#it'd be so silly of him to have this reaction :D but i see it

[rubylovessharks]

Their reaction to a sweet fic you made about them ♡

twst characters x gn!reader fluff (ortho not datebale)

reader is not MC/Yuu

ok this is hc stuff with twst characters but im trying to mix into it some actual scenes :3

some are written before an established romantic relationship and others are written in an established romantic relationship. :)

these are all different scenarios im trying to keep it interesting :D

might be ooc for some of them cuz im not fully capable of writing some characters :( ALSOOOO gotta give a bit of credit to @yourfavepookiebear cuz she helped me out a lil with ideas for some chars :p love u pook <3

Heartslabyul

Riddle Rosehearts:

conflicted feelings.

cuz he feels both weirded out and flattered.

what do you mean you've been writing sweet romantic stories about you and him?! that's super weird! but also really cute

he really likes them and wants more now-

You and your boyfriend were having a study date in his room and have decided to take a break. During said break you have been writing in your phone which left Riddle curious. Not long into the break you have accidently left your phone open before you left to the bathroom, which gave Riddle a chance to see what you've been writing. Of course he doesn't want to invade your privacy, yet his curiosity was stronger. What does he see? '-holding his hand as we sat on our picnic blanket ' and it cuts off. You weren't finished yet. When you come back from the bathroom you see that your boyfriend has become a blushing mess! What happened while you were gone, you wonder. You are about to hear from him exactly what he thinks <3

Trey Clover:

probably had a feeling you wrote fics about him but didn't expect that it'd be something romantic. especially about the two of you!

he may be a lil weirded out, but he's mostly just living with that knowledge.

he feels like a guy who'd actually enjoy reading through these imaginary dates of yours

maybe even take inspo for later!

You have no idea how this guy understood that the guy from your romantic stories was him. You didn't even use his name! Sure you posted these fics online but who could've actually understood you've been writing about Trey?! At first you just panicked. Trey literally liked your stories that you've been posting, so you were afraid that he's onto you. AND YOU WERE RIGHT. Cuz the very next day he asks you out to a baking date! At least he isn't angry :) Also now some anonyms person has been asking for more fics about this "mysterious" guy you've been writing about..

Cater Diamond:

he likes it :3

and already knows about it- you know he knows

definitely wants to take you out on dates like the ones you have wrote!

liked, shared, and makes sure to take you out on a date!

he's so into it in fact that he encourages it!

You randomly got a text from your boyfriend saying he wants to go out on a date that is similar to the one you posted in your last fic. Makes sense, he rebloged it, liked it, and talked to his besties about it in the last few hours. So now you and Cater were out on a date and it's even better then what you wrote! And that's gonna happen every time you write a fic about the two of you. You will write something sweet, and Cater will not shut up about it, and then you two are out on this specific date!

Ace Trapolla:

he says that he finds it silly but deep down he likes it

he also claims that it's a little bit weird, and even tho he does feel like that (just a wee bit) he still likes it.

he teases you though-

This guy knows your password, and you have given him permission to snoop around in your phone, so it's no surprise that when he looks into your notes he sees more then one weirdly titled notes. One that says 'Cheering him on' another that says 'Baking him a pie' and many many more. So what does he do? Look into it. Now you hear him cackling at something, but you have no idea what. So you ask him and he tells you about his findings. "Ya know I didn't know you had so many romantic ideas" he tells you and you turn red. Now you will never hear the end of it..

Deuce Spade:

i just know that the moment he finds those fics he turns red and just stands there-

he doesn't know what to say

but he's really happy :)

At first he wanted to be a supportive boyfriend, going online and finding your page to like your stuff and encourage you to write more! But the more he read the more this guy in your fic seems familiar... the way he talks, the things he likes, even his physical description seems to match himself. The moment this realization hits him he goes completely red. Just stands there until someone snaps him out of it. For a short while he'll be very blushy and all around you, but soon enough he'll tell you he really likes those fics and ask you to write more.

Savanaclaw

Leona Kingscholar:

he finds it a bit amusing.

and kind of cute

he'll tease you about it but he definitely reads that stuff and enjoys every second of it as if he didn't just call your fantasies stupid

Your boyfriend was laying in bed, but instead of his usual thing that is sleeping, he is using a phone.

wait...is that your phone?!

"Hey are you using my phone babe?" you call him out on his actions but he doesn't even move his head towards your direction. "Yeah and?"

"That's an invasion of privacy!" you tell him "what you write is an invasion of privacy." he answers.

Did you hear this right? Leona is snooping in your personal notes!?

"Don't worry I'll keep this private.. no reason to show this silly stuff to the world." he smirks to himself, and you notice that his cheeks are a little bit red.

Ruggie Bucci:

you're weird.

that's what he thinks

the thought of selling your stuff crossed his mind- cuz at first he didn't think it's about him..

but then it hit him

no thoughts about that now.. it's all for him now ♡

He's a snoopy guy so of course the moment he finds a notebook of yours he'll look into it! Sure he might be your boyfriend but he still doesn't mind selling stuff that is yours, not super important stuff of course but stuff.

Skipping through the pages he reads your stuff, not getting too into it but enough to understand what is written in a nutshell. As Ruggie reads through the pages thinking to himself what a good catch he has considering the fact that you are pretty skilled, he notices something he didn't notice before..

His name.

And with the genre that you write reading his own name is a shocker. Sure you two are in romantic relationship but he was not expecting this!

"This is weird.." he says out loud. "But this is kinda cute.." Ruggie smiles to himself, closes the notebook and puts it back in it's place.

He'll make sure to treat to you something tasty <3

Jack Howl:

wagging his tail but keeping a straight face

other than the pink tinting his cheeks-

he likes your stuff, not that he won't admit it tho.

he will say he likes it, but not as much as he actually feels.

Jack is reading through the fics you've been posting online, well more like forced to read because you just came over to him and asked him to read this new fics you just posted. He isn't someone who'd read stuff online but considering the fact that you asked him to, and it's a fic about your relationship in disguise of some fan service for others, he is willing to read it and give you his opinion.

Like many times you have shown him your fics Jack's face is getting pink and his tail is wagging a bit. "It's not bad." he tells you but the hesitation in his voice tells you he has much more to say, and it's true because al his thoughts right now are just thoughts about sweet this is.

"I'm glad you like it!" you tell him with a smile and he smiles back.

Octavinelle

Azul Ashengrotto:

super conflicted.

at first he thought it was dirt you got on him to blackmail him in the future but then he read your stuff and just turned red.

like super red.

now he's gonna have a talk with you ;)

Azul has had a crush on you for a while, but he's in total denial about it. So when Floyd told him that you write weird, sickenly sweet stories about romancing him he thought it was blackmail, for one reason or another..

So of course he starts reading your fics. And when he does slowly but surely he understands that this is no blackmail- it can't be because of how your writing shows so much love for him.

"Aahaha Azul your face is super red!" Floyd teases his boss who looks at him with no amusement in his eyes. "I have no idea what you are talking about." Azul says "now, I want you to go to (name) and tell them I request their presence."

Jade Leech:

giggles like a school girl

oh? you wrote silly fanfics about the two of you? together on a romantic date? several dates?

how fun!

get ready cuz this guy is about to scare the shit out of you and then immediately becomes a gentleman :)

"I heard you like to write in your spare time." that's the first thing he says to you. For no reason, just says that and smiles at you waiting for you to say something.

"Uhh yeah. I guess?"

"How nice." he beams "I'd like to read some of your works, if that's alright."

"I dunno... it's kinda private.." you can't show him your silly fic! They are all about dates with him!

He's face immediately shows disappointment "well that's unfortunate..." but that is not all he had to ask. "Onto another question. How would you like to go out with me? I could show you some of the stuff we do at my club."

something you don't notice is that that's literally the first date fic you ever wrote about this guy..

Floyd Leech:

oh so you are super silly!

he knew you were silly, but super silly? damn he's so glad you two are together!

after being super happy with this he immediately becomes upset and cranky cuz, why didn't you tell him you wrote such cute lil' things?!

Not understanding why, but out of nowhere your boyfriend comes and squeezes hugs you so hard you can't breathe. Not that it's unusual for him to do that, but right now it's actually super duper tight, more that normal.

He's kissing your face, and spins you two around and totally not biting you- so you have to calm him down.

"Floyd what's this all about?" you ask as your lover spins you round and around. "Ahaha I'm just soooo happy that I've got such a cutie as my partner!!" he practically yells-

"oof but-" he stops completely everything he was doing just now "you never told you wrote such sweet fics!" you can see he's facial expression change to something totally different than what it was two seconds ago.. "How dare you! Keepin your lil' stories all to yourself.. that's just ruuude" he frowns.

"Wait what-" "yeah I read your little fics about us!" yet again his tone changes to a more sing songy one "but now your gonna have to make it up to me~" and your face changes from total embarrassment to a 'I know where this is going' one. "What do you want me to do?"

"You are going to take me on eeeevery kind of date you wrote about in your stories, mmk?"

Scarabia

Kalim al Asim:

he's sooooooo happy!!!

finds all of your writings to be amazing!

so amazing in fact that he shares them with Jamil- without asking your consent-

but don't be mad! he was just so happy he couldn't help it!!

"Jamil! Jamil! Look at what (name) wrote this time!" Kalim practically jumps at his friendatleastinhisopinion and they both fall to the ground. "Kalim I only told you that these fics have an uncanny resemblance to you." Jamil says as he tries to get Kalim off of him "you don't need to show me every single thing they write!" "ohh but they write such cute things! You have to read this new one!" Kalim shoves his phone in Jamil's face as he's forced to read your fics about the guy he hates. "Isn't it amazing?!" Kalim's face is pretty much glowing "it's even better than the last!" "uhh yeah sure.."

