#i can ALWAYS work these dudes back to ot4 status watch me do it

[vegaseatsass]

A few hours after I sent @veliseraptor some Vegas AUs for that meme, another AU hit me which I became obsessed with and thus must now share: My Stand-In AU. Fusion? Whichever!

Pete is the tireless, hard-working, unseen power behind Kinn's action movie empire: his stand-in. The loyal guy who puts his body on the line for Kinn every day but remains invisible and uncredited for it. And that's just the way Pete likes it! Until one day, Kinn's insanely hot cousin cracks a joke about Pete's ass from behind, and this momentary unexpected attention awakens something in Pete and he starts wanting to be seeeeen. Luckily for him, Vegas appears to be... really looking? No, sorry Pete, he is actually obsessed with his cousin who hates him, and having one of his typical obnoxious, needlessly sexual (longingly sexual) comments be received with flustered joy instead of disdainful annoyance has awakened something in him. He never realized there was someone who looked so much like Kinn from behind, but when he's with Pete he can pretend Kinn actually wants him, that the affection of their childhood relationship still exists beneath all the toxicity.

Except the more Pete starts to show himself to Vegas, and connect to Vegas and see him in ways Kinn hasn't in as long as he can remember, the more Vegas inadvertently grows attached to Pete for who he is. But will he be able to communicate that to Pete once Pete finds out their relationship was originally All About Kinn? What about after he chains Pete up in his family's safehouse to keep him from breaking up with him/"choosing Kinn"?? And will this all resolve in a very psychological threeway with Kinn once he finds out his sneaky manipulative sexy little cousin has seduced his stand-in out of his service? STAY TUNED ON MY STAND-IN: LA FORTE!

[empyreansmoon]

Title: Let’s Get Physical!

Pairing: Ot4!Empyrean, Ot3!DarkMoon, Empyrean/DarkMoon

Main Character(s): Changyun, Jaejin, Daehyeon, Deoksu, Eunjae, Chan, Yeonjin ( @thedarkmoons​ )

Summary: Empyrean Moon’s monthly sports night gets an addition, when brother group Dark Moon decides to tag along with the former group as they all drive up to a hectic game of volleyball at CEO Kim Taehui’s house. 

The sharp noise of the whistle piercing through the large backyard of Kim Taehui’s residence, albeit without the presence of said Kim Taehui. It was around 7pm, and it was the much awaited night: Empyrean’s monthly sport night. The CEO had suggested that the boys could always go over to his house in Busan, and have their nights at his place, considering how he spent most of his time in his apartment at Seoul anyways. Thus, the tradition of traveling to Busan to do whatever their heart’s wished (that would not work in their dorms) was born. 

Tonight’s challenge: winning the volleyball tournament, losers will be forced to do the winner’s bidding for a week, while the winner secures bragging rights until their next tournament.

However, it was a bit different from normal. Rather than the four boys of Empyrean battling it out like always, this time around the three boys of Dark Moon had tagged along. 

The two groups were, in the simplest of terms, close friends. Having known each other since they were trainees, it only made it more heartwarming to see one another debut. Being considered literal brother groups with opposite concepts, the boys had always made attempts into solidifying their friendship, especially since brothers Yeonjin and Daehyeon were hellbent on making the two groups friends. 

And what better way to build their friendship than through healthy competition. 

The sun had just dipped below the horizon, allowing for the warm day to fade and the city of Busan to slowly become a bit darker. 

“Listen up-”

“Hey, just because you’re the oldest doesn’t mean we have to listen to you.” 

“What?” Changyun’s face quickly morphed into one of absolute confusion, to that of a playful smile as he shook his head at Deoksu’s response. “Thanks for reminding me of my crippling old age. But, since I am the oldest...listen up!”

“Hey!” Yeonjin’s voice cut through the backyard as he pushed the sliding door shut, his hand holding a few plastic bags, while Eunjae rushed towards him to help him carry the bags. “We called a break, don’t start the game without me!”

“Of course, how could we ever forget the MVP?” Jaejin retorted in a joking manner, eyeing the food that had been delivered, his stomach grumbling. 

“Guys, pay attention I’m laying down the rules and-”

“Hey, did you get spicy wings?” Chan interrupted Changyun again, grabbing some of the boxes inside the bags and beginning to open them to inspect the food inside. 

“This is so rude.”

