#so if you wanna hear more about them... stick around ig??

[sleepy-otx]

Babysitter/Bodyguard AU

MCs: ZhongXiao & Qiqi

Zhongli who is at war with many other regions, including the one where Xiao is enslaved in, and who also has a child who is Qiqi. Xiao who runs into her in his master's land and realizes that oh shit, she's from Morax's land and she cannot be here!! Qiqi, of course, is like not worried because in her eyes her dad is very powerful and will always keep her safe, not realizing that she's not in her dad's land meaning he doesn't have any special powers there and she is in a lot of danger should anyone find out who she is. Xiao doesn't know who is her dad and doesn't give her the chance to explain and tries to get her to leave. Qiqi is still trying to collect plants for medicine and refuses to leave because there is a lot of plants there and she still thinks that she's home. She climbs up a mountain and Xiao is immediately noping out, but rushes back to save her when she's about to fall. After all, it's not like his master ordered him to not save the child and it's not like he's disobeying and she doesn't have to know he's technically helping the enemy

He saves her and gathers all the plants she wanted and gave her a quick blessing to protect her and help her travel faster into her land undetected and unharmed. It works really well to the point where it's still active by the time she arrives home and sees her family freaking out that she was missing for so long. She doesn't understand what the big deal was and just said that she made a nice new friend, but she never actually got his name. Skip forward where Qiqi constantly goes over to try and find her new friend and Xiao is like no, no, no, leave right now, but can't bring himself to be mean about it.

A party with all neighboring kingdoms/nations invited is held including his lady who is quite antagonistic about it. They will go but really it's more so an excuse for her to observe Morax's palace and look for any weak points. Of course, she nor any of her people could attack without starting a war, but it was better to have information just in case. While they're in a foreign kingdom/nation they would have to listen to that ruler's orders as a sign of respect but they needn't try to hard, just enough to get others off their case. Xiao immediately spots Qiqi from across the room and realized who she is. She's the reason why the party was thrown in the first place. The birthday party of the little lady of liyue. A party that went south when someone tried to take advantage of the situation. It's quickly resolved, but Morax notices how is daughter clinged onto one of his foes when she was scared. Xiao's master also notices it and considers this new information carefully.

The child seeks him out on other special occasions. He rebuffs each attempt. Acknowledging her and the little friendship they created would be equivalent to handing his master the spear to strike directly at Morax's heart and ending his reign. She was just a child after all. Easy to manipulate and easy to please. So he says harsh words with cold eyes. He says them even as his heart begins to hurt and says them even as she looks at him with tears in her eyes and says them when her family looks at him with such hatred for hurting her.

Later on, when his master goes against Morax, he cant bring himself to watch Qiqi get killed and takes a fatal blow meant for her. It's a stupid move, so stupid that everyone stops fighting for a second to process it. He passes out from the pain still holding her in his arms. When he is interrogated he lies. He lies because there's no point in trying to get out of this live. He just wants it all to end already. Eventually, Morax wins the battle against Xiao's master and Xiao is set to be executed, but Qiqi asks to talk to him privately first. She tries to interrogate him because she doesn't understnd why he's so nice one second then so mean the next. He can't hide the truth from her and explains as best he can so as to not leave her wondering after his death. Though he does not notice her father listening in on their conversation.

A few weeks later and it is decided that his punishment is to guard the little lady and the king after much persuading from her and a lot of thinking from her father. From there other stuff happens and Xiao is really confused as to why the fuck he's still alive and why they want him of all people to protect some of the most important people in their nation. Cue shenanigans and Qiqi using her big brain to get them together so she can have her perfect happy family.

[h0ttestgrlinm0urgu3]

𝔭𝔯𝔢𝔱𝔱𝔶 𝔭𝔦𝔫𝔨 𝔟𝔬𝔴

𝖍𝖊𝖓𝖗𝖞 𝖈𝖆𝖛𝖎𝖑𝖑 𝖝 𝖗𝖊𝖆𝖉𝖊𝖗

summary [henry let's you play with bows and you get carried away]

warnings [smut, mouth stuff🎀, bimbo~ish ig, no p in v, pet names, soft dom henry🎀]

being the type of girl you were you loved ribbons and bows. they weren't something you indulged in often as a child, growing up in the country and all, but once you got older you feel in love with them.

you'd put them everywhere, in your hair, on your clothes, there's even some on your walls and others tied around stuffed bears.

Henry had recently gotten you these really cute ribbon bow clips and you were currently sitting beside him putting them in his hair. he's not really paying attention to you, he's used to this kind of treatment and just sat scrolling on his phone. you dropped one of the clips from his hair and in to his lap. as you go to reach for it a thought flashes in your mind. 'can I put a bow on your dick?' you ask your boyfriend after retrieving the clip.

you see the way henry freezes and hurriedly say 'not these, like ribbon' you clear up. he lets out a breath and laugh before looking at you 'I was scared for a sec baby' he says tucking a peice of hair behind your ear making you smile. he returns your smile and leans in for a kiss. 'of course I'll let my pretty girl dress me up' henry says sitting back up with the clips still in his hair.

so excited you jump up and let out a squeal 'omg yay' you scream about to go into you and Henry's shared room for some ribbon. turning to him before you go saying 'don't get hard' which earns you an eye roll as you leave 'you wanna do it or not' he mumbles as your walking but you hear.

in the room your trying to figure out what color ribbon you wanted. you got it down to pink and purple, so you bring them out to henry. 'which one do you want?' you question, you sit beside him on the couch, getting comfortable with your upper half mostly on his lap. 'whatever matches my hair' he says as he scrolls through something.

you go with the pink since he had pink in his hair. unzipping his jeans and pulling his cock out your really happy to see the he wasn't hard. it might sound odd but you liked playing with his soft cock. cutting the ribbon to length before throwing everything on to the floor. you start to tie the ribbon at the base of his dick, humming to yourself as henry continued on his phone, you could care less.

looking down at the pretty pink bow you made your so proud in your self. you let out a giggle in excitement and notice the way Henry's cock twitched when you laughed. your mouth begin to water. trying something else you lightly blow making it twitch again.

you mouth became the ocean and you desperatly needed to taste him. opening your mouth and letting droll drip onto the head of his cock before lowering your head and licking it up. 'ohh fuck baby' henry moans out at the unexpected pleasure, finally placing his attention on you.

you take the tip of this cock in your mouth savering the taste of him. opening your mouth wider you take his full soft length in. feeling the bow brush against your lips. feeling him swell you come up for air letting out a little whine at the fact that this is the first time he's ever fully fit in your mouth, and it's because hes never let you suck it soft. and it's not gonna last much longer, but you'll enjoy having him in your mouth either way.

looking up to meet his gaze he grips your jaw and squeezes your cheecks together. sticking out your tounge he roughly brings you up for a sloppy kiss, gripping the back of your scalp. he breaks the kiss to leave kisses all over your face before letting you go back down to his cock, which is now fully hard.

bow intact.

you lick from the base to the tip repetadly. bringing your focus more to the head of his cock you bring one hand to the base and the other to his balls. 'fuck baby you know daddy likes that' he moans out as his hips buck forcing the tip of his cock all the way into your mouth. you gag a little before you adjust to it returning to your pace.

henry looks down to the ungodly display infornt of him. you desperatly sucking his cock, pretty hands playing with his balls with a pretty pink ribbon rapped around his cock, your eyes are watery, the floor beneath you full of droll and pre cum. your looking up to him eyes glossed over moaning every so often telling him just how much you love his cock.

'ahh- fuckk, baby im gonna cum' he moaned out. forcing the rest of his cock into your moth and down your throat henry couldn't hold back any longer. his cum being forced down your throat and falling from the sides of your mouth around his cock getting your bow all dirty. removing him from your mouth with a giggle and a smile so happy that you grew into loving bows.

[a/n: this randomly came to me and I wrote it right away so if it's bad blame it on that. 🎀]

[quantum1mmortality]

Jamil Jamil, hes our man! (🍋Jamil x gn!reader🍋)

Okay so this is a belated birthday gift for my beloved boyfriend <<333

I mainly based the things reader says and does over things he'd personally do but I did want to post this on here so he could read it anytime

♧CW: reader is referred to with they/them but is fem bodied, smut and comfort, probably ooc jamil bc we love it when he's soft, first time sex, reader is dealing with a lot of shit fuck and jamil Is so sweet such husband, unsafe sex, its premarital too, jamil has big pp energy so he absolutely has a big pp here, he doesn't know how to use it tho pls help this man, bath sex and cockwarming near the end btw, smut smut smut oh so smutty we love him!!!!!! Also jamil cums inside?? Idk I might do that ig we'll see LMAO, oh also pet names, oh so many pet names bc me and my boyfriend use them on eachother all the time

♤!!ALL CHARACTERS IN THIS FIC ARE 18+!!♤

♤NOT PROOFREAD yall ever proofread a smut??? Its embarrassing. Im not doing that.

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♧ it had been one hell of a week.

Everything that could possibly go wrong, went wrong. Grim was sick beyond belief, no amount of tuna could help him stomach anything. You TRIED to buy more paper towels and better probiotics for him from Sam's shop, but you couldn't afford them because Crowley wasn't paying you enough.

Speaking of Crowley, he had to cut back on your paychecks because the school was putting out too much money for the overblots.

Ace and Deuce were over at ramshackle to help get things fixed up, but the ghosts decided that wasn't a good idea. They started throwing everything around, and one of them hit deuce in the head with a spare candlestick on accident. He wasn't okay, to say the least.

Not only that, but in Crewels class, you weren't paired up with your beloved boyfriend, Jamil! Crewel decided to pair you up with Sebek, and his loud yelling made you lose focus and fuck up the potion, earning a really bad scold from both Sebek, AND Crewel.

But luckily, it was Friday. After school. And you wanted some comfort. And what better way to get that from Jamil himself? Going to the mirror chamber, you get teleported to Scarabia.

