#my friend sent a pic of the green sky

[geek-fashionista]

Weather got a bit crazy over here yesterday. A tornado touched down ~20 minutes south of where I live. At work, we all got phone alerts screeching about baseball sized hail (but didn’t actually experience baseball sized hail). Everyone came by our cubicles to gawk out the windows at the torrential rainfall and much more agreeable pea-sized hail.

And then the tornado sirens went off in town so we were ushered into the vague “building interior” which quickly revealed that nobody here knows what to do in a tornado because we were all standing around glass.

Being a weather nerd, I checked the doppler radar and confirmed there was no rotation in our area (the tornado alarms were set off to warn people about the destructive hail). Someone else had just returned from driving through the storm and showed a video of the hail cracking her windshield.

We all continued to cluster around the second least safe part of campus until I checked the radar again, looked out at the clearing weather, and went back to my desk. And then we got an alert from the school about the weather. Twenty minutes after it was relevant.

All that to say if the tornado had touched down here and been stronger than what looks like EF1 damage, a bunch of people would have gotten hurt. The other side of campus has a basement level. But to get to the other side of campus, one needs to cross a glass bridge. If anything, we all should have been sheltering in the nearby bathrooms, which are centralized and free of windows.

I wasn’t worried because I knew we weren’t in danger. But I am worried that the rarity of tornadoes in this area has made people lax about weather safety, and someday that’s going to come back and bite them in the rear end.

Take weather seriously, guys. Know what to do in the event of a natural disaster. Make an evacuation plan. Run drills with your family. Choose meeting places and emergency contacts. Stock up on supplies.

Just because it happens rarely doesn’t mean it won’t happen ever.

[levi-lover]

New Light Part: 2

College Levi x Reader(Modern AU)

W/C: 5.2k 

T/W: None

A/N: Levi is a moody English major who spends his free time reading at the local cafe. I’m having a lot of fun writing this ! (pic from pinterest)

I’ve put all the parts in one list here:  New Light Masterlist

Levi’s POV

Levi and Erwin sat in silence on their drive home. The blinker would occasionally fill the car with a strong click. Levi counted the lit up rooms in the passing apartments. Five, Six, Seven… He wanted to keep his mind off of you, the way your hair framed your face, your hand caressing the mug, the way you pressed your lips together when you listened someone speak. 

“So, how long have you known (Y/N)?” Erwin asked as if he knew Levi was thinking about you.

“A couple of months,” he responded. 

“Do you like her?” Erwin prodded. 

“She’s nice,” Levi said. 

Erwin nodded, he knew better than to ask further. 

This was how their conversions normally went, Erwin would begin with a blunt statement and Levi would respond in a short manner. From an outsider’s perspective, it might have seemed like the two men weren’t friends but this dynamic worked for them. Erwin was straightforward with what he wanted and Levi didn’t like talking about personal subjects, even with one of his closest friends. 

When they arrived to their shared apartment, they said their goodnights and went into their rooms. Erwin had to be up early tomorrow for a debate meeting and Levi wanted to be alone. After they moved out of the dorms they decided to keep living together because it was the most cost effective option and plus Levi liked that Erwin was as neat as him, almost as neat. They lived in an old, walk-up apartment ten minutes away from Wall Rose University in a quiet neighborhood. They’ve been living there for three years now and had no plans to move out anytime soon. 

Levi opened the window slightly to let the cool air in, raindrops fell from the gutter and filled the dark bedroom with gentle taps.. He laid down on the bed and breathed in the smell of the city and old books in his room. He closed his eyes and let his body melt into the bedsheets, he used the same lavender fabric softener his mom loved. Mmm, I should give her a call tomorrow, he thought. He felt his thoughts bounce around in his head but he was too tired to unravel them. Levi focused on his breathing and eventually his thoughts subdued into lenient bystanders. 

There was silence around him when suddenly, you popped up in his thoughts. Levi let out a small sigh. Fuck, what are the odds of her knowing Hange. Hange of all people,the one person who doesn’t know how to shut up, Levi thought. Frustration began to fill his chest. He wanted you to meet his friends and he wanted to know more about you but he didn’t want it to happen like this. Levi wanted to do it right with you. He knew wasn’t the most charismatic or hospitable person and romance wasn’t his forte. Romance, Levi thought and chuckled. He remembered Erwin’s earlier question. Do I like her? 

He sat up and pinched the bridge of his nose with his index and forefinger. He didn’t have a ton of experience with romance. His only relationship with Petra ended in a disaster, she broke up with him after feeling neglected for months. That was never Levi’s intent, he loved her but he didn’t know how to express it. Whenever he saw her on campus she would always give him a smile and wave which Levi would reciprocate. He regretted the way everything ended but he was thankful she didn’t hold a vengeance against him. He was 18 and foolish but he was older now and slightly less foolish. 

Levi looked out the window and started to form a plan in his head. It was evident he had some sort of feelings for you, you were funny, pretty, easy to talk to and you cared about what he had to say. He smiled as he remembered how earnestly you looked at him while he explained the latest book he was reading, he started reading books he thought you might like. Shitballs, maybe I do like her. There was nothing he could do now, he didn’t want to do anything until he had a better understanding about what you were thinking. He nodded his head, proud of his plan. 

The hardwood floor creaked as Erwin walked over to the bathroom. Outside of the window, the sky was beginning to glow with a soft orange hue. Levi closed the curtain, pulled off his clothes and tucked himself into bed. He curled his body around a pillow and slowly began to drift off, eager to wake up to begin his plan. 

The crisp autumn hit your face as you opened the doors to the lecture hall. You felt light and airy after finishing your genetics midterm. It was one of the hardest tests you’ve taken but you felt okay about it. Hange had helped you study for the past week and their enthusiasm and studying techniques helped you out immensely. I owe them big time, you thought. Your phone buzzed in your pocket, it was Hange.

Hange: U FREAKING DID IT!!! IM SO PROUD XD

You: thank uuu, i feel good about it! 

Hange: YAY! We’re out in the park blocks! Join us!

You: ok !

You stared at the screen and re-read the conversation. Join us...they must mean Levi and Erwin. You scoffed the tip of your boot into the pavement, the familiar feeling of nerves began to dance in your stomach. Slowly, you made your way to the park blocks, the on-campus park where students would have picnics and study sessions. Students began to pour out of lecture halls and other buildings, eager to celebrate the end of midterms week. There was an undeniable feeling of excitement as they cheered and laughed. 

You stood at the edge of the park looking for the trio. Levi waved his hand from a picnic bench and smiled at you. Your heart momentarily stopped and you realized you’ve never seen him outside of the cafe. He was wearing a hunter green sweater and his black overcoat. The wind feebly moved through his hair but even from farway you could see the deep circles around his eyes. You made your way to the trio and gave out a half-hearted hello.

“(Y/N)! How do you feel?!” Hange shouted.

“Fucking relieved,” You said. Levi smiled. 

“I’m proud of you, (Y/N). Hange told us about all the hours you studied for the exam.” Erwin gave you a thumbs up. 

“Thanks, dude. How were your midterms?” You asked as you sat down next to Erwin. 

“They went well! I think I got an A on my Political Theory exam but we’ll find out soon enough.” 

“Erwin, you clown, you know you aced that test.” Hange rolled their eyes. “But thanks to the lovely Levi, I know I got an A on my essay.”

Levi frowned. “Tsk, I was surprised you even knew how to spell.”

Hange hit Levi’s shoulders and he swiped back. 

“Hey, stop it you two,” Erwin scolded. “I swear, they’re like children.” 

You laughed and nodded. The Levi you knew was always stoic and calm but Hange brought out a different side of him. He looked happier even when he was annoyed. You grabbed a dead leaf from the table and started to pull it apart, rubbing the dead plant bits between your fingers. 

“Are you good?” Levi’s voice broke your concentration. You looked up and met his gray-blue eyes.

“Yep, all good here.” You smiled at him and he returned one back. 

“That’s fantastic! So tonight. Ymir’s Bar at eight. Got it?” Hange ordered. 

Erwin and Levi nodded in response and looked at you. Your eyes darted between the three of them.

“Uh, I would love but I’m hanging out with a few people tonight.”

“Please, join us! Your friends are more than welcome to come, the more the merrier,” Hange begged.

“I beg to differ…” Levi mumbled.

“Shut up, grumps.” Hange elbowed Levi and returned their gaze back to you. “It’ll be fun, I’ll buy you a shot.”

You rolled your eyes, “fine, but I’m buying you a shot. I owe you, Hange.”

Hange squealed and clapped their hands. “Yay! My friend, Moblit will tag along too. You haven’t met him yet but he’s great and such a talented artist. You’ll love him.”

“Sweet, I’m excited, can you send me the address?” You responded. Hange nodded. 

“Who are you hanging out with?” Erwin asked.

“Oh, uh. My boyfriend and some of our friends,” You muttered. 

“I didn’t know you had a boyfriend. (Y/N) why didn’t you tell me?” Hange asked, heartbroken. 

Erwin glanced at Levi. He was looking at the grains in the table, his heart sank but he knew better than to let his friends know. 

“I don’t know. It didn’t seem like the most important thing to talk about during our study sessions.” You were unsure why but you felt defensive over Hange’s comment. 

Hange looked hurt at your response, you felt a pang of regret. You didn’t mean to keep your relationship a secret but your life didn’t revolve around your relationship so it felt pointless to bring him up. The air around the table was tense and cold. The sun was setting and the four of you were on the brink of being enveloped by the shadow of a large lecture hall. 

“Regardless, I’m eager to meet your boyfriend and friends,” Erwin said in a strained voice. 

“Yeah, I’m excited for all of you to meet. I think I’m going to go home and get ready.” 

“Of course, we’ll see you soon,” Erwin said in a quiet tone. 

You waved goodbye to all of them, the trio waved back and you made your way to the bus station. As you waited for the bus, you sent your boyfriend a message to meet your new friends at Ymir’s. He sent back a simple thumbs up emoji as a response. You pulled out a pair of headphones and blasted music to drown out your thoughts. Yet Levi’s face kept on appearing in your head, the way the sunlight caressed the hard lines of his face, his honest smile when he was with his friends, the way his eyes lost their glow when you announced you had a boyfriend. We never did anything. Hell, I didn’t even know his name until last week so why should I care what he thinks. We’re just coffee shop friends, that’s it. The bus pulled to the stop, you waited for everyone to exit before entering and made your way to the back window seat. The glass was cold on your forehead but it felt nice. You sighed, preparing yourself for a night out with your new friends and your boyfriend.

Levi’s POV

After you left, Hange and Erwin looked at Levi with concern in their eyes. Levi noticed their stares and glanced up at them.

“The fuck you looking at,” he growled.

“Levi, I’m sorry,” Hange whispered.

“About what?” He scoffed.

Erwin was about to speak but Levi abruptly got up and buttoned his coat. “I’m going home. I’ll see you both at Ymir’s.”

Erwin and Hange exchanged a look and nodded. When Levi made up his mind there was no stopping him. They watched him walk away, his head was slightly lower than usual. Levi walked over to the bike rack and unhooked his black low handle bicycle. In one smooth motion, he drapped his leg over the seat and began to peddle home. The wind hurt his face and burned his lungs but he pushed harder and harder on the pedals. Crouching down on the seat as he biked up the hills, hoping to ride away from the bench to run away from his disillusion that you could love him.

A few hours later, Erwin, Hange and Moblit entered the apartment. Hange called out to Levi.

“Hey, Mr. Grumps! We have something for yoooou!!” They called out.

Levi moaned and rolled out of bed, his bare feet hit the cold ground as he dragged himself to the living.

“What is it, Four Eyes? Hey, take off your disgusting shoes,” he scolded. “Oh, hey, Moblit.”

Moblit raised his head slightly as a hello. He wasn’t a man of many words. Hange held up a bottle of whiskey and grinned. “So we could pre-game. Take this as a thank you present for helping me write my essay.”

Levi rolled his eyes and smiled. He was touched by Hange’s generosity but he would never dare show it to them.

“I’ll grab us some mugs,” Erwin said and began to walk towards the kitchen.

“No, Erwin! Tonight’s a shot type of night,” Hange said deviously.

The three men looked at them and hesitantly nodded. They wanted to relax and unwind but a  night out led by Hange always ended up with someone’s head in the toilet. Still, they each filled a shot glass, cheered and downed the alcohol. They drank for a while, everyone’s faces were glowing. Hange was blasting music and dancing. Moblit watched them with admiration. Erwin and Levi were giggling over something stupid Erwin said.

Erwin looked at the clock, it was closing in on 8. “Shit, we should get going.”

“Hey, man watch your mouth. And maybe we should stay in. It’s cheaper,” Levi said.

“Levi, noooo. We can’t do that. We told (Y/N)  that we would meet her at Ymir’s!” The alcohol was already getting to Hange.

“Who’s (Y/N)?” Mobit asked.

“My friend from genetics! And Levi’s too,” Hange proclaimed.

Levi rolled his eyes. “Tsk, she’s not my friend. I hardly know her.”

“Mmm, if you say so.”

“Whatever, let’s go,” Levi said curtly.

The four of them grabbed their coats and headed to Ymir’s. It was only a ten minute walk from their place. Hange let everyone know that you had already arrived and saved a table on the back patio. As they walked, they talked about their finals and plans for the upcoming break.  When they arrived at Ymir’s, they pushed open the door and entered the humid room. The bar was full of people celebrating the weekend, a couple was making out in one of the booths and people were lined around the bar. They ordered their drinks and walked through the back doors.

Levi’s hands began to sweat and he felt a lump in his throat when he saw you. You looked beautiful under the glow of the patio lights, you were smiling and had a beer glass on your lips and you were laughing. Erwin stood in place and Hange stopped their chatter.

“Oh, so that’s what they’re doing now,” Hange spouted.

They were referring to Zeke who had their arm around you and to Porco and Pieck who were sitting across from you and your boyfriend.

You saw the group at the back entrance and waved. Your nerves from earlier were completely forgotten after your second beer. Zeke rubbed his thumb against your shoulder and you smiled out of habit. You made eye contact with Levi and gave him a toothy grin, his eyes darted away. Your friends looked at the party headed towards them and stopped talking but you didn’t notice.

“Hey, I was wondering if y’all forgot where the bar is,” you joked but no one laughed.

“Erwin. Levi. It’s been a while,” Zeke stated.

You looked at him confused. “What? You know them?”

Zeke chuckled, “yeah, I guess I do.”

“Zeke, it’s nice to see you again. Same to you Porco and Pieck,” Erwin stated.

Porco and Pieck looked at each other and smiled. “It’s nice to see you too, Erwin,” Pieck said in a sweet voice.

Levi glared at the way Zeke’s arm was draped across your shoulder. He gritted his teeth. Hange noticed how tense he was getting and placed a hand on his shoulder.

“What a small world! I’m glad everyone knows each other. Guys, sit down!” You motioned at the empty seats at the table, completely misreading the space.

Hange was the first to sit and the rest followed. The table was quiet for a few minutes, everyone sipped on their drinks.

“Levi, I like your scarf,” You pointed to the black scarf draped across his body.

“Thanks.”

“Yeah, it’s such a nice scarf,” Zeke repeated.

Levi gave Zeke a dirty look. Hange looked at him nervously and Moblit put a hand on their knee to calm them. You took another sip of your beer.

“Yeah, Zeke, it is a nice scarf. That’s why I complimented it. Anyways, how do you all know each other?” Confidence surged through your veins thanks to the alcohol.

“We were floormates freshman year,” Levi’s dry voice said.

“Wait-oh, I see,” You said.

Erwin began to make casual conversation with everyone while Levi stared at the bottom of his glass. Hange and Moblit joined Erwin and conversed with the other two at the table. Wait, is Zeke the one that called Erwin’s kickback lame? That’s the only possibility, right? Your head was dizzy from the alcohol but the puzzle pieces were starting to fall into place.

“Hey, (Y/N),” Porco called out.

“Huh?”

“You good? It looks like we lost you there for a second.”

“Yeah, Porco. I’m fine,” You said sarcastically.

“Zeke, you and (Y/N) make a good couple,” Erwin said.

Zeke chuckled and squeezed you closer to his toned body, “I know but thank you.”

You kept your head down unsure about what to do. It was evident that Zeke had an issue with Erwin and Levi but you didn’t fully understand why. From what you heard, Zeke was the one who was mean to the other two but Zeke was your boyfriend so you should be on his side, right? You took another swig of your beer.

“Levi, are you still with Petra?” Pieck asked.

Petra? Who the fuck is that, you thought, anger coursed through your veins.

“No,” Levi said.

“Oh, that’s too bad. She was such a lovely girl,” Pieck sighed.

“Who’s Petra?” You asked.

No one answered your question. You looked at Pieck but she kept her eyes down. What the fuck is up?

“She’s a girl I dated freshman year,” Levi explained.

“Oh.”

Hange broke the tension by shouting, “(Y/N), I promised you a shot! Who else wants one?”

Pieck, Moblit and Erwin raised their hands. Hange called over a server and asked for a round of shots for everyone. A few minutes later, they brought tequila shots for the table. Everyone grabbed their lime and raised their glass.

“To finishing finals!” Hange exclaimed.

The table repeated what Hange said and took their shot. You and Porco laughed at Pieck’s face and she stuck her tongue out at you. Zeke kissed your cheek and you leaned into his warm body. For a second, it felt like it did at the beginning of your relationship. You felt safe and hopeful but those feelings disappeared when you caught Levi looking at you and Zeke. Immediately, you pulled away and Zeke frowned. You weren’t one for PDA but after a few drinks you didn’t mind showing your man some love but under Levi’s eye it felt wrong.

“Let’s do another shot!” Hange shouted.

“Hange!! Let me buy you a shot!!” You shouted back.

“(Y/N), you’re the best!!” Hange exclaimed, their cheeks glowing under the lights.

Everyone took another shot and the mood around the table began to lighten as everyone got drunker. Porco made a few jokes that made Erwin laugh. Zeke talked to Hange about their senior thesis. Everything seemed to be falling into place except for Levi. He didn’t make an effort to hold a conversation with anyone. He stared at the empty shot glasses and occasionally smiled at whatever Erwin said.

The patio lights shadows made Levi look heavenly, the soft glow bounced off his pale skin and you tried not to stare but you couldn’t, he looked so pretty.

Zeke could sense that your thoughts were taking you elsewhere so he gave you a kiss on the check. You gave him a smile in return.

The bar was packed and everyone at the table was talking after a new round of drinks. It should be a perfect night, all of your friends seemed to be getting alone but something didn’t feel right. In that moment, you wished it could have been Levi holding your body. Stop, Levi is just a friend, that’s it. I love Zeke. You repeated in your head over and over.

As the night dragged on, you slowly began to lose touch with reality, everything became a happy, surreal blur. Throughout the night, Zeke kept his hands on your body. Before that would have kept you grounded but now it felt off, you weren’t sure if it was the alcohol but you didn’t want him to touch you. You kept on smiling and talking to everyone until the bartender called for final orders.

“This was nice but I think we should get going now,” Erwin declared.

“Yeah, I think you’re right,” Pieck said.

Everyone gathered their belongings and started to walk towards the front door. Zeke walked ahead with Porco and Pieck but you stayed behind with the others. Erwin, Hange and Moblit left you and Levi together alone. Hange’s arm was wrapped around Moblit’s shoulder. They leaned against their body and continued talking.  

“Hey, I had a good time tonight,” You said to Levi who barely acknowledged your existence.

“It was okay,” He stated.

The two of you followed the others.

“But what are the odds of us forming a friendship in this way, right?” You said.

“Tsk, a friendship? We hardly know each other, I wouldn't push it,” Levi responded.

“I guess you’re right,” You muttered.

Levi felt bad about his harsh tone but he didn’t know what to do. He still had the same warm feeling in his chest from before but watching Zeke touch you hurt him. All of you had exited the bar and you walked over to Zeke and he placed his jacket over your shoulders.

“Well, it was, uh, nice to catch up with all of you. Hange thank you for helping my girl study. Get home safe,” Zeke said. You smiled and everyone and waved.

“Zeke, the same to you too. Glad to know you’re doing well. (Y/N) congrats on finishing midterms. See you later,” Erwin said.

“I love yoouuu! I love all of you!” Hange shouted. Moblit still had his arm around Hange to stabilize them.

“Love you too, Hange!” You blew them a kiss.

They all turned and began to walk home. Porco and Pieck had already left in their Uber. You looked at Zeke and he gave you a smile and you smiled back out of habit.

Zeke made conversation on your way back to his place. You wrapped your arms around your body and counted the steps in between each street light. The air around you was dry and your breath fell to the ground in a transparent cloud. Eventually, you made it to Zeke’s apartment, it was highrise close to downtown. When you entered the apartment your attention immediately went to the large windows. They faced the city skyline and the lights poured into the living room and gently outlined the minimal furniture in the room. Zeke led you to the bedroom and began to kiss the back of your neck. His beard tickled your neck and left goosebumps on your skin. You rolled your shoulders and stepped away.

“Come on,” Zeke groaned.

“No, not tonight. I’m really tired,” You said.

You made your way to the bathroom and turned on the harsh lights. The lights bounced off the white tiles and highlighted the bags under your eyes. You stared at yourself for a while, the longer you stared, the faster your thoughts swirled in your head. Is Levi made at me? You splashed cold water on your face and tried to wash off the awkwardness from tonight but no matter how hard you scrubbed, you couldn’t get the image of Levi staring at the empty glasses out of your head.

