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[angelltheninth]

Morning After with the Greek Gods

Pairing: Apollo, Aphrodite, Ares, Hades, Hermes, Poseidon, Zeus x Reader

Tags: fluff, kissing, morning cuddles, teasing, bite marks, hickeys, bragging, human!Reader

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A/N: Still on that Epic the Musical high. I don't know if it's ever stopping.

Apollo enjoys nothing more than basking in the morning rays of the sun while cuddling in bed with you after a night spent together. His touch is hotter than the warmth of the Sun itself, waking you up was he runs his fingers across your back. So are his kisses, further stoking the heat you already felt between your legs when he started making his way down again.

Aphrodiete admires the scratch marks she left on your body the night before. For her love and passion are her battlefield, and she wants to have proof of it on her skin and yours, even if it can get a bit painful but that's also where the pleasure comes from. She wants to spend the whole day kissing you actually, one night isn't nearly enough to satiate the thirst she feels for you.

Ares pulls you on top of him while you tease him about the bite marks you left on his neck the night before. It wasn't really your fault, he was the one who was so rough he almost broke the bed. And besides he was the one who told you to bite down on something to help silence your moans, so really, he should be proud of you that you bit so hard you marked him.

Hades doesn't let you go unless you have to go to the bathroom. He wants to cuddle with you for as long as possible before he has to go back to the Underworld and has to wait a while until he can see you again. The last thing he wants is to have more time away from you than he already needs to, if it was up to him though he would gladly take you with him, but he can be patient.

Hermes loves teasing you from the moment he sees you, into the morning he wakes up and until he has to leave to do his job. When he leans in to kiss you he nibbles on your bottom lip, when he runs his hands down you body he lifts you up into the air and kisses you hard. He has to keep you wanting, keep you guessing what he's gonna do the next time he visits you.

Poseidon was the first one to wake up but not because he wanted to leave but because he wanted to count all the hickeys that he left on you. This can be his possessiveness kicking in but it's also the admiration for you who were asking for more and more and more. It's impressive that you managed to keep up with him for as long as you did, and even gave him a few hickeys of your own.

Zeus brags about how made you pass out the night before and he wants to do it again now that you're awake. He pouts when you push him away, arguing that you need at least a bit of rest before that, and one night of sleep isn't enough, he should at least give you until noon. While he doesn't like to be kept waiting he also doesn't want to push you too hard, he likes you, and he wants you to stick around.

Dividers by: @saradika-graphics

[iheartambss]

Rescue

Clarisse La Rue x Fem!ApolloCabin!Reader

summary; an Ares cabin member breaks the rules and ties reader up and Clarisse saves them

warnings; swearing, violence, blood, fluff

an; I hope this was what you expected. We 🫶 protective Clarisse. Gender neutral pronouns are used btw! I stole the “angel” nickname from symp4nat cause i like it and i think it’s so cute and she probably would call reader that. Also if you’d like to listen to the song while reading there’s a link below :)

Rescue by Lauren Daigle

Ever since the day you arrived to camp, Clarisse bullied you and you two never got along. Today is yet another game of capture the flag and you’re on the blue team and Clarisse is on the red team which is obviously the opposing team. You watched as Clarisse was talking to the rest of her team to strategize and tell them the plan and just hoped you’d get out of this alive, as you always did. “Let the games begin!” Chiron yelled and you immediately followed Annabeth and Percy into the woods.

After a while of walking, you’re the first to speak up. “You guys think we'll run into Clarisse?" You ask as you continue following behind Annabeth. "I hope not," Percy says immediately, looking around nervously. Annabeth nods saying, "Knowing her we might.” "Where are we even going Annabeth?" You ask, looking around. "Wherever fate takes us," Annabeth says simply. Percy stops walking for a moment, shocked by Annabeth's answer. He continues to follow you and Annabeth mumbling, "This girl's going to get us killed."

Annabeth rolled her eyes at Percy's comment. "I'm going to get us killed? At least I can fight," she muttered under her breath, not looking back at him. You continued to walk forward, your senses on high alert for any signs of danger. Suddenly 3 Ares kids surrounded the three of you. You got in a defensive position, sword in hand as you glared at the Ares kids, "Where's your princess?" You said, referring to Clarisse. Percy followed your lead, getting into a defensive position as well, looking at you confused, "Wait who?"

"Y/N's talking about Clarisse," Annabeth says as she points her sword at one of the Ares kids. Percy mumbles a soft, “Oh.” Leo smirks as he pointed his sword at you, "Clarisse isn't here so don't worry your pretty little head," He said in a slight mocking tone before looking at Ruby and Cole, his half siblings, "You two take care of Newbie and Nerdbrain." Ruby and Cole nod before Ruby lunges at Percy with her sword while Cole does the same to Annabeth. You pout at Leo, "Bummer, I was hoping l'd get to finally beat her ass. I guess I'll just beat yours instead," You said as you waited for Leo's move.

Leo chuckled as he watched Ruby and Cole engage with Percy and Annabeth, "Well aren't you feisty?" He said before lunging at you with his sword. You dodge the attack before swinging your sword at the Ares boy. Leo quickly dodged the swing of your sword before lunging at you again. He knew you were good, but he was confident in his fighting skills as well. "You fight well, but not well enough,” He grins as he continued to attack you. You narrowly missed another one of Leo's attacks, your heart racing from the adrenaline. You countered his next strike, your swords clashing loudly.

"You're not so bad yourself," you said, trying to keep up with his relentless assault, "I'm better though." Leo smirked, his eyes never leaving yours before he lunged again, aiming for your side this time. You quickly stepped back, avoiding the blow but losing your balance in the process. You yelp as you fell back, accidentally dropping your sword, "Fuck." Leo took advantage of your momentary loss of balance and kicked your sword away from your reach. He grinned wickedly, his sword pointed at your throat. "Now, who's the better fighter?" He challenged with a sneer. You roll your eyes, "Oh fuck off Leo."

"Y/N!" Percy yelled from the distance, sounding worried. Leo turned toward Percy's voice, "Ruby, Cole, keep those two away!" He ordered before turning back to you. He then grabbed some rope and started tying your hands together. "What the- Leo you know this against the rules," You hiss as you struggled against the boy's hold. Leo ignored your protests and quickly finished tying your hands together, pulling it a little too tight for comfort. He smirked at your struggles. You glared at the boy, struggling to get your hands out, "If you need to tie me up to handle me then you obviously suck ass as a warrior,” You spat.

Leo chuckled darkly, "Oh, I don't suck sweetheart, I just like playing dirty." He grabbed your bound wrists and pulled you closer, his sword still at your throat. Suddenly someone roughly pulled him away from you, pushing his shoulder, "Get the fuck away from them," Clarisse hissed. You looked at Clarisse in shock, you didn't expect the Ares girl to help you at all. "You alright angel?" Clarisse asked, glancing over you to make sure you were uninjured, frowning when she saw a gash on your arm. "U-Uh... yeah, I'm ok." You said softly, clearly confused by Clarisse's sudden protectiveness over you.

"Good," Clarisse replied then she turned back to Leo, glaring at him, "What the fuck do you think you're doing? You think you can just tie someone up like that?" She stepped closer to you, her body language subtly protective as well. Leo looked at her confused, "Why the hell are you protecting this Apollo kid Clarisse?" Clarisse scoffs like it’s obvious, "Because you fucking tied them up and it’s against the rules," She said harshly, her eyes hard as she glared at Leo. "Let's get you untied," Clarisse said, turning her attention back to you. She knelt down, carefully cutting the ropes with her spear, making sure not to hurt you further.

As she worked, she glanced at Leo, her expression cold and unyielding. Once your hands were untied, you rubbed your wrists as an attempt to sooth them. You looked up at Clarisse to see her holding out her hand to help you up and give her a confused look before taking the girl’s hand. “Thanks," You mumble. “No problem," Clarisse replied, still holding onto your hand until you were standing. She looked at Leo once more, sighing softly before letting go of your hand then sound of the conch shell rang out signaling the end of the game.

Percy ran over to you, "You ok?" You look at Clarisse with a raised eyebrow before looking at Percy and Annabeth, "Yeah I'm good." Annabeth walked over to you, "That's a pretty nasty cut on your arm." You look at your arm, "Oh shit... I didn't even realize." Clarisse grabbed your arm and took a quick look at it, a concerned expression on her face. "Let me take a look at it, it might need some medical attention," She said, glancing at the others as if to say that it wasn't too serious. Percy and Annabeth looked at each other, clearly confused as to why Clarisse was being nice to you.

You looked at Clarisse, a bit skeptical but you nod nonetheless, “Uh... sure." Clarisse stepped closer to examine the cut more closely. "It's not deep, but it's bleeding a lot. We should clean it properly and maybe wrap it up to prevent infection," She explained, her voice surprisingly gentle. Percy and Annabeth looked between you and Clarisse, trying to figure out what was happening. You nodded, butterflies erupting in your stomach as you heard how soft her voice was. "Alright, let's head back to camp," Clarisse suggested, gesturing for you to follow her.

She turned to Percy and Annabeth, "I can clean it up there and maybe get something to stop the bleeding," she added, her voice still calm and collected. Percy and Annabeth looked at each other confused once again then looked at you. You shrugged then followed Clarisse as she started walking, Percy and Annabeth right behind you. When the four of you got to camp, Percy and Annabeth parted ways with you and Clarisse saying they had to meet with Grover. Clarisse grabbed your wrist gently, making you blush and led you to the infirmary. "Sit," Clarisse said, guiding you to a stool near some medical supplies.

She retrieved a clean cloth and some disinfectant, carefully cleaning the wound on your arm. Despite the pain, you couldn't help but notice how gentle her touch was. You silently observed Clarisse, taking in her appearance. You noted how the girl's eyebrows furrowed when she was concentrated and how the girl's hair framed her face perfectly. As Clarisse finished cleaning the wound, she applied a thin layer of antiseptic ointment, ensuring it covered the injured area completely, making you wince and Clarisse mumble an apology.

Her gaze met yours, holding it for a moment longer than necessary. "It's not that deep but it'll probably scar," she said, her voice lowering slightly. You nod as you blush softly before clearing your throat and looking away from the Ares girl, "That's great...I guess." Clarisse nodded, her fingers lightly grazing your arm as she applied a clean bandage over the wound, making you inhale sharply. "There. It should be alright for now," Clarisse said softly, her eyes still on your face. You nod once again, blushing more as you felt the girl's eyes still on you.

You hoped Clarisse couldn't notice your blush, "Thanks. You didn't have to do this." "I know, but I wanted to," Clarisse replied, her voice barely above a whisper. She glanced at the door, as if making sure you both were alone, before leaning in closer, not noticing the way you sucked in a breath, "Look, I know we don't exactly... get along, but I just wanted to help.” You could feel how fast your heart was hammering in your chest due to how close she was, "Y-Yeah... thanks," You said, cursing yourself as you stuttered.

"You're welcome," Clarisse responded, her voice barely above a whisper as she leaned back slightly. Despite your rough past, Clarisse felt herself blushing as well, hoping you wouldn't notice. You look up at the Ares girl, taking in her appearance once more and you can’t help think about how beautiful she is. Your eyes flickered between the girl's eyes and her lips. As Clarisse noticed you staring at her, she couldn't help but blush even more, the butterflies in her stomach fluttering madly. Despite the constant arguments between the two of you, she felt pulled towards you in an undeniable way.

