#come out nonny

[justpinmeagainstawall]

I love you baby 😘

👀🫢 what a strange and lovely thing to say 🤭 you can’t go around telling subby girls like me that you love them???? 🥺 not on anon????? 💗

[alchemistc]

Catie's Big Ass bucktommy fic rec (Part One)

So I'm not gonna lie, I have most of these fics priv. bookmarked because I HAVEN'T COMMENTED ON THEM YET AND I FEEL REALLY GUILTY ABOUT THAT. But more than one anon has asked for this and it tickles me pink that y'all like my writing enough to trust in my recs. So. Please, please, be better than I am and make sure to kudos and comment if you enjoy any of these works.

(Guys, there are SO MANY amazing writers in this fandom. So many truly breathtaking fics already. I got two hours into this and realized I was going to need to split this into parts because I have too many things to say about each of these and I want to do them all justice.)

Writers you can trust in:

@rcmclachlan /ao3 : I will sing RC's praises to the moon and back. There is something about the way RC injects humor into the tiniest of lines that makes me want to scream into a pillow until I pass out. You will see more than one of RC's fics in this list.

@kirkaut /ao3: kirkaut is the reason I jumped on this bandwagon. The unhinged spiral into LFJr obsession and the prevalence of well thought out meta and incredibly hot fic drew me in. If you are not following kirkaut, change that now.

@26-cats-in-a-trenchcoat / catfud_ohplease on ao3: Devastating prose. The ability to turn a theme on a dime and STAB YOU IN THE HEART with it. Mac owns my whole soul when it comes to really scratching that itch behind my eyelids for thematic imagery and really creative ideas for fic that aren't just run-of-the-mill smut/angst/fluff.

@devirnis / ao3: Ali only has one bucktommy fic up on ao3 but it is devine and I love it. Ali is also the only writer who has tempted me into reading buddie. This is not an indictment on buddie fandom or buddie fic writers in general, I just tend to be a one ship kinda gal and I don't really dive into fic for a ship I don't vibe with. Ali's writing has made me reconsider this position.

@beefcakekinard / thingbe on ao3: The domesticity. Literally just reread one of Rose's fics this morning and HAD to comment on it again because it made me want to fling myself to Jupiter.

(This is not a comprehensive list, but I just realized how many fics I have already bookmarked for bucktommy and I'm already under a readmore.)

Fics that make my brain go brrrr:

only fools rush in - somnum365 ( @firehose118)

Tommy lets Buck set the pace. Buck is ready for something.

Super hot and all about checking in. I've got a thing for discovering sex with a partner starting out with frottage and this delivers. The characterizations are so great.

Colin Firth Thinks You're Hot - IDontGoHereEither (@herrmannhalsteadproduction)

Buck is late for a special date night with Tommy, but he still stops to help a stranger stuck on the side of the road. Luckily, that stranger is about to help HIM.

Cute as fuck with a super fun guest star. Who doesn't want Mr. Darcy to think your boyfriend is hot?

sad girl poetic thursday night - screamlet

Date night menu: pasta primavera and emotional unpacking.

There's something about the pacing of this that sent me into a tailspin. The stream of consciousness that actually bleeds from the dialogue into the action and vice versa. Hng.

I Was Only Falling In Love - Princessfbi (@princessfbi)

Tommy in crisis mode.

There's a moment in this fic where Eddie has to pull Tommy back from the precipice of something and it lives entirely rent free in my head, forever and ever amen. The firefam taking care of Buck by taking care of Tommy.

let me count the ways - ashesandhalefire

Buck and Tommy in the aftermath of a good evening are chattier than they probably reasonably should be

There is something about this fic that feels like the witching hour is upon you, like you could live in this little pocket world Buck and Tommy have created for themselves forever. The dialogue is fantastic, and the way they communicate with each other is just *chefs kiss*

let's make it cinematic - kirkaut

Tommy helps Buck deal with some of his impotent rage in the face of the Gerrard of it all.

Listen, I do not have a praise kink. This kinda makes me wish I did.

"[...]Everything is.” He circles a finger around in the air. “It’s very spinny.” - this line of dialogue came for my fucking throat.

Sick with it - Mellow_Yellow

what if in an alternate universe babyslut Buck joined the 118 when Tommy was still in his closeted asshole era and they had a torrid affair??

The way this is a little fucked up. The way the characterizations aren't exactly familiar because they haven't aged into what we know them as in current canon. The way you can see in every broken line and every stutter step that Tommy is falling for Evan and has No Fucking Idea what to do with that. Ugh. Best Met Earlier AU I've ever read.

