#pre-DNCE

[stardropsandrain]

Do you got anymore obey me with trans reader/mc hc or anything like that? Really liked that Lucifer one a lot and would love to see other characters.

Beelzebub HC w/ trans masc MC

TW!!; Mentions of dysphoria, l-bomb, overbinding, period

Warning; Pre surgery and pre t

Please do enjoy

I have to start with dysphoria because this demon is pro at doing everything to try and make you feel better

Brings you your favourite food and lets you steal any shirts, hoodies, etc you want, as long as he gets to steal one of yours back.

Calls you pretty/handsome/lovely etc and gives you all the adoration and love he can

"You're so lovely," A kiss on the nose "I love you."

There's no way you'd be able to over bind with this demon around. You'll get home and he'll immediately coax you out of it

"I'll give you a cookie if you take it off," He'll offer, taking a bite of his offering right after. But how can you deny that face. He'll help you get comfortable and make some snacks

Having a really bad dysphoria day? He's at your beck and call. Anything you need he's there

You've been in your bed all day, ugly intrusive thoughts and lack of motivation keeping you there "Bee can you grab me a water pl-" he's already gone and comes back with two water bottles and a glass of ice all he wants in return is maybe a kiss but he's happy to do it for free

"Bee, can I have a hug?" Oh my gods this man would SMOTHER you "Of course!" And now your trapped in the most bone crushing, heart filling hug ever. What dysphoria? All that's on your mind is this amazing demon (that's a joke I know how bad dysphoria is)

He'll tell anything you want to hear as well. "You're amazing, I love you so much. I know how hard this is but if anyone can make it, you can handsome." Literally has you melting into a puddle of goo in bed

He also has food relating nicknames and pet names. "Hey cupcake," He'll mumbled into your chest, if you allow him to rest there, if not, your stomach while cuddling "I like your cologne."

You call him Bee, Beez, Beebs, Zebby and the normal assortment of love, honey and dear. And a few food themed ones too, but usually they joke names

"Hey frosted flakes," You'll greet Beelzebub as he enters the kitchen. He'll pout and huff "Cupcake that name is stupid..."

He loves cuddles, he loves nuzzling into your stomach if you don't like him on you chest, which he understands completely

If you're on your period he has a burger themed heated bead pillow for your stomach, craving foods at the ready, and lots of affirmations and kisses

Now he definitely struggles, but he does leave you alone if you ask "Beez, I need some alone time." "oh..., okay," He'll be sad, but perk up to not make you feel bad "That's okay! Take as long as you need!" And be on his way. But he'll sulk around when his brother see him "Whats wrong with him," Satan asked Belphegor while Beelzebub sat over a tub of ice cream with a frown "His 'cupcake' asked for some alone time and he's sad."

When you have had enough cool down, or just alone, time and he comes back he immediately "I love you, that was agony," He'll wine and kiss all over your face "are you feeling better?" You'll laugh and kiss his forehead before nodding "Thank you for being understanding Beez."

A/N; I literally love Bee writing for him is so easy he's such a sweetheart. I love doing requests too, so thank you so much anon for requesting!!

Good riddance and stay safe 🖤🖤🖤

[peonierose]

Neon Lights

Pairing: Bryce Lahela (M!MC) x Luna Auclair (F!OC)

Words: 4,000+

Summary: Luna, Bryce and the Open Heart gang go mini golfing. Who will win?

Rating: General

A/N: Thanks to @annieruok94 for pre-reading and @doriopenheart for helping me with the fry puns 🧡

Side note: I’m participating in the @choicesficwriterscreations Holiday Event I was inspired by midnight kiss as well as @choicesdecember2022 Day 7 ”Middle of the Night“

Bryce

It’s Saturday. It’s a beautiful day in Honolulu, Hawaii. Warm and sunny exactly what the doctor ordered. I smile.

We opened the door leading out into the garden. A fresh ocean breeze is wafting inside the kitchen. I breathe in the scent and my body instantly calms down. Moving to Honolulu was the best decision we’ve ever made.

I look over at Luna who’s standing barefoot in the kitchen.

Luna and I are at home making breakfast and listening to DNCE song kissing strangers.

It’s my favorite time of the day. To make some breakfast. Well, Luna is making breakfast I’m just eating.

Damn, I have to put in some time at the gym. Maybe I can convince Luna to come with me. I laugh at that as I put my arms around Luna who leans into me.

Luna puts the stove off and I help her to put the food on the table outside in the garden.

“Don’t eat all the goods,“ Luna squats my hand away as I steal some bacon.

“Why? I can see only one snack and the job is taken,“ I say and Luna just shakes her head at me.

“You’re unbelievable you know that?“ she says and throws a napkin at me.

“You mean I’m unbelievably attractive? I know thanks,“ I say and Luna just laughs.

“And so humble too. I hope you won’t be too disappointed when I beat your very attractive ass later at minigolf,“ she says eating some bacon and we share some of her fruit salad.

I stop putting fruit on my plate and I eye her grinning.

“Really? And how will you do that? You usually lose. Sorry I love you Lu but you’re bad at bowling and I don’t think you’re going to beat me at mini golf,“ I say and eat some pineapple.

“You’re so sweet when you think you’re the only one who can win. I was gonna share a secret talent with orange soda, but I don’t know since I’m not going to win maybe another time,“ she says and I know she’s teasing but now I want to know more.

“You’re such a tease,“ I point my mango piece at her and she snatches it up with her mouth.

“Hey I was going to eat that,“ I say and grab another piece.

“Looks like you lost,“ she winks and chews on the mango piece.

I eye Luna from across the table as we eat in silence.

“Is it okay that Aubrey is coming along?“ I ask hesitantly since Luna and Aubrey, one of my fellow surgeon colleagues at Kuakini Medical Center, haven’t had the greatest start.

Luna shrugs.

“I’d like to get to know her. I mean she seemed pretty nice a few months ago when we had that pinktober event at the university,“ Luna says.

“She’s an exceptional surgeon. She’s giving me a run for my money. I know she’s had some personal problems that she’s dealing with. She can be bitchy but she usually doesn’t mean it.“ I say and catch Luna's hand in mine when her hand starts tapping on the table and drawing circles on the back of her hand. She smiles softly at me. Her green dress with daisies glowing with her.

“Before you ask I’m not saying this because I have any romantic feelings. I respect her a lot as a person and as a surgeon. I just think you’ve had a rocky start that’s all,“ I say and she grins.

“I think so too. I’d love to get to know her. I think she’s great. Maybe she’ll beat you at mini golf too,“ she says and I roll my eyes making Luna laugh.

Luna

There’s nothing more relaxing than going mini golfing with friends. And even better? It’s blacklight mini golf. How amazing is that? This is going to be great I can already tell.

Everyone is here at this super cool blacklight mini golf place called Glow Putt right here in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Everyone is here. Ethan and Hayley. My triplet cousins Evie, Soraya, and Skyler.

Elijah, Jackie, Sienna, and Tobias.

Rafael and Kyra couldn’t make it. Rafael had to work and Kyra said she had a date, which I’m super curious about. Can’t wait for the details. When it comes to dates? Kyra always has great stories to tell.

Our newest friends Aubrey and Meilani are here too. They both work with Bryce at the Kuakini Medical Center.

Aubrey dressed in a jade green flowy dress.

Aubrey is a surgeon just like Bryce.

Meilani dressed in a yellow, floral print silk dress, that ends a bit above the knees and some floral crochet sandals.

Meiliani is also my OB/GYN, she’s great. She and Sor hit it off ever since they first met. I can tell they’re great together.

Aubrey? I’m not so sure about her. But maybe she’s nice. Deep down. I’ll give her the benefit of the doubt. It’s never cool to judge someone, based on one time you’ve met them. Maybe you’ve met them when they had a bad day.

I smile as I lean into Bryce and don’t feel guilty for totally inhaling the scent of his shirt. He bought a new cologne recently because his old one was too much for me. Certain smells affect me a lot more now that I’m pregnant.

I play with Bryce’s hands as we‘re standing together by one of the holes.

The dark room is illuminated by vibrant neon colors, such as lemon, lime green, hot pink, aqua blue, electric orange, and vibrant purple.

The art is amazing. Whole scenes from the jungle and the deep blue ocean world are painted onto the walls and the floor. I think this could become my new favorite place.

I look around and see everyone in their little groups hanging out talking and laughing. I smile.

My cousins Evie, Sky, and Soraya are leaning on their golf clubs, all three of them opted for jeans, though Soraya and Evie both wear colorful blouses, while Sky is wearing one of his Hawaii shirts.

Tobias stands next to them in a white shirt and dark jeans. He must be telling a joke since all three of my cousins are hollering with laughter.

When I look further to my left I see Hayley in her lavender dress leaning into Ethan who’s wearing a grey shirt and dark blue jeans.

He smiles at Hayley. It’s a rare occasion for Ethan to smile, but it’s always nice to see.

Meilani and Aubrey joined in on the fun of playing blacklight minigolf, after their shift. Just to let out some steam after a long day at work.

Jackie, Sienna, Elijah, and Aurora are joking about a patient who got naked whenever someone entered his room. Jackie in her metallic dress and sneakers, is teasing Sienna that he’s got the hots for her. I caught the name Lucas and smiled.

Adam who stands next to Maxi with his hands in his jeans pockets and a dark olive green shirt smiles at Maxi. Maxi stands next to him and is wearing one of her cut-off jeans shorts and a super lacy camisole. She’s smiling and whispering something to Adam. Looks like things are looking up for those two. I’m excited to see my girl happy.

She catches me staring at them and grins. I blow her a kiss and she laughs out loud.

Keiki couldn’t make it since she had to study for her finals for December, but said to send pics of how her brother embarrasses himself. I will deliver embarrassing pics of Bryce.

”Are we going to stand around like a bunch of weirdos or are we going to play golf? Because that’s the sole reason we came here right? To have some fun and to show that surgeons can win at mini golf,“ I hear Aubrey say and everyone looks at her.

Ethan raises his eyebrows at her words.

Tobias's voice comes from beside my cousins.

”Well since you and Bryce are the only surgeons here I don’t know how you think you’ll win,“ Tobias just grins his green eye sparkling in the dim light.

Aubrey just smiles at him. Her face is saying ”Game on.“

I grin and look between them. I clear my throat.

Everyone shifts around and it becomes an awkward silence, while everyone introduces themselves.

Well, our group of friends is getting bigger and it’s nice if we know each other.

After that, we stand around not sure what to say next. Should we play or how do we go about it? Honestly, I’m not someone who’s at a loss for words but this time around? I feel a bit nervous and anxious.

Bryce takes my hand in his to help me and I grin thankfully at him. Skin-to-skin contact helps me with my anxiety.

I gnaw on my lip and try to think of something to say when Jackie breaks the silence and asks no one in particular.

”How about girls vs boys?“ she looks around.

”I wanted to be on Ethan’s team,“ I pout a bit disappointed.

