#honestly a miracle that I did like them together because he was an ASS

[withahappyrefrain]

"For someone who hates me, you're not pulling away."

Feels like this was MADE for Jake!

"You gotta be fucking kidding me," you muttered, praying your sunglasses would conceal what you were really looking at.

It seemed like a higher being was out to personally spite you. Because not only were you being forced to spend the whole day with the guy you hated,

He looked fucking hot without a shirt.

Of course he did. It wouldn't be fair if he had a physical flaw, the universe had decided it so.

It was supposed to be a bonding experience, pilots versus mechanics. Why was beyond you, considering you actually liked everyone in your current squadron.

Well, except one pilot. A blonde pilot. A cocky pilot. A pilot who thought the sun rose for them personally to shine a light on their ass. A pilot who had become the bane of your existence.

"Hey Rosie!" You ignored the nickname (all because you wore a fucking red bandana) he insists on calling you, turning to your coworkers instead.

"Your not so secret admirer has arrived," your coworker Nicole giggled.

"Please don't remind me. I already have a headache from him and the game hasn't even started," your index fingers rubbed your temples in a vain effort to soothe the dull ache that came from Jake Seresin.

"Well don't look now but he's coming your way," and with that Nicole walked away, no doubt to go flirt with Bob.

"Hey Rosie, looking pretty good," he pushed his sunglasses down the bridge of his nose, making it clear he was looking at you.

"You're going to get burnt with all that baby oil, Seresin," you stared at your phone, not wanting to make eye contact. Or to look at his broad chest.

"Aww, you care about me." He was close. Too close. You could see the hair on his broad chest.

"The same way one cares about a dying mosquito," you took a step away, hoping it would deter him.

Jake has the audacity to chuckle, "You're funny Rosie. Why don't we make this game a little more interesting?"

You raised your eyebrows in mocked surprise, "You're actually going to show good sportsmanship? I'm impressed Seresin, miracles really do come true!"

If your comebacks deter him, he doesn't show it, which is honestly the worst part. No matter what you say, it doesn't drive him away. No, it has the opposite effect, encouraging him to continue to try and interact with you!

Fucking Seresin.

"Nah, but God, you're real cute Rosie," he has that stupid smirk on his face, the one you hate so much. His perfectly white teeth are showing as he oozes Hollywood charm. It's the smirk that makes you briefly consider continuing to chat.

"What do you want Seresin?" You grumble, looking down at the sand. The warmth you felt washing all over your body was clearly the sun, nothing (or no one) else.

"Why don't we make a bet?"

"What are you, twelve?"

Again, he chuckled, as if he found your remarks amusing rather than insulting, "C'mon Rosie, there must be something you want."

"For you to leave me alone." If you had looked up from kicking the sand, you would have seen the assured look on his face fall, his brows knitted together in worry, the corners of his lips turning downward.

But you didn't, giving him time to remask, "Alright Rosie, if y'all win, I'll leave ya alone."

The offer made your head shot up, "And if your team wins?"

His grin widens, "You know me Rosie, I'm a simple man." Lies. "There's not too much I want, just one thing really."

"Just name it Seresin."

"A kiss."

He couldn't be serious. He was.

But your crew had prepared for this game. Nicole would certainly be able to distract Bob, was the dagger's dark horse. You felt good about your chances.

So you shook on it.

Which is how two hours later, you ended up in the parking lot, pressing Jake against his stupid Jeep Wrangler, your lips on his, hands tangled in his stupidly soft hair.

"For someone who claims they hate me, you're not pulling away," He murmurs, victory written smugly across his face.

"Shut up and kiss me Seresin."

"Anything for you Rosie."

[major-comet]

one of the things that’s most interesting to me about red vs blue

[and this is true of a lot of the shows i’ve watched over the years (here’s looking at you, star trek and rwby volumes 1-3), but i find it particularly true for rvb]

is that the writers seem to have very little grasp on what some of the most interesting and compelling parts of the show actually are, especially from a character perspective

so much stuff only gets kind of brought up, or honestly never even really touched on that would fully be enough to compel me as a character plot for an entire season At Least

like the whole “sarge is apparently some kind of robotics/surgery Wizard because not only did all of simmons’ cyborg parts not get rejected, none of the bits of simmons that grif now has rejected either. this is a medical miracle and it’s something about the pair that is almost Never brought up” thing. they barely even acknowledged that simmons has a whole ass robot arm, much less that grif is physically almost as much simmons as simmons himself is

or the “hey actually epsilon kind of just taking over as “church” actually has a lot of potential for body snatchers-esque horror that they never ever lean into” that i was talking about the other day

or how they only really explore the deeper effects of ai-human integration from a negative aspect - o’malley and the meta and such, but don’t *really* dive in on the effects it might have on a pair that works really well together. epsilon and carolina kind of get the closest to that, but even then it’s still pretty surface level. where’s the weird shit about a pair slowly becoming more of a *we* and those boundaries of human and ai blurring into human&ai in a way that feels not parasitic, but symbiotic? where both parties are not only aware of what’s happening, but perfectly content with it? like maybe i just have venom on the brain, but the ai are like the coolest shit burnie ever wrote and i feel like even though they drive the plot for huge chunks of the show they were barely explored. (i’m saying that delta and york should have had weird freaky mind sex. hello is this thing on-)

or the implication (confirmation? idk man it’s been a long time) that sarge may have been an ODST is actually a Massive addition to rvb’s underlying (and i think sometimes only dubiously intentional) themes of “once a soldier has outweighed their perceived usefulness, the government will not hesitate to cast them aside completely, no matter what they sacrificed for the cause, and this has negative lasting effects not just on that veteran but on society as a whole” that they do kind of sort of explore with locus a bit, but the implication that sarge was highly specialized and did a lot of particularly risky shit for the unsc only for him to, unbeknownst to him, wind up as a training dummy for soldiers perceived as “better” than him (and not even really that, picked explicitly because florida thought he would be totally harmless to the alpha) is INSANE and “sarge was an odst” mostly exists in rvb canon just as a joke but Jesus H Christ, man

there’s so much great material here that just got totally ditched for something else and it makes me SAD sometimes

[viktheviking1]

Confession

“I’ll just get right into it. I am so so sorry. About everything. About trying to steal your book, about pretending I was there to reconnect- ah shit, I haven’t even apologized for tricking you into helping me rob your parents’ castle. I’m sorry for that, and I’m sorry for insulting you. Oh, but I'm going out of order now. Um, I’m also sorry for seducing you so that I could steal your book, and for making you use ‘owl shart’ as a safe word, telling you that your books on plants and frogs were boring . . . aw fuck, I’m out of order again.”

Sighing, he gestured at himself and continued, “Look, I’m a shitty person. I was shitty from the day I was born and I’ve only gotten shittier since. Honestly, it’s a fucking miracle that you managed to put up with me for as long as you did. I . . . I know I can’t take back the past. There are so, so many things I would change if I could. I’ve hurt so many people, and that’s not including the f**ks I kill for a living. Ugh. No, scratch that part.

Placing his elbows on his knees and holding his hands together, Blitz leaned forward, looking down at the groudn, “Point is, I thought that I was, like a curse, or a disease that needed to be cured. So I never let anyone get too close, and for a while, it seemed to work. I got to keep them, and their lives weren’t ruined; I thought it was a win-win, but they moved on, and I . . . I was left behind; the consequence of my own actions biting me in the ass. I was- I've been lonely and it didn't even work. I did hurt them all, in the end, because turns out, they wanted the one thing I refused to give them. The deepest, darkest, dampest, shittiest parts of me. Now, I don’t know why you would want to be exposed to that mess, but I don’t want to run anymore. I think . . . I think I’m finally ready to fight for what I want. And what I want is . . . is you. I don’t know how we’d make it work but . . . I don’t care what we have to face, if you would just let me . . .” He sighed again, closing his eyes, “Let me stay by your side, in whatever way you can allow . . . I will stay because . . . because I love-”

The words stopped suddenly, as Blitz opened his eyes . . .

Read the rest on The Pompous and The Prick!

[vierss-herondale]

Please tell me your favourite thing(s) about Clace! I'm rereading TMI and I just am falling in love with them all over again. I'm at CoFA, they're FINALLY officially together, and their banter is ON POINT (they come by it honestly. Wessa, yk yk.) But YEAH . And also ramble about Sizzy too if you're into it, they're hitting SO hard this time and I'm in love in love in love with them.

Bestie, I don’t even know where to start 😂

The fact that during TMI most of the people saw Clary as this tiny little girl and they underestimated her but Jace realized very quickly how STRONG she really was! Like, he kicks her ass for real during training! He knows she can take it! And she’s the bravest person he knows!

And how everyone sees Jace as this strong warrior but Clary knows the fragility that lays underneath his tough exterior. Most of the people describes Jace as "hot/sexy" but Clary almost always thinks about him as ✨beautiful✨

Don’t even get me started on how Jace lacked love for so long in his life, even thinking that his heart was broken and he was incapable of falling in love… and then he met Clary, someone with such a big heart and with SO MUCH LOVE to give, and then they fell in love! ♥️

It makes me so sad that during TMI Jace had such a low faith in himself because of the way Valentine raised him. That he thought he had to be perfect or the Lightwoods would kick him out. Can you imagine that? Living with such fear of losing the love of the only family you ever know? 🥺🥺 That's why I love the fact that Clary's faith in Jace is so big and it NEVER lacks! And she makes sure he KNOWS it. That he can always count on her and her love for him.

And the fact that even when Jace was taught that love destroys you, he was never afraid of loving Clary! He said that loving her was the best feeling he ever felt. In many other books you see the male protagonist keep the girl away because they are afraid to fall in love but Jace never did that, quite the contrary actually.

I love how they complete each other, and how they helped each other to be better! Jace learned so much from Clary, and became a better version of himself, but Clary also growth so much after meeting him!

I also love how they pick on each other so much! They know how to have fun!

