#can you spot the kiddos in there? 👀

[bambiimutt]

hiii!!! Can you do masky as a father figure to edgy emo/scene teens? 👀

Father Figure Masky

Of course I can my love!! I actually haven’t thought of doing something like this so I’ll give it a shot!!

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Not any tw’s if I missed any please let me know. Just some wholesome Tim! Lots of fluff!

-I feel like he probably finds you in a Library. He doesn’t go often but when he usually spots you. you’re always reading a book or sometimes drawing. He never sees your parents so he assumes you must be old enough to be out on your own.

-he’s typically in there for.. well not really anything. To get away from the noise. From the typical people. He usually sits in a corner, book in hand slightly slouching in his chair, legs crossed over each other. His satchel usually sits beside the squeaky chair, occasionally he pops a pill, swallowing down water and going back to whatever he’s reading.

-you come in one afternoon, grabbing the book you’ve been reading the last couple of weeks and heading towards your spot. But when you arrive you’re met with a few teenagers from you school. “Shit.” You’re quick to turn on your heel before they see you and try to find some other quiet corner to sit in. And when you do someone else just so happens to be sitting there.

-you clear your throat. “Uhm..” Tim looks up from his book, eyebrow cocked. It’s you. “S-sorry. Uhm. Do you mind if I sit here. I won’t bother you or anything.” He’s silent for a moment, his fingers curling at the page before he closes the book. You’re quick to roll your eyes when you don’t get a response “hellooo?” You wave your book in his face before he speaks “g’ahead” he moves up slightly and watches you carefully. He takes note of your funky hair, how it isn’t natural. The piercings on your face and the clothes you wear.

- this is all where it kinda started. You’d start sitting with him whenever you knew he was there, he’d learn why you were always here, how your parents just never treated you the greatest and the only way to escape was to come to the library.

-you finally ask him one day why he takes so many pills, why he needs so much medication. And oddly enough he feels okay to open up to you about those things.

-I think he would feel some sort of comfort. He likes that your different then others. In a way you’re like him, but maybe not so violent. And he tries to keep that part of him away from you. He tries to just be the happy him, but it’s hard when he’s been out all night blacked out stalking innocent individuals.

-he ends up buying you some art supplies. He first took note of your artistic skills from the moment he seen you. He likes the weird things you draw, it almost eases his mind to know he’s not the only one with weird stupid scary thoughts.. though you are more of a edgy teenager.. he’s just not normal.

-your name in his phone is kiddo. He probably sends you stupid fucking memes he finds on the internet that he thinks are so Hilarious but they’re actually so fucking cringy.

-Calling him dad for the first time. Yeah it kinda just slips out and he’s shook. You think he’s angry, uncomfortable but he’s in pure SHOCK. Really? You look at him like that? That’s so… sweet. He cares for you deeply and wants to see you go far. So the fact that you see him like that.. damn you might have just wiggled right into his heart.

-it takes him some time getting used to it but at some point he fully allows you to call him dad. He’ll pick you up from school, he’s always the one to listen to you when it comes to bullies at school, he buys you lunch, makes sure you have school supplies that you need. You call him asking him to pick you up because you don’t wanna be there anymore? He’s on his way.

-“can you take me to the MCR comeback concert?”

“Fuck no.”

-Trust me he’d love to take you to those things but his money goes to his medications and his house, he’d rather have a roof over his head then be surrounding by teenagers crying and screaming. Butttt.. that doesn’t stop him from buying you things that you’re interested in. Band shirts, new hair dye, comics, etc.. he even goes out of his way to make sure you have new things, new phone.. whatever you want. I think he’s taking the dad role straight to the heart.. but it makes him happy.

-if you were ever in a situation to be put up for adoption. He’s 100% willing to adopt you. But if you’re old enough to be moved out, he’s got a bedroom all set up for you.

-he takes his road trips.. and fully takes pride on the fact that he listens to dad rock. He sings horribly to the music while you groan and plug your ears, and searching frantically for your headphones “dad please! Shut up!”

-he does let you play your music majority of the time though, and he actually doesn’t mind any of it. He thinks it’s pretty cool.

-“I bought hair dye..” you look at Tim and sway side to side, hands behind your back. He stares at you from the couch before shutting his eyes and sighing “alright, grab a plastic bag and get to the bathroom.” He always dyes your hair. And he’s always wrapping the damn plastic bag around your head too tight. “Gotta make sure that dye stays in there” and gives you the meanest dad back slap.

-if you ever graduate, he’s in the back of the stadium watching you proudly from afar. And of course he has gifts for you, what kind of father would he be if he hadn’t. Once you’re both in the car he’s got a small box and a large bag ready for you. Some new clothes, items and those damn concert tickets you always talk about.

-he’s a good papa. He’d never judge you for your interests nor what you looked like. He thinks you’re super bad ass and he’s proud to be such an important figure in your life.

[mintytealfox]

Good morning or afternoon!

I was wondering does Norton still have his hunter identity switch? I been furious if he does do his children know about that side to him? I'd feel like if he still could switch into fg he would only do it to protect them from any dangerl.

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EYYY Good Morning or Afternoon or even Evening or Night to you too!!!!!!! ;w; 💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞 OH FRICK YEA HE DOESSSSSSSSSSS!! IN MY MIND HE DOES LOOOOOOOOOOLLL 🤣👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

GOSH just thinking of it 👀 Alice and Norton explaining this concept to their kid in the form of a bedtime story or rhyme that is easy to memorize, so the kid will know what to do when they see Norton's switch form. The kid recounting the story in their head so they know where to hide to be safe, cause the reason the giant man of rocks is there 'is because it is protecting those who know the story' 👀🙏🙏 Cause, I can see it being hard to get 'that is dad' at first, when so young. So to teach the kid 'this is what you do when you see the man made of rocks' would keep the kiddo from running TO dad for safety and rather running TO the place that dad is keeping safe 🙏

this keeps the kid out of harms way, makes it to where both Alice and Norton know where their kid will be, and keeps the kid from trying to wander around trying to find their parents, just knowing that mom and dad will meet them at the spot eventually and that this is the safest place they can be. 💞🙏🙏

[azsazz]

Hi Az! I've been rereading your works over and over again. It amazes me how incredible your write is 🤍

I've been thinking about your next generation and I wanted to know if your ever thought about how Lucien's and Eris kids personalities would be and with what bat-babies they would be friends with?

Hello hello! Thank you so much!!

Lucien I haven't thought too much about his kiddos personality-wise, but he has twins named Scout and Bandit. I think that they follow their namesake and get into a lot of trouble, but other than that I'm not really too sure about their personalities. I'm feeling like they'd get along with the wilder bat babies, the ones who like to make trouble, but perhaps one of them would have a soft spot for the quieter next gens and be able to keep the crazier twin from getting in too much trouble or going too overboard with their plans.

Eris' children, as we've seen (Maude, Juniper, and Rook) are quite different. Maude is head over heels for Cassian's son, Gideon, and is very ambitious and is definitely not afraid to go after what she wants. She's a natural born leader and can be bossy at times, but let's face it, Giddy is into that (he must get it from his dad).

Junie I suppose we don't know much about but I see her being very close with Cassian's daughters, Castor and Sif. Perhaps really close with one of them 👀 She's still being developed.

