#card keepers au info

[cosmicellis]

Random info drop: Will Astral and Yuma form zexal in Card keepers? Short answer: No Long answer: Don Thousand is aware of the "canon" time line, just like Astral. Both of them vaguely know what happened and are trying to avoid certain things. One thing Thousand knows for sure is to not let Yuma and Astral fuse... by any cost. He Corrupted Yuma's soul in hopes to gain control over him or manipulate him. Which didn't work, and only gave Yuma " alter ego" that he never listen to. The way that "ego" works - he would have a malicious thought, but would never act on it. His chaos is in the state of being corrousive, rather than "healing or hopefull" (Hence he doesn't have Hope). Yuma is on a verge of becoming a barian, but cannot transition due his strong will. Do Braina emperors know about "canon"? Hell no. Thousand makes sure this knowledge is only accessible by him. Does Eliphas knows about "canon" and benifits of chaos? Kinda. He knows in canon chaos was adapted, but in alternative time lines (akin of what 5 Ds was doing when they were preventing apocalypse) it didn't work. So he's hellbent on not letting any chaos back. Dragons in Astral world and Barian world? Astral world: Blue eyes brood and Stardusts (the most common ones). Barian world: Red eyes and Archfiend brood. None of them are evil, by the way.

[flamboyant-king]

I did a maggie/magma/aggie with my friends after so long, but I had to leave early. SO, have some of the things I drew and added onto haha

[gemwolfz]

totals really good visual au and postcanon au, ba 𓅽 yami and akh 𓅜 atem, They are based on simplified versions of ancient egyptian conceptions of the soul but unfortunately i am not well versed enough to explain it personally. and total has not used tumblr in years so it can't explain either. I can throw you the wikipedia page for now also totals rudimentary explanation is somewhere in the live gem reaction tag

actually total offered to write its own explanation so that'll be under the cut along with its art hooray!!!

okay hi so basically:

ygo doesny seem to give a shit about how souls work in egyptian myth but. basically, it would be funny if yami was a ba while appearing to yugi (not while possessing him obv). hes comically small and unintimidating but still a force to be reckoned with. its pretty much just a visual au and im genuinely surprises no ones done it yet?

akh-atem is different, i havent watched dsod yet so maybe that would fuck with canon compliance but. if you dont know, an akh is a complete, elevated soul created by a special union between the ka and the ba. i dont believe everyone in egypt got this treatment (it was a very specific and lengthy process) but atem is a cool guy he deserves it. Mildly fucks with canon but i imagine some of the remaining tomb keepers perform the necessary rituals until the creation of his akh is complete.

though atem was already chilling in the afterlife as a ba, now hes like. one with the gods. a being of pure light with insane amounts of power that can travel between earth and the afterlife (bas can already do this but shhh). what is he going to do with this? probably pay the living he knew a visit. sometimes. domino city is a bit far from egypt and atem is really trying to relax now. still, he is watching over yugi in this state and trying to keep him safe even if yugi has no idea. he can also appear in dreams! and i think he can make himself known when he is visiting earth though 1. he is scary 2. he is selective so he doesnt ever do it unless he has to. i have a scenario in my head where yugi visits atems tomb and tries to give him something (cards maybe) abd then hes like. damn i miss him. and atem flies down from the heavens as bright as the sun and jyst shows up in front of yugi and is like HOLY SHIT YUGI HI and yugi is reasonably horrified at first. luckily being a powerful ascended spirit doesnt change your personality

INFO on the akh design in question:

- i had to make my own buuut it resembles an ibis (has a human head of his likeness too). However akhs can take any form they desire. atem can look like his old self if he wants. you just csnt really fly around like that ykno

- usually, only his two Main Eyes arw open. his forehead eye opens if hes doing some scary magical spirit shit (his other two will be closed).

- his wing eyes only open if he is showing himself to someone (letting them be able to see him, making himself known), or threatening someone (im sure he has his reasons). each individual wing eye produces INSANE amounts of light and when all are open van give him the appearance of being a pure white glowing being. It will also burn your retinas right off. he is one with the sun after all

- atem is human in the afterlife. he only becomes a fucked up shadow bird if he needs to travel down and hang out on earth and stuff

[kousaka-ayumu]

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Part 2

❃Rules❃:

Request are sented at only one at a time

Child! Reader and Teenage and adult characters will be platonic.

I'll only write fanfics and drawing fanart with a fandom that I know of.

No repost without permission

X if for ships while & is for friendships

No incest

❃Fanfics❃

Regulars:

- W.I.T.C.H

Twisted Affection

Yandere Cornelia X Will

Passionate Love(hasn't started)

Taranee X Will

Accidental Confession(hasn't started)

Irma X Will

She is mine! (WIP)

Yandere! Irma X Will

Sleeping Redhead(Hasn't started)

Matt X Will

Familiarities(hasn't started)

Phobos and Will

Nightmares(hasn't started)

Matt X Will

- Twisted Wonderland

Dragon Card(hasn't started)

Malleus X Ace

Rivals to Lovers(hasn't started)

Leona X Malleus

Ocean Hearts(hasn't started)

Floyd X Riddle

A Gangster's Lover(hasn't started)

Yandere Gangster Deuce X Ace(Adult, gangster AU)

Dragon of Flowers(hasn't started)

Malleus X Ace(Ace is whiterose child au)

A Fae's Lover

Yandere Malleus x Ace

True Love(hasn't started)

Jamil X Kalim

A Snake's Angel(hasn't started)

Yandere Jamil X Kalim

Her Diamond In The Rough(part 1 and 2)(WIP)

Yandere female Jamil X female Ace

Heart of Roses(A Fae's Lover part 2)(WIP)

Yandere Malleus X Ace

A Queen's Heart

Yandere! Riddle X Yandere! Deuce X Ace

A Snake and Baker's Prey(NSFW)

Trey X Jamil X Ace(SMUT)

RWBY

Insane Love(hasn't started)

Yandere Weiss X Ruby

A Robot's Lover(hasn't started)

Penny X Ruby

Predator(hasn't started)

Yandere Blake X Ruby

Keeper Of My Heart(hasn't started)

Weiss X Ruby(W.I.T.C.H au)

Greek Knight(hasn't started)

Pyrrah X Jaune

Sisters(hasn't started)

Yang and Ruby

Black And Yellow (hasn't started)

Top! Blake X Bottom! Yang

An Heiress's Rose(hasn't started)

Top! Weiss X Bottom! Ruby

❃Crossovers❃

Guardians of Remnant(RWBY x W.I.T.C.H) (hasn't started)

The Guardian and The Dragon(W.I.T.C.H x Twisted Wonderland one-shot)(Will and Malleus) (hasn't started)

A Survivor's Wonderland(DRV3 X Twisted Wonderland) (hasn't started)

A Ninja's Wonderland(Ninjago X Twisted Wonderland) (hasn't started)

Guardians and Ninjas(Ninjago X W.I.T.C.H) (hasn't started)

Unique Warriors(PreCure X Twisted Wonderland) (hasn't started)

A Fairy's Wonderland(Twisted Wonderland X Winx) (hasn't started)

PreCure All Stars: Twisted Festival(PreCure X Twisted Wonderland)(hasn't started)

A Hero in Wonderland(MLB X Twisted Wonderland)(hasn't started)

❃Arts and Headcannons❃

Rose Draconia(Old and New)

Dawn White/Marmoreal(Old and New)

Rose's past

Team RWBYS as Guardians of the Veil(1st and 2nd)

Sarah Hale/Roselight

Angie Swan(For @phoenix-manga, @phnxart )

Darcelle Swan

Sonomi Hoshiakari(Cure Forest)

Kaidah Akahono/Garmadon(Cure Dragon)

Mizuki Aoumi(Cure Ocean)

Yumeri Cordelia(Cure Isleen)

Taiyou Kiihikari(Cure Thunder)

Fuyumi Hoshiakari(Cure Schnee)

Hoseki Héxié(Cure Yīnyuè)

Seiza Mikanhoshi(Cure Astralle)

Kiko Midorikaze(Cure Iiesar)

Hokori Shroud(Cure Íroas)

Farah Alsaari(Cure Faith)

Akio Hoshiakari(Cure Joy)

Alyssa's reveal

Alyssa Rosseta(Show)

Alyssa Rosseta(Movie)

❃Special fics❃

Christmas(2022)

Christmas(2023)

❃Songfics❃

Kowareyasuki(An Malleus overblot one-shot/Ace is WhiteRose's child AU/Malleus x Ace)

