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My Annihilape (I named Boots) is literally getting all the stickers /j
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#stickers Pokémon#Pokémon#pokémon violet#for my non-Pokémon fans#stickers are something that you get get with Pokémon#they’re super cool and kind of are just a thing#Boots has three stickers#the ‘partner mark’#the ‘Paldean champion ribbon’#which is given to all my Pokémon#and the ‘gourmand mark’#my kilowattrel has two#but this is about Boots#currently gave Boots as ‘Boots the Reliable Partner’#despite it being so angry it died#pretty sure that’s like a canon entry or something#annihilate
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Oh, my foolish wizard...lean your weight on me.
#ozusart#art#bg3#baldur's gate 3#bg3 art#gale dekarios#gale bg3#gale of waterdeep#bg3 gale#gale#His partner kissing the mark where the orb is#tracing it with their fingertips#leaving him breathless and weak#him sighing as he lets himself be vunerable#behind all that smug know-it-all is a husk of a man who only wants purpose#and wants to be wanted#if you make fanfics based off of this please hit me up cause i suck at writintg IOFIJSDFIOJFSF#I icarus by hozier is so him im gonna kkms#shoutout to kaylee for reawakening my love for gale
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the possibility of Oscar Piastri becoming more and more like Vettel is so funny to me, Mark Webber you will never be free I'm so fcking sorry
#it's like when you have a kid out of a toxic relationship ->#you divorce ->#your kid is exactly like your partner#oscar piastri#mark webber#sebastian vettel#f1
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do you ever think about the time annabeth said that being separated from percy felt like being forced to withdraw from a life-saving medication? or when she told athena that percy means everything to her?
because i do. i think about it a lot.
#she’s so painfully in love with him#he’s her best friend in the whole world#and her life partner#her everything partner#her everything#they love each other so much 😭#annabeth chase#percy jackson#percabeth#heroes of olympus#mark of athena#pjo#percy jackson and the olympians#rick riordan#riordanverse
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Omni-man being defeated in battle and subsequently dominated? Maybe the trophy wife concept you mentioned in the NSFW alphabet for him?? I just love him
Nolan Grayson x Galactus inspired male reader
Headcanons
Imagine a big evil smirk growing on my face when I saw this request. set somewhere after Nolan leaves earth and Mark has taken Oliver back to earth.
Readers inspired by Galactus. Because I go apeshit for extreme size differences. I wanted this to be smutty, but it just ended up getting kinda cracky...
had a lot of fun writing this reader, would love to write him again.
You were an ancient immortal being known for devouring planets for power, feared across the universe and multiverse. You fought many battles with the people of viltrum, mainly because of how powerful you were and how much of a threat you posed. Of course, they never won, which wounded their ego.
But at some point, you guys struck a deal. You would stop attacking them and they would stop attacking you. You guys would stay out of each other’s way and territory. Sometimes they would even offer you planets if your heralds found it worthy of consumption.
How Nolan fell into your lap could happen in many ways, but I find the most interesting being him leaving Andressa and Thraxa. Maybe he travels so far, he succumbs to exhaustion like when he left earth, and he just happens to fall right into your giant palm.
You weren’t mindlessly evil, but you weren’t good either. And the small violent viltrumites had always intrigued you. You had always wanted one of them to be a herald of yours, but you also knew you wouldn’t have their loyalty.
Nolan would wake up well rested and healed, curled up on a hard purple surface which he would later realize is your palm. You had been floating through the universe simply holding him like one would hold a little bird or mouse, or maybe more a small vulnerable flower petal.
Nolan has most likely lived long enough to have fought you before, so he knows who you are, what you can do, and the deals he’s broken by ending up in your territory. Maybe hes just too depressed to care about himself, his people, anything.
To you, hes kind of like a little pathetic creature, like how we see a baby animal missing a leg and coo, wanting to keep it and care for it. well, maybe its more like you want to own him. A being like yourself don’t experience emotions like everyone else, but there’s interest.
It’s a bit sad to see a viltrumite so wilted and weakened. You had expected a fight, and order your heralds to try and goad him into one so you can crush his will yourself. But Nolan just sits on your palm with a blank look in his eyes, even as you devour planets right in front of him.
