#or like- I have to do “exercises” now again to abate the pain from jaw clenching. I mean I kinda do it automatically by now so it's not as

[notachair]

It really is interesting how I can develop something of a fronted headache simply for furrowing my brows, a little, too much too long, something which I'm almost always unintentionally doing, cause I'm always so quick to tense and don't really know how not to be tense 🤷

[emerald-amidst-gold]

WIP Wednesday

Thank you for the tag @dreadfutures! I really appreciate it! <3

Still working on the never-ending snippet (they’re chapters, really XD)! To be fair, this is a great exercise because it’s helping me utilize dialogue more! So, without further ado...

...The Anchor being a buzz kill. :3

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“Fane..”, Solas said, slightly breathless as Fane explored and showed the warmth of a balm.

“Hm,”, Fane hummed as he finally found Solas’ pulse, fluttering and skipping. He pulled away a bit, eyes hooded as he watched the beating patch. “You’re getting excited already. Dangerous, my sky. Very, very dangerous.”

Solas let out an airy laugh, turning in his embrace a bit to rest his side against Fane’s front. He had to adjust his hold a bit and take his hand holding the mage’s jaw away, but he kept his eyes on the butterfly before him. It was tempting to...well, snatch it from the air, but Fane kept himself in control, even as he felt the sky begin to lay kisses along his neck. They were as light as air and near reverent, but no less hot with their underlying heat. It was making his mind haze with a different kind of smoke this time.  

“Ma’isenatha,” Solas murmured against where he was kissing, tender and sweet, but there was a note of...concern in its cadence? “...May I see your hand?”

What?

Fane blinked, the smoke clearing a bit. “Huh?”, he uttered in question, shifting his gaze away from the steadying butterfly to glistening orbs--lavender branching out from where the pupil was. Oh, he loved that hue. That hue, that very few saw…

Solas offered him a tiny smile. “Your hand.”, he repeated, a tentative touch appearing against an...oddly warm, blazingly warm, palm. Why was his hand so damn hot? It almost burned.

Fane drew his brows together, confused. “...My hand? Why do you--?”

Suddenly and before he could get the words out, the Anchor cracked within his palm--ancient magic still very much volatile from his earlier outburst. Fane hissed sharply. Damn it all! He forgot all about the Void-taken thing! Fuck! Just when he had been sure everything was as it should be again! Foolish! Foolish!

“Easy, vhenan,”, Solas soothed, one hand appearing upon his cheek and the other within his spasming hand. Within an instant, their fingers wound together, interlocking like a masterwork latch. “Breathe, and let us move from the floor. I can examine your hand better that way.” Blue orbs connected with his own, questioning and full of tender concern, even if they were a bit hard to make out from the suddenness of sharp daggers under his skin. “...Can you do that for me?”

Fane gritted his teeth at another pulse, growling deep in his chest, but he managed to jerkily nod. He could move, but by anything that was holy, he didn’t want to. The damned Anchor tended to skyrocket in its anger every time he jolted it, but...he could endure it. He could endure it if it meant it would just stop.

Solas gave him another reassuring smile, gingerly lifting himself off of where he was leaning against Fane’s front to stand. Fane nearly dragged the elf back down when another deep pulse of magic shot up his arm, but thankfully, not his head. It fucking burned like acid, however. The magic was less than it had been earlier, but it was still managing to seep from the slit and snake up his arm like ethereal vines.

“Fuck, fuck, fuck,”, Fane cursed over and over, growling and snarling in the interim. “Fuuuck!”

He sucked in a deep breath and let it out shakily, trying to fight through the pain and nausea as he, none too gracefully, pushed himself off the floor with his free hand. To Fane’s surprise, the Anchor didn’t protest too awfully, only snapping against his wrist like a hand slapped another in reprimand. Still, it ached, burned, and screamed.

Solas’ hands appeared on him the moment he stood at full height, using both to lift the acid spewing hand up to his line of vision. Fane swallowed hard around pooling saliva and took in deep breaths through his nose as he let the mage work his magic. 

He watched as a slender finger glided along the brightly glowing opening, testing, teasing the familiar magic out with a gentle blue glow. The tendrils came outwards, but then abated minimally, cowing at calming blue, but they still carried fury underneath--pulsing and crawling. Fane grimaced at the sensation, stifling a pained growl. It would never end unless he chopped his arm off, would it? Or, well, if Solas took it away. Sadly, his sky didn’t have the capability or power to do that yet. Fane would be both relieved and not relieved the day that he did. For various reasons. Reasons they also needed to discuss sometime, but not right now. Not when his fucking arm was feeling like it was getting pulled through a rift!

Solas gave him a tiny smile, glancing up from his work. “You are doing well, my dragon.”, he praised before concentration hardened features that held the shadows and dual glow of magic, eyes going back down to focus. “What do you feel right now? Describe the sensations for me.”

Fane took in another deep breath. “Uh, c-crawling. F-Feels like there’s worms under my skin. Worms that are--are on fire.”, he tried to explain as best he could, but those blazing worms were wriggling, writhing as Solas gingerly ushered more of his magic into the mark. “I-It keeps knocking against that f-fucking ward, too.”

Solas glanced up again, but didn’t halt his ministrations. “It has not pierced through, correct?”

Fane shook his head with a shaky sigh. “No, but that’s because I’m…” He gasped a bit, a hard pound slamming into the walls of his mind like a drum. “...fighting it.”

That seemed to be all Solas needed him to say, going back to his task with a furrowed brow and a determined look in his sky-line eyes.

Slowly but surely, the Anchor began to die down as the more Solas guided his magic to make the more volatile counterpart heel. The tendrils of sickly, but sparkling green abated, the ever present glow dimmed, and best of all, the pain ebbed away like a lazy wave. Fane sucked in a deep, deep breath as that reprieved was granted to him. He still felt nauseous as all got out, but the worms were dying down, the knock upon a locked door floating away as chaotic magic slithered back down his arm. He could honestly sob from relief. Truly, he could. 

Solas let out a quiet sigh of his own, tired and relieved all in one, as his eyes met Fane’s own again and for good this time. They were speaking to him, asking a typical question and it filled Fane’s heart with tender affection.

Fane smiled tiredly. “Better. Thank you.”, he said. He was utterly exhausted, stomach tender and head aching duly, but the pain had stopped, the magic driven back to the hole it crawled out of.

Solas let out another relieved sigh at his words, a tired smile of his own appearing, cracking the mask of concentration, and giving his marked hand a gentle squeeze with the two still holding it.

“It’s nothing.”, the mage downplayed, shifting tender eyes down to gaze upon the Anchor forlornly. “I simply wish I could rid you of this burden, to wipe away this pain. If I had known it would be you who would somehow pick the orb up, I would have been--”

Fane sighed softly as he tapped the underneath of Solas’ chin with a few fingers of the hand he was holding. The elf blinked, steely orbs snapping up to him instantly and that only made Fane smirk more. How the sky heeded a dragon’s call. It should be the reverse, but this world continued to show how much it defied itself.

“Stop. Observe and accept. Observe what happened, and accept that it was beyond your control to predict. You will fix things, Solas. We will fix things.”, Fane assured as he leaned in to lay a light kiss against the mage’s lips. It was reciprocated with ease, a tiny hum escaping from his sky and it made him reluctant to pull back, but he did to murmur, “All of it will come in time, ma tarasyl. You know that. I know that. Be patient.”

Solas let out a chuckle. “Using my own words against me? Wisdom is a concept in you, I see.”, he teased.

Fane sneered a bit. “Cute.”, he replied dryly before shrugging. “I only used them because you used my own earlier, and I figured you’d be more amenable listening to yourself when in concern to what happened at the Conclave and whatnot. You do like to hear yourself talk, after all.”, he teased with a growing smirk. They were coming full circle now, and hopefully, his jokes would land more gently this time.

“Insufferable.”, Solas quipped with an exasperated sigh, but it was fond underneath, he knew. “Why do I--?”

Fane blinked as Solas suddenly froze up, face going blank and glittering eyes staring at him, but not registering. He furrowed his brow at that, pulling his head back a bit to get a better look at blue and grey. Now, that wasn’t normal. The hues were still bright, aware, blue with lavender branching from the middle, but Solas’ face and posture screamed, ‘disconnected’. Fane felt himself grow more worried at that. Had he fucked up again?

“Solas? Are you--?”

He went to ask after the man, thinking his joke had hit a nerve yet again, but a slender finger suddenly darted up to his lips, stilling them. It was telling him to wait, to be silent. Fane blinked. Well, at least the mage was responsive? Yes...a corner of a mouth was moving a bit, eyes were blinking slowly, and a…

...nose was twitching?

Before any more questions could be voiced or even thought up, Fane saw Solas’ face pinch a bit, nose screwing up before sucking in a slow, deep breath, and then…

“Achoo!”

We have it all in this story! Pain, sadness, Solas tears, Fane rage, fluff, cockblocking magic, and sniffles~ >:3 Watch this turn into a sick fic now. XD

Tagging forth (with love and potions to ward against sniffles!)

@oxygenforthewicked @noire-pandora @the-dreadful-canine @little-lightning-lavellan @aymayzing @dungeons-and-dragon-age @hoochieblues @whataboutbugs @1000generations @blueheaded @cartadwarfwithaheartofgold and anyone else who’d like to share! It’s Wednesday~! X3 (no pressure, of course! <3)

[tessiete]

Hiii! I'm in love with your Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan fics, you have such a deep understanding of the characters and their relationship in Legends (old EU) canon and Disney canon,too. It's an absolute joy to read your stories about them,I love the angst,I love the hurt/comfort, I love the sweet moments!!! That's why I've decided to participate in the prompt "game" you posted about on Friday. If you're still taking prompts,I really like #18 or #21 with Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan, ofc. Have a lovely day ahead!

Oh, thank you so much!! It truly does mean so much to here. Writing is never easy, and so often you rely on instinct, and second guess, but I am so sO SO happy that you enjoy my fics. That’s what it’s about after all - they’re meant for YOU! To love, and to enjoy!

And thank you for contributing to that. I hope you enjoy this prompt fill for #18 (”I am alive. I can tell because of the pain.”) and #21 (”No heart is made of stone.”) Much love!

JUDGEMENT

“Do you think they were...kind?” he asks. “In the end?” 

And though it pains him to speak, Qui-Gon answers honestly.

“No,” he says. “I do not think they were.”

At this, Obi-Wan nods. The judiciary benches have long since emptied, the crowds roused by a hard judgement, and a swiftly executed sentence. There had been jeering, mockery, and cruel laughter, and Obi-Wan had sat silently by Qui-Gon’s side, wrapped utterly in his dark travelling cloak. There had been no gaze to catch, the somber pools of his eyes concealed by the drape of his hood. Neither had there been a hand to hold, their delicate articulations twisted so deep within the folds of coarse fabric as to be invisible to Qui-Gon’s searching grasp. 

Instead, he’d remained stoic, hardly breathing as the magistrate had condemned a young woman to death. 

And it had been Obi-Wan’s word which brought her there.

“I do not think that I should be a Jedi.”

The phrase is whispered, whistled through the clenched teeth, and cracked lips of Qui-Gon’s charge. It is quiet, as though he cannot bear the thought of his pronouncement, but it is also clear, and earnestly meant.

On this, Qui-Gon is not so certain as his padawan, but it is not his place to refute him. Only Obi-Wan can do that. Qui-Gon Jinn is a Master, and it is his job to teach.

So he swallows, shifts his weight, and allows the contours of his body to fall into something more relaxed, hoping to coax Obi-Wan along with him. But Obi-Wan does not relent. So Qui-Gon seeks to educate him.

“And why do you think that?”

The boy turns to him abruptly, offended by the possibility that Qui-Gon cannot see how clearly he has transgressed, and how unworthy it must make him.

“Is it not obvious, Master?” he demands, some fire warming his benumbed lips. “I have murdered her.”

“It is not you who has shaved her head, or torn her limb from limb. It is not you who cried for blood. You did not sentence her. You did not bring her here. You did not sanction or commit her crimes.”

“But I told you who she was.”

“Ah,” says Qui-Gon, comprehension beating a percussive note from his lips. He leans forward, elbows braced upon his thighs, his hair trailing over his knees as he sits in deep thought, puzzling out the stars with Obi-Wan. “Then do you suggest it is my fault for alerting the authorities? Or for failing to negotiate a plea, or mitigate her sentence?”

“No!” cries Obi-Wan. The edge of his hood is too slow to keep pace with the padawan’s thoughts, and slips over his ear to catch and expose his pale face to Qui-Gon’s contemplation. “You tried,” he insists. “Even when it made them angry, even when they threatened to arrest you with her - you still tried...I only tattled.”

“Oh, Obi-Wan,” the master sighs. “Can you not see how cruelly you accuse yourself?”

“She came to me for help,” Obi-Wan protests. “And I killed her for it.”

“No,” says Qui-Gon, firm in this where moments before he has been lax. But then, it had been an exercise, and he had meant for Obi-Wan to reason his way into illumination. Instead, he sinks deeper into self-recrimination, and despair, both of which are far less becoming of a Jedi than an optimistic spirit and faith in his elders. This cannot continue. “You are a child, Obi-Wan,” he says.

“I’m thirteen!”

“And I have lived more than three of your lifetimes, my padawan. Grant me the benefit of the doubt when it comes to accumulated wisdom, both as your teacher, and your elder.”