Without thinking, Clarisse leaned in closer, her lips brushing against yours, making you let out a muffled noise of shock. It felt like electricity at first-a spark igniting between the two of you. You returned the kiss, bringing a hand up to cup the Ares girl's cheek softly. Feeling your soft touch against her cheek, Clarisse's heart raced even faster. She deepened the kiss, her hands finding their way on your waist, pulling you closer. Suddenly breaking the kiss, Clarisse looked into your eyes, her heart pounding in her chest. "I- sorry," she said softly with a shaky voice.

You looked at Clarisse, silently for a moment before pulling her in for another kiss. Her eyes widened slightly in surprise but soon closed as she felt your lips pressing against hers once more. This time, she returned the kiss, her hands gripping your waist tighter. You broke the kiss and rested your forehead against Clarisse's with a smile. Blinking back the surprise, Clarisse felt her heart skip a beat as she looked into your eyes. She couldn't help but return the smile, feeling a warmth spread through her chest, "I like you." You laughed softly, "Yeah I figured since you kissed me."

"Right..." Clarisse replied, her cheeks flushing slightly, “Will you be my girlfriend?” You smile saying, "Yes” before pulling the Ares girl into another kiss. As your lips met hers once more, she brought her hands up and gently cupped your face, deepening the kiss. Percy walks in, "Hey Y/N, how's it goi-" You both quickly pull away and he looks between you and Clarisse with wide eyes, "I'm not even going to ask...”

[lightwing-s]

𝐌𝐈𝐃𝐍𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓 𝐊𝐈𝐒𝐒 𝐈𝐈

pairing: dick grayson x reader; jason todd x reader

reblogs and interactions are always appreciated ! ♡

a/n: we've created a tradition, 2023 ver. here

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𝐉𝐀𝐒𝐎𝐍 𝐓𝐎𝐃𝐃

"You need to kiss someone at midnight!” said one of the girls sitting on the crowded sofa, the group around her, boys and girls halfway drunk on cheap champagne, erupted in screams and laughter, fighting over the validity of certain superstitions and who’d get to kiss who in the group. “The pagans say it’s for good luck.”

The discussion never ceased, getting louder as spirits were running high. Amongst the loud group, you stood out. Sitting quietly with a drink in hand, a beaming smile adorning your face, laughing at whatever what he assumed were your girl friends said, you caught Jason’s eyes. You’d done so from the moment he entered the apartment.

You wore a sparkly outfit, a little black dress full of sequins that reflected the poor lighting of the room but that was still unable to outshine your natural beauty. He watched you attentively, entertained by your joy and enamored with the sound of your laughter. 

Your eyes had met a few times since his arrival, briefly, shyly, sharing quiet smiles and a few winks, a secret interaction you hoped no one else had noticed but you. Not out of embarrassment, but from wanting it to be uniquely yours.

Jason had been under actual spells before, under the uncomfortable power of Ivy’s pollen. This was different, because nothing forced him to look at you, he simply wanted to. He wasn’t a shy man, never backing out of talking with a pretty lady, but tonight he decided to wait, wait for the right moment to reach you, to talk to you, to know your name. He didn’t want to intrude in your moment with your friends, but most importantly, he didn’t want your friends intruding in your moment.

So he waited, sat aside on a dark corner, like a villain in a scary movie, chatting bullshit with a friend he barely knew but who had insisted on him coming to his apartment tonight, as he knew Jason wouldn’t go anywhere else for New Year’s Eve, preferring to sulk in his own solitude for the night.

He didn’t expect anything from tonight, planning to go home after the clock striked 00:00 and the champagne bottles were popped. He certainly did not expect to meet a pretty girl that had him hooked on the first exchange of glances, but he was glad he took his time to come.

A few other girls had come to him, some showing their deep cleavages, others just trying to start a conversation, but they didn’t last long once they realized he only had his eyes out for you.

He noticed your group of friends leave the sofa, entering the kitchen in search of more drinks, but you stayed there, sitting in the same spot you’d been all night, watching your friends disappear into another room. Then, turning your head slowly, your eyes met his, and he took it as his key to finally approach you.

Throwing himself beside you on the sofa, his arm immediately went to its back and you leaned closer, trying to hear him better between all the screaming and the loud music.

“Jason.” he sort of screamed-whispered in your ear, extending his left hand for you to shake.

“Yn.” you took his hand in yours, shaking quickly before returning the hold to your cup.

“Stopped drinking tonight?” he asked, a playful smirk on his lips.

“What?!” you screamed, not hearing him clearly.

He came closer to you, the hand that shook yours coming to rest on your tight, and his lips brushing against your neck as he repeated himself into your ear. “I asked if you had stopped drinking tonight.”

“No!” you laughed. “They went looking for vodka, I guess. I’m sticking to champagne tonight.”

“Did you enjoy the bottle they were passing around?” he raised an eyebrow at you.

“Did you not like it?” you asked in return.

“It’s alright.” he shrugged, leaning back on the sofa and bringing his drink to his lips.

The music softened, a few complaints thrown around, the majority of the people taking this time to fish for more drinks in the kitchen or wherever they were.

Learning against the sofa too, head falling back to rest, your shoulder touched Jason’s and you could feel the electricity running through you.

“Mikey’s friend?” you asked him, trying to understand where this stranger had come from.

“Sorta.” he simply replied.

“Oh! We have ourselves a mysterious man.” you laughed again, and Jason hoped you wouldn’t stop.

“Do you like it? Or you prefer something more… nerdy? Or do you want me to act like a jock from a teen rom com. I can do it all, you know.” if possible, your laughing just got louder, throwing your head back and bringing the smirk back to Jason’s face.

“Nah. I love it.” you answered when your laughing stopped and your breathing had settled. “Makes me want to know more about you.”

The loud bang on a door broke brought your attention away, your friends making their way back to the sofa, full drinks in hand and a bottle of vodka being carried by one of them. Jason saw some eyebrow wiggles at you, teasing smiles and bumps on your shoulder, all of it making your cheeks flush pink and your eyes to divert to the almost empty cup on your hand.

He watched your thumb playing with the lipstick stained glass and your teeth nibble at your bottom lip. He admired your soft makeup, perfectly melting into your skin and not hiding your natural beauty he had come to love. A small stain of lipstick stood on your chin, maybe because of your drinking, and he couldn't hold the urge, his thumb cleaning it away for you.

“Two minutes till New Year’s!” someone announced over the music, the crowd getting excited, people looking for their friends or unopened champagne bottles.

“Do your friends have anyone to kiss at midnight?” Jason asked, and he caught a glimpse of disappointment in your eyes.

“I don’t know.” you replied, eyes wide in question. He only shook his head.

“Do you?”

“I don’t know.” you repeated your previous answers, earning a questioning look from him that made you laugh again a little. “Do I?”

“The thing is, Yn.” he started speaking and turned to face him properly, knees bumping into each other’s. He licked at his lips, and your mind replayed the way he had pronounced your name. He placed a loose strand of hair behind your ear and his fingertips touched your neck, a shiver emanating from there to your entire body. “I’m not a very patient guy. I don’t think I can wait until midnight.”

Leaning in, his lips caught yours as his hands held your waist. The butterflies partied in your stomach, and you leaned further into him, bringing his face closer as you felt his tongue slid inside your mouth.

“It’s not even fucking midnight, Yn!” someone screamed, the room turning to look at you both, but your mind too focused on the kiss to even notice.

His other hand went to your neck, playing with the hairs in there, making you moan into his mouth, the sound making him excited and more eager to continue kissing you. 

At some point, happy new years were exchanged, champagne bottles were popped, other kisses were given along with tight hugs and laughter. Still, Jason’s lips were glued to yours, a perfect dance you did not want to stop.

Going into 2024 with your lips on his wasn’t on Jason New Year’s Eve plans, but he made sure to add them to his resolutions: to kiss you passionately, deeply, for as long as he can, for as long as his breathing allows him, for the entire year if you let him to, because he didn’t believe much in destiny but he was sure it wanted him there, on New Year’s day, sitting on a sofa beside the prettiest girl the room, her lips stuck on his, and a thousand possibilities to turn this moment into the first of many you’d share along 2024.

𝐃𝐈𝐂𝐊 𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐘𝐒𝐎𝐍

He heard wishes of “happy new year!” as the first fireworks exploded above the sea. Families, friends and couples erupting in joyful bursts of happiness and laughter, celebrating the beginning of the year with hope and excitement.. 

Dick wasn’t one of them. No, tonight wasn’t perfect. Not like it used to feel.

The arms wrapped tightly around his waist certainly didn’t feel perfect, and neither did the head resting on his chest. He watched the fireworks illuminating the night sky, reflecting on the water, his hands stuffed in his pockets as he wondered if you too were watching the scenery.

The guilt was eating at his chest, the words you’d told him earlier still lingering in his mind. There was a lump in his throat, he knew he’d screwed things up, that he ruined your favorite night of the year, your favorite holiday, and consequently, his too. 

It hurt even more now that he recognized that you were not wrong, that you didn’t lie.

“How did you forget to tell me, Dick? Today is New Year’s Eve, we’ve always spent it together.” you reminded him, staring at him through the mirror he fixed his collar on. “Why are you like this, huh? Why do you never put me first, even for one day?” “It’s always like this. You find a new girl, you forget about me. Yn does not exist anymore, and if she does, she’s just your shadow, your umbrella holder while you cozy up to some slut you won’t care anymore in a few months.” “It’s not that important? Fuck you, Dick! Fuck you, fuck you! It was our day, our tradition, to watch the fireworks at the beach together, to make wishes to the stars and countless other traditions we’ve had since we were teenagers… You’ve continuously neglected what I want, put me aside to fulfill your wishes, and I’m always okay, because I fucking love you. But when it comes to me… Forget it. You just made me realize none of this is worth it.”

He still remembered the sound your voice made when you told him you loved him, how it cracked, how your chin trembled and your eyes filled with tears. He had put you aside for countless others when you’d always, always, stood by him. It was your tradition, and he had broken it.

Two hands slid up his chest, coming together behind his neck, forcing him to finally look down, after avoiding it’s presence for as long as he could. “Happy New Year, Dickie.” she said, plump lips painted red, reaching for his, reaching for a kiss, but he couldn’t do it.

No. It wasn’t perfect.

“I’m sorry.” he told the girl, removing her hands from his body. She looked at him confused, as he apologized once more.

Turning on his heel, feeling the sand underneath his feet, Dick ran. Ran somewhere he didn’t know to, somewhere he hoped he’d find you.

He screamed your name, praying you’d hear him and call him back, call his name as you always did when you met him in the crowd. A toothy smile on your lips that reached your eyes, a sight he never realized he loved, that he’d miss if you were gone, too dumb, too much of an idiot, to realize.

He counted all the things you could’ve done already, checking your list of nye’s traditions that never cease to surprise him. Every year you’d bring something new, something fun, and he would follow along and watching you complete each one of them made him happy.

But you always said it wasn’t perfect. That something was missing. Every year, there was this one thing you couldn’t complete but you never told him what it was.

“Yn.” he screamed to the crowd, gaining side looks from some of the people around.