He blinked as Tommy walked by, eyes sliding closed again before he left. He felt a light touch on the top of his head but figured he was imagining it. He couldn’t think of anyone at the 118 who would touch him that carefully. - just absolutely fucking end me they're so good/bad for each other

A Full Body Workout - Persiflager

Tommy and Buck spend a day trying to distract Eddie from the *gestures vaguely* all of it.

The way this is so quiet in the way it shows you how Tommy and Buck care for each other. The way they are down bad but still so hyperaware of the pace they've set, the things they've talked about. The way they take care of their friend here. I'm obsessed with the tone of this one. Also, as a general theme, nothing draws me in more than well thought out dialogue, and this one has some fucking GREAT dialogue.

Your love is better than ice cream - Cecily_v, liminalmemories

An alternative meet-cute, where-in Tommy doesn’t know the 118 and decides Buck is worth it anyway. Buck is confused but figures some things out.

There is so much I love about this AU. How they meet. How their relationship progresses. How it feels glacially slow in comparison to the canon storyline but also how in character they both are. The foundation of their love in this fic is downright eatable.

just couldn't fall til we met - thingbe (@beefcakekinard)

Buck and Tommy spend a quiet morning in together.

This is the one that crossed my dash earlier today and made me eat fucking glass on reread. The closeness. The way they're both so tactile. The blink and you'll miss it hints at a life being built together. Eating this UP every time I read it.

The Premium Twunk Appreciation Society, President: Tommy Kinard - everythingremainsconnected

5 times Tommy almost faints like a Victorian maiden at the sight of Buck’s flesh, and 1 time he can do something about it.

“Hey,” Evan said, shoving Eddie out of the way and filling the screen with his playful glare, “organise bro time on your own time, I’m on the phone with– with Tommy.”

“With who?” Eddie repeated. Tommy didn’t need to see his face to hear the fondness in the mocking. “Who’s on the phone? I didn’t quite catch that.”

- They are so stupid about each other in this fic, please read it and watch steam blow out your ears at how sweet and hot and down bad for each other they are.

desire (i want to turn into you) - chthonicheart

The first time Buck’s really able to bury his face between a man’s tits, he nearly cries.

pwp but with a whole heaping of character study. HOT.

rule four (you were only waiting for this moment to arise) - middyblue (daisyblaine) [@middyblue]

Tommy has doubts.

There is a general mood to this piece that feels heavy in a way I can't quite explain. There was a weight on my chest all the way through this in the BEST way possible. The way Tommy navigates his mind and struggles to trust the little slice of peace he and Buck have carved out is just mindbogglingly beautiful.

Come Fly The Friendly Skies - RC_McLachlan (@rcmclachlan)

Buck meets their rescue mission's would-be pilot and is extremely normal about it.

"Throttling is what I'm gonna do to you if you don't shut up and let the nice man steal a helicopter for us,"

WHEN I TELL YOU I AM INCANDESCENT WITH RAGE over how funny and insightful this fic is.

Every characterization is picture perfect.

Maddie gives great hugs, but she's so small; if she had this guy's build and could basically fold Buck into her like an old blanket, they'd have to pry him out of her arms with the jaws of life.

In the back of Buck's mind, in a place he hasn't discovered, he's already picked out a venue and chosen his centerpieces. He's mentally putting together seating arrangements. This line of Buck's thoughts on Tommy Kinard told me so.

Please read this and join me in trying to destroy RC with my mind (lovingly).

little by little - MediaWhore

Buck & Tommy, during and after the wedding.

There is something so soft and gentle about this fic. The way Tommy just gives in to the exhaustion and props himself up against Buck because he knows he'll be able to take the weight (he wants to take the weight and Tommy knows it). The quiet flirting, the way they take care of one another. The jumpscare of Marge and Phil and how this fic is right at the edges of exploring that but Buck has me important priorities.

“It was badly done,” - the way this is so in character for Ma Buckley and the way it made me want to SHAKE HER TIL HER TENDONS SHATTERED AND SHE CRUMBLED LIKE A SATISFYING CASINO IMPLOSION

Soft and heartbreaking and mending all at once.

while you arranged flowers - newtkelly

Buck’s got a wedding date, but as far as today goes, he’s also got a regular one.

The way I want to wrap this Buck up tenderly and hide him from the people in his life who DON'T DESERVE HIS AFFECTION, HIS LOVE, HIS JOY.

The non-urgency of this, the absolute too-much-too-soon he's dealing with in his own mind while he grapples with the reality of seizing a second chance with both hands and getting to explore himself within the confines of a very lovely, very sweet and kind, VERY HOT man he wants to get on his knees for.

Beautiful prose, excellent dialogue, an insightful character study.

