#i made you a tag! i forget if ive done so before

[littleplantfreak]

Thinking about your camping post with Ume. Thinking about how when you two are finally done romping around lol you both take a moment to star gaze trying to find the known constellations but end up making them up as you go. Coming up with goofy background stories for each one. You realize tho that it becomes silent after you two stop giggling and that’s when you turn to look at Ume. He’s looking at you with so much love and the stars seem to shine even brighter against his blue eyes. Little did you know, a shooting stars flies by as the two of you are caught in each others gaze ✨

This is so cute Emi I’ll be dreaming about this tonight if I’m lucky. Spending the whole rest of the night wrapped up in each other as the fire dies down, slowly but surely.

[todorokis-girl]

I Never Knew You Were Alive - Soulmate AU (II)

Touya x f!reader

I do apologize, I have a certain love for the mundane, and I like to expand on boring things before I get to the "meat" of the story. This one has nothing but mundane.

If anyone has any suggestions, I am open to hearing them. I have a rough plot, but like I said, I get side tracked with exploring random things, my pacing can be kind of slow. I do filler chapters when I feel like writing but I haven't finished the main chapter yet.

Also, if you want to get tagged in the next one, please let me know.

No actual dabi in this one

Chapter I: So it starts Chapter II: A late arrival Chapter III: belive of be doomed Chapter IV: What are we doing? Chapter V: Last minute encounter Chapter VI: Deciding to fall in love with you

masterlist

Previous chapter

Next chapter

.........................................................................................................................

Chapter II: A late Arrival

As the sun rose over the horizon, painting the sky in hues of pink and gold, a new day dawned at The Hero Academy. Excitement buzzed through the corridors, echoing the eager chatter of students and the hushed whispers of anticipation, at what this new semester would bring them.

Amidst the throng of pupils eagerly making their way to class, one figure stood out—a newcomer, her footsteps quickened by nerves and determination. Unbeknownst to the students, she was already late, the weight of unfamiliar hallways slowing her progress as she navigated the maze of the school seemingly for the first time, even though she had been there before, as a student herself. With each passing minute, her heart raced, a slow, calming breath exhaled though her nostrils, the anxiety of tardiness threatening to overshadow the promise of a fresh start; and as she finally stepped through the classroom door, a momentary pause hung in the air, hinting at the unexpected journey that lay ahead. 

She was unlucky Aizawa had told her to simply step into the classroom the moment she arrived, he had start of the semester paperwork to get done, he could leave them alone for a couple of minutes to wait for her. New people scared her, and children made her anxious. Why did she think she could do this job again? Keigo had a point telling her to reject the job. 

She placed her things quickly behind the podium, and grabbed a piece of white chalk from a box of them that already lived there. She was gonna do the classic cliche of writing her name on the board; but what was she to do, she was anxious and still terrified to attempt to look at the students. Taking a second to adjust to the admosphre, and get their attention withought looking at them seemed the most apropriate. 

She hadn't meant to be late, she woke up this morning at the UA dorms like she was supposed to, with plenty of time to spare, she was even having a lovely talk with her new co-worker about how to approach the students of class 1A; but there had been a sudden emergency at the agency and Endeavor was already split with work. As talented and powerful as he is, he can't be in two opposing places at once; and she was still the second to call there. 

The coffee was sweet, with an adequate amount of creamer, it tasted... perfect nutty with a creamy texture "This is delicious," My eyes brighten intensely making direct eye contact with Aizawa, Sh was truly not expecting it to be so good "thank you for the coffee" I'm never going to a coffee shop again. 

He ignored her and started talking about his students, giving careful insight into the ones he considered harder to handle "Bakugou can be a little rough, he might sound aggressive, but he's truly just a dedicated person" She nodded signaling that she was listening, but never forgetting her coffee. 

As calming as the morning might seem from an outside perspective, she wasn't feeling calm at all, and she didn't know why. She woke up with waves of anxiety washing over her, and as the hours passed, anxiety turned to determination and slowly... a weird mixture between happiness, satisfaction and sadness. Where it al came from she didn't really know. What she did know is that she was thankful Eraserhead had taken time out of his morning to help her out not just with advice, but with company, allowing her to control the conflicting shift of emotions. Even if she didn’t really know where they came from. 

She was about to open her mouth, to ask a question about the best way to structure lessons for them, to add to the previous insight she was given, but she was stopped by the loud ring of her phone, the ringtone she had for any calls coming from the agency. 

She quickly picked up the phone, excusing herself from her co-worker "This better be important, Heatstroke" She took one sip of her coffee as she heard the intense response, "Endeavor is busy in a meeting with the commissioner, emergency fire at a building, too hot for any of us to walk into....it's the bluefire quirk" immediately putting the mug down (regretfully), she hung the phone and got ready to leave

Before she could she quickly turned to Aizawa, before leaving "I might be a little late... any chance you'll keep the students entertained until I get back?" A hopeful expression covering her face. 

"Just walk in, they won't burn the classroom down, or I'll make them suffer; a couple of minutes won't hurt" I laughed running out the door, his reply calmingly amusing and grateful my hero suit was my uniform. 

She took one final deep breath when her name was finally written on the board, time to turn around... 

She cleared her throat attempting to get the attention of the members of the class, not noticing that she already had it "Good morning students, sorry for the wait," she greeted them with her usual bright smile, hero work had it's perks outside of using your quirk freely; it provided professional level acting experience "I'm the temperature hero, Thermiforst, and I will be your teacher for the new class 'Alternative Strategies' it's a pleasure to meet you all" 

.......

"You did good, the students seem to like you" She looked up from her paperwork to make eye contact with Aizawa, making her relax just a little bit. She had been overthinking all day about the impression she had made of the students of both class A and B. 

"Thank you, it was all thanks to you really, "controlled curiosity"? Was not expecting that to work" He sat down a cup of lavender tea (the smell was quickly feeling her nostrils, she didn't even need to get close to the cup to identify the type) next to the paperwork she was working on, following it up with a plump and juicy looking peach. She smiled and looked up at him carefully, with a soft smile, she felt so welcomed "Thank you". He simply waved her off over his shoulders as he walked away to his own desk. 

Going back to your old school always sounds like such a lame thing to do. Sort of like reminding yourself of all the times graduated students would come back to the school to visit to seem cool, and it just ended up seeming stupid; it's different when you're coming back to teach, but it still gives a bad feeling at first. 

Also, the whole thing with Hawks the week before had undeniably rattled her, at first she was just mad that he was implying that she couldn't take care of herself as well as the students, but now, with fresh eyes and a new perspective of the situation... she was just worried. Hawks was over protective of her, so was everyone else around her, but this was unusual, he'd never question her heroism, or her ability to take care of herself. He knew more than he was saying, and if she knew anything about Keigo and his background, the hero comission was one-thousand percent behind all of this, and that scared her; it appeared he was in a lot more danger than she could possibly be. 

The league of villains. She could see how the comission could care about them, currently they are a danger to not just society but the hero community, and there was no chance, the hero comission was simply going to let that go... 

Kaigo... what the hell did you get yourself into... 

Her thoughts running so high she once again started to feel a slight bothersome in her soulmate mark, it always demanded attention when she seemed to be running high on emotions. She always thought, it was simply her body asking for her soulmate for comfort, but she didn't have the ability to do that; and she hated the constant reminder. 

ding 

She got snapped out of her thoughts and her eyes went to her phone freshly lit up screen. A fresh message from Keigo. Speak of the devil.

'How was the first day with the brats?' She looked over at the time realizing that she was due to clock out, and started packing up her things before she took the time to answer the message. Quietly thanking him for reminding her she did't have to sit there indefinitely. 

She placed the straps over her shoulder, the weight of the one strap she used causing her to lean slightly to the side. She took the clip off and dropped it on her desk, if she forgot to take it off, she would have nothing to hold her hair up with it. 

She finally took her phone to finally reply to her messages; as she did she remembered the blue flames from earlier in the morning, and how for some reason they had caused a sense of familiarity and a deep longing. 

She was used to walking on fires, and extremely cold temperatures; nothing to worry about. What she was worried about what the fire felt like, on her skin, it felt like she could stand there for hours and feel at peace. She felt comfort. She'd have to look into it later. 

'It was really fun, don't call them brats, they're really sweet kids' 

'yeah yeah, whatever. I'll see you this weekend for coffee as usual, right?' 

'of course loser, stay alive till then, ok?' 