❃Request fics❃

Yandere! Malleus x Idia

Yandere Azul X Jamil part 2

Yandere Floyd X Riddle

❃AUS❃

Twisted Wonderland X RWBY

❃Writing for other AUs❃

This Life Is Mine(Headmistress Rosehearts AU)

❃EAH X TWST❃

Rose X Dawn(History)

❃Character Birthdays❃

Fuyumi(RSA)

Hoseki(RSA)

Sonomi(NRC)

Kaida(NRC)

Note: Ocean's, Isleen's, Schnee's, Yīnyuè's, Astralle, Tornado's, Íroas's and Faith's designs and poses are owned by @phnxart /@phoenix-manga

[georgescatcafe]

the rising chariot — 2

rating: t warning/s: none pairing/s: platonic dream team, karl jacobs/sapnap genres/tags: percy jackon and the olympians au, friendship, angst summary: Nick Pappas isn’t sure it’s normal for teenagers to be sent across the United States on a quest that could potentially kill them, but Nick has started to realize that everything he thought was normal is entirely false. George Davies doesn’t particularly want to spend three consecutive days with this new camper and that son of Hermes who snagged his win in Capture the Flag two weeks ago, but he knows he has to suck it up and go with them, no matter how irritating they may be. Clay Bryce just wants to prove himself and show that he’s more than that troublesome kid from Cabin Eleven, but even as the leader of this quest, he’s not sure how to when Nick has fire powers and George is practically capable of mind-control.

Yet what they feel and want will mean nothing if they don’t complete their quest. When a petty feud between gods has Apollo threatening to take the Sun from the sky, the three must head out to stop him, but not just that—they’re in a race against an ancient enemy of the god, one who definitely will try and kill him if it gets to Apollo first.

+ao3 +masterpost

Floris came by his house again the next day. Nick stared at him as he stood in the doorway. “School’s cancelled indefinitely,” Floris told him. “They said they’ll work on rebuilding as soon as they can, but while we still don’t have a physical school, we get summer break early.”

“Happy birthday to me,” Nick replied, though there was no mirth in his voice.

Floris smiled anyway before his eyes got all shifty, and he leaned forward, as if looking for something. “Are your parents home?” Nick wondered if Floris knew about his situation. He knew about Nick’s mom; or, at least, Nick assumed he somehow did. It wouldn’t surprise him that he knew about the rest of his living arrangement, either.

“I managed to get taken away by a deranged cop the day they left for their anniversary,” he answered. “And they aren’t putting that on hold for me.” His younger sisters—homeschooled, lucky them—were sent to their grandparents last week. The only reason Nick didn’t go was because he was old enough to handle himself. Or so he thought. “I’m home alone.”

“Nice,” Floris hummed, hand settling on the doorframe thoughtfully. “So about yesterday….”

Nick held up a hand, wincing as a headache bloomed behind his eyes. “I really don’t want to talk more about it.”

Floris made a face, but Nick was being honest. The whole ordeal just made him feel sick. “It’s good to—”

“Talk things out, I know,” NIck replies, “so you said. But, look, man, that was really traumatic, okay? And I think I hit my head too hard on the door because I was seeing things, and it was just really scary. I don’t want to think about it anymore.”

Floris studied him, gaze intense, and Nick straightened up under it, shoulders moving back and chest puffing up slightly. It wasn’t an intimidating look, but there was something… unnerving about it. He felt he had to prove something. Finally, Floris sighed. “It’s probably for the better for once. Just… if something like that happens again, you should take this.” He held out a small card, and when Nick took it, he realized it was a business card.

“Call me, okay?” Floris asked. “Don’t be a stranger.”

Nick stared at the card for another second before looking back up at the other. “Okay,” he agreed. “I’ll call.”

Floris gave him a final smile before pivoting on his heel. He was about to walk off when he spun back around. “Oh, uh, I made these for you.” He held out a baggie filled with what looked like lemon bars. “I don’t recommend eating them all at once. I’ve found they’re pretty good for when you need comfort food, or, like… healing. Or something.”

Nick accepted the bag. “Uh-huh. Thanks.”

“Yeah,” Floris said, before smiling for the last time for real and turning, heading down the walkway and taking off down the road.

Nick looked back down at the lemon bars. They weren’t his favorite. He definitely wasn't going to eat them all at once. Dumb of Floris to even tell him that.

He went about his routine like usual, now that school was out of the picture. It was a bit weird actually, sitting down to a day of mindless video games with no guilt, no homework to turn in or tests to study for. (Granted, most of his homework was left incomplete, and most tests were taken with no studying involved prior. Not that Nick was a dumb kid, school just… wasn’t for him. In case you couldn’t tell by the whole burning it down thing. Not that he meant to do that. Just to be clear. In case you missed that fact.) Nick sunk deeper into his beanbag chair, fingers flying across his Xbox controller as he focused on the small TV in his room. He wondered if his parents knew about his early summer already.

Probably not.

He played until the Sun went down, only stopping to pee or get food, and his routine looked very much like that for the next three days until his parents returned, and he found himself thrown into the monotony of chores and errands. It was preferable to reading-induced migraines, but he also missed the break from home school provided. The town he lived in on the edge of Houston was easy enough to navigate on foot, and his dad had started to give him driving lessons, but the lessons had to be put on hold for work, and walking around the city was a lot less fun when there was no one else to walk with.

The business card he’d taken to keeping in his pants’ pocket ever since Floris gave it to him seemed to become a paperweight then. Nick pulled it out.

Floris Larkspur Keeper Half-Blood Hill Long Island, New York (800) 009-0009

The information on it was terrible to read, in some fancy, looping font, but Nick understood it well enough once he squinted for a while. He frowned at the address and phone number. The number was obviously toll-free, meant more for business rather than personal use, and the location itself… New York? Nick frowned before returning the card to his pocket.

He’d have better luck running into Floris in the grocery store. Besides, the only bit of info on the card that didn’t leave him more confused than how he started was Floris’s name. Nick bit the inside of his cheek. Maybe Floris wasn’t the best person to walk around the city with.

Nick sighed, wondering if his stepmom would maybe send him on a grocery run. He was surprised when he walked into the living room to see his parents sitting on the couch, staring at him expectantly.

“Is something wrong?” he asked. “I didn’t mean to burn down the school. I promise.”

His stepmom rose from her place on the couch. “We believe you,” she said, hand coming to rest on his shoulder. His heart pounded as his gaze dropped to her hand. “You aren’t in trouble. Actually, the opposite.”

He stared at her before turning to his stepdad.

“Your birthday, Nick,” he said.

His birthday. He completely forgot about it. He looked at his stepmom.

“We’re sorry we weren’t here to celebrate with you,” she told him. “That was our fault. So we did something extra special for you.”

“You didn’t miss much,” Nick replied, even as she guided him over to the couch where his stepdad opened his laptop.

“With no school,” his stepmom said, “we figured it would be okay if spring break came early.”

And there, right on his dad’s laptop screen, a ticket to New York City.

Nick’s eyes turned to saucers as he stared between his parents, gaze going from his stepdad, back to his stepmom, then vice versa. “You’re kidding,” he breathed.

“Your flight goes out in two days,” his dad said. “A week there and straight back.”

“By myself?” Nick asked, hardly believing his luck.

“You’re sixteen,” his dad replied, even as his stepmom made a face.

“We have a second ticket,” she explained. “We can resell it, but… if you wanted to take a friend—a responsible one.”

Nick didn’t have many friends. Constantly switching schools did that to a kid. He stared blankly at his stepmom, who offered him a tentative smile in return. He tried to give one back, but his mind was reeling, wondering who to invite—if they’d really let him go on his own or not.

“Y’know,” his dad started, “there’s this one kid I’ve run into a couple times, at the gas station, the store, kind of funny looking, ginger, always asks after you.”

Oh, God. “That’s,” Nick hid his face in his hands, humiliation rising in his throat, “Floris.”

“A friend?” his stepmom asked, hopeful.

Nick nodded.

“Perfect!” she exclaimed, clapping her hands together. “And clearly he cares about you. I think that’s a good one to take.”

“Mom,” he said, even as the name tasted bitter on his tongue, knowing his actual mom was still out there, “no. There’s got to be someone else—or I could go on my own, right? Right, Dad?”

His stepdad said nothing. So that was just a fib, then. Nick’s face fell.

“I think Floris would be good,” she urged. “You don’t have to spend every second together.”

“But you’ll want us to,” he argued.

“I just want you safe,” she said, “and I know your dad wants the same.”

Nick made a face.

