#big brother cyrus

[sylvanfreckles]

Day 10 "I Won't Leave"

Part 10 of Deck the Hells

Fandom: Critical Role Rating: T Warnings: Being buried alive, minor self-harm

Summary: Dorian survived being buried alive, though the experience left him wounded in both body and soul. Cyrus proves remarkably capable at helping him put himself back together. (Sequel to Buried Alive and Muffled Screams from Febuwhump 2022) (Read on AO3)

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Don’t panic. Don’t panic. Don’t panic.

The space was too tight, too small. He couldn’t move without knocking into the sides of his prison. Time stretched out endlessly in the empty darkness, with the echoed rasp of his breathing his only company.

His breathing….

Dorian sucked in a shaking breath and tried to hold it. He didn’t need to breath, not really…not in places like this. But his breath burned in his lungs, and after a few short seconds he was coughing it out to suck in another.

The air was warm and damp. Musty. It tasted of wet wool and woodsmoke, not of earth and decay.

He tried to hold his breath again. If he could just focus, could just call on the unending breath of the air genasi, he wouldn’t suffocate. But his lungs ached with the effort, and it was only a few seconds before he was panting for breath again.

Don’t panic. Don’t panic. Don’t panic.

He was dizzy, from lack of oxygen or fear he couldn’t tell. Dorian pinched himself, digging fingers into the bruises on his forearms, trying to bring his mind back into focus. A hand caught his, pulling it away, threading fingers through his.

“Hey, hey…don’t do that.”

But he needed to. If he lost focus here, he’d suffocate. He sucked in another breath and held it.

“No, come on, buddy.” There was a hand on the side of his face now. “You’re safe now, you don’t need to do that anymore.”

How could he be safe? Shut in a box, buried deep in the earth, left to be forgotten?

“Shit, his fever’s back. We got any more water?”

The hand on his face moved, and a muscular arm slipped beneath his shoulders to lever him upright. Dorian coughed again, and found himself leaning against a familiar, broad chest.

“Come on, little zephyr. You’re safe now. We’re not gonna let anything happen to you.”

The voice rumbled under his ear as a hand stroked through his hair. The present and past seemed to blur together for a moment, and he relaxed into his brother’s embrace.

“You haven’t called me that…in a long time,” Dorian rasped.

“Hey, there he is!” Cyrus chuckled and kissed the top of his head. “If I recall, you told us to stop calling you that on your sixteenth life-day, remember?”

Of course he remembered. Tall and awkward, desperate to be seen as the adult he so longed to be. He’d hated the nickname then, when he wanted his brother and the rest of his family to stop treating him like a child. Now, though…it really wasn’t bad. Not right now, anyway. “What happened?”

“You got sick,” his brother replied simply. “There was some kinda weird fungus in that crate, you must’ve breathed it in at the end. Dariax says he might be able to do something come morning, but for now we just gotta hold on.”

Dorian grunted. “Dariax?”

“He and Opal went to get more water. Well, one of them’s getting water and the other’s getting firewood, not sure who’s who.”

He shifted against his brother and tried to look around. They’d made a basic camp at the side of the road, angling the cart against a boulder so they had partial cover from the wind. “Where are we?”

Cyrus sighed, his breath ruffling the hair on Dorian’s head. “We got about two hours out from where we found you when you got sick. Hoping to make it to town, get you to an inn to get some rest, but things got a little rough.”

“Sorry.”

His brother’s arms tightened around him. “Don’t be sorry, little zephyr,” he whispered, his voice rough with emotion. “Never be sorry for something like this.”

Dorian let his head rest against his brother’s shoulder, exhausted almost beyond words. His body ached from his imprisonment, and the self-inflicted bruises on his arms, stomach, and thighs were stinging. “Thank you for coming after me,” he whispered after a few long moments. “I don’t know what I would have done…”

“I would never leave you like that,” Cyrus interrupted. His hand returned to Dorian’s hair, slowly stroking through the silken strands. “I’ll always come for you, Dorian. Always.”

“Yeah.” Dorian shifted again, and Cyrus tucked the blanket around him a little more securely.

“Cold?”

“Maybe a little.”

“We’ll get the fire stoked soon. Don’t you worry.”

He let his eyes slide closed, listening to his brother breathe. He could hear his brother’s steady heartbeat, and it slowly lulled him back to sleep.

Don’t panic.

It was dark and tight, the prickles of a thousand spiders crawling up his legs.

Don’t panic.

Voices all around him, digging, scraping, but never coming nearer.

Don’t panic.

Air was hot in his lungs, tearing through him with every breath.

Don’t—

“Dorian!”

He jerked awake, panting, Cyrus’s arms still around him. To his embarrassment, his cheeks were damp with tears, and he quickly scrubbed them away with one hand. “Sorry.”

“You’re breaking my heart, little zephyr,” Cyrus sighed, kissing the top of Dorian’s head again. “It’s okay. You’re okay. You’re safe now.”

He sniffed, curling himself tighter into the blanket. “Sorry.”

Cyrus didn’t say anything, but he moved his hand from Dorian’s hair to the back of his neck, pressing his thumb into the tense muscle there. “Hey, you wanna message your friend? Would that help?”

“Orym?” Dorian shook his head. “No, no I wouldn’t want to bother him.”

“Come on,” Cyrus coaxed. “I doubt he’d be bothered.”

Dorian sighed. Really, he’d like nothing more than to hear from Orym, or any of his friends back in Marquet, but he really didn’t want to waste the spell over something like this. “What would I even say?”

“Oh, I don’t know…’hey, friend, everything’s cool but I had a bad day, and I’d really like to hear your voice’? Something like that?”

He thought of Orym, and of all the messages his halfling friend had been sending him. His own affairs really didn’t seem as important now, with everything going on with the Hells.

“You’d want him to message you if he was feeling like this,” Cyrus added. “Wouldn’t you?”

