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Traces of the Old Ones
#horizon zero dawn#hzd remaster#hzd photomode#don't mind me recycling a pic i posted on my main account before#i just really like the lighting#and well. in the entire facility in general#atmospheric#and does a great job at leading you through the ruins without needing any additional pointers#although tbf horizon was always pretty good at that
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I'm the wife in my marriage.
It's funny to me anyway. Funny to me because my wife is the very picture of femininity, loving, caring, sexy, pretty, beautiful wife, loving and adored by all her children. And a satisfied and hot for her husband.
But to me she is beautiful and terrible as the Dawn! Treacherous as the Seas! Stronger than the foundations of the Earth! All shall love her and despair!
And yet she chose me.
So to all the hella ladies who rejected my advances? Y'all missed out. Because she saw in me what way too many people couldn't. And sometimes still can't.
And she wants to run my life. And the lives of our whole family. And we all kinda love it. Mostly. But it ain't worth the headache or heartache of fighting her on anything. She's Daddy's little princess and her mother is the loving matron and queen bitch of the family and we all stay in line. Mostly. I love to do my own thing too much for my own good. But it keeps our fights about stupid stuff instead of my weed use again.
(I'm dead ass functional and present from 6am on till I finally get my insomniac ass too sleep while high just to escape the constant anxiety about my sick daughter's upcoming surgery, my dying suegro, my mourning wife, disturbed autistic son, special needs princess Daddy's girl I'm spoiling her to death to make her just as powerful and ungovernable mother and it's working too well already. Have you ever negotiated with a hostile bitchy entitled as fuck child? )
Anyway, you wouldn't know it looking at me or talking normal chitchat, but I'm pretty fucking manly. In the way my culture defines manliness. I'm not very masculine. But I'm very manly.
I'm feminine as fuck in my household. I mother the kids, help their emotional development, work on my wife's emotional and mental well-being, and I'm the one never in the mood for sex. And I do every single thing she says. And then she does the discipline and management of the family's affairs. And she's the one who has to seduce me. Did I mention she was sexy as fuck? (While I'm awkward as fuck every time we even roleplay.) And a horny Latina. (That's why these horny sexy, nice, Latinos are taking over. It's natural selection. The Whites just can't compete and as usual are getting their panties in a twist over not being able to compete even with everything in their favor to out reproduce them all but it was too many kids for a nuclear family to handle Whites.) So beautiful hot queen sexy as fuck Latina seduces me every night. #blessed. So fuck yeah I don't wanna fuck up this arrangement. So I do everything she tells me to and treat her real good and let her win every argument and over apologize. Except when I make a rare exception to make a stand in something important or just to make some trouble and have some fun.
Oh yeah. She's a clean freak đŽâđ¨ But she's an impatient Latina housewife perfectionist clean freak. So she gets mad at my perfectly good job when company isn't ever coming job and tells me to stop even trying to clean. Go play Minecraft with your daughter to keep her occupied.đ¤Ł
I have the best living situation ever. I'll be your bitch my bitchy highness. Just please keep playing with my hair on your lap. Oh, and that sucking my dick the way you do and being right 95% of the time on judgement calls.
So yeah I'm the wife.
And I got a pretty good life.
#and know you know the rest of the story#when i was s younger man i had a good paying job at a factory plant as a temp worker#i liked this job#and it was easy clean indoor temp controlled light labor with a jovial#kindly and generally loving crowd of people all just trying to earn a living in this shit economy#and care for each get along with each other#it was a really nice atmosphere. there was only a little manager taking advantage of a woman's situation to force a relationship.#but she was petty please about the whole arrangement because she was lonely and he was kind and likable and#good looking younger guy#and it made her job impossible to get the boot#even as it got easier to boot#anyways i worked my ass off and just tried to get along with the boss#and it paid great#We could have been poor and happy working jobs like that for life if i really had to got some reason#but anyways this bossman manager sees me sweeping my ass off a clean floor and instead of telling me to go lean on a post for a bit#tells me I'm doing a good job#and that I'll make a someone s fine wife someday#i wanted to slap that smug mother fucker up there head w my broom. But i was laughing to hard at that fuckers joke because i liked the guy.#and i liked my job#anyway#here i am being a good little wife#and I'm living the life of Reilly doing it#i don't know the etymology of that phrase is. only my Dad says it in my experience#it might be good own little creation.#you're welcome#And the mother fucker just let me keep sweeping my dumbass all over a clean floor!#Union strong
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hi guys! I wasnât going to write for whumptober. and yet. here I am
#whumptober2023#alternative prompt#hunting#bnha#fanfic#blood#injury#a generally creepy atmosphere#darkness#my fanworks#salt and light#bakugou katsuki#midoriya izuku#bk&dk
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The meower
#Queued... technically March 23rd?#I mean its march 22nd in oregon. but im not there rn lolz#either way im late. SORRY !! i forfor to queue on the 20th then i was on planes for like 21 hrs total#well no 5 of those were a layover @ the airport but#ANYWAYYYYY hi future me !!!#Howww was the trip? im on my first (second actually- its 4am of the second day if u coukd the arrival) day in Hong Kong#Its rlly hot and humid so I think im gonna die. BUT ITS ALSO SUPER COOL !!#Even just from the few hours I had out earlier its amazingggg. The lights and the buildings are so cool and theres such a fun but chaotic#atmosphere - idk if its just bcs its a big city or specific to HK?#I loveee large cities in general. New york. Tokyo. HK. thats all of the ones ive been to ig#I havent seen even close to all of HK. Im in central rn but we're goin to other parts later#Dad says the other parts are totally different- Like theres LOADS of gisnt buildings here (WAY MORE THAN U SEE IN ******!!! u know that tho#and theyre almost all residential of the ones I passed. Im sure theres offices n stuff i just didnt see them in the likd 20 minutes cab#ride lolz. U know all tuis already tho#ig what im getting at is HOW WAS THE TRIP !!!!! How was the rest of HK? WHAT WAS KYOTO LIKE??#augh soo many cool things.....#Also also !! Have you learned any mire katakana?#ive JUST learned the vowel line so maybe u lesrned the k line now too?#I cant imagine school is any different. OHH DID U FINISH THE M P 10P COMIC??#I started it and got abt one page done on the plane#I think it should only end up being two or three pages idk#Ohh !! Hows the new meds going !! I think u should have ur blood test done by now so do u know if it helped at all?#I hope soooooooooooo#Mm I think thats all I have to say .... NO WAIT HAVE U HUNG OUT W/ JACKIE??#i rlly want to b friends with her ^.^#Alright Thats all !! HAVE A GOOD DAYYYYYY I LOVE U#queue drop#weather report#WAIT EDIT DID THE TRIGUN VOLUME COME. HOW IS IT
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obsessed w this ask i found on the wild. this is about She-Ra and the Princesses of Power
#''the general atmosphere was too light to comical'' ITS A CHILDRENS CARTOON#my guy what did you expect#''gonna watch this cartoon for ages 7 up. what the fuck why isnt this a serious documentary about the psychological effects of war''#''this is outrageous. this childrens cartoon is too silly. i need to go complain about it to like minded people (spop critic tumblr blogs)"#if ur gonna watch childrens cartoon you need to know its going to act like a childrens cartoon
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I drew a Kuvira!
I wanted to practice shading here, and honestly this was a blast to draw.
Really pleased with how this came out!
