#so right now i have a day this week and a day next week open and i won't book any more until AFTER those days
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hello!!! exciting exciting news!!!
MY BOOKS ARE OPEN!!! sort of
i'm starting a waiting list for completely free tattoos and i'll be booking people in over the next couple of months!! pls note i am based in central london so obviously this is only for people who are able to travel
i have a lot of flash up on my tattoo instagram and i can do custom work as well so please message me with your idea/chosen flash + size + placement if you're interested!!
#tattoo#tattoo design#tattoo apprentice things#i'M SO EXCITED EEEEEEEE#SOME OF THE ASTARION SHEET IS THERE I JUST CAN'T DO THE RED#also this is confusing to explain but the way i'm booking is a couple of dates at a time#bc they check my progress on like a week to week basis thing#so right now i have a day this week and a day next week open and i won't book any more until AFTER those days#it's a bit short notice which isn't great but wahoo#disclaimer i am not a scratcher in a basement i work in a shop this is not shady
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★ after you and katsuki started officially dating it didn’t take long for you to move in with him. the first few weeks took some adjusting to. whether that be the food you ate, you learning to make his always a lot more spicy, what shows you begrudgingly agreed to watch, eventually agreeing on the walking dead, or even the way you would shift around your schedules to match each-others just so you can spend time together in peace.
well, peace is a loose word because katsuki soon learned that you were a big fan of asking him strange questions. especially when you were both snuggled into bed about to go to sleep so that you can begin your next day bright and early.
for example:
you were resting your head on his chest, his arm around your midsection as your legs were tangled beneath the sheets. katsuki breathed a sigh of comfort as he was drifting off into his slumber.
his face held a peaceful expression that contrasted your wide awake form. you glanced at him before shifting your eyes and spoke.
“kat, why do people have armpit hair?”
katsuki opened an eye to look down at you, his eyebrows scrunched and mouth half open as he looked at you in silence.
“what?” you sighed before playing with his chain as you continued. “like why is it there. and why does it stop growing at some point?”
katsuki’s perplexed face relaxed as he closed his eyes and turned his head, seemingly used to it and just wanting to sleep even if at times he liked to entertain your silly questions. “i dunno, google it tomorrow.”
his breathing resumed to deep inhales but you were unsatisfied. even though you truly wanted to sleep, you wanted answers and unfortunately for katsuki you were persistent. the two of you layed there in silence before you spoke again. “okay but what about toenails.”
katsuki let out a silent grunt before answering. “some evolution shit. now seriously, i’m not dragging you outta bed in the mornin’.” you exhaled through your nose and let a few seconds pass.
knowing he was probably a second away from pushing you off your shared bed, you decided to push some more for your own entertainment, after all, it wouldn’t hurt would it?
you breathed in before quickly shooting out another question.“..how are we the only species that have the consciousness to communi-” unfortunately for you, your boyfriend didn’t let you to finish your sentence as he shoved your face into his chest, effectively silencing you as your voice came out muffled.
“you’re on your last straw. i love you but if you ask me one more stupid question i’m throwin’ you out of bed.” his words came out as a mumble, no trace of a threatening undertone to be found.
you grinned to yourself before wrapping your arms around his neck and squeezing lightly.
“you looove mee?” his eyes blinked open as he stared at you with a blank expression. soon enough you could see a trace of a smile that grew as he gripped your waist tighter. you held back a chuckle that turned into a yelp as katsuki flipped out over, loosening your hold on him.
planting a kiss on your lips, he pulled you into him and grunted as his face rested in the crook of your neck. “now that’s a genuine stupid question. if you dunno the answer to that then the hell am i here for right now.” you let out a chuckle to his answer before snuggling back into him, finally feeling sleep creep over you. “i know, i love you too kats.”
he chuckled and allowed his body to relax into you. “good, now stop with the questions and sleep idiot.”
#bnha#mha#bnha x reader#my hero academia#boku no hero academia#katsuki bakugo mha#katsuki#katsuki bakugou#bakugou katsuki#bakugou x reader#katsuki x reader#bakugou#katsuki x y/n#bakugou x y/n#x reader#drabble#mha drabbles#bakugou fluff#★ — ( kammazi )#dreadednarrative
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Ocean (Spencer Reid x Fem!Reader)
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Pairing: Spencer Reid x Fem!Reader.
Summary: Spencer has shut you out for months, and you don’t know how to get to him. A new argument endures, and you think this might be your last chance to make him understand how deep your love for him is.
Word Count: 2.6k
Warnings: Angst/hurt/comfort. Spencer doesn't want to see reasons. Reader and Spencer cry. Mention to Spencer’s time in Milburn.
A/N: It’s just another self-indulgent fic to tell our boy how great he is.
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"Are you going to say something?"
Your voice is clipped, and you feel a whole storm bubbling inside of you. Spencer's silence doesn't help to ease your desperation—a last call for some hope in your already damaged relationship.
As he sits on the couch, his eyes are lost in the window of your shared apartment, tranced by the distant bustling of the streets below. It seems everything is better than looking at you right now.
‘How can someone stand so damn close
And feel like they're a world away?
I can see your sad story eyes
So how do you have no words to say?’
“Please, say something. Anything."
Your insistence sharply contrasts with the demanding tone with which you initiated this conversation—or fight, as Spencer accused you earlier.
Still standing in front of him, you only want him to look at you, to see in his eyes what he really wants.
“Do you want me to leave? That's it?”
You don't know what else to do or say. After bickering for a solid forty-five minutes, Spencer decided he didn't want to respond to your questions/accusations anymore. Coincidence? Hell no. He went silent just after you touched a nerve mentioning the tabu, the only thing Spencer decided must remain unspoken: the three months he was locked in Milbum.
You understood his reluctance at first. Of course you did. Putting in words the nightmare of his days there can’t be easy for anyone, and to Spencer, you bet your ass it was tougher. To lose control, to engage in a world he only knew from afar. Exposed. Vulnerable.
You understood why he didn't want you to visit him there. His pride and self were wounded. However, you would never resent him for it. You said it to him but respected his wishes so as not to put more pressure on his shoulders.
It didn't hurt less, but you were willing to take it.
Weeks followed, and the only news you had about your boyfriend were the messages and phone calls from his coworker, Penelope, and his boss, Emily.
The day he was released must have been the most chaotic you had in your life. And for Spencer, sure, it was worse: His mom was kidnapped by another psychopath, threatening her life.
As Spencer hugged Diana at the BAU, you stayed back, looking from afar, not wanting to disturb such an important moment.
Penelope hugged him after, and then JJ and Tara. The whole team welcomed him before you had the chance to.
When your time came, your eyes locked for the first time in months, and you knew. That man wasn’t the same Spencer you saw the night before he went to Mexico. And you were far from expecting he was, but something felt different with you compared to the reaction he had with the rest of the people there.
Not saying a word, Spencer enveloped you in a tight embrace. Hiding his face in the crook of your neck, he couldn't articulate anything to say. You were the one who reassured him, mumbling encouraging words.
‘Everything is going to be okay. You’re safe now.’
And you believed every word, even knowing the road would be hard. Knowing there would be bad days and not-so-bad ones. But you were determined to make it work because you loved Spencer, and he didn't deserve less from you.
All I want is to fall in deeper than I've ever been
Why won't you let me?
I can handle your heart, so help me.
But Spencer didn't open up to you the next day, nor the week that followed, or the month after. You were patient. You didn't take personally the prolonged silences, the avoidance, the eagerness he showed to go back to work.
At some point, you start to wonder what you have been doing wrong because there is definitely something wrong.
Waiting for him to confide you was the only thing you decided to do. He would come to you eventually. Instead of pushing him, you offered your solace and a safe space for him to be peaceful.
But after three months, things didn't get better; they were quite the opposite. Spencer frequently showed signs of irritability at home and started to snap at almost anything.
And that's when the arguments started. You were getting exhausted by his behavior and the null display of trust from him.
Today has been no different. After coming back from a case, Spencer barely acknowledged your presence, opting for lounging on the couch, too invested in a book to tell you he almost got hurt in the field, and you find it out from Penelope calling you to know how he was doing.
“Spencer-”
“You can leave if you want,” he mumbles, not making eye contact.
“That's not what I asked. I asked if you want me to leave.”
There is a lump in your throat, but it doesn't stop you from voicing your thoughts.
“And for once, be honest with me. Do you want to be alone? Do you want to sulk yourself for God knows how much time?”
There is a brief silence where you think Spencer is truly contemplating his response.
“Yes.”
He says it without looking at you, but his voice is firm enough for you to wonder if he’s lying or not. It hurts. But it hurts you more because he’s hurting and not for the pain he’s inflicting you with his words - or lack of.
“Why?”
“Why what?”
You get his attention this time. He wasn’t expecting you to ask him that.
“Why do you want to be alone?”
You can’t understand why he’s so determined to shut you out. Or maybe you do, but you’re not ready to accept it. Not when you love him more than anything in this world. Not when you are sure your love must count to something for him. Yeah, maybe you can’t ‘fix him,’ but you’re sure as hell you can help him to heal.
Spencer huffs in frustration. What can he say? The truth? It's too simple and yet too complicated to voice.
“I realized it’s better that way. There is no reason for you to stay.”
Is he turning his motives into altruistic ones? It's like he doesn't know you at all.
“There isn’t? You are not reason enough for me to stay?”
Spencer stands from his spot, running his hands through his hair.
“You don't get it? Do you?! Do you want me to throw the words on your face? Uh? I thought you were smart enough to realize by now I can’t love you anymore!”
It's the first time he has yelled that way to you in months. Years, maybe? All the last arguments you both had recently were more like ‘snappy-sassy Spencer’ and a ‘sassier you.’
He just said, ‘I can’t love you anymore,’ and not ‘I don’t love you anymore.’ You don’t miss the wording, and you’re praying right now not to be reading this wrong.
Maybe this is the crack you were waiting for to get to him. Carefully, you look at Spencer, waiting for him to continue, but he doesn't.
“Okay,” you mumble, sitting again on the couch, your feet planted on the floor and hands on your knees. Spencer raises an eyebrow, confused by your posture and response.
“Okay?”
You nod. “Yeah. Okay. You can’t love me anymore. I accept it. And I’m not happy with that, but okay. I can’t obligate you to feel in a certain way if you don’t.”
“But you should be hating me,” he refutes. “I failed you, and now I’m ending things.”
You take in his words. Spencer assumes he’s the one to hate, and even if you want to, you know you can’t.
With pursed lips and soft eyes, you gesture to the spot beside you on the couch, inviting him to sit. Spencer understands and, after a second of contemplation, slowly moves to sit there, curious about what you are thinking right now.
“Can I tell you something?” you start. “It's humanly impossible for me to hate you. And yeah, maybe I should, but I can’t. Maybe you can’t love me, and thank you for doing it at some point, by the way. But it doesn't mean I’ll stop caring about you. It doesn't mean I don't want to see you happy because, despite all the awful things you think about yourself, oh, flash news, you deserve to be happy.”
“Don’t-” he wants to refute, as always he does, but you have to make a point.
“Spence, please, let me say it.” Spencer stops and concedes at your request, even if he thinks it useless and that you shouldn’t put that effort into him.
“I know you think you disappointed people for what happened. You haven’t told me that much, but I know. And I can understand you are scared and that maybe I’m not the one you want to confide in. I respect it, really. But please, if at least a fraction of what I think matters to you, believe me, I have never doubted whatever you did in there; you did it to survive. There is nothing to be ashamed of. Nothing.”
It's a hard pill to swallow for Spencer. He never wanted to tell you what really happened when he was in jail. Granted, you are not a profiler, but you know him enough to see through him.
Here you are, next to me
So much beauty at my feet
All I wanna do is swim, but the waves keep crashin' in
No, I'm not afraid to drown
Take me out, take me down
I'm so tired of the shore
Let me in, baby
You're an ocean, beautiful and blue
I wanna swim in you
“You don’t have to tell me if you don’t want to. And I’ll leave if it's what you think I should do, but not before telling you how I see you. God, Spencer. You have no idea how great a human being you are. You always prefer to sell yourself short instead, but I know you. If the time we have known each other taught me something, it's how compassionate, understanding, and loving you are. Believe me when I tell you that to love you has been the best thing I have done in my life. And I would do anything for you, even if that means walking away from you.”
You don't know when the tears started to fall, but now you can feel them running down your cheeks and landing in your hands resting on your lap.
Spencer’s glassy eyes tell you he has heard everything you said, and you hope he believes you. At least you have tried pouring your heart into words. It isn’t easy for you to do. That’s something you have in common with Spencer. Your love language is acts of service more than words of affirmation, but you know this time, you need the words.
A tear makes his journey from Spencer’s eyes down his jaw. But he can’t say anything. He thinks if he says something, everything in him will crumble.
You wait, not so sure what, but wait. As Spencer keeps his silence, you think you have nothing more to do, so you break eye contact.
“Okay. That's what I needed to say. I guess that’s it.”
A shaky breath anticipates you getting up from the couch. You stroll to the bedroom to grab your go-bag.
Approaching the door and grabbing your keys from the bowl, you bit your lower lip because you don’t want to cry in front of him anymore.
Like a lighthouse, I've been shinin' bright
Through the dark for both of us
And I've done it outta love is not enough
But God, how I wish it was
And I don't wanna find out
How much lonely I can take before you lose me
Baby, look at me and swear you won't lose me
Determined to leave, you open the door, and before you cross the threshold, a heartbreaking sob paralyzes you in place. Then, a wail and Spencer's broken voice.
“Please, don’t leave!”
It is heartbreaking and comes to you like a prayer from the depths of his being. You stop in your tracks but refuse to look back at him.
“I know I don't deserve you, but please, I can’t - I can’t lose you.”
Wiping away his tears, Spencer gets up from the couch and quickly reaches the door. You still have the bag in one hand and the keys in the other, with your back to him.
“I love you more than you can imagine, and I was determined to let you go. I thought I had hurt you enough.”
“Did you were setting me free? From you?” you mumble, still not wanting to turn around, tears blurring your sight. Spencer sniffles.
“I thought it was the right thing to do. Why drag you to my shit once more? Fuck, you always have been there for me, and it is so unfair. How did I repay you?”
“Repay me?” You let the bag fall with a thud. This time, turning to face Spencer. “Do you think this is about repaying? Jesus, Spencer. I never had ask you that.”
“I know. I know,” he rushes to say. “But I feel like I’m not good enough. An ex-junk. An ex-convict. And a lot of baggage to carry.”
Your fingers fidget with the keys as you hear Spencer beating himself.
“Nothing of that has changed the way I see you. I’m not saying you have to be the same, nor do you have to keep still about it. I love you with all the scars you have and the ones that will come. And I want to help. You don't have to do this alone.”
“It's a lot. I don't even know where to start,” Spencer’s voice croaks, shoulders slumping in defeat.
“We can figure it out. Together. It won’t be easy, but I promise it will get better.”
Your soft eyes and hopeful words warm Spencer’s heart. He can’t conceive you are even real. He can’t fathom how you are still here in front of him after all. He can only conclude that your love is big enough to hold you two at this moment when his weakness consumes him.
Still sobbing, Spencer rushes to envelope you in a tight embrace. But unlike the hug you shared in the bullpen when he was released months ago, this time, he's the one telling you reassuring words.
“I love you. I couldn’t be more grateful for having you. I promise I’ll heal. I promise not to shut you out again. My love, my everything.”
As you cry with Spencer enveloped in his arms, your heart feels hopeful that you both will find a way to get through this. Together.
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Secret Santa
Eddie Munson x Reader
Description: Mrs. O'Donnell's yearly Secret Santa finally went well this year for Eddie Munson
Word Count: 870
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Each year Mrs. O’Donnell had the idea to have her class take part in secret santa. Whether you liked who you got or not, you had to participate. It was a grade. As for Eddie Munson, someone who didn’t give a single fuck about his grades and shitty classmates, always managed to skip it for the last two years. This year though, he was way too determined to graduate to care about any of that. Plus this year it was different. Y/N was in his class.
The two had never actually spoken to each other, but they would always steal glances at one another. There was something about her that he was so drawn to. That’s why he was secretly hoping he would get to be her secret santa. He’d finally get a reason to talk to her.
But alas, luck is never on Eddie’s side. He reached into the Santa hat that had the class names inside and pulled out Tina’s name. ‘Great.’ He thought to himself. He watched as the hat got around to Y/N as she went to pull out a name. He didn’t see the name, but he most definitely did see how she didn’t look his way. ‘There goes my chances.’
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The day of secret santa Eddie walks into class holding a little gift bag with some candy. No way was he actually going to try getting a genuine gift for these assholes. He sat in his seat as the class started to pile in.
“Alright class, now that everyone is here you may all hand out your gifts.” Mrs. O’Donnell says, wearing that stupid cursed santa hat.
The whole class starts moving around and Eddie makes his way over to Tina’s desk. He places the bag down without a word, knowing she wouldn’t want to speak to him anyway. Eddie makes his way back to his seat and slouches down into it. He knew nobody would actually care to give the freak a gift, so he reaches into his bag to pull out his notebook full of campaign ideas, deciding to work on that instead.
From the corner of his eyes he can see the chair beside him being pulled out. To his surprise, it’s Y/N.
“No way you actually got Tina a gift.” She smirks and sits down.
“Nah, just some candy. Didn't even try.” Eddie says calmly, even though he is internally screaming right now.
Y/N lets out a small laugh in response and then reaches down to her backpack. “Well, in case you were wondering why I’m here, I am in fact your secret santa.” she says as she pulls out a little gift box and then an even smaller gift box sitting on top.
Eddie is in so much shock he doesn’t even respond and lets her place the gifts on his desk. She doesn’t seem bothered by his silence and instead smiles and says, “I didn’t really have the money for an actual gift, so I made you some stuff instead.”
He reaches forward and grabs the smaller box first. He opens up the top to reveal a bracelet made out of guitar strings with some added charms of a skull and spider. “No way. This is so cool!” Eddie says through excitement, nearly jumping out his seat. Some students looked over at his mini outburst, but he couldn’t give a single shit right now. “I thought you might like that.” Y/N says with a grin, happy to see him enjoying his first gift.
“How’d you know I play guitar?”
“Well, it wasn’t hard to guess," she says as she looks him up and down, "but I did see you at the music store in the mall a few weeks ago buying some new guitar picks. That’s what gave me the idea for your next gift.”
Eddie had almost forgotten that there was another gift box sitting in front of him. He slips the bracelet onto his wrist and then reaches to open the other gift box. This time, he was truly at a loss for words. He reached into the box and picked up a little mini bouquet made out of wires for stems and guitar picks as the petals.
“Do you like it?”
Eddie looks up almost in disbelief, “Do I like it? What kind of question is that? Y/N, this is insane!” He twirls the three flowers in his fingers to inspect them even more. Dark red and blue picks held together by hot glue, and even had some green picks as leaves.
He looks back up at Y/N, trying to contain his smile, and says, “I have to get you something now. These are way too good for me to not get you anything in return.”
“Eddie, it's fine. It’s a part of the game, you don’t need to get me anything.” Y/N replies, also trying to contain a smile.
“No, that’s so unfair! C’mon, just one gift. I’ll even let you pick. It can be anything, well, almost anything. I’m on a tight budget here, but you get my point.”
“Anything?”
“Anything.”
“How about a date?”
Up until this moment Eddie had never given a damn about Mrs. O'Donnells, but holy shit was he sure thankful for her right now.
"A date it is."
