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just had an idea for a fluffy modern kylux au where kylo and hux are married and move into a little suburban house with their cat millicent. kylo has worked through a lot of his issues and is on better terms w his family, and hux has been healing from his own childhood trauma w years of support and therapy. they both have good jobs they enjoy and a good group of friends, and hux is the happiest he’s ever been.
but he still feels this hole in his chest whenever he thinks abt his mother. he never knew her, and brendol had told him that she had left because she didn’t want to be around hux. hux had believed it growing up but eventually came to realise that a lot of the things brendol told him weren’t true, and that his birth mother had probably fallen victim to brendol’s abuse herself.
and so despite how content he is he always has this strange mixture of sadness and curiosity sitting at the back of his mind. and the feeling only weighs on him further when he sees his husband and mother in law interacting. he loves leia of course, but he can’t shake the nagging feeling of wondering what his own mother would be like, if she would extend the same fondness and warmth to him that leia does.
one day not long after moving into their new home millie decides to explore the neighbourhood. hux, exasperated, goes looking for her, and finds her in the garden of a quiet yet polite older woman with greying red hair and sad but soft eyes.
#kylux au#armitage hux#kylo ren#soft kylux#kylux#armitage hux’s mother#millicent the cat#tw child abuse#brendol hux’s a+ parenting#brief mentions of it anyway#i kinda like the idea of this being mildly supernatural#or like a modern magic au but not overtly#millie just KNOWS where to find grandma
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Stature, motion, road, armor, bling, hair for whoever you choose!
*cracks knuckles* time to invent a modern Audra AU already. Something something modern day vampire, is working for/is the child of "Godwyn the Golden" as one of his Death Knights (personal guards and private military type thing). Godwyn while being a vampire is very public facing, runs a huge business(not sure what kind) all to fund the other part of his business, the acquisition of and protection of objects/relics/entities/information/sometimes taking out targets/etc that would make his particular group of vampires more powerful and more protected, willing to work with anyone (at least in private) to accomplish that. Audra also, generally (both in ER and modern) does not give a shit about gender, theyre "far too dead to give a damn", call them whatever pronouns you want, and they will dress and present how they want. (Also yes Audra still had lightning magic)
Stature - What's your OC's body type? How tall are they? Do they wear clothing to accentuate their look or do they try to mask it?
Fit, not overtly super buff, but muscular. About 6'5". The clothing they wear is mostly to afford them full range of motion while still looking nice, whether that be suits/dresses/casual clothes (though they do indulge in dressing in more normal clothes from time to time, rather than keep up the refined appearance a vampire, and guard to Godwyn one would expect, it's a guilty pleasure)
Motion - How does your OC move? How does their clothing help or hinder their range of motion? Are they flexible, coordinated, clumsy?
Audra moves with purpose, every step calculated to get them where they need to be, and to the destination they seek, whether that be a physical place, or with their claws in your chest. They are exceptionally coordinated, each step, even in combat feeling intentional, almost graceful at times.
Road - What does your OC wear while traveling? Do they have high-quality equipment, or are they making do? What does their gear look like?
Depends on the travel. Business or food/hunting or pleasure? Business depends on whether it's being a guard for Godwyn, or accomplishing a mission. Food/hunting, they'd likely forgo modern clothing in favor of things they used to wear (besides their armor) yknow old vampire clothing, refined and macabre. *pure* pleasure, not caring about any eyes on them... sleeveless hoodie, tank top, shorts/capris. And yes no matter the situation, their clothing is WELL taken care of and high quality
Armor - What kind of armor does your OC wear? Is it well kept? Bonus: where does it come from? Is there a story behind it?
So, technically they have two sets of armor. The old armor they don't wear anymore, basically just a cleaned up/complete/full version of the Death Knight set from ER. Aaaaand the more, modern... tactical/military/black-ops kinda stuff (yes, their modern stuff still has a full skull mask), we do not know much about modern stuff so, apologies for being vague X3. Both sets are well kept and well maintained, with Audra even stitching up any rips or tears when they aren't in combat. As for where they came from, well they've been alive for a LONG time, and have been leader of the Death Knights as both a knight, and in this more modern age where knights aren't around. They've needed armor always, and it's been graciously provided by their benefactor and lord
Bling - What jewelry does your OC wear? Does it have any meaning?
Not much honestly, mostly just a pin/badge, it's, it's just the symbol for the dragon cult incants in ER lmao, black and bright and shiny gold with a ruby lightning stake (pics for example, the real thing would be fully colored obviously lol)
Hair - How does your OC wear their hair? Does it have some kind of meaning?
Partially braided, ending about halfway down in a loose ponytail, often worn over one shoulder. Not really any meaning, we just thought it'd look cool XP
#koeia's journal#asks#oc: Audra#callsignbaphomet#thank you for the asks beloved! sorry it took so long we always do... SO much thinking and writing and adding and rethinking and changing XP#also GOD so much of this is vagie cuz its on the spot AU and we also wanted it to be relatively easily insertable anywhere
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M6 and Sexy Keepsakes
Here's a little headcanon of some sultry little keepsakes that I think the M6 would keep on them when they are away from MC. Spicy, of course. 18+, Minors DNI!
An enchanted necklace MC helped craft for him that sends delightful tingles through his body when he caresses it. He and MC made matching necklaces together. They combined their powers to imbue it with deeply personal magic. The process of creating it was intensely intimate, involving a union of both the physical and metaphysical.
The necklace is fairly subtle in the way it looks, made of moonstone and citrine. The crystals hang on an antique bronze chain that dips low under the collar of his shirt. It pulses a gentle, familiar energy where it rests against his heart. Whenever he travels, he makes sure to wear it. He feels joyously flustered when he remembers the day he and MC created it. He likes to relive that memory a lot.
Asra makes sure to wear the necklace every time he communicates with MC via his water skype (I saw someone call it that once and that's honestly the only way I can think of it now, haha). MC's matching necklace has a magical connection to Asra's, which the two can certainly have some fun with...
An erotic letter MC wrote her. It's spritzed with a bit of MC's cologne/perfume, and the sensual words it contains is enough to make even the most stoic of individuals blush.
Nadia keeps it stowed safely away in a secret compartment of one of her pieces of luggage. She pulls it out when she's by herself in her quarters, lonely in whatever palace she's traveled to for her diplomatic missions. It renders even her eloquent tongue speechless. She tries to picture what MC was doing just before they wrote the letter. The thought often distracts her during meetings.
One evening, Nadia decides to act out a few things that MC wrote in the letter, and then write a response to MC describing everything she felt and all the delightfully naughty things she can't wait to do to MC when she gets home...
A tasteful pinup photo/drawing (depending on if you want a modern AU or not) of MC on the inside lid of his compass. MC bought the compass for him at the market, surprising him with it one morning with the pinup already taped to the inside. Julian keeps the compass on his person at all times.
Ooooo boy, does it give Julian a thrill every time he opens up the compass to confirm the direction he's traveling. In fact, it's more than a bit distracting. He thinks its quite daring and deliciously risque of MC for gifting him such a thing. A roguish smile always forms on his lips when he catches a glimpse of it. Sometimes, he'll pull it out of his pocket when he has a quiet moment, just to stare at it.
Julian slips away with it, propping it up on his bedside table while he enjoys some much needed alone time. He likes to imagine MC showing up out of the blue on whatever ship he's sailing on, dressed in the very lingerie they wear in their photo/drawing. He's antsy to return home to them...
MC's perfume/cologne on a kerchief. It's just a simple, white kerchief with MC's initials embroidered in blue on one corner. But it smells so delightfully of them.
Portia keeps it tucked in her undershirt and, while it's not overtly sensual per say, she can't help but feel a bit of excitement every time she brings it to her nose. Keeping it close to her means it smells like her and MC combined, reminding her of the sultry activities the two of them get up to when they're together. There's an impish twinkle in her eyes every time she pulls it out.
Portia eventually reciprocates the gesture and leaves behind a floral handkerchief for MC. She hopes it brings them as much comfort and pleasure as theirs does to her. She also leaves behind a mischievous little note that's sure to thrill MC, describing all the things she thinks of when she smells their pleasant scent...
A figurine of MC, that MC modeled for. MC had to beg and plead for Muriel to make one of himself for them. Finally he acquiesced.
The figurine itself is not especially detailed, but it holds the memory of the day MC posed for it. It was in the privacy of Muriel's hut, MC draped across the furs in front of the fireplace, eyes dark and cheeks flushed. This felt like such a momentous, intimate moment for Muriel. A moment where he could let his guard down, and MC could let theirs down, too. The two of them took a number of breaks in the process to blow off some steam.
Whenever MC is away, he pulls the figurine from his pocket and blushes a deep red. His heart flutters with the memory of that afternoon. He hopes MC hurries home, so maybe they can pose for him once again. And perhaps do a bit more together...
MC's underwear and truly the raunchiest photo/painting he could possibly take of MC. He's already got a million paintings of the two of them, hanging in the palace, mostly kept away in his private quarters. But this one is *extra* special and *extra* spicy.
In true form to Lucio, he keeps both the photo and the undergarment on his person at all times while traveling. He's not especially careful with where he pulls out the photo, but tries to keep it as hidden as possible. He finds it thrilling to whip it out in spaces where anyone could walk in while he's looking at it. But he also wants to respect MC's privacy and tries to be careful.
