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intomybubble · 5 months ago
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I’m still playing Sims 4 and so I made a household with a Sim of myself so I can try doing a bunch of different careers (for the items lol)
I ended up romancing Don Lothario and accidentally had his kid after downloading and trying out the WW mod (we had 1 date prior, and I asked for him to live in with me afterwards).
I wasn’t paying too much attention to his name (since this was my first time playing Sims 4 since mid 2010s and I don’t know characters or lore), and used the random name generator and named our daughter, Dawn. I did not realize I basically named her after him lol.
As things are now
We’re partners and “soulmates”
I go out to work (currently doing the spy career), while he’s basically my househusband
He was a creative freelancer when he was added to my household so he makes A LOT from paintings, and sometimes music
I gave him an variation of his default everyday outfit to give him glasses (bc I’m into glasses, but “lorewise” he spends more time at a screen for work so he started to need them)
I used a mod to change his “non-committal” trait into being a family man, and bc he’d still get tense from being “non-committal” (despite trying to get rid of it) I got a “carefree” potion from the rewards store RIP
I don’t 100% remember before changing it, but he was a decent dad beforehand. Now, its super cute seeing him chat and play with our daughter
My Sim wants to marry him, but I’ve been worried about him potentially refusing so I’ve just stuck with being “partners”
I did do a wedding on a different household (OC marrying Liberty) and that was a mess especially since I have no idea what I’m doing
I do now have actual venues to use in the future instead of the ugly base game park 👍
I did give my Sim the same necklace that he wears as a sorta “promise ring” in her outfits (I think its cute lol)
Bc I’m stuck on leveling stats, we don’t leave the house that often. But the WW mod has kept things
 spicy without actual dates lmao
I think I’m going to try proposing and just having an incredibly long engagement soon

#desiree talks#desiree plays#i would like to ignore any of the lore he actually has bc he’s mine now lol#also these are definitely not his kids but Katrina Caliente had two kids?#they’re both black so I’m certain that it was an auto generated NPC before I cleaned up the households#aka moving families back in their home finding stuff in the gallery to upgrade their homes etc#and editing the stories mode settings so they stay and stop having babies#and deleting auto generated sims that were ugly or had too many bad traits#so RIP i won’t know who the dad is and same for Dina and her kid looks asian#our daughter dawn isn’t undeniably cute (she got her eyes and looks like she has no lashes so it’s a bit weird#HIS EYES not mine#im so sorry sweetheart i love you and i’ll max your stats again before making you a teen#like i want to age her but i also want to buy dlc (when on sale) so we can make more memories aka the growing together dlc#also another thing about the WW mod i have to test it so NPCs don’t be doing the nasty in public#i saw one of my OC sims getting railed at the bookstore i placed and I was traumatized#like i have to triple check and test my settings#i also feel like a degen for having the mod and using it a ton on my sim and don but i dont hate it lol#like don is hot af after the design refresh#he got the best of it in comparison to the caliente girls#i saw his early sims 4 design and he looks like barely 20 with a incel podcast or just a listener#and his designs from past games make him look like a 40 year old divorcee#currently he looks like he’s around 30 and I’m getting closer to that age anyway#there are some cute animations either from WW or kawaii’s SoL mod (idr but its probably WW) and they’re really cute#god i want an actual relationship but i need a job and some personal security first before i feel comfortable putting myself out there#i tried the mod with my ocs and it felt more wrong than it being a sim of myself and my basically husband#hang on this is going in an actual post
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yujisdreamgirl · 15 days ago
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husband!nanami who was prepared for valentines day one month ahead. everything was planned considerately and perfectly. he has the whole day organised, from waking up to bedtime.
so, when you told him you were assigned a mission on valentines day, it was like looking at a wet puppy. he tries to conceal his disappointment, saying he understands, but deep down you know he’ll be sulking all week. it’s not like he created a whole itinerary for the day or nothing..
on february 14th, regardless of the whole missions shenanigans though, he still made the most out of treating you like royalty which means at least he got to tick some stuff off his list.
breakfast in bed? check. waking you up by kissing and hugging you? check. shower together and get ready for the day? triple check.
you make your way to the door, the wet puppy following your every step. he stands in front of you with a sullen smile, holding your waist so delicately you couldn’t help but chuckle.
your hands reach for his cheeks, going on your tippy toes to give him a kiss on the lips. once you pull away, he leans forward trying to catch your lips again. you giggle into the kiss, wrapping your arms around the taller man’s neck.
“hey, don’t be too sad. i’ll be back before you know it.” he sighs, a really deep and heavy one. “i had this whole day planned out..” he hugs your waist and buries his face into your shoulder—you had him in an absolute chokehold.
“i know, baby.. i promise i’ll take down those curses and yell the fact that i have a husband to go home to!” he couldn’t help but chuckle at that. he finally pulls back, but still doesn’t let go of your hands.
“stay safe.” you smile, leaning in to give him one last kiss. once you were out the door, he goes back to your shared bed and sobs into his pillow. (he’ll never admit that to you)
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whilst you were out being badass and fighting curses, nanami on the other hand spent the day cleaning the house and preparing the bedroom. he was glad you told him about your unavailability on valentines day a week before as it gave him time to buy necessities for an even better place to come home to.
he’s got everything prepared: balloons, roses, candles, and the whole bunch of gifts he bought last month in secret! he sets the bedroom up, lighting the candles, sprinkling the rose petals everywhere, blowing up the balloons and having the basket of gifts in the middle of the bed and his handwritten letter within it.
once you got home, you noticed your husband’s lack of response to your holler. you roam around the living room and the kitchen confused as to why the lights were off, until you reached the bedroom to a nanami kento wearing a bathrobe and the whole room decked out in loving tones. you smiled widely at your husband’s antics, totally not expecting the whole shebang. he stands up and walks over to you, taking your hands in his.
“kento, this is.. you didn’t have to..” you didn’t even realise tear drops falling down your cheeks until he reached out and wiped them away. “of course i had to. you’re my wife,” he holds your face in his palms, placing a kiss on your lips.
he lead you to the bed, encouraging you to look through the basket of gifts. it was all filled with stuff you recently talked about, from trinkets to expensive items—small objects but meaningful ones. with a loving letter to top it all off, and you swear you’re the luckiest woman in the world.
you hug him tightly and hold his face to kiss his lips. “i love you” he says. “hold that thought,” he looks at you confused as you scramble to your walk in closet, heading to the corner and taking out a small box.
“i have a gift for you too.” nanami raises his eyebrow, taking the small box in his hands. you look at him with an excited look, and he couldn’t help but chuckle. once he opened it, he felt his heart practically leap with joy.
a positive pregnancy test.
nanami looks at you, his eyes wide and a smile creeping up his lips. “honey, you’re..” you practically scream the obvious: “we’re having a baby!”
nanami puts the box aside and hugs you, tears spilling out of his eyes. “this.. is the best gift i’ve ever received. you’re going to be an amazing mother.” you pull back and smile at him, “and you’ll be an amazing dad.”
he caresses your cheek, looking into you with eyes that hold the galaxy. “that means no more going on missions, okay?” you giggle, “i’ll be fine for a few more weeks..” his eyebrows furrow and his lips pout, “no. absolutely not.” you shake your head and smile, finally giving into his request.
you both lay on the bed with his arms wrapped around your torso as you sink your face his chest. he cradles your head and kisses your forehead, “i love you, honey. happy valentines day.”
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another year of being alone on valentines day but hey at least i got tumblr to keep me companyđŸ«¶
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dexteri0us · 2 months ago
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i know i haven't been perfect, but give it some time; 'cause not a single day goes by where you don't cross my mind
pairing: dexter morgan x f!reader
warnings: fluff, injuries (burns and cuts), louis greene, and you know... dexter's dark passenger
summary: requested: "dexter being super protective of you and when he finds out someone hurt you he immediately starts hunting him to kill him"
w/c: 5.5k
a/n: spoiler alert? it made me sad that dexter didn't get to kill louis, so here we go.
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Louis is taking me to the hospital. Don’t freak out. Lab mishap.
You pressed send and the text appeared in a blue bubble, under it, there was a Delivered sign that quickly turned into Read.
Which hospital?
Jackson Memorial.
I’m on my way.
You didn’t really like it when people fussed over you. It felt unnecessary and only brought you discomfort most of the time. But this time, you couldn’t deny the relief knowing Dexter would meet you at the hospital.
“Who are you texting?” Came the voice from the driver’s seat.
You cleared your throat and shifted uncomfortably in your seat. “My boyfriend.”
“Dexter?” Louis asked with a feigned curiosity.
You couldn’t stand him anymore; he was such a fake asshole it was physically hurting you. And today was honestly the last straw.
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You’d spent the better part of your morning setting up your experiment, testing your final samples. The data was supposed to solidify your findings and allow you to finish your thesis.
Everything was in place, your samples loaded into the centrifuge as you triple-checked everything. Everything. The protocol, the settings on the centrifuge, spinning the rotor with your hand, ensuring that it was balanced and the lid was closed tight.
Louis had been hovering all the fucking time. You had tried to ignore him, but you couldn’t exactly tell him to go fuck himself. The lab at your school was a shared space.
“You really think you’re going to finish today?” He’d mocked you. But that didn’t throw you off. You knew you were, because you were prepared.
But then you stepped away from the centrifuge for just five seconds to retrieve your laptop. When you returned, you put the laptop next to the machine and pressed the start button on the centrifuge, causing it to whir to life, the rotor spinning faster and faster. Then suddenly, a sharp, metallic clunk echoed in the room, followed by a horrific screech. The centrifuge rattled violently and the lid flew open. Glass shards and liquid shot out like shrapnel and you barely had time to shield your face with your arm.
The pain was instant. A jagged piece of glass sliced across your forearm, and a burning sensation spread where the liquid splashed onto your skin.
“Shit!” Louis exclaimed, rushing forward with exaggerated concern. “Are you okay?”
You just clutched your arm, blood seeping between your fingers. The burn on your forearm throbbed, angry red splotches already forming. Your vision suddenly became blurred with tears of pain and frustration combined, but you held them back. You were not going to cry in school.
The commotion drew others into the lab, including your supervisor. And of course, Louis was quick to throw you under the bus. And, okay, you weren't wearing your lab coat, but nobody really was if they did something as simple as loading samples into a centrifuge.
Your supervisor sent you to the nurse, telling Louis to escort you in case you got dizzy. The nurse bandaged your arm and sent you to a hospital for further treatment. Louis chimed in, playing the part of a kind and worried colleague, and driving you there himself.
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“Yes; Dexter. He’s on his way, so you can just drop me off and head back to the lab.”
“Nonsense. I can't have anything else happen to you.”
Bullshit. He wouldn’t even blink if the shards had hit your carotid artery and you bled out right there. Who knows, maybe that had been his plan all along. Louis had it out for you and Dexter, his petty vendetta against you couldn't be more transparent.
“Louis, please.” You closed your eyes in exasperation, your eyes still burning from the tears that tried to push their way through. “I know that you messed with the centrifuge. I don’t have proof, so don’t worry. I’m not gonna do anything. But at least have the decency to stop pretending that you’re innocent.”
You saw his jaw flex and his knuckles get white from how he clutched the steering wheel, but he didn’t say anything. Frankly, you were getting uncomfortable being alone with Louis in the car, but luckily, the hospital came into view.
You tried to convince Louis to go, but he wouldn’t budge. He knew you hated his presence, and he reveled in the feeling that he was making you uncomfortable. You also had a hunch he waited for Dexter so he could provoke him too. He was like a lurking predator, leaning against the far wall, as the nurse gave you a sympathetic smile, adjusting the bandage on your arm. The burn cream was cool against your skin, but the sting of the injury sent vibrations through your whole arm.
The door opened, and your muscles finally relaxed. Dexter stepped in, his focused gaze sweeping the room. His eyes landed on you first, taking in the bandage on your arm and the nurse’s careful work. Then, his gaze flicked towards Louis.
Louis straightened up, a smirk tugging at the corner of his lips.
“Dexter, hey! Don’t worry, YN’s alright. I made sure she got here safe.”
Dexter ignored him. If he hadn’t, he might have done something
 nobody here needed to see. There was going to be time for that to do it right. Instead, he made his way straight to you.
“Hey,” you said with a tired smile.
His hand reached out to cup your head, his thumb brushing your temple and over the edge of your eyebrow in a soothing manner as his other hand hovered over your injured arm, as if to make sure it was still attached. His brows were furrowed, his shoulders and chest stiff as if he was holding his breath.
“Are you okay?”
“Yeah. Getting burned by an oven hurts more.” You tried to lighten the mood, but humor wasn't exactly his way of coping.
“What’s he still doing here?”
“I think he wants to steal you away from me.”
“YN
”
“I don’t know, Dex. He’s a fucking vulture, you know that. I told him to leave, but he wouldn’t.”
You weren't even joking anymore; it wouldn’t surprise you if Louis had done this to get Dexter’s attention. Or get back at you for having Dexter’s attention. Louis had probably been obsessed with him long before you started coming to the Miami Metro’s forensics lab to work on your thesis. Louis, as a graduate and now a lab tech at your university as well as a senior intern at Miami Metro, was supposed to be your guide, to help you acclimate.
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You had known Louis from school, and ever since he’d started working at Miami Metro, his ego had been bursting through the roof, so you hadn’t been so psyched when you’d found out you’d have to share a working space, but hey, what could you do. At least, he was genuinely eager to assist, proudly showcasing his knowledge of the lab’s high-tech equipment and Miami Metro’s most famous cases. But his favorite thing to do was name-dropping Dexter. Louis had never said it in those words, but Dexter was like a god to him.
“He’s a genius. Everyone here knows it. Stick with me, and you might even learn enough to impress him.”
You’d fought the urge to roll your eyes. “I’m here to work on my thesis, Louis. Not to waste my time.”
Louis had always been too loud, too close and most importantly, too self-important for your liking, and you’d thought back then already, that his admiration for Dexter bordered with obsession.
And when you finally met the famous Dexter Morgan, you were surprised how underwhelming it was. You actually expected another loud and arrogant scientist, but he was the exact opposite.
One morning, while you were struggling with the calibration of a piece of equipment, a calm and monotone voice spoke behind you.
“You’re off by a millimeter.”
You jumped out of your skin, closing your eyes to regain composure before turning around and finding Dexter with his hands in his pockets, just standing there. You hadn’t met, but you knew what he looked like.
“Fuck, thanks. Were you trying to give me a heart attack to keep me from using it? Jesus Christ.” You were still shaking off the jumpscare you just received.
“Sorry.”
“You’re good. Dexter, right? The guy who specializes in puddles.”
“Blood spatter analyst,” he corrected with a nod, and for a moment, you were taken aback by the lack of reaction to your joke. You introduced yourself and shook his hand, before he left without another word.
To him, you were just another in a parade of visiting academics, someone he’d forget as soon as your project ended.
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Well, apparently, you liked to talk, making it hard for him to ignore you. It's not like you were targeting him specifically, you were just a naturally friendly person.
Vince's attention wasn't exactly hard to earn, especially if you were a woman, but Dexter noticed how you laughed even with Angel. Not that Angel was a touch-me-not, but it was still surprising to see you navigate the station with such ease, like a newcomer staking a claim in unfamiliar territory. You didn't force yourself into conversations; you didn't even have to. You had your own gravity around you, and people were magnetized to it.
“If you need something, Louis is your liaison.” He tried to brush you off one time, gesturing vaguely towards the open lab door.
“Oh, I know,” you replied, undeterred. “But Louis is busy explaining to someone how he’s basically the second coming of Einstein, so I figured I’d ask the real expert.”
But you didn’t wait for him to respond, taking the hint and leaving him alone. For now anyway. It made the corner of Dexter’s mouth twitch, but he caught himself and got back to his work. He thought about it for a moment before deciding that it would be suspicious if he was the only one ignoring you.
Over the next few weeks, you made a habit of dropping by his desk. At first, he found your presence
 perplexing. You asked too many questions – some of them genuinely insightful, others just
 so absurd. You often hovered just enough to be noticeable, but not enough to be intrusive. And your sense of humor seemed to exist solely to see how far you could push him before he reacted. And to create a bond with his sister.
You and Deb shared that bark, and he didn’t know what to make of it. The sarcasm often rang through the breakroom, and while he wasn’t one to eavesdrop, one time he heard a mention of his name.
“Does your brother ever smile?” you asked Deb, leaning against the counter.
“Well, you know, occasionally.”
“Yeah, what’s the occasion? Winning the lottery? Accidentally putting sugar in his coffee instead of salt?”
His brows furrowed in confusion. Why would I put salt in my coffee? But unlike him, Deb laughed.
“More like when someone's bleeding out somewhere. You don’t even wanna see that, it’s creepy as hell.”
“He’s fascinating actually,” you said when you stopped laughing, taking another sip of your coffee.
Fascinating. Most people called him odd, socially awkward, or at best, smart. His victims called him sick or a freak. But fascinating was new. And unsettling. He didn’t particularly like being noticed, but he found himself not minding your attention. Dexter realized that when he came in on Louis scolding you for talking him.
“He’s not your friend or your assistant, okay?” Louis snapped at you, his voice rising in frustration. “I am. So, stop bothering him and do some actual work.”
Before you could respond, Dexter stepped in, his voice firm. “Woah, Louis. Thanks, but I think I can handle myself.”
“I’m just saying, she’s supposed to focus on her thesis—”
“And she is. I also don’t mind helping her.” He turned to you then. “At least, when she ends up working here, she’ll already know the ropes.”
Dexter wasn’t serious, he didn’t even know if you ever wanted to work in forensics. But to Louis, the words felt like a slap. For months, he’d bent over backward to gain Dexter’s respect, but he’d never earned more than a dismissive glance. And you just waltzed in, cracked a couple of jokes, and suddenly, you were like Dexter's personal pet.
It was clear he didn’t like how Dexter responded to you. You noticed how his behavior changed, becoming petty even at your university lab. It was like he was waiting for you to make a mistake while his jokes grew meaner, more passive-aggressive
However, Louis was still essentially a random guy. He wasn't your superior, so you didn’t let him scare you off. If he wanted to report you to your school, you had Vince's backing, and now Dexter's too, you hoped. You believed you hadn't done anything wrong, you still got your work done, so there was no reason to feel guilty.
That meant that you never limited yout contact with Dexter, who also grew more responsive over the time. You figured out that most of his laughter stemmed in ridicule, with his brows furrowed and looking at you like you were an alien which made a smile grow on your face, so you decided to lean into it. Did it make you look dumb? Yes. Did it make Dexter laugh? Yes in capital letters.
Deb was the one who finally pointed out what you had been trying to make painfully obvious for weeks.
“Jesus Christ, Dexter,” she said incredulously, smiling at him as if asking are you serious? “Are you blind, or just stupid?”
He looked up from the folder, his expression blank. “What are you talking about?”
“YN. The girl from the lab. She’s been flirting with you nonstop, and you’ve been staring at her like she’s a new blood sample. Do you even know how to human?”
His whole face scrunched up, going over your past interactions in his head. “She hasn’t been flirting. She’s just
 talkative.”