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friend to wife
ingrid engen x reader
summary: to your family, she was just a friend until she became your wife
warnings: coming out, mentions of comphet, angst but comforting overall!
it’s quiet when you and ingrid step out of the car, the crisp december air nipping at your cheeks as you glance toward the familiar silhouette of your childhood home.
christmas lights twinkle along the roofline, a warm glow spilling from the windows, and for a brief moment, you hesitate. your heart pounds in your chest, a mix of nerves and anticipation coursing through you.
ingrid steps closer, her gloved hand finding yours, squeezing gently.
“you okay?” she asks, her voice soft, her norwegian accent wrapping around you like a comfort blanket. her eyes, steady and calm, meet yours, and you nod despite the tightness in your throat.
“yeah,” you murmur, although the weight of what you’re about to do feels monumental. this is your family. your parents, who have always pictured a version of you that you’ve long since outgrown.
your younger siblings, who probably suspect more than you’ve let on. and now, you’re about to introduce them to ingrid—not as your best friend, not as your teammate, but as your wife.
your wife.
the word still feels surreal, even though it’s been three weeks since the day you and ingrid exchanged vows in a small, intimate ceremony at a courthouse in barcelona. it had been perfect, just the two of you with alexia, fridolina, marta, and caroline as witnesses, the simplicity of it feeling right for who you both are.
ingrid hadn’t wanted to wait until next summer, and you, always understanding, had agreed. the euros would come and go, but this—your love, your commitment—couldn’t wait.
“we’ll be okay,” ingrid reassures you, leaning in to kiss your temple.
“your family loves you. they’ll love us.”
you take a deep breath, letting her words ground you, and together, you walk toward the front door.
the inside of the house smells like pine and cinnamon, the comforting scent wrapping around you as soon as you step inside. your mom appears from the kitchen, a warm smile lighting up her face as she pulls you into a tight hug.
“there’s my oldest girl,” she says, holding you close before turning to ingrid. “and ingrid! it’s so good to see you again.”
you exchange pleasantries, your dad appearing from the living room to join in the greetings. your younger siblings peek around the corner, grinning as they call out your name and wave at ingrid.
it’s all so familiar, so normal, and for a brief moment, you wonder if you should keep the truth tucked away a little longer. but then ingrid’s hand brushes yours, a silent reminder of why you’re here, and you steel yourself.
“actually,” you start, your voice a little shaky. you clear your throat, glancing at ingrid before looking back at your parents.
“we have something to tell you.”
your mom raises an eyebrow, curiosity flickering in her eyes, while your dad leans against the counter, his arms crossed. your siblings exchange glances, their expressions a mix of intrigue and anticipation.
“ingrid is here with me because– well– she isn’t just my best friend,” you say, the words tumbling out faster than you intended.
“she’s now my wife.”
silence.
for a moment, the only sound is the faint hum of christmas music playing from the living room. your mom blinks, her smile faltering slightly as she processes your words. your dad’s eyebrows shoot up, his mouth opening as if to speak, but no words come out.
your siblings, on the other hand, seem less shocked. one of them—your youngest sister—lets out a quiet “i knew it,” earning a nudge from your brother.
“your wife?” your mom finally says, her voice tinged with surprise but not unkind. she looks between you and ingrid, her gaze settling on the norwegian.
“you two got married?”
“we did,” ingrid confirms, her tone calm and steady. she steps closer, her hand finding yours again, and you draw strength from her presence.
“three weeks ago, in barcelona. it was a small ceremony, just the two of us and a couple of friends.”
your dad exhales sharply, running a hand through his hair as he looks at the rings placed on the ring finger of your hand.
“why didn’t you tell us sooner?” he asks, his tone more bewildered than upset.
you swallow hard, your grip on ingrid’s hand tightening. “it wasn’t easy for me to accept who i was, for not being what I thought was ‘normal’,” you admit, your voice barely above a whisper.
“for so long, i thought i was... someone else. someone straight. and it wasn’t until i met ingrid in wolfsburg that i started to understand myself and everything else.”
your mom’s expression softens, her eyes filling with something you can’t quite place—understanding, maybe, or compassion. she steps closer, reaching out to touch your arm.
“sweetheart,” she says gently, “you could’ve told us. we love you, no matter what.”
“i know,” you say quickly, tears prickling at the corners of your eyes.
“but i was scared. scared of disappointing you guys,.”
your dad steps forward then, placing a hand on your shoulder. “you’re our daughter,” he says firmly.
“that’s never going to change. and if ingrid makes you happy, then we’re happy for you and our new daughter-in-law.”
the relief that washes over you is almost overwhelming, and you feel the tears spill over as you nod, a small, shaky smile tugging at your lips. ingrid squeezes your hand, her own eyes glistening with emotion.
“thank you,” she says softly, her voice directed at your parents.
“that means a lot to both of us.”
your mom smiles, wiping at her own eyes before pulling ingrid into a hug. “welcome to the family,” she says, her voice warm and sincere.
“we already loved you, but now you’re officially one of us.”
your siblings chime in then, teasing you about keeping such a big secret while also expressing their excitement. your youngest sister, always the bold one, asks if she can call ingrid her sister-in-law now, and you can’t help but laugh.
“you’ll have to wait for the ceremony in 2026,” ingrid jokes, earning a round of groans and laughter.
“2026?” your mom repeats, her brow furrowing. “why so far away?”
“the euros,” you explain.
“ingrid will be playing for norway, and i’ll be with our country. it’s going to take up most of next year, so we figured 2026 would give us time to plan something special.”
“well,” your dad says, clapping his hands together, “we’ll be there, no matter when or where it is.”
the rest of the evening is filled with laughter and stories, the initial tension melting away as your family embraces the news. sitting at the kitchen island later, you watch as ingrid chats with your mom, their voices low and easy, as if they’ve known each other forever.
your dad is in the living room with your siblings, showing them old photo albums, and for the first time in a long time, you feel a deep sense of peace.
this is what you’ve always wanted—acceptance, not just from your family, but from yourself. and now, with ingrid by your side, you finally have it.
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bon thoughts (18+) CollegeAU!Max Verstappen that spends too much gaming with his friends, never once studying for any tests coming up. in fact, he skips classes just to get back on his sim and race with his friends. the computer lab in the university is always occupied by him, he's always sitting in the corner with a pack of red bulls to chug down to keep him going. being the ever so responsible friend, you decide that enough is enough, you had to help out max. if he didn't pass this test in biology, he would surely be placed on probation. you cared too much about your friend to let that slide!
"the library's too quiet, i can't focus," max would whine, or he'd huff out in annoyance, "the field's too loud."
as the excuses kept piling up, you frown and cross your arms. your bottom lip stuck out in a way that makes max want to lean forward and nip at your sweet lips. he shifts in his seat to hide his growing arousal, his blue eyes staring intently at your ass as you walk through the university hallways to find a suitable place to tutor him. eventually, you texted some of your friends in your dorm that you were bringing a guest over.
"they won't be back for a week, they're all going on a trip," you sigh, sitting at your desk and opening your biology notebook. a grin plasters on max's face, realizing that he had all week to be with you. he always hated that you spent too much time with your friends, i mean he was your best friend! surely he should be your number one priority, right?
"come on max, it's time to finally teach you the Kreb's cycle," you groan, always hating that topic. a quick glance at max makes you frown, wondering why he was staring at you like that, his pupils blown out.
and no sooner did you think that, you're now on your back on the bed, having him eat you out as you try to relay your notes to him. you mewl as his tongue laps you up, and an occasional hum and nod of his head has you choking on air, legs squeezing around his head as his nose rubs against your clit.
"schatje, you can keep going," max exclaims, eyes snapping to meet yours as his tongue dances around your folds. you nod your head, flipping the page of your notebook as you continue, trying to focus on tutoring him but god, he was so good at this!
his fingers join his tongue, scissoring inside your wet cunt. the squelching of his fingers and tongue makes you blush, and you throw the notebook to the side, your attention solely on him... just like he always wanted.
max eventually goes through your notes when you're all cuddled up besides him on the bed, passed out after he fucked you dumb. he smiles at the small doodles in the corners, the detailed descriptions of certain biological processes. he studies them as much as he can before the test in a few days.
and he passes! barely, but still he passed the test! you aced the test, as expected and when you bounce over to Max with the 100 on your paper, he glances between his friends and you and shows you his 70 on the test.
"schat, you think you can tutor me for the next test?" he asks, sweetly and his friends can't seem to understand why you're fumbling over your words, blushing like crazy as Max gives you a cocky smirk.
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may we please have first snowfall with rival viktor x female reader🙇♀️
my mutual!!! love of my life i hope you enjoy it!!!
warnings: sad/moody reader, she wears glasses, modern au, some yelling
The beginning of winter had left the majority of Viktor’s classmates irritable seeing as it was the earliest slot. It didn’t help that he was the professor’s assistant in his last one of the day as well.
He preferred the earlier class. They were shorter with their tempers, yes, but at least he didn’t have to deal with you.
He hated to admit the two of you mirrored one another. Where he was forced to keep an eye on the students, grade, and tutor when needed, you did the same as Professor Singed’s assistant in his biology classes.
At some point it had become a tug of war of sorts—you pestering him about his homework to him marking up your paper on physics. Neither of you could stand the other when it came to being corrected.
It seemed the frosted windshields and clouded breaths had begun to wear you down this week. You snapped as easy as ever, but where Viktor was used to your prompt answers and back talk, silence had become your newest weapon.
The switch up was quite honestly driving him insane. You’d merely scowled at him when he passed out the exam today instead of one of your usual snarky greetings. And where you were the first one done with tests, you were now the last one working.
Perhaps it was the last day before the holiday break, but you were less put together as usual. The skirts and vests you’d worn even with the freezing weather had changed to oversized sweaters and pants. You wore glasses—something he’d never seen throughout the semester. They were…well-suited to your features.
The class ended at eight. It was five minutes to when you stood from your chair, careful in taking the steps as you turned in the packet with nary a word. Professor Heimerdinger had left halfway through the test to deal with a private affair, leaving Viktor to put away the exams to grade later on.
“Cutting it close, are we?” he murmured, shuffling the papers together as you turned in the pencil to the box the professor left out for anyone who was in need of one.
That was another odd thing to jot down—you never forgot your school supplies and yet you’d rushed through the door just before class began.
“Yeah,” you scoffed, turning to leave with one strap of your bag over your shoulder. It was halfway open.
“Your bag—” he began.
The next thing he knew your hand was slamming on the desk in front him, eyes seething behind their framed lenses as you stared him down.
“I’m not in the fucking mood, Viktor. Can’t you take a hint?”
He waited, swallowing the anger building in the back of his throat. Taking a slow, deep breath, he leveled you with a calm look.
“Your bag,” he repeated, letting the words sink in, “it’s open.”
The dent between your brows morphed from anger to confusion before you pulled your bag around to check. You zipped it up with a sigh.
“Jesus…” You shook your head, running a hand over your face as you turned away. “I’m sorry—you didn’t deserve that.”
He blinked. Truly, he understood why you would apologize, but he never once would have believed you of all people would ever do so to him.
You sniffed, the sound echoing in the empty room. His hand flinched over the packets as you made for the door.
“Have a good holiday break, Viktor. Sorry again.”
As the door slammed shut, he felt frozen in place. Was he…was he actually worried about you, right now? The bane of his existence since the start of this semester?
He rolled his eyes, gathering his things and locking up. Truly, he needed a break.
Stepping out of the building entrance, Viktor paused under the awning to wrap his scarf a bit tighter when he noticed a figure leaning against a pillar further ahead.
He waited for the fog of his breath to dissipate before he approached—a strange tension in his chest. There was no doubt you recognized the sound of his cane, but you didn’t pay him a glance as he stepped up next to you.
A quiet moment went by, a few cars driving down the road a few feet away.
“It’s snowing,” you said.
He just noticed the flecks of white barely clinging to the ground as they hit. There was no doubt they would begin to pile soon.
“I know we aren’t on the friendliest of terms,” he started, playing with the grip on his cane, “but if there is anything bothering you—”
“It doesn’t snow where I’m from,” you continued, slow. There were tear streaks on your cheek. “It can get pretty cold, but it never sticks.”
He chewed at the inside of his lip, taking in the scene again. The warmth of the road lamps, the quiet hum of a AC unit nearby, it made for a strangely peaceful moment.
“It can get heavy here,” he replied, eyeing your hoodie and jeans. “Definitely weather you must bundle up for.”
“Right.” Despite being next to him, the word sounded so distant.
Another car went by. A few more clouds of breath twirling to wisps.
“We’re not friends,” you stated, shifting the strap on your shoulder, “but I don’t hate you, you know?”
“Mm,” he hummed, sounding more than doubtful.
“I don’t,” you laughed—the first time he’d seen you grin, truly. Not some confident smirk or buttery smile for the professor, but just a simple light in your face he’d never seen before. “You’re a bit of a know-it-all—“
“Me?” he grumbled.
“—but you’re passionate. You’re not trying to outdo people, just prove yourself.” You shrugged, holding a hand out to catch snowflakes. “I get it.”
Viktor wouldn’t allow himself to grow tangled in the emotions bubbling up. He took a step out into the glittering snowfall.
“I meant what I said,” he spoke over his shoulder. “Friends or not, I will listen. Bright minds must stick together, no?”
You huffed, pulling your hood up and over your head. “Sure. Maybe another time, Viktor.”
You waved, heading in the opposite direction. He watched, drawing his scarf up over his mouth as he sighed into the cold night air.
The next night, your computer dinged with a new email. Your exam.
Curling your hand into a fist, you nibbled on your lip as you opened the email to check your grade. 93/100, not your greatest moment but you couldn’t complain. Not after the week you’d struggled through.
Preparing yourself for the amount of corrections you knew Viktor for, you were surprised to scroll through and find the barest hints of red pen. Instead, there on the last page, lied a little note.
Good work. Get some rest over the holiday break.
-Viktor
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Hometown (Huh Yunjin x Reader)
Angst, fluff, smut
Reader is from New York for the plot, friends to lovers, first time, soft sex
You can see Yunjin sitting next to you through your peripheral, you were currently on a flight to New York for an award show, You and Yunjin’s home state you from the middle of NYC and her near Albany. There was a tension between you two, you had confessed your feelings for her but she said she “needed time to think” but she hadn’t spoken to you since.
Of course you tried, but she walked away before you could get to her or blatantly ignored you. You tried giving her the benefit of the doubt, that maybe she just didn’t know how to come to terms with her feelings rather than she hates you now for having feelings for her.
That was three days ago and of course your assigned seats were next to each other, and your members refused to switch.
“You have to talk to her eventually.” You remember Chaewon saying when you asked her, sending you back to sit in your seat.
Now here you were, staring out the window and praying the next fifteen hours went by quickly. You can see Yunjin’s mind running a mile a minute whenever you take a peek at her, at some point it looks like she’s about to speak to you but decides not to. Though it sends a flicker of something through you, hope that she’d finally talk to you.
But she stays silent most of the flight, only talking to ask if you wanted snacks. The drive to the hotel was no better as the others came together to force you to sit together in the backseat, Yunjin in the middle with you to her left and Sakura to her right, your shoulders are pressed together and you can swear her hand that rest on her knee is inching closer to you the whole ride but as soon as she’s about to hold your hand the van comes to stop in front of your hotel.
Luckily, you were blessed and had to share a room with Eunchae not Yunjin who was rooming with Kazuha. In the lobby Yunjin seems to be talking, or more so plotting something with Eunchae who keeps looking over to you as you try to focus on your conversation with Sakura.
In the room after you’ve settled down in the room, resting on your bed, Eunchae gets a text and abruptly stands up.
“Where are you going?” You ask, knowing that she was planning earlier.
“To see Zuha. I’ll be back later.” The youngest says opening the door, smiling at you.
“Oka-“ you get out before she’s gone.
Now you try to just focus on your phone, but you’re interrupted by a knock. Which is coincidentally exactly five minutes after Eunchae leaves. Getting up to answer you open the door, not thinking to check the peep hole first. Yunjin stands there, glasses on and orange hair messily framing her face. The sight makes your heart skip a beat but only for a second before you’re subconsciously shutting the door on her.
A hand comes out to stop it from closing, pushing it open enough to slide herself in.
“Get out.” Is the first words out of your mouth.
“No.” Yunjin backs against the door to close it, essentially blocking your only exit though you contemplate just jumping out the window.
“Why? Finally have enough of ignoring me?”
“I wasn’t ignoring you. I told you I needed time.”
“You’ve said 5 words to me this week, Yunjin.”
“I’m sorry. I just couldn’t think around you, you make me…crazy.” She exhales the last word, like she can’t believe the effect you have on her.
“I’m still mad at you.” You say, but there’s a hint of forgiveness in you that makes Yunjin smile and walk up to you grabbing your hands in hers.
“Let me make it up to you.”
“Wh-“
“A walk. In the park. We can even go to that place you told me about.” Yunjin cuts you off excitedly, recalling something you had told her as trainees, when still in New York after you walked your local park you’d stop at a small Korean store owned by family friends to get snacks for the way home. Coincidentally your hotel wasn’t far from there.
“But pe-“
“There will be a manager and a security guard with us the whole time.” She reads your mind, “plus it’s late, there shouldn’t be too many people.”
A hint of a smile tugs at the edges of your lips but remembering you’re supposed to be mad at her you hold it back.
“Fine.” You say before turning to grab your bag.
You look pointedly at the door and then her, Yunjin gets the hint and opens the door for you, doing little bow as you passed and then following you out.
“Loser.” You say under your breath.
“Hey!” She pushes your shoulder.
A manager and a security guard wait at the end of the hall by the elevator, entering behind you guys. You stand at the back of the elevator next to Yunjin, hands brushing together, wanting to interlock them but neither having the courage yet.
The hotel is close enough to the park, so you walk the whole way, shoulder to shoulder with Yunjin while the other two stand far enough behind to not hear your conversation but close enough to keep a good eye on you.
After a few minutes Yunjin finally interlocks your fingers, her grip is strong like she’ll lose you.
“Do you think we would’ve met if we both stayed in New York?” Yunjin suddenly asks after a few moments of silence.
“I don’t know, I’d like to think so. Why?”
“I don’t know, maybe we’re like soulmates or something.” She mumbles the soulmates part, a contrasting point of vulnerability.
Did the girl you’re in love with just say you might be soulmates?
This makes you stop, Yunjin stopping when feeling resistance against her hand holding yours. She stares at the ground, seemingly embarrassed by her words.
“Soulmates?” You ask, a teasing smile on your face.
“Shut up.” A blush on her cheeks along with a smile before she turns and pulls your hand to walk with her again.
“For what it’s worth.” You start when you’re shoulder to shoulder with her again, “I think you’re my soulmate too.”
“You do?” Turning her head to look at you, now with a blush covering your own face.
“Of course I do Jen.”
You reach the store after a little while, it’s late so it’s only you two in there and the cashier who you recognize from your teen years as an old friend’s dad.
“Y/n??” He says when he makes eye contact, coming from behind the counter to greet you.
“Hi Mr.Kim.” You say, shyly as Yunjin looks at you with an adoring smile.
“How have you been?” The man asks, bringing you into a hug, “besides insanely successful.”
You flush once again, and Yunjin’s smile becomes brighter.
“Good.”
His eyes go to the orange haired girl behind you.
“Oh, this is Yunjin. My uh.. friend.” You settle on, after all you don’t want to tell this man that the only label you’ve reached is soulmate.
