#aurora is wining with her name i LOVE IT

[spoiledleaff]

as much as i hate the apparent 'trend' of the ghost fandom naming new ghouls (sometimes) after the most recent singles/albums, like with phantom and sunshine, i still have so many... pet peeves with the other names?

aeon i love!! but it's just too similar to aether for me :'( whereas midas or phoenix or some of the other suggestions i had seen just don't quite click to my brain unfortunately...? of course, at this rate, phantom has ingrained itself into my brain-

like, we collectively as a fandom should learn how to use a thesaurus? (/j) we could've named the new ghoul something like eidolon or even shade. (i'm personally a bit of a fan of eidolon, haha!)

even for sunshine! we could've gone with sol or flare or something similar like that! these are all synonyms to phantom and sunshine respectfully, and still get that point across, you know? honestly, i think some of these are a bit cooler, haha!

[bloodyymaryyy]

Stress relief

Warnings: this will contain fluff, angst, mention of stressing, my writing

English is not my first language so any mistakes please tmk so I can fix it 🙏

Request : yes

Masterlist

Having been Lewis Hamilton's long timed girlfriend is nice but being his wife and being able to give him kids which he wanted for a really long time is a whole different kind of happiness, still working but part time and pregnant it was difficult at times.

Lewis insisted for y/n to be just a house wife for their baby on the way and him making a lot more than needed, y/n not wanting to be stuck in their home all day and night she worked at mornings until lunch.

When she was off the clock, she was shopping for their baby, not yet knowing the gender but still the same excitement of adding to their family. Lewis when he was not on races or meetings he was helping y/n with their baby's room decorations for babies, building the baby's crib. It was chaotic for those nine months.

When the baby was finally born it came out to be a beautiful girl, named Aurora Hamilton

Aurora now after a few months started to crawl, teething and being clingy to her daddy. She was an angel through and through, well behaved baby girl, it helped when Lewis was busy and wanting to give him space when Y/n noticed he was anxious or upset at something related to work. She did noticed everything.

She called her mother in law to take their little girl for the weekend so they can talk about what it was bother Lewis and it did happen.

She had prepared dinner with red sweet wine with dessert all made by her and creating an atmosphere for them and Lewis relax.

She finished just in time when she heard the keys jiggle and the door unlocking in the process.

Love? I am at home! * he shouted as he walked away from the front door and into the hallway that led to the kitchen and the dining room where she stood with a bouquet of his favourite flowers in front of her and his favourite dress on her body.

Hello you handsome * she exclaimed beaming to see him. He too me he saw her broke to a huge grin on his face and the both took steps towards each other and embrace each other, their lips connecting them to a long awaited kiss.

So what do you want to do first? Should I prepare you a shower and then sit down eat and talk or eat and talk then a bath?

She tilted her head to the side waiting for his answer.

Let's eat first and talk then we will see about that bath hm? * he said and connected their lips again to a quick kiss

Sure! Sit and I will serve the dinner yeah?* she touched gently his shoulders while he sat and disappeared to the kitchen to get the food and the wine

So... Do you want to talk about what is bothering you lately? * she said with a soft tone as she sat at her seat across from her husband while looking at his beautiful sparkling brown eyes, her eyes is only giving him comfort to say what he didn't know how to bring it up to her, his tattooed hands busy fidgeting with one other which in that moment to him seemed more interesting that his wife in front of him trying to figure out how to say it.

I am... * he paused finding his words * I am thinking of leaving Mercedes... * another pause * I got an offer from Ferrari. I didn't take it yet, I want your opinion on it. To just know if I am making the right decision here... * as he finished he looked up to the love of his life and meeting her eyes which held only comfort and pride for the person in front of her

Lewis... You should follow your heart, I know it is your dream team from when we were little kids, in my opinion you should take it if you want and if it is the right decision then good if not then you can make the most of it.

There was a long pause, y/n watched as the wheels in his head turned thinking of what to do

I think I will sleep on it and then I will decide... * he finally said shallowing a portion of the pasta with the shrimp his wife made for them and washing it down with a little bit of wine. Anyway, we should just eat and relax for a bit then I will take you up to your offer for a hot bath.

Y/n just nodded her head and they continued to eat the past with a soft chatter was created in the atmosphere with soft giggles and laughter.

They ate the dessert and finished their wine, got up and went to the shower so they can soak up to the tub filled with hot water and oils, snuggled up to each other's embrace with soft musik in the background.

When the water turned cold the got up dressed in their pj's and cuddled up into the bed giving each other kisses to where the could find their sleepy self's.

[aethon-recs]

Love the blog!

Wondering if you have any Tomarry/Harrymort case-fic/mystery recs?

Thanks so much for the ask! I also can’t get enough of the casefic/mystery genre.

Usually I throw together a mix of both WIPs (why WIPs?) and complete fics, but for this set of 15 recs, I selected for fics which are either complete or still actively updating, so as not to leave you on a cliffhanger on a mystery fic! A few of these fics are outright casefics, and a few of these have a mystery component where the big reveal comes to light as the story unfolds. Hope you enjoy!

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Tomarrymort Mystery Recs

aurora polaris by @aglassroseneverfades (E, 153k, WIP)

Harry wakes up one day with no memory of his past, upon which he’s greeted by a handsome, doting older man named Gaunt who claims that he and Harry have been in a relationship together for years. 

Blood in the wine by @girl-with-goats (E, 31k, complete)

Tom Riddle achieves immortality by the means of vampirism. Enter young copper Harry Potter, fresh recruit from Scotland Yard, sent to investigate the mysterious disappearances of all the young men who uncannily look like him.

Corpse Party: Hogwarts Edition by @robinegberts (E, 67k, complete)

Harry, Hermione, and Ron skip the Halloween feast, only to wake up to a world where the castle isn’t right. It’s cold, empty, quiet. The layers of dust suggest it’s been abandoned for years. And outside the classroom lies the corpse of a girl who went missing years ago. As they wander the halls of this strange alternate version of Hogwarts, they encounter corpse after corpse, warnings left behind by the dead, and for some reason Harry feels they’re being followed.

Dead Leaves on a Wet October Day by @trelloreads (T, 29k, complete)

Harry is a ghost hunter. Riddle Manor is his strangest case yet.

Everything We Dream Can Be Real by @vdoshu (E, 52k, complete)

Harry had a life after Voldemort. He had a family. He had a career. And then one day it was all ripped away when he woke up at Number 4 Privet Drive. Or: Where Harry doesn’t exactly get that chance to do it over again. And things are Not Okay.

Keepsake by IceLynx (M, 5k, complete)

“I am Lord Voldemort, and I have not kidnapped you.” “That's... I should have known that.” Because Voldemort's words ring true, deep in Harry's heart. Harry tries to remember, but the thoughts won't come to him. The more he forces it, the more obvious the gaps in his memories become. “Why didn't I know that?”

Let's Cross Over by @whisprchrysalis (M, 251k, complete)

A hundred years after the end of the Second War, Harry Potter, Master of Death, unwittingly helps the last fragment of Lord Voldemort’s soul escape Limbo. Now, bound to Tom Riddle for the next five years, Harry has to coexist with the man he feared the most. Or: Auror MOD Harry and Tom Riddle strike an uneasy truce and solve crimes together, and Harry has to decide if his capacity to save everyone includes everyone, really.

love seeping from their guns by @purplemineralwater (E, 41k, complete)

Detective Harry Potter is just trying to enjoy his holiday when the tranquility of the lovely cruise along the Nile is shattered by the discovery that Theodore Nott has been shot. He was young, rich and beautiful, a boy that had everything – until he lost his life. Or: Harry investigates some murder, Tom tries to help, everyone has many, many secrets.

No Body, No Crime by @duplicitywrites (M, 20k, complete)

Harry works as a car mechanic in a small town. He and Ginny are best friends, their close bond the product of a traumatic event that scarred them both as children. One day, Ginny confides in Harry that she thinks her husband—the charming, enigmatic Tom Riddle—is cheating on her. A day later, Ginny goes missing. Harry is convinced that Tom is behind her disappearance, and becomes determined to exact justice by any means necessary.

