#greeting post // IC PROMO POST

[powerofbarian]

...I...sense someone...here.

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❤️‍🩹Lifeline | MYG❤️‍🩹

Synopsis: It’s long been controversial for idols to date, but idols dating each other can be really beautiful or a complete nightmare. When Yoongi's relationship with another idol is discovered, he decides maybe it’s time to break the taboo and show people it’s ok for idols to date. Instead, they find themselves caught in the midst of one media frenzy after another and struggle to keep their relationship as strong as it had been the past 2 years. Yoongi finds a self destructive way to cope, and it causes even more problems than it solves. As they fight for their relationship and their careers, they discover that sometimes, the only way to truly be free is to let go.

Pairing: idol!Yoongi x idol!OC

Warnings: nsfw, alcoholism, cheating, depression, anxiety, Yoongi goes through a bisexy ho phase, Yoongi is also in his alcoholic phase, post-military BTS

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Ch. 33: Coffee

[A/N: Well…I certainly never thought of a scooter…]

BTS comeback: D-13 days

The second set of teaser photos have been posted online. Yoongi is grinning from cheek to cheek as he reads the reactions to what people are calling a very sexy side of Bangtan. A sexy side that fans feel they’ve seen during the guys’ solo work, but never all 7 of them at once tempting even the softest of fans across the world. It’s amusing and gives Yoongi an extra boost in making sure this is the best comeback ever.

Hyeri is nearly done shooting her drama which has given her a bit more free time with her schedule starting to wind down. It will be a bit before the show premieres, so in the meantime she’s been enjoying a little rest before the promo tour begins.

On the contrary, Yoongi’s schedule is starting to pick up more. They’re constantly shooting content and when they’re not shooting content they’re shooting behind the scenes content. True free time is rare and of course never lines up with Hyeri’s free time, so once again they find themselves relying on sporadic texts and small handwritten notes of encouragement left on the fridge. It’s exhausting but a little caffeine boost and pure excitement is enough to power Yoongi through these long days.

Until his delectable limited time coffee is no longer available. He stopped by the coffee shop on his way to work and found a new latte written on the menu where his chocolaty addiction was once advertised. It’s a bit disappointing, and Yoongi hadn’t realized just how much he loved that drink until now when it’s gone. After a somber silence for his beloved beverage, he orders the latte hoping it’s at least a little satisfying. After taking the first sip he finds that maybe he doesn’t miss the other drink that much.

Three hours later, he absolutely misses his old drink. The latte is delicious, but it doesn’t give him the energy boost he needs to get through the day. So the following day he orders the latte with an added double shot of espresso. It powers him through a couple of interviews and dance practice, but the crash begins to hit him in the early evening when he feels he needs it most. The next day he comes prepared with an iced coffee to keep in the fridge and indulge in later when his morning triple espresso latte wears off. Not a perfect solution, but certainly better than making extra trips out for coffee.

The guys are scheduled to travel to a spot about an hour drive from Daegu to shoot the content for their next Season’s Greetings. With their comeback and tour quickly approaching, they had to squeeze the shoot in wherever they could before their schedules get even crazier. They’ll be spending 3 days and 2 nights in private accommodations near the shooting location and getting as much content captured and filmed as possible.

Yoongi is pumped because despite the busy shooting schedule, he’ll still be able to head into Daegu to see family on the last night. He made plans to have dinner at his parents’ house with his brother, sister in law, and 2 year old niece who he’s barely seen outside of a few short video calls with his brother.

Hyeri is happy that Yoongi is happy, and though she’s starting to have a hard time keeping up with his energy, she can’t help but be equally ecstatic about their comeback. She’s also happy that he’ll get to see his family. After all that’s happened she thinks maybe a trip home will be refreshing for him.

The guys take an early flight out to Daegu then load up in a luxury van for an hour long ride to a cozy house practically in the middle of nowhere. There are other houses in the distance, but far enough that even an open field between properties still gives a sense of total privacy. It’s no surprise to them that there aren’t 7 rooms in the house, so then begins the usual process of choosing room assignments.

The house has 3 bedrooms, two rooms with two double beds each and one room with a single king bed that 2 of them will share. The unluckiest of them will have the option of sleeping on the couch or squeezing themselves in bed with one of the others.

The game they agreed to play is the classic rock, paper, scissors with the last man standing having first pick at a bed. In the end, fate saw Namjoon and Taehyung sharing a room, Jimin and Jin sharing a room, Yoongi and Jungkook sharing the room with the king sized bed, and Hobi with his pick of the couch or sharing someone else’s bed. He chose the couch but stated that he would stuff himself between Jungkook and Yoongi if the couch got too uncomfortable. The rest of the guys are just happy they have their own beds.

They all get settled in then quickly head off to their first schedule of the day. They begin at a property with a large but cozy modern style building sitting on a few acres of space for various recreational activities and a trail circling the property. When they arrive they immediately begin getting their hair and makeup done and changing into the outfits picked out for them. They’ll be playing a series of ‘how well do you know the other members’ games, followed by another one of the staffs’ ideas to get them to openly express their love for each other on camera.

Once they’re done deep into the night, they’re taken back to their accommodations where the staff already has a dinner prepared for them. After a day of travel and shooting they only have the energy to eat and go straight to bed. They had to strongly convince Jungkook to eat because despite complaining of hunger all day, he just wanted to fall asleep once they returned. Yoongi sends Hyeri a message, only the second one after he let her know they landed safely earlier in the day. He gave a brief summary of his day and passed out next to an already snoring Jungkook as soon as he hit send.

The following day starts with an early photo shoot. Yoongi wanted coffee, he needed coffee, but had no time. The cheap coffee provided in the kitchen of the house wasn’t nearly as strong as he needs it to be. Unfortunately, they’re a bit too far removed from the nearest city so there isn’t a coffee shop conveniently located nearby to quench his fatigue. He pushes through the photo shoot as best he can, but by the time they move on to shooting their special episode of Run BTS he’s ready to scream, or pass out. Maybe both he isn’t sure.

The guys begin to notice Yoongi’s diminishing patience and energy and simply attribute it to lack of sleep. They’re all tired so it’s understandable. Yoongi just hopes seeing his family will give him a chance to relax a bit and eat some of his mom’s home cooking to recover.

He may have not had a chance to grab some coffee, but as soon as he makes the hour trip to his parents house and steps inside to the smell of the dinner his mother prepared he gets a natural boost of energy. That boost only becomes greater once his brother and sister in law arrive with his niece. Yoongi is completely smitten by his brother’s adorable little twin. He plays and giggles along with her while waiting for dinner to be ready. It’s a soft side of Yoongi that is so endearing that his brother takes a short video to send to Hyeri teasing her that it’s their turn now.

A little embarrassment and brotherly bickering ensues before Yoongi is quickly reminded that he’s still the youngest when he’s home and if his brother wants to embarrass him he has every right to do so. It’s a conversation that happens every time the brothers are together. Yoongi pouts and everyone else thinks it’s funny. Yoongi always vows to get dongsaeng justice one day, but it usually just results in him buying things for his brother that have Yoongi’s face all over the product. He let it be known that he will not stop until his brother’s house looks like a Suga shrine.

Their mom finally cuts into their teasing to call them all to the dinner table. As soon as Yoongi sits down he’s hit with the harsh reminder that he hasn’t told any of them about his struggles with alcohol. The only thing they know is that he was robbed in LA and the company’s legal team is taking care of all of the rumors being spread. They don’t know a thing about his drinking. They don’t know about he and Hyeri’s relationship issues. They don’t know he spent 2 months in the woods going through recovery so he wouldn’t lose everything and everyone he loves. And they definitely don’t know that the wine and soju on the table is making his chest tighten.

He quickly sits down and focuses his attention to his niece who’s in her high chair next to him. He knows he can’t avoid the subject completely. His family knows he usually likes to have a drink and would question him if he didn’t. When he asked his mom for water instead, that’s exactly what happened. All he could do was spit out the first excuse he could think of. He’s on a strict diet that doesn’t allow for alcohol. He claims he wants to be at his best for this comeback and tour and no one questioned him further. Sometimes being an idol makes it easy to come up with excuses to get out of anything when it comes to his family.

About midway through dinner Yoongi starts to feel drained. The energy it takes to resist pouring himself just one drink is too much for him mentally. He was ok at first, but balancing that with the chaos that comes with trying to get a hyper 2 year old to eat without fussing and throwing food, has his patience low and his irritability high. His parents have been asking him more and more questions that would require him to get into the many things of the past year that they don’t know. Especially when they mention how sick he had been looking before. His hope for rest and respite has gone out the window and now he’s just sitting there with just a thread of patience left and a fake smile that’s incredibly difficult to maintain. Seeing family is nice until it’s not.

After dinner Yoongi goes to his room where he usually stays when visiting. There his four-legged serotonin Holly is relaxing on his bed as usual. Holly has gotten less active as he’s gotten older so he spends a lot of time resting in Yoongi’s bed. Yoongi takes a moment to lay down and cuddle with Holly and try to bring his irritation down before he has to leave. He takes a quick photo of him and Holly then sends it to Hyeri with a message telling her how worn out he is.

As much as he wants to stay curled up in bed with Holly, he has to go back to his accommodations an hour away with the rest of the group. He sends a message to his manager to pick him up then rejoins the rest of his family until his manager arrives.

He plays with his niece some more searching for one more boost of energy from her contagious smile. Despite the food fight with her at dinner, she’s still the most precious little thing. So precious that his brother continues to capture photos and video of the moment. Unfortunately that brings up the subject of marriage and children.

Yoongi’s mom only asked if he and Hyeri had thought about having children. He simply responded by saying they hadn’t. Which is true, they’ve only barely talked about marriage, they certainly haven’t discussed children. Not only that but it’s hard enough as it is when they can’t even seem to agree on when and how to go public with their relationship to begin with. Thinking about it makes his jaw clinch, but his mother keeps talking. Playing with his niece isn’t saving him from the aggravation of hearing his mother’s desires for him to settle down and start a family. She asks more questions about the direction of he and Hyeri’s relationship and reminds him that he’s not getting younger and having a child at an old age wouldn’t be good. He isn’t even sure he wants children of his own, but he’s leaning towards not having any at all thanks to his mother talking nonstop about it.

His manager finally arrives to pick him up and he feels relieved, though still irritated. He says goodbye to everyone and takes off for his hour car ride. He sends Hyeri a text telling her he’s left and how his mother wouldn’t drop the children subject. Hyeri thinks it’s funny and tells him the video his brother sent her is cute. She encourages him saying she knows he’d be a great father.

That’s not what Yoongi wanted to hear right now.

[Hyeri]: Don’t you want one or two? You’re really good with Jin’s nephews. Why not?

[Yoongi]: Why are you and my mom trying to force it on me?

[Hyeri]: I’m not. I was just asking. I thought you liked kids

[Yoongi]: That doesn’t mean I want to be a dad! I don’t know why it’s so hard for you to leave it alone!

[Yoongi]: You don’t even want people to know we’re together, why are you even bringing up kids?

[Hyeri]: Sorry, I was just messing with you.

[Yoongi]: I’m really not in the mood.

[Hyeri]: I can see that. Try to get some rest.

[Yoongi]: That’s what I’ve been trying to do but everyone has been up my ass instead! My mom spent the whole night asking about you and my plans with you and I had to sit there and pretend like everything is ok when really I just want you to stop acting like you’re too ashamed to tell people we’re together!

[Hyeri]: That’s not it at all and you know it!

[Yoongi]: Then what is it??

[Hyeri]: Did you have anything to drink?

[Yoongi]: No, but I wish I did because you and my mom are stressing me the fuck out!

[Hyeri]: I know you’re tired so try to get some rest and I’ll see you when you get home tomorrow.

Hyeri slams her phone down on her nightstand and rolls over in the bed closing her eyes tight. She was only teasing him, but she had no idea he would react so negatively. She worries that his short fuse is because he had a drink while he was at his parents house. He mentioned he had to come up with an excuse so they wouldn’t question why he wasn’t having a drink, but what if he gave in at some point?

Yoongi is even more irritated as he watches the passing streetlights through the window. He realizes he may have overreacted with Hyeri, but he had simply reached his limit on the subject. He’s been increasingly annoyed all day and even more fatigued. He simply wanted to relax a little with his family, but he sees that’s a bit too much to ask. Hyeri picking up where his mom left off only made him think of the limbo they’ve been in regarding revealing their relationship.

He lets out a heavy sigh then squeezes his eyes shut trying to trap his frustration behind his eyelids.

“Are you ok?” His manager asks.

“Yeah,” Yoongi responds not opening his eyes. “Just tired.”

“I understand. Would you like a coffee before tomorrow’s flight? I know you all have an interview to go to right after landing.”

“Yeah,” he exhales with mild relief that he’ll at least have his boost of energy for the next day. “That would be perfect.”

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Wow! An updated intro post!

