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PvP (Pigeon vs Pigeon)
Laughing Dove
Spilopelia senegalensis
I don't know what was going on here. It appeared one was repeatedly pouncing on the other. Perhaps a mating display, competition for mates, competition for something else, or just play? If anyone knows, I would be interested.
Sky Edwards
2024
Canon R7
Canon EF 100-400 L IS USM
#ornithology#doves#birds#pvp#laughing doves#pigeons#bird photography#wildlife photography#pvp enabled
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Southern Laughing Dove Spilopelia senegalensis senegalensis
10/7/2023 San Diego Zoo, California
#southern laughing dove#laughing dove#laughing doves#dove#doves#columbidae#bird#birds#birdblr#captive animal#san diego zoo#san diego zoo safari park#zoo animals#zoo#zoo photography#photography#photographers on tumblr#original photography#nature photography#my photos
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Laughing dove (Spilopelia senegalensis).
#Spilopelia senegalensis#laughing dove#doves#pigeon#birds#birdcore#wildlife#nature#naturecore#ornithology#zoology#wildlife photography#birb#birblr
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It WaS sUppOsEd tO bE aBoUt sPiEs nOt sEx
#spys actually lmao#BLASPHEMY#people are seriously so unserious#why do you even watch tv bestie if you are disgusted so much with it these days#why don't you stick to films made 100 years before maybe đ€·ââïž#since that's obvs when you also live i guess#anyway go watch black doves everyone to see those men's buttocks âïž#black doves#tbd#btw if they call this pornography... i have to laugh actually
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đ„ș hi. I get so anxious asking for requests. So Iâm sorry if itâs weird. But could I please please Pleaseee get a ghost x fem reader. Hurt to comfort. They were on a mission and sheâs there for medic help. Not even to fight. But she got taken by the bad guys. And she gets tortured for information that she doesnât have. And they play mind games with her. Making her think that they will never come rescue her. They really fully break her body and break her mind by the end of it. But before she thinks sheâs about to finally die, Ghost and the others come and save her. And itâs about how the only person she feels safe with after all that is ghost and just him helping her heal and get back to the woman she was before all this. I want it to hurt my soul. đ but then thereâs hope at the end of it bc they have each other.
My Heart Will Go On
Don't be, I love when people ask me things, and I looooved this request so much!!! I too like to torturehave fun with my OC's :)
TW: Blood, torture, manipulation
Pairing: GhostxReader
Part 2
It wasnât supposed to happen like this. It wasnât supposed to happen at all, actually. It was just another mission, another day on the job. You went out with the boys as usual, their assigned medic as theyghost refused to work with anybody else. You werenât sure why. Maybe it was your soft demeanor, your gentle touch, the way you never judged himthem for anything hethey did. But whatever it was, they liked you, and so with them you went.
You hung back at the evac point, also as usual. Sitting in the truck, first aid kit on your lap, a comm in your ear as you listened to your boys and made sure they were all okay. It was a tense fight, gunshots and pained grunting filling your headset. You were on edge, rocking back and forth as you listened for your que to come in. In fact, you were so focused on the comms that you didnât even notice the danger you were in until it was too late.
Your first cue something was wrong was when the comms went silent. The sounds of battle filled your ears for hours before getting cut off abruptly. Your hand shot to the comm link, fiddling with it as you frantically tried to reconnect, worried something was wrong.
âGhost, do you copy?â
âGhost?â
âPrice?â
âGaz?â
âCan you hear me??â Your voice got more and more panicked as you got no response. You yanked the headset off and shrugged your vest on, kit in hand as you slid out of the truck.
Your second clue something was wrong was when you looked up to see the barrel of a gun pointed directly at your face. You didn't even have time to ask âwhatâ before everything went dark.
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âHello, princesa.â You blink hard as the blindfold is removed from your eyes. The light is blinding, the splitting headache you got from being pistol whipped only intensifying under the harsh lights.
âWho are you?â You manage after a moment, eyes slowly focusing on the man in front of you. He is large, easily over six foot, and built like an absolute unit. His face is covered by a black balaclava, though his scarred, tattooed forearms are on display.
âDonât play stupid with me.â His voice is deep and smooth, and if you werenât in the situation you are in you would have asked him to keep talking.
ââM not! I don't-"
âDonât lie to me Princesa. I donât like liars.â A shiver runs down your spine as his tone darkens.
âBut Iâm-â
âAh ah lovie, I am one asking questions here.â
âI wasnât ask-â
âSHUT UP!â You flinch back at the drastic change in tone, the sound sending bolts of pain through your skull.
âOh sorry Princesa, did that hurt?â Seriously, you are going to get whiplash from his bi-polar personality, âForgot you have concussion. Let's get you Advil for that and then we see if you talk, yeah?"
You watch with blurry vision as he leaves the room, slamming the door shut behind him. The sound sends waves of agony through your pounding head, and by the time you can focus again he's back.
All it takes is one well placed blow to the head, an attempt to get you to pay attention, and you're out like a light.
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âI donât know anything I swear! Please! I don't know anything!â The sobs tear raggedly out of your throat, already raw from screaming. Your voice is scratchy and broken, but still you can't stop begging.
âI donât know anythingâ You sob. Those words, I donât know, had become your motto over the past few daysweeks(?)
âOh Princesa. I know.â He croons, running a finger down your bruised face.
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Time was meaningless. Has it been 2 days since you were captured? Two weeks? Months? You donât know. Your meals come at staggered times, and your captors never come at a routine time. The lights turn on and off at staggered times, nothing in a set pattern, a system created to mess with your mind.
Not that you know that. This wasnât the kind of life you lived. You were a medic for heaven's sake. Your hands had been built to mend, to fix, to heal. Not to clutch at broken bones, to scratch against cement, to be chained and broken. You arewere a gentle creature, not designed for this world of torture and terror.
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"They no come for you." You moan as the words pound through your skull, nearly unintelligible.
"Wh'...y'say?" You mumble, voice scratchy and broken.
"You're friends, Princesa. They are no coming for you." He sighs and moves next you, prodding your side with his steel-toed boot, "You are replaceable, your skills are easily replicated, they no spend time and resources to find a simple medic."
"TheyâŠ'll c'me." You wheeze, refusing to belive that Price, that Gaz, that Soap, that Ghost, would just...leave you.
He laughs in response, digging his toe into your side until your gasping in pain.
"We shall see, Princesa. We shall see."
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You werenât built for this. Werenât built to recognize the manipulation, the mind games. Werenât built to survive the two-face man who was reshaping your brain. The man who was your greatest source of pain, but also your only friend. The man that flayed your flesh open, but soothed and bandaged you when it was all over. This man, who was slowly becoming the only thing you could trust in your unstable world. He may bring you unbearable pain, but he brought you comfort too.
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"That looks bad, Princesa." The man lightly touches the bones sticking out of your forearm. You whine in pain, clutching it to your chest. He chuckles, wiping your blood off on the cell floor.
"Let's get that fixed up, yeah?" His voice is soft, and gentle, and the nicest thing you've heard in a loooong time. His touch is the same, gentle caresses of bruised and broken skin, revolting and appealing at the same time.
Oh, it's utter agony as he sets and stitches your arm with no pain killers. You scream, back arching, lungs heaving, body seizing.
But after? Oh it's heaven. He holds you, cradling you against his warm body, making sure you don't go into shock, telling you you're a good girl, and that you've made him proud. You hate yourself for it, but you can't help but preen at the praise.
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He brings you a calendar. One month. Itâs been one month since you got taken.
âItâs been over a month.â He says, a deep voice tinged with pity, âand no sign of yourâŠfriends. Iâd give up being rescued if I were you, because they clearly have.â You can barely hear him as you stare at the paper in his hands, 31 days marked off with big, bright Xâs. 31 days that you have been trapped here. 31 days that your squadâŠhadnât come for you. Is he right? Are they really not coming? Did Ghost really give up on you? Are you-
âAy Princesa, I even did what you asked. I sent your squad pictures and videos that even the greenest tech member could pull some coordinates from, but nothing. Itâs like I said. Your âfriendsâ donât care for you. They are not coming for you. I am your only friend in this place. Tell me, who bandages your wounds, who feeds you, who makes sure your living space is comfortable?â
âY-you do.â You whisper uncertainty, âButâŠyou also hurt me, donât you?â
âOh Princesa, I wouldnât hurt ya if yâ would just listen. It not torture if you're disobedient. It's justâŠpunishment.â His voice is sickeningly sweet, âAnd you just back-talked me. Do you remember what happens when you try to give me sass?â
"I getâŠpunished." You mumble, cheeks flushing with shame.
