#cute quirks and lovely little details that make me love this game so much

[saleensundria9]

That moment when you really like a niche game and want someone to talk to about the game that isn't related to you so you resort to looking through abandoned gamefaqs, ign posts, abandoned reddit threads, searching the game title up in every platform in desperation and finding NOTHING...

[sim0nril3y]

hii, I LOVEE your Simon x civilian! reader series!

I was thinking maybe of Simon finding readers scketchbook and discovering that it s pretty much filled with him? maybe reader has some drawings of a favourite picture of the both of them that s also colored with little hearts?

please and thank you! <3

Thank you thank this is actually so CUTE! I absolutely LOVE the thought of this, like I’ve actually be dreaming about it!

There would be times when Simon would catch you watching him. Like, he would be making a tea, putting the dishes away or sharing out the take-away you’d ordered between a couple plates when he’d feel that eery sense of being watched. Glancing over his shoulder he’d spot you just observing him with great interest, sketchpad in your lap and the moment Simon was aware your eyes would dart away and continue to focus on your pencil against the page.

You had been so happy to show him so much of your art, but that sketchbook in particular was on that you had very clearly kept to yourself. Each time he would pick it up you were overly protective and practically snatched it back, hiding it behind the sofa or throwing it into a drawer. “You hiding something from me?” He quirked a brow and you pressed a soft hand to your chest and replied. “Not at all. Cuppa?” You always seemed to pull his attention away quick enough that he’d drop it.

It was a few nights later that Simon spotted that sketchbook again left vulnerably on your coffee table whilst snoozed, cutely curled up on the sofa beside him, head resting on the arm of the chair whilst your feet rest happily in his lap. His eyes flicked from the football game, back to the book and then back to the game. Fuck it. He leaned forward and snatched it from the table, carefully beginning to flick through the first couple of pages.

It was as he had expected, just a few innocent sketches of flowers, all different types that he certainly couldn’t name. He almost placed the book back down before turning to the next page and feeling his face becoming very warm. Your interests for sketching had changed away from pretty flowers to sketches of him. They were all him doing very mundane and candid things. There was one of him sipping tea from a rather fancy cup, then another of him lifting his heavy dumbbells, another of him running his hands through his hair Simon noticed you’d taken great detail to sketch his hands, another small sketch of him pulling off his shirt and somehow, you’d manage to capture every little scar that littered his body.

As he continued to explore the book Simon noticed that there were some sketches of the two of you. He remembered when you had forced him to take a photo together on a woodland walk, the first picture taken of him for years but he was willing to do it to make you happy. You had taken time sketching that photo, taking in every little detail, even the disdain on his face. He should have given you a smile that day, but instead he just looked pissed whilst you beamed at the camera. His little ray of sunshine. God, he fucking loved you.

“What are you doing?” From beside him your voice was full of surprise before quickly attempting to steal the book from him but he held it up from your reach. “I was looking at your sketches, love.” He mentioned, laughing as you clambered onto his lap attempting to grab it from his greedy hands. “You wanna explain them to me?”

A quiet sigh of embarrassment fell from your lips before you stopped trying to snatch the book from him and just sunk into his body, burying your face in his throat whilst he rubbed your back comfortingly. “I like them.” He whispered into your ear. “I’m not mad, love.” He assured you softly, rubbing small circles into your face. “I just like drawing you, Si.” You whispered into his throat and he chuckled. “You’re so handsome.” He felt heat rising on his cheeks then. “And so strong… I see you doing all these really normal things and… and I just need to put it on paper… I don’t know…”

“My sweet girl…” He chuckled rubbing your back and placing the sketchbook beside him. “Don’t hide things like this from me, love…” He placed a few small kisses to the side of your face. “You don’t think I’m some obsessed weirdo?” You whined softly and he chuckled and shook his head. “I love that you’re obsessed.” He growled, quickly moving you to be flat back on the sofa with him looming above you. “Now, let me show you how much more I’m obsessed with you~”

Masterlist | Ask | 08-09-2023

[effypcfcwrites]

The Owl House

(Originally posted on my personal Facebook dated April 25, 2023)

This is probably the first time I'll be posting a detailed review of a piece of media that I like, so witness me sing all of my praises for this animated series from the House of Mouse, because wow, I've never been so invested in a Disney show after rewatching Gravity Falls.

For those unfamiliar, The Owl House revolves around Luz Noceda, a teenage girl who stumbles upon a portal to an alternate world called The Boiling Isles, meets a witch named Eda Clawthorne, learns magic under her tutelage and eventually enrolls in Hexside, a magic school where she makes many friends and goes on multiple adventures.

I binged this whole show in a span of weeks and even stayed up all night on my day off to finish it up to Season 3, the first 2 Seasons being on Disney+ and the latter on Disney Channel's YouTube page.

Simply put, I love it so much! I love how it reminds me of Avatar: The Last Airbender, Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, and, dare I say, Harry Potter, which it even poked fun at, at times. Well-deserved, considering J.K. Rowling’s transphobic views and HP’s underlying anti-Semitic undertones.

I loved the pop culture references to Thor: Ragnarok, Howl's Moving Castle, Metal Gear Solid, and even Hades, among many others! I thought those were very clever and funny, and just a treat for fellow nerds, geeks, and fans of fantasy stories, anime, and video games.

I love the LGBTQ+ representation all throughout the show, which was such a bold move considering Disney’s iffy stance on the subject. None of them were antagonized for it, and it was treated as something normalized in both the Human and Demon Realms. The show featured 2 gay dads, non-binary and aromantic-asexual characters, and one of the internet’s favorite sapphic/WLW couples Lumity, which is the ship consisting of canonically bisexual Luz and implied lesbian Amity Blight, whose rivals-to-friends-to-lovers relationship was just so wholesome, so natural, and very healthy, considering they're both teenagers. Suprisingly, there was very little melodrama, not once were they petty towards one another whenever either party did something wrong, and they never got tired of showing affection towards each other. I found myself shamelessly gushing over how cute, adorable, and supportive they were together, and tearing up a lot during key moments of their relationship, especially when they both found themselves in dire straits as the story progressed.

I love the writing and the character development of them all! None of them felt static, they all grew throughout the series, maturing, getting better, and healing from their own insecurities, trauma, and guilt. The humor and comedic timing was a nice touch, and I was really taken aback by how S2 ended on such a dark cliffhanger with all stakes raised to the roof, similar to A:TLA S2 and The Empire Strikes Back, as mentioned earlier. That season wasn’t afraid to have such a grim ending, with such a great payoff by the end of S3 which is worth celebrating.

I love the animation and art style, which blended colorful and whimsical with eerie and ominous in just the right amounts. As a sucker for animated movies and series such as Adventure Time, The Prince of Egypt, and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, it was just such a delight watching it.

I love the overarching message of the show, which is to be truly yourself, to embrace your quirks, and never to limit yourself and your potential based on what the majority of society and the powers-that-be expect from you. All throughout, you’ll find the characters challenging pre-established norms and roles, and it’s just so satisfying seeing them all win.

11/10 top-tier show. Don’t @ me, it’s hard for me to find something I disliked about the series. It's definitely a must-watch, especially if you're sick and tired of all the bleak nihilism of modern adult animation, and you just want to baby your inner child and escape to a whimsical fantasy world with characters you can all relate to. Betting my bottom peso you'll all be hooked, like I was.

[sharkietheshork]

YOOOOOOO Here's one of my MHA ocs, Yatsuhashi Shigaraki, In the full! Note, this was like the first characterization of Yatsuhashi so some details hav changed overtime, like his hair and stuff.

here's the full page, there was only like.. 5/6 images in total, I didn't do much for him lol

Look at that awrd winning smile :))

Fun fact, I'm pretty sure I 'based' his hair off of Izuku's original design, I can't remember.. I know OG Izuku has like black hair and Yatsu's is like- Bright ass orange, I'm pretty sure I took some elements off of him

He's also skinny af so he likes wearing thick layers:>

He spends all day typing on a alptop so he wears gloves so he doesn't explode his damn laptop, He also doesn't go on missions since he's usually the one who PLANS them out, not actually doing em. I think I called him the 'Planmaster' because- I actually have no ide what it's called.

Fun fact, when this guy was 14 he was able to shortcurcuit like half of the Powergrid in Yokohama just using his Laptop (bare with me with inaccurates, i am NOT smart.)

honestly, Yatsuhashi is like- A mini genius. in a AU (the AU where AFO doesn't find/Illegally adopts him) he's like 15 and can hack into the Hero Public Saftey Commission's building while on like 2 cans on monster.

oh yeah- He drinks like 3 cans of monster a day. he's clinically addicted.

His Quirk Is called rupture, Honestly it's pretty self explanitory- He can explode anything with a 5-fingered touch just like Shigaraki, the only difference between the two is that Yatsu wears gloves (because of his hackin). for fun, he likes to Rupture Shigaraki's gaming mouses.

Shigaraki has never forgotten it.

They've got a cool Brother bond going on, especially when they were kids. it's kind of cute ngl, even if Shigaraki calls Yatsuhashi a Rat Bastard (canonical Nickname) every 20 minutes.

Even Dabi's in on it lmaaao

god- Dabi's scrs look so weird in this image, I tried doing something with the metallic gel pen and just- no. no.

RIP TOMURA'S GAMING MOUSE.

AAA here's a picture of when they were younger! They met when Yatsuhashi was 5, and Tomura was 6, 3 months after taking Yatsu in, AFO gave him a pair of gloves since the boy was so traumatized of blowig stuff up, he wouldn't touch anything.

the two were so excited, Yatsuhashi was so happy to touch everything and to hug Tomura, and Tomura was just like "YOU WANNA PLAY ON MY DS???" and Yatsuhashi was like "YES."

Yatsuhashi then proceeded to suck as playing Mario Kart for like 2 hours because he didn't know how hard you had to hit the buttons.

it's fine,

they were still happy:>>>

AAAAANYwho I hope ya'll enjoy, I know this doesn't account for the ammount of Lore this kid has- but I mean, Who knows, I might make another post with this guy explaining him and y'know, everything??

honestly, Yatsuhashi's deisgn and personality has changed through the months, and he's a little different, as you can see from my last post with him-

BUT. he's still my Lil Rat Bastard child who loves hacking the government and chugging Monsters until 3am :>>

rip this guy's sleep schedule- like he stays up for a week, then passes out for 3 days, then goes right back to work. he's a clincal insomniac.

anyways, hope yah enjoyed!

[anjumstar]

anjum’s bkdk recs 19

Ten more (complete) sfw bkdk fic recs. If you read any of these and enjoy them, lmk! And, more importantly, let the authors know with a comment! Plus, send me your recs, and maybe they’ll make the next list!

Legend

hyperlinked title by author | word count

Genre warning(s): where relevant Summary/review

💚🧡 = fave

Recs are under the cut, organized by word count, low to high.

51. Sheets by baku_bean | 2.1k

general A cute little pre-relationship fic with our boys. It’s short, sweet, and simple, but it suits them well.

52. X Marks the Spot by sobashouto (snowandfire) | 3.3k

fluff This feels like the fic that takes place just after the happy ending. And things are still happy! Bkdk have just started dating and Deku gives Baku the gift of some homemade Dynamight merch. The boys are silly and bad at this and them.

53. be loved by bonnia | 5.4k

fluff, hurt/comfort Baku has ptsd after Dabi kidnapped him in the forest training, and Deku helps him work through those struggles with physical touch. Not very angsty, yes very cute.

54. song on a policeman’s radio by ohwickedsoul | 6.6k

angst, drama warning: MCD This was an interesting mixed media fic! It’s an amalgam of article intros, tweets, and court reports. It’s a toughie, don’t miss that MCD tag (like I did, lol), but its unique style captures lots of relationships in a succinct way, and it feels very professional in terms of the court-speak, although, I’m certainly no expert!

55. What Was Missing by Randstad | 8.2k

general, fluff Bakugou gets hit with an honesty quirk, but he has some things he’s not quite ready to be honest about. Yet, being honest feels a bit better than he thought? Lovely prose and a good balance of Baku’s character. Definitely focused on him, but good moments from Deku too.

56. Not All Heroes Wear Capes by vulcanhighblood | 11k

pining, fluff Fake dating…kind of? Deku is suddenly a great subject of interest to the paparazzi and Baku intervenes in many ways and they start spending more time together. Baku is appropriately immature and selfish and selfless and Deku pushes back on and off against Baku’s behavior. It’s fluff that doesn’t just rot your teeth—there’s proper balance.

57. close but not quite by blossomshed | 13.9k

action/adventure, romance Okay, this one had extra special bonus good characterization. It had details from Katsuki that absolutely have canon basis, but that I so rarely see drawn on in fic, and I was floored. This is a classic “Deku gives Baku OFA via kissing” fic, featuring acespec!Katsuki trying to figure out what the heck kissing is about. So much explored in so little. Fantastic.

58. invincible by supercrunch | 20k

action/adventure warning: non-graphic human trafficking An interesting canon-divergence, here! The sludge villain never goes after Katsuki, so Izuku never goes to UA. And he falls into a pit of depression. With only a bit of parental nudging, Katsuki goes to help, and his idea? To start being vigilante partners together. I found it to be a compelling alternate view for them!

59. we will wait and wait in that space by roadtripwithlucifer | 22k 💚🧡

angst warning: MCD, manga spoilers ch367 Okay, only read this one if you’re ready for the real real hurt. Because know that it has an uplifting ending, it is not needless pain, but I, the robot of the bkdk fandom, cried real tears with this one. It twists the most beautiful knife and has some of the best Deku characterization to date. And such gorgeous love. It is worth the pain, but do not read in public!

60. Sink to Swim by cinnabee | 35.7k

angst warning: big torture, constant suffering for our boys. Remember what I said about the real real hurt? Yeah, that one was the big cry one, this one is the big tension, big whump one. As the warning says, this fic has very explicit, repeated torture in it, the game is basically that the boys have been teleported from UA into a torture maze that they’re trying to find their way out of. I, personally, loved the tension and the pacing, but it’s def not for everyone!

✨ Bonus! ✨

perfect by eggstasy | 2.7k

fluff No bkdk in this one, just Bakugou x 3. It’s Bakugou and his parents from when he’s born to when he develops his quirk and them just loving on him as a little baby, despite him still having some of those, hrm, lesser traits that he has as a teenager. So cute.

more recs can be found here 💚🧡

[pinchraccoon]

Pinch Reviews: The Murder of Sonic The Hedgehog

Around the game's release I played The Murder of Sonic The Hedgehog, a "joke" game released by Sega on April fools of this year. It's a short and extremely sweet experience that knows the Sonic audience, and uses the aspects of the Sonic universe in a loving and caring way that calls back to the fun of Sonic in a number of extremely cute ways.

