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[twisting-roads]

Iterator Spec Bio (Part 1)

I'm probably going to upload each one in it's own post, but here's an introduction to what this is going to be.

See, I've been trying to explain how iterators synthesize nutrients for a while, and have FINALLY started properly developing it. All this stuff from now on is just words I've copied from my existing master document of the subject at hand.

FOREWARNING

The definition of organ that I will use for iterator is a region or room within the structure of the iterator designated to a specific purpose. The Memory Conflux is an organ. This does not define the systems that connect them, however, such as the areas between RTA, MC, and GSB within Five Pebbles. I will also use node, organ, and colony interchangeably. Many organs are hidden away in other areas or even within the walls. These are the more “dangerous” ones. Rather, the environments within these organs are so extreme that no standard living creature could survive in them, or that being closed off is integral to their functioning.

Primary Chemosynthetic Node (PCN)

The Primary Chemosynthetic Node is the most integral part of iterator metabolism, and acts as the starting point. Hence the name “Primary” PCNs are sponge-like cubes which intake boiling fluid filled with noxious chemicals, such as many sulfur compounds. They are rather small. Within the lining of this manifold are many many colonies of small worms (referred to as “Tube Worms”) filtering the chemical-filled water. These worms work with symbiotic microbes in order to produce usable organic compounds, which flow into a central cavity to be used by other organs. This mimics conditions near hydrothermal vents, though it requires a constant source of heat powered by electricity in order to function. These nodes are often lined in rows, and may be very long. An iterator will contain multiple PCNs. There may be multiple tanks for intake and for outtake.

As demonstrated in the image, there are 3 distinct organisms within the colonial structure of the node. - The insulating membranous layer, which stores excess nutrients and helps regulate conditions. - A tough epidermal layer, with individuals containing a flagellum which controls waterflow through the manifold. - Tube Worms, which anchor to the epidermal layer.

Small, shelled organisms pick off dead Tube Worms. They’re extremophiles, and will die once taken out of the PCN for an extended amount of time. This is used to an advantage, as these organisms will travel to other organisms to decompose and reuse resources when near death, or when commanded to through chemical signals distributed in the node. However, I will be exploring this more on a different post elaborating more on the organisms specialized in decomposition and the disposal of dead or dying matter.

[sevenofninehouseofmusiker]

First Contact canon says that Borg cubes are hot (39.1C and 92% humidity) but I don’t think that makes sense. I’ve always headcanoned Borg drones and xBs as cold, with little/no blood flow (but maybe some other fluid). The cold (like cryogenesis) preserves the remaining organic matter in a drone, and would keep the technological components functioning (like server rooms — all the money goes to venting heat and humidity). So in my mind Borg cubes and such would actually be incredibly cold.

EXCEPT FOR when they’re diseased/infected.

Okay now I’m going to tinfoil hat for a second here: what if we only *think* Borg cubes are always that hot, because the only times people have been able to measure it (aka people have been on a Borg cube) the observer effect skewed their perception. They assume it’s always that hot, but actually that was the cube’s inflammatory response to weaken and subdue foreign bodies (aka the Starfleet crew members who’ve been on cubes)

The goal is to burn out the infection before they burn their own cells (drones) out. It’s a very risky approach to killing off infections and surviving illness, but it’s incredibly effective — which is why we do it.

So maybe the Borg learned and adapted it from us.

And the lil security drones whose whole job is just targeting and destroying intruders are T cells?!

And they remember all the species they’ve encountered previously, so they *adapt* their defenses accordingly when they run into repeats

So Borg ships are kind of alive, and kind of large organisms with immune systems made up of the drones that live on them, and the Queen had a very special sort of symbiotic relationship with the ship through which she can manipulate all the moving parts and cells. They’re like bees or something.

Like, she can manipulate the ship itself as well as all the moving parts. She interfaces and *connects* with it in a way no other drone or organism can.

It’s kinda symbiosis????

they’re bees! or something! and despite all their big talk about biological and technological superiority, they still depend very heavily on some very basic matter and organisms, and the sum can only be as perfect as its stolen parts.

So I have a headcanon:

Let’s pretend cubes are actually fucking freezing. Like server rooms (I mean that’s kind of what they are, after all)

And similarly, drones are cold to the touch, maybe even cold “blooded” ?

Like. The nanoprobes, plus whatever other fluid that information and energy travel through their bodies in would be cold, to preserve all of their implanted tech. And the cold would also preserve the organic matter after the severe trauma of assimilation, keep the inflammation down and suppress the drone’s organic body’s immune response in addition to the stabilizing lithium ions.

Seven grew up traveling through space with her parents, and then she “slept” in the cargo bay on her first “home” post severance, so she’s accustomed to the cold.

And a paraphrase of a song lyric got me here: “and I’ve been freezing since the day I walked away”

Because, ultimately, Seven did get to choose to walk away from the collective herself (tho not the first time she was briefly severed, of the first half a dozen times Janeway chose for her. And she eventually walked away from Janeway herself.)

And there’s something here about being part of a collective — two, even, counting voyager — and still not having felt that warmth of family, of shared space, of connection. Even her bio family was more concerned with pioneering science than keeping each other safe and their child tethered to a home, connected to some kind of community. They walked away from that when they left their colony, robbed Seven of it when they took their young daughter with them.

Anyway, Seven chose not returning to the collective. Seven chose not leaving voyager for think tank, not staying in the delta quadrant and instead returning with voyager to their home. Not hers.

And then she chose abandoning the idea of Starfleet instead of trying futilely to plead her case and having to prove herself to another body of people she didn’t belong with, wasn’t human — wasn’t *warm* enough, in interaction and constitution — enough for.

She chose herself over that collective, too.

Seven chose to walk away from Bjayzl — after she’d probably traumatized her beyond recognition, but still.

And she spends years as a ranger on her own, on ships that are falling apart, and she probably has to prioritise which systems to repair.

And she probably never bothers to fix environmental issues that affect the ships heating.

Maybe it gives her an advantage against enemies that board her.

Maybe it numbs her, emotionally but also all her aches and chronic pains and nerve damage.

Maybe it makes her stiff, rigid, unyielding, keeps her from bending to someone else’s will ever again. Maybe it keeps her distant, emotionally and physically. She’s always been cold to the touch anyway. People always startle when they touch her.

And No one touches her now, anyway.

Maybe it reminds her of her roots, of where she belongs, where she’s eventually going to end up (drifting in space, because burying an xB is asking for pollution and graverobbers). Maybe it reminds her who she is.

And people have always found her cold in the way she interacts, all objective reasoning and no immediate friendly warmth. Starfleet probably saw that as a shortcoming, a lack of diplomatic and relational ability.

She’s always defaulted to honesty and efficiency, doesn’t have time anymore for faux warmth and developing familiarity.

Where Raffi is all warmth. Immediate affection, bundles of soft blankets (all of which have stories, were gifts from people or were her friends when she had none), smoke and sweat and desert sun, hot hands and beaming smiles, emotions that just radiate off of her physical body, heat that lingers in places she’s spent any amount of time, traces of her everywhere she lays her hands and lends her ear and offers her shoulder.

Raffi knows how to lie and manipulate, to keep the lines open in case she needs something next time, who can keep a mark wrapped around her little finger or keep an all out war from breaking out with a little sweet talk and several favors from friends

Raffi knows how to get close, how not to burn a bridge. How to hold Seven’s stone cold heart in her hands and keep it intact despite her heat, protect it from the external elements, the freezing harsh vacuum of space, of all that space Seven holds between herself and everyone, everything else. Raffi is the one to gradually coax her into relaxing, even basking in warmth

if human intrusion on a cube warrants an immune system-esque response, then maybe Seven initially responds to Raffi that way too. Like, just inherently.

I’m talking body being unreasonably warm when Raffi’s around, maybe a little shaky, getting flushed and lethargic and feeling…off. (But not necessarily negatively!)

And Seven is afraid of being vulnerable, of sitting still and getting attached and falling ill. She can’t afford to let someone in.

So she quarantines from the probable source of her symptoms — except actually maybe she likes how Raffi makes her feel, and maybe she feels worse when Raffi’s not around.

[ase-trollplays]

Be the Long Lost Tyrian

(Abridged bio)

According to official empire records, your name is Amelia Yormun, and you went missing from the caverns thirty sweeps ago. You were thought to be dead until researchers at a marine biology and research lab discovered you living in the darkest depths of the ocean during routine exploration and decided to bring you back to civilization. During your time in captivity, they've been teaching you essential skills like speech and being able to walk. They also keep making a fuss about your ancestor, who is a general in the fleet who runs his own star system.

You don't know what any of that means or what it has to do with you. To say that you've been in a foul mood ever since your capture is a vast understatement. You hate it here. It's too bright. Your enclosure is too small. You can't hunt anything and have to settle for whatever live animals they dump into your tank for "enrichment," whatever that means. On top of all that, they routinely take you out of your tank to "educate" you about how the surface world works. Schoolfeeding is the worst, but at least you get treats when you do something properly.

You hope to eventually be released back into the ocean so you can find your sea dragon lusus and resume your normal life. However, from what you can understand, that won't be happening anytime soon, and they plan for you to live the rest of your life on the surface. Awful.

Because of your situation, you don't have any hobbies. You enjoyed hunting when you were free, but you can't really do that anymore. You're given puzzle toys sometimes, but you don't care for them and usually just chuck them at whoever gave them to you. Well, except one. You're fascinated by a fidget cube you stole from one of the researchers. After biting one of their fingers off when they tried to take it back, you were allowed to keep it.

As far as personality goes, you're pretty much always on edge and aggressive. Despite being at the facility for quite some time now, you don't trust anyone here and would kill all of them if you could. However, you grudgingly tolerate them since they feed you and haven't tried to kill you yet. When you're in less grumpy spirits, you're curious and sometimes... well, not exactly playful, but willing to entertain their company and cause antics.

You don't have a strife specibus or a trollian account, not that you know what either of those things are anyways. Because of your general hostility, they're hesitant to teach you how to use weapons or fight. "Ho~ever, you ~ouldn't mind learning your ~ay around a spear."

Important tags:

Amelia things

Amelia answers

Amelia muses

About Amelia

[irisbleufic]

Look, I know what nanoreefer means. I really do. And yet every single time I click on your blog and your bio greets my weary gaze I am assaulted by the mental image of a tiny blunt. A nano reefer, if you will. I don't even smoke weed

LMAO 🤣 Fair enough.

For those who don’t know: it means I’m a saltwater aquarium hobbyist focusing on a very small tank! A nano reef tank is generally around 20 gallons or under. I have a 15 gallon cube tank with two clownfish, a couple ring cowries, a trochus snail, and some soft corals.

[wackybuddiemewbs]

Buddie Moodboard - Anthrax Attack AU

Because sure, we haven't put those boys through enough suffering yet. And we overuse an overused trope in pop culture, sure. Have I stolen shamelessly from NCIS and Criminal Minds and all the others? You bet. But this overused trope gives me a lot of feelings, okay? And I'm a hoe for angst. Such a hoe-hoe-hoe.

It was supposed to be a regular call (aren't they all?). A concerned neighbor called 911 when smoke came out of one of the windows. And since no one is in the house, the firefighters will have to force their way inside, it seems.

Buck and Eddie head inside to find the culprit in the stepson's room. It actually was no fire but some malfunction in the cooling unit that spewed out vapor.

Eddie really wants to get out of the house ASAP, though. It feels more like Fort Knox, and with way too much tech to his liking. Sadly, his wishes aren't granted. Just as they finish up on fixing the cooling unit, a security alarm goes off and suddenly, the whole house shuts down with metal doors, red light, the whole damn package.

Thankfully, everyone else was already outside, which means it's just Eddie and Buck stuck in the boy's room. While the 118 and Athena work as best as they can to find a solution, the two firefighters try their best to keep themselves preoccupied.

Eddie is more than glad when Buck finds a Rubik's Cube to play with, since he doesn't really want to talk about him breaking up with his girlfriend while everyone else can listen in on them thanks to the tech guy from the police managing to hack the security cameras.

The surprise is big when Buck doesn't just solve the Rubik's Cube in a rather short amount of time, but when a small package drops out, containing a white powder. Buck assumes that it's some drugs to cope with the stepdad's obsession with observation.

Sadly, that theory doesn't add up. The tech guy gains access to a camera in the basement, revealing a fully equipped lab down there, and supposedly some bio hazards as well. And it's very possible that what Buck thought to be drugs are actually something more destructive.

The team is frantic to get their colleagues out of the room and to a hospital for treatment, but since the security system is self-designed by the owner of the house, no one really knows how to break in. At the very least, they gain access to the sprinklers, as they are connected to a tank used for decontamination. It's at least something.

Though Eddie is none too pleased with this. After all, there are some things left unsaid between him and Buck. And being naked and on camera is not at all helping the matter.

Athena manages to track down the owner who has been at a presentation for his security system. He turns over the codes immediately, perfectly unaware of what's going on in his basement. He insists that his stepson was the only one who spent time in there.

While Buck and Eddie are brought to hospital for diagnosis and treatment, Athena is determined to get to the bottom of this locked-room mystery turned on its head. Buck's earlier theory about the content of the Rubik's Cube actually contains a bit of bitter truth: The stepfather basically kept his stepson locked up in the house under constant surveillance.

What the stepfather did not foresee is that the stepson would outsmart him, going for the software rather than the hardware. He hacked the security cameras, using an endless loop of the basement. Like that, the stepfather thought all was normal, even though the basement transformed into a lab more and more. Research and equipment he got through the dark net, using the times when his father was gone to set it all up.

What remains a mystery is why that boy decided he wanted a lab for bio hazards instead of using the software to break free. After all, the boy is not at school as presumed. Athena resolves to find the boy no matter the costs.

Buck and Eddie, meanwhile, are confronted with some tough news: The boy got his hands on a variant of Anthrax, and such was hidden inside the Rubik's Cube, too. To make matters worse, Buck had big exposure as the package broke, not only inhaling the white powder but also getting some right in the blood stream from a cut on his hand he got while the two forced their way inside the house.

Though with the new variant, Eddie may not be safe, despite having received a vaccine during his time in the Army. Buck is frantic, fearing for Eddie's life, and for failing at his task to be there for Christopher, should something happen to the boy's father. And Eddie is frantic, too, fearing that he may end up losing Buck before he ever got to tell him something that's harder to figure out for Buck than is a Rubik's Cube...

[jackrrabbit]

practice makes perfect /// Mitsuri x f!Reader (18+)

Request: Hey! I read your Shinobu NSFW thing. I was wondering if you could write a Mitsuri NSFW thing but not as intense? Like Mitsuri and her female S/o are cuddling and things get a really steamy so they start kissing and fingering each other? Please and thank you!

A/N: REPOSTING because when I posted this a few hours ago it was glitching and not showing up in tags and stuff :( sorry to anyone who has already seen it!

I love Mitsuri and I get so few f/f reqs so ty for the request 💕 Y’all know idk how to write true vanilla so this is a little more spicy (Mitsuri and reader are not in an established relationship), but I made it soft just for you anon

Summary: When the most popular girl in school offers to help you practice kissing, it’s not like you’re going to say no.

