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things I am learning about myself: I am a much better wife when Iâm reading a book I donât care for very much
#reading mansfield park and hating it? EXCELLENT wife.#paying so much attention to my husband! taking care of business in the apartment! cooking AND baking!#reading Emma? distracted. lying in bed with the book ignoring my husband. barely making enough food to stay alive.#reading the book I just DNFed about the miserable little mercenary love triangle? GREAT wife.#asking my husband questions about his book. meal-planning. going for walks.#rereading Goblin Emperor to make up for the horrible book? TERRIBLE WIFE#still reading when my husband has put his book away. serving leftovers for dinner. only exercise is lugging the book everywhere#(this post is tongue in cheek. my husband can fend for himself when I get into a book. and I served leftovers because we needed to eat them#in which cate tells stories
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-[seokjin; soft bf headcanon
P: Seokjin x gender neutral reader | G: fluff, headcanon| Inc: so much fluff :((, the first interaction, f2l!seokjin, non idol seokjin, date nights, meeting the family, petnames, occasional PDA, so many forehead kisses istg | Wc: 688 | W: food cw | R: G
The way I was moments away from calling this a soft husband headcanon
It would have the same meaning either way and you know it
Seokjin is husband material. Period
But yes! You and Seokjin <3
The two of you met while out shopping
Seokjin had wanted to buy something for his desk, and you very conveniently had something very similar in your basket
So he musters up the courage to ask you what aisle you found it, and he kinda expected the conversation to die there, you know?
But being the angel that you are ofc, you offered to show him exactly where the aisle was
Seokjin will remember this (insert LiS music here)
A conversation on what the two of you prefer heads to games â somehow, donât ask me â and numbers get exchanged
Youâre the first to make the initial text, wishing him well and thatâs the start of a great friendship between the two of you
Once you start dropping by each otherâs house, yâall are spending every fortnight having a drama and movie marathon, swapping location and catering duties accordingly
...you both decide that Seokjinâs âtv nightsâ are better lol
Have you seen that man in the kitchen? My point exactly
Although he does let you bring the snacks
How nice :D
Eventually, all of Seokjinâs playful charm starts hitting you a little more than usual
Your confession is straight up out of a book and guess what? Your feelings are returned! Huzzah!
Welcome to the wonderful world of receiving morning my love <3 texts followed by several pet names of Jinâs choosing
Dotes on you constantly. There is not a day without this man giving you forehead kisses at every possible moment
He drapes his arms over you and does that penguin-waddle thing whenever youâre around to visit
It gets worse (/jk) when you take that step to move in lol â he drops all of his weight on you and gets comfy
Those tv nights? Yeah â thatâs date night now
Seokjin is so ridiculously fond of hearing your excitement when you both get down to planning a night out together
Absolutely loves dressing to the nines and acting like youâre both royalty
Does he want to record your laugh he jokes with you in the car? Yes. Yes he does
Takes candid pictures of you with youâre waiting for your meal and makes them his screensavers
His home background is the both of you, of course~
As much as he loves his regular, planned dates with you, Seokjin is a sucker for unplanned ones where you wander the high street together
You find some of your favourite couple pieces on those days out
When he gets to meet your friends, they take to him immediatelyâ
He takes care of everyone and you love him for it
Another one for the if you donât keep him, weâll take him#
Seokjin is regularly invited to group outings â heâs basically part of the group now
Adored by your family. Absolutely loved, I tell you <3
Heâs the perfect son-in-law and already has all the aunties fawning over him
Fishing? Yep, thatâs every uncle and dad ever convinced that he is The One
Enjoy the ensuing when are you going to get married? brand of questions now~
 Seokjinâs not shy of the odd display of PDA, but heâs not here making out with you in broad daylight
Thatâs saved for the comfort of your own home lol
Dotes out forehead and hand kisses when youâre walking together
Holds your hand and even swings it when he wants to see that pretty smile of yours
You forgot your coat and itâs getting cold?
âHere, wear mine love.â
Even â and especially â when youâre drowning in it
Immediately starts cooing over how cute you look in his coat
Plays with your coat paws as youâre holding hands and heâs a blushing mess
Heâs whipped for you, what else? :D
Very much hides the fact that heâs fantasized about marrying you and being able to call himself your husband
Please marry this manâ
Heâs on his knees for you (sometimes literally)
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I don't know a whole lot about Anne Rice's interview with the Vampire series. Or whatever the hell she calls the universe in which those series are a part of.
But this show. Oh yeah I'm writing an OC. If they aren't going to f*** this old man. They're going to f*** my OC đ.
A decade or so after the release of Daniel malloy's book. Taven's freshly 19, closeted homosexual. Daylight's homeless and moonlights as a vigilante.
One day is he patrols the streets he notices a couple about to get attacked. He jumps in confusing the attacker and dispatching him, but not without getting hurt. Not too bad, but enough for him to avoid a hospital. They thank him, and ask him questions they already know the answer too. The "boy' suggests they get out of the area, before the cops come but the Arabic man with long hair suggests he stays instead. The other male, African American, senses the boy is hungry and offers a warm meal as thanks. Taven doesn't know why, but he feels so incredibly compelled to follow. As if something within his subconscious is pulling him towards going with them
He introduces himself as Louis, inquires why Taven saved him. He explains that people like him, they don't get looked after like everybody else. And since no one did for him, he's gonna do it for everyone else. Louis asks if he's homosexual, to which he gets a struggling lie. Yet Louis knows the truth.
Taven is amazed at Louis home, how expensive and rich in history and art it is for a penthouse. He's sat a table, and soon he's presented with a lovely series of dishes. The front door opens as Louis watches Taven eat, and Louis husband, one he calls "Armand" walks through. Explaining the man has been dealt with, but there is a problem. The attacker was of the Talamasca. Tavens confused but the look on Louis face spells danger. Have Armand explain that the "boys interference, gives off the notion that we have a familiar, and the boy will be a target.
The two men argue in French, while Taven awkwardly watches and eats. It isn't until Louis seems to immediately appear next to him, in his ear.
"Tell me boy, are you familiar with the name Daniel Malloy?"
This is the elevator pitch on what I actually plan on riding is going to be a lot longer and a lot more detail than this I just have to immerse myself in the actual series and universe of this if I really want to sing some teeth into this
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A prayer that found its way home.
Itâs funny how life works out sometimes. After all those years of drifting in and out of each otherâs lives, there was always something tying us together. No matter how far we were, or how long we went without speaking, I could never quite let him go. And then, one day, I decided it was time. Enough with the wondering, enough with the âwhat ifs.â I had to know what it would be like to finally see him, to hear his voice in person instead of just through a screen. So we made a plan, and he booked a flight.
I remember standing at the airport, heart racing, palms sweaty. I thought I might pass out from the nerves. And then, there he was, walking through those gates, just like Iâd imagined a thousand times. The moment our eyes met, it felt like time stoppedâlike all those years and all those miles between us just melted away. We didnât need to say anything. We just knew.
We spent those first days wandering the city, holding hands like weâd always done it, exploring every little corner together. He told me about his life back home, about the nights heâd lay awake thinking of me, wondering if weâd ever have this chance. And I told him about mine, about how Iâd missed him, how Iâd always wished for this, even when I told myself to move on.
One night, we were up on a rooftop, looking out over the city lights, the stars above us. He turned to me, his face serious, and said, âYou know, I prayed for this. Every time I thought of you, Iâd close my eyes and wish for a chance to see you again. And now⌠youâre here.â I felt my eyes well up, but for the first time, they were happy tears. Because, for once, the universe had brought us together instead of pulling us apart.
After that, we knew we had to make things right, to do things the right way. I visited him and met his family, and he met mine. We took our time, seeking the approval and blessings from our families, sharing our intentions with them. There were a lot of questions, a lot of concerns, especially about our different cultures and backgrounds. But the way he spoke about me, with so much respect and love, it made everyone see what I already knewâthat he was serious about us.
Then came the day when he formally asked for my hand, following the tradition of khitbah. His family came to mine, and he spoke with such reverence about how heâd known me for so long, how heâd admired my strength and kindness over the years, and how he couldnât imagine building a life without me. My family saw the sincerity in his eyes, and after some discussions and prayers, they gave their blessing. It felt like the weight of years of longing was lifted off our shoulders.
The nikah ceremony was simple, intimate. We held it at a mosque, with our closest family and friends. I wore a white dress with delicate embroidery, modest yet elegant, and he was in a traditional thobe. He looked at me as I walked into the room, eyes filled with emotions he didnât need to put into words. When the imam recited the verses and asked me if I accepted him as my husband, I said, âYes, I do,â my voice steady, but my heart racing with joy. He smiled, and I knew he was feeling the same.
As we exchanged vows, he promised to be my protector, my partner, and to always support me in my faith. I promised to respect him, to stand by him in every step of our journey together. After the ceremony, we shared a simple meal with our loved ones, a walima to celebrate the beginning of our life together. He leaned over and whispered in my ear, âItâs finally you and me, for the rest of our lives, huh?â And I couldnât help but smile, knowing how true those words felt.
After the nikah, we settled into a cozy apartment with a little balcony overlooking the city. It wasnât much, but it was our first home, and that made it perfect. Heâd come home from work and find me cooking one of the dishes he taught me, something his mother used to make. And on the weekends, weâd sit together on the balcony, reading the Qurâan side by side, or just talking like we used to, but now with a future we could finally plan together.
A year later, we received the news that changed everythingâI was expecting. He was stunned when I told him, his eyes going wide before he pulled me into his arms, whispering a prayer of gratitude under his breath. During those months, he was by my side through everything, attending all the appointments, rubbing my back when I felt tired, and reciting duâas for the health of our baby. Heâd talk about all the things heâd teach themâhow to pray, how to speak both our languages, how to embrace the beautiful blend of cultures that would be their heritage.
When our child came into the world, it was like our hearts expanded in ways we never thought possible. I remember watching him hold our little one for the first time, tears in his eyes as he recited the adhan softly into their ear, introducing them to the world with the same words that had brought comfort to us both. It was a moment I knew Iâd treasure forever.
As the years passed, our home became a blend of our worlds. I learned more about his culture, and he embraced mine. We celebrated Ramadan together, broke our fasts with dates and dishes from both our homes, and on Eid, heâd surprise me with little gifts that reminded me of those first days together. Iâd catch him teaching our kids little Arabic phrases, showing them how to pray, and Iâd join in, feeling like we were building something truly beautiful, together.
And through it all, heâd look at me the same way he did that first day at the airport, like he still couldnât believe that this was his life nowâwith me, with our family. On quiet nights, when the kids were asleep and the house was finally calm, weâd sit out on that same balcony, my head on his shoulder, listening to the city hum around us. Heâd take my hand and say, âI still pray for you, you know? Even now, I thank Allah for bringing you back to me.â
And Iâd smile, because Iâd been praying for him too, even before I knew what I was asking for. Our story, with all its twists and turns, became the dua that finally came trueâa love blessed by faith, by patience, and by all the years weâd spent dreaming of a life that became our reality.
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âł your one-night stand definitely isnât relationship material, but maybeâjust maybeâyour managerâs son is.
â hoseok x reader â smut | strangers to lovers!au â 10.1k [1/1]
ââ my boss is always telling me how perfect her son would be for me and she promises heâs coming to the next holiday party and donât worry heâs heard all about me too and ALSO thereâs this dude i slept with once a couple of months ago and sometimes he still sends me dick pics when i ask him to at 3 in the morning cause seriously dudeâs got a good dick ââ
notes: welcome to the first installment of the serendipity series! weâre starting with hoseok, because, well, have you met me? đ¤ŁÂ be warned, however, that this isnât anywhere near as edited as iâd like so iâll probably give it another read/edit tomorrow but for now!!! here it is!!!
⢠series masterlist. | inspired by this post.
warnings: dirty talk bc hoseokâs got a bit of a mouth on him, unprotected sex (wrap it before you tap it, kids!), sexting. dick pics, obvi. brief mention of a dead pet goldfish :(
Youâre refilling your mug when you hear it. Voices filter out from the kitchen, floating past the coffee station where youâre pouring yourself another drink and hanging in the open air of the hallway that leads back to the rest of the office. Theyâre familiar voices, tooâvoices that belong to the resident gossips of your workplace. Lottieâs pitchy, nasal tone melds with Hyejinâs higher one, their conversation interrupted every so often by an exaggerated exclamation or gasp from Sandra, the third and final member of their trio.
âHavenât you heard? Carolynâs divorce was finalized over the weekend, the poor thing.â
âI canât even begin to imagine how sheâs feeling. I mean, getting back into dating at her age? Goodness!â
âAnd now sheâll be all alone at the holiday party, too. How sad is that?â
âItâs tragic. Poor thing.â
Rolling your eyes, you grab a packet of sugar and tear it open, upending it over your mug and watching the crystalline granules fall into the dark liquid within. You know for a fact that Sandra and her husband canât even stand to be in the same room for an extended period of time, considering how theyâd spent most of last yearâs holiday party talking to entirely different groups of people. Youâd sat two tables away from them during dinner, and they hadnât even made eye contact once. And as for Lottie and Hyejin, well, youâre certain that their relationships arenât much better. All three of them are miserable people as far as youâre concerned, and you make a mental note to check in on Carolynâa sweet woman in her thirties who always keeps chocolate bars in her purseâon your way back to your desk.
âSheesh. Vultures, the lot of them. Donât you think?â
You whirl at the sound of your managerâs voice. Kyunghee Jung is a dark-haired woman in her late fifties, and she laughs when she sees your startled expression, her eyes crinkling at the corners. âEasy! Youâll spill your coffee if youâre not careful.â
âIâll probably have a heart attack first,â you reply, pressing a hand to your chest. âWhat was your job before this? Some kind of intelligence operative? Are you a super spy?â
Kyunghee laughs again and joins you at the counter. âNothing even remotely as exciting as that,â she answers, plopping her mug down beside yours. Itâs decorated with what looks like every color of the rainbow, a massive smiling sunflower taking up the majority of the surface, and the only remnant of the ceramicâs original color is on the very edge of the handle where thereâs a lopsided little patch of white. The piece is clearly handmade, and a stark contrast to the simple mint green cup that houses your coffee. Looking at it, itâs impossible not to smile.
âI love that,â you remark, inclining your head at her mug. âWas it a present from one of your kids?â
âHoseok,â she confirms, running a fingertip along the imperfect handle fondly. âIâve told you about him beforeâheâs right around your age.â
You chuckle. âRight, I remember. Thatâs why heâs the perfect match for me, right?â
âCome now, thereâs more to it than that,â Kyunghee defends, waving a hand. âBut yes, to answer your question. He gave it to me as a birthday present when he was eight.â
âWell, you never told me he was an artist,â you tease. âDoes he have an Etsy? Can I buy one of these off him? Does he do custom orders, maybe?â
Normally, your manager is more than happy to play along with your jokes, but today Kyunghee fixes you with an uncharacteristically serious look. âWhy donât you ask him yourself?â she asks. âHeâs coming to the holiday party, after all. I figured you could finally meet.â
You blink. Kyunghee has been making offhand remarks about how well you would get on with her son, Hoseok, for over a year now, but youâve never even come close to broaching the topic of meeting him. You donât even know anything about the man beyond the fact that his name is Hoseok and that he works somewhere downtown. He also favors tall socks and yellow suspenders if the framed photograph on Kyungheeâs desk is any indicationâor at least, he certainly did when he was still in diapers. Whether he still does, is anyoneâs guess.
âWow, I had no idea he was even interested in coming,â you manage when youâve recovered from your surprise. âDid you bribe him?â
If Kyunghee notices that your voice is a few pitches higher than usual, she doesnât remark on it. âOh, you know. I just told him that this would be his last chance to score free booze on the companyâs dime.â She laughs. âThree more months and itâs going to be all beaches and sunshine for me. I might even become a cruise person in my retirement.â
You gasp and slap a hand to your heart. âKyunghee! Think of the environmental impact!â
âI said I might!â she retorts immediately. âSheesh. Even in my old age, itâs hard to conveniently forget how shitty and unsustainable those damn boats are.â
You pick up your mug and raise it in a salute. âWell, the oceans thank you.â
âMy husband doesnât,â she answers with a sigh. âHeâs been dying to book one of those trips that stop all along the Mediterrannean coastline, and I canât exactly blame him.â
âThat is tempting,â you admit. âYouâll have to send photos, if you do end up going.â
âYouâll be sick of me and my photos before the first day is even up,â she promises. Then she pauses, her eyes darting toward the kitchen where silence has fallen in the last few minutes. âSpeaking of being sickâyou think the vultures are still hovering around in there? I havenât had lunch yet, and I need the microwave.â
Obligingly, you edge a little closer to the kitchen doorway and poke your head around the frame, scanning for Lottie and her sidekicks. âCoast is clear. Enjoy your lunch, Kyunghee.â
She nods and raises her mug at you, returning your salute. âI always do.â
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As soon as the work day ends, you fall into your usual routine. Your commute home is easily walkable on nicer days, and though the winter weather is brisker than youâd like, you decide to walk for the sake of stopping at the convenience store on the corner of the block.
Once you arrive back at your apartment, you change into your comfiest sweats and a loose tee. You turn on some music while you throw together some dinner, and settle onto the couch half an hour later with a full plate and Netflix. Television is a welcome distraction from the events of the workday, and you manage to get through three full episodes of your current show before your pesky brain decides to revisit the events of today, replaying the conversations that youâd both had and overheard.
Thereâs no denying that youâve been single for quite some time now, and for the most part, itâs been by choice. Ever since graduating from university, youâve chosen to focus more on your career, and itâs paid off both in terms of the important position you hold in your company and your above average salary. And yet, you canât help but think back to the gossip youâd overheard earlierâabout the supposed tragedy of being single and attending the upcoming holiday party alone. Your mind wanders to Kyungheeâs son, Hoseok, and how heâll be in attendance this year. You wonder what heâs like, and whether he really is perfect for you, as Kyunghee seems to be so fond of mentioning.
And then your mind goes to Jay.
You met Jay two months ago, on a well-deserved night out after a hellish workweek. The bar was crowded, and the music coming from the neon dancefloor in the back was just loud enough to drown out your inhibitions. That, combined with the alcohol swimming through your system, made you bold. You sashayed your way across the dancefloor, dodging inebriated bodies and swaying limbs as you fixed your attention on the head of pale lavender hair and deliciously broad shoulders that awaits you just behind the bar counter. The bartender is nothing short of gorgeous, and youâve thrown all caution to the wind. Sure, several other women are eyeing him like heâs their next mealâseveral men are, tooâbut you need another drink. And while he prepares it, you plan to flirt.
A lot.
The bar counter is sticky with spilled liquor, but you donât pay that any mind as you lean across it, the wood digging into the narrow strip of exposed skin left by your cropped top. âHi!â you call, and the bartender looks up from where heâs just finished pouring a round of shots for a group of raucous young men.
âHi yourself,â he says, his pillowy lips stretching into an easy smile. âWhat can I get you?â
You pretend not to notice the way his eyes flicker down to the dip of your cleavage and instead put on the sultriest smile you are capable of mustering. âVodka soda,â you tell him, injecting a bit of purr into your voice. âA bit of lemon too, if you have it.â
âTrust me, I have it,â he assures, his smile growing as he reaches for a clean glass and a clear bottle. âNameâs Jin, by the way. Iâm here all night, if you need anything eââ
A loud clatter and the sound of breaking glass interrupts the rest of his sentence, and all eyes at the bar go to the source of the disturbance. Conversations stutter to a halt, and even the thumping bass of the music seems to dull. Jin darts to the other end of the bar, where you can see that one of several barstools has fallen to the ground. Thereâs a man on the ground as well, surrounded by shattered glass and spilled dark liquor, and your eyes widen when you realize that you know him.
And arguably, a little too well.
âFuck,â you mutter under your breath. People are starting to lose interest in the spectacle, turning back to their own conversations and continuing on as if nothing had happened at all. The man is beginning to clamber to his feet, and a few people lend a helping hand as Jin begins barking out orders for everyone to step back so he can sweep up the broken glass. You seize upon the opportunity, latching on to the nearest arm and pulling them close so you can hide behind them. Vaguely, youâre aware of them sputtering in surprise, but you only have eyes for the man who had fallen off his stool, watching him carefully as he brushes himself off and tries to play it cool despite the sizable patch of whiskey soaking his white shirt.
âHey, uhâŚâ Your human shield is speaking. âAre you okay? Youâre squeezing me pretty tight.â
That draws you out of your daze. Abashed, you loosen your grip on his arm and look up into his face, your throat going dry when you realize how handsome he is. His black hair is parted over his forehead, a stray strand falling into warm brown eyes set above a straight nose and an inviting mouth. Thereâs a freckle above his top lip, just shy of the center, and your inebriated brain wonders just what it would be like to kiss it.
âI, umââ You clear your throat and try again. âSorry about that. I just didnât want him to see me.â
Your newfound companion raises an eyebrow and glances over his shoulder at the drunk man, who is now being ushered out of the bar by his buddies. âYou know that guy?â
You nod, cringing. âYeah, his nameâs Trent. I⌠may or may not have dated him for a few months last year.â
The man laughs out loud. âYou dated a Trent?â
âWhat, like youâve never made a questionable life choice?â you challenge. âBesides, you shouldnât judge someone based on the sins of their parents. Itâs not his fault they gave him a terrible name.â
âSure, but it is on him for going along with it,â he replies with a shrug. âI wouldâve changed my name as soon as I could if my parents had named me Trent. But hey, thatâs just one manâs opinion.â
You laugh. âOkay then, Not-Trent.â Relinquishing your grip on his arm, you let your fingers graze his hand before pulling away entirely. âWhat do you say we continue this conversation over a drink?â
The man, whose name is decidedly not Trent, catches your fingers in his and gives them a gentle squeeze. âHappily.â
One drink turns into two, and then three. By the end of the hour, you are feeling pleasantly warm, the alcohol spreading through your veins like molasses and turning your surroundings into a hazy blur. The music has grown even louder, pounding against your eardrums, and you grab onto Not-Trentâs wrist as he sets his now-empty glass back down onto the counter.
âDo you wanna get out of here?â you ask, raising your voice to be heard over the thumping bassline. âI canât even hear myself think.â
âThe parking lotâs out back,â he suggests. âWhy donât we get some air?â
You nod and stand up on wobbly legs, cursing your decision to wear heels when you stumble into your companion. He steadies you with a gentle but firm hand, and you donât miss the way his touch lingers on your lower back, his palm warm through the material of your blouse.
Together, the two of you pick your way through the throng of swaying bodies on the dancefloor. The bassline thuds in your ears, dark and hypnotic, and you can feel the reverberations thrumming across the slats of your ribs and echoing in the cavern of your chest like a second heartbeat.
Itâs almost a relief, then, when you step out into the cool night air. Your ears continue to ring for a few seconds, but it soon fades and leaves behind only the muted hum of traffic from the street and the faint sound of music from inside. At your side, Not-Trent releases a long breath and leans against the brick wall of the building, and you turn to take in the steep slopes of his side profile as he tilts his head up toward the velvety night sky.
Heâs handsome. Dressed in ripped jeans and black leather, heâs a sight to behold, and youâd be lying if you said you hadnât been craving a bit of intimacy for quite some time now. The alcohol swimming through your system makes you bolder than you normally would be, and you reach out to lay a hand on his arm. He turns toward you with a silent question glimmering in his irises, but you simply step closer, until youâre pinning him against the wall with your body and youâre breathing the same air.
âHey,â you say, your voice an airy whisper. His eyes are near obsidian in the dimness of the parking lot, illuminated only by the orange glow of the streetlamps on either end, and your gaze flickers down to his mouth before roving to the freckle that sits upon his top lip. âKiss me?â
Your companionâs eyes widen. His lips part, but no words come out, and youâre about to repeat your question when he finally finds his voice again.
âThatâs really⌠thatâs not a good idea.â Awkwardly, he clears his throat, but the hoarseness of his voice and the harsh bob of his Adamâs apple give away his true desires. âLook, youâve been drinking. We both have, andââ
You cut him off, pushing up to your tiptoes and planting a messy kiss to the soft dip just beneath his bottom lip. âDonât care,â you mumble against his skin. âI want you.â
Your companion laughs weakly. His hands find their way to your waist and pause there, as if he canât decide whether to push you away or pull you closer. âYou donât even know me,â he murmurs.
âI donât have to know you,â you reply. Your fingers drag down his chest, trailing along the delicate silver necklace that rests against the black of his shirt. From the chain hangs a round pendant, the surface engraved with the letter J. Slowly, you trace it with a fingertip, the metal shining even in the dim light, and satisfaction blooms in your heart when your companionâs throat bobs again. âI want you,â you breathe, soft but insistent. âIsnât that enough?â
âIââ He clears his throat and tries again, and you wonder if he realizes that his hands have slid down to your hips, or that thereâs a growing hardness against your lower stomach thatâs becoming increasingly harder to ignore. âLook, Iâm flatteredâreally, I am. And youâre⌠I mean, fuck, youâre gorgeous. But I donât think we should do anything when youâre clearly not in the right frame of mind to be making this kind of decision, andââ
âAnd, nothing.â You wind your arms around his neck, pressing close and grinding subtly against the bulge in his pants. You smirk when he releases a low hiss from between his teeth, and hide it by laying a trail of kisses along the stretch of bare skin exposed by the dip of his collar. âStop being such a gentleman,â you whisper. Your fingers trail down his chest, past the silver of his pendant and down to the faded denim of his jeans, teasing at the cool metal of his belt buckle. âI want this. But if youâre not interested, I can always go back in there andââ
The rest of your sentence dies in your throat. Your companion has tugged you flush against him in one smooth motion, and your gasp is cut off by the firm press of his mouth against yours. Immediately, you melt into the kiss, and a moan tears from your lips when he spins you around and pins you against the brick wall of the building.
âYouâre a spoiled little thing, huh?â His breath fans hot against your cheeks, and you shiver when you meet his eyes and see the dark promise reflected there. âUsed to getting what you want, huh, princess?â
Your breath hitches at the endearmentâsomething your companion doesnât miss. âOh, you like that?â He chuckles hoarsely, and when he speaks again itâs in a rasp that sends heat straight to your core. âWhat else do you like, hmm? You want me to be rough with you, princess? Or should I be gentle and treat you like a queen?â
You reach up, raking your fingers through his hair and skimming across the soft strands of his undercut before finding purchase at his nape. âYou talk too much,â you whisper.
And then youâre crushing your mouth back against his, whining when he immediately takes back control of the kiss. His grip slides downward, his fingertips digging into the skin just above the curve of your ass, and you squeak when he grabs the back of your thigh and hooks your leg around his waist.
âYou feel that?â he rasps into your ear, nipping at the delicate shell and chortling when you keen. Your skirt has ridden up dangerously high on your spread thighs, and you let out a soft whimper when he grinds harshly against your center. The lace of your panties and the denim of his jeans are the last barricades between you, and you wonder, vaguely, whether your companion has a bit of an exhibitionist streak when he slides one of your sleeves down your shoulder and begins kissing a trail down to the swell of your cleavage. âYou feel how hard youâve gotten me?â
You lean down, kissing the soft spot where his jaw meets his ear before letting your teeth graze against his skin. âWhy donât you do something about it then?â
He hisses out a sharp breath, his hands tightening their hold on your hips. âYouâve got quite the mouth on you, huh? I canât wait to make you eat your words.â
Any retort you may have had is interrupted by a sudden swell of music and the sound of a slamming door. Whirling to face the source of the noise, you immediately spot a familiar head of lavender hair atop broad shoulders encapsulated in the black uniform of the bar. Jin hasnât noticed the two of you yet, his attention fixated on his cell phone screen, but he looks up when you let out a little squeak of surprise and shove your companionâs chest in an attempt to create some distance between you.
âHey.â Jin raises a hand in greeting, a knowing smirk curling his lips. âThis phone call shouldnât be too long, so please. Donât stop the party on my behalf.â
Heat floods to your cheeks. There isnât much use protesting against his insinuation, considering the rather compromising position youâre in. Much to your relief, though, your companion simply huffs out a chuckle and waves Jin off. âThanks, man, but weâll get out of your hair.â Lowering his voice, he turns back to you. âComing, princess?â
You nod. He offers you his hand, and you take it gratefully, adjusting your skirt so that it drapes properly over your hips and thighs again.