When you walked back into the bedroom you saw Zeke passed on the bed. You smiled at him and placed a blanket over his body and brushed his hair away from his forehead. You curled up on the opposite side of the bed and wrapped a blanket around yourself. Zeke’s soft snores filled the room, normally that was enough to lull you to sleep but lately it was becoming more of a nuisance. Why am I feeling like this? I love Zeke and he loves me back, that should be enough. So why do I feel so unsure? Zeke wasn’t your first partner but he was your first proper love. Everything beforehand had felt like practice for this.

The two of you had met in the spring term of sophomore year. The sun was shining and you we’re sitting on a blanket with Rico bouncing off ideas for research projects. You kept an eye on the baseball team who were practicing near the two of you. Rico was in the middle of explaining her ideas when a baseball flew in your direction.

“Heads up!” shouted a deep voice.

Both of you covered your heads as the ball flew over your blanket. The footsteps of one of the players was nearing your spot.

“Hey, I’m sorry about that.”

You tried to look up but the sun was blinding your eyes. You were able to make out the outline of a tall, man with broad shoulders and wavy blonde hair. He flashed a charismatic smile and said,“the name’s Jaeger. Zeke Jaeger.”

You introduced yourself and Zeke knelt down so his head was at your level.

“Nice to meet you. I feel about almost hitting you. Not sure what happened, normally I have perfect aim.” He winked at you. “Let me make it up by taking you out for a drink, your friend is more than welcomed to come.”

You blushed and thanked him and began to decline your offer when Rico interrupted you.

“She, I mean, we would love that. Here’s her number and mine, too.”

“Thanks, I’ll shoot y’all a text.”

Zeke stood up, grabbed the ball and gave you a wave before running back to his team. From that point on, the two of you had been inseparable.

You drifted off thinking about those first memories, the sweetness of his touch, the excitement of loving Zeke, the hopefulness you had. If you kept on thinking about those moments then maybe they would manifest back into your life. You wanted back that stability in your love so much it hurt your chest.

The next day you rolled over to an empty bed. Your hand traced the cold sheets and you kept your hands in the sunlight, the warmth felt good compared to the draft in Zeke’s bedroom. He preferred a colder bedroom, he said it was better for the body. The front door opened and you pretended to be asleep. Zeke’s footsteps got closer to the bed and you felt him press a kiss to your cheek, he smelled of sweat and musk. Who goes on a run after a night out? You thought. The showerhead turned on and you heard Zeke sing.

You got up and rummaged through Zeke’s drawer and pulled out a navy cardigan. You wrapped the fabric over your body and padded your way to the kitchen. The kitchen was colder than the bedroom.

“Fuck, who lives like this?”

You poured yourself water and stared at the tiles on the walls. Re-playing Levi’s comment in your head. Tsk, a friendship? We hardly know each other, I wouldn't push it. You didn’t blame Levi for his harshness but his comment hurt. There was no denying that you two shared a kinship that was a bit deeper than friendship. Romance wasn’t the word for it either. The relationship you had formed with him felt safe, you felt understood and respected in a way you haven’t really before. Your concentration was broken when you heard Zeke enter the kitchen.

“Hey, babe. Good morning.” He pressed a kiss to your temple. “I bought you a smoothie.”

“Thanks, Zeke,” you responded.

He grabbed the smoothie from the fridge and smiled at you. You sat on the counter and began to sip on the drink. Zeke hummed to himself and began to pull out a pan from the cupboard.

“Whatcha thinking about?” you asked.

“Life.”

“Like, the gameboard?” You joked.

He rolled his eyes. “Honestly, I’m thinking about last night. I never thought I was going to see those guys ever again.”

“Mmm, why did something happen?” You said nonchalantly.

Zeke chuckled, “stupid freshman things. We were all young and dumb.”

He stayed silent afterwards as he went on to fry some eggs. The eggs sizzled in the pan and he whistled quietly. You knew him well enough to know he wanted to say something else.

“I mean, I did dumb stuff when I was freshman so how bad can it actually be?” You prodded.

Zeke stared at you with a series expression. “Look (Y/N), I don’t really want to hash out what happened but-” he hesitated as he looked for the right words to say, “-be careful around Levi. There’s something off about that guy.”

“Oh,” you muttered.

You continued drinking the smoothie, the smell of the egg was making you nauseous and you started to feel the hanging over. You went back into the bedroom and laid down. Your phone buzzed and saw a text from Hange.

Hange: OMG i’m so hungover, i don’t remember getting home

You: Hange, WTF that’s not good lol but I know you were in good hands ;)

Hange: wut does that mean??

You: Moblit lol he was so nice and caring

Hange: … no comment but what are you doing

You: nothing really, why?

Hange: do you want to get brunch?

Hange: it’ll just be the two of us :)

You: yeah, i would love that, send me the address !

The smell of egg had entered the bedroom and you gagged. You hated the smell but Zeke insisted that it was the best way to get protein in the morning. You grabbed your belongings and walked to the kitchen again. Zeke was sitting at the counter eating the eggs and drinking his smoothie while reading the paper.

“Hey, I think I’m gonna head out!”

“Really? I thought we could spend the day together before I leave,” Zeke responded.

“You’re leaving?” You paused while putting on your shoes.

“I thought I told you. My internship is taking me on a trip for the next three days and then I’m heading home for the break,” Zeke said in between bites of food.

“Shit. You didn’t tell me. How about we hang out later today?”

“Yeah, I guess that sounds good to me. I’ll see you later,” he said.

“See ya.”

You went back to your apartment to freshen up and hurried to the diner Hange was it. You stepped through the doors and immediately saw Hange’s smiling face. They were waving you to their table. You greeted them with equal excitement and walked to them. For the past few weeks, some of your favorite moments have been hanging out with them. They always brightened your mood with their cheerful banter and love for life. You were excited to eat brunch with them and question them more about the history between the trio and your boyfriend.

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Eclipse

Izuku Midoriya x Reader

Word count: 2400

Warnings: none

(Quirkless AU)

The fluffy haired boy had finally worked up the courage to ask you out, although he didn't tell you where you two would be going. He was so flustered when he asked you. His face was so red it looked like he was going to explode. He mixed up quite a few words too. Of course, you couldn't say no to those precious little eyes of his. If it wasn't for how bad you felt for him then you probably would've said no. You barely even knew him, but you knew it took him a lot of confidence to ask you out. Most of your friends had picked on you for saying yes.

Izuku was pretty shy and most definitely a nerd. His hair always looked like he just rolled out of bed. And, well, his fashion choices were.... okay. A couple people would pick on him sometimes, but not too often. You could tell he was pretty smart, but most of the time he seemed kinda awkward. As expected your friends would prefer you to go out with a popular boy that's on varsity teams and always pays attention to his looks. You would probably prefer that too, but you didn't want to hurt the little green haired boys feelings. You knew he was a pretty delicate boy.

A couple months ago your boyfriend had broken up with you. He had brown fluffy hair that always looked perfect and shining blue eyes. He was on the varsity football team of course too, his dad was the coach. He was nothing but perfect to you... well at least you thought. Your friend had set the two of you up at a football game several months ago in the fall. You liked him a lot especially because of how most girls were jealous you were dating him. It made you feel above everyone else. He was pretty nice but sometimes he would pick on other kids. Not harshly though. A couple months ago he had started to slowly ignore you. You took the hint and you haven't talked since. He found another girl. She was about 5'7 with beautiful long caramel hair. She had perfect skin and her body's curves were sure to make any boy swoon. Every time she walked past you could smell the sweet sent of expensive perfumes. She was any boys dream girl. The way he had just forgotten about you left a gaping hole in your heart. You're still not over him. His name just makes your stomach swirl in sickness.

Izuku Midoriya is smart enough not to go for bitchy popular girls, but he knew you were different. You were much nicer than the rest of them and he could tell you especially hated it when they picked on people like him. Sometimes it made you giggle though, which you felt wrong for doing. You didn't really act as cocky or stuck up as the rest of them either which confused him. He thought you were just absolutely stunning with that luscious h/c hair and those bright e/c eyes. During class he would always study your features in awe. He felt as if you were almost trapped in the world of popularity. He knew he could never get with someone that's friends with the populars, but he couldn't help but try.

It was a Saturday night and for the past half hour you had been working on getting ready. You were dressed in a comfy crew neck and a light colored skirt. You only had light makeup on, just some lipgloss and mascara, you didn't really need to impress the boy too much. You and your friends group chat was blowing up that night, they wouldn't stop teasing you about your little date. You ignored the messages, it annoyed you how petty they were sometimes, although you could agree with most of the things they were saying. You were startled as you heard a quiet knock on your front door.

"Sweetie! I think your somebody might be at the door!!!" Your mom said sweetly.

"Coming!" You yelled out from your room quickly finishing your mascara. You sighed and walked out of your room and to the front door. You slowly turned the door knob and opened it to the boy, as expected with his wild evergreen hair and his lazy outfit.

"Hi, y/n." He said almost shaking from nervousness.

"Hi!" You said with a smile. His cheeks were growing furiously red and he was trying his best to hide it. It made you giggle a bit.

"I'll be back Mom! Bye!!" You said as you quickly shut the door behind you.

"So, you never told me where we're going." You said trying to break the silence because you knew he was too scared to speak.

"Oh.. uh I thought we could go to one of my favorite places." He said shyly scratching the back of his neck.

"And where's that?" You asked curiously.

"It's a surprise." He said trying to hide his blushing face once again. He couldn't believe he was even talking to a girl like you.

"What's that you have?" You asked pointing to the long box in his hand. You really hoped he didn't get you a present. You already felt bad enough.

"You'll see." He said while starting to walk on the sidewalk.

"How long will it take to get there?" You questioned him.

"Only a few minutes." He said looking down at his feet.

You two silently walked along the sidewalk in the brisk night to your destination. It was pretty awkward but you dealt with it.

Finally you had arrived next to a cement wall. It didn't look too exciting. It was pretty confusing as to why he would bring you here. It looked like the outside of a dump.

"Here I'll help you over the wall." He said nervously.

"What? We're climbing that wall? I mean I don't usually scale walls on dates. You're nuts." You said sassily.

"Come on you can do it." He said trying to encourage you.

You ran up to the wall on your tip toes peering over it.

"Woah..." You said underneath your breath.

"Neat, right?" He said walking up next to you.

"What even is this place?" You said gazing over the wide field.

"It's the plane graveyard." He said trying not to sound too nerdy.

(Here's some pics if you don't know what a plane graveyard looks like. It's basically where they bring a bunch of old planes from wars and stuff.)

He grabbed your waist gently and helped you over the wall. He was trying so hard for his face not to turn extremely red. He then jumped over the wall after you. He led you over to one of the planes, stroking it as he walked by.

"This is the real history, not the stuff we see in those history books." He said studying the plane.

"Wait, are these real bullet holes?" You asked closely examining the holes in the metal. He smiled at you, he didn't know you would actually find this interesting.

"Yep!" He responded, walking over to the next plane.

He dragged his hand along the wing of the next plane as he walked towards it. You tried to too but you couldn't reach since you were just a bit shorter than him.

"The Navy found this one last year off the coast of Japan." He said looking at the wreckage.

"They did a corrosion study on it... after 40 years at the bottom of the ocean this is all it rusted." He said focusing on the front of the plane.

"Our grandparents sure knew how to make stuff." He admired the plane with only a few spots of rust.

"H- how do you know all of this stuff?" You asked looking up at him.

"Well, a pilot from 44, came back a few weeks ago to look at this. He stood here and looked at this thing the whole day..." He replied while taking a few steps back to take in the sight of the whole plane.

You looked at him in shock. You knew he was smart, but you didn't know he knew all of this.

"Hey! come on." He said jumping into the plane.

"A- are you sure we're allowed to do that." You said starting to get nervous.

"Yeah, nobody ever comes here anyways." He said waving you over.

You sighed and jumped into the seat next to him.

He opened the slim box he had been lugging around, only to see a small telescope.

"Here." He said handing it to you.

You gently took the telescope into your hands. You looked up into the dark night sky through it.

"Oh my god... look at all those mountains up there." You said fascinated while studying the bright full moon through the telescope.

"And valleys, canyons, and planes..." He trailed on.

"What's that thing up there that looks like a... star sapphire? What's that?" You said studying the different sections of the full moon.

"An asteroid hit there... it made a crack in the moon 100 times the size of the grand canyon." He said looking over at your precious face.

"And... on the right is the sea of tranquility. The first space ship from earth landed there. The day I was born..." He said looking back up at the sky.

"That's why you're so into astrology, right?" You said passing the telescope back to him.

"Astronomy." He corrected you softly.

"No, well up there it's just a future world..." He said looking into the telescope.

"By the time I'm my Dads age, people will be living there, and working. Maybe even us..." He continued on, placing the telescope on his lap looking back into the shining stars.

(Queue music. I would suggest listening to Eclipse by Pink Floyd right now.)

You looked over at him and gazed into his dark green eyes. You couldn't help feel fascinated by the way he explained those things. You weren't much of a person to be interested in space, but there was something about the way he stated these things. Were you falling for some nerd you barely even knew? You questioned yourself. It couldn't be. But nobody had ever done something like this before for you. It was a whole new feeling. For sure your old boyfriend would've never gone out of his way to do something like this, let alone even know anything about astronomy.

You two sat in silence for a few minutes gazing up at the thousands of stars in the late sky. You looked over at him and smiled a bit. He jumped a little when he realized you were looking at him.

"Oh, sorry." You said looking away.

"The moon, it looks different now... It's not as mysterious or romantic." You said playing with your hair.

"Well I'm sorry I ruined it for you." He said quietly looking down to his feet.

"You didn't ruin it, you just changed it, I guess..." You said staring into the big moon.

"You know... I had never actually studied the sky like this. Because of you, I think I have a whole different perspective on it now..." You said still admiring the different sections of the starry sky.

"What do you mean by perspective..." He asked in shock. He didn't know he would have this much of an effect on you.

"Like, I didn't know there was so much to look at... It's actually pretty interesting." You said pointing to each star trying to count them.

He gently smiled at you.

"You're different." You said.

"W- what?" He said confused.

"All of my friends think you're just some little loser. They pick at you all the time. Before this I thought you were just some random nerd that cared way too much about school." You said with a saddened expression.

"Yeah... I know." He said looking down, scratching the back of his neck.

"You're not though..." You trailed on.

"W- what do you mean?" He stuttered.

"You're actually pretty interesting. Now that I realize it... there's a lot more to you than what people say. You're pretty cool, you know." You said looking down at your feet.

"Oh, I- I didn't know you thought I was c- cool..." He said still stuttering.

"Could you ever count how many stars there are up there?" You questioned him, changing the subject.

"No." He giggled at you.

"Actually, theres supposed to be a solar eclipse happening soon... maybe we could go see it." He said turning around to look at your e/c eyes.

"That sounds pretty intriguing... How about, make it a date." You said looking over at him. You were actually pretty interested in him. He was much more than you thought before. Your friends were all wrong. Even if he is just some nerd like they all say, he really knew how to make you feel... special.

His eyes had lit up from your response.

"Uh... yeah sure." He said rushing his words while looking away trying to hide his rosy cheeks.

"Oh my gosh... it's already 9..." You said while looking down at your watch.

"Wait... that's a pretty nice watch." He said looking over to see it.

"Oh yeah... it was my grandfathers. Actually he was in the Vietnam War." You said moving your finger around the rim of your watch.

"Well, he must of been a great man." He said while jumping out of the plane onto the dirt.

You two had walked home that night, holding hands, while still studying the night sky. That night he had changed your whole perceptive on humanity. From now on you wouldn't focus on what everyone else said about someone. If you wanted to know they type of person someone was you would get to know them, not base them off of what everyone else said. Although your friends weren't thrilled by the fact you were falling for the schools so called loser, he was nothing but perfect to you. That night Izuku Midoriya had faded all of the thoughts of your old boyfriend away. He was different from the other boys... in a good way.

AAAA okay that was kind of cheesy but I hope you liked it. :)

[self-proclaimed-chaotic-good]

Science & Faith | Carlton Drake x Reader (5/?)

Words: 1980

A/N: Kind of losing motivation in writing this series, so I'm going to try and post what I have already written and try writing other things. I technically have more than half of this series finished, but I might do some editing on them before posting.

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The Return Part One

- Original Universe -

Carlton woke up on the cold floor of the lab. The air was musky, the lights above him burnt out. He heard hurried footsteps from the other side of the room, followed by a firm hand on his shoulder. He flinched, scooting away to get a better look at the room as his eyes began to focus. Three figures stood around him, all in some sort of costume and a few he recognized as some variation of Spider-man’s suit.

“Where’s Stark? And Spider-man?” Carlton mumbled, holding his head to stop the spinning.

“You’re gonna have to be more specific on which Spider-man you’re asking for,” the tallest one said, crouching down next to him. He had brown graying hair, unkempt with a trimmed stubble, but his blue eyes were familiar. “I’m Peter Parker.”

“That… no… so the Collider did work.” Carlton righted himself up and stood with the help of the other Peter. “You’re a bit older than the Peter Parker I knew.”

“You’re Carlton Drake, aren’t you?” a girl said, looks to be about her late teens or early twenties with blonde shoulder length hair and a white and pink Spider suit.

Carlton nodded, dusting himself off.

“He’s Carlton Drake?” a boy around her age said in disbelief, wearing a black and red Spider suit. “The Carlton Drake I knew was this blond white elitist guy who’s been looking to grant immortality or something to rich people.”

The girl shrugged. “Well, I honestly heard of him as the husband of Doctor (Y/n) (Y/l/n). You know, CEO of Life Foundation? They collaborate with Stark Industries to create customized cybernetic limbs and growing fully functioning organs in labs. They’re pretty badass.”

“Peter! Gwen! Miles!” a little girl’s voice called out, “It looks like the entire area had been caught in the blackout and there’s no signs of this lab being in use for years.”

A little girl in a white shirt and black vest ran in, followed by a stomping arachnoid robot and a man dressed like he was from a noir film in the forties.

“There’s no sign of Doctor Octavius or Kingpin anywhere here. Where should we go first?” the man asked in his deep voice, his face covered with a black mask.

Peter held up a hand to his chin as he thought. “This doesn’t make any sense. I could have sworn I saw this collider powered before we all arrived here. There’s still heat radiating off of it, but the whole place looks deserted,” he mumbled to himself.

Miles subconsciously mirrored him, placing a hand on his chin to help him brainstorm. He frowned for a moment before his face brightened, turning to Carlton.

“You mentioned Stark, as in Tony Stark, right? Since we’re in New York, he’s someone that could help us with this, right?” Miles suggested.

They exchanged a glance and shrugged. “It’s worth a shot,” Gwen said.

“How are we gonna reach him?”

“We’ll just have to go straight to him,” Carlton said. “To Stark Towers.”

-

As Dora dug further into the old research of Doctor Otto Octavius, she could see where things could go wrong immediately. The energy needed to be controlled in a stable environment and with too much power, it could become unstable and break the barriers of the other dimensions. Was it possible that the doctor’s accident had been connected to this collider project? Hopefully, it was never completed or else someone could get their hands on it.

There was a knock at the door, one of the researchers reminding her to take a break. They all planned to head towards the bar and relax and think of what to do next. Dora kept the files on the collider in her bag and followed them out, sparing one last glance at the picture of you and Carlton on his desk before locking the office door behind her.

She wasn’t much for drinking, but when they poured a glass for her, she readily took a sip of it. Carlton’s descent into madness stressed the hell out of her, making her question whether she was still part of the good guys or were in cahoots with the bad guys. All she wanted was to help people, maybe even find the cure for cancer. Then, her family was threatened, so what else could she do? She was unable to tell anyone what was happening. Nothing to her friends or family. She noticed how estranged she had become as a result of this and had to slowly patch things up with her life outside of Life Foundation.

“Hey, Dave, turn that up!” one of the regular bar patrons shouted, pointing at the TV.

The bartender reached over and turned the volume up as everyone gathered around the bar. Dora looked up, her eyes widened at what she was seeing. A sudden earthquake shook New York and caused a massive black out. There were no seismic activities prior to this, so scientists were still looking into it.

“Jesus, what the hell happened?” someone muttered next to Dora.

“Who the hell knows,” another one said.

Dora quickly whipped out her phone and texted you, hoping that you were okay.

-

Your eyes were attacked by a bright light as you slowly came to. The last thing you remembered was standing in the streets when you fainted. Why did you faint?

You heard a door sliding open, followed by clicking heels. “How are you feeling?” asked the doctor.

“I’m… a bit dizzy,” you managed to say.

The doctor nodded, explaining that she was going to perform a few tests before giving you a cup of water. “Miss Pepper saw you unconscious in your car through the security cameras and sent a small team to retrieve you. Do you mind telling me what happened?”

You sat up slowly with the help of the doctor and frowned. “I was clocking out for the day when traffic suddenly stopped, um… there was some kind of blackout. An explosion had happened a couple miles away and affected the whole area.” The doctor nodded, waiting for you to continue. “Then… I got distracted by something in the sky. I don’t know what it was, but I had a feeling that it was heading straight to Stark Towers. And then, I heard a voice…”

You frowned, trying to remember who it was. Your mind had an answer, but it was impossible. Carlton was dead, but it sounded just like him. It looked like him, dressed up in his usual dark gray suit that he would only use for conferences and company dinners, but at the same time he seemed different.

“Who was it?” The doctor asked.

“It’s crazy,” you said, not wanting to say anything further.

The doctor smiled. “We’re in a building owned by a man with an iron suit. One resident has powers originated by a glowing alien cube, another can turn into a green hulking monster when he’s angry, then another was a soldier from World War Two that had been kidnapped to be their mind controlled assassin, kept in a cryochamber until they have some use for him. I can go on and on. You know, just saying, so we both are on the same page of what crazy is.”

You took a deep breath and nodded, exhaling slowly. “I thought I heard… I saw my ex,” you said, staring down at your hands.

