#but that will involve awkward juggling.

[carolofthebell]

No Lamp

I have lived in this house for 3 years, but tonight Ao3 is down so I set down my phone, and reached for one of my books… only to realize that I don’t have a bedside lamp.

[bywons]

YOU'RE A SUNFLOWER! 🕷️ SPIDERMAN!JAKE FALLING FOR YOU

𝗔𝗟𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗡𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗟𝗬──── your superhero love story with spiderman jake

❪ 𝑃𝑅𝐸𝐶𝑖𝑆 ❫ ｡ spiderman!jake x f!r 211Owc 𖥔 fluff spiderman au ── 𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 mentions of fighting injuries kissing skinship 愛 ／ CATALOGUE

する ܃ this was supposed to be out a long time ago, but practicals said no TT

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SPIDERMAN!JAKE who is your caring, obliging and hilarious roommate, with a secret.

SPIDERMAN!JAKE, your endlessly sweet, slightly chaotic, and hilariously dorky roommate, who always seems to be juggling late nights and suspiciously “urgent errands.” you’ve noticed his habit of disappearing at the oddest times, but jake always comes back with an excuse and that charming, slightly guilty smile of his. what you don’t know is that his “errands” involve swinging across the city in his spider-man suit, battling villains, and saving lives.

SPIDERMAN!JAKE who quickly changes into his normal civilian clothes before you can walk in and catch him red handed in his spiderman suit. he prays you wouldn't make too much of the still open window, his sparsely webbed fingers and the cold beads of sweat forming on his neck and forehead, as you walk in through his door, greeting him.

SPIDERMAN!JAKE who always seems to know when you're low, when you need him. it's uncanny really, you don't know how he always shows up with his pretty face and that boyish, contagious smile, knocking on your door with chocolates and an impromptu movie plan. “rough day?” he smiles so warmly at you, as you welcome him in.

SPIDERMAN!JAKE sits next to you in every class, it's like you're becoming best friends with him. and sometimes, he's extremely late to class and the students giggle at his funny excuses to the professor— “my alarm clock broke” or “got in a fight with my window,” he jokes, rubbing the back of his neck sheepishly as the class bursts into laughter. but when SPIDERMAN!JAKE runs up to you after those awkward excuses to be allowed into the lecture, he plops down next to you and pulls out a sweet treat everytime, an apology gift for being late, you must have missed him all this time!

SPIDERMAN!JAKE, who disappears at the weirdest times. you’ll be in the middle of a conversation, and suddenly he’s mumbling something about an errand and bolting out the door. “be back in a few!” he shouts, leaving you confused and a little suspicious.

SPIDERMAN!JAKE who's your one call away. just a missed call or single concerning text from you and he drops everything, everything to be by your side and make sure you're okay. he doesn't care if he's in utmost danger, he'll always find a way back to you, “i’ll be there in a minute,” he promises, and within moments, he’s stumbling through your door, still catching his breath, hair disheveled, making up some vague excuse about losing track of time.

SPIDERMAN!JAKE who's just so kind to the point it's infuriating. he always carries your bags and books after each class, brings you sweet treats and buys you soft plushies when you're feeling low, he offers to do your assignments at times when you're overworked. even at the perfect times, jake always has a granola bar inside his pockets when you're hungry.

SPIDERMAN!JAKE who has had nothing but heart eyes for you since the day that he laid his eyes on you.

SPIDERMAN!JAKE who tries not to let out a sly grin whenever he’s surrounded by faint whispers and giggles from his classmates or strangers about impressive rescues from the amazing spiderman. he loves his undercover state at times when his friends come up to him all excited, “bro did you news last night? spiderman was awesome!” , “yeah he's my hero!” and jake feels utterly proud and content with what he does to keep his city safe. but then there's you.

SPIDERMAN!JAKE who first noticed you in the hallway, laughing with your friends, casual and confident, seemingly unimpressed by all the talk about the city’s newest hero. “what's so special about spiderman anyways?” you scoffed and rolled your eyes, as you walked by, your tone so nonchalant it made jake pause mid-step. he could see the others around you giggling and excited, but you? you didn’t even bat an eye at his name.

it stung SPIDERMAN!JAKE in a way he wasn't used to. everyone else idolized spiderman, a token of hope and strength of the city. but you? you were indifferent to it all, and he couldn't help but feel butterflies in his stomach. he would love a little chase.

SPIDERMAN!JAKE who would start to have a little crush on you, and being a hopeless romantic and being a mildly awkward, superpowered guy— he did what he could, appearing all so suddenly when you would least expect it. “bump into you” at random times like when you were collecting your books from your locker for the next class, and just when you close it, SPIDERMAN!JAKE is already leaning against it, a coy smirk playing on his lips. he tries to act nonchalant, as if his heart isn't beating a million miles per hour right now, as if he didn't take down a villian last night. “hey” he’d greet you with a grin, eyes shining with curiosity. “you said something about spiderman earlier. got an opinion on him now?” you glanced at him, raising an eyebrow at him, “what? you're his biggest fan?” SPIDERMAN!JAKE would giggle nervously, rubbing the back of his neck as he mumbles out, “nah, just wondering if maybe you’ve changed your mind. you know, given all the... cool stuff spiderman does.” “still seems overrated to me!” you reply, shooting him a quick smile before returning to your class.

SPIDERMAN!JAKE couldn’t help it—his heart skipped a beat. you didn’t idolize spiderman. you didn’t worship him. you didn’t need to. and yet, that simple lack of interest made him want to know more about you.

and so fast forward to now SPIDERMAN!JAKE has developed relationships with you, and developed feelings about you at bay. he never thought of sharing a room with you, laughing and spending time after class with you or sometimes, sharing a tense eye contact with you. the one which wants him to kiss you right then, right there.

SPIDERMAN!JAKE who in the middle of the night, stares up at his spiderman mask, feeling guilty for keeping you in the dark for so long.

SPIDERMAN!JAKE who prays and prays that you will finally take a liking to spiderman, and that you will like the real, superhero him.

SPIDERMAN!JAKE who's so overprotective of you, and he doesn't even realize it. you always wonder how he arrives just in 5 minutes after you just sent him a, “stuck at a party, come pick me up?” text. maybe he's just too fast? or maybe he's beating up creepy guys who tried to hit on you just to the next alley, you just don't know yet.

SPIDERMAN!JAKE who comes late at night one day, adamant to go meet with your lousy, insufficient ex. and when you know about it, it's already late. jake’s already made him learn a lesson right after his mission. he looks at with puppy eyes, his glossy and sorrowful eyes reciprocating your worried, upset ones. “was it really necessary?” you whisper, gently tending to his wounds all over his face, as you look down at jake. “sorry, you didn't deserve that from him, that's all,” jake sighs, already too mesmerized by your face staring at him, too addicted to your honey touch on his skin. and as you see jake getting all guilty for his actions, you don't think much about it and press a quick, feathery kiss on his cheeks.

SPIDERMAN!JAKE whose eyes become wide and jaws hang low as you kiss his cheeks. you, kissed him? “thanks jake,” you mumble, a mellow blush creeping onto your cheeks. “d-dont thank me,” jake stutters as his whole face flushes up, he moves his hand up to capture your wrist, softly pressing it against your cheeks.

SPIDERMAN!JAKE who swings around the city in joy the next day, who's so confident to confess to you now. he's super sure you'd like him back. maybe as spiderman too.

SPIDERMAN!JAKE who spots you easily when returning home one night, still in his spiderman suit. you're alone, looking uncomfortable as you walk down the street. but there's no one around you, maybe you're just cold? but he doesn't think about it much before he swings down, gathers you in his arms and makes his way to your shared dormitory with him.

you gasp as SPIDERMAN!JAKE takes you along with him in the air, you feel like you're almost flying. he blushes under his mark as he feels you holding on to him. “but i didn't want…your help,” you mumble as he puts you down on your balcony. “a pretty girl like you shouldn't be cold outside, and it's my job to keep you safe!” you see the superhero giggle, patting his shoulder all by himself. “but how'd you know where i live?” you question, eyes narrowing. oh well, jake wasn't prepared for that. he clears his throat, “well, spiderman knows everything!” “well maybe not everything ‘cause…this is my roomate jake’s room not mine.” SPIDERMAN!JAKE gulps.

SPIDERMAN!JAKE tries to say something, but words are caught up in his throat. but before he could even comprehend, you step forward, and pull up his mask, revealing the handsome face of your roommate indeed.

SPIDERMAN!JAKE who is stunned, didn't expect to reveal his true identity like this.

SPIDERMAN!JAKE, who’s now standing frozen on your balcony, watches as the realization dawns on your face. his heart races in his chest, a mixture of panic and anticipation swirling within him as you look at him, then back at the mask in your hand. “you really are terrible at keeping secrets, you know that?” you say, crossing your arms and raising an eyebrow. jake stammers, his usual confidence gone. “i-i can explain,” he starts, rubbing the back of his neck nervously. “it’s just... i didn’t mean for you to find out like this. its not exactly how i planned—” “you planned for me to find out?” you interrupt, stepping closer. his blush deepens, and he’s never been more thankful for the night sky to hide the embarrassment creeping up his neck.

“not really. i mean, yes. no. i don’t know!” SPIDERMAN!JAKE groans, running a hand through his hair. “i just... i wanted to tell you eventually. it’s not easy being spiderman and your roommate, okay?” you can’t help but laugh softly at how flustered he looks. “you’re ridiculous, you know that? swinging me around the city like some kind of superhero, and then you drop me off here, your balcony, not even realizing it.”

SPIDERMAN!JAKE’s eyes widen. “wait—did you at least enjoy the swinging?” you hesitate, biting back a smile. “it wasn’t terrible, i guess.” “not terrible,’ huh?” he teases, a bit of his usual charm slipping back into his voice. “that’s practically a glowing review coming from you.” you roll your eyes but step closer again, the space between you almost nonexistent. “you’re lucky you’re cute, jake.” jake blinks, momentarily stunned, his mouth opening and closing like he’s trying to form words but failing miserably. “wait, what?” “don’t make me say it again,” you murmur, and before he can even process it, you grab the front of his suit and pull him down, pressing your lips to his.

for a moment SPIDERMAN!JAKE is too shocked to react, but then he melts into the kiss, his hands instinctively finding your waist, pulling you closer and deepening the kiss. the world seems to fade away—the late-night city noise, the cool breeze brushing against your skin, even the fact that you’re standing on a balcony. it’s just you and jake, and for once, he feels like he doesn’t need to hide. when you finally pull away, his face is flushed, his lips slightly parted as he looks at you with a dazed expression. “wow,” he breathes, blinking rapidly. “so, uh... does this mean you forgive me for the whole secret spiderman thing?” you smirk, brushing a strand of hair out of his face. “i’ll think about it. but you owe me, big time, spiderman”

SPIDERMAN!JAKE who just can't believe you kissed him, and that you're his now.

SPIDERMAN!JAKE who visits you in the middle of the night when he says he'd be away, surprising you, both with his presence and a kitten he just saved.

SPIDERMAN!JAKE who takes you out on dates but in a special way, swinging all around the nightlife of the glowing city with you in his arms.

SPIDERMAN!JAKE who loves you, and only you, who promises to fight everyone just for you.

SPIDERMAN!JAKE who loves you, and only you, who promises to fight everyone just for you.

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[blackenedsnow]

I have never requested before I hope I'm doing this right. You can feel free to ignore this.

But can I have Billy and stu (separate or together is your choice), Bubba Sawyer, Thomas Hewitt, Micheal Myers (original or Rz are your choice), Jason Voorhees, Norman Bates, and Billy Lenz. You don't have to do all. I don't really care who or how much you do. But them with a reader who takes care of their younger sibling. Kinds like the oldest sibling being a parent of their younger sibling

You can choose the age and gender but I would prefer a male and 4 year old kid but it doesn't matter. I just haven't really seen much of this and would really like more. I love your writing btw. Again you don't really have to do this and I feel like this request is long but just wanted to write it

slashers with a reader who takes care of their younger sibling ; headcanons

WARNING: None

PAIRING: Billy Loomis x Reader, Stu Macher x Reader, Bubba Sawyer x Reader, Thomas Hewitt x Reader, Michael Myers x Reader, Jason Voorhees x Reader, Norman Bates x Reader, Billy Lenz x Reader

NOTE: I’m so glad you love my writing! Your request is perfect, and I really enjoyed putting this together for you. Hope you enjoy!

BILLY LOOMIS

At first, Billy's not sure what to think.

Kids are loud and messy, not really his thing, but he’s intrigued by how seriously you take your role as a caretaker.

He gets protective over both you and your little sibling in his own way.

He doesn’t interact with the child much but will keep an eye on them, especially if things seem off.

Billy admires your strength and responsibility

He didn’t grow up in the best family environment, so seeing you take on that parental role makes him respect you even more.

If you ever need help with your sibling, he’s reluctant but won’t say no.

He’ll watch over your little sibling in his way—just don’t expect him to read bedtime stories.

STU MACHER

Stu doesn't really care for kids, but your little sibling is an exception.

He’s the chaotic big brother type, always joking around, making silly faces, and playing rough

...in a way your sibling enjoys.

He’s surprisingly great at distracting your sibling when you need a break, even if it involves a bit too much sugar or wild games.

Stu admires how you handle your responsibilities, but he’s also the type to encourage you to let loose and have fun with your little sibling.

He'll say something like

"Being a big sibling can be fun too, y'know!"

Sometimes, he’ll get your sibling involved in harmless pranks—nothing too serious, just enough to make you roll your eyes at the bullshit.

BUBBA SAWYER

Bubba has a natural, gentle side that shows around your little sibling.

He’s great with kids because of his own childlike nature and will immediately want to help you out with your sibling.

He’s protective but in a soft, nurturing way.

He’ll help with basic care—making sure your sibling eats, plays safely, and feels comfortable.

Watching you care for your sibling touches something deep in Bubba.

Family is everything to him, and seeing you take on that role makes him feel connected to you on a more emotional level.

Your little sibling will probably love Bubba’s playful, kind-hearted nature, and they’d get along well

Almost like having a second big sibling!

THOMAS HEWITT

Thomas is awkward around your little sibling at first.

He’s not used to kids, and his intimidating presence might scare the child a bit.

Once you show him how to be gentle, though, Thomas is (not surprisingly) good at it.

He’s careful and protective, and though he’s not talkative, his actions speak volumes.

He respects your role as the older sibling and quietly supports you in whatever way he can.

He’ll help carry your sibling, fix things for them, and even craft toys if necessary.

Thomas feels a sense of admiration for how you juggle being a caregiver.

It reminds him of the family dynamic he grew up in, where responsibility was a big part of survival.

MICHAEL MYERS

Michael is eerily silent around your little sibling, but he watches the way you care for them with curiosity.

He doesn’t fully understand the concept of caring for someone, but he’s fascinated by your commitment.

He won’t actively interact with your sibling, and in some strange way, he becomes protective of both you and the child

Like he’s observing a small piece of humanity that he’s long forgotten.

Michael doesn’t interact much with your sibling, but if anyone or anything threatens them, Michael steps in without hesitation.

He’s drawn to your strength as an older sibling.

It doesn’t make him soft, but it earns you a twisted sense of respect in his mind.

JASON VOORHEES

Jason has a soft spot for children due to his own troubled childhood.

When he sees how much you care for your little sibling, it stirs something in him.

He’s fiercely protective, acting as a silent guardian over both you and your sibling.

