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take some headcanons

Douxie has been hanged for witchcraft don’t ask him about it

Krel loves nail polish and makeup but aja hates it

Jim’s favorite troll food was pinecones

Steve still has nightmares about the gravesand

Douxie will just disappear for weeks on end before showing back up and acting like nothing happened missing posters have been put up

After troll hunters notEnrique became friends with Enrique

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Devour Me - Part 2

Pairing: Dean Winchester x Plus-Sized/Latina!Reader 

Summary: When you and Dean start to press each other’s buttons, both of your tempers ignite. To make up for it, you give him an impromptu salsa dancing lesson…one he didn’t exactly ask for. (18+)

AN: Here's Part 2! **Read Devour Me: Part 1

Song Inspo: “Yo No Se Mañana” by Luis Enrique. But really it’s “Ven Devórame Otra Ves” by Lalo Rodriguez. (You’ll see why.) 🤭

Word Count: 5,400

Tags/Warnings: 18+ only! Blood, character death and violence, smutty smut, angst, Dominican slang, and tons of sexy fluff.

☕ Midnight Espresso Masterlist

Part 2: "Telenovela Style"

Your resulting scream of agony is as unforgiving as the ground when your knees buckle, hitting the hard cement.

Andy grips you with the strength of a monster. 

Then he holds you down as he drinks your blood. 

No matter how you struggle and whimper, you can’t push him off, and you’re getting weaker by the second.

Until Andy is ripped away from your neck, and is taken care of the way all vampires must be. He doesn’t even feel the blade coming. 

When you’re able to look up, Dean stands above you with thinly veiled fury. He doesn’t have time to consider what he’s just done. 

He bends to gather you up into his arms, all the while trying to stamp down the panic clenching his heart. He calls your name, but you can only make weak sounds as your bleary eyes meet his. 

“Dean,” you manage. The ragged wound in your neck is bleeding profusely down your chest and shoulder, seeping into your shirt. He takes your hand and clamps it hard against your neck, even though it makes you whimper.

“Gotta stop the bleeding,” he says, apologetic but firm. “Keep pressing.”

In your stupor of pain, you don’t realize that your screech woke the entire nest. Dean has to lock up his worry; he looks up and finds his brother and Cas already fighting a hoard of angry vampires. 

Dean carries you over to them and lays you down against the wall with the other humans. He keeps a protective line in front of you, but he decapitates a vampire before she can sink her fangs into Sam next.

The two of them work together, and with Castiel’s smiting power behind them, the angel and the two men are able to clear the rest of the nest. 

By the end, only you and two of the women being held captive are still alive. The third girl’s heart just finally gave out. Sam takes the survivors to the nearest hospital. 

Meanwhile, Castiel approaches where you sit up against the inside of the barn, barely awake, while Dean kneels with you, holding you to his chest. He meet’s Cas’s blue-eyed request with a nod. So Cas stretches out a hand and touches two fingers to your forehead. 

You’re healed in an instant. Dean marvels, like he always does when Cas displays his power. Dean is able to breathe a little easier, the vice grip on his heart easing as he touches your neck.

The tan skin is once again smooth, if still stained with blood. You blink back into wakeful consciousness. 

He shifts so he can see your face. “You okay?” 

You meet his eyes but can only nod. His jaw is still tight and tense, and you can’t blame him. 

You know you’ve messed up. Big time. You nearly got everyone killed, including yourself…and now, you have to tell a mother that her son is dead. 

Dean helps you up, holding you by your arms and waist until you’re steady on your feet. You have a hard time meeting his eyes, but when open your mouth to apologize, he beats you to it. 

“I hope you’ve learned your damn lesson,” he says. 

Your gaze snaps up to his. “Excuse me?”

Dean’s hands go to his hips as his brows raise at you. 

“Next time, when I tell you to hang back, I mean that shit. Hang the hell back,” he all but growls. 

You tilt your head at him as your irritation begins to spark. Meanwhile, Castiel is the one who backs up as he glances between you and Dean uncertainly.

“I made a mistake, but that doesn’t give you the right to tell me what to do,” you shoot back. “I was a hunter long before I met you.” 

“Yeah, well, color me surprised that you’ve made it this long,” he snaps. 

Your temper flares hotter. “You know, you’re not so goddamn perfect either.” 

“Never said I was,” Dean says. “But when my gut tells me something ain’t right, I need you to fucking listen. Otherwise, we get a day like today.”

His words are edged with grit by the end of his little rant, and you don’t appreciate it. Your lips purse in anger.

“I don’t care what that legendary gut tells you,” you sass back. “I’m not a little girl, and you’re not my damn father!”

Dean raises incredulous brows at the way you’re shouting at him. He crosses his arms. 

“What’s this, some kind of Latina temper?” he asks snidely. 

You truly become incensed at that. 

“Oh, you want to take it there?” you ask, as your eyes narrow. Your Dominican cousin comes out of you in that moment, compelling your mouth with her slang. “Que sin vergüenza tú eres. Sigue jodiendo, coño. Entonces tú vas a ver quien soy yo.”

Dean won’t admit it, but in that moment, he’s a bit intimidated by the quiet threat in your voice. Still, his fuse is lit, and he’s way beyond curbing his internal filter.

“Oh, I’m sorry, does this telenovela-style tongue lashing come with subtitles?” he snarks. 

You let out an incredulous breath. Your eyes begin to sting.

“You’re such an asshole!” you shout back. There, understand that?

You turn away from him before your frustrated tears can fall, but you stop short once you notice Castiel dragging out the bodies of the dead…including Andy. Your throat constricts, and you begin to stalk out of the barn. 

Dean calls your name in frustration. 

“What?” you hiss. 

The only thing that makes him hesitate is seeing the state of you when you turn back around. His anger crumbles, and maybe something in him breaks when he sees your tears. They’ve welled up in your eyes, and a few of them carve a path down your cheeks. 

You’re still covered in your own blood, and he hates it. He hates it more than anything. 

Later, you see the state of yourself when Sam returns with the Impala. In the reflection on the backseat window, you see the blood dried down your neck, staining nearly half of your shirt.

You see the black rings of your mascara and eyeliner around your eyes. You look a mess, and you try to wipe underneath your eyes. It’s a fruitless effort.

After you all finish burning the bodies, Dean starts the long drive home. You insist on stopping to tell Rachel Campbell about her son, but Sam says he already took care of it when he drove into town. 

You frown, but you no longer have the energy to be angry. You further withdraw into yourself, and your lower lip trembles as you look out the window. Through the rearview mirror, Dean sees more tears slipping down your face.

What Sam told him (but he won’t tell you), is what one of the survivors said. One of the mated pairs had taken Andy…to “adopt” a son of their own. 

That night is quiet and tense in Dean’s room. You have to wash your hair all over again, and scrub the blood and grime from your body until only your skin remains. But you don’t have the energy to do more than braid your wet hair afterwards and pull on your lucky Journey shirt, which is still full of holes. 

Dean knows that it’s bad when you need the “dreamcatcher,” as he’s called it in his head. You’ve never had a nightmare while wearing that shirt, or so you claimed a while back. 

You wear it over some long pajama pants instead of your usual shorts, or better yet, nothing at all. But he can see what kind of mood you’re in. Things are unsettled as you both get ready for bed in silence. 

He notes the way you turn to face the other side in bed, maybe to avoid him. Though if you really wanted to do that, you could’ve gone to your old room.

So in more ways than one, Dean takes some solace in the fact that you’re still next to him. And he decides to give you some time and space. 

He goes to bed and tries in vain to sleep.

In the morning, Dean’s woken by the familiar smell of coffee…and the less familiar sound of loud salsa music. 

What the fuck?

After he brushes his teeth, he puts on his robe and slippers and heads down to the kitchen, where he finds you in a seemingly better mood. You’re mopping the floor, of all things. You’re out of your pajamas, instead wearing a loose shirt that falls off your shoulder and some spandex shorts. 

“Yo no se mañana…yo no se mañana. Si estaremos juntos, si se acaba el mundo,” you sing softly along with the music as you dance from the kitchen to the living room. Your phone is connected to a Bluetooth speaker on the coffee table. 

Dean starts to smile, crossing his arms as he leans against the doorway to watch you.

At an instrumental break with a run of conga drums and trumpets, you pause in your mopping to do a little twirl as you dance, with a soulful roll of hips and a flair of salsa steps. It makes Dean’s smile kick up into a smirk.

He walks in on purposefully light feet until he’s sidled up behind you in the living room.

“Nice moves, Shakira,” he quips. 

It startles a shriek of surprise out of you as you whirl around. Dean’s smile hikes up into a grin, but it soon fades when he remembers the way your scream rang through his ears last night. The way his heart dropped into his stomach, and his head swiveled at the sound. And he saw you go down hard. 

Then the rest of it tumbles through his mind—what he had to do afterwards in order to save you. How he’d did it without really thinking, his panic and determination blocking out almost everything else when he’d grabbed the kid. The monster, he forcibly reminds himself. 

“You trying to give me a heart attack?” you ask with a hand on your heart. 

Dean forces himself to smile a little. “Sorry. But might I remind you, not everyone here’s an early bird.”

You give him a wry look.

“You’re the only one around here who sleeps past 10 a.m. Cas dipped out a while ago, and Sam’s on a run.” 

But you graciously grab your phone to lower the music to a more bearable level. Dean doesn’t yet know this about you, but this—listening to music, dancing, cleaning—it’s all your way of coping…and releasing as much of your pain, terror, and regret from yesterday as possible. 

You then look up at him more guarded. The two of you exchanged a lot of unsavory words last night. In fact, it may just be the worst fight you two have ever had in almost three years of knowing one another.  

Dean senses the shift in you, and his amusement fades. He just can't let things stay like this. He won't.

He hazards drawing closer and touching your arm.

“Look…I’m sorry for snapping at you yesterday. I know I was being a dick,” he says. “You’ve just gotta understand something.”

You wait for him to continue with furrowed brows, sensing that whatever he’s about to say is hard for him. 

“There’s a reason I don’t do this. The uh, relationship thing,” Dean continues, clearing his throat. His thumb swipes along your arm. “It’s not just this job. It’s my fucked up life. I tried to warn you before—” 

“Dean,” you say with a sigh, but he raises his hand. 

“Please, just…let me say it,” he says. “You know the spiel. But things can change on a dime. Even on a damn milk run, like a dusty nest of vamps.”

You know that. You know you could’ve died yesterday, and he doesn’t need to remind you of that fact. Before you can start to get petulant again though, Dean continues. His jaw is working, like this next part is more difficult for him to admit.

“Trust me when I say, us being together is dangerous, for both of us,” he says. “For a while I, uh…I started to think Sam and I were better off alone.”

That casts you into dismay. Because you know Dean isn’t lying. He’s really contemplated spending the rest of his life devoid of love, so he won’t have to lose it. 

Dangerous, for both of us.

You realize then what Dean’s really saying. He’s afraid…afraid to lose you. You see it in his furrowed brows, the downturn of his lips, and whatever pain he’s trying to hide in the depths of his eyes. 

And just like that, the water works start. You can’t quite keep your tears at bay as you hold onto his shirt. He lets out a resigned sigh as he holds you by your arms. 

“You don’t have to cry for that,” he says, a bit teasing. 

“Have you met me?” you sniff. But you manage to look up at him with your glassy eyes. “I’m sorry too. God, I’m so sorry, Dean.” 

Your fist clenches in his shirt when you remember Andy, latched onto your neck, and how Dean had to save you. You know he’s remembering it too when his brows furrow, and his gaze falls away. You reach a hand for his cheek.

“I know I fucked up,” you admit. “I was working with my heart, not my head. I just…”

You wanted so badly to help that kid and his mother. You also know that Dean understands; you see it in his eyes. He holds your hand to his cheek and brushes his thumb across the back of your hand.

“I know,” he says. “I really am sorry, baby.” 

The problem is, you didn’t just see your own mother in Rachel. She hadn’t been much older than you. And when you imagine a life beyond hunting, more than anything (no matter how much you shove down the idea), you really do want a family of your own someday. 

It’s just…days like yesterday remind you why that could be a very bad idea. 

More of your tears bubble over, and you head willingly into Dean’s arms. “Me too…”

He holds you tighter than ever. His hands rub down your back, tangle in your hair, and he drops his lips onto your hair. You sniffle, wiping your face dry in his shirt. And for a while, the two of you have peace in the relative quiet. 

Music still plays from the speaker though. And when another salsa song starts to play on your playlist, you start swaying. A smile works its way onto Dean’s face. 

“You can’t help yourself, can you?” he teases.

You smile into his chest. “We should go dancing sometime.”

Dean just laughs. “Oooh, no.”

“Oh, yes,” you reply, batting your lashes up at him. You slip a hand on his shoulder and into one of his hands. He’s forced to hold you as if the two of you were about to start Fred Astair-ing across the living room. 

