#omegaverse mention

[suzukiblu]

WIP WEDNESDAY GAME

Slimmed-down post/rules, but originally taken from @/kedreeva.

It’s WIP Wednesday! This week's theme is "my gender is fucking me up right now so fuck it, I am just gonna identify as a problem" ( including multiple definitions of both "fucking me up" and "a problem" ).

I took the top three poll picks for said theme from Ko-fi ( which somehow all wound up being omegaverse, go figure, lol ) and then tossed in some dealer's choice picks from my heart while I was at i. Though I was feeling indecisive about those so we all get a bonus WIP this week, haha.

Here’s how it works:

I will post the file names of five six WIPs, and will also post a snippet of new content from one of them to get the ball rolling.

Send me an ask with the name of one of the listed WIPs and I will write you a minimum of three sentences in that WIP in response!

Multiple requests are fine, but please send them in separate asks. Just a little easier for me to fill them that way, and also easier for people to read through the WIP tags smoothly later.

If you’re reading this, you’re invited!

WIP names:

Robin gets nested (( chrono || non-chrono ))

the wet nurse omegaverse (( chrono || non-chrono ))

alpha!Kon and his supermom (( chrono || non-chrono ))

Cassie gets cursed and Kon gets k'ed (( chrono || non-chrono ))

Tim + clonecest (( chrono || non-chrono ))

mirror mirror (( chrono || non-chrono ))

snippet from “Robin gets nested”:

Fuckin’ useless-ass Batman ain’t here, so Jason’s gotta be the one gettin’ 'em outta here, apparently. 

Asshole. 

“We gotta go. Go-go,” Robin repeats distractedly, but mostly just nuzzles pup-pup-MY-pup my-baby-my-pup-pup-PUP all over him again. Jason kinda wants t’cry about it, but that’s weak-ass bullshit he ain’t stupid enough t’do. 

An’ it ain’t–they just gotta go, is all. 

“Yeah,” he says roughly, still pointin’ down the alley ahead. “We gotta go. Okay?”

[darkwingsnark]

"PINKY, ARE YOU PONDERING WHAT I'M PONDERING?"

no, he is NOT.

[whatsamatteratsu]

Asmo needs alllll the details!

I love Asmo wanting to talk about love!!! And Levi saying stupid things

[eva062106]

A quick video I thought up when I saw this post

Unmute for a slightly better comedic effect

[just-antithings]

I’m begging people to stop acting like shitting on people for writing mpreg/omegaverse fanfic is some kind of Incredible Activism for trans people

[number1greedlingfan]

saiki k omegaverse fics are not canon compliant because saiki would never let a world like that continue to exist

[latinotiktok]

[wake-me-up-inside-imagines]

Did Rain have a different personality after freshly leaving for uni? Like when he met Micha was he more quiet/subdued? Defensive? Or has he always just been Rain. Idk It’d be cute if Micha helped him let his adorably obnoxious side out.

Same goes for Micha and Leo I guess. Did their personalities kinda swap up/let loose as they met their partners?

Yes/no/yes/no. Despite the hand he's been dealt in life, he's naturally a genuinely funny, upbeat person most of the time. However, he did use his happy personality as a somewhat of a cover against his home life when in public, and he's gotten really good at making his pretending look real. He still loves to joke around and is overall pretty happy and positive, but it takes some effort to know when he's down. He was also pretty quiet when physically at home as not to piss off his parents, so there's that.

I think the opposite kind of thing happened when Micah got involved in his life. He was so used to using faux positivity to cover up negative feelings that he didn't know how to genuinely open up. He felt like he always had to have a put on attitude, or else he'd be a burden to those he loved. It took some time, but Micah (and eventually the others) helped break Rain out of that mindset, letting him mellow out and make his sadness known instead of covering it up. He learned that it was safe to be open and honest with the people he loved, even if the truth wasn't bubbly or joyful. Once he learned this, it made his good humor and joyful mood all the more real.

Micah's personality didn't really shift much once getting into a relationship. Of course, he grew as a person and as a partner as time went on, but he never had a drastic personality shift when he got with his boyfriends. He's always been rather secure in himself as a person, so he besides maybe becoming more loving and protective, his natural personality was always prevalent.