Listen, I know it's SUCH a big cliche and judge me all you want but I LOOOVE how Jace was mean to everyone but Clary lol In my defense I was a teenager when Wattpad was a hit and the bad boy trope was on every story 😂 So yeah, I like that he’s such a sweetheart with her and ONLY her 🫶🏻

How Jace looks at Clary as if she's his personal miracle 🥹♥️

I love that she NEVER slut shamed Jace! I have seen that some part of the fandom judge Jace for sleeping with other girls BEFORE HE MET CLARY. Like bro? It's his body and he was single, I don't see the problem and I love that Clary never judged him for that. She always knew that what they have is different from anything Jace could have had with other girls. I love a secure female character 🫶🏻

Also girl the way he's SO OBSESSED with her! He worships her so hard! I love those kind of male protagonist!!!

There's LOTS of things I love about Clace but I might never finish listing them so let's just cut it here lol

Now about Sizzy... I love that couple because they always seem like such a REAL LIFE couple to me.

Look I'm such a sucker for love at first sight couples like Clace BUT the reason why I love Simon and Izzy is because they are so real about the way their relationship developed.

In real life most people falls in love more than once in life and that's normal and it's okay. You can go through heart break and be hurt but that doesn't mean that you can't fall in love again and it be even MORE stronger than before! Simon represents that so well. He loved Clary so much for many years but then he realized they didn't work like that, and his love transformed into friendship love.

And then he fell in love with Izzy and it was a stronger feeling! This time he knew he belonged with her. That's just like real life is, you can fall in love more than once but it doesn’t mean that your previous love was less valid.

And Izzy is such an amazing character, she was the one that taught teenage me that you can wear makeup, dresses and high hills AND STILL KICK ASSES while doing so!

I think she's such a brave character because she carried the pain of her father's betrayal on her mom for so long... But she overcame it and she was brave enough to open up her heart to Simon. This comes from someone who went through something similar at a similar age and believe me, I KNOW by first hand how brave and strong Izzy had to be to let herself trust someone else with her heart. She’s so special to me.

And she opened her heart to Simon TWICE! They are a couple that went through a LOT and it makes me so happy to know that they are engaged now ♥️

[matrixxsystem]

Luck Runs Out Part 12

Once everyone was ready to go they all headed out down the street towards where the festival was going to be, it was still being set up for the most part but some booths and stalls had already been put together and a few people were lingering around looking at whatever was already there. Leo reached his hand over interlocking his hand with Usagi's as they walked, the plan they had before had now changed to finding the lioness yokai and seeing what they could do for her if anything then if there was nothing they would go to dinner and call it a night, but if there was they would help her first then take her to dinner with them so they could all be in a public space and get to know each other cause Mikey knew it would be weird to try and invite her to be somewhere alone with them after only having met him once before.

They walked for a good bit before they came to a stop at the garden park they'd been too when they all first met. Usagi's house wasn't too far from here.. It was interesting how the hidden city was laid out, though to be fair Usagi's house was pretty nice compared to some they had seen so it did make sense that he would live closer to the more expensive district. As far as he knew the festival went down about a block into each of the four main districts and connected all in the center of the city. It was apparently a huge party that lasted all night and well into the morning, sometimes even lasting two days if things got really crazy which has only happened a handful of times. Since it had been canceled the year before because of the invasion and all of the crazy things going on then Leo had a feeling that a lot of people were going to show up and be very excited to celebrate this year. Usagi had the same feeling but he wasn't worried about it as much, he knew that even when the yokai got rowdy or partied too hard it never got so out of hand that bad things happened. If anything there would just be and extra bit of people sleeping on the streets passed out drunk or a bit more littler left behind. Even if fights did break out it was rare to see them on holidays and even more rare that the HCPD didn't get involved and resolve the issues in a flash. That was honestly the only good thing about the HCPD, they were everywhere for these kinds of events.

They came to the center of the city where a huge fountain was placed, the water, or whatever it was flowing in it was a pinkish color. Leo took out his phone with a smile and went up to a random person passing by and asked them to take a photo of their group, thankfully most of the normal locals here were all very nice and the beetle yokai didn't hesitate to agree. Leo had everyone gather together and get into frame. The yokai called out to them, "Alright, say nǎilào!" Everyone hesitated for a second before awkwardly trying to repeat the phrase as the picture was taken, when the phone was handed back to Leo the photo thankfully looked stunning. He sent it to everyone and pocketed the phone. Usagi stepped out of their little huddle and pulled little red packets out from his sleeve, "If I may redirect your attention to me for a moment. I have one last gift for you for tonight. I will try to make this short but I wanted to thank all of you, besides my teacher, I grew up vary isolated. I did not have time for friends, for family, for love.. To have it all now feels like some kind of miracle. I know you don't expect things from me, or are around me because of the things I'm able to do which is a comfort, but I believe in repaying every bit of kindness you've given me." He handed everyone a small packet, "I don't have much else to offer, and it felt rude and out of place to do this anywhere else. So please, use it for the games and food here, explore and have fun to your hearts content." Everyone opened and peeked into the packets, mostly with wildly surprised expressions as they each found a whole ass wad of cash.

"Usagi- I-I can't- We can't accept this after you already paid for our outfits-" Usagi raised his hand to silence Raph, "For these kinds of festivals it is tradition to gift money to loved ones, since I learned this years festival would not be canceled I have been planning this for a long while. And I am also aware you didn't bring much and every game and booth here is out for money. Now you have more than enough to get some prizes and snacks, and do all the fun things without fear of spending too much wasting it." Raph hesitated for another moment, giving in after a second and letting out a little sigh, "Alright, since it's what you're supposed to do at one of these things, I'll use it, but you don't have to do anything to be one of us y'know? As long as you and Leo are on good terms you're as good as family." Usagi nodded a little, "I appreciate that, part of my love language is through gifts and gestures, I wasn't taught how to do more than fight or throw money at problems most of the time so it tends to be what I resort to when I'm uncertain, please don't take this as me attempting to buy your favor. I know you don't think that, but still good to admit that was not the intent" Leo rolled his eyes with a little smile, wrapping his arm around Usagi and kissing his cheek, "For someone who doesn't do the whole 'words of affirmation' thing you're pretty damn good at it. Now c'mon, I can already smell the takoyaki from here-"

Leo took Usagi's hand in his and started to head off down one of four main streets of the festival after buying a little snack from the first food stall they passed, all the stalls were lit up and full of life, as they walked more and more yokai started to flood the paths and booths. A lot of kids were running around, some carrying food or small toys they'd won. It was sweet to finally see the Hidden City's people so excited and unified for something. Usagi glanced to Leo, giving his hand a little squeeze. Fuck he was cute.. It'd been a while since he was able to relax and enjoy something like this, where they didn't have to be the lookouts, or have to weave their way through a sea of people to find some criminal they'd been hunting. It was finally just, peace. Even the small speck of sauce on Leos cheek wasn't a concern to him. "Sagi?" Leo tilted his head a little, "You look a little lost? What? I-Is there something on my face?" Usagi chuckled and tugged Leos arm to pull him in closer, "Hold still love." He said, rolling his eyes with a little chuckle as he used his thumb to wipe the sauce away and licked it off his finger, "You were busy watching the crowed I wasn't sure if you'd noticed."

"Ah- Thanks babe, yeah I- I was just.." He looked back to a patch of grass where a few kids were playing with sparklers, one of them was a little albino slider, in a baby blue yukata, twirling his sparkler around with a ringtail raccoon in a pastel purple yukata. Usagi watched for a moment before looking back to Leo, "A bit early to be thinking about kids isn't it~" He joked, laughing when Leo turned dark red and started walking a bit faster, "That's not-! I-I wasn't-! I just-" He rested his head on Usagi's shoulder as Sagi caught up to him, just laughing at his reaction, "I'm only teasing love, though your reaction was much better than I anticipated." Leo took a moment to collect himself and glanced up to Usagi, "N-Not that I'm opposed to it.. I wouldn't suggest it, yet, but… Do you think? Y'know, that.. That you and me could ever…" Usagi blushed a little, he never took Leo for the fatherly type, though it wasn't impossible to envision that kind of with him someday, he could see Leo being the kind to boast about his kids to any open ear. He pulled Leo into a hug, kissing his head, "One day love. If you want to, we'll make it happen. Though I don't suppose the guy who mutated you would be interested in seeing what he could make with two volunteers instead of one? Might be easier then the alternatives." Leo laughed a little trying to imagine how Barry would react to them at his doorstep asking for a child, and what he'd possibly want in exchange? "Yeah.. I can't imagine what weird sort of payment he'd want in exchange though-" They continued walking, coming up with various random ideas about what sort of things he'd take a payment, all of which was nothing serious like 'a dozen rubber chicken's' or 'a suitcase full of cooked beans' and similar things.

While walking around they'd played a few games, mostly just to play, if they did win something they ended up just handing it off to some kid who hadn't won. They really didn't need the armful of trinkets and toys to bring back to Leos already pretty cluttered room. And it felt pretty nice seeing how happy random people got when they were handed a prize after however many failed attempts they'd just had. Even to the one's who knew Leo and Usagi having seen them around before, knowing the kinds of things they did as their job they weren't scared of them.. That might've been the best part, having people know the kind of work they did and feeling safer with them around rather then fearing what they could do. "Oh hey, we should go find a good spot to watch the fireworks" Leo added as he glanced around, not seeing many open spots to sit between loud and crowded stalls. Usagi nodded, "I think I have a spot, back near my house in that garden, there's a pretty big hill that should give us a nice view. Should we get everyone back together?" Leo shook his head, "Nah we can just text them and tell em where to meet us if they haven't found a spot already, that way if we get there first we could.. Y'know, hold hands and stuff"

"And stuff~?" Usagi repeated with a little chuckle, "Interesting, I'll bite~" Usagi led Leo over to the garden area and sat on the hill with him, Leo pulled out his phone and texted everyone to let them know there was a good viewing spot. April replied saying her and Sunita had found their own spot with Sunita's family and figured it'd be rude to leave. Casey responded saying him and Donnie had found who was setting the fireworks off and were going to stay to help, seeing that it was a snail yokai who looked like he was one strong gust of wind away from keeling over- No one else had responded yet so Leo put his phone away, a little happy that everyone seemed to have their own things going on, and that they were all enjoying themselves as much as Leo and Usagi had been. They sat there for a bit as a few smaller test fireworks were shot off, they leaned against each other with their hands interlocked. It wasn't until the show was nearing its end that one poorly placed pink explosion caught Leos eye. He tensed and froze, Usagi turned to ask what was wrong when he saw the look in Leos eyes. It was clear that he was having another vision, shit- Was it the sight? The sound of them going off? He could cover Leos eyes but he couldn't do much about the sound. "..Leo?" He said softly, giving his hand a little squeeze for an attempt at comfort. Leo just slowly turned to Usagi, his eyes darting across his face like he was looking for something that wasn't there? Or looking between versions of him that didn't quite line up?