Finally, she made one too, expression souring. “Nick, we just want to do something nice for you—for once. Can’t you just accept it?”

“I,” Nick made a frustrated noise deep in his throat, “why now? You’ve never cared. Is it because I almost went to prison?” He looks to his stepdad. “Do you feel guilty or something? That you couldn’t stop them from taking me, just like you couldn’t stop them from taking Mom—my real mom,” he added quickly, unable to stop the glare he shot at his stepmom, polite as she may be.

Her hand flew to her chest, as if stung, and his stepdad sat up, brows furrowing, lips downturned in a severe frown. “Nick Pappas, don’t you dare talk to us like that,” he scolded.

“Or what?” Nick snapped. “You going to kick me out? I bet you’d love that! You wouldn’t have to look for a new school anymore; you wouldn’t have to look at me and be reminded of her. You’d love that, wouldn’t you?”

“What’s gotten into you?” his stepmom cried. “You’re never like this!”

“I’m just tired!” Nick shoved himself up off the couch. “Thanks for the trip, but oh my God, just leave me alone—please!” He stormed into his room and slammed the door shut, pressing his back against it and immediately pressing his face into his hands.

He almost died Friday, and they didn’t care. Of course they didn’t care! And now they wanted to act nice, and he was supposed to just accept it? Without a modicum of suspicion? It was so not fair. He brought his legs to his chest, hands sliding from his face and elbows resting on the tops of his knees. He buried his head in his arms. None of this was fair.

What felt like an hour but was probably just ten minutes later, a soft knock at the door startled him into lifting his head. He scooted away from the door, and it opened slowly. In the doorway stood his stepmom. Nick bit back a groan.

“What,” he said.

The petite woman lowered herself to the floor, closing the door behind herself and taking a seat across from him. “I’m sorry I’m not her,” she replied.

Nick glared at her crossed legs.

“I mean it,” she promised. “I’ve never tried to be her—”

“You wouldn’t want to be her,” Nick grumbled.

His stepmom paused before a hand came to rest on his knee. “I never met her, but if she was anything like you, she couldn’t be bad.”

“You’re just saying that.” Nick’s glare strengthened. “I can’t stay at one school; I’m always setting things on fire; I almost went to prison just last week. I’m a terrible son.”

She didn’t say anything to that. 

Nick flattened his lips. 

“I’m sorry,” she finally said. “We’re… not good parents. I never wanted to be a parent. I am now, and I wouldn’t change it, but I’m not your mom, even with you calling me that, and I don’t want to replace her. And I could never be her because I know how much she meant to you, and I couldn’t do for you what she did.”

“You don’t even know what she did,” Nick snapped.

His stepmom sighed. “Can you please just accept this? I had to talk your dad into keeping the tickets after what you said.”

“You should have let him sell them,” Nick replied. “I deserve it.”

“No, you don’t.” She patted his knee. “You’re right. You did almost go to prison—you wouldn’t have deserved it, though. I think wrongful imprisonment deserves a trip to New York.”

Nick allowed a laugh to fall past his lips, bitter.

His stepmom took it. “Your flight leaves in two days. Tell your friend to come with you. You’ve got a whole week to run around NYC like the teenager you are. Have fun.” She gave a gentle shove to his shoulder. Nick rocked with the motion. “Okay?”

Nick stared at the floor.

“Okay?” she repeated.

He nodded.

“Good.” She pushed herself from the floor, running her fingers lightly through his hair before leaving, closing the door softly behind her. Nick squeezed his eyes shut, letting out a shaky breath.

Have fun. He can do that.

When he finally hunted Floris down at the grocery store the next day, he told him about the trip. “It’s short notice,” he apologized, “but it’s a week.”

“New York?” Floris asked. Nick felt like if the ginger had a tail, it’d be wagging.

“Yeah,” he replied. “A week and then we come home.”

“Got it, captain,” Floris said. “I’ll pack my bags tonight and meet you at your house bright and early tomorrow morning.”

“The flight doesn’t leave until noon.” Nick frowned.

“I like being prepared,” Floris replied. “Are you ready?”

“More or less,” Nick nodded, “not like I own much anyway.”

Floris stared at him, eyes narrowed, before nodding also. “See you tomorrow then.”

Nick gave him a mock-salute. “See you tomorrow.”

[twoblueheartslocked]

Mini Para: August Flashback(s)

Rating: PG-13?

Pairing: Seblaine.

Sebastian: @colorsicantsee

Blaine: @twoblueheartslocked

Time: Four and a Half years before the events of ( Hold On To The Memories, They Will Hold On To You ) Start of August before Blaine’s Senior Year and Sebastian’s Junior Year. Blaine (almost 17) Seb(16 as of this Para).

Location: Westerville, OH- Sebastian’s house.

Info: A look into the month of August and the progression of Sebastian and Blaine’s relationship. Sebastian celebrates his 16th birthday with Blaine on August 27.

Warnings: Kissing teens and cussing.

Extra Warnings: (This RP is not Kurt Hummel friendly. You’ve all been warned.)

Notes: Some canon events remain in place while others have been changed. Some things may even be out of order. You can consider this sort of canon divergent AU. A few changes are that Blaine’s parents are different from the show (His mother is Filipina), he didn’t cheat on Kurt or date Dave and Sebastian is younger than Blaine. Feel free to send a message if you have any questions!

Blaine’s POV:

The month of August had been a bit of a whirlwind for Blaine; Sam had come back from his trip so he’d spend a few comic book and video game filled evenings with his best friend. Sam had been a little floored when Blaine had told him about him and Kurt. But, when Blaine mentioned all of the problems they’d be having; the fighting, the way Blaine spent almost all of his time insecure when it came to Kurt, how he always felt like he needed to dull his shine around him- Sam actually surprised him by saying that Blaine should have done this a few months ago. Much to Blaine’s surprise also was how Sam was not surprised at all that he’d been hanging around with Sebastian for weeks. He’d rolled his eyes and simply said the word duh, like it was the most obvious thing in the world. Blaine had spent the rest of the night wondering if maybe, just maybe his feelings for Sebastian had possibly influenced his final decision in breaking things off with Kurt before they got too bad. He wondered if it made him a bad person because he knew now that it was so much more than just friends that he felt when it came to the tall, green eyed boy that had been taking up occupancy in his mind the last couple of months. He tried to ignore it when his brain yelled at him that Sebastian had, in some way, been there since they met, almost a whole year ago…

They’d spent almost every single free day they’d had together. Diners with shakes, and the county fair where Blaine had bought them terrible fair food and eaten too much cotton candy and Sebastian had charmed his way into a golden teddy bear to make him feel better. Blaine had dubbed the bear August as a reminder of their day. It was still sitting on his bed. They’d taken long night time drives and had gone to see a few blockbuster movies where Sebastian had gotten them giant buckets of popcorn slathered in butter and salt and sticky, sweet sodas. Blaine couldn't remember the last time he’d had so much carefree fun and every night he went home smiling and wondering what would come next.

And last weekend, Blaine had driven the two of them to the city- Columbus had one of those preserved old Movie Theatres' that looked like it had been frozen in the 1950’s. It was the kind of place that still tore your paper ticket and only showed movies that were before 1995 and only on 35mm film. The kind that still had a red velvet curtain, and ushers and they even made you watch a little cartoon before they showed the feature and good god, Blaine thought it was absolutely perfect. The film was Jaws this time, the theme being A Summertime Nightmare and they even sold little sugar cookies in the shapes of sharks with a painted on leg and shiny red icing for blood. Blaine bought them two. Sebastian wasn’t a big fan of horror films but once Blaine had playfully promised to fight the big bad monster off for him he seemed to calm down a little. Even if it was just because he was laughing at the thought.

Sebastian had been doing well until the ominous music started up and then he caught the first sight of the massive creature and Seb jumped so hard he almost tipped their popcorn, his body automatically curling towards Blaine’s as if he really could protect him. Blaine’s response had been to smile, chuckle softly and reach out for his companions hand, his fingers sliding easily between Seb’s. Seb had squeezed his hand back, face unreadable in the dim light of the old film light. But, he didn’t pull away and his grip told Blaine that he wanted to do it just as much as he did.  And it was so natural you’d think they’d done this so many times. That they’d been a couple for years. Blaine had spent so damn long fighting this feeling, the -what are we- over and over that he just didn’t have it in him anymore. It was like the harder he fought against his feelings for Seb, the stronger the magnetic pull towards Sebastian grew.