Deb rolled her eyes so hard it was a miracle she didn’t sprain something. “Oh my God. You’re hopeless. She’s into you, Dex. And honestly? I think she’s kind of awesome. She’s smart, funny, and she’s got this great thing where she acts like an airhead just to see your face do that confused frown thing. It’s hilarious.”
Dexter’s frown deepened. “She does that on purpose?”
“Yeah, dumbass. Seriously, ask her out before she gets bored and moves on to someone who actually knows how to crack a smile.”
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Weeks passed, and to Deb’s disdain, Dexter completely ignored her amazing advice. But she wasn’t one to sit idly by and she had had enough.
One afternoon, as you were bent over a microscope in the lab, Deb stormed in with an unyielding grip on Dexter’s arm.
“Hey, YN!” she said, her voice unnaturally cheerful.
“Uh
 hey, Deb. What’s going on?”
She didn’t waste any time, her hold on Dexter's arm tightening as she shoved him into the room.
“Dexter has something he wants to ask you,” she announced, crossing her arms and giving Dexter an expectant look.
Fiddling with the pen in your hand, your eyes darted warily to Dexter, not really sure what was going on. And from the looks of it, Dexter didn’t know either. He looked genuinely confused, his eyes wide and his mouth opening and closing as if trying to form words, but nothing came out.
“Uh
”
“For fuck’s sake,” Deb groaned. “He wants to take you out. On a date. There. It’s done. The cat’s out of the bag.”
You blinked, momentarily caught off guard. A warmth surged through you, a small flicker of happiness bubbling up, but then you saw the horrified look on Dexter’s face, and it fizzled just as quickly. You turned back to Deb.
“Wow, Debra. I didn’t know you moonlighted as a matchmaker.”
“I don’t. But someone has to get the ball rolling.”
“And the first step is holding someone hostage?”
“Hosta– are you fucking kidding me?” She turned to her brother, jabbing a finger into his ribs, making him flinch. “Dexter, tell her!”
But before he could say a word, you got up from your chair and headed for the door.
“I appreciate the effort, Deb, but can we discuss this later? I need to bring these to Louis before he has a meltdown.”
“Yeah, well, fuck him,” Deb said as she watched you leave.
“I’d rather not,” you quipped with a smirk, closing the door behind you.
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But maybe Deb had a point.
Maybe he should ask you out.
It had been a while since he’d had a girlfriend, and perhaps it was time to change that. Saying no to you outright might be suspicious, and blending in was a cornerstone of his life. Besides, you weren’t so bad. Being around you wasn’t unpleasant. It made sense.
That's actually what he said when he finally asked you out: it makes sense. No fumbling over words or overly rehearsed lines. And you actually liked his reasoning. It was honest in its own way and you appreciated the lack of pretense.
That was one thing you’d learned about Dexter during your time at Miami Metro: he liked a logical approach, unlike most people who responded to emotion, whose actions were driven by feelings. He felt things, sure, just not in the same way, and he rarely expressed them outwardly.
It wasn’t like you were absolutely positive that it could turn into something meaningful or that a relationship with Dexter would last, but his way of interacting with the world was so unconventional that you simply felt drawn to it.
Dexter never really offered grand romantic gestures or gush over your presence in his life. But he noticed things you liked and made small accommodations for them. He listened with the intent to understand. And while he wasn’t exactly overflowing with emotion, you saw the quiet ways he cared.
You’d once mentioned in passing how receiving gifts made you uncomfortable, the pressure to perform gratitude leaving you uneasy. So when you joked that a specific brand of coffee was your lifeblood, he didn’t hand it to you wrapped in a bow. Instead, the next week, it simply appeared in the breakroom.
He wasn’t selfish about it, like most people were when they insisted on seeing your reaction. No, he just wanted to make you happy. And with that, he scored a double.
However, ever since you started going on dates, for the lack of a better word, because neither of you ever labeled it that way, he started second-guessing himself. He became more careful, often overthinking and calculating his answers. You suspected that Deb might have been partly to blame. She was too blunt sometimes, too quick to get into his head. But you made sure to let him know that he was more likely to scare you off by saying nothing rather than saying the wrong thing.
“You’re more confident about that than I am.”
You'd told him that he was the living embodiment of having a wall up. And not any wall. It was as if someone else had built it for him, and he was struggling to climb over it.
“You’re not even bad at climbing. You’re just trying to figure out where to put your hands.”
It was a strange way for your to put it, but you managed to create a whole think tank in his head which often left him with a dull ache between his eyes. He found himself admiring your honesty, the way you refused to put on a mask just to please the people around you or conform to societal expectations.
It’s not like you outright spilled your deepest, darkest secrets, but you gave him glimpses. You hinted at your own traumas that had shaped you, so matter-of-fact and so human.
It stirred something within him. For days, he debated whether to share his own scars, until he finally did, one night during a quiet walk along the beach. It felt as though a huge weight had been lifted from his chest when he told you about his mother, the blood, the screams everything. Well, almost everything. He expected recoil, but it never came. You didn’t judge, it didn’t scare you away; you just looked at him with the same attentiveness, maybe a joke on your tongue about how that explained his line of work, because that's how you coped. And somehow, knowing he knew that made it easier for him to breathe.
And that night was also the night he kissed you for the first time. He didn’t plan for it. He just simply looked at you and the moonlight twinkling in your eyes, and for the first time in a long time, he felt a different kind of urge. One he didn’t have to fight or wait to satisfy it. He let himself feel.
Later that evening, you also invited him to spend the night at your place.
He’d be lying if he said that he regretted a single second spent with you. Yeah, you never seemed to stop talking, never seemed to stop moving.
“It’s like you’re daring your neurons to keep up,” he’d said to you one day.
“Well, I need to keep my synaptic connections in shape, right?”
But still, you made the chaos seem
 manageable. You were a walking paradox, bringing a strange sense of order to his life, a balance. He started to think that this was his final and definitive chance at happiness. And he wasn’t going to screw it up. Nobody was going to take you away from him. Nobody, and it was in his control.
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Before you could discuss it further, the nurse came back with a new bandage.
“Your boyfriend, I presume?” she asked with a warm smile, glancing between the two of you. But Dexter barely looked at her, his focus was entirely on you.
“Was it him?” He tilted his head toward Louis, his voice low enough that only you could hear, but you saw the nurse make her way to you to apply the bandage.
“Not here,” you murmured, darting a glance toward Louis, who was still lingering near the door.
The nurse, oblivious to the tension, spoke up. “She’s going to be fine. The burn isn’t deep, and the cuts didn’t hit anything major. Could’ve been worse. You might’ve earned yourself a Nobel Prize for dedication to science, though.”
She smiled, and you saw Dexter’s lips twitch into a grimace that was supposed to look like a smile.
“What chemicals?” he asked.
“Phenol and chloroform mix,” you replied, and the nurse followed up.
“Not ideal for skin, but we got to it quickly. Keep the bandage clean and dry, and she’ll be good as new.”
“Thanks,” Dexter said shortly. Then, turning back to you, he added, “I’ll be right back.”
“Dex
” you began, knowing very well where his mind had taken him. And honestly, a part of you didn’t even want to stop him, because you wanted Louis to leave you alone.
“I said I'll be right back,” he repeated, his voice stern.
Dexter straightened to his full height and walked toward Louis, a predator closing in on its prey.
“So? How is she?” Louis asked as soon as Dexter approached him.
“How do you think, Louis? I suggest you stop fucking around or I’ll make your life really difficult.”
“What?” Louis laughed with faux confusion. “I was just trying to help.”
“Yeah, and I think you’ve done enough. You can leave now. And if I find out you had anything to do with this, anything at all, you’ll wish it was you sitting on that hospital bed. Do you understand?”
“Geez, Dexter, are you –”
Dexter took a step closer without raising suspicion from other people.
“I’m serious, Louis. Do you understand?”
Louis nodded, swallowing the lump in his throat.
“Good. Now get out of my sight.”
Louis turned on his heel, but before making his exit, he turned to Dexter one more time. “Well
 Catch you at work.”
Dexter ground his teeth, closing his eyes as he tried to suppress his need to protect you from Louis right then and there. He’d started seeing crimson the moment you texted him about Louis taking you to the hospital. Now, it was spilling everywhere, the red taking over his body, causing it to shake and ring in his ears. He wanted to fucking kill him. Louis had been trying to provoke him for quite some time, but he just crossed a line. Nobody will ever hurt you without consequences.
“Are you okay?” A soft voice brought him back to the present, your hand lightly brushing over his back as you tried to comfort him, ground him.
“No. I think I’ll kill him.”
You snorted. “Okay, drama queen,” you said, and hooked your arm around his, making your way out of the hospital.
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Dexter hadn’t said a word during the drive, not a single one.
He’d even turned on his marching music, which he rarely did when you were with him. That was a signal in itself. He was thinking. Hard.
Once you reached his apartment, he tossed his keys onto the counter with an unusual force, and without a word, he headed straight for the first aid kit.
“Dex, I just got it bandaged. You don’t have to—”
“Yes, I do. I want to see for myself.”
You weren’t entirely sure if this had something to do with the whole I don’t trust nurses thing or just general paranoia, but you decided not to argue.
“I know this isn’t your fault, but you should’ve worn your coat,” he said, his voice almost shaking as he held back from lashing out.
“I know.”
Dexter gestured for you to sit on the couch, taking a seat himself on the low table in front of you. He gently reached for your hand and began unwrapping the bandage.
“Tell me what happened.”
You described the incident in detail, including your suspicions that Louis might have been involved. Dexter gave you that Kubrick stare as his jaw tightened at the mention of Louis’ name.
When he uncovered the burn ringed by shallow cuts, he muttered a quiet Jesus.
“Once it starts blistering, you can’t scratch it, okay? It could get infected.”
“Yes, doctor,” you teased lightly, a small smile tugging at your lips. “That’s what the nurse said.”
It made his head twitch as he gave you a look. But he didn’t comment, instead gently placing your hand in his lap as he prepared a fresh bandage.
“Do you have any other samples left?” he asked, and it warmed your heart knowing that he cared about your lab work, too.
“Yeah, I should have some stored at the station,” you said. “Unless Louis decided to get rid of them too.”
“I’ll head back and check on them for you.”
“Well, I’m coming too. I need to get back to the lab, it’s not like I’m incapable of running the experiment again.”
That was a hard no. He didn't even have to think about it.
He didn’t like the idea of you being back at the lab, not when Louis was going to be there. But he also knew he couldn’t keep you away from the lab for long, so he needed to do this fast. He convinced you to stay at his place until the next day, at least. After all, you did feel tired from the burning pain and the pills that started to kick in. As Dexter stood to leave, he leaned down and pressed a kiss to your forehead, before kissing you on the lips, anchoring himself to you before heading back to work. And to take care of Louis once and for all.
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It was easy. Louis was obsessed with serial killers, but he still lacked the skillset Dexter’s usual victims challenged him with. Now, he was going to give him the full-time experience.
He broke into his apartment and waited until Louis got home. A sharp prick to the neck and strapping him to a chair. Not his usual routine, but this wasn’t really to satisfy his urges. This was to protect you.
Once he was all tied up, Dexter broke a capsule of smelling salt under his nose and Louis' eyes shot open. Dexter wasn’t going to waste much time here, but he brought something to make it more enjoyable for himself.
“Wakey-wakey,” Dexter’s voice broke through the fog of Louis’s confusion.
He blinked, before he started thrashing against the rope. “What the hell?!” he shouted, panic rising in his voice. “What is this?!”
Dexter stepped closer to him, a faint curl of a smile appearing at the corner of his mouth. In his right hand, he held a bunch of vials filled with liquid.
“Do you know what chemical burn feels like, Louis?”
“What?” he asked, confused at first, but then it dawned on him. “Wait, wait, wait! I didn’t do anything! I was just looking out for her. A-Accidents happen! Labs are dangerous places if you’re not careful, you know that!” Louis rambled, making Dexter watch him with an amused smile.
“Accidents don’t usually involve sabotage,” Dexter said evenly.
“Sabotage? Jesus, Dexter, you're blowing this way out of proportion. You're doing all this for some chick? Does her pussy feel that good?"
Dexter lurched forward, his fist connecting with Louis's face before he could react, the chair creaking against the floor as it moved with Dexter's strength. He leaned down to Louis’ eye-level, pointing a finger at his face. Louis squeezed his eyes shut, his bloody face scrunching in fear.
“Don't push it, Louis,” he said through his teeth. Dexter was quick to recover, his calm mask slipping back into place. “Let's talk about the fact that accidents always seem to happen when you’re around.”
Louis coughed, spitting blood onto the plastic-covered floor.
“You’ve got a pretty vivid imagination.”
Dexter’s lips twitched. He rose to his full height and backed away just to put down one of the vials and take a piece of cloth instead. He poured the chemical on it as he talked.
“It’s called pattern recognition,” he said, coming around the chair to stand behind Louis. “You should be familiar with that by now.” And with that, he stuffed the wet rug into his mouth. Louis twitched and thrashed, but Dexter was stronger. He made sure the cloth didn’t fall out, that Louis got the exact taste of what you’d gone through.
“How is it, Louis? You have my full attention now! The only time I’m willing to listen to your bullshit!”
He tortured him some more, before pulling the cloth out. As soon as Louis’ mouth was free, he started coughing. Then, Dexter poured some of the prepared solution on his glove.
“Did I get the concentration right, or was it too strong?” Dexter asked, rubbing his covered fingers together, the rubber shining under the kitchen light. Louis’ breathing quickened.
“Please. I won’t go near her again. I swear!” Louis cried out.
Dexter leaned in close again, his face inches from Louis’.
“You’re right. You won’t.”
And without further explanation, he pressed the gloved hand against Louis’ arm, holding it there long enough for the sting to start. Before Louis’ scream got too loud, Dexter stuffed his mouth with the rug again as he writhed in pain, the burning sensation spreading.
“That’s just a fraction of what she felt. And you’re lucky I’m in a forgiving mood tonight. Otherwise, I would pour it right into your fucking eyes, your mouth, I would cut your skin open and fill it up before stitching it back together.” Dexter put his still wet hand on a different part of Louis’ arm, watching him squirm. “I would make you fucking drown in it.”
Dexter stepped back, watching Louis’ chest rise and fall with his heavy breathing, some tears sliding down his cheeks, mixing with his blood. Dexter closed his eyes, bathing in that satisfactory feeling as he breathed in, the smell of chemicals and sweat and fear tickling his nostrils. He made his way to the counter where his knives were splayed out, taking the sharpest one and making his way behind Louis again.
“Goodnight, Louis.”
And with that, he sliced his neck, blood spilling onto the plastic underneath the chair.
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When he came home that night, he found you still on his couch. Safe and sound. Your bandaged arm rested on the book you were reading, and when you looked at him, you greeted him with that casual smile of yours.
It was so genuine, so automatic. Like it had been waiting just for him. He couldn’t let himself be the reason you’d ever lose it, couldn’t let his or anyone else's world dim yours.
Without saying a word, he approached you, pinched your chin between his fingers and tilted your head to kiss that smile, because he knew it would only make you grin wider, and that’s what he wanted. He was making a silent promise, to you and to himself, to keep it safe, because seeing you light up like that, illuminating his dark world was everything he needed. And he wanted it to last.
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agirlwithglam · 10 months ago
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📑📚 ACE YOUR EXAMS 📚📑
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This is a guide for people who have exams coming up. It consists of what to do if you want 100% on your upcoming exams, study tips, and more!
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Study tips:
Check this masterlist by @merakinotes and also this post+ masterlist by @areistotle it has everything you’ll ever need.
Bank of questions / past papers study method: you can create your own questions on Quizlet or any online quiz maker or use past papers/ revision resources.
Study everyday. If your exam is even a month away, that’s good because it means you don’t have to study hours everyday, but you can at least keep a goal to study 30 mins a day or to learn/ understand/ memorise a new thing part of that topic every day.
Feynman technique. Basically pretend as if you’re the teacher and teach the topic to someone/ something (ex a stuffed animal)
Record yourself talking. When you’re revising, record yourself talking about some of the stuff so you can listen to it later when you’re unable to study.
Visual learning!! Personally, I love this one. If you’re studying something like science, history, etc, then draw pictures! Draw pictures to better help you understand a word/ concept. (Example: in science I couldn’t remember the whole definition of combustion so I just drew a stickman image of the atom and the oxygen and then those 2 chemically combined)
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During the exam:
Never turn the exam in early!! Are you finished? Then re read the exam and re take the exam. Double check, triple check etc your answers. Keep looking through your answers again and again, step by step. Only give the test in at the very end.
Watch the clock! Don’t spend lots of time on one question trying to figure it out. Look at the time and make sure you still have enough to complete all the questions and maybe also recheck them.
If you don’t completely understand a question/ it’s more complicated: skip it and go to the next question. Come back to that harder question later.
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Manifesting:
Remember: the 100/100 grade is already yours. You just need to claim it!
Affirmations: you can create your own set of customised affirmations or you can use THIS affirmation list that I made for high grades
Subliminal: I’ve made a playlist on YouTube with all my favourite academic subliminals. You can also search up 100/100 grades or full marks in tests subliminals.
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More resources:
(These are just to further help you if these tips do not help. Remember that watching videos or reading about studying/ study tips is not studying. It’s procrastinating. Consume these in moderation.)
Studying tips for a straight A student by @universalitgirlsblog2
How to study like: 👙Elle Woods👙 | 📔Paris Geller📔 | 📖Hermione Granger📖
Study to success on YouTube
Jun Yuh oh YouTube
Fayefilms on YouTube
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bluesidez · 6 months ago
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Gym Rat Miguel Part 13
content warning: alcohol, drugs, 18+ so MDNI, food play??, fellatio, cunnilingus
word count: 5.8k (YAY FOR MY BETA! @slushycoookie )
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GymRat!Miguel who starts the week with hope in his heart.
He was reaching a new milestone in his life and he was really looking forward to seeing you. He’s even started to cross off the days on his calendar as he gets closer to the date. Never mind the fact that midterms were right around the corner.
At this point, the reserved rooms in the library had his and Xina’s name imprinted on the sign-up sheet. He was confident about his progress in his classes while Xina was triple checking everything.
“I swear to god if I don’t make at least a B on this, I’m going to do commit arson.”
“Do you have any gasoline?”
Xina threw her pencil at Miguel while he snickered and dodged.
GymRat!Miguel who noticed that Xina was taking a liking to these brighter sets. The shirt she was wearing right now looked a lot like the one you wore on you all’s anniversary.
GymRat!Miguel who has been texting you as much as he could because he knew your critiques were coming up. You’ve been sending him progress of your work and the occasional paint covered hand. He didn’t know how you got yellows and charcoal on your face, but it was cute and he saved every picture.
GymRat!Miguel who is laughing at his a clip that Gabriel sent him when Xina grits out his name.
“I know you might be free to live, laugh, love, or whatever, but some of us have tests coming up.”
Miguel places his phone down, “I have tests, too.”
“It doesn’t look like it.”
“What’s with you all of a sudden?”
“Nothing,” she breaks the lead of her pencil with how hard she’s writing across the page.
