth bite down on her bottom lip, muffling a cry that you feel in the pit of your stomach. Sheâs so soaked that you slide right in with ease, a slow push that makes her whine, the slickness making the sounds of your fucking echo over the din of the empty bar.
âFuck, fuck, fuckââ Giselle stutters, all breathy and desperate. Hands flying to your shoulders, nails digging in. Holding on for dear life, writhing as your fingers curl upwards, pushing up against that magical spot inside that has her clenching.
âSuch a good girl,â you say, the words slipping out of your mouth like theyâve always been there, just waiting for her to hear them.
The whimper that she makesâthe noise alone should be illegal.
âSo tight around me,â you tell her, pushing on, focusing entirely on pulling more of these noises from her, doing your best to ignore how hard you already are, how unbearable it is to not be inside her. âSo good for me.â
Itâs the praise that makes her keen, makes her whine. Pushes herself onto your fingers, trying to get more, trying to get all of you. Just so fucking hot for you.
You can see it playing out across her body, the way sheâs losing herself to the pleasure, giving up control of her own functions to you. So helpless, so beautiful. So fucking delighted to finally have you using her in ways sheâs only dreamt of.
Youâve never seen anything like it. Youâre addicted before youâve even had her.
âThis cunt is going to feel so good around my cock.â
Giselle's nodding, slurring together a string of yeses and thank yous in response.
Her pussyâs pulsing around your fingers, juices soaking your hand, sheâs already so close. So close that you can almost taste the orgasm on her skin.
âYou want it so fucking bad, donât you, Giselle? Want me to fuck you senseless.â
Her eyes are glazed over, barely there. Just stunningly beautiful even in the midst of her desire, and youâre not even sure sheâs heard you at all until sheâs panting out, âI want it. Need it. So much. Oh, God, please, fuck me with your cock. Make me cum. Make me scream.â
But you get in close, lips to her cheek, a command for only her to hear. âYouâre going to cum all over my hand. Youâre going to show me how badly you want it. Understand?â
âYesâyes, pleaseââ is the most she can manage, a harsh whisper that barely gets through. You feel it more than hear it, a shiver running through her, down her spine and up yours. âDo it. Give me more, I need it.â
Sheâs nothing short of incredible. Writhing under your touch, losing herself to your fingersâthereâs never been anythingâanyoneâlike this. Anyone that runs this hot, that pleads this much, that is so eager for nothing but you, as much of you as you can give.
Thereâs no excuse for why it's taken so long to get here, why you let every other opportunity skate by. But nowâs not the time for regrets. This is all just catch-up. Getting to this moment thatâs been burning a hole in your mind. Making up for all the times when you shouldâve been bringing her to her knees, should've been marking her up as yours.
âMine,â youâre claiming, taking her lips once more, feeling the tremble in her chin. âYouâre going to be mine, arenât you?â
âYours,â her voice quavers back into your mouth.
She kisses you back like sheâs drowning, like youâre the very air she needs to breathe. And itâs all you can do to finger-fuck her faster, pressing deeper into her wetness. Itâs filthy, borderline disrespectful the way that youâre owning her now. But itâs all necessary, if thatâs what itâs going to take to get to feel her shatter in your arms.
But just as you can feel her hips bucking up off the counter and into your wrist, as sheâs about to tip over the edge, you pull back, breaking the kiss, leaving her choking for air.
âLook at me,â you tell her, forcing her glassy eyes to refocus, to snap to yours. âIâm going to make you feel so good. Youâre going to cum so hard for me. Youâre going to look at me when you do.â
Giselle opens her mouth answer, but all that comes out is a whiny mewl when you slide your other hand from her tits to the back of her neck, pulling her into you, hard enough that you can feel her pulse drumming against your palm.
âThatâs it, such a good girl,â you say to her, adorning her with all these sweet words that absolutely wreck her. And itâs so easy to because all of them fit. Your good girl, your slut, your baby, your whore. She deserves to hear them all. âTake it, take it all for me.â
âFuck, please, Iâm almostââ She tries and fails to put the syllables togetherâyour fingers are too good, too precise in their frenzy. Playing her body, hitting every key, every beat, rushing to that final chorus.
And then it hits her, without warning, just a sigh and then sheâsâ
âI'mâI'mâcumming!â
Eyes trying to stay on yours, losing focus, turning wild, until sheâs barely even there anymore.
Giselle cums.
Locking her in place, rippling across her body. Every muscle tensing, cunt quivering, hips lifting off the bar as her juices paint your hand.