Knocking on the door, you're greeted with the ball of sunshine of NRC, the Scarabia housewarden himself. "Hey you! I've been hoping you'd swing by, Jamil seems a little down, think you can cheer him up?" Seems like he's in the same position. No worries, you guys are always help eachother through bad times. Having kalim escort you throughout the halls, you're infront of his door, Jamils door.

Knocking on the door, Kalim yells out to him, "hey Jamil! Your s/o is here! They wanna hang out with you!" He leans on the door, ear pressed against it as you do the same. You can hear jamil yawn from the other side, seems as though he just woke up.

"Come in." He says. Kalim bids his farewell as you open the door to see your beloved. "Ah, my love, I've been hoping you'd come by." He said with a smile as he stood up from his desk. "Jamil! I'm so glad you're here, I heard from Kalim that you were upset.. are you okay?" "I'm more worried about you, dear. You've had quite the week. I've been worrying about you, thats all."

He walks over to his closet and pulls out a stick of incense. Lighting it up and putting it in a holder, he begins to walk over to you. "How are you doing? Are you okay?" He asks as he takes your hands and leads you to sit on his bed, sitting next to you after. You start to twiddle your thumbs, something he picked up that you did when you were nervous.

"I'm just.. I'm so tired... mentally, physically, everything hurts.." you say as you begin to shed tears. Jamil lightly cups your face with one hand and takes your hands in his empty one. He leaves Featherlite kisses on you cheeks as your tears start to spill, he places a soft kiss on your lips before speaking. "Honey, I know this is hard, okay? But im here whenever you need me. I'll always be here, no matter what. You're such an amazing person, everything about you entices me. You're so beautiful, and smart- and I just can't stand seeing you upset. You're so amazing, you don't deserve to feel like this, but im here for you. Always."

Looking into his eyes show nothing but love. He slowly leans in to kiss your lips. Its soft, and sweet. Perfect for him, his lips are so soft against yours. After a few seconds, he pulls away, letting a string of saliva connect the two of you as he places his forehead against yours. "I love you, never forget that." He says, placing another soft kiss on your lips.

"I love you too." You say, deepening the kiss. You begin to nibble on his lower lip, asking for permission and when he gives you it, you slip your tongue in. His mouth is sweet, warm, comforting. You just couldn't help but want more.

You can tell he was getting excited. He usually does when the two of you make out, but he doesn't say anything most of the time. He just excuses himself and takes care of it, coming back like nothing happened. But, what if you just, took it further this time? I mean, Jamil was such an amazing boyfriend, who else would you want to take your first? You knew he was a virgin too, though you have talked about sex in the past with him you couldn't help but notice how shy he'd get when you got too close.

Taking the initiative, you place your palm on his growing bulge, just to earn a surprised grunt from Jamil, followed with him pulling away from the kiss and halting your movements by holding your wrist. "(Y/n).. what are you doing? I mean, I know what you're doing, but are you sure nows a good time? I mean, like, I want to do this, I do, but, you're upset.. you're vulnerable.. I dont want to take advantage of that. I want you to be in the right mindset for this.. thats all." He looks at you with genuine concern in his eyes, but deep down you can see a hint of lost aswell.

"Jamil.. please, I need you. I've wanted this for so long and I just need a stress reliever.. please, you're the only one who can make me feel better.." tears start to form in your eyes out of sexual frustration. Cant someone just want to be dicked down by their boyfriend in peace? Apparently not in this economy.

Jamil takes a second to think, hand still cupping your face as he avoids looking you in the eye. Looking back at you, he begins to speak. "I just don't want you to think im taking advantage of your vulnerability. So, tell me you want this, and I'll give you everything I have. Promise." He says as he places a soft kiss on your forehead.

"I want this, I want you Jamil." You say with a nod. A smile shows on his face as he stands up and walks to his bathroom. Coming back after a few moments, he has some things in his hands. "I have condoms and stuff, but if you want to we can do it raw and have you take plan b in the morning? Whatever you want dear, im fine with whatever." Taking a minute to scan everything over, you answer. "Raw. Raw is better. Cum inside me too. Please." Blunt. Jamil got so red from you saying that, he starts tripping over his words, which puts a smile on your face.

"Are you sure? Like, SERIOUSLY, are you sure?? I'm just, I-I'm flattered, really, but we don't have to do this, im okay with wearing condoms, or not doing anything at all!" Jamil says as he avoids looking you in the eyes again. Instead of answering with words, you just answer by kissing him, interlocking your fingers with his, giving them a tight yet gentle squeeze. He seems to take the hint and goes back to the bathroom with everything in hand, putting it away.

He comes back looking as red as a tomato as he walks to the bed and sits next to you. Turning to you, you're able to finally be able to catch his lips into a sweet kiss again. This one getting heated quickly with your tongues dancing in a matter of seconds. You begin to take his jacket off as he slowly unbuttons your dress shirt, leaving enough open so he can begin touching your exposed skin. Slipping of his shirt, you begin to touch his chest, reveling in how toned his stomach is.

He begins to slip off your panties with one hand while the other touches the plush of your thighs. Taking the undergarments off and throwing them somewhere in the room, the takes his middle and ring finger and begins to grab slick while unintentionally brushing up against your clit, earning a loud, unexpected moan from you. He begins to push his fingers into your entrance while kissing you, swallowing and hushing your moans.

As he begins to pump his two fingers in and out of you, he takes his thumb and begins to stimulate your clit, which makes you scream his name whilst breaking your kiss. "Shhh honey, I know you like it, but we must be quiet, we don't want anyone intruding, do we?" He says with a tease in his voice as he begins sucking hickeys on your neck in private places. You still have school after all, he wouldn't want you to get in trouble.

With all of the stimulation, you can quite quickly. How couldn't you? Jamil had two fingers inside you, scissoring and curling while his thumb was rubbing circles on you clit. Coming down from your high, you take steady breaths as Jamil begins to unbuckle his belt, taking his pants and boxers off in one go.

Placing one hand on your hip as his other aligns his long, stiff member with your entrance, he looks into your eyes with nothing bit pure love. "If you ever feel uncomfortable, or want to switch positions, or stop or anything during this, just bite my ear okay? And im not saying nibble, im saying full on bite. I dont give a shit if you draw blood i just want you to be comfortable and happy, okay?" Nodding your head in anticipation, he kisses you as he slowly sinks his member into you.

It hurts. The pain is indescribable, but it quickly morphs into pleasure as he sinks in more. Jamil begins to groan, softly saying under his breath how tight you are, how you're taking him so well, how beautiful you look. Spoonfeeding you praise after praise as he reaches you deepest ends of you.

Finally bottoming out, he hugs your waist, kissing your neck softly. "Tell me when I can move, love." Waiting a minute or two to be adjusted to his size, you speak up. "You can move now." And with that, he begins to thrust in and out of you. Choked moans fill the room from you both as he tries to find a steady pace.

Jamil begins to lean down to your ear, praising how good you feel, telling you how amazing you are and telling you how lucky he is to have you. As he begins to thrust harder and deeper, he begins to kiss you. Its more teeth and tongue than anything, you're both acting like starved beasts who haven't eaten in days.

As Jamil experimentally pulls out and slams his cock back into you, the both of you groan loudly, realizing that he hit your g-spot. As he continues to go in and out of you at a rapid, yet somehow soft pace, you begin to feel his cock twitch inside of you.

Leaning to your ear, he praises you more. "My love, you're making me feel so good. I know you already said I could, but will you please give me permission to cum inside you? You make me feel so amazing, I need you so bad." He says as you moan his name again, not caring who'll hear anymore. Nodding as permission, he releases he load into you, making a few deep thrusts so you cum aswell.

Laying together to catch your breaths, Jamil slowly pulls out, watching as your body twitches from being empty. Going into his bathroom again, he grabs two waters and some sweets for you. "Eat up. You lost a lot of energy just now. I'll go and run a bath for us."

Once you're finished with your snacks and water, Jamil carries you bridal style to the bathroom. Placing you in the bath first, he climbs in after you. He then snakes his arms around your waist and pulls you into his lap. As he begins to wash you up, shampooing your hair and putting bodywash on you, your hands find their way back to his semi hardened member. Jamil practically chokes on his moan as you begin to stroke him, running your finger up and down his shaft.

He looks at you with confusion, earning a small chuckle from you. "One more round? Please?" You say, looking up at him with pleading eyes. He let's out a sigh, picking you up by the waist and slowly sinking you down on his now hardened cock. Getting into a position where your face is buried in his chest, you're content with not moving and just staying as is.

As he begins to wash you more, barely moving his hips as his one hand grips your waist, he starts to kiss more marks into your neck again. "My love, you've sparked something in me. Now im not sure if I can stop after 'one more round'," he practically growls in your ear. This may have been one long week, but this was going to be an even longer night.

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[gamerbearmira]

Wish???? WHATTTTT

So this is different from my usual content but I randomly wrote this??? Very short snippet last night and did the drawing this morning.

Mostly got to do with the rewrite I wanna do; Asha's childhood would be a lot more relevant, especially her father. Like he was barely mentioned in the movie, and I understand he was dead and all, but dang, barely even a name drop is CRAZY

any uhhhhh have fun reading ig idk

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Asha sat on the large tree, its branches knarled and aged as she gazed out at the vast ocean. She looked upwards, the stars twinkling high above her. She remembered when her papa would sit next to her, singing and telling stories about the stars and wishes.

Wishes.

She never really knew what her wish was. Not really. But now that she was 13, and everything had changed so much in only a year...she knew what she wanted it to be.

But she knew it'd never be granted.

Never in the history of Rosas was a wish like it granted. To bring someone back from the dead. Sure, King Magnifico was powerful, but even Asha had her doubts abiut a wish like that.

But even then, she was sure her father wouldn't want that. Certainly not her mama or Saba. No, he'd want her to move on and be happy. He always talked avout how she should have a wish, a dream, and hold onto it tight.

She looked down at her hands. She fiddled with her curls before sighing and leaning back and looking up at the sky again. "Star light, star bright..." She hummed softly. Her eyes scanned the sky before they landed on a star that twinkled a little brighter than the others. "First star I see tonight,"

Asha stood, carefully keeping her balance as she walked along the branches, climbing higher. "I wish I may, I wish I might," she grunted, pulling her self up onto one of the higher branches. "Have this wish I wish tonight."

