#birthday banquet masterpost

[biteofcherry]

Birthday Banquet Masterpost

Thanks to all you my lovely moots and followers, I've been able to fry my brain this weekend and have lots of fun replying to your asks and writing some pieces 💖I'm very grateful for all the sweet wishes, support and enthusiastic participation in my celebration.

Here's a Masterpost for all things that have been created this weekend.

a full fic

Sweet and stained - Nick Fowler x reader; a Hades/Persephone AU

short scenes for existing universes

Who touched her? - enforcer!Steve Rogers x reader (Cherry)

Late night snack - soft mafia!Steve Rogers x reader (Nesting)

Birthday celebration - dark mafia!Steve Rogers x reader (Touch The Darkness)

Safeword - Dom!Steve Rogers x reader (More precious than rubies)

Show of power - dark mafia!Steve Rogers x reader (Touch The Darkness)

Commitment - Dom!Ari Levinson x reader (Heart of Ruby)

Casual interruption - Dom!Andy Barber x reader (Ruby Slippers)

Cure for insomnia - shifter alpha!Ari Levinson x reader (Bad Moon Rising)

Keep you safe - hunter!Curtis Everett x reader (The Sacred Hunt)

Subspace - Dom!Nick Fowler x reader (Crushed Rubies)

games and asks

OVA I

OVA II

OVA III

FMK I

FMK II

FMK III

FMK IV

FMK V

shibari/edging/impact

kink rating

kink pairing

pet name matching

dress matching

CYM I

CYM II

who helps relax

mmc to make desires come true

a month to live the life of any Reader

weekend date pick

mmc to spend bday with

[v-albion]

ok I have a few quick questions because I'm interested in true colors

What's Leo's favorite food

Is Leo ever jealous that others have hair

Does Leo ever get misgendered and what's Mama's reaction

1. Lee doesn’t really have a favourite food per se. He just eats whats provided by the chefs and his nutritionists. They have to keep him healthy and strong after all! Especially with the draining Nexus Battles and training. But, when it’s a special occasion like his birthday, Frida will ask the chefs to make tiramisu as dessert.

2. Lee doesnt need to be jealous of other people’s hair. His hair is beautiful as it is when he uses the brooch!

3. Big Mama did introduced him as her daughter for a couple banquets at first, so a few people knew him as “Big Mama’s daughter”. But his name didn’t really become well known until he’s grown up and started participating in her deals, and finally boomed when he fought his first battle. By then he already transitioned.

Not a lot of people misgendered him, since he transitioned early. Those who did are strictly corrected. Although there are a few… unsavoury folks who tried to demean him. These kind of people are quickly dealt with. They won’t cause problems anymore. Those who are smart enough won’t try to piss off Big Mama.

Masterpost

[blackmaylovesfries]

OT13 - Happy Birthday

Words: 1243

Sinopse: Seventeen Hybrid AU - How was your first birthday with your new family?

Notices: Not so good English. I was just in the birthday vibe, mine is getting closer and I’m wondering how to celebrate…

Solo stories’ destiny

Masterpost

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You knew that day was weird as soon as you woke up to half of your hybrids staring at you. S. Coups, Jun, Woozi, Wonwoo, Mingyu and Vernon were distributed around the room with their eyes trained on you, not missing a single movement. It was a little creepy to be honest. But you’re especially suspicious of them when you start to get up and all of them approach your bed too quickly for them to be innocent.

“What did you guys do?” You moaned as at least three of those huge beings decided it was a good idea to jump and bury you back in bed.

“What do you mean!?” Jun whined while he rubbed his cheeks on your side. “Did you forget what day it is today?”

“Hm… no? I’m almost sure I’m not forgetting any important dates, I have your birthdays on alarm.” You were so distracted by Wonwoo and Seungcheol snuggling on your side and stomach that you missed the look the other hybrids exchanged. Their hearts were warm with your care but they weren’t that happy that you didn’t know what was happening.

It took almost thirty minutes for you to be able to get up and to freshen up. The boys escorted you to the kitchen, where you found the rest of the hybrids running around and cooking. There wasn’t much chaos, Jeonghan and Joshua had the younger ones under control and everyone was doing their best in what seemed to be a serious and important mission.

“Morning, what’s the banquet for?” You joked as you counted the number of plates they were just getting ready at the dinner table. The words made everyone stop and stare at you with incredulous eyes. Even The8, who had stopped looking at you like you’re stupid all the time, was frozen and seemed to doubt his own ears.

“I can’t believe it.” One of them said, the ones behind you started to laugh. They refused to tell you what was happening after they accepted you had forgotten whatever it was.

“Well, today will be interesting…” Seungkwan also laughed as he sat at the dinner table. Most of the boys followed, also grinning. Hoshi was soon next to you and guided you to your chair at the head of the table.

“So, really? No one is going to tell me what is happening?” You love your boys, of course, but they were starting to annoy you. Especially since you had a not so great night of sleep previous to that. DK whined with your slightly harder tone but before any could react, your phone rang. Your brows furrowed when you saw who the caller was. “I have to take it. I’ll try to be quick so we can eat together.”

You smiled at them and went to another room, not forgetting to caress Dokyeom’s head as you passed by him. Thanks to the urge of your phone, you failed once again to notice the telepathy exchange between the hybrids with their eyes. It looked like they all understood some secret message in those 2 seconds you took to leave the room.

The story of the person on the other side of the call made you freeze, forgetting completely about the secrecy of your roommates. You were trembling a little while you rushed around the living room after your wallet and keys, not even noticing the art supplies on the sofa.

“What happened, Y/n? Where are you going?” Seungcheol asked you and all the others were behind him, probably also wanting the same answers.

“There’s a scarlet case. The team is needed as soon as possible.” You responded as you put on your coat. “Jun can explain it in more detail… But I need to go now, I'll be back as soon as all of this is resolved, ok?” Kissing Coups’ cheek and waving the others goodbye, you ran to your car and were soon out of view. The hybrids were silent for a minute before all the eyes were on Jun. The poor feline hybrid scratched his head and sighed.

“A scarlet case is like when Coups-hyung found her…” The other 12 hybrids haven’t heard this term before, Junhui himself only heard it by accident when he was trying to smell your scent in your office when you had disappeared and JayB was talking on the phone outside the door. “When a member of the organization is in life danger and more drastic actions have to happen.”

This simple explanation was enough to make all the boys worry about your situation. They were starting to cancel all their plans for the special day and some were even already cleaning up all the traces of any party. Seungcheol, Jihoon and Soonyoung exchanged looks and nods before stepping up to their somewhat natural roles in the family.

It was really late when you came back, like around 10 p.m. late. As soon as you opened the door, you could feel the anxiety coming from the boys, who had crowded the entrance hall. Smiling at them, you reassured all that you were fine and the case was a success. You just needed a bath and were ready to give them all your attention, glad that the day after was a day off.

“No time for bath, Y/n! We need you quickly here!” BooSeokSoon didn’t even let you protest that you were still smelling blood before dragging you to your dining room. You tried to call the others, maybe the more rational ones like Woozi or Wonwoo to help you but none of the other hybrids met your desperate and curious eyes.

