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nxttheendxfthestxry · 10 months
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Triple Closed Starter: Calling Around (Abby/Alec/Xinyi/Levi)
"Hey, trouble," Alec calls to the girl as she walks out of the hospital.
Xinyi turns, surprised, eyes widening slightly. "Alec! And... friend."
"This," he introduces, finally nudging Abby out of his grasp, moving her between him and Xinyi, "Is Abby. I met her out in a more outskirts, woodsy sort of place on the island. After she apparently clawed her way through dimensions."
Xinyi blinks. "You mean l--?"
"I have no idea," Alec interrupts abruptly, eyes widening and flicking to Abby in silent warning. Please let her understand.
Xinyi pauses, nodding. "Well, that's pretty unusual, Abby."
"I've been known to be unusual. Alec said you could help," Abaddon nods, straightening her shoulders.
"I try my best," Xinyi shrugs. "He does kinda make me seem bigger than I am sometimes. This is something I don't have much experience in, but I think I have some friends that do. You two stay put a moment. I'm... gonna call around."
Abaddon nods, and Alec nods in acknowledgement of the silent ask in Xinyi's words. Keep her away, don't let her listen in.
If she was who he thought she was, that might be harder, but he'd make it happen. "You know what, Abby, why don't we actually go in? Get you checked out? You made it sound like a pretty rough escape, let's make sure nothing's hurt."
Abaddon opens her mouth to protest, but Alec brushes her inside before she can say anything.
Xinyi lets out a breath, and then takes off to get herself even further away from the building. After she's sure there's no way in hell Abby could listen in if she and Alec were right about her, she sits down, unlocking her phone and making one call.
"Come on, come on, pick up already..."
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thebiggerbear · 2 months
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"What do you see in him?" "Everything you don't." - Jake Gray Prompt Response
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Summary: When you go with Jake to visit his mom, you encounter a young woman who inexplicably sets you on edge and has you sticking that much closer to the boy who has your heart.
Pairing: Jake Gray x Female!Reader
A/N: This is part of the Soldier Boy/Beau Arlen/Dean Winchester/CJ Braxton/Alec McDowell/Jason Teague/Tom Hanniger/Russell Shaw/Boaz Priestly/Jake Gray/Jensen RPF prompt response project I’ve been working on the last month. This is the idea that popped into my head for it. It's my first time posting for this character so I'm a little nervous. Hope it turned out okay.
All unbeta'd.
Warnings: angst; mild smut; a smidgen of horror (kind of)
Word Count: 6894
Taglist: @avada-kedavra-bitch-187; @rieleatiel; @hobby27; @impala67rollingthroughtown
Jake Gray Taglist: @call-me-mrs-winchester; @solacedthistest; @deansimpala; @foxyjwls007; @onlyangel-444
Jensen Taglist: @samanddeaninatrenchcoat; @deansbbyx; @lyarr24; @bts24; @deans-spinster-witch; @rebel-paladin; @nancymcl; @c1gs-coffee; @peachhiz; @kickingitwithkirk
Beau Arlen | Dean Winchester | CJ Braxton | Soldier Boy | Jason Teague | Boaz Priestly | Russell Shaw | Tom Hanniger | Jensen Ackles RPF | Alec McDowell
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You smiled as you watched Jake talking with his mother a little bit away from where you stood. You had offered to go get drinks from the vending machine to give them some time alone to catch up. Jake’s birthday had just passed and you knew it had been a bit of a rough one for him on the homefront. He and his dad didn’t really get along or have too much to talk about when they occasionally did, though Jake tried his hardest to make it work.
Out of the corner of your eye, someone came to a stop next to you. You could see it was one of the nurses, a young woman, staring in the same direction you were.
After a moment, you heard her ask, “What do you see in him?”
Your head snapped towards her and you could see the nurse was younger than you’d initially thought, perhaps only a year or two older than you. “Excuse me?”
She turned to look at you and you immediately felt an icy chill run down your spine. She was beautiful but her hazel eyes…there was something about those eyes and the way they were intent on you that made you feel as if she were a predator assessing her prey. Even the small disarming smile she gave you was anything but. “Him.” She gestured towards Jake with an inclination of her head. You felt frozen to the spot. “Your boyfriend, I take it?” 
You couldn’t help but nod, still not sure what to make of why you were suddenly consumed with something that felt an awful lot like fear. Was this woman a serial killer perhaps? Didn’t people say that if your instincts felt off about someone, if they were screaming at you like yours were, to get away from the person as fast as possible? 
“So, what do you see in him?” She asked again.
You worriedly glanced in Jake’s direction. You watched as he laughed at something his mom said and rubbed her arm. 
“Well?” The woman demanded impatiently.
Any other person you might have walked away from or politely told them that it wasn’t their business, but you didn’t feel you could do either. So instead, you did exactly what you’d been raised to do, from imaginary monsters in your closet to school bullies — never show the fear you were feeling. You turned to look her dead in the eyes no matter how uncomfortable it made you and lifted your chin. “Everything you don’t.”
Her eyes flickered in Jake’s direction but you didn’t look away from her. After a moment, her gaze returned to you and roamed over you in a final assessment as she slowly nodded. “Pity.” And with that, she finally walked away. 
But instead of the air feeling lighter without her in it, the dread you felt only increased. Something told you that you and Jake were on her radar now and that was not a good place to be. The logical part of your brain thought it was ridiculous to feel that way but you had learned to always listen to your instincts. So you settled for a healthy dose of caution, mentally said a small prayer,  and hightailed it back to Jake and his mom. You hadn’t wanted to interrupt their time together but you also didn’t feel it was safe to be out here on your own, even though you were just a few feet away in a semi-crowded courtyard. 
Jake warmly smiled up at you as you approached. “Hey.”
You returned his smile though you knew yours was strained. “Hey.” You handed him his soda and turned to greet his mom as you sat down next to him. “Hi, Kathy. How are you?”
“Oh, you know. Still dancing.”
You chuckled and Jake shook his head. “She’s quite the comedian today, isn’t she?” 
“She is.” You forced your smile wider for their sakes. 
His brows furrowed as he studied you; he knew something was wrong. “Hey, you okay?” He asked quietly after leaning in a bit.
You nodded and opened your soda to find something to do. Despite the interaction with the nosy woman shaking you up, it amazed you that this cold dread continued to plague you. You wondered if you should tell Jake about the strange encounter; she had been wearing a nurse’s uniform after all. Should both of you really leave Kathy here in her care? Anyone here really?
Jake wasn’t buying your response but he let it go for now, opting to throw an arm around your shoulders instead and pull you into him, kissing the side of your head. You nearly sighed in relief when he settled you against him. The bad feeling never really went away but you felt slightly better having him hold you, like as long as he had you in his hold you both would be safe. Despite the oddity of the interaction you’d had just moments before, you had meant what you said to the woman. 
You loved Jake and you knew he loved you. It had taken you both a while to get here, what with the whole Dakota thing and your parents not being a fan of his father. They thought Jake was nice enough and they even felt badly for him when they discovered how strained his relationship with Paul really was. That had resulted in them extending several invitations to the younger Gray for family dinners throughout the years and even your dad attempting to bond with Jake more once you two began dating. 
Your friends weren’t crazy about him, though. They’d seen him partying a few times with Conrad and Dakota back in high school and sadly, they had already formed their own opinions of him that weren’t likely to change anytime soon. They didn’t believe he cared about you as much as you cared about him, that you were only a convenient placeholder for him until he found what he was really looking for — though what that could be they had no idea when you questioned them on it. They just didn’t trust him and they were convinced he and Dakota still had something going on when you weren’t around. You knew there wasn’t and that Jake would never do that to you or use you as they claimed — not you. You also knew he wasn’t bored with you as one friend of yours, Janine, had insisted. She had even told you that you were too much of a good girl for him, being a reverend’s daughter and all. Needless to say, you and Janine hadn’t spoken in a while; her assertion had hurt more than anything else your friends had thrown at you from the minute you told them that you and Jake were together. So even if the nurse hadn’t freaked you out just before, you still would’ve given her that same answer. You were used to defending Jake and your relationship with him.  
You saw the good in him, how hard he tried to be what his parents wanted him to be, to live up to their vision of the future for him. He was smart — you couldn’t even begin to count the amount of times he had worked on your parents’ home computer without complaint. He had incredible patience, fielding any and all questions your dad threw his way the night he picked you up for your first official date though the man had known him for years. He respected all of the rules you two had been given, your curfew (despite your being a full-fledged college student), and your mom and dad in general. He was kind, generous to a fault, and he was good to you. He never pushed for more than you were ready for and he was always there for you. 
Kathy smiled as she studied the two of you. “You two are cute together.”
You returned her smile; this time it was a genuine one.
Jake chuckled and kissed your head one more time. “Yeah, yeah,” he joked, taking your hand and intertwining your fingers as he turned to look at his mother. “Speaking of cute, the picture you sent me yesterday was a good one.”
You tried your best to focus on the conversation between mother and son but in your peripherals, you could see the nurse again. She was there on the edge of your vision, watching, waiting — waiting for what though you couldn’t be sure. You wrapped your arms around Jake’s torso and hugged him to you, laying your head on his shoulder. He grinned down at you and pressed his lips to your forehead, wrapping his arm around you tighter and pulling you closer, before resuming talking to his mom. As you watched Kathy, who gave you a kind smile before looking back to her son, you felt guilt begin to swallow you up inside. How could you leave here without telling Jake what you’d felt? When there was a break in the conversation, you compulsively swallowed and you were about to murmur to Jake that you needed to talk to him privately for a moment when he called out to someone in the distance. “Excuse me, Nurse! Can we get a blanke—”
When he stopped, you glanced up at him, seeing an altogether different smile on his face — one you had never seen before in all of the time you’d known him. Your eyes flickered in the direction he was looking and not only did your heart drop to your feet, but that cold dread was back in full force. It was the nurse from before and her smile matched his. She approached and your stomach clenched. Jake removed his arm from around you and you attempted to grab onto him tighter in your inexplicable fear but he gently broke out of your hold and leaned forward eagerly. “It’s you.” You worriedly glanced back and forth between them; they knew one another.
The woman smiled wider as she got closer. “It’s me.”
Your jaw practically dropped as Jake seemed to forget all about you and his mom while he spoke to the nurse whose name turned out to be Marisol. They had met before at Jake’s job and you could clearly see a spark between them that cracked your heart inside your chest. This time, Kathy gave you a sad and knowing smile; as well as you knew Jake, she knew her son better than anyone. 
“Jake?” You choked out in a whisper.
His head snapped back in your direction, his beaming smile dropping when he saw the tears building in your eyes. It was as if your Jake had suddenly returned. He immediately cupped your cheeks, his brows furrowing. “Hey,” he murmured. “What’s wrong?”
Before you could answer, Marisol added, “I’ll just go get that blanket for you.” Jake looked up at her, nodding, before turning back to you. The nurse patted Kathy’s shoulder as she passed, sending you a wicked smirk that neither mother nor son saw. It was one you never wished to see again, especially when the icy dread traveled down your spine once more. 
When she was gone, you found Jake watching your expression, concerned. “Y/N, what’s wrong?”
“You know her?”
His lips parted in surprise, obviously not having expected you to ask that question, and you didn’t miss it when he pulled back from you. You now felt cold from where his touch had been moments before. “Uh, yeah. She brought her laptop into the shop. There was a piece of wax stuck inside near the motherboard.”
Your eyes widened slightly when you heard the wax mention but Jake mistook your reaction for something else and he immediately took your hand in his, giving you a reassuring smile. “You know you’re my girl, right?”
You noticed Kathy watching you two closely out of the corner of your eye and you forced a smile onto your face. “Right.”
Jake’s grin grew and he wrapped his arm back around you and pulled you into him, rubbing your back as he continued his conversation with his mother. You tensed against him when Marisol returned with the promised blanket and a warm “Enjoy the rest of your visit” to Jake. He must have felt your reaction because he politely thanked her and held onto you tighter, waiting for her to leave before he kissed your forehead and let you go to spread the blanket over his mom. Over her son’s head, Kathy gave you a reassuring smile of her own — right, you had nothing to worry about. Jake loved you; you were the one he had asked to accompany him to see his mother who meant the world to him. Not Dakota, not any other girl, and not even this Marisol, despite their meeting outside of here and the obvious chemistry between them.
But when you felt compelled to look across the courtyard and you saw Marisol’s wicked smirk from earlier still pointed in your direction from over her shoulder, you suddenly realized that Jake’s loving you wasn’t what you were worried about. His obviously warm reception of her wasn’t the threat you felt. Almost as if she knew what you were thinking, Marisol’s smirk grew when her eyes briefly dropped to Jake leaned down next to you, still covering his mom to keep her warm. She stayed focused on him for a moment, her features reflecting something that looked a lot like determination, before she set her gaze forward and continued on her trek away from you all. 
You placed a hand on Jake’s shoulder, causing him to shoot you a quick smile before focusing back on his mom. You said a silent prayer, asking for divine protection for Kathy, Paul, everyone here, you and your family, and of course, the boy underneath your touch — the boy who had always held your heart. No, Jake’s turning from you was the least of your worries, because that grin of Marisol’s had been accompanied by a whisper deep within you: Evil. You weren’t sure why you had that thought, why you were so certain it wasn’t an irrational one that could be rooted in jealousy or insecurity, but you knew enough by now to listen to what your instincts were telling you. 
So when Jake sat back up and informed his mom that he unfortunately had to leave for work, you quickly said goodbye to Kathy, stooping down to give her a hug and kiss on the cheek, and eagerly followed Jake out of the courtyard. You kept your hand in his, holding onto him, while you scanned the path in front of you. Thankfully, neither of you encountered Marisol again and you were only able to breathe more freely once Jake’s Jeep was back on the road, headed far away from that place. 
You kept Jake’s hand in your lap as you stared out the passenger window at the passing scenery. You fully intended on talking to your father about this experience and asking for his guidance. You just couldn’t shake the feeling that there was something dangerous about that woman, almost in a spiritual sense, and that she posed a serious risk to Jake and even to you.
You briefly remembered his reaction to the woman, how he had willfully entered the bubble between them and forgot about everyone else. You forced the quickly forming lump down your throat. And to think, you had thought Dakota would be the one to come between you back in the day. 
“Hey.”
Jake’s voice jarred you from your thoughts and you realized he had pulled over on the side of a quiet back road. You had been so focused on wondering what could be done to protect Jake, to keep him from Marisol, and what you could even say that wouldn’t have you sounding like you were crazy or jealous, that you hadn’t even noticed the car had come to a stop. 
Your boyfriend’s brows furrowed as he studied you. “You sure you’re okay?”
You attempted to give him a reassuring smile. “Yeah, I’m fine.”
“Because you haven’t said one word since we left.”
