#hc list

[dehydrated-turtle]

Virgin!Jason Todd

//warnings// +16, mdni, transmasc!reader

Virgin!Jason who, dispite being 22 is still a virgin because he died at 15 and never really got any after he came back due to a visceral sense of revenge

Virgin!Jason who would cum in his boxers just from you grinding on top of him, the sight of the man of his dreams above him for the first time

Virgin!Jason who would whimper so sweetly in your ear because of how overstimulated he is the first time you have sex

Virgin!Jason who would be so flustered about anything sexual for the first couple of months into your relationship because he's so new to it and he still thinks about sex like a 15 year old boy

Virgin!Jason who would latch onto your nips as soon as humanly possible like a baby and leave the most insane bruises along your collarbone

Virgin!Jason who cant fucking hold it together while you're bouncing on his cock because he's so sensitive, cumming early because he simply can't control it

Virgin!Jason who cant stop eating your pussy once he discovers how much pleasure you get from it and the surprising amount he gets from it as well

Virgin!Jason who has the most innocent puppy dog eyes looking at you while fucking up into you while his rough and calloused hands run over your nipples, completely in awe of your body

Virgin!Jason who snuggles like a teddy bear after sex because he really is just a giant, 6'2 teddy bear that's never had sex before

[hopefuloverfury]

I know it's kind of an older post for you but I've been itching to see how the bachelorettes cuddle? I really really liked the bachelor's post and want to see more of that thought train for the ladies (love ur blog btw)

Here you go, anon! Soft bachelorettes for the soul. <3

Bachelors are here.

No cut, gender neutral language, and pure fluff. Enjoy!

Maru is a big spoon through and through, but the way she goes about it depends on the circumstance. If you’ve been in the mines that day, or (god forbid) the skull caverns, she’s plastering herself all over your back like a damn octopus and will not let you go unless you really need her to. If you do accept the affection, she’ll trace shapes on your skin, and will lean in to quietly kiss any scarring or bandaged wounds you return with. She’s terribly soft with you overall, even when you’re not actively injured and haven’t been testing your own mortality. During those casual days spent on the farm or traipsing about the valley, she prefers when you lay your head on her chest and let her rub your back. The weight of you helps her relax, and it also gives her the perfect view of your face as you doze off.

Penny is definitely inclined towards the little spoon, but refuses to face away from you, because she wants to be able to bury her face in your chest without her pajama pants twisting around her hips in the middle of the night. She’ll sling one arm over your waist and press her other hand against your chest, just to feel your heart rate slow down as you relax. She doesn’t move a ton in her sleep, but she does frequently wake up with her arm halfway up the front of your shirt. It’s nothing sexual, she just prefers the feeling of your skin against her palm, without the unpleasant buffer of any sleep-shirts. You might even develop the habit of sleeping shirtless, later down the line. She isn’t complaining either way.

Abigail, with all of her posturing and deflecting, is still soft hearted at the end of the day, and this is most apparent while she’s cuddling. As someone who enjoys being both the big and little spoon, she’s great at making the best of both. If she’s pressed against your back, she’s peppering gentle kisses on the nape of your neck, and will try her very hardest not to laugh at you when goosebumps flare down your arms. As the little spoon, Abigail will lace your hands together and press every individual knuckle to her lips until she’s sure that she’s kissed every one—maybe even twice, just for good measure. Mornings spent with her are filled with even more smooches, and she’s never deterred by morning breath or crusty eyes. 

Haley runs hot, so if you want to cuddle her, it needs to be at least 21º/70º. She doesn’t want to sweat like a pig, because it’s uncomfortable and sticky. If you’re okay with that, then she’s happy to cuddle as long as you like. She does prefer being the big spoon, though, because she likes feeling you relax in her arms (and she also doesn’t want to suffocate you with her hair, but that’s neither here nor there). She also has a fixation with your back and shoulders, so being the big spoon gives her the perfect opportunity to love on them with gentle kisses.

Leah is not fond of being the big or little spoon, because she can’t see your face in either position. If she's the big spoon, you’re facing away from her, and if she’s the little spoon, then she’s facing away from you. It’s very frustrating, so she prefers it when you’re lounging between the v of her thighs, with your head supported on her chest and your arms looped around her waist. You’re in the perfect spot for her to play with your hair and trace the shell of your ear with a careful touch, and the way your arms are solid around her is very comforting. It certainly does help that she can stare at you for as long as she likes.

