#ask the lgbtqs of lovestruck

[gentle2angel]

Sirius and Remus reacting to their daughter!reader coming out to them as lesbian/bisexual/pansexual

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Daughter!reader would go to the mall's library to get a book she's been eyeing for a while. Upon finding it, she walked towards the cash register not really paying attention to her surroundings. She placed the book gently in front of the worker, not yet looking up. She would then hear a deep but soothing girl voice, finally looking up at the worker. Upon seeing her appearance, daughter!reader would feel her cheeks heat up slightly. A tall girl with silky black hair and light blue eyes would stare down at daughter!reader, a slight smirk on her face (no matter your height, the girl is taller than you). Daughter!reader would have a lesbian/bisexual/pansexual panic, stuttering like a lovestruck high school girl while paying. She almost didn't hear her phone ringing, Sirius calling to say Remus and himself are waiting for her in the parkin lot of the mall. Daughter!reader would clumsily take her book and receipt, almost forgetting to thank the tall girl and then giving her a shy smile. She then would hurry out of the mall, a blushing mess.

Daughter!reader would be silent in the backseat at the beginning of the car ride, Remus and Sirius holding hands on the arm rest as Remus drives. Daughter!reader would still be blushing slightly, only able to look down at the book she bought. Remus would try to strike a conversation— opting to talk about which book his daughter bought, himself being a bookworm.

"Which book did you buy sweetie-" Remus asked, enable to finish his sentence before daughter!reader cut him off, "I think I'm lesbian/bisexual/pansexual." She would blur that out out of pure impulse and stress, her encounter with the beautiful girl, messing with her mind slightly (in a good way of course). Sirius, previously sipping on his coffee, would almost choke. That would worry daughter!reader slightly, not thinking rationally and starting to believe "Imagine they reject me". Girly would stress beyond relief, forgetting that Remus is gay and Sirius is bisexual— her own fathers.

Her train of thoughts would be stopped as she would hear heavy laughing from her fathers. Sirius would cough lightly, since he almost choked on his coffee, while giggling. Sirius would turn his body towards the backseat to look at his daughter, "Oh? Well papa and I are really proud of you for coming out honey, but we've known forever!" Daughter!reader would look at her dad, dumbfounded, "W-Wait what?!" She would stutter out in shock. Remus would look at her through the rear mirror, smiling, "Mhm, we've known ever since you we're in primary school sweetie!" Daughter!reader would be flabbergasted in the backseat, only able to mutter out a shock 'How?'. Sirius would nod in agreement at Remus' previous words, "You we're 7 honey and you had a crush on everyone, no matter the gender. You even kissed a girl in second grade!" Remus would laugh, "I remember that! You kept giggling happily while telling us."

The poor girl would blink multiple time, looking at Sirius, "W-Well.. I-Is it alright..?" Sirius would be laughing his ass off, Remus nudging him to stop, a giggle of his own coming out. It was a red light so Remus could finally turn his head slightly towards the backseat to look at daughter!reader, "Of course It's alright sweetpea! We don't care as long as you're happy!" Sirius nudged Remus with his elbow, a grin on his face, "She was bound to join us at some point~ We're a whole LGBTQ family!"

Daughter!reader would finally relax, her rational thoughts coming back into memories, remembering how her dads are gay so of course they would accept her! She would kinda feel dumb but brush it off at the same time. She joined in with the giggling of her parents, "So why did you guys never tell me?" Daughter!reader asked curiously, tracing the cover of her book with her finger while looking up from time to time at the front seats. Remus would start driving again, the red light turning green, "Because we let you find out on your own sweetpea"

Daughter!reader would smile softly, feeling relieved and happy. The calm moment would be short lived though as Sirius, stretching into his passenger seat, "So who's the lucky person?" A grin was proudly plastered on his face.

ᴀɴɢᴇʟ : This was so much fun to write! I meant do a part two where they playfully nudge daughter!reader to ask the tall girl for her number!

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[beamycomet]

You pump out these updates so fast! It's really impressive, but I hope you're doing okay!

I also wanted to ask, considering I found out about Love and Legends (and Lovestruck by extension) like, a week ago: what was the original app like? How many routes were there? Which one's your favorite, and why is it Helena? (/j)

Sorry if these are weird questions, I'm just really interested and curious about this project!

First of all, welcome to Lovestruck! I'm glad that more people are finding and experiencing Lovesruck despite the game being dead for almost 2 years at this point.

Anyway, Lovestruck was probably the most unique visual novel app I have ever played not only because of the app's unique artstyle and charm but also the huge amount of LGBTQ+ representation the app has included during it's run. The stories are played out differently compared to other VN apps as well where the story is completely different depending on the route you choose.

Now I'm not 100% sure how many routes Lovestruck included but I think it's over 70+ routes across 19 different series and you can choose to romance male, female and non-binary characters.

As for my favorite routes, obviously one of them is Helena because the writing for her route is incredible, but some of my other favourite routes in no particular order includes Juliette from Villainous Nights, Xenia from Reigning Passions, Emeril from Sweet Enchantments, Medusa from Astoria Fate's Kiss, Vivienne from Queen of Thieves and Vanessa from Havenfall. There is a few other routes that I enjoy other than the ones that I mentioned, but I'm going to be here forever listing all of them!

If you want to check out some of these routes for yourself, then I strongly recommend checking out the LS Salvation Squad YouTube Channel as they have recordings of every route from the Lovestruck app. Watching a recording of someone playing the game is not the same as actually playing the game for yourself but it's the closest thing we have right now to actually experiencing the app.

[paranoid-necromi]

The Big-Bad Request List!

Hihi I'm Necromi/Nomi and I do requests for all fandoms listed and tagged!!! I had a post similar to this before, but I'm remaking it for the sake of getting more requests and having my info more accessible! Signal boosting and reblogs are super duper appreciated ♡!

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[wlw-lovestruck-fiction]

Hi ❤️ how's everyone doing?

It might be a random question, but have you seen if are people still making content about wlw lovestruck? Like fanarts or random post?

And I mean in general, like I haven't seen the fandom very active (at least here. I think in some servers people talk quite a bit about them) and it's a little sad. There are things that I would share but it feels like it get lost.

