#otp: taming the beast

[merryfortune]

A Monster in the Shape of a Child

Year of the OTP: January

Prompts: First Kiss | Mission Fic |  Fake Dating | “Whenever I look at you…” | Snow | Historical AU

Title: A Monster in the Shape of a Child

Ship: Respectfulshipping | Ryoken/Spectre

Fandom: Yu-Gi-Oh! Vrains

Rating: T

Word Count: 1,083

Tags: Pre-Canon, Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Happy Ending

   When he looked at him, Ryoken felt a very deep fear.

   It rattled the bones in his tiny, pudgy hands. It stole the breath from his mouth. It made his heart race faster but through all these reactions, he steeled himself. He forced himself to smile.

   This child… needed help. Just not the help that Ryoken was expecting.

   That moment in the rain, outside of the facility that the Hanoi Project had taken place, they could both agree it was magical. It had been a beautiful stroke of luck that Ryoken had been there, to come and ‘collect’ Spectre back. He had been there for his own, selfish reasons. He thought that there might be a clue or hint as to how to get his Father back. His sudden sickness, how he wouldn’t wake up, it was all very worrisome and Ryoken was certain it was connected to the Hanoi Project. Meeting Spectre there… That was just a coincidence.

   A good one, though, a lucky one. Any longer and his fate may actually have turned out worse for wear. He was starving, he was dirty and wet and cold and he needed a home. Ryoken took him home and he was so excited. They both were. It seemed like a good sign but when Spectre opened his mouth, Ryoken learned things about him that he would never have guessed.

   He had seen Spectre, of course, inside the containment unit that he was placed inside after his kidnapping. He had duelled gallantly, and was definitely the most resilient of the children. He never seemed to tire or outwardly complain about his circumstances. Always smiling, laughing, getting up after a loss with a wicked expression, a hunger to win.

   Ryoken never would have imagined why. Spectre had wanted to be there. He liked being there. He could innately sense the magnitude of the experiment, why it would be worth violating such precious ethics like not kidnapping and torturing children in the name of science and progression. And he wanted more. He wanted to go back.

   How blithely he spoke about the Incident, it sent a shiver down Ryoken’s spine and very quickly, he became afraid of the child standing next to him. The child who was now living with him, sharing meals and toys with him. He didn’t know how to handle this monster. Especially a monster who loved him.

   In the few days that Ryoken had become afraid of Spectre, Spectre had just as quickly become enamoured with Ryoken. He was all smiles around Ryoken, incredibly thankful for being severed from the orphanage that neglected him and of course thankful for being chosen for the experiment. He all but worshipped the ground that Ryoken walked on in his gratitude.

   That scared Ryoken most of all, truth be told. He did not want the twisted affections that Spectre had unto him.

   He could never tell this bright-eyed monster in the shape of a malnourished child that he was the whistleblower. That his laughter terrified him, made him break out in a cold sweat and made his hands tremble because he couldn’t imagine how a human child would enjoy the Incident. Ryoken had been witness to the suffering of all of them. It was Spectre’s minority which twisted his guts in an all new way compared to when he thought of the agony the other five children went through.

   But Ryoken decided, at the grand age of eight years old, he could not live like this. In terror of the young boy who bounced along behind him, talking about his favourite Duel Monsters and what the scientific names for the trees and flowers in the backyard were. However, fortunately, there was a common ground and a place where even Ryoken could tame dragons and slay beasts.

   That game of cards that had been the method in which the children of the Incident were tested and in which the Ignis were inspired by.

   “Ah.” Spectre said, blinking. “I lost. Your really good, Ryoken-sama.” 

   “Thank you.” Ryoken replied in a small voice.

   Spectre was… a good loser. His grace when lethal had been achieved on Ryoken’s side… That surprised Ryoken somewhat. However, there was a lack of sincerity to his expression. He had wanted to win. Or maybe he was hurt more by what had transpired over the course of the duel beyond what cards were played.

   Ryoken had laid it all out and he had encouraged Spectre to do the same. The pretty pieces, the ugly pieces, all the pieces of what made them both individuals. Ryoken had revealed how Spectre scared him by coming on too strong and Spectre had revealed just how human he was when it came to love and lost. How it gave him joy, how it broke him. The ultimate as well, came to light: Ryoken’s place as the ender of the Incident, the one who had made the phone call to authorities, had even come to light. 

   And Spectre, in turn, revealed that it hadn’t all been fun and games. He had missed his Mother sorely. How he had cried, homesick for her tree branches and her roots, the feeling of grass underfoot and the gentle caress of her foliage on his face instead of the white chrome of the containment unit. No hugs, no nature, no love to nurture him better.

   But Spectre could still play the game he liked best. He could still mean something, because that’s what he wanted above all, Ryoken worked out. So, Ryoken wanted him to mean something to him. His best friend, his future second-in-command, his right hand man, his crush.

   “Do you want to go best of three?” Ryoken asked, already picking up his cards from the duel board so he could place them back into his Extra Deck or shuffle them in his Main Deck.

   “I would like that.” Spectre replied, happy, smiling, more genuine this time.

   Ryoken smiled as well. Spectre was still a monster in his view, because a normal human wouldn’t be like that, considering a tree to be a parent or so needy that pain and torture was preferable to being ignored. That’s what Ryoken thought, at least, about his companion that he now looked forward to standing beside, eating meals with and sharing toys with. Ryoken felt more confident now. 

   So now, when he looked at Spectre, he didn’t feel fear or undue admiration, but he did see someone very important to him and that was likewise.

[storiesandstars]

Year of the OTP March Prompt: Acceptance

Read on AO3 | Feat: Mako-chan from Sil Mil: Tales of the Gods

“Y’say you’ve been summoned by the Lady? For what? To tame tha’ great beast we jus' barely managed to get into our paddock?” The grizzled driftsman rubbed his short, grey beard and looked over Lita quizzically. He turned to a boy who was standing beside him as if the teen would clear up his confusion. She could well imagine what he saw looking at her, standing there clad in her Amalthean travelling cloak.

Lita shrugged, holding up the envelope containing the request from the Lady Rhean herself. Granted, it was a request the Lady had put forth to Lita’s father but as he’d already been dispatched on caravan business, it was decided that Lita should fill the request. It wouldn’t do to disobey the caravan Matriarch's orders. Or to keep the Regent’s favourite cousin waiting, of course. Lita had no other choice but to accept, not that she would've gone with any other choice.

“Well,” she exhaled, “Not necessarily for your great beast. I gathered that the summons was for us to provide our knowledge on gryphons in general.”

The driftsman squinted at the envelope before turning to one of the several young men at his side, telling one of them to get someone from the estate to verify the envelope and request. A young man took off at a steady lope through the ranch, headed towards the sprawling mansion to the northeast. Lita eyed the six men, of varied ages, standing around her working at their various stations. Some of them stared boldly at her, their gazes ranging from curious to doubtful. Others merely turned back to what they were working on, unwilling to waste too much time on some strange girl.

She gave in to the urge to look around and gawk at one of the largest gryphon refuges across Jupiter. Excitement had been humming under her skin her entire journey here. Settled in the majestic Rhean Valley, and surrounded by the craggy, ancient Tinian mountains, this pioneering ranch served to rescue and rehabilitate endangered gryphons. It had been the first of its kind.

“Well, young lady, we’ll hafta wait until someone comes from the estate. Y’understand,” the old driftsman explained, his eyes already drifting away from Lita as his attention waned. There were likely many things he could be doing, could be completing if it weren’t for her taking up his time. She opened her mouth to say she was fine waiting right where she was, but he spoke up again before she could.

“What’d y’say your name was?”

Lita cleared her throat. “I actually hadn’t said my name. I’m Lita Shelan of Caravan Shelan.”

His dark grey eyes were now sharply assessing as they swung her way and he looked at her anew.

“A Shelan y’say? By Apollo’s bow, y’oughta be related to Zev Shelan then?” he boomed, his tone insistent.

She nodded and looked around at some of the wide eyed stares she was now receiving from those who’d heard her introduce herself.

“He’s, uh, he’s my father,” she admitted with a quiet pride. “I was sent in his stead.”

The old man huffed out a laugh that sounded more like a wheeze and he heartily clapped the young teen beside him on the back in amusement. Lita pitied the boy, who winced under the hefty hand.

“And what can I call you, sir?” Lita ventured when no name was offered in return.

By now, any of the driftsmen that hadn’t wandered off during their transaction were chuckling at the old man who took the ribbing in stride.