The underwear is MC's best pair. Lucio hides it in an inner pocket of his blazer. He only pulls it out when he's alone in his bedroom (or has guaranteed privacy elsewhere) and when he's in a *mood* (which is rather often). He's left behind a portrait for MC and a pair of his finest, as well (a silky crimson number with his gilded name embroidered across the ass). He hopes they get as much enjoyment out of his gifts for them as he gets out of their gifts for him.
#the arcana#the arcana game#asra alnazar#nadia satrinava#julian devorak#portia devorak#muriel of the kokhuri#lucio morgasson#count lucio#arcana headcanons#spicy#citrus#m6 headcanons#asra x mc#nadia x mc#julian x mc#portia x mc#muriel x mc#lucio x mc#i think all of Lucio's underwear probably have his name embroidered on them#or something else ridiculous#dani's headcanons
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Books, May - June 2021
Tess of the Road - Rachel Hartman [dnf]
A River of Stars - Vanessa Hua
The Sealed Letter - Emma Donoghue
Giant Bones - Peter S. Beagle
Moominsummer Madness - Tove Jansson *
The Beacon at Alexandria - Gillian Bradshaw *
The Phantom Tollbooth - Norton Juster *
Libertie - Kaitlyn Greenidge
Stay - Nicola Griffith
Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age - Annalee Newitz [Thoroughly enjoyable, but also the sort of pop archaeology book where things like this happen repeatedly, and I’m sorry, but I laughed: “And then, as if by magic, the eminent University of Cambridge archaeologist Andrew Wallace-Hadrill appeared.” (As far as the narrative admits, they did not have an appointment; while they were wandering around Pompeii, collecting information about his speciality, he was wandering around Pompeii, happy to be encountered and become a source.)]
Teach Me - Olivia Dade
The Address Book: What Street Addresses Reveal About Identity, Race, Wealth, and Power - Deirdre Mask
We Are Watching Eliza Bright - A.E. Osworth [“I am not going to read the gamergate novel,” I said, “and especially not when it’s using 1st person plural MFA POV half of the time,” but then I voyeuristically devoured the gamergate novel which is, really, its point: “We are obsessed with what goes on where we can’t see it.”] *
Ivory Apples - Lisa Goldstein [what the hell?!? no.]
The Future of Another Timeline - Annalee Newitz
The Scarlet Seed - Edith Pargeter [the scenes that made me cry as a child still make me cry now, and that’s rather nice]
The Perilous Life of Jade Yeo - Zen Cho [Five books later, I’m prepared to admit that Zen Cho and I aligned for one glorious novel and some related characters (Sorcerer to the Crown; Rollo & Aunt Georgiana), and I’m mostly indifferent to everything else, but I keep trying because there’s always a sentence like this: “Being good-looking and interesting and having the heavy-lidded gaze of a romantic tapir does not excuse writing a foolish book.”]
Elementals - A. S. Byatt
Searching for Black Confederates: The Civil War’s Most Persistent Myth - Kevin M. Levin
What Katy Did Next - Susan Coolidge
Feed the Resistance: Recipes + Ideas for Getting Involved - Julia Turshen et al.
A Duke, the Lady, and a Baby - Vanessa Riley [dnf]
The Sibyl in Her Grave - Sarah Caudwell
Sabriel - Garth Nix *
Outcrossing - Celia Lake [dnf]
Mending Matters: Stitch, Patch, and Repair Your Favorite Denim & More - Katrina Rodabaugh [so I feel like this was a couple of blog posts inflated into a book]
Rosaline Palmer Takes the Cake - Alexis Hall [extremely funny, made me want to bake during a heat wave, likely to suffer in reviews from mismatched genre expectations: it’s romantic comedy, not romance (I’ve just looked and yep! this is a major complaint)] *
Tales from Moominvalley - Tove Jansson
Goblin Fruit - Celia Lake [dnf]
Coffee Boy - Austin Chant [trying to do more than its length and thin characterization can carry, but also heartening in the main character’s explicit refusal to embody a limited and patronizing narrative of marginalized suffering; I wouldn’t want every trans romance to do this so overtly, just as I don’t want every queer romance to be about overcoming homophobia, but I want a few of them to (fair also to note that in contemporary settings, I find boss/intern scenarios really unappealing, and no, I don’t care if they talk about it; had it been longer I would almost certainly have bailed)]
Uncanny Valley - Anna Wiener [didn’t really plan to read this; definitely didn’t expect to enjoy it as much as I did - I thought it would be just another new adult navel-gazing indictment of tech bros, and it is, but it’s got seriously good style to go with it] *
Lord John and the Private Matter - Diana Gabaldon
Behind Closed Doors: At Home in Georgian England - Amanda Vickery
On Juneteenth - Annette Gordon-Reed
Salt Magic, Skin Magic - Lee Welch
Lord John and the Hand of Devils - Diana Gabaldon [read the first two novellas, but my tolerance for Diana Gabaldon’s Diana-Gabaldon-ness is relatively low and the second novel wore it out; dnf]
Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade - Diana Gabaldon
A Seditious Affair - KJ Charles [because once you’re 75+ comments into an increasingly-involved modern AU, the only reasonable thing to do is give in (looking back at the innocence of this mid-June annotation...oh, you sweet summer child)] *
Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America 1619-2019 - edited by Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain [in the end, I’m not sure the organizing principles of 5 year chunks and short word counts really allow enough scope for many of the essays, but look for this to show up on Most Challenged lists and as a target of reactionary legislation anyway]
A Gentleman’s Position - KJ Charles [see prev. entry in series]
The Secret Adversary - Agatha Christie [sometimes you should not reread your childhood books]
Fire Watch - Connie Willis
The Ruin of Gabriel Ashleigh - KJ Charles [possibly shouldn’t be an entry, but what the heck, it’s sold separately; see prev. entry in series]
The City of Brass - S. A. Chakraborty
American Quilts: The Democratic Art - Robert Shaw [that subtitle tells you exactly what to expect from the text, but the quilts are lovely]
Engaging Diverse Communities: A Guide to Museum Public Relations - Melissa A. Johnson
Strange the Dreamer - Laini Taylor [dnf]
#books 2021#books practical and pleasurable#i repeat:#are surprise!sexuality reveals actually a surprise to straight people? sometimes i wonder#beginning and ending with failure: how human
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favorite things in the AHIT fandom right now
dadtcher
Hat Kid being made of sugar and spite but mostly spite
everyone took one look at DJ Grooves and the Conductor and went ‘ah. gay.’
speaking of which: knife grandpas
knife grandpas specifically because Hat Kid wormed their way into their hearts and they were like ‘okay guess she’s my granddaughter now
everyone decided Hat Kid and Bow Kid are sisters, by blood or otherwise
fuck you Vanessa
DADTCHER
everyone? just collectively decided?? that Moonjumper wasn’t cut from the game, actually?
that thing where people draw DJ Grooves’s sunglasses slightly transparent so they can show his eyes underneath them
variation of the above but one lens is opaque and the other’s transparent
everyone decided DJ Grooves has cute lil button eyes
let’s maybe RESOLVE the Subcon Forest chapter’s bigger story, huh folks?
the minions are gremlins; adorable, adorable gremlins
that Snatcher has the ability to be soft and is in fact some level of soft for Hat Kid eventually, despite his “AHAHAHAHAHAA FOOOOOOOOOOOOL” shtick
Snatcher is bitter about being outsmarted with the bff contract but he warms up to it eventually
Hat Kid made the bff contract out of sheer spite and also warmed up to it eventually
that neck ruff of his is absolutely as soft as it looks
he has literally always had that laugh even in life; it’s just scarier now that he’s a ghost
every time you turn around you realize a new heartbreaking thing about his past like jfc
fuck you Vanessa
Cooking Cat is just… Mom
like she just IS there is no question about it she is The Mom Friend among peers and just straight up adopted two space kids out of nowhere?
everyone who decided ‘hm, fuck this actually’ when we got no answer about Hat Kid’s past, so they worked with what they had to create one
Snatcher’s a dramatic ho
Mu is a good kid but she has Issues and she needs help with that
additionally, she and Hat Kid eventually become friends after the finale
if you accept Hat Kid left the planet at all she didn’t leave the planet forever; she just left to get Bow
the crew has zero idea, to this day, about why they fucking crashed during the Arctic Cruise chapter
also Hat Kid is embarrassed af about the entire ordeal
let’s see how these characters would translate into a modern au
let’s dick around with just the characters of your favorite chapter; I see u all and u are valid
Snatcher was a fucking real life disney prince before his death and slow stew of bitterness so he had a whole multitude of hobbies, some of which are actively pointed out in-game (his love of law and reading; the fact that he canonically does chemistry and/or alchemy)
building from that: the decision to add in some hobbies whose canonical proof ended up being cut from the beta or changed entirely, like painting and astronomy
the prince was a really sweet man and everyone liked him, but nobody in the kingdom really knew him so nobody knew what was happening to him
the different takes on his relationship with Vanessa but my personal, personal favorite is childhood friends and the relationship was always kinda toxic from the start but he didn’t see that because every time things became overtly awful he just thought ‘well if I see this through the good times will come back; this is just a rough patch’
am I projecting? maybe a little, but if he’s also your favorite character then so are you
everyone really did just up and decide that the storybook page about the prince locked up in the basement wasn’t his body being transformed after death by magic, and that shortly after that moment depicted in the storybook page the man fell out of his own body and landed on the floor as a ghost and had to turn around and look at his own corpse to figure out what happened because I guess he wasn’t traumatized enough, or something
fuck you Vanessa
the Conductor has some kind of tragic life story based on the fact that we see him as the caretaker for his five grandchildren but hear not a whisper of his child
Conductor is part fire spirit and so are his grandkids? Zero evidence in-game but have I adopted this so hard I forget it’s not canon sometimes? You betcha
Conductor has no mention of a significant other but had at least one kid so again something sad is afoot let’s explore that, mmmm?
