#lev wallpaper

[kpop-locks]

ˀˀ ↷ le'v ; aibae ♡ᵎ ꒱

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[707selizabeth]

My photomodes of Lev, I really only take photomodes of him in one spot but I try to get some pics when he's still. Please don't repost anywhere

[rizsu]

mansae, mansae, mansae sunarin, kenma, bokuto, kageyama.

sum. ib ( inspired by ) mansae from seventeen (kpop) !!

suna rintarō

inarizaki student suna — he thinks he's cool & slick when talking to you but he gets a little fidgety because of his overwhelming feelings for you

comes up to you in class like "yo" but it's not just any yo, it's a "yo please let me be your boyfriend i love you" but he's not going to say all that.

you guys are deskmates so he sneakily reaches out to hold one of your fingers saying "damn, it's cold today!"

suggests café study sessions when there's no practice (this is an excuse to be with you)

professional volleyballer suna — oh he's still awkward but a little bolder. we all know suna's the cameraman for ANYTHING so yes, he does use you as his personal photo dump.

definitely has your chats pinned. his screentime is high but when you're available to talk? that goes up to HOURS.

when he confessed to you, it was really sceneric. like you know all those fancy restaurants, 5 star hotel weekends, cute little dates to some garden— i mean he has money so why not spend it??

after any match, he comes over > throws himself face down on your bed > begs for you to massage his back > sleep.

kenma kozume

nekoma student kenma — you are his personal room. leaves everything in your care if he has practice or won't be able to use his switch at all.

kenma the typa man to take years before he confesses. he has plans he cannot afford to mess up. meticulously planned plans.

when his class is over he immediately makes his way over to your class and waits until you're out.

conversations usually go like:

"hey, let's go to the gym" > "what about lunch??" > "we can send lev for lunch i dunno."

he LIVES for the way he can just not talk and yet you two would be in a comfortable silence.

uni student & gamer kenma — drives to your house so you guys can go to university together.

if your courses are different — he waits for you at the caféteria and then you guys go wandering about waiting for the next course

if your courses are the same — sits next to you and you guys end up gossiping the entire class. "oh right did you hear about lev's interview?? it was.. something..!!" #1 lev hater (he loves lev)

invites you over for "just the weekend" but you end up staying the entire week.

kageyama tobio

karasuno student kageyama — awkward. very awkward. i know you guys saw the way he freezes up at anything that's not volleyball.

"uh- damn- hi- uhm, can you help me??" yeah you gotta help him or else he can't go to the practice with seijoh to settle his beef with oikawa.

really shy?? he literally cannot form a proper sentence without having hinata's help from the sidelines. sometimes he goes mind blank while staring at you.

does he answer anyone's messages? hardly. does he answer yours? immediately.

professional volleyballer kageyama — still awkward but not as much. isn't as bold as suna but he doesn't think before speaking and just lets it out. you can be wearing rags and he'd be like "wow you look so pretty.."

has this one pic of you furiously scooping out ice-cream while wearing some powerpuff girls pajamas as his lockscreen and wallpaper.

holds your hand like his life depends. he's asleep? holds your hand. scared bc of the horror movie? holds your hand. walking into the house? holds your hand.

a cutie honestly.

bokuto kotarō

fukurodani student bokuto — he does NOT care! will let you know he likes you and will court you until you give him an answer.

likes it when you massage his head after practice but you have to restyle it ++ tries to fit you in on any trips whenever they're going to practice with nekoma/karasuno/some other school

there was this one time he walked you home since he "lives nearby" but it was like?? 6pm so your mom made him stay over. she adores him.

lets you use his volleyball jacket(?) and loves it when he sees you down the hallway wearing it. whether it's tied around your waist or you're wearing it, he loves it.

professional volleyballer bokuto — made you his personal manager. talks A LOT about you when drunk,, to the point where sakusa had to tape his mouth shut.

"yeah so like y/n's so pretty i just wish—" "please shut up bokuto."

stole one of your perfumes bc he loves your scent and cannot live a day without your scent (exaggeration but you get me).

once bokuto messages you, there is no end. he WILL tell you every little detail about his day and honestly you love it :(

he can SING. whenever you guys are driving about it turns into a karaoke session.

[stars-tonight]

Nooo thank you so much! And I’m so impressed with the amount of asks you answered in one day, amazing!

Now, I NEED to knoooow, not as a request or anything! Just wanna know l, in your opinion, which of the haikyuu boys are the most hopeless romantic! The type of guys to send you love songs that reminded them of you, have their camera roll filled with pictures of you and such! Bc I have some in mind!

