#i was supposed to make him meet the dorm mates and friends but

[shockinglyangel]

SHIRTLESS - THEODORE NOTT x fem!reader

MATURE, Warnings: 18+, NSFW, Sex without a condom, Sexual touching, Mentions of nudity, Mutual pining, Riding

SUMMERY: having had been friends for years, you’re on a small date with Theodore when things suddenly take a turn and get spicier than anticipated

NOT PROOFREAD

"Ok fine," you leaned back on the bed behind you, your legs outstretched and placed in between Theo's open ones, the two of you sat on the floor of his dorm while his dorm-mate Lorenzo was out. "I'd say your a soft spring kind of guy."

Theo scoffed, his head falling back comfortably on the sheets supporting his neck, a smirk on this face as he tossed a scrunched up piece of paper over to you, it hitting you square in the face and causing you to flinch. "Then you're a winter."

You rolled your eyes at his words and picked up another card from the pack. "What animal does the other person remind you of?" You read aloud, watching closely as Theo took a swig of drink from his glass before placing it back down on the ground next to him. "I'd unironically say you're a lion."

He smiled largely and wiped his lips with his thumb before speaking. "You're the split resemblance of a koala."

You allowed your eyebrows to raise as your mouth fell open, your arms moving to throw the card at the boy in front of you. A koala? "What's that supposed to mean?" You folded your arms over your chest.

"Well," Theo started, sitting up straight and placing his elbows on the bed behind him for support, his hands hanging off of the side. "We've only gone on a couple of dates and you're already obsessed with me." He gave you a proud look.

You couldn't help but smile at what he was saying, you and Theo had been within the same friend group for years but were never really close as individuals. It wasn't until the start of the school year that he asked you out on a date, taking you to the three broomsticks for your first, and to the black lake for a second, as it had frozen over for the winter and you were free to skate on it. Now you were finally onto your third, this one was just the two of you playing muggle-question card games while hanging out in his dorm.

You'd liked Theo for a while, but had never the nerve to say anything about it, only Pansy and Daphne new for the first few years, but Theodore was the one to make the first move.

"I am not obsessed with you." You pulled your legs away from his and crossed them under the weight of your body.

Theo laughed, moving his own figure so he was now standing on his knees, "we both know that's a lie."

He made his way over to you, placed in between your legs as his chest found yours, his shirt gracing over the thin fabric that lay across your chest. He moved his hand to meet your face, his fingers tracing light figures over your jawline while his thumb lay delectably on your cheek.

Theo smirked, his eyes travelling across your face before meeting their final destination and falling deeply into your. He tilted his head, his lips coming closer to your own. "You couldn't even resist me if you wanted to."

In your mind you scoffed at what he said, pushing him away playfully and telling him that you could if so pleased. But in the physical - you could not. You let your eyes graze over his, before falling down to his lips, a faint smell of liquor painting his breath as he spoke.

He truly was irresistible.

You watched closely as he dipped his head, his lips meeting yours in a soft kiss. His lips were soft, the kiss even softer, his free hand made its way down to your waist, a gasp leaving your lips as he squeezed the exposed skin.

Theo took that moment to slip his tongue into your mouth, deepening the kiss as yours found rhythm, joining his in a melodic dance.

Using your hands, you pushed yourself up from the sitting position on the ground and onto your knees, temporarily holting the make out session.

One hand made it to the back of Theo's neck, lightly pushing him inwards so his lips collided with yours again, the fight your tongues had started previously began to resume.

Theo used his hand to pull you closer to him by your waist, your chests meeting as you slid your hand between the two of you, your fingers playing with the hem of his shirt before allowing them to travel under the material, Theo morning into the kiss at the feeling of your hands on his skin. Something he had been reminiscing about since the day he met you.

"You drive me crazy." Theo pulled away from the kiss prematurely before moving his lips down your jawline until they finally met your neck.

"Theo." You tilted your head to the side and allowed your eyes to fall shut, your mouth opening on impulse as he began to suck harshly at your skin, his teeth nibbling on it every once in a while, which caused you to jolt at the feeling.

Your hand continued making its way up his shirt, your fingers tracing along his abs, feeling him tense up under the touch of your slightly cold hand, the one behind his head joined on his chest, the two rubbing lightly over his waist as he marked your skin with his mouth.

He hummed against you, pushing his body further into yours before pulling away from your neck. "Take it off." He breathlessly, his lips swollen, he lifted up his arms.

You nodded, obeying his orders and pulling the shirt over his head and throwing it onto the ground behind him. You couldn't help but moan at the sight, you'd seen Theo shirtless countless times before, but nothing beat the sight that you had. He'd taken it off for you.

"Someone's needy." He let out a hoarse chuckle and pulled you back into him again, the skin your small shirt had no way of covering hit his.

You looked up at him in desperation and pulled his head down to yours so your lips met again in a soaring his, a moan escaping your mouth and falling in his.

You moved your hand to your back, pulling on the lace that held everything together, the bow falling apart and opening the shirt, allowing it to fall to the ground, you breasts exposed.

Theo's eyes opened, his lips detaching from yours as he looked down at your body below him. He bit his lip, his arms tensing under your fingers. He left himself get harder at the sight of your boobs in front of him. "I really need to fuck you right now."

You felt a smile grow across your face, trying to suppress it as he lifted you up and placed you on his bed, your unclothed back meeting his sheets.

Theo kneeled between your legs, his hands finding the skirt you were wearing, quickly pulling it down, his fingers linking onto your underwear and taking those off alongside.

He threw your clothes on the ground, his eyes admiring your naked body, it was as if he could've came there and then.

He kept himself composed, his breathing getting quicker as his hands fondled with his belt, quickly removing the remaining clothes he had on him before leaning over you, his eyes finding yours.

You smiled and pushed a strand of loose hair behind his ear. Theo didn't return the kind expression, pushing himself back up. "This isn't going to work."

You sat up, feeling vulnerable in front of him. "What?"

He squeezed his lips between his thumb and forefinger, hissing as he thought about what to do.

"Get on top of me." Theo allowed his body to meet the sheets, his hands outstretching to meet yours.

Your eyebrows furrowed at his random request but you took his hands, mounting him and lining him up with your entrance.

You winced as he slipped into you, your wetness allowing him to enter seamlessly. "Oh my God."

Theo let out a groan and pulled his hands away from yours, his finding your waist, yours falling to his chest as he helped you find your rhythm.

You moved yourself up and down on him, feeling him hit places you never even knew existed, the position of you on top of him gave a new deepness and pleasure for the both of you.

"Just like that." Theo watched as you fucked him, your boobs in his face as he had yearned for previously - that's why he changed the position.

You bit your lip and leaned forward slightly, feeling him as he slid in and out of you, Theo's impatient thrusts meeting yours at a compromise.

You began to speed up, feeling that familiar ache in your legs as Theo fucked up into you, somehow still having the majority of the control when he was under you.

You'd never imagined this to be the time you had sex with Theo, something the two you had wanted for a while, but never admitted at the fear the other didn't feel the same.

"Fuck, Theo." You clenched around him, his hands squeezing harshly on your waist causing you to let out a strained whimper.

He groaned at the feeling as he began to dig your nails into the skin on his chest, ripping gentle scratches into his flesh. "'Like it when I fuck you like this?"

He bucked his hips into yours at a fast pace, catching his lip between his teeth as he watched your beasts bounce in front of him, a sight he knew he could never get over.

"So desperate for me," his hands dug harshly into your waist as you tore at his skin, red lines painting his chest in an unintentional pattern. "Just can't get enough of me."

You threw your head back, grinding your hips against him, your hair falling behind your shoulders. "Theo, I'm gonna cum."

You mouth fell open, your nails scratching along his chest, pulling some blood along with them, the boy watching in awe as you came undone on top of him.

"Atta girl, just like that." He squeezed his eyes shut as you clenched around him, allowing himself to empty inside of you, the feeling of him filling you up caused you to whimper at the overstimulation.

You let out a sigh and pulled your fingers into a fist, your closed hands gliding against his chest as you fell on top of him, your head meeting the crook of his neck as his arms wrapped around you, holding you in place as he came down from his climax, his eyes opening to find you panting on top of him.

Moving your head to face him slightly, you broke the silence. "I am scared of the powers you possess."

[eris-snow]

Hiiiii!! I hope you’re doing well ^^ this concept has been plaguing my mind for DAYS. listen. Mute reader joining class 2A where bakugou has already started going deaf from his quirk. AGH I swear it’s so cute I’m already dying, probably angst to fluff type stuff idk ur the boss here :3

(this is my first time requesting I hope I’m doing it right lol)

Oh you're so sweet! Don't worry about requesting your request was so cute 🥰

But YES, this is such a good headcannon 😭😭

Katsuki would think that you're way too quiet, and imagine his surprise when you start signing to him.

--

He'd just gotten back from the hospital after a particularly shitty injury, so he wasn't there when you were introduced to the class

He didn't know that you were mute, so when you camd rolling up to the dorms, all he saw was a way too quiet girl holding a way too big box for your size.

You must be the newbie, Katsuki sighs, squinting at you. It takes him five seconds to realise that your quirk wasn't strength based, and 10 to realise you had 5 of those big ass boxes to get through, before he kicks off the couch to help.

It's fine. He's been through this, he's gotten help. He can talk to people without brandishing insults now.

"Jeez, pass me that, you freak,"

Head, meet hard wood.

You, however, don't seemed fazed at all. Instead, you let out a sigh of relief, happily passing him the box and taking another one to carry to the lifts.

He's almost glad you don't say anything, because at least then, he doesn't have to go 'SPEAK UP, NERD' on ten different occasions. He wasn't wearing his hearing aids, after all.

When he does finish helping you, you're bowing to him profusely, and to his utter surprise, you lift your hands and start signing to him.

Do you know handsigns?

He almost rolls down the stairs.

Yes, Bakugou signs back. You bow at him again, and Bakugou feels giddy.

Thank you! I'm sorry if you found it rude when I didn't respond, but I am mute. I appreciate your help, Bakugou-san! I hope we get along !

And that's how Katsuki gained a new friend.

--

Oh and don't forget about the silent conversations.

Besides Deku, you were the only one fluent in handsigns and Katsuki took full advantage of that.

Just imagine, 20 odd class mates and no one knowing what words being exchanged between the two of you.

Communication is the one of the most important thing on the battlefield, and the scariest thing was that Bakugou was starting to have difficulty doing that, patrol or not.

For some reason, having someone who understands that fear makes Bakugou feel just a little bit more stable.

--

On paper, your disabilities should hinder your ability to get along, but like how two unlike poles attract, you get along swimmingly. Communication, which is supposed to be one of the most difficult actions to carry out is so smooth with Bakugou it's basically telepathy at this point.

A glance at you.

Oh, you want your protein shake.

A gesture to the teacher.

Oh, you need help with a question.

A middle finger...("Oi, Bakugou that wasn't a handsign-WAIT WAIT NO DON'T-")

Means a dead Kaminari.

And for some reason, even if Katsuki can never hear your voice. Even if you can't ever tell him how much he means to you, you'll stand by his side even if the world tilts sideways, or be the first at his door when his nightmares overtake him.

You'll be the first to guess what's one his mind and stand by him no matter what.

After all, actions speak louder than words, don't they?

[random-twst-and-oc-stuff]

The New Cub

Where a magicless orphan from a completely different world and a second born prince become each other's found family.

It was a normal Monday afternoon. Well, as normal as it could be in a magical school with chaos waiting to happen around every corner. Sarah was taking a walk around the school courtyard with Grim resting on her shoulders. The real reason they were walking was because they agreed to meet up with Ace and Deuce at their usual spot as the two were seemingly busy in their dorm - either they hadn't finished their homework yet or it was their turn to feed the dorm's flamingos. Or perhaps it was something else entirely. The little girl shook her head as she realized she was probably overthinking for no reason. As they got to the hang out spot, though, they saw that it was already occupied by some Savanaclaw students which wasn't a good thing. Sarah knew how territorial they were. Unfortunately, one of them noticed the two.

"Oi! What are you two doing in OUR territory?!", he called out, making the other two turn their heads in the direction he was looking at.

"Hey, isn't that Ramshackle dorm's prefect and her weasel?", the other one questioned, putting a hand on his waist.

"Hey! I ain't a weasel!", Grim hissed, clearly offended.

"Not the right time, Grim..", Sarah whispered to her companion. She wasn't at all that surprised that three random students knew who the two were. Not only have they helped with whatever problems the rest of the dorms had, including Savanaclaw, you also didn't see a magicless 8 year old girl and a creature that resembled a cat in a college that was supposed to make exceptional mages which was also supposed to be an all boys school with familiars allowed as long as they were trained. Yet, with no choice, Sarah had to take shelter there. Not that she was complaining. It wasn't all that bad.

"Who cares who they are? Whoever's trespassing has a price to pay!", one of the Savanaclaw students yelled out, cracking his knuckles, pulling the little girl out of her thoughts. His friends agreed.