The whole “wife” process kind of starts up after Nolan and you have shared silence for a while, who knows how long. The universe is vast, and you guys just keep moving from one planet to the next.
Maybe he just starts telling you about his life on earth, his wife, or wives, his sons, how he’s starting to think everything he’s learned maybe isn’t right. How he’s tired and feels like he doesn’t have a purpose.
In the beginning you offer to make him one of your heralds, but being able to enter people’s minds you also pick through his memories, wants and deeper wishes.
A being like yourself has never had much interest in a spouse, at least after ascending into what you are now. There is the fact that you will exist until the universe ends completely, how you travel the dark emptiness of space, and how you are one of the most evil beings in the universe, if others ask.
Sliding the mental image into Nolans head, of being your so called “wife” is the first time you get a major reaction out of him. Maybe its viltrumite instinct or his own pride, but he wont just take it laying down.
Fighting him isn’t a challenge for you, you could have crushed him very easily, but you make it seem like you put in an effort to calm whatever struggles Nolan might have in his mind. It’s only after you’ve defeated him, and there’s literally nothing else he can do that Nolan will shyly agree.
To him theres no life to return to, so why not live out that little fantasy of his. It’s not like you’ll demand him to do more carnal wifely acts… right?
(spoiler, you will, but that comes later when you guys gain a deeper more intense attraction to each other. And when that time comes Nolan agrees very willingly)
In the beginning there isn’t really any change in the relationship you guys already had. Being a literal cosmic being means you normally don’t feel a lot of carnal urges or wants, so it’s all up to Nolan to make a move.
You visiting Herald almost choked when they saw Nolan floating up to your massive face and kiss your lips, even if he only is able to kiss your bottom lip.
The other Heralds also have a similar reaction when you start referring to Nolan as your wife. They can’t question you, and some of them just give Nolan a “good luck” and are on their way.
You don’t really care whatsoever about gendered terms, and as much as Nolan blushes and denies it, your mental bond lets you feel how much he likes being called Wife.
Its digging around Nolans mind that you see his deeper fantasies and start bringing out the things that go along with it. like, materializing a skimpy “slave” outfit for him, in purple and blue of course so he matches you.
When you order him to shave his beard Nolan almost, almost, blows up and starts arguing. But deep down he also knows its what he wants, to disconnect himself completely from who he was before and just allowing himself to be someone new.
At some point you start referring to him as your “viltrum slave” and later just “slave wife” because it gets Nolan really excited, if you know what I mean. Being mentally connected means that Nolans pleasure is your pleasure. You technically could shrink and enjoy the throes of the body with him, but being so much bigger excites both of you.
It does worsen your already horrible image somewhat, and give people stupid ideas. Planets start trying to offer you women, or their species version of it, to try and make you leave their planet. Its always denied though.
When planets realize you don’t want women, they start trying to offer you “wives” that look like Nolan, which just makes Nolan pissed, because he’s as possessive as you. On those planets you let him indulge in his viltrumite urge for destruction, before you devour it.
Nolan will regularly forget just how strong he is when he’s around you and your heralds. They start referring to him as your “pet” or “wife” too, just playing into Nolans little fantasy. And who are you to stop them? Happy wife, happy life.
This also just means that Nolan can shock himself by wiping out entire planets in hours. In the past it might have taken months or weeks, but with the cosmic powers from you as well, nobody really stands a chance.
It will be very fun if rumors get back to earth somehow that you have “kidnapped and enslaved” a rogue viltrumite. I’m not sure they’d send anyone to save Nolan, but they gotta live with that.
Maybe you pull up to earth for one reason or another. Big chance its because your scantily dressed wife has been fantasizing about this one gelato Nolan used to eat on the regular, so of course you have to go get it.
You could have sent your heralds or just teleported maybe Nolan to do it but… you want to go on a date…
So, you shrink from “I swallow planets whole” size to “im big enough to knock down this skyscraper” size, and just… appear on earth. Cue huge chaos and extreme fear, because you can’t tell me Cecil wouldn’t know of you at least.
Cue guardians of the globe pulling up, and someone, probably Rex, going “hold up… isn’t that your dad?” to Mark, because of course Nolan is sitting all pretty and “enslaved” looking on your shoulder.