“Xina, I’m sure you’re going to do great on your tests. You’re stressing yourself out over nothing. If this is how you’re like now, the finals are going to take you out.”
“I really need to pass. Some of these tests are, like, 30% of the grade.”
“And like I said,” Miguel laid his head on the table. “You’re going to do great. Trust yourself a bit more.”
Xina flit her eyes from Miguel back to her notes, a flutter in her eyes.
GymRat!Miguel whose phone is on lockdown for the next two hours as per Xina’s request so he was now in line for snacks and drinks.
He was thinking about getting something sweet, a reward for finally finishing one of his papers and the write-up for his game.
“Migster! It’s such a coincidence seeing you here.”
Miguel tenses, that shrieking voice recognizable anywhere.
“Aaron,” he turns with a polite smile.
“Grabbing some munchies for you and your girlfriend? Where is she by the way?”
Miguel shifted his eyes to him in his peripheral and back to the bread on display.
“You’ve never seen my girlfriend.”
“Don’t act all shy, now!” Aaron nudges Miguel’s side to which he doesn’t budge. “You guys look cute together.”
He couldn’t recall a single moment where you picked him up from his robotic team meetings, the engineering building, or the science building where he could see it.
Miguel looked down at him and curled his lip a bit, “Are you stalking me?”
Aaron let out a bird-like laugh, voice making the people in front of him jump, “You’re really a riot. Dude, she’s always outside of the building waiting for you. She gave me an invite to your birthday party?”
He leans in even closer, “You’re not cheating on her are you?”
Miguel stepped forward, the line decreasing and Aaron following him like a lackey.
“That’s not my girlfriend.”
Aaron snickered, “Could have fooled me.”
GymRat!Miguel who returns to the private study room with a knot in his stomach.
He places down a sandwich and a latte for Xina and taps on his own cup of coffee.
“Can I have my phone back?”
Xina slid it back without a fight, “Don’t distract me.”
He checks his phone and it’s only emails from school and a reminder to buy protein powder.
He guesses you’re busy again.
GymRat!Miguel who fights through the beginning of the week just to breathe by the time his birthday gets here.
Peter wakes him up with a mini confetti cannon and a lit cupcake that almost burns through his comforter.
They both panic for a few seconds as they beat the life out of the fabric and Peter looks shameful before he runs to his last midterm.
GymRat!Miguel who sees that his brother has dropped a saxophone rendition of “In Da Club” and dedicated it to Miguel on his TikTok.
The comments are full of praise and begging to see Miguel.
GymRat!Miguel who doesn’t have any messages from you yet.
There’s two from his mom, one from his dad and Tyler, some sporadic messages from his abuela, celebratory words from The Geek Squad, an email from his Steam account, a bunch of messages from Xina, and nothing from you.
Miguel’s shoulders wilt, thumbs flicking through his phone.
The countdown he started stared back at him.
GymRat!Miguel who didn’t really do anything special outside of his normal routine.
Get up. Exercise. Breakfast. Rest. Think about you.
Was his last birthday this uneventful?
GymRat!Miguel who dresses up a bit for this party that Xina insisted on having.
He looks in the mirror and adjusts the chain on his neck and smooths down his jean jacket. He doesn’t feel any different from yesterday, but he does feel like a loser for moping all day.
He should be thankful that he has friends and family that reached out to him. He should be thankful that Tyler slid him a nice amount of cash. He should be thankful that Xina is going out of her way to celebrate with him.
He still wishes you would have called.
GymRat!Miguel who hears the party as he’s walking up the stairs to the apartment door. He doesn’t know what to expect, but knocks on the door with fated breath.
GymRat!Miguel who is pulled into the party and given the ugliest birthday hat he’s ever seen by a guy he vaguely remembers from the gym.
He turns to the crowd and shouts, “The Birthday Boy is here!”
Everyone in the room shouts and cheers, patting him on the back as he weaves through the sea of people.
A beer was placed in his hand and noisemakers were blown past his ears. He smiled a little at the chaos and yelled thank-you’s over the noise.
GymRat!Miguel who saw some familiar faces once he got to the living room of the apartment. Margo was inching further away from Aaron as he laughed at something with a grimace on her face.
She looked up as Miguel came closer and jumped from the couch.
“Miguel!” She gripped his shoulders. “I am so glad to see you here. Let’s go to the balcony.”
She uses Miguel like a bulldozer moving past people drinking and dancing.
As they make it outside, she thanks him.
“Aaron is entirely incapable of reading the room or shutting up. You just saved me from hearing him mansplain the mechanics of Mario Party while Doritos fall from his mouth.”
Miguel smiled apologetically as she shoved a gift bag in his hand.
“And this was a nice experience! But I want to catch a game update that happens at 2am, and I need some shut eye.”
“You’re leaving already?” Miguel huffs, weight shifting in his stance.
“I’m sorry, Miguel. I’ve been here for a while and there’s only so much grass I can take in my clothes before the shots wear off. Also, a couple has been eyeing me since I walked in, and the guy looks sinister. I’ve got to go home.”
Miguel furrowed his brow, “Need me to drive you home?”
“I’m ok. I’ll text you. Enjoy your gift!”
She hugs Miguel and books it, ribbons in her braids trailing after her.
He opens the bag and laughs when he catches the card with a dad joke staring back at him.
GymRat!Miguel who really has no clue who majority of the people standing around are.
He’s chatted with a few people and pushed away a couple of wandering hands, but outside of Margo and Ben, who was currently dancing on top of the table like a video vixen in between some girls, he hasn’t really found anyone.
There was a coarse smell that ran through the apartment. He wasn’t sure if it was because the amount of sweaty bodies pressing against each other or because of the mix of mango pineapple smoke and something else he couldn’t pick up.
The music was rattling his bones and the hairs on his skin were standing upright. Everywhere he turned, someone was there and the weight of it was becoming too much. His height could allow him relief if the ceiling didn’t feel like it was caving in.
He got to a bathroom, praying for a break, only to be met with someone sliding their nose across the counter and another person at their side sitting on the toilet. He closes the door with a panic and shuffles to the kitchen.
It’s a small break, the people lingering around the island laughing over red solo cups. He reached for his phone, heart pumping through his veins as he runs across your name in his phone.
“Nuh uh,” Miguel’s phone is snatched from his hands. He’s about to panic until he sees who it is. “Tonight, you’re living in the moment.”
“But-”
“No buts! Only shots and smiles!” Xina pocketed the device. “Now, let’s have some fun.”
She smiles at him and grabs his arm, chest pressing up against his as she leans towards his face. He can smell the alcohol on her breath before he attaches the back of his hand onto her face.
Xina stumbles back, “So I can’t kiss you on the cheek now, either?”
“No. You haven’t done that in years and you’re drunk right now. Give me my phone back, please.”
“At least enjoy the party a little first. There’s,” she glances over to the middle of the island, “was
cake for you.”
Miguel follows her gaze to a mostly eaten cake with a part of it with teeth marks. He turns back to Xina who is pouring a shot for him.
She hands him a cup, “Just another hour. Please? I haven’t even given you your gift yet.”
“Forty five minutes and I’m going back to my dorm.”
She jumps up at down, loose straps of her dress sliding down. She pulls Miguel into the crowd with laugh and a shriek.
GymRat!Miguel who tolerates the party for a little longer, but the more he’s here, the more he regrets agreeing to stay.
He lost the stupid hat he got when he came and the beer he had was long gone.
Xina is nowhere to be found for what feels like the fifth time and between her topping off his cup every time she sees him and the guy next to him that looks like he’s about to puke over the floor, Miguel wants out.
Three doors, two heated couples, and face down body in, he finds her room.
No one is here so he steps in and sighs. He sits on the bed and holds his face into his hands.
He could hear some people riling each other up just outside the door and the thumping of a bed against the wall. He checked his watch and saw he was well overdue for his escape.
And you still weren’t here.
GymRat!Miguel who jumps up when the door bursts open, a wide-eyed Xina lighting up.
“Were you waiting for me?” her voice is drawn out, dress haphazard. She hops onto the bed and stretches out with a lazy smile.
“Xina, give me my stuff. I’m not asking again.”
“Ooh, touchy,” she takes his phone from her bra with a pout. “I can’t believe you’re still so tense with all of the alcohol.”
He’s been letting it splash out of his cup all night.
“Some people can hold their liquor,” he takes his phone and checks it. Still, nothing. “I’m leaving. Good night.”
Xina whines out a no as she reaches for him.
“Don’t go,” her words get stuck in her throat. “It’s your big day.”
Miguel looks back her, the colors in her face changing from warm to cool. He grabs a trash can from the side of the room and places it at her beside.
“Get to the bathroom if you can, Xi,” he makes quick work to clip her hair up with a lone butterfly claw. “I’ll check on you later.”
As he slips through the door as the sound of her hurling gets drowned out by the packed apartment.
GymRat!Miguel who is standing outside of the apartment by the stairs and leaning on the wall to catch his breath.
It was all too much.
He wonders how know one has come with a noise complaint yet.
He walks down the steps, the tenseness in his neck amplifying.
“Miguel!”
The way he perks up is almost comical.
You’re standing by his car with a gift bag in your hand and a worried look on your face. He hurries to you and engulfs you in a hug, sticking his nose in the top of your scalp.
“Baby, I thought you forgot.”
“How could I forget?” you push him a little. “And you smell really loud. Were you about to drive back like this?”
“I promise I only drank a beer and a shot-“
“And how come you weren’t answering the phone? I’ve been blowing it up all night. And your location is off.”
Miguel groans, “Xina took my phone.”
“Why does she have your phone? Why did she take your phone?” the tone of your voice was sharp.
“She wanted me to enjoy myself tonight,” Miguel rubbed your shoulders, trying to get you to take the wrinkle from between your eyebrows. “‘M sorry.”
You clicked your tongue and pushed his hands off of your shoulders. Miguel called your name like a plea as you walked around his car to the driver’s side.
“Sorry isn’t enough, Miguel. Something could have happened to you. My mind was going everywhere.”
Miguel followed behind, hands floating and wanting to touch, but not wanting to make you madder.
You turned to him with an irritated look and he shot his hands down.
Even when you’re mad, you’re pretty. Your lips curled up and moved a mile a minute and he just wanted to kiss you. You looked so cozy in your sweater and baggy pants. He wanted to bury his head in your chest and hold you for a while.
Your fingers waved in front of Miguel’s face, “Earth to Miguel. Are you listening to me?”
“Mm hm, I-. We
yes.”
A slew of profanities from one of the apartment balconies passed over you both, the silence between you growing.
You turn your palm over, “Give me the keys. You’re not driving.”
“But I’m fine! I can drive.”
“You’re literally dozing off standing up.”
“That’s because you’re gorgeous, bebĂ©.”
You roll your eyes while Miguel smiles at you and crowds you against the door.
“No. No and no,” you shove his face as he laughs. “Stop being cute and hand over the keys. I’m mad at you right now.”
“No te enojes,” he whispers as your eyes peer up over your glasses. “I don’t want you to be.” (Don’t be mad)
You squish his face in between your hands.
“Then go to the passenger side.”
GymRat!Miguel who sits petulantly in his seat while you try your best to navigate back to his dorm.
“Baby, watch the curb-“
“Miguel, I see the curb. I’m not going to hit it.”
“Ok, but slow-“ his body jerks while as you slam the breaks, “down.”
“I’m driving perfectly, but you should remember this moment so that it doesn’t happen again.”
Miguel’s eyes shifted from the narrow road in front of him to your profile, heart full.
“And how do you drive this big ass thing everyday anyway?”
“I’m a big guy, for starters.”
“Stop talking.”
“Claro, hermosa.”
GymRat!Miguel who grips your hand tight as he brings you back to his dorm.
You’re still fussing at him, but your tone has shifted to a softer one. You wanted him to understand how scared you were.
GymRat!Miguel who is ready to pounce on you once you step into his room but you stop him with a wish for him to take a shower first.
“And then maybe we can cuddle.”
He starts hopping on one foot as he yanks his clothes off one by one, feet tripping over each other as he runs towards the bathroom.
GymRat!Miguel who walks into the room with clouds of steam behind him and a towel wrapped around his lower half.
You’re sitting on the bed with your pants on the floor, a blanket covering you, and Miguel has half the mind to dive on top of you.
As he gets closer, you look up from your phone with a glint in your eyes, “Where are your clothes at?”
“I just took a shower.”
He stands beside the bed staring at you, waiting. You scoot over closer to the wall to give him some room.
“How was the party?” you ask, trying your best to ignore your boyfriend’s muscles relaxing and tensing as he stat down. He tugged you in, laying your head against his chest and your fingers twitched as you thought about squeezing it.
“I hated every bit of it.”
“What happened?”
He maneuvered you so that you were straddling his thighs, your glasses almost falling off in the process.
“It didn’t really feel like a party for me,” Miguel fixes your glasses for you, tucking the handle back over your ear. “There were a lot of people, most of which I didn’t know. Xina was also on and off all night. And you weren’t there.”
“I tried, Miguel, I really did. But my calls weren’t going through. I thought your phone was off or something. Plus, I was getting all of your gift together.”
“What you’d get?”
He has a vice grip on your hips as you lean over to grab the bag from the floor.
You place the gift in front of you, the top of almost hiding Miguel from your view.
His hand flies for the top, throwing the red tissue paper everywhere. He reaches into the bag and grabs the first thing, a bottle of oil with a small note attached.
He looks confused before you explain yourself, “I know sometimes after your bigger workouts, your muscles get tense. This is for when I’m with you and can work those out. It smells really good too. And it’s mostly there because the massage gun I ordered didn’t come in yet.”
Miguel’s grin widens, “This is better.” His mind is short circuiting thinking about you in a masseuse scrub that hugs your body leaning over his back. Or maybe no clothes. He wants that.
You tilt the bag and he pulls out some shirts to which you hold up against his skin after you place the bag to the side.
“I think these will fit nicely,” you nod to yourself more than anything. Miguel likes the texture of it and whatever you think looks good on him.
“Thank you.”
“There’s two more things.”
He rummages through the bag again and pulls out a small box. His eyes focuses on the words.
“Is this,” he flips the box around, “us?”
You nod without saying a word.
In his hands, he holds a blind box that you made, the outside decorated in hearts and stars with your names combined together on the tab.
“This is one of the things that took me so long. I was making it from scratch.”
It was a little figure of you both inside from one of the nights of the yacht party. You made the chocolate boat come to life coupled with the red outfits you were both wearing.
Miguel stares up at you in awe, “I love it. I love it so much.”
“I’m glad. I was scared it was too clichĂ©.”
“To who? I’m going to put it on display and project it on the wall.
He spun the figure around in his hand taking in every detail. You got everything right down to the way his hair fell. Even the box had pictures of figures from other dates and meetups.
“I would like to collect them all.”
“That requires at least two and a half more birthdays.”
GymRat!Miguel who watched you brace him for the last gift.
“Why are you so nervous? What is it?”
“Just, don’t laugh. Actually, no, you’re supposed to laugh. I was delirious when I made it.”
He pulled out a blue box with a transparent top, watching as you spun your thumbs in circles. As he untied the ribbon around it, he could see why you looked like you were about to pounce to the other end of the bed.
In the box lay a bunch of cookies in the shapes of hearts and stars to match the blind box. The ones on top are plain with holes in the middle.
He pulls one out.
“‘Birthday Blows?’”
You seal your lips tight as he reads over the rest of the cookies.
“‘Let Me Crumb On Your Face-’”
“It’s a gag gift-“
“Then let’s do it.”
“What?”
GymRat!Miguel who ensured you that the gift was perfect. At least the movement under his towel showed that he was serious.
Now, he’s sitting against the headboard doing something he’d never thought he would do.
“You’re laughing,” Miguel throbs while you sit back and cackle at his state. “There’s a chocolate chip cookie stuck on my dick, and you’re laughing.”
“I’m sorry!” your shoulders shake as you push up your glasses. “I thought the hole would be big enough when I made it. I underestimated you. I also wasn’t expecting you to actually want to use it.”
Miguel twitched as you pushed the cookie down further, the inside of it melting from the heat. Your eyes were sparkling the longer you stared at him.
“A-Amor, we’ve been apart for too long because you should know that all you have to do is mention it once and I’m in.”
“So,” you rub a finger over the tip and like magic, Miguel was sure to follow. You shuffle your position on the bed watching him get harder. “All this took was an explanation?”
Miguel stuttered out a yes as you ghosted your fingers over his inner thighs. His breath hitched as your gaze stayed on him.
Your sweater was pooling over your shoulders and your thighs filled the space in between his.
You bent and took a bite out of the cookie, humming as the taste hit your tongue. Your fingers dig into his thighs as you lean back up.
“That’s delicious,” you chew with your hand covering your mouth. “I think I did a really good job.”
He moves your hand and follows.
“I wanna try.” Miguel whispers. He’s staring at you with heavy eyes. You smile softly and kiss his cheek, his face leaning into your lips.
You bend down and take another piece, Miguel trailing you as come up to his face. He opens his mouth, eyes going from yours to your lips as you place the piece on his tongue. The sweetness explodes in his mouth once the chocolate hits his senses.
You take a hand to the side of his face as he chews, kissing his lips and licking a crumb off. Your other hand runs up his chest, squeezing at it as you take your lips to his neck.
Miguel groans as you suck his skin, nails scratching lightly behind his ear. His hands grip the back of your t-shirt, fabric stretching in his hold.
You feel him swallow and you kiss near his adam’s apple.
“C’mere,” Miguel guides your face back to his. His kiss is desperate as he opens your mouth, moaning when he can still taste the sugar on your tongue.
Your hands warm him up as they move from his neck to his shoulders, thighs shaking when he holds your tongue in between his lips.
“Let me,” your breaths hits his lips, a whine coating your words, “let me finish.”
He continued to leave long kisses over your mouth, “Keep going, then.”
As you moved to bent to take another bite, Miguel knew you were barely holding on. He feels your breath shudder over him as you take another bite.
His mind was hazy as he watched you focus on freeing him. The heat from your face was radiating off of you and your lips were shining, glasses keeping a tiny fog at the corners.
He grit his teeth as you slid the remainder of the cookie up and off. Your tongue followed the line of chocolate along his shaft, glasses becoming crooked. A dribble of pre-cum escape’s Miguel and he trembles as he watches it blend on your tongue. He still has a mind to take the cookie out of your hand and back on the plastic bag it came out of, your mind too preoccupied to continue your endeavor.
You arch your back, shirt riding up as you take his head into your mouth. Miguel just about cries when you hollow your cheeks. The moonlight coming through the curtains leaves cool lines on your body as if he guided it.
Miguel smooths your hair back as you sink onto him deeper, a load moan escaping Miguel’s throat when you pump him with another hand.
It’s messy and fervent watching you try your best to catch every drop of him and clean the chocolate from your hands and his skin.
Your name is on the roof of his mouth as your lips connect to your grip on him.
What’s more is that your other hand reaches in between your thighs, the sound of you mixing with your hums and constricting throat.
“Mi sol,” Miguel feels like the stars are falling into his room. “Amor, bebĂ©, I can’t take it.”
Everything was overwhelming in the best way possible.
