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AND EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM IS GENDER NEUTRAL
List of Astarion's Terms of Endearment
This is for the fanfic writers haha. Tell me if I'm missing any so can add it in!
Darling (his most used)
My love, love
My sweet
“You sweet, generous thing”, “you sweet little thing”
Lover
My dear, a dear, dear
Beautiful
Cheeky little pup
My little treat ("-with their cheeks all flushed")
Sweetie
Pet
You wicked little thing (affectionate)
"You're a sweetheart", "you sweetheart"
Delectable little pet (not directed towards Tav but it easily could be)
My friend (yay, we're his friend)
My favorite traveling companion (not a pet name but it's nice to be his favorite)
My leaking blood-bag (technically you refer to yourself as that first and he calls you his one after, but it counts)
You little scoundrel
Edit: Thank you everyone in the comments for adding the Dark Urge ones!
Bhaal-babe (I'm dead, this silly pun I swear)
My sweet, bloodthirsty friend
My precious little Bhaal-babe
My conflicted villain
My dagger-happy friend
Bonus: Ascended Yandere Astarion
My pet, pet
Little love
Precious thing
My treasure
My consort, My Dark Consort
My favorite spawn
Insolent little- (the Dev's notes say that the full line is "you insolent little brat" which, um...)
Insolent little pup (the line was in EA, although I’m not entirely sure if it’s Ascended Astarion. Full line: “you are an insolent little pup, aren’t you?”)
"You ingrate" (When you try to break up with him. It's not really a pet name, but-)
"Property I cherish, but still my property" (his thoughts)
#next time someone says they can’t write a fic or dirty talk#without calling you princess or good boy/girl or some other bullshit gendered term#bite their dick off#seriously there’s a whole fucking game with multiple romance options and they can all say sweet romantic lines to you without gendered terms#AT ALL#it is NOT hard#don’t give me this weird ‘what a good person’ or ‘theyfriend’ bullshit#or even significant other during sweet/dirty talk#most cute pet names or terms of endearment are GENDER. NEUTRAL.
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I kinda have this comfort headcanon that Mike is genderfluid cause I like projecting my own identity/sexuality onto my fav characters and cause I need some wholesome and gender accepting content (More under the cut)
I feel like Mike has just recently discovered he was genderfluid because he never really thought about questioning his identity cause really...his mind was always full with other things. Maybe he randomly read the word and the definition somewhere and it just...clicked. Or Ness, who's really into the subject rambled about some terms anf what they meant and he went like: "Hold on, thats me!"
He usually just sticks with hoodies/plain shirts no matter what he's feeling like cause it's the safest option...and because he cant afford that many outfits anyways.
When he told Abby, he struggled to find the right words, afraid she wouldn't understand but she does. Kids are smart
Mike told her over dinner and it probably went sth like: "So sometimes I have a big brother and sometimes I have a big sister?" "Uh, yes..." "And sometimes you're neither?" "...yes." "Cool. Can I have some more soup?"
We already know she's creative and likes to draw, maybe she's interested in anything that has to do with crafting and makes pins/bracelets in different colors or sth for Mike in school that he can wear so she knows which pronouns to use.
And to throw in some securitywaiter:
Mike was already dating Ness when he found out he was genderfluid because Ness is really invested with everything that has to do with the LGBT community. He's loud and proud and loves to go to pride parades and stuff. He also introduced him to all the different terms.
When Mike told him, he was really supportive. He even lets Freddie wear a bandana with the genderfluid flag most of the rime to show his support and Mike still wonders where he got it.
Ness changes pet names and compliments depending on how Mike feels
Mike feeling pretty euphoric when she hears a "Hey beautiful" or simply the word "girlfriend" on a girl day
Mike cant really choose a good name for such days, she'd just stick with Mikey or Michel, but feels like they're too plain. Abby and Ness saw it as their job to pick the perfect name and have already spent enough time doing research on different names and their meaning
For some reason I feel like Ness would be good with Make Up and would offer to do her Make Up or help her when she wants to try out something else
Mike actually struggles most days to detect what they're feeling like and just groans in frustration when Ness asks them (cause thats a whole mood) and Ness sticks with neutral terms of endearment when that is the case or uses the funniest pet names ever lmao "Okay, today is just a cute potatoe day then." "Hello my beloved gremlin." etc
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German terms of endearments for your fic
.Now, it's been two years since I've fallen into the X-Men/Cherik-fandom and one thing that I have seen continuously is people trying to find terms of endearment in German for Erik to use for Charles (or his mother for him). (I've lost count of how many times I've seen the word "Liebling" spelled wrong) And honestly, no offense. I know it's hard writing a character who speaks a language you don't. And obviously, you're gonna make mistakes. So I thought I'd share my knowledge as a mother tongue in German and let you know some of the most common ways we described our loved ones. ;) DISCLAIMER: I am but one single person, grown up south-east from Berlin, I DO NOT speak for the whole of Germany, nor do I ever intent to, especially since we are anything but a cultural monolith. Just keep that in mind while reading. ;)
Exclusively romantic terms: - Liebste (fem.)/ Liebster (masc.) : literally means "most loved". Closest English equivalent is probably "love" or "beloved". Bit old-fashioned. Makes you sound like a 20th-century-gentleman. ;) Make sure to write it "I-E" NOT the other way around! It would make the opposite sound. - Geliebte (fem.) / Geliebter (masc.): literally "beloved". Makes you sound even older, like Jane-Eyre-19th-century-old. Again, I before E. - Süße (fem.) / Süßer (masc.): literally "sweetie" (I KNOW this is probably now confusing, but trust me.) This is where we get into the... sappy side of German. Like, there are some mid-forty/fifty-couples who use that, but the rest makes it probably just cringe. (I know I am right now really helpful by starting with those that are not really modern, but I've seen this used because people translating English terms so I just wanted to say it here.)
Terms for both romantic and parental love: - Liebling: literally "darling". Classic, neutral, always the safe option for every situation. (I before E ;) ) - Schatz: literally "treasure". Again, safe option, though this leans rather to the romantic side, but can be used for children either way. And then of course, some animal pet names may be used for either children or romantic partners, but honestly, I don't know any couples who do that. So, those will go into the parental category, I'm afraid.
Terms for children: -Spatz: "sparrow". That's what we basically use as "sweetie". You can also use the diminutive "Spätzchen" for either toddlers or said by grandmothers. -Maus: "mouse". same thing. Diminutive is "Mäuschen". Tendency in usage for girls, but can work for either gender. (This is what my Mom still calls me sometimes even though I'm already 22! XD) -Motte: "moth". This is now really rather for girls, and rather those whose names start with M. -Krümel: "crumb". Not used by many, rather comes from the North, also rather used for unborn children in the womb. -Fussel: "fluff". Also not that common but can be cute in my PoV. :) -Hase: "rabbit". Diminutive is "Häschen". This one's rather for boys in my experience.
And then again, at the end of the day, expressions of affection are personal and as we get more personal in German, we tend to use our respective dialects. Yes, there are actually quite a many dialects for our relative "small" country. Around 30, to be concrete. Though they are all decreasing in being used, sadly, as we get more and more globalized and mobilized. However, here are some examples that I know, my knowledge being utterly limited as I am only one single person from the region south of Berlin:
-Kleene (fem.) / Kleener (masc.): "little one". If you ever have a character originating from Berlin or south of Berlin, this can be used for children. -Meechen: "girl" in the dialect of the region called "Lausitz" around the border of Brandenburg and Saxonia. Also for kids. -Schätzelein: diminutive of "treasure" in Colognian dialect. Romantic in nature, though it can also be used in a way like hairdressers in American movies sometimes call their customers "sweetie". (please, if there's a person from Cologne here, correct me on that!) -Liebchen: "darling" or "beloved" in Saxonian dialect, I believe. Rather used by old couples. -Min Dern (fem.)/ Min Jung (masc): "my girl/boy". Northern dialect. In the region around Hamburg, if I remember correctly. Used for kids.
That's it for the moment. I will probably add to this list whenever I learn some new, but I hope this is already helpful for some people. Have a great day! :) Also, if to other German mother-speakers, feel free to share your perspective, correct me if I did put something in the wrong region or enlighten me with other words.
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Hi! The tsundere reader ask you did for me was soo good so i have to ask, do you write for ike prince? Cuz if you do then can you do one for that as well? Romantic headcanons for this please 🙏 thank you so much:)
Ikemen Prince
Character(s): Clavis, Sariel, Leon
Genre: Fluff
Type: Headcanon
Description: Who would find themselves falling for a tsundere?
