#oc; josslyn

[lyranova]

Heyyyy! Can I request 2, 6, and 21 for the excerpt ask? 😌 Thanks!

Hiya f-oighear! Of course you may, and one of these is pretty long, but I hope you enjoy 🥰~!

2 that makes me laugh

There’s quite a few that make me laugh, but this particular scene from COTF Chapter 23 always makes me giggle:

The children blinked at Yami’s words. A versus battle? They looked at each other with a mixture of excitement, confusion, and a bit of fear.

“ Alright! This is awesome!” Hikari and Brielle shouted excitedly, their eyes lit up as though it were christmas morning. Josslyn snorted slightly.

“ This is going to be a bloodbath,” Josslyn said with a shake of her head, then she turned to look at Ezio. “ Rest in Peace Pinky.” Ezio suddenly looked at her eyes wide in disbelief.

“ ‘P-Pinky’?! Your hair’s pink too, Joss!” Ezio shouted, his voice slightly high pitched. Josslyn couldn’t help but laugh a bit.

“ Alright then, the first person is; Hikari and,” Charlotte pulled out another lot. “ Ezio.”

“ I repeat. Rest in Peace Pinky.” Josslyn said, turning towards the pink haired boy, this time putting her hands together in mock prayer. Ezio could do nothing as he gaped like a fish out of water, but Hikari smiled brightly at him.

“ This’ll be fun! Do your best out there Ezio!” Hikari said, Ezio just stared at her as his face paled. As Charlotte began to draw more lots Ezio muttered under his breath how he was too young to die.

6 that i struggled with, but triumphed over

Oof I’ve had a lot, they were mainly pregnancy and birth fics, but there was one scene in particular that I really struggled with, and it wasn’t a pregnancy or birth fic; it was actually a fight between Yuno and his OC daughter Miku in COTF: Shadows!

“ Is something wrong?” Miku asked as she gently closed her book and set it aside, worry etched into her eyes that something had happened to Kya again.

“ No, nothing's wrong,” Yuno quickly said, but her father’s eyes betrayed him. “ I just wanted to ask you something.” Miku nodded slowly.

“ Can we push your training back again?” She blinked in surprise at her father’s question, before the surprise turned into exasperation and annoyance.

“ But it’s already been pushed back twice!” Miku said as she sat up straighter, and her voice slightly exasperated. She had been looking forward to training with her dad again, his smile turned sad and regrettable.

“ I know, and I’m sorry, but-,” Yuno tried, but he heard his eldest child sigh in irritation as her fists clenched the edge of the couch tightly.

“ ‘But something came up’, that’s what you were going to say, right?” Miku muttered, her tone becoming very annoyed. “ Something always seems to come up whenever you and I try to train.”

“ I’m sorry, Miku, I promise we’ll train tomorrow. I’ll clear my entire afternoon, how does that sound?” Yuno bargained, but he watched his daughter roll her eyes before she stood up, which made his eyes narrow a bit.

“ Yeah, right,” She grumbled as she walked towards the door. “ You’ll clear your afternoon, some nobles will come to visit or something else will come up, and you’ll push it back again. If I were Kya or Kito this wouldn’t happen.”

“ Hey,” Yuno called after her, his tone soft but holding a serious sternness to it. “ You know this is my job Miku, and it’s a 24 hour 7 day a week one that doesn’t give me time off or a chance to rest. I know it’s hard, but you just have to be patient-.”

Miku stopped walking and spun around when she heard those words leave her father's mouth, her purple eyes held a fiery anger in them. Her fists clenched at her sides, and she stomped her foot down onto the wooden floor with such force that it made a loud ‘boom’ echo though the room.

“ Patient?! I’m tired of being patient, dad, I’m tired of waiting while everyone else gets a turn or a moment with you! I’m tired of always having to be the grown up and waiting my turn!” Miku shouted angrily. “ I’m starting to think you and mom are pushing my training back on purpose!”

“ I asked Miku if it was alright that we push back her training to tomorrow, and she…got upset.” Yuno muttered with a shrug, and Miku glared icily at her father.

“ I’m not upset,” She exclaimed angrily as she stomped her foot against the ground. “ I’m just mad because you’re being a jerk and aren’t keeping your promise to spend time with me!”

“ Hey, don’t call your father a jerk,” Neva warned seriously as she looked at her daughter. “ Apologize. Now.”

“ No, I won’t!” Miku said angrily at her mother. “ Why should I when he’s a liar and keeps breaking his promise to train with me? He always says he’s too busy and can’t drop everything, but when Kya went missing he was able too!”

“ So it’s just that you don’t trust me to take care of her? Or is it that you don’t want to give her to me? Or did you already promise her to Kya?!” Neva quickly shook her head at her daughter.

“ That isn’t it either Miku, your father’s only saying that taking on Sylph is a big responsibility, and that he wants you to mature a little more before he-.” She tried to tell her, but instead of cooling her daughter's temper, she seemed to fan the flames instead.

“ You two just don’t want me to inherit Sylph and always want me to be dependent on you!” Miku shouted as she backed away from her parents.

“ That isn’t true-!” Neva began, but Miku’s gaze shot towards her mother.

“ Yes it is! You just want me to stay weak, like you!”

“ Miku Vega!” Yuno shouted, his voice raising for the first time during the entire disagreement. He could handle any insult their eldest daughter threw at him, but he wouldn’t allow her to insult and be disrespectful to her mother.

“ I hate you both,” The girl muttered. “ And I never want to see either of you again!” She shouted before running out of the library, leaving her parents standing there irritated and somewhat dumbfounded.

21 that i liked, but had to cut

Actually…I don’t have any 😅. The reason I don’t have any? Because I usually end up deleting what doesn’t work, even if I like it, and I either use it somewhere else or it just gets lost in the void. But, i did find two different excerpts for “Dandelions”! One is an “alternate” way that the beginning could have gone, and the other is when the two break up!

William frowned, he remembered there being papers on his desk about a person smuggling in goods without the proper documents a while back. They hadn’t been able to locate the person, but they did know they went by the name ‘Cinnamon’.

Wait, ‘Cinnamon’?

He looked at the shop's sign again before looking at the woman. No way, this couldn’t be.

“ Is the owner around?” William asked suddenly as he walked away from the bench and towards some other plants.

“ Did…I do something wrong?” He asked softly as he came to stand beside her.

“ No, you didn’t.”

“ Then…is the date not to your liking?”

“ No, it’s been perfect.”

“ Is it because of my scar?”

“ Of course it’s not because of your scar.”

“ Then please tell me what it is so that I can fix it!”

“ You can’t fix it William. You can’t.” Zera said defeatedly as she turned to look at him, her eyes held tears in them that she tried to desperately blink away.

William watched as she slowly pulled her engagement ring off her finger, grabbed his hand gently, and placed the ring in the center of his palm.

“ I’m sorry.”

[loosesodamarble]

Jesse Voltia-Swing and Cynthia Enoteca

So not too long ago, I was very excited to have received this commission from @crazycookiemaniac. It features Magna, Luck, and their daughter Jesse.

Now with this post I shall talk more in detail about Jesse as well as someone very dear to her, Cynthia.

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Jesse Voltia-Swing

Her name means "gift." Jesse is called "lil’ ember" by her fathers (despite her magic not being fire).

Age: 10

Birthday: November 30

Magic Attribute: Plasma.

Appearance: Mostly blond hair like Luck with streaks of black (got that two colored hair from Magna). As a child, it was a short bob cut and was often terribly cut because Luck or Magna did it. When she cuts it much shorter, Vanessa takes over so she looks much better. She's got blue eyes like both parents that are big and soft.

Personality: Very energetic, maybe too energetic for her own good. She always needs to be doing something as she gets bored easily. A determined girl too. She’s bubbly like Luck but underneath is a temper similar to Magna’s. It’s not often you’ll find her being quiet as she’s either shouting for joy or anger. Thankfully she can be quelled easily.