#the legend of korra#kuvira#my art#ignore my thumb the sketchbook kept falling over without it#this paper just ate up the pencil lead honestly#very nice sketchbook#first proper Art sketchbook i've owned and it is amazing#so uh for the like two people following me#i've decided to start actively posting#BEWARE#unless you like random art and photography in which case#ENJOY#sorry for the bad lighting lol it was eight in the evening when i took this picture#i drew this while listening to a video about how the vikings went from marauding around the oceans to marauding around the countryside#basically#it was very edifying#really helped contribute to the general atmosphere
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#atmosphere#atmospheric#dark#darkcore#street light#light#black and white#eerie#gothic#vintage#unreality#multiverse#ai photography#ai generated#ai aesthetics#ai art#midjourney#mid journey#mine
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33, 38, 24?
ahh thank you for the ask!!
33. any hobbies?
Oh boy. Too many. I dabble in everything and am amazing at nothing because I do everything for like a week at a time max and then rotate through the entire list before I ever get back to it again. I do enjoy crocheting, drawing, editing, occasionally writing fanfic and media analyses and never finishing them, video games (usually puzzle-adjacent), sewing, consuming media in all forms, hiking, studying Japanese, and going down various Wikipedia rabbit holes. I would love to do escape rooms more if they weren't so gosh darn expensive, and my sister and I just started getting into DnD at a local game store. I still have no idea what I'm doing, but it seems like it's up my alley and I'm really looking forward to doing it more!
38. fave song at the moment?
Ooh, this one's hard because I haven't been in a huge music mood lately. Goofy answer is that song from the deer anime (y'know. shikanokonokonokokoshitantan etc.) because it keeps getting stuck in my head and I'm mad about how catchy it is. More genuine answer: Turn The Lights Off - Tally Hall, Birdhouse In Your Soul - They Might Be Giants, Jinsei Nannimo Wakannee - Necry Talkie.
24. whatâs one thing youâre proud of yourself for?
Finishing a sewing project when I was like 17. It was a 3-foot-long Toothless plush, and I have never completed a project with that many pieces before or since. (That, or graduating college.)
#pickle pontificates#ask#vetchtibbles#the three songs I listed were from my last music kick a few months ago#they just felt very right at the time and I was listening to a lot of Necry Talkie and TMBG#I came to the conclusion that I do not care for tally hall in general#but turn the lights off and ruler of everything have about the exact right mix of atmosphere and catchiness and weirdness for me personally
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watching a yall know what gameplay cause i love suffering and im just. its even worse than i expected
#wheres the atmosphere in the butterfly room#thats place stood out to me So much like its so iconic and here its like. no weird lights no weird colors no weird music#whats the fucking point then#also shrimping myself cause of all of angelas scenes i knew the new actress wouldnt have the range for them#im not sure if it was the vo direction or the actress or what but it doesnt compare to the og im sorry#in general the new dub sucks so much it feels like theyre all acting in a hollywood movie#i need all these people to sound like they just woke up from the worst nap of their life#also im not even gonna comment on the combat the animations still look choppy as hell#and the over the shoulder camera was a mistake all scenes in the apartments only have visibility on like 1/4 of the screen cause of it
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How did practice today go :0??
Pretty fun! It was mostly organisational stuff, since we also have several new people on the group :D some had experience with theatre before, some are total beginners, so I'm very interested how this year will go! There's like... 20 of us tho so it will certainly be an ambitious group to work with
I also met some people I played with before, but then our groups didn't align, so I'm excited to work with them again :DD
We had a little improv exercise in groups near the end, which ended up pretty funny and a way to know each other and open up a bit ^^
#the funniest i think thing was image of a hazard centre having a special room ready to cut out kidneys of people who lost all money#so that they can sell it and get more money#like thats happened enough times already they have a room for it đ hilarious thing to improv. not my idea#and also EVERYONE in the group going all âawwww :(â audibly at the fact that a little colourful rug on the scene would be taken away later#but overall yeag it was nice#the atmosphere in the classes is really light. i enjoy it a lot bc its so easy to open up#i generally take a bit to open up to people and be able to joke around and voice ideas and have fun openly#but out there its so easy and simple. its very nice to have this. makes it less stressful even if u mess up#keri rambles#asks#hoc tag#can u tell i love this class
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#sci-fi architecture#futuristic cityscape#gothic towers#dystopian scenery#surreal landscape#flower field#digital art#high detail#fantasy environment#ominous clouds#dramatic lighting#contrast between nature and urban#sprawling metropolis#vertical city#advanced civilization#spire-like buildings#eerie atmosphere#science fiction setting#towering structures#foggy backdrop#ai#ai generated#ai generated images#ai image#sci fi#gothic
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#creepy#spooky#demon-possessed matryoshka doll#glowing eyes#đą#đ#gloomy forest#funeral urn#night time#Halloween#horror art#atmospheric lighting#dark lighting#dim lighting#moody lighting#ambient occlusion#halloween lighting#ai generated
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made for lovinâ you
older!Eddie Munson x fem!reader
A bad Tinder date gets a whole lot betterâŚ
18+ MDNIâ9k
cw: age difference (30s/40s), alcohol, smoking, light choking, softdom!Eddie, face fucking, light hair pulling, fingering, piv sex, finishing inside, and aftercare âcos we deserve it âĽď¸
Iâve been in a Mood and now you all have to suffer.
eddie edit by @eddiemunsons-missingnipple
Holy shit, was this guy boring.
Not terribly surprising, unfortunately. Your expectations werenât all that high to begin with. Most of your recent forays into online dating had been yielding overwhelmingly middling results and this one was no exception.
He had seemed perfectly nice on the app, when he was nothing but a handful of generic pictures and a smattering of inoffensive text bubbles. But any appeal he held had been in steady decline the moment he took his seat next to you at the bar.
He looked more scared of you than anythingâfumbling his words and constantly having to push up his glasses as they slid down the bridge of his sweaty nose. You did what you could to help him relax, coaxing him into the conversation, asking all of those tedious first date questions.
And every single one, he answered with nothing but curt, clipped responses. Making no attempt whatsoever to follow up or ask you literally one single thing about yourself.
Then you made the fatal mistake of asking about work, and suddenly longed for the wall of silence. As soon as he got the chance, he launched into a long and droning explanation of his research on the behavior of crickets.
Acheta Domesticus, not that you asked. And he didnât so much as smirk at your gesundheit joke.
You might have called it quits entirely by nowâŚif it wasnât for the guy at the end of the bar.
He had arrived not fifteen minutes after your date did, and slid smoothly onto a stool directly in your eyeline. Which was good, considering you would have snapped your neck trying to get a look at him otherwise.
In a word, he was beautiful.Â
Slightly older, with long dark hair that was wavy and ruffled. A short and scruffy beard that only further accentuated the hard line of his jaw where it met the thick, muscular column of his neck.
He was quite literally littered with accessoriesâa silver hoop that glinted in his nose, leather cuff and chains on his wrists, chunky rings on his fingers that rapped rhythmically on the bar.
Then there were the more permanent accessories in the form of black ink tattoos that covered both his arms and scrawled upwards to peek out from underneath the collar of his t-shirt. A mix of all different styles and designs, ranging in quality from the kitchen scratcher bats on his elbow to the larger and more artful pieces clearly woven in later to complete the tapestry.
Youâd certainly never seen him here before, and that was sort of a feat for this place.