Sarah only glared at them, pulling her baseball bat out and getting into a fighting stance. She knew her and Grim wouldn't get away without a fight.

"Oi, what's goin' on here?", an all to familiar voice called out from behind Sarah. And they didn't sound too happy. The little girl turned around to make sure it was who she thought it was. And, it was. There stood Leona Kingscholar, Savanaclaw's housewarden and the second born prince of Sunset Savanna with a scowl on his face. The little girl wasn't surprised to see Ruggie Bucchi as well as the hyena was almost always seen with the lion. She, however, was surprised when she saw a little lion cub boy on Ruggie's shoulders. Sarah recognized him as Leona's nephew, Cheka.

"H-housewarden..", the three whimpered in unison, but regained their composure quickly. "Those two were trespassin' on our territory and we decided to give 'em a lesson.", one of them informed.

The little girl knew she had no choice, but to defend herself and Grim. "I'll have you know this is our usual hanging out spot with Ace and Deuce. Doesn't that mean that's OUR territory?", she tilted her head.

"...Scram, you three.", Leona growled at his dorm mates. Said students seemingly had no choice, but to obey their housewarden's order as they scurried away to look for another hang out spot. The prince couldn't believe the students from his dorm were willing to hurt a child. He knew she wasn't messing around when it came to fighting, but still...

"Whoa! That was so cool, unca!", Cheka giggled. It seemed that no matter what Leona did, his nephew would always be amazed.

Sarah decided to question Leona about what his nephew was doing in NRC. Not that she minded, she was just curious. The second born prince explained that his brother, Falena, said it was good to spend some quality time with Cheka and that they wouldn't leave him alone until he agreed. The little girl gave a small nod in reply.

"Unca, can Sarah and Grim play with us in your dorm?", Cheka asked, turning his head toward his uncle. Seemingly feeling that the cub started to slip, Ruggie positioned the little boy.

"If that's what gets you to stop bothering me..", Leona sighed and looked at Sarah. "You're comin' with us, herbivores."

"Yeah, alright.", Sarah shrugged her shoulders. It seemed like she had to text Ace and Deuce and tell them they probably couldn't hang out today.

Sarah, Grim, Cheka and Leona were all in the lazy lion's room. Ruggie was there a few minutes ago as well, but left for whatever reason. Sarah and Cheka were sitting on his bed, playing with the various toys the little girl had. Leona was laying on said bed, keeping an eye on the two as Grim was taking a nap next to him. Then, Cheka yawned accompanied by his uncle. It seemed like it was time for the two to nap as well. Just as Sarah was pondering on leaving, Leona pulled the little girl and his nephew into his arms, hugging the two in a protective manner as he drifted off to sleep. Cheka's eyes began to close as he snuggled closer to his beloved uncle and fell asleep as well. Sarah just stayed there, still trying to process what just happened. As she did, however, she started to tear up, but those weren't sad tears. Leona hugging her and his nephew in a protective manner must have meant nothing to the lazy lion, but as someone with an abusive father, it meant a lot to Sarah. Yes, as unexpected as it sounded, the little girl did indeed see Savanaclaw's housewarden as a father figure. Though she knew he couldn't admit it, Sarah knew Leona had a soft spot for her and Cheka. The little girl snuggled closer to Leona and closed her eyes as she decided to try and fall asleep.

A week later, Sarah was hanging out with Grim, Ace and Deuce. Cheka was taken home to his father and everything went back to normal. Well, as normal as possible. The four friends were just sitting in their hanging out spot as Sarah told them about a kid from her orphanage. Just as she stopped talking, the little girl heard footsteps behind her and turned around to see who it was.

"Oh, Sarah, there you are. I've been lookin' all over for you. Leona wants to see you, so c'mon, up and on your feet.", Ruggie, the owner of the footsteps, urged his little friend.

"Leona? Why does he need Sarah all of a sudden?", Deuce asked as he watched his magicless friend and classmate get up.

"I don't know, man. He just told me to go get her.", the hyena shrugged his shoulders.

"Alright then. We'll see you two later.", Sarah bid her farewell to her friends as she picked Grim up against his will. The cat positioned himself on her shoulders as Ruggie took her hand in his and started leading the way.

"Leona, we're here.", Ruggie informed as the two walked into the housewarden's room. Said lion looked at the two.

"You can go now, Ruggie.", Leona dismissed the hyena. Seeming as he got the sign that his housewarden wanted to be alone with Sarah, Ruggie left the room. After he made sure Ruggie was really gone and there was no one nearby, Leona turned his head towards the little girl. "C'mere, kid.", he ordered. Seeming as she had no choice, but to obey, Sarah walked closer to Leona with Grim still on her shoulders. Despite having the usual serious expression on his face, Sarah noticed something glistening in Leona's eyes. She also noticed a piece of paper in his hand.

"Here, read.", Leona gave her the paper that looked more like some sort of document upon further inspection. The little girl took them and looked at the contents. Her eyes widened in realization. Those were adoption papers that were already filled out with the names Leona Kingscholar and Sarah along with Leona's signature. She then looked up at Leona and teared up, engulfing him in a hug. The lion sighed, but hugged her back anyways, kissing the crown of her head. It seemed that Sarah finally found her forever family and she couldn't be happier that it was the man she saw as her father. It seemed like Leona saw the little girl as his daughter as well. The two just sat there in comfortable silence as Leona hugged his new cub protectively. He swore to himself that no one was to hurt her ever again. The lion wouldn't admit it, but he truly loved the child. Though he knew that the adoption papers said that for him.

The new father and daughter duo spent the rest of the day together.

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Tagging: @mitsuri28 @the-v-lociraptor @ceruleancattail @bloodyhound12345 @amaya-wu @softplushiee @bottomjamilsupremacy @lolimmago @alysspandacookie @riddlesimps

(This has been sitting in my drafts for days. I was super nervous about posting it smh. But in the end I said "Fuck it, we ball." and here we are. I actually have several reasons why I think Sarah and Leona work as a father-daughter duo. I'll post it after I reword some stuff-)

[arianatwycross]

Not so secret

Something I wrote to get myself out of writers block. A little jily secret relationship fic with a grumpy Sirius!

“Why are your lips pink?”  

James’ eyes widened a fraction, his fingers brushing his lips softly. “Pink? Aren’t they supposed to be pink?”  

Sirius narrows his eyes, “Not that pink.”  

James shakes his head and ignores the comment, turning around to head towards the bathroom.  

“Where were you anyway?” Sirius calls out.  

“Quidditch practice, you know that.”  

He doesn’t hear Sirius’ reply, but he does get a glance of a familiar stain of pink on his lips in the mirror.  

Shit.  

He brushes it off his lips in a hurry before stripping off his quidditch gear and slipping into the shower. He doesn’t want to wash the smell of her off him, but he must keep the ruse up.  

Changing into his school uniform, he heads back out to find Sirius arguing with Remus and Pete. His light eyes narrowed as he gestured theatrically.  

“What���s going on?” James demands. He’s used to his mates bickering, but Remus looks a little too flustered for it to not be serious.  

“Nothing.” Sirius throws at him angrily before storming out of the dorm room. James tilts an eyebrow up and waits for Remus to explain.  

“He’s just in a mood.”  

“That wasn’t just one of his moods, Moony. What’s up?”  

“Um-” Remus looks over at Pete, the two of them share an odd look before he shrugs, “Why don’t you ask him later, when he calms down?”  

James doesn’t like this. He hates not knowing, hates being unaware, especially with his friends.  

“Is he ok? Did something happen with...?” They don’t talk about Regulus enough for James to say his name.  

“No - it’s not but um, well it’s not really my business to say.”  

James frowns, but let's Remus and Pete go before he can demand more information.  

He finds Lily waiting for him outside class, an odd occurrence, so odd he stares at her blankly for a few seconds before he realises she’s speaking to him.  

“James?”  

His name wakes him up.  

“Lil? What are you doing?” He looks around frantically.  

She rolls her eyes, “You’re terrible at this.”  

“I’ve had a weird day.” He admits.  

She inspects his face, before replying. “Could we talk...later?”  

“Talk?” He raises a pointed eyebrow, a smirk growing on his face.  

She tuts but the corner of her lip twists into a smile. “We ‘talked’ enough this morning. Enough that we might have been seen...”  

James feels his cheeks heat, “What?” he chokes.  

“Look just meet me later? Usual time?”  

“Yeah...”  

She gives him a shy smile before turning on her heels and walking away. He watches her dark red ponytail bounce behind her, before his eyes drop to her ass. He can’t help it.  

“One would think, you two were going at it.” A familiar voice speaks up from behind him.  

He turns around to find his best mate, giving him a pointed look.  

“Huh?”  

“You lied to me.” Sirius adds.  

James blanches.  

“I saw you two this morning, that’s what she was talking about. You lied to me. About her.”  

James can hear the betrayal in Sirius’ tone and his stomach flips.  

“Mate, it’s new. I was going to tell you.”  

“How new?”  

“Five days?”  

This makes Sirius laugh, so much that James can’t help but smile. 

“Was this what you were mad at this morning?” James presses.  

Sirius shakes his head, “Partly, and then Moony had to hit me with his wise words.”  

“Wise words?”  

“I’ll tell you after you tell me how this happened and why the fuck you lied to me?!”  

James runs a hand through his hair as he grimaces, he nods to an empty corridor, aware of the all too nosey eyes and ears coming from the nearby classrooms.  

The two head off, side by side, James wondering himself how he ended up in the current situation.  

“She kissed me, after the party on Saturday...”  

“And?” Sirius presses, James can hear the excitement in his tone and smiles at the ground.  

“Fuck Pads, you should have seen me. It was like I’d never kissed a girl before. I just stood there. She kissed me, and I stood there.”  

Sirius laughs.  

“She looked so heartbroken when she pulled away, all I could do was grab her back and kiss her properly. We – uh, we didn’t stop for hours.”  

“You just kissed?” Sirius waggles his eyebrows, making James blush uncontrollably.  

“She would kill me for telling you, but no. But that’s all you’re getting!”  

A tense quiet fall over the two of them before Sirius asks, “But why did you lie?”  

“It was my idea, to keep it quiet. So don’t blame her!” 

“Why?” Sirius says so softly that it makes James stop.  

“You saw what happened to Marissa right? Because she started seeing Benji?” 

James shudders as he remembers finding Marissa circled by a group of Syltherins just weeks ago. The poor fourth year white as a sheet as she faced a group of boys just because she was a muggle born dating a pure blood.  

“Oh.”  

“I can’t let them do that to Lily. She’s already on their radar.”  

Sirius nods, “Ok. I get it. But you didn’t have to lie to us.”  

“I know.” James nods solemnly. “I kind of wanted Lily to myself for a little bit. It was fun sneaking around.”  

“You can still bloody sneak around with her. With us knowing, at least we can reserve the dorm room for you two.” Sirius winks but the gesture still seems slightly solemn.  

“I know mate, sorry. I guess I just got too caught up in trying to keep her safe.”  

“And in her pants...”  

This makes James snort and push his mate into a nearby suit of Armour.  

“Did you two....” Sirius waggles his eyebrows as James helps him up from the floor with a grin.  

“No... but we might as well have.”  

“Mate!” Sirius punches him in the shoulder, “You weren’t even going to bloody tell me you lost your virginity!”  

“I fucking haven’t. Yet! But fuck, be quiet.” James' eyes bounce around the corridor.  

Sirius laughs, “You wouldn’t last two seconds with her...your dream girl!” Sirius teases, pressing a hand to his chest theatrically.  

“Shut up.” James scoffs. “But uh, she wants to talk tonight, I think about you finding out...so maybe you could keep the boys out of the room for an hour or two?” 

Sirius smirks, “You really need an hour? I’m betting ten minutes.”  

James shoves Sirius into another suit of Armour and this time leaves him to pick himself up off the ground.  

[darkficsyouneveraskedfor]

One Small Change

Sequel to One is the Loneliest Number, One on One, One Little Thing, Only One I See, One Thing Leads To Another, One Message Waiting, One Day Closer to You, I’m the Only One, Plus One, Ticket for One, The Wrong One, Number One

Warnings: none, Professor Steve (that’s a warning in itself)

Saturday. You find it hard to focus on the mountain of work before you as the night before nips at the back of your mind. You haven’t even sorted through the mess of text messages waiting in your phone, the battery icon blinking neglected as you search for an ounce of motivation to start a new day.

Why did last night have to end? You and Jake didn’t play any more MarioKart. You hadn’t managed to catch your breath until well after midnight and you only just dragged yourself out of his dorm before two in the morning. Two!

You feel wild. Like you’re finally living your college life. Not just burying your nose in endless textbooks and dreading your next lecture. But that doesn’t mean that part of it is over. Nope, it’s sitting there staring you in the face, the pile of borrowed library books stacked on your desk and the half-finished notes littered around your laptop.