And so the hand holding became a regular thing over the last seven days, so much that Blaine’s stomach flipped each time he thought about getting to do it.  And it was almost laughable to him because Blaine wasn’t some green boy anymore. He’d been sexually active with Kurt over the last year,(He tried not to think about how insecure those moments left him, too.) but for some reason those times with Kurt didn’t seem to hold a candle to moments where he was just holding Sebastian Smythe’s fucking hand. And so every time they sat in a diner or took a drive under the stars to some park just to talk and walk or swing, he would find himself reaching for Sebastian’s hand and sometimes Seb reached for his. Blaine was in his feelings and he wasn’t sure what it meant, all he knew was that he’d fight the moon just to see Sebastian smile the way he did when their fingers were linked together.

                                                            ...

Blaine bit his bottom lip, pulling himself from the memories of the past month and tried to concentrate on getting the six of the big 1-6 he was writing on the very pink cake in leafy green icing. It was Sebastian’s sixteenth birthday today and Blaine got to spend it with him. He’d baked a homemade round strawberry cake, complete with fresh strawberries adorning the sides. Even the icing was homemade and Blaine was rather proud of himself as he stepped back to look at his handy work.

“Almost like it came from a bakery, Blaine.” His head turned to the entrance to the kitchen where his mom stood, cute and compact with an empty mug of tea to return to the kitchen. She made her way in, setting the mug in the sink before making her way over to Blaine. Her dark lashes framing her inquiring gold eyes. She turned him and put her hand on his shoulders, tilting his chin down just a bit so she could see him. “Is Sebastian your new boyfriend, sweetheart?” Blaine blushed hard and bit his bottom lip. Icing from the cake still clinging to his fingers as he let his mom hold onto him. Blaine gave a shrug, unable to answer and afraid to know the answer himself. Imelda had just smiled, soft and knowingly before lifting her shorter body to kiss Blaine gently on the forehead. “Well, whatever he is to you your smile is radiant when he’s here.” She laughed a little. “And so is his. So, if you’re worried that he might not want to be with you, I don’t think it’s necessary.” Blaine bit his bottom lip. His emotions swelling in him as he spoke honestly to her and, for the first time out loud.. himself.

“I like him so much, mom. It’s crazy. I didn’t really realize, I mean, I truly didn’t know it until now, but I think I have for a long time. Does that make me a bad person? Because of Kurt...” She shushed him and shook her head before pulling him into a tight hug. “You can’t help how you feel, and now you’re free to feel the things you do, honey.” She pulled back enough to look at him again, her honey eyes, the ones he’d inherited, smiling. “Any boy that makes you smile like that is a keeper, Blaine. Don’t let him get away.” and then she stole a few leftover strawberries and was gone out the door before he could say anything else. He wondered if other people were seeing what his mom had seen. He still didn’t know what they were, but he hoped it was more than just friends.

He packed up the cake into a plastic cake container and made sure he had all the ingredients of the pizza he was going to make for Sebastian. Extra onions and extra bacon, sauce, cheese, crust… Yeah, he had it. He hadn’t gotten Seb a gift because he wasn’t sure if that would be inappropriate or or too much or what. But now as he looked at his spread he thought maybe it was too much anyway and old insecurities about doing too much or being too over the top started to trickle in. He made himself shrug it off.  Sebastian had never made him feel like that, he had no reason to think he would now. He took the dark blue cake box and loaded it into his green SUV along with the pizza stuff. He felt under dressed, his curls loose for once and his feet in flip flops. He was wearing red swim trunks with little navy sailboats on them and a bright yellow tank top. Sebastian had insisted he wear something that he could swim in.

He placed the little card he’d gotten on top of the cake box, smiling to himself because he’d picked it out precisely as a joke. On the outside was a sly fox with a bored but slightly smiling face and a bouncing bunny rabbit in a bow tie looking overly excited. The inside was blank but Blaine had written a note along with the date.

Happy Birthday, Seb,

There’s no one else I’d rather annoy with stories or waste my nights away with.

Yours,

❤ B.

It was dumb and cute and Blaine hoped it made Seb smile. 

It wasn’t long before he was knocking on Sebastian's massive door, his arms full of surprises.

Sebastian’s POV:

Sebastian had begged his mom, Sabine to leave for the next evening. Blaine was going to come over with a birthday surprise for him and had hinted that he’d need the kitchen. The last thing he wanted was his mother or some random member of her staff hanging around the kitchen. 

“Mom. Please. Please, please, please.” He was practically on his knees. Sebastian felt like he didn’t ask for much but didn’t all teenagers think that? “Please let us have the kitchen to ourselves. We’ll clean it up and everything. I swear.” His hands were clasped in front of him as if in silent prayer. “And we can celebrate my birthday later in the week.” 

“Sebastian,” Sabine looked up from her book, his name in her french accent, her green eyes peaked over her black framed cat eye glasses. “You can use the kitchen.” She sighed and closed her book, her eyes focused his, a matching pair of hers.  “Are you and Blaine dating?”

“Mom…” He huffed and pinched the bridge of his nose, he could feel his cheeks slightly redden and Sabine laughed.

“Just clean up your messes.”

He promised he wouldn’t leave a mess and that they would have dinner together later in the week to celebrate. Seb  got out the room as fast as he could. Sebastian didn’t know what he and Blaine were but he knew he was having the best summer of his life. He had never realized such simple things could make him so happy. Bribing carnies for teddy bears, too much cotton candy, fresh popcorn, holding hands at classic movies, in the car, on walks, on swing sets. Sebastian couldn’t wait for Blaine to come over on his birthday.

The next day was spent obsessively checking the time and trying on different swim trunk/tee shirt/ tank top combos to see what looked best. Sebastian settled on a dark green tee shirt and navy blue swim trunks. He could make a scene out of taking the tee shirt off before they swam and the swim trunks were a little short but showed off his legs. Sebastian hoped Blaine would notice.

Finally, the doorbell rang and Sebastian raced to answer the door before the maid did. Blaine had the code to the gated community already and had seen the various members that worked around his home but he wanted things to go smoothly and as nonchalant as possible (though there were butterflies and elephants and any other cliche you could think of in his stomach)

“Hey, B.” He opened the door and stepped back so the other boy could walk inside the house with his various materials. “All this for me?” Sebastian led Blaine to the kitchen and watched as he set out the ingredients for pizza and opened the cake box. The cake looked almost professional and Sebastian had never had a friend bring him a cake before. Sure, the cook had baked him birthday cakes and his mother had ordered him cakes with various characters on them when he was younger but this was different. He could tell a lot of hard work went into it and Sebastian thought to himself that he had never had anybody outside of his home do something so thoughtful. “You even got my favorite pizza toppings. This is so awesome.”

“You made this all by yourself?” Sebastian admired the green writing and the expertly placed fruit. He already knew it would taste perfect because Blaine had made it and he was just so naturally talented at everything he did.

Seb picked a strawberry off of the side of the red cake and popped it into his mouth as he read the card. He rolled his eyes playfully at the cartoon animals. “Thanks,killer. I’ll cherish this piece of paper forever.” But it had said yours and he wondered if Blaine had meant to do that. Yours. That could mean so many things. Sebastian smiled to himself and set the card on the windowsill above the sink so that he wouldn’t lose it. His.

Blaine’s POV:

Blaine suddenly felt extremely self conscious as he waited for Sebastian to answer his door. He wished he’d worn real clothing and just changed into his trunks when it was time to swim. Plus he was freaking gelless and now he was regretting it. He felt exposed with his curls loose god why didn’t he gel? He hadn’t let anyone see him this way for a moment. When Kurt had seen them he’d covered his mouth and pretended they were fine, and he’d been called an assortment of names by his friends. He could still hear Brittney's Broccoli comment and it made him cringe inside. But, over the last few months, Blaine had figured out how to keep the frizziness at bay with a new product and he figured tonight, what with the pool and all, would be a good night to try it out. But now, he was wondering if maybe tonight wasn’t the best night to test it out. It was too late now. Seb was opening the door looking just as gorgeous as ever in blue trunks that showed off so much leg Blaine was struggling not to stare at the light ripple of muscle as Seb led them to the massive kitchen.

His nervousness slowly ebbed away as Sebastian seemed truly impressed with his spread. He fought a smile and tried his hardest not to blush to his toes at the compliments Sebastian was dishing out. He was always pretty vocal about his appreciation for things he liked, but every single time they were directed at him, they made Blaine feel out of sorts and his tummy did little flips.