“Maybe you just don’t have the needed leadership-skills.” Deoksu teased the elder as he bumped his shoulder with the latter’s, making Changyun groan jokingly and wrap an arm around Deoksu’s neck before ruffling his hair.

“Okay, listen up guys” Eunjae shouted from his spot at the table that was in the backyard, dressed in black and white to show off his status as a referee. “Let’s get this game finished so Empyrean can finally secure our position as the superior group!”

“Wait,” Daehyeon frowned towards the younger as he got up from tying his shoes. “How does this work when the referee is clearly biased?”

“I am not!” the younger rebutted, his hands flying to his hips. “Stating facts is not being biased.”

“We’re going to be the losers even if we pull of a win.”

“Gosh, Dae, how can you be a sore loser when the game hasn’t even finished?” Yeonjin teased his older brother as he eyed him through the volleyball net, his smile making Dae roll his eyes. 

“Let’s just play!” Changyun announced, kicking up the ball that was by his feet before throwing it over the court, “You guys are supposed to serve.”

Deoksu smiled before grabbing the volleyball and throwing it back to Chan, before running to the back of the court getting ready to start the game. 

The game had started earlier in the day, the teams consisting of the Dark Moon trio versus Deoksu, Chan, and Yeonjin. Eunjae had opted to sit out to make the teams more even, and he claimed his height was already a natural disadvantage. 

Originally, the seven boys had juggled with the prospect of switching stuff up, and making the teams merged from both groups to make it more interesting, but when the idea of making the losing team be the winning team’s minions for the next week came up the teams were set: Empyrean v. Dark Moon, so they could establish which brother group was more superior. 

The game was a dead-tie, both groups neck to neck in their points. They decided to remove all the normal rules for the games, and simply play until whichever group hit 30 points first, regardless of any fouls or anything. 

“Serving 28-27, get ready to lose, losers.”

“Yeah, losers.” Yeonjin gigged while nodding and high fiving Chan. 

The ball went into the air as Chan smacked it towards the opposing side, allowing for Jaejin to leap for the ball and bounce it against his wrist for Daehyeon to jump and spike at the other team. 

Yeonjin went in to receive the ball, allowing for a clean pass to Chan, who once again decided to spike it right towards their sides, in hopes that Jaejin would flinch away like a previous time. 

Truth be told...as intense as the boys visualized the game to be (and trust Eunjae, they were visualizing it as if they were in Haikyuu, slow-downs occurring in their minds, and dramatic shots happening every time a member breathed), Eunjae was bored out of his mind. 

The boy genuinely felt like the best part of this tournament was finding a cute outfit to wear, in order to be dressed up as the referee. He had a black and white striped top on, and his black running shorts, with black paint smeared onto his cheeks as if he was ready for a fight. 

Although his job was to monitor the game and the boys, Eunjae couldn’t really be bothered since there were no set rules. At all. No out-of bounds, not rule about how many times a team could keep juggling the ball on their side. Maybe Eunjae volunteered just to watch them sweat up a storm, but what they didn’t know didn’t hurt them. 

The sudden high pitched laughter caught Eunjae’s attention only for him to look up and see Yeonjin laughing and pointing to Daehyeon who was flat on the ground, with Jaejin right on top of him. 

“Jaejin!”

“It wasn’t my fault!”

“You were in a fucking trance!”

“Dude, when an ass like his,” Jaejin pointed at Dae’s face, who had a slight blush on his face but was still laughing to himself, “ends up in your face, you can’t help but freeze a little. Sue me!”

Changyun sighed to himself, his heads reaching up to rub at his temples, trying to ignore how his team-members were failing in comparison to Empyrean, who were playing rock-paper-scissors to see who was going to serve next. 

“Let’s finish this game up, there’s only one more point left I’m starving!” Eunjae whined from the sidelines, as if he wasn’t already opening up several of the boxes of chicken to dig through his own order.

The game started once again when Chan served the ball. Eunjae felt like it was more intense this time around, each of the boys were (sadly) playing like their lives depended on it, throwing themselves around at full force in order to make sure they win. 

The defining moment seemed to be when both Jaejin and Daehyeon had decided to go for the ball that was coming towards them without announcing that either of them would, allowing for them to collide into one another and completely miss the ball. 

“We won, losers!!!” the happy, and extremely loud voice that belonged to Yeonjin boomed across the backyard. He quickly rushed to embrace Chan and Deoksu into a small but tight hug. 