West End was one of your favorite places for this sort of date. It was close enough to your place to be convenient, yet far enough that there was no chance of a guy trying to invite himself over to âuse the bathroomâ or âwait for an Uberâ or whatever other excuses they dredged up.
It was actually two businesses in one, sharing the same name, running out of opposite sides of the same building. Causing only mild confusion.
To one side was a wine bar with cozy seating nooks furnished with plush loveseats, sofas and overstuffed armchairs, all a mishmash of vintage styles from thrift shops and flea markets.
But the other side was all modern and industrialâa billiards hall with high ceilings, exposed brick walls, and a large, glossy horseshoe bar that surveyed the tables from the center.
You tended to frequent the wine bar with your roommate Robin whenever you found yourselves in need of a moody atmosphere and some low, soft lighting, your evening scored by the crackle of some great vinyl record. But the other side was better for dates because it automatically gave you the out of an activity in case you found the conversation lacking.
And boy was it lacking tonight.
He regarded the pool tables more like they were live alligators and quickly dismissed your offer to play before launching right back into his overly-detailed explanation of the differences in the eating habits of crickets and grasshoppers. You sighed, no longer attempting to disguise your boredom as you propped your elbow on the bar and rested your chin on your hand.
It wasnât just that his research was boringâthough it was. Really, the problem was all of his technical explanations were so dry and devoid of any emotion that it made you wonder if he even enjoyed it. You had more stimulating interactions with the bartender, for crying out loud.
He was new to you too, but he moved behind the bar with such ease it seemed like heâd worked there for years. Heâd introduced himself as Steve, a row of pearly white teeth winking at you as he flashed a smile you were sure had won him his fair share of superlatives in high-school.Â
His look read more upscale mixologist, sporting a dark gray vest over a crisp white button down. Sleeves rolled up to show off his forearms that flexed with the pour of every drink, and the collar left open to reveal the glint of a gold chain resting on the soft down of his plentiful chest hair.
The hair on his head was shorter and lighter than the other manâs, but it was long enough to curl slightly around his ears and along the nape of his neck. The ends of it were kissed with caramel highlights that shone in the light when he flipped his head back or ran his large hands through the feathered locks whenever a piece fell forward into his bright hazel eyes.
Most importantly, he also seemed to be friends with your current fixation.
They had greeted each other jovially, hands meeting in a tight clasp over the bar before Steve grabbed a bottle of whiskey and started to pour without the other man even having to order. You watched with morbid fascination as those plush lips wrapped around the rim of his glass and his eyes fluttered closed as he took his first sip, the tattoo on his neck bobbing with the swallow.Â
Jesus Christ on a crackerâŚ
Suddenly, as though he could sense you watching, his eyes popped open and immediately locked on yours. You started at the sight of the deep brown, almost black, vortexes in the middle of his face, nearly choking on the sip you were taking of your own drinkâan excellent Malbec Steve had recommended when you first arrived.
A rush of warmth exploded on your face and you looked away, doing your best to pretend like he hadnât just caught you blatantly staring at him.
Or that you hadnât felt that egregious burst of excitement when he did. Did he care that you were looking? Was he looking at you now?
Doesnât matter, you reminded yourself, trying to return your attention to the man in front of you.
The one you had made an actual plan to come here and meet; the one who wasâŚstill talking.
The next bit of your date felt like it took an entire year. You mostly phoned it in, reluctant to admit defeat too quickly. But over and over again, you found your focus drifting either to the stranger at the end of the bar, or to the bartender. And often, those two went hand in hand.
Again, they were either very old friends or both of them were extremely friendly. They talked and joked back and forth in between Steve helping other customers, bouncing from end to end of the bar with ease, charming smile never faltering as he enchanted every person he served.
As for the other man, youâd caught his eye enough times by now that there was no mistaking he was watching you. Though, you suppose that meant he knew you were staring at him as wellâŚ
At the end of your first glass of wine, you excused yourself from the barâneeding a break from this guyâs droning voice more than anything.
He nodded, finally taking a sip of his beer heâd barely made any progress on heâd been so entrenched in his recent soliloquy.
The bathrooms at West End were towards the back, down a long hall that obscured them from view of the rest of the bar. It gave the impression of being in an alleyway with black beadboard paneling that came a little over halfway up the wall and an eclectic gallery of pictures.
There were two bathrooms side by side, just single-room stalls adorned with brass apartment numbers rather than gendered signs, and you slipped into the one with no light coming out from underneath the door. And maybe you took a little longer than you probably needed, milking your break for all it was worth. Not stalling, justâŚtaking care of some things.
Things like touching up your lip gloss that needed no touching up since you hadnât said more than two words in the past half hour. Or like pulling up Tinder on your phone and setting your location to the absolute minimum distance. You knowâŚjust on the off-chance someone in the immediate vicinity happened to also have the dating app installed.
No such luck, you found.
A bit more deflated than you had any right to be, you tucked your phone back into your bag and rolled your eyes at yourself as you reached for the doorknob. You didnât look up until you were almost at the end of the hall and when you did, you found brown eyes looking back at you.
He was headed for the bathroom as you were coming back and he caught you at the start of the long, narrow hallway leading to them. Your eyes met his as you approached and you paused, already anticipating that awkward shuffle of both of you trying to get out of the otherâs way.
There was no awkwardness, though.Â
Heat pooled low in your belly as he held your gaze, and rather than breezing right by when you came to a stop, he stopped as well and leaned against the wall to let you pass. He was close enough now that you could see his hair was streaked with slivers of silver and more grays tinged the edges of his beard, particularly under his ears behind the hinge of his jaw.
Your shoulder just barely brushed his chest as you passed, eye contact holding until you were looking back at him over your shoulder as you returned to the bar.
He stood there, watching until youâd rounded the corner and were out of sight before he moved. Pulse thrumming, you slid into your seat with his cologne still in your nose, tickling your brain.
By the end of your second glass of wine, you were more than ready to go. Frowning as you took your last sip, you gave Steve a regretful shake of your head when he asked if you wanted another.
And beside you, Dale just requested your checks as he pushed away his beer.
You didnât bother with feeling annoyed he hadnât offered to get even one of your drinks. To be fair, you had not been remotely good company as it was, and especially not once the guy at the far end of the bar decided to call it a night.
Your heart sank just a little as you watched him stand and pull on a creased and faded leather jacket. He then headed for the door, his eyes locking with yours one last time as he went.
Beside you, your date cleared his throat loudly to get your attention and your head jerked up as you realized Steve had placed your receipt in front of you to sign. If Daleâwait, was it Dale or Dave?ânoticed your fixation, he was too polite (or too chicken) to mention anything about it.
Tabs closed and coats thrown back on, you followed Dale (Drew? Dirk?) outside. The wintry air cut through your tights and you hugged your coat a little tighter around you.
âSo, which way are you headed?â you asked, rushing out the words before he could ask the same thing and float the idea of sharing a ride.
âUptown?â he replied.
âAhh, Iâm the other way.â
A derisive snort made your head whip sideways and your eyes darted to the source, landing first on the glowing orange dot of a cigarette and then on the plush pink lips wrapped around the filter at the other end. The snide comment locked and loaded on your tongue abruptly stalled.
It was him.
He leaned against the brick facade, foot kicked up behind him, watching your whole interaction. It made your cheeks burn with indignation, but the hungry look in his dark eyes made your entire lower half throb. His lips curved like the blade of a knife into a smirk as he stubbed his cigarette out on the wall and dropped it in a planter filled with sand next to him. You stared at him, your mind sort of blank, and his eyes remained fixed on yours as he strode back inside the bar.