You grab your mug and peer into the depths, stained with the dregs of your first cup of coffee. You’re half-tempted to go down and indulge in a sugar latte from the Starbucks attached to the next dorm building but you haven’t earned much more than another generic pod from the shared keurig in your kitchen.

You resign yourself to the bland medium roast and emerge into the common space to set the machine to grinding. Your dorm mates are elusive, likely sleeping off their own Friday nights, as the nozzle chokes out a steady brown drip. You add a touch of oat milk and go back to your room, yawning before you take a sip.

Your phone buzzes. You can’t ignore it forever. You’re supposed to meet up with Inez later but you don’t know if you can face everything else. You still can’t believe Jake, but you're not mad at it. He only said what you’re too afraid to. 

And he’s right, you’re just happy he said it all out loud. Professor Rogers was getting a bit too close for comfort. Even if he’s totally oblivious to it, you shouldn’t undersell your feelings. Easier thought than done.

You take your phone and plug it into the charge as the 5% warning chirps. You pause and scroll through your notifications, pulling up Inez’ chat first.

‘Meet me at mine @ 1. Bring snacks.’

You give a short confirmation and flip back to Jake’s chat. A dweeby gif of a cartoon cat waving and wishing you a good morning. He’s such a nerd but it’s so cute.

‘Mornin’ you answer bluntly, not sure how much you should say.

‘How ya feelin, champ? Is the crown heavy?’ He quickly responds and you chuckle.

‘W.e. If I spent all my time playing as an imaginary plumber, I might be just as delusional’

‘O we had some real fun last night ;)’

‘And now back to the real not fun’ you swoop up the camera and take a photo of your desk, sending it off with the message.

‘Boo. Should I bring help? Coffee?’

‘Pls. I can’t have u distractin me’

‘Bc I’m so fuckin’ sexy or because I got the best cuddles’

‘Ew stop’

‘Not wat us said last nite’

‘Got 2 study. U should 2.’ You make yourself key in, ‘txt later’.

You hit back and view the list of unread, Professor Rogers at the very top. You really don’t want to delve into that horror show but you have a meeting with him on Monday and you can’t really walk in with this hanging over you. You push your thumb down and the chat pops up.

Several messages precede Jensen’s brash response. ‘How’s it going?’ ‘Having a fun Friday?’... his usual niceties. But only one comes after.

‘Didn’t mean to overstep. Have a good night’

Should you answer? Reassure him with some lie? Or at least let him down easy? Let him down easy? About what? He’s your professor, not your friend. You close the chat and leave him on read. Let him take a hint.

You take your coffee back to your desk and sit down, chin in your hand as you scroll. An email pops up in the corner of your screen, a red exclamation on the margin denoting an urgent message. The sender both surprises you and doesn’t. Dr. Steve Rogers. It could be for the class.

You click and the wind spans the screen, the subject; ‘Lesson 1 Revisions’

You sigh. You thought that was all figured out. You went over everything, you made the changes, he said it was all good. You were already halfway through planning for your next lesson in Week Three.

‘Due to some recent Council regulation amendments to the curriculum, the introductory lesson for Winter term’s ‘Classic to Contemporary Literature’ must be revised to meet the new standards set by the Dean’s Office. See attached the most recent council legislative review and let me know if you have any questions.

My recommendation would be to postpone the completed lesson for Week 3 and design a new lesson to meet the requisites for Week 1. I am open to discussion. Understanding that these are last-minute and unexpected changes, I am open to meeting Sunday for office hours if necessary.

Please let me know if I can assist further and if you would like to meet.

Dr. Rogers’

You sigh and turn your head down, tempted to slam the laptop closed. You don’t have time for this. You have finals, you have papers, and now all the work you’ve done is essentially wasted. It seems almost too convenient that this has to happen now, of all times.

And Dr. Rogers… that sign-off? You lift your head and scroll back to the last email he sent to the class about the exam. At the very bottom you hover your cursor over ‘Professor R.’ Why is he suddenly getting so formal about this? Dr. Rogers, you scoff and roll your eyes. 

Well, you can’t blame him for the council amendments. That’s just an unfortunate inconvenience, still his timing is a bit strange. He could wait until you meet on Monday when you’re not piled high with studying. 

You rub your forehead and go back to his email. You sit up and type your response.

‘Thank you for letting me known, Dr. Rogers. We can discuss this on Monday at our previously arranged time.’

You hit send and exit out of the window. You have the holiday break to figure out second semester. Right now, you need to finish this stupid paper about Interwar Bavaria for Professor Laufeyson.

[ash5monster01]

Goes On Chapter Two

Pairing: Charlie Dalton x OC!FemReader

Warnings: 18+, depression, mentions of suicide, heavy topics, eventual smut, slow burn romance, fluff, gender themes/stereotypes.

Summary: Against his best efforts Charlie has to start at a new preparatory school after the tragic events that took place at Welton. The very events that led to the loss of his best friend and getting expelled in the first place. He has no plans to make friends let alone get close to anyone ever again. That is until he meets Evelyn and her interesting group of friends. No matter how hard he tries to push them away he finds it to be impossible. So he caves and in the end learns that life can still be enjoyable even if it feels like everyone is against you.

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One ←→ Three

Masterlist

Ridge Academy, NY

1/8/60

Charlie was wrong in assuming that attending the one study session would get them off his back. They all took his attendance as him wanting to be friends which was the complete opposite of what he wanted. His days now consisted of actively avoiding them, ignoring when they waved him over in class, eating lunch alone in his dorm, and going straight to a private study room after classes in hopes to not be found and be left alone. Even his room mate had been trying hard to get to know him but Charlie didn’t have any interest in getting to know anybody.

Getting to know someone meant getting close to them and getting close meant there was a chance you could lose them. Charlie already knew what it was like, he had friends, and he lost them. Going through that pain again would never be worth it. So the best he had was being the new school loner for the next year and a half. Whether Evelyn, Nate, or the rest of their friends had any say about it. Which is why Charlie knew on Friday nights Nate had chess club and would have the dorm to himself for the rest of the night. Or so he thought.

“What’re you doing here” Charlie spluttered, a bit shocked to see Evelyn laid in Nate’s bed with a book in her hands. He was mainly surprised for her being in the room but even more surprised how natural it was for her to be in a boys dorm bed. Charlie thought those kind of things only happened in dreams.

“Violet and Marty kicked me out of the room if you know what I mean” Evelyn answered, turning to her side and eyes still scanning the page.

“And your only option was to come here?” Charlie asked dropping his bag onto his desk and sliding off his shoes.

“Yes, Nate normally lets me hide out here” Evelyn answered right back and Charlie sighed as he reached for the buttons on his shirt. He did not have time for making friends and trying to act normal about a girl in his dorm room.

“You and Nate are close?” Charlie asked despite everything in him telling him not too.

“Oh, so now someone wants to talk” Evelyn teased but Charlie just shook his head and traded his button down for a black t-shirt. Evelyn realized he wasn’t in the mood for teasing so she quietly sat up. “Super close, known him for what feels like my whole life”

“I guess I’m just not used to girls and guys being friends” Charlie told her, only knowing a life of school boys and crushing on every girl they had an opportunity too.

“I get the feeling you’re not used to a lot of things” Evelyn responded before lying on her back and focusing on her book.

“What’s that supposed to mean?” he asked as he sat down at his desk, pulling out his books to do homework. Cameron would have a heart attack if he could see him now.

“I don’t know, it’s just you’re different is all” Evelyn said and Charlie wished this didn’t peak his interest. He had no business even talking to her but she was the girl in his dorm room. Old Charlie would have been all over that.

“You have no idea” Charlie muttered to himself and Evelyn sighed, annoyed she couldn’t get the boy to just talk to her. He was cute and new, and she couldn’t help but feel drawn to him somehow.

“Are you ever going to try and make friends or be miserable and lonely the entire time you’re here?” Evelyn asked, finally closing the book she was holding, and sitting up to put her full attention on him. Charlie was surprised by her bluntness, not expecting such an outburst.

“Sadly you won’t like my answer to that question” Charlie told her and Evelyn groaned out loud, hands coming to tug in her hair.

“God, you’re so infuriating” Evelyn was good at making friends, she knew all the right moves and topics of conversation. She liked being someone’s friend but so far Charlie had been impossible. Charlie wanted to laugh, if only she had met him three months prior. He figured she’d be just as infuriated with him then if not more.

“I don’t know why you’re letting me bother you so much. So what I choose to be lonely, it’s what I want” Charlie said turning to face her, feeling something tightening in his chest. It was amusement, something he hadn’t felt in so long. He couldn’t remember the last time he genuinely laughed about something.

“It bothers me because no one wants to be alone, I just think you’re hiding something” she argued back, arms crossing over her chest and Charlie felt the reminder of Neil sear through him and the amusement fade away.

“No one wants to be alone Evelyn, but sometimes you don’t have the choice” he told her, a somber look on his face, and turned back to his desk where he would proceed to ignore her. Evelyn felt something shoot through her heart as he said her name for the first time but even more she was affected by what his words had meant.

“Why do you hate Pritchard?” Evelyn asked, eyes falling on the english textbook on his desk. Charlie stiffened, surprised she had remembered his small outburst from the first day of class.

“I don’t hate him, I just think he’s stupid” Charlie told her, still working on the homework in front of him.

“How could he be stupid, basically the whole textbook is based on him” Evelyn asked and Charlie sighed, hands running through his hair.

“He’s stupid because he found a way to scale poems based on immaterial things when a poem is good as long as it comes from somewhere inside of you. No scale or fancy doctor should be the one to tell you if it’s good or not” if Evelyn wasn’t surprised with Charlie before she sure was now. All she could do was sit there and let his words sink in because truly she had never thought of it like that before. She hadn’t thought of anything in life like that before. She always looked to confirmation from others and just now she was realizing the entire time the only person who had to tell her she was good enough was herself.

“I suppose you’re right” is all she says after a beat before laying back down on Nate’s bed and listening to Charlie’s pencil scratch across his paper. She hated how much he bothered her and yet gave her little to nothing about himself at all. As of right now though she knew Charlie was no ordinary boy, he was something else entirely.

“Evelyn?” Nate’s voice fills the room, eyes glancing quickly between her and Charlie to determine the vibe of the room. He couldn’t bare it if she was here for him.

“Hey, there you are” she smiles softly, a sort of sadness to her eyes.

“Yeah, I had chess club remember” he tells her, dropping his things on the floor and moving to sit at her feet on the end of his bed.

“Violet and Marty kicked me out, I was hoping we could get dinner” she smiles at him, hand locking around his wrist and giving it a squeeze.

“Yeah, that sounds nice. Let me change” Nate tells her, eyes glancing to Charlie who continued to ignore them both like they weren’t even there.

Nate removed his school uniform quickly, Evelyn hiding behind her hands and giggling like a school girl. Which after all, she was. Charlie hated the way his heart constricted at the sound of her giggles. If he was the man he used to be he would’ve killed to get to know her and now here she was practically begging to be friends and he couldn’t even look her in the eye.

“Want to come with dude?” Nate asked as he slipped his Ridge crewneck on and Charlie shook his head, eyes flashing to the picture of his friends on his desk.

“I’m okay, have some homework to finish up” and Charlie didn’t miss the sigh that escaped Evelyn’s lips as he refused to turn back and look at the two.

“Alright, we’ll see you man” Nate told him as Evelyn hooked her arm with his own and he led her out the door.

“He didn’t bother you, did he?” Nate asked as they pushed out the doors of the dorm floor. Campus was chilly and cold and he felt butterflies erupt in his stomach as Evelyn huddled closer to him.

“No, we just talked. Or I at least tried to talk” Evelyn said and Nate snorted, knowing exactly what it was like. He had attempted and failed all week. So much for getting a roommate.

“I think he’s still upset about something, I just don’t know what. It can’t be about his expulsion or he never would’ve told us about that” Nate says and Evelyn nods, trying to think of reasoning herself. What in the world could possibly hurt a seventeen year old boy as badly as it did?

“Maybe give it time, after all it’s only been a week” Evelyn tells him, hands squeezing his bicep and Nate turns to look down at her with a smile.

“Would just be nice to have a best friend” Nate says and Evelyn instantly gasps.

“What am I? Chopped liver?” and laughter bellows from Nate and fills the air around them.

“No, you know what I mean. Like you and Violet. You and me, we’re different” he says and Evelyn furrows her eyebrows.

“How so?” she asks and Nate feels his heart accelerate as he just shrugs.

“I don’t know, it just is” he offers and Evelyn rolls her eyes before accepting this answer, seeing them getting closer to the cafe on campus.

“Well best friend, let’s get some dinner” Evelyn says tugging him inside and he chuckles, allowing her to do whatever she pleased. After all he loved her. So they laugh over a split sandwich, and spend their Friday night like they always did, but now it somehow felt different.