He doesn’t speak, but his presence is always there, watching to make sure nothing bad happens.

Your little sibling isn’t scared of Jason for long.

Once they see how Jason watches over you, they warm up to him.

Jason might even offer small gestures of kindness, like finding things in the woods for your sibling to play with.

Jason admires your strength and responsibility, seeing you as a protector like himself.

It forms a quiet bond between the three of you.

NORMAN BATES

Norman is gentle and polite around your little sibling, offering to help with anything that might make things easier for you.

He’s fascinated by the idea of family dynamics and your role as both sibling and parental figure.

It reminds him of his relationship with his own mother, in a twisted way.

Norman tries to make things comfortable for your sibling, offering snacks or games to keep them occupied.

He’s surprisingly good at calming your sibling down during tantrums.

However, there’s always a sense of unease around Norman.

His overprotectiveness can feel stifling at times, especially when he becomes too involved in your sibling’s care, as though he sees you as part of his own family.

BILLY LENZ

Billy is unpredictable, and your little sibling might be a bit nervous around him at first.

Billy has strange behavior, but he never intentionally tries to scare your sibling.

He doesn’t understand kids well, but once he realizes how important your sibling is to you, Billy makes an effort to be less creepy around then.

There’s a strange protectiveness that comes over Billy when he sees you caring for your sibling.

It’s almost like he’s trying to impress you by not being chaotic around the child.

He’ll watch your little sibling from a distance, occasionally making weird, quiet noises, but he’ll stay back unless you need help.

If anyone threatens you or your sibling, though, Billy’s unpredictable nature can quickly become dangerous.

[k3n-dyll]

☆Strawberry Crush

Warnings...18+, wlw, loser!Ellie, fem!reader, a few reader descriptions based on the song (lipgloss, nails - nothing body/skin/hair-wise), Ellie is...kind of a stalker, honestly?, porn with a plot, submasc!Ellie, domfem!reader, Ellie is really eager and awkward, sloppy kisses, food play? (strawberry juice is involved), fingering (r!receiving), face sitting, sixty nine

Word Count:3.2k || MDNI Banner Creds. || Donations 4 Palestine

Notes ☆ Kinda hate this but I've had this damn song in my head for fucking weeks and I needed to write something about it (Spotify link in title).Should have done this when my theme was red but fuck it

Ellie's green eyes flit carelessly over the obviously bruised and beaten-up avocado in her hand, turning the bulbous fruit around over and over again as if she's truly considering buying the pitiful thing. There's a slight feeling of mushiness to it that kind of makes the hairs on her arms stand up - whatever poor fuck decides to pick this thing up once she puts it back in its crate is bound to find nothing but brown sludge on the inside.

Each turn of the overripened avocado is accompanied by a 'subtle' look around the market, her gaze fixing to the door each time the little rusted brown bell at the top of the doorframe jingles.

It'd be so embarrassing if she mixed up the time.

Not that this isn't humiliating enough already. Pathetic, even. No one in their right mind drives thirty minutes from home to look this hard, and for this long at an avocado.

On about the fifth bell ring in three minutes she can feel herself getting impatient. Today was Monday, Ellie was sure of that - the farmers from downtown had surely brought freshly picked batches of fruit and vegetables already unless something had gone awry. Maybe she should just head home and stop acting like a fucking crazy person. It's not like the average person keeps on schedule to a T every week. And even if they did, it's worrying that Ellie even knows that schedule. At least this part of it anyway.

Ellie juggles with the thought for a moment but ultimately decides to leave, placing the unfortunate-looking avocado back in its crate. It's just then when that annoying little bell dings again. She knows she shouldn't get her hopes up and yet she can't seem to help herself, looking toward the farmers market entrance to discern who it was that triggered the movement of the brass bell.

The thought that she was just about to leave makes Ellie's stomach turn. She'd have missed you completely. But just like clockwork, every Monday morning, you're here. And just like clockwork, every Monday morning, she gets to see you.

Ellie has given herself every excuse as to why her little habit isn't creepy. She's just trying to hype herself up to actually talk to you, and somehow during that time she also managed to figure out the exact schedule for when fresh produce is brought to this specific market so that she could catch you every Monday doing what you usually do. Buying strawberries.

You like those a lot.

Or, Ellie assumes you do. Why else would you buy them so religiously? Every Monday you come to buy strawberries. Various other things as well but she's noticed you take your time with the berries in particular - inspecting the fruit in each little green basket for at least a few minutes before finding one or two little baskets to buy and take home with you.

Ellie's practiced how to approach you in the mirror in her apartment before leaving the house more times than she'd like to admit, cringing at every little stutter and awkward phrase.

"You come here often?" No. Who the fuck even says that in real life? "So you like strawberries?" Well, duh.

It looks so simple in shows. Her friends make it look like nothing. Then there's Ellie. Reciting cliche lines from movies.

Not that any of that really matters though. Normally by the time you've gone up to check out your items, Ellie has already managed to convince herself that she lost her chance.

Maybe next time

Next time, for sure. But definitely not this time, no. This time she's too distracted by how delicious you look; the sway of your hips, the pretty smile you flash to the staff, the glittery pink tinted gloss spread carefully across your lips.

Your nails are red today, coming to a rounded point.

Ellie's tongue darts out to wet her bottom lip as her mind wanders. Those nails would make such pretty streaks in her back.

For some reason, the thought that she may be shamelessly staring at you doesn't cross her mind. Until it's too late that is. Ellie's eyes widen in absolute terror when your gaze catches hers, face dropping back to the crate of avocados she'd been pretending to look through a moment ago.

Stupid. Stupid. Stupid.

She definitely can't approach you today. Not after you'd caught her staring - no - gawking at you so blatantly. In fact, getting out of this godforsaken market has shot to the very top of her priority list, a task she seeks to accomplish quickly, with her head downcast in shame and embarrassment.

It's just her luck that instead of effectively making it out of the door she stumbles over the dragging, unraveled white laces of the run-down sneakers on her feet, toppling to the floor if not for the similarly misfortuned person she winds up tackling.

"Shit! Sorry, sorry, I-I'm so sorry" she stutters out, cringing at the sight of once unbruised red fruit hitting the hard tile of the market floor. Her eyes meet yours and again she's frozen and embarrassed, a deep shade of red splaying her freckled cheeks and tips of her ears. You would be angry if it weren't for how cute she looked. You sigh.

"It's fine, really. Just...make sure you look forward next time you're walking, okay?" The soft, reassuring smile you offer her as you speak damn near melts her where she stands.

"Right."

There's a beat of awkward silence, Ellie nervousely tugging at her ring and pinky fingers as she gives you a small hesitant nod. "I should-"

"Maybe you could help me pick out some new ones?" You ask quickly, interrupting her, gesturing to the strawberry littered tile.

It's the first time she's spoken to you and given her clear anxiety, she likely wouldn't end up speaking to you on her own again. Ellie nods quickly, mouth slightly agape, though at this point she's lost all of her words. She simply picks up the dropped berries, some of which are now a little flattened and soft on one side from the impact, standing straight once they're all gathered to help you get new baskets.

"You okay?" You ask, as Ellie hasn't said much of anything in the past few minutes.

"Oh, yeah...sorry just...a lot on my mind" she murmurs, quieting back down again as she attentively unpacks your produce.

She doesn't even know how she wriggled her way into this situation. She'd thought for sure you'd call her a freak or a psycho when you let her know you were aware of her little routine. Instead, you just suggested that she help you with the rest of your groceries.

"It's a bit of a hassle trying to bring them up to my apartment alone. Plus...you kinda owe me for the tackle, yeah?"

You had feared the boldness of your invitation may give her pause but Ellie agreed without reluctance.

"A lot on your mind? Like what?"

"Like...how you don't seem unnerved about...y'know." Ellie murmurs, leaning up against your kitchen counter, the little giggle you give in response sending her heart rate up.

"I was honestly just waiting to see if you would actually come speak to me"

"Wait, really?"

You turn to her from where you were organizing things in your fridge, a small bowl of freshly washed strawberries in hand. You set it down, gently sliding the bowl out toward Ellie as an invitation to take one, which she accepts, twisting at the leaves until they come off of the top before biting into it. It's quite large, and very sweet she notices, a bit of juice dribbling down her chin as her teeth sink in, her hand clumsily going to guard any more from falling down.

"Yeah." you answer, to which Ellie raises a questioning eyebrow.

"You're cute, Ellie." you clarify, playfully rolling your eyes at her obliviousness. " And messy"

Before she realizes it, you're in front of her, holding a napkin to her now berry juice-stained chin and neck, readying yourself to pat her dry. Your lips are incredibly close, dangerously so, but she does her best to ignore it, popping the rest of strawberry into her mouth before gently taking your hand in hers to stop you.

"I can- "

"Just let me, okay?" You chuckle a bit, shaking your head. "You really don't know when a girl is trying to flirt with you, huh?"

Ellie blinks, staring at you as if you've just said something ridiculous, her fruit filled cheek almost making her look like a chipmunk in the moment. The insistence on cleaning her up, the invitation to your apartment in the first place, the fact that you don't even seem to question her infatuation with you. It all makes sense now. And she'd taken way too long to notice.

There isn't a thought process behind Ellie's actions this time, just impulse as she leans forward, closing the distance between you both and crashing her lips onto yours. A shiver of shock runs through her as you reciprocate, regardless of how unideal the kiss may seem - cold, sticky fruit juice now being shared between the both of you, creating a thin coat of strawberry and saliva on your connected lips flowing down your chins and slowly making its way to the collars of your shirts.

Ellie pulls back enough to actually swallow what's left of the strawberry and breathe out a quick "I'm sorry", though a part of her is too fascinated by the look of you with transparent red fluid trailing along your skin to be genuinely apologetic.

"I don't mind a little mess." You whisper in response, swiping your thumb along her chin to collect some of the juic. Something about the girl being so desperate to kiss you that she was unconcerned about the inevitable messy nature of said kiss put butterflies fluttering in your stomach. You keep her pressed up against your kitchen counter as you allow yourself to give in to your desires, only dethatching your kiss-swollen lips from Ellie's to press opened mouth kisses along the column of her throat, licking at the sweet red liquid that's almost managed to make its way into the loose, black wifepleaser she's wearing.

"Y-you don't think this is happening too fast?" she questions, despite her clear willingness to let you do as you please, her words coming out between heavy breaths, her entire face painted a rosy shade of pink.

"Would you like me to stop?" You ask, eyebrow quirked upward as you halt your advances and look at her.

Ellie shakes her head immediately at that, tightening her grip around your waist. She can't help but think that was an idiotic question for her to ask anyways. This is finally her chance, and she refuses to fuck up by overthinking everything as she has been up until this point. Your lips connect again with no second guesses this time, Ellie taking her opportunity to slip her hands underneath your top, pulling it over your head. Her mouth takes to your skin, sloppily lapping at the strawberry juice flowing along your neck and pulling your bra straps down enough to expose your breasts.

"Fuck, Ellie"

You slip your leg between her thighs while she's occupied with "cleaning you up" with her tongue, reveling at the way she whimpers and attempts to resist the urge to roll her hips when your knee makes contact with her clothed cunt. Her attempts prove futile, of course, the poor girl huffing and moaning against your skin as she grinds herself against your leg.

"So fuckin' needy, weren't you?" You tease, unable to help the amused laugh that escapes you at the sight of the girl humping desperately at your knee.

All Ellie manages in response is a nod, whining even louder when you press against her harder, the seam of her shorts pushing up against her clit at the right angle, her movements becoming faster and more erratic.

"G'na make me cu- fuck fuck" Ellie's muscles tense for a moment before releasing again, short, ragged breaths and muffled grunts punctuating her last few thrusts against your leg as she finishes in her boxers. Embarrassed, she buries her face into the crook of your neck, her already blushed face becoming redder at her unintended quickness.

"Shit...sorry" She murmurs against your skin, not sure if she should even look you in the eye right now.

You stifle a giggle and shake your head, running your fingers through her soft, auburn hair as a means to reassure her before lacing your fingers with hers. With your free hand, you lift her chin so that she looks at you.

"It's okay. Doesn't mean I'm finished with you."

The softness of your tone seems to soothe her, though the bashfulness still lingers on her features, green eyes casting downward regardless of your words. You press a quick kiss to the tip of her nose, and, fingers still intertwined, lightly tug her away from the kitchen counter on her wobbly legs over to the loveseat in your living room.

You lightly jerk your head in the direction of the sofa, letting go of her hand once she's seated. "Lay down for me baby"

Ellie, in all of her eagerness doesn't so much as hesitate, laying back onto the soft cushions, reaching out as if to pull you down with her. Instead of straddling her like she'd wanted you to though, you stay standing, a mischvieous giggle escaping as you lean down to kiss her on the lips once more before pulling back.

"What's wrong?" She asks, her brows furrowed in confusion.

"Nothing El. Just relax, yeah?" You murmur in response, hands now focused on slipping off your shorts. That's answer enough for her, Ellie's eyes widening a little bit as they fixate on watching your lower body, her tongue darting out to wet her lips as you pull off your shorts and panties in one go. You were soaked, and you make sure to let her know it, teasingly trailing a finger through your folds before pressing it to her lips, Ellie gladly sucking the digit into her mouth without instruction.

"Aw, look at that, I didn't even have to ask"

Ellie just nods, pink lips still caught around your finger. She's well aware of how pathetic she looks right now, but she can't bring herself to care at this point as she's too busy savoring the taste of you on her tongue, eyes damn near rolling to the back of her head off that alone. When you take your finger out of her mouth she whines.

"Wanna taste you more... please"

Her pleading pulls a chuckle from your throat, your finger gently running across her bottom lip as you speak.

"God, you're so impatient, baby. Does my sweet girl want my pussy in her mouth, hm?"

She nods vigorously, grabbing at your hand again to pull you toward her. This time, you oblige, allowing the girl to guide you to sit on her face, her slender hands catching around your hips. She licks a bold stripe along your slit before pressing a kiss to your clit, the amount of times she's thought about doing that exact thing noe finally coming into practice.

Ellie eats at you like a woman starved, lapping up every drop of your arousal, her lips latching around your swollen clit and sucking at it. The sloppy, wet noises coming from her mouth on your cunt, the muffled moaning and whining escaping her - it's obnoxious. But it's the sexiest thing you've seen ina while, her gaze never leaving you as she buries herself closer to you. "This what you wanted, isn't it baby? Spent so much time watching me 'n all you could think about - fuck - was having that pretty mouth pressed up against my cunt like this?"

Your teasing is condescening, your hand tangling into her short locks, forcing her head nice and close as you rut yourself against her tongue. The poor thing can't stop herself from squirming, pressing her thighs together, and for a moment, even detatching a hand from your thigh and snaking it down her own body to slip her hand into her shorts. You don't notice it at first, but when you do, it's clear to her you aren't having it.

"Nuh-uh, none of that, pretty girl." You lift up into a hover above her head, reaching back and wrapping your hand around her wrist to stop her. She whines again, her frustration obvious in the line that forms between her brows. "You wanna ask this time?"

"S-sorry, you're just so fucking sexy, I need you to touch me, please"

You have half a mind to make her wait longer. To pin her hands over her head and prop yourself back onto her mouth, but an idea comes to mind that you can't just ignore. You giggle, giving her a simple 'okay' and before she knows it you've shifted on top of her, settling yourself into a hover over her face again, but this time facing the opposite direction. She can't see what your doing, but she feels it when you start sliding her shorts and boxers down before leaning down and spitting on her already glistening cunt.