âOkay, wellâŚI guess Iâm gonna go,â Dale sighed, a little petulantly.
You brought your eyes back to him and plastered on your most professional smile, shaking his hand formally like this was the end of an interview for a job he was never gonna get.
âSounds good,â you said. âNice to meet you.â
He frowned as he turned away, but you felt relatively certain youâd navigated that fine.
Surely he hadnât felt the date warranted any other sort of follow-up or lie about doing it againâyou certainly hadnât been on your A-game. And you shuddered to think that was his.
Once heâd gotten in his Uber, alone, and you had assured him the one you had yet to call was on its way, you tugged your phone out of your coat pocket and checked the time.
Right now, you had two choices. It was still early enough that Robin could probably come pick you up with minimal begging required.
Maybe you two could get fries and milkshakes and watch some garbage reality tv before falling asleep in a little cuddle pile on the couch.
It was the reasonable option.
The logical, safe choice.
But all your dates lately had been so painfully reasonable and logical and safe. There had been no horror stories to regale Robin with at Sunday brunch, nor any explosive sexual exploit the two of you could squeal and giggle over while curled up on your overstuffed sofa.
It was downright boring. And you were growing pretty weary of it.
You glanced down one more time at your phone, still thinking. Your thumb hovered over Robinâs contact info, needing only a single tap to dial, while your index rested on the lock button.
With a subtle flex of your hand, you clicked the screen off and headed back into the bar.
One more drink couldnât hurtâŚright?
âBack so soon?â
Steve was already smiling smugly at you as you approached, his eyebrow cocked as you slid back into your original seat and returned his smile with one of your own.
âI decided I couldnât live without another glass of that Malbec,â you sighed dreamily.Â
He nodded, amusement still tugging at his lips as he uncorked the bottle youâd been steadily draining all night and took down a clean glass from one of the wire racks suspended overhead. You pulled your card from your bag and held it out for him to reopen your tab, but Steve waved it off as he placed down the newly filled glass in front of you and slid it smoothly across the bar.
âItâs taken care of, honey,â he said.
âOh, really?â you chuckled. âBy who?â
Steve smirked at your incredulous tone, his muscled forearms flexing as he leaned on them.
You leaned forward as well, crossing your arms under your chest, knowing how nicely it propped up your cleavage. It made the bartenderâs eyes flash as he lowered his voice to a leading hum.
âThe dirtbag at the end of the bar.â
He nodded his head backwards, making those caramel-kissed locks of his flop across his brow. Your gaze followed Steveâs nod, landing on the wild head of hair and all-consuming brown eyes youâd been distracted by all night. The âdirtbagâ in question was staring straight back at you, the corner of his mouth curled as he raised his rocks glass of brown liquor and tipped it to you.
âIs he really a dirtbag?â you asked him, your eyes never dropping the strangerâs gaze.
âNah,â Steve shook his head. âJust looks like one.â
âGood to know.âÂ
You hummed to yourself, feeling almost a little cocky as you brought your glass to your lips and took an excruciatingly slow sip. The eyes of the man across the bar watched you intently, a fire burning in them that ignited your very being.
As Steve moved on to another customer, you pulled your eyes from those of the handsome stranger and let them fall briefly to the empty stool beside you. It was about as bold as you were willing to be at the time, but it did the trick. He promptly swiveled in his seat to slide off it and you smirked to yourself as you looked down, pretending to be fascinated by the garnet liquid swirling in your glass as he came around the bar.
âThatâs a great Malbec,â he said.
God, his voice.
It made your cheeks (among other things) tingle, smooth and smoky as the whiskey in his glass you could smell as he placed it down beside your wine. The scent of it mixed with his cologne that was dangerously close to becoming your new favorite aromaâsomething woodsy and heady with a tinge of lightness like a salty sea breeze.
âIt is,â you agreed, brow arching as he took the seat beside you. âYouâve had it before?â
âNah,â he smirked. âYou made it look so good, I had Stevie give me a taste. I told him to put your next one on me.â
Both of your brows raised at that. âAnd howâd you know I was coming back?â
âI didnât,â he said, taking a cheeky sip of his drink. âI just hoped.â
You felt a smile burgeoning on your lips and pulled your bottom one back with your teeth trying, unsuccessfully, to fight it. He watched it spreading, the tip of his tongue running over the edges of his teeth as he offered you his hand.
You slid your own into his, feeling the exquisite pressure of chunky silver rings pressing on your fingers as he gave them a gentle squeeze.
âHi,â he said. âIâm Eddie.â
âNice to meet you, Eddie,â you purred right back, offering him your name after a beat.
He repeated it once, all low and rumbly, taking his time with the sound of it in his mouth like it was a piece of chocolate melting on his tongue. Holding your hand a bit longer than necessary.
âSo Iâm assuming Desperate Dan out there wasnât your boyfriend?â Eddie asked, chuckling into his next sip. The sound of it spiraled down your back, electrifying your spine.
âNope,â you sighed heavily. âJust another drop in the Tinder bucket.â
Eddieâs dark eyes gleamed with something like mischief and he made a tsking sound with his tongue. âWell, if thatâs the case, I sincerely apologize, sweetheart.â
âOh, yeah?â You smiled at him. âWhat for?â
His eyes flickered again, this time taking a long moment to do a sweep up and down your body. Landing on your knees in your tights, flitting back up to your face as she shook his head.
âIf someone like you has had to resort to dating appsâŚweâve clearly failed as a gender.â
You actually shivered at the words, forcing your shoulders still not to show it as you propped your elbow on the bar and swiped the tips of your nails across your chin and along your jaw to play with your earring. Deepening your voice to a sultry murmur he had to lean in close to hear.
âNo argument there.â
You rushed into the bathroom, flapping both your hands back and forth to fan your face and then under your arms. Safely hidden behind the door, your air of detachment could fall away and you could finally let out all the patently un-cool reactions you had been fighting the last hour.
With trembling hands, you pulled your phone out of your bag and fired off a text to Robin.
hey, Iâm gonna share my location with you the rest of the night.
wait WHAT? Losera Annoyingus is getting a bang pass?
no he leftâŚ
âŚabout an hour ago.
A blue bubble with three blinking dots immediately popped up on the thread and you imagined Robinâs thumbs actually smoking she was typing so furiously fast. But she must decide to abandon her message, because within a split second, a picture of you and her with your faces smushed together came up on the screen as she called you instead.
âHey,â you whispered, praying your voice didnât echo too much off the tiled walls.
âExplain,â she demanded. âNow.â
The excitement in her voice only increases your own, your cheeks still impossibly hot as you stand over the sink and fan yourself some more before another layer of sweat can form on your face.
âItâs this guy I met at the bar. He was like, making eyes at me while I was on my date and we started talking after and I justâI donât know for sure, but it feels like heâs gonna take me home.â
âIs he hot?â
âYes,â you breathed out a heavy, lustful sigh. âHeâs so hot I wanna rip his appendix out.â
âHoly shit,â Robin whistled. âWhatâs he look like?â
âHeâsâŚI donât know,â you laughed. âHe kind of looks like a Harley that came to life.â
âAlright then, you better go ride him.â
Robinâs snorted laugh makes you cover your own face with your palm. Itâs searing hot now, your blood pumping furiously beneath the surface of your skin.