Jesse is in fact biologically related to both Magna and Luck! More on that later.

Jesse’s got surprisingly poor magic control compared to her parents. Thankfully she’s eager to learn!

Jesse’s closest friends are Naru, Alfred, Aimee, and Cynthia. She's training buddies with Naru and Alfred. Aimee helps her dispel her magic when it gets out of control. And Cynthia is the closest thing she has to a sister though she actually refers to Cynthia as "cousin." Jesse is friendly with Merel and Leoray as they all struggle with magic control and they all hype each other up. She loves Vanessa, even calling her “auntie,” and is close to people like Asta and Noelle too.

To distinguish her fathers, she calls Luck “Daddy/Dad” and Magna “Papa/Pops.”

Originally, she wanted to grow out her hair because of Vanessa and Cynthia but gave up on it because she hated all the brushing long hair involved.

When she turns 15, her magic control has greatly improved and she confidently joins the Crimson Lion Kings.

The scar on her cheek was a result of fighting Ferro Silva.

Cynthia Enoteca

The exact meaning of her name is Greek for "woman from Cynthus." However, Cynthia is also a former subgenus of the Vanessa genus of butterfly (it's no longer a valid taxon but I'm not here to give a lecture on taxonomy). Her mom and friends call her “Cynth.”

Age: 15

Birthday: March 3

Magic Attribute: Fabric. It’s an evolved form of Vanessa’s Thread Magic. She mostly uses her magic to alter her clothes. Eventually, she develops a spell called Fabric of Reality which lets her move between different universes.

Appearance: She mostly looks like her mom with her purple eyes and wavy hair. But the color of her hair isn’t simply pink. It’s a shiny rose gold hue, meaning her father’s golden blond hair had a bit of influence.

Personality: Charismatic and vivacious are the main words to describe Cynthia. She approaches life with great enthusiasm, knowing that’s what her parents want for her. Likely as a result of her magic attribute, Cynthia does her best to be creative. She’s curious too. As a result, she’s tried her hand at multiple arts/crafts such as sketching and wood carving but her favorite so far is leather working. She’s rarely seen not doing anything with her hands. Her playful spirit means it’s hardly ever dull with her. She teases her friends too but sometimes, she can get carried away which she does feel bad about when it’s pointed out.

Cynthia’s parents aren’t officially together. Vanessa and Selen both wanted kids but had no romantic partner. They’re friendly enough with each other that they agreed to have their child together (also doesn’t help that Vanessa finds Selen to be a hunk and Selen thinks well of Vanessa’s friendliness and thoughtful nature). They have joint custody of Cynthia.

Despite her odd family situation, Cynthia knows she’s loved and understands that her parents are happy with the way things are.

Cynthia's closest friends are Ann, Jesse, Fleuriana, and Elana. She's close with Saki through Ann. Soleil's inventiveness and Dawn's determination are inspirations to Cynthia. She's also close with her half-brother (from another reality) Ezio (@lyranova's oc).

She doesn't become a Magic Knight and instead plans to be art teacher. She does go on little adventures to keep the multi-verse stable though.

Were Cynthia to meet children from other universes, she would like some such as Josslyn (@crazyclownthanos' oc) and Hikari (@eme-eleff's oc). But she finds herself somewhat uncomfortable with the idea of her friends being "replaced" by other children.

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So the story behind Jesse's birth is as follows...

Magna and Luck got married and after lots of talking, they realized that they both wanted a kid. Magna had fun playing with their friends' kids but also felt fulfilled when he can help them out with life problems. Luck wanted more liveliness in the household and was admittedly a little jealous of his friends having their own families.

However, orphanages weren't willing to adopt out to men of their reputation and both felt weird if their kid was only one of theirs biologically. it was a real blow since they had both changed and learned to control their worst habits at that point.

Luck then remembered Vanessa mentioning that all witches are the Witch Queen's daughters, which meant the WQ knew how to make children without a man. This led them to breaking into the forest and asked the Witch Queen if she could help them get a child. And the Witch Queen... surprisingly agreed! She had one condition though: they had to bring her granddaughter Cynthia (who was 4-5 at the time) in for a visit because Vanessa had neglected to do so yet.

Magna and Luck managed to bring Cynthia without getting killed by Vanessa or Selen. When Cynthia was finally in front of the Witch Queen, she quietly said, "Hi Grandma." Moments after, Vanessa and Selen entered the room and explained the situation. Turns out Vanessa was going to bring Cynthia herself but was trying to explain her history to Cynthia first. Cynthia was scared of the Witch Queen but wanted to meet her still.

In the end, the Witch Queen got to meet Cynthia. The Witch Queen knew she wouldn't really be a part of her granddaughter's life but still wanted to see her once. She told Cynthia to be good to her parents but, if they act foolishly, to get them to stop. Just as Vanessa had defeated the Witch Queen years before. It was a weird but touching moment as it showed Vanessa that the Witch Queen had accepted how wrong she was and was letting go of the past.

With the request completed, the Witch Queen used her magic to take a sample of Magna and Luck's blood/DNA to bring a child into the world. Magna was excited to have a son but the Witch Queen explicitly told him that she refused to create a male child with her magic and thus the boys would have a daughter. Luck was unaffected, excited that he'd have a kid at all. Magna was mildly disappointed until Jesse was actually born and he changed his mind in an instant.

[cupidlemon]

Ever After High Oc Masterlist

Blubelle Blouin - Daughter of Bluebeard

Royal or Rebel: Rebel, was a Royal previously

Fic Name: TBD

Crush: TBD

Roommate: Lauren Liddell

Face claim: Kate Winslet

Nera Chandler - Daughter of Candlewick

Royal or Rebel: Rebel

Fic Name: TBD

Crush: Cedar Wood

Roommate: Mackenzie Clevern

Face claim: Madeleine Persch

Jadyen Hook - Daughter of Captain Hook

Royal or Rebel: Royal

Fic Name: TDB

Crush: Daring Charming

Roommate: Josslyn Trust

Face claim: Mikey Madison

Esme Thropp - Daughter of the Wicked Witch of the West

Royal or Rebel: Royal

Fic Name: Somewhere Over the Rainbow

Crush: TBD

Roommate: Grace South

Face claim: Teagan Croft

Delilah Gale - Daughter of Dorothy Gale

Royal or Rebel: Royal

Fic Name: Somewhere Over the Rainbow

Crush: Oswald Oz + Esme Thropp

Roommate: Cowell Lion

Face claim: Nina Dobrev

Abigail Crachit - Daughter of Timothy "Tiny Tim" Cratchit

Royal or Rebel: Roybel

Fic Name: One Normal Night

Crush: TBD

Roommate: TBD

Face claim: Masie Williams

Mackenzie Clevern - Daughter of Clever Manka

Royal or Rebel: Royal

Fic Name: TBD

Crush: TBD

Roommate: Nera Chandler

Face claim: Dove Cameron

Josslyn Trust - Daughter of Trusty John

Royal or Rebel: Royal

Fic Name: TBD

Crush: TBD

Roommate: Jadyen Hook

Face claim: Dua Lipa

Lauren Liddell - Daughter of Alice's Sister

Royal or Rebel: Royal

Fic Name: TBD

Crush: TBD

Roommate: Bluebelle Bluoin

Face claim: Daisy Ridley

[themoonglitch]

15 OC questions - Josslyn Mormont

1. Are you named after anyone?

No, I’m not, mommy liked the name and daddy said “ok, it’s nice” and here I am.

2. When was the last time you cried?

Well, I cry on daily basis for job so it’s pretty difficult to say when it was the real last time I did it.

3. Do you have kids?

Not yet, I’m focused on my career at the moment.

4. Do you use sarcasm?

For work and for pleasure!