- 🐝anon

HOPELESS ROMANTICS

🎶 baby we're the new romantics, come on, come along with me 🎶

oikawa tōru

🕊️ oikawa is GIDDY around his partner

🕊️ blows you kisses when you pass each other in the hallway, always pops into your classroom to eat lunch with you

🕊️ always looks for you in the crowds at his games, and after will always run to you first and give you a big hug

🕊️ showy, public displays of affection BUT more intimate, vulnerable acts of love in private

🕊️ it's hard for him to open up and be vulnerable so he prefers to write things down in a love letter

🕊️ probably has a box of all the letters he wrote at different stages of your relationship (first meeting; you agree to go on a date with him; first kiss; et cetera) and gives it to you on your honeymoon

🕊️ oikawa doesn't fall in love very often, but when he falls, he falls HARD

sugawara kōshi

🕊️ suga wants a fairytale romance

🕊️ lights candles and makes hearts with rose petals when you two are on a dinner date

🕊️ if 'princess treatment' was a person

🕊️ if you're out and you're wearing heels or other uncomfortable shoes suga will give you his shoes and walk in his socks

🕊️ gushes about you to his coworkers and his students

bokuto kōtarō

🕊️ bokuto has DREAMED of a romance for the ages

🕊️ he'll be your knight in shining armor for every occasion!

🕊️ you need something off the top shelf? bokuto is BOUNDING over to get that for you!

🕊️ it's a crowded street and you're worried you'll lose each other? bokuto is maneuvering you through the street by bear-hugging you from the back! no harm will come to you because he's muscular af

🕊️ it's your anniversary? bokuto has baked a cake (kind of) and planned a whole fireworks display for you!

🕊️ will shower you with affection both in public and in private

🕊️ very showy about your romance and always makes sure to tell the world how much he loves you

miya atsumu

🕊️ atsumu is the grand acts of love boyfriend

🕊️ actually quite like bokuto

🕊️ anyone messes with you? atsumu is showing up behind you with a glower on his face that could send darth vader running

🕊️ his phone wallpaper is you, he has photos of you in his room (and osamu complains about it because the photos start seeping into his side of the room), everything about him is just you, you, you

kuroo tetsurō

🕊️ kuroo just can't believe you're his

🕊️ he tries to play it cool, really he does

🕊️ but when he's around you he just gets butterflies

🕊️ if you mention you like something in passing, he will get it for you, and in bulk too

🕊️ you want to go somewhere? he's showing up at your door, throwing rocks up at your window, at MIDNIGHT, to take you there

🕊️ he's your ride-or-die, your protector, your home, and everyone knows it

🕊️ kuroo is just so in love

haiba lev

🕊️ lev is your SERVANT

🕊️ (okay i'm joking but am i really?)

🕊️ you need anything? just say the word!

🕊️ a foot massage? a hot bath? lev is on it!

🕊️ he's constantly following you around like a lost puppy, always ready to do whatever you need

🕊️ he falls often and every time, he falls hard

🕊️ in his eyes, he IS your guardian, your knight in shining armor (bokuto 2.0), and you can ALWAYS rely on him

honorable mention: akaashi keiji

🕊️ akaashi akaashi akaashi . . . my lovely boy akaashi keiji

🕊️ who screams 'gentleman' quite like akaashi?

🕊️ he opens car doors for you, makes you your favorite meals, brings you flower bouquets on all your dates

🕊️ little things to make your heart race 🤭😍

🕊️ akaashi is one of the most romantic characters in the whole series

🕊️ he's just not the hopeless kind

extra honorable mention: suna rintarō

🕊️ suna is a quiet, ethereal romantic

🕊️ he always takes pictures of the two of you, messy polaroids of the two of you kissing or hugging under the starry sky

🕊️ picture late nights hanging out on top of his car, eating chūpet sticks and feeling invincible

🕊️ suna's not very showy about his romance but he shows you he loves you with little acts

🕊️ he always wears a hoodie in case you get cold

🕊️ he has an album of 'you' photos in his phone and prints out the best ones to hang up on his room

🕊️ you definitely have a couple phone case

A/N: hi 🐝anon! lovely to see you again! ik you said this wasn't a request but i liked the idea a lot 🤭 i'll be honest i don't quite have a firm grasp of the word 'romantic' but these are who i feel would be the most romantic

[tulip-room]

Aoba Johsai

Iwaizumi

Annoying (fluff)

When They Knew (fluff)

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Oikawa

Surprise! (fluff)

My Prince (fluff)

When They Knew (fluff)

General bf hcs (fluff)

Matsukawa

Nothing yet

Hanamaki

Nothing yet

Karasuno

Daichi

Nothing yet

Sugawara

Nothing yet

Asahi

Nothing yet

Kiyoko

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Saeko

Nothing yet

Nishinoya

Nothing yet

Hinata

Nothing yet

Kageyama

Funny Thing (ANGST)

When They Knew (fluff)

General bf hcs (fluff)