And my baby Rook, ah, love him so much. I think he's on the quieter side but not because he's shy. He LOVES reading people and playing strategy games. He's always trying to be one step ahead of everyone and he loves getting all of the details of everything. He isn't a gossip but sometimes things just slip out. He and Knox I think could be friends, and I think that Rook would learn sign language after their first meeting because at first he doesn't know it and his thirst of knowledge will be fufilled and because Knox is a mystery that he wants to figure out. I think Knox would be shocked and put his walls up at the first time Rook signs back at him, but Rook worms his way into Knox's heart and takes second place for best friend because his number one best friend is Malos 💙

[spinnysocks]

young tlg crocodiles aus

i didn't realise i couldn't save ask answers as drafts! :( but anyway, @devilsrecreation asked: So what exactly are your ideas for the baby crocs in The Lion Guard I’m really curious 👀 so here's my response!!

as she already established in her hcs, pua is basically everyone's adoptive dad! in this context to makuu, kiburi, tamka, nduli and neema! he has different relationships with all of them but he's closest to makuu and kiburi for sure

i like to think that makuu is older than the other four; i was going to say don't question me on ages but i just found out it takes ~12-15 years for nile crocodiles to reach full adulthood! so it checks out that makuu could be a year older and still hang out with them. there's probably so many non-mature members of the float that they have younger groups within it

speaking of that, i actually think makuu didn't get along very well with the other crocodiles his age. but, one day, he briefly interacts with the younger kiburi's group and gets to know them really well. he kind of becomes their secondary charge behind pua. no danger was gonna get close to those four lmao

i think crocs are pretty wholesome & innocent when they're babies but get more into the crocodile way as they mature. it's just really cute to think of baby kiburi, tamka, nduli and neema innocently interacting

there's this song i fell in love with while coming up with the mjuzi nduli au called little fang by avey tare! for me personally it fits my ideas for that au, i think it's also sweet as a lullaby/poem that pua sings to the five kiddos. i really recommend it it's an adorable song

i'm a sucker for crack/uncommon ships, i saw pua x basi once and it kinda stuck with me. i'd just enjoy seeing their dynamic as two leaders who work together when it's the time of year for the crocs to share with the hippos. because of their bond (platonic or romantic idrk), i imagine one of the reasons beshte is so friendly is bc he grew up around and got to know the crocs when they'd share big springs with the hippos. he says "I know it's crowded, Kiburi. But it really is a good spot" because he remembers the crocs' younger years and knows they can be reasonable, but things changed that weren't under his control and he couldn't do anything about it.

he feels kinda dissapointed about how things changed, cuz to him the crocs were like the neighbour's family you get to know really well. to stir up some more sadness, it's almost always beshte who's kicking out kiburi's float. beshte sends them back to the outlands himself so they don't hurt his friends, even though he remembers when they were 'good' or more understanding/just before makuu and kiburi's rift in general

since it takes so many years for crocs to mature, i imagine the younguns would spend ALL THE TIME playing. pua has a soft spot for the five of them so their playtimes and adventures become kind of like a bluey episode where they learn something valuable. kiburi listens to him more than anyone, while makuu's a bit more like "Yeah, yeah" bc he thinks being older means he doesn't need to learn anything new

one of pua's lessons would be not to judge or underestimate someone for being different, such as neema for being mute or nduli for not being born in the float (my own hc is that he's from an outsider float that was really struggling which is why he's so small. he was found by pua really young and his parents agreed he'd have a better life in the pridelands)

pua taught the five a lot of good lessons but obviously not all of them stuck. i haven't come up with what caused the rift between makuu and kiburi exactly, but i think kiburi's float would still want to be friends with makuu, and even more so after he redeems himself. despite being fully grown now they still kinda see him as a cool older brother that they can learn from but they'll always stick with kiburi because, at the end of the day, it's them four against the world lol

whew. that's it for now! i could write for days about these guys. and i probably will make a follow-up post at some point

[smilesrobotlover]

I need to know about your Link OCs! Can you give me a brief summary of them all? Or a fun fact for each? Who’s the cinnamon rolls vs the ones who would kill you in a heartbeat? I must know 👀

Hehe since you asked… UwU I’ll explain top to bottom from that one image

Fluffy is the predecessor to Cursed. It’s no secret anymore cuz it was sorta revealed in the comic already if you remember what he looks like but he’s also Cursed’s grandfather :) Idk what he did specifically I’m still tryna figure it out but I know some major things he did was that he rescued the young prince since some evil (possibly Vaati) kidnapped him for his divine magic. Typically it’s a princess with the goddesses blood in her veins but I’m like… there had to be a dude right? It would be exceptionally rare but that prince had the power of the goddesses :) and fluffy also tried to protect Ordon from the tyrant king who tried to force Ordonians to submit to his will. There would’ve been some intense bloodshed but there was a bright light and all the Ordonians disappeared. So ordon is a ghost town. Where’d they go? 🤔 when his oldest son Taril was like, 10-14 he left mysteriously and never returned.

Then Cursed I can’t talk about much cuz his story is being explored in @thecurseofdemisecomic which I haven’t worked on in a hot second and I need motivation again cuz it’s kinda dying unfortunately. I’m not even done with arc one 😭😭 but you can read some of it there. If ya want :) the main premise is that Ganondorf is actively hunting down the hero of Hyrule. Only issue, the hero always appears from the most random spots ever. So he’s hard to find

Malakan is… confusing to me. He’s Cursed’s successor and idk what to do anymore with it. It was gonna be called the Curse of Hylia but truthfully the lore for that doesn’t fit the lore I had anymore. I feel like Hylia is truly gone, living on through Zelda, so idk what’s going on there. But the art I made was cute lol. Anyways yeah idk what to do with him, he’s just hangin out. He’s also Cursed’s like, great grandson? Mayhaps? But yeah, he was like, bffs with Ganondorf and Zelda. It was one of those ;)

Moon is my son and my baby. His whole story I almost made a comic for but nothing has happened yet. Basically hes from the dark timeline to TCOD where the hero was murdered and the master sword gone. The world fought back for a long while, but without the master sword, the world inevitably was nearly destroyed, with Demise winning (in this Demise and Ganondorf started working together). The world was a barren wasteland and slavery was common. Moon was a slave and he was thrown into a pit after he fought back against the slavers to protect someone. The golden three returned to Hyrule to salvage what they could, Farore, being the goddess of the life, wanting to save it entirely. Because of Moon’s courage, she sent him the Triforce of course before being cursed into a little bunny. Demise couldn’t kill her but he sure as heck humiliated her with that form. Moon finds a zelda and after discovering his Triforce of courage (zelda having the Triforce of wisdom), she sent him to find the shards of the Triforce of power, which was shattered when she tried to defeat the evil. Moon finds Farore and they search for the shards, eventually restoring Hyrule with the Triforce. Idk what specifically happens after that but he meets Groose, he gets magic, and it’s fun :) Moon is deaf but he never learned how to communicate, like ever, so it was a rocky road for him until he learned sign language. He’s also Skord Link’s direct ancestor UwU idk why but that happened. That’s why Sky kinda looks like him! It was an accident but I leaned into it!

Then Real. He’s a fun kiddo. Basically his story is that he’s some kid who moved to Hyrule after his father passed away, and the supposed hero of Hyrule went searching for the master sword with his help. But Real ended up being the one to draw the sword and having the hero’s spirit. The fake hero did not like this and was raised to believe he was the true hero, so let’s just say he did some bad things. He took Real to try to steal his Triforce of courage cuz he believed that would get him the master sword, and Real was able to escape. He meets Beck (or Linebeck the 87th ;)) and is able to convince him to help him. They run away from “Fake” despite the many tricks he throws their way ( he pretends he’s Real’s father at some point but Beck knew that his father died. Also Fake is like, 18 years old lmao). Idk what happens after that. Beck has a son that supposedly died by a creature that steals force (but he doesn’t) and it possibly takes Beck and there’s this whole thing. Idk the ending is messy but that’s the gist of it! I actually did a whumptober with Beck and Real! Fun times! Also Real loses his eye 😔

And then Flower… oh my baby Flower. He’s such a good boy and has such a gentle soul. This is in Moon’s timeline. Because the death of the hero caused so much destruction, the royal family started searching for the hero to protect him. But it got a little extreme and Flower was forcefully taken as a baby (this leads into Real’s story with the royal family taking the wrong baby). He was raised by the sages, specifically the Sage of light named Kaeru, who is a terrible and abusive person. Flower loves animals and has a blue cuccoo named Nitrogen thanks to the folks on discord and he meets a friendly Moblin too. Zelda in this is really pushed by Kaeru and he’s noticeably exhausted. There’s no big plot, it’s just Flower hangin out. I also have a whumptober fic with him and Zelda lol. I love him

And then they’re not here but there’s also Rayne and Mushroom!