Jamil Viper:

another one who's weirded out by this..

but he's a little bit weird too, so he doesn't mind too much :)

slowly finds it cute the more he reads.

but if anyone ever finds out about these fics other than him, and they ask how he feels about them he'll say that it's stupid but doesn't mind.

still totally loves these fics :)

Not long ago you gave your lover a notebook and told him that you've been wanting him to read the stuff that's in there. Of course Jamil is a very busy guy so it takes him a while to actually read what's in there.

So when he sits down to read whatever it is you wrote in there he was not expecting these to be romantic stories about him and you!

"I'm dating a total weirdo.." he moves his hand to his forehead and keeps it there as he reads more. The more he reads the weirder he feels this is, but he's enjoying these stories. The more he resds the wider his smile gets and from time to time he chuckles a little.

Of course being Jamil and having the fate to be stuck with Kalim he gets a call from he's most hated person and has to end his break. But he'll come back to this later and will praise you for your work as a good boyfriend should.

Pomefiore

Vil Schoenheit:

aren't you an amusing little thing?

of course you write silly fics where the two of you, aka THE Vil and you, are going on silly dates, or others where you two slowly fall inlove ♡

how can you not?

he'll fulfill your wish and go out with you.

(he's been waiting for a good opening for a while now :3 )

Classes were done for the day and you were invited by Vil to walk together. As you see Vil standing at your meeting point you notice that his face was much more series than usual. And the moment he spots you you feel as if you have committed a crime with the way his beautiful eyes look at you. Of course he is not mad, Not at all actually, he just needs to keep up with his 'perfect' self, and acting like a really in love high school girl who is giggling and kicking her feet would be far from it.. "Darling." he says, not an unusual nickname. He has been using it for a while "I have found something you've been keeping from me and I feel a little bit hurt by that.." you cannot figure out what he's talking about but the next thing he'll say will shock you. "I had no idea you had such a strong desire to go out with me, and yet still not ask me out. I must say I'm a little disappointed in your lack of confidence but we can work on it, on our date." You can't believe he just said that- a date with Vil? THE Vil!? But the date you two will go to will be very much real.

Rook Hunt:

don't think you are the only one with such fanfics..

he wrote so many things about you

cute date fics, poems about he's love for you

he even draws you!

so he's really happy to know you too write stuff about him!

Today was stressful.. not for school reasons, and not social reasons either.. it's because your personal notebook is nowhere to be found! You were about to take it this morning with you but could not find it, so now you are at the end of the day waiting for the bell to ring to go find it. Who knows where it could be! Maybe it was stolen? but who would steel a random notebook.. especially with a lock on it.. Perhaps you misplaced it somewhere that is not in your room? but that wouldn't make sense cuz last night you were writing in it! Maybe a dormmate accidently took it mistaking it as theirs? and just then the bell rings. Already the first one out you find yourself bumping into a familiar face, or should I say chest- "Oh my apologies!" you can hear the voice of the hunter you currently have a crush on. "I should be the one saying sorry- I was so caught up in my head I didn't even notice the world around me.." "non! It only makes sense that you would be so focused on your thoughts when a precious item is lost." he does a thing with his hands being.. well.. Rook. And as you are about to agree with him you immediately notice that his line is fishy... "Rook don't tell me..." he smiles at you as you get hit with the realization of your notebook's whereabouts "YOU STOLE IT DIDN'T YOU" it's not even a question, it's a statement. "You are correct! Although you wound me by keeping these stories for yourself.. I find them to be quite exquisite!" then he goes into his bag and pulls out a notebook, your notebook, and folder. a folder..? "As an apology for my actions I have made you a gift, and of course will give you your notebook back." he hands you your notebook and the huge folder "I hope you will forgive me, and will come meet me tonight in my room." Rook gives you a smile as he's about to leave, yet you still don't know what's in the folder he gave you, so the moment you are back in your room you open it only to see a bunch of poems, fics of his ownaboutyou, drawingsofyou and in the end of it there's a note that says 'there's more ;)'.

Epel Felmier:

at first he was scared that you wrote him as a 'cute wittle boy' who isn't manly at all

but then when he finished one fic he was almost crying(exaggerating here) cuz your wrote him so well!

really likes it :)

You told him you've got an account where you write stuff online and he decided to check it out. And the first thing he sees is the author's notes and it says 'this is inspired by my irl bf ........'

So you get inspo from being with him? How does that work..?

He starts to read the story and the first mention of 'his character', or at least the character that represents him, he's fears of being misunderstood get bigger and bigger. But the way you've written 'him' is right on point!

As he reads your fic Epel understands that this an idea for a date because you've never had this experience before. He now knows where he'll ask you out to ;)

Ignihyde

Idia Shroud:

HUH?!

you write WHAT???

and these are really sweet-

he is going to lock himself in his room and isnt coming out unless REALLY necessary.

ortho can get him something to eat after his food and energy drinks run out..

cuz what if he sees you? he will probably pass out cuz all he can think about is the cute little date fics you've been writing.

'Heyy love~' you send your introverted boyfriend a text 'Ive got something I want you to read!' you send another text. 'busy' he quickly sends a short text and doesn't even bother to stop his game. 'ohh but I worked real hard on this' you add a ':(' and he gives in. Pausing his game Idia looks at the messages you sent him and starts to read whatever it is you just sent him. As he does you send him a few more messages and then leave the chat. 'dont forget to tell me what you think!' Unfortunately for you the moment Idia reads the first line he will never (a few hours) come out of his room. He does finish it though! And he enjoys it as well. How can he not when you wrote him a romance story about you and him??? He feels so lucky to have you! In a few hours Ortho comes in just to check that his bro is alright and healthy, but the moment he comes in he sees Idia in his bed with the blanket around his shoulders and phone in his hands. This guy has been reading this fic for the last few hours- now Ortho is bringing you into Idia's room. Guess it's a date then?

Diasomnia

Malleus Draconia:

finds it fascinating.

so thats what you want? sure.

now you two are on the EXSACT date you have written.

like everything matches everything.

from the way the place looks, to how Malleus acts.

He just wants you to enjoy his presence, even if it's a little odd.. one day Malleus just asked you on a date and now here you are, sitting together on a picnic blanket with different kinds of food that seems oddly similar to the foods you mentioned in your most recent fic. And the location follows that too... the way Malleus sees your story is you trying to put in topics you wish people would ask, so that's his next move. "How have you been lately?" he asks and you tell him about recent things that have happened to you lately, then he asks you about more things that you are sure are too familiar. "what makes you ask that?" you question him and he freezes at that. "Do you not wish for me to ask such a thing?" he feels as if he messed up, as if his perfect courting plan has failed and that you won't wish to be with him. Of course Malleus is totally wrong, you just want him to be himself freely "I mean sure I do, but there's no reason for you to even know that about me." and you start to connect the dots. "Malleus did you read through my notebook!?" "You have left it open and my curiosity got the better of me. I'm sorry.." he quickly apologizes for his lack of keeping privacy but you quickly tell him it's alright, just odd. But you are no better considering the fact you write romance about a real person.. "Just don't try to follow my story and be free to do what you actually want."

Lilia Vanrouge:

also fascinated.

will also take you out to the place you wrote about

but instead of recreating it like Mal he just teases you-

Here you are with your beloved boyfriend at an aquarium looking at fishies and such. Lilia told you that he has read what you posted online and understood you've been wanting this for a while, so now the two of you are on a date just like you had wanted. But you should've been ready for his teasing.. "

Silver:

finds it sweet :)

when he doesn't have anything to do he'll read your stuff

defiantly dreams those fics :3

Walking into Silver's room you see him asleep on his bed like many times before. This time he fell asleep with his phone in his hand, and you won't know what he was doing before this with it. You decide to lay with him for a while until he wakes up, and as you open your phone you see a new notification. And from who? your beloved boyfriend. You smile to yourself since now you know what he's been doing with that phone of his, reading through your fictional stories about the two of you. You know Silver is smart, so you are sure he knows you write about him.

Sebek Zigvolt:

loud.

like always..

he's face is pink (i like to think that's as far as blush color can go) and he's yelling at you

good luck :(

he totally likes it tho-

You were just chilling in Diasomnia's lounge waiting for your friend and crush, Sebek. You two were going to meet up just for fun, but before this you have 'accidentally' left him a little surprise. Not long ago you put your notebook in his desk after so he'll take it with him. You are sure he noticed that it isn't his and that there is a big chance he won't open it. But you really want him to..

When you see him going towards your direction, his face with a pink tint over his cheeks, you know he definitely did read through at least a small chunk of what you have written.

And you definitely were ready for him to loudly scolding you.

"HOW DARE YOU LEAVE SUCH A PREPOSTEROUS NOTEBOOK ON MY DESK." Sebek pulls out your notebook and shoves it over to you "and to think I read through it!"

"Did you like it?" you smile at him "WHA- I-" his face is now completely pink at your response.

"yes..."

not romantic:

(this section is just a cute thing with no romantic intentions!!! you and ortho see eachother as good friends and/or family WITH NO ROMANTIC FEELINGS.)

Ortho Shroud:

he finds it sweet that you see him as a family member

it's nice to know the feelings are mutual :D

praises your writing as well :3

"This one is better than the last! You are getting pretty good at this (name)!" Ortho tells you after finishing reading through your notebook. "I'm also glad to know that the family feelings are mutual." if you could see his mouth you'd see that he's smiling. "I'm glad you like it" you sheepishly respond "maybe we could go to a similar place like this in real life." Ortho's eyes immediately sparkle "maybe we can take Idia too!" "I don't know if he'd like to go outside though" you think about how hard it will be to try to het him out of his room without him protesting. "But he's in your story too, that means you want him there as well! Right?" Ortho knows it'll be hard to get his brother out as well, but he's willing to try for a fun outing! "Oh alriiight. I'll send him a text." "How about you send him the fic as well?"

[not-a-space-alien]

Tinytopia Chapter 14: Nest parasitism

Story Masterpost

On AO3

Thanks to my beta reader, @appelsiinilight

In this chapter: Things get heated.