Hello, there 😊 Most of the content creators that I know of have moved onto other things, but there are still a few stragglers out there lol I still write the occasional fic, and I know @megatraven still posts about LS pretty much on the daily, and @ask-the-lgbtqs-of-lovestruck still post occasionally as well! As for fanart, there aren't too many left.. @ja-lin is still working on the prequel Sin With Me fan route as far as I know, and I just posted some fanart by the talented @krtfn1412 who is still making LS content! But even tho there aren't many people left in the fandom, I'm sure any who are will enjoy whatever you post ♥️ - Mod Runa

[seduceme-lovestruck-thearcana]

I read the Halloween special for Ever After Academy and look

MAYBE THEY DO- 👀👀👀👀👀

OOOH. ARINN!! BABY!!! WE MIGHT HAVE ANOTHER ALEXXXX,,,

I’m so ready for their route PLEASE.

[kamilahsayeet]

I feel like pixelberry just does not care about any players besides straight women because they think that group makes them the most money. And I’m sick of it. But I’m also very engaged with some of their stories...

Yeah…. it’s very clear that money is their #1 priority. i understand though, because they’re still a business and they NEED to make money. But the difference between the male/female LI treatment is so big it’s very annoying

[zhoras-bitch]

Voltage Japan just shuttered Voltage USA and Lovestruck out of nowhere on the 23rd. Chalked up to “poor performance” starting in 2020 (read: they made a union)

Welp, I suspected something was seriously wrong after that empty schedule was released last Friday, but this... is really sad.

Here's what they say on the official website:

TL;DR Voltage USA, the subsidiary of Japanese Voltage, which released Lovestruck and Noir, was not making enough money, so they are dismantling it entirely. The link, provided by anon:

I was always unpleasantly surprised by Voltage's lack of communication with the fanbase because it's such a powerful tool. There were so many occasions when they could've released an official statement, made a big fuss about it, turn it into a marketing campaign, basically. Instead, they completely alienated their own fanbase, kept everything under the wraps and never even said anything about the app being shut down on any of the Lovestruck's social media. I'm tempted to go into a rant about conservative Japanese management continuously failing to understand how the Internet works, but we'd be here all day.

Although we can connect the beginning of Lovestruck's decline in performance to the writers' strike, they had every chance to bounce back from that. But everything they did after was just a series of bad decisions after bad decisions. The fact that they did not really change the corporate culture, so all of the old writers left anyway. Their witch hunt on the fans. The failure of IHS, Noir the app, the mediocre GIL reboot and the complete lack of any advertising or social media campaigns. Yeah...

I've been critical of Lovestruck before, but this blog was born of genuine love for this stupid app, and I stayed here after all this time because I still genuinely loved it. It written by LGBTQ+ people like me, for LGBTQ+ people like me, and sometimes it was pretty freaking great. If it should die, I wish it could at least die with dignity... But even that was too much to ask, I guess.

[chudleycanonficfest]

More or Less

Day 17, Story #2 is by @bavalon18

Theme: You Did What?!

Title: More or Less

Rating: Teen

Canon Pairing: implied Harry/Ginny, Ron/Hermione, Trio Friendship

Summary: Harry engages in some “locker room” talk and immediately regrets it.

Trigger Warning: A character makes a comment that is homophobic or at the very least, implies being LGBTQ+ is a choice but that character is an asshole.

Harry groaned, stretching his neck and pulled his robes out of his locker.

“Not the young guy anymore, hey Potter,” asked Sam Abears, his dueling partner from that morning with a smile.

“Oi! I’ve barely cracked my twenties,” Harry laughed. “But yeah, that last jinx kicked my arse. Nice one.”

“Thanks,” the younger auror smiled. Harry chuckled to himself. Given how much he had enjoyed leading the DA, he shouldn’t have been surprised that he got a lot of satisfaction out of the mornings he spent training the newest recruits. Being Harry Potter was a real annoyance at times but as he got older, he had learned how to use his influence and reach. Deserved or not, he knew that his praise resonated strongly with these trainees and it seemed to motivate them through some of the tough stretches in their training.

“Out of practice, Potter?”

Okay, so not all of the trainees were impressed with him.

Abears rolled his eyes at the voice. “I was giving him a hard time, Moore. He was probably taking it easy on me.”

Mathias Moore strutted into the locker room, towel around his waist. A Slytherin four years behind Harry at Hogwarts, he didn’t share the Death Eater sympathies that many of Harry’s classmates had but he shared many of their personality traits. He was part of the same training class as Abears and was, to put it kindly, a total prat.

“Maybe it’s more that he’s out of shape. Not getting the same exercise he was before,” Moore smirked.

Of course, Moore’s big mouth attracted the attention of several others in the area. “He’s getting the same exercise as you,” piped up another auror, Titus Learn. “You think Potter is shirking the exercise regimen?”

“I mean, we all saw that article right? Potter’s girlfriend is sooo busy, off with the other little Harpies,” said Moore.

Harry sighed. This was always the road of ribbing that Moore went down. Ginny had been incredibly busy but even with the busy road schedule, ambitious training and all of the press coverage, she made time for him and kept their relationship a priority. Not that it was anyone’s damn business.

“Not to overstep Potter but she looked pretty amazing in that Quidditch Weekly spread. I’m a bit jealous,” said Learn. A couple other aurors made noises of agreement.

“She did that shoot with that hot new blonde chaser who was bragging that she’s into birds. Maybe Potter’s girlfriend stayed on the Harpies but switched teams.”

“Ugh, not okay mate,” said Abears.

“I’m just saying, three years on the Harpies… maybe she’s more into quaffles than brooms now,” snickered Moore.

“Don’t worry Moore, Ginny is spending plenty of her time riding on my broom,” Harry shot back. The group that had been observing him and Moore burst into laughter and catcalls.

“Harry!”

Harry froze at the sound of the voice, sharp and familiar over the laughter still surrounding him. He was a complete idiot. In his anger, he had completely forgotten the fact that his best friend would likely be using the exact same locker room. Harry slowly turned around. “Yeah?”

“Stop yapping and hurry up,” barked Ron, running a hand through his wet hair. “Hermione’s going to have my bollocks if I’m late to meet her for lunch. Meet me outside.” And with that, Ron left the locker room.

Fuck.