"Oh my fucking god..."

Ellie's thighs are shaking around your head already, her hands gripping at the fat of your ass as she pulls you back down onto her mouth. Your muffled cries of pleasure fill the apartment, the vibrations from her moans against you only serving to drive you insane. A thin layer of sweat coats your bodies as you chase a simultaneous orgasm, hips bucking and rolling against each others tongues with primal urgency as that familiar coil tightens within your lower stomachs.

"Fuckfuckfuck- coming, I'm coming" Ellie's mouth detatches from you as she's the first to go, her trembling legs clamping around your head and trapping you against her. She's shockingly quick to replace her mouth with her fingers, slipping them inside of you without warning. She's almost as despereate to have you cum on her face as she was to cum herself, and to her luck, you unravel above her soon after. Her mouth comes back to you are you finish, lapping up every single drop of cum you give her, fingers still lazily pumping in and out of your dripping hole.

It takes a bit to float back down to reality, your head resting limp on her thigh as you slowly start to catch your breath, twitching and shaking too much to actually move on your own. Ellie's not much better, her head plopped down onto the couch cushion, gently kneading your ass with her hands and pressing sleepy kisses to your inner thighs. When you're finally able to move, it's not much, only adjusting yourself enough so that your faces are level, nuzzling your body close so that you can both lay next to each other on the couch. There's a peacful silence between the both of you for a while, your foggy brains still processing how far you'd gotten with one another in the span of a few hours.

"So...you really like me then? Like actually?" Ellie breathes out, a hand lightly rubbing along your side.

You laugh and give her a playful punch to the arm, the fact that she even felt the need to ask that almost comical to you after everything.

"Ow! What was that for?" She asks, feigning as if the light hit actually hurt.

"Of course I like you, dummy" You murmur, kissing her cheek. "I've liked you the whole time"

Reblogs are appreciated ☆ tags: @half-of-a-gay, @porcelainmystery,

[isak-dot-gov]

Hey, good luck with your exams. I hope they go well! Could you maybe do a Paige x Reader where R is in the WWE & they have been dating? Eventually, they hard launch & break the internet. Please & thanks.

Rumour Has It

Pairing: Paige Bueckers x WWE!Reader

Word Count: 1182

My Masterlist :)

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Summer had become the perfect blend of adrenaline and quiet moments for you and Paige. On the surface, it was chaotic—travelling for WWE’s high-profile summer events while Paige juggled her basketball commitments and her own “world tour.” Yet in between all the noise, you both found pockets of time where the world shrank down to just the two of you. 

For months now, fans of both Paige Bueckers and WWE had been buzzing with speculation. It started subtly enough—someone caught a glimpse of Paige at a match in early June, sitting inconspicuously in the crowd with a baseball cap pulled low. A fan cam snapped her cheering during one of your matches, and the internet exploded with questions.

"Why is Paige Bueckers at a WWE event?"

"Is she a wrestling fan now?"

"Wait, she's at another match?"

The theories began to fly faster than any clothesline in the ring. Paige wasn’t a name typically associated with WWE fandom. Sure, basketball stars attended sporting events all the time, but this felt... different. Paige wasn’t just attending random events—she was there at specific matches, all involving you.

Some sharp-eyed fans picked up on the pattern by mid-July. If Paige was in the crowd, it meant one thing: you were scheduled to appear that night. Still, no one dared to fully connect the dots. You and Paige weren’t seen together outside of the arena, and you hadn’t been caught on camera in any compromising situations. Yet.

But the rumours persisted.

One night, as you waited for your cue backstage, scrolling through your phone, you saw a tweet that made you laugh out loud. It was a fan theory thread dissecting Paige’s presence at your matches:

@idkman-7:

“Okay, hear me out: Paige Bueckers has a crush on (Y/N). She ONLY shows up to matches when (Y/N) is on the card. She’s basically a WWE regular now. Tell me I’m wrong.”

You chuckled and showed your phone to your best friend and fellow wrestler, who immediately smirked.

"Looks like someone’s onto you," they teased, nudging your arm. "How much longer are you two going to keep this quiet?"

You shrugged with a grin. "Not much longer. We’ve got a plan."

The truth was, you and Paige had been dating for nearly two years. It started unexpectedly—an awkward introduction at a charity basketball game where you’d been invited as a special guest and Paige had been a star. She had no clue who you were at the time, and you had been starstruck by her talent on the court. A random conversation during the post-game dinner led to exchanged numbers, late-night texts, and eventually, a first date that neither of you wanted to end.

Your relationship was built on quiet moments—a shared love for competition, sarcastic banter over whose sport was tougher, and mutual support through the pressures of your very public careers. Despite being in two completely different fields, you both understood the strain of constant travel, the demand for perfection, and the weight of public expectations.

But now, the public was catching on. You’d kept it low-key for as long as you could, dodging questions, sneaking in and out of events without getting caught, and sharing private moments behind closed doors. Until this summer, when Paige decided to join you on your WWE tour. It had been too much fun to pass up, hopping from city to city together, sneaking in hotel room movie nights and attending each other’s matches and games.

Still, with all the rumours swirling, the time had come to stop hiding.

It was the night before your two-year anniversary, and Paige had just flown in from her latest tour stop. You’d finished your last WWE event of the summer tour and had the next few days off. Sitting together on the couch in your shared hotel room, Paige’s head rested on your shoulder as you scrolled through Twitter, watching the chaos unfold.

"Look at this one," you said, showing her a fan tweet that read:  

@nixxwwww:

"Yo, Paige Bueckers is at ALL of (Y/N)’s matches! Does she have a thing for wrestlers or what?"

Paige snickered. “If only they knew.”

“They will soon,” you replied, glancing at her. “We ready for this?”

Paige sat up and stretched, a small smile pulling at her lips. “I think it’s time. Two years… it’s kind of a big deal.”

You agreed, your hand finding hers. For two years, this relationship had been your secret safe haven from the madness of your public lives. But now, it felt right to share it with the world.

The next day, on the morning of your anniversary, you decided to pull the trigger. The two of you had agreed on the plan—simple but effective. You’d both post on Instagram at the same time, giving the world a glimpse into your relationship without the need for explanations.

Paige posted first: a candid photo of the two of you sitting on a beach from last summer’s vacation. Her head was resting on your shoulder, both of you smiling without a care in the world. The caption was sweet and understated:  

"2 years with my favourite person."

A few minutes later, you hit post on your own. Your photo was from just the night before—backstage after your latest match, with Paige jumping into your arms, laughing as you held her close. The caption read:  

"My person. 2 years strong."

It didn’t take long for the internet to implode.

Your phones were flooded with notifications within minutes. Twitter exploded with reactions, fans going wild over the reveal they never saw coming.  

@ch12334:

"I KNEW IT! I KNEW PAIGE HAD A CRUSH ON (Y/N)!! But wait… THEY’VE BEEN DATING FOR TWO YEARS?!?"

@shelbluvswbb:

"PAIGE AND (Y/N)?? No way. My entire timeline is screaming right now."

@lwfan21:

"Hold up. This is HUGE. A WWE star and a basketball phenom? Talk about power couple!"

Some fans were ecstatic, showering you both with love and support, while others couldn’t believe they hadn’t figured it out sooner. Paige and WWE memes flooded social media, along with hundreds of fan edits of your photos.

“Looks like we broke the internet,” you said with a grin, leaning over to kiss Paige’s temple as you scrolled through the reactions.

“We sure did,” Paige replied, looking equally amused. “Guess we’re officially out there now.”

And just like that, the secret was out. You and Paige didn’t need to hide anymore. You could attend her games openly, and she could sit front row at your matches without people speculating. Two years of love, laughter, and countless shared memories—and now, the world knows.

But as much as the world celebrated, nothing beat the moment when Paige laced her fingers through yours, her eyes soft and full of love. 

“I love you,” she whispered, leaning in to kiss you softly, and for the first time in a long time, you didn’t have to worry who was watching.

“I love you too,” you replied, smiling against her lips. 

And now, you could love her—freely and openly—with the entire world watching.

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Isak Speaks: Ok so I decided to borrow some of the people I followers' usernames because I couldn't come up with my own(hopefully that's ok lol)

[lov3rachan]

OT8 Meeting the family: Christmas edition

“So this is Christmas” - Happy Xmas (War is over), John Lennon

Summary: Your boyfriend joined you in your home country for Christmas and he finally got to meet your whole family. You warned him of how intense it was going to be, you really did. What he did not expect, however, was making rounds to meet your giant extended family for three days straight, hosting meals and exchanging gifts with all of them.

Warnings: big family, bad puns

With the same concept: nothing

Genre: Fluff, humour, gender neutral (you/your), non-korean reader

Comment: Kind of self indulgent and way more like precised (the reader i mean). Literally SKZ if they were faced with my Christmas schedule lol. I got like more than 70 relatives (to meet) and I’ve been juggled back and forth from one gathering to another these three days. I’m filled with food. #Exhausting. To be honest I’ve fallen down the rabbit hole called Seungmin, so this was meant to be for him only, lol. Sorry for not posting sooner but I was swamped. I wa smeant to post a Christmas series but.... yeah no. Hope you like it, merry late Chris-tmas and happy early new year!

Requested by: nobody

Written: 28.12.2024-29.12.2024

Bang Christopher Chan (19/20)

- He wants to know everything about you and your family. He yearns to be as involved in your family life as you are in his, as he sees you as family already.

- He is buying small presents for the key figures (those you find most important such as close relatives or special ones) and of course, for the children. Expensive gifts… he tries to hold back on the adults’ because he knows how awkward things can get but he will not have a budget for the children’s toys.

- He thrived on the gatherings. Sure, he was exhausted at the end of the day but he was also giddy and kicking his feet, talking your ear off about how happy he is that you’re sharing these moments with him.

- He got along with everyone. Sure, he had a slight language barrier with those who spoke neither Korean nor English but he tried, with what he learned from you. He was very fatherly towards all children and he impressed everybody with his nurturing side. He was also sure to show and tell everybody how much he cherished you and how serious he was about your relationship.

- He won’t hesitate to strike up a conversation or play with kids while you get your greetings done (if he has introduced himself already). He definitely let you take the lead though, as he is your boyfriend and the family is yours… for now. Once introductions are done he won’t shy away from going solo though he will definitely try to stay close to you.

- During game night, much like he did when playing UNO with Felix, he couldn’t help but laugh when seeing the desperation on your face (or your relatives’). He is a good sport though and he will probably let the kids win too.

10/10 Everybody liked him. He showed both how responsible and serious he is and how caring and nurturing he can be. The children especially loved him.

9/10 He liked it though he would have preferred to take things a bit calmer and have more time to properly talk with all your relatives… and also some time to spend Christmas with you and you only. He can’t wait to do it again.

“I hope we can do this when we get back to Australia, love. It won’t be as grand but.. I’d really like for you to one day spend Christmas with my family. And maybe we’ll one day spend it all together. Merry Chris-mas... get it?”

Lee Felix Yongbok (18/20)

- He wasn’t very worried to be honest. Sure, he got a bit nervous before the first gathering but nothing too worrying. He was super excited about it though. Felix will definitely ask the most random questions and be incredibly curious about your family traditions or anecdotes.

- He doesn’t want to pressure anybody so he prepares gifts for your close family and lots of baked goods for everybody. His famous brownies will get him brownie points.

- He absolutely loved the familiar vibe of your Christmas gatherings. He simply added to the festive cheer that was already ongoing. The only issue was that he never wanted to leave one. The intense gathering schedule was… tiring.

- While he is sticking to you during the introductions, he is okay with being interrogated by the adults or carried away by kids. He might be shy in the beginning but he will warm up to his usual sunshine self in moments. He is definitely a cuddle bug but he might get shy if he notices someone staring.

- He got along with everybody. “Nice guy” was definitely his new title. He will try his best despite the language barrier, even resorting to miming stuff if needed.

- Game night… Get him out of there! He tries his best not to get too irritated or be a sore loser… but he almost rages quit multiple times. Avoid UNO at all costs because he can’t handle drawing 12 cards… again. The kids will definitely love to tease him about it and he’ll end up chasing after them as they run in circles around him, card game long forgotten during the chase.

9/10 He is absolutely loved by everybody. Not only did the baked goods make everybody touched and happy but his sunshine demeanour charmed elders and kids alike. Some thought he was a bit of a pushover but they really didn’t care. They definitely teased him during game night.

9/10 He really enjoyed it but he found the continuous moving from one place to another and change of gatherings very draining and confusing. He’d rather hold one big event for everybody.

“How come that your schedule is as packed as mine during my comeback? It’s mortifying to leave one just to meet another family branch… can’t we host one big party next time? Pretty please, sweetheart?”

Han Jisung (17/10)

- He was a nervous wreck. From the first of December to the minute before Christmas he is sweating. He wants to impress everybody but he can’t help but be incredibly worried, no matter how much you reassure him. He needs to nail it (and he will). He wants to show them how mature and serious he is about being with you.

- He is going on a buying spree. He will buy so much stuff, there will be leftovers. Budget? Never heard of it. He just wants to start off on the right food (and he hopes a cool gift will make up for any misstep he might make).

- At first he hates the idea. Too many people at once… that he has to impress as well. He only calms down when it comes to it, as he pretends they are simply STAY. He might end up doing something cringe worthy (while pretending to do cutesy stuff) which will make him get red and embarrassed, making everybody laugh after the initial confusion.

- He is stuck to you like glue. Not like physically affectionate but definitely within two meters from you. If left alone he will become a ball of nerves and look for you like a stray kid (author note: I’m so funny lol).

- Despite his worries… he is funny. He is a born entertainer and he quickly became the life of the party. Sure, some (especially the elders) were worried about how serious he was about you and the bolder ones even voiced their concerns. Hearing that, he got very panicked but, despite the nervousness, he confidently reassured them. Grandparents and aunties are squishing his cheeks nonstop.

- First of all: he’ll probably not get the game right away. Second of all: he gets very excited and an almost childlike joy. He will definitely make everybody laugh at his desperations when he loses.

9/10 Life of the party and definitely liked though the moment there’s a serious subject he’s back to being a nervous wreck. Some of the most serious relatives would have probably liked to see a more “mature” side of him but most enjoyed his demeanour.

8/10 Definitely loved the fun memories but he is also burying himself from his most embarrassing ones. Would definitely meet your family again but just… small doses. He will have a heart attack if he gets this stressed again.

“Did you see that? It was so embarrassing! I can’t look your uncle in his eyes anymore! I shouted UNO when I was left with one monopoly dollar! Agh!!!”

Seo Changbin (16/20)

- Changbin will definitely whine about not being able to host it at your place, even at his expenses. He would have loved to have your family, no matter how numerous it may be, in Korea. He will ask a million questions (some even repeated since he gets so excited he forgets he asked them already). He wants to know everything about your traditions!

- Given how he was “robbed of the opportunity of hosting” he is definitely going out on his Christmas shopping. He is getting so much stuff you’ll struggle carrying it from one house to the other. He’ll tell you he can handle it while flexing his muscles but… he has just two hands. How he expects to carry half a toys shop all by himself is a mystery.

- He loves this kind of thing and he’ll enjoy it for the cheerful mood and of course, he gets to meet your family!

- He is stuck to you like glue simply because he loves you so and is clingy. He will refrain from excessive pda but sometimes he just can’t resist. He will handle himself wonderfully on his own but he’d rather have you by his side.