The doctor tilted her head. “How is that cra- ”

“He’s dead,” you said quickly, almost bitterly, “He’s been dead for months.”

“Ah.” She looks down at her chart, then back at you. “Well, you can rest up first. Mr. Stark wants to speak with you and it may explain what you saw. And trust me when I say that you need all the rest you can get. Doctor’s orders.”

“Okay. Thank you.”

She nodded, turning to let you rest. Walking out of the medical area of the floor, she was immediately met with the sight of five new people in costumes and a man in a dark gray suit that looked oddly familiar. The man was arguing with Tony, demanding to see you. She cautiously walked in, holding your medical chart close to her. Tony spotted her and smiled.

“Ah, Doctor Cho, any updates?” he said, wanting to get out of his conversation with the man.

“Yes, they are in a more stable state and everything else seems fine. They just need some rest,” Doctor Cho said, emphasizing the last word to the man.

“Can I at least see them?” The man asked, stepping towards her. “They’re my fiance.”

Doctor Cho frowned. “They haven’t mentioned anything about being engaged. What was your name again?”

“Carlton Drake.”

She exchanged a look with Tony who stepped in between them. “We need to discuss what happened,” he said, “And maybe, just maybe, I’ll let you see (Y/n).”

Carlton sighed. “Fine.”

Tony took them to the communal floor where he brought up a projection displaying cameras and news reports about the black out before heading towards his bar to pour himself a drink. After taking a sip, he walked back and brought up another screen. He pointed at Carlton, then brought up a video of a rocket explosion at Life Foundation. Carlton’s face twisted in confusion as he watched the news report of the accident and his passing.

“(Y/n) doesn’t say much about their life back in San Francisco, but I always do background checks on my employees. There had been a few pap pics of the two of you over the years and the most recent one in Singapore a day before one of your spaceships crashed,” Tony said, “Can you see why I can’t just let you see (Y/n)? In our universe or reality or whatever you want to call it, you’re dead.”

Carlton stepped back to process this, his eyes glued to the news coverage of his demise. They spoke of all the things he had done in this parallel universe, good and bad. And there were a lot of bad things that he felt weren't being revealed.

Peter stepped forward, explaining what had happened that led him to this universe and the others followed one by one. They were all in activities unrelated to Kingpin when they were sucked into this portal and spat out here. They all turned to Carlton, wanting to know what happened to him.

“I… me and the other Tony Stark and the other… Peter Parker was looking into Kingpin and found his lab. The collider was headed by Doctor Olivia Octavius- “

“So Doc Ock was a woman in your universe,” Tony muttered, earning a glare from Carlton for purposely interrupting. He held his hands up and gestured for him to continue.

“She activated the collider and through the scuffle, I got thrown into the chamber. I tried to shoot the panel when she blasted the power capacity to its fullest. I’m not sure if the other Tony Stark was able to destroy the panel in time, but I still ended up going through the portal.”

Tony hummed. “Very interesting. Well, if it was me, I would have gotten the job done,” he commented, downing his drink, “But because he is the alternate version of me, then he’s bound to be brilliant because from the readings I got, the source seems to be coming from here.” He brings out a 3D map of New York and zooms it towards Doctor Otto Octavius’s old laboratory. “If the portal from your universe had gone off, you would have all been teleported to that universe instead. That being said, our Doc Ock died years ago and Kingpin had been sitting in jail during that time. Maybe someone’s been squatting in that place or maybe the collider redirected all of you here. Either way, this needs to be fixed.”

[thatringboy]

The Way A Soul Lives - TWST

To write some Diasomnia angst has been a goal of mine for a while and seeing the new official book and the Diasomnia boys made me want to finish

I’ve only ever written angst a few times, so this was a nice practice. I hope I didn’t go too OOC here, but I think I’m good. I tried a new writing style here that I’m not that confident in, so feedback is very much appreciated!

Warnings: Magic, self inserted theories about Faes, fight scenes, blood, death and the angst associated with that

Word count: 1,615 (a new record I think!)

Sebek enjoyed the night shift. There was always something invigorating about walking around the Draconia castle when only dim torches and moonlight lit his path. A hand on his sword hilt, he quietly marched up and down halls, sometimes stopping in the Royal Library to glance at a book, and always passed by the rooms of the royal family.

However, his blood turned to ice when the Fae noticed a haphazardly opened window and mud tracked on the floor near it. He turned on his heels and ran back towards the room of his fellow guard, taking into account that the muddy footprints were not those of a humanoid.

~~~

Yuu sat down on the blanket and a frown tugged at their lips. “So why did you drag me all the way out here? It’s freezing!”

Cater laughed and pulled his coat on tighter. “Because there’s a Meteor shower tonight and there’s gonna be some fireworks to celebrate the end of Spring Break! Don’t worry, the others will be here soon and we can take some pics for Magicam.”

Principal Crowley had allowed Yuu Prefect to leave Night Raven College for the week of Spring Break and the magic-less human somehow got dragged to the mountains of Pyroxene where the snow had not yet melted. Yuu spent the week posing for cameras with Cater and Vil and learned how to snowboard thanks to Jack’s tutelage. Grim enjoyed the attention he was receiving during the trip and showed his gratitude by becoming a makeshift hot water bottle inside of Yuu’s thick coat.

Two figures approached the clearing. The shorter one talked with their hands in an annoyed voice. “All I’m saying is that you and the potato could really become a modeling duo! You two have the natural talent and certainly the looks.”

The taller figure grunted and sat down next to Yuu. “Not in a million years will you find me modeling sports clothing. Oh, hey Prefect.”

“Hey Jack.” Yuu sighed and looked up at the stars that were starting to appear. The constellations in Twisted Wonderland were different from those on Earth and they seemed to draw large coherent pictures across the sky. Vil sat down on his own blanket and opened his mouth to argue with Jack some more, but Cater closed his mouth.

“The show’s about to start!”

~~~

Sebek knocked on Silver’s door as quietly as he could. He could hear his fellow guard get out of bed and step to the door. Silver opened the door partially and opened his mouth to protest the rude awakening, but Sebek covered it before the human could make a sound.

“There’s an intruder.” Sebek whispered. “I can take the South stairwell to the young lord’s room if you take the West and go get Master Lilia.”

Silver nodded and grabbed his pen. The two men silently went in their directions, Silver to the west and Sebek to the south, and stepped into hidden passages. Sebek broke into a full sprint and exited the passage to see that Malleus’ door was open. A feeling of dread set into his stomach as he tip-toed near the door. What he saw sent a shiver of terror down his spine.

Standing over the sleeping figure of Malleus was a creature made of flickering and ever-changing shadows. From within itself, it produced an awful looking hand with claws the size of kitchen knives. Sebek moved without thinking and drew his sword as he ran to the side of the bed. He swung his sword in a graceful arc and removed the clawed appendage from the monster. It reeled back and shrieked horrifically, making Sebek cover his ears and making Malleus bolt awake.

The dragon Fae assessed the situation and dove out of bed for his staff, but the monster put itself between the two. The amputated limb shook violently in the air before it seemed to regrow itself. Sebek lunged with his sword and put himself in front of Malleus. “Go! Silver and Master Lilia are on their way! Get to the panic room!”

Malleus nodded and ran from the room. Sebek returned his focus on the monster. He had trained for this very scenario for a good portion of his life and he certainly wasn’t going to back down now.

~~~

The night grew colder, but the fireworks were worth it. Yuu clutched onto Grim’s warmth while Cater and Vil shared a blanket and watched the colorful lights explode in the air. Jack, having a naturally high body temperature, didn’t understand the discomfort of his companions, but thankfully didn’t tease them about it. He was sure that if he brought it up, his tail might receive a wicked pinch.

Cater had his phone up taking as many pictures as he could of the show while Vil had only taken a single selfie. Yuu sat in awe of the entire situation and was suddenly very grateful that the Principle had permitted this vacation.

Ew, was Yuu Prefect grateful for the actions of Crowley? The thought disgusted them and made them shiver more than the cold. Grim looked up at them “How cold are you, you weak human!”

Yuu frowned and hugged Grim tighter. “Very.”

Jack leaned forward from where he was sitting. “Here comes the finale! You’re in for a treat, you two.”

Grim and Yuu looked up to see a firework explode above them. A shower of gold sparks rained down as a second firework went off, sending red and blue streams everywhere.

“Truly beautiful.” Vil whispered. He got his phone out and snapped another picture. Yuu assumed that he would be sending it to Rook. Cater laughed and pointed to another firework that was about to explode. It went off and a brilliant lime green glow filled the night sky. Yuu agreed with Vil - the sight was the most beautiful thing they had ever seen.

When the lights faded, Yuu noticed that the stars were all out, blanketing the sky with billions of small lights. Jack laid down on his back and looked up at the sky. “What do you know, the Draconia Constellation can be seen this early in the year. That’s usually a Summer Constellation.”

Yuu looked up and sure enough, a large portion of the stars formed a dragon in the air. “Draconia, like Malleus’ family?”

Cater sat back as well, taking the shared blanket with him to the distress of Vil. “That’s the one. The longest Fae line in the world.”

Grim looked up. “What’s that supposed to mean?”

Vil raised his eyebrows. “I keep forgetting that you are not of this world. Let me explain this for you.”

~~~

Sebek could counter the physical attacks of the monster, but he hadn’t expected it to start hurling fireballs at him. He hissed and kicked himself a little bit whenever a fireball set something of Malleus’ ablaze, but he forced himself to keep his head in the fight.

Where is that lazy Silver? He should be here by now!

The monster jumped up and landed on the bed. Sebek pulled out his pen and fired a bolt of magic, but the mass of shadows absorbed the spell and made that horrible screech again. He grimaced and swung again, ducking under another fireball and was surprised that his sword made contact with something solid, but bounced off.

This creature, it’s changing to match my attacks! Come on, Sebek, think!

He grit his teeth and rolled across the bed, diving behind it to use as cover. If he kept the monster focused on him, it wouldn’t make a break for the door.

The door...

Sebek peaked his head up and noticed that the monster was loading another fireball. He ducked to avoid being hit and made a mad dash for the exit, throwing a rather large textbook that probably held ancient spells passed down from the Fairy Queen herself. Sebek hated to see such literature shredded before his eyes, but he decided that in the moment this would be acceptable behavior.

The monster recovered faster than he had anticipated. It’s claw lashed out as Sebek almost crossed the threshold and knocked him aside. His head hit the side of Malleus’ wardrobe and he felt a stinging pain in his right eye, but other than that was uninjured and got back on his feet. It slashed out again, but Sebek narrowly avoided the sharp talons. His energy was drained and even if he could raise his pen, he would possibly overblot from casting a single spell. He could run for the door again and risk impalement or stay in the corner and be burnt alive. Sebek’s mind, despite the chaos around him and his time running out, started to think of his friends at Night Raven College.

What would they do in his situation? Deuce and Jack would rush in head first, Ace would attempt to create a distraction, Grim would just made more fire and Yuu Prefect probably wouldn’t have even gotten themselves into this mess. Not to mention Epel would probably do any of those things based off of his slightly unpredictable personality. There was little doubt that Epel would also charge the monster, but there was no way of knowing for sure.

Sebek tuned back into reality as a fireball narrowly missed his face. The stinging in his eye and blood trickling down from his scalp made it hard to focus, but his adrenaline was still pumping. He was still standing. He was still fighting.

“Sebek!”

Someone called from the door. The guard - and the monster - turned to see a horrified Silver standing there, his pen clutched tightly. Sebek’s heart froze. He wanted to tell Silver to run, but Sebek’s voice became caught in his chest. The creature of shadows began to prepare another fireball, but Sebek’s body reacted quicker. He dropped his sword and tackled the monster. The two clashed until Sebek managed to force it out of Malleus’ window, but the monster held tight and Sebek felt gravity pull him down to the courtyard below.

~~~

“While most stars outside of constellations are celestial spheres of noble gases and other elements, the stars in constellations are actually souls.” Vil sat back on his hands and looked up at the dragon shaped image in the sky.

Cater sat back up, letting Vil snatch back the blanket. “Oh yeah! My mom explained this to me! Every time a fairy dies, they join their family constellation in the stars!”

“Unlike mortal souls that go to the Isles of Lamentation when we pass,” Vil continued. “The Fae’s immortal spirits are placed in the heavens to dance for all of eternity, or so the legend goes. Some stories say that the Fae came to Twisted Wonderland from the stars and so to the stars they return, but I for one just believe that this is a beautiful story.”

Yuu thought for a second. “So then what about shooting stars?”

Jack put his hands behind his head and got comfortable on the ground. “Nope, those are just regular comets or asteroids or whatever you call them.”

“Fascinating.” Yuu whispered. “Where I come from, stars are just flaming balls of gas in space. I shouldn’t be surprised that magic goes as far as constellations, but I am.”

Grim cleared his throat. “Wait, what about wishing stars?”

Vil put a hand to his chin to think. “You know, I’m not entirely sure. It could be that the magic of the fallen fairies could be the ones granting the wishes, but I don’t believe anyone is sure.”

“One of the universe’s many mysteries.” Cater’s voice dropped to be almost inaudible.

Yuu looked back up at the Draconia Line constellation. “There’s a hole in the dragon’s heart except for that one bright star, is that one Maleficent?”

Jack nodded, which was hard because he was on the ground. “The area around her is probably being reserved for her immediate family, so one day in a thousand years, Malleus and Lilia will join her and maybe even Sebek if he wasn’t too stubborn to die.”

Yuu laughed. “Yeah, that’s Sebek.”

~~~

Everything hurt.

Sebek was sure his arms and several ribs were broken, but other than that he landed from the seventh floor quite successfully. He attempted to sit up, but his body ached too much.

The shadow monster laid prone on the stone next to him. Sebek hoped it was finally dead. His inhuman vision let him see Silver and Lilia looking out the window he had tumbled from. Lilia vanished and reappeared next to Sebek, looking down at him with a sad face.

“Forgive my tardiness, young man.” Lilia knelt down next to Sebek and began to mutter a healing spell. A wave of warmth rushed over Sebek as the spell took hold over his body and he felt very tired.

“What is that thing?” Sebek looked at the monster. Lilia glanced back at it and shrugged. “I suppose a demon created to take the life of our young prince. You did well holding up against it for so long, I’m sure there’ll be a medal waiting for you when you wake up that you can show to all your companions at school.”

Sebek liked that idea. He imagined wearing a new medal proudly for a week to boast about to his friends.

“Oh Jack what did you do over the break?”

“I was just snowboarding at home.”

“Well I single-handedly fought off a demon and saved the young lord’s life!”

If it didn’t take so much energy, Sebek would have smiled from the thought.

Lilia finished his spell and offered a hand for Sebek to stand. It took effort, but the taller Fae got to his feet and leaned against his mentor. They began to walk away from the body of the monster, but out of the corner of his ever vigilant eyes, Sebek swore he saw it move.

Time seemed to slow down for Sebek. He shoved Lilia to the ground, earning an angry protest from the older Fae, and turned to face the monster as its claws sunk into his chest, tearing away his armor like it was paper.

The healing spell must have dulled his senses because Sebek didn’t feel any pain from the attack. Instead, he just looked up at the night sky and the Draconia Line constellation looked back down at him. The monster retracted its claw and Sebek slumped to the ground. He wasn’t aware of the pool of blood that was forming around his knees and he wasn’t aware of the blood curdling scream that came from Lilia’s lips, nor was he aware of the beam of magic that ripped the monster in two.

