#i decided to write my own shameless self insert/reader pov

[roscayati]

Drabbles for potential Tech fan fiction

"What is that?" Tech posed the question but his expression read "wtf is that doing in your home". Mei barely lifted her head at the sound of the front door opening, the comment did seem to cause her offence beucase she opened her eyes wide and let out a soft growl. You walked past him, gently brushing your hand on his shoulder in reassurance.

"That is Mei." You knew thats not what was asking, but you were still a little annoyed. Maybe not warning him about the family pet tiger was already enough of petty revenge.

You set your speeder keys on the small hooks on the wall and kicked your shoes off, flexing your aching foot and just for extra measure rubbed your feet and the straw mat. No stinky feet. He still had not moved from the doorway, in fact he looked like he was ready to jump back outside as his eyes did not leave Mei. Mai had gone back to her light snoring.

" Tech your fine. She won't eat you unless I ask her to." Had it been an hour ago you would have. "Come in, we will eat and then rest. Am starving."

" What kind of animal is she." Of course he had to know, you thought. At least he was making his way in now.

"A zillo beast." You deadpanned, oh god you were not helping teh situation but you let the pettiness get the best of you. He shot you a glare as he took of his helmet. You bit your lip, his hair had been tousled in such a way that invited . . . inappropriate thoughts in your head. You enjoyed the way he squinted his eyes in annoyance, you like rilling "Mr.Perfect" up. "What, I thought you knew everything Tech. How could you not know what kind of animal Mei is?"

"Becuase I have never been to this planet before. Obviously". Tech replied, a matter so factly, helmet now resting on his hip looking more annoyed than ever. You yelped as he took a step forward onto the main floor.

"No! No shoes allowed in the house. You must take them off!" Your hand had outstretched to his chest to keep from from coming, his foot frozen midair awkwardly. "We don't want to bring all the dirt from outside into the house. Keep's the floor clean. No outside germs."

His eyes were wide, he was not wearing his armor anymore so he could feel your warm palm outstretched on his chest through the soft fabric. He felt a shiver, hoping you didn't notice he stepped back to remove the shoes.

"Am going to the kitchen to look for food." With that you left, his chest now feeling cold where your hand had lingered.

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The help who stayed year round was, interesting. It was a small family of two adults and 2 children. Refugees who your family employed year ago when they first arrived. They were honest and humble, keeping the house clean and the garden in shape, in exchange for a place to call their own. You were much older than the children, so your younger siblings grew up beside them and instead you called the wife of the help your friend. Currently, it was her husband and one of the children who sat at the table with you and Tech as you devoured your food.

"Am sorry to have woken you so late Mauricio, I hope I didn't scare any of you with our late night intrusion."

"Well, me and my wife were a bit concerned when Marisol woke us that she heard noise in the kitchen. But I knew if Mei wasn't roaring about then there was nothing to serious happening." Marisol, there daughter was nursing a cup of warm blue milk as she kept asking Tech questions about his "Clone Life" and the war. They sat across from you on the low table, Tech graciously answering all her questions in between bites even thought Mauricio told his daughter to let the man eat.

"How is Rosa? The last time I spoke, well before I left on that cursed expedition, she told me she wanted to try and contact her family. Did that have any leads?" You sipped on your juice now, finally full from all the food Mauricio pulled out from the fridge. Rosa made her pastel azteca last night plus plenty of giso with frijoles.

"Well, yes actually, the hold barricade on our home world finally broke 2 months ago so our message got through with your brothers help, he had to encode it so it couldn't get traced. Her parents are both alive and well, well as well as you can be in a post war. The only thing is her sister and husband, they didn't make it so she was greiving for a while." Mauricio looked ahead out the kitchen window, the stars could be seen.

" How awful . . . " You couldn't imagine losing any of your siblings, the mere thought of it was unbearable. " Did you attempt to contact your parents?"

Mauricio said nothing. He just stared out the window. Marisol turned to look at you, and looking at her solem gaze you understood. The atmosphere grew heavy. Well crap, good going. Tech glanced at you, he seemed unsure what to say. Or so you thought.

"Mr.Mauricio, do you speak of the planet Tenochxico?" The older man turned to Tech, "oh god", you pleaed in you'e head, "don't fuck it up Tech."

"Yes." He replied curtly now, Marisol looked up at Tech with an arched brow.

" Me and my brothers did a mission there once, two months ago actually. We were there to help break the blockcade, there is a lot of detials you can not know. But there was a elder couple we happened upon at one point, they were kind." He paused, hopefully trying to figure out how to put it nicely. " They were in, poor condition unfortuanelty. Their house had been destroyed in one of the raids and had injured the couple, we tried to get them help but there was no one coming nor nothing we could do."