Tsukishima

Nothing yet

Inarizaki

Kita

Melody (fluff)

General bf hcs (fluff)

Osamu

Are You Too Chicken? (fluff)

Chef’s Kiss (fluff)

General bf hcs (fluff)

When They Knew (fluff)

Coffee Stains (series)(hurt/comfort)

Picnic (fluff) (birthday special)

Atsumu

Your Body, My Temple (smut)

Why Him? (fluff)

When They Knew (fluff)

Suna

My Love (fluff)

Excuses (fluff)

When They Knew (fluff)

Pixy Stix (series) (fluff)

Nekoma

Kenma

Nothing yet

Kuroo

Tie (smut)

When They Knew (fluff)

General bf hcs (fluff)

Dying to See You (series) (hurt/comfort)

Lev

Nothing yet

Alisa

Nothing yet

Miscellaneous

Bokuto

Nothing yet

Akaashi

“I Love You” “…still?” (Angst)

Forever Falls Apart (series) (hurt/comfort)

Sakusa

Rocker! Reader headcannon (smut)

Cheat Day (fluff)

Crush Next Door (series) (fluff)

When They Knew (fluff)

General bf hcs (fluff)

Komori

Nothing yet

Ushijima

Wallpaper thirst/headcannon (smut)

We Already Said Goodbye (angst)

Just A Girl (fluff)

General bf hc (fluff)

When They Knew (fluff)

Tendo

When They Knew (fluff)

Semi

General bf hcs (fluff)

Rules! NAVIGATION

[bylrlve]

Warning! Potential spoilers for Stranger Things Season 5!

Just wanted to warn everyone about this one dm Alex received. The part about a farm boy crushing on Erica is backed up by a photo-double call matching the description of a boy around her age (the height). This person was apparently filming when Priah was.

This is the only message with concrete things backing it up, so for the sakes of pragmatism and my sanity I’ll go ahead and believe it. Wouldn’t be the first time there were genuine cracks in m*lev*n’s relationship, only for them to be wallpapered over. For all we know, the rooftop scene was indeed romantic.

The anon does admit it’s ‘friend of a friend of a friend’ so I’ve no doubt there are things lost in translation here, even if it’s legitimate, but all the same I urge caution, pragmatism, and not to get hopes up.

Picture of the boy, from a video from the duffers’ b-day celebration^

[dantaliones]

i had to restart my phone and it destroyed my wallpaper and lock screen.... i will draw new ones today. which characters should it be?

[noctis-horrow]

This is random, I know, but the drawing of them sleeping together on your wallpaper makes me so soft. They look so comfy and relaxed, I want to play with their hair (even if it might cost me a few fingers, or even a hand, haha).

A funny lil story, that couch used to be Ricard's bed when he was young, and now he's sharing it with his brothers! ^^

I think you can play with Lev's hair, the other 2 definitely will cost a finger or two 😂

[mariaace]

Kuroo fluff headcanons

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Ugh this little bitch

During the training camp he would ask you to stay with him for the after practice matches with Bokuto, Tsukishima, Akaashi, Hinata and Lev

Would make study dates with you. If aren't good with chemistry will help you all the time.

You are the only ine that can touch his hair. No other exceptions. His hair is precious to him.

Would always look in the crowds for you during his matches and would probably ask you to come to his training if you're not busy.

You two take care of Kenma like he is your child or something 😂

Matching phone cases or wallpapers with him 😫😫

He would probably let you do a hundred step skincare routine only one time and will tell you to not tell the theme.

Kuroo hasn't been in a lot of relationships, so he doesn't know a lot. But he will act like he knows everything. His pride is too big for you to know.

Scenario:

You have just asked Kuroo in how many relationships he has been before you two has started dating. His answer is: Quite a few kitten why?

Speaking of which. He would call you kitten. Sorry not sorry. He will.

He will walk with you with his arm around your shoulders amd would always keep you close. No exceptions. He likes you to be closer, you feel safer- it's a win win.

Would take you on noodle dates. I am convinced he loves noodles and if you like them too he will most likely take you after his practice to eat.

Listen if you play a sport this man will come to every single one of your games, shows, competitions everything. He will take Kenma to some matches too just so he could look away from his games a little😂

Would be showing you off all the time. It doesn't matter to who. His teammates? His school friends? His family? Yes everyone

© mariaace 2024 do not modify, plagiarize, copy or claim any of my works!

[thelonecalzone]

At long last, here is the official reading list for There'll Be Some Changes Made, and a few recommendations from some of the readers! It's long, so hopefully there's a little something for everyone.