'Sure, See you Tomorrow at the usual place" 

'see you tomorrow’ 

Weeks later

In the hushed confines of the darkened living room, a rhythmic tapping sound reverberated as the back of laptop was lifted the back of her laptop, her fingers clutching the sleek device with a hint of tension. Her gaze remained fixed, unwavering, on the solitary blue radiance emanating from the unassuming coffee machine stationed on the kitchen counter. Yet, amidst the ambient glow, her vision faltered, blurred by the shimmer of tears that veiled her eyes, from her perspective, casting twin reflections of the light. As they spilled over, tracing a silent journey down her cheek, the world seemed to blur into a poignant symphony of emotion. 

She had a feeling that something was off, her soulmate's name on the inside of her arm burned, it burned so much it made her resolve falter. She went into the blue flames enveloping the building, with the intention of finding survivors, she was the only one who could walk into them; and Endeavor had been in the middle of a reunion with the commissioner when everything started.

The feeling of the fire on her skin felt... calming, almost comforting, and it shook her to her core but she ignored it and pushed herself to walk to save people. Through out the entire event, the more she stood in the flame, the more her soulmate mark screamed. Once the job was done, and the reports are written she gave herself the time to look over the person behind the fire. 

Dabi, member of the League of Villains, quirk? Bluefire. Similar to Endeavor's.. but hotter, much hotter, so much hotter it seems, that it slowly burns away his own body from the inside out. No one knows where he came from, who he is or even what his name is; all we know is that he's... Dabi. 

The current knowledge was making her overthink, what she was thinking was insane, absolutely fucking crazy. yet, if it was true... it wouldn't be hard to believe. Sure, Endeavor helped her out, basically raised her and allowed her to use the family name after her own parents ditched her... but she wasn't delusional. Enji Todoroki wasn't a saint, and she knew it. The state of the family was definitely a tall tell sign of that. 

You're crazy, years without a soulmate has made you delusional. 

But, the feelings, the soulmate marks, the quirk similarities with Endeavor, the seeming obsession with Shouto and Endeavor.... 

She had to find him, he was out there and she had to find him. She was going to ask him, and she'd let him go, just this once... for his troubles, just in case she was wrong. She needed to tell him, even if she had no response from him. Because if she was right, he already knew who she was, and that killed her. 

She quickly snapped herself out of her trance, and looked around the even darker room, random scattered lights all around from multiple appliances; she took a deep breath to snap herself out of the heartbreak she had caused herself and opened her laptop again; quickly accessing Endeavors agency database and into her profile, placing a pin on the villain and setting notifications to be sent to her phone. 

With the process over, she looked around her inmediate area, attempting to find her phone. She hadn't had any confirmation in the next few weeks, but she was sure of who could give her the information she wanted, and he was going to help her. 

She scrolled through her phone's contacts looking for his name, once she spotted it, she quickly proceeded to click on his name and placing the phone in her ear. 

Ring 

Ring 

Ri- 

"Hey Birdie, it's kind of late for a call, you ok?" His voice was gentle, you could hear the clear worry. 

She looked up to the clearly visible time in her microwave '3:00 am', she swallowed guiltily, she hadn't even noticed; but she wasn't gonna wait anymore. 

"Hey Keigo, I need something from you" 

[hella1975]

hellaaa plz share your favorite dabihawks fics for all of us who want some recs into their crazy minds!!

sorry i didnt answer this straight away i was reading a 230k words fic that i wanted to finish before i added it here 😭 does anyone know what's wrong with me. therapists hate me

dabihawks rec list!!

burn it all down by dorothycanfly - an au where dabi comes back to the todoroki estate to kill shouto when he's 19 and shouto is 11, but decides instead to take his little brother with him as part of his Grand Evil Masterplan that doesn't quite go as he wanted. this is the fic i always rec first in this fandom as it's the first dabi fic i really read that felt like it Understood Him and really made me go bananas about him. it's dark and twisted and true to what i think his actual mindset would be without demonising him, and also has shouto and him being very close and the way the author writes their dynamic is everything to me like it's so true to a real sibling relationship and id die for them. it gets very smutty in the middle but if that's not your thing the plot also kicks right back up again at 100mph immediately after, and there's also a sequel still being updated that's very promising.

big reputations by phanatics - singer fake dating au!!! i absolutely love dabi's characterisation in this and the celebrity angle is handled soooo well. the miscommunication and slow burn is incredible and that's coming from a bitch who finds both tropes frustrating unless they're done to my very niche standards. im pretty sure i read this fic in one day. im not making graduation i fear.

gunshots and molotovs by ironicallystupid - this is a 14k oneshot where dabi treats hawks' gunshot wound in a distinctly dabi way and then they get drunk. this one really got to me and i think it's bc it's one fic where they feel so true to character while still, for once, both acting their age. a big appeal of dabihawks for me is that they are both ultimately just two guys in their early twenties and seeing them embody that youth and silliness was surprisingly poignant

the 'will you accept this rose?' series by satelliteblue- the famous bachelorette au! if you don't know what i mean by famous, it's bc this fic has a habit of getting people who don't even read mha fic obsessed with it. like it's genuinely addicting. i remember first finding it and being like 'bacherlorette au dabihawks? be so fr' and look where im at now, 355k words later. it's genuinely just such a fun read AND i love the drama of it AND it has the todofam angle AND an actual plot snuck into it effortlessly. one of my fav fics of all time truly and it's still updating!

perspective by theeclecticeccentric - this is the fic i just finished and when i tell you ive powered through all 230k words of it in the past 4ish days. i love the league dynamic in this with the whole found family angle. i'll say it was something i clicked on less bc this kind of au (childhood friends dabihawks brainwashed to forget each other) is what i would normally go for and more bc i have BATTERED the dabihawks tag for all it's worth so i just tried it on a whim, but im so happy i clicked this bc it wound up being so fun! i also love any fic that forces the heroes and villains to ally against the hpsc and this fic does that. instant hit with me.

[thesevenwondersofawitch]

The Brothers Sun ep8

Understandable that the Tea Leaf guy won't talk unless Big Sun is brought down

Aw, they're staying in a motel

Mama Sun is so done that Bruce couldn't get the name for dragon head right 😂

She makes her son drive at night because she gets lost😭

She bought 6 pasta strainers just because they were on sale

"You are not a crime boss. You're my mom." She can be both

I get where she's coming from, but it never sits right to be mad at the kid who didn't

NOOOOOOOOOO Charles nooooooooooooooo

Oh thank god, he shot above his brother's head

The mom's hand on Charles shoulder 😭 I bet she came running

I love that Bruce said that it's going to lead to decades of therapy (that his brother was sent to kill him by their father)😂

Charles don't hurt your brother! He has a point about killing your father

The fact that Bruce said he'd do anything to protect his brother 😭

The way the mom admitted that the chairleg incident was a test and she didn't push back against the father when he forced Charles to kill the first time😭

At least she's showing the remorse and guilt she feels for sacrificing

"Forget dad, you can be Charles -churro baker Sun"😭

The way that the mom has a charger for her son's phone😭

Oh, Charles just realized how he was betrayed

Xing telling the Wang bros that they need to shut up makes me hope she at least feels some guilt for betraying

The dad is such an asshole

Good for you Charles, telling your dad you want to stay. I'm proud of you❤️

The way I cheered when Charles shot those douche bags😂

Oh no, Xing is going to kill the mother and brother 😭

Well fuck indeed, Charles, fuck indeed

Alexis saying that they don't have shrimp chips😂

Him asking for a charger is not permission to track his phone

Alexis is far worse than Charles ever could be

Mama Sun wearing an oversized jersey is so cute

Yeah, Xing sucks and blood boots would never

The fact that the mom is immediately chastising Bruce for getting the wrong milk😂

FUCK YOU ALEXIS. FUCK YOU

Bruce is absolutely playing her😂 the improv classes work!

I love how Charles is just as shocked that the mom can fight 😂😂

Bruce planning to kill their dad😂

I mean, him being good at Laser Tag and also beating his actual assassin brother at a shooting video game is hilarious and actually makes sense

Bruce: "Neither of us are who our parents thought we were."

Charles"Yeah, but both our parents are crazy."

Bruce: "yeah."

Bruce, hugging Charles: "I don't think we've ever hugged before."

Charles: "Well, you're probably gonna die, so might as well get one last one before you go."😂

Bruce: "Right."

Bruce, handing his visitor badge to Alexis: "The Brothers Sun don't work with cops." HA!

Oh no, Bruce don't listen to that serpent of a father who's telling you to join him.

I love that Charles made sure to shoot his dad and missed the internal organs 😂 It definitely pays

The way that Bruce said he'd use his spit to make his taco dumplings 😂

I'm pretty sure that it was Bruce's plan all along to get his brother and mom to cook for him forever😂

FUCK YEAH! THE MAMA INJECTING THE DAD'S IV BAGS WITH INSULIN IS WICKED AND GENIUS AND I'M SO HAPPY FOR HER!

