#post-cloudburst-AU

[florathegnarpian]

BMFD Rain World Infection AU

SHORT BONUS CHAPTER (Post-Prologue, Pre-Chapter-I) - Thanks!

(random fun fact about the AU: Iterscugs aren't rodents like scugs are. They're actually canines. Yes this means you can call them Slugdogs.)

DS stood in his chamber, always checking if anyone entered the pipe. For a long time nothing had entered the can other than Ditzy, who laid next to him. The pipe entrance flashed, and Nightcat entered. They'd only taken a single bite out of the Bloodmoon Flower, leaving most of it left.

"Oh! You've come back!" DS greeted excitedly. Nightcat stayed silent as usual, but gave the remaining part of the Bloodmoon Flower to DS and Ditzy. The two of them didn't say anything as Nightcat gestured for them to eat it. "Well, you seem like you turned out fine," DS said as he took the flower, "I'll eat more of it than this little creature beside me though in case it does become bad." The iterscug and rot-infected slugcat relucantly ate the flower.

DS suddenly noticed something when he looked at Nightcat. "Wait, aren't you usually wary of anything like this?" he questioned, "Or I suppose you could've just suddenly changed." Ditzy randomly meowed persistently to him, as if trying to tell him something. "I'm sorry little creature, I don't have the ability to understand you," he responded. Ditzy pouted as he laid back down, and afterwards, Nightcat dashed off in a hurry.

"Hm. That's an odd time to be dashing off," DS remarked, "Or the rain could is supposed to come and I don't know." He quickly checked the timer before starting the rain as he noticed the timer being finished. "They'll live. There's a shelter outside the access shaft, even though I don't know why sheltering here isn't convenient to most," he said before laying down to rest just as Ditzy was. "They aren't planning something nor have done something to us anyway. Surely not."

[huramuna]

wine red, tears gold - chapter 6.

king aegon II x baratheon ofc

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a bit of a slower chapter. there should be about 2 more after this & we are at the end (':

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content: smut, canon typical misogyny, canon typical violence, angst, fluff, arranged marriage, touch-staved aegon, aegon isn't a r*pist in this au but he is still a bad person and has his vices, ofc and aegon need to go to therapy together, justice for jaehaera, awkward sex, kind of a slow burn, infidelity, child loss, vomiting

cloudbursting - kate bush • playdate - melanie martinez

Alicent had thought she saw the last of death for a while. She had seen her grandson killed before her very eyes, seen her daughter’s skewered body upon the ground, a grisly tale of her son skewered through his eye, her other son burnt and suffocated. 

She had seen enough death for a lifetime and then some. 

When she had been awoken in the wee hours of the morn, it was still dark outside. Her handmaiden roused her from sleep with a panicked plea— the queen was in her labors. 

Labors? Lyanna wasn’t pregnant, was she? Surely Alicent would’ve noticed, as they spent every morning together since the girl’s arrival over half a year ago. 

She slipped on a housecoat and was escorted to the maester’s offices, where the robed man swept her aside immediately. 

“What is going on? Her grace cannot be pregnant, surely?” Alicent questioned, eyes narrowed. She didn’t dare look over at the pale figure in the cot, knowing it to be Lyanna. She wasn’t ready yet to see such pain once more. 

“The Queen is… was… roughly five moons along,” he explained softly, “Her chamber maids found her semi-conscious in a pool of her own blood, the room a mess— she… is fighting, surely. But the babe won’t be viable.” 

Alicent blinked profusely, searching the healer’s face for any sign of a farce. “You say she was pregnant?” 

“A matter of speaking, your grace. She is… laboring as we speak. The babe is stuck, however— at an odd angle.” 

“… what does that mean for Lyanna?” she asked, leaning forward. Alicent knew what it meant, of course— death was in the room with them, waiting. 

The maester gave the queen mother a hard look and shook his head. “Keep her in your prayers. The King… should be notified.” 

— 

Alicent sat by Lyanna’s bed, hand in bloody hand with her. The poor girl’s beautiful face was so pale, the blue veins in her half-drawn eyelids were visible. 

The labors weren’t much of a ruckus as they usually would be— Lyanna was severely numbed by milk of the poppy, and the maesters pulled out the babe. Alicent caught sight of it— its skin was gray and scaly, with a ridged tail and little budding horns, as well as a pair of perfectly miniature wings. It didn’t breathe, nor cry. 

“A son, your grace,” the maester announced solemnly.

The sight made Alicent want to vomit, but she swallowed it back, focusing on Lyanna. “You did so well, my love,” she cooed, dabbing her forehead with a damp cloth, “You did so well.” 

“See… may I… see the… the babe?” Lyanna asked, her voice so quiet that only Alicent could hear. 

Alicent’s heart clenched, brow furrowed. “Not yet, sweetling. They’re wiping him off now. Do you have a name in mind for him?” 

“Aeron,” Lyanna breathed, “For… Aemond… and Daeron…” 

A tear rolled down Alicent’s face as she leaned close to Lyanna, pressing their foreheads together. “Oh, my sweet girl,” she whispered, “My sweet, sweet girl. You’re the purest of us all, my love.” she cried fully now, eyes closed. She cared so deeply for the Queen, as if she were her own, or mayhaps more, and seeing the girl in pain agonized Alicent. 

Alicent Hightower wept for Lyanna, Aemond, Daeron, and Aeron. 

— 

Aegon did not arrive until hours later, after he’d been found. He bursted into the room like an ignited dragon. “Where’s my wife? My son?” he demanded. Otto followed behind him. 

Alicent stood up, her white nightgown stained in a bit of blood. She stared at her son, eyes narrowed with a fury she hadn’t felt in so long. “Out, Aegon— she’s asleep, finally, out, out!” she hissed, turning the King around and shoving him out of the chamber, closing the door behind them. 

SMACK.

Alicent laid a firm slap across Aegon’s face. “What took you so long?! Your wife was bleeding out, laboring your babe into the world much too early! And I saw the marks on her— she isn’t one of your whores, Aegon! What in the Gods’ names are you doing to her?” 

Aegon’s eyes immediately watered and he was the very image of a pathetic little puppy. He sniffed. “I didn’t— ‘twas part of our game, mother, I swear!” he simpered. “I never meant it… in a bad way.”

“Your game? Your game? Marriage isn’t a game, Aegon. Sex isn’t a game. You’re the only one she’s ever laid with and that is how you treat her?” Alicent was beyond fuming, not only for her good-daughter, but something within herself that has been long locked away. “Like some toy? She doesn’t know that it’s supposed to be gentle and loving— she must think that it’s normal to be treated in such a way.” 

The king shifted uneasily back and forth, looking down at his feet. 

“You never learn, do you? You’re just like your father.” she finally spat, eye to eye with her son. Her brown eyes were eclipsed with rage, lip curled before she descended back into the room to sit by Lyanna once more. 

Aegon didn’t follow— but he didn’t leave the Keep, either. Later that eve, the outside of his chambers was littered with discarded wine bottles, broken glass strewn about. 

— 

It was a week before Lyanna finally came back to herself— she was mostly coherent, eyes flitting about the room. A chair, now empty, was set next to her cot. 

There was another chair on the other side of the bed, which was filled. A tiny blonde head bobbed up and down behind a book. 

Jaehaera. 

She was reading, outloud, from a children’s book, legs kicking softly as she read. “It’s said that beyond the wall… there are dragons made of ice. They do not breathe fire, but blow frost from their gullets. Giants with feet as large as…” she paused, squinting, “wheelhouses, are said to ride the ice dragons to battle.” 

“Do you believe that, princess?” Lyanna murmured, her voice hoarse from disuse. “Ice dragons and giants?” 

Jaehaera blinked, her eyes going wide as she realized that her audience was awake. She ducked behind the book, crossing and uncrossing her legs. 

Lyanna hadn’t spent much time with Jaehaera, to be truthful. She didn’t wish to force herself upon the melancholic girl and wished for her to take her time to open up. The young princess had attended breakfast with Lyanna and Alicent a number of times, but usually didn’t speak, unless whispering something to Alicent. 

Jaehaera peeked over the book, her violet eyes looking at Lyanna cautiously. “… yes. I believe in ice dragons. Grandmother says…” she giggled softly, pulling the book down further to reveal a small smile, “that they aren’t real n’ the book is made up. But I know the truth.” 

“And what is the truth? You must tell,” Lyanna hummed, shifting herself in the cot so she was facing Jaehaera, giving the young girl her full attention. “I must know.” 

“They’re real n’ just sleeping beneath the snow, and they lay their eggs in the giant wall in the North. But… they take two… hundred years to hatch!” 

“Two hundred years? That’s quite a long time to wait for a baby dragon.” 

“Yup. I’m patient, though. Grandmother says it's my best… quar-lity.” 

“Quality, sweetling.” 

“Qual-ity.” Jaehaera repeated. 

Lyanna gave a reassuring smile. “You look quite deep into the book— how long have you been reading for?” 

“I came with grandmother… five days ago n’ started reading this to you… four days ago. I thought it might be nice to listen, even if you were sleeping…” she nods to herself, slowly coming out of her shell. “Sometimes, when I sleep, I hear stuff around me and it enters my dreams.” 

“Thank you for reading to me, sweet girl. I thought I recalled hearing about ice dragons in my dreams,” Lyanna chuckled. “Will you keep reading to me? Even if I’m not asleep?” 

Jaehaera looked down at the book, swinging her legs again. Her cheeks puffed slightly and she looked a bit bashful. “Uhmmm… maybe. Did… you still want to hear it?” she peered at the queen, head tilted. “… I don’t get to do much with friends anymore… they’ve all gone. Grandmother likes my reading but… sometimes she starts crying n’ I have to stop. Father is… too busy.” 

The queen felt her heart clench. Out of all of the victims of the Dance— Jaehaera, in her mind, had suffered the most. She lost nearly everyone. “Of course, I’d love to hear you read more. I’m quite interested in what else is beyond the wall, and I simply won’t believe what anyone else has to say about it, it must be you, dear princess.” 

