#jiemma orland

[dragongodryss]

Sabertooth Guild Week initial interest check

I want to do a Sabertooth week.

[usagirln120]

Rogue Cheney: Hogwarts AU

Rogue Cheney is a Half-Blood wizard that was born on the 25th of June 1985 and started attending Hogwarts on the 1st of September 1996, being sorted into Hufflepuff house.

He was the former step-brother of Gajeel Redfox and childhood friends with Natsu Dragneel, Wendy Marvell & Sting Eucliffe until their parents passed away in an accident at the Dragon Reserve they worked at.

After that, they moved to the Fairy Tail Orphanage but he and Sting were quickly adopted by the Ministry worker Jiemma Orland who wanted a suitable hair to inherit his seat in the Wizengamot.

He and his adopted siblings were heavily abused during this period but Sting and Rogue managed to find comfort in two Kneazle kittens who they found, in a frog pond, and adopted.

They eventually were sent back to the Fairy Tail Orphanage after their adopted father was arrested for child abuse and Death Eater activity, much to their joy but Rogue also became heavily protective of his Kneazle kitten Frosch during this period when he found out that Minerva had been forced by her father to practice the Cruciatus Curse on Sting's Kneazle kitten Lector.

After graduating from Hogwarts, he worked as an Unspeakable for the Ministry of Magic until he was forced to retire due to an injury to which he became the keyboard player of The SlayerZ, the rock & punk band started by his former stepbrother Gajeel.

He eventually got married to Minerva and had two daughters with her.

He has a Black Walnut wand with a Dragon Heartstring Core.

His Patronus is a Hebridean Black.

His favorite subjects are Care of Magical Creatures and Potions.

His least favorite subjects are History of Magic and Divination.

[ao3feed-stingue]

all was golden, when the day met the night (when the moon fell in love with the sun)

by ninjnerd_Anaklusmos

Sting's fingers twitched, their melodic dancing halted by Rogue's own shaky fingers. It felt more right than anything else he had ever done before, taking Sting's hand. It felt different from the last time they had held hands, like it meant more. Sting didn't seem to mind, leaning against him a little harder, shifting his head to be closer, and breathing slowly. Rogue's face felt hot, and he did his best to ignore it as he tightened his grip on Sting's hand.

He didn't want to move anyway. His shadows had always loved Sting's light, and now was no different.

Or, Rogue and Sting growing up together in Sabertooth, and all the awkward hand holding that entails.

Words: 4712, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Series: Part 1 of guilds of misfits (and assorted criminals)

Fandoms: Fairy Tail

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: Gen, M/M

Characters: Rogue Cheney, Sting Eucliffe, Orga Nanagear

Relationships: Rogue Cheney/Sting Eucliffe, Rogue Cheney & Sting Eucliffe

Additional Tags: Mentioned Jiemma (Fairy Tail), Mentioned Minerva Orland (Fairy Tail), Mentioned Yukino Aguria (Fairy Tail), Homophobia, Implied/Referenced Homophobia, Implied/Referenced Child Abuse, Implied/Referenced Abuse, Blood and Injury, Minor Injuries, Mentioned Lector (Fairy Tail), Mentioned Frosch (Fairy Tail), Holding Hands, Cuddling & Snuggling, Shy Rogue Cheney, Hurt/Comfort, Childhood Sweethearts, Antisocial Rogue Cheney, Awkward Rogue Cheney, Self-Doubt, Self-Worth Issues, Toxic Jiemma (Fairy Tail), Idiot Sting Eucliffe, Mean Orga Nanagear, he's young and impresionable okay, he matures, Pretty Sting Eucliffe, Childhood Trauma, Trauma, Mutual Pining, Rouge Cheney is in Love with Sting Eucliffe, oh my god they were roomates, Cute Kids, Overworking, Self-Defense, I'm Bad At Tagging, Blushing, Anxious Sting Eucliffe, Anxiety, Forehead Touching, Power Imbalance, Crying, Minor Character Death, it's jiemma lmao, light and dark dynamic goes brrrrr in my brain, They are so soft for each other, each other's ride or dies fr fr, Other Additional Tags to Be Added, but i can't think of any rn

Source:https://archiveofourown.org/works/54367774

[icedcoffeeandsunshine]

Hey, can you do a character analysis of Minerva Orland? I barely see much of her on here smh

hi yesss ikr, i feel like she’s an underrated female character in the series and barely anyone on tumblr posts about her as far as i’ve seen :( but i hope you like whatever i’ve written.

MINERVA ORLAND - Character Analysis (Requested)

CANON ANALYSIS

in the gmg arc, minerva at first is seen as possessing some traits similar to her father. she is calm and confident but also has a sadistic side as seen in the naval battle. minerva is also portrayed as the type of person who would do anything to achieve or get whatever she wanted. minerva also seemingly has a superiority complex. i think these traits were embedded in her because of the cruelty of jiemma during her childhood, like he ingrained the desire for superiority and power and the idea that so-called “weaker mages” are below her into her mind from a young age and i do feel all of this has been hard to unlearn for her.

we do see a considerable change in her personality in the end of the tartaros arc (minus the whole neo minerva thing) and alvarez arc. she is now definitely more self reflective, caring and considerate. she even apologised to kagura and lucy for the way she treated them during the grand magic games and becomes closer to her guild mates.

MY HEADCANONS FOR THEM

minerva is either lesbian, bisexual or pansexual. she does not give me straight vibes in the slightest

it says on the wiki page that she speaks an old and archaic form of japanese but “minerva” is the name for the roman goddess of wisdom and is of latin origin, which is why i will fully believe that this woman is half italian

minerva is also the smartest in the guild, more so than orga, rufus or rogue (i’m sorry sting bbg)

her hyperfixation is makeup. i don’t know where this came from but i can just see her having a big space filled with all types of makeup and see her experimenting

i also think minerva would be really good at history

but i also totally imagine her geeking out to k-dramas with yukino.

these are so fucking random and messy i’m so sorry

MINERVA IN LOVE + FRIENDSHIP

i have nothing against rogue (he is my favourite character yall) or straight ships but i just cannot get with the roguerva ship like y’all ‼️ did you not feel the sexual tension between minerva and erza or yukino

minerva would be a confident but also shy lover. she’s highly insecure of the fact that she was not a good person beforehand (talking about gmg arc and prior) and does not deserve to be showered with love and affection. her s/o will reassure her but it’s like a voice in her head type of situation. therefore i feel like it’d be really hard for minerva to fully open up to dating unless she knew you really well.

if she was to date someone, it had to be someone really understanding and empathetic. someone mature and not irrational. she would totally be super protective and all but is not great at showing emotions so i think even if she is protective and jealous, she’d suppress her feelings.

i feel like as a friend, she’d be protective as well. but it takes her lesser time to open up to and get comfortable with a friend as compared to a s/o because obviously, dating is scary and minerva sees commitment as something that is formal. so if you are a friend, especially a best friend, get prepared to have your ear talked off.

i will die on this hill but minerva is 100% very very…not insecure but let’s say hesitant, in her relationships because of the negative connotations of her past actions. she fully believes that one day people might abandon her and that freaks her the fuck out. at the same time, she doesn’t like to be vulnerable so not everyone would know about this. but overall, she is a sweetheart and her love language is acts of service. she will never fail to make her s/o or friends feel appreciated.

WHO DO I SHIP THEM WITH?

yukino, kagura (as a crackship) and erza, but mostly yukino because i feel like the dynamic is the best here.