With Leo, it's a little different. When the pack would see and observe Leo on college campus, what they would see was his natural personality. He's loud, crude, sarcastic, just as much of a jokester as Rain, and pretty carefree (this is before he got infected with Mate Madness lol). However, when he first got into a relationship, his personality shifted to be more withdrawn and anxious. He had never been in a relationship before and he was still trying to figure out the pack's dynamic, so he was trying to keep himself from accidently screwing something over. Once he got used to each pack member he went straight back to being his normal self before he joined them, now confident enough in his relationship to let his more unfiltered side out.

Thanks for the question!

[suzukiblu]

Do you read much fic yourself? and if u do, do u have any recs?

I kinda read fic in fits and starts, to be honest? Like it ebbs and it flows, pretty much, hah. So sometimes I read a TON of it and sometimes I pretty much don't read any at all. So like, currently not really, but previously enough that I def DO have recs, haha.

Not an exhaustive list of my faves, just some random Good Ones I can think of off the top of my head ( all some variant of DC or DPxDC ).

( also def read the tags on these, there's def some tags on a few of them that at least some people would wanna know about before reading. )

Catching Icarus by Fantasyfire ( YJA!Conner gets Super-adopted, interdimensionally-speaking. Fully the inspo for that "the last son of Krypton meets Hypertime Kon" WIP of mine, for the record. )

I Want It That Way by WynterSky ( Tim/Kon but make it 90's and also an emotional rollercoaster. )

Stress Relief by daemoninwhite [ nsfw ] ( Kon goes to a sex club in space for some free-use/stuck-in-wall-style stress relief and gets exactly what he wants. )

Jasmine Luthor by Die_Erlkonigin6083 ( Jazz finds out her biodad is Lex Luthor and literally does not care until she finds out CONNER Luthor exists. )

The Unnecessarily Dramatic Death of One Jasmine Fenton by Rowan_the_Escapist ( Jazz and Jason meet at a party and it all goes to shit pretty quick. fyi I will chew on this worldbuilding and also this version of Jazz/Jason until I ALSO die. )

Lazy Sunday by Faeriekit [ nsfw ] ( . . . I did not think I'd be so into Jason/Tucker but uhhhhh turns out I'm real into Jason/Tucker and especially into Jason getting consensually hypnotized into a househusband while absolutely desperate for his boyfriend Dom to fuck him, go fig!! )

The French Mistake by Vamillepudding ( The wrong Bruce is in this reality but he's a much better dad than the right one, so is that really a problem?? )

Buy One, Get One by iselsis ( Incubus!Jason gets rescued/surprise-adopted by Batman and then tries to figure out if it's safe to ask Bruce to save his succubus!mom from his shitty dad. )

Catherine/Bruce Medieval AU by iselsis and PotatoLady ( I am not emotionally well about this whole entire concept, hahaha. Omegaverse medieval AU where Bruce beats Willis in a fight and therefore wins whatever belongs to him. Which in this scenario includes Catherine and Jason. )

bystander by greeneyedfirework ( Batfam omegaverse where alpha!Jason finds a messed-up Robin!Dick in heat and it is a Problem(tm). One of the specific genre of omegaverse-Robins-in-distress that was inspo for the "Robin gets nested" WIP. )

Eyes Like Kryptonite by dragonez ( Lena Luthor gets a strange Kryptonian on her balcony who doesn't know if he's from an alternate reality or time-travelling and wants specifically HER help. Kara/Lena. )

your ghost i will gladly bear by merils ( Interdimensional Timkon featuring two Robins on a rooftop while they're both dead. THIS CONCEPT, I LOVE IT. )

This isn't how things are supposed to go. But we've always been unorthodox. by RenkonNairu ( Please and thank you for this slightly niche and highly interesting omegaverse take including omega!Kon, bless. Also Tim/Kon and Bruce/Clark, accidental and deliberate and deliberately-AVOIDED bonding, and the shitty version of Lex/Clark. )

Fairy Godbrother by envysparkler ( Batbrothers accidentally-on-purpose decide to meddle in another reality's version of themselves in quick succession, or over the course of several years, depending on how you timestream it. )

. . . . . . like, just go check out thebodydies and Briarwitched, I cannot effectively narrow down the options there, haha, just gooooo.

[charles-leclerc-official]

Oscars an omega?