+++++++++++++++++++++++

Five minutes later, Harry slunk out of the locker room to find his friends talking quietly. Maybe Ron didn’t even hear what I said.

“Finally,” huffed Hermione. Ron was next to her, frowning. Oh yeah, he heard me. “You know that if we wait until noon to leave, the waits at all the restaurants are a nightmare.”

“Sorry, sorry,” apologized Harry, falling into step behind them.

They all entered the half full lift and Hermione pushed the button for the main lobby. As the lift whizzed through the ministry, Hermione seemed to have relaxed and was happily chattering about a meeting that she had that morning. Harry studied Ron carefully. He seemed okay now; in fact, Ron was gazing at Hermione with the lovestruck look he always got when she went on a particularly passionate tear. I'm such an idiot. Moore’s comment was so ridiculous; I should have just let it go. But no, I had to shoot my mouth off. Maybe I should consider bowing out of lunch. Give Ron an opportunity to be totally distracted by Hermione and he’ll forget I said -

“Harry! Come on,” said Hermione, looking exasperated.

Harry’s shoulders slumped. There was no way out of this now. Hermione was irritated and if he tried to stay back, she was going to demand to know why. Defeated, he trailed after them.

As they stepped on the streets of Muggle London, Ron slung an arm around Hermione and they resumed their conversation with Harry quietly walking alongside them.

“Mortimer’s?” Hermione asked, pointing at the small sandwich shop they were in front of.

Harry was about to agree but then looked at his friends and a memory sprung to mind. “Uh, no,” he cringed.

Hermione let out a growl of frustration. “Harry…”

“What about the curry place you like two doors down?” Harry suggested quickly. He really couldn’t afford to piss Hermione off as well. He needed her on his side when Ron inevitably went off.

“I thought you weren’t a fan of that place,” she replied, looking at him with narrowed eyes.

“Sounds good today,” Harry said. Hermione glanced at Ron, who shrugged and led the way.

A few minutes later, they were seated and Harry was looking at the menu when he felt eyes in him. He glanced up to see Hermione studying him intensely. He gave her a weak smile and took a sip of his water.

“Harry, what is going on? Are you okay?”

“Uh, yeah, yeah, I’m fine. No problems here.”

“Did something happen at the training session?” Hermione asked.

Harry looked down at the menu and shook his head.

“Did something happen at the training session?” Hermione repeated, this time looking at Ron.

“No,” said Ron, looking at Harry for the first time since they sat down. “It was completely norm—oh.” Something seemed to click and Ron rolled his eyes. “Harry, I know you’re shagging my sister.”

Harry immediately began to choke on the water he had been sipping.

“Ron!” Hermione exclaimed.

“That’s what he’s being weird about,” Ron insisted. “Isn’t it?”

Harry took a long drink of water and managed to get his throat cleared. “Look, I swear mate, I didn’t mean to say anything like that. It just slipped out.”

“What slipped out?” Hermione asked.

“One of the trainees was making these jokes about Ginny and her teammates and… I got defensive and made some stupid broomstick joke,” Harry said, feeling his face get hot.

“I get it,” Ron said. “I figured it was Moore being an arse. He’s so weirdly aggressive about everyone’s sex life. Every Auror gets caught up with Moore and says more than we intend to at some point. I don’t get why you’ve got your wand in a knot. Just because I don’t want the details of what you two get up to doesn’t mean that it bothers me that it’s happening.”

Harry stared at him.

“It’d be worse if it wasn’t happening, I reckon,” Ron contemplated, taking a sip of his own water.

“What?” said Hermione, looking almost as surprised as Harry.

Ron shrugged. “If you and I weren’t having sex, we’d be pretty miserable, wouldn’t we?”

“Yes, I suppose,” she agreed. “And likely making everyone around us miserable.”

“See? I don't want my sister or my best mate trapped in a miserable relationship! What kind of life is that? Why are the two of you acting so weird about this?”

“I would give anything for a Time Turner and a portable Pensieve so I could show your sixteen-year-old self this conversation,” Hermione pointed out.

“Yeah, well, that prat wasn’t regularly shagging his dream girl so he was a bit uptight,” Ron grinned. Hermione rolled her eyes but bit her lower lip, which made Harry cringe. These were classic flirting signs between the two of them and he now really regretted not skipping lunch.

“Wait,” said Hermione suddenly. “You said that ‘every Auror has got caught up’ with Moore and said ‘more than we intend’. Does ‘every Auror’ include you?”

“What’s that now?” asked Ron, ears turning red. “Uh, let’s place our order, yeah?”

[garrusknight]

Do you play Romance Club too?

I don't. I have heard a lot of good things though about having really good stories and player agency and I've seen the artwork which is beautiful. The issue why I personally haven't started playing has to do with LGBTQ+ representation. I think they are getting better and there is a sci-fi gladiator book with a genderlocked male MC with MLM options although from what I've heard the book pushes MLW and you are forced to have your male MC romance a woman in the beginning. Honestly that sounds pretty heteronormative considering that the male MC book gives good treatment to female LIs apparently when from what I hear the majority of the female MC books give terrible treatment to female LIs. Plus I also hear that RC tends to give white male LIs preferred treatment even more than Choices...

We know the bar is low when Choices has had serious problems when it comes to LGBTQ+/POC rep and yet somehow their rep is better than most of the competition...

Like the number of apps where you have MLM options is incredibly low which is why I'm still sad I never got the chance to play Originals which was an app with so much potential that never got a fair shot.

Other than Choices I do play Episode sometimes but I prefer the community stories that have Gender-of-Choice or Male MCs. I also used to play Lovestruck for that one fairy tale story which had an MLM romance option but unfortunately that app is now gone :(. Recently I started playing Lovelink so we will see how that one goes...

Thank you for the ask!

[redhairedwolfwitch]

Finally - Gabby Dawson x Fem!Reader

Request: Hi can you write something where reader gets injured on the job (She’s a firefighter) and gabby has to watch the whole thing go down cause she can’t go inside the building. It’s basically the last episode of season 5 but instead of Casey it’s reader.

A/n:  It’s slightly embarrassing I had an entire backstory set up for this with Shay as cupid to get these two together but obviously season 2 happens but there’s going to be complusory heterosexuality and drama and angst!