PERSONAL OPINION ABOUT THE CHARACTER

i loved her character development! minerva is actually criminally underrated and i wish we get more of her (not as rogues love interest) in 100yq. she’s also a character i have many headcanons for, and amongst my favourite sabertooth members (the bar is not really high though)

[reivun]

@aitheros

ivan dreyar was just happy he wore his black cloak today, it was tied with a pin that had raven tail’s sigil (a gift from him guild members some years ago) and he felt it was appropriate to wear at a guild master meeting. especially one with makarov. but luckily. he was paired with sting eucliffe of saberooth. the dragon slayer, well, one of them. 

he was not as impressed with saberooth of the past. they were powerful, yes, but they didn’t seem to have any other goal but power. and what was the point of all that power? it seemed a waste to merely flaunt it around like an accessory when one could actually do something. jiemma orland was simply uncreative and boring in that manner.

however — new blood meant change. a new leader meant an entirely new pack and truth be told, ivan was interested to see where it would lead. and for now; they were planning on doing something together. raven tail and sabertooth, put together to save the trouble of raven tail and fairy tail put together. which was smart. ivan wasn’t sure who would break first and refuse to work with the other: himself or makarov. ivan liked to think it would be makarov but the old man can be stubborn. and ivan couldn’t trust in case someone attempted a sabotage. he wouldn’t put it past makarov.

(and who would trust ivan?)

“mr. eucliffe,” ivan nodded at the young man. “it will be interesting to work with you and sabertooth in general.” he paused. “alyssum seems to be closer to raven tail distance-wise. but if we make a home base so to speak to work from, i don’t see that being an issue. thoughts?” 

[acacia-may]

💙💖💕 for Minerva from Fairy Tail.

MILADY!! 😭💖 I have been just squealing over this ask, Anon-friend! I love Minerva and all of Sabertooth honestly, and I'm almost finished reading the Twin Dragons manga so this group has definitely been on my mind recently. Minerva honestly had one of my favorite character arcs in all of Fairy Tail, and I wish we got more of her. I hope you'll like these headcanons. I had a lot of fun with them! Thank you so much for the ask!

Questions from this "Bye Bye Writer's Block" Ask Game

(Warnings: Spoilers for Fairy Tail and some vague mentions of childhood trauma and related nightmares)

Minerva Orland Headcanons

💙-- Hurt/Comfort

Given the way Minerva was raised (and conditioned to hide her pain and weaknesses), she has a lot of difficulty opening up about her feelings especially when they are grounded in fears and insecurities. While she suffers a lot of aftereffects of trauma, she buries them because she sees them as a sign of weakness. For instance, she hides the fact that she frequently has interrupted sleep due to nightmares, by trying to occupy herself around the guildhall when she is up in the middle of the night. This often involves cooking and/or preparing "midnight snacks" for herself.

Surprisingly enough, she soon begins to run into Yukino in the kitchen in the middle of the night. Yukino has a secret talent for baking and somewhat shyly asks if she can join in. They start cooking their "midnight snacks" together and slowly become friends. Eventually, Yukino shares with Minerva that she has trouble sleeping due to recurring nightmares about her sister. Minerva is shocked but also comforted to know that she isn't the only one who has upsetting dreams, and she admits, for the first time, that she has nightmares too. Though Minerva doesn't share any details about her dreams, Yukino understands and gives her a tender hug.

💖-- Alternate Universe (AU)

In a Regency-Era England AU...

Lady Minerva is the daughter of the Earl of Orland (Jiemma) and is incredibly independent despite the strict societal norms of the time--secretly publishing adventure books for children under a penname. She survives the London social season with the help of her dearest friends: Lady Yukino, the quiet but sweet younger daughter of a viscount (occasionally her more boisterous elder sister, Lady Sorano, tags along), The Viscount Eucliffe, the exuberant and outgoing heir to an earldom and the only one of the group who ever really enjoys himself at any of the parties, and The Most Honourable The Marquess of Cheney, who has newly inherited his title and gets dragged along to all of the parties by The Viscount Eucliffe when he would much rather be at home in his library with his beloved cat (Frosh).

💕 -- As a Parent

After everything Minerva went through in her own childhood, she had a lot of fears about becoming a parent herself, but they were all entirely unfounded. She truly loves her children and wants to give them the world. Minerva is usually not an overprotective or coddling parent, but she can definitely go into a "Mama Bear" mode and will fight to protect her children if need be.

Given the harsh environment she grew up in, Minerva can have a lot of worries when it comes to disciplining her kids, especially since she tends to be a bit more stern, just by nature. However, she strikes a good balance between being firm but kind with her kids, and her discipline always stems from a place of love and wanting what is best for them. If anything, her children tend to bring out a softer side of their mother, and while Minerva does not spoil them, she will sometimes surprise them with little treats and fun activities and really does her best to make sure they have the happy childhood she never got to have growing up. Expressing her love with words does not come easily for her, but she goes out of her way to tell her children she loves them because it was something she never heard as a child and she never wants her kids to doubt that they have a mother who loves them no matter what.

(A/N: I had never really given Mama Minerva much thought before this ask, but it really is such a wholesome idea after everything she has been through. Thank you so much for that, Anon-friend!)

[xfctes]

I don't know if I've actually put this on the blog or not, but something important to note about YUKINO'S BET MADE WITH KAGURA:

Yukino did not do this because she was cocky, or because she thought she was better than Kagura. For my portrayal of Yukino, she had only been a Sabertooth member for a short while, and Sabertooth was a guild compromised of mostly men. I have no doubt that Yukino AND Minerva had a harder time getting into Sabertooth specifically because they were women. Jiemma Orland doesn't exactly scream "I think men and women are equal" to me, and so both Minerva and Yukino had exponentially harder of a time getting accepted into Sabertooth, Minerva moreso simply because of the fact that she's Jiemma Orlands daughter, and she HAD to be one of the strongest members of Sabertooth. It's why she's so revered by the members of Sabertooth, because of how strong she is. It's got nothing to do with the fact that she's Jiemma's daughter, because Jiemma would have been the first to reject her if she didn't make him look good.

Jumping back onto Yukino, she was only a Sabertooth member for a short while before the Grand Magic Games, maybe less than a year having joined Sabertooth shortly after the Grand Magic Games of the previous year that we see in canon. Yukino's bet was ENTIRELY because of the fact that she wanted to PROVE herself, not because she thought she was the strongest mage just because of the fact that she's in Sabertooth, that thought never crossed her mind. She KNEW she wasn't the strongest mage in Sabertooth, and even she wondered if she was the right fit for fighting in the Grand Magic Games.

Tacking onto this, the reason that Yukino was forced to erase her own guildmark and leave Sabertooth was BECAUSE she made a bet and lost, not because she lost. If that were the case, Sting and Rogue would have been subjected to the same punishment that Yukino had, I have no doubt.

[gruviasilversblog]

Sting often thinks back to when during the great wizarding games, after losing to Kagura, Jiemma humiliated Yukino by making her strip in front of all Sabertooth and forcing her to take off the guild mark.

Sting feels guilty, because he had enjoyed and laughed at that bad moment. He had contributed to Yukino's pain and humiliation.

[dragongodryss]

Truth or Dare, Sabertooth edition

Sting thought he had gotten away with his shenanigans the previous night. Yeah, Rogue was shooting him the occasional glare, but this was Rogue we were talking about. He'd forgive him after they had finished their coffee. Probably.

Maybe showcasing his responsible side might hurry things along.

"Right, I'm gonna get started on some of the paperwork. Could you stay in until Yukino drops the cats off?" Sting asked as he got up.