“Bah! Don’t y’dare call me sir. Y’can call me Bron.”

A piercing shriek sounded from where the wild gryphon was being kept in the massive domed paddock to her right. Her head swung in that direction, her eyes wide. The gryphon sounded furious with their captivity.

“That does not sound good,” she murmured, not looking away from the struggling gryphon. The domed paddock, the first of its kind that Lita had laid eyes on had to be a marvel of mercurian origin. Slender metal poles forming triangles provided structure to the massive spherical dome.

Bron walked up beside her, stopping at her side and gazing in the direction of the domed paddock.

"The dome-" she began.

“Aye. It's the latest joint venture between them Mercurians and the Uranians," Bron interjected.

The boy who seemed to be following Bron around came to stand by Lita on her other side. Curious, she glanced down at him, nodding in greeting. He looked to be in his early teens, perhaps slightly younger. He had similar colouring to Bron, perhaps they were related?

His eyes, a serious, dark grey, studied her for a moment. Looking her over with an equal curiosity, eying the pattern of her cloak until his eyes caught and stayed on her hair. Lita knew the deep auburn colour of her hair wasn’t usual, but it wasn’t exactly that rare. His slow, careful nod in return told her that she’d passed some kind of test she hadn't even known about.

"This dome doesn't have glass panes like the others that have been built in Ganymede and Io," he explained. "Each metal triangle creates an expandable energy field of-"

"Uranian energy," Bron cut in, sticking something in his mouth and beginning to chew. Loudly.

The boy continued on as if there hadn't been an interruption.

"We didn't want to risk hurting the gryphons we rescue with glass."

Lita blinked down at the top of his dark head and hummed with interest as he gazed back out towards the dome and the rescued gryphon. She hadn't expected all of that information from him.

“When did the gryphon arrive?” Lita inquired, unsure how much more they would want to share with a stranger.

“He was delivered to us three days ago,” the boy answered. “Brought in by Apollon rangers.”

Lita nodded. “Has it been like this the entire time?” she questioned further.

“Aye, that it has,” came Bron’s heavy answer.

The boy cleared his throat to gain her attention and she gave it to him, meeting his eyes.

“We think it could be a Thunder gryphon.”

Right then, that changed everything. Thunder gryphons were godtouched gryphons, the chosen steeds of the All-Father himself. Bron grunted in agreement before beginning his own interrogation.

“What d’you reckon? We’ve never encountered a Thunder gryphon before.” Bron held up his hand up as the boy opened his mouth. “Oh aye, we nearly had one sent our way years ago but the palace caught wind and since yer caravan was up that way, well, there was no more need for us to interfere.”

She’d been too young to accompany her father at the time, but she’d remembered what it had been like to watch him come home with a new title, Storm Rider.

“My father never spoke much to me about his experience with that Thunder gryphon,” she admitted truthfully. “All I’d be able to offer is my knowledge based on the care of regular gryphons.”

Bron hummed and rubbed at his beard after hearing her words.

“Well, perhaps direct observation might better inform your advice?”

All three of them turned around at the sound of a woman’s voice.

“Mom!”

“M’lady.”

The boy beelined for his mother, ducking out of the way reflexively when she reached out to ruffle his hair affectionately. This had to be Lady Rhean, cousin to the Regent of Jupiter. Lita bowed and straightened, getting a good look at a woman she’d admired for a long time.

The lady was smaller than she’d imagined. Lita herself was tall for a woman and this woman merely came up to her shoulder. Her eyes were a hazel-green, unlike her son's eyes but it was very clear where he'd gotten his dark head of hair from.

“You’re Zev’s daughter, aren’t you? I’ve not yet had the pleasure of meeting you. Your father has managed to keep you hidden all of these years!”

Lita smiled at her, a bit uncertainly, unable to ignore how keenly the lady was observing her.

“Yes, my Lady."

Lady Rhean hummed still taking her in with bright eyes. She appeared to come to some sort of decision internally, because she lifted her chin and began marching past Lita and Bron. Her son was quick to follow in her footsteps.

"Come along, little Shelan. Let's see about a Thunder gryphon."

Lita gulped nervously, but followed regardless, butterflies erupting in her stomach.

I'm going to finish this prompt challenge whenever the hell I end up finishing it. Mwahahha. Ugh, no, but what if they come out with a new prompt list next year? x_X

[super-senseis]

A lot of these are with my friend and I love them sm

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Hood Sickle x Krypt King - HEAVY divorced energy but they secretly still love each other deep down. HC their child to be Grim Creeper

Fire Kracken x Flare Wolf - This ship is literally the embodiment of chaos and it's all cause I told my friend Fire Kracken and Flare Wolf are often depicted together cause they use fireworks.

Blaster-Tron x Barabella -Why might you ask? Crack ship that fills us with pure serotonin. Besides these two are cute.

Golden Queen x Mysticat - Honestly not sure yet if they're romantic or platonic but the fact that they're connected with Mysticat being a Sphyx and Golden Queen being a Pharaoh is a great parallel

Pit Boss x Wildstorm - Another weird ship but just the contrast of a feral beast in live with a tame sorcerer is weirdly cute

I got more Skylander ships but they're Skylanders x Ocs so they wouldn't be a tag. And to any friends that see this post, this is just a small little HC AU I have with someone :)

I have the weirdest set of skylander ships and I wonder if I'll be judged for them

[laynefaire]

I was tagged by @allwaswell16 to post five fics of mine I really like (despite her knowing how very much I struggle with self-promotion). I’m going to tag @so-why-let-your-voice-be-tamed, @evilovesyou, @a-brighter-yellow, @haztobegood,and @crinkle-eyed-boo because sharing is caring . . . .

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[moonofiron]

Shikatema are always going to be my OTP. I think Shikamaru has truckloads of smooth beast™ potential/energy. And, Temari is a raging goddess who will only let Shikamaru tame her.

Set in post-Shippuden and pre-Boruto-verse.

Clearly, I really really dig intimacy, small underrated gestures, and a lot of eye contact during sex and that's kinda what made me write this one.

Anime: Naruto Shippuden

Characters: Nara Shikamaru x Temari

Genre: angst, fluff, flirting, smut, fingering, raw sex, explicit sexual content 🥵

Rating: M

Word Count: 3,013

Synopsis: Temari wants to learn Shogi.

Minors, dni, otherwise 10 years of bad luck.

Temari and Shikamaru had their backs against the wall of the Hokage's compound. They'd just come out of a meeting and Shikamaru wanted to smoke before they went out for lunch.

Who was he kidding. It wasn't so much about itching for a cigarette than it was about calming himself down. When it came to Temari, he could hardly think straight. He wanted to pull her into a kiss every time she said a simple hi. Her lips were hypnotising, like two soft clouds that were finally in his reach. Even the way she moved made his breath falter. The conviction with which she spoke made him want to slide his fingers inside her till she was babbling nonsense, till the only thing she said with that much conviction was his name. The bravery with which she fought made him want to kiss her toes, calves, knees; the devotee in him on full display under her. He wanted to feel the flesh of her hips in his palms. He wanted to feel her breath on his chest. He wanted -

"Ne, Shikamaru, why do you like Shogi so much?"

Shikamaru snapped out of his thoughts and looked at Temari dumbly before answering.

"Uh.. yeah..no, I just enjoy it a lot."

"You're always making reference to Shogi pieces and moves in strategy meetings."

"Hmm." He flicked his cigarette. "Let's go."

"What are you doing after lunch?"

"Nothing, just going to go back home and rest."

"Will you teach me Shogi?"

Shikamaru looked at Temari and sucked in air through his teeth. His mind was back to picturing her on his bed. It was back to undressing her, licking the smooth flesh of her neck, biting her cherry-seed nipples.

"Oi? I'm asking you something, Shikamaru? Where's your mind today?"

"Oh, we can play, sure." Shikamaru had an absolutely unreadable expression on his face. Temari looked at him funny and then pulled out the board game.

"Let's play now."

"Uhh.. you've been carrying this around? Tsk, mendukse."

"Please, I really want to learn how to play."

After a pause, she mumbled, "I think the kids at the orphanage will enjoy the game."

"What orphanage?" Shikamaru frowned.

"Nothing, I spend time with the kids at the orphanage back home. I play with them and teach them basic taijutsu and ninjutsu for self-defence. But, we're quickly running out of things to do. So, I thought Shogi would be a nice addition."

"Hmm. Let's go eat first."