Dorian sighed. He had to admit, Cyrus had a point. “When did you get all smart?” he teased weakly.

“Eh, I’ve been learning a thing or two from Dariax.”

That did it. Dorian burst out laughing, though he sagged against his brother as his laughter sputtered into a cough. “All right. Guess it couldn’t hurt.”

He fumbled in the pouch at his waist and pulled out the smooth, blue stone. He hesitated, then looked up at his brother’s strong profile.

Cyrus got the message and slowly extracted himself from the blankets. “I’ll be on the other side of the cart if you need me.”

“Cy…”

“I won’t leave you,” he promised, squeezing Dorian’s hand. “Just send your message.”

Dorian nodded and waited until Cyrus was out of sight. His brother could probably still hear everything, but that was okay. Not like Dorian was going to say anything embarrassing.

Probably.

He ran his thumb over the runes and watched them light up, then held the stone close to his mouth. “Hey, Orym. Everything’s okay, but I had kind of a bad day and it would be nice to hear your voice….”

[rodimusprime2017]

IMAGINE TRANSFERRING FROM HOGWARTS TO ILVERMORNY AND MEETING YOUR FUTURE BEST FRIENDS

Just a little Harry Potter imagine taking place at Ilvermorny. Who would want to see a future Harry Potter film series at Ilvermorny?

[sociallyawkwardfoxwriter]

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply Categories: M/M, Multi Fandom: Critical Role (Web Series) Relationships: Orym/Dorian Storm/Will | Orym's Spouse, Orym/Dorian Storm, Orym/Will | Orym's Spouse (Critical Role), Dorian Storm/Will | Orym's Spouse Characters: Dorian Storm, Orym (Critical Role), Will | Orym's Spouse (Critical Role), Cyrus Wyvernwind Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - College/University, Not Actually Unrequited Love, Flirting, Bartender Orym, Doubt, Confusion, Anxiety, Falling In Love, Getting Together, Fluff, Conversations, First Dates, Dating, Kissing, Drinking

Summary: When Fearne suggested they try a new bar for their weekly cocktail hour, he didn't expect anything to come of it. He didn't expect to make a fool out of himself or to come back again after messing up so badly. He definitely didn't expect to fall in love with a married couple.

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“Whose turn is it to buy drinks?” Opal scrutinized the table with narrowed eyes, then pointed a perfectly manicured finger at him. “Dorian! Your turn! I want another sex on the beach.”

A chorus of drink orders were thrown out for him to hopefully remember correctly when he got a bartender's attention. He echoed them over and over again in his head as he slipped through the crowded room to reach the bar. Three bartenders worked around each other to fulfill orders from the people crowded around every inch of the bar. Patiently, he waited for his turn, only for more people to force their way through to demand their orders.

[meeep-morp]

ITS THE FUCKING PEAAAA!!!! YEAH-HAH-HEYAH!!!!! WOOOOOO PEA HYPEEEEEE!!!!!!

For real though, the drama going on in Neopets right now is apparently really fucking silly, and also really juicy, from what I've heard. Like...

• People are canceling premium memberships

• The neo-billionaires are on a power trip that spans across multiple sites

• Apparently a suspicious amount of people have been singing the praises of the tyrants as of late

• And apparently one of these tyrant billionaires bought a lot of the peas while the price of them was down due to a sudden increase of supply, and then sold them at a heavily inflated price when Neopets temporarily removed access to the peas

and that's all only just the surface of what I've heard.

There's this entire mountain of drama over a fucking pea.

It's ridiculous.

And I love it.

Neopets discourse is always funny to me because whenever drama starts up 90% of the time it's over something that's just objectively really silly

For example, right now there's neo-billionaires threatening to quit the site over a rare item being released, which wouldn't be funny except the item in question is a tiny pea wearing a Santa hat

[palskippah]

Hi!

I love the Gay Dads AU so much pipipi

There's some thoughts and more drawings under the cut (and there's some mpreg wa)

-I'm not sure how the au works, but it gives me the impression that Ballister was Nimona's dad and then there came Ambrosius as a stepdad, or either they both adopted her and Nimona just took better to Ballister. But I'd go with the first option (unless there's a 'canon' option, in which case please if someone knows pipipi tell me)

-I love them so much you have no idea :'''v this is the sorta AU I create 😭 I'm having a lot of fun pipipi

-Also it makes me kinda sad that some of the drawings where Ambrosius is with Nimona he's got a >:c face on, like he doesn't know what he's doing which is very on brand for new parents but pipipi I want them to get along

-Nimona didn't talk much when she was little but one day she started talking full sentences with a big vocabulary, and then never shut up again.

>Not sure if she never talks in the drawings ND Stevenson did of this AU because she's very young or she just doesn't want to.

-Nimona loves Ballister the most and feels the most comfort in his hug, but she has more fun with Ambrosius

[Here's the mpreg YIPII]

-If they had Cyrus (the fankid I made for comic Goldenheart) it'd still be very much an accident and Nimona would be small (under four), and not very happy about it.

-She's definitely jealous and becomes very clingy to Ballister, which he finds adorable when he's not exhausted.

(The idea here was Ambrosius asking whether she'd like a brother or a sister, since she's having a sibling, but I think I phrased it wrong sjdks)

>Ballister and Ambrosius do their best for her to not feel left out, but when Cyrus' born she's not as jealous as they thought, and it seems that she actually likes him (but she doesn't let him touch any of her sea animal toys)

-Also Nimona wasn't told that her little brother was being born that day until later when Meredith was looking after her.

>She was being her toddler self and accidentally giving Ballister a more stressful time

-There's a video of a little kid with his newborn sister (I assume) in his arms and he says 'she doesn't have any arms 😦', so imagine that Nimona thought the same thing and given that Cyrus' hair is black too, she thought that her baby brother looked just like her dad 😭

-Also here's the two babies bc I love them, thinking that they'd be the sort of siblings with a small age gap that fight a lot but also love each other a lot

>Cyrus gets the smallest slice of cake, the glass with less soda, the ugliest fork in the house, and also Nimona's full support if he ever needs it.

