#it hurts to remove so I'll probably keep for another day or so

[nor-4]

Formula 1 Incorrect Quotes with reader Two

F1IQ - Part One

Y/n: Bitch why don't you shut the fuck up before i slit your throat and watch the honor roll out?

Max: Are you threatening me??

Y/n: No, I'm hitting on you, flash me a titty bitch.

Lewis: Yeah uh, there's something I've been wanting to say lately.

Y/n: Oh what's that?

Lewis: The N-Word

Y/n looking at toto: Look at your dad. Such a dork, keeping bees.

Y/n: I mean atleast it's interesting though. At least like, i wish my dad kept bees.

Y/n: I mean it's kind of cute. Like, your dad keeps bees.

Y/n: How old is your dad? He's obviously beekeeping age. I dont know. I think It's kind of sweet.

Y/n: George, i wanna fuck your dad.

George: Oh really?

Yuki: Hey can i sit with you?

Y/n: Why

Yuki looking at stroll and ocon: The kids at the other table keep throwing ketchup packets at me.

Y/n: You're not covered in ketchup, though

Yuki: They don't know you have to open it first

Y/n: Damn. We need remedial bullying class too.

Yuki: So how do you like your remedial english?

Y/n: I guess it's whatever. My mom was really pissed, though.

Yuki: Yeah? What about your dad?

Y/n: My dad killed himself.

Charles: I'm finally seeing someone good for me.

Alex: Omg who is it?

Charles: A therapist

Y/n: max is pissing me off *20 minutes ago*

Y/n: nvm just got dicked down

George: Girl what..

Fernando: Every time i talk to you i feel confused.

Fernando: I've never met anyone that speaks like you do

Y/n: Stop lovebombing me

Fernando: what? It's not a compliment

Fernando: You scare me

Y/n: What are you hiding from me?

Zhou: Nothing..

Y/n: Zhou Guanyu.

Zhou pulls out a cat: The cat distribution system chose me okay

Y/n at drive to survive: If he cheats on you, put hair remover in his shampoo, you wanna act like Andrew tate, u gon look like him too.

Lewis wearing a beanie: I CAN'T LIVE LIKE THIS FOREVER

Toto: That's your fault. Being too quick signing your seat with ferrari

Oscar: Are you high?

Lando: Am i what?

Oscar: High

Lando: Hello

Christian: So what could a Mercedes principal possibly have then?

Y/n: I just feel like he'd be into satan-worship, or at the very least have a sex diary.

Christian: A toto wolff sex diary would be horrifying. He's like our rival.

Y/n: We say that about Stephen king books, we still read those.

Daniel: "Dear diary, hot candle wax hurts so good"

Christian: No it'd probably be like a thesaurus of words for "Good"

Daniel: Yeah he probably sexts with perfect grammar.

Y/n: "My wife showed an exquisite exhibition of lust for me."

Toto: Let me try something different here. Do you guys have thoughts and feelings for one another?

Y/n: Uhh i think George's kinda spoiled

George: And i feel like y/n's a bitch

Y/n: What're you gay?

Alex: What.. How did you know? I've never told anyone that.

Y/n: Dude look at your hair dye, you're either gay or color blind.

Lance: bro stop chanting in dead language's your scaring the hoes

Y/n: Bitch you is so lonely I'm summoning the hoes

Sebastian: You used to be shy, now you're a whore

Y/n: There's a thing called character development

Oscar: Reminder that I'm very sweet and endearing so be nice to me

Carlos: or what

Oscar: or I'll punch your lights out

Hey yall this is a bit short cause I'm finna make a random crack twitter posts n I'll post it in the most random day. I love yall baby💋

[leclerc-s]

snow angel - track two

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2 YEARS AGO

i'll fucking fight him. i swear it.

no honey, you don't have to.

i saw this coming.

how on earth could you see this coming?

he was distant.

i've told him i loved him for days and he always responded me "me too" or worse he said nothing back

oh sweetie

how did you put up with that? you deserve so much better.

it's okay. i'm moving out of our apartment tonight. ryan said i can stay with him for a few weeks.

i love him lily. i don’t know when those feelings will go away. i hope they go away soon. i can’t keep loving someone who hurt me this bad.

i promise you i’ll fight him when i see him in bahrain next season.

i hope he dnfs

i hope you write a fucking day destroying album because of this. he will never know peace

oh lily, i'm going to ruin his fucking life with whatever i come with.

lily muni he removed lando norris

lily muni he fuck that guy

charles leclerc i do not understand what happened? george russell you're telling me the chronically online guy doesn't know what just happened? alex albon the grid's #1 gossip girl doesn't know what happened? charles leclerc NO I DON'T KNOW THAT'S WHY I'M ASKING CONNARDS!

pierre gasly lando cheated on rhea

max verstappen i can crash into him in bahrain next season?

yuki tsunoda i will bite his ankles. lily muni he i'll poison his food yuki tsunoda we will not go that far. food is sacred.

esteban ocon does this mean that **** can finally **** ***?

lance stroll how about you shut the fuck up esteban? max verstappen what the fuck are you two going on about now? lance stroll ignore esteban. he's a bit delirious.

daniel ricciardo i promise to make his life miserable next year.

rhea reynolds i'm just pissed that he was too much of a coward to end our relationship before he went on to publicly cheat on me.

rhea reynolds at least try to not get caught.

charles leclerc what is it the kids say? he fumbled?

lance stroll please never use that phrase again

pierre gasly she's probably crying to taylor swift now

rhea reynolds LET ME BE PEAR GASLY! daniel ricciardo yeah, pierre let the girl be emotional! rhea reynolds if i'm crying to all too well that's nobody's business but mine

charles leclerc you can come to bahrain with me!

max verstappen or me! daniel ricciardo you're both thinking too small. show up with me. can't promise i'll have a good race or win but it'll show him!

rhea reynolds thanks guys but i'm not really up to going to races anytime soon.

lily muni he never let a man take anything from you. GO TO THE RACE!

rhea reynolds nah, not really up for it right now but i could change my mind in a few months. it's literally december!

charles leclerc i will save a spot for you regardless.

yukitsunoda it's okay, i can bite his ankles if he comes near you.

rhea reynolds i appreciate the sentiment yuki

rhea reynolds besides, i'll never date another fucking driver again.

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nothing better than taylor swift to help with heartbreak who needs men when cats are much better company?

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rheareynolds home for the holidays update: i adopted a cat, i got cheated on (i should stick to dating women), and goats hate ryan. p.s. the first picture is what i sent to max when he made fun of me for getting cheated on.

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maxverstappen33 THAT’S NOT TRUE AND YOU KNOW IT!

↳ rheareynolds you told me and i quote, “that’s what you get for dating a guy who looks like a walking orange.”

↳ maxverstappen33 i called him ernie and then a walking orange. get it right.

lilymhe my offer still stands

↳ yukitsunoda0511 mine too! i can bite ankles!

↳ rheareynolds thanks guys but i'd rather not have to bail you out of jail for assault.

user01 so did they break up? or what? the chismosa in me needs to know

user02 it's okay rhea, he didn't deserve you

user03 fuck men, am i right?

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vancityreynolds you're lying to everyone blake made those cinnamon rolls, not you.

↳ rheareynolds must you ruin everything?

↳ vancityreynolds it's my job as your older brother.

georgerussell63 why get an orange cat when he's a walking orange?

↳ alex_albon because rhea is the embodiment of an orange cat

↳ rheareynolds it's true. i've been told many times

user04 love to see that loser's friends are on her side. how are you going to publicly cheat on your girlfriend?

↳ user05 but did he cheat? what if they were broken up?

↳ user06 either you can't read (no offense) or you didn't read the caption, she literally says, "i got cheated on" they were very much together. stop trying to invalidate her pain because you love l*ndo

user07 it's okay baby, you can date me instead

↳ rheareynolds thanks for the offer babes but i should stick to being single for a while ❤️

↳ user07 i'm screaming!

user08 rhea's better than me fr. i would've destroyed his car carrie underwood style.

maxfretwell going to miss your cookies. that's the worst part about all of this

↳ rheareynolds yeah cause fuck my heartbreak right?

↳ maxfretwell that's not what i meant and you know it!

↳ rheareynolds can't wait to see the gossip pages say max fretwell says rhea reynolds' heartbreak is not validated

↳ maxfretwell i take it all back this is why he cheated on you

↳ rheareynolds TOO SOON FRETWELL!

↳ user09 curse n*rris for taking this duo away from us!

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[obscenely-overdue]

[OOC] Weighted Pregnant Belly Instructions

Hi everyone! For those interested, I've jerry-rigged a method to pad/simulate/wear-a-fake-pregnant-tummy-for-kink-purposes with some real weight and firmness to it that I think people would like! It works very well for me but is also functionally a prototype/first pass at the idea, so there are certainly areas that it could be improved. (which is me saying "experiment and improve upon this, we can make it better!")

I'll preface this with the fact that, if you pay full price for everything involved, assuming you have NONE of it to start, it's probably about $120. That said, about $20-25 of that comes from a specific kind of pillow and blanket, which you very well may have, which would bring it realistically down to $100, and some of it is stuff which can be bought on sale pretty easily, which would land you in the neighborhood of $80. Again, it isn't cheap, but it has something not even a fancy Roanyer tummy has:

WEIGHT and BULK

It's also made of inconspicuous or otherwise easily hidden items, so if you have roommates or family who could see this stuff, it's great at being tucked away or hiding in plain sight. If you're curious, I have pictures, a shopping list, and step by step instructions, as well as some further tips and info. It's pretty long so I'm putting it under a cut...

Let's get started!

What you'll need:

One piece of fully body shapewear (the mauve one on top) and one piece of "tummy tuck" shapewear (black on the bottom). The full body one is about 2 sizes too big for what it's meant to do normally (so for me, an XXXL. This is the same shapewear I use for my squishmallow tummy for RP blog pictures), and the tummy tuck one is the "correct" size for my body (XL). The tummy tuck one gives you all the support, so you don't want it too oversized. DON'T GO UNDERSIZED EITHER as what we're going to load this up with is gonna cause some compression, and too much pressure on your abdomen can be harmful. When in doubt, go at your size or maybe one size bigger, but no farther. Both of these run $20-30 a piece at a target but also can be found on sale for $10-20. Target is going to charge you more than Walmart, and it doesn't have to be top of the line.