"Obviously, you fucking idiot. I mean how."
"IâŠyouâŠI have to do affirmations."
"Look at that, y'r gettin' it!"
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"Say it again." He snarls. You sit in front of a mirror, face bruised, bleeding, and swollen.
"I 'm r'pl'c'able, my friendsâŠ're n-no'...c'min'...I 'm no' l'v'bleâŠI 'm r'pl'c'âŠable." You whisper for the hundredth time.
"Again."
"I 'm r'pl'c'able, my friends 're no'...c'min'...I 'm no' l'vable, I 'm r'pl'c'âŠable."
"Again!"
"I 'm r'pl'c'able, my friends 're no'...c'min'...I 'm no' l'vable, I 'm r'pl'c'âŠable."
He makes you keep going, repeating those 4 sentences until you literally can't make sound anymore, a fact he tests by seeing how much it takes to get you to scream. You pass out before he gets anywhere.
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"Ghost?"
"Simon?"
"Please."
"Why are you not coming for me?"
just FYI if the timing seems disjointed and the speech is wierd, that is intentiweird,
anyways I hope you liked it!!!!
#i hope you like it#cod fanfic#simon ghost riley#cod#ghost fanfiction#ghost x reader#cod x reader#angst#no beta we die like men#john soap mactavish#call of duty#i love torturing my ocs#tis time for torture princess#tw torture#dead dove do not eat#call of duty x reader#simon riley#simon riley x reader#simon ghost riley x reader#live laugh love angst#medic reader#soft reader#tortured reader
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One of Us is Guilty; Chapter 3
Three are now dead, but the killer seems to be caught ... but this night is not over until the room is found.
Characters; Vil Schoenheit, Rook Hunt, Azul Ashengrotto, Jade Leech, Silver, Cater Diamond
Content; Unreliable narrators, murder mystery
Content Warning; Death, murder, blood, anxiety, kidnapping, overall dead dove content warnings
Word Count; 1.1 K
Find this content triggering but still want to participate? Link to the Google Form to vote!
As a reminder, do not put my work â or others for that matter â into AI as it steals. Link to Masterlist
Prologue | Chapter 1 | Chapter 2 | Chapter 3 | Epilogue (Part 1) | Epilogue (Final)
The body count had risen to three; Dire Crowley, the Ramshackle Prefect (whose blood still stained the floor, the iron scent permeating the air), and now, Divus Crewel as well, the latest victim. One minute the professor was alive, shaking from anger that one of his students was killed on his watch and that he was the prime suspect of the killings. But now he was sprawled out on the ground, killed in an instant.
The remaining students â Vil, Rook, Azul, Jade, Silver, and Cater â were silent, processing what exactly had just happened. The lights had flickered only for a minute, and in that minute, the killer had struck. But the silence was broken by a deafening clap of thunder, lightning illuminating the windows, and bringing everyone back to the present, to their laughably horrible situation that they had found themselves in by sheer chance and bad luck and timing.
Silver sat down on the staircase, and put his head in between his legs, taking deep breaths. Despite his training, he did not consider that he would be witnessing death so soon. The small part of his brain that had a sliver of hope that his friend had survived their gruesome injury, but he was just lying to himself; no one could survive that.
Vil was pacing, hands clasped behind his back, and he was muttering to himself. He thought he could read people, what with being raised amongst the stars that hid behind too-sweet smiles that belied venomous words. What was there to gain from any of this?
Rook was cracking his knuckles, and then rubbing his eyes, trying to think of why this was happening. While he could appreciate the hunt, this was something entirely different. Yet, it also reminded him of several books; one being a murder mystery, and the other about the deadliest game, of hunting a fellow person.
Azul was shaking and biting his nails, his resolve long gone. Had he made himself the enemy of one of his peers? Was he going to be next? He was supposed to just be perfecting a potion recipe for the next test, yet he found himself way above his head.
Jade looked at Azul, taking in that his house warden and friend was shaking more than the leaves outside in the howling wind. He too was disturbed by the night's events, sick to his stomach even, but he couldnât show weakness, especially if he wanted to see it through.
And Cater? He was paler than a ghost, a cold sweat glistening on his forehead, and he felt like his heart was going to leap out of his throat. His cheery smile had left long ago, and now panic was fully starting to take control. Why? Why? Whywhywhy? WHY?! Yet he stayed silent.
No one spoke, but they eyed each other with caution. Every time that they had went to the mirror and they voted through it, someone died. Was it the mirror? No⊠no, that didnât make sense⊠None of this made any sense though.Â
âNo more votin-â Silver whispered.
Cater cracked his head around, green eyes judging every move the underclassman made. âAnd whyâs that, Silver?â His voice was shaky, but Cater wasnât trusting him or anyone for that matter. âAfraid that-â
âTHATâS ENOUGH!â Vil barked, commanding everyoneâs attention, eyes all on him. But he was used to eyes being on him, and he stayed cool, despite how this may damn him into being guilty in their eyes. He didnât care at the moment though, all he cared about was no one else dying. âLook at what being suspicious of each other has brought us,â his eyes wandered to the dark clotted blood that had now gone cold. He swallowed the bile that had risen in his throat, keeping the calm mask up. âI agree with Silver though; voting through the mirror only ends up with someone⊠dead.â
âThen how do we proceed, Roi du Poison?â Rook asked, falling to his house wardenâs side. His eyes looked over everyone, picking up their behaviours, emotions, and any tells.
Azulâs head snapped up. âThe potion-â he started muttering to himself, before clearing his throat and gaining his composure again. âA truth potion, but one that shows the truth about the situation, we can use that to find the killer.â
Cater looked at Silver, and offered him his hand; a peace offering. Silver took it, and brought himself up on wobbly knees. A truce.
Jade placed his hand on Azulâs shoulder, offering him a bit of comfort that not everyone was out to get him. âWas that what you were working on?â
Azul nodded, and he started making his way towards the alchemy lab, where hopefully they could put an end to the killerâs little charade once and for all.
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Vil helped Azul make the potion, and both students kept a keen eye on the other, but they made it without incident. And to show the others that they hadnât tampered with it at all, they took it first, with the others shortly following suit.
âWhat about the room?â Silver asked.
âWe can figure that out once we find the killer,â Jade countered.
Everyone looked at each other, taking in any minute details, but everyone was calm; the potion apparently did wonders to calm the nerves⊠but that in itself was a dangerous effect, since now everyoneâs guards were down, making them easy targets.
Vil took in a breath and released it. âWho killed Dire Crowley? Why did you then kill the Prefect, and then Professor Crewel?âÂ
But no one spoke up.
âIt isnât me,â Vil said confidently, hoping that his speaking up prompted the others to follow suit.
Cater was to his left, and he spoke next. âI didnât do it.â
Then Silver, âOr me⊠I couldnât do something like thisâŠâ
âI did not do it either,â Jade offered.
Azulâs eyes went wide, and he eyed the next person in line. âThe killer isnât me.â
All eyes fell on the last person left in their little circle; Rook. With all of them but him left, that only left him.
He let out a throaty, quiet, chuckle. âI suppose this game has run its course,â he tipped his hat to them, green eyes glinting dangerously in the dim light. âAs for why? Hmmm,â he hummed, and the hairs on everyoneâs necks stood on end. There was something off about Rook, this wasnât Rook.Â
ïżœïżœYouâll find that out when you guess the room.â
What?
Everyone took a step closer to each other, away from Rook, and they whispered amongst each other, voting on what room Crowleyâs murder took place in.