Yeah this is probably well overdue atp, but hey! Better late than never right?

My name’s Dualie, he/him (Also known as Vincent). I’m 19 years old, and I’m an inkling from splatsville. I main Dualie squelchers and I was on a competitive inksports team called Atlas (named after the atlas moth)

I fell here back in December, made it home for a bit and then landed right back in Unova. I’m here with my friend, Sage, my partner, Byte, and my 5 Pokémon.

Greetings. I am Sage. They/them. I am a skilled Tetris player, and an amateur musical artist. I prefer using the squiffer as my primary weapon.

Hi. I’m Byte, She/He, 21 years old, splatana stamper main, captain of Atlas. I play the drums, n sing sometimes on the side.

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Here’s my Pokemon:

Frye - Fletchinder, she’s the ‘mon I’ve had the longest

Rustle - Rowlet, he’s my first (and only) shiny! Also a goober

Mimikyu - Never gave this one a proper name. They mostly belong to Sage (those two are so close it’s adorable tbh)

Porygon - found her abandoned in Chargestone. She’s very sweet, mostly takes videos for me.

Icarus - Silavlly, no clue where they came from. They also took down a 12,000 year old corrupt ai for me, so they’re pretty neat :]

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Think that’s everything? You can find the rest of my team at @inkteamatlas. Other than that, only rule is don’t be an ass

//Current arc: Rest and recovery (not really an arc but yk)

//OOC below cut. Pelliper mail, musharna mail/malice and Magic anons are on. I’ll also do blog promos, just shoot me an ask/dm

Wow! Guess who finally got around to updating this!

But yeah, my name’s stereo, this is my main pkmn/splatoon rp blog. Account is run by @stereo-sys, so notifs will come from there.

I dabble a lot in higher stakes stuff, so you have been warned. Occasional ic transphobia as well (mostly from Dualie’s bio parents.) I do my best to tag things, but please lmk if I miss something, I’m not perfect.

IC anon hate is allowed, feel free to push his buttons as much as you want. If you’re ever worried abt something being too much though, just shoot me a dm or an ask and give me a heads up.

If anyone wants to plot or plan anything, same thing applies. Just shoot me an ask/dm and let me know. I’m always happy to get this goober involved with more of the community.

Art fight/refs: coming soon

Plot summary: coming soon

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Only For A Moment: October + November [part one]

Summary: A series of shorter one shots from Chris and Whitney’s life together throughout the pandemic. Some happy times, some harder times, some fluff and some things a little more sexy - they work through it all as they try to get settled in their new and blossoming relationship.

Chris Evans x OFC

18+

Part of the Once Bitten/More Hearts series

Only For A Moment: September

Note: I was originally going to post this as one longer one shot, but I’ve split it into two. I haven’t finished writing the last part of the series yet and I’ve had a really bad and busy week so I haven’t had much time to work on it. It’s planned out, I just need to write it, but posting November as two parts gives me more time to finish it.

Thank you to everyone who has read and commented on this story. The support has been amazing!

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October 2020

"Hey," I greeted Chris as I poked my head around the door of his office. "Are you busy? Can I talk to you for a sec?"

He put down the script he was reading - something for a project he'd be starting as soon as the pandemic allowed - and nodded his head.

"Sure, what's up?"

I moved into the room, feeling strangely nervous about what I was about to ask.

"How would you feel," I started. "About me going to New York for a weekend for work?"

He raised his eyebrows, seemingly surprised by my inquiry and I rushed to assure him a bit more.

"They sent all the protocols that would be followed along with the job offer and it seems like it would be as safe as it possibly could be these days and I would drive up, not fly, so that would cut down on the chance of exposure a bit too," I assured him. "But I know that there's always a risk at the moment and it affects you and Gray too so I won't go if you're at all concerned."

Chris was smiling by the time I finished my long explanation and I felt a glimmer of hope that he wouldn't shoot down the idea immediately. I missed working and while Chris at least had 'A Starting Point' to focus on and various scripts to read through, I'd been completely out of work for months and I was ready to get back into it.

"Whitney, you don't need to convince me," he assured me. "I trust you. If you think it's safe and you want to do it then go for it."

"Okay, thank you," I let out a breath of relief. "I really do want to do it. I miss working."

"I know what you mean," he agreed. "What's the project?"

I couldn't hold back my grin as I answered that question.

"I get to go hang out with your friends," I informed him. "It's a promo shoot for Sebastian and Mackie's new show."

"Aw, man! That's great," Chris laughed. "Would you mind if I tagged along? I won't get in the way, I'll stay out of the photo shoot, but it would be nice to have a change of scenery."

"You wouldn't be allowed to come to the photo shoot at all," I warned him. "That was part of the protocol - no guests - and I don't know how many places are open there right now, there might not be much for you to do."

"I can keep myself entertained," he shrugged before flashing me a smirk. "We can leave Grayson with my mom, it'll be nice to have an adults only weekend."

"That would be nice," I agreed, matching his smirk as I followed his train of thought. We did fairly well making sure we got some quality time together, but we had to be quiet and quick and we always had the threat of Grayson interrupting in the back of our minds. "It's just a one day shoot so we'd have the Sunday together too."

"That's great," Chris grinned. "It'll be nice to get away."

"It will," I agreed, walking around his desk to lean down and capture his lips in a kiss. "Our first romantic getaway."

He slid his arm around my hips to keep me close as he smiled up at me.

"I can't wait."

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November 2020

Leaving Grayson was harder than I anticipated. Considering I used to leave him with Chris every other week, I thought leaving him for a weekend would be easy, but I was a weepy mess. I held it together in front of Grayson so that he didn't get upset too - even though he was completely unbothered as he skipped off into Lisa's house - but once we got in the car, I let a few tears slip.

Of course, Chris teased me about it, but there was something in the way that he slipped his hand in mine and squeezed it reassuringly that told me he was feeling it too. We’d all adjusted to our new normal and Chris and I had really embraced having Gray by our side all the time so while two days was not a ridiculous amount of time to be apart, it felt like a momentous occasion. However, after giving ourselves a few minutes to wallow in the sadness, we agreed to do our best to push those feelings aside. We deserved a weekend away. No matter how much we loved him, parenting twenty-four/seven for almost ten months was hard work especially while trying to build our new relationship.

By the time we arrived in Manhattan in the early evening, our melancholy mood had shifted. The drive, spent playing silly little car games like ‘I Spy’ and singing cheesy duets, had put us in a wonderful mood and kicked off our weekend nicely. It was a fairly long drive though so I let Chris check in while I scampered off to use the restroom in the lobby. He had the keys by the time I found him again and when we got up the room, I was shocked. It was a fancy hotel - Marvel did tend to be quite generous when it came to accommodations - but it wasn't until we walked into the room that I realized we had the penthouse suite.

"Holy shit," I gasped, looking around at the luxurious space and amazing view out over Central Park. "This has to be a mistake, there's no way Marvel would pay for this!"

"No, they wouldn't," Chris smirked as he dropped our bags and moved over to the bottle of champagne that was already chilling in an ice bucket. "But I would."

"What?" I giggled. "What are you talking about? We already had a reservation booked in my name."

"Yeah, and I upgraded it," he grinned. "I just paid the difference between the room Marvel booked and this one."

He popped the champagne and poured it for us before coming to join me at the window and handing me a glass.

"You didn't have to do that, Chris. This is a pretty nice hotel, I'm sure whatever room they booked would have been fine."

"Oh yeah, it would have been fine," he shrugged. "But fine isn't what I'm aiming for this weekend and since we can't do much outside of this hotel anyway, the least I can do is make sure we have a good room."

I was looking forward to getting back to work, but suddenly I wished that I didn't have to as the idea of a romantic weekend hidden away in our gorgeous suite seemed like the best thing in the world. But, I knew we wouldn't have come without an excuse, so I tried to focus on being grateful for the time that we did have together.

Slipping my arm around his waist and stretching up on my toes, I pulled him in for a kiss, trying to convey my gratitude and excitement for the weekend.

"Well, I can think of several things we can do in this room that will keep us very busy," I teased once our lips parted again. "We better get started now or we might run out of time..."

Chris chuckled as he took a sip of his champagne, but shook his head.

"Not yet, Winnie," he denied me, despite his raspy voice. "Why don't you take that champagne and run yourself a nice bath while I order us some room service?"

I felt a frown slide onto my face and I would have been embarrassed at my childish pout had I not been so confused about him turning me down.

"Why?" I asked. "I would have thought you'd be raring to go now that we can finally enjoy ourselves with no interruptions..."

"I am but I want to enjoy it,” Chris informed me, leaning down to nip at my neck before letting his lips hover next to my ear. "I want you relaxed and well-fed so I can take my time while I make you scream my name over and over and over."

His low voice sent shivers down my spine as his plan for the night sent a wave of arousal through me. My mouth suddenly felt dry and my brain forgot how to make words as I choked out an 'okay' and took myself off to the bathroom to do as he'd instructed.

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When I wandered out into the living room area of our suite almost forty-five minutes later, I was thoroughly relaxed. Wrapped in a very fluffy white bathrobe that was at least two sizes too big for me, I announced my entrance with a contented sigh. Chris looked up at the sound and let out a laugh.

"What?" I giggled, striking a pose as I had a good idea what he found amusing. "They only had one size."

"You look adorable," he grinned at me. "C'mere, let me top up your drink."

I did as he asked, walking over to where he was sitting and noticed the cart full of food that was next to him. He'd ordered my favourite - mac 'n' cheese - and I felt a rush of love for him when I saw it. A lot of people had teased me over the years, insisting that it was more of a child's dish - something not refined enough for an adult’s palate - but it had always been one of my top choices and I was touched that he'd remembered.

He'd ordered a steak for himself and we both eagerly tucked into our meals, eating until we were almost painfully full and just barely saving enough room for the peanut butter cheesecake that he'd ordered for dessert. That was another favourite of mine and I got a stern warning from Chris - as I moaned through every mouthful - that I needed to control myself until we'd had a chance to digest our large meal. I bit back a smirk, almost tempted to continue my noises of pleasure just to antagonize him, but I reluctantly decided to behave.

After we ate, we curled up on the couch with something meaningless on the TV as we recovered from the large meal. We were half-watching it, half just basking in the contentment of our full stomachs until Chris eventually decided that we'd waited long enough.

My feet were draped over his lap as we lounged and I felt his hands slowly move from lazy stroking the tops of my feet to higher up my ankle. At first, I didn't pay much attention as I mindlessly scrolled through my phone, but as his hand trailed higher up my leg, his intentions became more clear. I fought to keep a straight face as I continued to ignore him even as his hand slid up to my knee. He kept it there for a few moments, rubbing his thumb against my skin, but he quickly lost his patience as I continued playing it cool. Letting out a soft growl, he returned his hands to my feet and with a swift tug, he moved me down the couch.

"Chris!" I giggled as my head slipped from the arm of the couch onto the cushion where my bum had been moments before. "What are you doing?"

"You were ignoring me," he smirked. "So, I took matters into my own hands."

"Maybe I was reading something important," I teased. "You're so rude."

He pulled again, moving my hips up onto his lap.

"I'm rude? We're on a romantic getaway and you're starin’ at your phone."

"Well, maybe you weren't being very interesting."

He chuckled at that, but shook his head.

"You're such a brat," he scolded. "Maybe I should just flip you over and teach you a lesson."

He moved a hand down and pinched my bum to emphasize his point and I gasped as a wave of intrigue flooded through me. Using the back of the couch for leverage, I pulled myself up until I was sitting on his lap, but the positioning was a bit awkward so I shifted and straddled him instead.

"I'm not sure if a spanking from you would be much of a punishment..."

My words made his eyes darken as his hands rubbed up and down my thighs.

"Oh, really?" He questioned and I nodded with a smile. "Well, that is very interesting information to have."

"I'm surprised you haven't brought it up before," I teased. "Since you're such an ass man."

"Shut up," Chris chuckled before forcing me to do so by pressing my lips against his.

It started off as a sweet, playful kiss, but the mood of anticipation between us quickly transitioned it into something more.

His hands moved from my thighs up to my hips as I let mine slide behind him - one rubbing the soft hairs on his neck as the other held the back of his head, keeping it firmly against my own. Our lips parted, letting our tongues bump and glide against each other and I felt a fire started to burn inside of me already.

Our position and the fact that I was wearing nothing, but a bathrobe meant that there was nothing between us other than Chris' jeans. I was pressed bare against him which became apparent when he used his firm grip to pull me even closer towards him. A gasp fell from my lips at the friction the denim caused and Chris pulled back to grin at me.

"Does that feel good?" He pressed my hips forward again as he asked the question and my eyes fluttered shut as I nodded. "Then keep going."