One soft, round pillow. This is like a $6 pick up from Walmart. It's not just soft from it's fabric, but it's specifically not firm to the touch. It's all give and is very malleable. Technically you could use a regular pillow too, but this being roughly disk shaped helps it do its job as basically the "lower belly" that keeps the weight from shifting too low.

An averaged sized blanket. Softer materials that fold and bunch up easier are preferred. You PROBABLY already have something that will work for this, but if you don't, again, Walmart will charge you like $15-20 for one.

And finally...

A 20 lbs kettlebell. This BASTARD is the single most expensive thing you'll need, and unfortunately is required if you want it to be properly heavy. This one came from Target, and ran me $55. You might think you want to go heavier, but trust me, this thing has all the heft you'll need. If you really want to, you could feasibly go for a 25 lbs. one, but those are even more expensive. The kettlebell shape is important because it's mostly round, unlike a dumbbell, so we can wrap it up and use it for a reasonably pregnant-shaped belly. A dumbbell of this weight might be a little cheaper, but if you're already going to drop $40 on an oddly shaped weight, another $15 so it can fit the tummy shape is worth it.

Putting it on:

[DISCLAIMER: If at any point something HURTS while putting this thing on or while wearing it, safely but quickly remove it. The weight is supposed to be cumbersome and a little uncomfortable for the fantasy of it, but if anything HURTS, something is wrong, and you need to take it off. If you lay on your back with this thing on for too long, get ready for ab muscle aches, possibly the next day, as your tummy will be supporting 20 lbs of external weight just pressing on it, and those muscles don't get used unless you work out. I've never worn this thing overnight to sleep, but I don't advise it, as extended period of compression can be harmful. Same logic as to why AFAB people who don't want visible boobs shouldn't bind for too long.]

Start by putting on the fully body shapewear, and then putting the tummy tuck shapewear over that. The fabric under my shapewear here is my sports bra, which isn't part of the belly process.

Next you're going to load the soft, round pillow into the full body shapewear. It's going to kind of fold in on itself and that's not an issue, if anything it gives a nice little landing zone for the next thing we're going to add.

Don't fight trying to get the pillow under the tummy tuck shapewear, right now just roll it down to your waistline under the pillow bulk like so.

Next you'll take your blanket, lay it out, set the kettlebell inside of it, and wrap/bunch it up. You want it something approximating 'round', making sure the kettlebell isn't going to roll/fall out when you pick it up.

Next, you load the wrapped up bastard in, setting it on top of the pillow. The kettlebell is going to shift, and try to sink deeper, that's fine, just maneuver it so it sits on the pillow, allowing the pillow to spread the weight more evenly.

Before you pull up the tummy tuck shapewear, it's going to look like this, notice how the bottom of it is lighter because that's all pillow, with the blanket over top.

Now comes of trickiest/most strenuous part, you gotta pull out the tummy tuck shapewear and get it out and around the bulk of your "tummy". You'll have an easier time if you pull the back part up a little first, so it's not fighting you, which you can see in the above photos. If anything starts to hurt during this process, stop and take it out, because likely something is too tight or too heavy.

Once the tummy tuck shapewear is pulled all the way up, it should look about like this, and you're loaded up and ready to waddle!

Notice how much more contained it all is? It's not spilling off of me anymore, it's firmly held against me. Now, just top with your favorite maternity shirt!

Or don't!

Now, clearly, it doesn't LOOK very pregnant. It's lumpy and awkward and it'll come out downright lopsided your first few times. But this isn't for taking pictures for an RP blog, this is for simulating something close to the feeling of carrying something heavy like a pregnant belly around. For those of us who can't or don't want to actually get pregnant, this is a decent approximate that's reasonable to buy and easily hidden. This is for nights after everyone else is in bed or you're home alone, and it can be a LOT of fun.

Great, now what do I do with it?

This is the end of the instructions and is more just ideas for some fantasy fulfillment. Feel free to drop your own ideas in replies or reblogs!

So something that sets this belly apart from just a pillow, or bunched up clothes under your shirt, is that it's very firm, and independently held against you. A pillow under your shirt is dependent on the shirt for structure. If you lift the shirt, pillow falls off. That is not the case here, so suddenly, you've unlocked the ability to put on too small clothes, or button ups, or robes, whatever, that's too small for you now, and can fuss and mess with it without affecting the stability of the belly. You can wear pants that don't button or simply bunch up under that heavy, firm underbelly. Hell, you can simulate getting dressed with a 20 lbs mass hanging off of you. Put on socks around this thing, it's the stuff of preg kink dreams!

Getting up and down, laying in bed and rolling over, the shit that's easy to do now, takes a LOT more effort all of the sudden. Again, I urge you not to lay flat on your back too much, because I did that while padding before bed, and woke up with some muscle aches centered on my tummy, in muscles that I hadn't used in god knows how long. Don't over exert yourself with this thing. I'm bringing this up a lot because I don't want anyone getting hurt.

Taking the stairs is nuts. Going up is way more effort, and going down feels almost hazardous as you wont have vision of your feet anymore.

If you're into the domesticity of pregnancy, try doing some household chores with this thing on! Loading a dishwasher, doing some laundry, maybe some tidying. I personally have found it weirdly exhilarating, waddling around loading the washing machine around this heavy bulk. Have fun bending over to pick up something you dropped!

Even just chilling and gaming with a lap full of heavy belly feels kind of new and exciting. When you're not used to it, even the mundane shit gets hotter with a tummy like this

That's about all I got. If someone else gets everything and tries this out, let me know your experiences with it and how you've improved it! I've had an ask suggest a weighted medicine ball, so that could also work if you have one you're willing to test out. Please enjoy, and share with your pregnancy loving mutuals! Thanks for reading!!!

[surfinminho]

Day 21- Double penetration w/seungmin

⤷ warnings: anal, sub!seungmin, fisting mentioned, implied second round

⤷ word count: 468

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You weren't opposed to trying anything in bed. Especially if seungmin suggested it. So when you guys are talking about stuff, you ask him about what he's into but you don't get a response.

"Come on just tell me!" You try to make him feel like hes welcomed to say anything on his mind (he is).

"Nuh uh" he plays it off, throwing his head back covering his eyes.

"Okay let me guess" you take out your phone and search up a random list of kinks and bedroom activities.

"Let's see, knife play, bondage, double penetration" you look up after every word to see his reaction. His ears turn red at the last two words, eyes widening.

"You want to be fucked with 2 dildos? Is that it" you smile to yourself, keeping a mental note of this conversation.

"Ah- yes no maybe? I don't know" his voice starts to quiet down at the end sentence.

"It's okay, just tell me and I'll do whatever you ask me to" you move yourself to wear you're fully facing seungmin, encouraging him to talk.

"I want to be fucked with 2 dildos." His face flushes red, knowing if he didn't tell you what he wanted you wouldn't have done it.

"Good job"

And that's how you guys ended up in this position, with alot of lube used

"wanna take two? You already have one cock in you." You lean over, drizzling lube on your hand and his rim.

"Want more, another one please" he says, back arching to adjust to the feeling of your strap in him.

You push your fingers into his rim, stretching him out more than he already is.

"Think you can take it?" You rub up and down his back, drawing random shapes.

"Y-yes" you grab the smaller dildo you took out, dripping lube onto the tip.

You press the tip against his hole, not moving.

"i-in please." He pushes his out at for you trying to get you to put in the dildo already.

He trys to complain again but you push the tip in, holding his hips still.

"Stay still, I'm not trying to hurt you now" you continue to inch it into him stopping when you reach the middle.

"t-too much, so full" his cock is pulsing against his stomach, precum smearing everywhere.

"Want all of it baby? Could probably fit my whole fist in you. You'd like that? Mommy fisting you?" You gently push the rest of the dildo in, moving to always hit his prostate.

"Mommy! I-I can't so-" letting out a moan, pearly white liquid dripping down his stomach to his thighs. Some landing on the bed.

You try to pull out but he stops you

"N-no! make me cum again. Wanna cum again please"

[devildomcrybaby]

Are the kink requests still open? If not please ignore me ksjdpik

I'll have one angry Illumi with a side of edging please

Please know that I adored and daydreamed about this since I read it but I couldn't find a reason that would realistically make Illumi angry before, I'm so sorry it took so long for me to post after the game was over.

Angry Illumi ♡ Edging

18+ only Minors do not interact Warnings: dubcon for both reader and Illumi

You and Illumi were keeping watch over a nen user that one of his clients didn't want dead yet, following them in a cave made of rock and earth where every little movement meant rubble rolling down everywhere. The smallest shift causing a noise that would easily echo all over the empty space.

Disregarding the times that he trained Killua and the exchange of favors with Hisoka, Illumi Zoldick cherishes working alone. It's quicker, more effective and it means there's no room for failure. He trusts his expertise way more than he could ever trust any ally, therefore he rarely has a necessity for anything of the sort. Most of all he never needed nor wished for no clumsy air-headed wannabe Machi Komacine.

It was frustrating enough having an inexperienced trainee assassin tagging along blabbering about how cool Nen Threads are and having her show him her defective attempts at recreating it. However, not as frustrating as having that same neophyte, you, on top of him, as you press your hands between his legs and narrow your eyes in such a dense confusion. He quickly slaps a hand over your mouth tightly enough to hurt as soon as he felt the nen of target, not even trusting you to simply keep your mouth shut.

Illumi looked at you like he wanted to kill you. Hell, you could even feel his blood-lust oozing all around the two of you, giving you the chills and making you gulp. He mouths to stay still. And you do. For the most part at least.