Warning: mentions of character death (Shay), near-death situations for firefighters, grieving, complusory heterosexuality

Gabriela Dawson thought she always knew what she wanted. Her massive crush on Matt Casey suggested that, regardless of the fact he was taken and then Hallie died.

Gabby thought she knew what she wanted, until Shay introduced her to you.

Shay introduced you to her co-worker, Dawson, when she brought over to the firehouse. You worked as a firefighter at another station, with your other work being involved in LGBTQ+ projects across Chicago.

Gabby was so used to staring longingly after Casey that she didn’t expect to feel her heart skip a beat when she saw you next to Shay at Ambo 61.

“Yo, Dawson, meet S/n, S/n, Dawson.” Shay smiled, leaving you to roll your eyes before offering your hand to Dawson.

“Y/n.”

“Gabby.”

“Nice to meet you, Gabby. I have to go meet Chief Boden, see you two around.” You smiled, catching Gabby staring at you before you walked over to wear Boden was waiting for you.

“Okay, what was that?”

“What was what?”

“Dawson, were you checking out someone who isn’t Casey?”

///

Despite being in a relationship with Casey, Gabby realised she wasn’t truly happy. It was only before the fire that was destined to kill Shay that Gabby realised what she wanted, pulling Shay aside.

“I don’t love Casey.” Gabby spluttered, leaving Shay to frown, immediately taking Dawson’s hand.

“Dawson, what’s going on? Why don’t you love Casey?”

“Because I think I’m attracted to a women and I think I want to date her.”

Shay’s eyes widened at this, cursing complusory heterosexuality for a moment before calming Gabby down.

“Dawson, it’s okay, you might be bisexual and that’s completely, okay. Who is it that caught your eye? I’d guess someone at the firehouse but there isn’t much eye candy around 51-”

“Y/n.”

“Wait, Y/n as in Y/n S/n, part-time firefighter, part-time LGBTQ+ activist-”

“Yeah, that Y/n.” Gabby replied, about to elaborate further when orders were called to go into the building.

“You should tell her both how you feel.”

That was all Shay said before the entirity of that accident went to hell and Shay was killed.

///

Shay’s death broke more than just Gabby’s soul.

She broke up with Casey after she’d began to distance herself from him, avoiding the Chaplain until she finally broke down in his office and he gave her some advice.

You were working on a project when Gabby rang, asking what you were doing.

“I’m organising development of a youth shelter, one of the projects I’m dedicating to Shay. How are you doing?”

“Do you want to get a drink sometime?” Gabby asked, hearing you go quiet for a moment. “Or we could not-”

“There’s a cafe I’ve wanted to go to for ages... I know it’s not your firefighter bar with alcohol but... what do you think?”

Gabby’s smile had Brett raising an eyebrow, the lovestruck look not being missed by the blonde.

///

You were transferred onto Station 51 after a reshuffling of the firefighters at your old station, granting you time to share glances with Gabby when nobody else was watching.

Casey knew that Gabby broke up with him because she liked someone else, he didn’t figure out who it was but Brett had managed to figure it out.

“You should tell her how you feel.”

Gabby frowned as she and Brett got out of the ambo, having just returned to the station from a call.

“What are you talking about?”

“You should tell Y/n how you feel, because, there’s a high chance she likes you back.”

“Y/n only sees me as a friend-” Gabby began to deny what Brett was saying but Brett just frown.

“Dawson, there’s nothing platonic about the way Y/n looks at you.” Brett exclaimed before the alarms began to go off, summoning Truck 81, Engine 51, Squad 3, Ambulance 61 and Battalion 25.

It was a structure fire, one of many that Firehouse 51 had faced in their careers. It was also one of the many that had gone bad quickly.

So quickly that a few of you couldn’t get out of the building in time.

“Chief, I’m trapped with a victim on the east side, second floor!”

Gabby felt all the blood rush to her face as she heard your voice over the comms.

“Severide, can you get to S/n?”

“Negative, chief, Capp and I are trapped on the north side, first floor. The stairs gave out!”

“Casey, Herrmann, report!”

“Chief, Mouch and I are near the exit, we can’t get up to the others!”

“Kidd and I are switching out our tanks at Truck 81, chief!”

Boden’s face fell as he tried recall to Herrmann and Mouch, finding that a beam from the ceiling had fallen and blocked their exit.

///

“Y/n, you need to get out of there. I need to tell you something.”

Gabby’s voice over the comms had chills running down your spine, your eyes drifting to an overturned bath tub as you shuffled the unconscious victim over to it.

“You’re not getting rid of me that easily, Gabs.”

///

“You’re not getting rid of me that easily, Gabs.”

A sob slipped out of Gabby’s mouth as she heard how tired you were over the radios. Brett looked up from where she was checking the vitals on a patient, her face dropping into sadness as she realised.

Gabby was crying.

“I’m serious, Y/n. You need to get out of there, it’s really important I tell you it in person-”

“If you can hear me, take cover any way that you can, we’re about to open up the water cannons.”

“Chief! You’ll boil them alive!” Cruz burst out but there were no other options.

“What choice do I have?” Boden retorted, “it may not be much, but it’s all we got.”

“Cover yourselves!”

///

You were moving the bathtub over you and the victim as soon as you heard Boden’s orders.

“Didn’t realise bath tubs were so heavy... probably because I don’t own one.” You chuckled to yourself, groaning as the bathtub covered you both.

“Cover yourselves!”

///

Brett was standing behind Gabby with a hand on her shoulder, listening to Gabby’s whispered prayers that you would be okay and that she would get to tell you the thing that Shay had told her to all those years ago.

///

“Does anyone have eyes on S/n?”

“Negative chief, Capp and I are on our way out!” Severide answered the radios first, whilst Cruz had located Hermann and Mouch.

Your firefighter down alarm was what caught the attention of Boden and Kidd.

“Chief, under here!” Stella shouted, the two of them working to remove the bathtub.

“S/n! S/n!”

“Oh my god, Y/n!”

///

The first time you woke up, you couldn’t breathe.

The air was thick with humid steam and smoke that choked you as your eyes rolled back into your head and everything went black again.

“She’s got a pulse, we need to get her to a hospital!”

///

The next time you woke up, you thought you were dead.