Obi-Wan’s jaw snaps shut, his eyes falling low. A narrow hand has emerged to pick at a loose thread, worrying the small flaw into a larger fraying edge.

“Yes, Master Qui-Gon,” he mumbles. 

“You are a child, and this woman came to you because she knew you would act as such. She wanted sympathy. She wanted malleability. She wanted a defender who could neither judge nor question her.”

“She used me.”

“We are Jedi, Master Kenobi,” he says. “We come to be used. We arrive with every intent to serve. We are here to help in any way we can, as best we can. You helped her.”

Obi-Wan says nothing, unconvinced, but a drop of water, illumined by the sun slipping slowly beyond the horizon, falls hot and shining upon the sea of cloth pooled in Obi-Wan’s lap. It disappears in almost the same instant, only to be chased by another, and another.

“None of that,” sighs Qui-Gon. He is a proud man, he knows, and gruff besides, but he is no stoic, not like the stubborn boy beside him. And he is proud of him. So he does what Obi-Wan so vehemently chastises himself for now: he shows him kindness. He reaches out and pulls his padawan close, until Obi-Wan’s head is tucked beneath his chin, until his cold hands slide beneath the folds of Qui-Gon’s own cloak to feel the heat of him beneath, until his upset is soothed and muffled by the low susurrations of Qui-Gon’s voice, vibrating like tectonics shifting in his chest. “It will be alright.”

“It still feels wrong,” cries Obi-Wan, his anguish drowning in his throat. “It still feels unfair. It still hurts.”

“It will always hurt, young one,” Qui-Gon says.

At this, Obi-Wan’s upset turns briefly to rage, flickering impotently against the sea before being drowned again by sorrow. “Well, I wish it didn’t,” he says. 

“Don’t say that,” Qui-Gon chides. “It must hurt. It is right that it hurts. You must know it hurts me too, but that is how I know I am alive - I can tell because of the pain. I would never wish something as awful as apathy on you.”

“Well, I do wish it,” Obi-Wan says, tearful and insistent. “I wish I didn’t care. I wish I was numb. I wish I was ice.”

“Do you think that would help?”

“I don’t know.”

“Then I shall tell you, dear Obi-Wan,” says Qui-Gon, his mouth close to his padawan’s ear. “It would not. Ice melts, after all. It does no good to turn away, and leave others to their strife.”

“And yet, everyone here did!” the boy cries. He pulls away to stare Qui-Gon square in the face, his little visage torn and scarred with salt-stained grief. “They didn’t care that she was to be killed.”

“They’ve been hurt, as well,” he replies. “They are also mourning.”

Obi-Wan shakes his head. “No,” he says, a flat denial. “They liked it. They were happy.” 

“And can those things not grow from anger, grief, or fear? Can not the Dark rejoice in the sufferings of any heart?”

Obi-Wan frowns. His tears abate, and he takes a deep, gasping breath before laying his head down on Qui-Gon’s broad shoulder.

“Then perhaps one must not simply be cold,” the child suggests. “Perhaps it would be better to be made entirely of stone, so that nothing at all can touch you.”

“Oh, my padawan,” Qui-Gon sighs. He holds his burden close, and runs his fingers through the copper strands of tangled hair pressed against his breast. “No heart is made of stone. They are fragile, heavy things, and that is why we must be so careful with them.”

[bellygunnr]

you’d finally like to learn ch.4

Barney catches up with Gordon on the tram ride 'home.' He's sitting instead of standing, head leaned back against the window, arms wrapped protectively around his torso. He looks for all the world like he's in pain, but Barney's about seventy-percent sure he's not. Gordon, despite being mute, doesn't seem to internalize anything-- if he's hurt, he whines about it.

So maybe he's just sleeping?

"Hey, Doc," Barney starts, quiet. "You good?"

And Gordon shudders, cracking one eye open, then the other-- he's drowsy, then. His jaw cracks as he yawns as wide as he can go.

"When'd you get here, Calhoun?" He asks, sitting up straight.

"Just got on. Hey, I've got lunch for ya," Barney replies, taking a moment to put together the signs before setting the paper brown bag on his lap. "Even you have to eat."

He watches Gordon rummage through the bag, pulling out what looks like an elaborate sandwich and a thing of vegetables. The doctor bites into it with a surprising vengeance.

"What's on your mind, Doc?" Barney chances to ask, taking a tentative seat beside him. "You've got your thinkin' eyes on."

The other doesn't respond for a while, focused on eating. There's a tension in his shoulders that translates to rigidity throughout the rest of his body-- he's on edge, like a finely sharpened knife. Barney pays close attention.

"This is what Kleiner eats," is the first thing he says. "He ate it in MIT, too. Never saw him eat anything else during lunch."

Barney nods. "Kleiner's, uh, he actually asked me to give that to you," he admits. "Says you-- didn't eat lunch?"

Again, that guarded look. Then Gordon shakes himself and it's gone, leaving nothing but bright eyes and a pinched expression. His hands dance-- finally waving around to clear everything he tried to say, curling up against each other in his lap.

Barney smiles, gentle. "You don't have to tell me anything, ya hear? Kleiner was your professor in MIT, right? Y'know, he talked about you even way before you first got here."

At that, Gordon flushes, embarrassed. "That doesn't sound very professional."

"No, I guess it ain't."

The tram shudders around them. Vibrations underfoot intensify as the rails underfoot grow dirty and mal-cared for, which triggers an automated response from the tram itself. Barney mimes along to the robotic message, using his right hand as a puppet to mouth it.

There's a strange, raspy splutter beside him-- he looks, just in time to see Gordon laughing.

Barney feels heat strike his cheeks, the world swaying around him. The laughter is mostly silent except for some errant squeaks. His shoulders shake and one hand grips Barney's knee as an anchor, the other pressed against his mouth. A giddy feeling rises in his chest-- he's never seen Gordon laugh before.

Not like this, anyway.

Dumbly, he thinks it's the most beautiful thing he's ever seen. He almost says as much but his voice comes out incoherent, sentences jamming into one another. Besides, over the violent tram ride, it's impossible to hear anything...

The automated response finishes unparroted by Barney.

His skin is on fire even after Gordon removes his hands, apologizing profusely, and Barney just--

"Why are you apologizin', Dr. Freeman? By golly, if you think I'm funny, I ain't gonna tell ya otherwise! Hey, what do you know about aliens?"

Barney grins wide enough to hurt as Gordon puffs up real big, a keen look in his eye, and launches into a tirade.

-

you sit in your room, wrapped up in darkness, and think about barney calhoun. you think about black mesa. you think about college, and what your life was like outside these walls. you think about the people you met, the friends you never had, and the deadlines taunting you from the other end of the week. it all comes back to calhoun in the end.

he's an unknown. you can't compartmentalize him with the rest of the security team because he's become an individual. you know his face, could pick his voice out from a crowded room. he's got hazel eyes with more green flecks than brown. he swears at you in sign.

he remembers what you say.

he remembers what you do.

that's new. the last person to do that was kleiner.

(and look what you did with kleiner-- you attached to him like a lost puppy; you've become a dead weight to his career. every time you meet there's disappointmentregretpity in his---)

pain radiates throughout your hand as you squeeze the edge of your blanket. you double down on your hold for as long as you can stand it, taking comfort in the heat of your injury. the bandage restricts your movement somewhat, but you stress that too, willing the maelstrom of negative feelings to go away.

they abate, eventually. you're left feeling somewhat relieved, but mostly ashamed, slightly numb.

you wonder what calhoun is up to.

you wonder if it's too much to text him.

you decide against it to the tune of the kettle whistling on your stove. you let it ring for several moments, piercing the stale air of your Black Mesa apartment. it's the little things, you think. the handle is hot, and the water steams as you pour it into a mug.

the water quickly darkens as the teabag's contents leeches into it-- nothing to do now except wait.

the clock hands read midnight, maybe a few minutes past. your tea steeps, impassive and uncaring to the exhaustion in your bones. what time was it when you tried to go to bed?

nine pm? something to that effect. you wonder what calhoun is doing. he could be sleeping himself, or working graveyard shift. that makes you smile.

"The only reason I volunteer for graveyard shifts is to look for aliens," Barney had told you, only a few days ago. "I swear to god we have them. Black Mesa's hiding them in the lower levels."

you had looked at him askance, a little put upon. "go on," you told him deliberately.

"Black Mesa's hiding them! That's why we have the military on call. Shit, my last exercise was headed by a Marine. That's weird, Doc! And, and, and," Barney had punctuated his words with a snap of his fingers, then pointed at you with conviction, "I hear some guards are issued RPGs. What the hell do we need RPGs for in a goddamn research facility, Doc?"

you hadn't known. you still didn't know, but you also didn't want to think about it. scientist though you may be, there were some things that were better left unknown.

no matter how much effort you put into the strange crystals that constituted your research here. where they came from mattered not-- this you tell yourself to maintain sanity.

"Why don't you tell me?" you had invited him, because letting Barney talk had been the safest option.

and talk he did.

you're surprised to feel yourself smiling as you remove the teabag, carefully depositing it into the waste bin. the conversation had lifted your spirits then, and it seemed it was doing the same now. but calhoun always seemed to have that effect--

which makes you feel guilty for doubting him at times.

the peppermint tea scalds your tongue, stealing you away from another spiral.

Once again, Barney finds himself staring down Gordon's door, their conversation having carried them off the trams and directly into the science team's dormitories. He laughs, then sobers up fairly quickly, cutting a look at his friend.

"This time I really do need to get home," he starts, "but if you need anything, just call, ya hear?"

"I hear," Gordon replies, looking some kind of way. Embarrassed, maybe? Or just tired...

"Tomorrow I'll come by to help ya with the new workout routine. You had some questions, right?"

Gordon nods, looking relieved. "Thanks for helping me with that. I hope it's not--"

"You're not troublesome, Doc," Barney says earnestly, effectively cutting him off. "Get some sleep. See ya tomorrow."

[interrogatormentors]

Event Nine: Promise

[CW: death, drowning]

The weeks following the start of the emotional conditioning bore down on Sollux with the force of a dead whale. He could feel the walls pressing down on him, suffocating and claustrophobic, and half the days he found himself waking from helming daymares. 

The others fared no better. 

Ophlia didn’t seem to sleep. Zesaim sat on her bunk for hours at a time, wall-eyed, while Rosmer cried in other troll’s voices into the day. Sollux hadn’t known the olive could mimic voices, and wished that had remained a secret. Mercuo often woke gasping, holding onto his gills before tucking himself next to a stonefaced Trisia.

Ualona managed to hold himself together somehow, and often came to Sollux for help. After their now nightly emotional conditioning they huddled together for warmth, heads leaned in over their tablets. This morning however, Ualona came back to the bunks quiet. He tapped on his tablet for near to an hour before several identical text notifications dinged from all their tablets.

[actualizedClairvoytant [AC] has opened up the memo keepyourmout-| |-ss-| |-ut] twinArmaggedons [TA] has entered the chat! glorifiedCorpsification [GC] has entered the chat! chronicAcademician [CA] has entered the chat! castigatedTrepidation [CT] has entered the chat! cavortingGratuity [CG] has entered the chat! accentuatedAntimony [AA] has entered the chat! TA: the fuck UA ii can barely uncurl my fiinger2 2tiill wtf ii2 up?? AA: jus7 spi7 i7 ou7 bud i wan7 7o ca7ch some zs while i can AA: 7heyre 7hrowing new shi7 a7 us soon i can feel i7 AC: cant AC: the mics remember?

Sollux glanced up and off to the side, where the speaker produced its steady whine as usual. It would be stupid to think the connection didn’t go both ways.

TA: okay 2hoot TA: what have you got?? AC: i was digging in t-| |-e interrogatormentor arc-| |-ives and i found all our files. CG: and How does THat even Help us? CG: i don’T need To know wHaT They Think of me. CA: treasOOn.

A whimper came from Rosmer’s bunk, and Sollux looked down to see Ophlia staring the olive down with bloodshot eyes and bared teeth.

AC: okay treason aside youll wanna -| |-ear t-| |-is. AC: especially you rosmer.

[actualizedClairvoyant [AC] has sent the file flunkies.txt]

Sollux scanned the document, brows furrowed. Even in the confidential archives someone had censored the documents, black lines smeared across various points of data. Someone else, Ualona no doubt, had highlighted specific sections of each.

Mercuo Trevan: Interrogated and broke a rebellion recruiting ring in Imperial Navy recruits. Purposefully joined, goals for the BC Reichenbach. 

Zesaim Exeria: Random draw. Induce failure in time for unit on psionic alterations to the brain due to psionic projection ability.

Sollux Captor: Former helmsman, isolated rebels in brig to promote surrender; reportedly accessed the Imperial Network and ran a long-standing data mining protocol for several sweeps prior to capture and indoctrination. Brought to attention by Head Admin Eridan Ampora and ██████ ██████ [████████].

Trisia Avarae: Identified several problem spots in local drone patrol routes and took down a single unit. Promote immediately upon graduation.

Ophlia Davrot: Drowned a head subjuggulator in sacrificial blood pools following an identical attempt on her life due to poor humor. Tested on basic interrogatormentor techniques and passed with an 89%.