Awwwww she bought her son a bakery 😭🥺

Hopefully that other girl isn't

The way she brought gifts to her friends

I love that she wants her kids to have lives and be happy 🥺❤️

Good for Alexis that she got a tower of her snack

The pictures in the mom's room with both her boys🥺😭

I'm crying with Bruce and Mama Sun too😭 nothing bad better happen to her

Oh nooooo, Charles is leaving too😭 I mean I'm happy that he's gonna get some time with his mama and that she's finally getting what she wants

I love that June has dinner reservations already 😂 she's got her priorities straight

The fact that Bruce still struggles to drive his car is hilarious and relatable af😂

I really hope we get another season, just because this was so well written and I enjoyed this show so much. But it also ended on a great note.

Ooooooo I wonder who that guy with the sunglasses sounds like he's being sent after Tea guy

Also still curious about who the man was that Eileen had been dancing with in Taiwan

[carlyraejepsans]

you just mentioned in the tags ''toriel stopping sans from [cutting the humans' journey short] by killing them'' ive always wondered, do you think sans would actually have killed the human if he hadnt made the promise to toriel? i think you mentioned once that the ''youd be dead where you stand'' moment is another one of sans fumbling attempts to seem threatening but despite that, do you think he wouldve actually done it ? if hed seen them kill monsters or during a pacifist run? or do you think it wouldve played out similarly to canon in the genocide route or that he wouldve been just less involved with the human during their journey in a pacifist run?

(ok i found this in my drafts and I don't remember where i was going with this, but i kinda went off so have this as it is lol)

i keep 5 versions of sans that are Ever So Slightly Different According to How I Interpret Different Details simultaneously rotating in my brain at all times. so uhhhhh yes and no.

jokes aside, I'm starting to gravitate more towards the interpretation that like... the threat he made at the restaurant? full on jackassery. shithead extraordinaire. he WAS messing with us.

but would he have tried to kill a human if toriel hadn't made him promise otherwise?

...yeah i think so. let me elaborate

here's the thing though: i think people put way too much weight on that! i mean it's a fighting RPG, every single other character—bar toriel—fights you to either capture and have you sent to the capital or to kill you themselves. either way they want your SOUL. papyrus... is his own neutral case here with his refusal to kill you.

my point being: every monster you meet wants to fight you. it's through that fight (or what happens afterwards) that you actively challenge their point of view and befriend them.

you don't go through this with sans. he never fights you, so you never need to change his mind because that belief was challenged before we even got to the underground, through toriel's words alone. that's... kind of admirable?

but it does frame his actions in a very creepy way from our point of view in-game. not to forget his dumbass scary pranks. because we go from someone a bit mysterious though ultimately friendly and goofy whom we thought we could trust, to someone who openly tells us he could've been a threat for us... and then never delivers. at least, not in any playthrough where we hear that line of dialogue.

so much of sans' character and appearance stems from tonal dissonance. he's shamelessly comfortable in the game's tone and vibes, but still stands out as an outsider. he plainly doesn't play by the same rules as everyone else, so we don't judge him by the same standards, either.

even more, if he actually kept his promise the way toriel meant it, that would've meant playing the entire game like a tutorial. sure, you can enjoy the story, but did you enjoy playing the section in the RUINs when she's with us? it's basically handholding the entire time. it's BORING for us, and ultimately, Undertale is a game! so it should be enjoyable to its player. which brings me to our next point:

ultimately... yeah maybe he would've tried to kill us. and yes it is kinda shitty that he only kept his promise by not doing that. in a sans characteristic troll way, i mean. but acting like the "sans was happy to watch a baby get beat up and killed" jokes are, well, anything other than jokes is just a plain bad reading. forget about post pacifist. during a gameplay, frisk IS the Human IS us IS the PLAYER. which means capable of RESET and SAVE. which means essentially immortal, at the end of the day. it's the "special power" sans tells us about in his judgement. you can't treat us with the same moral lenses as an NPC. the power we hold over their world in the game is lovecraftian. we can literally destroy it entirely, an outcome that was scientifically predicted by some characters in the game...

...sans being one of them. every interaction with you, every joke and every hand extended in friendship and eye closed to your shenanigans. all of it, the good and the not-so-good. it's all colored with the knowledge that the "human" in front of him could end the world. whether you actually do that or not.

this is one of my favorite moments in the canon. one time. one second where the mask slips and we see through the cracks in the façade of laid back confidence. and what we see is a mirror, held up to our face.

and it's fucking terrifying.

"waaaa sans is bad because he lets us die" boo-FUCKING-hoo brother! cry me a river then throw ice cubes in it. mans goes through all of this on the daily and still gives us a chance, you should be thanking him.

i have a few other opinions on this topic that i feel are relevant, but I don't feel like putting them into a coherent argument so I'll just list them instead:

there are some collateral factors that i think would've prevented him from killing us outside of toriel's promise. mainly the fact that papyrus was feeling down and meeting a real human would've cheered him up. then he would've befriended us because of course he would, and of course sans wasn't going to kill his brother's new bestie.

so would he have fought us in a pacifist or papyrus-friendly netral run? maybe not! but he WOULD'VE whooped ass sooner if things got out of hand.

it's kind of a given that sans figures out you can manipulate time very early into the game. he works for/with asgore, who knows from first-hand child-murder experiences that it's an ability humans have, he's a scientist who studied the space-time continuum of their world and he's a friend of alphys', the royal scientist who studied human souls and determination (and let's not even get into his connections to gaster). he's a bright lad. he put two and two together.

while he COULD have seen taking a humans' soul as a necessary evil for monsterkind's freedom (promise to toriel aside) he openly sympathized with the anomaly. he's not there to be a time cop. he just wants to avoid the literal annihilation of the universe.

[...? yeah i never continued this. still stands tho.]

[artemis-rian]

Hello, this is a very brief intro post and i will most likely look into some resources to make a better organized one.

this is a Disney-Twisted Wonderland RP account, in which i will be talking as my oc, Artemis Rian. his name is pronounced Art-aye-miss and his surname is pronounced like Ryan.

there are a few rules i ask you to follow, its not much.

-any homophobia, transphobia, sexism, racism, fatphobia, body shaming, bullying, incest, pedophilia, or anti-semantics will NOT be tolerated under any circumstances.

-please dont sexualize my character.

-Please dont be fucking weird (in bad ways)

-Please dont judge anyone for their interests.

~My character is open to shipping with characters of his same age. please DM me about it beforehand.

please be a decent human being. if you break any one of these rules i will lecture you in dms then block you.

Some additional information about Artemis.

~ Artemis is eighteen

~ When Artemis is talking, there will be a tag that says "artemis rian"

~ Artemis is a Junior in the Ignihyde dorm.

~ Artemis is typically soft-spoke, and rather introverted. he has a difficult time initiating interactions with people, but he does infact enjoy talking to people.

~ Artemis is cisgender male and uses He/Him pronouns.

~ Artemis is part fae, part human. his mother was a human, and his father was a fae.

~ Artemis is Omnisexual, with a lean towards masculine people.

~ Artemis is only 168 cm tall, or inbetween 5'6 and 5'7. he is not very tall, he's got rather long legs, but is rather skinny, due to the conditions of his past.

~ Artemis is a bit timid, to say the least. he often is zoned out, and has not a great memory. he often forgets important things such as his own birthday.

~ the picrews were not very great, so here is a brief explanation of his character design/appearance.

Artemis is a young man of average height. he has very dark brown, somewhat curly hair that's a bit fluffy, which is cut to the base of his neck. the tips of his hair are dyed red. he has pointed ears, as most fae, and he has his lobes pierced. he often wears hoodies, and likes ripped, baggy jeans. his eyes are a deep emerald, and are rather thin and a bit downturned.

~ Artemis is rather well at art, and likes drawing messy sketches of scenery, typically with charcoal. he dislikes painting. he also enjoys video games, especially competitive ones, which he is rather good at. some of his favorites are Mario Kart and Splatoon, he also likes survival games such as Minecraft, Raft, and similar.

Please feel free to ask anything you would like about Artemis!

A few additional things about me, the person behind the screen.

I am a transgender male, and use he/him pronouns. most private messages will be ooc unless stated otherwise. I am a bit indesicive on names, so you may call me mod, admin, artemis mod, or the similar.

I work throughout the summer very often. please do not expect me to be chronically online.

I am medically diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), so i may misinterpret things, or jokes may go over my head. please be patient with me. i also ask you to use tone tags. if you are not certain what those are, please do not be scared to ask.