When Nate returned to the room Charlie was in bed, a saxophone cradled to his side, but Nate had a feeling he hadn’t even played it. He offered him a smile as he slipped off his shoes and pulled back the covers of his bed. The comforter still smelled like Evelyn and his heart yearned for the girl he had been in love with for so long. Thing was he knew Evelyn was easy to fall in love with and even if Charlie tried his best to avoid her he knew it wouldn’t be long until he fell in love with her too.

“So you and Evelyn huh?” he froze at the sound of Charlie’s voice, as if the new boy had read his mind.

“What do you mean?” Nate asked, trying to hide the shake in his voice.

“Just, seemed like you two were a thing” he told him, moving the saxophone down to its case beside the bed.

“No, we’re just friends. Have been for a long time” Nate said and Charlie nodded, arms folding up behind his head as he stared at the ceiling.

“She’s a real spitfire. Hounded me the whole time she was in the room” Charlie said after a moment and Nate snorted in laughter.

“Sounds like her. She’s always been tough like that” Nate says fondly, knowing it was one of the very reasons he’s loved her the last few years.

“I like tough. I used to be tough” the sentence is the most personal insight Charlie had given him all week and he freezes at the notion. How do you even respond to that.

“I have a feeling you still are Charlie, it takes someone tough to be so reserved” and his words hurt Charlie more than expected. He hadn’t meant to be so cold towards everyone but he wasn’t prepared to be a good friend. He still woke up with nightmares every night.

“It takes being broken to find yourself desperate to be alone” Charlie told him before rolling on his side and facing the wall. His back to him proved the discussion was over and Nate sighed before reaching for the lamp on his nightstand. With a single click they were enveloped in darkness and Nate wondered what made Charlie so afraid of being seen in the light.

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[futurequibblerjournalist]

Hello hello again!!!! :3

I loveloveLOVE your Lucius/Viktor post!! Once again, you brighten my noggin w your thoughts (:

Umumumummmmmmmm so is there anyone else you want an excuse to yap about LOL Idkidk I just want to hear your thoughts about everyone and everything!!

Idk if you have any/many thoughts about them, but maybe we could hear about the Averys and Sinistras? Especially Edmund's unnamed fiancée !!!!

Ahhhhhh your brain is just so !!!! /Pos

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Ahhhh I'm so glad you liked it,, it fully helped fuel my Xenophilius post!!

I think I might take this time to talk about some good old Pebill!! I saw this one tiktok a few days ago and I've been so obsessed since. Welcome to Pebill City, population ME!!!!

I am,, far too fond of giving ships fun little names so I bestow upon thee,,, ratseer lol

I specifically love these two in a band au. I'm gonna write one eventually and I'm gonna make them so happy and sappy and cute and just like the tiktok says they'll have a daughter called Rosemary. I'm just so in love with them. Peter who plays the second guitar in the band and like the occasional trumpet and sometimes he thinks it's kinda silly that he's in the band but also he's just so happy to be there. He saved all his money from his part time job to buy the most run-down Volkswagen T1 when the band started getting big enough to have to travel around for stuff and he shows up like "TADA!" all proud of himself cause he solved their problem. He meets Sybill at one of these travel gigs. They're playing at a wedding and maybe she's like the bride's sister or just a bridesmaid or something and she's wearing a really flowy dress and she's spinning around right in front of him having the time of her life and her thick curls are bouncing and you can just see Peter melt while he's on stage playing cause he misses a cord or something. And the guys notice and they insist that the has to talk to her and he's all nervous and shit but then Sybill comes to talk to him because she thinks he's really cute and they hit it off. They call at each stop they have and a few months in they go pick her up before moving onto a bigger gig and she just stays with them.

He wants to settle down at some point when Sybill ends up pregnant and he almost leaves the band but Sybill insists that she's fine travelling around with them because that's the life she loves and she wants their daughter to be born a free soul and she sees in her cards that she's supposed to be born a certain place and Peter is just like [scout's salute] "yes ma'am" and I just think they're so stinking cute vjnfgjbngjbngj

I need to figure out this band au at some point cause it's been rotting my brain lately, I just have so many long fics I wanna write I don't feel like I can start a new one now even if I want to vjfnbjgnbj

I have,,, far too many thoughts on both the Averys, the Sinistras but especially Edmund's fiancee!!!! I've been waiting for a chance to talk about her honestly,,,

Let's start with the Averys,,,,

Edmund Avery Senior, the only child of Herschel Avery and Miriam Avery, is Edmund's father, in case that wasn't clear from the name. Edmund Senior works as an archivist for the Ministry of Magic and he's got a spot in the Wizengamot along with his father Herschel. The two are not close and if you didn't know you wouldn't think they were father and son. During most of Edmund's Senior's childhood his mother was heavily sedated and he was more or less raised by the family house elf, Dotty (usually called Dot and Dorothy in muggle aus). Dot is also the house elf who helped raise Edmund Junior. Edmund Senior attended school with Tom Riddle and was sorted into Slytherin and was one of Tom's dorm mates. They were also just close friends (as close friends as Tom could have). Edmund Senior was part of the reason Tom managed to open the Chamber of Secrets as he showed him a book featuring hints of the Chambers being real. To sum Edmund Senior up he's an incredibly nerdy insecure man. He loves history and in a muggle au he collects model aeroplanes. He's got a good handful of childhood trauma, a difficult relationship with his family and most of his peers and the only thing he's really got going for him is that he's an incredibly devoted husband who's down bad for his wife. She's luckily incredibly wooed by what I can only describe as his autism rizz lmao (I hate that so much ew actually)

Edmund's mother and Edmund Senior's wife is Esther, a very attractive recovered alcoholic. Rumours fly around frequently about her being unfaithful to her husband though she could never dream of it. Most of what is known about her is fabricated, which is entirely intentional as she's hiding things about herself such as her country of birth. Esther lost her family during the Holocaust. She met Edmund while they were both in their mid-twenties and they got married a while later and eventually had their only son Edmund Avery Junior. Their son has inherited his father's looks save for his mother's hair colour and many beauty spots as well as her eating disorder.

Due to Esther's alcoholism and a slight strain on their relationship over the years due to Edmund Senior favouring his work too much, Edmund Junior had much more to do with Dot, their house elf, than what would be considered normal as she would have to step in where Esther sometimes lacked. Despite this Edmund was an incredible mummy's boy and still is, something Esther cherished immensely as she loved being both a mother and wife. He would cling to her at any given time, he'd rather have tea with her than play with other children, he'd come running to her crying at the smallest inconvenience, he was so proud of wearing fancy clothes like his father and getting a spray of his mother's perfume.

The Avery family is resembled by Barn Owls similar to how the Malfoys are represented by (albino?) peacocks. Edmund Senior gifted Esther a taxidermied rat when they first started dating, similar to how Barn Owls gift their mates prey and while others find it incredibly weird they now have a shared love for taxidermied animals and he will gift her more on their anniversaries/on Valentine's Days/etc. Edmund Senior and Esther seem like an incredibly unlikely pair to everyone else but Esther fell for him in part because he was one of the only men who could see her for her mind and her heart rather than just her looks (even if he's down bad for those too lol)

Idk where else to mention this but they're both pureblood wizards,,,

They're probably my favourite of the parents,,, which is why they're the only knights of walpurgis era characters that have their own pinterest collection for pictures,,,, I would have shared it but,,, I have used all my pictures up for one post T-T

Onto the Sinistras I have considerably less but I can fill you in a bit,,,

Aurora is the only daughter of Altair Aseel Sinistra and Nazareth Sinistra née Lubilanji. Nazareth is Sierra Leonean albeit has lived in England for her entire life. She's also a half-blood. She's one of seven siblings and when she attended Hogwarts she was sorted into Gryffindor. She is incredibly fond of cats and puzzles. During her time at Hogwarts, she was part of the Slug Club. Altair is a pureblood wizard and the second son of Aseel Najm Sinistra and Sidra Ahyam Sinistra and the younger brother of Tariq Aseel Sinistra. His family is Egyptian but they've lived in England for the past two or so generations I'm thinking?? Like his daughter, he was a Ravenclaw when he attended school and he became Prefect during his fifth year.

Taking a bit of a side step here since this ask was after all about all the Sinistras,,, Tariq marries Salma Al-Mashriq, a pureblood Hufflepuff and together they have three children; Rashid, Hisham and Samara who are all younger than Aurora (Rashid (Slytherin) and Hisham (Ravenclaw) are third and second years when Aurora is in her seventh year and Samara is not yet attending school). Salma was part of a handful of extracurricular activities such as being a School Paper Writer, a member of the Gobstones Club and the Orchestra. Tariq similarly had a lot of extracurricular activities as well. He was a Slug Club Member, Ravenclaw Quidditch Captain and Chaser and School Paper Manager.

I'm still playing around with this idea so it's going to get more polished at some point but I think Altair and Salma had a thing going on at some point but something happened,, Salma married Tariq and Altair who'd been friendly with Nazareth and already was fond of her for other reasons ended up marrying her. He was able to mostly push his feelings aside after Aurora was born. He would have loved at least one more child for him to dote on and focus on, but Aurora was not an easy child and while it not being the same obviously, they got have a cat, Moonbow, that both Altair and Nazareth love like she's their second child.

Now onto Priya,,, my beloved < 3

Edmund's fiancee is Lakshmipriya Mohanraj also known as Priya. She was born October 13, 1960, and she's the only daughter of Siddarth Mohanraj and Rajeshwariammal Mohanraj. She's got two brothers, Raja and Dhananjay, though both have sadly passed, one of them in a motorcycle accident they were both in and the other took his life about a month later.

She is a mean lesbian who doesn't quite know she's a lesbian yet. She's tired of Edmund's shit and having to deal with him and it's her mood like,, 85% of the time. Her family are all loyal Death Eaters which is part of the reason why they got engaged in the first place. The Mohanraj family was also just a nice connection and if there's one thing Edmund Senior values it's connections.

She ends up marrying Endmund Junior and after A LOT of trial and error, they have a son, Siddharth Avery and later a daughter, Esther Avery (Junior technically I suppose,, since she's named after Edmund's mother). It's very clear that Priya favours her son while Edmund somewhat hesitantly ends up favouring their daughter.

Little Siddharth thinks his dad is super cool and he thinks his dad's friend (Severus) is even cooler which Priya always finds incredibly annoying cause she cannot STAND Severus,,, like at all

Priya and Edmund have some moments of bonding together but for the most part, the two cannot stand each other. They come together to judge other people and oh boy do they do it well. They're big on their children having nice manners and not being a bother to others.

I am actually in love with Priya,, she serves so much cunt and still, she's stuck with her loser husband. She probably hoped he would get caught for being a Death Eater and get sent to Azkaban and she was so annoyed when he successfully convinced people he was under the Imperius curse,,,

This became,,, soooo long which is just becoming the norm at this point honestly lmao but I hope you enjoyed all of this!!! I'll definitely come back and talk more about both the Averys and the Sinistras cause I've got other asks about them vjfnbjgnb (at least the Sinistras I think,,, I can't remember if the Averys are in there ooop)

[vacantgodling]

I don't have that emoji but I'd love to hear a ramble about gothica

OOO thank you for asking jack!!

so gothica is a funny wip—in the sense that i deadass wasn’t supposed to get attached to the characters AT ALL (ESPECIALLY lennon god she is a Mess) because i originally wanted to write a “commentary” of sorts on dark academia literature: mainly the facet that the main girl character who’s usually in the middle of a love triangle is like. ngl kind of a bitch?? but no one ever views her that way. and i went into this with the full intention of that but what i ended up with is a ot3 and caring about them 🙄

cuz this one has a super official long summary i’ll post that and then some other rambles under a cut!

tw for (essentially) domestic violence and high schoolers getting freaky :/

THE SUMMARY

Lennon Rhapsody Granger has always struggled to stay out of trouble in school; it led to her parents divorce after the third expulsion, and getting sent to Holy Oaks Preparatory School by her stepfather after the fifth. Holy Oaks Prep is a reform school to “rehabilitate troubled youths to conquer modern society��, separated into a boys campus (Maple Wing) and a girl’s campus (Pine Hills). After orientation, Lennon is shown to her room and meets her dorm-mates for the semester Lauren Mortimer and Agatha Reuter. Lauren’s “boyfriend” from Maple Wing, Aurora O’Rion is visiting and he hides in Lennon’s closet when dorm inspection occurs. Lennon finds herself immediately drawn to Aurora and he seems to have no problem flirting with her in front of Lauren, which seems to immediately earn Agatha’s ire. During first lessons, Lennon ends up alienating herself/making a fool of herself in front of her peers and she decides she doesn’t need their good graces either.