Tags/warnings: inexperienced reader, femme preppy Mitsuri, she’s a little soft dom? like just a tiny bit, mild orgasm control, fluffy smut, crushes, modern high school AU, heteronormativity, reader thinks she’s straight lmao, all characters are adults

Okay, Mitsuri isn’t just the queen bee of your school. She’s also the prettiest girl you’ve ever met. It shouldn’t be possible for a person to be that beautiful, much less fair—what was god thinking when he gave her that pink and green hair that would look clownish on anyone but her? Those thick, dark eyelashes framing eyes you feel like you could drown in? Those long, perfect legs?

(Not that you stare at her legs or something. It’s just—your school uniform skirts are kind of short, and she always wears those striped thigh-highs, and she sits next to you in senior Biology and sometimes she stretches her legs out in the aisle between your desks and flexes them while she sighs during long lectures, and seriously, her legs are perfect.)

Mitsuri is the kind of girl who gets asked out by a different guy every other day. She has a fan club. Boys write Mr. _____ Kanroji in their notebooks, circle it with hearts, and fantasize about marrying her. She has more ex-boyfriends than you have Facebook friends. So you’re really sure why, somehow, you two have become…close?

If you have to, you can trace your friendship back to that Biology class. The teacher has a bad habit of cold-calling students for answers to questions, which makes him pretty unpopular. You’ve gotten used to it over the months, deciding that rebelling is a less productive method of dealing with it than just making sure to review the textbook chapters at least twice before every class, but apparently Mitsuri isn’t quite as familiar with the material.

When the teacher calls on her (a bit vindictively, you think, probably because she’s chewing pink bubblegum and drawing cherry blossoms in the composition book she’s supposed to be taking notes in) to ask her something about determining whether an organism’s life cycle exhibits zygotic, gametic, or sporic meiosis, she just gapes blankly back at him.

You feel sorry for her. It’s always painful to watch when someone can’t answer a question in class—you might be a fairly good student, but you still sympathize with how embarrassing it is to be put on the spot like that. The teacher refuses to move on, repeating her name and prodding her until her face is flushed bright pink and her lower lip is trembling. You’re not trying to pity her, but you can’t help it, and before you can think better of it you’re writing ‘compare diploid and haploid forms’ in the corner of your notebook and surreptitiously sliding it her way.

After the class, she pulls you aside in the hallway to thank you, eyes bright, telling you you’re so smart and kind and thoughtful and wondering how come she’s never talked to you before. “What a waste! We sat next to each other all semester, and I’m only getting to know you now.”

No wonder she’s popular. Her exuberance is infectious, like her good mood is seeping into your skin from her hand wrapped around yours. Mitsuri isn’t just pretty, she’s the kind of person who makes you feel good about herself just by being near her.

You’re about 100% sure that’s the last time the two of you will talk (unless she needs help with Bio homework and decides you’re the best candidate to get answers from). But it’s not. Mitsuri insists on treating you to boba after class—you try to deny her but she refuses to hear it and you can’t say no to her when she looks at you with those pretty jade-chip eyes. You get milk tea with black tapioca pearls swimming in caramelized fried sugar; her drink is jasmine rose fruit tea with tiny cubes of green apple floating at the top. “It looks like your hair,” you tell her, motioning toward the pink-and-green drink.

“Really?” Mitsuri’s cheeks turn red, which you notice is a frequent occurrence for her. “That’s why I got it. Isn’t it cute? I love how pretty all of the drinks are at this teahouse.”

The two of you split a little matcha cake. And then a vanilla taro cake. And then Mitsuri orders sweet potato fries and gyoza and fried chicken and shrimp tempura and wow, this girl can eat. “I kind of have a big appetite,” she tells you shyly some time around her fourth order of hanami dango. “Sorry, is it weird?”

“Not at all! It’s cute,” you blurt out, and then immediately cover your mouth. Cute? Where did that come from? That’s not the kind of thing you’re supposed to be saying to a girl you barely even know, or is it? Maybe you’re overthinking this. Mitsuri is so beautiful it’s hard to think straight around her.

You’re so busy staring down at your lap and blushing that you don’t notice she’s doing the same thing.

Mitsuri seems to take that teashop date hangout as permission to pursue a full-fledged friendship with you. Before you know it, she’s inviting herself over to your house after school, dragging you to cafés and picnics to study together on the weekends, and begging you to sit with her at lunch. Her other friends don’t seem thrilled at your being her favorite new playmate, but she doesn’t mind it so you try not to, either.

Like right now. It’s a weekend, and she’s decided that her house is going to be the setting for an overnight Bio study session slash sleepover in anticipation of the test you have coming up. You’re scouring the textbook for an answer at her desk while Mitsuri lies on her stomach on her bed with her feet kicked up behind her and crossed at the ankles. Graded quizzes are spread out in an arc around her on the cotton candy-colored duvet, and the sparkly gel pen she’s using to write flash cards is poking out of the corner of her mouth. With her fair skin barely covered by a tank top and shorts, loose hair flowing over her back, and dark brows furrowed in concentration, she looks like the centerfold of a teen magazine from the 90s.

I bet guys have wet dreams about her, you think. Then you shut down that line of thinking, shut it all the way down because you’re not supposed to be thinking these things about a female friend, no matter how pretty she is or how glossy her lips look even though she’s just wearing chapstick or how good she smells (like strawberries? honey? or whatever sweet she ate last, you’re not sure). But you can’t quite tamp down the feeling that you’ve stumbled on some unbelievable luck to get close to her.

You’re not the only one having trouble focusing on your studies. “I’m done with this!” Mitsuri exclaims, throwing down her pen so it makes a stray line on the quiz she was reviewing before it bounces off the bed. “I’m so tired of studying, aren’t you? If I learn another thing about cell division my brain is going to explode. Can’t we take a break?”

“Sure, if you want to get another 43%. Didn’t your dad say he’s going to stop paying your snack food fund if you fail one more exam?”

Her pink mouth drops open. “Hey! That’s not fair, I didn’t tell you that to use it against me. Be nice.”

But after a second, Mitsuri’s pout turns into a giggle. She hooks her foot around the stem of the office chair you’re sitting in and pulls it toward the bed along with you. “Come on! Let’s talk about love. Do you have a crush?”

You roll your eyes but relent, sliding off the chair and onto the big, fluffy bed next to Mitsuri. You can always get back to reviewing after you take a short break, right? She gathers up the quizzes and notecards and dumps them unceremoniously on the nightstand by her bed to make space for you, all too eager to stop thinking about Bio.

“I don’t have a crush,” you tell her.

“Really? There’s no one you think is cute? No one you want to get to know a little better?”

Well…if that’s what she means… You glance sideways at her. There’s definitely someone you think is cute who you want to get to know better. She doesn’t have to know it’s her—not that you have a crush on her; that would be ridiculous.

If she’s going to get that excited about your potential crush, how are you supposed to tell her you don’t have one? You’ll just have to pretend, for her sake. “I guess there’s someone. I wouldn’t call it love, but…”

Long black lashes flutter up at you as Mitsuri blinks. “Oh my gosh, who is it?”

“It’s a secret,” you say quickly.

“Aww, but I wanna know who you have a crush on!” She scooches closer to you and pokes you gently in the side. “Do I know him? Is he a senior? What does he look like? What do you like about him?”

“Um yeah, you know…him. He’s a senior but you’ll never—seriously never guess who it is, so don’t even try. He’s…really good-looking, I don’t know. He has nice hair…and, um, nice legs. And he…” you trail off, wondering what you can say about your secret ‘crush’ that won’t tip Mitsuri off that you’re talking about her.

“…I like him. He talks a lot but you can tell he cares about what you’re saying when he’s listening to you. He’s kind of dreamy and self-conscious about dumb things but it just makes me like him more.”

Was that too much? Mitsuri is looking into your eyes in pure rapture, holding onto every word you say. Are you being obvious? But—no way. She’s so loved by guys that she’d never even suspect that a girl could like her too.

Not that you like her. Not like that, at least.

After a moment when you feel your heart beating so deeply that you’re sure she can hear it too, she smiles sweetly and pinches your cheek. “You’re really pretty when you’re talking about your crush, (Y/N). You look like a maiden.”

You bite your lip, not sure whether to be embarrassed or flattered. If any other girl as beautiful as Mitsuri called you pretty, you’d think they were being insincere, but she’s not like that. Her genuine affection shines through in everything she does. If you’re pretty, she’s Helen of Troy.

“What do you mean, ‘a maiden’?” you ask.

“I don’t know,” Mitsuri says, tracing invisible hearts into her bedspread with a fingertip. “You just look…innocent somehow? Like this is your first love.”

You duck down, blushing.

“Wait, really?” She sits up and easily flips you over onto your back (sometimes you forget that a decade of cheerleading has made her at least a dozen times as strong as you are) so she can blink brightly at you. “This is your first love? Ooh…”

“Is that so weird?” you ask a little defensively. “I don’t get a lot of crushes.”

“No, it’s not weird! It’s cute,” Mitsuri says. “But aren’t you nervous? What if you fall in love with him and you guys start dating and you don’t know how to do anything?”

“Do what?”

“You know. Like, kissing and stuff. Aren’t you worried that you’ll have your first kiss with him and he’ll be like, ‘oh my gosh, you can’t even kiss, I don’t like you anymore’.”

“No one would say that,” you reply, but the scenario does strike a pang of anxiousness in your heart. You’ve always been too focused on school and friends and family to bother worrying about love, but the truth is you have worried about the fact that you’re soon going to be a high school graduate who has never so much as kissed another person on the lips.

“You have no idea,” Mitsuri sighs. “Boys are so mean. But I can’t believe you haven’t had your first kiss!”

“That’s rude,” you say, wrinkling your nose.

She flaps her hands in the air frantically. “No, no I didn’t mean it like that! Sorry! I just meant I can’t believe you’ve never had a boyfriend when you’re so pretty and nice. The boy who locks you down is going to feel super lucky that he gets to take all of your firsts.”

You sit up next to Mitsuri and lean back on her cushioned headboard. “I don’t care about that. Honestly, I’d rather have some practice before I get involved with anyone.”

A beat passes. Then— “Really? You want practice?”

You shrug. “I mean, I guess? But it’s not like I can just pick up some random guy and tell him to let me practice kissing.”

Mitsuri cocks her head to the side and long pink fringe falls away from her face. “You don’t need to do that. Just practice with me.”

“Huh? What do you mean?” What, is she going to give you tips on tongue technique or something?

“…Like this,” Mitsuri says softly—and then her delicate hand is stroking up the side of your jaw and carding into your hair, tilting your head to face hers and pulling you closer. She hesitates before she makes contact, looking in your eyes as if to confirm are you okay with this? But (maybe because you’re caught off guard, maybe because you think you do need the practice, or maybe because that angelic strawberry-honey smell is way too intoxicating up close) you don’t stop her, and she leans in and completes the kiss.

It’s soft. Smells sweet. Tastes sweeter.

Mitsuri’s lips are velvety and glossy-damp moving against yours. The scent you thought was honey is really honeysuckle—there’s a fresh floral quality to the taste as her lip balm is transferred from her mouth to yours.

The kiss only lasts a few seconds, but by the time she lifts back from you your lips are tingling. You cover your mouth with your hand like a damsel from a Victorian-era novel and stare wide-eyed at her.

“How was that? Your first kiss?”

“I—um, I liked it I think?”

Mitsuri smiles at you and it’s like a ray of sunlight falling down through a break in the clouds. “Yay! I’m glad.”

The two of you sit in silence for a second, and you wonder what you’re supposed to do now. Go back to studying? You’re not sure you’re capable of that when you feel like she’s…still kissing you. It hasn’t quite hit you yet that this is your first kiss—something special, something you’ll never forget. The feeling of Mitsuri kissing you is going to be written on your heart for the rest of your life.

What have I done? you think, but it’s not condemnatory. It’s a question, maybe neutral, maybe hopeful.

“Come on, come here,” Mitsuri says. “You need a little more practice.”

And then she’s kissing you again, all the while pulling you closer, closer, into her lap. She breaks the kiss just long enough to murmur to you to open your mouth. When you do, her tongue slips in, prodding gently between your lips and sliding up against yours. It’s a weird feeling—you can’t say with certainty that it feels good, but it doesn’t feel bad, either. It feels like something you could get used to.

This kiss is longer and deeper, and Mitsuri is sighing into the place where your lips meet. The kissing sounds are both embarrassing and thrilling. You can hardly believe that you’re actually doing this, kissing Mitsuri Kanroji in her bedroom and sitting in her lap with your thighs hovering over hers because you’re scared to let yourself press any deeper into her.

By the fourth kiss, you think you’re getting the hang of this. Your fingers are laced in Mitsuri’s hair, pulling her bangs out of the way so you can see her face clearly. Her eyes are hazy and intense, a warm glow suffusing her cheeks, and her lips are reddened. The feeling of not knowing whether you like having her tongue in your mouth or not is gone. You like it. You want more of it. You could do this all day.

…But apparently Mitsuri has something else in mind. She moves back and looks at you like she’s got a secret she’s dying to tell you. Her hands slide up your thighs, almost reaching the hem of the skirt you’re wearing—it’s knee-length, comfortable and practical for the weather—but with your legs spread over hers, the fabric is bunched up at the juncture of your hips and legs, exposing your thighs to view. Mitsuri’s fingernails (manicured, short blunt French tips, pale pink with stripes of gold near the nail bed) scratch painlessly into your skin. “You learn really fast, (Y/N).”

“Thanks…” you pant out.

“Can I do a little more? Just a little. ‘Cause, I mean, I don’t know if you’ve ever done this yourself—”

Oh. Oh? Mitsuri’s hand is creeping up under your skirt.

“—but it’s really good to have some experience with this, too, before you do anything with boys.”

She’s touching your pussy through your underwear. Those pretty manicured hands are stroking you through the fabric, fingertips sliding up between your lips with practiced precision. Oh god, can she feel how wet you are? You’ve felt that dewy heat growing at your core for a while, but you didn’t think she would touch you and feel it. “Mitsuri?”

“Are you already wet?” Two soft fingers pet your clit, moving over it side to side through your panties. “Did you get wet for me?”

“Mm—mm—Mitsuri…”

“Can I touch?” She pops her chin up and kisses you on the cheek, and then again on the other cheek, the side of your mouth, your forehead, all the while rubbing your pussy.

On the sixth teasing little kiss, you gasp and kiss her fully on the lips. “…okay?”

“Good…” Mitsuri smoothly pushes your ass up so she can hook fingers under the waistband of your panties and tug them down past your hips. You shift and let her do it—it feels like her touch is too hot, sending trails of warmth over every place where your skin meets. Her touch lingers even as you awkwardly straighten out of her lap for just as long as it takes to remove your panties and deposit them gracelessly on the floor.