Warnings for this chapter: implied infanticide

***

As Thistle lay there falling asleep that night, all he could think about was how lucky he was.  He had all the love he needed right here.  His new family was expanding, his friends all getting along and helping him build a community. Downstairs, Severa had her egg and was glowing with happiness about her support.  Across the room, Marcy lay cozy in bed, ready to help him with anything he needed.

And beneath him, Moon snoozed comfortably.  The perfect pillow.  Thistle ran his fingers through the fluff on Moon's chest–poking out of his v-neck in a very picturesque way.

Moon cracked open an eye to reveal he had not been sleeping at all.  “Like what you're feeling?”

“Yes.” Thistle pressed his cheek into it. “You smell nice.”

Moon chuckled and drew Thistle closer to him.  “You're not so bad to hang around with yourself.”

“I'm glad you're here.”

“Yeah?”

“It feels good.  All the love in the house.”

“It certainly does.” Moon went for a kiss–aimed for Thistle's mouth, then swerved for his cheek, then second- and third-guessed himself and kissed the top of Thistle's head instead.

Thistle smiled.  “Maybe we should.  Y'know. Kiss more.”

“Whatever you like, my dear.”

“I'm not sure if you're my boyfriend, but I like you and you're really handsome.”

Moon tried not to spiral.  Kissing was moving fast for Thistle, but expressing genuine affection without a costume to protect him from it was moving fast for Moon. Start with the simple, basic, concrete facts. After all, it was refreshing how honest and straightforward Thistle was, right? “You’re an amazing and wonderful person. You're very important to me, and I want to spend a lot of time with you.”

Thistle blushed and hid his face down in Moon’s fluff.  “Do you want to… have sex?” he said, very, very quietly. 

“Uh.”  Moon made a noise before he could even think of a good reaction.  It seemed… wrong, somehow, to think of having sex with Thistle.  Like sex had been his old life, and now he had to hide it from pure, good Thistle, lest he be contaminated.  It was why he’d kept Rosy as far away from Thistle as possible.  “I mean.”

“I thought you would want to.”

“I do, but…”  But what?  Why was he panicking about it now?  “I want it to be at a time when you’re fully ready.”

“I’m not sure if I am.”

“Then you’re not.”  That he knew for sure. Any time he'd seen someone who didn't know if they were ready go through with it, it'd always been a mistake on their part.  Moon stopped thinking about it before he could start feeling guilty about his long history of monstrous actions.  I’m not going to be that person anymore.  For Thistle.  “I will wait for you to initiate, and I will wait for as long as it takes.”

Thistle rubbed his pointer finger on Moon’s chest.  “I want to kiss, though.”

“That we can do.”  That was safer.  They’d done that before.

Thistle crawled up Moon’s chest until they were looking directly into each other’s eyes.  It felt like Thistle was looking into his soul instead of his eyes. Moon felt naked, no costume to protect him from the affection.  No way to not think about the fact that it was his real self under scrutiny here, not something he built up.  He averted his eyes first.

Thistle chuckled and poked his nose.  “You’re silly.”

Moon lifted his leg and gave Thistle a gentle push, bringing him closer.  “You’re silly.”

Thistle leaned in and kissed him.  Moon had done this countless times before, to siphon off magic from unsuspecting victims.  But here… he was just doing it for enjoyment.  And it felt nice. And it felt nice for Thistle, and that was the feeling Moon was chasing now, the high of seeing Thistle feeling good at his hands.

Moon!  There was a psychic shout directly into his brain, in a woman’s voice.  Moon flailed, startled, and Thistle slid off him.

“Eh?” Thistle said.  “Did I do something wrong?”

“You didn’t hear that?” Moon said.

“Hear what?”

Moon, help!

“Rosy,” Moon said.  He threw the covers back.  “She’s ramming a magical projection directly into my skull to avoid waking anyone else up.”

Help!  She’s going to kill me!

“You didn’t,” Moon said, full of dread. 

“Moon?” Thistle said.

Moon stood and hopped off the desk.  “I’ll be right back, my little wildflower, no cause for alarm.”

Thistle watched him go, then looked over at Marcy, still sleeping.  And he was conflicted, because last time he’d run off to help someone without waking Marcy, he’d gotten his legs broken and left for dead.

But… Rosy hadn’t wanted to wake anyone else in the house up.  Only Moon.

This was different now.  He wouldn’t leave the house.  He wasn’t alone.

Thistle climbed down the desk using the little rope ladder dangling off the edge.  He skittered out and went down the stairs one at a time, using his one-and-a-half wings to modulate his fall.

And when he peeked through the banister rail, Severa was out in the living room with Rosy wrapped up in her coils.  Moon had his hands out placatingly.  “Stop!  Wait, Severa, let’s talk about this!”

“This wretched bitch was trying to steal my egg,” Severa hissed, coils rolling, and Rosy let out a squeak.  “Give me one reason why I shouldn’t break every bone in her body!”

“Moon?” Thistle said.  “What’s happening?”

Moon looked between them, hesitant.  Then burst out:  “I told you, Rosy, I told you the house is off-limits!”

A pit formed in Thistle’s stomach.  He dropped down and jogged the rest of the way over to the confrontation.  “Severa–please.  Let her go and let’s talk.”

At the suggestion from him, Severa dropped Rosy instantly.  The succubus fell to all fours coughing raggedly.  “Ah, Moon, my dear, just in time-”

“Don’t my dear me, you Jezebel,” Moon seethed.  “You knew what a stupid move this would be, yet you did it anyway.”

“Why were you touching Severa’s egg?” Thistle cried.

This was it.  There was no way to hide it any longer.  “Thistle, there’s something you should know about us,” Moon said heavily.  “My kind are… cradle-robbers.  Rosy was trying to swap our baby out for Severa’s egg, to trick her into raising it.”

Thistle looked sadly at Severa and Rosy.  “Rosy.  Rosy.  No.”

“I told her,” Moon said, panicked tears pooling in his eyes.  “Rosy, I told you over and over not to do it.”

Rosy hauled herself to her feet.  “Well, you left me to do all the work myself!”

“What work?  All you had to do was not swap the baby out with anyone in the house!”

“It’s not like there are many other options!  And it was hard enough to sneak into the nest with everyone around watching!  You can’t tell me you wouldn’t have done the same if you’d been stuck with the larva.”

Thistle stood watching the two argue, feeling numb.  “Moon.  Your kind steals babies?”

Moon looked from Thistle to Rosy, panicking.  He grabbed her by her fluff.  “I was serious when I said do not mess this up for me, Rosy.  Get out.  Get out right now.  Don’t ever contact me again.”

Rosy offendedly ripped her fur out of Moon’s hands.  “Fine, I’ll just take the larva and go.”

Thistle looked over into Severa’s nest and saw two identical eggs.

Oh no.

Oh no.

“Now which one is mine again?” Rosy said.

Severa hissed and blocked the door with her good arm.  “Leave them both.  I won’t risk you taking my egg.”

Rosy sneered and held up her hands.  “Fine, I guess I'll just leave, then.”

“Hold on.”  Severa’s eyes bounced between Rosy and Moon.  The enchanted lights on the porch, which has been glowing soft yellow this whole time, turned dangerous red.  “Cradle-robbers you say?”

“Not the sires, usually,” Moon raced to answer, seeing all too clearly where this was going.

“Now hold on a minute!” Rosy said.

“What have you been doing with the children you’ve stolen?” Severa said, sides heaving with dangerous hissing.

“What do you think I’ve been doing with them, raising them as my own?”

Severa let out an enraged hiss and lunged towards Rosy, her hand ghosting against Rosy’s wings as the succubus leapt up and out of range.  Severa threw herself to follow, lunging again, but Rosy used a bit of magic to teleport up and onto the windowsill.

She paused just long enough to toss over her shoulder: “Moon, don’t come crawling back to me when you realize what you’re missing.”

“Go, woman!” Moon shouted.  “For fuck’s sake!”

She vanished.

Moon turned to Severa with some visible trepidation.  “I’m sorry, Severa.  I’m very, very sorry.  I told her in no uncertain terms not to touch your egg.”  He spread his hands and bowed.  “I know how much it means to you, and I would never do anything to jeopardize that, whether purposefully or through carelessness.”

Severa was in his face in an instant, angry eyes drilling into him.  “I had no idea we had a baby-killer in the house.”

He grimaced and lowered the dip of his bow even further, shrinking away.

“Hold on!” Thistle said, dashing over and waving his hands in between them.  “Hold on, Severa!”

“I haven’t,” Moon said.  “I never once laid a hand on a child.  I barely ever see children, not even my own.”

“There, you see?” Thistle said.  “It was all Rosy.”

“He is an accomplice,” Severa spat.  “Just because his biology excuses him from giving birth does not mean he is innocent when his mate commits such crimes for his children, with his full knowledge.”

Moon sunk to the ground, all hope of maintaining his dignity lost.  “It’s true,” he said.  “I knew what she was doing, and I never thought to stop it.  It’s monstrous, I know.”

“But he never did anything,” Thistle argued.  “It was entirely up to Rosy!”

“You are just telling yourself that to feel better about the situation!” Severa accused.  “Because you want to accept this creature into the house!”

Thistle looked away, uncomfortable.  

Severa tensely crawled back into her nest, hackles raised.  “I was careless to leave my egg for even an instant.”

“I’ll help,” Moon rushed to offer.  “I’ll get you whatever you need so you don’t have to leave the nest.”

“You will go nowhere near my egg.”  Severa pulled her door shut.

“I can help you figure out which egg is the changeling,” Moon offered desperately.

A pause. Then, Severa cracked the door open. “Will the changeling harm my baby?”

“...No, I suppose it won’t.  Not any moreso than a typical baby would its sibling.”

“Then I have two eggs now. Let it be a surprise which is which.” She shut the door. “Now leave.” 

***

Moon excused himself to brood, hastily making his exit before Thistle could initiate a conversation about what had just happened.

Just when it’d seemed like things were going well. 

