#the angels convinced the humans and fairies that they are gods now after god died and the angels took their power and remade the star syste

[githvyrik]

in my worldbuild I’ve been making there are 3 types of Beings that are like. “sapient and sentient” I guess for lack of a better way to say it but essentially they’re all just types of creatures we could theoretically converse and share ideas with. anyways they’re humans (which are Magic now), fairies (which are basically dragons), and angels (which are more like super magical shape-shifting bone parasites) and humans are like man I’m soooo jealous of the way fairies have super strong magic or how the angels have like wings and junk but whatever we have our own magic and meanwhile the fairies and angels are maddeningly envious of human hands

[alarriefantasy]

                                 Halloween Fic Rec 2019

Demon

Trade Mistakes by ifancylou, Taayjaay

Words: 3k

Harry summons a crossroads demon without realizing that he'd be giving up his soul in exchange for the deal. He offers the demon something a little different instead.

Demons by CarlyLovesLarry

Words: 4k

or where Harry is a demon and Louis is a hunter, and Harry fuck Louis into oblivion  

Sealed With A Kiss by ty_madison

Words: 6k

Harry has been having dreams about a boy, every night since he turned sixteen and everytime he has opened his eyes in the past the boy has disappeared. But now he is awake, the boy is here and he has a deal to make with the innocent Harry.

Paper Planes by cathedralhearts

Words: 7k

Louis sold his soul to the Devil when he was sixteen, tear-stained and miserable, grief wracking his body as the doctors told him his mother had days to live. Lucifer prefers to go by the name Harry, wears Louis’ soul around his neck as a pendant, and spends the next five years following him around.

Shadow Holding Me Hostage by scribblewrite

Words: 26k

Harry's a demon, basically the king of hell and the source of all evil, and he needs an heir. Louis's a normal human, unsuspecting of what's in store for him.

The Devil's Angel by lilacsweaters_ivorylilies

Words: 86k

Ezekiel 28:13 - For Lucifer has been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone was his covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of his tabrets and of his pipes was prepared in him in the day that he was created. 

Fantasy/Supernatural

got me losing every breath (i'm latching onto you) by kissingiscool

Words: 14k

(or an au where louis is a fairy with a fear of thunderstorms and a talent of knitting and harry is a vet with three cats and a lot of love.)

A Love So True You Don't Have To Be Afraid by homosociallyyours

Words: 14k

In a world long ago but not so far away, where true love is valued above all else, Louis and Harry have already found one another. Their lives are shaken by the arrival of Simon, whose heart is more than a bit shit, and who longs to sow unhappiness.

When Louis is changed into a dragon and Harry is the knight meant to vanquish him, it would appear that Simon has succeeded. But love wins, every time.

Waiting For Someone Who Needs Me by graceling_in_a_suit

Words: 17k

AU: Harry is a genie, and Louis doesn't think he needs anything.

The Prince Of Light by jacaranda_bloom

Words: 35k

Louis was found abandoned at a hospital at six months old and adopted by an older couple who raised him. Now twenty, he studies by night and by day works as a live-in au pair for a family with three little girls. One of the girls, Holly, swears there is a Garden Fairy coming and eating treats she leaves out in the cubby house each night.

When the family goes away for a two week holiday, Louis is secretly tasked with feeding the Fairy. While laying out the food one night he falls from the cubby house and is found by Harry. Harry is different and Louis is fascinated. But as Louis learns how different Harry really is, he discovers his own true home and a very surprising past he never knew.

Cue badgers, bananas and cookies, soulmates, a whole other world, and a future he’d never imagined.

like cabbages and kings by you_explode

Words: 60k

When Louis was a kid, he had a series of very vivid dreams about a place called Wonderland. There were rabbits wearing waistcoats and talking cats and ridiculous tea parties, and amidst all the absurdity, there was a boy. A boy with dimples, big green eyes and the sweetest soul Louis has ever known. Louis has always kept a place in his heart for that boy and for his funny dreamworld, and when he’s twenty-five and his life falls apart, it turns out Wonderland might not be so imaginary after all.

there's no fair in farewell by we_are_the_same

Words: 218k

When Harry and Louis, two Cupids who have been bringing people together for decades, are tasked with making Soulmates Liam and Zayn fall in love, it proves to be much harder than expected. But maybe, just maybe, that isn’t such a bad thing after all.

Ghost

The Haunting of Louis Tomlinson by HelloAmHere

Words: 31k

OR: Louis is a plucky Gothic Heroine, Harry is a Mournful Spirit, and Big Country Houses are full of mystery and suspense, as Big Country Houses ever are!

Close to Nowhere by angelichl

Words: 34k

Louis and Harry are psychics who kind of hate each other. They go to Tennessee to investigate a haunting.

you look so good in blue by patdkitten

Words: 20k

Or: Harry Styles hears about a perfect flat from his roommate Zayn's boyfriends and decides to sign the lease. The only problem is: the flat has a reputation for being haunted. It certainly doesn't help that Harry's cat is seeing things as soon as they move in...

The Case Of The (Definitely Not Haunted) Styles Mansion by BriaMaria

Words: 40k

Or the Nancy Drew AU where Marcel is a man of logic, Louis is a private detective who believes in ghosts, and the Styles Mansion is definitely, absolutely, positively *not* haunted.

Tied to Fate by littlelouishiccups

Words: 52k

After his estranged father’s death, Harry inherits a castle in England that has belonged to his family for generations and he knows nothing about. When he breaks up with his boyfriend, Harry decides England is the perfect place for a small vacation. He isn’t prepared to meet Louis Tomlinson, a ghost who once lived in the castle and has haunted it for over five hundred years. He’s even more unprepared to fall in love with him.

Through Eerie Chaos by MediaWhore

Words: 102k

The Ghost Hunter AU where Niall lives to prove ghosts are real, Zayn is a skeptical librarian and Harry gets caught up in a century-old mystery and catches feeling in the process

Halloween Themed

Trick-or-Treat (Cheer Up) by writingstylinson 

Words: 2k

Louis Tomlinson is the single father of a little girl named Finnley, and they’ve been living in Holmes Chapel for a year. This Halloween is the first one they will be celebrating without Louis’ younger siblings or his own mother. It’s because of this that his daughter, who is usually outgoing and fearless, starts to have some worries about going trick-or-treating alone with her father.

Then Louis comes up with the perfect solution.

This is Halloween, everybody make a scene by allwaswell16

Words: 2k

When Louis takes his son trick-or-treating in a stormtrooper costume, little does he know by the end of the night he will end up gaining a Luke Skywalker, a Chewbacca, and a Rey. He doesn't mind the additions, and if Rey's very hot dad wants to come along as well, he doesn't mind that too much either.

this kitten's got your tongue tied in knots by ballsdeepinjesus

Words: 3k

[it's halloween, harry is a kitten in a tree and louis is a (fake) firefighter.]

A gold and green Halloween by Tita

Words: 8k

Harry and Louis are strangers who, dressed as Drarry, compete on a Halloween couple's costume contest. It's exactly as much of a mess as it sounds.

Black Cats Steal Hearts, Not Souls by SLD24

Words: 9k

Harry finds a kitten in a pumpkin patch the day before Halloween but it turns out not to be a kitten at all.

Horror

All The Songs That You Sing In The Dark by pukeandcry

Words: 10k

What happened was that first people got sick.

What happened after that was that they died.

But the worst thing was what happened after that. After they died, they came back.

The Skeleton Key by photo41

Words: 18k

Harry Styles, a good-natured nurse living in Manchester, quits his job at a hospice to work for Violet Winston, an elderly woman whose husband, Ben, is in poor health following a stroke.

When Harry begins to explore the couple's rundown mansion, he discovers strange artifacts and learns the house has a mysterious past. As he continues to investigate, he realizes that Violet is keeping a sinister secret about the cause of Ben's illness- and tries to convince the Winston's estate lawyer, Louis Tomlinson, that he really isn't going insane.

Loosely based off the movie of the same name.

Insane by prideinlou

Words: 20k

Or in which Louis Tomlinson and Harry Styles are two dim-witted, drunk teenage boys that take a Halloween night dare too far, and end up in a life or death situation in the clutches of a haunted mental asylum.

Will they make it out alive... or will they go insane?

Mermaid

seaside improvisation by tinyweirdloves

Words: 6k

[harry is a mermaid who has lost his tail and he lives in louis's bathtub for a month.]

at least as deep as the pacific ocean (i wanna be yours) by writtensoul 

Words: 9k

louis is the very entitled prince of the seven seas!! harry is a goofy sailor boy!!! a lot of hijinks ensue involving slippery mermaid tails and happy fun little sea creatures!!

Define Dancing by asphodelknox 

Words: 20k

Death has a way of making certain things crystal clear. After Jay’s death, Louis returns to the summer cottage he always considered home. Unbeknownst to him, he’s also returning to the merman who has been his best friend through everything and finds that maybe there’s a chance for more.

Don't Let the Tide Come and Take Me by kiwikero

Words: 28k

Or, the one where Louis decides to set a merman free and ends up finding his own freedom along the way.

Still Deep In Us by graceling_in_a_suit

Words: 41k

AU. The village Harry has called home his entire life sits on six shaky legs, held aloft from the ocean which claimed the entire world twenty years ago. Harry's just a grieving tinkerer trying to do his best, and Louis is a mermaid that ruins The Village's delicate balance of power (and perhaps, just maybe, wins the heart of a boy).

Pirates

Captain Harry Styles... And The Faerie by spaceboyharry

Words: 8k

“You have today been defeated. Remember this forever as the day you were bested by Captain Harry Styles.” Louis zoomed past, shouting “AND THE FAERIE!” I sighed, rolling my eyes. “And the bloody faerie.”

must be something in the water by hattalove

Words: 3k

They all remember, somewhere deep down, why they gave up everything they had for the Mermaid.

The last vestiges of kindness and bravery and everything that is good in the world are on board that ship. Louis’s heart is on it, moored by some nameless jetty.

In Your Black Heart (Is Where You'll Find Me) by graceling_in_a_suit

Words: 35k

Louis Tomlinson has been lying for five years. His crew sees him as a pirate, a Captain, and an alpha; only two of those are the truth. He was content to let the illusion go on forever, but an omega named Harry Styles just had to join his crew and get his warm-vanilla stink all over Louis' best laid plans.Or: the story of The Captain and The Carpenter.

Si Pudiera Volar by messofgorgeouschaos

Words: 68k

When Harry’s fiancé leaves him for his cousin, he looks the other way for the sake of his happiness. He’ll do anything to forget about him, including joining a monastery. It isn’t until his cousin’s former lover, a pirate, appears that he realizes everything is not as it appears, and an honest pirate might be the only person worthy of his heart.

Or, a fic loosely based on Corazon Salvaje.

Vampire

Call Me the End of Your World by captainsftlouis

Words: 3k

or, the vampire AU where Louis is addicted to vampire venom, and Harry is addicted to Louis.

Waiting On You: A Christmas Drabble by emma1234

Words: 5k

On their first Christmas Eve as a couple, Louis and Harry decide it would be a great idea to exchange one special gift with one another to mark a new tradition. Of course, things never go as smoothly as they planned.

I Wanna Do Bad Things With You by lesbianphrodite

Words: 7k

Harry goes to his favorite pub with the intention to drink and feel bad for himself after a terrible break-up. Instead, he ends up hitting it off with a handsome vampire.

Forever And Always by jacaranda_bloom 

Words: 25k

OR the one where Harry’s neighbour is a crotchety old witch who hates vampires, Niall is the unsuspecting human who ends up inhabiting Harry’s body, and Louis is the caseworker who is assigned to swap them back. How it ends up a love story is anyone’s guess.

we should open up (before it's all too much) by disgruntledkittenface

Words: 43k

Struggling with grieving and depression since his dad died, Harry has never felt so alone. It’s too much to cope with on his own, but he feels like a burden when he tries to open up with people.

Then he meets Louis.

For You I'd Bleed Myself Dry by amomentoflove

Words: 49k

Harry is cold. His bones ache. Every movement draws a whimper from his cracked lips. The stone underneath him is practically like ice. He’s numb, but can clearly feel the sharp pains on his neck every timeHe visits him. Below the icy cold, the achy bones, and the pain on his neck, Harry Styles is pissed. There’s a fire burning in his mind and the anger for the man who keeps him imprisoned is the fuel. He despises him, the man who feeds from him and is a daily reminder that Harry’s suffering won’t end. The man who keeps Harry so weak that he can barely move most days. Harry’s waiting for the day when his owner will go too far and finally kill him. Death must be better than this cold hell he is in.