[unyandere]

Yandere kindnapper x reader who reads THAT kind of Fanfictions - The traumatic roommate experience (pt.2)

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Tw; a bit suggestive in some parts, kidnappings,Yanderish behaviour (but it’s almost nothing), mention of omegaverse, egg in a microwave, bad cooking, bad English, reader is… peculiar

✨So.., you both start living together

✨Yandere kidnapper who can’t do anything but let you slouch on the couch all day, reading *important things* on your phone while he has to work all day to make sure he has enough money for the both of you to live comfortably in this economy

✨Yandere kidnapper tries to make you do some house chores, like putting the dishes in the dishwasher, throwing out the trash, but fails because you have reasons for not doing anything at all: you were brought to his house against your will so you’re not going to do anything for him

✨Yandere kidnapper has to walk in front of you with his victims to bring the people he kidnaps to the basement and can’t stand your peculiar remarks (“Ara ara, is this what being cheated on feels like?” “Why don’t you bring me to the basement to kidnapper-kun ~”)

✨Yandere Kidnapper started sleeping on the floor in the bathroom since you two started living together, mostly because at night you try to force him to read some of the spiciest, smuttiest, most traumatising omegaverse ever written in the human history of fanfictions or you get… freaky

✨Yandere kidnapper gets in his (former) bedroom only after he’s sure that you are asleep to rest (and do *other things*) next to you, always making sure that you don’t wake up.

✨Yandere kidnapper makes you some really simple dishes using the Microwave because he can’t even boil water

✨Yandere kidnapper sometimes asks for your help in the kitchen and, let me tell you, you two together make more kitchen messes that a four year old with a firethrower in a room with explosives: you break the microwave by trying to heat up an egg, you burn the kitchen as soon as you activate the stove, you manage to explode the fridge and the list goes on

✨You two start living on canned food that can be eaten without the need to heat it

✨Once in a while people who commission the kidnappings get to the Yandere’s home to get their victims, at first you forced some of them to spend time with you talking about anime and fanfiction while the Yandere retrieved the victims to give to the commissioners, but after some time you got bored of that and decided to spend more time talking to the kidnapped people about fanfictions

✨That… was actually good for the Yandere’s business, most of the time his victims were either for a ransom (and your talking made those victim a lot more desperate during the filming of the videos) or for informations (and your work did wonders on their will)

✨After some time it’s like you two are like co-workers and you both get enough money to get a new microwave

[sheridan-le-fanu]

Currently being eaten alive by more Hunter x Hunter brainworms as we speak. Maybe I could make a new au where most (75%) people are normal (by hxh standards) but the remaining 25% are shapeshifters? The primarily carnivorous species would generally be considered “naturally superior,” while the primarily herbivorous species would be considered the weakest. Think Omegaverse type stuff, just without the mpreg (or with the mpreg, the sky’s the limit). I feel like the animalistic dynamics would fit well into hxh’s world, too.

Now for the important part;

Who is what animal?

The Zoldycks would be some sort of small wildcat I think, maybe Black Footed Cats, since they have the highest hunting success rate of any feline species?

I think Kurapika would be a brown rat, since he is the current rat of the Zodiacs, and also brown rats don’t look it, but they prefer to be carnivorous when they can be. Also, the whole everyone-hates-rats thing ties into his origin.

Leorio would be a wild boar, since he is the boar of the Zodiacs, and because it seems fitting for him to be a prey species posturing as a predator (wild boars sometimes eat eggs, insects, or small rodents, but they prefer a herbivorous diet).

As the protagonist, I think Gon would be an ordinary human, but he could be a boar too since Ging was the boar of the Zodiacs at one point.

Idk what do y’all think?

[deceit-and-knowledge]

( ooc: I can easily imagine Healer wanting to choose either the plant/flower/herb type starter? Depending on if cakemon has different elements than pokemon- making them types of ingredients instead? Though I could also imagine him picking a drink/flavour/berry type and naming it after Light as a joke on it calling him his master? XD )

Right..! Sir Nightshade I brought two consols in case you wanted to play parallel to dr. Healer. Anyways, You two have fun then..!

*anon leaves the two, silently celebrating the achievement of for once not encouraging a heat/rut to get worse on accident..!* - Umbrella Anon

l: *light/nightshade gaming*

Master who did you pick?

h: starhound.. it's uh.. a gelatin.. Ingredient cakemon (water).. geuss what I named it?

l: what?

h: nightshade~ *begins laughing*

l: I'm picking the spice one and naming it healer.