Rayne is the hero in the villain squad au! He has an older brother and is seen as a failure :D And Mushroom is a random child who was raised by a Goron! Idk how else to explain them, mushroom is so silly.

[confetti-cat]

Top five fairytales!

I got thinking way too hard about this and accidentally buried it in my drafts, oops. Finally, here goes! 💕

5. Rapunzel

While the original version isn't really my cup of tea—it's a good fairytale, and a classic, but is honestly a pretty wild and sad story—I wanted to give it a spot here because of how much I've adored different retellings of it. Specifically, Tangled (the animated series especially!) and The Lunar Chronicles' Cress. Minus the awful life scenario, I find it enjoyable to read how so many retellings explore Rapunzel in a way that's relatable as a homeschooled kid—someone who hasn't seen much of the world, but is full of hope and love for it. It's also pretty fun how the story seems to attract writers who want to give it a hilarious male lead. Eugene and Thorne are both great characters, in some ways that are the same and some that are very different.

4. Prunella

Someone, and I won't say who, is entirely to blame for this one. The "acts of kindness are stronger than any evil" theme! Showing love to others in hard places! The epic ending scene! I did not expect to love it so much, but it was right up my alley. (May have to pester you again about your retelling kiddos at some point 👀 <3)

3. Beauty and the Beast

It is entirely possible I'm the only person in my sphere of Tumblr who hasn't seen the Disney version, but it's another classic, and I love the story. One of my favorite fairytale "curses" is when someone is outwardly transformed to match their soul—an event that could've had good results in the case of someone good and unselfish, but in the case of someone who outwardly looks fair but has an ugly heart, it's a poignant life lesson about themselves. Hearing Glen Keane talk about it in the context of the transformative power of love (and 2 Cor. 5:17) was so neat. Also, being a story of "normal girl who loves books befriends/is the catalyst for change in a monster via kindness and being willing to make sacrifices for those she loves", it feels especially inspiring for what I'd say is its primary audience, Normal Girls Who Love Books.

2. Nix, Nought, Nothing

I only found this one while searching for a fairytale for the Four Loves Retelling Challenge over at the inklings-challenge blog, but wow it grew on me. The sheer friendship vibes! The sweet interactions! Self-sacrifice and true-as-in-faithful love! I ended up loving the resulting retelling I wrote a lot more than expected, too. (Shameless story promo, it can be read on Tumblr or on AO3!)

Then - I had to think for a while about #1. Do I have a favorite fairy tale? Can I pick just one?

I've come to the conclusion my favorite is one that doesn't exist in the same form as the others: the classic concept of the prince/knight saving the princess from the dragon. I may have to go on in another post about the Biblical themes of it—the story of the Son of The King saving the Bride of Christ from the Devil, That Serpent of Old, because I love that aspect and it might be why it rings true for me.

It's also so much fun to swap the roles around inside that framework. The original is great, but there's possibilities! What does it look like if the dragon saves the prince from the princess? What if the princess saves the dragon from the prince? It keeps the same story structure - a rescuer, the one rescued, and the captor - but creates fun new perspectives to write from and motives to contemplate.

[vacantgodling]

Some random questions so that I can feel things about divorced dads:

when did they each first realize they were in love?

what is the most awkward thing they've had to do as exes?

what is Jihan's blood situation now that Hue is out of the picture?

does Hue have a picture of his happy family for dramatic regret purposes?

~ @void-botanist

THANK YOUUU, i answer to join in the divorced dad feels <3

when did they first realize they were in love?

they did have a kind of slow burn kind of romance, and for the two of them both being fast to fuck, i think that was the first clue something was different.

hue definitely fell in love first i think—probably about two years into them first knowing each other when he was suffering through undergrad—seeing jihan was always a bright spot in his day, and he didn’t even have to do anything other than be there, or smile, and it would make his heart kind of flutter. jihan is such an easy person to be around it really melted hue’s stress (still does even if he doesn’t wanna admit it in his stubbornness). but i think the biggest thing that made him realize he was head over heels is when his parents passed (his dad first in a fatal accident and his mom of heartbreak 2 years later or so) and jihan was there for him and his sister’s every step of the way. jihan (being old and having lost many people in his life) knows his way around grief, and hue had never experienced a loss so devastating like these. so i think that’s when he kinda realized he wanted to marry him. hue can be a bit impulsive (mentally) but usually he can plan and be patient. so he didn’t tell jihan he loved him until several years later. but that’s when.

jihan didn’t really have a specific moment where he realized he was in love with hue, it was very much an “oh! …. oh” moment for him slowly falling in step with him. hue’s the first person that’s ever made jihan crave being domestic—he never married any of his previous partners before hue just because he wasn’t in the mindset of settling down and neither were the people he were with but something about hue makes him really value that domesticity. it kind of hit him all at once one day when hue was talking about jihan moving in with him since he practically lived there anyways and jihan was like oh. i want to spend the rest of your life with you. okay. i can do that.

what’s the most awkward thing they’ve had to do as exes?

everything relating to their daughters is honestly so awkward for them like it’s not even funny. the two of them having to sit through interviews for esther’s college was a nightmare cuz the government is basically like it’s cute that you all think a divorce is gonna stop us from making yall live together as magical insurance in case something goes wrong. no matter how much hue tried to convince them he had it on his own 💀

second most awkward thing was ozzi’s new school’s pta meeting LMAO.

what is jihan’s blood situation now that hue is out of the picture?

aside from the times where hue is giving jihan mixed signals and giving into the temptation to let han feed off of him, jihan alternates between buying blood bags (when he has money; he’s always been such a nomad and never has had a job lol) or making friends with people and couch surfing and feeding off them. he’s only polite and usually only proposes it when he’s known someone for awhile and thinks they’d be cool with it, and doesn’t mind if someone refuses. he can’t offer money a lot of the time, but he’ll do things for you if you want lol (though many of his long term friends don’t care about that)

someone he actually does end up feeding off of is actually kaspian! he’s another werewolf 👀 but he’s got a LOT of kids and is always tired, so jihan kind of becomes a babysitter for him (and crashes occasionally) since he knows how to handle kiddos thanks to esther and ozzi. werewolf kids are more of a handful than witches though!

as a tangent as well, hue and kaspian actually end up meeting and becoming friends because three of kas’s older children go to the same school as ozzi and one of them (chryses) becomes one of ozzi’s friends. because hue and kas are both wolves they end up bonding but hue has no idea that kas knows jihan and he winds up soooorta in the middle of it. he’s not a REAL romantic interest for either of them just a good friend and middle man a lot of the time in the drama. but hue DEFFO does get jealous when he finds out that han’s been snacking on kas—i feel like that’s what would end up sparking the divorced dad sex for the first time lmao 💀💀💀

(i also say he’s not really a romantic interest but i can also see either of them separately having a little more than friendly encounters with kas. i haven’t thought of a partner for him tbh he just needs to unwind sometimes and what’s a bj/hj between friends? LMAO)

ENOUGH ABOUT KAS THO (unless you wanna hear more about him pff)

does hue have a picture of his happy family for dramatic regret purposes?

literally so many. the man tortures himself. he still can’t bring himself to change jihan holding esther at her hs graduation from his phone’s lockscreen bc he hates himself LMAO.

[monsterfloofs]

🦚💐🎼!

