#i’m def coming back to this so i can draw all three of them

[fleurie1]

anthro!lusamine and lillie

[buckysegan]

With all my gratitude, hope and returned adoration - Part Two

Summary: John writes back to his friend from home and we hear from our friend across the way. John x She. Word Count: 1.2k. A/N: we are def rolling with some historical inaccuracies in regards to letters here but sue me. he deserves it. pstttt also should we name her? do you all want to send me random john prompts. my baby isn't ok and i'm not ok. Part one linked here. Part three linked here.

John was sure he wasn't sweating a normal amount as he looked down at the piece of paper that Buck had offered him. It had taken two whole days of questions from the man for Bucky to even decide that he was going to reply. He’d been offered the hope, what more could he ask of her. Could he ask more? There had been a return address on the letter which Buck had insisted was there for a reason and she had opened herself out for a reply from him but the Major couldn’t help but be unsure.

It was an odd feeling for him, before the war he hadn't been unsure of anything and since he’d been here? Well he hadn’t been sober enough to doubt anything that he had done. These days though Bucky felt like he doubted every single thing. The thing was, he wasn't sure that he could afford to doubt this, to look past the life line that had been offered to him. Not when each day he could feel his mind draw a little further toward the edge no matter how much he or Buck tried to keep it in check.

With a sigh he pulled the pen into his hand, eyes locked on the page for a moment before he began to scrawl.

Dear Friend From Home 

You’re gunna have to forgive me because I ain’t going to be as good as this as you are. I’ve written so many letters this war you would think that I’d have gotten a handle on it by now but I find myself at a loss when it comes to what to say to you. 

I think the first thing I got to say is thank you. I don’t know if the words I can put on paper are ever going to really tell you how much your letter meant to me. See I was a certain type of man that didn’t think much to pen pals. I figured that I’d be ok, you know, that with my boys I’d have what I needed to make it through the hard days but watching the letters for everyone else roll in has been harder than I thought it might. 

There are things that I can’t tell you cause I don’t know who might read these letters, and where I am I can’t get you no picture but I can tell you that my favorite dish is a meat and potato pie, simple I know but really I’m a simple hearty kind of guy. What makes me laugh, you asked? That’s kind of simple for me too, just good company, myself sometimes, Buck, he’s my best friend, he makes me laugh a lot. What makes you laugh? I’d like to know that. 

May I know where you are? I know that might be a big ask but you said I could ask anything I know and if I get out of here…we get some leave, I’d like to know where I need to ask for me leave to be. Then I can show you what I sound and look like and know that in return. 

If this letter doesn’t reach you for a while, know you’ve been with me the whole time. 

With all my gratitude, hope and returned adoration

Major John Egan 

“What if she doesn’t get it?” He found himself questioning quietly to Buck as he handed over the letter to make it out of camp. His best friend settled him with a soft look, one that always made Bucky feel like he had some worldly knowledge the rest of them had missed out on, that assured him everything was going to be alright. “You just gotta have hope she will John, she’ll get it.” 

With a huff Bucky nodded, pulling his hat on as he watched his letter vanish from his view all together. “Alright well I can’t sit here and wonder, I’m off to play baseball or something.”

The letter that Bucky had so carefully handed over changed hands many more times, some fingers as rough as the pilots, some dirtier, some softer, but the last set of fingers to slide the letter from her post box had perfectly manicured fingers. Her flicking of her post was greedy as she looked for the same thing that she had every day since she’d posted her own letter.

At first, her hopes of finding what she was looking for had been unrealistic; she knew that, it hadn’t even been long enough for her letter to be received, let alone for him to get one back to her, then the other girls at the centre, they’d gotten letters back, notes, anything. That was when she had allowed her hope to return, for a moment at least. Days without anything had turned into weeks and then weeks had turned into months. Anything could have happened, that was what she tried to tell herself, he might not have gotten her letter, he might have thought it was weird and had chosen not to reply. That thought was enough to miff her, he could have at least said thank you. When she had decided no one could be that mean, her diminishing hope had turned to worry, what if he hadn't been able to receive her letter.

Flicking through each white envelope today, she almost missed it, how she didn't know because it was clearly different from the rest of them, maybe she hadn't wanted to look. "Not…" Trailing off she flicked back to the second to last letter, her eyes taking in the scrawling of her address, her eyes checking the postage before she was taring inside. "It's here, he wrote it's here." She called through the halls to the other girls that she lived with, all of which had been holding their breath with her. "Oh god I can't read it, what if he's telling me I was weird!" She cried, thrusting the unopened letter into the hands of her eager friend.

"Don't be dramatic, he's going to be throwing down his gratitude at you being a doll, you should have attached a picture with it I told you!" Meg beamed easily back at her, the same sense of reservation missing from her actions as she tore into the letter so that it could be read to the group. "Dear Friend From Home. You’re gunna have to forgive me because I ain’t going to be as good as this as you are. I’ve written so many letters this war you would think that I’d have gotten a handle on it by now but I find myself at a loss when it comes to what to say to you." That was enough, pulling the letter from Megs hands she was quick to scramble away from the group once more, locking herself into her room as re-read the opening line herself, the tears in her eyes only welling even further as she continued.

An ache in her chest formed as she read the words once more, taking in each strike of his pen where he had corrected himself or smudge from whatever he'd had on his fingers. The state of the letter was enough to make her wonder, but at least for now, she knew her friend was ok. He was alive, and he wanted to hear more from her. It couldn't have been normal, to feel this level of emotion for a man that she had never met, but she had found herself here regardless and in the middle of so much uncertainty, she wasn't going to question the pull she felt across the way to England.

Pushing from her bed she moved to her desk, paper pulled from her stationary pot, the quicker she could post this the quicker it could get to him.

"Dear Major Egan,

I'm delighted to hear I'm with you. I hope you know, that you've been with me too…"

[hellsburners]

def need some more perv!matt !! If u want to can u write some perv!matt x dom!reader ?

me and the devil

a/n: kinda related to my first fic but you can read it alone. pairing: matt murdock x gender neutral!reader word count: 930 warnings: 18+ warning, perv!matt, toy use, dom/sub themes, sub!matt, dom!reader, tonight you punish the devil

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The devil’s heart raced because of the situation. He could feel the blood go in and out of its chambers rapidly, anxiety creeping through his skin. He felt the way you pressed into his thighs, your hands gripping on through his clothes. You were giving him gentle kisses on his abdomen, soft pecks on his hard muscles. Your fingers wandered to the hem of his trousers, where the fabric meets skin. Your fingers drew circles on his pale skin teasingly. You slowly raised his shirt, slightly licking your way to his chest and his hard nipples. You licked them and you heard him moan. The trail your tongue was making finally led to his neck, where the stubble felt rough on your cheek.

“You’ve been unfair,��� you whispered to his ear, giving it a teasing nibble. “Playing with yourself without me. What should I do about that?”

“Deal with it,” he said begrudgingly. You continued your back down, leaving his compression shirt bunched up to his chest. Your hands caressed his chest and played with his nipples. You added more pressure to them, giving them a little pinch.

“And let it slide? You think so little of me Matthew,” You palmed the tent forming in his pants. “Here’s what we’ll do, you’ll lay here while I deal with this.” His cock throbbed from your actions. You began to undress his pants, his cock standing hard all thick and big, the head pink from the torture. You began to lick the base of his dick, he closed his eyes as you licked up the shaft. You began to tease the tip, tracing your finger on the sensitive slit. The devil cursed, you took this as a sign to take the head in your mouth, letting saliva pool in your mouth. You took him deeper, your nose hitting the base of his center, all seven inches in your throat. He places his hands on your hair to form a better grip on you. You quickly pinned them down to his sides. 

“No, love, your hands stay here, at your side. You’re not allowed to touch me,” he cursed from your order. You went back to sucking his dick, not forgetting to fondle with his balls. His body began to tense, his hands gripping onto the sheets, his teeth sinking into his lip. Your grip on his dick started to tighten. “No, no, no, Matt, loosen up I’m not letting you cum unless I say so.”

He tried to plead, calling The Father and The Son’s name. There was no god in these four corners tonight. No angel will come down to strike you, because tonight you had the devil in your hands, and he's here for you to punish. You let out his cock drenched in spit, the head leaking a white substance. Tonight you are to offer something to the devil, not yourself, no, he doesn’t deserve that yet. 

“Do you trust me?” you asked, he nodded in return. Behind your jeans pocket was a small black object, around three and a half inches or so. It was made with silicone and a silver button attached to its end. The devil could hear you lube the object in your hands.You began to draw circles around the rim of his hole teasing it. He began to whimper, a moaning mess in front of you. With your left hand you gripped his cock, your thumb resting on the wet tip, your other hand holding the black object, slowly inserting it in his hole. You could feel a resistance from the contracting muscle. You whispered some comfort to him, telling him to relax. The object began to go inside him smoothly. 

You continued to suck his dick afterwards, your arm gently pushing the object in and out. You could feel his cock throb more. He was fighting the urge to moan wherein the neighbors could hear. You pressed on the silver button once, he let out a strong moan, his forehead drenched in sweat. Tears start to pool from his eyes as you click on the button two more times, the vibrations of the object pulsating through his core. 

“I, fuck, I need to cum, please let me cum,” he begs. You tell him a little bit more, you’re not done with him yet. He curses, in his mind the devil was in heaven, the pleasure both good and bad. He jolts from the sudden thrust you made with the vibrator, you must have hit the right spot. You released his cock from your mouth and quickened the pace the vibrator had in his hole, your other hand quickly stroking his red leaking cock. 

“Do you want to cum now?” you said teasingly. 

“Yes, please, I need to, so bad.” He was shaking at this point. You started to stroke the sensitive head of his cock. The vibrator still pressing into his sensitive spot. 

“Let go then,” as if those words were a switch, the devil’s body began to contract. The word fuck spoken repeatedly as thick spurts of cum shot from his cock. Your hand and his abdomen covered in the warm fluid. His moans turned growls and died softly as he rode his climax. You turned off the vibrator while slowly pulling it out. He looked like a mess, covered in both sweat and cum. You licked the cum from your hands as you laid next to him, his arm wrapped around your waist. He snuggles himself in your body giving thanks.

“I need you to do that to me again.” 

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[lostmysockies]

𝙅𝙚𝙛𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙠𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙧 𝙝𝙘𝙨 (bc I can)

this is just what I think guys don’t fight me if I give him smthn y’all don’t like 😔

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• Dyes his hair black every once in a while. (Why? Once he saw his brown hair coming back and freaked out.)

• Anemic (if you do not know what Anemia is Google it.)

• Watches my little pony (strictly friendship is magic)

• Monster energy addict and atleast has three to four cans a day.

• Man likes pickup trucks, specially Ram though.

• Read the Warriors series in order but denies knowing anything about them

• Greek mythology nerd but will never admit it

• He has random plastic water bottles scattered all over his room.

• He loves nu-metal, his favorite band is Slipknot he seems like a slipknot guy does he not?

• Likes Treaty Oak Revival

• 5’10 but will tell you he’s 6 foot

• 25 years old

• He didn’t fully cut through his cheeks so there’s nasty scars that he reopens every once in awhile

• Definitely owns vapes and definitely a stoner

• Picks on Toby

• His best friend is Smile dog (Dog is a man’s best friend)

• He lets smile sleep in his room and has a bed and blanket for him but would rather have Smile sleep in bed with him (who doesn’t love to have their dogs with them?)

• Casually calls Smile his baby

• Definitely into the 2000’s emo style

• Doesn’t have sheets on his bed he claims they “make him heat up”

•Band posters all over his room

• Bisexual

• My dude yells slurs just for fun..

• Surprisingly showers often

• His ears are littered in piercings he either did himself or had Eyeless Jack do for him.

•Also has spider bites, eyebrow piercing, and a nose stud

• Put on guy liner and eye shadow

• For his sake he has eyelids (unless you want him to carry around eye drops 24/7)

• Burns and scars up and down his arms and neck

• favorite animal is a shark

• He’s def narcissistic

• Somewhat distant

• scary ahh blue eyes

• His favorite pony is Rainbow Dash cause he thinks they act alike

• misses his brother but would never admit it

• Has up a thick veil of bravery

• His hair comes down to his shoulder blades

• paints his nails black

• only wears stainless steel jewelry

• only uses a lamp in his room for light, if someone turns on the light in the ceiling he hissed and screeches “the big light”

• Satanist or Atheist (he hasn’t decided yet)

• Has a southern drawl when he yells

• He has intermittent explosive disorder.

• he likes spoof horror movies

• Owns a pair of black Durango cowboy boots but rarely ever wears them

• doesn’t like candles and will blow them out if he see’s them

• Can’t hear shit, you could be talking to him and he’d say “huh.”

• He has insomnia

• Knows a bit of French, probably only how to say yes and no

• 100% destroys his ears with how loudly he listens to music

• Draws out his feelings and keeps them in a sketchbook in his mattress.

• His bedroom door is always closed no matter what.

• This man SHEDS and I mean SHEDS, he could take a shower and there’ll be black hair on the walls and shower curtain.

• wears cologne a lot

• has dog tags around his neck.

THATS ALL I CAN THINK OF 😭😭 RAHHHHHHHH I’m going to sleep 😖 I love yalls good night/day ..

[lilyblackdrawside]

SSS ROUND SIX

Stationary Security Service #6 dungeons and EC Unit overview. Long Post.

New round of Stationary Security Service. Always a happy occasion for me and like three other people!

This time we’re going to the desolate wastes of Great Britain Victoria and a market area in Yumen.

The previous round had dungeons that were themed around one having enemies with a lot of Res and the other ones with a lot of Def, this time the theming’s a bit more loose.

Yumen Market consists entirely of Where Vernal Winds Blow style stages, but does not exclusively use that event’s enemies. Mostly though. The mafia gets involved, which spices things up quite nicely.

The local boss is, at worst, annoying. She’s very ignorable, since she spends most of her time not being in range of important tiles (or important tile, since at least on normal mode a 5 Sniper Passenger can pretty much solo the stage, sans boss) and when she finally leaves, she only takes one life.

This one’s overall pretty easy and every stage can be cleared with the old standby „stack a bunch of Snipers and top them with Leizi/Passenger/Gnosis“.

War-torn Wilderness has a more mixed set of stages, some using the generic brown sand look that early story stages have while others take the Chapter 13 aesthetic and mechanics. There’s even a Lucent Arrowhead stage in there and it’s not very fun!

The boss here is... a witchcraft altar...? It can be pretty tough if you get to it blind (I lucked into having a good setup when I got there), but once you know what you’re doing and who to bring, it’s not so bad. Still the tougher of the two bosses by a good margin.

This dungeon is overall tougher than Yumen Market, but also more engaging.

I especially like Stage 5 on this one!

All in all, these dungeons are good and fun to play. On the previous round, I found myself always going to the Leithanien dungeon for the regular clears, since the Dossoles one has a really annoying boss. Or maybe I just feel drawn to Leithanien for some reason, who really knows.

In this round, I can see myself going to either of them.

The Danger Level Effect is +HP, ATK, DEF for both dungeons again, as is pretty much the norm at this point. I’m still hoping for more variety, thinking back to the Acahualla dungeon that gave enemies HP, ATK and Movespeed, which makes physical damage instantly more attractive.

War-torn Wilderness’ Emergency bonus effect is enemies exploding for 50% ATK physical damage on death, which is a returning gimmick from a past dungeon. The Acahualla one, incidentally.

It’s not so bad, I hardly ever felt it coming into play. But the increased enemy stats really make themselves felt on the boss stage, where the boss greatly capitalizes on having more ATK.

Yumen Market brings „Yumen Catastrophe Defenses have increased effects“ to the table, without any stage mentioning what these even do. (You can still click on them to find out).

I think it’s just a highground advantage. Do more damage/take less if you’re on them and attacking enemies that aren’t on them.Since you’re spending all your time on the defenses, this at worst does nothing and otherwise is beneficial for you. Not sure about this one!

Didn’t feel any tougher on Emergency than on Standard.

Both dungeons bring the Shoddy Flashbang as their faulty EC Unit for Emergency mode, which surprised me in Yumen Market’s case, since I did War-torn Wilderness first.

This is the first time this has happened and while I don’t mind dealing with the Flashbangs instead of the Conk Creet (heavy. insulated.), it is peculiar. Especially because in Yumen Market, they don’t actually trigger. The YCD tiles don’t count as high ground for the purpose of these, so none of your operators will ever get stunned, because there isn’t a single regular ranged tile in this dungeon. They’re of course still a dead draw though.

The EC Units this time around are Pinnacle Insights Port, returning from the previous round and still styled around using Rhine Labs operators to generate huge drawpower and defensive advantages, Security Talent Agreement, the new non-regional Unit, that also gives you more draw as well as a faster earlygame, Royal Academy of Sciences Telescope, the War-torn Wilderness exclusive, giving you increased damage against enemies that are far away as well as a deployable that grabs two Sniper or Caster Operators from draw and makes them cost 0 DP and the Cloudstepper, which is the regional Unit for Yumen Market and plays around with unorthodox methods of equipment distribution.

PINNACLE INSIGHTS PORT

This EC Unit makes it so that transferring Rhine Lab Operators grants SP and a Barrier to all deployed operators, with Rhine Lab Operators who are on field gaining twice that.

The deployable makes the next 4 Transfers refund half their Permit cost and when transferring RL Operators, it doesn’t count down.

Branch A additionally gives a huge ATK buff to all deployed RL Operators when transferring RL Operators, whereas Branch B gives a full Permit refund while the deployable is on the field.

Rhine Lab Operators are Muelsyse as a Vanguard, Saria as a Defender, Astgenne and Ifrit as Casters, Silence and Ptilopsis as Medics and Magallan, Mayer and Salter as Supporters.