Emily will choose depending on her mood. If she’s a little down, she prefers being the little spoon, but if she’s feeling more cheery, she goes for the big spoon. It also depends on how you’re doing. If you’re injured, sick, or exhausted, Emily will take whatever position makes you most comfortable. However, in the winter she prefers being the little spoon, since unlike her sister, she runs cold and needs an extra layer of warmth. You’re happy to indulge her, though.

[vidimillion]

trust (1/2)

prompt fill: pre-heroes of olympus

Nico and Jason first met when Nico was ten, almost eleven, and Jason was twelve. They grew close over the years, Nico never staying long but always coming back. Jason, never ready to leave but always happy to wait.

Some weeks after the second titan war, Jason figures out Nico is Greek and has been hiding evidence of the Greek camp.

Rightfully, Jason is upset. He confronts Nico, demanding an explanation. He wants to know if he can still trust Nico to be on Camp Jupiter's— Jason's— side if he's been playing both teams for years at this point.

Jason isn't actually so upset that Nico is a double agent. He's more upset that, despite years of being close, Nico could still hide something this huge, this prevalent in his life, from Jason.

Jason has poured his heart out to Nico. He'd told him about his time with Lupa, about a life he'd imagined with a sister he wasn't sure he had. Jason thought Nico had poured everything out to him too— his latent memories of his mother, his old God, Bianca.

Nico insists to him, voice desperate, "I'll never lie to you. Never."

"You'll never lie to me? Prove it," Jason bites out. He can barely speak with the wet rage clogging his throat. His vision is cloudy with tears, but he stares straight into Nico, like it would kill him to look away. "Tell me now. Do you love me?"

Nico freezes.

Teach me about trust, Jason's eyes say.

Can I trust you to be honest? Can I trust that the time we've spent together meant something more to you? Can I trust that you love me?

And Nico had just said it, hadn't he? With his whole heart, with every count of his ribs, he told Jason he could trust him.

He looks into Jason's eyes. Nico's got a bare second to make a choice.

The way he was raised? The closed doors of Venice, the heavy hands, his own personal God at the front of the room? Or his vow?

Nico swallows it all down, and yet when he speaks, it feels like everything he has is coming back up into the wind again.

"I love you. Trust me when I say I love you."

trust (2/2)

i was NOT gonna write this in time for the event so here is my entry in the form of my plot draft. i returned to my roots and posted it as a hc list.

[spittingbloodandscreaming]

I'm not sure if u write for poly relationships but if you do could you write gerard x reader x ray ? I love them both so much maybe something fluffy or like general dating headcanons :]]]

I LOVE THIS!!! Absolutely adorable!! And ofc I write for poly ships! I did see ur other ask and it is masc reader but it doesn't play too much of a part here hope that's chillski

Gerard Way x Masc Reader x Ray Toro daiting hcs

Ray and Gerard i know in my heart and soul would be the World's Best Boyfriends™️.

Gerard would draw you so often it'd be a little creepy if he wasn't with you. He has books drawers and binders full of sketches of you just sitting on the couch or cooking or whatever it is you may be doing. If Gerard witnessed it he's drawn it.

Ray would play the guitar for you in the “mom look what I can do” way. He'd pull you away from whatever you're doing for a few minutes to show you something he's been working on

He'd also love to teach you if you're interested!! He's you're number one supporter and you may be bias but you'd say he's the world's best teacher too

Gerard favorite activity is misplacing your jackets so you have to wear his. Thinks it's the cutest thing when you wear them

You like malls right? Now you do. Foodcourt dates are a solid at least once a week thing.

Wherever you go together they both show you off like a good report card.

“Look at my boyfriend. Look. Look at him. Mikey look at my byfriwnd. Frank fklook lookat him. Look.” has been said 17 billion times.

You guys watch movies together always!! They're both practically on top of you during. You could swear there trying to crawl into your ribcage in the middle of Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

Speaking of crawling inside your ribs they both try to hold you while they sleep so you end up with Ray holding onto you for dear life and Gerard sprawled across the both of you

You have to beg them to let go of your hands in the store. You need at least one to shop but cmon!! They just wanna be with you always.