âWell, I have to get back out there to make that happen.â
âGo, go, goâhave fun, use protection! Wait, hang on, not in that order!â
You laughed at her warning coming through faintly over the receiver as you mashed the button to end your call. With one last steadying breath, you leaned on the sink and nodded decisively.
âOkay,â you exhaled. âLetâs do this.â
Sage and sea salt filled your nose as you yanked the door open and nearly ran straight into the source of the scent. Eddie leaned against the wall across from the bathroom doors, shoulders shifting subtly as he twisted one of the large rings on his fingers.Â
You stood face to face now, hands hovering at your sides as you edged into the hallway.
âSorry,â he said sheepishly, tucking his chin to his chest as he looked up at you from under long lashes. âSomeoneâs in the other one.â
You glanced suspiciously at the second bathroom door, seeing no light coming from underneath it. Eddie winced, still smirking adorably as you turned the knob and pushed it open to reveal it was empty on the other side. He chuckled, holding up his hands in a mock surrender.
âFine,â he sighed. âYou caught me.â
âThought I was making a break for it?â you asked, pulling the door shut. Eddieâs tongue pushed against the inside of his cheek, his eyes roving over you slowly.
âIâd hate to think I scared you off,â he said as he kicked off the wall to stand up straight.
You crossed your arms under your chest, giving him a smile. âI donât scare so easy.â
He nodded at that, his eyes still taking you in, scanning you like he was reading invisible stats. They lingered a few places you expected, like the curve of your hips and the swell of your chest. But then they landed on other things too, things you werenât used to people noticing.Â
Things like your shoulders, or your calves in your boots, even your fucking ears.
âSoâŚeverything alright?â he asked, his voice lowering as he took a step closer.
âYeah, I was just letting my roommate know I might be gone a while.â You held up your phone and tucked it back inside your bag with another coy smile. He chuckled.
âA while, huh?â Step.
âYeah, you know...itâs pretty late.â Step. âMight be tough to get an Uber.â
âI wouldnât know,â Eddie shrugged. âI live close.â
âOh yeah?â
âYeah.â
You were nose to nose now, barely a whisper of space between you, the air thick with the heat radiating off your bodies in the narrow space.
The well worn leather of his jacket sleeve creaked softly as his hand came up to rest on the wall, caging you in with his arm.
âHow close?â you asked, breath shuddering as you leaned on the door for support.
âUp the street,â he sighed. âBut itâs still too far.â
His warm breath ghosted over your lips as they parted, the smell of the liquor coating his tongue making you feel woozy. Or maybe that was just the effect he was having on you.
He was so close now you could hear the bristly sound his beard made as he scratched at it with blunt fingertips. Heâd barely inhaled to ask if he could kiss you when you surged forward to press your lips to hisâthe roughness of his beard on your chin a welcome abrasion.
Scratching the itch thatâs plagued you all night.
Itâs a hungry, lawless sort of kiss. Quick and clashing and difficult to tell if itâs actually mean or notâlike two dogs play-fighting, both trying to see how much they can get away with before light snarls and soft snaps of their jaws turn to whimpers and whines.
Eddie parried with you for control, his tongue darting in and out of your mouth as he plied you with teasing, playful kisses you fought to deepen, tugging at his shirt. He pushed off the wall and reached down to grab your wrists, pinning them over your head to keep them in place.
The thrill of him trying to restrain you only made you unravel further, straining impatiently against his grasp. Breathless, you stretched out your neck and pushed your face past all his hair to place your lips beside his ear and pant into it.
âCan we go back toââ
âYou wanna come back toââ
The both of you chuckled and exhaled with relief as your words and his overlapped, and you felt a sudden rush between your legs from the way Eddieâs eyes blazed with intention.
He released his hold on your wrists and your arms fell limp at your sides. In an instant, he had your hand wrapped tightly in his and was pulling you along as he angled towards the exit.
As you hurried after him out of the hallway and across the bar, you distantly registered music playing, picking out the chugging guitar and bass riffs of some 80s dance song. From behind the bar, Steve caught Eddieâs eye and you saw him offer his friend a two finger salute as the two of you burst through the door, your departure narrated by Paul Stanleyâs deep, silky croon.
And tonight, I want to lay at your feet. Cause girl, I was made for you, And girl, you were made for meâŚ
Eddie wasnât kidding about living close.
Your boots clacked on the sidewalk as he ushered you along under his arm, the quick pace of your walk driven both by the chill in the air and the desire to resume what you started at the bar.
âThis is me,â he said, indicating a four-story brick building just a block away from West End.
His place was on the top floor. It was a large studio with high ceilings and many features similar to the bar youâd just left. Half of the space was raised like a platform with a steel wire railing running along the edge. He had his bed up there and what looked like an office, but heâd created a divider of sorts with cube shelves filled with sweats, hoodies and t-shirts.
Promptly, you recalled him telling you he owned a company that designed and distributed merch for independent artists, and how he was constantly receiving samples from suppliers.
The kitchen was simple, sleek cabinetry and stainless steel appliances without a single smudge. A massive butcherâs block with a wooden top and wire racks underneath serving as an island. And a steel rack hanging down from overhead laden with cast iron cookware.
You took a few more careful steps inside, chest heaving as you tried to catch your breath from being kissed stupid in the elevator while Eddie flipped some switches that illuminated the space with recessed lighting. Large black-paned windows revealed a view of the city and the night sky outside, some amber light from the street filtering in and casting across the oak floors.
In his living area was a massive brown leather sectional with extra-deep cushions and a chaise at both ends. It faced a plain wall with a screen you assumed went with the projector hanging down from one of the exposed beams overhead.
Every inch of your skin crackled with excitement as he came up behind you and reached around to grip the lapels of your coat and help you out of it, letting his fingertips skim your bare arms as he did. It made you shiver in spite of the warm air you could feel pumping out of the vents.
He hung up your coat next to his on a hook by the front door and you turned to face him as he sauntered back over. His gait was relaxed and casual, like he had all the time in the world.Â
Like he wasnât driving you up the wall with every second you went without his mouth on yours.
âDid you want another drink?â
He gestured in the direction of a liquor cabinet, glass shelves lined with a modest array of wines and spirits, but you shook your head at the offer.
âNot particularly,â you said with a coy grin.
Reaching out and hooking a finger in his belt loop, you whirled yourself into him and slotted your mouth against his, licking into it to taste the smoky remnants of whisky there. He breathed into it deeply, his broad chest expanding with it and chuckling when he felt your hands on his belt.
âEasy there, tiger,â he teased, your lips breaking apart and taking hold of your wrists to still their efforts. âWhat kind of girl do you think I am?â
âHopefully the kind that knows how to fuck.â
You smirked, the tip of your tongue flicking out between your teeth as your face veered in again. Your hips pressed with his and you began to sway back and forth, gently grinding them on him, resuming the dance youâd begun. His face came close, his hands settling on your waist.
âCâmon, honey,â he drawled. âHavenât you heard good things come to those who wait?â
His lips trailed along the column of your neck, sending a riot of shivers down your spine causing you to release a breathy sigh.
âSorry, what? All I heard was come.â
Eddie chuckled at that and his breath rushed across your neck as he smiled into your jugular.
âYouâre funny,â he sighed. âWeâll see how funny you are when I get done with you.â
It was a miracle your knees didnât buckle on the spot. Your eyes rolled back in your head, almost seeing the inside of your skull as his hand came up and he placed it around your throat.
âYou want this?â he asked, his tone cool and precise, his eyes wandering across your face.