He sat in the moonlight, thinking.  About his own parents–or rather, the borrowers that raised him.  About how they must have felt.  What they must have thought about him.  Even though they were long dead by now.  About how Severa had simply kept the egg.

About what they might have done if he’d stayed.  If he’d asked them to still love him knowing what he was.  To knowingly have an incubus in their home, giving it affection freely, the way Thistle had been doing until now.

Would they have done it, like Severa did?

Would Moon have killed Summer the borrower, if it'd been necessary to sneak his own larva into his parent's nest?  Would he have smashed Severa's egg, killed Petunia? Would he have smothered Thistle as a baby if he hadn't been excused from the chore by his biology?

The answer he doesn't want to face is that he probably wouldn't have, but only because he didn't want to get his hands dirty. He was both spineless and completely amoral. And he'd been fine with that, until he saw what being something else could get you.

Those two borrowers that had raised him, did he even have the right to call them his parents?

He sat on the roof under the moonlight and set up his wardrobe so he could use the mirror.  He shrunk himself down, crushing his bones into a borrower's skeleton. He pulled his fur out into a chestnut brown. He pulled his ears out.  He sculpted a tail.

He looked at himself very carefully in the mirror, judging his appearance. Unlike every other time he'd done this, he wasn’t trying to make himself as attractive as possible. He was trying to make himself look like someone very specific. The grown up version of a child he'd seen in the mirror long ago, a lifetime ago.

He uses a finger to dot some freckles on his face.  There.  That was just about right.

He left his eyes red. Both because eye color was hard to change, and because he wanted Thistle to be able to guess it was him. To spare him from having to say it. To just allow him some sort of buffer.

He put on his borrower clothes, then shrunk his wardrobe down to put it back in his pocket.  He scampered back to the house, ducking in through the window.

Thistle was asleep in Marcy’s hand.

Moon rappelled down the wall and jogged over to Marcy’s bed.  “Hello?” he called up.

Thistle rolled over, peering down over the edge of the bed.  “Hello?” he answered quietly.

Moon’s luminous red eyes disappeared and reappeared in the dark as he blinked.  “My name is Summer.  I’m a little lost. I was hoping you'd be kind enough to let me take shelter in your nest. It looks like it's about to rain out.”

Thistle stared at him.  Just for a moment.  Then, he climbed off Marcy and jumped down, sitting down next to Moon so they could look eye-to-eye.  “Hi, Summer.  I’m Thistle.  You’re welcome here.  You can stay for as long as you want to.”

“That’s very kind of you.”  Moon wrapped his tail around his feet.  “It seems like you welcome all kinds here.”

“That’s right.  We even have predators here.  But only if they agree to work for a better life with us.  One where everyone has to suffer as little as possible.”

“That sounds wonderful.”

“Yeah.  It is.  It’s not without its challenges, though.  Some people here have done some pretty bad stuff.”

“Yeah?”

“Yeah.  I have this one friend, and he’s spent his whole life being selfish and evil.  But you know what?  All it took was him deciding to be better to make him fit in here.  That’s what we all have in common, is that we work together to make things better for all of us.”

“What about justice?”

“Justice is… sort of a human concept.  It’s not without merits.  But my kind just sort of… doesn’t operate that way, you know.”

Moon drew his knees up to his chest, feeling smaller than ever.  “I bet your friend isn’t used to being shown that kind of understanding.  I bet he doesn’t know how to handle it. I bet he yearns so much for a better life that he panics when anything threatens to take it away.”

“That’s okay.  I’m patient with him.”

“I bet he's not used to people doing things like that for him after he's told them who he really is. I bet he doesn't know how to handle people liking the real him."

“I think you’re probably right.  But you know what?  I know the real him can be a really good person, if he just decides to be better.  That’s what we’re all doing.  Just working to be better every day.”

Moon wiped his eye on the back of his paw, horrified to find that he couldn't stop himself from crying. "Maybe he doesn't even know who he is. Maybe he's spent so long pretending to be other people that he doesn't know who he is when he's alone."

“Well, maybe he has room to figure that out now.  Maybe he doesn’t have to let the past dictate his future.  Hm?”

Moon wanted it so bad it hurt.  His old wounds from forever ago, the man he used to be, have been being reopened more and more recently, and it hurt. The possibility of a better life with genuine love has been within his reach, and it was so fucking scary thinking about how it could be yanked away again if he loosens his grip on it.

When had he become so foolish?

"I want to believe that," he says, scarcely above a whisper. "But it's so dangerous to hope.  It’s hard.”

“It’s hard, but… I know you can do it.  You’ve done some amazing things.”

Moon let out a strangulated sigh.  “This is who I was born as, you know.  Summer the borrower.”

Thistle put his arm around Moon’s shoulders and gave him a gentle shake.  “Summer the borrower is nice, but I know this really cool guy named Moon who's even better.”

Moon laughed sadly.  “I bet Summer’s parents didn’t feel that way when they found out their baby was gone.”

“You were literally a baby when that happened.  And they raised you, didn’t they?  They were your parents.”

“I stole their love, Thistle.  That was a century ago, but I bet if they were still alive to ask, they would resent me.”

“Well… kind of a moot point now, isn’t it?”  He poked Moon’s chest.  “Maybe now we can think about our actions now and how we can take responsibility for things going on, huh?”

Moon sighed, ashamed.  “I’ve always just avoided thinking about what she was doing with the babies she’d swapped out.  I never asked, but I could have imagined.  I’d just chosen to ignore it.”

“And why was that?”

“Thistle, I… I don't have any excuses. I knew full well what Rosy was doing with the larva I sired for her, and I didn't think it my problem. It was a careless, foolish, and selfish way to live my life. And I understand now the kinds of values that would drive someone to acknowledge the problem and do something to put a stop to it, and I've seen what it can do. Here, with you. And I want to be part of that.”

“You can be.  You already are.  You’ll always have a place here, as long as you want to be part of it like that.”

Moon stood, trying to regain some of his dignity.  “I suspect I'll just forever be on Severa's naughty list now. Not that I blame her. I just doubt I will be able to do anything to redeem myself to her.”

“Well… she’s got a bonus baby now, because of you.”

“I doubt I really get credit for that.”  Moon wiped his eyes.  “I guess I can take off the costume now.  Haha…embarrassing that I had to use it as a crutch to talk about my feelings, but it was certainly therapeutic."  

Thistle giggled.  “I’m glad.  Hey.”  He tugged on Moon’s sleeve.  “Why don’t you try sleeping in Marcy’s hand with me?”

Oh, that was the thing Moon had been avoiding until now.  Despite how inconvenient it was for Thistle to have to choose between sleeping with Moon and sleeping with Marcy.  Marcy had been doing very well at easing Moon into being around humans while respecting his boundaries, but he was still… hesitant. He’d been on the desk for now, and no closer.

But it seemed less scary now.  He smiled.  “All right, Thistle.  I’ll give it a try. For you.”

***

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Crisgreen and sapnap play date timeeeee. It's obviously going to be influenced by crisis video. I just think he finds teaching this kid who has amazing pronunciation words and phrases. He definitely taught him all the bad words, but also taught him some normal 5 year old words. (He also totally taught him color 'humilde' and no one from the mafia is gonna correct him. It's too funny and cute.)

Sapnap going up to sylvee afterwards and teaching her all the awesome phrases and words he learned. Idk if I want her to correct sapnap on humilde or if I want them both to say it just for the shits and giggles. All her team finding it cute until she starts saying the other wonder phrases like 'aborta de mono'. Then they have some choice words for the mafia and their bad influence toddler. (They know it's not sapnap's fault. I just think the first general reaction is 'HOW DARE THEY BADLY INFLUENCE OUR BABY') It would be insanely funny to me of daarick came over to talk things over and what is allowed for sylvee to be allowed over. Then conter just tells sapnap to insult daarick, he just does what he does in squidcraft 3. Sapnap doesn't know the actual context since he's 5. He just knows it's making all the mafia laugh, and he likes it when they all are paying attention to him.

Daarick coming back, and being like you're never going back to that place. Ohhhhh this could be an arc of sylvee not being allowed around the mafia, but then her team realizes how much she misses sapnap even if she'd never admit it. It's hard being a toddler with no playmates that truly understand you, and they don't play games the same way. Sapnap would find out through peele that she's not allowed around anymore and would be devastated. He'd also never admit it, but he would start to miss sylvee a lot as well.

Maybe we have it so baby sapnap doesn't repeat humilde over and over 💀

Cris: look I taught sapnap the colors!

Sapnap: humilde \o/

The rest of them: *a mixture of laughing and skull emoji* cris you aren't allowed to be his teacher anymore....

Sapnap: aborto de mono! \o/

💀💀💀

Like idk if you remember, most of Team Mafia's reaction to actual sapnap was just laughing and say Noooo!! over and over, I imagine it'd be the same here LMAO

It really is something you don't want a toddler repeating, shadoune just trying to tell sapnap like....heyy don't say that, sapnap will say it and they just can't help but laugh and say stop while giggling. So sapnap finds nothing wrong with it! Team Mafia doesn't really stop him and they don't mean to encourage him, they just can't help but laugh cause that baby lisp makes it even funnier pfft Or at least, the older members want him to stop but the young ones encourage him heheh

I imagine after the Sylvee and Sapnap playdate and Sapnap unknowingly cursing out Daarick(lmao), Daarick and that group would actually threaten to take Sapnap away on the basis that Team Mafia arent fit to raise a baby....they're gonna call cps on their ass smh (cps being the nutrias) It feels standard they would have a whole...suing and taken to trial arc pfft it would just fit their kind of shenanigans (I'm just thinking about lawyer Spreen again sorry)

The admins as the jury, Eon is the judge, the nutrias as the witnesses

It's all very silly. At least to Sapnap it is.