The one person Lennon seems to get along with is Aurora; he frequents her dorm to see Lauren—though spends more time talking with Lennon instead—and the two begin to start sneaking out after curfew. Aurora seems almost untouchable by the rules and regulations of Holy Oaks and Lennon learns that it’s because he’s a treasured lackey of The Centurion who have their headquarters on campus. Lennon begins to accompany Aurora on his Centurion errands: intimidation, destroying evidence, etc, and grows to love the freedom being with Aurora provides—thus beginning to like him romantically in the process. The feeling seems to be mutual, and less and less does Aurora pop by to see Lauren. This causes friction between Lennon and both of her roommates and she begins to get into more trouble with their superiors, because Agatha, unbeknownst to Lennon, has been snitching and trying to actively sabotage her.

This doesn’t deter the two of them initially—at least until word of Aurora’s closeness with Lennon reaches the ears of The Centurion. By the time that Aurora recieves a reprimand to “mind his time wisely” he suspects that they may know of his budding feelings towards Lennon and are trying to remind him to take the easy way out so he begins to try and cut ties with Lennon, on the advice of his best friend and roommate, Morrigan Briarcos. Lennon however, is not so willing to let things go, and gets caught up in her pursuit of this “forbidden romance” despite the signs that Aurora and others may try to tell her, even Lauren offering her words of advice. Lennon and Aurora consummate their relationship, which only complicates things further because after that Aurora really begins to put distance between himself and Lennon. After not seeing Aurora for a few months after that, Lennon is captured.

Lennon is brought before The Centurion’s council where it is decided that for her grandiose crime of getting too close to one of their subordinates that she will be put to death. Lennon assumes that this is all a joke, until Aurora enters the arena that she’s being held in with his shirt off and fists wrapped. She thinks this is all an elaborate joke at first (despite what she’s already seen Aurora being capable of), but then begins to plead with him to spare her—that she loves him. But that does not deter Aurora. Aurora nearly kills her on their word but he opts to “let her bleed out” as a show for the council, leaving Lennon barely hanging onto life and in immense pain. When the council leaves, presuming she is dead, Aurora returns to clean up the scene but instead of disposing her body he brings Morrigan with him to administer aid; with the goal to help her escape to safety away from The Centurion’s clutches away from Holy Oaks to continue on with her life.

Lennon barely survives her injuries, but awakens in a hideaway with only Morrigan there with her, informing her that she’s been in and out of consciousness for two weeks and she would need intense physical therapy in order to recover enough to be returned to her family or a hospital. Lennon grapples with trauma surrounding the event, and her complicated feelings towards Aurora and the new feelings she is gaining for Morrigan who has been very vigilant in taking care of her. When she finally confesses her attraction to him, Morrigan shuts her down, revealing that he’s done all this for Aurora, who he’s been in love with for ages and that she needs to grow up because they tried to keep her out of this but she was selfish. This revelation is a shock to Lennon and she begins to examine how she’s been viewing and treating people for her whole life. In an effort to get Lennon out of Holy Oaks, Morrigan and Aurora decide they must disappear as well and the three of them strike out on their own, in an attempt to escape The Centurion’s clutches.

SOME RAMBLES

lennon rhapsody is deadass her first name, named after john lennon and bohemian rhapsody. her mother and father met and fell in love with music, and their second daughter who is len’s irish twin jude crahan is also deadass her first name. she also has a younger brother from her mother’s second marriage named jacob.

this story takes place in 2013 (oof). there is going to be a sequel as well that takes place 3 years after this so that begins in like 2017-2018-ish

the reason len’s mother got remarried is bc deadass len’s bio dad couldn’t take how rambunctious and fucking out of pocket she is. her behavior essentially tore their relationship apart and has greatly strained her mother’s relationship with her stepfather.

nothing “happened” in len’s childhood to make her like this. i purposefully am writing her as insufferable as i can.

len’s white, aurora is mixed, morrigan is black (they’re also the ot3 that comes out of this)

len has what we like to call “main character syndrome” where she really just Does Not think about how her actions have an affect on other people and she’s self centered, arrogant, and just kind of a piece of shit.

aurora isn’t any better bc he’s an entitled playboy who’s hit and quit like half of pine hills. but in typical dark academia fashion, len is “special”

aurora and morrigan have both been apart of the centurion since they were 5 years old. idk or really care what their goal is it’s just ur run of the mill scientology type bullshit idc

the thing is though they do dabble with experiments of human powers and aurora is one of those subjects. he has super strength and his eyes glow yellow.

in the confrontation between len and aurora in front of the centurion leaders, he breaks both of her legs. this causes her permanent damage and while she can use crutches, she is wheelchair bound going into the second book (and for the rest of her life).

though morrigan would describe himself as gay, len is his “exception” (genuine) even though he pretends to not like her in the second book.

the first book doesn’t end with them in a relationship but the second book they’re all clearly dating each other and on the run.

the second book centers around 2 plots which is (1) the centurion trying to hunt down the three of them before they can reveal their secrets to the world and (2) len’s parents and sister raising hell to find len because the school is being super shady about what happened to her. this literally gets national media attention and an investigation is launched into the school, which is why the centurion REEEALLY wants the three of them dead.

len reunites with her family in the second book as well and she realizes that they don’t hate her but her actions pushed her away from them. since everything in the first book len’s been working on becoming a better person and she finally apologizes for the first time to her family for not caring about their needs as much as her own. aurora and morrigan are also working on becoming better people too and they’ve worked on a Lot of communication to get here i’m proud of them.

morrigan doesn’t have special powers. he also hates when people call him mori but len and aurora do it anyway.

back to book 1 for a second, agatha’s family is associated with the centurion as well and she’s had a crush on aurora since they were kids. however despite having fucked half the campus, aurora has never looked at her or flirted with her even ONCE (mainly bc she’s the daughter of a council member she’s strictly off limits, not that she knows that). she’s made it her sole mission to sabotage every relationship aurora has ever been in and she succeeds most of the time (as in, snitching on len and aurora. though she wasn’t expecting them to reprimand aurora as well lol. aurora kinda beats her ass when he finds out she snitched)

lauren seems like a completely normal girl and why is she there that’s weird? it’s just cuz she’s a kleptomaniac and has committed arson like twice. she’s been working hard to do better for her family actually but yknow.

OOF okay i could go on for forever but i think ive word vomitted at you enough LMAO

[thebisexualdogdad]

Landon Kirby x Male Reader. Where Male Reader gets angry at a school game, where their not suppose to use their powers, so their playing as 'regular' humans, but then their rival team ending up winning the game halfway through by playing dirty. Landon tries to get the Male reader calm and relaxed, by ordering/getting their favorite food from The Grill, getting Male Reader's dorm mate away for the night, and having a small movie date there?? With a sweet little kiss at the end??

Landon Kirby x Male!reader

*reader is a vampire*

You never cared for the annual Salvatore prep versus Mystic Falls high flag football game, the biggest reason being that your childhood bully Michael from the rivaling school always took it as another opportunity to torment you.

Of course if you guys used your powers you could easily win the game but like every other year you made a promise to not use any powers and act like ordinary teenagers.

Before the game started Michael was talking trash as always and Landon tried to stand up for you but Michael just laughed him off, "good luck out there losers."

"God I wish we could use our powers to kick their asses," you huff.

"Don't let him get to you, he's just being a jerk," Landon says, taking your hand and guiding you back to your friends who are strategizing for the game.

When the game starts Michael and the Mystic Falls kids are so obviously playing dirty and by the second half of the match most of your team is on the bench with injuries.

During a play Michael literally knocks Landon to the ground without the ball being anywhere near him.

"What the hell! Do you seriously not see this? They are purposely hurting people!" You yell at the ref running to Landon and helping him up.

The ref shrugs and Michael grins, turning his back to you.

You're ready to lunge at Michael and start a fight but Landon holds you back.

"It's okay he's not worth it," Landon tells you but all you want is to get back at Michael for messing with Landon.

You shake it off and help Landon who is now limping get to the bench.

"If they hurt anyone else we are gonna have to forfeit, we are all that's left," MG states.

"Then we should just use our powers and beat them at their own game," you say angrily.

"I'm down for that," Kaleb quips.

"No guys we can't, we promised not to use our powers," Landon retorts.

"I'm with Y/N on this one," Lizzie adds, "if they want to fight dirty then so can we."

"You only say that because you want bragging rights over Dana," Josie says and Lizzie rolls her eyes.

"Landon is right, we can't use our powers no matter how irritating they are. We just have to get through the last quarter and be done with this stupid game," Hope sighs.

"Fine but if Michael hurts one more person I'm draining him of all his blood after the game," you threaten, everyone knowing you are very serious.

You begrudgingly make it through the end of the game, Mystic Falls high winning by 10 points and of course Michael rubs it in your face that they won once again.

You don't say anything to him knowing if you opened your mouth your fangs would surely come out to bite him right at his jugular.

Looking around you can't find your boyfriend anywhere which doesn't help calm you down.

"Hey, have you seen Landon?" You ask Rafael who was icing his shoulder after being knocked out in the second quarter.

"Huh, no I haven't seen him since he got hurt, maybe he went to the nurse," Rafael responds.

You head straight to the nurses office with no Landon to be found so you pull your phone out to text him.

'Where did you go??'

'Meet me at your dorm in fifteen minutes'

'Okay why?'

'It's a surprise'

You go to your dorm and wait for Landon to return, when he does he has bags full of food in his arms.

"Did you really go to the grill?" You say grabbing the bags from him as he's still slightly limping.

"Yeah well I knew you were upset so I snuck off during the last quarter and went to town to get your favorite for dinner. Plus I told your roommate to sleep somewhere else tonight so we can have a relaxing movie date," he explains, grabbing your laptop and setting it up on your bed.

"You are truly amazing, you know that," you say, wrapping your arms around his neck.

"I don't like seeing my boyfriend upset," he tells you, "I thought maybe this might cheer you up."

"I already feel so much better," you smile, kissing him sweetly, "now let's start a movie already and eat, I'm starving."

[imagrindylow]

Duplicity - Chapter 6 - Breakfast

Past Sebastian / f!slytherin!Reader; Unrequited Ominis / Reader; Garreth / Reader

1.4k Words Content Warning: Hurt/comfort, Angst Chapter Summary: After a night of heavy drinking, you find that Ominis doesn't seem to remember much of what happened. Garreth confronts Ominis for being a shitty date and friend to you. Overall Work Summary: After your long term relationship with Sebastian Sallow ends, you're left to lean on your friends for support. While you try to move on and find happiness again, you come to realize that not all of the friends helping you actually have your best interests in mind.

Chapter Index Ao3 Link, if you prefer to read there. ~~~~~

The following morning, you awoke first. The sun was pouring in through the windows and spilling in through the tiny gaps in your bed curtains. You looked to Ominis. He was still out cold. You drew your bed curtains back slightly and peered around the room. It looked as though at least some of your dorm mates had already left for breakfast, or at least to start their mornings.

You shook Ominis a few times by his shoulder, eventually getting his eyes to flutter open. He seemed immediately confused. He reached under the pillow and fumbled around. “Where’s my wand?”

“Oh, let me grab it,” You reached your arm through the curtain and grabbed his wand from your bedside table, and handed it to him.

“Am I in your dorm? Why am I in your dorm?” He asked in a hushed tone. He sounded alarmed as he continued, “Did we sleep together?” He sat upright, turning his head towards the sound of your voice. His brows furrowed waiting for your response.

“Do you not remember anything?”

“Oh gods…” He shook his head a bit. “I will admit, there are some gaps in my recollection. I know I was very drunk. I don’t know why I am in bed with you. What happened? Please tell me nothing happened.”

You chuckled a bit and squeezed his arm in a reassuring gesture, before letting your hand fall back into your lap. “Relax, nothing happened. We slept next to each other, but nothing happened.” You explained, “You were very drunk. Very. You got quite sick… a number of times. I stayed with you until you were feeling a bit better to make sure you were alright, and then I brought you in here so I could just keep an eye over you. That’s all.”

He let out a relieved sigh. “I see. Well, I apologize for putting you through all of that trouble. I suppose I made a huge fool out of myself at the ball, then, didn’t I?”

“Not really, no. Overall, I had a nice time with you. But... you remember punching Sebastian, correct? Besides that, you were fine at the ball… When your fire whiskey started… catching up with you, we left. No one saw you get sick besides me.” You decided to spare his pride the detail of him tripping and falling during your last dance of the evening together.

“I do remember that… I feel like that is going to come back to haunt me.” He let his head fall back with a groan.

“Another reason I didn’t bring you back to your dorm last night… Couldn't have you dealing with Sebastian while absolutely wasted.”

He took some time to collect his thoughts. “Well, I appreciate that... And all of your help…. Are you positive that I didn’t… cross any lines? I just want to be certain. I hate that I don’t remember everything.”

“I promise, Ominis. It was fine, nothing happened… and you’re welcome, for the help, I mean. You’d have done the same for me if I was in that position.”

He nodded in response to your kind words. You studied Ominis’s expression and you could tell there was something weighing on his mind – or maybe he was just still not feeling well. But it wasn’t something you were going to press him about at the moment. “You should get back to your dorm, get ready for the day, and I’ll meet you back in the common room, then we can head to breakfast together.” You suggested.