For some reason, as soon as he pulled you down to hide away from the eyes of your target, having you ended up basically sitting on him straddling his hips and he inadvertently twitched as you first brushed against him, you found his crotch extremely interesting with your hand prodding at it, squeezing even.

Illumi closes his eyes throwing his head back in anger, his fingers digging in your face as his cheeks get redder and redder. You can even see droplets of sweat running down his neck. And yet you keep looking at him with those narrowed, confused eyes as you keep curiously touching him all over. Are you an idiot? Are you doing it on purpose? On the job? What's wrong with you?

Illumi doesn't let you explore for long. He soon grabs your wrist with a strength that makes you wail against his hand, effectively stopping your movements. He squishes your hand against his chest after he removed it from above his pants and keeps it there.

When your target is at a safe distance and you can carry on with your task, you get up from the ground (and him) as if nothing happened. Illumi begins walking, pants feeling tight and cheeks still bright red, completely ignoring you. You do the same, following suit as you rub your sore wrist grumbling words he can't quite catch.

As soon as you gather enough information and you can retreat for the day, you want nothing but lock yourself in the room his family rented for the mission and chastise yourself for your behavior, drowning in the embarrassment of it all. Unfortunately for you, Illumi doesn't even let you cross the threshold of the hotel room that he has you pressed up against a wall with a hand grabbing your hair and another down your pants. A high pitched squeal leaves your lips when his fingers meet your hot flesh rubbing your clit harshly right away. Are you enjoying yourself now, you negligent little degenerate?

He knows you mustn't have had any too ill-intention with your bizarre action, you probably were aghast and disoriented by the whole situation. It doesn't mean that he cares in the slightest. He's never lost focus on a job like that. He can't believe that such a little touch would distract him so much. Well, now he intends to pay you back in your own coin.

"Illumi", you whimper squirming against his body that's keeping you caged against the wall. "Illumi... Sorry. I'm sorry. I don't know why I did that". You gasp and writhe and try your best not to moan as his ruthless fingers rub your clit. Illumi pushes your head against the wall. "Quiet now". You whimper and close your eyes, submitting to your fate.

You would think, hope, that he would get bored at the umpteenth time he brought you close to relief just to stop whenever your breathing got too quick and your moans began to sound too high-pitched. No, he doesn't feel boredom, he has an aim and won't stop until he's satisfied with its outcome. Of course he wouldn't even stop because he got tired and if he did he'd just throw you on the bed, better the floor - you don't deserve such courtesy - and continue his infliction in a more comfortable position (for him).

After what feels like hours, Illumi's fingers finally slow down yet keeping rubbing circles over your sensitive clit.

"Die... I'm going to... Please..." you sob, cheek pressed against the gritty wall. Your hands thrash around not being able to grab at anything but digging your nails in the plaster.

"Maybe I should have...let you die this morning. Since you wanted to play cocky and risk the mission, you filthy little deviant. I could have stopped using In and let you fall prey of our target, now that you're not even strong enough to fight such a low level parasite".

Despite his harsh words he draws a deep, exasperated breath, his tone getting more mellow. "I don't believe you can actually die like this". He punctuates the words as if he's bothered by the notion. "Doesn't mean that we can't try". His voice so low and soft that one could be easily fooled to think it was gentle even. But you know Illumi. Gentleness in him was so bone chilling that it makes your blood run cold as you slump against him, sighing heavily before jolting as soon as he resumes his slow yet heavy handed movements.

Divider by @cafekitsune (thank you for making them so cute and with so many variants<3)

[woodchipp]

Yeah no I'll have to cut Basil out entirely lol. Dude has no reason to be in a version of the plot where Mari commits suicide and my attempts to organically integrate him into it without deviating from the game's original framework too much didn't work out. Which is a shame. He's got a cool design and he's interesting! The problem is that he's good only as a plot device in Headspace, and I don't want to relegate him to that :(

To make up for that, I think it'd probably make more sense for Sunny to be the photographer and for Mari to be the flower enthusiast. The former's hobby could be justified by him having memory issues, and thus the idea of creating a photo album could be born out of the fear that he'll forget his friends at some point in the future. Additionally, I think this could benefit Sunny's characterization - the photo album's captions could be used to characterize Sunny instead, and the detail of Basil being outside the frame since he's the one taking the photos would make more sense for Sunny because the game (off-handedly) mentions he's "a bit camera-shy". I imagine that he wouldn't want to be featured on his photos both because he doesn't consider himself important enough and because he wouldn't want to be reminded of his appearance :) Maybe that would also recontextualize his eternal resting bitch face in the few photos he is on as him being geniunely uncomfortable as opposed to just "not liking to smile"

I guess the photo album itself could be more of a group project the whole group is involved in, since y'know, they're friends and all that. Of course, most of the captions would be written by Sunny himself, but there could be a few captions here and there from Kel, Hero, or - better yet - Mari. Girl needs some semblance of a personality lmao

Speaking of Mari, her hobby could stem from the flower arrangement classes she and her mother were apparently taking. Maybe she'd take it up along with softball to keep herself busy or something. I just think that a scene of Mari telling Sunny about the symbolism of the flowers she recently grew could be pretty cute lol. I'm not made of stone :P

...huh, now that I'm thinking about it, Aubrey taking the photo album away could be the catalyst for Sunny becoming a hikikomori. He still continues to attend school after Mari kills herself as a way to get out of the house he simply can't bear to stay in anymore and despite his deteriorating mental state. Then one day, Aubrey begs him to let her study at his house, he reluctantly agrees, she finds the ruined photo album and angrily confronts him over it instead of stealing it on the spot (in this case, her argument that the album is important to all of the friend group would hold a bit more water since it was, after all, a group project). Being reminded about the photo album proves to be the last straw for Sunny, however, and so his anger issues come into play without causing him to kill someone in a fit of rage as he blows up at her for going through his things behind his back to look at the album without his permission. And that's when Aubrey decides she had enough and escapes with the album in tow. I imagine her crush essentially telling her to fuck off on top of seeing the ruined photos would hurt her twice as hard, and it'd give her a considerably more solid reason to hate Sunny's guts four years later.

Sunny, horrified by his behavior (and totally not reminded of the big argument Mari killed herself after, ofc :)) decides to shut himself off from the outside world for good. Can't hurt anyone ever again if you remove yourself out of their lives altogether and all that. Oh, and by the way, isn't it funny how there's another character who directed a furious outburst at someone they cared about?

[captainjacklyn]

Hey, yo, you probably saw me on one of your posts. I was wondering if you could do the arcana twilight characters reacting to reader training Precious to destroy sisuris's balls l, I'm so sorry for this post, but I had to. You could skip if you want to. Also, sorry for misspelling sisuris name.

HAHAHAHAGHDJWEH- no worries my friend, there is absolutely no harm done on your part, I'm glad you enjoy that crack shit post and I hope you enjoy reading this one as much as I enjoyed writing it.

character(s) : spica, alpheratz, arcturus, pollux, vega

warning(s) : someone's balls being obliterated, a feral ferret and a vengeful summoner that just wants to see blood.

Spica

Speechless and just straight up lost, man is just looking at us for a good minute before continuing to walk down the aisle like nothing happened.

for reference his face looked like this :

He says nothing, he's just confused and tells himself that he needs coffee thinking he's hallucinating due to all the work he has to do.

don't even bother explaining, Spica will pass out and Precious is going to take that opportunity to destroy.

"Wrong target Precious I'm not letting you hurt rapunzel."

"AHDJEREJHR !"

Alpheratz

Hype man right here, he's literally helping you coach that killing machine to end Sirius.

Precious actually stops trying to rip his wig off and is now accepting him as a friend, sort of.

I love this trio ! A batshit crazy animal, their batshit insane owner and the owner's boyfriend who hates the same person they hate.

Once precious is released into the city to found that sexy gun man, it's over for him.

It crawls it's way through the streets, hissing at anything in it's way until it finds the legs of the enemy..and CRUNCH GOES THE BALLS OF THE ASSHOLE-

*screams in agony*

Arcturus

[Name] I don't think you have to- "HAJSKFBEFUEKR-"

Precious held on to his leg for a week, it didn't wanna let go for even a minute. Had to constantly keep this ginger man in a hospital because the moment he got out he would bleed extensively.

Once it got off of him, you just continued to train your unhinged creature.

Precious is really going balls out for the game I'll tell ya that, we're not just speaking about the nutcracker here we're talking about the sacrifice of future generations as well.

This poor dude is just standing on the sidelines like : you don't have to do this but I still support you because that's really all I can do...

Pollux

Oh he means business.

We got another coach right here- bro is going to ANNIHILATE sirius and whatever is left.

Although he keeps wincing whenever it actually happens, I mean they're both guys he knows just how painful it can get.

It's really terrifying to be honest just witnessing something that violent.

I mean who would expect this :

to act like THIS :

That's pollux trying to hold it, Precious is completely calm and rational with it's beloved owner.

Vega

._.

wut ?

like Spica, he will stand there, but not like Spica, he will remain standing there for a very long time.

Even Precious stops bitting the plastic toy that now looks like it's been shredded, even you stop encouraging your cute psychopath of a beast.

why are you giving it more attention ? HIIIIIISSSSSSSS-

He doesn't give a shit, we all know just how much of a simp he gets when it comes to you.

I love how I skipped the part where Precious tried to lunge at him and remove his eyeballs from his eye sockets.

You luckily managed to avoid that, but now you got an animal and a touch-starved white boy clinging onto you for dear life.

Vega I need to proceed with my ferret's training so could you please ? no. ...You're lucky you're just as adorable as my electric saw. BFUKETGEHTK$#$ PRECIOUS STOP SWEARING-

Have a good day I hope you liked it.

[helluva-simper]

Allo, got a husk angst request for ya. Can you do Husk x Reader comfort while reader is on their period?

I am so so so so sorry that this too so long to make. I swear to God writer's block is going to be the end of me. Most likely going to make a remake of this due to the fact this was just one of my late night urges so yeah. Hope you enjoy what I got. 😉

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      You were sleeping peacefully in the arms of your boyfriend. His arms embracing you as his soft and comforting fur soothed you through the night. 