Gerard usually ends up giving your hand back and just holds onto your waist like you'll run away if he's not touching SOMETHING on you.

Ray is a really big jacket and shirt holder over. He'll hold onto your sleeve or bag strap or the hood or your coat

They both love pda. They think it's weird NOT to kiss and hold hands in public. They aren't weird about it or anything they just want a little kiss in target that's all

This is so silly I had so much fun writing it :3

[heartbreak-sandwich]

Lex! I loved your boyfriend hcs, I'd love to hear your headcanons on the guys as fathers 👀

omg Joz yes!! This is such a cute idea, thank you 🥰 ✨ The ST boys as fathers ✨

💕STEVE HARRINGTON is a superdad. He loves friendly competition with his (many - five, to be exact) children to see who can throw something the farthest, who can get to the car the fastest, and who can finish their desert first. - Bedtime stories are crowded with all of them on the same bed, huddled around Steve as he does voices for all of the characters. - Food is always creative and messy, and Steve encourages curiosity in every way. "Don't play with your food" is not a rule to be found in the Harrington household. - The rowdy bunch attends each other sporting events, band concerts, and school plays in a pack which is forever recognizable because of course their outfits are color coordinated.

💕BILLY HARGROVE loves his little girl more than anything else in this world. He is very protective, letting her roam at a safe distance, and worries more than he lets on about her safety and emotional wellbeing, and whatever she wants, he teaches her how to earn. - His little angel is a superfan of his metal music, so of course he picks up an extra shift every other weekend to pay for her drumming lessons. Every time a friend comes to the house while she's practicing, they comment on the noise, and all Billy says is, "I know. She's gonna be a star someday," with the proudest smile on his face. - Every time something comes up while Billy is spending time with his daughter, he tells whoever he's talking to, "Hang on. I have to ask the boss," and turns to his daughter and whispers in her ear, her face becoming very serious before she gives a quiet answer back to him. - He teaches her how to fix her own things -- the car, the toilet, the legos she knocked over on accident. He never wants her to have to rely on anyone else to solve her problems, and he teaches her to be self sufficient along with his support.

💕ARGYLE is full of childlike wonder at all times, so it's no surprise that he is the fun dad. He takes his twin boys on adventures every chance they get, and he encourages their creativity every step of the way. One of his boys is an avid painter while the other is a violinist. The walls inside their home are adorned with murals always being worked on inspired by ambient strings in the background. - Argyle's kids are homeschooled because their family prefers to hit the road for the sunny months of the year, and he figures they learn more from seeing the world than they ever could stuck inside a classroom. - He makes up stories on the fly to tell his kids, and he's always forgetting the characters names, but they don't seem to mind. The stories involve silly but useful life lessons that he wished someone would've told him when he was their age instead of having to figure them out on his own. They'll thank him someday. - The fashion sense in their family is absolutely wild. Argyle wants his kids to be able to express themselves freely with their style choices just like he does, and the result is a colorful array of garments always strewn about the home, lots of them covered in paint, and sometimes on purpose to add a little flavor.

💕JONATHAN BYERS is your average, working class father, but he is adamant about making time to spend with his family. His two daughters starting high school has been the biggest challenge for him so far, but he never misses a dance recital or a soccer game, and he's always home in time to have dinner with everyone so he can hear about their days. - The Byers family is big on gifts from the heart, so for every birthday, Jonathan makes his girls their own mixtapes complete with songs they already know and love combined with songs he thinks they should hear. It warms his heart when he hears the tracks blaring from their respective bedrooms while they get ready for school each morning. - Being an equal caretaker has always been important to him, so Jonathan took it upon himself to learn to braid. When his girls were little, he used to braid their hair before bed. Now, even though they can do it themselves, they still seek him out at least once a week or so for the perfect plait. - He is the chauffeur for his girls and all of their friends regularly. He'll take them to the mall, the arcade, to school, wherever is needed, and he never complains about it. He feels like it's a gift to be able to spend that time together while they can.