âAlchemy lab,â Cater spoke for the group, trying to keep his resolve as Rook seemed to stare into the very contents of his soul, like he was searching for something.
Rook stepped forward, still smiling. âAh, dĂ©solĂ© Monsieur Magicam,â the whites of his eyes started turning black, âbut you would be wrong.â The lights flickered again, and in the seconds of darkness, Rook was gone, and so was Cater.
GOOGLE FORM (voting will end Wednesday, October 18th at 9pm EST)
SUSPECTS:
- Silver; the kindhearted knight with a mysterious past, is it just for show? (Plum) - Vil Schoenheit; the actor who is always pigeonholed into the role of a villain (Scarlet) - Divus Crewel; the alchemy teacher with a penchant for fashion, Crowleyâs co-worker (Peacock) DECEASED - Rook Hunt; the enigmatic hunter who always has a hunch of whatâs happening (Mustard) MURDERER - Azul Ashengrotto; the owner of The Mostro Lounge, a businessman with dubious morals (Green) - Reader; the âhouse-keeperâ, a role that was imposed on them by the late Headmage (White) DECEASED - Jade Leech; a student enamored by fungi and seems to have a foreboding presence about him (Orchid) - Cater Diamond; the preppy beau of Heartslabyul, but his smile seems forced (Peach) MISSING
ROOMS:
- Main hall (eliminated in Chapter 2) - Teachersâ lounge - Cafeteria - Kitchens - Lecture theatre - Botanical garden - Alchemy lab (eliminated in Chapter 3) - Library - Crowleyâs office (eliminated in Chapter 1)
WEAPON:Â MAGICÂ (found in Chapter 2)
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To be continued
#dove does events#twst#twisted wonderland#twst murder mystery#vil schoenheit#rook hunt#azul ashengrotto#jade leech#twst silver#cater diamond#cw death#cw murder#cw blood#cw kidnapping#dead dove do not eat#oh you though it was going to be over once you found the killer? *evil laugh* oh my sweet readers no no it isn't#aka i remember the deadliest game plus i just watched the exorcist so yeah I'm tying those in#now if you don't mind me i'm going to cram those lessons in twst since i have 25 left until i can continue with the event
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sam young, jaded triggerman, utter tragedy of a human being, gifting his best friendâs children heâs never met fucking nerf guns for christmas is the funniest possible way black doves could have ended. how even. did he walk into that toy shop and it was just the first thing he saw he could relate to? i like guns, this is guns for children? or is he simply the funniest bitch around? either way, what an absolute piss-take. god i love him
#black doves#sam young#helen webb#helen you are a stronger person than i i wouldve pissed myself laughing#but also get that man a children for dummies handbook he hasnt a clue how to deal with them#anyone else think about the fact that ostensibly most of his experience with childraising stems from watching his dad#whom we saw for all of five seconds and who spent the entire time telling his >10yo about (checks notes) a professional hitmanâs honor code#W H A T#god i love the implications of that#black doves is a comedy
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Goodniiight! No art for today, so have some pictures of laughing doves since I feel like more people should see them and GOODNESS are they pretty birds


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Is this anything at all
#because this image popped in my head not even 24 hours ago and I laughed so hard I almost hurt myself#professor layton#clive dove
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"Professor... I challenge you to a battle of wits!"
#screenshot redraw of that one scene wowie#idk how to foreshorten Elfilis' arms#i need to explode#PLxKirby#magolor#elfilin#elfilis#fecto elfilis#kirby#professor layton#luke triton#nintendo#hal laboratory#fanart#clip studio paint#PL spoilers ->#i LOVE drawing Elfilis as Clive sm#clive dove#would be neat if i animated them doing the evil laugh
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bftc jaytim fuck nasty in their batman suitsđ©·
CORRECT THEY DO. it's like you live in my brain, anon. and for that, you get a full fic bc i've wanted to write this anyway and you gave me an excuse to. have 6k words worth of dirtybadwrong JayTim. rough sex, blood play, pain play, degradation, consensual but not safe or sane, dead dove vibes so be warned. but also enjoy bc ily for this thought anon đ©·
âYou look ridiculous in that get-up. Like a kid out for trick-or-treats.â The words were just as brutal as the fight was. Jason had the bodyweight and training to easily pin Tim, now that he was done toying around.Â
Of course, toying around for Jason Todd looked like bloody slashes across Timâs back, base of his skull, and his forehead. Picking one of Bruceâs older suits may have been a bad idea on Timâs part. The armor was thinner and easier for Jason to slash through with a batarang in a clenched fist.Â
Tim had managed to knock the batarang out of Jasonâs hand, but that also seemed like a bad idea now, with Jason on top of Tim. His fists were even more brutal, blunt weapons and heâd reinforced the gloves to make his punches hit harder across Timâs face.Â
There was blood pouring from Timâs nose and mouth. With all the pain flaring across his body, it was hard for him to get a good read on if anything was broken or not.Â
All he knew was it hurt. His head spun from slamming against the concrete. It was hard for Tim to blink his eyes into focus. And when he did, he wished he hadnât. Jason was leaning in so close, his mask was all Tim could see. Tim dizzily wondered how the glowing eyes didnât impede Jasonâs vision.Â
âLook at me,â Jason demanded. His voice was robotic behind the thick metal mouthpiece. One of his fists pulled back for another punch. âDo you see terror? Do you see fear? Or is it just your own reflection?â
By some miracle, Tim managed to catch the punch before it connected with his face. The muscles in his wrist and forearm screamed at the animalistic strength Jason pushed back with, inching his fist closer and closer to connecting. If it did manage to connect, Tim knew his own hand in the way wouldnât do much to soften the blow. If anything, Jason would shatter Timâs knuckles against his own nose.
Not a pretty thought.
âThat mad I said no to being your Robin?â Tim wheezed. It was hard to get air in his lungs, with Jason perched on his chest, putting all his weight on Timâs midsection.Â
Jason scoffed with cruel amusement. âYouâre a second choice, Drake. It doesnât matter to me if you say no, I can always ask the original. Heâd at least put up a better fight than youâre managing.â
Tim couldnât argue that. He thought heâd have some kind of chance in a fight against Jason, but it was a losing game to confront Jason on his turf, in a suit Tim wasnât comfortable in. He was too stupid to even bring his bo staff.
A great Batman he was turning out to be.
With bloody teeth, Tim smiled. âYouâre right. Is that why Iâm your reflection, Jason? Two second rate Robins who will never be the original?â He managed a laugh against protesting ribs. âFor what itâs worth, I still think Iâm better than you. Least I didnât die.â
He couldnât see the look on Jasonâs face, but he didnât need to. The feral yell that came out of Jason spoke for itself at how well Tim got under his skin. Jasonâs other fist came barreling toward Timâs face, but he managed to move his head out of the way, making it only connect with the ground. Jasonâs punch was hard enough to make the concrete crack.
Even with the reinforced gloves, that had to hurt. Maybe a couple cracked bones, if Tim was lucky. Jason couldnât hit as hard if he injured himself.Â
That was a solid plan. If heâd actually planned it in the first place.Â
âCanât believe I ever liked you, Drake,â Jason snarled, pulling his hand free from the concrete. He flexed his fingers just a bit too slow. He definitely hurt himself, even if he was trying to hide it. Jason went for his utility belt, grabbing another batarang.Â
âFlattering,â Tim deadpanned. He tried to elbow Jason in the neck, but Jason easily twisted away from the blow.Â
âI really did you know,â Jason said. Maybe it was the mask, but Tim couldâve sworn Jasonâs tone changed slightly. âIf Bruce hadnât corrupted you, you really couldâve been something.â
Tim ignored the comment about Bruce. Bruceâs death was too raw for Tim to be able to look at his grief about it head-on. âCanât say the feeling was mutual,â Tim grunted. He tried to slash his glove fins across Jasonâs face. But Jason was smarter. He had a more durable suit that made the blow easily glance off.Â
Damn Tim for picking this suit. He idealized Bruceâs image too much and forwent practicality. He was paying for it now. A new suit wouldâve had proper weapons worked into the wrists for Tim to easily flick out.Â
âI donât know about that,â Jason mocked with a cold laugh. âRemind me again Drake, who broke me out of prison?â
He had a point.Â
âReal great job youâve done repaying that kindness,â Tim muttered. He avoided addressing it directly. He didnât owe Jason his reasons. Especially not with how theyâd all blown up in his face.Â
âI never needed your kindness,â Jason growled. He wrapped a hand around Timâs throat and pressed down just enough to make it uncomfortable for Tim to breathe. âThatâs what all you Bats could never get through your skulls. I didnât need to be Bruceâs pity project, and I definitely didnât need to be yours.â
âTrust me,â Tim fought to get the words out, trying to worm his fingers under Jasonâs grip. âYou donât have my pity.â
âWhat do I have, then?â
âMy contempt.â The more Tim struggled, the tighter Jasonâs grip got. The sharp points of his claws were starting to dig into Timâs skin and draw blood. Blood flow was cut off from Timâs brain and he fought to keep hold of his consciousness.Â
âLiar,â Jason hissed. âNo one else is here, Tim. You donât have to pretend and hide things from me I already know.â
Maybe passing out would be a good thing. Then, Tim would have a convenient reason for not answering Jason. A reason to not face the truth Jason wanted him to bare.