The concern you saw in his green eyes had you wanting to tell him everything. You always had been able to, ever since you were kids. Ever since you had decided in all of your five year old wisdom that he was going to be your best friend when you saw him sitting alone on the kindergarten playground and watching the other children play. But you had seen the delighted smile he had given Marisol, the way he had carefully pulled away from you and centered all of his attention on her despite your presence and Kathy’s…you weren’t so sure he would believe you. 
“I guess I’m just a little more tired than I thought.” 
After seeing Jake the night before for a birthday dinner with your family, you knew Conrad and Dakota were itching to get him to themselves to properly celebrate his 21st, so you kissed him, told him to be careful while also having fun, and sent him on his way. You had a paper for your Behavioral Psych class to finish which would mean a late night for you, and you weren’t much of a partyer but you wanted him to enjoy himself. He had told you quietly before the food had been served about his dad’s somewhat indifferent attempt to acknowledge the day. You had seen how much it still bothered him, even when you all sang “Happy Birthday” to him and cheered when he blew out the candles on the cake you and your mother had made. Afterwards, when he was saying goodbye on your front porch, you had hugged him and whispered in his ear, “I know it’s your birthday but I’m grateful every day that you were born. I love you, Jake.” He had tightened his arms around you and buried his head into your shoulder for a moment before lifting up to tenderly frame your face with hands and kiss you deeply.
So, you leaned into the tired claim as a plausible explanation for your keeping quiet…for now.  
Jake obviously wasn’t buying it. He undid his seat belt and turned in his seat to face you, cupping your chin and staring into your eyes. “You know how much you mean to me, Y/N, don’t you?”
Your smile grew a little and you nodded.
His gaze continued searching yours for a few extra heartbeats before he leaned in to kiss you. As his lips moved with yours, you felt his other hand suddenly on your bare thigh, beginning to slowly inch upwards underneath the material of your dress. His thumb brushed against your inner thigh, making you gasp into his mouth as fire quickly traveled throughout the lower half of your body. You marveled that a single touch from him in that particular area could set you aflame so quickly. It wasn’t that you hadn’t made out before — with him and two others — and done some light petting here and there, but you usually stopped short of allowing anyone to touch you there. Which is also probably why Jake froze for a moment at your reaction and when you didn’t immediately pull away, he tilted his head and kissed you more fervently, slipping his tongue past your lips. His hand quickly slid upwards and his fingertips brushed against your panties, eliciting a tiny moan from you. 
Before you knew it, your seatbelt was undone and he had you in his lap, moving the material of your dress out of the way to push you down onto a quickly forming bulge in his jeans. It was something you had felt before but not right up against you like this. You broke the kiss, gasping in shock at the feeling, and stared into his eyes that were a shade darker than a mere minute ago. He watched you back as you both gulped for air, neither of you moving and waiting to see what the other one would do. 
He gently moved your hair away from your face and you could see the adoration in his gaze that he had always held for you, though it seemed to be bordered by something you had recently come to know as lust. You could only wonder what he was seeing in your own gaze right that second. 
“This okay?” He asked quietly, checking in with you.
You slowly nodded. Normally, by now, you would be pulling back with the intention of cooling you both down before you went too far. However, any sensical thinking on your part had gone straight out the window — you just wanted.
He gave you a smile and then his hands traveled down to your hips, applying pressure and pushing your lower half closer to his before easing up. He repeated the motion a few times, causing the breath to catch in your chest. Oh, that was very pleasant. You moaned when he did it again and then launched yourself at him, kissing him passionately and your hands gripping at his hair. You began moving your hips yourself without any assistance from him, desperate to pursue the feeling he had started within you, and he plundered your mouth mercilessly. When he let out a deep groan, you increased the speed of your rhythm and pulled away from him to gasp when you felt his body begin to move to meet yours. He leaned forward and latched his lips onto your neck, in that one spot that was always the most sensitive, and you hummed your approval. 
The car was slightly rocking around you and Jake’s mouth had trailed down to the neckline of your dress. Before he could pull the material down to expose your cleavage, you grabbed at his hair and pulled him back. That’s not what you wanted right now; what you wanted was to keep this feeling going. You lowered your hands and ripped his shirt open, sending buttons flying everywhere and exposing the t-shirt underneath.
He grinned up at you, chuckling. “So much for that shirt.”
You returned the smile before grabbing him and kissing him again, moaning into his mouth as you rocked back and forth on him. He started unbuttoning your dress but you immediately pulled away to peel it off of you and toss it aside, leaving you in your slip. He watched you intently and immediately began placing kisses on every inch of exposed skin he could reach, his fingers greedily pulling the straps down your shoulders along with your bra straps. Your teeth dug into your bottom lip as you felt his warm breath skate across your chest in between kisses. Once he reached your collarbone and moved his way back up to your neck, you hummed in appreciation and pressed a tender kiss to the side of his head.   
“God, I love you, Jake,” you breathily moaned. “So much.”
Jake suddenly pulled back, grasped your face, and rewarded you with another deep kiss. He yanked up your slip as high as it would go without tearing and then gripped your hips, moving you more expertly against him. You gasped and grabbed at him, burying your face into his neck as he panted and moaned against your shoulder. You felt a foreign feeling rising within you, one that you had only ever had in dreams before where you and Jake were in a bed and there were far less clothes involved. The lower region of your body began to have its own pulse at the same time, throbbing more intensely with every meeting of your hips. And now all of these feelings were about to wash over you; you felt as if you were on the edge of something — something massive. This was the farthest you and Jake had ever gone; this was the farthest you had ever gone with anyone. Jake raced you both to that precipice, his sounds echoing in your ear only continuing to escalate that feeling within you.
Just as you were about to give into that sensation, just as you were about to fall over that edge, Jake pulled back, breathing heavily and staring intently into your eyes. You cupped his cheeks and placed your forehead against his, knowing exactly what he needed to hear at that moment even if he didn’t. “I love you,” you moaned. “And I will never leave you.” Had you been thinking in that second, you might have thought that was an odd statement to make. Not that you hadn’t told him these things in one form or another and you deeply meant the sentiments but why now? Why was that what he needed to hear from you right then? And as well as you knew him, how did you just know the exact words to say that he had subconsciously been looking for from you?
The lack of a rational answer ceased to matter when he immediately tensed and gasped, pushing himself up against you one final time by lifting his hips slightly out of his seat and letting out a loud grunt. Watching him in fascination and feeling something warm and slightly damp through the thin layer of your panties that had nothing to do with your own body finally pushed you off of that cliff. You tensed as well and before you could close your eyes, Jake’s hands were on your face and he watched you with rapt attention, never letting you look away from him once as his chest heaved in and out rapidly. The cry you let out might have embarrassed you in any other situation but the body-wide explosion you were currently experiencing didn’t make room for you to be worried about such a trivial thing. Especially when Jake graced you with an adoring smile and tenderly moved your hair away from your face, staring at you as if you were everything to him in that moment.
Once the fireworks stopped, you collapsed against him, breathing heavily, your body feeling completely boneless. You were even trembling slightly. So, that was what an orgasm felt like. You could see what the big deal was, why people enjoyed chasing the feeling, even why some risked everything to reach that height only to fall off of it repeatedly. Your body tingled, from your scalp to your lower extremities, and chills ran through you, prompting you to cozy up to him a little more.
Jake tightened his arms around you and pressed a kiss to the top of your head. After a moment, he tenderly rubbed your back with both hands and gently nuzzled you. “Are you okay?”
“Better than okay,” you murmured.
A happy smile blossomed on his lips. “That was amazing.”
You gave him a tired one in return. “It was. Though it’s very…damp.”
“Yeah.” He chuckled and kissed your nose, pulling you more into him and sighing contentedly into your neck. You closed your eyes and reveled in the feeling of being this close to him. You carded your fingers through the back of his hair in a tender and soothing gesture.
You stayed like that for however long until you remembered you would have to let him go so he could continue driving to drop you off before work. “Are you still coming to movie night after your shift?” You murmured.
“Depends. Are you going to fuck me for real this time? Or do I need to go to Marisol for that?”
Your eyes snapped open in shock. You sat back up to look at him, wondering where that had come from and beyond hurt, when your heart stopped inside your chest. In Jake’s place was a horrible looking beast with horns, pointed teeth in a shark-like smile, and dark eyes — eyes that were sharply focused on you. Your blood froze when a horrifying and monstrous hand reached for you, the smile widening. You gasped loudly in terror and immediately moved away, your back hitting the steering wheel while a scream was stuck in your throat. The hand was inches away from your face when it suddenly dropped and covered your bare knee, shaking it. You flinched from the contact, your eyes clenching shut, as you tried to get the scream out, to get away from whatever this horror was.
“Hey,” Jake’s voice gently called.
You jumped at hearing him in such close proximity and your eyes suddenly opened. Jake had his hand on your knee and he was giving you a small smile. You immediately realized that you were back in the passenger seat, fully clothed, and so was he, buttons and all. You worriedly glanced around, noting that you were parked in front of your house, your dad was pretending to water the lawn, and there was no horrifying beast in sight. You sat up fully and quickly scanned the back of the car and around you both, your wide eyes coming to a stop on Jake. 
His brows knitted together in concern as he watched you. “Bad dream?”
“Dream?” You whispered.
His smile turned into a reassuring one. “You fell asleep on me.”
You cautiously checked your peripherals but still no horns, no razor-sharp teeth, and no terrifying dark eyes. Oh God, those eyes. You shuddered at the memory of that penetrating gaze, as if it could see into your soul, wanting to gleefully rip apart whatever it found. 
“Yeah. Right after we left. I knew you didn’t get much sleep last night so I didn’t want to wake you until we got here.” Jake’s smile grew as he squeezed your knee.
“S-So, we never pulled over?”
Confusion blanketed his expression before he chuckled. “No. Why? Did you dream that?”
You still felt disoriented, almost in disbelief that this was the reality you found yourself in. That dream had felt very real; you still felt the evidence of it down below. One discreet glance at Jake’s lower half, though, was the final evidence that it had indeed been a dream. You held a hand up to your forehead, subconsciously checking for any sign of injury there or a feeling of heat against your skin, still uncertain why your dream had such a terrifying ending, and closed your eyes when you found neither. “Um, yeah, I guess,” you mumbled.
Jake chuckled again and you felt him place a kiss to your left temple. “You’re cute when you first wake up, you know that?” He then dropped his lips to your ear. “Next time, I will definitely pull over and make sure you stay awake.”
Normally, his flirty tone laced with implication would make your cheeks burn a little and prompt you to tease him back, but not this time. You were still too disturbed by your dream for any light-hearted banter. Why had you dreamed about that monster? Where did it even come from?   
Jake lifted his head and glanced out your window. “Your dad’s been watering the same section of the lawn for the last five minutes. I guess I’d better get going.”
You followed his gaze and noted the rigid posture of your father, looking in your direction out of the corner of his eye. “Yeah,” you agreed with a sad sigh. 
“Hey.” Jake cupped your chin and forced you to meet his assessing gaze. “Are you really okay?”
You wanted to tell him about what you had seen, what you’d felt, but for some reason, you felt as if you couldn’t. That bothered you; you usually told Jake everything, but it would make you sound crazy. So instead, you forced your mouth into a reassuring smile. “Yeah. Just a…bad dream like you said.”
He studied you for a moment, not really seeming as if he believed you, but he appeared to decide not to press further. He nodded and leaned in, pressing his lips to yours in a brief but tender kiss before letting you go and moving back into his seat. “Thanks for coming with me today. My mom always enjoys seeing you.”
You reached for the door handle. “I always enjoy seeing her, too.”
A hint of an affectionate smile formed on his face and he squeezed your shoulder. “I’ll see you around 8 for movie night.”
You froze at the familiar words that prompted your nightmare to come back to you. You involuntarily shuddered once more and an immediate inexplicable fear overwhelmed you. For some sudden unknown reason, you didn’t want Jake out of your sight. You wanted him with you, in your house, surrounded by your family. Your instincts were gnawing at you once more.
You took his hand in yours and intertwined your fingers. “Jake.”
His brows furrowed once more, his gaze flickering from your joined hands to you. 
“Do you think you can call in sick and stay here with me? Just this once?”
His eyes widened slightly in surprise. You never asked him to miss work or play hooky when it came to his classes. Not once. Guilt fleeted across his expression, making you the suddenly confused one, until you saw the reassuring smile from earlier make a reappearance. “Yeah, sweetheart. I’ll stay.”
You responded with your own smile, feeling relief blooming in your chest, and released his hand to tenderly stroke his cheek. “Thank you,” you murmured.
He turned to press a kiss to your palm and shot you his adorable yet devilish grin that made your heart leap inside your chest, right before he climbed out of the car. You did the same and he met you near the hood of his Jeep, wrapping an arm around you and kissing the side of your head.
“Hey, you two,” your dad loudly greeted, all pretense of being fascinated with the grass over. “You’re just in time. Joan wants to order sushi for movie night but I’ve been trying to talk her into getting pizza instead.” You knew your mother was trying to get him to eat healthier after his latest doctor visit. It was a constant battle since your dad was a creature of habit, but it didn’t mean she wouldn’t keep trying, though. “You both can help me convince her.” He adjusted his glasses, turned the sprayer off, and began moving to coil up the water hose. 
“Okay,” you called, still distracted. 
Jake took note of your easy agreement, something that was uncharacteristic of you since you had been trying to provide support to your mom in her mission to keep unhealthy food from making its way into the house on a daily basis. He peered down at your face, really studying you. “Hey, are you really okay?”
You could see the worry staring back at you and you framed his face with your hands. “I’m okay,” you reassured him. “Just…stay with me tonight…okay?”
He nodded, his green eyes searching yours, uncertainty mixing with concern lining his expression. After a moment, he murmured, “You know I love you, right?”
You couldn’t help the smile that fought its way onto your face in response. “I know and I love you, too,” you whispered in reassurance before moving him to meet you in a sweet kiss. Something else that had Jake holding you a little closer and burying his fingers into your back as if he was afraid to let go of you; you never kissed Jake in front of your parents — not like this. 
Your dad’s purposeful loud clearing of his throat following your action served as a reminder why. “The pizza?” From his annoyed tone, you knew that the food was the last thing on his mind.
Truthfully, it was the furthest thing from yours and Jake’s as well. Neither of you pulled apart, your lips still moving together, and you wrapped your arms around his neck to pull him closer to you as his snaked around your waist to do the same. Only when your dad let out an extremely loud and clearly forced cough did you both move back a couple of millimeters, but you still remained within a hair’s breadth of each other, unable to stop smiling.
“Pizza?” You quietly asked.
“Pizza sounds good.” He affectionately bumped your nose with his, his eyes never leaving yours.
“Great,” your dad mumbled somewhere in the distance. You were still stuck in your bubble with Jake, feeling much better and lighter than you had all afternoon, and your disturbing nightmare quickly became a distant memory the longer you stared into that loving green gaze of his. The only remnants left that your brain chose to focus on were his touches, his kisses, the feelings he enticed from your body, and just Jake. 