Are you doing this right? Even with your shirt and skirt on, you feel more exposed than you’ve ever been in front of another person. You’ve never done anything remotely like this before—how weird is it that the first person to touch you is going to be a female friend? That you’re not doing this for the right reasons (and what are the ‘right reasons’? love? intimacy? desire?), but for practice?

Mitsuri settles you back onto her lap and slowly drags your shirt up over your bra. When the undergarment is exposed, she bites her bottom lip and sucks in a breath, and you feel eternally grateful that you, by some coincidence or trick of fate, decided to wear one of your nicer bras today. She cups the side of your breasts and runs her thumbs over the lacy wine-red fabric. “Beautiful…you’re so sexy, (Y/N). I can’t believe I get you all to myself.”

Your cheeks feel hot. Maybe desire is part of the equation after all.

Leaving your shirt bunched up over your tits, Mitsuri returns to your pussy, petting over your thighs and stroking up your mound. Her index finger dabs into the wetness leaking out of you and then circles around your clit.

Around your clit, not on it. If you didn’t know better, you’d think she’s deliberately not touching the place where you want— need to be touched. Her fingers are light and fluttery, not forceful in the least but making you crave more anyway. You try not to let your hips move, but before long you’re twitching on her fingers, trying to get her to do what you want. Your hands are braced uselessly on the headboard, but you hesitantly pick up your right hand to replace hers and touch your clit properly.

She isn’t having it. Her free hand catches yours before you can do anything. “Arms around my neck,” she tells you.

It’s frustrating to be unable to touch yourself when she just keeps building and building with these little flutters, but you trust her. Mitsuri’s a lot more experienced than you are. Slowly, you wrap your arms around her neck and wind your fingers into her loose hair.

Whatever she’s doing, though, it’s working. Even if you couldn’t feel how wet you are, you’d be able to hear it, the slick sucking sounds of your cunt dampened with your arousal. You’d be humiliated by the way it’s so obvious that you’re turned on if you were cable of thinking straight. Besides, Mitsuri doesn’t mind—at least not judging by the way she’s looking at you.

“Mitsuri…Mitsuri, can you…” You don’t know how to ask her, but you need more.

“Tell me what you want me to do.” Two fingers brush over your clit again and you almost flinch, the light contact sending a spark directly through you. “Tell me what you do when you do this by yourself.”

“I…um…it’s embarrassing…”

“It’s not embarrassing.” Mitsuri lays a short peck on your cheek. “Do you know how pretty you look? I could fall in love with you right now.”

It’s not serious. It’s just the kind of thing Mitsuri says without thinking, but your heart skips a beat anyway. “Touch—a little harder…”

“Where?”

“You know where!” you tell Mitsuri, with as much bite as you can muster.

Mitsuri smiles. “Here?” She pushes a finger into your pussy and you whimper. “Or…here?”

And she’s touching your clit, rubbing over it quickly and franticly, the first direct contact you’ve had since she started. The muscles in your back tense, legs stiffening, toes curling in your fluffy white socks. “Oh— oh, oh, oh— Mitsuri…”

“Does that feel good?”

After all her teasing, it feels more than good. It’s like you’re being filled up with something, some kind of heat that her fingers are bringing out in you, and it’s about to tip over and spill out. You rock your cunt against her fingers, trying to get her to go harder—but she’s already rubbing against you so quickly that you can’t think straight.

Two fingers slip deeper into your pussy, spreading you apart and pumping your slick cunt while her palm provides sloppy stimulation to your clit. You mewl and fall forward onto her, head thrown over her shoulder, so you can feel the vibration of her soft laughter in your chest. “Do you like it? I can tell…you know, your insides are holding me really tight….”

How does she say such dirty things with that pretty mouth? You’d tell her off if you thought you could speak without moaning. “Unff…mmm…”

“I’m going to make you cum, baby,” Mitsuri hums. “You’re going to cum on my fingers, okay?”

She’s right. You’re about to tip over that edge, overflow, get off with Mitsuri fucking you with two fingers twisting and hitting your g-spot and sliding over you so deliciously that you don’t even care that all of this is wrong. “I’m— I’m cumming—“

“Uh-uh.” Mitsuri’s hand stops, still touching but no longer moving, and the heat in your pussy plateaus and then dips.

You’re so frustrated you want to scream. “Mitsuri…!”

“Can you do something for me?” She resumes the teasing movements from before, edging over your clit but not finishing it. “Tell me who you really like.”

“What?”

“I know you like me.” Her free hand, around your waist, slides up and presses her thumb into the divot between two vertebrae in your spine. “When you were talking about your crush, I know it’s me. Tell me you like me.”

“I—I don’t—“

“No, you do. You like me. Say it. Say it, and I’ll let you cum. You want to cum, don’t you? You need it? I’m going to give you what you need, so tell me you like me…”

It’s not like she’s being cruel. Mitsuri’s tone is as sweet and kind and caring as ever. Her pace is agonizingly slow and she’s right, you need it. You’re lucky your chin is resting on her shoulder because you wouldn’t be able to stand it if she saw the look on your face as you choke out, “I like…I like you, Mitsuri! I like you!”

“I like you too, (Y/N),” Mitsuri gasps, and then her fingers are moving again, rubbing your clit, making you crazy, and it’s only a second but you want it so bad that you only need a second before you— you’re— you’re falling apart—

“Mitsuri!”

Oh god. Oh god. It feels good, it feels crazy. You can’t think. You can feel the muscles in your pussy squeezing down intermittently on her fingers. She holds you still as the shocks race up through you, letting you twitch and convulse in her arms.

“See now, that wasn’t so hard, was it?” Mitsuri sings in your ear.

It takes you a long moment to get the strength to sit up, flopping bonelessly backward on her thighs so you can look her in the eye. “I don’t know,” you sigh finally. “Wasn’t exactly easy.”

Her eyes close when she smiles. “Don’t worry about it. You just need a little more practice.”

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Which is harder? Being honest or you?

Characters: Billy Butcher x OFC

Summary:  She's been involved in the messy world of The Boys for years now, same sad story, a Supe killed her husband, and now she's out for revenge. The years pile up, and so do the stresses and anniversaries of deaths. On a night after the death of her husband, she finds herself worried about Butcher making it back from a job. Is it the booze that makes her so honest with him when he asks her what's wrong? Is it the booze that makes her admit to what she really needs that night? Or was it inevitable between them all along?

Warnings/Tags: Sexual content. Spanking/Slapping’ Rough, slight Dom/Sub undertones. Bed sharing. Enemies to friends to lovers. Inevitable chemistry. 

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Her nails tapped an unsteady rhythm against the cheap countertop of the motel room kitchen. She’d been alone for two days now and although not unfamiliar with the isolation, she had been due company for over 12 hours now.

There are lots of aspects of living off the grid that you can get used to. It’s amazing what the brain can start to see as normal that once would’ve made you piss yourself and then faint. That was the sort of life that she lived now. So far removed from the game nights and Netflix, sleeping in on weekends and boozy brunches that she has once so blindly taken for granted. Now there was sleeping with one eye open, free motel HBO on occasion and rushed check-ins with others like her. The booze was still the same, but it was used as a tool, a vice now to forget.

With the half-empty bottle of bourbon still grasped in her hand in the outdated and questionably sterile smelling room, she stares at the sliver of light coming between the thick curtains that kept her hidden from the outside world. The drinking wasn’t so bad when she had others to do it with, but when she was alone it led her mind to let loose those thoughts she fought so hard to keep stowed away during her waking hours. This is where she found herself now. In a sleep-deprived, drunken haze that was leaning heavily on paranoia and exhaustion.

Billy should have been back by now, she keeps thinking on a broken record in her head. Never known for his punctuality, the nature of the job they set out to do made his absence make her nervous. It reminded her of the night she stayed up waiting for her husband. The night he never came home.

She had a back story, same as the rest of the boys, she was nothing special among them. Dead spouse, Supe behind it, revenge and rage fueling her and keeping her warm at night. Billy had recruited her the same way as Hughie. Same speech, same lies, same Butcher.

It used to bother her when she found out that Billy wasn’t as connected to her as it felt initially. But she decided to use it, to kill off that bit of her that died with her husband and be someone else now. Someone who didn’t believe anything anyone said, someone who could take a stand and do what was right even if it was hard and most radically different, someone who could kill. After the first, it seemed like, what was another one? Her terms of endearment turned to insults and swearing and soon grizzled was a look she didn’t run from. It made life a lot easier, it certainly made working with a man like Billy Butcher easier. Most days. But today was not one of those days.

With another year passing unceremoniously of her husband's death a few days ago, that comforting pull of nostalgia was hard on her thoughts. And the booze wasn’t helping. Another hour passes, another inch went from the bottle and she decides to try to tune out the world for a bit. It was a luxury that is rarely afforded to them now, but this room had a full-size tub and she had some dollar store bath bombs she’d lifted and she wasn’t about to let Billy catch wind of her feminine indulgence and it didn’t seem like he was in any rush to get back. If he wasn’t dead.

A hot bath still has the same baptismal effect as it always had. She felt cleaner and lighter. A woman looked back at her in the mirror, contrary to the usual sexless human form she viewed herself as for ease of functioning. With the ends of her hair damp and curled, falling past her shoulders, the longest it had been since she was a child and only due to a lack of visits to a hair salon and not a conscious choice. It wasn’t exactly something she could take the time to do nowadays. Her skin shone bright with the lotion she kept in her bag, sinking in after the heat opened up her pores. Her cheeks were flushed pink as her nipples as she ran her hand through her hair and shrugged at her reflection. Life on the run was hard on your body, but she has to admit she hasn’t looked better in recent memory. Muscles that visibly moved under the skin from training, and a layer of fat from diner food to keep her looking young despite the years that kept piling up. Her eyes were really where the age showed, but the things they’d seen also added to that in the form of lack of sleep and PTSD.

Walking out of the bathroom with a plume of steam following her in a tank top with a sarcastic line on it she’d grabbed at a truck stop and the most basic cotton panties in a 6-pack she’d grabbed just as unceremoniously from a dollar store. She padded out in fuzzy socks into the tiled floor that lead into the small kitchenette. No matter the nasty muck she got herself elbow deep into on a regular basis, she wasn’t going to let some random disease be what killed her off that she’d surely catch from walking around the motel carpet barefoot. She got one of the highball glasses by the coffee pot and a handful of ice cubes plunked into it before a healthy pour of straight bourbon followed. She looked at her phone in the counter, it was now late and there were no signs of Billy.

“Where the fuck are you Butch?” She mutters before sighing and taking a sip.

“Ya worried bout me, love? Carin’ innit a look I’m accustomed to seein’ on ya.” The man in question responds and she sputters a dribble down her chin in surprise.

”Christ.” She groans, taking a washcloth and dabbing at her shirt.

“Far from it.” He grins, taking his boots off as he watches her from his spot on the bed with his usual smugness.

“You just stand in dark corners unannounced after being…” She looks to be phone again. “Almost a day late on arrival? You get off on scaring women or something?”

“Nah. Not my kink.” He shakes his head. “I had to do it at my own pace, this one. Got a bit messy.”

“Could’ve let someone know? Four more hours and I would’ve been out of here.”

“I couldn’t exactly ring ya up now could I? And I wasn’t four hours later, I’m here now so calm down, keep ya knickers on and pour me whatever ya got.”

“Not a problem.” She rolls her eyes. “I take it everything’s as it should be?”

“More or less.” He takes the glass from her hand as she sits across from him on the other queen bed in the room. “How bout you?”

“Finished early.” She says taking a long drink. Billy can see the tiredness in her eyes as they close and savor the bourbon for a brief second. Her movements weren’t sharp, neither were her words. Although for him she rarely had many.

“And started drinkin' the same from the looks of it.”

“Maybe. Waiting on you, what else was I supposed to do? What took you so long?”

“Had to make another stop before I came back.”

“Where?”

He stops with his elbows on his knees and gives her a once over. “Why?”

“We’re stuck together for the foreseeable future, I think I should know what you’re up to.”

“It’s nothing you need to know. If ya did, I’d tell you. Don’t you have any trust in me after all these years?”

“No.” She states obviously with a laugh at his ridiculous claim. “I’m not a fucking idiot. So tell me where you were.”

“Job ran long. Had to follow to a secondary location.”

“You’re full of shit.” She retorts with a raised brow as she leans on one hand onto the scratchy comforter beneath her.

“Can never get it past you can I?” He tried his charm with a grin and tilt of his head.

“No, you can’t so I don’t know why you INSIST on continuously trying.” She answers with a wave of her glass.

“In my nature to defy.” Is his deflecting, Cheeky answer.

“Although I can agree with that, you’re still avoiding my question.”

“I went to see someone and came back here. Job did run long. That ain’t a lie.”

She purses her lips and studies his face and finds him honest. “Alright...who?”

“Don’t know em” he shrugs and blinks slowly.

“BUTCHER!” She groans loudly and throws her head back. “You’re fucking exhausting!”

“Fanks, love. I’m a bit prideful of my endurance ya know.”

She takes her foot and kicks his shin.

“Fuckin hell, been beaten up enough the past few days let’s not add to it now, yeah?”

“Just fucking tell me then, asshole. Or I’ll smash this glass on that thick skull of yours.”

“I’m inclined to believe you.” He gruffs out at her before rubbing the back of his head. “I went to see Sindy.” He blurts it out quickly as if it would be less painful to deliver the news fast like ripping off a band-aid.

“Of fucking COURSE you did.” She announces her disapproval loudly to the ceiling and stands.

“She had some info for me.” He begins to defend himself against the outpouring of hateful glares she was sending his way. Sure Sindy had a track record of fucking Supe’s. She’s even lured them into a trap once and it only took one time to learn a lesson for her but clearly Butcher was willing to fuck up again.

“Was it about 6 inches inside her? Or am I being too generous?” She snarks back with a swing of hip and hand as she walks back to the counter. There was no care for Butcher seeing her in so little, it was all part of their lifestyle. Not much left to mystery when you got into the situations they did.

“What? You fink ats Why I went?” His posture straightens as he watches her move away.

“The girl is practically on her knees with her tongue out for you Butch. You’re as close to a Supe as us humans get. You’ve gotten close and she gets wet for anything to do with them so...yeah. I do think that’s why.” She stays with clinking ice cubes rattling in her glass with her drunkenly expressive hand movements.

“That fascination with Supes is why I believed her when she said she had something on Homelander.”

“All she’s got for him is daddy issues.Same As what she’s got for you.”

“That’s not very feminist of ya now innit?” He points out with an accusatory hand as he stands. He’d need another drink to deal with whatever mood she was in tonight.

“I don’t give a fuck. Man.” She says with a furrowed brow and another burning gulp. “I don’t trust her. And neither should you.”

“I gave her nothin', she gave me the info. No risk on my behalf.”

“Except what you night catch.” She mutters into her glass.

“What’s up your arse tonight?” He demands as he rests his arms onto the counter and studies her face.

“Fucking .nothing.”

“And THAT everyone.” He speaks to an imaginary crowd. “Is called a textbook lie.”

“You being a dumb ass is grating on me.” She retorts.