[thesilliestofgals]

this took me like 20 minutes

[necrotic-nephilim]

For the ask game: AU where during Tim's search for Bruce, Ra's agrees to help him on one condition: Tim will sleep with him. (It's probably some kind of scheme on Ra's part.) How their dynamic would change with more overt sexual undertone underlying their interactions...

for the ask game!

UGH i love this type of thing so much. in my heart, this is canon. to me. Ra'sTim my fucked up beloveds you two are so terrible for each other.

so what i think is fun and often misunderstood in fanon is that Tim didn't go to Ra's, Ra's went to Tim. so it's even more fun if Ra's goes to Tim, and has that condition he holds over Tim's head. offering all of Ra's' resources, full access to his computers, someone just genuinely believing Tim and working with him. i think, a lot of it would be a mind game for Ra's. sure he wants to fuck Tim, but more than that, he wants to see Tim's reaction. he expects an immediate no, in the way Tim is so hesitant to work with Ra's in the first place. he's pushing Tim's buttons and basically treating Tim like a rat in a maze. so when Tim says yes, and doesn't seem to hesitate too much. *that's* intriguing. because in a perfect world for Ra's, Tim says yes because of a genuine returned attraction. but Ra's isn't quite sure if that's the reason. it could just be because of Tim's search for Bruce. so Ra's would really push it, see how far he could take the sex. it's simple sex first, but Ra's gets more and more interesting each time. slowly working in kinks just to see where Tim draws the line in the sand, and if Ra's can convince Tim to cross that line.

on Tim's side, i think it's fun if you play with Tim being so deep in the closet he doesn't even realize he's bisexual, yet. so to him, sex with Ra's doesn't *really* count as sex. he knows Ra's is weirdly obsessed with him, and Tim wants to play that to his advantage. he likes the power that obsession gives him, within the League. so, if it takes some sex to satiate Ra's, Tim mentally views it as like, a training session. no worse than those unpleasant endurance trainings Bruce used to make them all do. and i like the accidental catch-22 of it. where at first, the sex does very little for Tim. but the more Ra's gets creative and kinky about it, the more Tim *actually* starts to enjoy it. Tim's bisexual crisis except it's over a centuries-old man showing him the joys of sadomasochism in an agreement that was supposed to be totally normal for Tim bc he just gets himself into these situations.

i think one of the biggest changes would be Tim's sheer amount of power and immunity in the League would be even higher. *everyone* can tell Ra's is fucking Tim, he's not really trying to hide it with the way he looks at Tim and touches him in front of everyone. Tim tries to stay clinical and professional, but you can only look so respected working when Ra's is basically stroking your chest as you work. there are whispers, people keep tellin Ra's not to trust this random son of the Bat, but no one will say it to Tim's face. it'd give Tim more power over Ra's' operation outside of the Bruce search. sure, Tim can't change the nature of the League of Assassins, but he can. tip the scales a bit. pull Ra's back from being lethal in certain situations, convince Ra's not to engage in other places. Tim is careful not to overextend this power so he doesn't lose it, but everyone else sees just how much power Tim has. he even start working on taking people out from under Ra's, when Tim goes nuclear and leaves. like how Tim basically steals Prudence, he steals some other younger Assassins he thinks he can convince to come to his side. because he's with Ra's, he starts to command a level of respect so it's not a difficult thing to do. sure, Tim's just the kid keeping Ra's' bed warm. but also, he's the kid *Ra's* deemed worthy enough to be involved with, so it's a double-edged sword of both disgust and respect held for Tim.

it's so funny to me if Tim starts to catch feelings. Ra's of course has feelings, but Tim has never noticed his feelings for a man before so he's fucking panicking internally. and worse, he's not doing a good job of hiding it. Ra's is perceptive and has centuries of experience on Tim. so he can tell. he sees the look on Tim's face when Ra's does a genuine romantic gesture with no strings attached. and that's when Ra's really leans into it. the sex is one thing, but now it's courting. gifts, pet names, kisses, praise, the whole nine yards. and Tim doesn't outwardly deny any of it because he just... doesn't know what to do with it. he could handle stupidly good sex. but this?? this is new territory. he's constantly reminding himself Ra's isn't a good person. which isn't hard to do but still, Tim's just a little torn internally. also. i think Ra's would at least try to kill Captain Boomerang, if not outright succeed, as a courting present for Tim. and Tim is *horrified*, but then again, in canon, he almost personally killed Boomerang. so maybe. there's something nice about having Boomerang dead, while escaping culpability. Ra's thinks his corruption crusade is working on Tim and is absolutely gloating about it. they even go on a proper date.