Bryce bristles.

”Wait what? I thought we were a team?“ he asks.

Everyone chuckles.

”Looks like your woman showed you up Lahela,“ Tobias comments.

”Oh please I’ve won against Luna a couple of times,“ Bryce comments.

I smirk at B, lean into him and whisper.

”We’re always a team babe. Especially in bed…“ I whisper and leave the sentence hanging in the air. He just smirks.

”I can play dirty if that’s what you want. It’s my favorite,“ he says suggestively and I laugh much to the groaning of everyone else.

”Get a room,“ Ethan and Aubrey say at the same time.

Bryce and I grin and share a smile.

”Is it just me? Or does anyone else think this is creepy?“ Elijah asks and I add.

”Me too. They’re almost the same person. Though Ethan is a bit grumpier, which makes him adorable,“ I say and Sienna nods in my direction.

”I thought I was the only one who thought so,“ she says and we fist-bump each other.

Ethan sighs deeply.

”Can we please just play? I don’t want to have front-row seats for Lahela's make-out session. I’m getting annoyed by this banter and about the fact that you’re trying to make it about me,“ he says his tone getting grumpy.

Bryce can’t resist adding.

”Oh come on man you’d learn a thing or two,“ B adds.

Ethan just sighs.

”If you’re talking about tips on how to make out? I’ll pass. Thanks though,“ Ethan replies.

Hayley leans over and gives his stubbled cheek a light kiss.

”We love you grumpy and all,“ she says and keeps going.

”Though you’re right let’s play some minigolf. So I can finally beat your ass at something Ramsey,“ she says and earns hollers and laughs from everyone.

”Careful Rookie,“ a slight glint in his deep blue eyes.

She winks at him.

”Don’t you mean Valentine-Ramsey? Also if I act out you can just punish me later,“ she says and grins.

Jackie says loud enough for everyone in our group to hear.

”This is why I don’t like to spend time with Hayley and Ethan. They always talk about their sex life. Which is creepy,“ she says.

Hayley turns around.

”We can talk about yours,“ she says saucily.

Jackie laughs.

”You couldn’t stomach mine,“ she says and winks.

We all laugh.

Soraya chimes in.

”I think Jackie’s idea of girls vs. boys wasn’t so bad. We can wipe the floor with the guys,“ she says earning a high-five from Aubrey who decided to join in on the fun.

”Real talk. Let’s get started,“ Bryce says.

I’m still bummed I don’t get to be on Ethan’s team.

He sees my face and asks.

”Why don’t we mix it up a bit,“ Ethan asks, and everyone boos at him.

Bryce looks at me and says.

”Sure if you want to lose, let Luna be on your team,“ he teases.

I gasp and squint my eyes at my fiancé. Bryce comes back to kiss me, and my lips still tingle from our kiss even after the kiss ended. I smile.

Then he goes back to stand with the guys. The others laugh.

”Scared of losing Ramsey?“ Aurora asks her eyes twinkling.

Ethan smiles and shrugs.

”Have it your way. So what’s the losing team got to do?“ he asks and nobody has an answer to that.

”I’ve got it. Two words. Skinny dipping, huh?“ Sky asks.

Evie and Soraya say at the same time.

”Gross Sky. I don’t want to be scarred for life,“ they say shuddering both.

He sighs.

”Fine. Fair enough,“ he says.

”Why doesn’t the losing team just buy a round for the winning team?“ Sienna suggests.

We all nod and agree that that’s probably the best idea.

After we started playing I stand to the side and lean on my golf club. Just to breathe for a second.

Bryce puts his hands on my belly.

”Are you sure this isn’t too much for you? You’ve been up since early this morning,“ he asks concern lacing his every word.

”Is it weird that I find it hot that you’re concerned? But seriously I’m fine. The light breeze is doing wonders for me. The heat before was a bit much, to be honest,“ I say.

He puts a hand over my forehead. When he’s satisfied he takes his hand away.

Then he checks my pulse.

”Your pulse is a little high,“ he says.

”It’s because you’re standing next to me. Your beauty blinds me,“ I say teasing him.

He leans closer and pulls me behind a tree, out of sight of the others.

I can hear someone ask but can’t make out the voice too invested in Bryce‘s touch to care who asked.

”Where are Luna and Bryce?“

Sky laughs.

”They’re making out behind that tree,“ he laughs louder when heads turn in our direction.

”Just ignore them,“ he says smiling.

Bryce grins against my lips and we lean more into the shadows. Obscured from the view of the others. I just hope this tree won’t fall.

Evie says loud enough for me to hear.

”Let’s move to the next hole. They’ll catch up,“ she says.

I can hear someone making a dirty joke about the word hole, but too far into Bryce putting my right leg over his hip and kissing his way down my throat.

”I feel bad for making out when we’re supposed to spend time with our friends and family,“ I say gnawing on my lip.

He kisses me again and every thought of guilt flies out the window. We stand like that for what seems like an eternity.

Before we both smile and just decide to go back to the game. Lacing our fingers together.

”How are the guys already in the lead? The game just started!“ I say sadly to see that the guys lead and well the girls got a bit behind.

”I don’t care I’ve already won,“ he says kissing our interlaced fingers.

I look at him.

”How so?“ I ask totally confused.

”Because I got to lock lips with my favorite person,“ he says.

”Glad we could spend some time together. Though we were making out for some time and the girls got behind,“ I say.

Bryce laughs.

”Oh you and the others can still catch up,“ he grins.

”Oh? So you think you already got this huh? Nice try Lahela,“ I say and we join the others.

The make-out session was great, but I do want to play mini golf. That’s what we came here to do.

I’m standing together with Meilani, while Bryce is lining up his shot.

She whispers.

”Damn. I’m into women. But holy damn. Bryce? You’re a lucky woman,“ she says pointing with the putt in Bryce’s direction while watching Soraya laugh about a joke Sienna made.

I sigh while I watch him. His muscles move as he pulls up his shirt to dab away at some sweat on his brow.

I grin looking at his abs, which you can see from here. Feeling a little guilty, since I don’t love him just for his body. His mind is just as beautiful. But I can’t help checking him out. Who would fault me for that? He’s hot. I grin.

”It’s cruel that he looks this good. Though I guess you’re swooning over Sor,“ I grin and earn a chuckle from Meilani.

I get serious and dart a glance toward Meilani.

”By the way can I ask you something?“ I say not able to look her in the eye.

Meilani turns my way. Directing her whole attention to me. Giving me a sense of tranquility with her easygoing smile and the calmness I always feel when I’m around her. She’s the quiet to my inner storm.

She has a very excitable and bubbly personality similar to my own, but when it comes down to it. She’s very zen-like.

”Of course. What’s up,“ she asks. Playing with her bracelet. I look closely and see she’s wearing a yellow, floral print silk dress, that ends a bit above the knees and some floral crochet sandals. I like it it’s very Meilani.

I bite my lip, feeling super uncomfortable asking this.

”Do you think it’s normal, to be this turned on all the time?“ I ask her.

I’m probably looking as red as a fire hydrant. Sometimes I still get embarrassed when I ask certain questions.

She smiles and puts her hand on my arms.

”Your hormones are all over the place. It’s completely normal to want to have sex,“ she says and continues.

”You’re 7 months pregnant. But if you’re worried about hurting the babies, you don’t need to worry. They don’t mind it actually, studies have shown that babies get more relaxed and calm,“ she says and I gape at her.

”What? No way,“ I say sounding disbelieving.

She pats my shoulder.

”Trust me. The babies don’t mind. Just be careful not to be too rough. No experimental positions. I can give you a list of safe positions,“ she asks.

I blush furiously.

”Isn’t this convo weird?“ I ask.

She hugs me from the side.

”Not at all. I’m your doctor and your friend so it’s all good. We are friends right?“ she asks hesitantly.

I kiss her on her cheek.

”Of course you are. I’m glad we met,“ I say.

”Me too. I’ll send you that list,“ she says and walks off toward Soraya.

I nod and walk over to Bryce. I hug him and he pulls me close.

”There you are sunshine,“ he says giving me a soft kiss on my temple.

I tear up at the word sunshine.

He smiles and tucks me into him and I mumble something incoherent that probably sounded something like

”Love boo“.

”Love you too,“ he says kissing me once more before we walk towards the others.

I smile at Bryce and say to him.

”Want to know a secret?“ I ask him and he leans closer to me.

”You give the best hugs,“ I say and add ”With and without clothes,“ I say and he laughs out loud throwing his head back.

The others turn to us but when they see Bryce laughing so hard they start grinning too.

”Want to share with the class Lahela?“ Tobias asks and the others snicker.

He shakes his head at Tobias. And grins at me.

”Nope. This is not for your guy's ears,“ he says and gives me another kiss pulling me towards him and taking my cheeks into his warm, calloused hands.

They‘re all laughing and teasing each other. Having a great time.

”Oh, man. That doesn’t count. You cheated Sor. You guys saw that right? I can’t be the only one,“ Sky says.

I look over at the hole where Soraya's golf ball went into.

”Looks like the ball went through,“ I say and earn a grin from Soraya.

Sienna joins in.

”Yeah. Totally. Maybe you can learn a thing or two from us. So you wouldn’t miss all the time,“ she says and grins.

Sky throws up his hands.

”Everyone is ganging up on me,“ Sky complains.

Soraya laughs.

”Because you’re an easy target that we all love,“ she says grinning at him.

Ethan is the next who is lining up his shot.

“You better not miss Ramsey,“ Tobias says and gets a nod from Elijah and Sky.

Ethan just shakes his head.

“You guys are worse than interns,“ he says and the ball goes inside the hole.

Sky and Tobias run to him to hug him and Ethan is sandwiched between them. You can tell he feels uncomfortable.

Hayley just takes a pic.

She sees me and winks. Oh, this will definitely be sent to our group chat.

“See the guys are in the lead again,“ Sky says and grins at Ethan like they won some championship. I chuckle. I love my cousin.

“Okay okay enough with the hugs,“ Ethan sighs and when I see his mouth quirk up at the corners I can tell he wants to rile Sky up a bit. I grin and shake my head at Ethan.

“The girls can still win you know?“ Ethan points out and lets Hayley take the next one.

“Oh come on why ruin your win from a couple of seconds ago?“ Sky asks and glares at Ethan.

“I’m just stating a fact,“ Ethan replies grinning.

Hayley scores too and I can hear the guys groan.

Hayley gets a high-five from Sienna.

Ethan is right, we can still win this.

An hour later…

Luna

The boys lost to the girls.

I’m sitting down at the table of a restaurant we chose. I love the Christmas decorations they’ve put up. It’s very Hawaiian and tropical. Christmas songs are playing through the speakers.

So we picked a restaurant to celebrate at. One that isn’t too far away.

I love this place. Whenever we want to relax we come here. They have great food and them staff here is so nice and welcoming.