The vision of your body before him, from the way your hips folded onto your thighs to the way your ass moved as you bobbed up and down, was perfect. The way your lips swole to sink onto him felt amazing and your fingers moving from him to yourself only moved him more.
You only moan as you move your hand from his length to the place below, holding him in your grasp. The sound of your throat gagging as you take him all in at once pulls him to the edge. He’s loud enough to where you know his neighbors heard.
A swallow or two before he lifts your head off of him, torso bowing and arching. He springs, convulsing as cum lands on your glasses.
“Shit,” he cries as you kiss the tip, mouth leaving flutters all the way down. Just as always, his mind can’t help but to think, “you’re so pretty.”
His core is sore but it’s nothing that you can’t fix. He takes your glasses off and pulls you up. He replaces your hand on yourself with his, mouth quick to taste him on your lips. Your hands grip at his shoulders as he flips your positions.
He yanks your underwear off, reveling in the way the fat of your thighs move. He wastes no time in bending your body up, one knee digging into the bed and the other foot on the ground as he lodges his face into you.
“Miguel!” you grip onto the edge of the twin mattress trying to find your balance as he starts to indulge in you in place of the cookies.
You’re already so wet and it excites him. He’s sucking your clit in slow motions, rubbing his tongue over the nub at a steady tempo. Your eyebrows are furrowed as your sweater scrunches up.
Miguel grips his arms around your thigh on his shoulders, fingers kneading the flesh. You try to muffle yourself as the sound of Miguel slurping you up gets louder and louder.
“My neck, baby,” you sigh through your whines. Your hands hit the bed then grip his hair and you feel fireworks going off.
He only kneels on the ground, holding your hips so you don’t slide off of the edge. He quickens his pace, tongue sliding into your entrance.
You shake and bend around him as he digs his head deeper, groaning as his forehead meets your stomach.
The ceiling is blurry, your brain not knowing whether to focus on the building slick going down Miguel’s chin or the vibration of his voice thumbing through you.
It could also be his buzzing phone that keeps drifting next to you.
Ignoring it is almost impossible, the feeling of it becoming irritating.
You take his phone in your hand, eyes focusing on the blue light and the pit of your stomach drops when the name flashes across the screen.
“Miguel, stop.”
He looks up like a deer in headlights, face flushed and doused.
“What’s wrong? Did I do something off?”
You shove the phone his face, legs pushing off of him to get away, “I don’t know. You tell me.”
He catches the phone as you sit and opens it. You look over to see what feels like a thousand messages from Xina.
“whete did you to?”
“I can’t bepkwvw you lert mr here”
“Mkguel”
“mgel”
“answer the freaki b phohe”
“I knoq you’ee sgull uo”
“come bacl to ny riom”
“k feel ndytee now”
“beter”
“better”
“i missss u”
“You were in her room?” the bed sheets make a peculiar sound under your palm.
“Only to get away from the party and to look for my phone. She came in afterwards. These,” he places the phone on the bed, “these aren’t what they look like.”
“Then what the fuck does it look like? Because to me, it looks like you’re a liar.”
Miguel’s mouth gapes open and he flounders, not knowing what to say that’ll make you see the truth.
“God,” you climb off of the bed and head to bathroom. He crawls into a run after you, tight on your heels. “I feel so fucking stupid.”
“Amor-”
“Don’t. Just don’t.”
“Baby, please, just listen to me.”
“I’ve been listening to you for weeks, trusting you for weeks, and look where it’s gotten me! You let your ‘friend’ run you and belittle me, so we don’t have to do this shit anymore.”
Miguel’s heart sank as he watched you wipe away at your skin furiously. A stutter fights the words leaving him, “W-What are you saying?”
You brush past him and snatch your clothes from the floor. His strides are wide to meet you.
“What are you saying?”
“I’m saying that you’re getting what you want.”
“What are you talking about? I-I don’t understand.”
“This has been going on nonstop. Outside of school, when we rain checked, it was her. When we made plans, you’re always mentioning her. You’re spending every moment with her. I’ve been texting and calling you all fucking day, and you say your phone is with her.”
Your fingers press into his chest with every pronoun, his face crumbling at your words.
“I waited things out because I didn’t want to be the girlfriend that makes herself sick over every girl that passes you by, but this is making me insane.”
He says your name with a crack in his voice, “You don’t have to worry about her. I’ll talk to her. I’ll sort things out.”
You pick up your phone and dial a number, waiting only second before the call drops. You do it again, and turn the phone to his face. His name in your phone is there in all caps, one ring, and the call doesn’t go through.
“What was that again about sorting shit out?”
He pinched his brow, lost.
“You can be so,” you looked around like the word was in the room, “stupid sometimes.”
The settings on his phone are opened to his blocked contacts, your name the only one on the list.
You let out a breath you didn’t know you were holding and almost laughed in disbelief at the situation. Your throat was tight as you looked straight at the wall.
“I didn’t do this!”
“Then who did, Miguel?” you wiped a tear from your face just as fast as it fell. You trudged towards the door, limbs heavy as Miguel pulled at them, a bubble of no’s coating air.
“Let me go.”
“Then please don’t go. I don’t know how this happened, but none of it’s true. We can talk. I-I love you. I need you. Mi amor, por favor no me dejas.” (My love, please don’t leave.)
Your sweater almost rips as you pull his arms from around you and grab the door knob, a sob growing at the bottom of your jaw.
“Wipe your fucking face,” was all you said in response as you slammed the door after you.
Miguel watched the door rattle against the hinges in horror, cheeks burning with tears as he scrambled to put some pants on.
He hit his knee as he made a run for the exit, hoping to catch you before you got back to your own dorm. The chill of the autumn night shocking his skin.
The sidewalk was empty, only the scuttle of dry leaves going across the pavement.
In the dark, stood this weeping man who felt like a boy, lost and heaving out, no hope in his heart.
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a/n: Trying to update and format this on my phone is so infuriating. And also it took a lot of planning to get here.
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velvet-cupcake-games · 7 months ago
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Made Marion Development Update, August 2024
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Official Will Route Release Window
I've checked in with the team and we aren't quite ready to release Will's route in (what remains of) the summer, but we're far enough that I have team buy-in on an official release window of the first half of October.
I'll have a more specific date once we begin our beta test in September, which usually lasts two weeks. I may release the first three chapters early for testers while I finish coding the chapters 4.
Will Chapter 3 will be fully written within a week from now. It turned out to be quite a beast. That means that Will's chapter 4s may be a bit shorter each than Robin's were, however, they will also be more different from each other than Robin's were. In fact, the love scenes and the climactic Chapter 4 action scenes are in completely different locations.
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I'm going half-tilt on coding while I finish the script, and should have Chapter 1 fully coded soon, as well.
World Name Thoughts
Although the world in which Made Marion is set has three named countries: Avalon, Sunjata, and Nibiru, the world as a whole does not yet have a name.
I probably won't give it an in-universe name because its inhabitants primarily identify with their country of birth and don't really have a view of themselves as being on a planet in a system full of other planets. But still, since I'm planning to create multiple tales in this world (one for each country), I could use a name to call it for marketing purposes.
I've been putting this off for a while, but I'd like something with a historical/folkloric connection that deals with the number three OR that has something to say about the kingdom's themes - Sunjata, the Sun Lands; Avalon, the Middle Kingdom (light and shadow); and Nibiru, the Twilight Realm.
Right now I'm thinking perhaps "Triskelion," named after the Celtic triple spiral pattern. But I'm not 100% satisfied with that since I have two other countries that do not have Celtic inspiration (Sunjata is inspired by Medieval North and West Africa, while Nibiru is very loosely inspired by Ancient Babylon and the Indus Valley Civilization). It's probably not a big deal since it'd be difficult to encompass all three and this entire world began with my desire to thread Celtic elements into the Robin Hood tales, but still. Any thoughts or ideas?
Here's a reward for everyone who made it to the end. Arrapso didn't make those shirtless combat sprites for nothing!
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swaqcenix · 2 years ago
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àŒ»Hidden Desire | N. RomanoffàŒș
ceo!natasha romanoff x fem!employee reader
Chapter 1 | Diesel is desire
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Warnings: 18+, slight public sexual acts (?), seduction, boss x emoloyee, forbidden acts, semi-public sex, teasing, stranger seduction on train, slight fingering (n to r), allusion to sex, illusion to smut, mentions of past wanda x reader
Tropes: ceo!natasha x fem!reader employee, forbidden love, strangers to colleagues/boss x employee to forbidden romance, power play
Summary: You'd been accepted as an employee of Romanova Corp's establishment. It was a hard place to get in and their CEO was supposedly a bitch, she never showed herself though. Only rumour's, staff forbidden to reveal her. Yet a seductive woman on the train made your day better.. until it definitely didn't at the discovery of who she was, or was going to be..
Word count: 3.6K
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AN: I think I need a cold shower after this chapter, that and my mind cleansing but hey the shower will do! enjoy loves ;)
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Congratulations on receiving the job at Romanova Corp's Establishment. However, you need to be interviewed formally by the CEO herself before you are seen officially as an employee. Please remember you will be asked intense and difficult questions, as well as a protocol you must always follow. The details of when are where you must go are below, we hope to have you with us soon.
Signed, RCE, owned by Miss Romanoff.
You remember the feeling of shaking as you opened the email. God the nerves had you feeling all types of different ways, your hands were clasped tightly on your lap as you read the email for the millionth time.
You'd triple checked the time and date as well as location for the work interview. The location didn't surprise you as it was common for interviews to take place in the very building you were working at. It didn't stop your legs from shaking though.
Looking up, you glanced at the train tracks as your body shivered slightly in response to the bitter air. You'd settled on a simple outfit today, not too complicated instead going for checked pants and a cozy blouse to finish the look. It seemed simple but classy, perfect for a work interview.
You felt your teeth nibble at the sides of your cheeks at the thought of fucking up this damn opportunity. You had actually almost turned it down, the thought of having to travel to and from work on a train everyday sent your anxiety spiralling and sky-rocketing.
Yet your best friend Kate had opted otherwise. The moment you rang her to get her ass over to your apartment she was there in a flash. The dark haired girl screamed literally, when you showed her the email.
When you told her you'd been contemplating turning it down she gawked at you as though you'd grown an extra 3 heads. You'd have to be "batshit stupid," apparently if you even considered turning it down.
Deciding to give it a shot, you agreed to at least head to the interview test out with Miss Romanoff first before settling on any set decision. That being said, that was another thing to worry about.
The rumours of her complex behaviour and how people never saw the face of the woman petrified you. The staff were presumed to be sworn to secrecy. You recalled the time something got out about the older woman, a snap of what she looks like the glistening sight of red hair.
You'd glanced at the forbidden photo that was taken that day, her red hair looking as a soft auburn colour, drifting down her shoulders. He never captured anything else and he wasn't heard from again. Nobody dared attempt anything else and the thought of it sent shivers through you. She couldn't be too bad, surely?
Your thoughts were brought back to reality and present day when you heard your phone buzzing in your hand. Turning your head down to glance at it a small smile played on your lips at Kate's name popping onto your phone as you swiped to answer.
"Hey crazy girl," you said before she could even utter a word.
The sound of her scoffing followed by a laughter from her lips made you roll your eyes at the image of her. She often loved to tease and wind you up so it was a mutual game back and forth between the two of you.
"I'm the crazy one yet you were prepared to turn down this job, huh?" Kate teased on the other end of the phone.
You could practically see the smirk on her face from this end of the call. You'd met by accident, colliding in the street with her because a cute golden retriever wouldn't stop following you. It turns out his name was Lucky and while Kate drove you mad, you were glad Lucky actually providing luck and you'd been blessed to be her friend.
"We don't speak of that Kate. I'm just anxious that's all. Especially with the rumours of my supposed boss," you said through gritted teeth.
"That's just rumours though Y/N/N. You have no idea what she'll be like until you meet her. Don't stress. Although I did hear the reason people sign the contracts are because it's signing their right to expose if any deaths happen," Kate stated dramatically.
You noticed your train approaching steadily on the tracks and let out a heavy sigh. One being because you were ready to murder Kate single handily and the second being utter nerves catching up. Grabbing your bag, you walked forward watching the train rocking it's maternal rhythm, anchored to centuries old rails.
"That's made me feel so much better Kate seriously," sarcasm dripped from your voice causing her to only giggle further.
"I'm sorry, you'll be fine truthfully. Just be yourself, be confident and assertive and you'll do great!" she stated and you scoffed at that.
Shuffling towards an available seat you sat down and glanced out the window to your home-town. You'd always preferred the comforts of home to the bustling sounds of the city. The overpowering sounds and crowds always made you squirm which was another reason on contemplating this job. Still, if you did decide to take it you'd just have to live with it.
"Me confident? I'm most likely going to have a cliche shitty thing happen to me where I arrive late or have a horrendous encounter with my boss or fuck knows what else," you rambled as your leg bounced up and down unconsciously.
"You're just giving yourself reasons to over think now you know? It will be fine. I've gotta take lucky for a walk now, but just deep breathes and remain calm," she stated and you nodded despite her not being able to see you.
Ending the phone call you let out a heavy sigh, releasing a breath you didn't know you'd been holding. The idea of facing the crowds at a workplace all but caused anxiety to rip through your lungs all kinds of feelings bubbling to the surface.
Rather than letting the feeling succumb over your body, you settled on distracting your mind for the future journey ahead. Glancing away from the window, you cast your eyes down to your phone scrolling through your playlist to see what to settle on. You decided to opt for Lana Del Rey and some indie bands that were on your other playlists as you popped your air-pod's into your ear before casting your eyes back outside again.
The train made a steady course along the tracks, rocking you so gently as if you were a sweet babe in the carriage. It had made 2 stops and had 1 more to go before it headed towards your destination. You always found a sense of peace on them, the feeling of listening to your music as you stared out the foggy windows at the passing glancing of mountains and houses.
Glancing down at your phone, you had a message from your ex and your heart jumped into your throat at who it was. Wanda Maximoff. Sure to many that name would mean little to none, but your ex was in fact her and it did not by any means end well.
Your relationship was soft and sweet at the beginning, it was like a summer dream the season of love and the season of a drifting taste of honey and strawberries. The taste went sour soon after, you were arguing constantly and it was destroying you in every way imaginable. You'd never forget the look of distraught when you packed your bags, a part of you regretted just leaving but you had to. Not for her, but for you.
Flicking open your phone you looked down hand's shaking to see what the older woman wanted. Your eyes glanced at the message and swiped it open, skimming it's contents trying not to let any sort of emotion overcome you.
Wanda:
I know you will never wish to hear off me again, but I know that these words will mean nothing toward you and you don't have to accept it. I'm sorry, we.. no I let the relationship turn sour and it was wrong of me. I don't know when we went off the tracks, I just.. please be safe for me detka.
Your breath caught in your throat at the text and your breathing began to get ragged. You felt the emotions clawing up your throat, tears threatening to spill. You had no right to be mad, she was apologising but all you felt was anger towards how sour things had gone. Especially now of all times for you to have seen this message.
You lifted your hands to respond, your fingers shaking and your breath was uneven. However, a soft hand brought you back down to earth grounding you slowly back to reality. You assumed it was security checking your train ticket so you tilted your head towards that direction, but your mind stopped working.
The woman that stood before you was gorgeous as a fucking understatement. She stood proud, a black trench coat wrapped around her hour-glass figure. Her hair was loose around her shoulders a soft yet radiant auburn-red hair cast around her head and your mouth watered. Her hair reminded you of summertime, igniting memories the type that marvels nature and at one with the world.
Your cheeks flushed when you realised you'd been staring at her for too long. The woman that stood over you clearly noticed your gawking as you noticed the corners of her lips twitch slightly. Taking your headphones out you tilted your head in question.
"Is this seat free darling?" She asked and you thought you could melt on the floor right there and then.
Your breathe stuttered out of your mouth, your hands clamming up. The way her voice sounded was like a poison that you had to taste. It was weird, it felt strange to feel this inclined to taste something like this, especially to someone you didn't know in the slightest.
She tilted her head at you slightly, her lips now forming into an amused smirk as you'd still yet to respond to her. It wasn't your fault, if some stranger that was this intoxicating managed to make you forget about Wanda in a mere few seconds you were bound to forget your whereabouts and how to function entirely.
"I- umm.. yes, yes it is," you stumbled over your words slightly, mentally slapping yourself at your stupidity.
The woman sat down and you looked back down to your phone, but you couldn't respond to Wanda now. Your mind and your body was too fixated on the what you assumed older woman next to you. She looked assertive, confident and dangerous like she knew her way in the world. It wasn't possible for her to be younger than you and that only made your body jump even more at the thought.
You watched from the corner of your eye as she scrolled languidly through her phone, reading what you could slightly make out to be emails. Her other hand held a coffee cup that made your nose wrinkle as you could practically smell it's strength from here.
You were readying yourself to put your air-pods back in your ears, drown out reality in music. Pretty much prepared to do anything to distract your ridiculous mind from gay panicking over a hot woman on the train when your train of thought was frozen once more. You felt a hand gently press on your knee, holding it's self with assertiveness that sent heat gushing to your core.
You turned your head toward her direction to see her scrolling absentmindedly still on her phone, the look of pure innocence spoke everything. She knew what was she was doing and you couldn't insult her because hell it was fucking working.
"So, what brings you heading towards the city hm?" She asked her voice once again going straight to your core.
Her hand boldly moved from your knee to your inner thigh, her thumb rubbing circles and her hand squeezing your leg slightly. She had confidence that was for sure the way she presented herself had you instantly captivated.
"I um.. job interview to-to see if I'm fit for the role," you barely managed to get it out but were thankful your voice hadn't failed you.
Heat ran to your cheeks as you flushed watching the older woman raise an eyebrow at you in amusement, her lips tilting upwards. She continued to rub her thumb on your thigh and you could tell was looking for any signs of reactions.
"My, aren't you a smart girl then sweetheart? You'll do just fantastic I know it," the praise was sending you feral and your mind numb.
You tried to keep yourself calm and collected, doing all you could to let your body to remain composed. It was trying not to squirm and react towards her touch and her voice, but you practically crumbled as the redhead leaned forward whispering sultry into your ear sending your body jolting.
"It's always the good girls who go far in life," you felt your mind go feral as heat slammed into your core.
She pulled back and her lips formed into a deeper grin, one that held such a formality about it as the older woman knew what she was doing to you. Your sensible side of you was screaming at you, it felt dirty and used but you found yourself not caring you needed something before work, anything to destress.
"Th-Thank you.. Why are you heading this way?" your voice wasn't as calm as it usually is, it sounded more strained and you weren't surprised.
If the redhead let on to you, she didn't show it. Instead she leaned back, squeezing your thigh once more and allowing her hand to drift dangerously further up to a certain area. Your minded wandered with sinful thoughts as her voice hit your ears, poisoning and intoxicating your mind.
"Oh you know for work purposes, dorogaya. Businesses to attend to and meetings, the boring things. This train journey is definitely not boring though," she stated her voice carrying a dominance within it.