The little princess gave a little giggle before she continued to read. 

—

The queen and the princess were inseparable for the next moon– as they had found some sort of comfort in one another. Lyanna would stop to Jaehaera’s chambers and escort the young girl to Alicent where all three of them broke their fast together.

It was certainly an odd feeling for Lyanna, as she never had been really good with children, so to speak. But after Aeron, she felt something was lost from within her. She only remembered glimpses of her son before they took him away. The sight of him, so tiny and riddled with golden and red scales like a little lizard, with a tail and leathery wings. The sight of him had sickened a few of the attending maids, causing them to vomit and clutch their proverbial pearls. 

She thought him a beautiful little boy and wished to know if he had his father’s violet eyes, or her brown. 

In her dreams, he had a curly mop of white blonde hair and brown eyes with flecks of violet, like wisteria petals upon a pond, shaded by a tree. He would speak to her in hushed tones, holding and tugging on her hand, babbling all sorts of nonsense like children do. She never saw beyond the confines of the small garden they would be in, the outskirts of her vision creeping in lilting black and hazy purple. 

But, nevertheless, it was an oasis, bright and sprightly like the first warmth of spring’s sun, warming their skin as Lyanna held Aeron to her hip, peppering him with kisses and love, while they watched ducks swim around in the petal speckled water. Dipping their toes into the chilled pool, a figure would approach. Another crop of blonde hair, somehow so familiar to Lyanna. The shape and gait of the shadow would liken itself to Aegon, but Lyanna could never see his face. He was dressed in black and green, with the crown of the Conqueror upon his brow, the indent of a smile perked upon his silhouette as he sat beside them. 

Aeron would be between them, speaking a language that Lyanna didn’t understand, but it sounded similar to High Valyrian. Aegon’s shadow would converse back, but his voice sounded so far away and disjointed, like a distant memory. The specter of the king would take off his crown, and hang it upon Aeron’s curled mop, flashing a toothy white smile and singing praises. A smile Lyanna longed to see. 

But it wasn’t real.

None of it was.

Aeron would never grow to be that sprightly little boy, and Aegon… the version that she’d concocted in her head of him didn’t exist. 

It likely never would.

These dreams, ever repeating ever since she lost Aeron, would make her wake in a cold sweat, already crying, her nightgown clinging to her like a second skin, sticky and itching. She would get up and pace, trying her best not to wake Jaehaera, who had snuck into her rooms more than once when she had a nightmare, a frequent plague for the young princess.

Some might consider Lyanna’s dreams something of joy– but they seemed like a nightmare to her, an illusion that made her feel like she was going mad. It felt so real, that when she awoke, she could feel her fingers grazing through Aeron’s curls, the soft smell of him was alive and well in her room. Until a gust of wind would dissipate it. 

And she would be alone with her thoughts, her longings and her dreams once again. She would crawl back into bed and wrap her arms around Jaehaera.

One eve, late into the night, Lyanna felt the indent of weight upon her bed. She didn’t open her eyes, as she was still flitting between consciousness and sleep– but her hand wandered over, expecting to feel Jaehaera. “... bad dreams, Haera?” she mumbled, her hand searching for the little princess’ own.

“... ‘tis not Jaehaera.” a voice murmured. Aegon.

Lyanna’s eyes snapped open, turning towards her husband, whom she hadn’t spoken to or really seen since Aeron’s passing. “Aegon?”

“... yes.” he whispered. He sounded small, like his vocal chords were stuck in a shell, echoing and far-flung from his usual cocksure smugness. 

“Are you… alright?” she asked then. She should be angry, she really should– but she had just had her dream again, where he had been so alive, so lovely and right that she couldn’t be mad at him in the moment. Her mind was still swimming with the illusion she’d created of him.

“No,” he breathed, shifting closer to her slightly. “Something is wrong with me.”

“Are you ill? Shall… I get up and call a maester?”

“No–” he pressed, his hand reaching out to grasp Lyanna’s wrist. It wasn’t harsh or forceful, but urgent, like a plea. “Stay. I… I need to explain myself.”

Her muscles tensed for a moment as she felt his hand upon her. It was warm and slightly calloused, but familiar nonetheless. “... okay.”

“I haven’t… picked up a bottle in near a moon, nor… touched a whore. I-I’ve been good,” Aegon whimpered. “I’m so sorry, Lyanna. For everything– Gods, I’m a fucking monster. I-I don’t know why I’ve done the things I did or said. It’s eating me from the inside like a sickness,” he took a shaky breath, sniffling all the while. He was crying. “I-I… I wanted to push you away. The moment I saw you with your… big brown eyes, so close to tears– I felt sorry for you, to be paired with me. You were good and pure and innocent– you didn’t deserve any of this– if I hadn’t been such a fucking coward, you… might still be carrying our son.” 

Lyanna didn’t say anything, but her breath hitched slightly at his words. They were clear and concise– tear laden and full of sorrow but it was the most sober she’d ever seen him, the most lucid.

“I can’t feel that it's my fault. Because I was too weak to say no to them, to put my foot down and refuse. I basically killed them all,” he continued. “I’m just a Godsdamned coward and I should be put down like a dog for what I’ve done, for what I allowed to happen– my entire family save for three people who don’t see me as anything more than a disappointment are all dead, Lyanna– I could’ve… I should’ve… I should’ve kicked and fought against it, told them to fucking stick the crown where the sun doesn’t shine. What kind of brother usurps his sister’s throne? What… why did I let that happen?” his hand was shaking against her wrist now, his voice breaking into small blubbers. “I’m a fucking Kinslayer, Lyanna.”

She didn’t know what to say, truly. But the sheer ache she felt in the depth of her chest caused her to reach out her free hand and thread her fingers into his hair, pulling him closer to her as he cried, his entire body violently wracked with his sorrow. 

It all suddenly made sense to her– the drinking, the whoring, the violence, the barbed words. He was punishing himself, his damnation pushing away everything that may even be a little good in his life. He was sentencing himself to a life of ruination until it consumed him completely, leaving nothing left behind but a husk; all because he thought he deserved it. Because he thought he killed everyone he’d ever loved.

It made sense. 

Lyanna held him close to her chest, hushing and soothing his sobs. He had let go of her wrist to wrap his arms around her in turn. “I know,” she breathed, holding him like she had wished to in her dreams, tightly as so he wouldn’t disappear. “You only tried to… please… them– didn’t you?”

He nodded slowly.

“You just wanted to be loved.”

[evercelle]

oooh can i ask what other genshin fics you've been reading? wld love to know what other characters you've been into :)

a mixed bag, though mostly sumeru characters, as of late! here's a handful to chew on...

here is the house | cynonari, haikaveh, canon-compliant | Tighnari & Cyno through the years. | this prose is a delight to read, with lovely emotional nuance. writing the events up to and through canon archon quest, and the road to becoming a family... ongoing!

A Wanderer Witnesses the Heat Death of the Universe | nahida & scaramouche, post-canon | “And the longer your future lasts, the shorter your past will become, until one day it is but a tiny fraction of your life,” said Kusanali, the Lord of Wisdom. | i really think nahida & scaramouche are possibly the most fascinating characters & relationship mhy has come up with yet. a character study that's marked unfinished

if a tree falls in a forest | nahida & scaramouche, bodyswap | “Whoopsies,” Scaramouche says, and her own voice comes out. “That’s all you’ve got? Whoopsies?” | get to know someone by walking a mile in their shoes, literally!! if you only ever read one scaramouche & nahida fic make it this one. the writer sums up their dynamic as "outdoor cat and their favorite human" which is 100% good and true

The Stars, Eternal | dainsleif & venti | Dainsleif comes every year to put flowers by the Windrise tree. Once, Venti sees him. | written pre-Chasm and interlude quests, i think? immortal beings struggling with mortality (of a sort) is evergreen

cloudburst | ayato/thoma, kamisato fam, yakuza AU | Growing up in the sprawling criminal underbelly of Kobe, Ayato has always known exactly what it means to be the heir of the region's oldest and most established yakuza clan: that he is under constant pressure, constant threat, and the precondition of bearing it all alone. | really nails the dynamics i like the most about ayato & thoma together, and the kamisato family as a whole. unfinished, but the currently published chapters are the complete part 1. gorgeous writing

[staykimchay]

Thank you @cloudburst-ink and @lori0018 for tagging me 🥰 this is the first line ao3 tag where I’ll be sharing the first line from my last ten fics posted/updated on ao3! They are, of course, all kimchay 😂 I’ll be going from most recently updated backwards!

1. Dancing With Our Hands Tied which is a fic where I take post canon, add Chay whump and slowish burn and dramaTM to the mix.

The line: It’s dark when Chay pauses in the open doorway of the bar.

2. Heaven Can’t Help Me Now which is a fic where I gave Chay many kinks and let Kim be his feral predator self.

The line: It doesn't take long for Chay to realise that he’d had it easy when he’d been the one chasing Kim.

3. Read Between the Lines which is #50 of the Fucking Friday (FF) smut series @cloudburst-ink and I have got going on.

The line: In the end they barely make it to the library quad.

4. Only Needs a Spark (to Start a Pyre) is my witch hunter Kim/witch Chay smut snippet hehe

The line: “M’not a witch,” Chay squirms in his seat until the ropes that bind him tighten to an uncomfortable degree.

5. It’s a Wild, Wild Word is that FF snippet I wrote which was me testing if people were into a cowboy au 😂

The line: “I have a confession,” Chay says as Kim tips him back onto the blanket they’d laid out by the water.

6. We Could Do This (Baby All Night) is the FF fucking machine ficlet 😏

The line: Chay tries to wriggle, to grind back against the force that’s fucking into him so beautifully, but his arms are bound and his thighs are strapped onto the machine he’s laid across, stomach hot against the cool metal.

7. In a Winter Wonderland is the mistletoe FF 🥰

The line: When Khun had insisted on a family trip to a ski resort, Chay’s first instinct was excitement.

8. He Built a Fire (Just to Keep me Warm) is a lovely messy Yuletide FF ❄️

The line: “Is the Yule log ready?”

