#bonus points if it’s pre half blood prince

[the-other-slytherin]

Some days you just need your emotional support HPfic from 2005 to get you through a rough patch.

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Kisses Prompts Response #1

Some 94 years ago @damnitfili requested the following prompt: #75 / Kisses Meant To Distract The Other Person From Whatever They Were Intently Doing for Spellbound birbs in the Kisses Prompts Thing.

Sorry it took me so long. I still have other prompts and I’m working on them.

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Fili is fishing.

It’s his latest strategy that has the two of them standing halfway up to their shins in the cool waters of the stream - allegedly an improvement on the fishing pole method.

That Fili is naked is a bonus. He’s never been self-conscious around Kili before and he’s unlikely to start now. They know each other’s bodies too well for false modesty.

If Kili is honest, it’s one of the reasons why he wades in after his Princeling at all. That, and because he’s looking forward to seeing Fili pull the fish out of the stream with his bare hands, like he’s insisting he will. 

Having been brought up as a warrior and the Defender of the Realm, Fili has got the sort of reflexes that would put most hunters to shame, but fish, in their usual fishy way, are slippery. Kili could probably shoot them at point blank with little effort, but this is Fili’s little moment of glory, so instead Kili contents himself with passing the time raking his eyes up and down Fili’s body.

And those lips.

Fili licks them unconsciously, poised perfectly to strike, focussed and patient like only Fili can be.

Clearly a little sabotage is in order.

The move to stand behind Fili is almost too easy: he’s pre-occupied and he doesn’t perceive Kili being in his blind spot as a threat. Nor does he react at Kili’s hands coming to rest on top of his hips: after all, that is exactly where Kili’s hands belong. Proximity too, is only welcome and familiar, never cause for alarm.

Kili presses a lingering kiss to the side of his neck, trails his lips purposefully along the line of Fili’s beard, where he knows Fili’s skin to be sensitive. 

“Kili. I’m trying to fish.”

“Mhm.” Kili agrees, eyeing the glimmering water between his Princeling’s feet. “Oh, is that a trout? Never mind, he’s gone!”

Fili huffs, but allows Kili to get away with his antics, determined perhaps to show that he will not be so easily distracted.

Ooooh, it’s a game now, and one that Kili is going immensely enjoy winning.

He nibbles on Fili’s ear next, sucks on the delicate flesh of his lobe and revels in a startled, sharp inhale that gets him.

“Bluegill!” he points out helpfully, just as Fili’s involuntary twitch at the low whisper right in his ear sends the fish scarpering from the vicinity of his left ankle.

“Kili!”

“I’m only trying to help!” the Witch protests his innocence. “It’s not my fault you keep letting them get away!”

Fili half-twists to send him an incredulous look and no doubt tell him off, but they never do learn what the Prince was going to say. Kili sees his chance and he takes it, sealing Fili’s lips in a passionate kiss, complete with pulling him close and wrapping his arms around him.

“Do you want to eat tonight or not?!” Fili growls, but he’s betrayed when his mouth chases Kili’s instead of trying to pull away.

Ah, but that would be too easy and too soon.

So instead Kili simply says: “Yes, that would be lovely,” and uses his hands to twist Fili bodily back into position.

There’s a little complaint about spoiled Witches and their wicked ways, but after a while his love goes back to staring intently at the water in front of him, leaving Kili free to focus on Fili’s broad shoulders, relatively pale still, but already covered in a delicate sprinkling of freckles. They say that freckles are just sun’s kisses and if they are, then Fili has been positively ravaged and by something other than Kili.

Which won’t do at all.

He’s just leaning in to do some remedial ravaging of his own when a movement catches his eye.

“Bass!”

Fili moves a split second before the first sound of Kili’s voice, but in quite an opposite direction, coming up fast as a lightning, brandishing a furiously wriggling fish, and clocking an unprepared Kili squarely in the face with the back of his head.

Teeth still ringing from the impact, Kili stumbles back unsteadily a couple of feet, tasting blood where he’s bit his tongue.

“Ow!”

If there was surprise on Fili’s face, it morphs into smug amusement, complete with those damn dimples, too fast for Kili to register.

“Serves you right for –“

The fish, another trout, Kili notices, decides to pick that particular moment in its bid for freedom, forcing Fili to juggle it awkwardly in the air and chase after it. For a moment it looks like they will go hungry after all, until Fili manages to grab it for long enough to effectively cuddle it to his chest.

“- trying to sabotage my tactic!” he finishes a little bit breathless, but by this point, it really is quite hard to take him seriously.