💕EDDIE MUNSON is a single dad whose son is an absolute carbon copy of him. The little guy is never sitting still, his long wild curls billowing behind him as he darts around the house with his plastic sword saving the day. Eddie is pretty sure his first words were "stick it to the man," and he smiles with pride when his son says some off the wall thing because the Munsons wear their weird like a crown. - Above everything, Eddie teaches his son to be kind. Be kind to people, be kind to animals, be kind to places, and be kind to things because the world needs more of it, and it all comes back to you. He teaches him how to put spiders outside instead of kill them and to invite the kid sitting alone on the playground to play pirates with him. Always be kind. - Corroded Coffin has a new stand in drummer while Gareth is away at school. Eddie's son is still fairly young, but he has great rhythm, and playing an instrument proves to be a great way to channel his energy. There is a new house rule that says sticks are for smacking drums only, and you can probably guess why. - Eddie plans small DnD oneshots for he and his son to play through together, and he loves it. The adventures, the battles, and the roleplaying are great for the imagination, and it's their favorite bonding time. Last year's Christmas present to his son was a custom set of abalone shell dice, and he treasures nothing more.

These were so fun to do!! Thank you for getting me thinking outside of my usual box :3 ❤️‍🔥 Requests are open!

[murder-popsicle]

Self vs. non-self (and the integration of the Winter Soldier into Bucky Barnes)

As you pointed out in your question, my Bucky has incorporated the Winter Soldier into her self-identity. Whereas MCU!Bucky says, "I am not the Winter Soldier anymore," my Bucky, like 616!Bucky, has accepted that the Winter Soldier will always be a part of her. She's discussed this before with @invncibleiron's Tony -- that Bucky Barnes and the Winter Soldier aren't two separate personalities.

Bucky has come to the conclusion, looking back on her life, that the seeds of the Winter Soldier were always there. She's always had a certain ruthlessness to her, especially in defense of the people that she cares about. As a child in Brooklyn, that usually involved not being afraid to use her fists to teach someone who hurt her sisters or Steve or her friend Rosie Finn a lesson. She fought by trying to get the bullies on the ground or running away as quickly as possible, even if that meant breaking a nose or knocking out some teeth.

These people are mine. How dare you try to harm them?

Still, when she was young she did her best not to leave wounds that wouldn't heal. But the brutality of the war and the trauma from having been raped, tortured, and experimented on in the Red Skull's factory stripped away a lot of her younger self's qualms about that. She found that killing came easily to her, and also found that she didn't feel particularly bad about killing, either. It had to be done, so she did it -- competently, thoroughly, and without remorse. The Nazis and the Red Skull were murdering innocent people and causing untold suffering for those who survived. Bucky found that unconscionable, so she did everything she could to put a stop to it in the most permanent way possible. Dead Nazis can't kill again.

This world is mine. How dare you try to destroy it?

The pieces of Bucky that would comprise the Winter Soldier were already in place by the time she fell off that train. All that was left for Zola and Karpov to do was to strip away the parts of her that weren't the Winter Soldier. The Winter Soldier is just Bucky Barnes with her conscience, memory, and free will removed. The fact that she was already suffering from amnesia caused by the fall and her subsequent death made their job easier. It would have taken a lot more work to break a Bucky who could remember who she was and what she believed.

I think it's important to point out that, even as the Winter Soldier, she wasn't a bully. She was competent and brutally efficient, but when she was controlled by the Soviets she always made an effort to avoid collateral damage, and she clashed with her handlers over that tendency on more than one occasion. Alexander Pierce broke her of that habit, but even when she was under his control, she never took any joy in hurting people. She followed orders. She did the job that was assigned to her, because that was all she knew how to do, but she did it without passion or pleasure.

When she finally escaped from HYDRA and came back to herself, she had to come to terms with the fact that yes, she had been the Winter Soldier. More than that, she still was the Winter Soldier. So she decided to make use of that fact. Bucky has always been practical. She'll deploy any tool in her arsenal, and the Winter Soldier is now another tool that she can use. People are terrified of the Winter Soldier, so she'll use the name and the reputation to strike fear into the people she has to fight.

There's also one additional fact that Bucky knows but has never given voice to, which is this: She's seen some of the worst the world has to offer, humanity at its most wretched, cruelest, and most malicious. Based on those experiences, she's come to the conclusion that sometimes, to make the world better and to spare innocents from death and suffering, certain people have to die. And that being the case, she'll take the responsibility for killing those people, because she can bear it. She knows some of her friends, particularly Steve, would cut themselves up inside over having to make that call. So she'll make it instead to protect them.