"Dressed like that?" Rogue hummed into his coffee. His face was neutral, but his eyes glittered with amusement. Stunned, Sting looked down to find he was wearing Natsu's clothes, minus the scarf. Realizing that that meant that Natsu had gone home to Magnolia in Sting's clothes caused him to burst into laughter.

"Yeah, you're right. I should get changed." Sting answered when he was done laughing. While rifling through his closet, he decided that he might as well just take a shower.

"~I stay up too late~

~Got nothing in my brain~" Sting sang.

"Goddamn right." He heard Rogue mutter from the kitchen.

"I heard that!" He protested. The doorbell rang, and he heard Rogue get up to answer.

"Good morning, Yukino! How were the cats?" Rogue asked, opening his arms for Frosch to fly into.

"Lector was worried about Sting. Is he alright?" Yukino asked, a little concerned.

"He lives to mess around another day." Rogue answered.

"Hope he doesn't have to find out." Yukino joked. Rogue heard Sting protest from the bathroom. What he also heard was the clicking of heels approaching down the hall, in the distinct gait of Minerva Orland.

"I think you jinxed it." He muttered, remembering last night's spice incident. Yukino's smile grew strained, shrugging anxiously. Lector hopped over to Minerva.

"Princess! How are you on this fine day?" Lector asked woodenly. Rogue heard Minerva exhale through her teeth, producing a hissing sound.

"What has our beloved Guildmaster done with my spices?" Minerva queried dangerously. Rogue handed Frosch to Yukino, signaling for her to get Sting out of there before stepping through the front door.

"...he's suffered enough." Lector tried to appease her. Minerva's eyebrow arched.

"What did he do?" She repeated, losing patience. Rogue walked up to them. Minerva wondered what he would do. Honestly, it all depended on how upset he was at whatever Sting did and how upset he though Minerva would be about it. If he was upset and thought she would be less upset than him, he would tell her, otherwise, he would deflect blame away from Sting, sometimes onto himself, or keep his silence.

"Natsu dared him to chug them and Gajeel pressured him into following through. You could probably catch up to them if you left now." Rogue told her flatly. He knew that given Wendy's call, Erza would likely pick them up, and Minerva wouldn't fight her over this. But Minerva didn't know Erza would be there, so...

"What led to this?" Minerva sighed, letting it go. If Rogue was going to go out of his way to defend Sting, then she wouldn't push it.

"We were playing Truth or Dare." Rogue admitted. Minerva felt her eyes sparkle.

"Tell you what," she said, putting on a facade of generosity, "You get Sting to put together another game today, and I'll forgive him."

"Wait, really?" Sting's head popped around the doorway.

"Yes." "Consider it done!"

-

Rufus tried to contain his grin when he thought about all the fascinating instances he would be able to memorize. This guild had become so much more fun since Jiemma had been dethroned. Orga had turned on the music, which wasn't his cup of tea, but well...

The phrase 'cup of tea' brought his attention to something he had been struggling to ignore. While waiting for Sting to convince Dobengal to watch the cats, Yukino had brought out the ice tea. Now, ice tea wasn't exactly Rufus' thing, but the way she and Rogue consumed it was an insult to tea across the board. He threw a quick glare at the duo, who were muttering about something, likely regretting the life decisions that led them there.

"Do you want some tea, Rufus? We have extra mugs." Rogue offered, noticing Rufus' gaze. Yukino smiled widely, the influence of the Princess rubbing off on her. Rufus knew she knew. And she knew he knew. She knew damn well that one does not drink ice tea from the teapot. She was mocking him. But vengeance would be his.

"I'm fine, thanks Rogue." Rufus politely declined. He was pretty sure that Rogue thought that regular tea was just boiled ice tea, and the entire guild had agreed not to tell him otherwise, and had sworn Rufus to secrecy.

Orga was pumped to finally be playing truth or dare. It was a staple of the high school dramas he so enjoyed, despite never having gone to high school. This would be so much fun.

While he waited for the game to start, he watched Yukino. The silver-haired beauty was talking to Rogue, grimacing and chuckling at words Orga couldn't hear. They were good friends now, at least he thought so, but he wanted to be more. But he remembered the person he had been, back when they had first met, and how he had acted when she had been expelled from the guild she had worked so hard to join. The fact that they had managed to become friends, that Yukino had forgiven everyone and moved past it, was already nothing short of a miracle.

His eye caught Minerva's, who was also watching her, and Orga's heart sank. Yet another reason he couldn't bring himself to make a move on Yukino. He never stood a chance, not when his competition was Sabertooth's strongest mage. Did that mean he would give up without trying? Hell no! Orga was no coward. He was just a realist.

Finally, Sting came running down the stairs with an armful of snacks.

"Okay, I'm ready! Is everyone here?" Sting asked. Everyone was. "We doing this by last name again?"

At least he wouldn't be first this time. Opposite him, Yukino shifted.

"I mean, sure." She agreed, worried as to what she was getting into.

"Truth or dare?" Sting asked.

"Truth?"

"Truth it is. Did you eat my sandwich last Monday?" Sting asked.

"What? No!" Yukino protested. "Why would you think that?"

"No reason. It just had to be someone." Sting shrugged.

"Dude, it's just a sandwich!" Orga complained.

"Rogue made it!"

"He makes, like, half of the food you eat!" Orga pointed out.

"Rogue, truth or dare?" Yukino asked hurriedly, before things could escalate further

"Truth."

"Boring." Minerva booed.

"Tell me that again in two rounds, without picking truth." Rogue dared her, knowing who would be giving her the dares.

"What would you say was the biggest mistake made during yesterday's truth or dare game?" Yukino asked.

"Wendy wasted her free hit on Sting." Rogue said. Sting squawked in protest.

"Are you saying she should have hit me harder?"

"I'm saying that I would have, in her position."

"You little...! Just you wait!" Sting threatened, not sure what he was planning to do.

"Truth or dare, honey?" Rogue asked smugly.

"Dare."

"Call Gajeel and tell him Wendy forgot Sherria's and her bracelets at our place." Rogue said.

"What kind of weak-ass dare is that?" Orga protested.

"Saves me from doing it." Rogue said, not wanting to be the first person to give a mean dare. Sting was already dialing.

"Gajeel! Just wanted to let you know that Wendy forgot something at our place.

Oh, I'm the one calling because Rogue didn't want to. Think he's getting spoiled. Tiara got to his head.

I'm kidding, I'm kidding. Bye!" Sting hung up, looking like Gajeel had threatened to kick his ass. Minerva chuckled.

"Rufus, truth or dare?" Sting asked. Rufus thought for a moment.

"Truth, if you will."

"Did you eat my sandwich?" Sting asked. Orga groaned.

"I'll make you another one if you let this go." Rogue pleaded. Sting smirked.

"If you ask nicely, I'll consider it."

"You want me to beg you to let me make you a sandwich?" Rogue asked, his voice getting dangerously low.

"This is a major slight against the master of the second strongest guild in Fiore. It would take a lot to convince me to stop investigating." Sting explained, worried his teasing had gone too far. Rogue didn't respond, pouring himself another mug of ice tea. "Okay, I'm sorry. I should have just said no."

"Orga, truth or dare?" Rufus decided to hurry the game along while things were still going alright.

"Dare, I'm no pussy." Orga said, glancing at Rufus, Rogue and Yukino.

"Get him good, Rufus." Yukino said grimly. Shit. Crap. He was supposed to be wooing her. Rufus glared at her.

"Make out with the two hottest people in the room for one minute each." Rufus said snidely.