Joshua came from behind, taking advantage of your arms being locked in the dog hybrids, and blocked your eyes with his hands. Your instincts, still tense because of the case, tried to kick in but the hybrids had got much stronger than you in those months with gym access. Just as you were going to tell them to cut it, they freed you completely.

“Happy Birthday!” All of the 13 hybrids congratulated you with loud voices. Even the still kinda standoffish The8! You took all of it in silence, looked around the room, seeing their efforts in the decorations and the food still hot on the table. “Y/n?” Vernon took a step closer to you, worried about your lack of response. They all were… The day hasn't gone the way they had planned and none of them really knew how to celebrate a birthday… They were scared you hated all of it.

“I… Thank you, guys. I loved it.” Your eyes were full of tears as you made the point of looking every single one in their eyes. “I really loved it. Thank you.” The last time you had received such care on such a day, which means more than a ‘happy birthday’ whispered during missions, was before your parents were gone.

You hugged all of them and couldn’t stop to thank them. Yes, even Minghao accepted your hug with a little pat on your back before taking two steps to separate and go out of your reach. Your new family sat around the table, everyone more than happy and warm.

Your tears ran down your face while the smile you had on became more and more bright, knowing that while you helped them with their trauma, they were also healing you. You blew your candles seconds before midnight.

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DIABOLIK LOVERS DRAMA CDs [MISSING AUDIO MASTERPOST]

I’ve spent a huge chunk of today compiling a list of all drama CDs (mostly tokutens) which I have yet to find the audio of. 

If you guys have a link for any of these CDs, or own one or more of them and are willing to share the audio in exchange for a full English translation, feel free to hit me up!

DIABOLIK LOVERS MORE, BLOOD LIMITED V EDITION SKiT Dolce / Rejet shop Tokuten Situation CD ”365 Days with a Vampire” Kanato Ver. ~Sweet Picnic~” (DIABOLIK LOVERS MORE, BLOOD LIMITED V EDITION SKiT Dolce / Rejet shop 店舗特典 シチュエーションCD「ヴァンパイアとの365日 カナト編 ～スウィート・ピクニック～」)

DIABOLIK LOVERS MORE, BLOOD LIMITED V EDITION Sofmap Tokuten Situation CD ”365 Days with a Vampire Ayato” Ver. ~A Promise Made in Spring~” (DIABOLIK LOVERS MORE, BLOOD LIMITED V EDITION ソフマップ 店舗特典 シチュエーションCD「ヴァンパイアとの365日 アヤト編 ～春の約束～」)

DIABOLIK LOVERS MORE CHARACTER SONG Animate Tokuten Drama CD ”Mr. Vampire’s Gloomy Working Lifestyle” (DIABOLIK LOVERS MORE CHARACTER SONG アニメイト連動購入特典ドラマCD「ミスターヴァンパイアの憂鬱なるバイト生活」)

DIABOLIK LOVERS LUNATIC PARADE Imajin Webshop Tokuten Drama CD ”Being a Popular ★ Guy is Rough ~Greetings from Inside the Kigurumi~” (DIABOLIK LOVERS LUNATIC PARADE いまじんWEBショップ 店舗特典ドラマCD「モテ★オトコは辛いよ～着ぐるみの中からこんにちは～」)

DIABOLIK LOVERS LUNATIC PARADE Imajin Webshop Tokuten Drama CD ”The Youngest Child’s Agony ~Shuu VS Ruki, the Older Brothers Guide to a Succesful Banquet (DIABOLIK LOVERS LUNATIC PARADE いまじんWEBショップ 店舗特典ドラマCD「末っ子の受難 ～シュウVSルキ 正しき長男たちの饗宴～」)

DIABOLIK LOVERS LUNATIC PARADE WonderGOO Tokuten Drama CD  “Tumult at the Lost Child Center ~Don’t be too Childish~” (DIABOLIK LOVERS LUNATIC PARADE WonderGOO 店舗特典ドラマCD「迷子センターの喧騒～童心返りはほどほどに～」)

DIABOLIK LOVERS Do-S Kyuuketsu VERSUS Ⅲ Animate Tokuten Drama CD ”Agricultural Management, the Vampire Way! ~When Disaster Strikes, a Storm Whips Up~” (DIABOLIK LOVERS ドS吸血CD VERSUSⅢ アニメイト 全巻購入特典ドラマCD「ヴァンパイア的農村経営！ ～災いは嵐と共に～」)

DIABOLIK LOVERS LOST EDEN Imajin Webshop Tokuten Drama CD “Perfect & Without Fail! The Sakamaki Family’s Secret Technique to Highly-Efficient Housework・ Final Edition” (DIABOLIK LOVERS LOST EDEN いまじんWEBショップ 店舗特典ドラマCD「パーフェクト間違いなし！ 逆巻家的効率家事術・決定版」)    

DIABOLIK LOVERS LOST EDEN Imajin Webshop Tokuten Drama CD “Goldfish Paradise: The Disaster of the Magic Goldfish” Part 1 (DIABOLIK LOVERS LOST EDEN いまじんWEBショップ 店舗特典ドラマCD「ゴールドフィッシュパラダイス★魔金魚の災い」前篇)

DIABOLIK LOVERS LOST EDEN Imajin Webshop Tokuten Drama CD “Goldfish Paradise: The Disaster of the Magic Goldfish” Part 2 (DIABOLIK LOVERS LOST EDEN いまじんWEBショップ 店舗特典ドラマCD「ゴールドフィッシュパラダイス★魔金魚の災い」後篇)

DIABOLIK LOVERS LOST EDEN Sofmap Tokuten Drama CD ”The Second Oldest Mukami’s Messy Room-Cleaning Strategy! ~ Use Your Brothers Efficiently ~” (DIABOLIK LOVERS LOST EDEN ソフマップ 店舗特典ドラマCD「無神家次男、汚部屋★断捨離作戦！ ～兄弟のご利用は計画的に～」)

DIABOLIK LOVERS LOST EDEN WonderGOO Tokuten Drama CD ”Coffin Decoration ~ Out of the Counsel of Three comes the Greatest Fashion Sense” (DIABOLIK LOVERS LOST EDEN WonderGOO 店舗特典ドラマCD「棺桶★デコレーション～三人寄れば最強のセンス!?～」)

DIABOLIK LOVERS Mukami Family 5th Eternal Blood Vol.1 & Vol.2 Animate Tokuten Drama CD “A Certain Day at the Mukami Household (Ruki, Yuma) (DIABOLIK LOVERS ドS吸血CD 無神家5th Eternal Blood Vol.1 & Vol.2 アニメイト 連動購入特典「ある日の無神家」(ルキ、ユーマ) )

DIABOLIK LOVERS Mukami Family 5th Eternal Blood Vol.3 & Vol.4 Animate Tokuten Drama CD “A Certain Day at the Mukami Household (Kou, Azusa) (DIABOLIK LOVERS ドS吸血CD 無神家5th Eternal Blood Vol.3 & Vol.4 アニメイト 連動購入特典「ある日の無神家」(コウ、アズサ) )