No, all Sebek was aware of were the beautiful stars inviting him to dance with them.

~~~

Yuu could see the stars from their bedroom in Jack’s house. After packing up for the night, Yuu, Grim and Jack said their goodbyes and returned to the log cabin. They had packed their things for their return to school in the morning, but while the cat-like monster slumbered peacefully on the bed they shared, Yuu found themself staring at the stars again.

They also found themself feeling a pit of dread well up in their stomach. It was cold like a clawed hand reaching up and tearing them apart from the inside. There was no reason that Yuu could think of to have this feeling, but it made them wonder if returning to Night Raven College would yield another overblotting upperclassman.

Yuu pushed the window open and a cool breeze ruffled their hair. They looked up at the dragon constellation and squinted before their eyes widened in confusion.

Yuu didn’t know how or why, but the bright star in the heart of the dragon was now joined by a smaller star that shone just as bright.

[daisyannewinchester]

Siren!Jaskier

Alright so, I ran across this post of all these aesthetically pleasing pics, you can find them here. and someone @wilwheaton​ made a comment abt there being a prompt for each pic. So of course, all the fucking sudden, my brain was flooded with story ideas for each one. So I am slowly working through them all. Here’s my first one... This one is a Siren!Jaskier fic. @g-e-r-a-s-k-i-e-r​ here it is hun :) I’ll also be posting these to my AO3. (Edit: I cannot figure out how to post the picture of AO3 and am about to throw hands. or a computer. so it will only be the fic with no image. Edit again: i figured it out. haha. I’ve bested you, AO3. Fucker) You can find me under the same Daisy tag. Enjoy!

Geralt grumbled to himself as he descended into the valley, shoes getting muddier and muddier as he went. It felt like he was carrying ten extra pounds with him each time he picked up his boots, that much mud was caked onto the bottoms. It would take him ages to dig all the mud out once he was done. He couldn’t complain too much, though. The pay for this job was very generous.

The townsfolk up the mountain had begged and pleaded with a fat sac of coin for him to rid them of the incessant wailing coming from the flooded town down in the valley. The mayor explained with bags under his eyes that whatever was down there howled at all hours of the night and well into the morning, only stopping in mid afternoon and starting up again in the early evening. It had started two weeks ago when the dam had broken and flooded the valley and half of the town that inhabited it.

Geralt had to agree, the singing had not stopped since he set out early in the morning. While it was not unpleasant, it was also hard to concentrate on anything besides it. As he got closer, he was able to pick out several voices joined together, each singing in harmony to wail their tunes to the sky and the strum of an instrument keeping all the voices in tune. Geralt drew his silver sword as he finally reached the cobblestone streets that led into the town. He didn’t think he would need it; he had a good idea of what was down here, but it never hurt to be prepared and more than one creature might have inhabited this abandoned town. He passed building after building, following the wailing closer to the source. The sheer volume of it hurt his sensitive ears and he growled, annoyed.

The singing immediately stopped, and he heard several loud splashes followed by ear ringing silence.

“Fuck.”

He ran ahead into an open square. Half had been collapsed and tilted into the water. He could see wet spots where several bodies had been sitting at the water’s edge. There was a lute propped up out of the water and a trail of drops leading away into the water. He hummed and picked his way across broken boards and stone. He took the lute into his hands and studied it. Whomever it belonged to was taking good care of it, the wood was oiled nicely, and the strings well kept. He had an idea and sheathed his sword, keeping the lute in his hands as he walked away.

“This will make good coin,” He muttered to himself, only speakingjsut loud enough to be picked up at the water’s edge.

He heard a very faint splash in the water but ignored it, picking his way along the bank until he ducked into a stairway that led into the ocean. He propped the lute up on the stair just out of the water and promptly stripped himself bare, re-strapping a silver dagger to his thigh before wading into the cold depths. Water lapped at his chest by the time he was fully submerged. His ears picked up a faint splash behind him but he didn’t turn. Proceeding with washing himself, he allowed the shadow to creep down the steps closer and closer to the lute.

He caught sight of a naked man in his peripheral, young, with brown hair dripping and plastered to his face and bright blue eyes, fixated on the lute, wet fingers reaching out to grab it. Geralt’s hand snapped out, fingers wrapping around the hand gripped on the neck of the lute, yanking the wide-eyed, startled, dripping man back into the water. The boy yelped, flailing his arms as he was pulled headfirst into the water. Geralt wrenched the lute from his grasp and held it out of the way of the splashing. He watched as the mans legs grew together into a singular fin all the way up to his waist, scales glistening a sea-foam green that perfectly blended with the water. Gills grew on the side of the man’s neck and his teeth elongated into fangs, which he bared at Geralt with a hiss.

Geralt held his other hand up by his shoulder in a gesture of surrender, “I just want to talk.”

The siren coiled up like a snake about to strike and Geralt held the lute over the water. “Attack me and she goes in.”

“You wouldn’t dare.”

Geralt lowered the lute to the water. The siren feigned nonchalance, picking at something on the claws of his fingers. When the strap brushed the water, the siren yelped and held out his hands as if the stop the Witcher.

“Alright. Alright! Stop! What do you want?”

“The gods awful singing. Stop it.”

“Excuse me?! They may be young, but those children are getting along wonderfully! I have high expectations for quite a few of them to become excellent Lures someday.”

“Lures?”

“Yes Lures. Enticing humans into the water. What’s a proper word? Hunter? Whatever you lot call them.” The siren sassed as if this is common knowledge that sirens must be trained in their art of hunting. Geralt hummed.

“Well, your classes are annoying the town up on the cliff. They’ve sent me to quiet whatever is making a ruckus down here.”

The mans bright blue eyes strayed into the water like he could see the knife strapped to Geralt’s thigh through the murky blueness. Geralt stood still under his scrutiny. The siren started to hum and the wolf pendant on Geralt’s chest vibrated as well, holding the siren song at bay. The man’s voice had a strange musical quality to it when he spoke, his voice seemed to pull Geralt in, even with the pendant keeping most of the magic at bay. The siren’s expression shifted from one of annoyance to intrigue and seduction. His tail swishes in the water, pushing him gently toward Geralt in the water.

“And just what do you plan to do about our singing, dear human? Tell me the truth, now.”

“Make a trade. Lute for silence. Find somewhere else to do your classes.”

The siren hummed in thought but didn’t respond. He eyed Geralt up and down, and entices, “What’s your name?”

“Geralt.”

The siren lit up in a way Geralt didn’t expect, eyes changing from dark with hunger to bright with excitement.

“Oh, I’ve heard about you! Geralt of Rivia, the famous Witcher! Come to visit my new home, how exciting!” His voice doesn’t hold any Lure to it anymore and Geralt relaxed minutely, pendant going still around his neck. The siren’s tail flicked in excitement.

“I’ve a better deal.”

“Hm.”

“I’ll tell the other professors to move our classes and you give me my lute back and let me travel with you for a year. I’ll stay out of your hair; you won’t even know I’m there. I’m in desperate need of new content to sing about and the life of a Witcher is perfect for my songbook.”

Geralt thought it over. He’s sure, once on the road for a few days, the siren will beg off, find the nearest river and make for the ocean, bored out of his mind and tired of the grunge of life on the road.

“Fine,” he growled and climbed the stairs out of the water. The siren seemed unfazed by his nakedness.

The siren beamed, showing off a mouth full of fangs.

“Brilliant! You can call me Jaskier, by the way. I’ve got to get my stuff and inform the academy that I’ll be taking leave, but I’ll meet you at the edge of town! Oh, the children will be so excited. I’ll have such tales to tell them upon my return.” With a flick of his tail, he darted off. Geralt watched his scales gleam in the water as he sliced through the water down the canal and out of sight.

He quickly redressed and set off for the edge of town. He’s climbing back the way he came when he heard panting behind him.

“Were you trying to leave me behind? You were supposed to wait for me!”

“Please, tell me you’re dressed.”

“Of course, I’m dressed, I’m not an imbecile.”

“Hm.” Geralt glanced behind him to see Jaskier in a deep green doublet open to a white tunic tucked into green trousers. Completely impractical for travelling. His lute is strapped to his back, along with a small pack. Geralt picked up speed as best he can.

“Oi! Slow down you oaf. One would think you’re trying to lose me.”

“Hm.”

“Well that’s rude, I thought we were friends.”

Geralt stopped and turned to the siren. “Come here.” He gestures the smaller man closer.

The man stepped forward eagerly and promptly darted out of the way of Geralt’s fist. He bared pointed teeth at Geralt in retaliation but doesn’t seem too put off, still following after Geralt, just out of arms reach.

“You need to put those away when we get to town.”

Jaskier stretched his jaw and sharp fangs turned into human teeth.

When they come within sight of Roach, tethered to the tree, Jaskier beamed and bound forward, cooing to Roach and petting her mane. He seemed so excited, Geralt didn’t have the heart to tell him off. When he tried to climb into the saddle, Geralt gripped him by the hips and pulled him off. Jaskier shrieked in surprise and it hurt Geralt’s ears. The Witcher set him on the ground and saddle Roach instead.

“You walk.”

 *****

 Four months later and Geralt swears the siren would have been tired of him by now. And yet he’s still here.

 Geralt finds that he doesn’t want Jaskier to go.

 Not that he would ever tell him that.

[lovelyrhink]

more R/J/L inspired by convos with @secondhand-watermelon ❤︎

rhett sends link a text message late at night and link responds immediately asking what's up rhett sends back a single photo of jessie stark naked and tied to the master bed, all spread open with a thick toy plugging her up and post-it on her tit that says "missing link"

OHHHHH FUCK

link sits up in bed and flees downstairs to the living room. christy remains sleeping

Oh baby don't stop

he and jessie and rhett have been having their own thing going on for a while now, independent of christy. she doesn't know that they hang out, sit up drinking wine together that jessie sits wedged between them. that she flirts like a maniac at both of them. they tease each other about being hot, and frisky, and sneaky. they like having their own throuple

That is just the epitome of my favorite rhink family dynamic

weeks ago, before quarantine, rhett and link went to rhett's house after work to hang out with jessie. it's so natural for them, and link loves being there. he loves having the mclaughlins over of course, but when he and rhett meet up with jessie... they sit too close. flirt too much. say things they shouldn't. and on the friday before california called shelter in place, jessie took things a little too far

I bet it feels so exciting like they're young and flirting with each other and not 40 and married

they'd been talking about the rhink fans thinking rhett and link are fucking. jessie jokes that they should be, that they'd like it. "everyone knows it," she says. "y'all should fuck." they laughed, but then jessie sipped her wine and her eyes went dark. "or kiss. right now." she leaned into them. "kiss each other, right now." link's sitting downstairs now, alone in the dark living room. it's past midnight and he's remembering the night, the kiss. and the other kiss.

OMG she's so confident and commanding I'm in love

link kissed rhett that night. and jessie. and he got hard, and breathed on her mouth that he wanted to fuck her. and he kissed her at midnight but went home at 12:03, leaving questions unanswered between the three of them link wants to fuck jessie. his whole body screams for her whether she's beside him and rhett or not. he thinks about her, thinks about rhett with her. so when he gets this text, link knows rhett's taken the first step. it's really happening. link's staring at the image. he hasn't responded. rhett's text bubble appears typing, then he sends: she wants you real bad, brother link's body shrieks with heat and his dick throbs where it pokes his pajamas

Oh God the breathing against her mouth. And then the use of the name brother I'm dead

I miss her, Link writes back he knows it's a game. they've acutely avoided not talking about their kiss. leaning into wanting jessie is a stepping stone towards wanting each other, and link wants it. but he can only sin in one way at a time and fucking his best friend's wife without the consent of his own is bad enough

DAMN they can only sin in one way at a time OOF

rhett texts back: she misses you. link writes: if we weren't separated right now, i'd be there with both of you rhett sends another photo. jessie's on her knees, ankles bound, wrists tied to the headboard. she's looking over her shoulder, and link can see everything. his mouth waters stop teasin' me, link texts. he can't breathe how much you wanna bet you're not touching yourself yet, rhett writes

What a Rhett thing to say I love it

link groans. he plants his feet on the carpet and shoves his hand down his pants he squeezes hard with his right hand and angles his camera phone with the other, snapping a photo of his tented pajamas and hand down his pants, groping somewhere rhett can't see it's fucking huge. lengthy she wants to grab your dick, says rhett link waits, can feel his heartbeat in his throat and his meat

It's the first dick pic that link has ever sent in his life

YEAH IT'S THE FIRST ONE and not even his bare dick

Jessie's attraction to him is so validating

link doesn't jerk, just holds it. waits and so do i, rhett adds

Rhett’s attraction to him is like nothing else in the world

link almost chokes on his body's reaction to that before he does something he regrets, he abandons the living room and runs outside, around the back of the house it's cold outside but his whole body is hot he kneels in the wet grass behind his house and fumbles with trembling fingers he calls rhett

//

Link goes around the side of the house under the open night sky after Rhett texts him that pic of Jessie because he’d rather be caught by the neighbors jerking off than have his wife overhear what he says through the phone He goes as far from his bedroom as he can, calls rhett and waits with shaky breaths. Squatted in the grass “Hey.” “Put your mouth on her.” Link hears a surprised soft whimpering and a fumbling. He hears Jessie call sweetly, “Hey baby, what’d he say- oh....” and Link goes hot as coals

omg more yay

He shoves one hand into his pants and grips the phone with the other, straining to hear the soft noises of Rhett’s tongue flicking her

He starts tugging himself in quick strokes as Rhett makes soft moaning sounds, and jessie joins him, and then link’s moaning, and he’s burning, and he needs to see it “Take a picture, Rhett,” he commands. “Then give the phone to J - Jessie.” Waves of arousal overcome him as he says their names with his hand in his PJ’s He waits, then looks to see the photo rhett sends Held out like a selfie but he’s not looking, beardy jaw and handsome profile, mouth buried in his wife Jessie’s so hot, the part of her body that shows. Her dark pubic hair and smooth olive skin. Link wants to touch her taut belly, her hips. Wants to shove rhett outta the way and get his tongue on her pinkness instead He puts it back to his ear and grunts through the phone, “fuck, looks so good. Jess, Jess, lemme- needa see him...” Another few photos. Some blurry, with Jessie’s finger in the shot Then a  “Sorry” and another one Crystal clear, Rhett’s mouth ‘tween her thighs, hands on her waist, green gray eyes looking right at Link Link makes a weird horny house and cries into the night, nearly dropping the phone It’s so fucking hot. He’s so fucking hot. Wants to be there, with both of them. Nobody knowing but them what Jessie tastes like, feels like Link trains his eyes on Rhett in the photo, blush stained cheeks. He jerks himself for a while, more sensitive, tingly and shameful than he’s ever been He gives them a moment, hearing Jessie’s hips grinding her pussy on Rhett’s mouth. Can hear the slick sounds, and Rhett’s muffled moans “I’m so close...” he whispers And it’s jessie who replies, phone now on her chest somewhere. Link can hear her hard breaths and her heartbeat if he imagines he can She groans, “gonna finish ya,” And a few seconds later Link gets a video Jessie’s thighs spread, one hand fisted in Rhett’s curls Rocking her hips up to meet Rhett’s mouth - and Rhett, moving. Flicking his tongue. Swiveling his head. Grunting, sucking. Seeing rhett like this - what he’s really like when licking Jessie deep - is more incredible than Link had ever imagined it, and she’s right - it finishes him He squeezes vicelike on his cock and trains his eyes on Rhett’s face, his quick pink mouth and handsome eyes - those eyes - Link sobs through the phone, “Rhett.....” and spills all over the wet grass  He slumps back against the house and breathes, listening to the remaining muffling moans through the phone “Yes, oh yesssss,” he hisses, hot stinging cock cooling in the night air. He hadn’t even remembered taking it out of his pants, he was so into it

F U C K. My car is reading this like an erotic audiobook

Link listens as Rhett finishes Jessie with his mouth, idly swirling a fingertip On his bellybutton as if he’s rubbing Jessie’s swollen, mouth-fucked clit All three of them make noises when Jessie comes, and Link burns so fiercely for the couple not 10 doors down

Oh what a beautiful image that is, Link in the moonlight fucked out and pretending like he's still a part of it He wants to be in their bed sad emoji

When the heat settles, Link aches for not having them there. The night air is cold around him, unforgiving truth, and the chill of alone sets into his bones. He whispers to the lovers on the line his thanks, and that he’ll talk to them soon, and hangs up quick as the guilt sets in He tucks his cock back into his Pajamas and stands on bare feet, trembling legs. He escapes his hideaway as if he’s not damp, muddy, and sweaty with lust, and returns to the house  Link turns off his phone and takes a late night shower. In the morning, when he turns his phone back on, the slutty photos remind him with the proof that it wasn’t merely a dream  The end

Fucking incredible You should post that

Yes ma’am

[iwillhaveamoonbase]

We Could Be Heroes Ch. 5

There is a little bit of smut in this chapter

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Rayla and Callum awoke at eight in the morning; both of their phones chiming with text and email notifications.  Rayla groaned as she snuggled into his neck a little more.  “Why didn’t we turn the sound off last night?”

“We must have forgot.  I was too busy not proposing,” was Callum’s grumbled answer.

Rayla nudged his back a bit with her knee.  “You proposed; no takebacks.”  They lay in silence as their phones continued to make their presence known.  “If you go through my phone, I’ll go through yours.”

“Don’t wanna see the texts from your friends?”  Rayla had more friends than Callum did, so he had thought Rayla would want to check in if any of them had said anything.

“If they can’t accept us or even try, they’re not my friends.  I just thought it would be easier.”

“OK.  Let me go get them.”  Callum pried Rayla’s arm off of him and got their phones off his dresser.  Both lockscreens showed a large number of messages and missed calls.  Lots of them from unknown numbers.  When Callum got back to the bed he unlocked Rayla’s phone as she did the same with his.  “This must be why we exchanged passcodes months ago.”

“Your passcode is my birthday.  Don’t try to act like you saw into the future when you suggested this.”

“I have the power to use the Sky arcanum and I am on my way to using more.  How do you know I can’t?”  Rayla leveled a stare at him, raising her white brow.  “Fine, I can’t see into the future.”  Callum gave a quick look at the number of unread messages.  “I’m going to drive myself crazy going through all this.”

“Ten minutes, tops, then we stop.  If it’s really that important, they’ll find a way to contact us again.  Ready?”

“Nope.”

“Good.  Ten minutes.”  Callum scrolled through the mass of texts first.  Unknown number after unknown number calling Rayla everything from a traitor to a whore.  There was a mass of inappropriate images and crude language.  Callum deleted every one after blocking the numbers.  Every once in a while, Callum came across a text with a name in her contacts.  Most of them were ‘congratulations’ or ‘I knew it’.  Some of them were just repeating what the majority had.  The strangest text came from Bandlr, who stated that he told his dormmates at midnight but never gave out Rayla’s number to anyone.  ‘Must be covering his own ass.  Enough people know our numbers, so he wouldn’t have been the only candidate either way.’  

The emails were mostly from photographers or journalists who Callum’s family had gotten in touch with.  It seemed like Rayla’s email was still relatively private.  “There’s a couple offers already for you to be interviewed by the Katolis Sun, the Capital Times, and Pentarchy Monthly.  Ezran’s favorite photograph, Gustin, has offered to come up here in a couple days and take a few pictures.  If you’re more comfortable, he’s alright with doing everything in the apartment.  Everyone seems OK with coming to the apartment.  They just want to talk to you.”

“I’ll worry about it later.  Delete anything in my texts that isn’t from a contact.”

“Already on it.  I’m assuming I can trust you to do the same?”

A forced laugh.  “Some girl sent you a picture of her breasts.  You can bet I deleted that.”

“Haven’t gotten one of those in weeks.”  Callum’s eyes went wide as he just realized what he said.  Rayla turned to face him with such murder in her eyes; Callum wasn’t sure if he was going to make it out of this intact.  He slowly put his hand up and subtly backed away a bit. “Ray, I’m a prince.  It’s not just girls that send me things like.  I don’t go around giving my number to random people.”

“You have gotten texts like this from other people since we’ve been dating?”  Her voice was deceptively calm as she began to inch towards him while he continued to inch back.  “You have been getting nudes from people this whole time?”

Callum could feel himself breakout into a cold sweat.  The only reason he had never told Rayla was because it had become so much a part of his daily life, he had kind of assumed she knew it was a possibility.  “Once again, never asked for them.  Don’t know who they are, usually.  I just delete them after blocking the number.”

Wrong thing.  “But sometimes you do know them?  How are they getting your number?”

“I will meet them in passing and they’ll say where they met me.  That’s it.  I have never in my life asked for those pictures.  From anyone.  I don’t know who keeps finding out what my number is, but I change it every few months.  You know that.  I’ve had to text you my new number how many times since we started dating?”  Callum needed the air to thin out because he felt like he was being constricted.  He could hear the shakiness in his voice as he had to explain to his girlfriend about those stupid photos.  The first one he ever got was when he was fifteen, shortly after he started dating Claudia.  It became open-season after their break-up went public and Callum had had to get a new number every three months since.

Rayla bit the inside of her cheek, taking a moment to think.  “Fine.  You’re too awkward to ask for them anyway.”

“Exactly.  I’m too—I am not that awkward.”

A raised brow and a tiny smirk were directed at him.  “Do you want me to send you one?  I can wear my bra with the front clasp.  I could also ask Zaras to get me something like she usually wears.  All lacy and tiny.”  Rayla leaned forward again, nose almost touching his as she directed her eyes to his lips.  “I could wear something as green as your eyes.”  Callum coughed as the air around them suddenly became even thicker.  Rayla leaned back, a satisfied smirk was full-blown on those teasing lips.  “No way you asked for them.  We need to get you a new phone number.  I could get Runaan to get you a burner phone and send it here.”

“Yeah.”  He was going to have whiplash at this point.  Callum went back to Rayla’s phone, noticing a new text from Zaras.  All it had was a link.  “Zaras sent a link.  Should I press it?”

Rayla shrugged.  “It’s Zaras.  It could be a video of a winged horse doing a stupid trick or it could be something actually related to us.  The only thing you can trust is that it’s not a nude.  Her speed is more ‘I’ll seduce you into thinking I’m the sweetest thing ever and then make you realize you fell for a hot nerd.’”

“That sounds like Zaras.”

“I know.  Isn’t she the best?”

Callum thought about it for a few moments.  Rayla was right; you never really knew with Zaras.  Zaras was also on their side and wouldn’t send them something that she believed would hurt them.  He gulped and opened the link.  It was their school’s paper’s webpage.  There was already a poll asking people what they thought of Callum and Rayla’s relationship.  Dubbed ‘Rayllum’ already, probably curtesy of Zaras, there were a lot more in favor than Callum would have thought.  The majority was still in the negative…wait, it was moving more towards in favor?  “Rayla.”