With this in mind, most of these operators aren’t actually useful for staying on the field as your active operators.

Ifrit can be very powerful with other Caster equipment stacks, but can’t make good use of Sniper equipment, since neither her S2 nor S3 are good with ASPD.

Astgenne is a Chain Caster, which immediately qualifies her for performing well in SSS and her S2 is quite good here as well, however since she has the ChaY module, she cannot reach permanent Slow with 5 Caster Equipments. This isn’t a crippling disadvantage, but noteworthy.

Saria is a ground unit, Silence and Ptilopsis are Medics. Guardians are preferred over Medics if you want sustain, so if you have Saria raised, feel free to bring her, as both dungeons have at least one stage each where having a self-sustaining blocker is desirable.

I find Muelsyse to generally be a bit clunky, since she doesn’t work well in SSS due to her summon not benefitting from equipment (unless you’re using one specific sub-Unit that retreats an operator while keeping their gear, which Muelsyse’s summon might benefit from) and I don’t want Vanguard gear on my ranged operators.

Salter, Magallan and Mayer all are Supporters, which inherently makes them draw-neutral, so with this EC Unit, they’re draw-positive while the deployable is on field.

Mayer, Magallan and Salter are must-haves to make use of this one, Astgenne and Ifrit are highly recommended, as Caster Equipment is desirable and Astgenne is powerful in SSS, Saria is competent as a Guardian, the Medics can sit this one out.

Mayer is particularly useful in this round, as her Robotters on S1 are a great help for both dungeons’ bosses.

I recommend Branch B, as Branch A’s attack buff simply doesn’t work well for most of these operators and will largely just be converted into more defensive advantages by increasing healing output. Muelsyse, Magallan and Mayer don’t work well with it, since their summons are unaffected.

There is some strategy to using this EC Unit, which I will now over:

You want to keep your squad small. If you have to take extra operators, take Specialists or Supporters, Supporters much preferred and with Equipment B (the one that tutors).

You want to hold onto your Transfer Permits until you use the deployable.

It lasts for at least four transfers, ideally much more than that.

Once you put it down, you want to get your transferring over with quickly, as it returns to your hand once used up and goes on a moderate cooldown, so be sure to have enough DP to empty your hand as necessary.

When you draw a Supporter, immediately deploy them to get their tutoring effect and grab non-Rhine Operators out of your Preparation Area. This is done to increase the odds of transferring RL Operators to keep your deployable’s charges.

For this reason, you will want to pick the sub unit that tutors two operators from the Preparation Area when you get the choice on Stage 3. If you can’t get that one, get the one that tutors from the Recuperation Area and try to get Supporters. With this one it doesn’t matter whether it’s RL or not. If you can get two Supporters out of the RA, you get two separate instances of tutoring from PA, fetching two total operators from there, which is actually even better than the sub unit that tutors from PA, but isn’t very reliable and gets heavy on DP.

Once you have Branch B, you will have more draw power than you can even really use.

I quite enjoy using this EC Unit, much more than I expected, since I don’t particularly care about the Rhine crew on a character level. I do have almost the whole lot raised, since they’re interesting operators to play with and while this EC Unit doesn’t necessarily make you actually play with these operators so much as it turns them into a draw engine, said draw engine is fun to use.

SECURITY TALENT AGREEMENT

This EC Unit mostly gives you a much better earlygame, while then not doing much else after that.

Instead of having to create a full stack of operators that you then finish with the operator you actually want handling the enemies, with this EC Unit’s deployable, you deploy the stack topping operator, attach the deployable to them and then deploy the operators who are to provide their equipment on top of them, which will only grant the equipment, instead of replacing the operator.

It is active for quite a while, a minute or so, and while it’s attached to an operator, this operator generates 5 Transfer Permits per kill, instead of just one, so if used at the right time, you can get a lot of draw out of this very quickly.

On top of that, with the equipment granting effect, no DP is actually used up when „deploying“ operators on top of the the one the deployable is attached to. You still need to have enough DP to deploy those operators, but it simply won’t be used. So all you need is enough to deploy the stack topper and then you can dump your hand into them and have a fully-geared operator ready right away, who then quickly generates a bunch of Transfer Permits.

But after that, you’re not really getting anything else out of this one.

This is fine though, since what matters is getting set up. Once your operators are on field, you’re good after all.

I’m not sure how much I like this one. It feels a bit feast or famine, since it depends on you having a good opening hand.

It usually works out though and if you’re lucky, you can get a second use out of it halfway through the stage. At this point, it’s not nearly as impactful though of course.

Branch A says that whenever the deployable is transferred, the leftmost operator has their cost reduced to 0, while the rightmost gains +80% ATK.

This isn’t correct. What actually happens is that the lowest cost operator has their cost nulled while the highest cost operator gets the ATK buff.

There isn’t usually a difference between these two stipulations, since your hand autosorts operators by cost, but if you retreat an operator with a Specialist, putting them back into your hand with their cost increased, they’ll still be sorted by base cost, leading to them potentially snatching the buff away from who is sitting on the rightmost spot. This can also happen if you have Elysium or Muelsyse deployed, both of whom have cost reduction talents for Snipers and Rhine Lab operators respectively.

For the most part, it will hit the leftmost and rightmost operators, but I bring this up because the first time I used Branch A, the exact thing with retreating an operator with a Specialist and making them the highest costing one, while not being in the rightmost spot happened to me.

I think this is pretty good. It will immediately take effect, since the deployable always starts in your hand, and if - like me - you’re using rather high-cost operators (Chain Casters) to top your stacks, they’ll get the +80% ATK buff, which is equivalent to two equipment stacks and fully multiplies with any ATK boosting talents or skills they might have (just like ATK boosting equipment).

You may need to adjust your squad a bit for this and if you want to get a second use out of the EC Unit, will have to watch what your hand looks like before transferring, so it’ll hit operators you want the buffs on. The special property will also take effect if the deployable is tutored from PA or RA, so Supporters are useful as always.

Branch B gives the operator you attach it two a temporary equipment stack limit increase of 7 total, while also making them generate 6 TP per kill instead of 5.

I find this to be harder to make use of, since you have to either hold the deployable until you have enough operators to fully stack it or risk not getting all the stacks out (which is also fine).

Branch B essentially slows down the earlygame benefitting EC Unit, while ultimately not giving you a stronger lategame, because Branch A can give you a buff equivalent to having two extra Equipments, so long as you set your squad up right.

Of course, stacking 7 Sniper Equipments is still as funny as it has always been when they let you break the stack limit, so there’s still merit in this one.

Overall, I think this is a good unit. Both this and the Rhine Lab EC Units are geared around draw, but in a different way.

This EC Unit gives you a strong earlygame, leading into an average lategame, while the RL one gives you an average earlygame, with an infinite draw lategame.

Royal Academy of Sciences Telescope

This one’s pretty straight forward. It pretty much just makes you do more damage! No draw shenanigangs here, just nuking.

Well, the deployable fetches two operators from PA, but that’s it for non-combat stuff.

The distance-based damage buff is easy to make use of in this dungeon and 30% more damage is 30% more damage.

Branch A increases this boost to 80% and 80% more damage is 80% more damage.

Branch B gives all Snipers and Casters +20% ATK and lets them place their frail, dainty feet on those perilous low ground tiles.

This sounds really nice. I’m always happy to get the White Dance Shoes in Integrated Strategies after all, but since you get the Branch selection after stage 3, we can exactly quantify how useful this is by looking at the remaining three stages:

Stage 4:

Every ground tile is dangerous.

While you don’t get very many ranged tiles, the ones you do get are sufficient.

It doesn’t take a fully geared operator to clear The Spider Pit, for me Fiammetta handles it with splash damage while attacking the center lane.

Said center lane does present a juicy Blast Caster target, but unless you’re using Ifrit, you won’t get that much out of them, since the relevant enemies here are Sarkaz Vore Mops, who have very high RES and 0 DEF, so they’re always fully susceptible to physical damage. (the danger level buffs are % based).

Even when I used Branch B, I didn’t make use of it on this stage.

Stage 5:

This one has two very good areas that you can put a ranged operator on the floor in.

The first it on the right side, where having someone on those tiles is very beneficial for speeding up the payload cart, which is otherwise hard to reach. If you have Branch B, you can just put a supporter there and they’ll handle pushing the payload quite nicely.

Second is the leftmost fenced-in ground tile, from which any ranged operator can freely attack up into that general area. This isn’t as crucial, as for most of the stage nothing terrible tough comes out of there and with regards to fire support, the ranged tile to the right of your home or one of the central ones is perfectly sufficient.

Pretty good here though, just making pushing the cart on the right easier has a lot of merit.

Stage 6:

Having Branch B here allows you to deploy ranged operators closer to the boss, so normal people can actually hit it. I just point Fiammetta at it and from the top right tile of that square of ranged tiles, she gets her full S3 splash onto it so that part isn’t too attractive to me, especially since the enemies coming in through that narrow path will get caught on operators you deploy to the right of the ranged square.

However, you can also much easier attack the enemis that hang out in the top right area, which means you can take out the Guerilla Heralds. Their ATK buffs are quite noticeable, so getting rid of them is good and without Branch B, you either need infinite range ranged operators, Fortress Defenders or ones that you’re willing to just kinda throw at them. Branch B lets you do this without adjusting your deckbuilding.

Overall, Branch B has some good uses in Stages 5 and 6 and you also get the +20% ATK, which is nice too. Looking at the distance-bonus and doing a simple conversion, you’re doing 120%~156% damage with Branch B, compared to 100%~180% with Branch A (generally on the higher end), so either of them is perfectly fine, but Branch B’s +20% ATK does only work for Snipers and Casters. But since they can sit on the floor, this is hardly a downside.

Overall there really isn’t much to this EC Unit. It’s just a simple damage booster, but I find it quite charming.

CLOUDSTEPPER

Compared to the RAoST, this one’s a bit more complex.

It has a „High ground advantage“ buff of 10% more damage dealt/less damage taken for High Ground Operators, which may or may not even work, since Yumen Catastrophe Defense tiles aren’t necessarily High Ground tiles, if the Shoddy Flashbangs are anything to go by, but I’ll assume it works, since the +1 Equipment limit works.

And yeah, High Ground Operators also get +1 Equipment limit. This is pretty alright.

I’ve kinda cooled down towards equipment limit increases, since it’s kind of a hassle. It’s often just not all that worth it, since Chain Casters already get perma slow with 5 Sniper Equipments, so past that it’s just more damage pretty much. It’s nice, it’s fine. Just a bit of work to use.

The deployable immediately transfers an operator when you deploy it and the operator you point it at, will grant the operator in front of them one gear of their own Job.

The description calls it „class“, but this is wrong. It’s not classes, it’s Jobs. Please fix, John Hypergryph.

So let’s say you have Archetto looking left at GreyThroat, who’s currently displaying her immaculate skills by accurately dispatching several enemies with her crossbow and you point the deployable at Archetto, she’ll suddenly have the great idea to give GreyThroat one of her Sniper equipments to further boost her performance. How nice of her.

It’s simple on the surface, but does require you to oftentimes awkwardly turn your operators in certain ways.

Branch A is the same as not having a Branch, except everything’s more. More High Ground Advantage bonus, more Equipment limit increase. Simple and effective. Hopefully.

Branch B has two interesting effects:

One, the deployable immediately comes back into your hand after it’s done its job.

Since it transfers an operator, this is good for draw power. You can just not point it at anyone, if you don’t want to do any equipment sharing and just want to draw.

The equipment sharing effect is also upgraded though, causing the operator you point it at to give their equipment to everyone in a straight line in front of them!

So now Archetto can also see valiant May sniping away behind GreyThroat, as well as Leizi’s imposing figure further behind May and she’ll be giving all three of them a piece of Sniper Equipment.

This sounds nice, but is very constricting for your deployment.

The cooldown on the deployable isn’t very high, so the general idea is to have one Sniper hanging out at the end of a line of operators you want to give Sniper Equipment to and gradually buffing the whole row.

Let us once again take a look at the three stages this applies for:

Stage 4:

I like to sit in the bottom right corner for this one, since from there one operator can attack the top right intrusion point, two can take care of the enemies from the left and Skalter can sit on one of the tiles and do her thing.

Sitting on the far left vertical area is also viable though, but doesn’t change anything with regards to making the most of the upgraded deployable, aside from turning your line 90° counterclockwise.

Either way, you’ll have to turn one of your active operators towards the line, limiting their field of attack.

On this particular stage, this isn’t much of a problem however.

If you choose to sit on the right side, you can have a Flinger as both your equipment sharer and the operator who clears the rightside trash.I use Rosmontis for this, who is pretty good in SSS since her S1 has Offensive Recovery and an Arts damage portion, making her a good operator to sit on four other Snipers, waiting to be relieved by the actual stack topper.

Even when looking to the left from the rightmost tile, she can still do her job just fine.

If you do this, you can then field your other aggressors and have them get their Equipment this way, however if you want someone to have a different kind of Equipment you’ll have to get that done either first or let them wait until the sharing session is complete.

Stage 5

You can do a similar line of three operators here on the three ranged tiles in the middle.

Pretty easy to use here and keep unwanted operators uninvolved.

Stage 6

Playing into Branch B here is viable, but not easier than just having someone sit on the rightmost center ranged tile, looking right. As I mentioned earlier, I’ve had Passenger handle pretty much all of the trash from that tile.

If you want to make use of it here anyway, go for the bottom row.

Sitting on top is disadvantageous, even though you don’t get harrassed by the boss as much.

With the high deployment limit, you can easily set up a line of four operators for this sharing session. Just have to defend yourself against the boss while doing it.

Overall, Cloudstepper is a quirky EC Unit, but still quite effective. I recommend either Branch and if you go Branch B, you don’t have to play too much into the upgraded Equipment sharing. It’s enough to just get more draw out of the deployable going back to your hand after use.

Overall, I’ll probably just stick with the regional EC Units this time around. Probably depends on my mood.

For War-torn Wilderness, the regional unit is very effective and easy to use, for Yumen Market it’s pretty effective and requires a moderate amount of effort.

The non-regional ones are both good, but the Rhine Lab one is pretty involved if you’re using it as a draw engine. Effective, but you have to work with it.

Pretty good new round. I’m not very fond of the Yumen aesthetics, but the gameplay is fun.

Notably, on Yumen Market Stage 4, there’s blood debt but when it fills up, it doesn’t cause a Cleaner to show up, but a car. This has me hopeful that when the meter gets reused in the future, that we’ll maybe get some wacky stuff coming out of it.

Maybe it’ll be used in Il Siracusano 2? Who knows.

Have a good one.

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Aran Ryan fanbase headcanons -RESULTS-

Finally! These are the results! I hope you had fun doing that! Comment or repost with your opinion, memes, drawings about it! See ya next survey!

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What do you think about Aran Ryan?

35%: The comic relief of Punch Out wii: he can be crazy and stuff but he makes you laugh hard

35%: Even if he can act tough, he is also a funny guy

Can Aran have romantic relationships?

45%: Yes, and oddly he doesn't "cheat" in this filed!

Are Aran Ryan from the Wii and Aran Ryan from the SNES the same person?

40%: Yes, Snes! Aran was him before snapping

Does Aran have a sister?

Yep! Baby sister named Daisy who plays Rugby

i'd like to think so! i imagine she's his little sister for some reason

He has multiple younger sisters

Yes, one younger sister

He must have one.

she has one to me, a younger one :3

YES!

Yes, and an older sister at it

Yes, and I like to think she's a lot younger than him for full big bro energy. She's just as crazy as him, though.

Yes. She hits harder than you, boy!

Yes!

yes, and a brother. he’s the eldest of three children

Ye

yeah

Yes, I’m thinking she’d be about 9 to 12? I like Headcannoning that Arans sister would stay up at night until aran comes home from the pub to see if he’s okay 👍

Ermmm of course?

yes, a younger one

Yes

Yes!

Yes, I think I gave her the name Aisling in my hcs

Why is Aran "obsessed" with cheeseburger? H3talia cannot be a "real" answer!!! (But you can write it if ya want lol)

Just finds it a fun insult for the Americans but also he had one cheeseburger and it was the shittest one so he uses to call someone shit

oh i just assumed it was a dig at little mac being american? because haha america and burgers and all that. is he obsessed with them? interesting...

Not obsessed, but definitely likes them

He came to America and first food was cheeseburgers.

Stereotypes.

i know what u did here (its me *** LMAO) he just likes to bully mac >:)

YES!!!

Simple, Little Mac is called Little Mac, and McDonald's has the Big Mac. He connected the dots and now it's his most iconic line.

He…likes cheeseburgers? Yum yum!

I wouldn’t say he’s obsessed per say, just ragging on American’s with the stereotype that we all just eat junk food. (I also headcanon that he actually likes cheeseburgers, but tries not to let anyone see him eat them.)

idk

MACdonalds (funny)

that’s what he thinks of the us

I’d think that’s like his #1 insult of all time, either calling them a legitimate cheeseburger, or telling them they hit as hard as a cheeseburger being thrown as someone

Big Mac Little Mac haha get it

no, but why's that an answer???

He gets hungry a lot ):

Wait has someone actually thought Hetalia was a genuine answer or something this is extremely worrying

Teehee funny American joke

About you! What is your main fandom?

PUNCH OUT!! :D

it is a mystery...

punch out

Punch out and Super Mario

tekken, sailor moon, tomb raider aside from po

Punch-Out!!

Currently Pokemon, but feel free to ask me about Punch Out!!

Punch out at the present moment.

