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[sparks-and-smoke]

Hello!

What about an avengers reader and bucky fic where reader dosnt realize they are in an depressive episode but bucky or steve or both ( platonically or romantically) notices.

Haha I just surfaced from a major depressive episode so that's where the inspiration came from.

Also hi!

Hi <3 this one is a little longer because, well I guess I needed it too. Plus fluffy lovey Stucky is my bread and butter. 

Characters/Pairings: Steve Rogers x Reader, Bucky barnes x reader, Stucky (but not really the focus)

Content/Warnings: mental health, depression, anxiety, self care

Author Note: as someone who also struggles with mental health I personally loved this ask. Thank you, and I hope your feeling better sweets. Take care. 

(Bonus note from my editor @voice-of-velhart)

Editor Note: Depression is not an easy thing to make your way out of, but I'm proud of ya'll for pushing through it and I'm glad your here. <3

The brain fog was the thing that set in first. It was hard to fall out of a routine living in the compound. Day in and Day out it was training and meal regimens. Sparring and paperwork. Someone was always around and yet you felt like you were drifting. Going through the motions with little to no reason to do so other than if you didn’t what else would fill your day. No one seemed to notice your lack of enthusiasm, or how your typically attentive nature had been slipping lately. Your reports were still on time and you weren’t pulling your punches in training so you were probably fine… right?

It was burn out or maybe you were feeling under the weather. At least that's what you told them if they asked. And while your friends and team loved you, they were busy people with the literal weight of the world on their shoulders. So who could blame them when they didn’t keep tabs, or at least you thought they didn’t keep tabs. 

Bucky sat in the library trying to find a fantasy book he hadn’t already read. Tony was a brilliant guy but he had horrible taste in written fiction. As he perused, he kept you in his peripheral vision. You stared down at your now cold cup of coffee looking lost even though you weren’t moving. He had noticed you are like this a lot the last few weeks. You shower less and less, your normally shiny maintained hair more often than not on the greasy and dull side of the spectrum. And he hadn’t seen you touch the piano or your switch in days. He was getting concerned. 

He taps Steve with his foot. “What?” 

The big guy had been deep in thought, sprawled out in a lounge chair with his nose in a tablet. “Have you noticed Angel is different lately?” 

Steve glanced up, taking a look at their girl as she swirled the coffee in her mug, totally disassociating. “Yeah, she said she was under the weather. I tried to get it out of her what was wrong but she’s being cagey.” his brows knit together in a mask of concern. “Sure is lingering a long time to be just a bug, don't cha think?”

Bucky nodded, “Yeah I do… what are we gonna do about it.” 

Steve sighed heavily and set down his tablet, giving the issue his full attention. He thinks back to those long cold winters in brooklyn. When the snow was deep and his bones would ache so bad he didn’t wanna get out of bed. There were always little things that would help him get out of those slumps. Bucky making him get up and shower was always a good start, followed by warm food and if they could find it, sunlight. 

“I think we're gonna start by helping our girl feel human again..” 

~~~~

Steve and Bucky formed a game plan. The two men are nothing if not efficient and tactical. Steve went down stairs to start food. Something starchy and savory. Comfort food. Meanwhile, Bucky started operation Angel Self Care. 

��Angel.” Bucky's voice was soft, wrapped in warm velvet. And you barely registered it before he was crouching down and smoothing back your hair from your face. Taking your untouched cup out of your hand. “How long have you been sitting here, beautiful?” 

You shook your head as if you could wave away the mist behind your eyes. “Oh, I don’t know. Lost track of time I guess.” Bucky just hums. Yeah, he knows that feeling. He also knew it never led anywhere good. 

“Lost in thought?” 

You looked up to meet his gaze, warmth and concern mixing in the set of his jaw and the draw of his brows. “Yeah I guess. I’m fine babe. Don’t worry about it I’m just..”

“Feeling under the weather. Yeah, I know. You’ve been saying that a lot lately. I’m starting to think it’s a cop out.”

It is and you know it but you don’t know what else to say. “I just. I don’t know what wrong with me lately. I just… I don’t wanna do anything. Like anything ya know? It’s like sometimes waking up alone is all I have in me for the day. Do you know how that feels.”

If anyone knew how you felt it was Bucky. Hell sometimes he still felt that way, decades of torture and actions out of his own control had left him with more then his own share of depressive tendencies that drag him deep down under the current of reality pretty regularly. There are days he goes completely nonverbal, only going through the motions on autopilot. The only people who can pull him out are Steve, and you. And therapy, lots of therapy. “Of course I do. You know I do. But Angel, you can’t live there. It’s ok to feel it, but you need to acknowledge it and try to crawl back out. It’s ok if you can’t do it alone baby.”

You feel a thick lump forming in your throat that you can’t quite swallow down. The urge to argue, to tell him your fine and he’s being overbearing was there. But more then that you knew he was right. Something was wrong, and you couldn’t climb out on your own. But you weren’t ready to say it. Not yet. 

“Come on honey, let’s get you cleaned up and get some food in your belly. That might help a little.” Bucky didn’t wait for you to protest, he slid one arm under your legs and the other around your back and headed up to Steve’s quarters. Not caring in the slightest if teammates or recruits saw. That was a problem for later Bucky. 

~~~~

The big six had full apartments in the upper levels of the compound. Which means he could squirrel you away to Steve’s private bath and get you in the shower. Vetiver and pine, a familiar comforting scent. Gently and quietly he started the shower to an acceptable temperature for you (hot enough to turn your skin the next shade of blush.) and stripped you down to help you in. 

There was nothing sexual about the way he did this. It was all just about loving you. Helping you, as  he guided you into the water and let it wash away your stress. He pulled you back against his chest. “There’s my girl. That feel better Angel?” 

You nod as the smell of Steve’s body wash fills the small space. “Do you mind if I wash you?” 

With your permission he sets about cleaning you up. Slow loving strokes over your body as he pulls you back to lean on his chest. “You know you can talk to us about anything right. Steve and I love you. You’ve been here for us. Let us do the same.” 

“I would tell you… if I knew why I felt this way.” You confess. “If I had some inkling of what I needed to get out to feel better but I don’t.” 