DIABOLIK LOVERS Para-Selene Animate Tokuten Drama CD (DIABOLIK LOVERS Para-Selene アニメイト 各巻購入特典ドラマCD): Ayato

DIABOLIK LOVERS GRAND EDITION Animate Tokuten Situation CD ”Date Escapades ~ Reiji・Subaru ~ (DIABOLIK LOVERS GRAND EDITION アニメイト 店舗特典 シチュエーションCD「デートハプニング～レイジ・スバル～」)

DIABOLIK LOVERS GRAND EDITION Ebten Tokuten Situation CD ”Date Escapades ~ Kou・Yuma ~ (DIABOLIK LOVERS GRAND EDITION ebten 店舗特典 シチュエーションCD「デートハプニング～コウ・ユーマ～」)

DIABOLIK LOVERS GRAND EDITION SKiT Dolce Tokuten Situation CD ”Date Escapades ~ Kanato・Shuu ~ (DIABOLIK LOVERS GRAND EDITION SKiT Dolce 店舗特典 シチュエーションCD「デートハプニング～カナト・シュウ～」)

DIABOLIK LOVERS GRAND EDITION Sofmap Tokuten Situation CD ”Date Escapades ~ Ayato・Laito ~ (DIABOLIK LOVERS GRAND EDITION ソフマップ 店舗特典 シチュエーションCD「デートハプニング～アヤト・ライト～」)

DIABOLIK LOVERS GRAND EDITION Animate Limited Edition Situation CD (DIABOLIK LOVERS GRAND EDITION アニメイト限定セット 録りおろしシチュエーションCD)

DIABOLIK LOVERS ZERO Animate Tokuten Drama CD “A Vampire’s Late Night Snack Terror” ( DIABOLIK LOVERS ZERO アニメイト 各巻購入特典ドラマCD「夜更かしヴァンパイアの食テロ飯」): Ayato / Kanato / Laito / Yuma / Shin

DIABOLIK LOVERS Do-S Kyuuketsu VERSUS Ⅳ Animate/Stellaworth Tokuten CD “The Vampires got a Part-time Job!” (ヴァンパイア、バイト始めたってさ): Ayato / Kanato / Laito / Ruki / Kou / Yuma / Carla / Kino

DIABOLIK LOVERS CHAOS LINEAGE Ebten Tokuten Drama CD: “The Vampire’s Every Day: Board Game Edition ~ Ruki VS Azusa VS Kino ~” (DIABOLIK LOVERS CHAOS LINEAGE ebten 店舗特典 ドラマCD「ヴァンパイア達の日常ボードゲーム編～ルキVSアズサVSキノ～」)

DIABOLIK LOVERS CHAOS LINEAGE Sofmap Tokuten Drama CD: “The Vampire’s Every Day: Board Game Edition ~ Ayato VS Kanato VS Laito ~” ( DIABOLIK LOVERS CHAOS LINEAGE ソフマップ 店舗特典 ドラマCD「ヴァンパイア達の日常ボードゲーム編～アヤトVSカナトVSライト～」)

DIABOLIK LOVERS Tsukinami & Kino Born To Die Animate Tokuten Drama CD ”Celebrating Her Birthday” (DIABOLIK LOVERS ドS吸血CD 月浪＆キノ Born To Die アニメイト 各巻購入特典ドラマCD「彼が貴女の誕生日をお祝いするCD」): Carla / Shin / Kino

DIABOLIK LOVERS DAYLIGHT Animate Tokuten Drama CD: ”The Vampires ★ Snoozing Next to You” (DIABOLIK LOVERS DAYLIGHT アニメイト 各巻購入特典 ドラマCD「添い寝でおやすみ★ヴァンパイア」): Reiji / Ayato / Kanato / Laito

DIABOLIK DAYLIGHT Stellaworth Tokuten Drama CD ”Sadistic ★ Date” (DIABOLIK LOVERS DAYLIGHT ステラワース 各巻購入特典 ドラマCD「サディスティック★デート」): Shuu / Reiji / Ayato / Kanato /

DIABOLIK LOVERS DAYLIGHT Skit Dolce Tokuten Drama CD: “Absurd Lesson?” (DIABOLIK LOVERS DAYLIGHT 吸愛パック 限定ドラマCD 「理不尽レッスン♪」): Shuu / Reiji / Ayato / Kanato / Laito 

[eleanorfenyxwrites]

[It’s a bit late but here’s a quick oneshot for JGY&JZX’s birthday]

[Masterpost of my other writing]

Jin Guangyao’s hands are fighting hard to twitch in barely-restrained frustration.

It’s been a long week leading up to tonight, and tonight has been unending. He makes a tired mental note to start the next banquet at least two hours earlier than this one in an attempt to ensure it won’t end the following morning, but he already knows all that will accomplish is a banquet that’s two hours longer.

He straightens out of the bow he’d just offered to the last Sect Leader departing the hall to return to the guest quarters and turns away from the temptation of the path that leads to the private residences to instead return inside. The servants who had stayed awake through the night to tend to the guests have already been dismissed, but those who will clean the hall first thing this morning haven’t yet arrived to receive their assignments, so he sits down to wait in the silence.

It echoes in the too-large space, his breathing and the occasional rustle of fabric the only sounds that break it. He knows he should feel satisfied, accomplished. The banquet had, for once, gone without a hitch. Even Jin Guangshan hadn’t found anything to complain about once he was deeply enough in his cups, which was a victory in and of itself. No one had embarrassed themselves or their family too badly, and certainly not in ways that couldn’t be explained away with the expensive alcohol that Jin Guangyao had liberally plied them all with.

The only feeling he can muster, though, is ‘tired’. He’s tired. All he can think of is his bed with a sort of longing he usually reserves for Lan Xichen when he allows himself to indulge in wishing for him. He can practically feel the soft caress of it, the covers silky smooth against his skin and his pillow soft under his head. It would be so easy to sink into it and close his eyes, embrace unconsciousness for a precious pair of hours before he’ll have to be up and tending to whatever will be needed from him next.

He’s roused from his half-asleep daydreaming about his bed by the arrival of the morning’s servants and he stands, brushing himself off and painting his smile back onto his aching lips as he gives them their tasks as politely as he can, with ‘please’s and ‘thank you’s falling from his lips far more often than they should. But none of the gentry are around to hear him, and the servants appreciate his understanding of their job, so he just lets it happen. And then, mercifully, he can leave the hall. He leaves at a sedate pace because it’s the only pace he’s capable of maintaining. He holds his posture correctly because he will never feel relaxed enough in Jinlintai not to.

Approaching the door to his chambers at long last, he finds that for the first time in his life he’s dismayed to see Lan Xichen.

“Er-ge,” he greets, fatigue feathering the edges of the call. “Are you alright?”

“A-Yao.” Lan Xichen is already smiling as he turns to face him but it fades quickly into concern as they go through their usual dance - he starts a bow, Lan Xichen puts his hand under his arms to stop him and offers him that smile that Jin Guangyao would move mountains for. “Have you slept yet?” he asks as they drop their hands, lingering as long in the embrace as possible before they part, as is their wont.

