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ynyseira · 1 year ago
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Here he is! He was a LOT harder to draw and I'm not super happy about his beard, but still overall pleased with it. Can we PLEASE bring back suit jackets with that beautiful brocade on it???
Made with my Wacom in Corel Painter.
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club-cheongyang · 3 months ago
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ophelialoveshandsomemen · 10 months ago
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Say what you will about Van Helsing 2004; hate it, love it, be indifferent, But the All-Hallow's masquerade ball went sooooo hard and it had zero right to do so! It's a fun, campy, monster mash movie with wonderfully dated ( and expensive) cgi and non-stop action meant to be a popcorn flick one takes out to watch around spooky season. And it has this* chef's kiss* GORGEOUS 6 minute sequence plopped arbitrarily in the second act, which unexpectedly surpasses nearly every other ball in the last 30+ years of film( notable exception being the Cinderella 2015 ball) for literally no reason other than to be dramatic af.
Like feast your eyes on this Gothic masterpiece!!! Who doesn't want to immediately live in this picture?!??
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They used those candles with oil in them so that they would have real candles, real string orchestra( I believe), probably around 100 real life extras( something which is tragically absent in modern film), said extras are all in beautiful fully decked-out costumes( which are in luxuriously dark colours, but nearly no fully black, another thing you cannot say for much modern cinema), REAL CIRQUE DU SOLEIL PERFORMERS for all the acrobatics!!!! Hell, instead of filming in a sound stage, where they could control the reverb and the acoustics and the size of the set and the bloody lighting ( they apparently had a heck of a time emulating the firelight for this sequence) and the temperature( it's very cold in stone churches!) better, they filmed in a Baroque church in Prague! As I said, peak dramatic splendour, jfc...
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Think about that a second...They filmed a vampire masquerade in a Baroque Catholic Church( St. Nicholas' in Lesser Town, if you were curious) with amazing over-the-top acoustics and marble statues and real, tiled floors and marble pillars and a choir loft which they very much utilized, covered the pipe organ and the altar with a grand brocade curtain so it wouldn't be so obviously a, you know, a church! And there's a gold gilt elevated and canopied pulpit into which they put two vampire kiddies for, again, the sake of being dramatic.
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And the costumes! They remind me of the 25th anniversary Phantom of the Opera Masquerade costumes. Same quality, like they're old, well-cared-for costumes pulled out of a warehouse, instead of fast industry churn-outs. With lots of trim and colour and masks and lace and feathers and..just...ugh.. they are all perfect! Just look at all the head pieces on the ladies and the hats on all the gentleman ( save Dracula of course) and the powdered wigs on the musicians. ANNNNDD! The dresses are historically correct!!!!!! It's the 80's bustle era! Nobody does the 80's bustle era in film anymore and it's a bummer. Oh and one other thing! Anna's ( and other women's) hair, at least here in the ball, is also historically accurate because it's all pinned up! None of those fucken modern beachwaves at a ball! Everybody's got updo's!
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Gah, I swear, Dracula in his gold cloak really does things to me in this scene!
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By the way, the acrobatics are bonkers in here for just background stuff!! Especially the random guys on unicycles and the dude playing the violin whilst standing on a ball...Like....WHAT?
Anyways, all this to say, that this masquerade ball feels sooo real and tangible and because of that it blows every other film out of the water, and no, I will not change my mind!!!!!
Here's a few more gifs, bcuz, why the hell not, this scene is sexy as fuu*ck?
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Alright I need to go to bed now.
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hapan-in-exile · 4 months ago
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It's alright to just admit that I'm the fantasy
A Mandalorian One Shot
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Yeah, I know your little secret...
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Reader: You are a courtesan at the Dark Garden, Coruscant’s most prestigious pleasure house. Owned by the crimelord Boss Set’ki and operated by his lieutenant Mistress Anassa, when business meets pleasure, you’re expected to entertain soldiers on the payroll. But there’s one—a Mandalorian you’ve come to know and respect—who’s never taken advantage of your services. Until one day, he asked, What if next time I said yes?   
Word Count: ~9K
Pairing: dom!Din Djarin x sub!f!reader
Rating: Explicit. Minors DNI, 18+ only.
Warnings: Roleplay, bondage, blindfold, fingering, oral sex (m+f receiving), multiple orgasms, overstimulation, spanking, hair pulling, choking, biting, protected anal, unprotected piv, rough sex, edging (him), explicit consent, aftercare.
If the above looks super intense, please know I wrote a soft(er) dom Mando—no extreme degradation. Lots of checking in! Lots of praise!
A/N: This is a one-shot set in the same universe as my ongoing Mandalorian fanfic series. It has no bearing on the series plot.
No description of skin, hair, or eye color; no description of age or body shape.
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Tales from the Dark Garden
“Thank you,” the Mandalorian says disinterestedly, sliding the pile of neatly stacked credits into his waiting palm. “Please extend my gratitude to Boss Set’ki for his generous and timely payment.”
You watch him tuck the metallic ingots into one of the leather pouches sewn to his belt—right between the buckle and a string of explosive charges. There’s a dull thunk when the butt of his rifle knocks against the table’s edge as he turns to leave. 
It's quite the arsenal. The bounty hunter certainly cast an imposing figure. 
It’s a miracle those shoulders made it through the hatch.  
You’d heard rumors from the other girls at Dark Garden about the fearsome Mandalorian who visited Mistress Anassa. This just happened to be one of those delightful twists gifted by the universe, where the real thing exceeds expectations. He was terrifying. And sexy as hell.
That first moment when you’d opened the door to see him standing there in full plate Beskar was a shock to the senses that would have reduced a younger you into a stream of inane babbling. 
Good thing you had a lot of practice controlling your expression—the demands of professional decorum, after all. It would ruin your Mistress’s reputation if you started drooling over the customers.
The armor suited him. It accentuated the breadth of his shoulders, the strength in his forearms, and his powerfully muscular thighs. The belt slung low around his tapered waist, and the quilted canvas hinted at the taut abdominals concealed beneath.
All the adrenaline that surged through your body at the sight of his weaponry had  immediately transformed into excitement, raw and primal. 
This man made you feel…
Sweet gods, divine and merciful.
“Of course,” you smile, leaning forward to place your elbows over the polished tabletop so that your breasts rise enticingly. Lacing your fingers together, you gently rest your chin atop your knuckles. “I will happily deliver your compliments to my master.”
The Beskar gleamed in the candlelight despite an ashy layer of soot. From the state of him, he might have come straight from the lower levels where he’d tracked his quarry. Your eyes linger over the blood splattered across his helmet, sending a shiver of panic down your spine. What sort of violence had this man committed mere hours ago?
Arousal surges within you, fear and wanting intertwined. 
The gore and grime are a stark contrast to the lush surroundings. Draped in silk tapestries, with thick woolen rugs and brocade pillows, your shuttle interior was designed to be a sanctuary from the vulgar world outside. 
But you suspect the Mandalorian wrapped brutality around him as tightly as the cloak hanging from his neck. It would take a woman of considerable charm to remove either.  
Which is why Anassa chose you.      
“It is my honor to serve, Master Set’ki,” you reply, rising artfully from your chair and gesturing toward the lounge where you’ve laid out a modest tea service. “And my duty to please.”
The Mandalorian pauses midstep on his way to the door.
“Excuse me?” he asks, curiosity peaked.
Shrugging out of your robe, the silken fabric pools at your feet. You kneel onto the plush carpet before pulling back, sitting on your heels, and reaching for the enameled pot. “My master thought you would enjoy the companionship. A chance to indulge in softer luxuries before you return to the Outer Rim.” 
The Mandalorian’s helmet gives away nothing, but you can feel his eyes tracing over you.
Looking up at him through dark lashes, you explain, “The use of this ship—and myself—are yours for the night.” 
Despite the layers of cloth and metal, when he folds his arms across his chest, you see the muscles in his back ripple. He looked powerfully, almost aggressively masculine. Like someone who took what he wanted. 
And right now, he’s imagining taking you. 
The fear is still there, but by now, it had sharpened to anticipation so intense that it ached. 
“That won’t be necessary,” he says firmly. Yet, his words did not match his actions. Instead of continuing on his path toward the door, he turns to face you, uncrossing his arms to hold them at his sides.  
Is he simply nervous? Sometimes, warriors hardened on the battlefield liked to yield dominance in the bedroom. Maybe you should try throwing him against a wall and climbing him like a tree. 
No. If submission were his preference, Anassa would have chosen someone else—Katlin with her barbed whips or Bat’ya with her cruel tongue. 
You need to coax him without pushing. The subtle art of persuasion. 
Let’s start with coy seduction. 
Turning to look at him from over your shoulder, you toss your hair just so, sending shimmering waves down your back. You twist gracefully at the waist until your bodice gapes, revealing the contours of your body.  
“Think of it as a reward,” your voice is supple as the velvet cushions surrounding you on the floor. “Someone to take care of you. My only desire is your comfort and pleasure.”
With that, you pour the tea and walk over to him, proferring a cup.
“That is indeed generous,” the Mandalorian cocks his head. “But I usually find more comfort in solitude.”
Yet, again, he makes no attempt to leave, accepting the cup from your hand graciously. Worn leather caresses your skin as your fingers brush against each other, reaching around the warm porcelain. The jaw of his helmet lifts, and you catch a glimpse of bronze skin and coarse black hair while he raises the cup to his lips.
Surprisingly full lips.
What did he mean by offering resistance? Was this a challenge? Some test of your professional acumen?  
A skilled courtesan is, above all else, a student of human nature and hidden desires. She must know what her clients want before they speak the words. Before they know it themselves. This Mandalorian wanted to be…tempted. 
Timidity would yield nothing. 
You arch an eyebrow, “I have never known a man who preferred solitude to my company.” Then, you stare directly into the jet-black surface of his helmet’s visor. Meeting his gaze, you place a delicate hand over his chest plate and fill your voice with honey, “Let tonight be a rare exception to the usual.” 
The Beskar feels cool against your palm and the pads of your fingertips. You hadn’t realized how flushed you’d become with your heart beating this fast. The insistent yearning between your thighs matches each pulse coursing through your veins.
“I am here to satisfy your needs. Whatever the Mandalorian desires is his for the taking.” 
While the bounty hunter remains stubbornly silent, you can hear his breathing grow shallow through the modulator.
Having made your supplication, you draw back. “If it is tranquility the Mandalorian desires, perhaps I could play the valachord or sing for him?” 
“Sing?” he huffs, sounding amused. It’s funny, hearing the smirk on his lips.
Well, at least he’s not completely immune to your charm. 
“Pleasure takes many forms,” you say, flashing him a demure smile. “As such, we courtesans are skilled in many arts. I’ve been told my voice is exceedingly lovely. And I know all the Twelve Ballads of Kiergaard.”
You shift onto the edge of a thick cushion to pour yourself some tea. When you raise the cup to your lips, the look of elegant femininity slips—just for a moment, so he can see the earnest hunger filling your gaze. You fix him with your most smoldering stare, “Though I can certainly think of other ways to please you with my mouth.”
The tea tastes bitter on your tongue, but you hardly notice, waiting for his reaction.
The Mandalorian says nothing as he pulls the rifle over his head, settling it against the door frame. He walks over in a slow saunter that makes his hips dip and sway. Slowly, he extends his hand to take your face in his leather fingers, lifting up your chin. 
“You want me to fuck your mouth?”
Your breath catches in your throat. A wave of arousal courses through your body, emanating from your clenching belly until it ripples over every surface of your skin, pinching your nipples.
“If the Mandalorian—” but he cuts off whatever beguiling line you intended. 
“I thought this was about what I wanted?” he demands.
Suddenly, you’re too flustered to speak, confused by the sudden shift in dynamic. All his polite reticence had been an act. He was done testing you. He wanted to assert dominance. 
In answer, you lower your gaze.
“That’s right,” he says cooly, brushing his thumb over your cheek. “You’re remembering what you’re for.” The Mandalorian takes the cup from your hands and tosses it aside. “There’s no more need to talk. Don’t open your mouth unless I tell you.” 
Then he reaches down to his belt and unbuckles it. 
And to think you worried he’d be too self-conscious for roleplay. This is going to be so good.
“You’re here to give me whatever I want?” he asks, his tone gruff and intimidating.
You don’t look up, just nod.
He laughs, “I’m glad we understand each other.” 
With your gaze locked on the floor, you watch the tread of his boots make their way to a lacquer armchair in the corner of the room. His knees splay wide as he leans back in his seat. “Answer my question.”
“Whatever the Mandalorian desires, I will give him.”
“Because tonight, your body is for me.”
It’s not a question, but you find yourself nodding in confirmation. 
“Tell me what you’re thinking.”
You answer truthfully. “That you’re a dangerous man, and I should do my best to please you.”
“Smart girl,” he says in a rough whisper. “But don’t worry, I have no intention of harming you. I’m going to make you come. Then you’ll sing for me, senaar'ika.”
Senaar'ika. Little bird. 
Your whole body flushes with heat.
“What do you know about Mandalorian customs?” 
When you hesitate, he adds, “You can answer me.”
“I know that it’s a sacrilege to look upon your face. That to touch your helmet, even by accident, is to forfeit my life.”
“Then you’ll understand why I need to tie you down.”
At that, your head snaps up to look at him.
“Or tie you up. I haven’t decided yet.” 
Part of you is terrified by the thought of being captive to this man for hours, splayed wide and helpless. The other part of you wishes he’d do it this second. 
“You can undress while I make up my mind.”
Obeying his command, you stand and reach behind you for the lacings of your bodice.
This, at least, is an art in which you can make your mistress proud. The trick is to envision it’s a private ritual, something deeply intimate. That you always loosen the silken knots this slowly. That each row of the lacings must be pulled free, one—by—one. 
You lift your elbows so that he glimpses the soft curves of your breasts as you move. Slip your right arm from its fitted sleeve, then the left, until you’re certain the dress will fall, cascading over your body like waves caressing the shore. 
Only then do you turn, rolling your hips and then your shoulders, displaying your nakedness, before you finally look over to where he’s sitting, as though you’d forgotten anyone was watching. 
At some point during your performance, the Mandalorian had leaned forward, resting his elbows on his thighs, his hands clasped together in wrapt attention. 
“That was beautifully done,” he murmurs. “You may be the most beautiful woman I’ve ever seen.”
Your heart swells, hearing his admiration—perhaps because it sounds so genuine. Suddenly, all you can think about is how best to please him, the things you’ll do with your lips and fingers.
“I understand the Hapan courtesans from Dark Garden are the most expensive, the most prized companions in all of Coruscant.” The hunter’s voice sinks into a low, husky rasp as he says, “But tonight, I’m not interested in your talents, though I’m sure you have many. This is about what I want to do to you. Tonight, you belong to me.” 
It’s just as well he demanded your silence because you can’t speak. 
You know he can see you breathing, shallow and fast, from the rise and fall of your breasts. See your pulse thundering against your throat. He’s feeding off your fear, you realize. That’s why he keeps trying to catch you off guard like this. The Mandalorian wanted to shatter your artful calm and see something raw and real in your eyes. 
You know you should be afraid—and you are—but you’ve never been more turned on.
So when he gets up from his seat to approach you, you don’t bother hiding the way your whole body trembles in trepidation.
The Mandalorian crouches to pick up the belt from your discarded robe.
“Give me your hands.” 
He uses the fabric to tie your wrists together, wrapping the belt around and between them in a complicated knot. Then, his strong hands pull you under one of the lanterns suspended from the ceiling. 
Cupping it in his palm, he lifts the glowing orb from its hook to set it down beside the abandoned tea service. The cabin grows dim, like he’s wrapped you in shadows.
That’s when you realize what’s about to happen. Unspooling the cable from his whipcord, he loops it through the empty hook. He’s going to suspend you from the ceiling by your wrists. 
The breath coming from your nostrils is so fast now that it’s the only thing you can hear in the close, quiet cabin of your shuttle. But you say nothing. You can’t protest; you can only submit. 