My DMs are open! please feel free to come talk with me, i dont bite, and i would love to make some friends. socializing is hard for me, as someone who can be considered similar to Idia, when it comes to socialization. i also meant to create this account awhile back, but someone i knew was on here who made me feel like i couldnt speak freely. they are inactive now, i believe, with that, please dont involve me in any drama.

A few of my interests include alternative fashion, though I am in a bit of a financial crunch and cant afford such for myself, i play splatoon, and have played all the way through splatoon 1, before it got shut down, and im nearly done with the splatoon 2 hero mode, but ive finished octo expansion, and ive played through splatoon 3 hero mode, but im yet to finish side order ive been playing splatoon for about five years. i also like painting, especially bob ross follow-alongs, they are calming. i also love surfing and beaches (especially the ones with the pretty, clear water.) i sometimes teach surf and swim classes in summer. and i love twisted wonderland very much, its one of my favorite games. I emjoy horror games aswell, and reading older literature is another hobby of mine.

when i am speaking there will be an OOC// before the text and a tag "ooc"

please note that I use Tumblr on my laptop. I will not always immediately respond

Oh god this was a lot longer than i had intended... apologies. i will upload Artemis' backstory as soon as possible.

[misc-obeyme]

"tag redacted because i got too embarrassed" HELP WHY IS THAT A MOOD AKSKD, I'M ALWAYS HOLDING BACK IN MY TAGS AND ASKS BC I BECOME SELF AWARE AT THE LAST SECOND (the things i must keep to myself about mammon-). My tags are messy and long bc i always ramble

you already know why I'm here !! To enable !! that line from barbatos is wild in the best way, and understandable why you'd go crazy 😭 that's me with the horror devilgram where mammon is saying something like "ya look so scared. You know that only turns me on more?" Like HELLO GOOD SIR WKWKDF OKAY FINE YOU CAN MURDER ME IF YOU KEEP TALKING LIKE THAT WHEW

all I'm saying is 👀 barb smut would go hard LMAO

Also!! I saw the other ask and 😭😭🥹🥹 wdym people like my story?! brb sobbing, I LOVE Y'ALL SM FOR THE SUPPORT WAHHH

next part soon hopefully maybe 😭 I'm trying to beat og before Thursday (lesson 71) bc i go on vacation next week with limited internet, and I've been working hard on the solomams songfic. I'M AT 3.5K WORDS ?!

I'm not even done is the worst part, but i wrote a kiss scene and got all embarrassed at 3 in the morning. these bitches are switches and it shows (i think)

AOKAY IVE ALMOST MADE IT TO WORK BYEE

- ✨ anon

I am such a rambler in the tags! Sometimes I can keep 'em short and sweet, but then sometimes I say WAY too much and I have to delete stuff. And in this case, I was like, I can't with this lol. If you all only knew the realities of what I keep to myself... but after my ramblings, I'm pretty consistent with my tags. I tried to keep them as simple as possible so I wouldn't forget them.

I swear there was another card or event or something where Mammon said that MC being scared turned him on?? Or like they were making out and being chased by zombies or something and he was like wow I'm so turned on right now??? Something along those lines. Which I find very funny considering he's usually the one who's scared!

But oh wow "You need to learn your place." All I can think about is a situation where Barb has a bratty MC tied up and then it's all- okay I better stop before I have to redact things again. But yeah that line just awakens the brat in me lololol. TMI I KNOW.

AND YES! See, the consensus is that we love your story and want more of it lol! Whenever you're ready to share the next part, that is! I'm curious about the playlist drama!

Also you would be surprised at how quickly words can rack up if you aren't paying attention. This happens to me A LOT. Like all the time.

The thing about this, in my opinion, is that sometimes you need more words than you realize because you need the space to tell the story. Usually if I'm just writing something short and sweet, it's a single scene, plucked out of time, depicting a very simple idea. But the second a story gets a little more complex is the second you start finding you need more and more words for it to make sense! I say just go with it, let yourself write as much as the story needs!!

Everybody in this game is a switch as far as I'm concerned lol. I can't help it, that's just how they live in my mind.

Anyway, I hope you're enjoying the writing process! Don't push yourself and don't be afraid to write a lot!!

[simonnebethel]

WIP Questionnare (tag game)

Tagged by @buffythevampirelover ^^ using A Chant for Blood to answer these! Answering them all out of boredom, but you can answer as many as you like ^^

What was the first part of your wip that you created? ...the first chapter 😅 but tbf the very first scene has changed drastically since then! it was a bit of a 'main character wakes up' cliche so I decided like right after writing chapter 3 it would be changed after the first draft was done.

If your story was a TV show, what would the theme song/intro be? oo! Possibly Nothing Else Matters by Apocalyptica. Prob my fave one out of the story's playlist.

Who are your favorite characters you've made? Why? Probably the makoth characters, like Gunilde and Oddvar. and idk 🤷 ive had a soft spot for orcish characters lately, makoth included. Can't forget Karliah, too! She's been with me since middle school.

What other pieces of media do you think would share a fanbase for your story? oooh. i dont know. possibly game of thrones? or any gothic fantasy novel. I actually don't read that much victorian fantasy, so I don't know many. However, Snow White and the Huntsman did influence me a lot, so if that movie has a fanbase I suppose it counts.

What has been your biggest struggle while writing? Creating the magic systems. It's like chemistry for me; my brain just can't work it out. the main magic system, which i have just called Spellwork, feels so underdeveloped, but the other magic system for the Makoth, Skvæla, is a little bit more fleshed out. At some point I have to sit down one day and work the whole Spellwork thing out before I lose my mind 🥲

Are there any animals in your story? Talk about them! There is! Maugr are native to Reyoarfell, and only used by the Makoth. Wolf-like beasts the size of polar bears, with thick fur and short legs to combat the cold climate of Reyoarfell. The makoth only use them for travel or to carry/pull heavy things, they are not suited for combat or racing. These animals are important to them, and are not allowed to be owned by anybody outside of the country.

How do your characters get around?(ex: trains, horses, cars, dragons, etc.) Mostly by horseback or carriage, as trains haven't been invented yet. But also, the first book is contained in one city so they don't need anything else to travel long distance. However! Portals to travel between countries do exist, but they're rare and expensive to use.

What part of your wip are you working on? I'm currently editing the early chapters, getting it ready to look for beta readers. Adding more scenery and sensory descriptions, changing a few things about the characters, trying to find a way to make the plot twists less obvious before they're revealed 😅

What aspects (tropes, maybe?) of your wip do you think will draw people in? Hmm. victorian fantasy, knight lady, eldritch being, vampiric lizard man, body horror, corruption arc, and monster hunting are the ones I can thing of off the top of my head 😅

What are your hopes for your wip? That there's people out there that would at least enjoy reading my novel, and love the characters as much as I do :)

Open tag to whoever wants to join! No pressure ^^

[gravessyard]

Headcanons - Genshin men with the knowledge that you're a vampire: Kaeya

Notes from the crypt: welcome back to this headcanon series ive been obsessively thinking about

Tags: gn!vampire!reader, smut implied, implied dom!kaeya, blood mentions, vampire bites

• He cant stop looking at your fangs, its his favorite thing about you. He has a longing look on his face when you grin or laugh, your sharp canines almost teasing him in the glint of indoor lights.

• He'll never admit it, but something awoke in him the evening you told him that you were a vampire. Unholy images flooded his mind at the thought, it was sinful desire that drove him to become closer to you, to learn more about you.

• His teasing increases tenfold, he'll whisper in your ear a lot just so he can catch a whiff of your scent, the mix of blood and wine sends a spark down his spine. If he's walking with you anywhere he needs to have a hand on you, whether its on the small of your back or your arms laced together, he's fascinated with how equally chilly your skin is compared to his. He'll be struggling hella hard not to pop a boner if you allowed him to watch you feed from live prey, he thinks red looks amazing on you.

• He'll convince you to tag along his patrols, the sooner you both can get them done then the sooner he can spend more time with you, of course he makes sure you get something in return as well. You're happily licking off the remaining blood on your hands while waiting for Kaeya to finish up paperwork in his office, but the overpowering scent of blood along with your infectious good mood is distracting him, so he puts paperwork aside to focus all his attention on his favorite vampire.

• Of course, there are times when you cant be glued to his side, he'll pout when you cant sit with him during long meetings or he'll be searching for you only to find out that one of the other knights had asked you to tag along on their patrols, and something wicked flows through him, a pang of possessive jealousy that he tries to brush aside. He has to remind himself that you're allowed to help anyone, even if it is one of his subordinates that he may or may not put on bathroom cleaning duty for the next month once he returns with you. It quickly becomes an unspoken rule never to ask you to join their patrols unless they wanna face Kaeya's wrath.

