#i offer a flower 🌷

[amaranthinespirit]

hi hi hi hello i just had a thought that i think you would like. a thunderstorm making simon on edge bc of the noise so reader tells him to use their thighs as ear muffs, turns into a slow and comforting pussy eating session. this is all, thank you, here’s a flower —>🌷

during a particularly bad thunderstorm which causes boyfriend!simon riley to be on edge, what better way to calm him than between your thighs?

(I infact love this request anon <3)

his chest tense and taut against your back, even the slightest noise causing him to pull you slightly closer each time. when you'd ask him if he was okay, he'd only give a rough grunt in response, the sound rumbling in his chest and vibrating against your back.

you decided you had finally had enough of him brushing off the fact that he was very clearly feeling on edge, crossing your arms against your chest as you looked back up at him with a firm expression.

his brows raised in surprise, feeling his muscles relax the slightest amount as he listened to your soft voice, though firm in tone as you escaped his tight grasp, relaxing against the couch cushions with your legs spread, an invitation to lay between your thighs.

the couch was tiny, and he took up quite a bit of that space, so when you leaned back, your legs draped over his lap. a rough, warm hand wrapped loosely around your ankle, his thumb gently smoothing over the skin as he watched you closely, the way you were waiting.

i mean, who would he be if deny the chance to lay between your thighs? crazy, he thought, absolutely insane to deny your sweet offer.

carefully, he sat up onto his knees, the couch creaking under his shifting weight, maneuvering your legs on either side of his thighs, hands still on your ankles.

he seemed hesitant, but eventually, he slowly lowered himself into the space between your thighs, his calloused hands let go of your ankles and gently came up to your outer leg to envelop him.

he couldn't hear the small noise that escaped through your lips as his crooked nose pressed against your clothed cunt, feeling the warm exhale of his breath through the fabric as you tried to relax.

he was so close, it was nearly unbearable, and it didn't help that he was just one layer of cloth away from your already soaked pussy. surely he could feel the material dampen under his face, that only pressed more firmly against your drooling heat.

it didn't take him long to recognize what he was doing to you, the way your plush thighs kept involuntarily squeezing tighter around his head, or the material of your panties quickly becoming more soaked the further he pinned against you.

he smirked, a slight chuckle slipping from his lips before he pressed his tongue flat against your clothed pussy. his eyes fluttered shut for a second, reveling in the faint taste of you through the cloth.

he retracted his tongue, chuckling once again as he mumbled into your pussy, "s'needy," his tone slightly condescending and words muffled as two thick fingers pulled aside your panties.

you whined slightly at the bitter contact of cool air before it was quickly replaced by the warmth of his lips, tongue swirling through your puffy folds as he took his time in devouring you.

his hands coming to the junction of your hips and thighs, forcing you further onto his face, crooked nose pressed against your little clit. one hand holding your hip slid down across your stomach, his forearm holding you still as he pinched and teased your clit, rolling the pearl gently between his calloused fingers.

his tongue slowly lapped at your leaking slit, grunting and groaning at the taste of you, wet, lewd sounds of him slurping up your slick, you desperately try to pull him closer, which he does allow, but your attempts to get him to speed up?

nice try lovie, let him take his time. he's still got the rest of the storm to lay between your thighs, let him savor it, you'll be here a while

[20-th-centurygirl]

celebrity crush

jude bellingham x fem!reader

summary: jude's very public attempts at bagging his celebrity crush

faceclaim: imaan hammam bc i'm obsessed with her

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twitter:

user: jude saying y/n is his celebrity crush is so real

user: y/n could do so much better than a footballer icl

user: y/n's my celebrity crush too it's ok jude

user: where did he say y/n was his celebrity crush?

user: england interview

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user: jude in the likes 👀

user: he likes every single post

user: bet he's got notifications on

user: she's so pretty

user: i don't blame jude one bit

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user: jude posted the last pic for y/n

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user: some player

user: the comment that jude liked? hello??

user: he's so fine

user: jude and y/n would be so hot together

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judebellingham: 😍😍

bellahadid: beautiful girl !

yourusername: no you !!

user: she's so mother

user: i want to be her when i grow up (i'm older than her)

user: frr i cannot believe she's 20

user: no cause her and jude are both so mature ?

user: not her ignoring jude's comment 😭😭

user: queen knows her worth

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user: y/n's following jude?!

user: i bet he's screaming rn

user: jude x y/n it's on

user: i hope they date soo bad

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↳ yourusername: i'm not cocky

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user: she's in madrid 👀👀

judebellingham: if you need a tour guide just let me know 😉

yourusername: maybe i'll have to take you up on that offer sometime

user: HELLO? THEIR COMMENTS

user: omg it's happening

user: JUDE AND Y/N JUDE AND Y/N

judebellingham: hi

judebellingham: since you're in madrid i was wondering if you wanted to come to one of my games? i can sort you tickets

yourusername: you're very full of yourself sometimes bellingham

judebellingham: sorry i didn't mean it like that. i just thought you might want to because you like football

yourusername: i'm joking

yourusername: i'd love to jude

judebellingham: really??

yourusername: yes 🫶🏾

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user: Y/N IS AT A MADRID GAME THIS IS NOT A DRILL ‼️

user: OMG

user: i can't believe he actually pulled her

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CHAMPIONS OF EUROPE

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yourusername: well done 🤍

judebellingham: thank you 🫶🏾

jobebellingham: some guy

user: Y/N AND JUDE ‼️

user: y/n and jude are endgame

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lately 🌻🌷🪻

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judebellingham: i like those flowers

yourusername: thanks

user: did jude buy her those flowers??

user: she's so beautiful

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everybody's wearing skims

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yourusername: 🤤🤤

judebellingham: you can see me like this whenever you want

user: Y/N'S COMMENT

user: AND JUDE'S REPLY

user: they're the it couple

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summer lovin

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user: OMGOMGOMG

jobebellingham: love youse

user: what

user: i can't believe he managed to pull her

judebellingham: neither can i

user: parents

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[alltoowelltom]

Thinking about Oscar buying his gf flowers for the first time (holding back tears)

-🌷(can i possibly be🌷anon?)

he would be determined. thank you for requesting and of course you can be 🌷 anon!

"Can I help you find anything?" the sales assistant asks kindly. She's got an amused smile on her face at the sight of the young man who appears overwhelmed at the selection of flowers laid in front of him. He'd considered leaving - there was too much variety, too many different options - but when he had laid eyes on the small floral store earlier he had become determined to buy a bouquet for you. He'd never bought you flowers before, never bought anyone flowers before. But you'd been together for a few months by now and he wanted to surprise you.

"Uh, yeah, maybe." He replies. "I wanna buy flowers for my girl- but which am I supposed to get her? How do I know what she'll like?" He rambles.

The woman only smiles at his nervous excitement, clearing off her table.

Oscar spends nearly half an hour listening intently to her explanations, taking in all the information as carefully as if he was hearing about the team's new car. He takes notes on his phone, making sure to write down the meanings of the flowers he chooses with her guidance.

He chews his lip lightly as she wraps the bouquet of hydrangeas, zinnias and baby's breath in translucent paper, tying a shiny white ribbon around too.

"Did you want to add a card too?" she asks, offering him a small pink card and a pen. Oscar thanks her, taking the pen and filling in both your name and his in the respective 'to' and 'from' spaces. His mind blanks as he tries to think of a message to add. How could he possibly find the words to explain how much you've become to him in a short period of time? He draws a shaky heart instead, hoping it will be enough to explain how he feels. The shop assistant loops the card onto the ribbon, tying it in a neat bow and handing the bouquet to Oscar who thanks her profusely for all her help.

"Don't be so nervous," she reassures him. "She'll love it, because you chose them for her."

"Hi baby," he calls, pushing the front door behind him. You'd stayed over at his apartment the night before and at his delight you'd opted to stay there all day too, promising you'd still be waiting once he got home from work. Despite it being early on in your relationship the thought of you usually being there when he got home (or vice versa) made his heart skip a beat.

"Kitchen!" you call, stirring a pot of pasta. He follows the sound of your voice.

"Hi," you greet him happily, turning the stove down and turning to give him a kiss. You stop short seeing what he's holding.

"Uh, these are for you." He says bluntly, holding them out. You can't hide the grin stretching across your features as you take it from him, flipping over the card and bringing the flowers close to your face.

"Thank you Oz," you say almost shyly. "What's the occasion?" You're already hunting in Oscar's cupboards for something vaguely vase-shaped. Unsurprisingly he has nothing of the sort so you settle for a clear Camelbak water bottle, filling it and placing the flowers inside.

"I don't need an occasion to get flowers for my best girl." He says, reaching one hand behind your head to press a sweet kiss to your mouth. You kiss him back happily.

"You like them?" He asks between pecks to your forehead.

"Yeah," you nuzzle into his chest and he's happy to just hold you in the middle of the kitchen. "I love them, 'cause they're from you."

🌼Hydrangea - gratitude

🌼Zinnia - constancy

🌼Baby's breath - everlasting love

[starrynights-sunnyskies]

as the flowers bloom, my heart does too ⋆*·ﾟmisa x putellas!femreader, social media au, (11/-)

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when your relationship ends and all you want to do is hide and cry, flowers suddenly start to appear on your doorstep.

or; misa hating to see a pretty girl cry and suffer and going out of her way to cheer her up while staying anonymous

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bff1 she's baaaaaaack 👯‍♀️

albaps9 🤗🤩😭

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ingridengen Stay a little longer this time! We've missed you 💘 ↳ yourusername i'm planning on it!! 🥺

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fridolinarolfo Missing us already? 😌

marialeonn16 You two should come over for dinner! ↳ yourusername it's just me, but i hope the offer still stands 🤭

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jennihermoso 😍 ↳ jennihermoso (to the sunset) ↳ marisabel_rguez Get out of here 😂

carolineweir95 enjoy!!

bff1 *jaws theme starts playing* ↳ yourusername that's not funny 😫

sofie.svava Have a good time back home 😘

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alexiaputellas Chiquita 🤩

begovargas next time i'm taking you to the ones in el raval 😌 ↳ yourusername more clothes? yes please (i say while trying to get my suitcase to zip shut)

friend1 Missy!! 😍

username1 why's jude still lurking 🤣

albaps9 yea, you're right, nala did rock those sunnies better 🤭 ↳ yourusername but i still rock them better than you ever will 🙋‍♀️

bff1 i want to be that icecream ↳ yourusername ew get out, weirdo

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17:39 mami 🌷(ICE) Mija, text me when you are home. We just went through customs. I love you.

17:40 mami 🌷(ICE) Make sure you lock all the doors and windows when you go back to Madrid. Your tio knows you'll bring the keys to him. Tell him we said hello.

17:43 mami 🌷(ICE) And don't forget to clear out the refrigerator. You can take anything else that will expire soon with you.

17:45 mami 🌷(ICE) Be careful when you drive back to Madrid. Take some breaks and text me whenever you can. I know we will have a big time difference but you can always call and text me, laelia.

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18:01 albaquerque 🌼you've got this! and you've got your girls, so you won't be alone! i really loved having you around again. we'll see each other again soon. don't miss me too much 😉

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20:05 ale 🐻About to get onto the plane. Thinking of you. You've been through worse than a month alone, remember? And you'll have Nala to keep you company. I love you. 😘

20:05 ale 🐻 Give Nala a kiss, btw.

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bff1 uh yeah and you did. multiple times this week. ↳ yourusername stop exposing me 😭 ↳ bff1 as long as they were happy tears ↳ yourusername they were 🥺

bff3 My favourite girls! ☺️

username1 WHY AREN'T YOU WITH MISA AT THE WC?? liked by 42 others

alexiaputellas Looking beautiful you two 😍👶

bff2 I love you all so much!! 🥺🥺🥺 ↳ yourusername we've come a long way 🥺 ↳ bff3 We have ❤️ ↳ bff1 i can't believe we're getting old ↳ yourusername get used to it ↳ bff2 At least we're getting older each year! ↳ yourusername can't wait until we're grey and pruning and wreaking havoc in the nursing home ↳ bff2 And then our kids come to visit us and get second hand embarrassment 🤣 ↳ bff3 I can't wait ☺️ ↳ bff1 jesus guys, let me find a hubby first ↳ yourusername are you implying you need a hubby to have kids bc i will fight you on that one ↳ bff1 NO. be gay do crime ✌️ ↳ yourusername 😚

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bff2 😍😋

marialeonn16 Pasta again? ↳ yourusername yea... i'm constantly carrying a carb infused food baby around 😭

bff3 Always the best cook ❤️ ↳ bff1 you're only saying that because she kept indulging your cravings ↳ yourusername i was just being a great friend xxx

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yourusername: madrid madrid madrid 🌼 Liked by bff2, friend1, janafernandez3 and 1,290 others

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username1 girl what are you doing, the semifinal is in two days 😭 ↳ username2 At least she's back in Madrid? 🤞

friend1 Better luck next time! 🎾🖤

bff3 Loved our double date... + YN 😂 ↳ bff2 It was such a lovely day with our men... oh and YN 🙊 ↳ yourusername rub it in, won't you <3 ↳ bff1 next time you'll have me there again to save you from the thirdwheeling!!!!!

username3 get your ass down under asap for wag duties 😡 ↳ username4 fr why isn't she supporting misa at the wc? ↳ username5 Some people have jobs and responsibilities, ever heard of those? ↳ username3 and you don't think supporting your significant other at one of the biggest moments in their life is important?