It won’t happen, though. He has a way of keeping Harry’s heart beating. So for now, all Harry can do is wait for death to come.

He’s been waiting for years.

Witches

what's inside your imagination (is as real as anything else) by suspendrs

Words: 3k

Or, Harry's a witch who likes to pretend he's a human pretending he's a witch, and Louis's the human in a not-so-clever costume that keeps catching his eye.

A Kind Of Magic by mellagreens

Words: 12k

Louis feels the urge to tell Harry he's in love with him.

Spellbound by lovelarry10

Words: 22k

Louis’ a shifter. Harry’s a witch. The only problem is, they’re hiding those things from each other.Will they be able to keep their secrets hidden at the most spooky time of year?

Call It True by abrighteryellow

Words: 48k

With dreams of being a successful novelist, Harry’s been working so hard that he almost doesn’t notice the smoothie shop that just opened down the street. But he can’t miss the mysterious, irresistible boy who works there, nor the strange but entirely positive effect his drinks seem to have. Harry needs to know what’s going on and he wants to get close to Louis, though not necessarily in that order.

A Spell and A Spark by dinosaursmate

Words: 73k

Louis is a teenage witch, living and attending university among mortals. He has to keep his secret whilst studying on both his degree and his witch's licence. His friends don't suspect a thing, even as spell after spell goes awry.

Our Place By The Moon by PearlyDewdrops

Words: 108k/WIP

Or: a late 90's urban fantasy AU in which Louis wants to befriend the strange boy next door, Harry is just trying to keep his family together, and falling in love is most inconvenient for a witch that may have accidentally reignited a centuries old curseꟷone that kinda messes with that.

[the-chanteloup]

InuYasha RP Bio

Omg. I’m alive! Things have been so hectic, I forgot I had a Tumblr! Silly me. Well, I’ve returned, and with that return, I give you my finalized InuYasha RP bio! 

So, I created this character about 18 years ago when InuYasha first aired on Adult Swim. I debuted her on Yahoo!Chat, and when that died, she sort of went into hibernation. With the series coming out, and this sudden surge of InuYasha, I really wanted to finalize her, and get her out into the world. :3  

Name (last, first): Setsuna ( Of the Karyukai, The Flower and Willow World )

Nickname(s): Hanyou, Runt, Pup, Geisha

Age: 55 (Youthful appearance, commonly mistaken for 20-25)

Species: Half-Dog Demon, Half-Human (Hanyou)

Gender: Female

Birthday: Around the Winter Solstice

Life Story:

Left on the doorstep of an orphanage in the village of Sawara, in a shabby reed basket during a harsh winter was not the ideal beginning, but, all great legends must start somewhere. Luckily, warm hearts were in good spirits this cold night, and the overseers of this particular orphanage just couldn’t leave a bright eyed, bundle of joy out in the elements. Brought in out of the cold, and raised alongside human children, the pup never really knew she was different, other than having two black fluffy ears atop her head. As she grew, she was given a general education along with the other children, nothing fancy since they were considered the lower class, but enough to get her by should she ever take to selling turnips.

Unfortunately, all fairy tales have to end, and when her 16th year rolled around, she was tossed out into the world to fend for herself.

Being a small Hanyou had its benefits job wise, roaming gangs of thieves were always willing to have her tag along for heists, at a quarter of the profit for most of the dangerous work. But fate is a fickle mistress, and while perusing through a shop during a heist one night, she was detained by an older man named Ino Tadataka, with nun chucks. How embarrassing. She didn’t need superb Demon hearing to know her comrades had bailed, leaving her the scapegoat. However, before she could decide which hand she was okay with having chopped off, the old man offered her a deal. She would assist him in mapping some of the harder to reach places in the area, and in return he would house her, feed her and teach her to read.

Since climbing trees for an old man was a much better option than losing a limb, she hastily agreed, and spent many years assisting “Old Man Ino”, as she called him, in completing his map of Japan.

In the Spring of her last month with Ino, he referred her to an old friend in a village called Kanazawa in the Western Lands for another job. With no other real work leads, other than going back to stealing, she took the lead. When she arrived at the mapped destination Ino had given her, it turned out to be an exotic tea house. She swore on all the Gods above and below that she would knock the taste out of that old pervert’s mouth for this. As she stood outside making her proclamation to bash an old man’s head in, she was interrupted by the tea house’s 'mother', Kikuya. Seeing a rare opportunity to be the only tea house in the district with a Hanyou entertaining, Kikuya took her in instantly.

Amazingly, after several rough years of learning, she was finally “promoted” to the highest rank, Geisha.

Fast forward a few short years, just a few months from fully paying off her debt, she is one of the more popular girls advertised at the tea house. Fully skilled in playing the kokyū, flirting with men in a proper way, starting and losing games of Janken or Daruma Otoshi gracefully, and pouring hot tea in hazardous ways, courtesy of her quick Hanyou reflexes, she has acquired several frequent guests.

A Samurai named Yorimoto quickly became her favorite “customer”, and though they saw each other as nothing more than siblings, she developed a connection to the Human. He was never short on adventurous stories about fighting, and war, which she soaked up like a sponge, enjoying the romantic way he told of their honor code. Being half-Demon, she was naturally drawn to weapons and all their convenient ways of killing things, and eventually convinced Yorimoto to teach her how to use the Naginata. Unfortunately, it was highly un-Geisha like to swing around a “blade on a stick”, as her mother called it, so, under the guise of certain services, they met and trained. Several months passed, and her Samurai was called away to battle, but before he left, Yorimoto gifted her a Naginata all her own, for emergencies, of course.

Even though she was content to stay at her tea house and practice her Naginata in peace until the day when she could afford to open her own business, she also wouldn’t mind a little bit of adventure sneaking in and stirring things up.  

Appearance:

Setsuna stands an intimidating five feet tall at her black ear tips, which has earned her the nickname “Runt”. Thanks to her Demon genetics, despite her small stature, she is sturdily built, muscular and has a curvy frame. She is a milky skinned Hanyou with loosely curled raven black hair that trails down to her rear, and cobalt blue, cat like eyes rimmed in coal eyeliner. Her ears are slightly fluffy, and sport two small silver hoops in each, a gift from her Geisha mother, Kikuya. Her claws are a soft pearl color; however, they are kept at a shorter length due to her kokyū playing and aesthetics for the tea house, but they still remain filed to a point and sharp.

Her only truly intimidating feature is a deep, guttural growl that could easily be mistaken for a much larger demon. Setsuna’s normal attire is that of a typical Geisha, minus the white makeup. Elaborate silk kimonos and obis, along with jeweled hair trinkets and pins. Her hair is never tied up, allowing her ears to remain out in the open. When she is training with the Naginata, she dons a black hakama, with a royal blue sash around her waist. Setsuna is almost always barefoot as she likes the feel of Earth on her skin.

Like all Hanyou, she reverts to a mortal Human form on the night of the new moon. She becomes weaker, as she loses all of her Demon abilities. Her hair fades to a dusty blonde color, and her eyes dull to a pale gray.  

Personality:

Setsuna is usually the center of the party. Having trained with her Geisha mother, she can strike up conversations easily with almost anyone. She has a laid-back demeanor, seeming to just roll with the punches. A smile of some sort is usually found on her face, giving her an easy to approach look. She has an old wisdom about her, and is always available to offer advice or find an answer to a question. She tends to have a soft spot for animals and children, but she prefers both go home with someone else. Her one true weakness is a field of wild flowers, or flowers of any kind. Though she hates to admit it, she’s a sucker for romance and intimate physical touches.

Unfortunately, with a decent amount of Demon blood in her veins, Setsuna is not the quiet, demure creature one would expect when they see her in full Geisha attire. Having been raised by thieves, her mouth is dirtier than a sewer grate, and her mind has been likened to that of a lecherous old man’s. Even with traditionally excitable genetics, she is calm, collected, and calculating, preferring her enemies to either make fools of themselves or to wander right into her trap. Though she has never been in a true battle, the canine in her usually wishes a mother fucker would so she could let her Naginata bathe in blood. Of course, that doesn’t mean she goes looking for a fight, but should one happen to peek around a corner….

Good Habit(s):

She is very understanding, and a good listener. No problem is too dramatic, or small for her ears. She offers honest advice (This could be good or bad) She is fiercely loyal to those who have earned it. Her colorful background and lifestyle have given her a wealth of wisdom and knowledge, both useful and not.  

Bad Habit(s):

Hot headed, she finds a boiling point rather quickly over certain things. Decently excitable, the World is a big adventure to a young Hanyou. Territorial, what’s hers is hers. Cursing bad enough to make perverts blush.

Like(s):

Walking in the forest, feeling the sun on her skin and the Earth on her bare feet. Having her hair done/played with. Food. Training with her Naginata. Playing the kokyū. Listening to stories, mostly battle and war stories. Thunderstorms at night. Wildflower fields.

Special Powers/Abilities:

Aside from the typical Hanyou speed, flexibility and agility, she has a natural ability to hide and camouflage herself due to her small stature. She’s also decently formidable in a fist fight. Intimidating low, guttural growl usually used for intimidation. Rapid healing.

Ambition/Life-long Dream:

Even though she longs for the thrill of battle, a more reasonable ambition would be to finally pay off her debts to Kikuya, and to open her own tea house that specializes in ‘unique’ Geishas like herself.

Love Interest:

Unknown.  

Occupation/Job:

Geisha, entertainer, Hanyou

Notes:

Now, I know y'all who follow the series are looking at me like, "Uh...THAT NAME IS FAMILIAR" And, yeah, I know, trust me. I had a moment when the official announcement was made, but when I created Setsuna, I actually used the name from the manga Angel Sanctuary ( showing my age here ), and this character was never meant to follow any sort of canon story line, ever, she was always strictly AU. With all that being said, please don't come for me. xD I am smol and anxiety ridden. I really just wanted to have her bio published, because I love this little shit of a Hanyou. She was one of my very first creations and holds a pretty special place in my cold black heart. A few more notes: I'm totally up for RP! Feel free to send me a note or whatever. I'm pretty laid-back, and open to most scenarios.

I usually ship Setsuna with Sesshomaru, because it's adorable, but, I’m open to any ship.  

She has no art. Like I said, this has been a long time coming, so I haven't had any art of her commissioned, but maybe in the near future I will. ( -eyeballs the extremely talented @destinyfall) But, I can give you details and photo references if you decide you would like to RP.

[p-artsypants]

Drabbles and Fanfiction

Every once and a while, I will share this list. You can also find this page on my blog. 

Full list of all my works:

Find most, if not more, of these fics on:

fanfiction.net | archive of our own | wattpad

(~AU’s, *Finished, ❤️Author’s Favorites)

Kingdom Hearts

~❤️Rage Awakened ao3 | ff.net- Ten years ago, Terra, Aqua, and Ventus lost their fellow apprentice, Sora, in Deep Jungle. Now, they are to return with two new students, Riku and Kairi, to lock the heart of the world. All the while, something watches from the trees. Feral!Sora AU

My Kingdom for a Heart ao3 | ff.net - The curse of being one of the Princesses of heart, is that there’s always someone out to get you. As Xemnas looked failure in the face, he reached out in a last ditch effort and destroyed Kairi’s heart. Now her friends must travel the worlds again. Sora, to find a way to recover Kairi’s heart, and Riku, to make amends to those he has wronged. All the while, the darkness grows.

Miraculous Ladybug

One Shots

*❤️amalgam- When an young man is rejected for being ‘incompatible’ he turns into the akuma ‘Amalgam’ able to fuse two people together. And later Adrien and Marinette would debate if it was lucky or unlucky that they got hit. (Also Available in russian)

*sing we all noel- After receiving the worst Christmas present ever from his father, Chat Noir finds himself out on the streets with nowhere to go on Christmas Eve. Thankfully, Ladybug finds him and brings him home.

*speechless- In a world where everyone has a soulmark, the first words their soulmate will say to them, Marinette is born without one. But Adrien Agreste has two. Curious, considering he’s mute.

*❤️tunnels of love- The night started out with an accidental kiss from Adrien Agreste, and ended with her bleeding in the Catacombs of Paris. Ladybug, the wielder of the miraculous of good luck. Yeah right. (Some blood)

*the reveal that wasn’t- first parts My ending to kittybug’s Tumblr Prompt

*what a mess we’re in- Ladybug has a lot on her mind, and when Chat Noir bugs her enough, she tells him she’s going to confess to her Crush, Adrien Agreste. Chat’s reaction is not what she’s expecting.