“Hi. It’s nice to meet you.” Yunjin says, her kind voice and smile making you melt.
“Likewise.” He says before another customer walks in to the counter, “That’s my cue, take anything you want. On the house.” Walking away before you can protest.
“He’s nice.” She says catching your attention, “friend?”
“Jen…”
She holds up her hands defensively, a playful smile resting on her face.
“Kidding.” Grabbing your hand to drag you down an aisle, “you already called me your soulmate.” This makes you groan, she’ll never stop teasing you for this even if she was the one that said it first.
“You’re so annoying.” You grumble to her as she picks out various snacks, mostly your favorites making you smile at the thoughtfulness.
“You love it.”
You do.
Leaving the store, and subtly leaving enough money to pay even with the insistence that it’s on the house. Yunjin doesn’t let you drop her hand the whole walk, feeding you some kind of chips she opened before you even walked out the store.
Eventually come to a stop at a platform overlooking a bit of the park, you rest your head on her shoulder while she puts hers on top of your head. Still holding hands, Yunjin finds a bit more courage to bring yours to her lips and leave a kiss there before moving her head to leave one on your forehead.
Both make you lift your head up to look at her, and then the space around you, only your staff is around. No on lookers to invade your privacy, and no cameras.
“It’s just us. Don’t worry.”
Her big brown eyes stare into yours, almost pleading, they flicker down to your lips quickly almost imperceptibly. You return the look, turning your body a bit more to face her better.
“Jen.”
“Hm.” She’s blatantly staring at your lips now, you’re not sure if she’s actually listening.
“Kiss me.”
Like magnets you’re immediately connected, it’s soft but passionate. Both spoken and unspoken feelings being told through it.
“Can we go back now?” You whisper against her lips barely pulling away.
Yunjin looks around for your staff, who are trying (and failing) to pretend to not see you having your private moment.
“Yeah let’s go.”
The walk to the hotel is fairly short, both of you putting extra speed into it as you anticipate what will happen when you get there. At some point Yunjin stops holding your hand to move it to your waist, making your breath shake which causes her to smirk to herself.
You get to the elevator, staff still with you so you fight the urge to make out with her then and there. The hand on your waist tightening a bit and pulling you closer, her fingertips slipping underneath the edge of your shirt leaving goosebumps on your skin.
The walk down the hallway is almost worse, now alone her hand teasing your skin even more. Your room is all the way at the end of the hall, taking only a minute however it felt like hours. You both stop at the door pausing, you’re so caught up in her hand on you and how hot she looks you forget it’s your room and you have to unlock the door.
“Are you going to unlock the door?” Yunjin whispers, obviously aware of the reason of your spacing out.
“Oh, y-yeah.” You stutter, hiding your blush by digging in your bag for your room key.
Your hands shake a bit, maybe from the teasing or maybe from the anticipation of what’ll happen when you open the door.
You don’t have to wonder long, as soon as you open the door you’re being pushed against it so it closes. She kisses you while doing so, hands going to your face to pull you closer while you hold on to her waist. You make out for a few minutes, and it gets more heated by the second when suddenly you have a realization causing you to pull away.
“Wh-“ Yunjin starts.
“Eunchae.”
“Don’t worry about her.” Waving you off before leaning back in which you pull away from.
“What if she walks in?”
“We switched rooms.”
“Wait.” You think, “Were you planning on getting me in bed tonight? Is that why you were talking to Eunchae?” You question, playfully.
“You’re the one who asked to come back for this.” She teases, leaning closer to your lips, “But yes that is why I asked Eunchae to switch.”
You can barely get your laugh out before she’s reconnecting your lips, it’s the most heated kiss of the night. Her teeth pull your bottom lip making you open your mouth in a moan, which Yunjin takes advantage of this letting her tongue explore your mouth.
Getting a bit bolder your hands pull at her jacket, slipping it off her shoulders before she lets it fall off her arms to the floor, which makes the taller girl smile into the kiss and start lifting your shirt over your head.
You hadn’t worn anything underneath, you had thought you would spend the night in your bed but Yunjin changed that. With your bare chest on display, Yunjin stares idiotically with her mouth slightly open and hands on your now exposed waist.
“You’re gonna catch flies.” You say to try and hide how flustered you are.
“You’re so fucking gorgeous.” It’s breathless and she can barely get it out before she’s eagerly reconnecting your lips.
Yunjin hands grip your hips to guide you back to your bed, her lips not leaving yours as she leads you to lay down immediately pulling at the pants you’re wearing and throwing them off to the side.
Your own hands mess with the edge of her shirt and pulling slightly, eyes looking up to her with a pleading look.
“Want me to take this off?” She teases, a playful grin on her face, but she takes it off anyways and quickly follows up by unclasping her bra and throwing it off to the side.
Once again her lips are moving against yours passionately.
“This won’t ruin us, right?” You ask pulling away, surprising Yunjin with the sudden question.”
“Never.” She affirms with an undoubted firmness, rejoining your lips it’s noticeable more soft and gentle, letting her love transfer through it.
A hand makes its way to your thigh, at first just resting there before slowly gliding up and down but not moving otherwise.
“Can I touch you?” Yunjin whispers against your lips, waiting for you to verbally respond before moving her hand.
“Please.”
Her middle finger slowly slides from your clit to your entrance collecting some wetness before moving back up to rub slow circles over you gauging your reaction before going too far.
“Oh.” You gasp out at the sensation making Yunjin speed up her finger.
“Tell me if it’s too much.” She says, though she doesn’t seem to pay attention to much to her own words as she looks at where her hand is connected to you, she pushes her middle and ring fingers into you after the sentence.
Her movements are slow, going in and out of you almost gently. Eyes now looking into yours adoringly, her free hand brushing your hair out of your face.
“Oh fuck” You moan out.
“Feel good?” She asks, not a hint of teasing as she is determined to please you.
“Mhm, so good Jen.”
You swear you can hear her moan at her name coming out of your mouth in your breathy whiny voice.
“M’ so lucky. Get to hear those pretty moans. Whimpering my name.” Her blissed out face as she moves her fingers inside of you, still at a mild pace, “You’re so pretty.” A soft kiss on your forehead then your cheek and jaw, “You don’t know what you do to me.” She whispers when her lips are by your ear.
“Faster, Jen. Please.”
“You sure?” She asks warily
“Please. M’ so close.” You beg.
“Yeah?” Her fingers speed up finally, curling up as they move.
“Oh my god.” Your hands grasp at her back.
“You’re doing so good.” Yunjin’s voice praises you.
Your back arches off the bed, and Yunjin feels you tighten around her fingers groaning slightly at the resistance she feels.
“Come on baby let go.” She softly demands, your body reacting, shaking as you moan out into the hotel room. She leaves gentle kisses on your face as you settle from the overwhelming orgasm.
“How’s that for making it up to you?” Yunjin asks from above you with a confident smile.
“Hmm.” You pretend to think, “You’re forgiven.” Smiling back at her, “Though if that’s the apology every time I’m mad at you, then I am so angry right now.”
Yunjin can’t help but laugh at your words, needless to say the night was filled with many more apologies from the taller girl which she generously gives away.
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Part One ThirtyThree
Prompt from @bookworm0690 and @after-the-end-times
“Stevie love!”
“Yeah?”
“It’s snowing!”
The phone starts to ring as Steve heads to the window, so Steve diverts to answer it. “Steve! It’s snowing!”
“Hey Robs, and yeah, Eddie just told me.”
“Do you think it’ll be bad? The forecast says it’ll come down heavy. Do you think we will get a snow day tomorrow?”
“I think Keith would expect us to open even if we had to find a sled and a team of dogs to get us there.”
“Poop.”
“Yeap. But I’ll see how the roads are in the morning, if it’s bad then fuck it, I’m not risking the beemer. Who’s going to want to rent a movie anyway?”
“Okay, call me in the morning? Chrissy already said she’s not bothering to open the shop if it’s bad, who goes out in the snow to buy flowers?”
“I don’t know, the same people who go out in the snow to rent movies, probably. But, yeah, she’s probably right.”
“Okay, bye dingus, love you.”
“Love you too Robs.”
Eddie practically has his face smushed against the window, “cold water,” he informs Steve.
“Yeah, yeah that’s right,” Steve watches the snow start to gather in patches on the lawn with dawning apprehension that he can’t place. There’s no reason for it, really. They’re safe and warm inside, and Steve knows without looking that they have a good weeks worth of groceries in the house. The main roads will probably be plowed before lunch time tomorrow at the latest, so none of that is what's worrying him.
It really starts coming down, thick heavy flakes that start to blanket everything, and as the snow banks, Steve thinks more about last year. Was it around now that Eddie was getting sick? Steve can’t quite place the time line, but he remembers how cold he’d been, sitting outside next to the pool, his missing toes throb with phantom pain, and Steve shivers. Eddie was getting sicker as the snow fell, and Steve remembers holding him, bundled in a blanket at the back door, so he could see the snow, “I’m going to make us hot chocolate,” Steve says to distract himself.
“Whizzy cream?” Eddie asks absently.
“Sure baby.”
The next day, the world is clean and white and quiet. The gray sky is bright where the sun shines through the clouds, reflecting off the snow; it makes the whole world hard to look at.
“Stevie can we go out?”
“Out in the snow?”
“I want to walk on it.”
“Leave footprints everywhere?” Eddie nods enthusiastically. “We could make snow angels. And snow men.”
Eddie turns to look at Steve, “snow men? Snow angels?”
“Oh man, you’re gonna’ love this.”
Eddie’s frizzy curls are sticking out from under his woolen hat, and his jeans are tucked into a pair of Steve’s boots. He had managed all of thirty seconds outside before he wanted his sunglasses, so he’s wearing those too. Steve gets it, it is bright out here, what with all the white, and Eddie’s eyes are, even now, very sensitive to the light.
Eddie’s licking a snowball. Under normal circumstances, Steve might stop him, but the snow out here in the yard is fresh and clean, so Steve lets it go.
Steve flops onto his back, Eddie letting out a surprised laugh at the sight, and then he comes closer, watching as Steve moves his arms and legs, getting up again to reveal the shape he’s left behind, “see, snow angels.”
“Huh,” Eddie says, not seeming that impressed by it.
“We could build a snow man?”
“Which man is it?”
Steve snorts a laugh, “uhm...no. It can be anyone I guess, but usually it’s like a generic snow...person. We can give him a carrot for a nose and, like, maybe a scarf?”
Eddie frowns, “what, in case he gets cold?” he looks bemused by the idea.
“Come on, I’ll show you...and I really think we need to get around to watching some Christmas movies.”
The moment Eddie grasps the idea of what Steve’s showing him, he’s away. He digs up twigs and rocks and things from under the lighter snow banked between the trees, happily giving his creations arms and eyes and mouths and...eyebrows.
“No no,” he directs Steve, “that one is Lucas, so the Max one should be smaller.” Eddie rams in twigs for their arms, angling them so that ‘Lucas’ and ‘Max’ are holding hands.
Steve stands back, frowning, “so who is that one again?”
“Argyle, and that’s Hopper," Eddie replies, like it's obvious.
“Right, right. So we just have...Joyce left?”
“Yeah, we have to make Joyce the best one.”
Steve smiles to himself; he’s not entirely sure how good Eddie’s memory is when it comes to those first few days after he came out of the pool, freshly bald and newly legged, but Eddie definitely remembers the Christmas food. He also seems to remember how, in those first few months, Joyce was Steve’s go to for advice on Eddie care.
Not to mention how kind Joyce has always been; how she’s always gone out of her way to treat Eddie with the same kindness and inclusion as everyone else.
“You know what, you’re right, you build Joyce, I’ll be right back.”
Steve knocks the snow off his shoes at the back door, before heading upstairs to raid his parents wardrobes. He comes back with a small armful of stuff, and Eddie gleefully distributes clothing amongst his family of creations. Joyce ends up stylishly dressed in a cashmere shawl that Steve has no doubt is probably worth at least a months wages. He doesn’t give a shit though, and clearly neither do his parents; they haven’t been back at all this year.
Eddie stands back after, surveying his creations, “a little family,” he grins at Steve.
“Yeah,” Steve can’t help but agree, “now lets go in and warm up.”
“Yup,” Eddie grabs Steve’s face, smushing a chilly wet kiss to Steve’s nose on the way past.
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The night before Aries season…|
You paced back and forth in the hospital room, trying to walk through the discomfort of early labor. Your mom and dad had traveled to see you and be with you during the birth of your son. Your dad, being the man that he was, couldn't stand seeing his baby girl in pain and went to harass the nurses to do something about it (despite your mom saying it was all in God's hands).
You sit down on the bed and groan in frustration. You start crazy laughing. It was only five hours in, and Omari was taking his sweet time. “He's such a drama queen.” You huff, “Of course, his little ass is doing things on his terms, like I'm not sitting here hungry for more than ice.”
Your mom just laughs and shakes her head, “It's the only time he's ever gonna be able to tell you to wait, and you gotta.”
“But if I let him call the shots now, he'll expect to keep calling the shots.” You grumble and rub your back.
“Sweetie?”
“Yeah mom?” You look at her, and your breath hitches at another contraction.
“How are you feeling? I know the last few months you and Ricky haven't been the best.” She says.
She's not really asking how you are right now physically, she's got four kids, she knows. You roll your eyes and look up at the ceiling in thought, “Dad is just being Dad, I don't even care for real.”
“You know he just didn't want this for you, neither of us did.”
“Yeah, but my baby is almost here, and Dad, I suppose, is deciding to pay my rent for the year instead of apologizing to me for what he said.” Your voice wavers slightly at the memory of what was supposed to be the happiest moment of your pregnancy. Telling your parents they were going to be grandparents.
“He's here now, and he wants to make it up to you. Ya know he never stopped, during that six month stretch, never did he stopped asking about you and the baby.” She moves to sit next to you and holds your hand. “Pray on it and forgive him.”
Your eyes close, and you chuckle sadly, “Prayer doesn't fix other people's shitty actions.”
Your mom opens her mouth and closes it multiple times. She's trying to say something, anything profound to smooth over an already tense relationship. Rehabilitate, like most mothers do when their family has been smashed on the rocks.
You hope that Omari doesn't ever have to pray for the strength to forgive you. You'd rather eat hot nails than ever guilt trip him for your actions. You think briefly that having your father here instead of his father may be his villain origin story. So maybe it's already in motion. Who knows?
Another contraction takes hold of you, and you pray for a healthy baby that will never need to be told to pray.
Chapter 4: The thing about video calls…is that you can hang up. 📱
It's been two weeks of Johnny inserting himself into Omari's life and, by extension, your life, too. On days that you don't work from home, he's at your apartment and helping you by getting Omari ready. You can always hear him speaking that strange language to him, and when you asked Johnny what it was, he told you with a sly smile.
“Gaelic chuilein.” He then went back to softly speaking to Omari as if you're not even there.
And you thought Aaliyah spoiled Omari? (Despite her telling you to send him to glory in the beginning, she comes over, and when she does, her first greeting is “Where's Big Mari? Aunty has a gift for him.” And then she produces another pair of baby Jordans that he will grow out of.) Johnny goes absolutely wild with daddy duties. The man doesn't even like the idea of his mini me being even slightly uncomfortable or upset. He bought a towel warmer just so Omari wouldn't have to leave a warm bath and use a cold towel. He didn't like that Omari's nursery had street facing windows (and the only reason his nursery faced the street is because you and him would people watch on Sunday morning) and while he fussed and complained, he got privacy film so his baby and his woman could see out but people couldn't see in.
He applied that film to all of the windows.
And then he bought you a ring camera doorbell for his peace of mind.
You've heard him on the phone with his mom or one of his three sisters. All of them sounded cheerful about Omari, asking to see his chubby little face and cooing about his features and how he looks like some man named Johnathan (who you correctly assume is his father). His mother, a sweet woman with bright blue eyes and a warm smile, speaks to you each and every time she's on the phone. She'd asked about your diet, admonished you about not eating enough, and then promptly began scolding Johnny about the importance of making sure you ate enough. She explained that a breastfeeding mother needed to eat hearty and healthy and that she was sending him a list of foods for him to get and cook. The whole time, Johnny sat there nodding his head, cheeks flushed pink, and a little bit embarrassed.
You give him credit though, you thought he'd give you bland British Food, but he was making family recipes, and they were surprisingly good.
That's when he asked if he should know your parents. Which led to you calling them up on Skype one Saturday afternoon and your mom answering with a smile.
“Sweetie!” She smiles, “And how are you doing? Are you still having trouble with your depression?” She's asking before you can even shake your head no and switch the subject. “And did you speak with your therapist and psych about getting on new meds?”
Johnny is in the kitchen, Omari strapped to his chest (once again, that baby doesn't sit on his own ass…ever) and he's looking at you with concern. His blue eyes are unreadable, but you spy the clench in his jaw as he quietly listens along. He's warming up a bottle on the stove since Omari is more demanding for being fed more often, and your nipples are too sore to handle his little gummy gnawing. It's clear from the looks he keeps giving you that a conversation will be had.
“Nah, mom. I haven't seen them in the past three weeks since work picked up and stuff.” You lean back on the sofa and situate the laptop on the coffee table.
Your mom frowns and opens her mouth, but then she stops when she hears Omari start crying offscreen. “Where's the baby? Is Autumn with you? Tell that boy that he needs to call more.”
“No, Autumn isn't here…” You take a deep breath, “Omari's father John is here.”
She stares for a moment, “now don't you going pullin' my leg.”
“No really, he is. It's a long and interesting story, but we, and really I mean Aaliyah, found him by accident, and he wants in.” You try to sum it all up neatly, and the way you purse your lips, clearly say you won't be explaining much more.
“Ricky!” Your mom gets up and calls for your father, “Richard Knights!” She's walking offscreen, and you can hear the familiar squeak of the screen door and the distant sound of the lawnmower.
Johnny comes over and sits down. He's got Omari eating. He's a bit tense, and you understand him, meeting Davina over FaceTime was stressful. The woman wasn't the same as happy and go-lucky as Johnny or his other two sisters Fiona and Blair. You chalk it up to her being the eldest daughter as she acts similarly to Aaliyah.
“How does mah hair look?” His free hand messes with the front of his hair. The bottle is leaning against his chest.
“Johnny, you're holding your son, and you are about to meet my father and mother, and you wanna worry about hair?” You smack his hand away and fix it right for him. He leans into your touch and smiles at you. That smile makes your stomach flip, and he knows that it does because the smile becomes a bit devilish.
“Chuilein,” He whispers, his eyes are half lidded, “You smell nice.”
“I smell like milk.” You playfully push him away.
“You smell like a mother, and I'm trying to hold myself back from making Irish twins with you.”
“John really?” You shriek. At this time, both of your parent's are sitting down, and you're praying they didn't hear him. (The angry look on your father's face says otherwise.)
“What did you call me in here for Portia?” Your father says.
“She saying that this is Omari's father.” Portia smiles, “Hi darling, I'm Portia, and this is my husband Richard, but we call him Ricky.”
“You can call me Colonel.” Your father flat out denies Johnny of any familiarity. You can only groan and roll your eyes heavenward.
“Daddy, please don't be difficult.” The sigh you let out can be no less dramatic if you try.
“Nice to meet you, sir, Sergeant John MacTavish.” Johnny sits up straighter, and you are reminded that he is indeed an army soldier. He fell into the roll so easily.