- He’ll be his loud funny self after the initial nerves. He will definitely get super quiet and shy when complimented but he will send back another compliment just as quickly. He is definitely charming your relatives and the kids. Definitely letting the kids climb on him and giving them piggy rides.

- During game night Changbin is definitely getting loud and being teased left and right. He’ll probably end up your cheerleader and lucky charm. Partly because he doesn’t understand the game rules and partly because he enjoys watching you play (and he doesn’t want to lose in front of your relatives).

9/10 He is very loved but the elders will not enjoy his boisterous self a lot. Grandmas definitely enjoyed his love for eating and food though. Kids? They loved him.

7/10 He was okay with it and he enjoyed himself but… he wants to host next time! He wants both your families under your roof and he wants to share these moments in a house you can both call your own.

“Ah, that was so much fun! I think they really liked me, you know? And man was the food delicious! Gotta get the recipe and have Minho cook it, you know?”

Kim Seungmin (15/10)

- Seungmin would be very thorough in his planning, learning a bit of your language and asking about your family and traditions. He wants the details, their tastes and preferences. Heck, even their favourite colour can’t be overlooked. He knew all he needed to know beforehand.

- He is buying gifts for everybody. That’s not debatable. They will be thoughtful and not too expensive but he will buy them nevertheless.

- However, he wasn’t ready to face so many people at once, being juggled from one place to another. Sure, he was used to fan meetings and so on thanks to his job but he wanted to be liked by your family and that was somehow much harder than facing thousands of STAYS. He enjoyed the gatherings, though he was drained, by the end of the day. He definitely offers to help with chores or carrying stuff if he sees somebody struggling.

- He’ll be strictly following you like a puppy though. He’s scared to mess up if left alone and he needs you there. If alone, though, he’ll try his best, though he would be very nervous. Basically becomes your shadow and never leaves your arm.

- He even stunned some of your relatives by speaking in your language. Unsurprisingly, he got especially along with the elders, despite the language barrier. Kids found him a bit more unapproachable because he was very nervous and so he ended up being very stoic and serious (kind of uptight) to impress the adults of your family.

- He did struggle to keep his cool during game night, getting carried away while playing bingo and monopoly but, luckily for him, your family matched his energy.

9/10 Everybody really liked him though he was a bit too formal/uptight for some (especially those on the younger side). He was very shy at the beginning. They definitely appreciated the thoughtful gifts. The elders loved him and said he “really is a proper young man. It’s hard to find one these days”

6/10 He really liked meeting your family and seeing you in such a familiar setting…. But he is exhausted. Too many parties and people.

“Ah, just how many relatives do you have, huh? I’m tired. I’ll see this through, though. After all, it’s your family. They love you, you love them and I love you. Consider this part of my Christmas present to you”

Yang “I.N” Jeongin (15/10)

- He is both nervous and excited and he will ask for heads-up about anything he might need to know but he won’t be too inquisitive. He still wants to live in the moment. He will regret that during the drive to the first gathering though.

- He is definitely a big spender and he will buy a little something for everybody. Jeongin is going on a shopping spree and he’s dragging you with him.

- He is definitely shy and clumsy at the gatherings. It’s a lot of people he doesn’t know that are important to you. He will pretend it’s a variety show or interview (especially given how curious and nosy relatives can get) but he will still be very reserved.

- This baby bread is not leaving your side unless he is dragged around by others. He might be taken away by the elders, who become fond of him very quickly.

- He definitely learnt some of your language before so he uses that to impress people, though he gets shy when complimented. Definitely very reserved and shy all the time.

- When it comes to games he is very relaxed about it and he will try to keep a straight face. He doesn’t want to be seen as a sore loser but he wants to win. He will be tense at the beginning but he will definitely loosen up before long..

8/10 He was incredibly shy so people liked him and his politeness but they couldn’t really get to know him well. The elders really liked him too.

7/10 He was unsatisfied with his shyness, as he hoped to impress people. He definitely wants to meet your family again but perhaps in more relaxed settings.

“Do you think they liked me? Ah, I feel like I could have done better, don’t you? Maybe… we could do this next year too?”

Hwang Hyunjin (14/20)

- He doesn’t really plan a lot. He has it in the back of his mind but, apart from the occasional question, he will just go with the flow. He’s confident he can have it go well.

- He is probably doing something artistic and hand made, maybe small paintings. He wants to make his best impression. Definitely buying some traditional gifts as well though. He will probably bring a plant to the host.

- He is used to big crowds so he doesn’t sweat it much… he’s just curious about the family ties and who is who since he has probably never met so many related people. Definitely enjoys all the familiarity in the air.

- He is sticking with you and living for the tea. He will be nodding along but his expression may sometimes betray him. He absolutely loves gossiping with you and your relatives. Does he know who you're talking about? No. Does he still care about the details? Yes, he does.

- Hyunjin definitely knows how to play his strength. He will be impeccable… which might make him a bit unapproachable to some but he is quick to notice and adjust his attitude if needed. He will get along with people very well… he might have his dramatic moments but nothing too excessive.

- During game night he is very composed, he doesn’t care much… or so he says. His side-eyes are pretty eloquent.

8/10 He charmed some but others were distracted by his physical aspect and judged him for it, worrying he wouldn’t be serious about your relationship, especially given that he is very emotion-driven and his interests vary a lot. His being a drama king definitely hurt his image with the elders but the adults and young kids liked him.

6/10 He liked it but he was exhausted after two days of it. He would have liked to take his time with each instead of being thrown around like a ping pong ball from a gathering to the other.

“That was worse than my tour’s schedule! I mean… how many people do you have in your family? Y’all could take over Korea and then some! You’re an army! If you were all STAYs we’d be at the top of the chart! I know we are nonetheless but… you get the point! And I still can’t believe your cousin broke up with her boyfriend!”

Lee "Know" Minho (13/20)

- He is very nervous but he’ll try to pretend he’s not. His mind is set on making a great impression. He might even learn your language, at least the bare minimum. He is definitely asking more about any traditions you might have. And cats. He will freeze up when it comes to it though: he”ll become a ball of nerves and he’ll get very silent and stoic.

- He isn’t bringing gifts for everybody. He is only getting them for your close family. He is preparing an insane amount of food for all. Is it stress cooking? Yes. Will he play it off as him only being generous and wanting to impress your family? Absolutely.

- He is definitely offering to cook and helping with chores and heavy lifting (much to your family’s protests). He isn’t very much into the big crowd but he will vibe with it.

- He is pretty independent, probably choosing a corner to park himself in while he waits for you. If there’s a cat he is all over it. He will probably interact with you if you call him back but if he feels you’re having a family only conversation he is leaving you space or standing by your side while nodding… even if he understands nothing. He will definitely flash his cat pics.

- He will be very silent and serious, though he might play around with kids a lot, making faces and pranking them. He definitely struggles with the language barrier but he tries his best to act present. He will be nodding along and matching your expression.

- Games need no words (mostly) so he does get a bit more into it, acting like his usual self. Definitely laughing at other people’s game misery.

7/10 They didn’t get a chance to like him a lot because he was either a completely silent statue or mocking somebody. They could see how caring he could be when helping people with chores/cooking/heavy lifting. Plus the cat pics and food gave him lots of points.

6/10 He hated that he couldn’t show his best side. He definitely wants to host a dinner to try and make it up to everybody. He still enjoyed the domesticity of it all.

“Sorry, I didn’t act much like myself. I promise I’ll do better so let’s invite them over one day! I’ll cook delicious food for them and bring the cats!”

[howparadoxical]

There's something about the rare strongman!Bruce fanart I find that makes me insane. Then I started thinking about it and like? Bruce in the circus would be so good? and really easy to incorporate into a timeline like:

Imagine Bruce runs away at 15

He has just come back from being “transferred” to Gotham Academy from a boarding school

This is accompanied by Alfred expressing his disappointment. Bruce had already been thinking about being a burden and leaving and while in the main timeline he waits til graduating he kinda snaps

He comes across the circus and through means, I don’t think are particularly interesting, Bruce convinces them to let him tag along

“What would the boy do?”

“He could be a strongman.”

Both look over at awkward mid-growth spirt Bruce.

“Really?”

“Ay, he’s got the build for it.”

Bam! Bruce is in the circus.

He’s training to be a strongman but in the meantime excels at other tasks, including but not limited to: 

Juggling, knife throwing, animal handling, tightrope walking etc,

Not to mention already can bookkeep and can pick up languages like popcorn

Essentially good at most things except general clownery and more artistic performances like silks.

The general demographics at either about at least 10 years his senior or his junior.

Kids wise, there's just him and of course 4-year-old Dick

When Dick meets Bruce he’s like “this is my new best friend.” meanwhile Bruce is like ��oh fuck, oh fuck, what the fuck do I do with a child”

When Dick is around 8 Bruce is forced to acknowledge that Dick is also his best friend and boy doesn’t that make a 19 yr old feel lame

Despite all this, Bruce is in an environment where there’s no pressure to be a Wayne and gets a clean start, which does wonders for him

Still pushes himself out of guilt and anger but now instead of being shammed for it, the people around him just redirect it

Bruce? Getting a supportive environment to train in? Sure hope that doesn’t destroy the universe

Welp, about that

Bruce stays with the circus consistently for years but disappears for a couple of months when he turns 18 (he went back to Gotham to a) prove he’s fine and b)claim his inheritance. 

Does this for a couple of reasons, one of which is that he finds out the circus is losing money and goes back so he can figure out some kind of investment to help

While there, realizes Gotham has gotten bad and is hit with that classic “oh god I’ve been happy while people are suffering I am a horrible person”

So while he does go back to Hailey’s, he ends up leaving more often as he finds different teachers and is unknowingly, officially on the path to Batman™ 

Right around 20 Bruce straight up fully disappears with barely a word as he ends up involved fully with the League of Shadows

Comes out of it a year later

The next time the circus sees him, they are performing in Gotham 

Good news is, the circus doesn’t get blackmailed/pays off protection

The Grayson’s rope doesn’t snap! Yay!

Bad news: someone tries to blow up the circus during their performance. Not only do the Grayson’s die but also the circus almost has to close down. 

The rest follows somewhat similarly but with nuance I’ve run out of room to go into. 

Hey, its an AU, not a fix-it fic :) 

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I was never going to give up

Pairing: Theo Reaken X female reader Seires: teen wolf Summary: Theo wants to juggle joining the group and dating you too. Fighting is always more dangerous when feelings are involved. Warnings: fighting, kissing, swearing, injury.

Theo had only been around a few weeks, he just wanted to be in the pack. Of course stiles hated him but he was growing on the rest of us. Especially me. I hadn’t shown any interest in him…to his face but he’d shown some in me. I guess Theo was just more… confident then I was.

“Y/n we on for tonight?” Lydia asked, sneaking up behind me at my locker. “Of course” I pulled at the lock but it wouldn’t come out. “Good so I’ll pick you up at five?” She watched me tug it with no success, trying not to laugh. Quickly with out warning two arms wrapped around me pulling at the lock and unlocking it for me. Sighing I turned around knowing exactly who it was, his arms still on the lockers while he smiled down at me. Stunning me with his beautiful green eyes.

“Good morning Theo” “good morning princess, I just came over to remind you and let Lydia know that your not free tonight because of that date we have planned” his smile turned in to a wide cheeky grin. “Um no” I folded my arms raising my eyebrow, ignoring his flirting. “Yeah, I remember that plan Theo, your date tomorrow with y/n” Lydia nodded agreeing with him out of no where. “What?” I hissed. “You remember y/n your date with Theo, have fun” she smiled reaching out to pat my shoulder.

“Huh?” Theo questioned becoming confused that lydia was playing along. “don’t do anything I wouldn’t” she winked before speedily walking away laughing to herself. “She doesn’t know what she’s- talking about too many dead bodies it Uh- messes with the mind” I joked turning back to Theo but he was already staring at me. “Let me take you out on a date, tonight” he pleaded with a soft smile. “She was- joking you don’t have to...” “I’m not. I want to, come on how long have I been trying to get a shred of your attention hun”

“I- thought you were just joking around- boy banta” I smirked feeling less awkward now. “I don’t take rejection well im not used to it, so what will it be” Theo twisted his head leaning in closet smiling still. “pick me up at seven” I winked ducking out of his arms and turning around smirking at him until out of sight. Theo watched until id gone completely mesmerised, he’d finally done it.

Later on during the school day-

Liam wondered up to me after waving across the hall. “you look happy” he raised an eyebrow suspiciously. “what? I look the same liam” I awkwardly laughed probably going a bit red. “it’s a good look y/n, we need some good spirits because well- another chimaera has surfaced” “that’s just great” I sighed deeply hitting my eyes on the floor. “We’re all going out tonight we think she’s got a target” “I- can’t come” “what do you mean- this is important?”

“I have a date” “can’t you reschedule- wait what! You haven’t dated in ages what do you mean you have a date- who’s the lucky guy” liam smirked making it extremely extravagant. “theo” you said, even saying his name made you smile and your heart flutter, your stomach grow butterflies. Liam took a second to take it in but nodded eventually clearly happy for me. “Tell him to watch himself because if he breaks your heart I’ll break his face and l can do that” Liam told me making me giggle behind my hand “you're happy, really happy- and that’s all that matters” “aww you're such a softy” I pulled him in for a side hug as a joke making him chuckle.

“Princess we have to talk” theo came up to us nodding at Liam but keeping the attention on me 98% of the time. “Is that a hint you wanna get me in private” I raised an eyebrow, Theo laughed putting his hand out not really answering. “I’ll catch up with you later Liam” I waved goobye before taking his hand. Theo led me outside not saying anything the whole way. “You alright?” “Yeah yeah.. have you heard about the new chimera that has surfaced?” “Mmh liam just told me- it’s getting scary” “you don’t need to be scared hun, I’ve got you- but look- it’s about tonight…” “let me guess… you have to cancel because we have to go hunt this chimaera and you don’t wanna say no to Scott because you feel like you need to prove your self?”

Theo rolled his eyes grinning knowing I got it exactly right. “Mostly right… but your coming with me to hunt this chimaera- hunting date” “You can be so cute sometimes” i smiled going silently red again. “No ones ever done anything like that for me” “the packs important to me y/n i need to prove my worth here and i know you know that, but you're important to me too, I’ve been waiting ages for you to say yes to me and i'm not going to let this screw it up” Theo told me seriously placing his hands on my waist looking into my eyes.

“You don’t have to explain yourself to me, you're right, i know how important it is to you to earn your place- a hunting date sounds perfect Theo I’m looking forward to it” “you know your just- ugh- i cant even put it into words your fucking amazing” he smiled rubbing my hip with his thumb. “If you hadn’t been so confident none of this would have happened- and I’ve wanted this to happen for a while” i told him in a lower tone. “Well i know what i want, and when i want something ill go for it” theo told me chuckling under his breath.

The bell rang out signalling the end of lunch and the next lesson. “Ill see you later then” i pulled away from the boy leaving me cold and wiggled my fingers at him as i took my leave. “Oh yes” Theo whispered to himself smiling about his success.

Nothing else happened in school that day. I didn't bump into Theo again, I just got on with my day. But I didn't stop thinking about him. When I go home I thought about my outfit all evening, it had to be something I could hunt in but not something too boring. It had to make me look hot, but also not be too over the top.

I decided on a pair of leather trousers that were pretty skin tight and a black top that was maybe a little booby. But that was okay because I had a jacket on over the top. Theo pressed my door bell exactly at seven and I raced down the stairs before my dad could get to the door.