>Also

Nimona: My pronouns are she/they Cyrus: And my pronouns are he/they The nonbinary siblings (imagine the wall of fire text)

>Also imagining them both adult or at least teenagers, where Cyrus' much taller than Nimona and her just stomping her foot in his direction and him squealing away (bc his sister is scary even if she's three apples tall)

That's it! :D

[impish-baby]

heyo! Request here! Maybe you can do like a hero caretaker with a sidekick? So basically the sidekick is a beginner and gets hurt during battle and the hero becomes super over protective? (Also maybe like a sibling relationship or something?) Sorry if it’s too specific, and you don’t have to do this if you don’t want to! Make sure to drink water, ear so healthy delicious food and gets lots of sleep! Love your work!

-🐠 Anon (can I be 🐠 anon if that cool with you?)

Superheros.. (trigger warnings: heavy violence!! Creepy behavior, gas lighting, drugging)

You don't think the low level villian is recognizable anymore. They don't even look like a person. What was once their face is a bloody pulp, features blurring together in a mess of tissue and broken cartilage. Your mentor is still towering over them, snapping their fingers one by one methodically.

It's terrifying. You idolized Cyrus, looked up to him. He was the one who made you want to start hero work in the first place. This isn't what a hero is. Cyrus is just being cruel now, no sign of the man you've come to think of as a brother as he smirks when the person lying on the ground groans in pain. You should do something. Even if they're a villain, they don't deserve this.

But you can't. Body paralyzed with fear as you stare wide-eyed at the scene playing out before you helplessly. You feel almost numb, static ringing in your ears, the sound of bones crunching still evident until it suddenly silences.

You don't even notice when Cyrus moves, not until he's right in front of you. There's only warmth in his gaze as he smiles at you and only horror in yours. "Aw, I'm sorry, kiddo.." The hero pulls you into his arms, blood from his hands smearing onto your costume. "That must have been scary, huh? Don't worry, they can't hurt you anymore.."

Like he wasn't the one you're scared of?!

Cyrus hums, pulling away only to cup your face with utmost care. "I know, I know, you're a big kid that could've handled it.." He rolls his eyes fondly, paying no mind to your lack of response. "What do you expect me to do? I'm your big brother even when we're in uniform.."

You blink dumbly, unable to utter a word, the shock of everything becoming a crushing weight on your chest. "Let me see the owie, ok?" Cyrus murmurs, guiding you to sit before kneeling in front of you. The injury is barely anything, a cut along your thigh that at most needs to be bandaged-

"Ow.." He hisses with a wince, "that'll need stitches, kiddo.."

What? "I can do them, so you don't have to go to the hospital. I'll bring you home a treat after for being brave!" Cyrus ruffles your hair, dismissing your stuttered protests with a laugh. "Hey, I've been doing this for how long? I've been hurt way more than you, kid. Do you think I can't tell when something is serious or not?"

He.. he does know more than you. He's seen so much more combat, come back home with hundreds of injuries. Cyrus would know. You're lifted into his arms when you don't say anything more, the hero taking flight with you cradled to his chest.

The medicine he offers you once you're set down on your bed is foreign. It doesn't look like ibuprofen or Tylenol, there's not even an identifying mark, they're just blank. "It'll be easier if you're asleep." Cyrus hums, already holding a glass of water to wash the pills down. "You've seen me get stitches just fine, but I've built up a pain tolerance for years. You won't want to be awake, sweetheart."

They taste sickly sweet, the water doing nothing to help wash out the taste. "Good kid.." Cyrus presses a light kiss to your forehead, "You know I love you, right?" The dots lining your vision take over before you can even manage to respond. Cyrus doesn't mind, slipping the power suppressor over your wrist with a content hum.

(a/n: Thank you for being so kind, Anon!! And yes, you can have that tag! I hope this was ok ^^)

[aeroplaneblues]

Happy Halloween!!🎃 👻

This is an idea I had from a poll I did on twitter about which costume cyno would wear, obviously there is more to this comic however shit happens and I haven’t finished it, hope y’all don’t mind halloween comic after halloween!

So the AU is Lisa is a student at the akademiya (about 17) and Cyno is her little brother (about 10) both were adopted by Cyrus. I wanted to explore the “protective big sister” side of Lisa which we kinda saw in the last Windblume, its a cute side from her fanon ara ara side.

[evecolourshock]

I love this, but also consider : Big Brother Cyrus.

Don't get me wrong, Cyrus is still absolutely nuts. Can and will murder everyone. But-

But damnit, Beck's his technical-successor and Cyrus... Cyrus likes the beta, in his own way. Likes pitting himself against Beck in high-stakes battles of wits and chaos. Because Beck's sassy, smart, gives Cyrus a good run for his money in tactical decisions and double-crossing and bluffing, yet far too kind and trusting for his own good...

And seeing Beck stripped of all of that, reduced down to less than a number in a disposable mass because he wasn't even considered important enough to add a new personality to and became just another batch-produced soldier? Cyrus is about to absolutely lose it. Nobody does that to his favourite nemesis.

He absconds with this shell Beck's become, no few explosions trailing in his wake, and when he's got Beck contained to his standards promptly goes through every breakdown and crisis there is at once. Cyrus now has to be (shudder) the responsible one.

He starts by trying to get Beck's memories back. And to do that, he has to find out how that kind of rectification works. Beck's just sort of. Standing there in quarantine when he's not either taking rests on a disturbingly routine schedule or having energy. So Beck's going nowhere and Cyrus can go do that.

He's horrified by what he finds. It takes a lot to elicit a reaction that isn't some variant of glee (no matter how twisted) out of Cyrus, but this one manages it. The Occupation just. Ripped Beck out of his frame, dropped some basic commands in the hole, and called it a cycle.