• Even with the unspoken rule, the knights are really testing Kaeya's patience when he invited you out to drinks with them, he forgets how influential alcohol is sometimes. He's sipping at his drink when you joked about finding a blood host that wont fight you back, a drink he nearly chokes on when Huffman drunkenly volunteered before the tavern erupts in laughter, it may have been a joke but it made Kaeya really think.

• It had him thinking for so long he's pressing you against his front door after you two left Angel's Share, he's so close you can smell the Death After Noon he's been drinking. "Do you really want to find a blood host?" He asks, his voice coming out softer than you were expecting and you notice the flash of worry in his gaze. He's cute when he's like this, vulnerable and needy. Its supposed to make you flush, but you giggle instead, hands raising up to cup his pouty cheeks. He whines in your hold, face moving from your hands to the crook of your neck while he wraps his arms around you.

• "Are you jealous, Captain Kaeya? Jealous of the possibility I could feed off of someone other than you?", you whisper in his ear, feeling the way he shudders and relishing in your moment of dominance before Kaeya lifts his head to look you in the eye, his expression alone was enough to stun you. "Why can't you choose me?", he whispers back, his brows beginning to crease in sadness and that was enough to break the ever growing tension.

• You're both tumbling into his place, lips connected in a heated kiss. He's kicking his door closed while you're both trying to undress each other. Forget trying to get to the bedroom, you both ended up tripping and falling in the living room but it did little to extinguish the flame that has already been lit. Connected in a moment of passion, he bares his neck at you, an open invitation that you happily take up on by sinking your fangs into his awaiting skin, eliciting a moan from him along with a delicious roll of his hips that has him rubbing against all the right places.

• Its messy, its bloody but its the filthy desire he's been dreaming of, and he may have cum a little too quickly after you sank your fangs into his shoulder for another taste, but he's got plenty of rounds left in him, as long as you don't suck him dry. (You won't, you need your blood host after all)

• He'll wear his bite marks with pride, even going as far as telling you where to bite so the mark is appropriately displayed on his chest window. You're embarrassed that he would actually parade himself around like that, bragging even that he's your walking food supply, but you honestly wouldnt have it any other way.

[kalopses-sonderes]

Sonders YanTober day 4

Not Coffee

Yandere! Espresso x Reader

Warning/ Tags: Drugging, kidnapping

You and Espresso met when you were both in school, you both were the best of friends. You parents forced you to move away because they didn’t want you practicing magic. They chose a private school in a far away kingdom. Espresso was heart broken when you left, you never told him you were leaving you just disappeared. He went to your house to see a ‘for sale’ sign in front. He asked your friends and family that are still in the kingdom, but they didn’t know either. Once he graduated, he went searching for you in near by kingdoms just to turn up empty handed.

He believed you would never forget him, that you’ll come back to him once your studies are done. He continued to practice dark coffee magic and get a job at your dream school, Parfaedia Institue, so once you come back he can the one to teach you everything you need to know.

You were an adult now. You still missed Espresso, you missed learning magic, and you definitely missed having the opportunity to go to your dream school. So, you decided to go back to see what changed.

Does Espresso still live in this kingdom? You thought as you were walking in to the kingdom you grew up in. Probably not, hes probably some magic genius in a well known kingdom.

You walked through the street, stopping and talking with old friends. Until, you spotted someone familiar. He had the same hairstyle and big glasses like Espresso, but could it really be him? He walks into building with a coffee bean in front. You decided to run after him. You open the builds doors and see brewing equipment.

“(Name)?” Espresso said with wide eyes.

“Espresso!” You run over and jump into his arms. “I’ve missed you so much!”

Espresso holds you tight, “Ive missed you much more.” You whispers into you ear.

You let go of him, “What have I missed?” You say with a toothy grin.

Espresso cheeks flush, he hasnt seen you in forever and you remember him? Its like a dream come true for him! “Not much, but do tell, what happened when you moved?”

You forgot you never told him about moving. “Well, I went to a school to prohibited magic.” You try to laugh it off.

Espressos face has a look of displeasure written over it.

“Dont be to upset! You stil learned dark coffee magic, right? Cant you teach me?” Espressos eyes lit up when you said that. You’re still avoiding to tell him that you cant stay in the kingdom for long, only a week.

As the week progressed, he taught you the basic magic spells. Since you still remember the things you learned from last being in the kingdom it all went smoothly.

The week was coming to an end, you leave tomorrow afternoon. You had to tell Espresso this time and not let me suffer with you leaving randomly again.

You and espresso where hanging out in his office, he had some paper work and you decided to tag along.

“Is everything alright? You’ve been on edge this entire time.” Espresso says, still looking at his paper work.

You take a deep breath and tell him your leaving tomorrow. Espresso stops writing and you both sit in awkward silence that lasted seconda but felt like hours.

“Well, before you leave. Could I take you out to get coffee? I made anew batch and I want to try it at least once.” Espresso looks at you and smiles.

“Well, why not!” You say, your racing heart starts to slow down.

That night, espresso spent it all working on a love spell. He loved you so much and couldn’t let you leave him again. Lattes body is in the basent for trying to flirt with you, no one can have you besides him!

Once he perfected the love potion, it was about time for you both to meet for breakfast and coffee. He started some normal coffee and the coffee with the love potion infused into it.

Knock

Knock

That was you, you both decided to meet at espressos house so you can have coffee fresh from the pot.

“Welcome (name).” Espresso greets you, he smelled of strong coffee.

“Hello Espresso! Im glad we decided on an early time, my mothers carriage will be here earlier than planned to get me.” You walk into his house, the coffee smell is even stronger than before.

I guess I must move faster than planned, he thought. “Well thats just fine, everythings already ready.” Espresso leads you to the dining room, the table already set.

You both sat and talked, he said the coffee will be just a little while longer. Once he brought it out, you couldnt help but take sip instantly. The flavor was oddly sweet and not bitter.

“W-wow! Um, may I ask whys it sweet?” You say, not trying to be rude.

“What do you mean dear?” Espresso says smiling.

The world began to spin and you saw stars. That was definitely not coffee. You began to cough, “What was in that?”

“My love, you think I would just give you up so easily? I finally have you after all this time, you owe me this.” He picks you up bridal style and carries you off as you fade out into unconsciousness.

Taglist:

[fabdante]

Not sure if you'd like my taste in music, but on the off chance you find something you like, here's some songs for the reboot, both for the lads and just the general vibe of Limbo City:

-The Protomen (the band). A couple of their albums, namely "The Protomen", "Act II: The Father of Death", and "This City Made Us".

Songs I liked specifically:

1. "The Hounds" from the Act II album. I know for the reboot it'd probably fit best for Bob Barbas, since he's the big information demon, but personally, I always liked it as Vergil's villain song instead- if he ever came back and decided to just wreck Dante's life after the events of the game, I mean. It's got a nice personal element to it that Dante and Bob just don't have, but Vergil and Dante do/could. That and it's catchy as hell and if Vergil ever decides to try and set himself up as the new demon king of the human world, my dude deserves a good villain song for it.

"There is a flame that I've been fanning

There is a fire waiting to catch

There is a hell that has been building from the moment we first met

If there ever was a time

If there ever was a chance

To undo the things I've done

And wash these bloodstains from my hands

It has passed and been forgotten

These are the paths that we must take

Cause you and I, Tom, we are men

And we can bend and we can break

If you think that you can run

If you think that you can stand

Well, you forget who turned this city on

You forget who plugged this city in!"

2. "Keep Quiet" (Act II), "Light Up the Night" (Act II), and "Hold Back the Night" (This City Made Us album) for Kat and Dante and the Order. The first two are more hopeful, the last one not so much, but it could fit, depending on what you want to write. Gonna throw in "This City Made Us" song from the album of the same name, too, just for the general vibe of Limbo City under Mundus. And maybe even after him, tbh, again, depending on how you wanna do things.

3. "II B: Unrest in the House of Light", "III: the Will of One", "IV: Vengeance" from "The Protomen" album, for general Sparda family drama vibes, specifically their beef with Mundus and, eventually, each other.

Songs for reboot Dante specifically:

-"Lost Boys" by the 69 Eyes. It fits better with the Lost Boys (1987) movie, but fuck it. I like the general Goth rock vibe for Dante. Mostly because of that costume of his that looks like it's inspired by Eric Draven from The Crow (1994), because I love that movie and that costume (it looks good on him!), so he can have this, as a treat.

-"Remedy" by Cold.

-"T-Rex" by K.Flay.