One Year In Every Ten by @saintsenara (E, 165k, WIP)

A decade after the final battle, just when the wizarding world thinks itself safe, a serial killer emerges, leaving a trail of dead women in his wake. Each of the bodies bears a gruesome message for the Aurors. A message which claims the Dark Lord has risen again. All Harry wants is something to distract him from a marriage falling apart at the seams. Maybe his latest plan to save the world, requiring Lord Voldemort to agree to turn his talents in the realm of wrongdoing to solving the case, will be just the thing…

Personal Assistant by @phantomato (E, 10k, complete)

Harry receives a mysterious package. Inside is a ring. A weird, ugly, old one made of gold and some kind of black stone.

Reconciling with Death by Madame_Psychosis (M, 27k, complete)

Featuring a dead girl in a forest, little-soldier-boys, some tenuous grasps on reality, straw mothers, a ghost in a bathroom and, slowly and sadly, kindness from a boy who’s just passing through time.

The Matchmaker by @eris-dawn (M, 44k, complete)

The Matchmaker is a serial abductor whose modus operandi consists of pairing two same-sex individuals together in a coffin, six feet underground - buried alive. He isn't a killer. He's a kidnapper with morals, and Detective Chief Inspector Tom Riddle finds himself obsessed with solving the case. Unfortunately for Tom, the Matchmaker is just as intent on knowing him.

Tom Riddle and the Quest for Vulnerability by lejf (E, 16k, complete)

They found him in an old house, under the stairs. His face was pale and instantly recognisable. aka: Auror Harry Potter has eighteen-year-old Tom Riddle bent over the table barely a day after he becomes his ward.

Wings of Ash by IceLynx (M, 31k, complete)

If eight people going missing isn't cause enough for panic, one of them being found dead might do it. The Ministry of Magic has no choice but accept all the help on offer, including that of former Auror Harry Potter. For Harry, it might be a chance to get his job back, if he can only crack the case first. Surely Harry can be forgiven if he too takes all the help that's offered. Including that of his pet snake, the former Dark Lord Voldemort.

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[pablitogavii]

hello! can you write about the reader being in a relationship with Gavi, and at the LaLiga title celebration, appearing on the balcony with Aurora?And the whole team saw them like how they saw Fer,Pedris brother

Have a good day!!!❤️💋

Love this idea! Hope you enjoy the writing anon <3

"Are they close??" you kept asking anxiously not wanting to miss the bus and lose a chance to surprise your boyfriend.

That morning you told Pablo said he didn't want to risk it with you in the crowds alone but what he didn't know is that you made a plan with Aurora to see it from their family apartment in the center of Barcelona which has a beautiful balcony.

"We can't miss them hermanita. People will start screaming and I checked in with him, they are almost in the center" Aurora explained pouring some more wine into your glass smiling reassuringly.

Ever since you and Pablo started officially dating, Aurora had been the biggest supporter of your love always saying that you make her little brother the happiest. She basically sees you as family.

"Alright, ready?" she said and you nodded in excitement rushing on the balcony immediately catching the sight of the bus and quickly spotting your boy jumping up and down like a happy child. He was so adorable and you were very proud of his achievements.

You brought from home his old Barça flag with his face on it wrapping it around your shoulders before stepping out on the balcony cheering with Rora.

Pablo didn't see you immediately, overwhelmed by the amount of people surrounding the bus and chanting his name. He knew that you won't be in the crowd because he didn't want to risk when he wasn't there to protect you knowing well how these things can go terribly wrong.

"Hermano! Hermano! Look!" Pedri pointed being tipped by Aurora and Pablo furrowed his eyes adorably before looking up at the balcony his eyes widening and his heart skipping a beat.

There you were..standing with his sister on the balcony looking more beautiful than ever wearing his old jersey with some black shorts and with a Barça flag around your shoulders...his niña perfecta!

"Amor!" Pablo yelled reaching his hand out like he could reach you and you smiled wide waving to him before taking off the flag and moving closer to the railing of the balcony.

"Ten cuidado!" he said and you blushed nodding your head before tossing him the flag and he caught it smelling it before putting it around his own shoulders.

"Smells like you.." he whispered and you smiled nodding your head and sending him a kiss while he called his friends to show them that his girls came to see him.

"Ai I see her! Hola amiga!" Ansu and Balde were waving at you together with Pedri, Ferran and Araujo. Pablo was smiling proudly up at you like nobody else existed around you and he prayed that this bus never moves again.

"Te amo.." he whispered but you could read his lips nodding your head before turning around showing him his name on your back before sending him another kiss he caught.

"Y/n! Y/n!" suddenly everyone underneath the apartment was chanting your name and you blushed bright red while Aurora giggled hugging your shoulders and Pablo yelled your name with everyone.

People applauded when you waved to everyone before returning to their own little celebrations as the bus started moving and Pablo gave you sad eyes..he just wanted to keep re-living him moment forever!

You sent each other one last kiss before he was starting to be too far away to see. Immediately then, your phone buzzed and you knew who it was.

Pablo<3: I love you so much amor! Thank you for always being here for me! I can't wait to get back home tonight to see you again!! <33

You: Me too cariño <3 I'll wait for you at home, go celebrate with your friends mi campeon!

Hope you like! <33

[weaveandwood]

Midwinter in Waterdeep: Part Two

Gale/Tav | Angst & Pining | Read on AO3 | Read Part One | Read Part Three

Summary:

After the defeat of the Netherbrain, Gale Dekarios was a wizard of intentionally lesser renown, a respected professor at Blackstaff Academy, and engaged to the love of his life. His life was enchanted until he came home to an empty tower, and he has been seeing ghosts ever since.

He saw her ghost everywhere.  She haunted him the first day when he got home from teaching. The house was too quiet, and as he set his bag down in the entryway, he saw the ring. He saw the note. I’m sorry. I can’t do this. 

AN: There will be a Part 3 to conclude this and it will be out later this weekend. Thank you all so much for your support on what was supposed to be a one-shot that has taken over my brain completely.

He saw her ghost everywhere. 

She haunted him the first day when he got home from teaching. The house was too quiet, and as he set his bag down in the entryway, he saw the ring. He saw the note. I’m sorry. I can’t do this. He knew her leaving was inevitable the more their conversations became stilted, the more they floated in each other's orbits, the more foreign her touch became. But the tower still smelled like her, still felt like her presence was just around the corner. Still felt like they could have had a chance to fix things. He heard her in his head all night long as he wept in his study. 

It’s not real. She’s not here.  

She haunted him on his walk back from visiting his mother two weeks later, the first time he left his house. He had tried to lay low after she left him, but her name followed him like a poltergeist from the mouths of those he passed on the street, whispering to their friends about who he was, who she was. Wondering how it ended.

It's not real. She’s not here. 

She haunted him when he was in the market four months after she left. He didn’t want to be there. Everything reminded him of her - the cart they would visit once a tenday to buy her favorite sweet rolls, the jewelry store he visited in secret to get her silver ring that was still on the entry table gathering dust. He saw a flash of her hair color and froze. When time regained its ability to move forward he strained his neck, pushing through the crowd searching for her, unable to breathe. Could it be her? Where had she been all these weeks? Was she okay? Had she moved on with someone else who was less tied down by routine? Was she even still alive? 

It wasn’t her, of course. He didn’t go to the market again after that. He still hasn’t.

It’s not real. She’s not here. 

Seasons passed. Festivals, new apprentices, weekly dinners with colleagues - life fell into a rhythm that helped him move forward. He saw her ghost less and less. It had been almost 6 months since the last haunting. He had finally tucked the silver ring into a drawer two tendays ago, an attempt to bury the what ifs and if onlys and begin to exorcize her from his memory at last. Midwinter in Waterdeep was upon him, and he was eager to engage in festivities that evening with colleagues, now friends. A few cups of wine and he felt like the old Gale, showing off a little by using his well-honed magic to create fireworks to fill the room with light and color.