Tim knew that Jason probably knew. The way theyâd looked at each other through the prison safety glass when Jason was locked up had a thousand unspoken words in just a shared smile. A promise, that maybe, if Jason cleaned himself up with this second chance, there could be something between them.
But Jason didnât clean up. He flung himself in the opposite direction, if anything. A growing body count and an ugly reign of terror that was Timâs job to stop.
He started this. He put misplaced faith in Jason. Timâs bad judgment jeopardized Gotham.Â
And now Jason wanted the unspoken part said out loud. Something a part of Tim would rather die than admit after all this. They both already knew. Making Tim say it was just an obvious attempt to humiliate him and Tim refused to sink to Jasonâs level.
All this over a stupid crush.Â
âFine,â Jason continued when Tim didnât say anything. âIâll say it for you. You loved me.â
Tim made a face and twisted, finally forcing Jasonâs hand free from his neck with a hard strike to his inner elbow. âIt wasnât love,â he insisted through grit teeth.
âWhat was it then?â
Tim didnât say a word. He wasnât going to give in to Jasonâs cruelty.
âTell you what,â Jasonâs voice dropped low and almost sultry. âIf you say it out loud, Iâll give you a free pass. No one will know.â
âA free pass?â
There was no way Jason was implying what Tim thought he was.
âRight here, right now.â Jason nodded. âCanât say Iâll make it sweet, but something tells me youâre not the vanilla type anyway.â
Shit. He was implying that. Timâs breath caught in his throat.
The answer shouldâve been obvious.Â
The answer was obvious. Tim was laying in a growing pool of his own blood because of Jason. Countless people were dead because of Jason. Bruceâs legacy was being destroyed because of Jason. Whatever little crush Tim had once had was long gone and replaced with disgust and hatred.
Most of it was.Â
But some small piece of Tim clung to the way Jason grinned at him. And that small piece of him seemed to be steering the rest of him, making him hesitate on what shouldâve been an easy answer. An easy chance to catch Jason off guard and get the upper hand in the fight.
Tim hoped the cowl hid enough of his face that his expression wasnât readable.Â
âOver my dead body,â Tim forced the words out, pulling himself back into reality. Praying Jason wouldnât read into the pause.Â
Jasonâs body shifted. He was quiet for a moment, then he shrugged and brought the batarang clenched in his fist to Timâs neck, easily finding the jugular. âSo be it. I agree anyway. Killing you is the best way to cut this goddamn feeling out of me.â
âWhat feeling?â Tim frowned, fingers twitching as he stalled, trying to think of a real plan.Â
âNo, no.â Jason shook his head and laughed. It was a hollow sound, this time. âYou donât get to have your cake and eat it too. If you wonât say it, then I wonât either.â
Oh.
âYouâŠâ Tim sucked in a breath. He was on deathâs edge, a blade to his neck, but somehow it was the furthest thing from his spinning mind. âYou like me? Like that?â He said it like a stupid high schooler, too shy to even look their crush in the eye.Â
âWhat difference does it make now?â Jason shifted his weight on Tim, bearing down more. âThis was always how it was going to end, between us.â
âIt makes all the difference,â Tim said. He didnât know why it did. But he knew it did. Tim reached a hand up, but instead of going for Jasonâs batarang, he went further. His fingers reached under his own cowl and tugged it off, baring his face to Jason.Â
Vulnerability. A metaphorical white flag, surrendering to Jason.Â
Tim was dangerously close to getting himself killed. He could feel it, in his beating heart and overflowing adrenaline.Â
âI wouldâve come at this from a different angle if I knewâŠâ Tim started, before trailing off. They were still dancing around saying it directly.
Jason barked out another laugh. âOh, would you? What, you wouldâve come to talk instead of fight? You really think that wouldâve worked?â
âMaybe-â
âI told you,â Jasonâs grip on the batarang tightened, âI donât need your fucking pity.â
âAnd you donât have it,â Tim snapped back. Too angry. This angle was quickly slipping away from him. Shit. âYouâre a psychopathic killer and I donât know if you can ever been redeemed after what youâve done. But I wouldâve tried out of love, not pity, you sanctimonious asshole.â
Jason stuttered. He leaned back and breathed hard. Tim really wished he wasnât wearing that stupid mask. âYou said it wasnât love.â
Tim took in a deep breath, and let himself fall over the ledge heâd been trying so hard to cling to since Jason pinned him. âI lied.â
For a moment, Tim was convinced heâd just sealed his own coffin. Whatever Jasonâs feelings were, it didnât seem like they were any particular deterrent to hurting Tim. He was inches away from killing Tim and leaving his body for someone else to find.
If they found Timâs body at all.
But instead. Instead, Jason reached up and ripped the metal part of his mask off, tossing it aside to skitter off into the darkness.
And he kissed Tim.
Tim let out the breath he was holding against Jasonâs mouth. And in turn, Jason breathed him in, greedy with his kiss. The batarang was kept firm against Timâs throat, but he couldnât bring himself to care.
Jason was kissing him.Â
There was still the logical side of him screaming just how bad of an idea this was. All the reasons he could think of to not tangle with Jason were running circles across his mind.Â
Tim ignored them and kissed Jason back.Â
Jason tasted like metal and he smelled like gunpowder. Both of those things made sense and made Tim want more. He wanted every single part of Jason he could drink up, even from a single kiss. Jasonâs tongue was in his mouth, licking and opening Tim up. They shared each otherâs blood through the kiss, until Tim couldnât tell whose was whose.Â
The kiss was broken by Jason just as suddenly as it was started. Jason pulled back and raised the batarang. Panic flashed through Tim and he instinctively threw his hands up to cover his face and neck.Â
The batarang slashed through Timâs suit though, thankfully not giving him what mightâve been the stupidest death in the history of vigilantism. Jason didnât seem to care about making sure the cut didnât get Timâs skin, though. Shallow wounds sprang across Timâs skin and he hissed, watching Jason turn the suit to ribbons. The batarang was then tossed aside so Jason could rip off the suit as he leaned back.Â
The bat symbol on Timâs chest stayed in tact, but everything below it was ripped away, exposing him from his abs down to his thighs. Jason knew exactly how to unclip the utility belt and throw that aside, with the shreds of fabric.Â
Cold air hit Timâs most private areas. He wanted to cover himself, but he couldnât get his hands to obey. His entire body was paralyzed under Jasonâs gaze.
âTake off your mask,â Tim found his voice, rough and not sounding like himself.
Jason wore a cruel smirk. âNo.â He did take off his gloves, though. Tim didnât hide his sigh of relief. He didnât want those claws on his skin. He was bleeding enough as it was.