âHave a good night!â Jin calls after you, amusement lacing every word. You canât work up the nerve to respond, and luckily, you donât have to. Your companion leads you around the corner of the building, where several rows of cars are parked beneath an orange streetlamp. On this side, the exterior brick wall is painted with a mural, and you admire the colorful galaxies and nebulae swirling amidst silvery white stars and the word serendipity spray-painted in pale blue.
The last car in the row is parked just beneath the letter Y, and itâs here that your companion stops. The sleek black vehicle has an almost vintage feel to it, and you glance up when you hear the jingle of metal.
âIâm guessing this is yours?â
He nods, pulling a set of keys from the pocket of his leather jacket and inserting one into the lock. âYeah. You like it?â
âItâs beautiful,â you tell him, tracing the edge of the passenger window âMakes my car look like a total piece of shit by comparison.â
Your companion chuckles, pulling open the driverâs side door, and you catch a glimpse of your reflection in the window as he presses a button to unlock the rest of the doors. Your hairâs a bit of a mess and your mascara has smudged beneath your right eye, and you hurriedly swipe at it as your companion turns his attention back to you.
âSo,â he says. âNow what? I can give you a ride home, if you want.â
Deliberately, you let your gaze drop down to his crotch, where his bulgeâalbeit waningâis still visible. âSeriously? I thought you were going to⌠what was it again? Make me eat my words?â
And just like that, itâs as if a switch has flipped. His eyes darken to obsidian, his lips settling into a stern line, and you barely have time to draw in a breath before heâs caging you against the side of his car and molding his mouth to yours. Your lips part beneath the onslaught, and he wastes no time in dipping inside to explore, licking into you until youâre both breathless.
âInside,â he breathes once youâve broken apart, and you instantly obey. You wrench the door open and all but tumble into the backseat, and he isnât far behind as he slots himself between your spread thighs. Your hands fly to his shoulders where you help him shuck off his leather jacket, tossing it carelessly to the front where it lands in a heap on the dashboard before focusing your attention on the hem of his black t-shirt. Your companion obliges you as you push it upward to expose his toned abdomen, grabbing it by the collar and pulling it off the rest of the way when your reach falls a little short in the cramped interior of the backseat.
âYour turn,â he whispers when you try to reach for his belt, his hands settling around your wrists. âItâs only fair, princess.â
Pouting, you let your hands fall limp in his grasp, and he chuckles as he leans down to pacify you with a kiss. Deft fingers find the hem of your blouse, pushing it up until you can twist out of the material. You throw it aside with no regard for where it lands on the ground, and lay back as your companion drinks you in, his dark gaze raking across the lacy black lingerie that decorates your curves and skims you like a second skin. âFuck,â he breathes, his voice hoarse with a combination of amazement and disbelief. âYouâre stunning.â
You smile, trailing a fingertip from the dip of his collarbone down to the silver necklace that sits prettily against his bare chest. âYouâre not so bad yourself,â you tell him, tracing the letter engraved into his pendant. âJay.â
Your companionânewly dubbed Jayâsmiles back. âYouâre something else, princess,â he murmurs, before leaning down to kiss you again. He explores your mouth thoroughlyâlanguidlyâbefore moving down to nip at your neck, and already, you can feel the beginnings of marks beginning to form, blossoming across your skin as irrefutable proof of your tryst.
It isnât long before Jay frees you from your bra, watching with carnal fascination as your breasts spill out of the lacy material. You whine when he reaches out to cup one, his palm hot against your bare skin, and he smirks crookedly when a pinch to your nipple makes your back arch off the leather of the seat. âSo pretty,â he rasps. âI canât wait to see how you look stretched around my cock.â
âStop waiting, then,â you tell him, trying again for his belt buckle. This time, he lets you fumble it open, leaning back to watch you work with hooded eyes and a lazy little smile. Emboldened, you push aside the denim of his jeans and free his cock from the confines of his underwear. Heâs hard and hot and heavy in your palm, and your tongue darts out instinctively at the sight of the pearlescent precum beading the tip.
âJay,â you murmur, thumbing across the head of his erection and smirking when he hisses in pleasure. âFuck me.â
Jay seems to consider your demand, mischief flitting across his features before he manages to school his expression into something more neutral. âWhere are your manners, princess?â he asks, pushing your hand away and giving himself a few long, slow strokes. âSay please, if you want it so bad.â
For a moment, you consider refusing. Jay seems to be the type of man who enjoys a good game, but between the state of his cock and the earlier interruption, youâre pretty sure heâs nearing his limit. And even if he isnât, you are. And so, you shelve your pride for the time being, and trail a hand down the length of your bared body as you bat your lashes up at him. âFuck me, Jay,â you repeat. âPlease. Want your cock so bad.â
His answering smile is equal parts amusement and satisfaction, and altogether sinful. âThatâs my girl,â he rasps, before shoving your panties aside. Lining the head of his cock up, he enters you in one smooth thrust, and you moan as your walls stretch to accommodate his girth. Youâre more than wet enough to take him in his entirety, your eyes fluttering shut when he bottoms out, and he groans hoarsely as he takes a second to relish the feeling of your walls gripping him so tightly.
âFuck. Youâre so wet, princess.â Jay dips a thumb into your slick, spreading it across your clit and rubbing a few experimental circles around the sensitive nub. He groans when you clench around him, his hips stuttering, and you squeeze around him again just to hear him grit out another curse. âShit. Iâm not going to last long at this rate.â
âDonât care,â you murmur, rocking against him and sighing when the motion sends him a little deeper into your core. âJust fuck me, Jay. Please.â
Jay leans in, a dark lock of hair falling across his forehead as he plants an indulgent kiss on your waiting mouth. âAnything for you, princess,â he breathes. Slowly, he pulls back until only the tip of his cock remains inside you. Then heâs slamming forward, and you canât even find it in yourself to care about the obscene sound of skin slapping against skin or the way the car rocks. Jayâs thumbing across your clit in tight circles that he times perfectly with the rock of his hips, and you wonder whether the rapidly building pleasure in your belly is due to your dry spell or if heâs just that good. You can feel every inch of him as he fills you up repeatedly, his brows furrowed in concentration and his dark hair flopping as he drives deeper in search of the spot that will have you seeing stars.
You know heâs found it when the pleasure in your belly spikes, your back arching off the backseat. Your skin is sticky against the dark leather and youâre certain the sweat gathering at your temples has destroyed the last of your makeup, but Jay alleviates your concerns with a particularly well-timed thrust and a harsh nip to the soft spot at your clavicle. You keen out something unintelligible, and his lips stretch into a smirk against your skin.
âThatâs it,â he encourages. âCum for me, princess.â
Thatâs all it takes for the mounting pressure to snap. Your body collapses into a searing orgasm, the pleasure flaring out like a supernova and spreading through your veins like wildfire. âF-fuck, Jayââ you gasp, your fingers scrabbling at his back for purchase and no doubt leaving scratches in their wake. âFuck, you feel soââ
The remainder of your words trail off into garbled nonsense, and Jay huffs out a strained chuckle as he begins chasing after his own orgasm, rutting against you in a way that both prolongs your pleasure and sustains his own. âShit,â he groans, his eyes fluttering shut. âFuck, thatâs it. Look at youâtaking my cock so well. So pretty and perfect andââ
Whatever he was going to say dissolves into a groan as he gives a few more erratic thrusts before his release overwhelms him. Creamy warmth floods through you, and you rub his back tiredly as his head drops onto your shoulder, his breath flaring hot against your skin as he rides out his orgasm.
It takes several long seconds for the pleasure to recede. Your legs are still shaky when Jay pulls away, straightening up and tucking himself back into his jeans. Thereâs an empty ache in your core now that you are no longer stuffed full of his cock, and already, you are missing the feeling. Still, you push that aside as you sit up, adjusting your panties and wincing at the wetness that soaks the material and sticks to your skin.
âSo,â Jay says after a momentâs silence, and you glance over at him when he huffs out a short chuckle. âThat was fun.â
âNot bad at all,â you agree weakly, an irrepressible smile tugging at your lips.
Jay grins. Itâs a bright, infectious grinâand itâs one that youâve already grown rather fond of in the short period of time youâve known him. Itâs a grin that showcases his perfect teeth and crinkles his eyes into crescents, and one that all but forces you to grin back.
âHere, give me your phone,â he says, and you watch as he punches in his number once you hand it over. âJust in case you ever wanna do this again,â he tells you, handing it back. âDonât be a stranger, princess.â
You glance down at his contact information, saved under the moniker youâd given him and affixed with a short string of emojis. âI wonât,â you tell him, chuckling. âIn fact, I just might take you up on the offer.â
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The screen of your laptop has long since gone dark, and you stretch your arms overhead before waking it again. Rolling your shoulders, you navigate back to the main Netflix menu, hovering over the resume button and watching the trailer loop in the background.
Youâd be lying if you said you didnât think about Jay often. Youâve texted each other quite often since that night in his carâusually when youâre bored and alone and have had a few too many glasses of wine in the evenings. Youâve found yourself tapping on his name instinctively during those odd, ambiguous hoursâwhen late night and early morning meld together and youâre aching for a bit of relief.
And as if he knows youâre thinking about him, your phone buzzes against the coffee table, the screen lighting up with a familiar name.
[11:22pm] Jay đđđŚ: thinkin about u, pretty girl đ
Itâs followed by an image, and your heart rate picks up, thudding loudly against your ribs as you open it.
Fuck.
Your memories of Jayâs faceâmade all the more hazy by the alcohol and the amount of time elapsed since your first and only meetingâtruly donât do him justice. Though the photograph cuts off just above his nose, you can still admire the sharp angle of his jaw and the fullness of his puckered lips. His skin is golden against the white of his t-shirt, and you lick your lips before thumbing across your screen to respond.
[11:23pm] You: yeah? what else are you thinking about, hmm?
His response is instantaneous.
[11:23pm] Jay đđđŚ: thinking about that pretty little pussy of yours
[11:23pm] Jay đđđŚ: how good it looked in that pic u sent me tuesday đ
You barely even notice the way your hand begins trailing down your body, pushing aside the elastic waistband of your sweats. Itâs as if youâre on autopilot, as your fingers find their way to the damp spot growing on your panties.
Yeah? you write back with your free hand, already teasing at your clothed folds with the other. Tell me more.
///
Itâs an uncharacteristically warm Friday morning when you find yourself in the elevator with Jimin, a good friend of yours who works on one of the lower levels of your office building. âMorning,â he says as he steps in, a large iced coffee in hand despite the fact that itâs still very much the middle of winter. Then he squints, leaning a little closer. âOh my god. You got laid!â
âOh my god, not so loud!â you hiss, whacking him on the shoulder and jabbing the button to close the elevator doors. âAnd no, not exactly. Iâve just been texting Jay.â
âTexting, sure.â Jimin mimes air quotes around the word and rolls his eyes. âYouâre sexting him, and we all know it. How many pictures of his dick do you have saved on your phone now?â
âOh myââ You sigh, trailing off. âCan we not talk about this right now?â
âRight, of course.â Jimin takes a sip of his coffee and pretends to check his watch. âWhen would you like to talk about it then? Do you need to check your calendar? Can I book an appointment for later this afternoon?â
You stick your tongue out at him. âShut up.â
Jimin just grins, his lips puckered around his straw. âSo, howâs Jay? Have you asked for his real name yet?â
You shrug. âWhatâs the point? Itâs not like weâre friends or anything. Weâve literally only met the one time.â
âYeah, but thatâs just because youâre a coward,â Jimin points out. âWhatâs stopping you from meeting up with him again? You have his number. You have at least one photo of his dick. Ask him out already!â
âItâs not that easy, though,â you sigh. The elevator doors open to let a few more people in, and you move to the side and lower your voice so that only Jimin can hear. âJayâheâs not exactly boyfriend material. I mean, we fucked in his car the first night we met.â
âSo?â Jimin frowns and takes another sip of his iced coffee. âYou talk about things besides sex, donât you? You definitely told him about your goldfish dying, at least. I mean, you told him before you even told me!â
âYes I did, and he was appropriately sympathetic about Mustacheâs passing, unlike some people,â you sniff. âGet over it already, wonât you?â
âNever,â Jimin replies, ignoring your pointed jab. âIâm sure you only told him because you knew you could get a sympathy sext out of it. How many dick pics did you get out of that night, anyway?â
âYouâre gross,â you tell him, punching him in the arm. âNot to mention thatâs exactly why Jayâs not boyfriend material. Heâs perfectly happy withâwhatever it is weâre doing. I canât just ruin that by asking him to get dinner.â You frown, gnawing on your bottom lip. âI donât want to make this into something that itâs not.â
Jimin hesitates. âFine, okay. I guess I can understand that.â
âYeah.â
Thereâs a pause, as the elevator makes a few more stops. You watch the numbers crawl higher, and know that youâll soon have to part ways with your friend..
âHey.â You nudge Jimin with your shoulder, just as the elevator doors close and you begin the ascent to his floor. âWanna know something interesting?â
Jimin looks up from his phone, where heâs scrolling through Twitter. âAlways.â
âMy bossâ son is coming to the party tomorrow.â
Jiminâs eyebrows disappear into his ashy blond hair at your revelation. âKyungheeâs son? Hoseok, or whatever?â
You chuckle. âThe one and only. Sheâs found about a million ways to bring him up in conversation this past week. She thinks weâre a match made in heaven.â
âWow.â Jimin releases a long breath. âI wonder what heâs like, then.â
You shrug, adjusting the strap of your work tote over your shoulder. âI guess weâll find out, wonât we?â
///
The morning of the party, you wake up to an empty refrigerator. Half stale cereal and the last dregs of milk from the carton become your breakfast, and you munch on that as you mull over the contents of your closet. Youâre still in your pajamas, but you pull out your comfiest jeans and a sweater to change into after you finish eating. Then you turn to your collection of dresses, rifling through them and mentally debating the merits of each material and color.
You could go in one of two directions tonight. On the one hand, this is still a work party, and as such your attire should probably maintain a certain level of decorum. But on the other, youâre meeting Hoseok Jung for the first time tonight. You arenât necessarily looking to start anything with the man, of course, but you do want to look good. With that in mind, you eventually settle on a deep red number that you pull out of the very back of your closet, made of a silky material that skims your curves and accentuates your best assets. Laying it on the bed, you begin your hunt for a pair of matching shoes. Twenty minutes of searching and another five of agonizing later, you step into the bathroom, intent on showering and getting on with the rest of your day.
Upon exiting the bathroom, you decide that tackling the state of your refrigerator takes top priority over your other weekend errands. Sitting down at the dining table, you take stock of what you have in your pantry, planning out your meals for the upcoming week and making a list of what you need to purchase in order to make them a reality. Itâs just after one in the afternoon when you exit your apartment with a completed grocery list and your purse stuffed full of reusable canvas bags. The store is a short walk from where you live, and you decide to put in your earbuds as your feet navigate the familiar route. The temperature is surprisingly mild for winter, and the sun shines bright from its perch in the cloudless blue sky. Itâs perfect weather for a walk, and the fresh air clears your mind and eases your heart.
At the grocery store, you forego the stack of baskets and instead grab a shopping cart. Weaving your way up and down the aisles, you check items off the list on your phone one by one. Eventually, you find yourself in the cereal section, grabbing a box of granola before turning to where your favorite cereal normally sits. It isnât there, and you turn in a full circle, confused, until your gaze finally lands on the familiar box on the top shelf.
Great.
Sighing, you push up to your tiptoes, stretching your arm as far as it can reach. Your fingertips graze the shelf, but you canât quite get a grip on the box itself. Glancing down, you scan the bottommost shelf and wonder if you can step on it to give yourself a boost.
âNeed a hand?â
The voice comes from behind you, and a vague sense of familiarity sparks in your brain. Slowly, you turn around, and your entire body freezes when your gaze slides up to the speakerâs face.
âJay.â The syllable escapes you in a near whisper. âH-hi.â
âHey.â
Jay stands before you, looking like sin incarnate in a faded denim jacket, black sweatpants slung low on his hips, and not much else. At his throat, his silver necklace sparkles, the silver J pendant glinting beneath the fluorescent lights of the store, and youâre suddenly beyond grateful that you decided to put on a decent sweater before leaving.
âHere,â he says, stepping forward until heâs close enough that you can smell his cologneâsandalwood tinged with sweet citrus. âLet me help you with that.â
The sudden proximity has your breath hitching in your throat. Your heart thuds erratically against your ribs as he reaches around you, the denim flaps of his jacket gaping in a way that exposes even more of his bare chest. By the time he pulls back with your cereal box in hand, you feel almost faint, belatedly realizing that youâd been holding your breath.
âYou wanted this, right?â Jay asks, and you arenât sure if youâre imagining the innuendo underlying his words or the teasing inflection of the syllables.
âY-yeah, thatâs the one,â you manage, fighting to quell the uneven tempo of your heartbeat as you accept the box. âThanks.â
âHappy to help,â he replies. Then he leans in, close enough that you can feel his warm breath fanning your cheek as he murmurs his next sentence into your ear. âAnything for you, princess. You know that.â
Heat floods across your cheeks. Your heart skips two full beats before taking off into a sprint, and itâs impossible to ignore the way your core begins to thrum, as if anticipating a repeat of that night you first met all those weeks ago. Almost instinctively, your eyes dart up to the ceiling where the security cameras are, and Jay follows the trajectory of your gaze with a low chuckle and a soft brush of your cheek with the pad of his thumb.
âSorry, princess. As much as Iâd love to get my hands on you, Iâm kind of on a time crunch today.â
You canât stop the wave of disappointment that washes over you, even if youâre in the exact same boat. âRain check, then?â
âRain check,â he agrees. Slowly, you reach up to touch the engraved silver pendant resting against his chest, rubbing it between your fingertips before tracing the curve of the J, and he catches your wandering fingers between his and presses a gentle kiss to your knuckles.
âYou know how to reach me,â he murmurs with a mischievous wink. His gaze lingers even after heâs released your hand, and you clear your throat awkwardly before turning to deposit your cereal box into your shopping cart.
The two of you go your separate ways then, exchanging goodbyes. You finish the rest of your grocery shopping in a daze, idly going through the motions at checkout and letting muscle memory guide you back home. Your arms are aching by the time you step past the threshold of your apartment, and you heave your shopping bags up onto the kitchen counter with a relieved sigh before returning to the entryway to toe off your shoes. You throw together a sandwich as you unpack your groceries, taking a big bite as you walk back to your bedroom to look at the dress youâve picked out. Pacing over to the closet, you double-check your shoe choice. Briefly, you debate whether or not to wear flats instead of heels.
There are still a few hours left before you have to start getting ready, so you take the last of your sandwich back to the kitchen and whip up a smoothie to go with it. You scroll through your phone as you eat, browsing through the latest news headlines and scrolling through your social media accounts. Just before six oâclock, as the sun starts setting beyond the horizon and casting long shadows across your living room, you start getting changed. You snap a photo in the mirror once youâre dressed, pulling up Jiminâs name in your phone and sending it to him.
[6:13pm] You: last chance to come tonight
Your phone buzzes with a response almost immediately.
[6:14pm] Jimin: nah. iâd hate to step on hoseokâs toes.
You laugh. Not so fast, you text back. We donât even know anything about the guy yet. What if heâs boring? Or sexist?
[6:15pm] Jimin: if u think kyunghee raised a sexist youâre seriously deranged
[6:16pm] Jimin: now stop taking selfies and get your ass out the door! youâre gonna be late!!!!
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Each year, the holiday party tends to be a little over the top, and this year is no exception. The company has bought out the entirety of a restaurant for the evening, and you glance around in amazement at the twinkling lights and lush evergreen boughs decorating the walls and strung up along the ceiling. An assortment of sparkling ornaments hangs from the massive tree in the far corner, interspersed between silver tinsel and more lights. Grabbing a champagne flute off a passing serverâs tray, you head farther into the restaurant, skirting around tables draped in creamy linen and greeting your colleagues and friends.
âIs she alone?â
âFigures.â
The voices come from the direction of the open bar, and somehow, you just know that theyâre talking about you. Lottie, Hyejin, and Sandra are clustered in the corner with glasses of wine in hand, casting glances around the restaurant and gossiping about anything and everything with a pulse. Youâre sorely tempted to grab the nearest pitcher of water off a table and pour it over their heads, but you suppress the urge and instead head over with a saccharine smile. âSo lovely to see you, {Name},â Lottie says as you approach.
âI love your dress,â Sandra adds. âVery slimming.â
âThanks,â you reply, putting on your brightest, fakest smile. âYours is great too. How are you and your husband enjoying the party so far?â
Sandraâs face sours, and you hide your smirk in your champagne flute. Maybe itâs petty to bring up her rocky relationship, but youâve been subject to snide comments from Sandra and her friends for years now and itâs become increasingly hard for you to bite your tongue. A few tables away, you spot Sandraâs husband, Rodney, take an enormous gulp of his whiskey and wince as it burns down his throat.
âWeâre all having a wonderful time, arenât we, ladies?â Lottie cuts in when Sandra takes too long to answer. âHyejinâs date is over there with Rodney, and my boyfriend is fetching himself a drink. You remember Dev, donât you?â
You nod, even though itâs a lie. âSure. Say hi to him for me.â
Lottieâs lips curve up into a smile, her head tilting to the side, and youâre suddenly reminded of a snake rearing its head back for the kill. âSo, what about you? Have you brought someone tonight, orâ?â
âHi ladies!â Kyunghee materializes at your side, her lips painted a festive red shade to match her dress. Sheâs wearing the disingenuous smile that she reserves for the resident gossips of your office, and you try not to let your relief show on your face when Lottieâs attention refocuses on your manager.
âSo good to see you, Kyunghee,â she simpers. âHave you been here long?â
âNot as long as you,â your manager replies, nodding at the near-empty wineglass in her hand. âI see weâre already making a dent in the wine supply, and youâre falling behind, {Name}. Why donât we go remedy that, hmm?â
She doesnât give you a chance to respond, grabbing your arm and leading you away. Kyunghee is surprisingly spry for a woman her age, and you follow after her with some difficulty as she marches through the throngs of conversing people, all the way to the line at the open bar.
âIâd like you to meet someone,â she says, gesturing at the man standing at the end of the line with his back to you. â{Name}, this is my son, Hoseok.â
The man turns around at the sound of his name, a warm, affable smile stretched across his face. âHi, Iâm Hââ he begins, but heâs cut off by your sharp intake of breath. His eyes go wide, his smile fading as his mouth falls open, and youâre certain youâre wearing an even more dumbfounded expression. âItâs you,â he says, his voice hoarse.
âWh-what⌠howâŚâ You trail off, speechless. The words flounder and die in your throat as your brain struggles to process this development, and you practically feel the way the gears in your head churn to a stuttering halt.
Because this man standing before you, the one that Kyunghee has just introduced as her son, is none other than Jay. He looks completely and utterly devastating in a navy waistcoat and matching slacks, a green tie shaped like a Christmas tree knotted loosely around the white collar of his shirt. His dark hair is parted, his undercut exposed, and you canât tear your gaze away from the loose strand that has fallen across his forehead.
âH-hi.â
JayâHoseokâswallows. âHi.â
Kyunghee glances between the two of you, her brows furrowing. âI take it you two already know each other?â
Hoseokâs ears begin taking on a scarlet tinge, the color spreading to his cheeks as he struggles to find his vocabulary again. âIâyeah. Yeah, weâve met.â
âRight. Do I even want to know how?â she asks dubiously, before shaking her head and huffing out a sigh. âNo, forget I asked. I donât want to know. Iâll just leave you two to⌠catch up.â
Waving goodbye, Kyunghee disappears back into the crowd of partygoers milling around. Hoseok turns back to you, sucking in a deep breath, and you fight the urge to stare down at your toes as his gaze roves across your face.
âI canât believe this,â he says, breaking the silence thatâs fallen between you at last. âMy momâs been talking about you for months, but I never imagined that itâd be you.â
âYouâre telling me,â you reply, finally having recovered your voice. âKyunghee brings you up all the time, but I never thought⌠I mean, we didnât even know each otherâs names, and nowâŚâ You shrug. âHere we both are.â
âItâs a pretty crazy coincidence, huh?â
âDefinitely.â
A beat passes, and then two. Youâre fully aware that youâre staring, but you donât dare blink, afraid that heâll disappear if you close your eyes. Of all the things that you thought might happen tonight, this particular meeting wasnât even close to making the list. Never would you have thought that the man you only knew as Jay would turn out to be Kyungheeâs son. Never would you have connected Jay to the photographed little boy in yellow suspenders on Kyungheeâs desk, or realized that they were one and the same.
From behind you, someone loudly clears their throat. Another voice calls for you to get a move on, already, and both you and Hoseok belatedly realize that you are still standing in line for the open bar. Hoseokâs eyes go wide again, and you nearly tread on his toes when you both try to move forward. âAfter you,â he says with a chuckle, gesturing for you to go in front of him, and thatâs enough to break the tension. You step ahead of him with a laugh, catching up to the line, and Hoseok doesnât stray far as he follows your lead.
âSo, what are you drinking?â he asks, a smile playing at the corner of his lips. âVodka soda with a twist?â
âActually, I think Iâm going to stick with wine tonight,â you reply, peering at the bottles lined up on the counter. âWhat about you?â
âHmm. Jack and coke, I think. Nothing else is really calling my name right now.â
Grabbing your drinks, the two of you begin searching for a place to sit. You spot Kyunghee at a table near the front, and she smiles knowingly and offers you a thumbs-up when she catches your eye. Eventually, you settle on a table near the Christmas tree, the lights glimmering off the glasses and reflecting off your knife as you pick it up to butter a slice of crusty bread from the basket in the center. Hoseok follows your lead, grabbing a piece for himself, and the two of you munch in silence for a few seconds before Hoseok breaks it.
âYou know, my mom says youâre the perfect girl for meâ he says with a dry little chuckle. âThink sheâs right?â
âI donât know,â you answer. âItâs funny, thoughâKyungheeâs been telling me the same thing. She sings your praises all the time.â
Hoseok laughs and scratches the back of his neck. âOh, jeez, thatâs kind of embarrassing. Iâm glad sheâs saying good things, at least.â
âYou donât have to worry about that,â you tell him, grinning. âSheâs only shown us one photo album from your childhood.â
His face crumples. âWas it the Disneyland one?â
You nod, fighting back laughter, and watch as Hoseok groans and lets his forehead meet the linen-covered tabletop with a dull thunk.
âI donât like rollercoasters,â he mumbles into the tablecloth, his voice muffled by the material. âThey make me queasy.â
âEven now?â you ask, and he nods.
âYep.â
The clinking of a fork against a wineglassâamplified and broadcast through an array of invisible speakers built into the restaurantâs wallsâinterrupts any further conversation. You twist in your seat to watch your companyâs leadership give their opening remarks, listening as they congratulate everyone for a great year and wish you a happy holiday season. The servers begin going out with plates of food, and you thank them as they set yours down. Hoseok does the same before raising his glass in your direction, clearing his throat and offering you a crooked little smile.
âHereâs to second meetings.â
âThird, if you count the store earlier,â you correct, and he chuckles and nods in agreement before clinking his drink against yours.
You spend the entirety of dinner chatting with Hoseok, getting to know him beyond the few facts Kyunghee has mentioned and what little youâve gleaned from texting him the last two months. He tells you all about his dance studio, Hope World, where he teaches both contemporary dance and the occasional Pilates class. You find out that in addition to rollercoasters, he also dislikes sour foods and raisins, but he loves mint chocolate and sweet and sour pork. He also has a very low tolerance for alcoholâsomething he tells you as he tilts the rest of his drink into his mouth. âShould I be worried?â you ask as he sets his glass back down, and he chuckles and shakes his head, sending the loose tendril of hair flopping across his forehead.
Dessert is served, and subsequently eaten. The music is turned up, and people slowly begin finding their way to the open space that serves as an impromptu dancefloor. Hoseok rises to his feet and extends a hand toward you, and you only hesitate for the briefest of seconds before accepting it. He leads you out amongst the other swaying couples, his hand finding its way to the curve of your waist, and you rest your hand on his shoulder as he begins guiding you in a slow, simple waltz.