also Grooves is totally down for being their other grandpapa he gives zero fucks about the Conductor coming as a package deal with toddlers, actually
Conductor has a mild alcohol problem
Conductor is a secret softy but this really comes out when he’s drunk… or overwhelmed with emotion for other reasons
Grooves is really lonely; someone please hug him
Snatcher draws up an adoption contract for Hat Kid when he adopts her despite being a dead man who lives in the woods with nobody to give a fuck about documentation because he’s a dweeb
literally bottle every bit of content anyone has ever made about Snatcher being poofed human again because he + time piece = disaster, and inject it into my veins
huge shoutout to @doodledrawsthings for coming up with the idea because I believe they’re the first ones to pose that amazing revelation of ‘he’d totally be an idiot with a time piece and smash himself back to being alive and instantly have Regrets about it’
Moonjumper is Moonjumper but like also the prince but kind of not?? He is an order of sweet with a huge helping side dish of existential crisis
Snatcher get over yourself 2k21
let Hat Kid beat Vanessa to death with her umbrella 2k21
honestly everyone could benefit from some therapy
except Vanessa she just kinda needs to die
DADTCHER
#a hat in time#ahit prince#ahit snatcher#ahit dj grooves#ahit conductor#ahit cooking cat#ahit vanessa#ahit spoilers#hi remember my old hit about 'favorite things in the batim fandom' wellllllll
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CONGRATS ON THE MILESTONE KOJIN we've only been moots for a bit but you're such a strong writer and your dad jokes are golden, i know you deserve that and many more followers to come!! <3
for the 24/7 event can i get the lovely jean kirstein for 11.00, 16.00, and 23.00?
[RE:] Kojinnie’s Milestone Celebration :: 24/7 Writing Event
H-H-HIII XENJI!
Honestly I’ve been lurking your page a lot lately, enjoying your interaction with your anons and especially reading your random ramblings, but I don’t know why haven’t I gathered enough courage to say hi... so I’m really glad that you’re here and I’m honored to know that my writings have come to your liking! THANK YOU! 😭💝
So hereby I present to thee... Hoping you’d enjoy it! 🐴💨
11.00: Their choice of music and their favorite musicians 16.00: Their greatest flaws and how they try compensate it (can be physical or personality trait) 23.00: Their deepest sexual desire [Minor DNI]
11.00 In modern!au, I don’t think Jean keeps up with contemporary music. But not in the pretentious today’s-music-sucks kind (that’s reserved for Zeke), he is simply not in-tuned with the music trend, and sticks to the ones he had come to like growing up. He’d probably hum along to today’s hits but wouldn’t go further as to knowing the artists.
Jean’s discovery for music was largely centralized in his early teenage years, from ransacking his dad’s garage to find old cassettes from the 80s, and since then he’s just hooked. Jean definitely plays musical instrument, he’d be very good at electric guitar specifically, and would dedicate a room in his apartment to jam around (patched up with sound-absorbing foam, but he’d put it wrong so his neighbors would still complain whenever he plays too late at night). He’d listen to a lot of upbeat 80s rock from musicians like Prince, The Police, The Clash and QUEEN. He’s quite a corny guy, so he’d always dream of playing one of his favorite musicians’ love songs to you. He’d also play a little show for you at home, playing Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic by The Police and say that the song reminds him so much of you. One song that he’d always play on guitar all the time would be Purple Rain by Prince. He had grown to call the song ‘Our song’ although it was decided unanimously by him, but you wouldn’t mind listening to him humming the tune into your ears as he hugged you from behind, while you were preparing dinner.
16.00 Jean’s greatest flaw would be his insecurity and his nature to self-criticize all the time – these flaws drive him to be overtly competitive at work and even in friendship. Without him realizing, this would drain him to the point where he’d go days on end being so antsy because he’d feel like everything he does is not up to satisfaction. He’d often be easily agitated and always stay on alert, but he believes that the miserable situation is the necessary sacrifice for he always sees himself as lacking compared to others. At first, he thought this desire to always be on top would ease away once he gets his fair share of validation from his superiors. Yet no matter how much he’d been given bigger responsibility by the high-ranking officials as to affirm his quality, he’d always feel like he’s not up to task. If he lets this impulse for self-deprecation to persist, he would turn vindictive with no obvious reason. He’d be bitter and feel like whatever he’s doing is not enough. Sooner or later, Jean needs to come to terms that it’s not others’ validation he is missing, rather it’s his own. He gotta learn how not to self-sabotage his effort and figure out how to appreciate himself more.
23.00 You may find it here!
#jean kirstein#jean kirschstein#jean kirstein headcanons#aot jean#jean x reader#attack on titan jean#kojins 24/7#x6nji
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So, my initial theory was that the thing Hayward was hiding was that he implanted Evan Peters into Wanda’s world to be a mole posing as her brother with a lame excuse about “not wanting to be reminded of the past” to explain him having a different face. How Hayward managed to get him in with enough free will to be able to fish for information is still a question. Maybe it had to do with the fact that the “show” shifted into the early 2000s and became a mockumentary sitcom with fourth-wall humor. Like, they already knew they could get things in that fit the era and they wouldn’t be changed, and the way things were going they could’ve made a prediction that the format would change to allow for them to send a “drop-in” character who would work within the show’s format.
After thinking it over a bit though, I’m leaning back toward the idea he’s some guy Wanda “recast” as her brother, since she couldn’t have the real thing and Hayward’s secret is something else.
Another possibility is that this really is Quicksilver pulled over from the X-Men universe. But the only thing I feel that supports that so far is that he talks about one of Wanda’s kids having super speed like it’s a hereditary trait, which would only make sense in the X-Men universe. Like, I know in superhero comics, parents who weren’t born with their powers can still pass them onto their kids even though that shouldn’t be possible. But the kids usually get the same powers as their parents. In X-Men, where all the powers are genetic, it makes sense for Wanda to have a kid with her brother’s powers because both of them have the super speed gene inherited from one or both of their parents. But it doesn’t make sense in the MCU for one of Wanda’s kids to inherit abilities that have only ever existed in one person who didn’t contribute any DNA to his creation. This could also be a hint that Wanda’s kids aren’t real, just constructs of matter rearranged and given sentience by Wanda’s magic. Like, she wanted to relive her childhood vicariously through her own children, so she made one of them like her and the other basically a clone of her brother, as she remembers him. Which is why they not only have the same powers, but the same personalities and identical Halloween costumes.
Right now, there’s still 3 episodes left in the show and only one decade of television left before we catch-up to modern times, which even if the MCU takes place in an AU where corona never happened, Wanda’s been dead for 5 years, so she wouldn’t even know what late 10s/early 20s sitcoms are like. Realistically, if Wanda became an Avenger in 2014, she was probably too busy to keep up with sitcoms. And if she was orphaned at age 10 (which would’ve been 1999) and subsequently “adopted” by HYDRA, she probably wasn’t even watching that much TV in the new 10s.
So, I’m thinking the last 3 episodes are going to be a 3-parter that all takes place in a late 2000s/early 10s sitcom world that unravels and becomes a hodgepodge of all the eras we’ve seen before, maybe with some bonus scenes taking place directly in Wanda’s fractured psyche.
The fact that Wanda doesn’t know how she did everything I feel kinda hints that there is another person behind it all, which goes with the theory that “Agnes” is really Agatha Harkness and her husband “Ralph” is really Mephisto. But the way Agnes was acting in this episode doesn’t lend itself to that reading though.
Not to mention that so far, everything that seems to be “hinting” at that reveal is just stuff that fans think might be references to the characters and not actual character or plot beats in the story. Like, her wearing a witch costume or a certain brooch or showing up to conveniently move the plot along isn’t the same thing as like, establishing that Wanda had a foster mom or some other female figure in her life who Agnes could turn out to be, or having characters comment on the fact that they can’t figure out the identity of a major supporting character in Wanda’s show, or Agnes saying anything overtly cryptic or sinister or indicative of outside world knowledge or suggestive of a motive or ability to control or manipulate the situation.
So yeah, with the lack of genuine set-up it feels like if that is the twist then the scene from this week’s episode is just a giant narrative cheat. Like, she has no reason to behave that way except to fool the audience, but they’ll try to make it seem like they were clever and tricked us with sleight of hand, rather than an outright lie, by having her explain in her upcoming motive rant that she acted like that to fool Vision in-universe.
Like, with Zemo, we knew from the start that he was out to destroy the Avengers and details sprinkled throughout the film indicated that Sokovia and his family had something to do with his motive and the scene at the beginning with Bucky had something to do with his ultimate plan, so it feels like pieces of a puzzle that all come together to form a clear picture when we get to the reveal in Civil War. With Mysterio and the gang, the reveal of everyone’s motives and abilities was mid-film, so rather than feeling like an unearned twist that wasn’t set-up, it became the set-up for how the rest of Spider-Man Homecoming should logically play out.
In The Crimes of Grindelwald on the other hand, we don’t know the entire prophecy to begin with so we can’t possibly connect any of the red herrings dropped in order to come to the false conclusion they wanted to lead us to before they deconstruct it at the end, and the correct conclusion would’ve been straight-up impossible to figure out regardless because it outright contradicts established lore.