5. What’s the first thing you notice about people?

The way the act and their facial expressions. I think it’s related to my work but I believe every person is special in their own way and I always try to find out what element makes them so special.

6. What’s your eye color?

Hazelnut

7. Scary movies or happy endings?

I’d say both but only if I’m the leading actress

8. Any special talents?

I’m good at acting and charming, but I also like to cook whenever I have the chance to.

9. Where were you born?

In a small town close to San Myshuno.

10. What are your hobbies?

I don’t have much spare time but I love festivals, streaming my daily routine and admiring my reflection in the mirror

11. Have you any pets?

Nope but I’d like to have a little fluffy kitten 

12. What sport do you play/have played?

I used to play basket when I was in highschool but now I kind of enjoy the soccer league.

13. How tall are you?

5′6

14. Favorite subject in school?

Art and hystory

15. Dream job?

I wanna be a famous actress and that’s the only thing I’m focused on.

Thanks  @katalinaize for the tag and sorry if this took so long.

[thegreatjaxie]

One of my old OC’s Josslyn, in a lovely 1940s inspired outfit ❤️

[athenaderiva]

Lockwood & Co plus Josslyn Meadows from my third person OC fic in Sims4... Nervous to see what happens here tbh

[lostkiids]

Updated Muses List (3/25/23)

TELEVISION.

7th Heaven : ruthie camden

9-1-1 : hen wilson. evan buckley. may grant.

9-1-1 Lone Star : charlie ryder. gabriel reyes. gabriella reyes (oc). marjan marwani. owen strand. t.k. strand.

Alexa & Katie : alexa mendoza. katie cooper. lori mendoza.

Bella and the Bulldogs : Bella Dawson. Newt. Sawyer.

Degrassi : zoe rivas. zig novak.

Emergence: Piper

Family Reunion : ami mckellan. jade mckellan.

The Fosters: jesus foster. jude foster. mariana foster. sophia quinn.

Full(er) House : donna jo tanner/fuller/hale. jackson fuller. joan gladstone. ramona gibbler. max fuller. michelle tanner. roxanne mahan. stephanie tanner.

General Hospital : brook lynn quartermaine. cameron webber. charlotte cassadine. emma scorpio-drake. josslyn jacks. michael corinthos III. oscar nero. violet barnes.

Gilmore Girls: lane kim. rory gilmore.

Girl Meets World/Boy Meets World : auggie matthews. ava morgenstern. cory matthews. isadora smackle. maya hart. riley matthews. topanga lawrence/matthews.

Glee : brittany pierce. quinn fabray. santana lopez.

Grey’s Anatomy : arizona robbins. derek bailey shepherd. ellis shepherd. sofia robbin torres. william george bailey jones.

The Goldbergs : adam goldberg. erica goldberg.

Insatiable : brick armstrong. patty baldell.

Jessie/Bunk’d : emma ross. gwen flores.

K.C. Undercover : k.c. cooper. marissa miller.

Love Victor: lake meriwether.

Once Upon A Time : aurora. belle french/lacey. dorothy gale. henry mills. ripley lucas-french (oc). ruby lucas.

One Day At A Time : alex alvarez.

One Tree Hill : lydia bob-scott.james lucas scott. lucas scott. millicent huxtable. quinn james.

Part of Five : beto acosta. ella barnett. valentina acosta.

Riverdale : betty cooper. cheryl blossom. veronica lodge.

Saved By the Bell : kelly kapowski. zach morris.

Sweet Magnolias : annie sullivan. kyle townsend.

That 70’s Show : jackie burkhart. michael kelso.

Victorious : cat valentine. jade west. tori vega

Xena: Warrior Princess : gabrielle. xena.

Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist: zoey

MOVIES/MUSICALS.

Billy Elliot : billy elliot.

Dear Evan Hansen : zoe murphy

Falsettos : jason

Finding Neverland : peter llewelyn davies.

Heathers : heather duke.

Mean Girls : cady heron. gretch weiners janis sarkisian. karen smith. regina george.

Sierra Burgess is a Loser : veronica.

The Prom : alyssa greene. shelby.

Tuck Everlasting : jesse tuck. winnie foster.

Waitress : jenna hunterson. lulu hunterson.

[wall-eye]

🧨🌚🕶

Boom! theyre a firework pony. you know how rainbow dash has a rainbow trail? boom has a popping firework one that flares when they get to the top of their flightpath. absolutely loves it

[crazyclownthanos]

hi micky !! how have you been?? i just saw your oc interview questions list and it seems super cool hehe~ can i ask for 8, 13 and 24 with josslyn? i don't know what your question limit is so feel free to answer whichever ones you'd like to 💕 have the greatest day love <333 sending virtual hugs your way 💕💕

Nawww your so kind! Here’s a virtual hug back! Wanna hug you in irl rn ( ๑╹ω╹๑ )

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8. What do you think had the biggest impact on you growing up?

Josslyn; Zara Ideale, 100%. I did always wondered why his death impact my dad so much but years later I did come to the conclusion that I was treated unfairly by the upper class, due to being a peasants child, so I came up with a plan.

13. You’re given an unlimited budget to build anything you want!  What do you build and where do you build it?

Josslyn; To be honest if I had the choice I would rebuild every village for the ones who are kind to everyone and deserve the entire world, but receive the absolute lowest of the low. So um rebuild Tolsa Village!

24. What would you consider your love language?

Josslyn; When they drop dead.

[kiara-carrera]

book posters → mostly ghostly


In 1995, Josslyn Kahuanui’s biggest dream was for her band to play at the infamous Orpheum. It was the kind of venue that granted musicians their dreams through exposure to talent agents and producers, and it was all Joss had ever wanted. For Pink Slip, getting a gig at the Orpheum was meant be their ticket to stardom, the way to finally be more than just a dive bar band.


In 2020, Josslyn had absolutely no idea what her dreams were, mainly because death had a funny way of sabotaging all of them. What she did know, though, was that she was so not a fan of the fact that she seemed to be stuck with three guys from her former rival band.


tag list: @fleetwoodmcs @ahsokatonas @aaudace @abbysarcane @daisyjohvson @dakotajohnsom @perfectlystiles @kathlangfords @paulsmunskys @phoebestarks @princesweetpea @emiliachrstine @lukespatterson @megdonnellys @ocfairygodmother @fiercefray (to be added)

[ilovethetalkingclock]

TV Tropes ruined my life so here’s a personification of debunked WMG’s/theories. Her name is Josslyn (JOSS-lyn) and she’s a total killjoy.

[lyranova]

Hi Lyra, dear! Would you mind terribly if I asked for two characters? 🤦‍♀️ 😊 and 🍁 for Ezio, and 💐 and 💌 for Alistair please (because I love them 🥰). Thank you so much!

Agwjsj of course I don’t mind, you can ask for as many OC’s as you’d like 😁! I hope you enjoy these Acacia dear 🥰!

Ezio:

🤦‍♀️ - Something that continues to embarrass them to this day

Oof poor Ezio, like Alistar I have a feeling there’s a lot that embarrasses him 😆! But I think one thing that really embarrasses him is when he was first showing signs of magic.

One time, when he was a child, he opened a portal to see if he could do like his dad and go from one room or area to another. The first few times he tried it he was successful, but when he tried to take Finral with him things went a little haywire.

He made it through the portal just fine, Finral on the other hand…wasn’t with him.

Ezio began to panic, thinking his father was trapped somewhere in between time and space, or worse that he was dead or seriously injured.

As Ezio ran to his mother crying, saying that he had just killed his dad, suddenly Finral appeared pale faced and covered in dust.

Finral explained that Ezio’s mind must’ve wandered to the kitchen for a moment because Finral ended up in the pantry, while Ezio ended up in the common area.

So basically; because Ezio got hungry he lost his passenger mid-travel 😂! Josslyn and the other Bulls never let him forget it!