9. It’s Coming Down, No Sound, It’s All Around is the FF in which I tried temperature play for the first proper time hehe

The line: The windowpanes are frosty. Chay presses his fingertips to the glass and then flinches backwards with a quiet laugh.

10. 5 Times Kitty Chay Sat Somewhere He Shouldn’t Have which is the sequel to the Chay turns into a kitten fic I wrote a couple months back! You do need to read that fic to understand this one really 😂

The line: “You need to stop ruining the curtains.” Kim sighs as he grabs the end of the material and pulls, exposing the numerous claw marks that go all the way to the curtain rail.

I apologise in advance if any of the links don’t work I am not a tech wizard 😂

Tagging @justanothervariant ♥️

[justanotherinterneruser]

Thanks for the tag @gooseberryfox ! Making me look at my plethora of WIPs and feel immense guilt, although the smiley face softened the blow

RULES: make a new post with the names of all the files in your WIP folder, regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them, and then post a little snippet or tell them something about it! then tag as many people as you have WIPs.

Oh God. Here we go.

1. Cloudburst

2. Cringe

3. Tender regrets

4. Time the hurt the boys

5. Ahahahagagagag why do I do this

6. Reasons for cannibalism (notes for fic)

7. not again

8. More drama? More likely than you think

9. Don’t have time for this

10. Am I projecting ?

11. final nights

12. OC notes

13. OC addition story for AU (must consult boredom)

14. LORE LORE LORE LOREEEEEEE

15. God won’t fix this so I will. Bow to me

16. Why do I have to do everything myself

17. *singsong voice* BACKSTORIESSSSSS

18. Covenant of the Damned

19. SpyxFamily collab

20. spn tumblr fic

Annnnnnnnnd I have more, but this is getting long so I just grabbed the first 20 that popped up. As for tags, I do not have 20 friends 🤣, so have my meager offerings

@th0rnback @user-needs-a-username @c-c-cherry @cryran88 @awesomedurraworld

[aceonice]

Inspired by @cloudburst-ink 's "Making every single one of these KimChay" post and for @soulless-baka

Too Many Beds

Magnus visits a small town, maybe getting snowed inn/his flight gets cancelled, and he discovers an inn run by Alec. Possibly, Alec runs the inn with his siblings and each room has a different theme. Magnus decides he needs to stay in each one before he leaves, and it's definitely not just an excuse to stay in the town he can't help but love with the captivating inn keeper.

Accidentally Kidnapping A Mafia Boss

When Mafia Boss Alec accidentally breaks into the wrong house, Magnus catches him off guard and manages to tie him up. Alec does his best to win Magnus over ("you should let me go so the mafia doesn't come after you, I can protect you from our rivals if you do <3") before Magnus calls the cops.

Really Nice Guy Who Hates Only You

Magnus is a warlock who's always going out of his way to help anyone who asks it of him--except Alec Lightwood. He's always avoiding Alec and making excuses not to help. A frustrated Alec tries to figure out why Magnus hates him so much. (It's probably a misunderstanding.)

Academic Rivals To Lovers Except It's Teachers Who Compete To Have The Best Class

This one is kind of my favorite/the one I'd be mostly likely to turn into a fic. Magnus teaches art at the same elementary school where Alec teaches music and they compete for kids to love their class most. Maybe they're competing to make the district newsletter for 'educator of the month'. Madzie is, of course, one of their students.

Divorce Of Convenience

The first thing that comes to mind is an angsty 'necessary divorce for disability benefits' or something but that's too depressingly realistic so let's do something more fun. Maybe a human au where Alec (or Magnus) gets left his family's business in the will but only if he divorces his husband so he and Magnus decide to divorce, let Alec inherit the business, and then promptly remarry. They celebrate by drinking champagne on the grave of Alec's parents. (Or go full on Mary Shelley with it).

Too Much Communication

My first thought with this is also angsty about immortal malec who run out of things to talk about and have to work to save their relationship. The relationship negotiation and non-traditional dynamics could be fun to explore with that. But it could also be something like before their first time, they're discussing everything but they go too in depth and it kind of kills the mood so they postpone. Or something with Jace giving Alec TMI about something.

True Hates Kiss

Alec accidentally pisses off the wrong warlock who knows of his and Magnus' feud and curses him. Alec has a "well guess I'll die then" mentality about it but his siblings bully him into asking Magnus for help. Alec kind of expects Magnus to say no but of course he doesn't. It's a surprisingly good kiss. Or make it all a secret relationship so the other warlock is like "to break the curse you have to kiss your enemy, Magnus Bane!" And Alec is like "oh no the horror" and goes home to his bf.

Dating Your Enemy's Sibling

Magnus and Isabelle own rival companies (tech startups maybe?), but that doesn't stop Alec from winning Magnus' heart. Izzy and Magnus eventually become friends and possibly merge their companies. Or Jace and Magnus with competing coffee shops, and tattoo artist or florist Alec who is doing his best to stay out of it (neither Jace or Magnus will let him buy coffee from their cafe, it's always 'on the house'). I think this could also be a fun one to make into a fic.

Lovers To Enemies

...idk if y'all actually wants this for malec but what about lovers to enemies to lovers? A second chance romance after Magnus and Alec's relationship falls apart, either after the soulsword incident or in super hero au where they learn each others identites realize they're fighting on opposite sides. The angst of still being in love while having to fight each other at every turn or the political strife.

Hate At First Sight

RWRB vibes here. Alec experiences gay panic, Magnus misunderstands, and mutal pining ensues. (IE they both *think* they hate each other.)

Love Triangle Where The Two Love Interests Get Together Instead

Okay but there's already an amazing malec fic with this premise?? Tbh I'd prefer to write this for a couple like Izzy/Maia after Simon cheats on them with each other. But something similar could be done with malec and being cheated on by their partner or some kind of thing where they both think the other is crushing on someone else?

Fake Amnesia

Magnus fakes amnesia to get out of working with the Institute but it backfires when they send a shadowhunter to attempt to jog his memory ("Or," Maryse says skeptically, "catch Bane in the lie."). Alec is a persistant annoyance who is slowly working his way into Magnus' heart.

Soulmates Who Are Fated To Kill Each Other

Very angsty. I feel like I'd have to get around the unhappy ending with time travel or resurrection or something. Maybe malec have to kill each other to save the world for plot reasons but an angel/demon is grateful and brings them back or they plan ahead and Magnus creates some kind of time travel spell. Or another kind of super hero au with mistaken identities where they don't realize who the other one is until they're killing each other, but of course I need a happy ending there too. Or they each have a different soul mate in an AU where your soulmate is the one you're destined to kill or be killed by and they help each other hunt down their murder soulmates.

Strangers To Enemies

Alec is running late to work and spills coffee on Magnus who is on his way to his new job. They end up feuding coworkers (until they end up kissing one day). Could be fun to have this set either in an office or a library or something less traditional.

Everyone Is Convinced You Aren't Actually Dating

Celebrities malec and everyone assumes it's a publicity stunt ("no couple is that perfect!!"). Maybe one of them is a musician who keeps writing songs about the other. Although this could work in canon with people thinking it's a political move since both have been working to advance relations in the shadow world.

Too Hot To Cuddle

Pretty simple but Alec wants cuddles but the AC breaks and the temperature keeps climbing. Maybe they end up at a pool.

Bimbo Love Interest Ceo Runs Business Into The Ground

Alec is struggling to keep his business running (he didn't plan to take over the family business after being disowned for being gay, but his parents die before they can revise their will and the company is left to him). Magnus is a high level employee who is annoyed that some outsider nepo baby is ruining everything. He's bitter and grumpy, but ultimately helps because he loves the company. Eventually, Alec retires because he knows he's doing more harm than good.

Nursing Home AU

Angsty version: second chance romance with teen malec who broke up for some reason and they end up in the same nursing home bonding over their lives and contemplating "what if"s. Happier version: Alec works at a nursing home where Magnus' mother lives. Magnus visits a lot, allowing them to get to know each other and fall in love.

REVERSE TROPE WRITING PROMPTS

Too many beds

Accidentally kidnapping a mafia boss

Really nice guy who hates only you

Academic rivals except it’s two teachers who compete to have the best class

Divorce of convenience

Too much communication

True hate’s kiss (only kissing your enemy can break a curse)

Dating your enemy’s sibling

Lovers to enemies

Hate at first sight

Love triangle where the two love interests get together instead

Fake amnesia

Soulmates who are fated to kill each other

Strangers to enemies

Instead of fake dating, everyone is convinced that you aren’t actually dating

Too hot to cuddle

Love interest CEO is a himbo/bimbo who runs their company into the ground

Nursing home au

[scaryscarecrows]

Close Call

AN: There’s been many a time where I was gliding along and accidentally grappled onto/into a watchtower, resulting in a, ‘hey! It’s Batman!’ and a ‘OH FUCK’ *mashes triangle to drop smoke pellet*.

Bruce doesn’t know who’s more surprised at his sudden arrival: the Arkham Knight, the handful of men clustered around him, or Bruce himself.

They all stare at each other for a beat before the one closest to him shouts, “GET HIM!”

At this point, Bruce does not feel safe in engaging. He can’t quite catch his breath and Joker’s giggling is threatening to drown out everything else. So he drops a smoke pellet, grapples to a nearby crane, and settles in to assess.

As it turns out, the Knight probably isn’t surprised. He’s unconscious on that rooftop, and judging by the chatter, he was like that when they found him. Bruce is mostly just relieved to find out that he didn’t accidentally leave the man to a horrible fate in Scarecrow’s sea of toxin. He still has to apprehend him, but at least he isn’t dead due to Bruce’s momentary loss of reality.

The Knight’s flat on his back, pulled as far away from the edges of the building as possible. The soldiers surrounding him are backed up by sentry guns, mines, an aerial drone, and, judging by the hint of static in his ear, a scrambler. Bruce is willing to bet one of them has a way to pick up the cowl’s signal, because at this point, why wouldn’t they. They have everything but a tank.

“Where’d he go?”