Warning(s): Gender-Neutral Reader(My Default), Reader is MC, Romantic, Possible OOC(I've Only Read Yves Route So Far)
I don't take requests for ikepri since I'm still new to the game(and am struggling with motivation to play games in general rn TT), but I do have inspiration for your request so I'm going to do it :3
Thank you again for requesting! I hope you also like this one <3
(Also, you can find what fandoms and characters I write for on my pinned post through the Fandoms + Characters link)
➢ Clavis
Clavis being...well, Clavis, he finds ways to tease you at least a few times a day. Mostly to see your reaction, but also to quell that aggressive trickster prancing around inside. He'll premeditate a plethora of pranks and "coincidental" meetings just do everything mentioned above
It's truly not long until he takes a proper liking toward you. His heart honestly gets softer each time he calls you a term of endearment too, as if it's melting into putty. He might get a bit mean once he realizes this, though. Pranks will become a little mean-spirited and the pet names he'd call so sweetly will be dripping in sarcasm...he's definitely still falling for you, he just needs some time before admitting it
➢ Sariel
Another person who has a thing for teasing you, though it's a tad different than Clavis. Sariel does well in creating tension and implying things that he can easily wave off as him meaning something else(and then teasing you on what you thought he had meant). He lives up the devil title in many ways despite kindly helping you with your new duties
Most times he'll say and do things to get a rise out of you, relishing in the way you stumble to insult him or attempt to aggressively push him away. But with each day he spends doing so, he finds his words becoming rather...sincere. Perhaps he truly would like to place his lips on more than just your hands; perhaps he would enjoy a midnight stroll through the gardens with you
➢ Leon
Unlike Clavis and Sariel, Leon makes it quite apparent that he finds you cute. Utterly adorable, even. He wants to pinch your cheeks like a granny and gush about how hot your face feels in his hands. He'll call you all sorts of pet names before actually settling on one - should he say 'morning, cutie' or 'hey, precious'? Now, despite how open he is with his feelings for you, he's still rather reserved about it. He won't be shouting it to the rooftops, he'll just keep between you and him(and, albeit rare, his faction)
He's well aware of his feelings for you and embraces them as much as he can with his pain and hesitancy, that is caused by such pain. He might be distant from time to time before he fully confesses, but he makes it clear it's not your fault. And when that 'I love you' falls from his lips in the same way he fell for you...it was all worth it
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hi love! big fan of your blog <3 if it wouldn't be too much trouble, could I request hc's for a gender neutral MC who calls the obey me boys (minus luke ofc) by terms of endearment as a nickname, like calling mammon honey! love you, have a great day!
Hi anon! I'm assuming you're asking for their reactions to being called smth like that and what they'd prefer to be called? Idk but that's what I did lol. Hope you enjoy!
Genre: fluff
Warnings: none
Lucifer:
I think the first time you use a term of endearment for him, he's just kinda like 🧍 LMAO
like it just catches him so off guard bc he's not used to it
if you call him smth serious like "darling" or "sweetie," he will blush but try to hide it
if it's smth dumb like "my honey bunches of oats," he's going to give you the most unimpressed look imaginable
definitely prefers to call you and to be called the more 'mature' terms such as darling, honey, my love, sweetheart, my beloved, and so on
Mammon:
blushes 47103784 different shades and can't stop stuttering the first time you call him one
pretends to not like them but is actually obsessed
he will legit think you're mad at him if you use his name instead of a pet name 😭✋😂
likes calling you the cheesy, dorky stuff like sweetie (pie), cutie (pie), my honey bunches of oats, sugar, sunshine, buttercup, sweet pea, and so on
he likes when you call him babe/baby, honey, sweetie, handsome, sweet thang, good lookin, and probs smth ridiculous like stud muffin 💀
Levi:
dies on the spot. rip Levi
nah but he fr gets SO embarrassed
honestly probably takes him a while to call you anything other than your name and "normie" 😭✋
when he finally gets with the program, he'd probably start out with calling you basic stuff like babe/baby and beautiful, and then might start warming up to more playful ones like queen/king or even smth oddly specific like Pudding Pop which ofc has a funny story behind it
he likes it when you call him babe/baby. And while these next ones are so corny and cheesy that it makes him want to die, he secretly loves them. Honey bun, sweetie (pie), love bug, and mayhaps even a baby boy?
Satan:
I can't decide if he'd be blushing red from embarrassment or would just be such a cocky bastard about it 😭✋
idk maybe if he was unsure about your feelings then he'd be flustered, but if he knew how you felt, he'd just be smirking as his sharp tongue went unchecked
honestly, probably uses similar terms that Luci uses, but I think he'd also use terms that are from books, poetry, and so on. Stuff like rosebud, jewel, my beloved, apple of my eye, light of my life, beau, dove, cara mia ("my beloved" in Italian), and so on. He'd also love to call you kitten/kitty cat/etc
he'd probably, again, like similar ones that Luci prefers. I think he'd also like things like Romeo, my other half, soulmate, my one and only, and other stuff like that. He even grows to like "old man" despite the fact that he pretends to hate it 💀
Asmo:
sigh. where to even start with this man
he's been calling you pet names since day one 😭💀
it ranges from cutie to sexy, baby to mi amor, sweet cheeks to darling, little dove to doll. it's a new one every time he addresses you I stg. It honestly just depends on what kind of mood he's/you're in, where you are, who you're with, etc.
he likes when you call him the same things, but especially likes anything that refers to his looks such as handsome, dream boat, papi, hot stuff, sexy, casanova, and so on. He also likes things like prince charming and my knight in shining armor
Beel:
my time has come
probably blushes when you call him one but then gets super happy and is just cheesin for the rest of the day
loves loves loves when you both use food ones 😭😂 sweetie pie, honey (bun), jellybean, cupcake, dumpling, buttercup, sugarplum, puddin, sugar, the list goes on 😭✋😂
I think he would also like the really sweet and cute ones too though like honey bunny, love bug, my love, darling, and so on
Belphie:
can dish it out but can't eat what he's cookin LMAO
easily calls you pet names but always gets so embarrassed when you return it. (He's probably the type to get angry when you call him something sweet or cute LMAO like his embarrassment turns into anger to cope with it anogifehdfah)
he loves calling you my moon/stars/sun(shine). I think he'd also use ones like angel, babe/baby, sweetie/sweetheart, and so on
he'd like when you call him sleepyhead, teddy bear, babe/baby, and snuggle bug. Super cheesy ones like snookums or smth like that will never fail to make him grin and chuckle
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Hi there! I love you’re writing and I’m sorry people havnt been respecting the rules! I double checked the rules before I went and asked for a request cuz I wanted to make sure I was being respectful!
I was just wondering if you could do some headcanons for Dylan, Jake, and nick and what pet names they would use for their s/o and what their s/o would call them?
I’m not sure if you do Dylan x fem reader so if you don’t, it can be gender neutral for all the homies, just so everyone is included!
If you don’t feel comfortable writing this or I got confused with the rules just let me know, and it’s totally fine if you don’t wanna write it! Thank youuuuu! You’re writing makes me happy! 👌🏻👌🏻
ok so it's actually in my what I will write for link that I say I won't write a fem reader for Dylan (just put it in the rules officially) and I've brought it up multiple times on my blog but you were nice and respectful so I'll happily do these :). Also I'm such a bad person for this cause I be calling my loved ones things like c*** or cheestick so. Also I really like this request and thanks for your kind words ❤️😭
Jacob
the biggest on pet names absolutely loves them. loves using them loves being called them. all around you rarely hear your actual name from him
at the start he definitely uses babe/handsome/gorgeous/cutie. the typical sweet things but as your relationship evolves you definitely come up with things that are special to the two of you.
Jacob likes to be called my love (he's a little embarrassed about this at the start) and hubby. To him those two are like the ultimate endearments that prove you do actually love him. he's your sweetheart so that defs gets thrown around as well.
In my opinion Jacob's body type is the cuddliest so cuddlebear is a big one as well.
somewhere in between this dude and bro definitely get thrown around as well in a 100% romantic sense by the both of you
Dylan
has the silliest use of pet names, and if you're shorter than him get ready for all the short related names.
he has 100% called you his boo thang before and you weren't completely sure if he was serious. Of all the boys he's the one lovingly referring to you as a slut (never in a mean way tho)
but seriously I see him as a fan of calling you duck and my favourite. Not too sugary sweet but still cute enough
He likes to be called your lovebug (he’ll grumble jokingly in public but he secretly loves it) and variations of honey
another practitioner of babe, but in a casual get your attention way.
the one that overexaggerates with them the most and enjoys using them to annoy other people.
Nick
uses them the least, but as he gets more comfortable is more inclined towards them. Also the least likely to use them in public, unlike the other two who can and definitely do
you use them more for him but he'll still call you darling in a way that's sure to fluster you.
when he needs to pacify you/calm you down its darl
I can also see him calling you his little gem or star or some of the sappier ones like that when its just the two of you. The most sentimental and thoughtful. He likes to call you more personalised things as well.
Once he's really comfortable he calls you possum the most though (this is a very popular Aussie term of endearment, we don't actually tend to use them much over here so)
likes to be called honey, dear or lover. Gets the most flustered over their use especially in public, it makes him giddy to know that you actually feel that way about him.
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Headcanons: Dating Roy Harper
Warnings: NSFW so minors please don't interact.
Gender Neutral Reader
Authors Note: Hi! I am a whore for him! 🤧🤧🤧 I tried to make the headcanons as inclusive as possible so if you catch any mistakes please let me know. Also, I started a job and this whole 9-5 is the worst, therefore I wont be posting much until I get into a good routine, but I have more Roy Harper stuff coming! Bestie, please reblog. I hope you enjoy my work!
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He would plan the most adventurous dates. He’d constantly be on the lookout for new places to try. Definitely has a list of your favorite places so he can plan last minute dates.
Loves cooking with you. It’s one of his favorite things to do with you. It just makes him feel so calm and at peace doing something so domestic, caring, and intimate.
He'd be so physically affectionate with you in public, he wants everyone to know that you are his partner.