Maestro (Harpy Peacock) x Anonymous Reader

(AKZZKSKXKSKSXKS-- I wanna know who sent this on my gosh! Who is responsible for this??? x//Dc

I-is that you peacock harpy anon?? Are you back to give me more peacock prompts?? What do I do with all these fowl?!? These foul fowl. . . (Joking!)

This made me laugh out loud when I saw this prompt in my que, I wanted to say something as soon as I saw it, but I was good and went in order instead of skipping ahead! :')c Here is Maestro, a classical composer, and a bit of a jerk! Can you get them to chill out? Methinks the answer is yes 👀 )

You shuffle into your seat, next to your fellow musicians that made up your instruments section, hurrying to get your own instrument ready so when the great cantankerous composer swanned onto the podium you wouldn’t have to be given the evil eye. You sat up and craned your neck, trying to see if you could spot them from where you sat. Before turning your head down and furiously fumbling through your folder of piece music. “They’re coming— quick!” A soft murmur of noise causes you to drop your papers. Swearing under your breath and leaning down to attempt to gather them.

Your gaze meets a shiny pair of dark talons standing in front of you, and your heart sinks. Slowly looking up into a fierce face with bright blue-green feathers surrounding high cheekbones, a sharp nose and arched eyebrows. Their lips a fine pursed line, before they stoop and help you reclaim your papers, thrusting the ones you needed under your nose before stalking away. You wilt in your seat, a minotaur who sat beside you pat your shoulder with a gentle sympathy. A sharp impatient tapping on the podium that has everyone quickly ready their instruments to begin.

You had thought joining a band again had sounded fun, until you had the displeasure of meeting Jameson M. Maestro, or Maestro, as everyone called him. He was brilliant, with a razor sharp wit and even a sharper fuse. Every once in a while people would refer to him as Mr. Kettle. Which brought about a very vivid description of a tea kettle whistling steam and jumping around. You had laughed at the image your mind had conjured, and then had felt ashamed.

He never joined in on anything, when the band would gather for an after practice gathering. He was “too busy” or “had too much to do,” refusing to join and typically keeping to themselves after practice.

“I can’t believe he helped you pick up your papers!” Quipped a gnoll, licking the leftovers of a pain au chocolat from their nose.

“I hoped I wouldn’t have to step in again,” Murmured Bo, the big minotaur that was your chair mate. “He gets so angry and tense, I think he needs to take it easy on the newcomers, not everything can be perfect all the time.”

You sat with the few friends you made at a local coffee shop, staring down at the cup of tea that rested in front of you.

“Maybe he finally has?” Mariette, the gnoll, whiskered hopefully. “I feel like he’s getting a little better at least. With the whole temper thing.”

“I don’t know guys,” You said, “I’ve been thinking about quitting, the atmosphere is pretty intense in there.”

“What no!” A clawed hand gripping your shoulder, Mariette’s eyes wide. Bo’s usually angular features deflate. “Oh. . .”

“It’s only been a few weeks since you’ve been there!” Mariette shoots a look up at the Minotaur, “It’s too early to quit! Right Bo??” Bo, blinks and looks uneasy, “Well. . . he has been pretty tough on you kiddo. . . Maybe instead of quittin’ we can talk to him together. Talk to some of the other band mates and talk to him as a team. If it doesn’t get better. . .” The shaggy minotaur shrugs, “Well. . . if you leave, I leave. I don’t like seeing my little ball of sunshine cry.”

Mariette bristles before clenching her jaw, “. . . If you and Bo are outta there, so am I! We’ll just have to find some other hobby to do together.” You look over and smile at them, the stress and worry has your eyes beginning to flow over with tears. “Th-thanks for having my back guys. . .”

The unlikely friends share a big hug and a round of consoling before all going their separate ways. Before you knew it, a week had flown by and the conversation that you had put into the farthest corner of your mind had reared its ugly head.

“I really don’t wanna have that kind of talk with Maestro” You said to yourself in the mirror. “But if I quit I don’t want Mari and Bo to feel like that have to jump ship too.” You watched your brow crease before you sigh, splashing water on your face.

“I wish I knew what to do. . .”

You find yourself arriving to practice early, holding your instrument in front of you as you cautiously push the door open. Alarmed at finding an empty recital, you check your phone and groan inwardly.

“Oh man. . . it doesn’t start for another hour! Dummy— dummy!”

At least. . . it’s quiet. You shuffle up the stairs and leave your instrument on your seat. Putting your hands on your hips as you survey the empty building.

“I guess I can go get a coffee or something. . . I’d hate to go all the way back home just to leave again. . .”

You give another exasperated sigh, checking your phone as you walk back down the stairs. That’s when you notice out of the corner of your eye, a dim cast of light from underneath the door.

You slowly peek around the corner, seeing a brightly colored figure slumped on their desk, hands crossed under himself.

“Ah— Mister Maestro, are you okay?” You open the door and uneasily enter the room, “Maestro?” You put a nervous hand on his shoulder, and give him a little shake. Blue steely eyes crack open, causing you to retract your hand and jump back.

“Oh— thank goodness—“ You flustered, “I was afraid you— I don’t know, passed out?” You rest a hand over your heart and huff. Watching the harpy rouse sluggishly and hold his head.

“Enough, enough—“ He grumbled, “Who?” Before he turned his head and squinted in your direction, snatching a pair of spectacles and peering through them. His feathers did something funny then, ruffling up as he sprang to his feet, suddenly alert at your presence.

“You! What are you doing here?!”

You flinch and back up, “I-I’m here for recital! I j-just got here early!” Holding up your hands defensively.

“Recital. . . isn’t in another hour—“

“Y-yes! Yes I know that! I mean, I know that now, I came early on accident!”

The bright fluff of feathers slowly sink back down into their normal refined state, and he pinched the bridge of his nose with taloned fingers. The two of you standing in a silent and awkward stalement.

You suck in a breath of air.

“I-I can go— If you want. I didn’t mean to distu—“

“It’s fine.”

Both of you wince at the sharp sound of his voice and Maestro sighs grumpily, massaging his forehead.

“Let’s. . . try that again. What I meant is that, you are not disturbing me. I haven’t been sleeping well, and I was glad someone woke me up. Or else I could have slept the whole day away.”

“. . . Would you. . . like me to get you a cup of coffee. . . ?”

Steely eyes glance at you for a moment before he looks away. “. . . I can get something myself, thank you.”

Well. You tried.

You nod and make the mental choice not to take it personally, “Alright then, well if you change your mind, I’ll be going to the coffee shop a block away—“

You blink as you watch him shrug on a coat. Stepping back hastily as he marches forward, but then freezing as he comes to a stop beside you.

“Ah—“

“Since,” He intones quietly, his eyes not meeting yours, “You had to deal with the trouble of meeting me on a particularly dismal morning. . . I’ll treat.”

You stare at him taken aback, his eyes dart to yours ruffling uncomfortably before he stiffens and raises his head high. “I. . . don’t know the way. You have to show me.”

You blink a couple of times, trying to process the situation, as Maestro continues to fluff up with unease.

“O-oh! Sure I can show you where it is!” You give a hesitant smile and gives an almost mechanical nod, refusing to meet your eye.