“Now that it’s settled, let’s go in and place the order,” your dad continued. “Jake,” he barked out when your boyfriend’s lips pressed against yours once more.
Jake’s head snapped up in his direction but he didn’t move away from you. “Yes, sir?”
“The pizza?”
Jake quickly cleared his throat, trying to smother the grin that wanted to remain on his face. “Right. Uh, I’m good with anything you guys choose.”
“Good to know.” You could hear the snark in your father’s voice that normally would have made you frown over at him, but right now you didn’t want to focus on anything that was outside of Jake’s embrace.
Jake’s expression suddenly lightened with realization and he gave your father his most charming smile. “If you want to call in the order, Y/N and I can go pick it up.” Usually, you would have been more than game for that idea, but something deep down inside of you immediately protested. Not because you were afraid of what might happen between you and Jake, but because of something else. An all-too familiar dread growing in the pit of your stomach and you had the sudden urge to grab Jake and hurry inside. It coincided with the urge you’d had moments ago to get him to stay with you.
Your dad snorted. “Nice try. We’ll have it delivered. Now, come on. Joan’s probably hiding the pizza place menu as we speak.” He waved a hand, indicating you should be following him.
Jake smirked down at you, you having made sure to keep the worry from your face, and gave a half-hearted shrug. “I tried.”
You returned his smirk and since your dad had his back to you, you whispered, “The movie he picked for tonight is Pearl Harbor. Mom will probably beg off and he’ll be asleep in no time. Then you and I can sneak upstairs for a little while.” His eyes lit up as you knew they would and you quickly lifted up, pecked his lips, and grabbed his hand to lead him up to the house. As you both followed your father, Jake’s gaze never left you and his grin never faltered. And you were finally able to sigh in relief once you both made it across the threshold and Safe whispered through you, right before Jake squeezed your hand and snuck a kiss to your cheek before following your impatient father into the kitchen. You watched him go, your heart full and your spirit light once more. Only when you turned to close the door behind you did your smile freeze before dropping completely. 
There stood Marisol, right next to Jake’s Jeep parked at the curb, a jacket covering her nursing scrubs. That same smirk from earlier was plastered on her face and those hazel eyes mocked you, almost as if whatever feelings of love and overall goodness you’d just experienced was purely temporary. Then, within the blink of an eye, she was gone. You looked every which way for her, but she was nowhere to be found. Before worry could continue to consume you, you hurriedly shut the door, hit the lock, and encased yourself in your arms. Had Marisol followed you and Jake here? Or was her image just something your mind would now start hallucinating anytime you felt the slightest bit of fear? In relation to Jake?
Unsure of the answer, when your dad and mom started harmlessly bickering in the kitchen and the former called for you, you dropped your arms and pasted a smile on your face before walking in to join them. And when Jake’s hand absent-mindedly trailed along your arm during the movie later, you snuggled further into his side, making him smile and kiss your forehead while your father frowned at you in disapproval from his recliner. You didn’t care, though; you held onto Jake tightly, afraid that if you loosened your grip at any moment and let your guard down, he’d slip right through your fingers and vanish. And Jake, the boy who you had given your heart to so long ago, would be gone to you forever. When an unbidden tear rolled down your cheek at the thought, you didn’t bother wiping it away, only pressed a fiercely protective kiss to where Jake’s heart beat steadily underneath your ear, making him quietly hum in approval and place his lips to your forehead. The action set free another tear but you refused to wipe it away as you stared blankly at the TV screen; you silently vowed you would do whatever it took to keep the love of your life safely out of Marisol’s grasp.
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i wasn't sure if requests were to be made in the comments or the asks, so apologize in advance if i wasn't supposed to do this.
may i request dazai, chuuya and fyodor with number 9 from the headcanons?
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Sharing their spotify playlists
Fandom: Bungou stray dogs
Characters: dazai, chuuya, fyodor
Genre: Fluff, headcanons
Warning: none
A/n: Please note, these are all my opinions of what i think they'd listen to ! ! ! Also I couldn't think of a lot for fyodor 😭 Also decided to try new colors.
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🎧 ☆ Dazai ☆ 🎧
"Don't try suicide" by Queen
"Daylight" by David kushner
"A little death" by The Neighborhood
"Na Na Na" by Lay bankz
"XOXO (Kisses hugs)" by 6arelyhuman
"Partners in crime" by Set it off
"If I killed someone for you" by Alec Benjamin
"I wanna be yours" by Artic Monkeys
"Why do you only call me when you're high" by Artic Monkeys
"Stressed out" by Twenty one Pilots
"Heathens" by Twenty one Pilots
"Softcore" by The Neighborhood
"Daddy issue's" by The Neighborhood
"Therefore I am" by Billie Eilish
"Womanizer" by Britney spears
"Jealous girl" by Lana del rey
He showed you his playlist and watch you as your eyes looked up and down at his screen, scrolling down the playlist.
"Hey I know this song!"
You said, pointing to one of them. Dazai's eyes widened as he quickly looked at the screen.
"Ohh that one...I don't listen to it too much"
"Whatt... but it's soo good..!"
You reply, exaggerating some of your words.
"Alright then... why don't you show me yours..?"
🎧 ☆ Chuuya ☆ 🎧
"Criminal" by Britney Spears
"Bad blood" by Taylor Swift
"Panic room" by Au/Ra
"Fashion" by Lady gaga
"Telephone" by Lady gaga
"Jealous girl" Lana del rey
"Smile" by Jann
"I wanna be your slave" by Maneskin
"Work" by Britney spears
"If you seek Amy" by Britney spears
"Judas" by Lady Gaga
"Boyfriend" by Dove Cameron
"Treat me like a slut" by Kim Petras
"Americano" by Lady gaga
"Friends" by Chase Atlantic
"I'm yours" by Isabel LaRosa
"Sk8ter boy" by Avril Lavigne
"Girlfriend" by Avril Lavigne
"Fell in love with the Devil" by Avril Lavigne
"Wish you were here" by Avril Lavigne
"Since you've been gone" by Kelly Clarkson
"My happy ending" by Avril Lavigne
As you looked at his playlist, you started to smile at some of the songs you saw.
"I see you're into Britney and Lady Gaga"
Chuuya's eyes widened slightly and a faint brush covers his cheeks.
"S-so..?"
You shake your head and reply.
"Nothing..it just suits you I guess"
Chuuya scoffs at your words and looks at you.
"Let me see who you listen too"
🎧 ☆ Fyodor ☆ 🎧
"Who is she" by I Monster
"Babooshka" by Kate Bush
"Mad hatter" by Melanie Martinez
"Hayloft" by Mother Mother
"Poker face" by Lady Gaga
"Bloody Mary" by Lady Gaga
"Monster" by Lady Gaga
"Bernadette" by IAMX
He takes a sip of his tea as you look at desktop. Spotify was open and his most listened to playlist was being shown.
"You don't listen to a lot of music do you..?"
You ask, seeing how short his playlist is.
"Why would I when I can play my own"
He states, his eyes moving to his cello. You nod.
"I guess you have a point"
He then hums in agreement and tilts his head to look at you.
"What do you listen too myshka..?"
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Hello again! (Warning, long rant again)
I'm basically making my own dc au for fun (I have too many writing projects to make another rn)
Adding onto what I created on Tom and Jensen, I wanna switch some of the characters with different ones for All Stars. This is now my au of an okay show plot
I wanna add only two characters, Drew (cause I love him and more details later), and Rosa (also explained later) and remove Miriam and Lake (I'm sorry but it's for reason and I wanna give other characters a chance to win)
The reason why I chose Drew and Rosa for All Stars is for two reasons, Fiore and common sense. For Drew, he's an underused contestant that's gone too early (honestly, glad he wasn't picked for all stars cause it kinda flopped after episode 5) but one thing that stands out about him that not a lot of the fandom bothered to notice is that Drew is a constant supporter of Fiore.
One: He probably voted for someone else (like maybe Miriam or Tom) in episode 1, and he was shocked that Fiore was voted out. Also, at the finale where Fiore was already exposed at a villain, Drew was seen at Fiore's stand despite everything, so a Drew and Fiore dynamic would be perfect because Fiore gets bullied way too much by both her teammates and the writing.
And while she does deserve some of the anger they feel towards her, you have to remember that she's just a 6-8 year old (No, I'm not excusing her actions they were bad, but there's a reason why she's this way. Monsters aren't born, they're made), so having someone who seen her at her worst and yet still cares about her would probably make Fiore realize that she's not a heartless monster like what her mom said, she's capable of love like everyone else.
Rosa is also picked for a similar reason, like Drew, while Rosa did watch DC season 1 and saw how Fiore was acting like a jerk she never really liked her first but later into watching the other half of the season she saw a bit of her daughter in Fiore if certain things happened. So when she joined All Stars, she saw the chance to help the self-proclaimed 'monster' of the Disventure Camp.
Let me tell you, if someone has been told by a bunch that they're the worst and many hateful words at a young age, gains a support system and teaches them how to truly love with time it would do wonders.
(Also, I want Rosa to adopt Fiore after the show is over. (Dis)respectfully, I don't trust Alec around kids based on the few mentions about his treatment towards his own kid)
Now, for Tom, his spy background is what made me like him back in the first season 'cuase I'm a sucker for anything spy-related. But like with any cool plotline, ONC fumbled his background just for what? Petty drama and a relationship that probably wouldn't be the best in reality.
Maybe he gets trauma from getting tortured by the enemy after being left behind on a dangerous mission by his teammates and friends he trusted (make Tom fucked up looking like the Creature from Frankenstein) and scars similar to the Phantom's eye scar and have half of his mouth exposed (just have the right side be messed up 👍🏽) Make him a recluse that learns to accept help from others along with trauma bonding with Jake (trust issues gang fr)
For the last part, Jensen. The mystery man himself: Why is he working on a reality TV show where his face could be revealed with the FBI? What did he do for the police and FBI hunting him down, and what does he gain during his stay at Disventure Camp?
Now, let's imagine this: Jensen used to be a part of this huge crime ring that he, originally named Vladimir, ruled with an iron fist. But someone snitched on the gang, and the police took down most of the gang members except Vladimir. Now, with nothing but posters asking people to look out for him, Vladimir needed to get back on top, so when he saw a sheet asking for help on a new reality show out in the middle of no where Vladimir took the job.
He changed his looks (his hair was black, but he dyed it gray to look older, covered the tattoo on his neck and blinded his left eye), and gained a new (fake) ID and changed his name to Jensen. After being hired by Derek and Trevor, he started his plan to restart his empire by selling the animal corpses he kills by the order of Derek and Trevor (He may have killed some interns and framed it as bear attacks)
When season 1 started and Tom joined (He was forced to take the job after the trouble with his teammates betraying him and his boss on their last straw at Tom), Jensen sensed something odd about him. Sneaking a peek at his bags while the players are at the challenge, Jensen finds out that Tom's a spy looking for him, so he creates a plan to make sure Tom will never catch him.
So that's what I have for now, I might come back with more later. Thank you for reading and gn/gm!
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ATE DEVOURED LEFT NO CRUMBS WITH THIS
i LOVE the idea of getting drew and rosa back to not only flesh them out more (as they deserved) but to also flesh out fiore and give her a redemption arc. especially drew omg my sweet boy i miss him
and the jensen arc... moon anon we need you on the show rn i can’t watch this knowing it could’ve been THIS /pos
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FOP: A New Wish e24-30
woooooo more FOP! we got so many things going on, so let's get down to business
Episode 24: The Treble with Rivals
there are schools that have band and orchestra? i thought they were the same thing, just if it was bigger it got labeled orchestra. weird.
there's a Nmusic Phairy...why didn't you run Fairy Idol? are you actually a Muse?? that would explain the stupid spellings...but those are fairy wings...
and wait, isn't wishing for musical talent to do at an audition technically participating in a competition...not that we follow that rule much these days
so the difference between Band and Orchestra seems to be that one is strings and one is wind and brass based...despite orchestra having winds and brass sections
also what school thinks it's a good idea to give children only 1 week of practice before putting on a concert??
ooo musical fae wood.
again why is band vs orchestra a thing?? everything in band is in orchestra normally; is it because orchestra is harder to get into so the left overs get band then? that would make sense i guess...
you know, i'm kind of sad there was no Jets vs Sharks musical number this episode given that it is two musical groups/gangs fighting one another
oh hey it's older brother; makes sense since he's featured next episode. hurray continuity!
so...i think i got too focused on an insignificant detail this episode, but to be fair there wasn't much to this one. not bad, but not one of the stronger stories
Episode 25: Rattleconda Racers
ooo we finally meet the older brother!
haha little sister is jealous of big brother's new girlfriend. classic.
ah the poorly worded unintended wish. also classic.
wonder if Antony thinks he's dreaming right now, because he's far too nonchalant about this
heh Wanda getting too deep into the RP
geeze this is the second rough punk lady of the series
oh NOW it's against eth rules to use magic to cheat huh? yup typical Da Rules logic. but wishing yourself out as a no-go is a classic for the trapped in the board game story, so...
dawwww sweet sibling moment. and very good story beat; so far yeah Hazel's been learning to deal with all eth changes and has adapted well, but she's a kid so of course when her brother is back she reverts only to realize that things are different and even she is different. good story telling.
oh he just thought he was imagining everything, mk
overall, very classic setup and payoff, but it worked very well. good story!
Episode 26: Dig a Little Deeper
subterranean rock monsters huh? we've had those before...like twice (Engine Blocked and The Big Fairy Share Scare i think)...hm...
oh hey Alec Schwimmer is the writer??
oh right, Hazel likes rocks...we haven't touched that since e1 i think
yeah Dev with his O-pair drones and talks of cooperate takeover, that's totally Goblin like...
coolest, shiniest, and out of this world rock...is it a Wonderstone???? and a different universe??? O.o????