“Not far. Keep your eyes on the rooftops. You so much as think you see a fluttering cape, shoot it.”

Well. They’re very determined. Not that they weren’t before, but now they’re…upset. He can still handle them, he’ll just have to be a little more cautious.

“What do we do now?”

“We sit right here,” one of them-he must be in charge for the moment-says firmly, “and we wait for the boss to wake up. And if we’re very lucky, we take out the Bat.”

“We’re fucked.”

“Yeah, probably.”

Well. That’s certainly a different tune than the one he’s been hearing all night.

“What if he doesn’t wake up?” one of them asks. “What if he dies?”

“He hasn’t killed Batman yet, he won’t die,” Secondary Leader says firmly. Then, a little quieter, “I hope.”

Joker scoffs.

“If determination to kill you was all it took, I’d still be here today,” he grumbles. “Although…I’m here now, in a manner of speaking! Maybe it works after all.”

He’s just about to get closer, to try downloading the codes from the drone controller, when the Arkham Knight stirs and they descend on him.

“Sir?” Medic. “Sir, can you hear me?”

“Mm-hm.”

“I fuckin’ told you so,” Secondary Leader says. “You okay, sir?”

The Knight doesn’t answer, just tries to shove himself off the ground. The minigunner sets said minigun aside and half-picks him up to prop him against a ceramic flower pot.

“Th’ ‘ell ‘appened?”

“Batman happened, sir. Cloudburst is gone, Scarecrow is. He’s not happy.”

Right on cue, Crane comes back online to inform the GCPD that they will suffer horribly when he gets to them, as punishment for Batman’s interference. On the street below, one of the rioters grumbles that he wants an apology for being gassed without warning. Bruce wonders, a little, if the Knight will take his helmet off.

He doesn’t. He just leans against the flower pot, breathing heavily. Bruce doubts he’ll be a problem. He’s armed, yes, but he’s weak, and even if he does draw his sidearm, his aim is likely to be compromised. The minigunner, on the other hand…

“He’s never happy,” the Knight finally breathes. “Where are we.”

“Office building, boss,” Secondary Leader says. He’s prowling the edge of said building and Bruce instinctively moves back a little more, just in case. “Across the street from Wayne Enterprises.”

Something about that strikes the Knight as amusing-he laughs, cutting himself off when it starts veering into semi-hysterical territory. It’s…unsettling. A little too close to the Joker’s frantic giggles for Bruce’s liking.

“You okay, sir?” Medic asks. He’s still crouched down, kit in his hands. “We’re pretty sure you got a lungful of that crap.”

“Mm.” To Bruce’s dismay, he eases himself up, legs shaking, and makes his way to the edge of the building. “I’ve had worse.”

“Yeah, and a broken ankle is worse than a cut that needs stitches, but you still have to treat the cut,” Medic snaps. “You seeing any floating pumpkins or anything?”

“I’m fine,” the Knight insists again, leaning on the railing. “Just a little shaky, it’ll pass off in a few…minutes…”

“Boss?”

“What is that?” That doesn’t sound good. “Well, well. We’ve got company, gentlemen.” It’s not good. “Why don’t you come down here and face us, Batman?”

Joker approves of this plan. That alone means that Bruce is going to stay right here.

“He gave Barbara to Scarecrow, Bats!” Joker cackles from behind him. “Don’t you think he should pay for that?”

It would be easy, even now that they know where he is. If he glides down and hits the minigunner’s head at just the right angle, he’ll break his neck. Then, in the confusion, he can take out the medic and the drone controller before moving on to the others.

He doesn’t even have to do that. If he’s quick, he can yank the Knight over the edge of the building and take him somewhere they won’t find him—

No. He won’t. Joker isn’t allowed to win.

“I think he’s too scared to come down here, sir,” Secondary Leader says smugly. Joker takes offense, asks if Bruce is going to sit here and take that. The Knight shakes his head.

“Don’t get cocky.”

“Ohhhhh, big words from a guy who’s been calling you an old man all night,” Joker says. “C’mon, Bats, let’s give these boys a taste of the new Dynamic Duo!”

It would be easy. But it wouldn’t be right.

The Knight suddenly staggers and Secondary Leader snaps a hand out to steady him.

“Maybe you should siddown, boss.”

“I’m fine.” But he does step back towards the flower pot again. “Give me a minute.”

“Seeeee?” Joker says, jabbing his finger at them. “Act fast, Bats! Now’s your chance!”

It would be easy. So. Very. Easy. He got Barbara killed. Gotham is in flames because of him. The airships. ACE Chemicals. Dozens dead tonight, and who knows how many more during his preparation period.

“That’s it, Bats, teach him what happens when he messes with your city!”

He doesn’t realize that he’s moving until a bullet streaks through his cape. He dives downwards, bile steadily rising in his throat. Above him, one of them shouts, “You want the boss, you go through us!”

“Bold of them to assume you won’t, eh, Brucie?”

Bold of Joker to assume he will. He’ll find them again, when he’s alone in his head and back in control. When the giggling stops.

When he won’t accidentally kill them.

THE END

[sanctum-of-ramshackle]

“Can’t Slow Me Down”

[TWST AU]: In this timeline, there’s an MC/Yuu who is also from the Valorant universe, but with a different set of unique abilities.

[Synopsis]: Agent!MC/Yuu somehow got lost into Twisted Wonderland while a mission gone wrong back in the Omega world.

Gender Neutral MC/Yuu

[(A/N)]: I just watched Episode 6: Revelation of Valorant and now I want to write something relating to everyone’s Wind Duelist, Agent Jett.

[(A/N #2)]: Like from the previous Valorant MC/Yuu posts, this variant in this one is in the age range of 16-18.

[미란이, 릴보이 - Can’t Slow Me Down]

Agent S.Wift, a.k.a. MC/Yuu Han, is connected to the Wind Duelist, Agent Jett in familial terms.

They’re the younger sibling to the Korean native and the only family member who believed their Jett was innocent after what happened back in Venice.

They also developed Radiant abilities similar to Jett’s from The First Light back in Korea.

The two always had each other’s backs.

They both fought together during missions.

Had cooking competitions.

Racing each other to claim who is faster.

Hell, they even dare each other to whoever resists the spiciness of 불닭볶음면 [Fire Noodles] wins and loser buys ice cream for the champion.

Everything is great between the Han Siblings…

Except during one mission gone wrong.

Remember the episode: Shattered where Killjoy, Neon and Reyna traveled through the portal used to get into the “Omega Earth” for sensitive information?

That kind of mission happened and it involved the two Wind Radiants.

Sova, Jett, and S.Wift were escaping from the soldiers back in the Omega Earth and while traveling to their world, Alpha Earth, something went wrong.

Jett lost S.Wift due to a malfunction to the portal and now everybody at the VP HQ are trying to track them down.

…

MC/Yuu bumps into what feels to be a coffin of some sorts.

Then uses their Radiant powers to blast open the lid, almost slamming Grim when he was about to open it.

Grim: NYAAH! You almost hit me!!!

Agent!MC/Yuu: AAH! 말하는 라콘?!

TRANSLATION: [말하는 라콘] [Malhaneun lakon] (Talking raccoon)

They quickly dashed past Grim and started running around, looking for a way out.

They sprinted, jumped high on the rooftops using Updraft and sprints across the roof.

Grim was running after them, panting for more air.

Grim: *Pants!* *Pants!* How are they so fast?

As MC/Yuu escaped from Grim, they crashed into the window leading to the dorm-selecting ceremony.

With minor cuts from the glass shards, the young agent freaks out by the number of hooded figures staring at them with disbelief.

As training and instincts kicking in, MC/Yuu pulls out their knives using with their Radiant powers.

Agent!MC/Yuu: Why am I in a messed-up cult? Who are you, people?

Crowley: Please put your knives down. There is no need for hostility-

Agent!MC/Yuu: *Throws one of their knives passing Crowley and nearly misses Grim*

Grim: NYAAH!!!

Agent!MC/Yuu: That monster was chasing after me!

Grim: Hey! I’m Grim the Great! Not a monster!

Agent!MC/Yuu: I don’t care! I don’t know what’s going on here, but this better not be the Omega agents tricking me.

Crowley: Omega agents?

Agent!MC/Yuu: …What kind of hell is this?

MC/Yuu stepped aside with Crowley and Grim, being trapped in the Whips of Love.

Both the young agent and the headmaster exchanged their explanations of their situations.

Now Agent S.Wift is back in school.

[During the Prologue]

[Ace and Grim were fighting until the feline menace blew fire at the troublemaker. Trappola deflected the flames with a wind spell which ultimately directs to the Queen of Hearts statue.]

Agent!MC/Yuu: Oh! *Throws a Cloudburst move to shield the statue from the fire* Are you two crazy?!

Ace: *Surprised* I thought you were magicless.

Agent!MC/Yuu: I’m a Radiant where I’m from. Not magical. Just leave us alone, 바보 [Pabo] (Idiot).

Ace: Ha? I don’t see you as threatening-

Agent!MC/Yuu: *Fans out their knives and throws them at Ace*

Ace: *Barely dodges the attack* What was that for?!

Agent!MC/Yuu: Proving I can kick ass.

[Heartslabyul Kitchen]

Agent!MC/Yuu: Hey Cater.

Cater: MC/Yuu-Chan/Kun! Helping Trey with baking for the upcoming Unbirthday Party?

Agent!MC/Yuu: Yeah. All these pastries are making me crave for something spicy. Thankfully, Trey let me use the area for some snacks. *Serves themselves their version of 불닭볶음면* Want some? I made extra.

Cater: You don’t have to. Really.

Agent!MC/Yuu: Cater, I noticed you’re not too fond of sweets. Back from the beginning, Trey used his magic to make your palette satisfied with some things savory.

Cater: Oh. You know.

Agent!MC/Yuu: There’s nothing wrong with that. I also crave with some spice every now and then. *Hands the extra bowl to Cater* I gotta go before Grim does something stupid. *Dashes out of the kitchen*

Cater: *Blushes* Why?

