#named him Kodiak

[saint-14s-gay-pigeon]

May have accidentally become a Hunter main

[lizstiel]

oh! I got a kitten.

[yandere-kokeshi]

— Who hurt you?

— yandere dad-ghost x gn teenager reader

Summary || You come home bloodied and bruised from school. While getting patched up by your dad, you reveal things

A/N || This is one of my favorite fics atm. Idk why but seeing soft dad ghost?? Yeah. That's how to do, my heart is. Anyway, enjoy 😉

Warnings || details of being hurt/bullied, blood, hints that ghost kills, and comfort.

Copper and sharpie. That’s all you can smell. The stench has embossed itself on your clothes, your flesh, and inside your nostrils. It was embarrassing really, coming home after being chased by bullies. 

They slapped you to the ground. Laughed in your face as the girls kept you from getting up, sitting directly on your chest. They pulled out permanent markers and drew foul things on your face, arms, and legs. 

Knead your stomach and kicked you. All you wanted was to hang out with them.

Silence settles between the bathroom, hearing your dad — Simon Riley, Ghost or a big Kodiak bear you like to call him, go through his bedroom, the sounds of his drawers opening and closing as he huffs loudly.

You heard the cruel rumors of your reputation. It was a gnawing sort of feeling of betrayal. One that ate away at your very soul and left nothing but pain in its wake. The action alone may not be the worst thing in the entire world. But what made betrayal ache was that in the past, in its place, was trust.

The rumors of you spread like a disease; whispers in the school of ‘slut’ and ‘freak’. Everyone looked at you like something else. Even teachers scoffed at you. You thought you could handle it, until today. It’s expected for your favorite shirt to be stained — again. 

You didn’t want to hear your dads voice. Him being incredibly disappointed in you. 

You leaned your head on the back of the toilet, chewing the inside of your cheek as you waited for him to come in. It was long, just like the torture you’d endured hours before. 

“What happened?” 

You stayed quiet, continuing to look up at the white ceiling before turning your head to the side, looking at him in the doorway with half-lidded eyes. He’s leaning against the door frame, his arms crossed against his chest; almost like he’s disappointed. But his voice says otherwise. 

“Kiddo, what happened?” he re-asks, his boots creaking with the shift in weight distribution, floorboards straining as he walks across the space toward you. 

You stayed quiet, making him stare at you before sighing. 

He opened the bottom of the sink, grabbed the med kit and seized the necessary items before turning on the faucet, grabbing another dark rag due to the one you’re holding already used; stained with markers, blood, and some snot.  

Your dad clicked his tongue, “What the hell happened?”

“M’ don’t wanna talk about it,” 

“You worried me,” your dad voiced, using your name. You considered his words carefully, staring at your lap, legs, and arms littered with all kinds of marks. 

“You also worry too much,” you pointed out, watching him kneel before you. 

He steals your words from your mouth when his huge hand settles around the bloodied rag in your palm. He doesn’t speak; at first, silence hangs between you, once again as throws it away; grabbing the cloth into the sink. Then, he soaks it until it’s dripping, droplets pinging off the surface, and wrings it out. His dorsal muscles ripple beneath the backs of his palm, veins a ballpoint color and standing out against his pale skin.

“You didn’t answer your phone,” he directs, carefully holding the damp fabric and slowly reaching for your face. “I thought something happened. Which did.”

You stayed quiet for a second. “… I didn’t mean to scare you,” you whisper. 

You can see his brown eyes narrow, his mind occupied by something. Clearly, he’s angry. And who wouldn’t? Finding your kid barely able to stand up, laying against the wall for help covered in bruises and blood, was a frightening sight. Especially with his type of job, anything is possible. 

The pressure of the cloth against your face is so delicate, almost like he’s appearing afraid to hurt you — gently brushing away the flecks of blood in your hairline as well as the drawings. He shakes his head gently, considering your words. “Not your fault, kiddo.”

He then grabbed your arm, rotating your wrist as he examined the bruises and forming – you watched his face fill with fury.

“Who did this to you?” he seethed, voice deep and low, a tone you’d heard not so much before. 

You shook your head, clearly not in the mood to talk about it. But it didn’t satisfy him, he called your name, demanding you to look at him. Tears were already falling before more words curled out of his mouth.

At long last, finally with the adrenaline and frightened state going away, you let your guard down, letting tears pour down your eyes. It stung, face hurting more than you’d like. But you didn’t care. You needed to cry.

Your hands went up to wipe away the tears, but before you can hit your sore cheeks, he’s capturing you in his arms and pulling you to his chest. He doesn’t say anything, letting your head rest on his shoulder. All you required at this moment was to be held, to know you were loved. And that he wasn’t mad — never at you. 

He rubbed your back, kissing the side of your head as you cried out more — sobbing turned into occasional hiccups and gasps, then sniffles and permanent hiccups that he would occasionally let out a chuckle on. 

“Ready to talk about it, kid?” He asks cautiously, prodding but patient. You only sigh softly before looking up at him, quickly noticing the snot and tears stained into his gray hoodie. 

“It’s just…” you pause, trying to find the right words to say. “Things have been rough, lately. School has been hard. Everything seems to be going wrong. Especially with the other kids.”

His eyes squint as he listens to you speak, the hazel color meeting your own, leaving you choking in your words. He’s your dad. You shouldn’t be afraid of telling him. But what if—?

“—And I know that being a teenager is hard. But, I can’t do it anymore. I don’t want to see them.” you trail off, a shuddering breath escaping your lips as you feel your eyes swell up once more.

His thumb catches them before they fall, however, and you smile at him for a moment before continuing.

“I’m scared to go back,” you whisper brokenly. 