Cosmo's argued with his echo before, hasn't he?
another lost wand plot? uhg...i guess it's the least egregious sin they could pull, but still, we just had one of those with the FNaF episode
oh it's a rockman not a moleman...which the synopsis did say, so why is that a surprise to me??
threatening to drop the heroine in lava. heh. and Hazel nerd correcting lol. love you girl. but none of the rockmen look like they're made of laps lazuli (i too am a bit of a rock nerd girl)
oh that triangle one was bluish, i guess they could be lapis
oh and a last second reminder that there's Peri around
so this was an interesting one. technically low magic, and Hazel got to nerd out. i liked it
Episode 27: Operation Birthday Takeback
the return of Vicky! also, nice that we're focusing on a birthday that isn't the main protagonist first; didn't we do that in the original...Tootie's birthday was established before Tim's...in s0 and the main series...and Vicky was the problem in both of those too....huh...
oo this is also a double (full 22 min) episode. fun!
awww Dev, your dad sucks. but still good highlighting how he treats Peri; he thinks Peri should know what he needs/wants since the O-pair drones are programed to do that PLUS the fact that Dev doesn't even know what he wants
adult Vicky...has the earring from her 18 year old self in Channel Chasers...but she doesn't look like she should be in her 40s (oh eye bags, yeah sure that's 40s uhuh)...and being a birthday performer?? that's not an occupation i ever thought she'd had
CHIP SKYLARK!!! and if it was an oldie hit that Jazmine's mother listened to, then yeah it's gotta be 20 years in the future
ok, her using child slave labor does track, but as a party performer? that sounds more like a daycare setup...
we are referencing Nectar of the Odds! so yeah it's very telling that Dale is THAT inattentive if he'd hire Vicky with that being their history
the Dale-cave is funny and so over the top, not gonna lie. but oh yeah, Dale is the new Crocker, and he has the funds to do that (and huh, dad obsessing over the best friend...the Dimmadomes are the Osborns...ok Superverse Dev is a Green Goblin analog)
Dev nearly spilled the beans! but then again he answered the door with Peri not knowing it was Hazel so...not surprising (Foop returns later; does Dev loose Peri and Foop swoops in to take over??). yet he could probably get away with claiming he was a new advanced O-pair drone if he had to
commercial break; there's a commercial for NW and there were clips i don't recognize?? punk adult Hazel?? O.o?? excite! (yet again with the punk ladies; is this going to be a recurring thing?? is that a bad thing?)
why are you guys writing on his white board thing?? even Peri realizes this is a bad idea
heh the under the table graffiti; this show puts cute little details in the environment so well
ICKY VICKY SONG REVENGE MONTAGE TIME!!!
Chinfinity War poster in Dev's room! and is that baby Poof as Darth Maul in the other poster?? O.o i know he dressed like that before, but that feels super random
yeah get Dev a lemonade, he can't have a milkshake remember
awww Dev saved Hazel, so sweet...to bad a third act breakup is happening again
the fairies finally learn that Vicky is here, and a Timmy name drop! but Peri's reaction is actually kinda gold lol
Vicky kissing up the perceived parents, yup. and hey Peri did turn into an O-pair drone. and a coupled decades, so yup 20 years minimum
and here comes the third act breakup. but very interesting that he thinks she manipulated him...because that's all anyone has ever done to him
ok we mentioned 2001 (when the series proper started), and if this is set in real time, it's 2024 so that's 23 years...ok so yeah, NW is 20 years after the original series up to at least season 7 (since that's when Foop appeared). we are slowly figuring out the timeline folks!!
awww Peri is trying. and Dev once again self sabotages himself because he doesn't know how to cope (so that's why Foop comes later, he wished Peri away). i gotta say, i think Dev might be the best character
this was practically a perfect episode. low magic, but the problem wasn't caused by magic. it's very character heavy, but deep in lore. and it advances the central plot points. A++ team!!
Episode 28: Potazal Pohtahzal
weird name, but ok. also the return of Mother Nature huh? is this yet another redesign (spoilers: yes it is)
Sparky?? "when did we get a dog"??? O.o!!! nonononononononono!!!!!!! oh wait it's the trash can she's mak pretending, ok, that's safe. DO NOT give me a heart attack like that show!!
ok so the wish of the day is unlimited french fries. so...this is Just Desserts light, since only she's getting them not the whole world, and it's about eating only 1 food type instead of a healthy balance
oh a musical number, ok i guess
oh hey a map!!! and not a very...correctly cut up map...so don't know how accurate this is, but it looks like Dimmadelphia is in Illinois...yeah this isn't a good map, i don't seem to exist on it so *shrugs*
Da Rules says you talk to Mother Nature about when your godkid turns into a food item huh? how does that make sense?
and yup new redesign for Mother Nature. not a terrible one i'll give, much better than the others so far (Cupid, Father time)
of course she'd go and eat the source potato. so to fix it she's...going to chop herself up??? O.O!!! SHOW!! child dismemberment??? of course it wouldn't happen, but still! i love you
and we just grow a new one and everything is fixed. that's fine
the moral of the story is moderation and sharing and eating properly
the trash can actually barked/talked....no, nopenopenopenopenope, idc if it was just a button gag, nope. we do not want (all of) s9 to be canon to this timeline. no
Episode 29: The Haunting of Wells House
lol another horror movie parody title, nice. also Marcus focused, and ghost focused, ok, i'm into it (can't be scarier than them threating to canonize Sparky last episode after all)
Hazel filming youtube videos with her dad. cute.
daww i was almost hoping the scary movie Cosmo and Wanda was gonna give them would be the one from Timmy's 2-D House of Horror about the haunted volcano. but zombie fairies is cool too i guess....we did have a zombie plague earlier in eth season after all...
oh haunted fairy video tape. fun
and now we're a ghost hunting show, even in the night vision green
i like the detail that Ghost Pepper (heh the multi level puns of that name, great job) has limbs that disconnect
HA! Jorgen's a priest to perform an exorcist. that's great, and funny, especially in his camo smock
does Jorgen have a whole haunted collection of VHS tapes?? wut?
so this one was alright. it was a quick one and done romp.
Episode 30: Best of Luck
the return of Foop!! or, Irep now...why would he stick with the mirrored name instead of changing to Anti-Peri? as a baby, that's silly, but ok sure, especially since Poof changed his name as an adult, maybe that's normal so the Anti-faries do similar. and c'mon, Anti-Peri sounds like Anti-fairy even...maybe that's why they didn't do it? and also, his full name is Periwinkle, so it should be...an unpronounceable mess backwards...why not just Anti-Peri??? meh, oh well, lets just see how this goes i guess.
who's hands are on the title card?
oh NOW we are siting Da Rules about taking a competition prize. also, peri came back after being wished away? mk, won't argue that. but yeah Da Rules prevent chaos, thus why the djinn are more annoying. but i get it, Dev's annoyed by Da Rules, giving the opening for Irep to arrive
and arrive he does...and looks like an idiot being a block head. Peri didn't stay a ball, despite circular heads being a thing.
wait when did that calendar start...it's currently May huh? interesting...why were orchestra/band tryouts in the middle of the school year? or should that have been an earlier episode, since there was no clear evidence of Peri to time stamp it...but there was glasses-less Dev...still, this means that summer break is getting close, so interesting...also means that Anthony's visit would've probably been spring break, so again why was band/orchestra tryouts in the middle of the school year??? if it was one or the other maybe, implying that they share the same class timeslot so it's a half year program, thus the kids that play instruments in both go full year-why am i STILL hung up on that??? (it's like when i got stuck on e1 of BNHA about how the goo guy's volume should've exceeded the soda bottles and was his brain a thing was every cell of his body sentient...) MOVING ON!
wow i think this is the first time Da Rules has stated that they can't kill anyone with magic. that's kinda weird...especially since Marrianne did do that (by starting WWI)...oh maybe she's the godchild that made that a rule, ok i can buy that
also you guys have dealt with Anti-fairies before, why wasn't that a go to idea?
this rock paper scissor game has move moves than the Big Bang one, geeze
dawww Dev lashing out because he's sad and falling back to his old ways
oh hey we're following the rule about "when a fairy quits any magical being can fill in"...just like Fairy Idol where another blue chaos entity took over...i wonder if we'll get genies in this series
oh Jorgen swoops in to save the day! because no 2 weeks notice...that was never a thing before...dumb, but oh well, we didn't want Irep to stay around.
dawww Dev still lashing out even as Hazel tries to extend the olive branch. and ooo he's gonna be researching Anti-fairies...he gonna break out Irep isn't he....ANTI-FAIRY PLAUGE UPON THE WORLD!
so hey good setup for a future plot point i hope! and again, it does make logical sense to evolve things in that direction. very fun!!
oooo next week says there's an episode with multiverse stuff??? exciting! still loving the show, keep it up!!
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Shadowhunter Chronicles characters/couples as Taylor Swift songs:
Couples:
Herongraystairs: Timeless
I would’ve read your love letters every night / and prayed to God you’d be coming home alright / and you would’ve been fine, we would’ve been timeless /
cause I believe that we were supposed to find this / so even in a different life / you still would’ve been mine / we would’ve been timeless
Cordelia/Matthew: Getaway Car
I struck a match and blew your mind / but I didn't mean it / and you didn't see it
I wanted to leave him / I needed a reason
You were driving the getaway car / we were flying but we'd never get far / don't pretend it's such a mystery / think about the place where you first met me / riding in a getaway car / there were sirens in the beat of your heart
It was the great escape / the prison break
You weren't thinking / and I was just drinking
Thomas/Alastair: Sweeter Than Fiction
Wish I could make it better / someday you won't remember / the pain you thought would last forever and ever
Just a shot, just a shot, in the dark, oh, oh / All you got, all you got are your shattered hopes / they never saw it coming
Proved me right, proved me right, when you proved them wrong
I'll be one of the many saying "look at you now, look at you now, now" / I'll be one of the many saying "you made us proud, you made us proud, proud"
Anna/Ari: A Perfectly Good Heart
Why would you wanna break a perfectly good heart? / Why would you wanna take our love and tear it all apart? / Why would you wanna make the very first scar?
Maybe I should've seen the signs, should've read the writing on the wall / And realized by the distance in your eyes that I would be the one to fall
Kieran/Mark/Cristina: Out of the Woods
The rest of the world was black & white / but we were in screaming color
Are we out of the woods yet? / Are we in the clear yet? / Good
We were built to fall apart and fall back together
Your necklace hanging from my neck
That night we couldn't quite forget / when we decided, we decided / to move the furniture so we could dance
Remember when you couldn't take the heat? / I walked out, said 'I'm setting you free' / But the monsters turned out to be just trees / when the sun came up, you were looking at me
Emma/Julian: Run
Give me the keys / I'll bring the car back around
And my so-called friends, they don't know / I'd drive away before I let you go
I could see this view a hundred times / pale blue sky reflected in your eyes
There's a heart on your sleeve / I'll take it when I leave / and hold it for you
There's been this hole in my heart / this thing was a shot in the dark / say you'll never let 'em tear us apart / and I'll hold onto you while we run / like you'd run from the law
Emma/Julian Part 2: Dress
Our secret moments in a crowded room / they got no idea about me and you
All of this silence and patience / pining and anticipation / my hands are shaking from holding back from you
I don't want you like a best friend
Inescapable / I'm not even gonna try / and if I get burned, at least we were electrified
Even in my worst times / you could see the best of me / flashback to my mistakes / my rebounds, my earthquakes / even in my worst lies, you could see the truth in me
I woke up just in time / now I wake up by your side / my one and only, my lifeline
Kit/Ty: Renegade
I tapped on your window on your darkest night
Are you really gonna talk about timing in times like these? / And let all your damage damage me? / And carry your baggage up my street? / And make me your future history?
Is it insensitive for me to say "get your shit together so I can love you?"
Magnus/Alec: You Are In Love & Lover
You understand now why they lost their minds and fought the wars
There's a dazzling haze, a mysterious way about you dear / have I known you 20 seconds or 20 years?
Can I go where you go? / Can we always ben this close? Forever and ever
Ladies and gentlemen, will you please stand? / with every [bow] string scar on my hand / I take this magnetic force of a man to be my lover
My heart's been borrowed and yours has been blue / All's well that ends well to end up with you / swear to be overdramatic and true to my lover
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Julian: Eyes Open
The tricky thing / is yesterday we were just children / playing soldiers, just pretending / dreaming dreams with happy endings
And now we've stepped into a cruel world / where everybody stands and keeps score
Everybody's waiting for you to break down / everybody's watching to see the fallout / even when you're sleeping / keep your eyes open
So here you are / two steps ahead and staying on guard / every lesson forms a new scar / they never thought you'd make it this far
Nobody comes to save you now
Matthew: Tied Together With A Smile
Hold on, baby you're losing it / the water's high, you're jumping into it / and letting go / and no one knows / that you cry, but you don't tell anyone / that you might not be the golden one / and you're tied together with a smile but you're coming undone
it's not his price to pay
Clary: The Man
I'd be a fearless leader / I'd be an alpha-type / when everyone believes ya? / What's that like?
I'm so sick of them coming at me again / 'Cause if I was a man / then I'd be the man
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So I just reread your unicorn/phoenix Malec and I have to say I love it. And while I really do want know everyones reaction to the new soulmate duo in town I had this thought that made me giggle: Alec and the other baby shadowhunters in a sacred ritual observed by their dotting parents/any curios shadowhunter (lots) soul searching their form and it being announced to a lot of clapping/cheering one after another. Then Alec with the cutest smile: Unicorn. Cue everyone freaking out. Panic.
so i already wrote a bit where he first shifts *he kills his dad and a bunch of others* and so that doesn't quite work? but i loved the prompt so i kind of used it? and i'm hoping you still enjoy this
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Unfortunately for the rest of Alicante, Alec’s presentation and shift is kept as quiet as possible until Jia Penhallow can gather as many adult members of the clave to Alicante as possible.
It becomes routine and Maryse watches with a hardened heart as Alec slowly gores his way through executing over thirty nephilim adults.
It’s terrifying how many people Jia introduces him to and how many people he kills and how he only gets bigger and stronger each time his horn pierces a nephilim and executes their soul. His secondary form is twice as big as it should be for his age, but it’s not hurting him, and he barely tolerates her interest when it’s valid, so she does nothing.
Sometimes, her baby is merciful and only kills them, other times he gores them viciously, splintering apart the golden tendrils of their soul and severing their tether to Raziel.
It takes weeks for it all to end and it’s when Alicante is finally purged from the filth that Alec takes offense to, Maryse is begging Jia to follow through on the original deal. Maryse cannot stay in Idris with two children, not when one of them is being used as a divine sword of execution and angelic justice. Not if she wants anything of Alec, her baby, to remain or ever be salvageable.
It’s hard, taking Alec to New York and intending to leave him there while she finishes getting things ready, but she wants him out of Alicante. Where all the nephilim watch him with fear and awe alike.
“Maryse Lightwood.” The hunter says, cool and detached and utterly uncaring which means absolutely nothing.
“Trueblood.” Maryse corrects with a tight smile, because she won’t have Alec wear his father’s name when he killed the man. He’ll be her heir because he spared her, he found her worthy in a way that he didn’t Robert, for all that he avoids and is rarely near her. “My son has shifted and been given his first runes. By Jia Penhallow’s orders, he’ll be staying here at the Institute by himself until I and his sister arrive.”
The hunter gives her a dismissive look but then grits their teeth into a fake but not unkind smile and looks down at Alec with a grimace.
“So kid, you have a good form then? Going to be a hunter?”
Alec smiles up at them, his small face too sweet for the monster of justice that lurks beneath and Maryse shudders at the sight.