I have many but it’s def the Beatles. Currently it’s Ted Lasso

I started out in the FNAF fandom as a kid and it’s had a ton to do with me and my art since lol.

currently punch-out lol

Super pumch iut

punch-out!! and k-pop

PUNCH OUT OFC

Team Fortress 2 teehee

currently my main fandom is super mario!!

Touhou!!!

PO!!

Either Puyo Puyo or Pokémon

Is Aran your fav one from PO and in general of all the fandoms you are in?

66,7%: No, only in PO

Silly question: why does Aran draw with a paintbrush???? Why didn't he use a pen or something like a normal person? Or just destroy Little Mac like Don Flamenco did?

30%: Because he has always weird stuff with him

Did Aran finish school?

No but he went back to school as a Mature Student and is doing some study

hmm... maybe. (cop-out answer lol)

Nope, only finished up to middle school

No,

Pretty sure he did, but it was torture for him:

good question, maybe he did "ok"

Somehow yes

Probably

I think so. He used to be sane until he realized the potential for cheating there was in the WVBA

Maybe

Assuming that him and SNES are the same person, I think he did but it was very rocky due to growing teen angst because of the bullying he faced.

he probably finished high school

He seems like the type of person to draw comically bad stick figure portraits so no

he did because of his mama

He’d probably drop out, or get expelled for beating up too many people, I guess his mum just didn’t look for anymore schools after that

prob not, maybe homeschooled?

Lel yeah

Yes but he didn't care much for it, and he hardly thinks back to it as well.

Yeah, had no interest in college though

Your Aran Ryan OTP is...

40%: Aran Ryan x canon

Which are Aran's friends inside the WVBA? (OCs are good too)

Disco, Don, Hugger, Tiger, Mac, Bull and Soda

i honestly don't think he'd consider any of them his friends. he's very hard to get close to that way (not IMPOSSIBLE but... hard)

The entire world circuit and masked muscle at least

Soda (I ship him and Aran), Tiger, Bald the Bull and SMM.

SP is his good drinking buddy! But guess that's about it.

narcis is not only his bf in my canon but also his BFF, other than that disco and maybe heike, some fellas he met in ireland-

Mad clown and Masked Musle

Soda Popinski, Some of my OCs (Ikari (I haven't talked about her), Polar (mischief makers, haven't talked about her), Playmaker (would record pranks/prank each other))

Glass Joe, Piston Hondo, maybe Don Flamenco and Carmen, maybe Little Mac

Narcis (even more than), Don, Disco, Heike, Mr. Sandman, I’d even say he’s friendly with Mac too.

My mind flip flops between him either being good friends with some of the boxers or the other boxers warning everyone else that he’s a dangerous nutcase. (He can be, but it’s not his entire personality.)

don flamenco (rivals to lovers hehe), piston hondo, great tiger, soda popinski (drinking buddies lol)

I think aran and heilke could be friends

quite literally everyone in the wvba lmao

Hes definitely got lads outside of the WVBA but if we’re talking just inside the WVBA, I’ve got a feeling that hardly anymore wants to mess or talk with Aran but if I had to choose I’d probably say Don Flamenco, they fought eachother before so I guess they spoke more after that. Don wouldn’t really be the one to start a conversation with him at all but Aran can start up a conversation, by stealing his toupee and making him run room to room to get it making sure to let everyone see as Don chases after him, especially letting Carmen see👍

excluding ships, soda would be the closest, tho he's more of a "when things go wrong, call him" type guy. even if aran doesn't admit it, he's maybe the closest he's got to a friend. see below

Little Mac, Soda Popinski, somehow the ref

Everyone stays at least 5 feet away from him because he has rabies and he nearly bit a guy once. (I feel like he's alone by choice)

I imagine the world circuit is among his closest friends just because they’re around each other a lot, but I’m he has buddies he used to box with back in Ireland (I’d also say his sister but they grew up together so it’s bit of a given)

Can Aran Ryan have friends?

35%: Yes, but his hot head can be problematic

Does Aran have hobbies outside boxing?

Art, Rugby and Horse Riding!

probably, but good luck getting him to share what they are lol

Yes! He enjoys sculpting and painting as well as dancing and making music among other things

Ice skating and art

Drawing. I'd imagine he adores biking too.

being a bitch, motorbiking and getting caught driving too fast, pub shenanigans, pulling pranks at people he doesnt like or likes

Drawing and playing the eletric guitar

Maybe, one I can think of is tinkering (Think of him making new things to help him win)

Art, harmless pranks, rubik's cube speed solving

I can see him being into art like painting and drawing.

I definitely thinks he likes small things like video games and movies.

yes, i hc that he’s sort of an artist

not sure?

I’d think he definitely does Hurling, and is absolutely amazing at it, he doesn’t usually brag about it but does bring it up whenever he can

bar hopping. & fighting. usually one after the other

Art, gardening, punching and biting random things to see what would happen, drinking

Yes, but I feel like he keeps most of them to himself.

Traditional Irish dancing (he just pulls that shit out during title defense), he also probably draws and maybe plays an instrument

Can being bullied during school (for his name and for his mother), the cause of Aran's angry behaviour?

50% : yes

50%: sorta

Why did he started to cheat in your opinion?

42,1%: He started to cheat as everyone was "doing that" in his opinion

[m1ckeyb3rry]

Ok before I say anything else BRUH I took the quiz you reposted and guess who I got….also mf sae…..bro??? Wavelengthed too hard but STAY STRONG NO CONVERTING

EVIL YUKI SHSHSHSJ actually know dw all the shit and slander yuki has to go through now is just setting him up to become rough and tumble yuki so he can get the development he deserves it’s all part of the plot!!! STOP ITS SO EMO but ig its better than one of them being left behind by the other shevdhshsh (or you let mc live and then we can be with Karasu instead/j) I’ll never be get over how interesting hollyhock mc is though (the whole belonging/ownership/love dynamic is SO unique I love it sm) on the complete opposite side of the spectrum we have otoya being done TOO MUCH justice LMAOOO it’s ok the story and plot slap so he can have a pass

DADFAILURE LOSERS I LOVE IT HAHAHA esp while yuki has his life (pretty much) together truly the embodiment of tabieitaken shenanigans also KING OF KALOS GOES SO HARD??? Mm yes we love yuki supremacy (also the ref to his emperor of 1-on-1 title ugh so peak)

That’s actually insane I feel you though because I’m also scared shitless of getting mobbed by insane parts of fandoms (partially why I’ve never really used tumblr to do anything before besides lurk and also why I am NOT subjecting myself to being one of those regular translators on twitter or tiktok or whatnot I’m not about to get people attacking me in the comments for wild shit shshshsb) BUT I agree lowk….i mean tullireo isn’t going to be rubbed in our faces in the story anyways (I assume) since we’ll be too busy burying Barou’s corpse (I’m screaminf) but THSTS SO REAL “I make money so my wife can breed pokemon and keep them all for herself instead and I’ll build them a whole pokemon pasture/sanctuary” (that would be me as a pokemon breeder fr) bro it was just meant to be the team vibes…it’s giving elegant but strong

LMAO chigiri and Reo forced platonic close proximity chigiri is just THE bestie whether it’s gossip or wingman duties he’s got it all but I’m crying otoya tweaking because he’s like “NOOOOOOOOOOO MY OTP” and Karasu patting him like “idk what you’re on about but hate to break it to you but I don’t think Tullia doesn’t likes you that way”

Wait I know the exact vibe you’re going for it’s giving “drops random lore/information and disappears for three months” LMAOOO fr that older mentor who comes gives hints and guidance kinda like a walk through tutorial guide in a game where they’re like “oh yeah you should go here” only to never be heard from again LFMOAOAAOAOAO GANDALF REAL but that kinda puts a bit of distance in his dynamic I feel? So yes TULLIREO WE ALL CHANT guess I gotta side with otoya this time tullireo OTP LOWK DO IT it’s just the vibes too yk…they just match….guys…..

LMAO my first thought was fr “that scrawny ass kid with a bug net on route 2” imagine they don’t even battle the boy is so scared of ghost type aeguslash that he just runs (I see that typo but I’m not fixing it because it’ll get autocorrected into something unrecognizable and I’m channeling my inner Nagi and being lazy)

LMFAOO reader fr like “where tf did my genes go…” THE PARENTAL LORE GOES CRAZY LMAOAO imagine their kids going to school and yk how elementary school kids usually get those assignments that’s like “what do my parents do?” Etc? Yeah their daughter has to fill out that and her drawing is reader on top of a pile of dead team z grunts carrying nagi or maybe they’re just holding hands but nagi def has to be shown asleep taking a nap and uncle Barou flying in the sky as an angel and readers giant ass red gyarados in the back looming over it all and like a crying Mr. Mikage on the floor

LMAO Reo exclusively using luxury balls so true lowk the premier balls kinda fit Barou’s aesthetic too maybe he splurges on them generally to keep everything consistent and neat looking LOL bro my luck was ass with quick balls actually I think I’ve only ever caught my donphan (as phanpy) with one LMAOA

Pause I see the abamasnow vision (it’s intimidating but imagine it’s as dumb as him LMAOA openly walking up to fire types) arcanine accidentally burning tf out of it is so funny they would SO bully him for that for the rest of his life

Aiku getting what he deserves!! He has his happy ending though he’s just gotta finish up his community service first LOLL ok but him actively very involved with sae and Barou because he deals with them on a more regular level because they’re on the same team and he’s like “I can’t deal with their bitchlessness anymore PLEASE get a girl I’ll even help you but you need STRESS RELIEF. NOW.” LMFAOO wait I’m very excited to see aiku put in his place LMFAOO

When the familial relationship steals the spotlight from the romantic one>>>> LAMSOA /hj perhaps this can be a character study in the future…I’m crying their relationship is so sweet though ugh

EYES WIDE OPEN OMGOMG NEW GRAPHICS!!! No I lowk love the clean look too it fits the vibe fr!! Guys yk it’s serious when the graphics ready…pokemon au here we come!!!!!!!

- Karasu anon

LMAOOO IT’S BECAUSE WE’RE THE SAME PERSON FR no but i think it’s so funny we’re both NOT itoshi lovers which is pretty rare i feel and yet we’re the ones who ended up getting sae himself 😭 the universe wants to convert us to itoshism but we MUST stay strong

HELP YOU’RE SO RIGHT this is just the development he requires…rough and tumble yuki’s bad past is actually a bad past LIFE where he led to the death and despair of all of his current friends (that’s lowkey a crazy fic premise like the whole hollyhock gang reincarnated but only yukimiya gets his past memories back so he has to live with the knowledge that he once betrayed everyone he now loves 😰) agreed at least it’s not one living/the other dying!! LMAOO no because hollyhock reader x karasu is such a normal dynamic tbh free hollyhock karasu from her he does not have the insanity to match her freak 😭 it really is like i said HAHA with a normal reader and author karasu would be endgame but (un)fortunately for him reader is fucked up and i’m an angst lover so he does not get that privilege 🙂‍↕️ also yeah every time otoya does some dumbass shit in the manga/anime i’m like okay YOU are the one who’s starring in hollyhock?? YOU are the bloodthirsty ninja who dies because he loves someone that much??? he would actually be so hype to know that that’s how he’s viewed though…we’ve talked about bllk otoya meeting hollyhock otoya but imagine PURSUIT otoya meeting hollyhock otoya he probably bursts into tears because at least he’s living his cool ninja life SOMEWHERE

YUKIMIYA SUPREMACY ALWAYSSS i had sm fun coming up with everyone’s little nicknames (barou’s being the “never-champion” because he never actually got to challenge mr mikage vs reader’s being the “reluctant champion” because she never even wanted to be champion in the first place…did somebody say #siblinggoals 😜⁉️) and the king of kalos just rolls off of the tongue sooo well especially because his mentor is chris PRINCE like come on now!! pls pokémon au tabiektaken are basically the epitome of their miraverse dynamic like it’s how i would write them if i were in charge of the manga HAHAHA they’re so funny together

PLSS i respect you sm for that because it’s such a double edged sword like on the one hand i love making my silly posts and having my followers and mutuals react but on the other i’m always afraid a post will break containment and reach the wrong audiences because some people are BRUTAL 😭 but if you do ever decide to become tumblr active trust i will defend you from any hate 🤫🫡 can’t say the same for twitter because i don’t have an account nor tik tok because people on there are a different brand of terrifying but i can tussle w some tumblr trolls if needed!!

yeah i def think tullireo will have that togetullia from pi vibe!! like there’s very obviously something going on and it’s mentioned now and again but reader’s relationship with nagi / search for barou are much more forefront so it’s not at all the main focus!! with such an expansive story though it’s so important imo to have more relationships than just the main pairing otherwise things fall flat and/or the main pairing can almost feel out of place?? like why are y’all falling in love when NO ONE else is 😭⁉️

otoya bawling over the loss of his otp meanwhile karasu’s like “there there buddy it’ll be okay plenty of other girls out there anyways what’s an otp 🙂❔” HAHAH he’s the dad with 0 clue of modern slang or anything also wait this reminds me of a specific exchange nagi and reader have during the aegislash arc where nagi’s like “wait i think we’ve been isekai’d” and reader’s like “how do you know what that is” and nagi’s just like “oh reo loves reading villainess isekai manhwa on his pokétch before bed every night” and reader’s like “huh okay” and it’s never mentioned again LMAOOO

yeahhh that’s exactly isagi’s vibe!! along with aiku’s a bit but isagi’s more mature aiku is like the problematic version of that trope 😭 isagi’s the voice reader hears in her head when she tries to ride her bike inside ykwim…agreed it really does differentiate him from the main cast a bit too much for a romantic relationship between him and tullia to make sense!! especially given he’s meant to be barou’s contemporary and barou’s looked up to as The Big Brother of the story isagi kind of ends up giving off that vibe too 😩 now REO on the other hand…otoya and chigiri cooking fr i lowkey love the juxtaposition too where tullia is super motivated and has a dream she wants to accomplish of her own merits whereas reo has everything handed to him but he’s only doing things because his family expects him to?? idk could lead to some fun interactions…plus the first nagi and reader battle (where her houndour uses pursuit on his growlithe) only even happens because she wants to battle for experience but tullia’s already challenged reo so nagi’s her only option ☝🏻 so if you think about it that kind of foreshadows tullireo…maybe my mind already knew what needed to be done FJSKSKA just like i only noticed the arcanine/houndoom parallels AFTER the fact

that kid is so cocky too imagine he throws out his fucking rattata or metapod and he’s like “beat this 😜” because nobody else on route one has been able to yet and then nagiy/n’s daughter’s just like “ok 👍” and out comes aegislash…wait lowkey ykw would be cute is if the bug catcher just becomes her traveling companion after that because of how strong “her” aegislash is (i bet after their daughter has enough pokémon of her own reader’s like ok give aegislash back now and train your own team up) like he’s like “woah if i stick with you i’ll definitely become more powerful” and ofc nagi’s daughter is as nonchalant as he is so she doesn’t gaf but then they end up falling in love or smth and having that black cat introvert girl x golden retriever extrovert boy dynamic FJDNFJSKJS omg now we’ll have to come up with nagiy/n GRANDCHILDREN lore (unrelated but the thought of nagi as a grandfather is so cursed)

I’M CRYING AT THE IMAGE OF BAROU IN HEAVEN he’s definitely one of those baby angels with the trumpets and little white wings but it’s just barou’s head and massive hair pasted onto it 😭 and gyarados is just drawn with a massive grin on its face meanwhile mr mikage is just face down on the ground LMAOAOAO and nagi is holding hands with y/n who’s like 🙂 meanwhile nagi is just drawn to be 😴 imagine the teacher’s like why is your father asleep and their daughter’s like “he sleeps a lot 😄” so the teacher is concerned for the child’s welfare?? and that afternoon she pulls up to the nagi household and knocks on the door determined to confront “mr and mrs nagi” about how nagi’s always sleeping and if their daughter is being cared for properly but when they open the door the teacher’s like WHAT THE FUCK because it’s y/n l/n and SEISHIRO nagi not just two randoms standing there 😰 safe to say she runs away real quick…i feel like their son being the older of the two is a lot more like barou somehow?? which is crazy because neither nagi nor reader are anything like him but he just takes after his uncle sm…i kinda picture him looking like season 1 kiyora actually in the sense that he has a very barou-esque coloring but more of nagi’s hair texture 🤔 lowkey he probably acts like wicked game kiyora too like always getting into fights (in this case pokémon battles) and whatnot but also pretty chill (he got the reuniclus because it’s a former nagi team member so it’s much calmer and holds him back whereas aegislash would def egg him on HAHAHA)

okay wait now i’m stealing that for reader’s phanpy…it’s her second pokémon/the first she ever catches so imagine she just panics and throws a ball at it and karasu’s like bro that’s not going to work lmao but it was actually a quick ball she took from his stash because she didn’t have any of her own so it DOES work HAHAHA ofc karasu’s like what the hell because he always tries to use quick balls and they never work for him despite being really effective when yayoi and apparently reader use them (maybe he catches gible in one though?? and that’s why he doesn’t even need to battle it and is able to capture it while otoya and reader are arguing)

i def had to think about zantetsu for a second but him having an absolute idiot of an abomasnow just fits him so so well lowkey the aesthetics are matched too?? imagine he can mega evolve it eventually HAHAHAH you just see dumbass zantetsu with this enormous mega abomasnow and you’re like wait am i cooked?? but then one fire type move and it’s out for the count 😭 pls it’s especially funny because reo actually doesn’t have any fire types so he has to actively work to beat abomasnow meanwhile arcanine BREATHES and it’s gone 😩 zantetsu lucky fr that nagi doesn’t gaf abt battling him…wait lowkey yk what would be fun is just a mini arc of like ovas/spinoff chapters?? showing what characters other than reader are up to…maybe one focuses on manshine trio and the reo vs zantetsu rivalry, another shows a day in the life of isagi and gives a bit more characterization to the other elite four candidates (kunigami kaiser bachira) as well as the elite four themselves, another is like aiku’s field journal of him getting bullied by pokémon, another is yukimiya’s contest training, another is hiori like settling a dispute amongst some safari zone pokémon (or even amongst his team to show the dynamics we talked abt earlier), and maybe even a tabieita one to show what they’re up to when the girls aren’t around 🤔

oaeu aiku is lowkey so entertaining to write though i can’t even lie he has some HILARIOUS lines i just started the barou version and there’s sm lorenzo slander i’m crying…people can’t even get mad because they’re not MY thoughts they’re aiku’s!!! that’s why i was able to get away w sae slander hehehe 🤫🤫🤫 anyways we finally had the dream team of aryu sendou niko and aiku show up as well as the aiku + niko duo getting some screen time so it’s been fun 🤩

no because lowkey a character study of noel noa’s rise to fame through the eyes of someone who’s known him from the start could lowkey be insane if only i didn’t have like ten requests, oaeu, pursuit, and my upcoming 1k event to worry about 😩 not to mention peregrine and hollyhock KFJDJSJS rip to them fr