The game consists of a short murder mystery story that sees the player taking the role of an attendant and helping with Amy's birthday party. Each character is drawn beautifully with a new outfit, each of which corresponds to a role within the murder mystery that they play in the actual story.

The story sees the player doing light linear detective work while interviewing the Sonic cast, broken up with small 16 bit styled platforming sections that mechanically perform the same role as Danganronpa's logic minigames.

The whole experience of playing this with a friend, and accompanied by twitch chat, was extremely positive. I had a great time taking in all the cute little references and character quirks that make me love Sonic and his silly little friends.

I could go into detail examining each character and how it fits into the timeline, and where each character faults in terms of fitting established character writing moments within the story, but I'm not gonna. I kinda don't care. As much as that's like, heretical to say in a review, I really, just don't care. I had fun, and this game was fun, and funny, and written in a way that made me smile, so you know what? In the interest of having fun, I won't.

Anyway, it's free, go play it.

[dashielldeveron]

You ever read something that makes you squeal into your pillow?

That was the shinsou route 😭😭

Oh my gosh, every part of it, I just.

I’m so glad you wrote it as you did, because that hesitance and fear and panic is just so relatable, that’s truly how I’d feel about it, could never go right into things, I’d have to have some sort of introduction stretched out to make me comfortable.

And the way you wrote shinsou doing that?????

You’ll make me cry, you really will. He was so gentle, and caring, and so honestly kind and understanding, and their whole relationship was so silly but so deeply sweet.

The way he talked to the reader after Mawata and the whole incident??? And the texts you sprinkled throughout everything?? It was all just so so cute and ridiculously delightful.

Every inch of it made me feel like I was molasses melting into a chocolate mold, it was so sweet and slow and perfect.

Oooh and the bits that mixed with the Aizawa route with the airport explosion and the call??? The call?? The stuff he talked about with Ito? I mean the entire conversation with Ito honestly was hilarious, his concerns about his own name being on him, the intricate detail about the special kanji in his name was so brilliant, and the ‘b*tch, you’re overthinking,’ it was all so amazing

The conversation with Eri was adorable, truly, but what ended up happening with the handwriting thing they noticed? And what happened with the glowing stuff on Shinsou btw?

THE NARUTO SOUNDTRACK BTW???? I physically can not that bit, I just.

💀

‘His quirk ushered in spring cleaning’ I hope you know this metaphor made my heart feel like it’d just been mopped and everything was squeaky and clean and smelled like lemons and mint

The truth or dare thing was felt on such a deep level, sometimes I want to just rush into things to finally get it over with and others I just want to have had the experience without going through the experience, yknow?

The entire call with Shinsou and him finally exploding and telling the reader that it’s ~fine~ to not have had sex and everyone progresses through life at a different rate and it’s nigh impossibly and, bluntly, stupid to put a specific progress bar on it with little stamps on where a specific event must happen. It’s not some line graph to follow, not some game progression to align with, it’s life and it’s your own

That was a nice moment

Shinsous persisting but somewhat subtle sometimes feeling of being a burden and not really being worthy of love was just, abduiemf, that was a whole thing, I understand him so much but also he was so much just, not that it felt wild that he saw himself as such

Also the MEMORY

I’m going feral I wanna know how it went from ‘ice princess’ to ‘baby’ the entire timeline I’m so mentally ill over the rivals to longtime friends to lovers

‘I don’t want to have sex with you <3’

‘I don’t want to have sex with you too <3’

Best confession ever truly

All in all, I love you 😭😭💞

- ✨anon

oof oof oof yes shinsou would be the perfect man for someone like us who needs lots of reassurance and small steps into intimacy; the man is OBSERVANT; he is CONSIDERATE, and he could HAND US OUR ASS if he weren't so kind and in love

ough shinsou

i'm so glad you brought up the aizawa route overlap!! it makes the aizawa route more romantic, i think, that aizawa wanted his soulmate reader close to him in the explosion, while allowing shinsou as replacement to be seperated during shinsou's route.,.,.,.bc aizawa's so focused on protecting his soulmate. ngl i miss him from last chapter.....,,.. and shinsou's kanji being chastity/honest is legit!! that's what hori uses, and while i get the honest part, i'm not really sure about the chastity part, unless it's supposed to be something like chastity as in abstaining from villainous behaviour with his quirk?? but that feels like a stretch. and ohhoho to have ito throw shinsou's own "you're overthinking" right back at him!!!

okay okay okay they did do the second tier tainted love stuff. it's a bit harder to discern in this route, bc this version of reader doesn't know what any of it is or what it means. in last chapter, the soulmate signal would usually come from reader's gut, so in this one, whenever emotions or words that didn't feel like reader's own words surfaced from her gut, that was the receiving end of the intensified soulmate trope dust. i figured that influenced monoma to use shinsou's quirk, reader's "don't be nervous" actions under his quirk, for the gang at the club to play truth or dare (with shinsou not wanting to play it until the word "cliche" is brought up), for the focus on shinsou during the game, for reader and shinsou getting smushed together on a loveseat that no one else can fit on, for her getting jealous and wanting to be marked by him, for the phone call (even though reader low-key regrets it immediately), and how the phone call stuff unfolded, down to her needing shinsou's help. i don't think shinsou realised that reader had genuinely heard all of the conversation with ito about the soulmate thing, though. i think he just thinks he left his phone on, since reader didn't say anything.

the handwriting thing was originally going to be a bigger deal, but i believe i just have a throwaway line in the monoma-is-helping-search section about how we couldn't find matching handwriting? if not, i may have to go back to add that 😬

lololol the dom hype playlist was either gonna be abba songs or the naruto soundtrack, and i thought naruto was better for going into battle/your crush's room

yes yes i see a lot of fics in which characters have sex just to get it over with, so the fact that shinsou is cool with not having the same timeline as everyone else feels so gentle to me. feels like he's handling us with care. and he's deserves to be handled with care as well, even though he doesn't believe he should be???? he's so lovable and lovely, and he doesn't think of himself that way :( baby boy :(

i legit figure that shinsou and reader went from disliking each other to being friends just through like. one or two conversations. bc they've been relying on what other people have said/observed about each other, so when they actually interact they're like oh 👀 really quickly lololololol

but oh my gosh thaaaaaaank you so much???? for feeling deeply about the "his quirk ushered in spring cleaning"??? for being able to relate to reader's insecurities and experiences???? for appreciating and loving shinsou???? for liking the silly confession??? you're beautiful. you're spectacular. and i love YOU. i hope i can continue to meet your expectations :) xx.

[mrultra100]

Even with how I doubt myself, along with all of the other Pokemon that I love and can’t put into a team, this is now my own personal team of 6, all based on not only my tastes, but also things like personal experience, aesthetics that I like, some special quirk to them like a certain Ability or move, that sorta jazz.

Hisuian Samurott- It was very hard for me to decide my favorite starter. Skeledirge, Venussur, Incineroar, and Swampert were all good contenders. But, at the end of the day, the spiky-shelled otter samurai managed to win out. Part of why I loved Legends: Arceus was how it went about with the new regional forms being a good majority of new Pokémon, and that rings true for the first starter-based regional forms in the series. While I considered regular Samurott to be a alright Pokemon, it doesn’t have enough of the same charm for it to be on the same rank as favorites like the aforementioned Venusaur and Skeledirge. The Hisuian variant completely flips the script on that, by turning Samurott into a much more spikier, samurai-focused, Water/Dark bruiser. The design and pattern of its shell, along with its mustache, have made this Pokemon a lot better. If we get more Legends games with regional final evos like this, I’ll be all for it.

Pincurchin- Of course, my favorite Pokémon just HAD to be here, and I’m not complaining about a single bit of it. Pincurchin is a banger in of itself. Yes, it does look weak, but this is my team, I make the rules here. If you do it right, a Pincurchin is able to be a pint-powerhouse in its own right. I’ve had this Pokémon for both my Shield and Scarlet teams, so I know what I’m talking about. Also, it’s cute as a button. Gotta give it extra “points” for that. (Yes, I couldn’t resist making a stupid sea urchin pun, I’m not sorry)

Tyrantrum- As dinosaur-crazy as I am, Tyrantrum was actually what got me into being really into T. Rex. Long before the days of the lipped, sparely feathered, chonky swimmers that we know and love, the world’s most famous dinosaur just didn’t appeal to me as much as it does today. Who would’ve thought Pokémon would come and help with that? Not only is Rock/Dragon a cool type combination, nor does it have a banger ability (Strong Jaw), I actually had a Level 100 Tyrantrum during the X and Y days. I wish I actually brought him over to future games, as he was sadly lost to history, but he basically was my main man.

Yanmega- I have to give kudos to Legends Arceus again for making me appreciate another Pokemon that I didn’t thought up at first. Not only does Yanmega tap into my liking of bugs very well (A title rivaled by Vikavolt, Lokix, and a few other Pokémon), it certainly has that kaiju feel to it. The one that I used in Legends was named Megagarius. That name alone should be pretty obvious to anyone who knows even a LICK of Godzilla.

Mimikyu- Long before Pincurchin came onto the scene, I considered Mimikyu to be my favorite Pokémon. Since I’m a sucker for some good ol’ gothic horror, how can I even say no to the little guy? Fun typing, equally fun ability, and even more delightfully creepy backstory aside, this has to be one of the cutest of all Pocket Monsters out there. I’m so happy that everyone has decided to show the little guy with love. He rightfully deserved it, dammit!

Glimmora- I am so, SO sorry to Clodsire and Revavroom, but the funny crystal flowersponge has them both beat. Not only does it have a fun and interesting type, along with a absolutely bonkers ability that makes it a threat to face as the first Pokémon, but Glimmora’s design might actually be one of the best in the franchise in a long time, even with many others rivaling it. I’m not gonna go into full detail about its inspirations here, as I’ve got a full-on post planned for it in the future, but as a quick taste for now; Think of this Pokémon (and its pre-evolution) as a three way between a nightshade flower, a hunk of copper sulfate, and a deep-sea sponge.

Given how Tumblr doesn’t let you add in more than 10 pictures for some stupid reason, I can only afford to add in 4 additional ‘Mons that got close to being in the team. While the sheer agony of 6 slots makes it hard to come up with a team that you’d be cool to spend a lifetime with, made even more harder that there are now more than 1000 of these things now, I find it interesting to stay true to yourself when making a Pokémon team. Who knows? If you’ve struggled come up with a perfect team like me, you just need to list down which interests and aesthetics suit you the best. Maybe then, you could find the team that screams “You” the most.

[cartoonfuel]

Mind Games Chapter 14

Chapter 14: Is Tartarus Hiring?

Rating: Teen

TW: Graphic depictions of violence/gore, some sexual situations (usually brief, included for comedy and/or plot progression), MC is a bit unstable, mental health, 2 uses of the f-word, quirk addiction

Chapter 1: She’s Awake

Chapter 15: Mind Games

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Mei Hatsume was a spritely one, to say the least. When arriving at UA, you had naturally assumed Bakugou would be the one causing all the explosions, but nope. Hatsume clearly didn’t care for first impressions, having nearly blown you, Deku and Uraraka to bits showcasing one of her “super cute babies.” Not to mention it took her ten minutes to finally notice your missing appendage and realize why you were visiting. You yourself had almost forgotten in the meantime.

“Yowzah!” Hatsume exclaimed, poking you in the forearm. “That looks painful, what happened here?”

“Villains, Hatsume,” you grunted, growing tired of her assertiveness. You didn’t even bother reading her mind—it was simply too chaotic. With so many ideas flooding into her brain at once, you wondered if this girl ever got any sleep. “Villains happened. Don’t you remember the attack a few days ago?”

“Of course I do! Several of my classmates won’t stop talking about it. To have that many villains on our campus at one time? We seriously need to up our security game at this school. I mean, I honestly can’t believe the teachers allowed the villains to get so close!”

Uraraka nodded in agreement. “From what Deku was telling me, it sounds like the League of Villains had planned almost every little thing out in detail.”

You turned to Midoriya. “You think they know someone on the inside of UA?”

“I do wonder,” Midoriya replied, bringing a hand to his chin pensively. “Actually, that would make a lot of sense. But who would this person be? They couldn’t possibly be in our class, there’s no one that could fit that bill. Maybe another class? Or maybe a—no, not a teacher. All of the staff at UA has a long history of Pro Hero work and clean records.”

“Deku,” Uraraka tapped him. “You’re doing it again.”

“Your one-handed friend here showed up at an interesting time, maybe it’s her,” Hatsume shrugged, almost conceitedly. In response, Midoriya gave you a very intriguing look. His expression was unfamiliar to you, almost as if his trust in you did dip after hearing Hatume’s suggestion. Which was stupid—you brought up this traitor thing in the first place, what the hell kind of a strategy would that be?

“Whoa, slow down, Hatsume,” you growled. “What would the point of that be? The League literally kidnapped me, are you dumb? Which brings me to why I’m here. I need a new hand. It’s kind of challenging to go without one, especially since my right hand was dominant.”

“Ooooh!” Mei’s tune reverted back to nothing but giddiness as she grabbed your bandaged arm to inspect it. “What are ya thinking, then? I’m not giving you some boring old prosthetic, just so you’re aware.”

“Actually I did put thought into it. My quirk isn’t fully suited for battle or self-defense, so I’d love something that can broaden my horizons in that regard.”

“Go on,” Hatsume smirked at you.

“I was thinking a hand that transforms between some sort of long-range weapon and a regular old five-fingered hand.”

“I like it! I’ll get to work right away, everybody out!” Hatsume shouted boisterously. “My babies and I need some privacy!”

“W-wait, you don’t need more information?”

“I already got your left hand’s measurements and whatnot, so no need!” Huh? When did she do that? “Now, scram!” Mei Hatsume ushered the three of you out of the Support Department’s lab, her hand coming into contact with Deku’s waist a couple of times. With you and Uraraka on either side of him, his next thoughts were hard to ignore.

Why does this always happen to me?

With Hatsume behind me, Aya on my left and Ochako on my right…

It’s too much!

They’re all so close!

Hey, she needs to watch her hand!

Seriously, it’s like I’m the main character in an anime or something!

I mean I’m not really complaining but come on!

Having been effectively shoved into the hallway, you burst into laughter the moment Deku’s eyes met yours. To keep yourself from falling over, you leaned into Uraraka. Midoriya awkwardly scratched his head and asked, “What’s so funny?”

“You and women,” you chortled, feeling Uraraka stiffen. “That’s what’s funny—no, hilarious.”

“What are you—oh.” Deku’s entire face turned even redder than before, making you feel a bit maniacal. Ah, manipulation was fun, sometimes.