“Was there something I could help you with, er-ge?” Jin Guangyao replies smoothly, pointedly not answering the question. Even as exhausted as he is if there’s one person in the world he would set it aside for without question, it’s Lan Xichen.

“Nothing urgent, I merely wanted to see you before the day truly begins. I feel I rarely get a chance to speak with you properly and this seemed the best opportunity.”

Jin Guangyao smiles softly, the smile that’s only for Lan Xichen, as he reaches out to open the door to his chambers and gesture for Lan Xichen to enter. “It is true that I will be busy for the remainder of the day after breakfast has been delivered to everyone. I will be ensuring that those guests who wish to leave may do so easily and that those who wish to stay will have everything they need to be comfortable. This is the best time to discuss anything you would like to with me.”

He follows Lan Xichen into the room and thinks longingly of combining his two greatest desires - truly the only thing better than falling into his bed would be falling into his bed which already also contains Lan Xichen - but he remains outwardly calm and poised as he settles in to begin preparing tea for the both of them. His hands tremble ever so slightly on the teapot but it doesn’t affect his pouring so he lets it slide. 

It takes much more effort to keep his attention on the conversation than he’s used to expending when talking with Lan Xichen. Normally, of course, he has no trouble whatsoever devoting himself entirely to his companion when they’re in the same space and it’s everyone else that must work extra hard to earn the pleasure of his attention, which he still only gives them when it becomes absolutely necessary no matter how hard they try.

Today, however, the familiar cadences of Lan Xichen’s soothing tones are threatening to put him straight to sleep and he struggles to think of anything meaningful to add to their conversation. It is, thankfully, a relatively light one, nothing but small talk and some gentle flirtations. They’ve done this too many times to count by now, which is what saves him. The back-and-forth of it is familiar enough that he can manage to fumble his way through it gracefully enough to pass muster, to avoid alerting Lan Xichen to his condition.

They’re just discussing what the pair of them may do together during his next visit to Cloud Recesses when there’s a knock at the door and Jin Guangyao’s stomach sinks. He offers Lan Xichen an apologetic smile as he rises and crosses to the door, opening it to find a servant waiting, her head already bowed too low to see her face.

“Lianfang-Zun,” she greets softly, “this one is here to remind Lianfang-Zun at his request that it is time to prepare to bid farewell to those guests who are taking their leave.”

“Yes, thank you. You may return to your duties,” he replies with a smile. Always with a smile. The young woman bows and backs away, and Jin Guangyao must stand staring at the spot where she had been for a moment too long because Lan Xichen comes to stand behind him, radiating concern.

“A-Yao? Are you alright?”

“Of course,” he smiles. Keep smiling. “My apologies, er-ge, but I must return to my duties for the day.”

“Of course,” Lan Xichen parrots, still looking at him with that searching gaze. “May I return this evening?”

“I will be returning after supper, you are always welcome to join me er-ge.”

“Alright,” Lan Xichen agrees quietly, and there’s still a note of suspicion in his voice but he departs without further questioning or any fanfare. Jin Guangyao allows himself the space of three deep, slow breaths to close his eyes and pretend like that’s enough rest before he rallies to change his clothes and leave his rooms again to begin another long day of duties.

By the time he returns to his rooms in the evening - after leaving the evening meal the moment it was socially acceptable to do so but long before it was truly over - he feels hardly more alive than a fierce corpse. The stress of the preceding week and the lack of rest drag heavily at every possible part of him as he walks slowly. He hopes he simply looks sedate, composed, and/or relaxed rather than the truth, which is that he fears if he moves too quickly he’ll just pass out right there in the walkway. He rounds the corner at long last to come to the front of his own pavilion and squints a bit at the figure waiting by his door, forcing his blurry eyes to focus.

“Er-ge,” he greets, abruptly remembering that he had told Lan Xichen he could return. He’d forgotten amongst trying to accomplish everything else on his list while also trying to keep his exhaustion from negatively affecting his performance. “Would you like to come in for tea?”

“A-Yao,” Lan Xichen replies and he sounds disapproving - why does he sound disapproving? Jin Guangyao frantically rifles through his mental to-do lists for the day, trying to remember if there was something he was supposed to do for the other but hadn’t done, or if any of the things he had done could be blamed for the censure in his voice.

“Yes?”

“You haven’t slept.”

Ah.

“That is correct,” he sighs, because lying to Lan Xichen is something he will only do under absolute dire duress, he’s made that promise to himself many a time already and he’s not about to let a bit of sleep deprivation make him break his word. “Would you like to come in for tea?”

“Would I - A-Yao,” Lan Xichen returns, now sounding thoroughly scandalized. “You haven’t slept in two days and yet you still wish to ask me inside for tea?”

“I do not wish to be a poor host,” he replies rather matter-of-factly, punctuating the assertion with a sudden buckling of his knees that would have turned him into a boneless heap on the ground if not for Lan Xichen’s arms around him.

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Jin Guangyao wakes slowly to a thoroughly unfamiliar sensation. He wants to wake up faster, to figure out just what the hell is going on, but his mind is uncomfortably sluggish, dipping in and out of uncomfortable dreams and a half-wakefulness that is somehow more disorienting than the eerie kaleidoscope of his dreams. He refuses to let the confusion of his own mind drag him back under, though, because the confusion of what’s happening physically is much more pressing.

There’s a gentle touch on his temple for a brief moment before it’s gone again, and then it returns in precisely the same spot. The touch is slow, rhythmic, and too firm to be the brush of an errant lock of hair against his skin, or a breath. It must be another person, though, because he’s not moving, and whatever is touching him must be being manipulated by someone or something else to move so fluidly. He’s at a loss to figure out what it is and he quickly grows frustrated with trying when his eyes won’t cooperate and just open so he can see what’s happening.

“Shh, you’re alright,” a voice murmurs at his side and that, at least, he recognizes. Lan Xichen. 

They don’t often speak of those weeks they’d been on the run from the Wen, but Jin Guangyao will never in this life forget the way it made him feel to wake from nightmares only to hear Lan Xichen soothing him like this. He turns his head a bit towards that familiar voice and he just knows that Lan Xichen is smiling, can tell simply by the rustle of his robes, by the way the bed dips ever so slightly under the readjusted weight of his arm on the mattress. The touch on his temple leaves only for a fingertip to brush against his eyelids next, gentle sweeps across the thin skin of first one and then the other, and ah, there they are. Now that he knows where his eyes are and what they feel like to be touched he can force them open. It takes a monumental effort, but at least they’re open.

Once he’s pretty sure his eyes are going to stay open it takes another long moment for them to focus, but when they do he finds Lan Xichen sitting on the ground next to his bed facing him, his nearer arm resting on top of the covers at his side so he can resume gently stroking his temple with the back of his index finger. Mystery solved.

“A-Yao,” Lan Xichen sighs softly, soft reproach and tenderness suffusing his voice in equal measure. “What am I to do with you, hm?” 

“Does Lan-gege not wish to hold his A-Yao?” he teases, his voice crackling and raspy with exhaustion in his throat. It might ruin the flirtatious effect a bit but he refuses to acknowledge it. 

“I do, as frequently as A-Yao will allow. But these circumstances are a bit less than ideal, don’t you think?”

