#impdubs fic

[zedif-y]

A lot of their relationship, Impulse thinks, requires filling in the blanks.

Sometimes, Bdubs holds him like he's afraid to. He holds Impulse as if at any moment he'll shatter, more porcelain than flesh. Sometimes he cradles Impulse's face, his hands rough with callouses, and just. Stares.

("What's wrong?" Impulse asked, once. "Bdubs?"

Wide eyes stared up at him, black like the darkness of a well. If Impulse looks close enough, he can almost see the thoughts whirring through Bdubs' head, shifting and spinning and-

Bdubs lets go.

He shook his head, "Nothing." He muttered, then walked away without another word.)

Impulse never did get an answer. He's fairly certain he never will.

Sometimes, he catches Bdubs watching him.

No, that's... That sounds weird.

It's more like...

"Agh!" Bdubs hisses. The knife clatters on the chopping board, and Impulse looks over at him in alarm- "Goodness sakes--!"

His hand stings with warm blood, but Impulse barely spares it a glance.

He leads Bdubs over to the sink, hushed sorrys falling from his lips with every twinge and throb of the cut. Blood stains the waters pink.

It's not a deep cut, Impulse thinks as he cleans it up, eyebrows furrowed in concentration. Should heal up just fine.

Bdubs stays silent.

A thought hits him like a jolt- Bdubs hasn't spoken at all.

That's when Impulse sees it.

It's... It's like...

His heart drops at the sight, roiling unease in the pit of his stomach. Huh?

Bdubs looks ashen, his mouth set in a thin line. It wobbles, just a little, like a wall beginning to crumble, like the beginning of an avalanche. His palm stays slack in Impulse's hold, but now that he's stopped moving it-

Impulse can feel it shake.

"Bdubs?"

No response.

Impulse follows his gaze, looking down at... Oh.

Blood stands stark against his skin, a rivet of browning crimson that cuts through his palm. It's faded a little where the water ran its course, but most of it stayed, tacky and drying.

He looks back at Bdubs, his throat suddenly tight.

Bdubs' eyes are unfocused, unblinking. His breaths grow shorter, his jaw tensing with an alarming force. He looks seconds away from throwing up.

He looks haunted.

With mounting alarm, Impulse tries again.

"Bdubs?" He asks, shaking his hand a little in his grasp. "Honey, breathe with me, yeah? Slowly-"

Bdubs sucks in a sharp breath. Like a snap of fingers his expression hardens, then relaxes, then crumples into something pained. He yanks his hand away from Impulse with a hiss and turns away-

"What-" His hands hover over Bdubs' form, stilling in the air. A terrified helplessness sinks its teeth into him, what's going on?

Bdubs clears his throat, " 'm good!" He says, strained. "All good here, I-" He pauses. Impulse sees his shoulders tremble. "Gonna head out for a moment, yeah? Great. I'm gonna- I'll go now. Be back soon."

A rushed love you! echoes throughout the house as Bdubs leaves, and Impulse just stands there, half-frozen in shock.

He looks down at his hand. He thinks of the expression on Bdubs' face.

A thought comes, itching at the back of his mind.

They say the axe never remembers, but the tree never forgets.

...Right?

[aroacepotatoo]

WRITING MASTERPOST

seen some of these so thought i'd do one for myself! (hopefully will start adding when they update here too :3)

CURRENTLY BEING UPDATED:

Soulmate's Street: double life inspired fic where the cast all live on the same street and slowly develop and mend friendships and relationships (i also made a lot of people a-spec lol)

The Strings Of My Heart: a superhero au where grian and scar are newbies who are trying to catch mumbo and martyn (with desert duo and watchers lore to go along with it)

Hating But Loving You With All Of My Heart: a ranchers royal au where their in an arranged marriage and decided to act like they hate each other in the hopes to get the wedding canceled (all while falling for each other and trolling their siblings along the way)

those are the three fics i'm currently updating! and as for some other stuff i've posted:

MISCELLANEOUS ONE OFFS:

convenient store questions: aroace boatboys fic of them unintentionally but intentionally messing with gem

hiding the hurt: 5 + 1 thing hurt/comfort fic of grian dealing with the watchers bullshit after they refuse to accept his no contact stance by himself for awhile until he tells his friends/family

Babe: the badboys and gem being chaotic roommates with her being super confused about the fact that they call eachother babe

Cuddle puddle: the badboys just cuddling in peace when gem comes asking if they have sugar. banter and confusion ensue...