He nodded and with his wand held out in front of him, he pulled the bed curtains back and he got up out of your bed and headed towards the door. He stopped and turned back to face you and said, “Thank you, again. For everything.”

“Don’t mention it, Ominis.”

With that he left, and you pulled yourself out of bed as well. You gathered your clothing from the wardrobe in your room and made your way across the hall into the bathroom to get ready for breakfast.

~~~

It wasn’t long before you were heading back down the stairs to the common room, dressed, and ready for the day. Ominis was already there waiting for you in his regular spot near the fireplace.

“Ready for breakfast?” You ask him to announce your presence as you approach him. He nodded and got up, wand in hand, and you headed to the Great Hall together. You spot Imelda at the Slytherin table, and both head to sit with her. Sebastian was notably absent from the table this morning. The three of you start chatting and filling your plates for breakfast. There was a large spread of options, seemingly more impressive than usual, as if to continue on the festivities from the night before.

It wasn’t long before Garreth approached your table along with Poppy and Leander who both sat down beside Imelda, but Garreth lingered, standing behind you, resting his hands on your shoulders, leaning over you slightly as he spoke, “Good morning you lot. Fun evening last night, wasn’t it?”

Of course most of you agreed, and began nodding and chatting all at once, already looking back fondly at the evening. But Ominis sat quietly. It was clear he was embarrassed of his behavior, and he just wasn't sure of what to say. Garreth spoke up again, “I see Sebastian decided not to grace you all with his presence this morning,” he gestured to you, Ominis and Imelda. “You really put him in his place, Ominis. Serves him bloody well right, the bastard.”

Ominis relented and finally spoke. “He did deserve it. I’ll be surprised if he speaks with me again after that.”

Garreth made a motion to sit down now, and you and your friends made way for him. He sat beside you, and opposite of Ominis. He spoke in a more hushed tone now, still directing his conversation at Ominis. “I wanted to thank you, again, for letting me steal your date away from you for so much of the evening, while you were drinking.”

Ominis couldn’t see the subtle glare in his eye, but it was clear from Garreth’s tone that he was being derisive. He was trying to challenge him. You nudged Garreth in the arm and shot him a look.

“I never said you could keep her,” Ominis spat back instinctively before he really had a chance to process the words.

“Ominis…?” You shook your head and scold him gently for his indiscretion. The two of them bickering was the last think you wanted to hear first thing in the morning.

Ominis was clearly frustrated with himself. He shouldn't have said that, but his head was still pounding from his escapades last night, and he just wasn’t thinking clearly. “I am never drinking again,” he said and palmed his forehead, resting his elbow against the table with a sigh.

“Can’t say that I blame you mate, you were pretty well loaded,” Garreth spoke pointedly.

Ominis shot back incredulously, “And what about you Garreth? I seem to recall you giving me that alcohol, and surly I wasn’t the only one enjoying it.”

“Difference is, I can hold my alcohol, thank you very much. I wasn't the one bloodying up my knuckles and falling all over the ground, leaving your date to take care of you. She practically had to carry you out of the hall.”

“That's enough both of you!” You scolded while trying to keep your voice down, not trying to attract any more attention than the two of them already were.

Garreth stood up, readying to leave the table. He looked to you with apologetic eyes, but even so he spoke at Ominis again. “Look, it was a fun evening. But I’m not to be blamed for your overindulgence. I warned you that it was strong. You knew what you were doing.”

Those words hit Ominis hard, his face went cold for a split second. ‘You knew what you were doing.’ Ominis could feel Garreth’s accusatory gaze on him, as though he could see right through his facade. There was no way Garreth could have actually known the inner workings of Ominis’s mind… of his twisted state of mind from the night before. But the very thought of it made Ominis uncomfortable, because Garreth wasn’t wrong.

Garreth shook his head and walked off back to his own table. Ominis slammed his palm down against the table with a huff, before getting up and making his way out of the hall without so much as another word to you. This time you wouldn't let him tell you not to, you got up and rushed to follow him. It was clear at this point, something was weighing on him.

Chapter 7

[ariainstars]

The Big List of Fanfic Clichés 😉

„Idiots in Love”

They dislike one another / are rivals / are friends but not aware of being in love. How do we bring these two together? 1 Jealousy. 2 One of them gets sick or hurt.

„Idiots in Love”, II

They’re roommates or childhood friends for at least a decade until it finally dawns on them that they love each other. They’re rivals for years or decades until they realize that they love each other. They’re neighbours / roommates for years… etc. They’re classmates / fellow students for years… etc.

„Idiots in Love”, III

They must be brought together by their friends because they’re too dumb to realize it or to make a move on their own. Added bonus: betting pools. Wolf whistles. Innuendos. (For the record, that’s not funny, just crude. Even worse considering that these are supposed to be „friends”.)

The Knowing Best Friend

They’ve done their utmost to hide their feelings, but there is always some friend or sibling who Just Saw Right Through Them. And won’t hold back making fun of their feelings. Nice friend, really.

The poor / rich person cliché

Poor person can hardly get by, rich person has so much luxury that poor person is dazzled, but 1 Rich person is terribly lonely and misunderstood 2 Poor person loves rich person because they have a heart of gold, not because of their money. The money doesn’t hurt, of course. Bonus if the fic keeps emphasizing how wonderful expensive stuff and rich life are.

Fifty Shades of Something

He’s rich and kinky, that’s all. (Or maybe he has some other terrible characteristics.) But she Loves Him, because She Sees Something in Him That Others Don’t. She’s not in it for the money of course. Neither is she incredibly naïve. It’s Love.

Anyone Straight Here?

The situation is desperate! Our gay heroes can’t be together because 1 society is against it 2 their families are against it 3 they are already married / engaged heterosexually

* sprinkling of fairy dust *

Lo and behold, villain is a closeted homosexual themselves. Or: the inconvenient girl comes out as lesbian.

Who would have thought.

Down With Rainbow Flags

They’re queer. Their siblings are queer. Their mates are queer. One or both or all of their parents are open or closeted queers. Their adopted children, when they grow up, are queer too. How likely.

There was only one bed / hotel room / dorm room

Bonus if one of them forgot their sleepshirt and needs to borrow it from the only other person in the room.

High School Sweethearts

That’s it. That’s the entire plot.

Global Coincidences

Love interests live 1 in the same city (for the record: a metropole) or 2 on the opposite sides of the globe and meet online, or one of them loves to read the other’s books, or they are pen pals, etc. And then - bang! - they meet. A 1 in a billion possibility but hey, It’s Fate.

The Coffee Shop AU

There must be millions of coffee shop fanfics. It doesn’t get better if it’s a bar or restaurant. (Or a laundromat.)

The Hot Dad Take, I

A child is introduced to the story who has absolutely no agenda of its own. Its only purpose is to bring the protagonists together by being cute. Would be acceptable if at least if they had characteristics of their own, instead of just being a commodity to drive the plot. (Most of them don’t.)

The Hot Dad Take, II

Child decides that dad needs a mate and goes for it. Never happens (or works) in real life. In fiction, always.

Fake It till You Make It

For Some Reason they have to pretend that they’re dating, or married, or their marriage is arranged. Everything turns out all right in the end.

Those? That?

Smut ensues, and every over sentence describes „those fingers”, „that cock”, „those lips” etc.

Nobody uses the word „those”. Ever. Except for smut scenes.

Friends With Benefits

One of them (or both) wants to explore their sexuality or a specific kink. 1 They leave it at that and it’s hot. 2 True Love ensues.

True Love Doesn’t Wait

Protagonist has copious amounts of casual sex in order to: - make their love interest jealous - „exercise” for when they will be with their love interest - „get their love interest out of their system” because they’re not reciprocated. At least, apparently not. (They just don’t know yet.)

But of course: their heart always belongs only to The One.

Praise Kink

They’re having sex. Like, hot sex. And one is calling the other a „good boy”. What is he, a dog?

Love Hurts

If you love someone: stalk them. Offend them. Humiliate them. Invade their personal space for no reason. Make them dependent on you. At worst, kidnap and or rape them.

For the record, it’s called „trauma bonding”. It doesn’t feel romantic or erotic.

It Smells of April and May

They meet at a wedding. Or they broke up and meet again at a wedding. No more plausible setting to (re)kindle feelings.

Quotations or references to Jane Austen

They’re so overused. I roll my eyes as soon as I stumble upon them. (Alternatively: Romeo and Juliet. Argh.)

Just Kiss Already

They’re sitting or standing underneath a mistletoe. What are they waiting for? Funny how branches of a parasite plant are supposed to mean good luck. Funnier how they are always conveniently at hand when They Just Have to Kiss Already.

This is Not Martyrdom, I’m a Victim!

Protagonist is convinced that „everyone they love leaves them or dies”. Yes, abandonment issues are real and they can be a bitch. But this trope has been around for as long as Rapunzel’s braid.

In real life: if someone says everybody leaves them, don’t take pity too quickly. There might be a reason for that. Just saying.

Forbidden Love

One of them is married. Engaged. In a relationship with the other’s best friend. Or both of them are. They’re on opposite sides of a war, of a business, a social class. They’re stepparent and stepchild. Adopted siblings. First cousins. One of them is underage. One of them is a priest or a nun. Even better, some of these elements are mixed together.

The more desperately they cling to one another, the more you can rest assured: Their Love is True.

They Hate Each Other; it Must Be Love

When two people constantly clash, it must be a proof of True Love. Or isn’t it?

For the record, sometimes people genuinely dislike each other. And if someone likes the other but instead of confessing it is constantly rude to them in order to „win their attention”, it’s not a proof of love, only of immaturity.

Parlor Games

Truth or Dare. Spin the Bottle. Never Have I Ever. You name it. Nothing better to win the heart of your One True Love than by embarrassing the s*** out of them in front of everyone they know and care about.

Bonus if they make fun of someone’s love life. In public.

People Will Say We’re in Love

Someone starts a rumour that A and B are a couple. Of course they aren’t. Until they are. Someone just had to give them a hint.

Anything But Love

They’ve been through everything together. Everything. Known one another for years. Lived together, worked together, travelled together. Talked about the most difficult topics. Been there for one another for better or worse. Had sex countless times and explored all kind of crazy kinks. But the moment one of them - or both - realize that this could actually be Love, they go into panic modus.

(Not So) Blind Date

They go on a blind date. The person they meet is The One they’ve lusted after desperately, never daring to do anything about it, for the last months. In a metropole with millions of inhabitants.

Let Me Entertain You

They live together. Understand and love one another. Have been through thick and thin. Been in a romantic relationship for some time. One of them has to spend a huge amount of money to wine and dine the other, otherwise they might not realize that This Is Love. (In particular, if they can’t afford it.)

Why Do We Keep Meeting

They’re in a big city, but they keep running across each other. Their bags / suitcases / parcels get mixed up because they collide against one another.

Days later, they meet at a supermarket. A restaurant. A beach. A kindergarten. A subway. At a party because they have friends in common which they didn’t know yet. Or they find out that they happen to work for the same company.

There is no escape. It’s not far-fetched, it’s Fate.

Drunk Confessions

Nothing more appealing than someone confessing their love ranting, stumbling and vomiting all over the other’s shirt.

Let Me Be Your Valentine

For Valentine’s Day, protagonist urgently needs a date - either because they feel lonely, or because they promised a friend / sibling / parent that they would bring a partner to a date, or because they lied about their dating life. No worries, they will find someone who takes pity on them in time. It’s also The One.

The Holiday Hookup

They live on opposite ends of the planet and meet at a vacation site. They start an affair, but of course it’s not only for the holiday. This time, it’s Love.

They’re So Hot

Sometimes called PWP, but happens in other fics as well.

They’re hot and they’re having hot sex. That’s all. We hardly get to know their characteristics, quirks, life situations. There hardly is a conflict, a problem.

No matter how hot the sex scenes are: such fics are boring as hell.

Love and War

They have an enemy in common. They must fight him. They fall in love on the way.

Makes you wonder what they’re going to do with their lives once the enemy is defeated.

Irresistible and I Know it

A meets B and is struck by their good looks like they have never seen a good-looking person in their lives. They can hardly utter a word from embarrassment and keep staring instead of doing something useful for the next 10 chapters or so. Bonus if B keeps showing up shoving their muscles, curves, dimples or whatever into their face, preferably in tight, sweaty clothes.

I’ve read to many fanfics. Sue me. 😊

Feel free to reblog and add.