In WandaVision thus far, it doesn’t really feel like they’ve set Agnes up to be the puppetmaster and it feels a little late to do so now. The only way I think they could pull it off and not make it feel like an ass-pull is if they really hit the ground running in the next episode. Like, if they have Darcy desperately trying to communicate what she found that Hayward was hiding coinciding with people finally remarking on how they don’t know who Agnes is, or bringing up that someone in the town is in witness protection again, or Agnes’s facade cracking under scrutiny from Wanda, and then at the end of the episode Darcy is finally able to drop the bomb that the thing Hayward was hiding is that Agnes is another “meta-human” or has some connection to Wanda.
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✨This or That!✨
Hello loves, I was tagged literal ages ago by @curly-bangtan (who is such a sweet human btw! Thank you for the tag :’) it’s impossibly sweet of you) and am in the backseat while road trippin so I’ve finally got some free time to fill this out! I’m so excited !! I love these things !so without further ado🙃 Lessss gooooo
• slow burn or love at first sight
I guess to clarify, I love an instant spark of attraction and a long treacherous road to resolution- while also being painfully obvious that there is attraction and also while being overtly flirty but no one has the emotional motor skills to just be upfront about it already
•fake dating or secret dating
Oh, 1,000,000% fake dating. It is one of the single greatest regrets of my life that no one has ever asked me to be their fake date or gf. Because I would have been F A N T A S T I C at it. But I guess I’ll never get to live out that pretend to real slowburn in real life after all.... also, secret dating can feel really sucky and isolating so I don’t recommend.
•enemies to lovers or best friends to lovers
Oh god, must I really pick between my children? My whole life it was best friends to lovers. Now that I am currently dating the guy who was my best friend, I really melt over the fiery tension of enemies to lovers ... GOD! it’s so satisfying!!! But I think best friends to lovers still has to squeak by just by an ounce. (I’m a softy at heart, what can I say?)
•oh no! There’s only one bed or long distance with correspondence
Oh far and away, the one bed trope! No contest. I also deeply regret that I haven’t figured out how to make myself attractive enough for someone to try to pull this one over on me. *sigh* well, what can you do? .... also, did a long distance relationship for...6.5 years? And yeah, if you’re a romantic like me- it is dreadfully unfulfilling, let me tell you.
•Hurt/comfort or Amnesia
Mother freaking amnesia A L W A Y S !!! Heck yes! Are there amnesia fics??? 🤭I’ve never found one! But I absolutely love this trope in stories and movies. One of my all time favorites- which AGAIN- has not had the decency to actually come to fulfillment in my real life: Like why has park Jimin never showed up spontaneously at one of my doctors appointments trying to convince me that we’ve been best friends who were secretly in love with other since we were 14 and we finally just got engaged or married a month ago and his life is incomplete without me but he’ll patiently wait for me to love him in return again in my own time but in the meantime, he’ll love me in any and every little way he can until I fall for him again? Huh? Where is it! .... was that too specific😅?
•Fantasy au or modern au
no contest. Give me medieval maidens and dragons any day. I live in modern day. Lemme tell you- she ain’t that special.
•mutual pining or domestic bliss
cue Schmidt from new girl-“I can do this AWL day, son- AWLLL DAY!!” Yessssss!!! Mutual pining is my crack! Give it to me! Always! Gimme it! (Why can’t I have the things that I want!) okay this is just a Schmidt quote/rant post now. ..... I really want to love domestic bliss. And some of the writers who are excellent at it absolutely take my breath away at how beautifully they romanticize the every day. But outside of their writing, I have no scope of how to conjure that wonder up on my own. It is a skill I deeply lack. In real life, I just wind up feeling like the bliss is boring- gimme some pining! Some angst! Some tension!!! Even if I do love me some fluff. Someone once I told me that I was in love with the idea of someone being in love with me. Gotta say, he’s not wrong.
•canon compliant or fix it fic
Honestly, I can’t say I’ve read very many of either. But I do like to see how people flex their creativity.
•alternate universe or future fic
My favorite tv show of all time is Fringe (god bless you, JJ Abrams). Your girl LOVES alternate timelines, multiple universes, flashpoint, paradox, butterfly/ripple effect- all of it!! Dear god, yes! Give it to me! (Also, every time I have a crush or dream that doesn’t work out, I comfort myself with the thought that somewhere out there, there’s an alternate timeline version of me that is happily existing with said boy or flourishing in said dream endeavor. It’s a tremendous source of comfort).
Although, I must say, in the comic realm, alternate universes can sometimes frustrate me- like genuinely, could we not just make the alpha timeline the most incredible one? Instead of the best relationships and plot threads never being actual canon?! Can we get it together??? Or are alternate timelines just the comic industry’s way of writing their own fix it fics, generations after the original protagonist has been painted into a corner. Also, how hard must that be? To write endlessly for the same character for 60+ years? We write one fic or a couple books for the same character... could you IMAGINE having to supply 60 years worth of consistent weekly or monthly context!!! Wild
•one shot or multi chapter
I prefer multi chapter because I prefer getting engrossed in an entire work/world. Usually I am left wanting with a well written one shot, because they’ve made it so real that I can’t stand not having more- so my greedy butt loves the feast of multi chapter so I can have as many delicious moments and details with these characters as possible.
I do however deeply admire the skill and brevity it takes to made a succinct one shot. @underthejoon and @kpopfanfictrash are both brilliant as heck at that. And it is admirable as all get out.
•kid fic or road trip fic
honestly, considering how much I swoon over men who are good with children in real life, and how much I look forward to being both pregnant and a mom one day, I really never get into kid or pregnancy fics. I just don’t? Don’t know why. But a road trip!???? Oh heck yes!!! 👏🏽Where 👏🏽do 👏🏽I 👏🏽sign 👏🏽up!!???👏🏽
•reincarnation or character death
Oh absolutely reincarnation. I love that. I blame sailor moon for that.....But also, I think it’s just very in line with my love of alternate universes and timelines. I love how everything is connected/weaves together and feels predestined in the best way. I’m a complete sucker for it
•arranged marriage or accidental marriage
Like @curly-bangtan I legit had no clue accidental marriage was a thing? Unless you count being drunk at Vegas and waking up with a ring or we’re on some Jacob and Leah/Rachel level ish (which is really and truly the WILDEST™️ story ever ya’ll) ..... but I love a good arranged marriage scenario. The tension/push pull and inevitable relenting is so fun. But will say though, why the heck do women always fight it? Like there’s literally a whole Kim taehyung or Kim Namjoon offering to voluntarily love you and you wanna whine about it???!?! How dare you
•high school romance or Middle Aged romance
This, again, one is a pretty firm, resolute one for me. I’ll take high school. I’ve always felt a little oddly uncomfortable with more mature™️ romance stories? Not sure why. But I think the really beautiful ones always hark back to the beauty of their feelings being refreshing like the innocence of their first love. I know I personally can over glorify youth, but I love coming of age romance (high school, college, twenties) and no one can stop me!!!! I will say though, I have a secret soft spot for the niche of story where people have loved the same person since they were young and the timing just never works out but they finally find each other when they’re older. (One day is like that, and film or movie, it will absolutely rip your heart out-my god, it’s beautiful)
•Time travel or isolated together
These are both freaking AMAZING! But if anything has been established in this post, I think it’s my deep love of alternate timeline/reincarnation/time travel stories. I think they’re all from the same cloth. I adore them (I just haven’t written one because I’m not sure I could do the subtlety of it any justice.) maybe one day. My favorite writers are rumored to have the same Myers’s Briggs type as me so maybe I too could someday have a fraction of their world building skill.
I 100% love both of these so neither is a loser. But give me isolated together AND one bed in the same fic???? Speakers blown
•neighbors or roommates
I have never had the pleasure of having an attractive neighbor, though I often pined for it. (I have a bomb idea for a neighbor Hobi fic though) I did have a cute neighborhood boy who occasionally cut the grass for us in high school. But that doesn’t really count.... anyway! I LOVE the idea of being roommates with an attractive boy!!! Like holy guac, can I please????? Cocktailing this trope makes me swoon harder than none other- best friends to lovers + roommates? Yes. Enemies to lovers + roommates? Holy heck. Soulmate au + roomates???? Hold my sweet tea. MUTUAL PINING AND ROOMATES!!!! Pregnant. Fantasy/magic au+ mutual pining + best friends to lovers + soulmate au + reincarnation + roommate au!?!?!?!! frickin dead in the streets, homie.
I cannot say enough how much I enjoy roomate au. In a serious conversation, I once legitimately told my current boyfriend that the idea of marriage freaks me out- but the idea of being best friend roomates with sexual tension sounds like a dream come true. God help me.
•sci fi or magic au
I love sci fi. Deeply. But I will never love logic more than magic. Ever. (All my infp’s! come join me in the comments. 🙈)
•body swap or gender bend
Body swap has always deeply intrigued me. Especially in film. But I’ve never seen it in a fic. I’ve always wanted somebody to be able to switch into my body to feel physically, mentally and emotionally like i do. The deepest level of empathy & jean grey telepathy if you ask me, even if the trope is generally used for comedy. But the idea of switching into a dudes body and having to deal with their anatomy low key freaks me the eff out. If I got stuck in jungkooks body, I don’t think I’d pee or shower for a week 🙈 sorry everybody. I was really sheltered ok? Please don’t come for me. Lol...... also, have never seen a gender bend fic. Not sure how that would work. Not my favorite idea.