“What?  I found five more nudes and three different people asked you how sex with an elf that can turn invisible is.”  Rayla paused for a moment before looking at him, genuinely confused.  “Why haven’t we tried that yet?”

“Haven’t thought of it.  Zaras sent a poll.  It’s on the school paper’s webpage.  Ray, it’s in real time.”

“What’s it saying?” came Rayla’s nervous response.

“Right this second, it’s 40% for and 60% against.”

“That’s a lot higher than I thought it would be.”

“Me, too.”  Callum gulped as it suddenly tipped towards the negative again.  “I’m turning this off.  I can’t look at it anymore.”  Rayla hummed, handing Callum’s phone back to him.  “No more pics?”

A quick glare followed by a frustrated huff.  “I just found out that there will probably always be pics.  I either keep looking through your stupid phone and find more, driving me into a rage, or I give it to you and stop for the day.”  

Callum got up to put both of their phones back on the nightstand.  “Do you think, and this is a stupid question, I know, but…do you think that this would have been better if…maybe we had-”

Rayla shook her head.  “Callum, I don’t think us making-out next to your mother’s statue the day after we became exclusive would have made a difference.  This is what was going to happen.  You’re…well, you’re a human prince and I’m a nobody.”

Callum scrunched his nose, vehemently shaking his head.  “You’re not nobody, Ray.”  Rayla scoffed.  “You’re not!  Both of your parents are in the Dragon Guard.  That’s huge!  You are the toughest, most clever, and bravest girl I’ve ever met.”  Callum sat down to rest his forehead against her’s.  “I look at you and I see my future.”

Rayla nuzzled the tip of her nose against his.  “Was that the proposal?”

“I know you’re OK because you keep making jokes.”

“I’m serious.  Was that the proposal?”

“No.”  Callum gently kissed her lips once, twice.  “The ring has to be made first.”

“What if I say ‘no’?  Then you would have had a custom ring you can’t do anything with.”  Her eyelids were lowering along with her voice.

“Would you say ‘no’?”

Callum looked down at her as she slowly laid back down on the bed.  Rayla bit her bottom lip as she looked back up at him.  “Depends.”

He leaned down to press his lips to her neck.  “What if I promised you forever?”

Rayla’s breath hitched.  “I’ll live longer than you.  I’m the one that would be promising forever.”

Callum kissed downwards, slowly reaching the very top of her cleavage revealed by her night shirt.  “I’ll give you my heart.”

“Already have it.  You aren’t getting it back.”  She ran a calloused hand through his hair, while lifting her leg slightly.  She gently hooked her foot around his knee, running her toes up and down his calf.  “You can’t promise something that isn’t your’s to give, can you?”

“You’re right, I can’t.”  Callum ran a ran down her side before grasping the hem of her shirt.  “What about my soul?  My devotion?  My erring loyalty?”

Rayla hummed, pushing herself up so Callum could relieve her of her shirt.  “All nice things.  But I was thinking of something else.”

“What’s that?”  Rayla helped him take off his shirt before bringing him down to lay their half-naked bodies together.  She languidly kissed him, taking control of what he had started.  Rayla was a woman of action, but she was also prone to trying to think things through as thoroughly as possible.  Callum had hoped that he would be able to get her mind off of the outside world for just a moment, and it seemed to be working.

Rayla pulled away, a soft smile making it’s way on her lips.  He loved that smile even more than her cocky smirks.  “You promise me that no matter what happens, no matter who tries to get involved, this relationship will always be ours.  Only you and I will get to decide if we break-up.  Only you and I get to decide if we have kids.  Only you and I decide what we tell the world.”  Callum nodded and was about to reconnect their lips.  Rayla kept a strong hold on him and looked him square in the eyes.  “I’m serious.  I will not have a repeat of last night.  I don’t want anyone making those decisions for us.  I’m in the same boat as you,” a stray tear made it’s way down the side of her face.  “You are my future and I was taught to not let anyone mess with my future.”

“Good.  Because I have no plans on running away if it gets too hard.  You told my family last night that you plan to stay with me through all this chaos.  You’re stuck with me until the day I die, now.”  Callum kissed her soundly, reaching to run a hand over one of her horns.  “That was the proposal.”

Rayla moaned, pushing Callum onto his back so she could rest on his lap.  “I thought you needed the ring first.”  She slowly moved her hands up and down his chest, leaning down to nibble at his chin.  Callum shivered when she went up to his ear.  Rayla had this fascination with his ears and he was not complaining.  “Unless you already have it made.”

“I started looking at jewelers in both Katolis and Xadian last night.  It will take months to do the research and get the materials.  But, a drawing’s the same, right?”  She chuckled a bit.  Truthfully, Callum wasn’t sure why he was veering so far from his original plan, but it felt right.  Rayla hadn’t run away when she saw the drawings he made last night and she kept bringing it up.  If Rayla was really opposed to it, she would have either avoided the subject or would have told him that they weren’t ready.  Hell, she might have just told him to never bring it up again.  “Will you marry me, Rayla?  Not today, and not tomorrow, but when some of this chaos has died down and we’re both ready.”

“Aye.  Took you long enough.”  They laughed before she took his lips back.  They helped relieve each other of their underwear, Callum flipping them over so he was on top.  The laugh was interrupted by their soft groans when he entered her.  Usually, their lovemaking was hurried and full of a need to relieve stress.  Today, Callum wanted to take his time with the love of his life.  “What’s so funny?”

Callum hadn’t even realized he’d laughed.  He put his forehead against her’s again.  “I called you the love of my life in my head.  I hadn’t realized just how good it would feel to admit that.  Even if it was just to myself.”  She called him a dork.  He expected her to push him onto his back and take over, but she made herself comfortable beneath him.  Her hands moved to pierce her fingernails in his shoulders.  He slowly thrust into her sheath; mouth making its way back down her neck.  She felt so warm and soft, walls fluttering as he moved in and out.  Rayla groaned.  Callum felt her grab his fingers and move them to her little button.  He never got tired of her telling him exactly what she wanted.

He lightly thumbed her nub while latching on to one of her dusky nipples.  “Ah~”  One of her hands dragged her nails from his shoulders down his back.  Callum hissed.  It hurt but felt so good.  They had always had to be so careful with marks before that neither one of them had ever had so much as a hickey during their relationship.  Now, Callum wanted Rayla to mark him up however she saw fit.  He gave her nipple a light nip.  Slowly moving back up, his lips found their way to her collar bone.  He sucked and nibbled at her skin, his hand pressing harder on the center of her pleasure.  Her other hand made its way down his back, digging her nails in the whole way.

Callum used his other hand to grab Rayla’s thigh, resting it in the crook of his elbow so she was spread wider.  He began to move faster in her.  He was stunned by how strong his need for her was beginning to burn him.  It was even stronger than when they first started their relationship.  Back then, it had been like a dam holding back all of their desires and feelings for each other had burst and couldn’t be repaired.  Now, it was as if all of that had been a precursor to this moment.  He had thought she was completely uninhibited with him before, but he had clearly been wrong.  She was moaning his name while thrashing under him.  Her nails were scratching at his arms and sides.

Rayla finally grabbed his face and yanked him up to kiss her.  She stuck her tongue down his throat, demanding his come out to play with her.  He acquiesced.  Callum could feel her orgasm coming fast.  Her walls were clenching tight on him while her breath was coming in shorter pants.  He released her mouth and pulled back a bit to watch her peak and come down from her high.  Her eyes went wide before going to half-mast, mouth open in a silent scream.  She began trembling, hands grabbing on to hold him tight to her.  He could feel her shake as he refused to let up from stroking her.  Rayla quickly came again, actually screaming his name this time.

He would have gone for a third, except Rayla was beginning to squeeze her fluttering walls around him.  She was demanding he reach his end, too, and he would happily follow her orders.  As he finally came, Rayla let her grip on him loosen.  A bright light burst behind his eyes as he started to come down.  Rayla had pushed him to lay next to her on the bed.  Callum slowly turned to lay on his side.  He stroked Rayla’s cheek with his index finger in awe over just how soft she looked.  “I want to paint you like this.”

Rayla raised a brow.  “Sweaty and satisfied?”  She chuckled.  “Hmm, if I had known you could do that, I would have let you take the lead months ago.”

Callum felt his chest puff up a bit in pride.  Rayla had been the only person he had ever been with and it felt good to know he had pleased her.  “Soft and free.  Like the world has melted away.”

“You’re the only person that would ever see it.”

“Deal.”  Callum leaned to kiss her nose.  “I swear, you’re even more beautiful than when I first met you.”

Rayla closed her eyes and released a happy sigh.  “Of course.  We Moonshadow elves only get better with age.  By the time we’re seventy, I’ll be the sexiest thing you’ve ever seen,” she teased.

“Can’t wait.”  Callum felt too hot and sweaty to try to hold Rayla, so he settled for stroking her cheek.  They basked in their afterglow for so long Callum forgot about the fact that they hadn’t even eaten yet.  Rayla’s stomach growled to remind them.  “I got plenty of eggs and pancake mix.  I even got orange juice with the pulp for you.  How you can drink that, I have no idea.”

Rayla pushed his shoulder as she rolled her eyes.  “You what sounds really good?  Eating breakfast on your sofa while watching a violent movie.”

“You want to stroke your bloodlust this early in the morning?”  Callum smiled back at Rayla.  He got out of bed to go make them breakfast, stretching his arms above his head.  He heard a pop and groaned.

“My bloodlust is satiated by those movies, thank you very much.”  She followed him out of bed and into the kitchen.  Callum got to starting the pancakes, handing Rayla the eggs to crack.  Instead, Rayla wrapped her arms around his waist from behind and rested herself against him.  Callum shook his head and kept making them breakfast.  They stood in silence for a bit longer, Callum only moving a bit here and there to keep breakfast going.

“You don’t want eggs?  I’ve also got bacon and sausage in the fridge.”

“I just want to hold you.  Where did you learn that move anyways?”

Callum looked back with a raised brow.  “What move?”

“The one where you hooked my knee.  You’ve never done that before.”

“You’ve always been on top or in charge.”

“You’ve never complained.”

Callum heard a slightly confused edge in her voice, but also one laced with genuine curiosity.  “I’ve been reading some stuff.  Trust me, I’m not complaining.  You’ve always been more sure of yourself in this department and you always know exactly what you want.  It’s nice.”  ‘Nice’ was an understatement.  He and Claudia hadn’t even gotten beyond making-out before they broke-up, so he had been completely clueless when Rayla had told him she was ready for that next step.  It had been a relief that she wasn’t shy about her own sexuality and that she had had some experience.

“You have my ex-girlfriend to thank for that.  She was very much into the idea that we need to be explicit with our wants and needs.  If we keep quiet or expect our partner to just know, then how can we expect to get what we need?”

“I’ll be sure to thank her in person if I ever meet her.  Do I need to thank your ex-boyfriend while I’m at it?”

Rayla snorted.  “In terms of kissing?  Probably.  In terms of sex?  No.  He was never interested in going that far physically.  The most we ever did was make-out.”  Rayla sighed as she adjusted herself a bit, putting her chin on his shoulder.  “He's asexual and his wants and needs were on a more emotional level than I could give at the time.  Also, he was very mature for his age and I couldn’t keep up. He had matured faster than the rest of our class and he needed someone who could balance him out better than my immature 'I'm gonna kick your ass if you don't shut up' self could.”

“Where is he now?”  Callum’s curiosity was definitely piqued.  Rayla almost never talked about her exes.  Callum would have expected to be full of jealousy or frustration, but he didn’t feel any of that.  Mostly, he felt like he wanted to know more about this part of her past she had kept quiet.

“Well, he was originally going to go to the University.  He had had plans to come and study, maybe become a mage himself or an ambassador.  Instead, he got called up to be a member of an exclusive team belonging to King Azymondias.  It’s a type of council and is an even more coveted position than the Dragon Guard.  Last I heard, he was dating a spitfire of an Oceanheart elf whose grandfather runs the library in the capital.”  Rayla paused before pushing herself on her tiptoes a bit.  “You’re taking me talking about my old flames pretty well.  Some people freak out and don’t want to hear it.”

Callum shrugged.  “You’ve met my ex.  I’m still friends with her and her brother and she’s probably going to be in my life until the day I die.  I can handle you talking about yours.”

Rayla hummed, swaying lightly.  “Good to know you realize that you have to take as good as you give.”

“Of course.  Breakfast is almost ready.  You still want to watch a movie or do you want to listen to the radio?”  Rayla let go of Callum’s waist and wandered off.  Callum heard her booting up her computer; probably trying to find a station or playlist with as little news as possible.  Callum turned off the stove and got to work setting the table.  Neither he nor Rayla were really into cooking, but there was something relaxing about being in their little kitchen together.

I'm not perfect

But I swear I'm perfect for you

And there's no guarantee

That this will be easy

It's not a miracle you need

Believe me

Yeah, I'm no angel, I'm just me

But I will love you endlessly

Wings aren't what you need

You need me

Callum looked over at Rayla.  She looked just as shocked as he did.  He cleared his throat a bit.  “You remember the first time we heard this song?”

Rayla nodded.  “Yeah.  You were joking that you couldn’t be seen with me if I didn’t know how to slow dance.  Even though we had no plans on going public at the time.”

“Ray,” Callum looked down at his hands for a moment before looking back up.  “I had plans to introduce you to my family when I said that.”

Rayla cocked a brow.  “You do remember that you were the one who suggested we keep quiet when all this started, right?  You were the one who said ‘no one has to know.’  I feel like I’m going crazy every time you mention how much you’ve wanted to tell everyone because I remember that us being a secret was all your idea.”  She punctuated her statement by pointing right at him.

Callum walked over to her, grasping her hands.  “I know and I’m sorry that you feel that way.  You shouldn’t feel like you’re going crazy.  I said that we should be a secret and I don’t regret saying it.  Because, if I hadn’t, I’m not sure we would be here right now.  I regret our circumstances, but I wouldn’t take back giving us a shot for anything.  If I hadn’t suggested it, would you have agreed to trying?”

Rayla squeezed his hands.  “I don’t know.  But I don’t regret it either.”  Callum kissed her forehead, threading their fingers together.  Rayla slowly started to sway her hips.  “Dance with me?”

“Need some practice?”

“Tons.”  They let their pancakes get cold as they swayed together.  It was far more an excuse to hold each other than it was to actually practice dancing.  Callum had pulled her far closer than decorum would deem appropriate and her feet kept stepping on his toes.  “Am I any better?”

“You’re perfect.  Everyone will be in awe of the mysterious Ms. Rayla’s dancing skills.”  Rayla gave out such a joyful laugh it was startling.  He hadn’t heard her laugh like that in what felt like forever.  Now that she had promised him forever, well, he was going to have forever to make sure she laughed like that every day.      

[mcfreakin-bxtch]

Death

Chapter One of “Secrets, Secrets”

Pairing: OC!Pedro Pascal x OC

Warnings: Dark elements (in later chapters), explicit!

Summary: Katherine ‘Kate’ Grey starts to spiral into the supernatural world after the death of a friend and a new neighbor next door.

Word Count: 2.5k

A/N: Okay this is purely because I got bored and wanted to try this out. I’m still working with it but this is a good start. 

(First one is not my pic!)

 The moon was shining over the city. Though it did not need the moon to light the way – the city lights took care of that – it still hung in the dark sky, bright and full.

It was still just as eerie and chilly. The wind whispering against skin, left over trash breezing by.

The man, Andy, was walking home, having to stay late to look after a patient. Knowing it was dangerous to walk alone on the streets, he debated on whether he should take the turn into the alleyway. It was one of the shortest ways to get to his apartment, but an uncomfortable feeling overcame him when he looked into the darkness that surrounded the area.

He didn’t have enough time to start walking the other way before he was pulled into the alley, mouth covered and slammed into the wall before he could comprehend what was happening. He only got one brief look at his attacker before he felt a deep pain in his neck. It was useless to struggle, the attacker was too strong.

The last thing Andy saw was a smirk, blood curling around it before darkness overtook him.

…

Kate gasped as she bolted up, clutching her chest. It was another restless night, and she could not remember what the dream (or dreams) were about. All’s she knew is that it terrified her. It seized her body with a tight coil, squeezing and squeezing until she felt like she couldn’t breathe… She didn’t realize her alarm was still blaring until her ears stopped ringing.  

Turning the alarm off her phone, Kate groaned as she stretched. Reveling in the cracks of her bones and feeling more alert now, she checked her phones for any messages as she made her way to her bathroom.

Kate grimaced at the reflection she found staring back at her. The dark circles under her light green eyes were more prominent today and her long, strawberry-blondish hair were sticking out like a crow’s nest. Pale ivory skin, slender curves hugged beneath oversized pajamas, and looking just about half dead. Sighing at herself, she quickly settled and changed into a simple t-shirt and black sweatpants. Today was one of her days off and she had every intention of taking full advantage of this rare opportunity; staying inside and doing practically nothing all day was a good way to go.

It was raining anyway, which wasn’t a surprise at all. Summer in the city was hot, but Kate didn’t mind it. She’d rather have the heat along with the storms than the harsh cold of winter. Going into her kitchen to brew some coffee – or what little of it she had left – she grabbed her tv remote from the coffee table and turned on the tv in her small but cozy living room. Flipping through the channels, she smiled as she saw there was nothing but old reruns of shows she barely had the luxury to sit through and enjoy. It was a good start.

Wrapping herself in a small blanket on the couch, Kate sipped her coffee as her eyes stayed glued to the tv. Being a young receptionist at the nearest hospital in New York City had its perks, but there were also those cons. As a child she never really had the ambitions to become a nurse or a receptionist of any kind, but as she got older Kate started to find herself leaning towards a medical profession rather than a writers. It didn’t mean Kate ever stopped writing though, she kept all her pieces in a binder on her nightstand by her bed.

Sometimes they would be poetry, other times documentaries of sorts; what happened in the world that day, what she did, felt, etc. It made her feel better at the end of the day, made her forget the horrors she saw at the hospital, even it was for a little while.

But there were other moments where Kate found herself awake in the middle of the night, pencil in hand and nothing but scribbles and nonsense on the pages sitting in her lap. Kate would be covered in sweat, feeling as though she had just ran a marathon, hair sticking to every inch of her body it could reach, and her heart would be beating straight out of her chest.  It worried her, and she would always debate on throwing them away after.

It was not always like this. Growing up, Katherine Elizabeth Grey was a very happy and free-spirited child who always received A’s and B’s in school and was quick to make friends. Her parents were always accepting and encouraging, even when she moved out from her small country – surrounded more by towering mountains than cornfields and cows – to the big city.

The nightmares and dreams, however, were a completely different story. When she was younger she wasn’t afraid of them, they were simply harmless in her naïve eyes. But when the most recurring one became more prominent in making her feel as if she had no control over her self and would leave her visibly frightened, Kate began to realize that maybe the dreams actually had a message to them that bled into her reality; not in the way that came from stress or memories, but in a way that it was completely new and a warning, or a summoning she wanted no parts of.

Never once did it ever change. It would start out in a pale, gray forest. It vaguely reminded her of home. The trees would be curled and curved, dead but somehow still thriving with life (Kate often felt that she was the one giving them life). Leaves would crunch silently under her feet on top the gravel that looked too smooth to her. No wind, no signs of life (life that Kate was familiar with at least), just nothing. There’d only be one trail through the forest, and she knew better than to tread off; everything behind her would turn to utter darkness, and she wasn’t ready to see what lurked in the shadows.

It would end with her standing in front of an arch way. Vines twirled and entwined along the loop of it, surrounding what remained of the gray light. There’s nothing but endless darkness inside.

Shuddering at the thoughts of it, Kate drew herself closer. A chill ran through the room, but she was quick to ignore it.

Her quiet and relaxing morning was suddenly shattered by a loud bang from next door. Kate frowned. Her neighbors had moved out of her apartment complex about a month ago. They were nice, but Kate loved having to deal with less people. She contemplated just tuning it out until there was another, a little louder than before.

With a huff and a string of grumbles, Kate decided to investigate. Besides, if she was to have new neighbors, she wanted to catch a good look at them. Opening her door, she peered to her left where all the commotion was coming from. There were a few small and big boxes laid out in front of the open door, not labeled but looking quite full and heavy. She was about to just step back inside her apartment when a man came out, eyes immediately finding hers.

He was quite handsome. Dark brown eyes that were immediately captivating – Kate was positive photos did not do them the justice they deserved – with wavy dark hair that ended just below his ears. His skin was a beautiful tan color, pale in some areas but still beautiful. He was wearing a black, long sleeve shirt that hugged his biceps – he wasn’t quite built but there were still muscles protruding – with simple blue jeans and plain sneakers. The smile he sent her made her knees weak and her heart flutter; she refused to let him see the effect he was having on her by just one smile.

“I apologize if I was being too loud,” he said.

His voice was rich and smooth as honey. She detected a small sign of an accent as he spoke but couldn’t place where it came from. There was also a hint of teasing in his apology, but Kate could tell it was all in good fun.

Kate cleared her throat once she realized he was still waiting for a response. “N-no you’re fine. I just wanted to make sure everything was okay,” she explained, suddenly shy now. “Sorry I bothered you!”

“You’re not a bother,” he called out, making her freeze mid turn. “So how do you like the city? I just moved out here for the first time so…”

Kate smiled politely at him, searching for words to say. She was too caught off guard.

“It’s not too bad,” she shrugged, leaning against the wall of her doorway. “I didn’t grow up here or anything, just moved here a few years ago actually.”

He hummed, crossing his arms. “Well maybe you could give me a tour one of these days? Show me the ropes.”

Kate felt her face flush. “Y-yeah maybe. I’m not sure I’m the best for tours but I’ll give it a shot.”

He grinned, showing perfect pearly teeth. “Oh, I’m sure you’ll be just fine. I’m Damien by the way. Rhodes.”

Damien Rhodes. It sounded odd to Kate as she played it back in her head, but she grinned back nevertheless.

“Katherine, but I go by Kate.”

“Kate,” he tasted on his tongue. She liked the way her name rolled off his tongue.

Before she could say something – Kate wasn’t sure what she was going to say after her awestruck – the ringtone of her phone started to blare from her living room.

Damien chuckled at Kate’s face; it was a mixture of daze and shock. “Well I’ll let you get that. It was nice meeting you, Kate. And, if you don’t mind me saying, I look forward to many more.”