Your voice wavers and it breaks Bucky's heart just a little. He wants to fix it. But he knows he can’t. All he can do is be there for you. “Well, I’m glad you trust me enough to help you.” He tilts your head back. Starting to wash your hair. “We’ll just take it one step at a time till we find ground again. Ok?

~~~~ 

Downstairs Steve fretted over the stove. Sweet potato pierogi and with onions and butter. It was easy, simple even. But it always made him feel better as a kid and the few times he had made it you liked it. He looked up as he heard feet pad down into the kitchen. Hair still damp, but clean. In fresh sweats and Bucky's shirt. 

“Ahh, there you are. Do you feel better?”

“Yeah… a little.” You admit, sitting on a stool across the island. 

Steve rounds the counter to kiss your forehead. “You look better.” He inhaled her skin, the longer scent of his soap and Bucky's touch still there, along with that sweet undertone that was all you. “Smell better too.” He teased. 

You breath out your nose with a half hearted huff. “Thanks.” 

“Always angel. Here. I made you some food. You don’t have to eat it all but at least a few bites would ease my mind. And then maybe we can go up to the room and get you some sun hmm? Would you be ok with that.” Steve slid the colorful pasta across the counter to you with a warm smile. Trying to coax you to follow his lead. 

“Yeah. Sounds good.” You eat mostly in silence. Steve and Bucky don’t push you to talk as you fill your stomach. You know they're worried. But even just these small gestures are helping you feel like maybe there is an end to this malaise. You see Steve smile and kiss Bucky softly in thanks as they wait for you to tell them you're ready. 

They spend the rest of the day trying to get you some sun. Fresh air and movement. 

“We’re gonna do this a little everyday till you start feeling better. And if you need it or feel up to it we can look into talking to a therapist too.” Steve assures. His hand firmly laced through your own. “You are not alone in this. We all feel this way sometimes. But I’m proud of you for trying love.”

A flicker of hope flies in your chest at his words. You aren’t alone, this isn’t forever. And your men are gonna love you through it till you can do it on you own.

[headfarintheclouds]

This has been something that's been rattling around in my head a while and I haven't seen anyone do this yet, so got any HCs for Kenji dating a Vtuber reader?

Well to be honest, when I read that ask I wasn't too sure what to write BUT I did find a few ideas :D I don't really understand the Vtuber concept but I do enjoy people my Cyno and Monarch :) Hope you'll like it and THANK YOU for the request <3 AN: I kind of wrote it more for a streamer than for a VTuber at the end ? I'm so sorry !

He didn't know you were a streamer until you told him. Remember when I said he was protective ? Yeah, when you mentioned you streamed with a camera he wasn't too happy about it. Sure you were your own person, but even he knew Internet was full of creeps and people of all kind honestly. It calmed him down when you told him about your Avatar and explained that nobody really knew how you looked like.

Kenji doesn't really care about games and streamers, but he cares about you ! So when you two decided to move in together, he renovated one of the rooms into your personal office. Taking you to IKEA to pick up furniture turned out to be the worst decision of his life, you spend hours choosing desks and chairs and other cute clutter to fill out the space to your liking. He wouldn't take no for an answer when he told you he'll pay for the stuff, even through you made enough money to afford it. "It makes you happy, right ? Let me make my princess happy." he said and kissed your forehead right then and there.

Whenever you streamed, and he had the time to do so, he would sit in the corner of your newly decorated office and watch you play. Nursing a cup of coffee or tea, depending on the time of day, he would chuckle whenever you lost a game or get scared by a monster in one of the horrors your audience begged you to play.

Speaking of Horror games ! Kenji is a little shit and we all know it, so you can imagine what would happen when you played scary games. Yep, he would scare the absolute shit out of you. One night you finally agreed to playing Phasmophobia with some of your online friends and well...

Your eyes focused on the screen, watching one of your friends place the crucifix on the floor. You were still fairly new to the game but you did know that it would stop the ghost from hunting, at least until it burned. "So what now ?" you asked, your Vtuber following your motions to a T. "Now we need last evidence." one of your co-players responded, his character crouching to pick up the walkie-talkie from the ground. At that moment something fell down from the in game table and it made you absolutely scream. "NOPE I AM OUT OF HERE !" you turned your character and walked towards the door, but it slammed in your face. The ghost started to hunt and from the looks of it it was after you ! "SUCK A CARROT, SUCK A CARROT !" you yelped, trying to run away. You could hear your friends absolutely lose it in the background, as the ghost finally caught up to you. A hand was suddenly placed on your shoulder, and you jump out from your chair so fast Ken didn't even had the time to react. Let's just say your audience started was confused about the sudden bang, and a groan of pain.... and your endless apologies. Nobody could see but you just smacked your wireless keyboard on top of his head from the fright... (BTW ! That Suck a carrot moment actually happened. My friend yelled that dying to a ghost and I thought I might share it with ya'll XD)

Yeah from that point onwards he didn't try to scare you anymore. You felt awful about the incident but some sick party of you was glad you did it, serves him right for scaring you like that. He sported a black eye for weeks after the incident, making tabloids go wild.

Emi absolutely adores your streams. Whenever you play games like Sims or Stardew valley Mina would let her watch it knowing it was friendly enough not to startle her. She was confused as to why the strange character on the screen was speaking with your voice but she still enjoyed the content.

Speaking of our baby girl ! At one point you changed your Avatar and added some stuff representing Emi. Like a Fin-like-Hairclip and a necklace with a K and E on it. Your fans asked questions but you just said you needed a change. Ken was very pleased about the necklace though !

Like any other Streamer you have your own merch, and Ken owns EVERY.SINGLE.PIECE. Limited edition ? He has double of every thing. He absolutely loved the fact you enjoyed your hobby/job so much !

He would totally share a link to your stream on his social. Imagine your surprise when you woke up one day with over 100k followers. Which was strange considering you were chilling at 2k just a few hours before that.

All in all. He would not understand much about your job, but he will support you no matter what. Even if he gets a black eye in the end XD

I'm sorry if it's bad !

[zwolfgames]

HHOORAY! BG3 update! I hope you will continue the series, but in the meantime, you can't write a little work about the relationship of the squad, because judging by your last work, everyone became a little jealous of the reader and behaved more intensely.

Me when any ask I can answer ♡⸜(˃ ᵕ ˂ )⸝

Hope you meant can write a little work because otherwise I'm embarrasing myself heavily here.

So here's a little breakdown of all the party members' feels towards you and towards eachother at the end of act 1!

Warnings: Slightly jealous idea's

Lae'zel: (Just to mention that if the part of Lae'zel caring for the Gith egg from the creché didn't exist in game I'd have assumed that she hated kids, but that is a mother ya'll)

Lae'zel had been the first one to meet you, so by the age old saying she found you first so you're hers.

At the end of Act 1 she's started to accept that she does care about you and your wellbeing and that it's better to fight for you instead of against her protective feelings for you.

Obviously it's in het nature to be slightly possesive, but Lae'zel doesn't go overboard yet. The other party members are handy for nown they help in fights and that wizards cooks. Atleast she doesn't have to make you meals, Lae'zel already expects you to be disgusted.

The Githyanki woman manages to get along with Wyll, Haslin and surpisingly Karlach as they seem to want the same, protect you. Simple as that. Make it out alive, and maybe give you back to this mother that you keep mentioning if they really have to.

Lae'zel can't work with Shadowheart (obv) and dislikes the tricks Astarion teaches you. She's fine with Gale helping you learn new spells but she personally dislikes the guy just for being how he is.

Shadowheart: The second one you met. The half elf isn't sure what she feels towards you. On one side, you're quite annoying, with your childish behavior and silly jokes. But deep down Shadowheart does feel some sort of responsibility for you. You got stuck in this adventure too. You both have a worm in your brains.

She can sympathise with you and will keep you out of harms way if possible. Though if she had to choose between you or her godess, you're scrapped quite quickly at the moment. Not that that would emain the same after the Shadowfell...

Shadowheart can get along with Lae'zel as well as the gith can with her. So basically a harsh no.

Though the half elf does share some banter and talks with Astarion, and Karlach, she prefers to work and act in solitude, even if thats not possible with the current group. She doesn't have a big problem in letting the rest handle you, it makes it easier for her. But she did feel a strange tingle of jealousy when Halsin ran off with you during the creché fight.

This singular event has made her wary of Halsin, she's more likley to guide you a bit more away from him. Heal you more so he doesn't get the chance to be caring towards you. Yes, it's petty, but she was the one healing you first.

Shadowheart doesn't really have a strong opinion on Gale and Wyll, theyre just there.

Wyll: Wyll has it in him to protect younger ones (as seen by his first appearances) and this obviously applies to you too. He's not exactly fond of the idea that this band of randomly accumelated misfits are your guardians at the moment. He'd like for you to stick closer to him.

Afterall, he is a known hero. He can teach you some swordfighting, or some spells, you don't need Gale for that! And he simply despises Astarion, not for what or who he is, but simply because he's been teaching you how to steal and do other knarly pranks.