For a moment, the bathroom is silent, but all at once your dad’s arms are tightly around you in a hug. All-encompassing, it only makes you cry once more. Your head slumps over, forehead pressing into his shoulder – his hand pressing against the back of your neck.

“How long has it been happening?” 

You shrug your shoulders, digging yourself deeper into his shoulder. “Long enough, I guess…”

“Kiddo…” he starts, sighing out of defeat. “Shit- I’m sorry for not noticing. Le’s keep you home, mkay’?” 

“Okay,” you whisper, but that’s good enough for him. His hands started rubbing your back, before reaching over for the rag on the counter — continuing to clean up the stained marks and your irritated cheeks.

“Do you need me to do anything?” he says, his tone hardened. From the looks of it, he had a plan. But, you knew or not. His face was unreadable at times. 

You shook your head, before hissing out at the soaped cloth on your cheek. He gently moved your hair out of the way, just enough to expose the wound near your eye. 

“Sorry. Need to make sure it won’t get infected.” 

Before you know it, he was done. Already putting the first aid kit back under the sink and throwing the used cloth into the wash. “Tell ya’ what,” he says, making you raise your eyebrows. Though, he pulled his cracked-screen phone from his pocket, the exact one he’s had for years and the one you’ve begged to get a new one. 

He offers it to you, already on the phone on. More often or not, he didn’t let you snoop through it. Licensed files detailed in the phone. Plus, the last time you played a prank on him with it, he grounded you — for two weeks. 

“W-hat do you want me to… do?” you stammered questioningly, hesitantly grabbing it before looking at the screen. Then back at him.

“Order pizza. Get whatever you want.”

Your eyes widened, a smile widening to which he chuckled at. “There you are,” he says fondly, hand brushing your hair back. “You get whatever, yeah?”

“Okay,” you say, the first true smile forming today.

You got up, eagerly running out of the bathroom and downstairs as Simon yelled a small ‘watch it!’. As he gets up from his knees, he walked into his office – making sure to hear that you’re calling the pickup line before ringing Price.

He immediately answered, asking what he needed. From the way you described their name-calling, the images of you sobbing as he held you, anger filled his veins, knuckles turning white as he clenched his fist with rage. 

“I need a favor.” 

And weeks later, the news began talking about a murder spree – snapping you out of your thoughts, only to see both of your ex-friends, and those teachers on TV. A pang of guilt set through you. But, beside you, your dad had a huge smile; one that was promising to never let anyone hurt you.

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[sandersstudies]

Since you can't share top picks for potential baby names, would you be willing to share which ones you considered that didn't quite make the cut? AKA ones you know you won't be using?

YESSSSSS I feel like I’m an influencer for the first time. I have to keep my two top picks each for boys and girls to myself in case I use them in the future but if I don’t and I still have this blog when my family is complete I’ll share.

I won’t be sad if you judge me in the notes! These names all didn’t make the cut for a reason.

Boys

James (My husband and I actually both like this name but my extended family has two James’ already)

Basil

Bates

Geordi (We are Trekkies and love Geordi LaForge but sadly decided that this is a cute little boy’s name but maybe sounds a little juvenile for a grown man.)

Mathi

Ambrose

Anselm

Atticus

Mangan (This was intended to honor a male mentor in my life but my husband knew a kid named Mangan who sucked and ruined this one for him.)

Sheridan (We decided this sounded too feminine.)

Selwyn

Sigrun (We actually liked this for a boy, nicknamed Sig or Siggy, but concluded that the Norse mythology connection made it too feminine.)

Zefram

Amyas/Amias (This was my top pick boy name for a while but my husband didn’t like this one at all.)

Leander

Lemuel

Laertes (Another of my favorites my husband didn’t like.)

Peregrine (This is a saint name that goes well with my second-favorite girl name but obviously most people hear Peregrine Falcon.)

Penton

Delemay (We decided this one sounded to feminine.)

Viggo

Kodiak (I said the mountains. My husband said the camera.)

Silas

Gideon

Pascoe (My husband thinks this is too close to Pascal, which makes him think of Tangled.)

Jude

Jethro (My mom actually vetoed this one.)

Girls

Ronnette/Roni (My family has a lot of Ronalds after a family member who passed away, and I liked this feminine alternative.

Agnes (This was one of the few girl names my husband and I both liked for a while.)

Liesl (Like the Sound of Music.)

Zelpha (Another family name)

Sophronia (Also a family name)

Brontë (For the author sisters.)

Piccarda

Simonetta

Lucretia (Can you tell I read a lot about the Italian Renaissance)

Romy/Roamy

Paget (Like the actor from Criminal Minds.)

Thaïs (This was too similar to another family member’s name)

Tula (Fandom alert this was a character from Dimension 20: Burrow’s End)

Zoah

Bryony

Ardis (I actually have an acquaintance named this but it’s SUCH a cool one, and a shorter alternative to Artemis.)

Wynne (Whoops! My in-laws named their dog this :))

Winona

Etta

Eulalie

Gwynedd (Too similar to the name of a family member)

Nadine

Saryn

[strawberrykidneystone]

the normandy cat

-yk how pirate ships had cats on them to eat mice and stuff? yeah the normandy definitely had a cat on it in ME3

-she’s a grey-striped tabby with one eye missing, so shepard named her winky

-she kinda just wandered on one day and never left

-she gets in the tunnels and airways all the time and edi tracks her movement

-she's usually in the shuttle bay and wacks at the robot dog (sorry kei-9)

-vega and cortez keep her food and water filled at all times (they get her the good wet food and put ice cubes in her water)

-vega insisted he was more of a dog person, but was immediately found with winky crawling all over his shoulders and using him as a living jungle gym with vega laughing like a little schoolboy

-cortez had to start doing "winky checks" because she has snuck onto the kodiak during take-off on more than one occasion