âSo?â Hoseokâs voice is a low murmur, soft and gentle against the shell of your ear. âWhatâs the verdict?â
You blink. âThe verdict?â
Even without looking, you can tell that heâs smiling. You can hear it in the lilt of his voice, and imagine it in the curve of his lips. âAbout me,â he clarifies, carefully pulling back so you can spin in a circle beneath his outstretched arm. âAbout us. My mom will never let me hear the end of it if she turns out to be right, but I still wanna know. So what are you thinking?â
âAre you asking if I think weâre perfect for each other?â you ask, giggling. âI donât know if I believe in all that, to be quite honest. Destiny and soulmatesâI mean, doesnât it seem a little too good to be true?â
Hoseok hums. âMaybe. But considering all thatâs happened to us in the last couple of months, donât you think thereâs a chance that it's all more than simple coincidence?â
âMaybe,â you concede. âStill, I donât know if I can give you a verdict just yet. We havenât even gone on a date.â
âWe did do things a little backwards,â Hoseok admits, tugging you close and winding his arm around your waist. âLet me make it up to you, then. Are you free tomorrow?â
âWhat if I am?â you challenge.
âThen, Iâd like to take you out for breakfast,â he replies without missing a beat.
The prospect of a proper meal with Hoseok Jung does something funny to your insides. Still, something makes you hesitate, and you avert your gaze as you search for your next words. âI wasnât expecting to end tonight with a date,â you admit slowly. âI honestly didnât even think you were interested in⌠well, anything beyond sex, to be honest.â
Hoseokâs face creases into a frown, and you look up again when he murmurs your name. âI understand why you would think that,â he says. âReally, I do. But honestly? I had every intention of texting you and asking you out properly. I was going to play it cool and wait a few days, which was stupid in retrospect. And then you texted me first.â
âI texted yââ You trail off. âOh, god.â
âIt seemed like youâd been drinking,â Hoseok says with a shrug, and you press a finger to his lips before he can say anything more. You remember the night in question, and you remember the bottle of wine youâd consumed. And you definitely remember the photographs youâd sent of yourself, and the ones Hoseok had been kind enough to send in return.
âWait, so you were going to ask me out? And then I⌠I sexted you?â
Hoseok nods, and you groan and bury your face into his chest.
âI canât believe this,â you mutter, and you feel laughter rumble through his chest before a hand comes up to stroke along your back.
âBelieve me, Iâm not complaining,â he assures you. âBut Iâd still really like to take you out, so what do you say?â
His gaze doesnât leave yours for a second as he awaits your answer, and your heart skips a beat when you look up to see the earnestness in his eyes and the hesitant smile playing at the corners of his mouth. âBreakfast sounds wonderful,â you whisper, and the smile that blossoms on your companionâs face is nothing short of radiant.
âGood,â he says. âGreat. Breakfast tomorrow, then. Now, can I kiss you?â
Youâre already pushing up to your tiptoes, your fingers fisting in the soft hair at his nape. âGod, yes.â
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âHey, you made it!â
You beam. âHi.â
You and Hoseok are about to commence your first date, having just sat down at a cozy little cafĂŠ for breakfast. Hoseok has pulled your chair out in true gentlemanly fashion, and you canât help but smile over your menu at the few lingering snowflakes that have yet to melt into his dark hair.
âSo, here we are,â you remark. âOur fourth meeting.â
Hoseokâs lips stretch into his signature grin, breathtakingly bright and infectious. âAnd hopefully many more.â
You grin at him. âYeah? Too bad this is breakfast, because Iâd drink to that.â
He leans forward, his grin widening. âNext time,â he says as his hand finds its way around yours, his fingers slotting comfortably into the spaces between your own. âWe can do dinner, maybe. Or I can cook for you. But for now, Iâm just happy that weâre finally doing this.â
You give his hand a soft squeeze. âMe too.â
âJust promise me one thing?â
The sudden seriousness of his tone has your brow furrowing in concern. âSure, of course,â you reassure. âWhat is it?â
He winces. âPlease donât tell my mom about all the dick pics.â
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Don't Forget About Us
Hello, my lovelies. Hereâs my contribution to @nahimjustfeelingit-writes smut challenge (the prompt is in bold!) Letâs see what Erikâs up to now, shall we?
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Word count: 5,595
CW: smut...duh.
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âSo, what do you do for a living?â
Kayla sighed internally at the question and took a sip of her Pinot Grigio. She hated first dates with a burning passion, but unfortunately, that was the only way to find a man around here. She went through the motions of politely answering his questions, barely asking any of her own. She didnât care. Even just fifteen minutes in, Kayla could tell he didnât excite her, and she lamented the waste of a good outfit as she listened to him drone on about his life. Every now and then, heâd stop and ask a question about her, but she could tell he was only asking so he could talk more about himself.
How many siblings do you have?
Whatâs your sign?
Why did your last relationship end?
Her mind traveled to her ex-boyfriend, Erik Stevens. They had spent six blissful years together, and Kayla thought he was the one. She wanted them to get married and start a family, and she thought he did, too, but every time she brought it up, heâd find some excuse to change the subject. At thirty years old, Kayla wasnât getting any younger, so she grew tired of his avoidance and eventually cut him loose. She needed more out of life, but the guy currently sitting across from her certainly wasnât it.
âWe wanted different things,â she answered vaguely and took another sip. It would be a long night with whatâs-his-name. David? Devon? Whatever. At least he had money and took her to a nice restaurant.
Darryl took the opportunity to bore her with the details of his job, which Kayla already knew. He was a colleague of her best friend, Carinaâs husband. They worked at the same law firm, and Carina decided to hook them up after tiring of hearing Kayla complain about dating apps. As much as Kayla hated Tinder, she wouldâve much rather been at home on her couch swiping left on the cesspool of single men Oakland had to offer. Every few dozen swipes or so, sheâd find a cutie, but his bio would be abysmal, or his conversation skills would fall flat.
Despite the fact that their relationship just couldnât make it, Kayla still thought of Erik as the gold standard. Just thinking about his dimples and his struggle beard made her smile dreamily. His big, strong arms would wrap around her and hold her tight at night, and sheâd trace her fingers over the intentionally placed keloid scars that held his darkest secrets. She missed retwisting his locs and the way he always smelled like sandalwood and warm vanilla. Kayla didnât want to admit it, but she still loved him. No man could compare to her Erik.
âHello? Kayla?â
âHuh? Oh, sorry. Can you repeat that last part?â
âUh, yeah, sure. Whatâs got you so distracted, babygirl?â
Kayla fought the bile rising in her throat. She wasnât his babygirl. It didnât even sound right coming from his mouth. Maybe it was the thinness of his lips. They werenât âwhite manâ thin, but they couldnât hold a candle to the juicy pussy pleasers she had grown accustomed to.
âNothing, just thought I saw somebody I know. You were saying?â
âJust that you look beautiful tonight,â Damon attempted to flirt with her.
Kayla wanted to roll her eyes but thanked him instead and smiled politely again. Of course she looked beautiful; she had pulled out all the stops for what she had hoped would be a good night out. Kayla had squeezed her thickness into a lavender satin dress. The way the dressâs skirt cinched on the side kept it snug around her plush waist, but the high slit that traveled up her thigh was the main attraction. The strappy silver heels on her feet showed off her matching pedicure that contrasted beautifully with her glistening brown skin, and her makeup was flawless. Her outerwear for the night, a cropped fur jacket that had found its way to the coat check when they arrived, was the icing on the cake. Her outfit deserved the appreciation, just not from Deshawn.
The waiter saved her from having to focus on her date when she brought out the food they had ordered. Since Kayla knew Derek had money, she had ordered the whole lobster, and she fought her mouth from drooling too much as the waiter set it down in front of her. It laid on a bed of forbidden rice, and the side of roasted brussels sprouts and cremini mushrooms looked heavenly. The ramekin of drawn butter off to the side tempted her as it sat next to the minuscule seafood fork. She may not enjoy her company for the evening, but Kayla damn sure was going to enjoy her meal.
âLooks good,â Dominic called from the other side of the table, breaking Kayla from her trance as he cut into his wagyu beef.
âSure does.â Kayla wasted no time before digging into her meal. Not only was it the perfect excuse to avoid conversation, but it was perfect, period.
A slight chill permeated the air as the door swung open and the crisp January air entered the small restaurant. Kayla shivered as she complained internally about being forced to sit near the door, but that shiver intensified as she heard a voice. His voice.
âReservation for Stevens, please.â
Kayla stilled.
âOf course. Right this way, sir,â the maitre dâ responded, and Kayla heard three sets of footsteps coming her way.
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âBabe, letâs go!â
âYell at me one more time, woman,â Erik warned as he came around the corner into the living room, fastening his watch.
âI swear, you take more time getting ready than I do.â
âWhatever, Mo. You ready?â
âNigga, I been ready!â
Erik rolled his eyes and grabbed his keys. It would be a rough night, and things were already starting off on a bad foot. He and Monique had been seeing each other for the better part of a year, and heâd finally reached his limit. She was overbearing, rude, and just after him for his money, but he hated being alone, so he put up with her bullshit. His cousin, TâChalla, had tried to hook him up with a few ladies back in Wakanda when he went to visit after his breakup, but nothing stuck. Almost immediately after coming back to the states, Erik met Monique at a charity event for the Outreach Center. She had the singing voice of an angel and had been booked as the entertainment for the evening. Erik was drawn to her like a sailor to a siren, and she immediately sank her teeth into him. Past her vocal talents, Monique wasnât really anything special. Her personality left a lot to be desired, she wasnât the sharpest crayon in the box, and she just wasnât her.
The moment Kayla ended their relationship a year ago, Erikâs whole world shattered. He had lived a life full of pain and loss, but Kayla had been his lifeline. She pulled him out of the dark and made him revel in the sunshine. Hell, she was the sunshine, but now he had settled for a UV lamp at best. Kayla had wanted a life that Erik was too scared to give her, but that fear became his downfall. He still missed her most nights. He was lonely, and Monique was there to keep him company, but that wasnât enough for him anymore. Erik craved a connection that Monique just couldnât provide. So he decided he had to break it off and figured that doing so in a public place would probably be best. She had a tendency to throw things when she got angry.
The car ride to Chez Martine was tense. Monique had been angry all day because Erik had taken back his credit card even though she wanted to buy a new dress for their date. Her lousy mood almost made him dump her back at his condo, but Erik kept a cool head and stayed focused on the plan. He ignored the way Monique complained the entire time she got ready, reluctantly putting on a dress he had seen her wear before. It didnât matter to him; he knew what the night held.
When they walked into the restaurant, Erikâs heart dropped into his stomach. Heâd recognize that shoulder blade tattoo anywhere. She had cut off all her hair and lost a few pounds, but he knew for sure that he was looking at Kayla. His Kayla. He forced himself to look straight ahead as they passed her table and prayed that the maitre dâ didnât sit them where she could see him. Unfortunately, he had no such luck because the only open table for two was directly within her line of sight. He prayed again that Monique would sit on the far side of the table, but Bast ignored his pleas once more. He had to sit facing her, and as soon as he got comfortable in his chair, her gaze slyly trailed over to him. They locked eyes across the room, and Erikâs heart stopped. She was just as beautiful as the last time he saw her all those months ago, but who the fuck was that sitting across from her?
âWhat are you looking at?â Moniqueâs abrasive voice cut through his eardrums.
âNothing. Just thought I saw someone I know, thatâs all.â
She cut her eyes at him and turned around to look as he buried his face in the menu.
âQuit being nosy,â he complained.
âI just wanna see whoâs got your attention, thatâs all.â Monique turned back around with a sour look on her face. âItâs probably that fat girl with her cleavage all out.â
âMo, just look at the fucking menu and act like you got some sense.â
âFine.â
Monique pouted until the waiter showed up, but she plastered a fake smile on her face as he took their order. As usual, she ordered the most expensive thing on the menu, and it bothered him to no end that she was hellbent on spending all of his money. Of course, he had plenty, but she felt entitled to it. Kayla never cared about him being rich. Hell, when they got together, she didnât even know he was a prince, but he loved to spoil her nonetheless. He loved the look on her face when heâd buy her things or take her on the expensive trips that she more than deserved. Kayla appreciated everything he did for her with all her heart, but sheâd say the same thing every time.
âThank you, baby, but youâre all I need.â
Erik smiled fondly at the memory of when he bought her a diamond tennis bracelet from Wakanda for their second anniversary. She was so excited to have diamonds that werenât marred by exploited labor that she damn near dropped the box when she saw what was inside. It had been a rough year for them, what with him disappearing for a couple of months to seize the Wakandan throne and all. She certainly had plenty of colorful words for him when he came back. Heâll never forget the look on her face when he showed up at her door. He had brought TâChalla for backup just in case, but she looked right past the king as tears welled up in her eyes at seeing her Erik, alive and well.
Erikâs eyes started to get misty as he thought about the way she kissed him with so much emotion...then slapped him across the face for leaving. His gaze wandered back over to Kayla and he noticed the light bounce off of something on her arm. She was wearing the bracelet.
As if she felt his glare, Kayla shifted uncomfortably in her seat, so he averted his eyes back to Monique, who had caught him staring again.
âWhy donât you go say hi?â she asked sarcastically, making him roll his eyes so hard they almost got stuck.
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Erik Stevens. Here, of all places. He just had to be here.
Kayla noticed that he didnât seem to be enjoying his modelesque dateâs company any more than she was enjoying Darwinâs, and the pang of jealousy she felt at seeing him with another woman went away. She knew she had no right to feel any kind of way about it, especially since she was the one that broke things off. That didnât make it any easier, though.
Dylan was too wrapped up in his steak to notice her wandering eye, but it seemed that Erikâs food was as uninteresting as the woman across from him. Kayla watched as he half-heartedly pushed it around his plate, but he certainly kept his favorite whiskey coming. She wanted to chuckle but didnât want Daniel to think he had anything to do with her levity. They were both drowning their dissatisfactions in their alcohols of choice, and Kayla got a phantom taste of Uncle Nearest 1856 on her lips as she watched him take a sip. When he set the glass down and licked his lips, Kayla felt flush. She missed those lipsâŚ
âSo, how about dessert?â Damien asked as he leaned back in his chair and rubbed his stomach. âI hear their creme brulee is amazing.â
âUh, sure, why not?â
âYou know,â he began as he leaned in and reached for her hands. She allowed him to take them, but the softness of his hands disgusted her. No callouses, no roughness, not even a firm grip. âIâve had a great night. Iâd love to see you again.â
Kayla chuckled nervously, unsure of how to proceed.
âWhat are you doing next-â
âAre you fucking kidding me?!â
A shrill voice pierced the air as Erikâs date bolted up from her seat. Desmond, and the whole restaurant, turned around to see what was going on, and Kayla took the opportunity to remove her hands from his.
âKeep your voice down,â Erik sneered through his teeth. âWeâre in public.â
âSo?! You bring me out here just to dump me? To dump this?!â she gestured at her slim figure, and he rolled his eyes.
âYou ainât even all that,â he waved her off. He was tired of playing nice, and Kayla could see the exasperation written all over his face.
âExcuse me, miss-â the waiter attempted to calm her down, but the crazed woman cut him off.
âStay out of this!â
âIâm so sorry,â Erik mouthed to the poor man who would absolutely be getting a monstrous tip later.
âOh, youâre sorry for him, but not for me?â
âMo, just sit down. We can finish our meal like adults-â
âFuck you, Erik.â She threw her dirty martini at him, soaking the front of his all-black ensemble.
Kayla could damn near see the steam coming out of his ears as his apparent ex stormed out of the restaurant. Erik locked eyes with her across the room, and when he saw the concern written all over her face, his softened.
âWhew, poor fella,â Dexter commented as he turned back around. âWhere was I? Oh-â
âExcuse me, whereâs your restroom?â Kayla interrupted him as their waiter walked by.
âRight down there.â She pointed at a set of stairs off to the side, and Kayla thanked her as she slid out of her seat.
âIâll be back, Darius.â
âItâs Denzel.â He deflated.
âFuck,â she froze. She had been sure it was Darius. âStill, Iâll be back.â
âIâll be here,â he responded, obviously upset by her slip-up.
Kayla hurried off down the stairs and leaned against the wall as she waited for either of the single-use restrooms to open up. She took a deep breath and opened her clutch, reaching in to pull out her phone with a shaky hand and typing in his number. It was one of the few she had memorized, just in case.
âYou ok?â
Her thumb hovered over the send button, but she couldnât press it. Her heart nearly thumped out of her chest at the thought of starting a conversation with him, but something within her said that she should. It would be weird not to say anything after all that, right?
âHey-â
âShit!â Kayla dropped her phone when his silky baritone graced her ears.
âMy fault, ma.â Erik leaned over and picked the phone off the floor, checking it for cracks. He saw she had typed a message out to him and smirked before handing it back to her.
âT-thanks.â
âNo problem. And, yeah, Iâm ok.â
âHuh?â
Erik pointed at her phone screen.
âOh! Right. Um, well, thatâs good to hear.â Kayla attempted to push her hair behind her ear out of habit, forgetting she had just cut it all off a week ago.
âWhat about you?â
âWhat about me?â
âYou ok? You donât seem to into ole dude out there.â
Kayla sighed and rolled her eyes, âOh, him.â
âDamn, itâs like that?â Erik laughed, and she slapped his arm. That slight contact was enough to spark a flame in them both, and Erikâs face turned serious. âFor real, though, not going well?â
âBetter than you, it seems,â she quipped as she eyed his wet shirt. That was a bad idea because his first three buttons were undone, and she caught a peek of the raised scars that she missed so much. And that broad chest, and the chain with his fatherâs ring that he always wore. Heâd let her wear it from time to time, and she always felt like it was such an honor. He trusted her enough to let her wear it. He loved her enough to-
Kayla pried her eyes away and made yet another mistake: she looked up at him. Those eyes still looked like sweet, sweet molasses, and even though his locs were braided back, she could tell he was letting them grow out. She momentarily wondered who was retwisting them nowadays, but her train of thought was cut short by the scent of sandalwood and vanilla. Kaylaâs mind went blank as she inhaled slowly.
âHeh, yeah. That was...that was pretty embarrassing. Not even gonna lie.â Erik looked away shyly, unable to hold her gaze.
âI guess youâll need to find a new date spot, huh?â
âNah, I think Iâm good on dating for a while.â
âSame,â Kayla sighed. âDating sucks.â
âYeahâŚâ
One of the bathroom doors unlocked, and a middle-aged white man stepped out and passed them on the way up the stairs.
âWell, I should-â
âYeah, go ahead.â
Kayla walked towards the bathroom, but before she could reach the door, she felt a light tug on her wrist. His touch still gave her goosebumps, and he noticed her raised skin as she turned to face him.
âI just, uh...it was nice seeing you, Kay-kay.â Erik smiled at her, and she nearly melted. She missed when he called her that, too. âYou look good.â
âThanks, E.â She smiled back. âSo do you.â
He let her go, and Kayla disappeared into the bathroom. When she closed the door behind her, she took a deep breath to center herself. After all these months, Erik still took her breath away. He clouded her senses and scrambled her mind. Even as she took care of business, her brain replayed their short interaction on a loop.
Kayla locked eyes with her reflection as she dried her hands. How could she go back up there to- whatâs his name? Oh, yeah, Da- Denzel. Thatâs it, Denzel. How could she go back up there to his mediocre company when the man she still loved had made her feel so alive with just one touch. That was the magic of Erik, his magnetism. When they were together, she couldnât help but be drawn to him, even when she wanted to slap him across his beautiful face. Those were some of the best times, though. If she was angry at him, he knew exactly what to do to calm her down. To put her in her place. To remind her-
Kaylaâs daydreaming was cut short by a knock at the door.
âOccupied!â
It came again.
âIâll be out in a minute!â
She reached for another paper towel to dab off the sweat that had started to pool on her skin at the thought of Erikâs dominance when the door opened.
âWhat the f- Erik?!â
He pushed inside the bathroom and locked the door behind him.
âYou need to start locking doors, Kay.â
âI- what do you want?â
âI want to talk to you,â he spoke as he moved closer to her.
âHere?!â
âYeah, here,â he chuckled.
Kayla rolled her eyes and tried to push past him.
âNow is not the time or place-â
âWhen is?â he blocked her exit, and she crossed her arms in defeat, looking up at him through her lashes as she leaned against the sink. âLook, I just need to say something real quick.â
âFine,â Kayla sighed and gestured for him to continue. She knew there was no use fighting him. She wasnât leaving that bathroom until he was good and ready.
âKay,â his voice softened, and she looked away only to have her face pulled back in his direction. âKay-kay, look at me.â
She made the mistake of doing just that, getting lost in his eyes again.
âI miss you,â Erik murmured.
âErik-â
âLook, I know, ok? I know. And Iâm sorry, Kay. I really am- no, look at me. Iâm sorry I wasnât enough for you...but I miss you, girl.â
Kaylaâs eyes welled up with tears that she tried her hardest to blink away, but one had the nerve to fall. Erik wiped it away, and the next one, and the next one. A sob wracked Kaylaâs body, and he wrapped his arms around her body.
âDonât cry, babygirl. I know you worked hard on your makeup.â
Kayla laughed through her tears, but the emotions washed back over her, and she buried her face into his chest. It was already soaked with gin, so what harm would a few tears do?
He held her and rocked her softly from side to side as she cried, and after a couple of minutes, she found the will to look up at him again. His cheeks were wet, so she reached up and swiped her thumbs over them as she held his face in her small hands. He nuzzled into them and kissed her wrists.
âI miss you, too, E,â she croaked.
âI know, babygirl.â
He leaned in to kiss her forehead, and she closed her eyes as his soft lips caressed her skin. They stayed intertwined for who knows how long until Erik felt Kayla begin to pull back. He looked down at her, and the two of them locked eyes. Before they knew it, their lips had met in the middle in a passionate embrace. They got lost in each other for a moment until common sense returned to Kayla, and she pushed him off.
âWe canât-â
âWhy not?â
âBecauseâŚâ
âBecause what, Kay?â Erikâs voice rumbled as he closed what little gap was between their bodies. He left soft kisses on her temples before working down to her cheeks, then her jawline, and eventually the column of her neck. She let out a soft whimper when his teeth grazed the crook of her neck but pushed him back again before he could continue any further.
âErik, I...I still love you, and-â
He attacked her lips with his, hands feverishly gripping her waist as he pushed her further into the sink. She had nowhere to go, and she was ok with that.
âI...love you...too...babygirl,â he whispered between kisses.
Kaylaâs mind went blank as he lifted her up on the counter and pressed himself between her legs. She could feel him, all of him, and damn did she miss that monster between his legs.
âErik,â she moaned as he nipped at her earlobe. He still knew how to play her body like a violin.
âMmm, say it again.â
âErik!â she squeaked as she felt his strong hands grip her thighs.
âJust like that,â he groaned, and she flooded her already wet panties.
âBaby-â
He connected his forehead to hers and stared deep into her eyes. âYou miss me?â
âMhm,â Kayla nodded with her lip between her teeth.
âI miss you, too, baby. I think about you all the time. Every day,â he pecked her lips, âevery night. I miss everything about you, Kay-kay. Your off-key singing, your horrible cooking-â
âShut up,â Kayla giggled as his hands traveled up her dress.
âYour bodyâŚfuck I miss this body. I miss how you smell, how you taste...how that tight little pussy feels wrapped around my dick.â
Kayla widened her legs for him as his fingers found their way to the seat of her panties, stroking up and down her slit. Erik kissed his way back down her face and over to her ear, his warm breath sending chills down her spine.
âDo you think about me when you touch yourself? Because I do. Youâre all I see when I stroke my dick...wishing it was your hand...your lips...this fucking pussy.â
Erik pushed her panties to the side, and his nimble fingers circled her clit. Kayla let out a small moan that was music to his ears, making fingers move faster and her breath grow shallower with each rotation.
âAnswer me.â
âMhm.â
âCome on, babygirl, you can do better than that. You think about me when you play in your pussy? This pussy right here?â he asked as he slapped her vulva, her wetness sticking to his hand.
âY-yes, baby-â
âUh-uh, you know who I am. Say it,â Erik commanded as he snuck three fingers inside her wetness, making her moan loudly in his ear. âShhh, you gotta be quiet, babygirl. You donât want people out there knowing how much of a slut you are, right?â
Kayla shook her head no.
âThatâs what I thought. Now, I asked you a question, Kayla,â he reminded her. His gruff voice made her weak, and the fingers that were steadily speeding up inside her certainly didnât help. âAnswer me. Who am I, babygirl?â
Kayla tried to hold out as much as she could. She didnât want to say it, too proud to give in, but the way he was currently stretching out her pussy and curling his fingers inside her made her cling to his shoulders. The bastard knew what he was doing, and she didnât want to let him win. But then, he played dirty and bit down on her neck. She cried out, and when he pulled back to look at her, the ferocity in his eyes drove her up the wall.
âI said, who the fuck am I, Kayla?â Erik growled. His hand sped up, making her weak with every thrust. She couldnât hold it anymore and came undone around him, her mouth betraying her as his name fell from her lips.
âDaddy!â she gasped as her pussy spasmed, and he chuckled darkly.
âDamn right I am,â he kissed her lips, ânow gimme that pussy. Daddy missed his pussy.â
Kayla heard a rip and felt the cool air between her legs as he tore through her panties to get to her treasure trove. She reached down between them and grabbed his clothed erection in her hand, making him groan as he bit down on his luscious bottom lip. She undid his belt buckle and slowly unzipped his pants before reaching in and pulling out his throbbing dick.
The longing in her eyes told him everything he needed to know, so he pushed her legs back and tapped his head on her clit.
âYou want daddyâs dick in you?â
âMhm,â she whimpered.
âGood.â
He pushed in and groaned at the feeling of her pussy walls gripping him as he sheathed himself inside her.
âFuck, you feel like home.â
Kayla moaned into his neck in response and wound her hips against him, meeting him thrust for thrust as he stroked into her slow and deep. She couldnât form words. He felt so damn good inside her that Kaylaâs brain had short-circuited. Erikâs dick hit spots that she could never find herself no matter how hard she tried. Even in her dreams, he drove her body wild. She had spent the last year trying to find somebody, anybody who could make her feel that way, but nobody could compare to Erik Stevens.
Erik and Kayla panted heavily into each othersâ mouths as he made love to her body, and as soon as Kayla started to tense up, his thrusts grew harder.
âI-I-â
âI know, babygirl. Daddy feels it,â he groaned as he nipped at her bottom lip. âCum on my dick like a good girl.â
His words sent Kayla into overdrive, and her body shook as she spilled over him. Her spasming walls hugged him tight, and she wrapped her legs around his waist, begging him with her eyes.
âYou feel amazing,â she moaned.
âMhm. I know them other niggas wasnât hitting it like this. I just know it. Look at you, cumming all over daddyâs dick. Look at it!â He grabbed her chin and made her look down at her throbbing pussy as his dick slid in and out of her.
âWe look so good, daddy!â
Erik slammed into her, and she bit into his shoulder to keep from screaming. He gave her his all over and over, rocking the countertop in the process.
âWeâll look even better if you let me cum in this pussy. Mix my cum with yours-â
âYes!â
âYes?â He chuckled. âYou want it that bad, huh? Nasty ass, in here getting fucked while that bum ass niggaâs waiting for you upstairs.â
âMmm, I want it.â
âWant what, babygirl?â Erik teased as he brought his thumb to her clit, strumming it slowly as he thrust into her.
âYou. I want you to cum deep in me.â
âShit,â Erik groaned. âYou want it deep in there?â
âMhm. Put it where it belongs, daddy.â Kayla licked up the side of his neck, making his knees buckle. âCum in your pussy.â
Erik lost all sense of control and pounded into her tight pussy, somehow getting even deeper in preparation for his release. Kayla held on tight as she felt him begin to spasm inside her, and she released around him again as his deep moans tickled her ear. Erik thrust extra deep and held his dick in place as he emptied his balls into her warmth, whimpering lightly as she rubbed his back to soothe him and bring him back down.
âI missed you, babygirl.â
âI missed you, too, daddy.â
They stayed like that, wrapped up in each other until their breathing slowed. Erik was the first to move, slowly pulling himself out of Kayla as she whined at the loss of contact. He kissed all over her face before planting a slow, sweet kiss on her lips.
âI canât let you go again, Kay-kay,â his voice cracked as tears threatened to fall from his eyes again.