but, in the end, Tim still backstab Ra's. i think Ra's would still try to go for control of WI, but would be convinced Tim would be totally okay with it and offers to share control with Tim. that's how Tim betrays him, he's allowed to handle so much of the paperwork, Ra's has no idea until it all goes through that he actually has no control. it's The betrayal. because Tim will always betray his love for what he thinks is the right thing to do. the infamous scene, where Ra's kicks Tim out of a window would go a lot differently. instead of a dramatic fight, it's deeply wounded betrayal. in canon Ra's always knew Tim was never in his pocket, but in this AU, he was naive enough to fall for it. and he's angry. he's angry at Tim, angry at himself. i think he'd straight up try to kidnap Tim. less "kick Tim out a window" and more "intimately hold a knife to Tim's throat" vibes. they part ways, but there's still. something lingering. the bridge isn't fully burned and Ra's is still going to seek out Tim when he needs help, and Tim will seek out Ra's. they'll never trust each other again. but they also can't seem to stop loving each other. Tim hides it from the Batfamily and Ra's never gives Tim that level of control in the League again but. the "i didn't know who else to got to." moments are inevitable and there are whispers in the villain community about how you better be careful around Red Robin because if you're not, you'll piss off the Demon Head. unspoken, deadly protection while still sort of trying to kill each other.

[bonnieisaway]

Thoughts/interpretations of past seven? (⁎⁍̴̛ᴗ⁍̴̛⁎)

MY FAVORITE SUBJECT WAHOO! !!!!!!!!!

Okay I've said it like a lot in the past but I do not believe past Seven is different from the current Seven. I will DIE on this hill, they are the exact same person. There is no two different versions of Seven.

'past Seven' is often seen through the eyes of very unreliable narrators. It is very difficult to discern what is and isn't true about Seven, because in the past he was so outwardly emotionless that everybody else would project their own ideas onto him, so any assessments of his personality from Captain Jack and Redtooth are not actually factual. Green Phoenix is the most impartial in his retellings of past Seven, so we can only trust when other characters tell us about the EVENTS that happened, not about how they thought Seven felt.

With the preface, Seven is just as sympathetic and caring in the past as he was now. This is factual. We can learn this from three key things:

He refuses to fight outside of missions, and does not draw his blade unless his life is threatened.

He did not kill Ouyang Zang when he killed his master.

He did not kill the man from season 3, who recounts the story of when Seven was chased by all the killers in Xuanwu, and Seven noticed how scared he was and chose to walk past him.

From these we can gather he does not like killing, and he more often than not is spares people he does not need to kill, even if it is in the future, possibly detrimental to him. Both of the second points come back to bite him later in season three - and that is something he would have known could happen. Ouyang Zang is actively grieving when Seven notices him, but he is not a threat to his life, so he does not kill him.

And there's a pattern set of other assassins willing to kill any witnesses or people who do not, in the current moment, cause them any harm. The assassins that killed Thirteen's mother planned to kill them both - not only for the sake of trying to hurt her father, but they were willing to kill an innocent child. Manjusaka also murders three people in a restaurant for shit-talking Redtooth. Most assassins do not care to spare innocent bystanders or people that are bad mouthing them.

So we can reasonably assume that Seven is not like this, and does not like killing people senselessly. He only ever does it to survive. And that might not entirely sound like he's still an empathetic person - which I think it does but I'll be damned if I won't drive my point home - but we KNOW he is because he scarifies everything for the Girl in White.

Somebody who is ruthless, unfeeling, and a cold hearted murderer - as Seven is often painted as by other character - would have never crumbled for the Girl in White, because they never would have had a reason to. There would never be any empathy within them for her to set free. Seven walked into a trap and committed treason to save her life, for no discernable reason. It is the first time he has ever outwardly protected somebody. Seven, in his past state, has to be an empathetic and caring person in his heart, because only an empathetic and caring person would have put everything on the line to save her. The 'ruthless, unfeeling Shadow Killer' he is painted as has no reason to do this, and would never do this, because he understands the harms way he puts himself in doing this.

These previous instances, of him sparing people and only drawing his blade to protect his life or for a mission, are our first hints that he was not the person people believed him to be.

But then you ask, if he was an empathetic person, who never wanted this, then why did he become a Shadow Killer at all? And the simple answer is: He had to be.

Seven is fifteen years old when he joins the Shadow Killers. He has zero affiliations to any clan, family, or school, and the only other person we've ever seen from this part of his life, is an unnamed, unarmed woman who unexpectedly dies. Leaving Seven alone and fighting to survive for most of his life.