“I don’t have to hunt.” Alec says, looking at the grizzled hunter curiously. “My prey will always find its way to me.”
“Oh?” The hunter asks, clearly trying to play along with what they think is childlike nonsense. "What kind of animal are you?"
“I’m a unicorn.” Alec says with a smile and the hunter misses their next step, pallor draining as they look down and finally recognize the glint of Alec’s smile for what it is. “My prey will always find me when it’s time to be put down.”
Maryse swallows hard and reminds herself that she can’t run her fingers through Alec’s hair, or even face him when he smiles like he is now.
Not when he’s looking at the people around him with something both hungry and divine in his gaze.
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Hey, how many canon T1 diabetic characters do you know about?
I kinda wanted to challenge myself to make a character in art everyday with visual equitment, symbols maybe, and anything else I can think of.
That sounds like a great idea! Let me know how it goes please :D
So here are the ones I know from media I have personally read/watched:
Alec Holland from Swamp Thing: Twin Branches by Maggie Stiefvater, a DC comic book. Specified as T1D.
Blue Broen from The Truth According to Blue by Eve Yohalem, a middle grade adventure novel. (I'm only a few pages in but T1D seems well done.)
Brian (and Rufus) from Rufus Comes Home by Kim Gosselin, a children's book featuring Rufus the Diabetic Bear! (I still have mine on a shelf--along with Ruby! Although I renamed her Rosetta :P put pods on 'em and everything.)
Cassie Salazar from Purple Hearts, a 2022 Netflix Original AND a romance novel by Tess Wakefield (which I have NOT read). Specified as T1D.
Hansel (played by Jeremy Renner) from the movie Hansel & Gretel: Witchhunters. He has an inaccurate, anachronistic form of diabetes referred to as ‘sugar sickness’ but it’s one of my favorite movies. Besides, the movie also has an automatic machine arrow-gun. Realistic it is not. Fun monster movie, it is. I want to write a medical fix-it fic SO bad but I don't know when.
Mackenzie Nolan from Let Me List the Ways by Sarah White, a YA contemporary romance. Specified as T1D.
Sal Vidon from Sal and Gabi Break the Universe by Carlos Hernandez, a Rick Riordan presents novel. Specified as T1D.
Stevie Hart from Lucky Few by Kathryn Ormsbee, a YA contemporary novel. Specified as T1D (but not until over 100 pages in :/ sorry I got personal beef with the book's rep but I saw a few people who liked it so... GREAT homeschooling rep tho)
Ones I have been reliably informed have T1D (or, you know, as close as we get) but have not personally read/watched:
Ezekiel from Agnes at the End of the World, a YA cult/post-apoc novel by Kelly McWilliams. Not sure if it's specified.
Captain Lantus from The Adventures of Captain Lantus, a children's book. Specified as T1D.
Kyle Broflovski and Scott Malkinson from the show South Park. I don't believe it's specified, and from what I've heard, SP makes fun of literally everything, but I know they've got a lot of fanfic in the ao3 diabetes tag!
Lucy Szabo from Sweetblood, a YA novel by Pete Hautman. Not sure if it's specified.
Dare Chase from The Girls Are Never Gone by Sarah Glenn Marsh, a YA horror fantasy novel. Not sure if it's specified.
Stacey Frick and one unnamed girl from Pixar's Turning Red movie. Both wear visible insulin pumps.
Stacey McGill from The Baby-Sitters Club, a middle grade series by Anne M Martin and a Netflix Original show. Specified as T1D.
Scott from Zebrafish by Sharon Emerson, a middle grade book. Not sure if it's specified.
Diabetes in Fiction is definitely worth a look. Their website sorts by both T1D or T2D and also by genre.
There are more lists here, but I haven't been able to verify them in any way yet:
a brief list and review of movies with T1D from DBL-diabetes
a brief list and review of shows with T1D from DBL-diabetes
An article from Healthline talking rep from both movies and shows
a rec list of kids books with T1D from the T1D Living blog
A list of children's books with T1D made by Disney and Lilly
A Goodreads list Romance Novels with Main Characters who have Diabetes
Another Goodreads list Fiction Books with Type 1 Diabetes
Yet another Goodreads list YA Books Featuring Type One Diabetes
Someone's pretty comprehensive Goodreads shelf of books that are supposed to have T1D
And another, smaller Goodreads shelf of T1D in Fiction
This was...probably way more than you need for your project, but I hope you find plenty of inspiration! (And new faves :D) I'm so excited to see what you come up with!
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Prompt idea that came to my head! I just love Peter 3 and Gwen so much, i can't get enough of prompts with them!
Peter 3 and Gwen deciding to have a movie night! They are watching a scary movie and Gwen doesn't scare easy so Peter 3 is the only one jumping at every scene and she's laughing at him! He decides he's had enough and is like "well there is one monster you may be scared of...." and decides to pull out the tickle monster!
"How are you so calm through this movie..."
(I love the idea of Peter being scared during a movie Gwen loves ❤️ it's absolutely adorable and so fitting for Peter Parker :) Thank you for the adorable prompt lovely Anon! Enjoy 😁)
"How are you so calm through this movie . . ."
"After a few years of knowing you swinging around the city several stories up on a thin piece of string, this is a cakewalk." Gwen popped another piece of popcorn into her mouth.
Peter 3 glared at his girlfriend. "Hey!"
"Don't tahake it to heart sweetheart. I was just teasing." Gwen snuggled closer to Peter 3. "I just don't scahare that easily."
Peter used his hand not currently covered in butter to play with her hair. "How is that fair?"
"Don't know jitterbug. Guehess that's just the way it is."
A scream from the movie had Peter burrowing under the blanket. The smaller blond snickered at the adorableness. She waited for the scene to pass before she peeked back under the cover.
She was met with another glare.
"Whahat's that look fohor?"
"You laughed at me!"
Gwen cooed. "Ihim sorry, it's juhust funny to see the amazing smart alec spidermahan burrowing under the blanket at a cheap jumpscare. . . But I'm promise I'm not judging yohou too hard."
"Spiderman isn't afraid of these things, but Peter Parker is!"
The pout on her boyfriend's face had her giggling again. "Hohow does that logic work?"
Peter Parker peeked out from behind the blanket. "It just does!"
Gwen chuckled as her boyfriend returned to his hiding spot when the monster jumped back out again. "Ahaw, someone's juhumpy."
"Stooop!"
"Buhut it's soho cute!"
Peter growled at the smaller blond. "No it's not!"
"Ihit really is Pete."
Peter 3 came out from behind the blanket with a smirk on his face. "Wehell there is one monster you may be scared of. . ."
Gwen raised an eyebrow. "Who's that?"
Three wiggled his fingers. "The tickle monster."
Gwen squeaked then broke into giggles as she was pulled into a hug and a hand tickled her sides. "Peter!"
Three growled playfully as he continued to skitter his fingers around her tummy and sides. "Thehe tickle monster's hungy fohor giggles!"
The smaller blond snorted as she squirmed and tangled herself in her blanket.
"Awww, whose a tickwish wittwe cuwtie? Youw awre! Yes youw awre!"
Gwen playfully pushed Peter. "Wehere mihissing thehe mohovie!"
"Wehe're not missing muhuch. The prihiest is successful."
"What!"
Peter froze.
Gwen shoved his chest. "You tohold me yohouve never seheen this movie!"
"I haven't!"
"Thehen how do yohou know!"
Three blushed and looked away from his girlfriend. One hand disappeared under his blanket and pulled out his phone.
"You looked uhup the ending!"
"I'm sorry. I wahas hoping it would ease my nerves."
The smaller blond smiled sympathetically at her boyfriend. She knew these movies weren't his favorites, but he made an effort for her.
She kissed Peter's cheek. "Thank you for watching this with me."
"Of course! I love spending time with you."
"And I love spending time with you." Gwen snuggled closer to her boyfriend. "Buhut maybe with a different movie."
"But you're enjoying it."
"I can watch it later."
"You can keep watching it." A blush crept across Peter 3's face. "But Ihi just mihight need a . . . distraction."
A smirk found it's way on to the smaller blond's face. "Oho really?"
The blush spread to Three's ears.
Meanwhile, one of Gwen's hands slipped under Peter's shirt. "Ihi think that can behe arranged."
Shortly thereafter, the room was filled with Peter's quiet giggles as Gwen continued to watch her movie.
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Sup, I'm a friend of Devil Lily using their phone because they forgot to add something to his request so I'm doing it for them because they passed out.....sleeping.
They wouldn't like to be matched with Husk, the snake guy who appeared in episode 2, and Alastor. Husk will remind him of his brother, the one they hate. Snake guy is to "pure" for them and probably replaced their shitty brother with him. Alastor is a lot like a ancestor that they look up to by how both of them act alike and both being cannibals so it's purely platonic feelings.
They forgot to tell you their love languages and how he looks.
Their love languages are physical touch and quality time, sometimes gift giving. Physical touch is like Alastor, they like touching others but when someone tries touching them he will be pissed off. Quality time is something he always does. Whether it's comforting, chilling, or helping with a task, they will always do it with a smile. Gift giving is rare but sweet whenever it happens, according to them it either takes time or money for gifts and he rather do it on something more important and helpful.
They are tall like 7.ft, has a subtle muscular build, and looks like adult Kipo from Kipo and the age of wonderbeasts.
They wear like Converse or worn out boots with either slacks, jeans, or cargo pants. They usually have a tank top or T-shirt on and with their signature black leather jacket. Their jacket is decked out with patches that represent each friend that they have and they add on with each new friend, it's how you tell that they like you. But on rare occasion you'll see them in a white dress shirt and with a vest like Vox's or Alastor's on, sometimes with a bowtie.
Finally, they act like that one non-binary friend that you have that's really chill and witty like is just so calm and collected like they have everything under control but in a second is really aggressive and pissed off that they take it out on everyone and push them away. Yeah that's them. They kin like a few characters, here are some that I can come up with.
Kipo from Kipo and the age of wonderbeasts, not only looks and style but how they act and the overall feel of the character.
Adam and Lute from Hazbin Hotel. Okay so Adam because they both like rock... that's it really. However Lute and them are almost twinsies. They both are fiercely loyal and will stand for what they believe in. They also get rid of traitors however unlike Lute who didn't hear Vaggie out and all that jazz, Devil Lily actually almost killed a guy in our group who SA'd like half of the group, we had to hold them back before killing him.
Wow this is getting long but lastly their playlist/kin songs.
Bones - imagine dragons and other songs
This is love - Air traffic
Like a lot of Melanie Martinez
Alec Benjamin - if I killed someone for you
Locked out of heaven - Bruno Mars
Skillet - monster and feel invincible
That's it thanks for reading this.
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Kipo from Kipo and the age of wonderbeasts.
Hi hun! You honestly didn’t miss anything with the first request! Ill get to it! But i’ve stated before that looks dont really play into much!
But i have to admit, this made me a little uncomfortable with mentions of real life cannibals and looking up to them? and actual SA. I just need general stuff about personality, and thats what i got! I do appreciate that you came back! Obviously no hate to the commenter, but its more of a general statement gor everybody else to know, since a lot of people usually miss other things!
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nxttheendxfthestxry · 9 months
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"No, no, it is as bad as you think."
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beautifulduckweed · 8 months
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Get to Know Me Memes
Thanks for the tag, @afewbulbsshortofatanningbed! I'm procrastinating furiously, and I would absolutely so much rather do this than anything else right now.
Last Song: That Jack Harlow song except it's about chinchillas:
Favorite Color: Uhhh either hot pink, dark purple, or eye-searing teal.
Last Book: A Power Unbound by Freya Marske. This book has so many great bits, but also so many bits that were infuriating, inconsistent with established canon, broke previously established rules, or just plain made no sense, that it ended up being one of the worst books I've read in quite a while. It was at its best when it allowed the protagonists to be tender and intimate with each other, which meant that the last two chapters were the only ones that didn't make me want to thump my head gently against the wall.
Last Movie: No Time to Die. The tallwife and I decided it was time for us to finally sit down and (re)watch all five Daniel Craig Bond movies, and I gotta say, Casino Royale and Skyfall absolutely hold up---Skyfall in particular feels like a good movie, period, and the best Bond movie yet. The other three movies were entertaining but a hot mess. No Time to Die made many people furious with its ending, but I enjoyed Bond's character arc there, especially in the context of the four movies that preceded it, and especially because we'd watched the movies in rapid succession.
Last TV Show: Delicious in Dungeon, which is absolutely cuckoo bananas bonkers. Highly recommended. Anime on Netflix about a party of D&D-esque adventurers who are so broke that they have to make their way through the dungeon with zero money for provisions. The solution: cook and eat the monsters they slay! Every episode lovingly goes through the proper preparation methods and talks about the importance of eating balanced meals. If you miss original flavor Iron Chef and love D&D, you 1000% need to watch this show.
Sweet/Spicy/Savory: Savory!
Relationship Status: Le married
Last Thing I Googled: That chinchilla Tiktok
Current Obsession: Trying to slowly and painfully wrench my wardrobe around from "buy whatever's cheap and sort of fits" into something resembling a coherent aesthetic. And my true loves---romance novels in general and KJ Charles romance novels in particular---are never far from my mind.
Looking Forward To: Visiting @theglintoftherail and @etoilesombre in March, aaaaahhhh it's gonna be so great!
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Three Ships: Jerry Crozier/Alec Pyne from Any Old Diamonds. Utterly obsessed with their dynamic. Kim Secretan/Will Darling from the Will Darling Adventures, because what's not to love about a twisty secretive angsty shit + stoic oblivious dude with a boatload of war trauma? Also Arthur/Eames from Inception, I will never not love that universe in general and those two in particular. Just thinking about them makes me want to reread weatherfront's Inception fics.
First Ship: Man, it was probably Todd/Neil from Dead Poets' Society? I watched that movie when I was 11 or 12 years old, and it hit me like a truck, but I had no way to express the horrible yearning I had for Neil to have a different ending, and for him and Todd to remain VERY CLOSE FRIENDS forever.
Currently Reading: King Solomon's Mines. Hilariously, am reading this for KJ Charles reasons, because Think of England is set in that universe and I want more background info on Archie Curtis's adventure-loving guncles. I enjoyed this a whole lot as a child (I think I first read it when I was 11?) and reading it as an adult is...an experience. Colonialism: What a drug!
Currently Watching: Delicious in Dungeon; also slowly catching up on Lower Decks (which is proceeding at a snail's pace because we don't have Paramount Plus, we watch an episode or two every few weeks at a friend's house).
Currently Craving: A Cosmic Crisp apple and some cheddar cheese. For whatever reason, my body has decided that This Is Food and very few other things are. Fuckin' bodies.
As always with these things, I'm not tagging anyone. Feel free to jump in if you, too, are in the mood to talk about yourself and are trying to put off actually thinking about or working on something.