       You were rudely awakened by the sudden pain from your stomach. It was an annoying, constant pain making you squirm. You heard a groan making you look up. “Sorry…” You said, your expression was guilty but it also was painful. Did you eat something bad? 

       “Huh? Wha- oh… you're fine. We were gonna get up at some point anyway.” Husk says blinking slowly waking up. Ugh, it felt like something was trying to slowly kill you from the inside out. You allow your head to fall into his shoulder, nuzzling into it as you let out a whine. 

       Husk smiles softly, chuckling, raising a hand to ruffle your hair a bit. “I said it was fine.” I shake your head still buried into his shoulder. You speak into his fur, it comes out as a muffled speech. “You're gonna have to lift your head if you want me to know whatever the fuck you just said.” He said bluntly.

        You lift your head up with a frown. “My stomach hurts.” You whine throwing your head back down. Unfortunately before you could Husk sat up making you instantly sit up as well. “If it hurts that bad I could go make you something.” Husk said a hint of confusion and worry in his tone. 

         Any pain you felt when you were alive you solved with some Tylenol. Headache? Tylenol. Back pains? Tylenol. The list went on and on. But the only thing that was here in Hell was drugs. Literal vending machines full of them!

       You shake your head. “It just hurts. I don't remember eating anything bad. I think Alastor has more style than poisoning someone.” You say chuckling at the end. “Well, maybe you're hungry?” Husk suggests. You don't think that's the problem but you just nod anyway. You move the covers off of you and move back and that's when you noticed it. A huge red stain on you and Husk's clothes. 

         Your eyes widen in surprise. How was I bleeding?! Did you get hurt?! Was I… wait… shit. You groan dramatically falling backwards. “What h- holy shit. Why the hell you bleeding?!” Husk asks getting up ready to go play doctor  get the medical supplies. “No, no. Sit your ass back down. It's just- UGH!” You look up at the sky thinking, “Why does the universe hate me?” You thought that when you went to Hell these stupid monthly occurrences would go but the universe loves to just prove you wrong, doesn't it? “It's just a girl thing. Just bleeding out of vagina. Just get me an ice pack.” You say dryly. This really bummed your mood. You just wanted to snuggle into your lovely boyfriend's arms all day noooooo. You just HAD to have your period today. And on him too. Oi!

        Husk was sitting there looking dumbfounded. Probably thinking, “how the absolute hell was bleeding out of your crotch a 'normal’ thing?!” It looked like he was forcing himself to keep his mouth close.He blinked a few times, getting back to reality. “We should probably change first. Then when I'm changed I'll get it for you. Anything else?” You shake your head. You get up from the bed noticing the red stain on the bed. Great. Another thing to change. You flip off the bed gaining a soft laugh from Husk. “How about we worry about the bed later. I'll clean it up. Okay? Okay.” He said leaving no room for arguing. You nod moving a bit to allow Husk off the bed. 

        You remove your pajama shorts and underwear feeling Husk's piercing gaze. You give a smug look letting him know you know he was looking. You walk over to the bathroom, grabbing some toilet paper to clean yourself. 

         “So, you just put on that whole show just to tease me?” Husk asks, throwing you another pair of clothes. You caught them putting them on. “Who, me? I would never do such a thing.” You say innocently when you were finally in clean clothing. Husk grabbed you and gave you a noogie saying, “Come're ya lil shit.”

        Laughing, you pushed him away fixing your hair. “Bitch.” You spat with a smile. You jokingly bump into him on your way out the bathroom.  

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         You were sitting in the lobby with Husk holding a ice pack to your stomach, his head resting on your shoulder as you scrolled through the internet. Surprisingly you were early enough to see Alastor leaving as you two made it into the room, but left before allowing you to say goodbye. 

         “Thanks.” You say softly before Husk lays a soft kiss on your neck. “No problem. There's nothing I wouldn't do for you.” He said, the last part being in a singy song voice.

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Husk is not a character I write often so I hope this was to your liking. Night!

[spotsupstuff]

hi

you've mentioned that sparrows would have reincarnated as a slugcat?

would you mind elaborating on that?

also would they have met caper again after becoming all scuggy?

heehee

hoohoo hee :)c of course i'll elaborate! it is Her ✨ Fish's little best animal friend

wonderfully enough, Sparrows and the Tinkerer were developed completely removed from each other in my head, so Tinkerer still feels like a rather separate character from Sparrows even though they somehow wound up havin a lot of similiarities. exactly how the reincarnation stuff should feel like

the Tinkerer is Sparrows! and no character in-universe will ever find out. it isn't important. nobody but Tinkerer is affected by this, and Tinktink doesn't really have the means to speak about it. but for us behind the screens that know about this it will make Tinktink's interactions with the world just a lil bit more juicy

you've sent this at a good time, too! the day ur question came in i was actually pondering how to somehow make use of this reincarnation fact and not just let it float about as a lil bonus for the people that would know about this lil tiny ultimately unimportant connection

so, the idea: as we (probably) all know, Euros is going to end up developing the Rot. this is distressing for a large amount of reasons, but the main point rn is that Euros is also a secret archive of folklore of the lower circles in the Eo group, plus maybe even a little bit over the range's borders to the east (after all, there's two more groups right next door to him n he's a phone operator chief). Euros is going to die a slow painful death and he won't be able to care for or save his collection of knowledge, which somehow manages to hurt him more than the reality of his impending doom

maybe not so surprising, considering that in his archive are the stories, the history, the spirit of his late lover's home- a place he clung to for as long as he could, the one he spent the most time in with his overseers, the one that held people he constantly wished could be his citizens instead of the vile and fake *things* soiling the streets of Ales

so one day after the Fish has properly reconnected to the Eo group, is caught up on current events and trying his *damnest* to revive Mission Self-preservation even though it is guaranteed to be useless, Euros mentions the nightmare that he's living through

"I'm a dead man walking, carrying precious treasures of people that were never heard crying out. I've held them close and safely within myself for over two thousand years. And now, when I'm fated to rot through and splatter on the ground, I fear all this time will be for nought. That I will kill what I've been protecting for so long."

"Even if nobody ever reads these- learns of them, hears them out from above their graves- I can't bear the thought of losing them."

and well Fish DOES have a lot of beef with Euros, but at this point this bitterness is starting to give away to desperation and horror of the terrible torment waiting for them in the future. he might be stubbornly still trying with the Mission, but he would go against what makes him himself if he didn't acknowledge that they are all damned for good no matter what he tries. so he gives in to the pity and hails Tinkerer to his chamber

he explains to her what he needs her to do and tells Euros about the plan. Tinktink has to travel all of this distance

to get to Euros (basically walk through the whole Europe), but dammit, she helped one Iterator that became her closest friend, she will help another one (a different Gen 2 that she loved and dedicated her whole life to in a different life)

Fish sends her on her way with a hug and a plead to keep herself safe

it takes her over a month to get there even with the help of vehicles like the barely working trains and a remshackle sky-sail that Fish guided her through fixing in their free time together. when she gets on top of Euros' structure, the dejavus start to hit. she visits the Mechanics' home, her feet carrying her to the bedroom as if it was just another end of the workshift. she looks in the cupboards she- opened millions of times- never even touched. she walks outside and then down the path to the entrance into the Iterator she's- taken countless times- never set a foot on

she saw these halls so many times she can pin point where every screw is- she's never been here, she can't understand these giant beings, they are too complex for her animal brain. that specific rhythm of beeps and pumps and water rushing through metal veins has haunted- comforted- her in many of her dreams. the Tinkerer makes it to the chamber almost like on an auto-pilot

when she enters the chamber, the slugcat finds itself disappointed, scared, confused- this isn't what this place is supposed to look like (but how does she know what it is supposed to look like-?), this isn't how she left it (this is the first time she stands here, what are these thoughts). it's supposed to be brighter. warmer. why is the puppet's plating and skin damaged by time, where is it its vibrancy, why are its eyes so tired? there are panels missing from the walls ("it's got to be the results of that Fever i once made a proj- i can fix thi-! what?"), glowing artificial bronze robins fly about or sleeping on his shoulders, tiny Rot cysts pulsate from the cracks in the umbilical arm. where has the firebird in that halo gone off to?

Euros greets her joyfully ("oh what are you trying to play at, you goof. i've known you for so long, i can tell when something's wrong. what's hurting? why are you tired? i'll get you back into shape, doncha worry love.")

"Ah, you made it! Welcome to my chamber, adroit little thing."

"Please. Your journey was a long one. I hold no doubt a very dangerous one, too. I won't march you into the job immediately. Rest up."

Tinkerer thinks he's strange. but her legs are indeed hurting, the bag strapped to her is heavy. she curls up in the corner of the room and tries to get some shut eye. she almost falls asleep when Euros starts mumbling under his breath, shooting nervous glances towards the birds. five fingered hands tremble so badly the joints rattle like a child's toy. he's scary, when his shoulders hunch up like that and those tired eyes turn frantic. but it hurts so much to see him like that for some reason, more so than it is scary. so against the better judgement of a survivor, she softly coos at him

the puppet's head snaps to her, gaze cold. the mumbles increase in volume, allowing her to understand

"...I'll tell you what. I have another mission for you, little messenger. But it has to stay a secret between the two of us. Nobody would approve, especially not the one you belong to now."

something whispers that the puppet closing in is supposed to be a comfort. the larger part of the Tinkerer instead finds itself wishing to run away

"Are you aware of the Memory Crypts that lie beneath all of us City Bearers?"

cautious nod, back pressed against the wall

"Good."

[am-i-the-asshole-official]

AITA for "ghosting*" my friend?

I (27f) have known this one online friend of mine (27m) for over 15 years, give or take. When we met we quickly became fast friends and we only grew closer from there. About 11 years ago I lost contact with them due to something happening to the site we met and talked on. We had no other means of communication and finding an alternative site wasn't something either of us thought about. I always thought about him and hoped he was doing okay.