Kayla pulled him back in and kissed him so deeply that she nearly lost herself in him again, but he pulled away and looked her in her eyes.
âIâm serious, girl. Iâll do anything. Iâll marry you, give you as many big-headed babies as you want. Just, please, Kay-â she cut him off with another kiss to shut him up.
âWe should go back to my place and talk,â she whispered, and Erikâs face lit up. Something about the way she said it, the way she kissed him, the way her body still responded to his...it gave him hope. Kayla smiled at him and pecked his lips once more before hopping off of the sink. He had to catch her because her legs were wobbly, and she stumbled a little in her heels.
âYou aight?â he laughed.
âNo, nigga,â she slapped his chest, and the two of them got caught in a laughing fit. They had really just fucked in the bathroom at Chez Martine. Kayla was on cloud nine until a thought occurred to her, and her face fell flat. âOh, shit.â
âWhat?â Erikâs face turned serious, and his eyes scanned over her body, looking for whatever the problem was.
Kayla started giggling again, and he looked confused.
âWhat is it?â he asked, barely able to keep a straight face. Her laugh was always so infectiousâŚ
âDemetrius.â
âWho?!â
âMy date.â
âGirl, donât worry about him. He probably thinks you dipped out anyway.â
Kayla shrugged and fixed her dress as Erik stuffed his shirt back in his pants. They checked their reflections in the mirror, and Kayla was pleasantly surprised that her makeup was still intact thanks to that setting spray she had splurged on the other day.
âReady?â Erik asked as he admired her beauty. Kayla nodded, and he unlocked the door, opening it to find Duncan leaning against the wall with a sour look on his face. Kaylaâs eyes blew wide as she tried to figure out what to say to her date for the evening.
âHeyyy, umâŚâ
âDenzel,â he seethed.
âYeah, sorry. So, um, weâre-â
âSorry, bruh,â Erik clapped him on the shoulder, âbut we heading out. Bathroomâs all yours, though.â
Erik pulled Kayla along, and she sent Deion an apologetic glance before following Erik up the stairs. It seemed the whole restaurant knew what had occurred, but neither one of them cared. They were just happy to be around each other again. It had been entirely too long.
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What's It To You?
Corpse Husband x Reader (Female)
Warnings: Swearing
Genre: Angst, Fluff
Summary: To some people, relationship labels arenât important. To some they arenât important only in theory. Well, Y/N finds out she falls in the later category, leading to a falling out with her boyfriend Corpse.
Requested by Anon. Youâll know who you are when you read the fic đ Thank you for the âangsty argumentâ request. I hope I captured what you had in mind and I hope you enjoy the read. Love, Vy đĽ°
The time is nearing 7PM and Corpse has barely eaten anything. I always keep track of his meals and time spent in front of a computer screen, making sure he doesnât spend too much time exhausting his eyes or starving himself. He never notices heâs hungry until he takes a bite of something and his appetite grows in matter of seconds. The real battle is to get him to take that first bite.
I get up from the couch, walking into the kitchen. I open the fridge, scanning its contents for any ideas that might pop into my head for dinner. When nothing comes to mind, I resort to my last option - asking him. Thereâs only a slight chance heâll be of any help. Heâll most likely say heâs not hungry or that heâll make himself something late. He never does. Iâve gotten used to him being a man-child when it comes to eating. In the eleven months that weâve been dating, Iâve force fed him more times than he has eaten on his own terms.
I go upstairs, stopping outside the door to his recording room to see if heâs talking to someone so I donât walk in and interrupt. When no noises come from the inside I knock.Â
âCome in.âÂ
Upon opening the door, Iâm met with Corpse nonchalantly sitting in his desk chair, leaning as back as he can without tipping over. Arms folded behind his head, legs stretched out in front of him. The whole nine yards, suggesting that he not streaming.
âHey.â He greets me as he turns his chair a bit in an attempt to face me
âHey, whatâd you like for dinner?â He opens his mouth to reply the millisecond after I have spoken my question. I already know what that reply will be so I hurry to prevent it, âAnd no, âlaterâ and âIâm not hungryâ arenât on the menu.â
He sighs, shaking his head as though heâs disappointed that I caught onto his game. The smile that slowly makes its way to his lips, however, suggests that he appreciates my concern. âGrilled cheese sandwiches? I mean, if you feel like it.â
I smile, relieved that the usual convincing portion of our interaction on this specific matter has been avoided. âOk. Be down in fifteen then.â I give him a nod before heading back out into the hallway.
Before I am able to close the door, I hear someone elseâs voice come from behind me. âHey Corpse, was that on your end?â
Oh shit, he wasnât muted
âYeah man, sorry. Accidentally unmuted myself.â Corpse sounds unbothered by this, but I am a little uneasy now.
Corpse and I have agreed to keep our relationship by a âwonât ask, wonât tellâ rule - if someone asks him if heâs in a relationship, he wonât lie and say no, but we havenât gone public nor do we plan on doing so without someone asking us about it head-on. Well, not us. Him. His friends donât know me and neither do his fans. Iâm not in the same industry. I donât stream nor film YouTube videos. The most I do for that platform is help Corpse with some editing when he needs to have a rest. So, if anyone were to reveal our relationship, itâd be him.
âOooh, who was that?â A girlâs voice asks teasingly. âCorpse, what are you not telling us?â
By this point, Iâm out in the hall but I left my ears in the room. I know Iâm not in the right here - eavesdropping is most definitely not nice, but I canât help myself.
I hear him chuckle, âNah, itâs just my friend Y/N.â
My heart drops so suddenly for a reason beyond my understanding. I feel like a kid feels when itâs told Santa isnât real - I canât believe what I heard.Â
I hurry to get back downstairs as soon as possible and also as quietly as I can. Itâs tough, running with a pit in your stomach and a knot of Iâm pretty sure is tears in your throat. When Iâm finally in the kitchen, the aforementioned tears are blurring my vision. I try to blink them away but accidentally send one of them trickling down my cheek.
Iâm aware this might be an overreaction and if I stopped to think I could probably find ways to justify what Corpse said. But Iâm genuinely hurt, and I hate that I am.
Iâve never cared about what others know about me or think of me. Same goes for my relationships. I donât put labels on things nor on my connection to people. I am surprised and disturbed by how much the label âfriendsâ bothers me. Weâve been dating for almost a year now, youâd think calling me his girlfriend would be second nature. Guess not.
I swallow the hurt and surprise, deciding to keep myself busy with the preparations for the dinner I was planning to make. However, keeping my hands full and giving my eyes a place to look doesnât stop my thoughts from eating away at me.Â
                               * * *
Twenty minutes later the sound of a door opening echoes from upstairs, followed by the sound of footsteps going through the hallway and then down the stairs.Â
âIt smells so good in here.â He comments, his eyebrows raising when he takes in the freshly made sandwiches on the kitchen island. âYouâre the best, Y/N.â
âHmm, arenât you lucky you have a friend who knows their way around the kitchen, huh?â I reply sharply, not even sparing him a glance.
In the twenty minutes I was left alone with my wilding thoughts I declared that I wouldnât beat around bush when he comes downstairs. That I would address the issue and tell him exactly how I feel about it. What I didnât plan was being so harsh. I actually barely contain a wince when I realize how sharp of an edge my words had.
I feel ten times more guilty when I see the regret that flashes on his face, âYou heard that.â He grips the edges of the table, leaning down and letting out a sigh, âIâm sorry, I panicked.â
The anger in me evaporates, leaving room for the hurt to keep spreading and take over me. I was never really angry with him, Iâm just upset by the fact that his immediate reaction wasnât to refer to me as his girlfriend.Â
âWhy would you panic? Whatâs it to you if they know?â My voice is barely above a whisper now, the tears Iâm fighting back are clogging my throat, not allowing me to sound as clearly as Iâd like.
âWhatâs it to you? I thought you didnât care.â He argues back, his gaze travelling from the tabletop to my eyes. I see the guilt in all his features and his body language.
âI thought so too.â I shake my head, âBut hearing you call me a âfriendâ...âjust a friendâ stings. I donât even know why, but it does. It feels almost like you are embarrassed of me. If thatâs the case you can just tell me, you know?â
In a blink of an eye heâs crouched down in front of me, one hand holding both of mine while the other cups my cheek. âItâs not. It has never been and it will never be the case. You are one amazing person, Y/N. You deserve the world, not to be stuck with me. Iâm just...â He trails off, his eyes not able to focus on mine any longer, âIâm scared of how people knowing about us will affect our relationship.â
My blood starts boiling again. I know I need to get away from him before I reach the point of saying something thatâll hurt him, so I untangle my hands from his grasp, pulling away from him. âWeak excuse, Corpse. You know it will change nothing except make me feel more included in your life. I will no longer feel like Iâm a house rat no one knows about.â I stand up, unable to look at him, and start heading for the staircase.Â
âY/N, please! âI stop dead in my tracks when he calls out my name, his footsteps following behind me. âDonât be...-â
I turn around, cutting him off in the process, âI need to be alone right now.â I tilt my head in the direction of the dining table, âSit down and eat dinner. Weâll talk...later.â
                               * * *
Now that itâs been almost twelve hours with no contact between us I realize that my reaction was justified only to a certain extent. I understand his concerns and I couldâve expressed mine a little more calmly and in a lot less accusatory manner. But what happened happened and all I can do now is go over to him and apologize, establish a proper communication to resolve the issue that I so stupidly blew out of proportion.
My phone died sometime during the night and has been sitting on the charger but still turned off for a while. I go over to it and press-hold the start button. While itâs powering up I start changing my from my pajamas into my regular clothes, noticing a small stain on my shirt in the process. As Iâm examining the stain, my phone starts going crazy with notifications, causing me to jump and drop my shirt.
âFucking hell.â I mumble, disconnecting my phone from the charger and looking at the huge list of notifications on my lock screen. They are all alerts of new followers, likes and tags, non from people I know. Non except one.
@ corpse_husband tagged you in a postÂ
Wait what?
I tap the notification which leads me to a picture Corpse posted two hours ago. Itâs a picture of me taken in the living room without my knowledge. Iâm an oversized sweater and yoga pants, my hair in a messy braid and my attention caught by the book in my hands. My glasses have slipped a bit down my nose, suggesting that Iâm too concentrated on the contents of the pages in front of me that I havenât noticed.
We started off as friends but it didnât take long for her to become my best friend. And then she stole my heart. I know youâll read this eventually, Y/N. So...hi. Love you.Â
PS - the sandwiches were bomb đ¤
Iâm more than caught off guard. Like a surprise hug from behind, warmth spreading all throughout my body.Â
Without a second of hesitation I put my phone down and run to the bedroom door. However, I donât make it very far considering I nearly run straight into Corpseâs chest as I exit the room. He catches me before I knock him straight to the ground, thankfully.
âArenât you a rocket this morning. Where are you headed?â He chuckles, holding onto my upper arms.
One look at his smile, a single word out of his mouth and Iâm melting. I walk straight into him, wrapping my arms around his torso, hiding my face in his chest. He comfortably rests his chin on the top of my head, not asking any further questions until I finally answer.
âRight here. I was heading for you.â I whisper before I pull away enough to be able to look him in the eyes. âI wanted to tell you how sorry I am. I was being childish and overdramatic and Iâm sorry about all I said. I was really upset.â
âItâs ok, baby. Iâm sorry for making you upset in the first place. I understand now how much it means to you.â He caresses my cheekbone with the back of his hand. âI...um...tried to make things right by...â
I push up on my toes, pressing my lips against his, putting an end to his timid stuttering. âI saw it.â I mumble in the kiss.
âDid you like it?âÂ
âI loved it.â
âDid you read the comments?â
My heart skips a beat when I hear that dreaded term. Just the thought of reading through the comments terrifies me. I tell myself that some strangersâ words arenât gonna have an impact on me, but I know they will. Especially since these âstrangersâ mean so much to Corpse.
I shake my head. He pulls away, taking my hand and leading me towards the living room. âYou have to. Youâre gonna love them.â
I reluctantly follow him, plopping down on the couch next to him as he pulls out his phone and scrolls through the comment section of the picture he posted. He was right. All these people have said such things about me and about our relationship. Some verified names are also there, sharing their support much like the fans.Â
âSee, this is why I was nervous. Iâll have to do duels for your attention now.â He glances at me, leaning in and kissing my temple as he sometimes does so impulsively.
âYou donât do duels when you are already sitting at the throne. Right next to me.â I once again capture his lips with mine, tempted to never pull away, but also tempted to keep reading the comments.
Damn, he might be right about the duels.
He takes his phone from me setting it aside as he slowly lifts me and settles me in his lap, never letting our lips detach.
Nevermind. Fuck the duels
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Glacial Passion (3/?)
Regulus Black/Reader
Rating: Lemon, 18+
Trigger Warning: Arranged Marriage, talk of potential pregnancy
Word Count: 2461
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Summary: Glacial, cold, icy⌠all words that described Regulus Blackâs grey eyes. Was there truly no emotion behind those eyes, or did a caring man exist beneath? Could she defrost those glacial eyes?
Disclaimer: Regulus Black (Walburga Black, Orion Black, and Sirius Black) is a character from Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling. Reader or y/n is not owned by Rowling. This work has not been created for profit or financial compensation, and is a transformative fair use work in accordance with Section 107 of the United States Copyright Act.
Notes: Chapter three! I thought this entire fic would be around three chapters, but we're not even close to done yet!
Enjoy
The guest room isn't so bad. He becomes very acquainted with the unused room as his wife had elected to ignore him for the foreseeable future.
After the fourth night that he'd slept and attended meals with his parents without (y/n), Walburga brings up the absence of his wife in her own special way . "You cannot sleep in a different room than your wife."
Regulus holds back from rolling his eyes, "you and father do not share a bedroom."
Walburga's ever-present frown deepens, "We already have a son."
Even after all these years, he hates that she pretends Sirius never existed.
"So this is about sex," he wipes his mouth with his napkin.
"It is."
"These things don't happen overnight."
"They don't happen if you do not participate in the happening," Walburga taps her manicured fingernails on the table.Â
"What do you want me to do? I can't force her to sleep with me." Besides, if they did continue to have sex, he will unquestionably use contraceptive charms to ensure his wife did not conceive.Â
Walburga studies his face, "If you do not try, you will not see success."
In an attempt to change the subject, he blurts out, "She is miserable here--"
"She will be content soon. Once she has the first child."
Orion takes this opportunity to speak up, "possibly you should take your new wife out of the country."
"Out of the country?" Regulus frowns.
"Take her out of this house on your honeymoon. Maybe visit Paris. It couldn't hurt after the past few days."
Honeymoon... he was hoping that he could avoid taking (y/n) on one of those. But, if Orion thinks this could make (y/n) happy... well, he supposes he can sacrifice the time.
***
Walburga catches him before he can make his way out of the dining room.Â
"You must not cast those charms any longer."
Regulus would rather his mother not tell him he can and cannot use contraceptives...Â
"Who says I did?"
Walburga squints angrily, "Next time you do your duty as the next Master of the house, make sure you give your seed time to take hold within your wife."
He draws his lips into a tight line, turning to leave the conversation before it became any more invasive.
No promises would be made to his mother or anyone else over the use of contraceptive charm. There was no need for a child in this present time. Things of that nature could wait.
***
"What are you doing here?" (y/n) asks when he walks into their shared bedroom.
"It's nice to see you too, wife."
She rolls her eyes, turning back to her novel.
"You were not at dinner tonight." Regulus unbuttons the top of his shirt.
"I wasn't hungry," she says without looking up from the book.
Regulus continues to undress, removing the cufflinks from his dress shirt.Â
"Mother was wondering where you were."
"I'm sure she was."
He watches her for a moment. "We will be leaving soon."
(y/n) looks at him confused, "Who will?"
"You and I."
"Leaving where?"
"On our... honeymoon."
"What do you mean?"
Regulus bites the inside of his cheek, "I'm taking you to Paris on our honeymoon."
"Honeymoon..." (y/n) looks like she's contemplating giving him a flat-out  no.
"I can tell you are tired of the house. The apartments I've secured are much lighter than Grimmauld Place. Moreover, it has an excellent view of the city."
"I don't know..."
Regulus steps forwards, taking her hand in his. "Just spare two weeks at the least." The pad of his thumb rubs underneath the ring on her left hand. He's secretly pleased to see she has not taken it off despite the state of their relationship currently.
"Regulus," (y/n) tries to move away from him.
"Please," he breathes out the word, "please, I'm trying."
(y/n) analyzes his face, "what would we do in Paris?"
"I could think of many things we could do."
She doesn't respond to his suggestive words.
"Is that a yes?"
"I'll think about it."
"We're leaving tomorrow. I've already made the arrangements."
"You can't just-- just--"
"I thought you'd be happy to get out of the house."
She sighs, her fingers worrying the dark fabric of her skirts, "Ok."
"Excellent," he brings her hand up to his lips, "I look forward to sharing your bed again, Mistress Black."
***
Dressed in a violet dress, I stick out, standing next to my in-laws and husband. Which is fine by me. I rather stick out than look like I'm a part of a funeral precession every damned day .
"Are you ready?" Regulus holds his arm out to me.
I gently place my arm on his, nodding.
"Owl, if you decide to stay longer than planned," Orion looks to his son first than to me. He's got a small smile on his lips. I smile back politely.
"Naturally," Regulus says before apparating us away from the house.
I hate apparition. Hate it with my entire being. Squeezing my eyes shut tightly doesn't stop the uncomfortable movement of tumbling through time and space.
When I'm able to open my eyes, my fingers gripping Regulus's arm uncomfortably tight, I'm met with the sight of a large brick building.
"Are you okay?" Regulus steps in front of me. Cupping my face, he looks at me with concern.
I open my lips slightly, trying to find the words despite my churning stomach, "I just-- I just need a moment."
He nods, not letting go of my face. Then, almost absentmindedly, his thumb brushes against my cheek.
"I'm fine now. Where are we?" I squeak out, trying to distract him from continuing to touch my face like so.
Regulus snaps out of whatever was happening between us, his hands dropping from my face as he turns to look up at the building.Â
"This is where we will be staying." He hesitates for a moment before gently grasping my hand in his, "Do you mind?"
I shake my head no.
"Let me show you the apartment." Regulus helps me up the three steps of the building before holding the door open. He motions towards the staircase, placing his hand on the small of my back as we walk up the large staircase.
Regulus unlocks the heavy wooden door, pushing it open for me.
The sunshine in this room shines brighter than in Grimmauld Place. Probably due to the airy curtains and the creamy champagne color that the walls are painted.
It's a complete contrast to the rooms we share at Grimmauld Place.Â
"What do you think?" Regulus gently pulls me into the room.
I turn to admire the white comforter of the bed, running my fingers against the soft material.Â
"It's beautiful."
Turning, I catch Regulus's eye. He's leaning against the dresser, watching me intently.
I bite the inside of my cheek, "What are you looking at?"Â
"Am I not allowed to look at my wife?"
"Obviously, you are. If looking is all that is on your mind."
He actually smiles, looking down at the ground momentarily, " we are  on our honeymoon."
Rolling my eyes, I begin to walk past him towards the bathroom. However, Regulus's fingers wrap around my wrist, preventing me from exiting the conversation.
"Regulus--" I find myself in his arms, his fingers tilting my chin towards him. Even as I despise the way he's dragged me into his arms, I can't say I hate the feeling of his body pressed against mine.
"Do you want this?" I hate that he's so diligent with asking for consent before he kissed me or initiated any--Â activities . It would be so much easier to hate him if he was a beast of a man.
My contemplation of his question only lasts a few seconds before I lean up to kiss him.
Regulus makes a sound of surprise but quickly regains the dominance, his hands cupping my face.Â
Slowly, he begins to back us up towards the bed, pulling me onto his lap as he sits down on the white comforter.Â
"No," I pull away from the kiss, still straddling his thighs.
Regulus's lips are red as he looks at me confused, "You don't--?"
I shake my head, "I'm starving."
He smiles, tucking a flyaway hair back behind my ear, "We'll find you some food then."
***
(y/n) sips her tea. She hasn't spoken a word to him since he brought her to the wizard cafe.
"How is your food?"
She sets her tea down, "good."
Regulus strums his fingers against the table.
"Did you want something, Regulus?"
"Not particularly. Are you ready to get back?"
"Why are you so eager to get back?" Her smile is small, almost teasing.
"'m not eager..." Regulus frowns, straightening the lapel of his jacket.
"You've hardly touched your food," she looks pointedly towards his plate.
Regulus looks down as well, "I don't find myself quite as famished from our traveling, wife."
(y/n) rolls her eyes at his comment, "For your information, Regulus, I had to skip breakfast to pack for an impromptu trip my husband sprung upon me."
"I could have easily bought you a whole new wardrobe here if breakfast mattered to you that much."
"That would have been a waste--"
He chuckles, "money is not an issue for us, darling. You may have anything you desire simply by asking for it."
(y/n) bites the inside of her cheek, "Just because it is easily obtained does not mean it is not wasteful to live like this."
Regulus bites the inside of his cheek, looking away from (y/n).Â
***
Lounging on the bed, he watches her. The chiffon robe she wears leaves little to the imagination as she walks by the open window. Regulus is certain she'd be mortified to find out it's nearly transparent when the morning light hits the fabric. He's enjoying the show, but he hates that anyone outside could see her.
"(y/n)," Regulus stretches his arms above his head.
"Yes?" She turns, the fabric of the robe shifting.
"Come here, please."
She frowns, hands coming to her waist, "why?"
He shifts on the bed, "because you're walking by the window practically naked."
(y/n) crosses her arms across her chest, "Regulus!"
A small smile tugs at his lips, "Come here, darling."
She slowly makes her way to the bed. Regulus tugs her down to the bed, caging her in with his arms before she can make a noise. (y/n) looks up at him, the robe revealing her beautiful body.
Regulus trails his fingers down her neck towards her breast. Then, rolling her nipple between his fingers, he watches keenly at the way the nub hardened under his touch.
"Reg--"
He cuts her off, "do you want this?"
Her mouth opens and closes before she replies, "yes."
Regulus ducks down, kissing her deeply. He presses his rapidly hardening cock against her thigh.
"Have to be quick," he shoves his sleep pants down enough to free his cock.
"Why? What do we have to do today?"
He chuckles, "nothing that can't be pushed back. Do you want slow then Mistress Black?" Regulus's fingers drag down her jaw, fingers gently angling her face towards his.
(y/n) frowns back, "I--"
"You don't have to be embarrassed. I can make you squirm under me for however long you desire."
Slowly, he pulls the string of her robe loose, the material exposing her torso completely to his gaze.
"Is that what you want, darling?" He spreads her thighs so he can kneel between them.
Her mouth is parted slightly, chest heaving as she watches him drag his cock up and down her slit.Â
"Please--"
"Such a good girl." Regulus inches in, entranced by the way her body welcomes him.
(y/n)'s fingers pull at his hair as he bottoms out, "Merlin--!"
"Not my name," he slowly pulls out before thrusting in hard.
(y/n) snorts, "was that a joke? Did you just make a--" he thrusts in again, "a joke?"
Regulus smiles down at his wife, "possibly."
He doesn't expect her to giggle, and he especially does not expect his stomach flip-flopping at the sound of that giggle. To distract himself from this onrush of new emotion, he leans down, kissing her with feverish passion. The softness of her lips, the way her tongue moves shyly in an almost submissive manner with his, and the way she completely surrenders herself to his kiss doesn't help him as the sudden adoration he feels for this woman continues to skyrocket. Love isn't the word. Love maybe would never be the word, but he feels like when they express passion through their sexual encounters, he maybe could be feeling something like love .Â
"Oh, Regulus," (y/n) moves her hips in time with his, the push and pull of their lovemaking intoxicating.
His fingers move to play with her clit, rolling the bundle of nerves and making her squirm underneath him. The way she grinds her hips hard against him with each skilled movement of his hands on her delicate flesh feels magnificent. She's breathtaking, and he can't even find the words to tell her how--Â how much he enjoys this.Â
Maybe enjoys it more than he's ever enjoyed it before.
"Don't stop," (y/n) whimpers.
"I wouldn't dream of it," he ducks down to kiss her as he pushes her over the edge. The feeling of her pulsing around him propels him towards his own release.
"Merlin--" He continues to thrust shallowly, burrowing his face in her neck. (y/n)'s fingers move tenderly across his back and shoulders as he comes down from his high. Regulus could stay like this forever.
"Are you going to--?" Her voice breaks his small paradise.
He frowns, "yes."
(y/n) stares at him before pushing his shoulders lightly until he pulls out, landing on the other side of the bed. "If you're going to do it, do it now. I want to take a bath."
He has a feeling the bath has something to do with washing away any trace of what they just did. Nevertheless, he does as she asks, wandlessly casting the charm.
***
After ignoring him for the rest of the morning and afternoon, reading on the sunny balcony, she appears to be in a better mood when he comes to get her for dinner.Â
"Do you wish to get dinner with me?"
(y/n) softly closes the worn novel before looking up at him. Her face is sweet, lacking any of the anger it held earlier when they quarreled.Â
"I would."
Regulus expects her to continue the conversation. Instead, she walks by him without another word. Placing his hands on the balcony's railing, Regulus looks out towards the city. The chaos of the muggles and their cars feels an awful lot like the current feeling in his head.
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Borrowed Tires
Awesomest of Them All 2.0
Part 7 of 13
Word Count: 1502
Batman x Batmom!Reader
You know what the bat family needs? Someone to pull them together and give them all the love they deserve. Who better to do that than you? An author rising to stardom in Gotham who catches the eye of a billionaire with your standoffish attitude at a huge social gathering. You are yourself and never pretend to be more or less than that. Plus you're the most stubborn person in the world, refusing to let good things go without reason.
This is a rewrite of my story Awesomest of Them All, I wanted to see how much I've improved over 3 years.
"Hello," You say to the small teenager that had returned with your husband from patrol.
"Hi," he says crossing his arms and sounding grumpy, but to you is obviously uncomfortable.
"I'm (y/n)," you say trying to help him feel more comfortable, you also pull the hood of your sweatshirt down so he can see your face. He's in the bat cave and there's a reason for that, you don't know what it is yet but you don't subscribe to your husband's level of secrecy when it comes kids and making sure they're welcomed.
His eyes go wide, "y-you're y/n l/n."
"Yep, that's me," you reply and offer him a gentle smile.
"You wrote those books!" He says excitedlypw.
"Yeah, I did," you say smiling at the boy then at your husband. "May I ask what your name is?"
"Jason," he says, sounding less closed off now.
"That's a nice name," you smile, "so, can I ask what brings you to Batman's lair?" You ask with a tilt of your head.
Jason's demeanor changes and he shuffles on his feet before quietly saying, "I was trying to steal his tires... he didn't like that."
You laugh gently, "well, that's rude of him to make you come back here just for trying to take his tires." You pause for a moment before asking, "you want to go upstairs? I'm sure could find something to eat and maybe you can tell me what your plans were for those tires so we can get you your own," you say with a raise of an eyebrow.
"Oh, uh- I don't really need tires," he shuffles again.
"Okay, you don't need to tell me why you wanted them," you say, offering him another smile before turning to Bruce, "You go change Bruce, then meet us in the kitchen," you say heading towards the stairs.
"Wait! Bruce Wayne is Batman?!" Jason says following you, maybe a little more relaxed.
"Who else did you think it could be? Or did you think I was having an affair with Batman?" You joke yet again and hear a slight laugh from behind you, you don't turn around as you can imagine the way Bruce is shaking his head behind you.
He pauses for a moment, trying to come up with an answer for you, "uh... I hadn't really thought about it. I was busy being scared cause I tried to steal Batman's tires and he kidnapped me."
You laugh once again, "I suppose that's logical reasoning." The two of you come to a stop in the kitchen doorway, "you're welcome to anything you can find that sounds good. And if you want I'm sure Alfred wouldn't mind fixing something."
"Uh," He looks in awe at the size of the kitchen.
When he pauses you make a shooing motion with your hands before going to sit at the counter. You watch him move off to look through the fridge and cupboards as you say, "I'm assuming you'll want to spend the night here Jason?"
"Really?!"
"Really really, I'll make sure we have a room set up for you with a nice warm shower waiting for you." You pause just for Alfred to walk in.