Anytime you sit on the couch with him, he pulls you into his lap.
If you guys are driving somewhere, either he’ll have his hand on your thigh or he’ll make you put your hand on his thigh.
Physical touch and acts of service.
Unashamed simp for you. He’d constantly get teased by his friends about it but he doesn’t care.
Hugs!!! All the hugs in the world, all the time. He'll stop you dead in the middle of doing something to engulf you in a big hug.
He’d make you laugh constantly. He loves your laugh, it’s music to his ears.
He would be open and honest about his life once he knows that you guys are serious about each other. Once that level of security and trust is established, he’ll be open about his feelings and emotions.
Calls you anytime he’s free when he’s on a mission.
Tells you about new kinds of arrows he's working on or improving. You find it pretty interesting, not to mention how cute he gets when he’s all passionate.
Biggest flirt! Will flirt with you all the time no matter how long you’ve been together.
Cuddles!! Expect to be cuddled anytime you lay down. Likes being the big spoon but doesn’t mind being the little spoon. He even sleeps cuddling with you, even if you manage to somehow escape him, he’ll be cuddling you again in no time.
Big into silly pet names. Expect to be called the weirds of terms of endearment he can think of.
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Filthiest man on the goddamn planet.
Filthy filthy sex.
Switch. Likes being under you just as much as he likes being on top of you.
Likes to have control but also likes it when you take control.
Is very vocal. He isn’t shy at all to tell you how good you feel or how good he feels. Most beautiful moans you’ve ever heard coming from a man’s mouth.
Loves it when you're vocal too. He wants to hear you as much as possible.
Sexts all the time. Expect to receive detailed texts of what he wants to do to you, nudes, and video of him jerking off.
Biggest tease! Will edge you for hours, especially if he’s in a mood.
Into giving and receiving head.
Into making sex tapes. Likes jerking off to them when you're not around.
Into quickies; anywhere and everywhere.
Will leave love bites everywhere. Loves it when you give him visible love bites so other people can see them.
He’ll be open to trying anything. But with a good set of rules and precautions established beforehand, so you both feel safe at every given moment.
Great at sex! Isn’t satisfied until he makes you orgasm more than once.
Likes rough sex.
Slight breeding kink.
Likes semi-public sex. He wants people to hear you scream his name over and over again.
King of dirty talk! He'll whisper the filthiest things into your ear at any given moment.
Great aftercare! He'll help you in any way you want/need. He’ll go above and beyond to make sure you’re physically and emotionally okay. He’s very very cuddly afterward.
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Hey! It's almost Valentines Day and I'm feeling particularly romantic! Could you do a head canon list of what an ideal romantic date would be like for Warrior characters? Either with their current SO or a hypothetical relationship in general.
I also think answering some typical "couples questions" would be fun. Like "who gets jealous more easily?"
Only if this isn't too much trouble :)
What Dating the ‘Warrior’ Characters is like Part 1
Rating: T (no warnings)
Tagging: @icy-spicy @noobsaibots
Hey, thanks so much for your ask! I honestly wasn’t sure how to approach them going on a date so these are headcanons about what they’re like dating in general :) I hope that’s okay! If I get some ideas for their ideal dates then I’ll be sure to post those too! These can be applied to a canon s/o, gender neutral reader insert etc. These are just my opinion so please feel free to agree or disagree! Also I’ll do some other characters in a part 2 including Li Yong and some others :)
I also highly suggest checking out @simpingforclaudette ‘s headcanons on this topic cause they’re super cute and you can find them here
Ah Sahm
A cheeky and flirty little shit by nature but it’s very easy to make him blush with a few choice words if he’s caught off guard. He also loves making his s/o a little flustered in return with kisses to their knuckles, by running his mouth or simply by letting his eyes rake over them a certain way
So incredibly gentle with his s/o even when he knows he doesn’t have to be. Gentle touches, kisses and words are a must from him, especially gentle kisses. Loving is the one part of his life in which he doesn’t really feel the need to put on a brave face. His s/o will get to see the kindest, softest and most giving side of him
Loves a lot of physical affection/reassurance. Loves to have his hands and fingers played with or kissed, especially when they’re maybe not in the best of shape. His s/o tending to him in general for even the mildest injury or bruise makes his heart feel like it might burst with pure affection. He’ll also take any opportunity to be alone with his s/o for that exact reason. He just craves intimacy and closeness
Once he realises his s/o truly and genuinely cares about him for him and not for what he can do then he’s head over heels. Being wanted, truly wanted and cared for isn’t something he takes lightly
All the pet names. Sweetheart is his favourite to use but he’s been known to occasionally throw around the occasional baby, princess/prince, honey and baby girl/boy
Ah Toy
She’s very into providing things for her s/o. Gifts, affection, anything they need really. If she sees something that her s/o might like then she gets it without question. She would sooner pamper them than herself and constantly puts their needs above hers
Doesn’t get jealous at all, it’s just not really in her nature. She’s happy in the relationship when her s/o is, she doesn’t really mind what form that takes. Once she has feelings for someone she’ll very quickly let them know, what they do with that information is up to them
However, she is fiercely protective of her s/o as she’s very much scared of losing them like she’s lost so many other things in her life. She’s also more than a little hesitant to get attached or fall in love with someone at first because of this. But once she trusts she trusts deeply and fully
She might not admit it at first but she absolutely loves being held and taken care of every once in awhile. If her s/o do something nice for her she just melts because she’s not used to being cared for. Gifting her something she’s been talking about is one of the easiest ways to make her smile brightly and give her s/o an excited kiss on the cheek
She doesn’t use too many terms of endearment for her s/o but when she does then it’s usually gorgeous, angel or dear. If her s/o calls her by a term of endearment then she’d probably blush, and it’s hard to make her blush otherwise. It just makes her feel so cherished
Bolo
He’s got an arm around his s/o at any given opportunity. He just likes being able to have them close and let them feel him there. It grounds him in addition to letting his s/o know that he’s there for them. He’ll also kiss their temple or forehead a lot too
Is protective even more so than Ah Toy. He’s lost and has been through a lot in his lifetime so he wants to shield his s/o from any of that. That overprotectiveness doesn’t come from a place of mistrust or anything like that, he just wants to keep them safe as best as he can. But one stern telling off from his s/o is more than enough to dampen that down
He loves with his heart and not at all with his head and when he falls, he falls hard. Will smile randomly or get in a bit of a haze when thinking about his s/o and gets an elbow in the ribs for daydreaming about them instead of paying attention to whatever Young Jun is saying
He loves making his s/o blush. It’s one of his favourite pastimes and he has it down to a fine art to the point where he can elicit a blush from his s/o from the minute they wake up in the morning or at any of the most random points throughout the day
Princess/Prince is his go-to. He uses it both affectionately and when he’s being cheeky. He’ll use baby girl/boy in a similar way but not as often because he knows how flustered it gets them so he’ll save that for special occasions. Any term of endearment you can think of he’s probably used for his s/o at some stage including but not limited to sweetness, babe and many others
Young Jun
Immediately mellows out upon having an s/o. He takes someone wanting a relationship with him very seriously as he’s never really had anything other than a fling before
He absolutely showers his s/o in love and affection as often as they let him. Isn’t shy about displaying affection in public at all as he’s just thankful that he can
A very attentive lover and he’s happy to be essentially whatever his s/o needs him to be for them. Likes listening to his s/o ramble about their day and will sit there listening with nothing but affection in his eyes as he does
He falls hard and so very quickly. He’ll probably feel pure infatuation at first and try to whoo the person he’s attracted however he’ll soon calm down and start treating them as more than someone he’s physically attracted to. It just might take him awhile to come to terms with the fact that he’s feeling something other than lust
Loves using nicknames. Sugar, gorgeous, doll and beautiful/handsome are his favourites. Especially gorgeous. Gorgeous is his favourite to use for them because that’s exactly what they are to him and he wants them to know that. He also manages to say it in a way that never comes off as condescending, only sincere
#warrior hbo max#ah sahm#ah toy#bolo#young Jun#ah sahm x reader#ah toy x reader#bolo x reader#young jun x reader#headcanons#ask#requested#my writing
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u know what? i think it’s okay to want more inclusivity in ‘x reader’ smut fanfic. i think it’s okay to be frustrated about how it’s hard to find. if you’re a writer you might be looking for ways to do that but finding it difficult or feeling unsure of a way to do so accurately. i know it can be a bit hard, especially when it’s about sex. i have also seen that some writers are worried about inaccurately representing or depicting diverse readers, especially when it comes to penetration and sex acts involving genitals. if you’re struggling with that and are looking for some ways to be more inclusive here’s some tips! (minors do not interact, obviously)
try to avoid pronouns. non-gendered nicknames and pet names are still fine! if you are concerned about your writing sounding too unnatural, go through and reread it. you’ll find that it sounds a lot more natural than you thought! if “they” still seems awkward in a sentence you can try something like “honey” or change it (if possible, depends on the dialogue) so that the character is talking TO the reader and use they!
some good gender neutral pet names: honey, love, baby, lovely, cutie, babe, master (instead of mommy, daddy, or mistress) or my liege/liege (instead of princess/prince). “good baby” or “that’s my baby” or “there’s a good baby” work instead of “good girl/boy.”