âYes,â you gasped, all desperate and panting now you were so eager for him to start.
His thumb and middle finger pressed the sides of your throat, slowing the flow of blood just enough to make your head go fuzzy and your body to go just barely limp in his arms.Â
âYes, what?â he growled. You drew a shuddering breath, unrestricted by his expert hold.
âYes, I want this,â you answered. âI want you.â
Eddie took his time undressing you, softly kissing the new expanse of skin he unveiled with the removal of each piece of clothing.
He nipped lightly at your collar bones as he shed your blouse, canines catching briefly on the chain around your neck. He dragged his lips torturously slow over your stomach as he undid your skirt and it fell to the floor with a soft plop. His breath rush across your thigh as he kneeled to drag down the zippers of your boots, kissing your inseam though your tights all the way down to your ankles.
Every second was a kind of exquisite torture. Your heart hammered behind your ribs, the bones almost rattling with the force of it. And as much as you were dying to grab him by the back of the head and take over, you let yourself slip steadily under the spell of his affections.
You believed what he seemed to be whispering with his eyes in between every indelible kiss he dropped to your buzzing skin. He had you. He would take care of you. You could trust him.
And once you were totally bare in front of him, he held out his hand for you to take and he spun you in a slow circle like a ballerina in a music box, his eyes feasting on every inch of you.
If it was anyone else, you might have shied away. You might have felt some level of shame or concern about being stark naked in front of him while he was still fully clothed. You might have worried he would see something he didnât like, some flaw or defect you preferred hidden. But the look on his face was nothing short of rapturous.
He walked you over to the couch and kissed you deeply as he removed his clothes. Showing not an ounce of the kind of care and consideration for his own as he did for yours, he stripped them off hastily and discarded them, tossing them away like they were garbage.
Your naked bodies came together in a full press, his arms curling around your form and his hands stroking your skin like he was trying to make sure not a single part of it went untouched.
At last, he sank down onto the sofa and his knees spread apart, his hard cock standing stiff and ready for you. He took your hands in his like he was going to pull you forward onto his lap, but you dropped to your knees instead, tucking your feet under your ass.
You looked up at him expectantly, your eyes darting between his face and his cock, the corners of your mouth curling upwards in a smile as your brows raised with a silent question.
âYou sure?â he asked, circling his base with his thumb and forefinger to give a gentle squeeze. âI can take care of you, you know? Fuckinâ love to.â
âDonât worry,â you said cooly, lashes fluttering as you scooted closer. âYou will.â
You placed your hands on his knees and pushed them further apart so you could lean forward to kiss up the inside of his leg. Trying to give him a taste of his own slow, teasing medicine, you worked your way all the way up to the crease of his thigh and turned your head inward.
Eddieâs breath stuttered as your lips met his shaft, poking your tongue out to run it up the length. His head tipped to the side, his ear touching his shoulder to get a better view of you licking at him, halting grunts and gasps tumbling past his lips as yours puckered to kiss it more.
When you were satisfied youâd gotten him sufficiently worked up, you reached out and wrapped your hands around him fully, your fists stacked and twisting gently.
You stroked him off slow and even, your hands squeezing tight around his shaft, mixing your spit and the beginning of his spend that leaked from his tip. He watched you reverently, eyes hooded as he enjoyed your show. And looking up at him, a gooey sort of warmth filled your entire body.
You felt yourself slipping further into that sort of headspace you cravedâall pliant and willing, your knees digging into his plush area rug as your legs tingled with numbness.
Your heart raced as you imagined giving yourself up to him completely.Â
Letting him take whatever he wanted from you.
As though he sensed it, as though he could read the desperation in your eyes, he cradled your jaw in his large hand and dotingly stroked the side of your face as he tilted his head at you.
âWhat is it, baby?â he cooed encouragingly. âWhat do you want? You can tell me.â
âWant you to use me,â you pleaded, fingers still sliding around him. âUse my mouth.â
Eddie gazed at you where you kneeled in front of him, your eyes having gone all big and round and glassy, shining with the tears you were dying for him to make spill down your cheeks.
Begging for it.
âOf course, baby, of course,â he sighed, gripping your chin and swooping in to kiss you deeply.
His firm hold gave you permission to go limp and you let your hands fall from his cock to rest on his muscled thighs, palms coasting over his tattoos and sparse leg hair. He pulled back, keeping your chin grasped in his fingers, holding your face still as he instructed you.
âYou slap me three times in a row if you want to stop, okay?â he ordered in a husky rasp. âDo it for me now, so I know you can.â
You obeyed instantly, delivering three strikes to his thigh. His lips curled in a devilish grin.Â
âThatâs it, just like that,â he hummed in approval. âWhat a smart girl you are, huh?â
The praise rippled down your back, his words making you tingle all over, much like your calves that were starting to go numb from sitting back on them. He reached around the back of your neck, gently guiding you into position so his cock was pointed directly at your lips.Â
His large hands nearly covered your entire head, holding it in his firm grasp, his fingertips digging into your scalp and causing even more shivers. Eyes locked with his, you let your mouth hang open and your tongue loll out fully, reaching almost all the way to your chin.Â
Eddie moaned loudly, mesmerized by the pool of spit youâd let collect in your mouth and the way it dribbled past your lips, running down your tongue and dripping onto your chest.
âFuuuuck,â he chuckled low and rough, touching just the tip of his dick to your wet tongue. âYou really want me dead, huh?â
Your eyes danced as you nodded, the motion causing your tongue to brush against his sensitive slit and spread his precum across the flat of it. A sharp gasp punched from his chest, not ready for the sensation, and his whole body shuddered with need. His eyes blazed and his nostrils flared as he gripped tighter around the back of your head and thrust fully into your mouth.
Lewd sounds filled the room as he pushed his cock past your lips, your mouth flooded with spit that poured out of you and pooled in the wiry thatch of hair at the base of his cock. You felt your body going lax and floppy as you gave yourself over to him, letting him hold your head up as you melted into little more than a puddle.
âThatâs it, baby. Just let go, let me take what I need,â he drawled in that smoky voice, beginning a gentle thrust of his hips that pushed him deeper still into your mouth. âYouâre doing so wellâŚâ
The salty tang of him covered your tongue as your jaw slackened to accommodate more of him, the sounds you were making coming out garbled.
âChrist, you sound so fucking sweet choking on my cockâ he groaned. âWhat a good slut you are, huh? Giving me this mouth, letting me ruin it?â
You gagged loudly as his cock pushed in further until his tip met the back of your throat. He held the back of your head and your nose was nuzzling against the hair at his base, breathing in his thick and heady musk. Far earthier than his cologne, this was a smell that could only be him.
His eyes flitted to your hand clutching at him, your nails digging into the meat of his thigh.
But you made no move to tap out. Another tight spasm of your throat had him throwing his head back, his eyes pinching shut and his lips falling open in a desperate gasp.
âShit, that feels so good,â he whined softly, his domineering mask slipping ever so slightlyâthe broken sound only making you go more feral.
Bracing yourself on his thighs, you began to push your head down to meet his thrusts, fucking your own face with his cock so hard that his grip on the back of your head was extraneous.
âOkay, okayâokay,â he grunted, chest heaving as he pulled you off him before he could blow.
His fingers held fast in your hair, squeezing it at the roots. You drew in air in great heaving breaths, panting from the effort, your tongue still hanging out of your mouth and head bobbing as you tried to chase the cock he had to drag you off of.