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10:31 Misa Hey, what's up, are you free?

10:41 Alexia Sure!

10:41 Misa Can you come to the cafe on the corner of the street? I'm at a table outside.

10:41 Alexia Right now?

10:43 Misa If you can? 😅

10:43 Alexia Is everything okay?

10:44 Misa More than! Don't worry.

10:44 Alexia Are you sure?

10:44 Misa Positive. I just need to talk to you about something.

10:44 Alexia Okay. I'm coming down!

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sofie.svava If you don't bring me one of those hats, we're going to have a problem. ↳ carolineweir95 I can't tell if this is sarcastic or not 😂

haleyraso Welcome, welcome 😌

username1 ok misa i see those flowers 👀

username2 I miss YN in the comments 😕 ↳ username3 but she hasn't really posted anything, so what is there to comment on?

albaps9 HELLO 👋

alexiaputellas 😎

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username2 what hotel is this?

username3 Now we just have to cross our fingers she's not only there for Alexia because this sudden radio silence is creeping me out

username4 was she with misa?? ↳ username5 she's not staying at the players hotel and i doubt the players can go see family right now. they're always pretty isolated during big tournaments, especially now that the final is tomorrow. and i heavily doubt that vilda will let family come over to keep morale high

username6 it kind of worries me that they're no longer so loveydovey online, but i'm holding out hope for a YSN pic soon ↳ username7 they're probably fine. they don't have to salivate on each other's post week in week out to be going strong. ↳ username8 It lowkey looks like the initial hype died down a little after their hard launch, but hey, that's fine. It's their life, as long as they're happy 💘 ↳ username9 but they better go back to being loveydovey again soon tho 😭

username10 🕯praying everything is fine between them 🕯

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a/n: hope you've all had a sweet week 🌻

[ghettogirly]

how would a yandere/obsessive armando, where he wants the reader for himself and will do whatever it takes to have her, (she falls little by little for him) 🔥💗

P.S., I love youuuuu 🌷✨💗🛐

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𝐀𝐑𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐎 𝐀𝐑𝐄𝐓𝐀𝐒 𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐂𝐀𝐍𝐎𝐍:

𝐏𝐀𝐈𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐆: 𝐎𝐁𝐒𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐕𝐄!𝐀𝐑𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐃𝐎 𝐀𝐑𝐄𝐓𝐀𝐒 𝐗 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐄𝐑.

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-> synopsis: how would armando be as a yandere?

-> theme: dark + obsessive themes.

-> format: headcanon.

-> warning: use of the n-word, armando is the real abuser, mention of abusive relationships, mention of domestic violence, verbal abuse, do not read if unstable relationships trigger you!

-> authors note: sorry for no post yesterday guys, i haven’t been well! i wanted to do this as a headcanon rather than a particular one shot. hope you enjoy, love you too!! 𝐫𝐞𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝!

💿 𝐍𝐎𝐖 𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐘𝐈𝐍𝐆: 𝐓𝐎𝐗𝐈𝐂 - 𝐊𝐄𝐇𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐈

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[🕷️] 𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐒𝐓 𝐌𝐄𝐄𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆

-> initially, he saw you arguing with your man outside late at night. he was getting all up in your face while you was there angrily-crying.

-> he was calling you all sorts of names, “bitch ass nigga” , “hoe”, any name you can think of, he said it.

-> armando was just watching from his car as he was pulled up on the street, leaving this clients house.

-> so when he saw a beautiful girl like you being berated by someone who’s supposed to love and protect you, it’s safe to say he was enraged.

-> the way your clothing accentuated your every curve, the curls bouncing on your shoulders and your full two-toned lips perfecting your face.

-> safe to say he was pissed with your boyfriend, who wouldn’t even appreciate what he had in front of him.

-> he didn’t intervene that night, wanting to just observe and see the dynamics before he did anything drastic.

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[🕷️] 𝐈𝐍𝐅𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍

-> weirdly enough, you would spot this man every time you went shopping.

-> he was just in his own world, getting food and snacks, until one day you saw him pick up a bouquets of flowers

-> a hint of annoyance took over your face as you reminisced on the relationship you had with your boyfriend, whoever has this gorgeous man as their partner was lucky.

-> and i mean real lucky.

-> it was time for you to pay for your shopping and you was £20 short. Sighing, you was ready to just leave it all there and walk out as you picked up the wrong purse from your house.

-> “i’m so sor-“

-> “i’ll pay for it.”

-> it was the same handsome male you saw before, now offering to pay for all your food shopping. His hair was cleanly cut and his beard freshly groomed, he slightly smirked at you while handing you his card to tap onto the card machine.

-> “are you sure-“

-> “just use it amor.”

-> that was the day your heart warmed up for him a little more.

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

[🕷️] 𝐁𝐔𝐃𝐃𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄

-> you spotted him at more places.

-> in the park, local corner shop, town centre, even the gym.

-> was you confused? yes.

-> did you care? no.

-> every time he saw you, he always checked up on you. Asking how you are, how work is, how is home life.

-> he even asked you out, which was a surprise, considering you thought he had a girlfriend.

-> “those flowers?? oh those were for my mom,” he reassured, slightly laughing.

-> “oh!!”

-> nevertheless, you had to reject him because you was still with that useless man. To which he did not understand.

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

[🕷️] 𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄

-> that wasn’t until your “boyfriend” put his hands on you was when you snapped back into reality and realised how abusive he was towards you.

-> even if you didn’t snap back into reality, armando would make sure you would. “¡No puedes seguir soportando este abuso!”

-> he was right. why was you still with him?

-> armando was there every time you was hurt, taking care of you, showing his love for you.

-> so you finally got the courage to stand up to him and leave him, with armando by your side. Your boyfriend obviously did not take it well, screaming and throwing things but he did not touch you, not wanting to take his chances with the muscular male that was beside you.

-> it was over.

-> While you went to the car to load up your things, armando suggested to wait in the house to collect the last of your belongings so your ex did not try anything.

-> "Aquí está lo último del dinero. Lo hiciste bien".

-> Your ex nodded and walked upstairs.

-> Walking out of the house, Armando met you in the car. “Everything okay?”

-> “Never better. Él nunca te volverá a hacer daño.”

-> placing a big kiss on his lips, you smiled. never even batting an eyelash to the though of Armando, your saviour, was the reason for your ex’s abuse.

-> just in order, to push you to the edge in order for you to become vulnerable and love him.

-> after all, it was pretty easy to convince your ex boyfriend. A couple thousand of pounds makes everyone happy, right?

━━━━━━━━━━━━━━

[🕷️] 𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐒𝐋𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒:

“¡No puedes seguir soportando este abuse!”: you can’t keep taking this abuse!

"Aquí está lo último del dinero. Lo hiciste bien". : Here is the last of the money. You did well.

Él nunca te volverá a hacer daño.” : He will never hurt you again.

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[🕷️] 𝐓𝐀𝐆𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐓: @shurisgf @milliumizoomi @deadpool15 @5tarlan7 @thedarkworldofhananerea @tyneshaaa @wizewhispers @armandosbabymama @sarcasticbitchsblog @dyttomori @amplifiedmoan @azaleeia

𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐓 𝟐..?

[lovelyhan]

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✧  series masterlist

doting on you! | 💐🌟✨ × tags: fluff, angst

a svt hiphop unit pets series

inflection point | 💐🌟✨ × tags: polyamory, unresolved emotional tension, angst

a jeongcheol poly series

it’s complicated | 🌷✨ × tags: royalty au, magic, slow burn

one commoner, two princes, and three tales far too complicated to comprehend.

line by line | 🌹 × tags: soulmates, fluff, angst, comedy

a svt vocal unit soulmates series

just one night | 🌹 × tags: one night stands, fluff, angst

a svt performance unit one night stand series

game over | 🌷🌟 × tags: streamer au, eventual poly, sex tapes

a minwon streamer au

✧  seungcheol

inflection point | 💐✨ × tags: polyamory, unresolved emotional tension, angst

you love yoon jeonghan. no, scratch that. you fucking adore yoon jeonghan; so much that the moment he asks you to be in a exclusive set-up with his current partner, you accept the offer in a heartbeat. what you fail to consider, however, is who your boss’ boyfriend actually is.

thirst trap | 💐 × tags: established relationship, phone sex

when your boyfriend posts a deliberate thirst trap for millions to see, you end up feeling just a little bit sulky.

down bad (so, so bad) | 💐🌟 × tags: pet-sitter!reader, friends to lovers, daddy kink

it’s not like you’re curious about how the word would taste in your mouth whenever seungcheol calls himself daddy while talking to kkuma. nope. definitely not.

forced orgasm | 💐

when you’re having a bad day | 💐

“you sound pretty hot when you shut up” | 💐

saccharine | 💐

03:26 | 💐

02:55 | 💐

✧  jeonghan

inflection point | 💐✨ × tags: polyamory, unresolved emotional tension, angst

you love yoon jeonghan. no, scratch that. you fucking adore yoon jeonghan; so much that the moment he asks you to be in an exclusive set-up with his current partner, you accept the offer in a heartbeat. what you fail to consider, however, is who your boss’ boyfriend actually is.

ode to you | 💐 × tags: reincarnation, multiple lives, pining, angst, no smut

if there's one thing you've learned from all the lives you've spent together, it's that jeonghan isn't always someone you'll end up wanting. he can be crass. he can be secretive. he can be nothing short of vexing. but in the end, he's everything you need him to be.

every summertime | 💐 × tags: 70s au, hard to get, bad decisions, pining?

you’re not really interested in the record shop downtown. but people aren’t oblivious to the way you keep trying to get into the owner’s pants—not even the owner himself.

sexting | 💐

when you’re having a bad day | 💐

02:55 | 💐

03:05 | 💐

jeonghan as your roommate | 💐

✧  joshua

bad habits | 💐 × tags: exes w benefits, car sex, pining, angst

it’s common practice to not sleep around with your ex months after you broke up. too bad you and joshua are terrible at doing things by the book.

hoax | 💐✨ × tags: mafia!joshua, strangers to lovers, angst

you’re a hostess that’s drowning in debt, and jisoo is a man with too many secrets to keep. making a clean break for it isn’t as easy as you’d hoped.

eyes meeting, hearts apart | 💐 × tags: prince!joshua, requited unrequited love

you could’ve fallen for the childhood friend who owns a flower shop, the singer who takes the stage of the bar every other day. hell, even the landlord’s flirtatious son could’ve been a better choice. but you can’t really help it if your heart longs for a prince who’s in love with somebody else.

505 | 💐 × tags: coworkers, friends with benefits, angst

i'd probably still adore you with your hands around my neck; or i did, last time i checked. 

17:12 | 💐

00:51 | 💐

03:05 | 💐

✧  junhui

the first circle of hell [1] [2] | 💐 × tags: vampire, reincarnation, angst, major character death

the first time you catch a glimpse of jun, you feel like you’ve seen him somewhere before. a magazine cover, a billboard, or a music show you watched in passing. jun, on the other hand, seems to know you a lot better than you know yourself.