After securing your bound wrists to the cord, he inspects the knots. 
“Not too tight?”
You release a deep breath and shake your head no. 
“You remember the signal?” Mando asks with concern, breaking from the fantasy entirely. 
“Yes,” you smile up at him with more confidence than you really feel—trying to ignore the insistent throbbing between your legs. 
“You can stop me at any time.”
“I know.”
“Alright,” he says before his voice drops into a rough whisper. “You’re giving me total control. Anything I want is mine.”  
Fuck, just hearing him say that makes you ache with need. That same trembling emanates from inside you, fear and arousal, two halves of the same coin. You don’t know precisely what the bounty hunter plans to do to you—and the suspense just makes the fantasy feel more real. 
Within seconds, you’ll be tied up, defenseless against him and his desires. The only way to stop him is to say the safe word, and you already know you won’t. You want it too much. 
You’ve spent months building up to this—years, really. It’s my choice, you’d told him. It’s different when it’s my choice. 
“Yes,” you whisper breathlessly.
Then he pulls down on the whipcord, and your arms lift above your head. 
For one panicked moment, you think he’s going to haul you entirely off the ground, but your feet remain on the floor, bearing your weight. You remind yourself that this is his domain. He knows how to bind, what the body can withstand. 
And for now, the tension feels manageable. Slack enough so you don’t feel the strain in your joints; taut enough so you can grip the cord to steady yourself. 
Yet you remain utterly helpless, unable to turn your head or move without losing your balance.
He takes a few steps back, leather boots creaking, and you watch as the Mandalorian strips his gloves off before removing the Beskar from his arms and chest.​​​ The fabric underneath outlines every contour of his powerfully muscular body.
Though not as graceful as your tradecraft, he certainly knows how to build anticipation. Each time his hands grip, pull, and tug, your stomach clenches. 
Soon, you feel volatile, ready to explode, waiting for him to touch you. When he finally does—when you feel the tip of his calloused finger tracing over the length of your spine, it burns through you, down to your core, so hot your cheeks flush scarlet. 
“It’s a good thing we have all night,” he murmurs. “There’s a lot I want to do with you.”
As he circles, the view plate sweeps up and down your body as though inspecting some prize captured in a snare. All you can do is stand there on display, completely exposed, until he makes a satisfied sound, a hummm that vibrates through the modulator. The hunter, pleased to discover what he’s caught.
“I feel deeply honored to receive you as my reward,” the Mandalorian sounds eager, standing behind you, voice full of hunger. “Now spread your legs.”
The breath catches in your throat, hearing that tight ache—the same raw yearning to match your own. You want to obey. 
But there’s no give to the whipcord. The bindings on your wrist pull tighter the farther your feet draw apart. Though you can still balance, your shoulders start to burn from the stretch. Slowly, you rise onto tiptoes. But not fast enough—
Wrapping an arm around your waist, the Mandalorian lifts you from the floor. 
“Wider,” he commands, gripping you roughly by the knee to pry open your thighs with his other hand. You have to bite back a scream. By now, you’re so wound up that just the sensation—the air cool against your wet center, his powerful chest pressed against your back, his fingers digging into your skin makes you drunk with lust. 
“You’re so wet already, senaar'ika. It’s slicking down your thighs,” the Mandalorian groans, breath warm against the back of your neck. His hand gripping your knee slides upward between your legs, tracing toward the heat of your skin. “No wonder you were begging me to fuck you.”
His fingers part and probe—massaging in slow, firm circles that spiral until you’re panting. Every stroke sends pleasure pulsing through you, and you can’t stop yourself from whimpering. 
“You like it when I use my hand?” he asks, voice maddeningly calm. Only the persistent throbbing against your hip, matching each beat of his heart, betrays his arousal. When you release a sigh in desperate delight, he says, “Maybe this is how I should start.”
And fuck, if Mando doesn’t knows exactly where to touch you—how much to bear down and how fast to go.
“Mmmph,” a moan of deep satisfaction escapes his lips as he thrusts two fingers inside you, sending a gush of wetness welling against his palm. He pushes them in and out, obviously relishing the obscene squelching sound.
Wait! When did he take off his helmet? 
No. No, this is forbidden. This is dangerous. 
You couldn’t move your head to look at him even if you wanted to, but your eyes shut tightly just the same. The fear of seeing his face, the dire consequences, amplify every panicked thought running through your mind, heightening every sensation—his fingers curling, his thumb pressing down over your clit.  
Your breaths come sharp and shallow now. All the blood in your body rushing between your legs. The stimulation is almost too much to bear, the excitement and panic roiling within you—the Mandalorian dipping his fingers inside, slipping them out to circle and stroke. Drawing a wet line between your cunt over and over.
Desire ripples through you in waves. Your body tightens, muscles clenching. Your bound hands keep straining in their futile urge to grab his wrist, your knees fighting against him to shut tight around his thrusting fingers. 
You’re close now. So close, you’re on the brink.
He kisses the back of your neck, “Don’t worry. I’m going to take good care of you.”
“Aaangh!” That’s when he presses harder, circles faster, and you come, “Haaa-aah!” 
Your orgasm crashes through you in a tidal wave that upends gravity. You cry out desperately with all the air left in your lungs—the relentless pounding of your heartbeat against your eardrums making you dizzy. 
“Haa-aah! Aaah!” 
Losing equilibrium, you sway, and the bindings pull painfully around your wrists. You’re at the limits of your flexibility, fighting to keep your balance before the Mandalorian’s muscular arm tightens around your waist, until he’s bearing enough of your weight to keep you upright.
“I’ve got you,” he says gently, pressing a tender kiss over your head. “Stand up. Come on. Legs spread. You know what I want.”
You shift on your heels, testing your unsteady knees. “I can’t—” but your words break off into a gasp when he clasps his hand around your throat, warm and sticky with your come.
“Shhhh,” he whispers against your temple. “I told you not to open your mouth unless I said so.”
His tone is soft, and he kisses you tenderly again through a tangle of damp hair, your forehead glistening with sweat. But his fingers grip tighter in warning. 
“Don’t speak unless you’re begging me for more.”
You nod once in understanding.
“Smart girl,” he says, and without the helmet on, you can hear the wry grin on his lips. “I’m glad we understand each other. It’s going to make everything so much easier. But just to be sure—”
His wide palm fans out from your waist, gliding down your body to slip over the curve of your buttocks. 
Then he brings it down in a sharp smack that echoes through the quiet cabin. Hearing that slap, feeling the sting on your skin, the burning heat that radiates from his handprint—shakes you from the hazy lust. 
It’s not enough to want to obey. 
“I’m going to take good care of you, senaar'ika. But you have to do as you’re told.”
While he’s playing a role, the pain is very real. Yet this fantasy is about your powerlessness. Whatever the Mandalorian wants to do to you, you have to take it. Yes, the pain is undeniable—but the adrenaline?—it sharpens the hunger.
When you finally regain your balance and tilt your pelvis forward at just the right angle, your ass brushes against his straining erection, and he groans, a low vibration you feel through his chest. Arousal arcs through you, and you gasp responsively. Even now, as your body tingles numbly in the aftermath of climax, your cunt still aches, longing to be full of him.
With his entire body sealed against you, you feel the firm pressure swelling against your ass. It throbs, heat radiating through the canvas flight suit. The coarse fabric is rough, rubbing over your slapped skin. 
“You feel that?” he whispers, grinding the entire length of his cock against you. “That’s what you’re going to take for me.”
Holy fuck, he’s huge. Thick, too. Your mind reels at the impossibility; can you really fit him inside you?
“You’re going to take it all,” the bounty hunter huffs, as if he’d heard your thoughts. “You’re going to come with my cock buried in your ass.”
Oh fuck! Oh fuck! Oh fuck! Oh fuck! 
It’s something you’ve talked about, something you said you wanted and prepared for, but….you’ve never had anyone this big up your ass before. He’s going to tear you apart. 
“Are you scared? Because trust me, I’m going to make you ready. You’re going to beg me for it. Then you’ll come so hard with my cock in your ass, nothing else will ever feel as good.”
The hormones that suddenly surge through your body make arousal indistinguishable from panic. You should be so afraid, and yet, you want this. Under the fear, you’re still full of need, urgent, and emphatic.
“After that, if you’re lucky, then I’ll fuck your mouth.”
Shit! Shit, that’s…you try to banish away the shame washing over you. He’s going to claim your body in every way imaginable, use you filthy—and it feels like you shouldn’t want this. But you do. 
“Don’t worry,”  he sighs, voice sounding softer now, gentle. “I’m not going to rush this. First, I want to explore your beautiful body.”
You feel the cold Beskar plates against the backs of your thighs and shiver.
His hands slide outward along your shoulder blades, curving down and around just enough for his fingers to lightly brush the sides of your breasts. Then, the Mandalorian’s arms circle you, reaching up to grasp them in both hands. Arousal rekindles as he kneads and squeezes, pressing them together tightly. Igniting as he tugs and pinches. 
And when your nipples are so tender you whine, “Mmmph!” he soothes them in his wide palms. 
“You—are—so—beautiful,” he moans, kissing the curve of your jaw. 
Behind you, his lips trail soft, open-mouth kisses down the back of your neck, between your shoulders, along your spine, and lower, until he drops to one knee. His hands trace over your ribcage, your sides, the indentation of your waist, and the flare of your hips. 
The pads of his fingertips are coarse but tender.
“Look at you. Legs spread. Open and wet for me. When I dream of you, this is what I’ll see.”  
Then he crouches between your knees to press lighter, softer kisses up the inside of your thighs, teasing you until you grow desperate with anticipation. “Haa!” you gasp, already panting. 
Spirals of arousal coil through you, so dizzying you have to grip the whipcord for balance. 
Soon, you’re lost to anything but the desire for him to taste you. That he’s risked so much by removing his helmet is the only thing keeping you from breaking position, regardless of the punishment. That’s how much you long to tilt your hips and rub yourself against his mouth. 
Don’t speak unless you’re begging me for more. Would he like it if you begged?
“Please,” you whimper, voice full of desperation. 
He groans in satisfaction before making one long sweep of his tongue, right through the very center of your urgent longing. “Is this what you want?”
“Yes!”  
“I like hearing you beg.” Then his lips press firmly between your thighs, enfolding you in his warm, wet mouth.
Okay, wow, he’s good at this. He’s really, really good at this. 
The Mandalorian’s tongue searches for your clit, stroking and circling in a rhythm that drags you back to the brink almost instantly. But slowly, agonizingly slowly, to hold you at the edge of pleasure—like he could do this, keep you suspended there—forever.  
“Show me how much you want it,” he says, hot breath tickling against your delicate skin. 
If you could bury your fingers in his hair, you would. Instead, you shift all of your weight onto one leg, using what remains of your equilibrium to drape the other over his shoulder, feeling the rough stubble of his beard and the shell of his ear press against the inside of your thigh. 
Helping you balance, one strong hand grips you by the hipbone while the other slips over your knee before guiding his mouth between the sopping wet folds of your cunt. 
You tense every muscle, digging your heel into his sinewy back to try to keep him there. Right there! 
He rewards you by lapping faster—and then, when you cry out, speeding up even more. “Sing for me, senaar'ika.”
Every throb of pleasure ripples through your body from your nipples to your scalp, all the way down to your toes, until you can’t help yourself from rocking your hips, increasing the pressure just a little more. You feel each bob and turn of his head as he keeps at it, caressing you in spirals as a long, luscious wave of ecstasy swells inside you.
Mando’s fingers tighten around your thigh to hold you in place. He keeps going, maintaining his rhythm so that you can ride each cresting surge. It builds low, climbing and arcing higher, and when it finally overwhelms you, when you let go, and it rushes through you—you do sing. You cry out in one long wail that lasts the length and breadth of your climax.
Your body goes limp once the orgasm fades, and just like last time, the Mandalorian is the only source of strength to keep you upright. Hands clutching your hips, he pulls back to place a wet, sticky kiss low on your belly, then says, “We’re not done yet, little dove. Not nearly done yet.”
Gods in heaven, how much more of this can you take? You’d love nothing better than to sink to the floor in post-orgasmic bliss…but his cock is still in his pants. 
Too afraid to look down, you feel his body shifting between your knees and wonder, what next? Should you offer to reciprocate? Fuck, you want to. Right now, you want him in your mouth so badly that it’s all you can do not to beg for it. 
Your lips part, the words ready on your tongue—
When suddenly, he lifts you by the back of your thighs, settling you on top of his shoulders. You barely have time to gasp, to grip the braided cable between your hands—to think—before he buries his face between your thighs again.
“Oh, gods!” you gasp. “Oh, haah…!”
The tension in the whipcord keeps you from falling backward, but you feel precariously weightless sitting on his shoulders. Reeling, overstimulated from your last orgasm, you instinctively try to writhe away from the press of his wet tongue, his hot mouth, the coarse hair of his beard, and nearly lose your balance. 
Mando steadies you, wrapping his arms around your lower back, ass braced against his thick biceps as he works, tongue parting the soft creases of your cunt to find your sore, throbbing clit. 
This time, he holds nothing back, laving and shaking his head until your vision starts to blur; the pleasure is so intense it’s blinding. 
Oh shit! Merciful gods, this might break you. It’s too much. Too much. But you can’t move. Caged in his arms, you have to take what he gives. It feels so good. 
You don’t think it can get any better until he starts to suck. After that, you can’t think about anything anymore. Your mind is just blank. Static. White noise.
Fuck! You’re at the brink again—so fucking close—your heartbeat is thundering against your ribs. The muscles of your inner thighs lock, clenching around his jaw. Your body is poised right there. Right there! That exhilarating moment before—
And at that's when the Mandalorian slips a finger, slick with your come, inside your ass. 
The sensation kindles alarm, and your entire body tenses in response. All your instincts awaken in primal fear to remind you just how vulnerable you are.
Okay! It's okay! Just relax. 
In answer, his other hand begins sweeping up and down your thigh, caressing and soothing the tension away. 
That’s right. You have to relax. He’s doing this for you, to make you ready. Right now, your pleasure is the only thing that matters. Focus on his tongue circling your clit, his finger gently caressing millions of tiny nerve endings. 
But he slides up so seamlessly, so deep inside you, the pressure pools in your abdomen, and you gasp, “Oh, gods!” again.
Don’t resist the sensation—yield to it. Work with it. Take what you need.
Pulling on the whipcord for leverage, you thrust your hips against his mouth. He groans in encouragement, responding by sucking harder, licking faster—and then, spearing his tongue inside you.
Okay, yes. Yes! Gods, yes! You have never come so soon after your last orgasm, but he’s going to get you there.
That’s when he adds a second finger. 
You feel it stretch you, but your body doesn’t resist this time. And when he starts working them back and forth in rhythm with the thrusting of his tongue, it starts to feel so good. So good.
Each rut of his tongue and stroke of his fingers sends heat coursing through you, so flushed now that your skin seems to be on fire. Your hair clings to your sweaty cheeks. But nothing is as hot as his breath between your thighs. 
So you move faster, rubbing yourself against the raw stubble of his chin, the tip of his nose, drowning him in your cunt. All the while, he increases the pressure of his fingers just a little more, massaging inside you. 
You start to shake, the muscles in your legs trembling, as the Mandalorian twists his hand, rolls his wrist, and you feel the brush of his knuckles against the tender skin of your asshole. 
Then, he sucks your clit between his teeth, and you come in a burst of ecstasy so sharp it makes you scream. There’s a second when your vision goes entirely white—like staring into a bright sun—and your heart thumps so hard you hear the blood rushing in your ears.
“I’ve got you,” he murmurs against your stomach.
His fingers gently slip out of you so he can grasp you by the ribcage with both hands, bracing you as you shudder through the ricocheting aftermath of your orgasm. 
“You taste like heaven.” 
He would know. His face, his hands, his neck, and shoulders are all covered in your come.  
“I told you I’d take care of you,” Mando’s broad hands stroke the length of your back, and the sound of his voice melts away any lingering doubts. He knows when to be gentle and when to be rough. You can trust him with this. 