We know from Thirteen's backstory that children are not seen very empathetically in Xuanwu, at the very least, her mother's assassins were not afraid to kill her, too. And we've learned in several instances that the wildlife in Xuanwu is dangerous, there is an entire species of serpent people who shapeshift into humans to try and fucking eat you. It's also incredibly hard to make a living in Xuanwu, as we know from Meowcai, and the most lucrative, easy option is becoming an assassin. Seven is a child who is, presumably, living on his own. I think it is more than reasonable to assume that Seven ended up somehow on the path to be an assassin in order to survive, and he never left because there was nowhere else for him to go. So he grew up to learn to ignore his empathy and compassion because it would only get him killed, because it was nothing but a glaring weakness. So he always keeps a straight face, never lets anybody get close, does his job, and always masks his emotions. This bottles up inside of him up until the incident with the Girl in White, and then he cannot ignore it any longer and risks his life to save her, despite only ever being a killer, and never protecting anybody before.

Seven was always an empathetic person, and he grew up in an environment where he never could be. When he washed up on Chicken Island, he was nothing but his bare bone personality. His core personality never changed, just his environment, and his care free environment allowed him to be a more goofy, loving person than he ever could've been in the past. When people say Seven is 'reverting' to his past self in season four- he's not. He is the same person, in the same environment, who cannot afford, or have the time to be fun loving and goofy. That is why he is a doomed Shadow Killer. Not because he wants to be, or because it's in his nature to kill, but because he will always end up in this situation again, and he will have to resort to killing to protect himself once again. And that 'fun loving' part of his personality will never get to show, because he'll never feel safe enough to let it. Past Seven and Seven are the same person, just in different environments. Thanks for coming to my TEDTalk

[stagefoureddiediaz]

i'm sorry but bt fans need to wake the hell up "confessions " is the end of BT. This is the episode where the rose colored glasses come off, the uncomfortable truths are revealed which I fully expect to be Buck realizing he's in love with Eddie and Tommy being the one to tell him this. Like the good little plot device he is.

Hey Nonnie

Oh they very much do need to wake up but I don’t think they will!

I’m sure they’re over in their corner of fandom claiming that confessions means Buck and Tommy are going to confess their undying love for one another and that no hurdle is too big no uncomfortable truth too uncomfortable and that the rose tinted glasses coming off is buck waking up to the realisation that Eddie is a bad friend and that Tommy should come back to the 118 to replace him so they can Work together and move in together and get married all at the same time whilst simultaneously being a slow burn romance or some such insanity

All it’s doing is making our upcoming victory feel even sweeter!

[howdoyousleep3]

No lie I need therapist Andy to be so obsessed with me to the point where he drives by my house at night and jerks off in his car at the thought of me sleeping in my house naked and so vulnerable or maybe he imagines me taking the time to just feel good before falling asleep

Anyway I need him to be dark and obsessed

Oh, he’d be dark and obsessed.

He leaves the first appointment you have with him and cancels the rest of his appointments for the day because he has to follow you; he can't fathom being away from you. Class/Work, the grocery store, dinner with a friend, home; he follows you to each place and pockets a plethora of information about you, his little pet.

Cue him jerking off in his car about all the ways he plans on forcing your every thought to be ones of him combined with the images of you running around town today fresh in his mind.

He later calls Bucky, your general practitioner, still in his car and on your street, to thank him for referring you to him.

“I knew she’d be perfect for you, pal. Be gentle with her, as gentle as you can be."

"You know I'll give her just what she needs..."

He’d first make you come see him twice a week, sometimes three times, would work quickly towards making you sit in his lap during your sessions because it’s the approach to therapy he thinks would best suit you and your needs.

"You need the reassurance and comfort of physical touch..."

As uncomfortable as it is at first, you trust him. And over a short period of time you come to look forward to the way it feels to settle into his lap and against his warm, sturdy chest.

He cuts you off from your friends and your family, convinces you that they don’t have your best interests at heart, that they’re the reason your condition has worsened, with their incessant and constant worrying about you.

"It's holding you back from your progress. You can't move forward when they're holding you prisoner, when they play a role in your regression..."

You realize he's right.

Then you realize he’s the only one you can trust, the only person there is to look after you.

And once your friends and family are at quite the distance, he'd go in for the metaphorical kill. He convinces you your anxiety is worthy of being hospitalized over, that he needs to see you every single day in order to make sure you're okay. Naturally, you trust him. And naturally, you come to rely on him for comfort and support.

There's no one there to tell you it's a highly inappropriate relationship.

That's why it's so easy for him to convince you to move in with him.

That's why it's so easy for him to tell you how to dress, what to eat, to transfer to online schooling.