The bright lights of the Chicago Med treatment room had you panicking as you began to flail around. A hand clasped yours to calm you down, their voice soothing you over the racing beat of your own heart as it echoed on the monitor.

“Y/n, hey, it’s okay, you’re okay, calm down.”

“Gabby, we need to extubate her-”

///

The third time you woke up, you didn’t fall unconscious again.

“Ugh.” You coughed as you tried to speak, grimacing at how much your throat stung until a cup of water was pressed against your lips.

Swallowing the water was difficult but it supressed the ache.

“What happened?” You murmured, your eyes barely open as you felt fingers stroking your cheek.

“Smoke inhalation. You scared the shit out of me, y’know.” Gabby explained, noticing your smile which had her rolling your eyes.

“Told you you’re not getting rid of me that easily.”

Gabby was about to make a retort when the door to the treatment room opened.

“Glad to see you’re awake, Y/n.” You smiled slightly at Dr Marcel, putting up a weak thumbs up before turning to look at Gabby again, leaving Dr Marcel to chuckle.

///

“What was it that you wanted to tell me?” You enquired after Mr Marcel had left the treatment room to work on some discharge paperwork.

“Y/n, I’ve had-”

“You’re awake!” Cruz cheered as he walked into the treatment room with Boden and Stella, both Stella and Boden realising immediately the moment they had walked in on as Gabby’s face fell.

You just smirked, ignoring the other firefighters in the room as you pushed yourself off of the bed with your elbows, kissing Gabby on the cheek and letting yourself drop on the bed again.

“I know. It’s reciprocal by the way.” You explained, leaving Gabby to stare at you with wide eyes before a grin took over her face.

“Finally. Took them long enough.” Stella murmured to Brett who was hidden from your view by Stella’s body as everyone burst into laughter.

The two of you could practically feel Shay celebrating with you as you leaned into Gabby’s touch, the pair of you grinning.

Finally indeed.

[birdsong-warriors]

When you write poly relationships.. do you always leave one person sort of out of it? It always seems like you're keeping one person out of it, which makes it seems like said couple is just using them... And it really puts Poly relationships/the characters/ and the LGBTQ+ (or Hetero) representation in a bad light.

Every time I get an ask like this, I do a lot of self reflection to reevaluate how I'm writing things to see how I can do it better. I truly want to get this representation correct and ensure I'm not contributing to negative stereotypes or casting a negative light on anyone. In this case, while I will certainly adjust things to be absolutely sure to get things right, I think I also haven't delved into my poly ships very much or explained them properly. So I will lay out my ideas for my two poly ships here, and if there are issues with them, please message me and let me know how I can adjust things to be better!! Constructive criticism is always welcome! (WARNING: LONG POST!)

Redtail x Brindleface x Whitestorm: I think a very large and understandable part of why this one seems unbalanced was my cowardly decision to cut Brindleface out of Redtail's Choice. I did this for a few reasons, but mostly out of fear I wouldn't be able to depict their relationship properly and the concern that Brindleface wouldn't get enough individual attention because I'm so bad at handling large casts. But its probably one of my biggest regrets when it comes to RC.

Redtail and Brindleface grew up together and were always very close friends, training together and both of them gossiping over hot hot and charismatic Whitestorm is (they both had crushes on him, it was something they joked about). They decided on becoming mates as warriors and the Clan was happy to see these two nerds together given how apparent their feelings for each other had been. While all three were out on patrol together, their affection for each other all came out. Brindleface was the one to suggest a poly ship, and the three of them became a trio of lovestruck nerds. However, there was some concern that the Clan might misunderstand the situation, so Whitestorm's involvement was kept a "secret" (I say in quotes because all three of them are terrible at hiding their affection for each other). Upon Redtail's death, Brindleface and Whitestorm grew closer, but some cat accused him of stealing Redtail's mate right after his death, so Whitestorm went back to trying to be a bit more discreet. But by the end of things, he's incredibly tired and horribly depressed with all his friends and both his mates dead. What Firestar sees as his age catching up to him is more his complete lack of hope. But in time, they are all together again in StarClan.

Graystripe x Millie x Silverstream: I am incredibly grateful for this ask because I am still trying to figure these guys out properly, and while their situation may change, I think I got their dynamic down.

Silverstream and Graystripe are competitive playful cousins in this AU, so they aren't together, but they are close friends who confide in each other. But they are both absolutely head over heels for Millie. In this AU, Millie lived at the water mill on RiverClan territory (get it, Mill-ie haha nevermind), and met Silverstream first. They were taken with each other quickly, but Leopardfur attacked Millie and chased her into ThunderClan territory. Here she met Graystripe, and they got very close. But Millie was wracked with guilt, scared that Silverstream would hate her for also having feelings for Graystripe. All three met up and the immediate consensus was "yeah this is cool!!" Silver and Gray immediately started playfighting for Millie's attention, which scared the kittypet at first until she learned that regardless of who "won", both would cuddle down with her after. Millie soon becomes pregnant with Storm and Feather, and Graystripe moves to RiverClan to be with the family.

I won't say much more on this because spoilers, but I hope these are good enough breakdowns of my poly ships!! Gosh, I hope they're okay. ;;

[annicaax]

Lovestruck : One final Rant

Last day of LS and I'm recording some Astoria routes. I think only Hydra was achieved and maybe Hades!

I don't think I can complete all characters. But I'm trying... I'm sad I'll wake up tomorrow and LS won't be there anymore. But yes endings are new beginnings and I carry within me a hell lot of a memories.

The crisp writing, the art, the music of the game has inspired me. Honestly as a reader I wouldn't try every genre... read about just every title, but somehow with LS -- I did the very same.

I read their every title and loved almost all of them. I loved their creativity and the wide variety of genres. I still do...

Cowboy romance. Sci Fi action. Futuristic Crime Thriller? Demons? Sinners? Romancing the Gods and Godly monsters? Craving the forbidden becoming a member of a band of Thieves? Superhero romance?

Lovestruck covered it all...

As someone who was stuck with this app from the beginning, I had lots of fun times.

So how often did I put myself in the heroines' shoes and lived out the adventures with my friends/LI? How often I had a goofy grin thinking about an upcoming/already commenced plot line/art that was too good?

Very often.