-becomes the ship-wide ESA

-garrus trims her claws whenever he trims his own talons

-tali can frequently be found holding her and baby talking to her, telling her how cute and fluffy she is, 10000x worse when she's drunk

-when grissom academy was saved, the teens had a FIELD DAY playing with her and using their biotics to float her in the air (don't worry she enjoyed it, they also made some of her bird toys fly for her to "hunt")

-shepard usually holed up in her room to read reports, but now she can frequently be found on the couch in the common area with winky purring away on her lap

-liara softly scolds the cat when she tries to attack glyph but it's never serious, she enjoys the cat jumping around as a distraction every so often

-kaidan is such a cat dad, he hand sews her a little N7 vest and makes her an eyepatch too

-ashley is very neutral about the cat, she never calls her by her name but never pushes the cat away when she curls up next to her

-traynor is less than pleased about having a cat on board and has to invest in antihistamines like no bodies business, but she sees how happy she makes the crew and that's enough for her

-the cat almost made them crash one time when she jumped up on the normandy consul so joker is not a huge fan "keep her out of the cockpit shepard!"

-edi likes the cat, at least she thinks she does. she definitely seems to like her.

-javik doesn't get the appeal, but does enjoy the feeling of her fur so he tolerates her near him

[sunshinerainbowpuppy1224]

stardew valley fave animal HCs ^0^

i've wanted to post this for a bit!!!!!! i thought of em all >:3 !! PLEASE NOTE NONE OF THIS IS CANON -- ALL OF THESE ARE HEADCANONS I THOUGHT UP !! ALL FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES TO LEARN AND KNOW MORE ANIMAL SPECIES THAT MIGHT BE GOING EXTINCT !!! GIANT NERD ALERT !! ` ------------------------------------------------------ Leah fox, specifically Red Fox (Cross Pelt; AKA Cross Fox) and Painted Dogs. Enjoys the Art side of their pelts and adores how they blend in. In her own words, "The art of Nature is within the Fur of the owner" (extra: hognose snake, chameleon) Abigail Mongolian wildcat, panther. Enjoys the cute side of cats as well as the hardcore style of them as well (hence the panther), totally has a panther tattoo somewhere (extra: Bombay cat, silver-pelted red-fox) Emily Aye-aye, monkeys. LOVES little baby monkeys, goes onto rants how she would make dresses for them like the ones on the internet. finds the Aye-aye to be misunderstood-- their cute yet creepy faces making her lil heart melt. no one understands why she likes them so much (extra: rainbow trout) Haley Tigers (White pelt). Firm believer of the "big cat bigger heart". Adores how gorgeous they are, how shiny the pelts look. Though a large lover of all tiger pelts, the black stripes against white fur struck her interest more (extra: leopard, painted dog) Maru Dolphin, Otters (River). really enjoys sea animals, but yet loves smart animals. She believes that they're misunderstood creatures, defending them with all her heart (extra: emperor penguin) Penny Giraffe, Bear (Kodiak breed). LOVES how beautiful they are, yet they keep to themselves. She isn't loud about her love of these animals but yet shares if mentioned (She's usually called a mama bear by the children of Pelican town) (extra: Harp seal) ------------------------------------------- Harvey Whale (Blue whale), Bernese mountain dog. When he was young he owned a Bernese Mountain dog-- Often talks about her when dogs are the topic. "She was the sweetest thing" he often states. Whales are his weird enjoyment, does A LOT of research on them & goes whale watching at the beach. Watched a film where they were flying overhead the main characters like airplanes!! loved them ever since (extra: Holland lop, African bush elephant, glass toad) Elliott (OTHER THEN LOBSTERS I SEE UR REPLIES FROM THE FUTURE) Amur Leopard, Vaquita . enjoys how gorgeous these animals are, the big doe eyes of these creatures giving him a little dopamine. Gets fairly upset once he learned the extinction of the Vaquita (extra: khaki Campbell duck ) Alex Ploughshare Tortoise, Golden retriever. Has had a little tortoise since he was young, he named him "Junior" but spelt it like "joonyer". Alex is very on that "Golden retriever boyfriend" trend and tries his best to be that

(extra: fried egg jellyfish, dik-dik) Shane (OTHER THEN CHICKENS) Hirola (Antelope) and Ant eater (southern tamandua). Finds them so weird, yet finds them so lonely. Finds himself looking into the eyes of Prey and relating so harshly. (extra: hereford cow, tamworth pig) Sebastian (OTHER THEN FROGS. GRRR) Ili Pika , deer ( Axis breed ). Adores cute little animals that own the biggest eyes, yet chose these little critters. Looks up pictures of them and cries (extra: slow loris , axolotl) Sam pangolin ( Philippine breed ) , Bush Dog . Found out about Pangolins through Pokemon, fell in love and looked into Pangolins more. Bush dogs are like little bear cubs to him-- yet has been attacked by one before. Does NOT care though finds them so cute

(extra: sugar glider, duck-billed platypus) ----------------------------------------------------------------- YAYYYYYAYAYAYYYY U GOT TO THE END YAYY

[sexiestpodcastcharacter]

Sexiest Podcast Character — Unscripted Bracket — Round 2

Propaganda

Amber Gris (The Adventure Zone: Ethersea):

Middle aged woman who punches sharks to death. My hero

If you love me you'll vote for amber gris I swear to everything holy on earth amen

Amber is butch, instant win

Throndir (Friends at the Table: Seasons of Hieron):

Chubby elf vampire ranger!! Has a huge dog named Kodiak!! Made his dad get high with special arrows!!!

ok so perennial is pretty sexy in theory it’s true.. but throndir has some meat on him, throndir seduced what i’m willing to argue was a conceptual precursor to perennial (red jack), throndir helped break that cycle, stop that wheel from turning, etc etc (throndir is owed a win after that disgraceful bear poll)

Throndir also has a big dog!