“Hn.” Ricky grunts and nods his head once, “a sergeant? Can't say I'm displeased. Better than what I initially thought only by a margin.” His arms are folded across his chest. He watches from beneath his heavy brows, and his eyes squint just slightly. “Can you say what branch, or are there a bunch of NDAs involved?”
“Daddy would you-”
“A bunch of NDAs, but I do serve in S.A.S. sir.” He answers coolly. Omari starts to whine and cry slightly, and Johnny is immediately tuning into what he wants. He whispers softly to him and asks if he's tired of eating and wants to burp. Your mom is smiling and looks moved. Your father not so much.
“Hm.” Ricky nods his head again, “At least my daughter got pregnant by a decent man. Can't wait to see and learn if you're respectable and responsible.”
“Ricky, be nice.” Portia frowns, “He's here now, and it's a prayer answered that she won't be on her own and Omari will have his father.”
“He's black ops. I know their kind.” He doesn't budge, and he looks down at your mom with a knowing look.
“Anyway-” Portia rolls her eyes, “John, are you planning to come to the States for Omari's baptism?” She smiles at him, “Unless you and my daughter have decided to not get him baptized.”
“ah'm actually a Catholic ma'am.” He sits Omari up after burping him so he can see the screen.
“There's Mimi's little fat man!” Portia squealed, “and you're Catholic? I'm not all that familiar with the Catholic faith, but I suppose a baptism is a baptism for you all, too? Does it matter the denomination?”
“Mom, I still haven't decided if I want to get Omari baptized.” You try gently reminding her. You've all had this conversation multiple times, and you really don't wanna go all the way back home for a baptism.
“You know your GiGi already started picking out fabric for his suit.” Portia sighs.
“She's sewing it? Good lord.” Ricky huffs, “That sewing machine is gonna catch on fire. It's so old.”
“Point is, Sweetie, that we gotta schedule the baptism soon. Don't want that baby coming up on six months without it.” She says.
“We aren' doin’ a baptism.” Johnny says before you even open your mouth, he's still smiling down at Omari and tickling his little toes.
“Huh?” You and your mother speak at the same time.
“Yea, me an’ mah chuilein are more focused on get'n tha family thing right.” He looks up. His eyes are bright, but his smile is more like a tight grimace. Then, without prompting, he leans over and kisses you on the cheek. “‘Sides” He continues, “wouldnae be right to baptize him if his his mum an’ da are livin’ in sin aye?”
“Wait, he's living with you?” Your Dad growls.
You quickly go right into damage control, “No he ain't. It's an expression.”
“Aaww” your mother is crying now, “he's a God-fearing man, I was so worried she'd end up with a heathen.”
“Portia please…” Ricky sighs, “not every man who has religion is God-fearing…” he's trying to console her cries and praises of ‘Won't he do it.”
Johnny is watching the two of them with a raised brow and a crooked grin. He looks at you and nudges your side. “The're quite tha characters.” He whispers to you. He's leaning close to you, the warmth of his breath on the shell of your ear. “An’ donnae think we aren' gonna talk ‘bout yur depression an’ mental health.”
You meet his serious gaze, and those blue eyes aren't as playful and sweet. Instead, they are worried and his lips in a firm line. The moment is tense, and you feel sorta like you're in trouble, but that can't be right. It can't be right because you're a grown woman and who the fuck is he? So before you can even stop yourself the words come out of your mouth.
“John,” you say, the corner of your lip raised a bit, “last time I checked, I'm grown.”
He doesn't say anything, and his grimace only tightens. He won't be backing down on this one. His best mates all have abysmal mental health, and while he's semi adjusted, he too suffers, and he knows it's no joke. Your mom breaks the tension with a wail, and you just now realize the woman has started speaking in tongues.
“Mom, what?” You say watching the woman cry and sob. Some of the words are ‘Thank you Jesus.’
Your father is rubbing her back, “we will talk later, Baby girl…seems your mom has decided to work herself into a frenzy.” He looks at Johnny and hums. “Give him my number, I'd like to chat with him one on one.” And before you can rebuff anything, the screen goes blank.
“Does she do that often?” Johnny asks, clearly confused.
“She's probably in the middle of a spiritual psychosis episode.” You say with a sigh, “also please don't call my father Colonel. He's retired. And on a second note, when you inevitably meet my eldest brother Junior, don't call him anything but Junior.”
“Yur family sounds fun.” He laughed.
“They are…but we all love each other. Also, did you mean what you said about the baptism thing?” You ask.
“Aye, ah did.” He looks back at Omari, who at this point has decided to chew on his shirt and doze. “Alla tha stuff can be handle’ later. Mah own mum an’ sisters ‘ave been hintin’ at a catholic baptism an’ already itchin’ about first communion.”
You watch as he rocks and soothes the baby to sleep. He's really different from what you remembered. He didn't seem like the party boy that drank shots off of you and had dipped his tongue into your navel while you laid on the bar top. He didn't seem like the good fuck that spit in your mouth and made you call him daddy (and boy was that a self fulfilling prophecy). Johnny didn't even seem like some army dude, though he was somewhat paranoid about the windows and the front door and balcony door, even though your place was on the second floor. Right now, he painted the pretty picture as a guy who just wanted to take care of his son, affectionately whispering to him in his mother tongue the tune of some lullaby.
Your phone is out, and you've already snapped a photo.
“Don't post it to your insta.” He says just as you opened the app.
“Why not?” You ask.
“Because…” there is hesitation in him as he looks at you, “yur da mentioned he knows mah type.”
You scoff, “He knows the military, I guess.”
“He specifically ask'd ‘f ah was an NDA soldier or a regular one.”
“Okay and? So you can't talk about your work? How's that a big deal?”
“Chuilein…we gotta talk ‘bout mah job, an’ safety, ‘an we gotta talk ‘bout how I wan’ tae keep ya both safe an’ move ya both somewhere safe.” He is tense now and watching your face for every bit of reaction. Slowly, you understand what he's referring to. Your own father was that type of secretive, never spoke about work unless it was just your mom. It only became worse after he made Colonel. It really didn't relax until he retired, and everyone changed their last names to Knights.
You groan and place your head into your hands. Not only did you fuck a army boy, you fucked a spec ops army boy.
“You have gots to be fucking with me.” You whine.
Because, of course, your baby daddy is a shady war criminal, NDA soldier.
A/N: Plot in this story? Say it ain't so. Lol, IDK how the plot showed up, but it's still comedy and a hint of drama. There won't be any kidnappings or his job coming back to physically harm the reader and Omari. Thank you all for following.
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Tuesday’s Gone — Chapter 9
Russell Shaw x Reader
Summary: When the police does little to no help to find your missing daughter, you are forced to contact Colter Shaw. What you don’t expect is how his investigation will reveal secrets about both your past and your daughter’s, in ways you never imagined.
Warnings: angsty SMUT (MDNI), some fluff, domestic Russell deserves a warning, VW Beetle-shaming (yep, it’s real)
A/N: Hey, loves. I know I've been pretty absent here, and just a little fyi; my lack of responses aren't coming from a place of ignorance. I’ve been grappling with my mental health for a while now, and right now, I'm at the bottom of the rollercoaster. But don’t worry, I’m working my way back up, just like any sane person would do: with dying my hair red. No, seriously. I’m writing this with red dye in my hair. Alright, jokes aside, I really am getting there, bit by bit. Also, I'll get to reply to everyone eventually. Thank you for your patience, ily all!! 🤍💖
A/N 2.0: Oh, btw, we’re here, folks! Jumping (almost) straight into the smut. Hope you’re ready to enjoy every steamy minute of it – because trust me, it’s a bit on the longer side. Enjoy! 😏
Title’s based on Tuesday’s Gone by Lynyrd Skynyrd.
Catch up on Chapter 8 here
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The morning sun beamed in through the living room curtains, casting long stripes of light on the floor carpet as you stood, nervously drumming with your leg. It was Emma’s first day back at kindergarten since the whole kidnapping ordeal – an event you now refer to simply as “the Rourke incident.” You weren’t entirely sure she was ready, but her psychiatrist, who’d been meeting with her twice a week, had insisted it was best to get her back to normal life as soon as possible.
Two months. That’s how long it had been since everything went sideways, and since Russell had worked his way back into your life. Healing had been slow, but definitely steady.
“Come on!” Russell’s irritated voice cut through the quiet. He was out in the yard, wrestling with your car, which had apparently chosen today to stage a rebellion by refusing to start. Emma, already anxious about facing her mates again after so much time away, didn’t need this kind of drama. Neither did you, to be frank.
You glanced down at yourself for the hundredth time, brushing nonexistent lint off your blazer. It had been ages since you’d worn anything like this – at least it felt like it. The kind of outfit that screamed Yes, I’m totally put together, even if you weren’t quite there yet.
Your first day back at work as a project manager after everything. Two months of juggling nightmares, therapy appointments, and figuring out how to co-parent with Russell, who, by the way, had unofficially moved into your house, claiming the couch, meaning, he ditched whatever motel he was residing in before. To be fair, you were the one to offer it to him – He was practically living here 24/7 anyway.
At least this wasn’t a real workday, not yet. Just a soft launch. Your boss, who’d been more than understanding (hard not to be when your life-or-death situation made the news), suggested you start with half-days for the next two weeks. A gentle easing back into the chaos, he called it. You called it a godsend and said yes before he could change his mind.
Today wasn’t about deadlines or meetings; it was about relearning what normal was supposed to feel like.
And this morning was serving up all the normal it could muster.
“Is it ready yet?” you called through the open window, your tone teetering between hopeful and pleading.
Russell stood up from under the hood, wiping his hands on a rag that might have been white once. A streak of grease marked his jaw, giving him that rugged, too-cool-to-care look that had no business being so distracting.
“Almost there” he muttered. “Damn thing’s stubborn as a mule.”
“Stubborn like its mechanic” you quipped, earning yourself a mock glare. He ducked back under the hood, muttering something you didn’t catch but hearing the faint chuckle at the end.
Emma darted into the living room, her backpack bouncing on her tiny shoulders. “Are we going to be late?” she asked and you could hear the worry in her voice.
“Nope, Daddy’s got it handled” you said, channeling every ounce of fake confidence you had.
Truthfully, you didn’t want to be late either.
“Alright” Russell called, slamming the hood shut. “She’s good to go.” He shot you a thumbs-up before opening the driver’s door and sliding in to test the ignition. The engine roared to life, and you let out a breath you hadn’t realized you’d been holding.
“See? Told you” you said to Emma, giving her a quick hug before letting her scramble into the backseat. You followed suit, sliding into the front passenger seat.
“I still don’t get why we couldn’t just take my car” he said, nodding toward his Chevy parked smugly beside your Beetle. “And honestly, I look ridiculous in this chick-jalopy.”
You raised an eyebrow, feigning offence. “First of all, it’s not a chick-jalopy. It’s reliable, it’s efficient, and Emma loves it. Also, it’s cute,” you said, punctuating your point by wiping the grease off his jaw with a tissue.
“Cute, my a–” He cut himself off, catching himself just in time.
Emma groaned dramatically from the back. “Can we please go? I don’t wanna be late!”
“Alright, boss lady. Bubble Buggy, away!” Russell declared, throwing the car into gear and earning a playful glare from you.
And with that, your little circus hit the road.
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The drop-off went surprisingly well. Emma, clutching her Veterinarian Barbie, marched into the classroom with a nervous determination that made your chest swell with pride. Russell had insisted on coming along, too – not that you were surprised. He’d been a constant in her life these past couple of months, and Emma seemed to soak up his presence like a little sunflower.
As the three of you walked toward the building, you bent down and pulled her into a quick hug, whispering a few last words of encouragement. She nodded solemnly, then turned and practically cannonballed into Russell’s arms.
Watching her cling to him so naturally still took you by surprise.
You never doubted she’d warm up to him – he was her dad, after all. A figure she always asked about, a figure she always wanted. But the way Russell stepped into the role, like he’d been waiting his whole life for this chance? That was something you hadn’t expected. The man who once seemed allergic to responsibility was now the same man who played Barbies, kissed Emma’s scraped knees better, and read her bedtime stories in silly voices that always made her giggle. He didn’t let her leave the house without one of his big bear hugs, and she never wanted to. It was a version of Russell you hadn’t dared to imagine… but here he was, proving you wrong every damn day.
She lingered in his arms for just a second longer, her hands clutching at his shirt.
“You’re gonna crush it, bug” he murmured, his voice soft.
With a reluctant nod, she finally let go, her sense of duty overriding her nerves. She turned and headed inside, her tiny figure disappearing into the colorful chaos of the kindergarten room.
You and Russell stood in the doorway for a moment longer, watching her find her seat. She looked so small, dwarfed by the bright kiddy decorations and the chatter of her mates.
But before you could get too worried, her friends appeared like little magnets, pulling her into a circle of excited hugs. You saw her freeze for half a second, clearly not expecting the ambush, but then she smiled. That big, glowing smile that could light up a whole city block.
“She’s tougher than we give her credit for” Russell said, a touch of pride in his voice.
“She gets it from me” you teased lightly, though your throat tightened as you said it. You yourself didn’t quite believe it.
He chuckled with a warm and familiar sound. “Yeah, that tracks.”
His hand brushed yours as you both turned to leave, and you didn’t pull away.
“Come on” he said with a lopsided grin, tilting his head toward the exit. “I’ve got one more girl to drop off.”
He took your hand in yours and guided you back toward your “Tiara Taxi”. You wondered how many goddamn names he could come up with for that poor car.
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By the time you got home, the house felt… off. Too quiet, to be more precise. You weren’t used to not hearing Emma’s chatter bouncing off the walls.
Kicking off your heels by the door, you loosened your blazer and rolled your shoulders, trying to shake off the weight of the day. The tension melted a little when you spotted Russell in the kitchen, leaning against the counter with a mug of coffee in hand. He was freshly showered, his hair still slightly damp, wearing jeans and that old Cream T-shirt, the one he wore the day you met him at the diner you used to work at. It had more holes than fabric now, but somehow it made him look maddeningly hot.
“How’d it go?” he asked.
“It was… bearable” you said, reaching for the coffee pot. “Everyone at work looked at me like I was a ghost. Honestly, I felt like one. Meanwhile, I’m pretty sure Emma handled her first day better than I handled mine.”
Pouring yourself a cup, you moved to stand beside him, close enough to share the space but not enough to touch.
“Thanks for fixing the car this morning” you said, giving him a quick sidelong glance. “I can’t even imagine the meltdown we’d have had if we’d been late.”
He grinned, his eyes staying on you a beat too long, despite the teasing tone in his voice.
“I’ll fix that Cupcake Cruiser anytime.”
And there it was again – that unspoken something that had been simmering between you two for weeks. It filled the space between every casual brush of your arms, every shared smirk. Ever since that kiss, the tension had been building, stopping only at the occasional soft kisses, lingering touches, or the way his hand would find yours without a word.
You weren’t imagining it, and you definitely weren’t immune to it. If anything, it was getting harder to pretend it wasn’t there.
“I should change” you said, your voice a little shaky as you pointed vaguely at your blazer, like that was the problem.
“You look good” he blurted out, almost before he realized it. His ears went red, but he didn’t backpedal. “I mean… you always look good, but this… this is…” His gaze slid over you like he was taking in a masterpiece, and your pulse picked up in response.
“Russ…” you started, but he took a step closer. Close enough that you could feel the warmth radiating off him like a furnace.
“Tell me if I’m crossing a line” he murmured, his voice rougher than usual, like it took everything he had to keep it calm.
“You’re not” you whispered.
That was all the permission he needed. His hands slid around your waist, tentative at first, like he was afraid you might pull away. But when you didn’t, he closed the gap between you, kissing you like a madman. It was urgent, messy, and desperate, the kind of kiss that made you forget where you were or what you were supposed to be doing.
It was frantic and just so different from the soft kisses before.
His hands slid up your back, pulling you as close as your bodies physically allowed and you found yourself clutching at his tee like you might fall if you didn’t hold on. Your coffee, long forgotten, sat cold on the counter behind you, watching the scene unfold silently.
He pulled away just long enough to rest his forehead against yours, breath coming in ragged gasps. His highly delirious eyes searched yours, silently asking if you felt it too, the same thing pulsing between you two.
You did.
You felt it in your bones, and it was undeniable.
Without a word, he kissed you again, but this time, slower, more like he had all the time in the world. He took his sweet time, as if he needed to rediscover every inch of you, like he’d forgotten and now had to make up for lost time. His hands drifted to your waist, your back, tangled in your hair, touching you like you were the only thing that existed in that moment.
And for him, you kind of were.
Before you knew it, you were in the bedroom, your blazer tossed somewhere on the floor along with his t-shirt. The rest of your clothes followed in a blur of fumbling hands and breathless laughter, the weight of the past two months – and the years before that – melting away with every touch.
When he finally had you beneath him, his gaze softened, the intensity giving way to something deeper. “Are you sure?” he asked, his voice barely above a whisper.
You nodded, your hands cupping his face. “I’m sure.”
He looked down at you, his long hair brushing your face as you pulled him closer, bringing his lips to yours again. This time, the kiss was a promise: one that said you were sure, you wanted him just as much as he wanted you.
You wrapped your legs around his waist, now your barely clothed heat just two thin fabrics away from the place where it wants to be – given you both were only in your underwear by then.
He groaned in response, his hands gripping your thighs, stopping you from rubbing yourself against his erection.
“I’ll cream in my boxers if you keep this up.”
You giggled and popped yourself on your elbows. “I’d rather have you cream somewhere else” you said with a mischievous grin.
His laughter was sudden and rich, the kind that came straight from his chest. It was a sound of pure joy and disbelief.
So she’s still freaky, he mentally remarked in delight.
“God, I love you” he murmured, the words spilling out before he even realized he’d said them. He didn’t pause to dwell on his unplanned confession – he kissed you once more, but this time his hand slid to the back of your bra. It took a few clumsy tries, but when it finally gave way, he pushed the lace off your shoulders, letting it fall somewhere forgotten at the edge of the bed.
He pulled away from your lips, taking a moment to admire the view of your perky breasts, the cool air from the AC making your nipples harden from the breeze.
Perfect, just like he remembered.
Without hesitation, he leaned in, pressing soft kisses along the valley of your chest before suckling each nipple, his hand gently massaging the other. The warm, teasing pressure of his mouth sent a shiver through you, drawing out a chorus of soft moans, going straight into his now desperately hard cock, unconsciously rubbing it against the sheets.
Once his mouth had given one of your nipples the attention it deserved, he moved to the other, murmuring, “So soft.”
As your fingers brushed over familiar lines and curves, memories came rushing back like you’d just pressed play on a reel. Your palms glided over his firm chest and carved torso, stopping at the edge of his waistband. The fabric clung to his hips, daring you to go further.
It was surprisingly easy to recollect your memories about the details of him – you could still map the old scars you knew by heart (though there were new ones now), the freckles on his shoulder and chest, the little imperfections of his body you used to love all those years ago.
You seemed even more fascinated by them now.
Soft grunts and groans slipped from his lips as he felt your hands slip into his underwear. The hardness of his dick against your palm sent a rush of wildfire through your veins, feeling how much he still wanted you.
Needed you, really.
But he grabbed your hand, stopping its slow movements over his member.
“Not yet” he murmured, and though it took all his willpower, he pulled your hands out of his underwear, just to lift his head from your chest to start a slow, deliberate trail of wet kisses down your torso. Each kiss felt like a secret he was telling only your skin, moving lower and lower, until he reached the curve of your abdomen.