Earmuffs: a hurt comfort clock duo fic where bdubs tries to find a solution to help with the horns bothering impulse (also impulse has misophonia)

I Don't Like Him That Way! (But I Do): a little prequel kind of thing to the strings of my heart with annoying sibling teasing and desert duo

Freckles: a boatboys/ethoslab fic where the gang ask etho why he wears his mask and his response just makes them confused

Nervous Butterflies: an ahasbands date fic where neither of them know what their doing and everythings awkward but it all works out (they're also aroace :3)

The Way I Feel About You: aroace ahasbands coffession fic that's awkward and silly

and those are all the fics! (or atleast the ones i'm proud of anyway...) i have some other one offs and longer series in the drafts too, and i'll update this post if/when i actually post those! if you consider checking any of these out, i'd really appreciate it! you can also ask questions if you want, i'd love to answer those!

Have a lovely day! <3

[mxmarsbars]

wrote some more dl!clock duo angst for anybody interested ^_^

make sure to mind the tags !! this one does contain some violence and death

[owtenen]

i love how all my ships overlap 😭

like we have ethubs but we also have smalletho

but then there’s impdubs and also smallidarity

and finally we have tango/impulse and also ranchers

it’s like a damn venn diagram up in here. why am i like this. i like to believe i’m a strong boat boys stan, and i AM but as soon as etho or bdubs do anything together on hc i’m instantly an ethubs truther. hate it here /lie

[briseise]

completed my biannual reread of be as you’ve always been [x] by zedif_y

[starcrossedandstupid]

‘Somehow, I always end up back in Marianas Trench’ is over! I’m gonna miss it, but I adored the ending, can’t wait to see what op comes up with in the future!

Side note, but I made a comment about how I wish I had started reading the fic earlier so I could have had more time with it, and this is how the author responded with:

I’m- someone is going to have to fish me out of my ocean of tears, this is so incredibly sweet

[cc-coffee-writes]

Okay, so would anyone be interested in a possibile ZITS poly helping Scott heal and maybe some romance fic idea I have? The ZITS poly (in my headcannons) is Zed, Impulse, Skizz, Tango, Jimmy and bdubs

The main four being together and then Jimmy and Bdubs with their respective soulmates.

The premise would be after limited life Scott not being okay with another heartbreak, so his bad habits come out in full force. Team ZITS poly find out and help him work through it and maybe even some romance involved (still deciding on the ship if there is one)

I have stuff written for it but nothing really expanded.

Comments and tagged reblogs will tell me if someone is interested not likes/pos

[sammy-writes-sometimes]

Word count: 445

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“So, this is it.” Impulse says lightly, leaning against a wall. There a few shulkers scattered around, filled with a mix of personal belongings and items leftover from building.

“This is it.” Bdubs adds as he looks through one of the shulkers, gently placing his art supplies inside.

The dryad sighs, shutting the last of the boxes before standing up.

“Well, this isn’t it.” The demon motions between himself and Bdubs.

“My love, you make it sound like we’re breaking up.” Bdubs points out.

Impulse chuckles, scratching at his scalp.

The dryad, his husband, easily strides up to him before placing their hand on his chin. It’s a small motion that he can’t keep himself from purring at as Bdubs starts to lightly scratch.

“I hope you don’t get rid of this.”

“Eehhh… bad texture…” Impulse says cautiously. “I might, just not this long.”

Bdubs almost pouts, but still he smiles. “Fine.”

There’s a small, swift kiss to his lips before Bdubs steps away.