“Dick.” someone called back, but it wasn’t you. “What are you doing?”

“Tim, have you seen Yn?” he asked, almost breathless.

“You didn’t come with her?” he asked in return, eyes jolting out, incredulous of the words leaving his brother's mouth. Dick could only shake his head. “Dude.” he finished disapprovingly.

Tim wasn’t much of a help, not knowing if you were still at the beach, but at least now he was sure you’d come.

Of course you would, he thought. You’d never break a tradition.

He was sure he’d crossed to the other end of the sandy and pretty crowded beach. This year many more people came to enjoy the best “secret” new year’s party in the city, a secret you’d kept for years but that was slowly becoming more popular. 

You hate it. It was our place, I don’t want anyone else in it.

Letting out a chuckle, he remembered you pout as you let those words out. If only he had listened to them then.

He was almost giving up, the number of people diminishing with each step he took further in the sands. The groups fizzled out, just a few here and there now, long ignoring the still ongoing, god knows for how long, firework show, now too focused on drinks and gossip.

But then an oddity caught his eyes.

Someone alone, quietly watching the show of colors in the night. He had found you.

Even at a distance, he could see the colors reflecting in your eyes, watery and enamored as they were every year. You had your hands glued to your body, caressing the cold away as you dared to wear a sleeveless shirt this deep into winter.

He froze. The lump, the tightness in his throat, returning to torture him. He wanted to cry, get on his knees and beg you to forgive him. But he was too scared. Too scared you’d say no, because you should.

“Yn.” he whispered, hoping you wouldn’t hear.

You didn’t. You stayed in the same position, now staring at the moon as the fireworks had stopped, but he knew you’d love to stare at the moon even more.

Slowly, you stared at your feet, toes playing with the sand. Then, to his surprise, you looked to your side. You looked straight at him, he could swear your bore deep within his eyes, and all he could do was stare in return.

“D?” he saw you mouth.

“I’m sorry,” he blurted. “I’m so sorry.”

Your head dipped to the side, and he watched your chin shaking again. His heart started to break, but soon enough, you were running into his arms.

Dick didn’t know that all night, you’d hoped you hadn’t told him anything. That the “I love you” hadn’t slipped out of your mouth, preferring to never have him fully than to never have him at all.

Although your heart was broken, seeing him tonight meant your friendship was not. And you could settle for this. You cried in his chest, tears staining his dress shirt. “Please don’t cry, please, please. I’m so fucking stupid for hurting you.”

His hands held the back of your head, caressing your hairs as you recomposed yourself, He listened to your breathing become steady, your cheek resting on his chest, arms wrapped around his torso. Perfect. 

“I’m sorry.” he said, and you looked up, your chin on his chest. His watery eyes still visible under the moonlight, you dried the tears from under his eyes. “I was stupid, a moron. I didn’t realize what I’d done. I didn’t realize you were the best thing to ever happen to me, and that I was pushing it all away.

“It’s okay,” you replied softly, snuggling back into his chest. “We’ll be alright.”

Breathing deeply, Dick held your face up to meet him again. “Yn…”

“Dick.” you cut him, wanting all this pain to just be over. He smiled at you, thumb drawing patterns on your cheek.

“Did you finish your list?” he inquired.

“No.”

Again, you didn’t. Dick never understood why. “You never told me what was missing.”

Staring deeply into his eyes, you found the courage to finally tell him. “A midnight kiss.”

It caught him by surprise, but it made him see everything clearly.

“Yn.” he called you, eyes moving from your eyes to your lips.

“Hmm.”

“Can I kiss you?” he asked, heart beating faster than it's ever done, not even the sprint on the beach making it go this quickly.

“It’s the thing I wanted.”

Pulling your face to his, you had to stand on your tiptoes to finally meet his lips. It was a slow kiss, lips melting together, fitting each other as if they were… perfect. Like you’d always dreamed of. It sets the butterflies in your stomach afire, your heart to stop beating, the world to stop spinning. You lost air, you lost your mind, you lost yourself within him.

You’d finally completed your list, you’d finally made your new year’s day perfect.

a/n: to all of you who made my 2023 very special, a happy new year and a blessed 2024 ♡

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Im only human can’t you see

Parings - clarisse x fem reader!

Tw’s- uh reader smokes weed, toxic relationship

Summary - clarisse thinks your shitty girlfriend doesn’t deserve you

She was furious. This day was supposed to be a normal calm day but the universe said fuck that when you came running into the ares cabin crying over your girlfriend.

Once again Ashlyn had said or done something to ruin your day and at this point, clarisse was over it.

“Just break up with her already” Clarisse scoffed and wiped the tears away from your eyes. You sniffed and shook your head.

“I can’t just do that Claire. I love Ashley” You frowned. “I know she doesn’t mean to hurt me, she loves me and I don’t want to hurt her”

Clarisse just rolled her eyes and continued to comfort you. “Oh please that’s a bunch of bullshit. So you don’t want to hurt her but the second she does something to hurt you it’s ok”

“I didn’t say that”

“Well that’s how you acting” she sighed and cupped your face with both her hands holding eye contact. “You.. are beautiful and kind and so fucking amazing…. And someone like Ashley doesn’t deserve you, you know you're worth Y/N so Stop letting her hurt you. trust me there’s multiple women lined up at your door waiting and begging to be with you”

You wiped your eyes and nodded letting clarisse pull you into a hug. Though you’d never admit it you always loved the bear hugs you would receive from her, the subtle hint of pinewood and fire ash brought you comfort.

Clarisse was sitting near polishing her spear and talking to some of her siblings, she looked over and scowled at the sight. You were on the sand volleyball court laughing as Ashley picked you up. What made the scene even worse was you bending down and kissing her. Clarisse gagged at the sight not understanding how you could kiss someone with such a venomous mouth.

You pulled away from Ashly and sighed. “Babe what’s wrong” she asked chuckling, you shook your head but Ashly rolled her eyes. “That’s really fucking annoying how you constantly shake your head never wanting to talk” she spoke sourly.

“Ash you know I didn’t mean it like that it’s nothing”

“Ok sure, It’s Fine what do I care god fucking forbid I was concerned” Ashley scoffed starting yet another argument, however, this time Clarisse was on standby.

“Where do you get off talking to her like that” clarisse stepped in between you two and towered over Ashley.

“Fuck off clarisse this isn’t your argument to bud into”

“Of Yeah? Because it kinda did when you started cussing at my friend” Clarisse leaned forward with a misleading smile.

You groaned and pushed clafisse back seperating the two. “Can you two not.. look she’s just upset over me not communicating properly it’s fine” you sighed and gently placed a hand on clarisses arm watching her calm down.

“Yeah cussing out your partner really setting the bar high on communication”

“Oh fuck you”

You grabbed Ashly’s arm and walked away with her, however you looked back for a moment to see clarisse.

Some hours had passend since the argument with Ashley and you decided now would be perfect to spend time with clarisse. The wind softly blew as you and clarisse sat on the ares cabin roof.. you took a long drag from the blunt before gently exhaling the smoke.

You looked over and smiled slightly as clarisse shit talked Your girlfriend. “I’m serious y/n, Ashley doesn’t deserve you why the hell do you still put up with her bullshit”

“I still put up with yours” you joked which earned you a dramatic eye-roll. “..Ashley actually ended things with me” clarisse looked back shocked.

“What..”

“Yeah uh.. she said i was ‘to much work’ ” You spoke distastefully and put the blunt out.. “you know it’s ironic, I was only with Ashley because she reminded me of you”

Clarisse scoffed “I’m nothing like that bitch” you gave her a look which made clarisse continue to complain as you chuckled.

“Look.. What I meant was that, I guess I’ve always had a crush on you but I always figured you wanted someone else like silena so I picked the next best option, Ashley” you shrugged and looked over, hidden shame and hurt in your eyes.

There was silence for what seemed forever.

“Really..” clafisse asked quietly with a flat tone. You nodded confirming your statement. “So it’ll be ok I do this then huh” you look up confused but was met with clarisse softly grabbing your face and kissing you.

Her calloused hands made light friction against your skin and her chapped lips were a stark contrast to your gentle ones. The kiss was slightly bad as clarisse struggled to figure out what to do, you giggled against her lips before wrapping your arms around her neck and leading the kiss showing the girl what to correctly do.

Her hands rubbed circles onto your waist, adding some tongue while the two continued to make out.

You pulled away smiling. “Gods I really fucking hated Ashley” clarisse laughed still high from the adrenaline. She leaned in to kiss you again not wanting to let you go..

You walked into the dining hall with clarisse holding your hand, your relationship finally becoming official as of the previous night.

You kissed her cheek and gently squeezed her hand enjoying how clarisse tried to keep a strong appearance and not look weak.

“You slut”

Clarisse turned around faster than you expected. Standing behind you was Ashley. “What were broken up for less than a day and your already fucking with this piece of shit”

“Oh your one to talk you-“ you put your hand on clarisses arm stepping between the Two. A position you swore you found yourself in often. You looked up at her and gave her a look telling her to cut it out.

After she gave a resentful sigh clarisse backed up. You turned around facing Ashley and crossed your arms. “Yeah I am, because gods forbid that I actually want someone who appericates and cares for me the way I want than someone like you who only cares about themselves. I mean common what the hell is wrong with you- instead of throwing a tantrum because I have a partner who wants me maybe start working on yourself so your next girlfriend doesn’t have to deal with your toxic bullshit” your tone flat and serious. After a moment you grabbed clarisses hand and lead her away while Ashley just scoffed and started to shit talk with her friends.

“Damn.. that was actually kind of hot”

“Shut up larue”

[catboygirljoker]

in a recent ask game i got a question about something xigbar has done that i cant get over. well. this is my answer.

[Video ID: A cutscene from 358/2 Days for DS, with high-resolution models. Roxas unsummons his keyblade and says, "Mission accomplished. Xigbar looks up and says, "Or is it?" Roxas says "Huh? Oh, come on, quit playing ar—" Xigbar shoves Roxas away, then jumps out of frame to avoid an attack by an off-screen Heartless. Roxas says, "Whoa!" end ID.]

this one moment is so important to how i think about Xigbar's characterization, in this game, in every game, that i feel the need to. write an entire essay about it lmao

The context here is that Roxas is sent to rendezvous with Xigbar in Halloweentown to destroy a giant Heartless. Just before a fight with a distinctly medium-sized Heartless, Roxas says, "Looks giant enough to me!" and Xigbar laughs and says, "Right. Just keep your head on straight." This cutscene immediately follows that.

After the actual boss fight, Roxas is mad that Xigbar let him think the other Heartless was their target, and Xigbar's like "well you learned a valuable lesson, and I did tell you to keep your head on straight." So there's the moral of the story. Roxas nearly got hurt because he jumped to conclusions and let his guard down.

But if that was the point...why did Xigbar shove Roxas out of the way of the attack, evidently narrowly avoiding getting hit himself? If the story of the mission was Roxas learning this lesson, wouldn't it be scarier and more dramatic if he'd gotten hurt? If Xigbar wanted to show Roxas some tough love, wouldnt he have let Roxas get hurt? What is the game trying to communicate about Xigbar in this scene?