She stared at the star for a long time. Closing her eyes, she whispered something. Something on shr and the star above could hear. When she opened them, she swore the star shone beighter, just for a flicker of a second. She blinked, her hands gripping the bark and she leaned closer. Her lips parted as she gasped softly. But before she could say or do anything further, she heard bleating from below. She dropped down on the branch, leaning over the edge.

"Valentina! How did you get out if the barn?" Asha wuickly climbed down, her attention from the star distracted—but not forgotten. Once down on the ground, she picked up the goat, nuzzling her surprisingly soft but dense mohair. "Your getting big! Soon I won't be able to pick you up anymore," she laughed. It was true. Valentina's back hooves were nearly touching the ground now.

Valentina let out another bleat, nudging Asha before the girl let her down. "You always know how to find me. Of course, I'm always at the same placed," she said, walking off, with the goat trotting after her after munching at rhe small flowers that dotted the grass. As she walked, she glanced back at the star. It looked normal again. But for some reason, deep down, she knew it wasn't just a figment of her imagination. She could feel it, deep in her heart.

She sighed, walking down the path back to the village and to her house. It was late. Valentina walked beside her, her long, droooy ears flicking absently. Asha suddenly turned to her companion. "You know. One day, I'm gonna be a great wizard like King Magnifico," she bent down, picking up a long stick resembling a staff. She twirled, waving it around. "Just imagine. Me, Asha, weilding magic and making everyone's wish come true!" She laughed, turned to Valentina, who was watching her while lazily chewing on some grass.

With a soft sigh, she continued walked, her homey cottage coming into view. Valentina had already begun walking back to her pen, but Asha lingered outside her door, looking up st the sky one last time. "I swear it. I'll grant everyone's wish."

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Asha's young teen design keeps changing 🌚 not by much. Pretty similar to her kid design, idk.

[wackus-bonkus-maximus]

how do you approach writing description?

oh man... there's not really an approach 😅 it's more like me circling around it and throwing lassos around phrases and key words i wanna use while the image in my head tosses its beastly head around and dances out of reach 🤣

there are some key strategies and techniques i try to use though!

describing people: vibes, expression, colors. if i tell you "she had large brown eyes and short blonde hair" you get a quick glimpse of her, ig. if i tell you "she smiled widely, all dimples, her hair falling over her shoulders in golden coils as she tilted her head" you can see her much more clearly AND you know something about her. pair physical discriptions with hints of personality, it works way better!

describing scenery: be like the poets. make things like other things! the street is a river of black water. the house is the color of sand with shutters like mist and you can almost almost hear the fog horn as you look at it. the sun scorches your back as you trudge through the sand dunes, coated in white fire. people will be like "ooh that's so good you're so good at describing stuff" and you'll be like "hahah yeah"

describing feelings: i'm a very visceral person so when i feel emotions i really feel them in my body. when trying to put myself in my characters' shoes i imagine what their body will feel like when they're experiencing those feelings. i stick to corporeal stuff like "aching lungs" and "soaring heart" and "stinging eyes." so, less descriptions like "his pained expression broke her heart" and more like "the downturn of his mouth sliced like a knife through her ribs."

sometimes if a scene is really intense i don't describe feelings. it becomes an out-of-body experience where the character kinda dissociates. "her blood painted the ground where she lay, staining the pavement, the sky, and the taste in his mouth."

so yeah just a bit of a peek into how my writing process goes 🤣 it's definitely never this smooth when i'm ACTUALLY writing, usually i have to go back and add in descriptions where they might be missing from the scenes. hopefully this helps whoever comes across it! and you too, anon, if you were looking for advice lol.

[adventuringblind]

Carlos Sainz Ghoulverse Headcannons

Below the cut warnings: Ghouls eat people and is the central plot point of this universe! So like... proceed with caution ig

Notes: driversname.ghoulverse and ghoulverse are the tags you can use to explore more about the drivers and how I've built this world up!

The way I've written this adds traits to each ghoul that are mildly more specific. Like Oscar's sense of smell and Max's wings. Carlos has really good hearing. He can hear for miles, has the sound of your footsteps memorized, even your breathing patterns.

I reckon he tunes in to the sound of your heart to calm himself down. It's a consistent in his life and he knows you're alive wherever you are in the paddock.

Physical features include a number of things so Ima just list some general ideas because a lot of it is up to your own imagination.

Carlos has two sets of horns: two small on the forehead that stick strait up and a second from the side. Example below with the black being the smaller and the red being the larger. (IMAGE NOT MINE)

As much as I want to give Carlos a scary tail... I actually feel like he's have a soft tail. It's almost velvety until the end where there is a really big tuft of longer hair. Carlos is a practical guy... definitely uses it to dust.

Because of his better hearing, I can picture him with longer ears. Like the points extend further and act as little sonars or something.

In terms of mating, I see Carlos being a provider through and through. Doesn't matter whether they are human or ghoul, you best believe he will take care of you.

If his mate is a human, then he regularly will give them small pieces of his horn to keep other ghouls away.

A ghoul mate will be provided for. He would want to risk you out hunting. He knows you're completely capable of getting your own food, but Carlos genuinely likes taking care of you.

Raids/testing/anything that could end in public execution has him more growly. Good luck to whoever tries to get to you because Carlos will just bite their heads off. It doesn't matter whether human or ghoul at that point because you are going to be killed either way, and he's not letting that happen!

I talk more about this in My Demons (are begging me to open up my mouth), but those overwhelming emotional periods with him would be insane. This isn't ABO, but it does have similarities around it. Like these overwhelming emotional periods aren't about sex... for most. However, Carlos in my head is the exception and deals with his emotions via sex. No, you will not be walking for days, and that's on purpose to keep you in bed with him.

(Suggestions needed because I don't wanna call this a heat/rut since it's not about sex... but my creativity is lacking here)

[aita-blorbos]

AITA for shooting my brother several times in the chest and then cursing him?

ok. so uhh important context. i (132 with more gender than you can hold in your silly little brain) and my brother (134M) are both immortal—vampires if you wanna get specific. this all happened like 20 years ago but he's recently told me he's still upset about it so i wanna clear this up and apologize if i gotta.

so a bit of context for our relationship: we had a bit of a falling out early on as kids (around.... idfk , 8? 10? we were like super teeny) and have never really been close since. i turned at 14 (result of a few bad life choices) and i accidentally turned him just a bit after that (he's understandably still pissed at me for this, but like also i was like 14 dude i did not know any better). thennnnn he moved out basically on the spot and i didn't hear from him for decades.

next time i saw him i think was at our dad's funeral? he ignored me when i tried to reach out so i left it be. he's always been reserved and shit but he seemed.... uncharacteristically depressed and isolated about it.

after that, about 20 years ago, i found out that he's been killing people to survive cause he doesn't know how to just make connections for food like a regular ass person?? anyway no judgement we gotta do what we gotta do but like, i gotta stress that this dude has the biggest fucking stick up his ass you've ever fucking seen. he has been aghast at me for wearing clothes with the word "slut" on them. or like. idk tanktops and booty shorts. he's sneered and condescended at me before for just like. playfully calling my friends names and shit. so this was like a pretty huge surprise to me. but it was definitely him.

so, like any good little brother would do, i confront the bitch. i go back to the supposedly-abandoned shabby ass building i saw him leave from last week, follow him carefully for a little bit and go "hey dude what the fuck is up with you. are you fucking ok my guy."

so then he says he doesn't wanna talk to me. which like yeah fine. i get it we don't have a good relationship. so i tell him like yeah, i know i was shitty to you but i'm all the family you've got at this point and i'm fucking worried for you. he tells me it's none of my business. fair ig. i comment that he looks kinda malnourished cause honest to fuck at that point he looked like a tall bag of bones. he says to leave him alone but the cracks in his voice leaves me kinda worried that if i do that he'll just fucking keel over and die? like the dude is wobbling all over the place, barely keeping balance trying to walk in a straight line. so i go uhhhh nnnnno, i don't think i will. and like i know it's kinda not my business but he just. looks so fucking miserable and pathetic and tbh... he's kinda all I've got left too.

so i ask when he last ate and he's like "a couple months ago" in a tone that's like, he thinks that's something to be proud of?? and i'm like . dude that sounds like an eating disorder. (for y'all reading this that don't know vampire biology, a little bit a few times a week is healthy. a moderate amount once a week is reasonable too but less common. every other week is already a problem. over a month is basically just self harm and causes health issues and shit.)

then he gets realllll defensive real fast and shouts at me that it's not an eating disorder, and if it were then it's my fault anyway and he didn't choose to be like this. so i say like, yeah that's fair, that's on me, but like please just. check out a blood bar or something. or like ask your friends? or even my friends cause like, i have connections and can find him reliable food. if he'd just let me help. like you don't have to like me or forgive me i just want you to live, dude.

so theeeeeen he tells me that "maybe he doesn't want to". and i'm like dude........ i'm not gonna do fucking nothing watching my only brother starve himself to death. i tell him that i know he's killing people and that it's not like him. and he doesn't have to. i can help him. he tells me, "not anymore." says he doesn't plan on eating ever again. so I'm like "ok............. yeah that makes no fucking sense at all im taking you to get food like Right Now." he didn't like that, as you can imagine.

....but then. he pulls out this fucking knife

and I'm like what the fuck is that, equal parts exhausted with him and afraid. it's got runes on it so i know it's enchanted. he tells me it's enchanted to cause unhealable wounds, and it's the only thing that can kill a vampire. i ask him where the fuck he's going with this, he says that he doesn't plan to make it long enough to need to eat. i tell him that's insane and there's no fucking way im gonna let him off himself in front of me. he tells me i can't stop him and moves to fucking slit his own throat right there, so naturally i uhh panic and . shoot him. several times. with a regular gun though, so i know he'll be fine with some rest, but it definitely still hurt so i do get why this would be an Asshole thing to do

.... and then once he was incapacitated i brought him to my most reliable witch friend, and had xem curse him to not be able to harm himself. and disenchant the knife while xey was at it. and like usually that would go against my values, cause... like it should be within his free will to hurt himself, but it seemed like he was in serious danger so i freaked. i bribed some of my friends into feeding him and after a few months got rid of the curse, and now our relationship isn't too bad, but he mentioned still being upset about the whole thing recently so i just wonder if this was really an asshole thing to do after all. so, aita?? ive said sorry about it but we haven't like talked in depth about how he felt or anything.