[tumblingghosts]

hi, backpacks!! hope you don't mind the message, but i just had an idea that i'd love to share w you! i was thinking of a scenario two (or three, since we have your' time travelling kiddos take) and what if it was marcella friend, sol moss-ring, and antonia ring-anderson, and seneca crane (arachne's nephew & aelia's bf) who time travelled?

marcella and aelia hate each other, lol. and she's only there because her gf (antonia) told her to. and i'm thinking that it was sol's idea, since she's super duper kind. (also her secret crush on plutarch haha)

i imagine the four of them are just forward with it and go up to the friend group and go like: we need to talk.

it takes a lot of convincing for the friend group to believe them. somehow, they do.

and imagine how awkward it is for seneca telling your gf's dead father that your dating their daughter, so i imagine seneca just goes: er um uh i'm aelia's friend? (he only mentions aelia and not the other kids and he has a tone which suggests that maybe he's not just her friend which is suspicious 👀)

felix would be like: 🤨 ok? and clemmie would be like: ooh, friend ☺️☺️☺️☺️

also, seneca, marcella, sol, antonia definitely tell them about their childrens' love lifes and their 'problems'. like: er, president ravinstill put aelia in therapy. achilles and athena definitely have a crush on each other. plutarch's doing drugs. also they all have a smoking addiction. and the friend group is horrified. absolutely horrified, haha.

ayyy more time travelling kiddos!!

okay so assuming it’s the main kiddos who built the machine already (but just haven’t time travelled yet), maybe aelia tells seneca about the plan and seneca wants to do something for her. getting her parents back by preventing the guy who killed them from every becoming evil - that would be a nice gift right? but seneca is not exactly sneaky, and he hasn’t the first clue about how to go about actually using the time travel machine.

so he’s still working that out when in comes sol, who has a pretty similar idea, except she actually has a plan. marcella gets wrapped up into it because she spots seneca and is sure he’s up to something - she plans on foiling whatever it is (because she doesn’t like him and is sure that he’s probably screwing something up), except antonia keeps the peace for long enough to allow sol to explain what’s going on.

antonia is in to help with the ‘preventing murders’ plan. marcella would be fine with the plan if seneca wasn’t there. seneca has zero (0) plans of leaving. sol has to diffuse the situation before a fight breaks out and gets everyone to settle down with the ‘compromise’ that they could all talk to the main kiddos and properly work out a plan.

surprise, surprise - that doesn’t happen.

seneca wanted to make this a nice surprise, so he’s not telling aelia he’s getting involved until her parents have been brought back. marcella and aelia hate eachother, so she’s not approaching either (and antonia might be able to get her girlfriend to be civil, but she knows well enough not to provoke a situation by purposefully bringing marcella and aelia together). and with sol’s crush on plutarch, she’d rather not accidentally embarrass herself in front of plutarch with his young parents as witnesses (she decides she can confess to plutarch after his parents murder his undone - whether she actually does is up to debate)

so they all sneak back to the time machine and go back in time. but since they snuck back at different times, they don’t realize the others are back in the past until later. marcella and antonia are doing pretty well at being subtle, right up until they’re confronted with seneca. marcella and seneca draw both attention & mention things they definitely should not know during the ensuing argument of ‘what are YOU doing here?’

sol gets wrapped up into it because she was just quietly befriending her parents under the disguise of a ‘new transfer student’ and now she has to awkwardly explain that ‘heyyyy i’m actually your daughter, these are my classmates from the future i’m from, it’s all true, i’m not crazy i swear’. somehow, coriolanus misses this argument (maybe he’s off somewhere with sejanus, idk)

so those four have filled in the mentors who were present (diana, genie, arachne, felix, clemmie, livia, vipsania, hilarius), even if they’re skeptical about it still. so seneca starts off by trying to make a better impression on felix and clemensia by telling them about their daughter - explaining aelia and what she looks like and what her personality is like. he rambles to aelia’s parents quite a bit before he realizes, that oh, these are aelia’s parents, and panics.

clemmie: you seem to know her well

seneca: yeah! she’s my - uhhh.

seneca: she’s my friend. we’re really good friends. haha… ouo’’’’’

felix: hmmm… >:\

anyway, the kiddos should definitely be filling in the mentors with why they’re here, except arachne/livia are the gossip queens and now that they’ve gotten a bit of detail from seneca, they start pressing for more. the conversation gets derailed very quickly into all the drama that’s going on in the academy. sol says a bunch of flattering things about plutarch to try to get vipsania and hilarius’s favor (she wants her maybe-future-boyfriend’s parents to like her after all!) and it works out a lot better for her than seneca’s attempt with felix/clemmie.

diana is vibing with her niece and a bit gushing over the fact that antonia and marcella are dating. “aw, you’re with florus and palmyra’s kid?? i guess i should talk with them more if our families are going to get married… :DDD”

the issue with these four not telling anyone that they were time travelling AND taking too long not actually doing the thing they came back for is that the main four kiddos (aelia, plutarch, achilles, athena) show up as ‘transfers’ (it’s not the most creative excuse, but in their defense, they didn’t know that others can already used that excuse before them).

aelia: seneca???

seneca: ….hi….

once those four are all caught up on how long they’ve been there and what they’ve already said (the main four are not impressed that sol, antonia, marcella, and seneca haven’t actually stopped coriolanus from anything), they join in the convo. aelia does not have the same reservations about keeping their relationship a secret from her parents.

felix: boyfriend, you say?? >:0

now that there’s eight of them, there’s enough of a commotion to draw the attention of the rest of the mentors over the following week (no way of keeping a secret that big for very long) and it’s basically an open secret among the mentors (but kept from the staff, because no one wants gaul to catch wind of the time travel stuff)

after the kiddos realize how horrified their parents are getting at their regular gossip, they start to make up things - particularly about coriolanus. lots of terrible things said with a complete sincerity, because they figure they can scare him out of doing bad things if they implying they may or may not ruin his life and all his plans if he can’t just be content with his nice life with his wife and daughter (both names they do not mention, just in case).

i like to think the kiddos stay for longer just to bond with their parents more in this one, just because their arrival was less of a mission and more of a gossip session. and everything works out because now that the mentors have met their kids, they’re going to be way more attentive to make sure that they get to be part of their kids’ lives. if coriolanus wants to kill them, well, he might just be killed first, because with all this bonding, there is NO WAY they are going to be separated from their future family easily.

thanks for the ask! :DD

[night-faye]

"Let the demon child come out and play!" everybody who knows Nezha lore turns to stare at the camera. I knew with this episode, you'd have two more reasons to hate Peng than just Macky and Mei lol. "This isn't worth your life." "You're right. It's worth far more than that." *sighs in lore.* You need therapy too, this show made it worse. "No matter what options it's giving you, you're always going to end up in the same spot." "Ooooh, thanks Macaque. You went through more effort than usual to make me feel like dirty dirt dirt. Good job, round of applause." ABSOLUTELY CRACKING UP AT MK DISHING OUT ALL THIS SASS AND MACKY'S STUMPED LOOK AND AWKWARD EYE ROLL gosh that face- "You were supposed to realize by now that the choices the game's giving you aren't the only choices you've got. Life isn't some pre-written thing like a video game where you have to do what the tutorial says." "It's time to start making your own choices. Something I wish I'd learned a lot sooner than I did." DULY NOTING THIS DOWN FOR THE S4 SPECIAL. We know, it's hard for you to be pushy when you were younger, always following Wukong and friends. Also ow, the cut to the drawing they made together :') two different art styles, they DID draw that together and Wukong kept it all this time :') :') :') Well now that we're in the S4 special uh hehe, you can see where it comes in :) "Only you get to decide who you are, kiddo." That had NO right to be as soft as it was. Haha yep, very weird how the Celestial beings instantly react to that. Only other thing those three have in common excluding MK is dying and being brought back in different ways.

1) SoySauce Duo is a TREASURE. It's so funny watching MK gush about how Wukong was all cute and cheeky, no WAY he did nothing wrong. "Sir, my client is just a fluffy monkey. Let him go. Is it a crime to be silly?" He'd make a great lawyer lol. Meanwhile, Macky is RIGHT THERE lol. It's ok we already heard his perspective. But he's holding back and is just like.......dude. did you even read the book.