Your laughter finally began to die out. “Did you forget I got my quirk back or something?” You whispered to Uraraka to give her context, the color of her cheeks quickly matching Deku’s. Based on Uraraka’s thoughts, perhaps it was a good day to play matchmaker?

Nah, maybe later.

“So cute,” you chuckled to yourself, turning and wandering down the hall. “Well, I gotta run. I guess some of the UA staff want me at one of their meetings. I’ll be sure to let you know how it goes. Later!”

You wondered if leaving them alone together would spark anything or if they’d be too aloof to notice each other. Knowing those two, the latter was more likely.

Inside the UA conference room, you were greeted by Nezu, Aizawa, and All Might. Waving you over with his typical deadpan expression, Aizawa suggested you take a seat next to him. You couldn’t shake the feeling that something about the situation was making you feel very uncomfortable. Sick to your stomach, even. The room was dark, the thoughts were suspicious, heads were low.

“Welcome, Aya,” Nezu spoke up, smiling at you. “Thank you for taking the time to join us today.”

“Thank you for having me,” you responded, cautiously taking your seat. You quieted everyone’s thoughts, eager to focus on their words and actions instead. “What’s going on?”

“Well, we’ve all been wondering about something.” He paused, his beady eyes never leaving yours. “What’s all this about dismantling the hero ranking system?”

You swear your heart fell out of your chest at that moment. “What do you mean? Who told you about that?”

Your question triggered a matching thought among everyone present. You snickered quietly, your gaze focused on your lap.

Who else would’ve tattled on you but that shady Number Two Hero himself?

“Hawks, huh,” you comment before anyone could even reply to you, your eyes bulging out of your head. Even with everything you did for him, he goes and does this? What the fuck was he thinking?

The door to the room then swung open, the backstabbing devil himself striding on in and grabbing a seat across from you. “Sorry I’m late,” the Wing Hero apologized, casually sipping away at a can of coffee. You stared at him, eye twitching.

“We just need to address our concerns is all,” All Might cut in, ignoring Hawks’ tardiness.

“UA is a prestigious hero academy and all students’ values must align with the school’s,” Nezu added. “Your involvement with Class 1-A has been unique, something our school has never seen before.”

“What, a fucking TA?” you snarl, half-lidded eyes locking onto Nezu.

“Aya,” All Might snapped at you. “Everything will be alright, just let the principal finish.”

Oh, the power you held in your hands right now—well, hand. All Might and Hawks in the same room? You could reveal both their secrets to Nezu and unleash—

No, calm down and be patient. You can read minds, not tell the future.

“Fine,” you growl, setting an elbow on the table and resting your chin on the palm of your hand. “Get to the point.”

“Because of Hawks’ intel, we believe we must act on behalf of our students, putting their safety first and removing you from this institution.”

Before you could get a word in, Aizawa nudged you and said, “We also believe the bond you have with your quirk has grown exponentially. As much as I’d like for you to stay, it is likely time you pack up and go back into the world. This is good news—this was always part of the plan when we brought you in.”

Nezu jumped back into the conversation. “Yes, but due to your newly discovered stance on Heroes, you’re not to be fully trusted, which is why we are telling you this a little sooner.”

First, you raised an eyebrow at All Might. Why was he so quiet? You knew about one of the biggest secrets in all of Japan—Midoriya being in possession of One For All!

Then you narrowed your eyes at Hawks, the most double-dealing individual you knew. You were definitely going to have a word with him when this was over.

“So I’m a threat now? Just because of what I said? You don’t even have the right context! I was being pressured by the League of Villains! Maybe you Heroes are crazy.”

“We plan on helping you find an apartment,” Aizawa explained. “Somewhere in the area so you can continue visiting. UA can budget to help you financially as well.”

All Might grinned at you. “And even if there isn’t room in the budget, I’m happy to help as well. I hope you’re not getting the idea that we wish to be done with you forever, because we don’t.”

Oh. That sounded kinda nice. “What about General Studies?” you asked. “Why can’t I just enroll?”

“We simply too far into the year,” Nezu explained. “There’s always the next, but even by then you’ll already be eighteen.”

That’s right, your birthday was in about a month or so. You let out a long sigh. “Guess I’m stuck. Gonna need a job, too.”

“With your quirk, it won’t be hard to find one,” Hawks replied, finishing his coffee and leaning back in his seat. “Just slap it on a résumé.”

“There is another problem, though,” Nezu continued, grabbing a packet and flipping through several pages. “In preparation of his report, Hawks gathered some further information before coming to us. I see you have no employment history, were kicked out of elementary school, lived with multiple foster families, and have been charged with robbery, assault and battery.”

“The battery bit was my fault,” Hawks interrupted, earning a dramatic eye roll from you.

“To top things off, you’ve apparently spent time in an insane asylum. Though your quirk may be useful, be prepared for declined background checks and other issues when trying to find work. Come to think of it, have you even learned how to drive?”

“Self-taught but yes,” you pout. “Still need a damn license. Though you should know, a student in the Department of Support is making a prosthetic hand for me. Can I please remain on campus until she's done?”

The teachers and staff all exchanged glances. "Starting today, you have one week."

"Great. Is there anything else you stupid Pros want or am I good to leave?"

"You're excused," Nezu proclaimed.

Immediately, you shot out of your seat and leaned over the table, staring Hawks down. "A word in the hallway?"

To make matters worse, Hawks had the audacity to smile at you. “Sure,” was all he said, grinning ear to ear.

As soon as the door to the conference room was shut behind Hawks, you spun around and pinned him to the wall without any hesitation. Based on his annoying smirk, you could assume he let you pin him. “What do you think you’re doing reporting me like that?” you hissed, the man’s egotistical grin finally faltering.

“I was just doing my job,” Hawks retorted, bringing a finger to his lips and then pointing at his temple.

“Are you fu—” Instantaneously, the Number Two Hero panicked and covered your mouth with a gloved hand, staring at you intently.

The League is listening to us.

I need you to react to my thoughts and not my words.

Can you agree to that?

Can I remove my hand now?

You nodded.

“Pipe down, I was gonna report you anyway,” Hawks stated, folding his arms. “I mean, I needed to. Dismantling our entire hero system? Come on. Sounds like quite the threat, don’t you think?”

Dabi told me to report you to UA.

Don’t ask why, he wouldn’t tell me.

I wasn’t certain how the school would react.

I need to sell this, so I’m sorry you have to pay a bit of the price.

You blinked at him, wishing you could project your own thoughts and communicate with Hawks telepathically.

“If you aren’t going to say anything, then please get off.”

You backed away from Hawks and cleared your throat. “Alright, alright.”

“Thank you. You take care of yourself, you hear?”

Cheer up, buttercup!

“Sure,” you murmured, a bit startled this was the League’s handiwork.

See ya later.

The next thing you knew, you were standing alone in a desolate hallway.

Back in class, you impatiently slumped at Aizawa’s desk and kicked back as he taught Class 1-A about the most common lawsuits heroes face in society. Invasion of Privacy was a frequent lawsuit, in which many Pro Heroes get unnecessarily beat over the head for touching a person inappropriately. Confused? Sure, it sounds justifiable on the surface—but then Aizawa continued on, explaining that people won’t hesitant to make these lawsuits for the money.

“Oftentimes, civilians will make false claims about being touched inappropriately while caught in midair or moved out of the way of danger, among other things,” Mr. Aizawa stated, clicking through some slides showing lawsuit statistics. “Civil Rights lawsuits are also routine. For example, people would probably notice Grape Juice ‘choosing’ to save more women than men. No matter what, we must remember rescuing civilians is part of our job. We are meant to save whoever whenever. You will have eyes on you at all times, so act fairly and responsibly.”

Kirishima raised a hand. “So you mean to say that if I come into contact with someone’s waist, on purpose or not, I could end up getting sued for saving them?”

“That’s precisely it,” Aizawa nodded. “On top of everything else, Pro Heroes must be considerate of this. For the most part, people will be grateful and not bat an eye, but don’t be surprised if you save someone who’s a little catty. In other words, good luck running a successful agency if you’re getting sued all the time.”

Well, you really hoped Mineta would take this lesson to heart. For you, the lecture was useful but taxing. Why do people have to be so finicky?

Once all the students had filed out of the room after class, Aizawa approached you with a stack of papers. “Do you mind grading these assignments for me tonight?”

“I don’t mind,” you replied, taking the pile from him. “What, you have plans or something?”

“Yes, finding you an apartment to live in.” There was a pause. “I’m sorry about all that’s happening, Aya. It wasn’t really up to me.” The teacher turned around to pull out some more documents from inside his desk. “I made a résumé for you. There are a few copies here. I also emailed you the electronic version.”

You’d never had a résumé before. “Thanks,” you said, taking the paperwork from him and looking it over. Every single word on the sheet was positive. “Wow, this is really detailed. And nice of you.”

“It’s just about who you are. You’re a good kid and I wish you the best. Feel free to come and train with myself, Shinsou or Class 1-A anytime. All Might, Hawks and myself are your best references.”

“Hawks surprises me, but I’ll take it. Why didn’t you have a say in letting me stay?”

“I mean I had a say, but it was Principal Nezu who made the final decision. You’ve blossomed into a talented quirk-user and it does make sense for you move on from UA. We both know this isn’t truly where you want to be.”

“I guess you’re right,” you shrugged. “I’m just worried to tell everyone.”

“And that’s just it.” Reassuringly, Aizawa placed a hand on your shoulder and gently squeezed. “The relationships you’ve made here are why you feel the need to stay, but I believe there are bigger things in store for you.”

“What’s bigger than becoming a Pro Hero?”

Well, perhaps a vigilante’s line of work would best suit you.

The following day, you and Midoriya visited Mei Hatsume to check on your gear’s status.

“All done!” Hatsume sang, running to grab your prosthetic hand. Her bubbly attitude would normally make your head spin, but you were too excited to care. Hatsume popped out from behind a countertop, a fascinatingly silver and white robotic hand in her possession. “Ta-da!” the student proclaimed. “My newest baby! Check out what she can do!” Hatsume flipped a switch implanted in the metal, the hand transforming into knife-like weapon. “Not only does she do that, but there’s a third mode!” She changed the setting again, triggering the mechanical device to shift into a pistol-like gun. “Here’s that sexy long distance you were asking for!” Without warning, she turned and fired the gun, putting a hole in the wall. “Neat, right?”

“Neat?” Hatsume handed the tech to you, allowing you to finally check it out yourself. “This is amazing! How does the gun work? What ammo does it use? Also how to I attach this to myself?”

“Well first and foremost, this is based off a concept weapon proposed by US scientists!In terms of ammo, the gun setting harvests the sun's energy to power a constellation of chemical lasers mounted on the prosthetic’s metal base. Stored in battery cells, the solar power can be unleashed as a high-energy laser beam to fry ground, sea, air or space-based targets. Basically, the device is completely solar powered and uses power from the sun as ammo! Which unfortunately also means your ammo is slightly weaker at nighttime or in a super dark room. But, it’s unlimited, so there’s that!” Hatsume then demonstrated how to attach the hand to your body, the process being both easy and mostly painless. “Now it has to connect to your nervous system in order for you to control it, so make sure to press the power button once you’ve latched the hand onto yourself. You may feel a slight pinch each time, but it’s nothing to worry about.”

You wiggled your mechanical fingers, continuously messing around with your new appendage and testing out the device. “This is incredible! I should’ve lost a hand to a villain sooner!” you shouted, glancing over to see Deku grinning at you. “What?”

“Oh, I’ve just never seen you so happy,” he responded. “We should go train in the gym with some of the others! Y’know, if it’s available.”

Midoriya wasn’t wrong. You were feeling pretty ecstatic.

You wondered when a good time to tell him would be.

“Yes, let’s train,” you smiled at him, pumping your shiny new fist into the air. “Lead the way!”

Smiling back at you a few moments later, in addition to Midoriya, was Kirishima, Mina, Kaminari and Sero. Bakugou was also leaning against wall nearby, but wasn’t smiling or paying much attention, as per usual.

“Midoriya told us about your new upgrade!” Kirishima bounced over to you, curiously inspecting your arm. Mina, Sero and Kaminari mirrored him, doing the exact same. You showed them the three separate modes, taking your sweet time in order to build up their excitement.

“So cool!” Kaminari proclaimed, spinning in a celebratory circle. “Bakugou, check this out!”

Hands in his pockets, Bakugou sauntered over, the rest of his crew moving out of the way. “Am I supposed to be impressed or something?”

Unbelievable.

In an instant, you rolled your eyes and switched your hand to the necessary setting, aiming the device at Bakugou and pulling the trigger with your left hand. As you’d intended, the gun’s laser zipped just past him, missing the student’s head by an inch. Having caught his undivided attention, you got right to the point and began shouting at the blonde. “Teach me what you know!” you requested, flaunting your new weapon. “Please teach me how to fight, Bakugou-san!”

Just as you’d planned, calling him Bakugou-san went straight to his head.

“Tch,” he chuckled, small sparks flying out of his hands. “That’s the real reason you and Deku dragged me out here, eh?”

Mina stepped forward. “This’ll be fun! I can totally help with long-range attacks!”

“Me too!” Sero smiled, flexing.

Kirishima hardened, activating his quirk. “I’ll work with her on defense!”

“Kaminari, can you and I help her with offense?” Midoriya asked him.

“Of course!” Kaminari replied, full of energy.

“Wait, what does that leave me?!” Bakugou screamed in your face.

“How about battle strategy?” You shrugged, a sadistic glint in your eye. “Or are you not smart enough to do that, sensei?”

“Hmph! I’ll teach you how to become the best!”

“Better than you?”

“Of course not, stupid! But you can’t learn the best unless it comes from the best, so you better be grateful!”

You laughed, switching your hand into its five-fingered form and rubbing the back of your neck. “Of course, how could I forget?”

Training went smoothly and, more importantly, was a lot of fun. Mindscape was useful when it came to reading attacks early, being able to dodge and then moving in quickly once you spotted an opening. Eventually, Todoroki walked in too and apologized for being late. The fire and ice wielder got to work with you on quickly switching between the different modes of your hand, deciding when to use the gun for long-range attacks and the fist or blade for close combat.

After almost two full hours of training, you spontaneously decided now was the time.

“Hey,” you paused, looking around at every one of your friends. “I’m leaving,” you blatantly stated, catching them off guard.

Kirishima froze. “You’re what?”

“The hell does that mean, idiot?” Bakugou grunted in succession.

“Leaving to where?” Todoroki said, giving you a funny look.

“Thank you all for everything, but,” you sighed at the ground and then locked eyes with Midoriya, “I was told to leave UA.”