But it was too late for that. "So this is the guy you've been non stop talking about huh" my dad tuned to me. I dreaded looking at Theo, worried he was going to think my dad was being wired or Theo would feel too awkward. But when I looked up at him he looked really amused. "Dad" I widened my eyes, feeling relived at these emotions.

"What I can't meet the guy who's taking my only daughter out?" "Of course you can Mr Y/L/N, because one day i'm going to come to you and ask for your permission to marry your daughter" Theo smiled as I walked closer to them both. Smooth Theo, smooth. "Hm, at least you've picked a charmer darling" he grinned at me putting his arm on my shoulder.

"leave them alone honey, let the girl leave" I heard my mum shout from the front room. "Okay okay, I'll see you kids later, look after my daughter Theo" he stuck his finger out and gave the boy a smile before pulling my head in to kiss the top of it. "With my life sir" he nodded shaking my dad's hand.

"stay safe, have fun" he rubbed my shoulder as he walked past us, back into the living room. I shook my head walking out the door, trying to contain my laughter, which I was just using to hide my embarrassment. "You handled my dad quite well actually" I looked up at him.

"You're lucky you have parents who care about you, you know" he raised an eyebrow. "I know... they're great they can just be a lot sometimes- well my dad can" I explained as we walked towards his car. "well he seemed great, but now that he's gone I can tell you how hot you look" Theo wiggled his eyebrows as he opened my car door for me. My stomach filled with butterflies as I ;looked into his eyes.

They were so mesmerising. "Thank you" "But ou always do, so im not surprised" and with that he shut me in the car. I felt so warm inside. I watched as he walked round to the drivers side. there was something just so masculine about him driving me about. Especially because I Couldn't drive yet. "Where exactly has Scott asked us to go?" I questioned as Theo got into the car.

"Someone didn't read the group chat" he giggled tuning his car on and leaving my driveway "I was busy getting ready" I shrugged with no regrets, making Theo laugh out loud. "It shows, we're going to the woods, Scott thinks the chimera will follow the target through the wooded area" Theo struggled, not questioning Scott at all.

"Bet this is the most abnormal date you've ever been on" "its the best company though" I struggled being honest. Theo looked to me slightly concerned. "My ex boyfriend was a dick" I explained in further detail. "That's why I haven't dated in so long, he really put me off the idea, it also makes me excited to do dates like this, because it's a new experience".

"Im sorry to hear that, you don't deserve that- what was uh his name" Theo asked pretending to blend it into the sentence. I laughed shaking my head. "He moved back to France a couple months back" "and what you don't think I can get a plane to France?" Theo smiled at me as his car stopped, making me giggle again. "I won't hurt you like that though Y/n, I promise I won't hurt you". he told me looking at me now.

I didn't really know what to say thou, I just gave him a small smiled and nodded. He wouldn't hurt me because my friend would rip his head off. He wouldn't hurt me because he would jeopardise his place in the group. He wouldn't hurt me because I wouldn't give him the chance. We got out the car and began walking into the first talking about god knows what.

I was secretly hoping we wasn't going to find this chimera because I didn't want the conversation to stop. But unfortunately, I saw something I had to bring up. "I- don't mean to cut you off but look" I posted at a trail of mercury on the floor. Theo bent down to have a closer look at it. "Yep that's defiantly from a chimera, we must be in the right place".

"Good eye" he smiled at me before getting out his phone to text on the group chat. I knew exactly what he would be writing but I used it as an excuse to get close to him. I peered over the screen brushing his arm as I did. Theo stopped typing for a second and then began again. If you weren't paying really good attention you wouldn't have seen It.

Scott replied saying good work and that we should keep on their tale. Theo's eyes moved to mine, I looked up at him now waiting for something to happen. Him to say something or do something. "Are you trying to distract me on purpose gorgeous?". "Id never do that, we're on a hunt" I raised my eyebrow smirking up at him.

Theo switched his phone off and stuffed it into his pocket while one of his hands found my waist. He pulled me gently towards him never breaking eye contact. I thought it was about to happen, for the first time id kiss Theo, the guy id liked for months.

But in that moment of time a huge creature jumped out of a tree at us. It was the chimera. Theo swung me round and pushed me out the way, I landed a few meters away, hard, onto the grass. My trousers had a huge green grass stain all down them. I tutted and looked up at Theo, he was fighting this male chimera now.

it had huge talons which swiped towards Theo getting him on the arm as he tried to dodge them. "Fuck" I jumped up racing towards this new creature. I didn't recognise who it was, which probably helped in a fight against them. I ran past Theo and wrapped my arm around the neck of this thing, throwing him onto the ground.

As he turned I noticed he had another feature. His tail came out and grabbed my legs pulling me onto the floor with him. My claws came out and I sliced through his tail, he squealed out in pain and I felt the grip on my legs loosen. Theo was already lifting me up and pulling me behind him.

As this creature stood back up, I watched in horror as its tail grew back to full size. The old part on the floor lied there oozing out blood, no longer needed. The chimera snarled at us before running again towards us. It was fast, faster than a human. Faster than a wolf. Theo extended his own claws and stoped him in the middle. They both pushed at each other.

The strain of their faces made the pain obvious. I tried taking out its legs but its tail whipped my own making me hit the ground. It threw it round the other side whipping Theo’s thigh and hitting him into the ground beside me. “This thing is strong” I hissed getting back up again. “We can’t make a dent like this” he told me looking slightly worried. “Then we need to change our tactic” I began, as I headed toward the thing instead of the other way around.

This was definitely new to him as his eyes contained a lot more fear in them. defence was not his strong point. I slashed my claws at him and he blocked two of them before I was able to get his chest. Theo came round the back and grabbed him round his throat. The chimeras claws came up but I grabbed his hands before he could dig into theo. I held them down as Theo strangled him until he was passed out.

He dropped the body and let it fall to the ground, we both stared at it for a few moments before Theo turned to me. “Are you okay- are you hurt?” He questioned running his hand down my arm. “No- I’m okay” I panted, shaking my head and putting my other hand on his hand bringing him closer to me. Still looking at the body. Theo pushed my head towards him.

“That was great- you’re amazing” he smiled at me, my brows knitted together. “I- just did what anyone in the pack would have done” I replied shaking off the compliment. “No y/n, you did amazing” he shook his head sternly. “T-thank you Theo… no one’s said anything like that to me before” I stuttered giving him a big smiled. “You weren’t too bad yourself” I tiled my head. Theo laughed closing his eyes.

We were both distracted. We didn’t see the chimera wake up so quickly. I didn’t see it until it stabbed its claws into Theo’s side. I saw the pain in his eyes as blood dripped out of his mouth. I froze, my eyes wide open, dread seeping through my blood .The chimera whacked him away with its tail before turning to me. I made my eyes glow with anger and the creature took one look backing off.

It ran into the trees and I didn’t follow it. I should have, but not while Theo was there on the floor. I ran over to help him. Tears filling my eyes. “Theo” I called out sadly pulling him into my arms. His eyes were closed. My heart froze. “Please- please open your eyes please” I cried holding his head against my forehead. “I’m sorry I left this date so long, I should have said yes when you first asked- I wanted to- I just got so scared” I told him, having no clue if he could hear me or not.

Amongst all the tears I put my lips against his, making his face as wet as mine was. It was only then I got a sign that Theo was alive. His hand came up holding my head against his, while kissing me back. My heart pounded against my chest knowing he was alive, knowing he’d be okay. “Theo” i whispered pulling back but keeping my head against his. “Thank god I woke up for that- I wasn’t going to miss our first kiss” he whispered making me giggle.

“First of many huh” I told him brushing his cheek with my thumb. “I knew I was right to keep trying, I was never going to give up” he whispered holding my face now too. “I’m glad you didn’t” I smiled through my tears.

“Stop crying beautiful, I’m healing I’ll be okay” he smiled weakly. He was right, he’d be okay. And now he was mine.

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The Don Diaries

Don and Sidney have had a very eventful weekend. Sidney is befriending Jaime who is really into pranking him, but luckily Sidney actually enjoys that.

Meanwhile, Don is making a move on the blonde, Gina.

… right in front of Miracle who seems to just constantly hover near Don (although in this case he's in her room, so I guess that's fair!)

Don is a serial romantic and he needs to juggle 3 romantic relationships at once, while also kissing 10 different sims. Don, however, is not experienced enough to realise that it's a bad idea to get involved with people he literally lives with.

But that's a worry for later! For now, we manage to convince Gina that she needs help getting all that makeup washed off...

Well, this is awkward.

… Don, all signs point to getting involved with Gina was a bad idea.

Don persists, though.

Sunk cost fallacy probably plays a role. It always does.

Meanwhile, Ashley continues being the bane of Don's existence.

Which Ashley finds hilarious. Don looks more like he's considering murder.

I try to get Don away, but she randomly slaps him.

WHY ASHLEY?

WHY DO YOU HATE HIM SO MUCH?

Finally, Don flees to his room to hide distract himself from the issues at hand.

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Tears In His Ferrari || Chp 7

Character: Bucky Barnes x Farmer!Reader

Summary: Bucky Barnes, used to a life of luxury, takes on farm challenges in a bet with his father. Mud-stained Ferraris and a rustic farmhouse lead to unexpected personal growth, guided by the stern mentorship of Y/N, a farmer making his city-boy life difficult.

Theme: Fluff, Slice of Life, Heart-Warming.

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Chapters: Chp 1, Chp 2, Chp 3 , Chp 4 , Chp 5 , Chp 6 , Chp 7 , Chp 8 , Chp 9 , Chp 10 , Chp 11 , Chp 12.

As harvesting season arrived, the farm became a bustling hive of activity. Y/N took it upon herself to teach Bucky how to harvest various crops—barley, potatoes, and corn. Bucky, unfamiliar with the manual labor involved, struggled under Y/N's watchful eye.

Y/N, with her deep understanding of farming, didn't hold back. She pushed Bucky to his limits, demonstrating the relentless nature of the work.

Bucky swung the sickle in an awkward arc, nearly tripping over a clump of harvested barley. Y/N, standing nearby, couldn't hold back a chuckle. "Easy there, Bucky. The crops are the enemies, not your feet."

Bucky shot her a mock glare. "Well, someone needs to tell these crops that I'm in charge now."

Y/N smirked, "I think the crops are winning this battle." She gestured towards a particularly rebellious potato that had rolled away from Bucky. "That one looks like it's staging a great escape."

Bucky lunged after the rogue potato, and in his pursuit, he accidentally knocked over a pile of harvested corn. Y/N raised an eyebrow, "Careful, Bucky. We're not going for crop domination here."

Bucky huffed, "Who knew vegetables could be so cunning?"

Y/N teased, "You've never been outsmarted by a carrot before?"

Now attempting to corral the runaway potato, Bucky grinned, "Not until today, apparently."

Together, they loaded the truck with the harvested crops, and Y/N took Bucky to the factory to sell his produce.

Bucky, gazing at the neatly packed crates, felt a mix of accomplishment and sadness. "I can't believe I did this," he muttered, pride evident in his voice.

Y/N, steering the truck, acknowledged, "You've come a long way. But remember, this is just the beginning."

Arriving at the factory, Bucky's excitement was tempered by the impending debt repayment. "It's hard seeing the money go as quickly as it comes," he confessed.

Y/N, empathizing with his concerns, added, "Farm life is a constant juggle. It's not just about growing crops; it's managing the business too."

Seeing the exhaustion on Bucky's face, Y/N decided it was time for a break. Wanting to lift his spirits, she proposed, "How about we take a break from farming? I'll teach you how to ride Alpine. It's a good skill for handling the cows and sheep."

Bucky, eager for a change of pace, agreed. "Sure, I've ridden horses before, but handling other animals seems like a different ball game."

Y/N smirked, "Well, let's make it interesting. How about a little race? You and me."

Bucky's eyes lit up with excitement. "Now, that's something I can get behind. You're on!"

Then both of them heard a female voice "Bucky."

Both of them turn around. Bucky shock seeing his crush Kate is standing behind the gate.

Kate, the supermodel, stood at the gate, casting an unexpected shadow on the carefree atmosphere of the race. Bucky's initial thrill turned into visible tension as he hastily fixed his hair and adjusted his clothes.

Y/N, sensing the shift in mood, couldn't help but feel a twinge of irritation at Bucky's sudden self-consciousness.

Feeling a surge of discomfort, Y/N excused herself, leaving Bucky to face Kate on his own. As she walked away, she couldn't shake the inexplicable irritation bubbling within her.

Kate's charming smile, as she approached Bucky, masked the intricate calculations whirring in her mind. She had been privy to Bucky's infatuation with her before he vanished from the social scene.

Recognizing the potential benefits of a connection with the heir to one of the largest companies in the US, Kate played the game, letting him believe she was unattainable.

However, her carefully laid plans crumbled when Bucky disappeared without a trace. Undeterred, Kate used her resources and connections to track him down, eventually learning about his new life through his friend Steve.

Adjusting her strategy, she decided to cast aside the hard-to-get persona and adopt the role of a supportive friend.

Behind her friendly demeanor and supportive gestures, Kate's mind worked strategically. She aimed not only to rekindle a connection with Bucky but also to seamlessly transition into the role of his girlfriend.

Her calculated moves were a testament to her determination to secure a position in Bucky's life, now that he had resurfaced.

Bucky, taken aback by Kate's unexpected appearance, tried to compose himself. "Oh, hey, Kate. It's been a while, huh?"

Kate, wearing an expression of concern, responded, "Yeah, I was getting a bit worried. You vanished from the scene, and no one knew where you went. Are you okay?"

Bucky, feeling a bit flustered, scratched the back of his head, "Yeah, I'm good. Just needed a break, you know?"

Kate's eyes widened with faux surprise, "A break? I thought something serious happened. Steve made it sound like you went off the grid or something."

Bucky chuckled nervously, "Well, I guess I did, but it's been refreshing. Found a new way of life."

As Kate admired the farm's vast fields and rustic charm, Bucky tried to conceal the fact that this wasn't exactly what Kate had envisioned.

Nevertheless, he maintained a friendly demeanor, "It's a simple life, but it's peaceful. I find it relaxing."

Kate, looking around, hesitated before offering a diplomatic compliment, "Oh, yes, it's... quaint. I can see the appeal of a different pace."

Feeling proud of his newfound lifestyle, Bucky suggested, "Wanna ride Alpine and check out the animals?"

Kate agreed, trying to mask her reluctance. However, her expensive skirt wasn't the most practical choice for a farm adventure. When she realized the potential damage, regret flickered across her face.

Kate gracefully mounted Alpine, trying to maintain her composed demeanor. However, the unfamiliar scent surrounding Bucky caught her off guard.

His essence, now marked by the unmistakable fragrance of sweat and farm work, starkly contrasted to the polished and perfumed Bucky she had known.

As they rode through the fields, Kate discreetly held her breath, attempting to mask her discomfort. The rural aroma infiltrated her senses, making her regret joining Bucky on this rustic adventure.

She couldn't help but long for the lavish events and pristine environments where she and Bucky had previously crossed paths.

Suppressing her unease, Kate smiled and engaged in small talk with Bucky. Deep down, she calculated each word and gesture, determined to leave a lasting impression on the heir to the Barnes empire. Her plan to become the next Mrs. Barnes depended on it.

Amidst the forced smiles, Kate's mind raced. 'This wasn't what I signed up for. I envisioned a glamorous romance, not riding through dirt and sweat. But he's the Barnes heir, and I need to adapt.'