YAYYYY I LOVED THE GRAPHICS the grey matching nagi’s character color…houndoom being the only splash of color and really standing out…the super neat font (serving barou realness tbh) idk i just really like it it’s def not the same vibe as the oaeu one for example but that one def gives “this is a silly cute crack fic” whereas this one you can tell you’ll need to lock in a bit to read if that makes sense

ALSO DID YOU SEE THE NEW TRAILER it’s looking like we’re getting s1 animation again but honestly it’s whatever s1 was liveable plus they always do my man nagi (mostly) right so i’m chilling…they made otoya’s face and chin SUPER pointy in that one screencap i reblogged but otherwise idm it too much!! KARASU LOOKS SO CUTE I’M SO GLAD HE’S FINALLY GOTTEN SCENES i really like his hair actually it looks sm softer and fluid in the anime style vs the manga!! at the end of the day at least we didn’t get yona of the dawn-ed like maybe the anime isn’t perfect but at least it exists ykwim?? although given how well the manga sells i’m surprised they don’t put more effort into the anime…anyways 🤷🏻‍♀️

[unohanabbygirl]

Can I just say that I’ve loved the way you’ve characterized/conceptualized Daeron in your asks? He seems like such a sweet and good man who is almost like Luke’s soulmate in a way (a feeling not built upon abo compatibility but actually liking each other). Helping Luke heal by not inserting/forcing himself as a mate/husband like Aemond does, but by respecting him because his faith deems it so. (Which btw it’s so fascinating that Alicent uses the faith as a weapon of oppression while Daeron actually believes in it.) It makes me want to see Luke end up with Daeron in all your fics. What would an FMN Daeron look like and would Aemond even have a chance with Daeron in the picture? I would find it interesting if Daeron couldn’t forgive himself or the greens for the war and so he was mostly separate from the family and their somewhat toxic behavior with Luke. I also imagine that he wouldn’t imitate any sexual act with Luke because unlike Aemond he actually knows and believes that r*pe by deception is actually SA. I also would imagine that Daeron’s and Luke’s relationship would TOTALLY make Aemond undo all the work he’s done on himself.

Daeron is the best boy fr. I think what really draws me to him is the fact that out of all the Targtower kids he’s the one who’s least close in their problem-filled tight knit family that dosen’t know how to properly show love. In this big fight of blacks vs greens he honors his family by siding with them only because of familial loyalty and not much more since unlike the majority of these people he doesn’t have a real dog in their fight. Rhaenyra never seemingly betrayed their friendship or disliked him as a child, Luke didn’t take his eye, and Viserys never ignored him because he wasn’t there to be ignored. He’s a good kid that holds no personal grudges against anyone. He only wants to honor his family even though they only know each other through monthly letters.

Growing up at oldtown really made Daeron the person he is. Over there the faith wasn’t something to be used as a means of feeling righteous or holier than thou but a true set of believes meant to be followed and never disgraced for your own personal gain. Was raised by those who taught that kindness is meant to come from the good of your heart and respect for the virtues of their faith whereas Otto taught Alicent to weaponize it and so her first three children learned the same.

Daeron being in FMN would def lead to an actual love triangle where Aemond highkey doesn’t truly stand a chance lmao. He’s that one person who doesn’t impose his presence on Luke whatsoever and instead waits to be approached rather than do the approaching. He’s all around chill and doesn’t ask questions that go deeper than “what do you wanna watch?” or “Pizza sound good?”

Daeron isn’t caught up in the crusade to get Lucerys back because he’d only met the guy once and he doesn’t even remember it because they were toddlers at the time or so he was told. He doesn’t care to win Luke’s heart or friendship but just, well…vibe. And if Luke wants to do so alongside him then great, if he doesn’t that’s great too. And beginning to feel the slowly building sparks between them over the following months leads him to confront it outright rather than leaving everything up in the air because Daeron knows communication is key. Sitting Luke down and going “I like what this is and you like it too, but I don’t want anything too serious right now. If you need to find something physical with others then I’m all for that, there’s no rush for us to be serious.”

Waiting for Luke is easy if it means when they finally get together there’s no lingering past deceit. Just two people who like-like each other. Very casual yet still loving. Luke thrives in it, most are happy for them, and Aemond is a very depressed boy.

[darling-archeron]

Ho Ho Hello! I’m back with another snippet!😌

We’re only one week out until the posting window opens, but I’m probably going to begin posting it closer to the 23rd or 24th, when I finally get to head home bc work ends for the holidays. The gift is still coming along nicely, though right now it’s looking like it won’t be completely finished, so I’ll be posting chapters probably once or twice a week to allow for final edits (unless I manage to actually get it done in the next week! 🤞🏻)

Any holiday plans this year? Other than me going home I won’t be doing much, probably just a lot of reading and trying to hit my book goal for the year (I’m 11 short right now😳)

Also what if I told you meet me in the woods is Also on the playlist? 😂 I was choosing between the two for the last message and was so glad to see you also think that mmitw is a Rhys song!!!

That’s so exciting you have hozier tickets!!! I’ve been putting off getting them bc I’d be going alone (and I also need a paycheck first 😅) luckily I live in an area where I could theoretically go to one of three concerts without being too far out of the way, so there’s still plenty of single seats available, hopefully it stays that way🤞🏻

And I’m trying not to pressure myself over word count but it’s def a long fic and around 30k now😅 (which is around twice the length of my next longest fic😬)

And for the snippet:

Rhys was slouching on a chair, one leg thrown over an armrest, the other flat on the ground to keep him from sliding right out of the seat. He had a full glass of wine in his hand, but there were two discarded bottles laying flat on the plush rug, so he’d obviously been drinking for a while.

And, on the couch next to him, sat the most beautiful woman Feyre had ever seen in her life. She had golden hair and brown eyes that seemed to draw Feyre in, despite the fact that the woman couldn’t see her.

“You can fix things,” the woman said, and Rhys groaned like he’d heard it before and didn’t believe it.

“No I can’t,” he whined, bringing the goblet up to his lips.

💜,🧑🏻‍🎄

Omg Santa, this snippet has me so excited!! Rhys being a drama queen?? Drunk Rhys?? I'm absolutely here for it. These snippets have me so excited!!

Not going to lie, hearing that we're only a week out from posting was like a bucket of cold water because I still have some major work to do for my giftee, but I'm also super excited for reveals! I feel like we're definitely going to have to exchange playlists because it seems like we have very similar tastes in music. :)

I'm also super short on my book goal, I'm currently trying to read Fourth Wing before my ebook is due back at the library but I don't know that I'll be able to finish it....I miss being 16 and being able to consume a 900 page book in like 3 days haha.

I don't have any crazy plans for the holidays either! Just some time with close family. It sounds like you have a cozy time ahead of you.

I really hope you're able to get Hozier tickets! It sounds like it's going to be a great show.

Absolutely don't pressure yourself over word count! I'm someone who does this all the time so I completely understand, but it also sounds like you're having fun writing it and I'm so glad!

I can't wait to find out who you are, Santa, you have me very curious!

Have a great weekend <3333

[cupcakeslushie]

You seem to draw Donnie covered in Spray paint (pink and blue) a lot. Why is that? What got him hooked to it and why doesnt he have to mix the colors himself?

(BIG fan of the angsty separated au!!!!)

Draxum’s lab is pretty dull color wise, and Three wanted to differentiate his tech from Draxum’s. Huginn and Muninn are the ones who buy Three his spray paints! One of those small, nice things they try to do to make the kid a little bit happy. Purple is Three’s favorite color, but sometimes they’re limited in what they can bring him. (Also the pink and blue colors are a nod to Jinx—It’s kinda funny that her colors, pink and blue, when mixed, make purple)

It would be maximum shock if they all met right when Leo and Donnie rejoined the family, before they kinda started their healing process, cause they’re probably the most different at that point.

Rise!Donnie would be appalled at AU!Donnie, from silly things like the way he accumulates layers of grime without a care—to the rude way he treats April. AU!Leo and Rise!Leo would keep a wide birth from each other and probably stick to a buddy system with their respective brothers just in the hopes that they don’t ever get left alone with the other (their bros of course conspire to do exactly that, so they can get to know each other)

Rise!Raph would probably be really worried about AU!Raph just cause he thought his brother’s make him stressed and tired? But between dealing with Leo’s anger issues, and Donnie’s…everything, AU!Raph looks ready to drop any second. AU!Mikey would love Rise!Mikey, cause he’s adorable, but he’s a little sad when he looks at him, cause he acts just like he used to, before he was thrown into the arena, so he tries to tone down the bad and make it sound more exciting so that Rise!Mikey doesn’t know how horrible AU!Mikey had it.

The Kraang would def be the Rise Kraang version. The movie would take place a little while after the defeat the Shredder. I’m still working out the timeline cause when I was first deciding their ages, I forgot about the two years from the end of the series and the start of the movie 🙄. So I’m doing some reworking on that end. I think I’ll either change them to be a few years older at the start of the AU than I made them, OR the AU and the fight with Shredder will go for a longer stretch of time than it did in the series. That way there’s not a huge two year gap of unknown time between Shredder’s defeat to the start of the movie. EDIT Now that we know the series took place over two years and it was only a couple months between the finale and the movie. Their ages are gonna be the ones listed on their character charts!!

I’m still not even sure if I’ll manage to make it that far, but hopefully we will get there eventually! Cause I really wanna get to Casey. In fact, I’d probably make it less about Leo growing into a more serious role (cause obviously he’s already there), and more about him really accepting the love of his family. We might even see a future Leo come back with Casey?? It would be so hard not to go that route cause I love that idea so much 🤣

But I honestly don’t know yet what I’d really like to do. And I’d hate to give an answer that I’d have to redact later. I’ve got a lot of ideas, but I can’t even think about them, until I put out all the other stuff I’ve got planned. So let’s all cross our fingers and hope we get there some day lol!

2012!Leo would go MOM MODE™️ EXTREME, 2012!Raph and Don would take off like a rocket with the intention of hunting down and murdering Draxum, Shredder and Big Mama, and Mikey would probably be caught between holding back tears and doing his best to tell jokes and ease the tension, or following after his brothers in their murder spree.

Basically as much as the 2012 boys would be thrown off at first over how different the AU boys are from the other versions of themselves they’ve met, they’d go HARD as the protective older bros. But the only one who’d probably actually appreciate it would be AU!Raph cause he never gets to be the little brother lol.

@smoldevelopingcookie @c00k13san2 @luvrbug @organisedchaosstuff @uniqueness351217

Separated AU tag

[fbfh]

Leo Valdez nsfw alphabet headcanons

word count: 5.3k. 5.3k. this is the longest shit I've ever written.

pairing: leo x gn!reader (mentions of gushing and going down on you but i'm pretty sure those are still gn, reader is the one getting penetrated)

as with all nsfw content all characters are aged to 18+.

good luck surviving this, I didn't

A = Aftercare (What they’re like after sex)

Listen, Leo’s definitely a switch. Probably a little more bottom leaning. Just starting out with that. So depending on what you’re like, and when the mood strikes, you’ll probably sometimes take turns topping. As part of this give and take, usually whoever tops takes the lead with aftercare. Regardless of who grabs water and snacks and ibuprofen, definitely expect a lot of cuddling.

He’ll be so blissed out that he feels like he can’t form a coherent sentence, but in between groping and slow sleepy hickies, he’s surprisingly eloquent recalling the highlights of the past little while. Also, he’ll definitely have his head on your chest. You’ll sometimes cuddle in other positions, but that’s definitely a go to and favorite. You might put on a movie or show or something and try to nap a little, but he’ll barely be able to take in what you’re watching. He’s so entranced, craving your touch so much that it may or may not lead to round two. Or three or four. Or whatever round you’re up to at this point, you lost track a while ago.

B = Body part (Their favourite body part of theirs and also their partner’s)

He likes his hands, mostly because they’ve helped him build so many amazing things. He also likes what they can do to you… the noises they can draw out of you. He used to be insecure about his arms, especially when he was first at camp, but after a while in the forges and working on projects he feels like they’ve beefed up nicely. You can confirm this.

On you? Jesus fucking christ, what isn’t? I mean, he loves your chest, that’s pretty obvious at this point. Also really fucking loves your legs. When you wear clothes that really show them off he will def be a little extra grabby. If you wrap your legs around him when he’s balls deep and just hold him tight????? 100000% chance he’ll short circuit in the best way possible. He thinks you just have really nice lines, and a really nice shape. Even if you don’t see it, he does. Also for the love of god, straddle him!!!! Holy shit the feeling of you sitting on his lap all warm with your arms around his neck is fucking euphoric for both parties. Between you and me, there’s no way he won’t start to grind a little. You probably will too, I mean, come on.

C = Cum (Anything to do with cum basically… I’m a disgusting person)

The feeling of you cumming is literally the hottest thing ever to him. In the world. Ever. Like if you’re able to have multiple orgasms, you’d better believe he will do everything he can to ensure that that happens more than once. He absolutely lives for everything involved with you cumming. He’s obsessed with the way you tighten up and squeeze around him like a vise, the way you writhe and hold him so close, the feeling of your nails dragging down his back, all of your whines and moans and cute little breathy sighs of pleasure???? He lives for that shit!!!! It makes his brain go absolutely haywire!!!!!! He would go down on you for days if he could!!!! Also, jesus christ he loves the way that you taste. Like, a lot. Holy fucking hell, good luck getting him off of you. The boy is relentless! He has…. This energy regarding the topic at hand.

D = Dirty Secret (Pretty self explanatory, a dirty secret of theirs)

A little bit of (slightly) degrading dirty talk and overstimulation will go a very long way with him. Yeah he has a praise kink, yeah he likes to be degraded a little, we exist. But more on that later. Like, dude when you can strike the perfect balance with him, it’s really something else. Oh god, when you ride him if you just start mumbling dirty shit that snip snaps back and forth it’s music to his ears. It’s just confusing enough to be fun. If you’re feeling bold, call him your whore. He’ll simultaneously laugh and moan and get way closer to cumming. He’ll really want you to do it again later. Oh my god if you call him your whore and bite his neck?!?!???!! It sends him to a whole new level of astral existence!!!!!! Use these powers carefully lmao

As for the overstimulation thing, when you give him oral, keep going after he cums. He’ll lose his goddamn mind, AND he’ll cum at least two more times. The noises he makes when you do this are so incredible. The way he grips the sheets when you’re relentlessly going down on him is something else. His sputtering faltering moans echo beautifully in your ear, and you never want to stop. He doesn’t either. He gets so blissed out, absolutely disbelieving that one person can single handedly have the power to make him feel this euphoric. When the time comes that you’re actually done, believe that he can and will enthusiastically return the favor.

E = Experience (How experienced are they? Do they know what they’re doing?)

Due to his… unfortunate tendency to be attracted to people who won’t give him the time of day, he doesn’t have that much experience. Most of his history is pretty much exclusively in the crush or unreciprocated flirting stage. However, he is so charismatic and has really good instincts, mostly driven by how into you he is. He’ll pay close attention to everything he does and how you react to it, so he learns what you like very very quickly. His mind will rapidly snap back and forth between ‘oh my god they liked that, do it again’, and ‘oh my god how are they so hot, they’re so fucking incredible’. He learns and adapts surprisingly fast, and is so in tune with you. Additionally, you really don’t have any issues figuring out what he likes. He makes that abundantly clear for you, there’s no mistaking it when you do something he likes, which is pretty much all the time. After a very short while he will definitely know how to blow your back out without a second thought.

F = Favourite Position (This goes without saying. Will probably include a visual)

Oh… my god… this boy. Okay, he’s really not too picky about positions. As long as you’re close to him, and you’re both having a good time, what’s not to love? I will say, first and foremost, ride him. Fucking pounce on him Tigger style. It’s one of the fastest ways to turn him on. He’ll also pull your back to his chest and dance with you, which sometimes results in grinding, which will often lead to him bending you over, so doggy style will get thrown in the mix from time to time.

If you do missionary, he will hold your hand probably the whole time. He sort of does it automatically, it feels like a really close and intimate gesture during a really hot heavy moment. It balances things out for him ig. He loves doing you against any wall or surface not usually meant for sex, the whole ‘tearing each other’s clothes off can’t wait to get to the bedroom’ energy really works for him. If there’s a surface he can push you against or get pushed on while you top him, believe it’s gonna happen. If he gets a burst of confidence, he will throw your legs over his shoulders to spice things up. It’s a somewhat rare occurrence, but you fucking love when it happens, so make sure he knows how much you enjoy it.