“Have you ever danced before?” you ask. “Like real dancing.” 

“Not salsa, I’ll tell you that,” he quips. 

“That’s okay. I’ll teach you,” you reply with a coquettish smile. “It’s just a few simple moves.”

Dean gives you a wan look. “You made it look anything but simple.”

You blush at that, but you meet him with a pout of disappointment. You don’t let up, even when Dean frowns. He huffs at you in resistance.

“No,” he insists. You just brush a gentle thumb along his neck, biting your lip in askance.  

But the longer he stares at your beautiful, hopeful eyes, the more cracks form in his resolve. 

Eventually, Dean breaks with a sigh, and a shake of his head. 

“You’re too much, you know that?” he mutters.

It’s then that you know you’ve won.

So with a happy squeal of excitement, you clap your hands and move to stand next to him so you can show him the basic steps of salsa dancing. 

You make him take off his robe and slippers, leaving in his shirt and plaid pajama pants. Then you instruct him for a few minutes, correcting his footing and getting him to move on a beat. You’re pleasantly surprised that he has some rhythm.  

Dean sighs once again. How the hell did we get here? Heat crawls up the back of his neck as embarrassment starts to set in. 

“This is fucking ridiculous,” he grumbles.

“You’re doing good,” you encourage, with a growing smile. “Now come on, feel the beat in threes. One, two, three. One, two, three…”

Once he sort of has the basic steps and turns down, you move to stand in front of him. There you show him how to hold you, how he’ll move forward, and you’ll move back. It takes a little while, but you slowly move through the combinations, then do a little twirl underneath his hand. 

When he pulls you back in without faltering, you give him a beaming smile. “Very good!”

A subtle grin raises his lips at your enthusiasm. He also feels his face heating up at the praise.

But you pause when a certain song filters through the speakers. It’s an old one (and it never fails to make you blush), but you love it.  

“Ooh, yes,” you exclaim with delight, and you turn up the volume.

“What’s this one?” Dean asks.

“Ven Devórame Otra Ves,” you inform him. Not that he knows what that means. You sing along a bit with the first couple of verses while you encourage Dean to lead you in the dance. 

This song is just slow enough for him to attempt it, and the funny thing is, he doesn’t feel all that uncomfortable with the steps now. He’s starting to get a feel for how to move, both with his feet, and with his hands as he guides you by your waist, holding your hand close to his chest. Still, Dean’s also curious about the lyrics you’re singing. 

“What does it mean?” he asks.

You huff in amusement. “You sure you want to know?”

Dean raises a brow. “Well, now I gotta know.” 

You giggle at that, though you correct his steps when he leads with the wrong foot. 

“Okay. It’s about a guy who’s pretty much a player,” you say with a smirk. “His bed has been a revolving door of hot ass, but he keeps thinking about this one woman who used to have him turned inside out…”

Dean’s lips curve at the familiar image you’re conjuring. He manages to turn you under his hand, then pull you back to him in one smooth motion. He looks down at you with a deeper gleam in his eyes. You bite your lip, soothing your hand from his shoulder and down his arm.

As the song’s verses come, you translate for him. And for Dean, your voice in itself is a spell.

“Even in my dreams, he says, I thought I had you devouring me. And I dampened my white sheets remembering you,” you begin. Your words are smooth like black velvet. “In my bed, no one is like you, who draws my body on every corner, without a piece of skin left over.”

Dean is getting hot under the collar as you push away, dragging your fingertips along his back as you turn around him. When you come back into his line of vision, his attention is attracted to the sway of your hips, clad just in those little spandex shorts. He has to clear his throat a bit. 

You eventually return to him with a warm hand against his chest. 

“Ven, devórame otra ves. It means, come devour me again,” you continue, looking up at him from under your lashes, “Come punish me more with your desire. Because I kept my love for you…because my mouth has the taste of your body.” 

You smile at the laser focus of his green-eyed gaze. “Come devour me again.”

You push off with another little spin. When you reach for his hand, Dean yanks you back into him, eliciting a gasp. The move disorients you for a moment, but you giggle and hold onto his arms. Your hands glide up to rest on his shoulders. 

He’s holding you flush against him, and as you shift a thigh between his legs, you unintentionally graze against his hardening length. You look up at him with a smirk.

“You’re a little…stiff,” you say, both flirtatious and teasing. “Let’s loosen you up.”

You shake his shoulders out and try to get him to relax. Dean raises a wry brow, because you know damn well whose fault it is that his body is coiled tight. But you place his hands on your hips as you move back into the dance. 

“Feel what I’m doing there?” you ask. He looks down on you with growing heat.

“If I could do that, we wouldn’t be together,” he rumbles. 

You try to stifle a laugh as he pulls you in close again, just swaying for a bit. Soon enough, you grin knowingly when his hands start to slide lower on your ass. His head bows to yours, ready to meet you with a kiss. 

You stop him with your finger on his lips.

“Question: do you consider yourself more of a tits or ass man?” you ask him. You’re half teasing, but still curious. Dean snorts at the question. 

“More of a connoisseur,” he replies, smirking. 

“Ah.” You nod sagely, and you point between him and yourself. “So this is like a ‘sample the menu’ situation.”

Dean’s smirk deepens. “Sweetheart, you’re a goddamn buffet.”

You splutter laughing…and that’s when he finally pounces. He claims your lips with greedy passion. His hand winds into your hair, gripping tight and ruining what’s left of your loose ponytail. The strands coil around his hand in messy curls while he also gets a healthy grip of your ass through your thin shorts. 

You smile into his lips, even as you acquiesce to him guiding your head to the side, so he can slip his tongue against yours. You grip his arms more for stability while he manhandles you, kneading soft flesh and making pleasant tingles run up your spine. 

After a little while, his mouth burns a hot path away from yours. He noses down your neck, skimming his lips across your skin. It sets your nerve endings on fire and gets you breathing more shallowly in his ear. You cling to the back of his shirt, holding him close. 

Often he’s one to leave love bites of varying degrees, wherever he sees fit. But for a moment he stops at the crook of your neck, just pressing a lingering kiss.

He lets out a deep breath, and you realize he’s probably thinking about where you were bitten. The wound is gone, but it doesn’t change what’s imprinted in both of your minds.  

A softer smile grows on your face. You trail your fingers up into his hair, massaging the back of his neck. 

“I’m okay,” you remind him. Dean hums deep in agreement. You know, however, that he’s still thinking far too much.

So you slide your hands down, slow between the dips and planes of muscle in his back, and rest at his hips. Your thumbs delve under the hem of his shirt and tease the skin there. 

And you start slow, pressing wet, nipping kisses of your own to his neck while you inch his shirt up. You feel his smile on your neck. His grip on your hip flares to life. Still, he lets you tug his shirt up and over his head. Your loose shirt comes next, revealing the same black satin and lace bra you wore the first time he ever got you topless in his arms. 

A fan favorite. Dean grins. He reaches around to go for the clasp, but your firm push on his chest takes him by surprise.

He falls back onto the couch with a grunt, looking up at you then with raised brows. You’ve got a mischievous little smirk on your face that heats his blood and makes his cock twitch.

You take out the rest of your falling ponytail, shaking your hair out wild. Then you let your hands drift down your neck, over your clothed breasts, and finally to your little shorts.

Dean rubs his palms down his thighs and watches. A smirk forms across his lips as you slide the fabric down the curve of your hips. It leaves you in a red thong, familiar to him by the little tear it has on the front. (Again, his fault.)

You climb aboard his strong thighs to straddle his lap, using his shoulders as leverage as you sink down. You make sure to rub yourself teasingly against his clothed erection. He groans in appreciation. His hands fly to your soft, thick thighs and squeeze. 

“Aw, I like this,” Dean says, half on another moan as you grind down a bit harder on him. 

“Yeah?” you tease. You take his face in your hands and capture his lips with your own. Your tongue invades his mouth, and he welcomes you with a deep hum. It’s slow and hot at first, but Dean feels the loss of you when you break from his lips.

Instead, you treat him with the same trail of kisses he gave you, along the curve of his jaw and down his neck. But you don’t stop there.

Your hands move over his chest with purpose, tweaking over each hard nipple while your mouth burns a wet line down and down his sternum. Dean groans at your ministrations, but lets you leave his lap to slide down to the ground, between his thighs. 

“What’re you up to, baby?” he asks, despite having a very good idea of it. He catches the playful, yet determined gleam in your eye. 

You pause, briefly leaning back up to give him a heated kiss. You part from him with a grin. 

“Isn’t it obvious?” you ask. “I’m gonna devour you.”

Dean stares hard at you as goosebumps break out across his forearms. 

Oh, fuck yeah. 

A giggle bubbles in your throat at the expression on his face. But you continue, taking his pants down his legs first, before his boxer briefs. 

Dean’s body tenses in anticipation. You’ve gone down on him before, but somehow it’s different this time. He feels like every single one of his nerve endings stands at attention along with his dick. And you’re taking your sweet time working him up. 

Even when his cock is finally free, you sooth your hands down his legs first, maybe teasing him a bit as you drag your nails down his inner thighs. Dean makes a strained sound, though he tries to hide it by clearing his throat.

Your gaze flicks up to his with a little smile. He’s holding the back of the couch; his fingers are digging into the old cushion in effort to keep still for you. But his eyes stare into yours like a man starving. You know what you’re in for after you have your way with him, but for now, he’s quite literally under your control. 

So you take him in your hands first. Dean groans as you tease him with light touches, soft movements, your thumb slowly circling over the sensitive, weeping head of his cock. It's torturous enough to make him drop his head back against the couch, closing his eyes tight.

And suddenly, he blinks them open again.

“Shit,” he utters, when you finally take him into your mouth. Your tongue is soft and wet, your lips move over him steadily, and your hands caress whatever your mouth can’t take, even teasing his balls. 

You work him over relentlessly, until he can’t help but spill everything he has to give into your waiting mouth. When you suck off and swallow whatever remains, Dean’s heart stutters like syncopated conga drums. 

He shudders and struggles for breath afterwards, watching your every movement—from wiping your mouth to shooting him that satisfied little smirk. 

You press one last kiss to the inside of his thigh before you raise from where you’ve been kneeling on the hard ground. 

Dean manages to lean forward and helps you up by your elbows. But then he pulls you back into his lap and kisses you deeply. He doesn’t let up until you’re panting with him.

“Fuckin’ hell, sweetheart,” he manages to say. His voice is deep and laced with grit. 

He’s still panting heavily. You giggle and press your warming face into his neck. 

“What, now you’re shy?” he remarks. And he has to laugh. “Come back here.”

He brings your face back to him with a hand on your cheek. For a second, he just looks at you. His thumb strokes across your full, thoroughly kissed bottom lip.  

“Say it,” you encourage softly. “Whatever you’re thinking. Right now.”

A smile tugs at his lips. He can’t help but oblige you. 

“You’re too damn much,” he says again, both gruff and fond. Despite how you drive him up the fucking wall sometimes, he doesn't think it'll ever be enough for him, what he has with you.

Because this is something he'd almost given up on. Didn't think he'd get to have it. And it almost scares him, how much he wants you. How much he...

“I love you,” he says. His thumb traces along the familiar curve of your cheek.

It hasn’t been all that long, but he knows. You weaseled your way in without even trying. The least he can do for you is be honest.

Your fingers curl around his wrist, holding his hand in place. You tilt your head at him.

“Oh, yeah?” you ask. 

Dean hesitates, but he nods. “Yeah.”

A smile grows across your face. “Eh, I’m still on the fence.”

At his flat look, you laugh and lean in for a kiss. He allows it, a little petulantly. But you make up for it with sweet affection. Your gentle hands stroke down the column of his neck, down his chest. You then lean back so he can see your face.

“Yo te amo,” you whisper. “Te amo y te quiero, más que tú puedes creer y entender.”

Dean smiles. He doesn’t understand all of it, but he gets the important bits. He hears it in the tone of your voice. He sees it in your eyes. They shine with emotion, but mainly with love. 

Dean kisses your hand. He lets go, just so he can slip his hands around you to finally unhook your bra. He tosses it across the room without bothering to see where it lands.

You do though, and you meet him with a slightly narrowed gaze. 

“Are you making a mess of my clean bunker?” you tease. 

His lips curve as he kisses you again, while his hands each get a generous handful of your breasts. 

“Ah, hello, ladies." He grins. "Miss me?”

You can’t help but laugh. He’s such a dork sometimes.

But you hum when his thumbs brush over hardened nipples, then drag deliberate circles over them, and pinch just hard enough to make you whimper in pleasure. The sensation zips through you, enhancing the flood between your legs. 

“I fucking love that sound,” Dean mutters, and licks a hot path in the valley between your breasts. His lips move against your dewy skin when he says, “Do that for me again.”