"Score!" Orga said, though dying inside. He had a choice to make. Kiss Yukino or don't kiss Yukino.

"I'm not kissing you." A certain Guildmaster said.

"Yeah, cause you look like shit." Orga snapped. He though he was attractive. "Give me a sec, I need to think about this."

To him, Yukino was the most beautiful, no question. Second and third were Rogue and Minerva, respectively. So his options were his crush, his boss' boyfriend and his romantic rival. Fucking stellar.

"Fine. Yukino and Rogue then." Orga sighed. Minerva might just kill him if he picked her, and that way he was doing the dare properly.

"Sting?" Rogue asked.

"He's right, you're hot. But we're making out after that." Sting said. Rogue shrugged.

Okay. Cool. Co-co-co-cool. He was just going to make out with his crush and former crush (What could he say? Kindhearted people were his type, whether they showed it or not.) No big deal. He was cool. He was suave. He had his shit together. It wasn't as if he'd never kissed anyone before, he'd done it quite often.

Rogue cocked his head, inviting him to go for it. Okay. He wasn't going to die from doing this. Orga leaned in, cupping Rogue's face. He could feel Sting's eyes piercing his skull. Shit. He was so dead.

Well. This was awkward. Thank goodness he was going to be kissing Sting afterwards. He could hear every second on the timer. Orga's tongue moved around in his mouth, but for some reason, it wasn't the same as with Sting. Still, Rogue made an effort to kiss him back, not wanting to make this more awkward. Finally, the timer went off. Rogue got up and went to Sting, who grinned at him.

"How was it?" Sting asked in Dravic, their native language. Unlike Rogue, he had some experience with other people. Rogue had never felt attracted to anyone but Sting. Seemed like that still held true.

"Wasn't feeling it. Can we make out now?" Rogue asked, more bluntly than he usually would.

"Hell yeah we can." Sting said, switching back to Fiori.

He leaned in to kiss Rogue, and soon they weren't paying attention to the game.

Yukino and Orga, meanwhile, looked at each other. Yukino gave Minerva, who was watching her avidly, and Rogue, who wasn't, a quick look. Well then. She turned back to Orga, leaning in to kiss him gently. He kissed back, passionately, a bit more than she had expected him to. After the minute was up, they broke apart.

"Minerva, truth or dare?" Orga asked.

"Dare." After trash talking Rogue, she had no other choice. Not that Rogue would know, being otherwise occupied.

Orga thanked his ancestors for picking a surname that began with N, narrowly beating out his rival's O.

"I dare you to stick chewed gum halfway down your hair. Then stay still for one minute." Orga said.

"What the fuck." Minerva asked. "Give me another one."

"Chicken. Do you want everyone her to think you're a coward?" Orga taunted her.

"Orga, that's disgusting!"

"Chicken."

"Ooooooh! Is someone chickening out? Who is it? Is it Rufus?" Sting broke away from Rogue to jump on the chaos train. The only train he'd touch.

"Minerva's a chicken." Orga said.

"Fuck you! I'm doing it!" Minerva looked irate.

"What's the dare?" Rogue asked.

"Orga told her to stick gum halfway up her hair." Yukino informed him.

"Ew. That's awful. You can't get that out." Rogue cringed, remembering the time some kids had stuck gum in his hair, near his scalp, before he had learned to shadow travel. He ran his fingers through his hair, still able to feel it. Sting grabbed his hand and ruffled his hair before turning to Minerva.

"This whole thing was your idea. But go do it in another room. Orga can go with you to check you're doing it." She had coerced him into this game, and now she could reject the dare in front of everyone.

"Can't we use the rule you made up for Wendy?" Rogue asked, running his hands through his hair again.

Minerva resigned herself. She wouldn't have Rogue begging for her to be let off after mocking him for playing it safe. Her ego wouldn't take it. Before Sting could answer, she got up.

"Where's the gum?" Orga handed it to her, and she popped it in her mouth. Farewell to her gorgeous midnight locks, she thought, moving to the next room. Orga followed her. "You'd better not let me catch you alone before my hair grows back."

"I won't. Sorry. I figured you'd chicken out." Orga fumbled. Minerva took a deep breath and stuck the gum into her hair. Maybe having short hair would be nice. Yukino had short hair. Perhaps she could ask Yukino for tips on taking care of it. That would be a nice bonding experience.

"After all this time, you think me a coward, Orga Nanagear?" Minerva asked, waiting for the time to tick away.

"Nah. Hoped you'd be though. Would give me a better shot with Yukino." He admitted. Minerva huffed.

"Because you think dickheads are her type?"

"Pretty sure she had a crush on Sting back in the day." Orga deflected.

"She doesn't anymore, does she? Pretty sure she likes Rogue." Minerva said sadly. Orga chortled.

"Yeah, well, pretty sure most of the guild has had a crush on him at some point." He said.

That was certainly a conversation. Not one he particularly wanted to be overhearing, mind you. Rogue tried to focus on other sounds, but they all blurred together, overwhelming him. Shit. Turn it off. Ah. He was stuck like that. Oh well. At least he couldn't hear that conversation as clearly.

Minerva rushed to the bathroom to scrape out the gum as soon as the minute was up, hoping to dislodge it with water. After a few minutes, she accepted that she was just making it worse and decided to bite the bullet. Taking a pair of scissors, she hacked it off, trying to keep it straight but failing completely. Sighing, she made her way back to the group.

"Yukino, truth or dare?" Minerva asked tiredly.

"Truth?" She said hesitantly, eyeing Minerva's choppy hair with guilt. She should have protested on Minerva's behalf. "No, Dare!"

"You sure? Okay. Dare it is." Minerva said, thinking for a moment. "Eat an entire box of cereal. Any cereal, but it has to be a whole box."

Sting offered her one of his many boxes, which he appeared to be stockpiling. She would ask Rogue about it later.

About halfway through the box, she was already sick of fruit loops. But Yukino Aguria wasn't a quitter. She soldiered on, braving the sickly sweetness of the cereal.

"Chug Chug Chug!" Sting encouraged her. Emboldened, she tipped the box back and forced down the last few mouthfuls. "You did it! Good job!"

"...Rogue. Truth or dare?" Yukino asked, knowing the answer.

"Truth."

"So, you know those zombie movies? Who do you think would be the first to die and last to survive, and why?" She asked after a while.

"With magic?"

"No. No magic."

Rogue had to think about it. Honestly, the only person he had faith might survive for even a month without any of their magic was Sting, owing to his superior strength and constitution. But the first?

"Rufus and Sting, respectively." He said bluntly. Rufus tried not to be offended. "Sting, truth or dare?"

"Dare."

"...uh. Hop around the room on one leg?" Rogue said after pausing for way too long.

"I think we should switch the order up. I know Sting is dying to ask people about his sandwich." Rufus suggested.

"Good idea!" Sting exclaimed, hopping around the room. He came across an obstacle in the form of a stool, which he jumped on top of instead of hopping around it.

"I could live with that." Minerva said, throwing Orga a dirty look. The other three shrugged neutrally.

"Reverse order?" Yukino suggested.

"Nope. Not happening." Orga vetoed.

"Not taking a dare from Orga." Rufus agreed.

"Age?" Minerva suggested, eyeing Orga slyly.

"Works for me." Rogue said. The others agrees.

"Oldies first." Minerva said smugly. "Orga, truth or dare?"

"Truth."

"Kiss, Marry, Kill. Rogue, Laxus and Yukino." Minerva said, giving a list of Orga's most recent crushes.