•angst or crack
Angst is my crack.
Honestly though, if it’s well written, it doesn’t feel ‘angsty’- cuz that means whiny or clunky to me. Well written ‘angst’ just feels emotionally compelling, I think. My writing weirdly leans toward what I hope is real angst (I e solid, genuine conflict and not petulance), but when I seek out a read, I look for crack honestly.
• apocalyptic or mundane
I offer you one better- a love story of the beauty of the mundane amidst the apocalyptic.
*mic drop*
Seriously though, the setting provides enough tension usually. Especially if it’s zombie apocalyptic. Just let jungkook’s fingers delicately trace my palm and smile, sweet and lopsided at me in the candle light, while we hide away in our little bomb shelter that I’ve turned into a jungle garden to bring life into this wasteland a la secret life of arrietty. sigh. Maybe I need to write this....
My gosh!!! We made it to the end! That was so much fun! Thank you for tagging me, sweetness!💕✨ 🙂
I’ll add a tag list shortly- @laurelevermore @lamourche @bts-fantasy @urlocalkpoptrash @thedreaming-poet @kimcheeeeeeeeee @hayjeon @outrotearot7 @lorengarcia-yut @bts-luvvv @chicpalestinian @flyingchixenwing @glodenclosetau @space-mermaid-in-love @thiccasswonhoruinedmylife @minminslittlemonster
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Hi, Yuletide writer! First of all, my sincere apologies in my delay of getting this letter written up at all, and my enthused thanks for being here!
I’m a simple bitch with simple tastes; here is a general summary of my preferences, and fandom-specific notes and prompts can be found further down!
I very much enjoy:
Romance -- anything up to and including plotless shippy drivel
Short fics, or even collections of tiny fics
Long fics too, so I guess what I mean is, don’t feel pressured either way
Comedic tones, slice-of-life, lighthearted fun, any amount of improbable romcom tropes
Am also hella on board with misunderstandings, drama or angst as long as there is a happy ending!
I’m deeply okay with AUs, and most likely would be down for any modern, romcom, fantasy/fairytale, gender swap, or remix/crossover AUs you feel inspired to explore! My favourite settings include mundane/urban fantasy (witches! werewolves!), anachronism-stew-with-magic western fantasy jumbles, and disney’s Tangled.
Specific tropes I love:
Proposal fic
Wedding fic where the couple getting married is not the main couple
Outsider/third character POV of the main couple
Exes who are still in love/getting back together
Friends-with-benefits-with-feelings/did a bad job keeping it casual
Shipfic where two or more couples are contrasted
Oblique declarations of love/saying i love you without saying i love you
Provision and caretaking (acts of service!)
Aggressive matchmaking/wingmanning by an enthused friend
Hanahaki, or any other improbably dramatic instances of Cannot Spit It Out
Arranged marriage/fake marriage/fake dating
Epistolary fic
Regrettably I also love a/b/o, especially the kind that emphasises on scent safety and contains little to no actual sex
I’m not as into:
Political or social intrigue, mysteries, complex magical plots — by no means a dealbreaker, but not high on my list of priorities
Kidfic
First person narration
Soulmate AUs specifically
In general, please avoid:
Character death or serious/permanent injury
Animal abuse or death
Infidelity
Hopeless or downer endings
Fandom specific info starts here!
Princess Tutu - Ahiru, Fakir
I’ve loved Ahiru/Fakir for years and years — they are both very strong, willful but compassionate characters, and the way they intersect is just so sweet to me. While I would be ravenous for any tutu content, gen included, I really would be particularly delighted with some overtly shippy fic for this one, I hope that’s okay!
Suggestions:
Modern AUs: vet science major Ahiru + English major Fakir meet in theatre club?
Step Up-style remix where they become somewhat-unwilling dance partners because their regular partners are somehow indisposed and work better than expected
That one ending fix-it AU where Fakir writes her back into a girl and they retire into the village, the one we all have in our treacherous hearts, i will never get enough of these
Fakir and Ahiru’s relationship progression as observed by the other members of the school/town
Or mix it up with any of the tropes in my general list! For this ship, I would like a maximum rating of T, please!
Wotakoi
I love every ship in this manga equally but perhaps I love Kou/Naoya more equally than the other two? They are just so kind and so silly, and so sweet to each other in exactly the way both of them didn’t realise they were missing! Honestly, anything with these characters that’s along the lines of canon would be delightful; the particular energy of misfits realising that they don’t have to be alone is something very dear to me.
Suggestions:
Accidentally dating ft. Kou and Naoya, or, “and you’ve made out how many times now? Hmm. Yeah, that’s not technically a bromance.”
5 times Hirotaka and Narumi almost, almost kissed, and 1 time they did; the unresolved romantic tension may kill me and it would be worth it
What Hirotaka and Narumi taught each other (apart from the more mundane gaming and life skills, i believe that she taught him how to smile and be loved by others, and he taught her how to be loved by herself!)
Smutty domesticity ft. Koyanagi and Kabakura — a lazy Sunday, laundry in the sun, fucking on the couch, everything easy with familiarity
The fantasy/MMORPG AU, where Hirotaka is the lazy but brilliant crown prince, Naoya the hapless but beloved second prince, Koyanagi his spymaster and Kabakura the captain of the prince’s guard; Narumi his childhood friend-cum-betrothed, and Kou a mysterious archer who saves a distressed Naoya from bandits in the village?
The gang tries to play DND. We finally find a game that Naoya is good at.
Or mix it up with any of the tropes in my general list!
Nezha - Oubing
I feel 100 different ways about this movie and 88 of the ways are SO CHINESE. The filial piety, the familial sacrifice, the friendship! I do believe that Nezha and Aobing are in love, I hope this is a reading of the text that we share, but if not, gen about their friendship/rivalry would also be well-recieved.
Suggestions:
Aobing has been practicing bigu (a cultivation style that is meant to remove one’s need for food or water) since he was born; Nezha introduces him to food, and other creature comforts — do they have BEDS in the dragon palace for example?? Buddhist-style cultivation is very ascetic and difficult, but Nezha is so wild and full of feelings and love!!
Modern AU: delinquent Nezha and prim, proper exchange student Aobing
Modern AU addendum: nobody believes Nezha when he says he’s got a hot boyfriend in Taiwan and thinks that he has made Aobing up
Arranged marriage/political fantasy AU where the prince of dragons is given to the most controversial heavenly general in an effort to improve both families’ social standing
For a gen prompt, if you want to do something about Nezha and/or Aobing’s relationships to their fathers, debts and affections and resentments, that too would be lovely!
On the other end of the spectrum, i’m down for PWP with xeno tropes re: aobing’s dragon anatomy! So long as the top/bottom roles are not too strictly defined, i just like it when they’re equitable or switch!
And of course, feel free to mix it up with any of the tropes in my general list!
Kazetsuyo/Run with the Wind
I didn’t tag any characters because my favourites were not in the list, and of course because I do love everyone, but my personal priorities are in order: Shindo, Musa, Haiji, Kakeru, Nico-chan, Yuki, the bombastic twins, and then everyone else. The spaces between those positions are very small so if you happen to have a passion for a character/ship lower on the list, worry not, there is limitless affection within me for everyone!
Suggestions:
Shindo should get to take Musa to see the snow… he deserves that
He also deserves to run the ekiden again in his fourth year and not be sick and actually win section 5!
I do think Kakeru and Haiji are most definitely soulmates — if you choose to focus on one or both of them, I really do believe they are in the romantic kind of love, is the thing!
Perhaps their relationship, an inevitable drifting together, as perceived by everyone else in aotake?
Or Haiji comes to Kakeru’s graduation, all their tenderest affections still unspoken, and somehow, without any premeditation, by the end of the day they’ve kissed
You know what I think? I think Hana-chan likes and is capable of dating both of the twins, and I love that for her
Or gen canonverse with everyone (or just everyone you care about) taking turns caring for Nira and reflecting on the race!
As above, please feel free to mix it up with the tropes in my general list!
Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-Kun
I only selected Seo and Waka because they are simply my top priority, but if you want to serve a side of Chiyo/Nozaki and/or Hori/Kashima and/or Seo and Kashima being beautiful best friends and/or Mikorin being a beautiful himbo who we are delighted to have here, i would not complain at all!
Absolutely anything about them being goobery oblivious idiots in love would be perfect, such as:
5 times they went on a date without realising, and the time they realised
Everyone else literally just thinks they’re dating and they are completely clueless
Or on the other end of the spectrum, everyone tries desperately to set them up/matchmake for them, not realising that they’ve been going steady for four months
A hanahaki AU would be particularly hilarious with these two, I feel
Urban fantasy AU where Waka is a hapless monster hunter and Seo is an annoying but deeply harmless werewolf who’s been terrorizing his town??
Regency or faux-regency AU where Waka is literally like “drive by your rival’s estate slowly so that she may seethe with jealousy at the loveliness of your new hat” and Seo is like “oh goodness, he is courting me. What a fool. What an absolute buffoon.” and challenges him to a swordfight
Fairytale AU where Seo believes she must rescue the prince from the tower and deliver him back to the kingdom capital, and the prince, who had not realised he’d been kidnapped, thinks Seo is a usurper from a rival kingdom who must be supervised all the way back to the kingdom capital to be served her justice
Or anything else equally romcom-y, and of course, as always, throw in as many tropes as you like!