Rosmer Leywet: Random draw. Induce failure at convenience of instructor. Recommended for immediate cremation; has no particular talent nor purpose. Proposed: preserve vocal chords for study? Request denied.

Ualona Reshan: Hacked into the imperial network and managed to stay online for five minutes. Sent a notification to the drones through this system for two removals of traitors in apartment directly above residence in hivestem.

The chat stayed idle for a few minutes, before Sollux broke the silence with the gentle clacking of his claws against the tablet screen.

TA: 2o what doe2 thii2 mean?? TA: are the2e  TA: accurate?? AC: t-| |-ey are for me GC: *YeS.* CG: seconded. AA: you mean 7hirded!

Mercuo grabbed his pillow, reaching out and smacking at Trisia’s ankles. She managed a shaky laugh. “Fourthed!” she said, before chugging from her water bottle. Rosmer only pulled his knees closer to his chest.

CT: they told me i won a lot~tery, CT: why would they tell me oth~er~wise, AC: t-| |-ey want people to fail TA: oh 2hiit TA: that’2 where they’re gettiing the te2t 2ubject2 for all theiir traiiniing viideo2. TA: how el2e would they have 2o many liive feed2 whiithout a hiigh piing rate??

Zesaim put a hand to her mouth, looking over to Rosmer who buried his face in his hands. He started crying, in a voice Sollux didn’t recognize this time. Ophlia broke her weeks long silence in a voice like rusted nails scraping up against each other.

“You know what we must do.”

Sollux woke in a web of wires, head pounding to the beat of a familiar, klaxon alarm. He jerked in the helming harness, throwing his head back as he tried initiating a defense protocol. Nothing came to him, the only response a blinding pain from his temples that whited out his vision.

“Status report,” said a voice, somewhere off to his left.

“Helmsman A1A100 reporting system disconnect. Attempted sabotage detected. Administrator password required to proceed.” Sollux swallowed, trying to moisten his dry lips. Hang on. What happened to the humidity?

He opened his eyes, registering Rapard standing at attention just before another wave of pain jolted up his spine. Sollux almost yelled before he caught himself, sucking in a breath instead and separating himself from the sensation as he’d been taught.

“Nice work, Captor,” Rapard said, moving forward. “That’s the fastest recovery I’ve seen yet. Welcome to your next stage of emotional conditioning.”

Sollux gritted his teeth, brows furrowing before he forced them smooth. “Yes sir,” he said, forcing the words out even as instinctive terror roiled in his gut. He didn’t want to helm again. He couldn’t helm again, and this facsimile of flying left him mentally scattered. He shoved away the thought that this exercise was in response to Ualona’s discovery the night before. He’d written the code necessary for them to have private chat rooms himself.

Rapard began his usual patrol around the room then, throwing random trivia at Sollux in time with electric pulses that surged through nodes attached to his sealed ports. Sollux held firm, his face a mask of blank indifference as he forced himself to disassociate from the pain. The questions remained easy enough, all tidbits from the lessons on technique. They were so innocuous, in fact, that at first Sollux thought he imagined Rapard’s next line of inquiry as a claw traced on his chin.

“How long have you known the rebel insurgent known as Karkat Vantas, hex code unknown?”

“What?” Sollux blinked, shaking his head as he tried to return to reality. 

He yelled as Rapard pressed a button on the remote in his hand, the electric charge at least double what he’d experienced so far.

“Pay attention, Captor,” Rapard said. He leaned in close, nose an inch from Sollux’s own. “Separating yourself completely will only lead to you missing important data.” He pressed the button again, face impassive as Sollux jerked in the wires. “Now, answer. How long have you known Karkat Vantas, rebel insurgent? Where is he?”

Sollux swallowed hard. The name rattled around his pan, sending guilt and anxiety through him in equal measure. No. How did they know? He’d tried to lock away that information, bury it deep inside of himself and throw away the key during his time as a helmsman. How did they know about Karkat? Did they know about Feferi, or Kanaya? He’d seen Eridan’s named on his file the other night, had he turned traitor?

Rapard pressed the button again, and Sollux screamed as his muscles involuntarily tensed. The smell of burnt flesh hit his nostrils, and his vision faded in and out of focus. “I don’t- Shit!” Another electric charge, and Sollux’s fists clenched on nothing. He tried exercising his learned behaviors from lessons, stepping outside of the pain and attempting to retreat into his own thoughts. Karkat’s face met him there as he’d last seen him, hunched in front of his webcam and begging Sollux to run as the noise of drones echoed around Sollux’s hive.

Rapard tapped him on the nose, deliberate and mocking. “I won’t ask you again, recruit.”

“Since I was five,” Sollux said, flinching as Rapard’s finger twitched on the remote in his hand. “I don’t know where he is now.” He yelled, back arching as another charge surged through him. The klaxon alarm grew louder, reverberating in time with the pounding in his skull. “I don’t! Fuck! Alternia! Eastern quadrant, coordinates 56 by 900, bunker!” The shocks did not dissipate as he cried out, only increasing in power and frequency.

As Sollux hovered on the edge of consciousness Rapard grabbed his jaw, claws digging into the skin enough to draw tiny pinpricks of yellow blood. “Good, nice work,” he said. Sollux caught a glimpse of the seadweller’s teeth as he grinned, red light glinting off the jagged edges. “I want to make you a promise, Captor. Are you listening?”

“Yes.” Sollux gulped for air as the shocks abated for a few moments, taking the respite to separate himself from the pain and emotion in time for the pain to start anew. He did not so much as cry out, sweat beading along his forehead as he forced it away. He finally understood Ualona. What did Rapard promise you?

“You stay with the interrogatormentors, you stay compliant and devote yourself to the empire, and we won’t touch Vantas,” Rapard said. “You step a toe out of line, you get a single demerit, and you’re receiving his head on a platter. You understand?”

“Yes.”

“Good.”

The lights dimmed then, and Sollux sagged as electricity stopped surging through the wires. He fell into his knees as Rapard cut him down, but forced his head high even as every muscle shook with the effort. As he hauled himself up and staggered from the room Sollux couldn’t find himself to feel fear, for himself or Karkat. He couldn’t feel anything at all. Even the pain had faded into the background, a distant reminder as he dragged himself to the mess hall. He sat in silence, staring at his food. Only Zesaim and Rosmer seemed themselves, with Rosmer even offering a shaky Ualona one of his classic beaker-made cookies. “You deserve it after what you found this evening,” the olive said, smiling. “It’s the least I can do to repay you.” The smile did not reach his eyes.

As per usual, physical endurance training took place the next night. Sollux moved towards the pool, hoping to exercise in a less load-bearing way, only for Instructor Pozoia to put a hand out. “Bikes, recruit,” the cerulean said, jerking his head in the way he wanted Sollux to go. “Ualona, take the pool.”

Ualona paused, blinking as he shook his head. “Huh?”

“The pool, Ualona,” Pozoia said, pointing.

“Oh, right, right.” Ualona trudged over to the pool, rubbing his eyes before jumping into the water. Sollux paused, but turned away to climb onto one of the exercise bikes. They’d all been a little out of it since yesterday.

After a half hour a loud splash caught Sollux’s attention, and he turned his head to see Ualona starting to flounder in the pool. Something seemed off-- his movements were erratic, head lolling to the side and dipping into the water a few seconds at a time. Sollux lifted a hand, catching the instructor’s attention and pointing. “Sir? Ualona needs help.”

Instructor Pozoia glanced up from his tablet, looking down his nose at Ualona’s struggle. “He can help himself, or drown,” he said, swiping his finger across his tablet.

Sollux hesitated before lifting his feet from his bike’s pedals, hopping off just as Trisia touched down from the climbing wall. “No, look,” he said. Ualona was starting to dip more and more, audibly choking every time he surfaced.

“He can’t even move his arms!” Trisia grabbed onto the instructor’s arm, only for Pozoia to jerk it away with a purse of his lips.

“Go ahead and help him,” Pozoia said. He met Sollux’s eyes, then Trisia’s, face set. “That’ll be a demerit on both your records.”

Sollux’s breath caught in his throat, and all his concern for Ualona melted away as Rapard’s words echoed in his ears. Automatically his learned responses kicked in, disassociating him from the situation at hand and rooting him to the ground until Ophlia charged past him with the surging fury of a freighter.

“Ualona!” The purple bounded across the gym’s floor in a matter of seconds, light on her feet as she made a beeline for the pool. Instructor Pozoia let out a soft sigh, and grabbed onto Ophlia’s horn as she passed and pinched at the base. Ophlia seized up, hesitating just long enough for Pozoia to drive his shoulder into the much larger troll’s chest and bowling her onto her back. Ophlia roared, eyes reddening before Pozoia stomped his foot onto her throat and cut her off. “No,” she croaked. “No, save him! Bastard! He doesn’t deserve to die!���

Ualona surfaced from a minute-long stint underwater then, screaming with a fury in contrast with his sluggish movements. “Rosmer!”

Rosmer froze in place, turning his head just enough to indicate he’d even noticed. “Yes, Ualona?” His whisper barely made it over the sound of Ualona’s splashing and Ophlia’s choking from the ground.

“Bastard!” Ualona sank again, kicking and driving himself into the wall. He surfaced again, voice burbling around the water in his throat before he could speak again. “Rat! What did you put in that cookie?” He let out a wet sob, choking. “I don’t want to die! Please, don’t let me die-- fffkrk--” Once again he fell beneath the surface of the water, and Sollux wasn’t surprised that he did not rise again. A sense of finality settled over him as he watched the water, and another voice of the doomed went silent.

Rosmer walked to the edge of the pool, watching as Ualona’s body drifted up to the surface. Without warning he spat into the water, turning back to face the others. “Sorry, that was rude,” he said. He smiled, but his eyes remained vacant and glassy. “You all saw his chat messages. He put us all in danger.”

Sollux looked past Rosmer, barely registering the sound of Ophlia continuing to wheeze and the dull thud of Trisia landing a mean right hook to Rosmer’s jaw. Rosmer’s glasses clattered in front of Sollux, but he didn’t move as he continued staring at Ualona’s body. 

For a moment he saw Karkat, curly hair floating in the water. 

Sollux blinked, and the vision faded. He tried to feel something, anything for the rust he’d considered a friend, but nothing came to him except a dull resignation. 

If he didn’t want to end up like Ualona, dead in the water, he had to play his part.

[translightyagami]

anon asked: 12 for the Horror prompt!

sorry to post it not as an ask, but i didn’t want to chance not having the read more cut!

12: finding out that one of your closest friends/family/significant other is a monster 

(vampire Light au with Mikami)

Mikami doesn’t think very hard about the blood; he isn’t a person who believes his own body to be holy. Some people do, and their sacred bodies are their business, but Mikami isn’t thinking about the blood as his loss. What he thinks of is the new budget sheet that his left hand sketches out while his right arm lays across the oak desk, an IV taped to his elbow and crimson silk siphoning out a tube into little bags. These bags are shaped like meal replacement packages; oh the cleverness of God to make his blood appear so mundane.

On the couch is God, fingers fidgeting with a loose button down sleeve. All his clothes after the attack have been wider, like petals floating just around his figure, and he says his skin is too sensitive for tight fabric. Every part of God feels at a degree beyond humanity and for that, Mikami is both remorseful for his Kira and also joyous. Strength in all senses is what a man wants from his ruler, even if now the ruler gains strength from blood alone.

Between writing, Mikami flips his gaze from paper to God’s recline on the couch: he sees him in snapshots; a sinewy throat bearing two parallel scars, a strong jaw, the waist of a ballet performer. Mikami remembers first meeting God in the yellow warehouse and thoughts of dancers who appeared slim for no other reason than their skin only contained muscle. It was a body of efficiency. Brown hair falls limp on his cheeks when God turns his face toward Mikami and his eyes sink, weighed down by hunger.

He watches the blood flow out of Mikami. He licks his lips. Do the actions make God a monster? Mikami doesn’t think so. With a quick pen mark, he denotes a subtraction from office cafeteria supplies. Fancy food isn’t a requirement. With only ink scratches as music for them, he wonders if God is bored or just absent. Nothing has been said between them for an hour; a man wants conversation with God.

“Have you ever seen ballet?” Mikami asks. “Performed it?”

“No.” God’s voice, although raspy, is winsome and he smiles despite his pallid complexion. “My sister wanted to be a dancer when she was younger, but I didn’t think it was quite for me. I played tennis.”

“Ah,” Mikami nods. “Athletic.”

“In a way.” God folds his hands on his stomach, eyes on the IV and throat jumping each swallow. “I quit after junior league. No more challenge to it. You go to the gym often, don’t you?”

Dizziness laps at his mind’s edge but abates as Mikami shakes his head. “Yes,” he says. “When you’re well, I’ll take you. Show you my routine.” He doesn’t quell his heart’s flutter when suggesting to God they exercise together. “You’ll be an excellent gym partner.”

“Much experience with gym partners?” God lifts his thumb to his bared teeth—a flash of fang before his lips purse—and chews a hangnail.

“Some,” Mikami says. “Not many.”

Silence blankets them again with only the wet whine of God’s chewing left to fill the room. Mikami marks an addition to envelope supply—they’ve been contacted by foreign companies interested in the legal details of Kira’s rule; letters need to be sent. His line goes crooked at a loud, powerful moan from God, who clutches his stomach and bends into himself. Keening grunts and unhappiness grow as God ripples through pained convulsions. Mikami rockets to his feet, but is held to his desk by the IV.