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On March 6th of last year I posted a collection of discarded drawings called DUMPSTER DUDELZ on deviantART, my way of making sure abandoned art would be seen. It hadn't been the first time I had compiled all of my leftovers together, 2013's Sketchapalooza ULTIMAtE acting as the original Clarktoon sketch dump before I made Sketch BOOMs a thing. The only difference this time was that all the artwork was original, Sketchapalooza including fan art of Queen La, Mickey Mouse, and Blue's Clues. With all the projects I start then never finished, I figured a compilation like this would be a perfect way to show what all doesn't make the final cut. Now with it being the dawn of a New Year, I decided to bring the idea back with a vengeance! That is until I saw how many scrapped scribbles I actually had. Unlike the previous DUMPSTER DUDELZ, which had amassed years worth of rejected content, this one comes at the end of a single year where most of my ideas managed to make it online. Heck, one of the sketches seen here actually was posted to deviantART before now. You know what I say to all that though? Screw it, let's post it anyway! Hopefully my posting all of this will usher in the beginning of a full, productive year of artwork. If not, I at least got to humiliate my good friend Volts48...
1) SPOOKY SCARY SEXY MASKED MANIAC Halloween is always a rough time for me, artistically. With Christmas taking up all of my focus I'm left unavailable to post anything for the second best Holiday of the year. Not that I ever stop trying, mind you. My goal for 2022 was to post a specially themed Sketch BOOM themed around the month of monsters, even managing to get one of my ideas down on paper. Said idea being my buddy Alec genderbent and dressed in a Virgin-Killer sweater as revenge for all the times he paid other artists to draw me with massive boobs or in frilly outfits. To any artist that has done that, rest assured I don't actually take any offense to it, I appreciate any fan work based of my characters regardless of how ridiculous. Besides, you at least draw she-me with clothes on, so there's that. This was just a silly excuse to put my friend in the exact same situation he puts me through as well the culmination of an old inside joke that even he forgot about. Back when I first started my Discord server I was very strict about what could be posted, so Alec made a big stink when my college buddy Alice2Rose posted a picture of one of these sweaters, my ignorance showing when I didn't even know what it was. Leave it to an anime weeb to detect a virgin killer a mile away. In any case, here's hoping the aftermath of my friend's long forgotten stink brings you some Halloween fun on this New Year's Day.
2) POLKA PUP, DOO DOO DA DOO DA DOO Yet another joke that culminated on my server, this time from my friend Void-Android. All throughout the last year the mechanized man was obsessed with posting comics and GIFs of puppy sharks, their precious lil' faces flooding my server like the world's cutest Sharnado. Seeing as my friend Finjix and I semi-frequently collaborate ideas for our own shark character Polka Shark, I figured it'd be fun to draw the fantastic, frantic fish as one of those peculiar house pets. The end result is an adorable abomination that'll annoy the carp out of his friend Striped Starfish.
Striped Starfish: Just what I needed; Polka with legs. There goes my plans of washing ashore and dying of heat stroke.
For those wanting more of Polka Shark's absurd under-sea antics, go check out SIM-N's gallery on deviantART. For now though I hope you all enjoy Polka Pup more than the Starfish did.
3) The Mummy of 3K, Queen Emoteph Like I said at the beginning, I had completely forgotten about having already posted this sketch of ERN-E's girlfriend and Yas Queen of the year 3000 EMIL-E as a Mummy. The idea comes from my repeated attempts to bring back the Monster 3K Pin Ups that SIM-N and I used to do for Halloween, Emoteph being brought back from our initial run from 2015. Alas, all that came from this was this admittedly awesome sketch. Fingers crossed I get to take this idea to its fullest extent next year, ERN-E opening a tomb to find the hottest Mummy ever found by man or machine.
ERN-E: That is one fresh-looking corpse... EMIL-E: You're not too bad looking yourself, big guy.
4) ERN-E X EMIL-E Speaking of the Clarktooniverse's first couple, here we have ERN-E and EMIL-E in some slightly updated designs. After years of making his eyes one big screen, I finally decided to give ERN-E more human-like eyes for ease of expression. Em herself didn't get much of an upgrade, but a sketch of ERN-E alone felt naked without his best girl by his side. Here's hoping I get to draw more of these two together in the future.
5) LET'S DANCE AT WHIMSYLAND Okay, this one's definitely needs an explanation. 2022 saw me make my fourth pilgrimage to Disney World to meet up with my friend @the-pale-servant / @agathe-the-smol, despite my vow to not visit the park until Bob Chapek was fired. I have made it no secret how much I despised the bald-headed, brain-dead, creatively bankrupt loser in charge of the Disney during his tenure, his treatment of the Disney Parks being a key factor. Whereas most people saw the parks as a magical wonderland always ready to be expanded and improved, Bob saw it as a money-printing machine he could run raged without a break. It was disgusting. This was most evident when Jart and I got stuck on four different rides, often times more than once. Though to be fair, we still had an amazing time while there! Still, my continued cynicism against the state of my favorite place on Earth wasn't getting any healthier, so I decided to express my contempt creatively. Welcome to Whimsyland, a theme park opened in 1962 by Matt Whimsy as a celebration of the human spirit and endless imagination. Here you could meet Fred Fox, the company's cartoon mascot currently exiling himself to the Park in response to how the CEO's handling Matt's business. Fred is my Mickey stand-in, though unlike Mickey he makes it clear he hears fan complaints and hates being depicted as the villain. Dancing the charleston beside him is Fiona Fox, cartoon fashion icon that the current CEO keeps exploiting, though Fiona at least uses this to her advantage by continuing to inspire young girls. Along with the rest of my currently in development cast, Whimsyland might become the most perkiest place on the planet once more. Until then, we can at least enjoy these two characters dancing to this.
In case you're wondering why I never posted this, you can thank my questionable coloring choices for that. The orange coloring on Freddy feels fine, but the same can't be said for Fiona's fur color nor for their attire. Like I said, this idea's still a WIP.
6) SOMETHING IN THE WAY, OWL DUDE IN THE RAIN Poor Owl Dude, I don't draw him nearly as much as I should. Luckily, the new story ideas I have in mind with him should help fix that. And no, SIM-N, none of them involve a stove!
7) SAURA, EXPERIMENTAL SKETCH If any Clarktoons dominated a majority of my thoughts this year it would be Fred Fox and Saura, my teenage heroine with the power of transforming into a hyper-evolved dinosaur warrior. Helping matters was the fact that Alec got interested in the idea, collaborating with me on certain elements of her story while also commissioning our friend @zernna to draw her every chance he got. For the record Zerna, I plan on releasing a colored reference of Ms. Bosewick here sometime this year, so if we pay you to draw her again you'll know exactly what she looks like. But first I decided to experiment a little, adding details to Saura's design that ultimately won't be a part of her end design. A rule with character designs in cartoons is that the more lines and details you add, the older a character looks, which is what I felt was the major problem was here. With any luck, Saura's finalized design will look plenty bad@$$ without making her look like an actual fossil.
8) POST-BUMPER: ORIGINS Earlier this year I decided to make myself some mailing labels with Bumper on them, quickly drawing Crocie's adorable little ghost buddy as a mailman. The end result looked mighty cute, ignoring how the post officer used another mailing label to cover up mine. Turns out there's somebody in the world who doesn't find the floating marshmallow cute after all. Weird, right?
And for those of you wishing to see what the end product looked like:
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9) FRED FOX Surprising as it sounds, it took me a few tries before settling on Fred Fox as the Whimsyland mascot. My goal was to create a rubberhose character in the same vein as Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, Felix the Cat, Bendy, and the Cupheads, while also making it unmistakably my own. So at first I tried a turtle, only to quickly realize that wouldn't be as cute or charming as intended. Next I tried an elephant, which admittedly looked better, but for whatever reason that didn't work with me either. Finally I settled on a fox with a Boston accent named after a running joke from the Angry Video Game Nerd and the rest was history. 
10) CHIBIZOWA What you're currently looking at is not the Clarktooniverse's answer to King Ghidora. At least, not at the moment, anyway. All throughout 2022 I had intended on drawing birthday pictures for my friends online, including Zerna, someone who has very kindly drawn a lot of my characters over the last few years. What I had planned for her birthday was a sketch of her girlfriend murd3r3r being dragged to the mall by my mechanized mercenary Candy Banger to find the ultimate birthday present, Coco not being accustomed to the violence Candy brings to any situation. In the end, thanks to some advice I got from Alec, a worn-out Coco gets Zerna a three-headed dragon plushtoy named Chibizowa with Candy giving a thumbs up from the window so the two could have a cute moment together. Now for all of you wondering why I didn't end up making this adorable-sounding gift pic, there's a lot of factors that went into it. The first being time, something I am terrible at managing. The second was not knowing enough about Coco, having to go off what I saw in the pics posted in Zerna's gallery. I didn't want to assume what her personality was like, I'm terribly shy by nature, and matters weren't helped by her own lack of art depicting her aliensona. It's why I'm jumping on Zerna's band wagon by telling you gremlins to hound her for sona designs/more art!! >:'0 For now though, I hope you all enjoy this sketch. Who knows, maybe on day I'll end up making the planned present a reality.
11) ONE LAST FRED FOX And that's all she wrote.... OR IS IT!?
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Not included with the DUMPSTER DUDELZ were these two random sketches based on the musical Twisted, which my friend Alec finally convinced me to check out this year. I enjoyed it immensely, even buying the soundtrack and digital recording of the show before drawing their Jafar in the same style as the original Aladdin. Turns out you can make this character look sympathetic. No doubt he'll have a good 2023 as will all of you! That is if you keep dreaming a little harder...
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prolonged bisexual panic - steve harrington x fem reader x billy hargrove
genre: angsty bisexual pining + smut
wc: 5k
pairing: steve x fem reader, billy wants to be in the middle, background jonathan x nancy
warnings: everyone's beat up after an ambiguous monster fight, billy has a lot of self loathing and internalized issues, you kiss billy thinking he's steve cause you're half asleep, billy is actually a good brother and not abusive in this, billy has to come to terms with the fact that he's bi and in love with you and steve, morning wood, dream that takes place in a hospital, jacking off in the shower, billy thinks about you and steve while jacking off in the shower, did I mention boners enough yet, billy cries like twice because you're both nice to him, you call yourself mommy as a joke, let me know if I missed anything I don't have any braincells rn
spoilers: billy and max (cause they're introduced in season 2), brief mention of ambiguous monsters and monster slime
summary: caught between you and steve the night after a battle, billy has nowhere to run from the warmth he feels around you two. he doesn't want to admit how badly he wants to be with both of you because he obviously doesn't stand a chance, but he doesn't really have another option at this point.
music rec: i actually made a playlist this time!! you can listen to it on shuffle if you want but it's in chronological order w the plot yk it's only a few songs so I can link them here too
arms tonight - mother mother, water fountain - alec benjamin, caught in the middle - paramore, i/me/myself - will wood, verbatim - mother mother, sudden desire - hayley williams, bizarre love triangle - new order
a/n: why did the writers do billy so dirty.... I could have made sure he was okay.... "i can fix him" yeah well I can add him to my f/o list
also I'm about to start season 3 so no spoilers lol
also also I feel like this is probs some of my best work so far so PLS let me know!!!! give me feedback and validation!!!! rant to me on anon!!!! I wanna hear it you can not possibly annoy me bc I'M the annoying one!!!!! <33
ALSO I've decided to be that bitch and start including outfits in fics again so enjoy this and follow my shoplook!!
as with all nsfw works, all participating characters (steve, billy, and reader) are aged up to 18+, minors obviously dni <3
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One benefit of Steve’s parents barely ever being home is that when shit hits the fan, and you’re up late into the night fighting interdimensional monsters, everyone can crash at his place, no questions asked. The older kids - you, Steve, Nancy, Jonathan, and Billy - had gotten everyone over to Steve’s place, ordered some pizza, and set up movies and a giant pillow fort in the living room for the younger kids in hopes that it would help them sleep, and gotten to bed yourselves before three in the morning. It doesn’t sound like much, but after the night you’ve all had, you’ll consider it a victory. You told them more times than you can count, if they need anything you’ll all be right upstairs, wake someone up if you need anything. Jonathan and Nancy had taken the guest room, for obvious reasons, leaving you, Billy, and Steve to crash in Steve’s (in your opinion, garishly plaid) room.
Asleep on your feet, getting ready for bed through nothing more than muscle memory, you and Steve peel off your superfluous layers, leaving you in a baggy tee shirt and sweatpants respectively, and fall into bed without a second thought, asleep within minutes. Neither of you notice the compromising position you’re in, or the intimate touches and soft breathy kisses you share out of habit.
Billy, however, does notice. Mainly because as you fell into bed with each other, he got caught in the middle. He was half asleep minutes ago, but he’s definitely awake now. He barely had time to pull off his jeans, much less put on the pajama pants Steve had tossed at him, so clad in nothing more than boxers and a tank top, you and Steve press your forms into his. Part of him wishes he'd left his jeans on, but with your hand already slipping under his shirt and Steve’s on his thigh, he doesn’t think it would have made much difference.
Steve’s arm is under Billy's head, face in his hair, his other hand sleepily caressing Billy's thigh, sending heat to his core. Warmth radiates off his bare chest, and Billy feels a part of him that was always a little annoyed that Steve was never on the skins team during basketball, one he never let himself acknowledge, flood with catharsis. Curiosity, he always told himself, a type of curiosity only satisfied by locker rooms and… whatever situation he finds himself in now.
You nuzzle your face into his neck, and he lets out a quiet, breathy sigh. He can't stop himself from resting his hand on the dip of your waist. Your shirt riding up from the curve of your hip, his hands seem to move on their own, brushing up and down your waist. He finds a subtle indent on your hip where the elastic of your underwear rests, and he traces the soft material, digging in his heels as his mind wanders places he knows it shouldn’t go.
Laying between you, touching and cuddling you both is such a bizarre sensation; as campy as it may sound, he truly never thought he’d be close to both of you like this. There’s no doubt that he’s wanted to be, desperately, for some time, but he’d always written it off as another self destructive pipe dream.
He’d tried earlier today. He really did. You had just finished patching up and settling down the kids, and were passing around first aid kits to the older siblings. One was given to Jonathan and Nancy, one to Billy, and you and Steve had used the supplies in the bathroom. He had lurked outside the bathroom door, trying to work up the nerve to join you, even just existing separately in the same space would have been enough.
He watched you two through the bathroom door, with you standing in between Steve’s legs while his hands skimmed up and down your hips, finally resting on the small of your back. Your hand under his chin, guiding his face around, you assessed his injuries. He’d gotten away with just a black eye and a busted lip, as he always seems to, and you dabbed at the skin gently with a cotton ball. Steve winced slightly at the sting, and Billy could just make out your voices, quietly floating to the doorway.