Usagi took a breath and stood up pulling Leo up with him, "Leo..? We're go to my house okay? We can get you away from the loud and bright lights." Leo didn't say anything back, but Usagi could tell by how slow he was walking and how confused he looked that he had no idea what was going on. He walked a bit faster towards his house..

Once inside he took Leo up to his room, Hyo was out at the festival as well, and would most likely be out all night if he drank enough. "Alright, its more quite here, lets see what we can do about those visions.." He let go of Leos hand and headed downstairs, coming back a moment later with a cup of water, he had it in a plastic up after the time Leo threw his glass mug across the room and shattered it during another one of his vision episodes- He wasn't going to take the chance this time. When he got back he saw Leo knelt down on the floor against his bed, his hands wrapped around himself as if that was any sort of protection from this mind. He set the cup down and went over to Leo hoping it hadn't gotten worse- Usagi knelt down beside him, wrapping his arm around Leon's back, trying to give him a sense of comfort. He could hear the slider muttering under his breath but couldn't quite make out the context. Just the bit and ends of his words. "It's all fake its all fucking fake… I can't believe that I-- I can't believe- I can't… You're just like the fucking rest- Just- Just like the rest of them.."

"Leo, please.. I-I don't understand-" He moved to be in front of Leo, a hand gently cupping his cheek, Leo smacked the hand away, looking up at Usagi with such a pained expression, tears welling in his eyes as his face tried so hard to fight it. "You-!" He cried, his tone full of anger, and so much pain, "Why are you here? W-Why do you have to keep showing up with your big sad eyes-! And- And act like everything's gonna be okay?? Its not! I'm not! We're not okay! I-I can't keep doing this!"

"D-Doing what? Leo please- I-I don't know how to help you please what can I do?"

"You act like you love me and you come here and- and get so- affectionate when were alone and you tell me I'm the only thing you care about- Then you just… You toss me to the side and leave for days at a time you don't tell anyone you never call or visit till I think you're dead or worse!! Then you just stroll back in here like nothing happened expecting me to just- Wait for you? Not to love you like you're the only thing I want? The only thing I have left here? You tell me I feel like home to you, like I'm the only one you can be yourself around, but you don't act like it-! You don't defend me or give me the time of day when were in public- I-I can't- There's too much at stake here- This war were in, the Kraang- I can't be battling my feelings for you on top of battling actual monsters- Love me or don't but make up your mind-!"

"You-!" Usagi said a bit louder than he intended, Leo perked up, a little shocked at the volume of the interruption. Usagi put his hands on either side of Leos head and pulled him into a deep kiss, "You- Every time, I choose you." He said a bit softer before kissing him again, "You mean everything to me.." He whispered between kisses "Anywhere you go, I'll follow, anything you say, I'll listen, anything you do, I'll allow.. I love you Leonardo- No matter how I act, or where I go, you are the only thing that is ever on my mind. And if there were a crowd around us I'd kiss you anyway, I love you so fucking much it's like torture seeing you live in a future where I'm not able to care about you like I want to. I love you." Leo slowly raised his good hand to wipe his eyes, "..s-say that again." Usagi smiled a little, his hands moving to Leos shoulders, "I love you."

"..again…"

Usagi rolled his eyes with a smile, kissing Leos head, then his cheek, quietly repeating the phrase after each kiss while his hands started to move a little lower. Making sure to give him lots of time to back away if he wanted to or to say no if he wasn't in the mood for this sort of thing. But he seemed to be, into this whole thing that is, I guess the future Usagi was much less emotional or caring. After a few minutes of trailing kisses and letting his hands wander under the fabric of his yukata he figured Leo wasn't going to protest the idea of them going at it tonight, since they were alone in their room after all it wasn't like they had to worry about privacy. He shifted a little as he scooped Leo off the ground and into his arms. "I love you." He said again, a bit louder, and more confidently to make sure Leo had no doubt that he meant it. Leo wrapped his arm around Usagi to make sure he wouldn't fall backwards as he was carried. It only lasted for a moment as Leo was dropped onto the bed, he looked up at Usagi a bit surprised at how serious he looked. Usagi hand a hand on Leo's thigh pushing up the fabric of his yukata, leaning down and kissing Leo again, "I love you." He said under his breath, his other hand untying the band around Leos waist, "And I'm not going to stop loving you till the moment I stop breathing. Even then I don't think I'd be able to help it~" Leo blushed listening to Sagi talk like that, in his future he never heard him say anything as sweet.. "Ah- Sagi-" Usagi undid his own yukata, letting it practically slide off as he inched closer. "If you don't wait to go further tonight tell me now because once I start I won't hold back~ I've been trying to hold back since we've been busy and haven't had much alone time together, but it's been that much harder not being able to have you to myself.. And then seeing you like this… I won't push you if you don't want to-"

"I want to- I just- Promise me something…" He put his hand to Usagi's cheek as he leaned up to get a little closer, "Promise me that you'll be there when I wake up after this, okay..?" Usagi nodded and kissed him again, "On my life, Leonardo. I will never leave you. Tonight or any after, weather you remember this or not, weather we fight or isolate, nothing you do could ever make me leave you. You're stuck with me I'm afraid~" Leo smiled a little and kissed him, leaning back again to invite Usagi to continue.

Part 1 Part 13 LRO Master Post

[tokofagkawa]

Togafuka is so funny cause there’s literally no situation I can envision those two actually getting together. Togami is a jerk he’s intentionally written like that. Their whole relationship is written as a joke at Toko’s expense and it’s honestly wasn’t that funny to begin with. He wants nothing to do with her and the only time he did learn something about her he used it to out her to everyone.

When Toko said she hates him in Chapter 2’s trial that was a painful yet genuine statement. While Toko tends to throw insults at others mostly you can chalk that up to quirk of hers but what she said to Togami there before she blacked out into Syo you can feel the pain in her in that moment and he blacking out into Syo wasn’t no coincidence I am sure if that happened outside of a class trial Syo would have killed him.

Similarly Toko is no better on a few front either. She does not know Togami nor does she try to actually learn anything about him. It’s clear to anyone that she’s in love with a version of Togami she made up in her head and the games makes that pretty clear. Could honestly be a mental defense to prevent any escalation.

As said before even afterwards when he becomes more tolerable he still does not like her. The most good thing he did was to tell Syo not to kill people and that’s like the most basic thing basic thing to tell a person. He likely said it as a command. Makoto could have told Syo that and it would literally not change much. Frankly Komaru had way more of an influence to convince Syo not to kill people. If Syo was willing to kill Nagito before Komaru stepped in its clear to anyone that Syo took Togami’s words as a mere suggestion.

There’s a reason why most fans often pair Togami with Makoto or sometimes Makoto and Kyoko. Cause those two actually have a dynamic and bounces off each other.

Realistically if those two did get together it would end in a very messy and public divorce that would likely leave Toko in a pretty bad space.

there are only 2 situations in which I can picture Byakuya willingly getting together with Toko:

1. Byakuya believes he has some sort of obligation to date Toko because she saved his ass in UDG (very unlikely)

2. Byakuya believes he has some sort of obligation to continue the Togami bloodline and thus takes the only willing woman (slightly more likely but still just Not Happening)

honestly though I think that if by some bizarre "miracle" Byakuya starts showing romantic interest in Toko, Syo would fucking kill him. I think that Byakuya being completely unavailable and distant is part of the draw for Toko and Syo, they want someone they can dump their gross fantasies on without the fear that he'll actually touch them. (side note: for as horny as Toko and Syo are I think if you actually got them into the bedroom they'd get stressed and duck out. they have shit to work through when it comes to sexuality)

You're 100% right about Syo killing Byakuya for betraying Toko. the only reason she doesn't is because she's smart and she knows she would get caught. if Byakuya dies she's the first suspect. and getting caught for murder, whether it's in the killing game or after, would put Toko in trouble and that's not what Syo wants as a protector.

Toko's obsession with Byakuya is complex and comes from a lot of places but genuine love is not one of them. this is gonna make her sound terrible but I think it's true that she views him as an object. she's playing dolls with herself and Byakuya.

I have a lot to say abt Toko's obsession with Byakuya and Toko's views on sexuality but it's late for me so I'll get back to you tomorrow.

I think that toga/fuka is interesting to explore as a terrible abusive relationship but it's so hard to find content that really understands them.