[hyperions-light]

It’s literally impossible for me to write a trope in a straightforward way I think lol

Was writing Omegaverse and I was just like… well what if I changed the rules… what if I added complications…. what if I made everything weirder by adding MORE extenuating circumstances

Have never written a coffee shop AU but I just know that if I tried it would mutate and combine with like 7 other tropes somehow, and I’d have a new amalgam universe with like 57 complicated systems stacked on one another, somehow

Oh well! Can’t stop won’t stop!

[attroxx]

no one is asking the real questions. and the real question is, in the omegaverse is your muse an alpha, beta or omega?

[wake-me-up-inside-imagines]

What’s something you’re waiting for someone to ask about? Info dump!

Honestly I've kind of wanted to make a post just dumping a bunch of fun facts about the main MM pack, so I'll do that here!

Tw for a thumbtack in Leo's part, mention of Rain's bad parents in Rain's part, and mentions of divorce in Charlie's part.

Leo Myers:

-Leo likes to listen to ASMR. It does make him tired, but he listens to it any time he's working on something, not just when he's trying to sleep. Music is distracting and silence just doesn't do it for him, so asmr it is

-Despite his love for horror, Leo hates haunted houses. He's not good with real, physical scares, so even the milder houses tend to freak him out. Weird for a guy who can watch Martyr level films with a straight face, but he can't help it.

-Leo once pierced his ear with an unsterilized thumb tack for funsies. It took him ten minutes to get it all the way in.

-Leo, to no ones surprise, is a massive fan of any Ninja Turtle material. He actually didn't name himself after the turtle (he just thought the name Leo was cool), but he did name his cat Mikey after Michelangelo due to how orange he is. Despite the namesake, their personalities don't really match up lol.

-Leo's learning how to play the guitar, but his real talent is in his voice. He spent a majority of his childhood taking voice lessons and joining the school choir. Although he doesn't like to sing much in front of people (including his mates), they sometimes catch him singing to himself when a song he likes comes on.

Ren Hirota:

-Ren's a massive linguistics and geography nerd. He loves everything to do with language, regardless of origins of structure. He can speak five languages fluently: English, Japanese, German, Latin, and French. During the time period MM takes place, he's trying to learn Russian, although between doing his doctorate program and taking care of Rachel, it's been slower going than he's used to.

-Ren finds the upkeep and grooming that often comes with having more body hair really annoying, so he doesn't really shave. The only thing he really grooms is his facial hair, and even then it's just enough to keep it from becoming a beard. He still prefers to have prominent stubble, just not super long. His hair is long for the same reason, he can't be bothered to get it cut more then once a year.

-Ren got his name from his dad. Mr. Hirota grew up with a lotus tree nearby and he loved it dearly, so when his sons were born, he named one of them after it. Dave came out kicking and screaming whereas Ren barely cried, so Mr. Hirota knew exactly who was getting which name. (Bonus fact: Mrs. Hirota named Dave....well, Dave, because she thought it was funny).

-Ren loves taking photo's of things, especially polaroid's. It's one of his main hobbies, besides reading, journaling, and learning languages for fun. Before he moved into an apartment with his mates, his wall was semi-covered in polaroid photos he had taken of his friends, random objects, or nature shots. Once in the apartment, he bought a bin to stash all his favorite photos so he'd still be able to look at them whenever he wanted (his mates helped him stick some to the wall).

-Ren hates the cold and loves baggier clothing, so he very rarely wears anything that isn’t baggy and doesn’t have long sleeves, even in the summer. Sweaters are his main go to followed by sweatshirts, but he’ll occasionally wear a normal long sleeved shirt out. The only time he can be seen in a T-shirt is when he’s heading to bed.

Rain Cantrell:

-Rain didn't have a whole lot of materials to draw with when he was a kid, so he made do with items he could find around in public spaces or whatever he could steal borrow from his school. Some paper here, a colored pencil or two there, until he had a decent enough collection. He was mostly self taught, although he did watch a lot of youtube videos once he had access to a laptop. He got pretty good despite his lack of resources, fueling his future career choices.