Arriving at Bucky's house, Kate's expectations collide with reality. The modest farmhouse stood as a testament to the simplicity of farm life. She couldn't help but wonder why Bucky, supposedly owning half the land, lived in such humble quarters.

If Bucky turned his head, he might have noticed the subtle surprise on Kate's face, mirroring his initial reaction to the farm.

Bucky, unaware of Kate's inner thoughts, proudly led her towards the house. "Here we are. Welcome to my little haven."

Kate, trying to maintain her composure, forced a smile. "It's... quaint."

Bucky, catching a glimpse of her expression, hesitated for a moment but quickly brushed it off. "Yeah, it's not the Ritz-Carlton, but it has its charm."

As they entered the house, Kate continued to assess her surroundings, her city-girl expectations clashing with the rural reality. Still excited to show her around, Bucky remained oblivious to Kate's growing disappointment.

Y/N, engrossed in her tasks, huffed as she distributed hay to her horse. Toby, stopping by with honey from his grandparents, handed it to Y/N, who promptly thanked him and handed over the payment.

Toby, curious, mentioned seeing Bucky with a famous model named Kate Hasting. Y/N, unfamiliar with Kate due to her lack of social media presence, tilted her head in confusion. Toby, enthusiastic, informed her about Kate's status as an 'It girl.'

Y/N, intrigued, stopped her work and focused on Toby. "Hasting?" she queried, contemplating the revelation.

Toby nodded, "Yeah, that's the one."

"Hmm, interesting," Y/N murmured, her curiosity piqued.

Noticing Y/N's interest, Toby continued, "Yeah, she's a big deal on social media right now."

Y/N, still puzzled, questioned, "Why is she looking for Bucky?"

Toby shrugged, "No idea. Maybe she likes him or something."

Y/N, maintaining her nonchalant demeanor, Y/N responded, "Well, that's his business, not mine."

Toby chuckled, "True, but it's kinda exciting, don't you think? The city coming to our little farm."

Y/N smirked, "Exciting or not, I've got work to do. Thanks for the honey, Toby."

Toby waved as he left, leaving Y/N to ponder the unexpected arrival of a city celebrity to their rural haven.

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Soaring Symphony's last chapter is still a WIP but we'll get there eventually.

Still juggling two different fics set in the Running with the Devil role reversal track star!Eddie and metalhead!Steve universe:

-The 4+1 gives a snapshot of Eddie each year from the summer before high school right up to his senior year. Currently still working on the sections from Eddie's freshman year as he attends his first high school party, and his sophomore year, where he and Tommy are grappling with the aftermath of their Shower KissTM, which are becoming slightly longer than first intended with the amount of things I want to cover in each year

-The second picks up right where the first fic from Eddie's POV left off, with Eddie at his wit's end knocking on Steve's door after failing to outrun his gay thoughts, now with the world's worst first date! Hoping to finish this one this week or next

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👟Role reversal fic "Can We Talk"

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No pressure tagging a few folks to join in (if you see this and want to get in on it too feel free!) @dreamwatch @kikidoesfanfic @vthx @little-annie

Have a snippet from "Can We Talk" (spicy bit below the cut)

By Friday, Eddie had managed to shove down enough of his panic to ask out the first girl making moon eyes at him.

Melissa was…fine. She’d looked cute in her electric blue tights and matching eye shadow, nothing but giggles and coy smiles when he’d offered to take her on a date in front of her friends.

But dinner was awkward. She crossed her arms when he gently objected to her ordering the most expensive thing on the menu.

“Guess you only shell out for parties?” Melissa’d offered with a plasticine smile.

Eddie flushed with embarrassment. Kegs didn’t cost that much split between the whole team, and it wasn’t like they ever made anyone attending cough up the cash to cover them. He buried his frustration with honeyed words and a put-on Southern drawl.

“Oh sugar, don’t be like that. I promise, I can be very generous.”

At his apology she sniffed.

“I’m sure you’ll make it up to me later.”

So here he was, after an agonizing hour of stilted small talk, making it up to her in the steamed-up back of his van. At least she wasn’t shy about vocalizing her pleasure at his services.

“Oh, Eddie…”

His date wriggled around wildly as he licked another broad stripe up her slit and flicked the tip of his tongue over her clit.

Usually, his heaven was found buried between a pair of thighs. He could relax and shut off his brain for a bit, focusing on making his partner see stars. Tonight he was having a little more trouble than usual focusing. In search of more stimulation, he reached a hand up to play with one of her nipples.

Melissa moaned a little, but it wasn’t as big a reaction as he’d hoped for. The memory of a gold stud underneath his fingers made Eddie’s dick twitch. Steve had been so responsive. Maybe it was the piercings?

He pushed himself up onto his elbows.

“You ever think about getting your nipples pierced?” His date wrinkled her nose in disgust.

“No? Only trashy sluts would do something like that.” Are you calling me a trashy slut?

Eddie backpedaled.

“Shit, no it’s not that I just uh, heard they make you more sensitive is all. Never mind.”

He mentally slapped himself to stay focused and redoubled his efforts. He nuzzled himself closer and sucked hard.

[mellancholy-morose]

@puppys-teeth You said you wanted Au's and silly thoughts in this post. I'm finally getting around to responding like I wanted to. I made it it's own post cause it got long and this is basically just gonna be a list of my WIP's with some general information and thoughts with some links to some snippets I've shared previously.

Longfics:

Knowing Spirit Albarn is a Drag Current WC about 14k

This is the current longfic I'm trying working on. Spirit ends up doing drag at chupa cabras, Stein comes looking for Spirit and finds out his secret and is thoroughly amused. Stein keeps coming back cause he finds it entertaining and is trying to understand why Spirit's doing it. But Spirit's double life takes a toll on him.

A few snippets I've posted so far:

Here, Here, Here, and Here

Graves/Fountains (a Wip title) Current WC about 3k (not counting notes that are just dialog spread around my note taking locations)

Stein and Spirit go on a mission and things go wrong, they're both left unable to resonate with anyone, as they're both ignored their problems for so long their souls have gone into what is basically a perpetual state of self defense, so LD puts them both on mandatory leave until they can fix their shit. They end up working at Deathbucks to pay the bills when its been a while with no progress and LD is like 'we can't keep paying you'. They eventually are going to have to go into each others mindscapes and help each other deal with all these things they've buried deep. The wip title is in reference to the imagery in their respective mindscapes.

Pacts Writ in Flesh and Blood Current WC about 27k

A resbang I was unable to finish, as it got a bit too depressing at the time. I will come back to it eventually, but it might yet be awhile. It's present stein/marie and past stein/spirit. It's a supernatural horror au, that started from the idea of Faustian deals, if you know 'the magnus archives' there's also some inspiration taken from there for this one. The promo from resbang will give you a better idea what it's about and has some excerpts:

promo

P.I. AU Currently just notes

More like a very long fic. Its ensemble cast and its scope scares me, it'll probably be a while before I tackle this one, simply cause juggling an ensemble cast this large, and having to make sure the murder mystery makes sense is going to be a lot balls in the air. When it was first conceived it was intended to be Stein/Marie but I'm likely to pivot it slightly to make it still that to and extent but likely end game Stein/Spirit. Idk it's not currently very fleshed out besides some general beats I want to hit with things. Stein is Frank Stone (I think it's hilarious and this choice of mine will never stop amusing me) private investigator who's investigating his buddy Sid's death. also did I mention its the 1920's? cause its the 1920's.

Oneshots:

none of these titles are finalized and are more just ways for me to tell them apart from each other

Carnival Currently just notes

Based off that one ending image of Stein making Spirit puke on the teacups, Spirit is there to chaperone the kids, and asks Stein to come a long. Marie upon learning this implies its a date, which worms its way into Stein's head, leading to something of a disappointing experience when they go.

GD Current WC 2.5k

(I don't want to say the title of this one as it gives away something small that I haven't decided if I want the reader to go into the fic knowing about yet)

Current oneshot I'm working on, after a mission Spirit convinces Stein to visit his parents when he learns they're in the area. It is a bit awkward for all involved but Spirit is learning things about Stein he never knew.

A snippet of this one can be found here and here.

Two fucked up little guys Current WC 1.6K

This one admittedly is almost done, but I haven't felt up for finishing it. Set after Stein and Spirit stopped being partners and after Maka is born, but before the anime. Neither have good coping mechanisms for their stress and end up instinctually reaching out for each others wavelengths, and connect while half way across the city. It's angsty, there's some hurt/comfort but it's not got a happy end coming for it. Though this one is also one that after I post it and people are interested I might end up coming back to and expanding the story on later (and giving it a happier ending most likely)

Misc:

These are things that are minimally fleshed out and tend to be more prompts then actual Wips atm

Gay Pirates:

Spirit used to be steins first mate, now they both have their own crews, and spirit keeps boasting about his getting them into trouble. Maka mutinies her dad stranding him on an island but still kinda feels bad about it so sends Stein a letter addressed as if from Spirit for a duel to the death, and Stein ends up getting stranded on the island with him cause his crew get drove off while he's off board by the navy.

Road Trip:

Been sitting on this one for awhile, but @bcbdrums reminded me it was in my wips by mentioning her own road trip ideas on some posts. I was gonna work on this on the side of my long fic but it grew past oneshot territory and is likely gonna be a medium length fic so it went back on the backburner. It's normal world au and is a last road trip before Stein leaves for med school. But there's gonna be a time skip after the trip to after med school

Verbatim from my notes:

"You've got mail Au but with more dicks and its grindr, cause its 2022 my dude" (can you tell how long these idiots have been plaguing me? The ideas and wips are constantly stacking up)

Theater kids au:

Stein is a teacher, Spirit is parent who wont fucking go home

Some Stein/Spirit/Marie poly thing

Doesn't have much to it currently besides my thoughts about similarities between Marie and Spirit

Incubus Au

Likely to be a longish fic, Spirit is a incubus that's hanging around Stein for reasons (one of those not sure if i want readers to know going into it things) and Stein is a kind of John Constantine type

[starsreminisce]

Elain doesn’t even like Lulu so they can’t be end game.

Elain is going to reject the bond since they can't even stand to be around each other.

Elain and Lucien don't even talk.

Yea, that’s the point… that’s how their story starts.

Darcy and Elizabeth didn’t like each other at the start of Pride and Prejudice.

Kate and Anthony didn’t like each other at the start of Bridgerton S2.

Queen Charlotte and King George were practically living in separate castles at the start of Queen Charlotte

Cardan and Jude downright hated each other at the start of Cruel Prince.

By you, I am Forever Undone

Eva and Jacks didn’t like each other at the start of OUABH. They were both heavily involved with other people and continued to be even towards the end of Ballad.

There is Nothing of Equal Value to Me

That's the magic of it. Y'all got too used to the fake 'Enemies to Lovers' trope where both of them 'hate' each other but secretly want one another.

Nah. These two can't stand being around each other.

That's what's going to make Elucien's book that much more delicious.

Especially now that Lucien AND Elain are finding their inner sass.

We get to enjoy the journey from when they are awkward and don't want to be around each other, dealing with this annoying bond that draws them together, adding in that frustration.

and then... the catalyst ... because Elain is going to have to talk to Lucien at some point, right? Especially if she were to reject the bond. She's going to have to be around Lucien if she were to insist she's part of the NC, considering how many roles Lucien juggles within the same court she claims she's a part of.

Then comes the buildup: the quips, the flustering, the 'why am I feeling jealous' moments, the gazes, the almost touches, the angst, the conversations, the confessions.

And finally, the big blowup where they realize just how perfect they are for each other and just how much they've been in denial.

Thats the story! Just how well-suited and perfect they are for each other and how long it will take for them to get there!!

We would get to squeal and scream and just get all these goosebumps for them to accept it. Like, close the book because of how cute it is.

Like, I don't want them to be together just because of the mating bond. The mating bond is that something something to make their story a little sweet and spicy. It's the secret ingredient to how they get together organically.

SJM gonna serve us and we are gonna get fed.

[collecting-stories]

Guts ch. 2 - Bad Idea Right?

setting: spring break (flashback)

summary: Sarah begged and Kiara relented, heading home for spring break and the opportunity to see JJ for the first time since leaving for college. Unsure if that door is even still open, Kiara’s not positive she wants it to be. To make matters worse, she can't get Rafe off her mind.

A/N: Parts of this I’m keeping canon or canon-backstory that applies to this fic are 1). All of season one 2). the beginning of season two up until John B and Sarah return to the island. Let’s assume: JB and Sarah were successful in stealing the gold from Ward, JB made a claim for it like he said he was going to do but instead of splitting the whole lot, most of it was donated back to the island while they kept a small portion for themselves (and JJ gave his portion to Pope so that he could go to college cause the scholarship still fell through). Oh and Rafe didn’t murder anyone…for the sake of him not being a psychopath in this fic.

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It wasn't that they didn't talk at all, it was just that their conversations had dwindled into that awkward phase where they both felt obligated to talk but they didn't really know what to talk about. Kiara had a wealth of stories about school, her dorm mate, parties, clubs, but none of it involved anyone that she knew from home (excluding Rafe, and she definitely couldn't tell JJ about Rafe). All her stories were unrelatable, just reminders that she was hundreds of miles away from OBX. JJ felt like he was talking to a stranger sometimes, a stranger that didn't understand him anymore. 

"It's like there's a translation barrier," Kiara had admitted to Sarah when she called the week before spring break. 

"That's why you need to come back for break." 

Sarah had been on Kiara about spring break since Christmas passed without a reunion. At least, not a reunion that included Kiara. 

"As you said," she juggled the phone between her shoulder and her cheek as she shifted her books into her right arm to open her door. Tuesdays were her worst day, she had two classes in the morning, honor society during Q-time, and labs in the afternoon. She'd answered the phone because she always answered the phone when Sarah called, but she was annoyed too because she hadn't answered to be assaulted with 'come home for spring break' rhetoric. 

Kiara didn't have exact numbers but she was pretty sure (like 99.9% sure) that every college student on the east coast that didn't want to brave Florida came to the Outer Banks for spring break. At least that was always how it felt. The beaches, The Wreck, the promenade, every inch of Kitty Hawk was overflowing with college students and Kiara had always sworn that when she went to college she wasn't going to go home for spring break. She was prepared to say as much to Sarah.

Except when she went to turn the handle on the door she realized she had locked it, which means it had been unlocked. Her dorm mate had class right now and the boyfriend was no longer in the picture. 

"Hold on Sarah," 

"What's the matter?" Sarah only sounded mildly concerned, figuring it wasn't anything actually serious. She knew Kiara's schedule as well as she knew her own and knew she had reached her dorm by now. 

Kiara unlocked the door this time and pushed it open, stopping herself in the threshold when she recognized the intruder, sitting on her bed. 

"Sup Kie," Rafe was lounging on her bed on his back, arm behind his head, reading one of the books that had been on her nightstand. 

"Is someone there?" Sarah perked up at the muffled sound of a guy's voice in the background of the call. Kiara had just spent the fifteen minute walk from class to her dorm building talking about the last conversation she had with JJ and not knowing where they stood with each other. 

"I'll call you back Sarah," Kiara gave a pointed emphasis on Sarah's name, looking over at Rafe as she spoke. Before Sarah could say anything else in response, Kiara was hanging up the phone. "What are you doing here?"

"I felt like hanging out," he shrugged, "Ra...Ro...something, let me in."