[skxllbxnny]

If you have any ocs and you’re comfortable sharing I’d like to hear about them! No pressure!

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THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS IN MY HEAD U DONT EVEN GET IT ok maybe u do because i, unfortunately, havent been fixated on my ocs but instead fully on BATIM so oops

anyways ramble under the cut

OK OK SO FIRST OF ALL I LOVE YOU SECOND I HAVE A WORLD IN MY HEAD THAT I STARTED TO LIKE WRITE ABOUT IN MY SKETCHBOOK LMAO

ok so sanaa, a fennsang- a hybrid between a banded linsang(sort of like a weasel, theyre really cool) and a fennec fox- is like the protag of this world. she was my brainrot for a year but uh i kind of maybe lost that spark

(i cant find any art of her but itd be like really old<///3)

i also had cody, an african wild dog!

i do not like my old art style but i love my little trans man ghjdbfjejfbr . anyways i also designed Maou/Mawu, an african moon goddess, and tried my best to do research on animals associated with her, as well as the blood moon festival. ofc, i was young and probably missed so many details, so please forgive my ignorance as i know i cant do it justice

i wrote, " in central africa, at the festival of the blood moon. Taking place every 30 years it is celebrated to welcome the Moon goddess, Mawu(Maou), from her 30-year slumber. It lasts the whole night, from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 a.m. food and drinks are sold at stalls for a certain amount of bugs. Some bugs are more valuable than others." the bug part is my universe thing, obviously, theyre like a type of currency for most critters- another type is kelp or mushrooms, sort of like trading- but ofc its not exactly like real-life currency. another passage on a different page is " the moon parade, also called Mawoo, is a parade/festival celebrated all throughout Central africa, mainly in nigeria, where the canines gathered together to howl to awaken her(Mawu)" obv i put like worldbuilding there but i sort of feel like it isnt,, idk. i dont think i should have based it that closely on a real-life thing idk idk heres an old drawing

i was so proud at the time but i wanna redraw these goobers fjejbfje. actually brb gonna do tht

hi im back like an hour later with sketches tweehee

much better i think :)

anywayswhere was i,,,, uh. ok anyways moving on ig? sanaa's parents met at this festival and they were like yea we vibe together. jakob(linsang dad) and feechi(fennec mom) ((can u tell im not good at names fjejfn)) and they settled down in south africa to have a kid and raise it properly kind of thing. sanaa grows up alright, the kind of kid that like,,, wanders around her neighborhood, picking up sticks and rocks, throwing them at the ground from the top of a tree she climbed because you stopped looking at her for 2 seconds

so lne day she meets cody, because she accidentally threw a stick at him she wasnt looking. so they were like. yeah we r friends now :)

they grow up together, get an apartment and are ROOMIE BUDDIES when they turn like 20 cos its fun. insert angst insert angst and suddenly the town is in hysteria and THATS WHERE I STOPPED WRITING NOOOO :(

[sevlawless]

WHO HAS PLAYED APT 502 . LET'S DISCUSS

Me! Pls go off bestie! I loved it sm, it was so good. I think I'm gonna create more mcs for it. A and L are the ones my mc is romancing so far. I was gonna try out rain's route first but the way that they broke up with mc in public had me wanting to rip my hair off (in a good way the writing was so angsty and so good!) ao I might give it a try later down the line as we get to know more about the rest of the characters, I do think rainn is a really interesting character, so we'll see. 👀

I've got to admit I'm not really into sitcoms but I'm loving the vibes of this IF so far. I csnt wait to read more of it, it's definitely an IF thst I'm keeping an eye out for. The demo isn't out yet, so idk if you've heard of it or not, but if you liked apartment 502,you might enjoy dropout by @/dropout-if. The demo is I think maybe coming out possibly this month if I recall correctly, if not I think relatively soon. I would love to hear your thoughts on apartment 502 and your mcs for it. ❤️❤️

omg i'm looking at A and L too our taste! i feel the exact same about rainn too 😭 they're gonna have to grovel to hell n back to have my mc again i fear bc WHAT WAS ALL THAT FR .... i was so embarrassed for my mc but i was also eating it up! also yeah same i simply need more chapters to see how the different routes play out!

omg i love ig u can say slice of life ? idk type of ifs like we need more of them anything high fantasy or like . ones with super high stakes makes me nervous LMFAOKSKSJSBDBSKS i just wanna play an if and RELAX you know?

i think i saw the dropout if announcement post floating around i will have to check it out thank u for the rec <3

as for my mc's in apt 502 ... u know arabella is in it LMFAO and i also did a playthrough with felicity! i'm thinking about doing another playthrough and using alyssa i LOVE that u can stick literally oc in this if like the customization is SO GOOD!

as for what they're doing: arabella is a musician OF COURSE and fully cussed rainn the hell out LMFAOSKSKNDDBSJS and felicity is a kindergarten teacher and is absolutely heartbroken over rainn the duality of my girls <3 i have to see what alyssa will get up tho AH i'm excited and want to play again KSKSJDBDNSKSK

[love-amihan]

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GAMER BOYFIES // YUJI, MEGUMI, TOGE

amihan's note: just imagine these boys being gamers 🤔 i don't play that much games so ig im gonna focus on codm and among us bcs your girlie don't have a setup nor a good laptop to dl good games with 😩✋ here you go, happy reading!

bf!yuji x gn!reader, bf!megumi x gn!reader, bf!toge x fem!reader

-itadori yuji

will let you sit on his lap whenever he plays

chin resting on your shoulder

off-mic if ever you're with him

you tell him where the enemies are

teaches you how to play because he wanna play with you

great support whenever you're his teammate

your screen displays your character dramatically falling down causing you look back to your boyfriend with a pout, "i don't wanna play anymore!"

you huff and cross your arms, yuji chuckles at your pouty face leaving a kiss on your lips.

he lifts you up from where you're seated pulling you to his lap, "come on now, don't let one kill throw your game" he sweetly encourages you.

"fine," you turn to your screen showing that an enemy killed you yet again, yuji couldn't help but laugh at your screen.

you throw a mini tantrum tossing your phone to the side, huffing. he wraps his arms around you his phone screen coming in your sight.

his fingers maneuver fast on the screen skillfully killing the enemies, yuji gives your neck a light peck as a silent apology and continue playing the game.

"stupid game" you grumble under your breath nuzzling your back to yuji more giving up on playing choosing to watch and point out to your boyfriend instead.

whenever you play au with him, he'll always set bets on it

if he's the impostor he always kill you first then laughs at you

"babe continue your tasks" he says while humming happily

when the tables turn though... he gets all pouty and glares at you

he really takes it seriously like baby it's just a game

but give him a kiss all will be forgiven

you're peacefully waiting for your task to finish when you get a glimpse of someone walking towards you.

that someone being the same color your boyfriend usually use. you shrug it off thinking he's there to do his task too.

once your task is done, you see him standing there causing for both your characters to fall in a staring contest.

until your boyfriend decided to kill you and walk away from the scene like nothing happened.

you let out a loud gasp dropping your phone on your lap looking at your boyfriend from across the room.

"what? i'm decent enough to let you finish your task!" he tries defending himself, you roll your eyes at him.

"next time i'll kill you first, i don't care if it's in front of the other crewmates," yuji giggles, loving how he easily gets you riled up.

-fushiguro megumi

he's the quiet one on the team

always has his mic on but seldom talks

wants you to be near him whenever he plays

why? because he wants your praises when he wins

he killed an enemy after sniping? immediately looks at you, praise him!

when you're his teammate, he's sticking with you whether you like it or not

his teammates gets annoyed since you're the only one benefiting from him

megumi will probably trash talk them

which is so out of character of him

you two eventually gets kick out

ended up playing duo because of megumi

not that he's complaining though

you're leaning to your boyfriend's side as you watch him play his game.

you hear the muffled cries of his teammates through his earphones as their enemy pulls through.

megumi scopes in aiming for a headshot, clicking the fire button. he successfully kills the enemy, his gaze fleeting up to look at you.

you smile at his cute actions, giving him a quick kiss on the cheek, "flawless" you simply commented.

he turns back to his screen with a smug look on his face, really getting into game now.

"i'll join next game?" you wave your phone to him asking for permission, he nods as his screen showed bold letters of winner.

when you tell him to be the look out as you do your task, he innocently follows you

he ends up getting killed because you're the impostor

he gives you the most betrayed look as you giggle walking away from the scene

never follows and stays far away from there on

doesn't believe anything you say anymore, even though you're telling the truth

gumi's bby: someone come with me, gonna do long task

yes, it was megumi who told u to have that name

you send in the chat, trying new tactics to eliminate the crew faster, so far the impostors has killed one crew.

after the meeting, you all do your respective tasks, megumi end up going with you since he's done with his tasks.

you stand where the long tasks usually are, megumi stays behind being the lovely boyfriend he is.

he keeps a look-out for you as you pretend to do your so-called 'task'. you move closer to him.

both your characters in close proximity, you make a kissing sound giving an illusion of you giving him a kiss in-game before pushing the kill button.

you heard a soft gasp from him as you run away from the scene while giggling, "how dare you" he whispers.

you shrug "i gave you a smooch," he groans as his character floats around, yeah at least he got a smooch.