“If one does not wish to play the hero and catch fainting lovers every once in a while one should specify such preferences before it becomes necessary.”

That, at least, earns him a chuckle even as Lan Xichen tips his head back to close his eyes for a moment and sigh.

“Perhaps I am biased but I, personally, do not think a birthday banquet for your brother is worth working yourself to collapse,” Lan Xichen murmurs once he’s looking at him again, finger still moving hypnotically against his temple. “It was splendid, everything was accomplished to perfection, but I do not think it was worth your health like this.”

Jin Guangyao sighs at that and forces himself to stop staring at Lan Xichen to instead look up unseeingly towards the ceiling overhead. Lan Xichen leans in to press a kiss to his temple in place of the stroking of his finger before he straightens again. He’s waiting - Jin Guangyao can feel the expectation in his silence. He even knows what he’s waiting for, he just doesn’t know if he’s prepared to give it to him.

“I needed to meet my father’s expectations,” he finally supplies. A truth, but not the one he knows will properly answer Lan Xichen’s unasked question.

“His demands come with too high a price, then.” A long, weighty pause and then, because it’s Lan Xichen, he somehow knows precisely what to ask to get to the heart of the matter. “Will such expenses be spared for yours?”

“For my what?” Jin Guangyao replies numbly, playing dumb to earn himself a few more seconds.

“A-Yao.”

“A-Yao is tired, Lan-gege must ask his questions some other time,” he replies stubbornly. “There is entirely too much talking and not enough kissing happening at the moment for my liking.”

“A-Yao must tell Lan-gege what this one can do to spoil him just as richly when the appropriate day arrives,” Lan Xichen hums into a kiss to his cheek. Jin Guangyao turns his head from it but Lan Xichen only dips down to press his lips to the jump of his pulse just under his ear, undeterred in his gentle affections by the sudden souring of Jin Guangyao’s mood.

“Nothing,” he replies, too short, but Lan Xichen is, as ever, entirely too patient for his own good.

“Nothing, hm? Is it because we don’t have enough time to prepare? I’m sure I can find something lavish to treat you to even on short notice. When is it, A-Yao? In a month? Two?”

“Yesterday.”

Lan Xichen’s lips freeze on his neck and Jin Guangyao takes the opportunity to turn onto his opposite side, putting his back to Lan Xichen and his kindness that makes him ache in ways both good and bad. 

“So I suppose you have plenty of time to prepare. Nearly a full year, you’re only short a day,” he adds without turning when Lan Xichen says nothing else.

“You...planned and executed a massive celebration for your brother on the birthday that you..share?”

“Per my father’s instructions, yes. I’m tired, er-ge, must we discuss this now?”

Lan Xichen, to his credit, says nothing. There’s really nothing to say, is the thing, and despite all the small talk the two of them often indulge in, Lan Xichen is not actually given to say unnecessary things. Anything casual they discuss is because they both delight in conversation and that gives the pleasantries their meaning. But here, now, with nothing to say that could help the situation and only things that could drive the thorn further into his pride, Lan Xichen is quiet even as he stands and slips onto the bed behind him.

This is familiar, at least. The sting of rejection that he hasn’t yet turned into fuel for his ambitions is burning in his chest but Lan Xichen is already laying himself behind him, holding him to his chest and stroking his hair as he nuzzles in close. Ever since he had first allowed Lan Xichen close to him like this that morning on the run this has apparently been Lan Xichen’s favorite way to hold him. He tangles their legs together and curls the arm pinned beneath them around Jin Guangyao’s chest, hand splayed over where his heart beats steadily in his chest as he uses the other hand to brush his hair back from his face with gentle passes of his palm. He pauses in his caressing only to lean forward and kiss his temple, his cheek, the curve of his ear, the back of his neck, resuming the slow passes of his hand as soon as he’s done for the moment.

“You should go back to sleep, A-Yao,” Lan Xichen whispers after the worst of the tension has bled out of Jin Guangyao’s muscles to be replaced with trembling exhaustion. “I will be here, I have already told the healer that I will tend to you until you wake feeling that you have recovered, whenever that will be. Rest.”

“I have things to do tomorrow,” Jin Guangyao sighs without an ounce of fight in him.

“If grown men cannot tend to themselves for a single day in a place as thoroughly staffed with servants as Jinlintai then they should not be trusted to run their Sects,” Lan Xichen replies implacably, his tone almost mild enough to hide the glint of steel beneath the surface. Almost. “I daresay they can request their own meals and entertainments for a day while you sleep.”

“My father-”

“Is in another drunken stupor,” Lan Xichen interrupts, a shocking amount of disdain (for him) laced through his voice now; he’s not even trying to hide it. Jin Guangyao sort of loves him for it. “When he is sober enough to hear it the healer will explain your condition should he attempt to send for you. Rest.”

Jin Guangyao knows he should protest, he should tell him that Jin Guangshan will only accuse him of being weak if he doesn’t fulfil his duties, no matter how tired he is. But Lan Xichen is like a furnace against his back, warm and soothing, the rhythm of his breathing and his heartbeat slow and easy and already lulling him to sleep. The hand in his hair is unnecessary but so comforting that Jin Guangyao nearly cries with it. He chooses to close his  burning eyes instead, and he drops off to sleep almost immediately.

[surroundedbypearls]

Welcome to the blogaroo!! Tis a pinned post! A post to be pinned!

I mostly write fantasy/sci fi; but I enjoy reading most genres. I also tend to write big casts; I can’t help loving ensemble pieces. I post regular content from my WIPs, including edits, moodboards and playlists. And occasional book reviews/writing advice posts!

My Current WIPs:

The Wildfire King: High Fantasy / Multi-POV

Synopsis:  Two hundred years ago, the Gods and mortals of Tirnaeia went to war. The ancient kingdoms of Nalaam and Fosiá, with the God King’s help, woke the dark, twisted magic of the world, and the Gods had no choice but to destroy Him and banish Their people, losing Their lives in the process. Now, rumours of God King’s return circle, and Lorren Jat’ana, a mage of high esteem, vows to take his people across the sea and reclaim their rightful place in Tirnaeia. History repeats itself, and a war of Gods and mortals is about to unfold again before his eyes.

See more in the WIP tag / WIP masterpost

To Catch the Sea: Fantasy / Romance / YA

Synopsis: Serving the Dragon King as one of his own is the highest honour, and what Adam always knew he would become before he ever had the choice. He always knew dragons’ magic was of fire, and of sun. Chimeras’ magic was of storms, and of poison. Unfortunately, the chimera who plays the piano at every banquet and walks the beach at twilight is the only one who’s ever made him feel. And when a new recruit drowns under Adam’s watch, suddenly, he has more important things to worry about than wooing a boy who doesn’t know his name. See more in the WIP tag

Homebirds: Sci Fi / Superhero Fiction / YA / Multi-POV

Synopsis: In the Evergreen City, eight teenagers live, study, fight, and fall in love. Things come to a head at Margot Bishop’s 18th birthday party, when midnight strikes and they’re attacked by a creature from another world. They discover their home is not their home at all; they’re from all over the universe. And they have special abilities not found anywhere else on earth.