G = Goofy (Are they more serious in the moment, or are they humorous, etc)

If he was with anyone other than you, he would be very entertaining, but since he's with you, some of that humor is outshined by how good you make him feel. And how overwhelmingly into you he is. Plus, he has plenty of time when he’s not inside you to make you laugh, so there’s no rush. Even still, he’ll sometimes make you laugh without thinking, causing you to clamp down around him so fucking tight that all he can do is laugh out a gutteral moan. It’s a pretty rare sound to get out of him, and it’s music to your fucking ears. Humor is one of the main ways he communicates in general, so he’ll be moderately goofy - sometimes more depending on the mood. Somehow it doesn’t detract from any of the intensity or the experience. It actually makes it feel a lot more personal and intimate. It’s something really unique about him that you cherish a lot.

H = Hair (How well groomed are they, does the carpet match the drapes, etc.)

He honestly doesn’t think about it too much. He probably just keeps it reasonably trimmed and forgets about it. He’ll sometimes joke about shaving words or shapes into it, or “forcing perspective through the art of manscaping”. That one never fails to make you laugh.

As for facial hair, I feel like he can pull off some stubble, especially when he gets busy on projects, but he doesn’t seem like the full beard type. I feel like it’d get on his nerves too much. He can, however, totally pull off the Tony Stark look, especially when he gets a little older, too. It’s the only reason he’s even wanted facial hair since he was a kid, especially since Tony Stark is kind of a comfort character for him. We’re gonna get real ouchie here, so grab your tissues: when he was a kid before he came to camp, he thought Tony Stark might be his dad, and it was technically plausible because of the multiverse. It’s a very very sensitive thing, and he’s never told anyone about it. He doesn’t really naturally gravitate towards facial hair, but if he does, you’d better believe it’ll be the Iron Man beard.

I = Intimacy (How are they during the moment, romantic aspect…)

Okay we’re gonna get a little trauma spicey for a minute. He lost his mom when he was really young, and the vast majority of foster homes he was in weren’t hispanic, so the main ways he connects with his culture is through food, music, and when he can get a hold of them, telenovelas. He’s not totally fluent, but he picked up more spanish from watching them. He also learned a lot about romance.

When he falls for you, he’s literally the sexy sweep you off your feet love interest in a tv drama. All those telenovelas helped him develop amazing romance instincts, which obviously can translate to other areas. The thing is, he doesn’t think he’s super romantic or poetic. Usually, it’s just this overwhelming burst of love for you that’s so blinding he has to express it somehow. It’s always expressed very very romantically and sensually. Again, fantastically honed instincts. When you’re actually… in the middle of things, he somehow finds the perfect balance of goofy/cheeky/playful and sexy/seductive/walking wet dream. And here’s the fucking kicker - none of this is really intentional. He’s literally just like this.

J = Jack Off (Masturbation headcanon)

It would be a bit more often than average because he’s such a fuckin horndog, but because he lived with other people at camp for so long, and now that he’s with you, it’s not nearly as much. If you’re apart for any reason, and he’s thinking of you and really can’t wait for you to come home, hard yes. Pun intended. It’ll usually be in the shower, and he will also absolutely start sexting you to let you know he’s thinking of you. There’s a good chance one of you will forget you’re sexting and send some fucking meme, causing you both to be very horny and laughing a lot. I feel like that sums up your relationship well; very horny and laughing a lot.

Man, when he misses you, his brain will play a nonstop highlight reel of favorite hottest moments between you two. Before long he’ll be gripping the shower wall, his hands trying to replicate the feeling of yours around him. After a round - or more, depending on the day - his problem is mostly gone, but it really just makes him miss you more. His mind will really, really run rampant with ideas and daydreams and scenarios. Once you’re back together and you hear some of the stuff he’s been thinking about, you’re delighted to bring those daydreams to reality.

K = Kink (One or more of their kinks)

I covered this briefly but degradation and simultaneously praise???? The stark dichotomy between you calling him a good boy and your whore gives him just enough whiplash for it to be fun and exciting. It keeps him on his toes and very invested. Also, he will not object in any way if you wear cat ears. Or if you put cat ears on him. It started as a joke, but bro, I don't think it's a joke anymore. If you really want to blow his mind and his dick bite him a little. Like a little bit of strategic marking will go a long way. Also, sometimes hold both his wrists above his head, especially when you’re topping him, oh my god he will melt.

I’ve mentioned this already and there will be more on it later but fucking top him. Go feral for him. Bite him and grab at him and mutter dirty incoherent things. It makes him feel so wanted, and makes his junk spring into action. Oh god he lives for that feeling. You grabbed him by the collar once and he has chased that feeling ever fucking since.

L = Location (Favourite places to do the do)

Oh my god anywhere!!!!! Everywhere!!!!!! I mentioned before that he’s so into that whole rushed (in a good way) can’t wait to get your hands on each other energy, so any surface that’s not made for fucking is going to be ideal for fucking. Coffee table, against a wall, kitchen counter, kitchen floor, anywhere that’s good for a quickie turned much more extensive sesh is ideal for him. He also loves the theatrics of sweeping everything off a table and making out on it. Once he was showing you something in his studio and wanted to do that, but he had to move some of the equipment and the project he was working on, and it ended up very reminiscent of this scene from friends. He thinks there’s something really nice and domestic and romantic about fucking on the couch while the tv plays in the background, then cuddling and falling asleep after. That’s one of his favorite scenarios for how things play out between you two. He likes the idea of hooking up in the back seat of your car, but always feels a little awkward and clunky in practice. The thought is always followed with a cocky, “I guess we need some more practice, huh?” leaving both of you somehow redder than before.

M = Motivation (What turns them on, gets them going)

Any time he sees you fighting monsters, standing up for people you care about, or generally kicking ass, it makes him want you to peel his clothes off and suck hickies onto his neck. I touched on this briefly, but if you show a lot of leg, he’ll touch you not briefly. He’ll touch you a lot. Very enthusiastically. Very grabby. If you sit on his lap (which is always a good idea) and generally be extra touchy, I virtually guarantee it will end in very loving fluffy clingy sex. A lot of it if I'm being honest. If you ask him directly what his turn ons are he’ll deadass just look at you with this smirk and go “you :)” knowing exactly where this is going. And of course if you were to instigate some enthusiastic grabby making out, a little bump n grind, that will get him very excited very quickly. Not to mention sometimes he’ll be infodumping about a project he’s working on, and he realizes part way through that if you haven’t studied engineering it probably makes little to no sense. But instead of being confused you’re listening with rapt attention, excited cause he’s excited, so proud and happy and in love to see him being passionate and talking about his interests. That just hits him right in the heart and he starts making out with you on the spot. After that if he’s talking about something he’s working on and ends up going on a tangent, it’ll probably end up in making out. Which will probably end up in several other things.

N = NO (Something they wouldn’t do, turn offs)

Don’t be too aggressive with him. He’s very traumatized, so while he does love some grabbing/biting/scratching, don’t go much further than that. Also, don’t do any of that stuff just for kicks, make sure it’s an expression of your overwhelming love yk. He’s not into restraints that he couldn’t hypothetically get out of himself (again trauma). Besides that, he’s pretty open minded. If you do experiment or try something new, make sure you talk about it beforehand (but that goes for any relationship) and do lots of aftercare, especially cuddling and talking.

O = Oral (Preference in giving or receiving, skill, etc)

Before I began this one, I had to take a long slow sip of my coffee in preparation, and I recommend you do the same before you keep reading this.

I will tell you exactly how to make him a writing mess beneath you when you go down on him: rile him up by mouthing him through his boxers before you whip it out. Pop open his jeans and palm him while you make out. Immediately putty in your hands.

He’s equally matched on his love of giving and receiving, so it’s more a question of who instigates first yk. In terms of skill?? He’s off the fuckin charts. Remember the “everyone wants a guy who eats a lot” video from earlier??? Same vibe. He will throw your legs over his shoulder and go to fucking town. We’ve discussed his hands, we’ve discussed how long and agile his fingers are and how good he is with his hands in general, all of that carries over into this area as well. He won’t just have you seeing stars, you’ll be fuckin charting planets and other galaxies. We’ve talked about how much he loves your taste, we’ve talked about how hot he thinks it is when he has you writing in pleasure beneath him, good fucking luck getting him off you. He will go to town until you’re either out of time or orgasms.

P = Pace (Are they fast and rough? Slow and sensual? etc.)

It really depends on the circumstance, but whether it’s slow and fluffy or doing it on the nearest surface hard and fast and fiery, it will be the most lust filled sensual loving thing you’ve ever experienced.

Like some mornings it’s so soft and so fluffy and so domestic, grabbing at each other and kissing sleepily, morning light diffusing softly through the curtains as you slowly wake up every part of your bodies. Sometimes it’s when you’ve been slow dancing in the kitchen, a little wine drunk, sucking hickeys onto each other's necks and singing along to oldies, and next thing you know you’re tearing off each other’s clothes on the kitchen floor. Or maybe sometimes you haven’t seen each other for a couple days cause of business trips or something, or it’s just one of those days where as soon as you get your hands on each other it’s on, hard and hot and fast, never able to get enough.

But yeah it depends on the day. Or hour. But it’s always perfect - his instincts really are flawless.

Q = Quickie (Their opinions on quickies rather than proper sex, how often, etc.)

I’ve said this before about other ppl but deadass, “any time, any place,” - Leo Valdez probably. He doesn’t view quickies as a substitute for rearranging your guts, they’re an additional opportunity to. Literally, if there’s a chance to have any kind of closeness with you, sexual or not, he’ll take it. He loves feeling that bond with you, and given how touch starved he is, it’s especially nice.

That being said, he absolutely loves to see how much he can make you blush in a short amount of time, to see what kind of reactions you can get out of each other. It’s almost like a bonus timed level of a game you’ve gotten really really good at. One neither of you ever get tired of playing. He’s one thousand percent the type to cook dinner with you and be all cute and domestic, then as soon as it’s in the oven on a timer he’ll pull you close and go “you know what that leaves us enough time for…” in a way that already has you gushing and biting your lip. The only problem is pulling yourselves away from each other long enough to take dinner out when the timer goes off.

“While it’s cooling, we could always…” He’ll say, breath fanning your neck, arms around your waist. You’ll be lucky if you can get off each other in time to eat before your food gets cold.

R = Risk (Are they game to experiment, do they take risks, etc.)

He’s very open minded and pretty much down for anything (within reason) but will almost always prefer if you initiate new ideas. If you propose something or it’s something he knows is a good move he might surprise you with it - he probably will actually, he really likes doing that - but he gets much more hesitant instigating ideas. He’s not lacking inspiration, believe me, he never does when it comes to you. He’s never gotten this far in a relationship before, he’s never been in someone’s life this long or had someone in his life this long. As much as he wants to instigate more (and believe me, he does) it’ll take a while for him to build up that confidence. He’s still getting over the last part of the “if I mess up once I’ll get sent away” trauma. Just continue to be there for him. Gentle reassurance and consistency will go a long way.

S = Stamina (How many rounds can they go for, how long do they last…)

Hhhhhh…. Okay okay. Is it bad if I say you haven’t really discovered the limit yet?? Usually something will come up (pun intended) before you’re both wiped. You’re both a little curious to see how long you could go at it before you’d have to take a longer break. I’m not going to lie, a few days away, just the two of you, with no interruptions would probably be enough to wear you both out. As for how long, he can last a reasonable amount of time, especially considering the effect you have on him. Usually between his hands, mouth, and cock, you’ll be going at it for quite a while. But I want you to know that in spite of all that, you could make him cum in record time if you wanted to. You hold that ability in your hands like a little baby bird. Take pride in that.

T = Toy (Do they own toys? Do they use them? On a partner or themselves?)

He might have one or two, which were all but forgotten once you got together. Once you get to that point you’ll probably end up with a shared collection from surprising each other or going shopping together. Going to a sex shop together without joking and laughing so loud you get kicked out is quite the feat. Once when you were really bored you had a vibrator race that was absolutely hilarious and very entertaining. You’ll definitely throw some toys in the mix depending on the day, but don’t think he won’t still be using his hands to their full extent. And his mouth. And crotch. If there’s a period of time where you’re apart, either on business or quests or whatever else, he might break out some of his old tried and true friends when he really starts to miss you. But again, it’s no substitute for the real thing. Not in the slightest. So when you finally reconnect, it’ll be just the two of you, no guest appearances.

U = Unfair (how much they like to tease)

A lot. Like a lot a lot. But the infuriating part is that he can back up every claim he makes. He’ll rile you the hell up and then deliver. He’s the ceo of teasing. He’ll kiss your neck and feel you up while you’re on the phone, his fingers will trace up your hips and thighs and lower stomach while you’re cooking breakfast. You’ll feel him smirk when you let out a nervous giggle. “What, can’t I kiss my incredible sexy s/o?” Barely suppressing another flustered laugh, you’ll tell him he knows exactly what he’s doing. “Yeah, kissing my incredible sexy s/o…” He’ll dance with you, holding you close in a way that sometimes feels overwhelmingly wholesome, and other times feels like you’re practically undressing each other. Even just hanging out watching netflix or whatever, he’ll go from resting his head on your tummy to tracing shapes dangerously high up on the inside of your thighs.

And believe me, he expects you to reciprocate this teasing. It’s this fun game you have of who can fluster who more before you finally break the tension. Grind into him a little when he’s spooning you, or when he hands you coffee in the morning (can we just take a moment to think about shirtless Leo in sweatpants making you coffee in the morning I’m fucking foaming at the mouth) and you thank him with a kiss and grab his butt, you can feel him holding back an excited flustered giggle. It’s the best shit in the world. This can (and probably will honestly) escalate until you’re straddling him, grinding gently, lazily kissing his neck, a long forgotten pilot of some show playing in the background. His eyes will flutter shut and he’ll let out the softest moan, and you know you won. This time.

V = Volume (How loud they are, what sounds they make)

He’s loud and very very vocal. For his voice in general I don’t have a specific reference but I can imagine him singing these four songs (specifically the chorus of the second one), so that should give you a starting point. The noises you can draw out of this boy… god even he was surprised. He also talks a lot during sex which is really cute. It’s just sort of a stream of consciousness, like, right there, that feels so good, how are you so hot interspersed with moans. Also because of that, dirty talk comes really easily to him, like really easily. He’ll just be babbling out praise and moans and the most amazing noises you’ve ever heard in your life. He talks significantly less when his mouth is busy doing something else, like going down on you for instance. For real though, if you don’t think he’ll be moaning into your crotch, you’ve very incorrect.

W = Wild Card (Get a random headcanon for the character of your choice)

I’ve got a couple, so let’s start with the first one that comes to mind. Following the he talks a lot during sex which is incredibly cute, you can put your fingers in his mouth to slow that down a little. He doesn’t mind at all, he actually really likes it. I’m bringing this up again because I’ll never stop thinking about it; after sex, later when you have to get dressed, he’ll watch you while you get ready with the most tender lovestruck expression you’ve ever seen someone have. Watching you pull on your jeans and fix your hair, wiping of the long since smudged remains of your makeup if you were wearing any, getting to see you in your most organic state is one of his favorite things he's ever experienced. Also, surprising each other with sexy cosplays of whatever media you’re fixated on right now. You got hyperfixated on old fashioned rollercoasters for a brief period of time which lead to him making a bunch of “ride my wood” jokes. Still makes you laugh to this day.

X = X-Ray (Let’s see what’s going on in those pants, picture or words)

One more time for the boys in the back demigods have fucking schmeat/gorilla grips and Leo is no exception!!!! He's long and pretty thick, some well placed veins, and the exact right size and shape to hit all of your spots and fill you up perfectly. It’s just big enough to be a pleasant stretch you don’t get bored of. Not once in your entire life have you ever found better dick than him. But don't tell him that directly right away, it'll make him way way too flustered.

Y = Yearning (How high is their sex drive?)

Hella. Sky motherfucking high. He’s down to clown at any time. Literally. So many times you’ll go from dancing together and goofing off to pinning each other against the nearest wall. Seriously there’s not a day that goes by that he’s not thinking about you, how much he loves you… if that overwhelming love happens to express itself by sucking hickeys onto your neck and curling his fingers inside you, you won’t turn him down. You’ll reciprocate enthusiastically, actually. Seriously, I hope you’re ready to be really sore and really satisfied for a really long time, because I don’t think anyone with a horny Leo Valdez around them could be not horny for more than 15 seconds. The world record is 22. Don’t expect to beat it. Oh my god the way he’ll just look at you, not even like full bedroom eyes or anything (yet) but you just know the love he has for you in his heart. Sometimes it just hits you like a ton of bricks and you just pounce on him and start making out and you’re both just so happy and full of love. You both have exactly what you need, which is each other. You could both go on for days like that. And probably have before. And show no signs of stopping.

Z = ZZZ (… how quickly they fall asleep afterwards)

After a satisfying amount of cuddles when you’re both relaxed, he’ll fall asleep pretty quickly. You’re both obviously very tuckered out from the prior events, and there’s no better feeling in the world than curling up together after all that. You can worry about how sore you’ll be later, right now you both just want to focus on the feeling of your hands playing with his hair. It’s so soothing, he’ll be out in one of those really deep restorative sleeps before you know it, and you’ll be right on his heels. A part of him doesn’t want to fall asleep, cause he never wants this to end. He might try to put it off by talking with you and making you laugh. He knows it’s time to surrender to exhaustion when your blinks start getting slow and heavy, your speech slurred at the edges. He knows he probably seems just as tired, but he doesn’t want to give up quite yet. You’ll let out a yawn and he’ll press a kiss to your forehead or shoulder, whatever’s closest, and you’re both out like a light before you know it. You’re never really sure who falls asleep first, you’re just glad to wake up in each other’s arms.