[mockingbirdshymn]

headcanons for the adult camp camp characters part 1 nerriston/performance trio because i love them with all of my heart ever

preston ends up working at a local theatre as the primary director there!! the theatre's actors usually consist of high school students and the theatre ends up hosting a lot of larger high school or college plays, and preston has pressured quite a few colleges into doing some of his favorite plays. the happiest hes ever been was when he got to direct a heathers play. he literally came home and shoved the script in harrison and nerris' faces out of excitement.

harrison works as a magician at the same theatre. he did a few shows in other theatres, a few times in vegas. he wants to become a famous magician, (as preston does a famous actor), but likes his life where it is right now and wouldnt want to be moving all of the time for shows. plus, hes terrified of being seen as a freak of some sort of ridiculed. he does bigger shows every so often, dont think he doesnt, but he mainly does shows in his city.

nerris' job is in marketing. she hates it a lot but performance doesnt bring as much money in as theyd like so they have to put in effort. theyre honestly happy with it because while the job itself sucks, she likes seeing harrison and preston be able to do their own crafts.

nerris did not want a dog. preston and harrison found a dog being given away in a walmart parking lot. and thus, nerris woke up to a dog in their home. harrison named him mantacore after the roy and siegfried's tiger yk the one. he is a samoyed. he sleeps on the bed with them.

they dont have kids ever mostly because i really dont like kids im sorry but i feel as though preston would see a child and go "ew" and nerris is the only one with actually good parents so 2/3 of the kids parents would just not know what to do. soooo no kids

nerris binds but never gets top surgery!! this is mostly because some days they dont really get dysphoria, and they still like appearing feminine from time to time (though neutral is definitely their style like 75% of the time). this headcanon is made by me, someone who binds but does not want to get top surgery, half projecting onto nerris

harrison does not drink, preston sometimes does, nerris does. this doesnt rlly have a followup headcanon but i can only imagine harrison's introverted ass staring down at a cup of orange juice while at a party and then driving everyone else home

there are three bookshelves in the living room. you can tell whos is whos because one is filled with percy jackson and narnia and other fantasy books, another has every script to every play in existence ever as well as analysis books of creative theatre, and one has like four magic related books and mostly stores props. not to say harrison doesnt read, but he mostly steals from nerris' shelf when he wants to read.

every summer, the performance trio (along with the other adult campers) hangs out at camp campbell. the camp shut down after the kids all became adults, mostly because nobody wanted to send their kids to a camp known for being a money laundering scheme, housing a known criminal (cameron campbell), overall a big scam, and because the amount of fbi helicopters flying to the camp was enough to drive everyone else away. it was a miracle the campers were allowed to come back there the following summers.

as adults, the campers are all relatively good friends. dolph moved to germany, but he visits whenever he can, and neil is gone a lot doing research projects in different countries, but the campers still live relatively close together and hang out a lot. i cant see a universe where they stop talking after camp

in honor of the camp, and also because yellow grew on them after a while, yellow is still a color most of the campers wear pretty often, except for max, dolph, and space kid.

harrison is still scared of quartermaster. how is he not dead yet. it has been a decade. he looked old when david was a kid. why is he still here. what the fuck was up with that space octopus. what does he know.

i like to think at least once quartermaster showed up at the nerriston house, poked his hook at harrison and said "come with me" and harrison Just Did. he came back a day later looking absolutely disturbed. he probably saw a demon or something, knowing quartermaster.

[movedto-mastcrmarksman]

"I thought we could have a lazy morning together, starting with breakfast in bed."

It was definitely a hard day when they said GOODBYE to their LA home. Clint would honestly say making that place his home with Jessica had been the happiest he had been in years, maybe even a decade and half almost two. IT'S KIND OF MIRACLE; which his therapist Lynette would point that he could accredit that to HIMSELF doing the work. Clint would agree that at least forty percent of that was Jessica because she's amazing and how did he let himself screw that up twice?

However neither of them could ignore the calls back to New York; most of their big name super friends were there. Carol when she wasn't in space, which he knows that Jess has been missing the heck out of girls' nights and Clint's got his friends in city. Natasha, even Bucky has grown on him. PLUS he was landlord of a building, and while he's sure Tito and Deke have done a fine job taking care of building maintenance; sobriety has taught him responsibility. So he should go back to being a responsible building owner.

The move was smooth for the most part besides a literal lizard man holding up their moving truck of things they absolutely had to bring back with them. His poor Bed-Stuy apartment was about to be subject to a lot of chaos, given Jess wanted to replace his old stuff with THEIR stuff (some of that was going to a storage unit until Jess afforded herself an office to go in again). In the most New York fashion their day wasn't complete without a hold up. Clint personally thought the giant lizard was there to welcome them back but apparently it was angry pet project. THEY KICKED ITS ASS. They were awesome, what could Clint say, Jess the badass.

It's been three whole days and things were finally starting to settle down. He had been intending on getting up, already put his ears in, when he had found the other half of the bed gone cold. However, the timing was just right that Jessica would come back in. She's not dressed which bodes well and even better when she proposes they stay in bed. The plate of food doesn't go unnoticed. Clint reaches out to pull her back into bed, then crawls over her so that he could cling to her. HE FORGOT HOW COLD NEW YORK COULD GET.

❝ Y'know there's like this superhero genius list goin' around. ❞ He whispers to her, pressing kisses to her neck and jaw. Raising his head only slightly to peak at what she's cooked up and filled onto the plate. ❝ You should be top genius on the list for that idea alone, BABE. ❞

[classic80sand90smovieloves2]

Bill and Ted dating a smart girl would include~

(Not my gif)(Requested by anonymous)

(I chose to do poly hcs. Hope you enjoy!)

- The social hierarchy of the 1980s rarely ever favored academics. Your intimate connection to the "geeks and creeps" of your school did you more harm than good and by your junior year of high school, you were about as relevant as the spare textbooks in the back of your classroom.

- People didn't pay attention to you unless they needed to, and though you would have liked for the boys in your class to ask you out, you got over it and settled for artfully suppressing your disappointment whenever their purposeful greetings led to an answered question about Alexander the great instead of an invitation to a movie.

- But resignation rarely ever alludes to cheerful acceptance. You weren't proud that all people knew about you was the fact that you were intelligent and after years of being cast aside until you were useful, you were tired of playing teacher.

- Fortunately for them, Bill and Ted were just pathetic enough to strike a cord within you and get you to agree to help them.

- That was how your relationship started: you tutoring them in an effort to ensure that they didn't flunk the grade and them staring at you with heart eyes while you rambled on about things that their little pea brains could barely comprehend.

- They didn't immediately take notice of how pretty you are, but when you're sat right next to/across from someone for hours at a time, it's kind of difficult not to realize how attractive they are; and how attractive their personality is.

- Which would ultimately lead to the two of them asking about your dating status and being genuinely surprised that you weren’t dating anybody. 

- A bodacious and excellent babe like you was a hot commodity in San Dimas and they weren’t about to let you think you were anything less than that. So when you awkwardly explained how you “could possibly not have a boyfriend”, they very earnestly replied that they would date you in a heartbeat. 

- And it wasn’t long before they made that confession into a reality and asked you out for real. 

- You might not think that you’re anything to write home about but your boys think you’re excellent and are always quick to brag. They think it’s a miracle that they managed to score a brilliant babe like you and they want everyone to know that the three of you are together.

- It probably shouldn't come as a surprise but Teds father actually considers you to be a good influence and lets Ted off the hook on occasion because of it. All he has to do is lie that he was with you and his father will begrudgingly accept it; even though he was most certainly just having band practice with Bill.

- Your first family dinner at the Logan house was very awkward but at least he was able to impress his father by bringing up your grades/academic accomplishments! Nothing better than being able to cut the silence/uncomfortable conversation about his shortcomings with a comment about how you won the science fair!

- But, given your usual friend group and the fact that you’re a promising young woman, your parents probably aren’t too fond of them and consider them to be “bad influences”. They’re two naturally stoned boys in a rock band, how much worse could they be?!?

- Sooo many compliments and oddly specific nicknames surrounding your intelligence. They couldn’t be assed about school 90% of the time but they’ll somehow reference a random scientist from the 1950s whenever you’re in the middle of doing a biology project.

- Study dates. Though you honestly shouldn’t even consider them dates; given how much work they wind up being.

- Ted is terrible to tutor because he’s awful at sitting down and just focusing on one thing at a time, while Bill is better at paying attention; especially when you’re consistently pointing him in the right direction and explaining things clearly.

- Try to make your handwriting as legible as possible because they’re consistently copying off of your notes and homework; even in classes you don’t share with them.

- They don’t remember when their own tests are but you can rest assured that they remember yours. They always make an effort to see you before them and wish you good luck; and most of the time you’ll then have to remind them that they’ve got their own that day as well.

- You study in the library during lunch and they take naps around you like two little himbo kittens.

- Them getting you to take breaks from studying and doing your homework so you can let loose and relax for a change. Ya know babe, when you start to get a migraine, it usually means that it’s time to stop reading....

- Once all your teachers realize that the three of you are now “friends” they lowkey take you aside and subtly hint that you should help the boys out with their studies.

- Neither of them bother to read most of the time but they like having you explain the plots of books to them whenever there’s a need for sound. They gush about bands and albums to you in return.

- Them trying to impress you with stories from their travels in history. Although, depending on when the three of you got together, you probably accompanied them on at least one of their adventures. 

- They fully believe that you can answer every single problem and question that they may have. To them, your intelligence knows no bounds. They don’t know the answer to something? Time to pack up and go see y/n/n. You’re the 80s equivalent to Wikipedia. 

- I wholeheartedly believe that you’d become their manager, or that they’d at least try to make you become their manager because “you’re smart” and what other qualifications are there? 

[chaos-in-the-making]

Everyone hating on Minwoo, which is valid, but I don't actually hate him, I just feel SO BAD FOR HIM.

Just think about it like this. Minwoo lives in a cutthroat world and expects everyone else to have that same ambition and drive to take down others to get to the top. It makes me wonder who taught him that the world is like that, or if he developed that belief through his education. We don't get to see much of a support system for Minwoo. He presents as a loner who has to work with others out of necessity. His character doesn't actively HATE Young Woo, in fact I would point out several scenes were he seems to genuinely enjoy her presence, or at least her sassiness when it's directed at others. He doesn't treat her with disdain or even pity, really.

In fact, he ENVIES her. He wants to BE HER. He craves the same attention that she gets and tries so hard to be the one to shine. I see a man who has constantly been second place, in the shadow of someone else, and is sick of being shown up by someone else. And yes, it hurts a lot more when it's an autistic person out performing him, because of his internal prejudices that are being actively challenged every time he sees Young Woo do something amazing, or get away with a mistake that he thinks would have consequences if a "normal" (aka himself) would have tried the same thing.