✧  soonyoung

daylight | 💐 × tags: automaton!hoshi, sci-fi, angst

when hoshi first opened his eyes, the singular impulse hard-wired into his circuitry is to dance. a performer in every sense of the word, he simply finds another stage to set foot on in the planet of salax after the escape. people never overstay their welcome here, but he unexpectedly meets you—a mechanic born and raised in a place where no one deigns to linger for too long.

friends with benefits | 💐

untitled | 💐

i knew you were trouble | 💐

✧  wonwoo

underlying pretense | 💐🌟 × tags: enemies to lovers, sex tapes

being two of the most popular streamers across the board, your subscribers often speculate if your constant bickering with wonwoo has some underlying pretense. little did they know, the two of you have everything on display on a single, unsuspecting twitter account.

favorite poison | 💐🌟 × tags: enemies to lovers, sex tapes

no strings attached sex is easy. catching feelings for a person you supposedly hate is hard. it’s in times like this when wonwoo wishes he can set the dial on his life to easy mode forever, but everyone knows he’s nothing if not stubbornly competitive.

mirage | 💐 × tags: strangers to lovers, one night stands

he loves with a passion that bleeds into his actions, never his words. you can see it in how he doesn’t make a sound. how he’s seemingly on the cusp, teetering dangerously across the knife’s edge. you’re nothing but a stranger to him and yet he looks at you like you’re the most precious thing in the world.

meet cute of the century |  💐🌟✨ × tags: meet cute, strangers to lovers, pining

the last thing you expected when you volunteered at your city’s local animal shelter is to meet the hottest cat person in the world. now if only he’d just adopt one of them so you’d stop ogling him every time he drops by.

caught in the middle |  💐 × tags: established relationship, one-sided pining 

mingyu knows. he’s perfectly aware that his best friend’s girlfriend is the last person he should end up wanting. but who is he to refuse when wonwoo invites him to join something he never thought he could ever be part of?

don’t be lazy | 💐

02:35 |  💐

✧  jihoon

let’s fall in love for the night  | 💐

✧ minghao

rush hour | 💐 × tags: enemies to lovers, dancer au, public sex

you used to be good friends with the newest dancer in your agency, but your competitiveness gets the better of you when he overtakes your spot as the top performer of the month—for three straight months.

terrified | 💐✨ × tags: established relationship, marriage, having kids

minghao has a knack for keeping the things you tell him in mind. from your favorite brand of wine to how the idea of bearing children terrifies you—he remembers all of it. so your husband is in a bit of a crisis when he realizes that this newfound desire to start a family kind of clashes with something you trusted him to respect.

when it’s cold outside | 💐

✧  mingyu

again and again | 💐🌟✨ × tags: exes, fake dating, angst

your mother calls one day, asking if you’re bringing mingyu along for chuseok this year. in your panic, you end up giving her an affirmative—never mind the fact that you and mingyu have stopped seeing each other over half a year ago.

vices & virtues | 💐 × tags: enemies to lovers, bodyguard!gyu

being from one of the most opulent families in the city, you’re used to getting everything you want. but when you realize that your hot bodyguard is strictly off-limits, you treat him like anything else you can’t have: with unbridled hostility.

caught in the middle |  💐 × tags: established relationship, one-sided pining

mingyu knows. he’s perfectly aware that his best friend’s girlfriend is the last person he should end up wanting. but who is he to refuse when wonwoo invites him to join something he never thought he could ever be part of?

needy | 💐

✧  seokmin

20:32 | 💐

✧  seungkwan

1:12 | 💐

✧  vernon

divorce child | 💐 × tags: exes to lovers, mutual pining, fluff, angst

you like to think that your most recent breakup with vernon ended on relatively good terms. there’s only one issue left to sort out: who’s getting custody of the cat you got together?

friends with benefits | 💐

01:22 | 💐  

✧  chan

promise ring | 💐✨ × tags: fantasy, childhood friends, mutual pining

no one would’ve guessed that the only daughter of the town’s royal mage has a soft spot for the clumsiest fire elemental in the entire realm. but when the crown prince suddenly asks for your hand in marriage, you’re forced to consider how you feel about a certain lee jung chan a lot more seriously. 

2:40 | 💐

[azure-cherie]

Rituals for moon phases

according to your astrology, manifestations, affirmations and offerings .

Full moon

Please note that all of this can be followed and done by anyone regardless of their placements 🌷 they're intuitive and research based 🌷

Aries : moon /sun/ rising / Jupiter/ Venus

Full moon is about manifesting, as an Aries you are to be really focused on yourself, you're born in this lifetime to embody the energy of your own self and give to yourself,

You can consider doing , self confidence spells , manifestation to get leadership positions , or just being happy in general.

" Ithe energy of the full moon to lets me embody the highest most confident and abundant version of myself , i hold strength and assertiveness in all times , i hold kindness and pure energy that my soul is born with , I work with the universe to live my life potential fully "

Offerings as an Aries to nature / god's / the moon :

Chamomile

Cinammon

Apple

A dance , acrobatic moves , yoga

Tattoos

A walk

Red candles

Taurus : moon /sun/ rising / Jupiter/ Venus

Full moon to you is about being stable grounded in sync asking the power that is already yours you're connected to nature and your own gifts .

Your lifetime is of conception of beauty and of appreciation of creation and to create as a form of endearment.

" The energy of the full moon makes me abundant and divinely blessed I'm in tune with my feminine energy and in sync with my creative abilities I see the world with the eyes of an observer I stay grounded beautiful and blessed "

Offerings as a Taurus to nature / god's / the moon :

Makeup

Roses

Dresses

Skincare

Handmade crafts

Paintings

Rose quartz

Red Jasper

Gemini : moon /sun/ rising / Jupiter/ Venus

Full moon to you is about open communication feeling the energy of your throat chakra , embodying teen like wonder and the portal to infinite curiosity

Your lifetime is of watching , knowing , exploring learning and giving knowledge

" The energy of the full moon blesses my mind and my heart my intelligence, curiosity and wonder is overflowing I'm filled with knowledge and the urge to know more , i put my words into actions and live life how I want to "

Offerings as a Gemini to nature / god's / the moon :

Writings

Crafts

Rosemary

Mugwort

Sodalite

Jade

Bloodstone

Drinks

Cancer : moon /sun/ rising / Jupiter/ Venus

Full moon to you is about embodying yourself fully , the emotions the feelings , it is also a time to manifest things , you're the most powerful this time but also very vulnerable remember to stand your ground as manifestation requires the stableness as well as the dream .

" The full moon brings me deep realisations about myself and the things around me I'm grateful blessed and ready to absorb good energies from good sources and repel the negative I'm fully blooming I'm blessed "

Offerings as a cancer to nature / god's / the moon :

Datura

White flowers

Milk , bread

Moonstone

Selenite

Sage

Water = ( you can use it later as moon water )

Rice

Leo : moon /sun/ rising / Jupiter/ Venus

Full moon to you is about awakening the beast within you and this beast doesn't destroy but it destroys the selective negativities and the limiting beliefs, it calls upon you to believe in your own divine power the natural energy of strength that you embody .

" The full moon empowers me to believe in myself and I call upon the most blessed opportunities in my life , I know my courage goes beyond everything and with that courage in my heart I'll get everything "

Offerings as a Leo to nature / god's / the moon :

Honey

Fire offerings like candles , campfires

Red Jasper

Citrine

Cranberries

Dragonsblood

Red or orange flowers

Virgo : moon /sun/ rising / Jupiter/ Venus

Full moon to you is about rising in your calling now that you know who you are it's about maintaining the valor and the confidence to be unshaken and unwavering in your divine power . You're intelligent and awakened

"The full moon empowers me to use my abilities for the best of me and the people around me I'm grounded , smart and always channeling the best version of myself , the creation , the invention is all in my hands , I'm getting all the best "

Offerings as a virgo to nature / god's / the moon :

Wood

Stationery items

Fluorite

Portfolio, manifesto

Twigs and stones

Pyrite

Drawings

Libra : moon /sun/ rising / Jupiter/ Venus

Full moon to you is about finding balance in your life , you my dear are super powerful because you can walk with logic as well as emotional like miley said you're the best of both worlds it's time to get back to who you are at heart.

" The full moon empowers me to manifest the best energies in equal form and importance I'm the masculine and the feminine the container and the flow , the logic and the intuition I'm whole I'm complete I'm expanding"

Offerings as a Libra to nature / god's / the moon :

Opal / opalite

Makeup

Drawings

Witch hazel

Advice a friend

Tea with various herbs

Neem

Scorpio : moon /sun/ rising / Jupiter/ Venus

Full moon to you is about connecting to your energies whether light or dark , your energy is flowing with strength and valour , your mystery is divine and you're attracting the raw power of the full moon at this time .

" The full moon empowers me to accept all the parts of myself the ones that I enjoy the ones that I hide the ones that I wanna embody I'm mysterious, sexy and alluring I get closer to my desires with each moment"

Offerings as a scorpio to nature / god's / the moon :

Obsidian

Moldavite

Orgasms

Spell jars

Stones pebbles dead organisms

Radical changes in your life like - " I'm gonna stop people pleasing" , " I will no longer over spend " etc

Sagittarius : moon /sun/ rising / Jupiter/ Venus

Full moon to you is about embodying the eternal wisdom of the undying moon before you and after you to have the power to travel not only in the physical realm but also in mental and spiritual senses , you're the teacher the hierophant you're embodying yourself now

" The full moon empowers me to recognise my own potential and take steps towards embodying my full energy I know I'm capable of travels and wisdom in the physical, mental and astral I'm forever growing and forever protected "

Offerings as a Sagittarius to nature / god's / the moon :

Travel to a forest , with a pendulum and follow the directions

A walk

A book , stationery

Sodalite

Amethyst

Compass

Capricorn : moon /sun/ rising / Jupiter/ Venus

Full moon to you is about gaining power over you routines and you goals , for yourself and for others to be more assertive and loving to yourself, you know that discipline is the greatest act of love and you act towards it with each phase of moon you are stronger and braver

" The full moon empowers me to gain my clarity in every situation, I get good insights and logic guides me to my greatest self i set standards for myself and for others I attract all that i desire because it's already mine "

Offerings as an Capricorn to nature / god's / the moon :

Manifestations or list of things you'd like to achieve

Garnet

Setting routines

Fenugreek

Fruits mainly green to brown toned

Spend time in nature

Hit the gym

Aquarius : moon /sun/ rising / Jupiter/ Venus

Full moon to you is about breaking patterns and getting in touch with the real you , you know you're not here to conform to any norm , you know that one finds the other weird only because they can't do what you can do , you're getting closer to your truth because you're not afraid .

" The full moon empowers me to be myself and bring in necessary changes for me and for others , I know the rules and i break the rules when required, i believe in my power and the power of my choices I'm at my best and at full bloom "

Offerings as an Aquarius to nature / god's / the moon :

Pot / vessel , soup pot

Honey

Amethyst

Do something you are scared to do

Pour the plants with water

Basil

Visit a childcare, heathcare ,

Pisces : moon /sun/ rising / Jupiter/ Venus

Full moon to you is to connect to your highest self to the eternal spiritual beautiful brimming human you are , if Aquarius is the vessel you're the flowing water always nourished and wise and flowing with beauty.

"The full moon empowers me to connect to my intuitive powers and be excellent in all my pursuits I'm eternally creative , powerful and blessed , all my dreams and manifestations come true , I create my ways for my best version to arise I'm blessed in all ways "

Offerings as an pisces s to nature / god's / the moon :

Daydreaming

Walks

Sodalite

Water

Shells

Skincare and self-love

Thank you so much for reading, have a great day/night ahead 🤍

[pato-roldnart]

i'm just speechless about that last drarry piece you poseted. i keep taking out my phone to stare at it over and over, absolutely incredible. i love everthing about it (their expressions, their hair omg, but what really makes me !!!!! is the fashion. i'm such a fashion lover and this is everything i've ever needed, like my god, i feel like i want to buy you flowers or smth

OH GAWD HELP 😭😭😭 I can't stop crying, you have no idea how much this means to me, I always stuggle to draw clothes and reading this really make me so happy. Thank you so much!!! 🌻🌷💖

I don't know how else to say thank you, but i can offer the sketches i did while designing their clothes 🥺

[finniestoncrane]

Hii!! May I request Edward Deegan with a gender neutral reader please; prompts like

🌷having them place a flower behind your ear

Thigh riding, praise kink, overstimulation + “do that again, it feels nice” welcome but not all necessary, love your writing to bits & pieces!🧡🥳

Edward Deegan x GN!Reader, word count: 1k thank you so much anon!! soft deegan in the wasteland it is. i think he deserves to take a little rest and enjoy the day sometimes. those cabots run him ragged, and he needs someone to push him to just sit down and take a deep breath (and also someone to grind against him lmao) ☢️ request info • prompt list • send me a request • kofi • masterlist minors DNI!! 🔞 cw: grinding, thigh riding, dry humping, tiny teensy bit of nipple play, pre-ejac kinda, lil bit of overstimulation, smooching (specifically tongue kissing is mentioned)

The Wasteland almost felt pleasant. It was something that happened when you were around Deegan, you noticed. He made you feel safe, made things feel brighter and sweeter, even if he was, in all fairness, quite a stern and grumpy fellow most of the time. But sometimes, even he couldn't resist the urge to just sit back and cherish little moments, especially when you were encouraging him.