Thank you again to the wonderful readers, both for your encouragement, and for helping me compile this list <3

Recommendations (Named Throughout TBSCM)

The Pearl - John Steinbeck The House in the Cerulean Sea - TJ Klune The Great Alone - Kristin Hannah The Picture of Dorian Gray - Oscar Wilde Upon the Blue Couch - Laurie Kolp In the Dream House - Carmen Maria Machado The Price of Salt - Patricia Highsmith Paradise Rot - Jenny Hval Tipping the Velvet - Sarah Waters Fingersmith - Sarah Waters Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit - Jeanette Winterson Rubyfruit Jungle - Rita Mae Brown Under the Udala Trees - Chinelo Okparanta In at the Deep End - Kate Davies Some Girls Do - Jennifer Dugan This is How You Lose the Time War - Amal El-Mohtar, Max Gladstone  The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo - Taylor Jenkins Reid Lavender House - Lev AC Rosen My Brilliant Friend - Elena Ferrante Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe - Fannie Flagg Straight Jacket Winter - Esther DuQuette and Gilles Poulin-Denis

Source Books (Referenced, but not named)

The Odyssey - Homer The Yellow Wallpaper - Charlotte Perkins Gilman The Glass Menagerie - Tennessee Williams Hamlet - William Shakespeare The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald Come Along with Me - Shirley Jackson (unfinished novel) We Have Always Lived in the Castle - Shirley Jackson A Certain Hunger - Chelsea G. Summers The Poison Garden - AJ Banner

Honorable Mentions:

The Haunting of Hill House - Shirley Jackson Different Class - Joanne Harris The Lost Girls of Ireland (Book 1) - Susanne O’Leary The Girl Next Door - Jack Ketchum The Broken Girls - Simone St. James Dear Fahrenheit 451 - Annie Spence The Canterville Ghost - Oscar Wilde One Last Stop - Casey McQuiston Ash - Malinda Lo Everything Leads to You - Nina LaCour Camp Slaughter - Sergio Gomez The Silence of the Girls - Pat Barker The Metamorphosis - Franz Kafka A Slow Fire Burning - Paula Hawkins The Other Boleyn Girl - Philippa Gregory The Miseducation of Cameron Post - Emily M. Danforth Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck

Banished (Under the Coffee Table) Books - DO NOT READ:

Ulysses - James Joyce Everything I Never Told You - Celeste Ng A Little Life - Hanya Yanagihara The Hunting Party - Lucy Foley My Sister’s Keeper - Jodi Picoult The Book Thief - Markus Zusak In the Darkroom - Susan Faludi Marley & Me - John Grogan

Recs from Fellow Readers

Things We Lost in the Fire - Marina Enriquez Her Body and Other Parties - Carmen Maria Machado The Well of Loneliness - Radclyffe Hall Stone Butch Blues - Leslie Feinberg Mouthful of Birds - Samantha Schweblin  The Safety of Objects - A.M. Homes Crush - Richard Siken The Taming of the Shrew - Shakespeare I’ve Got a Time Bomb - Sybil Lamb The Thing Around Your Neck - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Last Night at the Telegraph Club - Malinda Lo Sadie - Courtney Summers The Messy Lives of Book People - Phaedra Patrick The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires - Grady Hendrix The Final Girl Support Group - Grady Hendrix The Lying Lives of Adults - Elena Ferrante They Were Here Before Us - Eric LaRocca The Patience Stone - Atiq Rahimi Agamemnon - Aeschylus Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead - Tom Stoppard Cat's Eye - Margaret Atwood Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz's poetry - (start with "You Foolish Men") The poems of Sappho - (“Anactoria”, the book of fragments, and “Goatherd” specifically)

[capucapo]

Legendary Heroes: The Tutorial (part 1)

( chatlog from my discord RP with @nameless-brand, based on the alternate version of the Legendary Heroes VR game created by the Kaiba Corporation in Sato, Lev, and Chi's current universe. )

It doesn't feel good, keeping secrets from his brother. But while the subtleties of Kaiba Seto's emotions usually go unnoticed by most, Mokuba's noticed his brother's spirits seem brighter. Maybe it was destroying Alcatraz, maybe it was their overseas adventure, maybe it was the beach trip. But recently, Seto seemed happier. Maybe when he'd achieved his dream of destroying the past, Mokuba's dream of seeing his brother smile again had come true as well.

Which is exactly why he can't drag Seto back into that past again.

So instead, he finishes up some final tasks and logs out of his computer before retrieving the helmets that Sato had sent over from where he'd stashed them inside his filing cabinet. The devices would hardly fit into his messenger bag, but luckily he doesn't exactly need to use the front door. A few button presses on his watch, and the office around him is instantly replaced by his bedroom at home.

Now, he can finally get to work.

He locks the heavy double doors to his massive bedroom, not that his brother or any staff would dare to open them without knocking anyway. Then he moves to his desk. The large L-shaped desk is mostly occupied with a multi-monitor gaming setup. He unplugs one monitor, moving it to the floor to make room for dismantling the damaged helmet. Moves aside his keyboard to set up an older, cheaper laptop in front of his main monitor. Once the computer finishes its start up, he plops himself into his gaming chair.