"Rosetta," Kiara supplied, thinking she was going to have a serious conversation with her roommate about who to let into a dorm unchecked. Not that she was particularly upset about seeing Rafe, more so that Sarah had been on the phone and if she had recognized her older brother's voice, Kiara would have a very uncomfortable conversation ahead of her. "And she shouldn't have."

Rafe put the book down and sat up, swinging his legs over the edge of the bed, "what's got you in shitty mood today?"

Kiara deflated, tossing her bag on her office chair and putting her books on her desk, "nothing's wrong. I just...your sister wants us to do spring break?"

"You and me?"

"No," Kiara sat down on the bed with him, "me and the pogues...since we didn't get together over Christmas."

"We got together over Christmas," Rafe replied, grin in place. 

Getting together was one way to put it. Rafe had been explicit in telling his father that he didn't want anything to do with a family Christmas and Ward was surprisingly alright with that, given that Rose didn't particularly want to see Rafe either. As a compromise, Ward had given Rafe all-access to their home in Aspen and Rafe, not wanting to be totally alone for Christmas, invited Kiara. Just the two of them, a chateau on the mountains, and almost an entire month away from their families. It'd been good, great even, to hide away from expectations and parents and everything but then she'd come back to reality, just like she knew she would, and she was trapped all over again. 

By Sarah, mostly, who wouldn't let Spring Break die though thankfully she'd given up asking Kiara where exactly she was at Christmas. "Not like that," Kiara laughed. "Anyway, I guess I might go back."

She'd been feeling her resolve dwindling lately whenever Sarah brought the topic up and she was afraid to admit but she really did miss everyone. Even JJ, hopeful that this inability to communicate was just a weird patch in their friendship (situationship) and it could be resolved over the course of seven days and sun and surfing. Like all their problems when they were kids, it could be superficial and fixable and nothing that happened between her and Rafe would leave a permanent stain on her relationship with JJ. 

"Guess you might?" Rafe laughed, "oof, tell me how you really feel." 

"Like you care."

"Hey," Rafe leaned back against the wall, "I am extremely caring." 

"Extremely caring? Since when and to who?" Kiara asked, "and don't tell me about the time you covered for Wheezie last summer when Ward found weed in her room because I've heard that story twice already, plus once from Sarah, and I'm still convinced that it actually was your weed." 

"I never said it wasn't originally mine, I said Wheezie was stashing it for her friends," Rafe replied. "And I wasn't going to mention Wheezie anyway."

"What frat bro did you tuck in after he puked his guts out?" 

Rafe pulled a disgusted face, "gross, none of them. They're all shit heads."

"You pledged to a fraternity of shitheads? Sounds about right."

"Damn Kie, Sarah must have really wedged a stick up your ass over this whole Spring Break thing," he laughed, not in the least offended by her attitude. If living in proximity to each other on Figure Eight, spending unending hours with her over the course of her and Sarah's first attempt at friendship and getting treated like a leper for the second hadn't prepared him for Kiara's snarky attitude, then the last few months certainly had. 

While it wasn't entirely intentional on Kiara's end, talking to Sarah (especially about OBX or the pogues) set her off. She loved Sarah (and the pogues and the Outer Banks) but she hated that constant guilt that ate at her whenever Sarah mentioned going home for the weekend or talking to John B. Pope went away to college, he was further north that Kiara and she had to wonder if he ever felt this gnawing guilt. She didn't talk to him or anyone about it, Sara would just say she was missing home and she should transfer to UNC Chapel Hill: problem solved. But that wasn't it, she wasn't missing home. 

"Sorry," she apologized, attitude deflating as she leaned back against the wall next to Rafe, "your sister just gets under my skin with all this 'we miss you' stuff constantly. I feel guilty enough as it is and then she piles it on talking about how they were all surfing over the weekend or they took the HMS out to fish or they went to the waterpark and like...Pope is away! Pope is in college too! No one ever bitches to him I bet, they don't call him up and try to make him feel shitty for wanting to put a little distance between himself and everything else." Kiara tossed the mushroom throw pillow she had crocheted across the dorm, hitting the wall opposite them and watching the mushroom land on her dorm mate's bed. 

"I think we need to talk about pre-hookup chats cause this foreplay is getting a little too serious for me." 

"Oh, shut up Rafe!" Kiara huffed. 

"I'm kidding, I'm kidding," he promised, holding his hands up in mock surrender before wrapping his arms around her and pulling her against him. It was an awkward hug but she leaned in anyway, her back to his chest as she relaxed. "You know Sarah hates change...I just think it's taking her some adjusting to being at Chapel Hill. Wheez said she's home all the time."

"I know she doesn't like her roommate-"

"Or her psych professor-"

"Or her RA-"

Both of them laughed at the amount of instances that arose at the mention of Sarah's college experience. She'd bitched in earnest to everyone who was willing to answer the phone, Rafe included (on the rare occasion that she'd called him and he'd answered thinking it might've been an emergency). 

"Okay...so maybe I shouldn't have a total meltdown," Kiara tilted her head back to look up at Rafe, "part of me feels like, if I go home and I miss it then I have to come back and it's gonna feel different." 

"How so?"

"I thought you didn't wanna do this philosophical shit whenever you came over?" Kiara pointed out, recalling a few weeks ago when he had told her in no uncertain terms that they weren't 'friends with benefits' they were just the benefits part and he didn't want to hear her unload about class or Sarah or her parents. Her problems weren't his problems, as he so eloquently put it. 

She'd honestly been a little surprised to see him when she'd walked in. He'd seemed like he was cutting off whatever situationship was going on between them because of her own need to emotionally invest herself in something that he saw as purely physical. She'd told him that he'd be back, somewhere during the height of their yelling match (which her dorm mate kindly pointed out was the epitome of actual relationship problems and definitely not how friends with benefits hashed out miscommunications), but she was still surprised. She'd said it, but she hadn't actually thought he would be back. Rafe Cameron had as much ease with campus life as he'd had with social life back in high school. The kook academy had been his kingdom and Appalachia State was just as happy to have him. 

"Just tell me," Rafe replied, avoiding the question. 

"I like being away from home and not having everybody think of me in terms of John B or JJ. I feel like I'm not Sarah Cameron's friend or Mike Carerra's daughter or John B's best friend, I'm just myself. And I really fucking like that but I also kind of miss being all those other things and I miss OBX sometimes and I do wanna see everybody. I just feel like maybe the me that they want to see isn't the me that I am."

Rafe pressed a kiss to the top of her head, "I don't think you changed as much as you think you have, I think maybe you're just finally seeing yourself for something other than everyone's sidekick."

"That's some very philosophical shit," Kiara replied, turning her head so she could kiss Rafe back. The edge of his jaw first and then, when he tilted his head down to look at her, his lips. 

"Yeah, what can I say," he slid his arms out from around her and she shifted in the bed so she was sitting and facing him, "I was being a dick when I freaked out on you a couple weeks ago."

"Oh, I'll agree with that assessment-"

"Of course you will."

"Is there going to be an actual apology or just like...yeah I was a dick, man," Kiara said, dropping her voice an octave to do her best impression of Rafe that she could. 

"I'm sorry I was a dick to you and said the shit I said. That was out of line...I like when you dump all your shit on me like ten minutes before we fuck, really gets me in the mood actually-"

"Okay, you suck at apologies!" Kiara laughed.

"Yeah? I suck at other things too, want me to show you?" He teased, leaning in. 

-

Despite nice distractions and crushing midterms and Rafe's invitation to meet up with Topper in LA (which seemed like a terrible idea on all fronts but mostly because Topper would tell everyone he had ever met that Kiara Carerra, pogue, was spending her spring break with Rafe Cameron and Sarah would be at the very top of that list), Kiara ended up driving down to OBX for spring break. 

The drive wasn't terrible. If anything she spent the entirety of it listening to the other three freshman she'd promised to carpool down to North Carolina talk about high school boyfriends and up coming class projects and where they bought their swimsuits this season. It was a nice, droning, easy conversation that didn't require Kiara to ruminate on her own high school boyfriend or whatever was going on with Rafe. She felt like they were dating but then he'd 'get busy with school' or 'get distracted by frat stuff' and they wouldn't talk for a week. She didn't want to ask because he'd already, very clearly, multiple times, defined what he wanted them to be and she had agreed every time. Easy, no strings, just sex. But it never was what he said it was or what she said she wanted it to be and instead it was something else. Something that had taken on a life of its own and threatened to burst out of her every time she answered a phone call from Sarah. 

She felt like she was always just waiting, as if Sarah knew something and she was going to call her out on it. The first time they were friends, freshman year of kook academy, Sarah had sussed out the (probably very obvious) crush that Kiara had developed on Rafe. The way she tried to steal glances at Rafe whenever she was over for dinner, the significantly cuter outfits she wore around Tanney Hill (especially the amount of allowance she invested in sets from Victoria's Secret because she was somehow convinced that Rafe would stumble upon her in the kitchen at midnight and fall madly in love with her), Sarah saw it all and called her out on frequently. By the time they were friends again, Kiara's crush had dwindled to nothing more than an acknowledgment that he was even more attractive than he had been the spring before. She didn't like him though, there was too much bad blood there on the surface between him and the pogues, only amplified once Sarah and John B started dating. But Sarah knew all Kiara's secrets, even the ones she dared not to tell anyone else in her close circle and Kiara was sure there was no way to hide this secret. 

It helped that Rafe was in LA with Topper and not there in OBX because at least then she could pretend like he was still just some kook that didn't matter anymore. She could focus on JJ and whatever was still left there and being with her friends, at least for Spring Break. 

"You seem distracted," Sarah offered a tequila seltzer to Kiara as she joined her on the lifeguard station. 

Kiara wasn't even a full day back on the island and already she had found herself at a party. One that, like all the others she had ever been to, was supposed to be small but ended up on the beach with every pogue she'd ever met inviting themselves. John B had finally found a reason to detach himself from Sarah, night surfing with JJ, and Sarah had inevitably found her way over to Kiara. Partly because she wanted to spend some time with her best friend and partly because she was fishing, she knew there was something Kiara wasn't telling her. A rare phenomenon since they'd repaired their relationship the summer after sophomore year. 

"Not distracted," Kiara promised, practically chugging the seltzer, "just tired from the drive or whatever." 

"JJ was excited to see you."

Kiara groaned, leaning back against the railing, "why don't you just tell me what you want me to tell you?" 

Sarah raised her eyebrows and scoffed at her best friend's tone, "Okay, shit. I was just gonna say you don't seem like you wanna be here so...do you wanna be somewhere else? Did you meet someone, at school?" 

"No," Kiara replied quickly looking away from Sarah to avoid any further scrutiny, though she was sure that Sarah could tell she was lying. 

"Is there a reason you don't want me to know?" 

"No, I just...I don't know if it's really anything worth ruining things with JJ over. It's not serious and it doesn't mean anything, technically."

"Not technically?" Sarah asked, "so, does it not mean anything to you or to this other person?"

"Both of us."

"Okay...does this person have a name?" Sarah asked.

"Does it matter?" Kiara rebuffed, "I mean, you don't know them so..."

Sarah rolled her eyes. "Well, you're obviously missing them if you're up here moping and not joining in on the party."

Kiara groaned loudly, standing up and taking her drink with her as she climbed down off the lifeguard post. She wasn't missing Rafe. That was an entirely crazy, ludicrous, absurd, idea. She would have to be absolutely out of her mind to miss Rafe. Her best friends' (plural) arch-nemesis. The guy who made the summer after her sophomore year (and a couple years after that) pure hell. Miss him, never. She didn't miss him. She didn't miss the stupid look on his face whenever they got into the real deep shit, somewhere between 3am and a shared joint. She didn't miss the way he'd bring her coffee when he knew she was struggling to stay awake between classes on Tuesdays. She didn't miss how easy it was to talk to him or how funny he could be when he wasn't trying to be a dick. She didn't miss anything about him. She didn't. 

She just, wanted to know if maybe he was missing something about her. 

"Hey lonely girl," JJ called as he approached Kiara, offering her the cup in his hand. She'd seen them set up the keg a while ago and she was surprised there was any beer left in it. 

"Hey," she couldn't help the smile that crossed her face. Despite the craziness of their relationship, JJ was always her closest friend and her most trusted confidant. If there was anyone that would safeguard a secret, she knew it was JJ. It felt good to be here with him, even if Sarah had accused her of not being happy to see him. She was always happy to see him, it was just that this time she was keeping the kind of secret that she couldn't ever tell him. The kind of secret that could very well ruin their friendship. 

"You okay? You seem a million miles away." 

"Must be the spring break high wearing off," Kiara joked, sidestepping anything too serious. A party on the beach with her best friends should have had her on cloud nine. She knew why she felt so off-kilter she just didn't want to admit it. Not to them, definitely not to herself. 

"I heard once you're a college freshman you're more introspective." 

Kiara laughed, "I'll have to get back to you on that one...I'm not sure that's taken effect yet."

JJ looked like there was something else he wanted to say, something that might've burst their little bubble and ruined the spring break high she was chasing but had yet to achieve. 

"I was thinking this morning that we have to go night surfing...any surfing at all really...before the week is up. I was like hanging out the window on the way down here, trying to take in the salt air." 

"Are you sure you weren't just car sick?" JJ teased, the light coming back to his eyes as he smiled at her. 

"I don't get carsick! That's Pope!"

"Oh yeah, what about that time in eighth grade?" 

"No, no, you can't bring that up as evidence!" Kiara laughed. 

The sound pulled John B and Pope away from their respective groups, drawing them into their own little circle of fond memories of P4L and nothing more complicated than where they'd catch a wave or drop a line. JJ was recreating the time Kiara puked her lunch all over the back of the Twinkie (still in Big John's possession back then) after John B and JJ convinced her to go a joyride with them. Eighth grade, no license of any kind, and the four of them rattling down the main road in the Cut, going almost 70 miles an hour. Peterkin, as Pope recalled, pulled them over and was nice enough not to give them all tickets or worse, book them.

"She made us do community service for a month!" JJ argued, still convinced the punishment hadn't meant the crime.

"Yeah and you were lucky she didn't fine us or not let us get our licenses on time or something," Pope replied.

"Charge us with car theft," Kiara suggested. 

"My dad would've let her," John B laughed.

"And we would probably still be paying for that shit, which is why community service was no big deal. Besides, you barely showed up. If it wasn't for Pope and me, you two would've been fined for skipping out," Kiara pointed out. 

She liked this. Liked talking about old things that had happened, funny moments they could all laugh and reminisce at. Because she knew them back then and they knew her. Maybe too well at times but it was familiar and easy and fun back then. There didn't feel like some great divide existed between them, a canon of months that had changed her and changed them too. She wanted to grab JJ's hand the same way she used to in high school and squeeze to reassure herself that this JJ standing in front of her was still the one that she fell in love with. But she knew it wouldn't matter if he was, because she wasn't the same girl anymore. 

Over the rim of his cup as he took a sip of beer, JJ's eyes met hers and she could already tell he was grinning the way he always did before he propositioned her. Kiara had told him once that he looked down right mischievous when he looked at her like that, like he was just asking for trouble. She could never deny him though. The look alone sent her pulse racing. Tonight was no different. Whether it was because she wanted to shake Sarah's suspicions off or because she wanted to convince herself that whatever was going on with Rafe really was 'just sex', she let herself give into JJ's smile and take his hand when it reached for hers. 