2) Love love love the trope of Macky constantly collecting more monkeys. Those little guys missed him a lot, surely. Also LOL at MK laughing at Macky's expense over being called "bud." There's a misconception that Macky would be calling Wukong "peaches" nah that's all stuff like "your majesty" meanwhile Wukong is nicknaming this grumpy ball of fluff something cute like "peaches." Hard agree with his anguish tho like tell us what happened already for realsies we're still waiting for part 2!! 3) "We have to try. He'd do the same for any of us." Meanwhile Macky: *thinking back to MK's S3 rant and the cave divorce* "I can't believe I'm sticking my neck out for Wukong. Again." says monkey not being forced to do anything. Love also, how he apparently read all 2,000 pages of this book. just divorced ex-best friend nemesis you want to kill things. ALSO 😭 that "Wukong, what have you done." has crazy emotion. you two know each other so deeply. Notice how Wukong's eyebrows used to be all messy like Macky's here 🤔 something something, monkey who tries to appear more like a civilized human to belong somewhere and not be seen as a savage beast. 4) Who knows really why Macky was bandaging himself alone or what fight he got into off screen. Just warrior things. But hey 👀 that promise he reminded Macky of in the 2nd ep this season. It is ILLEGALLY CUTE AND PRECIOUS how Wukong is able to dispel any doubts or concerns Macky has just by poking him all goofy like that and UGH THE CUTE SHY SMILES THAT HE CAN'T HELP BC OF HIS STUPID OPTIMISTIC SHINING LIGHT OF A FRIEND and the FREAKING HAIR RUFFLE "Quit it, eat your dang peach." He says with a complete smile audible in his voice bc his friend is stupidly endearing. "You're a peach!" OKAY WUKONG.

>*throws myself off a cliff*<

[detective-giggles]

tell me more abt this chicken pox fic 👀

Hi there!! Thank you for the ask! 💜

😭😭😭 okay this was like the first BTHB fill I tried to start and now it’s kind of a mess. But it’s one of my dads!Tarlos fics. Basically TK will wind up taking care of both Carlos and their daughter when they get sick.

🤒🤒🤒🤒

He set his pizza down and looked from Carlos and his empty plate to Mari, who was scratching her arm, and then back to Carlos. “Are you sure you’re okay?”

“Yeah. Just… not hungry, I guess.”

“What about you, kiddo? I know pepperoni is your favorite.”

“I don’t feel good,” she whined.

“What’s wrong?”

Mari shrugged and scratched her head and then at a spot on her shoulder. “I’m itchy.”

TK stared at them both for a long moment. “Can I see?” The girl rolled up her sleeves, showing off a handful of bright pink blisters on her arms. “Yeah, that figures. Is there another one? Right there?” TK pointed to his shoulder where Mari had been scratching. She peered down her shirt and nodded.

“On my tummy too.”

“Okay, go up and get ready for bed. I’ll be there in a minute. And stop scratching, please.”

“But it itches!”

“Yeah, I know. Go, please.” He turned to Carlos. “Your ‘mosquito bite’? Let me see.”

Carlos tugged on the leg of his sweats and TK sighed. “You too. Bed.”

“I’m fine, TK.”

“Carlos, that’s not a mosquito bite. It’s chicken pox.”

[drawthething]

Happy New Year's! What's your favorite episode of BB? Favorite character? Favorite dynamic?

Ahh hi ❤️! Happy new year to you too :D

Favorite episode

Hmm it's so hard trying to just pick one fav ep so maybe top 3 :D? (I'm just gonna apologize if this turns into the longest most annoying post ever)

• Runaway Club: i rewatched this one so so many times it's not funny. The flashback scene, that breakfast club opening parody, the belchers kiddos & cool kids group on their shenanigans, mr frond, mr branca, ms schnur. Just so good all around

• The oeder games: arguably one of bb strongest finales. So many fun characters, Mr Fischoeder being the absolute lovable awful human being, Bob's character shines so much in this (i wish he get to have more focus eps like he used to :/), the classic funny scene between tina, zeke & j-ju, "boy shields" (did i just hear that tiny begrudging "i love you" coming from pesto sr's mouth 👀). The ending is super lovely too

• Ex mach tina: such a good episode? This is one of the rare eps where we get to see more of Jimmy Jr's character outside of his roller coaster of relationship with Tina (affectionate) and it's glorious. His musoems? Fricking masterpieces. The whole ep is hilarious tbh (i mean come on, robot tina, banjo bob? also antibot zeke pffft). Lots of t/jj moments too (yesss), with how similar tina & j-ju kind of are (two walking teenage disasters amirite?) and even though a selfish side of j-ju was shown (a very likely angsty teenage boy's selfishness), i think in the end it's shown that no matter how awkward their relationship can get, they can always have that little underlying friendship to back them on. And the kiss is so cute!

Favourite character

I suppose y'all are pretty familiar with my obnoxious love and adoration for my boy jimmy jr at this point, pffft. He's such a fun and complex character and deserves much more appreciation and exploration than just being part of shipping debate. Sometimes he's angsty, other times he's happy and absolutely living his life. Sometimes he's a jerk, other times he's a sweetpea. Sometimes he's an idiot, other times he's still an idiot. There're these realistic ugly flaws mixed with unique comical traits that makes me super invested in him pffft.

ANYWAY aside from j-ju, i have soft spots for other funky burgers folks too. My fav belcher have gotta be louise. Look at that kiddo, chaotic child trying voo-doos, almost cutting her brother's ear and calling a biker gang to also almost cut a teenager's ear pffft. And yet she sleeps with plushies, cuddles puppies (soft spot for animals eh?) and is super protective when it comes to her family & friends. She has her vulnerabilities and emotional depths too, which balance out her more fierce and feral sides and make her such a fun unique character (now if only the writers can still maintain that perfect balance with less life lessons stuff in the recent seasons :/)

Favorite character dynamic

For the belchers imma go with Bob & Louise. These two has such a sweet relationship that i really love. That heartwarming hawk & chick scene and louise wanting to take over bob's restaurant (oh imagine the shenanigans that will occur that day) just make my heart melt :]

For the non-belcher one, well can you guess :D? Jimmy Jr & Zeke! They are the caricature of bromance, the ultimate friendship achievement! Zeke's so unconditionally supportive and protective of his best friend it's beautiful. Jimmy Jr, despite his occasional issues, also looks up to and appreciates Zeke just as much. I love that they don't shy away from physical affections or compliments towards each other too, so adorable

[avionvadion]

Do you think there’s going to be a tragic end to Time and Aeris’s tale? After all, he’s got to end up as the hero’s shade somehow, and it seems unlikely he’d be filled with regret after living a long happy life with the woman he loves and their children (though he still could, love doesn’t always heal everything). What if Aeris died when they’re children were still young, and that consumes him?

And to the side of that, with Time and Twilight reincarnating as Iliana’s brothers… what if she is Aeris’s reincarnation?? Although that might add unnecessary complications to the whole two souls one body thing, to be reincarnated on top of all that

Yeah, there’s gonna be a sad ending.

I plan on Time dying protecting the Deku sprout, maybe wearing the Fierce Deity mask, and his body is never recovered as he’s swallowed up by the forest to eventually become the Stalfos we know as Hero’s Shade.

And you’re right- love DOESN’T heal everything, especially scars that run as deep as his. Even if he tells her about the past, she’d be the only one to know. Hyrule would still remain utterly ignorant towards the sacrifices he made. Navi is also still missing. He never learned why she left. Aeris can soothe the pain, but it���s still THERE and it HURTS.

He’ll have maybe ten years with Aeris at best before he dies young in his very early thirties. His encounter with Rorran is a huge foreshadow to Time’s own fate. He’ll be protecting someone (Deku Sprout) but at the cost of leaving his family behind. His children.

Thus only adding to the list of regrets he has as the Hero’s Shade, because he’ll never get to see his little ones grow up. 👀 You could say Time meeting Twilight and eventually Iliana is a reflection of that, as it gives him some sense of pride and closure because while he never got to see his kids grow up, he does get to watch his grandkids.