I'm a wattapad author, and someone who's trying to make money out of her writing, keep writing as long as she can... [until the end of the universe] In the little time I take out to read something (after my music classes and martial art practice], I just read otome.... Otome has become a part of my life for ten years now and it will continue to be so. I'm so glad, so proud that I got to play a game like lovestruck that has a wide variety of characters . the first ever app I played that was soo LGBTQ friendly.

Eversince I've heard the app is going down. I've recorded many videos. I will upload all videos I've got to YT mostly in the coming weeks. (There wasn't enough time and I may have highly biased recording my favorite routes/mostly m/w routes, sorry) And when I do I hope ya guys can excuse my sloppy recording. While I tried to keep it noise free, while I asked my mom to keep her voice down, and spent nearly all of my days from the past two weeks recording and recording stuff, there might be some external noises and disturbances.

Like What? I record for 10 minutes and just as I reach the end of the episode a courier boy rings the bell? I drop and break my coffee mug (clumsy me), my device goes dead? Recording gets stopped and I read the display -- not enough storage?, my HDD hangs up on me and my laptop refuses to turn on?

Yeah, I've faced all of the problems above and more. I'm just being so blatantly honest about it. So... I'm in awe and I'm truly grateful to everyone, my fellow fans who've went through the same pain (though I hope none of ya guys had to put up with what I went through)

I'm so grateful to all ya who've recorded the routes. Yes you... even if you've recorded just one route or the side stories... thank you. Even if you've recorded hundreds of episodes, thank-you thank-you!!!

Recording is a pain, but you guys have done it! (and you definitely did better than me] The community is grateful to you.

Yep there was the strike, bad decisions, poor executions, behind the scenes stuff and now... LS is no more. But I think we fans made it sure the stories stay on! Awesome.

Let's keep moving forward and enjoy old AND new adventures together.

I've read many posts.. even some of my friends saying how LS had been their solace during tough times. I agree with you all. LS had been more than fun. It kept me sane. I remember, Nate's route was the only thing that saved me from going bonkers during the pandemic and locdown during those months starting from Jan 2020. So yes, it does feel like we're losing something important...and we're disappointed. Especially with some ongoing routes which were left incomplete but...

Life is all about moving on. And there are always always more fun things to do! Instead of feeling sad about what we've lost, let's feel happy for whatever good times we had. as someone says, nothing is ever lost... whatever lost is a memory.

P.s. I'm sorry for babbling too much today lol. Thank-you for bearing with me and reading my rants. I hope you all have a great day/week/year ahead. ^_^ :) ")

[ask-the-lgbtqs-of-lovestruck]

hey Mac I've kinda been away a while I'm struggling a lot with my mental health and attempting to find a job lm kinda lost and sad I really just want a hug from the pack if that's okay?

“I’m sad to hear that things have been rough for you recently. Try to take it one day at a time. You could maybe ask a friend or family member to help update your resume or let you know if they have leads on any jobs in whatever field of work you are looking into.” (Places a hand on your shoulder)

“I hope everything clicks into place for you soon and just know the pack will always be rooting for you. Remember to also be kind to yourself through all of this.” (Pulls you in for a hug)

“Our door is always open to you, so don’t be a stranger. The pack is known for being great huggers.” (Joins the group hug)

(Sprints over and jumps into the group hug) “Wolf piles and hugs are the best! We are glad you stopped by to see us, pup. Good luck with everything!”

[hawkinsschoolcounselor]

a follow-up ask re: queer baiting with byler (which is a ship i'm really not invested in, but will is a character i am) -- what if will's sexuality is never confirmed because he is young?

this is not to say that will is not gay, nor that a gay man can't or won't figure that out in their teens (lol, p sure that's when most of them do!). but, as i'm sure you remember and as we've seen canonically in the show with steve casually calling jonathan a queer just to bait him into a fight (and god knows how many other times), coming out was very hard when you were young in the 80s, and if this show continues on the pace it is, will will still be 16-17 at best when it's over (barring, again, a flashforward of some sort).

to me, to see will exploring and curious about himself but not open, not out, but as happy and settled as he can be as a 16-18 year old in what will probably be what like 1988? wouldn't be queerbaiting. and certainly his gay identity doesn't have to revolve around mike. there's other versions of lgbt/gay will byers that doesn't involve byler endgame.

that's not queerbaiting for me, and that's a way to have a realistic depiction of what that life/identity might be like. it's 2021 not 1986; positive lgbtq media is all over the place. byler is not the only version of queer-affirming representation in will byers' character.

I'm going to be honest here. This Ask really sounded like it was either anti-Mike or anti-Byler. I'm guessing you aren't the same author as the original post. You seem fine with the idea Will might be gay, but not if it involves Mike. It's funny when you consider that Mike has actually come off as the more lovestruck one. Will's homosexuality actually something we're more told of than shown.

The ending you describe isn't really an ending, and it's certainly not happy. Being trapped in the closet is a horrible, horrible thing, and the last thing any gay kid needs after accepting himself is to feel like he constantly has to hide it. I really feel like people are overexaggerating the climate of the 80s. Yes, it wasn't like it is today, especially in a place like Hawkins, but it was not nearly this bleak where the best you could hope for was a quiet self-acceptance. There were happy gay people who didn't hide, often because they didn't just fit the stereotype people would expect them to be.

If you're genuinely curious as to why I feel the way I do, please check out my pinned index post. I've written about this, and other topics, several times. But, in short, if Will's journey didn't involve Mike, then they wouldn't have made it seem like Mike liked Will so much.

[sysba]

This is a list of all the interactive stories I’ve read (visual and text-based). Bold = faves. Feel free to ask for reviews (under #myreviews) or recommendations.

*you may see different games marked as faves; i often change opinion based on a lot of things and sometimes i really like a demo but i wait to have more content before marking it, so don’t give it too much weight! 