“Yeah, I made it. I like to cook and stuff and you like strawberry so figured why not? I hope you like it.” Again, he tried to fight his blush as he watched Sebastian pop the red fruit past his full bottom lip. Only Sebastian could make something as simple as that seem so attractive without even trying and Blaine was again regretting the damn short. He cleared his throat, thankful that if Sebastian noticed his crazy blushing he at least wasn’t saying anything. He watched nervously as he opened the birthday card, worrying his bottom lip and wondering if it was too cheesy. But, Seb’s smile and his words relaxed him and he wondered if he’d really keep it forever.

“So, I’ve already made the dough, it has to sit for a couple of hours, but you can help me roll it out, and I’ve cooked the bacon and cut the onions up, so all we have to do is sauce it, cheese it and top it.” He laughed, happy that Sebastian seemed so happy with his gifts. “I was going to go pick a pizza up from Borgata’s, but we get food out all the time and I thought it would be fun if we made one together. Besides, you can put as many onions and as much bacon on it as you’d like. I won’t complain one bit. However,” He reached out and playful swatted Sebastian’s hand away from the cake before covering it back up. “No cake until we’ve cleaned up the whole mess, got it?” He teased sliding the cake just out of his reach.

As it turned out, Sebastian was actually pretty terrible in the kitchen. Blaine ended up doing most of it himself while Sebastian stole pieces of bacon and cheese and traced his fingers through the flour before gently dragging his fingers over Blaine’s nose and down his cheek, laughing as he did so. He was lucky he got the pie baked in one piece. It was funny and sweet and Blaine felt like he was in a ridiculous rom-com for a little bit and he was already dreading having to leave for the night. They had cleaned up their mess while the pizza was cooling and then they’d gotten plates and brought fresh lemonade from Seb’s refrigerator, their slices of pizza and the cake box out onto the pool deck with them. The sun was setting and the moon was so full they didn’t need the deck lightly to see. Blaine had taken his flip flops off, feeling more relaxed and happy than he had in a long time.

“So, what’s the verdict, Birthday Boy?”

Sebastian’s POV:

Blaine’s eyes were wide and his hair was loose (a rare sight, Sebastian loved to see his curls) and he looked like he was sitting on the edge of his deck chair as he waited for an answer. Even in the moonlight Blaine looked beautiful and maybe even more so than normal. Sebastian thought to himself that he should tell him he looked amazing with his curly hair and sunkissed skin and swimming trunks but for once in his life (for some reason) he didn’t say anything and focused on his slice of cake. Sebastian smiled to himself and cut into the soft cake with his fork and took a big bite. He sighed and rolled his eyes (not in his usual surly way but in a ‘ugh this tastes so fucking good’ way) Seb took another bite and all but danced in his deck chair. “This is the best cake I’ve ever had.” He scooped up a forkful of frosting and popped it into his mouth. “And I’m not even saying that to get in your pants.” Sebastian laughed and popped more of the pink cake into his mouth.

The pizza was perfect, too and Sebastian gave Blaine so many compliments on his cooking that he was blushing. Blaine’s flushed cheeks were one of Sebastian’s favorite things about the other boy and he always pointed it out when he could. “You’re so cute when you blush.” They finished their meal and relaxed for a little bit before Sebastian stood up and removed his tee shirt. He threw it at Blaine and winked before jumping into the cold water of the pool. Sebastian hated the cold and the only way to get over it was to get in fast and force your body to numb itself to the feeling.

He floated on his back and stared up at the night sky. The stars were bright and there were fireflies lazily floating around in the Ohio summer air. Sebastian loved summer in Ohio. Nothing could beat the thick heat, cold  lemonade in sweaty glasses, fireworks, the scent of fresh cut grass, chlorine and hot pavement. Now he had Blaine in the summer. His favorite guy and his favorite season. Sebastian thought that this was probably the best summer of his life. He didn’t have to sneak into Scandal’s every night to have a good time and the other boy had shown him that. He was content driving around while Blaine sang him his favorite One Direction songs, Blaine’s smile seemed made just for him in those moments and Sebastian thought that he would probably do anything to keep that smile around.

“Come on, B. The water… well, it’s kinda cold but you’ll get used to it.”

Blaine’s POV:

Blaine did his best to cover up the blush and the smile that slowly spread out over his face. He was smiling so hard and so big that his face ached with the joy of the feeling and he couldn’t remember the last time he felt so good. Sure, he’d had good moments with Kurt, he had loved him… but lately all he could remember were the fights and how every good thing about his past relationship seemed to have been marred by some pettiness or disagreement about something Blaine hadn’t done right or well enough or something Blaine had done too well. And of course Blaine wasn’t perfect but Kurt never could seem to let him forget that and… and, not for the first time, he wondered if he should have ended things with Kurt before he mostly only reflected negatively and further if he should have given Sebastian a chance sooner.  He felt the connection between the two of them so strongly, he wondered how he was ever able to ignore it before.

“You don’t have to say that.” He was sure that Sebastian had had better cakes, and probably better birthdays, but he was smiling at him like he hung the moon and the way he savored each bite made Blaine feel a thousand times appreciated and he found it easy to accept the probable fib. And again his face was heated and surely red as Sebastian for the fiftieth time told him he was cute while blushing as if Blaine controlled that. It made him laugh anyway and he found that he didn’t mind.

He watched Sebastian, bold in his confidence, pulled his shirt off and threw it at him. Blaine breath hitched as he let himself really look at him for a moment, appreciating his lithe, lightly muscled form displayed in front of him before Sebastian gracefully jumped into the pool. The pool light below lighting him up and warping his body for a moment before he came back up. Blaine stood up, his fingers hesitating on the hem of his tank top, suddenly incredibly apprehensive to take it off in front of Sebastian. What if Kurt was right and his sweets addiction had caught up to him? Was he hairier than most boys his age or was his stomach not as flat as it should be? He tried his hardest to shake off his fears, Sebastian's beckoning and playfulness winning over in the end. Biting his lip he pulled the garment up and over his head, musing his curls as he dropped it to join Sebastian's.

He wondered what Sebastian saw as he sat at the edge of the pool, his feet dipping in first to test the cool water. Cold, but not unbearable. He scooted himself over the edge and took a deep breath before he let himself drop into the water, not allowing himself time to worry about his hair before going under. He swam towards Sebastian and popped back up right in front of him, splashing at the other boy playfully before nudging him in the side with his hip.

“It’s not that cold, Sebastian.” He teased, his body adjusting to the pool's temperature quickly. He floated for a moment, trying to calm down his pounding heart, the roar of blood in his ears telling him they way they had been acting with each other is so much more than friendship. He splashed at the other boy with a mischievous and admittedly flirtatious glint in his eye. He bit his bottom lip, fighting the giggle that was rising up in his throat and then wrapped his arms around Sebastian and pulled him under, the butterflies in his stomach fluttered against his rib cage from the feeling of his bare chest against Sebastian’s.

“Gotcha.”

Before Sebastian could catch him, he was already swimming away, using the boxing workouts to his advantage, to the shallow end. In one swift movement he pulled himself up to sit on the edge of the edge of the pool. He ran his fingers though his curls and slicking his hair back, but he could already feel a few curls springing up. His grin huge and the glint in his eyes clearly daring Sebastian to come get him.

Sebastian’s POV:

Sebastian’s head plunged underwater, his body pressed to Blaine’s as the cold water surrounded him. He could feel Blaine��s strong arms around him, his own arms askew in the pool from the surprise. Suddenly, Blaine swam off and Sebastian popped up above the tiny waves the other boy caused. He ran a hand over his wet face and caught his breath. He watched Blaine swim away and perch on the edge of the pool. He probably could have caught him if he wanted but he let him get away. Seb laughed the sort of heavy laugh one has after losing their breath for a moment and swam over to him. 

Blaine looked great on the side of the pool, the moonlight caught in the droplets of pool water on his skin. His curls already fought against gravity and popped out all over his head, his strong arms accented as they pressed against the tiled pool ledge, his wet trunks pressed against his body in all of the right spots. Sebastian wanted to touch him and the way that Blaine was looking at him as he swam, maybe he felt the same way? They had been holding hands a lot lately and lingering at doorways when they said goodbye. He could feel a tense but exciting air around them the past few weeks but always found himself uncharacteristically nervous when it came to saying bye. What if he kissed him or touched him and Blaine rebuffed it? What if he had been reading all of the signs wrong or Blaine was just trying to distract himself? It wouldn’t be the first time somebody had used Sebastian but this one might hurt worse than the rest because he actually had so much hope buried underneath the butterflies in his belly.