That's not Wyll's idea of a well raised child. He could do better if only you'd let him. He is yet to figure out that he can also just hog you like the rest does and that you don't hang out with anyone by choice.

He was glad with Halsins presence up until the creché incident. Echo Shadowheart, he feels like the druid is getting too daring with you. Who does he think he is? He just joined the party! He probably doesn't even know your favourite colour...

Wyll feels neutral with the rest, he can get along with Karlach the most, wich is surpising considering he was tasked to kill her for so long, but he can see the two of them raising you the best.

Astarion: A fan favourite, he thinks he's your favourite too. Not genuinely.. he's got his respectable insecurities. But surely his laid back and 'cool uncle' behavior makes you have more fun, right?

He's actually been quite attentive of your behavior, not having been around kids in a long time has made him intrigued. He can see how you don't look pleased with the other's overbearing behavior. So he won't do so. You can manage yourself just fine, especially with the tricks he's teaching you.

Astarion will push you out of the way of danger when needed. But he doesn't want that to show, he'd rather you think he just finds you funny and that's why he talks to you, not because he's genuinly worried and cares. It's not something he can admit to himself yet.

The vampire has some opinions on the rest of the group. He can be at ease with Karlach and Shadowheart.. Gale... on occasion.

Before the creché incident he got along with Halsin a bit too, personally the vampire found him a perfect piece of flesh to set his teeth in. But that little manouver went over his non official boundaries about you. He was worried when you dissapeared! He felt like this was something he'd be more inclined to do.. not Halsin..

His opinion on the rest of the party is slightly distrustfull, simply because of how much they smother you and how displeased you look with it. He's very empathic, don't you see!

Karlach: Karlach loves you, seriously, you're funny, you can joke with her and you're helping them solve this worm problem? She thinks you're awesome.

She's missed this playfullness in Avernus so much, just someone to goof off with! And obviously you fight with her, so she will protect you. You're smaller, it's only fair.

Karlach also gets along with Wyll well, same goals and all. She's thinking maybe you could join up with her when she gets her engine fixed and you can all go out adventuring with Wyll. Wouldn't that be a blast?

Now at the end of act 1, she's probably the one your most comfrotable with, even if Astarion would go cry in a tent if you said it. You may not be able to touch Karlach without getting severe burnwounds, but thats really handy, atleast she doesn't manhandle you like a familiar elf.

Karlach was quite furious when Halsin took you away, wich is kind of why they made it out of that Creché alive, her rage fueled the fight greatly.

Karlach wasn't very possesive of you at first, but atfter said event she's grown to accept that this is a hostile enviroment and not all party members can be trusted.

The only one she currently has a galring eye on is Halsin, though she find Lae'zel and Gale a bit unnerving. But she can live with it.

Gale: Your new and trustworthy magic teacher! No he hasn't accepted that you're a sorcerer and that his way of teaching you magic is way too strange for someone that just suddenly made up fireball by themselves. He's a bit oblivious about his teaching. Wich is strange, because he takes notice of all your other signs.

Gale has grown attached fast, he doesn't have Tara with him, and he's been lonely for a while. He's never thought he wanted a kid but you surely seem to make the idea spark in his head. He would explode for you, litterally, but a certain wizard hasn't come to tell hil that's possible yet.

He's a very overbearing guy with this new experience of having a kid, making sure your tent is set up right, making you read to stay smart. And due to him wanting to raise you his way, he's having a hard time getting along with Lae'zel, Halsin and Wyll. Not to mention that he can't stand the vampire! He's hogging you to learn you stupid tricks. Knock is way more important- what do you mean you know that already?!

The wizard has been wary of Halsin ever since you've all saved him. Seems he was right when the man ran off with you. Gale praises himself for his right gut feeling even though he's done nothing to prevent this from happening.

Honestly he just wants this to be over and go home with you in tow.

Halsin: The worst one of the bunch. You came to save him, he saw you (a little kid in his eyes) with a bunch of weird compagnions and knew he had a job to do here.

Halsin was quick with his protectiveness over you. The amount of time he's spend protecting the grove and living as a bear wasn't helping. He'd like to call you his cub, but even he isn't delusional enough to see that you'd freak out at the meaning of it...

Halsin actually doesn't like anyone in the group, he can get along with everyone, yes, but the only one he finds even slightly ok is Wyll.

Sadly his friendly act fell appart when he pulled his stunt at the Creché.

Don't blame him too much, he thought they were all going to die. If they did he would have tracked right back to the grove with you. Actually, that would have been way better for you considering the people you're about to face in the Shadowcursed lands.

There's not too much to say about Halsins behavior around the rest, he's mostly busy handling you, picking you up, subtly distracting you from the rest, teaching you his own learnings.

It's honestly disturbing that he went overprotective the fastest. You just met the guy less then a week ago!

Hope that answers the ask well enough! If not do let me know :3

I honestly have no idea how this concept is even being written, I don't think i was concious for half of the plot i made up. What happens happens, don't die.

And thank you for the ask! If my parents weren't home I'd have squealed. <3

[insertsomthinawesome]

I'M BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK!!! Okay so honestly I have been very very inconsistent over the years with just disappearing for periods of time due to various things 😂 So it probably seemed pretty normal to most people.

But it felt different on my side, so I'm excited to be back in business. I took a month long hiatus! 31 days of not drawing digital art. Its not something I talk about on here? But I've been suffering from some serious long term Art Burnout for.... a really really long time. Long enough that I should've taken a break probably years ago. It finally got so bad that I could barely draw. I was scared to do it (cause it always looked "bad" in my eyes [i'll come back to that]) and doing it was exhausting and disheartening.

I talked it over with somebody and realized that the fear and anger and frustration I felt towards my own artwork was uh. Not Normal or Healthy. And I finally committed to taking a real break for once.

I still drew a little bit by hand? Traditional art has always felt like it has lower stakes for me (i don't often share it online, and sometimes I don't even share it with friends) so I did some of that when I felt like it. But Digital art was completely off the table.

I had put such an immense pressure on myself to make my digital art perfect, to make as much of it as quickly as possible to satisfy something. It wasn't fun anymore. I'm proud of what i've made over the years! But for a long time now the stuff I've been making was made while hating every second of making it. With some rare exceptions.

I hated my art! It was a combination of Perfectionism, taking in too many external expectations, and the burnout. If you hate doing something its kinda hard to love it even when you want too lol. It wasn't "Bad" in the sense that the quality was low and it was ugly! It was "Bad" in the sense that it was unhealthy for me to keep doing it at that point in time.

I'm glad to report though, that with my hiatus officially over as of Wednesday last week: I am once again. In Love. With doing art, and being an artist :)

I put off taking a break for years cause I was scared that taking a break would mean that I would never achieve all the things I wanted to do with art. I was scared it was a stupid and lazy thing to do that would mean I'd never achieve my dreams. And Also even though I kinda hated drawing, I also loved making art. Its a weird duality that I can't even really explain??? I hated it but I also loved it. I wanted it but I also wanted to run from it. It wasn't until I was more mature and had more clarity and insight (and unfortunately also until the problems got worse) that I was finally able to let go of those fears and just do it.

And I'm really really glad I did. It was everything I needed. And I hope to strike a better balance in the future with art. Taking more breaks when I need them, or just when other things have my attention like reading or Video games (Some star rail got played during this time xD)

From the outside things probably aren't going to be that different?? At this point I don't really have any sure plans to post anything I've been drawing since my Hiatus ended. I might or I might not xD I'm still a hobbyist artist taking things at her own pace, but I hope that it shows how much happier I am :)

Whumptober 2023 is being officially put to rest by this post btw! I was in major burnout when that event started, and I'm ready to just, move on from all the past expectations I'd shoved on my shoulders. If I feel like filling any of the prompts or going back to any of the ideas I'd come up for it I will! But I'm not going to worry about doing it unless the desire sets in. Thanks to everybody who's been so kind to me throughout my time on here as an artist! Ya'lls tags and screaming and kind words, the fanfic, the asks and the responses? Its been fantastic :) You guys have made me laugh, smile, and cry tears of joy. I hope from here that things only get better and sweeter! And if I have bad days again, that's okay too.

Here's to 2024 and whatever it may bring ya'll :D 🎉🎉✨✨🧡��

[vicsnook]

Illicit Affairs | Jake Seresin x Reader

word count: 1677

warnings: Jake being Jake, drinking, fluff

song pairing: Illicit Affairs - Taylor Swift

