#i think i ventured away from the prompt a bit but i hope u dont mind!!

[anzynai]

may i humbly request xiaother......i love the idea of xiao craving touch and affection but being embarrassed about it so he'll like. try to subtly snuggle up to him or hold his hand theyre so cute

hey! thank you for sending in a request! i finished this pretty quickly teehee i actually havent written for these two before so i hope theyre not too ooc. surprisingly, i kinda struggled making xiao all sappy (even tho hes like so sweet to the traveler) ANYWAY, i hope u enjoy <33

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xiao exhaled, quietly as he stared at aether’s hand. he.. really wanted to hold it. he looked back up at aether, sat beside him on the soft bed in xiao’s room. aether had been very busy lately so it was nice that they were able to see each other again like this. the smile on aether’s face only made the urge to touch him stronger.

he inched his finger closer as aether delved into a ramble about his adventures in fontaine, hoping he wouldn’t notice.

“and then neuvillette told us that he—“ aether paused, looking at their interlocked fingers. heat rose to xiao’s cheeks as he looked away.

“you were saying?” he asked, trying to shift the topic. after a moment, when aether was still silent, he regretted his actions and tried to pull his fingers away. aether squeezed his hand, not letting him.

“xiao, dont you want to hold my hand?” aether asked, teasingly as he poked xiao in the side, resulting in a gasp.

aether, having tickled xiao before, picked up on the reaction immediately. “oh, thats right. you’re ticklish.”

xiao stayed silent, unsure what to do or say. aether decided for him, as he exaggeratedly leaned against him, cuddling up against xiao. his heart skipped a beat. was aether going to tickle him again? strangely enough, xiao felt he wouldn’t mind.

“but where was i? oh right so neuvillette..” aether continued his story. xiao listened until another gasp slipped from his lips when aether started tracing along his arms, his sides, anywhere he could reach.

“a-aether..” xiao giggled, squirming. aether looked at him with innocence but the blush on his face told xiao he knew exactly what he was doing.

“is something wrong?” aether asked, as he squeezes xiao’s side, making him jump.

“y-yohohou knohow whahat you’re dohoing..!” at that, aether’s smile turned mischievous as he started tickling xiao on purpose.

“oh, but you won’t mind if i continue right?” he said, stopping but wiggling his fingers. xiao didn’t respond. “xiao?”

xiao averted his eyes. “no..”

“that’s what i thought,” a gentle smile was on aether’s face as he started tickling the adeptus again, resulting in a new wave of giggles that xiao would never let anyone else hear.

[reyesstrand]

fic writer questions!!

tagged by @marjansmarwani @silvarafael and @morganaspendragonss (thank u!! 💗)

1) how many works do you have on ao3?

75

2) what’s your total ao3 word count?

286,026

3) how many fandoms have you written for and what are they?

i’ve written a handful of very amateur fics for it chapter 2, the get down, the magicians years ago, and most recently the old guard and 911: lone star.

4) what are your top five fics by kudos?

all of them are 911ls ajdnsnsn

like a bright new dream (post-season one tarlos love declarations)

wanna be still with you (2x08 episode tag ft concussed tk)

take me back to the light (post 1x08/pre 1x09 coda)

silver in the night (1x10 episode tag/missing scenes)

tangled in the willows (one shot collection)

5) what’s the fic you’ve written with the angstiest ending?

omg i’m not sure i’ve ever been capable of writing angst without some sort of happy ending…..i’ve definitely written some ambiguous endings though, which are featured here: in my grace/judd fic all so incredibly loud and my nancy/marjan fic hold on to me and this chapter of my tarlos one-shot collection.

6) what’s the fic you’ve written with the happiest ending?

i feel like 99% of my fics have happy endings akdnsn but off the top of my head my 2x12 coda felt like maybe we could last forever was one of the heavier things i’ve written and the ending was one lots of comments touched on which made me (‘:

also!! and every harm (is lovingly washed away) and thinkin bout forever both end in sappy double proposals for tarlos which were too much fun to write, and i’m going to plug all my nancy/marjan fics apparently ajdnsn bc make me feel alive also has a pretty happy ending!!!

7) do you write crossovers? if so what is the craziest one you’ve written?

never written one!

8) do you write smut? if so, what kind?

nothing super explicit, but i’ve ventured into mild/implied sexual content (i doubt it’s very good though ajdnsksn)

9) do you respond to comments? why or why not?

i try to!!! it usually takes a few days after a fic’s been posted but i try and get to them as soon as possible! and i do it to show appreciation for kind words because it really does mean the world 🥺

10) have you ever received hate on a fic?

somehow no.

11) have you ever had a fic stolen?

no, thankfully. at least not that i’m aware of.

12) have you ever had a fic translated?

no! but i’d love that!

13) have you ever co-written a fic before?

i haven’t! it’s definitely something i’m interested in though!!

14) what’s your all-time favourite ship?

i’d have to say any of the lone star pairings, canon or not—but of course tarlos most of all. i’ve just never really had so much inspiration from a pairing before. for instance, my first ever tarlos fic was inspired from the promo image for a scene that never even aired (looking at you dinner scene from 1x05), when before i felt like i had to be several seasons into a show to want to write in that universe. so yeah. tarlos.

15) what’s a wip you want to finish but don’t think you ever will?

oh….so many. the first one that comes to mind is the sort of missing scenes between seasons one and two of lone star fic that i just couldn’t get to work for me. i also kind of want to do a canon divergent tarlos fic where they have a much slower burn than what we get on the show, but again..lack of inspiration aksnsn

right now my focus is on the prompt requests from forever ago!!

16) what are your writing strengths?

i’d like to think exposition? describing emotions and scenery? internal thoughts? i love getting lost in the mood of a scene and trying to capture it with words.

17) what are your writing strengths?

ooh uh i’ve always struggled with dialogue. like just making it flow naturally. if i’m not in the right headspace for certain dialogue-heavy scenes it makes writing 10x harder for me akdnsks

18) what are your thoughts on writing dialogue in other languages in a fic?

i think it all depends on the scene/character/context. but, as someone who only speaks english and a little bit of french, i dont really think my thoughts matter here? if speakers of the language in question say something in a fic is offensive or not used properly or call into question the author’s intentions, we should listen to them.

19) what was the last fandom you wrote for?

………lone star, of course.

20) what’s your favourite fic you’ve written?

oh man, i’ve said it before but probably my firefighter!carlos fic lit the spark (that set a fire) because it took me so long. i also loved writing my 2x08 and 2x12 codas (mentioned above) and been twisting to the sun because it allowed me to write some tk and judd!!

i’m pretty sure everyone has been tagged at this point and i hope i don’t forget anyone but!!!@sunshinestrand @rafael-silva @reyescarlos @howtosingit @bellakitse @crockettmarcel feel free to do this if you’d like!!