Kili sighs, in the most dramatic, forever-misunderstood way he can with a throbbing nose and a sore tongue.

But at least his Princeling will clearly need a bath after this little stunt, so perhaps not all hope is lost.

[serendipitousoracle]

zodiac shooting star mixtape & fragrance for Eg(any aus) & Ria & Sov plz

[ ♡OC ask meme ♡ ]

By question:

zodiac: what’s their sign? does it influence theirpersonality? do they care about astrology?                              

Egeire Mahariel & Egeria “Ria” Surana:

As Egeire is a derivative of Egeria and Egeria is originally aSelf Insert, both are born in the twelfth month, known as Cassusor Haring. Unfortunately if I ever nailed down a date fortheir birthday/s I absolutely cannot find it.They very likelystill both fall in the range for Sagittarius, though. I don’t thinkit terribly influences their personalities, though I am very biasedby years of being umimpressed with the common astrology babble of“Sagittarius is an extrovert who loves adventures and excitementand is changeable and spontaneous!!1!!1“ Ria would probably payastrology no mind and Egeire would probably mostly do the same but heis also absolutely the type to lowkey look up sign compatibility withpeople he gets crushes on.

In the Chinese zodiac, they were both born in 9:08 I believe,which if you translate that straight as 908, means they’re EarthDragons. I… think.

Soveliss Liadon:

yeah I’ve got 0 idea when Sov was born. soz fam. if it becomesimportant to his backstory or if aub develops any Cool Year Info NShit maybe I will figure that out but honestly I never come up withcharacter birthdays until it comes up. which is not often. I don’teven have any real vibes for seasons they all seem Fine.

shooting star: if your OC(s) could have one wish whatwould it be?  

Egeire Mahariel

Perhaps… peace, or maybe life depending on the timeframe. Peacebeing the ability to be cured of the Taint in his blood and live alife that makes him happy with the people who make him happy.Alternatively, life– namely, Tamlen’s. He feels guilty aboutTamlen’s death for a long time. Even if Tamlen isn’t his…Egeire wants his friend to live a full life and die a death not inagony.

(Egeire’s wish for peace extends to any Warden Egeire AU, but inWAW!AU imagine his life wish expanding. it would probably take quitesome rules-lawyering to keep it from being disastrous, but what ifEgeire could undo so much sorrow? Tamlen lives, and so does anybodyfrom Clan Sabrae who might have perished in the Blight. The Circle isnot ravaged, and so many mages who were locked behind heavy doors andleft to die have a second chance at life. Hundreds of soldiers, lostat Ostagar and beyond, return home to family and loved ones.Consultation is probably needed to keep his tongue from erring intosomething unwise, but what if the past year did not need to be soakedin so much grief? And, well… he has plenty of role modelsfor ambitious goals, now.

Royals AU Egeire would consider it, and… honestly find hedoesn’t want for much. He is happy with Denoreth, and unlike theother royals AU, this Egeire is not as scarred by Cyrron beforeCyrron is eliminated from his life. His training with Cyrron isultimately what allows him to keep Denoreth safe, in fact, and evenDen likes watching him fight. so Egeire would probably just wish forsomething like eternal prosperity upon both their kingdoms or somesuch.

Fugitives AU Egeire probably has an interesting wish: A life wherehe is never taken and broken by Cyrron, but still gets to meet andend up happy with Denoreth like he is now, without the trauma.Failing that, the follow-ups would be erasing the aftereffects ofsaid trauma, or him and Denoreth having a life of comfort where theynever have to struggle to get by again, like they did when they firstfled their past lives)

Egeria Surana

I think the big thing that would address a lot of Ria’s hurts inlife would be equality; if elves and mages and non-Andrastians wereon even footing with humans (etc), maybe then she and those who comeafter her wouldn’t have to worry about mages (some of themso young) leaping from high windows or choosing Tranquility,and elves wouldn’t suffer in alienages, and she would not feel socaught on a tightrope between Warden and elfmagegirl, the latter ofwhich also becomes a real threat to her relationship with Alistair.It is a gigantic scale wish, but it’s one concept, and itwould likely be hers.

Post-Inquisition, the wish she makes probably wouldn’tchange… but honestly, on the inside, she just wants Alistair backfrom the Fade.

Soveliss Liadon

There are two major angles Sov can wish for: past and future. Onthe one hand, he could have everything he lost back. The monks couldlive again, he could have a home, they could perhaps reconcile, andhe could spend like a week straight just crying and holding onto eachand every one of them for dear life.