They rounded up to a local teppenyaki. Shikamaru was eerily quiet at lunch. Temari felt uncomfortable but the food was so delicious that she let the discomfort go. She ate up quickly and waited for Shikamaru to finish, eager to learn Shogi. Every now and then she noticed him looking at her intently. She wiped her face frequently, thinking she may have something on her face.

She noticed how meticulously Shikamaru ate. He wrapped his long and lean fingers around the food delicately, almost as if he was making love to each and every bite. Temari felt a warmth spreading in her belly when Shikamaru lightly licked his fore-finger, middle-finger, and thumb once he was done. His thin, moist tongue darted out and his lips made the soft sound of a kiss as he took his fingers out of his mouth. His eyes didn't leave hers.

Temari realised a bit too late, her lips parted and eyes glistening, that he was aware of her gaze following his fingers. He had a lopsided grin plastered on his face and it infuriated Temari. She got up abruptly and excused herself to go the washroom.

Shikamaru wasn't blind to the affect he had on Temari. His lack of action was more about him not being able to figure out his feelings for her. He'd seen the way an apricot-blush rose to her cheeks whenever he did or said anything mildly suggestive.

He'd heard her low gasps and breathy sighs everytime he brushed against her accidentally. The way her body tensed against his sent him into a frenzy. He loved the way she softened around him when they were alone but hardened when they were with others. And honestly, he'd caught her looking at his lips way too many times. He knew she hated the smile he gave her in such moments. She fumed and her ears moved from the stress in her jaw as she clenched her teeth.

When Temari returned, the bill had been paid and Shikamaru was waiting for her outside.

"Let's go and teach you Shogi, hmm?"

"Umm, yeah. Thank you," she beamed. Shikamaru felt as if something had kicked him in his guts when she smiled like that. Oh, to have her smile like that always. To wake up to that smile. To be able to kiss the edges of that smile. To be -

"How far is your home?"

"What?"

"How far is it?"

"It's a quick 15-minute walk, love." Shikamaru knew he had faltered and felt a hammering in the back of his head.

"-What?"

"What?"

"What did you just say?"

"Nothing! I just said it's a 15-minute walk...lovely in this weather."

"Hmm." Temari was too flustered to pay attention to Shikamaru lightly patting his shoulder for the excellent recovery.

They walked in silence till Shikamaru suddenly slowed down his pace. Temari stopped and turned around, already a few steps ahead of him. Her eyes widened. Shikamaru looked absolutely stunning in the soft sunlight. He was running his hands through his loose hair as he held hair-tie between his teeth. When he caught her looking at him, he held his hair in place and looked right back at her.

"Keep walking straight... unless you want to help?" He winked at her and smiled.

Almost as if she'd lost control of her body, Temari found herself holding the other end of his hair-tie between her teeth. Shikamaru's eyes widened and he grabbed her waist, his hair fell around his face like a glorious mane. His mouth pulled back the hair-tie from hers and spat it out. He immediately crashed his lips on hers, his hands dug into her plump waist as he kissed her hard. Temari, eager and equally enthusiastic, licked and bit his lower lip, making him groan softly. He shuddered as he felt her hands running through his hair and then as suddenly as Temari had caught his hair-tie between her teeth, she let go of him.

She covered her face with her hands as she came to her senses.

"Shikamaru, sorry, I'm so sorry. I'm so so so sorry. I didn't mean..."

"Hey...hey hey... it's alright, hey, look at me." He held her shoulders.

"I'm so embarrassed, I'm really really sorry."

Shikamaru moved closer but she flinched away.

He sighed heavily.

"Temari, stay still. And, move your hands away from your face."

When she didn't budge, Shikamaru spoke in a whisper.

"Please."

When she did, Shikamaru held her face in his hands and gently kissed her lips.

"It's okay. I'd do it again," he murmured against her chin and he sweetly pecked her lips. "And again." He briefly sucked on her lower lip. "And, again."

Temari's heart beat loudly against the quiet of the evening. He moved back, held her hand, and slowly started walking back to his house. A small smile played on his lips the entire time. His grip on her hand was hard and Temari felt as if a million baby sparrows had taken flight inside of her.

When they reached his place, Shikamaru didn't waste a single second. He closed the door, put the shogi board on the shelf, and pushed Temari against the door all in one move. He pressed his body against hers and kissed her deeply, hungrily.

Temari's shallow moans came alive as she felt his hands running all over her body. He had already undone her kimono and unhooked her bra. He'd thrown it somewhere behind him, almost as if he were angry at it. She felt the waistband of her panties dig into the right side of her waist as he pulled the other side, tearing them off. They snapped right off in his grip and she was stark naked in a matter of seconds. She gasped at the slight pain and at his urgency. She panted and struggled to speak, too aware of everywhere his hands touched her.

"Shika...Shikamaru...but, the...shogi.. please."

"Fuck shogi," Shikamaru growled in her ear as he felt her hands deftly removing his pants. He rubbed her slightly moist and throbbing clit. He pushed two of his fingers inside of her to pull out the slick he wanted to smear all over her pussy and his cock. She whimpered softly and bit his neck, bruises quickly blooming on his pale skin.

He fingered her relentlessly and when he felt her clenching around his fingers, he pulled his hand back. The loss of his palm's warmth made her shudder. He removed his jacket and t-shirt. His warm cock rubbed against her as he hitched her up on his arms and she wrapped her legs around his slender waist. He dug his hands in her ass and she wrapped her arms around his neck.

"Fuck."

Shikamaru breathed hard and he thrust into Temari in one quick motion, eliciting an obscenely loud moan from her.

She threw her head back and hit it hard on the door. "Ouch," she giggled.

"Shit, are you alright, Temari?" a pained expression crossed his face.

"Hmm," she couldn't stop giggling.

He was still throbbing inside her and she was still giggling, making Shikamaru's heart flutter. He kissed her lips again. He giggled with her, against her mouth, until their child-like giggles morphed into moans and pants as Shikamaru fucked Temari in a steady pace. Her tensed and tight body started loosening up slowly and then all at once as she gushed around him silently. He pulled his face back from the crook of her neck without breaking his stride too look at her in her most vulnerable moments. She looked gorgeous than ever before, and Shikamaru felt his balls tighten at the way Temari's lips repeated his name in a whisper and in quick successions, like a chant.

"Fuck Temari, you're... making... me.. lose it," Shikamaru grunted in between thrusts. That earned him a sweet coo from Temari; it made him want to go faster and harder but his hands pained. He carried her inside to his room, and sat on the edge of his bed.

Still impaled on his cock, Temari saw Shikamaru's face in the dim light. He looked like a hungry beast, his hair a lovely mess and stuck to his neck and his face. His forehead glinted with a thin layer of sweat and his lips were parted as he inhaled her. His cheeks were decorated with a rose hue she'd never seen on him before. Temari took a strand of his hair stuck to his lip and tucked it behind his ear. Her fingers lightly circled his nipples, making the hair on his arms and neck stand.

He looked so stunning that she felt herself shrinking in front of him. Before she could turn her face away from his gaze, Shikamaru started moving inside her with such gentle and slow strokes that she felt another wave of an orgasm building steadily.

"You're so gorgeous on me, Temari." She blushed at the soft but obscene remark.

"Still shy, are we?" Shikamaru smirked as moved inside her. He didn't let her eyes go as he licked her nipples and then softly bit them. When he pulled his face back to kiss her lips, Temari's face changed to an expression that he couldn't decipher. She looked forlorn.

He cocked his head at her in confusion.

"Please..." Temari mumbled.

"Please what, babe?"

"Please, don't stop."

"Oh, you like that, huhn?" he spoke against her breasts. His lips on her soft and plump flesh made her arch her back and thrust her breasts into his face.

"Sugoi kirei, Temari," he whispered, making her nipples harden against his tongue again. She could feel him smiling against her flesh and her face felt hot. She clenched around his cock.

"Are you going to cum around me again, baby?" he mumbled against her breasts, as if his voice dictated their rise and dip.

She noticed Shikamaru was warming up with his usage of endearments, too. To hear him address her like this was unbearable. It sounded so sweet and so intimate, she felt like his voice would tear her apart.

She moved her hips with him, matching his rhythm.

"Such a good girl, moving on me like that, hmm?" he asked her tenderly.

At this, she gasped and breathed out in a rush, "Shikamaru I'm cumming."

"Yeah, love?" he increased his pace as she pressed her thighs around him.

He felt her loosening up and felt her cum coating his inner thighs. He never ceased to move in and out of her as she spasmed around him. She buried her face in his neck and grunted his name in his ear as she came around him.