notes: Hey ya'll! I hope y'all are enjoying this series so far. We still have 3 more parts after this one for Jake. This is part 4 in the Wildest Dreams fic (Jake's Version). There is a version in which the reader ends up with Bob and you can find those alternate parts under Bob in my masterlist. Please don't forget to like and reblog and thank you for reading and past likes/reblogs!

Make sure nobody sees you leave

Hood over your head, keep your eyes down

You didn’t want to be in Jake’s apartment but when Maverick called and asked if you could pick him up because he had drunk too much again and passed out in the sand you didnt seem to have another choice.

So that’s how you got there. Last week when he did this you took him back to your place but after Friday night you didnt want to be anywhere near him. A shiver went down your spine as the image of him and the blonde girl kissing replayed in your mind.

You knew deep down he probably hadn't meant for things to get this bad but you were disappointed he’d rather ruin everything than express his feelings.

You put the hoodie’s hood up and sprinted to your car. Hoping no one from the squad would see you here. You didn’t want anyone getting the wrong impression if they saw you, especially since you were sure Nat had told Bob about Friday night.

Take the road less traveled by

Tell yourself you can always stop

You even went as far as taking the long way home to avoid seeing anyone and told yourself this would be the last time you’d do him any favors outside of work. He wasn’t worth ruining the friendship you and Bob were trying to have. Not after he showed you he’d rather kiss someone else than even talk about the possibility of a relationship with you.

___

Today we had dogfight football. Bob was driving you and Nat to the beach to meet the rest of the squad and they were very chatty this morning but you couldn’t bring yourself to participate.

Your mind was elsewhere and that was clear as Nat tackled you easily in the first round. Maverick sent you out sensing something was up and put Reuben in. Bob shooting you a look of concern that you quickly dismissed by waving your hand off at him.

What started in beautiful rooms

Ends with meetings in parking lots

You watched everyone play and they seemed to be having a great time until Jake tackled Bob unnecessarily. Maverick sounded his whistle as Jake got off Bob and walked off. “What the hell was that for Seresin?” shouted Maverick after him. “Sorry, I just got too into it boss. It won’t happen again,” replied Jake trying to hide a scowl.

Bob’s eyes kept looking over at you as the game progressed since Jake was sitting not even 4 feet away from you in the tailgate of his truck. You tried smiling at him reassuringly even though your discomfort was clear. You even considered sitting inside the car but you didn't want to raise any suspicions. “Why’d you pick me up yesterday?” asked Jake, breaking you out of your thoughts. 

“Maverick asked me to.”

“You could’ve said no.”

“I should’ve,” you replied coldly trying to end the conversation. 

You could feel his green eyes still on you. You looked at the squad and specifically at Bob who didn’t seem to have noticed the small chat. “I’m sorry about what happened Friday” said Jake, once again breaking the silence. 

“Don’t be. I’m glad now I know what you really want”

“C’mon Peach, she kissed me! She wouldn’t leave me alone from the moment I got there. You can even ask Penny if you don't believe me! I admit I should have left from the get-go but I was already pretty drunk.” He said, desperate, as you kept your eyes focused on the game. “Can we talk later? Like really talk?” He asked. You finally turned to look at him as you shook your head no in response and got up to grab a bottle of water. 

You spent the rest of the game sitting in the sand by the cooler instead of the hood of Bob’s car. Jake seemed to have stayed in the tailgate of his truck but you weren’t sure since you didn’t want to turn around to look. You wondered if he parked beside Bob on purpose but shook that off your mind as Bob was being lifted onto Roosters and Mickey's shoulders for making them win.

His cheesy smile as the boys kept yelling his name made you break out into one of your own as you headed toward them. You all rallied around Bob patting him on the back and started to head into the Hard Deck.

And that's the thing about illicit affairs

And clandestine meetings and longing stares

It's born from just one single glance

But it dies, and it dies, and it dies

A million little times

You nursed a beer and smiled at Penny while everyone went off to play pool or darts. Bob was dragged off by Rooster to supposedly teach him piano which left you all alone. You noticed Jake glancing at you as he played darts which only irritated you. 

By your 4th beer, you had beaten Reuben at pool and sang Great Balls of Fire with Rooster twice. You excused yourself to the bathroom and as you washed your hands you noticed it. The sweatshirt you had thrown on this morning wasn’t yours. It was Jake’s. All his glances made sense now. 

You cursed yourself for having slept in which made you rush this morning when getting ready. No one else seemed to notice it wasn't yours since it was just a Navy sweatshirt but the wine stain let you know otherwise since that was the only reason he’d left it at your house. You could hear yourself in your mind as you headed back to the bar promising him you’d get the stain out while he assured you it was fine. 

And you wanna scream

Don't call me "kid"

Don't call me "baby"

Look at this godforsaken mess that you made me

You set your hands on Bob’s and Rooster’s shoulders as they played a vaguely familiar tune. Graciously you accepted the shot of what you now knew was tequila from Rooster. “What the hell are you playing Rooster?” you asked, trying to decipher the familiar melody.

“Jolene, kid. Thought you’d know,” responded Jake instead with a wink as he grabbed a beer from the bucket on top of the piano. You swallowed hard remembering the car ride to the flea market when you both sang along to it. 

“Why would you know?” questioned Bob as he glanced between you and Jake who was now by the pool table. “I don’t know. He’s just being an asshole. Ignore him.” you replied, hoping you sounded convincing enough. You must’ve since he turned around and continued to play with Rooster.

—

When Bob dropped you off at home the first thing you did was take off Jake’s sweatshirt. Tears pooled in your eyes as you scrolled on your phone and deleted every picture you’d taken together with Jake except group ones. Still, you left them in your recently deleted folder. Your finger hovered over the block button too when removing his contact picture but you knew in a work emergency that wouldn’t be ideal so you decided against it. 

The sound of the doorbell startled you as you glanced at your phone and noticed it was almost 1 AM now. You ran to your room and quickly threw on a shirt. Looking through the window you saw Jake’s truck in your driveway.

And you know damn well

For you, I would ruin myself

A million little times

“What are you doing here?” you asked him, noticing the flowers he was holding.

“May I come in please?”

“Uh, sure,” you answered moving aside so he could walk in. He carefully set the flowers on your counter as you headed towards the couch. He promptly followed by taking a seat across from you.

“What are you doing here?” you asked, fidgeting with your fingers in your lap. 

He took a deep breath before speaking. “I’m sorry about the shit I did. I swear everything I told you earlier was true.” 

“I know, Penny told me,” you said, cutting in. 

“Seeing you  with Bob I thought maybe you two would rekindle things and I let it get the best of me,” he said quickly, his eyes focused on the painting behind you as he spoke instead of you. 

“We’re just friends, Jake. I tried to talk to you in the car Friday and you shot me down”

“I know, I’m sorry. I was worried that we would try to make things work and they wouldn’t. I don't want to lose you” he replied, this time looking at you.

“You think I’m not worried too?” you asked, annoyed that this could have been resolved Friday but he chose to do things the hard way. 

“I’m sorry. I should’ve just told you. I felt too like Bob was only saying he was okay with it to avoid drama.”

“Yes, you should’ve. I also realized that when I told you about it so I talked to him again and he told me he just wanted me to be happy and asked if we could just let this all be water under the bridge.” 

“Oh, I guess he definitely took that better than I thought,” he muttered as you nodded in response. “So do I still have a chance?” he asked with a hopeful look on his face.

“I don’t know,” you answered, watching his face fall. “That depends on if you’re going to go make out with other girls every time things get complicated.” you continued. “I won’t, I swear,” he replied quickly.

“Then yes. But there is one condition.” 

“Anything” he replied, nodding his head. 

“We take things slow and until we are sure this is going to work out we will not tell the squad about us.” 

“Yes Lieutenant,” he replied, mockingly saluting you. You laughed as he inched closer to you. 

“May I kiss you, Lieutenant?” he asked.

 “You may,” you replied as he closed the distance between you with a sweet kiss.

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[jazeswhbhaven]

Holy shit you actually read my post thank you. And sorry for what I will throw out here:

Hello again! I guess I should use some label but I always forget. Let's just go with 💭 anon because I think way too much for anyone's liking. And Yes, I did finish Chapter 6.

So Chapter 6 actually gave a LOT of information for us and yes MC finally did stuff that actually helped them gain some merit. Their abilities still feel pretty dormant, I guess they wanted to show off just a small taste of what MC could be capable of in the near future. Hopefully. If they don't relapse back. Your move PB and you don't have a lot going for you atm.

But...that's about it. I think after this many chapters and most of the summaries of the L card stories...I don't really have a lot of expectations. In fact anything with the MC is very low expectations for me. But I say I will give them a slightly lighter sentence for CH6, only a smidge but I'm just that hard to please. In the end, I still don't see why the devils like MC. Like I get the devils have no shame and stuff but if the MC is supposed to represent like "us," then it's not really like, blank slatey enough for me to want to make an MC OC because it's like the game tells you that you have to be a frigging pervert which to each their own, I don't really function that way enough to want to fuck every single devil. If I want to make someone crazy I'd make a demon instead. Heck a powerful demon MC makes more sense than a rando human watching porn who happens to be the descendant of someone important? I mean I expect more to their background but it's "descendant of Solomon this and that." Too much emphasis on the Solomon part(be quiet, Sitri) too.