"Hello Mrs.Wayne," he didn't question you being in here at odd hours anymore.
"Hi, Alfred," you say turning to look at him. He almost says something then he spots the small boy moving through the kitchen, with his arms full of different snacks and a cookie hanging out of his mouth. "Alfred this is Jason. Jason Alfred," you introduce them, gaining a look from Alfred, and Jason waves. "Bruce brought him home tonight after he found Jason trying to borrow his tires."
Alfred just nods before looking at Jason again, and then he pauses for another moment, "master Jason I apologize, but I am going to have to object to your choice in food." He moves over and takes some of the things out of a confused Jason's arms, "what sounds good? I will fix you a meal."
Jason pauses and looks at you.
"Jason, if you remember anything from tonight, remember the fact that Alfred finds the idea of junk food impossible to handle. If you want to eat junk don't let him catch you," you say with a laugh and teasing smile as you get up and take the rest of the food from Jason's arms.
When you return from putting stuff away Bruce is standing in the doorway watching Jason quietly talk to Alfred and figure out something to eat. You move to his side and put your arms around him, joining him in watching. "So?" You ask, knowing he has reason behind why he brought the kid back here.
"He was stealing my tires. Probably wanted to sell them," he says softly, "he said he doesn't have anyone, I've seen him around a few other times, thought he was just sneaking out at night," Bruce pauses for another moment before getting to the point of all of this, "I just thought, it's been quiet here since Dick moved out..."
You remain quiet as Bruce pulls you against his side, "yeah, it has been quiet since Dick moved to Bludhaven... did you get tired of the quiet?" You ask with a slightly teasing tone, unable to keep everything serious.
"Yeah," Bruce says, knowing you know what he is thinking.
"If he wants to stay, he's welcome too, I've always told you that. There's so many kids out there that need somewhere good to call home and I'd take them all if I could."
"I know, and I love you for that," Bruce says gently, pressing a kiss into the side of your head.
You step away from him and go back over to Jason and Alfred, "hey Jason, how about we go get you cleaned up while Alfred gets the food going?"
You ask and nod over your shoulder for Jason to follow, "uh- okay," he says somewhat hesitantly, noticing the more serious tone to your voice.
Bruce pulls you into a quick kiss before saying, "I'm going to go make sure everything is finished up, then I'll be back."
"Sounds good," you say kissing him once more for good measure before heading off with Jason. The manor had many wings to it, but for the most part you all lived in just one of them. The door to Dick's old room is closed and you walk right past it and into the next room down.
Once in the room you turn to Jason and just say, "you can stay here... just for tonight if you want, if you want to stay longer you're welcome too, I just don't want you being out on the streets alone, alright?"
"U-uh, alright..." he says somewhat hesitantly.
You move towards him, "Jason, I want you to listen and know that I'm completely serious, if you want to just stay the night you can. If you decide you want to stay longer you can do that as well. Our son moved out a few months ago and there's plenty of room. You think about it and hop in the shower, I'll go grab some of Dick's clothes so you can find something clean to wear."
You ruffle his hair and turn to leave only to be stopped by two arms grabbing you in a hug. You turn and face Jason who had grabbed you, wrapping him in your arms as well, just for him to ask, "you'd really want me?"
The way he asks breaks your heart. "Yes, everyone needs somebody and somewhere. This can be your somewhere and I'll be your somebody."
"I think I'd like that," he says gently and you squeeze him a little tighter, pressing a kiss to the top of his head.
"Okay, kiddo, I'll go tell Bruce, you get cleaned up, and then we'll get you fed."
Jason turns his head so you can't see his face well, but he nods as he rubs at his cheek, "alright."
With that you close the door behind you and head back to the kitchen. Alfred is cooking and Bruce has returned from is final check through, making sure everything was set for the night.
You head towards him, ready to wrap your arms around him but he doesn't give you much of a choice as he scoops you up into his arms and holds you tightly against him. You tilt your head back and look up at him, "Jason said he'd like to stay... he was so surprised that anyone would want him."
Bruce kisses you, "well we do. We always will as long as he wants to be wanted."
"I love you," you say gently.
"I love you as well."
"We'll have to be careful to not scare him off, he hasn't had much love given to him in his life, but as soon as he is ready we will be sure to fix that. I'm sure Dick would love to have a little brother..."
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Love, Theoretically | Sebastian Stan x reader (Chapter 5)
(chapter 1) (chapter 2) (chapter 3) (chapter 4)
series summary: having lost your husband, sister, and best friend all to the same extramarital affair, you ran away to a secluded villa in the Hungarian countryside to write and get a little time away from the life youâd left behind. Â you were only looking for peace and perhaps some inspiration for your novel, but instead you found an unlikely connection with the immigrant repairmanâ even though the two of you donât speak the same language.
word count: nearly 2.5k
warnings: vague description of a wet dream, some sensual implied stuff (??),Â
moodboard and inspiration credit to @evnscvllâ
In all your life, youâd never had a wet dream. Not even in high school when so many of your peers were coping with puberty and budding sexuality in similar waysâ not even when youâd wanted to have one about David Kapoor, the cutest guy in senior year who didnât even know you existed but that you were somehow convinced was going to fall madly in love with you one day. Â
It never did work out for you two, but youâd finally managed to have a wet dream. This one, though, was about Sebastian.
In your dream he had cornered you in the kitchen, kissing you deeply before tossing you onto the table andâ well, the rest doesnât bear repeating. It was all very âdiscount bin romance novelâ wasnât it? The exotic, rugged farm boy roughly taking the formerly-prudish businesswoman in the middle of the house, too deep in the throes of passion to care if someone walking by saw them.
You didnât find it all that sexy by the time you woke up; moreso just humorous. Thatâs preposterous, you thought to yourself, nobodyâs ever gonna love me like that.
It was something your husband had said to you once. You couldnât even remember what the context was anymore, but clearly it had had an impact on you to be repeating it internally now. Just last week, Mrs. Alberti had gotten on your case for speaking poorly of yourself. Clearly, the things you said about yourself to others were nothing against what you said about yourself to yourself.
Your papers had only taken a day to dry, but the ink was pretty severely smudged. Knowing your publisher wouldnât accept them in a manuscript, you resolved to retyping the most damaged onesâ a good mindless task to do while you pondered your next steps plot-wise. Youâd seen Sebastian less for the past week, and it was no accident; youâd been avoiding him because you were trying to nip this in the bud before it got any worse. Your divorce isnât final yet, you need to heal. This is fantasy, not reality. You barely know each other. Your divorce isnât final. Your divorce. Isnât. Final.
That was the mantra you found yourself repeating as you retyped the waterlogged sheets; so much for the plot-pondering plan, eh?
You heard someone coming up the stairs, and you knew it was him because the steps were coming too quickly to be Mrs. Alberti. âCome in,â you instructed before heâd even knocked. Â
âBunÄ ziua,â he greeted as he opened the door, leaning inside. âAm pregÄtit cina, ai vrea sÄ mÄnânci?â
âHm?â you asked as you turned around in your chair, adjusting your reading glasses. However, his question became more obvious through context when you saw he had oven mitts and an apron on, and was holding a wooden spoon. âOh, um, Iâll be down for dinner in a minute. Soon.â You held up a few fingers, hoping he would successfully interpret them into minutes.
âArÄČi bine ĂŽn ochelarii aceia,â he motioned, pointing towards you.
âIâm sorry⌠what?â you asked, not sure at all what he could be talking about.
âOchelari. Sunt drÄguČi,â he re-emphasized, but it was useless as you gave him another confused look. He sighed, straightening up a bit as he began a new method: âĂmi plac,â he said, pointing to himself and then giving a thumbs up, âochelarii tÄi,â he pointed to you, and then made circles with his fingers and brought them up to his eyes. Â
You laughed a little, but you were pretty sure you got what he meant. âYou like my glasses?â you clarified, reaching up to wiggle them on your face a bit.
âDa,â he grinned. âPari inteligent.â
âThank you,â you nodded, and he nodded back as he shut the door and his footsteps faded back into the kitchen.
Once a few more pages had been redone, you gave your hair a quick combing before heading down for dinner with Sebastian. It smelled a little strange by the time you went downstairs, but when you swung open the door to the kitchen, you were instantly hit with a wave of acidic air, forcing you to wince and cough. Even that didnât help much, and you forced your eyes shut as they stung.
âJesus Christ,â you yelped, âthe fuck are you cooking? Tear gas?!â
âOČetul te iritÄ?â he asked, not sounding as concerned as you wouldâve hoped considering your obvious pain. It was like you could taste it in the air, and it wasnât until you managed to open your burning eyes again that you realized what it was: vinegar, in a huge jug right next to the pot he was boiling it in.
âYouâre boiling vinegar?â you realized incredulously. âGod, Europeans are fucking weird.â
He just looked back at you with bewildered bemusement.
âIn America,â you tried to explain, âwe donât eat vinegar. We clean our floors with it.â You pointed to the jug and made a motion meant to indicate scrubbing a surface, and he laughed a little.
âAmericanii sunt prea sensibili,â he dismissed with a wave of his hand, turning back to the stove to stir his pot of disinfectant which he apparently planned to serve you as a meal. âAm avut ciorbÄ de oČet de când eram copil.â
Youâd typically considered yourself an adventurous eaterâ even with vinegar-pickled things, like kim chi which youâd learned to acquire a taste forâ but this one put you to the test. Considering the smell alone had singed your sinuses, you were nervous what would become of your innocent tastebuds. But after he served the soup (a dark orange color, so apparently it wasnât just the boiled vinegar) into a bowl for you and another for himself, you found the taste of it oddly pleasant when you sipped it gently from your hesitant little spoon.
âVezi, nu e aČa de rÄu,â he smiled gently as he watched you fail to recoil in disgust from the flavor.
âJust like ma used to make, huh?â you chuckled as he ate the soup with incredible speed, even going as far as to lift the bowl to his lips and drink the last few sips that way.
Eating dinner in silence with him was unexpectedly comfortable. âYou wanna know something funny?â you found yourself mumbling aloud. âI enjoy talking to you more than anyone I ever did back home, and you canât even understand me.â
His smile softened as he stared back at you, apparently sensing the change in your tone as you spoke.
âSee, right there, thatâs it: youâre listening to me. You know itâs useless, you know you wonât be able to tell what Iâm talking about, but youâre listening anyways. Over two billion English speakers on the planet and none of them have listened to me like you do.â
Then you heard yourself, and it was so heart-breaking that you had no choice but to laugh. It was just a chuckle at first, but then you couldnât stop it, even when you realized how confused Sebastian would be. Everything is funnier when you know you shouldnât laugh, and soon you could barely breathe as tears warmed your eyes from the force of it.
âIâm sorry,â you tried to spit out between your fits of laughter, but it was barely comprehensible anyways. Sebastian began to laugh with you, if hesitantly and with a hint of confusion.
âDe ce râdem?â he asked gently.
âIâm sorry,â you repeated, calming down a bit, âIâm sorry I just⌠I was just imagining what my husband would say, if he knew I was hereâŚâ you trailed off as you laughed again, starting over. âIf he knew I was here, falling for someone Iâve never even spoken with.â You shook your head, resting your face in your hands as you chuckled lightly. âOh, heâd hate this. Heâd tell me I was out of my mind.â
With a slow sigh, your laughter subsided as you wiped the wetness from your eyes. Â
âHeâd be right, but⌠I donât really care,â you decided. âHeâs not here. If he wanted to find me, he would. And maybe itâs because heâd hate this that Iâm having so much goddamn fun doing it.â
When you looked at Sebastian again, his face was serious, yet anything but stern. Suddenly, you werenât thinking about your husband anymore. Of course you logically understood how odd this all was, how impossible it was for you to be slowly finding yourself in love with someone like him, but it felt right, and true, and real. It made no sense, and yet it made perfect sense in every way that mattered. Â
âIâll help you clean,â you offered as you stood up, realizing youâd gotten lost in your train of thought and probably stared at him for a bit too long. He stood up with you, helping you gather the used dishes and letting you wash them in the sink while he put the remaining soup in the refrigerator as leftovers for another time. âIâll cook for you tomorrow,â you promised, âsomething real bland, like the English cook.â
âSper cÄ nu intenČionaČi sÄ gÄtiČi pentru mine cândva, nu suport mâncarea occidentalÄ,â he mumbled as he continued to wipe down the countertop with a damp towel.
With the kitchen clean, you knew you should get back to writing your book, but you were compelled instead to read somebody elseâsâ so, as you slipped onto the couch with one of a few of your favorites that youâd brought with you, Sebastian summoned the same copy of Dracula youâd seen him reading a few times and took the loveseat. Not much else happened after that, save for you shivering from a draft and him tossing a throw blanket on you. Â
âCe carte citeČti?â he asked you eventually, breaking the silence. When you looked up, he was pointing at your book. âBook?â
âRight,â you laughed, âI taught you that. My book, uh, itâs good.â You closed it, leaving your finger inside to mark your place as you showed him the front cover. âOn the Road? Ever heard of it?â
He just cocked his head to the side.
âJack Kerouac?â you continued. âItâs about going on a long journey in search of⌠freedom.â
âAcesta este cel despre zombi?â he asked.
âSure,â you nodded, wishing more than ever that you could know what he was saying. He smiled and got back to his own reading. Indulging yourself for a moment, you watched his face as it fell into a neutral expression while he read, his eyes trailing along the page as he continued to read. You didnât realize it, but when you returned to reading your own book, he got his chance to look at you.
A long day of writing meant you had more than earned an evening to relax by the fire; late summer became early fall, and early fall turned into the need for a fireplace so much faster than youâd anticipated. The days were temperate, sure, but as the sun began to sink lower, so did the warmth. You started your evening with a hot shower, though you didnât let yourself get too greedy with the limited supply of hot water, knowing Sebastian relied on the same supply for his own baths. When you finished, you dressed yourself in a fluffy lavender robe, feeling especially pampered when you put on a little moisturizer before heading downstairs to cozy up with the fire. You were already getting chilly, the heat from the shower fading as your wet hair and bare feet cooled you quickly. Therefore, it was more of a scurry to the fireplace, which you hadnât expected Sebastian to be tending or you wouldnât have come down in a robe. Heâd seen you in less (namely, his shirt and nothing else, which was horrifically embarrassing) but something about this felt more intimate, like all your defenses had been washed away in the shower, too. Didnât help that he was shirtless, again. Wasnât he cold in this weather?! Must be all that muscle keeping him warm.
âBunÄ seara,â he greeted.
âGood evening,â you returned. Stepping closer, you rubbed your hands together as you felt the hot air radiate towards you. âItâs nice,â you sighed contentedly.
He smiled back at you, moving the logs slightly with the iron poker. Sparks jumped and fell off as he shifted them, joining the ashes belowâ youâd always thought fire was so beautiful, even if it was dangerous, and you took in a long breath through your nose to smell the tinge of smokiness in the air.
âTe ĂŽncÄlzeČti?â he asked quietly as he set the poker aside and stood beside you. You wrapped your arms around yourself, rubbing through the fabric of the robe to try to warm up a little faster. Seeing you shiver, he reached out and rubbed your arms for you, which made you tense up slightly before relaxing and breathing out. âMai bine?â
You nodded a little, your gaze drifting slightly. Â
âWarm?â he asked, making your eyes jump back up to his. You swallowed dryly as he looked back at you.
âWarm,â you repeated, âyeah. Good job⌠whenâd you learn that?â
He didnât answer, watching your hands as they reached out for his arms, finally making delicate contact with his tanned skin before drifting up to his biceps, his shoulders, and finally his chest. He put his own hands on top of yours and held them there, looking back at you as your heart started to beat rapidly and with no signs of slowing down. âWarm,â he repeated, only slightly above a whisper.
âOh yeah,â you agreed hoarsely, âvery, very warmâŚâ
He smiled a little; it wasnât mischievous, it wasnât conniving or predatory or malicious. It was subtle but gentle in a way you had absolutely no plan to save yourself from, no protection, no armor, no neutral territory. There was only heat, so strong that your toes werenât cold anymore and you didnât even remember that your hair was still damp. Not only did you let his heat consume you, but you didnât even think to stop it, to swallow your desire down, to run away and say goodnight and hide in bed from the icky scary feelings. No, you looked right back at him and let those eyes pierce right through you, that cold blue changed entirely with the warm firelight reflecting in them. Â
âDo you want to come to my room?â you asked slowly. The words were useless, but a glance back to the stairs that led to your door and back at him asked the same question with much more efficacy. Â
He nodded, and you stepped backwards as he followed you: across the house, up the stairs, and to your room. You opened the door. He shut it behind you.Â
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Emma Swan, Olympian is not a phrase Emma Swan, totally normal person, ever expected to hear.
But she never expected one night at a party hosted by her college's baseball team to change her entire life, either. So, it should really come as no surprise that Emma Swan, Olympian, is now something of international sensation. Or that her husband has become a bit of a social media star.
âââ Rating: Teen with sports feelings Word Count: 7.5K AN: As promised and because of who I am as a person, I wrote Olympic fic. I can neither confirm nor deny that there is an actual plot here, but there is a surplus of fluff and sports-based feelings. So, thatâs something. Thanks to the Detroit Lions, specifically, for posting this Tweet and to my husband who is very much aware of what content I want the internet to provide me. Operation: Make Killian a New York Yankee as often as possible continues.
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No one told her the questions would start to blur together.
That would require media training, Emma imagines. And no one is giving a first-time Olympian in a sport that only a handful of people marginally believe warrants notice from the IOC any sort of media training. She got, like, an orientation packet. With a lopsided staple in the top left corner. On her commercial flight. That she booked herself.
Twenty-plus hours crammed into a seat that sheâs only a little concerned did permanent damage to her right knee, with a meal that was so chewy Emma was about four seconds and one exasperated, entirely exhausted exhale from asking if it was, in fact, made of plastic.
Mostly, the staple is whatâs still managing to frustrate her. As frustrated as she can be at the Olympics. No one is supposed to be frustrated at the Olympics. Not really. Not while experiencing the pinnacle of athletic achievement, the calluses on Emmaâs fingertips some sort of badge of honor that sheâs wearing with at least a modicum of national pride, and everything is fine.
Her qualifying time was absurd. Where absurd is a compliment and very close to a record sheâs suddenly determined to shatter.
So, sheâs alone.
Big deal. So is everyone else. This Olympics, at least. Plus, Killian wouldnât have been able to come no matter what the state of the world was. Even so, the quiet stands are admittedly weird. All these empty arenas with empty seats, the distinct lack of a roaring crowd no more obvious than when the worldâs best athletes step to the line. Staring at the climbing wall in front of her four hours earlier, Emma swore she could hear every single beat of her heart echo between her ears.
And thatâsâwell, solitude is par for the course with an adolescence like hers, half-filled suitcases and brand-new faces in brand-new towns, but sheâd gotten used to one town, and the town is actually a city, and the city has long since felt like home, and her fingers reach for the rings dangling above her Team USA t-shirt. They did give her an absolute shit ton of t-shirts, so that was nice.
Exceptâ
Something keeps tugging. Nagging at the back of Emmaâs consciousness, almost like sheâs forgotten her keys on that flea market table they found in Park Slope two weeks after they moved into the apartment. Because for as well-versed Emma may be in that singular sort of existence, sheâs also well-removed from wanting it, and at least three of her knuckles crack. Curling around her rings.
Muscles in her cheeks stretch, another nod and quick blink to avoid the threat of blinding via camera flashes. Someone really should have told her about this. She probably should have assumed. Human interest is the driving force of at least three-quarters of the stories in sports, and Emmaâs not used to being the story, per se, but even she has to admit most of hers makes for a good one and they are still asking her questions.
Emma blinks again. Hopes she doesnât look like a serial killer or the weird blonde, slightly sweaty cousin of the Joker, her smile starting to feel as if itâs painted on her face. She nods. Hums. Listens to questions that are startling in their tonal similarity to Charlie Brownâs teacher, and Emma wonders if Charlie Brown ever got a different teacher or what the school structure of the Peanutsâ universe is and, God, how old was Charlie Brown, even? To withstand that sort of consistent bullying. Was Linus the same age as him? No, right? How long did he carry the blanket around? Was Linus the same age as Sally? Why didnât the red-headed girl with curly hair get a name?
She nearly falls out of her chair.
That might make the front page of several blogs. Possibly even the back page of a New York tab.
Careful to keep her feet on the ground, Emma lifts her head, directing her eyes toward the source of a question that must have been asked several times if the note of amusement mixing with deadline-based exasperation is anything to go by. Her smile definitely makes her look like a serial killer.
âSorry, sorry,â Emma mumbles, and none of the oxygen she does her best to inhales makes it even close to her lungs. âI, uhâwhat was the question?â
The reporter grimaces.
âI wanted to know if youâd seen the video of your husband yet.â
Ice runs down her spine. Every single drop of wholly disgusting sweat falling in rivulets down either one of her cheeks freezes. Oxygen disappears from the room. Or so Emma assumes, what with the crushing feeling pushing down on her lungs and whatnot.
Her mind whirs. Races through possibilities and pitfalls with a speed that would be impressive if Emma werenât already so close to that record, and she is going to break that record. Somehow she manages not to fall, though. From her chair or the metaphorical climbing wall in her brain, ignoring the sudden dryness of her mouth and the increasing size of her tongue.
Her nails are going to leave little half-moon creases in her palm.
âI donâtââ she starts, and eventually she will wish she was more articulate. For what turns out to be a very nice story.
Standing up, the reporterâs seat creaks as she moves toward the desk they deposited Emma behind after even. Several Olympic officials move to block her, but Emma shakes her head again, and sheâs not exactly high-priority on the list of defensible athletes, anyway. So, none of them flinch when the reporter slides a phone closer to Emma, her crazed thoughts briefly lingering on how many phones a reporter could possibly need, but then her eyes drop, and sheâs not sure if her ears can actually perk, but Emma certainly tries because she hears him yelling before she sees him.
Her smile shifts.
And the cameras flash again.
It starts, as with most things in Emmaâs collegiate life, because Anna demands it.
Sheâs only half-listening, so Emma can never be entirely sure what it was, exactly, she was agreeing to, but in her experience, the agreement doesnât matter so much as the action, and her roommateâs younger sister is unstoppable when it comes to action. So, Emma is dimly aware of a plan. Something about the baseball house and that one left fielder is in a handful of her classes.
Davidâsomething.
Heâs got a girlfriend, too. A nice one. Who always smells like sugar when she slides into the seat next to David whatever his last name is, sitting in the row in front of Emma during their Tuesday-Thursday statistics class.
Emma hates statistics.
She doesnât hate Anna, though. Or her roommate, one of the better college-based surprises, and either Anna has magic or Elsa is an enormous pushover because somehow all three of them are ready at the same time, and the walk to the baseball house isnât far.
First-year players guard the door â passing out color-coded wristbands that absolutely do not do their job because it takes about six seconds of well-meaning flirting and batted eyelashes between Anna and a mountain of muscle masquerading as the teamâs starting catcher to get them inside. With purple wristbands and two tickets for jungle juice instead of the keg.
âVictory,â Anna cries, twisting through the crowd. Half of it is already teetering on the edge of drunk, the rest free-falling into the pit of imminent hangovers, and Emma isnât sure sheâd classify their drinks as a victory, but itâs definitely better than watered-down beer.
And it doesnât take long, really. By Emmaâs shaky count, itâs not even a half-hour before the muscle â who introduces himself as Kristoff, and really is pretty cute, actually â returns, standing unnaturally close to Annaâs left shoulder, furtive glances shared out of the corners of their eyes. Emma rolls hers. Elsaâs appear perpetually stuck to the ceiling. It looks oddly sticky up there.
âGo,â Elsa says, and itâs not an instruction. Barely counts as more than a whisper, really. Anna lights up all the same. Like an alcohol-fueled Christmas tree.
Who does not need telling more than once.
Hands reach and smiles widen, Kristoff mumbling something that sounds like it was nice to meet you before heâs following Anna back to the beer pong table, leaving Elsa and Emma standing in the middle of a sea of raging hormones. All of which want to be there way more than either one of them does.
âWell,â Elsa mutters, âthat was polite.â
Emma snickers into her glass. A mostly empty glass. Thatâs surprising. âGot that going for him.â âPlus, his on-base is nuts this year.â
âSay that again.â âOn-base percentage,â Elsa repeats, making sure to do it slowly for maximum sarcastic emphasis. Emmaâs eyes are going to fall out. That wonât end well. There are too many shuffling feet in this room.
âWhat does that mean?â âHow often he gets on base.â Opening her mouth does nothing. Closing it does even less. Elsa looks overjoyed. âI know things,â she shrugs, âand Iâm pretty positive Anna and Kristoff have been not-so-secretly dating since the start of the semester, soââ âYou stalked your sisterâs secret boyfriend?â âStalkâs a very dirty word, donât you think? No, no, there was no stalking. There was light research. One Google search and a single click to the teamâs roster, and now I know heâs from Minnesota, too.â âAwfully convenient for the romance of the century.â Humming, Elsa takes a larger-than-usual sip before scrunching her nose in displeasure. At her empty cup. Emma has no idea how they ended up with empty cups so quickly. Suddenly the baseball house feels a bit like a time warp. Enter and drink and find the love of your life. Or something like that.
âI got next,â Emma says, ignoring Elsaâs laugh because she is not the sort of person who says things like that. Itâs this house. This place. With its music and its happiness, and sheâs not really a sports person. Can only marginally understand the joy of watching other people accomplish something. She has no idea what on-base percentage is.
Still.
Her feet move. Fingers curl over the rim of red solo cups, like the most clichĂŠ version of her college self. Her drinks get refilled. And itâs just as Emmaâs about to let herself wonder if, maybe, sports arenât all that bad and might even possess a bit of inherent romanticism, she slams into something.
Someone, more like.
Taller than her, he has to peer down his nose to glare at Emma. Thatâs fair. Theyâre both far more damp than they were ten seconds before. Some of that moisture ensures that the hem of his shirt sticks to his stomach. A very flat stomach. That draws Emmaâs eyes because sheâs human and slightly intoxicated, and it takes quite a lot more than sheâs willing to admit to lift her chin, but then sheâs glad she does. Even with the understandable glare.
âShit,â she breathes, âyour eyes are stupid blue.â
He narrows them. She hates that. Which is about all it takes for her to get royally pissed off, too.
âCan you pay attention to where youâre walking?â
The stupidly blue eyes blink. Darken a shade, like all his frustration is centered directly around his pupils, and the shirt heâs wearing is team-branded. Another baseball player, then.
âYou ran into me!â Oh, Oh. Well, that sucks. Heâs got a good voice, too. Eyes and voice and the few strands of hair that fall toward those eyes when he continues to glare at Emma likely arenât supposed to make her stomach flip.
Itâs the alcoholâs fault.
Or sports. Like, in general.
âBecause you take up so much space,â Emma snarls He leans forward. Looms, really. Over her and around her, smelling like punch and body wash. Itâs gross and absolutely wonderful. âGotta pick a lane, love. Either I ran into you, or I was in the way.â
âIt can definitely be both and there is nothing resembling love here.â
âSo I can see. You have a name, wrecking ball?â âMy shoes are never going to unstick from this floor.â To his credit, he does waver. His lips twist â which makes it all too obvious how much Emma is staring at his lips, but, seriously, the alcohol. Plus, itâs so hot in this house she can barely think straight. She wonders where he buys his body wash. He smells better than he should in this house. So, it's clear he considers. Ponders, even. Until his hands dart out and those hands are somehow warmer than every person in this house combined, heat scorching through Emmaâs t-shirt as he lifts her off the ground.
Only to deposit her approximately fourteen inches to her left.
âAre you fucking kidding me?â âLook,â he grins, âyouâre unstuck.â âBastard!â âEh, not technically.â âWhat?â âNot technically a bastard. Orphan, I suppose. But thatâs kind of a mood ruiner, donât you think?â
Emmaâs fish impression is really going great. The grin becomes a smirk. Her stomach refuses to stay still. âIs there a mood to ruin?â âMight be if you tell me your name.â
Emma wavers, that time. Considers and ponders. Weighs the pros and cons while laughter drifts past her ears, consummate collegiate experiences that sheâs only ever let herself be passably jealous of. A dark-haired girlâs talking to Elsa in the opposite corner.
And the hand hanging in front of her wiggles its fingers.