It's a race against time before Beck's code is wiped from the storage banks and all that's left is the soldier, but Cyrus on a mission is damn near unstoppable. Rinzler certainly doesn't manage it (a problem for later, Cyrus' entire thought process is Beck Beck Beck and bombs but he does manage to snag Tron's missing data on the way out too - totally so he can hold the rescue over his former mentor's head and not because Beck would be disappointed in him if he didn't).

Now he just has to give Beck back his code. He messes around with and manipulates code all the time, he's got this, easy peasy...

He does not got this. Program code is not Grid code, and the damn thing keeps coiling around his fingers like-

Like a frightened beta hiding from everything scary behind a trusted friend.

Cyrus is not holding any of this over Beck's head, when he gets Beck back. He has no idea why Beck trusts him, knows in any other situation Beck wouldn't and for good reason, but... damnit. Cyrus is soft for exactly one (1) beta now.

There is still very much the murder attempts, even after Cyrus succeeds in getting Beck back. He just. Doesn't target Beck. Nonlethal things and ambushes and so much teasing (as much as Cyrus can tease - most of it barely skirts not being taunts) for his favourite nemesis.

But anyone dares threaten Beck and isn't him? Cyrus is always less than a call away because nobody touches his little brother and gets away with it.

Anyone who’s ever thought of Repurposed Beck stuff, I want you all to take Cyrus into account. Because let’s say he lives long enough to see a repurposed Beck. He knows practically everything about Beck. He’s the only one. And what does he do with that info when he sees a repurposed Beck, who doesn’t know who he is anymore? Does he keep it to himself, try to befriend Beck to show him just how similar they are, now that Beck is programmed to kill? Does he string him along with the knowledge he has on him? Does he do a rare kind thing and try to help him get his memories back because “if I’m gonna kill him, he better know it’s me”?

[simonisferal]

not you again “ scaramouche x male reader “

episode ten: this is NOT the USA miley cyrus was partying in 📖

warnings: vulgar language, mentions and consumption of weed and alcohol, mentions of suicide and self loathing, one sex joke, y/n is kind of a bitch

notes: i listened to the demons 😐 sorry skibidi rizzlers. i didnt have a sigma day

500 words

You groan. ‘That asshole.’ You turn off your phone and put it back in your pocket.

You shouldn’t have even considered picking it up. All he does is brag nowadays. You can't seem to maintain a proper conversation with him without the guy spewing out some bullshit. You'd say it was just like him if you didn't know him before.

You shouldn't think of him anymore, especially since you won't see him again but you still had a lingering feeling of guilt.

Your trance was put to a stop as a familiar voice called out to you.

“Y/N!” It was Tartaglia. He wore a weird combination of a Hawaian shirt and jean shorts that barely covered his knees. “Hey, I haven’t seen you in a while.” You would’ve burst out laughing if you weren’t so confused.

”Childe? What are you doing here? I thought you were back in Liyue.”

The ginger shrugs before Diluc and Kaeya both come out of a very expensive looking house. The walls were painted a cream color and it looked like the place had three stories. The root was carefully bricked and the bushes surrounding the land were beautifully trimmed and watered.

The sudden realization that you were possibly the only penniless person there (besides Venti) came you to. ‘What the fuck.’

Kaeya spoke up, “He got kicked out of summer school for fighting a guy named Xiao. My sweet brother, Diluc, was so charitable and is letting him stay here until summer is over.” He had a small grin on his face as Diluc let out a groan and crossed his arms, displaying fake annoyance.

”Seeing how Kaeya is so adamant on Ajax, I figured I could do him a favor… Though I’d rather not hear anything suspicious in the manor’s bedroo—”

”Woah!” Tartaglia interrupted him, waving his hands around and becoming a little louder as if to drown him out. “Diluc! Some things are better left not said, ‘kay?” He had a sheepish smile on his face.

Diluc scoffed. “It’s my house.”

Kaeya interrupted, “It’s also mine.”

”You don’t pay rent.”

”And you don’t do your bed.”

”You—“

 “We should go inside! Y/N hasn’t seen the Dawn Winery yet, right?” Childe, as if begging you to go along, wrapped his arm around your shoulder. You stiffen a bit, he’s gotten slightly taller from what you recall, but agree.

”Yeah. I’d like to see it.” You weren’t too sure if you should be talking formally or not, seeing how fancy the house—or ‘manor’ was.

Kaeya and Diluc shared a look but, nonetheless, invited you in. They began to walk with you following them but Ajax stopped you.

He looked both ways before handing you a small bag. “Here. Take this.” It wasn’t anything big, just a chocolate brownie. “Uhh, thanks?” You took it a little too fast for his liking.

He looked at you with a raised eyebrow. You could see the gears turn in his head. “Oh! Y/N, dude, it's an edible.” Tartaglia explained.

Oh. You ignore the fact you forgot what such a thing was. You open the bag cautiously, scared it might alert the FEDs or something. “Why would I need one?”

”Did you look in the mirror when you left? You’re a mess.” He looked concerned and your heart sank a bit.

”Don’t worry about the weed though, it’s only like six milligrams, I think.”

You took a bit out of it. It didn’t taste bad. ”You think?”

”Yeah… I’m not a knower.”