We choose a table that can actually seat all of us. Bryce and Sky went to take the first drinks with help from the other guys.

I’m sitting down and looking at the menu to decide what to order. I can feel like someone is standing next to my seat and when I look up I find a pair of brown eyes looking at me with uncertainty in their depths.

It’s Aubrey. We didn’t exactly get on from the start, but maybe we can talk and see if we’ve both just had a bad day.

“Is this seat taken?“ she asks hesitating to sit next to me.

I shake my head and make room for her.

“Just so you know? If I have to pee? Girl you’ll have to get up,“ I say and she grins.

“Deal,“ she says and an awkward silence settles around us.

I gnaw on my lip trying to think of something to say and to sort of break the ice, but Aubrey speaks first.

“I’m sorry I’ve been a bitch a couple of months ago when we met at the hospital. I’ve had a bad day, which is no excuse, but I wasn’t nice and I know you’re an awesome woman. At least what Bryce has said about you. He talks about you all the time by the way,“ she smiles and it transforms her seemingly cold demeanor to warm and friendly.

Like coming home from the cold and nestling in front of the fireplace to get warm.

”You’re right you were a bit bitchy. But I wasn’t nice either. It was that day I found out I was pregnant,“ I say nibbling on my upper lip.

Aubrey raises her eyebrows in surprise.

”Really? And here I go making a bad impression. To be honest I wanted you to like me. I’ve heard so many good things about you. From Bryce and Meilani,“ she smiles.

I grin at her. Feeling that this is the start of a new friendship.

I see Bryce and the other guys walk back to the table to put the drink orders down. And some of the food that’s ready. The other food orders aren’t done yet.

He keeps darting glances at me and Aubrey.

”Is it safe? Did you guys make up? Because I‘d hate it if it got awkward for all of us. No offense babe,“ he says and kisses me on the top of my head.

Someone throws a fry at me. When I look up I see that it’s by Aubrey.

”That was frying cute,“ I can’t resist adding while Bryce sits next to me and laughs silently.

Aubrey just rolls her eyes at me.

I grin even wider. Making her laugh will be a fun, new mission to have.

”God. You’re as bad with puns as Lahela is.“

Bryce looks up from the menu and frowns.

”Hey!“ he exclaims.

I lean into him and direct my attention toward Aubrey.

I point said throwing fry at Aubrey and take a bite.

”Don’t be such a fry-baby,“ I say not running out of fry puns.

The crispness and the saltiness of the fry give me almost an orgasm. But I tone it down since I’m in public.

Bryce snickers from the side. I wink at him.

Aubrey looks at us. Narrowing her eyes at me.

”You’re doing this on purpose aren’t you? I knew I should’ve ordered something stronger tonight. I’ll be right back,“ she says and is gone to get herself something stronger.

I lean into Bryce and when the rest of the food gets to the table I sigh with happiness. Food makes everything better.

Luna

Later that night I’m lying in bed next to Bryce. The door to our balcony is open to let in the moonlight shining into our bedroom.

I get up and check if Bryce woke up but he doesn’t even stir. Poor baby must be exhausted.

I smile and sit outside in one of the dark grey wicker armchairs and just look out at the ocean.

I lean back in the chair and hug my knees tight to my body. That’s when I feel a sudden kick. I look down and put my hand on my belly to see if it’ll happen again and when it does I get so excited. Oh my gosh. I feel tears running down my face. Who would’ve thought I’d have this life someday?

To be in a great relationship, be engaged, soon I’ll be married and two little ones running around the house.

I walk back into our bedroom and lie down next to B. I gently try and wake him up and when he does, he sees me smiling and raises an eyebrow.

”What?“ he asks half-asleep already.

I take his hand in mine and guide it to my stomach. Hoping the twins might kick again.

When they do he opens his eyes and I can tell he’s fully awake.

”Did that just happen?“ he asks his voice full of wonder.

I just nod and moves further down to put both of his hands on my stomach. He waits for a few heartbeats but when the kick doesn’t happen again he sighs, though he still smiles softly.

”I wanted to feel it again,“ he says sounding sad.

”They’re not circus performers. Though that would be so cool,” I say.

He grins at me.

“I love all these new memories we’re making together.”

Bryce kisses me softly and I lean into him.

We both smile at each other sharing this beautiful moment. Just us and no one else.

This right here is where I belong.

[the-invisible-queer]

i have a question for science. what's your LEAST favorite song from every single jonas album (including solo albums, side band albums etc)?

I only have 1 JB song I hate, 1 Joe song I skip more than listen to, 1 Nick song I mostly skip

This is hard so I guess I'll do least listened to on the albums - doesn't mean I don't like it

Franklin

Sewer Rat - PERFECTION NO NOTES but least listened to is "Cocaine"

Joe

Fastlife - "Lighthouse" he's not Chris Brown trying to sing a song meant for Chris Brown 😔

DNCE

DNCE - DNCE has absolutely NO skips but "Good Day" is my least listened to song - but I still listen to it a lot

People to People - absolutely no skips but I guess "Man on Fire" BUT THIS WHOLE EP GETS STUCK IN MY HEAD CONSTANTLY

Nick

Who I Am - a perfect album but "Conspiracy Theory" is my least listened to track

NJ/X2 (Deluxe) - "Santa Barbara" because I don't vibe it's my most skipped Nick song

Last Year Was Complicated - "Bacon" it's still a bop but compared to the other songs it's kinda weak. Made just to be a radio single I feel like

Spaceman (Deluxe) - A PERFECT ALBUM FROM START TO FINISH NO NOTES but I guess I listen to "Sexual" the least because I don't like Nick singing to me about sex like that

Jonas Brothers

It's About Time - "Time for Me to Fly" because it sounds like a song about death and having pre-pubescent Nick singing it is weird

Jonas Brothers - "Hello Beautiful" but not least favorite like I don't like it just my least played song off the album

A Little Bit Longer - THIS ALBUM IS PERFECT I DON'T HAVE A LEAST FAVORITE but for least listened to I think "Video Girl" but it's a fucking BOP

Lines, Vines & Trying Times - "Don't Charge Me for the Crime" I will charge them for the crime of releasing that song. It's the ONLY Jonas song I fucking HATE

Jonas LA - "Feelin' Alive" because I have no strong feelings about it but I still like it

Happiness Begins - "Sucker" because it's the definition of pop garbage (affectionate) and they have better songs on the album so it didn't deserve that amount of airtime it got

The Album - That's like asking me to kill one of my kids. All of these songs are so good 😭 I guess "Celebrate" but I still love it so much

[badboyportrait]

my 30 days of music challenge, just for fun.

1. A song you like with a colour in the title Orange Heart - A3! anime (Summer Troupe)

2. A song you like with a number in the title Six - Sleeping At Last

3. A song that reminds you of summertime CREAM SODA - AMADEUS

4. A song that reminds you of someone you’d rather forget All Too Well (10 min ver) - Taylor Swift

5. A song that needs to be played loud Dead Don't Die - The Shinedown

6. A song that makes you want to dance Idol - Yoasobi

7. A song to drive to R.I.P - 3!OH3

8. A song about drugs or alcohol Cake by the Ocean - DNCE

9. A song that makes you happy MIRAILIGHT - A3! game

10. A song that makes you sad Miss Miss - Gregory and the Hawk

11. A song you never get tired of Hurry Up! - Superfruit

12. A song from your pre-teen years Scream - Usher

13. A song you like from the 70s Beat It! - Michael Jackson (1983)

14. A song you’d love to be played at your wedding Beauty and the Beast - Beauty and the Beast

15. A song you like that’s a cover by another artist Villain - Ryushen

16. A song that’s a classic favourite Baka Mitai - Akiyama ver

17. A song you’d sing a duet with someone on karaoke Say My Name - Beetlejuice the Musical

18. A song from the year you were born Oops! I Did It Again - Britney Spears

19. A song that makes you think about life Hitchcock - Yorushika

20. A song that has many meanings to you Last Continue - PinocchioP

21. A song you like with a person’s name in the title Genghis Khan - Miike Snow

22. A song that moves you forward Kakusei - Superfly

23. A song you think everybody should listen to Nine - Sleeping at Last

24. A song by a band you wish were still together Shangri-La - VIXX (Hongbin...)

25. A song you like by an artist no longer living Rolling Girl - wowaka

26. A song that makes you want to fall in love Becoming the Lastnames - Will Wood

27. A song that breaks your heart Don't Come Home - Emma Blackery

28. A song by an artist whose voice you love VELVET NIGHT - Shoose

29. A song you remember from childhood Total Eclipse of the Heart - Bonnie Tyler

30. A song that reminds you of yourself Ghost City Tokyo - Ayase (Yoasobi)

[jbfa-lisa]

He’s Not Worth It - by lisavslisa

{Chapter One - Puppy Love}

Fall 2010

Maggie Covington never thought herself to be sexy – not in the conventional way at least. She couldn’t really compare to the kind of girls that a guy like Joe Jonas brought home. She always felt like she was more on the average side looks-wise; nerdy even. She sported glasses and a ponytail half the time and she could usually be found in the library studying rather than in a night club. She mostly kept to herself, but loved deeply. She enjoyed taking care of everyone and everything around her – whether it be people or animals.

In fact, it was how she first met her newest neighbor in the fall of 2010. His dog, Winston – who she aptly nicknamed Winny, much to his owner’s dismay – got out of his house and began running amok in the courtyard. Maggie was the one to seize the pooch. Winny ran straight to her when she called and began sliming up her face with kisses.

“You are a lover, aren’t you? Funny, puppy. Where is your human, huh? Where are they?” Maggie spoke to the little black and white spotted bulldog like she would a baby or young child.

When she looked up, it was as if an angel was hovering above her. Well, maybe not so much an angel, rather an extremely attractive raven-haired man with a huge smirk on his face.  Maggie had never seen such a perfect specimen in her entire life – the smile, the body, the charm. His eyes were covered with white wayfarer sunglasses, and his perfectly aligned teeth matched the color of the shades to a T. Maggie was struck speechless as the man bent down placing a leash on the dog’s collar.

“Thanks,” he said, smiling at her. Maggie stood up slowly, keeping her eyes on the dog’s owner.

“You’re welcome,” she said quickly, realizing he’d spoken and that maybe she should reply.

“I think he likes you,” the angelic man quipped.

“I think you’re right. What’s his name?” She said as she looked down at the dog and then back up at his human. He smiled jovial at her, causing her to smile as well.

“Winston,” he answered.

“You’re a good boy aren’t you, Winny?” Maggie asked the dog, bending down momentarily to pet his head again.

“Winny?” The man chuckled.

“I like to give everyone a nickname, regardless of species,” she explained, smirking bashfully.

“Ah, well, I’m Joe,” he said, holding out his hand to shake hers.