But the easiness of brainwashing you isn't entirely bad. In fact, you don't see anything negative about it. Over time, you come to love Andy. You love the care he shows you, his obsession with you. You crave his attention and his touch, the way he protects you and doesn't let anyone talk to you, the way he knows your mind and your body.

You love your Daddy. You love being his little pet.

You can't remember a time before your Daddy, what your life was like without your Daddy.

And that's exactly how Andy likes it...

[satoruxx]

Wait did the reader get cheated on omg I could be thinking wayyyyy too deeply into this but 🤷‍♀️ also ! Wow I loved all the details in tojis backstory, do you think we’ll meet sukuna again?

omg...LOWKEY I DIDN'T REALIZE HOW MUCH THAT COULD BE IMPLIED BUT NO I DIDN'T PLAN ON IT !!!! but i def see where you got that idea from with the way reader was talking about it and getting angry :33

(lowkey tho adding that in would probably just make toji even angrier than usual. like said in the latest chapter, toji values loyalty—it's the dog in him. so if he ever found out that not only has there been a man in the past, but one that cheated?? on you??? oh he'd lose his mind for sure. suddenly he doesn't mind getting in trouble for having human blood on his hands...)

anyways sorry for going on a tangent !! adding the details to his backstory was so much fun omg i'm so glad you enjoyed them :33 also as for sukuna...well if i'm being so honest he was literally just meant to be a side character in this so i have no clue what to bring him back for... BUT i'll see what i can do hehe :333

thank you for dropping by nonnie !! have a wonderful day <33

[ghost-proofbaby]

Hi Ghost. I read your Robin fic, and I'm wondering if you can recommend other "gay" stories. It's pride, and I'm just not seeing a whole lot out there.

to be completely honest, the only actual queer stories i’ve read in the fandom have been centered around steddie.

because, like you’ve said, there’s not a whole lot out there outside of that.

i’m going to offer up my steddie recs (not steddie x reader but solely steddie, although there are some magnificent steddie x reader fics that include lovely feelings brewing between the boys!!), but also… followers, help some friends out? reblog with some of your favorite queer fics? pretty please?

i would recommend (and most are ao3 recs so be prepared for heavy emotional themes and canon haha):

sticky notes (has been discontinued, but also includes HOH!steve)

heartbreak hotline (includes smut/phone sex)

off the beaten path (challenging the headcanon of eddie knowing he’s gay and steve being clueless - steve realizes he’s gay before eddie does)

keep it steady, eddie (pretty popular amongst steddie fans so you might have heard of it already! includes robin x vickie)

i like to see you in the morning light (fix it fic for canon, where steve was eddie’s alibi when he survives 😌)

and of course, one of my ultimate steddie fic recs and one of my ultimate fic recs for this entire fandom, the lathe. this is the time loop fic for the fandom. i won’t be taking criticism. it made me bawl like a baby and was one of the first major fics i ever read in the fandom. i’ll never sing high enough praise for it. the twists in it are fucking remarkable. it’s just. it’s an experience. also, very popular, and for very good reason.

i would like to note that i haven’t read most of these in a hot minute, so my brief recounts aren’t very helpful probably. also, i know there’s a few notable authors amongst steddie readers, but i only included fics i’ve personally read.

as i said, i’m begging for anyone who sees this who has more queer fic recs to add to do so! i know there’s several in the fandom currently compiling lists as well as there’s been a few robin fics coming across my dash — i just haven’t read them yet! most of my queer fics i’ve gathered from ao3 as you can see lol. in ao3 we trust in this household 🫡

[dangerpronebuddie]

🚁🚁🚁🚁🚁🚁🚁🚁

24 sentences for the time loop fic for you dear!:

Buck sits down with a grunt, still watching Eddie. Something's gotta give! He's got at least thirty pounds more than usual on the bar, and Eddie never lets him work out without a spot. Even if Eddie can't do it himself, he keeps an eye on Buck while Chim or Ravi or Hen help him out.  But he still keeps talking to Tommy! What could they possibly have to say at this point? They've been joined at the hip for weeks, surely the novelty is wearing off.  Buck lies back and starts his set with a loud grunt. He takes another peek into the locker room. Eddie's blushing. Fuck. “Hey, Buck, you need a spot?” Ravi asks, stepping in front of Buck’s view.  “Nope,” Buck grits out. “I'm good.” Truth be told, if he adds another five pounds, he's liable to pull something. Eddie knows his usual weight. Eddie reminds him not to push too far.  Buck sets the bar back on the rest and sits up, frowning at Eddie. Not like he notices.  “Got a package here for Evan Buckley?”  Buck hops to his feet at the sight of the Amazon prime guy and takes his package. Finally!  Eddie leaves the locker room just as Buck tears the box open. 