But the tragedy that I see being played out is that Minwoo is participating in Young Woo's world, and I think he secretly enjoys it. Her sarcasm gets to him, and the way she pulls off miracles that wins them cases, the way she thinks outside the box. He just wishes it was HIMSELF doing those things. Apart from the case they did together, he doesn't try to sabotage Young Woo. He gets pulled into the cases emotionally the same as the others. He is trying his best to get recognition and doesn't understand why she is the favorite.

I see a character who has clashing world views. I see a character who has ambition and drive that he can't separate from his personal need of connection. I see him ALMOST reject the journalist. He WAS SO CLOSE to doing the right thing! He was second guessing himself for all of 2 minutes until the journalist brings out the juicy rumor of Young Woo's mother, and then Minwoo gets caught up in his cutthroat habits again.

I see a character who needs a friend. And I hope, I SINCERELY HOPE we get to see him connect with Young Woo and defend her in front of others. I hope we get to see that character development for him. The other people in the show have accepted Young Woo by this point, but Minwoo is the only one still having reservations, and honestly I don't think it's his fault. I think he will reach another internal crisis that will define his character arc.

OR HE COULD GET HIS ASS HANDED TO HIM BUT FROM A WRITER'S PERSPECTIVE THE FIRST CHOICE IS THE MORE SATISFYING ONE.

[steve0discusses]

S5 Ep 41: Shada Defenseless Against Old Man

Hey guys apparently Twitter got freakin destroyed? Everyone’s coming back to Tumblr, and just in time for me to actually update this blog in my long covid brain fog daze! (a daze which, PS, lead me to think I uploaded this yesterday. LMAO I did not upload this yesterday, you win again, Long Covid) I didn’t feel like breaking today’s episode into 2 parts today. But also, this episode is blessed for having a lot of a card fight in it, which makes these posts a fair bit quicker for me to make.

First off, Mana joins the battle basement, and she does so by just jumping down a hole in the ceiling, onto this pillar, and then onto the floor--actually baffling how she did this.

Girl, at this point just fly down.

Eventually, everyone else arrived in Battle Basement, but they did so through the door that Mana blissfully ignored.

(read more under the cut)

They took a moment to admire their dead friend floating above them, in purple cosplay spandex.

And then, seemingly miffed that Mahad was getting more attention than him, Seto decided to interrupt the welcome back party before it ever got started.

Which I dunno, Seto has seen a lot of dead people in his life, his whole village was leveled by like 3 guys with torches, so maybe he just doesn’t care to believe in reincarnated people as cards. Maybe that would bother him and he’d just rather not think about it?

For some reason, Aknadin also came on this adventure, which is something I didn’t really notice the past few episodes, and being real, it was probably very obvious but my tired ass brain couldn’t quite remember that Aknadin still exists and is a guy who is very much trying to murder the Pharaoh. So of course he’s here. And having a hard time because of the fact he’s killed everyone in Kul Elna and now they are ghosts who are not happy to see him back.

Shada, who seems to take care of Aknadin more than anyone else, was there to save him. Which leaves me to wonder if Shada was Aknadin’s caretaker. Like literally his caretaker, or assistant, or something like that. Because it sure as hell hasn’t been Seto who keeps directing this guy back to bed.

While he’s there, the ankh keyblade started to vibe.

And I was like “Oh, is Shada finally going to get it? Is he finally going to realize that Aknadin’s been possessed by evil vibes since last Tuesday or whenever he was attacked by Bakura?”

Obviously no, this is Shada we’re talking about. So instead, he beelines to some abandoned (ware)house to look for some demons.

And since I was expecting this to go to nowhere, I was surprised to see this down in the icky basement.

Like I’ll be real, did not expect Shada to pull through and be this effective at his job. Like damn. The one time we needed him to do his job he actually did it, and he found diabound. Actually a miracle.

Like either Bakura took all the skulls of his village and stuck them together, or a ghost did it. Doesn’t actually say who assembled the skull art. But I would like to believe that Bakura was the one who gave the Diabound that adorable little kitty cat frowny face.

And this next part was I think edited by 4kids or whoever is in charge of this season’s translation. Because what I saw was him go “ahhhhh” and then Shada fell forward, and Aknadin’s just holding a whole ass brick. There was no shot of him being beaned by the brick, but just trust me, he was beaned by a brick. Or Aknadin slapped him in the ass with a brick so hard Shada nearly died, it is off-screened so you can make up whatever you want.

There wasn’t really animation to this sequence so trust me on it, it was goofy, it was great, Love it when Shada got bopped by a brick and didn’t save the world.

A bunch of ghosts picked up Shada’s body, and then I guess he got shoved into the Diabound statue at this point. Honestly, I missed that somehow. Probably happened at some point in the fighting sections, I was confused, but I still have long covid so I’m always confused. Which honestly makes this show a lot more entertaining when wild stuff happens and I just don’t catch the very obvious forshadowing.

So now that’s happened, lets join in with Yugi and crew in the desert.

They would be dying but they can’t technically die in the sideways Shadow Realm or whatever this pocket dimension is. Instead they just get very, very hungry, although they cannot actually eat anything. Which does explain why Bakura is so freakin hungry for snacks and ate everything in Kaiba’s blimp when they weren’t looking at the end of S3.

Then Tristan decided ���Hey guys if this is a hallucination, shouldn’t we stop taking it so seriously, and instead look for the Forbidden Memories™?”

And for some reason the person who drew Tristan this episode made him look straight up possessed. Like almost as if he’s a big 5 all over again. I have no idea why this happened, I have no idea why he even spoke so intensely this episode, but Tristan kind of went a little evil and no one cared.

And this part was mostly for myself trying to remember what the hell is going on. Like, I was forgetful before, but now I am like Pharaoh tier forgetful. Like I fully get why he forgot his own name. Guy died. Like I got the flu 5 months ago and look how forgetful I am. Pharaoh freaking DIED.

But also he did it on purpose to hide away Korbus or whatever his name is. Kronx? Krakus. Zork. It was Zork. No. It was Zorc. It was Zorc with a c to make it copyright friendly. We got there.

Still got it, yeah yeah yeah.

It is a funny thought that had Bakura not gone to jail, he would have murdered Pharaoh before Seto did it, or I dunno, maybe he would have moved on with his life. But, because he was so freaking pissed off in jail in 3000 BC, his spirit possessed a bunch of people before landing back here in a vengeance hallucination 5000 years later. 

Like we don’t know too much about the Bakura of the past, since he’s largely possessed by the ghost of the ring, but damn that kid must have had an ENERGY.

please admire how much Joey has to hunch over just to speak to Yugi in the same frame. Storyboarder’s still got it.

And I may have mentioned this before but yes, I know Pharaoh’s name, it pops up as a recommended hashtag whenever you use Pharaoh in a tag.

Bro did bring up that if we follow the Seto naming convention, however, Atem would be “Atemo.” Which is very good.

And then Past!Odion, who’s name is COMPLETELY forgotten by my brain, pulled out the millennium scales! We have barely seen these things used in this series, I was excited for something to happen!

And it was just monster fusion.

I guess he uh...doesn’t know it can weigh your literal soul and kill you in an instant, but it’s fine. We’ll leave that to Shada of the future when he becomes a burn out and calls himself Shadi.

Pharaoh sees his friends fall one by one (except for Shada who, as mentioned, got beaned in the basement by a brick and is currently trapped in the Diabound) and decides it’s time to do the Yami thing and beg for his attacker to kill him during a card game ghost fight.

So Bakura gladly opens the gate of hell so that Pharaoh can get destroyed by ghosts.

And we get this hard-to-cap segment where we see into Pharaoh’s mind, where he is protected by the spirit of his father.

Kids TV is great. Like if I weren’t so Long Covid I’d dive more into it, but like knowing that your ancestors may (or may not) have cried big ol tears because of atrocities of generations past doesn’t actually make your problems go away. Yet I can understand where they are coming from, where Yami can’t actually change the past, and he does have to do his job as Pharaoh, even though his Uncle ruined their royal reputation which lead to his Father’s death.

Like Pharaoh really is doubting his own ability to be a leader and to use these items, and it is partially his lack of experience, but also because he truly doesn’t think he deserves it. And he does not. He was not voted in. But, he does have to do it, because that’s how the system works in his day and age. And if he does not do it, Egypt falls to bandits and warring countries

Must be difficult to be a Pharaoh, who up until now, only knew Democracy in Japan, and then suddenly has to inherit a Monarchy he fundamentally should not really believe in, despite the jokes I sometimes make in the contrary.

So because the ghosts of Kul Elna were exorcised (except for Bakura) Shada shluuuurps out of this rock tablet and I had to pause the video and go.

“OK when did THAT happen????”

Because, again, I totally missed that he got shoved in there in the first place.

And mind you, I watch these first with my bro, then I watch it again to do these caps. This was the SECOND time I watched the episode and only just got that. LMAO I miss my brain.

And then the tablet explodes because without the ghosts, we can kill it.

And no, Shada did not die here, although I truly thought this was the episode he’d die in and become a ghost. or maybe he’s already a ghost. Either way, Shada lives to see another day, although gotta tell you this day was really freakin weird.

Anyway, next episode I guess we’ll see what Bakura does without his spooky tablet covered in skulls, since he only had one pokemon, as far as I know.

And, in the mean time, here is the link to read all of these in chrono order

https://steve0discusses.tumblr.com/tagged/yugioh/chrono

[kimi-twstheadcanons]

What would the Dorm Leaders do if someone Catcalled you?