[During Chapter 5: Vil’s Overblot]

Epel: *Barely breathing from the poisonous gas* How are we supposed stop this?

Agent!MC/Yuu: I got this! *Uses their abilities to create a tornado to rid the gas*

[Overblot!Vil accidentally got caught in the tornado and crashes into the debris of the Colosseum.]

Agent!MC/Yuu: Whoops. Nobody caught that on video, right?

Epel: *Recording the whole time*

Agent!MC/Yuu: Epel.

Epel: What? This is somethin’ after beating Vil’s ass.

Now I’m imagining that back in the VP HQ, everyone was able to find Agent S.Wift and finally got them back to safety.

This could take place after dealing the everything that happened in Twisted Wonderland.

[Back to Alpha Earth]

Agent!MC/Yuu: *Falls through the portal* Guys?

Jett: MC/Yuu! *Dashes to them and tightly hugs them* Thank god you’re okay.

Agent!MC/Yuu: *Hugs back* I’m sorry I scared you, 언니 [Eonni] [Older sister]/누나 [Nuna] [Older sister].

Jett: *Lets go* What happened when we lost track of you?

Agent!MC/Yuu: Uhh…I fell into someplace else. I can’t describe the experience in full detail, but I think there’s another world unlike Omega Earth.

✨[Reblogging helps creators and creates more content.]💫

[fennelwrites]

masterlist

pokemon

legends: arceus

volo

furthest star (799 words): volo thinks about you.

the cottonweed pokemon (1.7k words): volo wins au. in volo's new world, everything is perfect...right?

lost and found (1.4k words): after finishing up some survey work in the highlands, you stumble across a familiar face.

cloudburst (1.2k words): sequel to lost and found. you're caught in a downpour in the crimson mirelands. luckily for you, a certain someone has shelter nearby…

second chances and gentle smiles (2.1k words): you defend volo after everything. now, the two of you have to face the consequences, but at least you have each other.

volo carrying the reader in his backpack

i can't hate you (and trust me, i've tried) (1.4k words): volo finds you injured in the highlands, but you're not exactly stoked to see him.

reader who can talk to pokemon

comme une fleur s'ouvre au soleil (1.2k words): you leave a vase of flowers at the temple of sinnoh, not expecting later. a few weeks later, the flowers--and the messages you leave with them--become a weekly routine.

reader comforting volo through self doubts (post-postgame)

a sweet surprise (4.1k words): bakery!volo. you visit a new bakery on your way to work, and leave with more than just breakfast.

adaman

playing with adaman's hair

various

relationship headcanons (adaman and irida)

how they say "i love you" (adaman, volo, ingo, melli)

salva me, fons pietatis (tag)

prologue (et lux perpetua)

chapter one

chapter two

chapter three

chapter four

back to links

[enbyboiwonder]

WIP Challenge

Tagged by @kimbapisnotsushi!

Rules: Post the names of all the files in your WIP folder regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous.

Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them and then post a little snippet of it or tell them something about it! And then tag as many people as you have WIPs. (You can make your own post or reblog this one!)

Uh, so a couple addenda. I have multiple files that include multiple fics in them, and most of those are prompt lists; I won’t be including the prompt lists, but I will be including the multi-fic files that are series. And, I normally don’t tag as many people as specified anyway, but 1) I won’t even be counting my WIPs because it’s a lot, and 2) I don’t even follow nearly as many people as I have WIPs because it is a lot. I’ve been writing fic for almost 8 years now, so my ADHD self has naturally accumulated a ton of unfinished fics.

As usual, I’m tagging anyone who wants to do this!

Now, under a read more, because I really was not lying about there being a lot. They’re separated by fandom in alphabetical order (there are 41 total), and to make it a bit more navigable (at least in the browser; sorry, app-users), they’ll be numbered in the "##.” format.

01. 2.43 Seiin Koukou Danshi Volley-bu

2.43 royalty au

aochi childhood friends au

aochi ferris wheel

aock

aock fwb

chika - alien

enby kanno

hshr

hshr first kiss

mmyn gym sex

mmoc

mmoc beautiful

mmoc dumb crushes

mmoc ice cream date

mmoc omi

future odaoki

odaoki

odaoki drink

odaoki flowers

odaoki modeling

odaoki not-so-casual

odaoki proposal

odaoki study omake

odaoki yeonga

odaoki 月が綺麗ですね。

odaoki 結婚

u-19 ynck

ynck cute

ynck fake dating to real dating

ynck fruity

ynck kuro no hane

ynck Lemon Squash (ch. 2)

ynck marrying guys

ynck miso

ynck nightmares

ynck no separation

ynck noise

ynck Open Your Eyes

ynck practice dating

ynck pumpkin

ynck red string of fate

ynck rinne

ynck skirt

ynck slow morning

ynck vday

ynck what’s your name au

ynck wrist

02. Arrowverse

atomvibe oral fixation

desperado

harrisco star wars au

soft sleepy harrisco (x2)

ralphloque

steelatom temporary amnesia fic

steelatom vday flowers

03. Battery

takugou

04. Bungou Stray Dogs

BSD Buddycop AU

hoshizora stray dogs

Bungou Stray Starships

fukunatsu

kuniakechi

kuniakechi casefic

kuniango

kuniango first date

kuniango magical realism au

kuniango morning after

Some Kind of Home

恋心

ayakashi au

Dimensionality

kunikidazai

pokego au

soulmates

tickle fight

Waves on the Distant Horizon

虹色の日々

Cloudburst

kunioda family series

kunioda modern au

Conditions of Grace

Soupcock Crack Fic

Yen Press Dazai Crack

05. Chou Shounen Tanteidan NEO

Meitantei to Kaijin

[endoake hs au 1]

[endoake hs au 2]

[endoake hs au 3]

[endoake soulmates au]

06. Chuck

(1) In Need of a Small Holiday Miracle

(2) A Miracle in Wolf’s Clothing

(3) By Some Miracle

c/s intersect bryce au

chuck/shaw

Chuck vs The Turncoat Lullaby

07. Cool Doji Danshi

13 first kiss

13 getting together

13 hs sports au

08. Criminal Minds

reid as blake’s son

09x05

autumn colors

Cherry Stems and Vanilla Lattes

dinner dates

ep where they say the unsub is bisexual because he wears his victims’ dresses

Everything for a Happy Ever After

girls take reid shopping

quarter past midnight

stargazing

wedding blues

you’re not wrong

cop + consultant au

ralvez, “we still have bad guys to catch”

slowburn ralvez series

09. CSI

“cool motive, still murder”

Lab Rats #3

sandrews the net au

08.22

canon-compliant j/r

j/r monk au

j/r, fake wedding date

late-s8 j/r novel

married jesse/ryan

su2 au

the clouds above opened up

DQ: Miami 2.0

11.07

12.18

david’s sister stays over

g/h “you know you love me”

g/h arachnophobia

movie night

Raindrop in the Sand

14.09

cat transformation

cat-sitting

dino museum date

frame by frame

grey-ace henry/genderqueer hodges

h/h drop dead diva au (ish)?

h/h movie night

h/h moving in

h/h secret admirer

idiots to lovers

Lab Rats #5

jess/hodges, cooking together

Crack or Jack

cutting tags

drag queen speed au

gay speedle

jeese/speed spring break 1992

Part of Your World (jesse/speed merfolk/su2 au)

sneedle college au

01.15

Crying Ourselves Awake

decaf coffee

Hello, I’m in Delaware (triptych)

high school reunion

post-01.18 h/c

speedko prince/gardener

speedko xmas roadtrip

summer in mara au

the rain saga

amateur photographer

catching crickets

ex-boyfriend

s/w crashing at eric’s

s/w crowded coffee shop

s/w grieving

s/w hogwarts au

s/w photography assignment

s/w science museum

s2 hiatus s/w novel

s3? history repeats itself

speedwolfe ride home

5.08

7.04

greg puts up mistletoe

greg’s bday

poa

02.21

stodges, a promise

post-04.01

d/w 1yr anniversary of speed’s death

d/w 04.08 tag

d/w fantasy au

d/w, listening to city and colour

d/w, wolfe’s brother

i promise i won’t bite (until you get me home)

one fine day, you’ll sing (your inevitable love song)

wolfeko heart attack tag

10. DAYS

indomizu first kiss

morning sbkm

sbkm bus ride

sbkm double strawberry

11. Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency

brotzly - spock

brotzly first kiss

12. Downton Abbey

thommy, no o’brien in s3

13. Dragon Quest

kinai/romia

6terry bladesmith

6terry doldrum

6terry dumbass will/trans terry

6terry Light Through the Leaves of Love

6terry the prince and the frog

cold builderoth

luminerik girls’ mini medal academy

luminerik hot night

luminerik post-sniflheim

Prince of Dundrasil [luminerik]

You and Me [luminerik]

terluc

terluc 1 sentence

terluc cat terry

14. Empire Records

lucas/mark, didn’t know they were dating

lucas/mark, kiss to shut up

15. Fire Emblem

Iridescence

feh supports fredstahl

fredstahl morning fluff

fredstahl piano

Secret Agent AU

Untitled document

winter fredstahl

16. Firefly

simal apollo and icarus

17. Flawless

flawless fic

18. Haikyuu!!

hq library aus

The Prettyboy’s Guide to Falling in Love With Your Destined Rival

The Volleybaka’s Guide to Falling in Love With Your Airheaded Teammate

19. Hawaii 5-0

don’t wait

I’ll Surrender Honestly

not still in love w rachel

20. Isshuukan Friends.

Of Young Love and Karaoke-Filled Evenings

shouyuu canon rewrite

shouyuu fireworks

21. Kuroko no Basuke

100 knb drabbles

aosaku au

hyuudzuki drabble series

idutaka first kiss

halloween kagakuro

a pair of ordinary hearts

midotaka

midotaka enemies to friends to lovers

22. Level E

(YukiBaka - needs title)

23. MacGyver

gal gadot vid

01.04

02.06

2.14 coda

2.20 coda

3.12 coda

a high-five seemed insufficient

And a Happy Yeehaw

brother

cairo day

die hard (ish) au

Fleece Navidad

future fic

has kissing you been an option?!?!