It's not that it'd be tonally inappropriate; the game is absolutely willing to have other characters directly hurt Roxas in order to teach him things. In Lexaeus's mission, when he teaches Roxas about Limit Breaks, he seriously hurts Roxas to get his health low enough to use a Limit Break. At the end of that mission, Lexaeus tells Roxas that the only person he can trust is himself—I think implying that this was another thing he was trying to teach Roxas when he hurt him. Not to mention the several characters who arguably treat Roxas worse. The game doesn't pull its punches when it comes to characters being cruel to him.

It's not like it'd be out of character for Xigbar to stand by and watch, either! Obviously in the broad scope of his character throughout the series, and also in this game specifically. Earlier in the story, he absolutely knows that Axel is going to survive his mission at Castle Oblivion—both from how he talks about it and from his secret reports. When Roxas assumes Axel is dead, Xigbar reminds him once or twice not to jump to conclusions, but after that, not only does he let Roxas believe that Axel is dead, he makes fun of Roxas for it—he tells him it doesn't matter if people died, says things are quieter with fewer people around. He's certainly willing to let Roxas get hurt.

I guess you could argue that maybe Xigbar needs Roxas alive for The Plan, either Xehanort's or the MoM's, but...this mission occurs less than a month before Xemnas says that it doesn't matter whether Roxas or Xion lives. Roxas isn't Ventus; he isn't himself a necessary part of the MoM's plan. He's also not Sora, and in fact him dying would probably just wake up Sora sooner. It doesn't seem like there'd be a pragmatic reason for Xigbar to risk his hide to save Roxas's.

So we're just left with this...thing. This one moment where Xigbar puts himself in direct danger to keep Roxas from getting hurt by his own dumbassery, for seemingly no reason. There are other little moments in this game that can be read as sincere attempts at support or encouragement of Roxas or Xion, but a lot of the time he comes across as, like, condescendingly overfamiliar, more annoying than genuinely supportive. There is no other moment that reads this much like an act of altruism and just an act of altruism.

The people who made this game made an intentional choice here. And I think a lot about what the scene might be meant to communicate.

...And then in BbS and 3 he goes back to seeming like a complete fucking jackass. But considering what we learn about Luxu later in the series—about his motivations, what he used to be like, what he's been through—I don't think this is an isolated out-of-character incident. It's just like...this one short glimpse through a crack in the facade, a hint that there is a lot more depth to him than we realize. What's in there, old man!!

ugghghgh his characterization in this game is so fascinating to me. getting to see him in a completely different context. the only time we see him interact with a teenager who he's allied with outside of Days is in 3. and that also occupies my brain day and night.

another very specific, intentional moment. the camera brings attention to it. what does it mean what does it all mean.....................

anyway. evil little league coach. my mind it swirls and spins.

[milaisreading]

🌱🩷: pt5 of Crossdresser!Yn x Blue Lock! Sorry for the angst in the last part...

Masterlist to this series

Warnings: Reader uses she/her. In the story the boys will be using he/him when addressing Yn. Requests for this series are open.

⚽️Blue Lock belongs to Muneyuki Kaneshiro and Yusuke Nomura⚽️

"What are you picking your food for?" Barou questioned as (Y/n) picked on the tofu that was served for her to eat. She shook her head and looked ar Barou for a few moments, then at her food.

"Oh... sorry." She said silently and took a small piece of tofu and rice, silently eating it while looking off to the side. Barou raised an eyebrow as he watched the girl silently.

'What is wrong with her now? Just today she was over the moon because she can play with that Isagi guy, and now she looks like someone kicked her dog.' Barou squinted his eyes as he observed her a little more.

'I just don't know what I did to them... but the more I think about either Reo or Nagi, the more I will be distracted from my goal... which is staying in Blue Lock as long as possible.'

Barou watched worry as she started eating her food faster and faster, until she started coughing.

"Idiot! What is your issue even?" Barou scolded her as he reached over the table to pat her back.

"I...I am fine... sorry..." She coughed between her words as she reached for her glass of water.

"Why are you even apologizing? Are you sure you are fit for practice later?" He asked, trying to mask his worry as (Y/n) slowly nodded her head, finishing off her water.

"I am! I am! I guess, I still have jitters from the game earlier. Let's just finish our food and prepare the practice room."

She resumed eating her food calmly this time.

"Whatever you say."

"For a king, you sure listen to all my words." (Y/n) commented as Barou blushed in embarrassment and glared at her.

"Shut it!"

"Isagi! You really did come!" (Y/n) said excitedly as the boy walked into the practice room with Bachira following close behind.

"Oh, Bachira, you are here, too!" She greeted the boy, surprised that he was there too, but she didn't complain much. After all, Bachira's dribbling was impressive to her, so might as well train with him.

"Yep!" Bachira said excitedly as Isagi looked back at (Y/n) nervously.

"Sorry about him. He wanted to practice with us." Isagi explained as he noted Barou's glare.

"It's alright! Should we start then? We can team up Barou and I, and Bachira and you!" (Y/n) suggested as the two just nodded their heads.

"Let's start then." Barou said, grabbing (Y/n)'s shoulder and pulling her away from the duo.

"Hey!"

The night went on with the 4 of them training for a few hours. They switched teams a few times, and as much as Barou didn't enjoy this arrangement, he wasn't leaving her alone with these 2.

"Great job, Bachira! The dribbling was amazing!" (Y/n) cheered on her current partner as she raised her arm for a high five.

"You think? Thanks! Yours isn't bad either, tho your precision always catches me off guard." Bachira said back as they high-fived each other. The two turned to look at Isagi and Barou, watching as the duo exchanged a few words and then Barou surpringly left the room.

"Barou!" (Y/n) scolded the taller, but Isagi just shook it off.

"We just had a small dispute. By the way, thanks for letting us play with you two. It was a great experience." Isagi said.

"Nothing to thank me for, it was nice training with you both! We should do it tomorrow too." (Y/n) suggested, as the two boys look at each other, and then nodded their heads.

"Good idea!"

"Yes!"

"So, what is your opinion on that guy? (Y/n) seems very nice in my opinion." Isagi said as both him and Bachira were walking back to their room.

"He sure is! He also wasn't freaked out when I told him about my monster! He even said it was cool." Bachira grinned widely as Isagi nodded his head slowly.

"It's cool that he wasn't weirded out... aside from you and my mom, everyone always called me a freak for it." Bachira commented again.

"I like him. I expected (Y/n) to be this rude and obnoxious player, but he is very down to earth."

"True. And he seems eager to practice with anyone. He also helped me with my shots while we were paired up."

"He is pretty cool."

"And cute."

"Bachira!" Isagi scolded the boy with a flustered face.

"He is! You can't deny that~"

Isagi stayed quiet for the rest of the walk.

'Nagi... Reo...why can't I get their words out of my head? I never had issues like that before.' (Y/n) sighed while finishing washing her hair, the same wave of pain hitting her as she looked at the door where Barou was standing behind.

"Hey, Barou!"

"What?" He called out from the hallway, looking around to make sure nobody was close by.

"Who are we playing against tomorrow?"

"Hm... Team W, I believe. After that, we just have Team V and Team Y left."

'Team V... Nagi and Reo's team!' (Y/n)'s eyes widened for a moment.

"Ok. I will be out in a minute. Sorry for all of this, again."

"No need to apologize." He said back, yawning a little.

'I will have to treat him for some lunch if we ever get out of here.' (Y/n) smiled as she put her shirt back on.

'As for Team V... we will win against them. We have to.' She gulped and then nodded to herself.

[celaenaeiln]

Hi, do you have any recommendations for Dick and Slade fics where their relationship is explored? It doesn't matter if it's a pairing or not. P.S.: I really love your posts

Thank you!!

And boy do I have them! All of these are my favorites. They're fics I specifically saved separately because I loved them. I hope you do too!

FAVORITE!! The thrill I get when I read this. The high. It's almost incomparable. Sladick in cyberspace. I don't even like cyber punk but I loved this fic - Gray Area

FAVORITE!! I talked about this one before but it's the perfect fic for apprentice Sladick. Read it so many times, I can't get enough of it. - Nightwing Protocol

FAVORITE!! This is one of my comfort fics, I love the whole collections so much. Slade and Dick get married and run off to the Maldives - I Guess Time Will Tell What the Come Down is Like

Slade comes for his Talon. That's his Dick Grayson dammit - Reclaiming an Owl

Favorite! I hope you don't mind but I'm sneaking in this Tiger/Dick fic forgive mee. Tiger's infuriatingly attracted to Dick's lips - Soft lips

FAVORITE!! Jedi Dick meets Sith Slade. And their relationship is always the same - Breathe With Confidence

Slade and Dick are soulmates much to the displeasure of Joey and the happiness of Rose - family in any form

Slade is a god of war and Dick is the demigod of shadows. They meet on the battlefield - Echoes of the Battlefield

Dick is a bartender. And Slade doesn't have identification - The Barkeeper

FAVORITE!! Dick is Aphrodite and Slade is Ares but Dick is a terrifying figure when spurned - Contradiction

FAVORITE!! Dick is Persephone and Slade is Hades and the story fits perfectly - When September Ends

FAVORITE!! Dick and Slade are both Alphas but that's not going to stop Slade in the force of his attraction for Dick - Ready or Knot

Favorite! Dick comes back with bruises, Jason thinks he lost a fight, Tim knows better, and the truth accidentally comes out - B is for Bruises

Series of prompts for Omega Dick and Sladick - Omega!Dick Week

Sladick if Dick had become Slade's apprentice from the start. He's coming back home - Home for the Holidays

FAVORITE!! Slade and Dick take care of each other - Follow Me (Don't Be Such a Fool)

Favorite! Slade takes Dick along South to a bar and Dick has some new discoveries - As Sweet As Strawberry Wine

Favorite! The whole collection! I really love the one with Deadshot but here's the first one with Slade! Remember when Dick paid of Deathstroke not to take a hit on Amy? Here's what happened after - Sell Your Soul

Slade's straight. So is Tiger. And so is most of the harem. They just like him - Attack of the Exes

FAVORITE!! The whole freaking collection?! Star Wars AU of Sladick. Taken to the dark side - Want is a Full Contract

Actually victoriousscarf's stuff is just too good - victoriousscarf

Dick basically goes fuck it. I'm tired of being good. and butts off to be slade's apprentice - Subverting Expectation

Favorite! Dick is a witch and the massive bloody wolf at his door is obviously just a wolf, right? - My Beloved Deathstroke

Slade can't just let Dick stay as Ric. He's too good for that - Madness Started the Moment We Met

FAVORITE!! Ric meets a man at the fight club. And that man is a little too interesting to let go - Like a Virus

FAVORITE!! Dick receives some interesting videos from Slade. Slade has always been good at enticing Dick - Puppet Show

FAVORITE!! Supernatural AU where Dick is Sam and Slade is Ruby. Jason's gone but Dick's gonna get his little brother back. No matter what it takes - On the Head of a Pin

FAVORITE!! Same as above! - Point of Fracture

FAVORITE!! I will sink my teeth into this collection and shake it because it's so good. YJ! Dick becomes the spy instead of Kaldur - Foundations

Favorite! Slade visits Dick in the hospital but Dick's not awake. Although Mar'i is - Give Us This Day

FAVORITE!! Midnighter/Dick/Slade. Dick's gone, right? Then who is then man with a swirling face that reminds Slade of him? - The Third Kind

Favorite! Dick is a sailor and Slade is a merman - I am a Sailor, and you are the Sea

Another Star Wars AU - Resolute in Resurrection

FAVORITE!! Slade acted so unaffected before. There's none of that now - every shadow filled up with doubt

Dick swears he's only here to rescue Damian. It's not his fault Slade was also locked up - (practice our prayers) until some hope crystallizes

FAVORITE!! Dick's mother always told him never to deal with the Fae. But some situations call for it - deal with the devil

FAVORITE!! They had a deal. But Slade's deal never was supposed to be about catching feelings - Maroon Haze

FAVORITE!! Dick has magic and Slade is cursed - i have hurt and hungered before (flesh against flesh)

FAVORITE!! I have read this fic over and over again. I love the younger Slade and Older Dick dynamic - running fever

Not a ship

FAVORITE!! When Slade took in Robin as an apprentice, he was a kid. A teenager. Get woke slade. Funny!! - Why did I think this was a good idea?