𝕍 𝕚 𝕤 𝕦 𝕒 𝕝 

𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙨      

pixelberry choices →  all available books

nix hydra the arcana [mystic romance, fantasy] 

nix hydra fictif: last legacy [fantasy] 

nix hydra fictif: roadkill [horror] 

fusebox love island: the game [romance]  

voltage lovestruck: reigning passions [high fantasy] 

chapters: poison study [high fantasy]

lovelink [romance]

𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙠𝙩𝙤𝙥

lunaris games: when the night comes [dark fantasy] 

lunaris games: errant kingdom [dark/high fantasy] 

andromeda six [sci-fi] 

made marion [adventure/legendary] by velvet-cupcake-games  

perfumare [dark sci-fi] by pdrrook

seraphinitegames: the crossroads [supernatural romance]

oathbreaker [high fantasy] by larkylabs

the immortal kingdom [urban fantasy] 

pride & prejudice [period romance] by spiralatlas

lake of voices [horror/dark fantsy] by gb-patch

our life: beginnings & always [slice of life] by gb-patch

our life: now & forever [slice of life] by gb-patch

twin coves [supernatural mystery] by twincovesgame

beau ideals [fantasy] by beauideals

blooming panic [romance] by robobarbie

first bite [dark comedy, supernatural] by firstbitegames

butterfly soup [sports, coming of age, slice of life, LGBTQ] by brianna lei

nekopara - catboys paradise [romance] by neko works

synthetic lover [sci-fi, bl] by heartcorede

ebon light [dark fantasy]

trouble comes twice [dating sim, LGBTQ] by foxglovegames

𝕋 𝕖 𝕩 𝕥 - 𝕓 𝕒 𝕤 𝕖 𝕕  

𝙞𝙣 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨/𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙩𝙚𝙙 

ᴜʀʙᴀɴ ꜰᴀɴᴛᴀꜱʏ/ꜱᴜᴘᴇʀɴᴀᴛᴜʀᴀʟ

the wayhaven chronicles [urban fantasy] by seraphinitegames

keeper of the sun and moon [urban fantasy] by keeperofthesunandmoon

superstition [urban fantasy] by 13leaguestories

the shadow society [urban fantasy] by carawenfiction

love for sundown [adult, supernatural] by godsamael

ꜰᴀɴᴛᴀꜱʏ

the soul stone war [high fantasy] by intimidatingpuffinstudios

the sword of rhivenia [high fantasy/adventure] by theswordofrhivenia

insight [high fantasy] by 13leaguestories

ʜᴏʀʀᴏʀ/ᴍʏꜱ��ᴇʀʏ 

the fog knows your name [teen supernatural horror]

the passenger [supernatural horror] by thepassenger-if

the keeper of midnight [supernatural horror] by the-keeper-of-midnight

ʟᴇɢᴇɴᴅ/ᴍʏᴛʜᴏʟᴏɢʏ 

guenevere [legendary/fantasy] by newarcana

the bastard of camelot [legend/high fantasy] by llamagirl28

ᴍʏꜱᴛᴇʀʏ/ʏᴀ/ᴏᴛʜᴇʀ

crème de la crème [young adult] by hpowellsmith

180 files: the aegis project [spy fiction]

ᴘᴇʀɪᴏᴅ ʀᴏᴍᴀɴᴄᴇ/ʜɪꜱᴛᴏʀɪᴄᴀʟ

the courting of miss bennet [period romance] (NO LGBTQ FRIENDLY)

a pirate’s pleasure [historical adventure] (NO LGBTQ FRIENDLY)

𝙙𝙚𝙢𝙤 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮 

ᴜʀʙᴀɴ ꜰᴀɴᴛᴀꜱʏ/ꜱᴜᴘᴇʀɴᴀᴛᴜʀᴀʟ

the hunt: demon eyes [urban/dark fantasy] by thehunt-if

sentinel [urban fantasy] by nyehilismwriting

serpentine [supernatural] by serpentineif

greenwarden [supernatural horror] by fiddles-ifs

supernatural in new york [urban fantasy] by llamagirl28

to the whistling winds [urban fantasy] by tothewhistlingwinds

snakeroot [supernatural] by cerberus-writes

spellbound: a ghost story [urban + high fantasy]

bad ritual [supernatural] by heart-forge

roots [fantasy]

ofna: birds of a feather [urban fantasy, mystery] by ofna

blood moon [supernatural] by barbwritesstuff

speaker [supernatural] by speakergame

when twilight strikes [urban fantasy] by evertidings

inner demons [supernatural horror] by innerdemons-if

ʜɪɢʜ ꜰᴀɴᴛᴀꜱʏ/ᴀᴅᴠᴇɴᴛᴜʀᴇ  

a tale of crowns [high fantasy] by ataleofcrowns

for the crown [high/dark fantasy] by 13leaguestories

shepherds of haven [high fantasy]

the nameless [high fantasy] by parkerlyn

a bard’s tale [high fantasy]

virtue’s end [high fantasy, horror] by crimsiswrites

the eight years revolution [fantasy] by eight-years-revolution

the northern passage [horror fantasy] by northern-passage

wayfarer [dark fantasy] by idrellegames

the exile [dark fantasy]

a mage reborn [dark fantasy]

the heir quest [high fantasy] by thqwriting

the moonless [fantasy] by moonless-if

fool me once [dark fantasy] by pdrrook

ᴍʏꜱᴛᴇʀʏ/ʏᴀ/ᴏᴛʜᴇʀ   

nothing left (to burn) [young adult, revenge]

conspiracy in emerson [action, thriller]

a comedy of manors [young adult, romance]

body count [murder mystery] by bodycountgame

royal affairs [young adult] by hpowellsmith

the odessa dating games [low fantasy, royal romance] by theodessadatinggames

citadel [medical drama] by bouncyballcitadel

you live and fern [slice of life] by beetlebethwrites

college tennis: origin story [sports, slice of life] by allieebobo

merry crisis [slice of life]

checkmate in three moves [mystery, young adult] by checkmatein3moves

ʟᴇɢᴇɴᴅ/ᴍʏᴛʜᴏʟᴏɢʏ

fields of asphodel [greek mythology] by asphodelgame

children of the gods [modern greek mythology]

the rosy ones: resurrections [modern greek mythology] by rosygames

divine intervention [modern mythology] 

god of the red mountain [east asian mythology]

faith of gods [fantasy pantheon] by faithofgods

eye of the moon [filipino mythology] by eyeofthemoongame

ꜱᴄɪ-ꜰɪ/ᴄʏʙᴇʀᴘᴜɴᴋ/ꜱᴜᴘᴇʀʜᴇʀᴏᴇꜱ/ ᴇᴛᴄ...