Eunjae let out a laugh watching the three aforementioned boys celebrate their win, while Dae was still on the floor as if he was dead to avoid Changyun’s nagging that was to come, while Jaejin was blaming Dae with the look in his eyes. 

Eunjae smiled at the boys, the overwhelming sense of happiness that was always around whenever they were together was one of Eunjae’s favorite things. He hopped out of the chair he was in to rush into the group hug, knowing damn well he was secretly hoping these moments wouldn’t just become a memory. 

[thelittlestspider]

get to know the writer tag

tagged by @the-color-of-roseblood, @ghost-possum, and @thevajunglebook. thank you for tagging me and i’m sorry it took this long.

i’m bad at coming up with questions so i’m not going to do the 10 questions. but i am going to answer the questions that were listed. also this is an open tag, so anyone who wants to do it can do it.

rules: answer 10 questions, create 10 new questions, and then tag 10 people

from the-color-of-roseblood:

1) We always talk about favorites. What’s your least favorite book?

hmmm. one book i’ve always hated is the scarlett letter. we read it in school and it was awful.

2) Do you have a favorite place to write? What’s it like there?

i didn’t really have a favorite place to write until recently. a few months ago i finally got a desk and i’ve been in love with it ever since. 

very, very cluttered. there’s all kinds of stuff piled on it. on one side i’ve got soda cans, plastic bottles, my phone; the other side is junk food, my glasses case, a couple of necklaces. i have an old sugar plum fairie barbie on the top shelf that i tried to sell, that nobody wanted even though i had it for like $5 (i might post a picture of it later bc it’s super pretty).

3) Do you have any artistic endeavors other than writing? If not, what else would you most like to learn to do?

back before the writing bug really bit me, i used to draw all the time. now i barely ever draw unless i get really inspired. 

hmmm, i don’t know. maybe sign up for duolingo and learn other languages?? other than that i don’t know.

4) What’s your favorite holiday? Why? Have you ever written a story involving that holiday?

halloween is my favorite, followed closely by christmas just bc i love the tacky decorations and the music and the movies and pretty much everything about it. 

looool i have tried to write fics involving these holidays, but they never come out how i want them to and i’ve kind of given up on it. 

5) How do you fight writer’s block?

silly answer: drink so much caffeine i ascend to the astral plane to get advice from the writing gods.

actual answer: there’s not really an easy way to answer this. sometimes i see writing posts that are like, “you have to write every day!!” and i’m thinking y’know that’s not always possible. whether i’m out of inspiration/ideas, or i’m in a depression spiral, or i’m tired from work, or maybe i’m just not feeling that particular project. it’s not a sin to need a break from your wips, bc even though it’s happy work it’s still work. and there’s no shame in needing to take a breather to get yourself sorted out. 

on days when i’m ready to write, i do different things to get myself pumped up for my wips. i’ll make playlists, make aesthetic boards, sometimes i torture my mutuals with rambles about my ocs or tag them with little excerpts from the project. i really like making an aesthetic tag so i can go and look at all the pretty stuff that makes me think of the wip, so i can remind myself why i want to write it in the first place.

6) At what point in a WIP do you decide to send it to your first beta readers/reviewers?

probably not until i’m at least done with a second draft. the first draft needs to have all those plot holes filled, all those loose threads woven back together, characters need developing. showing a beta reader my first draft would be like taking a person to a room filled with beginning sketches of people where they’re still just shapes instead of having any defining features. 

7) What’s your greatest inspiration?

i don’t think i have one lol.

8) A lot of writers have certain things they like to describe - food, clothes, fights, party scenes. What’s your favorite thing to describe?

emotional scenes where characters talk about their problems and they hug and maybe even cry. i’m a terrible person.

9) What’s your approximate ratio of reading to writing? How do you find time for both? Do you do both on the same day, or split it up?

you’re going to judge me for this, but i haven’t been reading actual books lol. the last few months i’ve just been reading fanfic oneshots with like the occasional multichapter fic thrown in. my attention span has been terrible.