Dick is Robin and Slade's protective father instincts kick in - Made Peace

FAVORITE!! One of my all time favorites. Dick's name gets pulled out of the hogwarts cup as the Hogwarts Champion. But..he never put his in - heavy is the crown

Favorite! Bruce doesn't get to get away with Spyral. Dick leaves Bruce for Slade - deeds of men depraved

I have way more but this is a good starting point I think. Lemme know if you're interested in more!

[thelesbianluthor]

Final episode thoughts.

This is the episode that showed the most how GOOD the show can be going forward imo.

Once again the biggest strength is the casting bc the actors they chose are so good for the part and the moment they have the chance to show off they DO.

The gods we have seen were picked perfectly. Rest in peace to the actor of Zeus, Lance Reddick, who has delivered an incredible performance with the time he had to shine.

Walker always had that spark in him to play Percy, the IMPERTINENCE. The scene with Zeus was so good at showing that off, especially after we got the fight with Ares which was also really good.

I really liked the added scenes with Luke, especially knowing what was gonna happen.

Annabeth and Percy little moments are always going to make me want to scream. I love them dearly and I want to see them grow and fall for each other so bad.

When it comes to making changes to the story I feel like this episode is one of the ones that actually did make good ones that made sense. Like the final part with Luke was a good change bc it gave us another sword fight, which is of course going to look better on screen and give us a more dynamic moment.

Percy actually guessing Luke is the thief is a change that actually makes sense compared to the "all knowing" moments in other occasions.

He saw the shoes Luke gave him almost drag Grover into Tartarus and he knew someone he considered a friend was gonna betray him so he guessed it when things seemed off.

Overall I am still of the opinion that the show has a LOT of potential and they really need to let the episodes be longer and the characters actually make mistakes and not know every single thing that is going to happen.

It's not perfect of course and I did not expect an exact copy of the books at all. I want it to be a good adaptation and that also means change things that have to be changed while keeping the spirit of the story.

I know Rick loves his work and deeply cares abt how he is adapting it so I really have high hopes for the show to get better with time in the beats it's lacking in.

The kids are just going to get better at playing the characters. They already have the spirit of the trio down and you can see that they got better with each episodes so I am excited to see what they will do going forward.

So much work went into the show and there is so much love and care from the people making it. I hope that the big company won't make things hard and will let the show grow and develop the way it can. They have gold in their hands with this show they just need to take advantage of the material in its entirety.

GIVE US LONGER EPISODES!!!

[namidew]

Olympian family headcanons (it’s for my story so I guess it’s technically not but still)

Originally I felt like my version of Ares gave off little brother energy, but now I think it’s more of an enthusiastic and very involved older brother. The type to not understand your hobbies in the slightest but still give a thumbs up. Pretty high emotional intelligence and response, the foil to Athena in that regard. Athena cares for her siblings to some regard (how much, i’m unsure) but isn’t the best at showing it.

Out of Artemis and Apollo, Artemis is more of the wild child and Apollo is more of the rule follower, though both can deviate. Apollo’s the most “mom-like” of the bunch, but also isn’t one to shy away from enabling Hermes’s pranks sometimes.

Hermes is everywhere and nowhere at the same time. “Where’s Hermes?” No one has a clue, but he’ll appear just a moment after. Need something? He has it. If the family were mortals, he would definitely be the one to give a smug smile and hold a hand out for payment in exchange for his silence if one of his siblings were to sneak out.

Dionysus, I’m not sure how he would be in terms of advice. He’d likely give out jokingly bad advice most of the time but have some genuinely good advice when the situation really needs it. Not sure if he’s more of a listener or a talker, but it would be fun to draw Ares talking dynamically while Dionysus sits and listens as he drinks wine. Speaking of, I should draw Dionysus some more, maybe with Hermes and Apollo.

I’d imagine that Aphrodite wouldn’t be swayed dramatically by every beauty standard, but she would change her appearance every now and then depending on what she feels like looking like, but moreso in the sense of style and dress, with her physical appearance staying pretty consistent.

I’ve yet to design Poseidon, Hades, Demeter, Hestia, and Hephaestus, among several others. I’m likely going to make certain gods a bit less human depending on their domains (and whichever I feel like doing,) like Thanatos, Hypnos, or Eros. Maybe their motifs and symbols are directly a part of their bodies rather than their clothing.

Hmm… Thanatos with a sheep shepherding motif… because of the idea of gentle death and shepherding souls to the underworld, but also with a butterfly motif… (I just want to give him a cool staff and a gentle appearance)

I should draw Apollo with his hair styled into a bow like that statue (can’t recall the name)

[11queensupreme11]

Another bit from Sally=Loki that might have to get the chop but I thought was too funny to not delete. Can you guess who Percy had just met? (It's Apollo, also to answer your earlier question Percy sounds more educated because 1) Loki is very educated and children learn to speak by mimicing parents so compared to Sally who is a high school dropout, nothing wrong with that, just Loki just has a broader vocabulary 2) Loki would accept nothing less then a fantastic education for his child so Percy does go to a good school and has Loki being very supportive at home, 3) Loki has a lot of run ins with the authorities and taught Percy specific phrases. After all mortal doctors could notice something was up with her if they looked so Percy was trained to deny care, if you asked her about some other topic she would not sound that good)

“Why have you returned?” Poseidon demanded “And where is your minder?”

Percy shrugged and replied, “Ares was trying to show me some statues and murals when a strange naked man appeared and started touching Ares all over the place and tried to chase me.”

Her uncle Zeus made a strange noise like a squeaky toy, he should probably see a doctor about that she thought. “Mom and my teachers and the school resource officers all said if I see a person not wearing all their clothes or exposing their privates I’m supposed to run away and find a trusted adult. Ares didn’t seem super available, and you were closest, and it is your day, but I guess I can go back to my grandpa’s house if you’re busy.”

For a moment everything was silent and then Uncle Hades suddenly lunged forward tackling her father who had started to rise back into his seat. “Oh my, that must have been very scary for you” replied her Uncle Hades voice rough and teeth gritted with exertion. Vaguely she could hear her father start to say something only to be quickly cut off by a hissed “Language!” from said Uncle.

Uncle Zeus laughed like someone who knew they were about to fail to negotiate their way out of being kneecapped by the mob and blabbered out, “You didn’t interrupt anything important, no siree, we were just finishing up, now if you will excuse me I just remembered I haven’t seen my children in an bit and must check in on them” all while he fled the room, carefully keeping the table between him and her father. Percy wondered why all the adults on this side of the family constantly acted like they were raised by baboons. With a sigh she turned back to her remaining “adults” and said “Public indecency is illegal, as is exposing yourself to a minor. I believe this is where you are supposed to call the authorities.”

Percy was very proud of herself for remembering all of that from the stranger danger talk at school (mom would have probably castrated the man rather than call the cops but as Percy had recently learned mom also had a history with the law here so she probably had to rely on her own conflict resolution skills… which would explain a lot actually. As the old man who ran the bodega had said, a criminal who calls the cops is a dead criminal). Admittedly she did not ever expect to need to need it as any adult who worked with children with any frequency at all seemed aware of this particular procedure, however she supposed she could give daddy a pass since he was one, very new to this and two, she was starting to doubt he or his siblings had been raised by sentient life at all. So, some ignorance was probably unavoidable on his part, she just hoped the rapid reddening of his face was not due to anger directed at her over being told what to do. Maybe he was embarrassed that he didn’t know already? Mom always said there was nothing embarrassing about learning. However, last time she corrected a boy in her class he cried, she hoped this was not another Joey Klingler situation because she really didn’t think she would be able to get daddy to stop yelling by distracting him by triple-dog-daring him to eat a fistful of sand.

i love how no matter the universe, percy's first interaction with ror!apollo always has to do with him being naked 💀

BUT I LOVE THIS!!! I hope you don't end up deleting it cuz it is a funny scene but if you do... i will treasure this post forever 😔😔😔

[crystal-va]

[VOID]!ALPHATALE ALPHATALE: REIMAGINED

Original work by @vibeless15

Reimagined by CrystalVA

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Chapter 4: Visitors

Because the [RESET] was caused by Frisk's death, it meant that the timeline was now reverted all the way back to the beginning of Frisk's [RESET] training. But this time, Adam and William had two new brothers, Ares and Jacob.

In the new timeline, the Void Empress made many attempts to take her children back from Astral Mother. The Void Empress had two children, the first was Ares who is the smaller skeleton, about as tall as Adam, with the same eyes William and always had the same massive book with him. And the other was Jacob, who was about as tall as William while having eyes like Adam.

The Void Empress failed to take back her children time after time. The two were abnormally heavily guarded and never left alone.

In the new timeline, most things remained similar, however, William isn't homeschooled and Adam didn't have as much trouble in school because William was there to help him. The boys were far more neglected in this timeline, they were forced to live with Quenya in snowdin except for when Astral Mother needed them for "testing". A lot of time has passed in this new timeline, as Adam and William are both in their Junior year of high school.

One morning before class, the boys and Quenya were relaxing while eating breakfast when they heard a loud knocking on the door. Quenya got up and opened the door to a tall skeleton monster named Delios outside, "*sigh* what is it Delios?" Quenya asked with extreme annoyance at the sight of him.

Delios is the recent replacement for Quenya as captain of the royal guard in this new timeline. He would only come by when Astral Mother needed Quenya or the boys for something.

"The queen needs the boys for testing." Delios was always so blunt. "Hold up- not now. The boys have school, she can wait till the weekend or something." Quenya went to shut the door, but Delios put his foot in the way, "She'll be very upset by this." Delios said in a way that seemed to be an attempt at intimidation, "Well... She shoulda thought about that before giving me her kids, now go." Delios moved his foot out of the way and Quenya slammed the door.

"Mom? What was that about?" Adam asked curiously, "nothing you need to worry about, now get going before you two are late for class. Oh, and Will? You better not skip class again, your grades are gonna drop if you do." Quenya said while placing the dishes from breakfast into the sink, "Yeah, I need your help bro! You gotta stop skipping to see that boy, Chaira was it?" Adam joked, "HEY! His name's Chara! And I have no idea what you're on about!" William pouted, "Yes, yes, whatever, now get moving you two." Quenya quickly gave the two boys hugs and sent them on their way.