Joe, huh? She placed her hand in his, feeling the warmth of his tanned skin against her own. And in that moment, it dawned on her. She knew who he was. She knew of him at least. He moved in that summer and word around the complex was that he was some famous guy. She heard through the grapevine that he was Joe Jonas from the band the Jonas Brothers. Maggie knew of them a few years back, but never really got into them. She remembered hearing a song or two of theirs on the radio, but nothing more. She remembered not being too impressed when hearing that a Jonas Brother moved into the complex, but now – wow. She should have paid more attention, because he was a fox.

“What’s your name?” He asked, giving her a sideways smirk as they continued to shake hands, and she realized she went into a brief daze thinking about him. 

“Oh, uh, Maggie. Maggie Covington,” she told him and quickly took her hand back.

“Maggie. I like that,” he said with a smile as he slid his sunglasses up to the top of his head.

She was blushing and she knew it. It was not every day she was met with a pair of eyes she could easily spend the rest of her life staring into. Even though she was sure he was the owner of a beautiful pair of brown eyes, in the sunlight his eyes almost looked multi-colored. The way the light hit them it look as though they had bursts of green and orange in them as well.

“Do you live here?” Joe asked. Maggie almost didn’t hear him because she was too busy staring at his eyes.

“Hmm… oh yeah,” she stammered, smiling bashfully again.

“Same here,” he said, returning a smile.

“Yeah… uh, I think we’re next door neighbors,” she pointed out, almost wishing that she kept that stalker-ish piece of information out of the conversation.

“No way,” he chuckled.

It wasn’t a big shocker to her that he didn’t see her around since he moved in. She really didn’t get out much. Unless it was to go to work, school, or the library – and really the library didn’t even count because for one, she worked there and for two, the only other reason she was there was to study for school.

“Yep,” she said awkwardly, swaying back and forth on the balls of her heels.

“Well, Maggie. It was really nice to meet you, but Winston and I have an appointment to get to,” he said, smiling widely at her.

“Oh. Yeah. Don’t let me stop you,” she said waving her hand through the air. Maggie quickly bent down to say goodbye to the dog, rubbing his ears playfully in her hands.

“I’ll see you around, Winny,” she told the canine. Winston jumped up and licked her face one last time.

“Aww, thanks boy,” Maggie giggled as she wiped the slobber away.

“Told you he likes you,” Joe said, smiling at her as she stood once again.

“The feeling is mutual,” she said truthfully, giving Joe a smirk.

“See you later, Maggie,” Joe said finally and she could have sworn she saw him wink at her before he turned to walk away.

Oh goodness. She already knew she was smitten with him and his dog with just one meeting. Never mind the fact that she knew she didn’t have a single chance with him – probably not even in her dreams either. He was a famous boy bander after all.

But little did she know, the day she met Joe Jonas would change her life forever. She soon realized it changed her life in regards to having one more thing to worry about. And her crush on Joe most definitely kept her occupied – whether it meant she had to study harder to keep her concentration on the material in front of her rather than the perfect chiseled body Joe so proudly worked out every day; or having to worry about Winny when Joe was off jet-setting across the country. Maggie officially became Joe’s dog sitter that Christmas when he flew back to Dallas to visit family.

She was certain she would have done anything Joe asked of her, because they were friends and because she was falling head over heels for him though he didn’t know it.

Unrequited love. Ain’t it a bitch?

Whelp... I think we may have seen the last of Jonas Brother Fanfiction Archives, unfortunately. It makes me incredibly sad because that website was my life for YEARS! Anyway, I’ve had a few requests to post my stories from JBFA somewhere (anywhere), so I decided on tumblr. I started to re-write this story almost two years ago now, so it might be a little different than you remember it. The story is still the same though. Enjoy! Please “heart/love” the story or comment or BOTH! I’d really appreciate it! If you’re reading this story for the first time, WELCOME!

[multiuniverse02]

(Art done here )

Just a little FAQ for them 💕

PRE - RELATIONSHIP

1. How did they first meet ?

Hudson was assigned to Charlie as partners for one case two years ago. It didn’t go well (to say the least) but they soon figured out how to work with each other

2. What was their first impression of each other ?

Hudson’s impression: She thought that Charlie was too hot headed and dangerous

Charlie’s impression: Charlie thought Hudson was a bit boring.

3. Did any of their friends or family want them to get together ?

Staci didn’t care, he was neutral about it. Others that worked in the police department were happy though

4. Who felt romantic feelings first ?

Charlie did

5. Did either of them try to resist their feelings ?

Charlie did because she was worried Hudson wasn’t a bisexual/lesbian

6. If you had told one of them that the other would be their soulmate , what would they think ?

Hudson would be a bit flustered, just laughing and saying “really? the world must hate me” but it’s just banter between the two

Charlie would cry for a bit, she’s very sentimental

7. What would their lives be like if they had never met ?

Hudson would of just been the same honestly. Charlie would of probably been the same too, just a bit more lonely

| GENERAL

1. Who initiated the relationship , and how did it go ?

Hudson did, surprisingly. It ended in Charlie with her mouth wide open and becoming mute for a few minutes

2. Did they have an official first date ? If so , what was it like ?

They did! The two went to a diner and had dinner then went stargazing in an empty field while sharing ice cream.

3. What was their first kiss like ?

Hudson kissed Charlie first (how the relationship was initiated). It was quick and sweet, nothing too much.

4. Were they each other's first anything ( kiss , relationship , etc. ) ?

Hudson: No

Charlie: No

5. What's their height difference ? Age difference ?

Hudson: Height 5’6 Age 28

Charlie: Height 5’8 Age 23

6. What's their relationship with each other's families ?

Bittersweet to say the least

7. Who takes the lead in social situations ?

Charlie does, she’s very social

8. Who gets jealous easier ?

Charlie does, but also Hudson does get a bit jealous. But it’s very passive

9. Who whispers inappropriate things in the other's ear ?

Charlie does, and it either ends with a slap on the arm by Hudson or with the two of them giggling through a kiss

LOVE

1. Who said " I love you ” first ?

Charlie did, after waiting a few months of dating.

2. What are their primary love languages ?

Hudson: Acts of service

Charlie: Quality time

3. Who uses cheesy pick - up lines ?

Charlie does, 24/7. Hudson does too but only when she’s drunk.

4. How often do they cuddle / engage in PDA ?

Not often because they have to remain professional during the job. But after work they always hold hands, share a hug or a kiss.

5. Who initiates kisses ?

It’s pretty equal between the two

6. Who's the big and little spoon ?

Hudson: Little spoon

Charlie: Big spoon

7. What are their favorite things to do together ?

Getting milkshakes together at their favorite diner, getting drunk, listening to music in their car after driving to a disclosed location and solving cases together

8. Who's better at comforting the other ?

Charlie is; especially after Hudson got PTSD from John kidnapping her.

9. Who's more protective ?

Charlie!!

10. Do they prefer verbal or physical affection ?

Hudson and Charlie both prefer physical

11. What are some songs that apply to their relationship , in - universe or otherwise ?

Play date: Melanie Martinez

Just the way you are: Bruno Mars

Toothbrush: DNCE

Kiss Me More: Doja Cat (This one fits them the most)

12. What kind of nicknames do they call each other ?

Hudson @ Charlie: “Charles” (inside joke from when she was drunk) “The chaotic one” and “Rook”

Charlie @ Hudson: “JoJo” and “Kitten”

13. Who remembers the little things ?

Both do! They love their inside jokes and remember everything for it.

DOMESTIC LIFE

1. If they get married , who proposes ?

Charlie does :)

2. What's the wedding like ? Who attends ?

All of the police department plus parents and any close friends

3. How many kids do they have , if any ? What are they like ?

No kids

4. Do they have any pets ?

They adopt a dog and have a cow

5. Who's the stricter parent ?

Hudson would be the strict parents

6. Who worries the most ?

Hudson

7. Who kills the bugs in the house ?

Hudson, 90% of the time at least

[atlafan]

Take it Slow - Part Twenty-Eight

a/n: okay this is my first shot at a harry:y/n fic, and it will be multiple parts. y/n had a bad experience with an ex over a year ago, and finally accepts her coworker and good friend Niall’s invitation to go on a blind date with his friend Harry.

Warnings: TW- Mention of past abuse. Smut.

Masterpost (all previous parts can be found in the masterpost)

Your day with Harry was nice. You got in and out of Walmart as soon as you could so you could get back home to love on each other. You lost track of how many times you made each other come. You weren’t sure what came over him, or what came over you really. Maybe you both were trying to get five days’ worth of pleasure in before your period came.

Right on cue, you got your period Monday morning. You were fully prepared, so no waking up to a crime scene or embarrassment. Your body felt tired from your day of being worked over repeatedly. Harry knew you were getting close to being ready for him. The fact you let him rub his tip against you, even if it was just your clit, made him so happy. He knew you wanted him badly.

You wore your hair down and wavy, and made sure to wear a scarf with your outfit. There was one love bite you had to put some makeup over to cover up, it was just too high up to cover. You felt like the makeup just made it more obvious, but your hair would cover the rest. If anything, you could just tell anyone who asked it was from your curling iron. A lame excuse, but a viable one.

When you walk out of the bathroom, you see Harry sitting up on his laptop. He was starting to edit the photos he took of your family.

“Can I get a peak?” You ask walking to him. He smiles at you and shows you his screen. “Oh, Harry they’re going to love these. I can’t believe these were taken in their living room.”

“Thanks babe. I’m excited to get these over to them.” He looks at the time on his computer and sighs. “I need to shower before I leave for work.” He gets up and stretches. “How’s aunt flow, she show up yet?”

“Yes.” You groan. He gives your lower stomach a little pat, and gives you a kiss on the cheek. “Will I see you tonight?” He raises an eyebrow at you, as if you’ve offended him.

“Course.”

“Well, I didn’t know. We barely saw each other last week.”

“I’m caught up on a lot, won’t be as busy, love.”

“Alright. Well, we didn’t go grocery shopping yesterday.” You blush.

“Don’t know how we could’ve forgotten.” He says facetiously.

“I’d like to go to the gym after work, and then I can stop quickly to pick something up.”

“I can go grocery shoppin’.”

“You’d have time?”

“Sure. S’not a big deal, I know what we both like to eat.” He yawns.

You give him a little hug and a quick kiss in appreciation.

“Have a good day.” He says, patting your bum as you leave.

“You too!”

//

Around ten in the morning, Niall comes bursting into your office and closes the door behind him.

“They’re makin’ me the director!” You stand up and run into his arms. “And, and they’re makin’ you the associate director!” You both jump up and down giddy while hugging. He lets go of you and furrows his brows. “How dare you keep a secret like that from me.”

“They told me not to tell you! You have to apply for your position.”

“I know, but I’m sure to get it. And you! Congratulations!”

“Same to you! Can you believe they’re going to pay for grad school?”

“This is seriously the best place to work. I’m over the moon. We need to find a night to celebrate.”

“Yes yes yes! Hmm, I’m not really free this weekend, it’s my uncle’s Hanukkah party.”

“Is that Saturday?”