And honestly agree with you when they decided to go gaga over the angel. Heck during the Foras confession bit I'm just going. "Foras you're so sweet, but..seriously? -scoots him over to Astra/OCs- You can do better." I guess PB is making them consistent of them going stupid over any pretty face, and honestly I think everyone's gonna have to just deal with(and I'm sure they are) MC being...well MC I guess.

I accepted it, but I won't like it. It gets tiring when I have to go: "Oh they did a cool thing good for them--aaaaannnnnd we're back to them being a perverted degenerate. Great. Moving on."

Props to PB making a H game and all that, but maybe I'm silly and want to some more meat on those bone(rs). I don't even bother with the unholy boards anymore because I reading the first parts I'm not really invested to throw in all those candies.

I'll let you in on my inbox strategy 💭 anon. There's literally no organized way I answer asks. I do in fact read every single one, and see if my brain has an answer for it, if I do and I can churn it out without getting distracted it gets posted quickly. If not it takes a few days 😭 (or longer as most of ya'll can clock) So yes! very slow reply rate, but I do read every single one at least once so I can keep track of what I need to answer when I get to it.

SO YES glad you finished chapter 6 so we can talk about this better.

MC really made me wanna smack them when they were doubting the devils because I'm like, hello??? the only good angel you've seen is Leamas and even then he was lying to you for his and Nina's benefit while almost getting ya'll killed in the process. Plus, Gabriel killed your bestie/future husband if he has anything to say about it, every devil's backstory should have you convinced, especially Belial's. His damn vocal cords are damaged, you think he did that on purpose?

"I only heard one side" true. But the angels haven't really given you any reason (main story wise) to believe that they should be trusted and shortly after Camael definitely proved that point by getting frustrated when they wouldn't believe him.

There was also that point where they attacked poor Ppyong, so it's clear that they haven't gotten to that level of being able to handle all of the kings powers. Nor be able to take on multiple contracts.

I love how you mentioned scooting Foras over to other OCs, but yes Foras please look elsewhere.

And to brag about Astra for a bit, if you don't mind me doing so, while Astra does have the "hot girl summer, th0t" personality it's literally because she's allowed to do so in Hell, so why not? back with Minhyeok she doesn't want to further embarrass him by acting out, saves that energy for her job, and comes back home and chills out with him. But also, there's a sense of "I have to fight with them otherwise what I am here for?" which is why she tried to beat up Gabriel when she was attacked by him in the first place lol I had to put that for her because I was like, nah we're not gonna have a character that doesn't fight that doesn't sit right with me.

And other's OCs also seem to have their amazing personalities and some are even fixed on one devil and that's it. I love how realistic that can be, and how everyone's characters differ from MC. That's also why I agree that while they aren't blank-slate enough for self-insert, they are made to where we all can just insert our own characters in place and it would still work to some degree.

And for making a demon OC, I'm starting to think I should bring mine over. Nova is half-demon, but I think my demon OC would fit here too (couldn't really figure out how to get him to fit in the OM universe)

I know there's some MC fans out there that don't really see anything wrong with them, (which is why I have my tag on here) but sorry ya'll MC just ain't doin' it for me. Male MC acting this way too just makes me feel like I'm reading this one BL that I won't mention or we'll be here all damn night....lmao

[wildlife4life]

WIP Wednesday

I have gotten tagged by so many lovely and amazing people! I feel so loved and honored! Thank you @jesuisici33, @thewolvesof1998, @hippolotamus, @thekristen999, @spotsandsocks, @forthewolves, @alyxmastershipper, @spaceprincessem, @prince-buck-diaz, @panbuckley, @wikiangela, and @shortsighted-owl

I know I'm a little late to the game today, but I am trying to get my shadowing hours done so I can finally get into my program for school. So as thanks for all the tags and the patience, here is a piece of Three Taps for the Lombardi aka NFL Buck.

“Damn Buckley, you get a new helmet? Head getting knocked around less now? Because those are some seriously brilliant solutions.” Eddie jests, already making a note in his phone to message Maddie and talk to Bobby. Buck clicks his tongue, “You’re an asshole. I’m telling Linda to take the rest of week off, let you fend for yourself with meals.” He threatens emptily, trying and failing not to smile. Eddie places a hand over his heart, overdramatizing his mock dread to the threat, “Would you really deprive the man you proclaim to love more than football itself, the great wonders of Linda’s cooking?” His boyfriend snort loud and the screen shakes with his laughter, “Yes, but given your last cooking attempt, I’ll reframe from doing so.  I like the kitchen too much for you to potentially burn it down.” Eddie was not going to argue with him. His piss poor cooking skills were a fault he embraced after almost burning down their first home in Houston, trying to make a celebratory dinner for Buck after signing his million-dollar contract with the Texans. “How’s camp going? Taking your own advice and making some new friends?” Eddie asks. Evan frowns a bit, “Still getting a hang of McVay’s system. I got to know the receivers when I had those private work outs with them and at OTA’s. Wolford and Perkins are good guys, I’m around them a lot. I get along great with the O-line, especially Whitworth, which is good. Don’t need another unguarded linebacker snapping my leg.” He wrinkles his nose at the memory and Eddie notices the slight movement of the arm not holding his phone, probably rubbing scars along his left leg.  Eddie just grimaces, remembering that game, Buck’s recovery, and the potential loss of his starting job to Watson. The 2018-2019 season really was the worst for Evan. “And the defensive players?” Eddie prompts, pulling them both away from past. “Great guys. Glad to have Donald on the same team.  They all really make you work for it.” Buck sneers slightly and tries to hide it, but Eddie catches him. “What is it?”

If you want to see the other posts and snippets for this fic just search under the nfl tag on my page. Hope ya'll enjoyed!

Tagging who I hope hasn't posted yet, if so, sorry I've been off tumblr for most of the day lol: @monsterrae1, @lizzybizzyzzz, @transbuck, @glorious-spoon @911onabc, @911-on-abc, @brokenribsdiaz, @cowboydiazes, @cowboy-buddie, @starlingbite, @housewifebuck, @bigfootsmom, @try-set-me-on-fire, @homerforsure, @sibylsleaves, @princessfbi, @bekkachaos, @heartbeatdiaz

[jojo-schmo]

Another batch of Forgotten Land Roleswap asks!

Look under the cut for answers and a behind the scenes sketch page! ;D

Thank you for the kind words!

Meta Knight doesn't have Mouthful-mode in my particular AU- Combo-mode is more Sworn Partner-flavored which is I why I went with it. But also for some reason I literally cannot bring myself to draw Meta consuming automobiles and vending machines. Too wild of a concept for me! But if anyone reading this is capable of doing so, I welcome the possibility HAHA

I had to hold onto this ask for a while because you gave me some really good food for thought! As of now I don't have plans to swap any of them since they don't play a big part in the comic but if I get struck by divine inspiration, I'll have you to thank for putting the idea in my head!

Stubborn knight!! I think he's so used to being self-sufficient that he dislikes being "coddled" by others and prefers to take things into his own hands. This is actually something the comic will explore down the line! I've interpreted some other possible reasons why he's so stubborn about this but it will have to be revealed in the future ;)

Aww thank you!! I'm glad you like his design, I put plenty of love into it! Maybe this is a good excuse for me to share the page I designed him on and some of the backstory behind it:

The above were my very first Roleswap drawings back in April 2022! It was born purely out of my desire to see a badass Bandee boss fight and I had just finished the Forgotten Land game. I started at the top and ended up with the designs at the bottom right- with a few additional changes these became the final versions! I wanted him to have more of an Awoofy silhouette since I figured they're a great equivalent to Popstar's Waddle Dees!

An AU creation fun fact: I initially just swapped Bandee and Dedede! I drew the above that same month- this is supposed to be the cutscene before the Winter Horns boss where the big reveal happened! Kirby was P1 and Dedede was P2. I didn't even create Roleswap Elfilis yet!

But the more I explored the possibilities, the more roles I swapped. It took me like another month to actually have the Sworn Partners be the "playable" characters, shuffle the Beast Pack around, and finish the rest of the swaps.

That was a long-winded way of saying, thanks for liking Roleswap Bandee!! I owe the little Awoofy Dee a lot because without him I wouldn't be having a blast making this AU!!

Ahh thank you so very much!! Combo moves were so fun to make haha. I love some good teamwork.

And yes, I love writing their dynamic too! I figured if they already understood each other perfectly at the beginning of the story, it would be kinda boring. Don't get me wrong, they are already pretty close in the beginning- enough to tease and be prickly idiots with each other while still maintaining that respect between them! :P But they are going to have some nice opportunities to get to know each other better, build even more trust, and reach a deeper understanding~! <3

Oooh! Interesting theory~ *whistles a non spoilery-tune*

These are more comments than questions but I still wanted to share them! Ya'll make me laugh!

If you've made it this far, I leave you with a tag from @what-is-love-babey-dont-hurt-me on Pages 31-32. It made me laugh until I choked. xD