Sebastian decided in his short swim that he wouldn’t get anywhere in life by being shy and just went for it. He placed his body between Blaine’s thighs so that he could look up at the other boy (which was a new but amazing view) and he placed his hands on either side of his thighs. He could hear the sounds of crickets and frogs and summer all around them in a small moment where neither of them spoke. Sebastian bit his bottom lip, his green eyes a little mischievous.

“You know, you look really awesome tonight.” He hoped Blaine knew that he would move if he wanted him to. “Thank you for everything, by the way.”

Blaine’s POV:

The air around Blaine seemed to freeze as Sebastian came so very close to him. Heat was radiating from his legs and belly in the minimal space between their bodies. He wanted nothing more than to draw him closer to him and press his body against his, just to see if it felt as incredible as Blaine imagined it would. His breath hitched at Seb’s words and he swallowed, his eyes wide, as he let the compliment sink into his skin like the drops of water clinging to him. He’d meant to say thank you, he’d meant to say you’re welcome but, his barely there, almost whispering voice had disappeared for a moment at their closeness. He could feel Sebastian’s breath on his face, could make out the vibrant green of his eyes in the moonlight, he had little flecks of blue that Blaine had never noticed before but this close they were so noticeable he wasn’t sure how.

“You- you’re beautiful, Sebastian…” his voice was shaky and almost didn’t make it past his teeth and once it was out he felt a little embarrassed at the way he’s said it, like telling Sebastian Smythe he was beautiful was an original poem that Blaine had written and it was only meant to be performed in hushed tones and desperate pleas as the moon and stars watched and listened. How many other guys have said the same to him? Did he look at them the way he was looking at Blaine now? He wanted to make him forget that anyone else had touched him. The feeling of embarrassment faded away as Blaine reached out with trembling hands and gently pulled Sebastian closer to him, afraid he might scare him away. His fingers grazed his arms and his hands were moving up to rest against Sebastian’s chest for a moment and Blaine could feel the rapid thump of his heart against his fingers, reminding him that Sebastian was real and right here and Blaine ached so badly to know it better. To memorize the rhythms with his fingers. Before he could talk himself out of it his hands were sliding up to his slender neck where freckles dusted like the stars and Blaine wanted to stop and count each one.

He let his fingertips dust over a few before slipping his hands up further where they cupped Sebastian’s devastatingly beautiful face on both sides, holding him like he was precious and it was so clear now that he actually was to Blaine. He looked down from where he was sitting, holding Sebastian’s gaze, searching for permission to explore and getting it in the way Seb bit his lip and tilted his head back slightly, his face open for Blaine. There was an inhale and then Blaine was leaning down and pressing his lips softly against Sebastian’s. His skin felt electric and his eyes fell shut as he pulled back a little to tilt his head to deepen the kiss. His tongue slipped past Seb’s lips and teeth searching for his, barely audible whines of pleasure coming from the back of his throat when he found it.

His fingers slid from Seb’s face and around to his neck, scraping at his hairline before curling against his skin gently, pulling him even closer. He kissed Sebastian like he’d never get to do it again, deeply and with a slowness that made him ache with want and he was all but breathing the other boy in. Trying to convey with each slide of lips and tongue the way he had been feeling over the last two and maybe more months. Sebastian tasted like strawberries and lemonade and Blaine couldn’t remember ever feeling so alive. He wanted Sebastian to feel everything he was feeling. Wanted him to feel how much he was desired and how good kissing him felt for Blaine and god how had he waited so long for this? Kissing Sebastian Smythe felt like something he’d been missing his whole life, he just hadn’t known it. So he drank him in with each second he got to kiss him, his thumbs running slowly over his jaw, fingers still lost in the hair at the nape of his neck. Blaine’s heart swelling with a feeling he didn't know how to name and hammering against his rib cage, his toes curling against Sebastian’s thighs under the water.

Sebastian's POV:

Seb smiled, all of his teeth exposed and his eyes crinkled. He never smiled like that. He always fought against it and chose to smirk or frown or feign indifference most times. But Blaine always brought that smile out and Seb couldn’t fight against it. Compliments sounded so much better coming from Blaine than they did from anybody else. Sure, Sebastian had had plenty of guys tell him that he was hot or great looking or whatever. Nobody had ever said beautiful before. He bit his bottom lip and looked up at him. The butterflies that always seemed to hang around when Blaine was near swirled around in his stomach again and suddenly the other boys hands were on him. Little sparks jumped under his skin and he had goosebumps all over his arms. Sebastian thought he imagined Blaine getting closer until their lips touched and everything felt real again.

Thank god they were in the shallow end of the pool because as soon as Blaine’s lips were on his and his hands were on his neck, Sebastian’s knees went a little weak and he probably would have melted into the water and fell down, down, down, to the bottom of the pool. He couldn’t fucking believe that Blaine was kissing him, that his fingers were gently scraping the back of his neck, his toes against his thighs in the water. Sebastian had never really enjoyed kissing. It was always rushed or messy but this...this was different. Maybe he had never really been kissing before and how was he ever going to want to do anything but kiss Blaine over and over again?

Sebastian’s hands gripped Blaine’s wrists as they kissed. He moaned a little despite himself and his body felt jittery and excited and he was going to need to float in the water for a while to calm his body down. He ran his hands down Blaine’s arms, his sides, down to his waist to gently help him back into the water. Sebastian was taller now and he pressed Blaine against the side of the pool gently as he deepened the kiss again, slow and gentle before he pulled away. His lips were swollen and his smile was so wide it hurt and he laughed, a happy sound that rang out over the pool. Sebastian fell backwards into the pool water with a big splash and stared up at the stars.

“Wow.”

Blaine’s POV:

It was all so perfect, Seb’s little moans with his mouth against his and moving against each other like they’d done it so many times- yet feeling like a first of many, his fingers pressed against his wrists flush against his skin and Blaine could feel his pulse against them. He sighed as Seb’s arms moved to encircle him, a little gasp escaping as he was gently pulled back into the water. And if he thought it was perfect before, it only improved as Seb was suddenly leaning down to kiss him, pressing his shorter body against the pool wall and Blaine could feel his toes lifting him up to meet Seb’s mouth better. His head back and face open and wanting as Sebastian kissed him this time, just as slow and just as deep and he tingles all over and wondered how the hell he’d get out of the pool without making a display of himself.

A noise left his mouth somewhere between a sigh and groan when Sebastian pulled away after a few minutes and Blaine was left empty armed and his lips were swollen with the feeling of Seb’s having just been on his. He was suddenly worried that maybe Sebastian was regretting it, that maybe Blaine had misread everything because why was he so far away now and why weren't they still kissing? He started to worry that maybe it meant nothing. Blaine knew Sebastian wasn’t some blushing boy that pined after him, so what if Blaine was so over the moon about something that was nothing for Sebastian? The thought hurt more than he wanted to admit to himself.

But the look on Sebastian’s face, the radiant smile, the one that showed all of Sebastian’s perfectly imperfect teeth, the one that Blaine had only started to see once they’d become closer, the one Blaine liked to say was just for him- was spreading over his features and Blaine would have given anything in the whole world to make him smile like that again and again. And Seb was laughing and Blaine was laughing, feeling free, like a weight had lifted. His worries once again just floating away into the night sky.

“Yeah… wow.”

He bit his lip, and took a deep breath as he watched Sebastian float just out of his reach and suddenly, and very unwanted- the world came back into focus. He could hear the alarm on his phone going off, the one he’d set in case he lost track of time, as he did with Sebastian. It told him it was almost eleven and he needed to leave soon if he was going to make his curfew. How many cycles had it gone through? Was he late? Normally he’d hate disappointing his mom, but tonight all he wanted was this. He told himself she’d understand as he sloshed through the water to make his way over to Sebastian. His body still embarrassingly respondent to the sight of Sebastian. He told himself he’d get ready to leave the next time it went off. Which meant nine more minutes of possibly doing this again. Nine more minutes of Sebastian in his arms.

“I guess it’s later than I thought…” He sighed, his heart overreacting and aching a little at the thought of having to go. “I want…-” He wanted to pull him back and hold him close, tilt his chin down so he could tip toe up and kiss him again with his arms pulling him against him.

But, he cut himself off, swallowing and trying to quell his worries. The ones that said maybe he was asking for too much, or that he was being too sexual and too needy. Kurt had made comments before that left Blaine feeling insecure about his need for contact and now it was trying to get the best of him. Sebastian isn’t Kurt. You’ve already spent the last ten minutes kissing him, he’s not going to reject you, Blaine. Go after what you want…

Being with Sebastian had made him feel alive and bold the last couple of months and tonight had just heightened it more and while he didn’t know what they were or what was going to come of this- he knew he needed to reach for it. He could feel something pulling him towards Sebastian. Again like a magnet, like a red string of fate and Blaine just couldn’t get enough. He licked his lips and reached for Sebastian for the second time that night.