Kate huffed out a breath with a playful smile. “Sure. We’ll see. Nice meeting you too, Damien!”

She heard him chuckle as she bounced back into her apartment, shutting the door behind her. Kate shook her head as she tried to clear her thoughts, running to her phone before it stopped ringing.

“Hello?” She gasped out.

“Hey, did you hear about Andy?”

It was one of her friends and coworkers, Abby. She was a quiet woman, dark blonde locks matched with a pair of wide hazel eyes. Kate had put in time to make her come out of her shell, and Abby had grown more comfortable and confident with herself since. She was also one of the first friends she made after moving.

“No, what happened?”

Andy was another coworker of theirs, a doctor beloved by many who knew of him. He wasn’t a bad man or anything, but Kate didn’t really pay much attention to him despite knowing of his attraction towards her. She had let him down as gently as she could and he surprisingly took it well, and they’ve been civil coworkers ever since. She had to stay late and help him with a patient – a child who was still recovering from a devasting car crash – last night, and he seemed like normal Andy to her, which she suspected is why her heart starting pounding in her chest; it felt like she was in another dream, and wondered if she would remember this moment come the next time she opened her eyes.

“He’s -.” Abby’s voice trembled.

“Abby, what happened?” Kate asked sternly.

“They found him. In an alley on the way to his apartment. Just left there, like… like he was just tossed away with the trash.”

Kate froze. Her chest tightened, short of oxygen as she tried to comprehend what she had just been told.

“No that’s not -.” Kate croaked, licking her dry lips. “I was with him last night. There’s just… do they know h-how?”

Abby let out a heavy sigh into the phone. “Well they’re kinda puzzled by it actually,” her voice was still trembling, but it seemed to calm the more she talked. “He was completely drained of blood, and there were no other signs of a struggle or any other injuries.”

Kate furrowed her brows in confusion, sitting down on the arm of her couch before her legs gave out from her.

“Drained of blood?” She said shockingly. “How is that even possible?”

“I don’t know. Listen I gotta go. I’ll let you know if I hear anything else.”

“Okay. Be careful.”

Kate stared at the screen of her phone. Dead. And she was one of the last people to see him. A new set of panic washed over her, palms growing sweaty.

Kate knew in the back of her head that there was no logical reason behind her panic; she knew she didn’t kill him and she had an alibi that would pass with cooperating witnesses and tapes.

So why did she feel like as if she did? Should she have walked home with him? Make him stay an extra hour? Make sure he was prepared for attacks?

There was nothing Kate could have done, and yet the responsibility of his death was still crushing her with its weight.

…

Kate felt dead on her feet as she trudged behind Andy, babbling away about a movie he was interested in seeing in theaters; she barely paid attention to the title of it.

“Anyways,” Andy continued mindlessly. “I’ll see you around.”

“Yeah, okay,” Kate mumbled. “Have a good night.”

“You too!” He called back as they went their separate ways.

Both Kate and Andy travelled either by cab, bus, or feet until they could afford a decent vehicle that would actually get them from point A to B; Kate especially had the worst of luck when it came to vehicles of all kinds.

Kate didn’t mind walking though, she had done plenty of hikes with her family before moving away. This night was a night like any other, streetlamps flickering as she walked by (upon remembering this Kate started to gape), barely a soul in sight on the streets.

It took only about twenty – thirty minutes for Kate to reach her apartment. She remembered getting out her keys to unlock the door and then…

…

Nothing. Kate didn’t even remember changing let alone managing to pass out in her bed. She closed her eyes tightly with a groan, feeling the developments of an unforgiving headache.

This was too much. What was supposed to be a relaxing day off turned into one of the worst days of her life, and more were to come.

Almost as if everything was working at clockwork, big, heavy knocks banged on her door, causing Kate to jump.

“C-coming.”

Kate cursed herself as she ran her fingers through her hair. She needed to calm down. Taking a shaky inhale, Kate opened the door to find two police officers.

“Katherine Grey?” The male asked.

“Yes,” Kate croaked.

“You’re not under arrest, but we need to ask you a few questions. About one of your coworkers, Andy Crumb.”

“I heard,” Kate had to clear her throat. “I’m more than happy to answer any of your questions. Please.”

Kate opened the door wider for the officers, who offered her polite smiles as they checked out her apartment.

Kate doesn’t know how or why the feeling suddenly came to her, but she suspected that Damien was standing at his door, smirking as he watched and listened as her life started to descend into madness.

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[melien]

I wanted to express my gratitude for your amazing support throughout the latest Twinkle storyline. All the lovely comments about Carn and Claret have made me so happy. I think I can’t find the right words to describe how thankful I am, and how much these comments always made me smile, laugh, go “awww” and be like “god same” when people were yelling at them. I have to confess that along the way (ever since I started planning their story in March/April last year), I’ve also hopelessly fallen in love with these two, and all this time I was trying so hard not to give up and just spill the beans. I usually reply directly under the post when I know what to say, but I didn’t want to spam you all, so I decided to compile the comments from the last few days into a large reply post! I haven’t made such posts in more than a year since they’re quite a pain due to x-kit, and they will probably be occasional, but this time I wanted to do one, and even made a new banner for it. I’ll try to replicate my live reactions to the comments :D

Carnet will be back very soon with the quadruple portion of feels (and I mean it). It makes me so content that you love them as much as I do, and I promise to deliver. 😁 Now, it may be a good time to start posting at least a little introduction to my new legacy, the Lilygreens. Here’s a fun story about where I got the inspiration for their last name: I was looking for something special to no avail. But what inspired me was this song (only true eurofans will remember, lmao. It’s from ESC 2010). It’s so lovely and reminds me of a few couples of mine (Carnet included, I’ve listened to it a lot during working on their story). So I thought the singer had a really unique last name, and the rest was history. I hope you’ll enjoy this legacy, it’s a vanilla one and I haven’t played vanillas in such a long time!

aestheicpixels replied to your photo “Claret: And this one is… ???: Claret?”

Lowkey hoping it’s Carn even though it probably isn’t.

simlovinggirl replied to your photo “Claret: And this one is… ???: Claret?”

Eeeee is it who i think it is??? i hope so *excitedly waiting for the next post* :D :D

I mean, it could be Master Fu Huang or Cami or Cat or her parents or literally anyone... but I’m sure it would be frustrating :P

simlovinggirl replied to your photoset “Claret: CARN!!!”

♥o♥ is it possible to be in love with a sim?!? Omg, he's such a heartthrob ♥ ♥ Claret is one lucky girl! :D

simlovinggirl replied to your photoset “Claret: CARN!!!”

Also, her face, i'm dying xD

No worries, that’s exactly how I feel about Carn :D

cafeheart replied to your photoset “Claret: CARN!!!”

SHIT HE GLO'D UP

I think he had the biggest glo-up among my sims, ever! He doesn’t even look like his old self anymore. :D

a-simming-princess replied to your photoset “Claret: CARN!!!”

*low-key screaming*

cloudberry-sims replied to your photoset “Claret: CARN!!!”

I KNEW IT!!! I had this feeling in my gut that Carnelian would come for Claret *w* Ahh what a lovely love story!

aestheicpixels replied to your photoset “Claret: CARN!!!”

YEET, also awwwww her reaction!

vintageplumbobs replied to your photoset “Claret: CARN!!!”

He’s such a cutie. I love this boy 💜

simside replied to your photoset “Claret: CARN!!!”

IM CRYIN

Ajdksdkslkd I was anticipating this post so much! I was trying so hard to keep my lips sealed :D

simlovinggirl replied to your photo “Carnelian: Oh my god, you– your hair! Claret: No, it’s your hair! And...”

lmao xD omg i love this ♥

I just imagine them screaming at each other until they realize what’s going on xD

aestheicpixels replied to your photoset “Claret: I sent you scenery pics! I thought it’s more important!...”

Awwwwwww, I am so excited about this! This is too cute!

aestheicpixels replied to your photoset “Claret: I did. I really missed you. Come here… I’m so happy to see...”

AWWWWW

That hug, how much both of them craved it!

tiny-tany-thaanos replied to your photo “Carnelian: We have matching hairstyles now. We’re basically soulmates....”

Soulmates! <333

The original draft said something like “soul buddies” but I guessed it would be too much even for them lmao

aestheicpixels replied to your photoset

Awwwwww

aestheicpixels replied to your photoset

I love them

I do too, so much ♥

borderlinedub replied to your photo “Carnelian: Why am I even in lo– I mean, why am I even friends with...”

DON'T BE A TWIT CARN

weirdsimfreak replied to your photo “Carnelian: Why am I even in lo– I mean, why am I even friends with...”

We all know what you meant Carn ;)

monets-pixels replied to your photo “Carnelian: Why am I even in lo– I mean, why am I even friends with...”

boi just SAY IT

aestheicpixels replied to your photo “Carnelian: Why am I even in lo– I mean, why am I even friends with...”

👀

Carn is one of those precious people who is constantly worried about overstepping boundaries, so he was trying so hard to show that his intentions are solely friendly ;_;

cherishsims replied to your photo “Carnelian: Oh my god, you– your hair! Claret: No, it’s your hair! And...”

He became a daddy during Claret's time away

Stop it Anonymous Friend

borderlinedub replied to your photo “Claret: And this one is for Cami and Cat. They are already bombarding...”

fsr Claret's eyelashes are particularly prominent in this one. so pretty

Right, I love these eyelashes! They sometimes glitch out and randomly disappear but it’s not too much of a problem, I just replace them.

simlovinggirl replied to your photo “Claret: And this one is for Cami and Cat. They are already bombarding...”

Awwwwwwww ♥

aestheicpixels replied to your photo “Claret: And this one is for Cami and Cat. They are already bombarding...”

They’re so adorable!!

Spoilers: Cami and Cat died from all the feels

simlovinggirl replied to your photo “Carnelian: Ahhh… Quite refreshing, after such a long flight. Claret:...”

Bahaha, Carn's face xD I love him ♥

High five, I’m so in love with him right now! :D

tainoodles replied to your photoset “Claret: You’re beautiful. Carnelian: Uh… me? Claret: I mean! The water...”

guuuuuurl

simlovinggirl replied to your photoset “Claret: You’re beautiful. Carnelian: Uh… me? Claret: I mean! The water...”

LMAO i mean she's not wrong ;) but that words vomit, i love it xD

For some reason the words vomits are always so fun to write!

simlovinggirl replied to your photo “Claret: What a wonderful day. Blue sky, green grass, Carn’s abs… Wait,...”

Dang right girl, no one missed those Carn abs xD

simmeronnie replied to your photo “Claret: What a wonderful day. Blue sky, green grass, Carn’s abs… Wait,...”

Relatable tbh

Love me some abs

aestheicpixels replied to your photoset “Chinese guy 1: Girl, just kiss him already. Chinese guy 2: Yeah....”

Carn and Chinese Guy 2 for sure

weirdsimfreak replied to your photoset “Chinese guy 1: Girl, just kiss him already. Chinese guy 2: Yeah....”

New otp

a-simming-princess replied to your photoset “Chinese guy 1: Girl, just kiss him already. Chinese guy 2: Yeah....”

Haha!

Claret who?

vintageplumbobs replied to your photoset “Claret: I mean, what I did to you at the homecoming. What I’ve been...”

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

tiny-tany-thaanos replied to your photoset “Claret: I mean, what I did to you at the homecoming. What I’ve been...”

Omg omg omg

theladygrace replied to your photoset “Claret: I mean, what I did to you at the homecoming. What I’ve been...”

ALJDKLLSJDKL FINALLY

simlovinggirl replied to your photoset “Claret: I mean, what I did to you at the homecoming. What I’ve been...”

asdflasdkfs OMG I wasn't expecting her to actually say it, i'm dyyyyyying ♥o♥

a-simming-princess replied to your photoset “Claret: I mean, what I did to you at the homecoming. What I’ve been...”

YAYYYY finally, a confession!! 😍😍

simmeronnie replied to your photoset “Claret: I mean, what I did to you at the homecoming. What I’ve been...”

*insert more screaming*

This post!!! I’ve come with the idea of it when I was going on a trip in November and was exceptionally bored on the bus. It was past midnight, too. All the best ideas come unexpectedly! But yeah, since then I was imagining how he’s saying “I won’t force you into loving me when you don’t” and she’s like “but I do...” and not gonna lie, it made my heart skip a beat every time I thought about it. Sometimes simple lines like this can evoke so much feelings!

simlovinggirl replied to your photo “Carnelian: You… do? Claret: I was lost and confused when I was...”

His face, I'm dying right now!! ♥ ♥

aestheicpixels replied to your photo “Carnelian: You… do? Claret: I was lost and confused when I was...”

Yeeeeeeee

I also love how his face turned out. Deep inside he almost lost hope that she’ll ever reciprocate! But she, unknowingly for herself, did all along.

simmeronnie replied to your photo “Carnelian: You mean, about Lemon? Claret: No. It’s hard, but I’m...”

I keep reading Lemon as Lennon for some reason and I don't like it lmao

OMG SAME! I’ve done it so many times that I lost count. Stop haunting me, Lennon!

simlovinggirl replied to your photo “Claret: I know what you’re thinking! Now I made everything awkward....”

I'm crying, i love this so much ♥ ♥

aestheicpixels replied to your photo “Claret: I know what you’re thinking! Now I made everything awkward....”

Awww! I’m so happy now! Oh my goodness! Best thing to happen!

I’m happy that I have made people happy and managed to touch hearts, it’s the main purpose I want to achieve with my stories!

aestheicpixels replied to your photo “Claret: My parents had this magical love story which almost seemed...”

This is so beautiful. Like beautifully written and oh my goodness Claret

simlovinggirl replied to your photo “Claret: My parents had this magical love story which almost seemed...”

I think someone inherited some writing genes from her mommy :) She could be a poet with this, love it ♥ ♥

Claret has a soft poetic side for sure :P I’m always insecure about my writing, but I can definitely say this is one of the best scenes I’ve written and I’m 100% satisfied with how it turned out, it’s the kind of scene I’ll probably be randomly reading in the future and getting hit with feels. I’m glad that you also like it! ♥

a-simming-princess replied to your photoset “Carnelian: There’s a reason why I had no chance to be happy with Guava...”

Omg make me cry 😭💗

monets-pixels replied to your photoset “Carnelian: There’s a reason why I had no chance to be happy with Guava...”

AAAAHHHHH

simlovinggirl replied to your photoset “Carnelian: There’s a reason why I had no chance to be happy with Guava...”

My hear omg ♥

vintageplumbobs replied to your photoset “Carnelian: There’s a reason why I had no chance to be happy with Guava...”

😭😭😭😭

Quoting my girl Claret when she was talking to Cami, “my mission is to make you cry. Happy tears, of course. I won’t accept sad tears”.

a-simming-princess replied to your photoset “But you’ll never be alone I’ll be with you from dusk till dawn I’ll be...”

Mfkfkdiejddnslcof the lyrics match perfectly with their names 😭💕

Yessss! I’ve always associated this song with them. I had quite an interesting experience with naming these two. I know a lot of simblrs had a dusk/dawn theme going, but it wasn’t them who influenced me. I’ve always wanted to name my sim Dawn ever since I had banilla legacies going on, it’s a beautiful name. It was Claret’s first name originally, but then I decided to give her a double one, because that’s when I started noticing there’s a lot of sims around with this name or middle name, including some people’s BPR heirs for gen 3, and I didn’t want to seem like a copycat.

As for Carn, he didn’t even have a middle name originally, for some reason I was dumb and didn’t figure out I could give them matching ones. But it was once again on another trip in summer, at 6 am, when I was tired and the only thing that kept me awake was listening to my playlist. This song, “Dusk Till Dawn”, came on shuffle, and I was like “... Carnelian Dusk. CARNELIAN DUSK. I’M SO DUMB WHY DID IT TAKE ME SO LONG”. I had to replace his tag too when he was still a kid. But yeah, these names fit them absolutely perfectly.

So yeah, that was story time with Melien :D

simlovinggirl replied to your photoset “But you’ll never be alone I’ll be with you from dusk till dawn I’ll be...”

*sobbing* ♥ ♥ ♥

tiny-tany-thaanos replied to your photoset “But you’ll never be alone I’ll be with you from dusk till dawn I’ll be...”

Omg omg omg

I'm not crying not crying

Wait I'm totally crying

aestheicpixels replied to your photoset “But you’ll never be alone I’ll be with you from dusk till dawn I’ll be...”

YEET

Words cannot describe how happy I am

I’m happy too, it was so hard to keep it under wraps!

simlovinggirl replied to your photoset “I’ll hold you when things go wrong I’ll be with you from dusk till...”

*cries happy tears* ♥ ♥

tiny-tany-thaanos replied to your photoset “I’ll hold you when things go wrong I’ll be with you from dusk till...”

They are so beautiful! ♥ ♥ ♥

I wasn’t kidding when I said that I also cried during writing this scene. I don’t know, it’s just so feelsy! I love slow burn relationships because it’s so satisfying in the end when they finally get together.

simlovinggirl replied to your photoset “Carnelian: Ah, Claret. Your lips are the sweetest I’ve ever kissed....”

lmao xD ♥

a-simming-princess replied to your photoset “Claret: Hah… Carnelian: What? Were my kissing ideas so funny? Are you...”

Okay but they are so cute??

aestheicpixels replied to your photoset “Claret: Hah… Carnelian: What? Were my kissing ideas so funny? Are you...”

This is so great. I love them so much

I can’t wait for you all to see how wholesome they are as a couple! I can hardly call this a spoiler because it’s obvious that they would be. :P

[onegayastronaut]

An Unlikely Friendship (Lena Luthor x Reader)

Requested by anon:  Can u do one where the readers basically a female version of Thor and Lena is the one who find her and teacher her human things? And the deo ppl find out the readers not human when she easily pics up the hammer while Kara couldn't?

Word count: 1156

It all started with a desire to explore other lands and cultures that brought you here on earth. After receiving the blessing of Odin and Gaea, you found yourself on this alien planet with several tall bland looking buildings. None of the people here wore armor, and you felt extremely exposed without your hammer. I have to get somewhere safe, you thought. That way, you can make sense of this new world and figure out what your next move would be.

Just as you turned a corner, a smaller woman walks right into you. Her dark raven hair was tied into an intricate bun, and even though she had a frown on her face, you could see that she was exceptionally beautiful.

"Excuse m-", this woman looks up briefly from her phone and seems to be transfixed. Her blue eyes (or is it green?) eyes seem to be taking you in.

"Hello, my name is (y/n), daughter of Odin and Gaea."

"My name is Lena. Lena Luthor."

"It is an honor to meet you Lena Luthor," you said with a warm smile.

"Well, seeing that I had so rudely nearly knocked you over, maybe I should buy you a coffee?"

Being that this woman was much smaller than you and you were nowhere near knocked over, this apology seemed unnecessary. And besides, what was a coffee? But seeing that this was a chance to explore the culture of this planet, you follow your new acquaintance Lena down the street to a restaurant.

"...and so that's how I landed here on your Earth. All that's left for me to do is to find Mjorknir, my hammer, and I'll be on my way." You had just spent the last hour describing the events in your life that led you to this moment to Lena, who listened with rapt attention. You could tell that she was a being of high intelligence.

"Well, so it would seem that you are what we call aliens (y/n). Like Supergirl and Superman."

"Are aliens common to your earth?"

"I'm afraid not. There are those who would do you harm rather than speak to you face to face and get to know who you are."

"That is quite unfortunate. However, seeing as I will most likely be here for an extended period of time, I was wondering if you could teach me the ways of your people."

"Yes, of course. What are friends for?"

After spending the rest of the evening at Lena's office, she sent out a notice that she would like her car to be parked at the back of the building for security reasons. You had spent the day observing Lena work, and you had concluded that she was extremely focused while maintaining her grace. The extra security measures made you pause.

"Are the extra security measures necessary?"

"Yes, considering how distrustful people have been towards aliens before."

After getting in the car, you couldn't help but notice how small and cramped it was. Besides, traffic and speed limits seemed terribly inconvenient when it comes to efficiency. As if sensing your confusion, Lena stated, "Cars were invented almost a century ago on this planet. Although I'm sure our transportation isn't nearly as efficient as you have on Asgard, we have made immense strides these last few years."

Throughout the following weeks, Lena brought you to work and explained "human" things as well as she could. You were fascinated by how this society functioned and wanted to go out and explore some more. After learning from Lena how to "walk normally", you go out to explore National City (but more importantly, find your hammer).

--

Meanwhile, the DEO has been in a bit of a tough spot for the past few weeks. After a mysterious beam of light came down from the sky down to the outskirts of National City, both the DEO and Supergirl had been on high alert. However, when they went to the area to investigate, all they found was a hammer buried in the ground with what seemed liked alien writing around it. Neither Supergirl nor J'onn could lift the hammer, so the DEO decided it would be best to keep a 24-hour watch on the hammer in case someone comes to claim it.

--

After your several hour excursion through National City, you still could not find where your hammer was. It was frustrating, to say the least. The phone in your hand buzzed with a text from Lena, "Meet me back in my house. We should have dinner together." Over the few months that you have spent with Lena, you could tell that she was a compassionate person. You weren't sure what the courting process here was on Earth, but you intend to find out soon.

When you arrived at Lena's house, you were greeted by what seemed to be a mountain of food. Lena had gotten all of your favorites, and some new things that you've haven't seen before. It was exciting, but you just couldn't shake off the worry in your heart over where your hammer was.

"What's wrong?" Lena came over to touch your shoulder.

"It's my hammer. I haven't been able to find it. That concerns me."

"Well, maybe I should tell you, during the night you came here, there was a beam of light that fell from the sky. Maybe your hammer landed there. I can take you there tomorrow."

True to her word, Lena took you out to the site early the next day. As soon as you get there, you spotted your hammer. "That's Mjorknir!", you point excitedly and immediately ran over. As soon as you step over the sensors, lights immediately flood the place and DEO agents with guns rush out. In seconds, Supergirl was there too.

"Lena??? What are you doing here?"

"I'm helping (Y/N), my friend. She says that hammer is hers."

Supergirl turns to you with a suspicious glare. "How do I know you're telling the truth?"

"Because I'm the only one who can pick it up." And with that, you pick up Mjorknir easily with one hand. This causes all the DEO agents to raise their weapons at you.

Supergirl then turns to Lena, "Did you know about this? Did you know she's an alien?"

"Yes, I did."

"And you didn't bother to tell me or the DEO about this?"

"Well, unlike some aliens, (y/n) has never failed to be honest and transparent with me. I have no reason to doubt her intentions."

Supergirl seems to flinch at this as she turns back to you. "Well, wherever you're from, we have to process you at the DEO to make sure you're not a threat."

"I'll come along peacefully, as long as Lena can stay with me." With this, you wink at Lena despite the tense situation. You could have sworn she was blushing as she got on the DEO van behind you.

[tumblunni]

AAAAA lol somehow i spent 45 minutes typing and erasing and re-typing that big ol reply! i hope i didnt make a fool of myself there. but also aaaa i hope i dont miss my class now!! well i still have an hour left but aaa is an hour gonna be enough to prepare?? tfw ur dumb anxiety brain needs like 3 hours of hyping itself up before it can accomplish goddamn anything. But man that super nice comment really hyped me up anyway so I’m gonna ride this happy feelings train and try and forget about my dumb brain!!

Toxicshonot you are so awesooooome!! I’ll tag you if i take cute pics of my stuff from art class! Also you make me wanna start practising making pokemon sprite edits again. lol if some of my friends remember that COMPLETELY RANDOM message i sent you all en masse asking for pokemon fusion/recolour requests? Yeah this is why, lol! I FEEL SO INSPIRED!!! oh and also i was thinking that maybe i could record myself spriting and do one of those videos where people show their process and stuff? tho i might end up being too nervous to post it