He titled his chin to capture my lips in another kiss as he loosened his grip on me, but his instructions had been clear. Taking matters into my own hands, I started rocking my hips slowly against his enjoying the sparks I felt every time I rubbed against him. I could feel him harden, the bulge underneath me growing bigger with every pass of my hips, and the feeling had me moaning into his mouth. I almost stood up - I almost pulled myself off of his lap and dragged him to the bedroom as my body craved him and wanted him inside me - but I remembered what he'd said. He wanted to wait, to take it slow and savour the experience so, with a smirk to myself, I continued my actions with the knowledge of his growing arousal only adding to my pleasure.

As if Chris could read my mind or feel my misguided sense of control, he tightened his grip again and pressed me even harder against him. I moaned at the sensation, pulling my mouth from his as my head fell backwards. I tried to find something to focus on, something to help me regain a morsel of self-control, but nothing in the room could distract from the pressure that was building quickly as the rough material dragged against my clit. A part of me was embarrassed to be rubbing myself against him like this, but with each thrust of my hips, a much bigger part of me grew too desperate to care.

Taking advantage of my exposed neck, Chris latched his lips onto the skin, nipping and sucking gently before tracing kisses up until his mouth was beside my ear.

"You're almost there, aren't you?" His voice was low and the way my fingers dug into the back of his neck was all the answer I could muster as his hands forced my body to keep up the steady rhythm. "I bet you're almost soakin’ right through my pants. You're so needy. Go on, Winnie, take what you want."

A whimper fell from my lips as his words sent shivers down my spine. My movements, supported by his hands, became even more frantic as I felt my release building to a peak and after a few more shifts against him, I let out a strangled moan as I crashed over the edge.

Chris continued his mumbled words of encouragement as his hands continued to force me to move until I melted against him and let my head flop onto his shoulder. My breath against his neck drew goosebumps up on his skin and I placed a soft kiss on them as I fought to control my breathing.

"How're you feeling?"

I sighed softly in response to Chris' question, fighting to make my brain function enough to form words.

"Wonderful," I purred into his ear after taking a moment to compose myself. "But I'm really dying to have you inside me..."

Without another word, Chris used his grip on my hips to lift me off his lap and onto my feet. My legs felt shaky from the strength of my recent orgasm, but they held me up as I stared down at Chris, a bit stunned by the fast movement. He looked up at me for a brief moment before raising an eyebrow and nodding his head towards our bedroom.

"Do you need me to carry you?" He questioned, his tone laced with sarcasm as he clearly noticed the quiver in my legs. "Or can you walk?"

I giggled and playfully rolled my eyes, but turned towards the bedroom. Trying to regain some semblance of power in the situation, I undid the robe that was still tied around my waist and let it fall to the floor. The action left me completely naked as I walked away and I heard a growl of approval from Chris followed by the sound of him jumping to his feet behind me. I scampered off with him hot on my heels, but he caught me in his grasp when I was a few feet past our bedroom door.

He easily lifted me off the ground and I let out a squeal as he tossed me onto the bed.

"Wow," I giggled as I flopped onto my back, leaning up on my elbows to look at him. "That was a graceful landing, real sexy."

Chris smirked as he pulled his shirt over his head.

"You're always sexy," he insisted, moving to the bed and crawling over me. "I can't get enough of you."

Before I could respond, his mouth was back on mine. I smiled against his lips and took a moment to run my hands over his toned muscles, but quickly moved them down to the belt on his jeans as I was eager to get things moving. Almost immediately, he pulled away with that damn smirk still on his face.

"Not so fast," he warned. "I said we were going to take our time."

"We already did," I whined. "Please, Chris, I want you so bad."

He dipped his head and kissed along my jaw until his lips hovered by my ear.

"And you'll have me," he assured me. "Eventually."

I let out a groan of frustration, but as he trailed his kisses lower until they reached my chest, the groan became one of pleasure. A hand slid up my side until it was level with his head and while his mouth captured one nipple, his fingers pinched the other. I gasped and arched my back up towards him, desperate to be as close to him as possible.

His actions started off soft. His fingers and lips worked in a gentle, almost teasing way that had me almost ready to whine for more, but just when I thought I couldn’t take it anymore, he increased the pressure. His fingers pinched and tweaked one as he nipped the other and the sensation had my hips pressing up against him almost of their own volition. He chuckled as I lifted a leg to hook it over his hip, pulling him down in an attempt to find any friction as he moved to rest his chin between my breasts.

"You're so impatient," he teased. "I'm not gonna fuck you yet."

His voice was thick and rough from his own aroused state and it only made me more desperate.

"Please, Chris..." I whined. "Why not?"

Chris let his teeth graze against my skin briefly before moving further down my body, my question apparently going unanswered. He kissed his way over my stomach, an affectionate smile appearing on his face as he watched the muscles under his mouth quiver and twitch from his actions. It appeared he was intent on taking his sweet time and I really was about to start begging again when he finally settled between my thighs, pulling my legs to rest over his shoulders.

A snarky comment about him taking so long was on the tip of my tongue, but any attitude I was feeling disappeared as he pressed his tongue against me, licking upwards until he settled against my clit. I couldn't hold back the moans and gasps that poured from my lips from the sensation and for a moment, I worried I was being too loud. However, from the way Chris' fingers dug into my ass to lift me higher against his mouth, he seemed to find it encouraging.

He was focused and determined, his lazy mood from moments earlier seemingly gone and I wasn't complaining as I was already practically dripping on to the bed with need. He knew my body almost better than I did and the way his lips were locked on just the right spot, sucking with just the right pressure was driving me wild.

In a few mere minutes, I was already teetering on the edge, but when I gasped out a warning to Chris, he instantly pulled away.

I lifted my head as I let out a growl and scowled down at him - the cocky smirk on his face only adding to my annoyance.

"What the hell, Chris," I huffed. "Keep going!"

He kissed my thigh as I felt an almost painful ache between my legs.

"Patience, Winnie," he warned me. "You need a lesson in patience."

The overwhelming feeling I felt in response to that comment was frustration, but there was a hint of intrigue as well. I was at his mercy, being teased and toyed with until he decided otherwise and I'd be lying if that knowledge didn't turn me on even more.

"Do you-" I gasped as he blew against the wet place his mouth had been moments before. "Do you want me to beg?"

"It wouldn't hurt," he grinned. "But there is something appealing about the thought of seeing how long I can keep you like this..."

That idea filled me with dread. As enticing as my helplessness in this scenario was, the thought of it lasting more than a few minutes seemed painfully cruel.

"No, please don't," I pleaded. "Please touch me, Chris. Please, please. I need it so bad."

He groaned, letting his forehead rest against my thigh for a moment before looking up to meet my eyes.

"The way you say my name when you're like this drives me crazy."

He moved his hand to flick his thumb over my clit and his name fell from my lips again as a desperate whimper. That seemed to be all he needed to hear as he quickly attached his mouth back to that sweet spot.

Instantly, my hands shot to grip his head as mine fell back against the pillows. He held down my hips that were pushing up towards him, desperate to increase the friction, but it didn't matter. I was so close already, so worked up from his previous actions, that it took no time at all for the pressure he'd built up inside me to boil over as I finally found my release.

As always, he coaxed me through it, only moving back when he was sure my orgasm had faded. By the time it was done, my chest was heaving and Chris dragged himself off the bed, giving me a moment to catch my breath as he rid himself of his jeans and boxers. I smiled at the sight, but I was in a daze. My whole body felt like jelly from the two amazing orgasms I'd just received, but that didn't stop me from the moment of clarity that hit just as he was climbing back over me.

"Wait! Condom."

Chris cursed under his breath before hopping off the bed and quickly rifling through his bag. He found one - which I knew he would as I'd reminded him several times to pack them so we wouldn’t be caught without them in a moment like this - and returned to the bed.

"Hurry," I panted. "I need you."

A quiet growl rumbled from Chris' chest as he quickly tore open the condom wrapper and put it on. I was still sensitive from our previous activities, but as soon as he was on top of me again, I was pressing up towards him. He filled me with an almost insatiable need and it seemed his patience was also thin after being so hard for so long as he slid inside me with impressive speed.

I groaned from the sensation of him filling me so quickly, but any discomfort quickly shifted into pleasure as he rocked his hips against mine. My fingers dug into his shoulders as my legs wrapped around his waist pulling him closer as he quickly established a steady rhythm. As much as he wanted to take his time, his restraint was clearly waning as he kept up a vigorous pace. My over sensitive state and his purposefully angled thrusts, hitting all the right nerves with just the right pressure, had me writing beneath him as I basked in the sensation.

Chris was always rather vocal, but as his moans, grunts and whispers of filthy commentary grew louder and more unrestrained it became clear that he was also edging closer and closer to his peak. His hips snapped with more ferocity and all I could do was hold onto him tightly, giving him all the control and riding the waves of pleasure he was causing.

“I’m close,” he groaned, his voice strained as his breath hit my neck.

Unable to form words, I made a noise that I hoped would convey my agreement and his movements seemed to become even more pointed and more deliberate. With every thrust, he made sure to rub against every sensitive spot inside me and moments later, I felt my release hit me. It felt like every muscle in my body tensed as I quivered and clenched around him, a sound leaving my mouth that was so lustful and unrestrained that I could hardly believe it was coming from me. He gasped out a moan of his own from the sensation of me coming around him and quickened his pace through my orgasm until eventually he stilled, the sound of his pleasure echoing through my ears.

Once we had both recovered, Chris rolled off of me, pulling the condom off and disposing of it in the garbage can next to the bed before he settled on his back, chest heaving from exertion.

I let out a happy sigh as I curled into his side and his arm wrapped around me, pulling me close.

"That was amazing," I smiled, placing a kiss against his chest.

He chuckled, squeezing me even tighter as he answered.

"See? Patience. It makes everything better."

I nipped at the skin underneath my mouth.

"Shut up."

He leaned down to place a kiss on the top of my head and I smiled.

"I love you," he practically whispered in the darkness. "I'm so glad we get this weekend together."

"Me too," I agreed. "I love you too."

He squeezed me closer again as we laid there curled up in each other, basking in our post-orgasmic glow.

No one had ever made me feel the way that Chris did. I’d never felt as safe with anyone, I’d never felt so able to let my guard down, and the physical aspect of our relationship clearly benefited greatly from the closeness that we shared. It was an amazing feeling to know that we were so in tune with each other and that there was so much room to explore the things that made us feel good and, despite being fully satisfied for the time being, I couldn't help but let my mind wander to other things I would be interested in delving into as I drifted off to sleep.

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November [part two]

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I also noticed he’s wearing the circles like Nami does. Is there a reason for those circles?

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Greetings @icantthinkof1posts and many thanks for the submission :) I’ve never paid attention to this detail while watching Heart of Gold-tv special before so thanks for pointing this out!  Now that I look at the jacket pattern it surely reminds me of Nami’s skirt and jeans’ circles and after browsing her outfit gallery in One Piece fandom wiki it seems like these circles appear in many of her outfits:

The reason how those circles ended up in Sanji’s jacket in Heart of Gold probably remains a mystery forever but it indeed is a nice detail from the perspective of shipping. However, I think it is partly a coincidence, they both enjoy fashionable clothings and maybe they like same clothing brands. An interesting topic and for example my fellow shippers @pernanegra [x] and @sanjiafsincedayone [x] have written nice thoughts about clothing related to Sanji x Nami for Sannami week- event.

But in general, it’s actually pretty interesting to notice that Sanji and Nami indeed do seem to have some similarities and/ or “parallels” when it comes down to their style and clothing. For example in the following cases there seem to be something:

Sanji’s Alabasta’s outfit

First one might be very far fetched but I admit when I first saw the desert outfit after a long while, the sun on his sleeve reminded me of the logo of the Sun Pirates and guess who was part of the Sun Pirates? Arlong and then who was working under Arlong? Nami!

It’s hard to say did Oda-sensei mean any foreshadowing in this but now to think about the connection to the Sun Pirates came up later in the story line when Jinbei revealed to be close to Arlong.

Sanji knew about Nami’s backstory because Nojiko told it to them earlier when Nami struggled to fight against Arlong’s terror. She didn’t know Sanji knows so she was probably surprised why it was difficult to Sanji to face Jinbei’s confessions.

Actually the Nami’s backstory that returned in Mermaid Island arc turned unexpectedly into a parallel at the latest in Zou arc where Nami became the one who learned about Sanji’s backstory (well there was also Brook and the others but the point is, they both know their backstories)

A bit similar pattern in shirts

Before the Strawhats arrived to Alabasta, Nami wore this colorful heart-patterned shirt and later she changes it to the black/blue bikini top. Sanji also switches his outfit in Skypiea to this red-shaded and flowery patterns too that are a bit similar to Namis (who knows, maybe the same brand?)

 Punk Hazard style

Sanji’s winter outfit after the main adventures in Punk Hazard is stylish and has Nami’s colors and those S-patters partly resemble Nami’s iconic pinwheel tattoo. Her jacket instead follows a bit of Sanji’s suit jacket style (with 6 buttons)

Of course those swirls in Sanji’s jacket and in Nami’s could also represent the symbolism behind their names. My fellow shipper @eleamaya wrote a interesting analyze about their names:  Sanji = whirlpool  // Nami = Wave both things are linked to swirls.