See more in the WIP tag

Golden Hands and Golden Fingers: High Fantasy / Multi-POV

Synopsis:  Set in the same world as ‘The Wildfire King’. The Goddess Dharma’s brother, Teffrin, has been banished to the mortal world. Enraged, he’s determined to track down the key to immortality. Dharma can’t touch it - no God can - so she sends one of her divine messengers, Jiri, in her stead. Meanwhile, the last of a legendary line and heir to the Throne of Men is sent across the wilds to complete her training with the Fae. Her new knight is set to accompany her, unaware that a plot is unfolding to steal his princess away.

See more in the WIP tag

Closet Pun: Short Stories / Supernatural / Romance / YA

Synopsis: Up on that totally normal-looking hill over there sits a house. In that house, Headmistress sits with her students, trying to teach them to get their abilities (and their emotions) in check. We’ve got vampires, werewolves, witches, and more - this much chaos in one home is not in fact a recipe for disaster. It’s a recipe for the gayest student body around.

See more in the WIP tag

The Seal and the Ravens: High Fantasy / Fairytale Retelling / Multi-POV

Synopsis: Based on a few fairytales by the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen, mainly Snow White, Rapunzel, The Twelve Brothers, Sleeping Beauty, The Little Mermaid, and The Travelling Companion. While the princess of Iarannor sets out to find her lost brothers, cursed by a wicked enchantress, her childhood friend is rescued from a storm by a selkie who’s dreamed of the human world all her life. All fates are intertwined by the mysterious woman who sleeps in a tower in the centre of the Sleeping Lake. Where do you think it got its name? See more in the WIP tag

More stories to come!

[magess]

Geraskier Masterpost

Links to all my Witcher fics, by series.

Herbal Monographs

Chamomile

Rated: E

Tags: bottom!Geralt, PWP, first time

Summary:  Geralt returns exhausted from a long hunt and in need of a good massage and tender care. Jaskier can't help but oblige.

Meadowsweet

Rated: E

Tags: bottom!Jaskier, PWP, overstimulation

Summary:  It's been a long day, and while the ladies of the local tavern are sweet on Jaskier and his coin, he has other plans for his night. Plans that include trying to seduce a witcher who's not the best as social cues.

Hawthorn

Rated: E

Tags: post-Rare Species, light bondage

Summary:  Geralt wished for the world to take Jaskier off his hands, and Jaskier obliged. Weeks later, Geralt goes in search of him to apologize and try to mend the relationship he's broken.

... and Rose

Rated: E

Tags: blowjobs

Summary:  Follow-up vignette to Hawthorn. A quiet night around the campfire in which Geralt experiments with the power of words.

Ùine (Time)

Oidhche (Night)

Rated: M

Tags: rape aftermath, jasiker!whump

Summary:  Jaskier's 35th birthday was supposed to be a night full of song and food, a grand banquet to remember. Nothing went as planned.

Feasgar (Afternoon)

Rated: E

Tags: bottom!Geralt, body worship

Summary:  Geralt has a surprise for Jaskier's 41st birthday--a stay at Novigrad's most exclusive hotel. And Jaskier thanks him the best way he knows how, sweetness, sex, and a litany of Geralt's most beloved attributes.

Madainn (Morning)

Rated: E

Tags: bottom!Geralt, bottom!Jaskier, sex toys

Summary:  For Jaskier's 43rd birthday, Geralt invites him to spend the summer in Kaer Morhen.

One Shots

Permeable Barriers

Rated: M

Tags: child sex abuse mention, plague, monster hunt

Summary:  Geralt and Jaskier are just searching for escape from the oppressive summer heat, when an old acquaintance asks for their help with the current crisis and reveals a past Jaskier had kept hidden. A plague is sweeping the continent, but Geralt would rather not get involved... until a nearby town falls victim to his sort of problem.

[minmotl]

Chapter 30: Sui Zhou is Upset That Tang Fan Wants Him to Marry

Context: Follows directly after Chapter 29. We left off at Sui Zhou bringing Tang Fan home to see his grandmother. Grandmother loves Tang Fan and after the dinner, Sui Zhou is unhappy that Tang Fan is pushing for him to get married. At the end of this chapter, Sui Zhou is called away for business and Tang Fan ends up being taken to the palace by Wang Zhi.

Introduction Post | Masterpost

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Highlights under the cut

Sui Zhou says this in such a domineering manner that everyone is stunned speechless for a moment, glaring at Sui Zhou.

This is not Tang Fan’s place to say anything. In the first place, he does not have any right to speak out, but this does not hinder him from habitually using the eyes he usually applies on his cases to analyse the personalities of the people before him. Brushing his eyes past them, from the way they talk and act, plenty is revealed.

For example, Sui Zhou’s parents are both honest people, otherwise when Sui Zhou’s sister-in-law Lady Jiao spoke, Sui Zhou’s mother would have spoken out to stop her. And also, taking a look at Sui Zhou’s brother and the way he kept mum, this is actually quite similar to the way Sui Zhou is, but Sui Zhou doesn’t speak because he finds no need to. When he is analysing a case and is required to speak, he always says only as much as is necessary, while Sui Zhou’s brother seems to simply be a man of few words and is quiet out of character and habit.

Tang Fan shakes his head inwardly. He heard Sui Zhou say before that Sui An wanted to take the Imperial Examination, but with this kind of personality, even if he manages to get lucky and is selected, it’s likely that he would not last as an official for long. Which high-ranking official is fond of a subordinate who refuses to speak?

Compared to her husband, Lady Jiao is talkative and knows how to adapt to her situation, but she’s too eager to bring attention to herself. Her elders are both honest people and cannot keep her in check, so she probably does as she wants when she’s at home. No wonder Sui Zhou ended up moving out.

With Sui Zhou’s declaration, Tang Fan can no longer keep silent. Taking a step forward, he puts up both his hands in greeting to Madam Zhou, “I am Tang Fan, courtesy name Run Qing. Madam Zhou you can just call me Run Qing. I am a judge at Shun Tian Prefecture and a good friend of Guang Chuan’s. Today I’ve brought my younger sister Ah Dong to celebrate Madam Zhou’s birthday, I wish Madam Zhou an abundance of fortune and to live a long life.”

Ah Dong greets Madam Zhou obediently as well, “A thousand fortunes for Madam Zhou.”

Then, she brings the present they brought with them to Madam Zhou.

Madam Zhou laughs openly, “Good, good! Since you are close to our family, then there is no need to be too fussy. It’s so rare for my Ah Zhou to bring a friend home and wish me well for my birthday, I can tell that you must be a good child. The young lady looks beautiful and smart, this is good, this is good!”

It is a popular trend in recent years to open gifts in front of everyone as it doesn’t matter if the gift is cheap or expensive, as long as it is well-thought out, the person celebrating their birthday would be happy.

Lady Jiao takes the gift box and pulls at the string over the box, opening it. She sees a Longevity Peach carved out of jade. The colour of the jade is warm and the item is both intricate and cute. The size of a palm, it’s most suited to be played with in one’s hands.