As the illusion sparked and fizzled out to the delight and applause of the other partygoers, a familiar wisp settled itself in the peripheries of his mind. She always loved his illusions, from their first night together with the aurora and the sparkling stars to the smaller ones he created for her everyday in the beginning. If he had kept trying to make her happy, would she have left? If he had noticed her pulling away as he settled into the routine of his life, could he have brought her closer instead of making her feel like her only option was to run?

He set his cup down, the wine steering him toward paths his brain wasn’t ready to go back down yet, preferring to stay focused on the revelry at hand. The snow flurries caught his eye through the large picture window in the front room. He had always loved the snow and moved to the window to watch it in contemplative silence.

He froze, his eyes widened, breath caught in his throat.

Her ghost. Haunting him even here, even now, after all this time. Her hair, her eyes, everything just as he remembered from the morning she left him, standing across the street looking into the window he was currently occupying. Looking at him. He saw the ghost’s eyes widen, saw her quickly turn to walk away, to escape discovery. He wanted to hesitate. He wanted to accept it was just another vision brought on by too many cups of wine, another falsehood of his imagination...but one tiny spark of hope pulled at his mind. 

The ghost had never reacted to him like that before. 

He didn’t remember moving. He didn’t remember running out of the door, the rest of the partygoers gasping as the usually reserved Gale Dekarios knocked over a chair and pushed people out of his way. He didn’t remember the bite of the cold air. He didn’t remember yelling “Stop!” as the ghost moved quickly away, trying to toy with him, as always. He didn’t remember running down the street to catch up to the ghost, preparing himself for it to disappear as usual. He didn’t remember the desperation on his face or in his voice as he reached for her.

He remembered grabbing on to the ghost’s hand, feeling it solid in his. His heart pounded.

“Wait. Please,” he said, panting. The ghost turned around, but it wasn’t a ghost at all. 

She was real.  She was here.  

“Gale,” she whispered, tears in her eyes.

“You’re real. You’re here,” he whispered back, wrapping her in his arms, committing to memory how she felt as he held her tightly for the first time in over a year. It was only then he realized that her absence had permeated every facet of his being and he felt like he could finally breathe again. His lips crashed against hers, time standing still for the two of them as he tangled his fingers in her hair.

She took a step back, breaking their contact, looking down at the ground.

He knew. “You’re leaving again, aren’t you?”

“Tomorrow,” she nodded, a tear falling down her cheek. "I'm sorry. I shouldn't have-"

He placed his hands on both sides of her face, brushing away her sadness before kissing her deeply one more time.

Real. Here. 

“Then let me have tonight.”

[longjohnsilverfish]

Karlach and Astarion decide to have a second? Because honestly the idea of him getting her pregnant is hot

I gotchuuuuu!!! Thankyou, anon!

Again and Again

NSFW 18+

CW: breeding kink

“I want another one.”

Astarion straddled Karlach, stroking her hair back behind her pointed ears and curled horn. His heart raced when speaking, but it was a wish worth speaking.

The pale Vampiric Elf had been living with his wife and son in Baldur’s Gate for a year now. And since they had moved in, Ivaebhin-Astarion had been flourish.

He would go on playdates with his cousin Xan, swim in the nearby pond with his mother while Astarion watched, be his father’s loving assistant as Astarion began to get back into his magistrate career.

His live was happy. Perfect.

Until he saw another baby being held in Karlach’s arms.

Wyll had adopted a baby found in the temple in Baldur’s Gate. He had named her Lily Aurora Ravenguard. The third cutest little thing Astarion had seen. Her pudgy fingers tightened into fists and tearless cries echoed in the air.

Wyll looked like he aged thirty years—and most grateful Karlach put her to a soft nap in her large arms.

But the look of the baby into her arms. The idea of her being a mother again, holding another baby in her arms—his baby.

Her breasts large and sore, begging to be touched and massaged.

Her clit engorged and wanting to be rubbed and milked of her fluids.

Her belly, round and large, ready to pop and give birth to another little half Tiefling, half Elf child.

The combinations of their features. Dozens. Millions.

“I want to make a baby with you,”, the Elf purred, kissing Karlach’s lips softly. “You make the best..”

“Astarion, we should talk before…”

“I know, I know. But…ngh.” Astarion grunted into the Tiefling’s hair, his hips rutting into Karlach’s.

The feeling of her hands running up his ass was all the more erotic.

“Please? Pretty please?”, he growled in a plea, whiny and desperate.

“Oh. Gods—fuck me.” Karlach breathed deeply, kissing up to the Vampire’s lips. “We-we can but them both in the same room, I suppose.”

“Yes. Yes.”

Rip. Rip. Rip. Rip.

Off with the clothes.

“Oh, you devious little thing…,” Astarion snickered. With his left hand, he held the woman’s cunt open, letting her juices trickle out like a spring. With his right, he played with his cock, tapping it against her clit. “You’re already soaked…”

“Just fuck me already,” she grunted, grinding her hips.

“Oh! So demanding. Who am I to…”

The Elf thrusted in, his face between her boobs.

Ah, the height difference. This is was happens when an 8’2 monster and a 5’11 bean get together.

But after years of love-making, they made it work.

Astarion smirked, biting into a breasts before moving his hips, the slapping beginning to pick up. Karlach cried out in pleasure, her hand planting itself in the Elf’s white curls to keep him suckling her blood.

Heatwave after heatwave, gulp after gulp. It was like spicy wine into his mouth, although much more sweeter from her breasts. Was it the milk’s doing? He wasn’t tasting the blood, perhaps the milk gave it flavor?

“Mm. Mm.” Karlach huffed, grinding her hips up. “Faster. I’m starting to daydream about cribs and baby clothes.”

Astarion smiled, and began picking up the pace. Gushing at his cock being taken in even deeper, he purred with pleasure, the hot warmth of her walls suckling him dry, milking his cock for all it was worth.

“Oh yeah? Like that idea?” The feeling of his cock kissing deep with his wife, seeing her keen at each deep kiss within her womb. “Wanna be bed ridden, have me wait on you hand and foot?”

“M-mhm!”

“Want that belly full again? Full of me? My Vampiric seed?”

“Mhm!”

“Yeah?”

“Yeah!”

Astarion laughed, hitting deeply in a certain stroke. “Yeah?”

“Yes!,” cried Karlach, now tears coming down her face.

Astarion stopped his thrusting for a moment, getting Karlach’s legs over his shoulders. And just like that, he began thrusting fast in no time. “Will you be a good mommy?”

“I promise!”

“You promise?.” His ruby eyes stared deep into her fiery irises.

“Yeah! Yeah! Please! Please!”

“Then—!”

Astarion began to slam as quick as he could, the sound of his balls slapping against her ass.

“Here you go!”

And in a moment, the two being came together. Karlach’s walls clamped around Astarion’s manhood, gushing in a clear fluid of love and lust. The Elf’s seed shot load upon load inside the Tiefling, his hot cum melting the woman from the inside out—deep within her womb, nestling inside to keep warm and eventually, become another perfect little baby for them both.

Astarion breathed heavily, looking down at the Karlach, who was just as sweaty as him.

“Girl or boy?,” he asked.

“If a girl…”

“We will name her Karlach.”

“No!”, Karlach protested, her tail hitting Astarion at the back of the head. “Something nice.”

“You are the nicest, most kindest woman I know,” Astarion remarked smartly. “If it’s a girl, her name will be…hm. Nothing other than Karlach would fit.”

“Oh! I know!” Karlach smiled. “Braerindra!”

“Braerindra? Hm, Brae-rin-drah Karlach. Hm, not bad. Braerindra-Karlach it is.”

“And a boy?”

“…hm. Haalaari-Constantine.”

Karlach whistled at the name. “Now that is a good name.”