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[apt502-if]

— G. CYRUS' NOVELS

While writing, I thought it would be fun to make the novels from the story. This is how I imagine G's book covers to look like! It'll be nice to be able to see what they look like when they start getting mentioned in the story :>

And if you're wondering what kind of stories G writes ->

GUTS OF THE DIVINE

A CAREER ISN'T MADE WITHOUT SPILLING SOME BLOOD. Piper Carson is a journalist on the brink of a life-changing story. When she agrees to interview a self-proclaimed prophet at his remote cult, she gets much more than she bargained for when she finds out the members are cannibals who claim to know the date of the rapture. "A sleeper hit and a debut that not only churns stomachs but solidifies G. Cyrus as a standout voice of our generation." — Variety

AMERICAN CHERRY

ONE SCANDAL. ONE GIRL. After a life of hiding in the shadows, Cherry No Name is ready to make her debut this season at the ball. She's been overlooked too long. Invisible. Unremarkable. Cherry is determined to change her life around. Too bad her chance is cut off when she's found dead in the middle of the ball. Not only that but someone locked the doors to the estate and gave them one order: CONFESS BY MIDNIGHT OR DIE. Cherry knew too much. And in a room full of wealthy elites with secrets that could ruin everything they worked for, sometimes death is the only answer. "Not at all what you first expect from this witty satire. G manages to infuse humor in the darkest of situations. AMERICAN CHERRY is the novel of the year!" — Lauren Amber, author of SAINTS AND SINS.

CLEOPATRA AND THE SAINTS

Jackson Cruz simply wants to finish his senior year in peace. With an absent mother and a dead father, Jackson has no one but his own brother and a laundry list of problems he hardly has time to think about. That is, until he meets Cleopatra on a ledge of a building. Cleopatra opens him up to the world of illegal street racing and suddenly Jackson finds purpose. Even more when he meets The Saints—a racing crew determined to make it to the big leagues. Jackson's obsession with the Saints brings more trouble than it's worth, and he soon finds that he's willing to go great lengths to not let them slip away. Even if it means destroying himself in the process. "When G first announced the book, there was an appropriate bit of hesitation. The public wondered whether this slight genre shift would work out. Of course, those worries were baseless. With their signature gore and gallows humor that paints their narrative voice, CLEOPATRA AND THE SAINTS is G at their best." — Rudy Calloway, literary critic.

[leggerefiore]

Your choice of the characters, but how would different Pokeguys act while taking their SOs to a haunted house? Which guys would play the protective roles, and which ones would hide behind their partner?

cw: fluff, being scared

characters: Ingo, Emmet, Grimsley, Cyrus, Lear

▲Ingo▼

● He is not one to necessarily visit many of these. While autumn is his favourite season, and he adores his beloved ghost-type, thrill seeking was not exactly his most pursued hobby. Yet, he did still often visit them with either his brother or Elesa or both. You wanting to go to one would make no big impact, and he was more than happy to indulge your whims. He was a loving boyfriend, after all. That is why he went to some popular haunted attraction that set itself up in the Nimbasa amusement park this time of year. He was not the type to be easily startled. Certainly, there could be nothing more frightening than some of the things that he had witnessed on his trains. It had mostly been proven to be true, too. Darkness was not something he was unused to, and he was more so focused on guiding you than the small sights around him.

● This was all until, suddenly, an actor jumped out in front of you both. You were startled by the unexpected action, but Ingo was even more so. A loud, deep scream reverberated off the walls of the attraction. The poor actor jumped back in surprise himself, blinking a few times and breaking character to mumble under his breath a, “what the hell.” You found yourself laughing as Ingo attempted to regain himself and “protect” you. The actor simply moved out of the way while shaking his head. Ingo continued to walk you both through the halls. A hint of pink dusted across his cheeks at his strong reaction. Afterwards, you had to reassure him that it was okay. He felt completely embarrassed that he had acted in such a way. Emmet least also got a good laugh at the story. Ingo's full volume scream was truly the scariest part of the night.

▽Emmet△

○ He absolutely loved haunted houses. There was something simply so fun about the adrenaline rush one got from visiting such attractions. Something about managing to get through them mostly unfazed was a sense of pride for him. Elesa often also joined him, mostly because she loved checking out whatever trendy events would pop up in Nimbasa during the season. When you said that you had wanted to go to one, he already had one in mind and eagerly brought you out to it. There was something adorable to him at the thought of you getting startled and clinging to him. He was extremely difficult to startle, having had his senses hardened by the trains. Especially late night ones. So, he expected little would get to him during this one, too. He happily observed your reactions to everything, letting you cling to him as needed.

○ Of course, when an actor suddenly jumped out to startle you both, he barely reacted. A quiet “ah” left him as he felt you hide behind him. The poor actor seemed to jump back after getting a look at Emmet. His ever-present grin was still on his face while his brows scrunched together. They took a step back. The younger twin only tilted his head. Shrugging it off, he just grasped your hand and walked with you through the rest of the attraction. A few other actors seemed more startled by the presence of Emmet. It made the event turn less scary and more into something comedic. One train man proved more terrifying than anything else presented. Commenting on this afterwards made him tilt his head and wonder. He felt mostly proud that he had “protected” you, though. He was a verrrry good boyfriend.

♠️Grimsley❤️

♤ Usually, he would pop into a few when the season came up. Mostly popular, trendy ones that he had heard about through the grapevine of his contacts. If there was one thing that Grimsley simply always found himself able to enjoy, it was any kind of thrill. While he much preferred the ones presented by a high-risk poker game or pokemon battle, he would sometimes make due with whatever he could get. So, when you asked to go to one, he simply shrugged and relented. Actually, a certain friend of a friend had pointed him to a popular one in Nimbasa, which he had been meaning to visit. What better time than with you? You both ended up at a late night tour together, walking side by side.

♡ The haunt was pretty good by all standards, playing with a certain theme of a haunted castle. It was a fascinating take on the aesthetic, at least. Grimsley admittedly was not at all startled by anything. Until, well, a certain bug themed actor popped out. The scream that left him as he rushed behind you was utterly a sight to behold. It was far too rare that the gambler's trained reaction was broken, yet here it was entirely shattered by the sight of a Beedrill person with bloody stingers. You burst into laughter while Grimsley looked completely offended. He proceeded to walk off from you, leaving you behind. When you finally found him again, another person had mistaken him for part of the attraction and asked if he was supposed to be Dracula. You had to walk him out before he started playing along.