😊 - Something that always makes them smile

Hm, Josslyn makes him smile quite a bit as does his cousins and his siblings that pop in from other universes and so does his friends in the Black Bulls 😁! But I think what makes him smile the most is seeing how his parents are still best friends even while being married, he enjoys watching them work as a team no matter what, and loves how they’re there for each other no matter what. So i think seeing how his parents relationship hadn’t changed much makes him smile.

I also think seeing how his father and uncles relationship has slowly mended and become better over the years makes him proud and always brings a smile to his face 😁!

🍁 - Their favourite season and why?

Hm, I personally think Ezio’s favorite season is Fall 🤔, or like the time between Summer and Fall? As far as why I think it’s because of all the end of season festivals and it begins to be cooler during the day and night, and I think he enjoys seeing the leaves begin to change and fall. It signals the end of an era, and also the beginning of a new one 🥰!

Alistar:

💐 - Their favorite plant/flower

Hm, I think it’s a Spider Lily! It means “Death” but also means “Rebirth” which in a way Alistar goes through in COTF and I think he also went through it as a kid, he let the old and lonely him “die” and was reborn as someone who opened up to others and became friends with people from all over the place.

💌 - How would they react to a love letter?

Alistar would be confused at first, but once he read the letter he would probably get all shy and blushy about it. Especially if it was an anonymous love letter, he would be curious as to who it was and why they would send it to him of all people. If it didn’t have his name on the envelope and in the actual letter he would be convinced someone gave it to him on accident.

He’d probably put it somewhere in his desk until he tried to figure out who sent it, but either way I think he’d be very flattered and shy about it 😆!

[jamesbarnesappreciationsociety]

“Innocence Among Autumn Leaves”

Summary: Season change meant a time of renewal for Bucky. As the leaves turned colors, rejuvenated his mind, body and spirit, by working out, sitting outside in silence thanking whatever god it is for his wonderful life, and spending more time with his wife and daughter.

Pairing: Daddy!  Bucky Barnes x Wife! Marilyn Barnes OFC: Josslyn Natasha Barnes

Word Count:700

Warnings: Fluff fluff fluff

Beta: @goodnightwife

A/N: Mimi’s Fall into Marvel Challenge @deansdirtylittlesecretsblog. Hope you’re pleased! It was a joy to write.

Prompt: “Falling Leaves”

FEEDBACK WELCOME!!!

Autumn, the season ushering in change. Why change? Grass loses its shining green pigment, cooler weather settles in, kids and adult kids alike anticipate Halloween.

Oak tree falling leaves swirls in the wind. 3 year old Josslyn Natasha Barnes, Bucky and Marilyn Barnes’ chubby cheek cherub, enjoyed playing among crunchy leaves.

Her daddy always raked a pile for her, after ensuring no sticks or bugs attached. Any given day, you’d hear the sound of giggling. That’s how Marilyn knew her husband had raked and ‘doddlebug’ played.

Also, she’d drag her Bucky, Captain America and Black Widow bears outside to dive in mixed yellow, orange, red and brown crunchy leaves.

“Daaaady, lookie lookie!!! Leeeeeebs!!!!” Unable to contain his enthusiasm, Bucky blew Joss a kiss.

“I love you baby girl.”

“I loaf you too. Bye bye.”

Earlier, Marilyn visited her garden, picking corn, tomatoes, green beans. Various types of herbs, dill, thyme, rosemary, parsley, mint, basil, sage and rosemary lined the kitchen window.

Tony gifted their home as a wedding gift. Bucky asked if the contractors would plant a large vegetable garden and fruit trees. Autumn Rosa apple, lemon, peach and apricot.

As a child, Marilyn lived on a large farm. Cows, pigs, horses and chicken roamed in their respective areas.

Joss had a chance to pick fresh strawberries and a pumpkin for pies and Halloween. Bucky often said Joss would have a farm when she grows up. Who knows? That might be true.

Naptime for Joss meant ‘grown folks’ time for Marilyn and Bucky. “Joss, naptime sweetie. C’mon.”

Head down, Joss pouted. Ever so slow, she took her time going inside.

Bucky scooped her in his arms. “Ya momma said it’s naptime. Gotta be a good girl. Okay?

“M’kay daddy. I’m sowwy.” Leaning over, Joss also apologized to her mommy.

“Bucky, will you rinse doodlebug off please? I know she’s dusty from playing outside.”

“Anything for you, doll.” He leaned in and placed a lingering kiss on Marilyn’s lips. “Husband, are you trying to start a fire?”

“Wife, ya know me too well.” Walking away, Bucky gave her butt a smack.

Kissing her forehead, Bucky told Joss to have sweet dreams. “After dinner, ya wanna ride your tricycle?” “

“Yes daddy!!!”

“Alright. Take a nap.” Turning over, little Joss tucked her bears under the blanket and drifted to sleep.

When Bucky and Marilyn moved into their new house, Natasha ‘offered’ to furnish her goddaughter’s bedroom. Bucky and Marilyn asked her not to go overboard.

“I promise not to go crazy.” Nat had a devious smirk on her face.

Although 2 at the time, Joss loved the pictures on various furniture websites. Pointing to a princess castle beds.  play chrome kitchen set and plastic food.

When the furniture arrived, Marilyn had a fit!!! She reprimanded Nat. This was too much for a 2 year old.

“Oh c’mon Lyn. Please let her keep it?”

“Pwease mommy?” All Joss had to do was bat her long lashes.

“Alright.” Nat forgot to mention her table and chair. “Her table and chairs will be here tomorrow.”

“Naaaaaat!!!! You get back here!!!!” Joss’ little legs sprinted out of the room behind Nat 1, giggling.

True to her word, the desk and chair, with washable crayon, markers and paint arrived. Bucky’s eyes almost popped out of his head.

“Are ya kiddin’? This is too much!!” Playing outside, Marilyn placed her hand on Bucky’s arm.

“Babe, Joss is Nattie’s goddaughter. Please try to understand why she’s lavishing her with presents.”

“Damn doll, I forgot. Why are ya so smart?”

“Can’t help it. I’ll start dinner.”

“I love you Mrs. Barnes.”

“I love you Mr. Barnes.”

Josslyn Natasha Barnes loved leaves. Jumping in a pile, tossing her bears in the air, brought joy to her 3 year old heart. Innocence among leaves. The simple things in life are free.

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This is a collaboration piece I made with Lyra @lyranova in which we follow the nightly adventures of Ezio Roulacase, Alistair Vangeance and Leonidas Vermillion, all 2nd generation magic knights. Yami does pop up as well, and there’s a couple of mentions of other 2nd generation OCs. 

Treat is as a spin-off to Lyra’s Chidren of the Future -series, in case you wish to read of course ^_^

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A night out and a mixer

It was a nice warm summer evening in the Clover Kingdom, couples were out shopping and having dinner, children were running around playing. It was a typical evening for most citizens. Except for 3 young Magic Knights, all in their early to mid 20’s, normally they would all be back at their respective bases. But tonight, one of the young men decided it would be a good idea to go to a mixer and ‘meet a few lovely ladies’ as he put it. Ezio Roulacase was a flirt and everyone knew it, he partially did it just to try and get the attention of a beautiful pink haired woman, but he also did it because he enjoyed having fun and socializing.

The other two Magic Knights, Leonidas Vermillion and Alistar Vangeance weren’t quite as ecstatic as Ezio about this whole ‘mixer’.

“ Oh lighten up you two! You’re supposed to be my wingmen just like I’m supposed to be both of your wingman!” Ezio exclaimed as he saw the sour looks on his friends' faces.

Alistair and Leon looked at each other, as if mirroring the expressions on the other's face.

"Remind me again," Leon began. "Why are we doing this?"

"Because..." Alistair sighed with a heavy tone that fell from him as if it was a boulder. "He is our friend."