“I try,” he smiled, kissing her nose. “But no matter what, they will be loved. Boy or girl.”

“Yes. Boy or girl.”

It was nine months later, and surprise surprise surprise, Karlach ended up having twins. Oh, that day will live in infamy. The yelling, the crying, the smiles.

The family of five. Perfect.

[mak-be-ghouled]

For the fluffy thoughts,

Rain finding out about Dew’s element transition and making sure to still include him in all the Water Ghoul traditions and activities etc.

Swiss holding Phantom’s hand whenever they go and get piercings done.

Sunshine using her Fire element to help her fellow Ghoulettes with period cramps.

Phantom looking at all the nice Christmas decorations out in the town near the Ministry, the lights sparkling and reflecting in their eyes.

Cirrus and Aurora taking long walks in the snow with massive thermoses of hot chocolate.

Cumulus, Mountain and Aether staying up late to wrap Christmas/Yule/Solstice presents for the pack, having a few glasses of wine and signing Christmas songs.

STOP IT I LOVE LITERALLY ALL OF THESE SO MUCH

rain making sure to include few in water ghoul traditions is so real, rain fills that empty part of dew that was once water, wrung dry after the transition. water has always been apart of dew, and because of rain it still can be

swiss absolutely holds phantoms hands when they go get piercings, maybe they even get matching ones and phantom out a around to hold swiss’ hand while his is done too (swiss actually really appreciates it and probably needs it more than phantom)

sunny is for sure such a little hot in both ways water bottle for the other ghoulettes and they won’t let her forget that any time soon

phantom is just so in awe of all of the holiday decorations, they’re just so pretty and sparkly!!

cirrus and aurora AHHH cirrus definitely shoves her cold hands against auroras slightly warmer skin the the name of being cold, and to be fair she is but also…

UGGG the cumulus mountain and aether on, i don’t have anything to add it’s just perfection. them getting just a little bit tipsy and then a little handsy and all of a sudden they’re the most cozy little ball of purrs

[verdemoun]

for once I’m not asking for angst 🤞 what kind of music would the modern au characters like? Like genres and bands :)

completely biased because i listen exclusively to musicals and late 00s teenage angst black parade is forever BUT

arthur: country music. including white girl country-pop music. can be caught doing little shuffle steps as he discreetly tries to dance along to a song stuck in his head while mumbling the lyrics under his breath. has main character moments smoking outside at night listening to need you now by lady a.

lenny: really into remixes. likes the extra pep it puts in his step, will accidentally walk to the beat and look like a dork. surprising amount of rock. but anything that's super lyrical, songs that tell a story, he will add to his playlist. duets what you own from rent with sean on karaoke nights.

sean: could not name a single band or genre he listens to because it's just anything with a high enough bpm to make his brain buzz. honorable mention to the cranberries and flogging molly but will do a fully choreographed routine to jailhouse rock without a single drink in his system.

hosea+bessie: any old timey easy listening ballads, occasional swing. hosea can't sing to save his life bless him but will still sing the really cheesy romantic lines to bessie as they slow dance in the living room after a few glasses of wine they're so in love please. anything that would be a first dance song at a wedding they have in their playlist

dutch: opera and orchestra forever. exact same music he listened to at camp will go on about kids these days and the hippity hop they dare call music. it takes him exactly 3 seconds after being introduced to cds and digital downloads to become a vinyl purist even complains about record players over gramophone.

annabelle+susan: annabelle is probably the most adapted to modern era she will listen to anything radio popular and susan is the same way inclined thanks to her job at at the local pub. but they both particularly enjoy bonnie tyler, kate bush and a sneaky bit of abba. think mamma mia is a cinematic masterpiece.

molly: mitski. boygenius. phoebe bridgers. aurora. any indie female lead who sings about broken hearts/betrayal/angry break up songs. listens to a suspicious amount of queer artists too.

kieran: the definition of 'i'll just be here listening to my tunes' only for the speakers to immediately cut to screamo. occasionally they can hear the bass through his headphones and gently remind him to turn it down to protect his hearing. despite this he will always get the mlp theme song stuck in arthur's head at the worst times.

javier: disgusted that disco was dead by the time he timewarped. just wants to boogie to that 70s funky beats. definitely has a playlist dedicated to john marston that is just any song with a reference to wolves. thinks he's hilarious. is the reason john can identity hungry like the wolf within two seconds of it starting (he walks out) (javier learned it on guitar. and both in english and spanish)

jack+isaac: mcr, panic, fallout boy. they will forever be on that angsty teenage bullshit. isaac may have designed them fabulous killjoy ocs and jack proceeded to write a 100k word self-insert fanfic about them. and they have matching mcr lyric tattoos. and mutually agree the kids from yesterday was actually written about them. play that g note and they both collapse with sorrow.

[t6gse370]

She Fell First But He Fell Harder

Relationship: Lucius Verus x Reader / Emperor Caracalla x Reader

Warning: kidnapped forced marriage unhappy & unhealthy slaves and Smut

Author note: this will be my first time writing Smut and i will try my best to write 🥺

Chapter 3: Wedding Part 2

Teuta's pov

After the ceremony at the temple went to place to celebrate the wedding and the marriage between me & Caracalla, the place was full people nobles sentors and generals and many important people,

as me and caracalla waked everyone bowed at us for me it felt strange i never imagined people to bowed to me and being marrying to an emperor then we sit down on the throes and everyone was looking at us i was very nervous all eyes on me and then many people started to congratulations us and wish us the best well the first to continue us it was of course Caracalla's brother Geta or should I call him my brother in law "Tonight is the night an important one because my dear brother Caracalla just got married and i want to wish him and his wife Teuta the best and healthy good peaceful marriage and to have many children on their marriage cheer for my brother and his wife"

and he reaches his glass and everyone did the same thing they cheer up for us, and drink up well it was my first time drinking wine because i wasn't allowed to drink because my father didn't allowed it wasn't for me because i may get drunk, as tasty it was so sweet but i kind like it and caracalla looked at me "So My love what do you think of the wine" he asked me and put a fake smile "Yes i do my love is my first time drinking and it sweet i kind like it" and he laughed a bit and offered me more to drink i drink a bit because i don't want to get drunk on our wedding "now it's time to celebrate before bringing the entertainments i would love to give my wife some wedding gifts that she would love" as he said that i got really curious what he got me and called the slaves to bring the gifts and i couldn't believe my eyes it was lion a real lion i couldn't believe my eyes Caracalla got up from his throne and explain to me and hold my hand "my wife my first gift to you is an lion like i my monkey Dondus i decides to give you animal too that's lion i hope you love and i don't worry i don't bite and well trained to protect you from anything and he will listen to you many things you tell him to and what name would give him" this wonderful gift my love i just love thank you and his name will be" i got up from the throe and went next to lion and pet him and he liked me he was adorable i felt bad for animal holding in cage but what can i do "His name will be Spike" and everyone looked at me after my answer and Caracalla clapped his hands "I love the name my wife is really wonderful name just like Dondus name" and gusts started to clapped their hands then i took lion next to my throne "My second gift for you is your own personal maiden " and it young girl she looks my age she has blonde hair and beautiful hazel eyes and i went close to her said "what's your name" she was shy and answered in quiet voice "Aurora my empress" that was really beautiful name like the names i have back home.

Time-skip

The room was filled with laughs talks and entertaining, singer, actors it was really noise i'm use to this noise because back home we have lot of celebrities but this bit too much as me and caracalla were sitting on our thorns many people come to congratulations us and give us gift and show us the gifts some of gifts were very interested then an couple came close to us and congratulations us the woman was very beautiful and as for man sure was handsome can see that they're perfect couple "Teuta i would like you to meet Rome greatest general Acacius and his wife Lucilla " Caracalla told me " I'm happy to meet the empress of Rome you sure are the beauty" Lucilla said to me she looked very kind and nice she kind gives me that mothering love i don't know i just felt and i replied to her with smile " me too i'm very happy to meet my lady i hope we can be friends and you're beauty yourself" and the we talked a bit then the couple said they had to go was felt bit sad because i want to spend more time with them.