“Mhm.”

“How about Friday night? We could just do somethin’ simple.”

“Why don’t we have like a movie night or something? Been ages since we did something like that. We could have wine and junk food.”

“Ooo, I like that idea. How about Friday night then?”

“That should work, I can check with Harry.” You two hug again. You let go of him when you feel like you’re getting kicked in the stomach. “Shit.” You clutch at your stomach and walk over to your desk, and open the drawer where you keep ibuprofen.

“You’ve got to be kiddin’ me.” He rolls his eyes.

“What? A girl can’t pop pills in her own office anymore?” He laughs.

“No, you and Sarah are on the same cycle.”

“Still? That’s funny.”

“Great, so Harry and I will be with two women who have their periods at the same time on Friday, wonderful.”

“Oh stop, should be done by then.”

“How about you and I go out for lunch today, as a little pre-celebration?”

“Love the way you think.”

//

You enjoy a good session at the gym. You did mostly weights standing up, and got on the treadmill for a quick run. You didn’t love working out on your period, but it helped with the cramps. It was starting to get really cold out, but you hated putting all of your warm clothes on after sweating. As you sat down to wipe your neck and chest with a small towel, you noticed a couple people looking at you. You had completely forgotten that with your hair up, and a loose tank top on, all of your love bites were visible. You tried to ignore it, but an older woman sat down next to you to change her shoes.

“You really shouldn’t let someone do that to you.” She says.

“Pardon?”

“Your neck.” She points to one of the marks. “I’ve seen you around here, I’ve seen you with those before, but never quite so dark.”

“Oh…Um, it was just from-“

“Those are not from a curling iron.” She scoffs. “My teenage daughter says the same thing to me. That looks borderline abusive honey.” You stand up, feeling a pit of rage come over you. This woman picked the wrong day to fuck with you.

“Excuse me, but my boyfriend is not abusive.” She stands up.

“Listen, if you don’t feel safe to speak up-“

“I’ve been abused before, so I think I would know the difference between someone intentionally trying to hurt me, and someone simply biting me.” You gather up all your things. “And I’ll have you know, I enjoy it, so why don’t you mind your own damn business. Worry about whoever your daughter is fucking, okay?”

You storm out of the gym, leaving the woman stunned. How dare a stranger come up to you like that, even if she meant well. You drove home, and couldn’t wait to change into some loose sweats, and see Harry. You smiled at the thought of him being in your apartment when you got there.

When you keyed in you smelled something delicious coming from the kitchen. You saw him at your stove, making some pasta and veggies.

“Hey babe.” You smile.

“Evenin’.” He smiles back. “Dinner’s just about ready.”

“How much I owe you for the groceries?” You ask, taking out your wallet. He scoffs. “Harry.”

“It wasn’t expensive, don’t worry about it.” You go to stand behind him and stick your hand in his back pocket, taking his wallet out. “Oi! What do you think you’re doin’?”

“I am putting some money in here.” You take forty dollars out of your wallet, and open his up.

“You don’t have to, and it wasn’t that much.”

“Harry, you are not…” Your voice trails off when you open his wallet. The picture of you Harry from your weekend away was in there. It was the one of you two laughing. “You had this made into a wallet size?” You look at him with loving eyes. His face was beat red.

“Um…yeah.” He runs a hand through his hair. You hand his wallet back to him, and he shoves it into his pocket.

“Do you have more? I’d like one for mine too.”

“I could print one for you, yeah.” He coughs. “Dinner’s just about ready.”

“I’m just gonna go change.”

You peel off your sweaty clothes, and run over your body with a hot wash cloth quick. Then you throw on a pair of sweatpants and a t-shirt. Harry squints at your shirt when you come out.

“What?”

“Are you seriously wearing a Jonas Brothers concert shirt?” You look down at yourself. You didn’t really think about what you had put on.

“Well…yeah. I saw them this summer when they came around for their Happiness Begins tour. It was amazing, the girls and I went. I hadn’t seen them since 2010. They really put on a good show.” You shrug, and sit down at the table where your plate of food was waiting for you.

“You really have a variety of music taste, don’t you?” He chuckles, sitting down as well.

“I guess so. We mostly went for nostalgic purposes. I was living, it was so much fun to actually get drunk at a Jonas Brothers concert.” You take a bite of food. “Mm, so good Harry, thank you.”

“So which one is your favorite?”

“What do you mean?”

“Everyone has a favorite brother, which one’s yours?” You point to Joe Jonas, who is in the middle of the shirt. “Which one’s he?”

“Joe.” You swoon.

“Why’s he your favorite?”

“He’s just a really good front man.” You shrug. “I also think he has a better voice than Nick, I mean, it’s like butter. I saw his group DNCE live a couple years ago, and they were so good. He sounds better by himself.” You laugh. “But I’m glad they’re back together. It like, gave me hope in a weird way.”

“Hope?”

“Yeah, when I heard they got back together it was one of the first time I felt overjoyed about something. And they all just looked so happy. It was a great way to start off 2019.”

“Sarah, Rachel, and Kate…you didn’t know of them from high school right?”

“Nope. Only met in college.”

“Do you have any friends from high school you still talk to?”

“A couple here and there. I have one childhood best friend that it’s easy to pick up with when we get together. I had a very small group of friends in high school. I sort of jumped around from different friend groups too. I didn’t really find my people until I went to college. What about you?”

“Yeah, I’ve got some mates back home I’m still close with. Try to face time once in a while. I suppose that Lou and Niall are my best mates though.”

“Maybe after we get back from our trip we could find some time to go see Louis and Eleanor.” He gives you a half smile. “I can keep her preoccupied while the two of you catch up.” You giggle.

“She’s really not that bad, I just don’t like competin’ with people for attention.” Niall was right, Harry is a bit clingy. “But yeah, we could plan somethin’ for after we get back.”

//

Tuesday after work, you had your appointment with Dr. Mara. You had a lot to tell her.

“That’s wonderful news about your job!”

“Thanks, I’m so excited. I think I’ve narrowed it down to two different schools. If I can get this figured out soon, I could enroll for the spring semester.”

“How do you think your stress load will be? Adding something on like that?”

“Well, I’d really only be able to take one or two classes a semester. One school has these great eight week courses. I’m going to speak with my supervisor this week to see what she thinks.”

“What did Harry say when you told him?”

“He was over the moon! He said he was really proud of me, he even took me out to celebrate. He’s very supportive of my career.”

“That’s great. How long have you two been together now?”

“Four months now.” You smile. “It’s been amazing. Not all of it has been perfect, but nothing ever is. There’s so much that’s good between us.”

“Speaking of that, anything new with him you’d like to tell me?”

“Um…I had a trigger recently, a week or so ago.”

“I see, what happened?”

“I was…um…well…” You were used to talking to her about all of these things, but it always took you a minute to find the words. “I was pleasuring him, and my hair was up in this ponytail, and he, well, he yanked me by that hair and he did it a little too hard. And…”

“You saw Jake…” She frowns.

“Not so much that I saw him, but I had flashes to his hands pulling my hair harshly. I ended up biting down on Harry.”

“Did you tell him what happened?”

“Yes, he was very understanding. I was shaken up, but I was fine afterwards.”

“Anything happen since then?”

“No…I feel like I’m getting closer with him. I let him rub his tip against me.” You look away. “Only on my...well...you know, so not all over me, but it didn’t scare me.”

“That’s very good. Did he ask you to do this, or did you initiate?”

“I initiated. I’ve found myself wanting him more and more, but I’m still terrified. I mean, I didn’t even know him pulling my hair was going to trigger me like that. What if we’re doing it, and he jerks the wrong way, or hits too hard by accident?”

“You can think of these what ifs and keep scaring yourself, or you could do what you’ve been doing and just let things happen as they happen. You’ve made a tremendous amount of progress. The truth is, you may not know what’s going to set you off, but I think as long as you two talk it through together, you should be fine.”

“I just feel like talking the whole time takes the heat out of it. Is this okay? How does that feel? Doing alright?” You mimic his accent. “I love that he checks in with me, but I also don’t want him to feel like he’s going to hurt me.”

“Just tell him you’ll let him know if you don’t like something.”

“I do! But he still checks in with me, he gets this worried look on his face every time I make a sound he hasn’t heard before. I feel terrible. I’d rather he be more cautious and careful than not, but…” You sigh. She nods in understanding. “I think I just get frustrated because I just wish I could go back to the way I was before. When I’m with Harry, I feel that way, and then these things happen. And I know he’s frustrated too…”

“How can you tell?” You take the scarf away from around your neck. She gasps. “Christ, he isn’t hurting you is he?”

“No, it’s nothing like that. They look a lot worse than they feel.” You give a small laugh. “But I can tell he does it harder when he’s…trying not to show how frustrated he is. I think it’s a way for him to release some tension.”

“And you just let him do this? In such visible areas?”

“Well, I talked with him about it and he said he’d try to be more careful…he did say something interesting though.”

“Interesting how?”

“When we were talking about it, he said if he didn’t do it here.” You point to your neck. “Then how were other people supposed to know I had a boyfriend…”

“How did it make you feel when he said something like that to you?” Your cheeks heat up.

“Um…well, I sort of liked it. You don’t think it’s possessive do you?”

“Does he talk to you like that often?”

“Not really, once in a while he’ll say something sort of flirty in that context.”

“Hm.” She pauses, clearly thinking over what she’s going to say to you. “Have you and Harry ever discussed what you like or don’t like during sex?”

“I’m not sure I know what you’re getting at…”

“Kinks, has Harry ever talked to you about his kinks in the bedroom?”

“Not really…I mean the biting is definitely one of them.”

“That, the hair pulling.”

“He more so likes it when I pull his hair.”

“I think this is something you two should discuss. It seems he may be into some things…that may be a little more aggressive, which is fine, but you’ll sort of want to be prepared.”

“It’s not like he’s into BDSM Dr. Mara.”

“He could be. How do you know? You haven’t discussed it. He could easily be holding a lot back because he wants to make sure you’re alright.”

//

You drove home wrapping your head around everything Dr. Mara said. She could easily be right, all of the signs point to Harry being a little kinky…although you weren’t sure how to bring something like that up. You two usually just discovered what the other liked while you were doing it. But if you were going to have sex with him soon, you needed to know ahead of time what he might do to you.

Harry was watching TV when you walked in. He was wrapped in a blanket, laying down. He sat up when you came in. You walk over and kiss him on the cheek.

“Hi love. There’s some leftovers in the fridge.”

“Thanks, I’m not super hungry right now.” You yawn. You usually didn’t feel hungry after therapy. “Maybe later, but thanks for making something.”

“How was your session?” He asks, adjusting himself to lay his head in your lap. You run your hands through his soft hair.

“Good.”

“That’s it?” He looks up at you.

“She was, um, concerned about my neck.”

“Why?”

“I’m not sure really.” You didn’t like lying to him, but you didn’t really feel like having the conversation in that moment. “She just pointed it out, a couple people have actually.” Harry sits up to look at you.