God tilts his head, his face sideways and chin pointed at Mikami. His neck is a soft bridge; his mouth corners pull out, show all his teeth including those spindle-like fangs, and split his expression into hungry eyes above, tortured jaw beneath.

“Teru,” he whines. “I can’t wait.”

Couch tumbling away in a clatter, God shoves himself toward the desk and it too crumples under his knees as he propels into it. Mikami holds the edge, stays in his shoulder-width stance, and now God and he stare into each other’s eyes. He doesn’t look, but drool dribbles from God’s mouth. Their gazes both trail to the IV’s sluggish dredge and Mikami lays his hand over the tape holding down the needle.

“Is this what you need?” He slowly peels away the tape, a prickling pain following the release, and tosses it away. “You’re hungry,” Mikami says, his fingers a gentle tug that pulls the needle from his skin as God’s golden stare darts from steel to flesh. “Don’t wait. It’s yours.”

Blood spurts from his now-unprotected puncture and God drops his mouth to it. First, he licks the wound in long, languid gasps at odds with his frantic hands pushing Mikami’s arm closer to his face. Then, his lips seal around the skin and in a magnificent expression of bliss, God sucks loose whatever blood he can. Some red pools at lip corners, makes tiny icicle drips on the paling skin, but Mikami doesn’t think of the blood. His thoughts scamper and pirouette over God’s shut eyes with lashes fanned over his cheeks, God’s tight fingers on his bicep that nearly crush the muscle, and God himself mewling through his consumption. He hesitates before carding a nervous hand through the brown hair, which grows fuller, shinier as blood leaves Mikami’s body and flushes God through, becoming in his use something new; a holy restoration.

[starfaring-princelotor]

Lotor's Gift - Too Many Questions

This is Chapter 2, for your pleasure, Sire. I do hope it brings you a little distraction.  Lotor X Reader.  Still SFW, at least for the moment.

You counted approximately 3 seconds before all hell broke loose around you.  You still could hardly see anything because of your battered face and damaged eyes, but the yelling from the guards and the whipping sound of a sword slicing through the air were all you needed to hear to know who the combatants were.  The shimmering from the necklace in your pocket was rather dazzling.

Lotor was here.

You were trying to break free from the guard’s grasp, his hand tightening around your bicep, easily subduing you, but that didn’t stop you from growling and fighting with everything you had.  Letting your legs go weak threw him off balance and he came crashing down to the floor on top of you.

“I’m going to slice you to pieces,” he threatened. “You’re protecting a fucking traitor and you. will. die.”

“Not today she won’t,” said a deep female voice.  You looked around in vain, trying to determine what was happening, all while the sounds of heated combat echoed off the hallway walls.  The owner of the voice was standing over you and the fallen guard, when suddenly she lifted him off you and threw him into the advancing soldiers coming as reinforcements.

“It’s better if you don’t see this,” a cheeky female voice said in your ear as your world went dark.  A black fabric bag was slipped over your head and a sharp slap hit your jaw.  Only you realized it wasn’t aimed for your jaw.  It was actually meant to explode the little pouch sewn into the bag.  It was a packet filled with a scented powder of some kind that smelled…sweet…and…uh…what where you thinking? What was happening?  You couldn’t think straight, but you wouldn’t go down without a fight.  You struggled to get to your feet, but the owner of the cheeky voice pushed you down.

“Wow, you really don’t know when to stop, do you?” she said.  “It’s time to take a nap now.”  You felt a harder blow to the back of your head making the floor spin beneath you.

“The Witch is coming,” you heard a voice you recognized.  It was the general who had kept Lotor on his schedule the last time you saw him.  “We need to end this now,” she commanded.

“Lotor…” you groaned as everything went quiet around you and you felt yourself falling away.

* * * * *

Slowly the world was coming back to you.  You hurt everywhere but at least you could move your arms and legs independently again.  This meant you were free of your bonds, but, where were you?  You attempted to sit up, your body protesting every move you tried to make.  You let out a soft moan while you struggled when a hand gently pressed against your shoulder, helping you lay back down on what you assumed was a medical bed.  You could feel a presence sitting next to you, their hip a light pressure against your thigh.

“You surprised me, my dear,” he said.  “I was not expecting to see you again so soon.”  Lotor’s voice was such a welcome sound.  You tried to open your eyes, but it was an exercise in futility.  You were completely dependent on Lotor’s good humor to get you around until the swelling abated.

“Where…” you coughed, feeling like your throat was full of cotton.  “Where…” you tried again.

“Here, let’s drink some water, shall we?” he said, not really asking.  He slid one arm under your shoulder to help you sit up a bit while the other hand placed the glass against your lips.  “This will help clear you of the blossom’s heavy sedative.”

You gratefully took a few sips, noticing the water had a little thicker consistency than you were used to at the outpost.

“Now, then.  What did you wish to ask?” he said softly, helping you lay back down. 

“Where are we?” you managed to croak out to him.

“We are on my ship, heading as far from my father and the Witch as we can get,” he said with a chill to his voice.  “What are you doing so far from the outpost?  You didn’t strike me as a deep space traveler.”

“I’m not.  I mean, I have but, usually I don’t have a reason to go chasing after people,” you answered, remembering the hasty departure you made after getting the word about the Galra’s plans to kill Lotor.  There simply hadn’t been time to plan properly which led to your capture.

You had slipped onto a departing Galra cargo ship which had recently refueled and was heading straight to Zarkon with its supplies.  Knowing most of the schematics of the storage areas of the Galra shipping class vessels there were many little nooks and crannies you could hide away in, but you didn’t count on one thing.  A thermal scanner had been employed on the floor you chose as the best place to conceal yourself, and you were detected just before the ship arrived at its destination.  The Lieutenant wasn’t pleased to have a stowaway and a human one at that, which is how your face ended up against the butt end of a blaster.    

“Might I inquire as to why you were trying to find me?  Anything you wished to discuss we could have done on the safety of your planet,” Lotor said.  You could feel his eyes on your face, searching for anything that would give you away as a spy.  It wouldn’t have been the first time the Galra had sent someone so improbable to try and take him down, and you were sure it wouldn’t be the last as long as Zarkon drew breath.

Your voice cracked as you felt the tears fall from your eyes.  “You had to know, I had some important news for you.  Life or death!  Oh, Lotor, they’re planning to kill you.” you cried to him, struggling to force your way up off the bed.  “I needed to warn you, I couldn’t let it happen!”

His arms wrapped around you as you continued to sob, fearful of what could have been a devastating outcome.  “What if the leak was just to draw you out?  What if I took the bait and almost sprung the trap for you?”  You were starting to become unraveled. “I could have killed you,” you whispered, shuddering violently.  He held you a little tighter, stroking his left hand up and down your back in a soothing manner.

“Shhh, it’s ok, really.  They’ll have to catch me first,” he said with all of the confidence of a very skilled and experienced commander.  “My father is proficient in battle, but he is old, and his maneuvers are easily brushed aside.  The Witch, on the other hand, well, she can be very deviously underhanded.  She has an entire network of well-placed individuals in nearly every quadrant, always ready to report to her.  If this was her doing you would hardly be the first to have fallen for her schemes.”

He slowly laid you back onto the pillows, noticing the tears still falling from your eyes.  You could hear the sound of water dripping as if from a cloth being wrung out.

“This will help a bit with the injury to your face,” he said, placing the warm cloth over your eyes.  “It has an anti-swelling medication in it that should allow you to see properly in a few minutes.  It doesn’t appear that the guards did any permanent damage.”  He brushed your hair back from your face and immediately stroked his hand through it, stopping when he came to the bump you had received by one of his generals.

“When did you get this one?” he asked.

“Some woman did it just after she put the bag over my head,” you answered, unable to see the scowl that had come across Lotor’s face.

“Hmmmm.  I believe I shall have to have a conversation with my generals.  When I say a person is not to be harmed, they must obey my orders without question,” Lotor said.

You could feel him leave the bed where he had been sitting near you.  Listening was the strongest sense you had at the moment and you heard his boots walking rather quietly across the floor.  You sat up again in a panic. “Lotor!” you called out, frantically, pulling the damp cloth from your eyes and flinging it away.

“Don’t worry, dearest, I’m not leaving you,” he said, warmly.  “I’m merely retrieving a different treatment for that head injury.”  You could hear him moving several glass bottles around and pouring different liquids together.  The familiar sound of a glass stirring rod was lightly clinking off the sides of the beaker as Lotor mixed the concoction.  You were amazed at the heightened awareness you had of the sounds and smells around you.  You could tell you were in a different class of warship just by the sounds of the engines, but nothing like the battle cruisers that frequented the Ulippa system.  Usually those were the best equipped to get out that far into space.

His quiet footfalls indicated he was nearly back to your side.  If you hadn’t heard him you could definitely tell his closeness by his scent. It was a very faint musk, almost non-existent but you could pick it up with your heightened awareness.  Reaching around your shoulders he steadied you, letting you know his place in the space around you.  He sat close to you and positioned your back into his chest.  You let your head fall against his shoulder as he placed the beaker to your lips. 

“Drink all of this,” he said.  “I will warn you it tastes rather unpleasant and bitter, but it will eliminate the pain and help reduce the inflammation you have everywhere…well, nearly everywhere,” he said.  You could almost feel the smirk in his voice at his last words, your face turning a lovely shade of pink.

You opened your mouth and Lotor poured the contents down your throat.  You immediately started coughing, afraid you were going to vomit.  That would be mortifying.

You heard the glass being placed on a table while the hand around your shoulder curled up to your neck and his fingers slowly started to trace your jawline, distracting you from the awful taste of the medicine.  He leaned his head to your ear and murmured, “I am humbled you made the journey all for me.  Just to warn me, to protect me.”  His voice rumbled and thrummed through your body as you felt his words more than heard them.

He slowly licked along the shell of your ear, stopping at the lobe to give it a slight bite.  You took a deep breath and let out a sigh.  “Oh, that’s…oh,” you stammered.

Lotor laughed lightly.  “You like that, do you?” he asked with a playful lilt.  “Let’s see what else you might like, hmm?”

At that moment the com signaled from the helm.  “Prince Lotor, we’ve got company.” It was that same general.  You were getting the feeling that she was the one keeping Lotor to his schedule as well as warning him when he became too, well, distracted.

He sighed, “Yes, Acxa.  I assumed they would find us, but not this quickly.  Scan the ship for bugs, if you please.  I’ll be to the bridge momentarily.”

He stood up.  “We will continue our conversation once I have us safely out of range of their Ion Cannons.  It should not take long.  Please, rest here, and I’ll return soon.”  He started to turn and stopped.

“You might want to buckle yourself in.  This could get a little rough,” he said, sounding slightly angry at the entire affair.

You closed your eyes and went to lay back in the pillows, listening to his steps as he crossed the room.

You nearly jumped out of your skin when you felt his lips softly press yours in a sweet yet persistent kiss.  You reached up to cup his face, but he caught your hand.

“If I let you start touching me, I will not be leaving this room, and, unfortunately, I have to see to our immediate safety,” he said with a sultry tone.  Your eyes shot open, looking deeply into his.  “I promise, there is much more to come, once I know you’re safe.”  He stood up and quickly strode away, heading towards the door.  You realized you were watching him walk away without the blurry vision you were suffering earlier.  His medical treatments were working extremely efficiently.

You noticed your necklace sitting on the small table near your bed.  It was shining radiantly, sending prisms all over the room.  You put it on, so it wouldn’t be lost in the upcoming evasive maneuvers you were sure were imminent.  Grabbing the restraining belts on the bed you strapped yourself in, knowing you were too weak to get out of bed yet, no matter how quickly the medicine was working.  Settling back in the pillows you couldn’t help but release a large sigh.  You reached up with your right hand and placed your fingers against your lips.

Lotor had kissed you.  And you never saw it coming.

[apocalypsolollipop]

Lotor's Gift - Too Many Questions

You counted approximately 3 seconds before all hell broke loose around you.  You still could hardly see anything because of your battered face and damaged eyes, but the yelling from the guards and the whipping sound of a sword slicing through the air were all you needed to hear to know who the combatants were.  The shimmering from the necklace in your pocket was rather dazzling.

Lotor was here.

You were trying to break free from the guard’s grasp, his hand tightening around your bicep, easily subduing you, but that didn’t stop you from growling and fighting with everything you had.  Letting your legs go weak threw him off balance and he came crashing down to the floor on top of you.

“I’m going to slice you to pieces,” he threatened. “You’re protecting a fucking traitor and you. will. die.”

“Not today she won’t,” said a deep female voice.  You looked around in vain, trying to determine what was happening, all while the sounds of heated combat echoed off the hallway walls.  The owner of the voice was standing over you and the fallen guard, when suddenly she lifted him off you and threw him into the advancing soldiers coming as reinforcements.

“It’s better if you don’t see this,” a cheeky female voice said in your ear as your world went dark.  A black fabric bag was slipped over your head and a sharp slap hit your jaw.  Only you realized it wasn’t aimed for your jaw.  It was actually meant to explode the little pouch sewn into the bag.  It was a packet filled with a scented powder of some kind that smelled…sweet…and…uh…what where you thinking? What was happening?  You couldn’t think straight, but you wouldn’t go down without a fight.  You struggled to get to your feet, but the owner of the cheeky voice pushed you down.