Curled up against his side, you looked out onto the road in front of you, empty except for a few rusted cars. No enemies. No danger. With a sigh, you spoke, drilling your oft repeated message into him.

"See, it's so important to just take a moment to yourself, Edward. You do enough for the Cabot, but nothing for you. And if it means they have to wait a little longer for you to get back to the house from whatever errand they have you running, then so be it."

You shouldn't have had to give him permission to be kind to himself, to remember that he was his own man, but he'd been working for Jack and his family for two hundred years, and you found he needed to be reminded quite often that there was a life outside of Cabot house, one that you were willing to be a part of.

From beside him, Deegan's fingers plucked a small flower from the remaining grass, reaching across his body and yours to tuck it behind your ear. His eyes softened as he looked at you, no longer the intense, tired stare he tended to have. It was so sweet, so welcoming, that you couldn't help yourself. You twisted your body and swung a leg over his thighs, sitting yourself down on his lap. Despite his surprise at your very public display of affection, he placed his hands on either side of your waist and let his fingers dance over your sides.

His touch was soft, always surprisingly gentle despite his strength and his often gruff attitude. You leaned in to show your appreciation with a gentle kiss, his eyelids closing as your lips touched his, a soft gravelly moan confirming his approval of your forward thinking. Before you knew it, you were grinding against his thighs, rolling your hips forward, breath hitching appreciatively each time you felt the stiff bulge at the front of his pants against you.

As you lifted yourself up to gain a better angle for running yourself against him, you felt Deegan's hands skirt over your thighs and around to your rear, cupping at your cheeks, fingers digging into the flesh.

"You're right, this is nice... feels good to take a break..."

Pleased with yourself, you let out a small giggle, a sweet sound that made his cheeks warm.

"... You're so smart... always know what's best..."

For as long as you'd known him, nothing had felt quite as good as hearing his approval, any praise he was willing to offer you. It was music to your ears, providing a soothing, comforting warmth that radiated through your bones.

"... so good... so very good..."

With a groan you almost headbutted him, pushing your lips against his with a passionate force that knocked him back a little. When you felt him push back a little, you placed your hand on his chest, stopping him with very little effort, letting him sink back down again and succumb to your control over his pleasure.

You pulled at his shirt, untucking it from his pants and sliding your hand under. Even through the ridges of his scarring, you could feel his muscles, carved into his chiselled torso, sending a tingle through your fingertips as they passed over them. Travelling upwards, you laid your palm against his breastbone for a moment, before letting your digits brush over his nipples. He let out a sharp breath, and, worried you had gone too far, you lifted your hand from him, only for it to be clamped back down against him by his own.

"No, it's ok... you can do that again, it feels nice."

Smiling, a mischievous grin that was encouraged by his permission, you teased at his nipple with your fingers, rolling the stiff bud between them. As you worked at him, you brought yourself to his lips for another kiss, pushing your tongue into his mouth and tasting his last coffee. His hands fell to your thighs and the pressure of the grip had you moaning into his mouth, dull aches as he bruised your skin at the force he held you with, making it difficult to keep grinding against the now throbbing bulge.

"Shit... Shit!"

The fingers embedded into your thighs twitched and released as his back arched and relaxed back against the tree. It took a few moments for you to understand what had happened, but the red of his cheeks and his sudden collapse into a panting puddle gave it away.

"So quick, Edward... I wasn't expecting that."

He smiled at your teasing.

"I wasn't expecting any of this, that might explain it."

Rolling your hips forward, you caught him off guard, and he winced, a rugged groan escaping from his throat.

"What are you doing?"

"I'm not done yet..."

With renewed vigour, inspired by the way his face screwed up in a twist of pleasure and pain, you kept grinding against him. The wet of his seed coated the front of his pants, soon covering yours too, sticky and cold in the breeze. Deegan reached behind him, his fingers scraping at the bark of the tree as you felt him begin to twitch again, his erection dwindling, but the arousal still pulsing through him.

"H-how long... I don't think... think I can..."

You placed a kiss to his lips, ending his sentence prematurely.

"Relax, Edward. You're already going to be late. What's another few minutes going to matter?"

Deegan relented, his body weak from his orgasm, weaker still with the way you kept stimulating him, but hungry for more of you.

[forever-rogue]

heyyy beeee🥰

I saw requests are opened and I come here bearing flowers and an idea. Here are the flowers: 🌷🌸🌹🌼💐🌻

And the idea: I just thought it would be funny and adorable for Steve “my favourite Star Wars movie is the one with the teddy bears” Harrington to have a Star Wars loving gf that would roll her eyes fondly and kiss his cheek whenever he got something wrong. He would be so cute trying to be involved bc his girl likes that stuff you know and she’d melt cause he’s trying for her even if it’s not something she expected him to do 🥲💖🩷

AN | But this is my dream (it’s me, I’m Star Wars girlfriend) and it’s so soft. Enjoy🥺

Warnings | Language

Pairing | Steve x Fem!Reader

Word Count | 2.2k

Masterlist | Steve, Main

─── ･ ｡ﾟ☆: *.☽ .* :☆ﾟ. ───

Steve's eyes were glued to your figure as soon as he spotted you. It was a boring afternoon shift alone at Family Video, and he'd been absentmindedly flipping through a magazine. As soon as he heard the doors open, he perked up at the idea of some human interaction.

He hadn't expected to be blown away by having the prettiest girl he'd ever seen walk in. His brain turned to scrambled eggs immediately and all he managed to do was close the magazine as you disappeared into the aisles. You hadn't even noticed him; not on purpose, you were just on a mission. 

Tossing the magazine to the side, he slipped out from behind the counter and started walking in your direction. He cleared his throat, touched up his hair and prepared himself for what he hoped would be an actual interaction.

"Hello there," he turned into the aisle you were in, causing you to look up in surprise. The moment he got a closer look at your face, he suddenly forgot what he was going to say. Your eyes flicked to his name tag and you relaxed when you realized he was an employee and not some random man.

"Hi," and oh. Steve already loved the sound of your voice and the small smile you offered in response. 

"Help need…do you?" He managed to blurt out as you giggled softly. His neck and cheeks pinked once he realized what he'd say. He was already smacking himself internally, "sorry - do you need any help finding anything?"

"Yeah, actually," you put back the movie in your hand and turned your full attention to him, "I'm looking for - and don't laugh - the Star Wars movies. Do you have them here?"

"Why would I laugh?" Steve asked, shaking his head as he motioned for you to follow, "but you're in luck, they were just returned."

"It's just kind of a nerdy thing," you shrugged sheepishly, chewing on the inside of your cheek, "a lot of people think it's really lame."

"It's definitely not lame," Steve was pretty sure that you could read him the dictionary and it would be anything but boring, "its pretty cool. Especially if you're into it."

You felt your entire face flush as you peeked at him. Was he flirting with you? He was flirting with you. You waved your hand around before taking the vhs cassettes that he held out to you, "are you into Star Wars too?"

"Me? O-oh yeah," he wasn't outwardly lying but he was definitely fibbing. He'd seen the movies, watched them at a movie night with Eddie and Robin, but honestly, he'd slept through a good amount of them, "totally."

"Cool," you bit your lip in a way Steve was sure would kill him slowly, "which one is your favorite?"

"The one with the…little bears?" And then you laughed, loud and bold, as he smiled sheepishly.

"Ewoks," you sweetly corrected him, "so Return of the Jedi."

"Yup…"

"You haven't seen Star Wars, have you?" You were definitely enjoying this, especially the way the pretty boy was squirming under your gaze.

"I have!" He countered, "I…might have slept through most of it but I've seen the movies!"

"Well," you rocked back and forth on your heels, "you should give them another watch if you're ever up for it. They can be pretty funny."

"If you say they are, they must be good," the two of you walked back to the counter where he began to check you out - in more ways than one. But he was still trying to keep it respectful, "do you have an account or do you need to create one?"

"I actually just moved to town a few weeks ago," you swallowed the lump in your throat and caught his pretty honey brown eyes, "so I'll need to make one."

"Alright," this was good, he decided. You had no preconceived notions of him from the sound of it, "can I just get your name and number?"

"Are you asking for the account or yourself?" Something was causing you to feel bold. Judging from the expression on his face you'd read the signs right.

"What if I said both?" He teased right back, finding it easy to slip back into flirting with you.

"I'd say yes," you grinned at him, "and that I'm free on Friday night after five."

"It's a date," he said, nervous for your response. But oh, he was already so invested in you and wanted to know everything and anything about you.

"It's a date."

─── ･ ｡ﾟ☆: *.☽ .* :☆ﾟ. ───

And one date turned into two and then three, and then countless others. Almost a year later and you were thoroughly and deep in love with your boyfriend, Steve Harrington.

He was so different from you, but the two of you meshed so well. Plus, unlike anyone you'd ever dated before, Steve tried and he cared. And he showed that he did. He tried to understand your interests and loves and you did the same to him.

Plus, it was really cute when he tried to understand all of your Star Wars and other nerdy interests. But it was the sheer love and enthusiasm that he did it with that made you love him all that much more. And - if you really wanted a deep conversation about such things - you had his (and now your) friends Eddie and Dustin.

Steve was over at your apartment for the night, and you'd gone to make some popcorn for the movie the two of you had agreed on for the evening. When you walked back into the room, you found him studying your bookshelves curiously.

"Anything interesting?" You asked as he started slightly with a pink flush welling up in his cheeks. You set the bowl down on your desk and walked over to him, standing behind and wrapping your arms around his waist. You felt him relax into your touch as he put a hand on top of yours, and you pressed a row of kisses to his shoulder.

"Everything about you is interesting," he stated sincerely as you snorted in amusement. He took your hand and gently turned around so he was facing. He was pretty, so pretty that it still managed to take your breath away at times. Those honey brown eyes, soft smile, and the freckles you loved kissing one by one. 

"Stevie," you chided him softly although there was no malice behind your words. He exhaled softly before pressing his lips to your forehead. You sighed contentedly, "I love you."

"I love you," he nudged his nose against yours before inching you closer to the bookshelf. He pointed to a few books that had caught his eye as you just smiled at him, "but these seem very interesting. Not as interesting as you, of course."

"You're so sweet," you carded a hand through his hair, "you're more than welcome to borrow them at any time. What's mine is yours, honey boy."

"I don't know," he said quietly, "don't know if I'm quite smart enough for all of that."

"You are," you insisted softly, "you are so much smarter than you give yourself credit for! Even if you don't believe you are right, believe me. I would never lie to you."

Steve practically melted under your praise, even though to you it was just the truth. You knew the Steve of now, the kind hearted and golden man you'd fallen in love with. 

"Thank you," he whispered as you pulled him into a hug, lightly swaying your bodies back and forth. You let go of him before pulling a few books off the shelf, ones you were sure he would enjoy.

"Try these," you really were the brightest spot in his life. A ray of sunshine on even his darkest and cloudiest days, "and let me know what you think."

"I will," he promised, "hey, I have an idea-"

"Uh oh," you teased, a bemused lilt to your voice, "that's even a good sign."

"Hey!" But the two of you were giggling at each other, "I was going to suggest watching Star Wars. Figured I could give it another shot."

"Really?!" Your eyes lit up like Christmas lights as you tried to contain your excitement. You'd never pushed him to watch them again so the fact that he was offering made your heart happy. He nodded eagerly and you pressed a kiss to his cheek, "you're the best! I hope you'll like them this time around! But if you get bored or whatever, just let me know."

"I will," he tugged you towards the bed. In his your absence, he'd already missed the vhs tapes out of the cabinet. He'd bought them for you a few months after you'd started dating so you didn't have to keep borrowing them from Family Video. He was so thoughtful, "but I have a feeling I'll like them this time around. I've got the best company."

"I'll try to shut up," you held up your fingers in a scout salute, "but I cannot promise to avoid all commentary."

"I would expect nothing else," he turned on the television and put in the first tape as you made yourself comfortable in the bed, "what's your favorite character again? Booba or something?"

"Boba Fett!" You were laughing as Steve shrugged and grabbed the remote to join you, "he's the best and one day, people will realize that and see how underrated he is!"

"I'm sure they will," he set the bowl of popcorn between the two of you as he pressed play, "now sit back and enjoy, angel."

"I will," you snuggled up to him, "because I'm watching my favorite movies with my favorite person!"

And yeah. Steve loved the sound of that. 