-inumaki toge

also have his mic on all the time

enjoys catfishing players with you

he always throws off the game

but when his teammate starts throwing tantrums he just full on pops off

in the end he's the mvp

if you start talking shit out of nowhere

toge just laughs

but if his teammates starts asking personal questions

he will start making his presence known

if you're on all mic however, and the other team starts talking shit because you're a girl

he won't stop targeting that particular player, game be damned

he won't let the player play

he will kill him everytime he respawns

"woah dude your aim is shit" you say as toge's phone replays the kill cam.

the opponent used a whole damn mag just to kill him. toge stifles a laugh, your voice full of sincerity.

that one must have went straight to his heart. "pfft, like yours is any better. be a good girl, go and make me a sandwich" hate these kind of guys the enemy replies, his voice can be heard by all.

toge frowns at this, you look at him with your mouth agape. unbelievable, he really pulled out that shit card, "show him," you whisper to his ear as he nods at you while smirking.

his character is already making its way towards the enemy. once finding the enemy, he switches to knife and did a clean cut causing him to die.

you snort and mock him, "pathetic" you let a low laugh, toge smiling wide.

the other players are also laughing hearing the frustrated shout of the enemy, "like mine is any better huh?" you taunt him.

toge's teammates are entertained by the scene letting him kill the same enemy over and over again using knife.

due to frustration and anger the enemy leaves the game, you double in laughter, "fucking pussy" you kiss toge's cheek, as a silent 'thank you'.

now in among us though, whenever a meeting is called he always tells you're the impostor

makes up shitty excuses saying you're really the impostor

you defending yourself, other players believed his lies

'y/n was not an impostor' you look at him then scoot away as he tries getting closer with you again

your phone displayed your character floats away in space, your name appears on the screen informing you're not the imposter.

you glare at toge who's laughing at his screen, you groan and move away with him. he notices you moving away and whines trying to get closer to you again.

but you didn't let him get any closer focusing on your phone. toge pouts still trying to cuddle with you, one of the crew calls a meeting as soon as it's available.

you forget about getting away from toge when you see that he got all the vote, you laugh, his character floating away.

toge successfully gets a hold of you and snuggles to your side. his phone long forgotten, not wanting to play anymore and just cuddle with you.

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[satoriberry]

Now hear me out.................Suna/Akaashi/Asahi/Sugawara headcanons with an s/o that LOVES flowers.......thank you for listening have a great night

⊛ Currently growing: What they'd be like if their S/O is a BIIIGGG fan of flowers!

⊛ Pairings: Suna Rintarou + Akaashi Keiji + Azumane Asahi + Sugawara Koushi × GN!Reader

⊛ Watch out for: Nothing bad! Just kisses ig, happy reading! (〃^∇^)ﾉ

⊛ Berry's note: flowers are so pretty btw sunflowers and hibiscus flowers>>>>, also suna doesnt like bees in here 🙄

• Suna Rintarou:

- Ok so, I don't see him as someone who's like, nature invested ig???

- But he's environmentally aware of course, i think...(he bought a tote bag, now thinks he singlehandedly saved like 100 turtles with that one fucking bag LMFAOO)

- But he's never been, like, a big fan of flowers. To him, flowers = bees = bad >:/

- Enter you, his cute S/O that he genuinely loves so much (he shows it, he's not shy about his love for you 💪), that has a thing for nature's beauty. Specifically, flowers.

- See, he didn't know that. He never asked you because he never had a reason too. But he didn't need to ask because the day he found out told him everything.

- "Hey Y/N, practice will probably run until 6:30 PM, I suggest you go home without me." "Oh no, it's ok! I have a spot I can wait in until you finish, don't worry." "Are you sur-" "Yes. 😐"

- You weren't lying, you DID have a spot to wait at. Scratch that, you had a spot that you would stay in forever if possible. It was the flower patch you've been growing on the gardening club's land.

- You weren't a member, but since you've helped numerous times and are always making sure the fruits they grow are doing fine, they've more or less adopted you as an unofficial member (+ you get access privileges).

- You waited until he was completely out of sight so you could quickly go and check out the state of the flowers. "Perfect."

- Dropping your bag to go and look for some gardening tools, a sudden noise abruptly made you stop.

- "What are you doing in here? Is this like a secret garden? You never told me abo- are those fucking bees?" Suna showed up, he'd only pretended to turn the corner.

- "Um, well, I wanted to check the flowers that I've been growing for a while now. Wanna have a look?" You invited him to come forward and look at your little beauties <3

-Despite the bees, he took a few steps forward and crouched to see them closely. And, he wasn't going to lie, these were really dazzling. The vibrant green stems, the striking colours and variety of petals, they looked so healthy and obviously, it was thanks to you.

- He was ready to praise you on your efforts when your outstretched arm got his attention.

- You had a tiny flower in your hand, composed of numerous tinier purple pets. "Here, for you." You said to him, with slight nervousness in your tone.

- He slowly got up to look at the flower, to your hesitant expression and back at the flower again. "Thank you, it's really cute." He cupped his two hands to have you gently drop it.

- "I feel like there's a reason behind this though." You cleared your throat and answered, "Well, this flower, it's called a heliotrope. If I'm not wrong, they symbolize love and devotion to someone. Which is why I'm giving them to you, since we're together and, yeah...". You finished, trailing off whilst staring at the ground to not show how eager you were.

- With this adorable gest and your sudden shyness, he couldn't help it. He pulled you in by your wrist and put his arm around you, close to your lower back. Looking you dead in the eye, he jokingly asked, "Is this your way of trying to seduce me?", to which you replied with, "What the f-", before he cut you off.

- Eyes widening, you felt his lips against yours, tender and plump. As sudden relaxation washed over you, you slowly shut your eyelids to enjoy this physical contact with him. He tasted like apple, probably from those jelly sticks he frequently enjoys.

- He let go, letting you take in some air when you heard the most obnoxiously loud voice go, "WHY ARE YOU TWO MAKING OUT? SUNA, YOU SHIT YOU HAVE PRACTICE???"

- Yup, another romantic moment ruined by Miya Atsumu™. He was so surprised to see you and Suna kissing in such a serene place, surrounded by an array of flowers.

- Long story short, Atsumu got his ass kicked, you introduced Suna to your secret flower patch and Suna started to subconsciously take care of the flowers every now and then (yes, even if bees are present. he'd let an entire hive attack him just for you <3)

• Akaashi Keiji:

- PERFECT MATCH OMG!!!

- Akaashi + S/O + love for flowers = dream couple istfg.

- I like to think of him as someone who's educated on ecological issues.

- Which automatically means that flowers are one of his favourite things.

- If you want to grow some, he'll join you. Definitely knows a lot on flower language and what they symbolize.

- He thinks you look so cute in your gardening outfit. Worn out apron, straw hat, gloves and boots covered in soil.

- On important dates, he'll take you to a botanical garden and on anniversaries, you have picnics in a flower field.

- He'll sit on the grass while watching you appreciate the little colourful plants. As much as he wants to join you, he contented himself with gazing at you from afar.

- FLOWER THEMED ITEMS!!!

- Will (and has) gift(ed) you so many flower themed things like cute mugs, bracelets, necklaces, stickers for your notebooks, anything that makes him go "Y/N would really like this :)."

- You two have matching sunflower rings. He wears it all the time, except during matches, where he hands it to you. Whether or not his team wins, he always waits for you to put it back on for him.

- It's like a special love language :(((

• Azumane Asahi:

- ANOTHER AMAZING MATCH.

- Fucking look me in the eye and tell me this boy doesn't spend Saturday noons watering flowers and plants for his mom (and also for himself because I KNOW HE LOVES THEM.)

- Not that knowledgable on flower language but he still appreciates them and thinks they're beautiful.

- When he found out you love flowers, he fell even deeper in love with you. Thinks God sent you as a blessing.

- If you're in the same class, he'll write (cheesy) little love notes with a new flower drawn on the side each time. If you're in a different class, he'll hand it when walking past you in the hallway.

- Omg omg omg. Flower dress....everyone shut the fuck up.

- Buys you a flower sundress during spring, always gets so blushy when he sees you wearing it.

- If you don't wear dresses, he gets you a flower button up shirt. Y'know those aesthetic button ups you see on pinterest? Yeah, one of THOSE. Mans has really good fashion taste and will NOT shy away from accentuating your beauty (even though he already thinks you're the most beautiful person alive <3).

- HE HAS LONG HAIR RIGHT??? BRAID A FLOWER INTO HIS HAIR. FUCKING DO IT.

- He'll faint right on the spot. He'll be surprised, he'll stutter some random nonsense, he'll cry and then pass out. In that order (LMFAO jk but i can see that happening).

- OR MAKE HIM A FLOWER CROWN. HE'LL ABSOLUTELY ADORE IT EVEN IF IT LOOKS TERRIBLE (he believes that anything you make or give is awesome).

- If you make it for him during lunch break, he'll wear for the rest of the day. Even on his way to practice.

- Suga will poke fun at him like, "Ahaha fucking simp. Wearing a flower crown, SIMP." but Asahi is taking nobody's shit when it comes to his amazing S/O's creations. Nishinoya and Tanaka try it on (against his will 🗿) and are super jealous of the fact he has someone to give him such lovely gifts.

- In conclusion, Asahi will encourage your flower-loving habits because happy S/O = happy Asahi. Call it second hand happiness <33

• Sugawara Koushi:

- OK OK SO I LIKE TO THINK THAT SUGA VISITS FLOWER GARDENS ON THE WEEKENDS AS A WAY TO RELAX.

- Like think of it, he's a highschool senior that's on his to uni, he has entry exams, he's also a volleyball player that's ALSO his team's vice captain???? Stress supreme.

- So what's the best way to put his mind at ease if it's not going to a park that's embedded with flowers in each and every crevice.

- It's like his secret hiding place. If something bad happens, the first thing he does is go there, sit on the crisp grass and inhale some fresh air befoe reflecting on whatever the issue is.

- Then, there's you. When he found you're just as crazy about flowers as he is, he knew what he had to do. Take you to that park. And oh boy was your reaction worth bringing you here.

- He watched you went from patch to patch, tree to tree and basically scanned every inch of green in that park, just going on and on about each flower and what you thought of it.

- The entire time, he was staring at you with hearts in his eyes, not interrupting you.

- Omg omg give him flowers randomly, he likes to dry them and put them in special paper notebooks. Also puts the date and name of the flower on the top of the page.