[fingersinmyhair]

headcanons for eric newlon / john carver when he caughts his s/o cheating on him.

you make the mistake of cheating on your significant other, Eric Newlon, a coworker of yours kissing you at an after-work function at the local bar. You pushed the coworker away, but you were drunk enough that you kissed them back for just a second before you realized what was happening.

Eric demands to know every detail when you admit guilt to him, making you run through it several times to ensure you were telling the truth, to process your side.

He is angry, more angry than you've ever seen him without the mask

He isn't angry enough, or possessive enough, to risk the both of your safety by butchering the person you cheated with, no matter how badly he wanted to

He's more attentive and even takes a short leave off work to spend more time with you, internalizing it as a majority his fault

Every day of his leave, and every night for weeks after, he fucks you with a fervor and passion there hadn't been in your relationship in months

But sometimes, the passion-filled sessions were tinged with angry, condescending questions in your ear and a knife to your throat in threat in case you answered incorrectly, "You think you can let someone else feel you, taste you, and get away with it? You think I won't gut you both? You think you belong to anybody but me?"

[tnott]

Mental health in the Wizarding world

Part of the reason I gave Theo major depression was to explore mental health in the context of the Wizarding world. Based on what we see in the books, the Wizarding world is centuries behind the Muggle world when it comes to psychiatry and psychology. Harry's PTSD goes entirely unacknowledged, which is tragic. I think there's a decent case for Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, and Severus Snape all also having PTSD, which again goes unacknowledged. St. Mungo's apparently uses electroshock therapy to treat delusions, which is horrifying.

So I decided to give Theo a mental illness -- not one that would be immediately noticeable, but one that would certainly carry stigma if it was known about. That, in addition to my own personal experiences with mental illness, was why I chose depression. I also chose to make it run in the Nott family. Studies estimate that developing depression is about 50% based on genetic factors and heritability, so this is realistic, and it also gives Theo 1) a family secret, and 2) her father as a resource to draw upon so that she's not left completely on her own. (I love her too much to do that to her.)

Her father gives her a name for her illness and shows her how to self-medicate with St. John's wort, which is a fairly effective treatment for mild to moderate depression, though it doesn't work for the kind of severe depression Theo experiences in her sixth year at school. But he also warns her not to tell anyone about her illness, because he knows that she will be judged and ostracized if it becomes common knowledge. Even in our real world in the year 2024, mental illness is stigmatized. I cannot tell you the number of teachers, professors, and even significant others I've had who have tried to tell me that depression isn't real, that I'm "pathetic" or "weak" or "just need to suck it up". My own brother has tried to tell me that my mental illness will be cured by doing yoga. Our current world is still pretty bad for the mentally ill, and I think the Wizarding world must be a hundred times worse.

So Theo keeps her depression a secret. Even following her suicide attempt at age 17, she doesn't mention to anyone that this is not the first time she's felt this way. The only people she's opened up to about it as an adult are @mayhemxmugglesxmagic's Draco and Pansy. In her professor verse, she tries to watch for the signs in her students and intervene as best she can without revealing her own illness, but she doesn't feel comfortable advocating for better treatment for people like her. She's already seen as a maverick for her magiarchaeology work, and she doesn't want the world to write her off as a full madwoman. When it comes to her depression, she's isolated and frightened, which I think must be the case for most of the Wizarding world's mentally ill members.

[1racoon7trenchcoats]

Hi!! Hey, what are your hcs of Talia? @bird-likes-to-fandom made me interested abt them :o

AHH ABSOLUTELY

So

Shes a girlboss, obviously

Refers to Noel as Mischas boyfriend before they are dating

"Tell your bf I say hello" "he's not my bf" "are you sure"

Gives legit feedback on mischas music. No lying to spare feelings, if it sucks he will know.