-"You're Not Alone" by Kissin' Dynamite.

-"Dead Inside" by Younger Hunger.

Oh I'm a big fan of music! Incase you are interested, here's some links to my Way Too Many DmC Playlists (also here's my main playlist tag) This is a compilation of what I call my 'essentials' playlists for the reboot trio, they're sort of a sampler platter for their larger playlists. And this is a compilation of all of my playlists for the Reboot Trio (I'm almost done with a set of playlists for a general DmC Reboot Vibe as well)

Anywho carrying on, I haven't heard any of these before so I'll need to check these out more in depth! On cursory listen I'm liking these so far! I also support more villian songs for Vergil (my favorite for him is Flickers by Son Lux )

I also love the Dante/Crow parallels, it's a little detail I love in the costumes but also just kinda like Dantes whole vibe.

My personal all time favorite song for Dante is Sleep Patterns by Merchant Ships which I realize is an odd choice (it doesn't even really sound like most of my Dante playlists or even the rest of Merchant Ships discography) but something about it is very quintessentially reboot Dante to me

[omorinintendoswitchedition]

DMC Questions Anon here!

Before you read this next question:

I was informed that it would be a good idea for my questions to be answered with a specific tag so if people wish to block it they could. Please tag your answers to any question I send you with "dmc questions anon" and I think that should work.

If you wish to be taken off the list, ask. If somebody wishes to be placed on the list, ask. If your anon asks are off and you wish to participate, just make a post answering the question you see going around.

Remember you do not have to answer every question, so please don't feel pressured to do so.

Please also remember to take as long as you need! Do not rush yourself, this is supposed to be a fun activity and I don't want anyone to feel stressed out by trying to rush to answer questions.

Now onto the actual question:

How would you rank the 5 games in the Devil May Cry series? (By story)

Separately, if you want, how would you rank extended material? (The DMC1 Novel, The DMC3 Mangas, The Anime, The DMC2 Novel, Deadly Fortune, Before the Nightmare, and Visions of V, all of which can be found (along with other stuff) here: https://originaldmc.github.io/DivinityStatue/Downloads.html)

If you wish, how would you rank all of it together in one big list?

Omg hiii anon!!!!

I’m gonna be honest and say I haven’t made my way through all the dmc side content yet, I’ve only managed to read Visions of V so I guess I have to rank that number one. Ive also watched some of the anime, but not enough to really give it a firm rank. I’ve been kinda busy lately so I just haven’t had the time to finish reading all the novels

And onto the games!!!!!!

Number 5:Dead last

Devil May Cry 2. Okay yeah this should not be a surprise. DMC2 failed in pretty much every category when it comes to games. The story is just mind numbingly boring. Let’s move on

Number 4:Pretty Eh but doesn’t really hold up well with the later entries

Devil May Cry 1. Someone on Reddit said this the best but when you compare it to later entries DMC1 kinda feels like filler. I am all for a DMC1 remake of it means giving Mundus a much more satisfying ass whooping (and more screen time for Trish!!!! She deadass isn’t there for half the game!!!! I literally forgot she existed in that game halfway through!!!!)

Number 3:Concepts were great but man they missed some potential

Devil May Cry 4. The concepts of a religious cult ruling and island and creating angels from the power of demons rules. And putting us in a position where Dante was the “bad guy” was actually really cool. But half of the game is just backtracking as Dante which puts the story on hold. The scrapped concepts for DMC4 were so cool and so should’ve been included man :((

Number 2:Overcoming your daddy issues

Devil May Cry 3. Dante and Lady both had amazing arcs throughout this game. With Dante accepting his repressed past and demon side and proudly claiming himself as son of Sparda who harbours his soul. It’s enough to make a grown man cry. And Lady’s arc of learning that not all demons are evil, and finally being able to extract revenge on her father. And who can forget that famous “even a devil May cry when he looses someone he loves” line. And I ain’t gonna pretend Vergil wasn’t a banger part of this game’s story cause he was a banger part of this game’s story. A man who seeks power to the point of self-destruction. Who is just as fucked up as Dante but refuses to let himself feel those emotions, and instead filling the blanks with raw strength. And the post credits scene with Mundus…..biting and chewing and killing……ough the post credits scene with Mundus…..

Number 1:That’s intergenerational trauma babyyyy

Devil May Cry 5. As much as I mald and seethe about how dirty Lady and Trish were done in DMC5 I truly do fucking love DMC5. Watching Vergil finally gain the capability to express his emotions and be able to reconcile with his past and his trauma and work for a better future got me wailing and weeping. Watching Nero be able to prove that yes, he is powerful and capable as a devil hunter got me weeping and wailing. Seeing Dante and Vergil finally being able to reconstruct their sibling bond after so many years and keep their sibling rivalry on less violent terms got me weeping and wailing. Everything about V got me wailing and weeping. Nico was such a good addition to this franchise with her personality and how she bounces off the others with her snarky little remarks and was a good source of comedy relief during rough times. The passing of the torch moment was honestly so powerful and I’m actually really looking forward to seeing how Nero can carry on that torch through the series. And the references to the DMC anime in the forms of Patty and Morrison were really neat too.

[aaf-brothers-in-arms-au]

Chapter 1

Part IV

Apple Acres

"The sun's already showing hints of setting." Margaret eyed the bright sphere of a star setting and creating a warm horizon, making anyone forget the chilly snow. Eventually, after a while of walking and conversation, they made it to Andy's house.

"Well, I'll see you guys, if tomorrow won't be a pain in the nuts."

"Pfft- yeah, same. Later man," Felix waved as he and Margaret walked away.

"Bye, Andy!"

He waved back and stopped when they turned. And sighed. He couldn't help himself, he just did. He assumed that maybe, just maybe, he didn't want this day to end.

He just missed the enjoyment of company.

He got out his keys, unlocked the door. And as he strolled into the house and closed the door behind him, he sat down at the doormat in complete tiredness. Not sadness, not despair, just tiredness.

He lifted his head and studied the plushie. It was just like Sammy's, all white and soft and small. But it had an odd sense of comfort, of peace. As if he was just resting on a childhood area in a calm, peaceful evening.

He longed that feeling for so long.

Finally trusting himself to stand, he walked up the stairs, doing his daily routines as the sun set.

By eight, he already ate dinner and showered, and was on his pyjamas while reading.

Instead he ended up almost going back to sleep by an hour later.

When he caught himself snoozing, he shook his head, put himself to his bed and wrapped himself with his blanket.

But as he was about to turn off his lamp, something hung at the back of his mind.

He looked at the plushie sitting on the nightstand. Oh, of course.

Andy took the plushie and was still for a moment. His tense, restless yet tired self relaxed, and he found his eyes drooping slightly.

He then reached the light again and turned it off before drifting into a deep, peaceful sleep.

☁

Andy found himself on his farm on a warm spring morning. The trees carried apples, red and ripe, and there was a hint of that scent of blooming flowers.

He was there, picking up apples that fell from the trees and had rested on the soft grass. And his eye caught the figure of an approaching man.

"Hey, Andy! I figured you were busy today, so I thought I might tag along."

He immediatly stood up and smiled at him. There was this tug at the back of his neck, but the nagging sensation was faint.

"Hey. Just picking up some apples, nothing much. Wanna help?"

"Sure." He bent down, picked about three apples and tossed them into the basket.

After a while, Andy raised the two now filled baskets. "Alright, we're done!"

"Let me help with that."

"No thank, I'm fine. I'm stronger than I look." He replied with a hint of pride that sent his companion chuckling.

"Oh, welp, suit yourself."

Andy replied with a sheepish smile. Then slowly felt the tugging sensation at the back of his neck. Very still, he stared at the man.

"Wait, do I know you?"

"Oh." The man shrugged. "I guess not. Sorry for not introducing myself."

He then extended a hand. "I'm Peter! Nice to meet ya!"

Then everything went black.

☁

Andy woke up in stages, then found himself on bed in the morning. It was 7 o'clock, exactly seven o'clock, and for some reason his alarm didn't ring.

He sat up and rubbed his eyes, blinked. For once in a while, he slept peacefully. Well, the odd man in the dream made it more liminal than peaceful, but he finally got a good night's sleep. That was an improvement.

Surely there was nothing to worry about.