- GETS YOU A FLOWER ENCYCLOPEDIA. He likes to spend rainy days cuddling with you, two mugs of hot chocolate and the encyclopedia in your hand. He has his head leaning against your shoulder, watching as your index pointed from flower to flower as you explained each one <33.

- Wait imagine this. Before the beginning of the spring qualifiers match (Karasuno vs Shiratorizawa), you call him to the side so you can talk.

- He's really happy to see you but he noticed how you had your hands behind your back and your feet were anxiously tapping the ground.

- He asked you if anything's wrong. You didn't answer, instead, you let out a breath and revealed what you'd been hiding.

- His tiny smile grew wider after seeing what you got him. A single peony flower and a single gladiolus flower, tied together with a thin black bow.

- He didn't say anything but you proceeded to speak, "You see, peonies signify many things, one of them is good luck. Gladiolus flowers signify victory, and since you're about to play a really important match, I thought it would be fitting to get you these as a sort of lucky charm. But I know that you and your team have been practicing really hard lately, so I assume you need any lu-".

- He didn't let you continue, instead, he showed his gratitude by gently holding your chin and bringing you in for a kiss on your cheek. "Thank you Y/N, thank you so much. I don't think you understand just how much this means to me. I'm going to give my all in this match. For me, for you and for my team as well. Byebye :]."

- He gave you a head pat before running after his team, waving you goodbye with a toothy grin. And so you stood there for a few seconds, your heart beating terribly fast and your face feeling hotter than before.

⊛ Berry's after-writing note: IS IT JUST ME OR DO I FEEL SUNA'S IS MORE...DETAINED?? favouritism lololol but ANYWAYS, thank you so much cor this lovely request anon! I had so much fun writing it and I hope you enjoy it as well! mwah mwah <3

[shyrose57]

I posted the "Responsibility AU 13 Years Later" post. But also I wanna just... talk about the recent Shubble lore and implications that could have (also there was no way I was rewriting for the lore so ig minor canon divergence?)

But imagine as Xornoth is slowly drained of corruption, the corruption he implemented also went with him. So in the Nether, Shrub's home world, the corruption also disappears. Lands of towering mushrooms and bright sunshine return to the land. With the corruption gone, the gnomes find their way home.

By the time this happens, Shrub is older. Her parents eventually come looking for her, be it guilt or regret from abandoning her, or even just wanting to see if she survived, they hear rumors that the demon took her through a portal and disappeared. Eventually they travel and end up finding her and wanting to be in her life, but Xornoth and the siblings are very, VERY, against letting these random gnomes anywhere near their baby sister.

Idk I'm just seeing the angst potential and a lot of back and forth and maybe a few lies ("the demon stole you from us!" "We would never abandon you!") but eventually she chooses to stay with her family, telling her parents to leave. Lots of soft bonding at the end between all the siblings and friends because they all genuinely worried they would lose their little chaos gnome.

I saw!! It's very good! Shubble becoming generally chaotic as she gets older is definitely a favorite!

Shubble's homeland slowly regaining itself as Xornoth does, almost as if it's a reflection of him. Regaining color and light as it seeps back into him as well, softening from it's deadly state as he does.

And nobody knows. After all, only Shrub, and perhaps Scott, would have an idea of what he could've done to the world before he chose differently.

Then the gnomes show up in Rivendell, on a rare day all the siblings are together, asking for their youngest, and-

Of course they're suspicious! These strangers are just randomly showing up? Gnomes of all things as well-everyone knows there haven't been other gnomes around for years, Shrub's the last of them. And then they claim to be her parents?? The ones who abandoned her??

Absolutely not.

Them lying about that? Oh, that's angsty. None of the siblings would be happy with that, but Xornoth's definitely taking the brunt of angst for the moment as they pile accusations on him to plead their story. And it's not fair, and he's-

Well, he's afraid. Shrub's his littlest sister. The one he found first, the one he raised as his own. And if she really wants to return with them, then he won't stop her, but he doesn't know what he'll do if she starts to look at him like he's still the monster they claim he is.

But Shrub of course, would never leave her family. So even if she does waver a bit, torn between wanting to know more about the world she left, the life that might've once been her own, she won't let them trample on her siblings in the process.

So she makes them pack their bags and goes back to her family, and they all make room for an extra family night, and stick close.

They wouldn't give each other up for the world, after all.

[luvnami]

𝐋𝐎𝐕𝐄 𝐈𝐒 𝐀 𝐌𝐔𝐋𝐓𝐈𝐅𝐀𝐂𝐄𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐆

𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆 - food, vine reference (does anyone even remember these still?), kinda cheesy at the end ig

𝐒𝐘𝐍𝐎𝐏𝐒𝐈𝐒 - hanamaki takahiro loves you so, so, so much

𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐃 𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐓 - 1005

𝐋𝐈𝐊𝐄𝐒, 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐒 & 𝐑𝐁𝐒 𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐈𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐃!!

hanamaki takahiro isn’t very romantic.

he likes to keep to himself most of the time, holed up in your shared bedroom playing a new rpg or flipping through old copies of jump. not to say that hanamaki doesn’t like spending time with you — he does; loves you more than anything in the world (even more than those hokkaido milk cream puffs that cost 600 yen at that bakery in shinjuku).

but romanticism and love don’t necessarily go hand in hand. flowers are expensive and give him allergies when he bundles them on the train ride back home to you. he hates washing the dishes. to be honest, hanamaki feels a little bad that you always yell at him for leaving yesterday’s pots and pans to be piled up in the sink.

he can’t help it! the dishwashing liquid makes his fingers dry out, and rubber gloves don’t give him a good feel of how clean the dishes actually are.

sometimes hanamaki forgets to leave the toilet seat down after using the bathroom. one too many times, he’s woken up to you yelping during a midnight toilet break. he pretends he doesn’t hear anything, staring sleepily as you crawl back to bed and huff cutely in his ear. 

at least he bothers to change the toilet roll once its about to run out. hanamaki can manage to cook a decent miso soup for dinner on days where you run overtime. he does a superb job of doing the laundry, actually, all the while belting his favourite anime opening songs as he tosses clothes into the dryer.

the door opens and you toss your office shoes by the genkan. hanamaki perks up from where he’s pan frying some teriyaki salmon in the kitchen, the rice cooker steaming away beside him.

“ugh, i’m exhausted!” you groan.

“welcome home!” hanamaki cheerily replies. “dinner will be ready soon. why don’t you take a shower first?”

a bath sounds amazing right now. you leave your work things by the dining table and disappear into the bathroom as hanamaki begins to plate dinner. he has a cute little apron on, bought from threeppy with a cute bear on the front. the tip of his pink tongue sticks out as he measures some furikake out with a teaspoon.

dinner is filling and delicious, nourishing you from the inside out after a hard day of work. you begin to plod over to the living room to watch some television as hanamaki clears the table. it doesn’t take long for him to join you on the sofa, bearing a plate of sweet treats. 

“what are those?” you ask, peering curiously as hanamaki takes a seat next to you.

he’s wearing one of your high school’s oversized class t-shirts. you don’t understand why he doesn't just wear his own clothes, but hanamaki insists it smells like you and you smell like home, so you don’t complain and occasionally watch him strut around the house in a pink crop top.

“they are my crocs,” hanamaki replies.

the both of you burst into giggles and you shove at his shoulder playfully.

“gross.” 

“i bought some cake from the new bakery. wanna share?”

“ooh! i heard all about it from hitoka-san the other day!”

your face lights up and suddenly all fatigue from your day of work melts into nothing. you eagerly grab one of the two forks and take a bite of the delicate sponge cake. 

hanamaki’s eyes soften at the edges as he watches you devour the cakes. he barely gets a few bites in, even initiating in a short star wars-esque battle with your forks as he makes lightsaber noises. you snort with laughter and he wins, stealing a forkful of chocolate roll cake. 

the reality show on your second hand television is soon forgotten. you tell hanamaki all about the day you had at work: how the new intern was absolutely terrifying (seriously, who voice records every conversation they have?!), the yummy snacks tanaka-san from the sports department had bought from her honeymoon to osaka, and the printer that had been jammed for three days already (maybe you should give it a good smack? hanamaki suggests. you tell him that you’ll probably be written down for vandalism).

you relax, the tension in your shoulders ebbing away as you lean your head on hanamaki’s arm. there’s some cake left on the plate — probably worth two mouthfuls. too little to split between the both of you, but enough for one person to feel satisfied with a big enough bite. 

“you can have the rest,” hanamaki murmurs. 

“huh?” 

you’re warm, soft against his arm. his adam’s apple bobs as he stares straight ahead at the television, not daring to look down at your doe-like eyes. he focuses on the advertisement for a new mop instead.

“finish the cake. i’m too full from dinner.”

“ehh? don’t you like shortcake, hiro?” 

“i said i’m full. go ahead, i had some snacks before dinner.”

without looking, hanamaki knows that there’s a pout on your face. 

“you shouldn’t ruin your appetite like that next time.”

you happily stab the last portion of the cake and pop it into your mouth along with the giant strawberry on top, chewing away happily. hanamaki’s heart leaps in his chest. he reaches down, cupping your soft cheek and pulling you up for a kiss.

“mmph- hiro!”

you taste sweet; like whipped cream and strawberries. hanamaki gulps. you’re so pretty and perfect and- 

would you, just for him, take care of his heart and keep it close to yours?

the dishes are still piled up in the sink, a fake succulent sits on the dining table next to the stack of apartment adverts that you’ve been going through the past week, and that week’s sock laundry are pinned up neatly on the balcony.

“babe?” you tilt your head in question at his prolonged gaze.

shit, shit, shit. he loves you so much.

“hey, let’s get married,” he says softly. “i wanna be with you forever.”

[spicysugar019]

Alrighty folks here's my pinned post.

About me:

He/him/male

Im 21 years old (born in 2000 baybeeee)

Not comfortable sharing my first name (even tho it's super common and you couldn't find me using it). So on here I'll go by Eugene (my middle name).

Im currently at the highest weight I've ever been at, litterally 100 lbs over my starting weight (when I was either 11 or 12 at 4 foot 2 I think?). So please be cautious when talking to me about numbers at the present moment (Feb 2022).