-On a similar note, Rain learned how to sew when he was pretty young. His grandma gave him her sewing machine while she was on hospice care (Rain was about eight at the time), and he took full advantage of the machine he otherwise wouldn't have. As he grew up, he learned how to patch up old clothes with holes or make new clothes out of seemingly useless material, which served him well when he didn't have money for new clothes. He even made some extra cash on the side by fixing other people's stuff.

-Rain may act pretty immature on a semi-regular basis, but he's actually very smart. He exceled in most of his classes and was way better at math then most of his peers, despite his lack of interest in the subject. If he hadn't taken a career in the arts, he could have done something promising in some sort of math department. He can also beat almost anyone in chess, so there's that.

-Rain adores bugs. He thinks they're so cool, from butterflies to spiders to beetles to anything in between. It's not so much an academic interest as it is just him thinking they look cool, but he could spend hours observing every little detail of every little bug, never getting bored.

-Rain collects plushies of animals he likes. He has a lot of bug stuffies, but he also has animals that remind him of his mates and friends, usually named after them as well. He's also a sucker for cute stuff such as Sanrio merch, so it's not uncommon for him to come home with some new cutesy object in tow.

Micah King:

-Micah’s the cleanest out of his pack. He very rarely leaves his clothes anywhere, always makes sure to clean up any mess he makes the second he makes it, and generally has a better sense of clutter management than most other people. Even when he had a room to himself, everything was very neat and tidy.

-Micah’s allergic to bee stings, which is really funny considering how much he loves flowers. He always has to be really careful when out among flowers in nature, lest he need an EpiPen.

-Back during high school, Micah used to enter drumming/music competitions solely for the fun of it. He's won a lot of awards as a result of it, and he keeps them all either hung on the wall in his apartment, or in a little storage bin stashed in the closet. Part of his success has to do with his love of learning overly complicated pieces and techniques, which has only served to impress anyone who gets to hear him play.

-Micah had short hair up until he was twelve. He decided to grow it out when he heard his crush say she liked guys with long hair more, hoping to win her over with that among other things. It didn't end up working out for him as he hoped (she rejected him), but he discovered that he too liked having long hair over short hair. Since then, he's never cut it more than a couple inches, just enough to get rid of any dead ends.

-Micah once broke his wrist trying to impress his friend group when he was fourteen. He wanted to look like a cool skater dude, only to immediately get his butt handed to him the second he put his foot on his friend's skateboard. He never knew true pain until he had to put up with his eight year old brother mocking him for being lame.

(Bonus because it’s more mate oriented): Micah gets cuteness aggression with his mates sometimes. Doesn't matter which one, he'll jump them all and force them to cuddle with him while he chuffs up a storm. Even Charlie knows it's futile to fight back, so they all let him do his thing, not that they mind his affections in the first place.

Charlie Craven:

-Charlie got hooked on astrology during his parents divorce, when their fighting became an almost nightly occurrence. He'd sneak outside to escape their yelling, only to get wrapped up in the stars above, intrigued by their patterns. He'd spend hours outside studying the stars s a distraction, and it carried on to his adult life, serving as a comfort whenever he's distressed.

-Charlie used to sleep with a knife under his pillow up until he moved in with Ren during college. He had no good reason for it, he was just paranoid and also thought it made him look cool.

-Charlie, despite his tough exterior, cannot hide his guilty pleasure of romance novels. It's stupid and he hates how "mushy" it makes him look, but he can't help but kick his feet when he reads some cheesy scene of two people falling in love and having a happily ever after life. He sometimes uses them to figure out how he should interact with his mates in certain situations, as he's too emotionally constipated to figure out his feelings for himself.

-Back in high school, Charlie used to be in a band. It wasn't great and fell apart after two or so years, but it helped him get into guitar playing, so he's not complaining. He sometimes made Ren listen to him practice in an attempt to impress him so he could see if Ren saw an improvement in his playing.

-Charlie tries to keep a journal to manage his anger issues. He's very inconsistent with it and he often gets frustrated trying to work through his feelings, but he does his best to manage, hoping it'll improve his mood eventually.

Mated headcannons:

-Micah and Ren like to tend to plants together, when they can. Micah often takes Ren out on walks to parks he knows Ren could snap some good photos at, and in return Ren takes Micah to spots he knows are rich with wild flowers. They both have little terrariums they grow together, and although their apartment is small, they have a couple plants the co-parent throughout the day. Their conversations on these walks/when they care for the plants together are often soft and loving, although little bouts of laughter aren't out of the ordinary.