Time-skip

Caracalla's pov

As celebrate went on it was amazing but most amazing wonderful things was it was Teuta my beautiful and prettiest woman in world that makes this night amazing now i think it was time for our to go to our room and time to have more funny came close to her whispered on her ear "My Love it's time " after she heard that we both got up from our thrones i took her hand and we walked and told my brother that were going , and we finally we arrived at our bedroom and the doors opened we went inside then i closed the doors and were finally alone and

i started to kiss her and her lips were so soft kissed her more then whispered "Take off your clothes and then after take yours you have to take off mines clothes" she did as i told her and i just watched as she took off her clothes and looked at her beautiful Magnificent naked body then she started to take off mine as she did that grabbed her in my arms and lay her on our bed and kissed her everywhere lips, neck, stomach and her legs and hearing her moan was the music to my ears " tell me Teuta how are your feelings" and as she moan "i'm feeling good my love i want more" as i heard that I was happy , i bite her neck as she moan my name " Caracalla please i want you " "i know you want me and i want you too" then stuck her breast man i think I'm loving her breast are my favorites she keeps calling my names i'm loving it

Then put her legs on my shoulder and start to eat her up she keeps call my name moan and yelling it was amazing to hear it then it was time to put it inside her as did she kind started to blend of course she vrigin and i was her first time i'm lucky one to take her virgin.

Teuta's pov

We did i couldn't believe he took my virgin and i had my first i want to cry , punk and i couldn't believe said those words to him to come from my mouth and it hurts of course he didn't care " we did my love it was amazing i can't do more but now we both tried now let's rest and tomorrow i will think what we will do" said in possessed ways and replied " yes let's us rest and i enjoy it my love and i can't wait for tomorrow" i was lie of course and after stating at each other we felt asleep.

So this my life now the empress of Rome the wife of mad man, and prison and cage like bird , now i don't what will happen. But someone will save me from this who's know let's just hope.

Here it's the second part of 3rd chapter and my first writing sumt i know isn't that good but is my first time

Next chapter Gladiator 2 starts

Hope you love it guys

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@syraxnyra

[bloodinwine]

For your writers truth or dare ask!! 💖🩷💖🩷

🍄 🪐 🦷 🥐 🦋 ☁️ 🌸

🦷 ⇢ share some personal wisdom or a life hack you swear on it's not really mine but...when i saw this it resonated with me. and then when i actually started to really apply it i felt a lot happier lol.

🥐 ⇢ name one internet reference that will always make you laugh  maybe the one above??? does that count??? 😅 tbh i don't know if i have one. i am not so familiar with the ways of the internet. 👀 🦋 ⇢ share something that has been on your heart and mind lately  my niece! 🥹💗 she's sooooooo adorable! i love her sm. ☁️ ⇢ what made you choose your username? when i initially got infected with Astarion brainrot, i had ideas for My Midnight Sun and felt 'Blood in the Wine' by Aurora fit my in-game Tav, Reya so perfectly. <3 🌸 ⇢ do you have any pets? if you do, post some pictures of them just my one and only - my baby boy Toki 🥹

--- thank you so much for the asks!!! it was fun!!! i left out 🍄 🪐 only because i have asks for these two as well 👀

[heyo-428]

With the upcoming announcement of a new Stephanie Garber book, here are all the ideas I could think of in the Caraval/OUABH universe! Even though, I’m fairly certain it won’t be in this universe, but hoping it is!

Not proofread, Enjoy!

- TellaLegend Daughter. I don’t think it’s super likely to be honest. Stephanie would have to set it in the future because Donatella’s only like 16 at the end of Finale if I remember correctly. I think Stephanie may want to put more in between but who knows!

- Chaos/LaLa story. This is more possible than TellaLegend daughter as of right now in my opinion. Stephanie obviously set them up and while I’m not the biggest fan of this ship as it currently stands I think Stephanie could come up with a very good plot like for them. They will also continue the some-what enemies to lovers that the other ships have, at least looking through the females perspective with her ships!

- Jacks’s former Fiancée. Stephanie dropped her name and never said anything again. For anyone wondering, her name was Alessandra, page 139 of the US paperback Legendary. I guess it could be nothing but for her to name drop and then not do anything is just weird, to me at least.

- Aurora Story and possibly who she freed from the Tree of Souls. While the bonus epilogues aren’t canon, it could be Stephanie’s way of tricking us. The story curse always mixing some true in with the lies so maybe Aurora DID free someone but not exactly who was said. The man also seems to know her. I think he’s from the past and the story curse isn’t allowing her to remember.

Additionally, I remember a post of someone who said that it could be Aurora because she’s a somewhat villain of the story. Same with how Jacks was in Legendary and Finale. Then Jacks got his own story so maybe Aurora will. There’s SO many narrative parallels between the Caraval trilogy and OUABH trilogy so this would make sense.

- Prequel short story collection. There’s a lot of short stories from the past that we know very little about. How the Merrywood Three came to be, The Fates and all there backstories since we don’t have more of them, Paradise the Lost, Legend (he told Donatella a story but like was that true?), Esmeralda, more on the Valors since there’s a lot more there, and probably a lot more. This is kind of unlikely in all honesty, I just really want it. I’ve always loved prequels because they make you rethink things and they like click then and it’s just so good always.

- Phaedra of the Damned. This could classify as a “prequel short story collection” technically, but was she not interesting in OUABH? She communicated with the dead and was brought up once. Maybe she’s a scam or maybe not? Also, soemthing highly confusing to me, is that when Evangeline first met her, she had a birth mark and the book specifically said “Her birthmark was something Evangeline would have recognized.” (US paper back, page 393 of OUABH) What does that mean? Previously it describes it as a “Starburst mark the color of currant wine on her left cheek.” that’s like really really specific. And I don’t think a starburst was ever one of the universally known fairy tale symbols that were on most of the arches? I’m going to look more into this.

I actually have some more ideas but I’ll probably make a part 2 for that.

[tothesoundofthefreakyclock]

Era IV - V Ghouls HCs (part 2)

Color shows who made what hc - reblogs are appreciated!

Cirrus

She/they/zir

Summoning day is April 4th, 2016

Favorite animal is kookaburra because of their laughter

MY WIFE OMG I LOVE MY WIFE SO MUCH

Wine aunt 2

Cat girl

Point to the fucker that hurt you, she'll take care of them

The sticking out tongue thing usually seen at Rituals is actually a habit even off stage. She doesn't even know how it first started

Definitely protective of Cumulus when the two were first summoned

Owns one of those cat pianos

Would hunt you down in the woods in the middle of the night while Leave It All To Me from ICarly plays in her head (you will not make it out alive)

Catgender

Huge fan of Avril Lavigne, Paramore, and Evanescence

Swiss [Quintessence, fire, and air]

Any pronouns. Mainly he/him, they/them, and /xe/xem/xyr

Summoning day is June 24th, 2015

Favorite animal is snow leopards because how silly they can be and how high they jump

The ADHD™

One of my three weed smoking girlfriends

“wtf is a gender lmao” (agender)

An accidental summon

Feral before being summoned. Took a much longer time to get him to calm down and learn the human world.

If he had a full legal name it would be Swisstopher Robin

Swiss would bring in prey from hunting and torment play with it before finally killing it

Has three favorite Rustycage songs (Family Friendly Noose Song, Jump Off The Trampoline, and The Cuss Word Song)

Second suspect of Smoke's torment. Sometimes teams up with Aether to be annoying.

Nearly killed someone when first summoned.

Any time someone takes away his phone he always manages to find extra, old and crappy phones that barely work, but he still uses them for gits and shiggles. Nobody knows where he keeps finding these old phones.

Has a “it's is my life - Jon Bovi” tattoo. Smoke fucking hates it.