Long Fics

Longest Night- (ff.net | ao3) - The day started out sucky to begin with. Her crush ousted to the class and Adrien. Lila taking pride in exacting her revenge. But by the time patrol was over, a young man was dead, and Ladybug’s identity was at risk. Lila was the least of her concerns. Good thing Adrien was taking it all like a champ. (Rated M for scenes of torture)

*❤️nine lives- (ff.net) When Adrien Agreste is scheduled to go to a Military School in Germany, Chat Noir must make a critical decision. Does he give up his Miraculous? Or does he give up his life as Adrien? I’ll save you the trouble of guessing, he gives up being Adrien.

*tender words- When Marinette finally gets the guts to confess her feelings for Adrien, some things go so wrong, and other things go so right.

How To Train Your Dragon

One Shots

The Vikings Have Their Tea (ff.net | ao3)

arranged marriage- Takes place at the beginning of HTTYD

❤️breathe- Survival of the fittest

~childhood friends- At the Sandbox

❤️easy fix- In which Hiccup has a bad day

~fashion designer- Astrid needs a fill in

❤️frozen- In Which Astrid takes a Dip and things get frisky (Rated M)

❤️headache- In Which Hiccup hits his head….really hard

❤️heir- In Which Hiccup is Picked (longer version by fatecharms)

illness- In Which Stoick is a dad

~illusionist- Trick gone wrong

~in the walls- In which there’s a poop ghost

~knocking on the wrong door (2) - A chance encounter

❤️messages- Astrid is Frustrated with Hiccup’s obliviousness

~to mirkwood- Hiccup is not a dwarf

~monster falls- Hiccup and Astrid take a dip

❤️mute- In which there’s a quiet stranger

~music video (ImgHS)- He didn’t expect it

❤️operation: lovebirds- In Which the gang makes a plan, and Hiccup gets Drunk

~over- Too many nightmares

~partners in crime- A normal day at work

~pirate- Astrid is the greatest treasure

~prince- He doesn’t want to be a broken King

❤️sorting things out- In Which Astrid gets her ducks in a row

~the dragon and the dame- Beauty and the Beast Au

the pit- In Which Hiccup is rescued

hide and seek- Part 1

lost and found- Part 2

Long fics:

*❤️infernal responsibility- Being the son of the chief takes brains, courage, and a lot of patience. But at his father’s the request for marriage, Hiccup decides he has had enough. When he seeks out a life of ease, he runs into more than what he bargained for.

*❤️roses and lilies- “Astrid, you and I both know you’re much tougher than I am. You’re more brave, and a better fighter…but just for a little while…could we pretend that I’m the one protecting you?” “Oh gods yes!” (Also Available in spanish!)

*~what the water gave me- The sea is a wild and dangerous thing, something that cannot be foretold or predicted. Hiccup discovered this many years ago, in human naiveté. Yet, what was meant as a sacrifice became a new life, one like no one could comprehend. He now finds himself once more in the unknowing hands of those that sentenced him to death. He only prays things will be different this time. Merman!AU

*parasite- Soulsnatcher Dragons are rare but deadly. But, As Hiccup finds out, it’s the eggs you have to watch out for.

*~320 state street- Gobber’s Goods. A Hardware Store that was rumored to have everything you needed. She thought she only needed a job. Turns out, she needed a lot more than that. (A Modern AU no one asked for)

*~❤️the north tower- When Finn Hofferson died, Astrid inherited his castle in Wales…and a whole lot more. Something sinister lurks in the North Tower.

*~❤️boy toy- ao3 - At the age of 21, Princess Astrid lawfully has to pick a husband. But when the perfect groom is nowhere to be found, she requests the toymaker to create one for her. It’s safe to say that everyone in the kingdom is a little concerned. (Pinocchio!AU I guess?)

no, you go first- ao3 - The Chief of Berk was a headstrong viking, stubborn and full of pride, and willing to do whatever it takes to keep his village safe. But for a moment, he puts that aside, and listens to his son. In which Hiccup convinces his dad not to make him go through Dragon Training, and the subsequent changes that follow.

*in due time- ao3 - As another illness sweeps through Berk, Gothi needs another ingredient for her medicine…one that doesn’t exist anymore. Fortunately, she kept that old spell book around for such an occasion. Big Hiccup is sent to five years into the past, and his younger self sent to take his place in the future. But it’s only a few days, what could go wrong?

Trollhunters: Tales from Arcadia

❤️arcadia or bust- In Which Arcadia welcomes back it’s underground citizens.

Teen Titans

Oneshots:

~big brother- Don’t turn out the light (Horror)

dear jason- Bruce Writes a letter

just drawing- Bruce thinks about Robin

the prisoner- Starfire is Guilty

of mustard and three foot purple tongues- A collection of Oneshots and Drabbles

Long Fics (*Finished):

*~❤️carol of the bells- High in the dark Bell Tower of Notre Dame, there lives a mysterious bell ringer. Legend tells of the angel who fell from the sky, and the curse she bares. There are few who know her true identity though; her master, the priest, and the acrobat that performs on the streets below. Based loosely on ‘The Hunchback of Notre Dame’ RobxStar and slight BBxRae

*no escape- Three years ago, Starfire escaped an Alien race called the Gordanians, to arrive on Earth. They’re back, and ready to put Starfire back where she belongs, behind reinforced Titanium bars. Robin’s not about to let her go…if only he hadn’t got captured first. How does it feel to be the alien, Robin?

*now you know my pain- When the new Villain, Gender Bender, comes to down, the Titans find themselves in an odd situation. They’ve been turned into the opposite gender against their will! Now in order to change back, they must learn to understand the gender they’ve turned into. Rated T for obvious reasons. A great read if you’ve ever wondered why girls or guys do [blank].

*paint it black- Robin disappeared three months ago. Now, Jump City’s crime rate is mysteriously being taken care of by a normal, albeit strange, teenage boy who goes by the name Black. As the Titans befriend this lunatic, they begin to see a relation between him and their missing leader. Will they be able to find Robin, or will Black turn them all insane as himself? Actually, contains NO OC.

*saving grace- “When I’m done with you, you won’t be able to walk upright or speak coherent sentences and all you’ll see is my mask and my voice repeating in your head…Weak. Richard Grayson, I am not tough, I am everything that you fear.” Happy Ending! Smudge of RobStar. NO Slash!

Other Fandoms

Final Fantasy XV

❤️requiem for pitioss-“O King. The god’s have heard your cries. Know that we weep with you. The Oracle’s calling has not yet been fulfilled. But…Lunafreya as you know her cannot return the way she was.” Noctis looked up, hopeful. “But she can return!” Canon divergence from Chapter 9. Happy ending. Some spoilers.

Beauty and the Beast

*❤️behold the beast- A Oneshot alternate ending to the Animated Film

Cinderella

*❤️midnight- “When the clock strikes twelve, the spell will be broken,” the fairy godmother had warned. A retelling of the story, when Cinderella doesn’t escape the ball in time. Oneshot

*so this is love- What if Jaq and Gus hadn’t made it in time to help Cinderella? A new twist on the ending of the classic Fairytale, and what lies beyond the story. She still gets her happy ending and her Prince, and her step family gets their just deserts.

Sleeping Beauty

*❤️a love song back to me- Maleficent saw the loophole that stared her in the face. Prince Phillip would break the curse in time, for sure. After all, he was betrothed to Aurora. So in an effort for her evil plan to stay in action, Maleficent takes care of the young prince herself. Phillip never imagined having to live off the land like the birds above. Alternate twist on the classic Disney tale.

Escaflowne

down feathers- Hitomi’s depressed. She’s been away from Van too long, he comes back to visit her…but what if something went wrong with the transfer? (Not finished. Never will be finished. Mwahaha) Circa 2012

*angel’s wounds- Fanelia’s been victorious in their most recent battle with Basrum. Unfortunately, someone is wounded and just seeks solace in his love that lives so far away. Post Anime.

momma look sharp- With the war between Fanelia and Basrum finally coming to a close, the kingdom is celebrating. The young king, however, is suffering from an experience unlike any he had before. Van finally seeks solace in his wife.

[ohnomybreadsticks]

August AU Challenge 2k19 - Bonus Content

There was a lot of content that I made up for some of these stories that never made it in, just because of time/length constraints! But I still wanted to share, in case anyone wanted more of a particular story ;) Who knows if I’ll come back to any of these later, but for now that’s all folks! 

Under the cut because very long lol. Also cw for discussions of things like depression/suicide as they relate to certain stories.

Note: / denotes a pairing, & denotes platonic

1. RK Siblings Farmer’s Market AU

1.5 Reed900 Farmer’s Market AU

2. North & Nines National Park Rangers AU

As mentioned on the story itself, the tent situation is heavily based off a bon appetit video

3. Leo & Markus Wild West AU

Credit for the atmosphere and cowboy aesthetic goes to my convos with @sinclairsolutions and her fantastic cowboy fic that’s in the works

4. Conniel Reverse AU

Connor is a household android Hank hires to take care of Cole after the divorce, and Connor slowly becomes attached to both of them. When Cole dies, Hank becomes a depressed alcoholic, and tries to commit suicide. Connor deviates to save his life, and essentially takes him hostage in an attempt to keep him from trying again. After Daniel deactivates Connor post hostage-situation, Hank ends up…. ? either taking his own life or trying to turn it around

5. Kamski/Clyde Bakery AU

@minasnorma and I threw around ideas and realized that when they move in together, these two dorks have to have two separate fridges, one for vegan only and one for non-vegan food

6. Simarkus Alien Encounter/Abduction AU

The lovely @jordyn3130 wrote a super cute follow up ficlet of sorts where Markus is actually an alien “exchange student”

7. Echo/Ripple Merpeople AU

For the first few years, Ripple just visits the beach to see her girlfriend, but eventually the separation is too much, and Echo becomes a mermaid to be with her and become her wife

8. Hankvin Star Wars AU

@connorssock shook me by the collar until a happy ending popped out - after everything, Hank and Gavin finally try again, Gavin convincing Hank to come with him on his ship. They’re happy for a while, until Hank starts getting restless, he hates space after everything that’s happened...but instead of giving up this time, Gavin gives in, and gets Hank a little house on a tiny rim world. That way his Jedi can enjoy the solitude, and Gavin always has somewhere to come home to, no matter where the lure of space takes him

9. Leo/RK900 Surfer Bros AU

10. Josh/North Les Mis AU

In a Les Mis AU, Markus is probably off swanning over noble-born Simon and fighting with his sense of duty to his compatriots leading the revolution.

11. Hankcon Dog Walker + Dog Owner Meetcute AU

I almost wrote this one backwards because I forgot the exact prompt, so Connor was going to be the dog walker, and the chihuahua was a dog Hank got for Cole to make him happy after the divorce lmao. Also Princey is what a friend calls her cat. There IS an Allen60 part to this story in the works, I just gotta actually write it down lol

11.5 Reed900 Dog Walker AU

12. Chloe/Kamski Cinderella AU

Almost wrote this with Kamski as the prince, but then I wasn’t sure what my little twist would be...so Kamski as the fairy godfather emerged!

13. Connor & Hank Arthurian Legends AU

14. Tina/Polly Starving Artist AU

15. Allen60 Pilots/Flight Attendants AU

There were two possible endings I tossed around for Connor in this one - I imagine he either gets transferred onto flights captained by Mr. Anderson, who’s just getting back into work as a pilot after getting his life back together OR Connor meets Mr. Anderson on a long haul flight and they end up falling madly in love!!

16. Tina/Stacy Librarian + Patron Meetcute AU

17. Reed900 LotR/Silmarillion AU

I legit almost gave them dumb Tolkien names LOL. I also played around with the idea of pulling a dumb “Gavin son of Gareth” stunt but saved all of you at the last minute XD This was also, for the record, one of my personal favorites and also one of the most fun to write

18. Simon/North Angel and Demon AU

DO YOU KNOW HOW HARD IT WAS NOT TO JUST WRITE A GOOD OMENS RIP OFF?? It was very hard actually and I almost had it end with like ‘can I tempt you to get drinks with me?’ bit lol

19. Luthara Atlantis (Movie/Legend) AU

20. Polycho BE9/Elder Gods AU

Another personal favorite, mostly because I’m so excited to get to the Polycho part of BE9 lol

21. Jerralph Movie Stars AU

I almost had Ralph also as a costar on the set but then I wasn’t sure what the twist would be tbh

22. Gavin & Kamski Pirate AU

23. Kara & Alice Harry Potter AU

Someone smarter than me and better at HP houses should sort the Jericrew into their houses...but North is 100% a Slytherin in the best way don’t @ me

24. Gavin & Tina Victorian England (Steampunk) AU

I’d like to imagine that eventually they get the rocketboots working and fly all around the city lol

25. Chloe/North Beauty and the Beast AU

I worked really hard to try and subvert the usual Beauty and the Beast tropes, because I felt like the idea of keeping someone captive goes against EVERYTHING North stands for. 