─── ･ ｡ﾟ☆: *.☽ .* :☆ﾟ. ───

Steve had an idea. An idea that involved your birthday, a lot of planning and assistance from his friends, and you. Or in other words - Steve planned a Star Wars themed surprise birthday party for you. He hoped you’d like it and wouldn’t find it too much or over the top. He got the sense that you didn’t place too much stock into your birthday considering you hadn’t even mentioned. He found out accidentally when you’d asked me to grab your ID for you. You’d insisted that he didn’t need to do anything special, but that wasn’t going to stop him. 

Steve had picked you up after work and took you to his and Robin’s apartment, under the guise of having a quiet night in. He’d already sent you flowers at work and gotten you a card and a cute little cupcake, which was more than enough for you. You just needed him and nothing less.

You were trailed behind Steve as he unlocked the door, talking about something random. You’d noticed he was a little jumpy today, but you weren’t going to question it. 

“Come on,” he motioned for you to step inside; the apartment was dark so you figured Robin wasn’t home. You went to flick on the light and were instantly met with a chorus of surprise!

Your friends jumped out of their hiding places, as you took a moment to calm your racing heart. You looked around at everything, and found yourself almost tearing up; the whole apartment was decorated and there was food, a cake, and a small pile of presents. 

“You guys,” you quickly wiped away the tears as you looked at all of them, “what’s all this for?”

“Your birthday,” Steve stood behind you and pressed a kiss to the crown of your head. He paused for a moment before whispering softly, “I hope this is okay. But I wanted to do something special for you.”

“This is…wonderful,” you turned around, “thank you, Steve. I love you so much.”

“I love you too,” he gently nudged you towards everyone, “happy birthday, angel.”

“Thank you all much,” you grinned at your friends, “I’m so happy to see you all!”

Eddie threw on some music and it was only then that you noticed that everything was Star Wars themed. Everyone was having a good time eating, drinking, and hanging out. It made your heart so happy.

The best of all was the little stuffed ewok that was sitting next to the cake. You walked over it and lightly picked it up, holding it to your chest; you knew exactly who it was from. You turned around and from across the room Steve caught your eye. His smile lit up his entire face as you held up the little ewok. He excused himself from his conversation and came over to you, “do you like it?”

“I love him,” you grinned, “I love this little bear from that one Star Wars movie. And I love you even more.”

“I love you,” he peppered your face in kisses, “happy birthday, angel.”

And it was the happiest of birthdays. The first of many.

[elysdilfdoodles]

🌸🌷Flower Papa!🌱🌿

Remember that my coms are open!! I have a YCH Dracopia offer on kofi! Link on my profile.

[farmerstarter]

hello ! i don't know if you take requests and if you do, i don't know if they're open but i'd love to read some of your leah headcanons. (feel free to delete this if i'm accidentally breaking the rules, etc etc, i completely understand !)

ʚ🌲ɞ ˚ · . Random Leah HCs :

Tags: Leah from SDV x gn! reader

Thank you so much for the request anon! I hope you enjoy these. I've been planning on romancing Leah in one (of many) saves of mine but I would always end up not doing it ^^; This was a delight to write! Have a great day/night 🤍🌷

🌲 You met Leah while you were foraging in Cindersnap Forest. She said she was trying to find some food by seeing what nature has to offer. And she enthusiastically showed you all the best areas for things such as spring onions and quality leeks. She also gave you a short lesson on what you can and cannot eat, not wanting her new neighbor to get a real bad stomach ache from a mushroom you found and decided to eat. You two made it a habit to forage together. Sometimes, she would put the better foragables in your backpack without you looking.

🌲 Leah likes to cook. The both of you would have picnics by the lake every other Sunday, showcasing whatever you two whipped up. Along with that, you and Leah would paint until the day ends. You would always draw her. And Leah would always keep your drawings in a little book. They may not be the best but she cherishes each one of them.

🌲 You're her personal source of hardwood. She appreciates all the things you give her that would help her in sculpting. You'd show her the weirdly shaped driftwood you would find while fishing and she would ask to keep it for her to use in one of her projects.

🌲 Sometimes (almost always, actually) Leah would accidentally make too much wild mushroom stir fry or fruit salad, and she'll go to your farm to give the extra to you.

🌲 Leah invites you over to her cabin for most of winter. The two of you would drink cider and you would be snuggled in her many quilts, watching her make a collage of dried leaves the two of you collected in fall.

🌲 Leah and Robin often hang out to discuss carpentry. When Robin mentions that she's building a chicken coop for your farm, Leah would pipe in with little ideas to make the coop look better. You especially love the drawing of a chicken that's engraved on the coop door. It was Leah's idea, even engraved it herself. She does that sometimes. Just get a chisel and chip on little designs on your fences and shipping bin. You enjoy finding them.

🌲 She's very adamant that you let her help you with farm work. She doesn't like to stay indoors when she has art block so she insists that she help you with anything you need. The two of you make a pretty good team. You'd hoe the dirt and Leah would plant the seeds. Afterwards, the two of you work together to water each crop, often starting at opposite ends of the field before meeting in the middle.

🌲 Leah helps Marnie take care of her animals sometimes. She is especially fond of rabbits and she was more than thrilled when you bought your first one from Marnie.

🌲 You definitely give Leah some of your harvested crops. You pile them in a little basket and place it in front of her door the first thing in the morning. She found out it was you after Elliott accidentally revealed it to her while they were hanging out in the Saloon. Elliott wouldn't stop apologizing to you for a solid week.

🌲 She makes you little bracelets out of flowers 🥺

[harvestmoss]

☀️🌷 Florida Water

I see a lot of witches, more so the new ones, get confused as to what Florida Water is and if it's water from the beaches of the state, Florida. I can assure you, you do not have to travel all the way to Florida and fight crocodiles to get some water.

What is Florida Water?

Florida Water came into the world in the start of the 19th century as a cologne for both women and men. It was a highly popular cologne in the late 19th century for it's rich and strong smell. It has a light flora scent with citrus overtones.

It became synonymes with spirituality when African-Americans in the Hoodoo sphere used it as a powerful spiritual cleanser, and because of it's pleasant smell, was also associated with appeasing the dead.

Generally, Florida Water is a spiritual cleanser, protective agent, and draws in luck, fantastic energy, and happiness.

Why is it called Florida Water?

Well, the word "Florida" is actually a Spanish word. Which roughly translates* to "Flower" or "Abundance of flowers" or "Flowery". Another way of saying Florida Water, in Spanish, is "Agua de flores".

How Do you make Florida Water?

Florida Water is still sold commercially with it's original formula from the 19th century, however, you can still make your own Florida Water at home. Recipes often change but have similar overlaps. Here's some ingredients to consider when making it, there's no need to use all of them, but it's always good to use most.

Citrus fruits -- Lemon, orange, grapefruit, lime.

Herbs and Flowers -- Rose, lavender, rosemary, mint, calendula, sage, thyme, jasmine, bergamot, violet, chamomile, basil. lemon balm, eucalyptus.

Spices -- Cloves, cinnamon sticks, allspice berries, anise.

An alcohol like Vodka** and distilled water.

Place ingredients into a large jar with a tight lid. Fill it half with vodka and then half with distilled water. Let it sit in a dark place, shaking it often, for at least 2 weeks to up to a month (you could make it during the new moon and complete it during the full moon). Then strain it using a sive and cloth and place into an airtight bottle.

The mixture should last you 6 months, keep out of direct sunlight, it's a good idea to write down when you made it and what ingredients it contains on a piece of paper and stick it to bottom of the bottle.

You may add essential oils to it as well or only use essential oils of the ingredients. You may also use fresh or dried ingredients. I prefer fresh. I also recommend using organic, so make sure your roses are not sprayed with pesticides and such.

Where do I use it?

Cleansing a space, yourself as a bodyspray, in rituals, to cleanse objects and charge them, offerings, warding off bad luck, to a bath, to be rid of bugs, your laundry, floor wash, to shine your iron tools, etc. Get creative!

(* Please note, Spanish is not my native language nor a language I study, takes these translations with a grain of salt.)

(** You may use grain alcohol as well, but do not use common household alcohol.)

My personal mix includes lemon, orange, lime, rose petals, mint leaves, rosemary, lavender, thyme, cinnamon sticks, garden sage, and mugwort. As well as vodka and distilled water.

[broomsick]

Pagan spring-themed questions!

With May Day approaching fast, I thought it would be fun for us all to exchange ideas and habits concerning spring festivals, or spring within pagan practice in general! Please don't hesitate to share this around! (The questions are tree names, because I said so.)

☘️ Birch: Do you engage in any specific, yearly habit when spring comes?

🌼 Rowan: Is there a particular place in the outdoors that feels entirely sacred to you? Describe it!

🌳 Ash: If you tend a garden, what plants/flowers do you grow, and what do you plan on growing in this year? If not, are there specific plants/flowers you would like to grow?

🌷Alder: Is there a deity (or deities!) whom you honor most during spring time? How do you go about honoring/working with them at this time of year?

🌿 Willow: What is your favorite ritual to engage in during spring celebrations?

🌻 Hawthorn: With the return of sunlight come the joys of summer! Name a few things which lift your spirits, these days!

🍃 Oak: What would your ideal spring seasonal altar look like? How would you decorate it?

🌺 Holly: Spring is a time of new beginnings! What intentions do you want to sow, these days? What do you wish to grow within your life?

🪴Hazel: Do you make offerings for land spirits or fair folk? If so, what do you offer, or would want to offer?

🌸 Basswood (bonus!): You’re going on a picnic! What drinks and snacks are you taking in your basket? :)

[paristheonewhoreads]

Cowboy and the Tigress

Chapter Four ☁️🌷8k words

Warnings: none beside that closeup of Ellie’s bite mark 🙅🏻‍♀️😭🙈 jk. Childbirth, but nothing detailed or specified. Cursing/foul language. That’s it? Enjoy 😋🤭

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Spring, 2023, Boston QZ

Your legs burn from the running you’ve been forced to endure for sake of survival. Sweat has built up all along your forehead and nape of your neck as hairs clings to it. You try to keep your breathing steady as you spring and swerve past trees, leaves crunching bellow your hevey footsteps. As you reach a clearing you see an old, once white and probably beautiful two story home in the near distance.

Footsteps behind you, though not as fast but with just the much urgency of escaping what follows make their way towards you. You turn to face the woman who could as well be your mother. She’s clutching her swollen belly, heaving, panting. Hear yellow dress with flowers all over is dirty, the jacket she wears seeming to only add heat to her already sweltering body, sweat apparent all along her face and chest, face red from the warmth and adrenaline.

“I see a house, come on we’re close we can hide there.” You tell her, hurriedly making your way to her and grabbing the arm that isn’t clutching her belly and hoisting it over your shoulder in offered support as you try to help her walk faster towards the building.

She grunts in pain as she hunches over, hand slightly gripping at her stomach, trying to control her breathing. “God if this kid doesn’t have the worst timing-“ another grunt.

“You can scold her later when she’s here. Come on just a little further we have to hurry. I don’t know how far back it is.” Clutching the gun she’d given you in your other hand you start to walk forward, practically dragging the soon to be mother along with you.

Her fatigue is evident in her voice as she speaks, “you still think it’s a-“ her body shudders as she groans once more.

Contractions are getting closer together.

“A girl?” She exhales as she talks. You don’t answer her more worried about walking up the porch before bursting through the door. You lead her towards the stairs, “Okay just hold onto the railing.” you say as you look around the vacant house and spot a small cabinet and push it in front of the door.

A growl from a near distance makes you halt your actions as you look through the side window by the door. It’s charging at the house full speed, snarling and practically salivating as it get closer and closer.

“Shit.” You say breathlessly as you push the cabinet fully in front of the door. You don’t waste a second as you make your way over to Anna, once again hoisting her arm around you and quickly trying to make your way up the stairs.

Once you’ve made it up the stairs you quickly turn to an empty room, “in here come on, you’re going to be fine in here just a little more.” You try to comfort her as her body starts to push.

Taking her to the far end of the room you slowly set her down. Rushing over to the door to close that too. There’s silence for a moment, before Anna starts to grunt and groan in pain.

You look towards her and run back to her side, kneeling down beside her as you reach for her hand. She takes it and involuntarily squeezes hard as another contraction course through her.

Worried you ask, “What do I do? Is there anything I can do? I don’t know-“ she cuts you off “shhh it’s okay, I’m okay, she’s just here a little earlier than I would have hoped.” her voice is fragile and nearly above a whisper as she caresses your face with her clammy hand, smiling softly.

“The baby’s coming, I can’t protect you and her at the same time, so this what we’re going to do okay?” you nod frantically “Atta girl. Okay, your going to take the gun I gave you and whatever tries to get in here you shoot it okay? Just like I showed you.” she cries out as a hard contraction tells her it’s time. You cringe slightly at the sound of her pain.