10) What books would you recommend to someone to get them into reading?

i think it depends on the person. what i might find compelling, someone else might find super boring. 

from ghost-possum:

1. What is your favorite book in a genre that you don’t tend to write? If you do fantasy/sci-fi, what’s your favorite romance? If you write literary, what’s your favorite paranormal YA?

i don’t really like writing stuff that doesn’t have some kind of paranormal element. so i guess i’d say my writing enemy that i like reading is real world drama. 

my favorite books that are like idk period pieces i guess?? are Anne of Green Gables and Pride and Prejudice. 

as for stuff that’s based in more recent times, there’s a ya series i really like called tiny pretty things that’s about a group of ballerinas competing against each other for spots for prima ballerina?? and there’s a lot of drama and backstabbing. it’s kind of a dark series. 

2. What book would you love to see turned into a movie or tv show? Any particular reasons why?

i can’t think of anything right now. maybe green angel by alice hoffman?

3. Have you ever written a character with a certain real-life person in mind. Was it someone you know in real life or someone famous?

some of my ocs were originally based off acquaintances, but as i kept writing them the characters changed so much that they became pretty much unrecognizable. 

4. If your latest WIP had a color scheme, what would it be?

paper heart would be red, orange, pink, and purple. the colors of a sunset with the threat of darkness falling over everything. 

5. What do you eat or drink while writing (if anything)?

s’mores poptarts if i’m too lazy to get up and fix myself something. chips. different sodas: cherry coke, sunkist, grape fanta. 

6. What do you do to restore your inspiration when you’re not writing?

watch movies/tv shows. listen to podcasts or music. look at cool pictures. 

7. Coffee, Tea, Booze, or ALL THREE?

coffee and booze. i’m not a big fan of tea. 

8. Who is your favorite visual artist?

uhhhh, does studio ghibli count? their artwork is so appealing to look at.

9. Do you have any other creative pursuits outside of writing? What are they?

maybe learning other languages??

10. What is your favorite trope, the one you will always fall for and never get enough of?

AAAAAAAAAAA, ENEMIES TO FRIENDS TO LOVERS. 

from thevajunglebook: 

1. Describe your WIP as a cross between two movies.

i’m trying to think of what paper heart would be, but i’m drawing a blank. this needs to be its own game where someone else guesses what movies your wip is the lovechild of.

2. What’s your favorite part of writing communities?

cheering on and also being cheered on during the writing process. getting to read all these wonderful stories written by wonderful people. knowing other people are suffering just as much as i am lol. 

3. If you could collaborate with any writer (whether friend or idol), who would it be and what would you work on together?

i am terrible at collaborating with other people lol. 

4. Do you prefer reading/writing standalones or series? 

i love reading series, but i’m not good at writing them lol. yet somehow i always end up writing series.

5. Who is your ultimate OC otp(+)?

canon: for the next three days verse it’s between leana/yvonne and jason/bella for otp status. my ot5 is carter/matteo/violet/tiffany/nina. 

for defect i’d say my otp is joe/alec. also ethan/noah later on down the line.

ot3: ned/alec/sage 

ot4: ned/alec/joe/ray.

au: joe/ned/carter

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for the graveyard of the forgotten it’s definitely orrinaz/eliya/amnayel. 

6. If your OC(s) joined tumblr, what type of blog would they run?

i wish i could answer this question with the dedication it deserves. i feel like their blogs would have a lot of memes and shitposts with some aesthetic stuff thrown in. 

7. If you could write an adaptation of any story, which would it be?   

while i have zero desire to write an adaptation for a story, i’ve always liked the idea of a movie version of Green Angel by Alice Hoffman. mostly bc it’s surreal, a little weird, post apocalyptic, and it would just look really cool.

8. What common writing tips never work for you? And/or what uncommon advice do you swear by? 

anything that’s like, “if you don’t write everyday, you’re not a real writer!!” like chill dude. just bc i’m not cranking out 1,000 words a day like some lean, mean, writing machine doesn’t mean i’m not dedicated to what i’m doing. 

9. Do you research before, during, or after writing sessions? 

it depends. sometimes i get to a point in a fic where i’m like, “uh oh” and i go into a research spiral trying to find this one specific thing. thinking ah yes, this is the specific thing i need at this very moment that i probably could do without.

10. Have you had a writing epiphany that totally revamped your WIP?

if only. there were a few game changers in the next three days series that changed things for the better:

- the way carter and matteo first met lmao. 

- violet’s existence. 

- sage rescuing and then leaving violet and carter. 

- carter and nina’s bromance. 

- alec and carter, and also joe and matteo being siblings.

- tiffany seeing ghosts.