The embodiment of those “never let them know your next move 😈😈” videos

Steals the ministry’s money to spend on mobile game currencies

Loves attention. He’ll mess with people just to get it

He would go into a different room, scream really loudly, and then come back into the room that he was previously in

Always has his hair in different, crazy colors and the colors change each day

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Sunshine [Fire and air]

She/it

Summoning day is October 12th, 2018

Favorite animal is penguin because of how curious they are and how they slide on their bellies

Transfem (mtf)

Went back to the Pits when done. She loved every second of it, but she also missed her packmates

Girl really is a ray of sunshine. There's no way you can't smile when she is around!

Knows how to trick vending machines with fake money and the good ol "dollar on string" trick

Pokemon fan! Assigned everyone a Pokemon

Does everyone’s nails

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Aurora [Air and fire]

She/they/it

Summoning day is February 15th, 2020

Favorite animal is rainbow lorikeet because of their color feathers and the different sounds they can make

The ADHD™

Also a Disney princess

You wanna learn makeup? Please ask her, she will teach you EVERYTHING.

Aurora has also done the whole "get fingertips wet and pretend to sneeze on sibling" thing with Phantom when younger. Probably still does to this day.

Must run around to let out energy. Down the halls, in a room around in circles, or outside is ideal. She gets zoomies the most and more intense than the others

Play bites the most

Has tiny wings since she’s not a full air ghoul

Hyperfixated on space and stars

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Phantom

They/he/it

Summoning day is February 15th, 2020

Favorite animal is the maned wolf because of their uniqueness and their rare “roar bark”

The ADHD™

I know damn well he'd be a master at dodgeball

Please don't leave him unsupervised, especially with Aurora. It's guaranteed that something expensive is going to break

Expert at Clone Hero - he can play blindfolded

Tried really hard when first summoned and during the first few weeks of his first tour to fit in with the others, but he grew more comfortable being himself over time.

Puts band aids all over himself just for looks

Loves the laser pointer

Link to the first post!

[oceannote]

EMPIRE WAR - Introduction

Note from author: Hello my lovelies, hope you will enjoy this new and first series that I am writing. To give you a bit of an insight this is a story that plays mostly in the business corporate environment, but besides being a love story it is a friendship story and represents how we sometimes navigate life when we feel overwhelmed in our 20's. A lot will be going on and all I can say it is to grab your snacks and drinks and get ready because it will be a turmoil of a storyline. Warnings: Characthers are fake and are a result of fiction, mentions of bullying and lack of self confindence. ______________________________________________________________

Imagine this: You’re 18, fresh out of an elite Swiss boarding school, where even the vending machines probably have a wine list. You’re the only child of the Richardsons—a family so wealthy that saying your last name out loud is basically a cheat code for life. VIP access? Check. Designer bags? All of them. Your biggest stressor? Deciding whether to party in Paris or Milan this weekend.

But there’s one tiny problem.

You’ve been lying to your father—the Thomas Richardson—about getting into Harvard Business School. Yes, the Harvard. And with your imaginary first semester creeping up, reality slaps you harder than a Korean skincare routine: You’re not even on the waitlist.

Cue the most apocalyptic father-daughter showdown in history. I’m sobbing, mascara smudged like a raccoon, while my father’s voice reaches decibel levels that could shatter glass. He says I’m a disappointment, a spoiled brat, proof that giving a kid everything means they’ll appreciate nothing. And here’s the kicker: He wasn’t wrong.

Thomas Richardson wasn’t just born with a silver spoon—he probably had a platinum bib. At ten, he had a personal driver for his Bentley and went to school with royal heirs. But while teenage me was dodging responsibilities, 18-year-old Thomas was begging to work at Wonder Technologies, our family’s tech empire. And now? He’s punishing me for being… well, me.

His master plan? Uprooting us to my mom’s home country: South Korea.

For me, it was hell. For him, it was genius.

My mom, Soonja, is a powerhouse—a full-Korean queen who clawed her way from a humble farm to a prestigious UK scholarship, despite speaking about as much English as a K-pop song’s random rap verse. She raised me on two ironclad rules:

Invest in yourself. Find a man who worships the ground you walk on. Easier said than done, Mom.

So, there I was, 19 years old, tossed into the Business Strategy program at Seoul National University. My dad thought Korean culture’s discipline might break my wild spirit. Instead, I made friends, survived university, and, of course, developed a crush that turned my life into a K-drama gone wrong. Enter my bestie, Aurora Sinclair—a tall, blonde, blue-eyed German adopted by a Korean family at age three. She was the human equivalent of a confetti cannon, pulling together our girl squad: Me, Aurora, Han Nori, Jung Yuna, and Lee Hayeon.

We were a sight—two tall foreigners and three petite Korean girls, strutting through campus like the world’s most confusing girl group. The beauty standards were brutal. I spent four years battling my skin, my weight, and my inability to match Korean fashion’s “effortless” perfection.

And as if the universe needed a good laugh, I fell hard for him.

Jeon Jungkook.

The heir to KK Electronics, son of Soun Jeon, and a man so stunning he could make a mannequin self-conscious. His father had already announced Jungkook as the future CEO before the guy even set foot in his first lecture.

What started as a harmless crush turned into a full-blown, soul-destroying infatuation. I built our imaginary love story in my head, from meet-cute to “I do,” until reality decided to hit me with a plot twist.

At our end-of-year party, after downing more soju than legally advisable, I confessed my feelings. And Jungkook? He laughed.

Like, full-on, belly laugh. In front of his entire friend group.

And just in case I still had a shred of dignity left, he publicly friend-zoned me so hard that even Google Maps couldn’t find a way out.

And now? Well, I’m 26 years old, and—plot twist—I’m the CFO of Wonder Technologies.

Yeah, I gag a little every time I see my name on my office wall:

"Amelia Richardson, CFO."

The irony is delicious, isn’t it? The girl who couldn’t spell “business strategy” is now running a tech empire.

But here’s where things get even juicier. It’s not just that I work here—it’s who I work with.

After my confession disaster, our university friend groups split like a bad boy band breakup. Now, my company is a circus featuring:

Park Jimin: One of Jungkook’s besties, now an executive director at Wonder Technologies. He practically lives in my office, gossiping about celebrity scandals. He’s also dating my best friend, Yuna—our marketing director.

Min Yoongi: Another of Jungkook’s crew, head of sales, and my personal workplace menace. He’s secretly dating Aurora, but if you ask him, we all somehow have the IQ of a potato for not figuring it out.

And then, of course, there’s him.

Jeon Jungkook.

Now ruling his empire with his remaining Musketeers:

Kim Taehyung: CFO at KK Electronics, dating my friend Han Nori. At least her love story had a happy ending.

Kim Seokjin: Jungkook’s cousin and executive director.

Kim Namjoon: A board member who looks like he stepped out of a James Bond movie.

Jung Hoseok: The main glue of the group that keeps us from jumping at each other's throats 24/7.

Because this isn’t just a story about a boy who made me question my entire existence.

This is a saga of boardroom battles, high-stakes drama, broken hearts, and maybe—just maybe—some ridiculously romantic moments.

So grab your popcorn, hold onto your wine glass, and get ready.

Welcome to the Empire War.

[stillaclownlol]

Just putting my thoughts for book 2 since I’ve read more of it (currently on chapter 28) and I gotta say Ronan might actually be my favourite character. His depth and personality is so prominent in this book and I’m just so happy I can learn more about him. Matthew (I actually don’t remember how his name was spelled) might be my second favourite Lynch brother but honestly Declan has not been trying very hard to be anyone’s favourite. I am curious about him though. I do also kind of feel bad for him because he wasn’t any of his parent’s favourites and that just sucks but also he’s a dick and I still don’t like him.

The Gansey-Adam battle is still waging, I still don’t know who tf I want Blue to fall in love with. There is SO MUCH happening in the book right now and I’m not even half-way through. I really wanna know more about how Adam’s being affected by his sacrifice in the previous book and I honestly feel so bad for him?? His POVs feel kind of melancholic? I guess? Like everyone else is having a good time and he’s just sulking because of course he is! Like omg there so much wrong with Adam I wanna hug him.