âThank you, thank you, fucking thank youâ"
Her voice dies out, trapped in her throat, her words becoming nonsense as your fingers have her riding waves. Youâre utterly transfixed, watching the orgasm rip across her face, melting her down to a messy puddle. Barely hanging on to you, mouth lolling open, eyes screwed shut, breaths coming in sharp and fast.
Sheâs limbless, her body goes slack, and you debate giving her the space, or even just a second to catch her breath, to come back to reality.
But you just donât.
You donât stop moving, donât stop working her, because something tells you that the last thing sheâd want is for you to stop. Something tells you that sheâs one of those girlsâthe ones who love to chase the high. Who love to be pushed, who love to be told that theyâre doing so well, that theyâre perfect.
And Giselle is.
âAgain,â you press into her neck, and she gives you the closest approximation to a nod that she can muster. âAgain and again, Iâll make you cum until you canât walk straight. Until you forget what it was ever like to not have my cock inside you.â
The nods come faster, insistent, following a whine as your fingers slide out of her cunt, all sticky with her juices. You bring it up to her, hold it in front of her face so she can see the mess sheâs made of your hand.
Her breath hitches when she opens her eyes, catching sight of your glistening digits. You donât even need to prompt her; she takes the initiativeâsheâs sucking your fingers without a second thought.
Moans when she tastes herself, sucking them clean, tongue flicking across your knuckles, pulling them into her mouth, relishing her own flavour.
âSo fucking needy for it, arenât you?â
You withdraw your fingers, enjoying the cry of protest at the loss, but youâve got better plans for her. Pressing a kiss to her temple, before backing off completely, leaving Giselle empty, her legs wobbly.
You're quick to lose your clothes, stripping yourself off without much ceremony, tossing them aside with little care for where they end up.
And yet Giselleâs eyes rake over you, following your every moveâsheâs seen you before, youâve caught her staring at your arms, your biceps, making no secret of assaulting you with her gaze at any chance she can get.
But now itâs the unbuckling of your belt, the vanishing of your jeans, the reveal of your cock. Springing free, hard and heavy.
Giselle wants it. Mouth salivating, pussy leaking at the sight of it. Oh, how she wants it.
It gives her energy, has her reaching out for a touch, a stroke. But you stop her, gently taking her wrist into your hand before she can make her Christmas wish come true.
She even has the audacity to pout. âHavenât I been good?â
âGood?â You repeat, and youâre laughing. âYouâve been downright angelic.â
The pout quirks into a smirk, and thereâs that familiar mischievous spark returning. âThen don't I deserve a little reward?â Giselleâs fingers go to her folds, spreading them apart. Putting her cunt on display, proud to show off how ready she is to be filled. âLike that big, beautiful cock of yours in my perfect little pussy?â
You donât bother with the usual finesse, thereâs no need for that. This doesnât land anywhere on the normal spectrum of casual hook-ups to making love. This is about fucking. About need, raw and unfiltered.
âSo, would you pleaseâ"
Youâre yanking her by the waist before she can get started, lifting her off the bar and setting her down in front of you. Thereâs that thrill rushing through her, at being so easily handled, so effortlessly claimed.
Sheâs panting, breaths fogging up the air between you, waiting for your instruction.
âGet rid of the dress.â
Her compliance is instantâshe steps out of her outfit, her panties. Until sheâs just standing before you; the charm, the sex appeal, the big beautiful eyes all in view, so full of hope and desperation for the special kind of bliss only you can provide her.
Just Giselle, her fucking gift of a body in a pair of tight black stockings and high stiletto heels.
âNow,â you say, tilting your hips forward, your cock jabbing into her stomach, pressing a stamp of need into her skin. Giselle preens at the contact, practically vibrating at your touch. One more thingâ âBeg.â
âFuck me,â she says. Simply, honestly. With every ounce of her soul. âFuck me good. Take me. Please. I need it. I need to feel you inside me. Iâve been dreaming of this, of you fucking me just like this, soâplease, make it real.â
âBeggingâs a good look on you, Giselle,â you murmur, finishing the rest of the thought in your head. âYou're going to be doing a lot more of it tonight.â
She yelps when you flip her over, force her to brace herself against the bar. Her lovely ass high up in the air, her pussy drooling onto the floor.
You don't bother warning her.
You stuff your cock into her.
She fucking screams.
So wet, so slippery. Sliding in and out of her, forcing her cunt to mould itself too you. So fucking tight that you have to bite back a groan, have to fight the urge to just pound into her, to fuck her into the counter.