"Why are you telling me this young man." Mauricio had tears in his eyes, Marisol stood from her cushion to go comfort her father, glaring at Tech. You stayed silent, curious to see where Tech was going with this. Tech always had a reason.

"The old women gave me a golden bracelet, she told me it was her son's. That I must wear it until I found her son, so that I should give it to him. And that when I did, to tell him the she missed him, to . . . to come home to his mother. She . . . her name was Esme. Her husbands name was Hernesto." Your an idiot, your an idiot for not connecting the dots when Tech told you why he wore a gold bracelet with a name that was not his.

Mauricio looked wide eyed as Tech pulled up the sleeve of the linen shirt and removed the bracelet with the mans name on it, handing it over to like it was delicate glass into the palm of Mauricio. In the few years you knew the man you'd never seen him shed a single tear, and now they would not stop flowing. Marisol looked frightend, seeing her father cry and you stared dumbfounded at Tech. The look on his face concerned you, just hours ago you guys were at each others throats and now he was being sentimental and, odd.

The night concluded after that. Mauricio thanking Tech deeply and wrapping him in a fatherly hug, trying not to sob, you were sure the stoic man had adopted Tech and was ready to call him son. Tech looked awkward in the hug, if it weren't such a solem occasion you would've laughed at him for being weird. You all bid goodnight, Marisol brought you guys some blankets, shyly handing over one to Tech.

"Thank you for giving my dad his bracelet." Marisol commented, looking into his eyes now. Tech replied, "It was my job too."

Marisol stared at him a bit longer, then young girl regained some sense, Tech had already turned to look at you.

" Goodnight Marisol, go to bed its late." You ordered, stifling a yawn yourself. " Me and Tech are going to sleep, its past our bedtime too."

"You guys are going to sleep together?" Marisol was to old at 15 to be asking such stupid questions, a teenage girl trying to be snarky. Ugh your siblings ruined her. "Do your parents know you brought a man to the house? I wont tell, but your unmarried so I don't know if my mom would-"

"Marisol." You set your tone firm, you were to tired for teenage girl antics. Tech just stood their awkwardly between you both. She pursed her lips, but relented and left. You wanted reprimand her, that she was not your equal but Tech's presence stopped you. "Sorry Tech, she grew up with my sibling and now they have spoiled her. Sometimes I feel like am talking to Waheeda."

"Who is Waheeda?" Tech asked as you both climbed up the stairs, God your feet ached. Now that the anger had worn off the tiredness and calm crept in between you two. He grabbed the blanket you were holding and carried them himself before you could say anything. "Is she one of your sisters?"

"Yes." And a brat. You would let him figure that out. You showed him to one of the rooms, the smell of the room upon opening the wood door calmed you as notalgia washed over you. "You will sleep here. If you need anything I'll be in my room."

You pointed to the opposite balcony where more doors lined the hall across the courtyard, Marisol words rang some truth. You had to be prudent afterall. You started to walk away.

"Your blankets Devasena." Bleary eyed and stifling another yawn you turned, blankets softly placed in your out stretched arms.

Do not let the sun go down on your anger.

"Am sorry for being so petty Tech." You struggled to spit it out, and now struggled to not add further comments about his attitude not helping. " I was irritated that the expedition went so sour, well mostly everything went terribly. I will help you get back to your brothers tomorrow."

He was silent, and now the moonlight graced his face and your anger died looking at his big honey eyes.

" I . . . apologize as well. I can see where I might have. . ." He grimaced, looks like your not the only one with an ego problem. But jeez he looked like he was getting a tooth pulled out. " Erred."

Considering it was Tech, you'll take it.

"Goodnight Tech." You gave him a small smile, not wanting to leave but you turned to your room.

If you would have looked back, you might have caught Tech watching you walk away until your own door shut, and still a moment longer. He was just a man after all, and your long midnight black hair had an ethereal glow in the moonlight.

[thevoidwell]

100 Reasons to Love Vivia Nihar

Inspired by @wrongshatteredrealms and their post about 100 reasons why Destin Karn is their favorite character from Shattered Realms.  This post took a while to make, but Vivia really deserves it.  It’s quite long, I warn you.

1. She loves her country even after everything the people in it put her through

2. She is a feminist icon

3. Her nickname is “Little Fox” and that’s just adorable

4. She’s so strong in spite of her mental health issues

5. Her mother committed suicide and she still manages to go past the place where it happened all the time without breaking down each time

6. She just cares about Stix so much and would die for her

7. When she realized just how much Serafin has been manipulating her, she tried her best to do something about it

8. She is a pirate princess who also happens to be a lesbian, and honestly you can’t get any cooler than that

9. “Do I look like I care about plums?”