“Wow, you really don’t know when to stop, do you?” she said.  “It’s time to take a nap now.”  You felt a harder blow to the back of your head making the floor spin beneath you.

“The witch is coming,” you heard a voice you recognized.  It was the general who had kept Lotor on his schedule the last time you saw him.  “We need to end this now,” she commanded.

“Lotor…” you groaned as everything went quiet around you and you felt yourself falling away.

* * * * *

Slowly the world was coming back to you.  You hurt everywhere but at least you could move your arms and legs independently again.  This meant you were free of your bonds, but, where were you?  You attempted to sit up, your body protesting every move you tried to make.  You let out a soft moan while you struggled when a hand gently pressed against your shoulder, helping you lay back down on what you assumed was a medical bed.  You could feel a presence sitting next to you, their hip a light pressure against your thigh.

“You surprised me, my dear,” he said.  “I was not expecting to see you again so soon.”  Lotor’s voice was such a welcome sound.  You tried to open your eyes, but it was an exercise in futility.  You were completely dependent on Lotor’s good humor to get you around until the swelling abated.

“Where…” you coughed, feeling like your throat was full of cotton.  “Where…” you tried again.

“Here, let’s drink some water, shall we?” he said, not really asking.  He slid one arm under your shoulder to help you sit up a bit while the other hand placed the glass against your lips.  “This will help clear you of the blossom’s heavy sedative.”

You gratefully took a few sips, noticing the water had a little thicker consistency than you were used to at the outpost.

“Now, then.  What did you wish to ask?” he said gently helping you lay back down. 

“Where are we?” you managed to croak out to him.

“We are on my ship, heading as far from my father and the Witch as we can get,” he said with a chill to his voice.  “What are you doing so far from the outpost?  You didn’t strike me as a deep space traveler.”

“I’m not.  I mean, I have but, usually I don’t have a reason to go chasing after people,” you answered, remembering the hasty departure you made after getting the word about the Galra’s plans to kill Lotor.  There simply hadn’t been time to plan properly which led to your capture.

You had slipped onto a departing Galra cargo ship which had recently refueled and was heading straight to Zarkon with its supplies.  Knowing most of the schematics of the storage areas of the Galra shipping class vessels there were many little nooks and crannies you could hide away in, but you didn’t count on one thing.  A thermal scanner had been employed on the floor you chose as the best place to conceal yourself, and you were detected just before the ship arrived at its destination.  The Liutentent wasn’t pleased to have a stowaway and a human one at that, which is how your face ended up against the butt end of a blaster.    

“Might I inquire as to why you were trying to find me?  Anything you wished to discuss we could have done on the safety of your planet,” Lotor said.  You could feel his eyes on your face, searching for anything that would give you away as a spy.  It wouldn’t have been the first time the Galra had sent someone so improbable to try and take him down, and you were sure it wouldn’t be the last as long as Zarkon drew breath.

Your voice cracked as you felt the tears fall from your eyes.  “You had to know, I had some important news for you.  Life or death!  Oh, Lotor, they’re planning to kill you.” you cried to him, struggling to force your way up off the bed.  “I needed to warn you, I couldn’t let it happen!”

His arms wrapped around you as you continued to sob, fearful of what could have been a devastating outcome.  “What if the leak was just to draw you out?  What if I took the bait and almost sprung the trap for you?”  You were starting to become unraveled. “I could have killed you,” you whispered, shuddering violently.  He held you a little tighter, stroking his left hand up and down your back in a soothing manner.

“Shhh, it’s ok, really.  They’ll have to catch me first,” he said with all of the confidence of a very skilled and experienced commander.  “My father is experienced in battle, but he is old, and his maneuvers are easily brushed aside.  The Witch, on the other hand, well, she can be very deviously underhanded.  She has an entire network of well-placed individuals in nearly every quadrant, always ready to report to her.  If this was her doing you would hardly be the first to have fallen for her schemes.”

He slowly laid you back onto the pillows, noticing the tears still dripping from your eyes.  You could hear the sound of water dripping as if from a cloth being wrung out.

“This will help a bit with the injury to your face,” he said, placing the warm cloth over your eyes.  “It has an anti-swelling medication in it that should allow you to see properly in a few minutes.  It doesn’t appear that the guards did any permanent damage.”  He brushed your hair back from your face and immediately stroked his hand through it, stopping when he came to the bump on your head.

“When did you get this one?” he asked.

“Some woman did it just after she put the bag over my head,” you answered, unable to see the scowl that had come across Lotor’s face.

“Hmmmm.  I believe I shall have to have a conversation with my generals.  When I say a person is not to be harmed, they must obey my orders without question,” Lotor said.

You could feel him leave the bed where he had been sitting near you.  Listening was the strongest sense you had at the moment and you heard his boots walking rather quietly across the floor.  You sat up again in a panic. “Lotor!” you called out, frantically, pulling the damp cloth from your eyes and flinging it away.

“Don’t worry, dearest, I’m not leaving you,” he said, warmly.  “I’m merely retrieving a different treatment for that head injury.”  You could hear him moving several glass bottles around and pouring different liquids together.  The familiar sound of a glass stirring rod was lightly clinking off the sides of the beaker as Lotor mixed the concoction.  You were amazed at the heightened awareness you had of the sounds and smells around you.  You could tell you were in a different class of warship just by the sounds of the engines, but nothing like the battle cruisers that frequented the Ulippa system.  Usually those were the best equipped to get out that far into space.

His quiet footfalls indicated he was nearly back to your side.  Reaching around your shoulders he steadied you, letting you know his place in the space around you.  He sat close to you and positioned your back into his chest.  You let your head fall against his shoulder as he placed the beaker to your lips. 

“Drink all of this,” he said.  “I will warn you it tastes rather unpleasant and bitter, but it will eliminate the pain and help reduce the inflammation you have everywhere…well, nearly everywhere,” he said.  You could almost feel the smirk in his voice at his last words, your face turning a lovely shade of pink.

You opened your mouth and Lotor poured the contents down your throat.  You immediately started coughing, afraid you were going to vomit.  That would be mortifying.

You heard the glass being placed on a table while the hand around your shoulder curled up to your neck and his fingers slowly started to trace your jawline, distracting you from the awful taste of the medicine.  He leaned his head to your ear and whispered, “I am humbled you made the journey all for me.  Just to warn me, to protect me.”  His voice rumbled and thrummed through your body as you felt his words more than heard them.

He slowly licked along the shell of your ear, stopping at the lobe to give it a slight bite.  You took a deep breath and let out a sigh.  “Oh, that’s…oh,” you stammered.

Lotor laughed lightly.  “You like that, do you?” he asked with a playful lilt.  “Let’s see what else you might like, hmm?”

At that moment the com signaled from the helm.  “Prince Lotor, we’ve got company.” It was that same general.  You were getting the feeling that she was the one keeping Lotor to his schedule as well as warning him when he became too, well, distracted.

He sighed, “Yes, Acxa.  I assumed they would find us but not this quickly.  Scan the ship for bugs, if you please.  I’ll be to the bridge momentarily.”

He stood up.  “We will continue our conversation once I have us safely out of range of their Ion Cannons.  It should not take long.  Please, rest here, and I’ll return soon.”  He started to turn and stopped.

“You might want to buckle yourself in.  This could get a little rough,” he said, sounding a little angry at the entire affair.

You nearly jumped out of your skin when you felt his lips softly press yours in a sweet yet persistent kiss.  You reached up to cup his face, but he caught your hand.

“If I let you start touching me I will not be leaving this room, and, unfortunately, I have to see to our immediate safety,” he said with a sultry tone.  “I promise, there is much more to come, once I know you’re safe.”  He stood up and quickly strode out of the room.  You realized you were watching him walk away without the blurry vision you were suffering earlier.  His medical treatments were working extremely quickly.

You noticed your necklace sitting on the night table near your bed.  It was shining radiantly, sending prisms all over the room.  You put it on so it wouldn’t be lost in the upcoming evasive maneuvers you were sure were coming.  Grabbing the restraining belts on the bed you strapped yourself in, knowing you were too weak to get out of bed yet, no matter how quickly the medicine was working.  Settling back in the pillows you couldn’t help but release a large sigh.  You reached up with your right hand and placed your fingers against your lips.

Lotor had kissed you.  And you never saw it coming.

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Mirror Mirror V.2 (Part 9)

Note: Omg the freaking dialogue. Blargh, no wonder this chapter was so long. So much easier to float around in someones head instead of have them hold a conversation. Sorry guys, this is probably the only one for today. I tromped around in the hot sun for two hours and now I feel terrible. Enjoy!

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Keith has brought back his prod. Every muscle in Shiro’s body spasms and screams. Twists him against his binds until his flesh gives and his tendons wrench. There is no air left in his lungs, mouth locked open in a silent scream. Can’t think. Can’t plead. The current stops, Keith sneers, but his chest hearts, burns deep inside. Head light as air, spinning on the teacups. Pain, streaking pain. Keith’s lips move, more words, but he can’t hear. His ears listening through an ocean. The world is fading at the edges. Growing dark…slipping away…he can’t hold……

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Shouting voices, clattering metal, alarms? Nothing coherent, a world painted in blurry water colors. His chest aches, like someone has taken a hammer to it. Someone has spilled ink on the painting, tendrils overtaking the colo……

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Bright, painfully bright, an arena’s spotlight in his eyes. He can’t turn away, can’t protect his sight. “Taikashee Shirogainee” Deep bellows, a dream? Reality? Mountains mangling his name around stalactite fangs, “Can you hear me?” Head set in stone, can’t nod. A crack in the place of his voice, maybe yes, maybe the rock understands, “Basic cognitive functions seem to be intact. We’ll have to wait until he is more full recove-”……

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Anger, rage, Keith, “When will he wake up!” Pain, this promises pain.

“Give him time, my prince. His condition was dire.” The deep voice sounds familiar but from where?

“I have given you time. More than enough time, and he still isn’t conscious.” He should say something. Redirect the anger before it grows too fierce. Keith will be mad at him if he doesn’t……

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Scratchy sheets against his skin. Not warm, but not cold. Aches but no sharp tears. Shiro opens his eyes. Where is he? Everything echos of dejavu, but from when? Don’t try. If his mind has forgotten, then nightmares probably rest there.

“Ah good, you’re awake.” Deep voice, he’s heard it before. Oh, Galra, medical uniform. He was one of the ones with needles full of sickness and claims to make his wounds better. He must be in the medical wing. Patient room?

“Drink this.” Something is shoved in his face. Cup, he can’t see inside, but is that a bendy straw? Shiro smiles. Who would have thought the Galra would create something so simple and familiar. His lips crack around the motion, his throat sandpaper. He’s so thirsty. He pulls cool water in desperate little sips. The doctor takes it away long before he’s quenched.

The Galra pick up a tablet, opens up some program, “What is your name?” The doctor asks.

Surely, he already knows who Shiro is. The Galra are quite efficient with their files, but sarcasm towards the one treating him will only lead to unnecessary pain, “Takashi Shirogane,” His voice doesn’t sound like his own. Too rough and cracked.

A click, checklist, seeing if something is wrong with his memory. He’s done this before, “Where were you born?”

“Earth” The Galra use a different designation, but he refuses to say it. His home isn’t their’s to name.

“How many fingers am I holding up?” The doctor holds up two clawed fingers.

“Two.”

“Do you know what happened?”

Pain, so much pain, “I was tortured,” He whispers.

“Electrocuted to be precise. I told the prince that your system wasn’t strong enough for prolonged exposure, but does he listen to me. No, of course not.” The doctor grumbles, “Your mental functions don’t seem to have been affected from oxygen deprivation. Thank the Emperor. The fit that would be thrown if you came back an idiot.” The doctor finishes filling out his form and sets the tablet down, “The prince will be down in a moment. Try not to pass out between now and then. You will not like how you are woken back up.” Is that a threat or advice? It can be hard to tell with them. There’s nothing else, a few more readings are recorded and Shiro is left alone to wait.

Staying awakes isn’t a problem. He’s not tired. The Galra don’t believe in waisting pain medication on prisoners. The most a gladiator could hope for is a sedative to keep them still. If he’d been given anything, it has long worn off. Keith arrives before he can grow bored of accessing his injuries.

The prince isn’t angry. That’s not right. He should be furious Shiro had evaded his punishment. His rage has never abated without his concession before, but there is nothing but relief on his face. Keith rushes to his bedside. Shiro flinches, as he’s dragged into a hug. The arms around him hurt, carelessly squeezing against his abused skin. He dare not complain. This is the happiest he’s seen his captor since his refusal to fight. Maybe he’s been forgiven.

Keith releases him from the bone crushing hug, looking him up and down, making sure he’s okay. Shiro isn’t prepared for the fist crashing into his jaw, “Are you happy now!” Keith screams at him, wrenching Shiro’s face around before he can recover.

“You nearly died.” Keith raps his knuckles against the electrical burn over Shiro’s heart. It hurts, he wants to back away, but Keith holds him still with nails in his cheek, “After everything I’ve done. After all the work I put into bringing you back. You can’t just be grateful.”

Keith shoves him back, storms through the room, pacing and gesturing wildly, “You always have to push! Refuse to do as you’re told, and look where its gotten you!” Keith whirls around, stalks towards him and jabs his finger against Shiro’s burn, “Your heart stopped Takashi. The doctors told me you might wake up a vegetable.”