But there's still a pace you're setting, a rhythm thatâs not quite as frantic as her needy cries. Youâre in no hurry, not yet. You want to savour this. The feel of her clenching around you, the way her back arches with every thrust, her palms slapping against the bar top, leaving little smudges of sweat behind.
âGod, thisââ Giselle tries, but finds herself lost for words, unable to properly articulate just how good it feels to have you inside her. But the noises she makesâwhimpers and gasps and moans and groansâspeak volumes.
You complete the thought for herâ âYou fucking love this, donât you?â Youâre grunting, pressing your body to hers, nipping at her ear. Slurring these dirty thoughts like they're sweet nothings, these words of pure filth into her neck. âLove being fucked like this. Been waiting for it for so long. So goddamn desperate for it that you canât even fucking talk.â
Sheâs fucking amazing. Not just the feelingâhot and tight and perfectâitâs the way she moves with you. Pure pleasure ricocheting through her, the slap of her ass against your hips, the sway of her tits underneath her, her cunt desperately trying to swallow you whole.
Itâs her, her body, so alive and responsive and sensitive underneath yours. Taking your cock so deliciously, her cunt fluttering around like itâs trying to hold onto it, like itâs never going to let go.
âSo, so fucking hard,â sheâs found her voice, clawing back some level of composure. Enough to tense her cunt, squeeze her walls around you. Needing you to know every inch of her body, every inch of her pussy, needing you to know that itâs all yours for the taking. âGod, it feels so goodâdoesnât it? Fucking me here. Tell me. Tell me how good I am. Tell me Iâm a good girl. Tell me youâre never going to be able to spend another second here without thinking of my pussy.â
You know sheâs right, sheâs leaving a part of herself here, branded into the very fabric of this bar thatâs been your sanctuary. It has you pushing in deeper, a violent thrust of your hips, a little punctuation to drive her point home.
She swallows as you pick up speed, chokes on a half-formed moanâso, so fucking close. But youâve only just begun.
Grabbing her hair, winding your fist in pink, pulling her up so she's forced to listen. The details on her face are all hazy, her makeups smudged from tears, from where sheâs rubbed at her face, trying to keep the pleasure at bay. But thatâs not how this goes. Thatâs not how any of this goes.
âYou want to hear how good youâre being for me?â A harsh whisper for her, and it takes so much effort for her to just nod in response. âYou want me to tell you all the filthy things Iâm thinking? Everything that Iâve been dying to do to you?â
âYes,â she pleads back. âTell me, pleaseâI need to hear it all.â
So you do. You lay it all on her. Every unfiltered, explicit thought youâve hadâevery depraved fantasy thatâs on the tip of your tongue whenever sheâs around. You tell her all of it, how much of a whore youâre going to turn her into; how much of a slut you want to make her.
How this isnât the last time. No, thereâs going to be hours, days, weeks of this after. Â Of you fucking her here, of her coming to you just to have another taste of your cock. Itâs a revelation, a promise, and it fucking ruins her.
âEvery single time you've walked into here, every single time you've sat across form me, I've thought about this," you're grunting now, giving in to the urgency thatâs been building up in your chest, the pressure thatâs been weighing on you for what feels like an eternity. âIâve thought about bending you over this very bar. Making you beg for it, making you scream out my name when I fuck my cum into you. Making sure every single person out there knows that this cunt is mine to take whenever I fucking want.â
Itâs so fucked, the effect that hearing all this has on her. The sound of your voice, your darkest desires, the harshness of your words, itâs all too much for her, itâs everything sheâs ever wanted to be told.
Youâre unlocking something in her, something sheâs never admitted to anyone, not her closest friends, not her bandmates, not even herself. The way you speak to her, the way youâre treating her like a perfect little fuck dollâand youâre realising that maybe, just maybe, itâs because no oneâs ever fucked her well enough to find out.
Thereâs no room here to be gentle, thereâs no way in hell sheâd ever want you to be. You tighten your grip in your hair, slam into her harder, skin slapping against skin, mixing with the wet sounds of her pussy taking all of you. Each cry you fuck out of her is music, each one a little higher pitched, a little more desperate than the last.
âThis is what you want isnât it?â Youâre demanding of her, even when sheâs blubbering, barely able to breathe let alone respond. Just trying to hold on.
But youâre not letting her.
Youâre taking her to that place thatâs beyond words, thatâs beyond thought. The place where all she can do is feel and react. And sheâs doing that so beautifully, her body shaking, her cunt quivering around your cock. Itâs building and building, the things youâre doing to her, saying to her, making her choke on her own spit, making her eyes roll back and her mouth drop open, until all she can repeat, over and over again is your name.