His balls, now moist with sweat and her cum, slightly tightened against her ass. He felt himself losing control and he quickly pulled out and laid Temari on her back.

Shikamaru stroked his cock lightly as he eyed Temari spread out on the bed. He couldn't help himself and he dove right in. He kissed her face and neck. He nibbled at her slender shoulders and plump breasts. He licked her tight waist and bit the baby-flesh around her navel. His calloused hands never left her body and Temari's hands never left his hair. He kissed her thighs and calves and knees till he was sure he hadn't missed a single spot on her.

When Temari pulled his face close to hers to take him in a kiss, he propped himself on his elbow, spooning her.

"Let me look at you." He turned her face towards his and hitched her leg on his arm. He slowly started entering her, stretching her out and letting her ease around him, too. When Temari closed her eyes, he stopped, making her frown and gasp. Her eyes flew open.

"Look at me, Temari."

Temari swallowed as she looked deep into Shikamaru's eyes. She felt his cock moving all the way inside her and the burning intensity with which he looked at her made her buck. She held his eyes, too.

"This is unbearable. Please," she whispered.

Shikamaru was now moving inside her with hard thrusts, punctuated by their conversation. They were both whispering raspily to each other.

"What's unbearable?"

"The way you're making me look at you."

"Why?"

"I don't know, it's too much."

"Don't you dare look away, Temari."

Temari bit her lip and nodded.

"You'll look at me, and only me, when I fuck you."

"Hai."

"You'll look at me when I make love to you."

"Hmm."

"You'll look at me when you cum around me."

"Hai."

"You'll look at me when I fill you up."

Her eyes widened and she involuntarily arched her back.

"Ha...hai," she said

Shikamaru bit his lip and smiled at her as he increased his pace.

He held her jaw with the same hand Temari's leg was hitched on, spreading her legs as much as possible. She felt full and stretched and Shikamaru couldn't take how tight she felt.

Her green eyes, slightly teared up because of the pleasure she felt as he fucked her, started rolling back. The moment that happened, he hardened his grip on her jaw and increased his pace. He wanted her to gush around him. He wanted her to make a mess of his clean sheets. He wanted her to coat his cock with her orgasm. When she opened her mouth to make up for not being able to throw her head or roll her eyes back, Shikamaru let her suck and bite on his fingers until she came. Her orgasm stayed with her like a thunderstorm that refuses to leave in time. She bucked against Shikamaru violently as he held her down, fucking her in small and quick thrusts, observing her every move and reaction to him overstimulating her. It was getting unbearable for him to control himself, too. He couldn't believe how goddess-like she looked in her most private moments. God, he could get used to a sight like that.

"Gaman dekinai, Temari," he spoke hoarsely and started to pull out only to feel Temari's hand on his wrist. The intense focus that painted his face morphed into mild confusion. Temari clenched around his twitching and strained cock.

"Let me look at you when you fill me up."

"Fuck, you're going to be the death of me, baby."

He thrust back inside her and pulled her hair hard. He started fucking her again. He frowned in focus but his eyes were soft as they looked into Temari's. A drop of sweat made its way from the tip of his nose to her cheek. The loud slaps of his balls against her clit drowned out everything else for both of them. It only took him a few thrusts before he came inside her, bucking wildly but maintaining his gaze with hers nonethless. The way he groaned, the way his eyebrows moved, the way his earrings shivered with him, everything about him as he filled her up made Temari's heart take flight to her mouth. He collapsed beside her and she felt the soreness in her thighs rising up slowly. His short breaths against her back were ticklish and when she laughed, he joined her.

She tackled and rolled above him the moment he calmed down. As his limp and spent cock rested against her ass, she traced his face with a finger.

"Come here." He made her lie down on him so her face was buried in his neck.

"So, the first thing about Shogi is that it's played on a 9x9 board, that is, 81 squares," he spoke with a smile in his voice while tracing mindless circles on Temari's back.

[elfyourmother]

@kaninchenzero YES THIS. ALL OF THIS.

like holy shit the amount of petty indignities she had to put up with in Ferelden from the day she was born. the alienage, the Circle, always having to be the Good One. outright macroaggression, so much rage she had to swallow because she didn’t want to prove anyone right about her, and because the Circle indoctrination said it was dangerous (that way lies demonic possession!) and later as a Grey Warden because the mission was so much more important than her personal pride. That’s not to say it didn’t ever come out but she had to put such a lid on so many things because Now Is Not The Time. And I don’t think she even realized how much anger she swallowed down until she was in Eorzea and got her memories back and was like. “Damn bitch, you lived like that???” at herself

it’s exactly why DRK was so good for her too, even before Zenos (and why I maintain that entire story hits so much different w a Black femme WoL, in the best possible way)

that last post made me think about how I’ve carefully considered what Gisele gets out of her relationship with Zenos besides the obvious (sex), and i’ve come to the conclusion that as bizarre as it sounds on the surface, he’s very good for her in at least one respect: he’s the epitome of the “don’t you wanna go apeshit?” meme towards her, which is something she honestly needs

even back at the Menagerie, Zenos was reading her like a book because of the Resonance, talking about how the Circle caged her because they feared her and sought to tightly control her in order to assuage those fears, and in doing so caused her to fear her own power on some level

Gisele’s kneejerk reaction to all that was to say it wasn’t true, that he was lying and he didn’t and couldn’t understand because he had no context for Andrastian cultural views in Thedas. But that was because she’s been telling herself for years that her Circle upbringing was mostly positive and necessary, largely as a coping mechanism. of course she became angry when she got her memories back and realized that mages didn’t have to live that way, now that she’s in a place where her gifts are celebrated instead of feared. but even so the kind of pleasure she gets in wielding the arcane in battle is something she absolutely has lingering Andrastian guilt about, because it’s the exact thing she was warned against growing up. That way lies Tevinter, and all. and no matter how strong she is, no matter how much her mother’s Dalish influence largely shielded her from believing the Chantry’s bullshit about magic, Gisele was still an impressionable child steeped in that environment and it maybe seeped into her subconscious in ways she didn’t realize. Zenos just held a mirror up to her. (and ofc this is why the RPR stuff is so so fraught for her, for all I joke about it being an absolutely hilarious Job for an ex-dyed in the wool Circle Mage.)

and so Zenos was the one who put the first cracks in that convenient lie she told herself, that the Circle didn’t impact her negatively or have any lingering negative effects on her years later. cue the duel in EW. when he talks about wanting to give her the only gift he can, there’s a lot more to it than canon. he wants her to cast aside that guilt/shame and embrace the pleasure of it all, because it’s what makes her strong. and it is. in a place running on Dynamis that was a powerfully transformative act, to be so unfettered. and that was his influence.

[trailingoff]

Good Omens fic recs: June and earlier

I’ve spent my first month on Tumblr greedily hoarding Good Omens fanart. It’s satisfying, maybe a bit too satisfying ... this is my thousandth post. I’m planning to post one reclist each week, just taken from my bookmark recs on AO3, covering them month by month. I bookmarked most of them while thinking I’d stay in the fandom no longer than a few months. I now choose to embrace Good Omens, My Adversary, Destroyer of My Schedule, Fandom of the Bottomless Pit, Great Beast that is called Ineffable Husbands, Miniseries of This World, TV Show of Lies, Ship of Satan and OTP of Darkness, and of course I mean all of that as a compliment.