Fast forward to about 4 years ago when I got a message from someone saying it was him. We started talking again and it was like we never lost contact. In fact, we were even closer than before. He started referring to me as his family/sister.

We talked about how, out of all the friends we made on that site, we were the only two still in contact. It was something we bonded over. We talked about how both of our life situations make it difficult to find and keep friends and how we were both grateful to have each other in our lives again. It was something we bonded over. I came out as aroace and talked about how I feared people around me leaving me behind once they got into a relationship because I wasn't as important to them anymore. He was one of the first people I came out to and was accepted by. Even though he wasn't aroace and was in a relationship, he said he somewhat understood what it was like to be abandoned in a situation like that. It was something we bonded over.

We never met in person but we had plans to. We always talked about it. We were close. We were each other's best friends, so I thought.

Imagine my surprise when I got a message from him out of the blue a few months ago saying that he was sorry but that he was going to have to start dedicating more time to his partner/SO because his abusive and toxic partner/SO** (his own words and description of partner/SO - not mine) was becoming increasingly more abusive/toxic*** and that he wouldn't be able to respond much anymore and to not feel bad because he was having to do this to other people too, not just me.

I'm not in a relationship, I'll never be in a relationship, therefore I don't know what it's like to be in one. I'll never know what that kind of romantic bond is like. Maybe it's normal to choose a partner/SO over a friend?

But I do know that it hurt reading that message. Still hurts. At the time I couldn't really think clearly so I cried for a bit then left then one last message on Discord about how I was sorry things turned out this way and that I wished things would have been different. How I wished both of our home situations were different - better - but that I couldn't do it anymore. I wished him the best and then removed him off my friend list and left the conversation before he could respond. I don't know if he ever saw it or not. He did try to add me back a few days after that but I declined it and haven't seen him send me another one or contact me on another site since.

I eventually got over it and only now started thinking about it again because I happened to go on another site that I haven't been on in years and saw a message from before we got in contact again about how much he missed me.

A part of me wants to try and reach out again because I feel bad for never giving them a chance to respond to my last message but the other part knows I'll probably just end up getting hurt again.

(*I'm not sure if I'm using this term properly?)

(**I feel like it's not my place to disclose this but I also feel as if it wasn't for that we'd still be friends? Or maybe I'm just delusional.)

(***I wasn't friends with partner/SO and I doubt partner/SO even knows I existed since I was only ever an online friend so I don't think having friends was the cause of partner/SO getting worse. I can only speculate though because I didn't know the full situation. I tried to tell friend to leave multiple times if it truly was as bad as he claimed but he said he was fine. There was nothing I could do to help beyond that unfortunately.)

What are these acronyms?

[dotster001]

Enemies to Lovers:Epilogue

Summary: Years have passed since you woke up Vil. And now....

A/N: stay tuned to the end to see a preview of the next fic I'll be writing for my coworker. She's a Leona, Floyd, and Jamil simp, and it's probably time to be nice to her 😂 let me know if you'd like to be on that tag list. It's a Jamil x reader series.

Chapters: One Two Three Four Five Six Seven Eight Nine Ten

You looked in the mirror as Rook finished your makeup. Vil had made him practice the style twice a day, every day for a month to make sure he could do it perfectly. Of course Vil was a minor groomzilla. It only made sense, and you should have realized after how perfect his proposal had been.

You had gone to visit Epel and Deuce in Harveston. On the second day of the trip, you and Vil went out for a walk in the apple orchard. The apple blossoms had just come into bloom, and the smells filling the air were straight from heaven.

Suddenly, a soft breeze distracted you, as it caused the apple blossoms to fall off the trees and circle yourself and Vil….who was on one knee in front of you.

With the finishing touches done on your look, Rook signaled to the people in the chapel that you were ready. He escorted you to the door, where you waited.

Then he emerged. A bright smile on his face as he looked at you with total adoration. Rook pressed a soft kiss to your cheek, before giving your hand to Vil. He repeated the kiss on Vil's cheek, and then the music began.

Vil had insisted you walk out together, as equals. You couldn't help but be suspicious that he did this for dramatic effect, but in theory, you couldn't argue much with his reasoning.

As you walked down the aisle, you did your best to ignore the cameras. Vil was too kind to his fans to completely remove them from his wedding, so it was being live streamed. 

"You look radiant, my apple blossom," Vil leaned in and whispered to you. "I know Rook promised he wouldn't cry, but with how beautiful we both look, it's impossible for him to keep that promise."

You playfully rolled your eyes, but couldn't hold back your giggle. Bless Vil. You knew he saw your anxiety over the cameras, and wanted to make it easier. It was moments like these you were happy you said yes.

You made eye contact with Crewel, who was asked to officiate the wedding for you. He was another one who'd promised not to cry. Yet he and Rook had both already cried when they were told of the engagement.

Rook and Crewel had stared at you with wide eyes, their coffee's going cold as they watched the two people they loved the most tell them that they were marrying each other. Rook broke the silence first.

"J'aurais pu être une mouche sur le mur quand le plus beau des Vil a professé sa dévotion éternelle à sa précieuse fleur!" Rook said, clutching onto both Vil and you, and sobbing.

Before you could ask what the fuck any of that meant, Crewel started crying as well.

"My beloved pups are all grown up, and have realized that the only ones worthy of them were each other!"

Once the sobbing stopped, both of them pulled out notebooks full of designs that they had apparently been holding onto since your graduation.

You finished the walk up to the aisle, and joined hands. The wedding went on as normal until…

"If there are any objections, speak now or forever hold your peace."

Floyd instantly stood up. Out of the corner of your eye, you saw Vil's jaw clench. But it had been years since Floyd had confessed to you, and you knew he had a secret partner, so whatever was about to happen, was probably just to add some chaos.

"You promise you'll never hurt my Shrimpy, right Betta fish?" He said with a glare he reserved for those who had gone back on deals.

"Floyd, if at this point you truly think I would ever hurt Y/N, then you are a fool," Vil said with an eye roll.

Floyd grinned, "Ha ha, I know. But I was getting bored."

Azul yanked Floyd back in his seat as Jade laughed next to him.

Crewel heaved a sigh, and continued, "Then by the powers vested in me, I pronounce you Mr. and Mx. Schoenheit-L/N. You may kiss the…"

He didn't even finish before Vil's lips were on yours, his hands cradling your face like it was the most precious thing he'd ever beheld.

When he pulled away, you were barely able to process the applause as you stared into his violet eyes, and happily realized that this was just the beginning of a beautiful lifetime.

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Tag list-@shytastemakerthing @stygianoir @iruiji @da-disappointment

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Sneak Peak . OoOoOoOoOoOh!

"Sure there is," you said scooching so half of your chair was empty. "You can join me." You patted the empty part of your chair, and he begrudgingly took it.

"Good call dude," Ace said through a mouthful of food, "Once they get here they'd have made that decision for you."

"They?" Jamil asked.

"That's my seat," he heard a low growl behind him, and turned to see Leona looking annoyed.

"Pardon?" Jamil asked.

"It's my turn for that seat," Leona said, looking, annoyed, between the two of you.

[eric-the-bmo]

Hello I saw your tag PLEASE tell me about Annabelle Von Gears she seems right up my alley

OUGIYGH OH BOY LET ME RAMBLE ABOUT MY OC, THIS IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE STRUCTURED HORRIBLY LMAO—

So! Annabelle von Gears is my character for an upcoming homebrew campaign my friend's been wanting to run for about a year; She's put so much work into it, it's fascinating! (So sorry if u weren't expecting ttrpg stuff, but the floodgates have opened, and as a man with a special interest in ttrpgs I'm not going to shut up now—)

In very simple terms, Annabelle is a porcelain warforged/robotic wizard (bladesinger, specifically) who grew tired of her life and runs off to go adventuring. I adore her and this WILL be an infodump under the readmore!!!

[Art by @teefs_art on twitter!]

Augh okay I have no idea if I'll be able to get everything down, especially her thoughts on her family and herself, but here we go-

In terms of personality, I've been keeping it a bit vague; I'd like to have some room to build upon it when we finally play, and I've found it's easier to go off a general vibe.

So: Annabelle, at the start, is really just trying to do her job as a secretary and is very bored over the whole thing. While disruptions in the day can annoy her, she secretly delights in a few of them, because hey- that's another break in monotony, baby! After discovering free will later on, she's a lot more impulsive and upbeat, but still attempts to maintain her air of formality and fanciness. She most likely has a very strong sense of what's considered "fair." Due to Annabelle's upbringing, she'll probably be a bit rude and insensitive to others and their plights at times- and despite her sarcasm, she seems unable to detect it in others?

I definitely need to think more about how to include some knightly traits for her, and yknow, the whole thing of self vs duty, but... eh, yknow. Just vibes so far ☆

Anyway, the fact she's not literally built for a life of adventuring does nothing to dissuade her, btw; she'd rather do this than go back to a boring job.

Fun(?) facts:

Annabelle was based off the idea of "hey, what if a porcelain robot got hurt a lot and had to be fixed up with gold? Wouldn't that be cool or what"

Annabelle has programmed codes! Some of them include not being able to enter certain parts of the Von Gears manor, and being physically unable to harm her father figure (She can certainly try, but it's extremely difficult to break through those instructions)

She can sleep standing up, and yes, this probably will unnerve her party members very much ☆ (She can also stand completely still! More than once she's startled a foreign diplomat by blending in with the various statues and automatons in the manor, and so she's not allowed to go into those rooms anymore lmao)

Annabelle would really like collecting vinyls <3

She has the emblem of her home kingdom painted on her shoulder blades/upper back (it's an eagle with its wings outstretched!)

She can remove her face plate, and getting fixed by an artificer or mechanic is a bit uncomfortable :-/ It's like going to the dentist.

Annabelle is supposed to have a German accent- but I'm unable to do one. 😔

Her favorite term of endearment is to call someone "butterfly"; but so far she exclusively refers to only her sister with it.