“Y’know,” Steve started, “I think I’m gonna need a lot of get better kisses to recover from this one,” he trailed off, pulling you closer to him. He just had to walk in the room. Just enter, and make conversation, and keep doing what he was doing before.
“Woah, tiger,” you said with a laugh as he leaned in, grabbing antiseptic cream from the counter, “you won’t be able to kiss anyone if you don’t let me fix your lip.”
You patted his chest, readjusting his face to get a better look. Steve’s eyes got a dreamy sort of look to them, and in that moment, anyone in the room could feel how profound and tangible his love for you is.
He couldn't do it.
Breath pulled from his lungs, Billy returned to Steve’s room, your laughter echoing down the hall at something one of you had said. Misery seemed to pump from his heart through his veins, spreading throughout his entire body.
Now he doesn’t have to wonder what your hands would feel like on his chest, or what Steve’s arms would be like loosely wrapped around him. He doesn’t have to wonder what your shampoo would smell like, or what Steve’s sleepy sighs feel like against his skin. Now, lying here with you, both of you, it’s surreal how fast the tides have turned, how fast that deep resounding sadness has turned into overwhelming warmth and fulfillment. Even if it doesn’t mean anything by sunrise, he knows it will to him.
Even still, he feels like he's being torn apart. At this point, he can’t deny how badly he wants this, how he'll take any scraps of attention, or even passive inclusion, you and Steve might throw him, but for reasons infuriatingly beyond his understanding, his instincts keep telling him to run. That this warmth he's feeling is too much and he'll get burned, or worse, accustomed to it, never able to survive in the inevitable coldness of solitude again. And then what? He just curls up and dies? He lets out an irritated sigh. Frustration, many kinds of it, continues to build.
He squeezes his eyes shut, blinking heavily as he tries to stay awake. He can’t dwell on that distress, as much as he might like to; every breath, every touch of your skin on his, the warmth radiating off of you and onto him keeps him painstakingly in the present. Touching both of you like this, soft and gentle, is so intense, a strange sort of high he’s never felt anywhere else. His long building panic begins to plateau, as he settles into the unwavering sensation of being between you like this. He finds himself blinking more and opening his eyes less, your comforting touches and his prior exhaustion finally catching up with him.
He doesn’t want to sleep. He doesn’t want to risk the miniscule chance that something might happen, and he would sleep through it. He feels you moving, heart in his throat, looking at you nervously. He doesn’t want you to wake up and be disgusted at being so close to him. You’re so kind to everyone, he knows you’d never say that, but he couldn’t live with himself if he knew he’d made you feel that way.
But you don’t wake up. You stretch, arms and legs elongating, your hand getting dangerously close to his hips, before settling back into a comfortable position. Your hips rock against his thigh a few times as you get comfortable, and he bites his lip, trying desperately not to make any noise. Your hand, no longer resting on the bare skin of his stomach, grabs onto the collar of his shirt, pulling it gently. And it stays like that. There you are again, Steve’s breath ghosting steadily over his face, you pressed into his side. In this new position, he can feel the soft flesh of your chest against his.
It’s too much. He wants to get up and leave, and he wants to stay here forever, leaning into this newfound warmth, but he does nothing. He lays there, paralized, choking on conflict. He squeezes his eyes shut, breathing growing ragged as he tries to calm himself, stay in control of his emotions. He’s really glad you’re both sound asleep and not awake to see the stray tears that slip down his cheeks.
He feels you stir again, and tries to force his breathing to slow down. Your hand leaves his chest, and rises softly to his cheek. He flinches slightly as you brush away the tears rolling down his face with the most gentle touch he thinks he’s ever felt in his life. A new wave of deep sadness hits, the tenderness of your gesture making him want to cry more. You shift, pressing a soft, sleepy kiss to his formerly tear stained cheeks. The feeling amplifies.
“Hey, it’s okay,” you murmur in his ear, emulating nothing but pure love and warmth, “I’ve got you, you’re okay…” You continue pressing soft kisses into the side of his face and neck, hand rubbing soothing circles on his chest and stomach.
“You’re okay Stevie.”
In spite of the reassuring tone of your voice, he thinks being split open and gutted with a cleaver would hurt less. He stares at the ceiling, your touch hypnotic.
“I love you.” you say into his ear, pressing a kiss into his jaw. “You’re just… the sweetest person, and I love you so much…”
Slowly, turning his head toward yours, he watches your silhouette in the dark room, moonlight illuminating everything in a surreal, blue cast. Slowly, tenderly, he leans down, pressing a kiss to the top of your head. You hum in approval, pace of your hand on his chest and stomach slowing down. He begins to get caught up in the soothing, hypnotic current of your movements, unaware that he’s even closed his eyes.
He soon finds himself in an uncomfortable plastic chair along the hall of a hospital. He’s filled with a visceral sense of disgust and sickening dread. He’s waiting, stuck stagnant on news that may or may not come. A hand comes up, and he recognizes it as Steve’s. He gently guides Billy’s head to the side, resting on his shoulder, arm around him. His free hand rests on Billy’s leg, and Billy places his own shaking hand on top of it. Soon after your hand covers his, thumb rubbing his skin reassuringly. Your free arm wraps loosely around his waist as you sit curled up in the seat next to him, resting your head on his chest.
And you stay like that.
As doctors and nurses and hospital staff rush around, completely ignoring him, he waits. He’s still full of that sickening, miserable, cold feeling, but you and Steve are completely unshaken, unbothered; still, but not stagnant. The waiting, not even bothering to beg doctors and nurses for any kind of information because he knows they won’t give him anything, is still horrible, but with you and Steve here, beacons of peace and tranquility, it’s enough to take the edge off. Enough to make it bearable. He’s not sure what happens next, as his consciousness is pulled quickly back to a waking state.
His head is turned away from you, resting on Harrington’s arm, his eyes damp again. He’s awake, Billy realizes, from the comforting shushing noises he’s making.
“It’s okay, I’m right here baby…” he mutters, voice thick with sleep, and presses a kiss to the top of Billy’s head.
“You know I love you, right?”
His words hang in the air.
Billy nods slowly in confirmation. Just to make sure he doesn’t wake up, he tells himself, nothing to do with how much time he’s spent avoiding imagining what a love confession from Harrington would be like. Even he can see how thinly veiled that load of bullshit is.
“Cause I do.” Harrington says, breaking the late night silence once again, “I love you lots.”
There might have been more, but he’s asleep again within moments. It’s not what he thought it would be like, not even close - even his wildest fantasies never would have placed him in this situation - but he’ll take what he can get. He feels his breathing fall in line with yours and Steves, eyes blinking slower and slower.
His mind is awake before his eyes open. All of the muscles in his body are relaxed, and he’s so warm. He’s hit with the distinct, resounding feeling that something really, really good has happened, but he shouldn’t question what it is, or it will just disappear from his grasp. If he plays his cards exactly right, and doesn’t move too fast, he won’t break this beautiful delicate thing he’s been given.
Someone moves behind him, and his eyes open. Your face is barely an inch away from his, his arm slung over your waist. One of your legs rests between his, his dick rock hard and cushioned by your soft thigh. Steve shifts behind him, letting out a sigh that fans over Billy’s neck as he wakes up. Face flushing, Billy realizes that he can feel Steve, who has the same problem, hard and right up against him.
You stretch, and sit up, turning to face them. As if you couldn’t get any sweeter, you very politely ignore the fact that Billy was practically just grinding into your thigh.
“Morning,” you yawn, and his chest squeezes. How are you so fucking cute? Steve rolls over, either not noticing or not caring that he’d just had his dick up against Billy’s ass. Billy’s not sure which is worse. He picks up the clock on the nightstand.
“What time is it?” he says, still obviously groggy. His hair is messy and his cheeks are flushed from sleep.
“God, I don’t even know,” you say with another stretch, your shirt riding up and exposing your hips and waist. He can handle this, he can just be normal. Act like nothing weird happened. You let out the softest, breathy little moan when you stretch.
“Last night was really something, huh?” You ask rhetorically, with the jovial, almost conspiratory look you get from sharing an inside joke or a secret with someone. Billy’s heart is pounding. He looks over at Steve, who looks between you two with the same look.
“Yeah,” he says with a chuckle. He wonders if this is it, if… he doesn’t know what would finally happen. He just knows he’ll say yes if it’s with you two. Steve continues.
“I don’t think I’ve ever seen that many monsters in one place.”
Right.
The big event that happened last night was fighting a horde of monsters, not three people sharing a bed. He stands up abruptly, his flight response going into overdrive now that he’s not at risk of waking you up.
“I’m going to take a shower.” he says, quickly making his way to the door.
“Yeah,” Steve starts, “the bathroom’s right down the-”
He’s out the door before Steve can finish. A few feet down the hall, he hesitates, and circles back to Steve’s door, hearing your voices faintly through the small opening.
“I know, I did too! You’d think we’d be up all night from the adrenaline, but I was out like a light.”
“Yeah, maybe we should have Billy sleep with us more often…”
A fresh wave of heat hits his cheeks, and his cock is straining against his underwear. He rushes to the bathroom and closes the door firmly.
Maybe we should have Billy sleep with us more often. You don’t say shit like that unless you’re into someone, right? Maybe… maybe he wasn’t completely delusional about how he felt last night. If you didn’t want to be with him, you would have hated waking up next to him, right? God, he wants to be with you so fucking much.
He looks over at the sink and remembers you patching up Steve. He braces himself against the wall with one arm, imagining Harrington's arms around his waist. He mimes tilting Steve's head back, tending to his injuries. He can almost hear his voice asking him for get better kisses, his tone cocky in a way that makes a wistful smile ghost over his face. He sits on the closed toilet, head tilted back like Steve's had been, and imagines your soft, caring touch. He wonders what little nicknames you’d come up with for him… maybe cowboy, or hot shot. He lets out a weepy, yearning laugh rubbing his hands over his face. Whatever it is, it would sound so cute coming from you. It always does. He wonders if you’d pat his chest like you did with Harrington, or maybe run your hand through his hair a few times.
He tries to catch his breath but memories from last night won’t stop replaying in his head, and he finds himself touching all the places you did last night. His hand grips the collar of his shirt, mimicking yours, fingers trail along his thigh like Steve's did.
"You know I love you, right?"
He's palming himself, hand already sticky with precum, almost poking out of his boxers. Steve's voice echoes in his head and he feels you kissing tears off his face.
"Cause I do. I love you lots." Your hands rub soothing circles on his chest and stomach, his pace increases… He's still there mentally, lying between you, perfume and cologne mixing and mingling into something completely intoxicating that he doesn't want to stop breathing, even if he's getting high off it and- Jesus Christ, he has to get rid of this morning wood right now.
He turns the water on hot; he gave up on cold showers a while ago. They don't help him, not when it's you two he's thinking about. He strokes himself as he peels off his clothes, frustrated and desperate and heavy. He steps into the hot water, wishing his hands were yours… or maybe your mouth. Maybe Steve’s hands... your hands, Steve's mouth?
Any of it.
All of it.
He throws his head back against the tiles, cool in contrast with the water so hot it's already making his skin pink. He can't fight his mind for much longer, can't stop the torrent of images and desires, imagined touch ghosting over his skin. He pants, breath heavy with lust and steam in the air. He wishes something would happen, wishes you'd have the sudden desire to break down the door and join him. He wishes you'd barge in together, one shoving their tongue down his throat, the other sucking hickeys into his neck. He increases his pace, finally getting somewhere.
You would bang on the door before entering, tear off your clothes and squeeze into the tight space with him, because…
“Because we can’t keep our hands off you,” he imagines your voice, so breathy and cute and close to him. Your hands would touch him all over, quickly making their way to his cock.
“Besides, do we need a reason?” Harrington would ask from behind, caging you both in with his strong arms, his lips dangerously close to Billy’s ear.
God, he wants you so bad, wants your cute little body pressed up against him, wants to feel Harrington’s hands grope him, going down, down, down… he wonders if he could actually have sex with you, both of you, or if it would be too much for him.
“I guess we’ll just have to practice,” you’d say, hands in his hair, pulling him down into an open mouthed kiss.
“We’ll have you trained up in no time,” Steve would murmur into his neck before sucking another hickey. What he wouldn’t give for you to ravage his body, have your way with him. He knows he’d love it too. He never thought of himself as submissive before but…
His mind continues to wander.
Harrington, he realizes, he’s seen naked before, in the locker room. A shameful heat rises to his cheeks as he recalls every carefully stored memory, every carefully defined muscle. He can picture him here now, hair wet, strong arms glistening, hand grabbing Billy’s chin. He’d run his thumb over Billy’s lips with that fiery look in his eyes he only gets when something is really important.
You, however… he’s never seen you like that. His imagination takes off running, thinking back to how you felt pressed up against him, the soft skin of your bare legs rubbing against his.
He slides down the wall of the shower slowly, growing closer. He wonders what you’d feel like in his hands, in his arms, for real this time. He’d slide down the shower wall like he is now, you coming down with him. You’d straddle his hips, body soft in front of him against the hard wall. Your nails dragging down his chest and through his hair, you’d look up at him taking all the breath from his lungs. You’re so pretty, you’re both so pretty. He wants to be pretty. He wants to be pretty to you.
He wants both of you.
He wishes you were both in here, as desperate to be with him as he is to be with you. He wishes he was sandwiched between you again, four hands groping him, pulling at his hair, helping him out, touching him where he needs it most.
A loud knock at the door, followed by your voice snaps him out of his train of thought. He stands up, startled.
"Billy?" You call again. He freezes.
"Yeah?" His voice cracks. He can't make out what you say.
"Can we come in?" You ask again. His heart is in his throat. There is nothing he wants more than for you to come in right now. But god, he was so close. He waits, cock still hot and throbbing in his hand. He can’t keep jerking off to the thought of his friends absolutely ruining him when you’re right there, right?
“Yeah,” he says again. The door creaks open, and the temperature drops as steam billows out, your voices taking its place.
“We’re doing some laundry to get the rest of the… slime… out of our clothes,” you say, recalling how repulsive those monsters were, “so which one do you want?”
He barely processes what you’re saying, terrified you’ll somehow find out exactly what he’s doing and why he’s doing it, terrified you can somehow see through him and into his thoughts. In spite of how impossible it is, he’s terrified at the thought of either of you being… disgusted with him? With everything he's thinking about you? He's terrified, terrified you’ll hate him, cast him out like a horny lusting pariah. It’s not like you’re even that close to begin with, no matter how much he might like to be.
“What?” he asks, brain fogged with confusion and thoughts of you.
“Detergent. What are they again?” you ask the second part more quietly, and Steve’s voice now bounces against the walls, still groggy from sleep.
“Clean linen or April fresh.”
“Uh…”
“Blue or pink?” Steve asks again, simplifying the question.
“Both.” he blurts before he can think.
“Okay,” you say, “we’ll let you know when your clothes are clean.”