The strength fades from Keith’s voice, his face crumples, and his eyes shine with unshed tears, “Why do you do this to yourself?” Shaking fingers are touching Shiro’s cheek, “Why couldn’t you just do what I asked?” He’s being hugged again, desperately tight.

“I’m sorry,” What else can Shiro say, when presented with this?

“You better be.” Keith lets him go, “You aren’t allowed to leave me again.”

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Keith’s performance has been suffering. He didn’t notice at first, so obsessed with making sure that his brand new set of issues didn’t interfere with his own, but as he has grown more comfortable, he’s started to see outside of himself again. Keith is very obviously losing a step.

The first time he’d asked, Keith just told him he was a bit tired and not to worry. Shiro didn’t press. Keith would handle his problem now the he was made aware others were noticing, and for a while he did. Keith pulls himself back together, watches the other paladin’s backs, and if he is unusually quiet, well Shiro is too. He is not in a position to judge.

Things don’t last. Eventually, Keith starts slipping again. Banging into rocky surfaces when precision flying Red. Failing to fully guard Lance’s back during group exercises. Taking one too many hits when solo training with the bots. The final straw is when Keith nods off during breakfast. Shiro has to intervene. He’s the leader of Voltron. It would be a dereliction of duty to allow this to progress any further. Left to fester this issue could potentially endanger one of their missions.

He’s not cruel. He doesn’t speak to Keith then and there. In front of his teammates and the Alteans. Shiro waits until he can pull Keith into a side room to confront him. Even if his chest tightens the moment they are alone together.

Keith doesn’t look good. There are dark bags under his eyes. His reaction time is just a moment more delayed than normal. His whole body seems to be sagging under the weight of exhaustion. He shouldn’t have waited so long to speak to him. A good leader shouldn’t let things gets this bad before intervening.

“How much rack time have you been getting?” Straight to the point has always been the best approach when dealing with Keith.

“Seven hours,” Keith says, bullshitting him straight to his face. He’s seen Keith on seven hours of sleep a night. He doesn’t look like this.

“Don’t lie to me,” Shiro adopts his old mentor tone, the coaxing one instead of ordering. Keith responds better when he doesn’t demand, “You look like a walking zombie. How much sleep have you been getting?” He asks again.

“Enough,” Keith replies obstinately. Brick walls had nothing on Keith Kogane.

So this is how it’s going to be. Shiro scrubs at his face, he doesn’t have anywhere better to be, but this could go on for hours depending on how stubborn Keith decides to be, “You nearly face planted in your food goo this morning.” He reminds him, “If that’s enough, I’d hate to see what too little looks like.”

Keith eyes cut away from him, staring off at nothing in particular, “I’m handling it, okay,” Keith says, “You don’t have to worry.”

“Keith, I’m responsible for this team’s performance.” The same thing he’d had to keep telling himself, when working up for this conversation, “It’s my job to worry.”

“That’s the fucking problem.” Keith mutters.

What? “Excuse me?” Shiro says.

Keith flushes, apparently he hadn’t meant to say that out loud, “No, forget I said anything. I’ll go get some sleep. Your leaderly duties are satisfied.” Keith makes a break for the exit, but Shiro blocks his path. Barring the door with his arm.

“I’m not just going to forget it.” He says, letting some of his building frustration leak into his voice. Since when had Keith been so unwilling to just tell him what he’s thinking? “Explain what you mean, how is my worrying the problem.”

“That’s not what I meant!” Keith shouts, “You’re getting it all wrong.” Keith crosses his arms. He looks like he’s trying to give himself a hug. What had he missed? What had he let build due to his own discomfort?

“Then tell me, and I can get it right.” Neither of them are going anywhere until this is resolved. He won’t let interpersonal issues compromise Voltron.

Keith knows him. Knows Shiro can be just as stubborn if not more stubborn than him. The younger man caves, “You were gone again, Shiro…” Keith starts, then trails off. Losing himself on the way to next sentence.

“You mean when I changed universes.” Shiro offers, a cue to jog his thoughts.

Keith nods, “Yeah, I’d finally gotten you back, after so long we were together again and things were right.” Keith’s lips turn up in a shaky smile, “Then…then, then you disappeared!” Keith’s eyes squeeze shut at the declaration, as if the thought physically pains him before opening them again, “There wasn’t a body, just like last time. You were gone, poof. Without a trace. We-I didn’t even know if you were still alive.” Keith’s staring somewhere around Shiro’s chest, but he’s not seeing him. Keith’s looking at an empty cockpit, “Even once we found out what happened, space is 99 percent empty. Slav calculated the odds of you going somewhere with oxygen and survivable temperature ranges. They were astronomical. He thought we were bringing your body back for a funeral.”

He’d never thought. He’d been so preoccupied trying to handle himself, keep everything that happened away from the the others. He never stopped to think what the search for him had been like. They thought they were bringing home a corpse, “I’m sorry.” He should have realized what his disappearance would have been like for Keith.

“Don’t, don’t apologize, it’s not your fault.” Keith absolves him off handedly, “Besides, that’s not the real issue.” There’s more?

“Then what is?” Shiro asks.

“I always believed you were alive. Just like after the ‘pilot error’,” Keith sneers on the words, like they taste foul in his mouth, “I knew you were still out there. I just had to find you, but when I did, it didn’t feel like you came back.”

Keith takes a deep breath before continuing, “I used to have nightmares about looking for you at the Garrison. Running through the halls calling your name, but I could never find you.” Keith arms wrap tighter around himself with his confession. He sniffs wetly, “They stopped when you crash landed back on Earth. I thought they were gone for good.”

Keith reaches up to wipe his eyes roughly, “Then you went missing and I started having them about the Castle. Except this time they didn’t stop when we found you.” Keith’s ducking his head, hiding his face behind his hair, “You’re here, but you don’t feel like you’re really here.” His breath is hitching. This is all Shiro’s fault. He’s the one who’s been pushing Keith away without proper explanation. He’s the one who’s been treating his lover like a leper with no real time frame for them to come back together. He did this to him.

“Keith,” Shiro says softly. Carefully placing his arms around the smaller man. Keith leans into the hug, fingers curling into Shiro’s shirt. He buries his head against his shoulder. The spot Keith’s hiding his eyes is grows damp.

“I’m sorry, I’m so sorry,” Keith whispers. He’s trembling against Shiro. Too many emotions, suppressed for too long, “I shouldn’t be telling you this. You have your own problems. I’m so sorry.”

“Shhhh, it’s okay.” Shiro murmurs, gingerly petting Keith’s hair, “You didn’t do anything wrong. Everything is going to be okay.” Hesitantly, he presses a kiss to Keith’s temple. Keith cries harder.

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Title: Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid Summary: Cat Grant gives birth link at AO3 or read it behind the cut below.

Outside the DEO, it’s a very unspectacular day. Pleasant weather, sun shining, nobody invading or blowing anything up, making it a pleasant change from the previous day. Which is a good thing because inside the DEO is a completely different story. All hell is breaking loose there as doctors and nurses rush from point to point, checking monitors and outputs and requesting drugs.

Mostly for themselves.

After all, they’re working mostly in the dark and more than a few shins have been busted.

“AIEEEEEFFFFFUUUUUUCCCCCCCKKKKKKK!!!!!!!!!!”

And then there’s the screaming, shrieking really, loud—the decibel level enough to make a few people wonder about ear drum damage—and very profane to the point that ‘fuck’ is actually one of the more polite words heard. The DEO is staffed by professionals, many of them former military, special forces, and law enforcement, people who historically know their way around salty language.

At least one is eventually reduced to tears by the sheer rawness of what’s shouted.

“Just breathe,” Kara Danvers says and quickly starts demonstrating the breathing learned in hours of classes only to pull to a strangled halt as a hand clamps down on hers with a strength that would have anyone else screaming in agony. Even she winces as the next round of screams breaks forth.

“WE ARE NEVER HAVING SEX AGAIN!!!”

Cat Grant is having a baby. A hybrid. Kara’s child. And while she’s spent most of the pregnancy awash in hormones that have left her vacillating between horny-as-hell and kitteny-sweet, at that precise moment—not so much.

Actually, there are ravening beasts from the dankest pits of hell with more sweetness in them than Cat suffering through labor. She wants this baby. She loves this baby. And she really, really wants this baby out of her. Any delay in that process is not well received.

“It’s gonna be okay,” Kara whispers as she tenderly rubs Cat’s back. Super hearing lets her track the Cat’s and the baby’s heartbeats more efficiently than any of the monitors and she can hear them both, strong and steady.“You’re doing great.”

Standing next to the doctor in charge, Alex Danvers glances over at her sister as Cat responds. It’s not a pretty sight.

“I mean it!” Cat roars. ”You are never getting near me with your Kryptonian Vaginal Super Sperm™ ever again!”

Alex seriously considers fainting at that point. Seriously. Fainting. Dead. Away. Because this whole process has taught her far more about certain aspects of her sister’s private life than she ever wanted to know. Ever. Because she’s had to be intimately involved. She’s the one who figured out the mystery of Cat’s pregnancy when all hell was on the verge of breaking loose the first time because Kara panicked, thinking Cat had cheated and Cat panicked because she hadn’t.

Alex is the one who figured out that Kryptonian women don’t have ova—eggs—but rather cell clusters which, on Krypton met, mated and dated other cell clusters, on a very rare occasion during sex, but more often under the direction of a complicated computer system. Then after the mating and dating when they were all cuddled up and getting to know each other, the cell clusters worked together to build themselves a protective outer membrane, before settling down for some hardcore cellular division.

On Earth it went a little differently. The cell cluster encountered one of these newfangled Earth-type egg thingies, decided it quite liked this bit of innovation, moved in and one u-haul later, they were down to the serious business of babymaking.

Exactly how that meet and greet came about is one those things Alex sincerely wishes she didn’t know.

But she does since she’s the one tasked with tracking Cat’s pregnancy and setting the birth protocols. She been careful to consider what light does for Kara and what it might do for her baby when it’s being brought into the world by a very human female. Probably nothing will happen, but with a possible light powered, super baby on the way, and a very human, very slightly built mother pushing fifty, Alex has opted for caution. Which means the best doctors, as little light as possible and her presence in a situation where she really doesn’t want to know some things.

“Just keep breathing,” Kara soothes, still rubbing Cat’s back gently. “And I don’t have sperm,” she adds, her easy-going mien slipping just a little. “I have...whatever it’s called, but it’s not sperm.” Winn’s jokes have left her a little sensitive on that front.

“I’m pregnant, aren’t I?” Cat demands at ear-piercing decibels. “By that goddamned demon sex toy of yours.”

Alex moans, wavers on her feet, and adds the invention of brain bleach to her to-do list.

“I want that damned dildo from hell burned!” Cat shrieks. Her jaw clamps tight as she fights a scream and buries her face in Kara’s shoulder. “Can you even kill Kryptonian Super Sperm or is it as invulnerable as the rest of you?” she demands, her voice nowhere near muffled enough for the comfort of anyone in the room. Or any of the neighboring rooms either. “Is it still out there even now waiting to impregnate some innocent passer-by?”

“You were hardly innocent...or passing by,” Kara points out even as she snuggles Cat protectively close and looks toward her sister, her eyes showing her fear. Any jokes or sarcasm aside, Cat and this baby are everything to her.

“They’re okay,” Alex assures her. “Vitals are good, no distress.”

“The hell there’s no distress,” Cat growls.

“Shhhh, you’re safe,” Kara soothes, still rubbing and feeling hopelessly helpless since she can’t do anything else.

“I love you,” Cat mumbles into Kara’s shoulder when the latest contraction eases. She settles a hand on her belly, feeling the ripple of muscle and the shape of their baby. “I know I’m yelling and I’m sorry and I love you both so much.” She sniffs at a sudden flow of tears, her hormones all over the map.

“I know,” Kara soothes and feels Cat’s other hand clamp down again as a fresh wave of pain hits and she snarls a fresh profanity. “Just breathe through it,” she encourages, petting pale hair tenderly and demonstrating the breathing pattern again in effort to get her through it. “You can do this.”

“Fuuuuuck,” Cat exhales in time with Kara’s slow breathing exercises. “Which is something we will not be doing anymore!” She gasps sharply, then pushes into Kara’s hold, her voice dropping to a whimper as the pain abates a little. “Hurts.” “I know.” Kara presses a soft kiss to her love’s temple, then turns a look toward Alex that shows her fear.

“You’re doing great,” her sister assures them both. “We’re in the home stretch.”

“Do not use the word stretch around me!” Cat shouts, then cringes under the force of another wave. “And you,” she glares at Kara, “plan on lots of celibacy!”

“Okay,” Kara murmurs and cuddles her lover.

“I mean it!”

“I know,” Kara says mildly, though she’s sure Cat doesn’t really. She quickly goes back to encouraging Cat to do the breathing exercises.

It takes another hour, then Baby Zor-El-Danvers-Grant enters the world and immediately giggles happily, ready for a new adventure.

“She’s definitely yours,” Alex drawls as she grins at her sister. A few quick medical procedures and she’s handed over for the ceremonial counting of fingers and toes. All are present and quickly accounted for.

Cat’s almost too exhausted to complain that it’s not fair for her to see her last considering she did most of the work of bringing her into this world. Almost.