“That is more believable but ya not quite there.” He motions for more with his hand to her.

“You’re a reckless twat who would rather fuck that barely legal liar than let your partner know you’re alive.”

“You really fink I went to fuck her?” His response has a laugh to it.

“That’s what I said isn’t it?”

“Why in the FUCK do you fink I’d do that?” He stands and laughs. “You’re fuckin ridiculous sometimes, love.” He chuckles as he takes a drink.

“Because I have eyes? Because you’re a man and she’s...a tiny little... young thing.” She speaks plainly with an outstretched hand to lay out her points.

“What use I got for that, yeah?”

His answer catches her off guard and she blinks rapidly, detecting no lie.

“Man like me? With something like her? Nah, mate.” He shakes his head. “That child's got nothin’ what interests me but the information she leaks.” He states with high brows and a haughty delivery. “I’d rather have a wank than fuck her.” He lowers his voice and leans forward. “Nothin she can offer I need. Not that it is, in fact, any of your business, but in the name of honesty n that, I’ve never been much for that… young and dumb and full of cum thing what she plays at.”

She doesn’t respond, her state of inebriation catching her by surprise as she visibly reacts to his words with a tilted head.

“What? Ya don’t believe me? You can tell when I’m lyin’, Betta than anyone else, what do you fink?”

“You’re telling the truth and that’s so rare I’m shocked.” She responds in a deadpan delivery.

“There she is. Back with the insults. See? I prefer that to someone pretendin’ everyfing I say or do is impressive. I’m a realist, love I got no time for it.” He informs with a sweep of his arm. “In fact, I’d bet you’re a better fuck than her. Real woman like you, eh?”

“Oh fuck off Butch.” She rolls her eyes and takes another drink, suppressing an honest blush. “Can’t believe I was worried you wouldn’t come back. Would’ve been a BLESSING.” She taunts back.

“THERE IT IS! You were worried bout me.” He accuses her with a pointed finger. “That’s why ya bein’ such a mouthy cunt.”

“And what’s your excuse?” She retorts.

“Missed you too, love.” He winks.

“I said I was worried about you. Not that I missed you. Don’t mince words.” She points back.

“I was worried bout you as well.” He observes as she begins to move away and pass him towards the bed.

“Why? I’ve been where I was supposed to be.”

“Because I know what week it is.” He says it with his back turned as to not make her feel more vulnerable about it being said out loud.

She feels a lump in her throat as she meets his eyes after a heavy beat, and sees no playfulness there.

“I know the anniversaries are hard. They were for me before...I knew the truth.” He pauses. “But I saw ya liftin the little bath things and that and thought maybe she’s moving on, ya know? Knocking the dust off for someone, yeah? I didn’t feel bad takin’ my sweet time getting back here but now that I see you were in fact just in the dark drinkin’ like a fish instead of gettin’ fucked, my human side is admittedly almost sorry for it. Almost.”

“I’m fine.”

“A sure sign one is in fact not.” When she doesn’t answer he knows he’s found the source of her bad mood. But he’d never taken it personally. “How longs it been?”

“Since when do you give a shit?”

“Since you do.” He gives a quick answer back as she turns and faces him.

“Four years.” She finally answers after staring him down to figure out his motives. Her lack of sobriety makes her patience thin.

“Been a while, yeah?”

She rolls her eyes and sighs. “Feels longer since I’ve been stuck with you.”

“Ya know, words hurt.” He puts his hand to his bare chest, partially unbuttoned in the common and jarring Hawaiian print. She lets out a snort of laughter and he knows he’s breaking through.

“Nothing hurts you, Butcher.” She says it like a fact and he’s almost proud of it for a moment until he can see she’s jealous of it.

“'Ats not true, innit?”

“Apart from the usual bullets, knives and brass knuckles that is.”

“Although that’s very sweet of ya love, and I’ll be sure to remind you of the compliment once you’re sober so you can regret it, still not true. Just a man, yeah?” He offers with shrugged shoulders.

“Why are you…? What are you doing?” She narrows her eyes at him suspiciously.

“I’m tryin' to be fuckin' proper supportive, right ?” He says louder, his patience wearing down with her already.

“Supportive?” She groans with heavy sarcasm and a raised brow. Her defensiveness was transparent.

“I know what it’s like. I know it’s hard. And admittedly not much gets to ya. I see a lot of old me in you and I know when ya hidin’ shit and as much of a cunt as you can be, it's not a great feelin' to see ya like this.”

She feels a bit exposed suddenly. Kindness in this form wasn’t something she was accustomed to. And coming from someone so close to her now, that she (as much as she hated to admit it) cared about, made her hard shell crack. It was only for a moment but that’s all it took for Billy to see. She quickly deflects. “What are you gonna do? Give me a hug and tuck me in?” Her tone was harsh and he knew it well. Born from pain and a lack of healthy outlet for it, they were one and the same. “Don’t be fucking stupid Butch.” She shakes her head.

“That what ya want? A fuckin' cuddle?” His tone came out more patronizing than he meant but he wasn’t any good at this either. He was just trying to be a good friend and he wasn’t very practiced in it. He raises and it surprises her. “I can give ya a hug, love. If that’s what it takes.” He holds his arms out and his voice tells of the great sacrifice he’s making for her. "I can fuckin' cuddle like any other cunt on this planet-"

“I find that hard to believe.” She rolls her eyes.

“C’mere.”

“No, I don’t want a hug for Christ’s sake.” She puts her hands to his chest.

“Your drunken little brain blurted out what it really wanted first. Psychology 101 shit.” He states as she slaps away at his hands.

“I’m not that drunk. Besides you probably stink of stress sweat and cheap cologne.” She continues to protest but he was stronger, she was drunk and with Billy, it was easier to let him have his way and move on sometimes.

“Come now, love shut ya trap and give in.”

She lets out a sigh and tries to relax her shoulders. Her arms at her sides as she began to feel the warmth pass from his body to hers. With each breath, she grew warmer, more at ease. She didn’t care for it. Not being tense was something she felt uncomfortable with at this juncture.

They stand in silence, not something they were accustomed to. The steady stream of bickering usually followed them everywhere. He had been so adamant about her needing this that the act of wrapping his arms around another person with no intent on killing them was feeling very foreign in the silence. “How longs it been?” Is what comes of his wheels turning about his own lack of non-violent physical contact. Who was he really asking?

“I just told you like a minute ago,” she laments in frustration, her forehead landing against his chest.

“No, not that.” His voice wasn’t as forced as usual, she could feel it rumble in his chest before it hit her ears. “Since you did something like this? Been a long fuckin' time for me.”

“Don’t accidentally snap my neck out of habit please.” She mutters against him and he lets out a huff of a laugh.

“You joke but…”

“It’s been since…” she answers after a brief pause. “Since the funeral.”

“Those don’t count. Not sympathy hugs. Not that “so sorry for your loss” horse shit.”

She lets out a exhalation and she pushes back past that marker in her mind. “Since that morning.”

“Yeah.” Is all he says but she knows he means, me too.

The feelings hit her, the existence outside of her comfort zone and the alcohol weakening the dam in her mind. He feels it happen under his arms, the exhale, the physical act of her guard falling. She moans a sound of frustration, one he’s familiar with himself. “You had to make me think about it.” Her voice is calm and even.

“Can’t let it weaken you like it does.” It was more a suggestion than an order but she snorts into his shirt.

“That’s rich coming from you.”

“Don’t make me weak.” He asserts with a self-assured tone. “Just angry.”

“I prefer distractions to dealing with it. I’ve got enough rage.” She sounds sad and he moves his arm that serve as a means to trap her to her back and gives it a pat.

“Feels easier dunnit?” He nods slowly. “Anger’s easier to use than sadness.”

“That might be the smartest thing you’ve ever said.”

“I am smart. You just don’t listen, mate.”

“And you do? What about this hug? I said I didn’t want it.”

“And we’ve had a nice little moment ‘aven’t we?”

“Shut up, you’ll ruin it” She chuckles and moves her arms around him to his surprise. “You know I hate it when you’re right but...I think it has been too long. Other wise I wouldn’t be enjoying this. AND before you give me some smart ass reply, if you tell anyone I said that I’ll deny it.”

“I was just gonna agree.”

“You know it’s bad when something like this feels good.” She grins again and he’s relieved to see the sadness has passed. “Been too long for... a lot of things.” She raises her brows as she lifts her head. Her face only gave away frustration with its slight frown and unmet eyes.

“What’s at?”

“If I don’t get that rage out... I get sad.”

“Didn’t you just take out a man?”

“Yeah but... not like that. That’s…” She shrugs. “Feels like work almost ya know?” She lets her hands slowly move away and he does the same out of courtesy. She stays close but doesn’t touch him as she runs her hand through her hair and exhales noisily. “I mean FUN.”

“What’s that ?” He asks with a straight face and he sees a genuine laugh light up her face.

With a grin and a nod, she responds, her hand still fluffing her hair. “Seems like I forgot how to have it somewhere along the way. Or rather just not many... opportunities for it I guess.”

“What’s fun then? We got a clear schedule, weapons and anonymity. Surely that can do somethin' for ya.” He offers.

“Don’t need any of that for what I was thinking. Old vices to let the rage out is what my mind goes back to. But all that left with…” her nose wrinkles as she makes a gesture to show her hands were empty. “Him.” Her face falls back into frustration.

“What is it or are ya gonna keep talkin' round it?”

She purses her lips and meets his eyes. “I’m not talking around it.”

“Yeah ya are. Ya never vague bout anything.”

“You have a very slappable face, has anyone ever told you that?”

“They usually don’t. They just do it. Much like you should right now.”

She chuckles again and shakes her head. “Why are you… being your version of caring?”

“Why are you changin' the subject?”

“Because it’s weird and suspicious.”

“Because if your heads in the right place this works better, yeah? If I can get you to decompress, then it’s less of your bitchin' I gotta worry 'bout. Ya less likely to fuck up and generally it might be possible that you’d be a slightly lessened pain in the arse.”

“That… well, that actually makes sense.”

“I talk it all the time love ya just gotta shut up long enough to listen.”

“Charming.” She rolls her eyes and he holds his hands up in surrender.

“Just honest. Unlike you.”

She studied him for a moment. A drawn-out silence he uses to do the same as they push back and forth with their stare.

“Sex.” She finally answers with the same hard look on her face.

For only a second he looks confused before he realizes she’s finally given him what he’d been searching for. “A fuck ain’t nothin love, go ask anyone with a prick out there and you can get it.”

“Therein lies the problem. I don’t work like that. I can’t let anyone in to even have a normal conversation, I certainly can’t fuck someone I don’t know, don’t trust. No time for that shit anymore. So I just… went without it.”

“No wonder you act like such an uptight cunt.”

“What’s your excuse?” She pushes back.

“Could say the same.” His answer surprises her and he sees it as it moves across her face. “Wasn’t gonna with me wife gone, then after all that ended I just never got back out there now did I? Whose got the fuckin time?”

“You are making entirely too much sense tonight.” She gives him an actual smile for the information he’d given freely.

“What about those app things? They have those just for fuckin' now right?”

“And have my picture and info up to be tracked? No thank you. That’s just asking to be killed.”

“Probably right.”

“Mark down the day you agreed with me on something.”

“I’m being very agreeable. In fact, we have the same understanding of this particular issue, we do.”

“Ever since I met you we’ve shared a lot of the same problems.”

“And we’ve solved them all innit we? Together, yeah?”

“Yeah… we have.” Her voice drags from a quiet agreement into a lingering silent stare.

“What the fuck is that look?” He demands as he sees her look him up and down in judgment.

“I-“ She begins and then shuts her mouth and shakes her head.

“Well, ya can’t do that and not finish your sentence. Rude, that is.”

“As much as I hate to admit it, and wouldn’t to anyone else. We do work well together.”

“Fuckin'... and?”

“I don’t think I’m drunk enough to actually say it out loud. Only think it.” She replies with an amused look on her face. ”That in itself is dumb enough.”

“Now ya just teasin’.”

“I couldn’t help but apply us working well together to the current problem.”

His chin pushes back and he narrows his eyes at her. “What the fuck are you on about?”

“That there.” She points his way. “Shows me you know exactly what I’m on about.” She sass’s back. “And that reaction is why I didn’t share.”

“What reaction? I’m being perfectly normal.”

“Normal doesn’t exist for you and I.” She purses her lips. “And that whole, suspicious look you get with your beady little eyes.”

“Not the way I’d be talkin' to someone I wanted to fuck.” He gives a wry smile.

“I didn’t say I wanted to.” she clarifies. “I only said I couldn’t help but see a temporary solution available to us for a mutual problem.” She relaxes her body language and steps further away. “Besides, probably wouldn’t be worth my time anyway.”

“Now wait just a fuckin minute.” She almost laughs out loud at how easy it was to pull the reaction from him. “I could shag the skin right off ya bones if I wanted to. Be the best you’d ever had, yeah?” He says defensively with a pointed finger her way.

Half turned towards him she smirks. “Butcher, baby… those are some big words to live up to.”

“And when have you known me to oversell?”

“Only constantly.” the same lazy smirk remains as she holds the upper hand between them again.

“Fuck off.” He mutters quickly and swats the statement away with his hand. “You really suggestion this or are ya havin' a wank?”

“I wasn’t sure at first but now you’ve gone and promised to be the best fuck I’ve ever had and I’d be lying if I said your claims weren’t intriguing.” she explains with a sarcastic lilt to hide the truth behind it.

“I know what I’m good at.” He offers up with a charming delivery of a casual shrug.

“But it’s been so long…”

“Not something ya forget how to do, love.”

“That’s… yeah, I suppose you’re right.” They measure each other up wordlessly, taking in the view of the other through a new lens. “Would you want to?” Her face gives away her hesitation, and he’s honestly a bit sad for her that she’d think he would find her unattractive enough to not be interested.

“I had purposely tried to not think about such things, yeah? But I mean… ya ain’t bad a ‘tall love.” He pauses to watch a slow nod of acceptance from her. “I’d ask if you would but clearly…” he raises his brows and openly gestures with his hands and she rolls her eyes. “Your idea now. Don’t act like that now that it’s on the table.”

“I’d prefer the bed.” She offers a more friendly smile.

“Cheeky bugger.” He chuckles. “More of an old school approach for you eh?”

“I wouldn’t say that.” She shakes her head. “Another reason I can't do it with just any rando off the street.”

“What are you trying to get me into? I don’t wanna end up hogtied in a dress with something up me arse.”

She grins at his response in a light-hearted way. “None of that. Well... you wouldn’t be the one getting tied up anyway.”

“Ah.” He nods I’m understanding. “That's why you need the trust innit?”

“Have to know I won’t be killed for starters, and two I need because there’s always a line, need a safe word and someone that’ll listen.”

“How we talkin' here love?”

“Like you haven’t wanted to slap me around for years now” She jokes.

“Not in particular no.”

His answer surprises her and she studies him for a moment. “It’s been so long are you sure you want it to be with me?”

“If not you… who? Like you so eloquently said... trust 'n that.”