When he takes a nipple in his mouth and nips a bit hard, you have to oblige him. Your voice rising high is music to his ears.  

So he goes for your panties next. You help him get them off and return to his lap. With a breathy moan, you revel at the feeling of his fingers probing into your wet heat.  

However, you and Dean have been too engrossed in one another to notice the door of the bunker unlocking, and heavy steps down the spiral staircase. 

It’s Sam who’s back from his run. Unfortunately, he soon has to shield his eyes upon reaching the living room. 

“Damn it, Dean!”

You yelp in surprise, but Dean laughs and holds you close to shield you from view. As a bonus, it presses your breasts against his chest. 

“All right, Sammy. Go to your room,” he chides playfully (but he means it). “The adults are havin’ a moment.”

Sam scoffs. “You’re having a moment on the goddamn couch!”

“Sorry,” you say, though it’s muffled in Dean’s neck. Your face is red hot with embarrassment. 

Sam rolls his eyes heavenward and tries not to see anything else on his way to his room. 

But Dean’s chuckle reverberates through your chest as his hand goes to your cheek. He encourages you to pull back, so he can see your face again. 

When he does, he smirks at the scarlet blush dusting your cheeks and neck. You bite your lower lip, but despite your embarrassment, you’re happy.

Your own words replay in your mind when you lean in for another kiss.

I love you, you’d said. I love you and I love you, more than you can believe and understand. 

AN: Yay! I hope you enjoyed Part 2 of the “Midnight Espresso”-verse! I loved writing this one so much. I know we're just doing fanfic here, but I genuinely put my heart and soul into this one. ❤️

Also, here are a couple of Spanish translations:

(Note: other Spanish-speaking countries may interpret certain words differently.)

[During their fight]: 

“Que sin vergüenza tú eres. Sigue jodiendo, coño. Entonces tú vas a ver quien soy yo.”

Translation:

“You’re shameless. Keep messing with me, damn it. Then you’re going to see who I am (<- This is Dominican slang. It essentially means fuck around and find out what I'm made of.).”

[Song lyrics: “Yo No Se Mañana” by Luis Enrique]: 

“Yo no se mañana…yo no se mañana. Si estaremos juntos, si se acaba el mundo.”

Translation:

“I don’t know tomorrow. I don’t know tomorrow. If we’ll be together, if the world will end.”

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Next in this series is "Chico Malo" ("Bad Boy"):

Summary: You catch Dean red-handed—with one of his favorite episodes of Casa Erotica.

▶️ Next Story: Bad Boy (Chico Malo)

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[sundove88]

Alice (Coco Parody Casting):

Despite his family's generations-old ban on music, young Max dreams of becoming an accomplished musician like his idol Lysandre. Desperate to prove his talent, Max and his sister Jessie find themselves in the stunning and colorful Land of the Dead. After meeting a charming lion spirit trickster named Giovanni, the three new friends embark on an extraordinary journey to unlock the real story behind Max’s family history.

Max Goof as Miguel Rivera (A Goofy Movie)

Jessie as Herself/Miguel’s Sister (Brawl Stars)

Yubaba as Abuelita Elena Rivera (Spirited Away)

Pam as Mama/Luisa Rivera (Brawl Stars)

Giovanni as Hector Rivera (Spiritfarer)

Astrid as Imelda Rivera (Spiritfarer)

Rauru as Julio Rivera (The Legend of Zelda)

Goofy as Papa/Enrique Rivera (Mickey and Friends)

Lysandre as Ernesto De La Cruz (Pokemon)

Aerith as Tia Rosita (Final Fantasy VII)

Gammas 1 and 2 as Tio Felipe and Oscar (Dragon Ball Super)

Zeniba as Tia Victoria (Spirited Away)

Dr. Bones Cookie as as Juan Ortodoncia (Cookie Run)

Barioth as Pepita (Monster Hunter)

Zoura as Dante (Pokemon)

Alice as Mama Coco (Spiritfarer)

Isaac Netero as Abuelito/Franco Rivera (Hunter X Hunter)

Poco as The Plaza Mariachi (Brawl Stars)

Buck as Cicharron (Spiritfarer)

Mavuika as Tia Carmen (Genshin Impact)

Jiraiya as Tio Berto (Naruto)

Tsunade Senju as Tia Gloria (Naruto)

Mark Evans as Cousin Abel (Inazuma Eleven)

Nami as Cousin Rosa (One Piece)

Chestnut Cookie and Pancake Cookie as Cousins Benny and Manny (Cookie Run)

Susie as The Bridge Guard (Kirby)

Elle as Socorro Rivera (Hirogaru Sky Precure)

Butter Pretzel Cookie as Frida Kahlo (Cookie Run)

Here’s your hint for the next casting (It’s a video game movie):

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[bluefirewrites]

BEGGING YOU TO CONTINUE WALK A MILE IN MY DOODLED SHOES

🙏🙏🙏

This post made me look back and see what I worked on for Walk A Mile and found out I had been working on Chapter 12 and it had been 70% done. So here's a tidbit of what I wrote and then I'll see if I can finish it up (not sure if I can finish the whole story. From my outline it looks like I had it planned to be 23 chapters??)

Here's a snippet:

“Why don’t we just exorcize Luke?” Carlos suggested. 

Willie was immediately against it, “Unless you want a one way ticket to Nothingland. It’s as bad as those stamps.” 

Luke winced  and Carlos got the hint, “Okay, that’s out. Second suggestion? Let’s cast a spell!” 

We’re looking for real solutions, Carlos, Julie thought

There were already dismissive sounds going all around. 

All except for Reggie.

And Willie. 

“Wait,” Willie raised a hand, “Let’s hear the kid out.” 

He said it so straight that it had Alex peering at the skater closely, raising an ‘are you serious?’ brow at him. 

Is he serious? Julie wondered. 

After giving Carlos the green light, the kid rolled off the couch, left the room, and returned with his laptop, a browser full of tabs on display. 

“I was doing some research. Now, a bunch of mediums and paranormal investigators swear by this book.” 

Everyone surrounded the younger Molina to see a large leather bound book on an auction site. It was ruby red, though in the picture it was aged to an almost maroon at the edges. Hand-painted gold leaf text further dated this book as ‘really, really old’. 

“Encantus Potens?” Reggie read the title and gasped, “A spell book? Cool!” He turned to Alex, smirking.  

“Can we not rehash the whole ‘witch’ thing please?” Alex snapped. 

Willie’s eyes widened, “I’ve seen this book before.”  

“You have?” Luke vocalized Julie’s surprise.

“Yeah, it was Caleb’s,” Willie confirmed, “Looks exactly the same. And it has everything in it. And tons of ghost-related spells too.” 

Caleb did say he had a gift… and that he’s been practicing, Luke remembered.

Julie hummed in agreement, Must be with this book. And was he magic? Before he died? How could he-?

Forget about that, Julie! There could be something in that ghostly magic book that can help us!-

“Caleb and his circle would pass a copy around.” Willie went on, “They would do parlor tricks with it and show off. I haven't seen them meet up in a long time. A lot of them don’t associate with Caleb anymore. Or at least that’s the story I’ve heard.” 

“Or maybe he didn’t want to share anymore.” Reggie said what was on everyone else’s mind. 

“Besides the point,” Willie tapped the screen, “This book is legit. And so is the magic you can do with it.”  

“Can you get your hands on it?” Luke implored Carlos. 

The cursor hovered over the selling price. The outrageous figure made Julie’s wallet weep. 

“Unless you have a couple grand on you. You can’t find these at Barnes and Noble. I think only so many copies were made. It's what these ghost hunters and occultists stake out at estate sales and stuff.” 

“It’s a long shot, but I can ask Enrique” Willie said. 

There were looks of confusion all around and not just Carlos (who was only hearing part of the conversation). 

“The guy you met at the club,” Willie clarified, “White suit? Kiss-ass? But Caleb’s kiss-ass. I could probably trick him into telling me where he kept the book.” 

“That kind of book seems too important for it to be just lying around the club.” Luke said.  

Willie shrugged, “Gotta try. Or who knows, maybe it will wear off. Not like you guys will be stuck like this forever.”

“But what if though?” Reggie said. 

The room went dead silent. 

The possibility hadn’t occurred to either Julie or Luke. Not until Reggie uttered those words, his usual humor absent. 

“That’s-” Alex looked between him and ‘Juke’, “That’s not gonna happen. It won’t happen.”

Shoutout to @thedeathdeelers' character Enrique. Hopefully that's still a common headcanon!

[jabbasyogainstructor]

Ok, continuing on my Jurassic Park kick: finally watching Lost World: Jurassic Park for the first time in a few years

It’s nice to see that overbearing mothers exist at every tax bracket

This kid did not have to go far to find a bunch of dinosaurs. Really surprised that nothing bigger popped out for a treat.

People love to point out Jeff Goldblum’s shirtless scene from the first one, but I think he looks better here. He’s definitely peak hot in Independence Day (I like a more nerdy vibe.)

I bet these kids flip out hearing the word “dinosaur” and I’m surprised that they’re still allowed to visit Grandpa Hammond at all.

Hammond admits he was wrong and then goes “we have more dinosaurs! My interest is definitely in protecting them. Not recouping my losses. Go take pictures of them! I won’t sell them for profit.” 🤨

“I sent your girlfriend. Not my fault you bang every woman you see. I couldn’t find a paleontologist you didn’t date, including Dr Grant and Dr Sattler”

Hammond told this guy there were dinosaurs, but he didn’t believe him???

This kid is mad that her parents love and trust her, and in revenge she decides to ruin all of that by sneaking her way into this trip.

This guy has a T-Rex dropping weapon, never tries to use it until it’s too late

There’s 5 islands! What was InGen doing on the other 3? Fishermen won’t go near any of them, so something is going on.

Vince Vaughn does not look surprised at stegosauruses. Like at all. Man didn’t believe there would be dinosaurs at all and now he’s like “oh. Interesting.”

Yelling Sarah’s name and she’s five feet away? And she won’t ANSWER?

She rattled off a bunch of dinosaur facts at Ian, who is definitely not going to remember any of it

The baby stegosaurus is so damn cute. I want one.

Why are Sarah and Ian a couple? They’ve been together for 4 years? That sounds awful, they both are terrible at communicating or showing up to important events. Actually, you know what? I think I was in this relationship. This trip will kill it for sure.

This hunter has had enough of rich assholes on hunting trips, he is so done and he hasn’t even started yet lol

The dino headbutting a guy through the truck is an amazing touch, that should have been a recurring gag

All it took for the five mains to become convinced to conserve the island was watching the hadrosaur throw three guys around like a theme park ride

Dieter is a dick and I will be very glad when the compys get him

The poor baby rex! I am surprised that Nick found him before his parents did, isn’t that the whole deal with the parent T-Rexes in this film? They’re tracking the baby by scent?

Yeah, San Diego is gonna love this idea to put a dino zoo in their city. It’s not like they’ve ALL escaped from the last zoo…

Whaddya mean “San Diego Chargers?” What do you think that is man? It’s a football team. Do you think Boltman exists in the wild?? He’s not Gritty.

That baby rex is super loud, again surprised that they made it back to the campsite with him.

I also feel sorry for Enrique. Does this lady only communicate with her boyfriend by radio?

Jeff’s gift for comedy is unmatched. Watching him fall out of the high hide always fills me with joy.

I read somewhere that the male Rex has scars and broken teeth to signify territory or mating scuffles. It’s really clear at the campsite. There’s likely other T-Rexes on this island. These are just the only two that they pissed off so hard that the rexes now follow them around.

I would have absolutely wet myself putting that baby outside with both of them there. Jesus.

Were the… were the T-Rex pair just waiting in the woods to see if anyone survived? Oddly vengeful for a couple of lizards.

Aww, they’re sharing a meal

Nick and Roland have met before, Nick has sabotaged Roland’s other hunting trips. It really is a small world.

He really does want to kill that Rex. Roland tried to compare himself to Sir Edmund Hillary climbing Everest, but uh… Hillary climbed it with a couple of sherpas who probably did most of that work for him. Roland had Dieter and Arjay, I suppose

Sarah in the last scene said the T-Rex could scent the baby’s blood and keep hunting her. Why the hell is she still wearing her bloody jacket?

Ngl, I think this guy purposely left Dieter behind. They’re using the buddy system and he was watching Dieter’s stuff

Peter Stormare, who seems like a nice man in real life, is so good at playing dickish antagonists in multiple films, that it’s always a highlight to watch him die.

Nobody listens to Peter. He is not in charge 😂

I think deep down, Sarah wanted to see how far the T-Rex would track her. It’s good for her research if she survives the trip. I mean, she’s putting everyone else in danger. But hey, she’s a scientist.

I did not know that the T-Rex could extend its tongue far enough to lick someone. That would be great in sequels if it started flicking its tongue out like a snake.