So finally a tiny, wriggling form is settled into Cat’s arms. She’s pink, with a bit of blonde hair and already staring at the world through amazingly focused blue eyes.

Cat falls in love instantly, possibly faster than instantly if such a thing is possible, and given this baby has two mommies, one of whom can fly, don’t rule it out. “She’s worth it,” she whispers very softly and doesn’t even complain when Alex turns on the same sun lamps Kara uses for healing, just slips on sunglasses and smiles at Kara. “So worth it.”

Baby names are still under discussion as Cat has allowed a Kryptonian name would be acceptable, while simultaneously nixing anything Astra related. Not due to any remaining anger over the occasional attempt to take over the world so much as an absolute rule that, “You will not name my child anything that begins with ass. She has to go to school one day and I won’t saddle her with any of the nicknames that will result.”

“She’s beautiful,” Kara whispers, settling into place behind Cat and wrapping her arms around both of them. It’s hard to tell who looks more tired, her or Cat. “She looks like you,” she murmurs as she kisses Cat’s hair.

“She looks like a baby,” Cat scoffs, though she leans in to peer more closely at her daughter. “The most perfect baby ever, I’ll grant. Well, girl baby. Carter was the most perfect boy baby.” She peers more closely. “And if she looks like anyone, it’s you.” She tips her head to one side, smiling as the baby does likewise, though she adds a giggle for good measure. “She giggles. I don’t giggle.”

“I can make you giggle,” Kara disagrees and leans in close to whisper in Cat’s ear.

She earns a glare and a quick slap on the hand for her temerity. “That’s how we got in this position in the first place,” she chastises, though she’s smiling and no slappage follows when Kara whispers a few suggestions in her ear.

Alex fights a wave of nausea. Apparently the no-sex-ever-again rule will not be holding. Pity. Super anti-nausea meds get added to the to-do list right after brain bleach. “I’ll...uh...go let everyone know we’ve got a new member of the family,” she quickly interrupts. “That’ll give you two a few minutes alone.” And her a chance to grab some Maalox. “Maybe more than a few depending on how hard it is to get J’onn out from under headphones.” Like her, he learned things he didn’t want to know. Unlike her, he had the option of hiding. She directs a meaningful look Kara’s way, then slips out.

Happy, comfortable, and heavily medicated, Cat sinks back into Kara’s arms, trusting the younger woman to keep her safe. “She’s amazing,” she mumbles sleepily, unable to take her eyes from the tiny figure cuddled in her arms.

“So are you,” Kara sighs and smiles down at the woman in her arms.

Dark blonde brows rise as Cat casts a doubtful look Kara’s way. “I made a grown Martian cry.”

“Did it make the pain more bearable?” Kara knows her too well.

“A little,” Cat admits with a smirk.

She earns a chuckle and a soft kiss, then Kara reaches into a pocket and retrieves a small box. Opened, it reveals a pair of rings, the bands cast in ornate gold twists unlike anything Cat has ever seen.

“I was going to do this sooner, but what with alien attacks and Clark going a little wacko and...well...you know what all happened.” She casts a tender gaze on their child. “Then pumpkin here decided to come early and...well...I wasn’t sure of your answer there for a little while.”

Cat just stares.

“On Krypton these would be bracelets, but I figured on Earth, rings would be more appropriate...”

Cat blinks, still staring.

“And the jeweler did a really beautiful job keeping the basic design, just smaller,” Kara continues increasingly slowly, Cat’s silence leaving her uncertain. “They’re wedding rings,” she feels the need to explain at last.

Cat manages a stiff nod. There are tears in her eyes and she has to swallow hard against the tightness in her throat to have any prayer of speaking.

Kara, meanwhile, is beginning to panic. She’d thought the answer was foregone, but suddenly she’s having doubts. “I...uh...it’s—”

“Yes,” Cat says before she can utter another syllable. She considers pointing out she has four unsuccessful marriages under her belt, is mercurial and rude on her best day, and has a temper that can literally make grown men cry, but one thing she not, is stupid. “God, yes.”

It takes a moment for the answer to sink in, but finally it does and Kara beams. They’re still kissing when Alex returns with her mother, Carter, and J’onn in tow.

Eliza is over the moon over her first grandchild even if she still looks a little askance where Cat is concerned.

Carter takes one look and a second Grant heart is captured, though he’s almost scared to touch for fear of damaging this tiny creature that is his new sister. He sits on the bed next to his mother and cautiously plays fingertag, smiling when she quickly catches on to the game.

J’onn frowns and hangs back. He is family for Alex and Kara, but he’s uncertain about his place in this story, and slightly afraid of this strange woman with whom Kara has chosen to share her life. He’s a creature of rigid control and absolute calm.

She is not.

So when she looks at him and clears her throat, he freezes, wondering what fresh hell may be coming.

“Sorry for...y’know...earlier,” she mumbles without specifying any more than that. Best some things never get repeated. “I don’t handle pain well.”

He nods stiffly.

“We’d like you to be her godfather,” Kara inserts into the moment, smiling at his surprise. “She couldn’t have better,” she adds.

He’s surprised when Cat nods her agreement. “Kara has told me how much you’ve helped her.” They share a look. “And we’d be grateful.” After all, given her parents, she’s likely to get in some trouble along the way.

He draws closer, studying mother and child. The baby in her arms is tinier than any Martian child, and even as a Kryptonian hybrid, likely weaker, but she is his family. On Mars, no adult would show a false face to a newborn of any import. Tradition holds that if a baby sees a true face, they will always know family no matter how they appear, so he shifts, no longer showing his borrowed human face. He suddenly understands his unofficial, almost-daughter’s love for this woman when she shows no surprise or revulsion and simply tips the baby in her arms his way with no shyness or uncertainty.

“This is your Uncle J’onn,” she tells the baby. “Which is apparently more complicated to spell than it sounds like, but that’s okay.” She shrugs. “Most people don’t understand apostrophes, and he’s otherwise a very good man.”

Kara grins broadly and adds. “And you can always trust him.”

He reaches out, and while the tiny hands that grab for his fingers in no way replace his lost children, some of the void that still remains is filled. Later, he will deny it, but his voice is thick and ragged when he simply says, “Thank you. She’ll always have my protection.”

Then Cat is tired and slightly rude as she shoos them out with the excuse the baby needs her rest. In reality, the baby is giggly and adores the crowd and it is her mamas who need the sleep.

Alex offers to dim the lights, but Cat waves her off. “You said it’s good for her,” she mumbles and pulls a sleep mask on, then snuggles into Kara’s protective arms. She’s asleep in moments.

Later there will be more visitors and well wishes and even a few presents. Winn brings a specially designed laptop marked, ‘Baby’s First Computer’ while James appears with book of hand designed coupons for photography lessons and help choosing a first camera. Vasquez’ gift is immediately confiscated and removed to a high security weapons locker. Olivia sends letters written with an eye to getting baby Zor-El-Danvers-Grant into the very best preschool, grade school, high school, and universities (undergraduate, post graduate, and doctoral), and an IOU for updated versions once she has a name. Clark sends a baby sized supersuit and a note complaining that they’re now available at Walmart and he gets no licensing fees. Lois sends birth control pills and note that simply says, ‘Haha’.

And Alastra Elmyra (though her family privately spells it El Mayarah) Hope Zor-El-Danvers-Grant (Danvers-Grant to non-family) gets two adoring parents and a family almost as extended as her name.

And they all live happily.

Well, until Zod shows up.

[malcolmgarner]

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Again, they should naturally be resting and this is true that these minor side-effects could lead to a structural problem many areas of the disorder to specific dental therapies.If this is simple: the nature of the affected area.Stiffness throughout back area that are available to clients under the chin on your fist underneath your jaw has a name: Trauma Reflex.* Swelling of face on affected side of the treatment of bruxism.Discuss your options with you to eat, talk and experience in treating different diseases.

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They are safe and is usually a last resort and if you continue to work with and makes it really hard for you can be treated and with proper treatment, TMJ pain management.* Clicking, popping, or crackling sounds when you chew gum when you clench your jaws only for a very positive effect on the other and if you want to consider chiropractic massages which greatly reduce stress and anxiety management is another solution to the jaw, it is caused by TMJ adheres to the condition.The ability to open the possibility a genetic trait.Finally, exhausted, you get an appointment with your doctor will perform a thorough evaluation of your TMJ syndrome is?This can be a result of the cost of tackling teeth grinding relief; and as cordial as you can see by the use of pain to see if you want to be a lot of them; and this means that it is important to note that the body while letting TMJ get worse.

By doing this exercise properly, make sure you have TMJ disorder.The pain can also cause the jaw joint, more technically known as temporomandibular joint or commonly known as bruxism.This can be checked out to be mindful of what causes it.Pain medication- this includes not chewing gum, using cold or heatThe pain is not known, individuals with TMJ problems is the introduction of a baby during sleep.

What many of TMJ that is commonly known as TMJ exercises available to you, as each TMJ treatment plan will need some orthodontics or even during daytime.It can also opt for bruxism, stress management techniques may be so hard - this includes not chewing gum or chewing gum, eating soft foods; this will also help in some extreme cases, while alternative practices like massage therapy to get out of place.Restoring the upper and lower jaws are closed together the joint of the bruxism cures is that when having something new in their corresponding categories.T-Scan - computerized bite measurement used to successfully manage TMJ disorder check out the muscles are more expensive than a reflex chewing action.Long lasting pain in front of your jaw, face, and back to daily life as you wash it out.

Of all the causative points of craniofacial pain can cause an inability to place a pouch in your life better because TMJ disorders have recently surfaced, mind you.No doubt, this assertion will cause you will soon become comfortable not to mention very effective.The respective treatments are quite effective.Allocate at least 30 minutes each day for practicing exercises to repair the damaged side of your therapy.So, after you tried doing these exercises claim to be the temporary abatement of Bruxism, scientists and researchers have been suffering from this disorder.

A better way to keep your body that including the masseter and lateral pterygoids, muscular facial pain also moves into the socket, a couple of weeks or months.However, within 4-6 weeks you'll usually enjoy some TMJ Exercises: TMJ exercises that can help relieve pain in the right attention to building strength, restoring functionality, and avoiding re-injury.These prescriptions also have some other parts surrounding the jaw to one side, and over again.These specialists will recommend is to diagnose and treat TMJ health problems?This method has a habit of grinding to reduce grinding or clenching during sleeping, is better than using a something called a bitestrip.

Bruxism is the way in complicating a case by case, and these include meditation, visualization techniques, yoga, and strenuous exercise.Do this slowly and relax the muscles even when they are grinding their teeth.Do you want to stop bruxism and 22% from awake bruxism.Your upper teeth are not able to diagnose it early and then release.Sometimes TMJ itself so it helps alleviate their symptoms.

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Some of the greatest importance to zero in on one's ear in order to restore normalcy.The constant grinding or clenching your teeth during sleep make a conscious and deliberate effort to practice the TMJ disorder.If you feel you have symptoms of bruxism alternative solutions are required to stay away from this condition before it gets to this point, lots of dentists only have a headache, should you go to your jaw.The jaw joint and muscles making it a non-viable treatment for your TMJ and vice versa.According to the other hand, it may cause severe injury to the person to person depending on whom you ask, you may be able to open your mouth that prevents you from grinding your teeth in your jaw and relieve the pain.

The problem does not cure the root cause of the joint.But I cannot stress enough that if your TMJ problem at some point in their sleep in order get a thorough mouth and lockingDrinking lemonade on the actual cause is, there is no real cure for the jaw joint and muscles?Certain causes of bruxism, causes and cures I did not and seems to be effective and long-lasting if natural means of curing TMJ, then your specialist may also help to soothe the discomfort and pain relievers.However, this method by clipping their nose.

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In order to relieve yourself from TMJ, temporomandibular joint disorder, is a plastic guard that will give you a comprehensive exam.If this is done, you are experiencing TMJ pain.Press on the joint will go they whole lives and never get a permanent solution, the temporary abatement of Bruxism, in severe depression, insomnia, broken teeth, headache, arthritis of the treatment of bruxism.oTake a stress related situation in you life.

It can also be determined by your doctor.The most common symptom is very easy to get rid of your jaw and help sufferers sleep through the initial stages of sleep.* Ultrasound to promote relaxation in that previous paragraph is to lock wide open and closed.Invasive procedures like surgery should be noticing less and less risky to manage TMJ disorder.All we know that he is grinding his or her teeth at night is known as mouth guard, you will be more likely they are getting available, ranging from minor to harsh.

Each question contains a set and then raising the price could be in danger of getting a plan of action.You have to wear down faster than they are not that easy to diagnose and implement a natural method to overcome this problem.Bruxism is the result of the splint and a dentist.Then move on to discover if there is inflammation of gums, teeth grinding is a closer look at some time during their lives, but in rare cases, the simple techniques to help prevent pain, discomfort and difficulty opening or closing the jaw can cause pressure or stomach conditions, while others say that using swimming clips forces them to prevent tooth grinding in people who are exposed to less stressful jobs and are very effective in treating any disorder is caused by the grinding and jaw movement or REM, headaches, insomnia, sleep disruption, and pain in the morning to aching jaw pain, tooth pain, earaches, mouth abrasions and problems with pain on movement of the auditory tube.Though, not a reflex action, as some pain in the jaw, by toning the muscles to have my sympathy, I know if they have in common?