G-rated

all i need, darling, is a life in your shape by deadgreeks

Build Our Kingdom by Mackem

Challenging Creatures by apliddell

The Devil Left Him by todisturbtheuniverse

Enter Serpent by apliddell

for all the things my hands have held, the best by far is you by killingthemoon

get religion quick (cause you’re looking divine) by brinnanza

The Gift by rfsmiley

i know i’ve kissed you before (but i didn’t do it right) by gallantrejoinder

Love’s Such An Old-Fashioned Word by Lavellington

such surpassing brightness by Handful_of_Silence

Susceptible to Summer by apliddell

tell me all the ways by tinsnip

The Thing About Apple Cottage by lyricwritesprose

an unauthorised testament by northerntrash

T-rated

Back Room by forthegreatergood

a city wall and a trampoline by kafkian

a day in the life by attheborder

each flower has wept and bowed towards the east by JustStandingHere

it’s the light (it’s the obstacle that casts it) by Handful_of_Silence

Salinity (And Other Measurements of Brackish Water) by drawlight

Slow by write_away

Talking to the Plants by orchidlocked

A Thousand Sandwiches by apliddell

With Drooping Wings by werebear

M-rated (possibly NSFW, depends where you work)

Aziraphale vs. The Hellhound by charliebrown1234

Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea by soft_october

First Feast by reserve

the first week of the rest of their lives by Deputychairman

is this allowed? by attheborder

Lie Back and Think Of Dinner by jessthereckless

listen (he’s already told you five times) by darcylindbergh

Misuse of Miracles by sburbanite

names in history by lagaudiere

Penance by Blissymbolics

Still My Heart Has Wings (sequel to Lie Back and Think of Dinner) by jessthereckless

When in Rome by reserve

You Might Think I’m Crazy (All I Want is You) by soft_october

E-rated (18+ and NSFW)

Anything We Like by apliddell

Any way you want by chamyl

Fraternizing by kalpurna

An Invitation You Can’t Decline by thehoyden

Love Hath Made Thee a Tame Snake by thehoyden

Softly, Thine Body Beloved by Mrs Noggin

swimming in your ocean (i can get pretty sidetracked) by tinsnip

Unrated

Four times Crowley called Aziraphale “sweetheart” without noticing (and One time he did) by The LadyZephyr

PART TWO: JULY FIRST HALF

PART THREE: JULY SECOND HALF

PART FOUR: AUGUST FIRST HALF

PART FIVE: AUGUST SECOND HALF

PART SIX: SEPTEMBER FIRST HALF

PART SEVEN: SEPTEMBER SECOND HALF

PART EIGHT: OCTOBER FIRST HALF

PART NINE: OCTOBER SECOND HALF

PART TEN: NOVEMBER FIRST HALF

PART ELEVEN: NOVEMBER SECOND HALF

PART TWELVE: DECEMBER FIRST HALF

PART THIRTEEN: DECEMBER SECOND HALF

PART FOURTEEN: JANUARY FIRST HALF

PART FIFTEEN: JANUARY SECOND HALF

PART SIXTEEN: FEBRUARY

PART SEVENTEEN: NO STORY LEFT BEHIND

PART EIGHTEEN: MARCH

[rose-wine-selfships]

(Loveyourfo) hello! I'm here so you can spill the beans about your shipnames!! Maybe you have several shipnames you want to talk about, or maybe you only have one, it doesnt matter! Wether its 1 or 50 I'm hear to listen!! 💖💖

Ooh hello @loveyourfo! Sorry for the reply being so late since I had school and work and all that previously. Now I can spill the beans about my most favorite ship names on this list, and how these names came to be! Get ready since I have quite a few of them. *cracks knuckles* 😏👍

My top one at the moment is me and Atsushi, and the ship name, or rather the main ship OTP name is called "The Golden Tiger". The reason why I had this ship name created was because my ability name from Bungou Stray Dogs is called "Corazon de Oro" or Heart of Gold in Spanish in which she can make her whole body out of liquid gold armor. Atsushi's ability is called "Beast beneath the moonlight" in which he can turn into a giant white were tiger. Combined, their abilities can actually fuse together (similar to Steven Universe gem fusions) and make a super ability called "The Golden Tiger". Basically it's an indestructible form of a liquid gold tiger that is impervious to bullets, explosions, and various other fire weapons while at the same time can easily rip off limbs with its giant teeth and claws. It's a powerful ability and quite something to be feared when they put their hearts and minds together. Hence why the ship name came to be basically. 🐯💕

Me and Minerva's ship name,"The Taming of the Mink" came to be by looking at Shakespearean influences of plays such as the original "Taming of the Shrew". Of course I replaced the animal with a mink instead because my cartoon F/O is of course, a white mink! Minks are often wild animals that can be vicious in nature, similar to a badger, and not something to be messed with. After also watching "10 things I hate about you", I figured our relationship dynamic would be very similar to that. In that I'd be the charming female suitor trying to win over the temperamental girl like Minerva and how hilarious hijinks between the two of us ensue. And that's how this ship name came to be! 💛

Spongebob and my ship name came to be by simply looking at both of our personalities. We both are very awkward, silly, and often adorkable at times when it comes down to it. Because we are so similar in personality, that's how the ship name,"Weird Together: Now and Forever" came to be. Plus our relationship dynamic is very similar to Roger and Jessica Rabbit tbh. Most fish people from Bikini Bottom would just look at us as a couple and go, "Why date him?" Then my S/I would simply reply, "He makes me laugh." And it's seriously one of my more favorite kinds of ship dynamics! 💝

Me and Mammon's ship names "My Treasure" and "The Diamond in the Rough" often come from affectionate nicknames we give each other. Since Mammon is literally the avatar of Greed in hell itself, it's nowonder that he's into money, treasures, and various other possessions. But he considers me his greatest one, and he often gives me cute nicknames such as,"My Treasure". And I often call him my "Diamond in the rough" because despite his rough side, he has a more shining soul underneath his rough exterior. Hence why those two ship names came to be! 💎🏆✨

Last but definitely not least, me and Frodo's ship name is called "You're my greatest adventure" for a number of reasons. We both love to travel, we obviously have a very adventurous side to each of us, and we both take risks for the ones we love despite how life treats both of us. We both are damaged individuals, but we easily get over our flaws and differences because we also have very similar kind personalities. To honestly say that we're each others greatest adventure is the best sentiment because we love each other that much. Hence why I came up with that ship name because I feel Frodo would love me that deeply through our lifetimes. 🗺💕

These are all the main F/Os I would honestly say changed me for the better. And I'm so glad you asked me for all of them because I love talking about them. Thank you for the ask, and I hope you have a wonderful day! 🌹🍷 ✨

[mothfishing]

or maybe god tamer (gamer)

favorite thing about them

i love her giant BATTLE BEAST and the fact she likes it so much that if it's injured she collapses like NOOOOOO

least favorite thing about them

the fact her beast isn't a LOBSTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

lobster beast i miss you ever single day...

favorite line

she doesn't rlly have dialogue minus dreamnail dialogue, which imo isnt super interesting so n/a

brOTP

i think it'd be funny if she

EDIT: i forgot to finish this but i was gonna say i think it would be funny if she saw how tiso was gonna get himself killed and was like i am the GOD TAMER i have tamed VIOLENT BEASTS to DO MY BIDDING and ACCEPT SCRITCHES AND KISSES i can also TRAIN A WHELP into BEING A CHAMPION

OTP

her and pale lurker =) weird ant girlfriends

nOTP

n/a

random headcanon

not a headcanon per se, but in a roleswap i made with my friend, we swapped her with emilitia and instead of taming a giant beast to attack her foes she's got like...fuzzy little tiktiks and tame little baldurs that do tricks and stuff. but her stage name is still god tamer with just as much intensity for her getting a fluffy little bug to jump through a hoop as for her riding her not-lobster into battle

unpopular opinion

i don't really like when people ship her and tiso and make her like...go over boundaries/just have little care for boundaries and stuff like u_u

song i associate with them

not really any!

favorite picture of them

i know i said i'd doodle them bc i dont have strong feelings abt hk images off the top of my head and dont feel like looking through them, but i do actually have a favorite image of god tamer and it's this

[midrashic]

for the fandom meme: ABGNPT!

A / YOUR CURRENT OTP

i am mad for the cherik. 😔 truly no one does it like them. who has the same mix of social justice allegory revolutionary energy, tragi-romantic soulmate power, nightmare4nightmare embarassing parent potential, taming-the-beast-and-radicalizing-the-pacifist, history-changing, world-shaking, all-consuming, slightly immoral devouring love? i DON'T want responses because the correct answer is no one. if you're about to reply with "what about--" you're wrong. cherik is the first of ships, the germ of all ships, the original ship. this is all there is of romance.--"thou shalt ship cherik"--the rest follows from that.

B / A PAIRING YOU INITIALLY WEREN’T INTO

en sabah nur x charles x erik, and this is all the server's fault. 😔 at first when people were talking about a college au i was just like "hmm, tangentially cherik, this is about 60% interesting," and then a terrible canonverse soulmate au popped FULLY FORMED into my head like athena emerging from the skull of zeus. now i dream about it. to target specific people for apocalypse-related crimes, @librata-laments and @lavender-lotion are the main offenders here.

G / YOUR FIRST OTP

i disavow all my oldest fandoms oh wait i do know! it was kira x trent from power rangers: dino thunder. honestly, still holds up.