jack returns

king + lionheart au

long-haired mac future fic

macdalton, slow dancing

Midnight (a ghost at the door)

migraine massage

paperclips

perfect stranger

road trip

temporary amnesia

The Edge of All We’ve Ever Known

the macdalton fake-dating-for-xmas fic

Twisted Steel + Sex Appeal

Untitled document

When the Stars go Blue

xmas 2019

24. Monk

08.16 m/s

m/s soulmate au

post-ep: mr monk gets drunk

25. Mystic Messenger

[Han Jumin/Seven]

26. Naka no Hito Genome

iridou

27. NUMB3RS

02.05

bbq at the eppeses

could start by not jumping from 2nd-floor balconies

guilt and gentleness

28. Ookiku Furikabutte

abemiha

hamaizu au

29. Saiki Kusuo no Ψ-nan

kubokai

30. Scrubs

jdox

31. SK8

🍵🌸

32. Special Unit 2

su2 fic

33. Star Trek

01.01 tuckerreed

[Hogwarts AU - Yule Ball]

[Kim/Bashir]

[Kim/Paris]

[kimshir]

jon’lek

post-series tuckerreed

34. Stargate

arachnophobic

City on the Edge of Forever

Close Where You Are

j/d, sugar high

retiring twice is one time too many

things you said under the stars and in the grass

Wayside

Far Beyond the Stars

For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky

magician’s quest/beauty and the beast au

r/d

r/d arrival au

r/d literal cat burglar

r/d professors au

r/d, lost city of atlantis

r/d, trapped in a corridor

Relics

The Genius’ Guide to Falling in Love With Your Rival in the Soft “Sciences”

Time’s Orphan

[Daniel/Miko, ayakashi au]

[Jonas/Daniel college au]

[Jonas/Daniel five things]

[Sam/Vala, 200]

[J/D bodyswap au]

[J/D fake relationship]

[J/D five things (?)]

[J/D Love, Simon AU]

[J/D never-a-Stargate au]

[J/D post-Descension]

[J/D, 06x19 The Changeling]

[R/D soulmate au]

[R/D wrong number au]

[R/D, no-consent-issues alien ritual sex]

A Matter of Heart

35. Tennis no Oujisama

シャッターチャンスは一度だけ

君と一緒に

sryk - nobody knows what lies beyond

sryk depression

sryk detective au

sryk iphis and ianthe

sryk Nothing to Fear Even as Our World Comes to an End

sryk Song For You

This Crazy Yet Beautiful Love

(ShiraYuki Immortals AU)

nobody knows what lies beyond

[ShiraYuki]

Another ShiraYuki College AU

Ghost/Reincarnation AU

I’ll See You on the Other Side (Over There’s a Different World)

omnia vincit amor

Royalty AU

ShiraYuki College AU

テニプリの白雪王子様

氷帝の眠れるの森の美少年

36. The Glades

the glades - jim/daniel

37. The Rookie

the rookie - bradford moves on

38. Uramichi Oniisan

ikeura, dog

39. Wedding Wars

wedding wars: the sequel

40. Yotsuba&!

jumboh - camping

soft jumboh

41. Yowamushi Pedal

imaono, first kiss

toudou/maki

[moonlight-breeze-44]

First Lines Of Your Last 20 Fics!

Rules: List the first lines of your last 20 stories (if you have less than 20, just list them all!). See if there are any patterns. Choose your favorite opening line. Then tag 10 of your favorite authors!

I was tagged by @echo-bleu, thank you! <3

I decided to put my own twist on this - though I have way more than 20 stories posted, I wanted to see how my unpublished stories would compare to my published ones, so I did 10 of my published stories and 10 of my unpublished! 

Posted Fics

if love is what you need (a soldier I will be) [Leverage]

Eliot swallowed hard, tasting copper as he did so.  

you’re just too good to be true [Leverage]

“Parker, I - would you wait a second, Parker?! Parker!”

Universal Love [Shadowhunters]

The paperwork was blurring before Alec’s eyes, and he scrubbed a hand over his face, letting out a heavy sigh.

kiss on your lips when you’re in my arms [Leverage]

Eliot had found out the hard way that one surefire method to figuring out if Hardison was okay was to see if he was being loud or if he was being quiet.

as long as you’re here with me [Leverage]

Nobody on the team saw Eliot go down, but they heard him loud and clear.

born like this (i hate this) [Shadowhunters]

Alec let a small sigh puff past his lips as he got out of bed, changing into his tactical gear and exiting the bedroom.

hold me tight tonight [Leverage]

Nightmares often came in flashes - a knife here, blood there.

Rough Around the Edges [Leverage]

It had taken Eliot a long time to realise that he could ask.

Support [Shadowhunters]

Alec limped off of patrol, leaving his Shadowhunters to clean themselves up and get checked out at the infirmary.

Shades of Shame [Shadowhunters]

Alec pulled his tactical jacket tighter across his shoulders, trying to shield himself from the majority of the rain.

Unposted Fics

The Terrible Twosome [Leverage]

Eliot wasn’t sure what he was expecting when he opened the door to their apartment, arms full of groceries, but it definitely wasn’t the sight that greeted his eyes.

Three Parts of a Whole Heart [Leverage]

Hardison’s depressed.

Untitled prompt fill for @cloudburst-ink [Shadowhunters]

Alec’s skin prickled with discomfort, and he reached for his stele almost habitually, drawing another endurance rune.

Songs of the Angels [Original Work]

When she was young, her mother had sat her down at a piano and told her to play.

Untitled prompt fill for @echo-bleu [Shadowhunters]

This was stupid. 

Untitled coda fic to The Low Low Price Job [Leverage]

Eliot almost didn’t go home.

Safe Space (prompt fill for @echo-bleu) [Shadowhunters]

Alec shifted in his seat, leaning his elbow on the armrest so he could drum a happy beat against the side of the couch while he read.

Untitled fic where Eliot is afraid of the dark [Leverage]

It was dark, too dark to see anything, not even his own hand in front of his face.

Two Halves of a Whole Heart [Supergirl]

Alex’s lip trembled, an uncharacteristic action that did not go unnoticed by her girlfriend.

Untitled childhood abuse AU where Alec is triggered by the type of alcohol Magnus is drinking [Shadowhunters]

For a minute Alec was frozen, staring at the electric blue concoction Magnus had tilted to his lips.

Well, this was certainly interesting to do! I think I noticed that, for the most part, it seems my first lines are fairly short. I also noticed that a lot of my first lines involve the setting. This tracks, since I’m pretty fond of descriptions and find describing setting one of the easiest parts of writing. 

I think my favourite first line would have to be Nightmares often came in flashes - a knife here, blood there. This may have something to do with the associated fic more than the line itself, though, oops. 

All in all, this was really fun! It definitely got me thinking about my writing style (and my shit titling askjfksfjs). 

I will tag: @eternallysilvermagnusandalec, @sugarandspace, @thatnerdemryn, @brightasstars, @aceon-ice, @bidnezz, @arialerendeair, @lightwormsiblings, @fairytalewriter, and @innytoes. I apologise if any of you have already done this, or didn’t want to be tagged! <3 (Please don’t be afraid to reach out and let me know if the latter is the case.)

[phandompenny]

There's so many different ways E/C can go, so please look at these authors and their bookmarks to find some other fics too! There's a huge variety out there, which is great.

First up, keepcalmandbrewtea's fic Verdun is a fantastic post canon WWI fic, with a certain maturity and groundedness that reminds me of Leroux!

Cloudburst by RealHidden has some of the best prose I've ever read, and takes place in a pre canon AU with a younger Christine and Erik, both meeting before tragedy has driven them completely away from the rest of the world.

Mertens has written so much amazing fic: check out A Love There is No Cure For, a Christine centric canon rewrite where she comes to terms with what (and who) she wants while she chases her dreams!

Far from the Caspian Sea by winterwrites is an AU where a widowed Christine de Chagny meets a mysterious musician with his eyes put out. Erik's past misfortune kept him from making it to the opera house in this story, but it's worth it for all the fluff he gets to experience now!

Voltige by emotionalmotionsickness takes place with a young Erik and Christine meeting at a circus! Snark, horseback riding, and young love abound!

Something Immortal is a very Kay based AU written by MulticoloredRosePetals; Erik is building the opera house, and ends up helping a young, homeless, and pregnant Christine. Only to discover that he might care for her more than he intended ;)

Finally, a mandatory self promo rec for Part of the Human Heart, my POTO soulmate AU! Soulmates have matching heart lockets and keys in this universe, but Erik doesn't have one. There's angst at the start but I swear there's a happy ending!

Can anyone recommend some E/C multichapter fanfictions? Anything except modern AUs, please🥺🥺🥺? Any poto verse is fine, although Leroux is my fav! But any verse is appreciated ❤️

[staykimchay]

@cloudburst-ink tagged me in the WIP game! Thank you friend ♥️☺️ my WIPs are uh numerous so I’ll be brief! I’m only including the WIPs I have actually started or got something for.

✨ save who you can save: the last of us au im currently about 20k into! It’s gonna be a looooong ride but I’m dedicated

💐 loving you is a losing game: 2/7 chapters currently posted of my hanahaki au

🤔 untitled: I’ve started writing my a/b/o professional cuddler au and it’s gonna be so good but it won’t be ready for posting for a while

📱 tik tok au: this one is a social media au I started months ago but never got far with so I’m unsure what’s currently happening with it haha

🐺 werewolves??: ages ago I wrote this huge idea up and sent it to a bunch of friends and it never progressed past that but everyone liked it so I copy and pasted it into my docs to figure something out with!

🔫 gunshot au: UHM. It is what it is 😂😂😂 Chay gets a little bit shot. By Kim. On accident HAHAHAHA

Tagging @lori0018 if you wanna! ♥️

[isitsapphic]

All of these shows/movies have sapphic characters in them

Attempting to provide the most comprehensive list of TV shows and movies with sapphic characters. TV shows are followed by a list of wlw characters. Some films have been cited with their original title as well as the English translation. Please message me or submit a post with any missing shows or films. 