🌌Cyrus🛰

☄️ Absolutely not a fan. He views them solely as a time-wasting activity for literal children. He is an adult. An adult who does not like to spend money on things he views as unneeded. Granted, he often heard his underlings chatting about their visits to some popular one. Even Mars was chatting about how it was totally scary. He had mostly tuned it out until you suggested wanting to visit it. He blinked. Why? But at the same time, he struggled to tell you no. It seemed that he would be visiting this supposed terrifying attraction, even if he viewed it as openly uninteresting. It was situated in a certain forest near Eterna. A certain old, abandoned manor had been redone for the event.

☄️ You both walked together, observing the state of the mansion. Cyrus found the amount of dust more unsettling than the costumed actors and a few ghost types. Every attempt to startle him led to a deadpan expression from him. The actors, in fact, seemed more terrified of him than anything else. It was not until you both ended up in a certain room with an old analogue television that you had felt started. It suddenly switched on, illuminating the darkness of the room. Then, a loud sound rang out. You clung to Cyrus and hid behind him as he stood in front of you with an arm blocking anything from getting to you. His gaze was trained on the television. Before anything else happened, he called out a “Rotom.” A familiar pokemon cry echoed out as a mischievous plasma ghost flew out from it. You later had many questions about how he immediately knew it was a Rotom rather than anything else.

👑Lear💎

🪙 For Pasio's growth and prosperity, he would host many things on it. A few of those things happened to be horror attractions. He, himself, had not really been to any, as he rarely had the time to waste on such placid things. Yet, he did find himself intrigued about what he heard. It brought in good revenue and attention… Though, he managed to fight off any interest until you mentioned wanting to visit it. Apparently, many of the other trainers on the island had spoken to you about their time at it. Lear would only then finally admit his interest, too, having missed this supposed event in his childhood. So, the two of you entered it together.

🪙 It was quite unsettling, admittedly. The stories of how scary it was being proven true quite quickly. Yet, Lear managed to keep his cool, desperate to prove himself as a worthy king in any situation. Though, you did notice how tightly he grasped your hand and how you were unable to stroll too far from his side. His brave front was desperate to be upheld as he felt grateful his shades were still on. This, however, only lasted until an actor jumped out in front of you, making a loud grunting noise in their costume of a ghost woman. Lear screamed and pulled you away from the actor, quickly dragging you through the rest of the attraction at top speeds. In the end, he sat trying to regain his breath while you tried not to laugh at his strong reaction. You were ordered to speak of this to no one. (You told a few people.)

[godisshook]

Pledge Week

Frat parties weren't usually your scene, but after a brother had invited you, and your friends encouraged you, you eventually decided to go. The party was standard at first, and you played beer pong for what seemed like an eternity, just to pass the time. You would make it down to the dance floor, where it seemed everyone congregated as the DJ was playing Miley Cyrus. As you were dancing alone on the floor, you notice from the corner of your eye, a group of frat bros looking and pointing at you. Once you met their gaze, they started to approach you. Even though the party didn't have a theme, it was pledge week, and you identified the three new ones by the nicknames on their chests.

The pledges had walked up to you, "Are you supposed to be here?" You nodded and said you had been invited, to which they asked which brother invited you. Never having got his name, you scrambled to look for him, but he was nowhere to be found. You replied, "I don't know where he is, but I wouldn't be here if I wasn't invited."

They didn't seem to like your answer. One of the pledges said, "You expect us to believe you when you can't even find the guy who invited you?" You got nervous as it seemed they were angry at you. You noticed the drinks in their hands, and not wanting something bad to happen, you blurted, "Feel free to kick me out, I just don't wanna cause any problems." They all looked at each other, and one replied, "Follow us." They led you upstairs, past the game room, and into another set of stairs. You realized they were taking you to one of the rooms upstairs. As they led you into a side room, one of the brothers locked the door behind him. You asked, "If you guys wanted me out, why am I in a random bedroom?" one of the pledges responds, "We gotta investigate you, it's standard," Suddenly, one of them started kissing you. You were confused, but went along with it, hoping you would just be able to go.

They had different plans for you. The "investigation" soon resulted in each of them pulling down their pants, cocks throbbing as they looked down on you. As you gazed up at them, you understood what they wanted from you, and so you pulled down their underwear and began sucking.

Never in your life had you seen dicks as big as theirs, and you wondered how much longer you could go. "FUckKKkk" one of the pledges would grunt, as he grabbed your head, and began face-fucking you. He thrust his cock into you, causing you to choke on it as it hit the back of your throat. As he was fucking your throat, the pledges as a whole started hollering, clearly happy with themselves that they have you in this position. The first would try to comfort you by giving you "breaks" which in all actuality was him pulling you from his cock to his lips, catching you breathless as he kissed you, and then placing your lips right back on his dick to resume.

"You suck it like a champ," he said, chuckling. The other two started smacking your ass and put their massive cocks in their hands and began jerking off. They looked at you hungrily, as the second put two fingers in you, and started pressing into you. "His ass can barely handle two fingers!" He exclaimed. He continued inside of you but started to grow impatient as the first was still using your face as his personal fleshtoy.

"Lemme have my fun with him," the second one said. The first replied, "He has two holes for a reason, right?" The second got the hint and got on the other side of you. A mix of horror and desire pulsed through you as you imagined getting fucked on both sides. As you tilted your head to look, the first would take both hands around your head and start thrusting again, pulling your attention away. He said smugly, "Focus on me, he's nothing." The second one replied, "Oh, is that right?" As if you were the target of his anger, he began pounding into you, his cock stretching you out. You could only let out stifled moans as the first still had his cock in your throat. It was a feeling unlike any other, but you only found yourself wanting more of it.