"Kiss Rogue, Marry Yukino, Kill Laxus." Orga gritted out, death glaring his rival.

"Minerva, you're next, right?" Sting asked, knowing she was only two years younger than Orga, which made her two years older than him, the next person in line. She nodded. "Truth or dare?"

"Dare." How bad could it be?

"Try to fit as many ice cubes as possible in your mouth and keep them there until they melt -No chewing!" Sting's eyes shone sadistically. Minerva complied, successfully cramming 8 ice cubes into her mouth and silently communicating to Rufus to give Sting hell. The cold seeped into her tongue, to the point where it was painful, but Minerva would pull through.

"Sting, truth or dare?" Rufus asked.

"Dare."

"Grab one person here and help them with their love lives." Rufus dared.

"Okay. Yukino, come with me." Sting lead Yukino to the rooftop, where not even Rogue would hear. "Spill the tea."

"Um... Okay... I like Minerva, like, a lot, but I've started noticing Orga too and that just makes it so much more complicated because I know he likes me, and I kinda like him, but I really, really like Minerva but I don't know if she likes me back and I don't know what to do." Yukino rambled, letting it all off her chest.

"Wow. Sounds complicated. Look, Minerva definitely likes you. Huuuge crush. Would totally let you step on her. Don't worry about that part. I don't know what to tell you about Orga though. Maybe talk to them, or have Rogue talk to them. Tell them how you feel. Tell Orga that you like him, but you feel more attracted to Minerva. Tell Minerva that you do have feelings for Orga, but you really like her. That she's the one you're more interested in. Just let them know. I'm worried that they've already started fighting over you." Sting said, hoping he wasn't spewing bullshit.

"You know...I think you're right. I should talk to them. Thanks."

"No worries. What else are friends for?"

"I'll keep that in mind in case Rogue ever picks dare." Yukino promised.

"Rufus, truth or dare?" Rogue asked.

"Truth."

"Why didn't you answer Sting's question when he asked about his sandwich?" Rogue had only just realized that in the chaos, Rufus had managed to evade the question.

"I forgot." The memory mage answered.

"YOU! You ate my sandwich! My poor sandwich!" Sting jumped up from where he had just sat down.

"Look, it was a tasty looking sandwich, and I had just pulled an all-nighter! I'm sorry, but what's a man supposed to do?" Rufus defended himself.

"Was it worth it?" Sting said coldly.

"Yes." "Right answer. We're cool."

"Just like that?!" Orga exclaimed.

"Yeah." Sting said.

"Rogue, truth or dare?" Yukino asked.

"Truth."

"Would it kill you to pick something else?" Minerva asked.

"No."

Yukino needed to convince Rogue to pick dare next time. What could she ask him. While she thought, Sting got up to get some snacks.

"Who have you thought about having sex with, other than Sting? Name all of them." She asked. This would work.

"No one." Rogue responded immediately.

"I call bullshit!" Orga interjected.

"Yeah, same." Rufus said.

"Come on, Rogue, tell us." Minerva insisted. "You'll have to do a punishment otherwise."

"But I'm telling the truth!" Rogue defended himself.

"There's nothing wrong with thinking about other people that way, Rogue." Yukino reassured him.

"I never said there was. I just said I didn't."

"Bullshit, everyone does." Orga retorted, getting annoyed.

"Why is it so hard to believe that Sting is the only person I want to do anything with?!" Rogue raised his voice despite himself. Why didn't they believe him?

"Because that's not how that works. Rogue, you have nothing to be ashamed of." Rufus said gently. Rogue must have been feeling guilty about his attraction to other people and buried it.

"Except for lying when you picked truth." Minerva said.

"I'm not lying." Rogue snapped.

"Rogue, who is it? Is it Gajeel?" Yukino asked, trying to get to the bottom of what was stopping Rogue from telling them.

"What's wrong with you people? I've never wanted to do anything with anyone else, deal with it!" Rogue said heatedly, trying to get his volume back under control.

"You don't have to tell us. You can just do the punishment instead. Just let it go." Rufus said evenly, trying to calm the upset Dragonslayer down.

"You guys let it go!" Rogue retorted. The door burst open, revealing Sting, without the snacks he'd gone to get. He'd dropped everything when he'd heard Rogue shouting.

"What happened?" Sting snarled.

"Rogue got caught lying on his truth and keeps denying it." Orga said.

"I'm not lying! Why is that so hard to understand?" Rogue's voice cracked under the strain of his emotions.

"We told you, Rogue, it's nothing to be ashamed of." Yukino said gently.

"I never said it was! Why can't any of you listen?"

"Then tell a more believable lie. Come on. We can skip the punishment if you're going to be that upset about it, just admit that you were lying." Rufus said, unable to understand Rogue's insistence on this one lie.

Sting shot his guildmates a withering look, pulling Rogue behind him.

"Yukino. What was the question?" The Guildmaster asked coldly.

"Watch your tone." Minerva warned him.

"I asked him to name all the people he thought about having sex with, other than you, and he said-" Yukino started.

"Thank you." Sting interrupted her, seeing where this was going. Gently, he turned to Rogue. "What did you tell them, sweetie?" Sting rarely used nicknames. He only really used them ironically (Darling, Honey, sometimes Dimples) or when comforting him (Sweetie). He took Rogue's hand and squeezed it.

"I told them that I never though of anyone but you that way. They didn't believe me." Rogue said, still not understanding the issue here.

"See, he's clearly lying. You've thought about other people too, right? We all have. We're trying to find out why he's feeling so guilty about it." Orga explained, concerned for his friend.

"Well yeah, I have. Rogue knows that. But I'd have been more surprised if he said he had been attracted to someone else. I believe him, so mind your business." Sting said, keeping his hold on Rogue, who leaned into him. Sting adjusted his grip so that they would be more comfortable.

"But that's not how it work though? So why do you believe him?" Orga didn't seem to have gotten the message. Sting turned to Rogue.

"Sweetie, do you mind if I try to explain?" He asked. Rogue shrugged. "I need a yes or a no."

"You can try to tell them. Don't think they'll believe you." Rogue said. Yukino's heart broke at his defeated tone. They'd overstepped. She was sure of it.

"...Rogue-" Yukino started, unsure of what to say, what to do with his broken trust. Rogue's eyes flickered over to look at her for a moment before looking away. Sting settled the two of them onto the couch, running his fingers through Rogue's hair.

"For a long time, we both thought that Rogue didn't like people that way. Sexually. After we got rid of Jiemma, he realized that he was in love with me and we started going out. He wasn't particularly averse to sleeping with me, or kissing or anything, but he wasn't big on it either. He just liked being close to me, and he didn't mind what form that took. Then a couple of months ago, he told me that he was starting to feel these new feelings towards me, and that's where we are now. So honestly, I strongly doubt he would think about having sex with anyone else for a few years, if ever. So yeah, I believe him." Sting glared at them, daring them to refute him. He'd left out so much, like Rogue's fears that Sting wouldn't want him if Rogue wasn't interested in sleeping with him, or Sting's pining back when he believed that his love for Rogue could never be returned. It had been hard to get to the point they had reached, and Sting didn't appreciate how carelessly their friends had reopened those wounds.

Rogue leaned into Sting, amazed at how concisely his beloved had managed to explain what he had felt, or in some cases not felt. He could see the guilt on his friends faces.

"I'm so sorry, Rogue." Yukino apologized, trembling.

"You didn't know..." Rogue said. Maybe he should have told them. He hadn't thought it necessary. As though reading his mind, Sting leaned closer.