After breaking the news to all of them, you waited until evening to tell the rest of Class 1-A about being excommunicated from UA High. You thanked the group for being so friendly and supportive of you.

You just hoped they’d continue being supportive when learning about your next move.

“But it’ll be okay,” you said right after going over everything, standing up from the couch and placing both hands on your hips. “Because you all have your Hero Work-Studies and stuff, so everyone’s going to be pretty busy. I want to stay busy too, so in one month I turn eighteen and am gonna find out if Tartarus is hiring!”

The entire class stared at you in awe, Mineta dropping his tea on the carpet. “Huh?!”

~~~~~

Chapter 15: Mind Games

[amethystpath-writes]

A Lesson Learned

(NOT A PROMPT)

Hello :) Could you write a piece where the extremely flirtatious villain notices that the hero isn’t taking care of themselves and tries to get them to and promises not to do anything (capture them, etc), but (surprise!) then they do? Haha sorry if it’s a bit specific, adore your writing!

******

“Why, doll,” Villain cooed from behind the bench which Hero sat upon. The bench was old, wood in the process of rotting. Speaking of rot- Villain rounded the park bench, coming face to face with that once-handsome, now-perished face. “Don’t you just look like you sprang from Hell? Yeesh.”

Hero shrugged, not even caring that Villain was here to taunt him yet again- to pick at him with compliments. Usually, anyways. Now, she was insulting him. Did he really look that out of it? Hero felt like it, so it shouldn’t have been so surprising to him. “Don’t feel great- get out of here.”

“And do what? I’d miss the grumble in your voice too much. Come now, my dear, tell me what has that pretty hair of yours so tangled.” Villain’s hand grazed the locks atop Hero’s head, fingers skimming his scalp. She hummed her delight. “How pretty,” Villain whispered into Hero’s ear. “Even if it is greasy.”

“Look, I’m really not in the mood for this.”

Good God, what is that stench? Villain could gag- not could; Villain did gag on the smell. “When was the last time you showered, sugar?” Hero certainly didn’t smell like sugar, but it was in Villain’s nature to shoot a flirt at him anyways.

“Don’t know. Would you get your hand out of my hair?”

“You don’t know?” Villain sighed, dropping her hand and rounding the bench until she came to the front, facing Hero and his abnormally large eye sacks. “Oh, darling…” you have jellyfish beneath your eyes. “You should take better care of yourself. I could help you, you know?”

Hero’s eyes grew as wide as they could with eyelids made of lead. “Help me do what? Bathe?”

“Well, I certainly wouldn’t mind helping you do that- think of how close we would be, my sweet doll.” She sat beside the broken-beyond-repair hero, dragging a fingertip along his dirtied pants. Villain sighed, slightly bored of this game of chess. Her flirtations were slipping away like a wet bar of soap. What an ironic comparison.

Villain said, “What I meant is this; I’ll give your handsomeness a break- or your ugliness, rather. You need to regain your looks, hence the break.”

Ignoring the insult, Hero said, dead-panned, “And I’m supposed to believe you.” A soft tut.

“Have I given you any reason not to? On this pretty night?”

“Beyond the not-so-subtle insults,” Hero thought aloud, and finished with, “I guess not.”

With a scoff, Villain said, “I wouldn’t call those insults. I could have said much worse- and anyways, you know I’m a tease. I feel even more concerned that you’ve forgotten such a vital detail about me. More reason to leave you alone. Right, my love?”

“I still don’t know if I believe you.”

“Why would it matter what I did or didn’t do when you don’t even care to look after yourself?”

She makes a good point. Still… “What would you do then?” Hero didn’t particularly care to have this conversation right now, but- well, he was a hero. Even if he were too exhausted to take care of himself, it was still his responsibility to protect the people. Just because Villain was saying she’d leave Hero alone didn’t mean she’d leave the citizens alone.

“What would I do? Sulk, mostly. I’d miss your pretty little face while I sat alone on my couch.”

“Right. Because I always sit on a couch with you.”

“There’s a taste of that precious fire. You’re beautiful when you’re sarcastic- and healthy.”

Hero sighed. It didn’t matter what he said, did it? He could tell Villain she looked like a horse’s rear-end mixed with a jackal’s paw and she’d continue sticking around. “You said you’d give me a break.” Of course, Hero still didn’t believe Villain’s words. It was her one and only nature to torment him with pointless compliments- and harmful insults apparently.

As if I didn’t already know I look like crap. I’m tired; that’s all. No motivation to do anything but sit on the park bench. He didn’t even feel like getting up to stretch his legs, despite knowing it needed to be done. Hero would rather deal with the aches of standing than to be forced into using so much energy while sitting. How draining it was- standing up from his position now. That’s why he stayed put, even with Villain’s hand circling in his hair once again.

This time, the hand in Hero’s hair was actually soothing. The tender scrape of Villain’s nails against his scalp. The gentle pull through the hair as her fingers caught on tangles, though the larger knots were a tad painful. Hero hummed his delight at the two former feelings, finding himself leaning into the arm which offered such relief.

On a regular day, one not so adorned with absent motivation and sourness, Hero would have slapped Villain’s hand away- would have told her to go find a dog in the park to pet. Naturally, he would have regretted saying it, thinking that Villain might claw its eyes out instead of petting it. Okay, maybe she wouldn’t do something that serious, but she might have stepped on a puppy’s tail, making it screech- if only to horrify the owner.

“Isn’t this a nice break, sugar?” Villain asked, but, of course, there was more to it than this scalp massage. When Hero fell asleep, with his head on Villain’s shoulder, she would give herself a break- not him.

******

Eyes still closed from having just woken up, Hero pulled his shoulder back against the hard- hard? I thought I was in- His eyes cracked open.

White ceiling. Or, mostly white, at least. There was some water damage that Hero could see even through his blurry and freshly woken eyes. The yellow and orange stains did not belong on his ceiling.

He shifted slightly, body still stiff, but he wasn’t willing to stretch yet- just in case there was…a certain someone…paying attention. Damn Villain, Hero thought, because who else’s home could he be in if it weren’t his own?

It was with this thought in mind that Hero sat up. No use in lounging around. Better off to find a way out before Villain-

“Nice to see those starlit eyes of yours.”

Great. Turning his head, he saw Villain casually sprawled across a couch.

Well, one thing was for certain; Hero had the motivation to get up and run again. At least he could thank Villain for something, even if it were simply the desire to escape.

Sitting up, slowly and stiffly, Hero said, “A break. You were supposed to give me a break. It’s what you said, what you told me you’d do. You would give me a break to take care of myself and you would sulk.”

He could almost imagine Villain’s voice answering with an easy lull, ‘I didn’t say what the break would entail, love.’ Love. Darling. Doll. My dear. Disgusting, disgusting, disgusting.

“I gave you a break. Two of them, if we’re being technical. The massage and the shelter. Actually,” Villain smiled at him from her couch cushion, eyes closing just slightly as her cheeks gathered higher and higher. “I might call it liberation- instead of a break. Infinite freedom versus periods of mass depression and showerless nights.”

Hero felt his jaw tick. “What are you talking about?” he asked, voice low- just the way Villain liked.

He wasn’t helping his case any, now, was he? Being all cutesy. It only allowed Villain to enjoy this whole situation more.

“You wake up in your stalker’s home and don’t even think to check your body for modifications? What a pity you are sometimes,” Villain giggled. She meant it as a compliment; it was her way of calling the hero cute and favourable.

Stalker. Well, Villain might as well have been considered as such. She showed up just about everywhere Hero was, only to hold hostages for no other reason than to have control over someone, to hear the fear in their high whines- and to see the fear glistening low in their eyes. Villain was wicked, and she was wicked always in Hero’s presence. Stalker- maybe that’s what the news would start calling her if they, or Hero, ever managed to stop Villain.

Villain grew impatient with Hero’s procrastination of observation. “Explore yourself, won’t you?”

And Hero did now. He looked down his arms, torso, legs, anything that was in his perspective, but there was nothing out of the ordinary, except- “Do not tell me you actually washed me.” His arms were speck and dead-skin cleaned.

“A wet rag against your arms and legs, nothing else.”

Hero simply took her word for it, trying not to imagine how he’d feel if she were lying. How horrendous.

Then what is it? Nothing- absolutely nothing- was irregular, so why was Villain going on about…Hero’s fingers skimmed something along his neck- one of the few things he couldn’t see with his own eyes.

No…no. Not just along his neck. There was something inside of Hero’s neck. “What did you do to me?” His voice came out as a horrifyingly quiet whisper, one that squeaked in the back of his throat.

“You wouldn’t take care of yourself, Hero. I had to step in.”

“I don’t- no. No. Whatever you’re doing, you- you need to- I need to go home. I need you to stay away from me and I need- I need-” Oh no. Was he hyperventilating? He couldn’t- God, he couldn’t breathe. Hero was panicking, scratching at his neck, at the irregular shaped lumps. Get out. Get. Out. Getout. Getout. Getoutgetoutgetoutgetout.

A gasp sounded in the room as Hero’s head hit the ground, trying to dodge the zap that occurred at the front of his throat, right where he was scratching so madly.

“Well, I guess that’s a lesson learned rather quickly. Darling, you didn’t even know what those were, and yet you were trying to rip them out. It might have killed you.”

“Uhah.”

Villain quirked her head to the side. “Didn’t get that, sorry. Must have fried your vocal cords- better that than you build up a bunch of infectious bacteria.” Truth be told, the zap wasn’t so bad that it would permanently damage Hero- only give him little tics and make him fret.

“You’ll be so very happy that I took that rag over your skin- otherwise you’d have woken up to your own stench while I was injecting the little stun rods. That would have been difficult,” Villain laughed, legs extending until they laid on the arm of the couch.

“Now,” Villain piped, “there is an outfit laid out in the bathroom- down this hall here”- she pointed- “and second door to the right. Get a shower, bath, whatever you want, and get dressed. I have plans and I’m not leaving you here alone.”

Swerving her legs over the arm- despite having just put them there- Villain planted her feet on the ground and placed her elbows near her knees, leaning forward, all amount of humour aside. “I’m the only one who gets to torment you, you hear me? Not even you have my permission to do harm to yourself or otherwise slack in personal healthcare. If you are in any kind of bad condition, it will be because I allowed it. M’kay?”

She stood, walked several paces to where Hero still sat on the floor and patted his cheek. “I’m making myself food before we leave and while you take a shower. Don’t disappoint me by trying to escape, my dove. You’re in my cage now.” Villain gave Hero a tap on the head as she pulled a remote control out of her pocket with her other hand. For extra measure, she held one of the buttons for three seconds, sending Hero onto his back once again, writhing on the floor- though avoiding scratching his neck.

A lesson learned indeed.

“Believe it or not, I do intend to be kind to you. I just wanted to show you what happens if you decide you’re not worth taking care of again.”

One last click of the button and she was gone, leaving a panting hero behind in the dust.

[h2bakugou]

Hey, Hey I was wondering if I could get some fluffiness with Izuku where he and his s/o are in the middle of some heated things but then she stops cuz she gets insecure and he sweetly and lovingly comforts her?

a/n: hi hi! of course!! i need to write more for izuku!! i love him- if anyone has any links to cute deku plushies i would like to purchase one

summary: in the midst of a pretty nice makeout session with your boyfriend deku, a spell of insecurity hits you and you begin to feel self-conscious.

key: (y/n) - your name / (f/n) - first name / (l/n) - last name / (e/c) - eye color / (h/c) - hair color / (y/q) - your quirk

warnings: swearing, fluff, some angst, mentions of insecurities, 16+ (no smut just some mild spice-making out and shit idk what to tag this dkjgkdgk)

word count: 1.2k

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A gentle breeze blew the storm cloud’s raindrops against Midoriya’s balcony door, the pitter-patter of the droplets hitting against the glass only fueled the peaceful mood that was heightened by a forest-scented candle burning away while you laid beside him.

The pleasant atmosphere was calming as you stroked two fingers down Midoriya’s chest, your index and middle finger tracing the outline of the logo on his shirt.

“I’m really happy you were able to make it here, I know training was tiring.” Deku commented quietly. Training had been intense, but you’d lucked out with it ending early due to the storm.

You’d planned on napping afterward, but Deku had asked you to come to his dorm after cleaning up and showering. And honestly, if you didn’t do anything soon you were going to nap on him.

“I hope that storm doesn’t get too nasty, as much as I’d like a few days off, I think we could use a little extra training.” You giggle, lifting your head off of his arm to look at him.

“Have I ever told you how beautiful you are?” You smile, bringing your index finger up to tap the tip of his nose. Deku’s cheeks turn pink as he smiles, shaking his head.

“I think you’re way prettier. But maybe I’ve got some good looks.” Deku teases, sitting up. He ushers for you to sit on his lap. You hesitate, swallowing a lump of nerves before slowly bringing yourself onto his lap.

“God, look at you.” Deku paused, staring at you in admiration, lifting a hand to cup your face as he pulled it down toward him. He traced his fingers around your cheeks and down to your chin, lifting your face as he leaned in.

Pressing his lips to yours, he kissed you passionately, only stopping for air in between. 

Guiding you back down with a hand pressed to your back, you were hesitant to relax as he laid back down, your body now laying more on top of him as you struggled to keep your lips on his while you leaned down yourself.

Deku’s lips traveled much like his hands, finding new places to hold or touch you. From your back to your hips, your lips to your neck, Deku was exploring as much as he could of you, all within your say-so. 

Though you didn’t stop him, he knew if you were uncomfortable you would let him know.

You were both far too inexperienced to be doing anything more than hand-holding, but kissing felt so nice, especially like this. 

The aroma from the candle burning on his dresser, to the sound of rain drowning out any noise coming from the dorms beside you, it felt like a cozy spring day.

As Deku pulled away to take in another breath, he stopped to stare up at you. His wide green eyes softened as he lifted a hand to stroke your cheek.

“I love you.” Izuku murmured, moving his hand back around behind your neck, forcing you down on his lips again. This kiss was needy, desperate, but loving and kind. It was soft and gentle like Deku, but there was a longing behind it.

As you kissed him, something came over you. Feeling insecure suddenly, you pull away and pause, glancing down at Deku’s chest as you catch your breath.

At first, Deku thinks you’re just catching your breath, but as you move your fingers up to your lips, you begin to rub your bottom lip nervously.

“Is everything alright?” Deku asks quietly. You nod quickly, trying to disguise your insecurity as just needing a moment of air. But Deku knows you better than that.

“You don’t have to tell me what’s going on, but please don’t try and hide it, I know something’s up. You do that thing with your lip whenever you feel...insecure.” Izuku sits up, his arms wrapping around your waist to hold you in his lap as he readjusts to look at your face.

You shake your head in amazement at his attention to detail.

“I’m sorry, I just, feel weird. I don’t...know why. Part of me just feels like you deserve so much better, I’m so-”