The swirls can also be symbolism for Sanji’s curly eyebrows and now to think about, the symbol of the Arlong Pirates reminds a bit of a whirlpool if one looks quickly.

wearing blue and orange

There are obviously dozens of outfits Nami has worn but one thing that crossed my mind after browsing the One Piece’s fan gallery was that she wears a lot of blue, either the top or the bottom part which is nice because blue is a nice color.

(and yes I am color blind, I can’t distinguish blue and purple-ish well *laughs*)

Also Sanji likes to wear blue but also he has worn a lots of shades of yellow/orange.  Shipwise this  is an interesting thing to notice because their theme colors are blue and orange. Eleamaya linked it to the colors of the sunset which has these two very colors and she also pointed out there the common link in their names (related to the element of water).

(btw @sanjiafsincedayone‘s post about orange and blue sums ups well this theme)

ties

Both Nami and Sanji have been seen wearing ties both in canon and in Color Spreads, if we return into a earlier subject, Nami wears blue again in Water 7.

Offering the suit jacket to the lady

Sanji is a gentleman so it’s natural nice gesture for him to offer his jacket. First time he offered it to Nami when they survived the ordeals in Little Garden. Nami’s reaction was annoyed.

Later he gave his jacket when they were freezing in Punk Hazard’s cold side. Then Nami’s reaction was more friendly (she seemed actually be surprised about him doing it again). This is most likely because they’ve known each other for a longer time in Punk  Hazard arc.

Number 3 in clothing

There has been great analyzes about this topic but to sum it a little bit: Oda-sensei has given each Straw Hats a “theme”number that is based on their birthday and names, Sanji’s is 3.

He has worn number 3 in his outfit in Whole Cake Island arc in flashbacks when he was a child, mostly so their father and his minions could distinguish Sanji and his siblings.  Nami as well has worn number 3 in Water 7 arc. Actually Luffy has also worn numbers in the flashback arc.  but they are linked to his own birthday as far as I remember, Nami is only strawhat who has worn numbers “just for fun” so far but correct if it’s false.

Of course it might be that since  Nami was the third one to join the Straw Hats, her number also is therefore 3 which could be the reason why Oda-sensei made her wear that in Water 7.

clothing details in official art

@sanjiafsincedayone also wrote posts about the colors blue and orange and how they appear in One Piece. Oda-sensei likes to share his official One Piece art in Color Spreads between the chapters and in art collections (Color Walks) and once these are published, we fans then enjoy to find details that match to our OTP. 

Here are some of the stylish details that has been pointed out in Sanji x Nami posts about official art:

- similar/matching accessories

One thing Sannami fandom has pondered together is that they like to wear accessories, for some reason there has been a couple of drawings where the accessories are very similar to each other

(the picture below with giraffe theme is from Color Spread chapter 357 and the picture below with similar flowery necklaces is from Color Walk 5)

(They both seem to really enjoy wearing necklaces)

(and who knows, maybe that necklace that appears in Color Walk 4 could be the same as in  chapter 357)

When it comes down to similarities, there has also been same styled wristbands in chapter 878′s Color Spread

and sunglasses in the Color Spreads of chapter 941 and 835

Sanjiafsincedayone pointed out also that Nami seems to like to wear blue colored kimonos in Color Spreads

A couple of times Sanji and Nami either wear the same patterns in their clothes (i.e chapter 507)

or one wears swirls and the other rings (Chapter 937)

- character shirts, a (far fetched) foreshadow?

In chapter 692′s color spread Sanji wears a shirt where there is a character who l1ooks very much like Nami (with all the bikini top-style and curly hair)

Nami has actually worn character shirts as well, in chapter 578′s Color Spread. If the theory would be far fetched  then we could imagine that picture in her shirt could be referred to Alabasta arc (because of the cactus and desert) where he referred himself with a codename Mr Prince.

If we wanted to put this thought of this even more trickier we would think about Sabo’s background as a noble who never wanted to be a noble and ran away, just like Sanji did so that picture on her shirt could be also a parallel

but  since  the guy looks  more like Sabo perhaps it was more likely foreshadowing to Dressrosa when the Luffy’s long lost  brother made a comeback.  

And now to think about, Nami’s outfit in chapter 771′s and 588′s  Color Spreads could have foreshadowed the upcoming art since Sanji also wore ruffle-styled shirt before the tea party? (and actually, Nami’s WCI arc dress had ruffles too).

fun fact: Robin’s outfit in that Alice in Wonderland themed Color Spread was very close to what Sanji wore in WCI)

sweet escape

The gingerbread theme in chapter 902′s color spread was cute and as a shipper the view of Sanji and Nami sharing the same pattern icing/frosting/topping is cute (there were other Straw hats too in that picture but their patterns were different).

Movie 2 Clockwork Island

Last but not least in the list is One Piece’s second official movie. Yes, it’s a movie and therefore it’s non-canon but I find it interesing that out of all outfits and characters, Nami and Sanji are dressed as they could walk to the wedding aisle any minute. What makes it even more amusing is that Usopp and Zoro are dressed more traditionally and could bless their union *laughs*

And after the Whole Cake Island’s and Thriller Bark’s events and marriage theme that is quite a parallel in total (first Nami being the damsel in distress who needs to be saved from a forced marriage and then later Sanji being forced to marry because of his father’s policies) the more funnier the link between the arcs and  movie 2 feels (since there is too Nami being kidnapped and almost forced to marry someone she doesn’t want and the movie’s promo picture includes a bridal carry)

When it comes down to the concept of the word canon, It really depends on the shipper which is counted so called shipwise-material. For some everything is potential but dor some,  only manga as canon counts and  therefore everything else like side stories (fillers, movies), merchandising (ads etc.) is shipwise just so called “nice extra” (like some of these examples mentioned before) since  these filler-stories and movies are still mostly handwritten and directed by someone else than the main mangaka. Obviously Oda-sensei is the main supervisor and is very strict about what should happen and what not and he might do these detail things just for fun and it’s us reading it as signs for OTP. So all in all, as always said,

as much as we like to seek for details to support the ship,  it’s all about interpretation ;)

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MULTI-CHAPTERS

Next to You (That’s Where I Want to Be) A College Roommates AU.

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SERIES MASTERLISTS

An Officer and A Gentleman: Carlos Reyes Week 2021 Fics celebrating Carlos Reyes, written for the @carlosreyesweek​ fandom event.

30 Days of Tarlos/30 Songs of Tarlos 30 Tarlos one-shots, all stand-alone.

Those Summer Feelings: A Tarlos Lifeguard AU College-aged Tarlos with summer jobs at the local pool and all the heat, lust, and love that goes along with it! 

more time with you: a tarlos missing moments collection Missing moments from 9-1-1: Lone Star season 1, featuring Carlos Reyes and TK Strand.

two halves of the same soul: a tarlos one-shot collection Fics inspired by various one-line dialogue prompts.

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STAND-ALONE FICS

I Wanna Be Somebody to Someone (Someone to You) - 19.5K A High School/Coffee Shop AU.

Collect Me With Your Steady Hand - 2.7K TK processes his dad’s diagnosis, and Carlos makes tamales. (A post-1x04 fic, based on that 1x05 promo pic from the cut Tarlos dinner scene.)

An Open Heart is an Open Wound to You -  4.1K Days after the solar storm, Carlos and TK spend another night under the stars. (Basically, a re-do of the 1x02 disaster dinner, taking place just after 1x10.)

I Just Wanted You to Know (This is Me Trying) - 2.4K Carlos makes a nice dinner, TK leaves in a hurry. But then, he comes back. (Immediately follows the 1x02 disaster dinner, not canon compliant.)

Somebody Misses You When You’re Away - 3.7K TK returns to New York City for the first time since moving to Texas, and Carlos faces his own insecurities back in Austin.

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I’ll Build My Life Around You - 2.2K Sometimes TK can be reckless on the job, and he doesn’t always think about what that means for his boyfriend.

She Reminds Me of You - 1.7K Carlos finally meets his boyfriend’s mom. (A 2x01/season 2 spec fic.)

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On An Ordinary Sunday - 2K TK and Carlos spend a Sunday morning at the park.

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Number One Fan - 724 words Carlos always stands out in a crowd.

[sassy-pelican]

What ... oh. I guess we’re cuddling now. Okay.

Pairing: Sebastian Stan x Reader Prompt: “What … oh. I guess we’re cuddling. Okay.” (via me) Warning: Fluff, implied smut (no actual smut), Seb (because he is warning all on his own), etc. I don’t know. A/N: I know I haven’t posted anything new in a few days, but I got an idea for an actual fic that I am trying to write. I won’t share details yet because I will more than likely never finish it. That happens a lot. I also debated on who to do this prompt for but decided on Seb after an image popped into my head. Hope everyone enjoys.

 It had been weeks since you had seen Sebastian. Your boyfriend was off filming and doing promos for various projects, ones that no matter how hard you tried, you could seem to keep straight. It honestly baffled you how he did. Of course, you facetimed, texted, called, all the usual makings for a long-distance relationship, but it didn’t help much. You missed him.

You knew he had a few more long weeks before he could come home, but the loneliness was starting to eat away at you. You needed someone there, a companion to curl up next to at night, to cuddle, to keep you company. But you also knew that there was nothing either one of you could about it. He had signed on to these projects at different times, unknowing that the schedules would be so compact. It was quite a shock to both of you.

He pushed forward though, despite the long hours and long stretches away from you. He loved his job. It wasn’t just a job to him; it was part of him. Just as you were beginning to call him one last time before going to bed, your phone lit up. Speak of the devil.

Smiling to yourself, you accepted the facetime call, already feeling yourself come out of the slump you had been in for the day. “Hey.” He greets. You smile wider.

“Hey yourself. What are you up to now?” You ask him, genuinely curious.

“Nothing. I just finished for the day. A nice treat.” Sebastian pauses, his eyes saddening a little. “I miss you.”

“I miss you too.” You say, an equally sad smile on your lips.

“I can’t wait to come home. I just want to hold you.”

“I know Seb. I know.”

The two of you don’t say much of importance, just casual conversation that lasted hours. But when your eyes start to droop, despite talking with the man you love, he concedes to let you sleep. As much as you don’t want to say goodbye, you agree; already feeling yourself drifting off. He watches through the screen as you forget to disconnect the call and turn off the light. He watches with a smile as you fall you asleep on the bed you usually share with him.

Three weeks later

Sebastian is due home any minute now. He insisted that he get a cab back from the airport instead of you picking him up. Saying, “I don’t want to bother you.” Even after your assurances that he would be and do no such thing, he didn’t relent.

Finally admitting defeat, you decided to get comfortable, and have sweets ready for him when he gets home. No matter how hard you try, he always has a need for something sweet after getting off of a plane. You never understood it, but you also didn’t try to stop him either – even if it was against the diet he was currently on. Something you also didn’t agree with. The man was good looking at any weight, at least in your opinion.

So, there you sat, on the couch, pan of iced brownies on the counter and in one his old t-shirts, waiting. Thankfully you didn’t have to wait long. Before you knew it, the door was jiggling, his hands obviously unsteady from lack of sleep. Smiling, you began to get up, only to have him almost fall through the door.

           Dropping his bags unceremoniously on the ground, he shuts the door – rather loudly – and run over to you. You laugh as he circles you with his arms from behind, and shiver slightly when he inhales the scent of your shampoo. That always did wonders for your sex drive, but he was too tired to care, or to do anything about it.

“Seb.” You whisper, not sure why you felt the need to be quiet.

“Yeah babe?”

“Stop. You know what that does to me.” You breathe out. He giggles, actually giggles.

“I know. I’ll stop for now. But don’t think I am not going ravish you as soon as I feel like I can function properly.”

“I will hold you to that,” you lean back into him, “there’s brownies on the counter.”

He moans, hugging you tighter. “God, I love you.”

“I sure hope so, otherwise this would be a little awkward considering that I love you.” You reply, a teasing tone to your voice.

As he releases you and heads to the kitchen you stop him. “Get me one too.”

“Are you trying to eat my brownies?” He mocks, a fake sound of astonishment present in his tone.

“I made them; they are my brownies Seb.” He laughs.

“Coming right up.”

Two brownies later – each – and you are both sitting the couch, watching reruns of Game of Thrones. You feel him shift and reach over for you. Confused but not fighting it,  you allow him to pull you into him. “What … oh. I guess we’re cuddling now. Okay.” You mumble as he situates his head on your chest.

Letting out a long sigh, he hugs your waist. You smile down at him, hands coming up to play with his now shorter hair. You almost miss the long. It definitely gave you more to grab on to. Although, you can’t say that you don’t like the new cut. You feel him relax more as your fingers run through it; fingernails scraping his scalp.