When the bounty hunter ducks his head out from between your thighs, you think you’ll have to stand up again, get back into position. And you know you’ll be punished—but you can’t. You’re shaking too much for that. 
It doesn’t matter. Your feet never touch the floor. Bending you at the waist, he slings you over one broad, muscular shoulder, so that you dangle limp and dizzy, upside down as he steps into a lunge to lift you both off the ground. Tearing your wrists free from the whipcord at last, your arms fall numbly behind him, blood rushing back into your digits.
Draped over his shoulder like a hunter’s prize, he strides across the cabin toward the bed. 
Perhaps you’re delirious—you must be after three orgasms. Or maybe it’s because your fingers are so desperate to find new life. But when you look up (or is it down?) to see his perfectly sculpted ass outlined in dark gray canvas about a foot from your face…weak as you are, you can’t stop yourself from reaching for it. Your hand stretches lower until you feel its firm contours press satisfyingly against your palm. And gods help you, but you squeeze. Hard.
The Mandalorian chuckles, a deep booming laugh that has your knees jostling against his chest. You’re breaking from the submissive fantasy, but maybe he won’t—
“I knew you wanted it,” he laughs, voice full of triumph as—fingers splayed wide, he slaps his hand down over your ass cheek—the exact same spot as last time—so hard the sting brings tears to your eyes. 
Fuck! Your jaw drops. The pain sharpens all of your senses, bringing everything into focus. Your thighs squeeze together, cunt clenching against the sensation. Fuck that stings. Right. He’s back in the role. Time to be rough.
“You’ve wanted my cock inside you since the moment I stepped through that door. Haven’t you?” 
When he tosses you onto the bed, you fall onto the mattress, flat on your belly. But before you can get to your hands beneath you, he presses a knee down between your shoulder blades to keep you from moving. 
“You want to beg me some more, senaar'ika?”
The silk belt of your robe slips over your eyes, and he lashes it tightly behind your head. 
“Tell me!” he demands, like he’s making you confess to something. 
“Yes,” you whisper into the sheets, words muffled by the bedding. 
“Yes, what?”
“I want your cock.”
“Where?” he asks, and the sound of him tugging down his zipper fills your ears.
“Inside me,” you gulp. “I want your cock inside me.”   
You hear him tearing open the condom wrapper, “That’s right. Beg me to fuck you.” 
“Please—”
Then he’s on top of you, hands pressing into the mattress on either side of your face, his knee lifting from your back to part your thighs, his massive weight pinning you underneath him. 
Reaching between your naked bodies, he wraps a hand around the base of his shaft to rub the swollen head of his cock along the cleft of your ass, back and forth, slicking the entrance before he pushes inside you.
You cry out in shock. 
So does he.
“Fuck,” he groans. “Fuck, that’s so tight! Haa, haa!”
Leaning forward, he places a soft kiss atop your head, pausing with just the first few inches of him inside, letting your body stretch to fit him. 
“You okay?” he whispers quietly against your cheek, his face damp with sweat. 
When you nod, he begins tracing his tongue over your earlobe, kissing your jaw and the corner of your mouth. His beard is still drenched with your come.
“This feels amazing,” his breath is hot in your ear. “Just this. You're gripping me so tight.”
You’re tempted to stop here, to say the safe word. And you trust Mando to stop; you know he would. That’s why he’s reminding you. And this does feel amazing, his body enfolding you, the rub of his bare skin over yours, the feeling of every firm muscle pressing into your soft curves—the pressure inside you. 
But you want this. You want all of him.
“More,” you moan.
The aching burn is so intense as his enormous cock plunges deeper inside you—slowly, but without ceasing. “Oh fuck!” he gasps. “Fuuuuck, that feels so good. Almost, ha-aah…almost. It’s almost in.”
The burn as he opens you—the way the entire universe narrows to this bodily sensation, until you perceive nothing but its fantastic pressure—only anal sex does this for you. But its so hard to trust someone to be careful, to make you feel safe in spite of being so vulnerable and powerless. Mando does that. 
“I’m going to start, haah…I’m going to start moving, okay?” he says, panting from arousal and restraint.
Adjusting his weight onto his elbows, he rolls his hips gently, strokes building. There’s so much lubricant on the condom; each shallow thrust is frictionless, but you’re still trembling like one of the strings of your valachord. 
“Haah, you feel so good. So—nnngh—so fucking good!” Threading his fingers through your hair, his forehead drops against your neck, and the heat from each ragged breath spills over your shoulders. “Anngh!”
Then he starts fucking you in earnest. He pushes deeper now, pulling out further to feel the grip of your asshole squeeze up and down the length of his shaft. Already, you feel arousal peaking within you with each long, slow stroke. 
Mando’s width and length stretches you, makes you burn. And you moan, fingers twining in the sheets as the pleasure becomes indistinguishable from the pain. 
“You like this?” his voice is teasing again, getting back into the role.
“Mm-hmm,” you moan, unable to form words. 
It’s like you can’t feel anything but him moving inside you, pleasure surging in ebbs and flows, like a tidal current. It’s hard to describe. The barrier between your cunt and anus is so thin you feel him everywhere. It burns, this inner blazing heat. 
It’s a sweet agony, like the handprint on your ass, making everything tingle with sensitivity, amplifying every sensation. Even the pressure of the mattress against your clit is enough to send a thrill through you.
“Is this the biggest cock you’ve ever taken?” 
You cry out in torment and desire as he shoves into you harder this time, and your whole body bends and turns in a desperate effort to accept every inch.
“Yes,” you want to sob into the mattress. It aches. It’s so fucking good you could scream.
“You’re taking it so good,” he whispers as he sinks in even deeper. “That’s it.”
And he’s finally all the way inside you now, so deep that when he starts thrusting, you feel the slap of his sac against the dip of your cunt. Each stroke presses you harder against the mattress—hitting you where it feels best inside and out. 
And strong, so strong he pushes your body upward on the bed.
“I want to fuck you like this all night.” His voice is tight with strain—just barely holding on, waiting for you.
But he’s not moving fast enough for you to come.
“More,” you whimper into the damp folds of silk.
Mando pushes in again, burying himself balls-deep inside you before whispering against your shoulder, “What's that?”
You need more. “I need more…I need—”
“You worried I won’t fuck you hard enough?” he laughs, plunges in deep, and bites the soft flesh of your shoulder. It’s not enough to break the skin—but you cry out from the painfully sweet ache of it.
“Beg me, senaar'ika,” he says, sitting back on his heels, filling his lungs with each heaving breath. “Tell me what I want to hear.”
But this time, you don’t want to obey. You don’t want to say please. You want to find out exactly how hard the Mandalorian can give it to you. If you want to come with him, you need more, and you know how to get it. 
You turn your head so he can see the jut of your chin, fill your voice with challenge and say, “Mercy of the gods, shut up and fuck—me—harder.”
The bounty hunter scoffs in shocked bemusement.
His arm hooks around your elbows, pinning them behind you, “You’ll regret that, little dove.” 
Then he yanks back on your arms, pulling you off the bed, and against his chest. Your ass presses into the bowl of his hips, thighs sealed against his. His other hand slides up your stomach and between your breasts to clasp around your throat. A touch that means possession. 
The Mandalorian owns you now, and he knows it.
Mando slams into you, and you want to cry out—but you stifle it somehow. You don’t want him to stop. You’re so wound up that tears well against your eyelids, dampening the blindfold. It scares you how much you want this. Gods help you, but you do. You fucking love it.
His thrusts remain slow at first. Deliberate. Punishing. Yes, punish me! His pelvis clashes against your buttocks like the snap of a paddle. But the tempo increases as he starts to get into it. Soon, he pumps into you so hard that it makes your breasts bounce, and your entire body starts to sweat. Your hair swings around your face, tendrils sticking to your neck, your flushed cheeks and forehead.
He never loosens his grip. Your shoulders start to ache from being pulled back so far—your throat throbs against his palm—and yet you want nothing more than the slap of his body, the feel of his cock filling you. It’s like he’s reaching to the core of your very being with every thrust.
Yes, you think, fuck me. Make me take it.
The bounty hunter’s hand tightens around your throat—unconsciously, you think—because of how close he is. Each ragged breath vibrates against your back. You can still breathe, but his grip keeps you dizzy and light-headed. 
A sharp thrust, and your arousal climbs. Another, and it goes higher. Mando bucks and bucks, and the world behind your eyelids becomes bright and sparkly around the edges. Sensation shivers upward through you, strengthening by the moment.
The climax builds from somewhere deep inside you, and you sink into it with every thrust, slipping deeper into pure instinctive sensation, until it claims your whole body in white-hot ecstasy. When you come, the desperation in your wordless cries transforms into a feral scream as you fall forward, tumbling back onto the sheets when he releases you. 
The silk feels so cool and smooth against your feverish cheeks. 
“Haah, aah! I knew you’d love it,” he groans triumphantly. “Nnngh!”
But he’s almost at the brink himself—his body contracting, abdominals clenching. That’s when he pulls out, denying himself release.
The mattress dips and creeks as he climbs off you, and off the bed. 
“I’m not done with you yet, senaar'ika. We’re not even close.”
You hear the snap of latex when he removes the condom.
What next? You’re limp and dizzy, lying sprawled across the covers. Will he make me come so hard I pass out? Fuck me until I can't walk straight? You shouldn’t want that as much as you do, but complete surrender can feel so sweet. 
“I can do this all night,” Mando pants.
Then, he lunges across the bed and grabs your ankles so tightly you feel the press of his thumb dig into your bones as he drags you down the mattress, until your legs dangle off the side. The tips of your toes brush against the floor. 
“You thought you could push me?” His voice has lowered almost to a growl. “But that’s not how this works. You belong to me.”
He pushes your thighs apart roughly, then clutches your hair and tugs back hard enough to bring renewed tears to your eyes. Bent over the edge of the mattress like this in front of him, you feel his other hand seize you by the hip, and with that, he shoves the whole thick length of his cock inside you.
“Aaah!” you cry out as he starts thrusting faster. His fist in your hair tightens as he pumps into you, and already you know you’re going to come again. How is that even possible?
“That’s right,” he pants. “You know you have to take it, don’t you?”
“Yes!”
Yes, make me take it. Gods help you, but you fucking love it. There’s nothing you love more than the slap of his body, the feel of his cock. “Yes!”
"Because you're mine. Mine to fuck."
"Yours...I'm yours."
Mando fucks you so hard and so fast. Your ass would not have been able to take this. Shallow rapid thrusts until, growling, he rams his full length into you. Then he’s pumping inside you again and again. By now, the shame you think you should feel at being taken like this—held down by your hair and fucked with every ounce of strength in his body, every bit of force he can put into it—has been eclipsed by the pleasure surging within you. 
Every single goddamned stroke of the Mandalorian’s cock sets you on fire. A wildfire so hot it consumes you, burns you down to nothing. You press your face into the mattress and feel the tears welling in your eyes spill down your cheeks, pooling against the sheets.
The only sounds in the cabin are his guttural grunts of pleasure and the slap of your bodies against each other. Just hearing it turns you on even more. 
He’s moving faster now, and you’re nothing but heat. Pleasure tightens, blazing inside you. 
Mando fucks you, and fucks you, and then you’re coming again, clenching around his cock. "Fuck! Oh, fuck! Holy shit...it's so good!"
"Mmmph, you like that?"
"Yes! Yes, please! Don't stop...please don't stop!"
"Haa-aah, I knew you'd beg me for it."
You come so hard that consciousness is nothing but white light, white noise. Your cry is muffled by the sheets and blankets, but you wail it out anyway, unable to hold back.
“Yes,” he whispers as he pistons even faster than before, his hand on your hip gripping tighter. “Fuck, yes—yes!”
The Mandalorian groans as he throbs inside you. He goes tense, makes an animal sound that seems to come from low in his belly, and slams into you one more time.
Then he’s pulling you off the bed and onto your knees. You feel his wet cock press against your face. His voice is hardly more than a whisper, trembling with need. “Open your mouth.”
His fist in your hair doesn’t leave you much choice. You open, and Mando pushes inside. "You're going to swallow all of it."
It’s all you can do to take him in, to brace your palms against his thighs. You taste your come slick around his cock as it slides between your lips. He’s so huge that you can barely use your tongue, but you bob your head, doing your best as he thrusts, shallow and then deep.
The Mandalorian's grip takes control, sometimes pushing no more than the head of his cock into your mouth, and you suck, hallowing your cheeks—then shoving into your throat, making you choke and gag around him.
It doesn’t take long.
"Haa-aah! Aah!"
He shouts out, and then he comes, filling your mouth with each hot pulsing spurt. You swallow it down, every drop, the sensation of him throbbing between your lips, almost lost in the spasms of pleasure still echoing through you.
The Mandalorian pulls out then. The fingers buried in your hair release their grip. Pausing one long moment to regain his breath, he brushes the sweat-soaked hair from your cheeks. 
“You have no idea how beautiful you look right now.”
Really? Blindfolded. Flushed and sweaty, legs tangled beneath you, slumped against the bed frame?
But the honest tenderness in his voice has you pressing a hand to your chest. 
His cock is still half-hard, nuzzled against your cheek, and there’s a second when you’re tempted to pull him down to slide back onto it. But…you’ve reached your limits. 
And the Mandalorian is in no better shape. You hear him collapse onto his knees beside you on the floor, crawling over on his hands and knees to reach for something. His helmet, maybe?
But it’s not his Beskar. 
Gently, he drapes the soft folds of your robe over your shoulders and gathers you in his arms. He leans back, sitting propped against the bed, settling you onto his lap. You let your head fall against his chest and delight when he rests his chin atop your head. 
“Are you alright?” he murmurs. 
“Yeah,” you manage to form words. “Just give me a second. I’m…melting.” 
That makes him chuckle, and for a while, you both stay like that, laughing, breathing hard, barely able to move.
“I wasn’t too rough?”
“No! No, you were perfect. I loved it. It’s like—like you read my mind from that night we met. It was everything I wanted. You took such good care of me.”
His voice remains concerned. “But you’re shaking all over?” and his arms wrap tighter around you.
“It was just so intense.” 
“Here,” he says pressing a cup of tea into your hands, then lifting it to your lips when your fingers tremble too much to grip it tight enough. Fatherhood has softened him.  
“Are you?” you ask timidly.
“Am I what?”
“Are you okay?” You feel strangely shy in front of a man who just fucked you senseless. “I mean, was it okay that I asked you to do this? Are you okay with being—with what we did?”
“It was amazing,” he sighs, kissing your temple. 
But that doesn’t really answer your question.
Honestly, this is the part you were most afraid of…that it would change everything. That no matter how good the sex had or hadn’t been, you thought, afterward, he’d lose respect for you, and it wouldn’t be worth it. 
You don’t want his judgment or pity for needing this.
But there's no contempt in his voice. He doesn’t sound righteous. Or cold, or callous. And he doesn’t seem intent on sneaking out to leave you alone in regret. 
“Before, I was worried that I might hurt you…and that was hard to balance against my instinct to protect you," the Mandalorian says thoughtfully. "But you made more than enough noise to let me know how much you enjoyed it.”
“Oh gods,” you laugh, clapping a hand over your mouth, absolutely mortified. 
“That was the best part,” Mando lifts your hand from your face, tilting your chin up to kiss your nose, then your lips, not shying away like some men do, after they've come in your mouth. So you part your lips and feel the brush of his tongue against yours. His fingers wrap around your neck, deepening the kiss, and pulling you closer.
It’s not the unbridled passion from before–it’s tenderness and longing. Two lonely hearts finding shelter in a precious moment of fragile intimacy.  
“I was just surprised, given…”
“Some of my clients never touch me. Some have hurt me—said horrific things. Most are rich businessmen,” you shrug. “Nervous about cheating on their wives. Regardless—given what they pay, they all expect a performance... 
So it’s nice to let someone else put in the work,” your lips tug into a sly grin. “Seriously, five times? And your dom talk is shockingly good! The growling is very hot!” Guess it's true what they say about the quiet ones. "Now I get why Anassa keeps offering you a job."