He paused there, pressing his lips to the spot where your lace panties met your silky skin.
His hands slid down to your hips, his thumbs tracing slow circles over the delicate lace. He glanced up at you, his green eyes still searching for reassurance that you were still on-board with all of this.
You absolutely were.
When the lace finally hit the floor and joined the growing heap of clothes, he didn’t dive right in. Instead, he paused to just look at you, his gaze so intense it made you feel both vulnerable and powerful at once. He was looking at you like you were something sacred.
You couldn’t help it, your mind wandered. Your body wasn’t the same as it had been four years ago, not after the pregnancy. And even though you tried to push the thought away, a flicker of self-doubt crept in. Would he notice? Would it matter?
“God, you’re beautiful” he mumbled, as if reading your mind, before leaning in to press his lips against the sensitive skin of your inner thigh. “Most beautiful woman I’ve ever seen” he added, and the sincerity in his voice sent a flush straight to your weeping pussy, soaking the sheets beneath you. He noticed, loving the effect he had on you. And the best part is: he meant every word. “Nobody compares… nobody.”
His hands stayed firm on your hips, holding you steady as he left a trail of kisses that edged closer and closer to your slick center.
Toe-curlingly teasing.
“Fuck– Russ” you gasped, your hands tangling in his hair as his lips finally found the spot where you were aching for him most.
His tongue danced around your folds, barely using any pressure at first, licking long stripes just to drive you even wilder. He kept up the slow, teasing pace, looking up at your soft features, until he was sure he’d made you wait long enough. His hands gripped your bent legs, holding you in place, making sure you weren’t going anywhere – not like going away crossed your mind.
“You taste so sweet, baby. Just like I remembered” he murmured, lapping lustfully at your lips.
Your needy, swollen clit ached for his mouth, his touch, anything, really, and it’s just like he heard its plea, he guided his lips to your sensitive bundle of nerves, sucking on it gently. The moan that slipped from your lips was louder than you meant it to be, but Russell didn’t seem to care. In fact, if his smirk was anything to go by, he seemed to love it, and just felt even more encouraged to be more and more daring. Bolder. Hungrier.
He devoured you like you were the finest meal he’d ever had, like he’d been starving for years and you were the only thing that could satisfy him.
And just when you thought you couldn’t take it anymore, your body trembling on the precipice, he looked up at you, his face was flushed, his swollen lips and trimmed stubble glistening with your essence, looking absolutely, insanely, unbelievably hot.
"Come on, sweetheart" he murmured against your skin with a voice both rough and encouraging, like he needed this just as much as you did. "Be a good girl and let go f’me."
To help you get over the edge, he slipped one finger inside of you, plunging it in and out of your sloppy hole at a delicious pace.
And just like that, with one final, perfectly timed and placed flick of his tongue, you came undone. Your whole body went taut, and the world blurred for a moment as a white-hot wave of bliss crashed over you and you came over his face. You didn’t have any time to overthink it, be embarrassed about it, since he didn’t stop lapping at your juices, nor the vigorous fingering of your pussy.
He continued until you had nothing more to give, easing you back down with gentle kisses and slowly decreasing strokes. With his tongue still on your sensitive lips, you slowly floated back to reality.
When your eyes finally fluttered open, he was hovering above you.
You could see his expression was somewhere between boyish pride and unshakable devotion.
“Still the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen” he said, brushing a strand of hair from your damp forehead. “I love seeing you coming undone because of me.”
You were still catching your breath, panting heavily, but you managed to kneel on the bed in front of him. “Let me…”
“No” His hands gently brushed yours away from his waistband, and for a moment, your heart sank.
Did he change his mind? Or worse – did he not want you to please him the way he’d just please you?
Sensing the hurricane of self-doubt flicker across your face, he leaned in with a soft, reassuring smile. “I want this to be about you. Last time… we didn’t exactly finish properly because–”
His words trailed off, but you both knew what he meant. Your last time together more than four years ago…. when that man broke into your home. The gunshot. The way you’d panicked and pushed him away afterward. It was a night neither of you could forget, no matter how much you tried.
“I just… want to make it up to you” he confessed. “For that night. For everything after.”
You felt the weight of his words, the sincerity in his eyes, and the softness in his touch. It wasn’t just about physical pleasure – it was about the things left unsaid, the things neither of you had been able to fix in the aftermath.
You reached up, your fingers tracing the line of his jaw as your eyes locked.
“You don’t have to make anything up” you said softly, your words brushing against his lips. “You’re here now. You showed up when it mattered. That’s enough.”
You kissed him, slow and sure, letting him feel every bit of what you meant. The taste of yourself on his lips just fueled the intensity of the moment. Your hands slid back to his boxers, giving the waistband a playful tug. “Now…” you said with a small smirk “let’s get rid of these before I lose my patience.”
He smiled, swallowing a chuckle, before helping you with the rest. His cock sprang free, standing tall and proud against his stomach. The girth and the delicious pattern of veins still managed to take your breath away.
You could still remember how he felt, how he tasted…
As his underwear hit the floor, you both knelt on the bed, your eyes locked before flicking down to his pre-cum-soaked erection.
“Jesus fuck” you exhaled, mouth watering, your hands skimming his waist, summoning the courage to take what you needed.
You wrapped your hand around the base, his member instantly reacting to your touch, accompanied by another strangled moan from his lips. He let you stroke him a little, his breath hitching, before he managed to ask, “Are you still on birth control?”
You froze mid-motion, caught off guard.
“Uh, no” you admitted. “Didn’t exactly work out last time, did it?” you added with a wry smile. It stung a little to say, but it was true. And honestly, you wouldn’t change a thing – not when it meant having Emma.
Russell caught the flicker of bittersweetness in your eyes, his own softening as he started to say, “I’ve got a–“
“Bottom drawer, right side” you cut him off with a smirk, tilting your head toward the nightstand.
A laugh rumbled in his chest as he leaned back, grabbing what he needed.
“You really are always two steps ahead, huh?” he teased, his grin widening as he slipped on the condom.
He was hovering above you, eyes locked, and yet somehow it felt like he was on the other side of the planet.
“Are you… really, absolutely sure?” he asked, his voice a mix of doubt and desperation.
You couldn’t help but giggle again. “Stop asking, Russ. Stop second-guessing yourself.”
He smiled softly at your words and guided himself towards your slick core, the tip already nudging at your entrance. He looked down at you, giving you one last chance to back off before he let himself give in to the desire that’s been building up in him for months now.
You nodded softly, granting him any permission he’d ever asked for. He took a shaky breath, bracing himself for what was about to come.
Then, he eased himself in.
The intrusion was both foreign and familiar at first. He was only half-way in, but he already felt you getting tighter and tighter.
“S’okay, sweetheart. I’ll go slow” he murmured as he soothed your skin on your thighs.
The slick from your previous orgasm helped him bottom out slowly but surely, and once he was fully seated, he let out a long, throaty moan. He stilled for a moment, eyes shut, grabbing into your bent thighs to steady himself.
“Missed you s’much… missed this…” he whispered. “Thought I’d never–“
The words died on his lips.
The rawness of his voice, the desperation, the way he said those words with so much honesty and regret, clutched your heart. You knew he meant it, you knew how much he had been hurting – just like you. But you also couldn't help but feel just as guilty. Most of his pain was caused by you, the way you handled things, the way you’d pushed him away when things got tough, the way you’d shut him out… It was all your doing, just as much as it was his.
Not being able to take the weight of it, you gently cupped his face, guiding him back to look at you.
You looked at him like you were about to say something that weighed on your shoulders for long, something that’ll change everything between the both of you. He sensed it, green irises burning into yours, waiting.
“I love you, too, Russ” you whispered, voice tight with emotion, afraid he might not have heard you right by the look on his face. “I love you” you repeated, louder this time, as if to make sure it was clear, and by the feeling of his cock twitching inside of you, he heard it loud and perfectly clear.
“And I missed you, too” you added.
That was it. That was all he needed to hear. His hips began to move as his lips elicited soft grunts and moans, his hands still holding on to your thighs, bruisingly tight.
“God, sweetheart. Say it–” he grunted, burying himself inside of you, his tip brushing against your deepest parts. “Say it again.”
“I love you, Russell. I think I never really stopped.”
It did it to him. He dived into you like a man on a mission. The tenderness was still there, yet he gave way to something more primal, something almost bestial.
Squelching, lewd noises and moans filled the otherwise quiet room. The pace he was setting wasn’t necessarily brutal, but the way he slammed into you with such precision was almost too perfect to handle.
Your otherwise sensitive bundle of nerves screamed as he slipped his thumb on them, applying just the right amount of pressure.
You could feel how close you were. Hell, he could feel how close you were. The way your walls tightened and how you could barely hold your moans were a pretty good indication of what was about to come. Literally.
“Fuck- Russ” you moaned as he began to increase the pace of his thrusts, his fingers still rubbing on your clit.
“I know…” he panted, “I know… I’m- I’m getting close, too. But I need to feel you comin’ around me, sweetheart. You can let go, baby. Then I’ll fill you up good.”
His own voice was strangled, barely holding on, but the urge to make you reach it first was still stronger.
“Let go f’me, pretty girl” he instructed, rubbing your clit just a bit harder.
The coil finally snapped in your stomach, feeling a sensation you can’t quite remember when you had last.
“There you go. Such a good girl. Such a perfect girl. God, how I love it when you do this” he moaned and felt his cock twitch buried deep in your velvety walls. He looked down at your joint bodies and saw his dick laced with your essence, forming a creamy ring at the base. The sight itself was the thing to push over the edge.
He came with a groan, burying himself inside of you, his thighs and body going taut while he tried not to collapse on top of you. His member was suffocating in the confines of the condom, his seed still loading the rubber.
He didn’t want to move. Neither did you. The only sound of the room was your tangled breaths and the intense pounding of your hearts. He let himself lower himself once his eyes dared to creak open, finding your eyes still busking in the afterglow.
“Are you okay? Was I too rough? Didn’t I—”
You cut him off with a gentle, breathless laugh, fingers brushing his chest as you tried to make sense of the way your heart was pounding, both from the intensity of the moment and the unexpected peace that followed it.
“Russ… I’m okay. Great, actually” You smiled, your voice soft.
His brow furrowed slightly, a flicker of relief flashing through his eyes, followed by that familiar teasing grin. “Huh… You got me worried a bit. I’ve got worried it was post-but clarity on your face.”
“No post-nut clarity here. Just... clarity”
He smiled softly at that, then slowly pulled out of you and removed the piece of plastic, tossing it into the bin.
For a moment, he just froze, unsure of what to do next. Would it be too much to hold you? Was that stepping into too much territory?
You gave him a sleepy, amused look. “Come on” you mumbled, your voice low and slightly hoarse. “You’ve just fucked the wind out of me. You think I’d kick you out of my bed afterward?”
He laughed, the tension easing out of his shoulders. "Fair point. I just… wasn’t sure if you’d want me to stay.”
You shifted a little, making space for him beside you, your gaze soft. “Of course I do”
And so, you both just lay there. The room was quiet, the only sound your breaths slowly syncing. The space between you felt right, like it had always belonged to both of you, and the warmth of his body next to yours felt oddly familiar. Like it had always been meant to be this way.
You stayed like that for what felt like an eternity, the rhythm of each other’s breath comforting. And for the first time in a long while, you allowed yourself to just be. Because you wasted way too much time already, and you won’t make the same mistake twice.
So, it was just you, and it was just him, and the world felt right again.
This was home.
Then, your phone’s alarm went off, pulling you back to reality with an almost comical jolt. You groaned softly, smiling faintly at the disruption. You climbed out of bed, the soft tug of the sheets falling off your body as you rose. “Come on” you said with a small smile. “We have to pick up our daughter.”
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Next on Tuesday's Gone (Sneak Peek from Chapter 10, aka the Epologue)
The building the dog was charging toward was a big, brick beauty, with towering windows and a brand-new sign hanging proudly above the door. It was the final product of an ongoing battle of bad brewery name ideas between you and Russell.
You’d pitched some real gems like Hop Notch Brewery, Sweet Foam Idaho, and Shawbusiness. You also reminded him of your previous, brilliant suggestions. You were obviously just having fun, knowing it was Russell’s dream project.
“I’m just trying to help!” you exclaimed playfully.
But still – Shawstopper was practically genius, right?
He, of course, was more into traditional names like Shaw & Co Brewery or Shawcraft.
But then… you pitched the one name that made him crack. One that he absolutely hated. Hated it so much that, for some bizarre reason, he thought it was twistedly brilliant. So, here you were, standing beneath the freshly hung sign above the front door of…
“Shawshank Brewdemption” Emma read out loud, brows furrowed. “I don’t understand!”
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They’re home. It feels so good to finally say that. I can’t wait to share the last chapter with you all soon.
And of course, happy holidays to everyone!
xx Pam
Chapter 10 coming soon…
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Unlucky
♡ pairing: slytherin x reader ♡ summary: reader is a person nobody likes, she’s very unlucky. ♡ wordcount: 895 ♡ warnings: platonic relationships with the slytherins.
She sighed as she made her way over to the library. Another long, boring day behind her. For a moment she paused in the doorway, her left hand held on to the heavy wooden doors. Her dark eyes moved from one end of the room towards the other. Everywhere she looked, little cliques sat together, whispering about god knows what. A small voice in the back of her head told her they were talking about her.
A sigh escaped her painted lips again. Her eyes are now only focused on her black Mary-Janes as she goes through the bookshelves with old worn books. The smell gave her a sense of peace. Finally, she found a somewhat secluded place for her to sit. To get there she passed by a table filled with girls a year below her. She saw them looking at her. A look of surprise flasheed over all of them before they quickly looked away and pretended like they hadn’t seen her in the first place. It took every fibre of her being not to roll her eyes at the girls.
She was known as the ‘unlucky’ girl in Hogwarts. For whatever reason, something bad always seemed to happen to her. Not like that Seamus guy in Gryffindor. Her luck was even worse.
Nonchalantly, she threw her bag down on the table, a little harder than she intended. The candle, which rested on the windowsill next to her, fell over.
“Shit,” she cursed under her breath. As quickly as she could, she picked it up trying to put it up right again. In the midst of all the commotion, the girls, a table away, stared at her trying to keep their giggles at bay. Very obviously failing at it.
She dropped the candle again. With a hiss, she looked at her fingers. She completely forgot that the candle is made out of hot wax.
After all that, she allowed herself to sit down on the chair. Her chest heaved up and down, her heart was beating out of her chest out of embarrassment and her fingers stung. She tried her absolute best to not look at the girls next to her. She could feel the looks they were giving her.
She didn’t like it.
“Come on, girls,” she heard one of them say. “Let’s go, before we catch her unluckiness.”
The girl just sighed to herself, slowly shaking her head. Some people were just unbelievable.
What the girl didn’t realise, was that a few tables away, dark stormy eyes followed her with everything she did.
The stormy eyes suddenly lose their focus when one of his friends smacks his shoulder.
“What you looking at, Mattheo,” Enzo asks him with a smile.
“Don’t mind him,” Pansy rolls her eyes. “He’s just staring at Y/N again.”
At that, all heads turns towards the girl who had her nose stuck in a book. By now, everyone had moved around her and she was sitting completely alone.
An hour must’ve past and the stormy eyes hadn’t left the unlucky girl. Besides him, nobody payed much attention to her and if they did they dashed away quickly. Scared to catch the curse that seemed to linger around her.
It was starting to annoy him. Out of nowhere he stood up and walked over towards her table before anyone could stop. His friends looked on curiously, scared about what was going to happen.
“What’s he doing?” Theo asked, his hand weaved through his hair.
“I have no idea,” Pansy answered him.
The exchange between the two seemed to go flawlessly. The girl even smiled a little at their friend before she gave him one of his books.
Smugly, Mattheo walked back towards their table. smacking the book slightly using his left hand.
“What?” he asked when he sat down. “I needed this book.”
Draco snatched it out of his hand. “This is about Transfiguration, mate,”
“So,” Mattheo snatched it back, opening it on a random page.
“That exam was last week,” Pansy deadpanned.
“Oh,”
The next day, the girl found herself back inside the library. Luckily for her, it was filled to the brim with students. There wasn’t a single table left anywhere. Only a few seats inbetween groups of friends.
“Well, that sucks,” Theo scoffed as he looked inside. “Better get going then,”
Mattheo held him back before he could get to far.
“Hey, Y/N” He called out for her. She turned her head at once. “You seen anymore open places?”
The girl only shook her head.
“You wanna come with us?” Pansy asked her friendly. “Find a place to study?”
Suddenly the girl smirked slightly. “I think I might have an idea. Let me,”
With confident strides, the girl walked inside the library. The slytherins followed her, not sure what she was up to. The further they walked towards the back, the more they saw how full the library actually was.
The large table in the back, had only one free spot left which just happened to be inbetween two groups of people. Silently she plopped herself down.
The students who sat her next to her got up without a single word. All deciding they’d rather not risk their changes next to Hogwarts most unlucky girl.
The group of slytherins sat around her, all looking very proud.
“Just like magic,” she said with a smirk.
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12 Days of Ficmas
Day 4: Just a Little Bit
A/N: Omg, thank you so much!!! I'm sorry this is late! My house is a shit show right now with me sick, both kids sick, and the dog sick, all of us with different maladies. However, I hope you enjoy this one!
Special shout out to @ccab for coming up with the idea for this one!
Warnings: 18+ minors DNI, smut, cussing, kissing, p in v sex, unprotected sex, ejaculation
Word count: ~1.4k
You've always been good with your hands. You have nimble little fingers that work quickly over the articles of clothing you handle. And your attention to detail is unmatched. You can spot a missing button from a mile away. That's how you got this job tending to Elvis's jumpsuits. Someone else designs them and makes them and another person cleans them, but you take care of them, sewing on pieces that have fallen off, patching tears, and keeping them looking their best.
It didn't take him long to notice you. The first time you were called in to mend one while he was wearing it, he flirted with you shamelessly. The next night, he faked needing you to tie his macrame belt and that became your job any time he wore one. You swore he was purposely ripping the brocade off just so you'd have to take fabric glue to his chest before he went on stage.
You've untangled fringe, reattached beads, sewn on conchos, and fixed eyelets all while he's wearing the jumpsuits. He somehow always seems to damage them just by putting them on. You have a sneaking suspicion this is a ploy to get you to his dressing room, but you'd never say that. Instead, you take your little tackle box of supplies and patch him up however he needs. He greets you the same way every time, calling you “Little Bit” because you deal with the little bits on his suits. You've fallen into a kind of routine with him before every show and it's fun and comfortable. He breaks something, you show up, he hollers “Little Bit!” and flirts with you while you fix him up, then he kisses your cheek and heads out to the stage.
But it catches you off guard when you get a call to come to his dressing room after the show. Still, you grab your box of bits and make your way to him.
“Little Bit! Thank God.” He dismisses all the other people in the room, leaving you alone with him.
“You called for me?” Despite the weeks of flirting, you still get a little nervous around him.
“I did. I need help.” You walk over to him and set your box on the table, opening it.
“What seems to be the trouble?” He smiles slyly.
“Can't get my zipper undone.” You look up at him quickly.
“You… can't…”
“The zipper is stuck. C’mere.” He gestures for you to come closer, so you do. Then, he makes a big show of trying to undo the zipper, but it doesn't budge. “See?”
“This is not really… I don't think I can…”
“Oh, come on, with your little fingers? I bet you can.” Your hands shake a bit, but you reach out and try the zipper. Sure enough, it's stuck. You tug a little harder, but it doesn't move.