10. “Now would be the right time for the gardener to complain about his plum trees”

11. She has that habit of patting the sides of her face like she’s checking to make sure her mask is in place

12. She calls Merik “Merry” and it makes me laugh every time

13. She’s the Chosen Daughter of the VOID WELL, which nobody thought existed

14. The lack of patience she has with the vizers is amusing, but she takes it to an art form with Serrit Linday and it’s priceless

15. Her annoyed internal monologue about how it seems like five thousand servants have stopped to talk to her, interrupted only by another servant coming to talk to her before she mentally changes the count to five thousand and one

16. All the pining for Stix in her POV chapters with the constant repetition of “Too good for me”

17. When she saves Merik’s life by showing up out of nowhere and cutting off Garren’s head

18. When, upon cutting off Garren’s head, she gloats by saying “Come back from that”

19. Even when Merik constantly misgenders Cam in Windwitch, Vivia still has a hard time believing he’s a girl

20. Later in Bloodwitch when Cam is introduced as a boy, Vivia immediately believes it (Merik, take lessons from your sister)

21. Her own brother thinks she’s intimidating and trying to have him killed, but she really just needs a hug

22. “I could have just as many titles if I wanted”

23. The way that as soon as she realizes Stix is missing, she goes into an absolute panic because what if something happened to her???

24. How she gets chills when Vizer Sotar calls her “My Queen” because no one’s ever called her that before

25. She put in so much work for the under-city but got recognized for none of it

26. She came up with a really awesome speech but didn’t get to say it

27. When Cam is talking about Paladins and magical doorways in Bloodwitch and externally Vivia is like, “Yeah, okay” when internally she’s basically saying, “What in the world is he talking about - ”

28. She completely tricked Merik into believing that the boat miniature was actually representing a Dalmotti trade ship

29. She also tricked Merik into believing that she believed him when he lied about where the miniature was

30. When she’s just so done with Linday in the council meeting and she keeps mentally making her ideal punishment for him even worse

31. Until she’s thinking about how he should be drawn, quartered, eviscerated, and burned to ashes and she gets distracted from the actual meeting

32. How flustered she gets when Stix kisses her on the cheek

33. How she constantly refers to that moment as “the kiss” even though it wasn’t a real kiss because it was so emotional for her

34. She quite literally jumps into a valley filled with seafire to save the people of Lovats

35. When Merik saves her from dying as she plummets through the valley of seafire, she acts like it’s an everyday occurrence and proceeds to just go about her business

36. She has a hard time trusting Cam at first, which makes sense, but as soon as he mentions the message that Stix sent her, Vivia immediately trusts him because it’s better than risking the chance that Stix might not need help

37. “You may lower your water” “Oh may I?  I’m so glad to have your permission”

38. She has plans to put more women on the High Council once she’s officially queen

39. When Vivia, a person who has never had a real conversation with Safi, knows within about five seconds that the reason Safi wants Marstok to trade with Nubrevna is because of Merik

40. Over the course of Bloodwitch, she goes from barely interacting with Vizer Sotar to going to talk to him for literally everything and asking for advice and help

41. Anybody could say any random thing and she’d find a way to connect it to the fact that Stix is perfect and amazing

42. When she gets the message from Vaness suggesting a meeting over trade, she just starts laughing because she thinks it’s a trick, then when Stix says she should go she’s like “okay”

43. That kind of infuriating thing where she writes a message to Vaness via the Wordwitched paper after telling the empress she got home safely and we don’t get to know what she said

44. “You can keep [the pencil].  I have others” “As do I.  We’re not that poor”

45. How she bickers with Vaness for well over two pages about whose fault it was that the Truce got broken and who needed help more

46. When she thinks Merik is dead, the extent of her reaction is pretty much “Aw, that’s too bad” but when Stix goes missing for a day, she’s in an utter panic and asking Vizer Sotar where she could possibly be

47. How she learns to stop apologizing to Serafin and stop feeling guilty over the things he does to her

48. When she’s anxious over something, she stops and remembers [insert advice from her mother].  It doesn’t sound like a lot but when you remember that the whole country thinks her mother was insane and you remember their mother-daughter relationship, it’s sweet

49. That moment in Bloodwitch where her thought process is basically “I like how Stix always calls me ‘sir,’ it shows we respect each other but not in terms of royalty...wait why is she calling me ‘Your Highness’ now, does she not think we’re friends anymore?...oh thank God she called me ‘Viv,’ we’re friends for sure”

50. Nubrevna needed food, and it wasn’t getting food, so she just decided to steal it

51. She’s unbelievably calm when Merik holds a pistol to her head

52. She tries so hard to stop the Fury but doesn’t realize that the Fury is a reincarnated Paladin who happens to be pretty much immortal

53. For all those times Merik thought about how she treated her crew like servants, you don’t see her chaining people to the deck for 10 hours at a time

54. She is shameless about her piracy because she knows it’s for the greater good of Nubrevna

55. When she orders the generals to do something and they refuse, and she realizes that her crown was taken away and she hadn’t even been there for the vote like...poor Little Fox

56. When she has that realization that Jana had managed to bear with the shadows instead of nurturing them as Serafin had, and that made her even stronger than him

57. “Vivia was ready to be Queen” yes!!!