Leon answered with another sigh, knowing that the friend -card was very much the reason they were there. But still feeling reluctance, much like Alistair.

"You make this sound like a chore," Ezio remarked as they entered the tavern where the mixer was to be held.

The tavern itself was decorated in a minimalistic fashion, but the wooden surfaces and soft lighting made it seem cozy and comforting. And the young men had visited it often times before, because of which they knew it to be one with good food.

As they entered the warm tavern Ezio quickly turned in the doorway and looked at the two with a half stern half pleading look, both Alistar and Leon knew exactly what that look meant; he was about to ask them for a favor.

“ Listen, I know you two like puns. I constantly hear Hikari complain about it all the time. But can you two please not make any tonight? I don’t need you two scaring off any of the girls with your bad jokes!” He said in a low tone of voice. Alistar and Leon shared another glance, of course it would be about the puns.

“ Fine, I swear on my role as Captain, that I will not make any puntastic puns this evening.” Asliatr said with a mock salute, Leon snorted and tried to suppress a chuckle.

“ I swear on my family’s name that I not make any punny puns as well!” Leon said, causing Alistar to snort as well.

“ You’re both unbelievable.” Ezio muttered as he walked inside and towards a table where three young women sat.

“ He does realize we can’t exactly control when we make puns right?” Leon whispered in Alistar’s ear, the white haired boy shook his head.

“ No, I don’t think he realizes that.” Alistar said with a small sigh. “ The thing about it is that it’s spontaneous and in the moment, and if there just so happens to be the right opportunity to make a pun tonight then we will.” Alistar added with a small chuckle as he sat down at the table.

"Indeed," Leon agreed while taking his own seat.

"Oh? What are you talking about?" One of the girls on the opposite side of the table asked, making Ezio glance at them from the corner of his eye.

"We were discussing..." Leon began, pausing for a split second, "how having to demonstrate quick wits while on duty, can reflect onto one's everyday life," he explained.

"Oh?" the girl uttered. "I imagine that is really useful," she continued, making Ezio let out a faint sigh of relief.

"It is," Alistair agreed taking part into the conversation.

"Well isn't the conversation flowing smoothly already?" Ezio smiled with a playful tone in his voice. "How about we make proper introductions, before moving forward? That'll make it easier for us to address each other. I'm Ezio and more than happy to meet every single one of you gorgeous, beautifully brilliant ladies," he began.

The conversation continued by them going around the table, making brief introductions and ordering themselves some food and drinks while making small talk in the process.

Alistar rolled his eyes slightly at Ezio and shook his head, he truly was his fathers son, except better at flirting. He gently took a sip of the water he had ordered as the girls began to speak and make light conversation with them.

“ So what made you two come to this mixer?” The blonde haired girl that sat across from Alistar asked, he frowned as he tried to remember her name, he shrugged internally. It would come back to him eventually. He smiled warmly at her.

“ Ezio.” He half joked, the pink haired man cut him a look as Leon chuckled softly, the vermillion haired man knew he wasn’t quite joking as Ezio was the whole reason they were even here in the first place. Otherwise the two would probably be back at their respective homes. “ But in all honesty, I came out here to support my friend and maybe meet someone in the process.” He added, his charming smile remaining in place.

Leon frowned at his words as he looked over at his white haired friend. Obviously he knew that wasn’t the truth, but he noticed something very odd in his friend's eye; disinterest. He tilted his head curiously, not just anyone would notice that look since it was a very rare look his friend would have, you had to really know Alistar, and know him well, to be able to see it. He placed a hand under his chin. ’ Well this is very interesting.’

“ W-What about you? Why did you come to the mixer?” The dark haired girl in front of Leon asked, she appeared to be very timid, and it almost looked like she wanted to be anywhere but here in this moment, her friends probably dragged her here just like Ezio dragged him.

"Hmm..." Leon hummed out in thought. "Well, unfortunately I must admit that I too am here to support a friend," he gave her an apologetic smile. "Though meeting new people is intriguing, mixers and events such as that can make people feel... forced, by which I mean that there seems to be a given set of expectations, rather than it being about people meeting people and getting to know each other without pressure."

"There's always pressure on a date," the brunette commented with a mumble.

"Hmm.. I suppose you're right," he agreed. "Especially if the parties on the date haven't known for long, because one tries to give the best possible image of oneself. But I think it's best to meet a potential spouse as who you are. Chances are that they'll fall who you really are, rather than the image you're trying to portray."

"M-mmm..." the girl seemed to agree with a blush while averting her gaze.

"So I take it that you're the one 'being supported'," the red-head in front of Ezio commented.

"Well..." Ezio chuckled with a nervous tone, scratching his cheek with his index finger. "I am a romantic at heart," he explained.

"Oh~...." the girl uttered while leaning closer. "So not just a flirt?" She smirked.

"I prefer calling it as a 'language of love'," Ezio continued.

"Mhm. Very much of a sweet-talker," the girl grinned.

Alistar rolled his eyes at Ezio, he was really laying it on thick tonight. He must’ve been rejected by Josslyn again, he sighed internally, everytime she rejected him he always went out and flirted with women. He silently wondered if Ezio went out on these dates when he was rejected to boost his own ego or to try and make Josslyn jealous? Probably a bit of both Alistar concluded with a nod.

“ So Alistar,” the blonde started as she pulled him out of his thoughts. “ I hear you’re into plants.” She added awkwardly, Alistar shrugged.

“ I am yes.” He answered shortly, Leon glanced over at him for a brief moment before looking back at the brunette in front of him.

“ Care to elaborate?” She asked with a small laugh, Alistar bit his tongue as he wanted to respond with a ‘not really’, but he decided to keep quiet. He leaned forward a bit and put on his most charming smile.

“ Well flowers are a lot like people; they need food, water, and sun in order to grow and,” he took her hand in his and rubbed the top of her hand with his thumb. “ Some are more beautiful than others.” He added in a soft voice, the girl in front of him looked away but her face told him everything he needed to know; she liked the really cheesy line. He almost sighed, that was the worst pick up line he ever used and she liked it.

Leon rolled his eyes at Alistar and Ezio; Ezio and the red haired girl in front of him might as well be kissing at this point, while Alistar, well, he was genuinely curious about what Alistar was doing. It was as though he were an actor playing a part on stage, his eyes still held that disinterested look and his smile was very forced, and yet he was still somehow ‘whooing’ the woman in front of him.

As Alistar was trying his best to ‘flirt’ with the blonde in front of him he looked up when he saw a flash a pink out of the corner of his eye, at first he thought it was Ezio, but when he saw who it actually was Alistar was shocked.

“ Oh snapdragon, is that Josslyn?”

Ezio's head shot towards Alistair, staring at him with wide-eyes before turning to look to the same direction to see, none other than Josslyn herself. She was wearing a dress that highlighted her features and complimented her hair; her jewelry, though modest enough, made her eyes pop.

Ezio couldn't help but swallow as he stared at her, while everyone else around the table stared at him in turn. Leon quirking an eyebrow, and Alistair letting out a faint sigh.

The red-head tugged her hand away from Ezio's. And it was only then that he realized how hard he had been squeezing it at the sight of Josslyn.

"'A romantic at heart' huh?" The girl scoffed.

"Well I-," he began, trying to collect himself. "I saw a familiar face and I... didn't expect to see her that's all," he tried, without success.

"Riiight... and I suppose you don't really know her either, and you're not here to look for something 'on the side'?" The girl continued while standing up.

Meanwhile all Alistair and Leon could think was "oh no...."

Ezio gaped like a fish out of water, he and Josslyn weren’t dating and yet here he was acting as though he had just gotten caught cheating on his girlfriend. He looked over at Leon and Alistar, who both shook their heads, there was no way they were helping him out of this.