"It's not your fault. It's your business." He whispered. Rogue smiled softly at him, making Sting's eyes brighten.

"My bad, Rogue." Orga said. "I shouldn't have been so aggressive. I just didn't think."

"I apologize too. I had heard of people in similar situations, but they had slipped my mind." Rufus apologized.

"I'm sorry." Minerva said.

Silence fell over the friend group, as they waited for someone to say something. Finally, Orga broke the silence.

"Yukino. Truth or dare?"

"Dare." And so the game continued.

"Go outside the guildhall and try to summon rain." Orga said. Yukino got up, and Rufus went with her to make sure she followed through.

How does one go about summoning rain? Yukino wasn't sure. She stood there, trying to think of a ritual.

"Rain, Rain, come this way! For today is the promised day!" She chanted, crouching down and standing up again. She repeated the chant a couple of times, until suddenly: Fwoosh. The rain came pouring down, drenching her, Rufus, and everyone else in the area.

"Holy moly macaroni, it actually worked!" Yukino gasped in amazement. Rufus looked stunned, trying to soak this moment into his memory.

As quickly as it had come, the rain cleared, revealing Gajeel and Juvia from Fairy Tail.

"Juvia has never heard someone praying for rain." Juvia said, smiling.

"What're you twerps doing?" Gajeel asked.

"Playing truth or dare." Yukino explained.

"So Lightbulb found more victims. Lucky him." Gajeel grumbles, massaging his arms.

"Juvia would like to have a word with your Guildmaster and Gajeel came to pick up the belongings Wendy left behind." Juvia said, a little menacingly.

"I wouldn't right now if I were you..." Yukino warned her. "Some of us have made some... bad decisions recently."

She and Rufus led Gajeel and Juvia back to Sting and Rogue's apartment.

"We saw the rain! How did you- Oh. Hi Juvia, Gajeel." Orga started excitedly, but trailed off as his question answered itself.

"Juvia wishes to talk to Sting about the 'plank incident'." Juvia said.

"Hey Rogue, where are the bracelets? And why aren't ya wearing your tiara?" Gajeel teased.

"The bracelets are on the counter and I put the circlet in a box so that it wouldn't get damaged." Rogue said, not moving from his position curled up at the Glowstick's side. He looked tired, no, more than that, he looked weary. Gajeel would have to call later to ask what was wrong. Or maybe not. Maybe he'd drop by in a few days.

"Look, the plank was Wendy's idea. Talk to her." Sting defended himself to the angry water mage.

"So it was Wendy's idea to double the amount of turns Gajeel had to wait?" Juvia asked.

"She dodged her truth so I gave her a break. I didn't realize what that meant for Gajeel until later." Sting lied. Juvia didn't seem happy with the response, but Gajeel stepped between them.

"It's all good, 'Via. Let's get these back to Little Blue before she realizes they're missing." Letting his friend beat up Rogue's boyfriend would not make matters better, in Gajeel's mind. "See you around!"

"Bye!" Sting said, while Rogue waved.

"Orga. Truth or dare?" Minerva asked.

"Dare."

"Act like a dog until Rufus' turn."

"Woof." Orga dropped to the floor.

"Minerva, truth or dare?" Sting said, fighting to keep a straight face.

"...Truth."

"What is the sexiest thing about each person here?"

"Wowowoof." Orga struggled to make his laugh sound like a bark.

"Very well. Rufus' is his hair. It's very well taken care of. Sting's is his abs. Orga's is his...um...his. Give me a minute." Minerva struggled. Unable to tell her off, Orga growled at her. She chuckled. "His commitment to the bit. Rogue, um, hard to say. His eyes or his scar. The one on his nose. Yukino..." Minerva steeled herself. "Everything."

Yukino blushed scarlet and covered her face.

"Sting, truth or dare?" Rufus asked.

"Truth."

"If this was a story, what would everyone's role be and what kind of story is it?" Oh. This was a good one, actually. Option one was a romcom, with Yukino, Orga and Minerva in a love triangle and the other three as side characters. Option two was that Sting was the main character in a sitcom and Rogue was his love interest. He could see it now: 'The Guild'.

"Well, obviously, this would be a sitcom about a guild. I'm the main character, Rogue is my love interest and a fan favorite, Orga is the office prankster that fans write two hour academic dissertations about, going into depth about whether of not he went too far, Minerva is the office Karen, Rufus is the know it all and Yukino is the new recruit I have to show around." Sting declared confidently.

"I may need to speak to your manager about that one." Minerva joked.

"Guess what, bestie? I am the manager!" Sting declared.

"Bow Wow Bitches! It's Rufus' turn." Orga thundered.

"Rufus, truth or dare?" A now largely recovered Rogue asked.

"Dare, for a change."

"Call Gray and tell him you knocked up Orga's girlfriend and you're freaking out because he thinks it's his." Sting suggested.

"No. Why would I dare him to do that?" Rogue asked.

"Because you're cute when you're mean." Sting grinned. He'd decided to subtly implement compliments like that when it had become apparent that Rogue had been bottling up anything that could be perceived as negative even more after the dragon attack on Crocus, led by his future self. As far as Sting could tell, it had helped, and Rogue hadn't noticed him doing it. Besides, it was true. Rogue blushed as red as his eyes, but tried to hide it behind his bangs. Cute.

"Do a handstand." Rogue ordered.

"I don't think I can."

"Try. If you can't, have someone assist you."

Rufus sighed and tried, not even getting close. "Orga! Help me, please." Rufus panicked as Orga guided his legs up until he was upright, standing on his hands. The blood started to rush to his head, causing him to collapse, but Orga caught him. "Thanks."

"Alright Rogue, truth or dare?" Yukino asked.

"Dare."

"Don't stop touching Sting for the rest of the game." She said.

"Can do." Rogue hummed. Sting put his arm around Rogue, promising to make sure of it.

"Yukino! Truth or dare?" Orga asked.

"Dare."

"Call someone outside of this group, pretend it's their birthday and sing them 'Happy Birthday'." Orga said. On the one hand, she could call Lucy, and they could laugh it off. On the other, Queen Hisui also had a communication lacrima and it would be way funnier.

"This is Hisui. Is that you, Yukino?" Hisui asked.

"~Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you~

~Happy Birthday, dear Hisui, Happy Birthday to you~" Yukino sang awkwardly before hurriedly hanging up.

"You know, when I said call someone, I didn't mean the Queen of Fiore, right?" Orga asked, concerned.

"You didn't tell her not to." Minerva retorted. "Now, will it be truth or dare?"

"Dare."

"Scare one person, other than me, in the next ten minutes. Make it a surprise." Minerva said.

"As good as done."

"Minerva, truth or dare?" Sting asked.

"Dare."

"Let Yukino cut and style your hair." Sting said. Both women's faces lit up before turning bright red.

Yukino led Minerva too the bathroom and reached for the scissors that Minerva had left on the sink. She had Minerva sit on the edge of the bathtub as she brushed out the uneven hair.

"I think this would be easier if your hair was wet. Do you mind?" Yukino asked. Minerva didn't, and wet her hair. Yukino got to work, noting that the back was considerably shorter than the front. "Do you want it to be even or do you want the front to be longer, like, with a gradient?" Yukino asked. She thought that the sharper cut would suit Minerva better, but it was pretty bold and she didn't want to do it without permission.

"Do what you think will look nicer. I trust you." Minerva smiled at that, and Yukino felt like her heart would explode as she looked into those deep green eyes. Emboldened, she went for the sharper cut.