“I have some stuff for you to borrow until then.” Steve adds, “I’ll leave it on the counter.”
“Sounds good.” Billy says, trying not to sound snappy. He lets out a shaky, haggard breath.
“Breakfast is cereal and leftovers,” you begin.
“And a lot of coffee.” Steve interjects. You continue with a chuckle.
“You can come whenever you’re ready.”
“Right.” he can come whenever he’s ready.
“Thanks.” he blurts as an afterthought.
After what feels like an eternity (and simultaneously not nearly long enough) the door is closed and he’s once again alone with his thoughts. He braces himself against the wall, water dripping down his face, right hand lazily holding his cock, now gripping it with a newfound fervor. He pants, grinding into his hand, wishing he had something or someone - or someones - to help him out a little.
He wonders what you would do if you were getting Harrington off. Images of you pumping his cock and pulling his hair, whispering dirty shit in his ear flood Billy’s mind. For the thousandth time, he imagines being right in the middle of it. Back pressed against Steve’s broad chest, you straddling his lap, telling him how to touch himself… Finally, it’s enough to send him over the edge. He humps into his hand, and muscles contracting, balls twitching, and climaxes hard. Riding out his high, he pumps out all the thick hot cum that’s been building up - and hopefully the feelings building up along with it.
He sinks to his knees and watches it go down the drain, panting and light headed. Once he catches his breath, he stands back up. Right as he reluctantly turns off the water, the door opens again. His stomach drops. If he had come in any sooner… he wonders if you could hear him over the running water.
“Clothes are on the counter.” Steve says, now sounding more awake, the smell of coffee wafting and mingling with the steam in the room. Billy runs a hand through his wet hair, brushing it back, and thanks him.
“Need a towel?” Steve asks.
“Yeah,” Billy says, and he watches as a moment later Steve’s hand pokes past the shower curtain, handing him the fluffy material, their fingers brushing as he takes it from him.
“Thanks,” he says, slightly breathless.
“No problem.” Steve says casually. The door opens and closes, and Billy is alone again. He wraps the towel around his waist, stepping out into the rest of the bathroom. He looks at the clothes on the counter; gray sweatpants and a led zeppelin tee shirt, knot tied in the front. He recognizes the sweatpants as Steve’s, and the shirt as yours. A soft smile kisses the corners of his lips.
Once he’s dried off and dressed, he decides to leave the shirt tied up, even though it shows a lot more of his midriff than he’s used to. He can picture you clear as day in this exact shirt, casually gathering the material and twisting it until it’s knotted up. He looks at the folds in the fabric, face warm, and is struck with the sudden realization that if this shirt ever got untied, it would never be tied in the exact same way ever again. It will always be different.
A sudden outburst of laughter from down stairs snaps him out of his train of thought. He has to face you eventually, he thinks, opening the bathroom door and beginning his descent down the stairs to rejoin everyone, he can’t put it off any longer. He heads down the stairs and into the living room, ruffling Max’s hair and exchanging good mornings.
“Did you sleep okay?” he and Max are newest to all this stuff, and he the last thing he wants is for her to be afraid of anything. He takes solace in the fact that it’s not everyone’s first time at the rodeo.
“Yeah,” she replies, seeming as normal as could be expected under the circumstances, which puts his mind at ease. “How about you?”
“I…” he trails off, knowing this is the worst possible time and place to bare his soul and confess his sins, “slept. I guess.”
“Coffee’s in the kitchen.” she replies without missing a beat.
“So I heard,” he mutters, before heading in that direction. He enters the kitchen, stopping in the doorway
Steve is smothering you in kisses, turning you into a giggling mess. You playfully smack his chest, and he barely pulls away enough to talk.
“Y’know, you really should be nicer to me. I have a booboo eye.”
“Oh, of course,” you say, feigning concern, “I’ll call an ambulance right away.”
“Y’know, a sexy nurse would probably do the job,” he says quietly, nuzzling into your neck.
“Oh… my god.” you laugh in disbelief, “You really are the worst, Harrington, you know that?”
It gets hard to breathe for a minute, as everything he felt last night, and this morning come rushing back, full force. He lets out a soft laugh at the situation. He actually thought he had all this under control for a minute. All of this is amplified as you hand him a cup of coffee.
“Morning sleepyhead,” you smile, passing by. Steve pats his chest
“Will you tell her she’d be an amazing nurse?”
Billy, too flustered to think but just fucking overjoyed to be included, scrambles for an answer.
“I mean…” he says with a smile he hopes comes across as cocky and not lovestruck.
You turn to Steve.
“You’re a terrible influence. I don’t want you around my kids.”
“Oh they’re your kids now?”
“Call me mommy!” you call over your shoulder. Steve and Billy watch you walk away, and Steve says, partially to himself, partially to Billy, “I can not get enough of her, you know?” Steve follows you back into the living room. Billy watches both of you drink coffee and eat breakfast, chatting with the kids.
“Yeah,” he breathes, once again wracked with a visceral sense of longing, a deep empty feeling, the cure for which is painfully within grasp but still intangible, in spite of how much he might try, “I do.”
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KEEP YOU IN MY WALLET- ALEC & RAFE (1/6)
"I did what?"
Alec chuckled at his son, who kept on jumping like a maniac looking at his pictures from the bat Max era. Max was always high on energy, but today was his birthday, so he was on another level.
"Yes, you would keep turning into a bat and wreak havoc." Alec said.
All of them were gathered in the loft to celebrate Max's eighth birthday. Magnus, as usual, had gone all out with the party.
Alec was basking in all the laughter and happiness around him when he noticed that Rafael was nowhere to be seen. He didn't think much of it, but when another half an hour passed, he got worried and decided to go in search of his son.
There were only three places in the world Rafael went to hide.
Magnus's apothecary. The space under Max's bed. The balcony connected with Alec's home office.
He had always found comfort around his family.
As expected, he found the boy in Magnus's apothecary in a far end corner, hidden by the bookshelves.
Rafael had a photo album in his hands.
Alec crouched down and sat next to his son.
"Hi"
Rafe looked up at him and instantly closed the book.
"Is that from when Max was a baby?" He asked.
Rafe nodded.
"Why are you hiding and looking at Max's album here? Everyone is doing that outside."
"He was a cute baby." Rafael whispered.
Alec tried not to gasp at that. There were a lot many words Rafe would use to refer to Max.
Annoying little shit. Brat. Demon. Monster- child. Idiot.
Cute was not one of them.
So something was clearly wrong.
Alec moved closer to Rafael and took one of his hands in his. "He was."
"I was never a baby."
Alec knew that sometimes kids said the weirdest thing. But it felt like his kids were stranger than most.
"Everyone was a baby once, Rafe." He replied.
"Where are my pictures then?" Rafe sniffled.
Oh.
"Bapak and you never held me as a baby. You don't know how I looked like." Rafael said, his voice quivering.
Alec's heart broke at that. He wished he had telepathic abilities so that he could call Magnus. He could never handle it when his kids were sad.
He took Rafael's hand and gently kissed it. "I know buddy. But that doesn't mean we love you any less. You know that right?"
"Why didn't you find me sooner, dad?" The words felt like someone has shot him with one of his arrows.
How was he supposed to explain to his son about the cruelty of the world? How systems fail to protect the ones that need it the most.
So he tried to be honest.
"I didn't know you were there, Rafe. I'm sorry. We failed. The system failed to protect you. I wish I had found you sooner too."
Rafael deflated against his chest. "It wasn't your fault."
It was not Alec's fault. He himself was so young when the war had happened.
But he was the Consul now. It was his responsibility to work for a better future.
He thought of all the children in the world who were lost. His heart clenched at the reminder, but he tried to push the thoughts aside till tomorrow.
Because right now, only one child mattered.
"Listen to me, do you love Bapak and I any less because we didn't give birth to you?"
Rafe immediately shook his head.
"No."
"Families are not made of blood. Time is not everything. Only love is. It does not matter if I found you when you were five or ten or fifteen. You will always, always be my baby, okay?"
Rafael's eyes welled up, and he wrapped his arms around Alec's neck.
"Why are my two favorite boys hiding here?" The two of them looked up and found Magnus gazing curiously at them.
Alec shifted with Rafael in his arms and patted on the space next to him.
Magnus walked towards them and sat down. He raised his brow at Alec in a silent question. Alec just leaned heavily on him, and his husband's arms encircled the two of them. "Bapak?"
"Yes, my love."
"Will you do something for me?" Rafael asked tentatively.
Magnus's replied in an instant. "Always."
Rafe leaned closer to him and whispered something in his ears. His husband looked doubtful for a second but then nodded. Magnus kissed their son's head and gently touched it with two fingers.
He waved his hands for a few seconds, and then a small white polaroid appeared in his hands.
Magnus turned the small photograph and showed it to Alec.
"Oh." Alec kept on staring at the picture.
The picture had a small baby with caramel skin and dark curls sleeping peacefully in a crib. His heart filled with warmth.
His eyes trailed towards Magnus, who had the widest, most beautiful smile on his face. Rafael was standing in front of the two of them nervously.
"So?" The boy inquired.
Alec kissed his forehead and turned the photo in his direction. "You looked so beautiful."
Rafael took the picture in his hands and stared at it for a minute.
The boy finally grinned. "I was so much cuter than Max."
Alec and Magnus chuckled at that and kissed both the boy's cheeks.
A loud whoosh and crash filled the room, indicating that the demon summoning had worked.
Okay, fine, it was Max.
"What is happening here?" Max squealed and joined their hug.
He took the picture from Rafe's hand and gazed at it intently.
"Is this the new brother I asked for?" He shouted excitedly.
Magnus spluttered at his words. "No Blueberry, this is Rafe"
"This Rafe? No new baby?" His excitement gone. "But I want a new brother."
Alec turned towards his husband and nudged him hardly. It was their 'I have handled one crisis it's your turn now' signal.
Magnus glared at him but then nodded.
"Okay, we will get you a sibling." Magnus replied.
What the fuck? Alec thought.
Max started jumping "yayyyyy."
"Magnus!!" Alec said incredulously.
Magnus ignored that and brought Max closer to them. "We even found a small baby. Screams a lot. You will have to share your toys with them like Rafe does with you, okay?"
Max looked confused at that.
"You're fine with a small sibling, right? They will be younger than you since you are a big boy now. And will be the new baby of the family." Magnus inquired innocently.
Max gasped at that. "But I'm baby!!!!"
Rafael chuckled at him. "Max stop being dumb. If we get a new sibling then they will be younger than you okay?"
"Oh," Max spoke. He extricated himself slowly from Magnus's hold. "You know what Bapak, I was thinking that I don't need a new brother. Chairman won't like it, you know. He gets jealous."
The three of them snorted at the boy's theatrics.
Max really was a territorial little shit. He would not take nicely to a child younger than him.
Magnus was a genius. A beautiful, beautiful genius.
"Come on, let's bother Chairman." Magnus tickled the boy, who squealed in joy. "And I want to see the two of you outside in five minutes. I put a lot of effort into this party, and you two will not be spoiling it with your Nephilim angst."
Magnus bent down again and kissed Rafe's cheek. He whispered a soft 'I love you' against Alec's mouth and left the room.
Alec looked fondly at his family of beautiful idiots. Rafael was finally smiling with the photograph in his hand.
"Do you want me to frame this in your room?" Alec asked softly.
Rafe thought for a second and then pushed it back into his hand.
"No. Will you keep it with you for me?"
Alec has been keeping Rafe in his heart since the day he had found him. He figures he can find some space in his wallet too.
He took the picture from his son's hands and kissed his nose softly. "I will, my baby. I will keep this forever with me."
"Dad?"
"Hmm"
"Please don't call me baby when I'm 25."
Alec laughed at that. "I think I will buddy. I have to make up for lost time."
Rafael groaned dramatically but had a soft smile on his face.
"Boludo."
For @khaleesiofalicante for being a precious gem 🧡🌻
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mystic-myrtille · 3 years
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I keep thinking about the whole Sentimonster thing and one of my main issues is that the show can't make up it's mind about the "worth" or "value" of sentimonsters.
Most sentimonsters we've seen so far have been akuma side kicks (Truth & Pharo, Reflekta & Reflekdoll, Queen banana & her banana gorilla thing etc.) and they all disappeared at the end of the fight. Or rather DIED. THEY DON'T EXIST ANYMORE. And did anybody care? Of course not bc 1) they were the bad guys and 2) they were weird looking creatures which were potentially dangerous. It appears that sentimonsters don't matter, their existence doesn't have value. They are created for a purpose, which is to get the Ladybug and Cat miraculouses.
Now, the human like Sentis we have seen were Senti Ladybug, Senti Alec, Senti Nino, Senti Bubbler and Adrien (assuming the theory's true). If we try to remember, how were they treated?
Senti LB, after switching sides and fighting alongside the real LB and CN, Mayura releases her from existence.
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From her pained face expression and body language, it's obvious she is in pain. As if her heart stops or she feels immense pressure on her torso. Being erased from existence is painful for Sentis! And with CN yelling "HOW COULD YOU" only seconds later shows the impact her death had on the heroes. The narrative tells the audience to feel for a Senti. Senti Ladybugs death is portraied as TRAGIC.
This was the first time in the show that anybody cared about a Senti monster. Her death isn't brushed off like the death of all the other Sentimonsters. We are made to care about her. Why of all Sentis is she the one who gets all the sympathy? Obviously bc she looks like human, which, according to Astruc, makes her an actual human.
So the lesson here is that Sentimonsters have the same worth as humans if the look like human and if they don't, they're treated as "lesser beings" by both in-universe characters and the narrative. Their pain doesn't matter, their existence isn't necessary. I think that's pretty messed up. In cunclusion, as long as a Senti looks human, they're human and have the same worth as other humans.
And then you remember Optigami.
Optigami had both Senti Alec and Senti Nino, two huma looking Sentis who snap out of existence and... nobody really cares. There is no tragic moment of them being in pain before the die. There's nobody mourning for them. Their existence didn't matter. LB doesn't even think about how Senti Nino would die soon. And like, why doesn't she care? Because he's just a Nino knock-off? Why does the show make such a huge deal about Senti LB's death and not Senti Nino's? Why has Senti LB'S existence more "worth" than Senti-Nino's?
Why would Adrien have more worth than all the other Sentimonsters, to the point where he would not only be mourned but 100% be brought back if he were to die (other than him being the main character)?
The only explanation I can come up with right now would be that he is perfect, as we are told be the narrative. Him being perfect is what gives his existence value. And if we think a little further about it, Senti LB was the only Senti that was refered to as perfect by CN. Senti LB was the only perfect Sentimonster and she was the only one whose death was acknowledged and portrayed as tragic.
What I'm getting from this train of thoughts is that the more perfect a Sentimonster is, the more value it has, the more importance it's existence has, the more it will be treated as an actual human.
This concept of "more perfection = more value" really rubs me the wrong way.
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