So I can’t tell if the Gray Man has a thing for Maura or not?? Like he asked her out for dinner and everything but I’m still skeptical. He is interesting though, although his POVs don’t mean much to me (he’s like the one character I don’t look forward to reading 😔) but hey at least Maura isn’t getting sidelined so much??

I actually have nothing to say about Blue because she’s honestly not doing anything worth pointing out. She’s just being a badass and her and Noah have an amazing friendship like I genuinely love them as a duo so much.

okay I just wanted to get my thoughts out there you don’t have to respond to this because it’s just word vomit but I’m REALLY liking the book so far and I can’t wait to have some questions answered and for more chaos to unfold.

(ALSO. RONAN’S MUM IS FROM A DREAM?? GENUINELY SHOCKED ME SO MUCH LIKE HOLY SHIT??? THE BARNS?? THE ANIMALS?? EVERYTHING’S FROM HIS DAD’S DREAMS?? AND DECLAN SUPPOSEDLY ALREADY KNEW????? [this is why I love this book])

AH SORRY I FORGOT TO ANSWER I WAS HAVING A CRISIS BUT IM SO HAPPY WE GOT ANOTHER RONAN STAN >:)

Declan is like...wine, he's an...acquired taste, lol. He really shines in the spin offs tbh, he's one of my faves, genuinely :) I actually love the whole Lynch family kagdkshdldj

HEHE I CANT WAIT FOR YOU TO GET TO THIRD BOOK- the fourth personnnnn~ it's been a while since I read the second one but there should be some hints by now :D

Hhhhh The Gray Man is the gray man idc about him tbh 😭 he's like. Whatever. Idc.

Waiting for *that* scene between Noah and Blue...I forgot if it was in this book lmao.

(It's okay I like seeing these reactions ;v; )

(UGHHHH I LOVE THE BARNES THE AURA IS SO MAGICAL AND I JUST WANNA BURY MY FACE IN THE GRASS AND PET ALL THE SLEEPY COWS AND HAVE AURORA TOUCH MY FACE AND KISS MY FOREHEAD 😭)

[katherineholmes]

You could write a scenario where Elena discovers (through a painting or a diary entry) how Klaus killed Katherine's family (including her little sister, who was in fact just a child). Which leaves her truly horrified, and leaves her wondering if her love for Klaus is right. In short she feels guilty for loving such a cruel monster.

I hope this prompt is okay, otherwise feel free to ignore it. 😣 I love your writing by the way! ❤️

Hello, thank you so much for sending this prompt!! I loved writing it! I hope it's what you envisioned, because I have no idea how it turned out, but here you go!

Read on AO3 - Blood And Death

She’s sprawled on the couch by the fireplace, piled under blankets. The fire in crackles in the hearth, and she can see the snow outside the windows. Her warm cup of cocoa is half finished on the table, while she peruses through the tome in her hand. It is a tome, old yellowed pages, a musty odour to it.

She’s reading Klaus’ journal.

Calling it a journal is a generosity. While there are places where he talks about feelings, this is more of a ledger. Half formed plans, names of witches, vampires, werewolves who’ve owed him favours over the millennia, have wronged him over that time, displayed. Tracking of enemies and allies, information about stolen artefacts.

Over and over, one word is repeated frequently. Doppelgänger.

Every time she reads the word, something twists in her stomach. Sweat beads down her back even in the freezing cold of December. The things that Klaus has done to find the doppelgänger, find her, make her shift in place. Hesitant and uncomfortable. Locator spells and bounties. Killing people who brought girls that looked almost like the doppelgänger, but not quite. Relishing about how he killed those girls too, the taste of their blood and the wonder over whether doppelgänger blood would taste sweeter, different somehow.

It does.

She learnt that on a particularly hot night, when they’d been in Australia. A dip in the ocean followed by a night of being entangled in each other. They were lying on the floor of the hallway somewhere by their bedroom, legs pressed together, his blood in her veins and hers in his. There were trails of blood all over them, bloodied handprints on her thighs and the rivulets of her blood trailing down her breasts and stomach and her thighs.

(She clenches even now, when she remembers how he had used the blood on her thigh to push two fingers inside her and make her crest again.)

She had joked then, about how blood all tasted the same to him now. He’d levelled a serious look at her and said that her blood was unique.

More bitter than anyone else’s. Sweeter than anyone else’s.

She had refrained from asking if Katherine’s tasted the same.

She reads the ledgers out of order. The early years, when bloodlust and the guilt of killing his mother had consumed him. The names Tatia and Aurora, repeated throughout, the Hunters Curse and all his hallucinations detailed.

(What does it say about her that she feels such sympathy for him? Such pain over something that happened nine centuries before she was born?)

She tries not to think about it as she reads about how he started daggering his siblings, about the deaths and the violence and the blood. She tries not to think about the blood. How much of it still clings to him.

Then she starts reading about Katherine. Katherine who’s a lamb for slaughter. All the entries are about how Katherine looks like Tatia, how he’s seducing her, wining and dining her, playing the part of the nobleman he is as he courts her. Showers her with affection. How it dwindles once he learns she has nowhere to go. A week long affair followed by coldness which makes her grow closer to Elijah.

The fantasies he had about Katherine. All blood and death. About his curse. Lines sneaked in between about Katherine’s beauty but those are secondary.

It is her death that is his most ardent passion. The sight of her dead that he wishes to see.

Elena wonders about that night then, when she had walked to him. When he had killed her. She knows he must’ve felt the same pleasure, the same triumph killing her then. How he must’ve seen her too, like a pretty, shiny object, a means to an end. An entity made for him, his curse and no other reason.

(Now, he makes her coffee in the mornings and heels to her wants. Only when she stands her ground, but getting through to him is easier now.)

When Katherine runs, the writing becomes haphazard. The anger takes centre stage. Ideas of how to torture Katherine, fantasies of flaying her skin from her bones and injecting her with wolf venom before healing her and doing it again. Some of it is so horrifying that she has to make an effort to not get sick. She’s glad Klaus never caught Katherine.

(What about the other people though? The ones he has does these things to?)

It’s when she reads about Bulgaria that she’s no longer lying down. She reads about how he killed Katherine’s neighbours first, all in a rage, raining blood on the small village. All the people who ran from him, screaming of a monster. The hearts he ripped out and the blood he gorged himself on. How he made sure to not get to Katherine’s family till the end. How they were terrified by then. How he started with the servants, moving on to her parents. Her sister.

Her sister who was a child.

But then, it seems as if no child was spared that night. All of them dead.

The thought of it makes her sick, and she finally pushes all the books away. Her mind whirls, conjuring up images for her, all things she wants to forget. Some of them are old nightmares, the ones that had pushed her to seek Klaus. To make a deal with him and leave Mystic Falls behind. Occasional phone calls with her family are all she had for years.

It’s only now, after almost a decade, that the terms of that deal are void. Forgotten in the whirlwind of emotions, and the tangles of her fingers in his. The bloodied curve of his mouth against her own.

She jumps when she hears the front door open. The rustling of clothes and the sound of heavy footsteps. She holds on to the back of her couch, chin propped on the lip of it as she watches him walk into their living room.

He’s covered in blood.

The sight should be jarring but it isn’t.

This is who he is, this blood and this monstrosity.

It’s not all he is.

His eyes sweep over her, walking closer to her before that blood stained hand is on her cheek. Before he’s pulling her up, pressing his lips, slick with blood, against hers.

She can only see him murdering Katherine’s family. How easily it could’ve been hers.

How easily it was, she thinks guiltily, the image of Klaus killing Jenna still clear in her mind.

She pulls back, settling back in place, trying not to worry about the way blood stains her face. The blood of his victims. Maybe they’re her victims too, they will be at least, when she falls into bed with him again.