The whole “slave” outfit also put these shackle looking things around Nolans wrists and ankles, as well as a collar, to make it look like you were somehow suppressing his powers. Sometimes they actually did that if you wanted them too. Most of the time it was for looks.
Its… very awkward. Nolan would be embarrassed if he hadn’t wiped out an entire planet wearing only a purple bra and panties once. This one is at least more like Leias slave outfit than the almost nonexistent stuff you sometimes had him wear.
Theres a chance its more surprising to see Nolan without his moustache honestly, than it is seeing him in the bra and fabric ensemble.
I have a feeling you would, in your powerful godly cosmic entity voice, booming loud enough for the entire state to hear, tell mark that he may refer to you as stepfather, if he would like.
Someone, Rex, would start wheezing so hard with laughter he would struggle not to pass out. I have a feeling most of the guardians would start snickering, except for the more serious ones like Rudy, who knows you could snuff them all out if you wanted.
For some comedy and crack, Debbie gives you, devourer of planets and immortal cosmic being, the shovel talk. Nolan is impressed that you seem more attentive to her words than entire planets begging for mercy.
Nolan doesn’t return to earth, or to Debbie or anything, but you do offer your stepson (Mark groans and covers his face), that you will help him out if he needs it. you also offer to play baseball with him, or take him to “the game” (you still don’t really understand what that is), for family bonding.
You keep eating planets, Nolan keeps being your little trophy wife, but maybe the ending of this universe won’t be the same as in the comics, since Mark now has his “sigh… step father” on his side. You and Nolan just keep being a happy married couple, in whatever way someone like you two can be.
#male reader#villain male reader#galactus male reader#omni man#nolan grayson#invincible#omni man x male reader#omni man x reader#omni man imagine#omni man headcanon#nolan grayson x male reader#nolan grayson x reader#nolan grayson imagine#nolan grayson headcanon#invincible x male reader#invincible x reader#invincible imagine#invincible headcanon#omni-man#little bit of mark grayson the guardians and debbie#tw beardless nolan mention#reader wants to be a supportive partner and stepfather#reader a galactic being and devourer of worlds when his husband wants to roleplay his pet: yeah sure.
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if you're stretching for shadowclan cats to use:
antpelt is mistakenly listed as from shadowclan in battles of the clans, and the wiki had him as a different character for a while. he also has an unnamed apprentice
shredtail is also mistakenly listed in shadowclan during bramblestar's storm
I am absolutely at the point where I'm willing to make absolutely ABSURD stretches. I'm affectionately calling all the extra cats I'm scrounging up from writer mistakes and background scenes "ShadowClan's Glitch Warriors." Thank you so much for pointing these three out, they're going in the list.
Suddenly, I was struck with an absolutely hilarious idea. Partner wanted something fun to draw but still has read absolutely nothing about Warriors, so I pitched;
"I will tell you nothing about these characters or who they are except their names. Draw a Shredtail, an Antpelt, and Antpelt's apprentice. TOTAL freedom over the designs here."
First they drew this lmao,
"This is a joke," they clarified
"NO I LOVE IT," I said, "KEEP GOING"
So we got Dollar Tree Shredtail, Great Value Antpelt, and the best thing I've ever seen in my life. Once they put these designs down, we talked personality and differentiators from the canon counterparts while they colored and refined them;
I loved the bushy gaster tail so much that I swore on the spot I was going to work it upwards into a whole bloodline, including the very obscure background warrior in AVOS, Wasptail. So even though they're mentor and apprentice in BOTC, I've decided these two will also be related. Probably siblings, or auncle/nespring.
The little black one is based off an Admiral Butterfly (it was my idea to make the little spots on their chest look like medals), so the name seems clear to me. Admiralpaw. Xey'll be meewa unless another gender works better; and I'm planning for xem to go out during a bloody battle against The Kin in true admiral style.
(funfact; admiral butterflies are extremely territorial. Males fight each other for control of a plant to attract females to.)
Warrior name is still undecided, though. Open to suggestions, leaning towards Admiralflight or Admiralflower.
Not-Antpelt I'm having name troubles with. I REALLY wanted to name them Majorheart, after a major ant, to keep the "military ranking + bug" pun that Addy's got... but it seems that none of the ants in this area would have a major caste. B'awww.
In the meanwhile, Antspot works fine. Alatefang or Dronepelt could work, too. Feel free to shout out suggestions, this guy's name and gender aren't set in stone.