oh oh oh and another good thing that happened this week that i forgot to talk about! I FINALLY FOUND the exact shade of blue hair dye that i wanted! the one i draw my cartoon me with, even tho all the ones i could find at local stores were much darker or more green than blue. I went to this discount store and by some wild coincidence they had a giant pile of some brand i’d never heard of, with SUPER BLUE!!! for £1 each! (thats like 50c in america monie i think? basically BIG CHEAPO) I tried searching for EVERYTHING to find that damn colour, like ‘sky blue’, ‘ice blue’, ‘light blue’ etc. Apparantly what i should have tried was ‘pastel blue’! So yeah i’ll post some selfies when i get this dye on!!

[mielikki-austin]

06182021

Another week in beautiful Austin Texas.  Enjoy these pics from the last week...

1.  Moon a few days old- the Sun is setting pretty far north now that we are so close to the summer solstice (Sunday!) when it sets at its northernmost point.  So when the Moon is close to the Sun a few days after it was new, it's farther north too- standing in my driveway, when I look at Moonsets at any other time of the year, they appear to happen between my house and the southern neighbor's house, but now it's happening over my garage.  I'm still amazed that my phone camera can take these pictures of the Moon.  Here you can even see that the dark part of the Moon is faintly lit up- this is because whatever phase the Moon is in, when you're standing on the Moon the Earth is in the opposite phase.  So while we're seeing a slender crescent on Earth, the Moon's sky has an almost full Earth- and that lights up the lunar landscape so much we can see it here.  It's called, unsurprisingly, Earthshine, and it's one of those common beautiful things that a lot of people don't always notice but I love it when I spot it.

2.  Dumb mural in the pediatric room- I apparently developed a food allergy, which seems to be something that happens to adults occasionally.  My throat started swelling up so I took some Benadryl, but I freaked out and went to an urgent care clinic where they told me that what I probably needed was Benadryl.  When I told them I had just taken some, they suggested I wait and see if it kicked in, since I was still breathing fine and wasn't showing any other symptoms.  Sure enough, after hanging around for about twenty minutes my throat felt a lot better, and they sent me home and suggested I go see an allergist to figure out exactly what I was allergic to. Of course they asked me what I'd eaten recently and the answer was pad thai, which is one of those dishes that can have eight thousand ingredients in it, everyone makes it differently and there's no way of telling what in that dish I reacted to.  I sure hope it was shellfish (which I don't like anyway) rather than peanuts (which I love).  I'm seeing my regular doctor for a yearly exam in a few days and I'll ask for a referral to an allergist then, and avoid pad thai in the meantime.  Anyway, for some reason the urgent care clinic put me in the pediatric room, and I was HIGHLY OFFENDED by the inaccurate representation of animals on the wall mural there; zebras and lions are from Africa, and bears are pretty much everywhere *except* Africa.  Well, maybe it's a zoo, you posit- who puts a zebra, a lion, and a bear in the same enclosure?  Look at that poor zebra, he looks terrified.  It gave me something to focus on instead of panicking about my condition, so that was something.

3.  Roadside flowers- I took this one while I was waiting at a light near the taco place where I get lunch sometimes.  In April this roadside meadow was all bluebonnets, but after they fade there's a million other flowers that follow.  I can recognize a couple of them- the purple clusters are prairie verbena, and I think the one on the lower left that looks sort of like a toilet scrub brush is a bee balm.  The yellow ones could be anything- botanists refer to those kinds of flowers as "DYCs" which stands for "Damned Yellow Composites" because there are so many different flowers that look like this (yellow petals in a daisy configuration) it can be really difficult to tell them apart and figure out the exact identity of any particular one.  Anyway, it's been a rainy, warm spring so we still have a million flowers everywhere, so that's nice.

4.  Austin FC scarf- Austin is getting its first (as far as I know, but I could be wrong) professional soccer team.  We've built a little stadium on the north side of town, only a few miles from my house.  My sports friend Joel, the Aggie who takes me to Aggie football games in the fall, is super excited about this and has been trying to support the whole endeavor by doing things like buying season tickets when we didn't even have a team.  The stadium has been getting ready for the team to start playing in it, and the time is fast approaching!  I've learned that new soccer teams play several away games when they're first born so that they can kind of have their shit together for when they play their first home game.  This will happen Saturday, and I'll be there with Joel.  It's happening at 8pm because it's *outside* in *Texas* in *June* and any earlier would probably have a third of the fans dying of heat stroke.  Anyway!  The team is named in the common convention of soccer teams all over the world- "(City name) Football (what everyone outside of America calls soccer of course) Club", so we're the Austin Football Club.  Our colors are black and green, and there's a crest/emblem that is two stylized live oaks.  Apparently it's become traditional for soccer teams to have scarves that they wave around like flags- this makes a lot more sense in England, where soccer is as popular as American football is here.  And we're trying to be international here, so we're looking at everyone else's traditions to get people in Austin fired up and excited.  So when Joel got a swag bag as a reward for supporting the effort it included two scarves, and he gave me one, which my cat has thoughtfully deposited a ton of cat hair upon.  The scarf has the words "Verde Listos" on it, which is Spanish for "green" (one of the nicknames for the team is 'Verde') and listos means "ready"  so the sentiment basically means "Go team!"  I'll be in attendance, so you'll probably see a picture from the stadium next week.

[trade-baby-blues]

Like No Other

Pairing: Jim x Reader

Word Count: 1894

Warnings: cursing, nudity, general embarrassment (nothing nsfw tho)

A/N: This was shamelessly inspired by an episode of Miranda (which is a great show and you should totally watch it if you like British comedy). Also the second installment of my “Embarrassing Encounters” series. I really enjoyed writing this one, so hopefully you guys like it too!! Plus, it’s a Jim x Reader. When was the last time I posted one of those, lol? (Also, I mention a dress in the fic and there’s a pic at the very bottom if you’re curious about what I was picturing). 

Finally. You finally had a date. Three years in Starfleet Academy and you’d watched so many of your friends fall in love and get married that you were starting to wonder if there was something wrong with you. Maybe you were doomed to die alone. At least, that’s what you thought until none other than James Tiberius Kirk himself asked you out.

You knew his reputation. Rumors jumped dorm to dorm faster than Jim, but you couldn’t bring yourself to care. A three year dry spell had made you so desperate, you felt like you were falling in love with everyone who simply held the door open for you. At least Jim had the added benefit of being experienced.

“And drop dead gorgeous,” your roommate said when you finally told her. Of course, she promised to stay over at a friends. “In case you decide you need a little company,” she winked.

You felt your stomach turn at the thought of Jim spending the night. You wanted him to. God, you really wanted him to, but what if he didn’t feel the same? You’d be the only girl in Starfleet Jim turned away. If that happened you knew you’d die alone at home with a tub of ice cream in hand moping in embarrassment and that was NOT an option. The only thing to do was to make sure you were absolutely irresistible.

It started with getting your nails done. A beautiful blue manicure that would match your uniform but still be practical for when you got back into labwork. After the manicure, you stopped by the mall to pick out a jaw-dropping dress and a few bath fizzers before heading home and running some water for a bath. You lit a few candles and set up your speakers to play some classical 1980s music while you stripped down. Finally, you filled a glass with champagne and made your way to the bathroom. Yes, you took spa day very seriously.

The water felt like heaven. Or maybe it was the champagne. Either way, you started to remember why being single was actually great. No one to crowd the bath with you or complain about your off-key crooning to old timey pop songs.

“It's gonna take a lot to take me away from you,” you sang as you swirled the champagne in your glass. You set it gently on the ground and picked up the wax kit you had left to warm up beside the tub. “There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do.” You spread the wax all over your leg, enjoying the warmth of it but knowing full well how much it was going to hurt to pull off. “I bless the rains down in-” Your voice sounded like a velociraptor as the song cut off abruptly.

You heard your roommate cackling through the closed door. “Good thing you’re gonna be a medic so you can fix people’s ears after you make them bleed.”

You glared, hoping she could feel it through the walls. “At least I can get along with people instead of just machines.” You heard a muffled snort but your roommate didn’t respond, and you decided to count it as a win, getting back to the wax on your leg. You pulled strip after strip off until your legs felt baby smooth and your eyes were a little watery.

You hoped to dull some of the ache in your leg with a big swig of champagne, but found yourself unable to move. Your eyes shot to your leg, hanging just over the edge of the tub. “This is not happening,” you whispered to yourself as you tried to pull your leg up again. The skin tugged but remained stuck. Leaning forward, you could see some wax had dripped down between the bottom of your leg and the bathtub, sticking them together.

Although you’d been trained to keep calm under pressure, your mind went into blind panic. You were sure you’d learned how to remove wax from skin at some point but nothing was coming to you except the thought of Jim waiting at the diner two streets down while you were stuck here, naked in your dorm room with your leg stuck to the bath. Honestly, you couldn’t imagine a worse situation.

The mirror in your bathroom rattled as your front door slammed shut. All the blood ran from your body and you prayed to hear something, even just the tiniest noise coming from your dorm room. For once, you would’ve given anything to hear your roommate snoring but everything was quiet except the hum of the air vent in the bathroom.

“Jila,” you called. Nothing. “This is not fucking happening,” you muttered as you took stock of your surroundings. A spark of genius hit you as you remembered you had a hair dryer under your sink. Maybe you could heat up the wax and free yourself that way. If you could just reach the cabinet from here, you might even make it in time for your date.

You steadied yourself on the wall, leaning forward carefully to avoid pulling on your skin. You were suddenly very thankful for the yoga classes your roommate had pestered you into signing up for as you stretched out towards the cabinets. Your fingertips brushed the handle but didn’t find purchase and you slunk down with a sigh, hand hitting your champagne and spilling the contents across your bathroom floor.

“You’ve got to be kidding me,” you groaned, standing up again. Your leg was beginning to cramp from holding all your weight, so you braced yourself against the handle on the shower wall to ease some of the tension. When your leg felt better. You set at it again, this time using the same handle to push yourself up and throw your un-waxed leg over the edge of the tub. Unfortunately, your foot landed straight onto a stray puddle of champagne and slid out from underneath you.

There were a series of sharp pains as your waxed leg ripped off the edge of the tub and your elbow slammed against the handle on the wall. Your ass hit the tub floor, sending water splashing up the sides and over your body. Then, everything went black as your head cracked against the tile wall.

Everything was perfect. Even better than you could have imagined. The dress you bought absolutely floored Jim. He could barely even speak when he saw the fabric moved against your skin. In the moonlight, you looked like you were glowing and Jim made you feel like an absolute star. Despite his reputation, he was a complete gentleman, pulling out chairs, holding doors. He even paid the whole bill no matter how much you protested.

Neither of you wanted to go home just yet, so you started wandering around San Francisco together. You talked about nothing and everything, feeling like three years of wondering why you were unlovable finally paid off because you found someone who completed you. Not just someone who covered the cracks in your armor, but someone who, in just a few short hours, had managed to fill all the gaps and build you up stronger than you’d ever felt before. Some who, dare you say it, might even be your soulmate.

A breeze from the Pacific hit you and brought with it a deep chill. You kicked yourself for not bringing a coat, even if your heart skipped a beat every time Jim ran a hand down your bare arms. Still, you were glad when he draped his jacket over your shoulders and pulled you against him. Everything felt idyllic until a loud banging made you jump out of your skin.

You whipped around but couldn’t find the source of the noise. When you turned back to ask Jim if he’d heard it too, there was only empty space next to you. In fact, all of San Francisco had slipped away around you and left you in darkness. Your heart pounded in time with the banging as it got closer, closer, closer 

You heard Jim call your name as you woke up. Your vision was foggy and you couldn't remember how you ended up in a bathtub full of cold water, but the smell of alcohol gave you a hint. At least it was your bathtub. “I’m coming,” you shouted as the pounding continued, wincing as a stabbing pain shot through your skull. You rubbed the back of your head and walked groggily into the living room to open the front door.

“I thought you usually wait to go home with a girl until after dinner,” you said casually, letting your arm drop to your side. You tried not to let the way Jim’s eyes widened raked up and down your body go to your head. His tongue flicked out over his lips and you smirked proudly.

“Usually girls wait to get naked until I’ve bought them a drink first, but I kinda like it this way.”

Your smile dropped as you looked down at yourself stark naked in your doorway and the memories of the night came flooding back to you, bringing with it a throbbing in your leg. “Shit,” you muttered. “Shit. How long was I out?”

To your surprise, Jim laughed. “I thought I was the only one who slept through dates.”

“I wasn't asleep,” you snapped. “I hit my head. God, I’m so sorry. Let me finish getting ready.”

“Wait,” Jim said, grabbing your hand, “you hit your head and blacked out?”

“Yeah.”

“And you still want to go on a date instead of I don't know...going to Medbay?”

You stared at him like he’d just said the sky was blue and grass was green. “I’m training to be a doctor. I see more than enough of Medbay as it is.” You crossed your arms when you saw Jim shake his head and chuckle under his breath. “What? Because I’m a doctor I’m supposed to like being in Medbay all the time?”

“No, no, I just...I’m really glad I came up to check on you.” The way Jim smiled at you sent an entirely different kind of shiver down your spine. You wondered how many other girls had seen him smile like that: soft and innocent. Almost loving. “Come on,” he said. “Let’s get you dressed and checked out so you can make it up to me for standing me up.”

“Only if I can check you out, too.” You cringed as soon as the words left your mouth, turning to your closet to keep Jim from seeing the blush rising to your cheeks. Jim howled with laughter as you pulled out a pair of shorts and your Starfleet sweater. “It’s the head injury, okay?” You scowled as you pushed past him.

“Of course, of course. I’m sure it has nothing to do with my dazzling good looks and natural charm.”

You snorted. “I didn’t hit my head that hard.”

Jim laughed again and slung his arm around your shoulders. “So are you gonna tell me how you ended up unconscious in your bathtub with a big patch of skin missing from the back of your leg, or should I call the police now.”

“Definitely the police,” you said, “I told you I’d have to kill you and you’re fun to look at.”

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Here’s the dress! I was picturing it in like...red or black though. 

[sternenmeerkind]

TAG

Tagged by: @bluemoonsnight thank you! ^-^

Rules: Answer these 85 statements about yourself, then tag 20 people as many people as you want

Tagging:  @seadinah @hanahaki-me@mrwiggles1594@eren-jaeger-seijuurou21 @sunslay @dreamy-elizabeth

last

1. drink - water

2. phone call - mom

3. text message - @tedsgingercat ehehe

4. song you listened to - Reshaper // Be Kind

5. time you cried - I think that was some days ago

6. dated someone twice - never even dated sb once XD

7. kissed someone and regretted it - never

8. been cheated on - never

9. lost someone special - uhm...I think that’s my dog who died 1.5 years ago (she was like my animal sister)

10. been depressed - a few days ago (?)

11. gotten drunk and thrown up - never

fave colours

12. very dark blue

13. new leaves in spring (this light and vivid green)

14. the fiery orange of sunsets

the last year have you…

15. made new friends - yes ^-^

16. fallen out of love - does a crush count?

17. laughed until you cried - the tears come fast when I laugh so yes, pretty often

18. found out someone was talking about you - I don’t think so...

19. met someone who changed you - if you would’ve asked me this question last year the answer would’ve been YES

20. found out who your friends are - I think you can say so but that just deepened the friendship

21. kissed someone on your facebook friends list - no

general

22. how many of your facebook friends do you know irl - all of them

23. do you have any pets - yes, six dogs and a senior bunny

24. do you want to change your name - no

25. what did you do for your last birthday - nothing special but the day after we went to a sanctuary for wolves and I WAS ALLOWED TO PET TWO OF THEM (which was my birthday present)

26. what time did you wake up today - 5.50 >.<

27. what were you doing at midnight last night - trying to sleep or playing on my phone, I’m not sure

28. what is something you can’t wait for - the summer after my abitur this year

30. what are you listening to right now - Sirens // Foresight

31. have you ever talked to a person named tom - I don’t think so

32. something that’s getting on your nerves - humans most of the time and loud noises

33. most visited website - tumblr, amazon or google I’d say

34. hair colour - sth between blond and brown??

35. long or short hair - short

36. do you have a crush on someone - no

37. what do you like about yourself - physically: my eyes / other: once you gained my love I’m very loyal and loving and I’ll try to help you whenever I can

38. want any piercings? - I’m not sure

39. blood type - my mum says 0- but she’s not sure (and me neither)

40. nicknames - Jay, Jojo, Jay Jay and some more variations but these are the serious once

41. relationship status- single

42. zodiac - gemini

43. pronouns - she/her/hers

44. fave tv shows - Goblin and While She Sleeps (when kdramas count)

45. tattoos - nope

46. right or left handed - lefty

47. ever had surgery - no

48. piercings - no

49. sport - nope, couch potato here

50. vacation - so far: I’ve been two times somewhere out of Germany but there aren’t many memories left, the last years before our move either the north sea or the alps / future: my mum and I want to go to one of the eastfrisian islands in the summer but it’s not sure yet

51. trainers - I don’t think I understand this one...?

more general

52. eating - atm? nothing

53. drinking - almost always water

54. i’m about to watch - nothing / don’t know yet

55. waiting for - atm: replies for the applications I sent in weeks ago

56. want - health (physically and mentally) for the ones I love

57. get married - maybe one day, when I find the right one

58. career - plz don’t ask, questions about my future give me anxiety

which is better

59. hugs or kisses - I’ve never been kissed (except by my mum) so I guess hugs?

60. lips or eyes - eyes

61. shorter or taller - when it’s about a significant other I choose taller

62. older or younger - older, but not much...?

63. nice arms or stomach - stomach I think

64. hookup or relationship - relationship

65. troublemaker or hesitant - how about a nice mixture of both

have you ever

66. kissed a stranger - no

67. drank hard liquor - no

68. lost glasses - no (I don’t even wear sunglasses so...)

69. turned someone down - no...?

70. sex on the first date - no

71. broken someone’s heart - don’t think so

72. had your heart broken - not sure...

73. been arrested - no

74. cried when someone died - yes, but most of the times with someone I really care about about someone I didn’t know (well)

75. fallen for a friend - no

do you believe in

76. yourself - uhhhh...not really (sometimes maybe)

77. miracles - yes

78. love at first sight - a bit?

79. santa claus - I did, but not anymore

80. kiss on a first date - not sure

81. angels - kind of?

other

82. best friend’s name- I don’t know if they want me to write them down here but there are three girls whose names start with D, S and A

83. eye colour - blue

84. fave movie - Star Wars, James Cameron’s Avatar, The Fault In Our Stars...

85. fave actor - hm. Lee Jong Suk, Chris Pratt maybe

[sinful-liesel]

Mystic Messenger: V’s Common Route Walkthrough (Days 1-4)

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V’s Route Days 5-11 | Bad Ends | V’s Route Chat/Calls Times | Walkthrough Masterpost 

Read before you start:

In order to get into V’s route, you need to play along with Saeran. I’m assuming that if you reveal the truth to the RFA early in the game, you might get a common route bad end.

These are the answers I chose. There’s probably more than 1 way to reach each different outcome in the story, you are free to pick different answers.

This walkthrough may not be 100% accurate. Follow the choices at your own risk.

Missed Chats: Cost 15 hgs to unlock.

Calling V & Saeran “Ray”: Costs 10 hgs. As of now, these two don’t have calling cards, & are not included in the “all characters” calling cards from the VIP package. 

Heart Color Meaning:

V: Mint | Unknown/Ray: Magenta | Jumin: Purple | 707: Red | Yoosung: Green | Jaehee: Yellow | Zen: Gray

CGS unlocked with this walkthrough: 

V: 30/37 | Unknown/Ray: 6/6 | Jumin: 6/6 | 707: 3/4 | Yoosung: 1/1 | Jaehee: 3/4 | Zen: 5/6

**Please DO NOT copy and paste anywhere else.**

**I want to play blindly and see what endings I can achieve on my own. Please DO NOT send me spoilers**

Prologue Bad Ends | These answers will get you to the Common Route:

(You can skip the prologue & head to Day 1) 

Prologue 

-Prologue Chat 1- Who are you? Where am I? You’re the developer of this app? I’d like to chat with a handsome/pretty guy right now. I’ll do it! ! OK! I’ll try it. -Story Mode- (Answer the call.) Unknown? Yes, I remember. R.F.A? Are there any merits in gathering more guests? Alright, fine, I’ll do it. Where’s here? My address? I don’t think that’ll be possible. (Send address.) Get ready? Go outside. Yes. Thank you. Unknown? Why can’t I take the mask off? Thank you. What were you going to do if I said no? Wow, seeing you, I want to pursue you first! Because it’s confidential? Is there a bug? Someone hacked the messenger? what happens if I speak the truth? What happens when I tell them that Rika sent me? Can I choose a different role? Yes, leave it to me. Here. How do I pursue you, Ray? I promise. (Start the game.)

-Prologue Chat 2- Why don’t you finish talking about the quotes? Do you have any other famous quotes? Exactly. From the bottom of your heart. I was told to host a party. Am I going to be blocked? I’m here because someone called Rika sent me! Yeah! I wanna talk to you, V! Put me through~! I was only told to open a party. I’m not a shady person. What happens if I refuse? Yeah, gladly, if you’re doing the research, Seven ^_^ Why is everyone so guarded? Weren’t you going to give me a call? I presume you and V are close? Are you two leaving together? I wonder what kind of relationship you two have... We will take our time, talk a lot, and get to know eachother. Good bye~ ~ I was only told to hold parties. Calm down and ask me one at a time. It must be difficult...I understand. Let’s talk again ^^

These answers will get you to V’s Route:

Day 1

00:00 New Face

2:21 Jaehee’s Doubt

6:30 The Open Sea Between 0 and 1

08:26 Cats and Dogs

11:49 Importance of Meals

14:08 Zen’s Consideration

16:33 Dear Party Coordinator

Really? Right now I’m seeing a cloudy sky. Do your eyes really get better if you look up at the sky? Yes, please. I think that’d be a great help. Are V’s works famous? Where are those letters now? I’d love to meet her myself...It’s so sad that she’s no longer here. Are you mistaking me and chatting with me for someone else? He has a school assignment to share? See you, Yoosung!

18:17 I need healing time