Thank you for reading this whole mess of a letter, and I sincerely hope I haven’t bored you too much. The most important thing to me is that whatever you end up writing, you are able to enjoy the process at least somewhat, and deliver a fic that you like! I can also be found on twitter at @hawberries_ (for art) and @popplioikawa (for general ramblings), and if you have any desire to send an anon ask to this tumblr with questions, i’m actually not sure if that’s allowed but i’d be happy to get some! Thank you again, and happy holidays!
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Lost Love
Pairing: Hwang Minhyun x reader
Genre: angst, romance, university AU, break up
Warnings: the above genres pretty much sums it up
Song prompt: The Aftermath – Fromm ft. Minhyun
A/N: Requested by anon. I have been looking forward to writing this for so long now, as this song easily became my favourite ever since I heard it. But I also feel that because I built such high hopes for this piece, that I haven’t been able to get it all out as well as I thought I would. I’m still really happy with it, I sometimes struggle writing angst, as I love fluff too much. But this for me truly captured the feelings of innocent love and I’m glad I tried this angle.
And if you haven’t listened to this song, you are missing out. It’s my go to song to write to lately!!
Word count: 2406
Your laughter ceased when your eyes caught his, a lump forming in your throat. You tried to divert your attention back to the conversation you were having with your friends and not watch as he ascended the lecture hall stairs towards a row lower than yours. But you couldn’t help and watch his back profile as he took out his writing tools and prepared for the class to begin, vaguely hearing the voices of your friends continue on without you.
It was harder than you imagined it was going to be.
A month had passed, and thankfully most of that had been taken up with semester break. You knew you couldn’t escape him for long though, your majors being the same.
The break-up had been mutual, or at least, that’s what you had told each other. You had convinced yourself that since your dating had lasted only four months that you could get over him easily, that it wouldn’t hurt for long.
But this was Hwang Minhyun you were talking about.
You had known each other for years, and yet you felt as if you still didn’t know the tall boy either. You knew his appearance well, his dark hair styled to part over his handsome face, ending just before his feline shaped eyes. He had the most in-depth brown eyes you had ever seen on a person before; sometimes they were the warmest liquid chocolate shade and others they looked darker than umber. It was something that had initially drawn your attention to him years back, wanting to see how they appeared each day. And you still did the same thing, noting the many hues of brown that could be viewed from within them. Minhyun’s face wasn’t large and masculine nor overtly effeminate, but it captivated a lot of people who took the time to regard him. And if his looks didn’t, his generous personality was quick to grab the attention of all those around him. He didn’t aim to be popular, in fact, you knew him to be quite awkward, sometimes shy. But he naturally gained friends easily.
You knew, since you had been one.
It wasn’t intended by either of you initially to move from friendship into something more. You both had been comforted by having a similar mindset towards education, appreciating the easiness that came with discussing class material and then whatever came into your heads from there. You challenged each other to think broader than the other and soon he was the first person you thought of contacting when you were having a hard time, or when you had scored really well on your Modern Literature essay. And he had done the same, one time walking up to you and interrupting your conversation with a fellow classmate to hug you after finding out he had won the scholarship he had applied for.
Perhaps it had started then, the growth of your feelings. You hadn’t dated before and so you had no idea of what the appropriate signals were for liking someone passed what was typically showcased in movies and TV shows. But as another month slipped by with constant flutters in your stomach when you saw him, or feeling anxious to say the right thing when conversing, you nurtured those innocent flames of interest for the tall boy, fanning them when they got too strong, but still slowly building them to make them long-lasting.
It felt as though it took an eternal age for either of you to admit there was something more than friendship between you growing. You both had attempted, Minhyun becoming more affectionate towards you, subtle hand grazing, maintaining a protective hand held out when walking around busier parts of the campus. He had started messaging you more often as well, telling you things he had never told another before. And you had found yourself doing the same, purposely holding onto his lower arm to feel connected to him even when there was no need to be that close. You had embraced his messages and replied with your own, edging around a more than ready confession, waiting for that elusive right time.
Despite knowing each other was feeling the same by now, you were both too hesitant, worried about losing what you had already.
As you continued to take looks in his direction throughout the lecture, you wondered to yourself if you were granted to go back in time if you would have started this relationship all over again or not.
Because it was lonely on the other side of break-up, you had lost far more than you had gained.
It frustrated him to have to hold it in, to refrain from doing what came to his mind naturally when it came to you.
Ever since the break-up, he had faced many of these instances, struggling to maintain the distance and not overstep the line.
You had fallen once, tripping over as you hurried down the hallway, no doubt late for a study session like usual. He had immediately lurched forward to help you, rocking back on his heels as someone closer took his spot instead, your thank you directed to them and not him.
Watching as you skipped another meal, too focussed on your textbook and deepening your knowledge. He had always found that endearing about you but it came with the downside of you forgetting about yourself, and he knew you suffered from spells of dizziness from the lack of proper nutrition sometimes. What happened to the alarms he had installed into your phone to remind you to eat on time, had you deleted them when your relationship ended? He never heard the tone go off when it was meant to anymore.
Now that winter was settling in well, he all but had to sit on his hands when you’d mindlessly leave your scarf undone; it had been his habit to secure it more closely to your neck all these years.
It was difficult for Minhyun, to go from having so many roles in your life to having absolutely none. To become the one viewing you only from the outside now, realising just how much of a place he once had imprinted at your side. It now felt empty, as if your words that day had robbed him of all he had known.
And despite how strong you had sounded, telling him it wasn’t working and you both had made a mistake, he could only see a weakened version of yourself since the break-up. How long would it take for him to come to terms that he no longer held a place in your world? How much suffering would he face, knowing he could improve your way of living right now? To ensure you were healthy physically and mentally. To support you, as he had always done. How long would the sadness remain in your eyes?
He should have fought harder.
Dating you hadn’t changed much in the beginning. You both were far too shy, knowing what you wanted from each other but nervous to reach for it, and when you did it sometimes felt awkward. It wasn’t until the first kiss that some normalcy returned between you. It was as if you had both been deprived of oxygen for the first month together and pressing your lips on each other had allowed you to finally inhale a deep breath in again, your connection growing further than it had ever been in that moment. And soon all you were doing was kissing, misplacing the years of friendship that had come first.
Forgetting this had signalled the end.
For the small number of weeks after your first kiss, you were inseparable, not that you hadn’t been beforehand. But it was amplified; he woke up thinking of you and went to bed dreaming of being with you again. During the day you would meet as many times as classes would allow, thankfully sharing three papers together. Study dates were how you would end your evenings, examining both the books in front of you and each other.
“Oh, I found another freckle!” you had mused, poking his upper arm lightly and then crinkling up your nose when he had poked you back. “Yah, I don’t have anything there.”
“Shall I find one then?” he had suggested, reaching out to playfully pull at your top, your giggling soon deafening him when his hands found your sides. And then he stopped and stared at the lively expression upon your face, captivated by the fact that he could make you look that beautiful. You were already alluring enough, but when you laughed, it made it almost impossible for Minhyun to think of anything more magical.
Perhaps that’s where it went wrong. Because all he thought of was you and nothing else.
“I got a C,” you admitted, tears brimming your eyes as you held up the paper to him. “How did I get a C?!”
“Maybe because you rushed it?” he had admitted guiltily, remembering back to that night, where he had placed one too many kisses on your lips from finding you in one of his sweaters when he had come home from his part-time job. You had both arranged to meet up that night and it had been raining, so it made sense that when you let yourself into his apartment you had changed. Minhyun hadn’t expected the sight of you like that to awaken an urge that he had never felt for you before. He had lost control that night and you had subsequently suffered.
He hadn’t wanted that to happen again and so he had suggested guidelines for your relationship, making sure neither of you interrupted the flow of each other’s studies.
“Minnn!” you had whined, poking him repeatedly with a pout.
“Not now, I’m busy with this chapter.”
“You’ve been busy all day!”
He nodded. “Because we have exams coming up.”
“What about me?”
“What about you?” You had huffed out a deep breath then, gathering up your belongings and he frowned, looking up at you. “Where are you going?”
“Someplace where people aren’t too busy for me.”
“Ah Y/N, come on, it’s important for us to study!”
You nodded, though your stare was harsh. “It’s important for us to remember there is an us too, Minhyun.”
And you had walked out then, leaving him frustrated by what had just occurred.
The lack of communication between you travelled for days, Minhyun struggling to understand why you were giving him the cold shoulder. As friends, you had never struggled with telling each other about everything but now there was this invisible wall that would lift up and then collapse back down at any given moment in your relationship, blockading your more natural interactions.
It circled around like this for a month, each time becoming harder to recover from, to trust your feelings would be heard by each other, the make up kisses feeling like band-aids being placed over an open wound without anything substantial to treat it.
And then you had come to him, not a glimmer of a smile left.
Spring arrived and removed the bitterness from within you, shedding the layers of the cold winter like you had your heavy clothes.
It felt easier to breathe with the new season, the blossoming of new flowers making you hopeful for a new transition into acceptance.
You had smiled at Minhyun today and he had returned it.
Nothing particular had happened to warrant it, you simply had been admiring the same flowers that you had seen on your way into school that day and looked up, seeing him pass by.
You knew it wasn’t completely coincidence; he had always been in the background of your world as a friend and as a lover. He had an uncanny way of showing up when you most wanted him to and as you felt the warmth of the afternoon sun, you sought out his gaze, feeling the happiest you had in a while.
It had been nice to simply share something with him again.