âYouâre a greedy fucking girl, arenât you, baby?â he chuckled, yanking your head back sharply so you were staring at the ceiling, eyes straining to look at him over the curves of your cheeks.
âYes, sir,â you gasped back, chest still heaving.
âYou want my cum that bad?â he teased lowly, pushing his face against yours and smearing the wetness of your tears across your cheeks.
âYes, please,â you whined pitifully. âI need it.â
âOh, youâll get it,â he assured you, reaching down with his free hand to rub between your legs. âBut only if it goes in this needy little pussy.â
Your entire body writhed as his fingers toyed with your swollen clit and dripping folds, scalp stinging where he gripped your hair with his other hand.
A pleasurable wail burst out of you as his thick fingers thrust inside your warm, wet hole and started to scissor relentlessly.
âYES, fuckâcome in me. Please, pleaseâŚâ
More tears spilled freely down your cheeks as you begged him, drip, drip, dripping off your chin and onto your heaving chest, rolling down your naked body, leaving wet trails in their wake.
Eddie had to fight the urge to lick your clavicle.Â
He hauled you up onto his lap, scooting down so he could plant his feet properly on the floor. Your knees sank into the worn leather of his cushions on either side of his hips and you used all what little strength you had left to reach down and align yourself with him.
âDonât you hold backâhaahâalright?â he said, hissing softly as you sank down on his length. âI want that fucking loser from Tinder to be able to hear you from here. Understand?â
You nodded, hips beginning to slide back and forth, relishing the way his thick cock prodded at your insides and stoked your desire. Eddie let you keep control for a moment, his hands squeezing at the softness of your stomach, molding it with them. He watched you raptly, mesmerized by the undulations of your body, the way you let it writhe and rock and squirm on him until he thought you might come solely from your own movements.
A loud, exhilirated moan burst out of you as he suddenly thrust his hips upwards, eyes rolling to the back of your head as he slammed into your g-spot on the first fucking strokeâas if he could see straight through your flesh to aim for it.
The room filled with sounds even more lewd than beforeâthe wet clap of his thighs with your ass cheeks, his balls slapping your soaking pussy, your mound squishing into his pelvis.
Eddie threw his head back, overwhelmed by the sight of every part of you bouncing so prettily on him. And as he exposed his neck, everything in the room went hazy except that thick, taught, muscled column. Sending you feeling.
You clawed at it desperately and drew hot, red streaks down it with your nails that trailed all the way to the middle of his tattooed chest.
âThatâs it, baby,â he groaned. âMark me up. Show everybody who owns meââ
He slid his hands back to grip your ass, spreading the fleshy globes wide and stretching your holes further open as he continued to slam his length inside you. He let one side go and delivered a single stinging slap that reverberated throughout your whole body.Â
The burn made you keen, arching your back until your chest was flush with his. He reached up to grip the back of your neck, taking your earlobe between his teeth and raking them over it.
âNow that that mouth is free, I wanna hear how good you feel,â he growled.
And if you thought you were loud before, it was nothing compared to now. The combination of his words and the perfect pace being set by his cock sent you instantly toppling over the edge, with Eddieâs own release following right behind.
In that moment, you vowed to send a fruit basket to every single one of his neighborsâan apology for making them think that a woman was getting murdered in the middle of the night two or three stories above their heads. The orgasm he brings you to makes you scream, practically sobbing as you cry out in immeasurable relief while searing hot pleasure ravages your entire body.Â
Itâs an ascent youâve never dreamed of reaching the peak of, the feeling spreading to the tips of every extremity, filling you with fire. It feels so good, it almost makes you sad to know you might never feel like this again. And if your brain hadnât already turned to mush, you might have cared.
As you dwindled down from your high, you slumped forward limp and spentâyour body still rippling with the effects, Eddieâs arms coming up to hold you against him as he peppered your shoulder with soft, sweet kisses.
âThatâs it,â he breathed out in your ear. âThatâs it, baby, just feel itâŚsuch a good girl fâmeâŚâ
He ran his fingers slowly up and down the column of your spine, creating waves of shivers waiting for your trembling to subside.
His length grew soft inside of you, but he made no move to slide you from his lap or to rush you in the slightest. He let you cling on to him, your face buried in his sweaty neck, his long hair tickling your face, losing yourself in his touch.
Slowly, your breathing grew deep and even, your racing heart slowing in your chest. Eddie turned his head and spoke to you quietly with his warm breath fanning across your cheek.
âYou ready to move?â he asked.
You gave a weak nod.
Wobbling on unsteady legs, you stood and his hands quickly moved to the curve of your waist to keep you steady. He took you to the bathroom which looked more like it belonged in a spa than someoneâs house, sitting you on the toilet.
From a hook hanging on the back of the door, he produced two bright white waffle weave robes, offering one to you. And as you wrapped the soft material around your shoulders, he turned on one of the faucets and held his fingers underneath it to test the temperature.
Once heâd deemed it warm enough, he took a fluffy washcloth from a little pyramid of them that were rolled up next to the sink basin. He held it under the stream, saturating the cloth and then giving it a gentle twist. You watched his hands every step of the way, mesmerized by the way his veins bulged under his skin and the muscles in his arms flexed as he wrung out the excess water.
He rubbed the warm cloth gently across your face, wiping off the residue of tears and spit and cum and what little was left of your make-up until your bare face shone in the soft lighting.Â
Once he had finished, he dropped the cloth into a hamper and cradled your face in his hands, his thumbs gliding easily over your slippery skin.
âSo pretty,â he hummed, the words so soft you wondered if you were even meant to hear them.
From one of the drawers in the vanity, he brought out a pot of moisturizer and offered it to you with a smile. You frowned up at him, jutting out your bottom lip in a comical pout, not ready for him to stop taking care of you. It made him chuckle and a bemused smile spread across his lips as he tapped the tips of his fingers in the gel and started to smooth it over your cheeks.
âCome lay down with me?â he asked when heâd finished, head tilting back in the direction of the short set of stairs leading up to where his bed sat.
You nodded and he held out his hand to lead you out of the bathroom. You curled up on top of his dark duvet, your head sinking into the softness of his down pillow that held the faint scent of what you guessed was his tea tree oil shampoo.
The thick mattress dipped as he climbed onto it with you and draped a beige knit blanket over the both of you before he sidled up against your body.
It wasâŚnice. More than nice. Shit, it was as close to perfect as you had felt in a long time.
The feel of his chest expanding and contracting against your back; his steady breath on the nape of your neck; the soft robe wrapped around your body and the comforting weight of the blanket on top of you. Not to mention Eddieâs arm curled securely around your waist.Â
Your eyes felt heavy, like your eyelashes suddenly weighed a thousand pounds, and you drifted fully into sleep, succumbing to the relief that had washed over you not twenty feet away.
When you woke, it was still dark out.Â
The street noise had lessened significantly and if you had to hazard a guess, it might have been close to one or two in the morning. Eddieâs place was darkened, lit only by orange street light that filtered through his windows and a half-dimmed reading light in the corner.
It was an arc lamp, suspended over a leather Eames chair where you could see that your coat and all of your previously discarded clothes were arranged in a neat little pile. But laid out at the foot of the bed right next to your feet were a pair of black fleece pants and hoodie, both about your size and emblazoned with the names of bands you didnât recognize.
You sat up slowly, fingers hovering over the thick material as you debated. Were they for you? They looked a little big for Eddie, but maybe he had laid them out for himself? Was it a sign he was about to go to bed and you needed to get moving?