If she didn't stop with the nicknames you'd die. You knew she didn't know you knew Russian due to your ex girlfriend which caused your eyes to widen. The woman next to you was the cause of you forgetting about that text. God you were fucked.
The woman's nails which you'd noticed were a deep red colour, one that was darker than her hair but alluded and matched her persona within the best possible way. They dug into your inner thigh as they slid up further and this time you couldn't help the moan that slipped past your lips.
Her hand on your inner thigh, froze for a moment as you could sense the redhead processing what you'd just done. You felt your face flush red immediately as you wanted to sink into the ground. Expecting her to scold you, she continued indulging in her innocent act, by snapping her hand back and looking at you with a fake concern.
"Oh my darling, I do apologise I didn't even know I was doing that," she said with a coy look plastered on her face.
You felt your mouth let out an involuntary whimper at the loss of contact and you mentally kicked yourself for being so desperate for a random woman on a train, even if she was the one to initiate this situation.
You covered your hands with your face, allowing you to hear a sudden tut and jumped when you felt the hand back on your leg. Her hand placement was even higher and this time she leaned in so close to you that you could smell her perfume as it invaded your senses.
Her aroma was even more intoxicating than you could comprehend as it mixed into your own scent, intoxicating your mind. She smelt of Jasmine and cinnamon, mixed in with a hint of strong cherry that danced into your mind instantly and all you wanted to do was lean into this perfect stranger.
"Oh you didn't seem to mind that did you?" She whispered more or less so nobody could hear.
Although given the performance you'd both practically put on earlier, you wouldn't be surprised if people had moved away from you. You felt your head move without you telling it to, shaking back and forth to allow her to completely take control.
"No? You don't want me to stop?" She whispered as her hand travelled even closer, dangerously so to your core.
"No," you whispered your breathe ragged from the way you were feeling.
"Good girl," she mumbled as her hand moved to cup your core and she leaned back in her chair.
All you could do was watch as she slowly ran her fingers up and down your clothed core, not moving fast enough for your liking. You squirmed in your seat, moving your hips for friction but her other hand gripped your thigh tightly.
"Darling, were on a train. Don't be a whore to a stranger you don't want to cross," she whispered with such authority you nearly hit your climax from that.
"Please," you whispered despite knowing she was edging you and how embarrassingly desperate you were for this older woman you'd yet to learn who she was.
Suddenly her hand was whisked away entirely from your pussy, her other hand leaving your knee as she grabbed her now empty coffee cup. When the fuck had she drank that?
"Sorry sweetheart, but this stranger has to go. We've arrived at our stop. You're a good girl though, behave at your work or there could be consequences," she whispered leaning down to whisper in your earlobe.
Without warning, she licked a stripe from the bottom of your earlobe to the top before sauntering off and exiting the train. You sat there an absolute desperate mess and what felt like a whore and an embarrassment. Reality of what just occurred hit you hard, you'd truly allowed a random woman albeit a fucking hot one, touch you and bring you to this state. The worst thing was is you'd allow it to happen again.
Shaking your head clear, you snatched up your bag with your notes on it and stuffed your air-pods back into their case. Collecting yourself slightly to made your way to work praying that you weren't late. You could only imagine the impression you'd give if that were the case.
The walk took all of 15 minutes which you we're surprised by given you'd never made this type of journey before. You did well to keep to yourself doing your best to avoid the messy crowds as well as horrendously loud noises.
Your mind still drifted back to that mysterious woman and you remembered what she said. How could she know whether there would be consequences? It seemed strange, but you felt the adrenaline hit you at the thought of ever seeing her again, despite the chances of it it being so slim.
Mind so lost in thought, you didn't notice you'd approached the entrance of the building until reality came crashing back down on you. Pushing worries and thoughts as well as that intoxicating woman toward the back of your mind, you headed in with a determination not wanting to seem afraid.
Time passed by in a blur after that, the receptionist eyed you up and down your insecurities flooding back at the mere concept of that. You found yourself directed straight up to floor 33, the CEO's floor. Your hands were clammy and you tried not to sweat or stress anymore, not wanting to seem like a fucked up mess before you'd met the woman.
You were directed to sit outside her office waiting until you were called in, only furthering your anxiety. You brushed down your pants making sure your hands remained soft and relaxed rarher than clammy from utter stress. Your leg bounced up and down with anxiety as the clock ticked and you waited to be called in.
A voice brought you back to calmness, well if that's what you could call it. You were hardly calm when asked to enter her office. You sucked in a harsh breath at the thought of seeing the mysterious woman for the first time.
"Miss Romanoff, doesn't like to be kept waiting," the man who'd come to collect you stated firmly.
You nodded tightly, hands shaking as you entered the room. The room was filled with plants and it was dark, cold even as though it didn't shed much light. Aside from the controversial white chaise lounge that sat in the corner complimented by a beige rug underneath it. You saw specks of red emerge from a seat as she spun around you froze.
Her lips were plump and curved up into a smile that sent shivers up your spine. It was the same, fucking woman.
The same from the train. You could see it in her eyes as she looked you up and down, her signature smirk painted upon her face. You could see a flash from where she remembered how she'd cupped your core, rubbed you and you'd let her. Your boss had seen you indulge in such sinful acts and most likely on purpose.
"Y/L/N is it? Come in sweetheart, that's a good girl now," she stated using her previous words the glint still not leaving her eyes.
The way your body reacted and you felt heat rush to your core instantly made you flush and look down. She really meant consequences and you'd fallen straight for it.
"Have a seat please, we will get started right away," her voice having a double meaning behind it made you shiver.
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ispeakforthetrees19 · 2 months ago
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Puck Me Chapter 3
Summary: Levi's ready to prove himself to Reader at their first lesson; Reader finds out she means more than she thought to Levi from the dance team.
A/N: I love all the love for Hockey Levi. Thanks to my beta @nilfgaardianleviosa, as always. Also thanks to @pacificheights for help!
Cross posted to AO3.
Tags: Levi Ackerman/Reader, AU-Modern Setting, Hockey Player Levi Ackerman, Figure Skater and Coach Reader, Enemies to Lovers, You know where this is going, this will be explicit in the future, 2nd person POV, female reader, romance, fluff, humor.
TW: bad words, fuckboys
Words: 2.1k
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Chapter 3: Chasing Tail is Not an Excuse
Levi shows up to your first practice together, and you have to admit, you’re surprised at how seriously he’s taking this. He’s ready waiting by the side of the ice for you at 6:15 in the morning, wearing tight fitting black pants, a tight grey t-shirt, and his Titans hoodie slung over his shoulder.
You’ve been on the ice since 5:30, running your jumps and spins, then playing the music for your short program. Nanaba watches you from the boards, eyes narrowed as she barks out orders to you. “Bigger arms. Go faster into your jumps. Cross check. Take your time, you’re rushing.”
You adjust as needed and as the program finishes, you turn to look at her. “Not bad, eh?”
“Yeah,” she says, smiling. “I think you’re ready to start competing again.”
“No, not yet. I don’t have my triples back. There’s no point in competing without them.”
“You’ll have them back by the time competition season starts.”
“You don’t know that,” you argue. You wave to Levi to join you on the ice since it’s 6:30am and he steps on, slowly skating over to you.
“Then at least work on testing through your dances,” Nanaba argues as Levi stops against the boards, watching you talk to your coach.
“What’s the point if I don’t have a partner to test with?”
“The point is, you have to test dances with and without a partner; do it without, and once you have a partner, you’ll have half as many tests to do.”
“Ugh, fine, I’ll test through some dances.”
“We’re always striving for something,” Nanaba reminds you. “We can’t expect to do better without admitting we have room to grow.”
“Damn, dude,” you mumble. “Why are you always therapy-ing me before the sun is even up?”
“Enjoy your lesson with Levi,” Nanaba says, smiling, before skating over to her next lesson.
“Hey,” you say to Levi, turning to face him. “Sorry, she likes to nag.”
“She just wants you to keep pushing yourself. She reminds me of Coach Smith. He’s a hardass, but he pushes us hard because he wants us to get better and be better.”
You nod. You know the hockey players, for all of their complaints about Erwin, respected the hell out of him and always strive to not disappoint him.
“You’re pretty good, by the way. I don’t know what you were doing but it was great.” His face flushes slightly. It looks like it took a lot for him to admit that to you.
You giggle. “Thanks. She wants me to try for Nationals again.”
“Are you going to?” he asks, leaning his elbow against the boards.
You shrug. “I don’t know. Maybe. I’m just busy with coaching and stuff, it feels silly to try to compete.”
“Who cares about what anyone besides you thinks?” he says, scoffing. “Do whatever makes you happy. If you want to compete, then compete. I love hockey. It makes the blood sing in my veins, it’s hard to describe what this sport has done for me, not to mention the family I’ve built here.”
“You’re right,” you agree softly, smiling at him. “I’ll think about it.”
He sets his hoodie down and looks out on the ice. This early in the morning are the skaters who skate competitively or at a higher level, usually. Late-teens, early and mid-20’s who have years of experience in figure skating. Everyone strokes around for a few minutes before splitting off into their lessons or routines, program music starting to play over the loudspeakers.
“These ladies are good,” Levi says. “I didn’t realize there were more than just kids skating.”
You raise an eyebrow at him. “Where do you think we all started? I’ve been skating since I was four years old.”
Levi gives you an impressed look. “Alright, then teach me how to skate, princess.”
“Go stroke around the rink.”
“That’s it?”
“Crossovers are next, go.”
Levi frowns at you but he starts down the rink, gliding on his blades as he rounds the corner, going slowly.
“Faster!” you call to him, and you can see the irritation in his eyes.
He begrudgingly picks up speed, nearly losing his balance as he comes to the corner again. You gesture for him to finish the lap and come back to you, smiling.
He looks suspicious of your smile, and he should be, because as he glides over to you, he realizes that he theoretically knows how to stop, but actually doing it on unfamiliar skates is a whole different matter. And you knew that before he did.
His eyes widen and then his brow furrows, it’s like you can literally see the thought process on his face. Oh shit, I don’t know how to stop. Well, I’ll do a ‘hockey stop’; both blades at the same time. I do it all the time.
He catches the edge of the blades, not expecting them to be so sharp, and is flung to the ice. You step to the side as he comes to a stop by crashing into the boards next to you.
“Ow,” he says, looking up at you.
"Time to learn how to stop," you sing as he picks himself off the ice.
You walk out of the coaches room to see Levi leaning against the wall across from it, face falling as he sees you. “Where’s the outfit?”
You raise an eyebrow at him. “What outfit? They told me to wear leggings.”
You’re in black leggings and a black tank top, and you can feel Levi staring at your ass while you turn to shut the door. You turn around and tilt your head at his eyes guiltily darting up to your face. “What are you doing here?”
“I thought I’d walk you to practice.”
“Walk me a hundred feet down the hallway to the studio?”
He shrugs and you giggle to yourself at his attempted nonchalance. He starts telling you about a fight from his latest game, an explanation for the bruise on his jaw, and you find yourself daydreaming about what he looks like when he’s fighting in hockey. It makes you warm to even think about, so you try to focus on what he’s saying.
“It’s okay though, I gave him a black eye and we won the game.”
You look up at him, stopping at the door of the studio, open to show some of the girls stretching their muscles. They all fall silent as they see you and Levi talking, sharing looks between each other.
“Take it easy on the punches, okay?” you ask him.
He smiles, a little confused. “Why? It’s hockey, violence is part of the sport.”
“Don’t want you to have too many concussions,” you say, teasing lilt to your voice. “I need you to protect your brain so you can remember the steps for your debut as a figure skater.”
He rolls his eyes. “I’ll be fine.”
You brush your hair behind your ear, tucking it back into your braid, smiling at him. “I hope so, I’m really looking forward to it.”
You catch a genuine smile from him as he pulls you into a quick hug. “Fuckin’ adorable,” he mutters, so low you almost don’t catch it. “Have fun at dance practice, princess.”
“Pick me up after?” you ask him hopefully.
He winks at you and you wave, giggling as you walk into the studio. You’re suddenly aware of the ten girls staring at you with varying levels of shock.
“Hey,” you say, waving awkwardly. “Thanks for letting me join you guys for the game, I’m sorry to impose.”
“Well, when Levi Ackerman came and asked me to let you dance with us, I have to admit, I was curious,” says the captain, Historia Reiss, smiling at you, blue eyes alight. “I don’t even know if I’ve ever seen Levi twice with the same girl, but then he’s begging me to let you dance and agreed to put the letters on the jersey.”
You can’t keep the ridiculous smile off of your face, laughing as you set down your bag. “Begging? Really?”
“It’s true,” says someone named Ymir, vice captain of the dance team. “It was
pretty pathetic.”
“How did you manage to pussy whip Levi? Oh, I’m Sasha, by the way,” exclaims a girl, holding out a hand to you after asking.
You shake her hand and shrug. “I don’t think he’s pussy whipped or anything, that’s dramatic.”
“He just hugged you,” Sasha points out. “And did you say he was planning to be a figure skater?”
You laugh and explain the bet to them as you stretch your calves.
“I’ve never heard anyone talk more shit about figure skating than Levi. And you just bat your eyelashes at him and he’s skating? Unreal. I bow down to you,” Historia says jokingly.
“Damn. He’s down bad,” Ymir quips. The rest of the team giggles in agreement.
You give a faux-innocent look. “Oops.”
You hate to admit it to yourself, but you're feeling a little...romanced by Levi. You knew the reputation of the hockey team for going through girls like water bottles, but you're surprised to hear the dance team say how they think Levi is really going the extra mile to swoon you.
Never in a million years did you think you'd let a hockey player sweep you off your feet, especially not one with a reputation like Levi. You're not sure if this is just for fun anymore, but you push it to the side and just tell yourself to enjoy it while it lasts, however long that may be.
Dance practice is more intense than you anticipated. But by the end of it, you’ve learned all the steps and half the choreography. The dancers poke fun at you about Levi and you all laugh at the latest news traveling around the rink. When it’s time to go, you all spill out of the studio, laughing at a particularly funny comment from Ymir about Levi’s height.
“What’s so funny?” Levi asks, suspicious of the tone of laughter.
“Nothing,” you tell him, pushing through the girls to put your arms through his. “You’re still a good hockey player, even if you’re short.”
“Excuse me?” he says, looking back at the women barely containing themselves.
You start to pull him down the hallway, away from the team as they start laughing. “Nothing, dear. So, I was thinking you should buy me dinner.”
“Why am I buying you dinner?”
“Well, for your punishment, you get to be fully dressed. For mine, you failed to mention I’m going to be in short shorts and a bra for the performance.”
“It’s a crop top,” he points out, a shit-eating grin on his face.
“Exactly,” you say, walking into the coaches room to get your purse. “So where would you like to take me?”
He laughs, leaning against the door of the room as you slip joggers over your athletic leggings and switch out dance shoes for your warm boots. “I’d like to take you home.”
You stand up, smirking at his words. “Memorize the steps to the dance and I’ll think about it.”
His eyebrows raise in surprise, and he reaches for your hand as you walk over. You give it to him and walk down the hallway to the lobby, and you giggle when you try to let go of his hand, making him squeeze yours tighter.
“Levi, you coming back to Smith’s for the team dinner?” Eren calls from the hockey locker room as you pass by.
You go to drop his hand again, but he keeps hold of it, pulling you into the doorway beside him. “Can you make an excuse for me? Promised princess I’d take her to dinner, I forgot.”
You smile, face half hidden behind his massive bicep you’re holding onto with your other hand. Fuck, he’s so built it makes you want to drool.
Eren laughs and waves Levi off, saying he’ll find something and to enjoy his night. Levi walks you out of the rink, arm slipping around your shoulders as he leads you to his dark grey Jeep Wrangler, opening the passenger side door for you as you roll your eyes. But you still accept his hand to get into the vehicle.
“Why is Levi running drills by himself?” you ask as you walk up to Eren, in your skates, a little early for afternoon sessions the next day.
Eren and a few of his teammates are standing by the boards, watching Levi through the plexiglass with pity in their eyes.
Erwin stands at the center of the ice, following Levi, who is in full gear, as he skates drills up and down, yelling at him to skate faster and harder.
“Levi’s being punished,” Eren says, a hint of humor to his voice as he looks over at you with a smirk. “For skipping team dinner.”
“So, you didn’t make a good enough excuse for him?”
“Captain Erwin saw you two leave the parking lot together. And he says chasing tail is not an excuse.”
You can’t help but giggle as Erwin finally waves the Zamboni onto the ice, fifteen minutes before the session starts. Levi meets your eyes once his helmet is off and you pout apologetically at him.
“Sorry,” you mouth to him.
He smiles back at you, and mouths, “Worth it.”
A/N: How are we feeling about Reader and Levi's blossoming situationship? I hope you enjoyed! As @pacificheights said, "This is wonderfully unserious". That is the goal of this story, and it has been so much fun to write.
Next up will be Levi's debut as a figure skater and Reader's debut as a hockey girl. Let me know what you think! I appreciate all of you readers so much <3 thanks for encouraging me to keep posting and your love for hockey player/fuckboy Levi.
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victoria-grimesss · 2 years ago
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tear you apart - part VI
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->Pairing: König x fem!reader
->Words: 2.8k
->Warning: probably wrong military terms/methods, hurt, angst, mention of wounds, blood, fluff at the end.
->A/N: L/N = last name, also I depict König as an older guy, he takes off his mask in this part so feel free to imagine him differently if my description is not what you want. :)
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You double and triple check your ammo, ensuring and memorizing just how much you have, knives strapped to you, your usual gear as well.
The chopper is pumping with adrenaline, you could feel it in the air like electric shocks. 
You sit across from König, he's clad in all his gear and is talking with the captain about routes.
You’ve chatted with some of the others on the ride over and you learned they’re also highly experienced.
“You ready? Think you can keep up?” 
Another soldier teases you and you laugh nudging him with your shoulder as you go over the plan again.
We drop on the northeast of enemy territory.
König splits the team in two for the two buildings to search.
You and the captain lead a stealth operation on the first building that is supposed to have the hard drives in it.
König and the others will enter the other building and make a distraction, deter the enemies from your building to give you ample time to extract the data.
You’re not nervous, not one bit. But your eyes drift to König and he gives you a wink before returning to the captain. 
Your only worry is losing him and that scares the hell out of you.
Never had you had someone on your shoulder, gnawing at the back of your head. Someone you love so much you would die for them.
You’re scared to lose König, but he’s a strong guy. One bullet couldn't bring him down, the scars on his chest prove that.
König stands, the red overhead light paints him like a God, built like one and ready to tear down whatever comes in his way.
“We are approaching the drop point, we will exit northeast and make our way toward enemy lines. I expect all of you to follow the directions given and follow either mine or the captain's orders when directed, do I make myself clear.”
A resounding yes sir echoes the body of the cabin.
“You will radio if anything changes or if you need assistance, we enter this as a team and we leave as one too.”
König looks at you as he speaks to the room but he wants to make sure you hear every word he says.
“These people will not hesitate to kill you or capture you, their torture methods are not pleasant so shoot to kill.”
We approach the ground and your heart races, like before a big test. 
The group exits quickly as soon as we land and the chopper takes off to avoid fire or drawing attention to the group.