“Don’t you dare finish that sentence. I know more than anyone that it’s false. You are beautiful, even when you don’t feel like it.” Deku smiles, hugging you close to him.

“Was I going too far? We can stop if you’d like.” Deku is quick to ask if everything is okay. He’s beginning to feel bad, as if he’s pressured you to do something you weren’t at all ready to do.

“No, no. I really liked it. I just feel like I’m terrible at kissing and like I’m just no good for you or-”

Deku pressed his index finger to your lips, silencing you as you stared at him.

“I know insecurities can be scary, they’re hard to read and they make you feel really icky, but it’s okay. You were doing a great job.” Deku teases, his cheeks bright red as he lifts his hand to rub your cheek again. 

You lean into his touch, your nerves and anxiety finally simmering away as his thumbs strokes your cheek. You close your eyes and smile, a small sigh heaves from your chest, your shoulders relaxing at the soothing feeling.

“Just take a few breaths, just like that.” Deku leans his head on your shoulder, pressing his lips against your peeking skin, the collar of his oversized shirt falling down your arm.

“In and out, good, good girl.” Deku instructs you, his words making your heart flutter. You can feel the heat of his cheeks press against your skin as he tries to hide his fluster.

“I can feel you smiling.” You tease, finally opening your eyes as you glance at him.

“Can I kiss you again?” Izuku moves so you can see him clearly. You nod, but Deku doesn’t budge.

“Yes.” You say softly. On your mark, he leans in and presses his lips to yours, kissing you lightly. This kiss is soft, calming, and reassuring. 

Deku’s hands rub up and down your arms before moving to rub your back. You fidget with your hands before wrapping them around his waist, hugging him as you lean into the kiss.

Deku pulls away only to press his forehead to yours.

“I love you, all of you, all of your quirks and flaws, all of it. You’re beautiful, and I wouldn’t have it any other way.” Deku’s words were more than enough to make your heartbeat quicker. Leaning into him, you moved your head to rest in the crook of his neck. 

Pressing a little kiss to his neck, you moved your head to rest on his shoulder.

“I love you.” You whisper, hugging him. Deku hugged you back, resting his head on your shoulder, embracing you warmly.

“I love you more.” Deku smiled, pulling back to kiss your cheek before returning.

The embrace lasted for a while, until you were ready to kiss him again, and then you spent a good few hours just lazily laying and making out while talking about little things in between here and there.

But when Kaminari came banging on Deku’s door, asking when he’d be down to play video games in the common room for a bit, you decided it was probably best to go eat some dinner and get started on homework.

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[denkineptune]

mha date headcanons- boys and girls :))

♡ request: “i love ur blog already, ur writing is so good!!! im so excited to see the content u’ll be posting !! :D since ur taking requests, how abt some date headcanons for the mha boys (or girls if u want!) ?” - @dianangels​ 

♡ thank you for letting me write girls aaa i chose to do some as first date hc. it was kinda hard to keep jirou’s gn because i wanted to reference wlw stereotypes but i succeeded in gender-neutral because i want everyone to be able to enjoy

♡ dedicating part of this to @anxious-botanist​ because she’s the one who inspired the momo cuddles hehe sorry it took so long

♡ fic details: headcanons, fluff, gender-neutral reader, 2nd pov

characters: kaminari, amajiki, jirou, ashido, yaoyorozu

kaminari- arcade

↠AR C ADE   DA T  E

↠you hear me??? arcade!! date!! ideal man, right here, someone claim him immediately or else i will be forced to take ownership

↠he’s super laid back and chill, pretty childish at heart. he only means the best, though, so i think an arcade is exactly what he would go for when taking you on a date! he doesn’t have a lot of money but still wants you to go home with something to remember the date by

↠he buys like $50 worth of tokens and splits it between the two of you, making sure that he tells you which games give the most tickets, because he’s definitely been here enough times to remember

↠his favorite game is either crossy roads or the big bass wheel- he loves crossy roads because of how cute the style is, but also there is impending stress and levels of  d o o m  as you progress further. big bass wheel is basically just gambling, and i think he’s yumeko jabami.

↠he hacks games to make you win sometimes,, his quirk is bascially designed to do this. it’s like he was born just to take you out on this arcade date. he uses his quirk to short circuit the game and trick the computer into giving you hundreds of tickets

↠he just wants to make you happy and see you smile!! there’s not a feeling quite like succeeding at something as silly as an arcade game, but there’s a certain pride to it that he loves seeing on your face. 

↠kaminari only does it a few times, since he knows that you should be earning your prizes ((not that you know when he does it, he’s really cheeky about it))

↠playyyy multiplayers with him! he loves DDR (dance dance revolution)- you do multiple rounds and are equally exhausted by the end of it akdflad you may not be good, and tbh neither is denki, but you still have fun, which is what matters

↠he also loves taking photobooth pictures, he puts on the most horrendous filters and does the dumbest poses, but it’s so adorable. he does the typical one smile, one “serious”, one silly face, one kith > <

↠kami gets cocky,,, it’s just how he is,, he gets overly confident whether or not he’s been on a winstreak

“heyy, y/n! look at my speedrun on this, i’m getting so many tickets, i’ll be able to get a house by the end of it!”

↠and then he CAN’T because he doesn’t get the jackpot eghgdhgeh

↠by the end of the day, you’ve spent hours at the arcade, laughing and screaming with denki as you terrorize the small children. yes, he’s that kind of guy

↠by “terrorize”, i don’t mean like a bully, but he’s unintentionally intimidating kids with his pockets overflowing with ticket chains, a crazed look on his face as he goes absolutely ham on the shooting games

↠there’s electricity coming off of him, kids sometimes have to dodge it when passing by

↠so anyways, by the end of the date, you’re basically being kicked out of the arcade, because, as kami puts it,

“we were here when it opened and i’ll be damned if we’re not here when it closes,”

↠between the two of you, you’ve aquired tens of thousands of tickets??? the employees probably hate y’all, they had to count those beasts of ticket rolls you’ve accumulated during the 10 hours the arcade was open

↠exactly 62,069 tickets (69 go brrr- kaminari’s brain), and you can basically buy the arcade with that currency

↠but here’s the thing: he lets you spend all of it. you heard me, all. of. it. he just wants to see you happy, and the best way he can think of to get a final glorious memory of your smile is to let you spend the tickets as you see fit, this generosity just to see you glowing as you walk out of the building, arms chock full of amazing junk

↠but of course, you’d feel bad if you spent all of it, especially since he was the one who took you out, so you offered him the half of the tickets that were won

“denki, you won most of these with your amAzINg gaming skills, it’s only fair you get to have something too,”

“my prize will be seeing you- your- your-- aw fuck, i forgot the line, it’ll come back to me, just give me a minute.”

↠he tried to be smooth and it failed, but you chuckled at the attempt, so all around, he considered it a success

↠denki gets a lot of dumb things that will probably end up being thrown away soon, but he also gets you a very soft bat stuffed animal that you should treasure and keep forever 

amajiki- a walk and picnic in a japanese garden

↠tamaki is very shy, very socially anxious. he’s the kind to wait for people to leave a section of a store before he goes there, purposely do his errands in the early morning to limit social interaction, and find any excuse to leave a situation. which, tbh, isn’t that all of us?

↠let’s be honest here, if it wasn’t y’alls first date, he’d probably not go anywhere. as long as he’s with you, he doesn’t really care for anything too fancy

↠but he’s convinced himself that he needs to do something reasonably big for your first date to make sure you don’t regret your decision to go out with him. so instead of deciding to stay in, he goes somewhere that’s only slightly anxious for him, but where he still feels comfortable

↠so he’s decided on a japanese tsukiyama garden! these places are beautiful by design, not cheap but not too expensive, and people are obligated by rules to be quiet and keep their hands to themselves

↠nobody goes to a garden to socialize, in fact, i’d argue most people go just to look around, rest, and clear their heads. there’s usually not any screaming children, no quirk usage, no villains, it’s a little safe haven. 

↠bonus: there’s butterflies :))

↠it’s so peaceful, and he gets to focus on you instead of whatever loud noise is making him anxious

↠he brings a picnic basket filled with all your favorite foods, and his! he makes a show out of displaying what he can manifest with different snacks, making a point to eat edible seeds so he can produce flowers for you 🥺🥺🥺

↠you walk around the garden for a few hours, marveling at the decor and how well-maintained everything is. there’s a koi pond, hanging wisteria trees, and multiple gazebos that create a really comfortable and calm environment

↠speaking of koi ponds, amajiki offers to buy you food so you can feed the fish! you stand on a bridge above the pond, sharing the container with him. the sMILE on his face when he watches you throw the food is so pure i’m-

↠he’s the walking embodiment of “uwu”- his face is so calm and his eyes are shining and he can feel his heart swelling with love i am GOING to cry my eyes out 

↠but honestly, he wishes he could stay in this moment forever- you’re happy, he’s happy, and it feels like you two are the only people in the universe. right now, he doesn’t have to worry about school, villain attacks, his future, or anything that makes him anxious; all that he can see right now is how beautiful and at peace you look. he took you out today, and you’re enjoying yourself. this is one of the few things that makes him confident: knowing that he’s able to make you happy

↠tamaki is silently celebrating; you’ve had a good time and he didn’t freak out, so it’s the best possible scenario!

ashido- rollerskating! ((look at her she’s adorable the smile n the eyes aaa))

↠mina is a very energetic and bubbly person, its quite obvious if you’ve spent any amount of time around her

↠for your first date with her, she’d already have a location in mind!!

↠the atmosphere of rollerskating rinks is so electric, she can’t help but feel happy there, and she wants to experience that lovely feeling with you, too :))

↠you enter the rink, and mina is already borderline bouncing off the walls alskdfj

↠whether or not you’ve ever skated before, ashido is super cautious with you- multiple times she’s fallen on her butt while learning how to skate, so unless you’re a pro, she’s watching your every move to make sure you don’t get hurt

“y/n! please be careful- you’re not getting hurt on my watch!”

↠she jabs a thumb in her direction proudly, with the cutest bigass grin on her face awh 🥺🥺🥺she’s really enthusiastic about sharing one of her passions with you

“try to balance, alright? don’t put too much weight on your heel or toes, because then you’ll fall on your butt. here, take my hand and i’ll help you! hey, there you go, you’re doing great!”

↠she pays for everything and will WRESTLE you if you try to disagree aldkfa if you’re the type of person to pay for everything as well, y’all are going to have to fight; mina will not give up

↠ashido comes here a lot, so she’s friendly with all the employees, she has the uncanny ability to make friends wherever she goes ((i mean she’s friends with bakugou,, if she can do that,, she can do anything))

↠she takes one of your hands and backs onto the rink, watching for anyone behind her. once you’re balanced properly, she shows you how to move your feet so that the two of you are in sync

↠skating isn’t super hard to figure out, it’s mostly intuitive, so you’ll get the hang of it quite quickly!! maybe you’re not too fast, but it’s still fun, so it doesn’t matter

↠while you’re moving with care, making sure to focus on your footwork, mina will definitely take the chance to show off her skating skills! she’s moving like crazy, weaving around other people and nearly toppling them over but shh she’s trying to impress you and if i’m being honest??? she’s really fucking good aldkdf 

↠it’s obvious that she loves this hobby, and the fact that she likes you enough to share it with you on your first date is so adorable aaaa

↠mina’s really agile- you don’t know if that’s all the hero training or just something that comes naturally, but the way she moves makes skating look like the easiest goddamn thing in the world-

↠she’s such a romantic, she’s definitely put in a request for the dj to play your favorite song, no matter if it fits the mood or not

↠heavy rock? sure!! as long as you’re having fun, who cares about what other people think? super vulgar rap?? w h y  n o t ? !

↠she just has that extroverted, positive, charming energy that’s infectious

↠you can’t help but feel at ease around her, she’s a genuinely a great person, and what you think the epitome of a hero is

↠all ashido really wants here is to have fun with you- i mean she really likes you, and hopes that she’ll get to go on another date w/ you, so she’s doing everything in her power to woo u

↠and you’d be lying if you said it wasn’t working 🥺👉👈

jirou- hanging out in her room

↠kyouka jirou, being the more introverted person she is, wouldn’t really want to go somewhere super public, like mina would

↠i also believe that she’d want to be friends (or at least acquaintances) with you before asking you on a date- she’s easily annoyed by people, so i think that she’d need to be comfortable around you if she was to be romantically interested 

↠and you’ve ticked all these boxes! you understand her sarcastic, blunt personality, and find it pretty amusing. beyond all that, she’s kind and caring, and deep down, she aspires to be a hero for all the right reasons. who wouldn’t love her for that?

↠so for your first date with kyouka, i think she’d want to be somewhere quiet and intimate with you. she wouldn’t want any interruptions ((specifically from jammingyay, who enjoys butting his head in other peoples’ business))

↠the most comfortable place for her would be her room, since it’s really just an extension of her personality, and since you’re quite close, she’d be okay with letting you in her private space. she trusts you.

↠just two guys bein dudes 🤠 ((if you’re a girl, it’s just sappho and her friend--))

↠music is one of the biggest things in jirou’s life, and i think she’d want to share it with you. that is, if you’d let her :)) she has dozens of different instruments, so if you want to attempt to learn something, she’d be totally down!! 

↠please show her what kind of music you’re into! no matter what it is, she’ll listen to it. she wants to get to know what kind of person you are when you’re not around other people, and music is a great way to do that. even if you don’t have the same taste as her, she wouldn’t mind, since a) she’ll listen to pretty much anything, she’s not picky; and b) it’s something that you’re showing her, and that’s enough to make her happy

↠she’s not a very formal person, so i think she’d just want to talk to you and hang out. i’d think kyouka would be more of a fan of a gradual relationship, one that starts from friends and slowly evolves into more. and yes, as you can probably tell, i am a sucker for mutual pining and friends-to-lovers tropes-- im a simple hoe 😌

↠she’s super fun to hang out with!! her sense of humor is really snarky, she also enjoys talking shit about people she doesn’t like. if you’re not into that, she’s able to carry on conversation really well. there’s not a moment of awkward silence between you

↠jirou actually really likes talking shit about people hsahsh- as long as it’s someone that’s been mean in some way. she won’t say anything bad about someone who hasn’t done anything to deserve it. but if you’ve wronged her in some way, boy, do you have it COMING

↠by the end of it, i just know your cheeks hurt from laughing 

↠she’s just a really fun person to be around, she may not be the most bubbly person ever, but she’s super easy-going and cool ((jirou bias incoming ekejke))

↠i do think she’d try to sneak some kind of affection if she thinks you’d reciprocate- if you’re really getting along well, she might snake her hand into yours when you’re sitting on the bed, laughing