A

-Aimee & Jaguar

-All About E

-All American (Coop, Patience)

-Almost Adults

-Ana Y Vitoria

-Anatomy of a Love Seen

-Antonia’s Line

-Annihilation

-Anyone But Me (unsure which characters)

-Atomic Blonde

-Atypical (Casey, Izzie)

-AWOL

B

-Battle of the Sexes

-La Belle Saison/ Summertime

-Below her Mouth

-Bessie

-Better Than Chocolate

-BFFs

-Birds of Prey

-The Bisexual (unsure which characters)

-Black Lightning (Anissa, Grace)

-Bloomington

-Blue Gate Crossing

-Blue is the Warmest Color

-The Bold Type (Kat, Adina)

-Booksmart

-Bound

-Broad City (Ilana)

-Brooklyn Nine-Nine (Rosa)

-Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Tara, Willow, Kennedy)

-Bumblefuck USA

-But i'm a Cheerleader

C

-Cable Girls (Carlotta)

-Carmilla (Carmilla, Laura)

-Carol

-Charmed reboot (Mel, Nico, Jada)

-Chasing Life (Brenna)

-Ci Qing/Spider Lilies

-Circumstance

-Cloudburst

-Concussion 

D

-The Danish Girl

-Daphne

-Dear White People (Kelsey, Brooke)

-D.E.B.S.

-Degrassi: Next Class (Rasha, Zoe)

-Desert Hearts

-Disobedience

-Dope

-Drifting Flowers

-Duck Butter

-The Duke of Burgundy

E

-Elena Undone

-Elisa and Marcela 

-Entre Nous/Between Us

-Everything Sucks (Kate, Emaline)

F

-Faking It (Amy)

-Farewell, My Queen

-The Favourite

-Fear of Water

-Feel Good (Mae, George)

-The Feels

-Les Filles Du Botaniste/ The Chinese Botanist’s Daughter

-Fire

-The Firefly

-First Girl I Loved

-The Fosters (Stef, Lena, Monty)

-Four-Faced Liar

-Foxfire

-Freeheld

-Fremde Haut/Unveiled

-Friends (Carol, Susan)

-Fucking Amal/Show Me Love

G

-Gentrified (Ana, Yessika)

-Gia

-The Girl King

-Girltrash: All Night Long

-Glee (Brittany, Santana, Dani)

-Glow (Yolanda, Arthie)

-Gentleman Jack (Anne, Ann)

-Gray Matters

-Grey’s Anatomy (Callie, Arizona, Carina, Penny, Amelia, Erica)

-Go Fish 

-Godless (Mary Agnes)

-Good Trouble (Alice)

-The Good Wife (Kalinda)

-Gotham (Barbara, Tabitha, Renee)

-Gypsy (Jean, Sidney)

H

-The Half of It

-The Handmaid’s Tale (Moira, Emily)

-The Handmaiden 

-Hart of Dixie (Crickett)

-The Haunting of Bly Manor (Jamie, Dani)

-The Haunting of Hill House (Theodora, Trish)

-Heart Beats Loud

-Heavenly Creatures

-High Art

-High Fidelity (Robyn)

-The Hours

-How to Get Away With Murder (Annalise, Eve)

-The Hunger 

I

-I Am Not Okay With This (Sydney)

-I Can’t Think Straight

-If These Walls Could Talk 2

-Imagine Me & You

-The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love

-The Intervention

-Intimates (Ji sor)

-Itty Bitty Titty Committee

-It’s In the Water 

J

-Jane the Virgin (Rose, Luisa, Petra, Jane Ramos)

-Jennifer’s Body

-Jenny’s Wedding

-Jessica Jones (Jeri)

-Joven y Alocada/Young and Wild

K

-Karmen Gei

-The Kids are Alright

-Killing Eve (Eve, Villanelle)

-The Killing of Sister George

-Kissing Jessica Stein

-Kyss Mig/ Kiss Me

L

-The L Word (basically all of them)

-Legends of Tomorrow (Sara, Ava)

-Lez Bomb

-Lianna

-Life Partners

-Light as a Feather (Alex)

-Lip Service (basically all of them)

-Liz in September

-Lost and Delirious

-Lost Girl (Lauren, Bo)

-Love My Life

-Lovesong

-Loving Anabelle

M

-Madam Secretary (Kat)

-Madchen in Uniform

-Madre Solo Hay Dos (Mariana, Ana)

-Margarita with a Straw

-Marvel’s Runaways (Karolina, Nico)

-Master of None (Denise)

-Mein Freund aus Faro/ My Friend from Faro

-A Mi Madre Le Gustan Las Mujeres/ My Mother Likes Women

-The Miseducation of Cameron Post

-Monster

-Mulholland Drive

-My Summer of Love

N

-Newness

-El Nino Pez/ The Fish Child

O

-One Day at a Time (Syd, Elena)

-Orange is the New Black (a lot of them)

-The Originals (Freya, Keelin)

-Orphan Black (Cosima, Delphine, Kenzie)

P

-Pariah

-A Perfect Ending

-The Perfection

-Person of Interest (Root, Shaw)

-Personal Best

-Pitch Perfect Trilogy

-The Politician (Skye)

-Portrait of a Lady on Fire

-Portrait of a Serial Monogamist 

-Pride

-Princess Cyd

-Pretty Little Liars (Emily, Maya, Paige, Alison)

-Professor Marston and the Wonder Women

-Puccini for Beginners

Q

-Queen Sugar (Nova)

-Queer as Folk (unsure which characters)

R

-Rafiki

-Reaching for the Moon

-Red Doors

-RENT

-Riverdale (Cheryl, Toni)

-Rookie Blue (Gail, Holly)

-Room in Rome

-Rosewood (Pippy, TMI)

-Rough Night

-The Runaways

-Russian Doll (Lizzy)

S

-Sancharram/ The Journey

-Santa Clarita Diet (Lisa, Anne)

-Saving Face 

-Saving Hope (Maggie, Sydney)

-The Secret Diaries of Ms Anne Lister

-A Secret Love

-Sense 8 (Amanita, Nomi)

-Set it Off

-Sex Education (unsure which characters)

-She’s Gotta Have It (Nola)

-Shrill (Fran)

-Signature Move

-The Sinner (Heather)

-Skins (Naomi, Emily)

-South of Nowhere (Ashley, Spencer)

-The Spy Who Dumped Me

-Stranger Inside

-Stranger Things (Robin)

-Stud Life

-The Summer of Sangalie

-Supergirl (Alex, Maggie, Kelly)

T

-Tales of the City (unsure which characters)

-Tangerine

-Thelma

-Trinkets (unsure which characters)

-Tru Love

-The Truth about Jane

U

-Unfreedom

V

-V for Vendetta

-Valencia

-Vida (unsure which characters)

-Viola di Mare/The Sea Purple

-Vita and Virginia

W

-The Walking Dead (Tara)

-Water Lillies

-The Watermelon Woman

-Wentworth (Bea, Allie, Frankie, Bridget)

-When Night is Falling

-With Every Heartbeat

-Workin’ Moms (Frankie, Giselle)

-The World to Come

-Wynona Earp (Waverly, Nicole, Shae)

X

Y

-Yes or No

-You and Me Forever

-You, Me, Her (Izzy, Emma)

-Younger (Maggie, Lauren)

Z

#

-The 100 (Clarke, Lexa, Niylah)

-911 (Hen, Karen, Eva)

[thelightofthebane]

Fanfic Recommendation - WIPs

It’s Fic Rec time! It has been a while, and more stories (more authors!) should be read and praised! ❤

This list will be a bit different. It has only WIPs, and while I know many people are a bit wary to read those until they are completed, some stories are totally worth the wait, I promise 😉 Some of them are being steadily updated, while others haven’t for some time, but all of them have been last updated this year, so you don’t need to worry about a story last updated five years ago 🤭

I’ll split it into three parts:

WIPs with a defined number of chapters

For Every Bird There Is A Stone by lawsofchaos

Winged Shadowhunters, Consular High Warlock Magnus Bane (which is a wonderful position of power that Laws created), ands lots and lots of tension. (3/4)

From Behind the Stars by @cloudburst-ink

A retelling of Beauty & the Beast at Omegaverse. Omega!Alec and Alpha!Magnus ❤ (11/30) (or 12, if you prefer to read directly at Corvus’ website 😊)

A Mutually Beneficial Arrangement by @arialerendeair

Prince of Edom Magnus Bane and winged Alec Lightwood living together in Edom due to a contract. A very different first meeting 👀 (7/16)

in the palm of your hand by @cuubism

TWI!Malec. Because there isn’t enough TWI out there. (5/10)

The Reason My Heart Beats (I Can't Live Without You) by @brightasstars and @phoenixstar73

A canon-divergence of 2x18 involving a curse and the power of true love. (5/9)

Mirror, mirror on the wall.. by  Better_Than_Chocolate

Human AU. Alec goes to another dimension where things are not that good between his other self and Magnus. It’s angsty, but I believe in their happy ending ❤ (7/12)

The Monstrophagus by @the-ghost-of-william-herondale​

Soulmate AU mixed with horror. Shadowhunters are monsters with a second mouth who sing the song of Angels and eat demons. Downworlders are absolutely terrified of them. In a world where you dream about your soulmate’s true form, one Magnus Bane only has nightmares. (22/37)

A Mark on the Heart by @fanfic-fugue

An adorable story where Alec and Magnus meet after years of not seeing the other. Alec was deruned instead of Izzy for protecting Meliorn; now he is a tattoo artist and lives with his mother, who also was deruned. Meanwhile, Magnus became the single parent of two adorable warlocks. (62/65)

WIPs with undefined number of chapters, but with less than 10 chapters until now

Magnus and Bane by Adaline_Blooms

A kind of Jekyll & Hyde AU. We come to know about two sides of the same High Warlock of Brooklyn, while Alec acts as his temporary bodyguard to protect Bane/Magnus from constant demonic attacks. (5/?)