ex-boyfriend Ewww!!! My one and only love? So can I start my reports with you? Lucky 7% Meow I’d love to see your cat! I think it wouldn’t be good to the cat if her environment changes. You shouldn’t torment animals! No wonder the cat hated it so much- What about Zen? Sounds like a fair deal. That’s a bunny emoji I don’t think he’s going to tell you. If both of you trust V, you can just accept me for who I am, just like how V decided. Can I unzip them? Come on, there’s not way Jumin’s interested in cosplaying... I’d love to see it lol You must really love cats! Send my regards to Elizabeth the 3rd- It’d be a phenomenon if he really does! Don’t you agree? Make sure you give me a copy of the pic if you take one! Good luck 707! the defender of peace!

20:02 Subject of Interest

Jumin! Zen is my bae too! I think I’ve found a new buddy. Are you organizing what you found about me ever since I joined the RFA? Cruel is the reality...But if you do your best, I’m sure you’ll ffind happiness someday! Please let me know if there’s anything I can do to help! I understand that you can’t trust me yet. Let’s be friends nice and slow. I understand you, Jaehee. I’m not a bad person! It’s just that I have a whole lot to learn! My game might be over if i tell you. It’s a secret! How come? Oh, save me, my prince! This initial setting is a bit tricky. But that’ll make the progress of the relationship more rewarding. Your looks are already more than enough help to the entire world. Lol Time for your preening Zen! You gotta make yourself an international treasure! I use soaps... Bye, sexy.

21:34 Richness in Wine

Welcome, Jumin. Good day? How come? Do you like wines? Maybe they want to have you as their model? Jumin, you’ve already got talents! Now you’re telling me you’ve got looks as well? T-T But aren’t you delighted? Yes, absolutely! You have this luxurious atmosphere. Looks vs business talent...? Whichever wins, I think it will return as a compliment for you. I see that V likes wines too. What if both of you model...?! I’m sure those days will come again. Jumin... You two are such good friends! Do you have an automatic timer installed in your head by any chance?

23:25 Intriguing Person

Wow! It’s V...! I’m so thrilled to see you! You two make a lovely couple. It’s all a secret. Shh! You must be curious about my world. Can you see anything different through your viewfinder? They all look so nice. The purpose of my life...is my bias. This advice sounds like the result of your own experience. V? Let’s talk again V.

-STORY MODE- Come in I’ve been waiting for you, Ray. It was fun! It felt like talking to actual people instead of AIs. The black-haired man in a suit with a temper. Now that we talked about games. I want to talk about you, Ray.

Day 2

1:19 Expectation and Uneasiness

He said he’ll be back soon. You could ask him then, can’t you? Aren’t you going to sleep Jaehee? Do you have a hidden background story with you? You know, you’re actually the CEO’s daughter... That’s a true businessman there. He makes the future rather than presen his priority. A rich man and a celebrity? They sound so otherworldly to me. He said that he’ll drop by more often. I’m sure he will. That’s right! Please trust me! I’m here to have parties with the RFA. Isn’t that a sensitive matter to V as well? Their friendship is so cool... What about me? I like hearing about the RFA You’re mean...I didn’t do anything wrong. You must feel so complicated. I doubt you can sleep. I agree. I doubt you can gain anything from suspecting each other. Yoosung must have been really fond of Rika. I’m afraid that Yoosung’s sorrow will turn into misunderstanding on V. But you can’t tell people to do something about their sorrow, can you...? I should go to sleep too.   -STORY MODE-

2:44 Night of Reminiscence

Good evening, Jumin. So you’re saying that I’m currently holding information superiority. I think you’d trust V in whatever situation, Jumin. Ohhh busted. I actually came from another dimension. that allows transformation into a completely different person. Where is my Prince Charming for me-? that’s one elegant sense of humor you have, Jumin. Is that what you think? You’re cute, Jumin lololol You mean a chat about dark magic? Was that spell...for summoning V instead of shapeshifting, by any chance...? You’re drunk, Jumin.... You two know each other so well... But I’m guessing that you managed to get back home safe. Perhaps he’s sleeping while chatting. You can actually see that? That must be because you’re his friend. I-know-no-such-thing-as-sloppiness boy lolololol So you two first met when you were really young. So what did you tell him, Jumin? It feels like I’m having a casual chat...How do you know if he’s drunk? I think both of you should go to bed. What’s the matter? I head bean sprout is good in getting rid of hangovers! You two share a whole lot of memories. But it’s okay to depend on your friends. Could you protect me too? I’m going to be now, too.

7:50 Unexpected Visit

V? something’s weird about the chat room. Kind of...But I’m sure we’ll be able to hold parties somehow. I don’t know what you’re talking about, but I’m curious what you’ve got more to say. So let’s continue. You really scared me! ...That was you, Ray? I slept very well. I think I like my new room. Did you have a good rest last night? Thank you, Ray. You’re so good at cooking! I’m so excited! I think I’ll have much more fun discovering all the secrets! They’re really AIs...right? They feel so real. I think you’re really warmhearted man, Ray. Who is that? I’ll be waiting. -STORY MODE-

9:37 The Act of Hacking God

Uh-huh and it looks like your mind’s been wiped clean too. Hit Seoul Hit Daejoun Hit Daegu Hit Busan Hit It! That’s my username. I wonder what they keep in the Vatican’s server. I’m pope’s fan too! Can you share them with me? Thank god it wasn’t the messenger server. Can you tell me what kind of files you had in there? Can I get a copy of his pic? Time to call the police. Please don’t be so mean to him. I’m sure he’ll do his best. Oh? Did you find anything about me? I wanna know too. Is it this hacker or someone else...? byebyebye Is it because of me? V looks like a very responsible man. If he does recover them. I hope he can share them in commemoration of his success... Are there really vampires in Romania? Be careful! It could be fraud!

12:00 Lots I Want To Do Together

The user is here -  Did you have lunch, Ray? If you didn’t eat, then I don’t want to eat, either. You must be really talented. That sounds great! No, I like you more than those AIs. I’m not bored. I get to talk to you like this from time to time. Why is this game so full of bugs? Of course. You’re so much more amazing than him. Important guest? Good luck on your work, Ray!

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13:57 V’s Decision

What? It’s V! You made a choice. So does that mean to others won’t suspect me anymore? You seem to have reasons why you trust me. So we’ll be holding a small-scaled party. Sure. You look like a responsible person. I’m so excited to find out what party guests they’ll recommend for me. I’d like to know more about you too. Please log in more often from now on. I hope we can talk some more next time.

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15:24 Recommendation of Trust

Welcome, Jumin! There’s C&R right there- the No. 1 corporate of Korea! You collect antique books? That’s an elegant hobby. Sounds great! We’ll get to heat behind his long life. Though who art deeper than even blood, Though who are darker than even darkness... Really? What kind of gifts? What matters isn’t the background. It’s the person itself. V looks like a trustworthy person. I trust him. Recommendations, please! They can take the cab. He’s right. I like seeing you bright. Jumin, the epitome of trust. Why don’t you try reading like Jumin? Try focusing on your books. Why don’t you try trusting V, too? Maybe that’s why he can trust V. I think it’s good to direct your thought somewhere else! Clear your head and come back!

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18:26 The Universe and the Sun

Hell-o Seven! Too bad. I wanted to invite a werewolf too. Aren’t werewolves usually humans? I’ll invite it beep! What is it, Seven? Is there something bothering you? You can try screaming into your blanket. Here he is! My secret buddy! Can’t expect anything else from Jumin’s friend. Let’s just be honest with space. The halo definitely comes from your face... Holy V Can you count me in? Those left behind should carry on. But if that’s our current situation, we should work together and prepare for the party. He’s gone. Does V like the sun? Maybe the sun holds a special meaning for him. Maybe he’s sick...? You’re such a good boy, Seven. Of course!

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20:13 Party at Saturn?

Good evening, Jumin. Bur it’s just a day. He’ll be fine. You two must be quite close. Pluto will feel lonely by itself. So I’d like to invite Neptune and Uranus too. When it comes to recommendations, you don’t have to force her for one... I think it’d be one exciting party! That’s a person’s name right? Sounds delicious...I mean, sounds good! Some superior officer? Who could it be? You look tired... Good luck, Jumin! Really? I wanna see too! I wanna see too! I wanna see her beautiful jump! Oh my...she’s so cute! Can I have more pictures of Elizabeth the 3rd? I’d like to know what mysteries are there about him. You can watch Zen’s DVD. Huh? Zen! So did you de-stress at the spa? You basically had a hibernation lolol Zen, do you know that we’re having a party? We can talk more tomorrow! I wonder what kind of recommendations I’ll get. Goodbye, Jaehee! Your looks will bring better things to you! Let’s have a nice party! Me too! I’m so excited!

22:38 Congrats

I was sightseeing in the other room. I thought I could take a break. They’re beautiful. Thank you so much, Ray. I think those AIs are not very suspicious of me now.  I think I will get even better! I too wish you were my partner. I can see how happy you are. I want to stay here. I wanna be close to you, Ray. I’m counting on you. Please take care of it fast. We didn’t chat much...You’re leaving already?

Day 3

00:31 Under the Shimmering 

I wanted to chill out more and then go to sleep. I think your biorhythm will break living like that. I actually want to see V’s photos. I wonder how Jumin will look riding the bike! That’s the thing, you can never find your driver’s license when needed. Both are so perfect. How am I to choose? You’re here to see me! ! Zen, you had an accident? What if something dangerous happens to you? Tell me what happened back then. It would have been serious if V didn’t follow you. V, you should take photos of me someday as well! Flowers? V, were you Zen’s fan? You still look promising. Do something that brightens your mood! V, do you normally clock in such late hours? V, you go well with wine! Good bye! I’m like that as well. I’m going to stay up late.

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02:46 Paradox of the Survival of the

I was testing the game you gave me. If you have something to say, come over yourself. Then it’ll bloom twice as much flowers! I feel sad for the weaker stalk... I want to save the weaker stalk somehow. You’re right. The weaker stalk was the one that sacrificed! Wow...I’ll look forward to it, Ray! It was fun. With hidden morals and all... Ray, when are you going to sleep?

7:00 Take Care of Your Health

Change your glasses into sunglasses lol I’ll get ready to write it down! Can I taste it? Reports to police right now✩ Send in an ingredients review document as well. Seems you have an innocent spot in you, Jumin. You’re suddenly acting a bit pathetic. Catching your breath is important as well. Tell me more of this cleaning fairy. Awesome! Why don’t we learn its secret cleaning methods at the party? Huh; It’s Jaehee;; Too bad, you were this close to being successful in your fabrication. Jaehee, good luck today! Isn’t it enough to have one friend like V? 1011011...... It wasn’t too far. It was way was too far. Don’t forget to bring Sevenstar Drink Version 2 when you come back!

9:13 Back in the Days

Jumin’s company? I’m ready to hit Save. Please show it to me! ! ! ! When did you debut? And the story goes that it was your girlfriend. What photo did V debut with? Yeah,  think it’s harsh to compare appearances with you, Zen! I wanna be - most very best -  Great! i’ll catch Backpack Monsters by inviting him to the party. My eyes are screaming out of joy! Jaehee, our professional Zen-critic, can you please explain to us what kind of performance it was? And like this, the number of photos in my folder increase one by one... Jaehee, your Zen-intelligence is really awesome. Truth is, I think I prefer V than Zen. I want to know whom he’s having the meeting with - V’s dad...I wonder what kind of a person he is. Silver spoon family class.... I like V’s humble attitude. I think they pair well together^^ You do know that beer isn’t part of brunch, right? Does V know about this? I want to be friends with V too. Jaehee, have a great day today!

12:22 My Best Friend

Not yet. No...Humans betray someday. You’re friends with flowers ^^ I like lily-of-the-valley! You can! Though more time would be needed. I’m jealous... I don’t think you’re obsessed with me. I’m just glad that you seem to care for me a lot! Then Ray, are you working for this person? I want to be with you...! My mind will not change. I want to see you today, Ray!

-STORY MODE-

14:09 Small Cute Adorable

Oh, Savior of Justice! ! Has a villain appeared? What’s your real job? What a dangerous mission...I wonder if you can return safely...? I understand her. She must have been surprised to learn that your mission is a dangerous one... Will a nude photo be next? I am curious of the next theme. 3 days....? Got it. I was about to recommend the first one! ! Cars are dreams! Don’t sell it! Since it’s largely influencing the national economy...I think it’ll be larger than what we imagine... It’s inevitable because of its size difference. What is it...? I pay a decent amount earnestly. Though not as much a Jumin. The father might have dyed his hair.... I wish a dragon would come to the party.... Let’a make an equal world for everyone together! It looks like a strong name. Okay! Let’s invite it! Wow- You’ve put your effort in trying to find the most ordinary person! We cannot decline someone like that! Whoa...are you going to fall now? I want to try that! I’d expect nothing less from someone V has appointed in charge of security. The party might become more interesting! I’m worried that V might become baffled with all this. I should pick up and finish up the work I was doing-

16:32 Precious Friend

V! Hi! I think it’ll be fun! Two friends gathered in a chatroom ^^ What kind of person is V’s father? I wonder what his impression is like. Is it a humiliating secret that you can’t share with me? Fathers are sad to be close but distant as well. Especially in case of father-son relationship! I think it’ll be a good occasion to get together. V...you seem very uncomfortable with your father. You must have seen each other often since you both lived int he same neighborhood. I want to hear memories of you two ^^ Cute - ! ! So, who won? Please don’t say that, V. It’s not your fault. It’s going to get better little by little, V. V...don’t fall into too much despair, and try to cheer up! Though he looks very cool on the outside...I think he’s having a hard time. Is there anything I can do for V? I’m going to take a break now! Take care!

18:24 Explosion of Emotions

Yes, I did. Yoosung, you must be in pain... Welcome, Zen the Gorgeous - We were talking about Jumin. Aunt and uncle? Whoad...isn’t that harsh? It was their daughter’s funeral. Rika was adopted? I didn’t know since Rika had a bright image. I think V’s trying hard too. Why don’t you leave him alone for a bit...? I think having someone next to you would help ^^; I don’t think that’s something...Yoosung needs. Zen said to help you...but you just shake it off... Zen...it might reach him later on. I wonder what V’s thinking.... His way of grieving might be out of this world! If you ride the motorcycle, V will get worried. Zen, you will look gorgeous even when after sweating.

-STORY MODE-

20:11 Reason Behind the Curiosity

You’re on your way here? Wow.... I was about to have dinner -  How much do you like me? I actually feel good. It was fun today as well. V turned a bit more active. Yes!

-STORY MODE- I’ve been waiting for you! It’s great to see you. You talked about a garden. I want to go to that garden fast. They’re beautiful...! Just what do you do here, Ray? Why are you so busy? Let’s walk for a few more minutes. I want to talk to you some more.

21:49 Powder of the Coordinator!

Cleaning Fairy! Have you completed all your chores? Yes, it was great talking to V and all. Yes! Heartwarming.... Yes ^^ I’m embarrassed ^^; And what other kinds of information did you find out? Sure - Feels great that he’s looking out for me! V said not to advertise. I want to buy one for V. Bye, Mr. Advertiser.

23:07 Another Level of Salvation

Jaehee, you should have some of Sevenstar Drink...! I believe Seven will be able to avoid them without a problem. Why don’t you go to a shaman? Or hire an exorcist.... Um...maybe it could actually save someone....That’s probably why deeply religious people look very happy. Yoosung, what have you been up to? Was it effective? Did you fall in to the world of gaming? Seems like a sign. Sniff...I smell something...the smell of a spaceship burning... I’m thankful that he’s become brighter... I believe it’s a problem you eventually have to return to and solve... Sounds like good words, but it’s always better to do an adequate amount of good deed. It may be happiness to those that want to be saved by force. It might not be fancy like salvation, but I will do my best. Yoosung, it might be time for you to look for professional help. Whoa, interesting! Let’s invite him! I wonder what his next costume will be after the leopard. Vent out your stress by gaming! I think he just needs a way to vent out like that for now! If you find it, please tell me as well!

-STORY MODE-

Day 4

00:16 Keep Thinking of You

You’re back! That’s the one we saw in the garden! I wouldn’t been glad if you really did grab me. That sounds like a dream... I would’ve had a hard time playing this game if this wasn’t a game that you gave me to test. I’m sure V will tell me his plan. I think it’s a bit hypocritical... No, money can’t solve everything. But don’t you think it’s natural that they overcome their concerns and become better people? I think the period of unsteady anxiety is meaningful if it is for the sake of overcoming one’s pain. Can I save everyone if I see the endings? Alright! I’ll play until the end. Actually...yeah sometimes. Sure, I’ll think about it. I’m gonna stay up for a bit.

2:34 What’s Wrong?

What are you doing at this hour...? Another hacking? What about it? Welcome, Zen? What were you doing? I think there’s a bug - I’m sorry that I crashed in T-T waaah... Who’s your watcher? I think other pictures would be more dangerous than your pictures... Like V’s pictures for example... What about me? Seven...you’re going to use that money for your business, right? Great idea! Who shall take the throne of the Seven Kingdom? That’s lit... Did you make it yourself, Seven? I should wear what I should for a party Is he an actor? Really? He’s that good-looking? He’s actually a girl! Is he the kind of guy who’s the sum of you and Jumin together? But he sounded nice while he’s talking to V. Me too! Let’s invite him! Now, I guess? Are you going to say good night to me? Good night, Zen... You have a lot to work on T-T Tell your housemaid I said hi!

-STORY MODE-

8:15 All-Nighter

Jaehee, have you seen Seven’s picture? I wanna see V’s picture... I can’t sleep well either... Welcome ^^ Cutie boy of the RFA! What did you do last night? Good for you...! Congrats! Napping on a bus? Didn’t Jumin said that you’ll make a fine intern? I knew it... Yes...you gotta have at least some sort of pleasure in your life...Phew... How did you deal with your stress before getting into college, Yoosung? Were you into musicals? Oh yes, please! but I gotta finish what I’ve started! Let’s all meet nice and happy at the party-! Shouldn’t we trust V and wait for him? I think there’s a good reason...why they didn’t attend her funeral. But you should hang on for your philosophy class! I hope you dream about LOLOL Don’t you think it’s better for Yoosung to just chill out playing games? Sure, I’ll see you late! You can leave Yoosung to me - ^^

-STORY MODE-

10:22 Understanding and Respect

Welcome, V! Is there anything you’d like to know about me? Of course! No matter what happens! I don’t think it’s too late. We’re getting to know each other. Are you jealous? Lol I can’t tell you anymore. There’s a good reason why I can’t. That’s why it’s even more frustrating... But why would you accept me as one of the members? You haven’t even figured out my location or identity. Is there something wrong? If that’s the case, it’s a bit sad... It’s okay. Everyone has different history and reason... I don’t think there is no good or bad family. There’s only ‘my family.’ I think you’re also a proud son, V... I think you two will be friends forever. I hope my joining can help the RFA to progress in a good way. But I think you can do a good job, V. Goodbye! It’s a privilege of a friend! Why are you making so many secrets? They must be such a burden... Even though you might not suit him, you’re quite charming on your own! Thank you, V...Have a good day.

12:00 I Really Want to See You

Ray you had your lunch, right? ^^ I’m eating right now - Does it hurt a lot? I’m worried... Yes, I’ll make sure I tell you...! I think they noticed that you’ve entered the chat room. Yes...this game could be over if I tell them, right? Who do you think is the most favorable one among the RFA? Do you want me to pursue that AI? Would that help you? I wonder what the happy ending is like! I’ll keep the secret. I want to be with you if I can! 707! Then you can just go ahead and destroy him, can’t you? What kind of a surprise is it? Yes, I’d like to stay with you...and continue playing this game you make for me. Take your pills now! I hope you get better! Don’t worry - -STORY MODE-

14:41 Portrait of the Youthful Days

Are you awake now, Yoosung? Did you do well? Lol But it’s been barely a year since you started going to college - Becoming the best gamer in the country? You don’t have to get into a big company for that dream. Unemployment is a serious issue... Listening to you makes me wanna lie in bed...thinking nothing in particular. Maybe Jumin will hire you. Welcome, Jumin! Whoa that was brave Jumin is right! Jumin, a single card you give can save a single life here. I’m a genius. My IQ’s like...229? It’s a group of people with super-high IQ... Why do you want to use him as your intern? yep I think I get what you mean Jaehee is so professional. She’s so impressive. So you guys have a complicated relationship. Right he is. Good idea! yep you cant choose what family you’re born into... And he’s a good man^^ Who could it be? Is it time for your class? It’s all thanks to the games. You really care a lot for V. Good luck on your work, Jumin!

-STORY MODE-

17: 36 An Afternoon of Anxiety

Is there something wrong with you, V? Where are you right now? You’re popular, V - What emails? Just where are you, V? Why would your phone be dead? I hope it’s nothing bad... I hope nothing bad happens to you, Seven... I shouldn’t have come here...I think I’ve only pressured Seven... Him? No. He must’ve been shocked to his bones... That must be quite a burden you carry on your shoulders... Alright. Please take care of Seven.

-STORY MODE- Come on in. I saw it! It’s so fun to see AI 707 flustered. They feel like actual people responding to a grave incident. They feel so realistic. What did you send them? Yes, it was a surprise. But that’s why I like it. Okay.

18:42 Mask Made of Glass

Will Seven be okay? I think V’s burden is growing heavier every minute... Did you call V? What happened to...what happened back there? Don’t pretend to be okay. It’s heartbreaking... I’m worried about you... I didn’t think you’d You sound a bit uneasy I think you should rest!  be like this, Seven... C Language...? If inviting this language can help you calm down...then let’s do it! ! A kiss...? Haagen-Dash 31 Have a good one and refresh your mind! V, Seven, Yoosung...they all seem to have concerns. I’m concerned for them. I guess time is the answer. Sure. Have a good one, Jaehee!

20:10 Zen’s Worrisome Looks

Welcome, Zen the Beautiful. I think V took care of it. I recommend SEVENSTAR DRINK. yes me too! How was school? For now, I’m cheering for V... Yoosung is still young lol Yes, sort of - That’s so sweet... I think you’re nagging again Zen You’re so diligent when it comes to self-management. Let’s invite him! I wanna get some masks too! I’m all ears. You’re off to play... But I think Yoosung’s getting energetic again. You should make a contract with a hospital... I remember what Jumin said...that you need to be calm for things to work out well. See you - good night! The chat room’s dazzling! Thank you! I want to see V’s pictures too... You’re so sweet Zen...Sleep tight ^^

21:53 Nice

V...! Does your phone work now? Wait a minute...! Are you trying to ask me out?! I think I got a lot of recommendations! I can see how much you value the RFA...Don’t worry ^^ It hurts so much...to see him in pain. Thank you...! Yes, I like the RFA! Umm...I’ll look around some more. Wow, finally! ! ! What? That’s too fast! It was nice talking to you.

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22:49 What I want to Say

Am I going to make the contract now! I decided I want to stay here with you. That must be horrible... Me too...I like you too, Ray. I won’t betray you. I promise. Yes, please trust me. Of course. I’m so touched, Ray... I’ll be waiting...

⚠️ Branch⚠️  (Make sure to save!!! SAVE!!! SAVE!!!)

-STORY MODE- Yes! I’ll be with you, Ray. Okay... Where are we going...? Is this where I have to make the contract? Special elixir...? What is this? Is this a medical company? Or a game company? This is a good elixir. You got this for me, right? Who are you? What’s going on!? You weren’t an AI? Were you an actual person? Ray...what’s going on here...? Ray, are you crying? Who is this savior? ...If that’s what you tell me. I’ll believe you.

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