In the end, you slid out from underneath the blanket still draped over you and redressed in your clothes. After pulling your tights and skirt back on, stepping into your boots and zipping them up your calves, pulling your coat back on, you looked around the loft searching for Eddie.
From up here, you could see the bathroom door was open and the light was offâŚeliminating the only place he could actually be. And then your eyes fell on one of the windows that was cracked open with a short step-ladder built into the wall that had been pulled down in front of it.
You pulled your coat around you tighter the closer you got to the window and tentatively climbed the steps leading up to it. You pushed the large glass pane the rest of the way open and poked your head outside to find Eddie sitting on his terrace, resting with his back to the brick, head tipped back as he exhaled a cloud of smoke from his lips that drifted up towards the stars.
âHey,â you said softly. His head turned at the sound and a wide smile spread across his lips.
âThere she is,â he said in a gentle cheer.
You climbed through the window and a breeze carried the scent of the joint he was holding. You took a seat across from him, leaning back against the metal railing and letting your legs stretch out alongside his. He dropped his hand to rub your calf and he frowned at the realization you had redressed in your tights and boots. His brow furrowed adorably.
âSomething wrong?â you asked.
He shook his head and took another drag of the joint before passing it into your waiting fingers.
âThe clothes were for you,â he said. âYâknow, if you wanted something to sleep in.â
You paused, the joint just shy of touching your lips. âLikeâŚif I was staying?â
âWould you stay?â he asked, a ribbon of smoke curling in the air as he exhaled.
Your mouth hung open, clouds of your hot breath escaping. âOh, umâŚI mean, only if youââ
He cut you off with his lips, slipping his hand around the back of your neck and pulling you into a long kiss. Tiny embers scattered from the joint, being taken by the wind that blew and made the ends of Eddieâs long hair tickle the sides of your face. You pulled apart and he answered solidly.
âI want you to,â he said.
wasn't expecting this to be so long (that's what she said), but I hoped you liked it if you made it this far 𩷠love you, mean it!
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send me 𧲠and i'll tell you what my muse currently thinks of your muse.
Tim is very attached to Kain, like practically to the hip lol. His friend / family- he fails to see a difference only that Kain is important to him. Although an anxious wreck Kain has earned a high amount of trust from Tim, someone they can rely on.
Feelings and thoughts on Kain spending extra time with Kumo are very conflicted-
Lad likes seeing Kain happy (and Kumo) so he's not about to interfere, say or do anything but change is also hard on him, especially with already still kind of dealing with the massive changes already thrown at him being in Wonderland as it is so having whatever sense of balance or stability being shaken up/changing leaves some icky feelings.
He doesn't think badly of Kain mostly he just never knows what to do with himself when left on his own, perhaps a bit of fear/jealousy because well if he's got Kumo to make him happy... maybe he won't need/want him anymore..
Obviously untrue, and he tries to convince himself Kain would never do such a thing, doesn't think him that kind of person, but with a lot of his self worth tending to hinge on being useful for others and needed it's an anxious fear that exists none the less that just crops up from time to time.
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Tim does have growing concern of whatever is going that he's not being told. Not about to pry but he can tell or at least instincts make him think that Kain has seemed different at times. Though he hopes he's wrong.
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That all said to keep from ending on a downer, over all he thinks quite positively and favourably on Kain. Curious and interesting he enjoys watching the man tinker.
#forgotten-teammates#anxiety tw#keep it secret; ask#light on their feet; kumo#a kindered spirit [kain]#Chimera in Wonderland (ffu)#Even if we haven't actually explored those areas more yet / gotten to Tim to ask about family and call him that :3 still technically true.#[despite appearances he's def not well or fully adjusted asf he manages but its been a lot on him]#[with his time line all over the place at the comodeen wasn't sure whether or not to mention anything but uh yeh-#he may not know of Kumo's situation or any of that but I mean given who he spends most of his time around he's going to pick up on/-#notice something is up / the atmosphere change of sometimes something just feeling wrong- in part due to keen observation but also#you know how animals are able to pick up on when/if something is wrong you know]#[Feel it really important to reiterate I am in no way stating that he knows anything he just picking up on the general bad vibe/energy ]#[also dude is gonna hear stuff even if he doesn't hear whats said can still hear tone n stuff potentially]
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I'm imagining how Logan letting you see his claws up close for the first time would go and like not to be too tmi, but I do think Logan's claw slits would be soooo sensitive.
I could imagine him not really holding hands with you or letting you get too close to his hands in general until the two of you have progressed past something superficial.
The first time he lets you even get near his hands is when the two of you are lying in his bed. Your back pressed to his chest and his chin resting atop your head.
You've got one of his hands held by both of yours, running your fingers over his blue veins and tracing the divets and scars of his skin.
"How'd you get this one?" You ask, running your thumb over the rough line of skin, tilting your head up against his chin some.
His other hand momentarily stops its path where he'd been smoothing it down the soft of your arm.
"Think I was cutting up an apple," he jokes.
The two of you burst into a fit of giggles and he presses a kiss to the side of your temple, moving to speak before he's suddenly caught off with a moan so low you almost weren't sure what it was at first.
Logan doesn't even seem as though he's noticed as his brows remain furrowed and his body relaxed beneath you.
"What was that?" You turn to him, brows arched. You know he can already read the scheming expression written over your features.
Wordlessly, he pops his neck as he moves his hand upwards towards your face, pulling your hands along with it.
Balling his hand into a fist, he turns his knuckles towards you.
Your eyes catch on three small slits between each of his digits, only about half and inch or so long.
Cautiously, you run the tip of your finger down the length of one, earning a shiver from the man beneath you.
"Does it hurt?" You say quietly, nearly a whisper. Almost as if speaking too loud would startle the riveting atmosphere of the room.
You feel him shake his head 'no' behind you before he says gently, "feels good."
You give a slow nod at that, eyes glued to his knuckles.
"Can I touch them again?" You ask after a quiet moment passes.
Logan hums from behind you, "Go ahead."
You're careful in the amount of pressure you apply as you gently stroke the tips of your finger down each slit, relishing in the soft hums earned by the man behind you.
You can feel Logan's eyes watching you â as if equally enthralled with your newfound fascination of his mutation.
He lets you enjoy the delicate nature of it. A man so brutally threatening and deemed almost wild for the majority of his life subdued by something so seemingly trivial about the very thing that labeled him dangerous in the first place.
It's sweet to him.
"D'like it?" Your voice pulls him from his haze.
He seems to mull over his response, unfurling his hand to flex all five fingers in a spread palm.
"S'okay," he offers before unsheathing his claws, letting you look them over.
The lights from his room add a sparkle to their sharp tips, and for a moment, he finds his loathed despotion for them to be almost futile.
"They're pretty." You comment, meeting his hazel eyes in the metallic reflection of them.
He scoffs, "That's just cus' you're lookin' at yourself in 'em."
You feel him reach towards his beer on the nightstand. "I mean it." You click your tongue.
It's a sensitive topic for him, you know that.
Logan takes a swig of his beer, taking another look at his claws. He turns his hand back and forth before retracting them with a 'Shing!'
"Well, in that case," he flicks your temple with a chuckle, "Thank you."
"Can I see them again?" You pull his hand back into your own.
With a sigh, Logan unsheathes his claws for you again.
He takes another swig of his beer, mumbling "Brat."
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