Losing Control by @facialteeth

Soulmate AU mixed with a very dark universe. The Clave is even worse than canon and enslave Downworlders. Alec is trying, Magnus is paying. Very angsty. (9/?)

Within Lurid Lands by @vaguelyrotten

A Guild Hunters AU. Shadowhunters are actually Angels. Alec becomes the new Archangel of NY, and Magnus is wary. Who could blame him when Downworlders, especially Warlocks, are treated more as possessions of said angels? (6/?)

Idris Tour Sweethearts by @myulalie

Pokémon AU! Alec goes on a journey to look for dragon types, Magnus is a coordinator for beauty contests 🥰 (2/?)

Very, very long WIPs with 10+ chapters

A Dragon's Bond by @skylar102

DRAGON!!! That’s it, that’s the story 🐉 Jk ~ Come fall in love with Mira, a wonderful dragon that bonded with Alec as a canon-divergence of 3x20 (15/?)

You Are The One (I Was Meant To Find) by Skyffable

Omegaverse AU. Alpha!Alec and Omega!Magnus. Alec is a midwife who goes to a small town to help with a very pregnant (and very single) Magnus Bane. Well, it has Mpreg, so if it’s not your cup of tea, it’s totally fine. But if you like it, it’s a wonderful story! (29/?)

The Collector by @jaackkitty

The story happens in canon-verse. If you like whump!Alec and BAMF!Magnus, this one is amazing! It’s very angsty, and the story is very interesting. I know it hasn’t been updated in a long while, but I believe the story is almost ending, so it’s really worth to read all the chapters already posted ❤ (37/?)

[mirahuyooo]

Love Scars | pjm

Love Scars

— Love scars you—literally. The number of red tally marks on your skin haunts you, until finally—finally—your soulmate streak comes.  

Word Count: 1,595 Contents: Soulmate! AU, angst, fluff, cURsiNg, jimin being soft, y/n kinda giving top vibes lol being soft for jimin in general owo Pairing: Park Jimin x Reader

A/N: This one is for Jiminie!!! I almost forgot where I got the prompt from lmao (it’s from @ourownsideimagines — there are tick marks on your dominant arm. Red marks represent how many people you’ve fallen in love with. These marks turn black if the person has died. You gain a white tick mark when you’ve met your soulmate, and it turns golden when you’ve fallen in love with them.) but I turned the tick marks into tally marks instead hihi 

also,,, I forgot to edit out “Yazzy” from the fake text part lmao guess your ex will have to be named “Yazzy” SKhiafdkjdfs

[masterlist]

The sky cried with you.

With all of its thick murky clouds grumbling in a low rumble, it was an odd sensation of both tranquillity and utter chaos for you. In both ways, the tearing heavens had managed to aid and maim you whilst you leaned against the flickering lamp post for support. Firstly, it left you helpless as it was already an unfortunate day and your not-so-trusty umbrella wasn’t there to shield you from the pouring rain. With your apartment situated very far from your current location, running home was a futile feat.

Your day had indeed gone terrible. It was the unlucky case of losing your damned wallet and running very late for a client meeting—everything, as you would recall, went dwindling down after those horrible highlights of your day. The salt to the wound for all of this was your boyfriend of seven fucking years.

The promises he told you all those years ago echoed in your head. “Fuck the soulmate system, huh?” you spat, “fucking liar.”

You poured seven years of your love, and effort to someone who only left the minute he met his soulmate. Inside you was a boiling mess of heartache, fury and everything foul.

For the umpteenth time, your heart was broken into shards and shards of nothingness, the numerous tallies on your arm supports this statement. If you could recall correctly, twelve lines ran down your skin in red. Unconsciously, you rubbed the marks that you had covered with your denim jacket. This was a reason that you refuse to take the jacket off, no matter how much the rains insists.

You’ve been called ‘whore’ and ‘idiot’ before because of just how much and how fast you fall for someone’s touch, action, or whatever soft mush they decide to attack you with. Of course, you weren’t as naïve as you were all those years ago, but with the seven-year-long relationship that ended a few hours ago, the chances of your mother scolding your ear off was highly likely.

And so you stood cold, wet, and alone, under the dimming light of a tall old lamp post in front of an expensive hotel. You wouldn’t dare step a foot inside that fancy building, fearing that your soggy clothes and indecent appearance would serve as a nuisance to everyone inside.

After a while, you stared at the sky, seeing its massive clouds float on and about whilst leaving raindrops down on the earth. Whilst you continued to wait for a ride back home, you gently held a hand out to catch the falling cloudbursts for a little amusement.    

Truth be told, a part of you was a little glad of the rain. The only upside of it, at the moment, was that it hid your tears.

Wow, deep. You bitterly laughed at your sulking ass, brushing your wet locks back behind your ear.  

“You know, standing out in the rain isn’t good for you,” a disembodied voice resonates and startles you. You were quick to turn around and, even as your sodden locks stuck to your face, you saw a stunning man behind you, gleaming with a smile underneath a big black umbrella. A blush naturally tints your already flushed cheeks at the embarrassing thought of a handsome stranger seeing you in such a horrid state. “I… I was just waiting for the bus,” you shyly tell him, tearing your eyes away from his enchanting dark orbs.

“You’ve been here for almost fifteen minutes…” he thoughtfully chuckles, catching her attention, “are you sure you’re alright?”

“What?” you began to wonder how he could ever gain such information. Your face contorted into one of suspicion and curiosity. Oh, God. What if he’s a serial killer?

The man’s eyes widened as he recognizes your doubt. He quickly shakes his head, embarrassed at the thought of being mistaken as a crook. “I’m not a stalker, I swear,” he stammers, “I was at the hotel café, and I saw you.”

His words caused you to turn towards the big glass windows of the café side. You supposed that the drenched blue dress and bedazzled denim jacket that you wore could easily be spotted from that angle. “Well, I appreciate your gesture, but I think I’ll be fine on my own,” you assure him, seeing as he’s taken his umbrella to give you some protection from the downpour.

A soft smile graced your face as you gently leaned the umbrella a little back to him when you saw his shirt darkens from the rain. “You shouldn’t be wasting your time on me,” you sheepishly tell him, not wanting to be the reason of the man getting himself sick. That, and your heart beating wildly was an early sign of developing a little crush, and you didn’t need that right now.

The man before you hesitates. “But it’s raining so much. Won’t you get sick?” he asks with so much concern, as if leaving you here to freeze yourself in the rain to death would ruin him and his entire family legacy. His face became the puppy-eyed emoji that you always loved using.

You flustered, but you insistently convinced yourself that it was from the rain, and not this handsome young man before you. Fuck. What is he so cute for?

A shiver interrupts your crush panic. It was getting difficult to stop your teeth chattering. You were willing to bet that the colors were draining from your face by the minute. Maybe you should get out of the rain, now, but where?

A gasp left the young man’s plump lips. “You’re shaking,” he frets, “please—”

The sensation that spreads through your body was wildfire, coming from where your skin met with his. You notice the man have the same reaction. The umbrella falls, but his hold on your wrist persists. The fire in you turned into a blade-like force, a sensation you thought you were familiar with.

The whimper that left your lips was cause by the pain on your arm. With haste, you dragged the sleeve of your jacket upwards. Your eyes witness the new streak being drawn on your wet skin, stinging much greater than the rest you’ve received over the years.

At the sight of your mark, the man yanks back his own sleeve, teeth bared at the pain that intensified by the minute. Much to both of your shock, the white line didn’t turn red, only meaning one thing.

Soulmates.

With wide eyes, you look at the stranger, tears welling up your eyes. You feel his hand caress your cheek, his touch being a stark contrast to the cold that shrouded you. “You…” words could barely form from your lips, “You’re my…”

The man pulls you into a tight embrace, a joyful mirth echoing around you both. Your heart beats wildly, whether it was out of excitement or surprise you didn’t know. Your brain was still in the midst of processing the whole ordeal. You could hardly believe it. I have a soulmate. Thirteen times the charm and I got myself a soulmate.

You couldn’t help the disdain that washes over you when he pulled away, but with his beautiful smile and his eyes in crescent moons, you were absolutely soft for this man. Not yet, you told yourself. You can’t just fall in love like this, (Y/N). You just got your heart broken, for fuck’s sake. 

The stranger holds his hand out, unfazed by how fully drenched in the rain he is. “I’m Jimin,” the man beams, “Park Jimin.”

Fate was too kind, you suppose, to give you an angel for a soulmate. “(Y/N) (L/N),” you shyly bow, gently shaking his hand. Your introverted tendencies led your eyes to see a sight that broke your heart a little. His line turned to gold. He was already in love with you. Oh, God. I really don’t deserve him.  

Jimin, who must’ve noticed your expression, looked at your tally marks too. The soulmate line maintains a light yellow hue, an obvious difference from his golden one. With the rest of your marks, Jimin concluded that he had to work hard for your love, and he didn’t mind at all. “Ah,” his apple cheeks turned red as he fiddled with his sleeve. “We could take things slow, if you want.”

You blushed, nodding as you wrapped your arms around yourself. In spite of the rain being calmer now, you were still shaking. Your soulmate, like the sweet angel he is, picks the umbrella up again to shield you both from anymore of the rain. “We should head inside,” he tells you, gesturing towards the hotel. “We’ll both get sick if we don’t.”

Again, you shake your head. Your presence must already be quite the nuisance. You shouldn’t impose any more people. “Jimin, no. It’s embarrassing,” you tell him, “I can’t—”  

The words die in your mouth as you felt Jimin rest his hand on the small of your back and usher you towards the hotel. “Everything will be alright,” he smiles at you so tenderly and it sends butterflies to your stomach. “I promise.”

You heard a lot of promises in your life, but something about Jimin made this one so sound and comforting, as if everything will be alright. Soon, you found yourself nodding, letting Jimin guide you through the doors. Warmth engulfs you as he kept you in his arms. Whatever this was, it was home, and in spite of your hesitant heart, you were now sure of one thing.

Jimin is a blessing—your blessing.