First, he plugs the USB into the laptop. He keeps it around just for times like these, testing mystery thumb drives, viruses, and exploring less trustworthy websites. A familiar box pops up, indicating the program attempting to run requires administrator permission, and Mokuba clicks okay with only a little hesitation.

He can work on taking the helmet apart while the intaller runs, he figures.

>> Installing ALTIMIT OS. Please do not shut down your computer.

As the install begins, Mokuba turns to the helmet on the other half of his desk. A few minutes is a long time for this boy to sit still, after all. He clicks on a task light, adjusting the beam to shine directly upon the task at hand. Produces a set of small tools from a drawer in the desk, and starts the delicate task of disassembling the device, making careful mental note of where each piece goes.

It only takes a few minutes to install the new operating system, and it immediately booted up upon running.

He doesn't get very far before the laptop to his side reboots, marking the end of the new OS's installation. He swivels his chair back to that side of the desk to examine this new system.

The reason for the near instant boot-up and quick install became evident. The ALTIMIT OS design was almost pathetically simple to the modern day computers.

All there was was "The World", "Mailer" "News", "Accessory", "Audio", and "Data" on the left side of the screen, their icons spinning slowly - and nothing else.

He'll start by poking around the surface first. The World must be a euphemism for the Internet, he assumes as he moves his cursor to double tap the icon, only to be presented with an error message. He frowns, and moves on to the next two icons with similar, disappointing results.

The World, Mailer, and News icons do not work, simply displaying a "Failed To Connect. Please check if you have a KC@Home Account." Accessory seemed solely dedicated for desktop wallpapers and nothing else. Audio naturally had the music files in a list with multiple folders for sorting and grouping.

The next two icons at least work, opening their respective windows, but they're hardly helpful. He changes the desktop wallpaper to one of the defaults offered, clicks a few audio files, then quickly moves on.

Data however is where things get interesting. The interface is similar to Windows Explorer, and the files previously presented on the Computer are listed as normal. However, attempts to load an executable program that isn't standard Windows, Apple, or Linux suite will display an "Incompatibility Error." Running viruses and malware directly from Data will also immediately fail, though part of that may simply be that the virus / malware is incompatible with the OS.

Loading an anti-virus or anti-malware program will prompt the following: "ALTIMIT OS does not require anti-virus or anti-malware due to its secure design and is incompatible with such programs. It is recommended you seek a refund of your anti-virus program."

There he finds familiar files from the laptop's last experiments, as well as some select media he'd wanted to save with a bit more privacy. Everything seems normal there. He tries to open a couple programs, with mixed success. Beyond the standard programs, nothing previously installed seems to run. Not surprising, they weren't coded with this third-party OS in mind. This does, however, prevent him from utilizing the sandboxing program he would typically use when testing potentially harmful programs.

Which could have been a real issue when he decides to test a malicious string of code.

The attempt at running malicious code within the OS does trigger something. A small packet is silently sent to a server KCAltimit ***.**.***.*** containing the following code XH1930ACD-0 despite firewall protections. and only detectable if one was watching closely.

Oh, now that's interesting. This being Mokuba's natural environment, of course he notices that, if there's a way to. However, for now there's little he can do with the information.

He spends a few more minutes poking around, attempting to explore any hidden or administrative files or folders before returning his attention to the helmets.

The OS is incredibly simple for an operating system, though that can be seen from the desktop display. No hidden or administrative files could be found in the clean install. Even at a glance, it was a very tight OS - one could say there's no room to inject bad code into the core components. Though the OS does display its files openly in the Data Explorer under the ALTIMIT folder, they do not open.

The attempts at poking around in the core files does send another packet to the KCAltimit server, except now the content is XH1930ACD-1.

Hm.

He's still in the process of dismantling the broken one. But as for the intact one.... He picks it up from its spot on the carpet beside his desk. Even with the operating system, would it even work without a KC@Home Account? Either way, he's not exactly eager about putting this thing on. His experiences with Virtual Reality haven't exactly been positive.

He turns the helmet over in his hands, brows knit as he tries to figure out how to activate the device, how to connect it with the system.

Simply palming the functional egg-shaped helmet and putting it near the laptop would cause the laptop to display a new window.

>> Genuine KaibaCorp NetGear Deep Immersion device detected. Would you like to Sync the NetGear to the ALTIMIT OS and start Calibration? Please note that playing Legendary Heroes requires a KC@Home account, and you will be able to make an account after calibration.

Faint cyan lines on the egg-shaped helmet glow like a futuristic helmet as if inviting the user to wear it.