26. North/Kara Grad Students AU

I flirted with the idea of having them fighting over Kara’s class running late over North’s, but I fell in love with the idea of them not knowing each other until the very end. Kara teaches English, btw, and is a big believer in alternate teaching styles and student-led learning 

27. Simon/Josh Shipwrecked on a Deserted Island AU

28. Convin Sherlock Holmes AU

29. Markus/Connor Vampire AU

This story almost went two directions: loaded comedic banter between Markus and Connor OR a darker more atmospheric thinkpiece about the nature of being a vampire hunter...instead we ended up with a mix of the two lol

30. North/Connor Vegan Restaurant Owner + Hapless Customer Meetcute AU

I wanted to subvert the ‘customer comes in and initiates contact with someone who’s on the clock’ trope, even though I’m always a fan of it in fictional contexts lol. 

31. Gavin/Tina Time Travel AU

I didn’t have time, but Gavin is jumping through time “to see if people are always terrible.” He had a pretty traumatic time growing up, and he wanted to see if humanity is always terrible or if it was just his lot to be treated poorly. The reason he’s so mean to anyone who tries to get to know him as he jumps from time to time is that he can’t let himself get attached to anyone in a different time period. Well, and he’s also just kind of a grump lol

[askaxelthefallenangel]

(aka CardinalArt)

“So what’s the job this time?” Axel asked blowing out a puff a smoke from his cigar. It was late as he sat on one of the barstools of his apartment. He just let his boss, the Grim Reaper, in and he sat down next to Axel taking out a single picture of a toon. Compared to him he looked about 18 years old, devil, wore a white long sleeve button up shirt which was rolled up a bit, with brown vest with multiple paint splatters and darker brown pants. He also wore a brown bowtie with long ribbons connected to it with brown newsbie style hat. Axel had a sneaking suspicion of what he would ask, but he did not look old.

“Don’t be judged by looks,” said the Grim Reaper almost seeming to read his thoughts.

“How old?” asked Axel taking the picture examining more closely.

The Grim Reaper fell silent, but it made Axel shudder as his aura was hostile. “At least a million years.”

Axel choked on a drag and his eyes watered a bit. “A MILLION?! How-how is that even possible?!”

“I don’t know,” growled the Grim Reaper.

“What do you mean?” asked Axel getting back his composure.

The Grim Reaper fell quiet again for a minute then spoke. “This one… is different from the other toons. He came out of nowhere, he just appeared one day. His soul is at least that old, but his body is young… and what makes it worse that he seems to be immortal, but thankfully not deathless. That’s why I need you.”

“You want me to take him out.”

“Yes, he has cheated me long enough. I saw him at the University by the train station before I came here.”

Axel nodded standing up and going to get his weapon, a baseball bat that had nails in it. Throwing his cigar away he made his way to the door then stopped as he was about to open the door, “Why now?”

“Beg your pardon?” asked the Grim Reaper perplexed.

“I don’t believe this happened by accident. This toon is obviously smart to have cheat you for so long, so why is he showing himself now?” asked Axel looking back at his Boss.

The Grim Reaper was again silent in thought. “You do have a point… but this needs to be done. Just be careful.”

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 Paint sighed happily as he looked at the night sky. There was meteor shower tonight and immediately after putting Asher to bed he went across the street to the University to see it and paint it. Paint was in a prime place to watch the shower, right next to the river in a somewhat open area dotted with picnic tables and trees. Of course Paint was a good parent and kept a baby monitor (a long ranged one specially made by him) right beside him on the ground to hear if Asher woke up. He would normally have Asher with him, but after so many nights of crying Paint needed some alone time.

Then the smell of smoke alerted him, cigar smoke. It was faint, but recognizable.

“So you are Paint.”

Paint turned to immediately recognize Axel, which caused a shiver down his spine. “Yeah, I am. Can I help you?” asked Paint first sounding innocent.

“Yeah, the Grim Reaper sent me,” said Axel revealing his nail baseball bat.

“So he finally noticed me,” sighed Paint as he got out his giant pen.

“Yeah, sorry man. I am just doing my job, nothing personal,” said Axel.

Paint did not get a chance to speak as Axel rushed him. It might have been a while since he had to battle, but his reflexes were still fast as he blocked Axel attack with his pen. “Listen-” Paint couldn’t finish his sentence as Axel clicked the button on his bat to make it transform into a chainsaw. The engine roared as Paint quickly used his bowtie ribbons to grab Axel and threw him away. Axel seemed a bit shaken at first not expecting that, but still landed on his feet.

“I can explain!” shouted Paint quickly. He rather not fight Axel, if he could convince him to let him live, there could be a chance the Grim Reaper would be considerate.

“Oh really?” asked Axel. “Explain why you are at least a million years old? Let me guess time travel?”

“No! It’s more complicated than that,” said Paint.

“Well, explain quickly,” said Axel changing his weapon again turning into his machine gun and started firing. Paint went into battle mode as he drank a light brownish gray potion that was on his belt. His black body turned the same color as the potion. Axel flinched stopping the fire of bullets, obviously not expecting this. This gave Paint an opening and with extreme speed and was suddenly in front of Axel. Axel had no time to react as he was then punched by a white aura fist sending him flying backwards hitting a tree with so much force that he made it fall over. Paint pant, the color of his body turned back to normal as he walked over to where Axel landed.

Paint now hoped that he could now talk to Axel, but he had underestimated him as Axel surprised him with a nail bat to the arm. Paint held his bleeding arm as he fell to the ground, Axel taking this opportunity to finish the battle with one good blow to the head. Paint rolled to the side dodging the attack and using his ribbons to quickly get up. He then grabbed the same potion as before to take another sip, but Axel quickly swung to smash the bottle. Paint growled as he was now in close combat with the fallen angel, using his pen to block and attack, while Axel used his bat.

The two were equally matched in skill as they couldn’t land a hit on the other. Paint then took a chance to try to grab another one of his potions opening him to a attack where Axel took advantage swinging his bat to hit Paints belt area making him land on the ground away from Axel. Paint looked down to see that half of his potions were now broken, along with a bloody hip.

“Fairy, fighting, flying, poison, ground, rock, bug, ghost, steel,” Paint thought naming the elemental potions he had left, before dodging a chainsaw. “May be if I can’t beat him on the ground I can out fly him.” he went to drink a light blueish potion, but having to drop it so his arm would not be ripped off by the chainsaw attack, causing it to break upon impact of the ground.

“Damn it!” thought Paint angrily as he then used his ribbons to catapult him into the air to get some distance from Axel and drank the steely-gray potion. Again turning his skin that color as he tried to slam into Axel, but he dodge then tried to use this chance to attack Paint. Paints hands then seem to turn into metal claws as he slashed at Axel with so much force that it not only sliced his chainsaw in half, but also almost seem to gut Axel. It seem like time slowed down as Paint watch Axel stagger back blood spurting out of his mouth and gash. “No, no, no!” said Paint then dropping his pen to catch Axel. “I didn’t mean to…” Paint had to think fast as Axel closed his eyes.

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 Axel felt pain all over his body as he woke up. It was day time now and Axel sat up quickly, immediately regretted it as he felt more pain, but a sore kind a pain hit him and he grunted.

“Easy now! You don’t want to stress yourself!”

Axel looked toward the female voice to see a girl that looked about in her early 20’s, her hair was a dark chestnut color with brown eyes. She was sitting next to his bed with a book in her lap and by the place in her book she been reading it for a while. “Whe-who? Who are you?” asked Axel confused.

“My name is Cara. I’m Ink’s, I mean Paint’s human,” she said correcting herself.

“Ink?” asked Axel now even more confused.

“That’s his real name… Ink,” said Cara slowly. “Paint is just a nickname.”

“Where am I?” asked Axel next.

“You’re in my house, well my parents house, but Paint was lucky I was home from college when he appeared,” explained Cara “Otherwise you could of been in big trouble.”

“I don’t know, being gutted like a fish was already big trouble,” commented Axel looking down at his bandaged body. “I thought I died… again.”

“You would of have if Ink did not think fast and healed you as much as he could, before coming here,” said Cara.

“Why didn’t he?” asked Axel suddenly thinking out loud. Paint had all the reason to kill him, he could of got rid of him then and not worry about his Boss.

“Because you did not deserve to die.”

Axel turn to see Paint in the open doorway of the room. “Like you said, it was nothing personal, you were just doing your job.”

“So where am I really? In another county, state, country?” asked Axel glared at him.

Paint shook his head as he then went to sit at the end of the bed. “No, in another world.”

“What?” asked Axel wide eyed and was about to argue when Paint cut him off.

“Let me explain!” said Paint and Axel sighed as he sat back and let him. “Alright, see I am a toon, but I am not normal. The reason why I am so old is because I travel to different worlds and by traveling to different worlds, I stay the same age when so much time has technically passed and that is why my soul seems so old, but I am technically only 18. My soul is affected by the time, but I am not.”

“Ok, then I have to ask why did you reveal yourself? You have cheated death for so long why did you let him see you?” asked Axel.

Paint sighed as he then took a picture from his pocket and showed him a little baby toon. The baby had a halo, but it also seemed to have horns. It also had angel like wings, but yet a long tale. “A baby fallen angel?” thought Axel as Paint then explained.

“His name is Asher Felix Parchment and he is my adopted son. I found him abandoned in your world and I decided to raise him.”

“So that’s why…” said Axel out loud.

Paint nodded. “But Axel you need to know that I can’t die. This world that you are in is my world, my homeworld. I am like a god to them and I keep the world in balance, well more than balanced… I am the reason why my world exists. If you kill me… Every animal, person, planet, galaxy… EVERYTHING in my world disappears…”

Axel stared him with disbelief and looked at Cara for confirmation and she nodded. “Yes… it’s true, he is the lifeblood of our world.”

“Th-then why do the hell do you travel to different worlds?! If you are so important to this one,” asked Axel outraged.

Paint chuckled which caught him off guard. “Because as much as I belong here, I really don’t. I use to belong here, but now I have transformed into something different that I become alien too for this world.”

“Ink…” said Cara sadly.

“You know it is true Cara,” said Paint. “I don’t belong to your world either,” Paint then looked at Axel, “but I find great pleasure with helping others. Whether it be in my world or any other. I may be important, but I am not so different from the many other main characters of other worlds, because their fates are the same as mine if they die, except they don’t know it. So… it really just becomes life in general. So I do not think about the fear because everyone kicks the bucket eventually,” Paint then glances back at Cara, “so might as well live my life the way I want to.”

Axel sighed as he could really use a smoke right now. “So what are we going to do about my Boss? I do not want to be responsible for destroying a world.”

“I think if I explain this all to him I think he will agree that you shouldn’t kill me,” said Paint.

“And you’re technically are not apart of my world so he does not have a right to kill you either,” said Axel with a small smile.

“This is true too,” said Paint with a smile back happy that he was going to help him out. “But do me a favor and do not tell anyone about all this and especially about those potions I used during our battle. I do not want to get into any more trouble.”

“Like anyone would believe me if I told them,” said Axel with a smile.

“Great! Now let’s get you back to your world,” said Paint. “I feel like this is going to be a long conversation.”

  Fanfic by @cardinalart

[in-dire-need]

This Is An Outrage!- Capital Lights

Capital Lights is a small Christian rock group whose prime struck in the early 2000s during the pop punk boom. Though not many know their name, some may be familiar with their number one hit, “Outrage,” picked from this album. This Is An Outrage! debuted in 2007 and reaches a total of forty-five minutes and ten seconds. 

The album starts off with the hit “Outrage” and slowly begins to expand on the story behind it. The writer ended a relationship in which he was cheated on and spends the song expressing his vivid disdain for his ex. She thought she could pull the wool over his eyes, but she was wrong. He found out once she left her guard down and now he has left her. She is nothing but a write-out and he has no problem leaving her.