if your fic mentions people referring to the reader as a girl or woman EVEN AS A TERM OF ENDEARMENT, you NEED to mention that if you’ve stated there are no pronouns used.
avoid mentioning hair or skin. with hair that includes both the LENGTH AND THE TEXTURE! some people have hair that won’t allow anyone to run their fingers through it. “running their fingers over your hair/toying with your hair” are great alternatives. avoiding using “soft” or color descriptors when describing hair or skin is also a good idea. (not just for POC but also for people with severe acne, burn scars, people who can’t grow hair, etc.)
avoid mentioning clothing or choose gender neutral clothing. “underwear” is better than “panties.” some trans men do not wear bras and some people don’t wear lingerie. but you can still build anticipation by slowing down the removal of clothing or going into detail about the emotional (mention if the reader/love interest is feeling nervous or anxious or desired) or physical details (is the love interest kissing the reader as they slide up your shirt? are they staring with hooded eyes as more of your skin is being revealed?).
always describing the reader as wearing a dress or skirt or heels or a blouse CAN cause dysphoria esp if your fic is labeled as having a gender neutral reader or does not use pronouns. this one specifically causes me the most dysphoria. (i def agree that the idea of clothing being gendered is stupid, but when it’s mentioned in fics it’s usually prolific in people who write for afab reader and mentioned frequently, SPECIFICALLY by love interest. it’s almost always a comment about how sexy or hot the reader is in the dress, making it seem like the love interest is being turned on by the FEMINITY of the reader.)
you can still portray that the romantic/sexual interest in the fic finds the reader sexy without going into detail about what they’re wearing. try mentioning body parts more, or using pants and shirts because everyone wears them regardless of gender. also a good tip if you still want to include specific clothing in a fic: specify if the reader is feminine or masculine before hand. or if they’re cis, specify that.
for body parts try to avoid using the terms “breasts” or “tits.” instead use “chest” or “nipples” instead. sometimes mentioning how “your breasts fill his hands” or how “your breasts jiggle” can exclude not ONLY people who have had top surgery but also women with smaller breasts. use chest or nipples. having the love interest say “your nipples are so cute and sensitive” or “i love leaving marks around your nipples” or “i love kissing down your chest and making you feel good.”
specify afab or amab reader if you have genital specific penetration in it. i feel like most people are aware but that can cause a LOT of dysphoria for binary (male or female) trans people. and also, your fic can still be for a gender neutral reader if you include afab/amab. if it’s NOT for a gender neutral reader don’t put afab/amab. be aware that assigned gender at birth is something mostly used to describe someone who is transgender. if your reader is cis, don’t use afab/amab. you can also specify trans woman or trans man reader if you are writing about a binary trans reader.
afab does not mean feminine and amab does not mean masculine. as a non-binary person this is a personal frustration of me and a lot of other non-binary trans people. afab nb people are not “woman lite” and amab nb people are not “feminine men.” as a way to make things more inclusive and a good first step into writing for trans readers if you’re not trans, you can try to first write fluff/suggestive fluff with a reader that is masculine but does not use pronouns or one who is feminine but does not use pronouns. feminine does not mean female and masculine does not mean male.
trying to specify if a character is more masculine or feminine? you can do this by getting specific about clothing, (dress or suit? lingerie or silky boxers?) or general features (solid and stocky, or delicate and graceful? facial hair? make up?). but the important thing is how the other characters in the story treat and interact with the reader. a masculine reader is less likely to be fawned over and stared at by every man in the room. they are less likely to be treated like a “lady.” a feminine reader is less likely to be called strong. they’re less likely to be called “bro” and have people use crass sexual language around them (obvs in the bedroom it’s different).
okay, let’s talk about sex now: here’s some tips for writing afab smut. i know most fanfic writers are afab but i’m still gonna go into it! it’s okay to write from the love interests point of view if you are at a loss or don’t have experience with afab genitals. you can write about what actions the reader takes that feels good for them. look up the most sensitive spots on afab bodies. (not gonna super into it cause this is already long and the info is easy to find). in general pleasure is the same regardless of genitals. mentioning tightness or how wet the reader gets and how good they feel are great things to include. focusing on how good the reader feels, or how good they look like they’re feeling. if you’re really feeling unsure or uncomfortable writing afab penetration, remember that everyone likes oral and everyone has a butthole. penetration is supposed to feel good! and penetration is not the be all end all or only way to have sex!
tips for writing amab smut: gonna mention the same thing here! if you’re really not sure you can try switching the POV to the love interest’s perspective! remember that penetration is supposed to feel good, both receiving and giving. writing from the person who’s being penetrated’s perspective is also a good place to start. ever written pegging fics? try writing it the same way but change any mention of “strap” to “dick.” there you go! otherwise my tips are gonna be the same as above. pleasure isn’t gendered. what in general what feels good.
tips for writing gender neutral smut: that’s right! you can, AND you can make it just as hot without mentioning reader’s genitals. writing giving oral is going to be the same regardless of who’s giving it. you can always talk about the love interest putting their head between the reader’s thighs. mentioning licking and sucking is okay because that feels good for everyone regardless of genitals. focus on how it feels instead of what is physically happening. use those adjectives friends. hand stuff? fingering and penetration are gender neutral. we all got holes. put stuff in em. write about it. hell yeah.
stuff to use instead of describing genitals: sex (as a noun), between your thighs/legs, inside/inside of you, hole (yeah i know that one isn’t the most creative but...it’s still hot). penetrating is also gender neutral. try length, you (“you feel so good inside me, i can feel all of you, etc.”) it (it’s so big, i can’t believe it’s inside me, etc,”) describing how the penetration feels or how the person penetrating feels is also good.
a strap on is a dick. if anyone in the story is using one, try having everyone in the story call it that. i know i mentioned it earlier but i want it to have it’s own bullet point. it’s a great way to build up to becoming comfortable with keeping the right pronouns for a trans character mid smut scene, or as practice for writing a fic with a trans man that hasn’t had bottom surgery.
dom and sub and top and bottom are not the same. someone can bottom AND dom. someone can top AND sub. top is who’s penetrating and bottom is who is being penetrated. a switch is someone who likes to both dom and sub. a vers is someone who tops and bottoms. SOMETIMES people use switch instead of verse. if you use or discuss a switch please say what kind of switch. top and bottom is mostly used for gay sex. if you’re writing about a heterosexual cis couple, a cis female reader domming a cis male one, she isn’t topping him. she’s only topping IF she’s using a strap on. using top and bottom when you mean dom or sub is taking and redefining terms created by and for the gay community, so please use them correctly. (my opinion. some may disagree but it seems to be a sense of frustration for many of us.)
you can dom and bottom and you can sub and top. penetration does not determine power dynamics. size and age difference do not determine power dynamics. gender and genitals do NOT determine power dynamics.
listen to your lgbtq+ and poc readers. if you write something and you want to know if it’s inclusive enough or if it portrays lgbtq+ characters just ask and be open to what we have to say. most of us won’t try to attack you, we’ll be grateful you’re trying to write something for us at all. inclusive writing may not get as many notes either, but inclusivity is not about popularity.
if you only feeling comfortable writing for your own gender, even if you’re cis? ask yourself why. is it because thats the only kind of reader you feel comfortable writing? that’s okay. is it because you’re only comfortable writing PIV smut scenes and don’t feel you know enough about other sexual dynamics to be able to portray them well? that’s okay too. but that doesn’t mean that everyone in your story has to be cis. it’s not an excuse for not writing a trans love interest. trans people are diverse. trans men are not all masculine and trans women are not all feminine. non-binary people are not all androgynous. trans men do not all have vaginas and trans women do not all have penises either.
fic writers that only write for a POC or trans reader (or both) are doing as much as they can to bring more inclusivity and diversity among writers. asking us to ‘write more inclusively’ or ‘make the reader more vague so EVERYONE can read it’ or whatever isn’t okay. those of us that write for POC and gay/trans reader are few. a lot of the time we can’t FIND fics written that include us. sooo we create them. instead of complaining, you should reblog their fics.
it’s okay to write for a reader or about a character that is a different race or skin color from you, but you can NOT fetishize them. don’t try to use aave in your fics when you’re white. don’t CHANGE the race of characters that are POC. no mention of how beautiful their skin color is because it’s different than yours. no changing black or brown characters to white. no trying to write characters as “culturally black.” NO talking about bbc or calling physical features or languages exotic. the number one example i can think of is white bnha fans changing sero’s ethnicity to hispanic so he can use spanish bc it’s their kink. do not fetishize languages or cultures or ethnicity or race. that is not inclusivity.
you can write whatever you want, but please tag it and label it correctly. writing is supposed to be fun so do it because you want to. it’s okay to only write for yourself. i’m not trying to tell you you HAVE to write in a way that includes everyone all the time. but please tag your shit right. when you tag shit as afab/no pronouns and then use “baby girl” or promote it as gender neutral amab reader and then make them super fem you’re gonna give people dysphoria. when your fics always describe the reader as white or cis or amab/afab or fem/masc or whatever, label it.
if you like inclusivity and wished you saw more of it, you have to participate. write and reblog inclusive fics. reblog fics from lgbtq+ writers. reblog from POC writers. even if the fic isn’t written for or about you. read fics even tho they’re not. read gender neutral fics. you don’t have to read fics that are about things you don’t like, but read x reader fanfics even when you can’t self insert into them. if you want more diversity or inclusivity, if you think it’s important, YOU have to try to make that happen. instead of reblogging posts about how you support it, do something to show your support.