She and Noel become best friends also

If she does music it's like the beat (idk music terms, sue me) basically the vibe of Talia

Except she will just be saying the most vulgar shit in Ukrainian

Mischa can play it in school bc it sounds pretty and no one else knows what she's saying

Like Wondering Tonight by NSP

If he translates a song Ocean would ban her music from the choir room

'My song will only have profanity in chorus' yeah its just one of Talias songs dude

Doesn't want him to get in trouble but is also like "fuck shit up babe"

They both encourage eachother to go batshit sometimes

Penny got suspended for saying 'ass' when he says he wants know the dumbest thing he will get in trouble for she's also a little curious

"I didn't get suspended I just have to join school choir"

"That's dumb"

Refers to his friends as: The Annoying Ginger, the Cupcake Girl, the Space Kid, the Animal/Doll Girl, and Noel.

Tldr she's just super supportive and more chaotic than people give her credit for.

Ty for asking!! (And ty birdie <3)

[artistic-anime-trash]

Fling Posse Headcanons Because I’m Bored.

And also I love them. :)

1. Ramuda and Gentaro are in love and are basically Dice’s parents. Gentaro has mom energy, which we love him for. Ramuda has the energy of the dad who likes to fuck around and find out. Sometimes his pranks get Gentaro to laugh. Sometimes Gentaro will even play along. And then sometimes he gets his ass beat for going to far.

2. They all sleep at Ramuda’s place. Ramuda has a big comfy bed that has a shit ton of plushies and pillows and blankets and shit. Sometimes he shares with Gentaro, when he’s feeling generous. The rest of the time, Gentaro sleeps on a nice, comfy futon. And then there’s Dice…. Oh Dice. Dice sleeps on a sheet of cardboard on the floor. And this is by his own choice. Ramuda finds it funny so he doesn’t interfere, but even when Gentaro has offered to buy him a futon or something- Dice refuses because he doesn’t want to owe him more money.

3. One time, Gentaro caught Ramuda smoking and yelled at him until he started crying. Which, admittedly, didn’t take long. Ramuda now smokes way less then he used to.

4. Y’know how Ramuda and all the other Ramuda clones need them lollipops to survive? Yeah that’s because they’re nicotine. They say they don’t know what’s in them, but upon inspection, Jakurai found out they they were just nic candies.💀

5. One time, they sent Gentaro on a press tour for Fling Posse Inc.- Dice and Ramuda regret It to this day. All hell broke loose and Gentaro almost got canceled. They had to throw a fundraiser for cancer research to save his reputation. You can only imagine the horrors.

6. Gentaro is crazy jealous, and Ramuda knows this. Ramuda even uses this to fuck with Gentaro occasionally. Just cus he can and he loves to prank people. Gentaro does get him back from time to time tho. He’s not the type to let Ramuda get away with some shit like that.

7. Ramuda likes to take Dice and Gentaro on little trips. It makes him happy to treat them to little vacations. Especially because he knows Dice has no fucking money to do it himself.

[wilt3d-r0zes]

I got inspired by someone and made a Lab Rats: Elite Force “rewrite” info thingy

@nonymous06​ here ya go man (this is my alt blog this is dramaticnerdwithanxiety :D)

^Nonymous inspired this entire AU and made the art you'll find on the other side of any links!

If you care, there’s a slideshow at the bottom of this post because It’s. It’s got a lot of detail. I spent an hour figuring out their birthdays /srs

But I am actively working on rewriting the show! There will probably be one version and then MAYBE a rewrite, but I won’t be posting anything until it’s all completely finished

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1QPQWoDKisEZnhwkFcc6nE9t9IsDH8eCbn_ytKUd3Gcc/edit?usp=sharing

[rosier-and-wilkes]

I think Evan and Charlotte must have both been very impressive duelists, because we know Mad-Eye Moody always tried to take people alive when he could, and the two of them apparently put up such an intense fight that that wasn't possible.

[vidimillion]

trust (2/2)

prompt fill: sharing a bed

A few months after their confession, Jason gets a bad feeling in his gut, in his bones. He keeps getting irrational thoughts that something will ruin what he and Nico made.

Nico wakes up one night, Jason's warmth missing from their shared bed. Groggily, he turns to see Jason sitting up, and Nico can tell he had woken up from a nightmare.

As Nico shifts, it captures Jason's attention, and he insists that Nico should go back to sleep. Ignoring it, Nico sits up to lean into Jason's space, his brows furrowing in concern. The sheets pool in their laps.