They were admiring themselves and what seemed to be their great work, as you felt the pressure build inside you from their joint effort. You started to push against the second one's cock, moving your ass back and forth. "Now he's getting it!" He said, grabbing your ass to aid you. The combined pleasure was too much for you, and you came on the bed. "I guess we're just that good," the second said to the first. He replied, "We can definitely say we're learning about teamwork." They laughed and continued on, sending waves of pleasure through you as they kept going.

Y’all are fucking hogging him, the third pledge said, who had still been jacking off as the other two were hitting you on both sides. You couldn't even process what was going on, as the first brother pushed your head against his hairy crotch, as he started to cum. He kept thrusting as cum filled your mouth, and you swallowed. "Kinky," the third pledge said, now taking the place that was left by the first. He started right back up, pushing your throat against his hard cock. The first was jacking off his still-hard cock and had come again on your back. In between thrusts, the second said, "This is the best pledge week gift I could've asked for!" He had been pounding into you until you were numb, but as hot cum filled you, you began to connect the dots. Just as that happened, the third pledge tilted his head back, overcome with pleasure. Before you knew it, cum had once again filled your mouth. The three had ravaged you and got off the bed to admire their work. "I bet $20 he'll never forget how my cock was inside him," the second pledge said. The third exclaimed, "He still has my cum in his mouth!" The first pledge shook his head and then said, "Either way, he's gonna keep coming back, isn't that right, cumdump?" You were still recovering from them, but you nodded. "Good, good," they all agreed.

After that, you were a permanent guest at their frat, and whenever they told you to go upstairs, you knew exactly what was in store. You had become the pledge's personal cumdump, but at least you would have an unforgettable time.

[erabu-san]

tighnari saying cyno and sethos are like brothers at the end of this quest... cyno really is collecting siblings like pokemon. good for him!!

Yeeeessss!!

In my HC, Cyno put a lot of attention in family.

Firstly because Cyrus was his only one family when he was a kid with amnesia, but also he grown up with Lisa as colleague under the same professor, but both of them consider Cyrus as a parental figure : without saying anything, a link it made of brother/sister. Cyno never knows his family by blood, and I think he was curious once. But he is satisfy with his current family ! And for him, family doesn't need to blood related. And if I remember well, Cyno said (during Windblum event, EVENT EXTREMELY IMPORTANT FOR ME 😭🫶) something like it is pretty current people in Akademiya becomes a family for study. It was his case ! Cyrus becomes his dad figure, Lisa, her senior, is like a big sister (I wouldn't never forget when she calls him little brother/baby brother) (AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY LISA !!! <3). And when in windblum Cyno came visited Lisa, during their conversation, Cyno is the one mentionning the family bond she has with Cyrus "you are also part of the family, Lisa. It is normal for a daughter to talk like his father" (*CRYING*)! It sounds a tiny detail but I feel like this is so important for him.

Then came Tighnari, aka the first friend he had ever ! (I am a bit lost in chronology tho. In Tighnari's backsto, we learn they met when Cyno was already the general mahamatra while Tighnari was a student new-ly popular. But in Cyno's quest, we learn that they were student when they met ?? So Cyno was student and General ? 🤔 welp, I am still unsure but now I include it in my HC/brainrot kskdkd). And also Collei ! Collei is a bit more complicated, in term that she wasn't comfortable around him for a long time being. But even when she wasn't comfortable around him at first, she still gave him a bookmark handmade during windblum and saying he is like a family for him (I AM ON THE FLOOR). Tighnari and Cyno both consider Collei like a little sister, and bahaha when they "fight" about "who is the older one" and tighnari don't want to admit this loser being the older oh gosh i love theeeeeeem (I will never recover from "oh yeah but you're younger in your head, Collei could be your big sis !" "I wouldn't never say I am the youngest !!! Except if it is for an opportunity for winning TCG by shocking my opponent.." cyno you are so real). But during this windblum event again, Cyno said something like "you know Collei, tighnari said we are not an akademiya family, and he doesn't want to work on a post together" and this is SUPER IMPORTANT because for Cyno, as you can see earlier, only had family by study (Cyrus, Lisa). He worked, studied and published with his father and Lisa. And also, he did homework with Tighnari that he considers like a brother in soul. But the fact he was "refused" to do work with Collei and him, kind of make him feel to tell Collei "yeah we r family but, tighnari... ):"

As Tighnari answered "You know, we can consider ourself as a normal family" AND THAT'S SOSO IMPORTANT. In my HC, Tighnari is the one in group having a "good family" (not in sumeru cast, I believe it is Nilou who has the healthiest family). He knows what a family is supposed to, he grew up with parents who teach him a lot of thing and he explored with them. Anyway Tighnari is a healthy kid, he knows that they don't need to work on a project together to be a family. Oh and that's also why I HC him Aromantic, AroAce persons value platonic and familyship a lot more than romantic, so he doesn't know mind that Collei and Cyno who are not blood related to him are like a true family for him !

(Before continue, I want to talk his bond with Collei ; I believe he can relates on how Collei suffered from the seal, because Cyno who might forget his past, he remembers the pain. That's how in Tighnari's voiceline, Cyno often check how Collei is going w/o her noticing. Even when Collei was aware of Cyno and under Tighnari care, he was ready to help her. And in the first story quest, Tighnari said that she still awares of him. I wonder how often they talk abt Collei !! I am sure Cyno shares to Tighnari how much he woud like to get along with her, and that's how Tighnari gives him opportunity like this one official art when in description Tighnari said "I asked Collei to bring Cyno")

And so, that's how in Cyno's quest we were able to see all his closest friends. Tighnari Collei Kaveh Alhaitham Candace Dehya Faruzan (and Traveler). Everyone was worried for him, was wishing to help him, and was here for him. And Cyno also noticed he is less alone (GOOD FOR HIM). And now, there is Sethos, a man coming from nowhere in this life, but an important man ; they didn't spend life together but they can feel a deep connection bcuz of both of their backstory. Sethos might be the closest to understand all his doubt a long time ago (and Cyno IS the closest person for Sethos to relate). And IN CYNO'S VOICELINE ABOUT SETHOS "Aren't we his best friends of whole Sumeru city ?! ���" Cyno pulled the power of friendship and adopt him in his big family circle.