Thank you all for continuing to brighten my inbox and feed with your great questions and comments!

[drill-teeth-art]

We're all playing the most elaborate game of rock paper scissors in your inbox with every "x vs y" ask /j

The hit new game! Rock Paper Scissors Rumble Frenzy Pharma Mixmaster Astrotrain Skyfire Optimus Enemy Hook Starscream- Yeah that name might be a little long but basically XD !

I've been going a lot slower working on the Vs requests lately, but I still plan on doing more! Honestly, been taking a few days to slow my social media presence some in general. But a temporary slowdown! I'll be back on here in full force before you know it!

Anyway, glad ya'll are liking the fighting requests they're fun to work on!

[silent-raven13]

I'm so GLAD you're okay! 2

"Shitshitshit!" Deadpool runs as he carries both Spidermen in each other trying to dodge the tentacle monster. "Shit! Fuck!" He jumps in the air like Mario, "Let's a-go!"

"Wade! You know, we're not injured! We can easily dodge these things!" Peter 616c shouted out loud being annoyed.

"You know, he's not gonna listen to you." Petie rolled his eyes, "This guy been carrying us like we're sack of potatoes!"

"Hahaha, one with a dumb-truck!" Deadpool happily said out loud, always bringing up Petie's ass. "Hahaha, get it! Because you got a nice sweet ass!"

"Why did we invite him, again?" Petie asked Pete.

"Honestly, I dunno!" Peter groans out loud as Deadpool tries to dodge the monster.

"A little help here, Team C! Ya'll are Spider-people, help me and my babies!" Deadpool did a high pitch scream when the monster strike at his head again, "WHOA! TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT! HELP ME! SAVE ME AND MY HOES!"

Team C were trying to dodge the monster's beams and arms. "We are a little bit busy!" Gwen shouted as she pulls Margo to her direction to dodge a laser beam.

"Thanks, fren." Margo smiles at her.

"No problem!"

Hobie being busy protecting an injured Meows in his arms, he swings from tree to tree, "Miles! MILES!" His eyes scan over the area his Sunflower and Hobie Pine was at, "Miles? Pine!" He calls again until he jumps into another tree seeing the monster's wiggly arms striking at him.

"AHHHH!" Deadpool screams being helpless as he hugs both his Spiderman, "Someone! Anyone save me and my baes!" Their cheeks pressed together making the two Spidermen scowling at him.

Alpha quickly came running and jump in the air as his eyes glow dangerous golden with his fangs out. His body tackles down on of the tentacles that was about to hit Deadpool and the other two Spiderman. "Grr!" With his own strength, he rips off the monster's arm with ease. "YOU! You idiotic stupid..." His eyes glaring at Deadpool being too mad at him, "You think this is a game!"

"Well, no! I couldn't save my babies," He snuggle his Spidermen, then slap Petie's rear, "We can't let my honeys die like this!"

"Alpha, watch out! Behind you!" Petie shouted, noticing another tentacle coming at them.

Then Alpha quickly use his web shooter, before he grab the arm to rip it off. "Whoa, no wonder he works only in high advance missions!" Peter 616c blushes under his mask.

"Oh what a man!" Deadpool shouted out loud being impressed.

The monster roars before Team A and Team B came to help fight off the monster. "Cabrón! La GRAND PUTA!" Miguel came jumping in the air, ready to attack the monster straight on. "Nobody use your weapons! It absorbs to make those beams!"

"We kinda figured!" Margo shouted out loud.

Peter B. Parker shoot his web at the tentacles, "Hey, where's Miles?"

"And Hobie Pine?" Spider-Ham asked out loud.

Peni shouted as she fights the monster with Noir, "The monster split us up!"

"Hobie?" Pavitr shouted out loud to look for his friend.

"HOBIE!" Gwen called out.

The punker appeared from the trees looking upset, "I couldn't find Miles. I'm going to look for him." He's about to ditch the group to find his boyfriend, until he heard Miguel's annoying ass voice.

"NO, YOUR NOT! YOUR GONNA STAY HERE! DO WE NEED TO FIND YOU TOO?" Miguel claws at the monster's thick skin.

Jess said out loud, "Miguel, I think it eats to gain more power."

"Oh great! So we need to fight it until it loses its energy?" Ben shouted, "Ugh! I guess time to go Apeshit!"

Alpha growls as he helps Miguel fight off the monster, "Don't you think you should brought in a bigger team?" He asked Miguel.

"Hey, just do your damn job!" Miguel growls back at him.

Petie quickly went to help, "Guys, come on. Two Spider-heroes are missing and we got this big blob! Let's focus!" He scowls at Alpha and Miguel. "You two are supposed to set a positive example to Team C!"

Web Slinger uses his horse to kick the monster's sides, "Darn it, this thing is made of thick rubber or what!

"And where were you! You were supposed to lead." Alpha fights off the tentacles.

"I was being man handle by him!" Petie pointed at Deadpool being annoyed, "You tell me how you can get out of those strong damn hands! And let see how you like it when every second he's groping you butt and pecks!" He uses his web to tie two tentacles together so Alpha and Miguel can ripped them off together.

"Honestly, you got the softest pecks," Noir said to Petie. "They are so soft like pillows, it's odd."

"Huh!" Petie shouts, "I just had a baby! I'm soft."

Sun Spider tries to use her spider wheelchair to hit jabs into the skin, "No, use! Ugh, this is terrible." She quickly dodge the tentacles as Peni came behind in her SP//Dr suit, as she throws deep punches.

Deadpool giggles, "So do they grow bigger?"

"Are we really gonna talk about that? Isn't that something you take to HR?" Sun-Spider shouted being confused.

"Wait, so you milk like a cow?" Web Slinger asks out loud at the Omega Spiderman being so surprised, even his horse turn his head being surprised.

"Wade, that's rude!" Pete wack his head, "God, the monster should've pulled your tongue out instead!"

Ben shouted, "Can we focus! GOD! It's bad enough we don't have soft pecks like Petie, but now we have to learn about them getting bigger!"

"Wait, you wanna have soft pecks?" Sun-Spider asked him.

"Soft pecks must be nice." Peter B. Parker said, "My wife always say my pecks are too hard."

"Pfft, she's delulu." Ben grunts at Peter, "We all know you gain weight!"

"Hey! That's mean!" Peter shouted.

Sun-Spider laughs, "I mean, you do eat like five donuts in one sitting."

"I stress eat! Who doesn't do that?"

"And drink like five energy drinks mixed with blueberry syrup and ice, and two king size of candy bars." Web Slinger added out loud while his horse nodded.

"Is that why the break room's counter is always sticky!" Jess shouted out loud.

"Jesus, Peter... how can you survive like that?" Ben asked, "I always watch my waistline."

"And you say you're straight?" Sun-Spider snorted in disbelief.

"Hey, straight men can carry about their figure!"

"Wow, Peter. Five energy drinks?" Pavitr asked in shock.

"Let's not forget you ate a whole pizza for lunch!" Ben grunts, "And it was someone else's pizza!"

"Well, you guys are jerks! No one understands me! I stress eat and that's okay!" Peter shouted out loud being offended. "You guys at like you never eat a whole apple pie!"

"I don't like apple pie." Sun-Spider pointed out.

"Ehhh, not a sweet tooth kind of guy." Web slinger said.

"ALL OF YOU SHUT UP AND STOP THIS MONSTER!" Miguel shouted out loud getting too damn mad. It's bad enough they didn't expect such a terrible outcome, but now, he has to look for two of his fellow Spider-men.

The monster suddenly stop having all of its tentacles retracted into its blue black blob form, then made a whale like sound. Jess shouted, "Everyone get back!" She saw the body glowing bright light blue, "Miguel! Alpha getting away!" She use her web to grab Ben and pull him off the monster's body. Miguel quickly grab Petie, while Alpha grab Pete and Deadpool to hide behind some large bolder.

Everyone quickly duct and cover, Hobie protectively wrap his arms around Meows with his jacket cover his small body. The group hears a dangerous whirled high pitch sound, then the monster let out a massive laser beam that destroyed the top tree tops and the first trees it meets. Then, the monster made a small whale sound then quickly moving into the forest.

Everyone slowly came out, "You saw that!" Margo said out loud, "It grew smaller."

"So we need it to do it again! But..." Jess saw Meows being injured. "We need to take him to med-bay!"

Hobie said, "We need to look for Miles!"

"Maybe he went in HQ portal." Peni said as she stood next to Sun-Spider.

Miguel said, "Lyla, is Morales back at Headquarters?"

"Nope. I don't see him here. Oh, he's still on Earth 2088... Huh oh." She said.

"Huh oh? What do you mean 'Huh oh'?" Miguel had his mask removed as he looks concerned by his Ai's voice.

Lyla said in a serious girlish tone, "His watch is damage, he tries to summon the portal but it didn't work. Oh, even Hobie Pine's watch is the same as Miles."

"So your saying..." Gwen said with worried.

"He's here somewhere in the forest, possibly hurt alongside Hobie Pine." Lyla said, "I try to contact him, but his watch only allowed certain coordinated of his location."

"A la miedra!" Miguel mumbling to himself as he place his hand on his chin to think for a moment "Okay, we'll go find the anomaly, and I'll call a back up team to fi-" Pavitri turns around to look for Hobie and Meows, "Hobie? Meows?"

"HOBIE!" Gwen quickly turns to look around just the same with their group, "Meows!"

"Ugh, don't tell me." Miguel angrily rub his whole face with one hand, "Lyla!"

"They are on the move to look for Miles! And- Opp, looks Hobie shut me out of the watch along with Meows... man, he's good." She huffed being locked out of their watches to find their location.

"Do we go look for them?" Gwen asked out loud. "He's looking for Miles and Hobie Pine!"

"Yeah, it's better if we go together!" Pav said out loud, "This place got the weirdest looking monsters around!"

"Okay. Okay. You know what I'm going to do... I'm calling for back up." Miguel taps in his watch, "Lyla, can you-" The large portal opens up as a group of other Spider-heroes come in. One Spider-woman wearing a gray and red spider suit, her arms crossed. Lyla giggles, "Already on it."

Miguel sighs. "Well, and here I thought I wasn't gonna be this missions." The Spider-woman snorted. "Okay guys, let's start with a quick break! Anyone injured go to Spider-man 91132! He got first aid kit, and there's a box of water and snacks. I figured with the way this place looks you guys took a beating." She eyed Miguel. "Well?"

Jess laughs, "Lupe is good to see you. I'm surprised you decided to be part of this mission."