“You gonna help me or what, stupid?��

“Wow, way to talk to your husband.”

“We’re not newly weds anymore, Impulse.” Bdubs laughs.

And yeah, they weren’t. It’d been a year and a half since Double Life and a year since Impulse re-proposed to Bdubs after deciding he truly did want to spend the rest of his life with the dryad.

As if Bdubs could read his mind, like they were still tied by a soulbond, he moves to play with the pocket watch Impulse had made for him.

“Hey, Bdubs?”

“Yeah?”

“A lot– a lot has happened this season… but I’m glad it led me to you.”

His husband stands there, almost dumbfounded as he stares at Impulse. But so easily, he breaks into a wide smile. “Oh you–...” He laughs awkwardly, almost backed into a corner. “Impulse?”

“Yeah?”

“I– I say– gods, this is hard.” He rubs his arm. “I– I love you so much. I love you more than the earth and sun and the moon.”

“I love you…” Bdubs’ smile turns small, soft and gentle. “And I’m– I’m more than happy that we’re together– that we’re still together.”

Impulse holds his hand, squeezing lightly as he kisses Bdubs’ cheek.

“We’re staying together, no matter what.”

“You better promise not to kill me again.”

“I, uh… I can’t do that.”

Bdubs glares before shoving him away. “Okay, alright, I see how it is.”

He can’t stop himself from giggling, and he can’t help but notice the smile that Bdubs tries to hide.

“I love you Bdubs… promise…”

Bdubs is silent for a moment, playing with the pocket watch – their wedding ring – before turning to Impulse. “I love you too.”

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Our ko-fi

[ore-else]

This is so wild but today on stream impulse showed off his incomplete dwarven keep’s sleeping and eating area, and just set down a bed and a scaffold in the little bit of dug-out area. It is shockingly similar to a bit of a fic I started writing months ago

Like literally that is the vision

[pumpkakin]

A thin stream of light trickles in from the distant ceiling, and Bdubs follows it with his eyes, down, down to where it pools in a narrow halo. That is where he sees him, standing on the central pillar of the Royal Vault, surrounded by diamonds.

His king.

In honor of @briseise posting more royal rendubs, I present to you the first chapter of my Dragonsick Ren fic! It’s also heavily inspired by her art so check her out!

Very happy to actually post, this is my debut into the fandom as well as the first thing I’ve published since 2019, so I’m very proud to actually get this out there. But also, go easy on me lol!

Warnings: unhealthy possessive behavior

Tags below ↓

Chapters: 1/?

Fandom: Hermitcraft SMP Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: BdoubleO100/Rendog, BdoubleO100/ImpulseSV, Past BdoubleO100/ZombieCleo, BdoubleO100/EthosLab, geminitay & impulsesv & pearlescentmoon Characters: BdoubleO100, Rendog, ImpulseSV, ZombieCleo, GoodTimesWithScar, Pearlescentmoon, Geminitay, Ethoslab

Additional Tags: Dragon Sickness, Possessive Behavior, Unhealthy Relationships, Consent Issues, The Royal Court - Freeform, Betrayal, Angst, Guilt, Polyamorous Character, Polyamorous BdoubleO100, Bittersweet Ending, It Gets Worse Before It Gets Better, Not Beta Read, probably ooc, sorry rendubs enjoyers

[zedif-y]

Summary:

A loud slam, like doors banging open– “HEY!” Impulse whips around, and– He hears the pattering of footsteps on the hardwood, laughter and voices mingling together from their back door. Above the stairs, he sees a wide, playful grin. Grian cups a hand around his mouth, “Who’s ready to party?!” The color drains from Impulse’s face.

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Chapter 13 of my impdubs fic is out!

[alienssstufff]

"Impulse had escaped then, sure, but Bdubs found him again. He always did."

My piece for the 5th Edition of @trafficzine ! Ft the Session 5 Tag Game between Bdubs, Impuse, Scott and Tango

This piece shares the same prompt withhhhh @mxmarsbars ' wonderful fic through Impulse's POV link [ HERE ]

[notes , commentary and SECRET TASK undercut]

Entirely optional. I did it because it perfectly aligned with the idea I was gunning for when the prompt lists dropped.