Team Mafia would lose 100% but I think the calling at the end would be that if Daarick is so upset at Sylvee learning such words, then she just wouldn't be allowed to visit sapnap and vice versa (instead of having Sapnap taken away, they wouldn't stand for that)

Sapnap and Sylvee not really understanding what's happening! They're just finding it funny seeing all the adults yell and not really understand them! They even ask then the new words the learned :D!! They yelled a lot after that and it was very silly!

Then its over! Sylvee and Sapnap hug goodbye!! They'll see each other next playdate!!

Sylvee and Sapnap aren't very good at the days of the week....but a lot of nights have passed. Sylvee is sure she knows it's more time than usual. But she's patient! She's not loud and a crybaby like Sapnap! So she won't ask. Not yet! Not yet. And she'll wait and wait. And she'll stop playing as much. She'll get bored. She'll get lonely. But she'll wait. She has so much to tell Sapnap! But...she doesnt care about not seeing him!!! Hes loud and dirty and daarick said he was saying BAD WORDS! So, like, it doesn't even matter! But also.....She learned a new book to read to him! He loves when she reads to him!! She likes hsowing off to him and how smarter she is! Even if Conter says shes not >:(! When she sees them again she'll show how she can read better! So she'll wait.

(Sapnap is about on his 50th tantrum by this point. He is NOT suffering in silence. He's not crying about Sylvee of course not!! She has cooties. But it is not FAIR regardless!! Goncho SUCKS playing princess and dragons with >:'( Sylvee is a WAY better dragon!!!!)

[straightouttherosebush]

𝙋𝙡𝙖𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙎𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙥 𝙂𝙚𝙣𝙞𝙪𝙨 𝙄𝙣𝙫𝙤𝙠𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙎𝙪𝙢𝙚𝙧𝙪 𝙂𝙪𝙮𝙨 <3

ᴄʜᴀʀᴀᴄᴛᴇʀꜱ: Tighnari, Cyno, Alhaitham, Kaveh

ꜱᴜᴍᴍᴀʀʏ: Playing Genius Invokation TCG with the bois, but with a silly little twist. Best part is, the stakes are raised. Not only do you have to remove a piece of clothing every time you lose, but you offer yourself up as an extra bet! Who are you rooting for?

ᴄᴏɴᴛᴇɴᴛ ᴡᴀʀɴɪɴɢ: A little suggestive, obvi mentions of alcohol consumption.

ᴀ/ɴ: This was almost entirely inspired from a playlist and artwork I found on YouTube! I loved the idea and so I used it, and I hope you all enjoy it! Link to the playlist is right here!

I also have fuckloads of drafts so I hope you enjoy this one until some other works can be fully written and come out :'D

𝙏𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙣𝙖𝙧𝙞

Pretty alright at Genius Invokation, so facing off against probably some of the few people he usually plays with shouldn't be difficult, no? Sure there are more people but who cares?

He found the strip aspect a bit questionable, yet agreed to it because it was intriguing and added an extra challenge.

He and Cyno are targeting each other (and Kaveh) the ENTIRE time. Boyfriend shit.

Tighnari keeps a good amount of clothes on but doesn't have the best poker face. Either his ears say it all or his expressions do.

Now if you were to make silly little teasing noises whenever he has to remove an item, he wouldn't be able to hold back a slightly embarrassed chuckle. His ears flatten and red can't help itself from creeping onto his face.

If it were indeed the case that you were teasing him, this man would target both you AND Cyno and then mock you with his usual snarky attitude when he finds you having to remove piece after piece of clothing.

He's easily able to ignore any and everyone and the suggestiveness of it all, Tighnari is here to have fun, but not necessarily that kind.

Unless you tease him enough. It starts off playful and then starts getting more attractive to him as things continue and a tension forms between you.

If you become too intoxicated, he'll insist on bringing you back home or to wherever he is staying with the intent on taking care of you and that will not waver, he'll just tell you to pipe down and rest if you try to come onto him in this state.

Tighnari drank nothing but herbal tea. He keeps it with him. Almost entirely off-topic headcanon.

He's such a slow-burn romance trope. I swear.

As for those special stakes of yours, he could honestly care less about them and is more focused on taking care of you. Don't get him wrong, he doesn't hate the idea and the connotations within it, but it isn't exactly his highest priority when it comes to you either.

𝘾𝙮𝙣𝙤

Pretty damn good and Genius Invokation, and seeing as he's a huge fanboy, he pulls up with his own commissioned cardbacks.

While looking stone-faced at Kaveh's proposal, he easily agreed to this considerably "high-stakes" round-after-round disaster.

Would keep the straightest face ever throughout the entire thing, with the occasional smirk.

ONLY THING HE LOSES IS HEADDRESS, CYNO DOES NOT FUCK AROUND Y'ALL.

Targets everyone strategically, but can't resist going for you, Tighnari, or Kaveh. Your reactions are priceless.

Of course, nothing with Cyno would be complete if he weren't making his signature jokes every so often. Except it's only partially to make people laugh. He uses it to throw people off and distract them with his humor so they can make stupid moves.

"You know (y/n), you're talking a lot for someone with low HP on your last card-" Cyno, about to use his Cyno card's ult on your last surviving active card.

Even though his face seems so stone cold and focused, his eyes do still wander. He's literally just "nice" and then snaps back into seriousness.

It'd be arguably more appealing to him if you beat him, but it's clear that he's trashing the WHOLE table right now.

"Sorry, can't hear you over my full row of omnidice."

Cyno ALSO doesn't drink during any of this. At all. He is fully cognizant and aware that he is kicking everyone's ass.

He thoroughly enjoys seeing Alhaitham's frustrated expression, hearing Kaveh's whining, and hearing Tighnari sigh in defeat.

He also thoroughly enjoys seeing more skin from you. He tries not to be too cruel toward you, but he must admit that this is very fun for him.

"I know about your little scheme, (y/n). Come with me." - Cyno, about to cuddle the crap outta you. Bro is tired from beating you all.

𝘼𝙡𝙝𝙖𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙢

Pretty gud at Genius Invokation even though he barely plays it.

Alhaitham didn't care about the whole strip part because he knew he wouldn't fully have to. Not only that, but he disregarded the idea because its been a while since they all got together like this anyway, so why not?

Only really loses his earphones, I think he probably took off his coat when he sat down just to get comfortable.

He and Cyno are the CEOs of having a poker face.

Knew about your plan before you even had a full-fledged plan, and didn't plan on trying to win to begin with.

Absolutely targets mainly Kaveh. His whining may be annoying but it's funny seeing him act all defeated and dramatic. I cannot stress this enough. He is absolutely WRECKING Kaveh. I mean, everyone is, but especially Alhaitham. It's entirely obvious.

"Oh well, Kaveh. Seems like you lost again. Another piece of your dignity stripped from you." - The voice of a man who just hatecrimed his roommate. Again.

Alhaitham been drinking, watch his attitude amplify. Prepare yourself.

"Come, your move, (y/n)" - Alhaitham, who just downed one of your characters that had full HP with just one move.

Finds the fact that you're self-assured yet keep getting attacked amusing. It's almost like you wanted all of them to see your more intimate form. Almost as if you're not really trying.

Pays no mind to any skin you're showing for the entirety of the game and stays silent most of the time unless he's either drunk or mocking someone knowing he is going to/already has destroyed them.

Uses randomly selected cards and still manages to wreak havoc.

𝙆𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙝

Getting hatecrimed by everyone . He doesn't suck at TCG, but GOD is he getting screwed.

He's the one who initially brought up the strip idea just for fun, but then he was even more motivated when he found that you'd be there.

The drunker Kaveh gets, the more stupid his moves (and his flirting) get.

By the bye, this man is totally WASTED for half the game. His alcohol tolerance is pretty low for someone who regularly enjoys it.

"You're just hatecriming me because I'm a bisexual disaster." "Let's not forget broke." "See? This just proves it."

"Oh (y/n)~, gotta lose a piece of clothing nowww~" he teases after being the one to beat you.

Also happens to be the one getting especially wrecked by everyone at the table and is almost missing half of his clothing. Poor guy.

"Oh no, is Alhaitham finally falling off of his high horse? A shame." "Congratulations, you managed to down ONE of my active characters."

It should be obvious, but lots of roommate-rival banter going on at this table, especially because both of them are drinking.

Kaveh do be glancing at you tho

Tries to insist that Cyno and Alhaitham are cheating, He's wrong, of course, but it's amusing.

If it wasn't obvious by now, Kaveh if the definition of "Talk Shit, Get Hit."

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[writing-good-vibes]

I’ve wondered what would Roger actually do if confronted by his wife about his relationship with Corey….?

In the valentines story she actually handles the chocolates so if she,d read the note……she would have seen the truth or at least suspected so he’s obviously not above taking risks

He would lie and say that he’s watching out for him and maybe the chocolate thing was a little inappropriate but he just wanted to thank him

2. He would lie and say Corey was deluded and telling lies

3. Admit it but downplay to just being one off and a mistake

4. Confess everything and ask for forgiveness

[i'm sorry this took a few days, i was thinking on it very intensively lol it's actually something i've thought about before, like if their affair was going to end, i truly only see it happening if they either get caught or corey finally moves away to college. i think you're right about all of these reactions, in the right circumstances.]

i think roger's reaction really depends on what theresa confronts him with. no matter how careful they are, there will always be evidence, but some of it will be less damning. roger would definitely gauge what theresa thought was going on and change his response accordingly.

in the valentine's story, i imagined it as roger buying the chocolates (with theresa's guaranteed approval/knowledge), but then secretly writing the note, and putting them away for corey to get later, and just having faith that theresa wouldn't look at them, because why would she? if she did see the note, it'd be pretty damning, it goes beyond a misplaced thanks imo, but i do think he'd downplay it as a silly and, in hindsight, inappropriate in-joke that he and corey have. would it go over well? probably not, but it's better than confessing the truth.

if theresa had very solid evidence (like something physical, or someone telling her they've seen something, etc.) then i think roger would throw corey under the bus and blame him, but "admit" there had been a one time thing (maybe even a few times but certainly not serious), and it was a huge mistake, and it'll never happen again. i think they'd probably stay together if this was the case -- no use breaking up the family (and finances) over one mistake, it's better to just save face and deal with it at marriage counselling or whatever.

if she just called him out on there being a weird vibe between him and corey (like weird looks, or their demeanour with each other, etc.), i think he'd definitely try to downplay it -- maybe claiming that corey had made a pass at him but he obviously rejected him. i think he'd try and do some damage control though, and explain that corey was just confused and lonely, and he was honestly really embarrassed after roger rejected him, so they shouldn't hold it against him because he's a good kid really. i'm not sure that's fly with theresa, maybe she'd still fire corey, but it works to hide the real truth from her.