“What people?”

“This random woman at the gym last night…she usually goes around the same time. She was like you shouldn’t let someone do that to you, and all this other shit.”

“Why didn’t you tell me?” He puts a hand on your thigh.

“I don’t know…because I don’t want you to stop doing it. I like it.” You groan. “Just wish they were better accepted in society. I mean, it really is just a way to show affection.” You look at him for a moment. “Does anyone ever say anything to you?”

“Not really…you don’t bite me as hard as I bite you. It’s already healed up.” He reaches his thumb up to run over one of the spots on your neck. “Guess I should take a break from this spot.”

“Why do you like to bite so hard?”

“Don’t know really, I don’t think I realize how hard I’m doin’ it.” He shrugs. You squint at him, not really believing that’s the whole truth.

“I think you do realize. I can tell, depending on how hot and heavy we’re going at it.” Harry was starting to sweat. “It’s okay if you have a reason, I’m not mad…curious mostly.”

“You really wanna know?”

“Please, enlighten me.”

“Turns me on when I see your skin turn that dark purple.” He says matter of factly.  

“Why?” You say blushing. He doesn’t answer at first. He runs a hand through his hair.

“I don’t know.”

“Harry.” You smile and put a hand on his knee.

“I really don’t! Just somethin’ I like doin’. Can’t really explain it.”

“Do you think it’s an, um, territory thing? You said the other day, like, how would everyone know I had a boyfriend.”

“I was just jokin’ when I said that. I’m not a possessive guy.”

“I don’t think possession and territory mean the same thing in this instance. Like, you’re marking your territory so everyone knows they can’t have me.”

“That doesn’t sound possessive to you?”

“No? It’s not like you’re controlling me. Like, I think if you were possessive, like, oh! Like, over the weekend, if you were possessive, you either would have told Rachel to leave, or you would have stayed to hang out with us, and wouldn’t have allowed me to see my friend.”

“So, you’re okay with me marking my territory?” You felt your pulse rising. Earlier, you weren’t sure how you felt about it. But now that you two were talking about it, it did sort of turn you on.

“Yes.” He leans forward to kiss you, but you press your hands against him. “But, we need to cool it with how visible these are for a couple weeks. We see my family Saturday, and then a week after that we head to England. I am not meeting your mother with a giant, purple hickey on my neck, I’m just not.”

“Okay, but you’re gonna have to let me do it somewhere else then.”

“As long as it’s somewhere discrete, that’s fine with me.”

Harry’s shit eating grin grew over his face. He scoops you up, and carries you to the bedroom. You giggle as he puts you down on the bed.

“Take your clothes off.” He stands and waits for you to undress. You suddenly remember your period.

“Babe, I have to leave my underwear on. In fact, let me just put some shorts on.” You throw on a pair of cotton shorts. “Aunt Flow’s here, remember?” He nods yes.

He walks around your half-naked body. “Hmmm.” You feel goosebumps raise all over you.

Harry wraps his arms around you from behind, holding you in place as he sucks on the top of your left shoulder. You shiver as his teeth slowly sink into you, sucking the skin into his mouth. He lets go of it, and you hear a pop come from his lips. He moves to the back of your right shoulder blade, and does the same exact thing, leaving a nice purple bruise behind. A loud groan escapes. One of his hands slides down to your stomach, and you feel his smile against you.

“Feels that good, huh?”

“You know it does.” You say blushing.

“So I can keep going then?”

“Yes.”

“Lay down on the bed.” He watches you get on the bed as he takes his shirt off. He smirks at you. “Ass up, please.” You blush and flip over.

He climbs on top of you, and leaves gentle kisses on your shoulders and neck. His kisses move down your back, and takes the skin on your lower back just above your ass cheek between his teeth. You gasp as he bites down hard and sucks on the skin.

“Doin’ okay?”

“Yes.”

His hands reach your hips, and flips you over. He gazes at your body, not sure where he should start first.

“What are you going to do to me, Harry?” You seemed so innocent in this moment, it was a massive turn on for him.

“Just gonna kiss ya all over, you okay with that?” He coos. You nod your head yes.

He kisses you on the lips, and runs his thumb over one of the marks that already exists on your neck. He kisses down to your chest. He takes the skin just above your best between your teeth and sucks hard. Your hands grasp at the sheets. You didn’t realize you loved the sensation quite so much. Maybe it was just because it was Harry doing it, and you knew he liked it.

He sucked on both of your nipples pretty hard, and worked his way down your stomach. He nipped at the skin just above your hips, paying equal attention to each one. He spreads your legs, and sinks his teeth into your inner left thigh. Your breath hitches when you hear the popping noise as he lets go.

Harry looks up at you, and scans over your body. He’s extremely happy with his work. You had nice purple splotches all over your body. His lips were swollen and a shade of raspberry.

“What do you think?” He asks. You lean up on your elbows and scan over yourself. “Your body was the perfect canvas for my art.” You giggle at his joke.

“Well…I have to say, looks pretty good on me.” You lick your lips. You wished you didn’t have your period, you wanted his mouth back on you so bad.

You give him a devious smile. He raises an eyebrow at you.

“What?”

[chantelle-x0x]

Chantelle-x0x MCU Writing Challenge 🖤

So for the longest time I’ve wanted to do this because I’m always participating in writing challenges, but I’m a procrastinator so that’s self explanatory. Anyway, this is a song writing challenge (because finding new songs is awesome) with different genres, but there are obviously rules so, here you go with the guidelines  x (Sorry for the amount of rules. They’re really easy to follow though, I promise!) Also, I’m going to make a masterlist once I have like, 5 fics submitted x

All links are lyric video links

One song per person

Two people per song

(I really hope those first two rules are easily understood)

Send me an ask with your song choice and the pairing

Send two songs just incase your first choice is already taken

No underage relationships, no incest and nothing too graphic. Tag accordingly!

No smut! I’m sorry if you don’t like this rule, but it’s a must, however, you can 100% include suggestive content and stuff based around that, but no smut please and thank you!

Pure angst, pure fluff, angsty-fluff, fluffy-angst etc. is all welcome! 

Songs are categorised, but don’t feel obligated to keep it that genre. Play with the song however you want!

Tag me in your fic and tag your fic #chantelle-x0x-songchallenge. If I haven’t reblogged it in 24 hours, send it to me via messages

If the fic is over 500 words, add a read more

Must be an OC or a Reader insert

Some parings include: Chris Evans, Steve Rogers, Pre-serum Steve, Sebastian Stan, Bucky Barnes, Sam Wilson, Thor, Scott Lang, Peter Parker, Tom Holland, Peter Quill, Loki, Tom Hiddleston, Tony Stark and T’Challa (Include in the ask if you want to do a pairing other than these, has to be part of the MCU though)

Avengers x Reader is fine, and Platonic!(character) x Reader is awesome as well! Dad!(character) x Daughter!Reader is cool and so is having the reader and character as parents is great as well! AU!ships are accepted!

Endgame spoilers are allowed, but tag them!

You don’t have to be following me, but follows are nice.

I think that’s all, thank you for reading all these rules! Songs are under the cut, and have fun writing!

Due by the 7th of September

Angst

7 Minutes - Dean Lewis

Sunflower (Sierra Burgess) 

I Love You - Billie Eilish | @lexiamarv w/ Chris Evans (x OC)

Dancing with a Stranger - Sam Smith & Normani | @hairdye-enthusiast w/ Steve Rogers

you were good to me - Jeremy Zucker & Chelsea Cutler

Forever - Lewis Capaldi | @flatbottomholland w/ Bucky Barnes

Call Your Girlfriend - Clara Mae

I Don’t Wanna See You With Her - Maria Mena

My Heart Will Go On - Celine Dion

Don’t Call Me Up - Mabel

Only You - Cheat Codes & Little Mix

Let Me Go - Hailee Steinfeld & Alesso ft. Florida Georgia Line & WATT

Dear Society - Madison Beer

Why - Shawn Mendes

All These Years - Camila Cabello | @marveling-chrisevans w/ Steve Rogers

Fluff

Falling like the Stars - James Arthur

Hold My Girl - George Ezra

I Think I’m In Love - Kat Dahlia

If I Can’t Have You - Shawn Mendes

I Don’t Care - Ed Sheeran & Justin Bieber

If We Never Met - JOHN.k

Never Really Over - Katy Perry

Sometimes - Ariana Grande

Me! - Taylor Swift & Brendon Urie

Woke Up Late - Drax Project & Hailee Steinfeld

Rock Bottom - Hailee Steinfeld & DNCE

In The Dark - Camila Cabello

Disney

Tale as Old as Time - Beauty and the Beast

You’ve Got a Friend in Me - Toy Story

A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes - Cinderella

A Whole New World - Aladdin | @buckygrantbarnes w/ Bucky Barnes

Can You Fell The Love Tonight - The Lion King

Love is an Open Door - Frozen

When Will My Life Begin - Tangled

I See the Light - Tangled  |  @cevansgirl w/ Chris Evans

Reflection - Mulan

Speechless (Naomi Scott) - Aladdin (2019)

This is Me - Camp Rock 

I’m going to tag some people that may be interest: @whiskey-cokenfanfic, @the-everlasting-dream, @holy-captain, @mercuryriver, @celestialparker, @queen-of-the-avengers, @sincerelyfan, @sgtevanstan (I don’t have many people I talk to in the fandom, heh.)

[likeweareworldsapart]

Demi with DNCE via Joe’s snapchat (joseadam)

[armandyke]

Tabby, kneading, and munchkin?

tabby: do you have any weird/hidden/obscure talents?

Uhhh not really. I know all of the words to every single Taylor Swift song pre-reputation era but that’s not really something I ever go out of my way to brag about. 

kneading: what comforts you or calms you down?

Sims 4 speedbuild videos and just lookin at photos of james buchanan barnes

munchkin: top 10 songs rn!

Uhh in no particular order 

Waterloo by ABBA

Apocalypse by Cigarettes After Sex

Dance To This by Troye Sivan

Movement by Hozier

Daniel by Bat For Lashes

Talia by King Princess

Home by Gabrielle Aplin 

Low Red Moon by Corinne Bailey Rae

Only You by Little Mix

Cake By The Ocean by DNCE

CAT THEMED ASK MEME

[jobrosupdates]

DNCE: PRE-SHOW VS. POST-SHOW

[thesinglesjukebox]

JONAS BROTHERS - SUCKER

[5.22]

I just wanna go back, back to the year 3000...