“ N-No it isn’t like that at all! S-She’s honestly just a friend-.” He stammered and the red head’s eyes looked at him with irritation.

“ Riiight, I’m sure you’re ‘just friends’ and if that were true you wouldn’t be staring at her while I’m talking to you!” She said as her voice grew louder and more irritated. Ezio swallowed, he had noticed that. “ I think it’s time we take our leave. C’mon girls, we don’t need these guys.” She added with a huff before standing and walking away, the other two looked apologetically at Alistar and Leon.

“ Sorry, it was nice to meet you!” They both said before leaving the tavern. Ezio jumped up, his eyes wide in disbelief.

“ Excuse me.” He said before walking over to where Josslyn was sitting and grabbed her hand and led her to one of the empty party rooms, the door slammed behind them and Alistar sighed again.

“ Well, that went well.” He chuckled, he suddenly sunk down into his chair as he held his drink in his hand. He was mentally exhausted after the entire exchange with the women and with Ezio as well.

"Yeah..." Leon sighed, taking a sip of his drink. "But then again what did we expect?"

Alistair shrugged as a reply while staring ahead of himself.

"But... um," Leon began. "Tell me."

"Mhm?" Alistair uttered while taking a sip of his drink.

"What-, um," the vermillion haired man hesitated, trying to think of how to formulate his question. "What was going on between you and your date?" He asked while a hooded figure at a nearby table turned their head in an effort to hear better.

"What do you mean?" Alistair asked with a hushed tone. "It's a mixer. Showing interest is... courteous."

"You took her hand and called her beautiful, making her blush," Leon stated. "But ..." he drifted in thought, his voice growing more silent as a result. "You seemed... disinterested in the conversation? So... why go to that extent if you're not interested."

"But the thing is that I am interested," Alistair replied with a clear tone of voice, pausing for a moment. "But the person I'm interested in wouldn't be taken by such cheesy lines," he muttered.

Leon tilted his head curiously at Alistar’s words, so there was someone he was interested in. Leon swirled his drink around in his cup as he contemplated his next question.

“ Who are you interested in?” He asked, he watched the white haired man’s face turn a slight shade of pink, Leon smirked a bit. “ I never thought I’d see the day that Alistar Vangeance blushes over someone he likes.” He teased lightheartedly.

Alistar grumbled before leaning over and grabbing his drink, he really wanted to change the conversation. But sadly it seemed Leon wasn’t going to let this go, not until he got some kind of answer.

“ N-No one.” He tried to lie, Leon cut him a look that said ‘try again’. Alistar sat there for a moment as the wheels spun in his mind.

“ She’s, hm, she’s…” he swallowed the sudden lump in his throat, why couldn’t he just come out and say it? It was as though he were afraid to say it out loud to someone else. His eyes softened slightly as he glanced over at his Vermillion haired friend, who sat there and waited patiently.

“ It’s Hikari.” Alistar’s voice was so soft and so quiet he wasn’t sure if anyone heard him other than himself.

Leon's brows shot up and his lips parted in slight shock as, for a split second, he wondered if he had heard correctly. But it was as if, with that admission, it all just clicked. The whole bodyguard -thing, going both ways. The slight, admiring glances, that meant so much more than it might seem.

"I see," Leon chuckled.

Alistair slouched further forward, gripping his mug tighter as the tint over his cheeks grew more intense.

"You should tell her," Leon finally stated, taking a sip from his drink.

"I-," Alistair began. "I can't..." he muttered.

"Why?" Leon shrugged. "What's the worst that could happen? You'd still be you. You'd still be the captain of Golden Dawn, and then you could move on. In better or worse. Either you'd get to build a relationship with her, or then you'd get closure and be able to move on."

"You talk as if you'd know," Alistair replied with a hint of meek amusement.

"Yeah.. True," Leon admitted. "I haven't had feelings like that for anyone, especially not for years, so I can't know just how scary it is."

"I didn't say that it would have been for years," Alistair replied, taking a sip from his drink.

"And yet, you're not exactly denying it either," Leon smirked. "But. You're still right on not having first-hand experience. Most of this is second-hand from listening mom talk with Cyra," he shrugged.

Alistar glanced over at his friend as he continued to slouch over his drink, when he finished speaking, he looked away and just stared into his drink. Sure, his friend had some valid points, and they were almost the same points that Mrs. Sukehiro had made when she found out about his crush on her daughter. So, if two different people were telling him almost the same thing, then what was the harm in telling Hikari about his feelings? If he did, and she rejected him, he could move on with his life, but: “ I don’t want to lose her.” He finally admitted as his eyes moved from the glass and over to his friend. “ I don’t want to lose her, she’s been the only other constant person in my life. Sure, now I have you and the others, but she’s always been there, you know? Yeah, we’re not in the same squad, but still, somehow she’s always there when I need her the most.” He continued softly and with a small smile on his face.

“ I wouldn’t think,” Leon started cautiously. “ that telling her how you feel would change anything between you two. I mean, sure it can, but with as much history as the two of you have together, I would think it would take a lot more than that to cause you both to split apart.” He took a sip of his drink and watched his friend's eyes move back to his glass.

“ I’m not willing to take that chance.” Alistar added softly, he heard Leon sigh in exasperation.

"Then what will you do?" He asked. The very same question he had heard his mom ask Cyra so many times over and over whenever she was pondering about what to do with her feelings; wallowing over if they'd be requited or not.

"Hm?" Alistair hummed while glancing over to his friend. "What will I do when?"

"I mean, will you just keep everything as it is? And keep watching her from the distance?" Leon asked, looking over to the white haired man next to him.

"Yes..." Alistair admitted while averting his gaze again, swirling his drink in his mug.

"Fair enough," Leon commented, catching Alistair off guard.

A brief silence lingered between them as Alistair's gaze shot to his friend, wondering why such a quick change of attitude. "Just like that?"

"Yes, just like that," Leon agreed. "I can't force you to do anything, so if your 'doing something about it' is just watching her from a distance, then... that's what you'll do." He stated looking ahead of him. "But," he continued, "if it was me, and I'd then have to watch, who just might be the love of my life, fall in love with someone else, right before my eyes... I don't know what I'd do." He explained, pausing for a moment. "Or, I mean," he corrected himself, "of course I'd let her go. I'd let her live a life with someone else. Love someone else. But I'd probably keep kicking myself over the chance I didn't take."

Alistair listened, watching into the depths of his drink. He swallowed the lump in his throat that had reformed at his friend's words. He had never considered the possibility of Hikari possibly falling for another person, why hadn’t he thought about that? He swallowed what remained of his drink in one gulp, he noticed Leon’s eyes widened slightly in surprise at the action.

“ For someone who considers all possibilities, that was the one thing you didn’t think of wasn’t it?” Leon asked in a lighthearted teasing manner, Alistar grumbled a bit and Leon tilted his head. “ So, I ask again; what will you do? Because, in my opinion, you never struck me as the type to just sit back and watch.”

Alistar nodded in agreement, he wasn’t the type to be that way, and even the thought of someone else possibly capturing Hikari’s heart made him feel a pang of hurt and a bit of jealousy in his chest. He poured himself another drink and swallowed that in one gulp as well before slamming it down with new determination.

“ What will I do, you ask?” He finally looked at his vermillion haired friend with a bright smile and a determined look in his eyes. “ Heh, well, I guess I’ll have to tell her how I feel, because I’ll either lose her as both a friend and possible lover, or my confession will make our relationship that much better and, possibly even greater, than it was before.”

“ Finally.” Leon said under his breath as his friend quickly stood from his seat. “ Where are you going?”

“ To get Ezio, we’re leaving. Come on.” He said quickly pulling his vermillion haired friend up as well and dragging him to the back room where Ezio and Josslyn were, when the white haired man opened the door he blinked in surprise.

They were gone?! Alistar sighed, he must’ve taken her back home, which meant they were currently stranded at the tavern.