-Charlie and Ren like to brush each other's hair and talk about their day after long hours of work. It helps relax the both of them and put them in the mood to rest, but it also just feels like an intimate action, one only they allow the other to share in. It's on of the few times Charlie can be heard speaking quietly. They'll often go until their scalps are sore, simply too wrapped up in each other's presence to want to stop talking.

-Leo and Rain have matching belly button piercings (they did this during college). They both wanted one and Rain had always loved the idea of getting piercings with someone as a date, so they got it done! And by got it done, I mean Rain pierced Leo's belly button himself and then he tried to do it on himself. Rain's looks surprisingly good considering how skewed his view was when he did it, but Leo likes to tease him about the slight right tilt you can see it at if you look close enough. Since that date, Leo only goes to Rain when he wants something pierced (He tries to pay but Rain doesn't let him).

-Micah and Charlie spend a lot of time bonding by cooking together. Micah's mom taught him how to cook and Charlie learned to help his dad out, so it's something they both grew up doing. They like to swap recipes occasionally and sometimes compete to see who can make the closest iteration of one of their parent's dishes (Micah's parents love when they do this because they often get to judge).

-Ren and Rain often watch horror movies together as their little bonding activity. It started because Ren wanted to build up his horror tolerance, and Rain quickly offered his expertise. They quickly found out that no amount of slow going or easing Ren into scary movies actually desensitized him, but that was ok. Ren found that he quite liked being scared when it was just a movie, especially since Rain was there to keep him calm. Sometimes they'll choose a goofier horror movie to enjoy so Ren can make fun of it alongside Rain, but he's just as content to watch a serious film, head buried in Rain's chest.

-Leo thought Charlie hated him for a week or so after he started dating the pack because the alpha never really spoke to him and kind of just looked at him intensely. He learned that he was wrong when Charlie kidnapped him from class one day and dragged him to a on-campus restaurant (didn't say a word about what he was doing or where they were going by the way) for their first official date. Turns out Charlie was just too afraid of scaring Leo off, but eventually couldn't bear the distance anymore. Ever since then, no matter how comfortable the two got with each other, Charlie made a habit of "stealing" Leo without any forewarning when he wants a one-on-one date.

-Ren isn't a very musical person compare to his mates, but Leo got him into playing the kalimba after they started dating. It was easy for him to pick up and he adores the gentle sound the instrument makes, so he actually dedicated himself to learning some songs. Leo always gets excited when Ren learns a new song and lets Ren play it for him if he would like. Sometimes they try to play duets together, if they can figure out how to make it work (Leo also got Ren a custom kalimba as a Christmas gift once, to Ren's immense joy).

-Rain and Charlie communicate by teasing each other. It may seem like they're actually trying to get under people's skin, but they're really just expressing how much the other means to them. Rain started it early into their relationship when he realized Charlie didn't know how to express his love for people without stuttering or getting frustrated. He told Charlie to complement him by turning said compliment into an insult. Charlie thought that was stupid and meanspirited, but it soon became a little inside joke between the two of them, which then became a regular habit. Rest assured, they're looking at each other with love in their eyes when they go back and forth.

-Micah may be an alpha, but he loves to nest with Leo. And by nest, he means letting Leo build a nest around the two of them while they cuddle because he knows he'll screw up his mate's vision. He can't get enough of Leo's loud, happy purrs when the nest comes out just right, snuggling closer for a victory celebration. Leo loves it equally because he gets to cuddle up with a mate he feels safe with while in a nest he built to perfection. It's the ultimate comfort, and it's good bonding time. The two often stay in the nest for hours, purring and chuffing into each other's skin until someone interrupts them.

-Micah and Rain spend a lot of time playing video games together before snuggling up on the couch, tired out. Micah doesn't know much about video games so Rain takes the time to explain everything to him, pointing out each action with a rarely displayed patience. Micah doesn't do great a majority of the time, especially if it's a fighting game, but it doesn't matter. Their gaming sessions are filled with laughter and teasing, as well as some heart to hearts when the mood calls for it. They end by camping on the couch until someone falls asleep (usually Micah), tangled up in each other's limbs.

I hope you enjoyed, and thanks for asking for an infodump! This was fun to write!