project hadea [sci-fi] by nyehilism

attollo [cybernoir] by attollogame

solid ground [sci-fi] by solidgroundif

ᴅʏꜱᴛᴏᴘɪᴀɴ/ᴀᴄᴛɪᴏɴ

scout: an apocalypse story [post-apocalyptic, dystopian] by anya-dev

redsugarsociety [crime, action] by redsugarsociety

tell me if there’s a way home [gothic western, mystery] by blood-teeth

ᴘᴇʀɪᴏᴅ ʀᴏᴍᴀɴᴄᴇ/ʜɪꜱᴛᴏʀɪᴄᴀʟ

wilhelmina [supernatural horror/period romance] by fidere-k

more things in heaven & earth [low fantasy, shakespeare] by morethingsgame

love & friendship [regency romance]

out of the blue [time travel, regency] by vahnyawrites

[ao3bronte]

🌈🎵ADRINO HEADCANONS🌈🐱

<< [PART 1]

Nino isn’t exactly a man of action when he’s outside of his Miraculous suit. He prefers to chill and let things happen on their own, observing from the sidelines. Music keeps him on a steady keel and his own beliefs ensure that he’s always thinking of others while keeping as low a profile as possible. Blend in, but be a good friend. Mix great music and be known for the positivity he brings to the table.

Having feels for his best bro though? That’s a different story, and if he wants to keep the positive vibes going, he needs to keep that tightly underwraps for the both of them. His parents, though kind, are very traditional. And Gabriel? Hah! Nino figures he’d probably send Adrien to a rich kid rehab centre in the country if the old man ever found out that Adrien kissed a boy, let alone had an independent thought.

Then again, would Adrien even want to kiss him? He’s sure he’d agree if he asked, but he doesn’t want to force the matter. That’s the last thing he’d ever want to do!

So things would have to be discreet. Nino could be discreet. He really had no choice in the matter.

This situation though? This isn’t discreet. Not even close!

“Bro, are you sure this is a good idea?”

Adrien grins, the wind whipping his hair across his forehead. His golden halo gleams in the garden lights illuminating the tall hedges in the mansion’s garden. “Of course it is. There aren’t any security cameras facing the labyrinth and the Wifi still works there.”

“But dude, how are you getting down?” Nino whispers, having snuck into Adrien’s yard through a hole behind one of the many stone statues lining the towering walls. His best bro, on the other hand, is standing just outside of his bedroom window.

“The same way I always do.” Adrien winks and Nino can’t believe how absolutely chaotic his friend can be sometimes. How is he so perfect one day and then absolutely insane the next? Nino’s jaw drops as Adrien steps onto the edge of the rooftop and leaps without so much as looking down. Nino scrambles to get underneath him just as Adrien snags a thick column of ivy just in the nick of time, swinging forwards like Tarzan and landing on the ground beside him in a superhero crouch.

“Dude!” Nino wants to strangle him and kiss him simultaneously, his blood both frozen in fear and boiling with hot hot heat at whatever the hell he just pulled off. “When did you start taking gymnastics, dude? What the hell?!”

“What can I say?” Adrien says, brushing the dust off his knees as he stands. “I’m gifted in every category.”

The pun goes right over Nino’s head like a Boeing 747. “Are you okay?” he asks, still too shocked to notice that every goosepimple on his skin is tingling.

“Yep!” Adrien smiles and Nino is immediately reduced to putty. How does he do that? It’s kind of like when he’s with Alya, except the feeling in his chest is completely different entirely. With her, his heart warms with affection and safety and happiness. He knows he can be himself and enjoy himself with her and thinks about holding her hand constantly. But Adrien? Being with him is like a rush of adrenaline, like a dangerous game where they can’t get caught. “Come on, Nino. Let’s get lost!”

Thoroughly baffled by the boy before him, Nino tottles along behind Adrien like the lovestruck fool that he is, though he’s not about to admit it. When Adrien had invited him to sneak over to his place and play Mario Kart 8 Deluxe on their Nintendo Switches, he hadn’t expected to be doing it outside underneath the stars in his giant labyrinth.

(...it was kind of romantic!)

“Dude, why don’t we just sneak into your bedroom instead?” Nino asks as they enter the sanctuary of the pristinely trimmed hedges.

“We’d get caught!” Adrien laughs as if it’s obvious. “Sometimes you can be pretty loud when you’re winning, and I don’t want Nathalie to hear us. She’d ban me from seeing you for the rest of my life!”

Nino swallows. There’s absolutely no way he can let that happen. “As long as we don’t get lost in there.”

“I know the way.” Adrien bumps their shoulders together and smirks. “The Gorilla is terrible at mazes. I come in here when I want to lose him.”

True to his word, Adrien easily leads them to the middle of the labyrinth. There’s a small stone fountain surrounded by roses in the small courtyard and Adrien tugs a large sack out from under them, opening it to reveal the contents within. “I made sure we were prepared!” He exclaims, pulling out a blanket, two cushions and a variety of candies and snacks. With Nino’s help, they set up the perfect little gaming cocoon. “So? Who are you going to play tonight?”

Nino pulls out his Switch and sits down beside his best friend and current raging crush, his heart fluttering with the close proximity. “Who do you think?”

Adrien rolls his eyes and shoves some gummy bears into his mouth. “Buh you alwaysh play Yoshi!”

“He’s my dude!” Nino grins, snatching some of the candies from Adrien’s bag. “And you can’t have him.”

“But I thought I was your dude!” Adrien holds his palm against his chest and feigns heartbreak, which is when Nino’s brain decides this would be a great idea to press a kiss to Adrien’s temple. Nino freezes the moment he realizes what he’s done.

He tries to stammar out an apology and finds that he can’t even will air into his lungs to breathe. Adrien stares, shocked senseless and wide-eyed, and Nino wishes the ground would swallow him whole.

“Nino?” he whispers tentatively, gently brushing at the very place Nino’s lips had touched a moment earlier. Adrien’s face flushes red instantaneously. “Did you just—”

But he doesn’t get much farther than that. Nino sees the way Adrien is staring at his lips and lets his monkey brain make another executive decision. Softly, gently, cautiously, Nino leans in for a proper kiss this time.

[PART 3]>>

See all of my LGBTQ+ headcanons HERE!