“Okay I’m going to start pushing okay? You just keep your eyes on the door baby okay?” Her speech, labored. “Okay.” Is all you say as you grab the gun tightly, taking off the safety just as she’d taught you.

Anna starts to push, pained sounds leaving her as she tries to control her breathing. You both hear a pounding at the door downstairs. It doesn’t stop, not for a second, the screeching growing angrier and louder as it continuously tries to break down the door.

Anna can’t control the noise she makes as she starts to feel herself open up slightly. She reaches down, feels the babies head as she continues to heave breaths. There’s a huge crash downstairs as both door and cabinet hit the ground with a bang.

You flinch as you hear it, and turn to Anna with worry in your eyes. Your scared. You don’t say it. You doubt you need to. And Anna knows, but comfort isn’t something she can provide right now. “Just focus on the door.” Is all she can manage to say as she pushes again, a groan coming from her.

Heavy, manic stomping comes up the stairs, footsteps reaching the door within seconds. Anna’s anything but quiet as she grunts again, pushing.

You both hear the snarls from the monster only a door away. It starts to claw and screech at the door. You start to cry silently, tears streaming down your face, hands holding the gun beginning to shake.

Anna starts to giving you instructions, “don’t take your eyes of the door, you keep your eyes on the door. The second the door falls you press down on the trigger okay? You press down, and you shoot.” She says, on the brink of exhaustion, voice deprived of any energy.

The hinges on the door start to rattle with each forceful bang, one by on they start to detach from the wall. As the door falls you scream as the monster immediately dashes towards the both of you. Springing on all fours as it reaches Anna. She screams as she puts her arms up in order to keep it away.

You panick as it lunges at her, it tries its best to bite her. Snapping its mouth at her. There’s a struggle for only a second before she gives it a hash shove and as it hits the ground you aim the gun at it pull the trigger. A loud shot echoes through the desolate house. You can hear the gurgled sounds the monster makes as it twitches a couple of times before going completely still.

You let out a fast breath, relief filling your entire body. Suddenly there’s a cry. It’s not yours. It’s not Anna’s. You look away from the body of the monster and towards the loud cry.

A baby lies there, letting out the loudest cry you’ve ever heard. The cry of life.

You sit there in shock. Watching as they squirm around on the floor, crying their little heart out. Anna grunts in pain as she looks down at her baby.

You look from the child to her and smile, “you did it. You did it your a mom!” You begin to tell her. The feeling of relief is very short lived, as she grips onto her thigh.

“Oh shit.” She whispers. You furrow your brows at her and look at what she is. There, on her thigh, a bite mark.

Before you can say anything Anna is quick to grab her switch blade, flicking it open and hastily cutting the umbilical cord. The baby doesn’t stop crying as she picks her up. She smiles at her, she’s perfect.

Ten little toes. Ten little fingers. And all mighty scream. “You were right,” she laughs breathlessly, “she’s a girl.” Looking to you, smiling as best she can. You can see the pain behind her eyes, and you know it’s not just from the childbirth.

“What’s her name?” you ask softly, scooting closer to her. She smiles once more diverting her gaze from you to her baby girl, she assess her, looking at her eyes, pudgy nose, little feet kicking softly as she’s still crying.

She kisses her forehead, bringing her up to rest against her chest, safe.

“Ellie.” She looks to you again, “Her names Ellie.”

Ellie lets out a cry again as Anna tries to lul her to sleep. “Yeah. You fucking tell them Ellie.” Her smile never leaving her face as she rocked her slowly in her arms. For the first, and last time.

Marlene walks you down a couple of hallways till you reach one that has no other doors besides one at the end. “You had my kid here while you were running a fucking trade? What the hells wrong with you?” You snap at her, getting herself shot and on the verge of death is on her and by all means not as important as potentially getting Ellie hurt or worse, killed.

“Would you relax? Christ, you’re worst than Ann-“ “don’t.” You snap before she can finish the name, glaring at her. She clamps her mouth shut, sighs, and opens the door.

You look at the door and then her. Skeptically, the door opens with it’s eerie creek as she pushes it open all the way. She walks in first, and you instinctively place your hand over the gun in the waistband of your jeans. .

It’s dark inside, and seemingly empty. As you go to take a step back marline speaks up in infront of you.

“Cmon out kid. She’s here.” She calls out into the dark room

The fact that whoever could potentially be in this room could be Ellie sinks in faster. You’d been skeptical at first, when Marlene had told you she’d had her. Being here now is a different story. But before you can do anything else Ellie slowly emerges from the darkness, a sound rattling behind her as she steps closer to the both of you.

They have her in fucking chains.

She doesn’t look hurt, at least not physically. But her being chained to the wall has you practically seeing red. They have her- a child chained up like some fucking wild animal. Your hands tense into fists, and your jaw clenches so tight you can hear your teeth grind against one another.

You don’t think twice as the hand on your gun behind you, pulls it out immediately. Aiming it at Marline. She immediately puts her hands up.

“The hell is this some sort of fucking joke?” Your voice booms through the rest of the house, you clearly sounding furious. “Uncuff her.” you grit out.

“I can't do that.” she shakes her head

You're not asking.

“I said,” You remove the safety from your gun. “Uncuff her.” your tone dead serious.

“I can’t,” she persists, and looks over to Ellie, “show her.” She nods in encouragement. Your brows furrow at this.

Still pointing your gun at her you glance at Ellie, shifting your weight slightly. She’s nervous as she picks at the skin around her fingernails. “M-mom,” she starts, “Put the gun down. She hasn’t hurt me I swear,” another pause as she looks from you to Marlene, “she actually kind of saved me.”

With a perplexed look, you turn your attention back to the woman, gun still aimed at her. Ellie doesn’t look like she’s been mistreated, aside from needing a shower and some food, she seems okay. You contemplate it, seeing as you don’t want her to see more violence than she probably has already, and especially not from you. There’s a beat, and you lower the gun, but don’t put it back in your waistband.

At hearing Ellie address you as ‘mom’ Marlene is thrown off. She knew you’d raised her, hell maybe even thought of her as a little sister. But it still disorients her in a way to hear her say that. She’d referred to Ellie as ‘your kid’ when trying to convince you to come with her, yes. But she hadn’t known your relationship with her ran as deep as being given the title of mother, much less to a kid who wasn’t yours.

“Show me what?” You ask Ellie, “Are you hurt? Did she—“ but Ellie immediately starts to shake her head “No-no. She hasn’t don’t anything to me. The chains are a..um, a precaution, I guess” she shrugs her last sentence.

Still not understanding, you look back to Marlene “you cuff a kid to the wall for precaution? The hell is wrong with you?” anger still seething through your body.

“Trust me you’ll understand once you see the reason why.” turning to Ellie she gives her a nod, encouraging her to show you whatever the hell is such a good reason to have her chained up.

Ellie shifts in place, seemingly building up the courage to before she speaks, “don’t be mad. I know you’re going to want to be, just listen before anything.” She tells you, anxiousness lacing every word she utters.

And before you can say anything, before you can assure her that you won’t get mad, she pulls at the long sleeve shirt she’s wearing on her right arm.

You feel the floor give out beneath you as you stumble back slightly. As your heart stops for a millisecond before rapidly beating. A hand flying into your mouth as you gasp.

Right there, on her arm.

A bite mark .The skin around it is red and angry, her veins looking more blue and green than they normally would.

“Oh god- oh god no.” Your voice, brittle. You immediately stumble forwards, grabbing her arm and pulling it closer towards your face. You shake your head in disbelief. You run your fingers over the mark, lightly brushing the tips over it, but instantly yanking your hand back as you hear Ellie hiss in pain, flinching and tugging her hand back in response.

There are tears building in your eyes. You’d failed. You’d failed her. You’d failed her mother, broken the promise you’d sworn to keep as she lay dying. All for letting yourself care more about some stupid supplies getting stolen.

Pulling her into a hug, you squeeze her tight as you pet her hair with a shaky hand “I’m so sorry,” You sob out into her hair, “I’m so sorry I wasn’t there for you baby.” This could be the last time you ever hold her, the last time you see her look up at you, the last time you feel her warmth. There was no fixing this. There was no going back.

Ellie’s crying too as she hugs you back, not for the same reason you are. She’s overwhelmed, the tears she’s refused to let out for the past 5 days all of a sudden making an appearance.

She sniffles, as she buries her head into your chest, her arms pulling you in just as tight as yours pull at her. Quiet, soft, sobs leaving you as you take in her not so little form.

“She was bit five days ago. I found her at the mall five miles north from here. I didn’t know who she was at first.” Marlene says from behind you.

Your eyes brows furrow as you slowly loosen your arms around Ellie, pulling back too see her face, “five days?” You ask, she would have turned within the first 24 hours of being bit. “Shouldn’t she have-“

“Turned?” Marlene finishes, “yeah, she should have. That’s why I’ve had her chained, just in case. But she’s been completely fine, I’ve been monitoring her for days and she hasn’t twitched once.” She states.

The lines on your forehead disappear as you realize that what Ellie has experienced isn’t just some miracle sent from the universe. And that of all people Marlene is the one to have witnessed it first hand.

Ellie nods, “it happened the day you left, me and Riley—we–we snuck out after Hank had gone to sleep. We didn’t know the mall would have any infected there. We just though—“

“You just thought that what–,” you raise your voice “that you could just go out there without there being any dangers?” Ellie’s gaze drops to the floor, silent tears trickling down her face and onto the floor by her feet.

Regretting snapping at her you hug her again, sighing, “it’s okay. It doesn’t matter anymore. You're here and you're alive. That’s all that matters. You’re safe now okay?” You pull back, cupping her face with both hands and wiping her tears with your thumps.

She shakes her head, every tear you wipe away replaced with a new one, “Riley didn’t make it.” She cries out a sob as she speaks. Your heart sinks, she watched her best friend die.

“Oh sweetheart,” you coo, hugging her again. She’s fully crying now, sobs, tears, and sniffles. Though their muffled by the fabrics of your shirt they don’t go unheard by neither you or Marlene.

“Shhhh shhhh it’s okay baby. You’re okay. Let it out. I’m so sorry,” you whisper trying to calm her down. You console her by whispering words of reassurance to her and she eventually calms down as she pulls back, wiping her runny nose and tear wet face.

You offer her a small, weak smile as you turn to Marlene. You need to get Ellie out of here. Dismiss whatever ideas Marlene has about the situation.

“Thank you,” are the first words you say, “I’ll take her home now.” Moving to uncuff her you see it’s locked “the key?” You ask her. Marlene has a look on her face that tells you she’s not willing to let this go so soon.

“Actually,” she starts “there’s something I’d like to talk to you about. Concerning Ellie,” she pauses “and you.” Your heart beats faster as she says this. The sooner you get this over with the better. You think to yourself.

You nod, “uncuff her, she would have turned by now there’s no need for them, then we can talk.” She asserts you for a second looking you up and down before nodding slowly.

She uncrosses her arms and limps her way towards Ellie pulling out a small set of keys from her back pocket before finding the right one and unlocking both cuffs. They fall to the floor with a clash and Ellie immediately rubs at her wrists, probably feeling much lighter.

“Here” she says getting what looks like Ellie’s backpack from across the room, and handing it to her. Ellie immediately starts to rummage through her pack as Marlene makes her way towards the door.

You hug Ellie again, though this time you whisper into her ear quietly “Did you bring your knife?” You ask, she nods “good. Get it and when I call your name, you open the door and run, do you understand me?” She furrows her brows and opens her mouth to speak before you’re interrupting her again, “Do as I say. No questions. We’ll talk after okay?” you lift your brows to ask for confirmation she understands, “okay” is all she says before continuing to rummage through her bag once more.

You follow Marlene out into the hallway, closing the door to the room behind you. You make your way to her, leaving a couple feet of space between you both and cross your arms. “What did you want to talk about?” You speak first, “Ellie.” Is all she says. Your brows furrow “Ellie’s fine isn’t she?” You give a small dismissive shrug, “I think we both know what in specific I want to talk about Ellie.”

Your palms are sweating against the material of your jacket, “Don’t know what for. She got bit. Didn’t turn, she got lucky.” you try to brush off, “lucky? I think what happened to her is damn near a miracle.” Marlene steps closer, this has you standing up taller, standing your ground.

“A miracle? Christ, what is she? The next baby Jesus?” You give a soft humorless laugh, shaking your head softly, “Listen I appreciate what you did for her I really do. But you saving her does not grant you entry into her life again.” Your tone is stern.