"She told you that?" He scoffs.
"Hmm, she likes to tease me about having a crush on the Mandalorian."
Nestled into the crook of his arm, you feel the rumble of renewed laughter building in his chest. 
"She told me I could keep the armor on."
You reach a hand behind you to stroke his jaw and bury your fingers in his hair. "I'm glad you didn't."
Mando's head turns in your grasp to place a soft kiss against your palm.
“And you don’t think differently of me for…wanting this?”
"I know the difference between fantasy and reality," then he leans forward to stroke your earlobe with the tip of his nose. "And I bet I could make you scream just as loud, taking you soft and sweet."
Now why does that make you blush redder than your slapped ass?
“Maybe next time, we can switch roles. Then I’ll understand better why you like it.”  
Next time? You love that! He’s already thinking about the future. 
Your brow arches, “Maybe I'll tie you up—borrow one of Katlin's whips to smack that tight ass of yours.”
“Oh, yeah?” 
There are no words for the wicked anticipation in Mando’s voice. 
Next time...
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Thanks so much for reading!!
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daryascurse · 2 years ago
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May I ask for Mr. Howl Pendragon? D, P, S 🌸
You’re going to destroy me thinking about this okay okay… Howl… I can’t lie I’m so besotted and obsessed. I hope this is the right level of filth because my brain was burning. Aaaack.
ɴꜱꜰᴡ | ᴍɪɴᴏʀꜱ + BLANK / AGELESS BLOGS ᴅɴɪ // cw: praise kinks, finger sucking; no physical description of reader but called "good girl" (ofc)
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D for Dirty [How do they dirty talk? What do they say?]
When Howl Pendragon talks dirty, his voice becomes like cream – thick and sweet and with a pouring, throaty flow to it. Of course he calls you a good girl, and then he tells you why, tells you of your beauty, your perfect fit around him, adores the wetness, the softness he loves to play with. It makes you spellbound, with a different kind of magic than that he usually practices. He endlessly showers praise in these murmurs, some coming in a foreign tongue that you may not understand, but that have the same delicious ring to them as they roll off the tongue. Before you realize it, he’s made you develop a praise kink, so desperate to keep hearing him worship your body. It wasn’t his intention to cast the spell either, this primal magic that you’ve now been trained in exercising too, dripping and desperately needing friction between your thighs as soon as he says anything sweet or passionate. “You came when I called you a good girl? Will you do it again for me?”
P for Position [What is their favorite position(s) and why?]
Any position where Howl can see your face is his favorite. He wants to cup your face in his hands, tenderly stroke fingers down the side of your cheeks, maybe slip his thumb into your mouth right when he slips inside you and feel every minuscule muscle tighten with the agony of his first slow, building, thrusts. He thinks your face is beautiful, always, but he wants to see your pupils dilate, wants to see if your eyes tighten, your nose scrunches, your mouth presses together or drops open, as you get flustered. Maybe your lips fit around his tongue, desperately sucking, desperate for more filling, and he’ll smile at you in turn as he gives you what you see you need. “You’re doing so well, doing so good for me.”
S for Sexy [What would they do/wear to turn on their partner?]
Howl, in his vanity, keeps his jewelry on during sex. He loves the feeling of luxury, of royalty, of being adorned in gold and gems as his hands run across your body, turn under your jaw, twinkling just like your eyes. You look so irresistible, framed by velvets and flowers and brocade patterns of his room. And what Howl does, when you’re on him, below him, but your hands are close to him, is makes you part of that beautiful picture. His hands are locked on yours, but he’ll gently lift yours free, and as he fucks you, he slides a ring off his finger and right onto yours. He can tell, in the way it makes you clench, and rush wet for him, that looking at it shining so innocuously between your middle and pinky finger gives you the same thrill it does him. He has to hold back a groan, hold himself up from frantically fucking into you harder, and he resists until he hears the whines coming higher and faster from your own throat. “It suits you. You look so perfect being mine.”
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rhysdarbinizedarby · 1 year ago
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We open on sexy swashbuckling STEDE then very quickly we see the reality of STEDE working at Spanish Jackie’s for a place to sleep. We made his dashing sash from a gorgeous brocade fabric with brass fringe detail. If you look closely at his Maitre de look you’ll notice his neckerchief is made of the very same brocade and fringe but broken down to buggary! STEDES sexy pirate shirt was reminiscent of a mills and boon cover. I made sure to incorporate sashes and ties and collars that could billow romantically in the wind. @annadeacon76 cut the most perfect blouse pattern for @rhysiedarby that hit all the romantic notes. I’ll discuss his towel boy look shortly and the inspiration behind Captain Zhengs crew (read here)
Source: Gypsy Tailor on instagram
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ourflagmeansbts · 9 months ago
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Source (Season 2 - October 7th 2023)
gypsytaylor: STEDE COSTUME DETAILS.. We open on sexy swashbuckling STEDE then very quickly we see the reality of STEDE working at Spanish Jackie’s for a place to sleep. We made his dashing sash from a gorgeous brocade fabric with brass fringe detail. If you look closely at his Maitre de look you’ll notice his neckerchief is made of the very same brocade and fringe but broken down to buggary! STEDES sexy pirate shirt was reminiscent of a mills and boon cover. I made sure to incorporate sashes and ties and collars that could billow romantically in the wind. @annadeacon76 cut the most perfect blouse pattern for @rhysiedarby that hit all the romantic notes. I’ll discuss his towel boy look shortly and the inspiration behind Captain Zhengs crew
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jaynovz · 7 months ago
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Hey y'all could you help me out with something--
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[image description: Three photos of different styles of double-breasted jacket. The first is a U.S. Navy Admiral uniform, the second is a military marching jacket with shoulders and rope brocade, the third is Anne Hathaway from Twelfth Night in a gentleman's garb. /End desc]
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johannestevans · 6 months ago
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apologies if you've addressed it already, but where *do* you buy your shirts from? the local charity/thrift stores seem to have a lot of fast fashion these days, but i might not be looking in the right places.
So, my ruffled front pirate blouse with the ruffled sleeves is from Violent Delights, and so are the black brocade trousers I wore out tonight and a few other things - Violent Delights is absolutely on the pricier side, but for me it's well worth it for the construction and design of their clothes, many of which emphasise the waist, have good layering and warmth to them (which many of this sort of "costume" clothes don't consider), and also have a huge range of sizes, going from XS and sometimes XXS right up to XXXL.
When not wearing that blouse, the most common pirate-adjacent shirts I wear are actually plain old Ghillie shirts, which are intended for formal highland dress - you want it to be of good, breathable 100% cotton, and then you can either lace it with string or ribbon or leather strings.
And other than that, I actually have quite a few Western shirts (collared shirts with pop-buttons and cuffs, with and without detailing on the shoulders and waists) that work really well in combination with my gothier and more vintage wardrobe.
In general, I recommend that if you want good quality piratical gear and similar and you're not in a good area for finding that sort of stuff by thrifting, your next best option is genuinely specialty costume shops - not the ones that sell you a packet with a basic sexy French maid's outfit, but the ones that cater to LARPers, specialty performers, sex workers, etc; and similarly, non-high street stores that cater to alternative lifestyles and fashions, especially ones that are likelier to favour a high level of architectural and constructive appreciation for their clothing and/or are subcultures more likely to involve themselves in the construction of their clothes, i.e. Steampunk, certain Goth strands, Lolita.
And as well as the above, this is much more of a niche, but we used to have a fella when I worked at a rare book shop who dressed exclusively in cast-off costume pieces from theatres in London - whenever the opera or ballet or I think some of the Shakespearean companies sold off or auctioned off excess from their wardrobes, he'd buy that stuff and have it tailored to fit him. So like, he would just be wandering on a casual Thursday in a velvet Phantom cape, and that fucked.
So if you do live near to a city and you're likely to see this sort of costume auction or sell-off of excess, especially toward the end of a show's run and/or the end of a season at the ballet or opera, that's certainly an idea as well.
It's so hard to avoid a lot of cheap fast fashion things, and especially like, what my dad always ends up sending me is extremely poorly made of poor materials pirate costume shirts that are literally for someone's like, last minute Jack Sparrow costume, and they're literally bought and sold with the assumption that they'll be bought and worn for one night only, at the very most once every one or two years. It sucks, especially when it even invades charity and secondhand shopping as well, or when vintage stores end up stocking loads of 90s and 00s stuff that's not actually much better constructed then shite today.
So yeah, when in doubt, look for the specialty people - bop your head into a local tailor or seamstress' shop and be like, hey, do you know anyone who does x or y?
Even looking in your area for certain subcultures, especially different LARPers, ren faire or medieval performers, metal band enthusiasts, leather dykes and daddies, steampunk and formal goth enthusiasts, costumers and especially historical costumers, lolita enthusiasts, et cetera - these are all communities that even if they don't have specifically what you're looking for when it's a specialty or specific garment, will almost always know the right person to ask or refer you to, or at least have a vague direction to point you to.
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lokisgoodgirl · 2 years ago
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The Greatest Showman [Loki x Fem. Reader]
Part of the Secret Santa Drabbles hosted by @fictive-sl0th A Link to my Masterlist is HERE Summary: Loki's interest in musicals provides some interesting inspiration for the bedroom. Warnings: 18+ Minors DNI. Smuttish. Language. (w/c 931) A/N: Prompt: Loki loves musicals - hope you like it @wheredafandomat 💕
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“Darling I had an idea, about what you said, regarding roleplay and... inspiration.” You hummed in acknowledgement, engrossed in the book in your lap as you lay tucked in bed. The proceeding silence broke your concentration, looking up to your lover leaning naked against the bathroom door-frame. You giggled, placing the book to the side. “Sorry. OK. I’m listening.” “To me? Or to him?” Loki purred, casting his eyes down to what strained upward against his taut stomach.
You smirked, raising your eyebrows and casting the duvet aside, patting the mattress. “To you, my love. Now what’s your idea?” you said seductively, running your hungry eyes over his sculpted body.
He tucked a strand of hair behind his ear, a knowing smile tugging at his lips. “Musicals.” he quipped, waiting for your reaction. “Musicals.” you repeated sceptically, your forehead creasing. “I know you’re a fan of them but...I don’t know. I’m not sure there’s anything very sexy about musicals Lokes.” you murmured apologetically, seeing his smile broaden. “Au contraire, darling.” he purred, raising his thumb and forefinger to the side. “I shall present three options for tonight's lovemaking festivities.” He snapped his fingers, the room around you dissolving into darkness. The bed was transported to the side of a circus ring, the smell of sawdust swirling in your nostrils. You gasped as a solitary spotlight snapped onto your dark god. His face was lowered, a top hat glinting beneath the cool hue. A chorus of drums and stomps sounded in the air, voices harmonising as they bayed for their master to begin. You clenched, gripping the sheets beneath you. He looked fucking incredible.
Ladies and gents, this is the moment you've waited for. Been searching in the dark / Sweat soaking through the floor. Loki was dressed as a Victorian ring-master; P.T Barnam, to be exact. A theatrical red overcoat sat tight on his shoulders; a gold brocaded waistcoat snug around his midriff, the same heavy thread adorning elaborate cuffs. A garish golden broach adorned his shoulder, the tight fit of his black trousers doing nothing to hide the godly cock hard beneath them. He raised his head, cheekbones flashing dangerously beneath the brim of the hat. His hair fell around his shoulders, a cream starched cravat wound intricately around his neck. Shadows cast against his exposed jawline in the circular light as he used an ornate cane in his grip to push the brim upward, revealing a coy smile. “Are you ready for the show?” he projected, spinning towards an invisible crowd that roared with applause, that velvet voice filling the theatrical space. You shivered with desire, coveting every inch of his powerful form coated in structured wool; the buckles of his overcoat glinting in the light as he turned back to face you. Suddenly the room spun again, and in a second the sawdust and empty stands were gone. In their place, a rich red curtain stretched upward endlessly; rustling in a ghostly breeze. Loki stood on a low stage as familiar music played; a piano tinkling to life in the gloom. A dark high-collared cloak surrounded his body, his face even paler than usual. Deep purple makeup coated his lips, his eyes enlarged with dramatically smokey eyeshadow. Those cheekbones sang in the low light, heavy contouring sweeping upward. In a flash, he threw the cloak backwards, making it flutter to the ground by his feet. You gasped again, hands flying to your mouth as Loki strutted down the steps of the stage in time with the music.
Why don't you/ Stay for the night? Or maybe a bite/ I can show you my favourite Obsession A sleeveless corset was laced haphazardly to his midriff, dark sparkles fizzing in the low lights against his chiselled abs. Sinful fishnet stockings stretched against those thick thighs, running down endless legs into a pair of high heels. The suspenders strapped to a belt around his hips hung against a devastatingly tight pair of leather underwear. His manhood throbbed against the fabric with every stride, teasing you as you crawled forward to rest on your knees. Begging. You could feel saliva building in your mouth as Loki drew closer in time with the music, his curls wild. He was charged with raw sexual energy as he flipped his hair, crawling atop the bed like an animal. A pearl necklace hung invitingly as he stopped at your eye level on all fours, reaching to draw a finger over your lips with one gloved hand. Your eyes fluttered shut, ready to be irrevocably fucked by your sweet transvestite lover before you felt the room shift once more.
The final option, you thought as your head spun; seeing a burgundy warmth growing behind your eyelids. You braced as something rocked beneath you, opening your eyes. Hundred of candles glowed in ornate candelabras floating in the air, shimmering water passing inexplicably beneath the small barge you found yourself in. An angelic soprano voice filled the air like a heavy scent, intoxicating your senses as flames danced on the subterranean canal.
In sleep he sang to me / In dreams he came That voice which calls to me / And speaks my name
Stone pillars towered to black nothingness above, candles dotting the air in swaying, ethereal rhythm. Your head whipped round, finding Loki looming with another flowing, more luxurious cape swirling around him. He was sombre as he steered the boat with one long oar. A high-necked shirt accentuated the angle of his jaw leading down to a tight waistcoat. Always so tight, you thought; squeezing your thighs together. The god’s hair was tied back with a ribbon, half of his beautiful face covered by a white, porcelain mask. The exposed side of his mouth was curled in a secretive smirk, enjoying every second of his theatrical endeavours. You tried to speak, words catching behind your teeth before the air was knocked out of you by another shift of magic. Loki’s lithe frame was suddenly pressed to yours on your bed, his tongue slipping between your lips as you squirmed beneath him. He thrust his hips gently against your open thighs, naked and ready to grant you anything you desired. “So, my darling...which musical anti-hero will you take to your bed this night?” he purred against your cheek, placing messy kisses down your neck as you moaned in anticipation. “All of them?” you whispered shyly, hearing Loki chuckle before the room swirled around you once again.
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pretty-dianxia · 2 years ago
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ULTIMATE TGCF SEXYMAN
MEET THE PARTICIPANTS!!
Venerable of empty words (amorphous eldritch, good with dirty talk, the perfect company for the monster fuckers.)
Heaven's eye (likes outdoor activities, very spiritual, reads a lot, a leader and an extrovert, perfect man for the CEO AU lovers.)
Chicken soup man (he hot, he sexy, he buff, and he a good cook.)
Ke Mo (troubled man, dark backstory, he just wants to avenge his friends, he is persistent and clingy af.)
Bai Jing - Brocade Immortal (the jealous type, a himbo, strong and protective, great style, his biggest turn on is nerdy talk.)
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selfproclaimedunicorn · 4 months ago
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roots, formal, and stature for taryne bc she intrigues me so!
Thank you for the indulgence, ily 🩷
Roots: Is your OC's look inspired by any specific style of clothing or fashion trend? What are the roots &/or inspiration for their look?
The inspiration for Taryne’s look is that I want her to be hot, next question.
Lmao, okay, answering this seriously now. I wouldn’t say there's necessarily 1 inspiration behind her look as a whole. So I'll just talk about a handful of the ideas I have. This will get long bc you asked me about a thing I'm nerdy about.