N / THREE THINGS YOU WISH YOU SAW MORE

answered here for the x-men fandom but honestly i can keep going. i keep a list of my favorite aus & tropes, per fandom and generally, and to be honest i want all of these so badly they're all on my to-write list! here's my top five tropes for any fandom, three of which i haven't written yet and would, therefore, very much like to see more of:

debate au

push au

figure skating at the olympics au / i was a figure skating fanatic as a kid & probably wore out my vcr recordings of ice princess and go figure. (i also skated myself though i quit when i was very young!) i love a good old-fashioned sports story in general, & more sports aus would be great! however figure skating at the olympics is the pinnacle. the peak. the raison d'etre of sports aus.

fallen london au / fallen london is this amazing browser game (+2 video games and an upcoming visual novel) that roughly turns on the idea of "what if queen victoria made a deal with the [devil] to save albert's life?" in fallen london, london has submerged into a subterreanean world called the neath, exchanged away, and things have gotten... very strange (death not quite working, mysterious remnants of previously fallen cities across the [sea], gender and race mattering much less when strange squid-creatures are your neighbors). one day, i would like to set cherik in this world and play with it until one or the other falls apart!

canonverse musicals / PLEASE where are the "once more with feeling" fics.

...this fandom has really encouraged me to embrace the ethos of "if you want something written, write it yourself," huh?

P / INVENT A RANDOM AU

AGAIN WHAT IS SOMETHING I WILL ABSOLUTELY NEVER WRITE. oh, i know, time traveler's wife au. i think for a change this would be erik pov, with grown charles appearing to him at critical moments in his life. it might play out very much like canon, even, with mutations and erik hunting down shaw. there would be a lot of angst potential with this, like erik demanding why charles couldn't save his mother, charles aching at the way erik is suffering even after the war is over but not able to help him in any long-term or durable way. perhaps erik thinks that chrono-displacement is a mutation, but it's something entirely different. anyway because i'm not audrey niffenegger this would have a happy ending, even though charles, like henry, becomes disabled. maybe chrono-displacement is a mutation, and charles & erik face a wrenching choice between what they believe (no "cure" at any cost) and the real dangers of time traveling. maybe hank deus ex machinas his way to a solution. disability forecloses on any possibility of happiness? sorry babe! couldn't be me!

T / ANY HEADCANONS YOU WILL DIE DEFENDING

answered here but here are five more, mostly me being very contrary:

eggsy's sister is not named daisy. because i'm perverse. [kingsman]

q has any configuration of siblings except for two older brothers. [james bond (craig movies)]

claire novak's first girlfriend was krissy chambers. [supernatural]

erik has two to three children, and none of them are lorna. [xmcu]

erik & jean hung out a lot in between returning to the mansion and the final scene of apocalypse, which is why it makes sense that she goes to him in xmdp. [xmcu]

thank you for all these great questions, my lovelies, and once again, pay no attention to passage of linear time. fuck linear time.

[ the meme in question ]

[omgkalyppso]

hapi for the ask game? :)

(ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧ Thank you for the ask!

favorite thing about them

She's so modern. ajsdhfgja She's laid back and funny, and in her supports are so relaxed about the future and societal rankings. She doesn't take herself (or many characters) too seriously. She could easily fit into a modern narrative, sighing to attract beasts and all. There's enough of the cast who have formalities She reminds me of someone I know irl and that makes me fond of her. sdjfghf

least favorite thing about them

She's not well developed. I often hear people complaining about her being cliche with her curse / summoning, and she needed more Supports.

favorite line

Hapi: Hey, I paid for them. I can eat them however I want. You sure you don't want a bite? If you don't have any I'm just gonna eat 'em all. You have to try them fresh out of the oven if you want the full effect. Pretty soon they'll get cold. Oh, I'll explain in noble-speak so you understand. Ehem. (In a classy tone) They have a crisp, oven-browned exterior, and a sophisticated, spongy sweetness lying within!

brOTP

I'm making this up right now, but Lysithea. She can be under the mistaken impression that Lysithea is cursed also because of how she speaks, and they can deal with that miscommunication as they eat cakes together.

OTP

I like all of Hapi's paired endings. Though I like Byleth's the least because the false resolution to her curse felt lazy. I've not consumed enough Hapi content to have a preference.

nOTP

I'm sure I could think of some characters to fit here, but I haven't seen any Hapi ships that have made me uncomfortable.

random headcanon

I've seen a lot of people who headcanon Duscur culture to have influences of Maya culture, but I like Maya culture for Hapi's village. I like how the stargazing aligns; and then feel that my own experience with Maya songs and stories suit her.

unpopular opinion

I liked her sighing to summon demonic beasts, but her new class should have reflected it. Why not give us a summoner? Even if the beast was hostile towards our own party. I think it could've been fun.

song i associate with them

Ebb + Flow by Kylaido

But in sweet time you'll learn to tame the beast Before too much it grows Or at least you'll learn to hide it Just before too much it shows I feel the ebbs and I feel the flows You've got to save your own soul Just ride the wave, just ride the wave and come home You've got to save your own soul

favorite picture of them

This one.

[ao3feed-sterek]

Yay for Magic

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/3kg5OE0

by DeputyDylinski

Beauty and the Beast AU

It’s the same with all his other friends, they all have claws, amber eyes and scary fangs, but that’s all. Derek... well, Derek is something else. He has fangs so long they almost brush his chin, making his lower lip rub against them and expose the rest of his razor sharp teeth. His eyes are a crimson red, which he calls his alpha eyes, but compared to the others, he can actually stop them from flashing and show their real colour. But his claws are longer and sharper, his brow is more pronounced and actually hairless, the caterpillars –like his dad used to call them– that usually sat there somehow disappeared. His shoulders are hunched like his shoulders are top heavy, which they are not but his spine seems to be deformed like that. His hair is longer than it used to be, all wild tufts of black hair that he can’t seem to tame.

He’s ugly. A monster. A beast.

An abomination.

Words: 20340, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Series: Part 1 of Live is a Fairytale

Fandoms: Teen Wolf (TV)

Rating: Not Rated

Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Rape/Non-Con

Categories: F/M, M/M

Characters: Stiles Stilinski, Derek Hale, Sheriff Stilinski, Peter Hale, Erica Reyes, Vernon Boyd, Jennifer Blake, Paige (Teen Wolf), Melissa McCall, Talia Hale, Roscoe

Relationships: Derek Hale/Stiles Stilinski, Isaac Lahey/Scott McCall, Vernon Boyd/Erica Reyes

Additional Tags: Falling In Love, Inspired by Disney, Beauty and the Beast Elements, Derek Hale as the Beast (Beauty and the Beast), Stiles Stilinski as Beauty (Beauty and the Beast), Magic, Magical Stiles Stilinski, Alternate Universe, Alternate Universe - Soulmates, Curses, Fairy Tale Curses, Rape/Non-con Elements, Secrets, True Love, True Mates, OTP Feels, Kissing, Insecure Stiles Stilinski, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Kidnapping, Possession, Creeper Peter Hale, Alpha Derek Hale, POV Derek, Protective Derek, Werewolf Derek, Oblivious Derek, Pining Derek, Pining, Mutual Pining, Spark Stiles Stilinski, Mates Derek Hale/Stiles Stilinski, Oblivious Stiles Stilinski, Hurt Stiles Stilinski, Hurt, Blood and Injury, Tied-Up Stiles Stilinski, Stalker Peter Hale, POV Stiles Stilinski, Manipulation, Mind Control, Alternate Universe - Royalty, Prince Derek Hale, Injured Stiles Stilinski, Mentioned Laura Hale

read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/3kg5OE0

[robotslenderman]

Extra-Dramatic OTP Ask for Julian/Courier/Lettow 2, 8, 10, 13

2. Who would become a stalker, in the right (wrong) situation.

Julian. I mean, he’s already done that canonically.

8. Who would stand up at the other’s wedding and say they object?

Also Julian. Yeah he wouldn’t GAF and he’d do it in a way that’s totally hilarious and has Lettow and the Courier (let’s say it’s Elisa in this case) just. facepalming.

(Also it’d be hilarious if it’s Lettow and Elisa getting married and they’re like “okay, but which one of us are you interrupting this wedding FOR because we honestly can’t tell?????”

“uhhhh both of you?”

“oh jesus fucking christ”)

10. Who would love the other no matter how evil the other became.

JULIAN ALL THE WAY DOWN. Out of the three of them, he’s the one least attached to his morals -- sure, Lettow can be pretty fucked, but only with humans; he tries to be kinder to kindred. But Julian? Nope. Lettow and Elisa could be outright diabolical and he’d still adore them both. 

Elisa would be frightened if the other two turned evil and might be spooked off. Lettow I can see sticking around for far longer, but even he has a line in the sand somewhere.