#smut#smut fanfic#bnha smut#x reader#self insert#writing tips and advice#minors dni obviously#afab reader#god idk what other tags to add#i just want people to read this i spent a lot of time on it#lemon#lmfao if peephole still using that one
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Headcanons for my favorite queer Danganronpa ships (+AroAce Chihiro): Dr1 & Udg~
Celesgiri:
- They are the two who start dating after consistent events of being done with everyone else’s shit together. It was probably the fifth time Leon got his good throwing hand stuck in a pickles jar where they decided to say fuck these people and make out in the closest that night, ditching their friends game night in the middle of charades.
- When Celestia first saw Kyoko’s hands without her gloves on, she was shocked. Not so much because of the scars, but because of the look of shame and discomfort that was blatant in Kyoko’s features. That night they had a talk and Celestia repeatedly told Kyoko that she was beautiful and reassured her that Celestia adored her. That would be the same night where they shared their first “I love you”s.
- Kyoko is one of the very few people who know about Celestia’s vampire fetish and always teases her about it. For Halloween she decided to surprise her by dressing up as one, and Kyoko swears she has never seen Celestia blush so much.
- Celestia loves to teasingly flirt with Kyoko whenever Kyoko is busy. She definitely looked up pick up lines and fancy French terms of endearment to use before Kyoko starts her work. Kyoko always rolls her eyes at Celestia’s antics, but deep down inside they both know they are the highlight of Kyoko’s day.
Ikuzono:
- Sayaka loves to kiss the few scars Mukuro has and has only shown her. It’s always a very intimate and vulnerable moment for the two, and Mukuro always gets a bit worried and insecure when she shows them so Sayaka happily reassures Mukuro that she is beautiful before showering her in kisses.
- Mukuro has definitely beaten up a few guys who have stared at Sayaka for too long in a certain way before. Having an idol for a girlfriend is rough, but thankfully it allows her to flex her amazing strength and muscles, which Sayaka always finds hella attractive and will thank her with a kiss, regardless of whether the paparazzi is there or not.
- Mukuro sometimes has nightmares about Junko. During these nights Sayaka will come in, spoon her, and quietly sing Mukuro back to sleep until she is snoozing again while snuggled up in Sayaka’s arms.
- Mukuro has a wolf onesie while Sayaka has a koala bear onesie and they always have cuddly dates in them at least once a month (once it was every night of the week for two months). Mukuro always gets bashful wearing her onesie, meanwhile Sayaka is just gushing over how cute her girlfriend is.
Tokomaru/Syomaru:
- They always share a bed ever since the udg events. Even when Toko got over her worry about ghosts, they still share a bed and stay up late talking to each other until they both pass out. It’s really helpful for times when one of them has a nightmare as sometimes Toko doesn’t wake up, so Komaru just quietly holds her and soothes Toko as she calms down in her sleep.
- Jill loves to gush on Komaru and show off. She’s actually decently strong, so they will carry Komaru around and bench press her at times to show how strong they are and how they can protect her like how they protect Toko. (Jill is a protector alter for Toko’s DID system, and that protective nature rubs off onto Komaru after they start dating and as Jill grows more and more fond of Komaru)
- Komaru and her girlfriends love to take baths together. It started off when Toko was in a depressive swing and Komaru helped her get through the necessities (cooking Toko meals, brushing her hair, etc.) and it ended up making Toko very happy, so they continued to do it. Toko likes bubble baths and Jill loves bath bombs, and Komaru always brings scented candles so it’s always just a nice relaxing moment between the girlfriends.
- Toko is a little spoon who will never admit that fact out loud, while Jill is a big spoon. Komaru loves it because she constantly gets to be both the big spoon and the little spoon, and cuddle times with her girlfriends always leaves her in a state of pure bliss.
Ishimondo:
- Mondo was probably Taka’s last straw before he accepted the fact that he liked guys. Like he is chill with gay people but he never fully saw himself as one, constantly questioning it but thanks to heteronormativity he repressed those thoughts a bit, and then he looks at Mondo and went “ah, so this is what it means to ‘gay panic’”.
- Mondo likes to follow Taka to help him keep the others in line with school rules. Whenever someone seems to question Taka or is about to berate Taka for being so stringent, they get a death glare from Mondo that reads “you better listen to my boyfriend”. Taka always thinks it’s his authority that makes the others listen out of respect, and Mondo doesn’t have the heart to tell him the truth.
- Bro is their casual tough guy way of a cute pet name for each other. This is mainly because Mondo called Taka babes once, and Taka gay panicked so much that he passed out. Poor baby couldn’t handle how soft it made him. It was both very concerning and very cute to Mondo who ended up watching over Taka until he regained his composure.
-they are like so supportive of everyone else, either being the big gay brothers or the dads of everyone else. They have a mlm-wlw solidity with Sakuraoi where they take care of everyone and all the baby gays. They also have monthly game nights where they playfully compete against each other in a joke battle between the gays and the lesbians. Just lots of lgbtq+ jokes and fluff and support, all in good fun and never any hard feelings towards who wins and who loses. Really they are just a badass yet very considerate and soft couple with one another.
Sakuraoi:
- Aoi definitely asked Sakura out first, and knowing her it was either to get something to eat with her or to work out together. They both really admire each other so they would be down for whatever, but neither is big on PDA in public besides hugging and hand-holding and the occasional kiss on the cheek or pet name. It took the others about a month to realize the two were dating because they were so casual about it and both forgot to tell the others, figuring the other had already done so.
- So much body positivity from both of these girls. For real, imagine comments like Ishimaru accidentally calling Sakura a guy happens all the time, so it probably means the world when Aoi just love spams a million gender neutral and feminine compliments telling Sakura how beautiful she is and how Aoi can’t believe she is dating the most gorgeous woman in the world.
- Meanwhile, Aoi sometimes worries about her weight as she is not only an athlete but also from constantly being judged for eating doughnuts so much and her other comfort foods. But Sakura tells her that those things make her happy and when she is happy she is beautiful because Aoi has the most captivating smile. They both in a way just remind each other that they are both beautiful and loved every day, but both know that the other genuinely means it.
- Sakura is amazing at baking and Aoi melts over the wife material her girlfriend is. Whenever she is stressed, Sakura bakes something with one of the other girls to cheer Aoi up, and they end up having a cuddly sleepover. Aoi in return always makes sure to comfort Sakura whenever she is stressed, with Sakura not being the type to let things get to her often so Aoi is always the worried, accepting, and loving girlfriend when Sakura needs it.
Chihiro:
- They are AroAce, but they are open to QPPs. I see Taka and Mondo being the most likely candidates, but they are more like Chihiro’s gay dads though.
- Chihiro has said sexuality can fuck itself. Taka passed out from both the sheer shock and horror of that moment.
- They probs have the worst anxiety when trying to explain the Aro spectrum and how QPRs work, so they are extremely appreciative for their friends who accept them and love them for who they are.
- They are the softest thing, I would imagine them being an amazing snuggler platonically cause they still love cuddle time, they just ain’t into romance. They are also super supportive and great at being a hype person. They are generally just precious and deserve the world and all the validation it has to offer to them.
#danganronpa#dr1#trigger happy havoc#udg#ultra despair girls#celesgiri#ikuzono#sakuraoi#ishimondo#tokomaru#syomaru#chihiro fujisaki#acearo#celestia ludenberg#kyoko kirigiri#mukuro ikusaba#sayaka maizono#sakura ogami#aoi asahina#ishimaru kiyotaka#mondo owada#toko fukawa#syo fukawa#cassierole the ultimate writing prodigy#headcanons#pride#lgbt#lgbtq
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21+ Charmingly Beautiful and Delicate Names for Your Honeybunch in Different Languages - Part 2
Bismillaahir-Rahmaanir-Raheem بسم الله الرّحمن الرّحيم (In the name of Allah [God], the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful)
Assalaamu ‘alaikum السّلام عليكم (Peace be with you)
Hiya, Readers :). In part one of this post, we learnt some smashing international endearments. Today, let's discover some more of them, InshaaAllah إن شاء الله (God willing). Happy learning! ;)
German
German or Deutsch is the Standard German language; developed historically from West Germanic (English Dictionary - Offline). The following is a generous helping of German endearments:
- mousebear = Mausbär (Maus = mouse and Bär = bear in German)
- little hare = Häschen* (Hase = hare in German)
- little bear = Bärchen
- little mouse = Mäuschen
- little deer = Rehlein (Reh = roe i.e. a female deer in German)
- little sparrow = Spätzchen (Spatz = house sparrow in German)
- cute-sweet or cutie-pie = Schnuckiputzi (from 'schnuckelig' meaning, 'cute' and 'putzig' meaning, 'sweet' in German)
- cutey = Schnuckel
- sparrow or little sparrow = Spatz / Spatzi*
- bear = Bär
- mouse or little mouse = Maus / Mausi
- hare or little hare = Hase / Hasi
- treasure or little treasure (English equivalents: darling or sweetheart) = Schatz / Schatzi
- little treasure = Schätzchen
- crumb = Krümel
- angel = Engel
- little angel = Englein
- honeybee = Honigbiene
- sugar-lips = Zuckerschnäutzchen (literally, 'little sugar mouth')
- smootchie-poo = Knutschipuh
- little strawberry mouth = Erdbeermäulchen (Erdbeere = strawberry and Maul = mouth in German)
- little strawberry = Erdbeerchen
- sugar snail = Zuckerschnecke (Zucker = sugar and Schnecke = snail or slug in German )
- little sugar bee = Zuckerbienchen (Biene = bee in German)
- sweetie = Süße (f) or Süßer (m) (süß = sweet or cute in German)
- darling = Liebling (Liebling = favourite in German)
- pearl = Perle
- Schnucki (no English translation)
- snail = Schnecke
- little snail = Schneckchen
- rose = Rose
- sunflower = Sonnenblume
- star = Stern
*You'll notice that the diminutive term "little" crops up a lot in terms of endearment (as '-lein' or '-chen' in German, and more to come in other languages). (Fluent in 3 months)
*The Suffix "-i":
"-i" is used to form terms of endearment, usually tacked onto a person's name (e.g. "Hansi"), a designated family relationship ("Mutti", "Vati", "Omi", "Opi"), and the shortened names of cute animals ("Hasi" [bunny]) - or, in the case of the East-German Trabant, even a car ("der Trabi"). The gender normally remains the same as that of the unadorned noun: "Der Rudi kommt!" But some people, on the analogy of "-chen" and "-lein", prefer the neuter: "Du bist mein kleines Mausi": "Mausi" (little mouse); "Schatzi" (little treasure); "Spatzi" (little sparrow). (Dartmouth College)
Did you know?