It made the hollow feeling inside you that had become your companion feel less warranted, and you wondered if there was a chance you could at least have a friendship with him again.
Later in the week, you had crossed paths again, Minhyun nodding in greeting at you. You had smiled again, your step slowing as you passed each other. You couldn’t help but glance over your shoulder at him and blushed, realising he had turned around to face you in a similar way. He laughed and then diverted his eyes awkwardly, but it wasn’t long until he glanced back up, shooting you a genuine smile.
You felt a small flutter erupt within the emptiness.
You were hesitant to fully accept the desire to start dreaming of Minhyun again, unsure if you had a better understanding of what dating someone was like after the time apart.
Your friends had convinced you that Minhyun had been a bad match for you, both coming from the same background of being each other’s first loves.
“You cannot expect your first love to last long, Y/N. It’s there to teach you what not to do when you date again,” Hyomin had encouraged you, and for some time you had believed this.
But you still couldn’t imagine looking at someone else when you had spent so much time only seeing Minhyun.
Was it because you had yet to accept he no longer had a place in your world?
As he smiled at you and waved before walking off, you hoped it meant something else.
That the first, juvenile love had passed you both and ahead there was a chance to discover a second love with each other. Not from falling back into one another where you had left off, but building up a way to meet again in a place where you were certain of the feelings you were experiencing towards each other. Where you could remain yourself and not lose your focus on what mattered most.
You turned around and hugged your books to your chest with more determination then.
It wasn’t certain yet and it may take some time too. You were alright with this; you had a lot more to learn about yourself still.
But you had a feeling love would reappear for you both, and you began to anticipate it.
Because he hadn’t left your world, not yet.
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Below: too many damn words towards the conclusion that power comparison between wildly different series is pointless and bloody stupid, despite Ansem’s dominance issues and why the hell are you even like this you raging idiot.
(with severe apologies to @pestilentpariah, who got this whole stupid train of thought started off but I have not consulted one bit on their own headcanons for any of this - it’s part a general rant about cross-fandom power comparison with Alex and Ansem as examples, part me complaining about my stupid son)
If you go by Kingdom Hearts multiverse rules, Ansem is, at least by series reputation of the Heartless, the most intelligent and dangerous known part of a world-devouring force of pure devouring instinct who cannot be stopped except by wielders of a very specific weapon (the Keyblades) or if you’re willing to widen it, some form of pure Light based power. Without that in defense, he’s going to overrun and break your world and eat its Heart without much problem. For most anyone he encounters he and the Heartless are an outside-context problem they have no way of dealing with in the long term.
Problem with all that is context. That’s in the Kingdom Hearts context.
I’m pretty sure there’s nothing that Alex Mercer can do in Prototype, aside from some of the overtly goopy stuff, that doesn’t come up in Kingdom Hearts. Those spectacular attacks are pretty standard KH stuff really. Absurd feats of speed and strength? Happen all the time. Absorbing memories? Easy. Forming an unholy collective made up of infectious parts yourself spread across bodies? Pretty much plan Nort in a nutshell. Surviving and regrowing from a tiny speck of existence? Been done, it’s insanely hard to kill anyone or anything for good.
The difference is context. In the overblown cartoonish world of Kingdom Hearts a lot of this stuff doesn’t stick out so much. In the realistic modern America context of Prototype it’s a mindblowingly horrific level of power that verges on magic. Alex Mercer in his own context is fucking unstoppable and I love him.
Then you want to meet the two, and you get Fanboy Problems. Because each in their own context is set up to be level of threat that cannot be reasonably handled and will blow most/all competition out of the water. You’re both so used to having everyone in your own fandom accept that your level of power is on or near the last word that adapting can be a bit of a shock.
In this specific case their abilities come from such opposite ends of the general spectrum of how-stuff-works its absurd. For all the comic book aspects, most of Alex’s abilities are based in a form of science and physics/biology of mass. The only hint of anything really “supernatural” is in the memory thing, and that depends on how you interpret what genetics means in the series. Whereas Ansem’s powers are based in a metaphysics so specific to the Kingdom Hearts series that, well, what do you even do except sit down with the other mun and have a massive and potentially headbutting and fruitless discussion of how everything is going to work with their own ideas and verse. Does Alex have a heart? Multiple ones from all the people he’s consumed? Does the Blacklight virus have a supernatural or Darkness based element to it? How effective are Alex’s physical abilities against the strictly non-physical Heartless? How effective are they against magical barriers and forces? Can you infect Heartless with Blacklight? Can you possess or Nort Alex? Can Alex consume Ansem, and what would be the consequences there? How much of Ansem’s power, between the highly inconsistent series levels “master manipulator, final boss, World Of Chaos monstrosity” and “annoying talkative guy who consistently fails to convince Riku of anything ever”, do you use? How much of Alex’s, between theoretical “unstoppable flesh abomination” and gameplay “normal weapons are enough to take him down with enough concentrated fire”? And so on ad infinitum. Unless you are on the same page about absolutely everything or have a really good working rp relationship already it is a recipe for tension and that is not what I want between rp partners even if the characters might be at each others throats.
This is why I tend to prefer overtly picking one verse or the other and doing AUs, rather than flat crossover despite Kingdom Hearts being theoretically perfect for crossover shenanigans - like my LoZ verse with thedemonkingganon where Ansem is specifically placed in that context as part of the Demon Tribe, sans any specifically Kingdom Hearts stuff. It gives a firm base to his power level and what he can do, even with a lot of flexibility: he’s going to be subordinate to Ganondorf as the reincarnation of Demise, the resident heroes are going to be able to take him down if they’re smart, he’s far less of an all-consuming existential threat to the world even if he has potential.
But my general rule is: when in someone else’s verse, their relative power level remains the same and my character’s is adjusted to fit. So regardless of whatever nerdy arguments that could be made about Ansem’s supernatural cross-world powers versus Alex’s massive potential but relatively grounded, one-country-so-far with considerable and not wholly ineffective local military fightback ones, Ansem was going to get his ass handed to him. Again.
#rant#yes I have thought way to hard about this#even while knowing that the conclusion is#fuck it I don't actually care#its not at all about who is strongest its about character interaction
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What is the situation with house elves in AU? Are they still around?
That is something that honestly, neither of us have thought about! (Shh don’t tell Hermione lol.) So if you’ve got something in mind you would like to do, odds are good that we will get behind it! Please don’t hesitate to share!
In the meantime, here are the thoughts we’ve pulled together on house-elves:
Most likely scenario is that, yes, they are still around – because even if the government had wanted to exterminate them, could they have pulled it off? Unlikely. But they aren’t going to be utilized by any loyal, good families (e.g. the Weasleys). Anyone who’s trying to appeal to Muggle sensibilities, for whatever reason – genuine assimilation or camouflage/safety – will eschew the use of anything as overtly magical as house-elves.
Rather than a status-symbol, they’ve now become the opposite.
As for the Caravan…well, that isn’t really a life where house-elves make a lot of sense, but if a family had elves to begin with – they could quite possibly still have them, if you want. The relationship betwixt will likely be somewhat different of course, but if you want to explore that go for it! (Maybe the Malfoys have one, maybe even Dobby, but maybe they’re friendly instead… Maybe the Parkinsons had one, and now they’re Pansy and Marietta’s loyal little Igor in the lab! Maybe Regulus still has Kreacher, who helps him and Remus run the school! Maybe Tonks Nymphadora grew-up with a little house-elf nanny, and they’re one of the things she misses the most about life back home in the Caravan? Maybe she sneaked them along, and is now hiding them in Colin’s flat! etc.)
There may also be elves running around “loose” in the Caravan – free, I mean – and how people react to them will likely vary greatly; have fun with that! (Maybe Narcissa thinks it’s vulgar. Maybe Gabrielle thinks it’s cute.)Certainly modern elves will probably not be so divorced from their original nature that they’ll have moved on to using wands (gasp!) but then again, they don’t really need to in order to do magic, do they? Maybe there are even a few who have become integral parts of the Caravan’s defense – because we know wix-magic and elf-magic don’t always jive, so perhaps part of the reason why the Caravan has been able to stay free is because the Ministry’s agents can’t break their spells due to the layering of elf-magic alongside? Or maybe that’s just a rumor that Remus spread, to throw people off…
Maybe there are free house-elf colonies in the Forbidden Forest – the survivors of Hogwarts (if there were any) would have needed somewhere to go, after all, and perhaps they’ve been joined by others over the years. Maybe there’s a whole little thriving elf-village in there among the unicorns and centaurs and wolves!
Maybe there are homeless house-elves lurking in the shadows and alleys of London, begging for a home that will take them in… Maybe places like Cho’s teahouse and Dean’s bar have an elf on staff, to “look exotic” and entice/disquiet their non-magical patrons… Maybe the offices of the Ministry of Magical Regulation has a few elves around, even!
So – are you interested in adding a house-elf to your character’s life in some way? Go for it! Post a headcanon and introduce them to the rest of us! Or just toss them in with a side-mention in the next appropriate para – whatever works for you, odds are good that it will work for us.
tl;dr – have fun with the idea and do as thou wilt! We trust you guys!
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Initially I didn't have a story for this at all, but I just came up with a premise. It's a modern au, so no gods and magic, just symbolism and archetypes.