Lastly, here's Diet Shreddy. Girl now <3
She is 100% going to be killed during The Battle of the True Eclipse, keeping consistent with the mistake in Bramblestar's Storm where Blackstar mournfully calls out the name of a Dark Forest warrior. I'm also undecided on if the actual Shredtail himself dies during that battle in BB, it might just be her.
In any case, she's probably going to be a TPB girl. If she's born during Brokenstar's time, she's one of the younger ShadowClan cats to take part in the WindClan Massacre. Might even be an early apprentice at the time, in a similar situation to Badgerfang (though in BB this was a one-time thing). If not during Brokenstar, then sometime during Nightstar's brief reign.
Right now she has no family, she's in my "reserves" at the side to use as a patch between generations. Her name is probably going to be either Tattertail or Shredclaw, given as an Honor Title after the Battle of BloodClan.
So she had a previous warrior name as well. She seems like the kind of troublemaker who would have the prefix Sike-- a small stream that dries up in summer. Sikestripe, if her name was given by Nightstar, or Sikestrike, if it was given by Tigerstar. Maybe it was one and then the other, in a sign of disrespect to his predecessor's lie.
#Then I lulled partner to sleep by streaming me working on the ShadowClan Family Tree#Small update for all concerned; Thank you for all the well wishes. They're doing ok#As OK as you can be in this situation. It comes and goes in waves.#We've been doing lots of nice stuff while hanging out all day. Soup. Video games. Stories. Rest.#They asked me for some nature prompts because plants are relaxing to draw#So I'm going to try making some guides specifically to their requests#But anyway--#I'm compiling lots of “glitch warriors” so I can mark down EXACTLY where they come from and their descriptions.#So far I've counted like 3 silver tabbies#This is extremely funny because there are TWO adult cats who could be called 'silver tabbies' alive during that time in TPB#Neither of them are actually silver tabbies (Boulder is solid gray and Archeye is a gray tabby).#And one of the 3 unnamed silver tabbies is a queen.#Btw I want to open up a like... 'Let's pick some names and personalities!' thing somehow for a lot of these Glitch Warriors#Because it sounds like fun and I like the spirit of collaboration with these guys#Plus I know some people really love the biome-accurate prefixes I can provide so this is a nice opportunity#Better Bones AU#bone babble#bug#ant#cw bug#ant cat
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#artswin#hey iswm tag hows it going#iswm#markiplier#in space with markiplier#iswm mark#head engineer mark#engie mark#tysm to my partner clem for showing me this tweet asdasf
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My look for today 💕
#love my marks from my partners 🥰#lesbian#trans girl#trans#dykeposting#dykes#transgender#tgirl#cute tgirls#cute tgirl#girls like us#mee
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Jack & Joker: U Steal My Heart! | S01E10
Thai Drama - 2024, 12 episodes
Native Title:#Jack & Joker ทำไมต้องเป็นเธอทุกที
Genres:#LGBTQ+
Tags:#Enemies to Lovers | #Love/Hate Relationship | #Partners in Crime
Cast:#War Wanarat | #Yin Anan Wong | #Mark Siwat | #Prom Ratchapat#Bonz Nadol
Links: GAGA | Viki | YouTube | iQIYI | WeTV | Youku | Tencent
Catalog: Episode GIF sets | Thai BL | Thai Drama
#Drama: Jack & Joker: U Steal My Heart#YinWar#TDrama#Thai BL#War Wanarat#Yin Anan Wong#Jack and Joker#Mark Siwat#BL GIFS#Heist#Partners in Crime#Prom Ratchapat#Bonz Nadol#Jack & Joker ทำไมต้องเป็นเธอทุกที#Enemies to Lovers#Love/Hate Relationship#Kiss Episode
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oops! all ponies!!
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you can tell these r sorta old because jons not MASSIVE HUGE TALL GIANT
But yk just.. pretend..