Animal-related names are so common in German that you'll even see them used as the basis of swear words. (Fluent in 3 months)
Greek
Greek or elliniká ελληνικά is the Hellenic branch of the Indo-European family of languages (English Dictionary - Offline). The following are some grand Greek terms of affection:
- my eyes (English equivalents: darling, my dearest or honey) = mátia mou Μάτια μου (mátia μάτια = eyes and mou μου = my in Greek)
- my little eyes = matakia mou ματάκια μου
- my sweet (English equivalent: sweetheart) = glyké mou γλυκέ μου (m) or glykiá mou γλυκιά μου (f) (glyké γλυκέ or glykiá γλυκιά = sweet in Greek)
- my love = agápi mou αγάπη μου (agápi αγάπη = love in Greek)
- my little love = agapoúla* mou Αγαπούλα μου
- my star = astéri mou αστέρι μου (astéri αστέρι = star in Greek)
- my moon = fengári mou Φεγγάρι μου (fengári φεγγάρι = moon or moonlight in Greek)
- my adored one (an expression of profound love) = latreía mou λατρεία μου (latreía λατρεία = darling, the person whom one adores in Greek)
- my soul = psychí mou Ψυχή μου (psychí ψυχή = soul in Greek)
- my little soul = psychoúla mou Ψυχούλα μου
- my breath = anása mou ανάσα μου (anása ανάσα = breath in Greek)
- my bug = zouzoúni mou Ζουζούνι μου (zouzoúni Ζουζούνι = bug in Greek)
- my heart = kardiá mou Καρδιά μου (kardiá καρδιά = heart in Greek)
- my little heart = kardoúla mou Καρδούλα μου
- my life = zoḯ mou Ζωή μου (zoḯ ζωή = life or lifetime in Greek)
- my joy = chará mou Χαρά μου (chará χαρά = joy, delight or pleasure in Greek)
- my honey = méli mou Μέλι μου (méli Μέλι = honey in Greek)
- my little meatball = keftedáki mou κεφτεδάκι μου (keftedáki κεφτεδάκι = κεφτές [keftés, 'meatball'] + -άκι [-áki, 'diminutive form'])
*-oúla -ούλα = added to a (usually feminine) noun or adjective to create diminutive nouns (Greek suffix) (Wiktionary)
Hebrew
Hebrew or Ivrit עִבְרִית is the ancient Canaanitic language of the Hebrews that has been revived as the official language of Israel (English Dictionary - Offline). The following are some affectionate nicknames in heavenly Hebrew:
- babe or my dear = kapará כַּפָּרָה (kapará כַּפָּרָה = atonement, forgiveness or absolution in Hebrew)
- honey or darling chiefly Sephardic = neshama נְשָׁמָה (n'shamá נְשָׁמָה = soul or spirit in Hebrew)
- sweetie (m) & (f) = mótek מותק (mótek מותק = sweetness in Hebrew)
- cutie (m) = chamudi* חמודי (khamúd חָמוּד = cute, sweet or charming in Hebrew)
- cutie (f) = chamuda חמודה (masculine khamúd חָמוּד)
- my love (m) = ahuvi* אהובי (ahúv אָהוּב = a loved one or lover in Hebrew)
- my love (f) = ahuvati אהובתי
- my love (m) (from Arabic, 'habibee حَبِيبِي') = chabibi חביבי
- my love (f) = chabibti חביבתי
*-í ־י = -ie or -y Forming diminutive or affectionate forms of nouns or names. (Hebrew suffix)
e.g. חָמוּד m (khamúd, “cute, sweet, charming”) → חֲמוּדִי (khamúdí, “term of address/endearment cutie, sweetie”)
*-í ־י = my (Hebrew suffix)
Hindi-Urdu
Hindi हिन्दी is the most widely spoken of modern Indic vernaculars; spoken mostly in the north of India; along with English it is the official language of India; usually written in Devanagari script (English Dictionary - Offline). Urdu اُردُو is the official literary language of Pakistan, closely related to Hindi; widely used in India (mostly by Muslims); written in Perso-Arabic script (English Dictionary - Offline). It's time to learn some heartfelt Hindi-Urdu endearments! Here they are:
- honey = jaanu जानू (Hindi & Urdu: jānū जानू or جانو m, f = an endearing term used to address a loved one; darling)
- gold = sonaa / sonā सोना (Urdu spelling سونا)
- (my) life or soul = jaan / jān जान (Urdu spelling جان)
- my dearest (corresponding English terms: sweetheart, darling, lover, my love, etc.) = jaan-e-jaan or jaane jaan जान-ए-जान (Urdu spelling جان جان) (literal translation: soul of life)
- sweetheart or darling (gender-neutral) = jaaneman जानेमन (Urdu spelling جان ِ من) (literal meaning: jaan-e-man = soul-of-me or soul of mine)
- beloved = jaanam जानम (Urdu spelling جانم)
- baby or babe = bachcha बच्चा (Urdu spelling بچہ)
- darling, dear or beloved = pyaara प्यारा (Urdu spelling پیارا)
- sweetheart (idol literally or figuratively) = sanam सनम (Urdu spelling صنم)
- moon = chaand / chānd चांद (Urdu spelling چاند)
- star = taara / tārā तारा (Urdu spelling تارا)
- king = raja or rājā राजा (Urdu spelling راجا)
- queen = rani or rānī रानी (Urdu spelling رانی)
- king = baadshah बादशह (Urdu spelling بادشہ)
- queen = malika मलिका (Urdu spelling ملکہ)
- (the) queen of my heart* = mere dil ki rani मेरे दिल की रानी (Urdu translation: mere dil ki malika* میرے دل کی ملکہ)
- lover or sweetheart = saajan / sājan साजन (Urdu spelling ساجن)
- sugar = cheeni चीनी (Urdu spelling چینی)
- beloved, sweetheart or lover = dilbar दिलबर (Urdu spelling دلبر)
- fairy or angel = parii परी (Urdu spelling پری)
- companion (one who shares breaths with you or one who is with you till the end of life) = hamdam हमदम (Urdu spelling ھمدم)
- lover or beloved = maahi माही (Urdu spelling ماہی)
- beloved (the one that your heart desires) = jaan-e-tamanna or jaane tamanna* जान-ए-तमन्ना (Urdu spelling جان تمنا)
- the apple of one's eye (the favourite object of a person's love or affection) or darling = aankhon ka taara आंखों का तारा (Urdu spelling آنکھوں کا تارا) (literally, ‘[the] star of [one's] eyes’)
- lover = 'aashiq आशिक़ (Urdu spelling عاشق)
- diamond = heera हीरा (Urdu spelling ہیرا)
- beloved or sweetheart (m) = ma'shuuq मा'शूक़ (Urdu spelling معشوق)
- beloved, ladylove (a female lover) or sweetheart (f) = ma'shuuqa माशूका (Urdu spelling معشوقہ)
- a piece of the moon = chand ka tukra* चाँद का टुकड़ा (Urdu spelling چاند کا ٹکڑا)
- sweet (one) = meethii मीठी (Urdu spelling میٹھی)
- an angelic woman or fairy = huur हूर (Urdu spelling حور)
- nightingale or bulbul = bulbul बुलबुल (Urdu spelling بلبل)
- friend or lover = yaar or yār यार (Urdu spelling یار)
- heart-stealer = dilruba or dilrubā* दिलरुबा (Urdu spelling دلربا)
Side Note:
Most of the Hindi-Urdu endearments in this post are used in Bollywood movies.
*heart = dil दिल (Urdu spelling دل)
*How do you say the phrase, "queen of my heart" in Urdu?