âAgain,â she shapes another word, another plea. Sheâs a total disaster of need. âPlease, again, make me cum again.â
âYou'll cum when I say you can,â you growl, forcing her to choke on another whine. The strangled noise goes straight to your cock; makes it throb harder inside her, drive deeper into her. You let go of her hair, only to palm her tit, squeezing into the flesh hard. Giselle jolts, a squeal escaping her lips. âBut since youâve been so good, Iâll let you cum before me again. Just this once. Just because itâs Christmas.â
Youâre being evil, you know it, she loves it, but it's the best part. She clearly wouldn't want it any other way.
âYes.â Giselleâs beaming, shivering with excitement. Getting fucked into utter ruins and thanking you for the privilege. âThank you, use my pussy, do whatever you want, just let me cum.â
That sparks an idea, âWhatever I want?â
âWhatever you want,â Giselle pants, not a single idea of what sheâs agreeing to. But maybe that's the whole point. âAnything.â
Thereâs a grin that splits your face that you canât help, that you donât bother suppressing. âIâm not going to ask for permission anymore, Giselle. Iâm just going to fuck you the way I want. Make you addicted to my cock. Take you how I want, cum in all your holes, fill you up over and over again.â
Giselleâs eyes go wide, nearly stops breathing entirely. So close. Knowing that the next words out of your mouth are going to decimate her completely.
âGonna make you start the New Year knocked up.â
She freezes.
âGodââ Giselleâs a fucking wreck, on the verge of something explosive, something else entirely. âOh my God.â
She just needs you to give her that push.
âYou love it, donât you? Being made nothing more than a fucking cumdump for me? Thatâs what youâve always wanted, isnât it?â
Youâre fucking her too hard, hammering into her too roughly, itâs a wonder that she can even manage a stuttered, âIâIââ
âFucking say it, Giselle,â you say, âSpit it out.â
Itâs too difficult for her to fit the words together, to form her reply, so it means all that more when she manages to tell you. âI want it.â
âWant what?â
âYour cum in me. All of it. Until Iâm, until Iâmââ Sheâs there, lost in it, in the idea of you ruining her in such a permanent, irreversible way. Or maybe completing her, making her whole, making her perfect for you and only you.
But youâre so close too. Right fucking behind her. All she has to do is say it.
âUntil you breed me. Fill me with your cum, give it to me. I need it. Make me your permanent cocksleeve and never let me go. Make me yoursâcompletely, forever yours. Make me your fucking whore.â
âGood girl.â
And with that, sheâs gone.
Hits her like a fucking meteor. Leaping right off the most intense high sheâs ever climbed. Bucking and quaking against your bar, your cock still impaled inside her, mercilessly undoing her. Itâs nothing short of fucking pornographic, fucking depraved the way itâs destroying her.
Seizing her entire body in pleasure, her nails digging into the wood, scraping up marks that will prove to be a sweet, everlasting reminder of the exact moment she became yours. Fracturing her, breaking her apart into a million tiny pieces and then remaking her all over again as something purely sexualâsomething that only exists for your satisfaction.
âSo fucking good, your cock, God itâs you, just youââ Giselleâs words dissolve into a keening cry that shatters the remaining silence of the bar. âBreeding me so goodââ
Nothing short of a miracle that sheâs still on her feet, that she can still do anything at all. One last thing she needs to do in the dying embers of her lucidity, one final goalâchoke your cock with her cunt, wring you dry, make you flood her with your cum.
âCum, cum, fill me, breed me, give me yourââ
âTake it,â you exhale, âTake it all.â
And itâs Giselle in her entirety that overcomes you, overloading your senses with the pure, distilled feeling of just her. The smell of her sex, her perfume, the feel of her curves, her softness, the perfection that is her pussy, enveloping your cock, drenching it in her wetness. These things that youâll never, ever be able to forget.
But it's her words that make you erupt.
âBreed me, Daddy!â
You cum deep into Giselleâs pussy.
Buried inside her, rushing white hot, thick and heavy. Ropes and ropes of it, spurting inside her, painting her insides, coating her walls until itâs just sheer heat and you making her whole.
Her cuntâs clenching around you, sheâs begging, slurring moans and whimpers that thereâs no fucking chance you have of comprehendingâjust basking in the knowledge that theyâre desperate, needy sounds that are all for you.
She canât keep it all in. But she needs to.
Something knocks the architecture out of her legs, but youâre quick enough to wrap your arms around her, holding her tight, keep her on her feet. Keeping her from collapsing entirely, just letting her pulse around you, clench and quiver.