The moment Jasonâs hands were bare, he ran them over Timâs skin. Tim hissed and flinched, but didnât pull away. He let Jasonâs warm hands claim his skin. Jason wasnât kind or gentle. He smeared Timâs blood around, exploring every bare inch. Timâs stomach, his hips, his back, his legs.Â
Jason curled a hand around Timâs dick and Timâs back arched.Â
To be fair, this wasnât exactly how heâd pictured sleeping with Jason. Still, he couldnât find it in him to complain.Â
Jason jerked Tim off rough and fast. The blood on his hand was slick enough to make a smooth glide over the callouses of his palm. Tim groaned, eyes fluttering shut. He bucked into Jasonâs hand. As much pain as his body was in, the pleasure was too distracting for him to care. Tim choked on every breath he managed to take in, unable to stop himself from crying out and whining.
His body was screaming at him because of what Jason had done to him. And now, he was letting himself fall apart to Jasonâs hands in a different way.Â
âIf Grayson found us, heâd think I was fucking torturing you from all the pathetic noises youâre making,â Jason growled. He barely sounded human. He slid his other hand up Timâs chest and grabbed Timâs face, stroking his cheek.Â
Tim groaned at the thought. He forced his eyes to open just so he could look at Jason. He really wished Jason would take the cowl off. Tim wanted to see Jasonâs face more than anything.Â
âDonât bring him up,â Tim gasped, practically humping Jasonâs hand for more delirious pleasure. âI donât want to think about him now.â
At least he could see Jasonâs smirk. âWhy? Because you know heâd disapprove?â
âBecause I want to think about you.â Tim tried to grab at Jasonâs suit to pull it off. His hands were clumsy and shaky though, probably from blood loss. All he could do was uselessly press them against Jasonâs chest and feel the warmth through layers of armor.
âFuck,â Jason groaned. His whole body shuddered, affected by Timâs words alone. Jason stopped jerking Tim off so he could unclip his belt. He kept his other hand against Timâs face though. Stroking it. âLeast I know why you broke me out of prison, now.â
Tim made an aghast noise. âThis is not why I broke you out of prison.â
Jason leaned in close, resting his face against Timâs. âYou still broke me out. So all my blood is on your hands too, Tim.â He pressed a kiss against Timâs temple. âBruce wouldnât have been stupid enough to do that. Hell of a Batman you make.â It was like he had crawled into Timâs brain just to voice all the awful little thoughts that Tim tried to bury.Â
âYou-â Tim tried to snap back, but he was distracted by the sound of Jason undoing a clasp, then a zipper. Tim looked down and watched, breath caught in his throat, as Jason pulled his cock out of his pants.
He was already hard.Â
Jasonâs hand smeared blood across his member. Tim swallowed at the sight. Jason had pushed his pants down just enough to expose a sliver of pale skin. He had a sharp v-line and toned muscles just from the bit Tim could see. An embarrassing noise came out of Timâs throat.
âPathetic,â Jason said, but he groaned on the word, working his hand over himself. It was filthy. Both of them, covered in blood, and Jason jerking off on top of Tim.Â
Tim wrapped an arm around Jason. He wanted to sink his fingers into Jasonâs hair, but he settled for wrapping them around the back of Jasonâs cowl. Tim seriously considered trying to pull the cowl off himself, but he doubted Jason would take kindly to it.Â
The noises Jason made as he pleasured himself were beautiful. Timâs sounds were animalistic and, in Jasonâs own words, pathetic. Barely human sounding. But Jason. Jason sounded practically divine, low and smooth as he moaned in Timâs ear.Â
âPlease,â Tim gasped. He wasnât sure what he was asking for.
âThat desperate?â Jason downright purred.Â
Tim didnât hold himself back from nodding. He swallowed down his dignity.Â
If he had any dignity left.
âIâm not going to be gentle,â Jason warned. Like he was giving Tim one last chance to back out.
Tim just laughed. âIf you think I want you to be gentle, you really donât know a thing about me.â
A guttural groan came out of Jason. He pulled back and lifted one of Timâs legs, bending it as far back as he could. Tim wasnât quite as flexible as Dick was, but Jason got pretty far before Timâs muscles protested and he winced.Â
âOf course you shave down there,â Jason commented. He slid a hand over Timâs smooth skin around his cock and balls.
âI donât like pubes getting caught in my suit,â Tim huffed, trying not to let his cheeks go red.
âDonât worry,â Jason hummed, âI think itâs cute. Makes you look like a fucking virgin.â
âIâm not.â Like it mattered.
Jason paused, just staring at Tim. Was he disappointed? It was hard to tell. âIâm going to ruin you for anyone else, so it doesnât matter either way.â Whether or not he was disappointed was masked with a rough, possessive anger that made Tim gasp.
Rough fingers ran over the shallow cuts on Timâs stomach and he hissed at the sudden sharp pain. It wasnât easy to ignore the dull throbbing when Jason was practically fingering the open wounds. Tim almost asked what the hell he was doing, before he realized Jason was smearing blood across his fingers, getting them slick and coated.
âSeriously? Youâre going to use my own blood to fuck me?â Tim asked, like just the thought of it wasnât making him spread his legs wider. Still, the idea of cleaning tacky blood out of himself did make Tim internally cringe.
âYou got a better idea?â Jason shot back.Â
âI think thereâs lube in-â
âNo.â Jason cut him off, pressing harder into the cuts just to make Tim wince. âWeâre doing it my way, or I just leave you in a pool of your own blood with a hard-on.â
âOkay.â Tim caved instantly with a hushed whisper at the rough dominance.Â
It was so easy, for Jason to take complete control of Tim. He was putty in Jasonâs hands, content to be manipulated however Jason wanted, so long as Tim got his own pleasure out of it. If Jason wanted Tim to bleed, he would bleed. If he wanted Tim to be spread open and ready to be fucked, then Tim would give him that too.
Christ. He needed to be checked out mentally after this.Â
Jason gave Tim a pleased hum, probably the closest thing to praise Tim was going to get out of him. Heâd take it. Blood slick fingers pressed against Timâs hole. Two fingers were forced in at once, hard and fast.
Tim screamed.
He didnât expect Jason to be gentle, but it seemed like Jason was going out of his way to be rough. Scrapping his nails against Timâs insides and brutally twisting his fingers around. He didnât try to hit Timâs prostate to bring any kind of pleasure. The brushes of his fingers over that spot were more painful than pleasurably, if anything. Fast and rough, giving Tim no chance to soak up the sparks of sensation from the bundle of nerves.
âOh god,â Tim groaned, throwing his head back. His hips twitched violently, like they werenât sure to press into Jasonâs fingers for more, or to try to pull away from the horrible assault.
Itâd been a while since Tim had been in this much pain. So battered from a fight that every movement of his body was weak and shaky. He grabbed onto Jasonâs arm, desperate for an anchor. He couldnât have pulled Jason off of him, even if he wanted to.
He didnât, though. Tim wanted this to last as long as it possibly could.Â
He never got to drown himself in the pain. Pain was something that had to be compartmentalized and ignored, for the sake of the mission. Getting back on his feet and ignoring the way his body screamed at him was one of the first things Bruce taught him.Â
Now, Tim didnât have to fight it. He could just give in. The half-hearted instincts from his body trying to fight back were ignored by Jason. Like Jason knew that Tim wanted this.Â
Needed this.Â
At some point, Jason mustâve worked a third finger inside of Tim. He didnât notice. The burning stretch swirled with every other point of pain on his body.Â
He did noticed when Jason finally decided to purposefully press against Timâs prostate.
This pleasure was new. Foreign and overstimulating with how aggressively Jason pressed down on the spot, rubbing into it to pull all kinds of noises out of Tim he didnât know he was capable of making.Â
âJason!â Tim cried out. âFuck, too much, I canât-â Timâs stomach was cramping from how hard his muscles clenched. He was falling, losing his grip on sensible reality. His head was full of cotton, foggy and unable to get a solid grip on coherent thought.