“I love you.” He mumbles, words muffled by your, well his, shirt.

You laugh lightly, “I love you too Seb.” He nuzzles in closer, impossibly closer.

“Get some sleep babe.” You mutter, lips finding the top of his head before you too, allow yourself to fall asleep.

[corbo-florbo]

Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn Retirement (Fantasy Booking)

I’ve been sitting on this for a while, but I’ve been feeling the writing and wrestling bug, so I figured why not put this here? This is how I’d envision and book a retirement angle for Kevin Owens and Sami Zayn of the WWE.

So, some context. Kevin Owens is a top guy, a main eventer, having had main evented Wrestlemania. He has essentially stayed the same person, but not as volatile since his face turn against Shane McMahon and Drew McIntyre back in early July 2019. Throughout the rest of his career, he has shed more and more of the same Kevin that would turn on his allies and accepted that he is deserving of friendship and teamwork. He lets people in more. Kevin, who knows exactly who he is and has since the beginning, has become the superstar he is meant to be.

That isn’t the case for Sami. Through face and heel turns, it is evident he is lost. He may have found some middle ground in managing Cesaro and Shinsuke Nakamura, but in this fantasy booking, Cesaro moved on, and Shin turned on Sami shortly after dropping the IC title to Braun Strowman. Incensed by the betrayal, Sami attempts to get back in the ring again, vowing revenge, with the crowds behind him again. I mean, who can hate Sami when he’s such a good guy? 

Come a ppv (one of the big four), Sami goes against Shinsuke, and though he does not prevail, the two put on a banger of a match (hopefully making Shin a big deal again and gets him a push). Meanwhile, Sami is still at the bottom. Where does he go from here? His former client Shinsuke is becoming a big deal without him, and Sami is struggling. 

Fast forward to Wrestlemania season, Sami has officially moved out of the managerial role and once more back into wrestling. Things look up for him, as he beats enhancement talent, until after one victory, he demands he faces an actual member of the roster. He’s cocky and confident again, and feels he’s ready to make a splash again.

Unfortunately for Zayn, that splash would merely look to be a small raindrop in a vast ocean as he is greeted in this promo by a Firefly Funhouse segment, featuring none other than Bray Wyatt. Bray states that Sami should feel at home beating the enhancement talent. That sometimes it is important to stick with what you know, and to Bray, he sees Sami as “generic”. That there isn’t anything special about him, and that’s okay. But Sami doesn’t agree. It’s not okay, it’s less than okay. Sami was on the fast-track to being a big deal. However, Sami doesn’t express this, as fear has lumped in his throat. “Why are you going after me? I’ve done nothing to you. I’ve no past with you - nothing. When I see you, I only know one thing, and that’s to RUN.”

Bray says that’s exactly the point. Sami runs. “Why do you think you’re always moving from being good to bad so much, Sami? You’ve become stagnant! Wait, Fireflies, that’s the word of the day! Stagnant!” 

This taunting continues, until grows tired of the mockery and challenges Wyatt’s alter ego, The Fiend at the Showcase of the Immortals, where Kevin is having a bout against Bobby Lashley, feeling there is unfinished business, from being out of commission through most of 2018 because of him, and becoming embroiled in Lashley’s feud with Rusev, albeit briefly. This is a “Loser Retires” match, which Kevin wins. He’s retired Lashley and is still on the fast-track to the top. 

As for Sami vs The Fiend, it goes as expected. Fiend dominates Sami every step of the way. Cue the “Ole!” chants, which inspires Sami. They’ve never left him, the Sami Zayn band has his back and he must fight for them. Then he gets some good offence in. As usual, Fiend laughs it off and continues to shrug it off. Mandible Claw, 1...2...3...done. 

The upcoming draft occurs, and The Fiend and the Universal Title is drafted to Raw, the same brand as Kevin, Seth Rollins, etc. Yet Sami is nowhere to be seen. Debuting on the Red Brand is a masked luchador. The audience, those familiar with this man, sing “Ole!” like they did when Sami was around. This masked luchador is thrust into feuds with the likes of Rey Mysterio, Humberto Carillo, and Andrade. They don’t take him seriously, and mock that he doesn’t appear to speak fluent English, OR Spanish for that matter. They and commentary are oblivious as to who he is. As for the World Championship, McIntyre takes that to Smackdown and loses it to Shinsuke Nakamura. 

Kevin is back in the Universal Title picture, against his usual rival, Seth Rollins. Kevin and Seth are still worlds apart, yet both are competing at the chance to face The Fiend. Seth wants to redeem himself, Kevin wants to reclaim what was his, what was taken from him by Goldberg via Jericho. Kevin still knows who he is and who he wants to be. Seth is still struggling to find his own identity, his career rife with finding where he stands. As such, Seth loses the title opportunity to Kevin. 

SummerSlam approaches, and Kevin faces off against The Fiend, who it seems has finished collecting the debt owed by those who wronged him.  None of the mind games got him, none of the usual: “You’ve turned your back on everyone! You’re sick and you’re going to do it again! Jericho, Sami, The New Day! You almost turned on Samoa Joe! You are a Judas, and you know it. And come SummerSlam, HE is going to stop your reign of terror.” Pot calling the kettle black. Despite all odds, Kevin gets the win over The Fiend.

Survivor Series, it is World Title vs Universal Title. Shinsuke Nakamura vs Kevin Owens. A match that starts of slow, but gets more and more intense. Shinsuke targets and takes apart Kevin Owens, yet he doesn’t get up. “FIGHT OWENS FIGHT! FIGHT OWENS FIGHT!” the fans chant. As Kevin gives a Stunner to Shin, his pin is denied as he is assaulted by the mysterious masked luchador, as he also incapacitates Shin as well. Kevin comes to, sees the masked man, and asks loudly, “SAMI?!” A kick to the face knocks Owens out. No contest. 

The next week, Kevin calls out Sami. But there is no Sami, just that same masked man. “Cut the crap Sami. You’re not him anymore.”

“I am... I am El Generico!”

“No! No you’re not, you’re not that confused lucha guy from the indies, the bingo halls. You are Sami Zayn. ‘Ole, ole ole, oleeee!’ Remember?”

Nothing decipherable comes from El Generico. Kevin realizes he is getting nowhere right now. He ignores every advance. But he can’t ignore forever, as he puts his title on the line and at #1 at the Royal Rumble of that year. He goes through everyone, and even has his moments against people he had a past with. Joe, Cena, Fiend, Daniel Bryan, Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins, even Shane McMahon makes an appearance. A quiet Sami Zayn comes in, not seen for the first time in a while, and no number of people in the ring is going to stop them. Owens dispatches them and Sami all the same. Then it comes down to #30. Who is it going to be? Is it a debut? A return? It is the latter, as Generico makes his way to the ring, and the final four are: El Generico, Kevin Owens, Tomasso Ciampa, and Johnny Gargano. Fitting, as the latter two have their own intense history. Ciampa and Gargano do not make it, and neither does Generico. Kevin retains, becoming the third man ever to last throughout the entire Royal Rumble match and win. 

Kevin cuts a promo the next night on Raw, stating he feels he’s done all that needs to be done, and that’s to help his friend Sami. He needs to do it at Wrestlemania. If he wins this, he will end his career on this note. If not, he will keep fighting as only he can until Sami gets the picture. He clarifies he doesn’t mean win, as in winning the match. He means winning back his old friend. Generico, still hard to understand, attacks Kevin. 

Yet another Wrestlemania approaches, with Generico and Kevin are the main event. Kevin fights long and hard against Generico, and it gets bloody. It gets painful to watch, yet nobody can look away. Tables, ladders, chairs, the ring bell, the stairs, all are strewn about as these men batter each other. After a weak Kevin Owens frog splashes from the tallest ladder, he gets the pin on Generico. Generico, enraged, throws a tantrum. Kevin grabs him, hoists him up and looks him dead in the eyes. Commentary lets this moment breath, Kevin lets this moment breath. Nothing is said verbally, but so much is said in this post-match staredown. Generico backs away from Kevin, looks at his feet, and back at Kevin. Slowly but surely, Generico removes his mask, and now Kevin finds Sami’s eyes looking back. Sami, with tears in his eyes, embraces Kevin in a hug. Confetti falls around them as the two men are surrounded by cheers from teary-eyed fans. Kevin holds Sami’s hand up.

The next night on Raw, Kevin relinquishes the title, riding off into the sunset. Sami starts his own slow climb to the Universal championship, until he finds himself the winner of the Royal Rumble that upcoming January, against the champion at the time, Aleister Black. Through some shenanigans, the Universal Title is defended in the Elimination Chamber. Aleister gets the win and retains his title against Zayn, Fiend, Roman, Ciampa, and the recently Main Roster debuted Damian Priest. 

Through it all, Sami still is dead set on winning the title off of Black at Mania. Aleister, confident, allows Sami to choose the referee of his choosing. Who does he choose? Is it Mike Chioda? Jessica Carr? Nope, it’s Kevin. Kevin, though retired, accepts on one condition. That caveat is that Sami retires and lets newer wrestlers get their chance. He’s seen Sami through his ups and downs, and wants this win for him. But he reiterates over and over again that he will strictly call it down the middle. “So don’t mess this up, Sami.”

A hard fought battle at Mania in the second to last match on the card, with both men tired. Has Aleister met his match? Near fall pins and near submissions ensue. Sami has dodged the Black Mass over and over again, with his own color-coded finisher, the Blue Thunder Bomb. This is enough to knock down Aleister. Could this be it? It turns out to be so, as Kevin’s hand slaps the mat for a third time, and Sami Zayn is your new Universal Champion.

Sami and Kevin are in the ring on Raw the next night as Sami thanks the WWE Universe, relinquishes his title and is serenaded by “Ole!” as he and Kevin leave. They are inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame the next year.

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I hope if you’ve stuck around reading this, you’ve enjoyed it. 

I want to thank my inspirations, @adriennegabriella for pushing me to execute this idea and @mith-gifs-wrestling for reigniting my passion for writing and wrestling as well as discover the wonders of fantasy booking. I know I don’t know you, Mith, but your passion for this business is infectious! Part of the reason I started watching wrestling consistently, so thank you! 

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Hitori-Escape Tour 2019 concerts 10-13

The previous 1-9 concerts of the tour: https://manjuhitorie.tumblr.com/post/188358977881/ Shinoda on vocals and guitar, Yumao on drums, and ygarshy on bass. performing Hitorie’s songs as the trio.

The standard setlist was: 

01 Senseless Wonder 02 Shutter Doll 03 Nichijou to Chikyuu no Gakubuchi

MC, usually consisting of Shinoda sharing greetings with the crowd, and breaking the ice a little bit.

04 Namid[A]me 05 Garandou Mae Zero Banchi 06 Inperfection

MC

07 SLEEPWALK 08 Loveless

MC

09 (W)HERE 10 Gekijougai 11 Talkie Dance 12 Unknown Mother Goose

MC

13 Karanowaremono 14 Little Cry Baby 15 Ao 16 Polaris

Encore intermission + MC

17 Odoru Mannequin, Utau Aho 18 Rolling Girl

10 Hitorie’s Hitori-Escape Tour, 10/17/2019 at CLUB RIVERST in Niigata prefecture! Report!

SND “Everybody, everybody everybody. It’s all about love. Do you have enough love? Do you have enough love in you, do you?”

During the intro of Loveless before the bass comes in, ygarshy had his instrument muted as he tuned it. Within that time frame, Shinoda, with his handheld microphone in one hand, went over to ygarshy and slapped his cheek twice (inducing laughter from the crowd). ygarshy’s face was hidden behind his hair, but what kind of expression did he make I wonder...

●SND was performing with a handheld mic, up until the guitar solo when the staff brought him a guitar to play.

●Which was, Leader’s own jaguar guitar. SND used it throughout (W)HERE and Gekijougai after. The emotional screaming numbers.

●For a while ygarshy had his head hung, performing with his back turned away from the crown or looking to his side, but during Talkie Dance his inner switch seemed to suddenly turn on, and from then onward he was aggressively approaching front stage. ●Then the encore intermission MC chat. SND stands in his usual position, but for this Yumao comes up front and uses ygarshy’s microphone so he can be closer to the crowd. ygarshy tucked away behind him.

●Yuma at SND “So, you were nervous about singing at the start of the tour, vyr are you feeling better now?” SND “I’m used to it. We’ve made it halfway through the tour and all.”

SND “But ahh, one day I dream of walking on top of the crowd’s heads and bridging all the way to the other side of the floor." Crowd “Get on us! Ride us!” SND “Naw, I don’t want to do something that’ll make the internet angry.” Yu “You're chill enough to want to walk on top of people. That’s a good sign.” SND “Yeah?” Yu “We’re halfway through the tour right, and you’ve already gotten halfway on top of the crowd. you were sitting on and climbing over on the stage railings earlier after all! You’re halfway there, next up is the other side-” SND “Uhm-”

●SND and Yumao jested about a role swap between them and the crowd, how crazy it would be, with hundreds of people on stage and three down in the crowd…. Crowd “Let’s do it!” SND “We’d get banned from the venue!”