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So the specific vibe with her hair is "it's always fixed, often to the detriment of touching it." Very intricate updos or partial updos, or fixed around a headpiece that would be difficult to work around. Her hair is very decorative & very controlled. I'm definitely going the "modern period piece where the medieval & Renaissance head piece is worn over hair that hasn't been covered by a veil" route, but The Other Boleyn Girl's styling altered my brain chemistry, okay. This is called me having my cake & eating it too (period head pieces and dope hair)
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Her clothes are just me going off of vibes for "yeah, she'd wear this. This feels right." But the general theme has been "very pretty, expensive gown that shows off the goods." If the bodice isn't form-fitting & pushing her tits up, there's cleavage on display or it's real easy to get to the titties. The vibe is generally "this is the one area of compromise;" the fabrics & embellishments are her idea, her boobs being out is her husband's. And I don't think she'd not dress like this if she were in a different situation than the one she's in, but there'd be more off days I suppose? Or maybe something like the difference between Ellaria Sand at Joffrey's wedding vs after Oberyn died. The vibe was the same, but it was less overtly sexy. There'd be less swans in her outfits, that's for sure.
Formal: What's your OC's formal look? Do they like dressing up? Do they have different looks for different occasions?
Taryne has a complicated relationship with getting dressed up. She doesn't dislike it, but she also never had the opportunity to do it until she was 14/15 & carted off by House Swann as a war prize. She'd dreamed of getting dressed up fancy & pretty when she was still living at Wyll with her dad & half-brothers, but as a bastard she never really got to do the whole formal court stuff. Because sure Dorne has a more relaxed attitude, but his wife wasn't gonna be putting Taryne on totally equal footing with her sons.
There's some negative memories associated with the first few times she got dressed up fancy/for formal occasions (her wedding & getting shown off like some kind of novelty after the fact), but she's come to enjoy it about as much as one can when their romantic whimsy is gone.
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Her formal outfits are just The Most versions of what she wears normally: more beading, more embroidery, more lace, brocade, samite, shot silk. She feels pretty though, & she gets to be the most extra version of herself. And getting to be extra is something Taryne can do just for herself.
Stature: What's your OC's body type? How tall are they? Do they wear clothing to accentuate their look or do they try to mask it?
Taryne is a 5'9" baddie with fat tits & wide hips & a soft tummy, & you will respect that. When I say she is a MILF I mean it. She has had kids & she did not "bounce back" to being as slim as she was before she had them & she is sexy dammit!
She's definitely embracing how she looks. Can't go back to before, she's still getting clothes that show her off picked out for her, Gwayne thinks she's hot & will bottom for her regardless of the stretch marks & Mom Bod, so why not flaunt it? Why not wear the plunging neckline & the dress with the form-fitting bodice?
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terrible-eel · 1 year ago
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"Astarion and Gale finally have a chance to have some time alone together and figure out a few sexy work-arounds to Astarion's touch repulsion"
Because I've been completely obsessed with bloodweave recently I thought I might as well get some of their cursed romance out of my head. I think I might turn this into a longer thing eventually.
Astarion walked down a small trail behind the encampment. The moon pierced the forest canopy, cascading over the dewy grass. He smiled to himself, watching it move gently in the wind.
“It looks like puddles of moonlight,” he thought fondly, stepping through the pale blue ripples, feeling the icy dew soak into his clothes.
The air out in the wilderness made him feel light and peaceful again. There was a rightness in the underbrush and little rivers that he would scarcely allow himself to feel in the company of others, but on the way to Gale's tent he was content with a solitary embrace of what the night had to offer… Which made approaching the tent all the more solemn.
Astarion began to roll the sleeves of his tunic shirt absently as he thought, an age old tell of his nerves.
He and Gale had been exchanging glances and small flirtations where they could manage as their camp grew larger with refugees. Neither of them felt comfortable letting any of their companions know of their affairs, sexual or otherwise, and it had left them exchanging letters and subtle conversations during the rare moments when they could find each other.
Fortunately, forming a more permanent settlement while they waited out the conflicts had allowed them the opportunity to meet up again. Gale had taken his tent far into the woods, using some excuse or another. Nobody paid him any mind, just as they paid Astarion no mind as he made his way out into the forest "for a hunt."
"Gale? It's me!" Astarion called from a few paces away.
Gale threw open the flap of his tent quickly upon hearing Astarion's voice.
Astarion’s heart skipped a beat, shock clear on his face. He quickly forced his jaw to shut but still stared with brows raised at Gale.
Astarion felt so underdressed for the occasion in his jodhpurs and old tunic. He didn’t even consider fastening a belt this time, but Gale was carrying himself beautifully in a fitted top he had never seen before. It was a deep enchanting purple, almost black, and though it was a long sleeved garment, there were expertly tailored openings revealing his collarbones and shoulders. Gale’s olive skin in the firelight was almost more than Astarion could take, but he made himself absorb the rest. Around his neck hung a long silver chain and turquoise pendant, which allowed his eyes to trail down to his pants. Beautiful purple brocade ran up the sides of the black fabric. He also took note that he was barefoot.
“Well, the least I can do is take my boots off before entering,” Astarion thought in embarrassment.
“Come in, Astarion,” Gale said with a knowing smirk, inviting the vampire in.
“You look lovely,” said Astarion, glancing up as he pulled his boots off, hoping Gale didn’t notice his shame.
“I’m glad you think so, I’ve been meaning to show these garments to you, I figured you may be interested in their design.” Gale boasted, clearly proud of himself for drawing such a reaction from Astarion.
Astarion smirked. “Well I’m clearly interested in the form they’re designed for.” To that Gale turned quickly away, moving further into the tent.
It was a modest thing from the outside, but Astarion was just as taken aback as usual when he walked in. It was much bigger on the inside, giving the appearance of a private study. Bookshelves lined the walls between things in jars and bottles. Astarion barely understood most of it, but he was familiar with a few things here and there. Of course there was a desk and a million half written papers thrown about, but in the middle of the room was a comfortable sitting area with large ornate pillows and furs over beautifully woven woolen rugs to keep the cold out.
The bed lay unattended in the corner. Astarion half wondered when Gale ever actually slept before a bone chilling sensation encompassed his body. Gale had taken him in his arms. The scratching of his beard felt like spiders. The light touch on his back burned like ice water.
And then the kiss. At first it warmed him to the other feelings. Astarion allowed himself to settle into the entanglement, trying to ignore the shivers like nails scraping against iron. Gale's mouth was warm and welcoming. Astarion tried to remind himself of how much he wanted it. How many weeks he had spent crafting letters of what he hoped they would do together; about their plans after their return to Baldur's Gate. He had even been so bold as to suggest they stay together in Gale's home in Waterdeep.
Astarion was desperate for a life where an embrace from Gale meant something romantic. He wanted the sunlight to rouse both of them from their dreams and to be able to cuddle into his shoulder as dawn sang sweet birdsongs.
"Why can't it just be like that now?" Astarion lamented as something crept into his mind. Books. Shelves like Cazador's. His study. Cazador taking notes. Astarion lay bound and watching him from a table-
Astarion pulled away quickly. Gale didn't try to hold him as he left his embrace. Gale had watched Astarion lose himself before and responded immediately with a loud distraction, hoping to pull him back to the present.
"Astarion! Let's start over, alright? You step outside now." Gale ushered Astarion back out of the tent.
The sudden feeling of icy dew on his bare feet and the soft smell of pine trees began to bring Astarion back to his senses. Gale hurried away and returned with two cups of hot chocolate he seemed to have had sitting for a while.
“He must have prepared that for me,” Astarion thought with a flutter in his chest that he prayed would not turn to guilt.
Gale swung one flap of the tent up and stood at the threshold.
"Let's start over, " he said again brightly. "Hello Astarion! Welcome to my room. I've made a drink for you- oh hells how long has it been cold- '' A purple glow came from his hand and the drink began to steam. "No matter, there you are." He placed the cup in Astarion's hand. The warm ceramic had grooves pressed in by some potter’s hand. Astarion began to trace the marks, feeling a sense of calm at the gentleness of the handcrafted object.
Astarion loved to watch Gale be charming. Perhaps the wizard didn’t know it, but whenever he began to show even a hint of what was on his mind, Astarion was charmed.
"Now, my dear, would you like to come in? I've added a little space since it will be the two of us. I wasn't sure if you would want your drink sweet, but I took the liberty of guessing you would. You do seem to have a sweet tooth."
Astarion finally smiled. "You're not wrong in that," he said, tasting the drink. "Oh, this is quite good. You really shouldn't have, sweetheart. Too many nice things and I might think you're flirting with me."
Gale smiled back with all the warmth he could manage. "There he is. Gods, I really need to stop approaching him so aggressively," Gale silently berated himself before speaking out loud:
"Well we couldn't have that now, could we. I suppose these biscuits I picked up at the market will be much too sweet and suggestive then. I will have to have them for myself," Gale said, opening his palm and pulling a small ginger jar to himself with his magic. Astarion intercepted it and tucked the jar under his arm, forcing Gale to release his hold before the thing shot out of Astarion’s grasp.
"No way you're retracting your sweets from me," Astarion chided, flopping down on Gale's many pillows. "I'll be eating all of them myself now," he said, making a valiant effort to do so.
Gale took a seat next to him. "Fine, I surrender. It's more fun watching you eat them anyway... I do love to see you satisfied."
Astarion lounged on his side and propped himself up on an elbow enough to look up at Gale. "I'm sorry for my behavior. It's just one of those days, it seems."
Inwardly, Astarion lamented. "I don't deserve someone so gentle. Look at him. I need to get myself under control. This is what he's been waiting for. I can't go back on every promise I've made. I need to stop behaving like a ridiculous child.-"
Astarion was pulled from his thoughts by Gale's gentle fingers running through his hair. His big warm hand was such a surprising and wonderful sensation. He leaned into the touch as he drank his cocoa.
"I'm so thankful I can see him happy like this," Gale thought, watching the man's expression soften as he settled down. "This is how I always want to see him. Just content and smiling. Maybe I'm going insane, focusing so hard on another's happiness again, but it feels different this time, I think. Astarion has been thinking of me as well. His little handmade gifts. His tending to my affliction. Rage towards our enemies as he comes to my aid... No. I know he's different." Gale wondered at Astarion as he leaned down to place a kiss on his forehead.
To Astarion these things finally felt right, but he knew that they would only go on for so long before the expectations would arise. He leaned onto Gale's lap, hoping to savor the affection before everything went sour.
"How would you like to have me," Astarion blurted out before he could catch himself.
"I'm sorry?" Gale asked, pulling his hand away.
"We had talked about this, why did I have to say that-"
"Remember we had-" Gale began.
Astarion sat up to face Gale directly.
"Talked about that, yes, I recall. I'm sorry. Look, frankly this is a situation we have both been anticipating, and with that anticipation there must be some expectation, no?" Astarion’s voice broke. He sounded more meek than he liked.
Gale pondered for a moment before responding: "Hm. I suppose�� perhaps there is a bit too much of that. I myself am finding it difficult to know whether I'm going to be satisfactory for you. I had offered you the option to fuck me again in that letter…" Gale hesitated, and Astarion reached out and placed a hand over his, maintaining a reassuring grip until the man was able to continue. "Truth be told, you're the only man I had ever allowed to bed me at all, let alone in that way. I have no real reference with which to compare my own performance, I fear I am likely inadequate."
"Oh love, no, there's nothing to compare. I'm here because what I feel for you makes everyone else irrelevant to me." Astarion placed his cup and jar of sweets down on the floor and began to stand, bringing Gale to his feet along with him. He guided Gale into his arms, holding his left hand in his right, and pressed his body to Gale’s, swaying a little as if dancing with the man.
Astarion continued, “Let's just be here together now, in each other's arms, free of expectations," he whispered, feeling Gale lean into his shoulder. "You're wonderful in bed, but more than that, you're my treasure. You're who I want to spend my days with, as well as my nights. That's by far more important. I want nothing more from you than your love."
Gale's shoulders tensed and his face began to feel very hot on Astarion's collarbone. It was rare for Gale to become shy about anything, but Astarion was managing to find more and more ways to elicit the response recently. Together they tiptoed around the concept of love as they danced in silence.
"Alright. No expectations." Said Gale as he wrapped his arm around Astarion. "You have such a small waist. It just fits so perfectly in my hand."
"Hmm, perhaps it was made for your hand then," Astarion purred into his ear. "To hold, to caress, to scratch as I am inside you..."
Astarion could feel Gale's hand curling around the fabric of his shirt as Gale hid his face again. This time Astarion peeked down to see Gale's olive skin turning a deep crimson.
Astarion carried on, "There's my blush. Does my mage wish to feel me again?"
Gale's breath hitched in his throat, a delicious sound to Astarion. He had to have a taste of those lips. This time Gale's mouth tasted like chocolate. Warm and soft, his tongue coaxing Astarion for his kiss to go deeper, Astarion gladly moved in, eliciting a moan from Gale that made Astarion's body tense with arousal.
Gale's hand traced up Astarion's back and he felt that cold shivering malice run through him again. Slime like a snail's trail. Icy, dripping liquid. It was beginning to feel awful again. Slowly, Astarion began to pull away once more, taking a few steps back.
"What is it? You can tell me. Is it something I did?" Gale's voice was purely concerned. Astarion could tell consciously that he didn't want to hurt him, but the feeling was impossible to explain.
"It's not you, it's just…" Astarion looked down at the ground, hating that he couldn't bear to look Gale in the eye. He knew how pathetic he must have looked, but the idea of facing Gale was an even worse prospect than whatever the man thought of him at that point.
"It's just that tonight isn't really working for me…" Darling was usually the rest of his sentence, when these kinds of things came up; some flirtation to ease the tension, something to mask his worries a little, but all of that was gone. All that remained was hesitation and too much fear.
Gale felt an ache in his heart as he watched Astarion pull away. He hated to see that enchanting confidence be swallowed up by an anguish someone else had put there. Gale approached Astarion, reaching out and quickly drawing away when he saw the elf curl into himself.
"That's absolutely fine, Astarion. Another time, perhaps?" Gale took a step to the side where Astarion was staring off to, trying to at least meet Astarion's eyes.
"If he can see my sincerity, perhaps he would at least take comfort in the fact that everything is alright at the moment." Gale thought hopefully.
Astarion flashed him a glance through his lashes. When he saw Gale's worried expression, he turned on his heels, running both hands through his own hair in exasperation.
"Agh it's nothing so serious, it's not that I'm truly uninterested! Gods, I'd happily be fucking you right now! It's just the idea of sensation; the pressure of bodies is repulsing me, and of course it's happening now of all times! Right when we finally have time alone together, after so long. And then there's the hunger, I haven't fed properly in two days! This unpleasant mess-" Gale cut him off before he could continue.
"Might I interject with a solution -what you're going through is a relatable experience, if I'm being completely honest. It's not something I am taking lightly, I assure you. I may know at least a little of what touch repulsion may mean to you, is what I mean to say-"
Gale's voice, the notes of confidence and comfort, filled Astarion's ears like the low hum of a song. He could feel his jaw relax and his shoulders drop. Gale continued.
"There were points where an overabundance of affection from my goddess would become too much. Whenever I had experienced these awful, skin-crawling sensations, nothing my lover could do was a comfort to me. Contact was simply unbearable. And I believed that was that. That I was this untouchable, unlovable mess. To think I would be useless to her as a lover filled me with dread- well it didn’t help that she berated me for my performance issues, but it wasn’t that I was uninterested. It was just too much and too often. And the expectations she had for my performance…well perhaps her expectations were uniquely high as well. The more time I spend with you the more I understand the amount she would take from me while giving nothing in return."
Gale's words struck Astarion.
"So he truly does understand. He has nothing to gain by telling me this point of weakness…then why? Is he simply attempting to comfort me?" Astarion turned away from Gale and smiled. "He's too soft. The fool. So much more tender than he should be."