As for the reincarnation thing…

Iliana isn’t really her reincarnation. 🤔 If you look closely, they have some subtle differences between them. She just won the generic lottery in everything lining up just right that she greatly resembles her, as she still has some Time traits. Which definitely probably gives Grandpa Time a bit of a soft spot because it’s been so long since he saw his wife’s face.

If anything, Iliandra is probably a reincarnation of one of Time and Aeris’ children that he never got to see grow up. (Oof, imagine Iliandra, Sarian, and Medkah all being reincarnations of Time’s kiddos. Destiny is cruel indeed.) So she looks exactly how his daughter would if he could have seen her grow up.

I’m just torn if I want Twilight to be first generation grand baby or second generation grand baby, because I have this thought in my mind of him being named Link after his grandfather, but there’s a war or an invasion of monsters (maybe the latter, what with Ganondorf’s curse) and the fam has to evacuate, and eventually the sole parent winds up badly wounded in Ordon forest with baby Twilight.

Tragedy! Tragedy all around! *throws confetti*

[teosartcorner]

Best friends

…with some extra benefits. 👀😂 

This is where Donnie and Aggie are at right now. Their friendship remains as fun as ever, and the occasional benefits are a nice little bonus. They are both enjoying their casual little thing, and that's how they see it. Aggie is not necessarily looking for a proper relationship at the moment, anyway, and Donnie is perfectly fine with what they’re having. It works for both of them, so there’s no reason for it to be anything else other than what it is.

There are moments, though. A look that lingers a tad longer than usual. A kiss that comes out of nowhere, but feels like such a right thing to do. A friendly, lighthearted “Gosh, I love you” that suddenly hits a tad different. A day just like the one in this scene, when they're having a great time together. When they’re wheezing about something hilarious and dumb that one of them said, and they lean into each other. When Donnie’s forehead touches hers ever so slightly, and suddenly there’s a thought. “This feels so nice”, he thinks to himself, not knowing that Aggie is thinking the very same thing. 

Not realising how this “nice” is slightly different this time.

Now, let's make a quick jump into the past and summarise how we got here.

Just like I mentioned when I introduced Aggie, she and the Macaulay twins have known each other since they were teeny-tiny kiddos, and they’re super close friends. They’ve been that way for over 22 years at this point, so you can figure just how close they are.

It was never anything else but friendship between Donnie and Aggie, to be quite fair. Sure, neither one of them was blind to the other one’s charm and nice looks, but it was never about any of that between them. They never really saw each other in that particular light, you know? So, a one night stand was definitely something they NEVER would have seen coming.

Nonetheless, it happened. 

The one night stand in question (or rather, the one late afternoon stand) she and Donnie had, back in the middle-ish of 2023, was something that kinda happened on the spot, and during a little bit of an emotional time. Aggie had just gone through a break-up at the time, one that left her with a bit of a broken heart (she had high hopes for that relationship). She was feeling quite horrible, understandably so. Donnie was there purely as a friend, and genuinely had zero intentions other than to just offer her the so-needed shoulder to cry on. Same goes for Aggie—she was only looking for emotional support, for someone she could pour her heart out to, until she'd feel a tad better. 

And that’s what happened, for a while. They spent most of that afternoon on Aggie’s couch. She talked, he listened, they ended up laughing about it a while later. The heartbreak was not instantly cured, of course, but still, Aggie felt a bit better. She kinda knew Donnie was going to be the right person for this—dumb and goofy were in his nature, and he had this way of taking things seriously and poking fun at them, all at the same time. He was the perfect individual to have around when you felt like absolute shit, that’s for sure. 

Then, at some point, the day simply took a turn. 

“Don?” Aggie asked, after a period of silence.  “Hmm?” Donnie replied as he scrolled mindlessly through his Instagram feed, slightly zoomed out and somewhat distracted by a beam of sunlight that was coming through the window.  He felt Aggie’s movement on the couch before he saw it and, before he had the chance to look at her, curious to know what she wanted, her hand was on his cheek, his face was turned to the side, facing hers, her lips were over his.  And his reaction was to kiss her back. Just like that. 

There was that little moment of caution, the “Are you sure about this?” spiel, but it didn't last for too long. Aggie didn’t wanna think about anything in that moment, she simply wanted to do. To go with the flow, to forget about everything else, even for just a moment. And that's exactly what they did. One hell of a turn, indeed.

Later, when they were cuddled in bed, somewhat baffled by what had just happened, but also somewhat pleased with it, they agreed to let this be a one time thing. There were no regrets or anything, quite the contrary—they both enjoyed it a lot! It felt really good in that moment, and that was what mattered most. But that was also the point, too. That moment. That context. They saw it as something that had happened purely because of the circumstances they found themselves in at the time. Surely, if Aggie wouldn't have been hurt and heartbroken, this would never have happened, right? Even that one was baffling in and of itself, to be quite honest, because it wasn’t the first time when one of them was going through heartbreak and the other one was there to cheer them up. It never, ever ended up with the two of them rolling in bed together, so what the hell happened this time?! It made complete sense to turn this little escapade into a one time deal. It really did. 

What didn't make sense was why they did it again, a few weeks later. And then again. And again. 

And, just like that, their one time thing failed at the “one time” part, bringing the two of them where they are today—enjoying their little situationship. Why not go with the flow for a while longer, after all? 

Well, perhaps because there is a chance you might end up falling in love with one of your best friends… but surely it can't go that far, can it? 👀

(© Donnie and Aggie are my OCs and they are part of a personal storytelling project, aka The World of D&B.)

[anotherwritersblog]

Title: Unforgettable

Pairings: dad!Bucky Barnes x mom!Reader

Word Count: 1.2K

Warnings: fluff, small innuendos ☠️, one f bomb

Author's Note: I drove for eight hours yesterday, so I spent a lot of time thinking and listening to Spotify. This little bit came from the song Unforgettable by Thomas Rhett. Mistakes are my own. Happy Sunday! 💖

Also…can anyone guess who the son was named after? 👀 I was ✨inspirerd✨ when a mutual was reblogging Bucky and this friend the other day.

Any and all reblogs/likes/comments are appreciated.

In no way, shape, or form, do you have permission to repost this anywhere

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It’s another Saturday evening, and you’re in the kitchen cooking dinner. Your five-year old daughter, Becca, wanted mac and cheese with chicken nuggets, while your fourteen-year old son, Thomas, wanted chocolate chip pancakes. So being the loving mother that you were, you were making both.

“Hey, Mommy?” Becca asked while watching you stir the pasta. She stood on her small step stool, by the little kitchen island, switching between her dinosaur and princess coloring books.

“Yes, baby?” You glanced over to make sure she wasn’t getting into the food laying across the counter.

“How did you and Daddy meet?” her little eyes widened with so much wonder. While she looked a lot more like her father, she definitely inherited your curiosity.

“We met at church, baby,” you moved over to the bowl of pancake mix you had left off to the side. Your mixer was broken, so you were left to mix manually.

“I doubt that, Mom!” Thomas shouted as he walked through the door. Him and his father had been playing ball all afternoon, so when you saw both boys track in dirt all over your floors, you ended up shooting your husband a look. A look that only he would recognize the consequences of, but soon made it up with a kiss on your cheek and a whisper that he’ll clean the kitchen after dinner.

“Of course, it is! I was in the choir and your father was – “

“Doll. They’re old enough now. We can tell them the truth,” Bucky chuckled, grabbing an apron and tending to the mac and cheese. “It was the fourteenth of October, many, many, many years ago. I was by my lonesome self at a bar when this beautiful woman caught my eye. She had this black t-shirt off her shoulder and a sparkle in her eye that was brighter than any star you’ll find in the sky.”

You pour some mix into the pan and watch it simmer, as you listen to this fond memory.