Literally, you could say "mere dil ki malika" (میرے دل کی ملکہ). You could also say “meri malika-e-dil” (میری ملکۂ دل) which — even though slightly different — is still almost the same and also sounds more poetic. (Quora)
*wish or desire = tamannaa or tamannā तमन्ना (Urdu spelling تمنا)
*piece, fragment or section = tukraa or ṭukṛā टुकड़ा (Urdu spelling ٹکڑا)
*attractive, fetching; charming, enchanting, lovely or beloved = dilruba or dilrubā दिलरुबा (Urdu spelling دلربا)
Did you know?
- "Jaanu" is a term of endearment in multiple South Asian languages used as a pet name to mean "my love" or "dear." Derived from the Hindi/Urdu word "jaan", which literally means "life". "Jaan" itself is derived from a Turkish word "Can" (Turkish pronunciation: [ˈdʒän]) which is a common Turkish and Circassian given name and surname, meaning "spirit", "life", or "heart". This word is believed to have accumulated in South Asian languages after the arrival of Mughals. (Wikipedia)
- The Indian subcontinent has an amazing variety of terms of endearment for the word “lover”. The origins of these terms arise from a wide diversity of languages within the South Asian diaspora, including Urdu, Hindi, Sanskrit, Punjabi, Farsi, Arabic and Nepali. (Mr. and Mrs. 55)
Notes:
- "Jaan", in Hindi/Urdu is a word meaning "life" or "loved one"; by that way, also a term of affection meaning "darling". (Wiktionary)
- jaan جان = life, soul, essence, spirit, heart metaphorically; beloved, sweetheart etc. (Persian)
- man من = my (Persian)
- So, "jaan-e-man جان ِ من" means: "my beloved" / "sweetheart" / "heart" / "soul", etc. Both "jaan-e-man جان ِ من" and "jaanam جانَم" are from Persian. Both of them are used in Urdu and Colloquial Hindi and have the same usage. They are gender-neutral endearments. (WR Forums)
- "Jaanam جانم" is actually Persian that came into Urdu and means <my dear / dearest; my darling> - term of endearment. Comes from: < جان life / soul / dearest / darling + م - attached first person pronoun, meaning (my> (WR Forums)
- Delroba دلربا is a Persian word that means: "enticing", "captivating", "enchanting" (i.e. very attractive), etc. The literal meaning of the word is, "hijacker of the heart". (QuranicNames)
Irish
Irish or Gaeilge is the Celtic language of Ireland (English Dictionary - Offline). The following are some irresistible Irish terms of affection:
- pulse of my heart = a chuisle mo chroí (a = vocative particle; cuisle = pulse; mo = my; croí = heart in Irish)
- my pulse = mo chuisle
- my heart = mo chroí (croí = sweetheart in Irish)
- darling = acushla (from Irish 'a chuisle' meaning, 'O pulse [of my heart]')
- dear or darling = agra / a ghrá (from Irish 'a' [vocative particle] + lenited form of 'grá' [love])
- treasure (as a term of endearment) = asthore (from Irish Gaelic 'a' [O] + 'stór' [treasure])
- my darling or my dear = macushla (from Irish 'mo chuisle' [my pulse])
- my love or my darling = grá mo chroí (literal translation: love of my heart)
Did you know?
The use of Irish Gaelic was actively discouraged or suppressed by the British during the 17th-19th centuries, and when this suppression officially ended at the end of the 1800s, general interest in Irish identity and a strong sense of Irish nationalism led to the flourishing of both Irish fiction and verse, as well as renewed interest in Irish Gaelic. (Merriam-Webster)
Note:
Acushla comes from the Irish Gaelic cuisle, which can mean "darling" but more literally means "pulse" or "vein." It's an adaptation of the Irish Gaelic a cuisle ("oh darling"). Cuisle was sometimes also paired with ma to give us macushla ("my darling"). (Merriam-Webster)
Italian
Italian or italiano is the Romance language spoken in Italy. Below are some incredible Italian love nicknames:
- meatball = polpetto(a)*
- dear or beloved = caro(a)
- my dear or beloved = caro(a) mio(a) (mio(a), mpl: miei, fpl: mie = my in Italian)
- treasure (English equivalents: darling or honey) = tesoro
- my treasure = tesoro mio
- baby sparrow or sparrow chick = passerotto (passero = sparrow and -otto = diminutive suffix in Italian)
- little or baby mouse = topolino(a)* (topo = mouse and -ino(a) = diminutive suffix in Italian)
- little or small strawberry = fragolina (fragola = strawberry in Italian)
- beautiful, lovely; handsome or good-looking = bello(a)
- love = amore
- my heart = cuore mio (cuore = heart or ticker in Italian)
- my life = vita mia (vita = life in Italian)
- my soul = anima mia (anima = spirit, soul or heart in Italian)
- light of my eyes = luce dei miei occhi (luce = light; dei = of the; and occhi = eyes in Italian)
- angel = angelo
- my angel = angelo mio
*End the word with "o" for males and "a" for females.
*Topolino = Mickey Mouse in Italian
Did you know?
Italians often use diminutive forms of words for animals or food as terms of endearment. Some of them are simply created by adding the suffix –ino (or –ina). (LingQ)
Italian Pronunciation Notes:
- C- This has two pronunciations, before A, O, U or other consonants, it sounds like a K, as in Cane, but if before I or E, it has a CH sound, as in Cena.
- CH- Spoken as K, (Che)
Source of Italian Pronunciation Notes:
TakeLessons
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https://www.fluentin3months.com/valentine/
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https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/B%C3%A4r#German
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https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/Reh#German
https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/Spatz#German
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https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/Schatz#German
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https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/Erdbeere#German
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https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/Biene#German
https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/S%C3%BC%C3%9Fe
https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/s%C3%BC%C3%9F#German
https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/Liebling#German
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Google Translate
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Possessive Markers in Kazakh (or, why all those cute pet names end in ‘m’)
Been thinking about writing this one up for a while, but a combination of heavy snow and encouragement from @thissupposedcrime (who wanted to be tagged when this got posted) means it’s time. It’s thoroughly warmed my heart to see writers going out of their way to find and use Kazakh terms of endearment in their YOI writing. So few people know much of anything about Kazakhstan and Otabek is such fabulous representation to get people interested. This isn’t about correcting anything, just explaining a construction that you might be seeing if you’re reading or writing Otabek-centered fics. Or if you’re just interested in learning a little more about the language.
A quick disclaimer: My background is in linguistics and I’ve done a fair bit of work on Turkic languages of the former USSR, but I’m not a native speaker of Kazakh or any other Turkic language. I spent almost 9 months in Kazakhstan, mostly in Almaty, studying the language, but I’m not fluent. I’m pretty confident in explaining this topic, but if you know more than I do and you see a mistake, please let me know (thanks to @qisforqazaq and @spaceman2823 noting a few spelling mistakes, which have been corrected, and @starkysnarks for native speaker confirmation).
So, a little background about Kazakh as a language: Kazakh is a Turkic language, closely related to (among other things) Turkish. Unless you start buying into overly-ambitious attempts to trace all human languages to a common linguistic ancestor, Kazakh is unrelated to any Indo-European language (English, Russian, French, Hindi, Farsi, etc.) except by contact. This means that some of the ways words are created and strung together are entirely new to someone only familiar with languages from this family.
Indo-European possessives are typically marked on the noun doing the possessing (one of the common functions of the genitive case), if a word is changed at all:
English: Yuri’s cat ← ‘s indicates ownership of following noun
Russian: коньки Виктора (kon’ki Viktora, - Victor’s skates) ← ‘a’ marks genitive case (the genitive ending depends on gender and number of the inflected noun)
Kazakh does have a genitive case, but it also has another structure that marks possession on the thing that’s possessed. So we get constructions like:
Отабектiң мысығы (Otabekting mysyghy - Otabek’s cat) ← here, both the owner and what is owned have endings reflecting that relationship. Otabek has a genitive -ting ending (which has a couple of forms that depend on the phonetics of the root word), and mysyq has an ending showing that it is possessed by a 3rd person subject (this also varies slightly depending on the phonetics of the root word).
(note: I’m being pretty lax in my transliterations to avoid using nonstandard Latin characters, and largely defaulting to standard transliteration for Russian Cyrillic but I did make sure that each Kazakh Cyrillic letter had a unique transliteration)
This ending agrees with its subject in being 1st, 2nd or 3rd person, with some phonetic variation. Here’s a few more examples:
Менiң шайым (Mening shajim - My tea) (var. m/im/ym)
Сенiң алмаң (Sening almang - Your (inf.) apple) (var. ng/ing/yng)
Сiздiң кiтабыңыз (Sizding kitabyngyz - Your (form.) book) (var. ngiz/ngyz/ingiz/yngyz)
Оның есiгi (Oning esigi - Its door) (var. i/y/si/sy)
I won’t go into a lot of detail about the different variants of each here, but 1st person always includes [m], 2nd person always includes [ng], third person always ends with i or y. If folks ask for a writeup about how Kazakh affixes depend on phonetic features, I’d probably write that up separately.
A side note about the informal/polite versions of ‘you’: If you Google Translate up some Kazakh dialogue, it defaults to using the more formal ciз (siz) which probably isn’t what you want when you’re writing heartfelt dialogue between friends, family or lovers (so, basically all the Kazakh dialogue I’ve seen in fanfiction).