13. Who would go berserk at harm or death befalling the other.

Absolutely Lettow. I know his reaction to you eating his wife is pretty tame, but if he saw Julian or Elisa hurt I think his beast would go apeshit.

Those three have pretty defined roles with each other -- Julian’s the brains, Lettow’s the brawn (also the wisdom stat to Julian’s int stat lmao), and Elisa’s the survivalist. I think Julian would also go berserk, but in a much more cold, calculated way. As for Elisa... I think she’d go into shock or just basically try to drag the injured person away from the conflict.

[ao3-sterek]

Yay for Magic

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by DeputyDylinski

Beauty and the Beast AU

It’s the same with all his other friends, they all have claws, amber eyes and scary fangs, but that’s all. Derek... well, Derek is something else. He has fangs so long they almost brush his chin, making his lower lip rub against them and expose the rest of his razor sharp teeth. His eyes are a crimson red, which he calls his alpha eyes, but compared to the others, he can actually stop them from flashing and show their real colour. But his claws are longer and sharper, his brow is more pronounced and actually hairless, the caterpillars –like his dad used to call them– that usually sat there somehow disappeared. His shoulders are hunched like his shoulders are top heavy, which they are not but his spine seems to be deformed like that. His hair is longer than it used to be, all wild tufts of black hair that he can’t seem to tame.

He’s ugly. A monster. A beast.

An abomination.

Words: 20340, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Series: Part 1 of Live is a Fairytale

Fandoms: Teen Wolf (TV)

Rating: Not Rated

Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Rape/Non-Con

Categories: F/M, M/M

Characters: Stiles Stilinski, Derek Hale, Sheriff Stilinski, Peter Hale, Erica Reyes, Vernon Boyd, Jennifer Blake, Paige (Teen Wolf), Melissa McCall, Talia Hale, Roscoe

Relationships: Derek Hale/Stiles Stilinski, Isaac Lahey/Scott McCall, Vernon Boyd/Erica Reyes

Additional Tags: Falling In Love, Inspired by Disney, Beauty and the Beast Elements, Derek Hale as the Beast (Beauty and the Beast), Stiles Stilinski as Beauty (Beauty and the Beast), Magic, Magical Stiles Stilinski, Alternate Universe, Alternate Universe - Soulmates, Curses, Fairy Tale Curses, Rape/Non-con Elements, Secrets, True Love, True Mates, OTP Feels, Kissing, Insecure Stiles Stilinski, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Kidnapping, Possession, Creeper Peter Hale, Alpha Derek Hale, POV Derek, Protective Derek, Werewolf Derek, Oblivious Derek, Pining Derek, Pining, Mutual Pining, Spark Stiles Stilinski, Mates Derek Hale/Stiles Stilinski, Oblivious Stiles Stilinski, Hurt Stiles Stilinski, Hurt, Blood and Injury, Tied-Up Stiles Stilinski, Stalker Peter Hale, POV Stiles Stilinski, Manipulation, Mind Control, Alternate Universe - Royalty, Prince Derek Hale, Injured Stiles Stilinski, Mentioned Laura Hale

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[ben-the-hyena]

SkekUng

Why I like them

WOW I'M SPOILED TONIGHT ! THANKS. Even before finding him hot lile I did by entering the AoR fandom (I used to find him ugly like the others and used to find Skeksis disgusting, he just was one of the best-looking), I love angry and loud characters, especially military ones like him so that was a plus. Even before being a fan of the franchise, he was my favorite Skeksis. I love how he is violent, cruel, strong, evil, power hungry and rival to the Chamberlain and yet, even if he is not as intelligent as him, still IS intelligent according to the lore, with kind if a strategic mind, being the one guy seeing through his bullshit, probably knowing about medicine since UngIm does, and having allegiance ideas like in the manga when he demands SkekTek not to tell that SkekLach steals essence as true as it is or it would bring trouble upon himself. I love how he is also not JUST anger contrary to what fanartists tend to, but also bootlicking to SkekSo til the end (you can't tell me "KNEEEEEL ! BOOOOW !" was sincere given how he leaned like a vulture just like the others as SkekSo choked and crumbled to dust), is implied to know how to tame big beasts like Garthim, is FLOOFY and kind of cute at times, is one of the most expressive puppets in the franchise (angry, furious, glaring, in awe, surprised, happily surprised, confused, scared...), and actually takes care of himself which proves he is not just a brute but also quite stylish (wears a bone necklace, probably demanded SkekEkt to put that mechanism in his robes to open fake wings when he wants to threaten because he is that extra, wipes his mouth after eating and drinking, has his armor polished, is very happy to look young and beautiful again (okallSkeksisforthat)...)

Why I don’t

I really hope that's not a mole or a wart on his snout, I hate those. That better be a "Skeksis piercing" or a little horn

Favorite episode (scene if movie)

I have 2 actually. The whole Trial by Stone scene because we see how hateful he is on SkekSil and determined to both have power and shut him (and unwind on him), how angry and expressive he is (the glare at SkekSil while wiping off his drool, he looked so ALIVE, oh and the cute proud nod at the audience) and how STRONG HE IS WOW THAT ROCK WAS CUT IN 2 AND WAS HEATED WOAH 100 DEGREES KNIFE VS STONE CHALLENGE that scene is a good way to show his personality. Aaaand the essence scene in which not only it is the closest you have him be happy ("HAHAHAHA YOUNG !") and speaking calmly not out of boot licking ("is it ready ?") but also because it is the only scene movie and show alike we see a younger Skeksis, and that one time had to be him. He didn't look bad, seeing him being impressed and in awe at his retrieved looks was cute and then seeing him being horrified, disappointed and FURIOUS when he became old again almost immediatly proved how important the Skeksis' motives were to them. It is the scene you understand why Skeksis killed people, and he is there to illustrate it, great

Favorite season/movie

Well he only appears in the movie so, movie lol

Favorite line

"I CHALLENGE !" when he challenges SkekSil for the throne. You hear both all the anger and hate he is for him, all the outrage and frustration he has for him as he saw him almost break the laws by taking the scepter, and all the determination to finally finish him off legally to teach him a lesson as if it were the last straw and finally the occasion to

Favorite outfit

He only wears one so uh that one by default I guess

OTP

I AM GUILTY TO LOOOOOVE SILUNG. I am aware they hate each other in canon to the plot of fighting, insulting each other, yelling at each other, annoying each other, humiliate and don't hesitate to banish each other, but I just can't help seeing their childish quarrels and how SkekSil goes "HMMMMM" purposely because SkekUng told him to stop is top tier childish bitter ex energy. Plus SkekUng is the only one to READ through his bullshit and call him out and nrver trust him, OPPOSITES ! And also stops the others from tearing him apart and just banishes him (NO THE SEQUEL COMICS DON'T COUNT), and then takes him back, him, his NEMESIS, once he brought Kira, that had to be an ideal pretext because he regretted what he did wtf ! I HC them as exes who had a very nasty breakup and convinced each other and even themselves they now loathe each other but they still have a big sexual tension and still have DEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP DEEP DEEP DEEP down feelings for each other but either they are in denial or don't want to admit because they are full of grudge, grief and anger. Tragedy. BUT IN THE NATIVES AU THEY STILL ARE TOGETHER AND ARE AN OLD MARRIED COUPLE

Brotp

Unlike a lot of people, I don't HC him as a friend person, seeing SkekSo's and SkekVar's deaths as promotion time. I think he kind of respects, hangs out with and helps not out of friendship but out of alliance (the closest he can get to pals) SkekNa and SkekTek

Head Canon

I have a lot, but if I must choose one, he started as the Surgeon and still has to this day a lot of medical knowledge in common with UngIm and UrIm. He just prefers maiming than healing, it's more fun. Plus it wasn't a very good doctor, he was good at his job BUUUT was not the patient reassuring type AT ALL so everybody was reassured he gave up on that when he was promoted, in a way. He taught SkekTek a part of what he knew so he could be both a doc and a scientist, which didn't please him as if he didn't have enough work

Unpopular opinion

I hate his characterization in the novelization (which I don't like in general). Him becoming crazy and Caligula-like while he obviously isn't innthe movie, why !? For once the sequel comics are more logical to have him turn as such, he lost everything because of these 2 Gelflings ! But the novelization !? He was on the throne for 2 days and still thought everything was going perfectly !

A wish

Let Michael Kilgarriff reprise his role for season 2. He is still alive, active, and fond of his participation to the Dark Crystal franchise. He IS SkekUng !