She's unable to cry; she's not built with tear ducts! :-(

She's probably got a list full of silly little things to do while adventuring- like sneak into a building, or take part in a bar fight.

Taking heat damage is flavored as such: Her porcelain coverings are actually pretty heat-resistant! However, her insides aren't. It almost acts like an oven... (good luck venturing the kingdom of Helosh, love! ouch)

I'm absolutely going to find out how she can stim with her magic. No one can stop me /lh

And now for her general story: (note: I'm only putting in the most basic information for this. There's so much worldbuilding, but I sadly don't have time to ramble about all that. Again, sorry if this is incoherent, augh)

On the continent of Mysterra, most warforged reside in the country of Tectonica, which is ruled by Warrick von Gears (I forget his exact official title), a warforged who's been around for a very long time- definitely more than 100 years.

Following Mysterra's calendar, in 1835 Warrick decided he wanted a family with his wife Eleanor (also a warforged), and on the 19th of the Month of Talis, he commissioned the construction of Aria as his daughter– Annabelle was then added as a sudden addition. It took a year to complete the both of them, at which point artificial souls were placed inside their chests, and they were taken home to Tectonica's capital of Skysummit.

Despite being awoken at the same time, Annabelle is considered the more mature out of the two- mentally being in her 20s, with Aria being around 12- and primarily functions as Warrick's secretary. She arranged meetings, schedules, etc, and traveled along with him to diplomatic meetings to the capitals of other countries- along the way she picked up how to speak Gnomish and Draconic, as Windberg and Balaur do frequent dealings with Tectonica.

But eventually, she got bored with... well, just about all of it. It all began to seem monotonous, with only traveling for meetings, chess games with Warrick, and the shenanigans of Aria to break it all up. (She cares very much for her sister; it's almost the energy of "If this one favorite coworker wasn't here I would've quit a Long Time Ago" /hj). She wasn't really allowed to leave the estate without permission- and the thought to do so anyway had never occurred to her- so she had to find a few ways to avoid completely losing it.

Despite the fact she was built with a variety of coded spells to ensure self-defense, Annabelle began to study the variety of spellbooks and fiction in the Von Gear estate to stave off her boredom and restlessness- as well as daydreaming, becoming a lover of gossip, practicing swordfighting with some decorative blades hanging up on the wall, etc; all while wondering if something was wrong with her. Because she was built for this job, so surely she shouldn't be dissatisfied, right? [And what's with that strange tugging in her chest sometimes..?] But nothing ever seemed wrong when the mechanics showed up for yearly checks, so she didn't really ever bring it up in conversation to Warrick.

[While she loves the other Von Gears, her discontent with her current life makes her feels separate from them. Combined with her job as a secretary, she tries to be formal towards them and keep a distance– but she makes a few exceptions. She has fun with Aria, and despite her insistence she's really not part of the family, she does participate in family game night, and has accidentally called Warrick "dad" more than once. Anyway...]

And so, in the year of 1842, Annabelle von Gears is still the secretary of Tectonica's ruler— that is, until a famed Artificer is late for his scheduled meeting with Warrick. This catapults the events of the campaign, as well as Annabelle meeting her future party— an artificer searching for her missing father, a barbarian seeking revenge for the destruction of her town, a ranger with the last known dragon egg, and a paladin trying to prevent his kingdom from being destroyed by a volcano.

She’ll be sent by Warrick to join them for a quest, much to her surprise, and will discover that adventuring is just what she needs in her life. She runs off to join them, promising her sister she'll write to her.

Being an impulsive woman once she's discovered she has free will, Annabelle's bound to get into trouble and gain all sorts of scars- and probably a lot of them, since she literally isn't built for adventuring– as well as probably gaining... odd visions? And passing knowledges of skills previously unbeknownst to her? Strange...

While adventuring, Annabelle will occasionally feel guilt for leaving her job and family behind.

And oh, the Reveal! During her journey, Annabelle von Gears will eventually discover the truth that her soul isn't artificial like she was told: She had been a flesh-and-blood person whose soul had been ripped out (either from a living body or the afterlife) and rewired, just like every other warforged.... Which would explain all the odd memories and possibly even her want for adventure- she had been a person before. And surely Warrick must've known this whole time, right? (cue, hopefully, a climactic daughter-father fight)

(There's also an idea the DM and I have where Annabelle encounters the "resurrected" body of who she used to be, possibly leading to the body attempting to kill her so it can get its soul back. We're going to have so much fun with the horror elements)

Anyway augh this was A Lot, thank you for showing interest and allowing me to Ramble ;-;✌️🫶💕

[lovingmusicalmen]

Request:

14. “Stay away from me!”

A mister Antonio Racetrack Higgins x f!reader

She’s new to being a Newsie and she doesn’t know who she can and can’t trust because she has had a rough life in the past which has left her to feel like she can’t trust anyone. So she keeps her guard up but eventually she decides she can trust Race and she lets her guard down around him and only him and maybe show once her guard is down with him but isn’t with the rest so she isn’t chill around them and only Race?

Sorry that is a lot. I really like ur writing tho so yeah!

Awwww this one's such a cute idea - I hope that this fits your idea!! I'm so glad you like my writing!!

Angst 14: "Stay away from me!"

Blurb Requests still open!

"This waistcoat is amazing, Sunny!" Race announced, sliding into the table beside Y/N in Jacobis.

Y/N rolled her eyes and plucked the cigar from his lips. Race shot her a cheeky grin and pulled out another one, which Y/N promptly removed again.

"I told you to stop calling me that," she muttered.

"I thought I was the exception - you made me a new waistcoat and everything," Race joked, finally giving up on trying to light up a cigar and instead leaning back on the chair to prop his feet up on the table.

"Tell any of the others that and I'll chop your balls off - I know where you sleep, Higgins."

"We should warn Spot Conlon that Sunny here's coming for his brand," Jack teased, joining them at the table. Race brightened up, while Y/N tensed, glaring at the newsboy.

"Stop calling me that," she gritted out.

"But you're just such a ray of sunshine," Albert joked as he, too, joined them holding a glass of water.

Y/N clenched her jaw, glaring holes in the table.

"Guys stop it," Race said with a slight laugh.

"But she's just been so open and friendly since she got here - what else could we possibly call her?" Finch said, clapping a hand on Y/N's shoulder.

Y/N gripped onto his hand and threw it off of her, standing up and pushing Finch back, sending him tumbling back a couple of steps.

The Manhattan Newsies fell silent, all eyes watching the exchange. But Y/N didn't have it in her to care, anger boiling in her veins. She stepped forwards again and jabbed Finch in the chest.

"Don't fucking call me that. And stay away from me," she hissed, then addressed the room at large. "All of you."

Y/N turned and stamped out of the restaurant. The moment that the door closed behind her, though, she dropped the stern facade and took off running, ignoring the tears that were blurring her eyes and the angry shouts of other pedestrians as she almost bowled over them in her haste to get as far away as possible.

It wasn't until the Brooklyn Bridge stood in front of her that she stopped, gasping for breath and leaning against the railings. She pulled off her hat - gifted to her the very day she had turned up, prickly and rude to cover her terror - and pressed it to her mouth to try and muffle her sobs.

It was only a couple of moments later that more wheezing breaths met her ears. She forced herself to look over at Race, who was doubled over, two newspaper bags slung over his shoulders.

"Jesus, Sunny - they should call you Racetrack. You run fucking fast," Race gasped out. "Sorry - know you said not to call you that."

"You probably wouldn't be so out of breath if you stopped smoking," Y/N whispered, not acknowledging the name. Because Race had been right in his earlier teasing - he was the exception.

Her friend offered her a smile and flopped onto the ground beside her. He hesitated and then lifted his arm, and Y/N fell into the embrace.

"I'm sorry about them - they've seen you opening up to me, thought it meant they could act the same as I do," Race whispered. Y/N just shrugged, still nestled into the crook of his arm.

"I just don't know how to do it."

"Do what?"

"You know..." Y/N shuddered a little. "Trust them, I guess? How do I know they're not going to... hurt me? Or try and send me back?"

Race's arm tightened around her and Y/N felt him press a kiss to the top of her head.

"You don't," he murmured. "I wish I could stop all the awful shit that happened to you before you found me - found all of us. But I'm glad you got here now," he kissed her hair again. "And we've all got our shit that landed us as Newsies. So all of them get it, even while they're dicks a lot of the time. But you trust me, right?"

Y/N pulled away from him, wiping her eyes. She mustered up a smile.

"Against my better judgement," she joked. Race rolled his eyes and reached over to ruffle her hair.

"So if you can't trust them yet - trust me. I'm not going to let anyone hurt you again, Sunny."

Y/N burst out laughing and lent back into Race, nestling her face into his neck.

"Anyone but you calls me that again and I'll bring them here and push them off of the fucking bridge."

[canofspooks]

DannyMay Day 16 (Fangs)

Summary: Danny’s reflection has been changing. Sometimes those changes hurt. Sequel to the ‘No CTRL+Z’ prompt, since I wrote these out of order.

Words: 1947

He hated Phantom's reflection. From afar, it might've looked normal, but the closer he got to the mirror, the more the imperfections showed. Phantom fresh from Danny's untimely demise had been completely human aside from the eerie glowing eyes, but now... it'd gotten so much worse.

His face was becoming more gaunt and discolored, paling to the sickly green he had seen on his frightening future self. The shower curtains he could see bleeding into his form in the mirror taunted him, reminding Danny of how difficult it had become to keep a solid shape anymore. The worst of it all was the teeth - the reasoning for him being in the bathroom in Phantom form in the first place. To think that he could numb the pain of those two, long fangs growing in with a little toothache medication felt silly, but he was getting desperate now. The ache in his jaw didn't stay confined to his ghost form, following him throughout the school day despite him (hopefully) not sporting the massive canines when existing in the world as Fenton.

He dabbed some of the gel onto his finger and spread it liberally around the base of the fangs. Even if it felt silly, anything to numb the pain would be well worth the $5 he'd spent on a single, small tube.