Minerva looked in the bathroom mirror, barely recognizing herself. Her hair looked sharp, elegant and so... her. She could feel the tears welling in her eyes at how well Yukino had understood her, had captured her heart, in more ways than one. "It's beautiful, Yukino."

"Not as beautiful as you." The words just slipped out. Yukino felt her face heat up with embarrassment. "Sorry." She looked up to find Minerva's lip trembling, her cheeks flushed red and her eyes welling with tears.

"You're the best!" Minerva choked out. Uncertain, Yukino opened her arms a bit, inviting Minerva into a hug. It took her a moment to process the invitation, but when the though finally registered, she all but collapsed into Yukino's arms, letting the celestial mage hold her close. She was warm, as much as Minerva had known her to be.

They sat for a while, Minerva clinging to Yukino as she cried. Yukino traced patterns on her back, in the shape of the constellations she wielded.

"I-I don't know if this is the right time, but... I like you. Romantically. I've liked you for a while, but well, I like Orga too, and I didn't know what to do. But when I was talking to Sting, and he told me you liked me back, I realized that it's you. I want to go out with you. Will you go out with me?" Yukino asked, hoping that this wasn't wildly inappropriate. Minerva huddled closer to her.

"I'd like that. When do you want to go?" Minerva couldn't quite believe what was happening. Yukino liked her back, and more importantly, Yukino Aguria had asked her out. This was the best day of her life, possibly tied with the day her father had died and Sting and Rogue had invited her back to Sabertooth. It was a good day, to be sure.

"As soon as I've cleared the air with Orga. He's my friend, after all. I owe him that much."

They left a few moments later, and Sting gave them a discreet thumbs up, while Rogue smiled proudly at them. Shit. They had forgotten about the Dragonslayers' heightened senses. Oh well. It couldn't be helped.

"Sting, truth or dare?"

"Dare."

"Make us some pancakes. I'm hungry." Rufus demanded. Sting smiled goodnaturedly. It would be hard to be annoyed when he had Rogue clinging to him. Sting took his hand and got up to make the pancakes.

"Right, I need both my hands, so hold on to me, okay Rogue?" Sting asked, making sure Rogue wouldn't fail his dare. Rogue smiled and hugged him from behind, using the one inch of height he had on Sting to peer over his shoulder to watch him work.

With the pancakes done, they sat back down to enjoy the food.

"Rufus, truth or dare?"

"Truth, after last time."

"Sorry." Rogue said, with minimal regret. "What would you have done if I had gone with Sting's suggested dare?"

"I would have killed you and forced him to spend the rest of his life mourning you." Rufus said.

"Glad that didn't happen. Wouldn't wanna lose you." Sting said. "But, like, really?"

"No, I would have done it and then avoided Gray for the rest of eternity." Rufus amended.

"Don't you already do that?" Sting asked. Rufus wished his Guildmaster hadn't noticed. Due to an unresolved incident involving Gray's house-key, Rufus had been avoiding him, but no one knew about that and Rufus intended to keep it that way.

"Rogue, truth or dare?" Yukino asked.

"Dare."

"Let Sting carry you everywhere until tomorrow night."

"Why would you make him do that? What could he possibly have done to upset you like that?" Rogue protested, embarrassed at the idea of making Sting do yet more things for him.

"Oh, trust me, I don't mind at all." Sting saw the dare for what it was, an excuse to spend a whole day holding Rogue. What was there to complain about?

"Let's just say I owe him one. Or a bunch." Yukino smiled, looking at Minerva. Rogue accepted that. If Sting didn't mind, who was Rogue to complain? He could live with spending a day being held. "I'll watch the cats for you."

"Yukino, truth or dare?" Orga was pretty sure it would be the last turn for today, it was pushing 5pm. He could tell that something had changed between Yukino and Minerva, he wasn't stupid.

"Dare."

"Two truths, one lie. Have us guess the lie."

"I love baking. I like to sing. I want to see a meteor shower."

"Three." Orga, Rufus and Sting said.

"Two." Rogue and Minerva said.

"It's two." Yukino revealed.

They game ended, and Sting carried Rogue to his office to do some paperwork. Meanwhile, Orga and Yukino went to the top of the Guildhall.

"I need to talk to you." Yukino said with determination.

"About my feelings for you?" Orga guessed. Yukino smiled.

"Yeah. I do like you, but I like Minerva more. I think I might love her. I'm sorry."

"Well, it happens. You can't really control who you like. But now that that's been said; Let's party!" Orga suggested?

"Come again?"

"Yeah! Two of my friends just got together, and you think I'm not gonna celebrate? It's party time."

"I'm not sure Minerva would want to have a party like that right now, not if it's explicitly about that. I think she would come to a normal party though." Yukino compromised.

"Good enough for me! I'm gonna get it sorted."

Orga couldn't deny that the rejection stung a bit, of course it did. But he hadn't been lying when he had said he was happy for them. To cheer himself up, he would do what he enjoyed most: Plan a party. Maybe he could still use some company. Rufus liked planning. Maybe he'd enjoy helping him with this. Orga would be fine. He developed crushes quickly, though those crushes had the uncanny ability to get into loving relationships as soon as he acknowledged his feelings for them. But he wasn't worried. He was only in his twenties, after all. He had ages. Eventually, one of the loving relationships his crushes found would be with him. Until then, he would party it up!

Rogue looked at the predicted expenses Rufus had submitted for Orga's impromptu party. It was cheaper than the typical guild parties, thanks to the careful budgeting that had been done. Rufus and Orga worked well together.

"Do you want to go to the party?" He asked Sting, who was working on the paperwork.

"'Course! If you don't mind me carrying you in front of everyone, that is." Sting responded, glad to have a distraction from the paperwork.

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Sting Eucliffe: Hogwarts AU

Sting Eucliffe is a Half-Blood wizard that was born on the 25th of April 1985 and started attending Hogwarts on the 1st of September 1996, being sorted into Gryffindor house.

He is a childhood friend of Natsu Dragneel due to the friendship between their fathers, with Sting looking up to Natsu as an older brother.

After their parents were killed in an accident at the Dragon Reserve they worked at, they were sent to the Fairy Tail Orphanage but Sting and his best friend Rogue was adopted by the Ministry worker Jiemma Orland early on.

After getting adopted by him, he and his adopted siblings suffered from severe abuse from their adopted father who wanted to see which one was the strongest so he could choose that kid as his heir in the Wizengamot.

It was during this time, that Sting and Rogue found the Kneazle kittens Lector and Frosch who they adopted and raised together as a way to shield themselves from their adopted father's abuse.

Their adopted father was eventually arrested for the abuse and for being a Death Eater, causing Sting and his adopted siblings to go back to the Fairy Tail Orphanage much to their relief.

During his Hogwarts years, he was one of the school's top pranksters and had a fierce rivalry with Meredy Milkovich who was in the year ahead of him who rivaled him as the top prankster.

After graduating from Hogwarts, he became the guitarist for the SlayerZ for a while before he left to start working in the Department of Magical Sports with him eventually becoming the Head of the Department.

He also got married to Yukino Aguria who he had triplets with.

He has a Sycamore wand with a Dragon Heartstring Core.

His Patronus is a Swedish Short-Snout.

His favorite subjects are Defense Against the Dark Arts and Divination.

His least favorite subjects are History of Magic and Herbology.

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She hadn't directly HARMED any of her guildmates in the past. No, that would have earned her the wrath of JIEMMA ORLAND. Now, she had no reason to harm her guildmates, lest they fall out of line and forget exactly why she's the LADY of Sabertooth. Disrespect would be met with swift action, but she had YET to NEED to use such things against the people she called allies.