SND continued to ask the crowd how they were feeling, as to which the majority responded “Hot.” While Rie were feeling comfy on stage, thanks to the air circulation system they set up. SND “For once! For once the tables have turned! We’ve always been hot up here and not vice versa. Is this a sign, is the crowd⇆stage role-swap going to become a reality next!?"

●Continuing, Yumao had a story to tell. At the commercial area near Niigata station, he and yga went out for food at a seemingly normal onigiri izakaya bar. (Here’s the store they probably went to: http://onigirisenka.com)

Yu “We walked in, we sat down, nothing out of the ordinary. But after a while we were like ‘? Why is the waitress still here at our table? What’s going on?’ We look around to see 5 girls who were blatantly hired based on looks alone, and one girl assigned to each table.” SND “You found your way into a god damn hostess club!”

Yuma “I'd be fine with it but this guy, ygarshy… Well, he's ygarshy. He can’t handle this kinda thing. We came to chat with each other but now there’s a girl barging into our conversations! And then she even asked us ‘Did you just come here on work~? You kinda look like you’re in a band~!’” SND “Hahaa you don’t wanna be caught up in that!”

Yumao loves to talk about this stuff, so on normal terms he would’ve just burst into conversation. But here he didn’t want to put yga in a traumatizing situation. So he bit his tongue and said “Band!? We can’t even play instruments!!”…. SND “Hahahaa.” Yu “Then she responded with ‘I love bands, I play the drums!’. Way to make it even more suffocating for me! She was talking to us so much that, ygarsh’s rice was gettin’ crusty.” ? “..Pot....”  yg, for the first time in ages, opened his mouth. He didn’t go up to the microphone or anything for this callout either, he just vocalized loud enough to be heard.

Yu “Pot!? Pot? I remember now... We had beautiful white rice inside of a pot, drying up!” The price was of your average izakaya, despite the hostess part too. SND “~~~” Yumao “.….Let’s go again”

●Yumao “Alrighty then let’s play...”

SND “Ah did you hear... It’s, an emergency it’s an emergency ygarshy! Apparently like 50 fire ants were found in Tokyo Harbor.”

yg *>>>BWOOOON<<<<* 　*It was in the news that yesterday. 50 poisonous specimens which could’ve easily been queens fertilized, + their offspring could’ve easily spread further into the country, was a fright. Especially for those with entomophobia-. SND’s tweet Niigata concert: complete, thank you. Take care not to catch any colds y’all,,, We’ll be back. Next up is the city where Leader was born and raised, Kagoshima. Hope to see you there.

11 Hitorie’s Hitori-Escape Tour, 10/22/2019 at SR Hall in Kagoshima prefecture

SND “Y’all are from Leader’s city, and this all you’ve got?!? Dance more! Yeah! I’d expect nothing less from the city that made him!”

During Loveless this time, SND tried to kick ygarshy. And while SND was floundering on stage, being crazy as he bounced to the music, he hit ygarshy again. And he bumped into ygarshy on the way onto the stage after the encore break. ●Yuma came out wearing the new Hitorie sweatshirt to promo it today. SND questioned his capability perform through the heat, Yuma responded with guts to continue!  SND “Well, you’re locked in now!” Crowd “You’re so cute~!!! Yumao~!! ” Yumao “Thanks~~” SND “How many times will we do this!? “So cute~~!!” “Thankies~~!” “Awww~~!” “Thanks. “ ●SND moaned and groaned with good means to back it up: the heat in the venue was crazy again. SND still holds the near-death Takutaku as the ultimate trauma but- It seems that wherever Rie journey to, the temperature outside rises up into the high 20’s. SND “Everywhere I go it suddenly gets hot, so people have started to call me Matsuo Kashuuzou. Yet the other members and the staff all come along too, so why am I the only one being framed? He’s not in me!” 　*Matsuo Kashuuzou, dubbed the fire fairy, is a former pro tennis player who has an optimistic flaming soul, abd never stops shouting things like “light it up!!” He was such fire that once upon a time on the internet he was memed to be the origin of urban heat island and global warming etc. ●Crowd “Did you eat Shirokuma ice cream?” (*A treat which is sold nationwide, but originated in Kagoshima). SND “No, but our cameraman Nishimaki did.” 　‘Nishimaki doesn’t tag along for the whole tour, typically he’s only around for the first and last shows. So Leader’s hometown really was a special one... ●Yumao took SND’s water bottle, gazed at the label and got the crowd to cheer the name of it: “Zaihou!” with him. “It’s a local but, famous mineral water provider. Cool.” Yu “Whoop” *Proceeds to throw the water bottle back at SND* ((What’s up with Yumao showing his wild side these days)) ●SND conveyed a sweet spot for the sashimi there, but since it’s something of taboo to eat such raw food up mid-country in Tokyo... “Don’t post what I just said on Twitter okay, the twitter police are out there, don’t expose that I eat food raw.” ●Yumao went up to the mic in the front but fairly quickly shifted back to his in the back; apparently because he wanted to be in range of the electric fan set up there. ●SND resisted drinking yesterday to preserve sober sanity before the concert, while next to him Yuma and yg were whole hog on “Beer! highball! beer!” “I now understand what it’s like to be on the other side, to be the one surrounded by drunks instead of being the loggerhead.” Yumao then begins combs his hair back with his fingers* “Ahh~~ so gwood~ delish~” SND “Is.. Is that supposed to be me?” Yumao “I’m topped off~” “Ahh I drank like a dream~~ *still holding his hair up*.” SND “Oi! If you’re gonna mimic me then at least raise the production value!!”

●SND “Alright Let’s perform” Crowd “Yumao you’re so cute~” Yu “Alrighty!” SND “You’re getting a life’s worth of cutes. In response to being showered in cuteness, all you have to say is ‘alrighty’ now?!?” Yu “..Alrighty!!”  (Disclaimer: he was announcing that he was alright and ready to start). ●SND “ygarshy, you know what sandbags are, right? yga *Nods*  SND “Apparently those are stuffed with a bunch of cloth, not sand?” yg ..... >>*BWWOOON*<<

SND’s tweet “Kagoshima concert: complete, that was crazy! How did you fare? I was fucking hot, thank you all so much. We will be back.” Also SND’s drawing was on display at the merchandise booth: https://en.deli-a.jp/products/item_Info.php?itemID=846

Nishimaki, the photographer, tweeted "It's been 6 or 7 years since I was last in Kagoshima, time well spent. Next is Fukuoka!!"   Megane Hirai, Rie's trusty trusty sound engineer, went to the concert and posted this too:

“Many emotions were felt during the 2 days I spent Kagoshima As I watched each song, The way he strummed his guitar right adjacent to me The way I would jot critiques as he sung his lyrics from the other side of the glass The way I would hear him say “Then how about this!” as we practiced trial and error with each mix The sights from those days would come flooding back. There’s different feelings and means of acceptance For me, going forward, I’m going to keep supporting these four”. 

12 Hitorie’s Hitori-Escape Tour, 10/25/2019 at SR Hall in Kagoshima prefecture

The concert was a musical marvel, Rie never cease to amaze... But I'm hopping right into the intermission chat. Because, after they left Kagoshima they stayed at a vacation lodge in Aso Kumamoto....!! Antics ensue! Shinoda “The sheer amount of flying ants the size of peanuts out there left me squealing, I’m really bad with bugs, but they didn’t faze Yumao at all” Yu “In the end it's only ants? No matter the size, right? And then I was bored, and also the air in the room was suffocating so...” SND “This fucker started opening the windows!”  Yu: “Yeah I opened them all up.” SND: “One guy who hates bugs and another who hated the indoor air, the worst combo.“ Yu “Ultimately we BOTH started sneezing like crazy and closed them though.” Yu “I'm exhausted though. The goal was to go there for a vacation, but, cause I drank too much the day before or whatever, I played around so much..!  Do you know how attics in the log lodges are like? A bunch of pillars? Of wood? coming together? What are they called? *Makes hand gestures to try to shape it out*" Crowd “Beams!” Yu “Yeah, beams! I dangled and swung from the beams up in the lodge roof. When yga walked through the door, he was in for it! “What a surprise~”, he laughed after he got a spook!” SND “Yumao was like a monkey.”  Yu “It sounds like I was the only one playing around but, this guy! He doesn’t talk about it much in front of you, hey he doesn’t talk about it much in front of us either but. ygarshy was jumping all over the beds! From asocial to bouncy. He was playing around more than us!” SND “As soon as we came back to our 3 bed lounge after a drink with the crew, I see these two bouncing on them. yga looked like a fish the way he was twisting his body.“ Yu “He still had his usual emotionless expression, even when he was beautifully bending." SND “He played a lot eh? He had the damndest smile when he took fireworks in his hands…”  Yu “He’s so mean sometimes, he smirkingly creeped up behind Shinoda and stuck fireworks right against his ankles! It took SND a bit to notice, but when he did... Boy did he scream! And yg doubled up with laughter!” Yu “It had been raining outside then too, so we were doing them under the small awning outside. When SND realized what ygarshy was scheming, he had ran away shouting “It’s hot it’s hot!!”, but then found himself shouting ‘It’s cold!!!’ out in the rain.” SND “I was hit with hot and cold element attacks both at once.” Yu “Don’t do try this at home now!” SND “Ahh yg don’t look so gloomy! Seriously we have no idea how you’re feeling over there....”  Yu “He laughed the most back when he saw me dangling though~!!” SND “That’s why we're saying yg, stop looking down, put your chin up!” ●SND “So uhhh, ygarsh, please share with us a few words about the Fukuoka Soft Bank Hawks victory!”  yg *>>BWOOON<<* 　*The Hawks are the pro baseball team of the prefecture, and they just won the entire Japan Series that week. They’ve won for the past 5 years straight now too. ●Cameraman posted the “Early winter fireworks”.

●Rie’s manager too posted:  The Kagoshima live, Kumamoto Aso, the Fukuoka live. Fireworks to bring the summer to a close. So many things to make our venture to Kyuushuu a heart-wrenching one. Good night😴💤 ●SND’s tweet: Fukuoka concert: complete, thank you. Baritone felt great to do today. I think it's been a long time since I last played on a high stage,,, Or has it been? Has it? Nonetheless I performed with my feelings at full power. Thank you so much.

13 Hitorie’s Hitori-Escape Tour, 11/6/2019 at LIQUIDROOM in Tokyo prefecture. The first one.

From 7 years ago till now, our dreams are still relentlessly crying out their first words evermore!!

●Yuma’s mom, Yurika was spotted at the venue! The family of two does live in Chofu of Tokyo after all.. Tabuchi of Unison Square Garden too. They sat in VIP seats. ●There were flower bouquets on display inside the lobby, one from fans and another from the Hitori-Atelier staff. ●Among some of SND's snazzy mid-show quotes were him screaming “A banger? An epic masterpiece? That's what you're about to hear... Karanowaremono, a present from Leader.”

●“I think I might be getting too old for this.” *Proceeds to do heartfelt vibratos, physical tricks, and giggle tons during the encore break! They didn't talk about the DVD which had released two days prior, but they did delve into some Hitorie history.... yga had recruited SND, who within 0.5 seconds of being contacted said “I'm in!” He didn’t know wowa’s face back then so he was nervous, but when the crew got on a skype chat and wo shared the first mp3 files, SND thought “This is the start of a revolution”... He was excited then, and that excitement lives on. ●SND “It’s been like, so long since I’ve last performed in Tokyo. Yumao you’re out doin’ truckloads of stuff, ygarsh you're doing the Wasure-whatever stuff.. But all I do is draw manga! I’m either stuck at home or in another part of the country! The last show we did here in Liquidroom was the nexUs with Passpied, and our last solo one was, 5 years ago?" Yu “Yeah, the one with a video up on Youtube, back when I was still performing in T-shirts instead of dress shirts.” ●Yu "At our first tour date you were so nervous about singing weren't cha SND. You were like 'Don't put me on the same level as you guys, work harder...’  But now you're fine haha! ...I've started to tease SND.  SND "Though backstage I tease you." Yu "When? :O "  SND "....Thinking about it, I don't really, do I-." ●They talked a little more in detail about their "relaxing" retreat to the Aso resort, which they had first mentioned in the Kagoshima MC up there ↑ .  yg came out of the bathroom, to see the back of strange black-haired drunk swinging from the wooden beams of their remote cottage. He was so scared! Until he realized the perpetrator was a restless Yumao. ●The story of when the trio were lighting firework sparklers and yga stuck them against SND’s ankles. SND “I didn’t even notice the flames until brown hair came into my line of sight.” Yu “And yg even had his phone ready! He recorded the entirety of SND's panic: from him running away from the heat right into the rain, to him shouting out there in cold.” SND “Ain’t he a freak psycho killer....  What are you even thinking about as you listen to us right now.” …Awkward silence. yg remains.