Gae 💅 though currently dating a nonbinary beast

List of disorders cause I find it funny:

EDNOS, PTSD, chronic MDD, Chronic Insomnia, SAD, Chronic Substance abuse, ADHD, Bipolar (aka manic depressive disorder), (fuck dude im making this at 4am so im forgetting so fucking many), GAD, Panic disorder, dysthymia (I group that in with MDD but it's still a separate diagnosis ig), Social Anxiety disorder, unspecified psychosis, codependency disorder, gender dysphoria, and lastly a thing im not diagnosed with cause I don't bring it up in therapy and I actually don't feel like disclosing because of stigma around it and I'm not in the place to be told I'm faking by random strangers who don't know me or being told I'm doing it on purpose for attention thanks very much assholes.

How am I not permanently in a mental facility? Negligence probably! Stick around to see if that fact changes I suppose.

God what else do I say?

Stats: (again I'm at my highest weight ever, please don't comment on this to me, I just found out about it yesterday legit).

Cw: 270

Hw: 270

Sw: 170 (I was 12 and 4"2)

Ugw: 98

Is it even possible???

Im 5"4 (short kingg)

Things I struggle with due to mental health:

Eating (ok duh?), weight, body image, flashbacks, sleeping too much or too little no in-between, depressive episodes that usually land me in the hospital, hospitalizations (high score: 6 times in one year between December and March), major mood and behavior swings, Panic attacks that can last up to like a full fucking day rendering me completely useless, sometimes I see shit that isn't there, sometimes I hear shit that isn't there (they're thinking these are depression related psychosis mixed with not sleeping for like 4 days solid and not eating. Makes sense to me), I need people. No like I need them like I cannot be independent without trying to k!ll myself every single day, suicidal ideation, self harm, I have to get biweekly IM injections of boy juice into my ass-- and not the fun kind-- so I don't try to die constantly, and then other things I will not disclose ♡ and im poor.

At the moment I see 3 therapists and I'm looking for a fourth. Just therapists, this dosent include physical doctors or psychiatrists or psychologists or anything. One does CBT, another does EMDR, another is a nutritionist, and the one im looking for will be a DBT therapist. Gotta fucking collect them all am I right? (I'm not treating it like a game: I have to make jokes about it).

I am currently restricting and exercising (doing a piss poor job at it if I do say so myself).

Trying to stay below 800 a day currently.

Want to exercise daily but I simply do not have the time to. Will do it on the weekend tho! But right now I wake up I work I come home and scroll through tiktok and tumblr and then I "wake back up" again. I "sleep" when the gym is closed.

Wanna get to know me more? Please send an ask or message me im lonely and very open and honest about what I go through (except the disorder I will not disclose to anyone, thank you in advance for respecting that boundary!).

I love music and deeply enjoy connecting through music with people. I listen to anything I can understand the words to (this excludes country im sorry).

My favorite things to consume? Cigarette smoke and human hearts 💕

and taco bell 🥺

I like playing the cello, doing art (painting, sculpting, throwing, drawing, digital, animation, glass work, and a few lesser ones). I love and adore my partner they are the best thing that has happened to me. I like driving and singing.

I dislike showers (body dismorphia and gender dysphoria and ptsd, MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS), and yeah.

Im getting tired fucking finally after 2 days so I have to act now and sleep or else it'll be 2 more. Please message me if you have any question, need advice, want to talk and chat, ect. Disclaimer: if you are asking for advice I reserve the right to refuse and turn you down. This is not personal. You issues are real and they are valid you're on fucking eddie tumblr for God's sake.

DNI: Pedo/pedo sympathizers, under 18, fat phobic, homophobic, transphbic, or a generally shitty person.

Ok off to bed I go. Thanks for reading even though I know no one did. Thanks for letting me pretend.

Goodnight friends! Good morning? Fuck off dude idk, it's 5am.

[lilchibi-chan]

Hawks Mafia! AU x Reader

This post/series is inspired by mailorderfriend on TikTok. I love her videos and when she did this series, my mind started going WILD! Details will be inspired by her videos (obvi) but everything else will come from my head.

CW/TW: THIS CHAPTER DOES CONTAIN MENTION OF ATTEMPTED ASSAULT, SO IF THAT IS TRIGGERING FOR YOU, YOU CAN SCROLL PAST IT, I WILL ALSO INSERT A WARNING BEFORE SAID ASSAULT TAKES PLACE!!

You work at a local diner in the city and make pretty good money. Business men come in on their lunch break and even late at night when they’re working late. A few of them try to impress you and make comments about you being beautiful and how you’re “much too nice of a girl to be working in a place like this”. You know it’s just for them to show off to their friends, although you do make great tips from it. They feel entitled because they work in these big beautiful buildings and look down on everyone, but that stuff doesn’t impress you.

There is one guy that sticks out to you. He has ash blonde hair and these amber/golden eyes and always has on the nicest suits, like really expensive looking and tailor made.Not like the business men that you usually see. You could tell he was rich or at least had more than enough money he knew what to do with, but he wasn’t arrogant. He always comes in when you’re working late, which has been everyday lately (just trying to make a little extra cash). He’s always nice to you and always asks how your day has been. He insists on calling you pet names like baby bird and hummingbird, but you don’t mind them. He says them in more of an endearing way than a i’m-trying-to-get-in-your-pants way.

When you’re closing, he stays until you leave. You don’t find it weird at all. He has this aura about him that just makes you feel safe. He makes you feel at peace, happy even.

It’s been raining for the past week and you have been dreading closing, but you needed the money since your roommate had moved out. You were on the hunt for a new one, but didn’t have any bites yet.  

“Excuse me sir,” you say to the very handsome,blonde haired man

“Yes, hummingbird,” he says looking into your eyes, each yours with his

“Um, we’re closing, s-so I have to ask you to leave,” you say nervously.

“That’s alright,” he says with a soft smile,“you have a Goodnight baby bird. Get home safe and be careful out there with all that rain.”

“Th-thank you sir,” you reply,still nervous

“Enough of the sir business, please call me Hawks”

“Yes si-I mean Hawks”

“Good girl,” he says in a low voice, then pats your head

He made his way out the door and towards his car. It was a blacked out Audi R8. He waved to you before he pulled off and you gave a small wave back.

You noticed there was man sitting in a corner booth. He was a regular, but he never came this late.You noticed the scent of liquor as you got closer to him.

“Sir,” you say tapping his shoulder

“Hey gorgeous,” he says drunkly

“Sir, we’re closing. I’m going to have to ask you to leave,” you say nicely, but firm

“I’ll leave... if you give me your number and let me take you out,” he says grabbing your hand

“Sir, I’m not allowed to fraternize with guests and that includes dating them,” you say pulling your hand out of his

“C’mon beautiful. You always treat me well when I come in and I see the way you look at me. You think I don’t notice, but I do. You want me,” he says standing over you

You mentally roll your eyes

“Sir, that’s just me doing my job. It’s called courtesy and being respectful. I’m going to have to ask you to leave now”

“C’mon stop denying it. You and I both want this. I know it, you know, so c’mon. Let me take you out,” he says going to grab your arm, but you back up

“Sir, this is the last time I’m going to ask you. Please leave,” you say in a slightly pissed off tone

“Look, I’m not screwing around,” he says finally grabbing you

WARNING: ATTEMPTED ASSAULT HAPPENS IN NEXT PARAGRAPH, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO SCROLL PAST IF THAT IS SOMETHING THAT MAKES YOU UNCOMFORTABLE/IS TRIGGERING!

You try to pull away, but this time his grip is much stronger in you. He pushes you into the corner booth and forces you to lay down. He lowers himself to kiss you, but the door swings open causing his attention to go there.

“Well, well, well... what’s going on here? That’s no way to treat a lady, sir” he says smiling

“Stay out of this, it has nothing to do with you,” the customer says,still hovering over you

“Oh, it very much does sir cause ya see, I don’t really care for people disrespecting women in any way, but especially if it’s her.”

“Tch. Get lost before I have you limping out of here”

“Sir, you’re the one that’s probably not gonna make it out of here”

“You think you’re tough. Go ahead and try. I’ll lay you out right here,” the customer says finally getting off you

You’re able to sit up and see that it was Hawks who came to your aid.

You see him remove his suit jacket, fold it, then he lays it over the booth closest to the door. He started rolling up his sleeves and made his way toward the customer trying to have his way with you.

Hawks grabs the man and throws him to the floor. He then joins the man and places a hand around his throat.

“How does it feel to be the bitch now, huh? Come back here and I promise it’ll be the last fucking thing you do. If I see or hear that you’ve been hanging around, I’ll fucking kill you,” he says with a smile

He meant what he said.

Hawks releases his hold and let’s the man up off the ground. He races out of the diner and doesn’t even think to look back.

Hawks makes his way over to you and at first you’re unsure if you should let him near.

“Are you alright, baby bird,” he asks with a tinge of sadness in his eyes

“Y-yeah. Thanks to you. H-how did you even know-“

“I saw him when he came in and something felt off. When I drove off, I only parked across the street. I watched just in case he tried anything and I’m glad I did.”

“Th-thank you Hawks,” you say, still shaken up by the events that just occurred

He looks at you softly. His eyes saying ‘I’m here for you. You’re safe with me’

“Get your stuff baby bird. I’ll take you home, you shouldn’t be alone tonight,” he says softly as to not startle you or make you feel any more uneasy

You simply nod and get your stuff from the break room in the back of the restaurant.

You meet Hawks in the front and you feel the sudden urge to hug him.

This surprises him, but he hugs back and rubs the back of your head.

“Thank you,” you squeak out

He smiles and lets out a small hum.

He takes your hand and guides you to his car, covering you both with a huge umbrella.

He opens the door of the passenger side and lets you get in first. He does a small jog around and gets in on the drivers side.

“Comfortable, baby bird?”

“Mhmm”

“Good, so where we headed,” he says smiling

You tell him the address and starts the car. The drive is quiet, but comfortable. Hawks even put on the seat warmer for your chair to further comfort you.