Art of Throndir from @wereshrew-admirer.

[lemon-sugarcoats-nothing]

I'm curious mod why is Kodiak's emoji a wolf? if you don't mind me asking unless it's related to some future plot point that's spoilers.

So this isn't a plot spoiler, but more lore about his history as a character in constant development!

I've stated before on this blog that these characters are actually AU versions of an Undertale and anime inspired roleplay chat log that Mocha and I had going for several years. We had over a hundred (either almost 200 or almost 300) characters of varying story importance. They were almost all creatures that were mostly humanoid but had some animal or plant or some kind of other-worldly bits and pieces to them. Humans coexisted with them as well. Almost every single one of our cast of characters came from that roleplay.

Those characters being;

Cinna, Sanori (named sanosuke), Xanaria (named Xania), Elizabeth, Koro and Sankoro, Kira, Luna, Virgil, Nexa, Jaysir (named Jason), Zora and Zayden, Chilli (named Tom)- On Mocha's blog, the other boyfriend characters for Cinna were from a different existing story she had going on with someone else but she can tell you more about that.

And on mine - Lemon (their name changed along with whatever I had been going by at the time, so Lynn/Lemon/Loki were all used at different points.), Lucious, Kai, Kodiak, Sadi(e), Nightshade, For the askable characters. And for the non-askable characters that have appeared, Citron and Midnight are pony versions of Loki's unnamed deadbeat father and Dori.

HOWEVER, we had a separate chat roleplay log that was pony versions of those main characters and so some were created into that roleplay. Once we dropped off of that roleplay, we were still fixated on our pony versions of our characters and so we started the blogs. The story of the roleplay was quite a bit different from these blogs, and Initially Mocha had started hers before we realized that because my characters have always been played by me, this was a two-man-job.

Mocha made Alistor within pony AU roleplay, and was swiftly inserted into the main roleplay where I played him (because balance). he was made a scary lookin human and for reasons, a lot of his story was changed and further developed there and then became his new Pony story when we started the blogs. Because his character changed so much from story changes and from character development from plot on my end, Mocha transferred ownership over lol

This sounds complicated and confusing, but you'd be surprised that this kind of character shifting happened to every character in our cast. We have been working on them for 5+ years lol

Other characters, such as Sagi, the descendants, etc. were created as part of the blog (or if they existed beforehand, were not part of the Pony roleplay we had going on.) or were cannon characters changed for the AU (i.e. Twilight, discord, Sunny, etc.)

All of this context is to say -

In that original roleplay, Kodiak was actually what we called "Werewolf". Which, started more as traditional werewolf but he had ears and tail all the time, and just went full wolf on the full moon - And then later after a few reboots and forgetting our own creature lore, werewolves became more of "they can turn into wolves at will and have some more animalistic habits like growling, fangs and lean more carnivorous". They also then had more social communities designed after the stereotypical and scientifically inaccurate wolf hierarchy. He was also known to be very intimidating naturally, with a dark air around him - as did all of his kids, especially Kai.

As a pony, I still try to draw him kinda wolflike in how his mane is kept but most of it was lost in pony land and instead he's just very small part Umbrum. Still, as a tribute to the character he used to be, I used the wolf emoji when picking what emojis for my different characters.

That was super long winded, so im sorry if that was hard to get through! I just hope that thoroughly answers your question :]

-Mod Bee 🐝

[ask-cinnavanillamelody]

Dear President Sparkle,

I hope you're doing well in both your independent search and personal life.

I have asked my kids if they might know anything of our Cutie Mark Reaper, and they have given me a name of an eccentric but high achieving student - Atticus Sky. They've heard him muttering about cutie marks in the past. I am unsure how relevant he will be to us going forward.

More importantly, however, I have met with a pony I received a tip concerning cutie mark troubles. He's given me the address he's supposed to meet to have his cutie mark removed, and I'll have that attached alongside this letter.

I'll be awaiting further instructions.

Signed,

Kodiak Darkstone

Dear Kodiak,

Thank you for this quick investigation! Atticus is one of my higher level Transfer students, it seems he is indeed our culprit. However, we must handle this delicately, he does not seem to have ill intent. It seems he is just overexcited and a bit ambitious, I have seen this in many before. When you go to this address to confront him, bring my student, Alistor Sky with you. I believe seeing his younger brother may diffuse whatever overexcitement, and maybe Alistor can convince him to abandon this endeavor before he commits any crime. He hasn't cast his spell yet, so you do not need to prepare for his arrest, but give him a stern talking to. It seems he has not had one of those in a while.

Thank you my friend,

President Twilight Sparkle

[fruitbat-duo]

Your TC lore

hand it over.

NEOW

HIEEEEEEEEEEEE HI BESTIE.

Okay so, like, firstly, time period: The TC lore is set in early versions of minecraft which, to me, function like a somewhat-medieval fantasy sort of vibe. Much more focused on magic than tech, larger kingdoms and such rather than, like, cities n shit. Y'know? Anyways.

Silly character stuff! :D

Sky was Crown Prince of the Aether, but he left his duties a long time ago to live in the Overworld. He's presently residing as the General of an Overworld kingdom's army, though he eventually gets elected leader. (Elective monarchy !!!) Roughly ~23. Demigod(?? Herobrine's kid).