The logistics of allowing the medication to take affect were completely lost on him. Would switching back completely remove the substance from his gums? Would numbing the pain in his human form help at all, or was it psychological in nature - as Jazz probably would've suggested. Just to be safe, Danny stayed as Phantom, and made his way over to the bathroom door on a mission to return to his bedroom and hopefully take a nap until it finally kicked in.

Then he heard a crash from the basement, and the tell-tale vworp of the portal as it spat out another ghost.

Damn it.

Danny slipped through the floors into his parents' lab, and grabbed a thermos from the counter before he could even tell who it was.

Instead of his usual fair of the green-ish, giant floating monsters, the faces that greeted him were much more human-like.

"The Ohio ghosts?" He stood there, dumbfounded. "I thought you were like. Gone."

Their brief meeting a few weeks ago would've all but slipped his mind, if not for the dubiously-acquired sum of cash they'd given him for helping them get back into the Ghost Zone.

"Trust me, kid. We wanted to be. This place is fucking insane," the shorter one, Conrad, shoved his hands in his pockets and eyed the various devices and tools around the lab with a keen interest. Now that Danny wasn't stressed out of his mind and on a tight schedule, he noticed that the ghost was sporting the kind of clothes he expected from an old aviator. If it was casual Friday, that is. The bomber jacket, dog tags, and jeans all screamed "old-timey war ghost on a budget". The man's thick-rimmed glasses hid his glazed-over eyes pretty well in the lighting of the lab, and if not for the massive burn scar running down the right side of his face, Danny would've clocked him as a normal, living human with an oddly dated choice of fashion.

"Here," Danny offered, "I'll turn off the portal before anything else comes through. What... uh... what happened?"

Danny was glad the ghosts didn't seem keen on immediately trying to kill him, but he'd rather them not be in a lab with a bunch of deadly anti-Phantom weaponry, especially with how intently Conrad was considering one of the guns. Step one, turn off the portal. Step two, shoo them out to somewhere less dangerous.

"I don't know what's in the air around here, but it's impossible to move two steps in that other world without getting harassed by some dipshit with magic fuck-you powers."

The other ghost - Poppet, if he remembered correctly - shot a glare at their companion. "At least try to be mindful of your language around the child, I am begging you." Their colors were still washed out, with the exception being their glowing green eyes that were similar to his own except for the black sclera. Their formal attire looked more roughed-up than it was last time, with the dress shirt untucked and tears in their pants. Whatever they'd gotten into a fight with, it must've been recent. He was pretty sure that sort of damage to a ghost's form was supposed to heal itself over time.

He didn't want to hear the two argue again, so he cut off Conrad's retort with the loud shutdown chime of the portal.

"Who attacked you? Was it a guy with a beanie obsessed with boxes, or a old lunch lady?"

Poppet's heels clicked against the floor as they paced around. "Neither of the ones you described sound familiar. Our assailant - or, the most recent one - was someone with control over ice. It feels as though everyone in the underworld is looking for a fight. I don't envy you, Daniel, if these are the kinds of monsters you deal with frequently."

With the portal fully off, he led the ghosts out of the lab and into the park. The farther they were away from deadly weaponry, the better.

"It's not that bad. Half the ghosts around here are easy to beat, once you get to know them." As per usual, Danny decided to focus on the Box Ghosts of the world, rather than his genuine near-death experiences. Those were much easier to process, anyhow. "So... uh, what's the plan, then? If you can't escape, are you gonna hang around here for a bit?"

Conrad huffed. "Nah, we're probably gonna walk. Maybe hitchhike a bit. No way in hell am I staying 'round here with all these monsters around every corner."

As if on cue, the aching in Danny's jaw flared up again, and he reflexively put his hand up to his cheek to dull the pain with pressure, since apparently the medication wasn't working.

"You okay, kid?" Conrad inched closer. When Danny opened his mouth to reply, his eyebrows shot up. "- woah, that's new. When'd you get those teeth?"

"E'ry ghos' aroun' here has fangs," he mumbled, reluctant to move his jaw anymore than strictly necessary. "S'normal."

Conrad rifled through his pockets and pulled out a lighter, and small bag of dried leaves. "Here, burning sage seems to help with the pain. Maybe it'll work here."

"You're not going to give him drugs. He's like twelve." Poppet grabbed the lighter.

"I'm sorry, do you see a fucking ghost pharmacy around here? I know sage works, I have sage - this seems like a pretty reasonable choice."

Poppet reluctantly gave the lighter back, and Conrad dumped some of the sage into his palm, then lit the dried leaves on fire.

He held out his hand. "Wherever the smoke touches should numb for a bit."

"Your hand. Doesn't the fire hurt?" Danny couldn't help but ask.

Conrad bit his lip. "... I have... fire powers..."

And that was just about the worst lie Danny had ever heard, but he was far too concerned with the fact that it was working. The pain in his jaw was replaced with a much more manageable, radiating warmth that only slightly felt like blood blossoms against his skin. If not for the fact that he'd felt the full force of the sulfurous choke of blood blossoms before, he probably wouldn't have even registered it as pain.

The sage finally burnt out, and Conrad wiped the ashes on his pants.

"Thanks. That actually worked." Danny brushed a finger across his gums, finding that he could barely feel the pressure against them.

"No problem. Pops, what's up?" Conrad looked over to where Poppet had been studying Danny with an intense stare.

"It's not a ghost thing," they stated.

Danny squinted. "What?"

"It can't be a ghost thing. The fangs, the skin - all the monsters in this area of the underworld have similar features, even the ones that couldn't be ghosts. What if it's the mist doing this? When we first came here, Conrad, don't you remember how much it burned to breathe?"

He was fully ready to accept that the Ghost Zone itself was evil, but he couldn't get passed the first part they said. "Woah, woah, what do you mean 'couldn't be ghosts'? It's the Ghost Zone, it's all ghosts."

The two ghosts looked at him funny, before Conrad piped up, "I don't know if we've met the same guys, but there are some 'ghosts' in the other world who are like... the supernatural embodiments of concepts. I don't know if there's a bureaucratic process you gotta go through to be considered the spirit of sleep and dreams, but I have a hard time believing that dude was just some guy from the like 1300's."

He assumed Conrad was talking about Nocturn, in which case... yeah, in retrospect he really should've questioned how that all worked. At the time, he had been more concerned with surviving, though.

"Okay, so, he's a monster from another dimension or something?"

Conrad laughed. "Fuck no. It's probably some other supernatural bullshit. I don't know how this all works. All I know is there's normal fucking ghosts like you n' me, and then there's a 50ft plant monster that could be the ghost of an eco-terrorist, or it could be a plant monster. Ocum's razor and all that."

"Can we refrain from discussing the plant monster?" Poppet grumbled.

"Sorry. Forgot. Sensitive subject and all that. Anyway, I think if you dipped from the area for a bit, maybe you might not turn into one of those big blue weirdos."

Danny considered the idea for a moment. Amity Park was his home. He couldn't just abandon it to struggle against the ghosts - or... vaguely-defined supernatural entities - all on its own. But maybe he could take vacations. Prolong his humanity with a few months away from the area, and leave his parents with the tools and knowledge to protect the town for the short time. So what if they were a bit more brutal in their methods? That would just mean his usual foes would have to take a raincheck during those periods of time, or face potential dissection at the hands of the older Fentons. If they chose to test their chances, then he could deal with the crushing guilt later.

Maybe he should take a vacation.

"I guess I always wanted to visit the Johnson Space Center in Texas..."

"Eh... maybe not there. The other world 'round there is all flesh."

"Excuse me?"

Conrad fumbled with his hands for a moment, trying to gesture towards... honestly, Danny wasn't sure what he was doing with his hands. It was just vague waving. "I don't want to explain. Just big flesh pit. Huge. Scary. Wouldn't recommend. If you're sticking to the human world then by all means, though."

"You two get around a lot."

"Against my will." Poppet's dead glare at their companion lightened up when it passed over Danny. "We shouldn't take up too much of your time. Good luck, take care of yourself. We'll be off to... wherever fate decides to take us next."

Before they left, he felt the need to add, "Um, please don't commit any crimes before you leave the city limits? I'd kinda feel responsible for that."

"I solemnly swear not to pickpocket until after we're in another town," Conrad promised with a grin.

"Thanks, I guess?"

He and the ghosts parted ways, and Danny was left holding his now-numbed cheek.

Right. Sage. He'd have to note that somewhere.

[imagineitdearies-old]

Would you consider writing a modern au after d&s? Maybe with switch Lucemond 👀 lol or do you have other things lined up

'Things lined up' is waaaay too organized for me, anon 😂

Do I have a doc just filled with HOTD plot bunnies, though?? Yes, yes I do. Weirdly the only modern au on there right now is a rhaenicent religious trauma/'summer before college' slowburn, but I'm happy to get inspired at any point toward a modern lucemond story, just haven't yet. (prompts welcome!)

Switch lucemond though?? Anything that's not a one-shot would involve switching at some point, ngl. And though I've loved being stuck in Aemond's unreliable narrator head for D&S, I think I'd want to switch POVs in most of them too, lol. So yeah, here's a couple of my current long-form lucemond plot bunnies:

Luke gets poisoned: a bit of a whump!Luke fic at the start. Rhaenyra stays in KL and is Regent. When Corlys recovers from the wounds they thought might kill him, she holds a feast to celebrate. At the feast, Luke gets weirdly sick really fast, thinks it was the seafood he ate, and tries to go to his chambers but collapses in some small corner of the castle in pain. Enter Aemond, who followed thinking Luke was crazy drunk and that this is a perfect opportunity to remove his eye--right up until he realizes Luke is coughing up blood. Suddenly he is Not CoolTM with someone else hurting his nephew (he's the only one allowed), and gets him to a maester fast. He stays at Luke's bedside the whole time he's nearly dying, no one can make him leave, does a lot of the caring/nursing him back to health stuff. And then, after the two talk it out of course, they embark on a vengeful murder-spree together killing everyone who was involved in poisoning Luke. It gets a bit kinky.