↠honestly you might not even notice until she stops, because your hand feels empty and cold without her like your heart aa

↠if she’s really into you?? might get a smol peck on the cheek 👉👈 please try to get a smol peck on the cheek, it’s very cute and she gets so flustered

↠she goes up to you as you’re about to leave her room, grabs your shoulder, turns you around, and gives you an adorable if not slightly aggressive smooch

↠then she reFUSES to acknowledge what she just did akdfld- she turns away, beet red, and is completely silent

↠meanwhile you’re probably laughing your ass off because wow she’s so cute

↠kudos if you give one back to her, baby is on the verge of exploding ejkdjf 

↠her heart just can’t handle what you’re doing to her

↠and despite what her appearance is, her heart is doing backflips- she’s whipped <33

momo: tea and c u d d l e s

↠she’s a very fancy person, obviously. yaoyorozu wants only the best for everyone she loves, and that, of course, includes you! she loves showing affection through giving things to others. her family status only magnifies this aspect of her personality, as being born into wealth gives her the means to spoil you rotten

↠and even though she’s bougie as all hell, she also somehow maintains an elegant and simple air about her. it’s impressive, really. it’s not like she tries to flex her money, it’s just a part of her life, and she enjoys using her privilege well

↠that being said, what’s more elegant and mature than going for tea? it’s a lovely pastime that momo would love to include you in! 

↠lowkey,, she’s a whole sugar momma dfkdjla im not even joking- she doesn’t try to be, but virtually everything she does shows how rich she is

↠you arrive at the tea room, and by god is it fancy. there’s multiple chandeliers suspended from the ceiling, which is decorated with classic renaissance-style paintings. all the tables are set with white cloth, plates made of pure fine china, flowers and woven baskets set everywhere to create a cottagecore-like setting. the air about it is so sophisticated, from the patrons (wait is that a celebrity-) to the decorations

↠your face is kinda just,,, 😮,, because what in the world did momo get you into??

“momo, you’re so sweet, and this place is lovely, but don’t you think this is a bit much? not that i don’t absolutely appreciate it, it’s just that this seems really expensive, and i don’t want you to have to spend that much for just one date.”

↠she just chuckles, saying that it was “really nothing” (???? MISS GIRL???)

“don’t worry, y/n, this isn’t too much! i want to have fun today, and this place is so nice! let’s just find a table, alright?”

↠like, hunney, you’re so kind, but this is a LOT

↠but if you say so....

↠she looks at you with the most enthusiastic, wholesome eyes, and soon you’re following her like a puppy towards your table. the waiter sits you down, and leaves, giving you a moment to glaze over the menu to find a drink

↠and there’s so many types of teas, at least 30 on this page alone. you hadn’t even heard of half of these drinks, how would you know if you’d like them?

↠yaomomo seemed to notice your puzzlement, and said that you could get a pot of something simple, like jasmine green or earl grey, and she would get something fancier that you could try. why not?

↠a few minutes later, you’ve already adjusted to the sophisticated and intimidating environment, focusing only on the girl across from you, and how her eyes glittered with happiness

↠she orders a few normal tea foods, like scones with jam, lemon curd, and devonshire cream, and finger sandwiches. the fanciest thing she buys, though, is a blooming tea that arrives in a clear pot. it has an open flower inside of it, which is what the tea is infused with. it’s nearly 16,100 yen for one pot, though, and while you protest its expense, momo reassures you that it’s no problem (you just learned not to say anything about money, as it wouldn’t stop yaoyorozu from spoiling you)

↠ngl, it’s so fun to pretend to be fancy for a few hours at a tea room !! you acted as if you were a member of high society, using stereotypes to exaggerate your actions. it made some people only slightly irritated, but hey, it got a laugh out of a pretty girl, so who’s the real winner? 

↠yaomomo taught you some classy etiquette that you should definitely use, it makes her so happy to think that you’re learning about new things while still enjoying your time with her

↠she makes really good conversation!! her intellect seeps through everything she says, anyone who talks to her would be able to tell that she’s extremely well-spoken and mature. momo is modest, and deflects a lot of the compliments you try to give her, so if you try to display your admiration for her, you’d probably need to be very specific about it. she doesn’t have the best self-image when it comes to her heroism and field work. spoken affection sometimes doesn’t get through to her, but you know what does? physical affection!

↠she loves cuddles, and will regularly take you back to her house after a date to cuddle in her bed. her mattress is legendary, and it’s comfortable as hell. there’s an abundance of pillows and the bed isn’t too soft or too firm, and it’s always somehow an amazing temperature???? mattresses are investments, and this was definitely a good one

↠momo loves the intimacy and trust of holding you, it allows her to escape from overthinking and only focus on you, her beautiful partner. she doesn’t care if she’s the big or little spoon, but her favorite kind of cuddling is when you’re on your back and she’s curled into your side, head tucked under your chin and hand on your chest

↠she can do this for hours, please let her. she feels safe with you, confident, because you’re choosing to spend time with her in this quiet moment instead of being off somewhere else.

↠in conclusion,,, 💕women 💕

-denkineptune

[sideofmango]

Hi 🥺 Can I request head cannons of Shinsou, Kirishima, Mirio, and Hawks with a fem!black!crush that has a beautiful resting face and a just as gorgeous smile? She’s just chilling. Melanin glowing, curls/locs popping, and full lips glossed up to perfection; Sis is just fine for no reason but suddenly one of these bois does something that makes her smile or laugh and their hearts just nut.

Hi love 🥺💕 Yessss I love this request! And don’t worry I haven’t forgotten about your other request ❤️✨😙 (it’ll be posted in the next 1-2 days 👀)

When Their S/O Is Just That Fine - Headcannon

Characters: Shinsou 🤯, Kirishima 🦈, Mirio 🦸🏼‍♂️, and Hawks 🦅

Warnings: best boys fanboying over a black ✨queen✨, soft boys, fluff, tiny bit of swearing

Shinsou

Hitoshi has a hard time expressing his feelings at first, so he mostly just watches

He started developing a small crush as soon as she walked through the classroom door

He had never seen someone that looked like her and baby boy was ✨starstruck✨🤩🤩

He swears he literally almost passed out when the teacher was assigning her seat because he secretly wanted her to sit next to him

She sat in the row next to him so that he was on her right and the window was to her left

Shinsou KNEW he definitely was crushing on her hard when she treated him like a normal boy and didn’t care about his quirk being a stereotypical villain quirk

It was a sunny day and she had gotten to class early because she wanted time to talk to her friends (also because Shinsou usually got there early)

When Shinsou tiredly walked through the classroom door, his eyes widened because of how she looked

He literally thought he died and went to HEAVEN because of the way the sun shone on her making her melenated skin glow

She wasn’t talking to her friends at the time because they hadn’t gotten there yet so she was drawing, completely unaware that a pair of purple eyes were watching

She wore a content expression on her face as she looked at the drawing, narrowing her eyes before erasing something

She nodded once to herself, causing a few of her long locs to fall into her face

Pushing the hair out of her face, she looked to her right, smiling when she saw Shinsou taking his seat

“Woah...” Shinsou mumbled unconsciously, causing the girl’s nose to crinkle slightly as she tilted her head in confusion

“What?” She questioned and Shinsou’s face grew hot realizing he had said it out loud.

“No-Nothing!” He answered quickly, the blush dusting his cheeks seeming to redden. The girl’s smile widened as her dark eyes shined in the sunlight.

“Come on, Shinsou...”

“Y-you just look really pretty.” He said softly, avoiding her eyes for fear of rejection. His eyes focused on her shiny lips, covered in a layer of lip gloss.

Poor Shinsou...baby boy was not confident when it came to her AT ALL

“Thanks Shinsou...” She replied, her own face growing hot. “You’re so cute!” She told him happily, though Shinsou couldn’t believe what she had just said

INTERALLY COMBUSTING... “Th-thanks.” He said shakily

Shinsou couldn’t keep his eyes from the dark skinned girl for the rest of the day

Kirishima

Kirishima would definitely try to get advice on his crush from Denki (even though Mr. Electric literally doesn’t have game)

Little shark boy was coming back from the weight room with Bakugou, Sero, and Kaminari

The Bakusquad girls and Kiri’s crush (who is also in the Bakusquad) were chilling in the common room

(FYI...Kiri’s crush can climb on walls and ceilings because she can control matter)

Mina was complaining about an upcoming assignment as she was sitting on the ceiling cross legged, listening to her friend complain

Kiri literally had to remind himself to walk because as soon as his eyes fell on her, he stopped

She literally was just sitting there and listening to a conversation, but Kiri couldn’t help but see the way the sunlight coming from the sunset outside was shining on her dark skin making her ✨LITERALLY SPARKLE✨

Her hair was curly and somehow stayed in place despite her sitting upside down.

Kiri was soaking up every detail from her eyeliner that framed her dark eyes, to the way her curls framed her face

Kiri’s red eyes couldn’t get over her lips though....what this boy would give to give her a kith kith 😘😘

She jumped down from the ceiling, as she applied a thin layer of lip gloss on her full lips and Kiri knew he was gonna get clowned for staring...but he didn’t give a SINGLE SHIT

Jirou made a quip back at something Mina had said and the girl laughed and Kiri could’ve sworn it was the most melodic thing he’s ever heard

This boy is CRUSHING HARD (just like the rest of him....jk....unless 😏)

“Oh hey Sharky!” The girl said, waving at him with a smile

“H-hey!” His voice cracked slightly and Kaminari and Sero were laughing.

“How was the gym?” She asked the question generally, but her eyes never left Kiri’s.

“Fine.” Bakugou replied gruffly.

“Kirishima has something to say to you!” Kaminari blurted out as you raised an eyebrow at him.

Kirishima hardened his hand and slapped Denki in the back of the head before flashing a bright smile at her as if he didn’t just concuss the boy

Denki went into his brain dead mode, and his crush laughed causing pride to bubble in his chest, at the expense of his friend of course

“Do you wanna...” the girl said trailing off as she gestured over to a more private area. Kiri simply nodded

“GET SOME!” Mina yelled as the two left and Kiri’s face was almost as red as his hair

His crush’s face got even hotter as she bit her lip...a nervous habit

But girl....shark boy was malfunctioning at that

Kiri ended up making something up and stuttered so his crush asked if he wanted to get ramen that weekend

Kirishima practically jumped up and down but held it in giving a simple “yeah.”

Mirio

Little blonde boy literally was SHOOK at the fact that she basically had the same quirk as him 😳

After that, he promised himself that he would get to know her more

Though he didn’t realize he would start crushing on her

They were studying in her dorm room, both sitting in this giant beanbag chair in the corner of her room

Mirio was trying his best to stay focused but he couldn’t help letting himself daydream when she was THAT close

Mirio loved watching her explain things, he didn’t even care what she was explaining, it was just the way her eyes seemed to light up

Every time she explained something and he understood and explained it back she would get this huge smile on her face

“Mirio?” The girl said waving her tanned hand in front of his face. She placed her hand on his arm, squeezing it slightly to get his attention

Mirio blinked looking at her with wide blue eyes before he looked down to see her hand on his bicep.

“Sorry.” He mumbled as she dropped her hand, a small laughing leaving her moisturized full lips.

He was sad when her hand dropped from his arm.

He grabbed her soft hand in his calloused one and held it, causing the smart girl to stutter before coming to a stop in the middle of her next explanation

“M-Mirio?” She questioned, her face growing hot.

“How are you even real?” He questioned. He had meant to say that in his head, but that didn’t seem to happen. Her brown eyes blinked a few times before she smiled shyly at him.

“I-I’m really not all that...” she laughed lightly as he shook his head

“Definitely not true. You are all that...an-and more!” He quickly stated back.

“Boi...if I wasn’t black I’d be blushing so hard right now.” She said softly wearing a small smirk.

“Really?” Mirio questioned.

“You don’t realize how smooth you can be.” She said as his eyes widened and his cheeks turned pink at the sight of her laughing lightly.

She put her head on his shoulder, the smell of her shampoo and conditioner and curl cream wafted from her soft hair and Mirio wondered if that was what heaven smelled like 😇🙏🏽✨

‘She called me smooth....and I made her laugh’ Mirio couldn’t get the thought out of his head and the sound of her laugh...he would NEVER forget that

His heart was LITERALLY in her hands at this point....She has him wrapped around her finger and he knew it and he was fine with that

Hawks

This man LOVES to take her flying especially early in the mornings or during sunsets

He never would tell her why, but it was secretly because he loved watching the way the sun hit her skin just perfectly

Chicken Wing almost dropped her the first time because he hadn’t been ready for the sight of that level of beauty 😔

He had to get her chicken nuggies to be forgiven

He also loved flying with her because her arms would wrap around his neck and he loved how close it made them

Keigo’s heart literally squeezed in his chest when he heard her laughing happily as the wind whipped through their hair

Her laugh boosted this man’s pride so much he felt like he could single handedly take on 10 nomus.

“Keigo?” She called, causing him to look at her with his golden eyes.

“What’s up, Birdie?” He questioned a soft smile pulled at her lips at the name

“Do you wanna get food?” She questioned as he landed at their apartment.

They were roomies, though Rumi was convinced they were dating....they already acted like it tbh

“Yeah.”

“Ok, let me just get fixed up.” She said, disappearing into her bathroom.

Birdbrain walked to his room, to change his clothes to something more comfortable when he had to pause because of her

She was standing in front of the mirror, leaning forward slightly as she ran the dark lipstick on her heart shaped lips

Hawks had to blink a few times because he wondered if she knew that was his favorite shade on her

Newsflash: she did and that’s why she wore it

“What? You see something you like?” She teased, looking at him through the mirror, her white teeth shining

“Mmhmm.” He said, a smirk growing on his face as he nodded, causing her to laugh lightly 😏

His smile widened as he walked to his room to change

He promised himself that he would ALWAYS try to make her laugh no matter what because it was his favorite thing...yes even more than chicken

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[carriagelamp]

Art of Aardman

I found myself a cheap copy of the Shaun the Sheep movie, so I was rewatching a bunch of Aardman films earlier this month and decided to hunt down some books too. For anyone that doesn’t know, Aardman is a British stop-motion studio that does fantastic work like Wallace and Gromit, Shaun the Sheep, Chicken Run, Early Man… tons of cool stuff. They’re always quirky and funny and warm-hearted. This was just a very nice art book for anyone that’s a fan of Aardman stop motion and wants to see a bit extra; it shows some cool concept art and blows up the neat details in Aardman work, especially in their intricate stuff like The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!

Asterix and the Picts (Asterix and the Chariot Race, and How Obelix Fell Into The Magic Potion)