"It seems that he has left us to our own devices," Leon commented stating the obvious. "But we should first cover our tab. And then we can go... or you can confess and I'll make sure you don't chicken out," he smirked. "Or was your plan to pull back and think of the perfect way to confess?"

Alistair paused to think about it, but only for a moment. 'No', he shook his head, because he knew that if he'd let this newfound determination slip from him, he might indeed end up losing Hikari. And, at that moment, letting his confidence fade from him, was the chance he couldn't take.  So, they paid and were on their way, making their way towards the Black Bull's base while Alistair tried to feverishly think of what to say to Hikari. But the more he thought about it, the more his train of thought seemed to flow into 'okay, I'll-, I'll just tell her, yeah, I'll just say it', as if it had always been that easy.

"You okay?" Leon asked after a while of flying, watching as the white haired man's flight patterns had become less streamline.

"Yeah! Never felt-," he paused to hick up, "better."

"How much did you drink?"

"Enough," Alistair replied. "But I'm good, I'm good. Trust me, I can do this," he tried to assure.

"Aha," Leon muttered to himself while quirking an eyebrow, thinking to himself about whether or not he should talk his friend out of the confession, for the evening. But. Hikari knew Alistair, far better and far longer than he had, so there was a good chance that she had seen him in a worse condition. And besides, maybe Alistair would manage to convince himself out of it, if let to sleep it off. Thus, Leon opted to say nothing, and tried to instead keep an eye on his friend.

Alistar frowned, he was fine when he left the tavern, but the more the alcohol started to set in, the less ok he became. Luckily the Black Bulls base wasn’t too far from the city, plus if Alistar happened to crash or anything Leon would be there to help.

The two landed outside and Alistar, half stumbled half walked towards the door. Leon rushed to aid his friend but Alistar shook his head quickly, which he realized was a mistake as the world spun slightly.

“ I’m good. Promise.” He slurred, Leon sighed and shook his head before he watched his drunken white haired friend knock on the door.

Alistar began to ponder what he would say to Hikari when she opened the door. Should he just blurt it out like he normally did? Yes that seemed best, rip it off like a bandage. He closed his eyes tightly as he heard the door open and he inhaled quickly.

“ Hikari, I have something to tell you; I’ve been in love with you since I was 12 years old, and I’ve been too afraid to say it until today because I didn’t want our friendship to change! But now I realized that our friendship is going to change either way, for better or worse I’m not sure yet. But if you don’t feel the same way then I’ll respect it even though it’d break my heart, I’ll respect your feelings. I just thought you should know just how much I love you and how I’d love to spend my life with you!” Alistar blurted out, some of his words came out slurred, but there was still determination in his voice.

When Alistar opened his eyes he instantly paled as he saw the face staring back at him wasn’t Hikari’s, but her fathers, Captain Yami Sukehiro.

Yami stared at him wide-eyed, his gaze piercing through Alistair's form, and still gathering intensity with each passing second. "What...?" Yami only asked with a low, slow, monotone voice that rose as a rumble from deep within his throat.

Alistair, couldn't bring himself to answer. He could feel whatever drunken confidence he might have had, drained into the ground under him. He wanted to answer, but even before he could bring himself to even open his mouth to try mumble out anything, Yami continued:

"Don't. Say. Another. Word. Or else I might actually kill you."

Alistair, remained quiet.

"And you," Yami continued, shifting his attention to Leon who was standing in the background.

"Hi," Leon greeted while giving Yami a slight wave.

"Are you here to confess to my wife?" He asked with a nearly mocking tone in his voice through his groggy state.

"No Sir, I can assure you that I have no such intentions," Leonidas began. "Instead I am here to ... aid a friend to conquer a maiden's heart."

Yami's already raised eyebrow rose even further up. "If you weren't the son of the King-of-hard-noses I'd swear that you're more drunk than this one here," Yami motioned towards Alistair.

The white haired young man opened his mouth to reply, but was shot down by Yami:

"I didn't give you permission to speak up."

Alistair, remained quiet.

‘Why me?’ Alistar thought as he stared into the ground beneath his feet, why couldn’t the other Captain Sukehiro have been the one to answer the door?! Oh wait, no that probably would have been much worse, especially if Captain Yami had only heard part of the conversation. Alistar didn’t even dare glance up, he could feel the taller man’s piercing gaze on him.

Yami studied the young man in front of him, he had known him since he was born and has somewhat watched as he grew up to become the person he was today. He frowned a bit.

“ What makes you think you deserve my daughter? Especially in the sorry state you're in now.” Yami asked harshly, which was what he intended. He was being tested. Whether the young man knew it or not was another question entirely.

Alistar visibly flinched at his words, he was right, what did make Alistar think he was good enough for Hikari. He bit his bottom lip in thought for a moment. “If we’re being honest, I probably don’t deserve your daughter,” He started, not noticing the surprise on Leon’s face or catching the surprise in Yami’s eyes. “ at least not in the drunken state I’m in now. But I do love your daughter Captain Sukehiro, and I believe Hikari should be the one to decide if I’m truly good enough for her.” He paused for a moment before continuing. “ Your opinion means a lot to her sir, and I know she’ll take your thoughts about me into account. So I apologize for showing up here like this and there’s no excuse good enough to explain my drunkenness. But,” Alistar paused for a moment before finally looking up to face Captain Yami. “ haven’t you ever just needed a little help to get through something that completely terrified you? Haven’t you ever been afraid of losing someone so close to you that it almost physically hurts to think about? That’s how it feels when I think about losing Hikari, that’s why I needed some ‘liquid courage’ tonight. It’s not an excuse, but it is an explanation.”

Yami continued to look at the hunched over shadow of a man, or a boy in man's shoes, in front of him. And. He could relate to the white haired suitor. He didn't feel worthy of his wife on most days, and certainly not on their wedding day, or any of their children's birthdays.

"And if I told her about what happened today, would you not talk about it with her?" Yami asked, still pushing, wanting to see how Alistair would react.

"I-," he uttered as his gaze fell to the side. "I... would need to apologize, her finding out that way... so... I would. At least that much," he spoke with a hushed tone.

His ki was sincere, and he meant every word even if he seemed unsure of himself. He was being honest about what he thought he would do.

"This is my daughter we're talking about," Yami still emphasized. "And she'll be more than I ever was, or will be. You're right on her making her own choices. That's all I will say."

Alistair's form slouched further down, as if the guilt of the heaven's above had been placed onto his shoulders. And Yami couldn't help but feel tiny bit sorry for the young man.

Tears started collecting behind Alistair's eyes as rejection and disapproval slapped him in the face. And yet, he glanced up, looking at the stern gaze of a father looking out for his daughter. "I-, understand," he spoke with broken syllables.

A brief pause lingered in the air, but it was ended by the sound of Yami letting out a sigh. "You did do two things right," he stated. "And if you want to make one more thing right today, you'll go home and sleep off your sorry state."

Alistar looked up quickly once again, he had never dreamed of Captain Yami actually saying he did one thing right let alone two, but the tall man didn’t elaborate further on what those things were.

Alistar nodded and muttered a quick ‘yes sir’ and turned toward Leon, who only stood there with a supportive smile, and the white haired man just shook his head. A lot of help Leon was. But as Alistar took one step forward the world began to spin again, he quickly lost his balance and face planted in the dirt. Right in front of Captain Yami and Leon.

Yami sighed as he walked over and grabbed the back of Alistar’s robes, when he pulled him up he noticed the boy was limp and he blinked.

“ He passed out?” Leon asked as he came over and grabbed Alistar’s arm and threw it over his shoulder. “ How can that be, he only had two drinks?!”

“ What tavern did you go to?” Yami asked, as Leon quickly explained Yami sighed, again. “ Yeah that place is known for their exceptionally strong drinks, wait a second, wasn’t Taxi Jr. with you two?” Yami suddenly asked as he looked around, Leon frowned at the nickname when suddenly a portal opened and out walked Ezio.