58. No matter what Merik does, chances are her response would be “ugh” or rolling her eyes because they are Siblings™

59. She doesn’t have as many of the action or fight scenes as the other characters, but I’m still always so excited for her next chapter because she’s just so amazing

60. When she decides it’s time to stop trying to be a good daughter and start trying to be a good ruler

61. When she mentally agrees with Vizer Sotar that Cam’s “door” is, in fact, a wall

62. When she’s simultaneously annoyed and impressed by how much clay and water Vaness put out before their meeting to make her feel safe against the empress’s Ironwitchery

63. That trick she does with the water at the meeting with the vizers

64. She reminds the High Council that it was Jana and not Serafin who signed the Truce, so he should not get the credit

65. When she stands up to her father and says that there is no way he’s fit to lead an army after having almost died

66. “I decide who holds the title of Admiral and I haven’t appointed you”

67. When she basically tells Serafin that he’s a pathetic soldier and he exaggerated all of his accomplishments, like Vivia, you tell him

68. The internal jealousy when she thinks Stix is seeing someone else

69. When she canonically thinks that Vizer Sotar is the only one on the council who has a fully operational brain

70. She does such a good job of pretending that Merik is dead at his funeral

71. For all she was talking about how the meeting with Vaness would be pointless, she actually stayed in touch with the empress and it’s a good thing she did

72. For that matter, she didn’t give up on Vaness’s negotiations when the empress had to end their meeting abruptly to talk to Habim

73. She isn’t physically described too much in the books, so the reader gets to have their own image in their head of what she looks like, more or less

74. Even though she’s proven to be good with a blade, most of the time she honestly doesn’t need one because of her Tidewitchery

75. When she sends Linday off to do something menial just so she can have a moment alone, but (unfortunately) he barks at some servant to do it instead, and she has to put up with Serrit Linday for even longer

76. When she internally calls Linday “slimy”

77. She stays so remarkably composed while the vizers tell her that her throne has been reclaimed by Serafin, even though her life is falling apart

78. She still goes to Jana’s garden sometimes

79. Most of the country thinks she is weak because she’s a woman and because her mother committed suicide, but omg Vivia can GET THINGS DONE

80. When Vaness dropping the pencil is actually reassuring to her because it means that she’s a human and not 100% perfect, 100% of the time

81. Her friendship with Stix is just amazing - so much mutual respect and support

82. Her self-esteem is nonexistent, but Stix trying to boost it always seems to make her day

83. She worked so hard to get the food for Nubrevna that it was so heartbreaking when she realized it was all for nothing

84. For that matter, the same goes for her efforts for the under-city

85. In Windwitch she mentions how she hates spiders, but later she gets a spider off Merik when he doesn’t notice it’s there #SisterlyLove

86. After Stix kisses her on the cheek, she literally just stands there because she’s just so 😍 overwhelmed 😍

87. When Serafin jokes about Vivia possibly having arranged for Vaness’s death and she’s horrified at the idea but externally is like “yeah...ha ha ha”

88. When she was a kid, she found an abandoned room in one of the palace wings and she decorated it herself and called it her fox’s den, which is the cutest thing ever

89. When she realizes that the Void Well is the Void Well and she knows she should bring her father down to heal him but some part of her doesn’t know if she should...she’s just so confused and, I repeat, really needs a hug

90. That moment where she’s so busy that she doesn’t try to put on a façade and Stix actually notices and she’s just so touched

91. When Vivia decides that even though she doesn’t know Cam, there is no way she’s going to stand there and do nothing while Garren cuts off his finger

92. When she has no idea what just happened but she’s glad she saved Merik’s life, so this one time she has no regrets

93. When she is so overwhelmed by all the negative things happening that she thinks to herself that this must be what drowning feels like, and it’s just so painful to read

94. That moment in Windwitch where she’s so scared that something might happen to Merik or her crew and she feels like she’s somewhere between Serafin and Jana and she doesn’t know which side is the better one, so she makes that decision to save the city even though she thinks it’ll kill her

95. When she manages to start over with Merik and put everything in the past

96. How all of her irritation towards the vizers goes out the window whenever she talks to or thinks about Stix

97. How she’s so frustrated by Vaness at first but by the end has a lot of respect for her

98. The way she acts in front of the council in comparison to the way she acts when she’s alone

99. She’s part of Vix, an amazing ship!!!!

100. In conclusion, Vivia is such an incredible character and deserves all the love in the world.  Thank you for reading 🙂