Aaannd raptor time. The reptor scenes in this franchise feel like they’re part of a different film. The T-Rex is nearly always escapable, but the raptors are like serial killers, tense music and darkly lit horror movie vibes

Ian never dealt with the raptors before, he is severely underestimating them

I think the raptor digging under the door just said “help” lol

I wanna see the other gymnasts at Kelly’s school if she got cut from the team

Sarah landed right in front if those raptors and they continue fighting each other. Darwin was wrong, the fittest aren’t necessarily survivors.

Kelly is regretting absolutely everything right now. Just all of it, from the second she went to see her dad when he was going over equipment.

Roland just quit being a hunter. Wrong moment, really could have used him in San Diego. Nowhere to be found, just sticking to those newfound principles.

The dock is an odd place for this announcement

Ludlow just quietly backing out of the room 😂

Ok, so what was supposed to happen was that velociraptors got on the boat and ate the crew. So either raptors also running around San Diego was cut from the film, or the Rex ate them.

T-Rex iconically roaring on a rock at the city “WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?” Is definitely what that translates to, because this T-Rex is on amphetamines. That they gave it.

This kid has the best expression at seeing a T-Rex of anyone in the entire movie. Biggest side eye I’ve ever seen. And his parents are so funny. Too bad it ate their dog lol

Ian and Sarah stroll up, no security badges or clearance, no one’s ever seen them before, and they’re like “here to steal a dinosaur! Shoot us!” And nobody tries to stop them at all

The T-Rex is personally offended by traffic lights. Same.

I encourage you all to pause and look at the movies being advertised in this Blockbuster: King Lear starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, super jacked Tom Hanks in Tsunami Sunrise, Jack and the Beanstalk with Robin Williams but I think it’s about a kids hockey team. Fun stuff.

No joke the Japanese tourists are actually screaming “we left Japan to get away from this”

Mr Rex that ball is way too big for your baby to play with

Hahahah there’s an animal control truck and it’s running away

Bye Ludlow. You had a stupid run. Maybe Hammond has some other relatives or clones that could replace you.

Baby’s first hunt! Daddy looks proud

Ian looks very very very tired

The mother rex met them at the boat! And immediately they had a nice meal of stegosaurus. Watched by the only pteranodon in the entire movie. I’m sure they told crazy stories around the dinner table (stego carcass) like “he killed something all by himself” and “while you were licking people in a waterfall, they gave me uppers and downers and sent me to actual hell”

End credits

Ok, I will watch JP3 next week. Or sometime soon. I am definitely not on any kind of schedule lol

[rosemaidenvixen]

Witch Hunter

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“Hello mother, sorry I haven't been here for a while. I’ll try to visit more, but the harvest is coming up pretty soon, it’s going to be a lot of hard work and I’m not sure how often I’ll be able to get away,” Claire cut herself off with a breath, tangling her fingers in her skirt “I do have some good news, Goody Kline purchased some sugar and arranged to teach me and the other young ladies to make wild berry preserves,”

“And Claire promised to ask Goody Kline to let me sit in on the lessons as well,” Jim added “I’m eager to learn, though I may have to buy Goody Kline’s favor with wild game and honey,”

Claire giggled and swatted him on the shoulder “Don’t talk about purchasing favors from ladies in front of my mother,”

Jim let out a sheepish chuckle, face flushing pink “Of course, a thousand pardons Mistress Nuñez, though in my defense we do have an escort,”

He gestured behind him with his thumb, a pair glowing in the bushes. The sharp yellow standing out in the silver moonlight.

“I apologize for my companion’s untoward boldness,” Jim squeaked but Claire paid him no mind, shifting her folded legs to reach into her pocket and pull out a braided chain of pale purple flowers “I have another gift for you. Aster, the blossoms are delicate and fine. I think you’ll like them,”

“I’ve got something as well,” Jim reached into his pocket, pulling out a small stone with a hole in the center “It’s a hagstone, mother says they can protect against the evil eye, it’s too dangerous for either of us to carry around so I’ll entrust it to you for a while,” he flashed a meek grin at Claire “Purely as a gift not an attempt to purchase favor,”

Claire smirked at him before plucking the stone out of his offered hand “Forgive him mother, Jim may be a rogue but he means well,”

She leaned forward, hanging the floral chain from the side of the wooden cross, setting the stone in the dirt at its base.

“I hope you like them,” she said quietly.

A soft breeze blew, ruffling the flower chain slightly, but otherwise there was no reply.

“Enrique’s getting so big, he’s already sitting up all by himself. No talking yet but I feel his first word could be any day now. I’m sure that when father meets him he’ll be so happy he won’t be upset that…”

Tears burned in her eyes, throat sealing shut with emotion. She heard more than saw Jim reaching out. His hand on her shoulder grounded her, allowing her to swallow back her tears and find her voice again.

“Father will return soon and take us all back to Spain, I know he’ll be sad you’re gone, but he’ll be together with Enrique and me and we’ll be a family again, and we can all mourn you together,”

Jim squeezed her shoulder but otherwise left her to her emotions, the two kneeling in the hard packed dirt, with only the wooden gravemarkers for company.

Eventually Claire pushed herself to her feet “I promise I’ll visit again soon mother, I’ll tell you all about the jam making and Enrique and everything you’ve missed,” more tears burned behind her eyes but she forced them back “I love you mama, I know I didn’t say it often enough before, but I’m saying it now,”

With that she plucked the aster chain and hagstone off the grave and strode away towards the woods, unable to bear it any longer, Jim scrambling to his feet and hurrying after her.

Claire didn’t slow down once she entered the trees, even though what scant moonlight there was faded to near nothing. Leaves rustled overhead, a chill biting into her that hadn’t been present the last time. Summer was ending, it may not be long until it was too cold for their night time meetings. Would her father return by then? Or would the weather seal them indoors, cutting Claire off from the one person here who made life bearable. 

Shoving the thought away, she continued her trek through the trees. Not stopping until she reached their hollow oak, kneeling down and ducking her head inside.

Immediately she was surrounded by dozens of dried flower chains, bits of beads and shells, the various charms Jim and his mother had given her. Everything she would have adorned Ophelia Nuñez’s grave with had she been buried at home and not half a world away where such things were forbidden.

Claire delicately placed the aster and the hagstone with the others, moving back and standing up straight, hastily wiping her nose with the back of her hand.

“We should head back,” Jim had followed her, of course he had the sweetheart “The constable will be making his rounds soon, we don’t want to run into him,”

She gave him a quick nod, not trusting herself to speak. 

“And besides,” Jim said with a soft chuckle, glancing down towards his feet “I don’t think our chaperone is very pleased with our conduct,”

She followed his line of sight to a pair to the glowing yellow eyes peering at them from where they were twining through Jim’s legs. Her somber mood didn’t dissipate, but a trickle of mirth did alleviate it.

“Of course,” she held out her hand, allowing Jim to grasp her fingers with his own “Can’t have Cinder being cross with us,”

“Us? What us?” Jim said with mock offense “Cinder adores me, it’s you he’ll be cross with,”

Claire giggled, the two of them walking hand in hand through the trees.

They finished their walk in silence, this close to town they had to listen carefully for any sound of Constable Mayhew, slowing to a reluctant stop when the trees thinned and their routes diverged.

“I guess I’ll see you tomorrow at the service,” Jim said slowly, releasing her fingers and moving to lean down. Standing back up straight with a large, black yellow-eyed tomcat in his arms. Cinder looked profoundly displeased, as he always did, but didn’t struggle in Jim’s arms.

“I’ll see you there to,” Claire said with a small grin “But no talking, not unless you want the constable to box your ears,”

“Of course, if he’s going to box my ears it should be for something much more fun,” Jim said with a laugh, waving farewell as he headed down the path, Cinder held snugly against his chest “See you then,”

Claire waved back as she walked the path in the opposite direction “See you then,”

[winter-leftovers]

Til The End Of Eternity || Chapter fourteen: How To Steal A Bridge (14/?)

(Douxie Casperan x f!reader)

Summary: Y/n is trying to figure her life out but is going to be hard since her brother is the new trollhunter and she is plagued by dreams and feelings she doesn’t understand.

Chapter Summary: Y/n, Claire and Toby steal Killahead bridge. Al and Y/n have a little fight

Word count: 2358

Warnings: no need

(Season 2 Episodes 1, 2, 3)

Song?: He ain’t heavy he’s my brother by The Hollies

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Y/n was at the grocery store when she got Toby’s call. The boy sounded desperate, he pleaded her to come to trollmarket, fast, something had happened with Jim.

She dropped her groceries to the ground and ran to TrollMarket, forgetting all her responsibilities like the apples on the floor.

“Where is he?” Y/n jumped over the small stairs in Blinky’s library “Where’s…Jim?” She panted.

“He was right there” Toby caressed the amulet, he looked defeated.

“Why is the amulet here?” She walked to Toby. Next to him stood Claire cradling a baby.

Tears pooled in Y/n eyes “Who…is that baby?”

“Jim…He got him back. He kept his promise” Claire gave her a half smile. They didn’t have to explain, they knew the sacrifice Jim had made.

Y/n’s bag fell to the ground, she shook her head. It couldn’t be. No. Not her little brother.

“Has…has the amulet called for anyone?” She whispered, afraid of the answer.

Toby shook his head.

“So, he’s alive”

“They destroyed the bridge. This is my fault. I could’ve done more” Blinky was turned to an Aaarrrgghh made of stone.

“We can do more! There has to be a way” Toby slammed the amulet on the table “There has to be something we haven’t thought of” Toby scratched his head “You said it yourself. As long as the amulet doesn't call to anybody else, we know he's okay”

A strong blue light started to pour from the amulet, lifting itself from the table.

“James Lake” called.

Y/n got close to observe the amulet, but before she could get to the table, the amulet went flying to Aaarrrgghh and started to speak in trollish.

The four of them surrounded the bigger troll.

“I don't understand. It's not making any sense” complained Blinky.

“What’s it saying?” Asked Claire.

“‘The troll is the key, the key to the hunter’ Over and over. It must be a glitch”

“Is it broken?” Asked Claire

Toby got closer to the amulet “No. They’re helping us!”

“Who?” Asked Y/n.

“The voices in the amulet. The ghost council” Toby turned to her.

“Well, what are they trying to say?” Asked Claire.

“Aaarrrgghh is the key?” Y/n tilted her head.

“But that's impossible, he's...” Blinky was unable to finish the sentence.

“...gonna get us Jim back! Did you hear that? If we save Arrrgh, we save Jim!” Toby jumped.

“I don’t believe it” Claire smiled.

Y/n laughed and hugged her. She didn’t have any other option but to believe. She couldn’t lose her brother. She would hang on to any hope the world would throw at her no matter how small.

“Now, that is some glitch!” Blinky screamed and joined Toby's celebration.

—

“Still no sign of Jim?” Asked Claire.

“Nothing but barren Darklands. And I'm running out of nougat nummies” Complained Toby as he threw a new nougat nummie through the small portal.

Y/n, Claire and Toby were looking for a place deep into the forest to hide the Killahead bridge from the troll council.

A couple hours before, the teens went by the store with the news that the council had signed Jim's death sentence by getting rid of the bridge in a dark and far away place where no one could find it against the complaints of the trollhunters, and a plan. Claire had sent Not-Enrique to hide with the pieces of the bridge so she could have an anchor to make a portal and steal the bridge back.

“You think this is secluded enough?” Y/n moved her flashlight around seeing only trees and darkness.

“For a magic bridge? This far out, we could hide a few dead bodies” Toby joked.

“Okay, let’s do this quick” Claire took out the shadow staff.

Y/n sighed. After seeing it so many times, she had learned to handle the strange grief that would bring her seeing the staff.

“Making portals is exhausting, and I don't know how many I've got in me” with a quick move Claire made a portal.

“Wow! You're turning pro with that magic shadow stick” Toby complimented.

“Well, it's powered by emotions. Getting the guy I like out of the Darklands? Plenty of emotions” Claire took a couple steps but stopped when she realized Toby was following her “What are you doing?”

“What does it look like? Helping” he lifted his shoulders.

“I have no idea where we are. I need you here, to be my emotional anchor”

“But what am I supposed to do?”

“Get ready to catch” Y/n smiled and jumped through the portal.

On the other side, she hit herself on the chest with a box. The place was dark and narrow. The only source of light were the flashlights they had brought.

Out of the corner of her eye, Claire saw a box starting to move. She looked at Y/n in panic. Y/n stood in front of Claire and the box quickly opened.

“Took you long enough” Not-Enrique jumped out of the box

“What are you doing in there?” Claire relaxed.

“I…uh, Suzy's a little scared of the dark. And, with all the freaky noises, this place is giving her the heebie-jeebies” Not-Enrique lifted his stuffed bunny.

The girls chuckled.