“Hm.” You keep trying, but after a few minutes, he covers your hands with one of his big ones. When you look up at him, he puts his other hand on the side of your face.
“You sure are a pretty little thing, Little Bit.”
“Oh, um, thank you.”
“Can I kiss you a little bit, Little Bit?” His smirk gives away how pleased he is with his joke. You swallow hard, not sure what to say. He runs his thumb over your lips. “Just a little bit.”
Finally, you nod and close your eyes. He smiles and leans in, pressing his mouth to yours tenderly. Your eyes flutter open as he pulls back.
“See, now, that wasn't so bad, was it? Close your eyes. I'm gonna do it again.” You do as you're told without hesitation. This time he starts at your forehead, presses his lips to each eyelid and cheek, then your nose and chin, and lands at your mouth again. He hovers with his nose touching yours. “Little bit more this time.”
When he kisses you again, he parts his lips and teases yours with his tongue, waiting to be granted entry. You open your mouth and he pushes past your lips, sending his tongue in to tangle with yours. As the kiss deepens, he moves his other hand to the small of your back and pulls your hips into his. You feel his hard length where it pokes you, straining against the fabric of his jumpsuit.
“I'd love to touch you a little bit?” He says it like a question, but his hands are already roaming all over your body. “This okay, Little Bit?”
“Yes.” You whimper breathlessly.
“Little more.” He kisses down your neck with hot, open-mouthed kisses. You're wearing a button-down shirt that he rips open, sending the buttons flying around the room. You gasp as his kisses continue down your body and he pushes your shirt off. He slips one bra strap off your shoulder, exposing your breast to him. “Gonna taste you a little bit.”
You moan softly as he runs his tongue around your nipple and then pulls it into his mouth. He eventually just takes your bra off, pulling back to admire your chest.
“Not so little.” He chuckles, taking both of your breasts in his hands and squeezing gently. His hands slide around your back and down into your slacks to grab your ass. He pulls you in hard against him, grinding his hard-on into you and whispering in your ear. “Wanna fuck you, Little Bit.”
“Just a little bit?” You whimper as he pushes your pants and underwear to the ground.
“No, Little Bit. I wanna fuck you a lot.” He reaches up to unzip his jumpsuit as he kisses you hard, but the zipper is still stuck. “This fuckin’ thing.”
He pulls on it, but it's not moving at all. Without thinking, you turn back to your box and grab a pair of scissors. You both know that the maker of the jumpsuit is gonna kill you, but right now in this moment you do not care at all and neither does he. He inhales to give you room and you slide the scissors in and start to cut. After a few seconds, he decides you're taking too long and just rips it open, frantically pulling it off of his shoulders and down with his mouth pressed to yours wildly.
As soon as he's free of it, he turns you around, bending you over the small table. He uses one hand to guide the tip of his cock to your entrance and the other to steady your hips.
“So good and wet for me, Little Bit.” He coos as he slowly starts to push into you from behind. You moan as he fills you up, holding both of your hips as he bottoms out inside you. “Fuck.”
And then he pulls back and fills you again, picking up a steady rhythm of pounding you with his cock. Your eyes cross and you whimper while he slams into you over and over again. He stands you up and kisses the back of your neck and shoulder as he fucks you, his cadence getting more and more erratic. You get louder and louder with each thrust as your own climax approaches. He feels your walls start to squeeze and flutter, so he slips his hand around you to rub your clit while he hits your g-spot relentlessly.
“Come on, Little Bit, cum for me baby.” He grunts, trying to hold off his orgasm.
“Just a… little bit… more… oh fuck!” You yell and grab onto the table as you cum, your release washing over you as your body pulses and throbs around him. He manages to pound you just long enough to get you through before he pulls out and pumps himself with his hand, shooting spurts of cum on your ass. After you catch your breath, you hand him your shirt and he uses that to wipe you clean before stumbling backwards to the small couch. He pulls you with him and you settle onto his shoulder. As you sit there, he starts to laugh.
“That suit is ruined.”
“Little bit.” You giggle and he kisses your forehead. “So is my shirt.”
“You can have one of mine.”
“Oh yeah? You like the idea of me wearing your clothes?”
“Little Bit, I like the idea of you. What you're wearing is irrelevant.” He pulls your fingers to his mouth and presses his lips to them. You sit there for a bit longer before you sigh, looking around the room at the mess you made and whispering.
“Well, that was unexpected.” He chuckles.
“Little bit…”
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Starting feeling things about the game tonight, so
Matthew’s been trying so hard to pretend that nothing is wrong. To ignore that they've been talking less and less often in recent weeks, that it's stilted and uncomfortable when they do. That their conversation on his birthday barely lasted five minutes. That he can’t seem to say anything about hockey without pissing Leon off.
That he hasn’t heard from Leon at all in three days.
He tried to call him the night before they left for Edmonton, and he tried to call him right before getting on the plane, and he’s texted more times than he can count. He knows that Leon didn’t disappear off the face of the earth — he’s seen proof of life from the Oilers media. He just doesn’t want to talk to Matthew.
“He’s breaking up with me,” Matthew says glumly at the poker table.
“Or he’s just trying to keep his head in the game,” Benny suggests.
“He could keep his head in the game and still talk to me,” Matthew insists. “He’s breaking up with me and he’s being a wuss about it.”
“Then go talk to him yourself,” Benny says. “You know they’ll have morning skate tomorrow. Go to the rink.”
“That’s…not a terrible idea,” Matthew says slowly.
“I know. I’m brilliant.” And then he wins a hundred of Matthew’s hard-earned dollars. Jackass.
But he’s a jackass who’s right at least some of the time, so Matthew slips out of the hotel the next morning while the rest of the guys are still eating breakfast and calls an Uber to the arena.
It doesn’t occur to him until he gets there that they’re not just going to let him stroll right in, which means he has to swallow his pride and call Connor.
“Uh, hello?”
“I’m outside, come tell the security guard to let me in.”
“You’re outside,” Connor repeats disbelievingly.
“Leon won’t answer any of my messages and if he wants to dump me before this game then he needs to do it to my face, so come let me in.”
There’s a pause before Connor sighs.
“Give me ten minutes.”
He doesn't look too pleased when he shows up, but at least he tells security that Matthew is allowed in.
"I told him you're here," Connor says. "He's waiting for you in one of the trainer rooms." They don't talk at all while he walks Matthew over, which means there's ample opportunity for his anger to turn to fear. This is it. Holy shit, this is it and then he's going to be miserable for the rest of his life. Maybe he should just let Leon ghost him instead of having to look him in the eye and burst into tears while begging him to reconsider.
"Here," Connor says, stopping outside a room. "Don't be idiots, okay?"
Leon is sitting, but he stands up as soon as Matthew opens the door. They both hover where they are, a good six feet apart.
"Hi."
"Hi."
It's a long, painful moment of silence before they both start to speak at the same time.
"I'm sorry I—" "Please don't break up with me!"
"Wait, what?" Leon says.
"Don't break up with me," Matthew repeats, wincing at how pitiful his voice sounds. "Whatever it is I did, just let me fix it. Don't do this."
"I'm not—" Leon scrubs at his face and groans. "I'm not breaking up with you, Matty, good god."
"......You're not?"
"No. I—can we sit?"
Matthew thumps into the chair next to him. He suddenly feels very, very tired.
"I know I've been kind of an ass," Leon says. "There's just been so much attention on this game and I've been stressing about it and...I don't know."
"And you didn't want to talk to me about it," Matthew says.
Leon sighs. "No, I didn't. You're the enemy on the ice right now, Matthew. You told me yourself how pissed off you were the first time you played Vegas after losing to them. Don't you think I feel the same way? I just needed to focus on my play and my team."
Oh.
"I guess I didn't think about it like that," Matthew admits.
"Shocking," Leon says flatly, though there's a brightness in his eyes. "Look, I know I haven't handled it that well — believe me, Connor keeps telling me. I didn't mean to shut you out completely. I just didn't want to get into it. I'm sorry I was an idiot."
"I was an idiot too," Matthew says. "So I'm sorry too. And you—you're not breaking up with me?"
"Of course I am, Matthew. I could handle you winning the Cup against me, I could go to your Cup Day, but this regular game when we're not even halfway through the season is just a bridge too far. I'll send you a box of your stuff."
"Shut the fuck up." Matthew feels about a thousand pounds lighter than he did half an hour ago. Leon grins and leans in, stopping just before kissing him.
"But I'm going to kick your ass up and down the ice tonight."
Matthew smirks and closes the distance.
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Songbirds in the City Air (i'm not gonna make it)
Prologue
Zhu Li Na was forced into servitude for her cruel step-mother and step-sisters since she was nine years old, and she craves nothing more than a night away from all of them. When an invite from the royal palace comes saying all eligible women are invited to the palace's New Years ball to meet the Princess Xiuying, she can't help but think that maybe this could be her moment.
AKA the cinderella au for my freenoodles fankid, Li Na, that literally nobody asked for
Prologue Chapter 1
Ao3 Link
Li Na laid resting with her head on her older brother’s lap, the latter combing his fingers through her hair and the former messing with the fabric of his robe. It was a quiet day on their farm, everyone moving around with hushed voices and next to silent footsteps so as not to disturb the little family of four, soon to be three– though of course Li Na didn’t like thinking about that. Frankly, no one did, but as the days passed and Pigsy only got worse and worse, everyone knew it was only a matter of time.
It almost made Li Na furious. The doctor had lied and the medicine water hadn’t worked and now her dad was– it wasn’t right! However, the flame of her anger turned into waves of sorrow and she kept her head low on her brother’s lap. She prayed this could be over like a bad dream and she could wake up with her dad just as happy as he was three weeks before.
MK used to promise her their dad would get better, but now he’s silent. He still rubbed her ears and stroked her hair, but the silence almost made her burst out into sobs. It was never this quiet around home. She was right, this was all backward, it wasn’t fair– but it was going to happen anyways. Now, the entire farm held its breath and waited.
“Li Na..?”
The girl sat up and looked at her baba standing by the hallway. His smile was so soft, but tired, and his eyes were puffy and red. He held out his hand for her, but Li Na almost wanted to keep laying here, thinking if she stayed away, this moment would never end and her dad would keep living.
MK rubbed her back encouragingly. His eyes were red and puffy too. He still didn't talk, but she could practically hear him telling her to breathe and that it'll all be okay. She hardly believed him, but got off the bench anyway, taking her baba's hand as he led her back into their bedroom, stroking her hand with his thumb the entire way there.
They stopped right before opening the door. When Li Na looked up at Tang, he looked like he was going to cry again, but instead forced a smile.
“I'll be waiting right here, okay? All you have to do is say the word and I'll be right there,” he squeezed her hand.
Li Na nodded.
“Alright. He's ready for you,” Tang kissed her head and opened the door for her, and so the eight-year-old slowly crept in.
Immediately, the girl noticed the heavy aura of the room. It was absolutely spotless for once, which Li Na was smart enough to know it hadn't been in quite some time. In fact, the only remaining signs of struggle and disease were a bowl with a rag soaking to help cool her dad– her dad.
He was laying in the middle of the bed, numerous pillows from all over the house propping him upright. He was pale– too pale– and had lost a lot of weight, his eyes looking sunken with dark circles. However, when he glanced at her, they lit up, and he smiled.
“Hey there, bao bei,” he croaked, and Li Na instantly ran and jumped up on the bed, giving him the tightest hug she could manage, already crying.
Pigsy wrapped his arms around her as best he could and kissed her head. “I've missed you.”
“Please don't go, dadsy– I don't want you to go,” Li Na pleaded, nuzzling her face in his chest.
“Oh, kiddo… you're so brave and strong…”
“I don't wanna be brave and strong, I-I want you,” Li Na cried.
Pigsy smiled sadly. “My little bao bei, I’ll always be with you.”
“S’not the same, I-I-I've missed you so much, Dadsy– please don't go,” she begged with all her might.
“Li Na, I know it’s hard… but you’ll be okay. Your baba and MK will take care of you,” Pigsy urged, stroking her hair lightly.
“I don’t care! I want you,” Li Na shook her head furiously. “I hate this! W-why didn’t the medicine work? It’s not fair, dadsy, it’s not fair.”
Pigsy sighed weakly. “I know, bao bei, it’s not. I’m sorry… I wish it was, I swear I do…”
Li Na hugged her dad tighter. “It’s too quiet without you and baba laughing all the time. I hate it here.”
“I know… but I promise you your baba’s laugh will come back one day… and you and MK will be able to laugh with ‘im too, just like old times,” Pigsy chuckled, but Li Na shook her head again.
“No, I won’t– I’ll never laugh again if you leave us, I won’t, I won’t, I won’t.”
“You will, Li Na. I know you will. You’ll find happiness after I’m gone, I promise,” Pigsy placed a weak hand on her cheek.
Li Na pressed her dad’s hand closer. “I don’ wanna be happy when you’re gone.”
Her dad chuckled again. “‘Fraid you don’t get a choice, kiddo. Good things will happen whether you want ‘em or not.”
Li Na looked away from her dad, quickly readjusting herself so her dad’s arm was wrapped around her and she was snuggled next to his chest. “How–... how do you know that?”
Pigsy kissed the top of her head once more. “I know that because… despite everything… you’ll still be the same sweet and kind girl you are now.”
“What if I’d rather be mean and bitter?” Li Na asked, bring his arm tighter around her.
“You won’t, you’re too good– like your baba and brother,” Pigsy stroked her arm with his thumb.
Li Na went quiet, tears still streaming, but completely out of words. Despite everything, it was good to snuggle with her dad one more time, so instead of talking she worked to memorize the feeling as best she could. She memorized how warm his skin was against hers, how soft his cotton robe was, how it felt for him to breathe normally, how his thumb stroked her hands, how she could feel him relax when her tears lessened, and how he shook with the effort to express his love. She embraced it all, pressing it deep in her mind so that she’d never, ever lose this feeling.
Her dad was quiet too, except for the occasional harsh breath and weak cough. It scared Li Na every time, but she would just hold her dad’s hand with both of hers and squeeze tight, and when the coughing fit was done, he’d squeeze right back. It made her cry harder, thinking about all the pain he was in and then how he wouldn’t be in pain soon but only because he’d be gone, and then–
“It’s just… it's not fair,” Li Na croaked.
“I know, kiddo… I’m so sorry,” Pigsy apologized and Li Na leapt up to hug him again.
“I-I’m gonna miss you.”
“I’ll miss you too, bao bei.”
“...You promise not to go to the spirit realm too soon..?”
“I'll always be with you, kiddo. I promise.”
Li Na slowly nodded, sitting upright and wiping her face with her sleeve. Her dad instantly tried moving his arm up to her cheek, which Li Na helped him with.
“I love you, Li Na.” Her dad smiled, tears of his own streaking down.
“I love you too, dadsy.” Li Na tried her best not to break again, though she certainly leaned into his touch as best she could, trying to memorize this feeling too.
It was quiet again for a minute, before her father slowly croaked, “C-could you get… your baba and MK for me, sweetie?”
Li Na nodded and hopped off the bed, opening the door for Tang. He didn't hesitate to burst in, meanwhile the girl lingered at the door.
“Honey? What is it? How are you feeling?” Tang rushed to his husband’s bedside and grabbed his hand, kissing it twice and stroking his forehead.
“Get MK, please?” The demon asked.
“Of course. I'll be right back,” Tang bent to kiss his husband's head before running and calling for MK.
While he did, Li Na slowly made her way back onto the bed to hold her dad’s hand again, which made him smile ever so slightly.
“So sweet… so kind, my Li Na…” he whispered.
Li Na kept her eyes low. “Thank you, dadsy… I-... I won't change that, I promise.”
“That's my girl.” His smile grew when MK and Tang returned.
“Dad, You– you said you needed me?” MK asked, hand going to the demon’s shoulder.
Pigsy’s eyes could barely stay open at this point, but he looked at MK with quiet relief. “Son… I’m so proud of you…”
MK stepped closer. “I-I know, dad, you told me earlier–”
“I love you, son.”
“I love you too, dad,” MK assured, squeezing Pigsy’s shoulder tight.
Pigsy’s eyes wandered to his left, where Tang was now standing. “Tang…”
“I’m right here, Pigsy, I’m right here,” Tang held onto Pigsy’s other hand.
“I love you too, Tangy,” the demon said.
“I-I love you too, Pigsy.” Tang sniffled before kissing his forehead, allowing Pigsy to finally close his eyes.
“I’m lucky… I love you all… m’so lucky…” His voice grew even quieter.
“W-we’re lucky to have you, Pigsy,” Tang insisted, laughing and crying harder.
“M’lucky… love you…”
Tang didn’t say anything back this time, just kissing his cheek long and soft, while time slowly but surely came to a stop.
The first thing Li Na noticed was her father letting go of her hand. The second was how his shoulders sagged, his head rolling back ever-so-slightly. The third was when Tang pulled away, her dad’s smile didn’t grow like it always did, his face completely still. The fourth was that his chest exhaled and stayed, and stayed, and stayed. The fifth was that his chest never rose back.
“No… no– dad– dad wait– stop! No– please– I’m not ready– Dadsy please!” Li Na begged, going to shake her dad’s shoulders, before she felt a pair of arms wrap around her midsection and pull her away.
“Let me go! Let me go! Dadsy!” Li Na shrieked, kicking and flailing but never once looking away from Pigsy, whom her baba was now draped against and sobbing on. Whoever was holding her had a strong grip though, as even with her clawing and scratching and shrieking and kicking, they managed to hold strong and drag her into the hallway. She protested even stronger out there, shrieking and shrieking and kicking and wailing and hitting the arms holding her back until the futility of it crashed over her and she broke down.
The person holding her sank to their knees instantly, quickly wrapping her in a hug, and– MK– MK hugged her tight before letting out a loud sob of his own. Li Na collapsed in his arms, trying to hug him but every inch of her body ached and burned with emptiness. Thankfully her brother was stronger than her, hugging and holding her close and tight, like he was afraid to let go.
Li Na hoped he never did.
Li Na’s whole body shook and shuddered until she suddenly felt another pair of arms wrap around her and MK– Baba…
“I-It’ll be okay, you two… one day, it’ll be okay, I promise,” he croaked, kissing both MK and Li Na’s heads before he squeezed them tighter.
Li Na couldn’t disagree more. She had so many things she still wanted to do and say to him, but now she can’t and it just– it hurt, it hurt so bad, and—
Pigsy was dead, and nothing was going to change that.
.o0o.
Her dad ended up being right, Li Na didn't like being mean. It wasn't like she didn't try, she wanted to hate all the doctors and medical scholars that stopped by the farm or she saw in the village, but she just couldn't do it. She knew they tried their best, but it just wasn't good enough. After all, she could've done and said more, but she wasn't enough either, so…
Tang made sure the funeral was held on the most auspicious day possible, and found the best monks and scholars for the procession and rituals. Li Na clung to his side whenever she could, but when he was busy, she was immediately glued to MK. The funeral was beautiful with white everywhere, and with beautiful music. It was quiet, like it had been before, but now it seemed like even heaven and earth were mourning, as even the plants and animals hung their heads low in respect. It was too dreary for spring, but her baba said it wouldn’t last forever.
He was right too, in a way. It took weeks, but eventually the flowers started blooming and the chickens started clucking, and the ducks started quacking. But… still. It was more muted than before, like it was covered in mist and haze.