Throughout the album, the writer continues to express his emotions about his ex, calling her a liar and a showgirl. He is convinced that it is not even worth listening to her side because every word to come out of her mouth is another lie. He knows that she is full of well-rehearsed lines because he is not the first man to end a relationship with her like this. He feels out of control and considers taking his girlfriend back, attempting to put himself under the impression that she only cheated to feel alive. He then reminds himself that she is a master manipulator and that he will figure himself out. Freedom never let him down before and it wouldn’t this time. She eventually comes to him and begs him to take her back, but he refuses. She broke her word and would do it again if he took her back and he knew it. She was wasting both of their time calling out for him. He truly believes that she is just lost and needs to find herself before she finds him. 

“Work It Out” depicts the writer’s plan to catch his girlfriend in the act after he suspected that she was cheating. He feels as if he is stuck in a nightmare, but he must continue on. He wishes that she isn’t really cheating, even though he knows she is. By bending the rules, she broke his heart. As revenge, he will rewrite his own story with a happier ending, one without her. She blames him for lying to her, which she says caused her to cheat, but he reminds her that she was the one who chose to cheat on him. It was her lies that caused them to fall out of love, not his. He compares her love to a battlefield, to both him and the men she cheated with. He wants to throw in the towel, but refuses to let her get the best of him after she broke him.

As if in order to take a break from the horrible truth that is the inspiration behind this album, “Return” intervenes at track nine. It is a passionate melody about the second coming of Christ. The writer expresses his belief that the angels will take us in and heaven will sing a new song, releasing us from the pain we endure throughout our entire human lives. We will be cleaned like the floods, and it will all be over. 

After this little divine intervention, we return to Capital Lights’ reality. The ex-girlfriend who inspired the album has forbidden the band from using her name, preventing him from writing about everything that has been plaguing him. He tells her to either pull herself together or fall apart and let him do what he does best. She is just a typical girl and he is going to teach her a lesson. They had such high hopes in 1985, when they were children, before they got started in the real world. 

The second to last track, “The Night of Your Life is the Night You’ll Die,” just about sums up all of the anger stored inside the entire album. He is going to tell his story, despite the hate he gets from his ex and the people who support her. He informs her that she is not getting off easy, but simply playing harder to get. She cannot commit to a full relationship, so she will avoid ending up back in one again by making herself the love of her life. At this point, she is only living for the night of her life, when she gets to live freely and crazily. She has created her own god to avoid disappointing the one she truly believes in and is only counting on hope to get her through. Eventually, her illusion of this life she has created will fade, and she knows when it does she will be broken and alone.

The final track is a biography of Frank Morris, a man involved in what is assumed to be the only successful escape from Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary. He and his three partners spent seven months working on their grand plan. They used cardboard to cover up the holes they had drilled into the real concrete walls. On the night of their escape, they stole clothes and made paper-maché heads to make it look like they were still in bed. Morris was sure that Alcatraz’s famous reputation of being impenetrable would be broken thanks to his group, but only three of them made it through successfully. The remaining three, including Morris, pushed on without Allen West, who failed to make it through the tunnel they had made. They attempted to cross the bay in a raft made of raincoats and were never heard of again. It wasn’t until the next morning that their escape was discovered. In 1979, the FBI determined that they drowned in the Bay, but Capital Lights wrote the song as if Morris faked his own death in order to survive. It is unclear if this is what really happened or if the three died as the FBI stated. 

In the final stanza of “Frank Morris” the attention turns back to the writer’s failed relationship. He says that they will both move on, but the ending of their story is still left untold.

Throughout the entire album, Capital Lights uses constant references to a story- from the very first track to the very last. For me, this gives the impression that the writer wishes he was living in a fairy tale, so he could go back and change the ending. This sensitivity is what the album was trying to emphasize the entire time. The human heart is a fragile and sensitive creation.  “Return” portrays an extremely sensitive side of the human heart: religion. Belief in a higher power is all based on what you feel deep in your heart and your bones. It is that very same belief that Frank Morris felt in himself when he trusted that he could escape from Alcatraz, and he did. The writer’s heart was broken by his ex-girlfriend, but he slowly pieced it together and it healed over time. It is a very inspirational concept. The human heart is not only vital for living, but for being alive. Every raw emotion and feeling originates there, and that very rawness is what makes this album so pure. This Is An Outrage! May not present itself as a story, but deep down in its core it tells one of heartbreak and redemption. 

Capital Lights only made one more album after This Is An Outrage! and are currently on an indefinite hiatus. I find it highly unlikely that the group will reunite again, seeing as their last official release was in 2011. As for now, at least we have this little slice of heaven to keep us company. Stay hopeful and go enjoy yourself.

[flighty37-blog]

The Swedish Flag & The British Flag

Author’s note: There’s a distinct lack of strictly Martyn/Cornelia fics. With them as central characters. So I’ve decided to create a universe for them.

Rating: Mature themes PG-R Most likely.

Summary: We know how Dan and Phil 'met'. Dan stalked Phil, and they eventually became best friends. Some people are convinced they're lovers. But what of Cornelia and Martyn? Truly they're an established couple. They've been dating for eight years. As long as Dan and Phil have been friends. How did they meet? I know that Martyn does some DJ work. Perhaps he met Cornelia at a big party?

May (2009):

Martyn Lester was spinning tracks. He had his headphones on and was dancing along with the tracks he had put on. The lights were strobe, and the disco ball was glinting. This was a ritzy party. Some singer was supposed to be entertaining.

Someone named Dahlgren? Well they'd better be worth their salt. How could this party get any better? As with most gigs, Martyn got free reign of the buffet. Which was good, because DJ-ing was a hell of a gig. He got hungrier as the night went on. In fact, his stomach was starting to rumble. He went to find Joe, his replacement.  Just as he turned to search for Joe in the crowd, he bumped into someone. She was tiny.

She had a dark curly mass of hair, and the deepest, bluest eyes he'd ever seen. Her lips were in a bright red lip paint colour. And when she batted her long, luscious eyelashes at him, he melted. She was gorgeous.

He shook the thought from his head. 'No. No. I just broke up with Sheila. Bad Brain!'

"Hi. Sorry. Excuse me. I was trying to find Joe, he's my replacement, and I'm hungry...." He moved to the side. She moved to the other side, but they still managed to bump hands.

"Ow!" She shook her hand to the side, trying to get the hurt to go away.

"I am so sorry!" He yelped.

"It is fine," her accent was soft, but definitely not British nor American.

The music was almost deafening, but he felt as if, they were the only two people in the room.

Just then Joe ambled up. "Hey Lester!" He waved, and also bumped into Cornelia.

"Hey, sorry, I didn't see you there," Joe apologised as well.

"Apparently I am invisible tonight," Cornelia's eyelashes fluttered again.

"Joe! Focus! Get to the stage," Martyn gestured.

"Oh, yeah....Okay....Nice catch Lester!" Joe nudged his ribs, and he exited, leaving Martyn with this stunning beauty.

"I'm Martyn Lester," Martyn stuck out his hand. Likewise she stuck out her own hand,

"I'm Cornelia Dahlgren."

Dahlgren, Dahlgren. Why did that name sound so familiar?

"You're the singer?" He asked, she was so tiny.

"Of course I am. I was on Sweden's Idol," Cornelia puffed up a bit with pride at her announcement.

"Ohhh did you win?" Martyn asked.

"Yes I did, and now I am here....Excuse me," Cornelia was soon swallowed up in the crowd.

The food was forgotten for a moment, and Martyn felt the urge to find her again. She was intriguing. Tiny as a fairy, flawless in complexion, her lovely big blue eyes....Her hair....All of her....Gorgeous!

He shook his head and went to the buffet. He decided he'd better eat.  

His phone buzzed, "Hey Mum...." He assured his mother that he was well, and that Phil was doing well.

"I hear he has a stalker?" Catherine worried.

"I don't think it'll turn out bad," Martyn assured her.

He reassured her one last time, and then they said, their 'I love you's and goodbyes.

His mum was one tough lady, but he loved her, he really did. He continued to search the crowd, hoping to find the bright sprite he'd nearly trampled over. But she's gone. He ate, finished, and went to relieve Joe at the DJ station, flipping the lights, and pushing random buttons, until 'she' sashayed onto the stage.

She gripped the microphone tight between her hands, and her eyes closed, as her voice sang, and lilted towards the heavens. She was an angel. An absolute angel. Her vocal range was melodic and sweet. And when she opened her eyes again, she made contact with everyone in the crowd. Then she gave a nod towards the DJ station.

Martyn felt himself blush. His heart raced, he felt something. He was attracted to her. What straight guy wouldn't be attracted to her, or any female for that matter either?  As she finished her set, she was hounded by the autographees.

They wanted her. Everyone wanted her. Martyn....Wanted her. She was too beautiful. She was way out of his league.

Normally he went for the taller, bigger titted girls. The ones who were dumber than rocks. But she mesmerised him. He was smitten. He needed to talk to her again. Before she could disappear, Martyn followed her, leaving a flummoxed Joseph in his wake.

"Where ya goin' man? I can't do this! It isn't my turn!"

But Martyn's deaf now. He needed to see her, talk to her....

Cornelia's POV:

She smiled inwardly.

That tall red haired blue-eyed British man, boy.....Male. He was younger than she.

She could tell by looking at him. His flipped up hat, his smirky cocky grin. He was a player. But she felt a faint stirring. He was handsome, but she could tell he was smart. Clever. A decent human being. Somebody that Roger, her ex, wasn't. Her insides were telling her that Martyn Lester was someone she should get to know. Perhaps, one day, more intimately. Tonight she was intrigued. She wanted to find him again.

She needed to talk to him again. She needed to get to know him more. He had certainly left an impression on her. And she felt the vibrations, the butterflies.

She felt a crimson flush on her cheeks.

Cornelia was smitten....Cornelia was soon to be in love.  Somehow she felt her hopes and dreams were intertwined with this person. All she had to achieve was the physicalness. But first they need to talk. And then, she felt the bump again. He'd run over her once more. But she didn't mind the hurting in her elbow. He was before her. She smiled gracefully.

Martyn:

"Oh my god! I am so, so, sorry! I keep hurting you. And normally I'm a pacifist. I hate hurting people," Martyn splutters out, and mentally slaps his forehead.

Usually he's pretty articulate.

Unlike Phil, who's barely articulate and very shy, even though he went to Uni, is going to uni. He's in Manchester studying whatever.

Martyn left Uni a year and a half ago. Now he's a part time DJ and he'd studied online business managing. No need to tell this beautiful person about it. She'd think he was boring. She was looking quizzically at him. Waiting for him to speak aloud again.

Cornelia:

He was so cute when he was flustered. She could tell he was trying to speak, but he was fumbling his words. She reached out and put a comforting hand on his arm. The only part of him she could reach. She's really short compared to him. She's really short anyway.

Martyn:

"Again, sorry about running you over, but....I....You're very pretty...." Oh really smooth there Lester. That'll surely win her over. Yeah....He sounded like a stalker.  

She laughed. That's a good sign isn't it? Maybe? He's got a shot. A chance. Didn't he? She's got the most gorgeous smile. Her eyes are lit up too. Her eyes are such a bright blue. So pale like a robin's egg, or like a pale blue morning sky. Ugh! He's waxing poetic. Stop it Lester. Talk Music! So he tried to engage her in favourite music.

Cornelia: She put a hand to her mouth to keep her deep chuckles hidden. "It's quite alright. I'm resilient," she assured him. Her accent was coming out again.

Martyn:

"I'm British," he croaked out. Like she wouldn't have guessed already? Good one there.

He's acting more and more like Phil. Uncoordinated, shy, awkward. Any time now he'll trip over his own shoelaces. Any time now he'll have something bite him. Any time now he'll just fall for no reason.

"I mean want to go somewhere quiet?" He asked.

She nodded and they found a quiet corner. She sat down on the swing, and he sat down in the metal garden chair. And they talked, and chatted. They laughed a little.

Cornelia: She just knew there was something wonderful about him. The way his eyes crinkled when he smiled. The way he smiled.

The way he moved his hands when he made a point.

They talked about music, their favourite bands. Why they were interested in music. What drove them. They talked well into the night, and as the party died down, and the caterers packed up, they were still talking, and suddenly, Martyn was holding her hand. Cornelia never wanted to let it go. It was soft, it was giant, and yet it invariably fit in with her small hand. She blushed this time, as he let go. He was obviously embarrassed. But....

Martyn:

"Let's exchange phone numbers, it would only seem fair after all," he insisted.