“I’m not asking to be let in her life again. I know that’s not my place anymore” She pauses “but, I also know, that what I’ve witnessed from Ellie is extraordinary. No human for the past two decades has ever been recorded to be able to last more than 24 hours after being exposed to the virus.” She states before she continues “I have people cross country, scientists–real scientists. They could try and figure out how it’s possible she hasn’t turned yet. How her body is able to fight off the virus,maybe even make a vaccine-.” She doesn’t finish her point

You interrupt, “You don’t know that. There are probably others just like her. Besides, Ellie’s not equipped to go out there, much less across country, and everyone knows vaccines don’t work against this thing.” You dismiss all her points with your own statement, “just let this go Marlene.” You try to reason.

Sighing, “You know, I remember you being stubborn. But now you’re just starting to be a pain in the ass.” she sounds almost like she’s missed that about you.

“Not like you stuck around long enough to get to know me. Either of us.” You bite.

Her face becomes stagnant, the light look she’d had vanishing as she straightens up at your jab as if what you’d said was a needle to her heart. “You're right. I didn't. I didn't stick around because I was a coward. I had a job to do that still isn’t finished. I also knew that letting you go would be me giving you your best chance.” The last part of what she says has your heart clenching.

Your best chance. A voice rings in your head.

“And now I'm asking you to give Ellie her best chance.”

You shake your head at that. She can't possibly believe you'd just hand Ellie to her for the sake of a better chance. “Like hell you’re taking her away from her life here to go out there and end up dead. She’s a kid, she has no business seeing what’s out there. The stories she’s heard about what’s outside the walls and what’s just happened to her are plenty.”

Impatiently now Marlene clenches her jaw and starts to raise her voice, “No what she is, is a cure. She could be the solution to everything. If my guys could just take some tests, they could find a way to make a cure. A cure dammit! She could save billions of lives. Bring back the world to what it used to be. Give humanity another shot.” She pauses “don’t you want that?” Her voice softens.

You don’t let up however, “She’s a fourteen year old girl. She’s not some damn lab rat for you to run god knows what kinds of fucking tests. And she sure as hell doesn’t owe the world a goddamn fucking thing. You’re not taking her away from her home no matter what excuse you give me. I’ve given up too much and sacrificed enough so that she has a safe and comfortable life here-“

“Comfortable?” She scoffs “Is that what you call it?”she steps closer to you, less than a five away. “Her getting into fights every other day of the week, going home bruised up? Home to where you leave for weeks on end just to be able and support yourself and her? Risking the chance of you getting killed and leaving her with nothing. No one.”

“And really? Safe? Huh?,” she moks “Safe living in that apartment you have that’s crawling with murders you’ve hired just to call it protection?”.

She wants to act so much better than you when her whole ‘hope for humanity’ posse is nothing but a group of delusional idiots with guns.

You’re the one raising your voice now, louder than hers “Hey I do what I have to to make sure she’s safe! To make sure she has at least a shrivel of fucking normality in this piece of shit world!” you don't care that your yelling, to hell with this fucking conversation.

She scoffs out a laugh “Yeah and you’re doing a great job at that.” Her sarcasm is enough to make your blood boil more.

“Yeah, you know I am. Everything she has is because of me.” You seethe, “She has a roof over her head because of me. She has a warm bed because of me.” taking a step forward towards her with each point you make. “She has food on the table every day because of me. She has an education because of me, clothes because of me. She’s alive because of me. No thanks to you, because you abandoned her! You made a promise that you couldn’t keep and if it weren’t for the one I made she’d be dead or god knows where.” now standing right in front of her, leaving no room for air.

Getting in her face, “So you don’t get to waltz in here and decide what you want to do with her now that the hard part is done and she’s all raised up for you. I have changed every diaper, soothed every fever, every scraped knee, and endured every tantrum. She’s nothing to you anymore.”

You shove past her and go to open the door, ready to get Ellie and get the hell out of here. You’ve had enough of Marlene in this one hour to last you another fourteen years without seeing her.

“You’re not her mother.” She calls out, back still turned to you

Your fingers brush the doorknob as you halt, tilting your head to look at her over your shoulder.

“You might have raised her. Sure. But you are not her mother and she is not your daughter. You-“

With your jaw clenched and fist balled up “No!.” Your voice booms “You don’t to speak. You don’t get to do anything. You gave up that right when you tossed her away.” You turn to face her again.

“You're right, Im not her mother. But I’m the closest damn thing she has to one. The only piece of fucking family she has left. I may not have birthed her but she’s nobody’s but mine. And I’ll be damned if I let anyone—especially you try and take her away from me.” Your voice is heavy with promise.

Marlene is, for the lack of better words, speechless. She’s taken aback by your hostility, treading carefully as she persists again.

“Say you decide not to take her. What then? Someone will see the scar, and when they do, they won’t think twice before killing her. That bite to the rest of the world marks her as good as dead.”

“Thats none of your concern” you bite back.

“No it isn't. It’s yours. I can accept that and the fact that what happens to her is your choice. She’s nothing to me, you’re right. She’s not my responsibility. Far from it. But I know you aren’t stupid enough to think you'll be able to keep this a secret forever.”

“I’ll deal with it.” you dismiss, turning back towards the door.

“Nothing you do is guaranteed to work.” She stresses., taking small steps to follow as she tries to persuade you. “Listen if you do this for me-if you do this for her, you can build a life outside of this QZ. You’d both be free, no need to be sucking up to some fedra assholes or needing to risk your life to smuggle whatever crap it is you sell for rations.”

That last part has you stoped dead in your tracks. You look back to her, trying to see if whether or not she’s just pulling things out of her ass to try and convince you. You call her bluff.

“The hell are you talking about? You know there isn’t a damn place out there that’s safe.”

“I’ve got a friend. He went out west to get away, started a small settlement. I’m not exactly sure where, I haven’t spoken with him in a couple of years, but if you go with that man and take Ellie with you we can use the radio to get you both there.”

“You’re offering me a deal that you aren’t even sure you can make?” You say pointly.

You look at her skeptically. If what she’s saying has even the slightest bit of truth to it, you can’t help but consider the possibility of Ellie having a genuinely healthy environment. One where she could go to a real school, make actual friends, not have to hear people getting shot on the street, just because they were out past dark.

As far as you’ve heard there have been attempts outside of QZ’s to re-establish communities in the name of the old world. You’ve also heard that they don’t tend to last very long. Often get overrun, sick, or starve to death.

“all they need is blood to run a few tests and figure out why her body doesn’t react to the cordeycepts. Once they have what they need, I can get you a ride to wherever the settlement is along with supplies to get both of you there.” Sounding confident in the fact she can actually make it happen.

There’s silence as you think this over long and hard. There are so many things that could go wrong, but there are so many things that could go right for both you and Ellie.

“we don’t have much time. I need an answer sooner rather than later. I still got to pull some strings to try and make this happen. If it does then we’d need to get you both out of the QZ tonight so that we can get to the capital by morning and from there head towards the lab.”

You breath in and sigh as you try to think clearly about the offer, “I’ll have to think it through. This decision isn’t just mine to make, I’ll have to talk to Ellie about it, make sure shes willing to go through with this.”

You pause, and walk close enough to her where only she can hear you, “If she says yes, I go with her every step of the way and we get whatever supplies Ellie and I need to get her there.”

She gives you a stiff nod “I can do that.”

You turn your head to her completely, volume in your voice returning “And then after all this bullshit is over. We go our separate ways and you don't contact me or her again. We clear?” brows raised in question.

She doesn't say anything for a moment, her gaze dancing from one of your eyes to the other, before she gives a single nod. “Crystal.”

Not another word is spoken between you as you make your way back into the room to get Ellie. There’s a long conversation waiting for her.

As you finally push the door open you see Ellie quickly sitting down looking at her shoes. Your demeanor with her is of stark contrast with the one you’d had with Marlene just seconds ago.

You sigh, closing the door behind you and leaning against it. “How much of that did you hear?” You ask voice calm. “Just the part where you too were arguing.” you let out a huff through your nose, “you heard the whole thing?” She nods.

Giving her a half smile you make your way towards her, sitting criss cross in front of her, “Then you heard the part where they want to run some, tests on you?” You tilt your head, trying to catch her gaze as she’s looking down at her shoes.

She grants you her line of sight, “you mean the experiments? Yeah, I heard.” Her words sounding bitter as she picks at a loose thread from her shoe. You frown at her tone, “You sound disappointed Ellie bean.” She looks up at hearing her nickname.

“I’m not,” you lean your head forward, nudging her to explain, she sighs “it’s just that-if I did do this, if we did go, we could safe so many people. If I’d found this out sooner there’s a chance Riley could have been-“ but you interrupt her, “hey hey hey,” you frown again reaching a hand out to cup her face, “you couldn’t have been able to save her Ellie. I know that hurts to hear, but it’s the truth. There’s nothing you could’ve done. Don’t blame yourself for something that isn’t your fault.”

Her bottom lip quivers slightly as tears build in her eyes but she blinks them away and takes a deep breath. Sighing, “yeah, I know.”. Leaning back, you just stare at her for a moment, taking her in.

An hour ago you’d thought you’d lost her. You’d thought you’d failed. Not just her, but her mother. Anna had took you in after your parents died. And in exchange for her sacrifice you’d taken her daughter and raised her. It was something that you just couldn’t run the risk of failing.

Was this really a life? Her being in fedra school, getting an education that wouldn’t get her anywhere other than a battlefield to be a soldier. Her coming into your room at night because that was she wouldn’t be able to here someone getting beat to death outside her window.

“What else did you hear?” you ask softly “how apparently you too know each other, and how she knows me too.” nodding softly,”yeah we knew each other a long time ago,” a pause “she knew your mother too.” Her eyes dart up at you. You don’t talk about her birth mother a lot. Though that’s never stopped you from answering any questions she may have about her.

“Marlene had promised your mother that if anything were to happen to her she’d take care of you, and me. Obviously she didn’t keep it. I suppose I just…never forgave her for it.”

Ellie stares at you for a while taking in what you’ve said. She knows you’re past is a very sensitive topic and that’s lead her to not ask too much about it, but every time you give her something new, she’s always grasping at the fact that you’d truly given up so much.

“Is it true what she said? That I could be a cure? That after we could find somewhere else?” there’s hope in her voice as she asks you all her questions.

“I don’t know. There is a chance you could have something in that scrawny body of yours that has somehow made you a super mutant.” You tease

“Hey I’m serious.” She laughs and gives you a playful smack on the knee, you smile at her laugh

You both settle after a couple seconds. Biting your lip as you ask, “If I were to agree to her offer. How would you feel about it?” She looks at you and you can see the little wheels in her head turning as she thinks “If we do this you’d be with me the whole way. So I know I’d be safe. And then once we finish she can take us to a place where we can live way fucking better than here. I wouldn’t mind it. I know we could both use a change of scenery.”

Her answer has you cracking a smile, “it’s very dangerous out there. If we do this I need you to promise me you will listen to ever work I say. No sneaking away, no going too far that I can’t see you, and staying put when I tell you to.” Ellie nods “I promise.” She vows

“So we’re really doing this?”

“We are really doing this.”

Once Ellie is has packed up and ready, you both stand up and quietly make your way towards the door. You’re the first to hear muffled voices coming from the other side. Holding a hand out to stop Ellie, holding a finger to your lips to tell her to be quiet.

You press and ear to the door, trying to listen to what they’re saying. You hear four different voices, once of which is Marlene. The door however, does a pretty good job at muffling the sounds. So much so that you have to strain your hearing in order to make out parts of what they’re saying.

Seeing as you can’t hear or understand much, you look back to Ellie and notice a door at the far left corner of the room. You walk to it and realize it’s a door leading to the next room over. You quietly drag Ellie into it and crouch you both down, “okay, I’m going to go out there and I want you to stay here no matter what. Once I call for you we can go home. Okay?” you whisper to her hurriedly, but she relents “what?! No! I’m coming with you. You need someone to watch your back.” you hush her harshly at her raised tone of voice, “no what need, is for you to stay here until I call for you. I’ll be fine, Marlene is out there too. Just stay here okay?”

She sighs, “fine.” She agrees. “Atta girl, I’ll call you out and then we can go.” You smile softly before getting up and closing the door behind you. Now back at the main room you were in you once again lean up against the door in an attempt to hear what they’re saying.

With no luck you decide to wait a moment, before you’re yanking the door open and busting out into the hallway, gun drawn. You’ve managed to somehow end up behind the small crowd of people.