[sungbeam]

THIS IS SUCH A HARD QUESTION!!! I rlly rlly loved Swing My Way, but im SUCH a sucker for Off the Record... The best ship you've written for MMMM I lowkey can't pick, this one either but I think CM!Y/N and Changmin are sUCH a win!!! Something I remember vividly from reading one of your fics THE DANCE SCENE IN OFF THE RECORD... the imagery was absolutely incredible and just loved that the thing that brought the lovers together led to their first kiss... What made me the most emotional after reading the presence fic u wrote for beomgyu... god the subtle sadness,,, hurt my soul SO good... What I like the most about your writing How defined you make the universes in ur fics! liu honestly felt so grounded, and it makes reading the continuity rlly easy across fics. A fic i'm excited for you updating/posting OUGH this is so hard to choose, im probably most hype for The Reveal and Hot Commodity rn.... just seeing the small snips in each of the other fics makes me SO tempted to know and read... but then i remember u haven't written them out to post yet and im like "oh." A character/ship I didn't enjoy/think about as much before you wrote about them Surprisingly Hyunjae and Chanhee! Esp after reading Simple Gifts,,, like ive always seen Chanhee more of like... bestie energy but that fic did a complete 180 for me and i was like "DAMN OK! Cute as fuck!" A fic of yours that i've re-read Any time u've done sr or reposted others' reactions, i don't notice until ive reread the fic and gotten to the tags at the bottom lmao If i've ever shared/talked about your fic to someone else OH i wish. im mostly sitting in private squealing and reacting where no one can see me...

AHH oh my gosh 🃏 anon !!! thank you so much for ur lovely ask :'))) it's so nice to hear from u again !!

omg i think i would be biased to say i agree w u that i liked cm!yn and cm 🤧🤧 but all of them are self-inserts for me 🤣 im so glad u liked otr and swing my way tho :')) im always so nervous when i release fics if people will like them or how i portrayed everything </3 THE DANCE SCENE AND THE PRACTICE ROOM KISS (´Д⊂ヽ i am actually so happy i thought of that for their first kiss skfbkefnkf i just knew their first was gonna be the catalyst to get them to finally talk abt /that/ elephant in the room LOL

rAAAH presence....... me and that fic are kinda love-hate in away (_ _;) she almost didn't make the cut, but im soo so happy that u found comfort in it!! hearing that always makes me happy i posted it <3

NOOOO STOPSJFBJDNF AHAHHAH cuz i also forget sometimes that i haven't written the fic and i wanna say something related to the plots but no one would get it :')))) THEY'LL BE WRITTEN EVENTUALLY THO ISTG

omg simple gifts 🫂 my baby 🫂 my unplanned masterpiece skfnenfbnf lol that sounds like she was like an unplanned pregnancy 💀 low-key she was ANYWAYS—

HELLO I LOVE U THANKS FOR RE-READING SO MANY THINGS EVEN THO ITS LIKE ON ACCIDENT LOWKEY 🤣😭 sending hugs and kisses !!! 💖

[lightadarttomendyourheart]

i've decided to take a break from it all. i've realized ive been so consumed by all the chats and planning the weekender and london and everything. texting brandon. i really like to busying myself with planning i think. but anyways, it's gotten too much. i feel like no one (minus a few) really appreciates and respects all the work and hours i put in to everything. and of course its not only me, but i really take the responsibility and the weight on my shoulders of planning all these things. it's an emotional burden. i make so many tabs and docs and resources for everyone to have all the information needed at their fingertips. and then what do they do? don't even fucking use it. they ask the same questions over and over again. when literally, what am i doing? googling it and answering them. why the fuck can't THEY google it and get their answers instead of asking other people. am i a fucking personal travel agent?

and i know i should just not engage. i should just take a deep breath and not reply. wait for someone else to take on the burden. but i can't. i physically and mentally fucking cant. maybe that's my character flaw. and the thing is, someone else WILL answer, and IT WONT BE CORRECT. and then days later someone will finally do the research or someone will tell them or whatever, and THEN they'll find out the actual, true information, when instead i can just quickly reply immediately and give them the exact correct information. but at what cost. honestly, at what fucking cost to my mental health.

i know they don't NEED me to plan shit, people have done trips without me i know i'm not fucking god and know everything. but i have all the info. literally. i remember everything from my initial research. from countless conversations we've had where we've decided this or that. where we've found out this or that. why can't they remember? do they even try to remember? i don't think they do. they just want someone else to do all the heavy lifting and reap the rewards. just tag along for the ride and do nothing. it's too much. i can't fucking handle it right now.

and i do handle it most of the time. and most of the time, it's fine. and with certain people, i get it. but seriously a simple fucking question. they look for it. and they can't find the answer. then i take 2 minutes out of my day and find the answer right away. like???? I DONT GET IT.

i seriously don't get it. it boggles me. why do they have to make my life so hard? i know they don't even realize it. i know it's not personal. but fuck it feels like it. why do you think i spend so much time getting us so organized. so i don't forget and so EVERYONE ELSE CAN BE A PART OF THE PLANNING AND FUCKING KNOW EVERYTHING AND NOT ASK ME THE SAME THING 5 TIMES.

like this is the which trip we're all doing together. like the 6th? 7th? this is not our first rodeo!!!!

i know this has something to do with indy too. how many fucking times did i tell him, this isn't a good idea. i'm going to hurt you. this will fuck up our friendship. yet, he didn't fucking listen to me. and i fucking hate that i can't talk to anyone but maya about it.

and honestly, after that talk we had on saturday night, literally fighting about the same fucking shit we always fight about. and then he makes that fucking rude ass comment about forcing me to go to qrion. like, HAVE YOU LEARNED NOTHING?!??!?! after i literally yelled at him for trying to force me to drink. after i fucking told him it made it feel like he was giving me no other option than to kiss him that one night to finally fucking shut him up. he fucking pulls this shit with me again. and it feels even fucking worse than before. it feels so personal. and it feels like he didn't hear anything i fucking said. like all of my feelings and personal views and WANTS mean fucking NOTHING to him. it's so fucking disrespectful. it makes me feel like what i want means absolutely nothing. and honestly, idfk what the fuck his intentions are, because at this point, they can't be good. how can someone explain that with a good outcome at heart. in my opinion, they can't. i really don't get it. what have i done. what did i fucking do to deserve to be so disrespected by my family. when i have fought so fucking hard for him. i've stood up for him SO many fucking times behind closed doors, when he's not even LISTENING or not even IN THE CHAT. i've been his biggest advocate because i fucking care about him and know him and i can't stand people shit talking him when i know he's trying to be good, that he's changing. but guess what, i guess he's fucking not. literally this whole week has proven to me he hasn't changed in the slightest. and with me. what a fucking stab in the back. when all i try to do is fight for him. he can't fucking give me the respect and decency i deserve. fuck him. seriously. i'm so fucking mad at him. and its not like i didn't tell him. it's not like i've secretly been bottling all of this up. he just doesn't fucking LISTEN. it's always all about him. well, what about me. what about my feelings. what about what's good for me????

and honestly, i'm at a point i feel like i've been chasing brandon this entire time and i'm over it. i'm just at full quit capacity right now. i'm quitting everything. not actually, but emotionally, yeah. right now, for the time being, i fucking quit. i quit the group chats. i quit planning. and i'm quitting brandon. if he wants to fucking talk to me, HE can fucking talk to me. i told him of course i'm taking a whatsapp break and to text me anywhere else. nothing bad against him, all about the groups etc. cause it's maybe 5-10% about him (but more so my emotions). i didn't just ghost and stop replying cause he didn't do anything wrong. but i'm curious when and if he will. i wanna say im sure he'll text or snap me something in the next few days. but who the fuck knows.

i really hate how much this all affects me. i wish it didn't. but alas. here we are.

idk how long i'll last. but honestly, since deleting whatsapp after work. i already feel so much better. i feel free. i hope i can last a week at least. maybe before sarah and i go to vic i'll redownload it. but then again, why do i want to stint my progress right before a nice relaxing weekend with my best friends.

we'll see what happens.

[wing-ed-thing]

Honey Cakes (Shino x Reader) Chapter II

Synopsis: You were stupid. You made a stupid choice; it left you with the first real heartache of your life and you could safely admit that you deserved it. But then the war came. And as quickly as it came, it was over. So what about you and Shino? Sequel to Honey Stand.

Chapter I Chapter II Chapter III Chapter IV Chapter V

Word Count: 2k

Warnings/Tags: Gender Neutral Reader, Post War, Slow Burn, Lightning Nature Reader, Slight Canon Divergence, Fake Tech Talk, Aged Up Characters, Vague PTSD Talk, War Commentary, Language  

Notes: I was stuck on this one for a long time. I swore I had more to say for the notes! AH!

Shino said nothing to you as you both exited Kakashi’s office. He wasn’t happy. Even despite your short lived relationship from long ago, you still knew him well enough to know that he was steaming underneath his hooded jacket. Granted, you weren’t ecstatic about being paired up with Shino either. He tucked himself further into the shadow of his head covering. He had since done away with the usual high collar he wore as a teenager and instead donned the updated uniform for Chūnin.