[in a scenario i've thought about wayyy to much] i think the only way roger is confessing to everything is if theresa literally catches them in the act. maybe roger still tries to insist it was the first time, but theresa knows it's not -- because they're too comfortable, too confident -- and corey gets thrown under the bus again, a homewrecking scapegoat who is never to be seen again. roger apologises, begs for forgiveness, spends the rest of his life with this mistake hanging over his marriage.

as time goes on, roger definitely gets more sloppy at hiding (i.e. the chocolates are definitely a risk, if they did go to chicago that is a big secret to hide, etc.), but the one thing he's certain about is corey not telling anyone. corey gets too much out the arrangement, or so roger thinks, there's no way he'd throw it all away to spite roger by telling his wife. if he did, roger would go with the option of saying corey is delusional, and it must be a crush that has spiralled into obsession.

if roger thought that theresa suspected something but didn't say anything, i don't know if he'd completely stop the affair, but he'd start limiting what he and corey did. back to the early days where corey really does predominantly do yard work and maybe sneaks in a fumbling 20 minutes on the couch when theresa isn't home. maybe it eventually slows down and stops naturally and they go about their lives like nothing happened.

and then of course there is the sexuality aspect -- is theresa more or less upset that roger was cheating with another man? roger is bisexual, but how often has he talked about that in a meaningful way? his excuse for it being corey is simply that he was the most convenient option (it's way easier to cheat with someone who comes to you than to have to go out of your way for it), the fact that corey is a man doesn't really factor in to the cause of the cheating. in fact, it only really matters to corey because it lets him "figure out" his daddy issues.

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I JUST REALIZED I HAVEN'T BEEN FOLLOWING YOU THIS WHOLE TIME.... I'M A JOKE OF A MAN...... Okay okay okay not gonna reblog to the last one again cuz I'm not one to make super long threads, I'll just explode your inbox again hahshd,,,,

Alright where do I even begin?? Um, first, did something happen to Bandit to make him resort to doing what he does now, or did he just do it out of boredom? Was it that he needed adventure or needed his life to change? Second, can I hear your imaginary scenarios where Bandit meets the guardians??? Pretty please???? I'm really interested to see how he'd treat them!! Third, you said you had a game concept featuring Just Finch, right? Is the game itself currently in production or do you never plan on actually making it? Cuz if you need. Production help.? I'm always willing to be of service?? Okay there's a really low chance you'd accept a stranger's help on a personal project ESPECIALLY since said stranger is still kinda sorta an amateur at everything ever but I'm already so used to helping everyone around me with anything they're doing at any point in time so I thought it'd be kind of me to offer anyways. Sorry though... Anyway back to the Bandit questions! Fourth, if Bandit encountered a burnt, what's his first gut reaction? Obviously I think he'd most likely pull out his gun, but how does he feel? Is he not at all fazed by these shells of people that have become more hostile than they were before, maybe because it's a usual occurrence? Or is part of him still afraid, either because he's disturbed by the uncanny horror in front of him, or because he's aware that if he's not careful enough (despite all the tickets he has for himself) that could easily be him? I need to know if this guy has fears or not!! Fifth, I can't help but be curious to know if there's any songs you associate with Bandit? If I have the time I'll prolly listen to the songs mentioned too lmao,,, And lastly, my favorite thing to think about when it comes to OFF OCs, does Bandit have a competence list? If so, can I please read it, I love making and looking at fanmade competences for some reason, probably because of how creative the nonsensical titles can get while sticking to a single theme, mixed with the general role of the character in battle matching with their personality. But if I'm the only person here that actually cares about that stuff I totally get it!!! And I don't want you to feel pressured to make a set of competences just for this ask either, if you didn't make one you didn't make one and that's okay. I just thought I'd ask if you happened to have one. I think that's all I have for right now, thank you :D

Thank you for following :D Alright, to the questions!

I think you've hit the first question that I can't answer outright because of Lore secrets I'm saving for askbandit. Partially related to the X story, that's all I'll say

Wuhhhh imaginary guardian scenarios?? They're pretty vague but here's some ideas Dedan - Dedan getting increasingly angrier and angrier as he tries to order Bandit around and fails. I also imagine Dedan being confused on who Bandit is, like "DO YOU EVEN WORK HERE?" and Bandit's just "Shouldn't you know that?" Japhet - Like the sketch, Japhet would flap around Bandit and fret about the X. Bandit would probably keep the bird at arm's length though, he rarely lets people close, and Japhet wouldn't be one of those people lol. Enoch - Enoch would have a special bone to pick with Bandit because of the sugar smuggling. He'd try to squish Bandit Judge? - Bandit loves cats. Judge would get many pets, scritches, and treats Sucre? - Sucre is a sugar dealing client for sure. Queen? - I imagine Bandit sarcastically complimenting the architecture of the Room. I imagine the Queen would be passive, maybe laugh a little at his silly musings. Hugo?? - Kick the baby (LMAO KIDDING, KIDDING). Truthfully, maybe they'd talk about comics or something. Idk the room is a weird place and I don't think Bandit and Hugo would ever purposefully meet

Yes, the game is called Project GoldFinch, and it is in production. I haven't done enough to do another big dev progress post, but here's the announcement post if you want the little info I've provided about it. I appreciate the offer to help, but this is a personal project and I feel more comfortable doing the work myself.

This is actually a question I've gotten on askbandit and haven't answered yet, but Bandit is not intimidated by Burnts. Most Burnts (in my lore) aren't necessarily violent, or burn quick enough to that they don't do that much damage, so Bandit wouldn't pay it any mind. If a Burnt was to attack, he would probably choose to avoid it until it recovers rather than shoot though. Also, Bandit doesn't burn, can't burn*, so he doesn't worry. He has no fear. * this info could only be found on his artfight profile previously. Public info but out-of-the-way.

I really should make a Bandit playlist, but the song I currently associate him with the most is Catch Me If You Can by Set It Off. Obvious reasons for that one. I also listen to the music used for his shop theme in UNKNOWN. Also ALSO, I commissioned a really cool person (hai @amygdalum hope you don't mind the tag) to create a Bandit theme inspired by Synchronicity, so if you wanna listen to that, here ya go! I did the cover art on that one.

And finally, competence list. Funny story, I have never actually thought about making a competence list for him, but when Bandit was still the Final Boss in RISE, he did have one (so credit to Brandy again for this, screenshot ripped straight from the old files). These are thematically relevant to his role in the game more than how he is now, but I gotta say, I really like Reckless Charge. If I were to keep any of these, it would be Reckless Charge. That feels very him. The other ones are badass but I see them fitting Tate better. I don't remember if they were changed for Tate or not, but either way, great attack names all around.

Thanks again for the asks ^^

[found-wings]

oooooo so I have two ideas here- whichever one you like better is cool :D

• for disorientation- another layer of it would be a q!etoiles being thrown into a vanilla world and having to go through the sudden loss of the extensive stamina and extra layer of health. those add ons that are required in a world as buffed as theirs would def be a rough transition. the sudden rip to half of what you've adjusted to be your body's new basic functions would be rough but mwah the pure painful angst :D put this funky fighter through the wringer WOOOOO HAVING HIM SHOW UP ALREADY INJURED the idea of his body throbbing with phantom injuries because if it's just his body adjusting to the new world- then yes his health is now Normal and so there's no physical injuries. but the inner pain of his entire beings durability being divided like this would cause lots of pain ^-^ angst)

• the other idea though- is the mods add ins sticking. him transitioning world's but his body retains the qsmp extras. so him going into a vanilla world with double the health and maybe a bunch of rare shit depending on if he warps with his items or not (I thinkkkkk he might bc he has the scythe but that could be an exception :O) it'd be cool to see him with a bunch of high tech and insane level utilities in a base world and needing to be hit twice as hard and fights lasting twice as long to even do some damage to him. (also funny and angsty the idea of him having the auto fill backpack and other players reactions to him dying repeatedly over and over again and the totems just constantly popping and popping. him shouting as if the pain is nothing but a normal adrenaline rush for him knowing damn well the effects of over-totem consumption is hurting :D!! i wonder if anyone would noticeeeeeeeeee whump whomp)

brainrot - 💿

OKAY THIS, THIS IS WHAT I‘VE THOUGHT ABOUT KINDA A BIT

So my current idea kind of.. consists out of the two ideas you‘ve mentioned? Let me explain :

SMPEarth isn’t entirely 'vanilla', though instead of mods they did have a couple of plugins iirc ( shaking the planes and airstrikes KAJSJ ). So even then, there‘s still a lot of differences between their worlds.

qEtoiles does keep majority of his things from whatever he had on him when he was thrown into the different world, an example being his Scythe.

This means he does have a variety of rare items, tech and much more that the others don‘t have. However what we would consider his health & stamina do get reduced - it‘s not quite noticeable at first as the world hasn‘t fully recognised Etoiles presence just yet, hence why it doesn’t affect him instantly. The reason for that is the corrupted code part of him, aka. his arm.

The code monsters that are also within the world already also haven‘t been hit with it because they are basically 'viruses' in the world and have gone unseen. Etoiles will be hit with the reduce rather sooner than later as he‘s not entirely corrupted like the actual code monsters.