He makes it to the front of your building and wakes you up gently. You weren’t even aware that you had nodded off.

“We’re here, humming bird”

“Thank you, Hawks...for everything,” you say grabbing his hand and rubbing his knuckles with your fingers

“Anytime...here,” he says handing you a business card

You examine the nicely crafted card and smile

“That’s my cell number. Whenever you need me, don’t hesitate”

“Thank you,” you say mentally kicking yourself because you keep saying thank you,“I promise that’s not the only thing I can say, but I’m appreciative of everything you’ve don’t for me tonight”

He laughs

“It’s fine and you’re welcome. I’m bein honest though kid. In fact, how about I give you a job at my company? It pays more than you working at the restaurant and I have top of the line security, that way you’ll always be safe. You’ll even make enough that you won’t need a roommate”

“I’ll think about it. Thank you though. I just wanna get through tonight. When I can actually think, I’ll let you know”

“Alright, baby bird. Well you get on up to your apartment. I’ll leave once you’re inside.”

You get out the car and enter the code to enter your building, then you take out your key fob to enter the second set of doors and to use the elevator. When you get up to your apartment, you look out the window and see Hawks’ car still sitting in the same spot. You can’t help the smile that grows on your face.

You text him, letting him know you’re in your apartment and you’re safe. He takes a minute, but eventually pulls off.

You head to your bathroom to wash the day off and head to bed.

Art by kawaiitentacle on IG

Hope you guys enjoyed this! I wanted to give you this in the meantime while I figure out how to extend Siren Song (I hate writers block).

[kindness-ricochets]

Genya tailoring wylan while he explains everything that went down to his older sister and brother zoya and Nikolai

W: ok so he says I’m going to music school right? And I’m like “hmmm sus but on ig” and like it’s all the way in another place so I’m like when I’m there I’ll just

N: book it?

W: EXACTLY book it. BUT YA WANNA KNOW WHAT HE DID. THE CONVIER

Z: tell us

W: HE TRIED TO HAVE ME KILLED

everyone in the room collectively chokeing while wylans still talking

W in a tone much more Jovel and annoyed then should be for discussing attempted murder: AND LIKE, ok I’m a little annyoed by the whole attemped infantacide thing but like, THEY DIDNT EVEN TRY??? LIKE they could shot me, or stabbed me, or punched me or EVEN LIKE IDK boat out to sea and throw me over but nOoOoOo, they try get this. Choking.me.out WE ARENT EVEN FULLY OUT OF THE CANEL YET AND THEYRE NOT EVEN CUTTING OFF MY AIRWAY. Kinda sad how bad they were at that. So I konked em and jumped overboard and - wait why are your guys faces like that

Z,G n N: no reason at all continue

Okay... I am so much better with drama than comedy, so this turned into a drama, but it DOES include the major beats of Wylan telling his Ravkan friends about Jan! I hope you like it :)

Wylan hadn’t been sure he could say it at first. “Miss Genya.” Was that too forward? Would it tip off the others? He had thus far kept his Ravkan connections secret. Kaz would have wanted to leverage that somehow.

He had been close to tears of frustration when Jesper stayed in the room. Wylan wanted to talk to her alone, but Jesper, going halfway mad from his impatience, had stayed so long with him…

When Jesper left to grab a cup of coffee, Genya spoke first.

“Are you all right?”

Wylan nodded. “I wasn’t for a long time, but I made it.”

“When this is over, you can come with us.”

His throat ached to hear it. He wasn’t sure if he wanted to go. He wasn’t halfway to tears at the prospect of going to Ravka. He was halfway to tears at the prospect of being wanted.

“But maybe you’d rather stay with that cute boy, hmm?”

Wylan blushed.

“Good, keep blushing. Keep your circulation strong.”

They didn’t get much time to talk before Jesper returned. Wylan wasn’t sure how much the Ravkans would want him revealing about their connection, so he kept himself quiet on the subject and trusted Genya to understand that when he thanked her, he meant for all of it, for fixing him, for having been his friend.

He got his answer not long after.

About how much the Ravkans wanted him to tell.

Jesper and Wylan were on the settee together, enjoying the closeness. The kiss seemed to have spoken some promise of access to one another—nothing too intimate. Just long, clever fingers in Wylan’s hair while he leaned against Jesper.

“Jesper. Wylan.”

At Kaz’s voice, they both turned. Wylan only stood when he realized who was with him.

Nikolai had been a steady presence in Wylan’s life. A mentor, a friend. A brother. He had been someone worth sticking around for. Seeing him there, standing beside Kaz, Wylan wanted to go to him. But Sturmhond had only ever been there to “escort him to Ravka”. They were not publicly friends, and every secret even implied to Dirtyhands…

“Our new friends would like a word, Wylan,” Kaz said.

“Privately,” Sturmhond added.

Wylan took a step toward him before Kaz asked, “Why?”

“Surely you can understand—”

“And you can understand the need for a little oversight.”

“Not from you, Brekker.” Ah, there was the Zoya Nazyalensky he knew and loved!

Nikolai looked to Wylan. “Ignore him,” he said.

So Wylan stepped forward and hugged the privateer. Nikolai had the same impulse. For a moment they held on tight to one another and Wylan had that same soreness in his throat he had felt with Genya.

“Whatever he did to you, you didn’t deserve it.”

Wylan swallowed.

Nikolai had been the closest Wylan had ever seen him to furious when he found out. He offered to keep Wylan in Ravka, but there was no way to do that without starting an international incident. He sent a letter, even, but Jan refused and it wasn’t everyone who would kidnap a Councilman’s kid.

Telling Nikolai seemed… possible, but Wylan glanced at Kaz. And at Jesper.

“Um… since when are you friends with pirates?” Jesper asked.

“Privateer,” Wylan and Nikolai said.

Wylan looked between Jesper and Kaz. They both had questions—albeit very different ones.

“Jan sent men to kill me,” Wylan said.

“What?” asked Jesper.

Zoya said something Wylan was pretty sure was a Ravkan swear. They had all made a game of not teaching him the naughty words, so he could only guess.

Kaz looked intrigued.

Nikolai gripped Wylan’s shoulder tightly.

Wylan shook his head. Somehow remembering that day on the browboat made his throat hurt. “I was sloppy. They shouldn’t’ve been able to get me. I remembered that move Tolya taught me, but—I’m fine! Why are you looking at me like that?”

“No reason at all,” Zoya said.

Jesper was stroking his revolvers, a gleam in his eyes.

“I’m fine,” Wylan insisted. He was! He just wished that ache in his throat would ease. “I’m fine! Anyway it was six months ago!”

“He knew you had a place in Os Alta,” Nikolai said.

Somehow that stung the worst, because it was true. Jan didn’t have to kill Wylan. He had shut him out of the business years ago, so there were no secrets to spill, no treason to commit. Just last summer Nikolai had offered to keep Wylan there, made clear he was welcome, Jan could have… but he wanted to…

Wylan took a deep breath. His eyes were prickling like he might start crying again, in front of all these people!

To make it worse, in the split second Wylan had that realization, someone else had come into the room.

“Wylan has a place in Os Alta?” Nina asked. Matthias, beside her, looked grimmer than usual. “You mean his family owns property there?”

“The King has a soft spot for lost princes,” Zoya said. “And redheads.”

“You know King Nikolai?”

“Of course she does, I’m sure the whole Triumvirate knows him!” Jesper said, and Wylan wanted to kiss him again for redirecting the conversation when it was all getting to be a bit much. Kaz was watching him closely. Nina was staring. Zoya and Nikolai were both dealing with what Wylan had told them and he felt foolish for having done so now. Maybe all he had wanted was for them to say it was okay he wasn’t able to use the skills he learned sailing when Tolya tried teaching him to fight.

“I meant Wylan,” Nina retorted. She turned her attention to him once more.

“I visited him in Os Alta a few times,” Wylan said. He left out the time Nikolai, then a student at the university, had come to visit him in Ketterdam.

“This would have been useful to know earlier, Wylan,” Kaz said.

Which was a good reason not to tell him!

“Wait a minute,” Jesper realized, “we actually could have ransomed you! Hey! Kaz’s plan almost worked!”

“Almost,” Wylan repeated, deeply dubious. Kaz had never tried to ransom him to Nikolai. “N—um, not that I’m recommending ransoming me. Um, I… the thing is… it’s my mother. She was—my father had her locked away and I—if I could…”

“King Nikolai will doubtless do all he can to assist you,” said King Nikolai, despite everything clearly amused at speaking in third person. “And your mother. As any good king would. Exceptional, even! But I must insist on a private word.”

This time even Kaz didn’t object. Wylan felt a twinge of guilt leaving Jesper and cast him a look he hoped communicated an intention to tell him everything later. He followed Nikolai into the next room, anyway. Although Nikolai had never shown him any frustration or disapproval, Wylan still worried. What if this was it? What if he had reached his limit?

Nikolai was not at his limit.

Instead, he said, “It’ll be all right, Wylan.”

“You’ll help us?” Wylan asked. “Me and my friends.”

He nodded. That was already the deal, Wylan supposed, but he still appreciated hearing it from Nikolai instead of having to trust it from Kaz.

“Is there anything you didn’t want to tell me in front of the others?” Nikolai asked.

“No.” The ache in his throat was back. Wylan swallowed. He blinked rapidly, but his eyes wouldn’t listen. “He tried to kill me…”

Nikolai squeezed Wylan’s shoulder.

“Brekker is a… unique sort, but I doubt there’s anything he can’t think his way out of. Between the two of us, we can tweak this plan if necessary. You shouldn’t have to see him.”

“Thank you,” Wylan said, “but I can take it. You don’t have to protect me.”

“I never protected you because you needed protecting, I did it because I wanted to keep you around. It helps that you look at me like I can do anything. See, that’s the one!”

Wylan found himself smiling despite it all.

“And Jesper is in love with you. You don’t always pick up on these things, but it’s very important you know this time.”

“We…” Wylan looked away, blushing. “I kissed him.”

“Well done, Wylan!”

“Whatever happens next, I’m glad I got to see you again, Nikolai.”