“Will the enemy group know of our arrival?” Someone asks the captain as they readjust their straps.
“No. They have a supply drop in the area and at the same time they won’t think anything.”
You all trudge along, König at the front you close behind and the others behind you with the captain at the back.
König seems like he carries the world on his shoulders on the field and he kinda does. 
He has a large gun in his arms with a sniper on his back, full gear makes him look otherworldly and broad as all hell. 
His head is on a swivel and you scan the surroundings, the sunset casting dark shadows across the landscape and you think of the last time you and König were together when the sun was setting. 
Dust kicks up behind the group and long sets of footprints scatter the ground. 
It’s only the sound of boots on the ground, carabiners catching on metal, and gloves readjusting on guns. 
The walk is lengthy and you keep up next to König’s paces, the group keeps close and you all keep a lookout. 
We’ll go back to my place after this promise.
You made him promise you something, to help your morale you said, he had laughed. 
“We’re approaching the split point, everyone stay on their tasks and we’ll be back to the evac in no time.”
You and König exchange a nod and you stay back to stick with your captain and your smaller group.
The dirt road splits, a lightning struck tree split down the middle is your marker and the two groups split. König’s back is to you and your heart aches the slightest before turning back and returning to your group
Go in quietly and get out. 
You round the first corner of the building, heavy tree cover aiding you nicely. 
Cold shadows move around you and you keep looking out.
“L/N, enter the upstairs window and move down the hall, take out who you can. We’ll sweep over the bottom floor and move upwards, most combatants will be downstairs.”
Your captain boosts you up to the side railing and you scale it and enter through the window, entering a dusty supply closet. The dust and spores are visible in the air.
“L/N, have you entered the building?”  
Your captain questions.
“Affirmative, exiting the closet and beginning a sweep. Will move left down the hall.”
You reply, you stay low, bringing a silenced pistol out and opening the door.
You encounter the first couple enemies and you take them out silently, you hear the coms spark to life again, König’s team has breached the building and the commotion from there stirs this building to life.
You hear the enemies roaring to life talking about an ambush and you move a little bit faster.
“L/N, have you breached the room yet?”
“I’m approaching, standby.”
The hallway is dimly lit, dusty, and heavily rundown. 
You open the door and the room is expansive and large crates block the room's view.
“Breached the room, searching for the computer towers.”
“Copy, stay alert L/N firefight sounds heavy on the other side.”
For a brief moment you wonder if König is okay. Heavy firefight but he’s capable.
You make your way to the tower and dig the USB out of your chest pocket.
“Room is empty, no sight of activity lately.”
You hear a response from your captain and you listen quietly to König’s team's chatter. 
They take down enemies quickly, König reporting a majority of the kills. 
“USB, inserted. Hacking through the firewall and transferring the files.”
You don’t hear any response.
It’s quiet.
Then the room shakes and you hear a bang, then a flash.
“Shit.”
You move behind a crate but still close enough to the computer to see the progress.
The coms crack
“L/N, copy?- Get out, ambu- large scale, -bad intel.”
Your captain's voice is choppy but you get the idea, bad intel and an ambush great, a taste of what you’re supposed to be giving the enemy.
You cough as the smoke clears the room and you drop lower, the coms are frequent with reports about where the ambush came from the who might have tipped them off. 
Rapid gunfire is heard everywhere, you hear the team downstairs firing and the comms indicate the same in the other building.
You fire at the silhouettes that enter through the door you entered, they wear gear you’ve never seen.
You duck again as fire rains over you and you can’t forget about the USB, the whole reason you’re there.
“Fuck, fuck fuck.” You're frustrated but not discouraged. 
You fire blindly back and you hear your captain call for rapid evac, inform HQ of the ambush and support is needed.
“L/N I need you out of that building.”
“Copy Colonel.”
It’s König and his tone is demanding, harsh.
“Evac out of the buildings now, we’re shooting our way out of this.”
You try to move from your current position to retrieve the USB but you’re nearly grazed by a bullet and move back into position.
“Requesting backup at my position, I’m under heavy fire. Whatever they have in these files it’s important and they don’t want us leaving with them.”
“Copy L/N, trying to move upstairs but heavy fire down here is deterring, try to get out any way possible.”
Your captain speaks, his voice strained.
The intel you received was right about one thing. This is the info you’re after but the enemy targets know damn well they're not going to let your team leave with it. The one thing no-one knew was that the targets were requesting more troops to their area and today, actually right now, is when they arrived. 
The night offered good cover to your team, you could slip away into the trees with the data and leave. 
Moonlight now streams through the boarded windows behind you, it’s so dark and you move, quickly retrieving the USB just as someone shoots the computer and it grazes your arm, leaving an angry red gash, sparks from the computer fly everywhere, some rain onto you like a mist.
You manage to shoot a few combatants and you rain fire upon them and book it across the room aiming towards the side room which leads to a stairwell and backdoor.
You’re inches from the door when someone rams into you from the side knocking you back, the air is dislodged from you and you scramble to gain the upperhand.
It’s a larger man on-top of you, eyes narrow and eyebrows furrowed.
“L/N, do you copy?”
König doesn't sound patient.
L/N, do you copy?!”
He’s frantic now as the man above you gains the upper hand and wraps his hands around your throat. You reach for your knife and stab him in the thigh, he falters and you’re able to get a hit in to his cheekbone. 
You crawl to your gun that had slipped from your grasp but the man gains his strength back and pulls you by your leg away from the gun.
“Can you just fuck off?!”
You yell at him, you kick him in the stomach but he straddles you again, wrapping his hands heavily around your throat, König is yelling for you in the coms, he demands a response from you.
—
His gun is putting down enemies faster than ever, he tears through people with the ease of tissue paper.
Dust flies through the air with the way the bodies hit the ground.
“We move to that building now, get over there now!”
He demands and they're rounding the building, the door to the back is barricaded from the inside and he kicks it right in the center of the double doors and it flies open with ease. 
He’s laser focused and his mind is only on finding you. 
For someone so big his steps are quiet, he rushes through the building dropping enemies like they're nothing.
The stairs in the back creak under his and the other members feet, they scale them quickly and he slams the door open.
The team guns down all the enemies and he sees you in the back of the room, his eyes are locked onto the man above you and he’s felt no rage as hot and acidic like this.
He would love to tie this man to a chair and make him wish for death each day.
His hands grasp the man's neck and he tears him off of you and you gasp for air, regaining your composure.
The man's eyes go wide at the sight of him, like many do.
König grips his neck and leg as he raises him above him, he drops him hard onto his knee and the sound of the man's spine breaking cleanly is heard in the room.
König is on you next, he holds you so close you think your spine might break too.
One hand is in your hair, he smells it deeply and you can hear how his breathing shakes.
“I’m okay.”
“I know, I know liebling.”
He helps you up, you and the rest of the team make your sweep through the rest of the building taking out whomever is left. König has the most precision you’ve ever seen, his marks never miss and he keeps you close to him.
König and the captain meet up and your team takes a moment to call for evac, one of the other members took a bullet in the process and you help him wrap it and you take that time to wrap your arm as well. König watches you carefully, he cursed himself for letting you get hurt as you did, whoever gave the intel is going to hear from him, none of the words he will share with them will be kind. 
Your team moves through the woods quietly, the creatures of the night stirring with your movements. Moonlight is your guide and the chopper lands down on a fire burnt hilltop where you finally get to leave.
—
The ride back is silent, it always is. No-one was expecting such a firefight but there were no casualties on your side and for that you are all thankful.
The captain applauds everyone's works, you hand over the flashdrive to König for safe keeping, he’ll send it over to the intelligence department once you all get back to decrypt the text. But for now you are resting your head on his shoulder and he’s content you can find sleep. 
—
When you are back to base you deflate in the medical unit, you let them check you over and they clean your graze wound. You wince a bit but you’re just happy to feel the pain, that was a close call but the way König fought ignites a weird primal part of you that loves that he protected you so.
König told you he had to speak with someone when you got back, he left you with a light push towards the medical wing and now that you’re done you just want to get the grime off your skin and sleep.
His room smells like a mixture of the two of you now. His cologne and your shampoo in his bed make you drowsy but you strip off your gear, setting it on the dresser and slowly strip in the bathroom. You look over the bruises and the wrapping on your arm, the water is hot when you enter and it eases your muscles.
“Liebling?”
“In the shower my love.”
Your heart flutters with him being nearby. He entered the bathroom after shedding all his heavy gear.
“I’ll only be a little longer then the shower is all yours all-right?” 
“I was thinking we can shower together.”
“With your hood on? Won’t it get all soggy?” 
You giggle at the thought of him naked except for his hood which is dripping wet and I would assume that would feel like being waterboarded.
“I will join you without it.”
You hear beats faster.
“König- you don’t have to. I mean if you're not ready.”
“I could not be more prepared. I almost lost you today and I want to share my whole being with you, if you would let me.”
“Of course.” 
You smile sweetly and you watch in the fogged glass of the shower door as he discards his clothes, his skin becoming more visible. His hood is last and you see a blurred version of him.
The shower door opens and he steps in, he hangs his head to get under the water, you step aside and admire him.
The way his short hair blends into his stubble, the eye paint bleeds down his face from the steam now. His lashes are dotted with water droplets and in here his eyes are ever bluer. His nose is sharp, broken and healed again so it’s slightly askew. A scar traces from his eyebrow into his hairline, another one kisses the top of his lip. He has lines on the outer corner of his eyes, and his forehead is scattered with a few as well. A marker of his life lived. 
Your eyes draw down and look him over completely as a whole now. 
“You’re gorgeous König.” 
You breathe it and your hands place themselves at his abdomen before drawing up to his shoulders then bringing his head down to yours, you kiss slowly under the water.
“Thank you liebling, I- I am happy to be able to share all of you with me. It is like a weight being lifted off my shoulders.”
He kisses you softly and you smile, you shower together slowly.
He shampoos your hair and you do his, he has to lean down quite a bit and you laugh telling him you’ll need a shower stool if you are both to continue showing together.
You wash each other's bodies and take care in washing the gunpowder and using gentle hands over the blooming new bruises. 
He kisses your neck where the assailant left his mark, he holds you sweetly with the same hands he used to kill that man. 
Your fingers are pruney when you both leave the shower and stand side by side brushing your teeth, the view in the mirror being something you both want to see for a long long time. 
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Alkaline: Euronymous x Y/N Series CH 19
Tagging: @ophelialaufey@madamemaximoff06@forever-not-gonna-sink@ajmiila02@liquidsmoothdomme@shady-the-simp @auggiethecreator @tempt-ress @blacksoul-27
For the first few months of the shop being open, there had been complaints about noise, property damage, lewd acts and even some random garbage fires. The neighbors were too afraid to call the police but they had no problem complaining amongst themselves. Oystein had called Hammed about setting up an account that way he could get daily deliveries but told him he would only tip double if Y/n was the one to deliver it. Hammed agreed without hesitation but reminded Oystein she still gets to decide if she's going to do the deliveries.
The first week she left the food on the step of the shop and or had someone who was going in give it to Oystein. She was later informed Hammed had to dock her pay because Oystein wasn't receiving his orders. As much as she wanted to go into the shop and beam his order at him, cursing him out. She decided that she would play this game.
She walked into the shop to see he had three customers standing at the counter. She waited for the business to be done and he smirked at her as she approached.
"I see you finally made it in again. I told Hammed that I missed some orders." Oystein explained.
"Yeah he docked my pay. Sorry you didn't get the food I very clearly place on the step and made eye contact with you." Y/n gave a fake smile and Oystein nodded.
"I'm sorry to hear that but it is your job to hand deliever the food, isn't it." She stared at him for a few seconds before walking closer and sticking the food out.
"Yes, yes it is. Here is your food." She place the food in his hands and he smiled.
"Come on Y/n. This can't be that bad. I doubled the tip, doesn't that count for something?" Oystein asked wishing she would let her guard down just slightly.
"Listen, my only job is to make sure that bag of food gets into your hands. You don't double tip for me to stick around and have conversations with you." Y/n explained with a smile.
"What if I tripled it?" He tested.
"As long as your names on the check and not your dad's." She leaned over the counter towards him. He was speechless. No one could cut him up like Y/n. She smirked knowing she had won this round and left the store. Every day she brought him his food, she made sure to put it in his hands or sit it in front of him. She wasn't going to get docked again and she refused to let his comments bother her.
Whenever he tried to start a conversation or make a snarky comment, she would make sure to knock something over or flip a record around knowing he would have to come around the counter just to fix it. She knew it annoyed him. Truth was, he accepted it. All he wanted was to interact with her.
"Hey did you see Enrich sweet talking the shop girl Euro is obsessed with?" Faust leaned against the counter talking to a customer and Oystein took his headphones off.
"Speak freely, asshole. What was that?" He challenged seeing the guy put his hands up.
"Hey man I'm just looking out for you. He's been pushing up on that sandwich shop chick that brings your lunch every day. He's trying to get signed by you." He could feel Faust's eyes on him.
"Wouldn't make much sense to do that if he wanted to get signed." Faust said blowing the guy off and telling him to take a hike. Oystein made a mental note of the interaction and keep his eyes out for whoever this Enrich guy was. She pushed the door open and he leaned back in his chair. She tossed the bag on the counter and gave him the finger before spinning on her heel and heading right back out the door.
"I can see why you like her." Faust croaked making Oystein roll his eyes. He was the only one who was there enough to see the on goings of their complicated connection. He never really
Today his order was running late. He had walked to the door ready to head to the shop and pick it up but he noticed Y//n was actually talking to someone. It was a guy who had come into his shop often looking for records. Nothing truly standout about the guy but he knew he didn't like her talking to other metal heads. He gave her a side hug letting her before she started towards the door. Oystein walked back around the counter so she wouldn't see him and tried to play it cool.
"You're late." He said taking the bag.
"Take it out of my tip." She said quickly.
"What tip?" That caught her attention. She turned slowly and looked at him. He opened the bag and sighed.
"It's cold now. I'm considering a refund and you're worried about a tip?" Oystein slid the bag back towards her and she glanced at Faust who looked away quickly.
"Today is not the day. Don't fuck with me-" She started.
"Look the shop is literally five minutes away. Don't get pissy at me because you can't walk a bag five minutes without it getting cold." Oystein knew he was being a prick but he was salty. She was talking to people who frequented his establishment, who wanted to be signed to his label and she thought he would just be okay with it? Not a chance. He was in fact petty.
Y/n snatched the bag off the counter, cussing under her breath. Oystein and Faust shared a look and they both chuckled.
She returned 10 minutes later with another bag that was not only hot but free according to the note on it from Hammeed. She pulled bills from her pocket and slapped it on the counter.
"You can keep the tip." Oystein said but she laughed.
"Oh no this time you can keep it. Use it. Take it to store and get a razor. You look like a vampiric pedophile, you fucking clown." Y/n seethed before giving Faust the finger.
"You're welcome for the free show." She left the shop annoyed and Faust laughed.
"She might actually kill you." He shrugged sitting in front of the TV once more and Oystein shook his head.
"Probably." Oystein whispered taking his food into his office.
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satansapostle6 · 1 year ago
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Josh Futturman has always had a crush on his beautiful coworker, the sharp, sexy scientist he thought he could only dream of talking to.
Warnings: Mature themes/language. Sexual content.
Part Four
Part Five: My Balls, Your Court
Josh knew that he had to make a move with Brynne, and soon. He knew this partly because for the last few days, Ray had continuously been telling him, ‘You gotta make the first move’.
The ball was in his court, and he needed to act quickly. So, he was trying to work up the courage to do so. After all, he knew for a fact that Brynne was single, but he also knew that women like that didn’t tend to stay single for long if they didn’t want to.
He knew that the annual Kronish Ball, a formal office party before Christmas, was coming up that Friday. So, he figured, that would be the perfect opportunity to ask Brynne out on a date, or at least hang out with her at the hall if he couldn’t get his shit together and ask her out. Ray was heavily encouraging this, and so was Dr. Kronish, for that matter.
That afternoon, Josh Futturman had finally worked up the courage to head up to the lab a little while before leaving work that day, when he found that there might’ve been a slight problem with that plan. As he headed towards the lab, he saw a couple of scientists leaving in a hurrry, looking shell-shocked.
“Oh fuck, oh fuck, oh fuck,” the young woman breathed.
“It’s okay, it’s fine, we just have to fix it,” the young man told her.
“Hey,” Josh frowned as they looked at him, “What’s going on? Is Dr. Camillo in one of his moods again?”
The female lab assistant quickly shook her head, seeming terrified. “No. It’s Dr. Johansson,” she informed him in a hushed tone.
“Dr. Johansson?” Josh said in surprise.
“Yeah. Someone messed up a bunch of data, and now we have to start running the tests all over again. Set us back two months. She’s fucking livid,” the male lab assistant explained.
Josh said nothing, cautiously approaching the lab, half expecting a war zone. He walked in on Brynne scolding one of the underlings, presumably the one responsible for the mistake, sounding disturbingly like Dr. Kronish on the rare occasions where he would actually get angry.
“No, that’s not what I’m asking you,” Brynne stated, seething beneath her calm exterior. “Did you, or did you not, forget to check the input dates?” she demanded.
“I
 Forgot to check the input dates,” the young man told her, barely able to look her in the eye.
“And how is that possible?” Brynne interrogated him. “Did the forms not specifically say to double check, triple check, fucking quadruple check, the input dates, because there might be some confusion on that?”
“Yeah,” he admitted, “They did.”
“And did Dr. Fernandez not specifically tell you to notify him before submitting the reports?” she concluded.
“Yeah,” the guy nodded. “He did.”
“Well then, why the fuck did you not do it?” she demanded.
Josh stood there awkwardly in silence, never having once seen her this angry before.
“I don’t know,” he murmured, avoiding her gaze.
“‘I don’t know’?!” Brynne repeated. “‘I don’t know’ is not an acceptable response for someone working in a laboratory! You’re curing disease, not making a fucking McChicken!”
Her voice had a terrifying echo throughout the empty room, and although Josh was paralyzed with fear, he now knew that Brynne’s rage was completely justified from what he heard.
“I’m gonna ask you again, because I hired you, and am therefore responsible if it turns out I hired someone completely incompetent. Now, why
 in the hell
 did you not have Dr. Fernandez check your work before you submitted it?” she prompted.
“I
” he paused, seemingly realizing how careless he sounded. “I thought it was good. So I just submitted it.”
“Unbelievable,” Brynne muttered, “That was careless, lazy, and above all, just arrogant. You cost us two months worth of testing, and thousands of dollars to restart the entire process, with one little careless mistake. You realize that, at a place like this, I can fire you for that?”
He was quiet for a moment, then responded.
“Yeah.”
“Now, I’m pissed, but you realize I could have you scrubbing the fucking toilets for Josh over there?!”
Josh gulped nervously, realizing he was now a part of the conversation.
“Josh. How would you like a day off, hmm?” Brynne asked, obviously a rhetorical question. “How would you like a nice day off, while Brennan here cleans up a whole building worth of shit?”
Josh just frowned awkwardly. “Uh
 That sounds nice.”