Itâs still ridiculously warm when she grabs it. âEmma Swan.â âKillian Jones.â
Annaâs secret relationship becomes a real relationship no less than sixteen hours following what Elsa begins to call the Drink Incident.
And they becomeâ
Baseball people.
Becoming baseball people is not bad. Not really. Emma likes the baseball team. She understands what WHIP is, now. Kristoff adores Anna, so thatâs good. David, who does, in fact, have a last name, continues to be as nice as assumed, and his girlfriend sort of quasi adopts Emma. Mary Margaret Blanchard brims with positivity and an innate sort of joy that would usually annoy Emma, but most of that joy also serves as a direct counter to the snark that Killian Jones appears flush with. So, itâs something of a wash, really.
Plus, heâs a very sore Monopoly loser.
And Emma finds it endlessly entertaining.
âStop that,â he grunts, glaring at the board with the sort of force Emmaâs become accustomed to in the last few months, while she taps on the space in front of her, âI know how many spots it is.â Emma smiles. âSo move, then.â âIâll be bankrupt.â âCapitalism does that.â âTell me more about capitalism, Swan.â
She doesnât startle, so thereâs that. Not much else, though. Not when a noticeable bit of equally familiar heat skitters down her spine. Her head tilts. His head remains frustratingly still, staring at the board like the spaces will change or Mary Margaret will tear down some of her hotels on Marvin Gardens.
Neither thing happens.
The heat pools. At the small of her back, inching dangerously close to that space between her hips, like itâs trying to tether her to this spot and this moment and its people. Baseball people. People who so clearly care about everything so much that even the cynic in Emma can appreciate it. Plus, theyâre all ridiculously competitive.
David had to take a walk when Mary Margaret bankrupt him earlier.
âThatâs about the extent of my capitalism knowledge,â Emma admits with a shrug, âI sucked at economics.â Pulling his gaze away from the board, Emmaâs less prepared for the force behind Killianâs eyes than she was for the appearance of a nickname that might not warrant the title. Itâs just her name, after all. But it sounds like more than that. Sinks under her skin with alarming ease, the precise tone of it wrapping its way around a variety of internal organs until theyâre all beating at the same tempo andâ âMove my piece for me.â
Kristoff groans. Mary Margaret chuckles. Elsa looks far too sure of herself. Knows everything, indeed.
And itâs not really a command, but thereâs that same sense of something that found its way into the sound of Emmaâs name and Killianâs voice, and he catches her by surprise. On a variety of levels. His fingers jump the moment hers reach out, all heat and an alarming size difference, his brows lifting when she turns her head.
âYouâre taking this game way too seriously, you know,â Emma says. What she doesnât say is more important, though. Because theyâre not friends, really. Theyâreâacquaintances. Some kind of appropriate metaphor regarding a planetâs many moons and the tendency of those moons to orbit something far bigger than them. But they like each other, too. As much as they dance and twist, do their best to avoid getting hit in the batterâs box, Emmaâs more comfortable bantering with him than just about anyone sheâs ever met, a challenge in every conversation, and sheâs rather loath to realize sheâs memorized the different ways the blue in his eyes flash.
Now it feels a bit like a spotlight.
âMatter of pride, Swan.â âIs it just?â If there are other people laying on their stomachs in that living room, half-empty glasses by their hands and equipment stacked in various corners, Emma forgets about them. Quickly. Immediately. Killian doesnât move his fingers.
He nods.
And Mary Marget only kind of gloats when she bankrupts him.
She dances when she wins, though.
Itâs embarrassing. Itâs absolutely, goddamn wonderful.
Realizing that baseball is a game of statistics ruins kind of Emmaâs day. It makes Killian laugh. Her favorite sort of laugh. Where he throws his head back, an arm around his middle, and his shoulders shaking. Those same strands of hair she noticed that first night fall back toward lidded eyes, the corners of his mouth lifting in an angle Emma is sure she could determine if she just didnât hate math so much, and it takes about four seconds, her head tilting back and forth twice and one swipe of her tongue to lean forward on the couch they're sharing, tilt her head up and press her lips to his.
Press is a vast understatement.
Crash, more like.
A bases-clearing double into the left-field gap.
She knows so many baseball terms now, itâs ridiculous.
Itâs because she keeps going to games. With Anna. Without Anna. With Elsa. Without Elsa. With Mary Margaret every single time. And it creeps on so slowly, sheâs practically a Jane Austen heroine, but then Emma finds she cares as much as everyone else. Screams herself hoarse at every crack of the bat. Jumps and fist bumps with startling regularity. Experiences the flutter of butterflies in her flip-prone stomach before ninth-inning rallies.
She memorizes statistics. Killianâs statistics, especially.
Because the Draft is a week away, and the nerves rolling off him are even more potent than his body wash. Bought in bulk from a locally-owned company, she learns.
Killian hates capitalism, too.
Which is only part of the reason she likes him, but right now all of the reason is centered around how it feels as if the world is shifting on its axis and what, precisely, he is capable of with his tongue. Quite a lot if this first time at bat is anything to believe.
Emma laughs.
Joy bubbles from the very center of her, pushing at the seam of her lips, and itâs not much of a seam when her mouth is open to accommodate tongue, but itâs enough of a sound that Killian pulls back. No glare. Definitely eyebrow movement, though.
âThatâs not the best confidence boost, you know.â âIâm straddling you,â Emma counters, nodding toward the knees on either side of his, and she has no idea when her fingers found his hair. Itâs very soft.
âHow did that happen?â âWhat was that about confidence?â
Dropping his head, she gets a different sort of laugh, one thatâs just as potent in its ability to settle into her bloodstream and the empty spaces around her heart, and sports have turned her into a sap. âI like you a lot,â Killian murmurs. Emmaâs heart explodes. Metaphorically speaking.
âGood.â âExpand on that, for me.â She pinches his side, almost prepared for the way it leaves him bucking beneath her. Less prepared for the mutual groan it causes. Killianâs eyes widen. âI like you a lot,â Emma repeats, and his arms tighten, and her heart knits itself back together, and the second time through the kissing order is even better.
It starts, as with most things in Emmaâs nearly-adult life, because Anna demands it.
âI just think itâll be fun,â Anna says, not for the first time. And, not for the first time, she ignores the pointed look Emma and Elsa exchange. Elsaâs lips have all but disappeared behind her teeth âThink about it,â Anna continues, âwe need something to do before the game, anyway. This way weâreâyou know, staying active.â Emmaâs eyebrows jump. Fly. Soar into her hairline where the level of her disbelief sits, all too aware of the ring hanging around her neck.
A Draft Day gift. As much as a family heirloom can be a gift. But Killian claimed it was good luck, his brotherâs ring, because turns out that snark is at least a partial product of a wholly depressing childhood, and Emma supposes thereâs something to be said for common ground. Understanding, too. Stories shared over weeks that turned to months that turned to years and seasons in the minors, and it absolutely figures Killianâs Major League debut is happening in Cincinnati. Where Kristoff plays.
Itâs ridiculous how in love with him she is.
Killian. Not Kristoff.
Anna is still talking. âThereâs nothing else to do in Cincinnati,â she reasons, which seems unfair to the city itself but not entirely untrue, and even the concept of chili on spaghetti grosses Emma out. âAlso,â Anna adds, sounding as if sheâs reached the final bullet point on her list of possible arguments, âIâve got a Groupon deal for this place.â
Elsa blinks. âI didnât realize Groupon was even still a thing.â âSurprise!â
Emmaâs laugh isnât entirely honest, but her sigh of acceptance is andâ
Turns out sheâs pretty good at it.
Goddamn fantastic, actually.
At rock climbing. Indoor rock climbing. Her feet push her up the wall with ease, the steady ache in her arms welcome and wonderful and a slew of other alliterative adjectives. That leave Killian grinning like a maniac, but itâs been a weird and equally wonderful day, without a hit, but two walks, so that ups the on-base, and Emmaâs really, seriously in love with him.
âI donât know what it was,â she says, preening just a bit under Killianâs stare. Hotel lighting casts shadows on his cheeks, slumped as he is against every pillow they could find. Even the ones in the closet. Heâs not supposed to be in here for much longer, both of them aware of the team-ordained curfew hanging over them, but the pre-game nerves are long gone. Replaced instead with exhilaration and endorphins, the kind that could win Elle Woods a headline-making case. âBut,â Emma continues, âI just kept moving, and the guy said it was, like, a course record. Is course the right word, you think?â Killian lifts a shoulder. Even as itâs covered in ice and tape. The play he made at third is going to show on loop. On TV. In Emmaâs memory. Sheâs never yelled that loud before.
People took pictures.
And then she cried. Like a giant sap.
âThis is your show, Swan,â Killian chuckles, pride infusing the words. As if sheâs the one who deserves the pride today. Itâs entirely possible she cried for multiple minutes after that play. They definitely showed that on the YES Network. Mary Margaret texted her no less than forty-seven times.
âI was really fast.â Killian hums, fingers fluttering enough to make it clear he wants her closer. Emma doesnât argue. Theyâre a mess of limbs and mouths and that tongue thing theyâve collectively gotten better at giving and receiving over the years, hands that warm with the sort of confidence borne of repetition. Some joke about BP and finding your swing.
âPlus,â he says, a soft laugh at Emmaâs noise of displeasure when talking means far less kissing, âbecoming a rock climbing savant means more upper-body work, and you know how I love your arms.â Guffawing the way Emma does is not particularly romantic. Doesnât matter. The sound comes, and the joy remains, a steady stream pumping through all her extremities and clouding her thoughts. In the best way possible. Before Killian, Emma didnât know this could be that. Fun and easy, not quite simple, but something sheâs willing to work for. Athletes are notoriously determined, after all.
Part of her wonders if a proclivity to rock climbing makes her an athlete, too.
âPlease,â she says, laughter clinging to the letters even as she finds herself moved directly over Killianâs outstretched legs, âprovide, in detail, everything you enjoy about my arms.â âI didnât say enjoy.â âWere you misquoted, Jones?â His eyes flash. Glow, honestly. At her and because of her and athletes also know how to work their opponents. Goad them into making mistakes. Something about a pitcherâs duel and a battle in the box. Where the box is this bed. And Emmaâs winning.
âI love your arms,â Killian says. Dragging his mouth against the column of her throat leaves goosebumps on Emmaâs skin. Her back arches. His hand flattens. The compliments continue. Turn into promises. Guarantees. Of a future thatâs spread out at their feet now, if only they reach for it.
Turns out Emmaâs pretty good at reaching for things. When she wants them.
âThis isnât, like, free-scale, though, is it?â
Her heart cannot be expected to handle much more of this.
âDonât worry,â Emma says, âall proper safety precautions were taken. Plus, I wouldnât fall off the wall.â
Killianâs expression shutters. Not in any of that frustration Emma so clearly understood when his shirt was damp, and her shoes were unsalvagable despite his best efforts to get the schoolâs equipment manager to dry-clean them. No, itâsâitâs something big and important and unspoken, and Emma pulls his hand up. To rest directly over the rink thatâs still tucked beneath her t-shirt.
His t-shirt.
Itâs got his last number on it, at least.
âWould you catch me if I fell off the wall?â He doesnât answer at first. Doesnât mention the absurdity of a question that does not make sense, but those literal and metaphorical clock hands are ticking, and if they donât replace his ice soon, theyâre going to destroy these sheets. âEvery single time, Swan.â âRight back at you.â
Killian doesnât miss curfew, but itâs pretty close.
And Emma wakes up to twelve texts with links for indoor rock climbing gyms in the greater New York City area.
âHoly shit, this is hard.â
Grunting more than laughing, Emmaâs fingers curl around the rock in front of her. Chalk cakes itself on the pads of those fingers, stuck beneath her nails and, somehow, the bend of her elbow. âAre you not an All-Star?â she asks, glancing at Killian.
âI do not see how that factors into this at all.â
âHuh, weird.â âSuspiciously sounds like an accusation.â âWeird,â Emma repeats. Theyâre halfway up a wall only one of them is really supposed to be on, but the other person several feet below them is faring far worse than the pair of them combined, so, that takes precedence in her mind. âHe knows a lot more curse words than I realized.â âHeâs showing off,â Killian grumbles, forehead resting against the wall.
Will Scarlet hasnât moved in five minutes. Possibly six. Maybe a round ten. He's much better at second base.
âI cannot feel my arms,â he calls, and Emmaâs laugh is better that time. Purer, somehow. As if happiness can actually have a sound. Even happiness that comes with sweat on her temple and a noticeable ache in her triceps and she sort of loves this.
Sort of is a vast understatement.
âShowing off, huh?â Emma asks. She finds her next footfall with ease, happiness blooming into confidence thatâs become nearly consistent these days and weeks and years. It does not take her long to feel the stare thatâs lingering on her. On her ass, specifically.
She glances over her shoulder. To find her fiancĂŠ smiling at her. And staring at her ass.
âCan I help you, love?â âWhatcha doing?â âOgling you, obviously.â âForearms feeling good?â He nods. Sort of. Thereâs a distinct slope to the back of his neck and more sweat on his brown than Emmaâs. Not as much as Scarletâs, probably. âFantastic,â Killian drawls, âkeep going, Swan, someoneâs got to show us how to do it.â âTry not to fall off the wall, huh? Last thing we need is the might of the Yankees front office coming after us.â âI donât think I can move my hands,â Will shouts. Killian doesnât move. Itâs impressive forearm strength. Blushing on the wall is not usually how Emmaâs days go.
âIâll see what I can do,â Killian promises, and Emma moves. He follows her. Up the wall and to the top, a quick brush of his lips against her shoulder that leaves Scarlet cursing even more, despite his presence on the floor, but then thereâs lemon-flavored water and exceptionally soft towels and Emmaâs caught a bit off guard by the question.
âAre there leagues for this?â Will asks. âBecause you should probably be winning things for this.â Emma blinks. Considers. Wonders. Turns to Killian.
Heâs still smiling. Broadly, in fact.
âWe could look.â They do. They fill out paperwork. Buy fancy climbing shoes that Emma claims cost too much, but Killianâs a pushover and even more stubborn and she wins the first race she signs up for.
Plus, ten more after that.
Emma climbs indoor rock walls. Killian hits home runs. Occasionally they do these things simultaneously, and it usually leads to her nearly falling off the wall because everyone in her Tribeca gym knows what it means when WFAN is playing on the speakers.
Sometimes they shout out John Sterlingâs home run call with him.
She gets better. He gets better.
They do end up destroying sheets in various hotels across the country. For various reasons. Not all of them post-game or ice related. There are games and events. Wins and losses. Back page spreads that Emma frames and hangs on their apartment walls, right next to other, smaller frames, with the same smiling faces who, once upon a time, called a sticky-floored baseball house home, and Killianâs fingers are warm in hers when the tears prick her eyes at Anna and Kristoffâs wedding.
There are stories. Think pieces and hot takes on a variety of drive-time radio shows. Those are all about Killian, though. Heâs the athlete. The true one, some stories say. Itâs impressive what Emma does, they admit, but itâs a hobby, and sheâs got a grown-up career, anyway. So, sheâs got more climbing records than she knew ever existed, but sheâs not doing it for press, and both Mary Margaret and Anna weep at her and Killianâs wedding.
She wears her ring on a chain next to her other one when she climbs.
Every time Killian notices them hanging there, Emma swears, his eyes brighten. Itâs her favorite thing in the whole, goddamn world.
âWhat is this?â He doesnât answer. Just holds the sheet of paper he must have printed out in the clubhouse because they certainly donât have a printer at home, and one of the edges is bent. Like he had to fit it in his back pocket.
âGoing the stoic route, huh?â Emma quips, but thereâs a noticeable hitch in her pulse. One thatâs been there for weeks. Since the rumblings started, and the rumors began, whispers of possibility, and first-ever has a very nice ring to it. One side of Killianâs mouth tugs up. âOh, thatâs not fair.â âIâd like the record to show, that the only reason I didnât know immediately was because I was in the trainerâs room, soââ âWhat were you in the trainerâs room for?â Killian ignores her. Well, sort of. His eyes shift, and his gaze holds, and Emma knows. Right down in the marrow of her. What the paper is and how Scarlet is the one who printed it out, but sheâs even more confident Killian carried it home, and that does something funny to her entire worldview. Widens it and minimizes it at the same time, focusing on this and them and the possibility that creates.
In an athletic sort of way.
âMy shoulderâs kind of sore.â Emma scoffs. âOh, thatâs pointed.â âIâm sure your shoulders are fine. Golden, even.â âThis is not your best work, you know that?â âLook at the paper.â âDid you fold it yourself?â âAnd then took a car back home. You really didnât see yet?â Emma shakes her head. He knows the answer, too. Heâs the one with the Google alert, after all. Because sheâs still a bit of a pessimist at heart and an adult with a real job, and this is too much and abjectly terrifying, and the last thing she expects is for Killian to crouch in front of her.
One of his knees cracks.
âDonât,â he warns, even as Emma does her best to swallow her laugh. Warm hands land on her thighs, a quiet steadiness that helps the state of her pulse and makes the possibility of the unknown a little less overwhelming. The lines crossing the center of the paper are absurdly straight. âYouâre going to go.â âOh, that sounded like a decree.â âA suggestion.â âA strong one.â âMmhm, with the utmost confidence.â Emma makes an impressive sound. âWhoâs doing your media training? What an impressive vocabulary youâve got on you.â âReady and willing to use it in a persuasive manner.â âKeep talking like that, and you wonât have to.â The smirk disappears. Evolves into a grin that is only Emmaâs and only appears in moments like this, support clinging to air molecules and the ends of hair that constantly seems determined to fall into Killianâs eyes. âPassed, huh? All cool with the IOC.â âDecidedly cool. Officially an Olympic sport, now. Although the name could use some work. Sport climbing lacks a little oomph, donât you think?â
âWhat would you call it?â âEmma Swan wins Olympic gold.â âKinda wordy.â âProphetic,â Killian corrects, hands shifting and pulling, and Emma has to widen her legs. His headâs at a very good kissing angle. âYouâve already got the qualifying numbers.â âYou looked at the qualifying numbers?â âDonât insult me like that. What do you think I did in the backseat?â âPlanned the entire 2020 Olympics, apparently.â âNot the entire Olympics,â Killian counters, "just the part involving you. And maybe my individual expectations regarding the United States baseball team, but thatâs another conversation altogether.â
âNaturally.â
âYouâre using that voice.â
Widening her eyes does nothing. Emma didnât expect it to. Not after years and games and events because rock climbing has events, and one time Mary Margaret made her a sign. Killian held it. Heâs taller, thatâs why.
âDonât,â Killian repeats, âthis is happening.â âYuh-huh?â âYou heard me. Itâs your turn, now.â Melting is an impossibility. Like, for a human. Even so. Emma feels like sheâs melting. Some of that pessimism evaporating under the warmth of Killianâs gaze and his hands and the determination in the precise angle of his chin. Same one he uses when he steps into the box with runners in scoring position.
Lumping herself into that group isnât as insulting as Emma once believed it would be.
âGod,â Emma groans, âthatâs romantic.â âYouâre really selling it, love.â
âThis is supposed to be a hobby.â âOne youâre exceedingly good it. World record good at it.â âI like you.â âThatâs my end game, yeah.â She laughs. Smiles. Continues melting. Which is easier once they get rid of their clothing, and their bed is way more comfortable than any hotel theyâve encountered. And she falls asleep with Killianâs lips against her ear, Emma Swan, Olympic gold medalist whispered on loop like itâs a mantra heâs been practicing.
They postpone the Olympics.
It sucks. Everything sucks. Baseball sucks. Gyms are closed. Emma gets creative, and Killian gets research-prone. They build a makeshift wall. She tosses him BP.
People write stories about it.
It doesnât help.
Untilâ
Time passes. Some things change. Others donât. Their wall stands up to the elements of their buildingâs courtyard, and Killianâs hitting better than ever this season, a victory Emmaâs going to claim as at least partially hers. And then the Olympics are back, and itâs qualifying and racing and a record thatâs just out of reach, but sheâs good enough even without it, and, this time, sheâs the one packing a suitcase.
He kisses her.
Does the tongue thing.
Holds onto her like heâs only a little afraid sheâs going to fall off the wall, but now the wall is international competition, and Emmaâs freaking out a little.
âI love you,â she says into the crook of his neck.
His arms tighten. âI love you too.â âGold medal?â âGold medal.â âHit some home runs while Iâm gone, huh?â Lips graze her temple. Her forehead. The bridge of her nose. Emma might be crying, and Mary Margaretâs definitely recording, a small mob of red white, and blue surrounding them. âIâll see what I can do,â Killian promises.
âGood.â
He hits three before her first qualifying round. So, Emma takes that as a challenge. Sheâs an athlete now.
Itâs why, she figures, her fingers donât slip on her first run.
Her feet are sure. Her breathing is steady. Thereâs no one cheering her name, but sheâs long since memorized the exact way Killianâs voice lifts above a crowd. How he pushes up on his toes to watch, as if standing up taller makes sure heâs closer to her. Should she need him when she falls off the wall. Only, Emma doesnât fall, and sheâs got no intention of ever falling andâ
Her laugh shudders out of her in a watery sort of way that makes the journalist still standing in front of her flinch ever so slightly. Twitter makes sure the video starts playing again as soon as it finishes, which is somehow the best and worst thing that has ever happened to her. Best because, well, Emmaâs honestly not sure sheâs ever seen her husband like this.
Worst because sheâs very nearly goddamn crying. Again.
Bobbing on the balls of his feet in front of his locker, whoeverâs recording the video â itâs Scarlet, obviously â is practically frenzied behind the camera, barely able to contain their laughter. Killian doesnât notice. Heâs holding his own phone, all five of his free fingers firmly entrenched in the back of his hair. Itâs gotten softer with age, Emma thinks.
She canât stop watching him.
Every inhale is a clear struggle, the bobbing turning into pacing and quiet mumbling she can hear perfectly. As if sheâs standing right in front of him.
Or at least slightly to the side. So as not to stand on the logo in the middle of the clubhouse.
Athletes are notoriously superstitious, too.
âCâmon, câmon, câmon,â Killian chants, another noticeable snicker from Scarlet, âright there, right there, and pull, pullâSwan, pull up!â
âI did pull up there,â Emma mumbles. To the reporter, maybe. Or the world. Possibly her husband. Who was definitely more nervous about the first run than her.
God, thatâs romantic.
Killianâs still talking. Shouting, more like. Itâs a miracle Scarlet hasnât fallen over yet.
âFaster, faster, you can go faster than that, Swanââ Emma clicks her tongue. âThatâs kind of insulting.â
Thereâs an appropriate titter of laughter from the peanut gallery, which is a joke she was not trying to make, but sheâs also dangerously close to swooning in the middle of press and she should have asked the Yankees for media training. Someone would have made sure she didnât make a total ass of herself.
âShow me the time,â Killian yells, another demand that isnât that. Itâs too wobbly a string of words to hold any real power, just the supportive sort of desperation Emmaâs felt in a variety of ninth innings and series-clinching moments. âFaster! Faster!â âTalking to the time or the judges or your wife?â Scarlet asks.
Killian nearly snarls.
Emma blinks. Hyperactively. Crying is not usually her shtick. More camera flashes...flash, Emma barely noticing them with her eyes glued to a phone screen that isnât hers because she at least knows not to bring her phone to a press conference, and she can only imagine how many text messages sheâs gotten.
Even on the other side of the world.
They post the times.
She knows because Killian gets some rather impressive height on his celebratory vertical. Fingers abandoning his hair, his fist pumps the air, and Scarletâs not laughing so much as heâs whooping, a steady stream of yeah, yeah, yeah in the background. And for about half a breath, Emmaâs worried Killian may turn one of his ankles on his landing, but heâd think that was insulting, and sheâs really just full-on swooning now.
âHow many people have seen this?â she asks the reporter, already knowing the answer.
The reporter smiles anyway. Emma should learn her name.
âPretty much the whole world.â When Emma was a kid â the sort of kid who believed alone was better, and there was strength in singularity, that would have terrified her. Bowled her over, really. Left her running without looking back, desperate to shed any sort of notoriety because notoriety meant attention, and attention meant inevitable disappointment.
Maybe thatâs why she was never much of a sports person.
Sports disappoint you. They build you up and let you down, a sharp and sudden fall without a safety net. But sometimes. Sometimes, every so often, something wonderful happens. Sports lift you. Right up an indoor wall. Because, she knows, sportsâ power comes from belief, from surrendering yourself to something bigger and better, and sheâs back on that alliterative kick, but the tears are barely clinging to her eyelashes now and Emma herself is bigger and better, now.
In an international, decidedly romantic sort of way.
The videoâs playing away.
âLetâs go,â Killian cries, and there it is. Her sound and their sound, cheering across an ocean and time zones that are still kind of messing with her sleep schedule.
Emmaâs smile stretches.
âLetâs go,â she repeats.
It ends, as with most things in Emmaâs gold-medal-winning life, because Anna plans it.
Stepping out of the terminal, it takes less than a full breath for the cheers to start. For the banners to lift and the tears to flow, a small platoon of support covered in the sort of patriotic gear they definitely got from the Old Navy in Herald Square.
Flashes burst behind Emmaâs eyelids because sheâs got to blink or sheâll definitely fall over. Her legs wobble beneath her, contending against a wave of triumph and jubilation, which is sort of the same word, but theyâve got a game at the Stadium tonight, so she doesnât expect, she just hopes and reaches, and he has to twist around both Anna and Mary Margaret.
Itâs wonderfully cyclical.
As is the way Emma slams herself against him. On purpose, this time. Killianâs arms tighten, more cheers and shouts, and people a few feet away start chanting USA over and over. Emma barely hears them. Her feet arenât touching the ground, so sheâs kind of preoccupied.
Theyâre all arms and mouths, and her legs wrapped securely around a body that probably shouldnât be supporting hers when she knows he slid into second two nights ago, but Killian clearly has no intention of letting her down, and the medal around her neck bumps against her rings.
âYouâre a very good cheerleader; you know that?â He hisses. In what, Emma canât imagine. Embarrassment, if the red tips of his ears are anything to go by, and sheâs got ideas as to why that is and how long the conversation about social media with Scarlet went, so Emma does the only reasonable thing.
She slams her lips against her home-run hitting husbandâs, doing her best to make sure the gold medal doesnât mistakenly impale either one of them, and the world tilts again. With victory and sports-based support and the sort of love that comes from believing in something bigger.
And better than Emma could have ever imagined.
âI didnât want to steal your thunder.â
âPlease,â Emma scoffs, âdonât insult me like that. Plus, Iâm claiming every one of those home runs as my own, so comparativelyââ He kisses her before she can say anything else.
Thatâs for the best, probably.
âYour arms looked ridiculously good the whole time.â
Her laugh doesnât even sound like her when Emma hears it played back â another video that someone tells her goes viral, only she doesnât care about hits or site traffic, just about the particular shade of blue in Killianâs eyes, and she wears her medal to the game that night.
Because theyâre a sports power couple, now.
Or so the New York Post back page claims the next day.
Emma frames it.
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BTS scenario â proposing to you in the least romantic situations.
pairing: bts x reader fandom: bts warnings: language ; mentions of sex genre: fluff word count: 2.8k+
a/n: hiiii my love @fransezaâ, I love you too and I really hope you like your request ⼠(also, letâs all ignore that theyâre actually holding up earbuds okay? I unfortunately do not have gifs where the propose with an actual ring lol)
kim seokjin
The perfect moment.
The proposal had to be the perfect moment that he had been planning for literally five months now... only for it to get ruined when your connecting flight got canceled and you and Jin were stuck in a hotel of a country that he hadn't booked an entire restaurant in for his plan to start off. Where he hadn't specifically instructed the chef to cook your favorite meal. Where he hadn't specifically asked the hotel to prepare a romantic room for you two to arrive in with rose petals on the floor and candles all around for him to propose to you.
Now, you were lying in bed, eating potato chips while watching a program on TV that you didn't understand the language of and Jin just watched you with a heavy sigh.
âOh, there you are!â you slid to the edge of the bed and grabbed his hand when he finally stood in the bedroom, pulling him down next to you, âI have no idea what's going on in that show, but I think that woman is pregnant and the father is her sisterâs husband!â
âAren't you upset?â Jin watched you with furrowed eyebrows.