●Yu “In the cottage we were watching Mito Kōmon, the historical drama, ‘cause it was coincidentally playing on TV. Komon is supposed to be this hero of justice yet, he was taking down enemies with real underhanded tactics, it got SND and I cackling so hard. We kept calling out 'Ahh so underhanded! So underhanded!’ yga had been silent so I we assumed he wasn’t watching... But when the end credits hit, he spoke up to tell us “That was entertaining”. SND “So he actually was watching! I thought.” Yu “He does tell us things like ‘Today’s MC chat was long’ after shows too.” SND “Then you do it nice and concise yourself, I say!” ygarsh then turns his face to look right at SND* SND “What are you looking at... Wait, don’t look at me with those sparkly eyes...! Don't, don't...!!” ●Yu “Ahh. We haven't changed a bit huh…. I’m always like ‘wooAHHH! *💪 poses*’ levels of excited, SND is like ‘OY VEY SHUT UP!!’, and yg silently watches over us." ●Before they went back into the show Yumao promoted the merch. He uses the pouch to store his drum supplies, he likes it a lot, and he modeled too. To show us how the logo gets covered by the hood on the sweatshirt, he pulled it over and off~ over and off~ his head.

●Then the usual...  SND “As soon as we get home and already, Masashi Tashiro got arrested again, did you hear?“  yg *>>BWOON<<* 　*SND is using the news for this one. The celeb has gotten arrested countless times now for drug possession. He'd gone to rehab, and recently he’d been publishing books/posting videos/doing lectures to teach people about the horrors of meth but.. He's truly proving how fearful it is.. SND tweet: Tokyo concert: complete, thank you so much. Being up on the Liquidroom stage after so long moved my heart. We’ll be at Liquidroom again next week, hope to see you there. Though Takamatsu comes first!!

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Filming for the second filming block (episodes five through eight) of Shared Home has begun! Below, you’ll find the tasks for the next three weeks. These four episodes will revolve around the main cast getting into a routine in their new home, getting used to the neighborhood their houses are located in, and forming stronger friendships with their housemates.

Please note that this post is quite long, but it is divided into information for the main cast and information for muses not in the main cast, so that you can find the information most pertinent to your muse(s).

Additional note: Shared Home will begin airing on SBS during this filming block. The show will air one episode a week on Sunday nights beginning on December 8. Cast members are allowed to share photos and posts on social media about the show beginning then, but since the show will be airing several weeks behind filming, they are not allowed to post any content that will spoil details of the events of the show.

As always for events, please don’t feel pressured to complete more than you’re able to. Main cast members are encouraged to try to do at least a thread or two per filming block, but you won’t be penalized if you’re not able to!

HOUSE INFORMATION | ROOMMATE INFORMATION

FOR MAIN CAST:

Shoot Week One:

For the week of November 24th to November 30th, all main cast members will be requested to stay in their respective house when their schedules allow. During this time, footage will be taken mainly from the stationary cameras with an emphasis on getting clips of the cast members continuing to get to know each other and adjusting to the house.

During this week, the cast members will also be assigned by production to make a schedule for cast members to complete chores like cleaning the house, doing laundry, and grocery shopping for everyone else in the house. These schedules are up to the cast members for the most part (some producer meddling may be done to put cast members together who they’ve noticed provide interesting interactions or have yet to interact much), but will be encouraged to be assigned mostly in groups of two or three to complete chores together instead of being assigned to individuals.

Each cast member is also expected to be in charge of preparing at least one meal for the entire house during this three week filming block. Unlike the full house preparing dinner together, this meal is expected to be completed mostly on their own in order to showcase either the cast member’s cooking skills or to provide entertainment in the form of their attempt to cook. If necessary, they’ll be permitted to seek help from others in small amounts for on-camera interaction, but should generally take on the task independently.

There will be a few occasions of filming in small groups outside of the house for shopping for groceries and other necessities, or for walks out in the private neighborhood surrounding their house in small groups for a change in scenery of interaction. 

Shoot Week Two:

From December 1st to 7th, all main cast members are contractually obligated to spend at least 20 hours in their house for filming as it works around their schedules for the week. This may be done all at once or spread out over multiple days. They may choose to stay longer than that if they would like to and/or if they would like a larger chance at screen time. The producers will grow a liking to those who show initiative to spend more time in the house, as well, which can lead to a particularly positive edit in the final cut of the show. Both this week and the next, they will continue to be expected to complete the chore schedules and individual meal preparation as assigned the prior week.

The main focus of this week, though, will be on further cast bonding, this time outside of the house and even with the members of the other house. Two nights and two days this week, there will be a filming outside of the house at a nearby social location as follows. These activities will combine cast members from both houses. Each cast member is required to attend at least one, but can choose to attend as many as their schedule allows.

December 1st: Bowling night.

December 3rd: Picnic (during the day at a nearby park).

December 5th: Noraebang night. - Groups with conflicting schedules: Unity.

December 7th: Group Taekkyeon lesson (during the day). - Groups with conflicting schedules: Knight, CHARM, Unity.

Shoot Week Three:

On the 10th, all cast members of both houses will get together at House One for a viewing party of the first episode of Shared Home. This will be filmed and condensed to air in episode seven.

The other main shoot of this week will comprise most of episodes seven and eight. For these episodes, the main cast of both houses will take a trip to the Seongbuk European Christmas Market [visual references: 1, 2] (admin note: please ignore the dates on this poster as they’ve been changed for in-’verse convenience) in the Seongbuk Stream Fountain Square in the neighborhood in which both houses are located. The market is hosted by the Seongbuk Global Village Center and sponsored by several European embassies with the large presence of foreign residents in the area taken into consideration. The goal of the market is to give European residents of the surrounding area a taste of home and introduce Korean residents to different cultural holiday traditions and features booths with authentic gifts, food and drink, and holiday decorations from Spain, Bulgaria, Poland, France, Switzerland, Georgia, Czech Reoublic, Slovakia, Lithuania, Romania, Finland, Belgium, Germany, and Ukraine.

Also available in or near the market are stages of Christmas carol and European popular music performances, Santa costume and dance contests, a station to “write a letter to Santa Claus” (mostly targeted toward children, but could provide cute moments for the cameras), a large decorated Christmas tree, and an outdoor ice skating rink. In the nearby Grand Hilton Hotel, there’s more food available as well as a gingerbread house auction.

Tickets to the market will be paid for and provided by production and ₩30,000 will be provided to each cast member for them to make purchases at the market. Additional purchases beyond that small budget will need to be bought with their own money.

All main cast will be required to attend at least one of two dates (December 13th or 14th) of the market. The market is open from 12PM to 10PM both days and production will have a bus coming and going from the market at two hour intervals throughout the day to accommodate when idols can arrive and when they need to leave. All cast members will be mic’d during filming, but they will have a short time to explore the village off-mic and off-camera in the first hour as well as the final hour of the market both days if they are there while production sets up and then packs up everything. All footage will be filmed by a camera crew.

POINTS AVAILABLE FOR MAIN CAST: 15 points

+2 points (up to 10 points total) - INTERACTIONS: A thread taking place during this filming block with a starter and at least three replies (starter ▻ partner reply  ▻ op reply  ▻ partner reply) by the end of the three week filming period is worth 2 points. This is valid for up to five threads with different muses.

+3 points - SOLO: Writing a self-para taking place at any point during this filming block by the end of the three week filming period is worth 3 points.

+2 points - INTERVIEW: Answering this short interview (after filming week three) in-character is worth 2 points. These will be filmed in an area set off to the side of each house to be filmed with the cast members speaking directly to the camera about their feelings.

None of these will count toward your monthly limits for anything and must be completed and posted in the #fmdsh2 tag by Saturday, December 21 at 11:59PM EST to qualify for points.

FOR NON-MAIN CAST (CAMEO APPEARANCES):

Idols not in the main cast of the show will have a variety of opportunities to appear on-camera for this filming block. The following prompts explain each opportunity.

Opportunity One

Your muse has been requested to make a cameo appearance as a guest visiting the house. This will most likely be to share a meal with the main cast and possibly one or two other guests or to visit label mates who are in the house and will be dictated by production. This cameo, as all cameos, will pay in potential screen time as well as a paycheck for their time.

Opportunity Two

Your muse has been requested to “mail” one (or both) of the houses either a care package and/or a holiday greeting. This will not actually be placed in the mail en route to the house, but will instead be given to production and delivered to the house(s) at certain intervals and framed as though it arrived by post. This specific cameo will lead to a mention of the idol and not an actual additional appearance for filming on the show.

Similar to last filming block’s housewarming gift, this will be a gift to the cast of one or both houses, but the options for what this can consist of are even broader. Food, living necessities, and luxuries are all welcomed in the spirit of a traditional care package, but again, creativity will be rewarded by the producers. Your muse has more room to get humorous with this than they did with their housewarming gift and could even do some comedic self promo by slipping in a copy of their latest album or a framed picture of themselves. On the other hand, to show a thoughtful image, they could get sentimental and show their care for concerns they may know a cast member might be struggling with in their new home. If your muse chooses to take the angle of a holiday greeting, this could be a wrapped holiday gift, a holiday card, or even a heartfelt (or seemingly heartfelt) letter to one or more members of the cast. Anything goes as long as it vaguely fits within the theme of care package or holiday greeting and is appropriate and avoids causing scandal.

A limited budget will be provided for muses “chosen” for this opportunity, but they are welcome to go beyond that budget and spend their own money if they’d like. Muses should also keep in mind the “mail” concept of this opportunity and keep the size, weight, and urgency of any item reasonable within those parameters.

Opportunity Three

Your muse has been requested to make an appearance during the third shoot week filming at the Seongbuk European Christmas Market. Please see information about the market above in the main cast’s shoot week three for full details. Tickets will also be provided for cameos by production and cameos have the similar option to attend December 13th or 14th, or both days at any point from 12PM to 10PM, but cameos will not be provided a monetary budget by the cast and must make any additional purchases with their own money. All cameos will be mic’d during filming, but before and after their assigned filming slot, they may explore the village off-mic and off-camera.

POINTS AVAILABLE FOR CAMEOS: 15 points

+2 points (up to 10 points total) - INTERACTIONS: A thread taking place either on a visit to a house or during the Seongbuk European Christmas Market visit with a starter and at least three replies (starter ▻ partner reply  ▻ op reply  ▻ partner reply) by the end of the three week filming period is worth 2 points. This is valid for up to five threads with different muses (muses don’t have to be main cast).

+3 points - SOLO: Completing the above care package or holiday greeting prompt in a self-para or headcanon of 400+ words by the end of the three week filming period is worth 3 points.

+2 points - INTERVIEW: Answering this short interview in-character is worth 2 points. This will be filmed in their company building after the end of filming week three.

None of these will count toward your monthly limits for anything and must be completed and posted in the #fmdsh2 tag by Saturday, December 21 at 11:59PM EST to qualify for points.

[nerdy-bookworm-1998]

The Arranged Marriage part 7 The Drums of War

Pairing: (Royal AU) Prince!Steve Rogers x Princess!Reader Words: 853 Warnings: None A/N: If you want to be tagged in future chapters/works feel free to send me an ask. Please leave feedback/reblogs. Feel free to check out my Ko-Fi and Patreon accounts, links available in my bio, I’m running a promo on Patreon for the first 20 subscribers!

The feast was already in full swing by the time Steve and I entered. All of our closest friends and family were there along with political allies and royalty. Once all the formalities of greeting each guest were over Steve pulled me out onto the dancefloor, holding me close by the waist and smiling down at me like I had hung the moon and stars. I was pretty sure I had a similar expression on my face.

"You look so beautiful, Mrs. Rogers," he whispers fondly as he twirls me around the room.

"Thank you, and you look very handsome, Mr. Rogers," I whisper back with a large grin before standing on tippytoes to give him a soft kiss which he reciprocates with equal softness.

The moment is ruined by several of the guests' high-pitched screams as James and Sam stumble in covered in minor injuries. Immediately Steve and I rush over to catch the men before they can collapse. "Buck, what the hell happened?!" Steve demands, his voice shaking in panic.

"Black Order...took us by surprise...said they had a message..." James manages to grit out through the pain.

"They said to enjoy...the festivities while you can...because he's coming...Thanos is coming..." Sam finishes the sentence through labored breathing.

Ice cold dread makes its way through my veins, followed swiftly by the volcanic heat of my anger. How dare those leeches intrude on what is supposed to be the happiest day of my life?! Thanos has just messed with the wrong bride and with the wrong princess.

After making sure that James and Sam would be taken care of by the best healers in the capitol Steve instructs all the generals, councilors, monarchs, and other important strategic posts to convene in my father's study. "I'm coming with you," I grab Steve's arm before he can stride off without me. The fire in my eyes tells him not to question me. Although it is highly unorthodox, he merely nods and lets me into the chamber ahead of him.