“We were talking for a minute before some guy try to cut in, but I guess I had said something right, because she took my hand and we pretended like I was her guy. I put my arm around her shoulder, and he was gone. Didn’t see him for the rest of the night.” Bucky stirred the cheese into the pot and placed the lid over to help the melting process.

“What happened after that?” Thomas asked as he threw a couple of chocolate chips into his mouth. He had made his way next to his sister and started filling in parts of her coloring pages that she had missed.

“Hey! Watch it kiddo! That chocolate is for your pancakes! They’re going to be plain and boring if you eat them all right now,” you warned your son with a wave of the spatula. He laughed a little, took a few more chips to slip to his sister, and brought the bag to your side of the stove.

“Thanks, sweetie,” you kissed his forehead before he headed back to his spot to color.

“Well, I ordered her another one of her favorite mango margaritas, when one of her favorite Coldplay songs started to play – “

“When she was just a girl, she expected the world, but it flew away from her reach. So, she ran away in her sleep,” you started singing, reminiscing on that night. It blew you away that Bucky would remember so much. That he could remember so much.

“Soon, we were dancin’ and takin’ shots like it was nothin’.

“Daddy, what are shots?” Becca looked up from her teal pterodactyl.

“James!” you groaned, throwing a dish towel his way. He was already snickering, but neither were ready for the comment to come afterwards.

“It’s those tiny, little cups mom gets out after we visit with Uncle Steve and Uncle Sam, and they pour the dark liquid from the freezer in it. You’re usually asleep by the time they get them out, but they’ll drink, like, a lot of the tiny cups and then they talk about pearl necklaces or playing with edges. Sometimes, for some reason, they’ll bring up Aunt Peg-“

“Thomas! That’s enough!” You rarely shout at your kids, but when you do, it always takes them by surprise.

“Sorry, mom. I didn’t mean to…” you look your son’s way to see that he was a little upset. You passed your spatula off to Bucky and made your way to the boy. He’s always been the sensitive one, ever since he could walk and talk, whereas Becca was the laid-back child. If she had a life motto, it’d be zero fucks given.

“No. I’m sorry, baby. I didn’t mean to yell. You just caught me by surprise. Those things you heard are meant for only adults to hear. But I guess this is also a lesson for your father and I to watch what we say, even if you two aren’t around,” you rubbed his back and kissed the top of his head again before making your way back to the pancake station. Bucky handed you back your utensil and continued his story telling, while you were flipping pancakes.

“So, anyways, you know your old man. I can’t dance to save a life, but I did the runnin’ man and your mother was laughin’ out loud so loud, I’m sure the bar down the street heard it!” You heard laughter from behind you and when you turned around, you saw that Bucky was doing the running man for the kids.

You utterly loved this man and the many things he did for you and your family. But if it were a life or death situation and he had to dance, every single one of you would be goners.

Once finished showing off his moves, and after throwing the chicken nuggets into the microwave, Bucky washed his hands and started to get the plates down from the cupboards.

“And after that, your mom just kissed me out of nowhere. I thought I was hooked when I saw her smile back at the bar, but after that kiss? I knew I was going to marry her one day.”

You grabbed the last of the pancakes and placed them on the table. Becca climbed into her seat, while Thomas placed both his and her cups on the table before he sat down as well. You went to wash your hands when you felt a presence behind you. Hands were untying the knot in your apron and taking it off from around your neck.

“I bet you’re probably thinkin’ that it’s crazy I remember every detail, but I do,” you hear whispered into your ear before little kisses were pressed underneath it. “But that night was just like you, doll…”

You dried your hands and turned around in the man’s arms, only to be met by his lips on yours.

He muttered a simple unforgettable against your lips before you found your hands around his neck.

“Can we not! I would like to keep my appetite. I was really looking forward to these pancakes!” Thomas shouted, looking away and covering his sister’s eyes. She was oblivious to what was going on because she was just trying to bask in the sight of the yummy, yellow gooiness sitting just out of her little arm’s reach.

You giggled before leaving one more lingering kiss on your adoring husband’s lips and whispered, “Maybe we can make tonight unforgettable too.”

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Natasha x reader - Demons

Hi! Could you maybe do Bucky or Natasha with a reader who gets possessed and turns evil but they fight to save the reader and the reader just passes out but wakes up in their arms? I need corrupted reader 👀 Tysm ❤️ - Anon 💜

You had warned them all that it was dangerous, but they insisted that you did it, and now the avengers were paying the price for it.

“Didn’t anyone ever tell you not to play with spirits?” You smirked.

Your eyes were pure black, you were stood with your hands in your pocket looking at the avengers that had been flung to the floor.

“We never asked for you!” Clint yelled.

“Oh but you did! The moment you opened the gates between the two realms.” You chuckled.

Slowly you stalked forward, each step ending cracks through the floor, a large grin on your face showing off your fangs.

“Return to whatever hell you crawled out from you demon bastard!”

Tony tried to blast you, but you simply stepped to the side, shaking your head a little in disappointment.

“All that firepower, and you can’t even stop me? A simple low level demon. Imagine if a higher up came.”

“Come on (Y/N) you’re in there somewhere fight him!” Steve yelled.

“Oh they’re not going to win this fight.” You smirked.

Natasha looked from her spot between the table, she had her gun ready and aimed, but she couldn’t bring herself to pull the trigger.

“Fight it!” She called, “you’re stronger (Y/N)!”

“Tsk, all your words of encouragement are disgusting.”

You stalked towards the table and pick Natasha up and tossed her across the room.

Steve tossed his shield at you, which you easily caught.

Turning to him, you smirked as you flipped the shield between your fingers, throwing it back, lodging his clothes to the wall.

“Oh for the love off.. why do you have to ruin my fun! Don’t fight me!”

“That’s it! Keep fighting!” Bruce called.

Natasha got up, standing with her hand over her side, she limped closer to you.

“You can do it darling, just keep fighting. You’ll win, I know you will...” she whispered.

Spinning around to face her, you kicked her legs, sending her to the floor, then you pinned her under your foot and sneered at you.

Crouching, you punched her in the face, making blood run down her skin.

“Stop it!” You hissed.

“You can do it!”

The avengers kept shouting words of encouragement, and again you hit Natasha over and over.

You went to hit her again, but your first stop just above her bloodied face, your eyes flashed from black to (E/C).

“Nat...” You whispered.

“I’m okay...” she whispered.

You screamed, and a black mist left your body.

You climbed from Natasha and slowly you swayed back and forth.

She sat up and placed her hand on your shoulder to steady you.

“I’m.. sorry..”

With that, you passed out and skimmed forward.

With you in her arms, Natasha brushed some hair from your face, gently cradling your cheek, wiping away a stray tear.

Everyone crowded around you, all sitting patiently waiting for you to wake up again.

“We pushes them too far.” Tony said softly.

“We should’ve listened.” Thor nodded.

Natasha tuned them all out, her eyes focused solely on you, gently running her thumb along your cheek as she looked down.

You were going to hate yourself for what happened, and she knew you were but she was going to do everything she could to remind you that what happened wasn’t your fault, and that she would still be there with you no matter what happened.

Slowly you started to stir, and you woke up, rubbing your forehead slightly.

“Hey there.” Natasha whispered.

You locked eyes with her, and slowly you brought a shaky hand up to her bloodied face.

“N..Nat.. I didn’t...”

“It’s okay, I know.”

“It’s our fault kiddo.” Tony said softly.

“Yeah, we made you do it.” Clint nodded.

You sat up and shuffled away from everyone, shaking your head at them all.

They all stayed where they were, but Natasha was having none of it, she shuffled closer and she gave you a soft smile.

“I know you wouldn’t hurt me on purpose darling, I know you would never. It was a demon that did this, not too.”

You looked down at you hands, some of her blood had dried on your skin and you started to cry a little more.

“I’m sorry...”

Natasha quickly pulled you in for a hug, letting you cry on her shoulder.

“It’s okay... I’m here...” she whispered