“All right, come on” Claire put her flashlight on top of a box and Y/n did the same “Where are we?”

“All I could make out was someone saying "starboard" or "captain." We could be on a spaceship, for all I know” Not-Enrique explained as he helped the girls push a box through the portal.

A siren made the three of them stop.

“Yeah, yeah, the paperwork says dump it here” said a man.

“Dump it"?” Y/n looked at Claire with her brows furrowed “We're on a cargo ship! They're dumping us into the ocean!”

The movement of the container made the three of them fall to the ground.

“The ocean?! But I-- But Suzy can't swim!” Screamed Not-Enrique.

“Hold on!” Screamed back Claire.

“You never said nothing about no water! I knew this idea was lousy!” NotEnrique folded his arms.

“Let’s just stick with the plan and let's get the pieces out of here before it's too late” Said Y/n. If she let the changeling keep complaining he would drive Claire crazy.

“The metal can't hold for long! The water's going to pour in at any minute! Hurry!” Claire screamed.

The tree of them tried to take the piece out as fast as they could but the movement of the water wasn’t helping. Claire was losing strength from the amount of portals she had to make.

“Oh, no! The portal” screamed NotEnrique as the portal disappeared.

‘You’re a wizard. Use your magic’ the voice of her sister came back to her.

“I think I have an idea” Y/n shook her hands “Claire, can you open one more portal?”

“I can't. It won't work. I got nothing left” Claire’s arms could barely hold the now white staff.

“Right. I knew you'd get us killed!” Said NotEnrique.

“What?” Claire and Y/n screamed at the same time.

“You wanna know the truth? Fine. About to die, anyway. I decided to stick around 'cause you're a pushover. I can do whatever I want, and you're too weak to stop me!”

“Excuse me? How dare you!” The shadow staff was turning black again.

Y/n smiled. They really were siblings.

“I use your toothbrush to clean me ears. I steal cash from your purse. And you know your lucky Papa Skull jacket? I like to call that my snot rag! Hilarious!” NotEnrique continued.

“Ugh, why, you... you...” Claire realized NotEnrique was trying to help her “you baby genius!”

“Yeah, I know. Now, come on! We've just got a few more!”

Claire opened a new portal.

“Okay. Move” Y/n lifted her arms and focused her eyes on the portal.

“Woah” said Claire and NotEnrique.

Suddenly, the boxes were illuminated one by one by red light. They lifted themselves from the ground and flew through the portal.

“Wait a minute. You didn't really do that stuff, right?” Claire turned to NotEnrique.

“Uh, don't use your toothbrush” he answered “Whoa!”

The pressure started to wear out the container making the water start to pour in. Y/n tried to throw the last box through the portal but the shock made Claire close it.

“C’mon” Y/n complained to herself as she lowered her hands.

The three jumped on top of the last box that didn’t make it through the portal.

“We're never gonna get 'em all! Time to bail out of this death trap!” Screamed NotEnrique.

“No! We lose the bridge, we lose Jim. We need this last crate” Y/n screamed back.

The water started to rise up. Soon the box where they were standing wouldn’t be useful anymore.

“Come on, kid. Last pice!” Cheered NotEnrique

“Oh, I can’t! I’m exhausted!” Cried Claire.

“Yes, you can! You have to!”

“It’s not charging! Ugh! I can't get it to work.”

“Claire, look at me!” Screamed Y/n. Claire was panicking, she couldn’t look at her in the eyes “Take a deep breath. Come on”

The three of them took a deep breath together.

“Anger isn’t the only fuel to magic. You must find a stronger emotion and use it” Y/n looked down. The water was almost at their necks.

“I can do this. I can do this” Claire said to herself.

“Yes! You can!” Y/n looked at her hands “Make the portal and I’ll guide us through it”

They took a last deep breath and they submerged.

Claire tried and tried to open a portal but she couldn’t. Her body was exhausted. She felt her arms loosen up and started to sway to the current but then, she saw among all the darkness NotEnrique lose consciousness and Y/n grabbing him. That’s when she did it.

Suddenly, Y/n felt like she was falling. She looked down and saw a familiar darkness, a portal. Y/n smiled. Claire did it. She closed her eyes and protected NotEnrique from the fall.

When Y/n opened her eyes, they were back in the woods. She turned to her side to give the changeling space to breathe.

“Hey?” She whispered.

“NotEnrique?” Claire crawled to him “Ah! Toby, Y/n he’s not breathing!” Claire scream.

“Oh no! NotEnrique” Toby ran to him.

Y/n sat up and saw Toby giving NotEnrique CPR.

Quickly, the changeling regained conscious.

“Ah, thank you, Ms Janet” Toby lay down.

“I told you I can’t swim” NotEnrique complained

“Claire! You got all the pieces! We did it! We stole an entire freaking bridge!” Toby threw himself at Y/n making her laugh.

“Yeah. Don't let Jim ever say we never did anything for him” Claire panted.

“Thank you. You did good back there, kid. What emotion did you use to get us out of that tin can?” NotEnrique panted.

“Fear. I was afraid... I lost you”

Y/n felt a tear fall down and quickly wiped. She understood.

“I'm the king of the ocean” Steve mumbled.

“What are we gonna do about him?” Asked Claire.

—

The sun had long set in Arcadia. Y/n sat at her desk, her eyes glued to the old book Douxie had borrowed her, but her mind was unable to follow the stories, it had drifted somewhere else. Her sister.

Who was she? Did she have a sister? Was she real or just an invention of her mind to keep her sane in the last couple of months?

“I don’t think that’s good for the water” Al stretched his front paws.

“Huh?” Y/n look away from the book and realized she had been changing the state of the water “Oh. I didn’t realize” she stopped her hand from moving.

“Is the book any good?” He jumped to the desk, almost dropping the glass of ice.

“Uhm…I don’t know” she mumbled.

Alfred twisted his head to the side.

“I’ve been thinking” Y/n closed the book.

“Oh” Al sat down and looked at her.

“Do you…” she took a deep breath “Did I…have a sister? You know…Back in my old life”

Alfred's jaw fell open, his pupils shrank in surprise.

“Al?”

The cat shook his head “Why…Why you ask?”

“I’ve been…seeing”

“Seeing?!” He stood up.

“Well, yeah…when…”

Al stood with his front pawn on her shoulders “You been seeing Mor…” he jumped back to the floor and lay down “Oh lord. This isn’t good”

“Al, you’re scaring me” Y/n kneeled down next to him.

“You’re not supposed to see her. Maybe dream of her BUT SEE? No no” he lifted his front paws.

“What?”

“Where did you see her?” He stood up on his back legs “What’s she planning?”

“Planning?! What are you?! What?!” Y/n sat on the floor and grabbed her head “I’m just having visions of this woman that calls me sister”

“Visions? Oh…that’s good then…” he jumped onto the bed and lay down with her back to her.

“What do you mean ‘that’s good then’ “she stood up “Explain and don’t you dare say I can’t” she point a finger to him

“But I can’t” he turned.

“This is getting old” Y/n stood up and grabbed her bag.

“Where are you going?”

“To fix my problem once and for all” she closed the door behind her.

—

Blinky’s library was deserted, not even Aaarrrgghh statue was there. Y/n looked at her phone to see if she had missed an update from Toby but no new messages appeared.

Y/n looked at Blinky’s books, one of them had to have at least a clue about her sister, about her old life. This time she was going to follow her sister's advice from the start, she was going to use her magic. She closed her eyes, stretched her arm and with a deep breath she called for the right book to come to her. A big gray book flew to her hand. Y/n smiled, satisfied with herself. She opened the book and the title caught her attention: The Pale Lady.

A/N: Season two is here!!!

[elegantjellyfishwerewolf]

Trollhunter! Nomura Au (part 3 (2/2))

the third part(1/2)<

the final>

This AU was made me and @enniyart

Having come to the Order of Janus, Gunmar immediately receives instructions from Morgana, through a gramophone, to find the staff of Avalon. He sends several changelings with gumgums to Merlin's tomb. After some time, they successfully return with a staff.

After that, Gunnar receives an order from Morgana to capture the Trollmarket.

The first person to greet Claire after waking up was Jim. He informs her that everyone is very angry at her because of her act (and that it's better for her not to get caught by the Nomura right now). Claire goes to Angor to ask for his forgiveness for taking the staff without his permission, but he only says that since Enrique is saved, then Claire has no reason to stay here and that he will no longer teach her. As a result, Claire collects her stuff and leaves the Trollmarket.

Nomura is accused of allowing Gunmar to be released because she allowed him to take the amulet. Usurna, as in the original, puts forward a condition, either to give the amulet and leave the market, or to appear before the court. At this moment, the puzzle in the trollhunter's head develops and she realizes that it was Usurna who sent those changelings to the Trollmarket, Nomura also notices one inconsistency in the past: if no one but themselves can go down to the caves of Kruber, then how could Gunmar steal their children, it is obvious that someone voluntarily gave them (and even if Usurna really was on the side of the trolls, then she would not have tried to destroy the amulet, in fact the only weapon capable of killing Gunmar). Nomura tells the others her assumption about Usurna and they come up with a plan: Angor releases the hunter from prison with the help of a portal, and puts one of his golems with a mask capable of changing appearance in her place. Blinky and Aaargh go to Vendel and tell him the assumptions about Usurna. The elder says that he will think about their words (although he himself suspected the queen of something similar before).

Draal goes to the forest to check if Gunnar really got out then he is got taken under control. Blinky, Toby, Jim, Creepslayerz and NotEnrique remain to represent the side of the false-trollhunter in court, while Nomura, Angor and Aargh go to storm the Order of Janus as they assume that Gunmar will hide there. But to their surprise, they do not receive any resistance from the changelings, and Strickler himself comes out to the team of trollhunters. He says that Gunmar is storming the Trollmarket right now and that he has everything he needs to free Morgana, and Strickler also offers them an explanation, since he understands that after defeating the surface, Gunmar will immediately get rid of the changelings. As a sign of truce, he gives the hunter the eye of Gunmar and Nomura, Angor and Aargh go to Trollmarket, which is now under attack by Gunmar.

Claire is about to reach her house at this time, but suddenly stops abruptly. She understands that if Gunnar really got out through her fault, then she is obliged to help the others in the war against him. Claire, already standing on the threshold of the house, abruptly turns around and runs to the troll market.

After the end of the first act of the trial, Usurna, as in the original, tries to kill Vendel, but since he was warned about the queen, he does not hesitate to turn around with a hidden weapon and both trolls pierce each other at the same time. vendel dies with Usurna.

No sooner do those present in court ask where the two elders have disappeared than Gunmar, along with several gumgums and zombie Draal, enters the Trollmarket. The team of trollhunters reunites exactly at the very moment when the capture of the market begins. With the help of a whirlwind, they begin to evacuate the residents out of the Trollmarket. They begin to evacuate residents with the help of a whirlwind. At this moment, a zombie Draal appears, which takes our heroes by surprise. It is at this moment that Claire bursts into the battle and while the rest of the trollhunters are trying to revive Draal and fight off the advancing gumgums, she takes the shadow staff and with the help of a huge portal transfers everyone (including Draal) to a safe place.

Due to the recent "operation" and the creation of a giant portal, Claire loses consciousness.

Nomura tries to reach Draal's mind, but nothing comes out. Then she makes a desperate attempt, saying that she is sorry for what happened between them in the past and that she really loves him, kissing him along the way. At this moment, the magic of the amulet with Gunmar's eye embedded in it neutralizes the magic of the Decemar blade and Draal comes back to his senses.

Blinky becomes the new elder of the troll market. Nomura recalls Strickler's words that Gunmar now has everything to free Morgana, so they need someone who has already fought with the Elditch queen in the past.

The team is going to search for Merlin's tomb.

[joshuasumter]

What if...The Cross Zone got a lot bigger?

From the creative minds that bought you Namco X Capcom, Project X Zone was released for the Nintendo 3DS in 2012 in Japan and worldwide in 2013, receiving great praise as it bought characters from three legendary game developers -- Capcom, Sega, and Namco Bandai -- to crossed worlds, dimensions, and the fabric of time for the ultimate cross-over tactical RPG mashup!

But what if the cross zone had gotten a whole lot bigger with even MORE titles and are joined by even more characters from surprising guest companies.

What if...The Cross Zone got a lot bigger? explores what would happen if the events of Namco X Capcom, Project X Zone, and Project X Zone 2 occurred differently with the inclusion of characters, worlds, and universes of Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon, Square Enix, and much more. For example, my fan-made original story movie inspired by the crossover RPG.