I decided to try a couple of the new Asterix comics that were done by the new team, just to see if they stand up to the old ones (that and How Obelix Fell Into The Magic Potion cause I’d never read that one before). They were pretty decent! Asterix and the Picts was my favourite of the two though I wouldn’t say either are going to contest for my favourite Asterix comic... but still! The art looks good and the stories felt like what I would expect, they made for a pleasant couple evenings of reading especially since it’s been so long since I’ve read a new Asterix comic. If you’ve never read Asterix it’s one of the biggest name French comic series in North America, as far as I know and very worth the read. It’s about a single Gaulish village that’s holding out against the invading Romans through sheer force of will, slapstick hijinks, and a magical super-strength potion brewed by their druid. Lots of fantastic visuals and cute wordplay, even in the English translations.

Bear

I found out about this bastion of Canadian literature via tumblr post that was losing its collective mind over the fact that some bizarre bear-based erotica novella somehow won the most prestigious literary prize available in Canada. Since I too found this hilarious and unspeakably bizarre I had to give it a read, obviously. And yes, the flat surface level summary is... a librarian moves out into rural Ontario and falls in love with a literal for-real not-supernatural-not-a-joke bear. And I have to say… it is actually worthy of an award, which I was not expecting given that I was there for a laugh. It has beautiful writing, and the subtextual story is pretty interesting… it kind of makes me think of The Haunting of Hill House actually in terms of themes. (Womanhood, personhood, independence, autonomy partially achieved through escaping the male gaze by claiming non-human lovers... listen if I were still in university I would right a paper comparing the two novels).

I dunno man, it’s fucking weird. Actually a well-written book, but sure is about a woman falling in love with a literal bear. Give it a read if you want something bonkers but like… high-brow bonkers.

Hunger Pangs: True Love Bites

Best book I have read in like… a while. A long while. I am not a fast reader, and I consumed 90% of this book over a weekend. It’s not at all like Terry Pratchett, but at the same time it scratched an itch for me that I haven’t had satisfied since Pratchett’s death. A very clever, hilariously funny poly romance between a disabled werewolf, an anxious vampire lord, and an incredibly powerful woman, with heaps of social satire, political commentary, and sinister undertones. The whole thing reads a bit like fanfiction and I say that in the most flattering way possible -- it is so easy to jump right in and be immediately taken over by the characters and the world and the plot, you never feel like you’re fighting to engage even though the world-building is fascinating and expansive. It welcomes you in right away, it was the book equivalent of a quilt and a hug which is something I sorely needed with all this pandemic bullshit. If you read any of the books on this list, go read that one while I sit here in pain waiting for the sequel.

Kid Paddle

I watched the cartoon of Kid Paddle as a kid and was thinking about it recently, so I decided to hunt down some of the original comics online. They’re fun and weird, with a cute art style and fantastic monsters designs. (My favourites are always about Kid either daydreaming or playing games that involve Midam’s weird warty troll creatures. It’s like a cross between Calvin and Hobbes and Foxtrot with the fun sort of quirks that I love in Belgian comics. Unfortunately, unlike Asterix, I’ve only come across these ones in French, but if you can read French it’s totally worth popping over to The Internet Archive and reading the ones they have available.

The Last Firehawk: The Golden Temple

The lastest Firehawk book. Despite being written for quite young readers, I did enjoy the early books in this series quite a bit. They’re about a young owl and squirrel who found an egg for a magical species that was believed to be extinct. With the newly hatched firehawk, the three of them head off on a mission to find an ancient firehawk magic that could save the entire forest. Very basic adventure story but a good intro to the tropes for children. Unfortunately the quality really feels like it drops with each subsequent book; this will probably be the last one I bother reading.

Lumberjanes: The Moon Is Up

I honestly think I enjoy these Lumberjanes novels even more than the comics just because it really gives time to delve into each story and examine how the camper are really thinking and feeling about everything. (Also I’m always weak for novelizations of anything.) The Moon Is Up is a book that focuses more on Jo, and takes place during the camp’s much anticipated Galaxy Wars, a competition between cabins that goes over several days. While the campers prepare for these challenges though, they also run into a strange little creature with a penchant for cheese and theft. Roanoke cabin needs to keep ahead in Galaxy Wars and somehow deal with the fearsome Moon Pirates that a closing in...

Lumberjanes v4 (Out Of Time)

One of the Lumberjanes comics, a cool, girl-focused, queer comic series. Honestly, this is just a fun series that I never got as into as I should have. My advice is honestly to skip book one because it gets better as it continues, and I’ve really been enjoying the later books now that I’ve given it another go. It follows five campers at Miss Qiunzella Thiskwin Penniquiqul Thistle Crumpet’s Camp for Hardcore Lady Types (Jo, April, Molly, Mal, and Ripley) as they handle all sorts of challenges, from friendship to crushes, camp activities to supernatural horrors, getting badges to not being brutally killed. Great if you liked the vibe of Gravity Falls but want it to be queer-er.

Mooncakes

Another queer graphic novel, but unfortunately not a very good one. It really looked appealing and I had high hopes, but the book itself really didn’t hold up… I actually couldn’t even finish it, the plot was just too… non-existent. The art is fairly mediocre once you actually look at it, especially backgrounds, and it feels very… placid. Not much conflict or excitement or even a very compelling reason to keep reading. If you just want a soft queer supernatural you may get more mileage out of it than me, but it didn’t really do it for me. There’s better queer graphic novels out there.

New Boy In Town

One of the worst books I have ever read. My girlfriend had ordered a very different book online but through a frankly stupendous error was sent this 1980s pulp romance instead. Absolutely nauseating on levels I couldn’t even begin to enumerate here. Naturally we read the whole thing out loud. Probably took us 10 times longer to finish than it warranted because I had to stop every two sentences to lose my mind. If you like bad decisions, baffling hetero courting rituals, built-in cultural Christianity without actually calling it that, and gold panning then boy howdy is this the book for you.

(seriously, you better have patience for gold-panning if you attempt this one, because I sure learn that I don’t)

Piggies

This was a picture book I enjoyed as a kid and had a reason to reread recently. Honestly it’s just very cute and simple, and the art is completely mesmerizing. Wonderful if you know a young child that would enjoy a simple goofy boardbook.

Shaun the Sheep: Tales From Mossy Bottom

Related to my Aardman fascination earlier this month. I tried reading a varieties of Shaun the Sheep books — most of which are mediocre at best — but the Tales From Mossy Bottom Farm series is genuinely good. Just chapter books, of course, but the illustrations match the series’ concept art and each story feels like it could have jumped directly out of an episode. They’re just cute and feel-good! Kinda like Footrot Flats but more for kids, and from the sheep’s perspective moreso than the dog’s.

[kavikaslana]

Can I please request for LoV content though this time the reader isn’t anyone’s s/o per say, just like everyone’s mama in a sense, always being the one who care for them and give them love, big spooning, cuddle, help them with various stuff. And because they are ‘LoV mama’ they are quiet dominant and everyone listens to them and respect them. Can I get headcannons for LoV interactions with her? And if possible for another post a sequel of how they will react when they found out that she has a lover who basically babies her and she likes it too. How will they react? Will they treat her differently? Jealous? Thank you so much!!!!! 💕💕💕💕

Awwwww 🥺 just let me know if you want me to tag you whenever I do the other post ❤️ it got really laggy before I could add more so… :’)

Just some small stuff, I’ll do like one shots and the other thing in another post or two if you want me to tag you or somethin lol

Part 2

Kurogiri

Lemme tell you right now, he is absolutely relieved because now he’s got someone else to “babysit” the league

He finally feels comfortable enough to have a day just to himself

^ He’s just happy he doesn’t have to constantly worry about Dabi burning down their base, or Shigaraki turning Toga to dust

He’s kind of like a kid in a way

^ Like he’s looking for praise in a way, but not really

Encourage him when he’s doing a good job

Let him vent when a certain brat pisses him off

And PLEASE help him discipline said brat

^ He will literally beg you, just do it please

He definitely appreciates you the most out of everyone

He likes getting a pat on the back when he’s doing a good job, or even just having a drink with you when “handjob” is finally asleep I had to I’m sorry I love that nickname so much

You’ve got either really insulting nicknames or really sweet ones for everyone in the league, but you guys only use them when it’s just you two

You guys randomly get Magne pride stuff, like the transgender flag or those pins you find everywhere during pride month

^ Sometimes Toga too

^ And you if you’re part of it, but he goes without you if it’s for you, because then it wouldn’t be a surprise

He likes head pats but that’s all he’s comfortable with

Shigaraki

Ok, he’s definitely a bitch to you too

^ at first at least

In general, he didn’t really like people and his tolerance for everyone was pretty low for a long time

The only people he interacted with were the same few people, and they basically spoiled and groomed him, so it takes him the longest to warm up to you

He doesn’t like being told no, so expect him to act like a toddler when you tell him he can’t do something

He does kind of like having another decent parental figure even though in his head afo’s a good dad

He might invite you to go with him to GameStop or something like that

^ Or maybe just to grab a quick snack from a ramen shop or something along the lines of that

He’s somewhere between a moody teenager and a four year old, just remember that

Please don’t get mad at him, he feels bad after an hour or two

^ Kurogiri has to make him apologize for whatever he did though because he’s too stubborn to do it himself

He lets you pick out one of his good controllers and headsets so you can play with him in your own room, or with him, he doesn’t mind

Once he’s fully comfortable with you, he’s clingy as hell

Always asks for hugs or head scratches, most likely both

He tries his best not to snap at you like he does with everyone else, and he probably has the most patience with you

He doesn’t really cuddle with you since it’d be a little weird if you guys aren’t dating, but he does hug you from behind every once in a while

Likes to be close to you in general

He likes when you take care of his scars and wounds for him, or when you get him to stop scratching his neck

^ Cause it shows you care, and he doesn’t really think anyone really does except for Kurogiri and AFO

Probably the touchiest one

Expect to be giving him some form of attention every second, whether it’s talking to him or just holding his wrist

Probably the one that enforces your rules honestly (if you have any)

Basically he’s a simp, but like the platonic kind of simp

Dabi

Dabi’s a bit like Shigaraki

It does take him a bit to open up, but only about half the amount of time it takes Shigaraki to

He does feel bad when you get mad, and it takes him about the same amount of time to feel guilty

He definitely invites you to go places with him, but it’s usually a bar or a good spot to commit arson

He’s basically a moody teenager, that’s it, so he’s at least manageable

Sometimes he goes with you to get snacks or drinks (soft drinks basically), but if he does, expect to be the one paying

Might give you a cigarette every once in a while if you smoke, and he always offers to light it for you

He definitely likes to vent to you about his day, or how Shigaraki’s been bugging him more than usual

^ It’s mainly because you’re the only one that listens though mainly

^ He still appreciates it though, don’t get it wrong

One of his favorite pastimes is to walk around the city at night with you and maybe Kurogiri

He’s not very touchy in general, so don’t expect anything more than a pat on the back

Sometimes though, if you want a hug or something he’ll let you get one from him

He’s still not touchy at all, so don’t ask for very much

^ Lemme put it this way, expect more from pretty much everyone else except him

Spinner

He always runs to you about Dabi picking on him for his quirk when Kurogiri’s not around

Sometimes he asks you to play a game with him, but not very often

^ Even Shigaraki probably asks more than Spinner does

He’s pretty quiet with you most of the time, and he won’t usually talk to you unless you start a conversation

^ Basically he only talks to you when he needs to

He’s not exactly the kind of guy that’ll go out for food with you since his quirk makes him pretty easy to spot, but he does offer to help cook every once in a while

He likes to show you his collection of knockoff stain clothing

He has made efforts to try to get to know you more, but he’s a little shy

Get him Stain merch and you’ll automatically be his favorite out of everyone in the league

^ Shigaraki might kill you though, just a heads up

Don’t touch him unless you’re treating his wounds, he’s worse than Dabi is

Magne

She loves going out with you and Toga

^ Could be for food, or maybe clothes shopping, hell, even just a walk

^ She just likes spending time with you, but yes, it is preferred if Toga and Twice could come along

She’s gotta be the sweetest person out of the whole league

She’s probably called you her sibling a few times just so you know her opinion on you

You’ve got at least a few matching shirts and jackets with her and Toga

She probably offers to help you around the base more than anyone (except kurogiri)

You’re definitely in the top 3 favorites

She likes to do skincare routines with Toga, Twice, and you

Definitely paints her nails and asks you how it looks first

She’s totally onboard with you sitting in her lap, but it’s just for hugs, don’t get it mixed up

She’s probably one of the touchiest people out of the league

^ Not nearly as much as Shig, but she’s probably third

Toga

You’re a sibling too, 100%

She asks you to sharpen and clean her knives daily, but she always repays the favor by helping you cook or by cleaning 2-3 rooms

She’s given you one of her favorite knives to keep for your birthday, or just any special event of yours

She always asks you to put her hair up for her, and if your hair is long enough, she asks if she can do your hair

She’s really picky about anything she gets you, and she always pays attention to the smallest details in everything she gives you

She’s given you quite a lot of jewelry she stole from corpses, whether you wear it or not

^ You can sell it too, and she’s fine with it, just tell her thank you first though

She always wants to watch you cook and she’s even tried to make your favorite food once or twice with Kurogiri and Magne

She asks you to paint her nails for her, even if you’re not good at it, since one hand always turns out better than the other

Face masks and cleansers are a must, she prefers if you do more skincare stuff with her, but that’s the bare minimum

Definitely has a picture of you, Magne, her, and Twice as the wallpaper on her phone

She’s somewhat touchy, she’s all for hugs and maybe hand holding every once in a while

^ That’s it though

Twice

He likes to smoke with you (if you do)

^ If you don’t, he still likes to talk to you when he does

He’s really interested in your hobbies and what you like to do

He’s comfortable with taking off his mask fully when it’s just you two and no one else

He thinks your laugh is cute in the same way a puppy’s cute

He likes being cared for by you, and you’re always going to be in his top 3

His all-time favorite thing about you is just the simple fact that you accept him for who he is, flaws and all

He comes to you for head pats at least four times a day, and he likes holding your hand because it makes him feel safe and secure

He loves how gentle you are with him, and how you try your best to understand him

^ He does feel extremely bad when he involuntarily insults you

^ Tell him you know he didn’t mean it and that you still like him please

He loves cuddles, but only when he’s tired