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[gamerbearmira]

"Achoo!" The little fireball that came out made the sneeze a lot less cute than it would have been.

"Sorry Abuela." Mirabel sniffled as she looked at the small burn mark in the rug.

"It's alright Mirabel, I've been meaning to replace that carpet for a while." It was true she had been meaning to replace it she just kept getting distracted from doing so.

"I know! Come on little ones! How about we all go on a shopping trip! You can help me pick out a new carpet and some new sheets for your beds here!" Alma said and the three bomb girls and the little toad girl cheered at that.

"Boo!" Camilo however hadn't said anything but appeared suddenly on his Abuela's back and she chuckled and she pretended to be scared.

"Camilo! You have to be careful, you scared me! I thought you were a boo for a second there!" Not that any Boos aside from Pedro messed with the Koopa Queen but still.

"Yay! I managed to scare Abuela!" Camilo seemed thrilled at that. That's when there was a tiny weight on her leg. Looking down she saw Antonio latched onto her leg.

"Boo. Did I scare you Abuela?" Antonio asked innocently and Alma near melted.

"You sure did Tonito. You and your brother take too much after Pedro." Alma said and she knew he was there as she heard a light chuckle.

"You can say that when you don't have a little bomb and toad that can breath fire, and two other little bombs that are growing their shells in." Pedro said kissing her cheek as he stared at his granddaughters. Dolores and Mirabel who could both breath fire. Isabela who had a shell on her back that was starting to grow spikes and Luisa whose shell was just starting to come in.

Apparently most of the traits that skilled their three children were waking back up in their grandchildren.

Alma and Pedro were so proud.

THEM 💥💥💥💥💥💥💥🤲 I LOVE THEM SO MUCH

Pedro and Alma being the proudest and giving them all the love. My life is complete, I can ascend to the next plane now.

And you already KNOW Camilo and Antonio are going to just start appearing out of no where, just to scare their parents. It might not work on Alma or obviously Pedro, but it would def work on the others ☠️☠️

Have some drawings + Alma and Pedro because I haven’t drawn them much <3

OG AU by @canadasflowercrown <3

A request, huzzah 👊✨✨

✨You’ve got mail!✨

Anon asks:

“Hi there! I’m new here and I’ve read a lot of your post and I love snippet anon. If I’m allowed to make a request, can snippet anon do a Protective Alma snippet? I really like that AU a lot, Alma is one of my favorites (^*^)”

By the way, anyone new can send in asks y’all 😩 I love having more people join the party, it’s so nice to see so many of y’all so interested <3

[a-not-so-sure-artist]

After considering for a long time, I caved in today and decided to create more Twinsomnia OCs!

Lemme show ya how I made them :D

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This little kids’ name is Leon! He’s a 5 year old adopted kid who’s obsessed with anything and everything space related. Because he’s an orphan, he’s def got some of that mandatory secret traumatizing backstory that haunts him but I haven’t concluded what exactly. Yet 🙂

At first, I wanted him to have this toy space helmet that he wears 24/7 and have him have poofy hair that takes up space (pun intended) in there, but I wanted to try something else for fun, so I gave him braids instead because braids are cool 👍🏾 I also switched his little star onesie for an astronaut one ‘cause that’s what he wants to be when he grows up!

I played with his shape language a couple of times to see how unique I can make him look, however I got stuck so I’m ultimately going with the classic “tiny body big head” look and will hopefully redesign him more along the way.

(P.S: I know it says his name’s Louie on this drawing but I eventually switched it to Leon because it just. Fits him better 🤷🏾‍♀️)

This is Nicole! (For now…or not, I haven’t decided quite yet). She’s 12 years old and the older sibling of Leon, who’s adopted to her family, and uh…she’s pretty much your average stuck-up teen girl in children’s coming of age movies. ✨With a soft spot!✨

The first time I drew her (sketch on the right)—well, I liked it, but the way she turned out wasn’t what I was trying to go with. She looks 16-17 in this one, and I specifically wanted her to look a bit younger.

Designing her was kind of a hassle, especially because she either A) Didn’t look the exact age I wanted her to look in my eyes, and B) Her hair made her look like Megatron from the Transformers G1 series.

But EVENTUALLY, I came across a design that I absolutely ADORE! I just changed her hair a bit from straight to a lil curly and BAM! My favorite character of this trio <3

And now the Shadow Thing…I don’t really feel like posting my process for this thing because I despise it for existing and tormenting Leon and Nicole. And because I ran out of room to add more photos. The closest thing we can get to a design process of it is from my Twinsomnia detective “episode” post.

I didn’t plan on making it an actual OC at first, but I eventually came back to it when I needed a character interpretation for the fear of the dark. The Shadow Thing is basically similar to the Boogieman in the sense that it desires to feed off of children’s fears until they’re left traumatized. Yay. Fun.

Aaand to top this whole thing off, here’s some fun facts about these three! (mainly Nicole and Leon)

Nicole is Jamaican American (she has a Jamaican father and American mother) and Leon is African-American (The ethnicity of his past parents are unknown).

The Shadow Thing has similar shape-shifting abilities as the twins, except it can only take the form of anything scary.

Nicole has braces! And she hates it. She’ll attack anyone who reminds her that she does both physically and mentally. Even Leon.

The reason behind Leon’s left eye being hidden is because there’s a nasty scar on it. The eye already has a bandage over it, but he still hides it because he’s embarrassed by it :(

Speaking of eyes: Leon and Nicole originally were supposed to have each other’s eye shape, but I switched them up last minute!

Leon adore’s the twins. Nicole hates them. (I say hate but we all know she likes them deep down <3)

Nicole’s a complete phone addict and kiiiindaaa spoiled. She was having the time of her life being a pampered only child before her parents adopted Leon. Now she gotta learn to be humble >:(

Yeah, that’s pretty much it. Now Alex has more OC buddies!

[fortheloveofwonderland]

A Memory Locked In The Heart - Spencer Reid x fem! Reader

A/N - Requested by the lovely @overduelibrarybooks I hope this was the kind of thing you were looking for!

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My taglists are open and requests are open.

Requested: Yes l No

Request: "could u ever write a spencer reid x reader where reader def works for the cia but more as a translator who’s kinda forced into doing agenty things in order to gather intel and on a mandated break she finds out the UNSUB before the team does so she uses herself as bait, and shoots the guy all very badass fashion n then gets interrogated bc ms girl just shot him coldblood and halfway thru she recognizes spencer bc her mother and his mom lived in the same care facility??? idk sorry my mom has paranoid too so it just hits different but u don’t have to write this if u don’t want to i love ur writing <3"

CW: disclaimer: I know next to nothing about the CIA and what they investigate so please go easy on me here. This is all made up so hopefully it makes some kind of sense. Mentions of violence and sex work, schizophrenia, Alzheimer’s, some swears. Mentions of drug use and overdose. Spanish used towards the end is from Google Translate so I apologise if it isn’t completely accurate. Italics indicate flashbacks.

Plot: Eighteen years ago you met a boy named Spencer Reid whilst visiting your mother at Bennington Sanitorium. This time you are meeting under entirely different circumstances; across the table of an interrogation room.

WC: 5.3K

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How did I end up here?

That was a question you kept asking yourself as you rolled into your third hour of sitting in that cold, dimly lit interrogation room at the FBI headquarters in Quantico, Virginia.

Well you supposed you’d have to go back to the beginning to truly work that out.

The CIA and FBI joint task force for a country wide sex trafficking ring they believed to be operating out of DC.

When your team at the CIA had started investigating it was estimated that the ring had close to a hundred women who had been abducted and forced into the sex industry.

A lot of women were believed to have been taken trying to cross the border. Your job as a translator had involved spending a lot of time in Mexico, helping interview witnesses and family members who didn’t speak English.

The FBI involvement had come when women believed to have been part of the trafficking ring started turning up dead.

At last count they were up to twenty bodies. The Behavioural Analyst Unit had given their profile of the man they believed to be running the show.

White male in his mid to late forties. Bilingual. Possibly born in Mexico or an area surrounding the border but grew up in DC, they assumed based on his knowledge of the area. He’s attractive, charming and has a good level of education, he’d need to be able to charm the women into trusting him. He doesn’t have a full time job because he wouldn’t have time for one. All his time and focus goes on his girls. He was tech savvy, incredibly so, he’d have to be, to be able to set up the network on the dark web which enabled his customers to pay for his services.

It hadn’t been going well. Bodies kept dropping and the task force was no closer to catching the person responsible.

This went on for six months. Everyone was exhausted. You kept hitting brick wall after brick wall. It was demoralising.

Your boss had called for mandated time off. You’d all argued but she had been absolutely adamant. You’d all been working yourselves to the bone and she didn’t want you burnt out entirely.

You’d argued but your words had fallen on deaf ears.

“Can I get you a glass of water or something?”

The voice startled you out of your thoughts. You looked up to see the lanky, messy haired agent who called himself Doctor Reid, sticking his head through the door.

“Is coffee an option?”

He smiled brightly at you, a smile you swear you’ve seen before.

“Coffee is always an option.” He told you. “How do you take it?”

“Strong and black. Please.”

“I’ll be right back.”

With that the door closed leaving you to your thoughts once more.

There was something so familiar about the Doctor. His dark yet sparkling eyes, his awkward smile and the way he dressed. You couldn’t place it. But there was definitely something about him that stirred some memory buried deep in your brain. You just weren’t sure what it was.

He returned a few minutes later, bringing your coffee into the room and placing it on the table in front of you.

“Hopefully you won’t be stuck here too much longer. It’s just standard procedure.” he spoke sweetly, his voice stirring the hidden memory.

“Yeah I know. I get it.” you sighed as you spoke, wrapping your hands around the coffee. “Thank you for this.”

“You’re welcome.” he smiled before he started backing out of the room. You wished you could ask him to stay because you felt so much more at ease with him around. But you knew you couldn’t.

He turned to you in the doorway.

“You look cold in that.” He smiled a little sadly at you.

You’d forgotten about your outfit choice. No self respecting CIA agent dressed like you were right now.

“I guess I am a little.” You shrugged.

Spencer instantly shrugged his blazer off of his shoulders and laid it in front of you on the table.

“Thank you Doctor Reid.” you spoke again before he disappeared out the door.

“Goodbye Agent Y/L/N.”

The door closed, his voice reverberating in your ears, dragging you into a long forgotten memory.

As you slipped his jacket on, your eyes fluttered closed, his scent wafting up your nose.

“Nice to meet you. I’m Spencer. Spencer Reid.”

“Y/N. Y/N Y/L/N.”

Your eyes shot back open, a frown on your face.

“Spencer?” you muttered under your breath. “Spencer Reid.”

Where had you pulled that name from? And why did it feel oddly connected to Vegas?

You tried to push the thought away, you already had enough on your mind. There were much more pressing things to deal with than a vague memory from your hometown an undetermined amount of time ago.

***

You’d been instructed to switch off. Your time off should be used to recoup, relax and not to think about the case.

Easier said than done you thought.

Before you’d left the office on your mandated leave you’d taken photocopies of some files and slipped them into your bag. You knew you’d be in trouble if you were caught but you couldn’t help yourself. You wouldn’t be able to relax with this case still open.

As far as you were aware the BAU was still working on it but it provided you little comfort. In your time with the CIA you’d never gotten to be involved so heavily in a case. Your skills were mostly utilised in interview capacities and then you were sidelined.

You’d never had the privilege to work on a joint task force or investigate a crime so brutal.

You felt personally invested in this case. You thought if you could just find that one missing puzzle piece you could crack this case wide open.

And then you’d found it. The golden ticket. The smoking gun. The missing piece.

It had taken five days of your leave and copious amounts of coffee but you’d connected the dots no one else had.

You knew how to draw the unsub out. And you were going to do it tonight.

***

“Let’s start again from the beginning shall we?” Agent Rossi linked his fingers together on top of the table as he looked across at you, still slowly sipping your coffee.

“Oh goody.” You sighed. “Could Agent Jareau not fill you in what I’ve already told her?”

“Humour me.” The old man shrugged.

You didn’t have any ill will against him. Far from it. You were actually a big fan of David Rossi. But you were sick and tired of being treated like a criminal.

“Tell me how you managed to work out how to find him.”

You took another long sip of the coffee.

“All the pieces were there, they just hadn’t been put into place.”

“And how did you piece them together?”

“There was a pattern to where the women had been last seen. It was a guess more than anything. A lucky guess.”

“And the pattern was?”

You sighed in frustration.

“As I told agent Jareau,” you sipped your coffee. “The bars they were last seen in all had ties to Mexico. I’m not a native to DC but I know the area like the back of my hand. They were all either Mexican owned, had a Mexican name or were previously establishments such as Mexican restaurants. I made an educated guess that he frequented places such as these looking for his targets. I just got lucky I picked the right one.”

***

You felt incredibly exposed, but you supposed that was the point.

If you were going to get this guy's attention, you had to do this right.

It was a long shot. Just because Western’s bar was known for its famous tacos did not mean it would be the place he chose to pick up girls.

You just had to hope.

You wore a skimpy skirt that barely covered your ass, knee high boots and a crop top that accentuated your assets.

Your firearm was hidden in your left boot.

Your outfit garnered a lot of looks as you headed through Westerns towards the bar.

You felt men’s eyes on you from every angle, making you feel extremely self conscious. But you needed to keep your cool, exude confidence.

If your guy was here he needed to see you shine.

You ordered a soda to keep your head clear and sat at a table over the far side of the bar. From there you had a good view of the entrance and most of the room. And more importantly, the room had a view of you.

Three hours you sat there nursing your soda. It was a huge stab in the dark, you weren’t really surprised.

You finished your drink and headed out onto the cool DC street.

You made it five steps before you felt a presence behind you.

Just as you were about to turn, something covered your mouth.

You struggled against a pair of strong arms.

A smell wafted up your nose seconds before you lost consciousness.

Chloroform.

***

“Why didn’t you tell your unit chief before you went in?”

“Because I thought it was a long shot.” And because she would have been furious I was working the case.

“So you chose to use yourself as bait?”

“Yes.” You shrugged nonchalantly.

“Do you know how dangerous that could have been?” Rossi raised an eyebrow at you.

You had to refrain from rolling your eyes.

“Yes agent Rossi, I’m well aware. But I had a lead and I wasn’t going to ignore it.” You pulled Doctor Reid’s jacket tighter around your scantily clad body.

You caught his scent again. Coffee. Old books. A hint of peppermint.

Another long shut off memory wormed it’s way to the surface.

“So are you here visiting someone?”

“Yeah.” You smiled sadly. “My mom.”

“Oh.” He returned your sad smile. “Me too.”

“Agent Y/L/N?”

You were brought back by Rossi’s concerned voice.

“Hmm?”

“I said, what happened next? You were chloroformed and then what?”

You shook your head, your mind clouded.

“Can we take a break? I could really use some air.”

Rossi sighed with a small nod.

He stood from his chair and motioned you to follow him.

You got some odd looks from his fellow agents as he led you to the elevators. They all recognised what you were wearing as Spencer’s jacket.

You followed Rossi into the elevator and he pressed the button for the ground floor.

“Agent Rossi, can I ask you a strange question?” You asked as the doors closed.

He gave you a curious look.

“I suppose.”

“Doctor Reid. As in Spencer Reid?”

“The one and only.” Rossi frowned unsure what you were getting at.

“Where is he from?”

Rossi’s frown deepened, not sure he should tell you such things about his team. But you were an agent and you didn’t pose a threat to the team.

“Vegas I believe.”

Vegas. Of course.

“Ok.”

“Why do you want to know?”

“I don’t know.” You chewed your lip. “I think I might have known him.”

“Oh?”

You wished you hadn’t opened your mouth. This was not the time or place.

“I’m probably wrong. Just forget I said anything.”

The elevator came to a stop and the doors opened. As you stepped out you pulled Spencer’s collar to your nose and sniffed it.

No you weren’t wrong.

***

Las Vegas, Nevada - 1999

“Hi again.” You smiled at the lanky man, Spencer you’d met a few days ago. “How’s your mom?”

“Still angry at me.” He shoved his hands in his pockets and stubbed the toe of his shoe on the floor.

“She came in recently?”

“Yeah a few months ago. I turned eighteen and I was able to have her put into care.” He blanched, clearly feeling guilty for his decision.

“Do you want to grab a coffee?”

“Uhm sure.” He shrugged.

He followed you through to the day room. It was late and there were only a few patients inside and a few nurses milling around.

You got two cups of coffee from the machine and the two of you sat at a table together.

“Do you mind me asking what’s wrong with your mom?” You dared as you slid him the drink.

He sighed heavily, gnawing on his bottom lip as though his life depended on it.

“She’s a paranoid schizophrenic.” He spoke clinically, words he’d had to say too many times in his life. It was as though he’d distanced himself from it. Like he was giving a patient a diagnosis rather than talking about his own mother.

“Mine too.” You gave him a wry smile. You had something in common, just not something you would like to have in common.

“How long has your mom been here?”

“Three years. She got really bad and my dad couldn’t take care of her anymore. She’s been doing much better since she moved in here.”

“That’s good.” Spencer nodded. “I hope my mom realises I did this for her. For her well being. At the moment she’s just so...angry.”

You reached across the table and placed your hand on top of his. He seemed a little startled by the physical touch but you didn’t move your hand.

“This is the best place for her. I assume from what you said earlier your dad isn’t in the picture?”

He used his free hand to sip his coffee with a sad shake of his head.

“He left when I was ten. He couldn’t handle mom's illness.”

You gave his hand a small squeeze.

“I can’t imagine what it was like for you to have to look after her by yourself. It was hard enough with my dad there. Really makes you grow up fast.”