He was relieved when she nodded yes. He wrote his number down on a scrap of paper from his pocket, and tore it, handed her the pen and she wrote down her number on the other half. They exchanged pieces of paper. Then they parted ways.

Martyn was disappointed to see her go. He wanted to introduce her to his mum. Maybe one day.... She rang him as he pulled into his driveway at his flat. He answered, and balanced the phone on his shoulder as he unlocked the door. She sounded a bit upset as well. He wanted to hug her, the way Mum hugged him when he was sad.

Cornelia:

She had never felt this way before. Actually, physically needing a person. She had always brushed it off as something unnecessary. But somehow, Martyn Lester brought that out in her again. Her vulnerability....He was awkwardly chatting again. Making her smile.

"This might sound desperate, but I just wanted to hear your voice again," Cornelia's blush deepened. She was in the corner of her tour bus, and she didn't want anyone to hear her conversation.

"I must have a nice voice," he'd said to her.

She answered, "You do have a nice voice. I enjoyed talking to you, and I'm glad we exchanged numbers. It'll be less lonely on the road, during tour."

Martyn:

"You're on tour?" Martyn was intrigued.

Of course she was tour! She was a singer for cripe's sake! Argh! He slapped a hand to his forehead. Seeming to startle her as she had asked what 'that noise was'.

"Nothing. I was slapping at a pesky fly," Martyn lied.

"Oh I see. Was it connected to your body?" She asked.

"No. Why do you ask?" Martyn retorted.

"I swear I heard skin being slapped," Cornelia answered.

This woman was observant, talented, cute, pretty, sexy voice, sexy compact body. Eyes to die for. Eyelashes long and lush. The list went on and on. She had a great personality. Mum would LOVE her. He, he already felt something. But he was a red blooded male. Didn't he think about sex all the time? But he didn't want to have just sex with her.

He wanted something more. Something solid. Something that she could bring into this potential relationship.

"Martyn Lester, are you listening to me?!"

She was bossy. Add that to the list. But Mum was bossy so that was okay. It was great that she was an assertive female. A kind woman. Would she be a passionate woman? Would she belong to any causes?

Cornelia: "Martyn? Martyn Lester!" Her exclamation seemed to have jolted him out of whatever la-la land he was in. He'd begun to speak out loud once more.

She giggled. Wait a minute she was giggling? Better tamp that down. But his deep, rich laugh melted her again. And they just laughed together. They talked until she was yawning. And then they said goodbye.

A couple months later:

Red Bull Festival....

"Ahhh we meet again!" Martyn said.

"Yes I was told I was being paired with you," Cornelia said, and her eyes had a certain shine to them.

"Coincidence....They told me the same thing," Martyn's smile lit up his face.

"I don't mind it one bit," Cornelia answered.

They gave each other private smiles. They had been communicating whenever they could. Email, Skype, Facetime, Twitter, Facebook, anything social media. His mother was concerned, Phil was intrigued. Dad was secretly cheering him on. Martyn was pleased, and he felt a bit of wholeness fill the void that Sheila had clawed in him when she'd left.

"You're gonna get a girlfriend before the year's out," Phil had teased.

"You're gonna be friends with your stalker before the end Bro," Martyn teased back.

"We've Skyped a few times, and Facetimed. He's not that bad. I kinda like him. Did you know he's going to Manchester University? He's studying to be a lawyer," Phil was getting excited.

"Slow down Baby Brother! Slow down....What's his name?" Martyn smiled. Phil needed a close friend. Oh he had 'friends', but he needed a close one.

"His name's Daniel Howell, but he said I could call him Dan. But...." Phil's voice trailed off.

"But?" Martyn paused waiting for Phil to collect his scattered, excitable thoughts. That boy was always running on reserve adrenaline. He was a weird kid, but he was nice. And kind. Everything that Mum and Dad had instilled in them both.

"He's eighteen, I'm twenty-two," Phil blurted out.

"So?" Martyn was not understanding this train of thought at all.

"Sooooo he's got his whole life ahead of him?" Phil turned the statement into a question towards the end.

"And? So do you! Look at you getting your BA in English/Linguistics and then going back for another semester to do videos/editing," Martyn replied.

"I know...." Phil's voice turned to pride.

"See? So you need a friend to help you through your revision, and he probably needs help with his revising. I say you two become friends. The sooner the better....I gotta go Bro! I'm DJ-ing at the Red Bull Fest," Martyn said.

"Okay. Cool. Well I'm making a silly video," Phil responded.

"I'll watch it when you upload it like usual," Martyn assured him.

"Thanks Martyn," Phil was mollified.

"Any time. Catch you in the hereafter," Martyn signed off.

Then he had met up with Cornelia and they were presently speaking:

"Well it could be worse," Cornelia jokingly shrugged.

"Yeah I could be with a mongrel," Martyn joked back. He had a weird sense of humour. Who didn't in his family? He hadn't been the one to watch his parents sleep when he was a child though. So Phil had been weirder, by a slight margin.

"You're funny Mr. Lester," Cornelia said.

"Mr. Lester's my father. Please keep calling me Martyn," Martyn implored.

"Okay, just as long as you don't slip up and call me 'Ms. Dahlgren', I'll think it's my spinster aunt," Cornelia said, her eyes keeping their sparkle, her lips slightly parted.

Oh how Martyn wanted to kiss those plump lips. Her hair was dyed. It was a lovely crimson. He liked that colour on her. Her lips matched her hair. He smiled wider.

"Are you alright Martyn?" Cornelia turned her head to the side.

"I-I'm fine. Well we'd better get to our places," Martyn said, as he helped her onto the back of the stage.

"We'd better meet up after we're finished our tasks," Cornelia said.

"We will, but if we don't, we'll just ring each other," Martyn responded.

"Sounds good to me. I like having a mobile," Cornelia decided.

"Thank God for mobiles," Martyn agreed.

So as time went on they were paired together more often at gigs, and they grew closer, and closer. Soon they were together. Officially.

Date night:

One of the rare nights where she's not hopelessly going from city to city on her tour bus, where he's not being a dj. They're holding hands, and looking out at London. They both moved to London. Different flats, opposite sides of London. But they're in the same town. The same time zone. Cornelia's leaned against Martyn's long arm, as they're holding hands.

"It's so gorgeous. The moon is so full....Martyn! A shooting star," Cornelia followed the star's path with her pointer finger.

"Make a wish," Martyn whispered in her ear. They're seated on a bench. Cuddled close. Leaning on each other now.

"I already made my wish. Two months ago. You appeared and almost trampled me to death," Cornelia chuckled.

Martyn rolled his eyes, and he spoke, "You're my wish too." He kissed her lips. He'd finally been granted permission.

"How's your brother Peter?" Cornelia mixed up the name. On purpose.

"Peter? Don't you mean Phil?" Martyn scrunched his eyebrows together, until he realised she was kidding. She followed Phil on YouTube.  She was one of his subscribers.

"Of course I meant Phil. How is he managing university? How is he doing with his 'online friend'?" Cornelia asked.

"He's doing well and have you seen his channel? It's growing by leaps and bounds," Martyn's so proud of his baby brother.

"Of course I've seen his channel. But I want to know about his 'friend'," Cornelia answered.

"They've met up a few times. But always in public places. So they've never been 'alone'. You know?" Martyn answered.

"Like romantically? Or just doing 'boy things'?" Cornelia asked.

"Just off by themselves doing whatever they want," Martyn shrugged. Which was hard to do considering Cornelia was still lying her head on his arm. But he'd managed.

"Of course, so when do you think they'll be 'alone'?" Cornelia teased.

"Knowing Phil? The minute Mum and Dad go out of town. Which they're planning to do in October," Martyn said.

"When do I get to meet your parents I've heard so much about?" Cornelia asked.

"Soon...." Martyn answered.

Soon (two months later, three months of dating) August 2009:

Soon for the two of them, their busy schedules and such, did not happen until the end of August. They had free time, they flew to the Isle of Man, after Martyn had told his mother that he was bringing a 'special friend'. Which he hoped was enough to satiate his mother's insatiable appetite for gossip, and concern. She was pretty overprotective.

"Martyn! Fruit of My Womb!" Catherine enveloped Martyn into a tight, vise like hug.

Martyn didn't dare squirm, the hug would have gotten tighter. He knew the more he relaxed, the lesser the hold would get. He had to be patient. So he shot a glance over at his father.

"Catherine....Let the boy go. He's got to breathe," Nigel stepped in and rescued their oldest.

Catherine, albeit reluctantly, let go. She patted Martyn's cheek, and turned her attention the strange red haired, woman standing almost awkwardly behind Martyn. She was so tiny, and petite.

"Hello Dear. And might I ask who you are?" Catherine was ready to hug another person. She couldn't hug Phil, but anyone would do at this point.

"Mum, Dad, meet Cornelia Dahlgren....My girlfriend," Martyn said proudly.

And then the grilling had begun.

"I'm thirty-one this year," Cornelia softly said, they were now seated in the lounge.

"Eight years," Nigel nodded.

"Age is just a number. You're welcome to the family My Darling. You've made my Martyn very happy!" Catherine jumped up and hugged Cornelia with such ferocity that Martyn had to step in and help her out.

Or he would have if Cornelia had not hugged back, with just as much, if not more ferocity. She had taken on his mother! She was fantastic! She was a keeper! Martyn and Nigel exchanged glances, and they both secretly smiled behind the women's backs. Yes, Cornelia would do just fine in this family.

Catherine brought out the light lunch she'd made, and Cornelia followed her and helped put out the drinks. So natural. As if she had always belonged. Despite Catherine's protests.

"Dear, you're our guest. Do sit next to Martyn, I have a feeling he's missing you," Catherine had tried to dissuade her 'new daughter'.

"He'll live. He's lived without me before, he can live without me again. Our schedules are so conflicting. I'm working on a new project called Camp Mozart. He's out being a DJ and trying to fit into the business world. We're so busy...." Cornelia sighed.

"But you must make time for yourselves," Catherine insisted.

"We do. It's nice to have technology at your fingers," Cornelia smiled softly.

"Oh how far we've come," Catherine sagely nodded.

The two women chatted, becoming closer as well. So close that as soon as Martyn and Cornelia had taken their leave, Catherine had adopted her. Not officially, just made it known to her husband and son.

Moving in:

"It's economical, you'll have a place to stay instead of temporary shelter. I'll get to hold you and snuggle you Every Night! C'mon please say yes. I found this cute little flat...." Martyn wheedled.

"Martyn! You're incorrigible. We'll need space to put my instruments and things for my studio," Cornelia pointed out.

"I found the perfect place. Please come see it with me?" Martyn begged. They were talking over the phone again.

"Okay, Okay, I'm coming into London tomorrow morning. You'd better be my chauffeur Lester," Cornelia said, her smile had gotten bigger.

He was so excitable. A bit like Phil. Phil was more excitable. She had met Phil a couple of times, and he was always going on about this 'Daniel Howell' kid. She had looked Dan up on YouTube, but he hadn't posted anything yet.

She went back to YouTube, and found Dan's video.

Oh god was this kid in for some surprises with the Lesters. He'd better be prepared. She would be there to guide the poor soul. He was every bit his eighteen year old self. But she enjoyed the content. Really. She had laughed where it was supposed to be funny, and had forwarded the video to Martyn.

Martyn took great delight to chortle at Phil, and Phil had defended his young friend. So brotherly rivalry was going full force now. Cornelia just made popcorn and watched it sort itself out. They never seriously argued; they were better friends and brothers than anything.

She was glad when the plane landed, and Martyn was there waiting for her. He took her to a hotel, and they spent the night in each others' arms. Content. Happy. A couple.

The next morning:

"Welcome home!" Martyn spread his arms wide around the (as of yet) empty flat.

"Martyn, it's HUGE!" Cornelia said, as her voice echoed about, bouncing off the walls.

"It's got space for the instruments, we can put a door there, and section it off. And you can have your own little studio....And look there's the kitchen I can burn stuff in. No I learnt how to cook. Honest! And....Look at the cute tiny bedroom. Our bedroom. Please say yes Nell?" Martyn stopped for breath.

"Martyn...." She sighed. It was all so perfect. Too perfect. The man of her dreams, this tiny apartment. They had been dating all of five months. She was still thirty-one. He was still twenty-three. He was a boy, he was a man. He was hers. But the niggling doubt still wavered through.

"I'm so old Martyn," she'd said. She had said so many times before but he'd brushed the concern off.

"Age is just a number. Our personalities make up for the rest of it," Martyn teased, but backed away as, she backed into the door to the flat.