ANYWAY WOW IT IS ONLY 8AM AND I AM HERE ALREADY YAPPING ABOUT CYNO BAHAHAHA

But genshin impact is for me more family impact that anything 😭 🫶 (and that's also why I am stuck with sumeru while FONTAINE AND THE HOUSE OF HEARTH ARE JUST RIGHT HERE ?!?!) after all, we are playing a traveler who is searching their twin !

Thank you for reading my talk, anon

[scrumblewonk]

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TUMBLR FAMILY . . .

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@genderfluidsgetguns : my uncle lee !!!

@kawaiibarty : my dad, james (i call him arrecho tho :3) !!! (also ethan said he wasn’t my dad too so i can’t tag him 😔)

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[quipxotic]

Cyrus (Having gotten himself framed, again, and captured, nearly dragging his brother, his brother's friends, and their patron into a new mess): I'm real bad at this, I'm so sorry. I just gotta...turn myself in. Dorian (Horrified): What? Ashton: *snorting laugh* Dorian (Dismayed): No. Ashton...Ashton, tell him no. Ashton (Big eyes, leaning forward, and with a sarcastic tone of voice): Noooo. No, you'll be dead in a week. No.

The Bell's Hells' Genasi are united in their lack of patience for this himbo dumbfuckery.

[dionysianivy]

Songs that reminds me of Dionysus ⊹ ࣪ ˖

Hello everyone🍇 This is my playlist of songs that remind me of the time I started working with Dionysus, or the songs that make me feel most connected to him. Maybe some songs don't have any Dionysian vibes, but they are important to me because they make me feel free, wild, and confident. They allow me to show my true colors and not be afraid to reveal who I really am, which is really important for my soul and for my Sag moon! >ᴗ< hope you like it♡

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1. My Blood - Twenty One Pilots | 3:49

2. This Charming Man - The Smiths | 2:42

3. Touch of My Hand - Britney Spears | 4:19

4. Electric Feel - MGMT | 3:49

5. Tarzan Boy - Baltimora | 3:50

6.  (Von Dutch Remix) - Charli XCX, Addison Rae, a.g. cook | 2:37

7. Phonography - Britney Spears | 3:33

8. Kill the Lights - Britney Spears | 3:59

9. Big in Japan - Alphaville | 4:45

10. Follow Me Down - 3OH!3 | 3:23

11. Affection - Between Friends | 3:55

12. Sadeness - Enigma | 4:15

13. My Prerogative - Britney Spears | 3:33

14. Karma Chameleon - Culture Club | 4:12

15. New Flesh - Current Joys | 2:47

16. Get Naked (I Got a Plan) - Britney Spears | 4:44

17. All I Need - The Frights | 2:54

18. Hotter than Hell - Dua Lipa | 3:07

19. Can’t Wait - Doja Cat | 3:55

20. Evil - Melanie Martinez | 4:06

21. Everybody Wants to Rule the World - Tears for Fears | 4:11

22. Follow Your Fire - Kodaline | 3:58

23. Hands Up - 6arelyhuman 2:14

24. Overcompensate - Twenty One Pilots | 4:16

25. Fairly Local - Twenty One Pilots | 3:27

26. Breathe on Me - Britney Spears | 3:43

27. Don’t Let Me Go - RAIGN | 3:51

28. Sexual Healing - Marvin Gaye, kygo remix | 6:08

29. Little Dark Age - MGMT | 4:59

30. Metamorphosis - INTERWORLD | 2:23

31. If I Had You - Adam Lambert | 3:48

32. Break the Ice - Britney Spears | 3:16

33. Just Dance - Lady Gaga | 4:02

34. Drunk Together - Jai Waetford ft. Allday | 4:25

35. Wonderland - Natalia Kills | 3:32

36. Gimme What I Want - Miley Cyrus | 2:34

37. Night Crawling - Miley Cyrus feat. Billy Idol | 3:11

38. The Greatest - Sia | 3:33

39. National Anthem - Lana Del Rey | 3:51

40. Miami 82 (Kygo Remix) - Syn Cole | 5:42

41. Alejandro - Lady Gaga | 4:34

42. Poker Face - Lady Gaga | 3:57

43. The Business - Tiësto | 2:50

44. Brutus (Instrumental) - The Buttress | 3:13

45. I’m a Slave 4 U - Britney Spears | 3:23

46. Champagne Problems - Nick Jonas| 3:13

47. Ecstasy - SUICIDAL-IDOL | 2:00

48. Blackout Days - Phantogram | 3:47

49. Hungry Eyes - Eric Carmen | 4:10

50. What’s Love Got to Do with It - Tina Turner | 3:48

51. Touch of My Hand - Britney Spears | 4:19

52. One of Your Girls - Troye Sivan | 2:59

53. Get Back - Britney Spears | 3:46

54. In the Arms of a Stranger - Mike Posner | 3:28

55. Piece of Me - Britney Spears | 3:32

56. The Answer - Britney Spears | 3:55

57. Acknowledge Me - Doja Cat | 3:15

58. Brother Louie - Modern Talking | 3:41

59. Cheri Cheri Lady - Modern Talking | 3:45

60. At the Risk of Feeling Dumb - Between Friends | 3:25

61. Where Is My Mind? - Pixies | 3:53

62. Wildcard - Miley Cyrus | 3:14

63. Thousand Miles - Miley Cyrus | 3:51

64. Often - Doja Cat | 3:20

65. She's Like the Wind - Patrick Swayze | 3:52

66. Heavydirtysoul - Twenty One Pilots | 4:12