“See, if I was an asshole like Dr. Camillo, you’d be scrubbing shit right now,” Brynne pointed out, “You’d be scrubbing shit for the rest of your career, and you’d still have to thank me, because working in Dr. Kronish’s lab is still a privilege. But I’m gonna be beyond fair, and have you personally run up to Dr. Kronish’s office and tell him why we can’t go public for another two months, if we’re lucky.”
“Alright,” he nodded, not having anything else to add.
Josh was suddenly pushed aside as Dr. Camillo barged into the room, fuming.
“Is this the jackass that fucked all the data to shit, and cost us another two months?!” he boomed.
“Stu
 I swear to fucking God,” Brynne Johansson warned. “Get the fuck out!”
“I don’t work for you! I work for Dr. Kronish,” he argued.
“Oh yeah? Go and fucking tell Kronish you’re pissing me the fuck off right now, and see what he says!” she suggested. “Do it! I fucking dare you!”
Josh and Lucas Brennan were both equally terrified for their lives as they watched Dr. Camillo rush out of the room with his tail between his legs. Brynne turned back to her employee, about past her breaking point.
“Brennan. Go tell Dr. Kronish what happened, specifically your part in it, and then go work on restarting everything,” Brynne exhaled slowly. “If I hear you disregard anything you’re told again, you’re fired. If I talk to Dr. Kronish later today and he says you never told him the full story, you’re fired. Understood?”
“Yeah,” Brennan nodded quickly, “Understood.”
“Go,” she barked, not wanting him in her sight for any longer.
Josh quickly stepped aside for Brennan as he quickly rushed out of the room. He looked over at Brynne, who just stood in the middle of the empty room, one hand on her hip, and one hand squeezing her temples in an attempt to soothe her approaching stress migraine.
“Hey, Josh,” she sighed, sounding exhausted.
“Hey,” he said awkwardly.
“What’s up?” she asked him.
Suddenly, Josh no longer felt like asking her out on a date.
“Sorry, it’s nothing important, if this is a bad time, I can just leave you alone,” he offered.
“No, no, it’s fine,” she assured him. “Sorry. I didn’t want anyone else to have to see that.”
“It’s okay,” he promised her, “I get it.”
“You must think I’m an asshole,” she scoffed, a sad bitterness to her tone, “I felt like Dr. Camillo.”
“No,” Josh shook his head immediately, “Definitely not. I mean, you’re tough, and everything, but
 You’re fair.”
Brynne just nodded appreciatively, genuinely comforted. “Thanks. I
 I’m just pissed we have to start all over again.”
Josh realized that this was one of the first genuine conversations he’d ever had with her; no flirting, no banter, just talking.
“Yeah, who wouldn’t be?” Josh agreed sympathetically. “Weren’t you scheduled to go public with everything after New Year’s?”
“Yeah,” she nodded, frustrated by her current predicament, “We were. Now, everything has to be pushed back.”
“Jesus,” he murmured.
“Anyways. Enough of that for today. Did you wanna talk to me about something?” she wondered.
Josh gulped fearfully, having no idea how to segue.
“Uh
”
He only got more nervous as she looked at him, naturally expecting an answer.
“The Kronish Ball! On Friday!” Josh managed, realizing he wasn’t making any sense.
Brynne just nodded, not understanding the relevance. “Oh, yeah. I almost forgot about that.”
“You’re going, right?” he asked her.
“Yeah,” she nodded, “I’ll be there.”
“Great!” he laughed, horrified as he realized there was more to that sentence. “Did you, uh
 have a date?” he croaked out.
She shook her head, and he nearly jumped for joy.
“No, I was just gonna come on my own.”
“Great!” he blurted out again, not knowing where to go from there. “
Me too!”
Josh cursed himself as he realized that was all he knew to say. She just stared at him blankly, equally unsure of how to continue the conversation.
“Cool.”
“Cool,” Josh forced a smile that was really more of an awkward grimace, slowly backing out of the room. “Cool
”
The word was about to lose its meaning. Frantic to say something, anything at all, he opened his mouth before his brain had actually planned out what to say to her.
“My balls
! Your court?!” he yelled out an invitation, alarming the both of them.
He was mortified as he realized what he’d actually said to this woman, a distinguished scientist with a PhD. She just blinked, completely dumbfounded by his words.
“
What exactly are you asking me, Futturman?” she questioned. “I’m not sure why, exactly, but should I be contacting HR?”
“No
! Sorry!” Josh laughed, close to tears, “I just
 Uh
”
He quickly realized it would sound worse if he were to just stop there, so he figured he was forced to correct himself.
“I was just wondering
 Since we were both planning on going alone
” he had no idea what she was thinking.
“Yeah?” Brynne prompted.
“I, uh
 Did you, maybe, wanna
 go to the party, together?” he slowly stumbled over the sentence. “As, like, a date?”
He was horrified as she paused for a moment, her beautiful features seeming completely blank.
“Yeah, Futturman,” she chuckled, lightly brushing back her coppery hair, “Yeah, I would.”
“Okay! Great!” Josh exclaimed, in awe of himself. “Cool!”
“Cool,” Brynne nodded.
She stood there, watching in amusement as he slowly backed out of the room before racing down the hallway to celebrate, silently screaming as he pumped his fists in the air
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Part Six
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vyxated · 11 months ago
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finally answering asks I've been keeping for a while ~.~
📝 sims2 & chalk'd ui, phone icons & wallpapers, cas bg recolor, font replacement, and some more (reshade & rig helper asks will be answered at another time ;; )
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tysm anon!! I had to wrestle a bit with the file to make the taxi image work, and at the end it came out looking super neat! Especially if you have the sims 2's music playing (found a super cool music override that does that). It's such a cool idea, and I've been researching on how to do it 😆 ngl, making cc objects is something I wanna do someday, tho from the looks of it it's gonna take me a while to understand the process lol. If/when I make any breakthrough, I'll be sure to post about it :p (It'd be neat if it costs money too to use the taxi.)
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jdfklsjf tysm @hellofears & @oshinsimblr !! I've been doing some final adjustments so hopefully I can release it within this week c:
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thanks anon ^7^ you can replace them as long as you have access to the files (pancake1 made a pie menu & wants sound replacement and buurz replaced the in-game music with ones from other sims games). I looked around and found these resources you might want to check out: TS4 Sound Tool, UI sound kit & UI audio instance list
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hehe tysm anon! My UI mods won't remove the shop icon so you'll need to grab other mods that do that. I decided not to do it myself to avoid having a new mod conflict ^^
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Hii @simplyamazingsims, I've tested both mirroredup & triple mirror and both v3 files are working w/ the latest update. The reflection setting must be set to low or higher for the reflection to show up. You can also try clearing your caches and try removing the resource.cfg file (file will regenerate, and doing this fixes the issue for some). Oh and ofc having other cas backgrounds can cause mine to not show up so make sure there's only one in your mods folder ^^
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@claravizeu it's a map override that I'll probably work on whenever I'm in the mood 😆
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Hi anon! For the phone icons, I used xosdr's phone icons psd to create mine. For the wallpaper, I haven't found someone who've gathered & shared the files for it, so I'll see if I can do that myself :)
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Heyy anon, it's a CAS bg that I made for the previews so it's not available to download. I haven't got the chance to prepare the files yet, but I'll try to find the time to do so ^^
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Hey anon, unfortunately the notification wall is associated w/ the texture file that handles most of the UI panels, so you won't be able to remove a specific file to achieve it. I've received a request just like yours so what I can do is share it a separate file later on ^^
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Hii as well, it's compatible yes ^^ you can use both mods as they don't have any files in common that conflicts with each other.
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heyy @icyaliyah, sorry it took a while to respond! While I don't have plans to recolor them, you can download these pink recolors by estellics & dumbabie ^^ and thank you very much!
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Hii as well, it's been a while so I don't know if you're still having the issue or if it's already been fixed. Afaik my mod shouldn't cause any loading issues on its own, as well as if you have the conflicting mod & files present and if you remove the conflicting files. So far, I've not received any reports of this exact issue, so I can't be of help. Sorry if that doesn't answer your question 😅
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ahhhh @veone thank you as well for using it ever since it came out!! 🙈
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Heyy anon, basically you'd want to only remove the files that conflicts w/ the mods that you do use, and not the other way around. For example, if you use TOOL, you'd want to delete the files in the Additional Files > TOOL folder (either both text and texture files or just the text file alone, depending on which one you prefer). If you don't use TOOL, keep the files be. So, if you only have the UI Cheats mod and none of the listed conflicting mods, then you don't need to remove any files ^^
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heyy @swithdream, well very belated happy new year to you as well despite it being april already lol there's an update to the cas organizers that I haven't done yet, and when the time comes that I update those, I'll try to include the psds for all the templates I did ^^
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Hii @kneptoone, it's a font replacement using TS3's Helvetica Rounded font that I made & haven't shared yet, yeah ^^ I can try putting it up for download since there isn't one out yet.
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Heyy anon, I've been focusing on other things so I haven't yet found the time to work on my older uploads >< I'm definitely interested in doing those, but not sure when that'll be.
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Hello anon, tysm! I'll do it at some point but not sure when :x I haven't properly played around w/ CAS since last year :X
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goatsludge · 9 months ago
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EvolutionGear IS-EG NGAL Laser Aiming Module
For those of you that shake your fist to the heavens cursing L3Harris for not releasing a civilian version of their famed NGAL, you're probably at least tangentially familiar with EvolutionGear -
They do the OEM parts manufacturing for InvisibleSight, who offers a higher quality level of QC, but is infamous for their astonishingly long lead times.
EvolutionGear sells the 'cheaper' version of the IS-EG NGAL which you can buy direct from them if you wanna bypass the year-long inspection wait and don't need all the different options offered through InvisibleSight.
Before I get into the details of the unit itself, I'd like to clear up a lot of myths about EG - the common consensus about them is that they're known for not shipping their items, but from my own research, I really could only find an evidence case of one from a dude who was dumb enough to order during Chinese New Year and threw a tantrum when it took longer than expected to receive a tracking.
I opted for the more expensive UPS shipping option, and while it was kinda awkward having to wait for a live representative to email me a paypal invoice rather than going though a site-based payment portal, I didn't have any issues ordering from them and everything arrived within a week of receiving a tracking.
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Here's where I'll get into the initial impressions.
The body of the unit is forged 6061 aluminum, and unlike the Somogear NGAL's, these actually have recoil lugs integrated into the body with a proper L3Harris-style screw clamp, as opposed to the crappy PEQ15 clamp the Somo units have.
The selector switch, I find somewhat mushy (due to the integral o-ring added for waterproofing), but still tactile enough to satisfy me, and the button has a positive enough click for my needs as well. The rear focus knob for the IR illuminator is a little bit stiff, but no major red flags about it.
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Another nice feature of the EG NGAL is the fact it includes actual diffuser caps whereas the Somo units are only provided with blackout covers. The visible potting of the unit seems very well-done and I'm definitely excited to see how well this holds up considering EG touts this as a 5.56-capable laser where Somogear continues to scream "airsoft only" from the rooftops.
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The unit included two different sets of stickers (one laminated, one not, interestingly) as well as a pressure pad and an eggcrate-padded plastic storage case.
The pressure pad is where I'm going to focus a majority of my initial critique.
On the website, EvolutionGear claims they offer the option of an LA23 Plug or an ATPIAL Crane Plug version. I triple checked that I'd be receiving a crane-ported NGAL, and the customer service acknowledged this.
The switch they provided is an LA23 version and upon testing the port with a surplus Insight PEQ-2 Pressure Pad, there was no function from the laser, meaning my request was completely disregarded and I'd been given an LA23-ported version instead.
Not a humongous deal to me, but it would have been nice to have a wider choice of aftermarket switches instead of proprietary ones that cost 100-300 fucking dollars.
Anywho, the switch they include is what I'd describe as solidly "meh" - it feels like a very cheap silicone, the click is positive enough, but the cable is visibly hot glued in and it's just left me wishing that Somogear offered their fantastic Modbutton Lite knock-offs a la carte.
Might email them later to see if I can get one.
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The build it resides on presently is my FDE A2 Retromod, and despite being an offset beam unit, I still find the lasers are just a little too close to a standard FSB for my comfort.
I plan on possibly doing a URG-I build out of my Colt LE6920 in the near future, so this is definitely not the build the EG NGAL is staying on forever.
Later I'll give it a look under NODs and see how that goes.
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frownyalfred · 1 year ago
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So I've been reading through bloodletting and I'm very curious about how the Creator's Style works
You use it to give the translation hover option whenever characters speak in Mando'a and I'll be honest, I had no clue that was even an option or how to even go about doing that for my own fics
Sorry if this is a stupid question, but do you have a resource for how to use Creator's Style like that?
Hi anon! I'm copy and pasting a post I did with instructions and comments on how I use this function (below the cut). I hope it helps!
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I had an awesome commenter (the lovely @notquiteaghost) suggest a CSS script, since the initial hover text translations I used didn't work on mobile.
Here's the link to the instructions: https://archiveofourown.org/works/30290274
Fair warning, it took me a little bit to get the hang of it. If you're like me and need a little hand-holding, here's how I implement the script:
Copy the code from the CSS section into a new work skin (or the one you're currently using)
Save that skin and make sure to enable it in the work you're going to implement hover text on
Open up your chapter or fic and switch to "HTML" instead of "Rich Text"
When you find the word or phrase you want to have hover text, paste this:
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Next, replace the Text to hover over section with whatever your original word or phrase was -- this is the only place that word should appear, and it should still have whatever punctuation you need in it
Replace the text for the tooltip section with whatever your translation or hover text is
Finally, triple check that there's a space between the final section and the rest of your sentence or paragraph. If there isn't a space, sometimes the script pushes the translation onto the next word or shoves them together and italicizes them
Here's what this looks like in my HTML view:
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Here's what that looks like in my rich text view:
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and here's what the final product looks like:
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You should be able to hover over those underlined sections on mobile or desktop and see the translation you inputted. If you don't see it, there might be an issue with how you set up the individual tooltip, or the workskin itself.
My other tips for using this:
Keep a copy of the basic HTML tooltip script to copy and paste into your work as you edit it
Test your hover text in draft view on ao3. You should be able to see it.
Using italics can make the HTML part a little bit harder but it's not impossible
Keep an eye out for your punctuation! Sometimes the formatting can throw your commas and periods around without warning
Try to keep any translations or comments to one sentence max, otherwise the hover text bubble can be cut off in mobile view or stretch the view strangely
If you're translating many words (like I am in my current fic) it's easier to copy and paste a HTML tooltip that's complete but shorter so it doesn't throw off every single line (like copying a one-word translation instead of the original tooltip template)
Hope this helps! I really love using this for my fics and I'm so grateful to @notquiteaghost and everyone else in my comments who offered solutions for my hover text issues.
Here's my current fic with the hover text if anyone wants to see how I'm using it throughout the chapters.
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pastelwitchling · 1 year ago
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Rearview Mirror malex au chapter 3 teaser.
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              Michael thought he’d been used to feeling lost. When Alex had first left after high school; and then again when he’d come back after a decade away, but didn’t want to have anything to do with Michael; then when he’d disappeared for good, unwilling to ever set foot in Roswell again. Michael thought he’d known what it felt like to exist like he was existing now, sitting on Max’s couch and staring through the stone floor as Max gave Isobel and Kyle the facts of the case, unable to really hear them; to not really be in his own body, his mind on autopilot.
              It was nothing compared to this. Because this time, Michael had held Alex tight, and Alex had left anyway. This time, Michael had tried, and Alex had chosen someone else. He got a sudden sick feeling that he couldn’t fight off before it was swarming every inch of his mind, haunting him with questions; was this how Alex had felt when Michael had turned away from him, over and over? Was it just this much hurt every time?
              He put a hand to his chest, exhaling shakily, the world crashing back down around him in a flood of noise and gasps and whispers. Had he been doing this to Alex for years?
              “You’re not my problem anymore.”
              “So Liz is wrong!” Isobel demanded.
              “Is,” Kyle tried, “it’s what the tests say.”
              “Then the tests are wrong!” she snapped. “O-Or, I don’t know, the blood was wrong. Or the samples got mixed up!”
              “Liz wouldn’t make a mistake like that,” Max heaved. “Look, she doublechecked and triple-checked and quadruple-checked before she said anything to me. She didn’t even want to tell me, I got there and she tried hiding the papers!”
              “Because she knows they’re wrong,” Isobel insisted. “She knows that you can’t be a clone, and Michael can’t be Jones’s son!”
              “But I am,” Michael said despite himself. His was voice low, but it cut through the room like an axe. Isobel flinched. Michael met her eyes with all of Alex’s steadiness, wondering if it was the lingering scent of Alex’s scent around him or the still-there feel of his skin against his own that was making it easier for him to say the words.
              Something about the way Alex had held him, and after so long, like he still wanted him after knowing who he was. Michael looked to Max, watching him as though he could read his thoughts, and knew that this was why Max had called Alex before he’d given Michael the news. He’d known that if Michael needed anyone to get him through the shock, to help him see that he was still Michael, it could only have been Alex.
              Standing, his shoulders straight, he repeated if only to himself, “I am.” He shook his head. “Everything we’ve found out about our moms so far, it all makes sense if . . .”
              Max raised a brow, a grim smile tugging at the corner of his lips. “If I’m a clone?”
              “You’re you,” Michael defended at once, echoing Alex. “No matter what some damn tests say.”
              “Yeah!” Isobel insisted, red-faced with anger, eyes brimming with tears.
              “Baby?” Kyle asked softly, putting a hand between her shoulder blades.
              Isobel wiped her tears away furiously and made a sound between a scream and a groan. “Doesn’t Ortecho ever have good news?!”
              “Hey,” Liz huffed, glaring from the doorway at Isobel, a stack of files in her arms, “I’m just the messenger, okay? You want someone who’ll lie?”
              “No one blame’s you, Liz,” Max sighed, kissing Liz’s cheek before picking at the corner of one of the files. “What’s all this?”
              “Alex asked me to bring these by,” she said. “It’s the tests, he wants a look at them himself.” Michael reached for them, but without a moment’s pause, Liz unloaded the stack into Kyle’s arms.
              Michael frowned. “Why are you—”
              “Sorry, cowboy,” Liz said. “Alex said he has to pull an all-nighter, so only Kyle can give him the files.”
              Kyle didn’t look the least bit surprised, and it hit Michael then; only Kyle had access to Deep Sky, so only Kyle would be able allowed through the front door. Behind which, Michael was sure, Alex and Forrest were planning to cozy up together for the rest of the night. No one to bother them.
              Like hell . . .
              He caught up to Kyle on his way to his car. “I’m coming with you.”
              “What—no, Michael, I can’t just—”
              “Yes, you can,” Michael demanded. His phone buzzed in his pocket, but he ignored it. He’d been so close to getting Alex to listen to him, to fixing what had happened. Alex had touched him and it was a drug he’d been addicted to since they were seventeen. He needed him back, he needed Alex touching him again. And now.
              He thought Kyle would argue with him, but he just shook his head, resigned. “Alex isn’t going to like this.”