"I wasn't until Miguelito here practically beg me to stay, right big boss!" The Spider-woman named Lupe laughs off at the way Miguel looks at her.

"Who's that?" Gwen asked Pavitr.

Pavitr took a moment then said, "Oh! That is Spider-woman 420x, I think her name is Guadalupe! I heard she's one of the best fighters along side Alpha and she always works on missions involved with rookies. She thinks they are the most important group to watch over. She mentors a lot too. I heard her backstory is terrible like almost Noir's aesthetic."

Noir pops up between them, "It's said that her nephew, only four years old got hit by a car. It was a blood bath." Being dark and gloomy.

"Wow... that's-that's so sad." Gwen blinks in surprised.

"Her canons kept getting worst, I heard her dad was Chief of Police and he got killed. Her brother committed suicide... and her sister in-law wasn't able to cope with her husband death so she went to a psychiatric ward! Like dudes, her story goes way dark..." Margo whispers to them. "I'm always surprised she's this funny."

"And she was only nineteen when she became Spider-woman!" Pavitr said, "Anyway, she's one of the spider-heroes Miguel respects."

"Wow, that's so cool." Gwen gawks.

The Spider-woman stood at Miguel, "Te dije que trajeras más gente. No sabíamos de qué es capaz esta cosa!" She wag her finger at him, then turn to Jess, Peter B., and Alpha, "Didn't I warned him! I swear, it felt like I was talking to a brick wall!"

"Mmhhmm," Alpha nodded with her.

Miguel groans hearing this Spider-woman lecturing him, "Now we got how many Spidermen missing? Four?"

"Take it easy, Lupe. Mig thought this was gonna be a simple mission. I mean look at us!" Peter B. said trying to defend his friend.

The a large Cyborg Spider-woman appeared, "Lupe, what do we do with the missing Spidermen?" Her voice deep and robotic.

Lupe put her hands on her hips, "Okay, everyone. We're going to split into two groups." She took Miguel's leadership role without his permission, which happens a lot.

Miguel said, "Wait, Lupe. No- I was about to-" Jess put her arm on his shoulder, "Let her, Miguel. You know, she's much friendly with them."

"I can be friendly." He mutters lowly.

Parker and Alpha merely look at each other with a side eye. "Wait, why did you two do that?" Miguel asked them.

"Nothing!" Peter quickly said while Alpha left to get himself a snack.

Gwen saw Pav following the footsteps Hobie left, "Hmm, looks like he went this way."

"Maybe because Miles and Pine fell through there." She said.

"Okay, I need Team C around here." Guadalupe called them over as she spot the group separating from each other.

"Um... Lupe, right?" Gwen went to her, she got a good look at her spider suit; dark grey with a bright red and a simple black spider logo, her dark brown thick wavy hair revealing out of the mask. "Look, me and my friends want to look for our friends and I know, Migu-" Lupe had her mask revealed by her high tech suit almost similar to Miguel's suit. Her face brown skinned with a soft smile, "I want you guys to find them. I know the Spider Band like to stick together and you know where to look. Gwen Stacy, isn't it? I trust you can lead the team. Seeing how Petie is..." They saw Deadpool picking up Petie, "busy."

Gwen's eyes gleamed with joy, "Yeah! I can do that!" Another empowering Spider-woman trusting her. "I won't let you down."

Lupe chuckles in amusement, "You won't. Also I want you to let me," She typed in her watch to sync with Gwen's location, "know where you and the gang is at. This forest is dangerous and every second counts."

Ghost-Spider's watch beeps being done syncing with Lupe's watch, then Gwen nodded, "Alright." She quickly gathered Team C to go find their friends.

"You're gonna let the teenagers go! They are so young!" Petra, the cyborg Spider-woman spoke up, "Why?"

"They need the practice, and I'm making Lyla keep tracks on them. Right, Lyla?"

"You got it, boss!" Lyla teased having to annoyed Miguel.

Jess said, "Yeah, boss. What's the plan since Plan A failed." Eyeing at the way Miguel rolled his eyes.

"Well I think we-" Miguel cut Lupe off, "Excuse me, but I do have three other plans! Look, all we need to do is-" Lupe shouted, "Everyone lets form into groups. The anomaly is heading east, based on Lyla's tracking, it's heading somewhere to rest and feed." She show her holo-map from her watch already taking control of the mission. Miguel stood in shocked by her rude take over, this is why he has problems working with other people.

The Spider-heroes gathered around as they listen to the plan. Peter handed Miguel a snack and water, "Easy, Mig. This is Lupe's thing. She's a good public Speaker. Just take it easy."

"Take it easy! How? I already made two other plans that would work. I've always have back up plans." Miguel complains having to eat his own snacks. "Not to mention, she allowed Team C to go solo looking for Miles and the others."

"Hey, they gotta leave the nest at some point." Peter chuckles with his arm around his friend's broad shoulders.

"Hey, you two lovebirds," Hearing Lupe's voice, "Están siquiera escuchándome?" She crosses her arms at them.

Sun-Spider giggles, "You guys are in trouble!"

"They probably wanted to go somewhere private and make-out!" Ben grunts.

Miguel could never win, he throw his hands in the air after muttering, "Qué carajo hice? Soy amable y siempre sigo las reglas!"

Gwen and the rest Team C gathered their snacks and water, a bit extra for their friends as they left to go find them. Unbeknownst to the dangers they were headed.

(Yes, I added my Spidersona into this story, because why? It's the Spider Verse of course 😂 Don't worry she's just a character that likes to challenge's Miguel's authority and it's not anyone's love interest. I'll post a drawing of her later.)

[pipefoxesonthemoon]

Hey, super glad to see “His Father’s Son” is back up!

I just got caught up with it tonight, and I really just wanted to say how much I’ve been enjoying it! Your word choice when describing the demons and Fallen are really amazing, and they’ve inspired me to work more on my TTRPG projects. I really can’t express how much of a help you’ve been in my creative endeavors, even unintentionally.

You’re awesome! I love you! Keep it up!

And my ask: How’s your day been?

Thank you so much!

Just so ya'll know, I read a lot of things like Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, and I've recently been very much into the Locked Tomb books. So if you want an idea of what inspires me, go read anything by those guys.

Locked Tomb especially is great, and I personally think it might be the next big YA-type-thing that's going to blow up big any day now.

Also YEAH TTRPG! I need to work on my Vampire the Masquerade game I'm thinking up.

My day has been pretty decent. This ask put a big smile on my face.

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DEAR FRIEND I'M SO GLAD YOU'RE ALSO DOING THIS ONE. 🥺 💌 🎨 🤯 please! xoxo MJ/kiwiana-writes

HELLO FRIEND ARE YOU DOING THESE AS WELL? EXPECT THEM IN YOUR INBOX EXPEDITIOUSLY !!!!!! <3

🥺 | is there a certain type of moment or common interaction between your characters that never fails to put you in your feels?

oooh I love this question! I have lots probably but I really like the small acts of service things that make each other's lives easier (i.e. getting coffee/tea for each other / completing tasks the other won't have time to / checking in / being there for the other person however it would be most helpful for them / etc.)

💌 | how do you feel about comments and feedback?

I ADORE any and all comments and feedback on fics (so long as it is posed kindly)! but I have a lot of anxiety about that myself so I completely understand quiet readers as well! however, part of the reason why I write in the first place is to connect with others, so always feel free to message me if leaving a public comment feels overwhelming! <3

🎨 | how do you feel about fan art of your stories?

A DREAM. I think I would simply expire if someone made a graphic or art based on one of my fics. if I could draw I would be doing it for ya'll nonstop skjhdkjs but YES YES YES I love seeing yall's talent and seeing in relation to something I wrote would just be insane to me.

🤯 | what's a genre you struggle with as a writer (ex. romance, action, etc.)?

ooooh I think all of them, on some levels ksjhdksj. I've been trying a lot of new tropes and genres this year (comedy (hopefully), action, crack (ha), and lots more on the wip list!) but I've been really enjoying it all so far! there's not one in particular I would say I had a really difficult time with, but I suppose that would be more a question for you guys as readers ha.

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[here's the link to the game if you'd like to send me an ask or play it yourself!]

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Also for the ask game!! I'd like to make it sound all fancy and smart like I'm an English teacher, but my brain is too silly for that

6 - Something I remember vividly from reading one of your fics: Is it weird that the first thing that came to mind is Jaehee with pigtails from the 'Hair' fic you wrote for her? It was such a domestic piece, but picturing myself playing with her little pigtails and watching her blush as I call her cute, is something I still remember very vividly, oddly enough. I love Jaehee!! And I love the way you write her to bits and pieces. Soft coffee wife, my beloved <3

7 - What made me the most emotional after reading: Telepathy. It's always going to be Telepathy. Okay, maybe not always, but it'll definitely remain up there even in the future. I'd say it's my favorite fic of yours, actually. Which is... honestly very surprising, because I don't get as effected by Jumin/V stories as I do with Choi twins or Rika, for exactly! I do get sad and it's interesting for me to see them explored in different ways, but I never really felt... all choked up about them, you know? Well, you took that and slapped me right across the face with the masterpiece that is Telepathy./pos The way you wrote down the slow and painful process of drifting apart from your best friend... God, it felt both cathartic and painful. Probably because it's something I've experienced first hand, very recently, at that. Telepathy is a fic that left me laying on my bed and staring up into the ceiling, just thinking about it for a good 15 minutes. And, you know what? That's my favorite kind of feeling after reading a fic. I love Telepathy. I will gush about for as long as it exists. Go read Telepathy, ya'll.