"So Will... What's with you and Chara anyway? Are you two... Y'know *suggestive hand motions*" Adam asked as William shut the door to Quenya's house, "Adam... I swear to everything... NO, WE'RE NOT FUCKING!" William said with anger, "Ok... Anyway, gonna sneak away again?" Adam shifted the conversation, "... Sure, if that's how you wanna put it." William said dismissively, "Damn... See ya I guess... If I fail I blame you!" Adam joked, "Yeah, yeah, whateva, see ya in a few hours." William walked away.

William left to a flower shop in Waterfall and bought some buttercup flowers, "How cliche of me...", William thought as he walked out of the shop. After walking for only a moment, William saw a massive spear hurling towards a young woman on the sidewalk, "Holy Shit!" William exclaimed in his head as he used his blue magic to move the young woman out of the way and to stop the spear before it destroyed the sidewalk. "T-thank you so much!" The woman said as she ran away. "No problem... The fuck was that?" William said as he looked up at the direction the spear came from. He saw a person with long, pink hair running away from the top of a building. "Huh... That's not concerning at all..." William said with sarcasm. Sadly, William lost the flowers in the situation.

William made it to his destination, the home of the old queen, Toriel. The home was pretty run down, basically ruins. But the main rooms were fairly well maintained by Chara, who loved to explore and hang out around the place. William entered through the partially open door and walked up the stairs to the main room. "Hey Chara! You around?!" William shouted, "Yeah! Second room on your left!" William walked over to see Chara sitting on a queen size bed in nothing but female underwear, "HOLY SHIT!" William thought before blushing brightly and covering his eyes.

William could hear Chara getting up and grabbing what sounded like clothes. "Ok, open your eyes for a moment, I want your opinion on something," William uncovered his eyes to see Chara holding an elegant purple dress with white accents over his body and a different, almost just inverted, dress to the side, "So... This one," Chara lightly shook the dress that was in front of him, "Or this one?" Chara quickly swapped the dresses. "U-um... I think... I t-think the more p-purple one looks b-better." William said, holding back a full on nose bleed at the sight in front of him. "Wonderful! Cover your eyes again" William obliged Chara's request, mostly. William snuck a small peek through the gaps in his fingers, seeing Chara fitting himself tightly into the dress William picked out, "H-holy hell... I might faint..." William thought as his face flushed a bright blue, in the same color as his eyes.

"Alright, open your eyes~" Chara said in a teasing way. The purple dress clung perfectly to the curves and ridges of Chara's body, "Whatdya think? It honestly feels a little tight..." Chara tugged on the dress around his hips, "N-no! It's perfect! You look... b-beautiful..." William started lightly bleeding from his nose, "hehe, cute... But I'm happy you picked this one! I woulda went with it if you didn't show up anyway." Chara said while putting up the other dress. William realized something, "Wait... Where'd you get these dresses?" Chara turned around, "Oh right, these are the old queens dresses, some really old ones here. I think the one I'm wearing is from when the queen was... 15, maybe? Not sure, but it fits really well!"

The two relaxed and chatted for a while before William finally brought up what he planned to ask when he first got there, "So, uh... Chara, would you like to g-go out somewhere? L-like, to... eat, or something?" William asked, scratching his skull with nervousness. "Like... a date!? Hell yeah! Uh... *Cough* sorry about that. Yes, I'd love to!" Chara was ecstatic, hoping the question was coming up, "R-really? Okay! Um... So, when are you free? I think I already know a place, it's just over in Snowdin." William suggested, "...I swear to everything, if you bring me to Grilby's, I will cut your magic dick off." Chara threatened, "Alright... Change of plans..." William wasn't risking if that was a joke or not

"How about... The ARA Resort?" Chara suggested, "The fuckin what!? I don't have that kinda money! How about we just go for some nice cream or something? Y'know, something I don't have to take a loan out for!?" William suggested, "Hm... Maybe, but ARA has always been the dream first date..." Chara said, with a mix of joking and genuine disappointment. "Well, I can't really go out until next week anyway, Frisk is expecting me to be here this whole week. I don't wanna worry him by not being here, y'know?" Chara said as he got up to go clean up some of the deeper parts of the ruins, "Wait... When's Frisk gonna be here today!?" William said in a panic, "oh, I don't know, soon. See ya~" Chara teased.

William decided to not find out and attempted to leave the ruins, but he bumped into something, "The fuck are you doing here, lab rat? Shouldn't you be on a table right now?" Frisk said with annoyance, "Shouldn't you be on a leash licking your masters feet, dog? Whaddya want?" William responded with anger. "Same as always. I want you to stay away from Chara, he has enough to deal with without a pervert skeleton following him around." Frisk commented as he pushed past William, leaving him with immense anger.

William left the ruins and made his way to the castle, deciding to see what his "mother" was up to. He made his way to the secret lab's entrance, punching in the code L@bsecR8c0d3, "Soo secure." William thought with sarcasm. William entered the lab and saw Delios sitting on a couch watching a 70 inch plasma screen TV with Ares sitting on the ground next to him, reading, "Sup guys," William said as he stretched, "Hey Will." The two responded without looking at him. William rolled his eyes before walking over to a mini fridge sitting beside the TV and grabbed some instant ramen and walked to a small kitchen setup in the corner of the room.

"Hey, William, could you-" Delios was interrupted, "No." William said without looking at Delios, "Wha- YOU DIDN'T EVEN LET ME FINISH!" Delios shouted and stood up, much to Ares's distaste. "Because I know it's something you could just do if you get off your ass." William said while getting ready to boil his noodles. Before Delios could respond, Ares spoke up, "Delios, shut up and sit down, I can't focus." Ares kept his attention on his book. Delios looked at William, then looked at Ares, then he finally sat down, aggressively.

William poured his freshly made ramen into a bowl before leaning on his "mother's" desk and asking, "Where's Jacob?" Ares looked up, "I think he's taking a shower." Ares looked towards the kitchen, seeing if the toaster was still there, thankfully it was. William sighed and picked up some noodles with his fork, but before he could cool them down, Astral Mother came down the stairs. "Hoho~? Well, I thought I cleaned all the trash of my desk." Astral Mother said as she took the bowl and fork out of Williams hands and began eating, "You bitch..." William said as Astral Mother moved passed him and sat at her desk, "Love you too~. Anyway, what're you here for? Certainty not to wish me a late happy mothers day.

"No, I wanted to ask something... could I borrow... some money...?" William said. Both Delios and Ares shifted their attention to William and his shocking request, "pft- Why the fuck would I do that? You always skip out on testing, you always distract one of my workers, and you're just an ungrateful little shit!" Astral Mother said, getting louder and more angry. "Okay uh... I'll call sometimes?" Astral Mother didn't respond, "I-I'll come in for testing?" Surprisingly, Astral Mother still didn't respond, "I guess I'll clean out the attic you wanted me and Adam to clean out 2 years ago?" Astral Mother finally sat up, "Ding ding ding! There you go! and here people called you stupid! 'people' being me. Now... What was that thing I always said about me?" Astral Mother asked, "...You're always right..." William groaned. "On a role today! It's a deal, you clean the attic and I give you a couple 100s to help ya dick your friend or whatever." Astral Mother turned away from William, "W-where not together..." William said, slightly flustered, "Yeah, yeah, whatever you say. Now leave, unless you're gonna stand there and be pretty, which you're not, you should leave, It's already tiresome to have those three around and I don't need your gross ass making it worse. fufu~" Astral Mother said while motioning for William to leave. William obliged the request and left for Quenya's house to sleep before cleaning the attic.

Back at the ruins

"Why are you always like that with him!? Why is it so bad he has feeling's for me!?" Chara was shouting at Frisk as Frisk was sitting on a fallen pillar listening but not responding, "You're such an asshole!" Chara got closer to Frisks face while crossing his arms, "Chara, don't say that..." Frisk finally responded, looking slightly hurt, "Say what!? the truth!? You are being an asshole!" Chara shouted getting even closer, "NO, I'M JUST WORRIED! That pervert is the son of Astral fuckn' Mother! How are we sure he won't be just like her!?" Frisk got up and pushed Chara back a few steps, "Bullshit! You know how much he hates her! He refuses to even see her as his mom! You know how she treated us when we were kids!? It was practically torture how would her actual children feel!? I feel like they'd do everything in their power to not be like her!" Chara shouted, getting closer again.

The two stood in front of each other for a moment silently, "Uhg... How about we just forget about this." Chara said as he turned around and left farther into the ruins, leaving Frisk behind. Frisk looked at Chara walking away, then turned around and stormed out of the ruins and left to see Astral Mother. Frisk quickly moved through the castle and down the stairwell into the secret lab, where he found Astral Mother sitting at her desk, alone. "Oh? You're late, what's the-" Astral Mother was cut off, "I want to begin the experiment." Frisk said coldly. "Hoho~? Let's get started!" Astral Mother said as she took Frisk deeper into the lab.

END OF CHAPTER 4

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[cosmic-spider]

Off the planet

Hi and welcome this was based off on a story I found on AO3 that I really liked. But it was discontinued so the first chapter is based a bit of the story I read.

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Everyone, please remember-" your professor, Mr Altalune, kept talking about this assignment about bringing something from your families history, something inspiring they worked on.

But of course, you didn't really care. You just wanted to leave this damn class already.

Which luckily for you, you we're going to pretty soon due to the fact that it was almost time to leave. But, even when you supposedly didn't care, your mind wandered off thinking about the subject.

"(..What could I even bring?)" you looked down at your notebook which had nothing on it besides a few doodles that you subconsciously drew, little stars, spirals, really anything random.

You zoned out a bit, just staring at your notebook and it's doodles, everything else around you seemed twice as loud. You could hear the sound of light air coming from the ventilation system, the clicking of mechanical pencils and pens, and the soft whispering of people talking.

"Hey, do you know about that rumor? About..what was their name.." The two girls behind you were talking about you as the girl speaking just said your name, another rumour about you that people were whispering about already. You guys were in college, why we're people still gossiping like they were in high school?

"No- I didn't! I need to send that to the group chat." you probably would've turned around to the two girls and tell them that you could hear them but, you didn't wanna talk.

So, you just let them continue with their conversation as they giggled to each other while gossiping like high schoolers.

RING,RING,RING

Finally, the day was finally almost over. You'd have tomorrow off from college but, would have work as well.

But, at least you would get to sleep in. You started packing up your stuff into your bag, still thinking about what to bring for this assignment.

As you heard the girls go over to their friends and whisper to each other, probably telling them all about the rumor they heard about you.

Even if you wanted to yell at them, you couldn't and just, focused on leaving the class while you finally finished packing up everything and putting it into your bag before you left the place.

You made it off college perimeters and made your way to the sidewalk to go straight home to your apartment. As you stopped yourself in the middle of the sidewalk as you finally thought of what to bring for that assignment. You grinned a bit to yourself while rushing off, not a moment to waste.

Okay, maybe walking was a bad idea, maybe you should've brought your car that day. But hey, I guess that's your fault for not bringing your car to school in the first place.

Since it wasn't too long of a walk to make it to campus and back to your dorm and, the weather was supposed to be perfect today. Turns out, it wasn't. It had started raining pretty heavy but, it was worth it. Looking up with the side of your hand pressing against it, you finally saw it.