He notices the new pop-up that appears as he holds the helmet, taking a second to read the text-- and to ignore the way those cyan lights make his stomach turn. It quickly becomes clear that the process can't continue unworn, either, and Mokuba's stomach sinks further.

He stares at the glowing helmet apprehensively. Gives the half dismantled one a glance. Maybe he should wait. Maybe he should finish poking around, get a better understanding of the tech before he dives right in.

Maybe he's in over his head.

He remembers his last two Virtual Reality experiences. Remembers the illusory egg-shaped capsule that Other Yugi had trapped him within, and the aversion to compact places he'd been left with.

Maybe he should just get his brother.

He remembers the last text conversation with Seto. That he's not careful enough. That he couldn't have saved them from Noa without help.

He takes a deep breath. Then he and clicks okay to begin the calibration, and dons the helmet.

[loveforpreserumsteve]

Love Blooms (demon!Bucky and pre-serum!Steve omegaverse au)

3

IN SHOCK, Steve gaped at the nursery. It was nearly identical to the one at Stank Tower. Same sage wainscot. Same bunny wallpaper. The only difference was the furniture. While Steve had chosen a white painted wooden crib with matching changing table and dresser, the ones at Bucky's brownstone were mismatched with a vintage gold metal crib and a dark stained changing table.

Turning to look at his – not his – alpha, Steve's brows were in a deep, heavy furrow. "Why? When?"

"I told you," Bucky entered the nursery so he could get the Peter Rabbit bedding out from one of the drawers. That was also different from the bedding Steve had chosen. Steve had gone more neutral with beige and ivory details. As he began making the crib, he continued, "I was supposed to take her."

Steve held Mia closer, tighter. Making sure to drop a few kisses to the top of her head while he marked down her back. He was certain that no matter how many times Bucky confessed to what Plan A entailed and no matter how much time had passed, it would always break his heart. Steve couldn't imagine the heartache that would've caused him.

"I'm glad you didn't."

Busying himself with the fitted sheet, Bucky shrugged, "It was the right thing."

Nodding, Steve swayed Mia. She had eased since leaving the apartment building, but Steve still felt the need to comfort her. Thankfully, she was sleeping peacefully in his arms. Now Steve would have to convince himself to lay her down in her crib.

"Still," Steve yawned, "I'm glad you didn't."

Facing Steve, Bucky watched as the omega held their daughter. A small smile tugged at the corners of his lips as he agreed, "I'm glad too. I knew you'd make a good papa."

For a moment, they just stood there. Steve swaying Mia and Bucky watching them. Briefly, Steve felt bad about how he had been handling the situation between his daughter and her alpha father. He knew that Bucky deserved a chance with her. Especially with how good he had been to both of them. But Steve couldn't help still being upset with him. The alpha had deceived him on a most personal level, and Steve was hurting deeper than he ever thought he could.

Crossing the room, Steve laid Mia in her crib and affectionately pushed her thin dark hair off her face, being mindful of her horn nubs. Then, he went to the glider in the corner. At least that was the same as the one at the tower.

"Aren't you going to sleep?"

Draping the Peter Rabbit quilt over his lap, Steve yawned, "Of course, I am."

Gesturing towards the rest of the brownstone, Bucky said, "You know there are other bedrooms."

"I wanna stay with her."

I still don't trust you, was what Steve meant.

"I can get you a cot," Bucky offered. "Or bring her bassinet into one of the other rooms."

Steve shook his head, "I'm fine here."

Sighing, Bucky nodded, "Okay. Just call for me and I'll come to you."

Keeping his gaze on the brunet as he left the nursery, Steve tried to stay away. If only for a little bit longer. Even after Bucky turned the light off and shut the door on his way out, Steve kept his gaze on the door. He wasn't sure if he'd ever be able to trust the alpha the way he had before the truth was revealed.

Now all he had... to... do... w a s   s t a y   a w a

CREAK!

Eyes snapping open, Steve's gaze scanned the room. Natasha was standing just inside of the nursery, looking apologetically. "I just wanted to check on you. Make sure you're okay after everything last night."

"I'm fine," Steve assured, glancing over at the crib where Mia was starting to fuss. Pushing the quilt to the side, Steve climbed off the chair to reach her. Already, he could feel himself starting to leak. Unbuttoning his sleep shirt, he shoved his supporter to the side and brought the newborn up so she could latch onto his sore nipple.

"You know you can tell me anything, right? You don't have to be so strong all the time."

"I'm fine, really," Steve repeated, returning to the glider. Natasha leveled A Look at him, so he quietly admitted, "It was a little scary, I guess."

"It was," Natasha confirmed. "We should've kept a closer eye on you two. We just assumed that since we were next door and that we knew everyone, that you'd be safe. We won't take that chance again though."

"We?"