“I want another one.” It sounded too demanding and he shook his head before licking his lips, softly trying again. “I mean could we… Could I have one? I don’t wanna go home without kissing you again.”

Sebastian's POV:

Seb had so many feelings racing through his body that he couldn’t decipher what was up or down and was thankful for the cool water of the pool, it calmed his mind and his body down a little. There was confusion about what they were because they were obviously more than friends. They couldn’t skirt around that anymore after that kiss. He didn’t feel like Blaine was his boyfriend; what a lame word-boyfriend. Could Blaine just be his person, just be his? There was the excitement because holy shit they had kissed and he had been waiting for that and wanting that for so long. Sebastian couldn’t deny that there was a little streak of doubt mixed in with the giddiness and the hormones and the questions and the adrenaline and the joy. He knew that Blaine’s friends didn’t like him because of the shitty things he had done almost a year ago and that some of them would never accept his apology and no amount of flowers or monetary donations weren’t going to change the minds of stubborn teenagers. What if they talked Blaine out of hanging out with him or pursuing something? Sebastian took a deep breath and focused on the sky again. It didn’t matter because things were great right now and Blaine was there with him.

Sebastian looked up at Blaine as he floated in the water. His wet curls were framed by the night sky and he could just make out the unsure look on the other boy’s face. He never wanted to make Blaine feel insecure or unsure about anything because….well fuck, he was Blaine. Sebastian would have believed you if you told him he had single handedly placed the sun in the sky and lined the planets and cherry picked the stars so that they gleamed just right. He thought that Blaine was just so effortlessly talented and beautiful and charming that he couldn’t comprehend how he ever doubted himself?

He paddled a little so that he could get to a spot where he could get back on his feet and regain balance in the water. Sebastian waded through the water so that he was standing in front of Blaine again. Sebastian liked when  Blaine’s voice sounded bold. He smiled, he hoped that encouraged him. “Yeah. It is getting pretty late though….best kiss me now.”

The two of them found each other effortlessly and kissed like they had been doing this for years. Sebastian wrapped his arms around Blaine’s waist, he could feel him against his skin, his face tipped up to erase the distance between them.  Kissing Blaine was like all of his favorite things about summer; hot like the sun, sweet like watermelon and lemonade and Popsicles, exciting like firecrackers, shocking like cold pool water.

Sebastian would have been content if the entire summer felt like this, if every Birthday had a cake and kiss from Blaine attached to it.

/fin.

[violetsbaudelaire]

ASOUE Pokemon AU Trainer Cards

more info under the cut uwu

In this AU our kiddies are out to forge their own path in their region of the world, the Himitsu region. Each want the title of Champion, but things get topsy-turvy once Team Eye turns up, and their cronies try to kidnap their Pokemon!

The main Unfortunate Gen then begin their journey of putting a stop to Team Eye’s nonsense, each of them acquiring a legendary Pokemon that sees their potential.

(NOTES: Bea II is around Sunny’s age in this AU; They’re both around 7 or so. This does not follow book/Netflix canon story, but however is influenced by it. Some locations remain the same.)

Violet -True Heart- Sylveon (Partner Pokemon) [Fairy] | Mawile [Fairy/Steel] | Klefki [Fairy/Steel] | Delphox [Psychic/Fire] | Gardevoir [Psychic/Fairy] | Reshiram (Legendary of Truth) [Dragon/Fire]

Klaus -Keeper of the Sun- Linoone (Partner Pokemon) [Normal/Dark] | Espeon [Psychic] | Indeedee [Normal/Psychic] | Ninetails [Fire] | Talonflame [Fire/Flying] | Solgaleo (Legendary of the Sun) [Psychic/Steel]

Sunny -Serpent’s Sky- Seviper (Partner Pokemon) [Poison] | Dragonite  [Dragon/Flying] | Serperior [Grass] | Kommo-o [Dragon/Fighting] | Jolteon [Electric] | Rayquaza (Legendary Sky Dragon) [Dragon/Flying]

Duncan -Nature’s Knight- Blastoise (Partner Pokemon) [Water] | Lucario [Fighting/Steel] | Bewear [Normal/Fighting] | Leafeon [Grass] | Quagsire [Water/Ground] | Virizion (Legendary of Nature) [Grass/Fighting]

Isadora -Nightmare Eater- Honchkrow (Partner Pokemon) [Dark/Flying] | Umbreon [Dark] | Mismagius [Ghost] | Zoroark [Dark] | Corviknight [Flying/Steel] | Darkrai (Legendary of Nightmares) [Dark]

Quigley -Boundary Breaker- Froslass (Partner Pokemon) [Ghost/Ice] | Glaceon [Ice] | Chandelure [Ghost/Fire] | Aegislash [Ghost/Steel] | Frosmoth [Ice/Bug] | Kyurem (White) (Boundary-Breaking Legendary) [Dragon/Ice]

Fiona -Resolute Revolutionist- Armaldo (Partner Pokemon) [Rock/Bug] | Breloom [Grass/Fighting] | Vileplume [Grass/Poison] | Vaporeon [Water] | Toxapex [Poison/Water] | Keldeo (Resolute) (Resolute Legendary) [Water/Fighting]

Carmelita -Shining Jewel- Roserade (Partner Pokemon) [Grass/Poison] | Primarina [Water/Fairy] | Mimikyu [Ghost/Fairy] | Rapidash (Galarian) [Psychic/Fairy] | Altaria  [Dragon/Flying] | Diancie (Legendary of Shining Jewels) [Rock/Fairy]

Friday -Protector of the Sea- Omastar (Partner Pokemon) [Water/Rock] | Aurorus [Rock/Ice] | Carracosta [Water/Rock] | Swampert [Water/Ground] | Milotic [Water] | Lugia (Legendary Protector of the Sea) [Psychic/Flying]

Beatrice II -Keeper of the Moon- Crobat (Partner Pokemon) [Poison/Flying] | Swoobat [Psychic/Flying] | Noivern [Dragon/Flying] | Gliscor [Ground/Flying] | Hydreigon [Dark/Dragon] | Lunala (Legendary of the Moon) [Psychic/Ghost]

[resinonao3]

THANK YOU!!!

Something Wild Calls You Home just reached 1,000 kudos on Archive of Our Own! 

I wanted to take this opportunity to thank all the lovely readers who enjoyed the fic, and amazing artists who contributed! 

For everyone who missed out on the incredible charm and art card giveaway, I’ll be releasing a limited number as a reward for contributing to the Snow Leopard Trust on National Giving Tuesday, November 28th. I’ll post more info about that when it’s time! 

To celebrate, I thought it would be fun to share some trivia about the fic that you can’t get from AO3 statistics and notes :) 

Originally, I was planning on introducing bird people, as well as cat people to this AU. Sam and Clint were both going to be humanoid avians, with clipped wings that prevent them from flying. They were going to be the “status symbol” pet while cats were the “worker” pet, because they are more elegant and rare than humanoid felines. I scrapped this idea after writing about 30k of fic without having space to introduce a whole other species, and this AU’s politics were complicated enough as it is.

I have commissioned 27 individual pieces of artwork for this fic from amazing, talented and professional fan artists.

I have received 20 pieces of gift artwork for this fic, from incredibly generous, incredibly talented artists.

The first piece of artwork I commissioned was this sketch from DeanDraws, which was shared with the prequel fic. After that amazing experience, I decided I wanted to share a piece of fan art with every chapter.

I have to use a spreadsheet to keep track of all the artwork - there’s a lot! 

I planned from the very beginning to make Tony Stark a cat.

After scrapping my humanoid avian side-plot, I planned to make Sam Wilson a cat, too. He was mortally offended that I would turn a Falcon into a feline, so I had to change him to a human.

Clint was fine with going from an avian to a feline though. He’s chill like that.

After that, I had no idea how to incorporate Lucky, so Lucky was cut.

“Brooklyn” is not some clever analog for any Marvel character other than Skinny!Steve. I just needed a way to give Bucky “permission” to dominate Steve, and... well, I really just wanted to write scrappy runt cat!Steve. Brooklyn has his own character arc planned for him though, so he isn’t entirely invented just to fulfill a fanfic writer’s fantasy! 

Wanda is safe and warm and well looked after by her keepers, but she won’t make an appearance in this fic.