8 - What I like the most about your writing: Descriptive writing. Now, it's probably because descriptive is my personal weakest point (in my opinion), and I tend to always focus extremely hard whenever I read someone else use descriptive writing in their works to learn new techniques and memorize if it sounds good or not. Either way, God, do I adore the way you manage to just paint the exact image of what's happening as I read. It's not too much, and it's not too little. It's just right. If I would write up everything I vividly remember from your fics, this ask would get too damn long, but what's important is that I often remember the exact location. How it looked. How it felt. How it smelled. How a certain character was dressed. How their face looked. Whether it was warm or cold. What sounds there were. It's those tiny details that make even the simplest of your stories shine so brightly! They just... get stuck in your head like your favorite song. And I think that's just amazing <3

I don't know what I did to deserve this Mia!! I've been sat here reading this over and over and feeling all warm and fuzzy🥺 Please don't worry about trying to sound English teacher-y, you've conveyed everything here so well.

Soft coffee wife Jaehee! I've made it my personal mission to write her soft and happy because she gets to little opportunity to do that in the canon routes (and I love her to bits and think she deserves the world). I'm so glad the pigtails imagery stuck! She deserves her cute moments too!

The Telepathy love!!! I will always appreciate love for Telepathy, it's one of those fics that will also always be one of my favs because of the writing process and the relationship between V and Jumin. It's a wonderful surprise to hear that my writing had that effect on you, especially for a relationship that doesn't usually affect you that strongly. It's all I could ask for, really. I'm very sorry that you had to deal with the slow loss of a friend. It's a uniquely painful experience and I'm sending you a lot of warmth <3

The details of my stories sticking in your head like a song.... Oooh I'm going to need a moment, that's one of the nicest things anyone has said about my writing. Thank you, Mia.

[fervency-if]

You're such a kind soul😩Your words are healing my parent's issues(💀'cus it's both of them). Thank you for being so welcoming. Somehow, talking to you feels like I'm talking to a famous person😂I mean, in a sense you are famous, don't know how many readers you have but in my mind is a headcanon that you're known among the IF community.

Talking about our dear Elan, I saw that you updated the game🥰I'll play it as soon as I finish this message, I'm missing him rn😔I was romancing the Psysichian in my second playthrough, but as as soon Elan's deathbed scene comes up, I drop everything to save that man lol

Then I'll keep up supporting you guys💗I follow at least 12 IF blogs, I need to learn how to type faster if I plan on messaging all of you💀but the time I spend typing isn't nearly half the time ya'll spend writing those masterpieces🤌🏼

Is really nice, isn't it? Sometimes our names can tell a little something about us.

Oh! If you were in the Physician's shoes, what would do? Dying from plague really isn't a great way to go, but not everyone had the chance to say if they wanted the Nocturnal life for themselves since there's isn't much explanation before the bloodletting.

Kinda giggling now remembering Twilight because Edward spent 24/7 thinking about the dilemma of turning Bella, he felt as if he was condemning her soul to Hell😭

That's really impressive😮Writing is a skill that can be learnt and polished along the way, but I do think some people are naturally inclined to it. Is writing something you always liked to do?

I'm glad you're having fun with it, you're the author so you enjoying your story as much as your readers do is a must🥰

😔there you go again soothing my nerves in asking things, you feed your public way too good.

Oooh I see!I was quite surprised when Roswhen turned out to be a cannibal, I thought they would thirst for blood since I choose that option and was the one to bloodlett them. Kinda nonsense on my part since the Physician did the same with Aubrey and he turned to be a Cannibal lol

Hahah, a fun find indeed! Thank you for the bonus information, getting to know your characters and ideas has been quite fun 🫂

Oh! And I'd like to know, which one of your RO's would you romance? Since you like it so much making your audience thirst over the whole cast, let's turn the tables now🥸

Aah, right back at you, so are you! (Or bounce back, as our friend Elan would have said.) It's always nice getting asks from you! 🌸 (Aw...) Haha, ah, that is fun I must say! I am not one of the 'bigger names,' so to speak, but I definitely have more readers than I thought I would have, which, of course, is beautiful to me!

I'll put the rest of the reply below a cut, since it got long:

I hope you will enjoy spending some more time with Elan and the others - I bet he would be flattered to hear that people missed him! Oh, that's the 'trouble,' or how to put it, when a game has more than one love interest that one likes, isn't it! It doesn't always go as planned, haha! I certainly don't blame you!

That really is kind of you, to take the time to do that! 🫶 Hehe, aw!

You're right about that - sometimes little secrets, even, in a sense.

Oh, that's an interesting and tricky question, regarding what I would do if I were in the Physician's shoes... I would definitely want to be less secretive than her, that much I know; I would certainly try to be as upfront as I could from the start, and I would want people to be as well-informed as possible - not that it would be easy in certain situations, since many of her patients are delirious or actively dying without any time to think such a decision through. I would have too much of a bleeding heart to simply ignore the sick and go on with my day, even though the alternative isn't exactly ideal either...

Haha! I was unaware of that, I never read those books! Aah what a dilemma the vampires have...!

Aw, thank you! Yes, I have always been interested in writing; even before I learned how to read and write at age four, apparently I sat in my bed telling stories to my stuffed animals according to my parents, so it seems as if I have always wanted to get some stories out.

I feel very happy that I'm this motivated regarding my story - I think the fact that it's an interactive novel helps me combating writer's block since there are much alternative text and different ways to go; it's harder to find myself stuck when there is more to do, hehe.

You really are sweet! 🍀

I would say it made sense for you to be surprised about that even so, since it would have made a lot of sense for them to become a vampire, so I certainly wouldn't call it nonsense!

My pleasure - I'm glad you found it fun to read! 🫶

Ooh, let's see here! That's a tricky question in a sense, who I would romance, since I love all my character the same amount, but seeing this from an outside perspective, how I would have played the game if it wasn't mine and I didn't know what I know right now, thinking about the playstyle I would pick... I think I will have to say Aubrey, because I wouldn't be able to resist playing as an absolutely unhinged and ravenous character during my first playthrough, haha, just embracing each and every craving, and since Aubrey is and does just that, they would be quite compatible, my character and him... So chances are that his romance would come quite naturally to the sort of character I would amuse myself with!

[sessakag]

New Neighbors

Did some searching around for more Naruto characters so I can have some fun neighbors, took quite a few hours to find hair, clothes, skins etc. I was tired by the time I fired up the game😩 Anyway, the new neighbors are Ino, Itachi and Sakura.

I know what some of ya'll are gonna ask🤭 and the answer is no, I have not changed my mind. I still do not like canon Sakura(original or shippuden), however, I saw a better iteration of her in The Last and I see where she could be made likeable for me (hence, my story Monster, I love my Monster version of Sakura :3) and since she's an adult here, I see her as The Last Sakura version and that is more than tolerable.

Anywayssss....

I wanted Hinata to have a bestie so I went looking for Ino ❤️Tell me why this lady spawned as a dealer (and yes, I mean that kinda dealer) 🤦🏾‍♀️she tried to sell Naruto psychedelics and some snow 😂 Nah, we good over here, Ino, it is not that type of party, lmao. I'm shocked the mod picked her for that but you know what, I'm not changing it. Hope she doesn't get arrested 🤭

Gonna change Itachi's clothes and fix him up tomorrow(all of them actually), all the shopping around made me tired, but I'm glad I found him. I'm looking for Shisui items to create him and marry those two off, but it's been slim pickings 😩Now that the real Itachi is here, should I change Sasuke's twin name to something else? 😅 Dunno. There's two Itachi's in the game and idk if I'm okay with that :D

Here's miss Sakura. I'm thinking of marrying her off with Ino, but idk. I always have trouble thinking of who would be a good match for Sakura, and while Lee is top contender, the pairing has always been lukewarm for me 😩Might just have her solo, doing her own thing I suppose.

I had everyone meet before I quit out, so at least they'll be popping up when I start the game tomorrow, though I'm gonna have to watch Ino shady self.

Why they all piled on one bed to chat, I have no idea, but it was a nice meeting.

I'm close to gathering the components for Neji :3 and I wanna grab Kiba and Shino so they can be step uncles <3

[since0202]

Eeeeeee I’m REELING from ch 52! What game is Paul playing? Is he just giving her space or is he tricking her back into the imprint?? What do Rose and Emmett really think of Maya spending time with him again??? I’m so hooked on this story, thank you so much for sharing it with us.

What game is he playing at indeed. 😉

Also, I love that you're interested in knowing what Rose and Emmett think! So far, we've kept Emmett pretty much on the back burner and Rose is vibing and enjoying her friendship with Maya. Maybe we can explore their reaction a bit more in chapter 53 with the big moment we have coming up.

I feel like I say that every time I'm teasing a new chapter, but we're going to see how Maya deals with perceived rejection in this next chapter. And it's kind of big leap.

So glad you like it!! And thank you for reaching out! Excited to share more with you all soon.

Nobody asked for this, but this is me writing chapter 53 for ya'll.