I really liked drawing pony designs for them I REALLY like ponies...also people liked this one on ig when I first posted it!! rare for me 2 like something and to have it do well
I've got no excuse for why everyone's all cute n gay I think drawing horses just MAKES you make them kiss
Jon doesn't have a cutie mark because uhhhhhh ermm ummm
their all earth ponies also because I kinda didn't...wanna figure out what they'd each be BUT IF I DID....
jon n tom are earth(toms pretty farm pony coded imo)
matt n duin pegasus
edd n mark unicorn?? maybe???
tord unicorn too I guess but I'm not used to including him
also one image being SUPER low quality is so funny to me genuinely but also FHUCK dawg why don't I save my art in high quality....I need to stop not sending people my finished stuff because otherwise it gets posted and is PROBABLY gone from my ibis gallery because........well tbf me clearing my gallery is my fault mostly but...cmon
#eddsworld#ew tom#ew matt#ew edd#ew neighbors#ewlaur#ew laurel#ew eduardo#ew jon#ew mark#jimboponyau#RARE TORD INCLUSION!!!!!!!#ew tord#does the main three HAVE a ship name or is it JUST polys world??....#Whatrver main guys are always gay uou guys know what i do :3#jonmark#JON MARK!!!!!N#somepne mentioned on the og post its kinda sad toms cutie mark is a bottle and-... well yea it is huh#my second option would have been his guitar but addiction is sorta all consuming its not far fetched he just drew a bad hand..hoof..and had#his everything predetermined.which is grim and horrible for a dumb pony au but idk :/#eddsworld edd#eddsworld matt#eddsworld tom#tom eddsworld#eddsworld tord#cant wait to never tag HIM again#tord enjoyers go crazy with this one if i ever draw NAY post him again itll be because my partner asks or smth#their tord crazy!!!!#THERES A TAG LIMIT???#polysworld
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I have a very important question: how would Garrick react to reader calling him “gare bear”? 👀
A most important question indeed.
Minor Onyx Storm Spoiler below
I believe that in the book Garrick calls Xaden Honey Bear when they split to check out the remaining isles, so there is some of this lingo out there.
I'd like to headcanon that Garrick is in a relationship with a ball of sunshine in human form. Not like ditsy happy-go-lucky, but truly a nice person who just sees the best in every situation and everyone (like think Lou Clarke or Yukio personas).
And Imagine one day Garrick is standing with Xaden and Bodhi, his tall, muscular, masculine self and reader pops up and loops her arm in his
Reader: Good Morning, Xaden, Bodhi, Gare Bear
Garrick: (slowly turning red), Hi...
Xaden:... (standing completely stoic but the shadows behind him are starting to waver)
Bodhi: (sucking in his lips to keep him from bursting out in laughter)
Reader: (completely oblivious) I forgot to tell you, I finished sharpening your daggers that you left the other night. I'll bring them over this evening. Have a great day sweetie! Bye guys. (proceeds to kiss him on the cheek and nuzzle noses)
Bodhi and Xaden: Bye Y/N
Bodhi just doubles over laughing, Xaden's actually smiling and Garrick looks so both lovestruck and horrified.
Xaden: We need to get to class, we dont want to be late, do we Gare Bear?
Bodhi: Yeah, and can you kiss my nose like too while you're at it?
They end up teasing him for it for a long while, but of course the reader never catches on. She's just blissfully in love with Garrick and doesn't really care about much else besides making him happy, honestly, he could use that type of love.
#fourth wing#the empyrean#garrick tavis#bodhi durran#xaden riorson#tyrrish men headcanons you didn't ask for#honestly any of the marked ones could use a ball of sunshine as their partner
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i am not normal
#my art#animatic battle#theyre yuri to me........ ok. whatevr#partners who beat each other up what is wrong wit them ♥️#animatic x exclamation mark#ive only seen like 3 (myself included) people actively like this ship i dont think it even has an Official ship name yet LOL#animark#exclamatic#<-ship names oomf and i made up.........#ok whatever i need to go to class
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Engineer mark stick person meme redraw btw
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#originally for my partner :3 but i got perms to post it teehee#engineer mark#iswm#iswm fanart#engineer mark fanart#markiplier#my art#? kinda but also i didnt draw the base
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duality of my favourite ships :)
#my art#silly fluff + soul-crushing angst COMBO#could not get the captain to look quite right🤔 but ah well#partners in crime#captaineer#ahwm y/n#iswm captain#mark iplier#heist mark#heist!mark#heist!mark x y/n#heist mark x y/n#engineer mark#engineer!mark#head engineer mark#engineer mark x captain#ahwm#iswm#markiplier egos#markiplier cu#markiplier cinematic universe#markiplier connected universe
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merlin who stands against the wall while uther reprimands arthur, who stands behind arthur at dinners where uther’s disapproval and disappointment is apparent, who has been there when arthur is quiet and despondent after private meetings with his father, who has watched for years the sting of uther’s words and sometimes hands against his own son, who has bit his tongue and followed arthur with gentle hands and softer words as he puts the pieces back together of the man he knows and loves.