Alex Clifton: Oh, hell, I love this. I thought I was too cool for the Jonas Brothers back in the day because I was trying so desperately to avoid Being Like Other Girls and being a teenager; I was deeply fascinated by them but acutely aware that if I admitted to myself that I liked the JoBros I'd be setting myself up for mockery (because that's what happens to teenage girls). And to be fair a lot of their Disney music was a bit tame and high-pitched for me. Then came "Pom Poms" and the inevitable hiatus; at the one point I was fully prepared to love the JoBros, they were cruelly snatched away from me. I'm glad they've rejoined to make music together as adults because this takes the best catchy bits from Joe's time with DNCE and uses it to tame Nick's sexual appeal, and Kevin does whatever Kevin does, which I guess is staying quiet while playing a good bassline. Now that I'm older, I can finally admit what I was too afraid to say as a teenager: I'll always be a sucker for pop music, and this is a winner. [8]

Joshua Copperman: Apparently when you get Louis Bell, Frank Dukes, and Ryan Tedder (who I'll defend) in a room, it all cancels out and you wind up with lower-tier Ricky Reed. [5]

Joshua Minsoo Kim: What's up with the pre-chorus acting like it's going to build into something more bombastic but the chorus ending up as low-energy? A limited dynamic range can only be a final blow to a song so bloodless. [3]

Andy Hutchins: Cool first single by new and original band Jonas. The Brothers! If only the bass line were as far past puberty as the band. [3]

Iris Xie: So, who thought it was a good idea to melt down the instrumentals and verses of Portugal. The Man's "Feel It Still" and rip out the infernal skeleton of DNCE's "Cake By the Ocean" to construct this song? Additionally, "Sucker" now completes my third addition to the list of boy band songs that use clapping in extremely obnoxious ways; the other two are One Direction's "Drag Me Down" and EXO's "Overdose." It's a shame because I do like the line "I'm a sucker for all the subliminal things," together with the "about you" repetitions, but this entire song is phoned in and sounds (is?) plagiarized. [3]

Jacob Sujin Kuppermann: A decade in review for pop-rock tropes -- there's the whistling, the lite-disco, the guitar parts that sound so compressed that they might as well be MIDI, the misuse of big words (subliminal?). It's a thoroughly unlovable song if divorced from its pop-cultural context, the kind of featureless material I assumed they shipped straight to Target overhead speakers. [4]

Alfred Soto: Nick Jonas may be the Cute Jonas, but he's also the Boring Jonas -- he opens his mouth and what emerges is so far from fetching that turning on the toaster oven produced a more pleasant sound. The rest of "Sucker" has the moderately interesting crunch with which they charmed a generation. [5]

Claire Biddles: What a world we live in that "Jonas Brothers are subs for their wives" is the premise for a song and not an obscure tag on ao3. [9]

Tobi Tella: I'm not sure what I expected a Jonas Brothers single to sound like in 2019, but this pretty much fits the mold. I should hate this for being a shameless nostalgia grab attempt, but I was in the prime target age for this and I can't lie and say I'm not eating it up. More people need to be releasing late-2000s Disney Channel songs, I'm just saying! [7]

[Read, comment and vote on The Singles Jukebox]

[bangtan]

Inside BTS-mania: A Day in the Life of the K-Pop Superstars

The screaming begins just beyond baggage claim, when the first bob of purple-gray hair peeks up over the security wall separating the biggest Korean pop band in the world, in history, from its fans. Amid shrill hysteria, the seven soft-faced men of BTS stride through Los Angeles International Airport flanked by human trains of burly people in yellow “Event Staff” shirts. The boys smile, wave and, with the efficiency of British royals, slip past a few hundred young women and teen girls into black Escalades, their portal to the heart of the American mainstream. It’s mid-November and BTS have flown here from South Korea, propelled by the fervor of their admirers, a diverse group that calls itself ARMY (short for “Adorable Representative M.C for Youth”). The band is here for a string of high-profile TV appearances: They go from the airport to James Corden; Jimmy Kimmel the next day; then they’ll meet Ellen Degeneres, who’ll compare their U.S. arrival to that of the Beatles in 1964. But BTS are mainly in town to perform their hit song “DNA” at the American Music Awards – a performance that will make them Google’s top trending topic and set a Guinness record for Twitter engagement. Group leader RM (short for “Rap Monster”), 23 and palpably ambitious, compares the whirlwind trip to being “like surfers on a big wave.” But at 9 a.m. the day after BTS land, the vibe is more like “showing up for work.” We’re at a rehearsal studio when AMA reps arrive to shoot promo photos in the parking lot. Bubbly ham J-Hope, 23, an MC and onetime street-dance champ, walks out with his arms up, shouting, “Hello! AMA! Whoa!” The others trickle out with less ado and take turns getting primped, on the asphalt, by a team of stylists also in from Seoul. There’s Jimin, 22, the prettiest yet most puckish, a former top modern-dance student who’s currently shaving his chin while a woman holds a mirror. The perpetually wide-eyed singer V, 21, another art-school kid, who made his screen debut in a Korean historical drama last year, gets his purple-gray bob brushed and parted. A man uses a pick to dislodge something from the teeth of Suga, who like RM started his career as an underground rapper. Lead singer Jungkook, 20, a devout Belieber who joined BTS at 15, gets a streak of eyeliner. Meanwhile, singer Jin, 25, an aspiring actor so handsome he was recruited by a boy-band casting agent while walking down the street, shuffles quietly through the flurry. Their entourage is massive; I lose count in the mid-thirties. There are managers, publicists, a choreographer, a masseur, the interpreter, groomers, folks with cameras, unsmiling guards and several drivers with earpieces. Back home, BTS are pretty much only breaking their own records at this point – for video views, album pre-sales and chart placement – and it’s spilling over to other countries. Their recent EP, Love Yourself: Her, which features a song written with Andrew Taggart of the Chainsmokers, topped iTunes’ album chart in 73 countries, and BTS have become the first Korean-pop group to crack the American mainstream, with a Steve Aoki remix of their “MIC Drop” recently crashing the Top 40. ‪"We are so lucky that we’re living in this time, in 2017,“ says RM, the only one who can carry on a conversation in English. “When we post a tweet, it becomes translated to more than 30 languages.” The group’s lyrics – which are almost entirely Korean but close-captioned on YouTube and translated for sites like Genius – are a big part of its international success. BTS songs tackle issues like depression and anxiety. They promote progressive social ideals like female empowerment and accepting people from different backgrounds. They even address the internal unease of ditching less commercial career paths to become “idols,” as K-pop stars are called. BTS fans appreciate the band’s empathy, honesty, and independence—themes that are particularly in-demand amongst Western pop audiences these days. Plus, BTS set their message to canny hyper-modern production (frequently done by the members themselves) that devours all manner of EDM- rap- and R&B-leaning pop – think Major Lazer, Justin Bieber, DNCE, Logic, the Chainsmokers, Nick Jonas – and spits out a deeply catchy, slightly askew pastiche. After the photoshoot, the guys go in to practice their AMAs routine. From the opening whistle of “DNA,” they are a single-minded, many-limbed organism. Jin, who normally seems like he’s brooding, deploys pouty looks and precise hand jives. They goof around a bit – Jimin grabs Jungkook’s ass after the latter executes a balletic twirl – but are in the zone. An hour later, at 10:40 a.m., they’re chugging water and getting cooled off by women who use their entire bodies to swing paper fans emblazoned with the boys’ own faces. Jin quickly nods off in a rolling chair but is soon awoken by the masseur, who wants to jam an elbow into his shoulder; Jin winces as he does. Minutes later, V is yowling in pain, mouth wide as a handler treats a canker sore inside his cheek. Later, RM will dance with a bloody tissue in his nose – the wages of jet lag and constant hustle add up. An early lunch of cold burgers and fries seems meager compensation, but they eat with abandon. BTS, an acronym for Bangtan Boys (“Bulletproof Boy Scouts” in Korean), was built around RM and finalized via auditions. The group was assembled by a small company – Big Hit, run by songwriter “Hitman” Bang Si Hyuk, who co-founded one of the so-called Big Three agencies, JYP, before leaving it behind – which gives them underdog appeal. And while BTS came through the famously rigorous K-pop system, living in dorms together and training constantly, RM says Big Hit offers relative artistic freedom. To wit, in a unique spin on K-pop fan service, BTS build mythologies around their albums, like last year's Wings, whose theme comes from Hermann Hesse’s 1919 bildungsroman Demian. The concept appears in the lyrics, art and videos. Exactly how these subplots take shape is unclear, but it’s feasible that RM, who reads heady authors like Haruki Murakami and Albert Camus, is involved. “We try to make our own BTS context,” he says. “Maybe it’s risky to bring some inspiration from novels from so long ago, but I think it paid off more. It comes through like a gift box for our fans. That’s something you can’t find easily from American artists.” Instead, he likens it to Star Wars. “The big thing about creating our universe is expandability,” adds Suga, the most contemplative of the group, via interpreter. “Because it draws from our personal lives and interests, we can expand it as much as we want and it’s not alien for us. Having that allows us more diversity in the stories we can tell and the music we can make.” Do they feel free enough to write about Korean politics? RM says they’re working on a song that does so subtly, but Suga cautions that the subject “is fraught with danger, not in a literal way, but because of the risk of being misunderstood by young people who may not have fully developed sensibilities.” He’d rather focus on fostering understanding than “inciting conflict.” The rest of the group stays silent for our midday interview except to shout out ARMY and admit they’re eager for more crossover opportunities. As J-Hope puts it, “It’d be an honor for us to work with anyone.” RM says that, instead of breaking more records, the band’s mission is to promote individuality, which isn’t always encouraged back home. “Especially in Korea, there are all these standards: Get married, go to a nice university.” How will they spread that message? He smiles. “Better music and doper performances.” After selling out arenas in California, Chicago and New Jersey, BTS are planning a bigger U.S. run in 2018. They’re in unprecedented territory. Unlike PSY, their success here didn’t spring from a novelty hit – their rise up American charts was gradual and shows no sign of slowing. While they’ve brushed off the idea of an English-language album in the past, RM dropped English verses on a Fall Out Boy remix and Wale collab this year. At 1:30 p.m., it’s time to get ready for Kimmel. I follow BTS from the dance studio into the hall near their dressing room. There’s a folding table covered with silver rings, flashy necklaces and dangly earrings for the choosing. On the floor is an outsize ziplock full of identical Puma slides. After hair is redone and outfits adjusted, they load into the four Escalades with no fuss at all. As our caravan passes Hollywood Boulevard and turns onto the small street leading to Kimmel’s backlot and outdoor stage, we see them: more than a thousand BTS zealots who explode when they see us. They’d been waiting for hours. Kimmel music producer Mac Burrus later tells me a group of five teens spent two nights out there, on the street, in sleeping bags. In the green room, there is finally downtime. Suga and RM eat bananas. Jin plays his Nintendo Switch. Jungkook and J-Hope sleepily lean into one another on the couch. V lays on the floor to get his neck adjusted by the masseur’s bone-crunching assassin-twist before settling into a sofa to stream “Carpool Karaoke.” Around 4 p.m., producers bring in a couple ARMY moms for a skit where they taunt their girls, who are still in the line, via FaceTime from BTS’ inner sanctum. The daughters eventually come back and I steal them for a chat. Both discovered BTS on YouTube. Adriana, 24, is teaching herself Korean “slowly but surely” so she can hear the boys in their own tongue. Rosa, 18, insists, “Language isn’t a barrier when it comes to music.” At 6:20 p.m., BTS head to the stage. From the back, it sounds like there’s a roller coaster full of shrieking riders on the other side. A grizzled staffer walks by with a kooky grin, muttering, “This is nuts.” From the wings I watch the band rip into a six-song set that inspires face-clutching and tears. For “Save Me,” a “Where Are Ü Now” soundalike, the crowd deploys a coordinated K-pop “fanchant,” roaring each member’s birth name in perfect rhythmic succession. I can barely hear the music, so it doesn’t occur to me until the end that BTS don’t seem to be using vocal backing tracks, as a U.S. or U.K. group might – they rap and sing every last part while doing constant choreography. When it ends just after 7 p.m., an exhausted J-Hope flops onto the asphalt out of view of the crowd and his team, chest heaving, eyes wide. After 30 seconds, he picks himself up and rushes to join the other members of BTS disappearing into the hall leading to the green room. As he turns the last corner, a voice squeals, “Oh, my God! J-Hope looked back at me!”