^ It’s usually just him laying his head on your shoulder though

Again, having you around in general makes him feel safe

So after a long day of fighting heroes, he just wants to sit with you until he falls asleep

Compress

He basically the only other person besides Kurogiri that doesn’t have the mindset of a 15 year old or younger

It’s nice that he’s got someone other than Kurogiri to talk to now

He offers to help with chores the most

Likes to entertain you with magic tricks, and he always shows you his newest tricks first

^ Please tell him he did a good job and that it was convincing

He knows a good deal about you, like your favorite food and your favorite spot in the city

Sometimes he goes on walks with you when the tension after a mission dies down

He takes you out for food once or twice a week, and for a snack run every other week

^ He always gets a lot of stuff though, so it’s ok

He’s always the first to notice anything about you, like a new haircut or a new shirt

^ He’s always the first to compliment you on it too

On a scale of 1-10, he’s probably a 3 as far as being touchy goes

He appreciates praise and maybe pats on the back, but he doesn’t really care much about themselves

He doesn’t really actively seek your attention like Shigaraki does, but he doesn’t complain when he gets it

[devildom-tyrant]

Hi, sorry to bother you if you've done this already, but I've read your drabble where MC is comforted after a nightmare by the brothers (Mammon, Beel, and Satan) and it just makes me so soft I love it so much I keep rereading it. So I was wondering if you could do another with Asmo and Levi (and possibly Lucifer)? Obviously no pressure or anything, I'm a writer myself and understand that inspiration can be fleeting at times. Anyways, thank you, have a nice day/night!! 💖

You wake up yet again, jolting from your rest with your heart pounding in your throat.  It takes you several panicked breaths to realize that you’re in your room, safe in your bed, and it was just another nightmare that jarred you from your slumber.  

The details are foggy, but you can still remember the laughter, and the feeling of someone hating you with every fiber of their being to the point that they wanted you dead, that they were thrilled that you were dying.

Your bed sheets are a tangled mess around your legs, and you hastily kick them off, sitting upright and rubbing the sleep from your eyes with one hand, while you blindly reach for your D.D.D. with the other.  The screen lights up, showing that it’s past 3AM, and you fight back a groan.  You’re exhausted, but you know you won’t be able to go back to sleep like this.  And if you show up to class half-asleep again, everyone’s just going to worry about you.

You switch on your bedside lamp and weigh your options, your gaze riveted to your D.D.D.  

Lucifer

Automatically, you scroll to Lucifer’s name.  At this hour, he’s likely to be asleep, though you know that his work usually keeps him up rather late.  If you texted him, he would likely be worried... After all, you rarely reach out to him for help, not wanting to burden him when he has enough on his plate with Diavolo.  

Several minutes pass with your screen pulled up to your text messages with Lucifer, before you finally suck in a deep breath and hastily type out: “Are you awake?”  Before your mind talks you out of it, you hit Send and then immediately panic.  You really don’t want to tell Lucifer about the nature of the nightmares, nor do you want to admit to them in the first place and skew his view of you.  

An R for Read pops up next to the text, followed by three dots to indicate his typing, and you mentally flip your shit.

“I am now.  Why are you awake?”

Shit, did you wake him up?  You chew on your bottom lip, and carefully type out your response.

“Sorry, I didn’t mean to wake you.  I was just having trouble sleeping and wondered if you might be up, that’s all.”

You follow that text with a sticker that’s sweat-dropping and smiling apologetically to keep it light-hearted.  Lucifer texts back immediately:

“Oh?”

“Come to my room then.”

You hesitate at that, your heart pounding in your chest.  Did he just--?  Is he asking you to--?

“We can talk or listen to one of my records if that might help you.  Or I may have some tea that could help.”

Oh.  Your panic eases a bit, and you acquiescence, typing out an All right before rising to your feet and making your way to his bedroom.  You feel as if you’re sneaking through the house, and it almost makes you feel guilty; it’s too quiet when everyone’s asleep.  However, you make it to Lucifer’s room without incident, and he opens the door before you even knock.  His expression is neutral, until he catches a glimpse of your tired, haggard appearance, which brings a light frown to his features.

“You look like hell,” he bluntly states, moving aside to let you in.

“I’m in hell,” you shoot back, to which he chuckles.

“Essentially.  But that’s never stopped you from sleeping before.”

His tone is pointed, and you feel as if he knows exactly why you can’t sleep.  He’s always been sharp, usually one step ahead -- or so it seemed until recently.  Now, you know he’s not infallible, and he doesn’t know your every move.  He’s fishing, hoping you’ll take the bait and talk to him about it.  But as much as you’d like to, you’re also stubborn -- and so very tired.  It’s a talk for another time.

“I’m sorry if I woke you up.  I thought you might be working late or something,” you admit, skirting the issue and taking a seat on the edge of his bed.  He quirks an eyebrow, but moves to sit at his desk.  

“Not this late on a school night.”

You can’t help but laugh, your thoughts a little more uncensored thanks to your lack of sleep.  “Sorry.  That sounded weird coming from you.”

“What?  It’s the truth.  Our little sleep study proved the importance of rest before classes, didn’t it?”  A smile plays at his lips at the thought of that, and the memory makes your cheeks heat up.  Suddenly, his bed feels huge, yet this room feels so small, drawing the two of you together.  You shouldn’t have come up here this late.  

“I--”  Part of you knows you should say that you can sleep now, that you’re fine, but you’re not.  “I wish I could sleep, but I’ve been... having nightmares, and they’re stupid, but I just...”

Your voice trails, and Lucifer moves from the chair to the bed in an instant, all traces of his teasing smile gone as he pulls you against his chest.  He doesn’t have to ask what they’re about; he knows.

He holds you in silence for a moment, while your heart hammers so hard, you know he can feels it.  Finally, his deep baritone murmurs, “I’m sorry.  I’m sorry you had to go through that.”

Your name comes out on his lips, and you feel your eyes watering, but you blink it away and shake your head.  “I’m okay.  I’m okay now.  Can we... lie down for a bit?”

The request comes out small, fearful of rejection, yet afraid of the acceptance as well.  Wordlessly, Lucifer lies back on the bed with you, his arms wound around you tight, one hand lightly trailing along your back.  You curl into him, burying your face in his chest (his heart’s beating quickly, too, some part of you registers), and slowly begin to drift asleep.

In your semi-consciousness, you realize Lucifer’s humming a melody you’ve never heard before, yet it makes you feel so safe.

Asmo

You know Asmo isn’t awake at this hour; he’s always told you that he needs plenty of beauty rest for his skin.  Still, you can’t help but click on his name, wishing that he was up so he could comfort you.  He’s so light-hearted, smiling and looping his arm through yours, and that casual intimacy has always put you at ease when you’re around him.  It makes it feel like you’ve known him forever. 

It’s that feeling that makes you type candidly, your thumb flying across the buttons.  

“I can’t sleep.”

If he doesn’t respond, then that’s fine; he’ll likely ask you about it tomorrow or give your tips to combat the bags that will surely be beneath your eyes.  To your surprise, however, an R pops up next to the message, followed closely by Asmo typing.  

“Then sleep with me, darling.”

That’s a dangerous double-meaning coming from the Avatar of Lust, but with your anxiety ramped up to an 11, you’re definitely not in the mood for that kind of distraction.  As you make your way out into the corridor and toward his room, you type out a clarification.  

“Just sleep, okay?  I had a nightmare.”

“Don’t worry, I’ll take your mind off it.”

When Asmo opens his door, you give him a lop-sided grin.  “You perv.”

“On the contrary, darling, what I said was completely innocent.  Check the chat log.  If you took it wrong, well... then, I must be rubbing off on you.”  Asmo smirks, automatically looping an arm around your waist and pulling you close.  To his credit, he’s never groped you (without implicit permission), so you’ve always felt at complete ease with his physical affection.  

“You’ve definitely been a bad influence,” you joke, not that your mind wasn’t dirty before you came to the Devildom.  “But I’m really tired.  I wanna be able to sleep.”

“Of course.  But you’re so tense!  Here, lie down on the bed and let me loosen you up.”  There’s a dirty joke on both of your tongues, but you’re too drained to make it, and he’s trying to be on his best behavior.  You comply, however, plopping down face-first onto his luxurious bed, while he sits beside you and begins rubbing the tension from your shoulders.  Asmo knows what he’s doing when it comes to massages, and his bed has a heavy floral scent, likely from the lotions and perfumes he uses often.  It’s so relaxing.

“Do you want to talk about it?” he asks, surprisingly energized for this time of night.  It’s obvious that you woke him up, but strangely enough, he isn’t complaining about the interruption to his beauty sleep.

“Not really.”  You’re starting to feel guilty about keeping him up.  “Hey, I think I’m good on the massage.  Do you mind... cuddling?”

His hands still on your shoulder blades.  “You don’t have to ask me twice.  I always want to cuddle with you!”  Grinning excitedly, he climbs beneath the covers beside you, and wraps you up in his arms.  He’s so warm, and you feel so at ease, surrounded by his soothing scent.  You wind your arms around his slender frame, and he grins, pulling you in tighter, facing one another.  

“You’re such a cute human.  You sounded embarrassed to ask just then.”

Your face flushes.  “Shuddup.  I just want you to get your beauty sleep,” you mutter, which only causes him to hug you tighter.

“Aww, you were worried about me?  You’re so sweet!  I’m supposed to be the one comforting you, silly.”  His hand trails along your back, just barely beneath your shirt so you can feel his skin on yours.  He tucks your head beneath his chin, but you can tell from his voice that he’s still grinning broadly.  “Just relax and fall asleep with me.  You won’t have a nightmare as long as I’m holding you.”

Asmo rocks you gently, until your abashment fades and you feel yourself succumbing to sleep at last.

He’s right.  

You don’t have another nightmare that night.  

Levi

If there’s someone you know is going to be awake and gaming at 3AM, it’s definitely Levi.  You click on his name, and type out a quick text:  “I can’t sleep.  Do you wanna come to my room and binge something?”

He reads the text within seconds and starts typing, just as you anticipated.  

“Raiding.  Come to my room instead?”

Even if you can’t sleep, you want to.  You want the company, a distraction, some comfort.  You would go to his room -- you’ve pulled plenty of all-nighters there, but... that’s what they were.  All-nighters.  His bed is literally a bathtub, and the one time you decided to take a nap in it, your neck had a wicked cramp in it for days. 

“I’m tired, though.  I was hoping we could watch it in bed and maybe fall asleep halfway through?”

This time, he reads it and doesn’t reply right away.  You see the three dots start and stop, and you’re not sure if he’s at a pivotal point in the raid, or if he’s too flustered by your invitation to properly respond.  Levi’s stayed in your room plenty of times, but he’s usually camped out with pillows in the floor, and if you happen to drift off, he keeps telling you random trivia about the show and shaking your leg until you make a noise that you heard him.  You’ve never fallen asleep with him.  

Your D.D.D. finally chimes with a notification.

“Did you send this to the right person??”

“Yes, Levi.”

“Oh.  Then you meant you want me to stay until you fall asleep.  For a second, I thought you meant sleep with you in your bed lolol.

Okay, after the raid.”

You know it’s just Levi being Levi and assuming you don’t feel that way about him, but with all the nervous energy you still have over the nightmare, you can’t help but feel your eyes water.  As childish as it sounds, you just want him to hold you so you can feel like everything’s okay.  You know you need to spell it out, but you leave his message on Read and pull the covers up to your chin, closing your eyes.  

... It’s too restrictive.  You kick at the covers and pick up your phone again, but... you can’t bring yourself to send another text, begging him to hurry.  You can always go to his room; the invitation stands.  Instead, you waste your time weighing your options, becoming more anxious, and ultimately, getting up to pace around your room.  

 About fifteen minutes pass before you hear a knock at your door, but it feels as if it’s been an eternity.  “It’s open,” you say, loud enough for him to hear, and Levi steps inside with a box set tucked beneath his arm.  

“Okay, I brought I Accidentally Became a Magical Girl, but the Transformation Sequence Takes So Long that the Villains Keep Attacking Me Halfway Through, and I Keep Losing but at Least I Get a Rose for Trying.  It got really good reviews, and I know you said you wanted to see more comedy anime.”  He smiles with such sincerity that you can’t help but feel guilty over tearing up a little earlier.  Just being around him makes you feel more at ease.  

“Thanks Levi, that sounds great.  Pop it in, and let’s give it a go.”  You smile doesn’t quite meet your gaze, and even though he’s a shut-in, it doesn’t go unnoticed that you’re acting different.  He pauses, but then shakes it off and starts setting it up, while you sit down on your bed.  As the first episode starts, he sits down beside you on the edge of the bed, while you’re sitting with your back against your pillows.  He starts telling you trivia about the animation studio and apparently, how the manga is actually more ecchi than the anime.  “OHHH, but I didn’t mean that I brought an ecchi anime for us to watch!  I mean, it’s sure to have some fanservice, but... but that’s just to be expected, right?  I wasn’t trying to be -- to be an Asmo or anything, I just thought you’d like it because it’s, uh, it’s supposed to be funny, and I--”

You lean forward and rest your forehead against his shoulder, cutting off his flustered explanation.  “You know I don’t mind that, Levi,” you assure him, before reaching out and grasping his sleeve.  He’s tense; even though you can’t see his face, you know it’s bright red, and you can feel the weight of his stare.  “I’d love to watch it with you.  I just... Will you lie down with me while we watch it?”

“L-l-lie down with you?!  Just-- just like that?!  Is this a joke?  Is this some kind of weird normie--?”

He breaks off as you finally raise your head to meet his gaze.  Levi can tell something’s amiss; he isn’t oblivious, he just lacks self-confidence.  He softly says your name.  “Why can’t you sleep?”

“I had a nightmare.  About, well... what happened back then.  In the foyer.  When... Belphie, uh...”

“Oh.”  He slides an arm around you, pulling you closer against his shoulder.  You feel so weak admitting that, but Levi isn’t judgmental; he just offers you the comfort you so desperately wanted from him.  “I didn’t know.  I thought you were just awake because you drank too much coffee or were bored or something.  If... If it’ll make you feel better, ye-yeah, I... I’ll lie down with you.  If you really want me to!”

He’s still flustered, but he doesn’t think you’re joking anymore, so you smile and nod against his shoulder.  “I’d really like that, Levi.  Thank you.”

His face turns even brighter.  “Y-yeah, no problem!”  

Levi slides under the covers after you straighten them out, and you settle in beside him.  His back’s up against the pillows now, so you snuggle into his side until he lifts his arm and gingerly puts it around you.  Your cheek settles on his chest, and he audibly gulps, but doesn’t move.  

Halfway into the episode, he starts pointing out the manga differences again, and you both laugh along with the gags and tropes throughout the show.  Levi becomes more comfortable and trails his fingers along your back, and you throw one of your legs over his, cuddling closer.  He keeps talking, this eccentric, passionate part of his personality being something you absolutely love about him, and the low murmur of his voice lulls you into a peaceful sleep.