- headcanon

Also slight dating headcanons

Warnings: catcalling, slight verbal harassment, uncomfortable situations, swearing

Disclaimer: I have honestly no idea what I’m doing for this one it just popped in my mind

Pronouns: They/them

You and Riddle would probably just date on campus for a short while, due to Riddle being scared of his mother disapproving you at first (not because you’re bad or anything but just to be safe)

You both would ask Crowley for permission to leave campus and go out on the town on the little island the school is located on (I think you can do that)

By some miracle that he agrees you two are very excited. Riddle would set plans and would do his utmost best to make sure the date goes smoothly

Cater (or Vil) definitely would help you with your outfits so you can match with Riddle (Trey is having a small amount of trouble calming Riddle down from a slight panic because it’s the first time you two have gone out)

When the dates first start Riddle would always seem cautious and nervous, but as time passes your liveliness calms him down and makes him smile. He adores you and your precious smile. It makes him feel like he can do anything, maybe even stand up to his mother

During this date you both decided to head to a shop, maybe for some ice cream or you went to an accessory shop to look for little trinkets or something to remind you two of the dates

As you two were walking you hear a whistle directed towards you. You and Riddle pause for a moment before turning to see who the culprit was

Two random guys you’ve never seen before, who also didn’t seem like they were students at NRC or RSA, where staring you up and down in a way that made you very uncomfortable. You and Riddle turn back around and continue on in an attempt to pay them no mind

“Awe what’s wrong baby? You’re too pretty to hang out with us?”

“Excuse us gentlemen, but we would appreciate it if you could leave us alone.”

“Aww who’s this? You’re little brother? Just drop him off at a daycare and come hang with us for a while~”

“Hm? What did you just say? Little brother?”

You: “Oh no...”

After Riddle yelling and screaming at the two men, they finally backed off. You had to calm Riddle down from chasing them because it would be big trouble if he started a fight outside of school. He even almost took his magic pen out to collar them, but luckily you were there to stop his wrath

Now every time you two go on dates he holds your hand or links arms with you and stares down any man that looks at you in a certain way. He’s never letting that incident happen ever again

With Leona he doesn’t care much for actual walking/going out type of dates. He’d rather stay inside and sleep, read, or watch videos together (snuggle dates anyone?)

However on the occasion when he does decide to take you out, it might be off campus and wherever you want, with him being a prince and all, he has enough money to take you on your perfect date almost anywhere within their world

If it’s in his hometown/kingdom then no one will mess with you, not with the crown prince by your side (Rook lowkey spying on you guys Istg)

But outside of that safe area, that’s when he starts to get more protective over you. May you be a beast-person yourself or not, his protective side would most likely be going off the charts

Him being a beastmen itself is intimidating, but he does seem to be on the not so taller side (even though he’s taller than most of us) he also doesn’t seem to have a lot of muscle compared to jack or other students in NRC but honestly the fact that he’s still Dorm leader just means he’s stronger than all of them (which is just scary) So on a the rare occasion that someone does catcall you, that is a huge mistake on their end

“Hey there sweetheart, how about you spend some time with me instead?”

*Lion growls intensifies*

“They’re fine. Why don’t you take your weak ass home before I kick your face in?”

Before the guy can say anything back Leona sends a loud lion roar his way making him run with his tail between his legs (figuratively and/or literally)

Needless to say Leona rarely takes you out anymore, especially outside his kingdom, and when he does he’s even more protective than usual. Not that you mind though. Having a big lion cling to you isn’t so bad after you get to know the perks

Ah yes, Azul Ashengrotto, a very classy man. I can just see the very well thought out, sort of classy, sort of casual date that he keeps a booklet of plans for. Only for you to say something just casual and nothing too big. Of course he’ll listen but he’ll add his own fancy flair to the date to make it perfect for the both of you

He gets to see you happy and you get alone time with your cute, intelligent, handsome, octopus boyfriend. What more could you two ask for?

Most of your dates tended to take place in the Mostro Lounge originally, but now you two try to keep it at a balance of both the Mostro Lounge and outings

(Special cute date bonus points if you’re also a merfolk! He doesn’t like to turn into an octopus much so it’s nice to be his true self sometimes)

If you are out on a date instead at the Mostro Lounge, Azul may tell Jade and Floyd to spy on you two just in case anything may happen, from a distance of course. But the twins, being themselves, would get bored most of the time so if by some miracle for them someone catcalls you they would get excited, Azul, not so much

“Hey good lookin’. How you doin’ on this fine day?”

You: “Um, sorry sir do I know you?”

“No, but you can get to kno-“

“Just ignore him, Angelfish.”

As you two walk past him he tries to give chase but he suddenly becomes muffled from behind

You don’t turn back due to Azul going on about new improvements to the Mostro Lounge, you meeting his family, how you make him happy, etc. He’s definitely not trying to distract you from the Twins “talking” to the guy

He won’t refuse to take you out anymore, he just really likes Mostro Lounge dates better, maybe a date at his moms restaurant would be nice too. But now the twins ask for a slightly higher pay when the outings happen

He doesn’t know what catcalling is, he’d need to ask you or Jamil about it. Bless his soul. He wouldn’t understand the weird mind of crude men in the world

At first all the dates were fun; partying and stuff, but if you didn’t feel up to it of course he’ll just be super smitten and soft with you. He could never force you to do something you didn’t want to do

You just wanna watch TV and cuddle? Sure!

You just want to have a cute little dinner together? Of course!

You wanna have a fun outing but bring Jamil with you guys for some reason? Absolutely!

Kalim is down for anything as long as it makes you happy. You are his most precious jewel after all

If you end up on a date out and you get catcalled, he’d completely ignore them thinking that they were talking to someone else and drag you to a store or wherever to buy you something, that is if you didn’t tell him what catcalling is yet

If you told him he’d look to see if they were talking to you and talk to them for you in such a positive light

“Hey there hot stuff. You look good today.”

You: “...Kalim. Can we go somewhere else?”

“Hm? Why? The shop isn’t too far from here.”

You silently point to the guy behind you; That’s when Kalim realizes the situation and opens his mouth before the guy can say anything else

“Um, excuse me sir. But can you please leave them alone? I know that they’re super attractive and beautiful, but they’re mine.”

I feel like he’d say that with such a warm smile that the guy would just stay silent for a moment before saying sorry and walk away slightly irritated

All honesty, with how nice Kalim is anyone wouldn’t want to hurt him. Although I don’t know if it always works (which is why I feel like Jamil lowkey spy’s on you guys on dates to keep you both safe)

With Vil...Gosh I honestly think both of you would get catcalled, maybe not even you just him because HAVE YOU SEEN THIS BEAUTIFUL MAN?!

But if given the situation he’d be very calm and collected about it, yet in the inside, he’s boiling with rage. How can someone be so rude and ignorant out in public?

I feel like he would be in disguise as to hide the fact he’s a celebrity so that you two can enjoy your elegant and fun date in peace without having to worry about fans running up to him every minute, or paparazzi on his case taking pictures and trying to cause a scandal. It’s hard being a celebrity and it’s even harder dating one in private. Especially if you both are still in high school, boy everyone wants to know the tea

Everything was going well until some catcalling bastard whistled in your direction. All honesty, Vil would rush you two out of there as fast as possible before anything could happen

I feel like he wouldn’t care much for those type of people and avoids them as much as capably possible

“I’m so sorry for that imbecile back there, my dear. But let’s face it; Our beauty is too ethereal for our own good.”

*dramatic hair flip*

And on with your beautiful day. Hopefully no one recognizes him however

It doesn’t happen

It will never happen

Because this boy doesn’t go out

He’d prefer to stay inside and play games or watch shows, much like Leona, but Ortho could possibly convince him with a bit of time and brotherly love

But let’s say that you two do go out; he’d be a nervous mess and wouldn’t want to go anywhere too crowded. He’d be panicking, starting to babble to himself, trying to figure out if you two should hold hands or not, then all the insecurities start pouring in, but at least he has you with him to help pull things together

Even so, who would want to catcall the partner of a man with blue flames as hair? I honestly just think that if it were to happen he’d just give them an almost literal death glare, deadly enough to make them back off or run. Not gonna lie, his ego might get a bit of a burst. (Note Idia actually has a pretty big ego. He is based off of Hades from the Disney film Hercules after all. Although that doesn’t mean he can’t be insecure)

Just make sure to take him to a game shop after as a thank you. He might say something along “I love you” if he hasn’t already, I feel like he’d question why you were interested in someone like him in the first place

(he’s just relatable and fun. He kinda gives me Leviathan from Obey Me vibes)

Again probably doesn’t go out much

He’d be so happy to go out with you of course, but he seems more of a Go out late at night with no one around kind of guy

He wouldn’t want anyone staring at you and him, he’d probably think that it would cause problems for you in the relationship, and of course he wouldn’t want that at all. He’d much rather have it feel as if though you two were walking around Ramshackle, as usual

And as much as he would love to take you back to his kingdom, he feels it’s just a bit too early for that

But if you two had the opportunity to walk around town on the island late at night, then maybe there would be catcallers, albeit, drunk and don’t know what their doing

In that case Malleus would probably just get you out of there as fast as possible, but if things got bad he’d probably try to kill them

“Heyyy~ there cutie~ wanna drink with us and party~?”

You: “Ah, no thank you sir.”

“Oh come one now hot stuff! Why not?”

“Because they’re with me.”

“What the? What are you? A troll? Hehe~”

You: “Just leave me alone, thank you.”

“Aww but we wanna have fun~ ditch the troll and come with us~”

If they tried to grab you, oh boy they better get ready to have a broken arm. You’d have to stop Malleus from trying to burn them with his fire breath, or stop him from covering them in thorn vines, or something else very dangerous

After that he’d be very cautious of where you two were going and of the people around you. He loves you and always wants to be there to protect you. But he also doesn’t want to be insulted, he’s going through enough already

[tuiccim]

Almost Had Me Believing It - Part 4

Pairing: Bucky Barnes x Reader    

Word Count: 1569

Warnings: Mutual pining, smut

Summary: An undercover operation playing Bucky Barnes’ wife is a dream come true. Playing house in the suburbs while trying to take down a drug ring brings you and Bucky closer but a nosy neighbor causes trouble in paradise.

A/N: Divider by @whimsicalrogers​

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A few days later you and Bucky sit at breakfast discussing how to get more information about Frank. 

“Well, we know one way I could get in his house but I’d rather chew glass.” You grouse.

“You, uh, you don’t find him attractive?” Bucky stutters.