This'll do the trick.

(he's so embarrassing 😅)

Make Me Write!

[lemotmo]

Oh, same. I am absolutely somewhere on the ace scale but Ryan, uh, definitely awakens something

😂😂😂

I love how all of us asexuals are crawling out of the woodwork to admit that Ryan Guzman 'stirs' things within us.

Maybe we are just Ryansexual. 😉

[suugarbabe]

You’re all in fucking luck. Momma’s getting a new laptop tomorrow 🥳

[nani-nonny]

give me ofrd peepaw NEOW /nf

You didn’t say in what context… /t

CW: slight emetophobia, hallucination

Leo holds his hand over his mouth and immediately turns away from the mirror. He can feel his stomach churning with guilt and disgust at the memory of the reflection. His knees go weak and he sinks to the floor, bracing the floor while trying to keep the contents from leaving his mouth.

He can’t… he can’t look in the mirror. No, fuck, no. Not ever again.

He unties his mask and leaves it on the edge of the sink. It won’t be much of a difference from the reflection and the memory it triggers, but it’s better than… better than remembering the face of his future counterpart.

When had he grown those dark and heavy bags under his eyes? The stress lines that are etched into his skin and the exhaustion evident in their creases?

When did he start looking more like Lee?

Leo blinks back hot tears that begin to form in his eyes. Stop, he pleads inwardly. Make it hurt less.

He can’t ruin his image of Lee with his reflection in the mirror. He can’t besmirch the image of Lee’s smile, reassuring Leo despite facing death. He can’t do that to a hero like Lee. Lee deserves better than that.

Leo swallows painfully, fingers digging into the bathroom’s tile flooring with grand effort. He bites down hard on nothing, clenching his teeth to keep from crying.

Don’t cry, Leo, he hears Lee’s voice in his head. Keep your head up.

Leo shakes his head. I can’t.

Come on, I didn’t die so you’d cry, he hears Lee’s carefree and joking tone.

But it’s not fair, Leo retorts back to the voice in his head.

Stand up, the voice orders.

Leo doesn’t attempt to, at first. He inhales a shaky breath to try and calm his queasy stomach. But all the effort does is make him feel worse.

Stand, the voice orders again.

Leo closes his fist, grabbing onto the pieces of tile he broke. He shakes his head, wordlessly and thoughtlessly pleading not to.

Leo.

Leo swallows the bile in his throat and bites down even harder. A pain shoots through his jaw but he doesn’t care. He wipes his eyes with the back of his hand, ignorant of the blood staining his palms. His knees are shaky when he lifts his leg, and tremble as he pushes his weight off the floor.

He’s still to afraid to look in the mirror, staring down at the blue mask hanging off the edge of the sink.

Look at me, Leo.

Leo flinches. Look at him?

How?

What?

Leo’s hand finds purchase on the blue bandana, fingers curling around the fabric. Curiosity begins to take over his guilt, overwhelming the queasy feeling in his stomach and replacing it with the strong urge to look up. And it wins.

He raises his blurry, red eyes to the mirror. And much to his horror, he stares back into Lee’s eyes.

But Lee isn’t sharing the same horrified look. Lee hasn’t taken off his blue mask. And Lee looks… happy. Prideful. At ease…

Lee looks relieved. And Lee’s smiling down at Leo.

[fatuismooches]

Fontaine teaser dropped an hour ago! There was a really suspicious leak a while ago of Lyney being from the House of the Hearth, and now I think there's a decent chance of that being true. Since he is almost definitely gonna be playable despite his potential ties to Arlecchino and the Fatui, that means there's a decent chance Arlecchino is playable too (yes I'm coping, she has quickly shot up the ranks of my favorite harbingers list recently)

Also, remember in your "voicelines about you" post where Columbina was HC'd to enjoy theater? After seeing the recent Fontaine teaser, I HC Arlecchino would be similar. Imagine her sitting through a play with you, totally stone-faced, and then taking apart every imperfection in the performance and story afterwards

YES YES I'm almost positive the three siblings have to be from the House of Hearth, there's no other explanation for why Arlecchino can control them and give them others! They all got drip marketed so I'm super excited to see what their voice lines will be on Arlecchino, maybe even other Harbingers, and their character story lore will definitely have something on her too, so I'm really interested to see the lore drop! I have complete faith that Arlecchino is going to be playable.