“It really does.” He agreed. “I’m not sure I ever got to be a kid.”

“I know that feeling.”

After that you spent hours chatting about anything and everything until way into the night. It wasn’t until a nurse came and asked you politely to leave that you realised how late it was.

“I’ll probably see you around?” You spoke as you stepped outside together.

“Maybe. In a few weeks I’m heading out of state. I’m working on a PhD.” He didn’t want to tell you it was actually his second PhD.

“Oh. Ok.” You tried to hide the disappointment from your voice.

Despite the circumstances you’d enjoyed talking to someone like minded, someone who understood. You didn’t have anyone else your own age you could talk to about this kind of thing.

“Maybe we could exchange numbers?” You blushed a little.

“I don’t have a cellphone.” He shrugged.

“Oh.”

“It’s not an excuse.” He sensed you didn’t believe him. “I’m not so into technology. I don’t even have email.”

Normally you would have thought it was just a bad excuse to get out of seeing you again but the look on Spencer’s face told you he was being genuine.

“Ok.” You gave him a shy smile. “Well maybe I’ll see you again before you leave.”

“I hope so.” His eyes sparkled as he looked at you on the dark street.

There was an air between you, some kind of thick tension but you didn’t know what it meant.

“If I don’t see you again,” you spoke trying to ignore whatever it was. “It was really good to meet you and I hope your mom gets used to the facility.”

“You too.” He smiled so genuinely at you, it made your heart skip a beat.

And then you went your separate ways.

***

“Ok, so what happened next?” Rossi wasted no time once you were back in the interrogation room.

“Well I blacked out after I was chloroformed so excuse me if I don’t remember.” You gave him a sarcastic smile.

“What’s the next thing you do remember?” He reworded his question.

“I woke up in a large basement. It was gritty and dingy. And there were other women there too.”

“How many?”

“At least twenty.” You sighed letting your mind travel back to the basement you never wanted to go back to. Not even in your mind.

***

You woke with a start, your head pounding. You gasped for air as though you’d been drowning.

You blinked your eyes trying to adjust to the dark room you found yourself in.

It was cold and damp and you could hear a pipe dripping in the distance.

You tried to roll over but your arm wouldn’t budge. You were met by a loud clanking sound when you tried.

You tugged your arm, hearing the same sound and being met with a sharp pain in your wrist.

“Good luck.” A woman’s voice scoffed. “They don’t come loose.”

You blinked a few more times, looking over to your left arm. There was a heavy metal cuff right around your wrist that was attached to a metal bed frame.

That’s when you realised you were laying on a small cot on top of a ratty, itchy blanket. You were still dressed, thank god.

You suddenly remembered your firearm concealed in your boot. You patted your left calf and sure enough you felt the hard weapon still inside.

That was something at least.

Oversight on their part.

You remembered the voice you’d heard before and turned as much as you could with your arm cuffed to take in the rest of the room.

There were at least forty other cots close together lining the walls, with at least half of them containing the body of other women.

The voice you’d heard belonged to a woman in the cot next to you. She gave you a smile but it didn’t reach her eyes.

Her eyes were broken.

“Hi,” you croaked. “I’m Y/N.”

“Delilah.” Her accent was Spanish. You were sure Delilah wasn’t her real name either.

“How long have you been here?”

She sighed, playing with a strand of curly black hair.

“What month is it?”

“September.”

“Oh.” She frowned. “Not that long then. I’ve been here since July.” She looked confused as though that couldn’t be long enough.

“Delilah?” You narrowed your eyes on her. “What year do you think it is?”

“2018…” she saw your face drop and knew instantly it was no longer 2018.

“Oh gosh.” You felt for her, tears welling in your eyes. “It’s 2020.”

“Oh.” Her face fell. “Wow.”

“It’s ok.” You lowered your voice. “I’m CIA. I’m going to get us out of here. I promise I’ll keep you safe.”

***

“Delilah.” Rossi opened the file in front of him. “Was that Roberta Suez?”

He pulled out a photograph and slid it across the table. You averted your gaze.

“Yes and please I don’t need to see it, I was there.”

“How did she end up in hospital fighting for her life?”

“You know how.” You huffed. “Look I’m starting to get fed up with this now.” You folded your arms. “Carlos Ramirez was a sick son of a bitch. If I hadn’t done what I did he would have killed all those women. I don’t regret what I did.”

“How did she end up in hospital?” He repeated.

“Good lord.” You grumbled. “I’ll talk but I don’t want to talk to you.”

Rossi narrowed his eyes on you.

“No? But I’m so compassionate.” He spoke sarcastically.

“I won’t say another word unless it’s to Reid.” You looked up to the two way mirror. You didn’t know why but you had a feeling he was there.

Sure enough it was barely twenty seconds before the door opened and Doctor Reid himself stepped in the room.

“I got this Rossi.” Spencer told the older man who stood up with a shrug.

Rossi left the room while Spencer took the seat he’d been occupying.

Did he remember you? It had been close to twenty years since you’d last seen each other. Had it not been for the olfactory memory that struck you when you put on his jacket you might never have remembered him.

But you knew the rest of his team was behind the two way glass, or at least some of them were so it didn’t seem an appropriate time to ask such things.

“So agent Y/L/N,” he smiled softly at you. “Can you please tell me how Delilah ended up in hospital?”

“You already know the answer to that Doctor but since you asked so nicely,” you leant your elbows on the table, entwined your fingers and rested your chin the little bridge you’d created. “She had a drug overdose. But you and I both know it wasn’t her who administered the drugs.”

“And who did?”

“I did.”

Your words hung in the air between you and Spencer. He knew the answer, the whole team did. You’d already told Agent Jareau everything.

This was a huge waste of time.

“I administered the drugs because he told me if I didn’t he would kill me. I needed to stay alive so I could save those women.”

“Who said he would kill you?”

“I don’t know his name.”

“It wasn’t Ramirez?”

“No.” You shook your head. “If it was Ramirez I would have shot him. But it must have been one of his right hand men.”

“How would you know that? You’d never met Ramirez correct?” Spencer had a soft tone to his voice which made his line of questioning easier than Agent Jareau’s.

“I’m not a profiler but I’ve been to enough seminars over the years. He didn’t fit the bill. He was young, scatty, he didn’t strike as much fear into the other women as I thought the boss would. I made an educated guess and I was right. If I’d shot at him I would have blown my chance at getting Ramirez.”

***

“Shit shit shit!” You pulled yourself as close to Delilah’s cot as possible with your restraint. “Delilah, keep breathing, try to breath. Fuck I am sorry.”

Tears rolled down your cheeks, the empty needle you’d been made to inject in her vein between your cots on the floor.

He’d held a gun to your head and said he would shoot you if you didn’t do it. You didn’t think he was bluffing.

“It happens a lot.” A woman opposite spoke up. “You’ll soon find out. If she wakes up she’ll have the pleasure of returning the favour.” She gave you an almost manic grin.

If she wakes up. It was the if you were having the issue with.

“Who’s in charge around here?”

She shrugged.

“Don’t know his name. Big guy. Tattoos. Mustache. You can’t miss him.”

“Does he come down here often?”

Again she shrugged.

“Being down here you have a way of losing track of time.” She clicked her tongue. “But he’ll be here for you later. He has to test his new girls.”

Your blood ran cold.

“Test?” You swallowed, pretty sure you knew what she meant.

“He can’t very well expect you to make him money if he doesn’t know how good you are.”

Oh god.

Your heartbeat raced. No, it was not going to come to that. You were a CIA agent and you were armed.

It was not going to come to that.

***

Spencer’s face paled a little at your words. You hadn’t told Agent Jareau that part.

“He was going to...he didn’t…”

“No.” You cut him off, pushing the memory back down. “I had a gun, remember.”

You offered him a wry smile.

“So you know what comes next.”

“I’d like you to tell me.”

The way he said it was more like he was a therapist than an FBI agent. As though he wanted you to tell him so you could get it off your chest, unburden yourself, rather than for interrogation purposes.

“Ok.” You nodded. “He came for me later that night. And that’s when it happened.”

***

“Ahh look at you.”

A deep, Spanish voice woke you.

Your eyes fluttered open and landed on a strong, tattooed man with a mustache standing over your cot.

This must be him.

“Tan hermosa.”

So beautiful.

You tried not to shudder.

You sat up wiggling your legs in your boots to make sure you could still feel your firearm. You could.

“Su nombre es Rosa.”

Your name is Rosa.

Guess again.

“Su nombre es Y/N.”

“Tú hablas español?”

You speak Spanish?

“Si.”

“Eres perfecta.” He grinned menacingly. “My clients will love you.”

He reached in his pocket and fished out a key chain. He reached over you and unlocked your cuff.

You rolled your wrist to try and get your blood circulating again.

“On your feet.”

You complied and stood up. Your legs were shaky.

He grasped your wrist, hard enough so you couldn’t wriggle free but not hard enough to leave a mark. He started dragging you across the room.

With his free hand he undid the four locks on the large steel door and pulled your through it. Once on the other side he took care to lock them all again, keeping a firm grasp on you the whole time.

You were dragged down a long, narrow corridor towards another steel door, this one with just one lock on.

He slid the key in and opened it, pulled you inside and locked it behind him.

The room was much smaller than the one you’d been held in and only housed a single cot.

He licked his lip as he looked at you. His large, thick fingers stroked your cheek and you had to try and hide your disgust.

“En la cama. Ahora.”

On the bed. Now.

You had to pick the opportune moment. You had to plan this just right. You had no doubt he had a gun on him so if you faltered even slightly, he would kill you.

“Qué tal esto.”

How about this.

You made a show of licking your lips and then dropping to your knees in front of him.

“Whoa, feisty. I like it.” He grinned, his meaty hands going to his belt buckle.

Yes. Right where you wanted him.

While he was fumbling with his belt, you reached your hand back into your left boot, drawing your gun in one swift move.

You head butted him in the crotch, sending him stumbling backwards, crying out in pain.

“Mierda!” Shit. “Usted puta!”

You whore!

You were on your feet in a second, your gun trained on him.

“You will never hurt another woman again.” You spat, furious tears suddenly streaming from your eyes.

He looked up at you, his mouth opened to speak.

But the words didn’t come out as your bullet hit him between the eyes.

“Who’s the puta now?”

***

“I would say,” Spencer chewed his lip. “You did what you had to do to survive.”

You breathed a sigh of relief.

Thank god.

“Thank you.” You smiled softly. “And I did. If I hadn’t shot him, who knows how many other women would have died.”

Spencer pushed his chair back and stood up.

“Just so you know, we got word from the hospital a little while ago. Roberta Suez, Delilah, is going to be just fine.”

“Oh thank god.” You felt tears brimming your eyes.

He opened the door and turned back to you.

“Are you coming?”

“I can leave?”

“You were never under arrest.” He smirked at you.

You couldn’t help but laugh.

You got up from the chair and Spencer motioned you out of the room.

“I’ll walk you out.” He showed you across the bullpen towards the elevators. There was an awkward air between the two of you.

Did you say anything? It didn’t seem as though he remembered you, was it worth reminding him?

He motioned you into the elevator first and he followed, pressing the button.

The elevator started its descent.

Time was running out.

“So uhm…” Spencer turned to you and turned too. “How’s your mom?”

A smile broke out on your features.

“I didn’t think you remembered me.”

“Are you kidding?” He laughed. “I recognised you the second you walked in.”

“It’s been twenty years.” You laughed.

“Eighteen years, seven months.” He corrected you. “But I could never forget your face.”

You blushed a little, averting your gaze.

“My moms doing ok. Thanks for asking. How’s your mom?” You looked back at him.

“Recently diagnosed with Alzheimer’s.” He told you sadly.

“Oh gosh I’m so sorry.”

“It’s ok. These things happen.” He shrugged. “Made it to thirty without having a schizophrenic break but now I have to wait until I’m older to find out if I’ll develop Alzheimer’s.”

The doors to the elevator opened and you stepped out, Spencer close behind.

“I really am sorry Spencer.”

“It’s ok.” He shrugged. “Is your mom still at Bennington? I used to see her when I went to visit my mom but I moved her out a little while ago.”

“Yeah she’s still there. She likes being close to my dad.”

You both hovered by the exit, not ready to say goodbye.

“Can I take you for coffee? If you don’t have anywhere else to be.” Spencer blushed as he spoke.

“I’d like that. A lot actually. But I’d really like to shower and change out of this getup.” You laughed. “How about dinner?”

“Dinner sounds perfect.” He grinned at you.

You gave him a smile and turned to leave but before you made it to the door Spencer spoke again.

“Y/N,” he called your name, his voice cracking a little. “You uh...you forgot something.”

You turned to face him curiously.

He walked closer to you and without a second thought, placed his hands on your face and kissed you.

For a second you stood frozen, in shock of what was going on.

But after a few moments you wrapped your arms around his neck and opened your mouth to deepen the kiss.

When the kiss ended you were both smiling at one another.

“What was that for?” You asked softly.

“Oh you know…” he shrugged with a coy smile. “Just something that needed to be done.”

“I’ll meet you back here in a few hours.” You told him, touching his chest briefly.

“Ok.”

“Bye Spencer Reid.”

“Bye Y/N Y/L/N.” He croaked.

And with that you sauntered out the doors but not out of his life.

***

Las Vegas, Nevada - 1999

“Spencer?” You’d only made it a few paces away from Bennington before you stopped in your tracks, calling his name. “You uh...you forgot something.”

He turned to face you curiously.

You walked closer to him and without a second thought, placed your hands on his face and kissed him.

He stood frozen, in shock of what was going on.

It was just a brief kiss, Spencer was too confused to do anything but stand there dumbly.

“Wh-what was that for?” He swallowed.

“Just something that needed to be done.” You smiled. “Bye Spencer Reid.”

“Bye Y/N Y/L/N.”

And with that you sauntered back down the street, hoping that one day, the universe would lead you back into each other’s lives.

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can you tell me more about NicoJack. Both first overall picks with the weight of the world on them

okay hello sorry for the delay in answering this but i uhhh have poor time management and a tendency to bite off more than i can chew so i have been writing like 15k worth of fics for two difference exchanges since you sent this so i have been uhhhh a lil busy but okay yes nicojack

i'm not sure quite what you're asking here so i'm gonna give some context for them both in case you don't know and then just kind of deep dive into vibes/my thoughts, and you can feel free to come back if you need me to clarify/expand on anything, okay?

nico went first overall in 2017, and is the first swiss player to do so. prior to that he played for SC Bern and for the national team for various tournaments (he played with his older brother Luca who currently plays for SC Biel and with siegs who the devs traded for last season. they're roommates again this season, as far as i can tell) He also did a year in the qmjhl playing for the moosehead and did really well there. he got the a that he split with palms right around his 21st birthday and in his season debut last year they gave him the c

and for jack i'm pulling directly from my jackty primer mostly but jack hughes is the second of the three hughes brothers-his older brother quinn plays defense on the canucks and his younger brother luke isa freshman at umich and a devs prospect. their mom, ellen, also played for team usa and i’m in love with her. he went the usntdp route and broke some records there  before going first overall to the Devils in 2019.

you can read more about them / the team here in this devs primer i helped make though the other two involved def did pretty much all of the work lmao

but anyway. the vibes.

i'm not the first one to point out that the devils core at the end of last season had some major parallels to the pens when they really started their rebuild with who they talked about as their core (nico and jack as 1c and 2c like sid and geno, ty's a dman like tanger, and obvious mac comes into play like flower as the goalie) and i really cannot help but draw parallels to sidgeno and the early hrpf pairings in the dynamic we see for nicojack

they're two young first over alls (the only two in the devils history!) and the team is uh. Bad. we had three cups (95, 00, 03) and made the finals in 2012 where we lost. we've made the playoffs one since then, in nico's rookie season. they're literally meant to save the franchise, because we've been bottom of the league pretty much every season for the last decade, which is approximately when i got into the devs. my bad, you guys.

so they share that weight, and they have that really unique experience of having the weight of jersey on them-and i mean, nico had taylor hall is first few seasons to help him deal with the wait of being a first overall on a struggling team (rip hallsy he's not dead he's just a bruin) and nico had a captain in andy greene and a shit ton of veterans and a lot of really good players on the ice to fallback on, but jack got fucked over during his rookie season. no captain, the goalie he was living with got sent down, hallsy got traded, and it was uh. one of our worst seasons yet

jack's talked about nico and having him to talk to about it when he was a rookie, but it's a really interesting dynamic, right? because for all nico's second season was kind of a shitshow, i think a lot of the anger was more focused on the vets/hallsy and not directed at him. jack got called a draft bust pretty regularly through last season, and he's currently a point per game so. fuck them and fuck the nico haters because they're full of shit

back to my point: jack got a lot of shit his rookie season and nico was also growing into his leadership role-you see it more so after the hallsy trade, and you see it with him getting the a, and how he talked to the media. they've both got this incredible weight on them (the mortifying ordeal of being the face of the new jersey devils) but they've got each other to rely on.

jack said it best in this lil video: he went first overall as well. not many guys have the same path in terms of picks and playing on the same teams, leading up the nhl, you know, so. it’s been fun to become really good buddies with him and have his experiences and be a similar age with him.

unlike my jackty primer I don't have a billion links to every single time they talked about each other because my brain took one link at ty smith and has never let me have a moment of peace since, but i do have some fun odds and ends and i did do some crowdsourcing in my devs rpf server, so if i find anything else i'll reblog this and add more

-they were road roomies jack's rookie season and i believe it's in this podcast that jack talks about them just both taking four hour naps before games

-this photo of them from jack's rookie season

-this fun quote from the covid break last year because jack's really good at keeping tabs on his teammates

-this quote from last season a little before they started pretty much being the 1c/2c (and now they ARE and i'm EMOTIONAL)

-this quote from the start of this season and about zajac retiring that makes me lose my fucking mind

-this pic of them at a team bonding football game during the preseason

-still look sexy schao

-this hug from the win against edmonton the other night

-nico calling jack a star tonight

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-Amortentia- Blaise Zabini x Female Reader

   ☼-☪-☼

   Kody: BLAISEEEEEEE DADDY- im sorry. yeah yeah i’m changing the canonical storyline- cry about it. I’m also fully aware  Amortentia does not work like this lmao. 