It didn’t help that with her dad gone, Tang had to run the place, and while he certainly tried his best, Pigsy had always been more suited for managing it all– especially the rougher seasons. While her baba never said anything, Li Na knew money was tight, evident by the shrinking meals and struggling staff and the chicken coop never getting repaired.
She couldn’t cling to her baba as much during those days, but MK wasn’t much better. There was something weird with him– this kind of energy he couldn’t seem to shake. He was on high alert at all times, constantly observing the area around him and going out back to practice with his old wooden sword from ages ago. Sometimes Li Na would watch as he slashed and hacked away at the target, but other times it was just too much and she’d rather find her baba.
She hated being alone. If her baba or MK weren’t in her line of sight, an uneasy feeling would start consuming her until she’d suddenly burst into unstoppable tears that none of the staff could fix. She could only be soothed by MK or Tang picking her up and hugging her tight, and she’d fall asleep in their arms.
She dreamt of her dad often, almost every night. She could hear his gruff voice, feel his gentle touch, and would be consumed by his warm hugs that disappeared into nothingness when she woke. At first it made her weep, but now it was more of a weight in her chest that she had to carry as she moved on. It was hard to keep up her chores like this, but after a few months she managed to press on.
However, one winter morning, everything came crashing down.
“MK… Li Na… I–... I've been thinking,” Tang spoke up around the dinner table.
MK furrowed his brows but said nothing.
“...The harvest was obviously less than ideal this year, a-and well– you both know I wasn't raised in this kind of environment and without–... without him here, I just… I don't think I can manage this place on my own,” he confessed, and Li Na saw MK's posture stiffen.
“So what're you suggesting?” He asked sharply.
Tang looked towards the fireplace. “I… I can't bear the thought of selling this place. It’s been in your father's family for generations, it should be yours one day… but I am not the person who should be running this place in his absence.”
MK's shoulders relaxed. “Okay… then what? You're gonna hire more help? Where are we going to get the money?”
Tang clenched his eyes shut tight.
“I… I was thinking I should remarry.”
Li Na's eyes widened. “Wh-what?! What about–”
“The matchmaker informed me of a widow with two daughters who lives nearby, says she needs a husband to help support her family and she has ties to the schools in Chang'an. If I can get hired to teach there, it would give us enough money to keep the farm and hire all the help in the world,” Tang explained with a tone of desperation.
“B-but what about Dadsy? I-It hasn't even been a year, a-and– You said you loved him a-and that you'd never love anyone else, you promised,” Li Na started to sob so MK dragged her into a hug.
“I know, Li Na, but trust me when I say this is strictly a marriage of convenience and the only way I can think to help preserve his memory.” Tang reached forward across the low table, but Li Na stayed curled to MK. “I loved and still love your father with all I am, bao bao… but for your sake and for MK's and this farm, I have to.”
Li Na wanted to refuse, of course, but one look at her baba showed her just how heartbroken and desperate he was, so she glanced up at MK before making her decision.
“I… I think you should do it,” MK said. “It'll be good for you two to have someone else to help you take care of things,” he looked up at Tang, who looked like a boulder was lifted off his back.
“Yes, of course. Did I mention she has two daughters? They're just a bit older than you, Li Na, and I've heard tons about how polite and sweet they are. I'm sure they'll be great friends for you,” Tang rambled.
Li Na got a little closer to MK. “I don't need friends, I have you two…”
MK sighed and stroked her hair. “Everyone needs friends, Li-Li. Plus, one day soon I'm gonna be out on my own, ‘making it as a man’ as they say. What will you do then?”
Li Na stiffened. “You– you wanna leave..?”
MK winced. “Not too soon! Like– not this year, but… but maybe after baba's married again and you're all settled into your new life, you know?”
“What?! That's not fair!” Li Na protested.
“Li Na, I'm sorry but– but I have to do this. I need to find a way to make it on my own, but I promise you I'll write every week– every day if I can, alright? You aren't going to lose me too, I swear.” He hugged her closer.
“No! I don't want you to go! It's not safe out there!” The girl shook her head feverishly.
“Li Na, it's okay, I'll be safe, I just–... I gotta do this.” MK glanced at their baba, who was obviously shocked by the revelation too.
“MK, I… I don't know what to say…” Tang sank down slightly. “Goodness, you really are eighteen, aren't you?”
“Tell him he can't go, baba! Please,” Li Na begged.
Tang and MK looked at each other in a way that made Li Na feel worse.
“Li Na, I won't go until you're good and ready, okay?” MK held her head in his hands and made her look at him. “Until then, I'm not going anywhere.”
“But… why?” Li Na sniffled.
MK sighed. “I can't explain it… it's like… destiny is calling me and I've been itching to answer.”
“You’ll get to experience that one day for yourself, bao bao,” Tang added, finally going to her other side to join the hug.
“Besides, you’ll have two new sisters to get to know and bond with. Plus, I’ll be writing letters to you whenever I can to keep in touch.” MK smiled softly.
“What if my step-sisters hate me?” Li Na asked, picking at her nails.
MK laughed. “They won’t, don’t worry. You’re too nice to hate.”
Li Na snorted a little, before her eyes fell low. “What if I’m never ready for you to go..? Would you stay?”
MK rested his head on top of his sister’s. “I’ll stay as long as you need, Li Na.”
Li Na let out a long sigh, because despite that being what she wanted to hear, it certainly didn’t make her feel any better.
“Li Na, I know this is a lot of change, but you aren’t alone,” Tang spoke up, tucking a strand of her hair back before cupping her cheek. “I’ll be adjusting to this new life right there with you, okay? I’ll always be here for you.”
Immediately, Li Na winced, a dark thought crawling into her mind.
“But… what if you get sick..?” She looked at both of them.
MK and Tang both froze a moment, eyes wide and jaws agape before they suddenly snapped out of it to embrace Li Na tightly.
“We’ll take it one day at a time, Li Na,” Tang whispered. “One day at a time.”
Li Na melted into the embrace of her family, her mind full of uncertainty but her heart wanting desperately to believe them. As much as it felt like everything sucked, she wanted to believe it could get better. If MK and Tang were telling her it was possible, she’d do her best to believe them.
“Okay, baba.” She nodded, glancing at MK. “I’m sorry for yelling, I didn’t mean to–”
“It’s okay, Li-Li, it’s okay,” MK insisted, hugging her tighter. “I didn’t mean to drop it on you right now. I’m not going anywhere for a long, long time.”
“Good.”
.o0o.
The wedding was set for the second week in spring, with them only meeting up in person one day before the ceremony for paperwork. Tang admitted the arrangement was less than ideal, but Lady Zhang Jenai, as they came to know her, was a very busy woman. It meant they got to spend the anniversary of their father’s passing alone as a family though, which was something Li Na was very grateful for. However, shortly after that, most of their things were packed to be moved to Lady Jenai’s large estate in the city, meaning she had to say goodbye to the only home she’d ever known.
Tang constantly assured her Lady Jenai’s place was better, that it was bigger and there were many children she could meet and mingle with out there, but she strongly disagreed. She had only ever gone into the city once with her baba, and she hated all the noise and shouting. The farm was quiet and peaceful, with rivers and ponds in abundance for her to relax and play in after all her chores were done. Tang said Lady Jenai had a duck pond in her courtyard, but Li Na doubted it would feel the same.
In better news, Li Na had stopped crying whenever MK or Tang were gone, though the loneliness and anxiety she felt still lingered. She managed to cope with housework and picking up where staff and servants dropped off. Granted, being nine-years-old meant she was hardly skilled, but it was worth it if it helped her get over her separation anxiety.
Of course, she wasn't perfect, as the closer it got, the more nervous she got about meeting her future step-family. Nobody really knew anything about them other than they were around her age and very proper, which made her wonder if her own etiquette skills would be lacking compared to theirs. She wondered if they'd look down on her for being from the country instead of the city. She sometimes even worried they'd dislike her for being a demon (although technically she was only half, but she didn't look like it). MK told her not to worry, that she’d win them over eventually, and before she knew it the day had arrived.
Li Na did her best not to, but ultimately she cried once the carriage was pulled away from the farm, which got her a side hug from Tang.
“It’ll be okay, bao bao, we’ll be back someday soon,” he assured, rubbing her arm up and down.
Li Na slowly nodded. “Yeah… you’re right, baba. We’ll be back.”
Her baba seemed satisfied at that, and so Li Na curled up to his side and let him stroke her hair until she fell asleep, wiped out from all the packing and with quite a few hours ahead of them.
It was a quiet journey, up until they reached the city, where the hustle and bustle of guards and markets and horses and shouting disrupted Li Na’s little nap, and she grumbled back to life. It still took some time to reach Lady Jenai’s home, having to pass through several grand city walls before they arrived.
The moment the carriage stopped, servants dressed in red immediately approached and offered a hand to help the three of them down, before more people in red came and took their trunks of goods into the truly formidable home.
It was taller than any she was used to seeing, not to mention stretching wide with beautiful trees and landscaping to boot. It made Li Na’s eyes sparkle as she noticed the birds and other wildlife, before her baba suddenly spoke.
“Lady Jenai, thank you for allowing us into your home.” Tang quickly bowed, MK and Li Na short to follow.
The lady in question was standing right by the grand door, her face covered by a fan. The woman was tall and grand in her stature, her face was as pale as porcelain and hair as black as the night. In her hair was a bright gold qixiong ruqun that sparkled like the sun, so elegant Li Na briefly wondered if her baba got engaged to a princess and forgot to tell them. Jenai also wore bright red paste on her lips, rouge on her cheekbones, and a red plum blossom on her forehead, giving a soft and heavenly look to her face– if it weren’t for her eyes, which were dark and sharp as they looked towards her baba.
“The honor is mine, Lord Tang.” She bowed, her long silky gown flowing with pure elegance as she did. “Come. Let me introduce you to my daughters.”
“Of course.” Tang nodded, and Li Na quickly grabbed his hand before they headed in.
Immediately, the girl was struck by the opulence of her new home, jade and gold decorating every wall and pillar. There was all sorts of artwork everywhere, whether it be expensive looking vases or paintings of nature or of Lady Jenai’s family. She couldn’t wait to get an official tour, as they were moving way too fast toward the courtyard for her liking. Then again, she was going to live here, so she’ll have all the time in the world to get to know the place. She could tell it made her baba excited too.
The courtyard was stunning. It was everything Tang had described and more– a pond with little ducks swimming, a gorgeous, large peach tree ripe for the taking, stone paths to hop along, a small stream to meditate by, and a bench to sit and enjoy the breeze. Li Na was so lost in the lavishness, she practically forgot about her step family until Tang squeezed her hand and her eyes landed on the two girls in front of her.
The first was taller than her, and thin as paper. She wore the same makeup as her mother and sister, though had a flame instead of a flower marked on her forehead. Her dark raven hair was twisted into four buns, two on each side of her face, and were decorated with golden flowers. She wore a dark blue hanfu with red accents and scarves, likely to match the red in her makeup. If Li Na had to guess, she would figure this sister was three or four years older than her since, while she looked more mature, she clearly hadn’t had her coming of age ceremony yet.
The other sister was roughly the same height as Li Na, and while her face wasn’t white, she still had a little red lotus on her forehead. Her hair was split into three sections and twisted into buns that resembled chain loops that were remarkably well kept. She wore a hanfu similar to her sister, except green with red accents instead. If Li Na had to guess, she was a year and a half older.
“These are my daughters: Sujia and Peili,” Lady Jenai announced, the girls bowing when their name was spoken.
“It’s a pleasure to meet you girls.” Tang and company bowed. “These are my children, Xiaotian and Li Na.” He gestured.
When Li Na finished bowing, she immediately noticed both sisters were staring at her with wide eyes, the younger with a raised eyebrow that made her face turn dark red until their mother spoke up.
“It’s a pleasure to have you join our family,” Jenai looked at MK and Tang. “Come now, we have a lot to discuss for the ceremony tomorrow, and there’s tea waiting in the library,” she told Tang. When they started to go, Li Na naturally followed, until the woman suddenly stopped in her tracks and looked at her.
“This is an adult matter. The children should stay in the courtyard,” She spoke to Tang, not even so much as glancing at Li Na.
Tang and MK looked down at her with pitiful smiles that told her all she needed to know, and she let go of her baba’s hand.
“Thank you, bao bao. We’ll find you as soon as we’re finished,” he vowed, and before she knew it, he and MK were both gone.
It was okay, though. She was okay if they were gone. She was okay. She was just going to go relax by the pond and–
“Wow, your skin really is pink, huh?” A voice from behind made her jump.
“I– uh– yeah!” Li Na laughed nervously and turned around, finding Sujia and Peili staring at her. “It's what you get being half a pig demon.”
Sujia laughed. “That is what you get. You like mud too?”
Li Na laughed too, though her stomach was kinda tight. “No, no mud for me, just water.”
“That must be the human half,” Peili added with a giggle.
“What else do you do, little piggy?” Sujia asked, circling her.
“Oh, well, I mostly help baba around the farm–”
“Farm? Isn’t that confusing?” Peili interrupted.
“Well, they would have experience raising pigs, it makes sense,” Sujia snickered, while Li Na shifted awkwardly.
“We don’t have pigs on the farm, just cows and birds and stuff,” Li Na spoke up.
“Good, then there’s no mix ups,” Sujia patted her shoulder. “What else?”
“W-well, I help pick apples, when they’re in season. I also do a lot of sweeping and cleaning where our workers can’t since I got ‘young joints’ and all,” she explained further.
“Ever been to the city's Lunar New Year festival?” Peili questioned next.
“Oh– uh, no. Baba and I don’t really like the noise,” Li Na admitted.
Sujia snickered. “Really? That’s too bad. The celebration is just about to die for. But then again, I can see how it can be too much for simple people like you.”
“Yeah, I– I guess so,” Li Na half agreed, confused by her tone.
“So have you ever done anything cool or fun?” Peili cut in again.
“Oh, well MK and I play a lot games together and practice sword and staff fighting sometimes–”
“Really? Isn’t that kinda boyish?” Peili raised an eyebrow.
“Not for her, dummy.” Sujia elbowed Peili with a snicker.
“Right! Yeah, I like sword fighting, I think it's cool.” Li Na smiled and both girls laughed.
“You're really cute, aren't you?” Sujia tilted her head in a way that made Li Na blush.
“I… I've been told.” She looked at the ground.
“You are cute! You look like a fat little piglet,” Peili snickered, getting her another elbow from her older sister.
“She is a piglet, Peili.” Sujia rolled her eyes, before suddenly snapping her fingers. “You should let me give you a makeover some time, I can make you totally beautiful.”
Li Na took a step back. “Oh, I don't know–”
“Oh c'mon! It would be so fun,” Peili insisted.
“It would be so cute to see you walk around like that,” Sujia added. “I bet Mama would even let you go with us to New Years.”
“I don't know, Baba says I shouldn't worry about makeup til I'm 15.” Li Na scratched her arm.
Sujia rolled her eyes. “What would he know about makeup and fashion and society?”
Li Na looked back at the ground.
“I think you should think about it since it would be totally fun.” Peili shared a look with Sujia. “And it would be a good way for us sisters to bond.”
Li Na lit up. “R-really? You want that?”
Sujia smiled sweetly. “Of course we do. We're going to be family tomorrow, after all, so the least we can do is teach you how to be pretty.”
“Besides, you really can't go out in public like that,” Peili added.
“Right, yeah.” Li Na blushed again.
“You should dance for us some time, it would be fun,” Peili suddenly suggested.
“Oh– I don't really know how to, though.” Li Na shook her head.
“That's half the fun.” Sujia smiled with her arms crossed. “I can get all of the girls from the area and we can all watch you dance for us.”
“Wait– Just me?” Li Na blinked. “That's kinda… weird, isn't it?”
Sujia and Peili laughed.
Li Na would've asked more, but right the door opened and MK returned.
“Li Na, did you know Jenai's husband w– oh, hello you two,” MK realized his sister wasn't alone and bowed.
“MK,” Li Na smiled and hugged him tight. “Why're you back so soon?”
“It was all just boring financial talk, don't worry, Li-Li.” MK waved off.
“MK… Didn't Lord Tang say your name was Xiaotian?” Peili asked, head tilted.
“Oh, yeah, but I prefer to be called MK,” he explained with a grin.
“I see,” Sujia nodded. “Well, welcome to the family, MK. Care for a tour of our home?”
“Oh-! Sure, that sounds fun, right?” MK looked to Li Na, who nodded (getting a grimace from Peili).
“Let’s go then.” Sujia turned on her heels, and the tour began.
The rest of the day went off without a hitch, Li Na feeling much braver and safer with MK by her side. They reunited with Tang at dinner, and things were finally starting to feel good by nighttime.
Li Na was unfortunately not part of the wedding procession, since she wasn't allowed to be with the men and wasn't considered family to the bride, which was fair. Besides, MK told her she’d just get bored at all the rituals and that she could be with them at the dinner. She did catch a glance at her baba briefly as he went across a hall, and gave a small wave he returned before he disappeared once again.
Thankfully, MK was right and she joined the family at dinner, which was truly magnificent. Granted, the noodles were nothing compared to how her dad used to make them, but the rest was delicious. There was shark fin and fish roe soup, roasted duck, crab, sea cucumber and abalone, and sweet buns– she felt like a princess having it all laid out in front of her. It was great to sit and talk to her brother and Baba again too, and while it made her wish she could have seen the ceremony, she was perfectly happy to be at the dinner.
And so the day ended, and the Zhang and Zhu families were now one.
…And one month later, MK had packed his bags and was ready to venture out on his own.
“Alright, the boat’s here, I guess we know what that means,” Tang laughed nervously as MK picked up his bags.
“I'll be okay, Baba, I promise.” MK smiled softly. “And you will be too, with your job and your books and your studies.”
Tang's eyes filled with tears. “I know, MK, I know… just make sure to write, okay?” he wiped his face.
“Of course,” MK gave his baba a quick hug before turning to Li Na, who immediately hugged him.
“Do you really have to go?” she whispered.
“I know, I know, I'm sorry but I do.” MK stroked her head.
“Just checking,” she sighed.
“Hey, you've been doing okay with Sujia and Peili, right? You'll be just fine,” MK assured softly.
“Still.” Li Na sniffled. “It won't be the same.”
MK knelt down. “Well then, it's a good thing I got you something then, hm?”
Li Na perked up, making MK laugh as he turned around. He teased her for a moment, hemming and hawing and searching through his bags before he suddenly turned around with a tiny blue kitten in his hands.
“What?! Where did you get that?” Li Na jumped and immediately started flapping her hands in joy.
“Found him at the back end of a street yesterday, and I think he'll be the perfect pet to keep you company while I'm gone,” MK grinned, handing the kitten over.
“Oh he's so cute, MK!” Li Na fawned. “B-but–”
“I know he's no me, but I hope you two can be friends.” MK's smile went sad.
“Thank you, MK, I– I'll take good care of him,” Li Na promised, and the kitten in her hands meowed.
“Cute little guy, isn't he?” Tang chimed in, giving the kitchen a scratch under the chin.
“He needs a name though,” MK pointed out. “Li Na?”
Li Na thought about it long and hard, studying the little thing up and down, taking in its orange stripes and white spots with much thought.
“What about… Mo?” She proposed.
“I love it! It's perfect for him,” MK ruffled her hair, and she giggled.
“Sir? Are you getting on?” asked the captain.
“Right, yes! Be right there!” MK swore, but right before he was going to pick up his bags, he gave Tang and Li Na another hug.