Then again, Minerva Orland didn't HAVE allies. She had people that WORSHIPPED her, and people who HATED her. If you weren't WITH her, you were AGAINST her.

Her smirk never FADES, and she lets a finger run through deep purple locks, detangling small knots that had formed throughout her daily activities.

"Oh? It seems I've earned myself the IRE of a FAIRY. Whatever will I do?" Tone is DRIPPING with sarcasm, and she REVELLED in seeing the effect she had on him. Sure, he had earned her wrath when he called her a coward, but NOTHING could compare to the absolute DELICIOUSNESS of seeing him get in her face, his anger practically RADIATING off of him.

If there was one thing Minerva knew she'd never tire of, it was angering Fairies.

"Lucy -- Lily -- IT'S ALL THE SAME TO ME. She really SHOULD keep better hold of those TOOLS of hers. It was FAR too easy to TAKE them from her. She was practically GIVING them to me." Yes, she was rubbing salt in the wound, but she couldn't help herself.

"And you listen here you little Sabertooth REJECT: If you DARE to cross me, it won't end well for you nor your guild. I've got prctically this whole damn guild wrapped around my little finger, and all I need to do is say BARK and they'll ask me HOW LOUD. Meanwhile your guild is one bad decision away from being disbanded. We can't say the same."

        the sight of that cocky grin on her face boiled a rage inside of him ever so slightly , the temperature starting to rise with the gesture she made towards him following it . the wicked witch , she believed herself to be so above others &. the thought of what she could have possibly done to her own guildmates behind closed doors bubbled intense anger in his blood .

        a guild was supposed to be a family , not one person exploiting those she believed to be weaker than her . it gave him intense flashbacks in his mind to his days under the boot of the Ringmaster . disgusting , vile actions that he could never understand .

        the mention of a certain blond girl he knew quite well was the match that lit the gasoline soaked stack of tinder . oh , he knew vaguely about what she had done . Lucy told him in brief passing what had occurred since he was absent at that specific event during the Grand Magic Games . the audacity to bring that up to him as if Lucy was nothing more than a peasant to her brought out an anger in him that few rarely seen .

        with vicious haste , he closed the distance between them until he was naught but a breath away from her face , his eyes alight with hatred . he wouldn't put hands on her , oh no , that would do more harm than good between their guilds . not to mention the fact that he would never hit a woman .

        ❛      her name is Lucy . you'd do well to listen to what i'm about to say because i am not going to repeat myself .      ❜ he maintains a rigid stillness , his voice clear . ❛      she told me about what you did to her . if you EVER mention her name around me , the suffering you caused her that day will PALE in comparison to what i will do to you . i will make you wish you were never born .      ❜

[ao3feed-stingue]

Miracles May Happen

by dragongodryss

Sting is a normal guy with a normal life. More or less. He lives with his grandparents, who are bakers. He goes to lycée and has dreams of a career in fashion. He has a crush and a ride-or-die best friend, but has to deal with Minerva and her clique. On the first day of the second year of lycée, he and his best friend Orga decide that enough is enough. They will destroy her clique. But they need to be careful, since Minerva's father is highly respected in the fashion industry. Rogue, the adopted son of Jiemma Orland, has finally convinced his father to let him attend school, under the pretext of developing social skills. At long last, he can go to school with his sister Minerva, but things keep going wrong. When one of their classmates transforms into a supervillain, they are forced to step up to defend Paris. But can they defeat Hawkmoth before he defeats them?

Words: 1824, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Fandoms: Fairy Tail

Rating: Not Rated

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: M/M

Characters: Sting Eucliffe, Rogue Cheney, Orga Nanagear, Minerva Orland, Yukino Aguria, Natsu Dragneel, Jiemma (Fairy Tail), Gajeel Redfox, Lucy Heartfilia, Makarov Dreyar, Rufus Lore, Jenny Realight, others mentioned - Character

Relationships: Rogue Cheney/Sting Eucliffe, Natsu Dragneel/Lucy Heartfilia, Rogue Cheney & Minerva Orland, Rogue Cheney & Gajeel Redfox, Yukino Aguria & Rogue Cheney, Yukino Aguria/Minerva Orland, Sting Eucliffe & Orga Nanagear, Sting Eucliffe & Natsu Dragneel

Additional Tags: Miraculous Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir AU, Miraculous Ladybug AU, fairy tail - Freeform, Very loose interpretation of MLB lore, Love square chenanigans, Cat Noir! Rogue, Mister Bug! Sting, One-sided Stingsu, mentions of abuse, Hawkmoth! Jiemma, Highschool AU, Bullying, angst with happy ending, Loss of Trust, Model! Rogue, Organiser! Minerva, Fashion Designer! Jiemma

Source:https://archiveofourown.org/works/55177738

[moreespressoformydepresso]

Trying to find a Fairy Tail fanfiction so if anyone could help that’d be amazing!

It’s basically a what-if where Jiemma ‘kills’ Rogue instead of Lector and Minerva uses Rogue as a hostage to motivate Sting. She also hurt him the way she hurt Milliana if I remember correctly. Anyone know which fic this is? Because I really wanna read it again but I can’t find it since it’s been a while since I returned to this fandom.

[gajeelenjoyer]

Okay so when I do my bad future series, one of the timelines is gonna have Erza wander into Jiemma instead of Makarov after escaping the Tower of Heaven, so she ends up a much crueler person--but still focused mainly on swordplay. Her MO is that she takes blades and armors from the people she defeats/and or kills, and after fighting for long enough, she ends up with the Mugetsu-Ryu that Ikaruga used, and this shoots her to the top of Sabertooth's class level. She gets along with Minerva really well, and she's COVERED in scars because she fights so much, since she's learned to fight for the thrill of it and the power it brings her.

yes yes YES YES

I headcanon that Minerva in the main story becomes rivals with Erza, her and Erza being an S-Class pair in this AU would be amazing.

I like to imagine Jiemma sees Erza as some kind of prodigy the way he did Minerva, based on her magic and how well she interacts with and keeps up with Minerva. (I also imagine it constantly strains their relationship for Minerva but it's unspoken 👀)

[reivun]

ivan's eyes narrowed. he was under the false impression that rogue cheney had some respect for others, but he supposed not. the tone was quite rude, while ivan himself attempted to go for a joke, for some sarcasm. he huffed and turned away from the brazen dragon slayer and back out at the landscape before them. four minutes and thirty four seconds of peace was better than zero minutes.

"so. your dragon taught you how to fight and you've honed those abilities well." ivan paused. "no time for manners, then, i see." truthfully, he had no idea who was around to teach cheney or eucliffe anything after their dragons. jiemma orland? ugh. if that was true, the attitude was well reflected then. they were as lost as poor young firey lad from fairy tail who had makarov. "nonetheless, welcome to the isolation area."

A large crowd of people was never something that Rogue was a big fan of which was funny considering how large Sabertooth itself was. The building was so huge outside the amount of people, much larger then needed in fact. Something he'd always enjoyed because it was a place that had it's little crook, corners & hide away places in it. The quiet far suited him at times when everything felt too loud in his head.

The place for the guild masters meeting was just another place, getting too loud for his tastes. So adventuring for that small spot where he could hide away for just a few quiet moments was what brought him outside. The night was quiet, perfectly silent as he wanted, under the moonlight. So he thought that was how it'd be for the time being until he spied the form of another figure here. Ivan Dreyar.

" And I was here second? Are we counting who had dibs on the quiet corner. "

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