“No. I mean, Frank’s a good looking guy, but he’s not a good person. He gives me the creeps, honestly.” You shudder. 

Bucky reins in his smile at hearing that. He hated the idea of you liking any other man. At some point while running through the meadow yesterday, he realized you weren’t afraid of him. He was chasing you and you had this glorious smile on your face. There was no fear or anxiety about you as he tackled you to the ground. You had laughed as he did it and held onto him during the ride as if you felt safe with him. It was nothing short of a miracle in Bucky’s eyes. Very few people in his life watched him approach them without some apprehension in their eyes or tension in their body and nobody looked to him as a refuge of safety but you had. He still didn’t think he deserved it but he was determined to be a safe place and friend to you. 

“He’s not like you.” You say the sentence, pulling Bucky out of his thoughts, while causing butterflies to erupt in your stomach. 

“Like me?” Bucky says in surprise. 

“You’re a good looking guy but you’re also good and sweet and kind. You want to help people, not destroy them, not hurt them. And you don’t give me the creeps.” You laugh lightly hoping to cover the emotions you feel towards the man in front of you. 

Bucky chuckles, “I’m glad I don’t give you the creeps.”

“Not at all.” You smile at him. 

“You’re a peach.” 

You smile at him and then the light bulb goes on over your head, “I have an idea.” You grab a large cup from the cabinet. 

“What are you doing?” Bucky asks. 

“Well, we are out of sugar.”

“No, we’re not. It’s right there on the counter.”

You take the container and dump it out in the trash, “Oops. As I was saying, we’re out of sugar. I’m gonna go borrow a cup from our neighbor.”

“How does that get us more information about him?”

“He’ll invite me in and I’ll plant a bug.” You say as you pull one of the devices out of your pocket.

“I’ll go with you.” Bucky says. 

“That’d look a little strange. Maybe he’ll let his guard down if I’m alone.”

“I don’t like you being alone with him.”

“I’ll be fine, Bucky. If I can take you to the mat I don't think I’ll have a problem with Frank.” You smirk at the supersoldier. Bucky gives you a nod and crosses his arms looking unhappy. “I’ll be back.” You say as you head for the door. 

Frank answers his front door within a couple of minutes and smiles, “Hey. What’s up?”

“I’ve come to beg a favor of a benevolent neighbor.” You repeat the phrase Frank had used a few days ago. 

Frank laughs, “Are you in need of coffee?”

“Sugar. I knocked the container over and lost it all on the floor. Do you have some to spare?” You keep your expression self-deprecating and sweet. 

“Of course. Come on in. I have all kinds of sugar you can have, gorgeous.” 

“I just need the white granulated kind,” you giggle as you slip past him into the house.

You follow Frank to the kitchen. He takes the cup from your hand and goes to the pantry to retrieve the sugar for you. Taking a quick assessment of the available real estate for a bug, you attach it to a space where you hope it can pick up sound in both the kitchen and living room. 

“So, I’ve actually been meaning to talk to you.” Frank says as he emerges. 

“Yeah?” 

“About a job.”

“Oh! Great. Where?” You ask. 

“Do you have any bookkeeping experience?” Frank asks. 

“Yes. I worked for a couple of small offices where I doubled as the office manager as well as nurse. I’m pretty decent at that kind of thing. Where’s the job?”

“Here.”

“What?” You look at him utterly confused. 

“You know I’m a landlord and I have several properties. I need someone to do billing, take the payments, handle utilities, deal with the tenant requests. The accounting side has never been my strong suit and I added three more properties in the past year. It would just be part-time. If you're interested…”

“Part-time is exactly what I’m looking for right now. Do you want me to bring you a resume?”

“I’ll take you at your word.” Frank winks. “Why don’t you come back after lunch and I’ll have everything together for us to look at?”

“Are you sure about this? I don’t want to take advantage of our friendship, Frank.”

“I’m sure, gorgeous.” Frank puts an arm around your shoulders as he walks you to the door. “I’ll see you this afternoon, right?”

“Okay. Thanks, Frank.” You smile as you head back to your house. You find Bucky in the office messing with the receiver. “Is it working?”

“As soon as you attached it, I could hear everything. A job offer, huh?” Bucky raises an eyebrow. 

“Yeah. A lot of access that way.” You smile. 

“A lot of time alone with you.” Bucky grouses. 

“I’ll be okay, Bucky. This is good.” 

--

You had spent the afternoon with Frank going over everything with him touching you nearly constantly. Your skin crawled but you managed to play him off. His books really were a mess and you arranged to work with him for the next few afternoons to get things in order. This would afford you the opportunity to plant more bugs. Hopefully, this would also help you gain Frank’s trust and get him to eventually reveal his not so legal dealings. Bucky was unhappy with your report of the afternoon. He did not like you spending so much time alone with Frank. 

“Come here, Doll.” Bucky beckons to you from the living room.

“What’s up?” You ask. 

Bucky puts his arms around you and his hands grab your ass, “Jump.”

You wrap your arms around Bucky’s neck and jump wrapping your legs around him. Bucky presses you against the wall and you whisper, “Frank watching us?”

“Yup.” Bucky says as he presses his lips to the side of your neck. You arch your neck to give him better access. “Thought he might need another show. Don’t want him getting any ideas that you working for him is gonna get him anywhere.”

“I appreciate that.” You are desperately trying to hold in your moans as Bucky kisses your neck and your hands grasp his hair. Giving in to your own impulse, you pull his head back and meet his lips with your own. Bucky melds his mouth to yours and you feel his hands flex their grasp on your ass. His tongue slides into your mouth and the moan you had been holding in slips out. Your hips shift of their own accord and you can feel Bucky’s erection pressed against you. Bucky pushes away from the wall and carries you down the hallway. He pulls his lips away from yours and gently lowers you to the floor outside your room.

“You okay?” He asks.

“Yeah, you?” 

“Yeah.” He looks at you for a moment. “I hope you didn’t mind. I know I was touching-”

“Bucky. It’s fine. You’re just trying to keep Frank off me. I appreciate that. Plus, you're my husband, right?” You smile. 

“Yeah. I just, I don’t want to take advantage of the situation.” Bucky says. 

“I know you wouldn’t do that, Bucky. Don’t worry, okay? Good night.” You hug him around his torso and scurry into your room. 

Bucky retreats to his room and flops down on the bed. You had reassured him that you knew he wouldn’t take advantage, but that’s exactly what he was doing. He saw an opportunity to touch you again and he couldn’t pass it up. You had felt and tasted just as sweet as the first time he’d touched you a few nights ago. You were the one who’d kissed him though. For a minute, he allowed himself to indulge in the thought that you had wanted it, that you had enjoyed it. That your moan had been real. The kiss had been real. The way you rolled your hips against him was because you wanted him, too. 

Bucky’s hand moved of their own volition and pushed down his sweats. His cock was painfully hard and he had to relieve the pressure. Fisting himself he remembers your sweet whimpers when he had rutted against you the other night, the moans you released as the two of you kissed tonight, and he imagines his hand is you wrapped around him. He thinks of how wet you would be as he presses into you and the breathy little sounds you’d make as he bottomed out inside you. “Fuck.” Bucky whispers as he imagined your face scrunched up in ecstasy. His hand speeds up as he pictures you riding him and he bucks up into his hand. “Fuck.” he whispers one more time as he comes all over his stomach.

Part 5

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Well, I let Kou talk about her love life a little:

“Look, I’m not going to talk about all these ‘tino guys and gals, but Trish? Trish was something.

I sometimes think: what if I picked the other way that night? What If I didn’t help a stranger in distress? But you know what? It doesn’t matter, because I was there and I did that, and here we are.

I tried to talk everything out first, but there were three of them, a girl, frozen in panic, and… well… me. Of course, they saw my tats and my ring, but guys when more than one, think not with their brains but with testosterone. No offense. I’m not gonna lie that I won that fight. It actually was very stupid of me to engage, but I didn’t think with my brain either.

The girl was smart enough to run away when they switched on me, so I was the only one who got hurt. Honestly, I thought I wouldn't make it, but then cops appeared. In the middle of the night, in Vista. Fucking a miracle, that saved my life. Later I found out that wasn't a miracle at all, but then I just ran to Lola’s place as fast as I could, beaten and half blinded.

So the next day I and Lola spent, trying to figure out how to get enough money to buy me some half-assed optic, and didn’t really pay attention to some fuss starting outside her house. But the noise was only getting louder, so we went out to see a shiny new limo and some suits, and with them, there was her, yesterday's girl. They came to find me, suddenly, with good intent.

They took me to a clinic, a real one, with clean floors and actual doctors, and let me pick my new eyes myself. I thought it’s over. Honestly, it was already much more than I could have hoped for. I didn't even bother to remember the girl's name, but she found me again. This time with no bodyguards, this stupid corpo kid just went back to the place she was attacked a week before to make sure I’m all right. I was so furious when taking her out of the district, but there was something in her smile, in a way she talked to me, and in the sole fact she cared, so instead of kicking her ass back to Wellsprings, I agreed to meet again, in a safer place.

So, it started. Somehow. Don’t look at me like this! It was her who kissed me first by the way. Oh, you should’ve seen her shock when I immediately started undressing! Though I probably looked even worse when she explained to me I don’t have to sleep with anybody who showed me a bit of affection. I think we were fucking groundbreaking for each other.

But nothing good lasts forever, right? Her parents had a short contract, and they didn't want to prolong it, so they went back to Europe, and Trish came with them of course. I wasn’t allowed to her farewell party, but I found a way to sneak in, so we could say goodbye to each other. And we remained friends, calling each other often no matter how big the ocean was between us. Marcy even got jealous sometimes.

Marcy? It happened in Atlanta.

It was so fun that people decided I went there willingly, to seek a better life, while in reality a couple of Padre’s guys just picked me up in the middle of the night and took me to the bus station. There I got a message from my boss, something like “God forgives you for your sin, child, but don’t show your ass on Night City streets ever again.” He sent me some eddies and a ticket to the East and considering the troubles I got him into, it was really generous.