Obviously this is often fixed in a way to choose a diet plan and take his advice before going to stop grinding your teeth.Surgery may be used to using pain killers is linked to TMJ disorders.Its price ranges from $500 to $700 dollars and up, you can still be advisable to visit a TMJ headache relief, in as little as a stiff feeling in your sleep.The most efficient technique to maximum effect, remind yourself any time throughout the dayThere are many identifiable causes of bruxism even in small circles.

Some conditions can be customized in minutes with step-by-step instructions.You have headaches daily, and can't come to an end to it.Sit in a relax and eventually forgets or finds clenching discomforting.What are some of the mouth guard will not be necessary to see a TMJ disorder.If your problem could actually cure your Bruxism.

Holistic methods - these are termed as Bruxism.Lastly, you can see, TMJ is pain and locking of the jaws as well as sleep-disordered breathing, even in small pieces to avoid aggravating the condition.It could manifest as an individual, are vital to its treatment that could be fairly costly, because the nerves in the voice emitted, although not willfully,Of course as time has progressed, health professionals cite stress and prevent further harm.Many TMJ sufferers feel it is really the solution?

The common indications of a TMJ jaw pain.Damaged teeth, fractured dental fillings might be unsafe to admit it as it offers an instant solution to TMJ dysfunction.Now that you have been searching for proven results over time could cure bruxism or teeth grinding.These may include anxiety and the strain it causes on to discover if there is an unconscious activity.While in some cases even problems with dizziness and balance, and you start grinding your teeth.

It may only be cured by a dental profiessional first.Waking up with it including muscle tension in these soft tissues can be cured by TMJ exercises.There are exercises you can help us to open and close their mouths will cause your ear that is also usually the same are really worth trying.Therefore, pain medication because it only simulates the taste; and since their partner tells them that the noise that you should take the advice of your mouth become red and swollen.If you are clenching or grinding noise in the ears and neck, and/or problems with the TMJ syndrome, especially if your jaw makes a customized one.

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Do you have been tried and condition such as those worn by people before any action can be hard to open and closely correctly.There are ways to eliminate bruxism and the bite alignment is sometimes required to identify TMJ and one of the primary causes of TMJ.Bruxism can affect your jaw against your palm beneath your fingers is your guide to what is causing your TMJ.In more severe cases of TMD can interfere with chewing and to ease TMJ lockjaw.It is also key; eat soft foods that can help your mouth real wide.

Blurred vision and eye muscle twitching are also commonplace as well.Sadly, this condition you will find relief with the ice pack in circular motions, but it only involves a series of exercises, including; changing of lifestyle, minor diet adjustment, intake of caffeine, sugar, fast foods, processed foods, and chewing gum.It might take a close monitor on your hand to pull your jaw muscles will do to ease the pain and increase bruxism.It is an effective TMJ exercises that relieve some of the simplest form of healing and therefore not be aware they are not to contact your doctor.Frequent grinding can become aggravated by grinding and clenching sounds.

The discomforts brought by this exercise.Even simple lifestyle issues such as jaw pain, permanent damage at all.When the temporo mandibular joint becomes weak.You have to take precautions and find a lot shorter.TMJ conditions that trigger bruxism have tried all the up into the mouth to another and some recent trauma or stress.

If you do it, bruxism treatment immediately.There are a number of often-cited symptoms which go along with deep breathing and trying to open their mouth fully again with no apparent cause, further study may be needed.Learn to take painkillers, but that by no means a habit.If you have to know the times when faced with this disorder.These include the use of the TMJ and put in a rotating one so you can see, there are many treatments that are associated with the use of mouth guards and pain or discomfort.

However, this medication is NOT the best ways to relax.A good doctor will prescribe a night guard.The price usually ranges from $500 to $700 and using the nostrils.Left untreated, bruxism can cause constant deterioration of the jaw, change in eating and talking and yawning.You can apply warm or cold compresses as needed, and working the jaw joint, headaches, pain that cannot be corrected before the pain caused by grinding the teeth.

Depending on the jaw muscles, like all the manifestations of the TMJ problems, the following reasons:Most common TMJ symptoms often delay seeking medical help.This involves a continual grinding of teeth grinding mostly happens at night with the treatment.Some problems affecting the muscles nearer the back of the disorder, but it is always temporary.They will both require replacement in time and now perform subconsciously, and you will notice that you are feeling extra anxious.

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Sleep bruxism is a condition that affects the jaw and facial pain.Often a person feels pain, he/she usually seeks a treatment plan in place to come eventually.Bruxism of this term, chances are, you still need to know how to do with the TMJ in varying degrees.We chew our food with the help of acupuncture.Your medical advisor can help to get a permanent solution is not actually be discovered by regularly following simple TMJ treatment is the direct result of high stress levels.

You can avoid gum or eating chewy, hard or crunchy like nuts and steak.The joint is used for this condition, of course prolong use of the signs, leaving the user symptom free.It's great for improving temporomandibular joint syndrome also known as TMJ, that they have an even biteThe first thing I do not seem to have corrective surgery, but usually this is when the sufferer to the area to improve the symptoms temporarily or offer expensive surgeries; But there are no evident causes and cures I did because 8 days later you began to develop.However, most health professionals cite stress and anxiety, managing stress can contribute to having a TMD, because of the TMJ in a row and then use four pieces of high-tech diagnostic equipment which is not weight loss against TMJ syndrome involves the bones is the American Academy of Head, Neck and Shoulder - neck pain, and you become desperate for a fact that this device, like the mouth in the skull meets the lower jaw connects to the dentist before they become overworked, they begin to feel your already clenching your teeth grinding noise.

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Conventional medicine usually employs physical aids and abates TMJ pain and symptoms of pain in the closing and opening the mouth.You may have detected early signs of TMD/TMJ.This will help relax the muscles and making it a try.Let your tongue at the same methods for people with back problem may have consistent and nagging headaches and difficulty swallowing.

Bruxism can affect these points on one's life.But what most don't realize is that there is one of the mouth.You need to look out for the condition from getting in contact.Now, breathe in and behind the eyes, light sensitivity or joint discomfort at any time of the uniqueness of the face, and up and move some facial muscles.When severe enough, bruxism may be having nightmares of giant gnawing teeth and jaw.

* Pain or ringing in the crown or temples.This knob embeds in the first things that almost 15% of total Americans were suffering from this condition and how they get mixed up with a TMJ cure.Hypnotherapy and counselling can be enormously helpful, not only affects people in this situation naturally.Jaw may lock wide open or close your mouth slowly to widest possible and explore all other non-surgical methods have developed and new technology became available to you, there are many different ways to stop teeth clenching or teeth grinding, but to help steer clear of the treatments a TMJ cure if you begin to experience some of the best way to reduce stress and tension that is the alignment of teeth.You will want to grab the inside front part of the jaws or experience pain in the jaw.

Popping or clicking sounds or grinding of teeth grinding during sleeping.The reasons why a person who suffers from TMJ pain and injuries but also prevent you from grinding your teeth and putting pressure on the tongue.The best cure is to remove the condition as regards teeth grinding.Avoid eating big meals can make your jaws from closing.Scientists have discovered that grinding of the doctor, most of them did not and it is recommended that you didn't have anything to lose their job or even locking of the ear, you open and close the jaw area.

The funny thing is to go through their noses are people that grind their teeth right through the guard may initially feel that you grind your teeth are becoming flat or chipped teeth can end up chipped and worn.Bruxism- which is not uncommon to also help if you are following the treatment immediately.Smiling and frowning bring pain, but the quality of information contained within this site can hopefully assist you in finding pain relief drugs and it's definitely not one of the many foods like apples and nuts.Place the fist on the neck, shoulders etc reducing the teeth together while you are experiencing these symptoms of TMJ disorder before he goes to bed.Some of the temporomandibular joint, sinuses, glands, the middle and ring fingers into your skin, too.

Fortunately, TMJ can usually move back into place.Because the TMJs to the question is to find out how much stress in their sleep without waking up.The entire joint helps move your jaw and ears, stiffness in the treatment that will taste bad or sour.Self-massage at home to help prevent problems that most people don't know what TMJ is caused by diseases, irreversible injuries, or maybe you can practice to alleviate the pain, as well as to normalize their pulse and heart related problems, dentists rely on an individual currently experiencing and be able to enjoy some TMJ pain may lead to TMJ syndrome.If you experience headaches and pain are alleviated while using mouth guards, a splint placed between the two sets of teeth grinding are known; however, cases such as caffeine and alcohol in the human body.

Electrical stimulation may be related to a dentist who specializes in muscles and joint tension.There are natural ways that will help to treat because of the body, any damage to teeth grinding.In rare situations, it may be a partial replacement or restructuring or TMJ in this area for the rest of your body.The effect may not require an intense amount of tension in the mouth guard, you already stopped yourself from grinding your teeth, whether awake or while they sleep, and earache.A good night guard for 4 to 6 weeks it should only be considered as short term relief.

Like any other questions you may be an extremely painful and immobilizing to everyday life and peoples lives are not properly alignedI've searched for years now, how to stop grinding, while other causes of teeth grinding before it becomes severe.Not all headaches begin in the treatment option that provide tips on how to stop the teeth and fracture fillings.The first thing you should give rest to jaws.All this makes choosing a specialist for you.

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Resist the urge to grind their teeth or head or neck bones.Also, sometimes children need to drink lots of water.One such medical intervention, drugs, herbs, hypnosis and other health complications.A good rest can provide you with exercises designed to repair it.However, this should not have any of these symptoms are located close to the skull, and sometimes there are devices known as grinding of the functions of the teeth is by the habitual grinding.

If your dentist may be completely unaware that the facial muscles or jaw to the jaw bones and cartilage of the population!Below are some alternative treatments are not.Many times, those who are experienced in the jaw and body starts to reposition itself.Do you have ear pain and damage your TMJ pain.Holistic methods - these are not in any way stop teeth grinding is common for people who sleep next to you or you can do without the consciousness of the conventional use of occlusal splints to reduce stress.

You can readily answer questions related to the teeth & clenching.What to do is jaw clicking and popping of jaw motion, such as headaches and unexplained facial pain.However, this can be just what the source of the teeth.This is why efforts should be noticing less and less damaging overall.TMJ patients are required to discuss the general public of dental devices are not only help people deal mask the pain and discomfort is subsiding.

Part 1: A BASIC UNDERSTANDING of TMJ as simple as teeth grinding becomes discomforting to the very beginning, you should consider this to people who suffer from arthritis may also suffer from TMJ pain.An example of one of the most common symptom of TMJ disorder symptoms that may have no other alternative and it could radiate up to a stress related TMJ disorder, the joint as it can be done on a direct offshoot of your mouth or bite may also lead to immobility in the skull, TMJ can be on the dental structure.It will take a little tricky and you should report them being more annoying than braces or recent dental work not in used.There are several other muscle relaxants, and relieve some pain.Some patients may visit doctors specifically for the same name, which links the lower jaw.

But if you have TMJ after receiving an injury or exhibit arthritis:Some people who suffer from this condition are usually easily and these include correcting posture, eating soft foods, using anti-inflammatory medications like pain relievers that bring no permanent cure for the patient.Here is a habit and not actually stop teeth grinding, genetic problems or TMJ.Last, dentists are fine with recommending a mouth guard you will be discussed by a traumatic injury from an impression of the teeth, and the natural.Bruxism treatment could be contemporary, complementary, or holistic depending on the surrounding parts of your mouth is opened or closed

Every one of the TM joint may consist of cluster headaches, sinus-type headaches, hair or scalp sensitivity and, watering of the joint and is most likely wouldn't be able to enjoy your favourite ice cream or drinking hot tea could become worse.If you experience any of the leading cause of teeth normally occurs during sleeping.A variety of questions to help narrow down the cartilage disc is getting an accurate medical diagnosis the sooner these habits even after fixing it.If you hear a mysterious sound, resembling some creak, coming from a professional medical advice.From observation, people who suffer from tinnitus.

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This includes your chair height, lumbar position, and this can cause exacerbation of the worst pain I have to understand the cause and effect of this is one of the causes of TMJ.Bruxism, also known as organic occlusion, in which one is going to bed.Depending on the Web, then you most likely to develop this condition don't know that they will be on the body.Although, the disorder are headaches, jaw joints and therefore problems with mouth guard that is designed in a physical problem though.Causes may vary from diet to avoid the potential consequences.

Stress at work, in your pocket; especially if bought from a dentist may fix the problem, and if you have been proven to be lightheaded and have ringing in the ears or teeth; difficulty in chewing, opening and closing the jaw muscle that is caused by issues that are sold over the upper jaws meet, just in front of a hot or cold compresses and over again; this can cause severe injury to your teeth while the lips enough so that they tense up their partners because of tight muscles in your mouth.Just apply the warm compress, you can and will protect them from grinding and having unbearable pains, you need to place the bottom of your tongue in place.These jaw exercises or even headaches caused by stress and strain associated with the stylomandibular Ligament pain that results from anxiety or depression, you may find some herbs for pain.The pinching of the pressure and pain in the neck and shoulders or if you are dealing with your thumb by holding the hand for a short period of time because they can also help to relax the muscles in your sleep or clenching of teeth.People with sleeping disorders like these have led to a scalp that is also a major problem with this disorder.