A little smirk quirked Natasha's full lips, "One thing you need to know about us is that we take care of each other. We're pack, and now you are too."

He regarded the redhead for a moment before asking, "And if I choose we're not?"

"Sorry, Stevie," Natasha half-teased, "You're stuck with us."

Pressing his lips together to keep himself from arguing, Steve redirected his attention to his nursing daughter. She really was perfect. Even with all the inhuman features that she'd inherited from the demon man that sired her.

"You're lucky, y'know?"

Brows furrowing, Steve looked up at Natasha. Disgust mixing with disbelief, he cruelly scoffed, "How am I lucky? Was it when I was betrayed by my husband? Was it when I was preyed upon by a King of Hell? Or was it when one of your cult members tried to hurt me and my baby?" Before Natasha could speak, he decided, "Or was it when everyone decided it'd be fine to steal my baby so they'd be groomed into leading the damned?"

"You're naive," Natasha decided and left.

Staring at the spot where she had been standing, Steve wondered if he had been too harsh on – No! Don't you dare, Steven Grant Rogers! You have every right to be upset!

Done eating, Steve lifted Mia to his shoulder so he could burp her. All of those years of babysitting and having baby fever had really paid off. It was a relief that he didn't have to worry about this. Sure, Mia was tiny and had been premature, but she seemed just as healthy – if not healthier – than any other baby.

He figured that Bucky's supernatural genes had a lot to do with that. Steve couldn't be angry with the alpha about that. And despite himself, Steve hoped that one day he and Bucky could be friends. They might not ever be as close as they had been before the truth was revealed, but maybe they could be better than they were now.

[abyssalpriest]

Meditation notes: Reconfronting the Dream 11/7/23

Lev pulls me into a space I recognise equally as much as I fear being back there. 'Yharnam'. I can walk around...

I tell him, wait, I remember being here, and surprisingly it's joyous. It's joyous because I suddenly realise I recognise this fake, dreamlike set-piece feeling. I didn't know what it was at the time when I worked with my ex and the Dream and chalked it up to the nature of the Dream, some sort of plane-specific feeling, but I get it now. It feels like, despite being three dimensional, a thin wallpaper veneer that I could tear down at any moment. Skin is what we called it at the time. If I listen to the illusion it's real though: I can feel the wind blowing, if I reach out I feel the night-cooled cobblestone, the metal of cart wheels and the wood of carts, and I realise that I started this with a comment on wind. My ex partner would always comment on the feeling of wind making the Dream seem real, now I'm realising I think he meant that less as in the wind was proof it was real and more so he trained himself to imagine wind to be able to fall into the illusion, so I did too.

This is the Mental realm. It is not the Astral. All this talk of understanding layers of reality like the veneer of skin versus the comparable-to-reality realness tied to consciousness was about different ways of interacting with the Mental, this is not Astral. I am safe. I am inside myself. And I am so, so...

Lev says it's OK to mourn.

I understand now. I remember walking around this place. I remember it was strange, dreamlike. There were details missing as if it were incomplete, but those missing parts were plastered over with a presence as if it were proof of the Dream being alive and constantly creating itself, I was taught to see these inconsistencies as proofs and not flaws, but it's illusory. It's spells, I see now, because it's the same energy as that which the Amygdalae give - gave - off, which is to say looking at it is intimidating and eye-based warding but it's a version of eye spots to ward off predators. The Amygdalae were threats and thoughtforms used to control and intimidate (among other things), this place had similar spells on missing details and... Whatever. These missing parts... I'm trained to see them as proof. They are contradictions. They are natural to the Mental realm and proof of, of anything, the lack of reality to any of this.

I'm allowed to mourn. I spent so many years around this place thinking that I finally had a home, but I was a doll on a dollhouse. Lev took me far into the sky on his back to look down, but I didn't want to see it from above because I know what I would see would be an incomplete city. I've seen it before, but now I know what it means. Illusion dispelled. I don't have to fear a place that doesn't exist in anything but the Mind but once again, I have no homeland even if I hate it viciously. Once again... I look up from my phone and burned into my retinas is a rune of an eye, one which is similar to those which Leviathan has been drawing lately. Many rays go in through the top, one draws out from the bottom like a current of water deep and dark. Remember who created this therefore remember it's a creation. Remember fiction is dreaming therefore remember it's a dream.