There were only three things that existed to Tim: pain, pleasure, and Jason.Â
âYou canât what? Use your fucking words,â Jason mocked, vicious and uncaring. He rested Timâs leg over his shoulder to free up his other hand. His fingers wrapped around Timâs balls and tugged. Tim screamed and arched like a jack knife. He hadnât noticed how close his orgasm was creeping up on him until Jason pulled it away with a brutal, carnal pain. When Tim lost control of his body, Jason found it and snatched it up, holding Timâs pleasure in his palm. Tim wanted to curl in on himself, but he couldnât force his limbs to obey.Â
âHurts,â was all Tim could groan out. He mightâve been crying. It was hard to tell, with his face so wet with blood.Â
âGood.â
âJason,â Tim tried to beg. He was lost to subspace, something he barely realized until now. âI canât take anymore.â He wanted more. More than want, god, he needed more, but his body was wired so tight Tim was convinced he was going to snap if Jason kept going.Â
He wanted that too.
âThatâs not for you to decide.â Jasonâs rough voice was a light at the end of a tunnel Tim was struggling toward to ground himself. To focus on something besides the agony crashing over his body in brutal waves. âDo you really think youâre in the fucking state to know what you can take?â
Jason was right. Tim just whined, a noise that turned into a choked sob when Jason pulled his fingers out just enough to slam them into Timâs sweet spot again, overwhelming him with more awful pleasure.Â
âGive yourself over to me,â Jason demanded. He leaned in close again. Timâs vision was blurred, but he could smell the gunpowder and leather. âSay it. Say I own you.â
Tim wanted to. He tried, opening his mouth and struggling to get the words out. He could only make more pathetic noises.
âSay it, or Iâll stab you and leave you to fucking bleed out.â
He probably wasnât lying.
âYou-â Tim choked on the word, shaking so hard his muscles were spasming. âYou own me.â Three little words, and they were the hardest words Tim had ever tried to say. Each one fought against him, getting stuck in his throat.Â
But he said them. Because right now, they were the only religion Tim believed in.Â
âLook at that,â Jason cooed. So patronizing. âYouâre not completely brainless and worthless. Yet, anyway.â He pulled his fingers out of Tim. One second those fingers had been driving Tim mad because they were inside of him, and now they were driving him mad because they left him empty and wanting.Â
His body needed more. More pain, more pleasure. Until he broke and Jason fucked the shattered pieces left of Tim.Â
Jason got a hand underneath Tim, using the blood from the gash on Timâs back to slick his fingers this time. That gash was far deeper. Something that probably needed stitches. It had started trying to clot but Jason agitated it enough for fresh blood to pour out. He was able to actually work his fingers under Timâs bloody skin, making Tim shriek and try to pull away.Â
There was nowhere for him to escape from the mind-numbing pain. When he pulled away, he just crashed into Jasonâs chest, forehead bumping against the bat symbol of Jasonâs suit.Â
âSo fucking easy to push your buttons,â Jason laughed. He moved his fingers around a bit more just to make his point and pull more wounded noises out of Tim. Then he finally pulled them free and let Tim fall back to the hard ground. It knocked the wind out of Tim.
He didnât have a chance to try to get air into his lungs. Because Jason slicked himself up with a disturbing speed and lined up. The warning of blunt pressure against Timâs hole lasted a fraction of a second and then Jason snapped his hips. Buried to the hilt.
Tim almost passed out.
He didnât know if it was from the pain, the blood loss, or his bodyâs inability to get oxygen into his lungs. Everything exploded inside of Tim. He was full, so full so fast. Jasonâs fingers hadnât been nearly kind enough to properly stretch Tim for Jasonâs size. It almost felt like being stabbed.
Over and over, as Jason fucked into Tim with no kindness.Â
A hard slap across Timâs face forced him off of the edge of unconsciousness. He gasped, eyes snapping open to find Jasonâs face right above his, the glowing eyes of the mask taking over Timâs field of vision.Â
Jason was smiling. Blood on his teeth, dripping out of his mouth. Was it his blood or Timâs?
Tim hoped it was both.Â
âI donât know which Bruce would find more pathetic,â Jason groaned as he fucked into Tim, pulling small screams out of Tim with each punch of his cock, âyou putting on that suit, or you letting me fuck you in it.â He brought his lips to Timâs ear. âWhoâs ruining his legacy now?â
If the physical pain wasnât bad enough, Jason knew exactly how to rip open the wounds of Timâs emotional pain alongside it. Tim cried out at the thought.Â
What would Bruce think of him, like this? Pathetic and barely human underneath Jason Todd?
âAnd they call me the failed Robin,â Jason just kept talking, like he wasnât destroying Tim from the inside out. âAt least I know how to be something other than Robin. Are you really delusional enough to think youâre going to be the next Batman?â A long moan came out of him and he thrust even harder until Tim screamed loud enough to make himself dizzy. âAnswer me.â
Tim just shook his head. âNo.â His voice was broken. His throat was sore from screaming, but the word still came out. Heâd never thought he really could be Batman. So what the hell was he thinking, putting this suit on?
âGood.â Jason slid his fingers under the bat symbol on Timâs chest, one of the only parts of the suit in tact. He ripped it off, the fabric tearing loudly in Timâs ears. âItâs good you know your fucking place.â Jason changed his angle, finding Timâs battered prostate again. Tim didnât have the air in his lungs to scream anymore. All he could do was weakly mewl and whimper.
He could die like this. He honestly might. Tim had no idea how his body was holding on, in this state. Maybe it was the pain and pleasure alone keeping him alive. Just so he could soak up every touch from Jason.
Tim was never going to allow himself to do this again. So he had to enjoy it while it lasted.
This time, Tim felt his orgasm creeping up on him. His fingers dug into Jasonâs arm and he pressed up into Jasonâs warmth. The material of Jasonâs suit was rough and unforgiving. It didnât feel particularly good for Tim to grind his cock against, but he didnât care. He needed any kind of friction, whether it brought him pleasure or road rash.Â
âI wonât stop if you come,â Jason warned, still hammering into Tim at a pace that shouldâve been impossible for a normal human to manage. âThis isnât to make you feel good. Itâs to put you in your fucking place.â
Tim could only whine, managing a nod of understanding. This was his place. He knew that. He never wanted to leave it.Â
The threat of being fucked into overstimulation hung over Timâs head, but he couldnât stop himself from chasing the high of his orgasm. He almost wanted to feel the overstimulation. Like his orgasm was just something to get over with so Tim could completely give himself over to Jason. To be used just for Jasonâs pleasure, even if it brought him nothing but more pain.Â
That thought made Timâs balls tighten. The only warning he could give Jason was a high pitched keen that barely sounded like Timâs own voice. His eyes rolled back.
The pleasure of his orgasm didnât overtake the screaming pain in the rest of his body. It just mixed with the pain, swirling into one intense feeling Tim didnât have a name for. He screamed until his throat gave out. His back arched and he clenched around Jason, who kept driving into him. Jason growled in Timâs ear. He was holding Timâs hip so tight there would be bruises that would end up indistinguishable from the rest of Timâs injuries.
All injuries that Jason gave Tim. Timâs body was a canvass, and Jasonâs favorite color to paint with was the red that poured out of Tim.Â
It was the best orgasm Tim had ever felt. No feeling was ever going to match this intensity.Â
Tim came down from his high with an awful wheeze, shuddering. He clung to Jason, like a guard dog laying at the feet of his master.Â
âFuck,â Jason moaned. A shudder ran down his spine and his pace faltered, just for a moment. âYouâre really something else, Drake.â From Jason, that was practically a compliment for Tim to soak up and preen under.Â
Timâs body tipped over the edge of overstimulation. His survival instincts kicked in, trying to fight Jason. There was no strength behind his kicks and hits. They just made Jason laugh as Tim made a fool of himself.
âI own you,â Jason reminded Tim. He caught Timâs wrist and pinned it against the cold concrete, squeezing tight enough to cut off circulation to Timâs fingers. âI can do whatever I want to your useless body. Donât try to fight it now.â He leaned down and found an exposed part of Timâs neck to sink his teeth into. It wasnât a hickey, but a proper bite, breaking Timâs skin.Â
Tim cried out, but still tilted his head to the side to give Jason better access to his neck. Even when his body wanted to fight, Tim managed to submit. Like the submission was natural to him.Â
The pain took over. Tim just floated in it, forcing himself to go limp. Submit. No more fighting. He gave in to Jason and stopping thinking. All Tim needed to do was feel. Feel every point of agony scattered across his body. Feel Jason fucking him. Using him, like Tim was nothing more than a toy. The sparks from Jason slamming into his sweet spot couldnât be called pleasure anymore, with Timâs cock spent and limp. It was more pain.Â
Better that way. Tim liked the pain more. Delicious and mind-numbing.Â
Jason was swearing against Timâs skin. He mumbled something Tim didnât catch. Three syllables. Short and rushed out. Tim was almost convinced the second word was love. Maybe he was making it up in his head though, finally lost in utter delirium.