“I can’t believe we’re having this conversation.” She rubs her face.

“Inevitable yeah? Two good lookin' people, so much time alone, so much stress with work. Plenty of pornos made about this very situation.” He sees her crack a smile. “Besides after when ya want it again I can use it as a bartering chip.”

“If there is a next time.” She corrects. “Not exactly selling me on this ya know.”

“What ya want? Roses? Box 'a sweets? Never been one for poetry, love.”

“It’s hard to remember how to… begin.”

“So you really wanna do this? Have ya a dirty little secret?” He moves closer and the playfulness is clear on his face. She wasn’t sure if it was genuine enthusiasm or there for her sake.

“Ugh. Don’t make me say it.” She grunts.

“I am a modern man and I ain’t one for sending out rapey vibes so I’m afraid ya gotta love.”

She takes a deep breath and sits down her glass. “Alright. Okay. Yes. I consent.” She states with open arms that plop down at her sides.

“Wunnit so hard, yeah?”

“Hopefully not as hard as you’ll be.”

He lets out a deep laugh. “Now there’s a good girl.”

The words hit her just right, she tries to fight that learned response of pushing him away when he got too close. He tests the waters, looking her over with a clear intent, getting his head in the right space as she did the same. She didn’t meet his face but looked him over in his half unbuttoned shirt and jeans. She’d seen him practically naked, patched him up and knew he was a strong lean machine underneath the goofy tourist shirt. The same for him could be said about her, years of post-attack care and close living quarters on the road left little to the imagination.

He sees her gulp, but doesn’t bear it. Her nerves were given away by the bob of the lump in her throat.

“It seems weird to start by kissing you but... that seems to make the most sense.”

“Ya tense as a virgin, love.” He reaches out and rubs her exposed arms to initiate a connection and make her more comfortable.

“It’ll pass.” She tells convincingly.

“What’ll it take to make ya melt for me?”

She feels his gravely voice close and shuts her eyes with a deep breath. Okay, she could do this. “Make it worth my time Butcher.” She finally meets his eyes, hers darker now and peering up at him. “I don’t want to have to think. I just wanna feel. I know I can be dominant in a fight but I don’t wanna be with sex. I’ll say...shoelace if you’re too rough. But don’t be afraid to... use your strength.”

“Noted, love.” He gives a nod and before she can flutter lashes in response to her quickening heartbeat as he gets his hand around her throat. She feels that long missed warmth flood her body. There was no fight response, no fear for the squeeze on her delicate throat, only a soft exhale as she closed her eyes that made him feel the same sort of feeling for her in his stomach. “From the way you just turned into a puddle for me I’ll take it I’m on the right track.”

“Mmm Hmm.” She nods. “Give it to me rough and dirty, Butch. Use all that anger I’ve seen first hand on me. You know I can take it.”

He moves fast and pushes her against a wall with a generic picture frame thumping force. “Ya gonna, pet.”

She hums and swallows, a little moan escaping her as he looms over her and she feels small in his shadow. He was a powerful man and she needed to have hers taken away for the night.

He lingers over her skin in warm lines of breath that escape his broad nose. “You know… you are a lovely little bird.” His fingertips trace across her skin in light, teasing lines up her arms and across her chest. Keeping his hand at her throat as a reminder to be still and let him take the lead, he loses his grip as he becomes occupied by watching her body react to him. He gives a flick to her nipples and wets his lips. “Hard already?” A rhetorical question comes out with a patronizing tone that for the first time she didn’t mind.

She watches his face as his eyes focus on the way her tits bounce with every pinch of her nipples he pulls and releases through her shirt. She sees the focus and the want reflected in them and welcomes the warm feeling being wanted gave her. “Let me get a look at these love.” He speaks softly, calloused fingers pulling her top down, the weight of her chest holding the neckline in place as he traced the rise and fall, the blooming of goosebumps on her skin that spread as he freed her to the air. There weren’t so many words as he got to take her in for purely pleasure for the first time. A deep hum from his throat she felt rumble down her torso as he played and pinched passed through them both. She feels her muscles tense as the touch sends pleasure straight down to her center with each twist. As if he were running an inner monologue he didn’t want to share, he grunts out “Rough, eh?” And proceeds to send the first jolts of pain and pleasure through her with a hard and firm twist. He sees her knees wobble as she lets out the first moan for him. It was almost as if he’d willed himself to forget about the female form and all the arousal that came from touching all the softness the right way. He’d not touched a woman without intent to harm in so long. But that was the last thing he wanted to do to her.

For as much as they fought and bickered, he did enjoy her company. Which is more than he could say for most anyone else. She was a driven and demanding woman with work, and that butted heads with his hard and fast style more often than not. But when the jobs were over and they had those precious few hours of freedom before they traveled back to headquarters, she was downright lovely when the conditions were right. Because of the balance they had, the trust and honesty, he’d shut off any piece of his lizard brain that would want to fuck her, lest he not be razor-sharp or ruin what they had by acting like a boy. But now he had her whimpering as he manipulated her dark rosy nipples, watching her thighs rub together and feeling a rush he hadn’t in years.

Taking him from his inner reflection, the quick sharp slaps to the sensitive peaks he gave her had her biting her lips. She finally makes a demand. “Suck on my tits Billy.” A strung-out voice he’d never heard before escapes and it’s like the femininity of it grabbed him by the balls as he’s commanded to obey and takes the weight of her into his mouth with a content groan. The use of his name and not her given nickname of Butch softens him, it was rare he heard his name said so softly. “Yeah, like that.” She heavily sighs, head knocking back against the wall. She could feel the heat spreading from every erogenous zone of her body, relaxing her muscles except those between her thighs that had started throbbing to the rising rate of her heartbeat.

He tried to remember the last time a woman praised him in such a way and going all the way to his marriage, he could not. He knew her to run hot in temper and her skin reflected the same. The fullness of her chest rising and falling as he gave in to shut his eyes and latch onto the bud that gave away how much she needed what he was giving her. Listening to her breathy sighs and feeling the thud of her heart against her sternum, he forgets himself for a moment. Releasing her neck and placing two calloused hands on her ribs to hold her close as his mouth nursed at her skin. With licks and pants she watches him hold her chest together and indulge fully. Licking her lips, she feels heat in her chest grow, the feeling of being so clearly wanted. Lips that drag across her skin as the kisses rose higher and higher to find her neck, her hands leaving her side to touch his shoulders lightly as if she’d find he wasn’t really there and this was all a sex-deprived fantasy she’d snap out of at any moment.

She moans as she feels his teeth pressing into the tight muscles of her neck.

“Like that, love?” His tone a clear tease and call back to her response earlier.

“Mmmph, Billy…” She exhales as his mouth lingers by her ear to send a spread of goosebumps down her skin from the tickle of breath on her rarely touched skin. She rolls her head towards him, a nuzzle of cheek to cheek, her hand finding its way to his hair, finding it softer than she thought it would be between her fingers.

“Sayin me name and I’m not even inside ya yet.” He teases with a breathy laugh she feels roll down her spine. It was distinct and masculine, the voice of someone she trusted and it made the last of her resolve melt away. “Bet you’re soaked already innit ya?” He accuses her, a scold she closes her eyes at hearing the tone of. Keeping her close with a strong hand to her back, the other trails between her breasts and down to the thin cover of fabric over her plush mound.

He noted the peaks and valleys on her body, a solid core with the swell of a soft belly before reaching a cotton covered nest of dark hair. His teasing proves valid as his fingertips are met with the warm patch of wetness as they travel lower between her legs. “Fuckin 'ell you are needin' it aren’t ya?” He remarks almost to himself as he sees the slickness on his fingers.

“Yeah, that’s kinda why I asked you Butch.” She sass's back as he looks up to find her watching his face.

“Don’t ruin it with that smart mouth now eh?” He scolds with a tilt of his head as he pushes his fingers covered in her into her mouth.

He’s met with a muffled “Mmph.” Of surprise before acceptance of the same sound as two of his fingers press against her tongue.

“I’d love to do this when you get to actin' like a mouthy cunt on me.” A darker tone to his words now, falling back into a role, indulging his rougher side to let some of the evil out, just as she was in her way. “Just shove something in ya mouth and shake you about yeah?” He holds her jaw and gives it a good shake with a tight grip. Her eyes flutter and roll, letting the orders and insults break her down and take away the tension she held constantly in her muscles. “Or should I just…?” He begins with his hand moving to her throat once more and pressing her into the wall with a squeeze. He feels her swallow against his palm, a slight effort behind her inhale.

He doesn’t meet her eyes, finding it easier to do what she asked that way. If he looked into them he would see her needful and trusting and that wasn’t something he was fully prepared for and he knew it. No one needed Billy Butcher. Most didn’t even want him and one of the few humans to ever connect with him and even be fond of him in a genuine way looking at him like that wasn’t something he could face. He felt a bit of a coward for it, but tonight wasn’t the night to deal with such things. Tonight was about losing tension, not adding more to their relationship.

He moves quickly to place a firm slap to her wet center, a snap of skin and wet echoing across the room.

“Fuck.” She almost whines in a heavy exhale. A slumping against his other hand on her neck that let him know he could still push.

“She does like it a little rough, eh?” Chuckles at her slack face, lips pressing against each other. In quick succession, he lands his hand harshly to her nipples, then down to her center, a slap to her hips and thighs that leave her pink in his wake. He stops after the pattern elicits a noise of discomfort from her, but no sign of her safe word was on her lips.

“S’good.” She mumbles and nods, eyes that looked tired glancing his way for a moment to let him know he was still well within the rules. He was slowly getting tougher and the sting of skin sent the thrills through her she’d long missed. But she was giving him a rush of his own he hadn’t realized he’d missed so badly.

With a nod of acknowledgement, he moves on, ready to push this forward as the ache of his own cock pushing against his pants was something that needed attending to. He steps back, a posture that said more than his words could about their roles for tonight.

He leaves her stood slouched against the wall, eyes hooded and following his hands as they moved to the buttons on his shirt.

“Take it off.” Is his command, but she knew what he meant. She liked the dark stare, the way his lean body didn’t waver as he toed off his half tied boots. His hand grazes over the bulge in his black jeans before his hands move to unbuckle the heavy hardware of his belt while she strips her top over her head and throws her panties onto her bed unceremoniously.

With a stalking and wolfish demeanor, he hovered over her prickled skin, everything tightened and hard to the cool air as he stands in an undone shirt and pants. “Look at you, love.” Raspy praise comes from barely moving lips as his hands brush her hair behind her shoulders. She almost flinches as the movements with an unknown destination come near her face. They were both in the right headspace now. “Why would I go to that little tart at the club when I could come back and have some of ‘is yeah?”

He means it, she’s surprised to find. His voice was frank and his hands pinched and picked at her nipples and curves. She doesn’t reply, eyes averted as his rake over her naked body.

“Gonna give this a proper seeing to, eh?” He groans as he stretches his neck, his palms back on her bare skin, warming her in more places than they touched. He pulled her to his bare chest roughly, hands on her ass and squeezing tight before a few solid spanks were given much to her delight. “You want fucked hard, pet? Or is the handlin' ya like in such a way?”

The affectionate name doesn’t dampen the mood between them. “Both.” She whispers out, hands to his chest and feeling the curl of chest hair under her fingers. It reminds her of her husband for just a moment, laying next to him and playing with it before she fell asleep. Billy wasn’t exactly a substitute for him but, perhaps he would prove a worthy distraction in the least. A warm body to ease the loneliness, an ear to listen. She didn’t need much.

“Ask and you shall receive.” a statement that answers more than he knew was announced loudly as he gives her one last set of slaps  before grabbing her arms and spinning her around to face the bed. With one hand holding her wrists to the bend of her back, the other runs a single finger down her spine to make her shudder before giving a hard spank to her bare ass. Her knees buckled slightly, a sharp gasp then a mewl asked him for more.

He bent her over, hands now on the bed per his orders in the form of grunts and slaps. He goes in rounds, breaking her down slowly with slaps to her ass, thighs and pussy lips. Each time getting more red and swollen than the last. He rubs the spots he hits, a quick soothe after the harshness. He feeds off her sounds, and all moans and gasps of pleasure to match with his deep and dominating growls and patronizing take as she flinches.

He knows she’s had enough when he sees the drip of wetness from her lips between her legs. He swipes it before it’s gone with his fingers in the heat of her to pinch her clit and rub to ready her as she buckled towards the bed with a submissive moan. “Soaked little cunny, innit?” He coos her way before pushing two fingers inside her.

The first push of pure pleasure was over her, eyes rolling back and tongue out over her bottom lip as she gave over to it. His movements were confident, always certain and steady against her. She’d needed that control taken and he was proving to be worthy of the task. With curling and pounding fingers he works her until she’s close, drenched in her and feeling her tighten he leaves her exposed and bent over while he strokes himself to the sight of her. A soft and pink fluffy cunt between two strong thighs and an arse that he was champing at the bit to watch bounce against him. One he’d smacked before but only to piss her off, and never for the purpose of what he had planned for her.

A firm grip on himself he pumped, planning for what he was going to give her, which was years worth of pent up aggression. He was challenged to hurt her, and even if that wasn’t in his nature towards women and sex he was not one to back down from a challenge. He was set in his mind to leave her with no choice but to admit he’d fucked her good and proper. And deny that she wanted to do it again, a sure sign she did as she wouldn’t be thinking about it already.

Tapping himself on her lower back, grabbing her hips and holding her where he wanted her, knees knocked up on the bed, he groans and watches  her move herself towards him, seeking him out.

“Hungry little cunt, eh?”

“Billy just... fuck me... please.” She whines, a needful grunt as she rubbed her slit against him.

“That’s a good girl.” He softly praises as he angles himself and notches inside her, an immediate release of wordless noise from them both. “Fuckin' 'ell.” He mutters before feeling the resistance around him as he buried himself inside her. His hands held fast to her hips as he settled inside her, savoring it for a moment.

A breathy. “Yes.” Escapes her as her head drops down to the bed.

He keeps up with her neediness for it as he begins a solid rhythm, pacing himself to adjust to her tightness that only seemed to squeeze him harder with every meeting of their hips. She pushed back as he slapped her ass. Pink welts that bounced on his strong hips, both picking up on the pace between them easily, as they had always done in fighting, it seemed to translate well with fucking.  

There were no words as she gripped the sheets, pushed back with all she had, that satisfying slap of balls to her clit, the hollow smack of skin to skin as they worked to a feverish pace. She could feel more growing in her, him filling her to satisfy that stretch she needed from him. With a snarl, beads of sweat falling down his forehead he pushes forward, grabbing a handful of her hair to pound her harder, give her what they both needed now. She cries out, every breath forces out from the hips as her back arches beautiful back for him.

“Fuck yes.” She cries in bursts that match his pace. Her head bobbed and her tits bounced and knocked together adding to the slaps and claps that filled the otherwise quiet room.

A hard slap to her ass again makes a deeper and more sultry sound arise from her. Billy knew it, a grown woman now in her final throws, enjoying herself and letting go. He doesn’t let the moment pass, giving her all he’s got left in power. He yanks her arms back and leaves her helpless as he pulls them back and lets her chest bow out and head hang back  as he rides her.