Your family mansion

You quickly glanced around for a moment to make sure nobody was looking before walking towards the front door of the mansion.

Just in case since you didn't feel like talking to someone nor explaining why you were going into this abandoned, old mansion in the first place.

You gently put your hand onto the door handle, twisting it which made you surprised that the door wasn't locked but you weren't complaining.

You hesitated for a moment before you walked into the mansion, unsure of what to expect but looking inside, it just seemed like any normal house that was abandoned for years.

Cracks, indents, mold, and vines everywhere, the whole 'horror movie house' kinda look. You started walking around as the floorboards creaked under every step you took which, made you slightly nervous everytime.

As you finally started looking around a bit more you found a folded piece of paper on the ground which was...ripped. You stared at it for a good moment before hesitantly picking it up.

Finally getting a good look at it, you finally noticed that it was actually a flyer. Looking at it, it seemed like a advertisement for some sort of museum? The biggest line read:

'Copper 9' wasn't that a planet and, wasn't it destroyed?? Nonetheless, you continued to look through it and noticed at the bottom it said 'supported by the founder of Jcjenson'

..the founder of Jcjenson..you swore that you've heard that before. Your uncle mentioned something about that before, didn't he?? Maybe he worked there..

And that's when you got the best idea

"(If I go to that museum, I'll surely be able to find some stuff my uncle made!)" you smirked to yourself a bit, and well, yes you could've found something in that house but.

It was really starting to creep you out at the moment so, as you finally decided to leave you kept the flyer in your pocket for later, still remembering the rain.

Maybe you should've at least brought an umbrella instead of your car, or maybe you should've chosen somebody else in your family for this damn assignment but now, it's too late. Finally noticing this...big white building

'Yes!!! Yesyesyes!' you smiled, rushing yourself towards the building but stopped for a moment

'..its run down...?' you took out the flyer from your pocket and looked everywhere and when you finally turned the flyer around, you noticed the date.

"GODDAMNIT!" you yelled out in agitation, who else wouldn't be pissed? You got yourself drenched for nothing practically...or, did you?

Huffing, you looked up at the building again, noticing the front door. As you looked a bit closer, you noticed the door war slightly open. You smirked to yourself

'Maybe this wasn't for nothing after all..' you put the flyer away which was now also soaking wet as you ran towards the door.

You quickly checked your surroundings and after making sure nobody was around you entered the building, only leaving the door open a crack as you finally started slowly walking around the run down museum.

Despite the fact that the museum was run down, it still had everything in it, blueprints, weapons, everything. But, there was only one thing that was very disturbing about this place, the powered off robots.

Yes, they were powered off but there was just something...wrong with it, as you looked around you found...a spaceship? You looked down at the small stand that had practically a whole essay about what this spaceship was

"(..I'm not reading all of that.)" you looked at the near end part which read:

'it will not be able to start without keys says the creator,’

you didn't read the rest of that and just thought.

"(Keys, I gotta find the keys)" you started looking around for the keys for that damn spaceship, while also looking at everything else that was pretty interesting to you and while looking, you paused at the front of a door with a sign at the top that read;

'bosses office' your lips curled into a smirk subconsciously, thinking of a great idea

"(One peek wouldn't hurt..)"you creaked open the door only your head popping out of the side, you finally opened the door all of the way before entering and started look around before you found a bunch of papers on a desk in the room. You picked one up

"(..eh, they won't know)" and started to read it

'Copper 9 has finally been inhabited by the Dissasembly drones J, V and N. They will make sure all of the faulty worker drones will be parished I'm sure of it, you have nothing to worry about at the moment besides...what was their name again? [Name], yes, [Name]. I'm sure my brother will be happy for you to be there when they are born, you have nothing else to worry about."

why were they talking about you? Who's serial designation J, V and N? What are worker drones? You shook your head

"(I'm...taking this with me)" you put the paper into your other pocket before deciding to look around again for the keys for that spaceship.

Looking at the rest of those papers probably would've took too much time anyways...as you were about to leave the room you nearly tripped on something in the middle of the room, causing you to yelp as you looked down, it was a small wooden box with indents of flowers such as roses and lilies.

You slowed picked it up and looked at it a bit closer, it didn't have a lock on it neither was it really, protected. It was pretty damaged but, that didn't matter at the moment as you shook the box you heard something inside which you thought were the keys for the spaceship it was just, a dagger

"(Well, at least I can protect myself now)" you thought, smiling a bit as you left the room with your new dagger in hand.

You were exhausted, but you continued looking everywhere for those damn keys and couldn't find them but, perhaps it would be your lucky day because as you finally made your way back to the spaceship.

You decided to at least check the inside of it to see if it had anything for this stupid project of yours and as you entering you immediately felt slightly...uneasy but, that didn't stop you.

You started looking around in the small space that actually wasn't too bad for a spaceship. Considering this has been in a run down museum for who knows how long, you finally noticed that the keys were already in the ignition which honestly.

Made you a little bit pissed at yourself but also a little bit more nervous. As you went near it you noticed a small note on the chair near the spaceship controls, and as you picked up you didn't notice that you had flipped a switch which caused the spaceship door to close

"Wha?.." you immediately looked up at the screens of the spaceship and it all showed

PREPARING FOR TAKEOFF IN:

50 SECONDS

"Wait- NO!" you immediately started panicking you started looking over all of the controls and the room. Immediately grabbed your phone out of your pocket with the dagger and immediately tried to contact anyone you could.

PREPARING FOR TAKEOFF IN:

45 SECONDS

You dropped your phone onto the floor of the spaceship because of how shaky your hands were at the moment.

"Dammit!" you exclaimed subconsciously before you bent down and grabbed your phone. Once again and started trying to call the person again as you watched the timer.

"I'm sorry, but-" you hanged up as it went straight to voicemail. You immediately tried again and again and again but even then it went straight to voicemail. You then tried to start texting them in hopes they would answer as you felt panic overtake you

PREPARING FOR TAKEOFF IN:

26 SECONDS

you tried calling every number you knew, even the police but, they all went to voicemail even after trying what seemed like million of tries afterwards.

"How does the police station phone go to voicemail?!" You yelled, you felt so powerless as you looked back up at the screens.

PREPARING FOR TAKEOFF IN:

13 SECONDS

You felt your knees go weak as you fell backwards as your back slid against the wall of the spaceship still looking at the screens.

Your knees were wobbling as you thought of all of the horrible things that could possibly happen. You could be stuck in space, or maybe even worse than that. You felt warm tear stream down your face as a voice started to say the final countdown

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Off the spaceship went with you, you screamed as your head hit the wall, incredibly hard, making you drop your phone and fall into the ground and the last thing you saw before passing out were the screens showing only one thing

Destination : Copper 9

[dangerpronebuddie]

Kiss Me Once Cause You Know I Had A Long Night 15/?

31. Kitchen counter make-outs

(combined with the Asking your best friend to kiss you prompt: "Fuck it. Get over here. Let's do it.")

Summary:

Eddie opened his mouth to ask exactly what Buck meant. What came out instead was "we could have the physical part."

(read below!)

"I mean, don't you miss it?" Buck asked, his shoulders slumping.

Buck had started in about wanting to download dating apps again between the first and second beer. Now on their third, Buck had gone from lamenting about missing the companionship to missing- you guessed it- the sex.

Eddie shrugged and sipped his beer, looking at Buck from his perch on the kitchen counter. "Not as much as I thought I would, but yeah. Sometimes."

"And I don't want to date again so soon," Buck sighed. "I know Nat and I were only a thing for a couple months but..."

Eddie took a swig of his beer, swallowing the bitter couple months too long that wanted to escape his mouth. "There's no timeline you really have to follow there, bud," Eddie said instead.

"I know. I just don't feel the need," Buck shrugged as Eddie lifted his drink to his lips. "I have most of the components of a relationship with you already."

Eddie sputtered and wiped his mouth with his wrist. "What?" he asked in a hoarse voice.

Oblivious to Eddie's crisis, Buck merely shrugged and turned to lean his hip against the counter. "We hang out all the time, we stay at each other's places, we know each other better than we know ourselves- not to brag- and we have Chris. All that's missing is the physical part."

Eddie nodded slowly, trying to get his brain to stop short circuiting. Too many neurons were firing and none of them knew what they were doing. Buck just implied they were practically married. Platonically? He meant it platonically. Right?

Eddie opened his mouth to ask exactly what Buck meant. What came out instead was "we could have the physical part."

It was Buck's turn to choke on his beer. He coughed and thumped his fist against his chest. "What?"

"You said that's all that was missing," Eddie shrugged. He dug the hole. No one was coming to take away the shovel.

"Yeah," Buck said slowly. "Are you saying you want that?"

"Are you?" Eddie asked. He might've started it, but he wouldn't dare tip his hand unless Buck explicitly asked him to.

A pretty blush appeared high on his cheeks. "I uh... We could try it," he shrugged. "Like a friends with benefits kinda thing."

Eddie's heart ached. It would break him in two. It would be everything he ever wanted. And be absolutely hollow.

Buck set his beer on the counter and stood up straight, tilting his head in a manner similar to that night in the same kitchen years ago. He was challenging Eddie. Only this time, nothing but Eddie's slowly cracking heart could stop him from throwing down his own gauntlet.

But Eddie never claimed to be a smart man, let alone a strong one, and Buck was offering the closest thing Eddie would ever get to being with him.

"Fuck it," Eddie shrugged. For once in his life, he decided to stop overthinking and enjoy the moment. "Get over here. Let's do it."

Buck's eyes widened, like he couldn't believe Eddie actually agreed. "Ar- are you sure?"

"Yeah," Eddie nodded. "Unless..."

"No, I want to," Buck assured him.

"Well then," Eddie said with a smirk of his own, setting down his beer, "you wanna go for the title?"

Buck grinned and stepped between Eddie's legs. He settled his hands on Eddie's thighs. Even the simple touch made Eddie's breath catch in his throat.

"You sure?" Buck whispered.

Eddie nodded. "If you are."

Buck nodded. He reached up and cupped Eddie's cheek, pulling him into a soft kiss. A brush of lips.

Eddie should've known. Everything with Buck was electric, but safe, easy. Even a chaste kiss had his heart pounding against his sternum.

Buck slotted their lips together and Eddie wrapped his arms around his neck. Buck's hands trailed up Eddie's thighs to his waist. Eddie tangled his fingers in Buck's curls, eliciting a beautiful gasp from him.

Eddie took the opportunity to lick into his mouth. Buck groaned and pulled Eddie to the edge of the counter.

Eddie wrapped his legs around him as Buck took control of the kiss.

He had just started on the buttons of Buck's shirt when the man pulled away with a ragged gasp. "Wait, wait," he panted.

Eddie froze. He'd taken too much too fast. He disentangled himself from Buck and looked into his eyes.

"Too much?" he asked.

Buck shook his head. "Not enough."

Eddie frowned.

"It won't be enough," Buck continued. "The- the friends with benefits thing, it- it won't be enough. And I know that's selfish, and unfair, and you don't want that-"

Eddie pulled Buck into a searing kiss, effectively cutting off his ramblings before they could get into self conscious mode. Buck whimpered and rested his hands back on Eddie's thighs.