“ Ah there you are, where have you been?” Yami nearly shouted, causing Alistar to groan and making Ezio jump. The pink haired boy instantly ran over and began to apologize profusely. Leon shook his head, he was just as scared of the Captain as his father was. “ take these two idiots back home would ya?” He added, Ezio quickly nodded and saluted the Captain before rushing over and grabbing Alistar’s other arm.

“ ‘m sorry sir.” Alistar slurred softly, although Yami was able to hear him.

“ Just sleep it off kid, you’ll have one terrible headache in the morning, but you’ll be alright.” Yami said as he walked back towards the base.

"So... What happened?" Ezio asked while opening a portal, glancing over to make sure that Yami was already a small distance away.

"Nothing much," Leo shrugged as they started practically carrying Alistair through the portal and to the Golden Dawn's base.

"You can't expect me to really believe that after I find you to outside of Captain Sukehiro's door, with him," Ezio nodded towards the barely conscious white haired male they were more or less now dragging through the Golden Dawn's base, "looking like he faceplanted into the ground."

"He does like planting alright," Leon replied.

"Not again," Ezio groaned.

"Plantannan...." Alistair tried to mumble, but only let out incoherent grumbles.

"Fiiine," Leon shrugged. "We stayed to chat, and after downing a far too strong drink, Alistair ... found some courage and decided to ... spill something."

"Oh?" Ezio uttered, intrigued. "And what might that 'something' be?"

"I'll let Alistair answer that one," Leon replied with a frank tone, making it clear that he wouldn't say anything else to the matter.

Ezio frowned but he would let it go for now, and he sighed as they half carried half dragged Alistar towards his room. He was a lot heavier than he looked, Ezio knew Leon was carrying most of his weight, and he felt partially bad for that, but Leon didn’t even seem to notice the weight.

“ We need to hurry and get him to his room before someone sees. I’m pretty sure the Captain of the Golden Dawn isn’t supposed to be drunk.” Ezio whispered hurriedly as he looked around, Leon nodded and they quickly made their way to Alistar’s room.

Once there, Ezio shut the bedroom door softly behind them before they walked over to his bed and dropped him gently onto it. Alistar groaned and rolled over so his face was buried into the mattress.

“ ‘m sorry.” Alistar slurred again, this time it was muffled by the mattress, but it also had a hint of sleepiness in it as well. Leon sighed and shook his head, Alistar was something else tonight. He walked over and took off his friends boots, placed them at the foot of the bed, and threw a blanket over the white haired man.

“ Goodnight Alistar.” He said before walking towards Ezio, who already had a portal open and waiting. Alistar muttered an almost incoherent ‘goodnight’.

“ I bet he’s not going to remember any of this tomorrow.” Ezio said with a sigh, Leon shrugged.

“ If not, then one of us will just have to remind him.” Leon chuckled before walking through the portal with Ezio.

"Oh that we will certainly do," Ezio agreed with a smirk which let Leon know that Ezio wouldn't let Alistair live this down easily.

"So," Leon continued while making his way closer to home. "Did you make up with the missus?"

Ezio halted his steps with a blush over his cheeks. "I-, she's-, we aren't together!" He insisted, but the blush hinted of him not minding such a thing to be implied.

"Hmm... You sure seemed confident when you took her by the hand and pulled her to have a private conversation," Leon grinned.

"Well I-, I needed to clear things up... So it was necessary."

"I see," the vermillion haired boy continued with a smirk.

"We really need to get you a girlfriend so that we can tease you about these things," Ezio continued, trying to shift the conversation elsewhere. "We need to take you on more mixers and get you someone to call your own," Ezio started planning. "So, what's your type?"

Leon let out a groan. "That seems like a hassle, more than anything. And besides, if I say that I only like something specific or 'have a type', I would be excluding a lot of wonderful people I'm sure."

"Love is a battlefield and it shouldn't be taken lightly!" Ezio insisted.

Leon groaned at the pink haired man as he seemed to be walking Leon to his room. He could practically see the wheels turning in his head.

“ Hm, well I know quite a few people from all walks of life. So I’ll go through my long list of contacts and old flames and ses if there’s anyone that might pique your interest.” Ezio said with a chuckle, Leon was a good-looking guy so he couldn’t understand why he hadn’t found someone yet.

“ Or are you picky like Alistar is?” He asked, Leon chuckled and shook his head, although Ezio frowned at the sound. It was as though he knew something that Ezio didn’t.

“ Ah no no I’m not ‘picky’ like Alistar, I just don’t want to limit my pool of potential partners that’s all.” Leon answered simply. “ How many ‘old flames’ do you have anyway?” He asked the pink haired man curiously, he watched as a blush crept onto his cheeks.

“ A couple, but none lasted longer than a month.” Ezio answered with a nervous laugh. “ I don’t know why, but for some reason I just can’t seem to stay in a relationship for very long.”

“ Maybe,” Leon started as they reached his bedroom door. “ maybe it’s because none of them are the woman you want.”

Ezio muttered something as a reply, but the words didn't leave his mouth and thus, nothing could be deciphered of it.

"Look..." Leon continued. "I don't know anything about this relationship stuff, or the 'game of it', but... if there's someone you want to have a relationship with, you probably need to get closure on that front."

Ezio stayed silent glancing at Leon as they reached his room's door.

"How?  I have no clue. I'm not you, and I don't know anything about it all, and what it's like, but something is keeping you from moving forward."

"It's easy for you to say," Ezio remarked while looking away, hunching over himself slightly.

"True, it is. Because I've only seen Cyra grimace over it," Leon shrugged. "But from what I can tell, she's had her share of broken hearts, she has gotten closure and moved on. Though I'm not sure just how ... attached she was in those cases, but she was hurt, and I get it."

"Mmmm...." Ezio mumbled, still looking away.

"But. It's late and I don't need you tugging me in, I'm not that drunk," Leon joked while opening the door. "Good night," he still wished waving Ezio off.

"Night," the pink haired man replied casting a portal to take him home as well.

[elysianluv]

HEYOOOO

I heard you were pretty good friends with Lyra and any friends of any Lyra is a friend of mine :3

My name is Michaela or you can call me Micky, super nice to meet you (^o^)/

HI MICKY!! <3

that's such a precious thing to say omsbsbns wow, really good to meet you too!! i'm sera, i joined here about 10/12 days ago maybe? oh, and i'm pretty sure josslyn and ace are your ocs, right, micky? i loved them in lyra's next gen series so much 😭 zobra is such a crackpair but also so strangely good? and josslyn is just ✨joss✨ immaculate vibes ngl — AHAJAHS i'm talking so much,,,but it was super good so see you in my inbox micky, hi <3

[eme-eleff]

Hello Child anon🥰 I just want to mention in this ‘black bulls new generation’ Noelle and Asta are together they are planning to have children one day but for them no children at the moment, though All of the black bulls and Nebra are pushing the thought of the them having a baby together🤪

I missed you child anon 😭💓💓

ASTA TEACHING THEM HOW TO BULLY SOLID 💀 LMAO I WANT TO SEE THAT 😂

I have two OCs for Asta and Noelle's kids hehe so I'm gonna talk about them

When Asta becomes the Wizard King and he and Noelle get married, I imagine them having kids immediately because Asta tells Noelle he wants to be a daddy (obviously she says yes)

I can totally see them having twins at first: a girl and a boy, both with Noelle's colour hair but with green eyes like their papa 😍 maybe they'd have one more with the time

I don't have names for them yet tho 😅

Sooo, I think they both will get along well with Ace, but Asta and Noelle's daughter would be trying to fight with Josslyn ALL THE DAY, and she'd be like: "braaat, you're not strong enough to face me" 😎