For Madam Zhou’s birthday, the palace also sent some gifts over, but she has been frugal all her life and does not wish to announce it, so her birthday banquet simply involves her daughter’s family and a dinner. Seeing this gift, Madam Zhou is both stunned and flattered, “It’s good enough that you came, why did you splurge on such an expensive gift?”

Tang Fan smiles, “I didn’t spend any money on it. I don’t mind letting Madam Zhou know that my salary is low, if I really was to buy it I wouldn’t be able to afford it. This Longevity Peach is an heirloom passed down in my family, and since my parents and elders are no longer around, I took it out as a gift to give to you, I hope Madam Zhou does not refuse or dislike this gift!”

He may have said this humbly, but just from the colour composition of the jade, Sui Zhou knows that the price of this jade peach is not cheap and it looks like the jade has aged well. To be able to collect and keep something like this, it’s clear that the Tang family was well off.

From this gift, it is enough to see the Tang Fan’s thoughts and well wishes.

Madam Zhou is the Empress Dowager’s sister and the Sui family as seen plenty of powerful officials and wealthy individuals. The Ming dynasty also has a tradition of respecting the elderly, so instances of an old lady yelling at an official on the streets, lambasting them to the extent of carriages carrying officials having to move around the elderly are possible. When Sui Zhou first introduced Tang Fan as a judge from Shun Tian Prefecture, the Sui family was not the slightest bit shocked. After all, Sui Zhou’s father and brother both have titles within the ranks of the Embroidered Uniform Guards.

With this jade longevity peach however, Lady Jiao takes the hint and shuts up.

Madam Zhou is still shaking her head, “Don’t spend so much money the next time! It’s good enough that you are visiting. I’m really happy to see the both of you!”

Tang Fan grins, “That’s where you’re wrong, Madam Zhou. When it comes to your eightieth, ninetieth birthdays in the future, not only will I spend, but I will spend even more! When that time comes, I will find a bigger longevity peach for Madam Zhou!”

Madam Zhou is so tickled by that, that she burst out in laugher, “Such a glib tongue, Run Qing. You’re more than a hundred times sweeter than Ah Zhou and Ah An. It must have difficult for you to be able to be friends with Ah Zhou. If he bullies you, you must tell me, I will support you!”

Listening to this, why does Tang Fan feel as if he’s about to marry Sui Zhou? Then again, he supposes that Madam Zhou is already so old, sometimes she may speak without thinking, and so Tang Fan brushes the comment off with a smile.

Although it is a family banquet, but the dishes on the table were obviously intricately cooked. While the Sui family isn’t fond of words, with Tang Fan around, he manages to entertain Madam Zhou well. Sui Zhou’s sister Sui Bi is older than Ah Dong is by a few years, but the two young ladies become fast friends and shortly after begin to talk in low voices with one another.

In comparison, Sui Zhou’s parents and older brother look to be guests at the table instead. They don’t say much and concentrate on eating from the start to the end. Lady Jiao of course wants to interrupt and say something, but Madam Zhou seems to not be fond of speaking to her. Holding Tang Fan’s hand, she continues to talk to him. Once she hears that Tang Fan’s parents died early and his older sister is married off out of the city, and moreover, Tang Fan has yet to marry, she sighs, “What a poor thing. Being an official in Jing city all on your own, and you don’t even have a soulmate to accompany you at your side no matter what. Someone of your character, I’m guessing the matchmaking ladies must have been dying to step through your doors. What kind of women do you like? Come, tell me, I’ll help you look around!”

Once Tang Fan hears this, his skin goes numb and quickly, he uses Sui Zhou as his shield, “Madam Zhou, I remember that Guang Chuan seems to be older than me by a few years, I’m sure he’s more eager to get married than I am?”

He’s just finished speaking when he feels someone staring at him from the side, obviously unhappy with the way Tang Fan is creating trouble for him by diverting it from himself to Sui Zhou.

“Run Qing has high expectations, don’t randomly connect the red string for him,” Sui Zhou speaks, finally shifting the old woman’s attention from Tang Fan to him.

Madam Zhou is unhappy with what he said, “Nonsense, will you not marry if you have high expectations? It’s no trouble for me to go and find the Empress Dowager and let her pick some, if he doesn’t like a common woman, I’m sure a princess or a royal member will do?”

Tang Fan doesn’t know whether to cry or laugh and is about to stop her, but Lady Jiao sourly half jokes, “Madam Zhou you’re really biased. You haven’t known Run Qing for even half a day and you’re already helping him to find a match, if people didn’t know, they would think you took in another grandson!”

Madam Zhou chuckles, “Run Qing this child and I get along well, so what if I play matchmaker for him? Don’t tell me you want this too? I’m of course more than happy to get Ah An someone from the royal family, but then you’ll have to give up your position, no?”

At that, Lady Jiao becomes silent.

Tang Fan manages to convince Madam Zhou to dismiss the idea for now, and after the meal, Ah Dong and Sui Bi look to be getting along well as well, and so she’s invited to stay for the rest of the day. Tang Fan and Sui Zhou then bid Madam Zhou farewell with the promise of coming to visit her often, and it’s only then they are allowed to leave.

After exiting the house, Tang-daren wipes at his cold sweat, “Guang Chuan, the old lady in your family is really persistent. Luckily I did not give in, otherwise Madam Zhou would really have gone into the palace and asked for a princess from the Empress Dowager for me!”

“Is a princess no good?” asks Sui Zhou.

It sounds as if Sui Zhou is teasing him, but the man’s face is cold as ice, even the way he speaks is cold and without feeling. However, Tang Fan has long gotten used to this poker face of his and does not mind, only shaking his head with a laugh.

Is marrying a princess good or not? All women that exist are precious and treasured despite their status and are naturally good. However, becoming a Prince Consort by marrying a princess, this means he will not be able to participate in politics. Even those who were originally officials will have to quit their roles and go home, but this rule is aimed only at civil officials. For officials in the military, this rule is not enforced as strictly. For example, the Prince Consort Jing Yuan who died protecting the late Emperor during the Tu Mu Fortress Rebellion was also an official and was allowed to lead the army during wars.

However, for civil officials this is a death sentence! After marrying a woman from the royal family, their careers are as good as dead, so men with ambition see marrying women from the royal family as turning their backs on their careers. While Tang Fan does not obsess over his position, but he has after all studied so hard for more than a decade, all to continue on his life’s path to service the people and be able to do something for them.

After their meal, they steadily walk back home in the direction of their house to digest the food they just ate. Their steps are slow and steady, as if they are very relaxed and free.

Tang Fan then teases him, “But Madam Zhou said something right. You’re not young anymore, you should be getting married. Don’t wait a few more years and by then no one will want you.”

Sui Zhou glances at him, “You truly wish for me to get married?”

Without waiting for him to reply, Sui Zhou adds, “If I marry, you will have to move out.”

Tang Fan nods, “That makes sense, after all, we have to prevent tongues from wagging.”

“You’ll have to find a house on your own.”

“Houses in Jing city are really hard to find,” Tang Fan sighs.

“In a few years, when Ah Dong is old enough to marry, you’ll have to cook by yourself again.”

“That makes sense…” Then he considers that again and finds that the prediction is wrong, and adds, “Then I can go find one to marry too, no?”