A happy squeal escapes, hums and laughs that were different than any he’d heard from her. “That’s fucking right Billy, give it to me. Harder.” A playful call demands of him.

He grabs her by the throat, one hand to her chest, pulling her against him as his nails sink into the meat of her. She moans and mewls, closed eyes and snarling smile as he tightens his grip around her neck, hips still pounding away and gaining speed to finish the job. Another spank, another slap, and then to her dripping cunt he continues. At first he continues the pain, then a rapid back and forth over her swollen clit that makes her hips buck and her lips plead for more.

A choked out “Don’t stop.” Leaves her as he feels her stomach tensing and her breathing deepen. He’s almost tempted to, to be cruel one last time but the feel of her against him, the face full of vanilla-scented hair and his mouth at her ear, he chooses the much more merciful route as he knew he didn’t want to part from her.

“Come on this cock you fuckin slag.” He growls and she smiles in response. He gives a bite to her ear and sucks at her neck as little chants of yes make it to his ears. “I fuckin' feel ya love, be a good girl for me and cum and I’m gonna fill you up. Fuck you’re gonna be feelin' me inside you for days.”

Another deep and content moan gets past his white-knuckled hand on her throat as she holds fast to his arm, then reaches back to grab a handful of hair. A submissive whimper, both to him and to the needs of her body, riding that cusp and waiting to fall, they meet eyes. Something they’d been avoiding but now they were locked, both matched in their faces in ecstasy. She feels it, that pull for more, she needed something to finish.

He sees her lips quiver, her eyes big and batting and he answers her wordless plea and kisses her. It’s not a first kiss either had had before. It was teeth and tongue and gripping lips that would suddenly part to gasp. It was rough and desperate just as their lives were.

They both feel it, it was a final straw, a touch of tenderness and intimacy masked in angry brows and crude words in the form of a kiss that pushed them over. Being the gentleman he was, or could be, he makes sure she finished first. Pounding her through the waves she rode, the hips stuttering, the cum running down his balls and her thighs from a thorough beating of her insides. He knocks her to the bed to breathe, giving that lovely little arse of hers a final whipping and clenching his hands down to the bones of her hips he follows her to the bed, fucking into her flat on her stomach.

The new angle left her squirming, hitting deep inside her as she let her whole body feel how good it felt to have his weight on her. She sees his hands fist the sheets next to her head. Masculine grunts as he empties out and they’re left in the aftermath.

With a less harsh smack on her ass, more of a well done than a dominating feel to it he collapses next to her. The silence falls in the room as their breathing slows. This was the part he had been avoiding. The consequences of their actions. Doing something bad was never lackluster, it was the moments after when you were faced with what you’d done that weren’t fun to deal with.

But as she always did, she takes a situation and makes the best of it. Finally moving with a groan, she slowly moves to back off the bed and stretches, looking at the damage done to her backside. He hears a laugh and then a tensionless sigh. “You know I hate to admit when you’re right.” She grins as she rolls to his side to face her. “But that was a… very job well done, mate.” She laughs and turns to walk with loose hips to the bathroom.

“Maybe you’ll listen to me more then, eh?” He smiles and watches her disappear behind the cheap wooden door.

“Wouldn’t count on it.” He hears as he gives a charming smile in her direction she doesn’t see. He pulls the blankets back, a quick strip of the clothes left around his ankles and a swipe over his junk to ease the sticky feeling growing the AC air of the room.

He settles in, the light switching off and a still naked woman approaching him. He was enjoying the confidence and ease she held herself with now. Hands running through her hair as she stood and looked between the two beds. “So…” She says with a nod.

“Yeah?”

“Do we share a bed now?” She asks with a tilt of her head.

“Been a night of a lot of firsts. Don’t have to stop there. I still haven’t proved myself to be a cuddler.”

“True.” She smiles and moves to slide into bed with him.

“If ya think you can keep your hands off me you can sleep in here. But if ya gonna be waking me up and demanding my cock, ya know I need my beauty rest, love.”

“Shut up Butch.” She laughs as presses her back against him. “You wish.” She shakes her head and settles. “No amount of sleep's gonna help you.”

“Good to see not even good cock can keep ya from bein' a cunt.”

“It’s just you. You’re lucky that way.” She grins as she accepts the arm around her waist and the warmth of his breath in her hair.

“Yeah… ‘Spose I am a lucky bastard that way.” He groans after a good stretch. Now all that was left was to prove his cuddling capabilities, and with her hand around his wrist, as it settles up to her breasts, wiggling hips resting directly against his, they were both well on their way to finding out the outcome of the second challenge of the night.

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Character Bios: Mini-Con Assault Team

Mini-Con Assault Team

“Never underestimate the strength of those you believe to be ‘beneath’ you.”

Faction: Mini-Con Function: Insurgents Continuity: Unicron Trilogy

Bio: In the wake of the Unicron Battles, the supernatural power granted to the Mini-Cons by the collected energy known as the “Linkage” faded. That is, save for the three Mini-Cons who would come to gather under the banner known as the Mini-Con Assault Team. For some reason, Heavytread, Runway, and Windshear maintained a connection to this energy, which they could exhibit in their combined form: a mighty warrior known as Centuritron. Believing themselves to be in possession of this ability for a reason, their leader, Heavytread, decided it was their responsibility to take leadership of the Mini-Cons as a whole. Now, with the Sky Terror Team’s coup against the Council of Sages having failed, these three represent the biggest threat remaining to the fragile peace the Mini-Cons have created on Cybertron’s moons.

Personality: Heavytread is the most tactical-minded and militarily-skilled of the three Mini-Cons, which makes him the one most capable of leading the Assault Team. Runway has a devil-may-care attitude, often disobeying orders in order to make himself look more impressive. Windshear is calm and secretive, never showing her true intentions to anyone, including her team-mates.

Despite the team’s differences, they manage to work well together, and maintain a strong combination when united as Centuritron. When combined, they exhibit each of the three’s strongest traits: Heavytread’s keen tactical mind, Runaway’s fearlessness, and Windshear’s cleverness.

Abilities: The three members of the Assault Team all have unique skills. Heavytread is an excellent marksman, using his cannon barrel as a long-range rifle in robot mode. In addition, he’s rather speedy and maneuverable for a tank, combining firepower with agility. Runway, meanwhile, is an expert at aerial combat capable of bombarding enemies with flare bombs from above using his dual thrust cannon. Finally, Windshear may be the most dangerous thanks to her stealth capabilities, allowing her to sneak up on foes in her helicopter mode and riddle them with fire from her minigun.

As Centuritron, the trio’s strength is cubed, making them more than a match for the strongest of “bulks”. Centuritron wields a weapon composed of each member of the team’s signature weapon, which they can focus their Linkage energy through. This blast is equal in strength to a shot from the Requiem Blaster or a slash from the Star Saber. The after-effects of using this weapon leave Centuritron drained for several minutes, however, forcing them to spend time recovering.

Weaknesses: Using their combined weapon at full power leaves Centuritron helpless for a brief  period. Heavytread’s agility means he is less well-armored than most Cybertronians with a tank alternate mode, leaving him vulnerable to heavy weapons fire. Runway tends to consume fuel far too quickly, which has caused him to drop out of the sky in mid-flight on occasion. Finally, Windshear is built for stealth, not prolonged combat, and is the most vulnerable of the trio when it comes to taking damage.

Tech Specs: STR - 8| INT - 7 | SPD - 7 | END - 6 | RNK - 8 | CRG - 6 | FPWR - 10 | SKL - 8

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Best Spirulina Fish Foods Reviews in 2020

Are you currently raising aquatic creatures that are primarily vegetable eaters? If so, then you should understand that choosing the best Spirulina Fish Foods for your finned animals is essential. Indeed, you are probably wondering why it is essential to buy spirulina fish food, so we are going to explore what this fish food is all about in the rest of this article.

This article aims to help fish owners learn more about the importance of feeding your pet fish with Spirulina and the top rated products you can buy in the market these days. Many expert fish lovers prefer this fish food because it is known to be a highly nutritious food source.

The list of products reviewed here is considered to be one of the more premium options because they are designed to help keep your aquatic animal colors brighter and brighter; this is especially true if you are raising betta fish, cichlids, goldfish, koi, and tropheus, although these fish foods also work for various species of fish.

The buying and feeding tips discussed here will also serve as a very useful guide for you to take care of your most precious aquarium inhabitants.

The 9 Best Spirulina Fish Foods Buy and Guider

Sera Marine Spirulina Grazer

If you find it a bit difficult to decide which spirulina for goldfish to buy, you can drop your worries and go for this product instead. This is easy to use and contains superb ingredients that can ensure optimal health for your most precious fin friends.

These tablets are uniquely made and able to sink into the bottom of the tank, or they can also be attached to the aquarium glass with a light finger pressure. Many fish enthusiasts choose this product because it is designed to be a well-balanced food that encourages great fishy appearance, healthy development and supports the natural behavior of your aquatic animals.

Also, if you want the occupants of your aquarium to stay active, more alive, and to avoid various kinds of digestion issues, this food would help them achieve all of these goals. It even lets you see shy fish consuming their food right in front of you. If you need sticky tablets that might work well for large marine fish, this may be one of your best options.

Before purchasing this product, be sure to check out some of its downsides and these are its ability to break down very easily and it tends to leave a hard mark on the aquarium. Anyway, besides these weak points; this product is still reliable in many other aspects.

Pros

Adheres fairly well to glass

Certified premium adhesive tabs ideal for large saltwater fish

Formulated with 21% spirulina algae

Highly recommended fish food product for wrasses, angels and tans

Able to attract shy fish to eat them with enthusiasm

Cons

Tends to break down faster than expected

Can leave an extremely hard mark on the aquarium

Hikari Bio-Pure freeze-dried spirulina shrimp cubes

The quality of this product cannot be questioned as it is known to be a top-notch treat or daily diet for all saltwater and freshwater fish, various marine species and invertebrates. Besides, these are convenient options since you can also feed frogs and turtles with these foods.

Additionally, this item is considered to be one of the cleanest freeze-dried fish food sold today. Note that you can expect a taste and texture that was not previously available in a freeze-dried food product.

This fish spirulina is a smart choice primarily because it is packed with nutritious ingredients that would provide many health benefits to the inhabitants of your aquarium. Since they’re fortified with essential vitamins, you can finally say goodbye to fish stress and other fish-related illnesses. It is so easy and convenient to use because it has been designed with a patented ratchet dispenser.

However, these foods are instantly crumbled and turn into a fine mixture, which should make the water in the tank whitish and look dirty. These are some of the issues that you would be slightly upset about once you start feeding your pets this fish food.

Pros

Not made with legumes or ground grains

Contains excellent levels of protein content

Formulated with multivitamins that help minimize fish stress and other related ailments

Serves as an appetizing treat for aquatic creatures

Designed with a ratchet dispenser top

Cons

Sensitive to crumbling in a fine mixture

Can create unwanted damage inside the tank

Fluval Hagen Vegetarian Flakes Fish Food

These Fish Spirulina Flakes are made with premium ingredients and a multi-plant formula that provides many health benefits for your finned animals. These are loaded with good amounts of spirulina, trace elements, and natural trace elements and are also a great source of protein and stabilized vitamin C which are all known to provide maximum daily nutrition. They are reliable for turning your finned friends into a more vibrant and energetic friend.

Additionally, these flakes contain highly nutritious kelp and four types of vegetables that are precisely formulated to improve the overall health of your aquarium buddies. They are enriched with omega 3, complex carbohydrates and polyunsaturated fatty acids which make them more important in providing good nutrition for the growth of your fish.

Some complaints when using these flake foods are that they are easily crumbled, making them too small to be used for feeding, and they seem to work best just for feeding fry, but not quite well. for big fish. Check these negative reviews first before you get one.

Pros

Contains several vegetarian formulas

Helps support the general well-being of your aquarium residents

Formulated with spirulina rich in trace elements and proteins

Can guarantee exceptional nutrition for the daily feeding of fish

Designed to be tasty to entice aquatic animals to eat with enthusiasm

Cons

Does not seem a practical choice for feeding large fish

Contains incredibly fragile flakes

Cobalt Aquatics Spirulina Fish Food Sinking Pellet

These Spirulina Fish Pellets are made with main ingredients such as spirulina, garlic, plankton, earthworm, salmon, kelp, krill and fish oil to ensure highly nutritious nutrition and tasty to your dearest aquarium settlers. What sets this product apart from other options is its triple vitamin boost formulation which works great in keeping fish healthy and strong.

Likewise, the green pellets dissolve well in the water column after a few minutes and the colonists in your aquarium appear to be swimming around the filter feed. It is nice to see your finned friends consuming their food with fondness and it is right to feed them fish food which comes with a complete formula to provide exceptional nutrition. The right amount of probiotics in this product helps promote healthier digestive system functions.

However, you should know that these pellets are larger in size which makes them a little hard to mix with other feed in the autoloader and the selling cost of this fish feed is not that affordable as people on a budget may feel unhappy about this.

Pros

Can ensure less production of fish waste inside the aquarium

Not inclined to make the tank water cloudy and moldy

Enriched with probiotics that promote healthy digestion

A convenient option for feeding saltwater and tropical fish

Formulated with a triple vitamin boost

Cons

Slightly large to mix with other foods in an automatic feeder

Sold at a slightly higher price

OSI Spirulina Flake Fish Food

Whether you are currently looking for premium spirulina for marine fish or freshwater aquatic creatures, these flake foods are perfect. They are made with a high amount of Spirulina which not only acts as a natural color enhancer but also does an exceptional job of vitalizing the immune system functions of the occupants of your aquarium.

Plus, you don’t have to worry about the general well-being of your pet fish as they become more hardy to fight bacteria, infections, and disease. These flakes are not uniform and paper thin like other options out there; although they are much more natural with the texture.

Please note that these foods tend to crumble into fine grains easily which makes them very messy to use and the water in the tank is expected to look dirty and cloudy. See for yourself if these inconveniences are a real problem for your aquarium.

Pros

Works great to naturally enhance the color of fish

Helps revitalize fish immunity to fight bacteria and disease

Makes fish brighter, healthier and more filling

Designed for saltwater and freshwater aquatic creatures

An ideal option for feeding sick and sensitive fish

Cons

May make tank water dark

Tends to be crumbled into a fine grain which becomes too dirty to use

Ocean Nutrition Spirulina Flakes

This spirulina aquarium fish food is a good catch. It is a nutrient-enriched food that could complement a regular diet. If you want to have colorful and energetic fish that play, roam and swim inside the aquarium; then these foods can help the colonists in your aquariums to become livelier and healthier artists for you, your loved ones and your guests.

If you have omnivorous and carnivorous pet fish inside the tank and want to make them more vibrant, healthy and hardy; so a great way to achieve your goal is to feed them these premium spirulina fish flakes.

These are reliable when it comes to providing the most exceptional nutrition to your finned animals. Without question, these foods can meet their dietary needs perfectly and you will be amazed at the noticeable difference if you feed them with these foods.

