#can someone lmk what their ship name is so i can tag it pls and thank 🙏

[cat-soda]

bad habits

A decade later, and Iori’s still kind of head over heels for him.

Pairings: iori x yohei (sorry idk what their ship name is orz) IOHEI!!!!!!!

Word count: 354

Warnings for: alcohol mention

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Yohei would kill him if he said this to him out loud, but he’s always been ethereal under moonlight. Iori’s eyes slide over to him on the other side of the bar, magnetized, noting how he keeps himself a respectable distance away as he sweeps the floor. It’s a quiet night, with not a single other patron in sight, but Yohei’s always been serious and hardworking, earnest and solemn, while Iori…

well. Beneath his cheerful exterior, Iori’s always been considerably less earnest. 

Iori rests his chin on his hand and watches him, grinning. He doesn’t know exactly what he’s watching him for, heart feeling heavy and warm all at once, but he does know (intrinsically, down to his bones) the exact amount of seconds he needs to do this before Yohei finally turns and crosses his arms. “Spit it out.”

Iori grins wider. “Spit what out? The whiskey? I was having a good time drinking this, so no, I don’t think I will.”

“Cut the crap. You’ve been staring all night. What exactly do you want, Iori?”

Iori considers it for a moment, swirling the liquor around in his glass. “Today’s my birthday.” Coyly, and maybe a little bashful for it, he glances up at the other man. “Can’t the birthday boy ask for a kiss from his dear old partner?”

“That’s it?” Yohei rolls his eyes, but reaches for him without much further complaint. When he leans over, Iori is able to smell the musk of his familiar scent, and it affects him much the way it always has for the last decade— heart thumping, head dizzying, skin burning. 

Yohei kisses him on the cheek. 

Then, before Iori can protest, Yohei turns his head and kisses him again on the lips, searing, pretty fingers tangling in the strands of Iori’s earring as he pulls him closer. Iori has to restrain himself from leaning in further as Yohei pulls away, too soon, and Yohei’s the one smirking this time. “‘s that enough for you?”

He returns to sweeping like it’s nothing, and all the while, Iori’s thoughts rage it’s not it’s not it’s not.

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a/n: i’m trying to get comfortable writing the paralive characters, join me on my girlflop loserbitch journey 👍

[sweet-s0rr0w]

writing interview game

honestly, i very much doubt that anyone wants to read what i have to say about writing, but i got tags from some lovely friendly people (thank you to @garagepaperback, @citrusses, @arminaa8 and @wholahoop) so let's start and we'll see where it takes us.

how many works do you have on ao3? 31

what's your total ao3 word count? 368,607

your top 5 stories by kudos?

Nor All That Glisters 

Kept in Cages with @ihopeyoubothstaysafefromharm (art)

Dreaming Skies with @tackytigerfic

Among the Elements

When The Party's Over

do you respond to comments? no, i'm awful, i don't think about it too much or i feel absolutely overwhelmed. i read and appreciate every single one though (except the draco simps complaining about glisters you know who you are) and in my dreams i will reply to you all one day.

what's the fic you've written with the angstiest ending? i don't really do angsty endings, although i did recently write a creepy timeloop fic! also, if anyone wants a laugh please check out the first bookmark on that fic, which is named After the Time Loop:

(also, 'a good enough fic' yeah well your reading comprehension skills aint all that either mate)

what's the fic you've written with the happiest ending? maybe kept in cages?

do you write crossovers? no

have you ever received hate on a fic? not just hate on my fic, hate on my fic that somehow led to me being accused of something i didn't do and basically ostracised from fandom for like nine months. wild!

do you write smut? intermittently

have you ever had a fic stolen? no-one would bother. though i think AI is stealing from all our fics right?

have you ever had a fic translated? yes! the lovely @moonletterss has translated several of my fics into brazilian portuguese! and by the way i had the nicest comment a few weeks back from someone who'd read the translation and came to say thank you to me too, so i'm super grateful to you moon <3

have you ever co-written a fic before? yes, i had the time of my life with @tackytigerfic on dreaming skies and my dream is to write a drarry with them one day if they'll have me. i think there are probably two other people i'd love to co-write with, but i'd be too shy to say!

what's your all-time favourite ship? so basic, but drarry

what's a wip that you want to finish but don't think you ever will? omg i started a fic many MANY moons ago which was actually supposed to be a gift for @vukovich with a fairly morally corrupt draco who works for vice squad and is sent in undercover to let some guy pick him up, and harry's his handler and has to watch him in frustration as he shows off for all the hidden cameras etc. not sure it's something i would write well these days but you never know!

what are your writing strengths? dialogue, pacing (i think)

what are your writing weaknesses? everything that's not dialogue, also i joyfully skip back and forth all over the shop when i'm writing a first draft which means i have to force myself to go back through in order afterwards to make it all make sense. there are better ways, i'm sure, but i really don't care.

what are your thoughts on writing dialogue in other languages in a fic? oh, definitely! what, as opposed to jkr's 'eet ees lucky zat 'e is marrying me'?? yes, no thanks to that. i'm sure i've had some french in there before, and i seem to recall asking people for italian and german advice though i reckon that was like book titles and not dialogue. but definitely i would!

what's a fandom/ship you haven't written for yet but want to? oh god, f1, always the one that got away.

what's your favourite fic you've ever written?

nor all that glisters (i'll never not be proud of that as an achievement, especially given the pit of postpartum despair i was in), dreaming skies, or silhouettes

tagging: @tackytigerfic, @maesterchill, @kamaela, @shiftylinguini, @moonflower-rose, @epitomereally, @lemonlimelea, @sorrybutblog, @oknowkiss and anyone else and if you've done it pls lmk so i can hunt it down and reblog <3