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[the-invisible-queer]

My favorite thing about going through Kev's IG is I have liked 80% of all of his posts

Like from the BEGINNING til this day

He's probably the celebrity I've liked posts of the most

Nick I interacted with his posts pre breakup but I didn't care as much after the break up and you can see because I stopped liking his posts as frequently

I'M SO CURIOUS TO SEE WHAT ITS LIKE WITH JOE

Because IG became a thing after I dropped Joe

I know I followed him because I followed all of them and the band IG around the same time

But I don't imagine I liked many of his posts before the DNCE era

[groovesnjams]

“Dancing Feet” by Kygo ft. DNCE

DV:

It’s an unexpected contender for the most controversial song of the year, but I find myself surprisingly conflicted as I listen to “Dancing Feet.” On one hand: nothing in the song itself equals the truncated sample from Barry White’s immortal “Love’s Theme” that Kygo uses to start the production. On the other hand, Joe Jonas and DNCE have never been the most interesting examples of disco archeology. But on the other hand, there’s no point in “Dancing Feet” that rings false: it might be children’s music (sharing a title with a book for toddlers) about adult concerns (missing your wife) but that doesn’t mean it can’t work. "Dancing Feet” might be silly but it’s also sincere; it’s the continuation of an underrecognized Jonas pastiche hot streak. This is cute and catchy and utterly inoffensive, ephemeral but a delight as long as it’s playing. I recognize that Joe and co. probably have spent enough time making kids music that they don’t want to explicitly return to that well, so instead let me make a plea to music programmers everywhere: swap out “Can’t Stop the Feeling” for “Dancing Feet”, and end our long national nightmare of hearing Timberlake’s soulless monstrosity in every CVS. That would be a use for this song that I could get behind unequivocally.

MG:

Honestly, aside from multiple vaccinations and boosters, I haven’t set foot in a drugstore in years. Even pre-pandemic, I’ve always been extremely partial to Target, something I think everyone with dysfunctional anxiety recognizes. When I’m in public, in a reliably familiar place, existing on the most primal level and desiring nothing more than to get my bearings, the music playing in the background is the least of my concerns. Something like “Can’t Stop the Feeling” might even rank a notch above “Dancing Feet,” not because it’s a better song but because it’s a worse song and that’s something I can always tell, even as my reality feels like a centrifuge. It’s stabilizing to recognize something, anything and “Dancing Feet” doesn’t rise to the level of recognition. It’s not a bad song; it’s smooth and adept with satin vocals and a classy 4/4 beat. But these are no longer technical achievements in a world where we could create a Barry White Algorithm and the hologram to match. While I admire their futile attempt at passable disco in the face of anti-moral technocratic media, this is a band-aid and we need stitches.

[jazsplaylist]

FEBRUARY FAVORITES

It’s been a short month - an annoyingly long cold and not generally being in the mood to pay attention to new music made for an uneventful month for me. Still, I have had some songs on rotation and songs that I’ve been anticipating this month, so here are some of them!

FAVORITE SINGLES: (in no particular order)

1. Stirre inn i øyelokkå - TØFL

(Translation: Staring into the eyelids) They did it again. How can they not? The chorus is so effective, and they manage to make indie-pop so catchy without compromising their unique sound. Just *chef’s kiss*.

2. Fast Times - Sabrina Carpenter

If you read my top ten post of Sabrina Carpenter, you know that I am absolutely obsessed with Sabrina. I have pretty manageable expectations for this era--you know, not very high but not low either--but I really enjoy this song. Julia Michaels’ influence is incredibly heavy both on this and “Skinny Dipping”, and while I think they make for a great match, I do think she flourishes more with her previous songwriters, just pure stylistically. So I do wonder if Julia (and JP Saxe) have co-written more of the songs that are on her upcoming album (EP? I don’t even know), because I do want to hear something slightly different. Super catchy song though, love the track and the vibe it gives off. I do wish there was a pre-chorus to make the song more... whole, but Sabrina can rarely do anything wrong when it comes to music.

3. ok jeg lover - Ramón

This is a current trend on Norwegian Tik Tok, and a well deserved one at that. This song is absolutely beautiful, equally bittersweet and heartfelt, which makes it perfect for sentimental type of videos which everyone on social media loves nowadays. Ramón sings about the experience of falling in love again after a tough breakup - he’s pleading the new romance “I need you to tell me “ok, i promise”, I’ll be here when all falls down”. On first listen, or maybe all the listens to be fair, it does sound incredibly sad, but the hope he brings forward makes this song tug on my heartstrings in all the right ways. 

4. Bad Habits - Ed Sheeran feat. Bring Me The Horizon

I LOVE this collab. I haven’t heard Ed Sheeran in a more rock sounding setting much before, the collab with Bruno Mars and Chris Stapleton being the first taste of that, and I definitely want more of this. I think he sounds amazing with this sound. 

5. Dancing Feet - Kygo feat. DNCE

Unless you’re also a long-time Jonas Brothers fan + Norwegian, I don’t think you can fully grasp how insane this collab is to me. I also live close to Kygo, and while I am too shy to ever go up to a celeb if I see them IRL, this collab makes me want to get out of my comfort zone and tell Kygo that I am so over the moon over this song if I ever see him out and about. Will I, though? Probably not. But this means a lot to me. And it’s a bop. And it’s a DNCE reunion! Really, really rooting for a new DNCE album.

Honorable mentions: Night Owl - Scuuut (my bf released a new song!) / Naturally - Tinashe / Sol - Michelle Ullestad / ROOM FOR 2 - Benson Boone

FAVORITE ALBUMS/EPS: (in no particular order)

1. Few Good Things - Saba

I’ve only heard a few songs from CARE FOR ME (2018) and really liked his vibe, but I didn’t really expect to like this album as much as I did. The beats are really good, his flow is great and it’s just overall a really pleasant listen. Saba definitely is on my list of artists I need to dive deeper into.

Favorite tracks: Fearmonger, Survivor’s Guilt, Soldier

2. Liv - Bendik

I have only listened through this once, so I still have to give this album some time before I properly assess it. But I will say that I found the production on this album pretty interesting, far more than what I’ve heard from her before. I’ve always looked as Bendik as this quiet pop artist, always staying just below the surface of mainstream doing her thing. This album is way more electric-sounding than what I have heard before - some production elements also tapping into hyperpop. I think she’s finally showing what she’s truly capable of, because she’s always been a good songwriter, but this album really captures that she can be a full-out pop artist.

Favorite tracks: Naiv, Leve evig

3. Omar Sheriff - Karpe

How privileged the POC/generations of immigrants of Norway are that the biggest, most successful duo of any genre makes music for us. Karpe has for a long time represented the suppressed, balancing the act of being brutally political and entertaining for the masses, but they’ve always been a voice for the underrepresented. This EP also comes with a cinematic universe, which you can access in a website by paying 100 kroner (roughly $10-11) for 24 hours. You also cannot start, pause or rewind and fast forward, so I haven’t gotten around to sit down to watch it yet. I love listening to this EP, because I can just never tell when they’re being intentionally poetic and when they’re just spitting out nonsense because it sounds cool. I also love how specific it is to the experience of being a POC in a predominantly white country, and even if the guys have Egyptian and Indian roots respectively, I can still deeply relate to their experiences and stories as someone with a Vietnamese family. 

Favorite tracks: IBOPROFEN, SALMALAKS, KENYA

FAVORITE DISCOVERIES: (in no particular order)

1. Eat Your Salad - Citi Zeni

EUROVISION SZN BABY! Genuinely thought this was a full blown-out TikTok trend until I saw there were only 1200 videos with the sound... which just means I’m on European queer TikTok. Not mad about it. The sound that has supposedly gone sort of viral is the beginning where the singer says “Instead of meat, I eat veggies and pussy”. Such a bang of a start, and I find it so amusing in the best way that this song is kind of a Gen Z/late milennial way of trying to make being green and climate-friendly as cool as possible. It’s got humor, it has groove and it’s catchy - what’s not to love? Definitely in the run of being my winner at the moment. 

2. Killshot - Magdalena Bay

Not too long ago, I did a quick listen through Mercurial World (2021). It was my first time listening to Magdalena Bay ever, and I was not expecting to like them at all, but I did. For some unknown reason, I have not gone back and listened again, despite really liking the album. Sometime last month, I discovered “Killshot” through Reddit and again, I was just blown away by how much I loved this track. It’s so groovy and sensual, but in a completely different way than what I already know and love. Yeah, I’m absolutely obsessed.

3. I’m Really Hot - Missy Elliot

TikTok keeps humbling me when I cave in and add songs to my playlists that have captured my attention through the app, especially when they’re throwback songs from absolute legends like this one is. This song was used over one of the most intricate, fascinating choregraphies I’ve seen so far on TikTok, so I really have to commend the choreographer for helping me realize how sick this song is. Even if I’ve never heard this song before, it just feels so nostalgic because it sounds really familiar to Missy Elliott’s other work in the early 2000s. So, so good, but charted fairly low on the Billboard charts (peaked at #59) and is on the lower side of streams compared to her other singles, so can I say it’s underrated? It’s underrated.

4. Todo Lamento - Natalia Lacunza 

A cute, Spanish bop that landed on my Discover Weekly. It has this calming vibe to it, Natalia’s soft voice being a contributing factor, even if it’s actually pretty high tempo. Great bassline, which is a BIG plus in my book. I’m very happy with this discovery.

5. Deep End - CATTY

This song is pretty catchy and a total vibe, and CATTY shows a lot of potential to be a big pop artist. I am, however, extremely distracted by how identical this is to “good 4 u” by Olivia Rodrigo. You can practically sing it over this track. Still, it deserves to be talked about, so here I am, talking about it.