Take into account that these foods are not staple foods, which means you need to feed your finned friends varieties to meet their daily nutritional needs. Other than that, the price is a bit expensive considering that the size of the container will not last long.

Pros

Helps to intensify the colorings of fish, especially for omnivorous and carnivorous fish

A convenient option for feeding goldfish, angelfish and tangs

Uniquely formulated to provide the best nutrition

Can be used as a first choice food to supplement a regular diet

Helps preserve the beauty and life of your aquatic animal

Cons

Cannot be used as a staple food

A bit expensive for the container size

Sera Koi Professional Spirulina Color Pet Food

The many benefits of spirulina in aquaculture are immense. There’s no denying that spirulina-fed fish are getting healthier, more energetic, colorful, and more resistant to ailments. Fortunately, there are many options for purchasing fish products that contain a generous amount of spirulina.

These colorful foods are well accepted by various species of fish and you would love to see them actively swimming on the surface of the water. They are formulated with a high amount of protein so that your aquarium inhabitants can grow healthily, become more vigorous to fight disease and benefit from a highly nutritious diet.

All the same, two things that you will not find satisfactory about this product are its cheap quality container bucket which breaks instantly so that the freshness of the food is compromised and the cost of selling this product is always. expensive for anyone short on a budget.

Pros

Can be used as special food for koi and other essential pond fish

Recognized as a premium spirulina color food

Excellent food for ideal fish growth, vibrant fish colors and optimal health

Can be safely fed throughout the year if the temperature is above 46 degrees Fahrenheit

Easy to digest

Cons

Poor quality container bucket

No reasonable price

Zoo Med Spirulina 20 Flake Fish Food

For fish owners looking for high quality spirulina based fish food flakes, this product made by Zoo Med is worth a try. This is a great option that you can feed your finned friends because it is high in protein and can be safely given to goldfish, freshwater and marine fish, invertebrates, and other crustaceans. It contains 20% spirulina, so it is a highly nutritious certified fish diet.

Since it is enriched with spirulina content, you can rest assured that your fish colonists would become more energetic, grow faster, achieve a more elegant color, and live longer. In addition, if they are fed with spirulina, their reproduction, hatching and reproduction processes would be greatly improved. You will see a huge difference in your fish once you feed them this complete diet.

These flakes have an inconsistent flake size and they easily crumble into fine dust; as a result, they create more fish waste inside the tank, which means you will have to clean the water in the tank more often. Besides these little issues, these fish foods are great options to consider.

Pros

Manufactured to contain large amounts of protein source

Works best as a natural color enhancer

An ideal option for feeding saltwater and freshwater fish

Formulated with a full line of minerals, beta-carotene and color enhancing pigments

Does a good job of improving fish reproduction

Cons

Inconsistent flake size

Tends to produce more fish waste

Cobalt Aquatics Mysis Spirulina Fish

Buying the right spirulina fish food for cichlids is great because there are several options available that you can refer to. Just like this product, you can safely feed it with tropical fish, omnivores and marine herbivores. And, even if you have some very picky aquatic animals making the transition to prepared foods, this food would suit them well.

Feeding picky eaters can be difficult, but it doesn’t need to be if you’re feeding them this super tasty formula made with Spirulina Algae and Mysis Shrimp. For those fish owners who dream of seeing their fish retain amazing colors and achieve the perfect shape, this food would help you do that for your most precious aquarium friends.

Of course, you will love to feed your fish this food as well, as it can ensure a cleaner diet, so you can expect less fish waste inside the tank and keep your aquarium clean. If used correctly and avoid overfeeding, you don’t need to burn yourself out by replacing the water in the tank more frequently.

Yet and all, while this food is superb in terms of advanced nutrition, a few things you might find out about it are its high cost to sell and it comes with a shoddy lid that won’t work well to properly seal the container. to keep food fresh and in good condition. It would have been better if they secured the packaging.

Pros

An ideal option for feeding marine herbivores, omnivores and tropical fish

Known to have the most advanced nutrition available

Excellent for supporting a healthier immune system and digestive system functions

Enriched with probiotics, made with Mysis shrimp and spirulina algae

Does a terrific job of helping your fish maintain their best color and shape

Cons

Sold at a slightly high price

Comes with an inexpensive quality cover to seal the container

What to look for when buying Spirulina Fish Foods

Before purchasing any fish feed that contains spirulina, make sure you know that too much or not enough spirulina is not good for your colonists. It is possible to have a basic fish diet that contains spirulina algae as a key ingredient and can be an effective diet for most aquatic animals.

The truth is, carnivores can also benefit from consuming spirulina-based flakes before feeding, as the majority of wild carnivores get more nutrients from the intestinal tract of the fish they eat.

Keep in mind that too much spirulina in fish food can cause the fish’s immune system to malfunction and can lead to stress for the fish; on the other hand, an insufficient amount would not provide the benefits that spirulina could offer.

Your fish will need 10-20% Spirulina to get more benefits; however, you also should not provide them beyond 20% if you do not want them to get sick. It is good to note that some brands of premium fish food products that are highly recommended also do not contain spirulina at the maximum level, so you should be careful.

Before investing in a specific spirulina-based fish food product, it is convenient to first conduct research, compare the ingredients, characteristics, advantages and disadvantages of the product. Don’t just base your purchase on the fish food price tag, but focus more on quality and ingredients. Also check if the product is highly recommended by many fish hobbyists and consumers.

Other important factors to consider

What is Spirulina Fish Foods?

This food refers to the blue-green plant plankton which is enriched with the main vitamins A, B1, B2, B6, B12, vitamins C and E and is also filled with generous amounts of protein. It is known to be a very nutritious fish food because it contains natural color enhancers, a range of essential minerals as well as good levels of beta-carotene.

These foods can help promote faster and healthier fish development, amazing fish coloring, stronger immunity, good digestion, and healthy reproduction and reproduction.

What are the different types of Spirulina Fish Foods?

Among the most unique seaweed food ingredients, spirulina is known to be a fast growing cyanobacterium of enormous size and has been shown to be a potential protein source alternative for farmed fish, primarily due to its protein. superior quality, essential fatty acid content, vitamins and antimicrobials. activity, antioxidant pigments as well as anticancer properties.

Spirulina-based food products come in many forms. These are generally available in:

Tablets

Stick-ons

Seaweed wafers

Granules

Fine powder

Flakes

As you can see, there are a number of options to choose from when feeding your aquarium residents an adequate amount of spirulina.

Why do you need Spirulina Fish Foods? (Benefits)

Feeding your aquarium animals a good amount of spirulina is very beneficial. This food provides complete protein although it is a plant-based food source. In fact, very few plants can provide protein when fed to aquatic creatures.

This food is a great choice because it helps revitalize the immunity of the fish so that they become stronger at fighting bacteria, infections, and other diseases before they even start attacking your fish.

It’s worth noting that you can expect lower rates of disease in spirulina-fed fish, meaning your finned friends can live healthy lives and extend their lifespans. Nowadays, many fish lovers are opting for spirulina food products because they also work effectively to make the color of your fish more vivid and brilliant.

Therefore, if you keep goldfish, tropheus cichlids, betta fish and colorful koi; then you can intensify their natural color even more if you feed them with spirulina. This food can also enhance the color of other species of fish.

And, it has been revealed that fish diets containing a comparable amount of spirulina may minimize dependence on different types of toxic drugs as well as the consumption of antibiotics.

In addition to improving the coloring of fish, spirulina can also help promote healthier digestion. Foods containing this ingredient are primarily designed to be safe and easy to swallow and digest, even for weaker and older fish.

Compared to meat and fish foods which contain soy flour, spirulina is digestible and will not cause various kinds of digestion issues like bloating and constipation.

Lastly, since spirulina can offer superb protein levels, this is also reliable in supporting faster and healthier fish development. This food can also help promote healthy breeding and reproduction in fish and may contribute to the overall well-being of your pet fish.

As you can see, the inhabitants of your aquarium can experience many health benefits if they are fed good amounts of spirulina.

Here is the recap of the main health benefits of feeding your pet fish spirulina:

Invigorates the immune system functions of your finned friends

Helps minimize disease and death rates

Promotes healthy digestion and ensures good absorption of nutrients

Helps avoid blocked intestinal tract as well as swollen abdomen

Accelerates and standardizes the development and growth rates of aquatic creatures

Significantly improves the distinctive production of enzymes

Greatly improves fish coloring with rich pigments

Frequently Asked Questions

What are the most trusted brands of Spirulina Fish Foods?

One of the most surefire ways to feed your finned friends the proper nutrition is to choose specially made fish feed products from reputable and reliable brands that have been in the fish feed industry for years. Needless to say, it’s fair to do your research on respectable fish feed manufacturers before spending a ton of money, especially if you’re still new to the fish hobby.

Before purchasing one, it is convenient to research highly recognized brands of fish feed that are considered the best options for expert fish lovers, or you can check out local fish or pet stores regarding their fish feed products. the most sold. By doing this, you can get an idea of ​​the brand or product that can meet the nutritional needs of your aquatic animals.

Here are some of the most recommendable brands you can count on:

Ocean nutrition

Hikari

Fluval

Will be

OSI

You can check out the products of the brands mentioned above and you will find out how top rated they are in making premium fish food products that most expert fish farmers use for fish feed. As for the quality, safety and nutritious ingredients; you will not hesitate to buy products from these brands.

How do you make Spirulina Fish Foods?

When making fish-based foods containing spirulina, plant or vegetable matter, it is strongly recommended to use fresh products from organic farming. This is to ensure that the food you prepare is free from pesticide residues that can be toxic to the general well-being of your pet fish.

Here is a list of possible ingredients that you can use when making your version of spirulina fish food:

Romaine lettuce

One of the best bases for making fish feed is organically grown dark leafy greens.

Spirulina powder

This is considered to be one of the most favorite food additives for fish lovers whenever they are preparing their fish food. It is mainly composed of cyanobacteria. Spirulina powder is enriched with amino acids, vitamins and minerals.

More than that, the natural pigments inside play a vital role in helping captive fish release their more vibrant and brilliant color.

Dark green leaves

These include kale, Swiss chard, lettuce, spinach and romaine lettuce as well as sushi seaweed. All of these vegetables are good for providing richer and more nutritious plant-based foods. And, since these are packed with essential minerals and vitamins, they do a great job of imitating the natural aquatic flora consumed by species of fish.

Corn or potato starch

You can add a tablespoon or two to the fish food mixture you are preparing. The start helps to keep the mixture properly together so you can create flakes when dried.

Ail

This is called a super food for various species of fish. In addition to its ability to mimic the appetites of the most picky eaters, garlic also helps maintain optimal health for your pet fish by providing antibacterial properties.

Various vegetables or fruits

You can add vegetables or fruits to your leafy green base when preparing fish food. In this way, nutrition could be obtained from various sources. The variety of nutrients would help keep the fish feeling and looking its best.

Carrots, peas, broccoli, pears, oranges, zucchini, and apples are some examples of great additions when making homemade fish food for your aquarium buddies.

Procedure:

Prepare all the ingredients. Note that leafy greens should be rinsed thoroughly and harder veggies like carrots and broccoli should be blanched.

On the other hand, if there are frozen ingredients, you must thaw them first. As for the ingredients of the fish, you need to descale them but the bones.

The next phase should be to mix the ingredients properly. Put all the ingredients in a food processor or blender and mix until the mixture becomes smooth.

Then it’s time to strain the mixture. Use a spatula or ladle to squeeze the mixture through a medium-fine mesh.

This procedure is the most tedious step; nonetheless, it would help eliminate large pieces of vegetables or bones that are too big for fish consumption.

Dry the mixture. Wait about 3 to 4 hours for the flake fish food to dry.

This procedure begins by covering large baking sheets with parchment paper or wax. The paper would help prevent dried foods from sticking to your pan.

Then carefully pour the refined mixture over the leaves and carefully spread it in a very thin layer.

Put it in the oven and set it to 150 degrees Fahrenheit, then let it dry for a few hours or until the mixture becomes completely crumbly.

Finally, separate it. At this point, the leaves were coming off in large pieces. You can break them down using your hands until they reach the size you want. Then you can store it in a cool dark place. To keep fish food fresh and in good condition for over a year, it is strongly recommended that it be placed in an airtight container.

How to use Spirulina Fish Foods?

When using or feeding your colonists with spirulina, consider the following guides:

Find the most suitable fish food. Spirulina fish food is a great source of food for your aquarium animals. These are available in many different forms such as flakes, granules, tablets and the like. They are ideal for vegetable eaters and can provide plenty of nutritional benefits for your finned friends. If they are well fed, they grow into happy, healthy aquatic creatures.

When feeding, all you need to do is sprinkle a small amount of spirulina on it and watch the inhabitants of your aquarium as they devour the food. If you are using the self-adhesive versions, just stick it on the aquarium glass and you are good to go.

Think about the options available. There are many spirulina-based fish feed options sold in the market today. These are safe to use to feed herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores. Some are ideal for both freshwater and saltwater fish. Consider what the products are specifically designed for. This way, you can rest assured that your fish are getting the nutrition they really need to thrive and live happy, disease-free lives.

Always follow the manufacturer’s directions for the amount of feed per feed, the feeding schedule, and avoid giving your fish excessive amounts of feed to avoid digestion issues and tank water issues.

Or buy Spirulina Fish Foods?

It is very easy to search for the most suitable spirulina fish food products. You can visit the nearest pet, fish, or aquarium supply stores in your area. Some well-stocked supermarkets also sell products like these and you can find them in their pet care sections.

However, if you want a more convenient way to buy spirulina fish food products, you can refer to some legitimate and highly recognized online shopping sites such as Live Aquaria, Amazon, Petwarehouse, PetCo, and PetSmart. . These sites can offer you various spirulina based fish feed made by reputable and reliable brands.

Online shopping is very exciting because finding the products you need is much easier and you may have the opportunity to choose from countless options that will help you learn more about which one would best suit your needs.

Nutritional information of spirulina

Spirulina contains nutritionally balanced ingredients in fish feed. In fact, it contains protein between 41 and 63% of dry weight and contains all vital amino acids at the proper levels except the minimized lysine, cysteine ​​and methionine.

On top of that, its essential fatty acid profile consists of higher levels of polyunsaturated fatty acids while its mineral and vitamin contents are proportional to those of other protein sources used in fish feed.

Therefore, due to spirulina’s well-balanced amino acid content compared to other vegetable protein sources, this makes it an excellent substitute for fishmeal in the aquatic creature feed formulation.

What makes spirulina important as a dietary supplement?

It should be noted that spirulina has gained remarkable fame in the health food industry and is labeled as an excellent vitamin and protein supplement for aquaculture diets.

In addition, it has long been used as an exceptional dietary supplement by people because it contains higher levels of macro and micro nutrients. Keep in mind that this requires simple harvesting, growing, and processing technology.