[5sosfanfictioncatalogue]

Nerdy!5SOS Masterlist

7 Minutes In Heaven (ao3) - xdistorted_cliffordx luke/ashton T, 54k

Summary: "Who wants to play?"

Ashton is a very dedicated party-goer, being at one each weekend. It's literally his life, he thinks. Though, when he's invited to one particular party, they decide to change it up a bit and play party games after a few hours and everyone is well buzzed. Ashton's never been big into party games, but he figures why not? They're rated R games, so they're bound to be fun.

Luke hates parties. He hates spending his free time socializing, period. He would rather spend a Saturday night on the couch, watching Criminal Minds and stuffing his face with pizza. But one night, his friend forces him to go to a party. Obviously, he hates it, especially when the party games come out. He's forced to play them and he doesn't really like anyone he's going to have to play against. Luke just wants to go home before all this supposed 'fun' starts.

Little do both boys know, that one certain game is going to bring them both together and may even change Luke's usual routine of not partying or Ashton's obsession with partying.

do the things that you'd only read about (ao3) - heartbreakgirl michael/luke N/R, 5k

Summary: When he looks over, Michael's eyes are open and he's grinning from ear to ear.

“I love you.”

He smiles shyly, eyes rolling fondly. “I love you too, Michael.”

or, book worm Luke & bad boy Michael

fight so dirty but your love's so sweet (ao3) - softirwin luke/ashton, michael/calum T, 11k

Summary: Luke hates a good ninety-five percent of his job.

A solid thirty percent of that comes from the fact that he works as a receptionist at a hotel, which he thinks is possibly the most thankless job humanity could possibly have created. A further ten comes from the fact that his desk is right next to the kitchen, meaning mouth-watering smells are constantly wafting under his nose, and Luke’s not allowed to eat on shift.

Fifty-five percent of it, though, is Ashton.  

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written for the prompt 'lashton bad boy'

Have Faith In This Fragile World (ao3) - SilentlyFighting michael/calum, luke/ashton N/R, 19k

Summary: Michael Clifford is well known in his school, not for being popular, far from it, he is the nerd. The goody-two-shoes hasn't had the best past but his peers do not know this and a couple of the football team decide that he is their next target. A mysterious group of boys make an appearance, saving him multiple times, and when Michael runs out of money to buy food, they even find ways to get him food.

The boys do not scare him that much but they certainly catch his attention. Michael learns the names of two of the boys but the leader is set to keep his identity a secret. But, when Michael has another run in with the football team and they use him as bait, will the boys identity reveal itself?

Here's what he told me (ao3) - ShyyyVictoria luke/ashton, michael/calum G, 1k

Summary: All Luke's aloud to do is study. Ashton changes that.

i just wanna be bad enough for you (ao3) - metallicmoons michael/ashton M, 2k

Summary: just a typical adorable nerd!ashton and punk!michael fic because those are honestly my favourite.

kiss me better (ao3) - waywardaussies luke/ashton T, 1k

Summary: luke hates seeing his boyfriend hurt.

Polariod (ao3) - FxckHood luke/calum G, 1k

Summary: Calum used to take photos of beautiful things around him to later look and admire them. When he meets Luke , he decides to take photos of him instead.

Room 247 (ao3) - fivesecondsofaus luke/ashton M, 1k

Summary: Luke and Ashton are new dorm room mates and Luke can't keep his hands off the nerdy boy.

take my hand, take my whole life too (ao3) - booksteaandcake calum/ashton G, 2k

Summary: calum always turns up to ashton's drunk and they always end up having sex. it's nice but it also kind of hurts when they are insanely in love and don't even talk about it.

Tattoos. (ao3) - papi_chulo luke/michael G, 280

Summary: punk!Michael takes his boyfriend nerd!Luke with him to get his new tattoo, a tattoo dedicated to Luke.

teenage televised taping of love (ao3) - fffearless luke/ashton T, 10k

Summary: It's dumb for Luke to get excited that Ashton would say something like that to him when he's about a million percent sure he's only into girls and this means nothing for his hopeless crush but he can't help the surge of butterflies tickling his stomach with the flap of their wings.

(Or the one where Luke likes Ashton then lots of things happen then he hates him then he likes him again anyway)

The Nerd and The Jock (ao3) - Shirosaki (orphan_account) michael/luke G, 407

Summary: The blonde knew it was impossible for him to date Michael, like, this is Michael Clifford he was talking about. The number one jock in his school, did bad things, broke stuff in school, spray painted on the hallways, on the side of the building, embarrassed plenty of teachers. There was no way that Michael Clifford would ever want to date Luke Hemmings, the boy who was the nerd of his grade, always got A's and never went lower than a 98%.

Tutor (ao3) - onceuponatime michael/luke E, 11k

Summary: “And you agreed to do it because?” Ashton says, rubbing his apple on his sweater before taking a bite. His chemistry textbook lies open on the grass in front of him but his eyes are too busy looking over to the football field, where Calum is currently engrossed in a game. When he sees Ashton looking, he smiles and waves, and Ashton’s face turns bright red. Luke chuckles.

“Cause I need the money. And it looks good on college applications.” Luke lays down on the grass, putting his head in Ashton’s lap. “Yeah, but it’s him. He’s failed every test this year.”

Luke tutors Michael in math.

Wrong Way (ao3) - boomercal calum/ashton E, 9k

Summary: Two high schoolers who won't admit they think the other is cute and some well-intentioned friends means that while Ashton's looking for Calum on the Hockey field, Calum's looking for Ashton at the library; what's to be done when you're pretty sure that cute guy in your English class is avoiding you?

you make me feel like a million bucks (ao3) - michaels luke/ashton G, 3k

Summary: anything is more fun than picking up trash for community service, even making out with the person who got you there in the first place.

[soaringlanddormitory]

As requested by anon!! It’s pretty short though!! Also, there’s some angst and also death here so if you’re not comfortable with that, don’t read :’00 because i know some of my friends aren’t comfy so,,,

The night was tiring, and there was nothing but guilt inside his head. Kaoru felt heavy and it wasn’t good that he was stuck inside a room.

God, this must be a nightmare. This must be a dream.

He tried biting his tongue or pinching himself to wake up- but he couldn’t. He knew it was a dream, why the hell can’t he wake up?!

The room was entirely dark and he couldn’t see a thing. Fuck. FUCK. He feels so helpless right now, he can’t even find the damn switch to turn the lights on. “I have to find it quick, I already know how this shitty dream goes.” He hissedto himself but it was too late.

The lights was turned on by a figure behind him, and his heart raised the moment it did. He didn’t want to turn back, he knows who he’d see. “Please listen to me, lûuk-chaai.” 

He clenches his chest before pausing in his track. Why can’t he move an inch? Why can’t he walk away or shake himself up from the dream? His heart beat got louder, and he felt his entire soul leaving his body for a moment.

Why can’t he control himself?

“Lûuk-chaai...” The female voice called again, and Kaoru gulped before he turned around to look at her.

“Mèè , I’m listening.” He mumbles, obvious guilt in his voice. His whole body was trembling as he saw the woman’s face, and his eyes began tearing up. “Mèè, I always listened to you.” He repeats, his voice much softer than before.

The woman silently frowns before going closer and cupping his cheeks. “You’re a liar.” 

“... I...”

“Just like your father, Chankul.”

God, not that name. Not that name. He wasn’t like him at all, that’s the same words she said when she...

When she...

WHEN SHE-

“I’m not like him, Mèè...  Mèè... Not like him at all, not like that... man...” 

“You have his hair. You got his charisma... You even have that talent of his to be good in everything he gives effort to. You treat me the same as him...”

“M-”

“You left me alone. Just like him.”

Kaoru held the hands of the woman cupping his cheeks before bursting into tears. It was a dream. A bad dream. A nightmare. But she felt so real. Her hands felt so warm, and she was breathing like a normal human. Her face was exactly like hers. The same pain were in her eyes back when she was alive.

It was her. It was his mother. The person he wanted to love but never loved enough... Because he never had the chance to. The only thing that didn’t allow him to do so was- he can’t talk to people in the afterlife.

“I... I d-didn’t... I didn’t mean to...” He felt himself choking on his own tears. “I didn’t... want to leave you... Nor did I...” He finally broke down, he didn’t hold back. More of, he couldn’t hold back. “I’m sorry.”

I’m sorry. I’m sorry. I’m sorry. 

I could have been a better son.

While you still walked with your own two feet.

While you were still breathing.

While I could still hold your hands.

“Mèè ... I’m so sorry. I’m so, so sorry. I-I-”

“Chankul. Stop faking it.” She released him and she tried to grab her hands back, so he could at least felt her warmth again. “Stop faking it.”

“I’m not-!”

“STOP IT!”

“I-”

“Chankul.

Chankul!

CHANKUL!”

“KAORU!”

His eyes popped open and he began breathing heavily. His eyes were watery and he began wiping it with his hands. “Dao, oh god...”

“You were sleeping on the floor and you were turning and shaking- I was worried!” She sat back before sighing out of relief. “Cousin, my dearest cousin, if you didn’t wake up I would have brought you to a doctor. It’s good I found you and... maybe broke in here.”

“... I apologize for worrying you.”

“You don’t need to, dear.” She brought his hand to his hair before giving it a ruffle. “It must be another nightmare... Hm... Maybe you are overworking yourself. Take a break.”

“Dao... I can’t suddenly...” There was pain in his voice, with every word. “Leave this place. Mom used to own this, I want to revive it and-’

“Quit being a hypocrite. You tell people to take a break all the time, and you aren’t even doing it yourself! Go back to your dorm, I’ll handle this.” She stood up before brushing her clothes to remove the dust off her. “Follow what I say.”

Kaoru nodded his head silently before breaking a smile. “Fine. I will.”

“Your eyes are all puffy, let’s clean you up THEN you can go back. How about that?” She began helping him up. Seeing him all torn apart like this was something she could never get used to. He usually looked so lively, but seeing how much he trembled- she knew he was masking something. Something much darker.

“Whatever you say.”

Some moments after, Kaoru’s expression did feel the same as always, and he even fixed himself up. Had something to eat, took a shower- hell, he even wore some new clothes. “That’s my fabulous cousin, now c’mere you hot piece of meat!”

He received a hard slap on the back and he yelped. He forgot how strong she was sometimes. “You don’t need to say that.”

“Oh yes I do, you were all saddy-sad. I’ve got to increase your ego so you can be happy again.”

“That’s nice of you. But you should know why I felt that way.”

“Dreams about your mom again, I’m guessing.”

“Exactly.” He quickly answers. “And I doubt any compliment would be able to erase the pain that easily but-” He pointed at his own face before grinning widely. “A fake smile can always trick people, y’know? Plus sometimes I forget I’m acting. Seeing people makes me happier in the inside... But I do believe that the pain still remains.”

Yeah. He was that kind of person.

Outside, he’s one of the sweetest people you’ll ever know! Constant messaging, compliments and even the best interactions-! But if you knew him more... If you knew him more... He might not be as happy as you believe.

“One day they’re gonna know. Trust me. Your dorm mates and your Totsuki friends will notice.”

“I know that. I am planning to tell them. The whole backstory of my family... Yikes, they might pity me for it. Or even feel sad. I don’t want that but they’re my friends. I trust them and I shouldn’t keep shit like this.”

Dao started smiling again. At least he trusted them. She’s terribly happy he does. He’d never tell anyone this unless they were close. “It’s cute that you love your friends so much.”

“Out of topic but hell yeah I do. I’d punch the president for them.”

She bursted out laughing and he went in front of her before opening the door for her. “You’re smooth.”

“Ladies first.”

“Very smooth.” 

She passed by him and poked his nose, which caused him to chuckle.

She was worried about one thing though... Even if Kaoru wasn’t as happy as his friends believed... Would they still love him for who he is?

[hoshinoyozora]

To Secure a Spot

🖤 Pairing: Yandere! Malleus Draconia x Female! Reader

💛 Word Count: 1k+

❤ Warnings: -

[Edited]

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***

Just a lil idea in which MC is kinda flighty with friendships.

Humans were truly capricious.

One moment they were sociable, and the next they were aloof.

Such was your mood when you happened to encounter him in the hallway one day. The sun streamed through the windows and pillars, and yet, your smile at him was less bright than the one he sent to you. It constricted his chest in such a way Malleus had to pause in his step, wide eyes staring at the floor. Sebek panicked, thinking you’d secretly attacked him somehow, no matter how impossible or ridiculous it sounded. But Malleus stopped him from confronting you, and possibly fighting you, with a raised hand and a soft ‘I’m fine’. He was definitely not fine, and Sebek was rightly unconvinced, but Malleus reassured him, and himself, that you were probably just busy or weren’t really in the mood to be friendly today. Unlike him, you had to work extra hard to earn people’s respect or gain high grades, so those could be the reasons.

At least, that was what he told himself.

Then, he saw you, on another bright day that didn’t quite reflect his internal state, with a new friend in the yard. From Diasomnia. Not Sebek, no. You wouldn’t have smiled so widely, or laughed so loudly, if it were him.

If it were Malleus.