Yon Rogg is second in command of a powerful business Empire who wants to get out from his father's shadow (perhaps, they are in the funeral business, to keep with the morbid theme, and his family has no respect for the dead, just the money their passing can generate for them, he is different, however, and so tired of dealing with death, he didn't ask for this)
Carol Danvers is a drifter/con-woman who broke into his house, mistakenly thinking nobody was home because he's just so bloody quiet, climbing through the window she just happened to break 100k $ worth of antique porcelain vases ('fuck rich douchebags, this won't make a dent'), she would have gotten away with it too, if she weren't caught. By the owner.
'great, are you going to tell me the police are on their way?'/ 'no, I have something else in mind how you can repay me for the damage'/'i warn you, Mr Rochester, I have pepper spray and I'm not afraid to use it.' /'it's nothing inappropriate, I promise. There's just something I need.' /'what? /'a wife'/ 'what the fff.'
Yon-Rogg wanted to take control of the company and he needed some shares which were locked in blind trust until he finally got married because his Father assumed his son never would if he hadn't settled down by 45.
'can't you just buy a hooker?'/ 'no, I need a real woman to be my fake wife. And not like you have much of a choice between jail for breaking and entering and hundreds of thousands in property damage and playing this little charade with me, isn't this what you do anyway. No funny business, I promise. You don't even have to be overtly affectionate, people in our circles rarely are.'
They sign a contract, according to which she is obligated to spend at least half a year by his side, as a dutiful wife accompany him to the company functions and scheduled appearances, and on paper they have to be married for at least 5 years, then she gets a quick divorce and a hefty settlement, she'll be set for life. 'what if you fall in love with me?'/ 'you have nothing to worry about, people say I'm not capable of it'.
And I mean, obviously, they fall in love. And at some point he just lets her out of her contract early because he doesn't want her to stay with him out of obligation. She leaves...
Only to come back and ask him to leave the business behind, because his heart clearly isn't in it, and travel the world together. It's never too late. Home is where the heart is so their home is with each other 💜
Yonvers - Modern Hades/Persephone AU
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I wish you would write a fanfic where Lucy is struggling to write a fanfic and some how Natsu knows exactly what to say which leaves Lucy sitting their like ????
‘Inevitable’Word Count: 1434Modern AU where Lucy is a fan fiction writer Rating: teen, mildly suggestive for swears and kissing ^^Many thanks to @impracticaldemon for her editing help and awesome feedback *hugs*!
Lucy pulled the afghan up and over Natsu’s legs to his chest. He stirred a little but continued to snuffle soft and sweet into the couch cushion. Watching him relax like this was almost enough to make her forget what an absolute devil he could be when alert.
Friday nights didn’t get any better than this. Turning the TV off, Lucy moved over to her writing desk in the corner of her bachelor sized apartment. It wasn’t much, but for the orphaned girl it was hers. Hers alone - even if her best friend Natsu spent most of his free time here too.
The ancient radio crackled to life as she twirled dials, lowering the volume and changing the station. Lucy loved Natsu’s company but she also needed to devote time to her other passion - writing. Lucy sat down at her desk and snapped on the light, wincing at the sharp retort of the switch. She looked over. Huh, Natsu was now drooling on himself. Down for the count!
Riffling through her supplies, Lucy picked up her latest story and a new legal pad. The pool of lamp-light made the yellow pages take on a golden hue. Favourite pen in hand, Lucy held it over the two choices, wavering back and forth. Old or new? Unfinished story or start yet another drabble?
What the heck! Minutes ago she’d been so excited to continue her multi-chaptered fan fiction about Rave Master. But the latest episode of Hakuouki (that Natsu had fallen asleep to) had been so compelling to watch! It looked like Chizuru was going about snagging herself a harem of admirers. But if Lucy was in charge, she’d pair her up with Saito. Mmmm, the taciturn lover of swords was perfect for the shy demon girl. Fuckit! Another work in process was no big deal.
Lucy closed her eyes and let her mind wander. She’d never written for this particular fandom before. Hopefully her followers on tumblr would still enjoy her fic. Eh, her blog header did say she loved lots of other anime - so it shouldn’t be a big deal. She had inspiration! Beginning by writing a summary, Lucy added some major points and began to craft what she hoped would be a well-received one-shot.
Words flowed for a good half hour. From the basic idea Lucy had, she added to the brief outline and even had her end planned and mostly written. Ugh! The middle point was not working. How was she going to have Saito give Chizuru a sweet compliment? That man was as obtuse as Natsu! Saito only ever noticed swords, fighting and food. Chizuru wasn’t much better; soft-spoken and shy, her best attributes were her willingness to serve and try her hardest.
Shit. Shit. Shit. Lucy chewed on the inside of her cheek as she thought. Saito could say something nice he’d overheard? It wasn’t like he’d come up with something romantic on his own. …It would be even better if it was overtly loving but he didn’t know that could be considered adoring. What? Lucy had muttered her concerns aloud. She jumped to hear Natsu reply: 'Chizuru, you’re sweeter than the tea you serve.’
Huh! That was great! Twisting, Lucy looked at Natsu. He was still sprawled on the couch with his eyes shut. Weird. But he’d helped lots of times before with stories. Lucy shrugged and wrote down Natsu’s suggestion. Awake or half-slumbering, it was good - so use it.
Five minutes later Lucy ran into another stone wall. Fuck! How would Chizuru flirt back with Saito? What the hell would she say?
“Your wits are as sharp as your swords!”
Sure now that Natsu was awake, Lucy spun in her chair and stared at the boy on her couch. He had shifted to lie on his side rather than his back. He couldn’t be sleeping deeply. But when she tip-toed over and stroked his cheek, Natsu didn’t react. Maybe he was dreaming about the episode they’d watched tonight? Lucy was convinced she’d taken leave of all her smarts to touch her friend like that. There was no denying he was cute. Handsome, even. But in all their years of friendship, they’d never crossed over into romantic territory.
Once again in her chair Lucy sighed. She should not have touched him! Now all she wanted to do was write something spicy for the characters. If she couldn’t have fun then at least Chizuru and Saito gettin’ busy would satisfy her cravings. Well … some of her cravings. If only Natsu paid closer attention. Lucy let her fingers run down the deep v of her thin t-shirt and looked down. The girls were packed in tight tonight. She sighed again. Natsu didn’t ever seem to notice or care what she wore. The shortest of skirts or tightest of shirts; his eyes never strayed from her face as far as she could tell.
Well then, time for Saito and Chizuru to act out what Lucy wished would happen for herself. Giggling, she shook her head and picked up her pen once again. Settling into one of her favourite daydreams, Lucy began to write.
Dammit! Stuck again! She’d gotten them face to face and holding hands - so what now? Would Saito dive in for a kiss or would Chizuru pull away? Immersed in her work, Lucy muttered louder and louder, talking to her manuscript as if it would magically answer back. Would Saito kiss Chizuru or would Chizuru kiss Saito?
“Dammit Lucy!” Natsu had risen from the couch at Lucy’s increase in volume. “The answer is obvious!” He tapped her on her shoulder, making her jump. She’d had no idea that Natsu was right behind her.
The pen skittered on the yellow-lined page and dropped to the floor. Lucy yelped and shot up out of her seat. “What the hell!?”
Ignoring Lucy’s outburst, Natsu leaned over and read the last couple of paragraphs. “I thought that’s where you were goin’ with this.” He slung his arm around Lucy’s neck even as she tried to push him away from her work. “Don’t be so shy! You always let me proofread your stuff.”
“After I edit!” Cheeks hot with embarrassment (over the attempted smut she’d written and how good Natsu smelled, his warmth…and he was still pressed against her!), Lucy turned her face away from his broad grin. Dammit! Why was he so cheerful?
Natsu let his grin turn salacious. Lucy was too cute and he couldn’t hold back anymore. “Chizuru is too shy, just like you. Saito is only mostly clueless like me.” He chuckled. “But we’re the same with waiting for the right moment.”
Lucy turned back to face Natsu. He adjusted his hands to her shoulders. Exactly like she’d written Saito doing with Chizuru! “W-what are you doing?” Any minute now her stomach was going to turn itself inside out.
“Oh, good.” Natsu nodded. “You’ve got the same thunderstruck look on your face as Chizuru would if Saito was touching her.” Now his hands slid down her arms and captured her hands. “After a minute of this what do you think would happen?”
Lucy blinked, opened and closed her mouth without speaking. This had to be a dream. Natsu’s thumbs were caressing her palms! Her knees wobbled. Whoa. Lucy bit her lip as she rummaged in her brain. “Uh …”
Natsu leaned closer. “What do you want to happen? Would Chizuru demand Saito’s kiss or would you kiss me because you couldn’t not kiss me?”
“Ah …” Lucy watched Natsu gulp and lick his lips. He wasn’t as confident as he was acting. He’d switched from using the character names to their own! Was this the opportunity she’d been dreaming of? …"I think you’re right.“ Before her courage could dessert her, Lucy pressed her lips to Natsu’s.
His hands moved immediately, gently cradling her face. Lucy sighed and Natsu took advantage, his tongue reaching out to taste Lucy’s mouth. Unsure of what to do with her hands, Lucy let them hover - and then grab tight hold of Natsu’s shirt at his waist.
How long had she dreamed of kissing Natsu? Too long. And from the fervour of his kiss, he must have been wanting the same thing. So intense and thrilling - Lucy pressed against Natsu’s body. Everything was buzzing from her pulse to her hormones. He changed his angle of attack, making their teeth clack. That wasn’t a big deal, this was her first kiss and most likely his too.
Practice makes perfect. And practice, now that they were aware of each other’s desire, was inevitable.
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