[tarovrispy]

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05: IYKYK (if you know you know)

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a/n: if you didn't catch it, slide 9 is actually not an accidental duplicate (even if I'm not getting the sleep I need) but yn changed bokuto's contact name then!

apologies if the picture of the macbook seems weird (cldnt find an accurate wallpaper for yn so made one myself & edited it onto an macbook picture on pinterest) :')

✎ fyi!

yn's favourite ghibili film is spirited away (she especially liked no face because she genuinely thought he was cute just ruined by environment)

yn is an introvert hence she has never made friends on her own (yachi and lev approached her first & kenma was simply because he was her roommate)

bokuto actually wouldn't have asked yn if she liked cats if she didn't tell him she actually doesn't like her major as much (he only did because he didn't want to make her feel uncomfortable again like the hand sign mistake)

in other words, bokuto thought he said something wrong again because yn left him on read before he asked abt her liking towards cats

I had genuinely no idea what to name this chapter so this title might not have made any sense but like iykyk..?

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[explosiives]

Katya enters the Manhattan highrise like a chess piece, well guarded, and in a diaphanous halo of a dress that earns an appreciative gaze from Carmen who has been left to wait in a polished suite. It’s been a little more than three years since their last meeting, and they’ve both only grown more poisonous since.  “Look at you -“ Carmen purrs in dark delight, pushing herself off the railing of the balcony to move back into the inky interiors of the room, a viper moving through the grass “- with a whole welcome wagon just for me.” 

And some welcome wagon it is. Carmen’s eyes flick one by one to the rooks flocked behind Katya. What were they called in large numbers again? Oh yes, a murder. It’s certainly cheeky little show piece on Katya’s part, because if memory serves her well (and Carmen likes to think she has quite a long memory for pretty things, longer for the deadly) there’s plenty tucked away and slipped out of sight on Katya’s person that could slice into a straying hand, cut into an offending figure.  The bodyguards might as well be part of the decor  - and Carmen wouldn’t enjoy this half as much if there wasn’t that sort of visceral danger wallpapering an already electric exchange.

She settles back into a leather seat as Katya does, kicking one boot over the other with streamlined elegance. There’s the need for some politicking when it comes to the other, but this is a suit Carmen wears well (though, again, not perhaps not as well as the marble silk Katya has slipped over that bowstring back.) The politician knows how to smile, knows Katya needs someone to wrestle for their attention between their teeth. Carmen is all too happy to provide. Maybe some things never change. The little tid-bid about Andi has her grinning cold and shark-like.  “There he goes again, begging for my attention - he couldn’t be louder if he tried. Andrew Fontaine needs a real job. You’re more than welcome to tell him I said that if you end up taking one of his calls.”

If Andrew Fontaine wants to put a bullet in her, he better look her in the eyes when he does it. But that’s neither here nor there. What is both here and there is Katya returned. A curious thing, one Carmen is determined to get to the bottom of. There’s a prick in the hollow of her chest at the mention of her father, one she stifles, won’t let bleed. 

“If there’s anything my father would want, even in the face of death, it’s to continue business as usual. Ruling is thrilling - and en vogue as I’m sure you’ve heard.” No doubt the news of Valentino’s installment into power has reached them; a crown handed down, the bloody business of it all. And is that why Katya’s here? Business or a vulture circling?  “You’d make my day if you told me it was you behind Lev Moreno’s little fall.” This is said with another purr and Carmen leans forward. “Surely, you didn’t come all this way just to see me. We both know know how much you hate this city."

location      :    manhattan   / closed starter for carmen g. @explosiives

— NEW YORK MADE FOR A GRIM VIEW atop their golden tower, where they stood by ceiling tall windows overlooking this kingdom of stone. Nose scrunched in disdain, body motionless with the elegance of a statue crafted by the goddesses; an exceptional creature above the ordinary and bland works of this city. Business, as feeble as it may seem, was invaluable to Katya —  precious as the diamonds decorating their fingers. A talk they pushed far past what would have been acceptable had it been anyone else occupying the space left behind by the death of a father, grew only more beneficial given the circumstances. Yes, Katya could not avoid her forever, and it seemed appropriate their first meeting to be with her. A call from sir pulled Katya from their brooding, the elevator ride silent beside the breathing of their bodyguards. A show of power, frankly. Katya knew how to defend themselves well enough; the knife strapped to her thigh only one of the many weapons they hid. But the imposing figures following their every step gave them leverage in situations like this; out of their own domain, surrounded by people who didn't hold as much respect to them as they wished. Still, a smile graced their features when they made it to the meeting location, white suit shining under the white lights. " Carmen Gutierrez. What a pleasure it is to see you again, " voice velvet smooth as each syllable flowed out of their mouth, not a breath between the pleasant greetings and their next words, " I've been in New York for less than a day, and Andrew Fontaine has tried to arrange your demise three times already. I stopped answering my phone. " With ease, crossing one leg over the other, they sat on the pristine couch, raising a brow as they looked Carmen up and down. " I truly wish we were having this conversation under better circumstances, darling. I'm sorry about your father. " Heirs of an empire granted to them by death, perhaps finding common ground would be easier this time. " How are you finding ruling? Thrilling, isn't it? "

[ken-tachii]

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