But the thought of intimacy; the thought that someone would want to share so much vulnerability with him just so he felt less alone in his needs, soothed his anxieties almost instantly. A blush rose in Astarion’s cheeks. Meanwhile, Gale had continued.
"However, there are very simple ways around things so pedestrian as physical contact with a body- that is, if you're still interested in something sexual, we needn't-"
This time it was Astarion's turn to interrupt.
He turned back to face Gale, this time locking eyes with hungry intensity. He wanted to savor Gale's next words. "I'm all ears," Astarion said in a low voice.
The sultry tone caught Gale off guard.
"Fuck. Don't give me that look," Gale thought as he felt a wave of arousal run down his abdomen.
Astarion could see more color rush to Gale's cheeks, a blush deepening over the human's neck. His heartbeat quickened in Astarion's ears, his scent filled his nostrils.
Gale struggled to keep his composure as a predatory shift overtook Astarion. As attractive as the idea of being taken by Astarion's instincts was in theory, he knew that Astarion had no true desire for intimacy past his vampiric needs, so he continued.
"Just because I can't touch you, doesn't mean I can't give you pleasure," Gale said with an eyebrow raised. Astarion bowed his head, peeking up hungrily. The posture of a beast on the prowl… And Gale could sense he had just become the prey.
"Is that so…" Astarion asked, taking a step towards Gale, who swallowed hard, attempting to move past the erotic focus Astarion had on him. "Then show me what you have in mind."
Another step and they were only a foot apart. Gale wanted to reach out and kiss him, to comfort him with touch, but he only smiled and kept his hands at his sides.
"Are you sure you want this?" Gale asked, searching Astarion's face for an honest answer. A smile crept up the corner of the elf's mouth and he raised his brow as if to suggest he continue.
"Then get on your knees." Gale instructed with more authority than Astarion thought he had in him. Astarion obeyed, curious where this would go.
"My abilities are not to be overlooked. Behold-" Gale raised his right hand, bending it at the elbow, pointing two fingers up and twisting his wrist to the side. A glowing purple ribbon fluttered into existence. Astarion watched the thing wrap itself gently around his wrists.
"Why is everything he does so beautiful?" Astarion thought as he let the ribbons draw his arms gently behind his back until he was secured in comfort.
Before he could think further, a sensation of pure pleasure ran up his arms, tingling and exciting but not overwhelming. It was enough for a soft moan to escape his lips. Then another stroke of pleasure, this time stronger, pulsing down to his groin so fast he thrust his head back in a gasp, and there he saw that Gale was standing directly over him now.
"This is better than I expected." Gale thought, admiring Astarion's body, watching how his heavy breaths escaped moist lips. Astarion was his now, finally, after so many nights of laying awake knowing that he was off with someone else, knowing that he was feeding on someone else's blood... No. Not this time. Now it was he who would be available for Astarion.
"I'm the one who's going to provide for you. I'll be the one who sustains you and makes you feel like this, more than anyone else. I’ve waited my turn."
As he spoke, the waves of pleasure grew in intensity. It was better than the touch of light fingernails on Astarion's skin, it was as if he was made of nothing but liquid pleasure. Gale was inside of every nerve in his body. Gale was going to take him over completely.
Astarion couldn't help but let his back arch, couldn't stop himself from gasping, couldn't stop the tight confinement of his erection pressing hard against his pants. Gale's words felt like they were burrowing down inside of him, erotic for their content but also hypnotic, like a spell was being sung into his heart. But it wasn't mind control. This was something so much more gentle. It was as if Gale was somehow cradling his joints, caressing his lungs, nurturing this feeling of pleasure; enveloping him in something Astarion could only guess was love.
"I'll be the one coursing through your veins from now on." Gale said as that magnetic hypnotism only increased in Astarion. Gale reached for the knife at his side and sliced a deep cut down his palm, spilling his blood onto Astarion's face. It dripped down his cheek and pooled between his lips.
At first Astarion recoiled, expecting the burning acrid taste to make him retch, but somehow, past the initial sour taste, past the burning in his heart as he swallowed, there was something sweet. Something like a fresh plum, just picked from its tree. He had never been so aroused from blood. His eyes rolled back for a moment and then he shut them hard. The blood kept coming.
The drops were like rain falling down inside of him, coating his throat, suffocating him. His head rattled like thunder. Shadows and rainstorms and dark fields. He lapped at the dripping wound. His tongue thrusted out, seeking the cut. It felt like he was finally satiated after starving for years. He drank and moaned and allowed the blood to pool down his face. It was the dripping caress of a lost lover; the answer to some divine mystery he had contemplated for that year in the dark.
He licked at Gale's hand until the ache in his pants was too much.
Astarion finally opened his eyes to see Gale's expression. The man was looking down at him with brows knit, the soft sheen of sweat at his temples, his mouth ever so slightly open. Astarion had to give him a teasing smile.
"Will you be the one to provide me some more now? Will you satisfy me?" Astarion nipped gently at Gale's pinky. "Will you fill me up like this every night?"
"Fuck, Astarion," Gale said in a low voice, biting down on his lower lip.
With his free hand repeating the same waving gesture, Astarion could feel the strings of his pants be undone. His nakedness instantly met with an unexpected wave of pleasure like something was running from the tip down the entire shaft, drawing out thrusts from Astarion as invisible motions pumped him at a tantalizingly slow speed. Gale raised his bleeding hand and squeezed more onto Astarion's face as he arched into his thrusts.
"That's it. Let me take you completely," Gale breathed as he watched Astarion's eyes widen.
He looked like he was begging for more, and with each plea, Gale quickened the pace, feeling his magic inside Astarion, pressing hard into his prostate until his moans became gasps. The feeling was dizzying but Gale began to support Astarion, commanding his magic to hold the elf up as he played with his body.
Astarion could feel this invisible force pressing into him, wrapping tightly around his thighs and neck, gliding down his body lightly enough to make him squirm. He shivered in pleasure. Astarion could barely lick his lips as the blood spilled down his throat. His moans were almost inaudible whimpers.
Gale’s voice was breathy with desire as he spoke. "Gods, you are impossibly beautiful,” he said, savoring the way Astarion's whole body began shaking as the sensations became unbearably intense.
“Now, come for me.” Gale’s voice filled Astarion’s mind until he felt himself lose control. With a sharp breath hitched in his throat, Astarion began to come as commanded, and the force that held him pushed the orgasm further and further until Astarion finally let out a gasp and his body relaxed, spent and exhausted.
Gale lowered him down gently so he could sit on his knees, still shaking, breathing heavy. The ribbon that bound him still gave him light pulses of pleasure.
Astarion didn't want the ribbons off yet. To be held by something so pure was blissful. It was Gale's intent, wrapped in his hands. He gripped the ribbons hard and looked up at Gale again.
“Take off your clothes,” Astarion said hungerly.
“Are you sure? But you had said-” Gale was cut off by Astarion’s voice, dripping with lust. “I said take them off. I want to feel your cock down my throat.”
“Are you sure?” Gale repeated with some hesitation.
“Darling, I’ve never been more sure of anything.” Astarion waited on his knees, pants down at his ankles, Gale’s blood beginning to crust along his neck. He was exactly where he wanted to be. The warmth of Gale’s blood was bringing him clarity like he had never imagined. There was nothing in the world but this room and this man in front of him, who’s muscles moved under soft skin, who’s arms rose above his head as he removed his shirt, whose pants came down tantalizingly slowly as he undid small knots at his hips, revealing a full and beautiful erection.
“Now come here, my doll, you can touch me now. I want to feel your hands as I take you.”
Gale looked away in shame. His modesty only served to attract Astarion further to him. He could feel his own dick begin to harden as he watched the crimson blush rise in Gale’s exposed chest. Gale reached out a hand and brushed Astarion’s bloody, sweaty hair from his face. He took Astarion’s cheeks lightly in his hands.
The two men held each other’s gaze for a moment. Both could feel their stomachs flutter with anticipation.
“Oh gods he’s perfect. I can’t be without him. I need him,” Astarion thought in wonder.
“How can this be happening? I’ve never needed someone so badly in my life. I need to be with him,” Gale thought with adoration.
Astarion slowly opened his mouth and leaned forward. Gale gently moved Astarion’s head, guiding his dick straight into the elf’s mouth, and then pulling back a little again, slowly back and forth, coaxing a moan from deep in Astarion’s throat. The sensation made Gale shiver.
Astarion moved down the shaft, taking him even deeper until Gale could feel the back of his throat. Gale’s hands gripped hard in Astarion’s hair as Astarion began lightly sucking and licking. Gale began to lose more and more control, soft moans escaped his lips which he threw a hand up to silence, but the grip in Astarion’s hair only tightened as he felt Astarion begin to lick at the base and back up to the tip, lapping at the precum he couldn’t repress. And again Astarion took him in his mouth, this time almost completely.
“Wait, I don’t want to choke you-” Gale breathed. He could feel Astarion’s mouth curl into a smile around him.
Astarion pulled away for a moment to say “my love, I don’t need to breathe. I’m dead.”
“Ah-but-” Before Gale could protest, Astarion’s mouth slid quickly around him again, this time even further. Gale watched Astarions eyes begin to tear up as his throat was impossibly filled. He could hear Astarion’s moans, feel Astarion choking, yet he continued that sucking pressure, moving even deeper. Gale couldn’t help it, he took Astarion’s head in both hands and began to thrust into him. The deeper he went, the harder he thrusted, the harder the moans from Astarion.
“Ah! Fuck! The sounds you make!” Gale exclaimed over the choking sounds of Astarion around his cock.
Gale pressed even harder, until all Astarion could do was whimper. That was enough to send Gale over the edge. He shuddered, letting himself thrust deep into Astarion’s throat, filling the elf’s mouth with cum. Astarion continued to suck through his orgasm, finally opening his mouth to release him, gasping as he tried to breathe through the cum that had begun to leak from his nose and throat.
“Gods! I’m sorry!” Gale cried as he released the ribbon tying Astarion's wrists and summoned a handkerchief which Astarion gladly took. Gale leaned down, trying to hold Astarion’s shoulders, but Astarion waved him off as he cleared his airways.
“Are you alright? What have I -” A sharp laugh cut through Gale’s fretting.
“Hush, Gale! Hah, you’re ridiculous.” Astarion giggled between coughs.
“That was fun for me, see?” Astarion gestured casually to the cum running down his leg. “It only took having you in my mouth to make me finish again. You have no idea what that does to me.” The deep purr of his voice made another shiver run through Gale.
“Can I please hold you, Astarion?” Gale asked.
“Yes you may, my love.” Astarion replied with a chuckle.
Astarion found himself in Gales' embrace faster than he anticipated. It was a fierce hug that held more passion than he was expecting. "I'm sorry. I was afraid I went too far." Gale mumbled into his neck. Astarion softened at the kindness, slowly allowing himself to return the embrace.
Astarion wiggled loose to look at Gale, who wore an expression of uncertainty, so he offered a reassuring smile. "Gods," Astarion complained with mock drama. "I feel I must have woken the whole forest, let alone the camp." Gale smiled back at that. They both couldn't help but laugh.
"I think we're fine. I have enough paranoia to put a little soundproofing around us," Gale said as lightly as he could.
A blush was returning to Gale’s cheeks. His bashful demeanor made Astarion's chest ache with adoration.
Gale asked with some hesitation: "What did you think? Did you like it?"
Astarion blinked. Beyond the surprise, there was this tender bubbling in his chest which he didn’t anticipate. “He’s too soft,” Astarion thought. But his judgment was gone, replaced with a deep admiration for the man’s kindness.
Astarion let his expression soften. He let that feeling wash over him; let the affection show through his eyes. More than anything he wanted Gale to know what he meant to him.
“You’ve done something for me like no one else has, Gale. You’ve seen me. Of course it was uniquely amazing, but more than that, you knew just who I was going in, and you chose to do that. More than satisfied, I’d say I’m charmed. I’ve never known anyone like you.” Astarion placed a hand on Gale’s cheek as the man's eyes widened a little at his words. “I think this is the first time I’m actually in love.”
Gale wrapped Astarion in his arms and tightly squeezed until Astarion collapsed helplessly, unsure what exactly it meant, until into Astarion’s hair he heard Gale whisper: “I love you too.”
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karahalloway · 1 year ago
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Fandom: TRR
Paining: Leo Rys x Adelaide Amaranth
Series: None (this is a one-shot and can be read independently of the rest of my fics)
Word count: 4,000
Warnings: swearing, alcoholic tendencies, smut, outrage, crack ship (you have been warned)
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A/N1: This is my long-awaited (and very much demanded) follow-up to the part I wrote for One Night in Cordinia; however, you should be able to read the current fic as a standalone.
A/N2: Since I love killing two birds with one stone, this is also my submission for this year's Smutember event hosted by @choicesprompts. The prompts that this fits into is 'Caught in the act' and 'We shouldn't be doing this...'
A/N3: Certain parts of this fic were somewhat inspired by the scene between Finch and Stiffler's Mom from American Pie. The clip, for anyone who hasn't seen the movie, is below the cut.
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Sex Bomb
"Bloody hell..."
Leo dropped the edge of the heavy brocade curtain he was holding, letting it fall back into place behind the dais to conceal his presence once again.
The ballroom was heaving. And the evening had barely even kicked off. Lord knew how many more people were still battling the traffic to get a coveted front-row seat for the royal event of the century.
The Coronation.
...or, as Leo liked to call it, the Royal Nail in the Coffin.
Because in his mind, that's what it was. The final, inescapable blow that would seal his fate for good, and maroon him forever on the desolate island that was kingship... shackled in life-long matrimony to Madeleine Amaranth.
Leo shuddered at the thought. Especially when he recalled his fiancée's naked form getting skewered loudly by that Justin What's-His-Face PR pansy on the steps of Beaumont House mere days ago.
Not because of the fact that she'd had sex with someone else. Hell, he'd tapped more ass than he could count! So, he couldn't exactly begrudge his soon-to-be wife's promiscuity. Especially when she couldn't remember any of it...
No, it was the fact that here he was, on the eve of his engagement to his future Queen, and all he could think about was her mother.
That sexy vixen of a woman, Adelaide. The Duchess That Had Got Away.
Very literally.
Because in the chaos of the Shagging Smog-infused assassination-attempt-gone-wrong — aka the Beaumont Bash — Leo had lost his one chance to notch that coveted mark on his bedpost... especially considering that she would've actually been game for it, given the mind-altering effects of the aerosol-based dispersant.
Talk about fucking irony...
Leo heaved a breath.
Maybe it wasn't meant to be. Maybe there was a reason why—
"Quite the crowd out there, huh, son?"
Leo clenched his eyes shut. "Yes, Father."
Constantine clapped a hand onto his eldest son's shoulder. "It's going to be quite the night!"
"Yes, Father," Leo intoned, forcing himself to swallow down the bile that suddenly threatened to bubble up his gullet.
The King's fingers tightened on his jacket. "All eyes will be on you, lad. Do not cock this up."
Leo felt himself gag. "'Scuse me...!"
Slapping a hand over his mouth in an attempt to keep the scotch-laden contents of his stomach under wraps, he lurched past his father.
Stumbling across the ante-room, he barely made it to the nearest ficus plant before the 20-year old single malt regurgitated itself into the perfectly hydrated potting mix in front of him.
"Christ, you are a royal disgrace..." muttered Constantine as he marched past him. "If God would've had any sense, he would've made Liam my heir instead of you. But here I am, stuck with your worthless hide instead..."
The slam of the mahogany door reverberated around the room.
"The feeling's mutual, old man," muttered Leo, shooting a wad of spittle into the planter to cleanse his mouth.
Lifting his head, he wiped his mouth with the back of his hand.
A drink. He needed a drink.
Mostly because he'd just thrown up the five fingers worth of Dutch courage he'd consumed less than an hour ago, and there was no way he was subjecting himself to the shitshow on the other side of that curtain even remotely sober.
And if Constantine had an epileptic fit...? Well, he deserved it.
The old tosser had given Leo enough hell during his 30-odd years on Earth, trying to mould him into something that the wayward prince wasn't, and never would be.