Originally, Fury’s position was going to report up to Peggy Carter, but I honestly couldn’t figure out a way to make someone who is so very British a member of the high ranking Joint Chiefs of Staff. To simplify the rank structure a little, I made Maria Hill the Chief of Staff instead.

I have a very complex meta for the rest of the AU’s history and politics after The Great Die Off, mostly covering World War II. However, I try to keep it to myself. It’s why I can sprinkle in a few facts and details about the outside world, but don’t bother to write lengthy exposition on it. The reader is free to interpret or fill in the blanks with whatever they think the world’s conflicts and countries may have been if there had been two sentient species of people co-existing.

Steve’s apartment building is 2400 M Street NW Washington DC 20037 and yes, there are units available! 

Fort McNair is a real base, and if you check the image below, in the lower left hand corner of the grassy field, you will see the diamond where Bucky and the other cats played baseball.

Welp, I hope you find some of these tidbits interesting! 

Thank you so much for reading! 

[shirtlesslizard]

Quick RP Info

[Updated 11.16.18]

B A S I C S

Name : To’zahni Bayani “Of the Tiger’s Eye” Nicknames : Zahni Age : 30 Nameday : 15th Sun of the 4th Umbral Moon Species : Miqo’te, Seeker of the Sun/Keeper of the Moon Gender : Male Orientation : Undefined Profession : Coliseum Combatant / High Storm Commander

P H Y S I C A L   A S P E C T S

Hair : Pure white with gray/black stripes layering it. Eyes : Ice blue eyes that glow only in the dark, pupils will also change during the darker hours

Skin : Dark Tan

Tattoos/scars : A small scar on his chin to the left. He has various stripes all over his body which are all birthmarks much like the very ones on his face. He however has aged scars on his back during his abused childhood. One scar in particular is a Lotus on the back of his neck.

F A M I L Y

Siblings :

None - Only child.

Parents :

To’baraki Tia – The father of To’zahni and a stalwart Ala Mhigan who fought for the resistance. The man never spoke of the clan he was named into, refusing to go about the Seeker path and thus joined the ranks with no qualms. When he was forced to escape Gyr Abania he found himself in Gridania where he met his late wife. After unfortunate events, he raised Zahni to be much like he was but with choice. To’baraki soon passed away from a disease that no one knew a cure for.

Ahla Chokifa – Not much is known about Ahla except that she was the wife of To’baraki and mother of To’zahni. However, Zahni refuses to share the last name of his mother and chose to give himself a surname to separate from this.

Family :

Korekaze Arulaq (Brother in Arms) – To’zahni refers Korekaze as his brother for they both enlisted in the Maelstrom together. Zahni was the first to greet the Au Ra when the man first arrived to Ul’dah and shared tales with one another. Sharing similar interests—The two swore to become good friends and not lose sight of their respective paths. For over seven summers now, they are very close friends and have been successful in their own endeavors. Often enough, Korekaze considers him deeply bound as a family member as has been seen with the newborns. To’zahni especially has been able to interact with the Au Ra’s daughters very well.

Ihna Arulaq - Korekaze’s eldest daughter and considered goddaughter to To’zahni. The pair have become well acquainted with one another much through Korekaze’s own pushing to have the man be used to at least one woman. And that woman being his own daughter whom he tended to since birth. To’zahni sees potential in her, having the same immeasurable amounts of aether like her sire that could be put to use through magicks. He can only hope that with his self taught guidance she will be able to channel it.

Pets :

None.

S K I L L S

Abilities :

Wards - To’zahni had developed his ability to create wards that can enclose spaces with invisible branded walls. His studies on the ward built around Alexander influenced his practice as has sufficiently been able to recreate the barrier in a similar manner. This barrier is able to suppress sounds and contain whatever he is trapping of a certain level.

Incantations - Not much is known how he came up with these, but To’zahni has been using incantations before his father passed away. Through meditation and to help his comrade rest without nightmares, these untranslated words hold weight when in use. To further support his chants, he infused bracelets with his aether and Korekaze’s to make soothing the Au Ra easier from great distances.

Red Magick - Roughly discovering his ability to control red magick, he has put it to use not too long after this realization. Able to to heal and do damage with a rapier, he has become quicker in his endeavors in battle.

Hobbies :

Sparring – To’zahni enjoys the thrill of fighting one-on-one and often invites others to spar with him. He however is not a fan of any type of weaponry except fists believing that to hide behind weapons is a weakness.  

Singing – He has often found himself humming or vocally singing in the presence of his friend or by himself. He does enjoying sharing his talent with those willing to listen.

Gambling – He has been known to play his cards right at the Gold Saucer and is a successful gambler in the alleys. If he doesn’t earn coin from his usual bouts or his duty to the Maelstrom— He earns it through this.

T R A I T S

Most Positive Trait – Tactful.  He is discreet and straight to the point while avoiding offense as much as possible.  Worst Negative Trait – Withdrawn. However, this is justified for reasons he and those close to him know. 

L I K E S

Colors – Gloom Purple Smells – Rain, ocean shore, liquor. Textures – Leather, sand, wood Drinks – Ale, water, hot cocoa.

O T H E R  D E T A I L S

Smokes - Sometimes. Drinks – High tolerance. Drugs – None. Mount Issuance – A horse he was gifted by Korekaze that came from the steppe. Been Arrested – A few times for his gambling and street brawls.

How can you possibly meet this person?

Perhaps you are a mutual of Korekaze and have heard about him through his stories. He does indeed work for the Maelstrom, perhaps you have heard of him. Enjoy gambling? He will be found in alleys of Ul’dah or the lower decks of Limsa Lominsa... Recently he has taken his gambling back to Gyr Abania. To’zahni is mainly known for his participation in the coliseum for he is a frequent combatant in every tournament that has been brought to light.

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Fun fact: Eric's side ace is - Gagaga dragon In the same spirit of Yuma having Djin xyz monsters

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Destinyshipping Destiny - because Astral took upon himself to twist the fate and meet Eric. Since both him and Don Thousand knew about main timeline (aka canon), they did everything to avoid certain events. This won't happen until later, but I thought I would introduce the ship name c:

[cosmicellis]

Random facts! Usually to build a character I ask a couple of key questions, to get some structure going. So there are some of them: What's Eric's goal\dream: To find true friends. He always sees himself as a 3rd wheel and doesn't wants to bother anyone. Even though his current friends to cherish him (Eric you are a doof). After realising it, his goal will shift to better his dueling and stop seeing it as "another thing he's bad at", cause he thinks he can only play "silly gimmicky decks". Strong sides \ Weak sides: For his friends - he would do anything. Any stupid or serious request he will complete with atmost dedication. He sees their problems as much more of a big issue and thinks that's where his recources should go. He neglects his own problems, thinking that can be dealt with later, easily gives up on them Eric is a quick learner. Though may sometimes just as quickly forget things. He can multitask, but it may affect the end results. He does much better when he focuses on 1 thing. He's very social and can usualy negotiate pretty well (Excluding supernatural muredrious things, that's too much even for him). This makes him get bored when he's alone easily. His defeatest attitude is his worst trait. Giving up is usually an option for him... Unless somebody would ask for his help. I guess it feeds his ego a bit, but he mostly geniunly wants to help Not the whole list, but a small list Friends and Foes: Friends are obviously prioritised in his life, hoping selfishly that he'll earn enough brownie points to be bestie with somebody Foes are depending on lethality. Bullies and hecklers he just ignores or jokes on their behalf. If its someone deadly, he would try to humor situation, but sparingly and keeping his focus on solving problems (Dueling usually) Meaning of his ace: Heartlandraco (AU version of him), aka Muffin is an attention hog. He wants to be Eric's special Ace card and demands his attention. This is somewhat of reflection of Eric's heart. He wants attentiona and does give his friends a special treatment, but he's is somewhat attention seeking. It is important for him to be noticed by friends. He won't say it... but he won't deny it either. AU effect of Heartlandraco: while on the field in defense mode - he cannot be targeted by attacks or effects, but neither does he can do any actions. (You can attack directly, since he's untargetable) He sleeps, until an overlay unit is used. He stores any RANDOM card from opponents field, ignoring other effects (Muffin will eat anything). The card is banished for 3 turns. For these 3 turns Muffin is active and can be attacked. Balancing this glutton is a work in progress Powers: Generating lame puns? Probably! He may adopt something from Astral, but it's a very far away development. Eric's last name: It is Mifune, because his parents liked more western name. He's from Japan though, where Zexal is seemingly is based on. I referenced it from Speed Racer, where main character's name was Go Mifune lol