Storm’s End Time Loop: When Lucerys dies, he’s brought back with a clang of a knife falling between him and Aemond, back to that moment he demanded his eye. Thinking the gods gave him a do-over, this time Luke does not wait for his uncle’s words, just runs. He and Arrax hide amidst the rock pillars until the storm passes, safely making it home…but the moment he falls asleep, Lucerys returns to that moment at Storm’s End. 

He tries different things as time continues to loop—once convincing Lord Borros to let him stay the night, another throwing the knife at Aemond’s face, even attempting to put his sword through him from the start—but the moment he dies or falls asleep, it starts again. Lucerys begins to wonder if the gods have a sick sense of humor and won’t let him rest until he fulfills Aemond’s request.

So the next time, he does put out his eye...and it still reloops. But this time Aemond remembers too. (Cue the two of them doing the day over again and again till they get it right, aka fall in love lol.)

Diplomatic mission to Essos: Rhaenyra is queen but Corlys did die of his injuries, so Luke became Lord of the Tides quite young. Years later the queen asks him to go on his first diplomatic mission to Essos. Since he has little experience, however, she sends Aemond to accompany him, as her brother has had great diplomatic success in Dorne for the last few years. Cue the two of them begrudgingly trying to get along in the tight quarters of a ship and work together on their approach with the trade deal (a lot of Aemond impatiently coaching Luke, lol). But they're both mature men--mostly--now, and actually find a lot in common, becoming friends. Eventually they share quarters because Aemond's keeps flooding, UST builds...until Aemond comes onto him one night, justifying that it's a common thing for sailors to do when they go a long time between ports. (Cue family-with-benefits situationship angst)

What will I work on next?? Maybe none of these, who knows 😂 the muse is a fickle thing. After I finish D&S I'll probably want a break with some one-shots, we'll see. Thanks for the ask!

[lemoncrushh]

Out of Bounds - Chapter 2

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Word Count: 1776

"Do you always sit in the front row?"

"Hi, Harry," I said as I looked up from my laptop that I had just opened.

He stood before me wearing tight black jeans and a lovely purple button-down shirt that was open halfway to reveal some of his chest. I recall this detail because it was the first time I noticed he had tattoos on his chest. I had noticed the ones on his arms the day before, but he had been wearing a black t-shirt.

"Good morning." He removed his backpack from his shoulder and sat in the desk to my right. His eyes looked sleepy, and he ran a hand through his brown curls while he yawned. I tried my best not to gawk at his beauty as I cleared my throat.

"To answer your question, no. I used to always sit further back in school, but I didn't always make the best grades back there. So I'm sitting up front this time."

Harry nodded. "You reckon that will help?"

I shrugged. "Couldn't hurt."

Professor Jacobson wasted no time delving into part two of the lecture he had begun on Monday. It was just the distraction I needed from Harry and his tattooed torso. I typed vigorously, making sure I didn't miss any detail, but I knew it was because if I didn't, I might slip up and sneak a peek at the handsome guy to my right. Unfortunately, about fifteen minutes before dismissal, the professor ended his lecture and announced we would have a quiz on Friday. We were allowed to use the rest of the period to study our notes, or we could leave. More than half of the class stood, more than willing to take him up on his offer to leave early. I however had no other place to go besides the snack bar or library for another hour, so I was determined to review some of my notes. I felt a tap on my arm as I opened my file from Monday's class.

"Tisa, we need to get together to talk about our first Sociology paper," declared Harry.

"Okay," I nodded. "When and where?"

"Is tonight alright with you? Say, six o'clock? At the library?"

"I can do that," I replied.

"Can I have your number in case something comes up?"

"Sure," I nodded. I told him my cell number as he typed the digits into his. It dawned on me how long it had been since a boy had asked for my number. It felt kind of weird. I then pulled out my cell so I could add Harry to my contacts. I knew for sure it was the first time I'd added a guy's number since I'd met James.

"I have to work both tomorrow and Friday so we should probably go ahead and get started." Harry closed his laptop and shoved it in his backpack.

I nodded again. "Where do you work?"

"Mikado's," Harry smirked. I stifled a giggle. Mikado's is basically a slightly upscale Bennigan's or Chili's.

"I haven't been there in forever," I said, recalling my short-lived single days when I would hang out at the bar with my girlfriends.

"You're not missing anything," Harry laughed. "But hey, it's a job."

"You're a waiter?"

"They call it a server. And sometimes I tend bar."

"Ooh, a bartender. Those are trouble," I shook my head.

Harry chuckled again. "How do you reckon?"

"Oh, you know..." My eyes drifted down to Harry's exposed chest as he leaned toward me, his necklace dangling. I cleared my throat. "Pretty girl walks in, alone or with her girlfriend. Cute bartender starts flirting. Girl gets free drinks. Goes home with said bartender. You know the rest."

Harry sat back in his seat. "No, I don't, but sounds like you do."

"Let's just say I speak from experience, sweetheart."

I'm not sure if it was my declaration or my term of endearment that made Harry's smile grow on his angelic face, but I suddenly felt a chill from head to toe. Sometimes I don't know when to keep my mouth shut. Things just tend to fly out unexpectedly, especially when talking to an attractive male. Gosh darn it!

"Hmm, right then," Harry said as he rose, slinging his backpack over his shoulder. "I'll see you around six, upstairs in the back near the self-help section."

"Okay." I had no idea where that was, but I was sure I'd find it. I watched Harry walk away in his tight jeans, his shirt grazing over his back and his long hair brushing his broad shoulders. I silently cursed myself for noticing every glorious detail about him.

"I still think we should do it on abortion," declared Harry as he leaned back in his chair and stretched his arms over his head.

"No way," I argued. We had been tossing out ideas for the last half-hour to no avail. "I'm not touching that topic with a ten-foot pole, at least not right now."

"Why not?"

I sighed as I tapped my pen on my notebook. "I think we need to feel this teacher out first and see how he grades and critiques. I'm not putting all my effort in a controversial issue for my first essay only to have it shut down."

"Alright. How about teen pregnancy? Or teen drinking? I'm sure we could find massive amounts of articles on that."

"Maybe," I said. "But I was thinking about doing something more general like cultural diversity."

"But isn't that what chapter one is all about anyway? How much further can we go with that?" Harry inquired.

I think he was getting frustrated with me, and I couldn't blame him. I was beginning to get on my own nerves. I can be very stubborn.

"Well, maybe we could get a bit more specific once we start the research, see what kind of stuff we come up with. If our efforts turn out to be futile, we can go with one of your ideas."

"Right. Good." Harry scratched the back of his head with an exasperated look on his face. Turning his attention to his laptop, he began typing.

"Are you okay with that?" I asked him, feeling the tension.

"Yes, yes it's fine," he answered quickly, waving his fingers in the air but not lifting his eyes from the computer screen. His eyebrows were furrowed which caused a crinkle above his nose. I bit my lip, considering giving him an apology, but decided it was best to let it go for the time being.

We worked in silence for a while, each of us researching online and taking notes. Every so often I would sneak a peek at Harry, his hair threatening to fall over his eyes, a look of deep concentration on his face. He really was a handsome boy. I wondered what his story was, if he had a girlfriend, but quickly shook the thought from my head. Not only was it not my business, but my own marital status made the point moot. Still, I couldn't help but be curious. I might have been married, but I wasn't dead. Obvious beauty is something I have never been able to keep my eyes away from.

Finally breaking the silence, Harry stretched again and said, "You know, this might actually work. I'm finding quite a lot of things on this topic."

"Oh, good." I sat up. "Me too."

"Although I'm thinking..." Harry continued. "What if we narrow it down to, say, the economic value of cultural diversity?"

I nodded. "I like it."

Harry grinned triumphantly which made me laugh out loud. We then discussed our notes and exchanged the links that we had both found. I pulled a couple of books off the shelf that seemed to include some information on our topic, and then we sat down and outlined our paper. By the time we were finished, we had gotten quite a lot done, but had also spent almost four hours at the library. I was exhausted and hungry. I had eaten a small plate of leftovers before leaving home, and now a burger was calling my name.

Harry must have read my mind, or heard my stomach growling. "Tisa, are you hungry? Care to get a bite to eat?"

I grabbed my things and walked with him toward the stairs. "Oh, no thanks, I need to get home."

"Oh that's right," he said, tucking his hair behind his ear. "To your husband." The way he said it made it sound sad. I replied with a tight-lipped smile and a nod.

When we reached the bottom of the stairs, I stopped at the desk to check out my books. Although I hadn't asked him to, Harry waited for me.

"Maybe you can come to the restaurant sometime," he said in a low voice as we walked to the parking lot.

I grinned, remembering our short conversation earlier. "Maybe so." I knew the possibility of my going to Mikado's was slim, but I didn't want to hurt his feelings.

"Where's your car?" I asked, realizing we were next to mine.

"Oh, I'm parked back there, next to the English building. It's just late and dark and...well I wanted to make sure you were safe." I turned to see him standing with his hands in his pockets, the corners of his mouth turned up slightly in a shy grin.

"How sweet are you?" I almost whispered.

Harry shrugged. I unlocked my car and got in, Harry still standing there. I waved goodbye to him as I backed out. I stopped at a drive-thru on the way home and got a burger. James was asleep when I got home so I ate my food in my room while watching a rerun of The Big Bang Theory. About halfway into it I heard a ping from my phone indicating a text message. Picking it up, I realized it was from Harry.

H: Just making sure you got home safely.

I smiled and felt myself blush. Then I texted him back.

T: Yes I'm home. Thank you.

H: You're welcome. See you in the morning. Sweet dreams.

I giggled and bit my thumbnail. I hesitated before texting again. Why was I so giddy? I shouldn't be reacting this way to a boy. A classmate. A research partner. But he was so nice to walk me to my car and make sure I got home okay. After taking a deep breath, I sent him my reply. And his arrived only seconds later.

T: Goodnight Harry. I'm glad you sat next to me in Sociology :)

H: Me too. x

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