So, what about plurals? This is where we hit the thing about forming words in Kazakh that really lets this happen. So, where in a language like Russian, a single given case ending will contain information about the gender AND number AND case of the noun, Kazakh uses separate endings for all of these things (except gender - Turkic languages don’t have grammatical gender at all. Anywhere the language identifies the gender of something, it does so using distinct root words). So, plurals just entail adding an ending. And aren’t marked as frequently (This doesn’t work out perfectly in pronouns because of language contact and colonialism, but I’m not going to rehash my whole thesis here - but can you tell that ‘siz’ used to be a plural?).
Бiздiң қаламыз (Bizding qalamyz - Our city)
Сендердiң иттерiң (Senderding ïtterring - Your (pl., fam) dogs)
Сiздердiң мектебiңiз (Sizderding mektebingiz - You (pl, form.) school)
Олардың бақшасы (Olardyng baqshasy - Their garden)
In an inflectional language like Russian, there wouldn’t be room to include this kind of ending because it couldn’t also encode information about other cases. Because Kazakh is an agglutinating language, you can keep tacking on suffixes all day. In fact, you can encode a whole clause in one word that would take many in an Indo-European language like English:
Жазушыларымыздан (zhazushylarymyzdan) - That which is from our writers
Back to cutesy affectionate language, though. One of the other advantages of this structure is that it allows you to indicate an association or relationship without using a possessive pronoun. So, all of the places where жаным, ботам, күнім, сүйіктім, or алтыным turn up, they have a relationship to the speaker embedded in them. So, for example, zhanym isn’t the word for soul, zhan is.
Жан - zhan - soul (жаным - zhanym - my soul)
Күн - kün - sun (also, day; күнім - künim - my sun)
Сүйікті - süjikti - favorite, chosen (сүйіктім - süyiktim- my chosen one)
Алтын - altyn - gold (алтыным - altynym - my gold/treasure; this word was also transliterated by a certain show as ‘altin’ So, yes, it is Otabek’s family name, which means him using it as a term of endearment seems particularly pointed.)
So, let’s say that you wanted to write Otabek talking to Yuri about his cat. He might teasingly refer to the cat as сүйіктің (süyikting, your most favored one). Even if they were speaking Russian (this kind of thing def. slips into the way that Kazakh speakers speak Russian, especially when comfy with friends, because it’s just not as elegant in Russian) (also, when drunk and not remembering that not everyone speaks all the languages you do and some words are just easier #multilingualproblems).
Final point: you can put these endings on anything. Even names. So, you might get a construction like Отабегiм (Otabegim - my Otabek) or Бекам (Bekam - my Beka, though it might just as likely be Bekem). Since I’m trying to write this in a ship-neutral way, here’s a list of every character I’ve seen Otabek shipped with on Ao3 with this construction for first person.
Юрийым (Yuriyim - my Yuri) This works for Plisetsky or Katsuki
Милам (Milam - my Mila)
Жэй-Жэйым (Je-Jeyim - my JJ); (shit, if you just use Jean with French pronunciation, you get жан, which gives you жаным - 5 points to JJBek)
Лeом (Leom - my Leo (uses Spanish pronunciation of Leo) - I’m not confident on the spelling, but yes this does exist. If you take this one up, it might turn into Левiм, using the Russian translation of Leo (cf. Tolstoy). The Kazakh translation of Leo is Aslan (cf. Farsi for ‘lion,’ tyvm CS Lewis), which is also used as a name - Aslanym with the 1st person possessive ending.)
Викторым (Viktorym - yeah, this one’s out there, too. I don’t think I read it, but the summary seemed to suggest it followed from shared pining over oblivious, unresponsive men named Yuri)
Кристофым/Крисiм (Cristophym/Chrisim - because is there anyone in the YOI universe with whom he *hasn’t* been romantically linked?)
Пичитiм (Phichitim - a puzzling, but adorable thought.)
Сюң-гилiм (Seung-gilim - there’s actually a couple of these out there)
Let me know if there’s another one you’d like to see!
#linguistics#kazakh#kazakhstan#yuri on ice#otabek altin#otabek altyn#turkic languages#pronouns#fic writing
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kang chanhee as your boyfriend
genre: fluff
warnings: none
author’s note: gender neutral !!!
(sorry, I got kinda carried away with this one… lol)
this is purely based on my own personal opinions. agree or disagree, either way, enjoy!
- I see Chani as the type to (over time) fall for one of his really good friends
- Very playful (both before and after you two are in a relationship)
- Once he starts to realize his newfound feelings for you, he desperately tries not to let it effect the way he acts in front of you
- But fails miserably
- Where he used to jokingly smack, poke and ruffle your hair without a second thought, he’s now constantly hesitant to touch you in the slightest way
- The stronger his feelings get, the more awkward he becomes
- “Chan, hurry! The movies starting!”
- “O-Ok, coming.”
- “Chani… Why are you sitting all the way on the other side of the couch…?”
- “What? Um, I-I don’t know. I just kinda sat down…” *nervous giggle*
- You were probably the first one to confess
- And tbh he was a little disappointed he didn’t man up and make the first move
- But still happy that you’re his, nonetheless
- Being the maknae means he’s constantly babied by his hyungs
- So I see him wanting to be the “manly, dominant, caretaker” type of role in the relationship
- He’s been babied enough, now he needs someone to baby
- Not one who’s into PDA
- Especially in front of his hyungs… That’s a big no-no
- The most you’ll get is holding hands, a quick hug, a guide hand on your lower back or the occasional kiss on top of the head
-But behind closed doors…
- That’s another story
- He literally clings onto you like his life depends on it
- Another lover of backhugs, especially giving them
- His arms are wrapped around your waist, head resting on your back as the two of you waddle in circles around the kitchen in silence
- Pet names is an iffy topic
- I can see him loving it when you nonchalantly call him cute little nicknames like “baby,” “babe,” “love,” etc.
- But I see him being hesitant to return the term of endearment
- It’s not at all that he doesn’t love you enough
- It’s just gonna take him some time to muster up the courage
- And when he finally does, it’ll come out in a broken stutter
- “Chan, can you grab me one of your sweatshirts? I’m absolutely freezing!”
- “Okay,” *pause* “b-babe…”
- *Turns around and books it up the stairs*
- You know exactly why he fled so quickly
- And all you do is sit there and laugh to yourself at how absolutely adorable your boyfriend is
- I feel like the first “I love you” would be an accident
- The alarm clock roared to life at 4 o’clock in the morning, as it usually did
- You waited for Chani to hop in the shower, and instead of going back to bed, like you normally would, you crawled out of bed and headed for the kitchen
- You heard the shower shut off just as you had finished making Chani’s breakfast
- You put the food in their containers, placed them into a paper bag, and even wrote Chani a little encouraging note to go with it
- He walked into the kitchen and gave you an utterly confused look as he asked why you were awake
- “I felt like making you breakfast!”
- You said with a smile, as you held in a yawn trying to force its way out of you
- “You’re the best! Thank you so much, babe”
- He kissed you on the cheek as he mentally praised himself for his burst of confidence
- He grabbed the bag and headed for the door
- “I gotta go! I’ll text you during our breaks. I should be home around noon? I’m not sure, but I’ll keep you updated. I love you, bye!”
- He mindlessly shouted as you smiled to yourself, yelling an “I love you, too” back his way
- He nearly dropped the bag as he turned to face you, wide-eyed and jaw hanging open
- “Did I just… Did you just… Did we just…”
- He rambles on as you make your way over to him
- You grab hold of his face and pull him into a quick, passionate kiss
- You pull back, locking eye contact with him
- “I don’t know if you meant it, but I did. I really do love you, Kang Chanhee”
- He looked down as he tried to hide the smirk on his face, accidentally letting a giggle slip past his lips
- “I was actually supposed to say that in my head… And even though that’s not at all how I planned for that situation to go - I love you, too”
- He embraces you in one last hug before leaving for practice, as giddy as a kid on Christmas morning
- Despite being very mature for his age, he’s still a kid
- Which means pretty much everything is all “fun and games” between you two
- ALWAYS challenging you and trying to egg you on
- “At least I can dance better than you”
- “Oh yeah, well I have better abs than you”
- “I bet you can’t rap to this song as good as I can”
- Fake wrestling is a personal favorite of his, (and secretly yours, too)
- Because you both know he’s stronger than you, but he loves seeing you struggle to free yourself from his strong hold
- And honestly, you love being trapped under his steel grasp
- After rolling around the floor for what felt like hours, you lay under Chani’s muscular build, still trapped, as the two of you pant in silence, both trying to catch your breath
- It isn’t until you two lock eyes that he realizes your disheveled appearance, tangled hair and chest heaving with every deep breath you take
- As you take in his equally disarranged state, veins bulging out of his neck, hair falling into his eyes as beads of sweat trickle down the sides of his face
- He glances at your parted lips as he ever so slowly leans down towards your face
- Excitement bubbles in your stomach as what feels like entire minutes pass as you wait for your lips to finally meet
- Before you know it, the two of you are engaged in a heated makeout session, hands threaded in his hair as your mouths work wonders against each other’s
- But much to your dismay, your intimate moments is cut short when you hear the door to the dorm being unlocked
- Causing Chani to literally fly off of you across the room
- You remain sprawled out on the floor, grunting to yourself, as you mentally curse out the other boys for returning home so soon
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