“And let her find out that you’re writing erotica fiction, and that it’s selling pretty well?”

“…”

“Or maybe you’d like to explore further with her, let her write some, so that she can contribute to the family expenses as well.”

Tang Fan laughs, “It wouldn’t be so bad?”

“Judging from your current salary, aside from your massive food expenses whenever you run out to eat, when Ah Dong marries, you still have to put together a dowry for her and then after you get married, you will need to feed one more person. When you have children, that’s even more mouths to feed.”

The more Tang-daren hears, the greener his face becomes.

Sui Zhou continues to analyse it, “And it’s also likely that you will end up marrying someone like my sister-in-law, if our wife is not virtuous, that is disaster for the family that will end up harming your children and grandchildren.”

“Don’t say anymore,” Tang-daren says weakly, “Marrying a woman is so scary, I think I won’t marry any time soon.”

Sui-baihu makes a noise of assent, his expression stern and firm, obviously having the same thoughts as Tang Fan.

[drarryspecificrecs]

H/D Food Fair 2018 : (fics only)

@hd-fan-fair​ || official masterpost || AO3 || stats : 55 fics + 7 arts + 1 podfic The Mods : @kittymiaomeow, @phoenix-acid, @sassy-cissa​ + Banner © : dustmouth

Anyone But Him by @coriesocks​ [E, 19k] Early morning/late night microwaved food

The Best of Food by germankitty [T, 16k] Jam maker, bakery

Birthday Bash by Razra_Eizel [G, 3k] Birthday cake

Boiling Point by @goldentruth813​ [M, 42k] Dwindling food supply

The Boy Who Licked by @timothysboxers [M, 4k] Custard filled donuts

The Chains of Memory by @dianacopland​ [E, 14k] Food & memories

Chasing Treacle Tart (and Draco Malfoy) by xErised [E, 23k] Dinner lady

Cooking Mama by @ladyoftheattic [T, 5k] Cooking lessons

The Devil's Aphrodisiacs by @mars-bar81 [T, 3k] Squirting geoducks, chef!Draco

The Difference Between Dust And Soup (Is You) by @gnarf​ [T, 17k] Losing taste(buds)

The Dinner by brightowl [E, 7k] A shared five-course meal

Eat Me by @maesterchill​ [E, 10k] Chocolate

Eighteen Kisses by @stripedsilverfeline [T, 9k] Imported chocolates

The Fair of Artful Pleasure (F.A.P.) by @gingertodgers​ & @synonym-for-life​ [M, 7k] Lube taster

Feeling Rough, Feeling Raw (In the Prime of My Life) by @whiskyandwildflowers [E, 7k] Detox resort & wellness spa

Feluna by Enchanted_Jae [T, 2k] Cat cafe owner!Luna, chef!Harry, baker!Draco

The Finest Ingredient by @theknitterati​ [T, 4k] Rare food ingredient

The Godric's Hollow Wizarding Parents Association by @mars-bar81 [E, 26k] Picky eater kids

grant that we may feast (in fellowship) by @simplylegilimenss​ [E, 20k] Hogwarts kitchens

The Great Magic Sex Mushroom Fiasco by @magnolia822 [E, 6k] Wild mushrooms

Harry Potter and the Showstopper of Doom by @doubleappled [M, 11k]   *restricted Great British Bake-Off crossover

The Hand That Feeds You by @gracerene09 [E, 17k] Hand feeding

haunt yourself and refuse to be buried by Ingi [G, 3k] Master of Death & cooking

A Hint of Spice by giraffeminion [G, 6k] Food truck owner!Harry

A Holiday in Provence by @dracoismytrashson​ [E, 32k] Winery/Winemaker

How to Handle a Matzo Ball Soup Emergency by Blowfish_Diaries [M, 22k] Hipster Deli bar

Ice Cream by Sw33tCh377yPi3 [G, 7k] Wedding caterer!Harry

The Kitchen Thieves (and the Kitchen Herself) by @potteresque-ire [E, 67k] Sentient!kitchen

Let him lead me to the banquet by @harryromper​ [T, 16k] Dinner party host!Draco

Melange a deux by lyonessheart [T, 10k] Excotic dishes & picnics

Once Upon a Time by @fantom-ftnoise​ [M, 12k] Hansel & Gretel fusion

The One Where Harry is a Prat (Not Really) by @thethunderdiaries​ [T, 5k] Valentine’s Day offerings

ORDER TO GO��by @slyther-sins​ [M, 17k] Bakery/coffee shop AU

Out of the Frying Pan into the Fire by @drarrymylove​ [E, 22k] Unrecognized talented chef!Draco

Paidi's Proper Shag by @maraudersaffair​ [E, 10k] Fast food restaurant

Passion Cake by @icmezzo [T, 19k] Catering/Bakery business, magical ingredients, baking together

A picture of rice cake by @parkkate​ [E, 7k] Morning-after breakfast

Popular Appetite by @fantasyfiend09​ [G, 16k] Upscale resort French food & Cornish food

Potter's Delicacies by @polly-weasley​ [E, 4k] Stuffing kink/Sweet tooth

Promising Produce by @bangyababy​ [E, 3k] Food sex gone wrong

The Right Question by @epsilonargus [T, 4k] Private dining

Slice of Life by @writcraft​ & @phoenix-acid​ [E, 16k] Bakery investor!Draco

Soup-pocalypse and The Great Curry Cataclysm by @norelationtoatticus​ [E, 104k] Food as courtship

Squill & Spoon by @fictional [M, 19k] Dining with strangers

Succumb or Retreat by @mykesprit​ [E, 2k] Apple (Forbidden Fruit/Knowledge of Good and Evil)

Sweet (S)talker by @slashfoxes​ [E, 10k] Food sex��� maybe?

Sweet Relief by crazyparakiss [E, 1k] Lactation

Tectonic by @postjentacular​ [T, 3k] Human plate

There Used To Be A Lightness by @dailyspark​ [T, 3k] Restaurant worker(s)

Three Months, Eleven Days and Nine Hours by @sassy-cissa [T, 11k] Soup kitchen/meal centre

The Way These Days Seem to Go (And Go) by @firethesound [T, 15k] Stress baking

The Way to a Man's Heart by @drarryismymuse [E, 16k] Personal chef (sorta)

What Happens at the Milk Bar (doesn't stay there) by @cubedcoffeecake [M, 10k] Omega milk bar

Where There Is Tea by @bafflinghaze [T, 12k] Tea room

Ynys Afallach (I Will Give My Love An Apple) by @femmequixotic & @noeeon [E, 42k] Wizarding food by Waverly Root (History of magical food)

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I love all your smooches pictures, especially Banquet related! Any change you have a masterpost or can tagging them smooh-y or something?

I tag a lot of them #smoos but I can definitely do better at tagging all of them!! I also have a moments list on twitter here where I gathered together all the smooches I did for my birthday last September: https://twitter.com/i/moments/924360981328875520

Best place to see all the smoos tbh is on the Patreon where they’re organized by pairing and also there’s a ton of extra ones that are too saucy for tumblr/twitter >__> https://www.patreon.com/banquetcomic