Jason refuses to tell Nico what the nightmare was, but he's biting his lip, avoiding Nico's worried eyes. The bags under Jason's eyes are almost purple. Nico knows these nightmares are different from the ones Jason has about the titan war, but Nico wonders when exactly Jason started getting plagued by this.

Jason takes a deep breath. "Remember what we talked about, a few months ago? About trust? About love?"

"Yes."

Jason explains his nightmare, about him forgetting everything in his life, forgetting Nico. In the nightmare, his life is replaced with something picture-perfect, a funny best friend and a beautiful girl who calls herself his girlfriend.

In Jason's nightmare, when they'd met again, Nico instantly thought Jason was better off without him. That Jason won't miss him, even if Jason remembered what they used to have.

Nico bites his lip, but he doesn't deny it.

So Jason meets Nico's gaze, his eyes wet with desperation. Shocked, Nico brings a hand to Jason's cheek, wiping away a tear before it could fall.

Jason says, "You are the best thing that's ever happened to me. I need to know that if anything ever happens to me, you would still be in my life, you would still love me."

"Nico. You have to trust me that I love you, that I don't want to go without you. I need you to teach me a lesson about trust. I need you to teach me that the trust between you and me, is unconditional."

Jason kisses him, the taste of his lips salty with tears.

Against his lips, Jason begs, "I love you. Trust me when I say I love you."

[mr-nott]

It has occurred to me that every Death Eater we know of who had a young child at the time of Voldemort’s fall managed to wiggle their way out of an Azkaban sentence. Which isn’t to say that they’re good people (they aren’t) or that this mitigates their crimes (it doesn’t) or that it wasn’t in their own best interests to avoid Azkaban (it was). But I can’t help thinking that there was some familial love playing into it as well.

[mrs-nott]

Cordelia's Wand

9 and 1/4 inches, springy, acacia and phoenix feather

Acacia:

"A very unusual wand wood, which I have found creates tricky wands that often refuse to produce magic for any but their owner, and also withhold their best effects from all but those most gifted. This sensitivity renders them difficult to place, and I keep only a small stock for those witches or wizards of sufficient subtlety, for acacia is not suited to what is commonly known as ‘bangs-and-smells’ magic. When well-matched, an acacia wand matches any for power, though it is often underrated due to the peculiarity of its temperament."

Phoenix feather:

"This is the rarest core type. Phoenix feathers are capable of the greatest range of magic, though they may take longer than either unicorn or dragon cores to reveal this. They show the most initiative, sometimes acting of their own accord, a quality that many witches and wizards dislike.

Phoenix feather wands are always the pickiest when it comes to potential owners, for the creature from which they are taken is one of the most independent and detached in the world. These wands are the hardest to tame and to personalise, and their allegiance is usually hard won."

[murder-popsicle]

Even growing up, Bucky had a very warped sense of self-worth. She was stuck between a desire to be her idea of a “good person” — a combination of what the Church says is virtuous and the kind of person she thinks that Steve thinks she is — and a deeply-rooted feeling of responsibility for the people she loves.

Sometimes those come into conflict, and when they do, the latter feeling usually wins; she wants to be good, but she needs to take care of her loved ones. She’ll do whatever she has to in order to protect them, even if it’s not particularly honest or ethical, so there’s a constant inner tension between who she desires to be and who she feels she has to be.

She’s not perfect; she can be selfish, she can be petty, she can be ruthless and unforgiving and sometimes outright vengeful. But she tends to fixate on these qualities, and she perceives them as being much more prominent than they are.

The war fucked her up pretty badly, even before Arnim Zola got his hands on her. She felt like killing came a little too easily to her, and that it should have bothered her more than it actually did. But at the same time, to lift a line directly from the comics, “It had to be done, so I did it. Simple as that.”

Following her time in the factory, she started sometimes finding her kills satisfying -- something she never told Steve, because she was afraid of how he might react. Personally, I think those feelings were a direct result of her suffering captivity, rape, and torture in that factory, but she worried that either Zola had done something to her that had changed her, or that she'd always been evil deep down and simply hadn't fully realized it until the war brought it to the surface.

In the present day, as far as she’s concerned, she’s not a good person and she never will be; she’s done too many horrible things for redemption to be possible. But she’ll try anyway, because it gives her a purpose in life and a reason to get out of bed in the morning.