You could see his scowl clearly nowadays.

Shino took several long-legged strides ahead of you and swiftly exited down the stairwell. Surely, you didn’t expect much given your tense dynamic, but you also thought you would at least talk over how you were going to approach the mission so as to not dive in blind. The lack of communication, if anything, made you feel even more lost than you had before.

You had been tempted to linger around the building, a part of you hoping to find a presence that would comfort you and perhaps bring you down from the anxiety that started to well up in your chest. It took some effort to drag yourself down the stairs. You wondered if Shikamaru wouldn’t mind grabbing a drink with you before you left. But on second thought, he made it clear that he had time after you came back, so you kept walking until you exited the building. Of course, you reminded yourself, someone as important as Shikamaru probably had to schedule his social plans far in advance.

When you reached home, your mind immediately went to packing. You placed the mission file on your small kitchen table as you made a beeline for your workshop. You scooped up the supply pack that sat slumped over outside the door.

The room was originally set up as a guest room, but considering the fact that you almost never had guests, miscellaneous tools and projects had found their home there instead. You cleared off a space on your long work bench and plopped your pack on top. You made your way around the room, equal parts cleaning, reorganizing, and sifting through items you would need for a long journey. While this mission wouldn’t be the longest you’ve been sent on in terms of distance traveled, you were given no time frame for how long you were expected to stay at each base. That all depended on you. You hoped that it would pass quickly, but knew better than to pack for expectations alone.

You plucked a scroll out of your bag and unfurled it on the surface of your table, already imagining the type of technical issues you would potentially run into and what you would need to fix them. After much deliberation, most of your tools were swiftly swept into a sturdy, grey toolbox which in turn went straight into your storage scroll.

You thought that keeping your hands busy would mean clearing your mind, but seeing Shino today brought up more emotions within you than you anticipated. Your friendship— if you could even call it that— had ended the same year many of the upcoming genin were born. Narutrally, you saw each other around. With the relative size of the village and of your friend group, it was inevitable.

No one talked about the bet. Anyone who did seemed to forget after the war. After the horrors of adult life— of shinobi life— hit. Suddenly, Naruto didn’t care that you weren’t buying him Ichiraku for a month. Kiba had stopped trying to get Shino to talk to you. And at some point, even Ino stopped rushing over to your apartment any time she remotely saw the elusive Aburame.

You apologized and that was the most you could’ve done.

Shino had to be over it by now.

You repeated that to yourself as you continued to pack, brushing off the memories of kisses you once shared.

***

You met in the morning far before the sun had risen. The arches of the entrance gates loomed somewhere above your head, although you could barely make out the shape of them in the turquoise hue of the darkness. You looked out into the dim vastness as you waited, the trees in front of you obscuring what may be lurking in the forest ahead. Despite being right within the confines of the city, your inability to see the boundary properly made the beginning of the journey all that more intimidating. Despite your years of service, that feeling never changed.

Something changed in the atmosphere. You could feel Shino’s presence as he approached the gate and he remained silent as he came to stand next to you. He gripped the straps of the travel pack on his back and you studied his tall stature in the dimness. Even without the sun, you could still see the shape of his hood and round glasses on his nose. You clenched your jaw, brows furrowing with unsure eyes as you wondered if you should say anything, but before you could decide, Shino launched into the trees without you.

You didn’t hesitate before following him. You sped through the trees together, Shino's brutal pace ensuring that he stayed in front of you. Between his speed and the darkness of the morning, you were beginning to struggle to keep track of his figure as you avoided stray branches and leaves.

The two of you hadn’t spoken since you were placed on the mission. Normally you would’ve taken time to talk strategy on any other team, but you hadn’t been eager to reach out to your old classmate and he took it upon himself to disappear as he normally did. If anything, Shino was the one who made it clear that talking wasn’t on the table. But between the fear and your feelings of uncertainty, even you had to acknowledge that your lack of communication was starting to get reckless.

You stopped on a nearby branch. The village had just receded from view behind you as you called out to your partner. He stopped ahead, looking back at you, expressionless. The two of you stood for a few moments in the stillness of the forest. You had expected him to regroup with you, but upon noticing his stillness, you bounded forward to stand with him.

Only standing about a foot and a half away, you could see his features a bit more clearly.

Shino had grown tall, a stark contrast to his subtle presence. His face had slimmed over the past handful of years. At least you thought so considering that for much of his life, Shino had buried the second half of his face in the collars of his jackets. Little tufts of brown hair stuck out from underneath his hood which were far lengthier and tame compared to how he wore his hair in his youth. Shino stared at you blankly. He had never been expressive in the past, but you would have preferred a lack of expression over his subtle expression of bitterness.

“This is because of the bet isn’t it?” You asked, although the question came out with more of a confrontational bite than you had intended. Shino gave nothing away, not even the slight shift in his posture.

“Why would you think that?” He countered your question with one of his own and avoided answering all together. He was challenging you. Making a bet of his own that you wouldn’t dare talk about the events that transpired in your teenage years. Shino’s self projection had been correct.

You cast your gaze away as you stood in front of him, hyper aware of his question and unsure of how to answer. You weren’t exactly sure what you wanted to get out of a conversation with Shino in the first place. Even if you thought it was possible to repair the obvious rift between the two of you, where would you even start? Perhaps that was a large part of the reason why you never approached him again after your last meeting at the honey stand. But it was clear that he still held a grudge, and so you swiftly decided that the only thing of importance to you at that moment was the mission.

“Our mission is to get me to two bases to install two communication devices.” Shino continued to stare you down with his hands in his pockets. You took a deep breath, feeling the slightest bit of hesitancy. “We both have other things we would rather be doing, but talking to me sometimes will make this go a hell of a lot faster.”

The silence that followed your words felt palpable in the air. You met Shino’s untelling gaze and if you didn’t know him better, you would have mistaken his demeanor as indifferent. He took a deep breath in, the movement barely noticeable.

“Are you done?”

The three simple words he spoke were to whip up a frenzy inside of you. Something between anger, anxiety, and helplessness reverberated inside of your chest. The mixed feeling spread, freezing your voice and your muscles. Between the obscure nature of the dark and the obscurity of your own emotions, you missed a lone beetle which flew back to Shino and settled itself underneath his hood.

“The next few miles ahead are clear. We can get to the eastern base before peak heat.”

You nodded, not knowing what else to do before the two of you continued to advance.

The journey continued in more bouts of silence, but Shino had slowed the slightest bit. Travel at such speeds made it easy to zone out. The day had begun to lighten and in a blink, the forest had been enveloped in a gentle morning light. Your thoughts wandered all over the place from the electronic equipment in your inventory to what you would wear to Naruto and Hinata’s wedding.

You couldn’t remember the last time you went to a propper wedding. You knew of a few shinobi who married each other in the middle of the war— a way to try to feel a bit of control over something so monumental and heavy— but you never recalled attending anything other than small, intimate gatherings in your adulthood.

In a way, the wedding would also serve as a reunion. Your generation in particular had taken over the build of reconstruction after the war. As things began to settle, one of you would always try to gather the group for drinks or the like, but as the reality of adulthood set in, the more you came to acknowledge that things would never be like they were.

***

You found yourself stopped as it began to approach midday. Shino knelt, arm extended as a small gathering of beetles weaved through his fingers. He held them at eye level, interpreting their dancing.

“The bridge across the river has been destroyed,” he reported. You took a cautious look around, a hand on the pack of shuriken at your hip.

“How destroyed?”

“Probably unreported damage from the war, wouldn’t be the first.” Shino stood to his full height and turned to you. “I’ll let you call it in.”

You reached for the communication device strapped to your bicep. You remembered using simple, short-wave radios when you were a genin which looked more like toys in comparison to the technology you pioneered.

“So we have to cross on foot?” Your question took on the tone of an assumption. You glanced back at Shino as you finished your report. It would take some time, but you were sure that someone would be sent out to make the repairs. He shook his head.

“The water is moving too fast. I will look for a way around.” A swarm of beetles flew out from underneath Shino’s jacket and out into the forest. You watched them as they went. “I suppose we have been delayed.”

You almost told Shino that you would send word to the eastern base, before remembering why you were traveling in the first place. You and Shino stood in silence, the amount of time you were forced to be alone now indefinite.

Thank you to all who liked, reblogged, followed and otherwise supported. Your support means so much and is greatly appreciated.

@makoshino​ @brokennerdalert​ @sup-zfam​

Chapter I Chapter II Chapter III Chapter IV Chapter V​