Lox is their best friend, they've known each other basically since Sky got to the Overworld. He arrived there himself not long before Sky did! Although Lox came from the Underworld. He's a Lampade, a nymph of the Underworld! Looks like a ghost/spirit, and doesn't really have a clear age but appears about 22-23 as well. Lives in Sky's kingdom as well although he doesn't really have a job, he's just an absolute menace to society. They meet Jerome next -- he doesn't live in the kingdom, rather in a forest a fair bit away from it. He's a pretty standard hybrid, just a bear -- specifically a Kodiak bear! He's about 21 and he mostly just makes money from hunting and stuff like that. Husky's next! He's a Merling, specifically an axolotl. (If you wanna get even more particular, he's a lavender axolotl. :3) He takes up living in the kingdom himself a while after he meets the group; he fancies himself something of a scientist! He's about 24.

Jason comes after! He is a Starborne, specifically that of a yellow supergiant. He meets the group after he quite literally crashes down to Earth; originally he tries to find a way back, but eventually he relents and settles in the Overworld. He's also quite the scientist, specifically interested in biology and the like of other hybrids. He's also both the oldest and the youngest of the group -- physically, he looks to be around seventeen years old. Literally / chronologically, he's actually a few hundred THOUSAND years old. (This is, actually, very young for a star, hence the discrepancy.)

They meet Seto next -- he, similarly to Jason, gets trapped outside of his proper home. He's an alchemist from the End (being an Enderborne specifically), and got caught in a severe rainstorm while on an expedition of sorts to the Overworld for materials, causing him to get lost and lose the portal. He settles in fairly quickly, though, and finds he quite likes being in the Overworld -- even if some people are.. less than kind to other-dimensional hybrids (especially those of the End, given their, uh... high tensions).

Finally, Bajan! Jerome has actually known Bajan the longest, knowing him a good few years before everyone else. Bajan is a sentient (life-sized) ball-jointed doll. He doesn't know it, but he was originally created as a replacement for his creator's ("Dad's") deceased son. Jerome found him in a VERY decrepit house on a hunting trip one day; Bajan himself was fine (largely due to not needing to eat/sleep/etc), but the house was in total disrepair following his creator's death. While Bajan was TAUGHT how to fix these sorts of things, mobility issues stemming from being.. well, a doll, led to them just being too hard for him to do on his own. Jerome convinced him to leave and go with him, and they were living together since! Bajan also gave everyone else (namely Sky and Lox) fucking heart attacks when they first met, due to Bajan's. Entire existence, really. His face can't move to make expressions and his mouth doesn't move when he speaks, rather he has a voicebox in his chest, so the general reaction was "HEY WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT". He also has kind of an odd age. He was made to be around his early 20s, but if we go off the amount of time he, himself, has actually EXISTED, he'd only be, like..... six. (Everyone's chill with Bajan now, though. Jason and Seto are VERY interested in his existence for science reasons.)

[corvus--rex]

A far softer than canon college au because holy shit let them rest

~

Ambrose Cusk has just finished his freshman year of college, the definition of a legacy admission at Cusk university, the biggest school in the state. He hated the highrise, off-campus, apartment his mother put him in, and he's decided to finally stand up to her and insist he be allowed to stay in the dorms this coming year. He just wants a normal college experience, and not feel singled out for his name and living space. His older sister Minerva backs him up, arguing for him when their mother inevitably says no, eventually wearing her down.

Ambrose waited until she was at her most distracted, knowing all about Cusk University buying and absorbing the tiny Aurora College, merging their campuses into one that practically spans the city. He also knew that part of the merge included rooming Cusk and Aurora students together and is looking forward to a roommate who doesn't automatically know who he is. Minerva helps here too, using her admin job at the university to make sure Ambrose doesn't get the preferential treatment she knows he doesn't want.

He wants it to be a surprise, so all he knows by move-in day is that his roommate's name is Kodiak Celius and that he's a former Aurora student. Kodiak is definitely a surprise. Ambrose had not been expecting his new roommate to be a grumpy cat in human form or for that grumpy cat to be that hot. He's pretty sure Kodiak could bench press him with no effort, and it's a problem. He wants to be wrapped up in all that muscle, badly, but he knows how Kodiak feels about him.

Kodiak does not like Ambrose at all. He thinks Ambrose is just a pretty prissy (he said prissy, not...ok fine, Ambrose is cute, sue him), moderately slutty, rich boy and he's not entirely wrong. Ambrose does seem to sleep around, mentioning new people every couple weeks, although he's considerate enough to not invade their shared space with those people. It's the personality Kodiak doesn't like, physically...hey, he can admit when he finds Ambrose pretty enough to maybe invade his dreams occasionally, but only to himself.

They can both admit (privately, to themselves only, no this does not include you, Minerva) they find their roommate cuter, prettier, hotter than they have a right to be, although they refuse to admit even to themselves that the initial attraction is anything more than that.

Most mornings, Kodiak is up at Satan's Asscrack, gone for the day before Ambrose even wakes up, except for Thursdays when he sleeps in with no class and nowhere to be. Ambrose practically tiptoes around their shared space, careful to not wake Kodiak and risk the grumbled insults inevitably thrown his way when he does.

One Thursday morning, Ambrose knows it's safe to move around normally since Kodiak was up until after 3am finishing a paper that wasn't even due yet, and is currently doing his best interpretation of a corpse. Ambrose catches himself watching Kodiak sleep, the permanent scowl smoothed out. He's cute in a way he isn't when awake, and Ambrose feels the small curl of something he doesn't want to admit to.

He decides he won't be late for class if he makes a brief detour, and Kodiak will be awake soon anyway, and makes a run to the campus coffeeshop and back before heading off to class.

Kodiak does wake up shortly after (before Ambrose has actually left the building) to the scent of coffee - 6 shots walked past a picture of sugar, his usual order - and a note:

I know you were up late working and thought you might like to start the day feeling a little more human. Probably won't be back until late, still have that group project to finish. Take care of yourself today. -Ambrose

He picks up the still steaming cup and thinks that his pretty, prissy, roommate might not actually be that bad.