The Project X Zone Movie (Capcom x Sega x Bandai Namco x Cartoon Network x Nickelodeon x Disney x Pixar x Square Einx x Channel Federator x Channel Awesome)

The Project X Zone Movie 2: Fate of Many Worlds (Capcom x Sega x Bandai Namco x Cartoon Network x Disney x Pixar x Square Einx x Marvel x Star Wars x Level-5)

NAMCO BANDAI

Namco X Capcom (Reiji Arisu, Xiaomu)

Project X Zone (Mii Koryuji, Kogoro Tenzai)

Tekken (Jin Kazama, Kazuya Mishima, Heihachi Mishima, Ling Xiaoyu, Alisa Bosconovitch)

.hack// (Kite, BlackRose)

.hack//G.U. (Haseo)

Tales of Versperia (Yuri Lowell, Fylnn Scifo, Estelle Sidos Heurassein)

Summon Night 3 (Aty)

Adventure of Valkyrie (Valkyrie, Kurino Sandra, Sabine)

Bravoman (Arnold/Bravoman)

Wonder Momo (Kanda Momo/Wonder Momo)

Soulcalibur V (Natsu)

Soul Edge (Taki, Mitsurugi Heishiro)

Tales of Destiny (Rutee Katrea, Stahn Aileron)

Xenosaga (KOS-MOS, MOMO, Shion Uzuki)

Tower of Druaga (Gilgamesh, Ki)

Shadow Land (Tarosuke)

The Genji and the Heike Clans (Taira no Kagekiyo)

Baraduke (Masuyo Tobi)

Burning Force (Hiromi Tengenji)

Ordyne (Miyuki Chan)

Dig Dug (Taizo Hori)

Klonoa (Klonoa, Guntz)

God Eater (Alisa Ilinichina Amiella, Soma Schicksal, Lindow Amamiya, Ciel Alencon, Nana Kouzuki)

Yumeria (Neneko, Neito)

CAPCOM

Street Fighter (Ryu, Ken Masters, Chun-li, Guile, Cammy White, Ingrid)

Ghosts n' Goblins (Sir Arthur)

Okami (Amaterasu, Issun)

Viewtiful Joe (Viewtiful Joe, Sexy Silvia)

Monster Hunter (Monster Hunter, Felyne, Palico, Gore Magala)

Breath of Fire III (Ryu, Nina, Momo, Garr, Rei, Peco, Honey)

Resident Evil Revelations (Chris Redfield, Jill Valentine)

Resident Evil 6 (Leon S. Kennedy, Helena Harper, Ada Wong)

Resident Evil: Dead Aim (Bruce McGivern, Fong Ling)

Ace Attorney (Phoenix Wright, Maya Fey, Apollo Justice, Athena Cykes)

Darkstalkers(Morrigan Aensland, Demitri Maximoff, Felicia, Hsien-Ko, Donovan Baine, Anita, Jon Talbain, Victor Von Gedenheim)

Dead Rising (Frank West)

Devil May Cry (Dante, Trish, Lady, Nero, Nico)

Bionic Commando (2009) (Nathan Spencer)

Captain Commando (Captain Commando, Hoover (Baby Head), Jennety (Mack the Knife), Sho (Ginzu the Ninja))

Dino Crisis (Regina)

Final Fight (Guy, Mike Haggar)

Mega Man (Rock/Mega Man, Roll, Blues/Proto Man, Rush, Tango, Eddie, Beat)

Mega Man X(X, Zero, Axl)

Mega Man Legends (Tron Bonne, Servbots, Mega Man Volnutt, Roll Casket)

Star Gladiator (June Lin Milliam)

Strider (Strider Hiryu)

Forgotten Worlds (Unknown Soldier 1P, Unknown Solider 2P, Sylphie)

Cyberbots (Jin Saotome, Princess Devilotte de Death Satan IX)

SEGA

Billy Hatcher (Billy Hatcher, Chick Poacher, Rolly Roll, Bantam Scrambled)

Golden Axe (Ax Battler, Gilius Thunderhead, Tyris Flare)

Panzer Dragon (Keil Fluge, Blue Dragon)

Alex Kidd (Alex Kidd, Stella)

NiGHTS into Dreams (NiGHTS)

Skies of Arcadia (Vyse, Aika, Fina, Cupil, Gilder, Enrique, Drachma)

Sonic the Hedgehog (Sonic the Hedgehog, Miles "Tails" Prower, Knuckles the Echidna, Amy Rose, Shadow the Hedgehog)

Sonic Boom (Sticks the Badger)

Bayonetta (Bayonetta, Jeanne, Viola, Luka)

Virtua Fighter (Akira Yuki, Pai Chan, Kage-Maru)

Fighting Vipers (Bahn)

Shenmue (Ryo Hazuki)

Shinobi (Hotsuma)

Shinobi: Nightshade (Hibana)

Space Channel 5 (Ulala)

Streets of Rage (Axl Stone)

Sakura Wars (Ichiro Ogami, Sakura Shinguji, Gemini Sunrise, Erica Fontaine)

Yakuza/Like A Dragon (Kazama Kiryu, Goro Majima, Ichiban Kasuga)

Resonance of Fate (Zephyr, Leanne, Vashyron)

Valkyria Chronicles III(Kurt Irving, Riela Marcellis, Imca)

Sega Saturn Advertisements (Segata Sanshiro, Sega Shiro (Segata's son))

Shining Force EXA(Toma, Cyrille)

Dynamite Cop (Bruno Delinger)

Zombie Revenge (Rikiya Busujima)

NINTENDO

Fire Emblem Warriors (Rowan, Lianna)

Fire Emblem: Awakening (Chrom, Lucina)

Xenoblade Chronicles (Fiora, Shulk)

DISNEY

Gravity Falls (Dipper Pines, Mabel Pines)

Kim Possible (Kim Possible, Ron Stoppable, Rufus)

American Dragon: Jake Long (Jake Long, Trixie, Spud, Fu Dog, Lao Shi)

Darkwing Duck (Drake Mallard/Darkwing Duck)

DuckTales (2017) (Scrooge McDuck, Huey, Dewey, Louie, Webby Vanderquack, Launchpad McQuack)

Phineas & Ferb (Phineas Flynn, Ferb Fletcher, Isabella Garcia-Sharpio, Burford Van Stromm, Baljeet Rai, Candace Flynn, Agent P)

Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja (Randy Cunningham)

Mighty Med (Oliver, Kaz)

Sofia the First (Princess Sofia the First)

Disney's Descendants (Mal, Evie, Jay, Carlos)

Wreck-It Ralph (Vanellope Von Schweetz)

The Simpsons (Bart Simpson)

The Lion Guard (Kion, Bunga, Fuli, Besthe, Ono, Anga)

PIXAR

Brave (Princess Merida of DunBroch)

The Incredibles (Mr. Incredibles, Elastigrl, Violet Parr, Dash Parr, Jack-Jack Parr, Frozone)

MARVEL

Captain America

Iron Man

Thor

Hulk

Black Widow

Hawkeye

Falcon

Vision

Wasp

Captain Marvel

Kamala Khan/Ms. Marvel

Black Panther

Spider-Man

Doctor Strange

Iron Fist

Ghost Rider

She-Hulk

Wolverine

Storm

X-23

Future Avengers (Makoto/Hurricane, Chloe/Charade, Adi/Codec, Bruno/Twister)

STAR WARS

Rey

Finn

Poe Dameron

BB-8

CARTOON NETWORK

Ben 10(Ben Tennyson, Gwen Tennyson, Kevin Levin)

Generator Rex (Rex, Six, Bobo)

The Life & Times of Juniper Lee (Juniper Lee)

The Powerpuff Girls (Blossom, Bubbles, Buttercup)

Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends (Mac, Bloo)

Dexter's Labratory(Dexter)

Samurai Jack (Samurai Jack)

Ed, Edd, n Eddy (Ed, Double D (Edd), Eddy)

OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes (Kaio O. Kincaid (K.O.), Radicles X, Enid Mettle)

NICKELODEON

SpongeBob SquarePants (SpongeBob SquarePants, Patrick Star, Sandy Cheeks)

Fairly OddParents (Timmy Turner, Cosmo, Wanda, Poof)

Avatar: The Last Airbender (Aang, Katara, Sokka, Toph, Zuko)

Winx Club (Bloom, Stella, Aisha, Techa, Musa, Flora)

El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera (Manny Rivera/El Tigre, Frida)

The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (Jimmy Neutron)

Danny Phantom (Danny Fenton/Danny Phantom, Sam Manson, Tucker Foley, Jazz Fenton)

My Life as a Teenage Robot (XJ9/Jenny Wakeman)

Glitch Techs (Miko "Me_K.O." Kubto, Hector "High Five" Nieves, Ridley, B.I.T.T., Zahra Rashid)

SQUARE EINX

Kingdom Hearts (Sora, Riku, Kairi, Ventus)

The World Ends with You (Neku Sakuraba, Shiki Misaki, Daisukenojo "Beat" Bito, Raimu “Rhyme” Bito, Yoshiya "Joshua" Kiryu, Rindo Kanade, Tosai “Fret” Furesawa, Nagi Usui, Shoka Sakurane)

Final Fantasy (Warrior of Light)

Final Fantasy II (Firion)

Final Fantasy III (Onion Knight)

Final Fantasy IV (Cecil Harvey)

Final Fantasy V (Bartz Klauser)

Final Fantasy VI (Terra Branford)

Final Fantasy VII (Cloud Strife, Tifa Lockhart, Aerith, Cid, Yuffie) (Kingdom Hearts incarnation)

Final Fantasy VIII (Squall Leonheart) (Kingdom Hearts incarnation)

Final Fantasy IX (Zidane Tribal)

Final Fantasy X (Tidus)

Final Fantasy XI (Shantotto)

Final Fantasy XII (Vaan)

Final Fantasy XIII (Lightning)

Final Fantasy XIV (Y'shtola)

Final Fantasy XV (Noctis Lucis Caelum)

OTHER TITLES

CHANNEL AWESOME

Nostalgia Critic (Nostalgia Critic)

Angry Video Game Nerd (Angry Video Game Nerd)

Atop the 4th Wall (Linkara)

The Angry Joe Show (Angry Joe)

LEVEL-5

Professor Layton (Professor Hershel Layton, Luke Triton)

CHANNEL FEDERATOR

Bravest Warriors (Chris Kirkman, Beth Tezuka, Danny Vasquez, Wallow, Plum, Catbug)

[throuple-tournament]

These are the throuples that are currently in the tournament in alphabetical order by media. The bolded ones have no description and the italicised ones have no image (Last Updated: 11th May 2025):

3 Will Be Free: Neo, Shin and Miw

A Chorus of Dragons: Kihrin D'mon, Janel Theranon and Teraeth

Agents of Shield: Jemma Simmons, Leopold Fitz and Daisy "Skye" Johnson

Arrow: Oliver Queen, John Diggle and Felicity Smoak

Avatar: The Last Airbender: Katara, Aang and Zuko

The Bad Guys: Snake, Wolf and Diane

Batman Comics: Bruce Wayne, Selina Kyle and Talia al'Ghul

Berserk: Guts, Casca and Griffith

The Big Bang Theory: Bernadette Rostenkowski, Howard Wolowitz and Rajesh Koothrappali

Boy Meets World: Cory Matthews, Shawn Hunter and Topanga Lawrence

Carrie: Carrie White, Susan Snell and Tommy Ross

Chihayafuru: Chihaya, Taichi and Arata

Dead Boy Detectives: Crystal Palace, Edwin Paine and Charles Roland

DC Comics: Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman

Doctor Odyssey: Avery Morgan, Tristan Silva and Max Bankman

Doctor Who: 12th Doctor, Missy and Clara

Ferris Bueller's Day Off: Ferris, Sloan and Cameron

Física o Química: La Nueva Generatión: Asia, Koldo and Jon

Ghost Trick: Alma, Cabanela and Jowd

The Golden Girls: Dorothy Zbornak, Blanche Devereaux and Rose Nylund

Guardians of the Galaxy: Peter Quill, Richard Rider and Gamora

Homestar Runner: Homestar Runner, Marzipan, and Strong Bad

Ice Age: Manny, Sid and Diego

The Infernal Devices: Will, Tessa and Jem

The Inheritance Cycle: Dragon, Arya and Murtagh

Jane Eyre: Bertha Mason, Jane Eyre and Mr. Rochester

Jurassic Park: Alan Grant, Ellie Sattler and Ian Malcolm

Keroro Gunso AKA Sgt Frog: Giroro, Dororo and Keroro

Kim Possible: Kim Possible, Ron Stoppable, and Monique

The Kingkiller Chronicle: Bast, The Chronicler and Kvothe

The Kingkiller Chronicle: Kvothe, Willem and Simmon

Lockwood & Co: Quill Kipps, Lucy Carlyle and Anthony Lockwood

Love Me To Death: Mercedes, Victor, and Enrique

Luca: Giulia, Luca and Alberto

Lupin III: Arsene Lupin III, Daisuke Jigen and Ishikawa Goemon XIII

The Man From U.N.C.L.E.: Gaby Teller, Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin

Mare Fuori: Naditza, Filippo and Carmine

Mario Series: Princess Daisy, Luigi and Prince Peasley

MASH: Hawkeye Pierce, Bj Hunnicut and Peg Hunnicut

Mass Effect: Garrus, Tali and Shepard

Merrily We Roll Along: Frank, Charlie and Mary

Mo Dao Zu Shi: Jin Guangyao, Lan Xichen and Nie Mingjue

Monarch: Legacy of Monsters: Keiko, Bill and Lee

A Monster in Paris: Francoeur, Lucille and Raoul

The Mortal Instruments: Jace, Clary and Simon

The Muppets: Waldorf, Statler, and Astoria

The Muppets: Kermit, Miss Piggy, and Fozzie

Nancy Drew: Nancy Drew, George Fayne and Ned Nickerson

Othello: Iago, Othello and Desdemona

Perry Mason: Perry Mason, Della Street and Paul Drake

The Phantom of the Opera: Erik, Raoul de Chaligny and Christine Daaé

The Picture of Dorian Gray: Dorian Gray, Basil Hallward and Lord Henry

Pinky and the Brain: The Brain, Pinky and Phar Fignewton

Pokémon Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald/Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire/Adventures: Maxie, Archie and Matt

Pokémon Scarlet/Violet: Clavell, Sada and Turo

Pokémon X/Y: Calem, Shauna and Serena

The Princess Bride: Fezzik, Inigo and Wesley

Project Sekai: Rui Kamishiro, Shizuku Hinomori and Tsukasa Tenma

Red Dwarf: Kryten, Lister and Cat

The Road Within: Vincent, Marie and Alex

Romeo & Juliet: Romeo, Rosaline and Juliet

Severance: Irving, Burt and Fields

Sherlock & Co: John Watson, Sherlock Holmes, and Mariana Ametxazurra

Shrek: Donkey, Shrek and Fiona

Shugo Chara: Tadase, Amu and Ikuto

Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas: Sinbad, Proteus and Marina

Six of Crows: Jesper Fahey, Inej Ghafa and Kaz Brekker

Star Wars: Leia Organa, Han Solo and Chewbacca

Static Shock: Richie Foley, Virgil Hawkins and Daisy Watkins

Stranger Things: Nancy Wheeler, Steve Harrington and Jonathan Byer

Super Mario: Bowser, Mario and Princess Peach

Ted Lasso: Roy Kent, Keeley Jones and Jamie Tartt

The Tick: The Tick, Arthur, and Carmelita

Tokyo Ghoul: Seidou Takizawa, Akira Mado and Koutarou Amon

Totally Spies!: Clover, Alex and Sam

Transformers: Ratchet, Rodimus Prime and Drift

Twelfth Night: Viola/Cesario, Olivia and Duke Orsino

Welcome to Demon School Iruma-kun: Suzuki Iruma, Asmodeus Alice and Valac Clara

White Collar: Neal Caffrey, Peter Burke and Elizabeth Burke

Wings of Fire: Clearsight, Sunstreak and LeafWing

Winx Club: Stormy, Icy and Darcy

Winx Club: Stella, Bloom and Flora

Yentl: Anshel, Avigdor and Hadass

Y: The Last Man: Dr. Allison Mann, Yorick Brown and Agent 355

Zero Escape/Zero Time Dilemma: Carlos, Junpei Tenmyouji, and Akane Kurashiki

Feel free to submit descriptions or images for any of these throuples!

[decafdino]

You'll Hear Me Howling Outside Your Door

A 9-1-1 Lone Star Fic

"Get up."

Enrique doesn't move, but he does take on a pleading look in his eye. "You don't understand. He's been lying to you, Carlos."

TK whimpers from the chains rubbing against his skin as more weight is put on his back. His head is bleeding sluggishly from a gash on his temple. The sight makes Carlos' grip tighten.

"He's not what you think he is. He's one of them."

"Get up," he repeats. He takes a step forward, the barrel of the shotgun aimed at Enrique's head.

"I know this is hard to process—"

"I said, get up," Carlos says, cocking the gun in a practiced motion. "Get off of him before I shoot you."

"Carlos, you don't understand. He's—"

"I know what he is." His gaze flicks to TK's for a split second, and it hardens his resolve. "He's my husband."

In which a werewolf and a hunter save each other, fall in love, and save each other some more.

---

First addition to my @badthingshappenbingo for the square "Rope Chain Burns". Read here.

[thisisyourdriverspeaking]

And onto the next edition of my US Motorsport Number Ones posts... it's the Indycar 2024 grid edition 😊

Helio Castoneves (10th May 1975) - Tony Orlando & Dawn - He Don't Love You (Like I Love You)

Takuma Sato (28th January 1977) - StevIe Wonder - I Wish

Katherine Legge (12th July 1980) - Paul McCartney - Coming Up

Scott Dixon (22nd July 1980) - Billy Joel - It's Still Rock And Roll To Me

Ryan Hunter-Reay (17th December 1980) - Kenny Rogers - Lady

Will Power (1st March 1981) & Ed Carpenter (3rd March 1981) - Eddie Rabbitt - I Love A Rainy Night

Romain Grosjean (17th April 1986) - Falco - Rock Me Amadeus

Marco Andretti (13th March 1987) - Bon Jovi - Livin' On A Prayer

Colin Braun (22nd September 1988) - Guns N Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine

Graham Rahal (4th January 1989) - Poison - Every Rose Has Its Thorn

Agustin Canapino (19th January 1990) - Phil Collins - Another Day In Paradise

Marcus Ericsson (2nd September 1990) - Sweet Sensation - If Wishes Came True

Josef Newgarden (22nd December 1990) - Stevie B - Because I Love You (The Postman Song)

Alexander Rossi (25th September 1991) - Color Me Badd - I Adore Mi Amor

Felix Rosenqvist (7th November 1991) - Karyn White - Romantic

Conor Daly (15th December 1991) - Michael Jackson - Black Or White

Kyle Larson (31st July 1992) - Sir Mix-A-Lot - Baby Got Back

Jack Harvey (15th April 1993) - Snow - Informer

Scott McLaughlin (10th June 1993) - Janet Jackson - That's The Way Love Goes

Tom Blomqvist (30th November 1993) - Meat Loaf - I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)

Pietro Fittipaldi (25th June 1996) - Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - Tha' Crossroads

Alex Palou (1st April 1997) - Puff Daddy & Mase - Can't Nobody Hold Me Down

Santino Ferrucci (31st May 1998) - Next - Too Close

Kyle Kirkwood (19th October 1998) - Barenaked Ladies - One Week

Callum Ilott (11th November 1998) - Monica - The First Night

Linus Lundqvist (26th March 1999) - Cher - Believe

Pato O'Ward (6th May 1999) - TLC - No Scrubs

Colton Herta (30th March 2000) - Destiny's Child - Say My Name

Christian Rasmussen (29th June 2000) - Enrique Iglesias - Be With You

Marcus Armstrong (29th July 2000) - N'Sync - It's Gonna Be Me

Rinus Veekay (11th September 2000) - Janet Jackson - Doesn't Really Matter

Christian Lundgaard (23rd July 2001) - Usher - U Remind Me

Sting Ray Robb (3rd September 2001) - Alicia Keys ' Fallin'

David Malukas (27th September 2001) - Jennifer Lopez & Ja Rule - I'm Real (Murder Remix)

Theo Pourchaire (20th August 2003) - Beyonce & Jay-Z - Crazy In Love

Kyffin Simpson (9th October 2004) - Ciara & Petey Pablo - Goodies

Nolan Siegel (8th November 2004) - Usher & Alicia Keys - My Boo

All added to this playlist 😊

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4Z751sk1l8O7QC3vV4Hu8E?si=guuC_GwfS6yXAPA79KsfNg&pi=e-jhqjK0BSQOeU

[chrissturnslovergirlx]

REALREALREAL THIS IS WHY I LOVE YOU MWAH!!!!! it's a kids show about trolls and how Jim becomes the troll hunter, being the first human trollhunter. it's so interesting, there's 3 parts to the series + 1 movie(the movie makes me wanna die though. never finished IT[major character death]) I <3 the first one (tales of Arcadia) seeing the development of Jim, Toby, and Claire. then comes 3below and then Wizards. they're all called "Trollhunters" just different aspects and plots within the same timeframe! 2nd one is about Steve and Eli. last one is about the emo bitch I can never remember his name😭he low-key looks like Johnnie BUR ANYWAYS

first pic is Toby and Jim, second one is Toby again(a dumb freeze frame😭), third one is toby and not-Enrique( enrique is Claire's brother but he got switched with a changeling hence the name), last one in order is Strickler(Jim and Tobys teacher but is also a changeling), Blinky, AAARRRGGGHHH!!! and Bular (son of Gumar, they're evil. they're Gumm-Gumms bad trolls). changelings are actually a real urban legend!!!!!!! it's super cool:D some more lore for ya🥰

very interesting… i’ve never even heard of this show tbh but it’s cool to know what it’s about

[bbygirlky18]

Ships Updated!!!!

Here are the ships for my fanfic Mami's Breakthrough. You'll meet the main character in the ship list so be prepared. I'll use the wrestler's real name. You'll see repeated names so don't get spooked. Let's get into it.

Demi (Rhea) & Gretchen (Eliora)

Stephanie (Stephanie) & Paul (Hunter)

Jonathan (Jimmy) & Trinity ( Naomi)

Fergal (Finn) & Masami (Iyo)

Dominik (Dominik) & Gionna (Liv)

Luis (Damian) & Elizabeth (Beth)

Bianca (Bianca) & Carlisle (Luigi)

Joseph (Erick) & Victoria (Lilou)

Rebecca (Becky) & Ulysses (Ron)

Natalya (Natalya) & Jeremy (Elijah)

Maryse (Maryse) & Richard (Jules/m)

Cheree (Dakota) & James (Jackson)

Theresa (Zoey) & Leon (Brett)

Brianna (Cora) & Dexter (Mustafa)

Logan (Logan) & Donna (Stephanie)

Randall (Randy) & Conner (Brian)

Keith (Keith) & Lucas “Luke” (Mick)

Sydney (Maxxine) & Jessica (Gilda)

Brittany (Britt) & Carmen (Lola)

Milena (Rosa) & Taylor (Lilou)

Ashley (Shotzi) & Gisele (Rhonda)

Allyssa (Kayden) & Spencer (Gabriel)

Aoife (Lyra) & Dominic “Dom” (Roddy)

William (Christian) & Emilio (Kevin)

Trevor (Ricochet) & Rosalie (Anastasia)

Macey (Lacey) & Sebastian (Grayson)

Sarah (Valhalla) & Jasper (Riley/ m)

Elizabeth (Scarlett) & Luke (Vince)

Stephanie (Mia) & Enrique (Dash)

Ron (R-Truth) & Angela (Asahi)

Shayna (Shayna) & Kate (Mia)

Simone (Ava/Ava Raine) & Sammy (Itsuki)

Layla (Layla) & Dion (Gabriel)

Catherine (Cathy) & Titus (Aiden)

Michael (Shawn) & Mick (Nathan)

Kira (Taya) & Suki (Hawk)

Victoria (Raquel) & Velvet (Asahi)

Mark (The Undertaker) & Clarissa (Paige)

Taylor (Jacy) & Theodora (Lilou) 

Windham (Bray) & Austin (Tyler)

Priscilla (Gigi) & Elizabeth (Kanna)

Patricia (Trish) & Eric (Terry)

Eduardo (Eddie) & Renesmée (Riley/ f)

Jeffrey (Jeff) & Edward (Ted)

Kiera (Kiera) & D.J. (Mustafa)

Mercedes (Sasha) & Quil (Jackson)

Steffanie (Tegan) & June (Gayle)

Serena (Serena) & Embry (Luigi)

Ettore (Big E) & Ashley (Emma)

Adam (Edge) & Royal (Roddy)

Amy (Lita) & Charles (Lucas)

Samantha (Samantha) & Becca (Nastya)

Živilė (Aksana) & Jonathan (Logan)

Kristen (Kris) & Gisell (Becky)

Dwayne (The Rock) & Jasmyne (Olivia)

Daria (Sonya) & Lauren (Olga)

Brodie (Luke) & Rob (Rio)

Kevin (Kevin Nash) & Samuel (Wally)

Bryan (Daniel) & Flynn (Mickie)

Catherine (Lana) & Tara (Gilda)

Jake (Jake) & Vixen (Mario)

Amanda (Mandy) & Beth (Christy)

Joseph (Solo) & Eleazar (Chris)

Kenneth (Montez) & Sam (Mantaro)

Celeste (Kaitlyn) & Matthew “Matt) (Jimbo)

Sarona (Tamina) & Luna (Kanna)

JoJo (JoJo) & Arianne (Falcon)

Kacy (Katana) & Paul (Brett)