Making his way to the other side of the room, Leo located the hidden door that led to the service corridors and slipped inside.
A few twists and well-worn turns through the rabbit warren, and he emerged out into the smoking room, a plushly decorated space filled with heavy brocade curtains, velvet armchairs, a billiards table, and — most importantly — a well-stocked liquor cabinet.
Making a straight line towards the blessed promise of inebriation, he grabbed the nearest decanter of scotch, and pulled the heavy crystal stopper out.
He was about to pour himself a healthy serving when he heard the rustle of heavy taffeta behind him.
Glancing around, he nearly dropped the priceless Swarovski crystal on the floor.
"Pinching a cheeky tipple?" asked Adelaide Amaranth, surveying him over the rim of her own glass.
"Shit, Maddy's mum...!" Leo quickly composed himself. "Erm... Thought I'd get a head start on the party."
"Mmm..." purred the Duchess of Krona, perching herself on the edge of the billiards table. "Man after my own heart..."
Leo swallowed loudly as the skirt of her dress slid apart to reveal the length of her toned legs.
After the unmitigated disaster that had been the Bash, she'd appeared to him again, luscious and alone — like a siren rising from the dark depths of his previous failure — tempting him with a second chance...
...or goading him with the unattainability of his crusade.
Either way, Leo felt his guts tighten at her unexpected presence.
"So..." Her voice interrupted his thoughts. "Are you all set? To become King and all?" she asked, swirling the remnants of her drink around in the crystal tumbler.
"Furthest thing from," Leo admitted, sloshing himself a drink with shaky hands.
Whether it was nerves or anticipation, he wasn't sure. Either way, he was now doubly, triply in need of the hard stuff... in part because he could feel some other stuff becoming hard as well.
"Hence why you're looking for something to take the edge off," she mused, running her aqua-coloured gaze over him. "Smart thinking."
"Tell that to my father..." scoffed Leo, dropping the decanter back on the cabinet top, trying to maintain his cool in the face of her intoxicating closeness.
"Or my daughter," agreed Adelaide with a roll of her eyes. "If anyone needs a bevvy, it's her! Speaking of... have you see her? She's quite disappeared on me..."
"Nope. Can't say I have," admitted Leo, throwing the scotch back greedily.
Adelaide surveyed him for a long moment before shrugging. "Probably for the best, really. She can't stand me on the best of days. She's under some misguided impression that I'll say or do something that will embarrass her..."
"Welcome to my world," muttered Leo, reaching for the decanter again. "I am the living embodiment of my father's resentment. You know, he even told me tonight that I am — quote-unquote — a 'royal disgrace' and Liam should've been his heir instead."
"Hmm..." murmured Adelaide, sliding off the billiards table yo shimmy up to him. "I don't know about any of that... I think you'll look fantastic in a crown..."
Leo snorted. "That is hardly a qualification for kingship..."
"Isn't it?" pressed Adelaide, leaning her empty glass against her cheek as she cocked her head at him.
"I have it on rather good authority that there's a bit more to it than that..." murmured Leo ruefully, unable to stop his gaze from sliding down her neck to the bare skin of her cleavage that sat exposed between the lines of her dress.
"Don't listen to them," chided Adelaide, reaching up to run a finger through his thick, blonde hair. "A king needs only three things — a royal bloodline and an iconic profile. Everything else will be taken care of for you."
Leo felt an uncharacteristic shudder course through him as her fingertip brushed over the sensitive skin of his temple. "Apart from the actual ruling..."
"You'd be surprised..." she smiled. "I haven't set foot in Krona in months! The equerries take care of all the pesky details."
"Running a kingdom's a tad more involved than running a duchy..."
"Pfft!" she scoffed. "Duchy? Kingdom? What's the difference? You sign the odd piece of paper, and throw the occasional ball. That's it!"
"And lead Council meetings, host foreign dignitaries, review petitions, attend—"
"Leo, darling, you are terribly overthinking this!" chided Adelaide with a laugh, reaching for the decanter to pour herself another glass. "You think the kings and queens of old bored themselves with all the minutiae? No! They delegated, so they could have fun fighting battles and posing for portraits."
"Not sure fighting battles was exactly fun..."
"My Prince," she said, leaning in, as if imparting a secret. "All I'm saying is you have nothing to worry about. You could conquer nations with that jaw-line..."
Leo's heart stopped in it's tracks as he swore he felt the tip of her tongue flick over his skin.
"...your sense of duty is just a bonus."
"And... and the third thing?" he stammered.
"The Crown Jewels," she declared, pulling back to fix him with a knowing look.
Leo frowned. "You mean the Apple and th—"
"I mean these jewels," she corrected, grabbing the front of his trousers without warning.
Leo nearly jumped out of his skin as he felt her manicured nails close emphatically around his meat and two veg.
"Holy f—!"
"Mmm," purred Adelaide, tightening her hold on him. "Seems to be present and accounted for..."
Leo merely squeaked in response. He had no idea what was happening, or how he'd even gotten to having Adelaide's hands wrapped around his sex pistol in the first place, but he sure as bloody hell wasn't going to tell her to stop!
"...but one cannot be sure without a proper inspection."
Leo froze. "Inspection?"
Adelaide lifted her gaze to met his square on. "Darling, you are marrying my daughter. I cannot — in good conscience — let you bed her without ensuring that all the royal parts are in working order... and capable of producing grandchildren."
"Trust me..." wheezed Leo as he felt Adelaide's hands reach for his belt. "The lads have never let me down."
"Oh, yes," smiled Adelaide, undoing his buckle and letting the ornate belt drop the floor. "I am well aware of your many... conquests. But I also know the papers like to exaggerate. So, surely you cannot begrudge a mother for wanting to obtain independent confirmation."
"How 'bout a live demonstration?" blurted Leo, grasping at the edge of the drinks cabinet for support as Adelaide wrestled with the buttons of his trousers.
Hell, if this was happening, then he was gonna make damned sure that it was happening!
"Don't jump the gun, darling," Adelaide tutted, ripping the fronts of his pants open. "You need to pass muster first."
Leo gasped audibly as his sexcalibur sprang — finally, blessedly! — free of its confines.
"Not one for briefs, I see..." she observed, running her fingers critically over him.
"I threw them all out years ago," he panted in response to the feel of her silken touch on his heated gherkin.
"Another thing we have in common," she smirked, reaching for his hand to guide it over the back of her dress.
A desperate groan escaped him as his palm skated over the smooth, unencumbered expanse of her backside as she continued to fondle him. "So, what's the verdict?"
"A package worthy of a king," Adelaide assured him, rolling his plums together in her palm.
Leo felt his eyes tip back into his head at the overwhelming sensation...
...before it stopped just as quickly as it had started.
Creaking his eyes open, he saw Adelaide throw him a cheeky smirk over her shoulder as she glided sinuously towards the billiards table.
"Aren't you coming, darling?" she whispered back at him.
Leo nearly tripped over his own trousers in his haste to get to her. He was going to get the chance to live out his dirtiest, most depraved fantasy, after all! He was not wasting one more second!
"Lord, you have no idea how long I've waited for this..." he gasped, stumbling across the room towards her.
"Oh, I know very well," she assured him, leaning back to spread her arms out over the polished walnut. "I've seen you looking at me, Leo."
He faltered. "You have?"
"Of course, my darling," she assured him, cocking her leg seductively. "You were hardly subtle in your attentions. A woman notices these things..."
"You know this is highly improper..." he pointed out as he finally made it to her.
"Oh, sweet boy!" she laughed. "This would be the scandal of the century!"
"Then we better give them something to talk about," he grinned, grabbing her by her toned derrière to lift her onto the edge of the billiards table.
"Mmm... I can think of a few things..." she breathed, planting her hands on his shoulders to push him down towards her nether region.
"I'm sure you can, m'lady," he grinned, shifting his hands to the back of her knees to yank her towards him, the sudden momentum sending the top half of her body falling back onto the felt. "But allow me to put even your wildest dreams to shame."
"Bold words..." purred Adelaide with a coy smile as he lifted her legs up to anchor her Valentino Gavarani-clad feet on his shoulders, causing the skirt of her dress to cascade down towards her hips.
"I've yet to receive anything other than a stellar review," he winked at her, grabbing her waist to invert her almost fully as he lifted her sacred centre up to his face.
"That may be so, darling, but unlike some ladies, I have high standards..." murmured Adelaide, lifting her arms above her head in anticipation. "I don't dish out gold stars to just anybody..."
"I don't intend to disappoint," Leo assured her with a cocky smirk as he bent his head towards her.
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"...why must I do everything myself!" seethed Madeleine, stomping down the otherwise empty corridor in her Valentino sling-backs.
She'd known Leo was an immature and unreliable cad who was more interested in finding the next skirt to lift than paying any semblance of attention to actual matters of state.
And while she would've definitely preferred a more dedicated and biddable prospect — such as his younger brother — to share the rigours of governance with, she ultimately wasn't marrying the Playboy Prince because she liked him.
In all honesty, the man could've had warts and halitosis and she still would've gone through with the union!
Because this was a political match, pure and simple. The House of Rys allying itself with the House of Amaranth, the richest and most influential noble family in Cordonia in order to keep Queen Kenna's line alive...
...with the added benefit of elevating Madeleine's own status to that of Queen. A role that she'd been training for since before she could even walk, given her father's unrelenting pursuit of power by any and all means — an endeavour that she very much shared, much to her mother's disgruntlement.
But she couldn't exactly get engaged if her intended was missing! Tonight, of all nights!
Who, in their right mind, disappears on their own coronation?!
Of course, she was well aware of Leo's infamous tendency to pull vanishing acts, but what the blasted hell was the man thinking? To leave an entire country in the lurch?
Certainly not on her watch!
She'd already dispatched Bastien and all available members of the King's Guard to search high and low for the errant prince. But the Palace and its grounds were massive, and given the sheer number of people that had descended on the Rys stronghold for tonight's event, trying to find anyone was an exercise akin to weeding a needle out of a haystack.
So, she'd been forced to join the search herself. Even though it was insulting beyond measure and much below her station.
But, desperate times called for desperate measures, and she'd rather sweat into her ballgown running up and down the corridors now, than stand like a hapless bimbo in front of all the dignitaries and news crews trying to explain why her future king and fiancé had skipped out on an entire nation on one of the most important nights of its recent history.
No. She most certainly did not need those headlines running in the morning... or ever.
Best that she focused her efforts on helping locate the wayward heir, and hope that he wasn't halfway out of the country already... because by God, she'd send the Cordonian Secret Service after him if she had to!
Arriving at the next set of doors on her mental task-list, she wasted no time in pushing the handle down...
"Leopold?" she called, stepping into the room.
...only to freeze in shock at the sight in front of her.
There he was — the next in line to the Cordinian throne — head thrown back, trousers around his ankles, thrusting like an animal into—
"MOTHER?!"
Adelaide raised her disheveled head from the billiards table at the sound of her daughter's distraught shriek. "Oh, sweet pea! There you are!"
Leo raised his hand in a wave. "Hi, Mads!"
Madeleine's rouged lips jerked soundlessly, trying to formulate some kind of response, but nothing was forthcoming.
Never — in all her life! — had she imagined that she'd ever witness such sordid... brazen... obscenity!
She was literally lost for words. Her! The person who has been giving televised interviews since the age of four!
"Darling," soothed Adelaide, propping herself up onto her elbows to reveal the tautness of her age-defying, silicone-enhanced breasts, "I know this looks frightfully ghastly, but I can assure that—"
"Shut up..." she finally managed to croak.
Adelaide frowned. "Darling, are you—?"
"I SAID, SHUT UP!" Madeleine screeched.
Both Leo and her mother's eyes widened in the face of the uncharacteristically deranged outburst... but they nevertheless managed to refrain from commenting.
"I don't know how this..." She gestured derisively in the couple's general direction. "...colossal cock-up happened. Nor do I care. But what I do know — and most certainly care about — is that the coronation ceremony is starting. And I will not let you, Leopold—"
Leo groaned at the sound of his full, Christian name. "Jesus, Mads! I told you I—"
"Do not interrupt me!" snapped Madeleine. Sucking in a breath to collect herself, she continued, "I will not let you fuck this up for me, or the kingdom. So, if you want to keep your royal bratwurst, then I suggest that you pull it out of my mother and get your fatuous arse to the ballroom before I have the Guard drag you there."
Leo glanced down at Adelaide. "You sure she wasn't adopted or—?"
"NOW!!!" thundered Madeleine.
"Okay, okay, sheesh!" huffed Leo, grabbing for his trousers, given that he was already very much deflated, his fiancée having managed to suck the literal joy out of his joystick with her mere appearance .
"And you, Mother..." hissed Madeleine, turning her attention to her disheveled parent. "You have undermined me for the last time."
Adelaide scoffed. "Darling, all I have ever done is—"
"Which is why my first act as Queen will be to banish you to Krona," finished Madeleine with a haughty air of finality.
Adelaide's eyes widened. "You wouldn't dare!"
Her daughter's demeanour was icy. "You're lucky I'm not banishing you to Siberia. But if you test me—"
"Siberia at least has decent vodka..." chimed in Leo, sauntering past her out the room.
Adelaide tipped her head contemplatively. “He's got a point, you know…”
"Argh!!" screamed Madeleine, slamming the door behind her with such vehemence that it rattled the bottles in the liquor cabinet.
Vile cretins! The whole bloody lot of them!
Grabbing her intended by the arm, she hauled him all the way back to the ball, ignoring the profanity-filled protests.
Stopping in front of the pair of footmen that were manning the ballroom doors, she snapped, "Inform the King that Prince Leopold is ready for his coronation."
"Actu— Ow!!"
She brutally silenced the forthcoming objection with a heel to Leo’s foot.
As the servants rushed away to do her bidding, she manhandled Leo back into the same ante-chamber that he'd disappeared from earlier.
"Mads, stop!" he pleaded as she pulled him across the Persian carpet like a stubborn mule. "Can you please just—?"
"No," she declared, shoved him through the velvet curtains and onto the gilded dais without ceremony. "You will do your duty, even if it kills you, you ungrateful oaf!"
The hubbub of the crowd instantly ceased as Leo stumbled to a stop.
"There you are!" snap Constantine into his ear. "You have some nerve—"
"Just get on with it..." sighed Leo, the weight of finality crashing down on him as he caught his brother's the eye from across the room. Liam always hated it when his brother and father argued, and Leo didn't want to subject him to a public spectacle.
Constantine looked like he wanted to say more, but quickly decided against it. Turning to the congregation, he spread his arms and launched into his pre-prepared speech.
"Good evening, one and all! It is a great honour to have so many of you come out tonight to show your support not only for—"
"Pay attention!"
Glancing down, Leo caught Madeleine's disproving glower from the foot of the dais.
He suppressed a groan.
How they were going to sire royal babies, he had no idea...
...probably with copious amounts of drugs and alcohol...and possibly even a paper bag.
Because he already knew that there was no way that he wouldn't be able to not think about Adelaide while doing it with her daughter.
As even now, in the midst of his own coronation, his mind kept drifting back to the passionate coitus they'd shared on that billiards table before it had gotten oh, so rudely interrupted.
The way she'd moved... The sounds she'd made... That thing with her tongue... It sent shivers down his spine all over again.
And suddenly he had a stark realisation.
He couldn't do it. He couldn't go through with the coronation.
Not if it meant never being able to see her again.
"...and, now..." his father was saying, holding upon the ancient Rys signet ring, "with the bestowal of this ring, I—"
"I abdicate!"
A collective gasp of disbelief rose from the room.
Glancing up, Leo found his father and step-mother staring at him with open mouths, all semblance of propriety forgotten in the face of the shocking announcement.
But he was not perturbed. He'd made his decision. "I, Leopold Maximilian Fernando Constantine Rys, hereby officially and irrevocably renounce my royal titles as Crown Prince of Cordonia and Duke of Applewood." Turning to Constantine, he added with an apologetic shrug, "Sorry, Dad. Just wasn't feeling it."