He leans back, before his eyes fall on the tomes, his expressing turning displeased.

A small tinge of fear darkens at her heart, but it’s gone in the next moment.

“And here I thought one’s privacy is to be respected,” his voice is deeper than usual, but she shrugs.

“You read my diaries all the time,” resentment seeps into her voice, how she doesn’t want to write down her real thoughts, but end up doing it anyway. How he ends up reading them anyway. “I thought I’d read yours.”

“Yes, but you can’t read mine-”

“Stop reading my diaries then,” she demands suddenly, and his gaze falls on her, blue invaded by flecks of gold, “give me your word, and I’ll put these back.”

This she trusts, his word. He keeps it. Mostly.

His tricks aren’t as elaborate as Elijah’s.

“I suppose I can see why my reading them might make you….uncomfortable,” he says the word as if it offends him, but she doesn’t interrupt him. Not when he seems to be in the mood to give her what she wants. She can’t stop thinking of how he must’ve killed Katherine’s little sister. All the children in that village. “Very well,” he’s being generous in his mind, bestowing her a favour. She hates it. “I won’t read your diary. You have my word.”

She presses her lips together, her hands moving to hold him, neck craned up to face him. He can’t compel her now, not when she got her hands on her dads journal and trained herself to be resistant to it, with Elijah’s help. He can’t get inside her head either.

She doesn’t steal her gaze, looks up at him steadfastly.

“I read how you killed Katherine’s family,”

He looks down at her impassively, but she can see that small flicker of vulnerability, he wants to hide. The doubt.

“Did you?”

This time, she pictures of how Katherine must’ve felt on return. How she must’ve pulled their bodies to her chest and sobbed on the floor of her home. Blood and death her only companions.

She inhales softly, something inside her chest hurting. It’s so easy to think of her own family in place of Katherine’s. Despite the years gone by and the way Jeremy thrives in his graphic designing, she’s seized by fright for a moment.

“Yeah,” something catches at her and she looks down, away from all that he is, “you killed her sister too. She was just a child.”

She doesn’t dare look at him, her heart thumping loudly, “I don’t know who I killed that night, you know how I get when I’m angry.” She does, she thinks as she remembers prank night, about how he’d gotten Tyler to bite Caroline, and almost gotten Jeremy killed.

“But doesn’t it bother you?” The question is raw, ripped from her throat, and finally looks up. Levels her gaze to the blood splattering across his face.

“Sometimes, it’s not as though I seek out children to kill them.”

She swallows heavily, her mind filling in blanks he doesn’t dare complete in front of her. He doesn’t seek out children, but if he’s in rage and they get in the way -

“If it makes you feel any better,” this time she hears it, the crack in his voice, a sudden vulnerability he likes hiding clear in it. Wondering if this will be it, the straw that breaks the camels back and makes her leave. “I’ve never been in a rage like that afterwards.”

“Not even when you found me alive?” Her pulse thrums as she wonders what he might’ve done to her loved ones then.

“No,” there’s a truth in answer, and shamefully, her shoulders droop, “I wasn’t. Elena-”

“Okay,” she nods, biting at her inner cheek, “I believe you.”

The words are hard, making her think of Jenna and tears obscure her vision, the kind she swallows down quickly. She drops back into the couch, her dead on the armrest, and she doesn’t look at him when she speaks.

“You’re getting blood all over the carpet,” her hand shoots out to find her book and there’s silence for a moment. Her hands flip through the pages, finding the passage she was reading before she was distracted, and it’s several minutes before he leaves. She ignores him till then, a cruelty she’ll pay for by holding him close to her tonight, but one she doesn’t hide away now.

When he’s gone, she lets out a sigh, tears trickling down from the corner of her eye.

Who is she, that she still loves him? That even when she sees Jenna dying, even when she remembers the cruel smile stretched on Klaus’ mouth, she loves him. She hates him too. Hates him for killing Jenna, hates him for killing Isobel, and Katherine’s family. Katherine’s sister.

How easily it could’ve been her family. Was her family.

She hates him.

But she loves him more.

Still, the darkness lingers inside her. His cruelty, his dramatics, his mercurial moods, they can never leave her. She loves him despite it, through it, for it.

He’s a monster. He disgusts her sometimes. And she wonders what kind of person can love someone like him anyway.

Maybe it’s because she’s selfish, maybe it’s because she’s a monster too.

But she can’t stop, this love is too sharp, too much like a dagger in her heart.

It hurts sometimes, but maybe that is what love is.

Pain.

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What would be their favorite series?

(the gif is not mine)

Swiss: Gossip Girl

NO matter what anyone says, Swiss is sassy. He must be the one who turns on the TV with a bottle of wine and switches to Gossip Girl (Cirrus and Cumulus are also watching it with him) I can also see him wearing pink to watch the new Barbie movie. W rizz for Swiss.

Sodo: The Walking Dead

I have nothing to add, that's it and that's it

Aether: Friends

I think Aether likes comedy and this series matches his energy. I'm sure Chandler and Rachel are one of his favorite characters. Chandler gives me an Aether vibe.

Rain: Never Have I Ever

One word RomCom. Rain is the one who gets into bed after a hard day and takes out the tissue (😈) , bring the rest of the wine left by Swiss and watch a romantic movie (in this case, a series) THIS GHOUL NEEDS LOVE. END OF STORY.

Mountain: Peaky Blinders

Crime, drama, history, series? It's the best together. Now imagine him dressed in a suit like a big gang leader. Our dear calm Ghoul is the biggest criminal (only in his mind). If he was invited to appear in a series like Peaky Blinders, the poor thing would pass out. (if I were not writing about a series right now, The Godfather would be a dream choice for Mountain)

Phantom: Shameless

I don't know why, but when I think of Phantom, this series somehow jumps into my mind. Don't ask me, but I stand by this opinion.

Cirrus: Lucifer

I know you've been waiting for this word. I don't need to say much about this series, I think everyone knows it, Cirrus first started watching because she was curious how people could see Lucifer. And later she became addicted to this series. Are there new parts? No one could go near the TV until Cirrus had watched the last new episode.

Cumulus: American horror story

Hear. Me. Out. Cumulus LOVES horror and what could be better than a horror movie? A horror series. She watches American Horror Story alone. She likes to pay attention to details and there are many of them in this series, so she can watch it happily without any distractions. (btw, I think Phantom is afraid of horror movies, so Cumulus doesn't even watch similar movies around him)

Sunshine: Wednesday

I think Sunshine LOVES the supernatural sleazy series. I'm sure her other favorite is Teen Wolf. Well, back to Wednesday. As I wrote last time, Sunshine is an energy bomb who loves to move, go and explore. There is a werewolf girl named Enid in the series. I think Sunshine and Enid (as a character) could be the same person. They move all day, they smile all the time, they bring joy to people's lives.

Aurora: Euphoria

This woman is a mood, just like euphoria. (I haven't seen the entire series, so if what I'm writing is not correct, I'm sorry in advance) The protagonist of Euphoria wants to escape from the world. I think that's what Aurora did when she found this band. The fact that Aurora can finally feel at home means a life to her. I think this series shows her the path she took, and I'm also sure that she wouldn't be able to watch it even once without crying. (I don't know who believes that Ghouls and Ghoulettes are actually demonic beings. I like this ASSUMPTION. I don't know who's thinking and what and I can't prove anything against anything. But even if it's the case that they're not human, I don't think Aurora was summoned by them either. I think Aurora was once summoned by someone and she was stuck on the Earth looking for what she had to do here and not in hell. That's when she met Papa. BUT this is my opinion, this is not true, i mean is possible, but I am sure that it is not, but that is beside the point. Everyone can think what they want or not?.)

Copia: Sherlock

Copia always gives me such a vintage vibe, don't ask me I don't get it either. But the feeling is that when Copia can immerse himself in a series, then only Sherlock can be considered here. Papa Sherlock. Give this man a magnifying glass, a pipe and a hat and we have the happiest leader.