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Thinking about in Killeroo when the boxing coach (does he have a name? I just realized I have no idea) says “Oi! No women in here” and instead of correcting his gender Vince just says “it’s me, Vince” and instead of correcting his supposed misconception the coach just says “I thought I’d lost you forever” whatever that means And I’m also thinking about in Hitcher when the Hitcher calls Vince ”young lady” and rather than ignore it (which happens multiple times throughout the series) or refute it (which I think happens never) Howard AFFIRMS it by turning to Vince and saying “that’s you” at which point Vince continues the conversation without question And also thinking about in Call of the Yeti where it’s never actually stated outright what gender Kodiak Jack thinks Vince is, just that he finds him very pretty 5:12am Send Post

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Any Time, Every Time

Kodiak/Ambrose, T, 1.5k - T, 1.5k - Fluff, Humor, Confessions, Missing Scene, slight angst, banter

two boys in space, a confession of things already known, and a promise for any future that may come

That’s right it’s fanfic of The Darkness Outside Us. because I literally could not stop myself.

When does this take place? You know, on the ship. Somewhere in space. But we're just trying to have a nice dinner and not think about that.

Let's just say if you haven't read the book, probably do that first. Plz. It's so good and everyone deserves an untainted read haha

(also, IM SORRY this isn't anything you were probably expecting. but THIS BOOK YALL I couldn't stop, read it maybe because I cannot be in this pain alone.)

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“I’m in love with you,” Kodiak declares one day, completely out of the blue.

Ambrose nearly spits sans serif water all over the place. When he turns to the other boy, still coughing, he’s somehow unsurprised to find that Kodiak has an almost sullen look on his face, jaw clenched stubbornly.

Ambrose opens his mouth and then shuts it again. “What?“ He finally croaks.

“I’m in love with you,” Kodiak repeats, just as flatly as the first time. This time he also raises one eyebrow, which means he’s questioning Ambrose’s supposed intelligence.

”What?“ Ambrose finds himself saying again, and maybe he isn’t as smart as he always thought.

Because it’s not really a surprise, is it?

They’ve both known this was coming, they’ve known it for weeks. They heard the same message, like a prophecy, and it’s hard to deny something said in their own voices, said by them. Not that Ambrose has tried, why would he? The sad truth is love is all he’s ever wanted, after all, and he’s felt it happening. He’s felt it growing in his own chest, familiar and new and huge, terrifying to put a name to even though he already knows.

Actually hearing it, though, hearing that he’s loved and believing it, threatens to knock loose something brittle and sharp in his chest. Ambrose finds that he can’t say a thing in response, he can’t even catch his breath to try.

Kodiak sighs heavily, but there’s a smile tugging at the corner of his lips. ”It’s the only explanation,“ he says dryly and leans across the table to take the leaking water pouch from Ambrose’s numb hand.

”Oh,“ Ambrose says slowly, his heart racing. He finds a smile spreading across his face, so wide it almost hurts, ”You ran all the data, did you?“

”I did,“ Kodiak agrees, ”and unfortunately I came to the same conclusion every time.“

“That was a joke,” Ambrose accuses and his voice still comes out weirdly breathless, awed.

”I do not joke,“ Kodiak insists for the hundredth time, “Now who is being evasive?”

That startles a shaking laugh out of him because Kodiak is right. He’s usually the one reminding himself 'vulnerability, Ambrose’, and trying to drag Kodiak along with him, and when did his shipmate get so brave? Ambrose’s heart feels too big for his chest, so full that it’s hard to breathe around.

“So you ran the data,” he says encouragingly because there’s no way he’s letting Kodiak stop, now.

“Yes,” Kodiak says, squaring his shoulders like this is another mission he’s determined to accomplish. “You are confusing and unbearable, and I am very in love with you.”

”You-“ Ambrose laughs, emotion clogging his throat again, ”You’re supposed to say nice things.“

“You are perfect,” Kodiak shoots back instantly, still with that stubborn set to his jaw even though there’s a flush rising in his pale cheeks. “You’re smart, kind, beautiful, you are nothing like I could have expected, and you are perfect.”

“Oh,” Ambrose says again and then blinks rapidly, telling himself that his eyes aren’t wet.

“Considering the data,” Kodiak continues, rolling his eyes and clearly trying to fight down a grin before he abruptly goes serious, “And considering our situation… I feel confident to say that I will love you for the rest of my life. Until we lose to the dangers of space or our murderous OS.”

“I would not murder you,” the OS says, but Ambrose ignores it. The ship is currently using the Devon Munjaba voice-skin, because he wanted to annoy Kodiak earlier, and it’s easier to tune out than his mother’s voice.

“And after that,” Kodiak says, his voice gone quiet and rough as he mentions the thing they don’t mention, “I will love you then, too.”

Ambrose has to choke down a sob that rises suddenly in his chest because they don’t talk about this. But he knows it’s true, if they…

If there’s a next time, when they’re them-but-not-them, Kodiak will love him. Kodiak will argue with him and piss him off, Kodiak will make him laugh and keep him sane. Kodiak will see him and love him. And Ambrose-

“I- I love you too, you know,” he stutters out quickly when he realizes that he hasn’t said it yet.

“Of course,” Kodiak says, puffing up his chest proudly and lifting one strong arm to flex the muscle. Ambrose laughs and he immediately deflates again, grinning, but there’s insecurity in the curl of his shoulders.

“I’m in love with you, Kodiak Celius,” Ambrose says again, meeting Kodiak’s gaze steadily to try and make sure he knows it. “I don’t have to run the data, I love you.“

”Sloppy work,“ Kodiak accuses, but his voice is thick and Ambrose won’t be deterred.