Even before being accepted into this edition of trafficzine I had this composition idea stewing since Session 5 (one of my personal fave episode of the entire life series tbH). My piece is a still version of THIS impdubs animation loop

Brainstorms for the first Check-In

A breakdown of some of the design decisions and easter eggs hidden in the piece

And some progress images!

bonus lil dumb doodle of when Martyn was reacting to my page in his trafficzine stream -- i was aestheticaly inspired by the pmmm anime op i take his comments with me to the grave...

[insomnya777]

Hello! First I want to say I adore your boat boys super power AU so much, it’s currently rotating at light speed in my brain like a broken microwave. I think I’ve read at least six times all the way through with what you have, it’s fantastic!

I was also wondering if you had any other recs or personal favorites for boat boys fics, or just fics in general, I’m always looking for recommendations and wonderful authors usually also have great tastes in other fics as well! Thank you for what you do for the boat boy and smalletho community, you’re keeping us well fed lol

Oh my god I have many many recommendations!!!! I've actually been waiting for someone to ask me this LOL

Completed:

Settled is one of my favourites of all-time. If you read it you'll see the long ass comment I left on it lol. Description: A five plus one type of fic where Etho struggles to voice his feeling about double-life, and Joel is there to make it harder.

BIR Universe is a classic, a staple, even. One of the most iconic series of all time. Description: A very messy college universe with a bunch of hermitcraft/life series members.

Somehow, I always end up back in Marianas Trench is another personal favourite. I reread it way too often. The writing is incredible in this one + has a side of ranchers and impdubs. Description: AU where our three favourite soulbound couples go on a triple date! Except it's not a date, all of them broke up sometime before or during their last year of college and none of them are over each other.

Holy Father, judge my sins is so, so good. Anything by giddyfenix always is, I think I've read, like, all of their works. Description: Joel and Etho as the seven deadly sins. After all, what were they if not corrupted?

I Don't Smoke (Except for When I'm Missing You) made my heart break a million times over. I actually cannot read this fic without breaking down. It is a clockers-centered fic, exploring the Etho-Scar relationship, but I had to include it because it's just one of my favourite fics of all time. Description: A look into Etho's perspective on the life he and Scar share. They're not so different, you know? They both like to run away.

Works In Progress:

to all the ships at sea is another personal favourite, because the writing is just so, so good. There are currently six chapters out! Description: Etho has a job as part of the crew manning a lighthouse on a small island. With Cleo and Bdubs gone for a few weeks, Etho settles in to keep the Light running single-handedly. He wasn't expecting his life to be turned upside-down when a visitor turns up on the island, completely out of the blue...and he definitely wasn't expecting to develop feelings for the mysterious young man.

Good Luck, Babe is also very, very good. There are seven chapters out right now! Description: Etho couldn't get himself to turn Joel down. Even when Joel has made it clear time and time again that he had no problem doing the same to him. The lengths he was willing to go for a guy who would barely even let them be seen together in public...

hi, etho is super cute, too. I read it a while ago, and it's still one of my favourites, so do what you will with that. Description: About a month after going missing and having no memories to show for it, Etho gets a weird letter from a strange, anonymous sender who might have the answers to his questions.

And that's about it!! If anyone has more recommendations feel free to comment or leave in the tags because I'm always looking for more fics LOL <3

[crystaleevee4]

hello chat i wrote a fic

it's a very very short drabble (254 words, mostly bc I wanted to write about them but also I had like barely any time to do so) inspired by this lovely piece of art by @mxmarsbars !! I really like mars' art and writing alike. their clock duo/impdubs takes are amazing. actually everything they do is amazing go follow him right now

[dophaminezest]

Guys give me some impdubs/ethubs/ethubspulse fic prompts, I'm bored and I wanna write smtng

(Put it on tags, comments, or my ask box)