   Request: you can make the summary short and less revealing for more fun hehe. Also it's totally up to you, dear! Only if you feel comfortable with it and no pressure! I hope you had a great weekend and drink more water ily <3 - 💐

   House: Hufflepuff

   Possible Triggers / Warnings: Slight slut shaming in the beginning, Draco being a little shit, 

   ☼-☪-☼

   you had been alone most of your life with your parents being on constant business trips from the ministry that would last for months on end. You were practically raised by your nanny, but she couldn’t teach you everything. You became socially awkward.

   you never had any friends back at home which meant you had no experience  communicating with people your age. You were walking awkwardness basically. It came at no surprise when you were sorted into Hufflepuff, even though both your parents were Slytherins- they weren’t disappointed in you though.

   you had just managed to scramble by through your first four years of school. Four long years without any friends, but you didn’t mind. You could get by just by yourself. You were a strong independent woman and knew how to get yourself out of sticky situations. 

   unless it was stuck up Hufflepuff’s- then you were screwed 

   one fine day in your fourth year you were heading to the quidditch field so you could go watch the game. Slytherin against Hufflepuff. They were both tied at two wins against each other so you were eager to see who would win. You wore a brown buttoned sweater with a nice pear of tan overalls. 

   the fallen leaves under your foot made a satisfying crack noise as you walked along the field. The cheers and other various sounds of students were definitely drawing nearer. You popped another flavour bean into your mouth when a harsh push came to your shoulder, causing the box of flavour beans to fall.

   you watched as they spilled out onto the grass with a look of solemn in your eyes “Dang- that was my last box” you mumble before a couple of snickers were heard in front of you. You look up to see three students wearing their regular Hufflepuff robes with there own casual clothes underneath.

   “Drop something?” one asked. A girl with light brown bobbed hair and green eyes spoke. You nod once “Uh yeah, just my flavour beans. I- uh i can just buy new ones” you spoke, already starting to clam up “Your a hufflepuff aren’t you? Why aren’t you wearing yellow?” the girl asked somewhat accusingly. 

   alert alert. Confrontation detected. Activate escape protocol 17B

   you didn’t answer and went to walk past them when another one of the three, a blond boy with blue eyes pushed you back to where you were standing. Shit. You fold your arms over your chest, looking at the ground “Your one of those Slytherin groupies are you, a house traitor?” the brown haired girl accused. 

   you opened your mouth to speak, but nothing came out. This made the two Hufflepuffs more annoyed “What? Cant speak? Let me guess, your like those Draco fangirls. Sweetie. Your def not pretty enough for him” she adds, making the boy aside her laugh. 

   did she just say def? Have you ever even talked to Draco Malfoy? Not the time to be thinking about that. “I uh-” before you could speak anymore the girl held up her hand “Don’t even try to defend yourself, Slut” you went wide eyed. No one has ever been so nasty to you.

   “I’ve never seen two Hufflepuffs go at one of their own, before” a girls laugh came from behind you. She had black shoulder length hair and bangs with brown eyes. Pansy Parkinson. In front of her was two boys dressed in Slytherin Quidditch uniforms. 

   You quickly identify the platinum blond boy with pale skin as Draco Malfoy. The hair was always a dead give away and the other boy was slightly taller then him with dark skin. He was very handsome for a boy your age. What was his name again? Oh! Blaise- Blaise Zabini. 

   “For Hufflepuff’s you two are quite nasty” Draco spoke, a grin playing on his lips. The boy Hufflepuff rolled his eyes “Yeah whatever Malfoy, what’re you going to do. Tell your father?” that struck a nerve in the young Malfoy as he went to lunge at them until Blaise put a arm out, blocking Draco.

   “Now, Now. Let’s not get physical. You see, me and my fellow housemates overheard your very deplorable conversation with this what seems like sweet girl. Honestly, how can you bully someone who can’t even get a word in?” Blaise spoke in such a proper way that you almost couldn’t tell he was insulting them.

   the girl and boy were silent as he spoke for a while until the girl spoke up once more “Oh so she’s one of your play things, Zabini?” she questions with a smug look. Blaise’s neutral expression switched into a disgusted one “I don’t have play things. I actually have respect for other woman”

   Blaise didn’t let them get another word in before he stepped in front of you “Are you alright? They didn’t hurt you did they?” he asked, using his hand to lift your chin and inspect your face. Touching- “No” you say in a meek voice. He nods once with a small smile “Good, now let’s go”

   you tilt your head sto side. Go? “Um- go where?” you ask. Blaise gestures towards the quidditch field “The game of course. Me and Malfoy here have to get ready and you and Pansy will meet Theo in the Slytherin bleachers to watch the game of course.” as he spoke, Pansy skipped to your side, linking arms.

   “Yeah! We can watch them make fools of themselves. Now lets go new friend!” Pansy said excitedly before practically dragged you towards the bleachers, leaving Draco and Blaise alone. The young Malfoy turned towards Blaise with a puzzled look “Since when did you involve yourself with Hufflepuffs?”

   Blaise rolled his eyes before walking off, not answering his housemate

    ☼-☪-☼

   7th year

   after that day you became part of Blaise’s friend group. He’d talk to you as much as he talked to Theo, Pans, or Draco. Ask you how your day was, invite you to sit with him at lunch and even sneak you into the Slytherin house at times. 

   some people found it strange. A slytherin spending so much time with a Hufflepuff, but as stated Blaise didn’t care much of opinions hat didn’t come from his friends, but all his friends adored you. Case closed. It was around the end of sixth year is when your feelings changed from platonic to romantic.

   you no longer saw him as your best friend that saved you from a bunch of nasty Hufflepuff’s all those years ago. You now saw him as someone you wanted to be with, all the time. To hold his hand, have him hold you, for him to just call you his. You fell hard. 

   but there was this fear, this fear that it would ruin everything you had with him. It was too great a risk, so like any normal person. You kept quiet as mouse and refused to let anyone know your feelings. Except for Pansy of course, but she found out on her own. Then told Draco, who told Theo.

   everyone knew except Blaise actually

   it was lunch and the Slytherins were waiting for you to arrive, Draco cleared his throat, getting the attention of the rest of them “I have a terribly good idea” he says, making Blaise look at him curiously “And that is?” he asked, leaning in to here what his housemate had to say. 

   Draco reaches into robe and pulls out a pink heart shaped bottle. “What in the hell? Why do you have a love potion?” Pansy asked with a amused chuckle. “Well- Y/n confessed to me that she had a crush on someone, but was too afraid to tell them. So i’m going to slip this into her drink to move her along”

   Pansy and Theo both look at each other knowingly. They know full well that little ferret was lying. Y/n told Pansy first. What was he playing at? “That is so wrong on so many levels, Malfoy” Blaise spoke up first, looking at him in distaste. 

   “Hey! She told me that she wished she was more confident so she could tell this person there feelings. I’m being a good friend!” Draco retorted, another lie. Blaise face drops a little “Who even is this person she’s confessing to. It better not be some low life Gryffindor” Blaise grumbles.

   Pansy’s eyebrow wiggles “Is that jealousy i here, Zabini?” she teases. Blaise rolls his eyes before looking back at his plate “Y/n can like whoever she want’s” he grumbles. “Really? ‘Cause your stabbing your steak” Pansy asked, leaning over across the table. 

   Blaise was indeed repeating jabbing at his food with his fork “I will use the slug-vomiting charm on you” he spoke, gritting his teeth. Pansy just smiled innocently “Cursing Pan’s i see” a voice came from behind him. Blaise turned his head around to see you, holding a textbook “Sorry i was late, got caught up”

   you take a seat next to Blaise, seeing a full plate and water put out for you “Thanks for saving me some food?” you say with a small smile. “I did actually, because i’m your favorite” Draco gives you a sweet smile, one that you laugh nervously at “Uh- sure?” you reply. 

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   once finished your food, you reached for the cup of water and took a sip. As you go and place it down you notice that they were all staring at you? “What?” you ask and Theo gives you a smile “Feel any different?” he asked. You purse your lips together and slowly shake your head “No, i feel alright”

   Draco huffs and places his head in his hand. You look over at Blaise who had went back to eating his food. You notice something on the corner of his mouth and grab the napkin on your table. Reaching up you wipe away the food on the corner of his mouth. 

   Blaise flinches and grabs your hand “What’re you doing?” he asked, gazing down at you. You snicker a bit at his reaction and gently tug your arm out of his grip “You had something on your mouth, didn’t want it to mess up your handsome face” you reply.

   Pansy chokes on her water, which turns into a coughing fit. Blaise stared at you blankly, just blinking mindlessly while Draco punched the air. 

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   now, mind you. A typical love potion last up to 24 hours, but Draco being the idiot he was accidently poured half the bottle into your drink. So it was safe to say it was going to last more than a day. “Your a bloody fool, Malfoy!” Blaise exclaims. 

   “I didn’t mean to pour half of it! Someone bumped into me!” Draco retorts while both Theo and Pansy eat a box of flavour beans they were sharing, just casually watching the chaos unfold. “That my be true, but you still served it to her! You took advantage of her vulnerability!” Blaise shouts back.

   Draco’s face fell, yeah could be a little prick sometimes, but he also cared about you deeply. He couldn’t tell Blaise he was your crush, but he could try to make it right. “I’ll make the antidote, but it will be a couple days” Blaise nods “Sorry for shouting” he says. Draco nods once before leaving the hallway.

   “Hey guys” jeez- you just snuck up on people. Blaise steps towards you “Shouldn’t you be heading to charms class?” he asked, crossing his arms “What? Do you have her schedule memorized?” Pansy questions with a small laugh. 

   Blaise exhales deeply “I have a copy of it actually. Anyway-” he says and turns his attention back to you. “What do you need?” he asks, his tone changing to a more calm one. “Can you walk me to class?” you ask. Blaise raises a brow “Why?” he asked, not that he would have a problem.

   “I want to spend more time with you” you spoke very nonchalantly. You almost wondered how you even spoke those words yourself. Blaise looks stunned for a moment, before a smile made a way to his face. This was just the potion talking, you were spewing nonsense he thought   “As do i? Let’s get going shall we”

   you smile brightly and grab his a=hand, interlocking your fingers. Blaise gives you a small nod before covering his mouth with his hands. Both Pansy and Theo watch them walk away “5 galleons Blaise confesses to Y/n by the end of this whole ordeal” Pansy points, chewing on a flavour bean. 

   Theo watched along her and nods “Your on, 10 galleons they both end up being friends again”

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   it has been TWO days and Draco still hasn’t made the antidote. He claimed it was because he had to gather all the supplies without Snape around, which was probably true. Blaise had started to kind of- sort of- maybe- like the attention you were giving him. 

   oh yeah- surprise! Blaise had had a crush on you even longer then you did, he just knew how to keep his composure around you. It was easy for him, but it didn’t make him any less terrified of what would happen if those feelings were revealed. 

   currently, you were both sitting in the courtyard, studying on a bench, your choice. “I think that’s enough for the day. I’m surprised you asked me for my help. You usually never ask me for any academic advice” Blaise spoke, knowing full well why she asked him. The love potion. 

   you look up at him, closing the textbook in your hands “Well, you and Draco are the smartest people i know, but i prefer your company more” you smile lightly as you begin to cram the textbook into your bag. Blaise feels his heartbeat pick up once again. 

   It’s just the love potion. It’s just the love potion. It’s just the love potion. Think rationally Zabini! “I’m glad to hear that” he nods once. You both stand up from the bench and the curiosity gets the better of him. “So, what people have you’ve been talking too the past couple days?”

   he wanted to know if you had actually been talking to your crush. So he could murder them talk to them man to man/woman. You shrug your shoulders “Just you guys, who else would i be talking to?” you spoke “Oh! i have an exam to take in potions! i’ll see you at dinner!”

   you spoke with haste before leaning up to kiss his cheek “Bye Blaise!” and with that you ran off towards the entrance. Blaise held up his hand for a moment before exhaling “She’s- been only- talking to us? Who the hell is her crush then?” he thought aloud before picking up his things and walking away.

   both Pansy and Theo pop up from behind the bushes “For a genius student, he sure is a idiot” Pansy spoke, eating the last bit of her cauldron cake. Theo nods “I thought Draco would be done with the antidote already?” he says. Pansy grinned evilly.

    “Yeah...he should, but i keep hiding the ingredients. Blaise needs more time to realize she’s into him” she spoke, wiping her mouth off. Theo gasps and wacks her shoulder “That’s cheating! and you ate my last cauldron cake!” he sighs, crossing his arms. 

    “Yeah? Cry about it Nott”  

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   “It’s done!” a loud shout came from the dorm hallways of the Slytherin house towards the common room. Draco came running towards them, panting like a dog. “What’s done?” Pansy asked, sitting next to Theo eating a bowl of popcorn. No- they don’t know where she got it either. 

   “The antidote for Y/n’s love potion. It took so long because i kept misplacing everything. All we need to do is sneak it into her drink at dinner tonight” he explains. Blaise shot up from the loveseat he was sat on reading a book and snatched the vile from Draco. “Hey! What the hell?!”

   “I’m not lying to Y/n anymore then i have to. I’ll catch up with you guys later” Blaise said before walking out the portrait door. “Alright that’s our cue!” Pansy and Theo stood up “What’re you guys doing?” Draco asked with a confused expression on his face. 

   “Spying on Blaise and Y/n to make sure they confess to each other” Theo explains, walking away with Pansy. Draco blinked a couple times before shaking his head “Guys that is such an invasion of there privacy and trust, they are our friends and we should be respectful......i’m coming with you”

   bestie things i guess

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   Blaise had just made it out the dungeons when he bumped into someone “Watch where your- oh Y/n. Why are you down here?” he asked. You chuckle and push away from him “I was going to see if Pansy wanted to have another sleepover, why are you out here? Dinner hasn’t started yet”

   Blaise thinks of his next words before holding up the vile “I need you to drink this Y/n”

   “What why?”

   “Just do it”

   “But-”

   “If you trust me you will. I would never harm you”

   “...Okay”

   you grab the vile from his hand and pop the cork off. You look at the vile then Blaise who nods once. Exhaling, you pour the strange liquid down your throat, twinging at the unfamiliar taste. You feel almost a swirl around your chest before you look at Blaise again “What was that?”

   Blaise places his hands on your shoulders, your face heating up slightly. Once again you were back being unnerved by this guy, but you didn’t notice “How do you feel about me Y/n?” he asked, making your E/c eyes widen a bit. “I’m sorry- come again?”

   he sighs deeply and looks you in the eye. Ooo eye contact, scary. “the same i did yesterday?” you say vaguely. because who the hell asks that kind of question. Blaise lets go of your shoulders and rubs his face with his his hands. He was frustrated. “Y/n, how do you feel about me?”

   you shrink at his gaze. The first thought that ran through your mind was that Pansy had snitched to him that you were in love with him “I’m so sorry- i didn’t want to tell you because i thought you would think i was weird!” you spurt out, confusing Blaise just a tad more. 

   “What are you talking about!?”

   “Pansy told you about my crush on you didn’t she!?”

   “Your what!?”

   oh if the world could swallow you whole now “Oh merlin- i thought that’s what she told you!” you shout before trying to activate escape protocol 17B again and walk away. Blaise almost thought about letting you leave but you liked him! he was terrified you didn’t! but you do! So, why would he let you leave!?

   he reaches back and grabs your arm, stopping you from walking any further “I get it. You don’t want to be friends anymore” you spoke sadly. Blaise stepped towards you, but you looked down at your feet instead of him “Your right, i don’t want to be friends anymore Y/n”

   you felt your heart shatter. That was until one of his long arms wrapped around your waist and other pointed your chin up to look at him “I want you to be mine and i, yours” he spoke, a slight grin on his lips. Say what now? did Blaise Zabini just confess to you?

   “Oh...”

   “Is that all you have to say to that? I just spilled my heart out to you”

   “What- what should i say?”

   “Yes?...No?”

   “Oh! yes- yes. Definitely yes! ”

   “That’s a relief. I thought i had just made a full of myself”

   “You are no fool Blaise Zabini”

   Blaise gave you a small smile before leaning down. Oh shit. He stops midway, lips centimeters from yours “It is okay if i kiss you, correct?” he asks. We love a consent king. You nod slowly, making his smile grow wide before he presses his lips to yours. 

   “5 galleons you little shit, hand it over!” you both pull apart as three idiots come falling out a nearby broom closet. Pansy spilled her popcorn all over the hallway floor in the process. “Screw you Pansy, you cheated you pig!” Theo snaps back, Pansy hitting the back of his head “I am no pig!” 

   Draco was just lying face first on the floor, hoping no one would notice his presence. “Oh right pug-face!” Theo smirks. Pansy gasps before pulling out her wand “You are dead you queer!” she shouts. Theo pulled out his wand as well “You have a girlfriend, homo!” he shouts. 

   Pansy sputters for a moment “That’s besides the point!” they both circle each other as Draco picks himself off the floor “I shouldn’t have come” he mumbles, dusting off his robes. Both you and Blaise look at each other before bursting into laughter. 

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   Kody- I have no words for this other then- what the fuck did i just write? Anyways, peace!