”Even if I didn’t know it, I would love you,” he promises, ”and on this ship, that’s one of the few things I’m sure of.“

Kodiak is starting to look a little panicky, like this is too much for his stoic sensibilities. He’s popping his knuckles beneath the table, Ambrose recognizes the motion of it, so he decides to have a little mercy.

“Even if you do drive me a little crazy,” he adds with a fond smile, “and even if you are the most stubborn person I’ve ever met.”

“No I’m not,” Kodiak says, stubbornly, and Ambrose grins wider.

“You’re annoying,” he informs Kodiak happily, “and I love you.”

“You’re going to be more unbearable now,” Kodiak says with a sigh.

“But you love me.”

“But I love you,” Kodiak agrees, ducking his chin, but that doesn’t hide his wide smile or the flush across the bridge of his nose.

Kodiak returns to scooping noodles out of his food pouch, apparently satisfied that his conversational mission is accomplished. Ambrose follows his lead and they finish eating in a warm, comfortable silence. Although it is kind of hard to chew when Ambrose can’t stop grinning.

When he finishes Kodiak tips his chair back and stretches his arms up above his head with a deep, happy sigh. He smirks at Ambrose openly watching him do it, then as he drops his arms he smiles sweetly and asks, “Can I have some tea, please?”

“You know how to make tea by now, I know you do,” Ambrose points out, pretending he’s very busy scooping up the last remains of his food.

“Yes, but I like the way you make it,” Kodiak says shamelessly.

“You’re going soft on me,” Ambrose accuses, narrowing his eyes, but still pushes himself up from the table and moves towards the cabinets. He waits a couple of seconds while Kodiak makes exaggerated offended noises, then adds, “And I love you.”

Behind him, Kodiak lets out a loud groan of complaint that fades into a soft laugh. Ambrose smiles into the selection of tea.

Later, laying on the couch, something occurs to him.

They’re ignoring the OS’s occasional, pointed comments about the task list to instead watch more old reels that Kodiak hasn’t seen and gets way too into. Ambrose is fully expecting to be questioned about the motives of every single character later. Kodiak’s head is pillowed on his stomach, one hand stretched up to rest over his heart, and Ambrose is so full of love that he could burst.

He has to put it into words. He has to say something more, something important, meaningful. He has the words, he can feel them bubbling up his throat and making his chest tight.

He considers not saying it, keeping it just for himself. Just his and Minerva’s. But she’s… she’s gone. They’re gone, Titan far behind them, it’s just the two of them and Kodiak deserves to know.

“As long as I’m alive, someone loves you,” Ambrose says softly, thinking back to the promise that was made to him all those years ago. How much it meant, how much it kept him going.

Kodiak doesn’t respond, but Ambrose can feel it when his breath catches slightly and his grip on Ambrose’s shirt tightens. His eyes are bright where they’re still fixed on the reel, clearly not seeing a thing, and Ambrose buries his fingers in Kodiak’s soft hair.

“Any time I’m alive, someone loves you,” he adds in a whisper, soft enough that they can pretend the OS can’t hear them.

A soft, hurt sound escapes Kodiak and he turns his face down against Ambrose’s stomach, clutching at him tighter. “Every time,” he promises, his breath warm and shaking against Ambrose’s skin through his shirt.

When the reel is over Kodiad does have about a dozen questions about the logistics of the talking animals. He asks them all with his chin resting on Ambrose’s chest, grinning up at him, and Ambrose does his best to answer.

”Once again, you are putting way too much thought into this,“ he finally says with a laugh that bounces Kodiak slightly in place, ”and I love you.“

”And you’re not putting enough,“ Kodiak shoots back, eyes shining, ”but I love you anyways.“

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guys i have been doodooling............... my creatures..........

ive been trying to work in a limited greyscale palette to design and draw these guys because i want to eventually make something out of these characters at some point. ive had a story in my mind for two years and im finally hitting the nail on the head with how some of it is gonna go

above is named kodiak. the doodle of him crying is ummmmmmm. ill be vague. hes imprisoned for things. not bad things but things

heres pierre, not THE main character but one of the protagonists and a super important one. the main character here is ivy but i wont show her design ref sheet here because im not sure i want to post artistic nudity on this blog (for context, this species of sphinges dont particularly care about breasts and females are free to have them out as they please, they arent inherently sexual in the context of this world 'neoria' and its wildly accepted to walk outside without clothes. who needs clothes when youve got fur)

if i have enough time and motivation i could probably start a blog specifically for these characters and their worldbuilding, since there are certain things that id rather not discuss or show on this blog due to context :'D. im not the BEST at world building but i put a lot of thought into it and i love talking about these guys in more detail

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Heyyyyyyyy! Can I request howince and reader up to some shenanigans in the call of the yeti episode (any part of it I just love it as an episode) and Vince and the reader have some kind of *non Platonic* connection. Thank youuuuu

I tried my best to sort of write the reader into the episode, I hope you like it!!

Vince Noir x Reader

“A roaring fire, a cup of tea, what more do you need, eh?” Howard asks as you stare down at your cup of tea that you could’ve been drinking at Euro Disney instead of this funky little cabin. Vince and Howard argue back and forth as you sip from your mug, hiding your laugh behind it at Vince’s comments.

“You’ve gone wrong,” you groan as Howard passes out his itineraries for his lecture.

As soon as the papers hit the table Naboo and Bollo bog off to the shaman shop, leaving you and Vince to endure Howard’s lecture by yourselves. You gape as Howard gives you a notepad to “take notes” and Vince slumps into his chair in defeat. You both know how happy it’ll make Howard, despite how bored you’ll be. You scoot your uncomfortable little chair as close as you can to lean against Vince, his arm resting around your shoulders and tucking you into his side. You take turns doodling and writing notes and giggling to each other, exchanging kisses whenever you think Howard isn’t looking. Several times Howard tells you off for “disrupting his lecture” as he puts it. Feels just like being in school again until an ominous clap of thunder booms and a huge mountain man is barging into the cabin.