"Please don't go Nella," Martyn said.

"I-I have to. This is too much like a fairy-tale. And fairy tales aren't real. You're not real. My parents are divorced. I have crazy relatives. I can't be your perfect woman," Cornelia was trembling. She had to go. So she turned and fled.

"CORNELIA!" Martyn raced after her. But she was gone. Disappeared into London's fog. "NELLLLLLAAAA!!!!" He sat down on the stoop. He tried calling her, but her phone went to voicemail.

He stumbled down the street to his car, and went back to his flat, he lay down on the bed, and he looked up at the ceiling. "Nella...." He whispered. She was his. She was always going to be his! He would find her. But what if she never wanted to be found again? He'd found her once. He'd find her again.

On the plane to Sweden:

Cornelia was in tears. She was going her mother's and step-dad's house. She needed some solace, some solitude. It had been a stressful tour, and she needed to calm her aching soul. To keep her mind in check. She'd brought her trusty omnichord. It was a silly thing to bring. But it brought her comfort. So much comfort. But Martyn.... Her Martyn. No he was just a boy she'd met. A fling. He wasn't real anymore. Yes he is! Her romantic side screamed. And thus she'd buried her head in her hands and sobbed. Quiet, but wracking sobs.

"Mamma!" She'd gibbered in Swedish, and thus had begun a whole conversation, entirely in Swedish.

Two nights later:

Skyping with Martyn:

"I miss you Nelia," Martyn said the first thing that sprang into his head.

"I miss you too Marto," she'd said, she'd begun putting several nicknames to him, and Marto seemed the funniest out of them to her.

"Nelia please come back," Martyn pleaded.

"I need some time away Walrus," she'd said, as another nickname came out.

"But Honey Bear...." Martyn pouted. He could look so dejected and her heart broke just a little bit more.

"Honey Bear?" Cornelia cracked a smile.

"Honey Badger?" Martyn quipped, and he too cracked a small smile.

"Marty," Cornelia gave him a look.

"This is heavy Doc!" Martyn said, quoting from Back to the Future. He loved those films.

"Mum said I was named after Marty McFly, she just added the 'n' to make it look proper," Martyn shrugged.

"I'll come back Martyn. I just...I need time, and I need to center myself," Cornelia brought the conversation back full circle. Becoming serious again.

"Whatever you need to do. Hey I've started Yoga myself," Martyn said.

"Have you now?" Cornelia was intrigued.

"Yeah!" Martyn's eyes lit up.

"How limber are you?" Cornelia asked, as she raised an eyebrow.

"Kimberly says I'm so limber, that I have mastered a lot of the Yoga poses," Martyn winked at her.

"Perchance is Kimberly, female?" Cornelia bristled for a brief moment.

"Maybe?" Martyn asked, enjoying that she was sort of jealous.

"I'll be home soon My love munchkin," Cornelia blew him a kiss.

"I can't wait for your return!" Martyn said, and blew her a kiss of his own. He was happy, so was she.

Cornelia cut the visit short. She needed her Marty-Pumpkin. She said goodbye to her family and she was jetsetting to Martyn. He had been rung by her mother, and was waiting for her. He swooped her up in his arms and carried her all the way to the car. Then he drove to his flat and they fell asleep in the bed. Cornelia told him that the place he had found was perfection. They moved in at the end of the week.

Cornelia and Catherine bought kitchen supplies. Cornelia and Martyn made short work of christening the bedroom. Life was good. Life was falling into place. The more he spent with her, the more he loved her.

November 2009:

"Stop fidgeting, Mum and Dad love you," Martyn stilled her hands, and she gave him a smile. Catherine loved her to bits and pieces and had even introduced her to the rest of the immediate family as, 'My Daughter Cornelia'. Cornelia could practically hear all the caps in her introduction, but she had dutifully smiled, and been charming and herself. The relatives loved her. They were going to the Isle of Man. Or just 'the Isle', as Martyn had dubbed it.

"But it's not Christmas, but nearly Christmas, and we won't be back home until the New Year, and...." Cornelia was nervous, so nervous her leg was jiggling up and down.

"Steady my dear, steady. It'll be alright," Martyn leaned over and kissed her lips. He loved her plump lips.

"I'll try, I'll try very hard," Cornelia acknowledged and leaned into him, burrowing into him. She was tiny, and he was the perfect height to be her burrow, her hiding place. He held onto her, steadying her, and she placed her tiny feet against the round window. She fell asleep, arms around Martyn, and head nearly in his lap. He held onto her so she wouldn't fall, and had his head leaned against her neck and the top of her back.

Landing on 'The Isle':

"Ouch!" Cornelia was jolted awake as the plane landed, they were whisked off to the cottage nestled by the seaside on a hill. Welcomed with open arms, and vise-like hugs by Catherine, hands shaken by Nigel, and biddings to 'come eat, or I'll be offended', by Catherine who was gesturing at all the snacks on the table.

"We're having an extra guest today. Phil said he's bringing over a 'friend'," Catherine put her fingers in air quotes.

Martyn had the grace to raise an eyebrow. He knew who it was, or he guessed who it was going to be. He gave Cornelia a significant look.

"Just wait, she'll adopt Dan Howell. And I'll be stuck with him for life," Martyn half-joked.

"Would it be so bad? I've never had a brother, or a sister," Cornelia said.

"No I think it'd be cool to have another sibling. And he would be 'the youngest'. Ousting Phil from that position. Besides he might get showered with so much love he'll pack up," Martyn joked again.

"I didn't 'pack up'. I love this family, and I love...." Cornelia hesitated. This would be it. This would be the life changing event. She took a deep breath and exhaled. "I love you Martyn Nigel Lester," she said it in almost one breath.

Martyn grinned, his eyes crinkling in the corners and he kissed her, "I love you too Anna Maria Cornelia Dahlgren."

"Just Cornelia. Please?" Cornelia sighed.

"Nella. Nelia. Core. Cory. Corn. Corny," Martyn named off all the variants of her name.

"Silly Marto, Marty, Tyn, Mart, Walrus, Unicorn, Love...." Cornelia reached up and they kissed again, just as the door was flung open.

 Phil ambled in accompanied by said guest.

Introductions:

"Mum, Dad, Everyone this is Daniel Howell...." Phil started off.

Boy were the kids nervous. Especially the Daniel Howell kid. He was all of what? Eighteen years old. Martyn knew that being around them would soften the sharper edges and leave him with more confidence then he knew what to do with.

Daniel, Dan as he liked to be called, looked all about the room. Licking his lips, wiping his hands on his black trousers, scuffling his feet across the carpet. Mum sure had her work cut out for her. Getting him out of his shell, would be like pulling a shark's tooth. Or better yet, finding a needle in a haystack. Cornelia, and Martyn locked eyes. Then Martyn and Phil also locked eyes. All thinking the same thing, 'Good Luck'.

"I'm adopting him," Catherine dropped the thought as casually as breathing. Her two boys weren't surprised. She'd adopted Cornelia. Why not adopt Dan. Luckily Cornelia had started a soft conversation with Dan, and Dan hadn't heard Catherine's proposal.

Otherwise he would have been more nervous and scared than he already was.

"I told her not to," Nigel joked. He was pushed by Catherine, but they 'made up', by being goofy with each other. Nigel had brushed his hand against her bum. Phil and Martyn had graciously looked the other way, whilst Martyn had jokingly covered Cornelia's eyes.

No kid needed to see their parents being lovey dovey. It was sickeningly cute, but he felt his grip tighten on Cornelia's waist. He felt her hand on his knee. He felt her eyes on his, and he put down his hand shield.

"You're mine Martyn," she whispered.

And he nodded because she was his as well. It was an unspoken agreement, punctuated by their loud nature, coupled with their louder ribbing, and their pet names soon to come.

"I could use another brother," Martyn offered.

"Just the same as I could use a sister," Dan was nothing if not polite.

"A sister and a brother....But that means...." Phil sighed.

"Ousted from the youngest position. It happens to the best of us Bro," Martyn, reached over and punched Phil's shoulder.

"OUCH!" Phil protested and rubbed his hurt shoulder.

"No violence at the breakfast table," Catherine put down their plates and then she and Nigel took their seats.

"Awww I was just about to initiate Dan into the family by flinging him out of the window," Martyn sighed, and clicked his thumb and middle finger together, creating a tiny sounding 'snap'.

"Save it for when Dan isn't scared as hell," Nigel intervened.

"Dad! You said 'hell'!" Phil covered his mouth with his hands.

"You say hell too, and we're really not that religious. Just if some crack pot comes to the door asking, we're all...." Nigel paused.

"We're all Roman Catholics," the rest of the original Lesters answered in unison. Dan and Cornelia shrugged at each other.

"Yep the sacred cross and all that sh..." Nigel was interrupted by Catherine's hand over his mouth.

"So that's where you get that move from!" Dan exclaimed just as Phil put a hand over Dan's mouth to keep him from uttering and adding any colourful swear words of his own.

Dan licked Phil's palm. A move that Phil had demonstrated when Dan had put his hand over Phil's mouth after an embarrassing statement in front of one of the workers in a hotel.

Catherine rolled her eyes.

"That's kinky," Cornelia whispered to Martyn.

"I'll happily demonstrate," Martyn said, and placed a hand over Cornelia's mouth, but lightly.

Cornelia kissed his palm, leaving a bright pink lip mark on his hand. He grinned at her, and they locked feet. Playing footsie now, they jockeyed for positions. How he loved this closeness to her. How he was glad he'd almost trampled her to death. How he was swept away by her loveliness, her talent, the way she could keep up with his train of thought. The fact she was into Yoga now, and keeping him healthy, and keeping their minds healthy.

Feng shui had nothing on them. They were even more aesthetic than anything.  At least the were until Dan entered their family life. He was the more aesthetic one. But they didn't mind. It was Martyn and Cornelia.

Fast forward a few years (8 to be exact):

Eight years. Their relationship had survived the pitfalls that eight years had wrought. Surviving the near Dan and Phil fall out of 2012. Happily managing the store, and being the supervisor/manager of such an outlet. His baby brothers becoming even more famous. He and Cornelia were content to not be in the limelight. Surprisingly they have followers. Not a lot of followers, but enough to have a solid fan base.

His brother and friend writing not one, but two books. He has his Cornelia. His Corny-Toad, and she has her Marty-Dart. They're as cute and unrefined as the day they'd met. And that morning, Martyn was puttering about their newest flat. Their biggest flat yet. It was nothing compared to the duplex/maisonette that Dan and Phil had. But it was his and hers.

"What is it Honey Pot? Are you okay?" Cornelia was making breakfast, but she felt the thoughts buzzing about like angry flies. Or worse. Wasps.

"I'm in deep thinking mode my Sweet Swede Princess. Queen of the North," Martyn was playing something on her keyboard.

"Don't smash the keys too hard, you'll break it. Then I'll break you. That instrument was expensive!" Cornelia called from the kitchen.

"I won't. It was just some songthat popped into my head, and I can't get it out. Thanks for letting me play on the keyboard Honey Pops!" Martyn called back.

"I love you my little Alskling!" Cornelia was happy, and so, Martyn was in turn happy.

"Your little what?!" Martyn joked, she'd called him darling. Her little darling. It sounded sexier in Swedish. His mum usually called them Darlings, or 'Dumplings'.

He liked the Swedish language better, and had begun to practice it on his own. He'd begun to inject Swedish endearments into their every morning when they woke up conversations, and into their good night conversations, he endeared himself to her even more. And she would pat his cheek, or kissed him outright. Her small frame, his tall gangliness.

"Yin and Yang," Martyn nodded.

"Ping and Pong," she stuck her head around the kitchen's door.

"Wine and Glasses," he was being sillier now.

"Cheese and Crackers," Cornelia kept the silly flow going.

"Water and fish," Martyn nodded.

"Dan and Phil," Cornelia chuckled.

"No! That stops right now!" Martyn carefully put the keyboard down, and walked into the kitchen, scooping up his little Swedish flower into his arms and kissing her neck.

Making her drop the spatula, and giggling and kicking her feet into the air. Twisting and turning to get down, so that breakfast wouldn't be burned, but instead she was deposited into a nearby chair.

Martyn washed off the spatula and finished breakfast. He put the food on a plate, and he kissed her curly mass of hair.

"God I love you so much," Martyn said.

"God has changed her name to Cornelia. Please address her as so," Cornelia dictated, and laughed, as she dug into her food.

"My apologies," Martyn said.

