#ooooh a pair I haven't written for in ages!

[intheticklecloset]

🫐 🏖️ KiriDeku (no ship required, just having fun).

Kirishima buried at the beach, Midoriya keeping him company.

🍋 Lemonade Special Order 🍋

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“Are you sure you’re comfortable, Kirishima?” Deku asked, glancing at his friend, whose only body parts he could see were his head and his feet.

The redhead grinned up at him. “Oh, yeah! It’s actually kind of cozy.”

“Just making sure,” the smaller boy replied. He turned his attention back to where Bakugou, Mina, Sero, and Kaminari were roughhousing near the shoreline, trying to wrestle each other into the oncoming waves or something of that nature. Under other circumstances Deku would worry that Kiri wasn’t with them, but their mutual friend had asked to be buried in the sand and left to rest for a while, so that’s what had happened.

“Uh-oh, you’ve got your thinking face on,” Kiri teased, drawing his classmate’s attention back to him. "What’s up, Midoriya?”

“Oh, I was just thinking about your quirk,” Deku admitted sheepishly, grinning a little. “Like, if a villain attacked right now, would you be able to get out on your own? Would you be stuck there until someone got you out? That kind of thing.”

“Hmm,” Kiri mused, closing his eyes to soak up the sun for a few moments before saying, “Let’s try it.”

Deku blinked. “What?”

Kirishima grunted, and it took the greenette a moment to register that he was trying to break free of his sandy grave. He watched for several seconds as the redhead huffed and puffed and managed to free just a bit more of his neck and ankles, but that was it.

“Well, I guess they did a good job,” Kiri chuckled. “I’m not going anywhere, even with my hardening quirk activated.”

“Interesting,” Deku hummed, filing the information away for later. “But maybe you need better motivation?”

“Like what?”

With a smile, Deku snaked a hand down to Kirishima’s bare foot and scribbled against it gently.

“Ah! Midohohoriya!” Kiri giggled, eyes going wide for a split second before squeezing shut. “No fahahahair! I can’t defend mysehehehelf!”

“Are you really stuck?” Deku asked, scooting down to get better access to both of his friend’s feet now, scribbling freely along them with very little resistance due to his friend’s position. “You’re hardly moving at all; are you actually trying to get out?”

“Of cohohohohourse I ahahahaham!” Kiri whined, snickering helplessly, the only free parts of his body shaking and wiggling slightly from the sensations. “Midohohohoriya! W-Wahahahait, the ohohohohothers—!”

“Ooh, why didn’t I think of that?” Mina squealed as she hurried over to them, the rest of the gang right behind her, all with mischievous smiles on their faces. “He’s in prime position for some tickle torture!”

Kirishima shrieked, but the flash of excitement in his eyes wasn’t lost on anyone. “N-Now hold on a second! I didn’t ask for this – Bakugou, I swear to gohohohohohod! Ahahahahahaha, nooooo!”

But Bakugou was just smirking knowingly, and soon all five of them were taking turns tickling the trapped redhead. This day at the beach sure had taken a turn, but no one was complaining about it.

[forasecondtherewedwon]

For the ABCs ask game if it’s not too late — M, Q, R, S, T, V!! 😊

Definitely not too late! Thanks so much for these!!

M. Music - Do you use music to write or make playlists for certain fics?

I need quiet to get any writing done, but I have definitely made playlists to go with fics! I use the playlists more to set the tone for the reader, quoting lyrics in the author's notes when I post the chapter on AO3.

A couple examples are the water/ocean-related playlist for my Jaws AU of Avengers: Endgame and the '60s soundtrack of my Queen's Gambit series.

Q. Quirks - Do you have any quirks as a writer?

Lol besides this one? Hmm. I refuse to write "ok" as "okay" because I hate the sight of "okay."

R. Romance - Do you write for any certain ship? What's your OTP or main pairing?

MAN, IF I HAD A MAIN PAIRING!!! No, since I stopped writing Spideychelle, I haven't stuck with a single ship for too long, but I have had my favourites to write in the other fandoms I've explored!

Some of these:

Midge/Lenny in "Scuffed Souls" (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)

Kate/Yelena in "An All-American January Christmas" (Hawkeye)

Beth/Benny in my Oh my god, they were checkmates... series (The Queen's Gambit)

Tulip/Cassidy in "Lonely, Handsome" (Preacher)

S. Symbolism - Are there any recurring themes in your fics? Any symbolism?

Ooooh! I always find myself drifting (no pun intended) towards water symbolism (best showcased here). As for recurring themes, some coming-of-age stuff, but mainly, and very simply, love.

T. Trope - What's your favourite fanfic trope? What's one you avoid like the plague?

Friends-to-lovers is the gold standard for me. Let's keep this positive and stick to the favourite haha

V. Villain - Do you have a favourite villain? In which of your fics did you enjoy writing them the most?

I haven't written many villainous characters! I find them so much less interesting than characters' internal obstacles. I love writing time as the inevitable and unintentional villain that creates space between people who used to love each other, sometimes causing so much change that characters are no longer compatible. I love that bittersweet, "we can never go home again" tone.

Three faves in the bittersweet category:

"Our Names in a Heart" (WandaVision)

"The Blood You Owe" (No Time to Die)

"find light" (Spider-Man)

more fanfic writer ABCs