In terms of aquaculture, Spirulina has the potential to be used as an organic food supplement to greatly help improve fish growth. Blue-green algae spirulina has the potential to be included in the diets of various species of fish due to its impressive nutritional profile and ease of digestion.

What Makes Spirulina Unique Food for Fish?

Spirulina gets its name from its spiral shape; however, you must use a microscope to determine that it looks like this. If you look at it without using a microscope, you’ll see it as something that looks like a dark green algae grass, or something you might see on the lower part of the river.

It is a very nutritious food source although it has a strange structure. Spirulina is packed with protein, vitamin B12, and beta-carotene – all of these make up about 70% of the plant.

Not to mention that the protein content serves as a complete protein which is generally difficult to find in plants. This also comes with 62% of the amino acid content.

Currently, spirulina is cultivated all over the world for human consumption and fish feed. If, indeed, spirulina algae is precisely labeled as fish feed in the commercial market, this also comes with huge success in the health food arena.

Are spirulina food products expensive?

These foods are available at great prices. You can also find some that you can buy in bulk, wholesale, or you can go for individual containers depending on your feed needs for the fish.

There are some great offers that you can take advantage of when the products are purchased wholesale or wholesale. Higher price tags are expected depending on the brand chosen.

Conclusion

In conclusion, the best spirulina fish food is ideal for your aquatic animals because such food can provide complete protein even though it comes from a plant. Likewise, it strengthens the immune system functions of your pet fish well so that they become more resistant to bacteria, infections and different types of diseases.

It is worth noting that several reports indicate that species of fish fed on spirulina are less susceptible to stress and fish disease; they stay healthy, more active and are more likely to live longer. As you have read in this article, feeding the occupants of your aquarium with spirulina can also help encourage healthy digestive system functions, as these foods are easily digested.

The products discussed in this article are some of the top rated options that the majority of expert fish lovers buy. So for beginners; you can choose wisely which one you think would be excellent for meeting the dietary needs of your aquarium buddies.

In addition, these products do not contain any toxic content that weakens your fish, but they can provide many health benefits. You can buy spirulina fish food wholesale or wholesale; there are also individual containers available that you can purchase based on your fish feeding needs.

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‘sorry if that’s not useful, i’m on a lot of painkillers!’

‘i just feel really fantastic and not lonely but still quite angry.’

‘i don’t ruin everything for you like you say i do.’

‘we’re destined for a life of being talked down to by people who make a fucking yogurt.’

‘get that pipette and petri dish away from me.’

‘i have many issues with the idea of ghosts.’ 

‘ghost stories almost never start mid-afternoon on a tuesday in a well-lit branch of TK maxx’

‘ i had the night off and i was curious.’

‘i think what happens is they’ve confused their subconscious monologue with people in the afterlife.’

‘i know you have an erection under there.’

‘i’m outside the house without my keys, so i’m going to have to get in somehow.’

‘you can sue anybody for pretty much anything.’

‘it’s a natural hazard when you work in a lube shop.’

‘at least i don’t claim to be respectable.’

‘i was too distracted to hear about the problem in any detail as i was CHOKING TO DEATH.’

‘her neck was hilarious.’

‘who doesn’t love a petition?’

‘i will think about thinking about it.’

‘sorry bees, but just not quite enough people give a shit.’

‘perhaps they weren’t sure what ‘ends of bells’ means?’

‘if they weren’t going to take me seriously, i wasn’t going to take them seriously either.’

‘if anything, i feel undervalued by my cat.’

‘spare me your fucking vagaries.’

‘it’s worth lowering your expectations. lower them again. are they in the gutter? lower them further.’

‘i can complete a rubiks cube in 20 seconds. if my ‘complete a rubiks cube’ you mean ‘pour a glass of rioja and look out of the window’.’ 

‘i meant to shout ‘come on, lads’ but ended up saying ‘come on the lads’.’

‘he doesn’t know a fucking thing and is a fucking prick.’

‘if someone gets within your personal space you may consider punching them to the ground.’

‘i don’t know if it’s been said, but one day we will all be dead.’

‘i don’t know but i’m sure i’m right, if you disagree let’s have a fight.’

‘you never truly understand someone better than when you are subjected to their dreadful ideas.’

‘i wish him well and he’s a nice guy, but i’m mainly incredibly bitter.’

‘i’ve been very busy refilling a 10ft deep hole i dug in my garden.’

‘you’re not a valid human.’

‘i am lucky when it comes to gambling, in that i am not lucky.’

‘i once saw him throwing 2p pieces at a pigeon in trafalgar square and i’ve not been sure of him since.’

‘i promised her that i would destroy their business as vengeance for their rudeness.’

‘i am considering spending some of my considerable wealth on annoying you.’

‘i am a petty man with a lot of spare time.’

‘i am not threatening to do this, i am just making it clear that, should i wish, i could do this.’

‘so annoying when you mean to text ‘hey how are you’ but it autocorrects to a selfie with you erect in the bathroom mirror.’

‘if i catch any of you using them, i will put you on my list.’

‘i can’t say what will happen to people on my list, but it involves a bird bath filled with old pesto and repeated episodes of geordie shore.’

‘but exhaustive, i don’t mean comprehensive, just that i find them exhausting.’

‘the word ‘soon’ is relative.’

‘NO, I AM NOT WELL, I HAVE JUST BEEN FINED £65.’

‘i never hesitate. i act on instinct always, capable of lashing out without a moment’s notice.’

‘it came in handy when she actually wanted to get rid of their ugly leftover furniture / fresh corpses.’

‘i’m not sure but i think some of these might be illegal, so don’t sue me if you end up in jail!’

‘it’s probably ‘cause i think you’re a knob.’

[happyhomedecoration]

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♡ Frozen Bloodworms ♡ ◇Frozen ones are more convenient than feeding live foods as they keep for much longer (up to 6 months) in the freezer. ◇They come in a few different forms, from frozen blocks to thin sheets. One of the benefits of using frozen worms is that it’s unlikely they will be carrying any parasites or disease. ◇To only downside of feeding them frozen worms is you will miss out on watching your fishes’ natural hunting behaviors. ◇When you are ready to feed your fish, fill a small container with some of the tank water and place a cube of bloodworms in, to thaw it out. Once it has thawed, strain the defrosted food to remove the water and excess juices. ◇Whilst many people add it all to the aquarium, it can be an unnecessary bio-load on the filter as the fish won’t eat the juices. #frozenbloodworms #protein #monsterfishkeepers #monsterfish https://www.instagram.com/p/CKtnq0CBXGW/?igshid=161hlzsst6mvu

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American BioDefense Institute Launches ReOpen America, A Layered Bio-Hygiene Approach for Combating The Socio-Economic Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the U.S.

Arizona Congressman Paul Gosar Helps Kick Off the Effort During the Campaign’s Formal Launch In Prescott, Arizona

Prescott, AZ., Sept. 21, 2020,/PRNewswire/ — American BioDefense Institute (A.B.I.) announced today the launch of its ReOpen America campaign, a bipartisan effort to reopen America’s economy, academia, and other elements of U.S. society. The campaign kicked off in Arizona’s 4th Congressional District, a region led by biodefense maverick and U.S. congressman Paul Gosar, D.D.S. (R -AZ).

Since the onset of the pandemic, A.B.I. has joined forces with several members of Congress, state governors, and other federal and local government officials to develop a much-needed strategy for addressing the “new normal” that was brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic. Their goal was to develop practical options for mitigating the pandemic’s adverse effect on American society and the economy as a whole.

“The ReOpen America campaign is modeled after DARPA’s P3 Firebreak strategy for combating pandemics,” said James Mayo, a biosecurity expert, and A.B.I. Fellow. “Our layered approach to a user-friendly, bio-hygienic, strategy for minimizing the impact of this and future pandemics.”

Several A.B.I. Fellows attended or sponsored Arizona’s 4th district ReOpen strategy, including Nelly Nastase, author of “Fogging: A Powerful Disinfecting Layer for Biohygiene?” and USA Ambassador of disinfecting fogger manufacturer Cube Atomizer; James Mayo, C.E.O. of S.O.S. Hydration and co-author of “Rehydration Solutions: Use During The COVID-19 Pandemic”; and A.B.I. contributor Christos Daskalakis, C.E.O. of M.F.S. Trade School.

The A.B.I. fellows and Congressman Gosar made several stops around Arizona’s 4th district, visiting Chief Dan Doyle, Lake Havasu City Police Department; Haven of Lake Havasu a nursing home service center; Chief Dennis Light of Prescott Fire Station; Maggie Greenwood, executive director of Alta Vista retirement community, and the Prescott location of the US Forest Services.

During the tour, Prescott Mayor Billie Orr reiterated, “Here in Prescott, leadership prides itself in a unique opportunity to lead from the front lines.” Congressman Gosar continued hitting home the long term biohygiene message that, “There is no silver bullet solution to solving this pandemic, but we need a Firebreak to get us through this critical time until a viable and tested vaccine can be introduced.” In a recent Newsweek article Dr. Ravi Starzl, of A.B.I., added, “we need some sort of rapid response.”

A.B.I. plans to organize similar events in states around the country in the near future. This Arizona tour is part of A.B.I.’s broader efforts to partner with companies who have unique solutions that can improve the health, lives, and safety of Americans during this pandemic. A.B.I.’s mission is to minimize the negative impact of the Coronavirus pandemic while teaching Americans a newer and more evolved standard for healthy living during and after the COVID 19 outbreak.

About the American BioDefense Institute

The American BioDefense Institute is a Washington, D.C. based Think Tank, dedicated to nonpartisan analysis of U.S. and international biodefense capabilities and strategies, created in response to the COVID 19 pandemic. A.B.I. challenges the conventional boundaries of scientific disciplines by combining expertise in medicine, biology, chemistry, communication, and public policy to provide multidirectional strategies to meet future biosecurity challenges.

A.B.I. Fellows represent some of the most accomplished academic and private sector pandemic and biodefense experts in the world. This highly specialized Institute advises the United States Congressional and Federal Agency community on next-generation tools, tactics, and procedures for effective biodefense and pandemic relief, as well as briefing federal stakeholders on the next generation of biological warfare threats.

Contact A.B.I.:

ABI@AmericanBioDefenseInstitute.org

www.americanbiodefenseinstitute.org

Support ABI

Find out more: https://firebreak.org/index.php/2020/09/24/american-biodefense-institute-launches-reopen-america-a-layered-bio-hygiene-approach-for-combating-the-socio-economic-impact-of-the-covid-19-pandemic-on-the-u-s/

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American BioDefense Institute Launches ReOpen America, A Layered Bio-Hygiene Approach for Combating The Socio-Economic Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the U.S.

Arizona Congressman Paul Gosar Helps Kick Off the Effort During the Campaign’s Formal Launch In Prescott, Arizona Find out more : https://americanbiodefenseinstitute.org/american-biodefense-institute-launches-reopen-america/

Prescott, AZ., Sept. 21, 2020,/PRNewswire/ — American BioDefense Institute (A.B.I.) announced today the launch of its ReOpen America campaign, a bipartisan effort to reopen America’s economy, academia, and other elements of U.S. society. The campaign kicked off in Arizona’s 4th Congressional District, a region led by biodefense maverick and U.S. congressman Paul Gosar, D.D.S. (R -AZ).

Since the onset of the pandemic, A.B.I. has joined forces with several members of Congress, state governors, and other federal and local government officials to develop a much-needed strategy for addressing the “new normal” that was brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic. Their goal was to develop practical options for mitigating the pandemic’s adverse effect on American society and the economy as a whole.

“The ReOpen America campaign is modeled after DARPA’s P3 Firebreak strategy for combating pandemics,” said James Mayo, a biosecurity expert, and A.B.I. Fellow. “Our layered approach to a user-friendly, bio-hygienic, strategy for minimizing the impact of this and future pandemics.”

Several A.B.I. Fellows attended or sponsored Arizona’s 4th district ReOpen strategy, including Nelly Nastase, author of “Fogging: A Powerful Disinfecting Layer for Biohygiene?” and USA Ambassador of disinfecting fogger manufacturer Cube Atomizer; James Mayo, C.E.O. of S.O.S. Hydration and co-author of “Rehydration Solutions: Use During The COVID-19 Pandemic”; and A.B.I. contributor Christos Daskalakis, C.E.O. of M.F.S. Trade School.

The A.B.I. fellows and Congressman Gosar made several stops around Arizona’s 4th district, visiting Chief Dan Doyle, Lake Havasu City Police Department; Haven of Lake Havasu a nursing home service center; Chief Dennis Light of Prescott Fire Station; Maggie Greenwood, executive director of Alta Vista retirement community, and the Prescott location of the US Forest Services.

During the tour, Prescott Mayor Billie Orr reiterated, “Here in Prescott, leadership prides itself in a unique opportunity to lead from the front lines.” Congressman Gosar continued hitting home the long term biohygiene message that, “There is no silver bullet solution to solving this pandemic, but we need a Firebreak to get us through this critical time until a viable and tested vaccine can be introduced.” In a recent Newsweek article Dr. Ravi Starzl, of A.B.I., added, “we need some sort of rapid response.”

A.B.I. plans to organize similar events in states around the country in the near future. This Arizona tour is part of A.B.I.’s broader efforts to partner with companies who have unique solutions that can improve the health, lives, and safety of Americans during this pandemic. A.B.I.’s mission is to minimize the negative impact of the Coronavirus pandemic while teaching Americans a newer and more evolved standard for healthy living during and after the COVID 19 outbreak.

About the American BioDefense Institute

The American BioDefense Institute is a Washington, D.C. based Think Tank, dedicated to nonpartisan analysis of U.S. and international biodefense capabilities and strategies, created in response to the COVID 19 pandemic. A.B.I. challenges the conventional boundaries of scientific disciplines by combining expertise in medicine, biology, chemistry, communication, and public policy to provide multidirectional strategies to meet future biosecurity challenges.

A.B.I. Fellows represent some of the most accomplished academic and private sector pandemic and biodefense experts in the world. This highly specialized Institute advises the United States Congressional and Federal Agency community on next-generation tools, tactics, and procedures for effective biodefense and pandemic relief, as well as briefing federal stakeholders on the next generation of biological warfare threats.

Contact A.B.I.:

ABI@AmericanBioDefenseInstitute.org

www.americanbiodefenseinstitute.org

Support ABI

Find out more : https://americanbiodefenseinstitute.org/american-biodefense-institute-launches-reopen-america/

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We spotted our Modular HC1 kitchenette in some photos from Dometic - Our sink and stove tops are built into our modular cubes with a bamboo finish. The kitchenette has a onboard water pump and fresh and grey water tanks built in so you can use it anywhere inside your modular space or outside by your camp fire— thanks for the photos !• @dometic ⁠So fresh and so clean. ⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ More than ever, it's important to wash your vegetables (and hands) before you eat them. (Eating of hands not recommended.)⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ This stylish square inset sink from Dometic with heat-resistant safety glass lid provides the perfect home-from-home kitchen solution.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Product 🔍: ⁠(link in bio)⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Dometic SNG 4237 Square Sink With Glass Lid⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Photo: @fotornr ⁠⠀ 
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