"Snygg rumpa," Cornelia looked at Martyn's rump, which even though it's sat in a chair she still eyed it with passion.

"Sot som en gris," Martyn returned.

"Sweet like a pig huh?" Cornelia raised an eyebrow.

"You're the one who told me I had a sweet arse," Martyn answered.

"You could have told me 'Hej sotnos'," Cornelia said.

"But the nose is like that of a cat, and cats make me think of cat whiskers, and cat whiskers makes me think of my brothers," Martyn shuddered for dramatic effect.

"And nobody wants to think of their brothers when they're flirting with their significant others," Cornelia affirmed.

"Damn right," Martyn nodded.

"Jag alskar dig," Cornelia sighed happily.

"I love you too," Martyn nodded.

"Your Swedish has improved greatly," Cornelia approved.

"I've been practicing," Martyn answered.

"Who's teaching you?" Cornelia asked.

"It's an online course," Martyn answered.

"Hej Sotis," Cornelia got up from her seat, and went to nuzzle Martyn's neck.

"You're the sweet one," Martyn finished his meal, and collected Cornelia's empty plate, then they went to sit down in the lounge.

They turned on the television and settled comfortably against each other. Marveling at their closeness. Feeling pride and love at the same time, as Cornelia burrowed into Martyn's side, her hand lazily outlined his knee, his thigh, his leg, and in-between....He's so soft. So manly....So cute, and adorable. And thirty one to her thirty nine. But age? What is age? Just something that happens, and then you die.

She closed her eyes and felt Martyn wrap a long arm around her. She felt safe, and loved, and content. Age be damned.

"Age be damned," She murmured against him, allowing herself to doze again, before the commitments started coming in. Before they were busy again. Before they had to separate and be individuals. Then the night would be theirs, and theirs alone.

"Age is a fleeting number in this stage play we call life," Martyn whispered in her ear.

She smiled at that part. They were and are together. Whether they make it official or not. Whether they finally give Catherine and Nigel grandchildren, or make Dan and Phil uncles or not. It still remains to be seen. They've still got their whole lives ahead of them.

"Phil turns thirty tomorrow...."Was Martyn's last sentence.

"Hmmm...." Cornelia was lost in a happy foggy daze.

Martyn held her tighter, and he too fell into a doze. The television blared, their phones buzzed. But Martyn and Cornelia were asleep. Holding onto each other. Not letting each other go.

The end.

[p-artsypants]

P-Artsypants Fanfiction Masterpost!

I feel like I’m always making a new one of these posts every few months, but I honestly just write so much that it makes sense...

Updated so most recent Fandom is at the top. 

Find most, if not more, of these fics on:

Fanfiction.net | Archive of Our Own | Wattpad

 (~AU’s, *Finished, ❤️Author's Favorites)

Kingdom Hearts

~❤️Rage Awakened AO3 | FF.net- Ten years ago, Terra, Aqua, and Ventus lost their fellow apprentice, Sora, in Deep Jungle. Now, they are to return with two new students, Riku and Kairi, to lock the heart of the world. All the while, something watches from the trees. Feral!Sora AU

My Kingdom for a Heart AO3 | FF.Net - The curse of being one of the Princesses of heart, is that there’s always someone out to get you. As Xemnas looked failure in the face, he reached out in a last ditch effort and destroyed Kairi’s heart. Now her friends must travel the worlds again. Sora, to find a way to recover Kairi’s heart, and Riku, to make amends to those he has wronged. All the while, the darkness grows.

Miraculous Ladybug

One Shots

*❤️Amalgam- When an young man is rejected for being ‘incompatible’ he turns into the akuma ‘Amalgam’ able to fuse two people together. And later Adrien and Marinette would debate if it was lucky or unlucky that they got hit.

*Sing We All Noel- After receiving the worst Christmas present ever from his father, Chat Noir finds himself out on the streets with nowhere to go on Christmas Eve. Thankfully, Ladybug finds him and brings him home.

*Speechless- In a world where everyone has a soulmark, the first words their soulmate will say to them, Marinette is born without one. But Adrien Agreste has two. Curious, considering he’s mute.

*❤️Tunnels of Love- The night started out with an accidental kiss from Adrien Agreste, and ended with her bleeding in the Catacombs of Paris. Ladybug, the wielder of the miraculous of good luck. Yeah right. (Some blood)

*The Reveal That Wasn’t- First Parts My ending to kittybug’s Tumblr Prompt

*What A Mess We’re In- Ladybug has a lot on her mind, and when Chat Noir bugs her enough, she tells him she’s going to confess to her Crush, Adrien Agreste. Chat’s reaction is not what she’s expecting.

Long Fics

*❤️Nine Lives- (FF.net) When Adrien Agreste is scheduled to go to a Military School in Germany, Chat Noir must make a critical decision. Does he give up his Miraculous? Or does he give up his life as Adrien? I’ll save you the trouble of guessing, he gives up being Adrien.

*Tender Words- When Marinette finally gets the guts to confess her feelings for Adrien, some things go so wrong, and other things go so right.

How To Train Your Dragon

One Shots

The Vikings Have Their Tea (FF.Net | AO3)

Arranged Marriage- Takes place at the beginning of HTTYD

❤️Breathe- Survival of the fittest

~Childhood Friends- At the Sandbox

❤️Easy Fix- In which Hiccup has a bad day

~Fashion Designer- Astrid needs a fill in

❤️Frozen- In Which Astrid takes a Dip and things get frisky (Rated M)

❤️Headache- In Which Hiccup hits his head….really hard

❤️Heir- In Which Hiccup is Picked (Longer version by FateCharms) 

Illness- In Which Stoick is a dad

~Illusionist- Trick gone wrong

~In the Walls- In which there’s a poop ghost

~Knocking On The Wrong Door (2) - A chance encounter

❤️Messages- Astrid is Frustrated with Hiccup’s obliviousness

~To Mirkwood- Hiccup is not a dwarf

~Monster Falls- Hiccup and Astrid take a dip

❤️Mute- In which there’s a quiet stranger

~Music Video (ImgHS)- He didn’t expect it

❤️Operation: Lovebirds- In Which the gang makes a plan, and Hiccup gets Drunk

~Over- Too many nightmares

~Partners in Crime- A normal day at work

~Pirate- Astrid is the greatest treasure

~Prince- He doesn’t want to be a broken King

❤️Sorting Things Out- In Which Astrid gets her ducks in a row

~The Dragon and The Dame- Beauty and the Beast Au

The Pit- In Which Hiccup is rescued

Hide and Seek- Part 1

Lost and Found- Part 2

Long fics: 

*❤️Infernal Responsibility- Being the son of the chief takes brains, courage, and a lot of patience. But at his father’s the request for marriage, Hiccup decides he has had enough. When he seeks out a life of ease, he runs into more than what he bargained for. 

*❤️Roses and Lilies- “Astrid, you and I both know you’re much tougher than I am. You’re more brave, and a better fighter…but just for a little while…could we pretend that I’m the one protecting you?” “Oh gods yes!”

*~What the Water Gave Me- The sea is a wild and dangerous thing, something that cannot be foretold or predicted. Hiccup discovered this many years ago, in human naiveté. Yet, what was meant as a sacrifice became a new life, one like no one could comprehend. He now finds himself once more in the unknowing hands of those that sentenced him to death. He only prays things will be different this time. Merman!AU

*Parasite- Soulsnatcher Dragons are rare but deadly. But, As Hiccup finds out, it’s the eggs you have to watch out for.

*~320 State Street- Gobber’s Goods. A Hardware Store that was rumored to have everything you needed. She thought she only needed a job. Turns out, she needed a lot more than that. (A Modern AU no one asked for)

*~❤️The North Tower- When Finn Hofferson died, Astrid inherited his castle in Wales…and a whole lot more. Something sinister lurks in the North Tower.

*~❤️Boy Toy- AO3 - At the age of 21, Princess Astrid lawfully has to pick a husband. But when the perfect groom is nowhere to be found, she requests the toymaker to create one for her. It’s safe to say that everyone in the kingdom is a little concerned. (Pinocchio!AU I guess?)

No, You Go First- AO3 - The Chief of Berk was a headstrong viking, stubborn and full of pride, and willing to do whatever it takes to keep his village safe. But for a moment, he puts that aside, and listens to his son. In which Hiccup convinces his dad not to make him go through Dragon Training, and the subsequent changes that follow.

*In Due Time- AO3 - As another illness sweeps through Berk, Gothi needs another ingredient for her medicine…one that doesn’t exist anymore. Fortunately, she kept that old spell book around for such an occasion. Big Hiccup is sent to five years into the past, and his younger self sent to take his place in the future. But it’s only a few days, what could go wrong?

Trollhunters: Tales from Arcadia

❤️Arcadia or Bust- In Which Arcadia welcomes back it’s underground citizens.

Teen Titans

Oneshots:

~Big Brother- Don’t turn out the light (Horror)

Dear Jason- Bruce Writes a letter

Just Drawing- Bruce thinks about Robin

The Prisoner- Starfire is Guilty

Of Mustard and Three Foot Purple Tongues- A collection of Oneshots and Drabbles

Long Fics (*Finished): 

*~❤️Carol of the Bells- High in the dark Bell Tower of Notre Dame, there lives a mysterious bell ringer. Legend tells of the angel who fell from the sky, and the curse she bares. There are few who know her true identity though; her master, the priest, and the acrobat that performs on the streets below. Based loosely on ‘The Hunchback of Notre Dame’ RobxStar and slight BBxRae

*No Escape- Three years ago, Starfire escaped an Alien race called the Gordanians, to arrive on Earth. They’re back, and ready to put Starfire back where she belongs, behind reinforced Titanium bars. Robin’s not about to let her go…if only he hadn’t got captured first. How does it feel to be the alien, Robin?

*Now you Know My Pain- When the new Villain, Gender Bender, comes to down, the Titans find themselves in an odd situation. They’ve been turned into the opposite gender against their will! Now in order to change back, they must learn to understand the gender they’ve turned into. Rated T for obvious reasons. A great read if you’ve ever wondered why girls or guys do [blank].

*Paint it Black- Robin disappeared three months ago. Now, Jump City’s crime rate is mysteriously being taken care of by a normal, albeit strange, teenage boy who goes by the name Black. As the Titans befriend this lunatic, they begin to see a relation between him and their missing leader. Will they be able to find Robin, or will Black turn them all insane as himself? Actually, contains NO OC.

*Saving Grace- “When I’m done with you, you won’t be able to walk upright or speak coherent sentences and all you’ll see is my mask and my voice repeating in your head…Weak. Richard Grayson, I am not tough, I am everything that you fear.” Happy Ending! Smudge of RobStar. NO Slash!

Other Fandoms

Final Fantasy XV

❤️Requiem for Pitioss-“O King. The god’s have heard your cries. Know that we weep with you. The Oracle’s calling has not yet been fulfilled. But…Lunafreya as you know her cannot return the way she was.” Noctis looked up, hopeful. “But she can return!” Canon divergence from Chapter 9. Happy ending. Some spoilers.

Beauty and the Beast

*❤️Behold the Beast- A Oneshot alternate ending to the Animated Film

Cinderella

*❤️Midnight- “When the clock strikes twelve, the spell will be broken,” the fairy godmother had warned. A retelling of the story, when Cinderella doesn’t escape the ball in time. Oneshot

*So This is Love- What if Jaq and Gus hadn’t made it in time to help Cinderella? A new twist on the ending of the classic Fairytale, and what lies beyond the story. She still gets her happy ending and her Prince, and her step family gets their just deserts.

Sleeping Beauty

*❤️A Love Song Back To Me- Maleficent saw the loophole that stared her in the face. Prince Phillip would break the curse in time, for sure. After all, he was betrothed to Aurora. So in an effort for her evil plan to stay in action, Maleficent takes care of the young prince herself. Phillip never imagined having to live off the land like the birds above. Alternate twist on the classic Disney tale.

Escaflowne

Down Feathers- Hitomi’s depressed. She’s been away from Van too long, he comes back to visit her…but what if something went wrong with the transfer? (Not finished. Never will be finished. Mwahaha) Circa 2012 

*Angel’s Wounds- Fanelia’s been victorious in their most recent battle with Basrum. Unfortunately, someone is wounded and just seeks solace in his love that lives so far away. Post Anime.

Momma Look Sharp- With the war between Fanelia and Basrum finally coming to a close, the kingdom is celebrating. The young king, however, is suffering from an experience unlike any he had before. Van finally seeks solace in his wife.