Eddie pulled away and cupped Buck's face in his hands. "I'm in love with you," he confessed. "The friends with benefits thing wouldn't be enough for me either."

"Thank God," Buck said with an adorable relieved laugh. "I'm in love with you, too. Have been for years, Eds."

"Yeah?" Eddie grinned, brushing their noses together. "How long?"

"Oh, you do not want to know," Buck laughed.

"I absolutely do," Eddie persisted.

"I am so not ready to admit to that," Buck declared.

"Okay," Eddie nodded. "In the meantime..." He smirked, his gaze falling to Buck's lips.

Buck grinned and captured Eddie's lips in a bruising kiss.

Later, cuddled together in Buck's bed, he did tell Eddie when he first fell in love with him. To think they could've been together since their silly argument in the gym.

[jinxsmandalorianmalewife]

Welcome to... The Circus!

Or, TNESOSSASSC, If you wanna be speffic with it

The circus is a fandom my friend Vanny owns! However it wasn't his at the start! The farthest date back we know of the existence is 2002! Yes, 2002! Vanny was passed down the circus in 2015! Just at 5 at the time.

This is a horror circus, With 450+ members, And a game in the future! Though we are waiting for the fandom to grow larger for the game to be worked on again.

The Circus is based off many books, And has multiple connections to different fandoms! Diane said: "It's like a mix of the circus book, And the ghost busters, Mixed with the tree house chapter books if you ever read those. And a mix of the goosebumps stories"

I'm one of the members! Glitchtrap! Or Iolanthe, But no one really knows my name. When I first heard of the circus I didn't know exactly what it was, And sibce me and Vanny were... Well, Glitchtrap and Vanny, I just decided "What if I just make GT a magician?" ... Well, Now I am trying to separate them a bit more!

There is a ranking system in the circus, With certain roles on each! My list may not be the most accurate, As I am only going off the knowledge of all I have, But here it is!

RANKING SYSTEM

〃✦ ┆TOIC┆ ✦〃: Owner, Co-owner, CEO+Founder

〃✦ ┆Ultimate rank┆ ✦〃: Clown Pierce, Krillite, Flamefrage, Highrank handlers

〃✦ ┆Highrank┆ ✦〃: Court, Co-hosts, Ringleaders, Reptile/aquarium masters, Circus cats, Epo, Winnie, Ares, Kandi, Rose, Agents

〃✦ ┆Poets (Theorists)┆ ✦〃

〃✦ ┆Supreme rank┆ ✦〃: Fortune tellers, Trapezes, Swingers, Knife throwers, Doctors, Glitchmist's child, Training guards, Show watchers, Puppets

〃✦ ┆Middle rank┆ ✦〃: Magicians, Clowns, Escapolgists, (Rope) Acrobats, Stilt walkers, Animal trainers, Painters, Aerialists, Fire dancers, Mimes, Actors, Writters, Music makers, Unicyclists, Jugglers, Flowartists, Puppeteers, Ballerinas, Circus animals, Tight rope walkers, Guitar players, Sword swallowers, Ribbon dancers, Show stunter

〃✦ ┆Intermediate/Middle-high rank┆ ✦〃: Daycare workers, Child enterainers, Muscle men/women, Motorcycle men/women, Human cannonballs, Animal feeders, Strongmen, Bearded ladies, Reptile handlers, Balloon artists, Face painters, Adoption center workers

〃✦ ┆Low rank┆ ✦〃: Mailpeople, Retrievers, Audience, Light workers, Band members, Promoters, Greeters, Ticket sellers, Stand workers, Snack sellers, Janitors, Prop setters, Lunch lady, Photographer, Prank buddies, Backstage runner

RANKING SYATEM

I am a highrank myself! So I have some sense of control over things. Also something that comes with highranks: Are the ability to create teams!

Teams are created by highranks to gain support and followers throughout the circus! And at the end of the year we can get to vote who had the best team. If a Highrank or one of the very first circus members wants to join a team, They need to fill out a form

My team is called The Hopplings! I've made a badge for it too!

And, Speaking of badges, IRL circus members can make them for their teams along with name tags and wear them when they go put! To cons in such, Some are able to cosplay their characters! And it's like a way to find fellow members!

Also, Handlers that are mentioned in the Extreme Rank, Every highrank has one! They basically, At least how I take it, Make sure things are set straight and running smoothly! I guess you could call it a leader? And Händlers also have cults. Some good, Some bad. It's a horror circus afterall! You expect them to be all sunshine and rainbows? My handler is my mom!

And... I can keep going on but at the moment I'm not sure— Oh! Lore! It's this whole thing, And every circus member has their own little "journal" with chapters! But it's still like... All together? Our lore writter is Diane :3

Also another thing I can say: There are emoji combos and abbreviations! What are these? Things to be aware of! Like trigger warnings! For exmaple mine are the ones in my bio! Aka: 💭🕸️+❤️💘,+🌺🍃 :3 The first ones mean "Do not fight with/mention fighting", The second means "Love me love me", And the 3rd means "Regressor" :3 There are a ton more– But that's just an example :D

I'm also in more teams: Razzlings(The Owner's team, Aka Vanny who goes by Razmataz in the circus), Kits(This is for a passed circus member named Cathabell), Sweeties(This was my old handler's team–), And Orbits!(Current handler's team)

Oooo interesting….

[cosmoknightchaos]

21 for Ares please :)

Hah. Did you really think I would let Marci- Haha just kidding Ares isn't allowed on Tumblr. Fucking gottem

Figment's Paradise and all its inhabitants belong to Ares' co-creator, the lovely @therealnoot :))))))

21. Any embarrassing secrets your OC demands you take to the grave but you will share anyway?

Ough. This is a hard one because Ares can definitely retaliate against me by sharing my own embarrassing secrets. But I can say a few things, such as how Ares is still mad over the haircut. He misses having fluffy hair and enough of it to have it 3 different colours. That's right folks- Ares liked being partially blonde.

Besides for that, Ares doesn't have many secrets! He intentionally tries to be very open in order to get other people to trust and like him more, which includes being very selective over what information he's sharing. Plus, most of his more embarrassing moments come from working on the games, which I can't talk about (but you should ask Apollo about it, I'm sure xey have plenty of stories :))

I guess I can also talk about Ares being a gay disaster. You'd think for someone who is in such high control of how he's perceived would have a bit of elegance when it comes to his relationships, but nope. He shares the exact same taste in men as Jinx- that being straight(?) men. He is head-over-heels in love with Clef and will immediately get all woobified ("omg clef,,, 🥺🥺🥺") every time he is mentioned. And yes, Ares is also in love with a certain other moon-themed OC of mine, and yes, I have drawn art of it. No you may not see it.

Ares also will be highly embarrassed by me mentioning that he thinks ETC and TQ are super cool and he looks up to them immensely and he desperately wants to be friends with them. And he refuses to act on these feelings to keep up his chill persona.

[z-eusie]

(rant warning)

About the Zeus bashing vs Hades bashing,

I think that it's because with christianism they just saw a really powerful deity related to the sky and imminently went "God", then saw an approximately equally powerful deity in charge of the dead and went "Devil". So every time they appeared in the media from that moment on had that characterization, for the crime of not following christian values

Then, when it started losing popularity, or when creators just wanted to be "cool and different", they reversed it, so Hades is a more sympathetic god and Zeus is just evil

And they do this by accusing Zeus of the crime of, you guessed it, not following christian values; and just have Hades be "better" in comparison to him

The rest probably get less bashing because people just forget it isn't monotheist, so it's like they aren't even there. But when they do remember them, they judge them based on... Christian values

Like, Aphrodite probably was viewed exclusively as beauty, ignoring literally everything else. But because beauty does align with their values (and they probably didn't even know or care about Hephaestus) they just let her be.

But now, because people want to reverse the representations, and because now people are more aware of Hephaestus, they default to criticize her based on (once again) christian values. Ignoring completely that maybe neither of them wanted to marry the other (with the different versions of that myth), and that it's completely possible in their pantheon for them to be together and also have space for Ares

(Sorry for the rant)

i think you're definitely right in that the morality many view the myths with is based on contemporary values that are, in part, influenced by christianity, particularly in the example you gave of zeus and hades as "god and devil". that's been very prolific in western media for a long time, and has started to shift the other way around (hades = good, zeus = bad), but certainly stills operates in this idea that there has to be some sort of duality, some tangible opposing forces.

it's most aggravating because of the moral high ground people place themselves upon when they subvert those expectations. it's like they think that by "calling out the big evil dictator!!!!" and pedestaling "the poor uwu baby discarded by God" they've really stuck it the man, or paraded themselves as moral paragons. they've done their due diligence so now they don't have to feel guilty about engaging with such "problematic figures". by tearing apart the powers that be (the biggest of them, anyway), and sanitizing the figures they want to like, they now don't have to feel bad.

and all that this does is prove that people don't actually care about morality at all, but their own sense of justice. because if people did give a damn about the things they're interested in and attempting to discuss or represent, they would recognize that this line of thinking is actually the problem. it's taking important stories and separating them entirely from the culture and people they come from. it's making gross exaggerations of traits they think are significant instead of actually listening to what the storytellers had to say about it.

it's not to say that people are expected to condone or like the things these gods do, but it really says a lot about the person who thinks that altering the stories to suit their beliefs and values is somehow more moral than embracing these figures for what they are. because in the case of zeus and hades, there is no opposition in these figures. there isn't even really opposition at all in the sense people want there to be. there is no single figure representative of all evil, as there is no figure representative of all good. the gods are SUPPOSED to be complex, multi-faceted, and representative of multitudes that sometimes contradict. that's like the whole point!! so to write off any of them as "all good" or "all bad" is a gross misrepresentation.

and i don't know how much of that actually comes from christianity itself, but it is certainly coming from a place of disconnect in understanding and culture, and it's frustrating.

not to mention, on a completely different note, i find that line of thinking boring, too. like... woo. another Totally Misunderstood Guy who just Loves His Wife So Much gets a bad reputation because of Big Guy who's Supposed to be Nice but is Actually Evil is like... UGHHHH, zeus and hades don't ever show any antagonism towards one another in myth, nor are either of them completely innocent or guilty in whatever crimes they've been accused of, so it's like. ANY originality at all, please!

and to get to the point of infidelity - there are plenty of logical explanations for why certain figures have as many partners and children as they do, zeus included. it also feels entirely hypocritical for people to call out zeus for being unfaithful to hera and point out the misogyny in the act, but then also condemn aphrodite for having an ounce of autonomy in what is an arranged marriage. regardless of how she or hephaestus feel about it, it feels misogynistic to suggest that women in arranged marriages have to be faithful. it's like, pick your messaging and stick to it, please. all of those takes still miss the point, purpose, and context of these myths, but if you're going to take a moral stand on them, at least be consistent.

sorry for my rant as well hahaha. i'm by no means an expert on any of this, and i'm sure there are pieces i'm missing and things that i don't understand either, but i do know that it drives me crazy to see people exalt hades and condemn zeus, or pick other figures to condemn and random others to exalt on whims that feel painfully arbitrary. it's boring, its not accurate, and it does a complete disservice to the complexity of these figures who are just way more interesting if you accept them as they are and don't try to shoehorn them into tiny boxes that suit your values.