Where men would normally object to a woman attending a war council, most are either too drunk to notice or know too much about me to care. "Alright gentleman, let's settle down. We know that Thanos is coming, we know that he has a flair for the dramatic, and we know that all he cares about is brute force. Normally I would rally an army and meet him in the open field. But that is exactly what he would expect. So does anyone have any suggestions as to how we might overcome this obstacle?" Steve's entire demeanor has shifted, he's firm and straight to the point, a leader, a king.

I can see the men shifting uncomfortably in their seats and avoid Steve's gaze. My attention is drawn by the coughing fit that takes hold of my father's frame. Eventually, he gains enough control to wheeze out a single word "Minymiky."

Steve's brow furrows as he thinks, "What is Minymiky?"

Suddenly it's as if a lightbulb has gone off in my mind and I remember a golden afternoon of long ago when my father and I would while away afternoons making theoretical battle plans. Before I can stop myself the words are already tumbling from my mouth as I approach the battle map on the table.

"It's a fortress in the foothills of the northern mountain range. If we can draw Thanos' army there we may have a chance of crushing him once and for all." My mind is racing hundreds of miles a minute to the extent that I almost do not hear Steve's next question.

"How do you suggest we do that?" There is no malice in his voice, only reverence, and attentiveness.

"It will require everyone's cooperation. My guess is that as soon as he knows where our army is amassing he will ride for it in an attempt to cut us off. It will make things easier for us since we will be able to see him coming a long way off without being spotted ourselves. King Thor, your Valkery can charge from this tunnel hidden here," I point at the spot on the map, "while our infantry will march from the adjoining tunnel here. King Stark, the last time we toured your keep I saw some of the most brilliantly advanced artillery machines ever created, if you can build them, we can place them all along these walls and behind these outcroppings where they can do the most damage will taking the least hits in return. We can place the archers in these towers and all along the causeways here and here." I step back from the table, feeling slightly impressed with myself. A quick glance at Steve shows the pride shining in his eyes as he smiles at me before looking to the room at large.

"Does anyone have any questions?" he looks to the room at large. When he finds only acceptance, he nods firmly. "Very well gentleman, I suggest you all get a good night's sleep. When the drums beat at the break of dawn, we go to war."

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[familylightfox]

RULES AND GUIDELINES

I know that these rules are long and that there is a lot to remember, but this is for my own comfort and mental health.

If you break a rule, I will message the first and second time with the third being a SOFT BLOCK

Some rules may be amended, but I will post a message on my blog to note the changes.

Thank you for taking the time to read them and I look forward to writing with you. 

They are under a read more due to length.

GENERAL RULES:

NO GODMODDING/INFOMODDING

MUN=/=MUSE

BLOG PARTICIPATES IN REBLOG KARMA

RACISM, SEXISM, HOMOPHOBIA, TRANSPHOBIA, ANTISEMITISM, ABLEISM, AND THE LIKE WILL NOT BE TOLERATED ON THIS BLOG AND WILL GET YOU BLOCKED.

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KEEP POLITICS AWAY FROM MY ASKBOX.

I will not tolerate being guilt tripped into getting involved in drama and will report someone for harassment if it continues.

I WILL NOT MAKE NOR WILL I LIKE INBOX CALLS. If I am following you, I do so because I wish to interact and as such there should be no worry of feeling like you are bothering me by sending asks or writing starters.

Volt and Harmony’s Zone is a mix of most of the available Sonic Lore (Archie/IDW crossing over with the Games) so they will likely recognize a canon character as one from their world, but unless we have had a discussion before hand, the character will not be part of their world.

PERSONAL BLOGS:

I will ask that you refrain from reblogging threads, asks or headcanons.

Reblogging my art is encouraged.

—WILL BE MARKED AS FREE TO REBLOG

I do not RP with Personal Blogs (If you have an RP side blog, please let me know)

I will not follow an RP blog that looks more like a personal blog than an RP blog (This means that you reblog more OOC or Content that has nothing to do with RP than responses to threads).

NOTE ON REBLOG KARMA:

I will block those that use me as a meme source. Once or twice I can ignore, but when it’s a constant reblogging from me when I pulled from the source without any interaction and I will hard block you.

I also would appreciate if others could reblog promos/aesthetic posts from the source as they clutter up my activity feed that I use for tracking replies I owe.

FOLLOWING:

I AM NOT MUTUAL EXCLUSIVE, BUT AM SEMI-SELECTIVE

I will not follow everyone that follows me.

I require that you have A RULES AND ABOUT PAGE to RP with me. NO EXCEPTIONS

I will not follow if you do not trim your posts

I will unfollow:

-If a blog is inactive for more than 3 months, -If OOC posts outnumber IC post, -Excessive Negative/Vent posts, -Untagged NSFW, -Untagged and Untrimmed posts, -Constant shitposts, -Excessive crack.

If you only seemed interested in Shipping without any development, or focus heavily on smut based threads I will not follow you.

TAGGING:

If someone who follows me needs anything specifically tagged, the best way is to send me a private message asking me to do so.

If I am following you, I have read your rules and will try to remember the things that I need to tag for your comfort. I may forget at time, but as above, just send me a private message and I will rectify the situation as soon as I possibly can.

Anything I tag will be done so “______ tw" and place under a read more

—This includes blood, injury, gore (up to and including heavy gore/ultra violence), death. Which can fall under the NSFW category of topics

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ASKS AND IMS:

Anon is on for the time being, but will be removed should it be abused.

ANY AND ALL ANON HATE WILL BE REPORTED.

IMs are always open for plotting or talking something over Out Of Character. Discord is available as well. You can find that on my Mun page linked below.

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If you want to continue an ask as a thread, please make a new post and tag me. I will not respond to reblogged asks to continue.

RP blogs may reblog asks that involve our muses if they wish to save the drabble.

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I RESERVE THE RIGHT TO DECLINE AN RP AT ANY POINT.

IF YOU ARE NOT PART OF A THREAD, DO NOT REBLOG IT!

I draft all my owed threads as they come in and reply to them in that order, using my queue. If you have a problem with me using my queue for our threads, it might be best if we don’t write with one another.

——QUEUE RUNS FROM 10AM-6PM EASTERN STANDARD TIME.——

If I need to drop a thread, I will send a message

—Note that if a thread has gone unanswered for over a full month’s time, I will consider it dropped. —If you would like to continue the thread after that amount of time, message me so we can discuss it.

I would also appreciate if posts would be trimmed.

—If you are on mobile, let me know and I will trim for you

Please message me if you would like to start a thread.

WRITING STYLE:

I write in MULTIPLE PARAGRAPHS/NOVELLA.

I tend to write 3 or more paragraphs and while I don’t expect you to match length with me as I can sometimes write up to 6 or 7 paragraphs, I do expect more than just a one line response.

I do use some formatting (Indentation, italics, bold, html for language translations) and icons.

I have been known to do the occasional crack thread. I DON’T DO THEM OFTEN.

SHIPPING:

I WILL NOT SHIP WITH SOMEONE WHO WILL NOT DISCLOSE THEIR LEGAL AGE. I am in my 30s and am not comfortable shipping at all with minors.

Blog is Multiship; Meaning that all relationships take place in their own verse parallel to the Main Story.

—The Main Story Line of the blog has Volt as SINGLE. Asks that are sent in that do not specify a ship partner will be answered as such.

I am open to shipping with muses that there is chemistry with, but we must have a fully finished thread before I am willing to discuss anything (or asks turned into finished threads).

—I will not answer asks that are ship based in nature if the muse sending it has not had a full interaction as stated above.

I am also open to the ideas of Poly-Ships as long as BOTH of the other muns agree and there is chemistry between the muses.

When Shipping with me, please remember that Volt and Harmony are a package deal. You can’t ship and plan to only ever interact with Volt.

—Another note is that if Harmony does not get along with your muse, don’t expect Volt to not listen to his daughter.

NSFW:

The furthest into suggestive I will go on THIS blog will be heavy make outs and roaming hands.

Anything further must be taken to my SIDE BLOG.

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If you have read my Rules, please send “And what have you learned today?” into the askbox for a reply that can be used to turn into a greeting thread.

[myrish-lace-love]

This is what I live for (Jon x Sansa)

Summary: Sansa saves Jon from death, even when she doesn’t know it, and he lives long enough to greet her again at Winterfell. Based on the hug in the promo. 

A/N: I’ve had writer’s block forever, and this has been sitting in my drafts folder, so I’ve finally gotten up the nerve to post it. There’s political Jon in here, as well as brief j*nerys, so if that’s not your thing turn back now. Thanks!

Trigger warning: Suicidal thoughts

***

There were times Jon Snow wished he'd stayed dead.

He spent long days days trapped on Dragonstone in vain, trying to convince a stubborn queen that there were monsters in the world more dangerous than her own children.

During the frigid night of the wight hunt he nearly froze in his armor, with the Hound's weight slumped against him. Jon shivered and could not sleep. The bones of the undead rattled in the wind. The silent army surrounded the island of ice, waiting for an order from the Night King. Then the Hound threw a rock that doomed them all.

The red woman could have let me die, he thought wearily as he hefted his sword and swung at the never-ending stream of the Night King's soldiers. He'd gone to a dark and empty place after his brothers stabbed him. It had been a deep black void, but it had also been a sort of peace. In moments like this, he missed it. Longed for it, even.

And yet...each time he ached to rest, to simply lie down and let the wights overtake him, he'd close his eyes and see her auburn hair in the winter sunlight. He'd remember the weight of her in his arms, the way she'd clung to him and nuzzled her cheek against his.

He loved her, and he'd keep the world safe for her, for the chance to see her again. It was a slender reed, the hope of seeing Sansa again, but it was also strong as Valyrian steel.

She was what he lived for, even if she'd never know it.

So he unsheathed Longclaw and hacked and chopped his way through the horde, just as he'd slogged through the mud and blood of Ramsey's army.

When the battle was over, he'd done the dirty work of convincing the mother of dragons she was extraordinary. The North's savior. When he learned she still insisted on a parley with Cersei, he'd gritted his teeth and gone through with it.

Now as they rode for Winterfell, warmth stirred in his chest. Sansa would be angry he'd bent the knee, and rightfully so. The Northern lords might choose her to rule, and he'd welcome it.

His heart beat faster as they reached Winterfell's gate. He was a lovesick fool, to expect Sansa to be there to greet them. He braced for her icy stare.

Instead she smiled, like sunlight breaking through the clouds, and beckoned to him. What else could he do but go to her?

He'd so may things he wanted to say, but words died in his throat when she opened her arms for him. I don't deserve this, he thought, I don't deserve her, but he was entranced, pulled toward her by a force he couldn't control. He embraced her, and pressed his cheek to hers. The seven hells take whoever was watching.

"I missed you," she whispered, and he squeezed back tears and held her tighter.

This was what he lived for, to be back in Sansa's arms, even for a moment. She was his lifeblood, his touchstone, the force that drove him to wake up each morning and face the deadly threat of the long night.

I love you, he thought, as he breathed her in. I shouldn't, but I do. As long as Sansa walked the earth, he'd fight for their survival.

"I missed you too," he whispered, "Sansa, I..."

The silver-haired queen cleared her throat, and Sansa tensed in his embrace. She pulled away, composed herself, and greeted their guests. She handing Winterfell over to Daenerys with grace and a steely smile. She turned "Winterfell is yours" into an unmistakable message - these are my people and you are a stranger here.

He watched with awe as she handled the transition and kept the Northern lords in line.

He could do this, push through, play the game with their new ally, as long as he could catch a glimpse of her, every now and then,

She was what he lived for, even if she didn’t know it, and she was more than enough.

[techie-turtle]

Well, I figure it’s high time to make a proper promo for this blog.

Greetings, tumblr! My name is Donatello, I like turtles and the color purple. This is my personal blog and I’m also answering most of your burning questions. I am also available to talk or give advice over IM. I’m online most of the time.

I hope to have fun here and I hope you enjoy this blog too!

( OOC: hey, this is an ic personal/ask blog for donnie. it’s not set in any one canon but is a blend of a few. this also is going to be text-based as I cannot draw for something like this. I wanna get some things out of the way for things that donnie will not answer

he is not going to respond to any t.cest/nsfw asks and if they’re sent, the asker will be blocked. he might get question dodgy if you try and bring up anything fourth wall breaking or about him being a mutant/living in the sewers (he’s trying to hide that on here for now). just don’t be weird about the asks you send

asks will not be on a queue. they are answered as donnie gets around to them. feel free to interact with any of his personal text posts. if you also have a tmnt ask blog, I won’t assume they’re in the same universe as this one but we can interact ic if you want. if you don’t have an ask blog for another fandom we can do ic interactions too

most importantly, have fun! )