              Yes, Michael thought, remembering the way Alex had held him, the look in his eyes, the hope that he didn’t want but rose in him anyway, and he knew he wasn’t the only one yearning. He will.
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51. Heaven knows I should let go, it’s nothing that I don’t already know
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She was not used to triple headers anymore. She had barely the time to rest when it was already time for Zandvoort. It was always a peculiar atmosphere. People were always very passionate there. She had arrived on Wednesday, to work a little on the side, away from the whole show that would start the next day. She wanted to work on a few documents about the next car sent by Maranello at the beginning of the week. She could have done it in her hotel room but she preferred to work in the atmosphere of the garage, surrounded by the smell of burned rubber and metal.
She sat on the floor and pulled out her laptop from her bag and started to read through the documents, taking notes and writing questions that were popping into her mind. She chewed on her pen. Some data from the testing were not correlating the data from the sim. And it was not as if the gap was minimal which worried her. For a moment she feared that they were going in the wrong direction in the development. A brief vision of a certain USB stick popped into her mind and she briefly regretted not having it near her
 She promised herself she wouldn’t use it to work on the current car development but, after all, there was no wrong finding inspiration in a car that was performing really well for the next one. It was not cheating. It would not be the exact same anyway. And a lot of cars were getting inspiration from other teams for their development, there was nothing wrong with it.
As she was focusing on her screen, she heard footsteps coming in the garage. She looked up her laptop. It was weird. No one would come here unless there were mechanics that needed to set up the car and she had checked with her dad, they would only arrive during the afternoon. She stood still, listening to the sounds made by a person who clearly didn’t want to get caught as they seemed to move slowly and tried to stay as quiet as possible. She put her laptop on the side and got up to find herself almost face to face with a man in an elegant black suit.
“Julia? What are you doing here?” asked Carlos, clearly surprised to find her there and could she dare to say, a bit uncomfortable.
“I’m working. I could ask you the same thing.” she replied.
“I’m
 going on a trip down memory lane.”
“Reminiscing on the times my dad was kicking your ass back then?” she smiled.
“He was not. We were equally talented teammates.” he scoffed.
“Sure
 If you want a full trip to reminisce on your time as a driver, I can get my dad. I’m sure he still has a few videos of you both on tracks.” she was about to take out her phone when Carlos stopped her.
“No! I mean
 you don’t need to bother him. So how does it feel for you to join the team?”
“Nice. I’m still getting used to everything.” she said, a bit defensively.
“It’s brave, you know. To stay on the side. To not help the team developing the current car when you could as you’re always near and in Maranello. To wait. I don’t know how you do it. I would sneak around, I wouldn’t be able to help myself. You’re definitely better than me. You follow the rules like your dad and you’re wise like your mom. They must be so proud of you. Their perfect daughter.” he said in a calm voice, slowly turning around her like a lion toying with its prey. She felt a shiver down her spine. “But anyway, I should get going. I have people to meet.”
“Carlos?” she called him out as he was leaving.
“Yes, Julia?”
“Remind me again how many championships you won?” she smiled
She saw a brief glimpse of anger in his eyes as he stared at her before finally leaving. She knew she shouldn’t have said that, that it would only irritate him more and it would come to bite her in the ass. But she hated what he implied, the implicit threats. She should have gone straight to her dad to tell him that Carlos was lurking in the garage but nothing had happened, it was all good and when she came to her room she was caught off guard by Martin standing in the middle of the bedroom, a huge teddy bear in his hands.
“If you don’t want to go to the fair, it’s the fair that comes to you. There is one a few kilometers away from the track and we went there with a few people from the team. I knew you would find that boring so I didn’t ask you but
 yeah. I won that for you.” he explained, blushing as she was staring at him not knowing what to say.
“Oh well, that’s a nice gesture
 thanks.” she awkwardly smiled.
“You don’t like it.”
“No! I do
 it’s just
 I don’t even know if I’m supposed to tell you anything.” she sighed.
“You know you can tell me anything.”
“It’s about the car and data. It’s not matching. I’m trying to understand where the gap comes from but I fear we are making a huge mistake in the development. And Carlos was there for no reason and that worries me
”
“Hey, breathe Julia. I trust your judgment and I trust your skills. Whatever the problem is, you’ll find it, I know it. And as for Carlos
 maybe he wanted to see Elijah? It wouldn’t be surprising, he is one of his sponsors.”
“I don’t know. I have a bad feeling about this weekend.”
Martin forced her to sit on her bed as he got behind her and tried to appease her by applying slow massages on her neck and shoulders.
“You have to relax. Nothing bad will happen, you’ll see.”
She hoped he was right.
Ethan hated Zandvoort and what it meant for him. It was always a very tense weekend where every single one of his moves were scrutinized. Everywhere he was going, the shadow of his father was looming above him. He could see it in the eyes of the fans, in the eyes of the race stewards who were looking at him and of course in the sea of orange he was welcomed with anywhere he would go. He didn’t consider him as his own homerace, too much history, too much weight on his shoulders with the feeling he had to have a good result there. But still, he had a special helmet for his dad adding a gold lion, the five championships he had won with the years associated with them. It was simple but with a strong meaning, a way for him to embrace his lineage, hoping it would help him to make peace with it.
The qualifying had been great, far from the pole he had been on the week before, with a nice sixth place, behind his teammate. Kyle was on pole and able to race, making Ethan feel relieved. He knew how racing was Kyle’s everything and he hoped it would go well for him. On Sunday morning, when he arrived, he immediately found his dad and mom talking to Charles and Julia. Max had a hand on the girl’s shoulder and was laughing with the Ferrari team’s principal. He rolled his eyes. If only he could find a way to avoid them
 but he knew it was useless and he was a better man than that. Or at least was trying. He straightened his posture, put a nice smile on his face and went to the group. He put his arm around his mom’s shoulders, kissing the side of her head as he shook Charles’ hand and winked at his dad. He didn’t want to ignore the brunette who was staring at him but he didn’t know how to act around her anymore. So he stared, in a very awkward way as he saw her blushing and looking at her feet.
“We have to go on a run as soon as you’re back in Monaco, Leclerc! It’s been so long.” said Max.
“Eager for me to beat your ass?” replied Charles with a smile.
“Julia? Care to join us, so you can be the referee.”
“I’m not sure I can keep up with you
” she grimaced.
“Enrico said you made great progress, I’m sure you could, Ju’.”
“Maybe Ethan can come. So you have company while you’re dad and I are fighting.” added Max.
“Dad
 I hate running!” whined the blonde.
“You need to work on that cardio, son. It’s important.”
“Oh, don’t worry I’m sure Ethan’s cardio is doing more than okay. His girlfriend is taking good care of it.” Julia snorted, arching an eyebrow.
“Girlfriend? What do you mean?” said Max, caught a little off guard.
“She is talking about Sofia.” Ethan explained.
“Sofia? Are we talking about the same Sofia?” Max repeated.
“Because he is screwing more than one Sofia?”
“Sofia is my therapist.”
He saw Julia’s mouth open and close, before blushing of shame and for a moment he felt like an idiot for having played her. From the corner of his eyes he saw Charles and Max leaving and he quickly apologized to the girl.
“So
 you’re seeing someone.” she said when they finally were alone.
“Yeah. It feels good. I’m starting to understand myself a bit more. She helps me feel more grounded, focus on my races. It’s nice.”
“I’m glad. I
 I hope you’re not doing that for me? You don’t change for me, I mean.”
“I do that for me. I needed it. I do that for me, then for the sake of my family and the unresolved issues I have with dad
 and you. I want to understand where and why we went wrong. So I can be better. I want to be a better man.”
“Don’t change too much, though. I like it when you’re a little asshole.” she smiled, nudging him in the shoulders.
When he got back to the hospitality, he was grinning. His interactions with Julia were still awkward but it started to go from weird awkward to nice awkward. They had still a long way to go before even considering being friends. Somehow, it was still hurting him. He missed her. A lot. Even if it was just her screaming at him, it was still something. He hated her indifference more than anything else and it had always been this way ever since they were kids. If back then  he wanted nothing more than to make her frown, now he wanted her smile. But he would take everything she would give him.
He arrived in the hospitality, right on time for the pre-race meeting. He sat down next to Chloe who was already there, reading her notes. She smiled at him giving him a high five as he started to do the same. They went through the procedures and the strategy one last time and when they finally got out of the meeting room, Ethan wanted nothing more but the peace and quiet of his driver’s room. But when he opened the door, he didn’t think of finding Louis there, reading on his sofa.
“Louis? What are you doing here?”
“I wanted to hang out with you before the race. There are too many people in the Ferrari’s hospitality.”
“Do your parents know you’re here?”
“Yeah, I told mom.” he shrugged.
In fact, even if Louis had indeed told his mom that he was going to find Ethan, Lyanna had not heard him and was now freaking out, in the arms of her husband who was on the verge of sending a search party for his son. Julia had tried to reach him but quickly stopped as he had left his phone in the hospitality.
“He can’t be far away.” tried to reason Martin who was rubbing her back to appease her.
“You don’t know my brother! The last time he ran away, we found him alone, sitting in the middle of the woods.” Julia harshly said.
“Is there a place he would like to be in the paddock? Maybe a quiet place?” Martin ignored her.
“He hates attending races
 I know he said he was going more to see Ethan than to support dad.”she sighed.
“Maybe he is with him? Do you think he could have gone to Ethan, to wish him luck?”
“I mean
. Maybe? It’s a possibility that is worth trying.” she said, putting on her coat and walking towards the exit.
“Go, Ju’, we'll stay there in case he comes back.” her dad told her.
She ran to the Maserati hospitality as fast as she could, Martin following behind, but was stopped in her tracks by the security officer.
“I’m sorry miss but you don’t have the badge to enter.”
“I know but
 I have reasons to think my brother is with Ethan and
”
“Sure. That’s a new one. Get the hell out of here.”
“But mister
”
“Julia? Is everything alright?”
“Chloe, oh my gosh I’ve never been so happy to see you! Have you seen Louis?” Julia asked.
“Well, no
 but I can ask if Ethan saw him.”
“Please do.”
They waited a few minutes before Ethan arrived, Louis right next to him and Julia ran to her brother, not without glaring at the security officer. She hugged the young teen as he didn’t really understand where the sudden burst of affection was coming from.
“But I told mom!” he complained when Julia explained the whole family was freaking out.
“Next time make sure she listens to you, Louis.” Julia replied.
“How did you find me this fast, though?”
“Martin thought you would be with Ethan, since you like him
” Julia explained.
“Saint Martin coming to save the day once again
” Ethan commented with a half smile.
“I mean, Louis loves you. I just thought that if someone could at least help us out it would be you.”
“Next time he does something like that and tells me he warned someone, I’ll text you. To make sure.”
She smiled at him, running her hands in the hair of her brother as he was making an annoyed face.
“We should go
 you have a race to focus on and so does Martin.” Julia finally said when the silence became too awkward.
As they were leaving, Ethan screamed at them to wait a moment and ran to the hospitality, before coming back to them, a Maserati’s cap between his hands which he put on Louis’ head.
“I need my number one fan to wear it so it brings me luck.” he smiled, hugging him.
Seeing Ethan acting all sweet and genuine around her brother never failed to make her feel fuzzy and warm inside. She joined her mom after Martin left her at the hospitality. She didn’t even remember if he had kissed her. She was surprised to not care that much.
“Ethan is great with your brother.” Lyanna said after Julia told her everything.
“He had always been.”
“You know, I saw how Louis changed around Ethan. He is more open towards people, more expressive, less in his own bubble. It’s great. I never thought I would see him like this. You know what Louis told me yesterday?”
Julia shook her head as her mom was clinging to her mug of tea.
“He said he wanted to go to university when he would be able to. He doesn’t feel ready for high school but he says he wants to study more outside, in the library. And he wants to take guitar classes. When I asked him why guitar, he said that Ethan told him it was the way to get girls. I laughed because he said it in such a casual tone, you should have heard him
 Ethan helped him so much and I don’t think he knows it. I want to thank him. Would you be okay if I was inviting him for dinner, maybe when the season will be over?”
“No, of course not. You’re right, it’s a great idea. Louis will be happy.” she replied with a lump in her throat.
“What about you?”
“Mom
 I think I made a huge mistake.”
Ethan felt calm in his car. The orange army of fans wasn’t phasing him anymore, his dad watching him wasn’t giving him any added pressure, really he was okay and ready to race. So when the lights went out he confidently maneuvered his car through to avoid any overtakes. In front, Elijah was already fighting with Kyle for the lead of the race, something the American was not ready to give up on so easily. As for Ethan he was following Chloe closely. The strategy was simple, since she was in front, he had to protect her until the team would tell him otherwise.
The laps went on one by one and for the first time in months Julia found the race boring. Each car was following each other without anything interesting happening. No crazy overtakes, no strategy mishaps, no scary move from anyone. Julia even had to admit that she got so bored that she had started drawing to take her mind off things. The more she was thinking about Martin and their relationship, the more she started to come to terms with the fact that she had jumped into it blindly and stupidly. It would never work out no matter how hard she would try. It had been sweet and lighthearted, it had helped her heal a little and get her confidence back. But that was it, they wouldn’t go further than that. It was doomed to fail from the very start, she had always known deep down. She had been too stubborn to admit it. She hadn’t been fair to Martin either and even less to her. Now, she had to find the courage to tell him.
“Fuck, Ferrari is ferrarying
” swore Lyana, making Julia jumped, not used to hear her mother swear.
“What is happening?” Julia asked, looking up from her drawing.
“They screwed up Elijah’s pitstop. He is now P15
”
“He is going to come back in front.” Julia commented, focusing more on the race.
It didn’t take long for him to regain his position, behind Martin this time. They were both aggressively fighting for the P3 and Julia was surprised to not hear any team’s orders asking them to bring both cars home safely. Elijah was pressuring Martin and Julia knew better than anyone how prone to mistake he could be under it. She hoped with everything she had that nothing would happen. The team didn’t need that after the comeback in the standings they had managed before the summer break.
Julia anxiously started to bite her nails until she heard the whole hospitality gasped before she saw the images. They both had crashed. On the replay, she could see Elijah going for the inside and overtaking Martin but as he drove past Martin, his rear slightly touched Martin’s front and as he tried to stay on the road he slipped and took Elijah with him in the gravel.
Both drivers were getting out of the car angry and Julia swore she had seen Elijah pushing Martin in the shoulder. For a moment she wondered if she should go to him, to comfort him but now Ethan was in the fight for a podium as well as Ludwig, Kyle and Chloe and she really wanted to watch her friends. Martin probably needed time to cool down.
When he had seen the Ferrari’s out, Ethan had smiled inside his helmet. Now he was in the fight for a new podium and nothing could stop him, this time he would stand on a step and he wouldn’t have any doubts of where he was supposed to be.
“You’re faster than Chloe, we are switching positions.”
“Copy.”
And indeed his teammate slowed down a little in the long straight line to let him pass, giving him full permission to go and catch Ludwig to take the P2. He managed to do so in the penultimate lap and when he finally crossed the line after Kyle he let out a scream of joy, quickly followed by his race engineer.
“Second P2 in a row, let’s fucking go!”
“You know what they say, Ethan. Never two without three.”
“No, next time I want a win. I’m tired of being second place.”
Julia was clapping her hands in front of the race results. She was so happy for her friends but most of all happy for Ethan. She knew how underpressure he must have felt during the weekend and seeing him achieving a podium in a race he was more than dreading, she was proud of him. Whatever his therapist was doing with him, it was working. She got out of the hospitality to face a journalist that cornered her and shoved his camera right to her face.
“And we are with Julia Leclerc, future member of Ferrari’s engineering team. We all saw the crash that happened today between your drivers. Is that a lack of communication between Martin and Elijah or a lack of communication inside the team? We were all surprised to notice no team orders.”
“Well
 I mean.. I don’t know, that’s a question you should ask to their team principal.”
“We also saw a very nice battle towards the end, what did you think of it?”
“Of course, Kyle is an exceptional driver. It shouldn’t surprise anyone to see him win another race. He is the kind of guy who, when he starts on pole, nothing can stop him. But I’m really astonished by Ethan’s driving lately. It’s so calm and precise, he always had an amazing racing intelligence but I feel like he improved a lot on it. And his overtakes are one of the cleanest of the grid. It’s just a matter of time before he stands on the highest step of the podium. Truth be told, if I were a team principal I would try my best to sign him and give him the car he deserves because the car he is in currently is not made to fight for pole positions and podiums. That’s how talented he is.”
She didn’t know where it was coming from but she couldn’t have helped herself to spill her guts to the journalist. And it felt good. She smiles and thanked him before running to the podium's celebrations.
She made her way to the front right in time for the trophies to be given. Ludwig, Ethan and Kyle had a huge smile on their faces and when the champagne popped, she had never seen them being this happy to spread it. They were drenched and Julia was sure that the hug they were giving to one another would be on the front pages of newspapers.
When she came back to the hospitality to find her boyfriend, his race engineer told her that he had left straight after the meeting. He didn’t even bother to send her a text to tell her he was already back at the hotel. When she arrived in the room, he was scrolling on his phone, barely looking at her. She laid down next to him, trying to catch his attention.
“If I were a team principal I would try my best to sign him and give him the car he deserves because the car he is in currently is not made to fight for pole positions and podiums. That’s how talented he is.” he said in a bitter tone.
“Martin..”
“I don’t even want to talk about it, Julia.” he cut her.
“I’m sorry
 he asked me about the race and
”
“No matter what it will always be him. You always come back to him. Always! When I’m right here. I could give you the world Julia, I want to but you don’t let me!”
“I’m trying! You said it was enough for you!” she argued.
“Maybe I lied! Maybe I was wrong! Maybe it’s not enough. Maybe I thought I could make you forget him, I could make you happier, I could be better than him. But I can’t fight against your feelings Julia! He is not physically there but he is everywhere!”
“What do you want me to say?” she asked.
“I don’t know? Fight for me! For once, stop running away and fight for something! Choose me.”
“You can’t ask me that! That’s not fair!”
“Because you’ve been fair with me? That’s rich coming from you.” he laughed, looking at her like a mad man.
“Do you think that I decided to still love Ethan? I can’t control it! And I’m tired of fighting it! I know I’m not fair, and maybe I never was. I know you didn’t deserve it, I know it was selfish to ask you to love me when I can barely look at myself in the mirror. That’s twisted and wrong. I know all of that! But you can’t ask me to choose you. I can’t lie to you. I can’t lie to myself. Not anymore.”
She was about to leave the room, when he called her out and what escaped his lips made her heart sink in her chest.
“I love you, Cecile!”
“Cecile?” she repeated in disbelief.
“I meant, Julia. Gosh, no
 I’m so sorry, I don’t know what happened, I
”
She let out an emotionless laugh.
“I don’t want to hear it. It’s useless. We know that this, whatever it is, will never work out. It was stupid to try and I’m sorry if I led you on. Truly. You deserve better. We both deserve better.” she said through the tears.
“So it’s over
”
“It never really started.” she stated, leaving this time for good.
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Author's note: So Martin and Julia are over! Finally! And no it doesn't mean that she will run straight into Ethan's arms... you know me now.
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