Tim didnât care.
More insults fell from Jasonâs lips. Calling Tim nothing, worthless, pathetic. A cheap pretender who deserved this. Tim agreed with all of it, feverishly nodding. The words were practically sweet nothings in Timâs ears.Â
Jason yelled Timâs name when he came. His hips stuttered to a stop, buried deep inside of Tim. He knew Jason was coming inside of him, but his body was too battered to feel Jasonâs cum filling his insides. Shame that was. Tim wanted to know how it felt, to be claimed by Jason in this carnal way.
They were both so perfectly still, for two people who had been shaking and clawing at each other just moments ago. The only noise was heavy breathing that echoed through the night.
Tim swallowed. He tried to find himself through the pain. He worked through the body checklist that Bruce gave him. Vision. Smell. Taste. Feel. Sound. All the sensations clashed against each other, out of focus and pounding against Timâs skull.
It was so hard to think.
Tim groaned. Focus.Â
Like cold water thrown on his face, he clawed his way out of subspace. Tim got a good look at Jasonâs face.
âAre you crying?â Tim voiced the thought as soon as it crossed his mind.Â
With the mask, it was hard to tell. Jasonâs breathing was shuddered, hitching on every inhale. Tim wouldnât call it sobbing, but it was close enough for Tim to study Jasonâs face. The wetness coming out from under Jasonâs mask wasnât red. It streaked through the blood.Â
Tear tracks.Â
Jasonâs completely rational response was to punch Tim in the face.
Tim swore and curled in on himself, cupping his nose. If it wasnât broken before, it was now. Jason pulled out of Tim without any care and stood up, leaving him curled up on the ground, trying to set the broken bone and manage the bleeding.
Tim tried to sit up. His arms and legs gave out under him and he slammed back to the ground with a pained noise. He looked up at Jason, squinting. Watching as Jason tucked himself back into his pants, then snatched his gloves off the ground to put them back on.
Despite clearly losing the fight, Tim had done a number on Jason. Jasonâs face was bloody and his suit was ripped and torn in some places. He looked like he had been mauled by a wild animal.
If that was how Jason looked, Tim couldnât imagine what the sight of his own body was.
His second attempt to sit up worked. Now, he compartmentalized. Forced the pain deep into the corners of his mind and locked it up.Â
Tim had to be functional now. He couldnât let the regret and shame get to him.
âI-â Jason started to say something. It was only one word, but it sounded uncharacteristically soft, making Tim straighten his back and hold his breath. But Jason cleared his throat and folded his arms, stamping down whatever kindness had almost come out. âIâll throw you a bone. If any of the Bats find you like this you can just tell them I raped you,â he said it like some kind of mean joke.
Tim didnât say anything. That wasnât true. They both knew it.
âPreserve your precious dignity you care so much about, huh?â Jason continued. He sounded unsure of himself and he turned away from Tim.Â
âJason-â Tim reached out for him. âWe can still-â he struggled for the words. âIt doesnât have to end like this. You can still change. Iâll-â
âDonât,â Jason snapped. He kicked away Timâs hand. âWe both know itâs too late for that.â He started to walk away. âNever wear that suit again, Drake. Iâd hate to see you die to someone that isnât me.â He almost sounded⊠protective? Tim wouldnât call it fondness, but maybe something close to that. Tim refused to allow himself to read into it. Whoever Jason Todd had become, he was someone that Tim couldnât save. He was someone who didnât want to be saved, no matter how Tim felt about him. Tim had to accept that, even with Jasonâs cum deep inside him. Some truths were immutable.Â
Then, Jason was gone. Vanishing into the shadows and leaving Tim there.
Tim tilted his head back. He allowed himself thirty seconds. He counted them. Thirty seconds to sit in his own filth and feel the pain for just a little longer, before he had to move and figure out how he was going to get home in one piece without anyone finding out what happened here.
Just ten more seconds.
Five.Â
Three.
One.
With grit teeth and a deep breath, Tim stood up.
#necrotic writings#jaytim#tim drake x jason todd#jason todd x tim drake#timjay#dead dove do not eat#battle for the cowl#cross posted on ao3#batcest#sorry this sat in my inbox for a couple days anon#i was like 'hehe i'll write a lil pwp for this'#and it ended up over 6k words. god help me.#this is proof that if you send an idea to my inbox there is a good chance i will just write you a fic.#you might have to wait a couple days but i will come for you with food and chaos.#anyway this is a smidge dark as a fic fair warning#bc idk how else to write them fucking during bftc 2#masochist tim drake you will always be famous to me#once again wasn't gonna put this one on ao3 bc i felt it was gonna be too short for that effort#then it goes and ends up this long.#my partner always laughs at me when i do this. bc i keep doing it.#pls enjoy <3 i wrote most of this while in a lot of pain so#me and tim were twinning there.#while posting this my roommate's kitten used me as a jungle gym. she's my editor in chief.
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ârequiem for methuselahâ crazy ass episode for many reasons. Kirk is being fully insane, like I donât actually think, even controlling for how quickly and easily and readily he seems to fall in love with anybody at the slightest encouragement, that heâd go that bonkers for that android woman he just met while everyone on the ship was this close to dying, but thatâs neither here nor there, because in the background youâve got an equally but much more subtly insane episode for Spock, who extremely uncharacteristically admits to experiencing an emotion (or nearly experiencing, whatever) and that emotion is ENVY of all things. And then spends the rest of the episode warning Kirk away from this new love interest (something that doesnât usually happen, even when Kirk has very inadvisable love interests) and is, in the end, the person who accurately identifies that Raynaâs competing love for Kirk and Flint is ultimately what overwhelms and destroys her with the most killer line in maybe history???
And then to wrap it up we get an equally uncharacteristic sort of denouement scene (TOS loooves to cut an episode off right after the actual climax, leaving little time for falling action or character reflection, or to stick a sitcom-y button on the end where the gang all smiles and laughs at their misadventures and everything resets to zero, which is not a criticism, itâs just the style of that era of tv, honestly) where Kirk is literally miserable over Raynaâs death (again, kind of unusual for a lot of his love interests, he tends to be able to move on pretty quickly) and Spock goes to see him and he falls asleep right in front of Spock (also odd) and then when Bones comes in to give the final word on Flint, Spock waves him off from waking the Captain (tender) and Bones gives him that awful speech about how itâs sadder that Spock canât even imagine the love Kirk felt for this random android woman than it is that Kirk lost her in the first place (debatable but also rude) and how his great tragedy is that he canât love at all like they can and how all he wishes is that Kirk could forget about all of this and move on. AND THEN, to have Bones leave and Spock go over to Kirk and very gently, tenderly, reluctantly touch him and put his hand to his forehead and tell him to forget and HAVE THAT BE THE END OF THE EPISODE??? What am I supposed to do with that??