But on the other hand, there is the future. There is him as anadventurer, a warlock, and a traveling acolyte. For the future, hiswish would likely be power. Knowledge, magic, and control farbeyond his current comprehension. With enough magic he could protectwhat few things he still cares about, and fulfill his duties toKelemvor in protecting others and striking down undead. With enoughmagic, he might not feel so small compared to his patron, though hewould not be able to fathom being on equal footing (or being morepowerful than?) his dear patron, an archfey. With enough magic… hecould perhaps bring his family of monks back himself, or at least putthem to rest so they no longer haunt the halls of the monastery. Sogiven the choice, Soveliss would probably wish for magic, power, andknowledge.

What could possibly go wrong?

Under the cut: mixtape & fragrance

mixtape: 5 songs that describe your OC(s) or songsthey themselves would like

Answeredhere for normal Egeire, Egeria, and Soveliss.

Royals AU Egeire:

1. “TheBest Is Yet To Come” - Frank Sinatra (once Egeire and Denorethfinally get to the point of being in love… things are reallylooking up)

2. “I Lived” - OneRepublic (being very suddenly thrown into an arranged marriage feels a bit like being thrown to the wolves, but perhaps by the end of everything, he will have finally lived a life of his own choosing.)

3. “Collide” - Howie Day (tentative, sweeter love song for boys gettin’ to know each other)

4. “Float On” - Modest Mouse (chill song about carrying on through setbacks, bc hey that’s p much all Eg can do at this point)

5. “Any Way You Want It” - Journey (surprise most of this AU rn is young princes falling in love and holding onto themselves despite the politics as much as possible)

Fugitives AU Egeire:

1. “TheOnly Exception” - Paramore (Egeire learned from Cyrron thatlove was fickle and fleeting and led only to hell and heartbreak, andDenoreth had figured out pretty quickly that getting attached topeople was a fool’s errand, but…)

2. “Be OK”- Ingrid Michaelson (Poor tol has spent so long being torn topieces and scrambled and he just… wants to have the partsof himself he lost back)

3. “Field of Innocence” - Evanescence (The sadder half of the above coin. Flip-flopping between wanting to Be OK again and just wanting to go back to before he was ever hurt.)

4. “Jump the Fence” - Mother Mother (Fleeing and freedom and not necessarily goodness, only looking out for themselves and going straight back to merc work and profiting (surviving) off of doing richer bastards’ dirty work)

5. “Give Me A Sign” - Breaking Benjamin (Just. Boys gotta hold onto each other and try to keep each other together through financial struggling and moral conflict and internalized shit and the scars will remain but they can too.)

Bonus: “Home”- Phillip Phillips (could apply to both AUs, really. everything is uncertain- and inFugitives AU especially even terrifying- but they will have a home.This new place will be home, one day.)

fragrance: what do your OCs smell like?                              

Egeire Mahariel:

Canon/WAW: Leather and sweat typically, from being out on the road, often with some measure of blood. When they get to Vigil’s Keep and there’s room for fancy soaps and shit, he would probably be particular to pine or herbal scents or smth.

Royals: really it’s going to be like soap and scented oil rubbed into his hair or halla and sweat and there’s not a whole lot of in-between

Fugitives: When Denoreth first meets him, it is the light, almost undetectable scent of salt water and ocean breeze. This lingers through most of their encounters, at varying degrees of intensity, until they make their break for it– that day is just sweat and fear, ironically as they are surrounded by the real sea and eventually have their final confrontation with Cyrron. After that, Egeire never smells of the ocean again. He likes apple and water lily and honey scented soaps, and the smell of flowers often lingers on him when he leaves his room. He also specifically keeps unscented soap around for when they’re working.

Egeria Surana:

Scents don’t cling to her much. Soap and books if anything, in the Circle. Sweat on the road. Likes flowery soaps once she can get her hands on them. Still only lingers for so long, though.

Soveliss Liadon:

Pre-adventuring Sov mostly smelled like old, old books and incense. Adventuring Sov probably smells of pretty little considering he is extremely ready and willing to basically prestidigitate off layers of skin to keep himself fairly clean. Dusk of the New Morning Soveliss probably smelled like dust and food, while Here There Be Kerbolds Soveliss (aka current Sov which is absolutely getting a The Adventure Zone reference name bc of the Abraca-Fuck-You quote) probably smells like either linen or faintly of swamp (bc grumblegrumble it takes /so much prestidigitation/ to get swamp water out and he’s probably still going to have to wash so much shit after this is over).