He felt his breath hitched, perhaps for the first time in centuries. Jealousy wrapped its vines around his chest, but the thorns hadn’t pierced his heart yet. So Malleus could still breathe, and he could still control himself as he approached the unpleasant pair. The boy stiffened under the shade of his intimidating height, while you simply smiled up at him.

“Oh. Hi, Tsunotarou! Are you going to class right now?”

“Indeed I am.” Slit eyes shifted to your company, and Malleus thought he might just faint on the spot. “We shall meet again tonight, right?”

“Yeah, sure.”

Call him petty, but Malleus felt the need to hint at his preexisting friendship with you to the boy. What if he flattered himself by thinking he had a deeper bond with you? It was enough that Malleus had to share you with those puny freshmen. He couldn’t allow another to steal his spot in your heart.

Yet, as the sky darkened to pitch black, your conversation seemed less exciting than the one you had with that boy. Oh, how Malleus longed to make you laugh beyond a chuckle, to make you beam beyond a smile. Was he not interesting enough? It couldn’t be. You used to be much more receptive than this, but now, it felt as if you were as distant as the moon above.

And thus, the thorns of jealousy finally pierced his heart just as the stormy clouds soon covered the moon. But you, naïve you, failed to notice that it was his doing and excused yourself in fear of soaking wet.

“You look especially melancholic tonight, Malleus.” Lilia remarked once he returned home earlier than he usually did. “I would’ve expected your mood to be brighter than this every time you go out with your human friend.”

“Child of Man seems to have a new friend.” Malleus huffed, plopping down on the couch in front of him.

“Ah, our dorm mate?”

“Our dorm mate.”

Lilia hummed, sipping a cup of hot tea.

“I don’t understand why she’s more open to him. He’s just an acquaintance, at best.”

“We all know humans are flighty little things.”

“She wasn’t distant to me even though she plays with those freshmen during daytime. So, what changed now?”

“Perhaps she’s from that special breed wherein she grows bored with ‘old’ friends rather easily once she finds a new one.”

Malleus squinted.

“In case you’ve forgotten, Lilia, she still hangs out with Spade and Trappola.”

The said fae shrugged.

“They’re her very first friends, so they’re ‘special’, I suppose.”

“And I am not?”

Lilia peered up from the rim of his cup.

“I believe I’ve helped her during her issue with Ashengrotto, albeit unwittingly, so I should be special to her.”

“People define ‘special’ differently.”

“You’re not helping me, Lilia.”

“Well, do you require assistance, Malleus?”

The prince fell silent and pondered on his choices.

“No, I don’t think so. I can take care of this myself.”

“Are you going to carry it out now?”

“No, not yet.”

The opportunity presented itself when you visited Diasomnia one day to visit your new friend; something that you’d never done to him. Embittered, Malleus permitted you entry only if you both talk in the lounge room. Though, he still maintained his gracious host act and left to give you a semblance of privacy once you agreed to his term.

As expected, you talked about mundane things. Lessons, tedious teachers, annoying friends, favorite food, and past travels. Everything that you could’ve talked about with him and receive worthier responses than that boy’s basic ones. Lilia was snickering far in the background, both at his attempt to eavesdrop and at his barely concealed jealousy.

But Malleus paid him no mind, and once you’d left after drinking yet another cupful of tea, he emerged from the shadows and cornered the skittish student.

***

“You seem upset, Child of Man.”

You kicked a pebble on your way almost absently. Malleus waited patiently for your answer.

For he had all the time in the world just for you.

“… It’s nothing.”

“It clearly is nothing when your mind is somewhere.”

“I just… don’t know why one of my friends suddenly starts avoiding me.” you mumbled, but his sharp hearing aided him greatly. “I went to greet him but he looked so scared and ran away after apologizing. I can’t think of anything that makes him act that way.”

Malleus hummed, “That is unfortunate.”

You looked up to him.

“Do you know why, Tsunotarou? He’s your dorm mate, so maybe you know if he has a problem or something?”

“Sadly, I’m as clueless as you.” When you wilted at his response, Malleus quickly added. “Worry not, you still have another… friends.”

Oh, how Malleus longed to be the sole figure in your life. Your one true companion, platonically and romantically. But it was enough for now, especially when you allowed him to pull you into his chest. Receptive, as you used to be.

For he had all the time in the world just for you.

[mari-the-bimbo]

CONGRATS FOR 4K BABY!!! You deserve even more <33

I was wondering how would dorm mate gojo react, when the reader comes home badly injured.

feel free to ignore it <33

Thank you :D

Dorm mate Gojo: you return badly injured

A/N: Thank you so much bby!! Feels like a while since I did dorm mate Gojo so this felt very refreshing!! Enjoy! <3

Warning: mentions of beating? Implied violence

It was safe to say you had traumatised your white haired lover when you came back to the dorm injured that evening.

Gojo was so used to keeping you happy, healthy and pretty, that seeing even a bruise on your face enraged him.

“W-why are you injured pea brain?” He said, his large hands holding your face as he stared at you with extreme concern. His forehead pressed against yours, urging you for an answer, until Geto managed to pull him away.

“Give y/n some space bro, you’ll overwhelm her, let’s just allow her to get changed and we can tend her wounds and get answers after yeah?” Geto reasons with Gojo, who slowly nods with a pout.

You sigh in relief, quietly thanking Geto for giving you some space.

You wobble along to your bedroom, sighing as you got changed, occasionally hissing when it hit certain wounds. You looked in the mirror and saw the hideous bruise littered across your face and arms. ‘How am I gonna explain this one to them’

But you jumped out of your thoughts when you suddenly saw Gojo leaning against the door frame of your room.

‘Ah! Gojo you scared me!”

“Boo” he teases with a smile, but his smile doesn’t seem to meet his eyes.

“C’mon scaredy cat” he sighs as he saunters into your room, and picks you up bridal style. He carries you to the main dorm living area, plopping you down onto the sofa, before standing back up.

He stared down at you from from his tall 6’0 height, hands stuffed in his pocket, you wish you could take his shades off, because right now he remained expressionless under the glasses.

“Bubs?” He finally speaks after a moment of staring at eachother.

“Yeah Gojo?”

“Who did this to you?”

You turn your head away in embarrassment. How were you supposed to tell him that you got injured in a fight you started?

“Y/n got injured in a fight she started” said Geto from the doorway.

“GETO!” You scold.

“I WILL HOLD YOU ACCOUNTABLE WHEN YOU ARE AT FAULT YOUNG LADY!!” Geto scolds you back with a wagging g finger, making you pout.

Gojo gasps at Geto’s accusations. “GETO! How dare you blame my lady!!” Gojo immediately defends you, making you stifle a laugh and Geto tries his best not to laugh at his lovesick friend too.

“Because ‘your lady’ started th-“ but Geto was cut off once again.

“I’m sure whoever y/n decided to fight provoked her and deserves death! Oh maybe I could infin-“ but Gojo was cut off by you once you let out a hiss in pain.

Both of the men looked down at you in concern, before Geto rushed to the kitchen to make you some food, and Gojo sat down next to your lying dorm on the sofa.

A sad smile on his face as he placed on ice pack to your eye and placed a soft kiss to your bruised cheeks.

‘I’ll kiss all your boo boos” he stated making you slightly giggle at his stupidity.

“Thank you nurse” you teased as he littered kisses all across you face and body. Making silly ‘MUAH’ noises as he did to make you smile.

———-

That night you were tucked into bed by the white haired man, who later decided to join you in your small bed, giggle with you as he did, stroking you back which easily lulled you to sleep.

But when you woke up in the middle of the night once you felt Gojo’s side of the bed empty, you decided to check his room, hoping to ask him to join you in bed again

But he was no where to be found

Neither was Geto.

And your only guess was that the crazy dorm mate duo was avenging you in ways you would rather not know.

[hlficlibrary]

✤ Childhood Friends Fics ✤

A series of posts with the top five fics of each category by kudos plus five more hidden gems from that category! Remember to leave kudos and a comment on the fics you enjoyed to show your appreciation! You can find our other recs here.

- Top 5 H/L Fics -

1️⃣ Your Name Is Tattooed On My Heart by mcpofife [E, 86k]

Louis is ready to find the love of his life, but first he has to stop falling for the punk rocker next door.

2️⃣ Faking It by TheCellarDoor / @donotdialnine [M, 46k]

A uni AU in which Louis has been Harry’s best friend since he offered him cubed fruit on the playground, and they spend more time cuddling in their dorm beds than they do apart, but it’s not like that. Or is it?

Aka Harry pretends to date his best friend to escape unwanted attention from a too insistent classmate and hopes it won’t blow up in his face. Featuring embarrassing dildo accidents, awkward boners, longing, first times, late night conversations, emotional discoveries and Niall as the exasperated friend with bad advice.

3️⃣ Play the Odds by @alivingfire [M, 25k]

Harry and Louis are best friends since childhood who, after a night of drinking, find themselves locked in a bet: first one to kiss the other a thousand times wins. Wins what? They don't know. Glory, Harry supposes. Bragging rights, though those don't do much in this economy. All Harry knows is that this is one bet he can finally win. What he doesn't expect, though, is what happens when he starts kissing his best friend on a daily basis.

Namely, he doesn't expect falling head over heels in love with his best friend.

Now all he has to do is make sure the bet never ends, so he never has to stop kissing Louis.

4️⃣ i love you most by stylinsoncity / @aliensingucci [M, 12k]

friends with benefits has always been enough for louis. until, of course, it isn't.

5️⃣ Now In A Minute by thealmightyavocado / @avocadolouie [M, 150k]

13 feels like yesterday for many people, but for Louis it actually was.

More than anything in the world, Louis Tomlinson dreams of growing up. Simply skipping over all of the awkward, embarrassing years of teenage existence and getting on with life. Real life.

So when thirteen-year-old Louis wakes up in the body of his thirty-year-old self, he expected everything in his adult life to be picture perfect. And maybe it is. He has it all…or so it seems.

Except his favorite person and lifelong best mate, Harry Styles, is totally missing from the equation and Louis doesn’t understand why. He has a lot of catching up to do and as adult life turns out to be more than what he bargained for, Louis can’t help wondering why a life that seemed so perfect, feels so empty.

Or the 13 going on 30 au that should have been done years ago.

-HIDDEN GEMS-

💎 days gone by by velvetnoodle / @femslashy [E, 25k]

Five years after their last day at Camp Vernon, Louis and the lads decide to celebrate by returning to the place that had brought them together all those years ago. Exhausted from work and desperately in need of a break, Louis arrives ten days before the others with the intention of fixing up the place. He’s not expecting any company, but, as Louis should know by now, things in his life rarely ever go to plan.

💎 When I Run Out of Road by QuickedWeen / @becomeawendybird [M, 24k]

It's 1932 when Harry Styles sets off on an adventure to the African continent and the most popular new travel destination: Nairobi. He has reservations at the best club in town and plans to stay for a few weeks. What he doesn't expect is to meet and get to know a wonderful family along the way.

The Deakins are sponsors of the Royal Ballet, traveling with the company to see them perform in Nairobi for the first time. They take Harry under their wing, treat him like part of their family, and change his life in ways he never imagined.

💎 You Turned Up (Like a Friend of Mine) by @lululawrence [NR, 10k]

Louis padded downstairs, feeling incredibly thirsty. He filled up a glass of water and was about to take a drink when a loud knock sounded at the door accompanied by some yelling and ringing of the doorbell.

“What the hell?” Louis muttered, setting his glass on the counter and rushing towards the door.

As he got closer to the door, though, his mind stopped whirling because the voice was one that was etched forever in his mind, but one that he never thought he would ever hear again.

“Why’s the door locked? Did you seriously go without me? And who’s car is in the driveway? Lou, I knew you’d be late to get me. We’re going to miss-”

Louis whipped the door open, sure that he was just imagining things. There was no way…

Except there was. Standing on the front step was the curly haired, boy-faced Harry Louis had last seen ten years ago today.

Or the one where Harry disappears on graduation day only to show up on Louis' door looking exactly the same ten years later. Through a series of strange events, maybe they can finally figure out that they're destined to be together, no matter what.

💎 you and I love like it's a secret by we_are_the_same / @so-why-let-your-voice-be-tamed [T, 4k]

Louis swallows, looking at Harry, who grins at him as though nothing’s wrong. He’s leaning against the door of a wardrobe, his long hair having lost some of its curls due to the amount of times he’s run his fingers through it. Louis is still where he was the moment the door got closed behind them, all but pressed up against the wood, trying to keep as much distance between him and Harry as possible.

His heart stutters in his chest as he looks up at his best friend. He’s known Harry since he was barely out of diapers, and Harry gets him in a way that few people ever have – or have tried to. He knows him, to the point where sometimes Louis worries that he’s able to read his mind.

Or: It's Seven minutes in Heaven, but Louis sort of feels like he's ended up in Hell instead when he's forced into a small bedroom with his childhood best friend slash long time crush.

💎 captivity by momentofclarity / @gaycousinlarry [G, 1k]

you get to a point in life when your secrets aren't as holy as they once were.