I didn’t know anyone in Atlanta, so it took me some time to find my place in the city, get some rep, and get to know the right people. But eventually, I got my shit together and even got extra time. Found a nice gym and people to spare with, and there I met Marcia.

I can’t believe I never told you this story. After the gym, I took her sneakers by mistake. You know we all were wearing these limited ‘Jags' that year, well, or copies of them. So I realized that they were not my sneakers only at home, and next time in the gym I tried to find the owner. Marcy found me herself and started by calling me a thief. You already know it’s the shortest way to my heart, right?

Anyway, we’ve got a fight that ended up with a good laugh, and I invited her for a couple of drinks in the club, and once we hit the dance floor it was settled. God, how we danced! Everyone was staring at us, and I’m not kidding!

So, yeah, Marcia.

You know, I lost my head over her, completely. I didn't even care who she was and what she was doing. Being with her wasn’t easy but was so rewarding, she made this whole city feel different to me, almost like home. But I… maybe I still wasn’t really ready for… you know, something bigger. So when I realized we were not just sex and parties, I panicked and broke up with her.

Sometimes life gives you a second chance, but not with people like her. I still don’t understand how Marcia did it, but she somehow erased the data about her from my system: all the messages, all the photos, everything. Only later I found out she wasn't just some girl from a dance band, but a netrunner, going by the name “Cut”. What can I say? No optics can help you if you wanna be blind.

I was lost, again, because without her Atlanta was… limited. I didn’t notice how much she grew into my life, so I lost not only a girlfriend but half of my habitual life. Inertia kept me moving for a couple of months, but when Trish called and offered me a ticket to the Moon, I jumped to the nearest bus heading West.

And here I was back, in the city I was born in, just for one last night before the rocket would take me up, to my new life far above. Just one night, that changed everything. Night City took me back from the moment I tasted its air again, and in the morning, watching the sunrise on the pier in Pacifica I showed Jackie the launching rocket that should’ve taken me and said I lost my only chance to see the stars.

But I saw them after all, yes, and they were cold, cruel, and burned me alive. And then, you know…

No, I’m not going to tell you about you, Goro. What new are you hoping to hear? Some big words like you’re the love of my life? It wouldn't be true! Yes! You are not! My love is big, beautiful, gorgeous… and unjust, ruthless, and unforgiving. Yeah, it’s Night City, not you!

But you are much more than this, Goro, you are my home now. So please, put me fucking back to the floor!”

[chisaron]

an assortment of my various stages of questionable good omens headcanons and observations:

✓ Aziraphale doesn't actually read that much, he's more interested in the process of tracking down, acquiring and categorising books. the process of chasing a rare item is very invigorating to him even though it doesn't look like it from outside perspective

✓he enjoys reading relatively few things, and the choices might be rather unpredictable, but if he chooses to read a book, he will get l o s t in it, be it a comedy gold theological tractate or horrible soft-cover smut

✓ he can track down a book's publishing place and time by its watermarks amazingly well and knows all flavours of five bells jokester watermark. he also uses miracles to see the watermark clearer

✓ he was Not on good terms with Oscar Wilde but exchanged a lot of friendly letters with Andersen

✓ Crowley hung around Handel quite a lot. they slacked So Much work together and apart

✓ Crowley did or does enjoy bebop and Aziraphale teases him about his Thelonious Monk fanboy phase non-stop even forty years after

✓ Crowley has taken credit for inventing Minecraft manhunts and watches them himself

✓ they were actually invented by sister Mary Loquacious, but no one knows that because women's heritage in media is constantly getting erased

✓ Aziraphale is a sci-fi nerd. I don't know shit about Star trek but i bet he ships Garashir

✓ Crowley falls asleep instantly if you rustle his hair or scratch his head. Aziraphale uses it to get some alone time without having to ask since they started living together

✓ Aziraphale gets gifted lots of weird ass shit by his human acquaintances which he usually displays in the bookshop to scare off customers

✓ Aziraphale brews home-made kombucha. It's also used to scare off customers. Honestly, have you seen home-made kombucha.

✓ I̷ ̸d̷o̷ ̶n̵o̶t̵ ̵h̵a̴v̶e̶ ̴a̴n̸y̷ ̶h̶e̷a̵d̸c̶a̶n̵o̸n̶s̷ ̸a̶b̴o̵u̵t̴ ̶t̸h̷e̶ ̷c̵o̷n̶t̴e̷n̵t̵s̷ ̵o̴f̷ ̸h̷i̷s̶ ̴b̷a̵s̵e̵m̵e̸n̴t̵

✓ Crowley was a Gary Cooper fanboy in the 1930s. He generally did a lot of fanboying as you can tell

✓ Crowley doesn't hate the tartan pattern and that scene with bicycle straps was not about the pattern at all

✓ Crowley has a very quiet voice with a surprisingly big range - from really low and raspy to squeaky cartoon villain - that he can't really control that well

✓ he's only loud around Aziraphale when he needs to Prove A Point or when he's really REALLY mad

✓ Aziraphale's voice has a distinct sing-songy note to it that can be very calming or very annoying

✓ Aziraphale is really good at tetris

✓ he seldom dabbles in videogames, but when he does, he's lost to society for about a week. he will not come out of it stronger, but he will come out with all the secret spots and achievements possible and maybe a couple more

✓ Aziraphale enjoys making the most horrible choices in videogames and seeing where they lead. Since Crowley's learned to plug in his computer and discovered the rpg genre, he's always acted quite nice to most npcs. Both would never admit it.

✓ you've heard of mandatory The Sound of music seances in Heaven, now prepare for mandatory Grinch for team building and inspiration in Hell. Crowley cries every time.

✓ Crowley never grows flowers because he feels kinda bad for yelling at them, but he has lots of floral patterns in his clothes and home décor. They're all, of course, very cool

✓ both Aziraphale and Crowley find scholastic philosophy hilarious and silently respect the other one for the joke. Neither of them had anything to do with it

✓ Crowley has some scales on his body but when people happen to see them they take it for a skin condition

✓ Aziraphale feels very uncanny to some people, usually to those who understand that reality is strange and unknowable, therefore are open to perceiving part of his angelic nature

✓ Crowley is generally a bit creepy but he tries and fails hard to be friendlier

✓ his stressed-out communication mode is absent-minded politeness that may come off as sarcasm if you're not attentive to the tone

✓ Crowley loves jewellery, in 20th century this love was translated onto watches and chains

✓ Aziraphale is very open to new tastes while Crowley sticks to his comfort foods and is a very picky eater in general. But if he likes something, he is Not moderate. It goes the opposite way for clothing

✓ Aziraphale always keeps some sweets in his bookshop in case Crowley comes by. He himself doesn't have a sweet tooth and will always prefer something more savoury

✓ Aziraphale swears rarely but strongly. Crowley swears all the time but rather toothlessly

✓ they enjoyed walking arm in arm since forever and prefer it to holding hands even as a couple

[sunflowericescribbles]

So here's an idea: (to stop my bleeding heart and make me feel better.

Alternate beginning of Arcane in which Vi and Powder accidently got separated from each other before they can find their dead parents. Vi still happens to meet Vander who takes her with him while Powder is running into Silco. The latter one wasn't planning on taking Powder with him, but circumstances (and a kid begging to help her find her sis and parents) convinced him otherwise. Unfortunatly that's not so easy because the whole place is a total mess and still dangerous, so leaving her behind is getting less and less an option. (And what does it really matter if he drags her along with him while he's also trying to gather his people back together and assessing the damage that's been done?)

Anyway, it's pure luck Silco and Vander run into each other some days later between all the wreckage without killing each other because they get distracted by watching the two sisters reuniting. They both also realize it's a bad timing for a continuation of their feud and Silco rather takes it as a chance to leave Powder in Vander's care. Of course Vander is not happy about this one-sided decision, because why should he be the one taking care of both children? But Silco's already backing out of it so as to not give his rival any chance of negotiation, when Powder suddenly clings to him (again) and begs him not to leave them.

Silco is not moved, though, just tells her to better stay with her sister and Vander and walks away before the latter can start another argument with him.

He could have led a peaceful childfree life after this, but somehow when he's out and wandering the lanes a little bluehaired girl sometimes still finds him and won't leave him alone. And he really just wants to be left alone and doesn't want to care, but when he sees her walking around all by herself, no sister, no other familymember or protector by her side, he wonders what the hell Vander was doing or if somebody even noticed she was gone.

It's sheer luck that she finds him when trouble is coming her way and Silco decides this is the last straw. He takes her to Vander and it's probably the first time in years he's got other reasons than his usual ones to go in and start a new argument with his former sworn brother. Like "Can't you better watch out for the kid? Did you even know where she's gone? What the hell are you even doing with two kids when you can't even look out for them properly?"

Which is answered by Vander with: "At least I am trying to be there for them! And it's not so easy when you're doing the parenting all alone and what right do you even have to talk to me like that? You backed out before you even tried and now you are lecturing me on how to take care of them? Tell you what: you get the right to argue with me about it when you take on the same responsibility!"

It's honestly a miracle they're not ending up bashing each others heads in (again) - probably thanks to children being present.

Anyway, Silco makes it clear that if he ever spots one of the girls - especially the blue one - in one of his districts again, he won't be there to help them back and Vander can try to run after them by himself.

Well, let's just say this doesn't really work out, because Powder finds him anyway while he's in the middle ripping his idiotic henchmen a new one for a deal gone wrong. "Does this look like some explosive sticks to you, you damn idiot? This are crayons, fucking crayons!" - "You've got crayons? Mine don't really work, so do you wanna trade?", little Powder asks happily.

Silco ends up with the right package after All thanks to her and somehow finds himself in Vander's new bar (again), complaining about being surrounded by idiots. "Not you, though, you're a smart girl", he tells Powder, who doesn't hesitate to proudly tell Vander about how she acquired the crayons thanks to Silco trading with her. (Vander will never let him live this down, if the way he's laughing his ass off is any indicator.)

And this is how over time, they form a sort of reluctant family (and maybe they'll find a common ground again.)