It was only then that you realized that he was.
âBabe,â you put the potato chips away, cleaned your hands and then grabbed his, âI don't care where we are for vacation. What matters most to me is that we can finally spend some time with each other without you having to worry about work. What matters most to me is being here with you.â
He hadn't thought about it this way. That 'perfect scenario' in his head had kept him from seeing what really was important.
You and him. Together.
âWell, in that case..-â
And so Jin proposed to you that night, in a hotel room of a hotel that Jin would normally not stay in anymore, with a stupid TV show on in the background and loud noises of cars downstairs.
But it didn't matter to you. What mattered to you was him kneeling there in front of you and asking you to marry him because he loved you just so fucking much.
You joined him on the floor once and kissed him deeply, so deeply that the two of you tumbled backwards, now chuckling as Jin was pushing the ring on your finger.
It was perfect after all.
min yoongi
The reason why this whole long distance relationship thing had worked so well in the past, was because Yoongi was so busy with work anyways, that he wasn't sure if he could fit 'proper' dates into his schedule. FaceTime dates and late night calls â when it was earlier for you â were the perfect recipe for your perfect relationship.
And you had been quite busy yourself when you had started dating him, were busy with getting your degree and were glad that you could still focus properly on it and not have to worry about whether you could make time for him.
But it's been years now and Yoongi wasn't who he was when he first started dating you.
Seeing you only a handful of times per year wasn't enough for him anymore. He wanted you to be with him.Â
Fully be with him.
And.. more than that.
âTell me what you're thinking about,â you said with a yawn.
âJust... us,â his smile was soft as he watched you try and keep your eyes open since the time difference was once again your biggest enemy.
âYeah? In what way?â
âIn a âI want to marry you so badly so that you will finally come and live with me and we can see each other every single day for the rest of our livesâ way,��� it was so blunt, it was so unromantic, yet at the same time, it was perfect.
In hindsight.
Because in that moment, you simply laughed, âOoooh, I like that thought. Where's my ring then, dear husband?â
Yoongi looked at you for a few seconds, then he got up, walked over to his desk and went back with a ring box, opening it and holding it into the camera.
That finally got your attention, you sitting up straight in an instant.
âCome and get it princess,â he said with a smirk.
jung hoseok
You and Hoseok have been dating for years and even after all this time, sex with him never became dull.
Today, in fact, you've been doing nothing other than lying in bed, watching Netflix and doing each other. Again and again.
It was the perfect day off.
And he made it even more perfect when he ordered a shit ton of delivery food and let you eat it in his bed, while he put on your favorite movie, you wearing nothing but your panties and one of his sweatshirts.
And as you were stuffing yourself, he suddenly asked: âDo you want to marry me?â
âWhat?â you asked with a full mouth, quickly gulping everything down, âYou're asking me this now? I look like shit!â
âThis is what I love most about you. You being you.â
For a moment he was scared that he might have disappointed you. That he should have made this more romantic and not just throw a question like that in the room while you were having sauce smeared all over your mouth.
But you actually started to laugh, âYou surprise me every day, Jung Hoseok. But where's my ring? Do I not get some sort of ring at least?â
Hoseok walked into the bathroom and came back with a bit of toilet paper, rolled it into a ring and pushed it onto your finger. You laughed and said it was perfect, but then Hoseok pulled out the actual ring from his bedside table, making you gasp.
âWhat..- you think I'd just ask you this question without being at least a little prepared? I guess I do surprise you every day.â
You jumped into his arms, but carefully, so that you wouldn't have to sleep in sheets stained with all sorts of food.
The messy part came afterwards.
But that was celebratory sex.
kim namjoon
Namjoon knew he wanted to marry you the moment you had asked him if he wanted to have your first date at this coffee shop/book shop. It was as if you were his soulmate.
But he took his time with asking.
Four years, in fact. Four years of nothing but love and affection and with each day he spent with you, his desire to marry you broadened.
And now here he was, trying to rent out this part of the observatory for the night so he could ask you under the stars if you wanted to marry him.
âI'm so sorry, Mister Kim, but we're completely booked. I can't offer you a spot for another five months.â
âFive months?!â Namjoon repeated in surprise.
âThis is the best season to see the stars. Most people prepare months in advance for a tour. If you want to rent this part out, it'll be at least five months until I can promise you you'll have it all to yourself.â
Well, he took it. He didn't really have any other option and he told himself that he's waited four years, so what's five more months, right?
But with each day that he spent coming home to you after that day, he felt like he was about to burst. It was as if he just wanted to finally let out that secret that he's been hiding from you for so long.
And one day, that feeling just became unbearable.
âUgh, we should have just went sooner. Why is traffic always this bad around here?â you leaned back in your seat, looking at your boyfriend when he was too quiet, âHey.. you okay, babe? What's that in your hands?â
He's been playing around with it since he sat down in your car. But he's been hiding it well under his strong hands.
However, once you mentioned it, he showed it to you.
âMy plan was a different one, believe me. But does it really matter where I ask? What matters is that I ask, right? The sooner the better. Because the sooner I ask and the sooner you'll hopefully say what I desperately want you to say, the sooner we will officially start our lives together.â
You listened, then you smiled softly, finally you nodded, âYou're right.â
âAlright then, (Y/N) (Y/L/N). The love of my life, my soulmate.. will you do me the honor of becoming my wife?â he opened up the ring box with the most beautiful and hopeful smile that you'd ever seen.
And just as you were about to say yes, the car behind you started honking.
âOh, shit,â you quickly drove forward, just a little bit until you came to a halt again, then you leaned forward and kissed your, now, fiance, âI do, Kim Namjoon. Of course, I do.â
park jimin
You were sure that he meant well. Because this venue was actually really nice, minus the thousands of people that have gathered here today.
Jimin had been acting nervous all night long and kept trying to pull you away from the crowd because he needed to tell you something, but every time he tried, someone came up to him for a conversation.
He had this grand plan of taking you up on the rooftop where you could see all of Seoul, then propose to you there with this speech that he's worked on for weeks... but it didn't work out that way.
And at around three in the morning, the host thanked everyone for coming and basically, in a nice manner, asked everyone to leave now.
âFinally, I think if we stayed any longer, your ear would have fallen off,â you chuckled as you walked out hand in hand. But Jimin was deep in thought, then suddenly stopped in the hallway while a bunch of people just walked past you, âHey.. you okay?â your eyebrows furrowed in concern, your hand gently cupping his face.
It was only then that he looked at you.
âIt wasn't supposed to be like this, believe me. But I don't want to leave here tonight without doing what I actually came here for.â
The scenery wasn't exactly the most romantic, you were literally standing in the middle of a hallway, which, thankfully, was empty at this point.
But what mattered most to you was what Jimin said once he knelt down in front of you.
âWhen I was younger, I thought my only dream in life was to become an idol and be famous. But even though I achieved that, I still felt like something was missing. So I pushed harder and harder, but no matter what I did, I didn't come any closer to happiness. Only when I met you did I realize what it really was that I always wanted,â Jimin grabbed your hands and smiled up at you, âYou showed me that the most important thing in life isn't fame, money or success in my career. The most important thing is love. Coming home after a long and hard day of work and being able to smile when I see you, when you stand there with your arms open, welcoming me with a hug. That's what matters the most. You make me a better man and have been doing so since the day I met you. There isn't a day that goes by that I'm not thankful that you're by my side. But I don't want you to 'just' be my girlfriend anymore. I want to call you my wife. And so, even though this isn't at all where I wanted to ask you this,â he pulled out the ring box and took a deep breath before he asked: âWill you marry me, (Y/N)?â
You hadn't realized that a few people had wanted to cross, but had waited for Jimin to finish his speech, only when you had finally said yes with tears in your eyes and were in the arms of your fiance, did everyone around you clap for you two.
The venue didn't matter. It mattered that it came from him in such a way.
kim taehyung
Taehyung thought that taking you on world tour with him would be the perfect opportunity to ask you to marry him, given all the romantic spots and places that he could take you to to ask.
But see, sometimes BTS forgot who they were. There was a reason they did a tour in those countries. It was because they had a lot of fans there.
It wasn't as easy as he thought to just take you to the Eiffel Tower and propose to you there. It didn't work like that for him.
And despite pleading, his managers denied him his request again and again.
âYou've been upset for nearly two hours now,â you sat down next to him on the empty stage of the empty arena. Only a few cleaners were in here to prepare everything for tomorrow, âWill you finally tell me what's wrong?â
âI'm sorry, (Y/N). I wanted this to be a romantic vacation, even though I'm working.â
You let out a chuckle and pulled him against you by wrapping your arm around his shoulder, âHow many times do I need to tell you that I don't care about the whole romance thing? What matters to me is spending time with you. Imagine me not having come with you.. we wouldn't have been able to see each other for months. That's way worse. So this is perfect, trust me.â
âPerfect?â he raised his head, blinking at you with wide eyes, âReally?â
âWell.. yes.â
You didn't necessarily mean this arena while you could hear vacuum cleaners and workers laughing. But that's apparently what he had thought you had meant, as he jumped off the stage and pulled out a ring box so suddenly that you actually gasped.
You definitely hadn't expected that move.
âI wanted it to be perfect. Because that's what you deserve. The best. And I know I'm not, I know you could do better and I know I need to do better every single day to become the man that you deserve, but I'm willing to do that. If you let me.â
That made you sigh and actually jump off the stage to grab him by his shirt and pull him up.
âDon't you ever say that again, Taehyung. Don't you ever say that you're not already the most wonderful person in the world to me. Especially now..- that you're my husband to be.â
When you started smiling, Taehyung quickly broke out in a huge grin and wrapped his arms around your middle, lifting you up in his arms and spinning you around once.
jeon jeongguk
When they were younger, the boys would often joke around on who'd be the first to become a dad. Probably everyone was an option but Jeongguk in these discussions. At first it was because 'he's just a baby', then eventually it turned into 'he's too shy to ever even look at a girl' and ultimately it was 'he's responsible enough to know how to use protection'.
Well, all three of these statements were false.
Jeon Jeongguk is not a baby anymore, he showed you that time and time again.
Jeon Jeongguk may be shy in certain situations, but certainly never with you.
And lastly, Jeon Jeongguk knew how to use protection for three years straight and then, one very early morning, just forgot. And because you had forgotten to take your pill a few days earlier but didn't remember that in that very moment, you had unprotected sex with him. Happily.
And now here you were, in a hospital, sweating from the pain and having trouble breathing while his baby was desperately trying to get out of you.
The doctors had said you weren't ready to push yet, but fucking hell, it definitely felt like you were ready.
âSo, babe, I know this is probably not the right moment, but I really wanted to ask you this before the baby is born and now I don't have time anymore and..-â but when he saw your angry stance, he just opened up the ring box and held it into your face with a looped smile, âWill.. you marry me, (Y/N)?â
âWhat?! You're asking me this now?!â
âWell, I told you, I wanted to do this earlier but the timing was always wrong and..-â
âAnd now is the right timing? While I'm pressing our child out of my vagina?â
âWhen you're putting it like that.. maybe.. not?â
There wasn't time for you to answer as the doctor walked in at that very moment and after that, everything happened extremely fast. You barely remembered the in-between now, it only came back when your daughter was finally in your arms and you and Jeongguk sat there smiling down at her.
Only then did you finally look up at him and say: âBy the way?â
âHm?â he smiled as softly as you did.
âI'm saying yes.â
Jeongguk let out a chuckle and kissed your temple before he pulled the ring box back out of his pocket and slipped the beautiful diamond ring on your finger.
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Guns, Glamour, and Goodfellas - Chapter 9
Chapter 9: Saturday Nightâs Alright for Fighting
Dad!Mob!Tom x Mom!Mob!Reader
-Pairings: Tom Holland x Reader, Brother!Parker Holland x Sister!Rosie Holland, Ex!Rosie Holland x Ex!Henry Osterfield
-Warnings: Fighting, Language, Angst (always), Heartbreak, Typos
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Author note: Who else is the mom of their friend group? By the way, who can hear my California accent in my typing? Lol. Feel free to leave comments or message me directly your feelings while reading the chapter. Always love hearing from you guys. Chapter 9: Saturday Nightâs Alright for Fighting
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Every part of Rosie was recovering, except her broken heart. She had tried to call Henry a few times. It was weird how someone could be such a big part of her life one moment and the next he was a ghost.
Rosie wasnât the only thing broken in the Holland household. You and Tom were going through a rough patch. Neither of you had spoken to each other for longer than 5 minutes, Tom was still sleeping in the guest room and he refused to come clean. Still letting you believe he cheated on you.
Mornings before school hadnât been the same. Tom would try to hide the fact he was sleeping in the guest room before the kids came down but it was no use.
âDad, did you sleep in there?â Parker asked as he saw the unmade bed in the guest room.
âYeah, no need to worry, your mom and I are fine,â Tom reassured his son. Tom was lying to his son and himself. He didnât know how to fix this. He had really fucked up.
You had started to become a ghost. Nobody would see you for most of the day. It baffled you that after countless years of marriage, Tom could be so careless. You were aware of his moral code and felt that you never needed about infidelity.
One night Parker and Rosie had devised a plan, almost like a parent trap. They set up a nice candlelight dinner in garden. It was a picture perfect date night only if Tom and you werenât fighting. Rosie and Parker tasked themselves for both sneaking you out there, knowing if you knew Tom would be there youâd probably throw something at him.
âSurprise!â shouted both Parker and Rosie as you removed you hands from your eyes.
âOh, how beautiful. Yay, I get to have dinner with my kids,â you exclaimed.
âActually, we arenât joining you,â Rosie said as Tom came out of the shadows.
âI am your date tonight and always,â Tom said.
âKids, this is sweet and all but, Iâm just going to go lay down. I suddenly have a headache,â you explained, not ready to face Tom.
âY/N will you please talk to me,â Tom begged.
âWhy donât you go talk to your fucking mistress, Tom.â
âWho? I never cheated on you,â Tom asserted, confused he thought you were mad about Henry and Rosie.
âSave it Tom. Parker overheard you on the phone meeting her at the Savoy.â
âWhat? Oh you mean, Jazz?â
âIâm surprised thereâs only one.â
âDonât fucking do that. She was my informant. Sheâs dead now.â
âWhat and thatâs supposed to make feel better?â
âY/N, just listen to me.â
âIs this your way of getting back at me? For Rosie and Henry? Not telling you? Cause I canât believe youâd do such a thing.â
âY/N, just sit down and have dinner with me. Please,â Tom exclaimed, you could hear the desperation in his voice.
âNo. Good night everyone. Tom, hope the couch is comfortable,â you said, walking away.
âSorry dad, we tried. What happened between you two anyway?â Rosie said, looking at the ground lowly.
âItâs alright. I loved the gesture. So what are we having?â Tom said, as he pulled out the chair and sat down all ready for this wonderful meal.
âOh, youâre still going to eat without mom?â Parker asked.
âHell yeah, donât want all this food to go to waste,â Tom remarked.
âOh, ok. I was going to go and do homework,â Rosie said.
âYou go, Roo. Iâll stay will dad,â Parker announced.
âParker, I have to make sure you know I never cheated on mom,â Tom said, trying reassure his son.
âDad, I know what I saw⌠But if you say you didnât, I believe you. You are a man of your word. I was sorry to hear about Jazz too.â
âThank you.â
Tom was stuck. How could he make it up to you, if you wouldnât as much as look at him? With all the worries concerning Rosie, he had forgotten of a trip he planned for you and him awhile ago. It was the annual trip to Barcelona to facilitate the companyâs exportations, youâd always tag along. It was your one romantic vacation with your husband, but this time Tom had tainted it with his betrayal and lies.
This trip was going to be the longest time you and him had been together in a week. Your main focus had been Rosie, then Parker and then yourself and lastly patching things up with Tom. You had both argued in the past but, Tom hasnât been in the doghouse since you were pregnant with the twins. Even then, it wasnât the doghouse, he was just giving you space because of how uncomfortable pregnancy was making you.
You didnât like being apart from him. He was your husband, your better half. This separation was killing you as much it was killing him. Rosie had recuperated but, lately you had been having nightmares of losing your children. It killed you, every time you would see one of them fighting for lives in a hospital or dark alley. You always knew the dangers of the mob so you understood Parker will just learn to be more careful but Rosieâs car accident was merely an accident. Not a ploy orchestrated by a rival mob, it was an accident. How could you protect your kids all the time if there was no one to blame?
Even when Tom would come home battered and bruised, your world would stop turning. He was your world, he was everything. Everything you had was because of him, especially your kids. Anytime when someone threatened to take Tom away from you, you would just break. It is hard to imagine a world without him.
This time is different though, you are begging him to give you space. You understand the insaneness of mind, you want him to explain but you wonât give him the chance to talk to you. Maybe being on the trip together will force you to acknowledge him.
It was a typical morning, you and Tom were supposed to leave in a few hours for Barcelona.
âKids, grandma and grandpa are going to stay with you while we are away,â you said.
âYour mom and I have some a business to attend to in Barcelona,â interjected Tom.
âWhy? Whatâs in Barcelona?â Rosie questioned, she was aware of your annoyance with Tom, everyone was.
âThatâs grown up stuff, sweetie. Maybe a second honeymoon.â Tom said as you rolled your eyes.
âSince when do we need babysitting?â Parker piped up.
âSince you guys have proven that you canât be left alone, grandma and grandpa are here to babysit you to make sure you donât throw any parties,â you explained as a look of regret etched itself onto Parkerâs face.
âArenât you and dad fighting?â Rosie queried.
âAt the moment we are just disagreeing on a few things. This is purely business, ok?â You exclaimed, your last statement directed at Tom.
âI love you both so much. Be good for grandma and grandpa,â you grinned, kissing both of their foreheads before you left. And with that your vacation to hell started. Why were you and Tom fighting, is it because no one wants to admit they're wrong? Only god knows. Deep down you hoped this trip would bring you two back together.
Parker drove Rosie to school that morning, she had been going for only two days since the accident. She had yet to run into Henry. Rosie didnât know how she would act. How could she see the boy who broke her heart everyday?
Rosie met up with her two school friends Jenna and Brooke. They had been friends since 5th grade but, their relationship mostly stopped at school. Once in a while they would hangout outside of school or have a sleepover. Rosieâs real best friend was Henry. He was the one she would share good news with or funny memes. Nobody at school really knew about the accident, a few people noticed she wasnât there but it wasnât like when Charlotte died. Rosie wasnât as popular as Charlotte and she didnât need to be, high school hierarchies are overrated anyway.
âSo where were you for like a week?â Brooke asked.
âOh, umm⌠I was⌠skiing,â Rosie answered, debating if she tell her friends the truth. Knowing only rumors would circulate because of it.
âOh. Parker was here. I thought itâd be a family trip.â Jenna remarked.
âWhatâs with your obsession with my brother?â Rosie questioned. She knew of Jennaâs school-girl crush on Parker, it started back in grade school.
âNothing, heâs just.. insanely hot,â Jenna responded, drifty into a trance. Possibly imaging his dreamy brown eyes.
âEw, Jen. Thatâs my brotherâ Rosie exclaimed, trying not to gag.
âWhatever. So howâs it going with you and Henry?â Jenna persisted.
âWe broke up.â
âOh, Rosie. Iâm so sorry,â Brooke and Jenna said at the same time, trying to comfort Rosie.
âItâs ok. Itâs not like I loved him or anything we were only dating for like two monthsâ Rosie responded, trying not to cry. RING the bell sounded
âOh, thatâs the bell. Iâll see you guys after class,â Rosie said, waving goodbye. She quickly turned to walk to her algebra class but something or someone stopped her.
âOh, Iâm sorry. I should watch where Iâm going,â she said as she picked up her fallen books. Still oblivious to the person standing before her.
âItâs quite alright, Roo,â Henry spoke.
âHenry⌠I-I gotta goâ Rosie mumbled, surprised he was standing in front of her. Oh, what sheâd do to get to hold that boy once more. But heâs the one who broke up with her. He left her. Why is she letting a stupid boy bring her to tears?
Because heâs not some stupid boy. Heâs Henry. The boy who made sure to always bring her Hershey kisses when her period would come around. The lovable best friend who made her feel loved and wanted.
Rosie needed that almost as much as she needed air to breathe. She was ready to forgive him in that moment if he would take her back. Only if he wanted her back.
âPlease, can I talk with you?â Henry asked.
âNo, I have nothing to say to you and donât want to hear what you have to say,â she muttered, walking away and not turning back.
Rosie quickly rounded the corner and slammed her back against the wall. Sliding down to where her knees were in her chest, trying to hide her tear stricken face. Parker was on his way to bathroom when he saw her, sitting on the ground in the deserted hallway.
âRosie, whatâs wrong?â Parker asked, seeing her tears.
âI just saw Henry,â Rosie said with her voice cracking.
âHey, why donât we go get some coffee. Iâll let you be basic this one time and order an iced caramel macchiato. Come on my treat.â
âWhat about school?â Rosie sniffled.
âI guarantee you they wonât miss us. Letâs go home. Theyâll understand.â
âOk, but Iâm getting the largest size they have,â Rosie asserted.
âAlright, Roo,â Parker said, chuckling while he helped her up. Parker felt like a bad brother lately. The last nice words he said to her was when she was in her coma and most likely couldnât hear him. He was taking a play from Tom, when Tom knows he screwed up he showers you with gifts. This was Parkerâs version of that, taking Rosie to get some coffee and maybe a cupcake.
Later at home, Dom and Nikki were already there. Parker was kind of annoyed he had to be babysat but in your and Tomâs defense, he did throw a party that last time you were out of town.
âGrandma! Grandpa!â Called out Rosie as she came through the door. Rosie will always be a kid at heart with a fiery passion.
âOh, thereâs my flower and my peanut,â Nikki returned. Those were her pet names for Parker and Rosie. âPeanutâ because even though Parker was older he was slightly smaller than Rosie when he was born. And âflowerâ because of her name.
âWhat are you guys doing home?â Asked Nikki.
âOh, umm they let us out early,â Parker remarked quickly, not trying to raise any further questions.
âDid you ditch?â Dom questioned.
âUh, yeah. Donât tell mom and dad, please,â Rosie mumbled.
âAlright, only because now I get to spend more time with my kiddos,â Nikki exclaimed.
Nikki and Dom were definitely more prevalent in the twins lives when they were younger. When Tom had just taken over the mob, Nikki and Dom would spend every hour of the day with Rosie and Parker. Always taking them to the park, museums or plays. You think that is where Rosie got her love for theatre from. You also had an influence in that, youâre kind of a sucker for show tunes.
Their role in the twins lives fizzled out over the years. Nikki and Dom who are now both retired, traveled more than anything. But their place in Parker and Rosiesâ heart remained the same.
They all decided to order pizza for dinner, something quick and easy. And none of them wanted to be formal so they ate on the couch and watched The Sound of Music. It was Rosieâs turn to pick, so of course it was a musical.
They were all about to turn in for the night when Nikki called for her husband. She didnât say honey, darling or love or his full name, Dominic. She called out his nickname, Dom.
âDom, did you lock the door?â Nikki called out.
âYes, sweetheart. Now, kids make sure you brush your teeth. Good night everyone,â Dom said as he made his way to the guest room.
That was it, a three letter name Nikki had called Dominic. Parkerâs mind flooded with thoughts from the night he overheard you and Tom talking in his office. âNo, Dom. He arranged the hit,â those words replaying in his head. If it was his grandfather who gave up his location, why was he betraying Tom?
Parker was a bright kid but, not one for connecting the dots. The last couple weeks of his life had been devoted to get back at Tom. He knew working for Wilson would give Tom a heart attack right on the spot. But, it was never Tom who arranged the hit or had his men pull the trigger. It was his grandfather, Dom Holland.
He knew Domâs full name, Dominic, but never made that connection. How stupid could he be? Never in a million years would he think someone who he looked up to, could inadvertently brought so much destruction to his life. Dom was someone Parker trusted. How could Dom be so devious and betray his own grandson?
Parker didnât just lose Charlotte that night, he lost his innocence. That was the first time Parker actually thought he was going to die. He felt like he was dying, being beaten up to within an inch of his life. Parker was just realizing the gravity of what he had done in a desperate attempt to make Tom pay. Parker was doing the same thing to Tom, Dom did to him.
Parker was entrusted by his dad, given the skills to kill and yet he had been betraying him. Taking out all his men and Jazz. âOh, Jazzâ Parker thought, he even said sorry to Tom for her death. What could Parker do now? This whole time he believed he was killing for sake of mercy but in truth it was for sport.
Parker had to confront Dom, he needed to know the truth. So thatâs exactly what he did, but waited till morning breakfast.
âSo, howâs working for your dad going?â Dom inquired with his mouth stuffed with bacon and eggs.
âFine. Things have been put on hold with Rosieâs accident and all,â Parker replied, his feelings were conflicted. He didnât know who to believe.
âThatâs it? I want details.â
âHave you had your first kill yet? Howâd it feel?â Dom pestered on.
âYeah. Iâm only doing this to avenge my girlfriend, Charlotte. She was killed a few months ago,â Parker said, trying to get Dom to fall into his trap.
âYeah, I heard about that. I bet it was sad. Well, you are here now, thatâs all that matters. Youâre truly a part of the family,â Dom said, raising his glass of orange juice to toast.
âI know you used to work for the mob, so could you maybe help me find her killer. Well I already found the guy and gave him a few licks, but I want the guy who orchestrated the hit,â Parker exclaimed.
âI donât know, kid. Iâd stop looking if I were you. Seems like this guy covers his tracks.â
âI know it was you. I know you were the one who gave up my location. Iâm not going to hit you or anything but, I need to know why,â Parker said, his voice completely changing its tone.
âThink of it as an encouragement. You needed something to get your foot in the door of the mob and she was it.â
âGod, this fucking family. Itâs so twisted. News flash grandpa, Iâm the fucking traitor. Iâve been working for Angus Wilson. Iâm the one taking out all of Tomâs men,â Parker screamed.
âWhat? Why would you do that?â Dom questioned, growing more furious by the minute. How could Tom raise a traitor?
âBecause I thought it was Tom who called for the hit on me and Charlotte. Then I find out itâs you,â Parker bellowed.
âParker, calm down.â
âA little part of me died the night she died. Donât you get that? I was a normal kid and now Iâm a mobster.â
âYou were never a normal kid. You were always going to be the next Holland to run the mob.â
âI NEVER WANTED TO BE! I never wanted to be part of the mob. Now once my dad finds out I killed his men and Jazz, Iâm dead. And once Wilson finds out Iâm quitting Iâm dead,â Parker screamed.
âTom, wonât hurt you. I promise. Canât say the same about Wilson. But I can help you, Parker. When Tom gets back we will talk to him together ok?â Dom assured only to be returned with a nod from Parker.
Parker had his chance to kill the man who got his girlfriend killed and his grandpa in cold blood, but didnât take it. Parker didnât want anymore blood on his hands. Having Dom on his side was Parkerâs only possible way out from Tomâs thumb. Dom couldâve killed Parker right then and there too. But both of them had fucked up. Both their actions had already cost too many lives. So they joined forces, hoping Tom wouldnât react the same when he got back.
It was the weekend and Rosie was looking forward to just relaxing all day and doing nothing. Maybe a puzzle with Nikki or watching another movie. Seeing Henry at school really set her back in her getting over him process. The first few days she wallowed. Not at home but in a hospital bed. She cried and cried until she couldnât cry anymore and you were there to comfort her.
Once she came home from the hospital she wallowed some more. Watching romantic comedies with you in your room as you both ate tubs of ice cream. You wouldnât let yourself show it but you were heartbroken about Tomâs supposed infidelity.
Next, Rosie cleaned out anything that reminded her of Henry. The outfit she wore on their first date was trashed. Along with a teddy bear he had given her when she sprained her ankle in the 3rd grade. Also the silver H and R necklace that he had given her. She couldnât bring herself to throw it away, so she gave it to Parker. She said âI donât care what you do with it. I just donât want it anymore.â Parker took the necklace, totally planning to give it back to her once things blew over.
Now Rosie was finally accepting her breakup. The process of getting over a relationship is similar to the 5 stages of grief. She barely bargained, if he didnât want to be with her she wasnât going to beg him to take her back. Rosie knew her worth. Denial didnât really affect her either, she was mostly confused that he broke up with her straight out of her coma.