The heavy gold band clattered to the floor as the cameras exploded into a frenzy of flashing.
"What the devil are you doing?!" demanded Madeleine, appearing in front of him as he hopped off the stage. "Get back up there and—"
"Better luck next time, Mads!" he shouted over the growing dim as he quickly skirted around the edge of the ballroom.
Reaching the closest set of French doors, he threw them open and — with the practiced ease of a man who'd done this exact manoeuvre a hundred times before — vaulted over the edge of the balcony.
Landing on the gravel, he caught sight of the lone pair of headlights idling in front of the Palace steps, and the figure that was in the process of getting behind the wheel.
A knowing smile spread over his face.
Loping across the drive, he managed to intercept the Aston Martin Vantage convertible before it had a chance to drive off.
The driver raised a brow at him as he approached. "Aren't you supposed to be getting crowned?"
"Realised I had somewhere more important to be," he admitted, coming to a stop by the side of the car. "Room for one more?"
Adelaide's lips curved into a smile. "Always, darling."
"Excellent!" exclaimed Leo, hopping into the passenger seat.
She cast him a sidelong glance. "You know this is never going to work out..."
"And?" he grinned, kicking his feet up onto the dash.
Throwing her head back with a laugh, Adelaide pressed the pedal down, kicking the tail of the Aston as they left the ball to dust.
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hapan-in-exile · 4 months ago
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WIP Wednesday - Tales from the Dark Garden
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New Mandalorian x Reader one shot from me
Hey there 👋 I’ve been traveling a lot lately and I won't be back home for a while yet…but, I kinda can’t believe how much I have missed writing and spending time with my characters. Made me realize how deeply I appreciate this creative outlet!! Thank you Tumblr
While I'm at the airport, I thought I'd post something in the works since I haven't been active in a few weeks. For folks who are reading my serialized Mando fic, don't worry—I did not abandon it!
The last installment I wrote for Hapan in Exile was all smut. It was also my most popular post! Give the people what they want? And apparently, now I can’t get enough of writing erotica. Sooooo…
I’m working on a one-shot set in the same universe as my ongoing series. A sort of non-canon spinoff that's just smut.
No plot. No character development. Just sex. I'm making fanfics of my own fanfic, basically. Very meta!
Below is a snippet of the first installment. Hope you enjoy!
I should be back to posting regularly in Aug. If I can get some time to finish this up in coffee shops while traveling, I will! That honestly sounds like a great way to spend an afternoon 😌 ✨
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Tales from the Dark Garden 18+
“Thank you,” the Mandalorian says disinterestedly, sliding the pile of neatly stacked credits into his waiting palm. “Please extend my gratitude to Boss Set’ki for his generous and timely payment.”
You watch him tuck the metallic ingots into one of the leather pouches sewn to his belt—right between the buckle and a string of explosive charges. There’s a dull thunk when the butt of his rifle knocks against the table’s edge as he turns to leave.
It's quite the arsenal. The bounty hunter certainly cast an imposing figure. 
It’s a miracle those shoulders made it through the hatch.  
You’d heard rumors from the other girls at Dark Garden about the fearsome Mandalorian who visited Mistress Anassa. This just happened to be one of those delightful twists gifted by the universe, where the real thing exceeds expectations. He was terrifying. And sexy as hell.
That first moment when you’d opened the door to see him standing there in full plate Beskar was a shock to the senses that would have reduced a younger Thuli into a stream of inane babbling. 
Good thing you had a lot of practice controlling your expression—the demands of professional decorum, after all. It would ruin your Mistress’s reputation if you started drooling over the customers.
The armor suited him. It accentuated the breadth of his shoulders, the strength in his forearms, and his powerfully muscular thighs. The belt slung low around his tapered waist, and the quilted canvas hinted at the taut abdominals concealed beneath.
All the adrenaline that surged through your body at the sight of his weaponry had  immediately transformed into excitement, raw and primal. 
This man made you feel…
Sweet gods, divine and merciful.
“Of course,” you smile, leaning forward to place your elbows over the polished tabletop so that your breasts rise enticingly. Lacing your fingers together, you gently rest your chin atop your knuckles. “I will happily deliver your compliments to my master.”
The Beskar gleamed in the candlelight despite an ashy layer of soot. From the state of him, he might have come straight from the lower levels where he’d tracked his quarry. Your eyes linger over the blood splattered across his helmet, sending a shiver of panic down your spine. What sort of violence had this man committed mere hours ago?
Arousal surges within you, fear and wanting intertwined. 
The gore and grime are a stark contrast to the lush surroundings. Draped in silk tapestries, with thick woolen rugs and brocade pillows, your shuttle interior was designed to be a sanctuary from the vulgar world outside. 
But you suspect the Mandalorian wrapped brutality around him as tightly as the cloak hanging from his neck. It would take a woman of considerable charm to remove either.  
Which is why Anassa chose you.      
“It is my honor to serve, Master Set’ki,” you reply, rising artfully from your chair and gesturing toward the lounge where you’ve laid out a modest tea service. “And my duty to please.”
The Mandalorian pauses midstep on his way to the door.
“Excuse me?” he asks, curiosity peaked.
Shrugging out of your robe, the silken fabric pools at your feet. You kneel onto the plush carpet before pulling back, sitting on your heels, and reaching for the enameled pot. “My master thought you would enjoy the companionship. A chance to indulge in softer luxuries before you return to the Outer Rim.” 
The Mandalorian’s helmet gives away nothing, but you can feel his eyes tracing over you.
Looking up at him through dark lashes, you explain, “The use of this ship—and myself—are yours for the night.” 
Despite the layers of cloth and metal, when he folds his arms across his chest, you see the muscles in his back ripple. He looked powerfully, almost aggressively masculine. Like someone who took what he wanted. 
And right now, he’s imagining taking you. 
The fear is still there, but by now, it had sharpened to anticipation so intense that it ached. 
“That won’t be necessary,” he says firmly. Yet, his words did not match his actions. Instead of continuing on his path toward the door, he turns to face you, uncrossing his arms to hold them at his sides.  
Is he simply nervous? Sometimes, warriors hardened on the battlefield liked to yield dominance in the bedroom. Maybe you should try throwing him against a wall and climbing him like a tree. 
No. If submission was his preference, Anassa would have chosen someone else—Katlin with her barbed whips or Bat’ya with her cruel tongue. 
You need to coax him without pushing. The subtle art of persuasion. 
Let’s start with coy seduction. 
Turning to look at him from over your shoulder, you toss your hair just so, sending shimmering waves down your back. You twist gracefully at the waist until your bodice gapes, revealing the generous contours of your body.  
“Think of it as a reward,” your voice is supple as the velvet cushions surrounding you on the floor. “Someone to take care of you. My only desire is your comfort and pleasure.”
With that, you pour the tea and walk over to him, proferring a cup.
“That is indeed generous,” the Mandalorian cocks his head. “But I usually find more comfort in solitude.”
Yet, again, he makes no attempt to leave, accepting the cup from your hand graciously. Worn leather caresses your skin as your fingers brush against each other, reaching around the warm porcelain. The jaw of his helmet lifts, and you catch a glimpse of bronze skin and coarse black hair while he raises the cup to his lips.
Surprisingly full lips.
What did he mean by offering resistance? Was this a challenge? Some test of your professional acumen?  
A skilled courtesan is, above all else, a student of human nature and hidden desires. She must know what her clients want before they speak the words. Before they know it themselves. This Mandalorian wanted to be…tempted. 
Timidity would yield nothing. 
You arch an eyebrow, “I have never known a man who preferred solitude to my company.” Then, you stare directly into the jet-black surface of his helmet’s visor. Meeting his gaze, you place a delicate hand over his chest plate and fill your voice with honey, “Let tonight be a rare exception to the usual.” 
The Beskar feels cool against your palm and the pads of your fingertips. You hadn’t realized how flushed you’d become with your heart beating this fast. The insistent yearning between your thighs matches each pulse coursing through your veins.
“I am here to satisfy your needs. Whatever the Mandalorian desires is his for the taking.” 
While the bounty hunter remains stubbornly silent, you can hear his breathing grow shallow through the modulator.
Having made your supplication, you draw back. “If it is tranquility the Mandalorian desires, perhaps I could play the valachord or sing for him?” 
“Sing?” he huffs, sounding amused. It’s funny, hearing the smirk on his lips.
Well, at least he’s not completely immune to your charm. 
“Pleasure takes many forms,” you say, flashing him a demure smile. “As such, we courtesans are skilled in many arts. I’ve been told my voice is exceedingly lovely. And I know all the Twelve Ballads of Kiergaard.”
You shift onto the edge of a thick cushion to pour yourself some tea. When you raise the cup to your lips, the look of elegant femininity slips—just for a moment, so he can see the earnest hunger filling your gaze. You fix him with your most smoldering stare, “Though I can certainly think of other ways to please you with my mouth.”
The tea tastes bitter on your tongue, but you hardly notice, waiting for his reaction.
The Mandalorian says nothing as he pulls the rifle over his head, settling it against the door frame. He walks over in a slow saunter that makes his hips dip and sway. Slowly, he extends his hand to take your face in his leather fingers, lifting up your chin. 
“You want me to fuck your mouth?”
Your breath catches in your throat. A wave of arousal courses through your body, emanating from your clenching belly until it ripples over every surface of your skin, pinching your nipples.
“If the Mandalorian—” but he cuts off whatever beguiling line you intended. 
“I thought this was about what I wanted?” he demands.
Suddenly, you’re too flustered to speak, confused by the sudden shift in dynamic. All his polite reticence had been an act. He was done testing you. He wanted to assert dominance. 
In answer, you lower your gaze.
“That’s right,” he says cooly, brushing his thumb over your cheek. “You’re remembering what you’re for.” The Mandalorian takes the cup from your hands and tosses it aside. “There’s no more need to talk. Don’t open your mouth unless I tell you.” 
Then he reaches down to his belt and unbuckles it. 
And to think you worried he’d be too self-conscious for roleplay. This is going to be so good.
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to be continued...
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bethanysnow · 2 years ago
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Three in Company
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Joseph Quinn X Reader X Jamie Campbell Bower
Slow Burn! Minors DUI,  (Y/A = your age) (F/A = Future age)
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“Your Majesty we’ve come to discuss a very important matter- oh take your legs off the arm of the throne! A lady sits properly” The tall blond scolds the young lady sitting in front of him. 
“No- Bower I will not adjust how I sit to please you. No one else is here” Motioning to the basically empty room. Besides some servants who scurry about in corners of the room it is just her and the Chamberlain after all. “What matter is so important you must interrupt me and my grape eating” Lifting a bowl of grapes off her stomach to show him. Her eyes gave way that she was amused and teasing her poor Chamberlain was a loved pastime. 
“We have to talk about the men who you could marry. This is of great importance I assure you-” Taking the deepest bow “-Your Majesty~” Looking up at her with a wink. She laughs and motions for a servant to bring up a chair.   
“Go on then,” motioning him to sit next to her.  
“Very well,-” Stamping the end of his cane onto the marble floor the doors open at the end of the great hall. Men in festive court attire walk forward with portraits of varying sizes and one with a cart filled with boxes.   
“What’s that?” Pointing to the cart, piled a mile high with boxes and bags and things in pretty packaging making the Queen’s eyes sparkle. 
“Some of the gentlemen with their portraits have sent you gifts, my lady. Onward!” Stamping his cane twice as the men unveil the first portrait. 
The men in the portraits all seemed rather dull, some were too old and not in the sexy silver fox way, but in the ‘this is your uncle’ way. Some were literal children.
Till they got to one…
“Who is this?” She asks looking at the next portrait as the fabric is tossed away. 
“Joseph Quinn, Duke of France, he actually is English, cousins with some Prince but was given that title by Henry the IV. He has sent with him…mmh” Looking over his paper with all the names and correlating packages. “Nothing- just the portrait” 
The Queen getting up from the throne steps down the stairs and up to the portrait. Looking very closely at the figure in the painting. Taking in his appearance. Curly brown hair, soft eyes, oval face, he isn’t some striking beauty with a jawline and cheekbones and angular expressions. In a blue and white brocade suit, a slight smile, crinkles around the eyes that make it seem genuine. Like he was proud to get his portrait taken. The signature of the artist says that while not some well known name the artist did a very good job at capturing his likeness. While some are covering up their blemishes and imperfections, it didn’t seem like that with this gentleman. He stood tall and present in the frame, a hand resting on the back of a chair and the other on the hilt of a sword. He seemed lovely. 
“Do you know him?” her majesty asks, turning to face the chamberlain. 
“No, but I’ve heard stories, he fought alongside the French in fact saved the King’s life from an assassination, he is a diplomat, quiet fellow, haven’t heard anything bad about him persay. People say he’s kind.”  
The young lady stood looking him up and down 
“What do you think Mr. Bower? Would we look nice together?” Facing him on the platform with the portrait above her. 
“Why does that matter?” He asks in reply with a cocked brow. 
“Because when our portrait is painted together I don’t want to look like a fool who’s picked a ugly man. Then we will have ugly children” sarcastically replied
“Given that notion your majesty I might as well throw my hat into the ring” He muses shuffling through papers. 
“Yes yes, the lord blessed you with beauty that much is true. Not so much with intelligence though~” She giggled teasing her friend. “How old is he?” 
“29? I believe? Old enough to be your brother” Mr. Bower said under his breath, slightly hoping to persuade the Queen into making a different decision. 
“I am Y/A, turning F/A, I think being 29 just means he’s not some immature boy. He’s a gentleman or should be. I pick him” 
“Are you sure your Majesty? You pick a Duke of France over Princes and various other nobles? There are still many to choose from.” Sir Bower said with a sort of perturbed expression. Not only was this particular Duke well known to be one of the people, he was seen as a soft hearted. Which Chamberlain Bower knew to be one of her Majesty's only weaknesses. 
“I pick him” She stated again going back to sit on her throne. Her mind was made up. Whoever this Joseph Quinn, Duke of France was…he was going to be her husband. 
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And so the race had begun, a letter from Astruador was sent to France demanding the Duke’s presence at once. The Chamberlain had assigned to the Ladies in Waiting and the Master of Ceremonies to start the planning process for Mr. Quinns arrival. The court was a buzz at the idea of the arrival of a suitor for their Queen. Her Majesty would be dressed in the highest of garb, a large banquet would be needed for all of the members of the court and anyone he brings with him. He would be placed at the right hand of Her Majesty and given the Royal Coat of Arms as someone who will now be a part of Astruadors legacy. 
In the meantime, the palace would be cleaned, polished, and dressed for the upcoming soon-to-be King. While the palace was not in disrepair, it was becoming more dusty from ill use, her majesty wasn't one for parties or large sessions of court. Astruador since the passing of the late King and Queen was put under a spell of mourning. Everyone dripped in black and the sadness went on for 4 years. Till rumors of a formal introduction of their daughter were to be announced. Those black clothes changed to white, yellow, and pink. The colours of the Astruadorian flag. Since the public announcement of Her Majesty, it was then assumed she would become Empress. As her Father was King till his coronation after his own wedding, making him become the Emperor King.
A week had elapsed since the request of the Duke's presence and Her Majesty was starting to get nervous. While she never fully believed in love at first sight, it did cause her to wonder what was taking him so long. No letter back, no note, it left much to the imagination. Did he find her portrait not worthy of being a bride? She knew she wasn’t some beautiful flower like her mother, or the rest of European royalty. She was plain, stout, and had hair that never did what she wanted. She could be dressed in jewels and still be a step away from a chambermaid. Picking at her nails, looking out her window onto the Rose Garden. It was beautiful in the spring, filled with reds, pinks, yellows, and whites. She never dared go into it since the passing of her mother. Her parents were symbolically buried in a stone chapel on the property surrounded by roses. Now it was only to start wondering what her mother would say. ‘Don’t look so sour, he will come. In time dear all things will work themselves out’. The late Empress's voice floats through her head only to be interrupted by a page boy walking in. 
“Your Majesty there is a letter from the Duke of France!” 
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