“I'll write at least every month, I promise,” he whispered.
“I love you,” Tang and Li Na whispered back.
“Love you guys too,” MK sniffled. “Take care.”
“You too,” Tang laughed sadly.
MK squeezed them tighter before he grabbed his bags and ran onto the boat.
As Li Na watched, Tang placed a hand on her shoulder and squeezed it tight.
“He'll be alright… he's a smart boy, he'll be fine,” he said, his eyes distant.
“Yeah, MK'll be okay,” Li Na agreed, and Mo once again meowed, taking her attention away from the boat. “Hey, little guy. Let's get you nice and cozy before we go home, hm?” She brought him closer to her chest.
“Yes, yes, let's go home.” Tang seemed to snap out of his trance, gently guiding Li Na away from the dock and back to the carriage.
However, just as she was about to obey, a voice shouted from the boat. The pair spun around to find MK waving as big as he could while the boat sailed away. Li Na and Tang immediately waved back, and continued to do so until MK was a blip on the horizon and they had no choice but to go home.
.o0o.
Life without MK was as lonely as Li Na had expected, though Mo was a nice distraction. He was a fierce little guy, constantly pouncing on any suspicious shadows or bugs or mice– though he was too little to win his fights with the latter. He was also very loyal, preferring to stick by her side whenever possible, or else he'd just stand at the door and cry until she came back.
Lady Jenai didn't like Mo very much, though. She agreed to keep him because he'd one day be able to hunt mice and rats, but in the meantime she asked for “it” to be out of her sight.
Sujia and Peili were similar, though a bit mean about it. They called Mo names and made jokes about throwing him out. One time Peili even tried to pick him up, but stopped when he hissed. Li Na tried to not let it bother her, since maybe they were just jealous that MK got her a cat and didn't give them anything.
It was… hard, though. She felt like she barely saw her baba anymore except at dinner due to him working all the time in the city. It left her with very little to do except practice her embroidery and writing.
The best days were when MK's letters arrived. She treasured each of them dearly and kept them in a box under her bed. When one would arrive, she'd read all about his adventures over and over again until she found the time (and paper) to write. She’d then write about all the little things Mo had done recently, about how the summer heat was starting to get to her, how she thought of him every time she ate a peach, and how she'd look forward to his next letter. Then it was off to the postman, and she'd return back to her day-to-day routine.
It wasn't all bad though. Sometimes Sujia and Peili actually wanted to hang out with her and it would be fun. She didn't quite get them or their jokes yet, but she liked them and wanted to know them better, since they were now sisters and all. Granted, it was a little weird they were always asking her to clean up whatever mess they'd all make, but she was happy to help. Plus, it was worth it when one day the girls said they were thinking of actually taking her out to the city.
“Sit still, we need a lot of this stuff to make you pretty,” Sujia warned, putting on more white rice powder all over Li Na's face.
“Sorry.” Li Na blushed and closed her eyes again.
“Wow, you really are using a lot of mama's makeup,” Peili commented.
“That's the plan,” Sujia replied, dabbing on more.
“Oh– I don’t want to use all of your mama’s stuff–”
“It’ll be fine, you’ll see,” Peili interrupted, rummaging through the drawers for more makeup.
“O-okay, if you’re sure,” Li Na gave a weak smile.
“Close your eyes, I need to get the eyelids,” Sujia snipped, and she obeyed.
“Found it!” Peili then announced, slamming a drawer shut.
“Just set it on the counter,” Sujia huffed, applying the makeup a tad more aggressively, hurting Li Na’s eyes. She kept quiet though, not wanting to make it worse.
“Oo! Can I do her lips? I got a plan to make em really–”
“No. We're sticking to how I planned it,” Sujia immediately shut down, practically hitting Li Na with the bristles full force.
“Ow,” Li Na let slip.
“Oh shut up already!’ Sujia snapped, setting down the rice powder and switching to the rouge, startling Li Na.
“Peili stop, you're upsetting her,” Peili whined.
“It's fine, calm down.” Sujia rolled her eyes and started applying the red makeup to her cheeks and nose. It stung, but Li Na endured, since “pretty hurt” or something like that.
“Ugh, fine. But if she cries, that's your fault,” Peili huffed and slumped on a chair.
Sujia huffed, but managed to apply the rest of Li Na's makeup with ease, stepping back with a grin.
“You look… special, real special,” Sujia said, dusting her hands off.
Li Na couldn't help but smile. “You really think?”
“Oh yeah,” Peili giggled. “Like a real–”
“Wait here, okay? We'll be back after we get mother to agree,” Sujia interrupted.
“Oh! Okay,” Li Na agreed, sitting up properly.
“We'll be right back,” Peili grinned too as Sujia took her arm and they quickly left the room.
A wave of anxiety washed over Li Na as she sat there, and she immediately started fidgeting with her sleeves. She knew she wasn't really supposed to go in Lady Jenai's room, especially alone, but she was invited here! So it was okay!
Besides, when she looked into Lady Jenai's big polished mirror, Li Na thought she looked beautiful– like a fairy or a princess. Her baba would be so proud to see her all dolled up and ready to go shopping in the city. The only thing she was missing was a fancy hair comb, and her hair to be all done up.
With a smile, Li Na took her dark brown hair out their simple buns and ran a brush through them, giggling at the fancy feeling of the much nicer brush. She brushed her hair until it was all nice and neat before she attempted to do her hair like Sujia– or even Lady Jenai. She really wanted to impress her, and prove she could be high society like her too. Maybe if she proved herself worthy, Lady Jenai could mentor her in manners and such– and maybe she could even be like a mother to her, like MK said she could be.
Li Na's never had a mom– at least, not in the traditional sense. Tang was certainly more feminine than Pigsy, but he wasn't exactly an expert in etiquette and fashion and makeup. Li Na knew he came from a fancy background like Lady Jenai, but he always said he was “too shy” for big social events, and “too awkward” for etiquette. As for Pigsy..? He may have been born a girl, but he was a farm boy through and through, always joking about how lost he would've been at formal events. He taught her things like how to recognize a good radish, how to successfully collect chicken eggs without getting pecked, and how to catch crickets with her bare hands– which, while very cool, weren't exactly helpful in high society.
Lady Jenai could teach her how to adapt in this new life– how to be pretty like her step-sisters and maybe even be someone worth admiring. She could adapt to this new life with her help! She could make MK and her dadsy proud! She could almost see it now, her in a silk robe and fan attending court at the palace–
A loud gasp sent Li Na scrambling up, and she was startled to see her stepmother's face so repulsed.
“You,” she seethed. “What on earth do you think you're doing here?”
Li Na looked around, confused. “I-I– Sujia a-and Peili– they said–”
“See, mother?” Sujia interrupted. “I told you she was a little thief.”
“I should have known,” Lady Jenai sighed. “Now I have to get the room inspected for ticks and lice and any other parasites your kind carries around.”
Li Na stepped back, heart pounding in her chest. “M-my kind?”
Sujia laughed. “Wow, you really are stupid, aren't you?”
“You're a halfling, chun zhu,” Peili snickered. “You're not like us.”
“Wh-what? No! I– Lady Jenai, they said– I'm still a person!” Li Na shouted.
“Please,” Lady Jenai rolled her eyes and slowly walked towards her. “You may wear clothes and tie your hair up however you like, but you will always be nothing more than a farm pig.”
“A chun zhu!” Peili cackled. “That can be her new name– Chun Zhu the fat, dumb pig girl.”
“Chun Zhu– why didn’t I think of that?” Sujia laughed right along.
Li Na shook her head and stepped back against the wall, tears threatening to spill. “N-no! Sujia– she said– I-I can be pretty! I-I just– I need some help learning, I promise.”
Lady Jenai raised an eyebrow. “And what on earth makes you think I'd want to waste my time on something like that? Especially to a bratty little thief such as yourself,” she snatched the comb from Li Na's hair.
“I-I didn't steal anything! Sujia put it all on! She said it was okay! I swear– I-I would never–”
Lady Jenai slapped Li Na across the face. “You really are a pest, you know that? And a foolish one too, expecting me to believe you over my own daughters.”
Li Na froze with shock. She desperately tried to scramble words to defend herself– to make her stepmother see reason and explain her innocence, but the stinging in her cheek broke something in her.
“Quiet now?” Lady Jenai huffed. “Good. First order of business is to take that whorish makeup off. Then you will go to your room, where your bedding will be stripped and your personal possessions– every toy, every book, every ink pot– will be taken away.”
Li Na's eyes widened. “W-wait–”
“From there–” Lady Jenai shot an icy look– “you will be given servants' clothes and you will work in this house as a servant for a month as a punishment for your lies and thievery, is that understood?”
Li Na couldn't believe what she was hearing– this couldn't be real, right? This– this was just a nightmare– one she would wake up from any moment now.
“I said, ‘is that understood’?” Lady Jenai yanked Li Na's ear, making her cry out.
“M-my baba won't stand for this,” she protested with what little courage she had left.
Lady Jenai just laughed though, the sound making ice run through Li Na's veins.
“You really think that yutao of a man is in charge here?” She pulled on Li Na's ear harder. “He will be thanking me to no longer have such a hideous creature every day.”
“No!” Li Na cried. “M-my– baba–”
Her stepmother twisted her ear so hard she yelped, before dragging her out and down several hallways before she was thrown into a dark, damp stone room with bits of straw strung about, somewhere nearby the servant’s quarters.
“You will be locked in here for the remainder of the day. Keep up your attitude if you wish to make your stay longer,” she seethed.
Again, Li Na's mind scrambled for a defense– any defense, but the way the woman she had wanted so desperately to approve of her glared down like she was a filthy animal. It made her want to break down and apologize so things could go back to the way they were.
Instead, she curled up and held her sides, choking out a weak, “B-baba–”
“Your father cares nothing for you,” Lady Jenai snapped. “He will be delighted to find you rotting away in here, as will I and every other person who has had the misfortune of looking upon your face.”
Before the girl could even think to speak up, the door slammed shut, the lock turned, and Li Na was left alone in the dark.
Immediately, Li Na let out a loud sob, begging for someone to let her out and that she promised to never bother any of them ever again. She went on like that for hours, and hours, and hours, but either nobody heard or nobody cared (Li Na wasn’t sure which one was worse). Eventually she was too overcome with weakness to continue crying, her stomach tight with hunger. However, even then nobody came.
She tried speaking up whenever she thought she heard steps, but nothing ever came of it (other than the lonely feeling crawling up her throat). Li Na was alone now, just like Lady Jenai promised. Her baba– wherever he was– wasn’t coming for her. Her brother was gone. Her dadsy was dead.
She was alone.
#lmk#lego monkie kid#freenoodles#tang lmk#mk lmk#zhu li na#pigsy lmk#mo lmk#my fics#my ocs#tw abuse#tw bullying#tw child abuse#cinderella au#li na-rella au#angst#slight hurt/comfort#MK is a good brother dammit#he's just also very much going through it#tang is also a very good dad#you'll find out his deal later tho#based on the french opera Cendrillon
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Matching Festivities 🎄
12 days of Mix-Mas // Day 4
Oscar Piastri x reader
summary: You and and Oscar were supposed to be having a cosy night in, Oscar had some different plans in his mind...
warnings: slight dom/sub dynamics, lingerie?, smut-ish, swearing,
The scent of cinnamon and nutmeg filled the living room, mingling with the rich aroma of hot cocoa. Twinkling Christmas lights adorned the walls, casting a soft, festive glow over the cozy space. The crackling fireplace completed the picture-perfect holiday ambiance.
Oscar was meticulously arranging the snack platter on the coffee table, his brows furrowed in concentration. "Do we think gingerbread cookies and popcorn are a weird mix, or are we just leaning into the chaos of Christmas?" he asked, tilting his head as he studied the arrangement.
You laughed from your spot on the couch, where you were nestled under a mound of soft blankets. "We’re absolutely leaning into the chaos. Besides, no one’s going to complain about cookies and popcorn."
Oscar grinned, his dimples making an appearance as he brought the tray over and placed it in front of you. "You’re right. It's festive anarchy or nothing tonight."
The two of you had planned this night for weeks—a Christmas movie marathon, complete with matching pajamas, endless snacks, and mugs of hot cocoa topped with far too much whipped cream. It was Oscar’s idea to make it a "classic Christmas extravaganza," and he’d spent hours curating the perfect lineup of movies.
"Okay, first up, we have the undisputed champion of Christmas movies: Home Alone. Thoughts? Concerns?"
"Zero concerns. It’s a masterpiece," you said, adjusting the blanket so he could slide in beside you. "But if we’re starting with Home Alone, we’re definitely following it with Elf."
Oscar chuckled as he grabbed the remote. "Naturally. Kevin McCallister and Buddy the Elf would want it that way."
As the opening credits of Home Alone played, you settled in against Oscar’s side, his arm draping casually around your shoulders. The warmth of the fire, the soft hum of holiday music in the background, and the sound of Oscar’s occasional commentary made everything feel perfect.
"Okay, but seriously, why didn’t the parents count the kids before getting on the plane? Rookie move," Oscar said, shaking his head in mock disappointment.
"Because the plot needed them to mess up, obviously," you replied, tossing a piece of popcorn at him. "Also, let’s not pretend you wouldn’t panic and forget something if we were late for a flight."
He caught the popcorn effortlessly and popped it into his mouth, a mischievous glint in his eyes. "I’d forget something, sure. But not you."
The cheesy line earned him a playful nudge, and he laughed, pulling you closer. The movie continued, punctuated by your shared laughter and occasional debates over the logistics of Kevin’s traps.
As the credits rolled and the screen faded to black, Oscar shifted beside you, reaching for the remote to queue up Elf. But instead of starting the next movie, he hesitated, his expression suddenly more thoughtful.
You raised an eyebrow. "What’s that face?"
"What face?"
"The one you’re making right now. You look like you’re either about to confess to a crime or ask me something ridiculous."
He laughed, rubbing the back of his neck. "Okay, maybe not a crime. But... I did have a little something extra planned for tonight."
Curiosity piqued, you sat up a bit straighter. "Extra? Like what?"
Oscar stood, his movements slightly awkward as he made his way over to the small pile of wrapped presents under the tree. He picked up a gift bag that you hadn’t noticed before and turned back to you, a sheepish smile on his face.
"So, you know how we said we’d go all out for the holiday spirit?" he began, his tone light but his eyes flickering with something unreadable.
You nodded slowly, intrigued. "Yeah..."
"Well, I might have taken it... a step further," he said, handing you the bag. "Open it."
Your fingers brushed against the festive tissue paper as you pulled it aside, revealing something soft and lacy inside. Your cheeks warmed as you realized what it was—a matching set of Christmas-themed lingerie in a deep red hue, complete with delicate white trim.
You looked up at Oscar, your eyes wide. "You did not."
He grinned, his confidence returning now that the reveal was out in the open. "I absolutely did. And before you say anything, there’s a second set in there. For me."
At that, you couldn’t help but burst into laughter. "You bought matching festive lingerie? For both of us?"
"It’s called commitment to the bit," he said, crossing his arms and trying to look serious. "Also, I think it’s very on-brand for us."
You shook your head, still laughing as you pulled out the second set. Sure enough, it was a more masculine version of the same design, complete with red satin and white trim. The idea of Oscar in something so absurdly festive was both hilarious and unexpectedly... appealing.
"This is possibly the most ridiculous thing you’ve ever done," you said, holding up the lingerie.
"Ridiculous, or genius?" he countered, his tone playful as he leaned against the back of the couch. "Come on, it’ll be fun. Think of it as a new holiday tradition."
You bit your lip, torn between teasing him mercilessly and indulging in the spontaneity of it all. "You’re really serious about this, aren’t you?"
"Dead serious," he said, his eyes gleaming with challenge. "But if you’re too chicken to wear yours..."
That did it. You weren’t about to back down from a challenge, especially not one from Oscar. "Oh, I’m wearing mine. But you better put yours on too, or this whole thing is off."
His grin widened. "Deal."
A few minutes later, you were both back in the living room, each dressed in your respective sets. The sight of Oscar in his matching lingerie was enough to send you into another fit of laughter, but he didn’t let you dwell on it for long. His smirk deepened as he stepped closer, his presence commanding in a way that made your breath hitch.
"What’s the verdict?" he asked, his voice dropping into a lower register as his fingers grazed the curve of your waist. "Do I look festive enough for you?"
You opened your mouth to respond, but the words caught in your throat as his hands slid up, his touch both gentle and firm. "I—yeah. Definitely festive."
""Good," he murmured, his lips twitching with satisfaction. "Because you’re absolutely stunning." His eyes raked over you, the heat in his gaze making your cheeks flush as you felt his approval wash over you like a warm wave. "Turn around for me."
You hesitated for only a moment, your heart fluttering under his focused attention. The weight of his command wasn’t oppressive; it was magnetic, drawing you to comply. Slowly, you turned, acutely aware of the way his eyes followed every movement. When his hands found the delicate fabric at your hips, they didn’t merely touch—they claimed. The warmth of his palms was grounding, a stark contrast to the fluttering excitement in your chest.
When you finally faced him again, his expression had shifted completely. There was no teasing glint in his eyes, only a raw, unfiltered intensity that made you feel both exposed and cherished.
"I don’t think I’ve ever seen you look this beautiful," he said softly, his voice steady but laced with something deeper, almost reverent. He stepped closer, his hands sliding up to cradle your face, his touch firm yet tender, leaving no doubt as to who held the reins in this moment. "And the fact that you let me talk you into this? You’re perfect."
You parted your lips to respond, but he didn’t give you the chance. His mouth claimed yours in a kiss that wasn’t just passionate—it was purposeful. The force of it stole your breath, and when his hands moved to hold you firmly against him, you melted into the connection.
The softness of the lace and satin you wore was a delicate counterpoint to the insistence of his grip. Every movement he made was deliberate, calculated, a reminder that he was utterly in control. You could feel it in the way his hands guided you, in the way his lips moved against yours—there was no hesitation, no doubt. Just him, leading, and you willingly following.
When he finally pulled back, his forehead rested against yours, and his thumb brushed over your flushed cheek in a gesture that felt both grounding and possessive. "Merry Christmas, sweetheart," he whispered, his voice rough yet tender, each word carrying the weight of his devotion.
Your hands gripped his shoulders, clinging to him as you tried to steady your breathing. "Merry Christmas, Oscar," you managed, your voice soft but steady, carried by the warmth radiating between you.
The movie still played on in the background, a faint reminder of the festive evening you’d planned. But it no longer mattered. The world outside faded as his lips found yours again, this time slower, savoring, as if he had all the time in the world to show you exactly what you meant to him. His hands guided you back onto the couch, his weight pressing you into the cushions with a confidence that made your pulse quicken.
Every kiss, every touch, every deliberate move spoke of his control, his assurance, and his desire to make this moment entirely yours—and his. Tonight, you weren’t just a part of his Christmas celebration. You were the celebration, and he was determined to make you feel it in every breathless second.
When he pulled back, his forehead rested against yours, his thumb brushing over your flushed cheek. "Merry Christmas, sweetheart," he whispered, his voice rough yet tender.
Your hands found their way to his shoulders, gripping him as you caught your breath. "Merry Christmas, Oscar."
The movie played on in the background, forgotten as he kissed you again, this time slower, more deliberate. His hands guided you back onto the couch, his weight pressing you into the cushions as the world outside faded away. Tonight, nothing mattered but him—and the way he made you feel utterly, completely his.
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