RAHHHHH I LOVE THAT IDEA SO MUCH!! You and Arlecchino have the best seats of course, usually you two have those fancy balcony seats at the top of the theater for the best view (and the privacy is very much welcomed, Arlecchino can run her hand up and down your thigh without anyone seeing ;)

You're the one who's always on the edge of your seat, anxiously looking at the stage during a serious moment, awing and fawning over the sweet moments, clutching your chest during the sad ones. While Arlecchino... is the one who's casually sipping wine, with a blank, almost bored expression. She's already noticed the very tiny slip-ups of the actors, internally scoffed at the plot hole most people wouldn't notice. All things that have completely ruined her immersion of the play. Yet the crowd seemed to be mesmerized, so perhaps they weren't doing too bad, for amateurs at least.

Inaudibly sighing, she glanced over to you, your hand fiercely gripping hers that lay on your thigh, watching the performance with furrowed eyebrows. With that, a small smile appeared on Arlecchino's face. The only thing that makes these plays worth watching was your rather perfect emotions.

(You learned to wait until the end of the play to ask Arlie's thoughts. Once, you questioned her on what she thought so far during a brief intermission, and she pointed out every single mistake regarding the plot, voices, costumes, scenery... It was hard to enjoy the play after that. But it grows to be quite funny, a tradition between the two of you.)

[cxpperhead]

What are your favorite non-snake reptiles to keep or look after?

"Hmm, it's difficult to say. There are just as many different species to take into consideration as there are ones with varying levels of temperament, needs and care requirements. In my personal experience, if I could only pick one set species to care for, it would probably be the monitor lizard. They are some of the most intelligent reptiles out there and come in a great variety from Ackie Monitors to the Australian Goanna." Savannah monitors, water monitors, he had a little experience with them all, even the odd Komodo here and there. Copperhead preferred snakes for obvious reasons, but he couldn't deny these particular lizards had their own unique charm. "The trouble with keeping them is that they require a lot more money and attention than most people think they need. They see a cute little baby lizard and can't imagine it needing anything more than a 4x2x2 enclosure once they grow up. I've seen too many monitors receiving subpar care, whether from poorly-maintain diets or too-small enclosures. I like them, but could not keep one long term due to the nature of my, ahh... employment."

[sommerregenjuniluft]

Need to know what fix ur talking abt in the tags of that corruption post… for a friend ofc

ok so i sent so many voice messages back and forth with elio and i’m listening to them rn and trying to summerize. it’s not a fic yet, more of a vague idea but basically i need you to think full on devotion & loyalty. like no bounds, no limits, just All fucking In.

evan is the leader/heir of a syndicate (mafia/yakuza/crime family whatever) and barty is his feral right hand man aka the guard dog. i’m quoting myself now from the voicenotes: to me barty—even though he shouldn’t or probably actually doesn’t like being controlled (evan will always be the exception)—always carries this devoting/serving energy with himself. in canon he’s like one of the smartest fucking characters we know yet he still chooses to use that to serve riddle. ofc he is getting back at his father like this so there is def some self motivation but it’s mostly For Someone Else. and he’s definitely wreaking the most chaos and having the most fun he can have !BUT it’s always within a line. the line of not being caught, fulfilling his tasks, executing the plan -> serving his master. he’s not stepping a foot outside of it if it means jeopardizing what his devoted is going for, even if he’s dancing on it like a drunken ballerina. and when they first meet barty is lost. he’s feral, he’s fighting tooth and nail to get himself out of the scenarios his big ass can never leave it at good enough mouth is getting him into and he always gets away with it but boy does he get himself roughed up in the process, like he has zero self-preservation. when evan sees him like that he knows he’ll die sooner or later because one day he’ll miscalculate and the injuries he scores won’t be cured by retreating and licking his wounds. he’s in search of a capable, skilled right hand man that has no issues butchering someone to pieces and making them piss scared. someone as clever, amoral and insane like barty and evan knows all it takes is a guiding hand aka an owner. evan to me is a master manipulator: charming, threatening, intimidating, powerful, impossible to see through, (near) unshakable. he’s the heir of a noble family, he’s literally born to rule. he’s a crazy good dueller in canon, doesn’t back down from any challenge. -> insanely capable, incredible leader material. he knows barty will need training and in the fic barty will definitely fuck up to the point where evan will have to discipline him even over points he doesn’t want to reach (because he obv starts developing possessive/protective feelings over barty as well) but he’ll have to actually hurt him because it’s what needs to be done. and he’ll 100% be there in the aftermath to pick up the pieces, no questions asked. taking an example here i told elio that barty disrespects an other syndicate so evan has to give them one of barty’s fingers to keep the peace. elio responded to this with What if evan can’t do it so barty does it himself?? which. yeah holy fuck dude. that level of devotion just- i cant. they make me insane.