Marlene along with another woman stand side by side, a woman you assume to be a friend. Then there are two there’s, a woman, and a man. Though they don’t seem at all friendly. They both turn to you and the man points his gun at you, the woman perplexed on whether to point it at you or Marlene.

You point your gun at the woman, the man beside her burns holes into you with his gaze, his gun firmly on you. “Don’t shoot.” Marlene, ever the savior, comes to your rescue.

“You know this girl?” The woman asks “Tell her to put the gun down.” She says. Marlene calls your name, “lower the gun.” you don’t comply so easily, “them first.”

Marlene makes an annoyed sound “Jesus Christ,” she says you name again, “lower. The gun.” You clench your jaw, before slowly lowering your weapon. The woman does too, but the man hesitates. Before anyone can do anything, the door next to him swings open and Ellie jumps at him, knife in hand.

He counters her attack, grabbing the wrist holding the blade and all but throwing her at the wall opposite of them. The blade clatters on the ground as he points the gun at Ellie.

Instinctively you point the gun at him, the woman pointing it at you, and Marlene and her friend pointing it at both of them.

“Not at her. Point it at me.” She tells the man, but he doesn’t move. You clock your gun, “don’t.” The woman warns you, though you pay her no mind. “Joel.” Marlene calls out to him. So, that’s his name.

Joel looks to Marlene and then points his gun at her instead. At that your shoulder loose a bit of visible tension as you lower your gun again. Everyone else but Joel seem to do so.

“So this is who Robert screwed us over with. The Che Guevara of Boston? And her..what? Sidekick? I mean, war must be going pretty shitty if you’re buying from scumbags like him.” The woman notes.

“Seems that way.” You chime in.

“Yeah it kind of has been. The merch was bad, and he obviously didn’t take “fuck off” for an answer.” Marlene answers her.

Ellie looks at her knife on the floor, under the Joel’s boot, “give me my knife.” She demands from him, though he doesn’t so much as acknowledge her as he addresses Marlene. “What do you need a car battery for?” His voice is rough and low.

Ellie reaches for her knife, but Joel doesn’t take too lightly to it. He points his gun at her again. “Lower the gun or I blow your head off.” You threaten. The woman beside him scoffs out a sarcastic laugh, “don’t know if you’ve noticed, but the odds of you winning are low. It’s two to one.”

“I happen to like those odds.” You sass

“Christ,” Marlene groans “will everyone just calm down. Nobody is blowing any body’s head off.” she directs her last statement towards you. “That is yet to be determined.” You bite.

“Joel,” Marlene scolds “not at her.” She says. He hesitates for a second, before pointing it at the ground. The woman next to him glances over and she too lowers it.

Only then do you lower yours. “And to answer your question I need it for a better reason than you do. No offense but Tommy’s just one man. It’s our business to know things.” Marlene replies.

“To know things? You’re the cause of it. You turned my own brother against me.” This guy sounds like the fucking terminator. You think to yourself.

“Okay Joel,” Marlene sound exasperated. Her friend then speaks “that was a lot of gunfire, FEDRA will be on their way.”

“Yeah I know” she replies

There’s a short pause in the room before Marlene’s talking again, “We were going to move Ellie out of the zone tonight. But we won’t make it anywhere like this. At least not for a while. So now I’m thinking…you’re gonna do it.” She says to the two strangers.

“Absolutely not.”

“Like hell we are.”

“I’m not going with them!” Ellie, Joel and you all speak at once.

“Tess,” Joel calls the women beside him, “we don’t have time for this.”

“Oh you don’t have time?” Marlene argues

“Who is she?” Tess, asks.

“To you? She’s cargo. They both are.”

“We don’t smuggle people. Sorry.” Joel retorts.

“I can take her. I have my own crew.” You chime in but Marlene shakes her head, “No. We need this done on the low, and quickly. We don’t have time to wait for your people to come down here. It has to be tonight.”

Letting out a breath Marlene continues, “There’s a team of fireflies waiting for them at the old State House.” At that Joel scoffs.

“I know what’s out there. We were going with an entire squadron for that very reason. But now I don’t have a truck. I don’t have a squadron. FEDRA is five minutes away. What I do have is you. And I know what you’re both capable of. For better or worse.”

There’s silence for a moment.

Ellie is the one to break it first, “what are they capable of.” Her voice sounds small. You give her a reassuring squeeze on her shoulder and she looks up at you. You smile softly.

“You get them there safely, they’ll give you what you need. Not just a battery. The whole thing. Fueled-up truck, guns, supplies, all of it. I swear.” She promises.

You may not be running a group of assassins, but even you know that what she’s offering to these people is too good a deal.

She’s desperate, and she’s not exactly hiding it.

Joel and Tess both huddle in the corner and you move towards Marlene. “I don’t like this Marlene.” You warn “yeah neither do I. But they’re good at what they do.” “And what exactly do they do.” She sighs, “they’re smugglers. The best this side of boston. They can get in and out fast and they’ll have you at the state house by dawn.”

She looks past you to the couple behind you, “y’all talk it out but please remember that I’m bleeding out.” She groans. You glance at her wound, and it’s worst than it was a couple minutes ago.

“Okay. Here the deal.” Tess starts “Well get her to the State House. But before we hand her over, they give us everything that we want. If not, we kill them, then and there.”

you open your mouth to say a witty reply but Marlene beats you too it.

“Deal.”

“Are you serious?”

“Really? That easy?” You and Ellie say.

She looks to you, “You and Ellie are all that matter. My team will not jeopardize that. Remember what I told you?” you nod, “I plan to keep my promise this time. But I can’t do that if you don’t cooperate.”.

You breath in and out, nodding. Turning to Ellie, “Ellie, go get your pack.” She doesn’t move right away, “Now. Come on, go.” You tell her.

She huffs and walks into the room she lunged out of. While she’s gone you turn back to Marlene.

“When I see you again-“ “If you see me again.” She counters groaning softly as she applies pressure to her would. “When, I see you again,” you correct her “you and me are going to have a field day.”.

She laughs through her nose, and gives you a small smile before nodding, “can’t wait.”

Once Ellie returns Tess speaks up, “let’s go.” You nudge Ellie to move forward picking up her knife as she passes and you follow close behind the two. As you pass Joel this time it’s you who roughly shoves his shoulder with yours.

He looks back at you as you walk down the hall. “Joel.” Marlene calls out to him. He turns back, “don’t fuck this up. Please.” He doesn’t say a word as he turns, and walks the way you all went.

As you all make it out of the building it’s poising outside. You shrug off your leather jacket and use it as an umbrella as you all walk down the street. Once you’ve made it to an old shabby apartment building you follow them inside as Tess leads you down a couple of hallways, Joel in front of Ellie, and Ellie in front of you.

You make it to a door and Tess pulls out her keys to open it. She walks inside and hold the door open, Joel letting Ellie go first. You meet his gaze for a moment as it’s your turn to go inside, but break it once you head in.

“Give us a minute.” Tess says before closing the door behind her as she walks out.

“What the fuck?!” Ellie yells before the door slams shut.

“Ellie, just relax okay? They need us alive to get whatever it is their greedy hands want.” You say as you glance around the room.

You see a vacant armchair in the corner and decide to take a seat. You’d have to make a quick run in a little in order to get some extra supplies from your apartment.

Ellie begins to looks around, mindlessly touching things. “Don’t break anything.” You warn her.

She finds a book and starts looking through it. The two outside can be heard discussing on the other side of the door.

“Whoa look. Smuggle codes, but with music. That’s actually so smart.” She says, “yeah well, people are usually geniuses when it comes to finding ways to do things they shouldn’t.” you tell her.

Joel all of a sudden comes barging in, making you straighten up in the chair you’re sitting in. He drops his pack by the old couch they have and takes a seat.

“So, who’s Bill and Frank?” Ellie asks him. He looks from her to you then to her again, before noticing she has his book in her hands. “The radio’s a smuggling code, right? ‘60s song, they don’t anything new, ‘70s they got new stuff. What ‘80s?”

Joel’s clearly annoyed at the fact she’s reading through his stuff and gets up to snatch the book out of her hand and dump it on the table. He walks back to the couch and lays down, stretching his legs out.

“What are you doing?” Ellie asks. You smirk at the audible annoyance in Joel’s voice as he responds, “killing time.”

“Well, what am I supposed to do?”

“I am sure you will figure that out.”

You take his obvious request at being left alone as time to speak up, “Ellie, come on,” you pay the chair beside you, “try not to annoy the old man to death. I’m sure he holds his survival for this long in high regards. Wouldn’t want to smush his ego by taking him out so easily.” You joke with her.

From where Joel is laying down he shoots a glare at you, and the smug smile you have on your face only grows. You nod your head towards the chair you’d patted and Ellie obliges, not before picking the book she’d been looking at again, walking past him, “your watch is broken.” Is all she says as she plops down beside you.

Thirty minutes pass and eventually you head a snore coming from the man on the sofa. You take this as your chance to head out. “Ellie, I’m going to head back to the apartment here, get any extra supplies we might need. You want anything from your room?”

“What? Your leaving?” Her voice sounds anxious and worried, you immediately reassure her, “hey, hey, it’s alright. I’ll come back within the hour. Promise. I just need to get my pack and anything else we’ll need.”

That seems to calm her down slightly, “um..okay. Yeah, some extra clothes? And underwear. Oh! And socks. Mine are soaked.” She lists off, you nod before giving her a kiss on the forehead reminding her that you’ll be back soon, and to not annoy the man.

Once you make it to your apartment you hurry to collect everything you might need. Flashlights, clothes, undergarments, makeshift first aid kit, amo, another gun, a knife, some caned food, and change into something warmer once you’re there.

You take one final glance at the apartment, realizing this will be the last time you’ll ever be here. It saddens you a bit, knowing that you’ll be leaving everything you’ve worked so hard to achieve for the past fourteen years behind. You wish you would have said, bye to your other apartment back home.

You shut the door and on your way back to Joel and Ellie you drop off a letter you’d written at Amy’s home, slipping it under her door before leaving promptly.

Back to Ellie.

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hello! I want request headcanons for Eichi, Arashi and Wataru when their s/o have sun allergy or Is very sun sensitive? Please and thank you

🌷S/o with a sun allergy/sun sensitive headcanons🌷

→Characters: Eichi Tenshouin, Arashi Narukami and Wataru Hibiki

→Cw: none! Mostly fluff, just reader with sun allergy and/or being sensitive to the sun!

→A/n: hi!! Thank you so much for requesting this! I absolutely loved making these hcs since I’m sensitive to the sun, so this hit close to home, hope you enjoy!!

Eichi Tenshouin;

Very caring and understanding

Would buy anything that could help with your rashes (if you get in contact with the sun for a while) and/or aloe vera for sunburnt skin if you went to the beach for a date

He tries making each date indoors, mostly going to restaurants during the afternoons or (his favorite type of dates) taking a trip to the flower gardens close to his home

Eichi loves buying clothes (and hats) that can help you with your allergy, especially soft comfortable clothes so the rash doesn’t get so itchy.

During summertime, he suggested you both take a swin in his indoor pool instead of going out to the beach and harmfully expose your skin to an allergy reaction or burn

Arashi Narukami;

She’s so sweet and noticed when you were at the beach and started to scratch your skin very harshly, she immediately grabbed her moisturizers and creams, rushing towards you to help you

Ever since that happened during your last date, she’s always caring some sort of skin moisturizer, rash relief and aloe vera

Arashi knows a lot about skincare and how to treat these sunburns or rashes perfectly

It’s in the little things that she does that make you love her even more, like offering to place the creams herself or treating you to a spa, anything that she knows will make you feel relieved and actually help your skin get better

With that being said, Arashi loves going on spa or nail dates! Especially if you both get matching nail sets together or a couple’s spa day

She also has a daily routine of washing her face, applying some moisturizer and etc, she has invited you a few times to join her and do things like clay masks together or manicure and nails when you don’t go to the nail salon together

Wataru Hibiki;

He somewhat knows how to treat sunburns or sun allergies but he’s not that well informed

However, if you need something, anything at all, he’s willing to get it for you

Like Arashi, he has a cabinet full of products that you had recommended him or he brought himself for you. His skin is so soft and it’s no wonder why he has so many products in one cabinet

He’s very gentle with your skin and when you experience a very bad skin allergy reaction, he tosses everything he had for that day asside just to help you

If he has a play during the day and outside, (not like in the actual theater they have) he makes sure to reserve a seat that has an umbrella and it’s specifically reserved for you, his beloved

He prefers having fun dates like going to an amusement part (in the afternoon ofc), a theater, but if that’s not your cup of tea, he would take you to a museum or picnic under the afternoon sky.