Youâre kissing her into the shoulder, cooing these affirmations, keeping her with you, telling her the truth of it all, âSuch a good girl, Giselle. Taking my cum so well.â
Giselle canât say anything. She sobs. Face buried in her hands. Not from pain, not even close. Youâve never seen pleasure look so much like agony. So much like release.
Itâs overwhelming.
You try to make a move, take a step back. But Giselle flexes her cunt, clutching you tighter. Reaches back with her hand for your thigh to stop you.
âWait,â she whispers. "Not yet. Don't move. Keep your cock inside me. Don't let a single drop get out."
You give her the time, because sheâs just so perfect like this. So unfathomably gorgeous, all fucked up and cum-drunk. In ways no one should ever be. Like youâve torn the wings off an angel, brought her down to Earth and made her yours.
You revel in it.
âTake your time,â you breathe; the exhaustion, the strain, the adrenaline pumping through your veins all coming to a head at once. Keeping your cock plugging up her cunt. Leaving all your cum inside.
Neither of you are moving anywhere. Not until she says so.
Giselle laughs.
âPerfect,â she sighs, voice hoarse and shaky. âI knew it would be perfect. I knew you would ruin me like this. God, I donât ever want to go back.â
Youâre laughing too, harsh, airless chuckles that feel like theyâre being torn out of your chest. You twitch your cock inside her. âYou think you have a say in the matter?â
âI guess I donât,â she giggles.
You look around at the scene of the crime, the evidence you've left on her. The marks on her skin, her shoulder, her neck. The ruins of her dress, her panties. The tearing of her stockings. Her tear-filled eyes, her smeared mascara, her drooling lips.
And her cunt, so full of you, so very yours.
Itâs barely believable. She may not have burned down the bar, but thereâs certainly a fire thatâs been set. One thatâs not likely to die down anytime soon.
It has you swelling inside her all over again.
Gisele feels it.
âSay,â she starts, wriggling her hips against you, making you groan. âYou didnât have any Christmas plans, right?â
Your hands slip down to her hips, idly massaging into the small of her back. âNone at all.â
Giselleâs laughter subsides into a contented exhale, her lashes fluttering as she looks at you with a soft smile. Her hand reaches back, caressing the side of your face. âAnd the rest of the year?â
âNothing that canât be cancelled.â
âGood,â she says, her breath sweet against your cheek. âCancel them all. Close up for the holidays. Shut all the doors. Stay inside with me.â
You raise an eyebrow. âAnd do what?â
âGet to work,â Giselle answers, pulling you into a last kiss, threatening to undo you all over again. âYou did promise to knock me up by New Years.â
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Can we just talk about this for one second?
âWanna hear a dumb joke? A sentimental ex-con, a giant furball, and two of Piltover's most wanted walk into a weird cult.â


First, the sentimental ex-con.
The fact that Jinx, within the same act essentially called Vi out for being a traitor who joined forces with the "Piltie goons who killed [their] mom and dad" (and implied they both are psychos), still would rather affectionately see her sister as an ex-con over an enforcerâeven though the latter position is more recent. She also acknowledges the softness, the gentleness that still exists in her older sister. Yes, she was more interested in âhitting thingsâ when they were youngerâand they were only recently at each otherâs throats. But even so, Jinx knows that Vi is still sentimental at heart.

She saw Vi step between her/Isha when Caitlyn was still to willing take a fatal shot and traumatize or kill a child. She got to see her older sister put herself between Isha and Jinx when Warwick/Vander was coming at them full force. She sees the kindness in Vi still.

The affectionate jibe directed at Vander. Her second father, memories of whom she had been carrying around in the shape of guilt for YEARS, thinking that she had killed him. Throughout the act, until Singed irrevocably destroys Vander, we see how much this man loves his daughter. This act is the final admonishment to people who thought Vander didnât love Powderâno, we just didnât get to see their relationship as much. But he has always put so much responsibility on Vi because he wanted to make sure Powder, Claggor, and Mylo were safeânot that he loved Powder any less.
And lastly, her inclusion of Isha into their little screwed up familyâtwo of Piltoverâs most wanted. As weâve seen in other posts, while Vi pushed Powder to the sidelines because she wanted to protect Powder, Jinx never excludes her because she didnât want Isha to feel the way she did. I pity both Vi and Jinx so much because they were both showing love the best way they knew howâand tragedy and loss struck them both.Â

But my point is this: even though Jinx frames it as a joke, kind of snide and snarky, as we see in this episode and actâŚ..this little family reunion/addition meant everything to her.Â


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