Regarding the totem thing, I do have a headcanon that aeTechno is similar on that level in the world. Just a little less extreme as he doesn’t have the auto fill thing - but aePhil has seen him tank attacks with repeatedly popping totems during multiple battles they‘ve participated in and seen the effects it has. aePhil on the other hand prefers to fight with no totems at all and keep his hands free - he‘s more used to standing at the sidelines and away, but he will not hesitate at diving into or leading a battle if ever needed. I‘d imagine that with Etoiles he‘d just straight up go 'oh god, not another one' / JOKING

I‘ll go more into this later maybe, but I like the idea of aeEmerald Duo having a deeper history with each other from even before the Antarctic Empire. This is where the silly immortal stuff comes into play, that Etoiles will eventually find out about :D

TLDR :

Modded items from the QSMP will mostly stay in the world of what is technically SMPEarth, however any buffs ( such as health & stamina ) will eventually be fixed by 'the system‘ they have there once the world recognised Etoiles presence. Yes, it will be painful as hell when it does hit - he‘s basically tanking hits with no physical attacker and no actual injuries. Just pure phantom pain. The only way he can 'heighten' his stamina and stuff to a constant state again is through working it back up manually with practice & all.

A couple of blocks, etc. from the QSMP have already found their way into the SMPEarth world via world corruption - the Antarctic Empire has had a couple of run ins with a few code monsters probably before they met Etoiles, hence why aePhil is even less trusting for a while as he sees the corrupted arm.

My current idea is also that aePhil & aeTechno originally met Etoiles near an oddly corrupted looking waystone they had been traveling out to to take a look at. They weren‘t quite expecting another person to appear-

I am so silly about this AU :D

I also apologise for any writing mistakes, my brain is zooming AJJA

[pokemonomegaverse]

The mermaiding themed asks. I recall finding the concept odd but they still stood out in my mind as memorable because they were so odd. Not odd in a bad way, just something I would never consider. I’m lumping the ones I could find together. —

ANON asked: What if Dylan and Archie ever tried mermaiding together? They'd look so adorable wearing their matching merman tails :D ! And Maxie would be right there with them taking tons of photos and home videos ^_^

I had to look this up since I had never heard of mermaiding before (although I could guess what it likely was from the name).  From what I could gather, it’s actually somewhat difficult to do, and for that reason if nothing else, I could see Dylan wanting to give it a try (which Archie would obviously join in on as well). 

I can see Maxie thinking the whole thing sounds silly, but agreeing to come along to take pictures if only to immortalize how ridiculous Archie is going to look.  And then shoot, why did he think Archie was going to look anything but really good while shirtless, in the water.  And him and Dylan matching is rather endearing if he’s being honest with himself (and you know those tails are sharpedo themed, there’s no way they aren’t).

—

ANON asked: For the mermaiding thing I could see Jackie trying it too when she's older. Assuming she shares Wallace's flair for fashion, she might even go the extra mile and hand sew her own mermaid costume herself!

Jackie would probably try it, but probably wouldn’t like how it restricts her ability to easily maneuver around in the water.  She’d probably think it was still fun to try, but prefer swimming without something that weighs her down.  Micah is actually the one who would be more likely to do something with it, as he’s the flashy one who likes showing off.  He’s the one who share Wallace’s flair for fashion (as he tries to model certain aspects of himself after Wallace) while Jackie doesn’t care about what she wears all that much.  Shes much more practical when it comes to clothing than her brother. 

Micah might design the costume himself, but since neither he nor his sister are any good at sewing, he’d hire it out for someone else to make.  The family can certainly afford to get a bit extravagant with clothing, and Micah does design his own contest outfits which he hires out.

—

ANON asked: Yeah going back to the merman thing what if Archie handmade those Sharpedo tail costumes himself for him and Dylan? Of course Maxie would help out too. I wonder how old would Dylan be when he starts learning to use the tail?

Considering that Dylan was fairly young when he learned how to swim, he’d likely be on the younger side when he starts learning how to use the tail. He can passably swim without flotation devices by about age 6, so maybe sometime when he’s 7-8 he would start learning to use the tail?  Depends what a safe age for that kind of thing would be considered.

I don’t personally headcanon that Archie or Maxie are very arts-and-craftsy, so I don’t necessarily see Archie being the one to make the Sharpedo tails. Who knows though, maybe he would still try?  They’s come out a bit rough and lopsided as a result.  Of the two of them, Maxie is the one who would be better at that sort of thing, so perhaps with his assistance, they could make something passable. Although Maxie would also insist that they only get high-quality, professionally made tails, so if Archie were to make them himself, it would have to be later on once Maxie has softened up to the idea.  —-

ANON asked: You're right; I think them buying the Sharpedo costumes is more likely given they might not have enough time or money to make one themselves. And for safety reasons, I could see the two dads teaching Dylan themselves how to swim with the mer-tail (and bring their Water Pokémon along as extra precaution). It'd probably be more fun that way! And imagine all the reactions they'd get from any passersby!

Time would be the major factor, since both of them are usually pretty busy with Team Terra related activities. And considering that they, Archie in particular, were the ones who taught Dylan to swim, they’d also be the ones who would teach him how to swim with the tail (with Archie’s Sharpedo around as back up of course. Out of all of his parents’ Pokemon, Sharpedo is the one Dylan adores the most, largely because he was always around whenever his parents would take him swimming).

The main passersby would likely be other Team Terra members, so they wouldn’t be quite as surprised as other random passersby would be. Although I do think that, especially early on, a lot of the grunts are shocked whenever they see Maxie going along with some of Archie’s odder ideas and being affectionate with him and Dylan. Maxie, particularly while he was the leader of Team Magma, tries to portray himself as a serious and cold leader, so it throws people off when they see his softer side. Obviously it becomes less surprising with time, but it does make some of the grunts see him in a new light.

—

ANON asked: Now that this month is Mermay on Tumblr, I wonder what if Dylan's mermaid costume was a birthday present :) ?

It largely would depend on when Dylan started to get really into the idea of mermaiding.  If it was slightly before his birthday that he started to ask Archie and Maxie about it, then they would potentially get him his first tail for his birthday.  If it was quite a while before his birthday though, they’d get it for him as soon as Maxie agreed to the idea.  I’m more inclined to go with the later idea, but the idea of his parents getting him a mermaiding costume for his birthday is cute as well.  It would likely be a present for at least one of his birthdays, since he inevitably would need new costumes as he got older.

—

ANON asked: I could so see Archie teaching Dylan all sorts of cool tricks to do with his tail costume!

He’d certainly try!  I don’t see Archie having past experience with mermaiding, and while he might look up some things about it, the more likely scenario is that he’d just wing it and make up tricks as he went. He’d definitely teach Dylan the successful ones though!

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ANON asked: Haha it'd be kinda cute and funny if people see Archie and Dylan swimming in their merman Sharpedo tails and mistake them for a Mommy&Baby Sharpedos ! Actually I bet Dylan would totally prank beachgoers into thinking he's a Sharpedo >:)

Potentially. Perhaps someone, at a glance, could mistake them for a pair of Sharpedo, but since the tails are more Sharpedo themed as opposed to actually looking like the back half of a Sharpedo (considering Sharpedos sorta… don’t have a back half), it’d be pretty easy to tell them apart.  But if all they noticed was the dorsal fin, this could certainly happen!

And Dylan is definitely the type who enjoys pranking beachgoers in all sorts of situations. Not that Maxie is ever happy about this.

[snootlessimperfectworld]

Silly Goofy Alignment Charts

No particular order, just as they come. Corny, outdated, just goofy

Key: A- For Aten H- For Hades Purple M- For Maxlar Green M- For Malvo Blue D- For Devon Magenta D- For Dot Yellow C- For Cyrus Dark Blue T- For Troy Gray T- For Titus

More information: Troy and Titus are twin brothers and are vampires. Titus is a normal dude, kinda, and Troy is a feral punk guy. They don't get along much any more. Cyrus is this really cool werewolf dude (he's got the sickest dreads too). Kind of an enigma to his friends, as well. I mentioned briefly about Dot on a post I reblogged from my main

One of the few things Malvo accomplishes when he disappears for long periods of time

Malvo is definitely still an asshole, but more reserved. Yes, he's intentionally somewhat in the evil category. He's a Demon you guys

Maxlar, an actual parent; a child! Aten: NO

Hades is just too anxious to babysit alone, and because Aten cannot be trusted with that job (he's too chaotic, it'd end in arson), he almost never watches the Whishling kiddos. Devon is just better at being the cool uncle than babysitting. Malvo is surprisingly good with kids. This fact breaks my heart :')

Dot and Devon are both smart just not always. Aten is very cunningly smart

Hmm yeah, pretty straightforward.

Malvo's a Demon. If I had Troy, Titus and Cyrus it'd be Cyrus on knows a few recipes, Troy is banned, and Titus made toast once for someone else

Devon and Dot being the biggest sweethearts <3 Malvo aggressively telling someone "Go to therapy" in that neutral yet condescending voice of his just hits different

Titus: *is a cop* His twin brother that would be identical if he wasn't a punk: ROB THE RICH Cyrus is just a cryptid, actually. They affectionately refer to him as their little wolf cryptid

Devon, a big intimidating dude just wanting to be kind, but everyone is afraid of him Hades: *on his last legs of sanity*

Hades: *has crippling anxiety/social anxiety* Malvo: *just simply hates everyone* If I had Troy, Titus, and Cyrus: Troy and Cy are Eat Ass, Suck a Dick, and Sell Drugs. Titus is there with Malvo

Hades: *struggling to run a kingdom in the midst of war* Dot's kindness is often mistaken for her liking them Devon is once again struggling from the cons of Scary Dog Privilege no one wants to talk about

Titus once again being a literal cop. Hades: *on the verge of tears because of this incident* Maxlar showing off his actually good musical skills The BoysTM are supporting him

Something about Aten being labeled as simply "piece of shit" makes me giggle every time I see it

Devon is my himbo and I love him so fucking much Hades experiencing ~trauma~

They all want to be optimists (except Malvo) but they've seen too much/been through too much to be chaotic about it :(

Without Dot because she is the opposite of problematic Maxlar: *is the reason there is an interdimensional war* Hades, Malvo, and Aten: *have some fucked up shit going on in the background*

Aten and Hades are both cold-natured so they almost always have the heat on and have so many blankets that Hades, rather than changing one of those things, just abandons pants. Aten abandons clothes anyways because of his wings and stuff. He's the big spoon :)

Maxlar and Troy being passionately stupid will never not be funny to me. Titus does not give a shit anymore. His fucks are all gone.