That left her with anger. God, she was so angry. What kind of jackass breaks up with someone once theyâve been in a coma? Seriously, like what the fuck? Also depression which never really goes away. She will always be sad, that he pulled the plug on their relationship. Lastly, acceptance. Rosie had accepted it but, will never understood what happened.
All the Henry sightings, started to put her back at square one. I didnât help when Henry came to the house.
âHenry, what the fuck are you doing here?â Parker asked as opened the door to his somewhat estranged best friend.
âI heard your parents are out of town. Can I talk to Rosie?â Henry pleaded.
âShe doesnât want to talk to you. But, she did give me this, to give to you.â Parker said holding out the one thing that symbolized their love for one another, her necklace. Henry, just took the necklace and walked away. He felt so awful inside.
âWho was that?â Rosie asked, standing behind him.
âNo one,â Parker responded.
âIt was Henry, wasnât it?â
âYeah, I told him you didnât want to see himâ
âThanks,â Rosie mumbled, in truth she wanted to see him and talk to him but it was too hard.
âOf course, Roo,â Parker replied.
âOh, not you too. I hate that nickname,â Rosie remarked.
âWhy it reminds me of a baby kangaroo,â Parker joked.
âExactly. Thatâs the reason why. Itâs for a baby and sounds like kangaroo,â Rosie explained.
âWhatever. Mom and I like it so, too bad.â Parker said.
âHey, I need to talk to you.â Rosie interjected.
âYeah, whatâs up?â Parker responded.
âWhy are you sneaking out? I can hear you from outside my window.â
âOh, I just⌠I go to the library,â he said, hesitantly.
âAt 10:30 at night?â Rosie was skeptical of his remark.
âYeah, I have a study group that only⌠meets at night.â
âParker, I have seriously never seen you study. I canât believe you wonât tell me where you are going every week. Do you remember what keeping secrets has done to this family? Mom and dad might get divorced!â Rosie exclaimed.
âRoo, you know that wonât happen. If I tell you, you have to promise to keep it a secret,â Parker only trying to comfort Rosie. He was scared to that you and Tom wonât work it out, youâd never fought in the past.
âOk⌠Is it some girl?â
âNo, I did something really stupid Roo. It was all part of my plan to get back at dad.â
âWhy? What did dad do?â Rosie questioned, very concerned.
âNothing. Iâm the idiot here. I got myself hired by dadâs rival mob and Iâve been the traitor dad is looking for,â Parker said, scared of what this mistake will cost.
âOh my god, Parker. What the fuck are you going to do?â
âI donât know but Dom said heâd help me⌠I mean grandpa.â
âOkay⌠You know if you need anything, Iâm always here.â
âYeah, I know. Thanks for not telling anyone,â Parker thanked.
âOf course, youâre my twin brother. Almost an exact copy of my DNA, if I canât have your back then whatâs the point,â Rosie said, awarding a chuckle from Parker.
Parkerâs days of living a double life were fleeting. You and Tom were set to return today. After a hopefully decent holiday. Parker was just glad Dom would be there to hold Tom back. Parker knows how enraged Tom can get.
T-minus 3 hours til he had to face Tom. Only 2 more class periods standing between him and involuntary rage. Parker and Rosie were in their English class when the loud speaker sounded.
âWill Parker and Rosie Holland please report to the principalâs office. I repeat, Parker and Rosie Holland please report to the principalâs office.â
They swiftly made their way out of their classroom. Dumbfounded to why they were called in the first place. Neither Parker nor Rosie had done anything bad in quite sometime.
âUncle Harry? Uncle Sam? What are you two doing here?â Rosie questioned. Opening the door to the principal talking to their uncles, Harry and Sam Holland.
âWait⌠you havenât seen the news?â asked Harry.
âNo. Why? Whatâs going on?â Parker speculated. The office admin had turned their small TV to channel 4 for the latest update.
âBREAKING NEWS. A Holland Exportation and Luxuries helicopter has just gone missing. The private helicopter departed from Barcelona this morning. Iâm getting word that both Tom Holland, CEO of Holland Exportation and Luxuries, and his wife, Y/N Holland, were on the helicopter. There is no sign of the helicopter, we will continue to update you as this story unfolds,â announced the news anchor.
The room turned dead silent. Tears managed to escape from Rosieâs eyes and Parker pulled her into his arms. Trying to comfort her the best he can, even when he was a mess. The two people that were constant in their lives, their parents, were missing. Nothing was more important, except finding you and Tom.
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Itâs Just Business - one
Werewolf Steve Rodgers x reader series
Warnings for the series: fluffness, Bucky and Sam bickering like five year olds, smutty smut, bad language.
Part two
âBuck, I can feel her here.â Steve spoke, his figure frozen as his wolf tried clawing his way out. Fighting to find itâs mate.
âThe only people here are the servants.â His beta replied patting his shoulder. âSheâll reveal herself soon enough.â
âDinner is served.â An old man dressed in a penguin suit said poshly dragging out each syllable. Everyone gathered around the table taking their seats.
The woman of the house whispered something to the older looking maid, though to everyone else except her husband, they all heard it as though she shouted it.
âGet my daughter down here.â The maid scurried off and the woman plastered a fake smile upon her face. A few moments of waiting later, a sweet scent of vanilla, old books and rain filled Steveâs nostrils.
I walked into the dining room my hair swaying behind me, my outfit was too revealing for my motherâs taste, I could see it in her eyes when I walked in, but I suppose thatâs why I wore it. Just to see her pissed off expression, it gave me a giddy feeling inside. Flashing a smile to the participants of tonightâs show. I couldnât wait to see how my parentâs had planned to brag today.
âI apologise for being late.â I spoke clearly, sitting down at the end of the table, opposite to my father who gave me a small nod. I returned the gesture. Food was placed in front of me and my stomach lurched at the fancy pancy sustenance.
âWould so kill for a burger.â I grumbled quietly, but a muffled snort had me looking at a brunette. He wore his hair in a low man bun, his blue eyes deep. His black shirt suited the dark demeanour he held. Blinking away from our locked gazes, I tuned into the shrill sound of my motherâs voice as she conversed with their wonderful benefactors.
Thatâs who this meal was for. My father, the Mayor, had only a small handful of people he trusted his affairs to. The three people sat at this dining table were some of them. They gave my father his protection against politisions that might try and weave their way into his office. The three men lead an organisation that I wanted to stay far away from, one that snuck inside other organisations and gained power from knowing their secrets.
The other two groups of people gave my father his money and his immunity to do whatever he wanted to people and get away with it. It wasnât that my father was a bad man, he had just done certain things to get where he was now. Certain things that gave him his status as Mayor, that gave him his money, that gave him all the secrets that filled his pockets.
My parentâs invite their benefactors over for dinner frequently but I always avoided them, with the excuse of studying or extra curricular activities. However this one I couldnât get out of, I didnât think of an excuse quick enough. Was too tired that day and now I had to munch on leafy soup instead of my usual burger and fries from my favourite diner.
I took the chance to look around at the other two men. One was a man who Iâd actually met before, once at my Fatherâs office. His name was Sam, he was kind and funny. Made the meeting we had to sit through bearable with his jokes and the gift of sharing my sarcastic language. His dark purple shirt made him look some what posh, though the bored look in his eyes could of made me laugh until my stomach hurt.
The third man was absolutely gorgeous. He was the kind of man I wanted. All rugged and lumberjack like. His dirty blonde hair slightly overgrown, but not enough to be able to tie it back like the brunette. His beard had me clenching my legs together at the thought of beard burn on my thighs. Damn. How can someone be so hot? I didnât know it was physically possible for a shirt to stretch that much. The dark blue material was clinging to his body for dear life, trying desperately not to break as he moved his arm up and down gulping down the green soup.
It seemed he was trying to eat it quickly, almost getting it over and done with. Better than having to endure the rath of my mother for refusing her âfinestâ chefâs quâusine. He seemed to noticed me staring at him but ignored it. His eyes were blue, they reminded me of the ocean. There was something reassuring about it.
âMiss Alexandra,â I looked to my left to see Martha my personal maid, âthereâs a very important call for you.â She could hardly contain her excitement, too loud that everyone heard what she said. I glanced towards my mother who nodded, instantly I was out of my seat practically jogging to answer the phone.
âHello?â I spoke, cringing at the eagerness in my tone.
âMiss. Culling?â
âYes this is she.â
âThis is Townsend University calling about your application for a scholarship. We wanted to let you know personally that we are declining your application. Weâre very sorry.â The woman sounded as if she could care less.
âCan I ask the reason why?â My lip quivered making me bite down on it hard.
âYou simply have too much money Miss. Culling. Iâm sure your parents can help you in securing a place here. Other than that we have no other way to help you, I apologise. Have a good evening.â She hung up after spouting her bitter train of thought.
My breath came out shaky matching my unsteady hand as I placed the phone down. Covering my mouth to stop any sobs from escaping.
âOh my dear.â Martha wrapped her arms around my shoulders stroking a wrinkled hand through my straightened hair. âMaybe you should call your brother. Not the silly whipper snapper but the golden troublemaker.â She chuckled at the thought of the boys she basically raised. She was right.
âLittle sister to what do I owe the honour?â
âTownsend University rejected me.â I fought the tears that wanted nothing more but to ruin the mascara Iâd put on earlier this evening.
âOh Alexandra. Iâm so sorry. Did they say why?â
âOur parentâs money. Same as the others. How did you do it Bash?â My foot tapped against the hard wood floor waiting impatiently for some kind of way to fix my problem.
âBack when I was completing mother and fatherâs task, colleges only cared about having someone of title on their campus to get a higher status. Now all they care about is money.â He scoffed.
âI donât have any other options left. Bash what do I do?â I begged him to tell me.
âWhy donât you come here for a few days? You can relax while I think of a plan. Get you out of that retched house.â I heard him flipping through a book and I knew it was his calendar.
âAre you sure Lara wonât mind?â I inquired after his pregnant wife.
âNever she adores you, you know that. Just get through the evening little sister and Iâll have a car come pick you up.â He hummed through the phone.
âThankyou brother.â I hung up and took a series of deep breaths. I sighed making my way back inside the room.
âWho was it my dear?â Mother asked with a slight glare that if anyone else saw it, theyâd assume it was motherly concern. I was not anyone else.
âBash called.â I replied sitting down next to the lumberjack whoâs eyes burned a whole in my head.
âOh our eldest son, he is a delight.â My mother chirped.
âIsnât he just.â I quipped under my breath. I loved my brother dearly but I couldnât help but be slightly jealous of the affection he gained from both my parents when I had none.
âIâm staying there for a few days before finals start.â I smiled at her. She seemed to think it over for a moment before glancing at my father.
âI think itâs a good idea.â He shrugged and went back to whatever they were talking about before I came back in.
Soon dinner was over, it took far too long for my liking. My father and his benefactors retired to his office for a while. My mother on the phone to one of her stupid friends bitching about something I didnât care to listen to. I just wanted this evening to be over.
âMiss, your father would like a word.â Omg did he know already? Did he find out I had failed? No! He couldnât! He promised to stay out of it until the end of the year. Wiping my sweating hands on my jumpsuit, I knocked on the office door and went in.
My Fatherâs office wasnât too big or too small. The double doors I stepped through were made from a dark wood like everything else. There were books covering every inch of the right wall and a window on the left one. In the middle was a big desk my stoic parent sat at. The three men scattered around the room. The brunette sat at the windowsill. The blonde stood leaning against the bookshelf. And Sam sat in the left of the two chairs sitting opposite my fathers desk. I took the right and waited expectantly.
âYouâre going to stay with Steve here until the end of summer.â He gestured to the blonde from earlier. Steve Rodgers. That was it? Thatâs all my father had to stay.
âWhy?â I wouldnât usually question my father but something in me pushed to ask. I had a right to know.
âI said youâd be sent somewhere this year for your survival skills and this is it. Anything could happen at any moment. You could be kidnapped or this very house could be held hostage. I have be sure Iâm not worrying about you in case that happens. I need to know that I can focus of the business side of it not emotion.â He grunted. As if he had any emotions at all.
âThe end of summer...starting when?â My nails dug into my palms, I started to feel so angry. I was eighteen years old for Christ sake and he was sending me away like he did when I was a child to summer camps so he didnât have to deal with me.
âAfter you come back from your brotherâs house.â Suddenly I never wanted to come back from Bashâs house.
âBut thatâs eight months.â I sputtered, this was ridiculous. He was sending me away for almost a year give or take a few months.
âYou dare question me in my own home?â He leaned forward on his desk glaring me down. I had glared back before and had faced the consequences. Not this time.
âNo father. Iâll start packing the second Iâm home.â I lowered my head.
âGood. Now get out.â I didnât need to be told twice. The moment the door closed behind me I ran to my room pulling a bag out from my closet, packing what Iâd need for a few days away and leaving without a goodbye. The car was already waiting for me just as Bash had promised.
âThank. You. Bash.â I grinned getting inside the black car and telling the driver to step on it. Thoughts plagued my mind while I gazed out the window at the big trees.
Why was I being sent away? Why so long? Why didnât my parents love me enough to want me to stay? Was it my fathers idea? How the fuck was I going to make a plan to complete my parentâs task if Iâm up in the forest? Was it the forest or mountains? Or both?
But the question I didnât expect my mind to conjure up left me slapping my hand against my head to pushed it away.
Was I going to enjoy living with the big sexy lumberjack called Steve?
#steve rodgers x reader#steve rogers#steve rodgers imagine#steve rodgers x y/n#werewolf#wolf pack#Alpha#Beta#werewolf x human#bucky barnes#alpha steve rogers#marvel
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Wanda + Vision +[Name??]
So I wrote this all just now and I wanted to actually follow the entire Wandavision series so this should be done after 9 maybe 10 chapters. This chapter is very very very awkward and I did that on purpose because I wanted to write in the style of an outsider who is describing whatâs happening.
If you watch Wandavision you know there are times when youâre watching Wandaâs show and times when youâre watching the miniseries on Disney + and itâs usually signified but the borderlines on the tv. Well I donât have borderlines but I can switch up writing styles. When itâs awkward think of the parts that Wanda has edited and aired on tv herself. Almost as if sometimes I(as the author) am on the outside of the hex.
There are very minor changes to the original details so you can skim if youâd like but then ending from the weird spacing part down is important.I hope you Enjoy!
Chapter One: Filmed in front of a live studio audience.
The Screen is in black and white as a theme song plays over a montage of a car driving into town. In it sits a man in a suit and woman in a white dress. From the sign and the cans dragging from the back of the car, the two driving are a cute and apparently newlywed couple.
âA newlywed couple just moved to town. A regular husband and wife who left the big city to find a new life. Wanda Visionâ
The man, apparently Vision, steps out of the car as his wife Wanda points toward the houseâs for sale sign and zaps it so it says sold. He lifts her in his arms and carries her towards the door but phases through as she drops on the ground shaking her head in disapproval with a smile on her face.
âSheâs a magical cal in a small town locale. Heâs a homie whoâs part machine. How will these two fit in...â
Vision opens the door and picks Wanda up once again. He successfully phases through a small chair while holding her in his arms. Vision puts Wanda down and they begin to dance as the credits roll over their faces.Â
âWanda Visionâ the theme song finishes as the screen fades to black. The scene changes and Wanda points at several things and they begin to levitate in the style of an old time visual effect. As she puts the levitating plates away Vision walks through the kitchen with his nose in the newspaper. A plate crashes over his head.
âMy wife and her flying saucersâ
âMy husband and his indestructible headâ cue the laugh track.
Wanda reads off the menu of a human manâs dreams as vision stares boredly into the newspaper. He reminds her she doesnât eat. She jokes.
âWanda?â
âHmmâ
âIs there something special about today?â
âWell I know the apron was a bit much dear but I am doing my best to blend inâ
âNo no there on the calendar someoneâs drawn a little heart. Right above todayâs dateâ
âOh yes the heart.â Her voice pitches âWell donât tell me youâve forgotten Vis.â
âForgotten? Oh Wanda Iâm incapable of forgetting I remember everything and thatâs not an exaggeration. In fact, Iâm incapable of exaggeration.
The two go back and forth as it becomes more and more obvious that neither one of them knows whatâs going on. To get out of the conversation Vision heads to work and Wanda reminds him of his robotic look. He shakes his face as sparkles appear. He heads off to work and Wanda comes closer to the calendar. It is August 23rd and she just canât seem to remember whatâs going to happen. She hears a knocking noise before the screen glitches. No picture comes up but a distinct phrase can be heard. âHappy Birthday to meâ
The picture clears up and Wanda is interacting with a cheerful woman who introduces herself as Agnes. Agnes jokes with Wanda and presents her a plant before asking Wanda questions that just canât seem to be answered. Not without magic of course. Questions about the occupants of the home, how things became so settled and why the date could be so special to the newlyweds. Agnes asks if itâs a birthday and Wanda refuses assuredly although she is very wrong. With Agnesâ prompting Wanda decides it is her anniversary and should do something special to keep Vision happy. Wanda agrees.
Vision is seen finishing work as he attempts to fit in, but he finishes his workload so quickly it is kind of odd. His coworker Norm stares in astonishment and offers to help Vision in any way. Vision in his confusion wants to know what exactly they do there. He seems to just know what to do at certain moments but he doesnât know how or why. It is kind of⌠odd. Norm and Vision go through a pointless conversation because neither of them know exactly what is going on and Vision reacts poorly to one of Normâs jokes. In his solution Norm asks Vision to vent his frustrations. In the middle of their conversation Visionâs boss Mr Hart tells Vision he is excited for their dinner because if it doesnât go well Vision will be fired. Vision assumes that is what the heart is for and assures him everything will go smoothly before looking off in worry.
Wanda and Agnes are discussing what Wanda can do to enhance their anniversary evening. Wanda rightly inquires about the seduction techniques she should be putting into place. The phone rings and Wanda and Vision begin talking about their plans for the evening. Vision says heâs nervous for the evening and Wanda feels flattered. Vision suggests that the evening is of utmost importance and Wanda gets nervous implying that it is only one night. The two seem to think they are on the same page but neither of them is reading the right book. Wanda seems to think a seduction technique is required, and Vision assumes his wife is waiting at home ready to impress his boss.Â
Vision arrives home with the Harts and calls out to Wanda who comes around in a shawl and places her hands over Mr Hartâs eyes. It isnât until Vision comes out of the kitchen that she realizes her mistake. They clumsily cover Wandaâs mistake by implying it is from her European culture. Mr Hart implies that he is hostile towards communist Europeans and his wife chides him. Wanda and Vision meet in the kitchen to straighten out their misunderstandings. Vision is obviously really intrigued by Wandaâs outfit and keeps circling back to it. Wanda realizes there needs to be a home cooked meal on the table. Flashing a dress onto her body she calls over Agnes to bring over some food.
Mr Hart and Vision are chatting in the living room and Mrs Hart gets a little antsy hoping to help Wanda in the kitchen so sheâd have something to do while the boys talk business. Agnes makes a lot of noise in the kitchen so Mrs Hart is very inclined to help. After Wanda shows Agnes out Mrs Hart opens the shutters to the kitchen. Vision draws her attention by singing. Not horribly but very obviously strained. By singing he entertains Mrs Hart but Mr Hart is not at all please. Wanda becomes overwhelmed and her powers start to cause accidents. She forgets things and shouts leaving Vision to cover for her. He comes into the kitchen to help as Wanda switches out with him. The Hartâs are starved and do not feel very happy with their visit to Wanda and Visionâs household. Wanda very poorly distracts them and Agnes knocks on the door causing further confusion.
Wanda walks into the kitchen with a mind to fix everything. She magics up breakfast for dinner and serves it up as Mr Hart begins to doubt vision and doubt his management skills. Everything is done just in time and all four sit down to eat. Mrs Hart goes on a similar line of questioning like Agnes and asks Wanda questions she simply does not have the answer to, like how long theyâve been married, why the move and why they donât have children. Neither Wanda or vision can answer the questions and Mr Hart escalates the situation by continuously questioning the newlyweds. Mrs Hart tries to deescalate the situation but is no help. As Mr Hart becomes more and more indignant he chokes. As if heâs joking Mrs Hart demands he stop it.Â
The longer the choking goes on the perspective changes. Mrs Hart no longer demands her husband stop and turns to Wanda as she pleads. Her smile does not change but it doesnât reach her eyes. The camera pans to a confused Vision, then Wanda and back to Mrs Hart. Wanda asks Vision to help Mr Hart and he phases his hand through the manâs throat to pull out a chocolate covered strawberry. The ones Wanda left in the kitchen before preparing dinner. When he recovers the Harts leave. Mrs Hart ushering them out with a joke. Suddenly Mr Hart is proud of Vision and suggests Vision may be getting a promotion. The Harts interaction with Wanda is strange but with Vision they talk almost normally. When the two finally leave, Wanda sighs and Vision reverts to his normal form.
Wanda points out that the two of them are an unusual couple that donât have an anniversary or a song or wedding rings. They designate August 23rd as their anniversary. Their song becomes yakkity yak. Vision asks Wanda to make them rings and when she waves her finger they get rings dedicated to each other and say I do. They kiss and Vision presses a button and the live studio audience cheers them on. The credits appear to roll as Wanda and Visionâs faces are framed in a hexagon. Then the music suddenly stops and they look at each other. Almost as if her magic was delayed another set of rings appear on their fingers and their front door opens.
âHappy Birthday to me and Happy Anniversary to you my lovesâ
Wanda looks at the door in surprise and alarm. Vision has another one of those moments where he just knows exactly what to do and turns towards the door. He uses Wandaâs hand to help her up off the couch and leads her to the door. She follows trusting her husband. Vision walks up to the man and using his free hand to grab the manâs face he leans in and kisses him.
âHappy Birthday [Name]. I love youâ
[Name] turns toward Wanda and gives her a brilliant smile. âHappy Anniversary Wanda.âÂ
Wanda is confused yet charmed and she thinks about the second ring on her finger. She looks [Name] in the eyes and smiles a genuine smile. âHappy Birthday [Name]â and as she leans in to give him a kiss, the cameras fade to black.Â
#x male reader#wanda maximoff#wanda x male reader#wanda maximoff x male reader#male reader#male reader insert#wandavision x male reader#wandavision x reader#vision x male reader#vision x reader#wandavision#that-bi-bitch-writes
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First of all I've been binge reading your fics whenever I get some free time so huge kudos to ya <3
Second, I've got a fun lil ask for ya: domestic headcanons for HB/PI and SS/DD :D
how do they share all their houses' chores? We all know HB is probably an amazing cook and DD looks like an organization freak but what about the rest? Does anyone besides HB knows how to cook a proper meal? We need to know!!
Well, hell!
First of all, thank you so much this is so sweet! Absolutely makes my day to know youâre enjoying my work. I hope you get lots more time to read soon, bro!
And second Iâm about to go ON so Iâll chop the post here, but Iâve got headcanons old and new cooked up for you:
As Iâm sure youâve noticed I like writing about buildings so I can tell you exactly what everyoneâs houses are like. The whole Crew lives across from each other on a block in the center of their territory, Slick and Droog in a Victorian townhouse and Hearts and Clubs in a duplex thatâs broken into two railway style spaces. Slick would live shoebox if it was up to him, so thankfully Droog has very opinionated taste and likes spending his husbandâs money enough to buy a whole antique for them to live in.Â
I donât have to tell you that cooking is huge for the Crew. Theyâre a small family of Italian uncles, so cooking is a major factor of their lives.Â
As skill goes Droog is the best cook out of anyone. Heâs self taught but for the very basics and some old family recipes his mother drilled into him back in Tuscany. And like everything with Droog, heâs someone who grew up dirt poor and now desperately wants to show off taste and affluence by being a highbrow snob. That means his skill for cooking has driven towards very elegant, subtle cuisine, lots of French influence (he says it must have been Italian, originally, but the French got famous for it somehow), and small portion size. Think of the fanciest restaurant you've ever been to and how teeny the serving sizes were and then imagine it was cooked by someone who is ferociously closeted and youâve got it.Â
Despite all that, Droog has not had working taste buds in at least thirty years because heâs smoked two packs a day since he learned to walk. Slick, likewise, had a bad smoking habit and quit for the kids so heâs not swimming in buds either. Add to that the fact that heâs had his nose broken so many times heâs functionally lost his sense of smell and youâve got a match made in heaven.Â
Lucky them, Karkat and Aradia get the spoils of Droogâs great cooking and are the picky eaters their fathers wished they could have been as boys. Droog is very proud to have snotty kids. So it is his great displeasure when, instead of having a single scallop lightly seared in browned butter then dusted with rosemary and thyme, the kids just want peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. But both happen regularly.Â
Hearts is a close second but of a very different school. He learned to cook primarily from his mother, who is a master of Southern cooking and made sure her boy knew how to do for himself before she let him leave her home. The rest he learned as a cook in the army, and then later from Droog after Hearts insisted he learn some real Italian recipes since his father never cooked when Hearts was a boy. Hearts still has a habit for cooking for a literal army and so he often cooks for the whole family.Â
His food is mostly soul food/American southern and he seasons hard and often. One might even say it is dangerously flavorful, and everyone agrees it is extremely fortifying. Itâs even strong enough to get through to Droog, who can (with the addition of hot sauce) taste it and secretly wishes Hearts would offer to teach him a thing or two.
Too willful to learn, Slick is a very low third place. He doesnât care about food much and burns most things he tries to cook out of impatience. Plus, he hasnât needed to learn since he married Droog so why start now?
Pickle Inspector, dead last, canât so much as fry an egg. He loves food and knows the locations and operating hours of every restaurant and pub and gas station hot bar in the city. But cooking itself eludes him. He does occasionally try to go vegetarian but folds immediately when offered the chance to have a big beautiful meal he didnât have to cook himself.
This matches up perfectly with Heartsâs master plan, which is to feed Pickle Inspector to within an inch of his life. And Pickle, like a stray cat, loves the attention and knows where the free food is. Hearts insists heâs too skinny and will often say âJust have a little,â and then hand him a plate with half a lasagna on it.
HBPI is a âyou cook, I cleanâ split. Self conscious of his lack of cooking knowledge Pickle does every dish in the house whenever he sneaks in (read: breaks in) to spend time with Hearts and Tavros. And very often when he breaks in he tries to carve out some time to spend playing DnD with Tavros, with an ambition to get him and Hearts in a game so they can show Hearts a more kinetic version of fantasy than having a read a lot of books by nudists from the 60âs.
Because they may or may not be out as a couple to the Crew, Pickle and Hearts donât get to spend a lot of time out on Heartsâs front porch together, although kicking back on the porch is one of Heartsâs favorite things to do. But, every so often, they take their coffee together out on the porch way before anyone else is awake. They watch the city all in blue together, right before the sunrise.
SSDD and chores are much more complicated.
Droog is fastidious, meticulous, and intense about cleaning. He also uses it to avoid or ignore any emotions he may be feeling so their Victorian is constantly spotless. Droog does all the kitchen chores, all the rewarding dusting of art pieces, mantles, and mirrors, and looks after the kids to make sure they learn how to keep their own spaces clean.
He dumps all the chores where you actually chance getting dirty on Slick. Taking out the trash, mowing the lawn, cleaning the bathrooms, washing the cars, touching anything weird, bugs, thatâs all Slick.
Slick also looks after their garden, not for any love of plants but because heâs gotten himself into an all out war with a warren of rabbits that want to eat Droogâs spices and tomatoes. The war has been multi-generational for the rabbits and theyâre too invested to pull out now. Slick is the only person who really looks after the garden, Droog assumes ownership of the plants but doesnât care about them beyond having fresh basil to cook with.
Slickâs contempt for the bunnies and ferocity in keeping his husbandâs plants alive have made him an unwitting expert on what a good spice garden needs. Like Droog, his feelings for the whole thing arenât tied to love for the plants but instead pride and anger. Droog, meanwhile, loves seeing Slick do violence in his name and will often watch his tantrums in the backyard whenever one of the tomato plants gets chewed up.
Whew, this got long quick. Since itâs already so long, Iâll leave you with one more hc which is that Pickle Inspector knows how to juggle. Thank you again for the great questions, this was so fun!!!
#the midnight crew#ssdd#hbpi#spades slick#diamonds droog#hearts boxcars#pickle inspector#the intermission#I fucking love domesticity bro I LOVE IT
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