merlin watching uther lose his temper over arthur going against him for their people and watching arthur crawl into himself and shove his feelings down to be the emotionless prince his father expects of him. once uther’s rage has quelled somewhat, he dismisses arthur without another look and arthur leaves, his back ramrod straight and his chin held high despite the glazed look in his eyes, his last shot at keeping his composure. and merlin breaks, he glares at uther and waits until the doors shut to speak, in case arthur was close enough to hear.
merlin rants and raves at uther, calls him out on his bs, and tells him to be there for his son. ofc uther isn’t having any of it and yells back at merlin but merlin isn’t deterred and keeps going on and on about how much of a disappointment uther is as a father and how much better arthur deserves. uther steps in close and raises his hand as if to backhand merlin but he doesn’t. the two stare at each other, heated glare meeting heated glare, and finally uther mutters that he should have merlin flogged for speaking like that to him. merlin doesn’t waver as he welcomes uther too but he couldn’t just stand by and watch uther tear arthur apart anymore.
uther slowly lowers his hand and turns his back on merlin but he hasn’t given in to merlin’s argument so he switches tactics. he asks how uther expects arthur to be the sure, determined, and just king he is meant to be if uther won’t let him grow into his power and autonomy, let him learn his lessons and apply them as king. uther finally lowers his shoulders at merlin’s argument which just irks him more as uther clearly cares more for arthur as a future king rather than a son but he doesn’t point that out.
uther turns to stare at merlin and asks if he really just disrespected the king so horribly just for arthur, merlin nods once without hesitation and echoes “for arthur”. uther’s lips twitch despite himself and he nods and says how he is glad arthur has someone like merlin looking out for him. merlin tests his luck once more and responds that arthur could have more than just him, he could have a dad, not just a father.
merlin watches as arthur reports back to his father the next week about an expedition they had gone on to protect one of camelot’s outlying villages from raiders and uther grins wide and pulls arthur into an awkward side hug that’s more a complicated pat on his shoulder but at least it’s something. uther says openly how he’s proud and that camelot should feel lucky to have a prince who is looking out for her.
arthur is stunned and manages a slight bow to his father as he leaves (merlin and uther exchanging a glance and nod as he passes). merlin watches arthur as the room empties and a wide, proud smile stretches across his face. merlin feels warm and fuzzy at the sight and chuckles as arthur spins and pulls merlin into a similar side hug while laughing loudly. the two of them have the most fun that day, spending the rest of the daylight goofing off and running around with no particular goal in mind other than enjoying the day. it’s the happiest merlin has seen arthur be for such a long period of time.
#obviously uther is a pos and doesnt remain like this for long before falling back into his anger and rage and belittling arthur again#merlin is disappointed but not surprised#he gives up on uther and decides to just be arthur’s support#OR#uther tests it out and makes a deal with merlin that he’ll be more supportive of arthur’s independence#but if he steps too far out of line or grows too arrogant as to stand against him or makes a big mess of things#it will be merlin who suffers the punishment rather than arthur#this results in merlin getting dragged down to the dungeons and getting whipped#uther wanted it to be a public flogging but knew how much merlin meant to him so he decided to do it in private so arthur wouldnt blow up#merlin hides his wounds and uther returns to his shitty ways and takes the bit of confidence arthur acquired#years later established merthur and arthur is tracing merlins scars in bed and asks about the whip marks on his back#merlin hesistates bc he doesnt want to tell arthur the truth and tries to lie but arthur calls him out on it#‘we said no more lies’ and merlin folds and tells him#arthur (guilt ridden) and merlin (protector of pretty prat partner) have sad sex 😔🔥💔💋#bbc merlin#merlin emrys#arthur pendragon#fanfiction#fanfic#fic#merthur#uther pendragon#cw parental abuse
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