Maxlar isn't suicidal by any means but he's had a really fucked up life and he's probably reached a point where his death being confirmed would be a relief. Same with Hades, only he'd say this internally. His outward reaction, as a King, is to say "Give the orders" Troy knows what the word means. He's just a shit.

There's a story here with Cracker Barrel Also, ignore Malvo trying to kill children. Don't worry about it. Devon believes in aliens because "I'm technically an alien, and I believe in myself so there!" Hades believes in the same thing but applies it to Aten "he's technically an alien and I believe in him" Dot is a secret cryptid hunter

[killemwithkawaii]

(the same anon from the crying/laughing after sex ask)

can i "introduce" myself as 🎲 if i ever interact w/ your blog again-?

I IMAGINATED HIM LAUGHING AS WELL AND IT'D BE SO CUTE

i'm a sucker for silly/comforting/fluffy little scenarios including aftercare 🙁 (and i'm proud of it)

guiding his unexperienced ass him dbabfajfndAKSab... ₍ ˊ͈ ᵔ ᵕ ᵔˋ͈ ₎♡

[Referring to this ask]

>He'd need a green-light at every single little step and I'll bet he'd constantly be asking if what he's doing feels good/ if he's doing it right/ if it's okay if he [insert action here] etc. and it would be so goddamn cute aaahhhhh 🥺💖💖💖

>Sal and his partner laughing during/after sex sparks All The Joy and is something I really love seeing in NS/FW stuff in general! Sex should be fun first-and-foremost, and you should feel comfortable enough with your partner that you can laugh off any hiccups that may occur. Don't let porn fool you! Losing your balance/footing, getting muscle cramps, being interrupted, accidental bonks, finishing early/late, unexpected noises/reactions, getting hungry/thirsty, having to stop for a bathroom break, etc. are all part of irl sex and imo add a lot to the overall bonding experience with your partner c: 💕

>Also you know you've just had some Good Sex when you're both lying there afterword giggling like you just got off a rollercoaster (complete with the messed up hair) 🎢✅

>I, too, am a sucker for all those things, especially when mixed with some super spicy content (makes for a well-rounded feel/fap) UwU 👌💖💦

>Your emoji claim has been added to the list! Welcome to the kouhai club, 🎲 Anon~ :D

[madcatdaderpydrawer-blog]

HI IM SCREAMING OVER PART 2- Oh my god that was so intense, Moon is literally a sobbing mess rn and is like genuinely terrified out of his mind- Everything about him screams trauma, and needing the shock restraints in the first place is obviously telling enough! Like he genuinely believes Freddy would do this with no hesitation- And he's so prideful, so hearing that little 'yes sir' squeaked out in the most submissive way possible- I am SCREAMING-

When you said the line about Moon having been put through the 8 or 9 setting before? I doubt it'd be very realistic but it made me wonder what the others (Sun included) would think if they ever saw ant footage from parts and service where that happened- Where he went through that shock training and then later when they just used it to keep him quiet and submissive, literally accepting no trace amount of arguing from him, especially with those level 8 or 9 shock settings- I'm literally vibrating now because of this lmao-

Oh ABSOLUTELY, that is a trauma response :D He tried to keep up acting fine until he felt that Freddy was actually being serious, and then couldn't hold up the act anymore. Him even addressing someone as "sir" is insanely strange, and yet another thing he got from dealing with the other employees. i mean Moon is always weirdly formal, stuff like calling Monty "Montgomery" (it took a while for him to stop referring to him as his full name lol) but the sir thing is more an instinct when he's scared as a sort of "Yes I am aware that you have far more power over me then I'd like, so I'll be complacent". So yes, essentially it's a way to seem "submissive" as well as the curling up thing. All to make him look smaller, it makes him look less intimidating which is usually what he aims for when dealing with very easily pissed off employees. He 100% thinks that Freddy will hurt him, but enfeiufe that is entirely a bluff he would never have the heart to hurt him.

God it would be a mess. Sun will end up seeing it in the following parts of the story, though, so you'll definitely be able to see infected Suns reaction to it! (Though it's not intentional, it's more just "Freddy has no idea how to work the restraints and forgot to turn back down the remote") But they don't often use that high of a setting on Moon, because it might genuinely damage him if they aren't careful. They only use it when he's ACTUALLY aggressive. (though the reasons he gets aggressive are kind of their fault most of the time- the reason most likely being him snapping and lashing out because damn, as patient as he is he still would lose his temper eventually)

God I'm really excited to write the next part honestly?? Because Sun is normally really playful and silly when infected, but then gets hit in the face with the realization that they aren't fucking around and his entire playful attitude just drops.

Just like;

Sun: Monty, the way you're talking makes it sound like you're holding my brother hostage or something!~

Monty: Well-

Sun: Monty.

[tenayalla]

(hope u didnt get this twice lmao)

"Hey, Rhajat..."

Normally Claude would think nothing of approaching an ally about a concern of his, but the threat of real curses and hex getting sent hid way forced him to change his approach. He still doesn't know Rhajat all that well... so he approaches her like a scarier, gloomier Lysithea. "I got you these. Think of it as a peace treaty. Or an offering, if that's what you're into." He gives her an award-winning smile as he hands over a stack of sugar-glazed gingerbread cookies.

"And I'm still wearing that charm you gave me." One thumb hooks under his shirt and pulls out the necklace Rhajat gave him earlier. "But when I asked Mitama about what you cursed me with, she said that you didn't curse me at all, but that you were trying to be friendly."

Claude gives some time to let the news of his realization sit in, sighing as he rubs the back of his head. "So... that's how I'll view your gift. But I have to tell you that there's definitely better ways of befriending people than throwing curses at them, or pretending to in any case. I think it's making your life harder than it needs to be. Think about it. I could have just taken off your charm, thought worse of you, and gotten myself crushed by a boulder somewhere because I didn't have your protection. Then where would we be?

"So... Why don't we start over?" Hesitation, then Claude offers his hand to her. "I think we started off on the wrong foot when we first met. You're a close friend of Mitama's, so it'd be a shame if we couldn't at least be on good terms with each other."

MITAMA IS NOT NEAR CLAUDE when he comes to speak to her.  she supposes that it is the reason behind the anxiety in her throat.  the reason why she immediately takes a step back for every one claude takes towards her.  not of fright or concern   —   rhajat could have easily struck him down with a spell the moment he entered the classroom   —   but maybe of confusion.  brown eyes stay stuck on the item in his hand, arched brows and a grimace shadowed over her features.  the reaction to the cookies is immediate but she realizes the fault of it only after she holds her hands out to take them from him.

she does not like sugar, not does she enjoy cookies.  at the very least, it is the idea that counts.  mitama would be upset if she immediately turned away an offering, so rhajat nods slowly and awkwardly holds the stack of gingerbread cookies.  she does not whisper thanks.   (   the smile he gives her is what makes her frown threaten to return.   )   claude speaks once again and the mention of the charm pulls rhajat’s gaze up instantly.  there is a sigh of relief that slips from her lips at the sight of the necklace.  she tempts the instinct of reaching for it to see if any rip has worn into the string.  the gem itself doesn’t seem lacking in its aura.

“   oh...   ”   is her only response.  rhajat glances away; at the case in her hand, the desk near her hip, the ground, anywhere that is not claude.   “   i... the...   ”   it is not embarrassing, nor is it disappointing but there is some emotion that flushes her face slightly and pushes a grimace on her lips.  silence hangs in the air and rhajat almost takes it as the implication of claude telling her to leave, that the conversation has ended.  rejection is a silly little thing, one that she is used to   —   that is why surprise takes to her expression when claude speaks.

the stack of cookies lie heavy in her hand, desperation to end this discussion setting in the slump of her shoulders.  rhajat keeps her gaze aimed at the case in her grip instead of the house leader that insists that friendship can come in easier forms.  it would be fruitless to object that she does not want friends; indeed, the small group of friends she has is well enough to last her all of her waking life.

“   then you would have died.   ”   rhajat interrupts, blunt yet confused at the question.  if the charm had been taken off then no, claude would not have died instantly, but whatever pain fate had set him for the night would have reached him.  she realizes that her reaction is wrong only moments later.

rhajat bites back another retort when claude holds a hand out.  she does not like touching people, or being near people, so she is unsure of what makes her take his hand.  her gloves save her half of the distaste of contact, fortunately.   (   she can guess that somewhere above, the fates are amused of her struggling.   )   finally, after a beat of silence, she says,   “   i will have you know that i want to make my life harder.  if i can’t bear it, then no one else can.   ”

a pause.   “   the charm.  i need to check its spell soon so now that we are on good terms, i won’t have to steal it from you as you sleep.   ”   proper response?  maybe not, she wouldn’t know.   “   and i... do not eat cookies... but thank you, i guess.   ”   and with that, she pulls her hand back, moving it to continue holding up the stack of treats.  she will probably hand them over to a friend if the first one does not go down her throat well.

remembrance brings up a memory and silently, rhajat adds:   “   and i suppose now is a good time to apologize for... cursing your classmates.  no, i won’t swear to not do it again.  this is just so i can stop feeling bad about making mitama upset.   ”

[sunflower-eddiediaz]

i just re-read my first 911 fic and i still love the idea of eddie physically leaning on buck, and buck panicking for a moment thinking eddie is falling on him only to realize that "my best friend, eddie diaz, of sound mind and body, just decided to rest his head on my shoulder" and then he can't stop smiling