They weaved their way back through the partygoers and down the beach to where the Twinkie was parked. The door creaked when JJ slid it open but even the jarring sound wasn't enough to break the spell Kiara let herself fall under. This was what spring break was supposed to be like. This was the way she had always dreamed everything would work out. That she would get the guy she wanted and get to have everything else too and she'd be damned if she didn't let herself enjoy it. Indulge just for a moment in the fantasy. She ignored the voice in her head saying that this wasn't a good idea. That she was messing with JJ's feelings, whatever they might be, and she was messing with her own too. Because she wasn't all in. She was half way out the door on a good day, always weighing every option and decision against some bigger picture she created in her head, and this was not a good day. Tonight, right now, she was barely there at all. She couldn't get Rafe out of her head, couldn't stop thinking of the implication of inviting her on spring break with him. Had it been a joke because he knew she would decline or was he serious? Did he think it was more than sex or was she just in her head about everything because she felt so disconnected. 

"You okay?" JJ asked and there was real concern there. Actual emotion in his voice and his eyes. 

"Perfect."

[hellawwe]

Maybe it’s an unpopular opinion but people are always complaining that Rhea’s reign has been boring and unmemorable and I personally think it’s because of the opponents she’s been given.

Rhea is really good in the ring and on the mic. She has an extremely unique look and a unique storyline. She has natural charisma and she’s so over with the crowd, and even with the general public who don’t even watch wrestling. Everyone loves mami or at least loves to hate her. But between them at first not giving her enough matches/storylines with the women’s roster because they were too focused on her role in the judgment day and them now giving her more matches but with (IMO) crappy opponents, they’re really fumbling her reign and I don’t think it’s her fault.

Giving Maxxine, who—as much as I like her—was clearly not ready for a match (and a match with the women’s champion of all people, at that) a match with Rhea is just gonna have people talking about how awkward the match was, giving Rhea more negative ‘press’

One of Rhea’s most memorable feuds during her reign so far was with Nia Jax of all people, and even that one ended pretty quickly. The feud with Raquel made sense but if you don’t care about Raquel, which a lot of us don’t, it wasn’t all that notable. The feud with Natty was okay but the matches were short as hell.

Imo, Rhea deserves to be feuding with people like becky, Bianca, Charlotte, bayley, asuka, etc (even though most of them are on the other brand) people who are already well-established, not newbies or wrestlers that (sorry to say it) most people don’t care about or take seriously. She deserves to be feuding with someone who can keep up with her and who she doesn’t have to carry throughout the match, and she deserves to feud with a fellow star who is on or above her level, and I feel like she hasn’t really gotten that opportunity during this reign.

And also, they could still be doing a much better job of juggling her involvement with the judgement day and her involvement in the women’s division. She should be terrorizing the women’s locker room or having a match every week.

It’s just disappointing as someone who’s a huge fan of her to see her reign being shit on for being boring when IMO it’s really not her fault. But hopefully the feud with Ivy will be good.

[vacantgodling]

re. wip master list

an ever updating list of all of my wips and ideas that i juggle in my brain at any given moment, laid out as simply as possible for y’all’s convenience. obviously PARAMOUR & TCOL are my main wips right now so you can check my main pinned for more information about those, however, these are for all my other wips that are backburner in some way.

this list will probably update often as i revamp old ideas or come up with new ones

these are also in no particular order

THE CHRONICLES OF LATHSBURY BOOK I: THE WRATH OF THE DEMON KING

summary: five adventurers from different backgrounds must face The Labyrinth as the deep magic that keeps the chaos within it at bay begins to rip apart at their seams

wip intro || character intros || crash course || s: tcol (main tag)

THE LIMINAL SPACE SERIES

summary: a series of 5 continuous books and 1 spinoff tale centered around this universe’s concept of liminal spaces. what they all have in common is they center on death, Reapers, Witches, magic, possession, and horror, but above all liminal spaces.

Liminal Spaces are defined as the place a person is in during a transitional period. this can be emotionally, physically, metaphysically or all of the above. in this series liminal spaces are more akin to separate planes of existence where death and horror reign supreme and magic is in the air. nothing is impossible and your worst nightmares usually come true.

wip intro || tags -> s: donut wip / s: noi alone / s: jenna the reaper / s: jenna the witch king / s: mason at the airport

GOD EATER

summary: the sun is stolen, drenching the upper in darkness and spelling certain doomsday for the world as its known it if it’s not returned. nevaeh is sent down to the treacherous under to find the god responsible for the sun’s disappearance and return it as soon as possible. to do that, they’ll need to find the last god eater. and they only have 13 weeks.

wip intro || character list || tag -> s: god eater

THE GRAVES WE DUG

summary: graves is a bounty hunter on the run after betraying his organization following the death of his partner, dove, in a mission gone horribly askew. however, one night in a seedy saloon far removed from their old stomping grounds of the city of rapture, dove shows up and demands that graves finish what they started before he “died.” emotional turmoil ensues.

wip intro || playlist || chapter one || tag -> s: the graves we dug

VAMPIRES DON’T TAKE ROAD TRIPS

summary: 20 year old darren de leon is content with just living his life as is, with his father dave, step-sister (kinda) olice, and not including his father’s girlfriend veronica as much as possible. that is, until someone he never thought he would meet shows up at their doorstep—his absentee mother, lizette rouzet blanc who… incidentally is a vampire. someone is out to hunt darren down and so they have to leave town to get to safety… leading to the most awkward and life changing road trip he’s ever been on.

wip intro || powerpoint intro (more accurate than the wip intro tbh) || how vampires work || tag -> s: darren and co

DEAD RITES

summary: nathali “n” blackburn is the top reporter at the small firm aurora press, and has had it up to here with the fear mongering surrounding the vampire group the marauders after the death of rising politician richard lindsey, which they have no proven involvement with. seeking the truth, n manages to arrange a meeting with a marauders chapter worker, a vampire named beau bellerose, and the rabbit hole his search leads them down may start a civil war.

wip intro || tag -> s: dead rites

LUKEWARM REJECTION

summary: aidan “di” absyna has it all—or so he thinks. he’s a guitarist in a punk band with his best friends, his boyfriend, the lead singer maverick loverde, is perfect, so what if he’s not out to his extremely controlling religious parents yet? things however come crashing down around him when the day before they’re supposed to go on stage at the biggest and probably most important event in their budding careers, maverick walks out on them, ending he and di’s relationship suddenly in the process. their leader nix, frantic to not let them crash in burn calls in a “best friend” that none of them have ever heard of—a mysterious, good looking, powerhouse vocalist toph. and toph well… toph’s a demon. literally.

wip intro || tag -> s: lukewarm rejection

ALIZATH

summary: kirsi sunniva and her aunt lady jeanna sunniva (posing as her governess) make their (hopefully) triumphant return to alizath’s social scene; to repair the tarnished reputation their family and of her father who still waits outside of the country for his banishment to be lifted. in order to do this, kirsi must make connections, and connections she makes. but even from the beginning something seemed slightly… off about why her family was banished—and who she even is. and if she happens to uncover those secrets… what will the state of alizath be once they come to light?

wip intro || the major courts & characters || tag -> s: alizath

PURPLE HAZE

summary: calvin im and jake deluna have been best friends since they were 5 years old. they’ve been with each other through thick and thin, all throughout high school… at least until two things happen on the eve of their high school graduation: jake tries and fails to commit suicide, and calvin’s long term girlfriend breaks up with him without warning shortly after that. both spiraling, but trying to put the pieces together two years removed from these events, they must slowly learn to heal, to love, and to remember what best friends are for in the first place.

wip intro || tag -> s: purple haze

THE VIRGIN OF MOUNT HEREDOSA

summary: nyoka is destined to die. a foreigner in this land that worships gods unfamiliar to them, nyoka was taken in by the council of elders when their parents passed away from a strange illness many years ago. this grace came with a caveat; that when their time came, they would be thrown into the mountain as a sacrifice to the gods. nyoka has no intention of dying for a cause they have no stake in—however when they’re suddenly bumped up the chopping block and are next in line to die, they need to think fast. the only way to get out of this? well, if they’re no longer a virgin. and perhaps, the mysterious spice merchant verin is the key to defying this fate.

s: wip intro || character intro || tag -> s: mount heredosa

NONDISCLOSURE (previously: NAD)

summary: nyseah nicoletti is an overworked nurse who suddenly has psychic powers awakened in her after a one night stand. alona springwell is a college student who works part time at the largest corporation in the city and during her first night shift sees a trail of blood leading from one of the rooms she’s forbidden to enter. donte macbride is a jaded PI who’s dragged into one last case by an offer he can’t refuse. 3 storylines, each seemingly unrelated, weave together to uncover a sinister underground of extortion, experimentation, and evil—even more than what’s already expected from the city.

wip intro || tag -> s: nad

GOTHICA (title pending)

summary: lennon rhapsody granger is sent to a private prep institute for troubled youth after she gets expelled from school for the fifth time. there, she meets and becomes romantically involved with bad boy heartthrob aurora o’rion, who is a lackey of a group called the centurion, who do not take kindly to outsiders being so close to their secrets. but lennon has always liked playing with fire… she just isn’t prepared for it to burn this badly.

wip intro || tag -> s: gofficka

NOBLE

summary: found adrift in space, noh bell is taken in by a cargo vessel and dropped off at the nearest planet. he doesn’t remember anything about himself, other than the rudimentary finger spelling for his name. yet, when he enters the tavern with the crew who saved his life, his name and face are plastered all over message boards, a billion dollar bounty on his head. he’ll need to find out what he did, and find out fast before he’s killed.

wip intro || tag -> s: noble

THE WHITE SHIRTS

summary: twins prosper and jane morning have been living life in a rural town in what used to be the united states, it’s backbone the fire department—tasked with stopping the endless raging fires that the dry heat blows in through the prairie. but everything changed when men in white button down shirts showed up, armed to the teeth, and raze their town, leaving them as the only survivors. but the thing is: there aren’t meant to be survivors. faced with annihilation without a cause, the twins begin to run with no destination in mind until they meet a fellow survivor of a white shirt massacre marin; who’s heard rumors of a ship on the east coast that can take them away from here to europe. the only problem is making it there alive.

wip intro || tag -> s: the white shirts

SUPERNATURAL DADS (title pending)

summary: hue rvynwell really doesn’t know what he’s doing with himself. as a recently divorced werewolf single-ish father of two overly powerful witch girls, he’s kind of got his work cut out for him. meddling family and friends can’t understand why he left his vampire husband of over 20 years, jihan, but so much of it boils down to that age old struggle of mortality. but he’ll have to face his demons, and his ex, when the government requires the two of them to cohabitate so that their eldest daughter can start at (essentially) witch U. and their daughters are more than ready to parent trap this situation.

wip intro || tag -> s: supernatural dads

LITTER SUPPORT

summary: kaspian or kas, has made a lot of mistakes in his life - and chief among them is unintentionally having so many litters! with so many children to look after, having custody of none of them, and trying to just get by, romance and doing things for himself are a huge afterthought. however, he knows that he should try to live a little more. its just... hard when you have your hands full. (this takes place in the same universe as supernatural dads)

wip intro || tag -> s: litter support

CELESTIAL WEDDINGS

summary: dagmar of dattenmaow (or the 8th sphere) is one of the eight hopefuls set to try their hand at becoming the new celestial ruler; after the previous one rava died only 50 years into their reign. after 27 years of rigorous training by the celestial lovers, the hopefuls begin the most important part of their journey; traveling to each realm to woo and marry a member of the royal family of each sphere. polyamory, love, weddings, and uncovering the truth behind rava’s demise await.

wip intro || pinterest board || tag -> s: celestial weddings

TRAIN MASTER CHIDORI

summary: chidori jonson just hit his 1 year anniversary of being a train master—and things are just starting to kick off!

notes: train master chidori is more of an art project/potential webcomic so not much writing mostly art will you see if this wip.

playlist || tag -> s: train master chidori

SIXTEEN CANDLES

summary: ranger, nanette, tucker, vani, and roger have been friends for 16 years, and with that much history in one group chat? shenanigans ensue.

notes: this is a chat-style wip, so any writing will be in the form of characters messaging each other. i love the emerging language that is internet linguistics, so there will be a lot of playing around with how words are showcased. remember: no typo is just a typo in this wip!

character list || tag -> s: sixteen candles

TEARDROPS OF THE GODS

summary: quill is half-merman; he’s known this since he was a boy, but the fear of capture by his pirate father has kept him from returning home to the sea. until, a string of town decimating pillages begin down the coast—quill knows his father is coming to look for him. and frankly, it’s high tide (heh) that quill get revenge for everything that man did to him.

wip intro || tag -> s: teardrops

RED DEATH AND THE ORACLE’S FAVOR

summary: red like blood, that’s what she named herself when her sister was stolen. red like death. she has been scouring the land for her missing sister and it has been endless years of empty leads and dead ends until she finally meets the man called oracle, hel lovendusky. he, who knows everything about everything and could know the whereabouts of her sister, and with the promise of protection and one unnamed favor, he agrees to traverse these war battered lands with her to find her.

wip intro || tag -> s: red and hel

PERI & DANDY

summary: when you die, your spirit is taken to the library—a world between worlds where you’re allowed to read your book of life, make peace with it, and pass on to whatever your idea of an afterlife is. librarians guard these sacred spaces; not man, nor woman, but angels or bookkeepers, who guide souls on. one spirit has always been the sacred rule. so what is she to do, when two souls show up at the exact same time; named vesper “peri” and andrew “dandy”. and this is not the first time they have died at the same time. in fact, this ongoing phenomena may break the very fabric and principles that she holds dear. what can you do, when a soul loves itself so much that it splits in two to never be apart?

wip intro || tag -> s: peri & dandy

DREAM TEAM

summary: yeah tbh no fancy summary here, 4 kids traverse to a fantasy world in their dreams where they’re the chosen ones meant to stop a great evil. they continue to visit dream world every time they fall asleep and they can see the changes irl but eventually when they all go to the same college they end up meeting in person for the first time. which is yknow. bad cuz that means the evil is about to strike but yknow. GOOD bc shenanigans.

notes: this wip will probably never be formally written it’s just funny to think about and i’m allowing myself to be a kid with it since i technically thought of this idea as a kid. bless.

wip intro || tag -> s: dream team

MARVIN & LINDA

summary: after finishing a recon mission with freelance special agent “linda”, “marvin” is ready to finish these file downloads and get onto his next mission. they receive sudden correspondence from his employers however, that they will need to wait (i have to decide how long) before they can be extracted and they are not to leave the hotel. this forces two extremely private and dangerous agents in one room to unfortunately tear each others walls down and bear each others souls before parting once again.

wip intro || ending || tag -> s: marvin and linda

ITRI & THE GIANTS

summary: i’m still working on the plot but this is a thumbelina adjacent reimagining. i’m thinking itri is a “dwarf but not how we think about them” and his nickname is thumbs because he’s great with his hands and always has the “thumbs” to fix things. i know the giants to them are essentially like past gods or something like that. So. gotta figure this out.

wip intro || tag -> s: thumbs and the giants

BROKEN CLOUDS

summary: utah and slug's mother has been missing since slug was born, and almost 20 years later, utah wants to find her. at the same time, their aunt, official but absentee caretaker, and their mother's elder sister, risky game, receives a letter in the post from someone claiming to be her long lost sister. this leads to the three of them, plus utah's hacker partner gator to head out on a fucked up roadtrip to find out what happened to their mom annnnd a bunch of other shit happens too.

wip intro || s: broken clouds