Vince jumps behind Howard and you follow suit, slotting yourself behind the both of them. Once Howard realizes it’s the man he rented the cabin from, he proceeds to immediately put his foot in it, as per usual. They start arguing about who knows more about the wilderness and who has better scars, which has you rolling your eyes behind Vince until he ends the argument with his own scar. Jack, he said his name was, apologizes and you watch on in horror as he licks Vince’s hand before finally leaving. Just as you start to sigh in relief, Jack crashes back into the door to ask Howard outside.

Once they’re finally gone, Vince starts to unpack, setting his straightener on the counter to heat up.

“Oh god, wash your hands,” you shudder, unable to forget Kodiak Jack. Vince cringes as he dives for the sink, quick to listen to you.

“Reminded me though, we need to put your medicine on that,” you tell him, gesturing to his middle.

“S’alright,” he tells you, but you’re shaking your head immediately.

“You don’t wanna get infected do you? You’ll go all septic and die on me, and I’ll be left with these idiots. You can’t leave me alone to deal with them,” you whine and Vince laughs, shuffling through his things to find the ointment from the doctor. He lets you pull him onto the bed, laying still for you as you push his shirt up and out of the way. Gently, you smooth the medicine over his newly forming scar and he shivers at the soft contact and cold medicine. You press a soft kiss right under his belly button, giggling when he gasps. His eyes had been closed, but they’d shot open at the contact from your lips. You rest your cheek against his warm skin, careful to avoid the medicine as you gaze up at him.

“What?” You ask as he glares playfully.

“You’re a cheeky little tart,” he laughs, pulling you up to kiss you. The kiss gets a little heated before you pull away from him.

“They’re right outside!” You scold playfully. “Sorry, got carried away,” He doesn’t look the littlest bit sorry as he smirks, giving your bum a squeeze.

“Now you really need to fix your hair,” you laugh, the strands extra mussed from your fingers running through it. He gasps dramatically to make you giggle before getting up to look at it in the mirror.

“Aw what’ve you done?” He laughs at the birds nest, picking up a comb and his precious Nicky Clarke. You watch him fiddle with his hair, enjoying getting to see it return to perfect in real time. Eventually you get bored of just looking and hop off the bed to go touch.

“Think we’ll get any real alone time this weekend?” You hum, slipping your arms around his waist to look at him through the mirror’s reflection. He sets the straightener down, tangling his fingers with yours.

“With how Howard’s acting, I dunno if-” he starts, getting cut off by the door slamming open. You both startle at the loud noise, your hearts racing as you jump around to face the door. Vince nudges you back behind him when he realizes it’s Kodiak Jack again. Vince is asking him questions that you can’t hear over the adrenaline pumping the blood in your ears. You’re trying to think of some way out of this when Jack mentions owl beaks and you blanch. Vince has been slowly pressing both of you away from Jack and towards the wall until your back hits the little sink in the corner. You know what owl beaks mean and his next words make you feel sick.

“Pretty little things like you and a big old mountain man like me..” he leers. As you jostle for room to stand in the corner, your elbow hits Vince’s straightener and you flinch away from the heat.

“You’re weird, get off!” Vince shouts and you’re pressing the handle of the straightener into his hand without thinking. Vince glances down at it before raising it suddenly, his other hand holding you firmly behind him. The next few moments are a blur and you can’t see anything behind Vince’s hair. Jack is screaming and you hear sizzling before you hear Naboo and Bollo burst into the cabin.

“There you go, Nicky Clarke, hottest you can get!” Vince yells after the mountain man as he runs out and you feel all the fight leave you as you slump into Vince.

“What’s going on?” Naboo asks apprehensively.

“I’ll tell you what’s going on! I’ve just narrowly avoided a bumming from Grizzly Adams!” Vince shouts, still seething.

“Where’s Howard?” Naboo asks and Vince rolls his eyes.

“Went for a walk or something out on Piney Ridge,” he tells them, and they stare in horror.

“What? Have I got shit on my face?” Vince asks.

“We’re gonna have to go rescue Howard,” you groan into his back.

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Can you do headcannons about Paladin Kodiak from Fallout 3 please ?🙏🏼😞

(Take your time , do not hurry💕)

Of course! Thank you for your request. I hope you like these!

During his time at the Pitt, the Brotherhood gave his family nicknames after different bears, because of their last name. He got the nickname Kodiak. His brothers were nicknamed Grizzly and Gobi.

Once he joined, it stuck around.

He prefers to be called Kodiak as it separates his identity from the Pitt and his present one.

During his time at Pitt he developed a really intense and aggressive persona, he mostly keeps it under wraps but it does appear time to time, especially in combat or when talking about the Enclave (see: 'There's meat under that armour, meat can be ground' line).

Mad respect for Elder Lyons and Sarah Lyons. Idolises the Elder.

Will always stop to help out wastelanders as a way to pay Elder Lyon's kindness forward.

He doesn't know what happened to his brothers after he joined the BOS. He was really disappointed that they weren't initiated.

Deep down he probably misses them quite a lot.

While in the wastes, he was stationed to help out a little settlement, which held a terminal with pretty important information. He managed to protect a small girl in particular against a super mutant. She later on named her Teddy Bear, Kodiak, after him. She took a photo of him and the bear.

Grief stricken after Sarah Lyon's death and the disbandment of the pride. Has grown increasingly frustrated with Arthur Maxson's leadership, especially regarding his lack of care or willingness to help the people of the Commonwealth.