Nicola (Nikki Cross) & Bronson (Kaito)

Adam (Braun) & Garrett (Gabriel)

Phillip (CM) & Sean (Mickie)

Rena (Sable) & Roman (Grayson)

Anriel (Lash) & Colleen (Dahlia)

Allen (AJ Styles) & Leah (Lilou)

Renee (Renee) & Jason (Ron)

Angela (Zayda) & Tanya (Olivia)

Kia (Kharma) & Lee (Mick)

Kaori (Kairi) & Theo (Brett)

Todd (Ivar) & Riley (Jules/ m)

Danielle (Willow) & Jane (Riley/ f)

Stephen (Sheamus) & Tara (Ember)

Ashley (Dana) & Sue (Emma)

Jazmin (Mercedes) & Bridget (Alexa)

Melina (Melina) & Han (Mustafa)

Franklin (Bobby) & Bree (Lola)

Faith (Nikkita) & Archie (Haruto)

Ronda (Ronda) & Makenna (Kanna)

Pamela (Bayley) & Samantha (Emma)

Gail (Gail) & Vyolette (Kanna)

Colby (Seth) & Leann (Donna)

Skye (Skye) & Alice (Katya)

Karen (Wendy) & Mariana (Nastya) 

Steve (‘Stone Cold’ Steve) & David (Alexander)

KiLynn (KiLynn) & Kirk (Logan)

Austin (Xavier) & Elle (Gilda)

Alexis (Alexa) & Jakob (Lucas)

Adrienne (Athena/Ember) & Esme (Riley/ f)

Matthew (Matt Hardy) & Earnest (Mario)

Stephanie (Nikki Bella) & Bella (Anastasia)

Thea (Zelina Vega) & Deckard “Deck” (Terry)

Glenn (Kane) & Priya (Olga)

Mary (Maria) & Mae (Anastasia)

Jillian (Jillian) & Aro (Shane)

Michelle (Michelle) & Nicole (Katya)

Lisa (Victoria) & McKayla (Nia) 

Mickie (Mickie) & Kate (Stephanie)

Lilián (Lilian) & Esmeralda (Candice)

Leva (Leva) & Clara (Itsuki)

Toni (Toni) & Nicholas (Jimbo)

Gary (Angelo) & Murray (Mario)

Shinsuke (Shinsuke) & Jennifer (Olivia)

Saraya (Paige) & Lauren (Ember)

Karlee (Maxine) & Ashely (Jules/ f)

Cody (Cody) & Jacob (Jack)

Shelly (Ariel) & Aaron “Hotch” (Louis)

Tom (Aleister) & Emily (Sasha)

Carla (Roxanne) & Alec (Ron)

April (AJ Lee) & Sam (Roddy)

Victoria (Alicia) & Marissa (Chyna)

Danielle (Summer) & Kendall (Jack)

Matthew (Matt Riddle) & Tarrence (Nathan)

Jessica (Billie) & Whitney (Beth)

Stacy (Stacy) & Allen (Alexander)

Joan (Chyna) & Sasha (Hawk)

Jonathan (Dean) & Ophelia (Amelia)

Natalie (Eva) & Tatum (Reo)

Jade (Jade) & Jennifer “JJ” (Riley/ f)

Joe (Roman) & Marcel (Roddy)

Oscar (Rey) & Xavier (Shane)

Kimberly (Piper) & Annelise (Mia)

Leah (Carmella) & Rebecca (Gilda)

Torrie (Torrie) & Irina (Emma) 

Tenille (Emma) & Noel (Nathan)

Dori (Ruby) & Rachel (Gayle)

Eve (Eve) & Ettore (Logan)

John (John Morrison) & Brian (Riley/ m)

Andrew (Drew) & Mary (Candice)

Rami (Sami) & Edythe (Chyna)

Katarina (Katie) & Lance (Luigi)

Cassie (Peyton) & Vera (Lilou)

Kofi (Kofi) & Vallie (Becky)

Laura (Allie) & Annissa (Sasha)

Chelsea (Chelsea) & Jess (Zoe)

Joshua (Jey) & Elyssa (Ruby)

Raymond (Erik) & Russ (Kid)

Ashley (Charlotte) & Leticia “Letty” (Lilou)

Deonna (Deonna) & Logan (Wally)

Kanako (Asuka) & Vince (Mario)

Barbara (Kelly Kelly) & Julyanna (Rhonda)

Lina (Nia) & Eleanor (Stephanie)

Brianna (Brie) & Jared (Ted)

John (John Cena) & Jack (Haruto)

Mike (The Miz) & Henry (Jackson)

Debrah (Alundra/Madusa) & Douglas (Ron)

Claudio (Cesaro) & Laurent (Vince)

Ariane (Cameron) & Stephen (Tyler)

Brandi (Eden) & Erica (Stacie)

Kevin (Kevin Owens/KO) & Derek (Luigi)

Jessika (Jessika) & Jesse (Logan)

Candice (Candice) & Anne (Olga)

John (Johnny Gargano) & Ben (Jimmy)

Debra (Debra) & Jessamine (Jules/ f)

Seth (Riley/ m) & Tyler (Aiden)

Rowena (Donna) & Victor (Kid)

Tej (Elijah) & Sullivan (Mustafa)

Penelope (Becky) & Emily (Stacie)

Evangeline (Olga) & Beth (Stephanie) 

Carine (Layla) & Emmett (Wayne)

Alex (Emma) & Jedidiah (Shane)

Gina (Anastasia) & Mia (Nastya) 

Presley (Louis) & Edward (Kaito)

Gabriel (Brett) & Cain (Alexa)

Ramsey (Katya) & Katie (Nia)

Rubie (Emma) & Eloise (Katya)

Mike (Louis) & Cherylyn (Becky)

That's the full ship list. Hope you guys enjoy it.

[cccovers]

Haunted #65 (December 1982) cover by Enrique Nieto, reprinted from Monster Hunters #10 (October 1977).

[rosemaidenvixen]

Witch Hunter

Chapter 8

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Ao3

Claire kneeled on her mother’s grave, arms pressed against her stomach, uncapped hair blowing in the night breeze.

“Hello mother, I…I wish had had better news for you, but things…things are going to get bad,”

She shouldn’t be here, visiting her mother’s grave was risky enough. But now with all the town on the hunt for a witch…

Her eyes prickled with tears. Coming here was stupid and childish, but Claire’s burning desire to be close to her mother outweighed every ounce of common sense.

“I wish you were here,” she whispered “I wish papa had never taken them to Barbados. Then we wouldn’t have been waylaid by your condition and papa wouldn’t be forced to leave us behind in this god-forsaken town and it’s holier than thou residents–”

But then I would never have met Jim… 

“I’m sorry I keep coming to you with nothing but my troubles,” she mumbled “Something good, Enrique nearly said his first word today. He said ‘nah’ but I think he was trying for ‘no’, soon enough he’ll be speaking in full sentences…”

Her throat tightened “I tell him stories about you all the time, he’s going to grow up knowing his mama. When papa comes back he’ll be so happy he has a son, so happy that he won’t be too upset that you’re…”

A tear fell and stained the dirt “I’m mad,” she said quietly “I’m so mad at you for leaving and I’m mad that I wasn’t able to help you,”

Claire knew she wasn’t being fair, she was hardly being rational, but it was as though a dam inside her had burst. She wanted her mother so much it hurt. Thinking of the stern, iron willed woman that had frustrated her so much through her childhood now filled her with pining.

“I want you here so bad,” she squeezed her eyes shut, words nearly a whine “I wish you were here so you could tell Hopkins to go jump in the sea, or maybe he would have you for a witch the same as the rest of–”

“Claire?”

She whipped around, spotting Jim cautiously stepping into the graveyard.

“Do you need some time alone?” he took a hesitant step back “We can meet later–”

“No.” Claire roughly scrubbed away her tears with the back of her hand, forcing herself to her feet. Now wasn’t the time for crying. Mama might be gone but if she were here she would tell Claire that she needed to hold her head high and take action instead of weeping.

“The Reverend hasn’t said anything about your mother,” Claire said, pleased at how steady her voice came out “I overheard him, Hopkins, and several other men talking. Right now they’re thinking the witch might be someone outside the town, a vagrant or a hermit in the woods,”

Jim visibly sagged in relief before he managed a slow nod “That’s…that’s really good to hear, do you think we can keep them from suspecting her until your father arrives?”

“If we can’t we’ll throw them off somehow, create false evidence or fake an incident,”

Alarm flashed across Jim’s face “Claire that sounds really d–”

“Dangerous? No more so than being accused,”

She stepped up to him. Jim had a few inches on her in height but somehow he was the one looking up to her.

Claire cleared her throat, willing her voice to be firm and authoritative, bringing to mind her mother’s tone when making commands of servants “We have to be willing to take risks, because if your mother is accused we stand to lose absolutely everything,”

“You– you’re right,” Jim stammered out “I’ll keep an ear out for what people are whispering, and if things get bad we’ll start planning on how we can divert attention,”

Claire gave a curt nod “Good,”

“There is…one more thing,” Jim shifted from foot to foot “Goody Hughes any day now,” he said softly “How the birth goes could determine whether my mother is accused as a witch or not,”

Untoward boldness surging through her, Claire stepped forward and put her hands on Jim’s shoulders, gripping him firmly.

“I’ll make sure I’m present, and that no one has any reason to suspect your mother of wrongdoing,”

Shock awakened Jim’s gaunt features “What? Claire no, I can’t ask you to do that, not after–”

“You didn't ask,,” she snapped back “I’ve already made up my mind so I don’t want to hear a word from you. I may like you Jim, but you do not get to tell me what I can and can’t do,”

Jim shut his jaw with a click, staring back at her wide eyed. The silence stretching out between them longer and longer.

“Well? Nothing to say?”

“I– no– it’s not that, it’s…” Jim stammered “I mean I didn’t know her for very long, but you sounded just like your mother,”

Claire’s heart swelled, arms dropping to her sides in an instant. The tears she’d been fighting back all night trickling out.

“Oh god I’m so sorry, sorry I I didn’t mean to upse–”

“You did–” she sobbed “Don’t– you didn't– these– these are happy…” a loud sob cut off the rest of her words.

“Oh….well in that case I rescind my apology,”

A laugh managed to choke its way out past her tears, lightly shoving Jim away “By god you’re awful…”

Jim flashed a cheeky grin “That I am,”

Another laugh, laughter and tears spilling out of her in equal measure now. Vision finally clearing enough to see the soft smile on Jim’s face.

“Do…do you have to go back now? I know it’s harder to get away and–”

“No.” she said flatly, pulling in several deep sniffles to clear her voice “I’ve had more than I can stand of the Greystones, now I need to talk to someone else about anything else,”

“Well…I’m someone else,” Jim flashed her a grin.

“That you are,” she sat down on the hard packed dirt of her mother’s grave, and patted the ground beside her “If you can manage decent conversation I may just tolerate your company,”

“How about…” Jim plunked down on the ground beside her “We talk about Spain?”

She giggled “Gladly,”

“You said you don’t get winter there, right?”

“Not quite,” she folded her legs beneath her “It does get cooler each year but not extremely so, and it rarely ever snows,”

“Amazing…if it rarely gets cold can you grown things year round?”

“No, even with mild winters every fruit has its season. But what does grow…” she turned towards him, a wide grin splitting her face “Apples and lemons, melons and pears, figs and pomegranates. More delicious fruits than you could ever comprehend,”

Jim’s eyes were positively sparkling “Truly?”

“Yes, and–”

And when we wed

Claire caught the careless words before they could escape, clearing her throat in the hope that Jim wouldn’t notice “And when I wed the dashing young man papa’s surely picked out for me, I’ll take you and your mother into our household and make sure you have more fruit than you could ever desire,”

Jim smiled bashfully at her, face flushed bright red all the way to his ears “Th…thank you for that, though I still don’t understand how you can be so calm about the thought of marrying someone you’ve never met,”

She gave him a light punch on the shoulder “Don’t underestimate my papa, he’ll never settle than anything less but the finest young man for his daughter,”

“Of course of course,” Jim turned and bowed his head in the direction of the gravemarker “Forgive me for doubting your husband’s character Mistress Nuñez,”

They both laughed at that, Claire using the respite to shove wicked, unruly thoughts away.

When she returned to Spain there was no doubt she’d marry shortly. Her papa had already been considering potential matches before they left. And once she’d told him of the kindness and generosity Jim and his mother had shown them he’d happily allow Claire to take them on as servants in her household. 

Jim was skilled and charming, he could rise high in the hierarchy, he could become a head chef, maybe even a butler. He would have status, security, a means to ensure his mother lived to comfort in her old age and never had to peddle another charm again. 

He’d been a bright spot in the darkest part of her life, and she would do everything in her power to repay that kindness.

Not chase after foolish fantasies that would never come to pass.