An oh-god-please-dont-ever-happen

Don't fuck up his character in season 2 don't fuck up his character in season 2 don't fuck up his character in season 2 FIND HIM A GOOD VOICE (KILGARRIFF) AND HAVE HIM IN CHARACTER AND NOT BE SKEKVAR 2.0 WHILE ALSO NOT BE ANGRYANGRYANGRY HE WAS MORE THAN THAT

5 words to best describe them

Angry, ambitious, violent, cruel, determined

My nickname for them

BEAR ! And also Promotion Man lmao he kept getting promotion after promotion SkekSil probably hates him half for that

[c0ffeebee]

Uma or Carlos from Descendants

ok so my first attempt at this died because of tumblr app but let's try this again

i will answer both because i love there two so much 💛

first uma 💙

OTP for them: umvie, my blue queens 

BROTP for them: huma (they are the ultimate brotp of all time), sea 3, vk 7, uma x carlos, audruma, uma x celia, umal

Other ships: huma MY GOD I LOVE THEM SO MUCH, uma x gil, sea 3, umal, audruma

What kind of fic I’d write about them: well i actually have an idea crafted for a sequel to my accidental love spells harlos fic, this time about uma and evie, but to talk about it would spoil the plot of the harlos fic so yeah, then also first summer uma spends in auradon, vk7 are living in evie's castle but since jay and gil left for their vacation and mal moved into the castle with ben, it leaves only harlos and umvie and of course the romances are starting to bloom, then also i had this au idea with no isle and the evil queen is ruling in her own kingdom and evie is an heir to the throne and so the queen arranges a marriage for her, but evie falls in love madly with the pirate captain uma and in the end uma is basically stealing her away right in the middle of the wedding and they run away on uma's ship (and if evie's best friend runs away with them and uma's best friend is her first mate well then it's a whole other story) 

A favorite canon moment: "what's my name", that high note in "it's going down" you know the one, every time she is a giant octopus, her SMILE when she saw the bridge at the end of d3, "i'm right here girl" i cried, her reading audrey's diary in audrey's bed, that tender hug with harry in d3 when they all meet at evie's, i just love her and now i want to re-watch these silly movies 

Color that reminds me of them: teal (wow, what a surprise xD) 

Song that reminds me of them: WHAT'S MY NAME WHAT'S MY NAME SAY IT LAUDER (this and "chilling" are my two favorite songs from all three movies), every other song from descendants she sings in 

A headcanon about them: harry is the only person (until evie) that she is comfortable enough with to let her guard down, she can't even allow it to herself with gil because he has this image of her that he admires and to show him she's not exactly that image is like tell a kid that santa doesn't exist, she can't bring herself to do it, but what she doesn't realize is that gil is a lot smarter than she thinks when it comes to feelings and he already knows when she's not fine, he can read it, he sees her vulnerability anyway and she is still the strongest and the most magical thing he ever seen in his life, she calls evie "blueberry" in the sweetest way possible, when harry is starting to date carlos she gives carlos a whole lecture of "break his heart and i'll break your face" (yeah haha but really she knows harry enough to realize he's not used to being in love or feeling emotionally vulnerable and she doesn't trust that carlos has intentions serious enough, so she's actually ready to kick carlos's ass if he hurt her platonic soulmate), water heals her and gives her strength, she is a waterbender but she knew nothing about it until she left the isle that was blocking her powers, now she's trying to learn how to control it and sometimes fails, and it's really dangerous because she can control all the substances that have water in them, blood included, one time harry is injured and he's feverish and so carlos just asks like "why don't you cool him off with your powers" and uma ABSOLUTELY REFUSES because she is terrified of freezing harry to death on accident, she lets evie play with her hair but no one else (except for harry of course) is allowed to touch it, evie helps uma with developing her powers and discovers her own magic in the process 

A random AU I think up on the spot for them: no magic au where uma and harry work as lifeguards at the local pool, evie and carlos can't swim to save their lives but come to the pool every day FOR REASONS (insert w|w & m|m solidarity here) 

Anything else: uma was never a villain, end of discussion 

and carlos ♥️

OTP for them: harlos (painfully obvious at this point) 

BROTP for them: CARVIE OH MY GOD I LIVE FOR THEM, jaylos, core 4, carlos x uma, vk7, carlos x jane 

Other ships: benlos (they own my whole ass heart), ben x carlos x harry, uma x harry x carlos, carlos x sea3

What kind of fic I’d write about them: 32k words of story about accidental love spells apparently (see i actually finished this one in may 2019, but my beta still has it, she's having some health issues), then also a fic where harry gets injured (see that scene with uma i've talked about) and he's feverish and in that state he calls out carlos's name, mind you they are not even friends at that point, more like forced roommates (AND THEY WERE ROOMMATES!) so carlos gets scared because he never wanted harry to catch feelings for him or vise versa, so he's distancing himself and it all goes to hell, but believe it or not the fic is more of a comedy and nsfw than angst xD, also again lazy long summer at evie's with just carlos, harry, uma and evie around, it starts with jay sending carlos a massage, it's a photo from a vacation, him and gil and a lot of snow and an actual penguin, on the picture gil is kissing jay's cheek and the caption says "wish you were here, except not really" which is a joke and carlos is laughing and it's ok but he does miss jay a lot, and the fic ends with jay receiving a message from uma of all people and it's a photo of carlos and harry sleeping in a hammock with dude and beelzebub and the caption says "he wishes you were here, except… well you know" and then also the next message with "p.s. except you and gil won't fit in there with them i mean, we need a bigger hammock, when are you back?" 

A favorite canon moment: HEAR HER VOICE IN MY HEAD, "chillin like a villain", him saving core4's asses in the museum, his and ben's first meeting "is that chocolate?", him going off when cruella threatened dude GOD I LOVE MY BRAVE SON, him trying to fight the guy who was aggressive to ben on the isle and jay literally DRAGGING him away, GIRL TALK I REPEAT GIRL TALK, him taming the beast ben, him being ready to kick harry's ass as soon as harry steps on that bridge, him and harry dancing together in "break this down", THAT JAYLOS DANCE IN GOOD TO BE BAD OH MY GOD, actually every time carlos is dancing, i just love him a lot 

Color that reminds me of them: red, white and black (to the surprise of no one) 

Song that reminds me of them: "chilling like a villain", every song in descendants that he's a part of, and also "hooked" by why don't we just because it's such a harlos song 

A headcanon about them: ok so… i don't believe it's even a headcanon but he can kick some serious ass, he's not a coward and in fact it's the opposite he's always ready to fight and the others have to stop him (like jay did in the situation i've talked about above), evie is his first and best friend, he's the only non-magical person in his friend group (evie and jay are both magical ok? I SAID WHAT I SAID), he can't swim at all but learns eventually to prove to harry he can, he sometimes is a mom-friend to jay and mal if evie isn't around to do the job, he can't cook but keeps trying and failing, HARRY IS THE ONLY ONE TO EVER CALL HIM "PUP" (it doesn't even make any sense for anyone else to call him that, if you have a phobia no good friend would ever call you by the name of the thing you're scared of, if my friends would call me spidey i would be like… excuse me bitch what?), harry is the one who's sometimes scared of HIM and not the other way around because carlos can be really REALLY mean without even opening his mouth, his passive-aggressiveness is the worst and harry can't stand it, he hates when carlos looks at him the way he did back at the bridge, carlos is very enthusiastic in bed and he knows almost everything there is to know in theory but lacks practice so harry sometimes feels like a lab rat or something because carlos treats sex like he treats scientific research, he just needs to try a bunch of stuff to know what works best, harry is not against it, carlos pranked chad more than a few times and it wasn't kind at all, maybe carlos isn't gay, maybe he's on the spectrum but he still prefers guys, him and jane break up eventually but stay good friends, HE STARTS TO WEAR EYELINER AGAIN AND STOPS STRAIGHTENING HIS HAIR because previously he just adopted to auradon beauty standards but then he sees harry rocking that eyeliner and goes like "ok if he can do it then so can i!" and it's glorious, carlos knows a bunch of seemingly useless scientific facts, he's good at sports but only the ones that interest him enough, and i should probably stop because it's getting too long 

A random AU I think up on the spot for them: werewolf carlos and vampire harry (witch uma and fairy evie is also welcomed to join), i desperately need this in my life, ok? ok

Anything else: i really wish dude never talked because this dog stole carlos's entire story arc and all the interactions he could have had with anyone but jane the moment it opened it's mouth