#âthe joys of love made her human. the agonies of love destroyed herâ hUH. What a cool line.#hope it doesnât become some sort ofâŠthesis statement for you or something SPOCK#listen my number one beef with the way they write bones is that they just make him completely mischaracterize everything to suit the plot#this man is not an idiot he KNOWS Spock has emotions and just suppresses them#youâre going to tell me heâs been on that ship with Spock for years and thinks he feels no love whatsoever for anyone???#like even after what happened in the empath and in that episode where McCoy thought he was dying#he knows Spock loves people!!! COME ON#does he really just mean romantic love?? thatâs so boring WRITE HIM BETTER#also theyâre banking a lot on people remembering what the Vulcan mind meld is for that last bit#like I know it comes up a lot butâŠthis is 1968 or whatever. They donât have this shit on dvd to rewatch#youâre counting on really dedicated fan memory here or on people catching reruns#because otherwise it just looks like Spock waiting to be alone to touch Kirk as tenderly as possible and pray he forgets this woman#truly whatâs going on#anyway I kind of hated this episode#like quite frankly there was too much going on#are androids people? would Kirk fall in love that hard that quickly and choose it over the safety of his crew?#why wasnt the illness ravaging the crew a bigger deal??#they didnât even get into WHY flint was immortal#he was just a regular human and apparently the ONLY one who was granted immortality by the earthâs atmosphere#leaving aside the very creepy and very early born sexy yesterday trope going on throughout#but it was a really good Spock episode if you justâŠ.dont look at anything elseâŠ.#the writer for this one also did Day of the Dove and Mirror Mirror which explains a LOT#two other episodes that are interesting for the character dynamics but really chaotic plot wise#anyway imagine saying to Spockâs face that he has no idea what love can drive a man to do#one has to laugh#tos#star trek#as alwaysâŠ. Iâm sorry that Iâm Like This
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I am very intrigued by the "thank you love" file! Can you share a little bit about it? Have a nice time zone!
A series of events:
1) Ayre has gotten Quinton completely used to using and hearing pet names for/from her, bc sheâs a sweetheart of a girl who loves her friends
2) Quinton gets very focused up when heâs working
3) Quinton likes Bo even tho the two decidedly are not âtechnically togetherâ yet and definitely donât use pet names for each other
4) Quinton is not paying attention and idk, it just kinda slips out


[the rest of it I have planned out]
Bo:
Ayre:
Bo, looking at Q: pardon me?
Quinton finally begins to process what he said and who he said it to, looks back at him and decides to lean into it.
Q, this time in Boâs native language and with better diction: thank you, love.
Bo (trying not to blush): âŠyouâre welcome
(Ayre is having the time of her life listening to this)
#so many language jokes that only work if they are speaking English and not a second world fantasy made up language RIP#I might just make them anyway lol#bc Q going âI already call Ayre and Nell âloveâ I need something else for Boâ#(changes one letter to make it âdoveâ)#âperfect yesâ#does make me laugh sometimes#my art#ocs#oc art#quinton bell#bo church#ayre fenn#wip#digital#asks#wip game
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Currently writing dramatic fight for the next chapter of PoM:
My playlist: And I call this root⊠Holy Moly!
Me:
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#i love doing herme's laugh#a child is crying but sometimes you just gotta jam#epic the musical#little dove#sun wukong x reader
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Heyo! ( not me having to look up eastern time cause I'm not in that ) (((if I sent this at the wrong time just ignore I'm so sorry)))
Okie (also sorry if I don't format this completely correctly) May I request Sebek with the prompt rainy night? (Romantic please, and for emojis maybe đâšïž, and if possible fluff) and for backup characters ummm Vil with prompt 1 and Epel with prompt 7.
Gosh I hope I did that right. Anyways thank you Dove! I hope that you have a great rest of your day. Also, make sure to be taking breaks and time for yourself! đđđđđđđđ Thank you! đ«¶đŒđ«¶đŒđ«¶đŒđ«¶đŒđ«¶đŒđ«¶đŒđ«¶đŒ
Rainy Night; Sebek Zigvolt
Content; Fluff, gender-neutral reader, established relationship
Word Count; 700+
Author's Note; No need to worry, everything looks great, Faye! I completely forgot about the emojis, but I tried my best to fit them in. Enjoy some Becky content! WOE, CROCODILE BE UPON THEE!
As a reminder, do not put my work â or others for that matter â into AI as it steals. Link to Masterlist
So much for a perfect seaside getaway, but Sebek could not account for a freak storm, so the two of you were stuck inside for the night, and reservations at the restaurant were cancelled due to the downpour. So, he was in a bit of a sour mood, hanging above him much like the dark storm clouds in the sky. Yet you werenât in such a dire mood, and that helped take his mind off of things⊠somewhat.
âArenât you upset that our reservation was cancelled,â he huffed, turning his glare to the storm outside which seemed to mock him, slapping large leaves against the glass, which was like the storm slapping him in the face. âYou were looking forward to it more than me.â
You looked over your shoulder, taking in the rare sight of Sebek in comfy clothes. To be fair the only reason he was wearing the fluffy pyjama pants and a white tank top was because you had gifted them to him. Even though it was something as simple as sleep clothes, Sebek treasured them.
âWe can always go another night, sweetie,â you hummed, âbesides, I would rather eat your cooking any night.âÂ
Sebek grumbled but didnât argue with you, knowing full well that you would just shower him with sweet yet incredibly embarrassing praise for what he deemed as mediocre cooking at best. To be fair, you did call him your âpookie-bearâ in front of Malleus and Lilia â yeah, he nearly died that day, and Silver brings it up every now and then.Â
âBesides,â you blew off the dust from a book, âI would rather read with you!âÂ
So thatâs what you were searching for? A book? Sebek raised an eyebrow. You would rather read a book with him? And Sebek felt his face heating up. The two of you had been together for quite some time now, but Sebek always went warm when you did something simple, small, yet sweet. Those would leave him more pink and more warm than any grand gesture, because they werenât planned. They were just something you naturally did, and that flustered him like nothing else.
Sebek cleared his throat, trying to compose himself. âAnd what has caught your attention, love?â Even with his terms of endearment, he was formal, respectful.
You waddled over, and showed him the cover. âCrocodile Knight!âÂ
âA childrenâs picture book?â Sebek hadnât seen that book since he was a kid, and it did bring back some fond memories for him, but he still wondered why you looked so excited.
âMhm!â You plopped next to Sebek on the couch, worming yourself next to his side until you were practically trying to merge with him. âPlus youâre my knight, and a crocodile, seems fitting! So, can you read it to me? Pretty pleaseeeeeee? My big, strong, scaly, knight?â
Sebek felt himself grow warm in the face and knew his ears must have been glowing from your giggling. He knew that he should have saved showing you the itty bitty scales that he had until later, but you had insisted on seeing them. âI-I guess I can read you a bit,â he surrendered, knowing that you would win this one.
He started reading, his voice steady and strong, only wavering when he felt you shift beside him. But he stopped reading when he felt your head rest against his shoulder. Glancing at you from the corner of his eye, he made direct eye contact with you; you were looking at him and not the book.
âI thought you wanted me to read this to you,â Sebek restrained himself from letting his loud nature win, making his voice crack a bit. âBut youâre looking at me instead of the book?!â
You sighed, and placed a kiss to his jaw, which made him get quiet real fast. âBecause youâre my crocodile knight, my beautiful crocodile knight,â you murmured.
Sebek closed the book, putting a bookmark in place so the two of you could revisit it at a later time. There was no chance that he could focus on reading when you were looking at him with hearts in your eyes.
So, instead, the two of you got into a comfortable cuddling position, got cozy under some blankets, and fell asleep in each otherâs arms with the sound of rain and thunder aiding you to sleep.
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Tags; @xxoomiii @twistwonderlanddevotee @savanaclaw1996 @ryker-writes [come get ur mans]
#dove does events#follower event#twst#twst x reader#twst x gn reader#twisted wonderland#twisted wonderland x reader#twisted wonderland x gn reader#sebek zigvolt#sebek zigvolt x reader#sebek zigvolt x gn reader#i call sebek becky because i think it's 1) cute 2) funny & 3) would piss him off/embarrass him#also SEBEK WITH HIS HAIR DOWN SEBEK WITH HIS HAIR DOWN- i want to see him in some comfy clothes P L E A S E#reader; pookie-bear -#silver; pookie-bear? *on the brink of laughing* | malleus; i do not see the bear you speak of | lilia; *takes a photo*#sebek; *dies and everyone calls him pookie-bear from now on in diasomnia*#just imagine calling sebek the cheesiest pet names under the sun; it's free dopamine for me#pov: reader domesticates a crocodile#i technically finished this on august 21 at 10:30 PM EST but i'm forcing myself to 1 post per day; so this is scheduled
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